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herever you are in your life right now, I would imagine you would welcome a little more peace. As I type these words, my beautiful son is loudly exercising his right to protest a much-needed nap. I would love a little peace.

It reminded me of how often I desire peace in my life but am often remiss to take steps to actually implement it. I would much rather yell and scream than simply accept that God is in control. Instead, I try to claw toward personal peace in my own lazy way — being distracted with something else or seeking vindication in a tumultuous situation. Working for peace is not an assignment for the passive.

Only those who live intentionally in their spiritual lives are able to achieve personal peace.

Peace is hardly a commodity in a culture where drama

COLUMBIA — The lawyer who has advised Tuomey Healthcare System for nearly a quarter century said in federal court Tuesday he still stands by his recommendations for the Sumter hospital to sign 19 local doctors to the part-time contracts that prompted the federal lawsuit.

Tim Hewson, a partner with the Nexsen Pruet law firm, testified on behalf of

Tuomey that he thinks the contracts are legal.

“I was supremely confident and remain confident that the advice I gave was correct,” Hewson said while being questioned by Tuomey’s lawyers.

The local hospital is currently on trial, accused by the federal government of knowingly signing 19 local doctors in 2005 to

contracts that paid the doctors above fair market value. Prosecutors say the agreements, which paid the doctors more than they collected in charges, were funded in part with the referral fees the hospital received for hosting the doctors’ procedures. In turn, prosecutors say this created an illegal kickback, violating federal Stark Law. As part of the

perceived violation, the government is attempting to recoup nearly $45 million in Medicare payments to Tuomey, made between the time the contracts were signed in 2005 and 2009.

In its defense, Tuomey lawyers — who also say the contracts did not overpay the doctors but were at levels needed to attract quality physicians to Sumter — have said the hospital administration depended SEE TUOMEY, PAGE A8

Capt. Steel honored during Shaw service

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com The Gamblers returned home from Afghanistan last week minus one of their own. On Tuesday, members of the squadron and family of the fallen pilot held a memorial service at Shaw Air Force Base in honor of Capt.

James Steel.

Steel, known to his fellow F-16 pilots by the call sign “Mano,” was killed when his plane crashed during a descent into Bagram Air Base near Kabul on April 3. The rest of the 77th Fighter Squadron came back to Shaw just three weeks later after a six-month deployment.

Most of Steel’s fellow pilots and airmen from several other squadrons gathered in a Shaw air hangar under a large American flag Tuesday morning to formally

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Zais visits 4 Sumter schools EDITOR’S NOTE: The Item sat down Monday with state Superintendent of Education Mick Zais to hear his thoughts on the state of Sumter School District and four of its schools and what he thinks about the future of education in South Carolina. This is Part 1 of that discussion.

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BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com Doing more with less.

It’s a strategy that state Superintendent of Education Mick Zais said is working for Sumter School District. Zais toured four Sumter schools on Monday with Superintendent Randolph Bynum Jr., meeting with principals at Cherryvale ZAIS and High Hills elementary schools, Mayewood Middle School and Crestwood High School to discuss what’s going right and what needs to improve.

“I think your readers would be

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The Shaw Air Force Base Honor Guard marches past an American flag hung for the memorial service for Capt. James Steel at the base Tuesday morning.

RIGHT: Lt. Col. Johnny Vargas salutes retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel as he presents the medals won by his son Capt.

James Steel.

Retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel talks about James Steel’s love of life during the memorial service Tuesday.

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Man gets son from bus stop, is jailed Father charged with violating protection order FROM STAFF REPORTS A Sumter father picked up his young son from the bus stop after school last week and ended up in jail when the child’s mother called the police.

Russell Williams, 41, of 100 Dant St., was arrested Friday and charged with custodial interference and three WILLIAMS counts of violation of an order of protection.

A week earlier, Williams reportedly confronted the child’s mother, who has sole custody of the 6-yearold boy, at the same bus stop and reportedly threatened to kill her if he wasn’t allowed to see his son. The following Thursday, Williams reportedly picked up the child from the bus stop and “conceal(ed) the child’s whereabouts” from his mother for several hours.

Both incidents are reportedly violations of a protection order the woman has against him.

The suspect was found about 4:50 p.m.

Thursday when he was pulled over on Manning Road near Dant Street for reportedly throwing a cigarette out the window of his car. The child was inside the vehicle, and the suspect reportedly told the officer he’d taken him to McDonald’s.

The suspect was also driving under suspension at the time, according to the arrest report.

Bishopville police chief resigns

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item BISHOPVILLE — The city of Bishopville will be seeking a new police chief for the second time in six months.

Sonny Ledda, who has been the city’s police chief since Dec. 17, has resigned to accept the position of police chief in Laurens. His last day on the job is May 24.

Ledda told city officials of his resignation on Friday.

LEDDA Ledda is a 13-year veteran of the Clinton Police Department in Laurens County, and most recently served as a lieutenant in charge of 43 officers.

He said leaving Bishopville was a difficult decision.

“I had to land on one side or the other — to leave or not leave, and I chose to do what I think is best for my family,” Ledda said. “I have nothing negative to say about Bishopville. Everybody, and I mean everybody, from my boss, Mr. (Gregg) McCutchen, to the lady at the dry cleaners has been nothing but very supportive of me and my family. Leaving this position has

nothing to do with the department or this community.”

In the end, Ledda chose to “go back home” to Laurens County.

He said he has made a lot of good friends in Bishopville.

“I’ve become endeared with this community,” he said. “The friendships I’ve formed here will be long-lasting.”

Bishopville Mayor Alexander Boyd said he was “shocked” when he heard the news of Ledda’s resignation.

“When we hired him, I knew he would be here for a short time,” Boyd said. “But I thought it would be at least two or three years. We were fortunate to get someone of his caliber. He is the kind of person everybody is looking for in a chief.”

Boyd said Ledda did an outstanding job as the city’s police chief.

Now, city council will start from the beginning in the hiring process after completing the budget process.

In the meantime, Lt. Calvin Collins, a 12-year veteran of the department, will serve as the interim police chief, Boyd said.

Collins served as interim chief for several weeks in late fall after Capt.

David Tarbell resigned the position of interim chief to take a job with Francis

Marion University Police Department.

Tarbell served as interim chief after the resignation of John Ewing in June 2012.

Ewing left the city to accept a job with Richland County Sheriff’s Office.

City Administrator Gregg McCutchen said he is confident the police department is in good hands during this transition.

“I am very much comfortable with Calvin Collins’ ability and leadership,” McCutchen said. “He has served as interim before. We are going to finish the budget process before we even think about beginning to hire a new police chief. It’s going to be at least July if not later.”

McCutchen credited Ledda for “unifying the department.”

“Chief Ledda did an outstanding job as police chief,” he said. “He has brought some new people in and has provided some important training to the officers.”

Ledda said the future of the Bishopville Police Department looks “very good.”

“I think Bishopville (police department) is in good shape for the future,” Ledda said. “I feel like they have the training and ability to continue to move the department in a positive direction.”

‘THE MANO’

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U.S. Army Maj. Jay Valesco, U.S. Army Central targeting officer, does a pull-up at Crossfit on Saturday. The workout named “The Mano” was held to commemorate the life of Capt. James “Mano” Steel, the 77th Fighter Squadron pilot who died when the Fighting Falcon F-16 he was flying crashed in Afghanistan.

Alcolu’s group honors Clyburn’s efforts to bring attention to I-95

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com ALCOLU — Congressman James E. Clyburn planted a seed in 2004 when he addressed the Clarendon County Democratic Caucus about the Interstate 95 Corridor of Shame.

On Monday, Clyburn, a Sumter native, was presented a plaque for bringing attention to the Interstate 95 corridor and encouraging growth along the route.

“I was at that caucus meeting,” said Bishop D.J.L. Johnson with the Have Faith Community Development Corp.

“He inspired me to purchase

property in Alcolu along the interstate and to bring homes and businesses there.”

Clyburn during his visit toured homes the Have Faith CDC built for homeless veteran women with children, their school, a multiCLYBURN purpose building and the land it purchased in hopes of developing businesses.

“I am very impressed with what the Having Faith CDC is doing in Alcolu,” Clyburn said Tuesday afternoon. “They seem to have had great success turning around high-

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These services are a real asset to the community, and I hope to be of assistance in furthering their goals.”

“We wanted Congressman Clyburn to know that we would be farther along if the United States Department of Agriculture hadn’t been stonewalling our efforts,” Johnson said Tuesday. “We want and need the congressman’s help in getting the funding that will allow us to move forward with our projects.”

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Those projects include a travel center that would house as many as four restaurants, an ice cream parlor and an Internet café for their students as well as students from F.E. DuBose Career Center and Central Carolina Technical College.

Johnson said funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a revolving loan program also fell through and people that were on the list for loans never got their applications accepted.

“Our funding has been cut for our afternoon tutoring program,” Johnson added.

“Last year we had 40 students. This year we have

only 30 students.”

And at one point the organization had more than $800,000 in federal money allocated for a school.

“We had a charter for the school, and that has now lapsed,” he said. “We’re going ahead with the school, but it will need to be private.”

Johnson said Clyburn’s visit gave them renewed hope that the vision they had for the Alcolu property would eventually come to fruition.

“Right now, we’re holding on by donations and our very dedicated volunteers,” Johnson said. “No one is getting paid, but we’re keeping things going.”

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EDUCATION from Page A1 tem,� Zais said. “We have high-poverty districts and high-poverty schools that are knocking it out of the ballpark.

We have schools in districts that are virtually identical that are failing miserably. The difference isn’t demographics, HOW SUMTER STACKS UP the students or the eduZais said Sumter has a cational level of the par“solid B� under the Fedents. It’s the adults in the eral Accountability Syssystem. It starts with the tem when compared to school board. From districts of similar pover- there, it goes to administy level. trators and then to the “Sumter has 82 perteachers.� cent of its students that Two of the schools receive free and reduced Zais visited — Cherlunch,� Zais said. “We ryvale and High Hills — would expect them to be are “knocking it out of a high C. But Sumter is the park,� he said. Cherbeating expectations ryvale, which has 93.8 compared to other dispercent of its students tricts in the state.� receiving free and reAnd ducedSumter is price doing it lunches, with about currently $9,616 per ‘Sumter has 82 holds an A student, rating.

Zais said. percent of its High Hills, Allendale which has School Disstudents that 71 percent trict, which of its stuspends receive free and dents reroughly ceiving $16,300 on reduced lunch. free and each of its reducedpupils, We would price ranks seclunches, ond-to-last expect them to also holds in the state. an A rat“Sumter be a high C. But ing. is doing “These well,� he Sumter is beat- are schools said. “Are that are they doing ing expectations obviously great? No. doing There are compared to something some disright,� Zais tricts with other districts in said. higher lev“When I els of poverthe state.’ go into ty that are these A-rated disschools, I tricts, like like to talk Barnwell Mick Zais, State about 29.� what stratZais said Superintendent egies they poverty is a are imple“factor, but of Education menting. I not the like to see cause� of what schools that fail to meaworks. And much of the sure up to their countertime, it’s the teachers. parts.

When you have very ef“It goes back to what I fective teachers, you call the adults in the sys- have an environment

surprised to learn that Sumter School District is doing better based on student learning outcomes than districts with similar demographics, and they’re doing it with less money than those districts,� Zais said.

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State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais, left, and Sumter School District Superintendent Randolph Bynum Jr. speak with Mayewood Middle School Principal John Koumas, not pictured, on Monday.

where students can excel.�

While Zais praised Crestwood’s solid B rating, he was a bit disappointed with Mayewood Middle School’s F. With 97 percent of its students at the poverty level, the school received almost no points on standardized tests given in the last year, Zais said. “About the only thing they did really well with was the attendance, because all the students did show up to take the test,� Zais said. “But the principal is fairly new there, and I told him that I didn’t expect miracles. I do expect improvement.�

Mayewood Principal John Koumas said he and his staff are

“making strides.� “I recognize that we have some work to do,�

Koumas said. “But I’m proud of my folks because they’ve worked hard this year.�

Koumas told Zais about the school’s Early Bird Program, the use of a schoolwide vocabulary, sustained silent reading in accelerated reader programs and other work teachers are doing at the school. “In our Early Bird Program, we work on math skills in the morning,�

Koumas said. “We also run an after-school ... tutoring program.�

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Zais said aside from having engaging teach-

ers, school districts must work at ensuring every child can read on grade level by the time they leave third grade. “We only teach reading through third grade,� he said. “The main thing in our elementary schools is making sure our kids are reading on grade level. I’m concerned with the number of high school students that can’t read at high school level. At one high school, not within this (Sumter) district, 35 percent of the ninth-graders are reading at a fourthgrade level or lower. If you hit high school and you’re reading at a thirdor fourth-grade level, you’re doomed. You can’t understand your

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MEMORIAL from Page A1 say goodbye to the 29-year-old comrade who didn’t make it back.

The service included a display of Steel’s flight suit and helmet as well as several photos of Steel in and out of uniform. A bagpiper played taps standing under a fighter plane bearing Steel’s name.

Several members of the airman’s family sat in the front row for the memorial, and Steel’s father, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, gave his son’s eulogy, recalling the importance the military holds in his family’s life. His children grew up moving from one assignment to another, and three of James’ siblings, including his twin brother, also entered the service.

“Our family is global, international and from all the services,” the elder Steel said.

“You have lifted us and carried us with your support. ... We know you will miss him as much as we will.”

Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgerald, who served as Steel’s chaplain, said the pilot was proud of his family heritage.

“They say he wasn’t married, but he was,” Fitzgerald said. “He was committed to God and country, dedicated to his mission.”

Steel graduated from Cactus High School in Arizona in 2002 as class valedictorian and then earned a degree in astronautical engineering from the Air Force Academy in 2006. He was selected for a competitive spot in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program in Texas and was deployed with the 80th Fighter Squadron to Kunsan Air Base, Korea, in 2009. Steel had been based at Shaw since the summer of 2010 and deployed with the Gamblers as chief of mobility in October of last year.

