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Obama restricts transfer of military gear to police President: Battlefield equipment ‘can alienate and intimidate’ BY NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Sherry Armstrong pulls weeds in the sensory garden that members of Alice Drive Baptist Church are building at Cherryvale Elementary School as part of Project Inasmuch.

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CAMDEN, N.J. — President Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement Monday in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battlefield should not be a tool of American criminal justice.

Grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft and vehicles, firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber or higher will no longer be provided to state and local police agencies by the federal government under Obama’s order. “We’ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there’s an occupying force, as opposed to a force that’s part of the community

that’s protecting them and serving them,” Obama said, nine months after an outcry over the use of riot gear and armored vehicles by police confronting protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. “It can alienate and intimidate local residents and send the wrong message,” he said. Obama made his announcement in

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School’s plot will stimulate senses BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Members of Alice Drive Baptist Church Outreach gathered in the Cherryvale Elementary School courtyard on Saturday morning to begin construction of the Cherryvale Sensory Garden and Outdoor Classroom as one of the church’s Operation Inasmuch projects that was rained out in April. The garden will have interactive features made of recycled materials aimed to stimulate students’ senses of touch, sight, hearing and smell. Cindy Roberson, assistant physical therapist with Sumter School District, said the sensory garden and outdoor classroom will really benefit students with disabilities who may not be able to tolerate all outdoor elements. She said students will be able to anticipate the changing textures in nature by feeling the different landmarks on the ground in the garden. She said the inside of the covered shed, which will serve as the outdoor classroom, will have different colors and textured items on the ceiling, and the seating and tables will be made from tree stumps and other natural elements. ADBC Outreach was able to acquire all of the construction materials through Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation with a Toolbox for Education grant of $4,950. Cherryvale special education teacher Linda Bach said she is very appreciative of the volunteers from the church. “It means a lot to have so much support from the community,” she said. Maxwell Bohn, maintenance director at Cherryvale,

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James A. Brown, of Sumter, above, stands beside the uniform he wore in the Navy during the Vietnam War in 1967 and 1968. The uniform is part of the Sumter Military Museum at 129 S. Harvin St. The museum hosted a reception after the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War. Retired Maj. Gen. W.L. “Dutch” Holland, below, gives the keynote address during the ceremony recognizing the 50th anniversary of the official U.S. entry into the Vietnam War.

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honored for their commitment to serve their country.

Sumter’s Home Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the commemoration of 50 years since the U.S. officially entered the Vietnam War. Guest speaker W.L. “Dutch” Holland, retired major general and former commander of the 9th Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base, told the 300 in attendance the commemoration represented a welcome home from war that was long in coming. He pointed out it was the first war that reached every household in America either

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by affecting a family member who served or those who watched TV news. “News correspondents were more well known and trustworthy than our elected officials,” he said about the 1960s, when journalists were making people aware of the realities of war. He said many veterans took off their uniforms when they came home from war because they were looked down upon by a generation that didn’t value their service and didn’t understand they were obeying their commander in chief, not agreeing with his political views of the war. Holland pointed out more than 58,000 soldiers died in the war. He contrasted that with the 125,000 draft dodgers who went to Canada to avoid the war and an additional 50,000 who deserted their country after entering the military. Holland acknowledged the unpopular war

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1 critical, 3 hospitalized after fatal Marine Corps crash ary Unit said in a statement. The next of kin of the one Marine who died have been notified, the Marines said. The Marine Corps won’t release the Marine’s identity until 24 hours after the notification. The crash is under investigation. The Osprey had a “hard landing mishap” during training Sunday at Bellows Air Force Station on Oahu,

BY AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — One Marine is in critical condition and three others remain hospitalized in stable condition after a fatal MV-22 Osprey crash during the weekend, the Marine Corps said Monday. Seventeen others treated for injuries have been released, the 15th Marine Expedition-

the Marines said. There were 21 Marines and one Navy corpsman on board. Witnesses saw three Osprey aircraft flying together and then one catch fire after crashing in an open field. They said black smoke was billowing from the fire. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is based at Camp Pendleton in California. It’s in Hawaii for about a week of

training exercises. The incident during the weekend wasn’t related to a symposium on amphibious landings involving defense leaders from 23 nations, which will include a demonstration of an amphibious landing at Bellows today. Ospreys may be equipped with radar, lasers and a missile defense system, and each can carry 24 Marines

into combat. Built by Boeing Co. and Bell, a unit of Textron Inc., the Osprey program was nearly scrapped after a history of mechanical failures and two test crashes that killed 23 Marines in 2000. The aircraft have since been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Some Osprey also are helping with earthquake-relief efforts in Nepal.

Cooking shop to close doors after nearly 27 years Creative Cookery owners planning to retire in June BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Creative Cookery will close its doors in June after almost 27 years of serving the Sumter community. The business offers all types of kitchen items, including cooking gadgets, knives and a wide array of cooking utensils needed for cuisine-making lovers. The store also offers a selection of coffees and teas. “We have been the place for kitchen items in the Sumter area for many years,” said Kathy Ickes, who owns the store with her husband, Eugene. Creative Cookery opened in October 1988, sharing a building with Galloway and Moseley Jewelers on Guignard Drive before moving to its location on Bultman Drive three years later. The original owners, Dan and Betty Gibbs, retired in 2005, and the Ickeses, seeing a story in The Sumter Item about the shop being sold, decided to buy it. The couple had never been in business before and saw the challenge as an opportunity. Eugene had served in the Air Force, and Kathy had worked in retail. “We jumped into it with both feet,” Kathy said. “It’s been a great 10 years, and we’ve had some wonderful customers.” Customers have come not only from the Sumter area, but also from all over the state and nation. “We’ve been told that we are a unique shop in this area,” she said. “Our repeat customers also tend to bring family and friends who are visiting from all over.” Most of their items are made in the U.S. Kathy said that despite their success with the business, the time had

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Sarah Skinner looks at the selection of cookware remaining at Creative Cookery. The shop will be closing its doors in June after nearly 27 years in business. The store is running a 30 percent off sale with some items 50 percent off. Kathy Ickes, co-owner of Creative Cookery, restocks the knife case. The store is selling off its inventory to close in June.

come to close. “You have to be willing to really live and breathe the business to

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make it work, and we felt that it was time for us to retire,” she said. “We’re really going to miss the busi-

1 dead, 1 injured in recycling plant fire ANDERSON — Authorities said a 49-year-old worker operating equipment at a metal recycling plant in Anderson has died after some of the material caught fire and quickly spread. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Dean Gochneaur of Pickens tried to

ness and the customers.” Chip Bracalente, of C. Anthony’s Menswear, has been shopping in the store with his wife, Zan, for several years. He said he and his wife would buy kitchen items and presents for their family from the store. “They have great customer service, with always a pleasant smile. They really go the extra mile for the customers,” he said. “We’re really going to miss them.” Everything in the store is on sale or is at a reduced price. The Ickeses said they plan on staying in the Sumter area after retiring. Creative Cookery, 584 Bultman Drive, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Call (803) 775-1511 for more information.

jump from the equipment but couldn’t get away from the flames about 9:30 a.m. Monday at OmniSource metal recycling. Shore said a worker who tried to save Gochneaur suffered second-degree burns and was taken to a hospital. The fire sent large plumes of smoke over Anderson. Police plan to investigate once the fire is extinguished

and the area cools down. The coroner said an autopsy will be performed on Gochneaur today.

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Southwest Airlines First Officer Michael Jenkins of Covington, Georgia, formerly of Sumter, stands in one of the Southwest hangars at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta with the fifth-grade students from Newton County Theme School at Ficquett. Jenkins led the students through Southwest’s Adopt-A-Pilot program, which teaches children through aviation-themed activities related to core subjects. The lessons began in February and ended last week with a field trip to the airport, including a tour of the hangar and a chance to sit in the cockpit. For more information on the program, visit http://bit.ly/1cLrK5K.

S.C. faces shortfall of workers with at least a 2-year degree BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Lawmakers should look at higher education as an investment, rather than a cost, because South Carolina’s future depends on a more educated workforce, a former Democratic governor and Republican state treasurer told senators last week. “That’s the kind of investment the business community likes — a safe bet and a quick, positive return,” Ken Wingate, former treasurer and former chairman of the Commission on Higher Education, told the Senate Education Committee. Just more than half of the new jobs created during the next 15 years are expected to require more than a high school education. By 2030, South Carolina faces a shortage of roughly 115,000 workers who hold at least an associate’s degree, according to a study commissioned by the Competing for Knowledge initiative, which is spear-

headed by business leaders. “We need to do a better job of helping those who start college to finish college, and we need to move more people who are finishing high school and think that’s good enough to either get a certificate or a two- or four-year degree,” said former Gov. Jim Hodges. Both he and Wingate are members of the South Carolina Business Leaders Higher Education Council. Jobs requiring a bacheloror-higher degree accounted for 60 percent of the study’s projected shortfall. Just one in four South Carolinians over age 24 holds at least a bachelor’s degree, ranking the state 39th nationwide, according to the U.S. Census. Avoiding the projected shortfall will require 2,600 additional students yearly graduating with associates’ degrees and 4,150 additional students graduating with bachelors’ and higher degrees, according to the study. “The truth is, we need

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more of all of them. It’s not one or the other,” Hodges said of all higher education levels, including non-degreed professional certifications. What fields students pursue also matters, said Joseph Von Nessen, a research economist at University of South Carolina and a co-author of the study. “We need to steer people toward the STEM fields,” he said of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Health care jobs in general are and will increasingly be in high demand. The single biggest shortfall is expected in nursing jobs that require an associate’s degree but could require a bachelor’s in the future, he said. Another high-shortage field is teaching, from preschool through 12th grade. Shortages in the computer and engineering fields need workers with various levels of post-high school education, depending on the job, he said.

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Graham will announce presidential bid June 1 ATLANTA (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham all but confirmed Monday he will run for president in 2016, saying he thinks he would be the best choice to serve as commander in chief amid continued unrest in the Middle East. “I’m running because I think the world is falling apart,” Graham said in an interview on “CBS This Morning.” A fierce critic of President Obama’s foreign and military policy, the Republican pointed to the Iraqi city of Ramadi, which recently fell to Islamic State militants, as proof that the U.S. must assert itself in the region.