Lt. Col. Johnny Vargas recalled Steel as a larger-thanlife character with “an incredible mustache and massive to-

KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

Retired Col. Robert Hopkins plays “Amazing Grace” as he marches past the jet bearing Capt. James Steel’s name.

bacco pipe.”

“He would want this to be lighthearted,” Vargas said. “He was not a stoic figure who would hide his emotions.”

Capt. Christopher Franks attended the Air Force Academy with Steel and served with

FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 reigns. Television, Facebook statuses and personal interactions are only titillating if there is an air of drama about them. Reality television wouldn’t be entertaining if not for the melodramas that unfold each week. That is why television producers have taken to introducing dramatic scenarios into their broadcasts in an effort to keep people interested. The masses would hardly tune in to a reality television star taking a fiber supplement in the morning. Even in the profession of journalism there is a saying, “If it bleeds, it leads,” meaning the stories involving murder or mayhem often get top billing.

Why? Because people love the drama, and that sells newspapers (to be fair, pictures of puppies and babies, above the fold, also sell newspapers).

In Matthew 5:9, Jesus delivers a sermon to the gathered thousands. The address — commonly referred to as the Beatitudes — details the more

desirable attributes of believers. Verse nine says “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” There is a reason that Jesus praised the peacemakers. Jesus’ ultimate message was essentially an offering of eternal peace, a rejection of a life built around the chaos of sin. But for some reason, we, both believers and nonbelievers, don’t really place that much value on those who strive to keep the peace.

The connotations implied by the word peace conjure pictures of the docile and weak, a wuss or milquetoast. Many label peacemakers as passive, but the pursuit of peace is the endeavor of the aggressive. Without being fully committed to having peace in one’s life, we all would fall prey to the impulsive side of our emotions, be it anger or sadness. People do not simply wander into a state of personal harmony. There is too much turmoil around us for that. True peace comes as the re-

sult of knowing that the Almighty is in control and resting in that knowledge.

Yes, there are things worth fighting passionately for, but the wise fight with the end goal of peace in mind. Think about it. What if you approached every situation in your life with the desire of peace and not one upmanship, vindication or personal gain? Sure, you say, that would make things easier, but it wouldn’t make me feel better.

Let me pose a scenario. Imagine an acquaintance that has maliciously cheated you out of something that you honestly deserved. They stripped you of what you rightly deserved. You crave revenge, spending a good deal of time fantasizing about each and every way you would get back at that person. Now imagine that those fantasies came true, exactly the way you dreamed.

Everything you lost is returned to you, and they feel the full weight of your inner pain with in-

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him on his last mission to Afghanistan. He recalled how his friend got his “Mano” nickname.

“Dude was a beast and resembled the Man of Steel himself,” Franks said, and thus became Mano Steel.

Capt. Daniel Duncan flew alongside Steel the night of the fatal crash and said his “heart broke” when he landed and realized what had happened.

He said his fellow pilot embodied the motto “service before self.”

“He was constantly looking for ways to serve others,” Duncan said, not because he had to but because “that’s who he was.”

The Gamblers’ sadness over Steel’s loss was partly alleviated by the knowledge “this is the profession he chose and loved,” Duncan said. “Mano died serving others.”

Franks said he wanted the memorial to focus not on Steel’s passing, “but on all the remarkable things he accomplished.”

terest. You stand over the ashes of their life. Are you now free from the hurt?

Revenge is a hunger pain that is never sated.

Even in a “perfect” instance where you have been vindicated, you will still have a scar left from the emotional struggle for revenge. Peace will lead you to forgiveness even when the offender feels absolutely no remorse.

It is especially evident in a church squabble, which left unaddressed can be the first fissure in a congregation division.

It’s a safe assumption that most in the faith community have experi-

Vargas publicly presented Steel posthumously with the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal and a Bronze Star.

Steel’s tactical action in flight over Afghanistan led to the death of at least two insurgents and the capture of “high-value targets” in Kandahar.

“There are definitely Americans and coalition (service members) who are home safe today because of Capt. Steel,” said Col. Clay Hall, 20th Fighter Wing commander. “His death should not go unnoticed.”

Steel’s father focused more on the family’s memories of James. He reminisced about a time his son claimed the higher ground during a family outing to get a better view of a fireworks show.

“He still has the high ground today,” Maj. Gen. Steel said. “He looked up to us, and now we’re honored to look up to him.”

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enced a disagreement in the house of worship they attend. It may be over a fundamental statute of the church down to what color the carpets will be. So we take the easy way out and indulge the temptation to bicker and gossip, moan and complain, fight and often end meaningful relationships, all in the name of personal vindication.

Wait, you might say, those people need to know they have done wrong. They need to know the consequence for their actions. I would humbly submit that you aren’t the person to arraign justice on them.

Your only priority is the

pursuit of peace. We are not the purveyors of justice and righteousness.

Let go of that anger and desire for vengeance.

You will not become a doormat, like so many claim.

You’ll notice a remarkable thing. You’ll stop living your life according to how others make you feel. Then you will be free from the hurt that others purposefully or inadvertently cause you. Humbly take aim at a peaceful life. After all, lasting peace is only elusive to the prideful.

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Mark Webster uses his driver to hit the ball for distance during the 5th Annual John K. Crosswell Charity Golf Tournament held at Shaw Air Force Base on April 19. The tournament was held to raise money for the Crosswell organization, whose goal is to provide a loving, nurturing environment for children and families in need. All the proceeds from the event went to further this cause.

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ABOVE: Jerry Allred, John K. Crosswell Children’s Home executive director, briefs tournament participants on the rules of the tournament.

LEFT: Senior Airman Alexander Aldridge, left, 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, and Senior Airman Michael Scott, 20th LRS vehicle operator, pose after completing a hole.

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he liberal world vision and reality are often at variance, for example, with equal pay for equal work. I’ve often watched “Lockup,” a show that features California supermax prisons, including Pelican Bay and Corcoran. Often, a recalcitrant prisoner must be extracted from his cell through brute force. I’ve never seen female guards remove a prisoner. If they are part of the process at all, it’s to videotape the extraction for legal purposes. It’s my bet that female guards receive the same salaries as male guards while not having to risk inju- Walter ry. Along WILLIAMS the same lines, women on aircraft carriers earn as much as their male counterparts, but I have yet to see women hefting a hernia bar to attach a 500- or 1,000-pound bomb to a fighter jet wing. All of this suggests that liberals are for equal pay for unequal work. Or could it be sex discrimination whereby equally qualified women are denied the opportunity to extract beastly inmates from their cells and load heavy bombs on fighter planes?

Here’s another bit of liberal confusion. Liberals deny that raising labor cost through minimum wages reduces incentives to hire. But if you asked a liberal for advice on how to stop rich people from shirking their tax obligations, they’d say raise the penalty. Ask low-information Harvard University doctors what should be done to stem gun violence and they answer that government should institute “a new, substantial national tax on all firearms and ammunition.” Ask Illinois’ Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle how to reduce purchases of bullets and guns.

She’d say levy a nickel tax on each bullet and a $25 tax on each gun.

Liberals demonstrate they understand the law of demand — that raising the cost of something lessens the amount taken — but they deny that it applies to labor. That’s as ludicrous as suggesting that the law of gravity applies to everything in the universe except cute creatures, such as pandas and puppies.

Liberals love political correctness that conceals information. For example, how does one know whether the “chair” of a board of directors or the chair of a city council is a man or

woman? This issue arose during my (19952001) chairmanship of George Mason University’s distinguished economics department. At a chairman’s meeting or gathering, I was referred to as department chair. I told the speaker that I am a chairman and that I have empirical evidence as proof. Needless to say, it didn’t go over well, but academics don’t like the terms chairwoman or chairperson, either, but puzzlingly, God forbid that people refer to their idol as Chair Mao instead of Chairman Mao. How liberals identify black people must be confusing to whites.

Having been around for 77 years, I have been through a number of names. Among the more polite ones are colored, Negro, Afro-American, black and, more recently, African-American.

Among those names, African-American is probably the most unintelligent. Let’s look at it. To identify their races, suppose I told you that I had a European-American friend, a South AmericaAmerican friend and a North America-American friend. You’d probably say, “Williams, that’s stupid. Europe, South America and North America are continents and home to different races, ethnicities and nationalities.”

You might suggest that my friend is a GermanAmerican instead of European-American.

My friend from Brazil is a Brazilian-American rather than a South America-American, and my friend from Canada is a CanadianAmerican instead of a North America-American. So wouldn’t the same apply to people whose heritage lies on the African continent?

For example, instead of claiming that President Barack Obama is the first African-American president, he’s the first partially Kenyan-American president. Obama is lucky; he knows his national heritage. The closest thing to a national identity for most black Americans is some country along Africa’s Gold Coast. Adding to the confusion, what would you call a white American of Afrikaner or Egyptian descent? Is he an AfricanAmerican?

Liberals suffer confusion and cognitive dissonance because the rest of us don’t help explain things to them.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Compassion, heroism can be seen right here in Sumter Thankfully, very few Americans have had to face what was faced in Boston last week. Decisions affecting the life and safety of many people had to be made by officials and citizens quickly and in the face of many unknowns. The priority was protection of the people from criminals who for whatever reason wanted to kill and maim as many as possible. Officials and citizens reacted admirably.

Police officers and race volunteer ran TO the sound of bombs. Runners and observers tended to victims, ran to hospitals to donate blood, were observant and relayed information to authorities, showed resilience in the face of tragedy, and listened to their leaders and the experts who were trying to protect them. The authorities in Boston protected and appreciated their citizens, and the citizens of Boston showed their appreciation for law enforcement from all jurisdictions by gathering on the streets to applaud them loudly as they left the scene with the bomber in custody.

We always “could have done more,” and the study of reactions in Boston will assure that we will do more to protect ourselves in the future. But let’s not forget what the police departments of Boston and surrounding communities accomplished, or what the FBI did to bring the terror to an end — amazing to find two terrorists in thousands of feet of film and thousands of unknown faces, or the heroism of people just like you and me.

Boston was not the only city setting an example for civic leadership and compassion last week. In West, Texas volunteer firefighters were killed responding to a terrible fire ac-

companied by tumultuous explosions. Neighbors took in strangers who lost their homes.

Citizens rescued people from a nursing home — so many acts of compassion and heroism from “just plain folks.” The goodness of Americans in the face of pressure and danger is amazing.

I write this because I know that the same kind of citizenship, compassion and heroism is abundant right here in Sumter. I see it in our law enforcement officers and other public servants, and I see it in all areas of our community — caring, giving people.

JOSEPH T. McELVEEN Mayor City of Sumter Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www. theitem.com.

Garden clubs give to make scholarships available The Garden Club of South Carolina has just completed its 83rd state convention. The convention was held in Florence with a total of 146 ladies in attendance. There are 6,000 members of the Garden Club of South Carolina. During the convention many scholarships were awarded to deserving college students. A total of $20,500 was awarded to these students who are engaged in graduate and undergraduate programs throughout the state. The Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter is a part of this group of fine ladies and men who support those pursing a higher education.

I would like to thank all of the members of the Azalea, Bland and Poinsett Garden Clubs of Sumter for all of the

help they give in making these scholarships available.

FAIR EDMUNDS President Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter Wedgefield

Recognize economic maneuvers in Obamacare No matter how you feel about Obamacare, it is wise to recognize the economic maneuvers that are included in the law. One is bundling. This is the process of being charged multiple fees for a service and then allowing the payer to combine several fees into one.

For example, in Obamacare, the government pays one fee for a pneumonia admission — probably $8,000-$10,000. Previously under Medicare the hospital and physicians received separate fees for X-ray, room, physician’s visits, physical therapy, etc. The total might be $15,000.

Let’s apply bundling to other areas of business and government. You take eight people to dinner after church at Bubba’s Sportswings. The bill is $80. As you leave, you give Bubba $50 and say, “I bundled.” You own three homes. Your property tax bill is $5,000. You go to the treasurer’s office and give Carolina Richardson $3,500 and tell her “I bundled.” The result is a disaster for all.

Our country in the early part of this century tried unusual economics. A person with $4,500 income could buy a $275,000 home. Results were catastrophic. Soon there was foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss of jobs, soaring unemployment, recession and many banks closed.

Don’t forget the 11th Commandment: “Bundle unto others as you would have them bundle unto you.”

PHIL BRANDT, M.D. Sumter

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 Jimmy R. Byrd Jr. 1084 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 775-2726 (FAX) countycouncil3@ftc-i.net DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office)

DISTRICT 6 Larry Blanding Chairman P.O. Box 1446 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 775-8518 (home) DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten Vice chairman P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home) SUMTER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford Street Sumter, SC 29150 803-773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 WARD 2 Ione Dwyer P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 803-481-4284

WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 South Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 WARD 4 Charlie Burns 422 W. Calhoun St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-8859 WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 WARD 6 David Merchant 26 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086 STATE LAWMAKERS Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-6832 Columbia: (803) 734-2934

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Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter District 67 P.O. Box 580 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 Fax: (803) 778-1643 Columbia: (803) 734-3042 murrellsmith@schouse.gov Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 Columbia: (803) 734-3102 Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 Columbia: (803) 212-6148 Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 Columbia: (803) 212-6108 Sen. J. Thomas McElveen, III D-Sumter

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TUOMEY from Page A1 upon legal counsel in making their decisions.

According to Tuomey’s lawyers, a section of Stark Law says that following the advice of counsel is an acceptable defense.

Hewson said the everchanging federal guidelines make it nearly impossible for hospital administrators to know how to stay in accordance with Stark Law without legal advice.

“You have to constantly keep up with the law.

It’s very complex,” Hewson said.

And while he stands by his recommendations, Hewson said he can see where conflicting opinions on the regulations could arise.

“It’s very possible for two lawyers to look at a situation and disagree on how the law applies,” Hewson said.