“I’m afraid more American soldiers will die in Iraq and eventually in Syria to protect our homeland,” he said, repeating his argument that 10,000 or more ground troops are needed to help train Iraqi security forces to serve as a functional national army. The U.S. has roughly 4,200 trainers and advisers in Iraq to work with the Iraqi army. The third-term senator said he will make his official campaign announcement June 1 in his hometown of Central. He would be the only Republican candidate from one of the four early voting states that also include Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

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Authorities investigate a shooting in the parking lot of Twin Peaks restaurant Sunday in Waco, Texas. Authorities said the shootout victims were members of rival biker gangs that had gathered for a meeting.

Heightened security in Waco Officers on alert after deadly Sunday shooting between biker gangs WACO, Texas (AP) — Police were on alert Monday for any retaliatory attacks after a chaotic shootout between rival biker gangs left nine people dead and at least 18 more wounded outside a Texas restaurant. Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said authorities had received threats against law enforcement “throughout the night” from biker groups and stood ready to confront any more violence resulting from Sunday’s gunfire. “We have a contingency plan to deal with those individuals if they try to cause trouble here,” Swanton said at a news conference. About 170 people were arrested on charges of engaging in organized crime. Earlier, Swanton said 192 people had been arrested but later revised that number downward. The shootout erupted shortly after noon at a busy shopping center along Interstate 35 where members of at least five rival gangs had gathered for a meeting, Swanton said. Preliminary findings indicate a dispute broke out in a bathroom and escalated to in-

clude knives and guns. The fight eventually spilled into the restaurant parking lot. “I was amazed that we didn’t have innocent civilians killed or injured,” Swanton said. The interior of the restaurant was littered with bullet casings, knives, bodies and pools of blood, he said. Authorities were processing the evidence at the scene, 95 miles south of Dallas. About 150 to 200 bikers were inside during the shootout. Parts of downtown Waco were locked down, and officials stopped and questioned motorcycle riders. Agents from the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were assisting local and state authorities. Police and the operators of Twin Peaks — a national chain that features waitresses in revealing uniforms — were aware of the meeting in advance and at least 12 Waco officers in addition to state troopers were outside the restaurant when the fight began, Swanton said. Officers shot armed bikers, he said.

It was not immediately clear whether any of the nine dead were killed by police. The identities of the dead have yet to be made public. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission closed the Twin Peaks location for a week out of fear of more violence, Swanton said. A statement released Sunday night on behalf of Jay Patel, operating partner for the Waco franchise, said his management team was having “positive communications with the police.” But Swanton said the management has not cooperated with authorities in addressing concerns about the gangs and called Patel’s statement a “fabrication.”

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — At the front of a classroom, health worker Cheryll Moore demonstrates “the nod” — a jerk of the head forward and then quickly back — a telltale sign of heroin use, though not necessarily of an overdose. “In that scenario, they can go either way,” she said. “I would not leave them alone.” After an hour or so of instruction that includes spotting signs of a life-threatening overdose, the class of ordinary people — couples, co-workers, parents, retirees and others — leaves with two vials of the prescription heroin antidote naloxone, better known by its brand name, Narcan. It’s part of an effort to make naloxone available to more people than just police, paramedics and the addicts themselves. Because of naloxone’s effectiveness in nearly instantaneously bringing overdose victims back from near death, New York and a handful of other states are making the lifesaving drug available to virtually anyone willing to be trained to use it, hoping to better the odds it will be there when needed. “Just in case,” said casino worker Diane Colby as she left the class with her Narcan. “You never know when there could be an incident. You never can tell.” Like some others in the class, she said she doesn’t know any addicts but wouldn’t necessarily be surprised to come across drug use where she works. New York, California, Illinois, New Mexico and Washington are among the states that have passed laws

to provide legal protections for prescribers who work with programs providing naloxone to laypeople. Proposed federal legislation would extend the protections nationwide. New York also is among states no longer requiring a patient-specific prescription for the drug, instead allowing drug-prevention programs to share naloxone with trained recipients. Since making the change last year, New York state says it has trained 10,000 laypeople on the use of the drug, sending them home with a rescue kit containing Narcan and a nasal atomizer used to spray it in an overdose victim’s nose. The state Health Department pays the $50 to $60 cost of the kits. “We want as many people to have it as possible,” said Dan O’Connell, a director at the Department of Health, adding the state also is moving toward stocking high school health offices with the drug, in the same way they keep EpiPens on hand for life-threatening allergies. They will join the evergrowing ranks of “community responders” to the unceasing opioid abuse seen in their various walks of life. Deaths from prescription painkillers quadrupled from 1999 to 2010. In 2013, nearly 2 million Americans either abused or were dependent on opioids, and more than 16,000 people died from the prescription variety, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 8,000 other deaths involved heroin, to which many addicts migrate after becoming addicted to legal drugs.

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Nun who kissed Elvis helps answer abbey’s prayers BY PAT EATON-ROBB The Associated Press

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Mother Dolores Hart holds a baby sheep Friday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut. Mother Dolores, a former actress who is best known for sharing the first on-screen kiss with Elvis Presley, has helped the abbey which is in need of renovations gain exposure and aid from fans of Presley.

BETHLEHEM, Conn. — Mother Dolores Hart finds it miraculous that she was able to turn one kiss with Elvis Presley into the spark that helped save an abbey. The former starlet who walked away from Hollywood in 1963 to become a nun spun her tale into a fundraising campaign for her crumbling monastery in rural Connecticut. But the pot boiler about Presley’s first on-screen kiss and the girl who turned from the screen to sisterhood has done more than keep open the doors of Abbey of Regina Laudis. It has inspired new interest in its monastic work. Now she and the other nuns hope to raise up to $9 million to restore the order’s former brass factory for future generations. Mother Dolores, now 76, first shared her story with The Associated Press in

2011 as she and about 40 other members of her Benedictine order faced the possibility that their abbey in Bethlehem would close. Fire officials had found numerous fire code and safety issues in what was a ramshackle collection of factory buildings, barns and sheds that were linked together in 1947 after the nuns purchased the old industrial site. Mother Dolores went on to write an autobiography, embark on a speaking tour and make TV appearances. In 2012, she returned to Hollywood to attend the Academy Awards when a documentary short about her life, “God is the Bigger Elvis,” was nominated for an Oscar. “Of course it was only a nomination,” she joked. “I’m still waiting for the real thing.” But the bigger reward, she said, came as an answer to her prayers for the abbey.

Shortly after her autobiography was published, the monastery began receiving letters and donations from across the world. One man began sending $100 a month. A woman in New Zealand sent $3,000. “The Elvis fans didn’t have a lot of money, but they sent quite a few dollars and all their love,” she said. The nuns quickly raised more than $1 million. The abbey’s main building now has new alarm and sprinkler systems, an elevator and other safety improvements. What was once a project designed to keep the abbey from closing has become a fundraising effort to renovate the abbey for a long future. The most recent version of the renovation plan, dubbed New Horizons, calls for a new chapel (the ceiling is sagging), housing and other environmentally friendly and disabled-accessible spaces to live and pray.

Great white shark cruising East Coast becomes star porter living on the East Coast and expressed pleasant surprise at the attention — and OCEARCH’s support. “The recent explosion of followers has been a lot of fun but also like a second job. I do everything manually — no robo tweets,” the account owner wrote. “The best part is that (@MaryLeeShark) plays a role in helping to replace fear with facts by retweeting and commenting on @OCEARCH tweets. I (try) to be respectful of the important work OCEARCH does and have fun at the same time.” OCEARCH’s multi-year project uses GPS trackers affixed to the shark’s dorsal fin to post real-time data on dozens of great whites across the globe — Mary Lee was hanging out near Ocean City, Maryland, on Sunday, for example — with the goal of better understanding the shark’s

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Captain Brett McBride places his hand on the snout of the crew’s first specimen while scientists collect blood and tissue samples and attach tracking devices on the research vessel OCEARCH off the coast of Chatham, Massachusetts, in 2012. Before release, the nearly 15-foot, 2,292-pound shark was named Genie for famed shark researcher Eugenie Clark.

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Lisa Reardon, standing, and Rachel Byrd, members of Alice Drive Baptist Church, work on a sensory garden at Cherryvale Elementary School on Saturday.

GARDEN FROM PAGE A1 introduced the idea of a sensory garden about a year ago and worked with the coordinator of Inasmuch to have the garden become one of this year’s projects. He said he is excited to see the positive interactions between students while they experience the sensory garden together. He said

sometimes there can be negativity between students because of their differences, but the garden could help to foster understanding. “They can just all be kids no matter their challenges because we all have challenges,” Bohn said. Roberson said the garden will be complete within the upcoming months, and she hopes to bring sensory gardens to other schools in Sumter.

VIETNAM FROM PAGE A1 prevented the veterans from receiving proper recognition and that events such as Sunday’s are designed to give that recognition even if it was 50 years too late. Despite the negativity of the war, Holland said modern technology evolved from the war. He said laser- and TV-guided missiles were introduced during the war as was the extensive use of helicopters. He said modern training for how prisoners of war should respond to captors and how to escape were improved. He said later generations learned from the Vietnam veterans’ experiences and now have become more patriotic. “We will never do that again,” Holland said about disrespecting military service. Robert Brown of Bishopville served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. After Vietnam, he continue to serve in the National Guard in which he also served in Operation Iraqi Freedom before retiring in 2007 at 60. He said he couldn’t help but notice the major changes in communication between family members. In Vietnam, he said it took as long as two months to receive a letter from home. By 2003 with the Iraqi war started, he said he could talk to loved ones through satellite service, and he could even email his family. He said that helped military morale. James A. Brown of Sumter served in Viet-

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Jamie O’Neal watches the color guard present the American flag during the ceremony recognizing the 50th anniversary of the official U.S. entry into Vietnam. O’Neal was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in Vietnam and is the former commander of the Sumter chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. nam in 1967 and 1968. At the Sumter Military Museum reception after the commemoration, he said it’s important for the veterans to get the recognition, but it’s also important people learn the history of the war. “If you don’t have events like this, the history dies,” he said.