During his testimony, Hewson also confirmed he was the person who hired Cejka Consulting on behalf of Tuomey to determine what salary levels would be within fair market value for the contracts. “Cejka did a thorough and credible job,” Hewson said, defending the salary evaluations that have come under attack by the prosecution’s fair market value expert.

Before Hewson took the stand, Chal Glenn — current president of the Tuomey board of trustees who also served on the board during the time in question — finished his portion of the

trial, continuing to defend the hospital’s decision to sign the doctors to the contracts. He said the contracts ensured Tuomey would be able to provide a vast array of services to the Sumter area.

“If you don’t have physicians, you can’t run a hospital,” Glenn said.

Despite being asked several different ways during cross-examination, Glenn continued to deny that Kevin McAnaney served as legal counsel for the hospital, despite being hired jointly by Tuomey and Dr. Michael Drakeford to review the contracts.

Drakeford is the local physician who first raised issues with the contracts to federal prosecutors.

Part of the federal government’s case against Tuomey is that McAnaney told the hospital he had serious reservations about the contracts in question, which they say gave the hospital prior knowledge that they were entering into agreements that ran afoul of the law. In response, Glenn said McAnaney only raised concerns that had already been addressed.

The trial will take a day off before resuming at 9 a.m. Thursday before Senior District Court Judge Margaret Seymour at the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse with Hewson remaining on the stand.

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Sumter School District’s Trevor Ivey is one of five finalists vying for the honor of being named 2014 state Teacher of the Year tonight at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in downtown Columbia.

Ivey teaches seventh- and eighthIVEY grade science as well as ProTeam — the middle school equivalent of high school’s teacher cadet — at Alice Drive Middle School. He was named Sumter School District Teacher of the Year on Aug. 15.

Other finalists for Teacher of the Year include:

• Lisa O. McCrea-Raiford, an elementary grades teacher at the Center of Innovative Learning at Pinecrest, Aiken County Public School District; • Darleen S. Sutton, a first-grade teacher at Pickens Elementary School, School District of Pickens County; • Paul D. Johnson, a biology teacher at Saluda High School, Saluda County Schools; and • Jeffrey M. Venables, a chemistry teacher at Northwestern High School, Rock Hill Schools (York County District Three).

The winner will receive a $25,000 cash award and a BMW to use for a year. The four remaining finalists (known as Honor Roll teachers) will each receive $10,000.

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Rather cloudy and breezy with a shower

Clouds and sun with a shower possible

Winds: NE 8-16 mph

Winds: NE 8-16 mph

Winds: NE 10-20 mph

Winds: ENE 8-16 mph

Winds: E 8-16 mph

Winds: E 8-16 mph

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 30%

Chance of rain: 15%

Chance of rain: 25%

Sumter through 4 p.m. yesterday High ............................................... 72° Low ................................................ 61° Normal high ................................... 78° Normal low ..................................... 53° Record high ....................... 90° in 1974 Record low ......................... 38° in 1961

Greenville 73/56

Precipitation

Bishopville 73/58

24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. ........... 0.00" Month to date .............................. 5.04" Normal month to date ................. 3.06" Year to date ................................ 14.92" Normal year to date ................... 14.35"

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

Full 7 a.m. 24-hr pool yest. chg 360 358.38 +0.32 76.8 75.16 -0.06 75.5 74.66 -0.17 100 97.77 +0.63

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

Full pool 12 19 14 14 80 24

City Aiken Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia

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Columbia 75/59 Today: Mostly cloudy with a shower in spots.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a shower in the area.

Myrtle Beach 71/60

Manning 72/58 Aiken 74/57

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Today: Variable cloudiness with a shower in places. High 70 to 74.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy and breezy with showers. High 72 to 76.

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Sunset tonight ......................... 8:05 p.m.

Moonrise today ....................... 1:14 a.m.

Moonset today ...................... 12:10 p.m.

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Thu. Hi/Lo/W 71/52/c 69/50/c 72/63/sh 76/63/t 72/56/c 74/57/sh 74/57/c 69/49/c 74/60/sh 72/55/sh

High Ht. Low Ht. 2:19 a.m.....3.4 9:16 a.m....-0.2 2:42 p.m.....2.9 9:29 p.m.....0.1 3:21 a.m.....3.2 10:15 a.m....-0.1 3:47 p.m.....2.9 10:36 p.m.....0.3

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Today Hi/Lo/W 73/58/c 73/61/c 67/53/c 72/55/c 72/56/c 75/61/pc 73/56/c 71/60/pc 74/60/c 69/52/c

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): ARIES (March 21-April 19): the last word in astrology Embrace a place, person or Offer help and project you feel offers suggestions, but don’t let eugenia LAST peace of mind and greater anyone play on your opportunity. Rest and emotions. Offering too rejuvenate while you mull much for too little will over what you plan to do next. end in resentment. Have a good strategy and prepare to counteroffer.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do your best to make a difference. Partnerships will be TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t worry about emotional if you don’t do your fair share. Step what others do or say. Concentrate on your up when called upon and avoid being left out goals and put your strengths to the test. A in the future. responsible attitude will make you a contender for a position that interests you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Face inevitable changes head-on and they will turn out to be GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You need to look at less taxing than you imagined. A change you the big picture first and then decide what is make at home will open up all sorts of new and isn’t feasible. Expand your knowledge, possibilities. friendships or relationships with your peers.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Find out what you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Focus on home, can do for others and you’ll buy your way into family and making your life run smoothly. an auspicious situation. Sharing thoughts with Make up your mind and stick to your decision. someone you feel close to will improve your Look at the big picture and make your choice relationship. based on long-term possibilities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Listen to what’s said and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stick close to home. mull over the way you feel about developDon’t get involved in a conversation that will ments being made, but refrain from taking a leave you in a compromising position. Know negative position. You’ll get further if you use what you want and don’t deviate from your set common sense and reverse psychology. plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Follow through with PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Go over your past ideas. Present and promote what you have to dealings and goals that you’ve yet to offer. A serious talk with someone in a key accomplish. Pull in favors and contact people position will make an unusual but fascinating you know can deliver what you ask for. Strive contribution. for self-improvement.

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House approves ethics reform package COLUMBIA — The South Carolina House on Tuesday passed an ethics reform package that lawmakers of both parties hailed as substantially improving the oversight of politicians and allowing voters to see where candidates get their money.

The bill was approved by a 113-7 vote.

It would require public officials to disclose all

sources of their income, including private businesses. It would also end the pre-election blackout period for reporting campaign donations that allows candidates to hide who’s backing their campaigns until after an election.

During the 20-day period before an election, campaigns would have to electronically report the name, address and amount from each donor contributing more than $250.

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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013

THE ITEM To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

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Things fall into place for Briggs to take over at LMA

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Robbie Briggs said he had been flirting with the idea of stepping down from his posts as head football coach, athletic director and history teacher at Manning High School in order to go into his family’s insurance business.

So when an offer to be the head football coach and AD at Laurence Manning Academy that would allow him the time to be a part of the family business as well BRIGGS came Briggs’ way, it was a pretty easy decision.

“It was first back in December (of 2012) the idea of me stepping out of coaching to go into the family business first came to mind,” said Briggs, whose family KELLAHAN has run an insurance company in Manning for 65 years. “So it had been

in my train of thought to do that. Then LMA called asking about some candidates for their job who had put me down as a reference. One thing led to another and the question came up, ‘What would it take to get you here?’

“I told them my situation and they were able to work it out,” he added. “They have a little more leeway (in the in-

dependent schools) than they do in the public schools.”

Briggs replaces Ken Kellahan, who resigned early in April to go to work at his alma mater, Williamsburg Academy in Kingstree. Along with being the head football coach and AD, Kellahan will be the head baseball coach SEE BRIGGS, PAGE B3

SHS still awaits next opponent

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com

KEITH GEDAMKE / THE ITEM

The Sumter High School bseball team is where it wants to be — in the driver’s seat — in the District VII tournament of the 4A state playoffs. Now it’s just a matter of when the Gamecocks are going to be able to get back behind the wheel.

SHS will be waiting at least one more day to find out who it will play host to in the championship round as the elimination NORRIS game between Fort Dorchester and West Ashley was postponed due to rain for a second straight day on Tuesday. The teams will try to play today, meaning Sumter won’t play before Thursday.

The Gamecocks, 17-8 overall, must be beaten twice for them not to advance to the 4-team lower state tournament. If the foe is West Ashley, play will

begin at 5:30 p.m.; if Dutch Fork wins, first pitch will be at 6 p.m.

“At this point I don’t think it matters who we match up with,” Sumter head coach Joe Norris said. “Both teams are good teams. Whoever wins, we’ll come in and we’ll have to play well.”

The Gamecocks topped Dutch Fork 1-0 in the opening game of the district and then edged West Ashley 5-2 in eight innings in Saturday’s winners bracket game.

The focus for SHS is just to play well.

“We’ve been pitching well, and we played a little bit sloppy on defense, but we’ve been playing really well on defense lately and the kids are in good spirits,” Norris said. “I think they’re happy with the position we’re in so the focus is just to play well. If we play well then we’ll see what happens from there.”

Sumter will have the advantage of not having to SEE SHS, PAGE B3

Thomas Sumter Academy’s Shane Bishop delivers a pitch throws during the opening game of the Generals’ doubleheader with Greenwood Christian in the first-round series in the SCISA 2A state playoffs on Tuesday at General Field. TSA won the opener 8-3 and the nightcap 22-0 in three innings to advance.

TSA sweeps Hawks

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com DALZELL—Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity baseball team has only three seniors on its roster, but they each lead by example, according to Generals head coach Bill DeLavan.

Shane Bishop, Matt Holloman and Brantly Gray went a combined 12-for-18 offensively with 13 runs batted in and 10 runs scored as the top seeded Generals swept No. 8 seed Greenwood Christian 8-3 and 22-0 in three innings in Tuesday’s doubleheader in the best-

of-3 opening-round series of the 2A state playoffs at General Field.

“All year it’s been about those three guys — Matt, Shane and Brantly — those guys have carried us all year without a doubt and have been our backbone,” DeLavan said.

“And when DELAVAN they’re playing well like that all the guys around them seem to play well. It’s funny, they lead this team and how they go is how we go, and all of the other guys will kind of follow

their lead.”

The Generals, now 12-10 on the seasonl, will host the winner of the Williamsburg Academy-Spartanburg Christian series at 5 p.m. on Friday in a doubleheader in the best-of-3 quarterfinal series.

Holloman had several career firsts in Game 2, including throwing his first no-hitter and accumulating a careerhigh five runs batted in. Holloman faced the minimum nine batters, striking out eight and six in a row before GC’s Ben Pettit grounded to first.

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Will Smith and the Sumter High baseball team will have to wait until at least Thursday before they hit the diamond again.

UNC, Vandy among college baseball’s best South Carolina still in running for national top 8 seed as well

BY ERIC OLSON The Associated Press College baseball’s regular season is rounding third and heading for home, and while many teams will spend the next three weeks jockeying for position in the NCAA tournament, five have shown they are a cut above the rest.

North Carolina (41-4), Vanderbilt (39-6), LSU (39-6), Virginia (38-8) and Oregon State (34-8) look to be locks for national seeds. There are eight of those coveted seeds, and Cal State Fullerton (36-7), North Carolina State (34-11), Florida State (35-9), South Carolina (33-12) and Oregon (33-10) are in the running for the last three.

EC baseball looks to wrap up district title

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

C. ALUKA BERRY / THE STATE

LB Dantzler, left, and the rest of the South Carolina baseball team are still vying for one of the top eight seeds for this year’s NCAA tournament.

While teams like the Tar Heels and Commodores have done what was expected of

them since January, there have SEE COLLEGE BASEBALL, PAGE B5

East Clarendon High School will get a chance to wrap up the District VII tournament in the 1A baseball state playoffs at home today, while Manning will be at home in the District VII tournament of the 3A playoffs trying to stay alive.

Also, the East Clarendon softball team knows who it will be playing in the championship round of its District VII tournament after elimination games were played on Tuesday after postponements on Monday.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE TODAY SCHSL Baseball 3A Myrtle Beach at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

1A Green Sea Floyds at East Clarendon, 5 p.m.

SCISA Tennis 3A Wilson Hall at Hilton Head Prep, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY SCHSL Baseball 4A West Ashley or Dutch Fork at Sumter, 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.

Softball Hannah-Pamplico at East Clarendon, 5 p.m.

East Clarendon’s baseball team will be at home against Green Sea Floyds SEE PLAYOFFS, PAGE B3

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LMA softball falls to FCS FLORENCE — Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity softball team lost to Florence Christian School 3-0 on Tuesday at the FCS field.

Grace Beatson took the loss for the Lady Swampcats, who fell to 24-10 overall and 2-2 in SCISA Region II-3A. Maggie Eppley had two hits for LMA. AIRPORT MANNING

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WEST COLUMBIA — Manning High School saw its season come to an end on Monday with a 1-0 loss to Airport in an elimination game in the District V tournament of the 3A state playoffs at the Airport field.

VARSITY SOCCER RICHLAND NORTHEAST CRESTWOOD

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COLUMBIA — Crestwood High School finished its regular season with a 4-0 loss to Richland Northeast on Tuesday at the RNE field.

AREA ROUNDUP The Lady Knights, who are 7-10 overall, were led by Kayla Rdszinski with nine saves in goal. Sweeper Nathaniel Anderson had two saves.

Crestwood will be on the road in the first round of the 3A state playoffs on Monday.

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DALZELL — Lindley Hodge was the winning pitcher and had a big night at the plate to lift Thomas Sumter Academy to an 8-1 victory over Carolina Academy on Tuesday at the TSA field.

Hodge was 3-for-3 with a home run and four runs batted in. Carmen Silvester also hit a homer and Jose Reed had two hits, including a double. Diamond Gibson had a hit and an RBI.

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FLORENCE — Laurence Manning Academy improved to 19-6 on the season with a 21-0 victory over Florence Christian School on Tuesday at the FCS field.

Ansley Ridgill was the winning pitcher, picking up five strikeouts. Baylee Elms led the offense, going 3-for4 with two doubles.

BOYS VARSITY SOCCER WILSON HALL TRINITY-BYRNES

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DARLINGTON — Drake Shadwell scored both of Wilson Hall’s goals in a 2-1 victory over Trinity-Byrnes on Monday at the T-B field.

Harris Jordan had an assist for the Barons, who improved to 12-6-1 on the season. Matthew High had nine saves in goal.

MLB ROUNDUP

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Hudson homers, grabs 200th win ATLANTA — Tim Hudson was a dual threat in his 200th career win, combining with Anthony Varvaro on a 3-hitter while hitting a homer and a double to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Hudson (3-1) dominated the Nationals through seven innings, striking out six and walking two while giving up one run. One of the three hits HUDSON he allowed was an infield single by Denard Span.

Hudson’s bat almost stole the night. He led off the second with a double to left field off Gio Gonzalez (2-2) and hit a fifth-inning homer off Zach Duke. Bryce Harper made a leaping attempt to catch the homer, but the ball bounced off his glove and over the wall.

The Braves won their ninth straight against Washington, dating to last season.

MARLINS METS

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MIAMI — Juan Pierre scored standing up on a wild pitch with none out in the ninth, and Miami came from behind in the final inning for the second consecutive game to beat the reeling New York Mets 2-1.

New York’s Jeremy Hefner (0-3) took a 1-0 lead and a 3-hitter into the ninth but couldn’t get another out.

CARDINALS REDS

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ST. LOUIS — Matt Holliday hit a 2-run homer, Jaime Garcia continued his mastery of Cincinnati with eight strong innings and St. Louis Cardinals snapped a 3-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Reds.

Garcia (3-1) gave up one run on seven hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter.

INTERLEAGUE INDIANS PHILLIES

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CLEVELAND — Ryan Raburn homered twice for the second straight game and Cleveland hit seven home runs in all, rout-

ing Philadelphia 14-2.

Raburn hit a 2-run homer in the fifth inning and a solo drive in the seventh.Carlos Santana, Mark Reynolds, Lonnie Chisenhall, Michael Brantley and Drew Stubbs also connected.

AMERICAN LEAGUE TIGERS TWINS

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DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit a 2-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and Detroit beat Minnesota 6-1 for their fifth straight victory.

Verlander (3-2) allowed a run and five hits. He struck out eight and walked two.

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TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion hit an upper-deck homer in the fifth inning, then connected for a go-ahead home run in the seventh that sent Toronto past Boston 9-7.

David Ortiz homered, doubled and drove in four runs for the Red Sox. YANKEES ASTROS

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NEW YORK — Hiroki Kuroda settled in after a rocky start to pitch 4-hit ball through seven innings, Travis Hafner had three RBI singles and the New York Yankees used small ball to beat Houston7-4.

Jayson Nix had an RBI infield single and Brennan Boesch a run-scoring fielder’s choice for the banged-up Bronx Bombers.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Brandon Moss hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the bottom of the 19th inning to give Oakland a 10-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels early Tuesday in the longest major league game of the season.

The teams were on the field for 6 hours, 32 minutes in a marathon game that ended at 1:41 a.m. on the West Coast. It was the longest game ever played in Oakland by time and the longest in Angels history as well.

From wire reports

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Faried leads Nuggets past Warriors 107-100 DENVER — Kenneth Faried brought the energy and the Denver Nuggets rediscovered their toughness in time to stave off elimination Tuesday night with a 107-100 win over the Golden State Warriors.

The Nuggets slowed down Golden State’s guards, jumpstarted their transition game and got under Andrew Bogut’s skin in Game 5, jumping out to a 22-point lead before weathering the Warriors’ frenetic fourth quarter rally.

Game 6 is Thursday night in Oakland. Golden State leads the series 3-2.

Andre Iguodala had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Ty Lawson had 19 points and 10 assists and Faried had 13 points and 10 boards.

Stephen Curry finished 1 of 7 from 3 and scored 15.

Harrison Barnes led Golden State with 23 points.

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Denver’s Kenneth Faried (35) scores against Golden State during the Nugget’s 107-100 victory on Tuesday in Game 3 of a Western Conference playoff series in Denver.

NASCAR DRIVERS HIT 214 AT INDY

INDIANAPOLIS — A new environmentally friendly tire and cool morning temperatures had NASCAR drivers clocking speeds they weren’t even sure were possible.

On the first day of a closed

tire test on Indianapolis’ historic 2.5-mile oval, Mark Martin wrote on Twitter that he had hit 212 mph in the morning. When Jeff Gordon saw the post, he asked his own team how fast he reached and said he was told 214.

Drivers attributed the speed to almost perfect conditions in the morning — good grip and a cool track. In the heat of the afternoon, Gordon said the tire wear increased and the speeds slowed.

X GAMES LEAVING LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES — After an 11-year run, the X Games are skating, riding and revving away from LA. ESPN announced Tuesday that from 2014 to 2016 the U.S. edition of its action sports extravaganza will be held in Chicago, Detroit, Austin, Texas, or Charlotte.

From wire reports

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Leg 2 Semifinal Match from Barcelona, Spain -- Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona (FX).

5 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby Draw from Louisville, Ky. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

7 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game One -- Toronto at Boston (CNBC).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Washington at Atlanta (ESPN, SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game Five -- Boston at New York (TNT).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game One -- New York Islanders at Pittsburgh (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game Five -- Indiana at Atlanta (NBA TV).

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

10 p.m. -- International Soccer: CONCACAF Champions League Second Leg Final Match from Monterrey, Mexico -- Santos vs. Monterrey (FOX SOCCER).

10:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Western Conference Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game One -- San Jose at Vancouver (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 18 7 .720 – New York 15 10 .600 3 Baltimore 15 11 .577 31/2 Tampa Bay 12 13 .480 6 Toronto 9 17 .346 91/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 14 10 .583 – Kansas City 13 10 .565 1/2 Minnesota 11 11 .500 2 Cleveland 10 13 .435 31/2 Chicago 10 14 .417 4 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 16 9 .640 – Oakland 15 12 .556 2 Seattle 12 16 .429 51/2 Los Angeles 9 16 .360 7 Houston 8 18 .308 81/2 Monday’s Games Houston 9, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 4, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 9, Kansas City 0 Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 8, 19 innings Seattle 6, Baltimore 2 Tuesday’s Games Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Minnesota (Diamond 1-2) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 3-1), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-0) at Oakland (Milone 3-2), 3:35 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 2-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 5-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-1), 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-2) at Texas (Tepesch 2-1), 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-2) at Kansas City (Mendoza 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 2-2) at Seattle (Harang 0-3), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 16 9 .640 – Washington 13 13 .500 31/2 Philadelphia 12 14 .462 41/2 New York 10 14 .417 51/2 Miami 7 19 .269 91/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 15 11 .577 – St. Louis 14 11 .560 1/2 Cincinnati 15 12 .556 1/2 Milwaukee 13 11 .542 1 Chicago 10 15 .400 41/2 West Division W L Pct GB Colorado 16 10 .615 – Arizona 15 11 .577 1 San Francisco 14 12 .538 2 Los Angeles 12 13 .480 31/2 San Diego 9 16 .360 61/2 Monday’s Games Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 15 innings Atlanta 3, Washington 2 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1 San Francisco 6, Arizona 4 Colorado 12, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

Today’s Games N.Y. Mets (Gee 1-4) at Miami (LeBlanc 0-4), 12:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (J.Gomez 1-0) at Milwaukee (Burgos 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-0), 1:45 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 2-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 4-1) at Atlanta (Maholm 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Feldman 1-3), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Lincecum 2-1) at Arizona (McCarthy 0-3), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 3-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-3), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Milwaukee 0 Sunday, April 21: Miami 110, Milwaukee 87 Tuesday, April 23: Miami 98, Milwaukee 86 Thursday, April 25: Miami 104, Milwaukee 91 Sunday, April 28: Miami 88, Milwaukee 77 New York 3, Boston 1 Saturday, April 20: New York 85, Boston 78 Tuesday, April 23: New York 87, Boston 71 Friday, April 26: New York 90, Boston 76 Sunday, April 28: Boston 97, New York 90, OT Wednesday, May 1: Boston at New York, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 3: New York at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, May 5: Boston at New York, TBA Indiana 2, Atlanta 2 Sunday, April 21: Indiana 107, Atlanta 90 Wednesday, April 24: Indiana 113, Atlanta 98 Saturday, April 27: Atlanta 90, Indiana 69

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Friday, May 3: Indiana at Atlanta, 7 or 8 p.m. x-Sunday, May 5: Atlanta at Indiana, TBA Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2 Saturday, April 20: Brooklyn 106, Chicago 89 Monday, April 22: Chicago 90, Brooklyn 82 Thursday, April 25: Chicago 79, Brooklyn 76 Saturday, April 27: Chicago 142, Brooklyn 134, 3OT Monday, April 29: Brooklyn 110, Chicago 91 Thursday, May 2: Brooklyn at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, May 4: Chicago at Brooklyn, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 3, Houston 1 Sunday, April 21: Oklahoma City 120, Houston 91 Wednesday, April 24: Oklahoma City 105, Houston 102 Saturday, April 27: Oklahoma City 104, Houston 101 Monday, April 29: Houston 105, Oklahoma City 103 Wednesday, May 1: Houston at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 3: Oklahoma City at Houston, 7, 8 or 9:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 5: Houston at Oklahoma City, TBA San Antonio 4, L.A. Lakers 0 Sunday, April 21: San Antonio 91, L.A. Lakers 79 Wednesday, April 24: San Antonio 102, L.A. Lakers 91 Friday, April 26: San Antonio 120, L.A. Lakers 89 Sunday, April 28: San Antonio 103, L.A. Lakers 82 Golden State 3, Denver 1 Saturday, April 20: Denver 97, Golden State 95 Tuesday, April 23: Golden State 131, Denver 117 Friday, April 26: Golden State 110, Denver 108 Sunday, April 28: Golden State 115, Denver 101 Tuesday, April 30: Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m. x-Thursday, May 2: Denver at Golden State, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 4: Golden State at Denver, TBA L.A. Clippers 2, Memphis 2 Saturday, April 20: L.A. Clippers 112, Memphia 91 Monday, April 22: L.A. Clippers 93, Memphis 91 Thursday, April 25: Memphis 94, L.A. Clippers 82 Saturday, April 27: Memphis 104, L.A. Clippers 83 Tuesday, April 30: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, May 3: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 or 9:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 5: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBA

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Wednesday, May 1: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 3: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 5: Pittsburgh at NY Islanders Noon Tuesday, May 7: Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 11: Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, TBD x-Sunday, May 12: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, TBD Ottawa vs. Montreal Thursday, May 2: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 3: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 5: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 7: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 11: Montreal at Ottawa, TBD x-Sunday, May 12: Ottawa at Montreal, TBD New York Rangers vs. Washington Thursday, May 2: NY Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 4: NY Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m.

Monday, May 6: Washington at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8: Washington at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 10: NY Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 12: Washington at NY Rangers, TBD x-Monday, May 13: NY Rangers at Washington, TBD Toronto vs. Boston Wednesday, May 1: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 4: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 6: Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8: Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 10: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, May 12: Boston at Toronto, TBD x-Monday, May 13: Toronto at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota vs. Chicago Tuesday, April 30: Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 3: Minnesota at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 5: Chicago at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 7 Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD x-Saturday, May 11: Chicago at Minnesota, TBD x-Sunday, May 12: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Detroit vs. Anaheim Tuesday, April 30: Detroit at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 2: Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 4: Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 6: Anaheim at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 8: Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. x-Friday, May 10: Anaheim at Detroit, TBD x-Sunday, May 12: Detroit at Anaheim, TBD San Jose vs. Vancouver Wednesday, May 1: San Jose at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, May 3: San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Sunday, May 5: Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Tuesday, May 7: Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. x-Saturday, May 11: Vancouver at San Jose, TBD x-Monday, May 13: San Jose at Vancouver, TBD Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Tuesday, April 30: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 2: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 4: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Monday, May 6: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 8: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD x-Friday, May 10: St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBD x-Monday, May 13: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Optioned C Luis Exposito to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX _ Reinstated RHP Joel Hanrahan from the 15-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX _ Transferred LHP Leyson Septimo from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS _ Sent SS Erick Aybar to Salt Lake (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

National League MIAMI MARLINS _ Placed 1B Joe Mahoney and OF Giancarlo Stanton on the 15-day DL, Mahoney retroactive to April 28. Recalled LHP Brad Hand from New Orleans (PCL) and OF Marcell Ozuna from Jacksonville (SL). Sent SS Adeiny Hechavarria to Jupiter (FSL) on a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES _ Sent 1B James Darnell and RHP Tyson Ross to Tucson (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS _ Sent 3B Ryan Zimmerman to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

American Association EL PASO DIABLOS _ Signed RHP Deinys Suarez.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS _ Signed RHP Taylor Stanton.

WICHITA WINGNUTS _ Released RHP Kyle Wahl.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES _ Traded INF Garrett Rau to Laredo for future considerations.

Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS _ Signed RHP Ryan Carr and INF Brandon Mims.

QUEBEC CAPITALES _ Signed RHP Stosh Wawrzasek.

United League AMARILLO SOX _ Named Bobby Brown manager.

FOOTBALL National Football League MINNESOTA VIKINGS _ Waived CB Nick Taylor.

HOCKEY NHLPA _ F Brian Rolston announced his retirement.

National Hockey League PHOENIX COYOTES _ Assigned D Michael Stone, F Alexandre Bolduc and F Chris Conner to Portland (AHL).

COLLEGE TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN _ Named John Ishee women’s associate head basketball coach.

WENTWORTH TECH _ Announced the resignation of assistant trainer Lauren Eck.

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SCHSL committee approves offseason practice measure

BY AKILAH IMANI NELSON The State COLUMBIA — A proposal that opens up most of the year to offseason practice for high school athletics was approved Tuesday by the executive committee of the S.C. High School League.