Camden, New Jersey, where he praised efforts by the police department to improve their relationship with a poor community struggling with violence. With police under increased scrutiny because of the highly publicized deaths of black suspects nationwide, Obama also unveiled the final report of a task force he created to help build confidence between police and minority communities. And he issued a broader appeal for Americans to address racial disparities and the needs of poor communities before they erupt into disorder. He also reiterated his call for overhauling sentencing practices for nonviolent drug crimes. “We can’t ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no ablebodied men in the community or kids are growing up without intact households,” he said. In Camden, Obama visited the police Real-Time Tactical Operational Intelligence Center and watched live video displays of city neighborhoods being monitored by officers. He also stopped by a community center where he met with young people and local police officers. Ahead of his Camden remarks, Obama stopped briefly in nearby Philadelphia to praise its police and fire department officials for their quick response to last week’s deadly Amtrak wreck. In addition to the prohibitions in his order, Obama also is placing a longer list of military equipment under tighter control, including wheeled armored vehicles such as Humvees, manned aircraft, drones, specialized firearms, explosives, battering rams and riot batons, helmets and shields. Starting in October, police will have to get approval from their city council, mayor or some other local governing body to obtain such equipment, provide a persuasive explanation of why it is needed and have more training and data collection on its use. Programs that transfer surplus military-style equipment from the Pentagon and other federal agencies have been around for decades, but Congress increased spending to help departments acquire the gear in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.

The issue of police militarization rose to prominence last year after a white police officer in Ferguson fatally shot unarmed black 18-yearold Michael Brown, sparking protests. Critics questioned why police in full body armor with armored trucks responded to dispel demonstrators, and Obama seemed to sympathize when ordering a review of the programs that provide the equipment. “There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement, and we don’t want those lines blurred,” Obama said in August. The review, published in December, showed five federal agencies spent $18 billion on programs that provided equipment, including 92,442 small arms, 44,275 night-vision devices, 5,235 Humvees, 617 mine-resistant vehicles and 616 aircraft. At the time, the White House defended the programs as proving to be useful in many cases, such as the response to the Boston Marathon bombing. Instead of repealing the programs, Obama issued an executive order that required federal agencies that run the programs to consult with law enforcement and civil rights and civil liberties organizations to recommend changes that make sure they are accountable and transparent. The report from the 21st Century Policing task force has a long list of recommendations to improve trust in police, including encouraging more transparency about interactions with the public. The White House said 21 police agencies nationwide, including Camden and Philadelphia, have agreed to start putting out never-before-released data on citizen interactions, such as use of force, stops, citations and officerinvolved shootings. The administration also is launching an online toolkit to encourage the use of body cameras to record police interactions. And the Justice Department is giving $163 million in grants to incentivize police departments to adopt the report’s recommendations. Sacramento, California, Mayor Kevin Johnson, the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, praised Obama’s actions, saying they “show how serious he is about doing this now and doing this right.”

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Santorum: Return of GOP’s runner-up

ASHINGTON — A near miss can be a sharp spur, so Rick Santorum wants to say something to those who profess condescending puzzlement about his persistence in pursuing the Republican presidential nomination: You probably have no idea how close I came to defeating Mitt Romney in 2012. Since 1968, he notes, the Republican presidential nominees emerging from contested primaries have been either former or sitting vice presidents (Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush), an incumbent president (Gerald Ford), a son of a president (George W. Bush), or men who previously were runners-up for the nomination (Ronald Reagan, George H.W. George Bush, Bob Will Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney). Santorum intends to join this last group, starting in Iowa next February. It was there in 2012 that he won the caucuses about two weeks too late. On the night of the caucuses, Romney was declared the winner by eight votes. Late-certified results from eight (of 1,774) caucuses made Santorum the winner by 34 votes. Had this result been recorded on caucus night with the donors and journalists paying rapt attention, his stunning upset — a few weeks earlier he had barely registered in those polls that bothered to mention him — would, he thinks, have triggered a deluge of contributions. This, he thinks, would have enabled him to win in Romney’s native state, Michigan. Santorum insists “I crushed him on (the primary) Election Day,” and that Romney’s margin of victory came from absentee ballots cast early. Winning Michigan (Romney got 409,522 votes, Santorum 377,372) would have validated Santorum as more than a product of Iowa quirkiness. Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s 2013 book “Double Down” says that Romney believed that if he lost Michigan his campaign would have been doomed. Even without a financial and political boost from a Michigan victory, seven days after Michigan, Santorum lost Ohio by just 0.8 percent of the vote, even though he had so little money he ran no ads in Cincinnati or Cleveland. But as the poet said, “for of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘it might have been!’” Santorum, like the winner of the 2008 caucuses, Mike Huckabee, cannot be a fresh face in Iowa twice. Still, Santorum will be

backed by a super PAC that will enable him to survive some defeats, and he thinks this year’s crowded field will be “like a cycling race: You don’t want to be the lead cyclist, with all the wind resistance and the bugs in your eyes. You want to lay back in the pack.” He will be back there while trying to change the perception of him as a one-note crusader on social issues. The achievements of which he is most proud from his 16 years in Congress concerned other matters — he was floor manager of the most important legislation of the 1990s, welfare reform, and helped create term limits for Republican committee chairs. Today he speaks to the approximately 70 percent of Americans “who don’t have a college degree and are competing with the unskilled workers who are coming into this country.” Americans whose incomes have been stagnating for many years deserve a spokesman, but one with better ideas than Santorum’s proposal to reduce legal immigration by 25 percent. Santorum is, alas, not alone in speaking for a timorous America in a defensive crouch: Scott Walker, too, is questioning current levels of legal immigration. Furthermore, Santorum also flinches from free trade. This is another consequence of subscribing to the “lump of labor” theory — that there is a static supply of jobs, so immigration and foreign competition is a zero-sum transaction. In 2016, he says, he must do “exceptionally well” in Iowa. New Hampshire is uncongenial because it is, he says, “the second-most secular state” measured by church attendance (second only to contiguous Vermont). South Carolina Republicans, however, might feel remorse about favoring Newt Gingrich in 2012. Santorum is sure he would have won Michigan if Gingrich (65,027 votes) had not won South Carolina. Santorum must get on stage for the televised debates. The first is in August, hosted by Fox News, which might need to formulate admission criteria to filter the field, lest candidate congestion make the event ridiculous. Santorum thinks qualifying for the debate should be like qualifying for the Masters golf tournament: Past winners, or those who did particularly well in the previous year’s Masters, are automatically admitted. Last time he was the last one standing against Romney. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE In Sunday’s Sumter Item, staff writer Konstantin Vengerowsky tells the remarkable story of the late James Donovan. His daughter, Mary Ellen Fuller, is a Brooklyn native who now lives in Alcolu. Read it online at www.theitem.com. It’s not every day that you find out that Tom Hanks is playing the lead role of your father in a Hollywood movie directed by Steven Spielberg. But that is exactly what happened with Mary Ellen Fuller, a native of Brooklyn, New York, who has called Alcolu her home for the last seven years. Fuller is the daughter of a man who was involved in some of the most monumental events of the Cold War. Her father was the late James B. Donovan, the famous lawyer, who in 1962 arranged for the release of Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot who was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union. The event made international headlines in 1960 and would become known as the U-2 incident, named after the U-2 spy plane. Steven Spielberg has called James Donovan his hero in various media outlets. Donovan arranged for an exchange of spies between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, for which he received the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. Fuller said that she had no idea a film was being made about her father and the incident. “A friend of mine called and said ‘you must be so excited about the movie coming out,’” Fuller said. “I was in shock.” Fuller said her father always had an interest in the arts, and from 1968 to 1970, he served as the president of Pratt Institute, a prestigious art university in New York City. He died of natural causes in 1970, while holding that position. Touchstone Pictures will release the film, called “Bridge of Spies,” on Oct. 16. “I’ve been very pleasantly surprised on all of the productions coming out recently about my father and his work,” she said. “He truly lived a remarkable life.” ••• In the Washington Post, Hank Steuver writes, in “The last ‘Mad Men’: Don found peace and so should we.” “Mad Men” is over — and with it, happily, are all the protracted, overwrought theories about how it would end. Perhaps now is the right time to at last regard Matthew Weiner’s muddled but mesmerizing masterpiece for what it truly was: a novel. A novel shelved not with the genre works like “Game of Thrones,” but kept over there in the nebulous section called “contemporary literature,” where the best endings are always the ambiguous ones. If that bothers you, then “Mad Men” was never your show to begin with. Yet so many watchers held out hope that “Mad Men” would somehow shake itself out of its trance and deliver something, anything that screamed TV SHOW. There were no gun-

shots. There was no big reveal. Instead of hijacking an airplane (come on) and leaping into eternal legend as D.B. Cooper (really, shame on you if you ever bought into that nonsense), Don Draper/Dick Whitman broke through his pent-up emotions at a touchy-feely commune/ retreat center on the California coast. “Mad Men” was true to itself to the very last, segueing into Coca-Cola’s “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” commercial from 1971. More of an ellipsis on the end of sentence rather than a period, it was nevertheless a memorable and moving image for a show that kept returning to the theme that the lies we tell ourselves are no different from the false sense of happiness that advertising always promises. ••• In The New York Times, Roger Cohen discusses the “The presence of the past.” As we grow older, the past looms larger. There’s more of it. The past is full of possibility. It is ever-changing, an eddying tide, subject to the gusts — and lacunas — of memory. The future may seem wan by comparison and, for each of us, we know more or less where it ends. With a bang or a whimper, Henry James’s “distinguished thing” awaits us. Who, a friend asked me the other day, would ever want to be 90? The answer is somebody aged 89. Old age is not for sissies, my grandmother liked to comment. Nor, however, is the other option. So on we go, accumulating past with reckless abandon, like children guzzling candies. Yet as Faulkner observed, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” History illuminates. It can also blind. The world may broadly be divided into areas that are captive of their pasts — the Balkans, the Middle East for example — and areas that are hard-wired to their futures — the United States and most of Asia. Europe, I think, lies somewhere in between. One of my sons lives in Vietnam. Whenever I am there I marvel at the graves among the rice paddies. It is a powerful symbol of the living and the dead mingling, present and past. It is an image of acceptance. Nobody wants to talk about the war in Vietnam that ended 40 years ago. ... The past is there. We must understand it, our own, our community’s and our nation’s. Suppressing it will only be achieved at a price. That price is often bloodshed. But nor can we be consumed by the past, re-fight its battles or succumb to the sterility of vengeance. Not to remember, or to be overwhelmed by memory, are equally dangerous. Only through a balanced view of the past, conscientious but not obsessive, may we shun victimhood, accept divergent national narratives, embrace decency, meet our daily obligations, and look forward. Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@theitem.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ANYONE ELSE SEE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? I am totally confused. Maybe Mr. Baten or Mr. Burns can enlighten me. A black man dies in police custody in a city run by Democrats for the last 50 years. There were three black officers and three white officers involved. The Baltimore police department is made up of 43 percent black officers. The blacks start rioting. They burn down black-owned businesses. The black female mayor has the black female state attorney start

an investigation. They want the feds to get involved. So the first black president appoints the first black female U.S. attorney to look into the situation. She blames it on racism. Am I missing something? DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