The committee adopted the measure for the 2013-14 school year that extends the period that teams can hold out-of-season practices. The goal is to reduce illegal practices and allow school or district administration to determine how often teams hold offseason practices, officials said.

Committee member Steve Boyd suggested the measure, and it was supported by League Commissioner Jerome Singleton.

The bottom line is that coaches will be allowed more time to work with their athletes than currently allowed.

Bailey Harris, a veteran coach of basketball, cross country and track and field teams at Lexington High, saw two sides of the issue. “I hope it won’t lead to more sports specialization among athletes,� he said. “Coaches will need to be careful not to burn their kids out, and they’re going to defi-

nitely have to be creative as far as what they do.�

But he added, “I think it will definitely eliminate some confusion about when you can practice, and it also will help with skill development to be able to get the team together and work on a skill in the offseason. There’s definitely some positives with it.�

Practice will be closed to out-of-season sports only during the first five weeks of the in-season sport.

For example, on Aug. 2, the official start of the fall sports season, only fall sports teams would be allowed to practice.

But five weeks later on Sept.

7, winter and spring sports such as basketball and soccer can begin practice.

Offseason practice would again be barred in the period from Nov. 4, when winter sports begin, until around Dec. 9, and then for the two weeks immediately preceding the Feb. 3 start of the spring sports season.

Spring football practice was given a 25-day window — May 5-30, 2014 — with the first three days in helmets only and 10 of those 25 days in pads.

Outside of that window, football teams would be free to hold skills camps, passing drills and other types of practice without pads or helmets during the spring and winter open practice periods.

Under the current rules, all sports are allowed 21 days of off-season practice during allotted times each year — three weeks in May for fall sports, three weeks in September for winter sports, and three weeks in November for spring sports.

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“I haven’t pitched much this season, but Coach DeLavan told me at the beginning of the week and said, ‘We’re going to need you throwing in the playoffs,’ and I just came out here and did what I had to do to win the game,� Holloman said.

Pitching could become a concern for TSA as it moves forward in the playoffs. DeLavan said Michal Hoge is suffering from a hip pointer and the team is limiting its ace, Bishop, to keep him fresh. “For Matt Holloman to pitch the way he pitched that’s huge for us,� DeLavan said. “And we knew in the playoffs we were going to need him. If he pitches like that, that’s great for us because, Michal, we just don’t know about his injury, and that worries me a little bit moving forward.�

Offensively, the Generals took advantage of 15 walks in Game 2, sending 16 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring 10 runs. It sent 17 batters to the plate in the second, resulting in 12 runs.

Holloman had four RBI during the first inning, Hoge had an RBI single and Eric Linsenby and Ryan Frohling each had an RBI walk.

In the second inning Bishop hit his first career grand slam, which also happened to be his first home run of the season, highlighted the 12-run inning. Holloman, Miles Davis and Frohling each had RBI singles while Bobby Spivey and Kyle Decker each had RBI walks. “I wasn’t really expecting to come up there and do that, but I put the bat on the ball,� Bishop said.

Holloman went 4-for-4 with five RBI, just a home run shy of hitting for the cycle. Bishop went 2-for-3

beginning at 5 p.m., while Manning will play host to Myrtle Beach at 6:30 p.m. The EC team will play host to Hannah-Pamplico beginning at 5 p.m.

The EC baseball team is the last undefeated team in the tournament and will be playing the team it beat in the first round by a 7-4 score.

GSF will have to beat EC twice to win the district. Green Sea Floyds beat Military Magnet 13-3 on Tuesday.

Manning will also be playing the team it opened district play against in Myrtle Beach.

The Seahawks eliminated Hanahan with a 9-5 victory on Tuesday. The winner between Manning and Myrtle Beach will advance to the championship round to face undefeated Airport on Friday.

The EC softballt team won’t play the championship round of its district tourney until Thursday. It will play Hannah-Pamplico, which knocked off Allendale-Fairfax 13-0 on Tuesday, beginning at 5 p.m. EC nipped No. 4 H-P 1-0 in the opening round of the district.

In the SCISA ranks, neither Wilson Hall nor Laurence Manning Academy know who their opponent will be in the quarterfinals. Wilson Hall will play either Ben Lippen or Porter-Gaud, who were scheduled to play Tuesday after having their doubleheader rained out on Monday.

LMA will play either Pinewood Prep or Cardinal Newman, and they won’t play their doubleheader until today.

BRIGGS from Page B1 at Williamsburg and will also have an administrative position as the upper school director. “It’s been eight wonderful years here,� said Kellahan, who posted a 48-49 record at LMA. “It was just a great opportunity go back home, and the administrative position is very appealing. “The support here (at LMA) has been tremendous. I’m excited for the boys to get the chance to play for a tremendous coach like Robbie Briggs.

I’ve made a lot of friends with teachers and staff during my time at Laurence Manning.�

Briggs will serve as the head football coach and AD and will teach one strength class. “While I won’t be doing as much as I did at Manning, that doesn’t mean I won’t work as hard over there as I did at Manning,� Briggs said.

In 12 seasons as the Manning head

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Right-hander Jacob Watcher will start the opening game. Ace lefthander Charlie Barnes will start if a

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Thomas Sumter Academy’s Ryan Frohling, left, jumps over a grounder as Greenwood Christian’s Austin Sears fields on Tuesday in Dalzell.

with five RBI. Hoge also had two hits and an RBI. In Game 1, TSA gave up a 2-0 lead as the Hawks, who finished the year with a 5-9 record, went up 3-2.

TSA responded with single runs in both the third and fourth then put the game away with four runs in the fifth.

GC scored all of its runs in the third inning.

Caleb Hinzman’s 2-run triple tied the game and then he scored to make it 3-2.

The Generals tied the game on Ron York’s RBI groundout in the bottom of the third. Holloman’s RBI single in the fourth made it a 4-3 lead. The Generals scored four runs in the fifth thanks to a 2-run single by Frohling, an RBI bunt by Jordan Adams and an RBI single by Bishop.

coach, Briggs posted a 103-45 record, guiding the Monarchs to three lower state title games and 10 or more wins in five of the seasons. “We called Robbie to ask about our candidates, one thing led to another and we said, ‘Are you interested,?’ and he said, ‘I might be,’ “ said LMA headmaster Spencer Jordan. “Robbie is someone who is thought of well in our community, and he’s not just a great football coach, he’s a great developer of young men. “When an opportunity comes along like that, you can’t pass it up.�

Not only did Briggs coach for 18 years at Manning High (six as an assistant), he was also an all-state linebacker for the Monarchs, leading them to the 1988 3A state title. “I felt like this is what I needed to do if I was going to continue coaching,� Briggs said. “It’s nothing against Clarendon (School District) 1. I’m a product of Clarendon 1, and I’m going to continue to support it. Nothing is going to change that.�

second game is needed. “We’ve been playing loose,� Norris said of his team. “This group, they’ve been in the playoffs every year so they’re used to these types of situations and games. Our focus is on playing well, competing and putting ourselves in position each inning to win a baseball game.�

The other undefeated district tournament teams one win away from a spot in the lower state tourney are Lexington (District V), Beaufort (District VI) and South Aiken (District VIII).

Lexington is waiting on the winner between Lugoff-Elgin and Ashley Ridge, Beaufort will face either West Florence or Wando and South Aiken will play the winner between Conway and Richland Northeast.

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Real test comes next for Collins

BY JON KRAWCZYNSKI The Associated Press

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After being suspended for elbowing a Boston player in Game 3, New York’s J.R. Smith (8) returns for today’s Game 5 as the Knicks try to close out the quarterfinal series at Madison Square Garden.

Smith, Knicks look to oust Celtics

BY BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press GREENBURGH, N.Y. — J.R. Smith may have altered a series with one poor decision. He certainly forced his midweek plans to change.

When he dropped Boston’s Jason Terry with an elbow to the chin late in Game 3 on Friday night, Smith earned a suspension that left the New York Knicks without their No. 2 scorer during the regular season for Game 4 on Sunday.

The Knicks didn’t have enough offense without him, losing 97-90 in overtime as Terry, not the Sixth Man of the Year, hit the big shots off the bench.

Had Smith been available, perhaps this series would already be over.

“It would’ve been,’’ Smith said Tuesday. “I would’ve been playing golf today.’’

Instead, he was practicing for Game 5.

The Knicks will host it today, their

second attempt to close out their first series victory since 2000.

“We want to end it,’’ leading scorer Carmelo Anthony said. “We came this far, did our job at home first two games, did our job on the road, got one on the road. We’ve got the opportunity to end it here on our home court.’’

The Knicks won the first three games, holding the Celtics to an average of 75 points, before Boston broke out — sort of — on Sunday.

The Celtics scored 54 points in the first half and led by 20 early in the third quarter before their offensive struggles returned, and they were limited to just 30 points in the third and fourth quarters.

Clean up those bad stretches, and the Celtics think they can keep climbing out of the mess they created for themselves.

“There’s that one quarter where we have mental lapses,’’ forward Paul Pierce said. “They pick up the energy. They pick up the defense, and they have us on our heels, so we have

to be cautious of that.’’

The Knick had their own problems Sunday, shooting 34 percent from the field and making just 7 of 30 3-pointers (23 percent). Anthony, perhaps feeling pressure to force things with Smith unavailable, scored 36 points but was 10 of 35, missed all seven 3-point attempts and committed seven turnovers.

Smith averaged a career-best 18.1 points during the regular season, and his recognition as the NBA’s top reserve was as much a credit to his improved maturity and decision-making as it was to his scoring streaks.

But those qualities went missing Friday when Smith threw his elbow into Terry with the Knicks 7:06 away from wrapping up an easy victory. Coach Mike Woodson appeared to be lecturing Smith before he left the court, and they had another talk Sunday.

“We had a major discussion before he left Boston to come to New York,’’ Woodson said. “J.R.’s in a good place. We’re fine with J.R.’’

History not in Hawks’ favor

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks were feeling a lot better about themselves Tuesday.

There were plenty of smiles and good-natured ribbing, especially during a 3-point contest between Jeff Teague and Josh Smith to close out practice.

Once Teague had finished off his teammate, it was time to head to the airport.

Back to reality.

While the Hawks have plenty of momentum — their playoff series with the Pacers is all even at two games apiece after a pair of wins on their home court — the weight of history is heavy on this franchise heading into Game 5 at Indianapolis tonight.

Since moving to Atlanta in 1968, the Hawks are a dismal 21-84 in postseason road games. Not surprising, really, that they’ve won only two series in all those years without having a home-court edge.

More troubling, over the past two decades they’ve managed to win a measly two road games — out of 11 tries — when a best-of-seven series reaches this stage or later.

Sure, all teams tend to play better at home than on the road.

But the emotionally fragile Hawks are the ultimate Jekyll and Hyde in the playoffs.

“I’m pleased with how we came home, how we handled our business,’’ coach Larry Drew said. “Now we need to go to Indiana and do the same.’’

Easy to say. A lot tougher to

The coming-out part is over.

Now Jason Collins needs a job.

Collins’ stunning announcement that he was a gay athlete in a major sport won overwhelming support from other players, coaches and executives — even a phone call from the president.

But it also came after the season ended for the 7-foot center and his Washington Wizards.

The 34-year-old journeyman becomes a free agent on July 1 — meaning that he will first have to sign with an NBA team and wait until next season to see if teammates, coaches, opponents and fans will treat him any differently.

“I think the real response will be once he gets a job,’’ said Brooklyn Nets veteran Jerry Stackhouse, who has called Collins a friend for years.

COLLINS “It’s not like he’s under contract next year and guaranteed to go back to a team. I think once that happens, then public opinion or whatever or players’ opinion will start to loom a little larger then. But right now we’ve got the summer to kind of digest what has happened, and I’m pulling for him.’’

Perhaps only when he starts seeing offers from teams will he get an idea of what coming out will mean for his career. He only played in 38 games last season — his 12th year in the NBA — with averages of 1.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 10.1 minutes per game for Boston and Washington.

He may not be an All-Star, but he has built a career by being a big, smart, physical player who can come off the bench and help defend some of the few remaining dominant centers in the league like the Lakers’ Dwight Howard, Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez and Marc Gasol of Memphis.

And 7-footers in basketball are like left-handed pitchers in baseball — hard to find and can hang around forever if they stay in shape.

Rockets heating up from 3-point range

BY JEFF LATZKE The Associated Press

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Al Horford (15) and the Atlanta Hawks are even in their series against Indiana, but the Hawks have not fared well in road playoff games.

accomplish.

Indiana dominated the Hawks in the first two games, averaging 110 points and a 16point margin of victory. Clearly, the Pacers are counting on the home court to help them regain control of the series. While they’ve lost 13 consecutive games in Atlanta, a streak that dates to 2006, they merely have to keep winning at home to advance to the second round.

“That’s a great Atlanta team over there,’’ Pacers guard George Hill said. “We knew it

was going to be a tough series.

We knew they weren’t going to lay down. But we know we have two more games at home in this series if necessary.’’

The Hawks, on the other hand, know they’ve got to steal at least one win at Indy.

“When you play on the road, there’s a certain mentality you’ve got to have,’’ Drew said. “That’s something we talk about as a team. It’s not just playing on the road, but learning how to play on the road. It’s not easy.”

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Houston Rockets are heating up from 3-point range, just in time to avoid playoff elimination and create some drama in their first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After setting a franchise record for 3s in the regular season, Houston has steadily improved its accuracy over the course of the series against Oklahoma City before hitting 44 percent from behind the arc in a 105-103 victory in Game 4.

Still trailing 3-1, the Rockets are at least carrying some momentum into Game 5 in Oklahoma City tonight.

“It changes everything,’’ said Chandler Parsons, who had 27 points and 10 rebounds in Game 4. “We know we can beat them now.’’

Houston came awfully close in Games 2 and 3, losing both by 3 points, before finally gaining some real traction during the third quarter on Monday night. Coming out of halftime facing a sevenpoint deficit, the Rockets outscored the Thunder 38-24 and led by as much as 13 during the period.