SUMTER HIGH OFFERS EXCELLENT EDUCATION We hear on TV or read in the newspapers about poor performances found in our education system. I want to assure you that our family

has found a school with remarkable assets. My granddaughter transferred from a private school to Sumter High School for the 2014-15 school year. I cannot begin to say enough about the wonderful experiences that we have seen this year. The school is offering an excellent education, as well as recognizing the God-given talents of its students. Their love for teaching has been evident since the first day of school. Thank you, Sumter High, teachers, administrators, counselors, cafeteria

workers and janitorial staff. My granddaughter’s teachers this year have been as follows: Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Dowman, Mrs. Chambers. Mr. Hasselgrave, Mrs. Champion, Mrs. Paggi and Mrs. Lynn Twitty, counselor. Dr. Frank Baker has done an outstanding job of leading Sumter School District. I appreciate the opportunity to bring some positive remarks regarding education at its best. SYLVIA BRUNSON Sumter

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‘Frontline’ examines CIA’s interrogation methods BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” So said Winston Churchill, a main actor in the history of the 20th century and author of many popular books about his times. Has the CIA burnished its own image using Hollywood as its promoter? And altered history in the process? That’s just one of the troubling questions at the heart of “Secrets, Politics and Torture” on “Frontline” (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings). “Torture” begins with scenes from the Oscar-winning 2012 film “Zero Dark Thirty,” a thriller about the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. As the film makes obvious, torture, or “enhanced interrogation,” was effectively used to locate the terrorist. To quote George and Ira Gershwin, that “ain’t necessarily so.” Journalists and government officials quoted here say that the CIA provided very slanted inside information to the filmmakers to influence their depiction of events and create a popular mythology about torture painfully at odds with the facts. Drawing on a Senate report and an internal CIA report commissioned by then-director Leon Panetta, “Torture” demonstrates the consistent ineffectiveness of “enhanced interrogation” techniques. Putting aside the legal and moral qualms over their use, torture

Many CIA veterans say the Senate report quoted here was slanted against them. Some fall back on a “bad things happen during war” argument that never held water with Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who knows a thing or two about torture and bad things happening during war.

CULT CHOICE

U.S. troops with 3rd Platoon Alpha Company 3-21 Stryker Brigade, and elements of the Iraqi Army raid a home in Mosul, Iraq, taking the occupant prisoner as a suspected insurgent. Airing at 10 p.m. on PBS, tonight’s “Frontline” episode “Secrets, Politics and Torture” examines the controversial interrogation methods used by the CIA. represented a bizarre departure from CIA practices and the hiring of expensive freelancers without any history of credible intelligence gathering. Worse, it resulted in a huge amount of time wasted by figures from the CIA’s lawyers to the office of then-Vice President Dick Cheney, to create legal firewalls to protect everyone involved from the possibility of future prosecution. Debates over interrogation apparently began with highranking al-Qaida member Abu Zubaydah. He was initially interviewed by a trained FBI agent fluent in his language and familiar with the Koran.

These initial conversations produced credible intelligence without using physical violence. The CIA then introduced freelance interrogators who had devised techniques inspired by North Korean torturers. When made aware of these men and their intentions, the FBI agent called his headquarters and requested permission to arrest them for breaking any number of laws. Instead, the FBI agent was sent home and Zubaydah was subjected to the new routine — without results. Instead of recognizing incompetence, the CIA turned these bizarre techniques into standard practice.

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AROUND TOWN The Sumter Cemetery Associa- General Mabry Memorial tion’s annual lot owner’s meet- Park located on U.S. 378/76 next to Shaw Air Force ing will be held at 4 p.m. own aCemelot in Sumter Base. Cemetery? The public is invited. today inDo theyou Sumter This year marks the 40th tery office, 700 W. Oakland anniversary of the end of Ave. the Vietnam Conflict. VFW Post 11078 will meet at The Sumter County Educator’s 6 p.m. today at the post Association-Retired will hold quarters, North Canty its end of the year meeting Street. The annual poppy and luncheon at noon on drive will be held May 22 Wednesday, May 27, at New and 23 at Walmart. Beginnings. All members The Carolina Coin Club will are encouraged to attend. meet at 7 p.m. today at 155 Call Brenda Bethune at Haynsworth St. (Parks and (803) 469-6588 for details. Recreation Department The Sumter Community VIP building). The group meets will meet at 10 a.m. on on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors always Wednesday, June 3, at the James Clyburn Transportawelcome. Call (803) 775tion Center, 129 Harvin St. 8840 for more information. This is an important meetThe Pinedale Neighborhood ing and we are calling all Association will meet at 4 neighborhood groups, crime p.m. on Thursday, May 21, watch groups and every at the South HOPE Center, concerned citizen to attend. 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Call Call (803) 491-4910. Ferdinand Burns at (803) The Sumter Chapter of the Na968-4464. tional Federation of the Blind The Sumter Branch NAACP’s will meet at 7 p.m. on TuesYouth Council Election will be day, June 9, at Shiloh-Ranheld from 10 a.m. to noon dolph Manor. Marjorie on Saturday, May 23, at Smith will speak. The spotFirst Baptist Missionary light will shine on William Church, 219 S. Washington Davis and the associates St. are Lee and Laura ColA community giveaway of do- clough-James. Transportanated items will be held be- tion will be provided within ginning at 11 a.m. on Saturthe mileage radius. Contact day, May 23, at the home of Debra Canty, president, at Viola Shaw, 186 Green Lane, DebraCanC2@frontier.com Bishopville. Free dinner will or at (803) 775-5792. Add the also be served at noon. group to your contacts for Items to be given away inupdated information on the clude: clothes for children recorded message line at of all ages; adult clothing; (206) 376-5992. toys; car seats; infant Manning High School Class of swings; televisions; books; games; comforters; canned 1995 will hold its 20-year class reunion Friday-Saturgoods; and more. Tickets day, June 12-13 as follows: will be drawn for cash door 7-11 p.m. Friday, White Masprizes. Call Viola Shaw at querade Party, The Breedin (803) 428-3488 for details. Room, 312 Pine St., ManThe Sumter Branch NAACP ning; noon-3 p.m. Saturday, will meet at 5 p.m. on Sunreunion cookout, Swan day, May 24, at Joshua Bap- Lake-Iris Gardens, 822 W. tist Church, 5200 Live Oak Liberty St.; and 8-11 p.m. Road, Dalzell. Saturday, fine dining affair VFW Post 10813 will hold its at Saluda’s Restaurant, 751 monthly “Wine, Cheese, Music Saluda Ave., Columbia & more ...” event from 5 to 9 (www.saludas.com). For inp.m. on Sunday, May 24, at formation, email 95mh610 Manning Ave. Donations s20th@gmail.com. are welcome to support our The 2015 Sumter County Comveterans and family promunity Development Corporagrams. Call (803) 773-6700. tion Housing and Job Fair will The Sumter County Veterans be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Association will hold its Memo- Saturday, June 27, at South rial Day program at 11 a.m. Sumter Resource Center, on Monday, May 25, at the 337 Manning Ave.

PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center 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. Today, 5 p.m., 750 Electric Drive. Call (803) 778-1669, extension 119.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Gaﬀney 87/59 Spartanburg 88/61

Greenville 87/64

Columbia 92/68

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

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Charleston 88/71

Today: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm; humid. High 83 to 90. Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun; humid. High 82 to 89.

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Aiken 92/66

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Today Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 84/67/t 89/67/s Chicago 56/39/pc 55/41/c Dallas 80/68/t 81/61/pc Detroit 62/39/s 62/47/pc Houston 85/72/t 86/71/pc Los Angeles 70/57/pc 70/57/pc New Orleans 87/74/t 88/75/pc New York 76/58/t 69/50/s Orlando 91/73/t 93/72/t Philadelphia 85/60/t 71/51/s Phoenix 86/65/s 92/69/pc San Francisco 64/54/c 64/55/c Wash., DC 88/62/t 77/57/s

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 82/56/pc 89/65/pc 91/66/t 90/71/t 79/63/t 88/71/t 88/63/t 90/66/pc 92/68/t 88/67/t 87/66/t 87/66/t 89/66/t

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 89/68/t Gainesville 88/68/t Gastonia 87/62/pc Goldsboro 89/66/t Goose Creek 89/70/t Greensboro 87/61/t Greenville 87/64/pc Hickory 87/58/pc Hilton Head 87/71/t Jacksonville, FL 88/69/t La Grange 86/66/t Macon 88/65/pc Marietta 84/64/pc

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High 10:49 a.m. 11:08 p.m. 11:38 a.m. 11:54 p.m.

Ht. 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.5

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 87/55/pc Mt. Pleasant 88/71/t Myrtle Beach 86/70/t Orangeburg 91/68/t Port Royal 89/71/t Raleigh 89/64/t Rock Hill 87/62/t Rockingham 91/61/t Savannah 90/70/t Spartanburg 88/61/pc Summerville 89/70/t Wilmington 87/67/t Winston-Salem 86/61/pc

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CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Today, 6:30 p.m., district office CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

Sumter 90/69 Manning 90/67

Today: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds north-northwest 3-6 mph. Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.

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11-17-21-36-74 24-29-38-48-52 22-23-24-26-38 Megaball: 15; Megaplier: 5 Powerball: 32; PowerPlay 2 Lucky Ball: 2

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Lilian Peter comments on her photo submission, “I took this picture of the East and West Mittens and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Utah. These three sandstone rock formations are in a pristine, rugged area within the Navajo Tribal Park.”

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USC SUMTER BASEBALL

Long march to Victor-y

SEBASTIAN BUSH / MONROE COLLEGE ATHLETICS

The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team captured the NJCAA Eastern District championship and a berth in the Junior College World Series on Sunday at Mitchell Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y., with a 4-2 victory over Potomac State College (W.Va.) in the decisive second game. Potomac won the opening game 5-2.