That opening stretch of the second half was

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Aaron Brooks (0) and the rest of the Houston Rockets got hot from 3-point range just in time to avoid elimination against Oklahoma City.

under the microscope at Oklahoma City’s practice facility Tuesday, the most glaring example of the Thunder’s diminishing defense.

“We do not want to give up 30-point quarters, and we nearly gave a 40point quarter,’’ coach Scott Brooks said. “So, we just have to focus on being consistently defensive-minded because this team, they put so many 3-point shooters on the floor and we just have to just be really focused on guarding every possession and not having as many breakdowns.’’

SPORTS

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Top junior QB prospect firm with Clemson C to see which schools besides those three show strong interest in him during his spring practice. Barker right now plans to make his decision in May, but has not set a definite date.

Wide receiver Demarre Kitt of Tyrone, Ga., has set June 10 as his announcement date, according one of his recent posts on Twitter. “Committing early so I can focus on my senior year and winning another ring and help build my class,” Kitt wrote. Kitt is choosing between Clemson, Tennessee and Ohio State.

Kitt may visit Clemson and Tennessee one more time, but he won’t make a return trip to Ohio State due to the distance. Kitt is close friends with Watson.

After a recent visit to USC, running back Nick Chubb of Cedartown, Ga., now has the Gamecocks among his top three with Georgia and Auburn. “They have everything in place to be a successful program,” said Chubb. “They tell me I remind them of (former USC RB Marcus) Lattimore. They said we’re very similar running backs. They would like me to be one of their running backs. They are only taking one.”

Chubb has also visited UGA, Auburn and Florida and he might return to Auburn. UGA remains a strong player, but the Bulldogs have company at the top from the Gamecocks. “It’s a tie right now between USC and Georgia,” he said. “I feel comfortable at both of them. I’ve got to find the things that I like and I have to see.”

Chubb added that either school taking another RB won’t affect his decision, which he will make in June. UGA picked up a commitment from RB Sony Michel last week. Last season, Chubb rushed for 2,717 yards and 39 TDs. RB CJ Fuller of Easley High

School has his spring football practice coming up and soon after that is over, he plans to sit down and make his college decision. He has offers from Clemson, North Carolina and North Carolina State.

He attended Clemson’s spring game and heard some things from head coach Dabo Swinney and company that pushed the Tigers even higher on his list. “If I came there, I could be playing running back,” Fuller said he was told.

“I can do a lot in their offense.” Fuller said Clemson is his favorite and has a “pretty big lead” over NCSU. He added that Phil Tennessee and KORNBLUT Louisville are also showing serious interest.

WR Isaiah Ford of Jacksonville, Fla., was unable to attend USC’s spring game, but is hopeful of a visit this summer. Ford has offers from USC, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Oregon, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Florida International, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Kentucky, West Virginia Penn State and Georgia Tech among others.

“I don’t have any favorites but I definitely like South Carolina a lot,” Ford said.

Ohio State, VT and Louisville are other schools he would like to see. USC, Ohio State, Florida, FSU, Louisville and VT are showing the most interest, according to Ford.

Defensive back Darin Smalls of Summerville High has added three more offers to his list. Charleston Southern, Oklahoma and Louisville join USC, Clemson, FSU, VT, NCSU, GT, Marshall, Tennessee, Vandy and WVU. “I’m not going to commit until next signing day (in February of [‘14) and I’m going to try and visit Virginia Tech, Oklarecruiting corner

lemson quarterback commitment Deshaun Watson of Gainesville, Ga., who recently was named

by ESPN.com as the No. 1 QB prospect in the country in the junior class, has ended his recruiting and will not take any more visits.

Watson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he can’t be turned from his Clemson pledge.

“I’m 100-percent solid with Clemson,” Watson said. “I’m not going to visit anybody else.

I’m just going to focus on Clemson and my high school season. I’m not interested in going to visit anywhere.”

Watson had visited several other schools this spring and was getting a particularly strong push from head coach Urban Meyer at Ohio State, who had personally taken over his recruiting.

“I just found a place there (with Clemson) and I’m comfortable with the coaches,” Watson told the AJC. “I like the academics and it’s close to home. I just really want to focus on my senior year and focus on winning a state championship. I want to do something that no other quarterback in Gainesville history has ever done.”

Going into his senior season, Watson has passed for 9,360 yards and 108 touchdowns in his career, both prep records in Georgia.

South Carolina QBs coach GA Mangus visited his lone QB target for 2014 on Friday, Drew Barker of Hebron, Ky. “It was good to see him again,” Barker said. “I’m really glad he got to come up. He will be back before I make my decision.”

The Gamecocks are battling Kentucky and Tennessee for Barker, who has visited all three schools this spring.

Asked if those are still his top three schools, Barker replied, “For now.” Barker also wants

COLLEGE BASEBALL from Page B1 been some big disappointments.

Stanford (23-15), led by star pitcher Mark Appel, is in danger of being on the outside looking in when the NCAA tournament field is announced May 27. Texas (22-20) is alone in last place in the Big 12 and must win the conference tournament to avoid missing the NCAAs for the second straight year. TCU (20-23), picked to challenge Oklahoma for Big 12 supremacy, is under .500 because of a maddeningly impotent offense.

A look at the national scene heading into May: BIGGEST SURPRISE

Virginia is the runaway winner in this category. Picked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division, the Cavaliers are enjoying the fruits of 10th-year coach Brian O’Connor’s masterful makeover after losing two weekend starters, the anchor of its bullpen and three starting infielders.

Scott Silverstein is the only returnee from the 2012 weekend rotation, and he’s 7-1 after going 2-5. Freshman left-hander Brandon Waddell (4-1)

homa, Charleston Southern and Louisville,” Smalls said.

‘USC is my favorite, but Clemson is recruiting me really hard!”

A number of college recruiters are getting by Goose Creek High to show their interest in tight end Kalan Ritchie and RB Caleb Kinlaw. Gators head coach Chuck Reedy said USC and Clemson were in last Thursday. UGA, Louisville and Florida recruiters also have been in. Ritchie visited USC earlier in the month and has USC out front. Kinlaw has not gotten as much interest from the Gamecocks and Tigers.

He’s been favoring Tennessee and UNC. QB Mason Rudolph of Northwestern High in Rock Hill landed his fifth offer last week from Louisville. The Cardinals join Louisiana State, VT, Oklahoma State and Mississippi as his offers.

Rudolph has visited LSU, UGA, Alabama and Ole Miss.

He plans to narrow his list to two this summer.

Defensive lineman Naquez Pringle of Carvers Bay High in Georgetown has offers from USC and Clemson, but is beginning to garner more interest with Tennessee one of those new schools. He visited USC recently and has a strong interest in the Gamecocks. He would like to camp this summer at LSU and Alabama.

DB Trumaine Washington of Miami enjoyed a junior day at Clemson earlier this year so much that he may attend a camp there this summer. His offers are from Duke, Purdue and FIU with interest from Clemson, FSU, Miami, Memphis, Connecticut and Michigan among others. As a junior, he totaled 30 tackles with five interceptions, running two back for scores.

Offensive lineman Jake Whitley of North Augusta High has offers from Coastal

decided by two runs or less.

VANDY IS DANDY

has struck out 63 in 61 innings. The versatile Nick Howard (5-4) has adjusted to the starter’s role after coming out of the bullpen, and he’s moonlighting at third base and batting .338. Kyle Crockett has three wins and 10 saves as closer.

Mike Papi has rebounded from an injury that knocked him out the second half of last season to bat a teambest .373.

BIGGEST BUST

No one projected in the preseason that Texas would be a national seedcaliber team, but neither did anyone expect the Longhorns to struggle this much.

Texas (22-20) is just 5-13 in the Big 12 after getting swept at Baylor. The Longhorns have lost nine straight Big 12 series going back to last season and could finish last in their conference for the first time since 1956.

Veteran coach Augie Garrido is feeling the heat for an offense whose 3.8 runs a game ranks 271st out of 296 Division I teams. The Longhorns have let outstanding pitching performances go to waste, going 11-14 in games

Vanderbilt is on track to be the most dominant Southeastern Conference team in decades. The Commodores are 19-2 in SEC play, the best 21-game record in league history, and they could challenge the mark for best conference record since the conference expanded to a 30-game schedule in 1993. South Carolina had a 25-5 record in 2000.

The Commodores have won 11 straight series going into this week’s trip to South Carolina.

YOUNG GUNS

There has been no shortage of great performances by freshmen and sophomore pitchers.

First, the freshmen: Arizona State’s 6-foot-5, 220-pound Ryan Kellogg is 10-0 in 11 starts after being a 12thround draft pick by Toronto last year; Fullerton’s Justin Garza is 9-0; and Missouri State’s Jonathan Harris is 8-0.

As for the sophomores, Vanderbilt’s Tyler Beede has a nation-leading 11 wins in 11 starts and boasts a 1.63 ERA; LSU’s Aaron Nola is 8-0 with a 2.14 ERA; and North Carolina State’s Carlos Rodon is 5-2 with a nationleading 105 strikeouts in 67 innings

Carolina, Appalachian State, Marshall, Charlotte and Old Dominion. He took the opportunity to visit Marshall, App State, ODU and Charlotte during his spring break.

He continues to hear from Tennessee, Mississippi State, GT, UNC and NCSU. TE Jeb Blazevich of Charlotte committed to UGA last week over five other programs, including Clemson.

He had also considered Ole Miss, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Alabama.

WR Chris Godwin, a USC target from Middletown, Del., committed to Penn State.

RB Elijah Hood of Charlotte, a Clemson target, committed to ND on Sunday.

Basketball News: Sidy Mohamed Djitte, a 6-foot-10inch player from Senegal, remains undecided. He has visited Clemson and Cincinnati and may visit Memphis this week, according to his head coach.

Shadell Millinghaus, a 6-3 player, and 6-6 Leroy Fludd of Believe Prep in Rock Hill remain on the recruiting market this spring, and activity for them is starting to heat up.

Millinghaus made an unofficial visit to WVU on Thursday and Fludd took an official visit to Colorado State over the weekend.

Newberry College signed 6-0 Zach Jones of Charlotte.

He averaged 26 points per game last season for Moravian Prep in Lenoir, N.C. Baseball News: Left-handed pitcher John Parke of Greenville High, who had been committed to Clemson as a walk-on for the ‘13 class, has changed his commitment to USC, according to TheBigSpur.com. Parke made a visit to USC two weekends agao and decided to change his pledge last Thursday. This season, Parke has a 5-1 winloss record with a 1.56 earned run average.

after turning in another dominant performance against the rival Tar Heels on Saturday.

MANAEA MANIA

Few pitchers came into the season more hyped than Indiana State’s Sean Manaea. The left-hander dominated the Cape Cod League last summer, and everyone expected a big encore.

The 6-foot-5, 235-pounder still is projected as a top-10 pick in next month’s draft on the strength of his mid-90s fastball and an above-average slider. But a hip injury has taken some of the shine off Manaea’s season. He’s 5-3 with a 1.57 ERA. BIG BOPPER BRYANT

San Diego’s Kris Bryant started the week with 22 home runs — more than the total hit by 217 of Division I’s 296 teams.

With at least 12 games left, Bryant is one behind the 23 hit by national leader Brandon Miller of Samford last year.

His per-game average of 0.50 home runs is on pace to be the highest since Kent Matthes of Alabama hit 28 in 56 games in 2009 — quite a feat considering the new standards that took the pop out of bats went into effect in 2011.

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HILDA CHAPMAN Hilda “Stella” Chapman, 87, of Sumter, passed away on April 27, 2013.

Hilda was born on June 6, 1925, in the Bronx, N.Y. She proudly graduated from State University of New York at Stony Brook with a nursing degree. She had a long career as a registered nurse at the CHAPMAN Psychiatric Hospital in Central Islip, New York. She retired to Edgewater, Fla., where she spent many happy years with friends. She enjoyed several hobbies throughout her life, particularly knitting and crocheting, and was always looking for new projects to do. She loved sharing her handiwork with family and friends.

She was also very proud of her Lithuanian heritage and would host traditional Lithuanian family meals. She loved taking her dogs, Sugar, Kristy and Chin Chin, for rides to the docks in Hilda’s Harley.

Hilda is survived by her children, Victoria Stevenson, Cynthia Dubecky and Ernest Chapman; her grandchildren, Raymond Stevenson, Susan Sheehan, Richard Kondenar, Gregory Kondenar, Mathew and Charlene Chapman; and nine great-grandchildren.

Hilda was preceded in death by her parents, Antonas and Magdelina Aleksejus; sister, Ruth Alencikas; and husband, Ernest Chapman Sr. There will be a memorial ceremony and luncheon to be planned in Florida at a later date.

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

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

JAMES SHORTER Jr. James “Mitchell” Shorter Jr., age 69, died

on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in SHORTER Sumter, he was a son of the late James (Ruben) Mitchell Shorter Sr. and Ruth Craft Shorter. He retired from Glasscock Co. and was a brick mason. He spent his time fishing, going to auctions and spending his mornings at Huddle House, drinking coffee and socializing. He will be remembered as a loving father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, brother and friend.

He is survived by his special friend, Annette Bradham of Bishopville; two daughters, Robin Wadford and her husband, David, and Tammie Shorter, all of Sumter; six grandchildren, Ryan Bullard of Texas, Raven Lyn Hodge, Tripp McDonald, Dallas Welch, Kaitlyn Hancock and Anna Player Braswell, all of Sumter; three great-grandchildren, Tyler Bullard of Pennsylvania, Braylon Wadford of Florence and Ava Bullard of Arizona; three sisters, Lula Ingram and her husband, Jon, Linda Glasscock and Juanita Pack, all of Sumter; two sisters-inlaw, Frances Shorter of Manning and Etta Shorter of Greenville; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Shorter was preceded in death by a son, James Mitchell “Tripp” Shorter III; one grandson, David Michael Wadford Jr.; and two brothers, Gene and Jack Shorter.