In decisive game of Eastern District tournament, Fire Ants RHP Gonzalez works out of late jam to help secure program’s first trip to Junior College World Series and keep USCS from seeing history repeat itself BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

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The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team made sure it didn’t let a golden opportunity slip away two years in row. And head coach Tim Medlin made sure he didn’t make the same mistake twice, he said. Facing a winner-take-all scenario, the Fire Ants turned to Victor Gonzalez in Sunday’s Eastern District championship game at the Mitchell Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y. He responded by allowing one run on just one hit through the first six innings as

The University of South Carolina Sumter is accepting to donations to help cover the cost of the baseball team’s trip to the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. The Fire Ants earned its first ever trip to the JUCO World Series by winning the Eastern District tournament on Sunday. Sumter begins play in the World Series on Saturday. In order to make a secure donation, go to https://giving.sc.edu/makeapledge.aspx and choose “athletics.”

USCS clung to a 3-1 lead. The seventh inning was a different matter entirely, though. Three straight hits by Potomac State College of West Virginia loaded the bases with no outs. Instead of that being the end of the day for Gonzalez

though, Medlin chose, this time, to stick with his sophomore right-hander. The result proved to be the turning point that sent USC Sumter to the Junior College World Series for the first time in program history.

An RBI groundout to third baseman Fred Wadsworth made it 3-2, but cut the lead runner down. Gonzalez then fanned Potomac center fielder Russell Schwertfeger for the third time that day and got a fielder’s choice groundout to end the inning. Another Fire Ant run in the eighth and two scoreless innings of relief from Jake Trejo shut the door on the Catamounts in a 4-2 victory and sent USCS into a post-game euphoric celebration that was two years in the making. “I can’t even describe the feeling,” Gonzalez said. “It felt like two years of

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Jeffreys earns another Extreme-4 division win BY CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item Landon Jeffreys continued his winning ways on Saturday at Sumter Speedway by picking up his third straight victory in the Extreme-4 division. Jeffreys started the feature from the outside pole after finishing second to Luke Wilson in the heat race. As the green flag flew, Jeffreys shot into the lead with Wilson in tow. After a long green flag run, Jeffrey opened up a huge lead over

the rest of the field. However, a late caution flag bunched the field up for an exciting green/white/checkered finish. As the green flag waved to restart the race, Wilson powered his way out front, sending Jeffreys to second. Wilson held him off and took the white flag as the leader, but Jeffreys wasn’t ready to settle for second. Jeffrey dove to the inside of Wilson in turns 1 and 2 and recaptured

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For once, Carolina faces must-win in SEC tourney Braves’ Miller flirts with no-no THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Atlanta starting pitcher Shelby Miller nearly threw a no-hitter on Sunday in Miami in the Braves’ 6-0 victory. The Marlins broke it up with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

BY NEIL WHITE The State

Marlins break up bid with 2 outs in 9th, then fire manager BY STEVEN WINE The Associated Press MIAMI — Shelby Miller made the Miami Marlins look so bad they fired their manager.

Miller’s no-hit bid ended with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday when Justin Bour singled sharply up the middle, and the Atlanta Braves right-hander settled for a two-hitter to beat Miami 6-0. Two hits weren’t enough to satisfy Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, who fired manager Mike Redmond shortly after the game.

Miami is off to a disappointing 16-22 start. Miller had retired 22 in a row after Marcell Ozuna’s second-inning walk when Bour singled on the first pitch, a 95-mph fastball. Dee Gordon reached on an infield single before Martin Prado popped out, completing a three-game sweep for

SEE MILLER, PAGE B5

COLUMBIA — Unlike previous seasons at the SEC baseball tournament, South Carolina arrives in Hoover, Ala., in a must-win situation. Usually, the Gamecocks show up for a few tune-up games with no pressure on them because they’ve played well enough in the regular season to ensure an NCAA tournament berth. But with-

out a victory in the single-elimination first round today at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, USC assurHOLBROOK edly will not earn a 16th straight bid to the national tournament. This team posted a 32-24 overall record and a 13-17 mark in the SEC, the first

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SPORTS

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SCOREBOARD

Texas (Gallardo 3-5) at Boston (Miley 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 3-3) at Kansas City (Ventura 2-3), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-3), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 4-1) at Houston (R.Hernandez 1-3), 8:10 p.m.

TV, RADIO TODAY

7 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European PGA Tour Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Third Round from Belek, Turkey (GOLF). 10:30 a.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game One from Hoover, Ala. – Mississippi vs. Alabama (SEC NETWORK). 11 a.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game One from Durham, N.C. – Virginia vs. Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Two from Hoover, Ala. – Missouri vs. South Carolina (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – College Baseball: American Athletic Conference Tournament Game One from Clearwater, Fla. – South Florida vs. Memphis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 3 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Two from Durham, N.C. North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 5:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Three from Hoover, Ala. – Kentucky vs. Auburn (SEC NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: American Athletic Conference Tournament Game Two from Clearwater, Fla. – Houston vs. Cincinnati (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Washington or Texas at Boston (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Tampa Bay at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Draft Lottery from New York (ESPN). 9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game One – Houston at Golden State (ESPN). 9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – Chicago at Anaheim (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Four from Hoover, Ala. – Arkansas vs. Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco or Chicago Cubs at San Diego (MLB NETWORK).

Sunday At Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,562; Par 72 Final Rory McIlroy (500), $1,278,000 70-67-61-69—267 Patrick Rodgers, $624,800 68-68-70-68—274 Webb Simpson (245), $624,800 67-67-68-72—274 Phil Mickelson (115), $293,467 71-66-71-68—276 Gary Woodland (115), $293,467 70-71-68-67—276 Robert Streb (115), $293,467 65-69-71-71—276 Geoff Ogilvy (88), $228,975 69-69-71-68—277 Justin Thomas (88), $228,975 69-73-65-70—277 Jason Bohn (73), $184,600 72-68-69-69—278 Brendan Steele (73), $184,600 69-69-68-72—278 Shawn Stefani (73), $184,600 69-70-70-69—278 Kevin Streelman (73), $184,600 69-71-70-68—278 Scott Brown (58), $137,267 71-68-69-71—279 Danny Lee (58), $137,267 71-69-69-70—279 Jim Herman (58), $137,267 71-69-68-71—279 Kevin Chappell (54), $113,600 66-73-74-67—280 Tony Finau (54), $113,600 73-67-70-70—280 Boo Weekley (54), $113,600 71-70-67-72—280 Carlos Ortiz (52), $99,400 70-71-66-74—281

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MONDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta vs. Cleveland Wednesday: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. Friday: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. Sunday: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. May 26: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-May 28: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. x-May 30: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-June 1: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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Baltimore 3, L.A. Angels 0 Kansas City 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 3 Houston 4, Toronto 2 Texas 5, Cleveland 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland 3 Seattle 5, Boston 0 St. Louis 2, Detroit 1

MONDAY’S GAMES

Toronto 10, L.A. Angels 6 Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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New York Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore Toronto CENTRAL DIVISION

Oakland at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

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Minnesota (Nolasco 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-3), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 3-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 1-4) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-2), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-2) at Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 3-3), 7:07 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 1-4) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-4), 7:08 p.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 1-1) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-0), 7:10 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota (Nolasco 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-3), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 3-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 1-4) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-4), 7:08 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 1-3) at Miami (Cosart 1-3), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 5-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 1-1) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 3-3) at Kansas City (Ventura 2-3), 8:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Harang 4-3) at Colorado (Bettis 0-0), 8:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 3-1) at San Diego (Shields 5-0), 10:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Frias 3-0) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 1-3), 10:15 p.m.

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Golden State vs. Houston Today: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m. Thursday: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m. Saturday: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. May 25: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-May 27: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-May 29: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-May 31: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

N.Y. Rangers 1, Tampa Bay 0 May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 Monday: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers (late) Wednesday: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Friday: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-Sunday: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers 8 p.m. x-May 26: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-May 29: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Anaheim 1, Chicago 0 Sunday: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 Today: Chicago at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Thursday: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m. Saturday: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-May 25: Chicago at Anaheim, 9 p.m. x-May 27: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-May 30: Chicago at Anaheim 8 p.m.

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Clemson’s Matthew Crownover was named the ACC Pitcher of the Year on Monday after a vote by the conference’s 14 head coaches.

Tigers’ Crownover voted ACC Pitcher of the Year CLEMSON — Junior lefthander Matthew Crownover was named the ACC Pitcher-of-the-Year on Monday in a vote by the 14 ACC head coaches. Crownover is 10-1 with a 1.42 ERA, .187 opponents’ batting average and 91 strikeouts against 33 walks in 95 innings over 14 starts. He leads the ACC in ERA, wins and innings pitched, and is third in strikeouts and opponents’ batting average. Clemson has an 11-3 record in his 14 starts as well. With his win at No. 8 Florida State on Thursday, he became the first Tiger since 2013 (Daniel Gossett) and the first Tiger lefthander since 1996 (Ken Vining) to total 10 wins in a season. In ACC regular-season games in 2015, Crownover had a 7-1 record, 1.03 ERA, .176 opponents’ batting average and 61 strikeouts in 70 innings over 10 starts.

MCILROY CRUISES TO WELLS FARGO VICTORY CHARLOTTE — Rory McIlroy became the first 2-time winner in the Wells Fargo Championship with a sevenshot victory Sunday over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers. The top-ranked McIlroy closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 21-under 267 and break the tournament record by five strokes. Rodgers was the only player to mount a serious challenge, getting within three shots after a birdie at No. 15. He finished with a 68, and Simpson shot a 72. McIlroy won at Quail Hollow in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title, shooting 15 under. Anthony Kim set the previous tournament record of 16 under in 2008.

LEE WINS KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP

NBA LOTTERY RETURNS TONIGHT

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Minjee Lee shook off a 3-putt bogey on her first hole with two finishing pars and won the Kingsmill Championship by two shots Monday, her first victory on the LPGA Tour. Lee finished at 15-under 269. So Yeon Ryu started her day with three consecutive birdies and finished second, with Alison Lee another shot back. Third-round leader Perrine Delacour of France finished fourth after a closing 71.

NEW YORK — Phil Jackson remembers watching old teammate Dave DeBuscherre pound his fist in triumph, when the Knicks and NBA were dual winners. The first draft lottery in 1985 gave New York the No. 1 pick and the NBA all the publicity a league could want, plus a way to deter teams from losing on purpose. The lottery returns tonight with the Knicks, now run by Jackson, with the second-best odds of winning, perhaps for the right to choose between big men Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky or Jahlil Okafor of national champion Duke.

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TORONTO — Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays ended a seasonworst 5-game losing streak, beating the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 on Monday. Bautista and Russell Martin, who had a go-ahead single in the sixth inning, each finished with three hits. Albert Pujols, David Freese and Chris Iannetta hit solo homers for the Angels, who lost their second straight after winning the previous five.

49ERS DL SMITH RETIRES AFTER 14 SEASONS SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers star defensive lineman Justin Smith is retiring. Smith played 14 seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the first round by Cincinnati in 2001. After seven seasons with the Bengals, he signed as a free agent in San Francisco and had his best success in seven years with the 49ers. Smith is a 2-time All-Pro and a 5-time Pro Bowler.

HAMLIN WINS NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE CONCORD, N.C. — Denny Hamlin has given Joe Gibbs Racing its first victory in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race by using clean air to hold off Kevin Harvick at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hamlin won the pole for Saturday night’s race, and was decent through the first four 25-lap segments. He headed to pit road in sixth for the mandatory final pit stop, and his No. 11 team got him back on track in first.

MAGGERT EARNS 1ST CHAMPIONS TOUR TITLE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jeff Maggert won the Regions Tradition for his first Champions Tour major title, beating Kevin Sutherland with a 3-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff. Sutherland two-putted for bogey to set up Maggert for the winning par on the 18th hole at Shoal Creek. From staff, wire reports

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Hawks’ PG duo key to playoff success PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Jeff Teague leads the Atlanta offense. So does Dennis Schroder. Sometimes, they do it together. The point guard tandem is a big reason the Hawks have reached the Eastern Conference final for the first time in franchise history. Top-seeded Atlanta hosts LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 on Wednesday night. “It doesn’t matter if I’ve got the ball or Jeff’s got the ball,” Schroder said. “We make the game fast.” Teague has blossomed in coach Mike Budenholzer’s offense, making the All-Star team for the first time this season. Schroder’s progress

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has been even more remarkable, the 21-year-old German going from a little-used rookie to a major contributor in his second season. In the playoffs, the Hawks have looked for more ways to get Teague and Schroder on the court at the same time, giving the team more offensive options at a time when defenses are really clamping down. Schroder is averaging nearly 20 minutes a game, essentially the same as the regular season, but Teague’s playing average has gone up

nearly 2 minutes — a sign of Budenholzer using them more as a package deal. While using two small guards — Teague is 6-foot-2, Schroder 6-1 — gives the Hawks some problems at the defensive end, the coach is more than willing to take the risk giving what it means to the offense. “When those two guys play together, it gives you a second player that’s very comfortable, very accustomed, to being in pick-and-rolls with the ball in their hands — trying to get in the paint, attacking the basket, collapsing the defense,” Budenholzer said after Monday’s practice at Philips Arena. “If it’s helping us, we’ll continue to play them together. I think they’re getting more comfortable together, too, which is helpful.”

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The MVP race was decided weeks ago. Newly crowned Stephen Curry and runner-up James Harden insist there’s a bigger prize they’ve wanted all along. Now is their chance to compete for it. Curry and top-seeded Golden State meet Harden and rejuvenated Houston in the Western Conference finals beginning tonight. The Baby-Faced Assassin starring opposite the Bearded One is a scintillating subplot to a series that should feature a frenetic pace and a ton of 3-point shots. But when the ball is tossed amid a sea of screaming fans in golden-yellow shirts at Oracle Arena, only one thing will be on the minds of the leading men. “We’re four wins away from getting to the Finals and one step closer to our dream,’’ Curry said. “There’s one team in our way to get there. That’s it.’’ The Warriors went 4-0 against the Rockets in the regular season, winning by an average of 15.3 points. But a lot has changed for Houston since the teams last played Jan. 21. Dwight Howard sat out two meetings and is playing as well as he has in years. Josh Smith has found his groove and starters Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas are

out with injuries. “We’re a new team,’’ Harden said. “It’s a new series.’’ The Warriors rolled to a franchise-record 67 wins in the regular season, finishing 11 games ahead of secondplace Houston. Golden State is in the conference finals for the first time since 1976, a year after winning the franchise’s only Bay Area title. The Rockets are in the conference finals for the first time since 1997. Houston hasn’t been to the NBA Finals since winning back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995. The offensive sets vary between the teams, but the overall philosophy is similar: make stops, push the pace and spread the floor with shooters. “That’s our brand of basketball,’’ Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “And we feel like we’re really good at our brand of basketball.’’ Both teams rallied from series deficits to win three straight games in the last round. The Warriors overcame a 2-1 hole against Memphis, and the Rockets became the ninth team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a playoff series when they closed out the Clippers in Game 7 on Sunday. Whether the Rockets are recovered from that emotional series is unclear. The tight turnaround and long-distance flight surely don’t work in their favor.

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USCS FROM PAGE B1 hard work paid off in that one moment. I was pacing back and forth in the dugout those last two innings.” It was likely more nerveracking for Gonzalez than perhaps anyone else besides Medlin. A year ago, in an eerily similar situation in the championship round of the Eastern District tournament at Riley Park in Sumter, Gonzalez was on the mound against Spartanburg Methodist College holding a 3-1 lead in the seventh after allowing just four hits through six innings. A 1-out single that put two runners on was the end of the line that day for Gonzalez, however. SMC proceeded to rally for three runs to take the lead, and then got a solo homer in the 10th to win the game 5-4 and force a winnertake-all contest. The Pioneers easily won that contest 7-2 to deny USCS its ticket to Grand Junction, Colo. “It really was a source of motivation for me,” Gonzalez said. “I was in that jam and I was like, ‘I’m not letting this happen again this year. We’re doing it this time.’ That’s the mentality I had. That’s the mentality we all had – the guys who came so close last year and the new guys who heard about it this year and wanted to change things.” It was a banner moment for Gonzalez, and a measure of redemption for both him and Medlin. “I look back on last year and even my wife gave me a hard time about taking (Gonzalez) out,” Medlin said. “So I told him this was his chance, this was his game today. He pitched exceptionally well. He had good fastball command and he changed speeds well. He came up big in a big spot and pitched a great game – one that even I couldn’t screw up.” The Fire Ants also had big

CAROLINA FROM PAGE B1 losing conference record since 1997, numbers that earned it a No. 10 seed in the conference tournament. “We certainly need to win some games, that’s for sure. We certainly can’t lose tomorrow, I don’t believe, to be in the (NCAA) conversation,” USC coach Chad Holbrook said. But Holbrook notes that many of the eight teams playing in the four games today are sitting on the same bubble. “We’re not on an island by ourselves,” he said. “There are other teams that are in the same boat.” One of them is USC’s opponent in the day’s second game: No. 7 seed Missouri, which went 29-26 overall and 15-15 in the SEC, including a series victory over the Gamecocks. The Tigers have a No. 57 RPI in the NCAA official rankings while South Carolina is No. 60. “We have to keep winning. We all feel that way,” Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said. “We don’t want to leave it up to the committee to make decisions. We’re in the same boat. We feel like we’ve got to make some noise down here. We don’t want to assume anything.” The chase for the at-large spots in the 64-team field will be hotly contested across the board for those teams that don’t win their conference’s automatic bid. The Gamecocks have to build a case if they can’t win the five games needed to claim the title. “Looking across the country, it’s not just the SEC but other leagues as well. It seems like a lot of people have similar resumes,” Holbrook said. “Some might have a harder strength of schedule, some might have more quality wins,

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games at the plate from Justin Hawkins among others. After a Tee Dubose single, Hawkins’ 2-out, 2-run home run to right field in the third inning gave USCS a 3-0 lead. Hawkins and Dubose scored two runs

apiece in the decisive game while Hawkins drove in two. USC Sumter also got big hits – and big weekends – from Dillon Heffner and Fred Wadsworth. Heffner plated the first run of the game in the second while Wadsworth drove in an insurance tally in the eighth. “Our Nos. 6 and 7 hitters really came through all tournament long,” Medlin said. “Fred and Dillon and Justin just had big hit after big hit after big hit.” It was a sharp contrast to the opening game, which USCS lost 5-2. Colby Croxton had a 2-out, 2-run triple in the second, but after that clutch hits dried up for the Fire Ants. They left 14 men on base and a misplayed ball in the bottom of the fifth inning opened the door for a 3-run rally by the Catamounts, who never looked back after scoring two more runs in the sixth. USC Sumter starter Will Smith had not allowed a run to that point in the fifth. “It wound up being the difference in the game because we could not get the big hit when we needed to after that,” Medlin said. “We got things started with two outs and then couldn’t get the big clutch hit. It was disappointing, but you have to give their starter (Sam Vincenzo) credit because he did a very good job of shutting us down after that second inning.” Brandon Ahrens pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to close out the game for USC Sumter, who got very good work out of its bullpen all weekend long, Medlin added. After the long bus ride home on Monday, the Fire Ants have a quick turnaround before heading out west. USCS leaves on Wednesday with its opening game of the JCWS scheduled for 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday. The Fire Ants will face Northern District champion Iowa Western in the opener.

some might have a higher RPI. Who knows what the (NCAA) committee is going to lean on the heaviest?” With both Baseball America and D1baseball.com projecting the SEC to receive eight bids to the NCAA tournament, the first day of the conference tournament could be a season-ender for any number of teams. Along with South Carolina and Missouri, Ole Miss (30-24, 15-14, No. 24 RPI), Kentucky (30-24, 14-15, No. 56 RPI), Auburn (34-22, 13-17, No. 23 RPI), and Alabama (30-26, 12-18, No. 50 RPI) all would like to make their way to the double-elimination round of play that begins Wednesday. “We’ve certainly got to make a deep run to get in the (NCAA) conversation,” Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard said. “You take it one game at a time. There’s been some magic here before in our program and in the tournament.

Some things have to happen and fall the right way for us.” Kentucky coach Gary Henderson echoed those sentiments. “We are like the majority of the clubs playing Tuesday. We need to win,” Henderson. Holbrook likes that 12 clubs get a chance to play for the tournament championship, even if four of them will be gone after the first day. He’s not afraid of a do-or-die situation after the way his team played over the final two weekends, when the Gamecocks split six games with conference champion LSU (469, 21-8, No. 5 RPI) and Texas A&M (43-10, 18-10, No. 7 RPI). “Our team’s confidence is in a good spot based on our opponents that we played the last couple of weekends and how we played,” Holbrook said. “Hopefully, we can play our best baseball in the postseason and, obviously, that starts against Missouri.”