A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Stacey V. McDonald officiating. Burial will follow in Sumter Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Larry Gainey, Jamie Glasscock, Mickey Shirah, Olin Shirah, Stevie Shorter and Marshall “Moped” Ardis.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the American

Lung Association, 1817 Gadsden Court, Columbia, SC 29201 or to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 2229, Sumter, SC 29151.

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

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

EDITH M. MARTIN Edith M. Martin, 89, widow of James R. Martin Sr., died Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Lawton, Okla.

Born March 26, 1924, in Elkhorn, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late John and Daisy Calloway Ensley.

The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Michael Dickerson, 3955 Delaware Drive, Dalzell.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

CYNTHIA M. FLOYD Cynthia Ann Murphy Floyd, 50, wife of Michael H. Floyd, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born in Middlesex, England, she was a daughter of Bedford and Shirley Johnson Murphy.

Survivors include her husband of Sumter; parents of Sylvester, Ga.; two sons, Michael Shane Floyd and Justin Henry Floyd (Brittany), both of Sumter; four grandchildren, Austin Floyd, Mahayla Anderson, Gage Floyd and Jesse Floyd; a brother, Michael Murphy of Sylvester; two sisters, Teresa Hinson (Mike) of Sumner, Ga., and Jennifer Powell (Critt) of Ashburn, Ga.; three nieces; and one nephew.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Graham Bochman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be

Derek Alsbrooks, Lester Weatherly, Troy Wilsey, Chad Mitchell, Dustin Cribb, Tim Wilhoite and Troy Louk.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

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

RUTH B. BRYANT Ruth Burkett Bryant, 88, widow of Max Vincent Bryant, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at Covenant Place.

Funeral services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

ESSIX SHANNON Essix Shannon was born Nov. 13, 1938, in Sumter County, a son of the late Willie Canty and Demert Shannon.

He departed this life on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia.

His birth and childhood years were spent in Pinewood, where attended the local public schools. He also did further studies at Central Carolina in 1989. He confessed faith in Jesus Christ as a youth and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Later, he became a member of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, where he was ordained and served as a deacon.

Across the expanse of his life, Mr. Shannon had a number of vocational and professional affiliations; however, the one dearest to him was funeral service. His experience in funeral service was commenced in Asheville, N.C., where he established residence after high school. Upon returning to Sumter, he was affiliated with a number of firms in the area at various times prior to establishing a relationship with Job’s Mortuary Inc., where he served hundreds of families

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over the past 35 years.

Survivors include two sons, Essix (Willene) Shannon of Chula Vista, Calif., and Curtis (Mary A.) Shannon of Pinewood; a foster son, David Daugherty of Greenville; three daughters, Deloris (Jimmy) Nixon of Philadelphia, Pa., Melanie L. Phillips of Summerton and Suneeta Shannon of Sumter; 20 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Deacon Shannon will be placed in the church at 12:30 p.m. Thursday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with Pastor Marion H. Newton officiating, assisted by Minister Edmond Hamilton, Minister Napoleon Bradford and Pastor Ricky Simmons. Interment will follow in Walker Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 26 Sampson St., Sumter, and the home of his son and daughterin-law, Curtis and Mary Shannon, 1100 Ed Boyd Road, Pinewood.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc. rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

EDITH M. SMITH Edith Monroe Smith, 72, widow of John Lee Smith, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at her residence in Sumter.

Born in Clarendon County, she was the oldest of three children born to the late Jesse and Dorothy Smith Monroe.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 34 S. Salem Ave., Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

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FLOSSIE W. LUDD Flossie Wright Ludd was born Sept. 7, 1932, in Sumter County, to the late Willoughby Wright Wiggins. She departed this earthly life on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and was a member of St. Paul AME Church, Shaw.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: six children, Wilhelmenia Dow (friend Samuel Croom Jr.), Earnestine Dow, Jimmie (Evelyn) Dow and Dianne (John) Gilliard, all of Sumter, Gloria Jean (Excel) Montgomery of Eustis, Fla., and Isaac Ludd Jr. (special friend Maxine Nathaniel); four sisters, Evola Phillips of Baltimore, Md., Rosa Lee Sanders of Sumter, Mary Sanders of Albuquerque, N.M., and Angelina Robinson; two sisters-in-law, Azalee Johnson and Willie Mae Dow of Sumter; 17 grandchildren; 30 greatgrandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends; and a very special caregiver, Wanda Graham.

Public viewing was held Monday at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Ludd was placed in the church at 1 p.m. Tuesday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul AME Church, Shaw, 1495 N. St. Paul Church Road, Sumter.

Pastor Eric Dent officiated and was assisted by the Rev. Davie Brown, the Rev. Ruth Robinson and the Rev. Dorothy Maple. Interment followed in Evergreen Memorial Park.

The family received friends at the home, 4325 Rosewood Drive, Sumter.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, was in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc. rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

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So far so good for NASCAR’s new car

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The only certainty at the unveiling of NASCAR’s new car was that the Gen-6 was aesthetically pleasing.

The new design looked more like a stock car and returned brand recognition to the manufacturers. Adding driver names to the windshield was a late addition, but a sporty touch.

But if the Gen-6 wasn’t racy, NASCAR’s exhaustive yearlong effort would amount to nothing more than putting lipstick on a pig.

Turns out all that hand-wringing was unnecessary.

Through nine races, the on-track action with the Gen-6 is much improved from a year ago, when fans were screaming about how boring NASCAR had become. The races haven’t been perfect, but there’s been no shortage of story lines and few runaway wins.

“I’m telling you, whoever designed this new car, we should kiss `em every weekend. It’s creating drama,’’ Clint Bowyer said after Saturday night’s race at Richmond. “We haven’t seen racing like this in years, since I first started in this sport (in 2004). When you can leave a race track and there’s people in tears because they won,

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NASCAR’s new Gen-6 car has performed well through nine races thus far, with on-track action improved from a year ago.

and in tears because they got crashed, that’s what brings us to the race track, that kind of racing and determination and passion.’’

The idea behind the Gen-6 was to improve the racing on intermediate tracks, where it was unwatchable at times last year.

NASCAR suffered through a brutal stretch last spring of painfully long green-flag runs with very little sideby-side racing. There were few cautions beyond occasional yellow flags for debris, and a four-race stretch

without a multicar accident.

The problems were never more glaring than Memorial Day weekend, when just hours after one of the most exciting Indianapolis 500’s in history, NASCAR staged a nearly four-hour snoozefest at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Only nine cars were on the lead lap of the CocaCola 600 when Kasey Kahne beat Denny Hamlin to the finish line by a whopping 4.295 seconds.

The racing hasn’t been so monotonous this year and the statistics back

it up after nine races: • There have been 1,203 more green flag passes throughout the field.

• The average margin of victory is .634 seconds, compared to 1.759 seconds last year.

• There are 49.9 percent of the cars finishing on the lead lap this year, up from 38.2 last year.

• The percentage of cars running at the finish of the race is up 3 percent to 83.2.

And, as Bowyer said, the drama has increased immensely.

Former teammates Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano crossed paths in the closing laps of the seasonopening Daytona 500, and the feud culminated with their white-knuckled, door-to-door race to the finish in California last month. Each driver was so bent on not losing to the other, they ended up wrecking moments after Kyle Busch slid past them for the victory.

The accident sent Hamlin to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a compression fracture in a vertebra that has sidelined him the last four races. Injury aside, that’s the racing NASCAR chairman Brian France had in mind when he demanded his senior management design a car that could improve the product.

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Public Sale Pursuant to state law, the contents of the following units will be sold at public sale to satisfy storage liens.

The sale will take place on May 17, 2013 at 10:00am at Morningstar Mini-Storage 1143 N. Guignard Dr Sumter, SC 29150.

Unit 309—Lora K. Macardian: Entertainment Center, Flat Screen TV, Rugs, Tire w/rim, Lounger, Boxes, Plastic Tubs, Misc Unit 451—Vermica Grant: Mattress, Bed Frame, Dresser, TV, Lamp, Bags, Misc.

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Advertisement for Bids: Sumter County invites bids from responsible and qualified Contractors for construction of the conversion of the existing Family Court facility into the New Summary Court facility at 108 N. Magnolia Street, in Sumter, South Carolina.

Bids for this work will be opened in County Council Chambers located in the Sumter County Administrative Office Building, 3rd Floor, 13 Canal Street, Sumter, SC on Thursday the 30th day of May 2013 at 2:00 pm.

There will be mandatory conference held on site, Magnolia, for all bidding Contractors on Wednesday, 2013, at 2:00 pm.

pre-bid 108 N. General May 15,

This project consists of approximately 13859 (gross, heated and cooled) square feet of existing building floor area to be restructured and refurbished including new plumbing, mechanical, electrical, new retrofit metal framing and metal roofing system, new covered entry, and all associated site work and paving.

General Contractors may obtain plans and specifications from the Architect: JAMES, DuRANT, MATTHEWS & SHELLEY, INC., 128 East Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150, (803) 773-3318, upon furnishing a $200 deposit and separate non-refundable $75 fee for cost of reproduction. Subcontractors may purchase complete sets or partial sets for cost of reproduction; such costs are not refundable.

Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of not less than (5%) of the Bid. Sumter County Procurement Code Section 2-486 Local Bidder Preference Option is applicable to this project.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids unless authorized by awarding authorities.

Upon award of Contract, the Architectural Firm will supervise construction of project, payments and acceptance of the project.

The Contractor to whom this work is awarded will be required to furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor & Material Payment Bond in the amount equal to 100% of the Contract.

The right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any formalities in bidding.

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Bristol Old Vic’s new production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Tom Morris in association with South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company in their first collaboration since the award-winning “War Horse,” will be presented during the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, May 24-June 9.

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HARLESTON — Co-commissioned by Spoleto Festival USA, Bristol Old Vic’s new production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” brings an immediacy to the play for a whole new generation of theater-goers. The production, directed by Tom Morris in association with South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company in their first collaboration since the award-winning “War Horse,” forgoes period costumes and traditional staging for a simple landscape, rugged contemporary clothing, and more than 20 handcrafted puppets —from tiny handheld birds to enormous masks and disembodied limbs, and from featureless animated planks of wood to intricately carved and painted figures. The Guardian declares the show “magical and mysterious,” while The Times (London) describes it as “eerily beautiful … irresistibly funny.”

Handspring’s puppet designers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones worked closely with Morris and set designer Vicki Mortimer to create a “future primitive” world where objects from an advanced, but long forgotten, technology are sometimes stolen and inhabited by fairies.

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ti tion,” said Spoleto Festival USA General Director N Nigel Redden, who recently attended the productti tion i in Bristol, “but the performance exceeded my eexpectations. Puppets and actors work seamlessly to together to bring life to the puppets and expand the eemotional and physical possibilities of the actors.

P Puck, for example, is a collection of what seem like o odds and ends that are manipulated by three actors sso that his shape shifts constantly. Tom, Adrian, B Basil and Vicki have wonderfully captured the h humor and emotion of this play.”

Some of Mortimer’s set will be shipped from the U UK for the Charleston performances, but many of th the set pieces will be built on site by the Festival’s production team, making it the most complex of Spoleto’s many theatrical offerings this season.

“Midsummer’ will also be the most prominent of the 2013 Festival’s theater programs, running for nineteen performances throughout the entire 17day season.

A number of special events have been planned around the Festival’s presentation of “Midsummer,” including a conversation with director Tom Morris on Saturday, May 25, at noon in the Main Reading Room of the Charleston Library Society at 164 King St. The Festival has also partnered with the luxury boutique hotel Zero George Street to offer a “Dream Package” that includes three nights’ accommodations, tickets to the Morris conversation and a “Midsummer” performance, and a sunset sail on a private yacht, as well as dinner at a downtown restaurant and invitations to an exclusive party in honor of the Midsummer artists. Reservations for the “Dream Package” can be made by calling the Festival’s Patron Services Manager at (843) 720-1114.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be presented throughout the festival. There will be evening and matinee performances. Tickets can be purchased online at spoletousa.org, by phone at (843) 579-3100, or in person at the Festival’s Box office located at the Charleston Visitor Center at 375 Meeting Street now through June 9.

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For Spoleto USA’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” The Handspring Puppet Company’s puppet designers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones worked closely with Director Tom Morris and set designer Vicki Mortimer to create a “future primitive” world where objects from an advanced, but long forgotten, technology are sometimes stolen and inhabited by fairies.

Songs of faith, praise, service at 1st Presbyterian program

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com First Presbyterian Church will present its annual evening of sacred music at 6 p.m.

Sunday in the church sanctuary.

Joni Brown, director of music ministry at the church, said this year’s theme is Our Mission: Songs of Faith, Praise and Service.

“The chancel choir will be accompanied by a brass ensemble, by Grey Shealy on djembe, and by Sean Hackett on alto saxophone,” she said.

The djembe is an African drum played with the hands and often used for healing.

Shealy will play “Mweya M’tsvene” by Jonathan Willcocks.

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The First Presbyterian Church chancel choir, conducted by Director of Music Mininstry Joni Brown, will present its annual evening of sacred music at 6 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary.

Michelle Blassengale, soprano; Jon Hopkins on trumpet; Lauren Decker on violin; and Ken Ballard on piano,” Brown said. “Ken will be playing his own arrangement of ‘Shall We Gather at the River.’”

The program will begin with the prelude, comprising

three instrumental works: “Come, Thou Fount” played by organist Hamilton Stoddard, Ballard’s setting of ‘Shall We Gather at the River’ and Hopkins’ trumpet solo on “Festival Prelude on ‘Thaxted,’” David Howard Pettit’s arrangement of a tune

from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”

Following the welcome by the Rev. Janie McElweeSmith, the call to worship and congregational hymn, the program will continue in three sections: Living Faithfully, Worshiping Joyfully and

Serving Gladly. Each section will begin with a scripture and meditation and will be followed by vocal or instrumental performances of sacred music related to its theme.