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Game 1 -- San Jacinto (Texas) (3920) vs. McLennan (Texas) (37-18), 11 a.m. Game 2 -- Walters State (Tenn.) (5410) vs. South Central Champion, 2 p.m. Game 3 -- Iowa Western (52-5) vs. USC Sumter (43-19), 5 p.m. Game 4 -- Northwest Florida State (36-12) vs. Dodge City (Kan.) (4118), 9:30 p.m.

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Game 5 -- Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, noon Game 6 -- Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 4 p.m. Game 7 -- Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) (41-15) vs. Yavapai (Ariz.) (45-17), 9:30 p.m.

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MILLER FROM PAGE B1 the Braves. “Obviously things didn’t finish as we wanted to, but at the same time we got a sweep,’’ Miller said. “In the end I had a lot of fun.’’ The Marlins couldn’t say the same. Loria left his seat near home plate in the fourth inning, perhaps a sign of the owner’s restlessness regarding a team that began the year with high hopes after an aggressive offseason. Redmond’s replacement will be announced Monday. Bench coach Rob Leary also was fired.

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“We’re just looking for a new voice,’’ president of baseball operations Michael Hill said. Marlins bats were silent until Bour’s hit on the 89th pitch from Miller. As the ball bounded into center field, Miller briefly looked toward the sky —actually toward the closed retractable roof at Marlins Park. The crowd of 23,075 gave the visiting pitcher a standing ovation. “He put a good swing on it,’’ Miller said. “I wish it would have finished differently.’’ Bour entered the game as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning. “You never want to be the last guy up there when

someone gets a no-hitter,’’ Bour said. “So I avoided that.’’ Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski said the pitch to Bour was Miller’s lone mistake. “He wanted to throw it in off the plate, and he threw it right down the middle,’’ Pierzynski said. “Those things happen. It stinks, but Shelby pitched a great game.’’ Miller (5-1) came into the game tied for second in the majors in ERA and lowered it to 1.33. He benefited from an early replay reversal to flirt with what would have been the first no-hitter for the Braves in 21 years. The reversal erased an infield single by pitcher Henderson Alvarez in the third inning.

Miller only early runner was erased on a double play, and the right-hander faced the minimum 24 batters in the first eight innings. He threw a first-pitch strike to 26 of 29 batters and finished with 94 pitches, 70 for strikes. “Actually, in the bullpen I didn’t feel the best,’’ Miller said. “The breaking pitches were not very good, but in the game they came around and we made some pitches and had some great defensive plays.’’ It was the fourth complete game of his career, and the second in the past three starts. Miller even shut down major league RBIs leader Giancarlo Stanton, who went 0 for 3 after hitting long

homers in each of the previous two games. Left fielder Todd Cunningham — who later confessed he was unaware Miller had a no-hitter going — caught a drive by Stanton a step from the wall to end the seventh. That was the Marlins’ hardest-hit ball. Alvarez nearly broke up Miller’s bid in the third when he was ruled safe trying to beat out a soft grounder to short. Following a review that took three minutes and five seconds, the call was reversed to end the inning and erase the hit. Replays on the video scoreboard appeared inconclusive, and the crowd booed the reversal, but the Marlins didn’t argue.

may be made to Ben and Susie Mae Whack Kennedy, C.E. Murray High, scholarship fund. The celebratory services for Mr. Kennedy will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Greeleyville, with the Rev. Victor Scott, pastor, presiding, and the Rev. Richard Addison, eulogist. Burial will follow in Whack Cemetery, Greeleyville. The family is receiving friends at his residence, 140 Society St., Greeleyville. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

(Tim) Hess of Florence; and her great-grandchild, Carney James Hess. Polly was preceded in death by her husband, George L. Timmerman Jr.; her daughter, Eleanor Timmerman Graves; and her sister, Lila Watts Bubb. Memorials may be made to Darlington Presbyterian Church, 311 Pearl St., Darlington, SC 29532 and the Susan Johnson Memorial Fund, 301 Pearl St., Darlington, SC 29532. A guestbook is available online at www.belkfuneralhome. com.

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LYNCHBURG — Preston Nero, of 600 Cartersville Road, Lamar, died on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, after an illness. The family is receiving friends at the home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

and Savior at an early age while attending New Calvary Baptist Church. Debbie was a 1970 graduate of Mayewood High School and a longtime office manager at T&N Septic Tank. She was a very loving wife, mother and friend. Her memory will be forever cherished by her husband; son, Chad Smith (Deanna); daughter, Jennifer Smith; grandson, Walker Smith, who was her pride and joy; as well as many family and friends whom she loved dearly. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, and brother, Jerry Turner. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. John Sorrells officiating. Pallbearers will be Clarke Smith, Bryan Snow, Brian Turner, Sean Skey, Karl Chandler and Curt Ackerman. Michael Leviner will serve as an honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 410 Veranda Drive. Memorials may be made to Crosspoint Baptist Church, 2755 Carter Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

OBITUARIES WENDY K. MCCOY Wendy Karen McCoy, 54, died on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of Elvin and Deloris Thames McCoy. Ms. McCoy was of the Baptist McCOY faith. Surviving are her parents of Sumter; a brother, Mark McCoy of Wedgefield; a sister, Patricia Norton of Sumter; numerous nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1917 Georgianna Drive, Sumter. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

KENNETH KENNEDY Kenneth Kennedy was one of Williamsburg County’s most respected and accomplished native sons. Kenneth “Ken” Kennedy was born on Sept. 15, 1942, in Greeleyville, a son of KENNEDY the late Ben and Susie Mae Whack Kennedy. He received his formal education in the public schools of Williamsburg County and graduated from Williamsburg County Training School (C.E. Murray High), Greeleyville, and attended Benedict College, Columbia. Ken had a highly successful career as an independent businessman and entrepreneur. During this time of entrepreneurial development, Ken found the time to enter the world of politics. He served on the Williamsburg County Council for seven years before joining the South Carolina General Assembly as the representative of District 101 for 20 years. He also served tirelessly as a community leader. Ken departed this life at his residence on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Survivors are his loving wife of 52 years, Doris Mae; three loving children, Manuel (Monica) of Greeleyville, Kimberly (Jessie) of Sacramento, California, and Kathy (Stefan) of Levittown, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren, Brittany, Nicole, Jessie III, N’Dea, Kenneth and Ben; one greatgranddaughter, Kamora (affectionately known as “Moo Moo”); three sisters, Louise (Glen) of Chicago, Illinois, Castina of Washington, D.C., and Ernestine (Lincoln) of Sumter; and three brothers, Karel of Santee, Glen (Cynthia) of Greeleyville and Deon (Valerie) of Columbia. In lieu of flowers, donations

Sadie Robertha Dickey McFadden, 78, widow of James Leroy McFadden, died on Sunday morning, May 17, 2015, at her residence. Born on Oct. 5, 1936, in Turbeville, she was a daughter of the late John Henry Sr. and Robertha Player Dickey. The family is receiving friends at her home, 1787 Old Manning Road, Turbeville. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

POLLY W. TIMMERMAN DARLINGTON — Polly Watts Timmerman, age 98, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Interment will take place at 10 a.m. today for the family at Sumter Cemetery with a memorial service at 2 p.m. today at Darlington Presbyterian Church. Born in Laurens County, Polly was a daughter of the late James Eugene and Mattie Ouzts Watts. Mrs. Timmerman worked as manager of the Sumter High School cafeteria for 30 years. She was a member of Bondovlove Baptist Church in Sumter before moving to Darlington and becoming a member of Darlington Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her daughter, Susan (Byard) Stone Jr. of Darlington; her grandchildren, Kim (Randy) Stone of Orangeburg and Georgia

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JULIA DUKES Julia Rebecca Tomlin Dukes, 89, widow of Wallace Henry Dukes Sr., departed this life on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at her residence. She was born on April 6, 1926, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Abram Sr. and Mary Jackson Tomlin. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 2260 Boulevard Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

DEBORAH T. SMITH Deborah T. Smith, 63, beloved wife of 43 years to William H. “Bill” Smith, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, after a long battle with respiratory illness. Debbie was born on Dec. 8, 1951, to the late Richard C. and Mildred C. Turner. She accepted Christ as her Lord

Willie T. Wilson, 83, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at his residence in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Marion Stewart Sr. and Theola Wilson-Chatman. The family will receive friends at the Wilson’s home, 206 Myrtle Beach Highway, SC 29150. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

ELIAS RIVERA DALZELL — Elias “Willie” Rivera, age 75, beloved husband of 36 years to Wendy V. Batt Rivera, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

THOMAS WARREN Thomas Warren, age 81, beloved husband of Bonnie Warren, died on Monday, May 18, 2015, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

NICOLE D. JOHNSON Nicole Denise Johnson, age 34, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia. Born on Aug. 12, 1980, in Bronx, New York, she was a daughter of Jerry and Pearly Rose Dyson Johnson. The family will receive friends at the home of her mother, Pearly Rose Johnson, 1190 Rapid Edge Trail, Summerton. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton.

JAMES E. SANDERS James Edward Sanders, son of Dora Jean McFadden Sanders and the late Sanko Sanders, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland of Columbia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Sumter Funeral Service Inc. The family will receive friends at the residence, 1126 Pocalla Road, Sumter.

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EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Church Administrative assistant needed. Exp. helpful but will train. Mail resume to: P-415 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677, Sumter SC 29151. Wanted Body Tech. Must be trained in sheet metal, frame & uni-body repair. Exc. wage & benefits. Apply at McLaughlin Ford 950 N. Main St., Sumter Help wanted. Roofers and laborers please apply at Southern Roofing Services, Inc. 785 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC Experience not necessary but helpful. EXPERIENCED Server and Host. Reliable, Enthusiastic, Outgoing, Positive attitude, Responsible . Apply at Simply Southern Bistro 469-8502

Help Wanted Part-Time P/T Roofers needed. Must have built up roofing exp. Call Robert Nunnery 803-478-2950. $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555 PT floral designer. Must have floral shop exp. Excepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

Septic tank pumping & services. Call Ray Tobias & Company (803) 340-1155.

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STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Maintenance Tech/Painter needed. Approx. 28/hours/wk to work at elderly apt. community in Sumter. Exper. preferred in the areas of painting, plumbing, electrical, carpentry and appliance repair. Fax resume to 1-803-345-3804 Attn: Personnel.

2BR/1BA Duplex conv. to Shaw AFB. Washer and dryer, lawn service included. Avail. 6/1/15 Call 803-968-5627.

Unfurnished Homes 6 Hawthorne 3Br/1Ba, hd flrs, $550 /mo + $850/dep. 803-468-1612 For rent-Newly Renovated 3BR 1BA C/H/A, $650 Mo. 4 br, 1 ba, $700 mo. Call 646-315-3274. Rent: 35 lakeside Dr 3BR 1BA. $600 mo + $600 dep. Section 8 OK. Call 803-469-0258 2BR/1.5BA, duplex Ceiling fans, carpet/tile flrs, wht kit, stove/fridge, laundry rm, carport, shed, $600/mo + dep. No Pets. Available June 10 803-481-8286 leave message RENT TO OWN. 4 bd 1 1/2 bath down payment required. Call 803-468-5710 or 803-229-2814

Mobile Home Rentals Nice 3BR/2BA SW on 1 acre. 5 min. to Shaw. Priv lot. $650/mo. + dep. 803-983-0371. 3Bd 2Ba MH near Pinewood New carpet & appliances, no pets $500 mth + dep. Call 843-884-0346

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Resort Rentals Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean. Call 803-773-2438

Commercial Rentals Warehouse space available. Some with office space 12,000 to 35,000 sq ft. Call 773-8022

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale For Sale. 3bd 3bth, new roof, water heater, carpet, paint, range. Move in ready. $109,900. Call 803-491-4581 905 Arnaud St 2BR/2BA All appl's, fenced patio, screened porch. $109,900. Great rental investment. 803 464-8354

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INVITATION TO BID The County of Sumter is soliciting separate sealed bids from qualified vendors for the following project: "Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center - Roof Replacement, Phase II". Bids will be received until 10:00 am on June 16, 2015, in the Sumter County Purchasing Department on the 2nd floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150. Plans and bid documents may be obtained from: Sumter County Purchasing Department, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC 29150. Telephone inquiries should be made to (803)436-2329. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, June 4, 2015, in the Front Lobby at the Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center, 2150 Winkles Road, Sumter, SC 29153. The County of Sumter reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The County of Sumter reserves the right to waive any or all technicalities.

Bid Notices Sumter School District IFB# 15-0016 Roofing Project at Ebenezer School Sumter School District invites the submission of bids by qualified persons and businesses for the installation of a new roof at Ebenezer Middle School. A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Sumter School District in the Maintenance Department Training & Professional Development Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd., Sumter, SC 29150, on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. The bid packets will be distributed at the Pre-Bid Conference. Sealed bids will be opened on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., in the Maintenance Department - Training & Professional Development Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Bid Notices Sumter School District IFB# 15-0015 Lighting Upgrades Sumter School District invites the submission of bids by qualified persons and businesses for the installation of a new lighting system at the following schools: Bates Middle, Crosswell Elementary, and Millwood Elementary. A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Sumter School District in the Maintenance Department - Training & Professional Development Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd., Sumter, SC 29150, on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The bid packets will be distributed at the Pre-Bid Conference. Sealed bids will be opened on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., in the Maintenance Department Training & Professional Development Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd.

Estate:

INVITATION TO BID The County of Sumter is soliciting separate sealed bids from qualified vendors for the following project: Site Work for Spec Building. Bids will be received until Monday, June 8, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. in the Sumter County Purchasing Department, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150. Plans and bid documents may be obtained from: Sumter County Purchasing Department, 13 E Canal St, Sumter, SC 29150, sgregory@sumtercountysc.org. Telephone inquiries should be made to (803)436-2331. The County of Sumter reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The County of Sumter reserves the right to waive any or all technicalities.

Betty Faye Coleman #2015ES4300282

Personal Representative Ted Coleman C/O Thomas E. Player, Jr.

Attorney at Law PO Drawer 3690 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

John V. Moore #2015ES4300262

Personal Representative Grace M. Covington 6411 Ridgeview Commons Dr. Charlotte, NC 28269

Estate:

Gladys N. Bassett #2015ES4300288

Personal Representative James S. Bassett C/O Catherine H. Kennedy

Attorney at Law PO Box 1473 Columbia, SC 29202

Estate:

Myra W. Brown #2015ES4300277

Personal Representative Gail H. Britton 135 Chloe Lane Aiken, SC 29803

Estate:

Ida Lou Monroe Broughton #2015ES4300261

Personal Representative Donise B. White 345 Freedom Boulevard Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Allen Lovell Bristol #2015ES4300274

Personal Representative Terrecenia Bristol 820 Mathis Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Derle A. Lowder #2015ES4300272

Personal Representative Claire Delorme Lowder C/O Wayne S. Gamble

Attorney at Law PO Box 2468 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Cecil E. Vining #2015ES4300265

Personal Representative Sara S. Vining 170 Old Manning Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Lorene H. Hallman #2015ES4300290

Personal Representative Kathy O Harris

280 Mallard Drive

Estate:

Personal Representative

Edward C. Ingram 1223 Nasturtium Way Apex, NC 27539 Estate:

Gerald Holloman, Sr. #2015ES4300276

Personal Representative Virginia (Jenny) Dailey 1225 Malone Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Edward Burley Roberts, Jr. #2015ES4300284

Personal Representative Cynthia R. Chapman 1210 Highway 91 Elizabethton, TN 37643

Estate: Herbert Roger Graham #2015ES4300281 Personal Representative Sherri G. Hardee C/O Karl A. Folkens

Attorney at Law PO Box 6139 Florence, SC 29502

Estate:

Shirley Mae Moore #2015ES4300260

803-773-9292

ton BilLINCOLN 70 W. Wesmark Blvd. Sumter, SC 29150

773-7339

www.biltonlm.com Odie

Rufio

My name is ODIE and I’m a 6 month old white and tan male Hound mix.

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35 Years Boarding Experience 33 Years Grooming Experience Lori Cook Briggs Groomer & Stylist

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Hours: 9am - 5:30pm Closed Wednesday & Sunday

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Pet Supplies & “Life is Good” Dealer

773-2501

Personal Representative Latrina Sharon Yarbrough 203 Alderston Way Columbia, SC 29229

Estate:

Attorney at Law 26 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Lula F. Donovan #2015ES4300286

Personal Representative Gerard F. Donovan 950 Highway 261 South Wedgefield, SC 29169

Lillian H. McCray #2015ES4300269

Personal Representative Janetti McFadden 419 Green Swamp Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Rita J. Gainey #2015ES4300298

Personal Representative Andrew Gainey

20 Hospital Circle Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Larry Richard Dannelly #2015ES4300295 Personal Representative Rosemary O Dannelly

C/O William E. Durant Jr. Attorney at Law 10 Law Range Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Estate:

Ella L. Harvin #2015ES4300263

Personal Representative Tawania Galloway 900 Salterstown Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Waterman J. Davis #2015ES4300289

Personal Representative Christy M. Davis

2340 Cains Mill Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate: Lloyd Wofford Atkinson #2015ES4300280 Personal Representative Charlotte L. Atkinson 306 Wilson Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Deanne Klump Boyce #2015ES4300267

Personal Representative Kimberly D. Johnson 3765 Settlement Road Dalzell, SC 29040

Estate:

Marion Alston #2015ES4300296

Personal Representative Eliza Ann Alston

1022 Dibert Street Sumter, SC 29153

Shirley Ann Drinkard #2015ES4300271

Personal Representative Harold H. Ewing C/O Kenneth Hamilton

Attorney at Law PO Box 52359

Estate:

Raymond M. Youmans #2015ES4300292

Personal Representative Tiffanie Zellers

25 Hibernia Court

Sumter, SC 29152

Smithfield, NC 27577

S.P.C.A. • 1140 S. Guignard Dr., Sumter 11AM - 5PM Daily, Closed Wed & Sun Animal Receiving: 11AM - 4PM M, T, Th, F & 11AM - 2PM Sat

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, aka SPCA SPCA,, has an abundance of friendly pets looking for nice, warm homes with lots of love to share. Shown are just a few of the adoptable pets now available at the shelter.

VISIT US ONLINE AT:

www.sumterscspca.com

Pup

8Ball

Bailey

Catherine M. Zyback, D.M.D. My name is 8BALL and I am a 3 month old black and white male Lab/Pit Bull Terrier mix.

My name is PUPP and I’m a 5 year old tan female Lab/Chow mix.

Ryker

My name is Rufio and i’m a 6 month old brindle and white male Boxer mix.

Banquo

Estate: Carl Russell Yarbrough #2015ES4300236-2

Personal Representative Harry Moore, Jr. C/O Dwight C. Moore

Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

John Monroe Ingram #2015ES4300257

Adopt Me

My name is BANQUO and I’m a 7 week old gray tabby male American Shorthair.

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

Estate Notice Sumter County

803-905-5280

PLEASE ADOPT A FRIEND!

2565 Lindo Ct. • Sumter, SC 29150

Zuri

Trojan

My name is RYKER and I’m a 1 year old tan and black male German Shepherd mix.

Bootsie

My name is BAILEY and I’m a 7 month old tan and black female German Shepherd mix.

Angel

My name is ANGEL and I’m an 8 month old creme/tabby female American Shorthair. My name is Honey HONEY and I’m a 2 year old calico and white female American Longhair.

My name is ZURI My name is TROJAN and I’m a 9 month and I’m an 9 month old tan male old black and tan male Chihuahua/Jack Dachshund mix. Russell Terrier mix.

Congaree

Halo

My name is My name is BOOTSIE My name is HALO and I’m a 4 year old CONGAREE and I’m and I’m an 8 week a 2 year old gray gray and white male old white male tabby and white American Longhair. American shorthair. male American Shorthair.

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Kasey

My name is KASEY and I’m a 1 year old gray tabby male American Shorthair.

My name is SHASHA FIERCE and I’m a 2 year old gray tortoiseshell female Domestic Mediumhair.

Other things you can do to help! Though not everyone can take a pet home, the SPCA is always accepting donations. Monetary Donations • Collars • Animal Food • Leashes Cat Litter • Treats • Beds • Clean Newspapers Blankets • Trash Bags • Towels • Paper Towels Adoption Fee: $100.00 This includes the ﬁrst vaccinations, ﬁrst deworming and a voucher towards the spaying or neutering of the animal. Hours of Operation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed Wednesday and Sunday

1140 S. GUIGNARD DR.

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