McElwee-Smith, associate pastor, will lead the worship service. Hamilton Stoddard is the First Presbyterian organist, and Brown will direct the chancel choir and the instrumental ensemble comprising Evan Thompson and Hopkins on trumpet; Jessica Bettinger and Ray Graham, trombones; John Wates, tuba; and Jean Jones, percussion.

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Happiness for Mom could be as simple as a toasted cheese sandwich

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press Happiness is... a warm cheese sandwich.

It’s a sentiment as true today as when I read it as a child in my very first cookbook, the “Peanuts Cook Book.� It described the simple joy of slapping cheese on a slice of bread, topping it with tomato and oregano, then waiting patiently as it toasted to a bubble.

In my family, the sandwich evolved. The bread was replaced by English muffins.

The American cheese became cheddar or mozzarella.

We kept the slab of tomato and sprinkle of dried oregano, which made all the difference in the world once it meshed with the bubbling juices of the tomato and the melted cheese.

As it cooked, the kitchen smelled divine and I remember looking into the glass of the toaster oven trying to will the cheese to melt faster.

Once it was done, it was essential to wait a bit for it to cool down or it would burn the roof of your mouth.

Though I haven’t made these sandwiches in a while, they came to mind recently as I thought about Mother’s Day. It’s perfect to eat in bed.

It’s simple enough for the kids to make. And it’s deliciously comforting.

There are two secrets to maximum happiness in this sandwich.

First, always open the English muffins with a fork so that you preserve the nooks and crannies. Otherwise, it’s just flat bread. Second, pre-toast the English muffins without any toppings so that they are a bit crunchy before you put the cheese and tomato slice on top. This takes a little longer but vastly improves the texture of the finished sandwich.

Also, the cheese must go beneath the tomato, otherwise the tomato slice will make the bread soggy. I add a small sprinkle of cheese to the top, too, because it looks finished and because I love the taste of browned cheese on the warm tomato. You can use your favorite cheese or try freshly grated Parmesan like I do.

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dian bacon) • Seared kielbasa slices • Pesto • Cooked spinach (welldrained) • Jarred banana peppers or jalapeno peppers • Fresh arugula • Jarred roasted red peppers (drained and patted dry) • Mango chutney • Tapenade ENGLISH MUFFIN CHEESE AND TOMATO SANDWICH

Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 4 English muffins, split with a fork 8 slices of cheddar cheese 8 center slices of tomato

Dried oregano 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese Heat the toaster oven or conventional oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet or pan with foil.

Toast the English muffins halves until lightly colored, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Top each muffin half with a slice of cheese, then a slice of tomato, a sprinkling of oregano and a bit of the Parmesan cheese. Arrange the muffins on the prepared baking sheet, then return them to the oven and toast for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly at the edges and the tomato is hot and cooked through. Let cool

for several minutes before serving.

Nutrition information per serving: 380 calories; 190 calories from fat (50 percent of total calories); 21 g fat (12 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 21 g protein; 580 mg sodium.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York. She is the author of three cookbooks, including “Soaked, Slathered and Seasoned.�

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Eggs Benedict Casserole is a do-it-yourself version of the restaurant classic, combining traditional ingredients with a spicy twist. Requiring only one dish for baking and serving, this recipe is perfect for special occassions and celebrations, or casual weekend brunches at home.

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fresh fruits, such as strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, with orange juice, orange peel and honey. • Classic Bloody Mary — Combine tomato juice, vodka, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice and Tabasco Original Red Sauce; stir, and pour over ice.

Garnish with a celery stalk.

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$1.89 $2.99 $1.49 LB

FRESH BOSTON BUTT

2/$4

PHARMACY

DELI BAKERY

PORK ROAST

LB

RIBEYE STEAKS

$3.99

SEEDLESS

10 LB. BAG RUSSET

WATERMELONS POTATOES

LB

FRYER WINGS

$7.99LB

$1.99 LB

5/$1.99

89¢

9-10 OZ. CLASSIC FAVORITES

YELLOW OR WHITE

JUMBO VIDALIA

SMART ONES

CORN

ONIONS

3/$5

5/$10

12 OZ. BORDEN AMERICAN

SLICED CHEESE

2/$4

2/$5

8-13 OZ. PILLSBURY CRESCENT OR

8-12 OZ. STOUFFER’S CASUAL

$5.99

10/$5

4/$5

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$9.99

50 OZ. 2X TIDE LIQUID

15 OZ. OUR FAMILY CAN CORN &

4-8 OZ.

48 OZ. WESSON

3 LB. BAG BLUE RIBBON

LAUNDRY DETERGENT LIMIT 2 W/PIG CARD & $20 ORDER

GREEN BEANS

CUT AND WRAPPED FREE CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF

HAMBURGER VEGETABLE HELPER OIL

RICE

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WHOLE TENDERLOINS

$2.99

$1.69

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$1.29

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FRESH FAMILY PACK PORK STEAKS OR COUNTRY STYLE

PORK RIBS

PORK RIBS

LB

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DRUMSTICKS OR THIGHS

$1.49

5/$5

2/$5

6 OZ. CHOBANI GREEK

12 CT. PET BROWN MULE OR FUDGE

YOGURT

ICE CREAM BARS

5/$5

2/$3

59 OZ. BRIGHT & EARLY

16 OZ. DAISY

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE

SOUR CREAM

5/$10

$3.99

9 OZ. LEAN, SUB, CROISSANT OR

12 CT. BLUE BELL

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ICE CREAM CUPS

6/$3

$3.99

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16-29 OZ, TOMBSTONE ORIGINAL OR BRICK OVEN

PIZZAS

2/$5

$2.99

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10-12 OZ. KELLOGG’S FROOT LOOPS, APPLE JACKS &

71 OZ. TREND

14-15 OZ. KELLOGG’S

24 OZ. BLACKBURN

2LB. BLACKBURN APPLE &

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12 OZ. CAROLINA PRIDE MEAT FRANKS OR

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POP TARTS

PANCAKE SYRUP

GRAPE JELLY

SLICED BACON

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3/$2

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$5.99

15 OZ. VAN CAMPS

8-12 OZ. OLD EL PASO TACO

15 OZ. ARMOUR CORNED BEEF

10 LB. BAG NUNN BETTER

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BROCCOLI

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$1.29

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1LB. CONTAINER RED RIPE

CELERY

STRAWBERRIES

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1.5 LB. MILD, HOT OR POLISH ROGERWOOD BOX

SMOKED SAUSAGE

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SNOW

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CRAB CLUSTERS

POLLOCK FILLETS

COOKED SHRIMP

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9-13 OZ. FRITO LAY

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STAX

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CHIPS AHOY

POTATO CHIPS

RIB-EYE STEAKS

NEW YORK STRIP

T-BONE STEAKS

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TINA’S BURRITOS

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$1.29 LB

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MAYONNAISE

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BBQ SAUCE

2 GB

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1.5 GB

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2 GB

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ASST. AVRIETIES 1.6-2.0 OZ. DEODERANTS

2.25 GB

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2 GB

ORIGINAL, LEMON PEPPER, BBQ WHOLE

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ROTISSERIE CHICKENS

HONEY HAM

COOKIES

$5.99 $2.99

$5.99

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DONUTS

$4.99

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STEAKS

BUFFALO WINGS

$14.99

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LEG PORK SAUSAGE QUARTERS

2/$5

$1.99

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8” SINGLE LAYER COCONUT CAKE - $4.99

FRIES, SLAW & ROLL

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BREAD STICKS

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$15.99

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CORNDOGS

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THE ITEM

COMICS

BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

DOG EAT DOUG

GARFIELD

ZITS

BEETLE BAILEY

BLONDIE

ANDY CAPP

DILBERT

BORN LOSER

MOTHER GOOSE

Jeff MacNelly’s SHOE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013

Traffic isn’t a problem in small town, but texting is

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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dear abby

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TELEVISION

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News 19 @ 7pm Inside Edition (N) Evening news up- (HD) date.

Jeopardy! (N) Wheel of For(HD) tune: NYC (N) (HD) Europe: Florentine NatureScene: HaDelights and Tus- waii Volcanoes can Side Trips National Park The Big Bang The Big Bang Theory Lack of Theory Sheldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlfriend. (HD) sick. (HD) Family Feud (N) Family Feud

The Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center will offer public information classes 11-11:50 a.m. on Thursdays at 24 Council St. as follows: May 2, tips on spring gardening; May 9, do-ityourself home repairs; May 16, Betty Reese, Elephant Ear Gallery, information and demonstration; May 23, Jennie Geddings, American Red Cross, preparing for a disaster; and May 30, Lt. Don Florence, protecting yourself from scams and scammers.

Hillcrest High School Class of 1983 will meet at 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 4, at the Sumter County Library, 111 N. Harvin St. All classmates are urged to attend this meeting in preparation of the 30-year reunion.

8:30

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(:01)Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Traumatic Wound A young girl is gang raped at a concert. (N) (HD) Criminal Minds: Alchemy Two victims found murdered in ritualistic manner. (N) (HD) The Middle: From Family Tools: Pilot Modern Family: (:31)How to Live Orson with Love Jack gets business. Career Day Career with Your Par(N) (HD) (N) (HD) day. (N) (HD) ents (N) (HD) Nature: Legendary White Stallions A NOVA: Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First 4 Billion Years: look at the history of the Lipizzaner Strange Creatures Continentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolustallions, from their origins to WWII. tion to today explored. (N) (HD) American Idol: Finalists Compete (N) (HD) The Voice Hopeful musicians are coached by professionals to become stars. (HD) Survivor: Caramoan-Fans vs. Favorites (N) (HD)

Numb3rs: Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Box The flight Numb3rs: Graphic A distinguished computer of an airplane holds answers comic book convention turns into a to the mysterious crash. (HD) crime scene after a robbery. (HD)

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: News 19 @ 11pm (:35) Late Show with David LetterFearless Dead body found in a mud A look at the news man Scheduled: Tobey Maguire; Tom bath. (N) (HD) events of the day. Odell. (N) (HD) Nashville: Take These Chains from My ABC Columbia (:35)Jimmy Kimmel Live Scheduled: Heart Rayna is invited to run away. (N) News at 11 Nightly actor Pierce Brosnan; actress Greta (HD) news report. (HD) Gerwig; Alice Russel performs. (N) Secrets of the Dead: Bugging Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavis Smiley (HD) BBC World News Charlie Rose (N) Soldiers Bugging operation led to International news (HD) Allied win. (N) from the BBC. WACH FOX News at 10 News events Family Guy: Family Guy: Per- Everybody Loves of the day, late breaking news and Amish Guy Griffinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fect Castaway Pe- Raymond: Older weather forecasts are presented. stranded. ter the castaway. Women Dish Nation (N) The Office: Chris- The King of How I Met Your Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Always Sunny tening Office in- Queens: Domestic Mother: As Fast in Philadelphia vited. (HD) Disturbance (HD) as She Can (HD) (HD)

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The Clarendon County Democratic Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Manning Restaurant. All interested Democrats are invited to attend.

The Campbell Soup friends lunch group will meet at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, May 4, at Golden Corral.

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CSI: Miami: Special Delivery Delivery Runaway Jury (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03, Drama) aaa John Cusack. Three people attempt to bend justice for their own purposes when (:01) Identity (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03) John Cusack. A group of strangers is truck driver and wife murdered. (HD) a lawsuit is filed against a major gun-manufacturing company on behalf of a widowed woman. (HD) stranded at a desolate motel during a thunderstorm. (HD) River Monsters: The Lost Reels (HD) River Monsters: The Lost Reels (HD) River Monsters: Killer Torpedo (HD) River Monsters: Unhooked (HD) River Monsters: The Lost Reels (HD) River (HD) (6:00) 106 & Park Amateurs compete The Game Sun- Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stay ToYou Got Served (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04, Drama) c Marques Houston. A dance crew attempts to The Sheards: Legacy Kierra considers The Wendy Wilfor viewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; votes. (N) (HD) beam initiation. gether (HD) maintain their title as the best in the area. moving out and getting her own place. liams Show (N) The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Se- Housewives of Orange: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s My Party The Real Housewives of Orange Dukes of Melrose Dukes of Melrose Watch What The Real Housewives of Orange crets Revealed After the fact. and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Scream If I Want To County: The Party is Done!

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The Sumter Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer Breakfast 2013 will be held Thursday, May 2, at Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road. Breakfast will begin at 6:30 a.m. with the program following at 7:30 a.m.

Dale and Jena Forehand will serve as keynote speakers. Tickets: $10 in advance; or $12 at the door. Call (864) 430-4540. Tickets are available at Swan Lake Visitors Center, the Shaw Air Force Base Chapel or Olive Tree Bookstore.

Extreme Sports will hold an open house and fundraiser 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at 405 W. Wesmark Blvd. There will be a bike show, free dyno runs, 50/50 drawing, hot dogs, drinks, and door prizes. Proceeds will go to Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creatures Deserve to Live animal rescue in Dalzell. Puppies and dogs available for adoption will also be on the premises.

Call (803) 905-7766 or visit www.esyp.com.

7:30

THE ITEM

ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Family Toolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; borrows from British series

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The television season may be nearing its end, but new â&#x20AC;&#x153;midseasonâ&#x20AC;? replacements keep arriving. ABC presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Toolsâ&#x20AC;? (8:30 p.m., TVPG), a contrived fish-outof-water tale about a hapless adult son, Jack (Kyle Bornheimer), forced to take over his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home improvement business after his father, Tony (J.K. Simmons, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Closerâ&#x20AC;?), has a heart attack. The good news is that this is not a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Improvementâ&#x20AC;? knockoff. The bad news is that the good news stops there.

Even Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart attack is done for laughs, with his sister, Terry (Leah Remini, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The King of Queensâ&#x20AC;?), negotiating with him to bring Jack into the business before calling the ambulance.

Tony has good reason to keep Jack away: His son has no business being

around power tools.

Sadly, much of the physical humor in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toolsâ&#x20AC;? involves horseplay with nail guns. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as funny as it sounds.

Bornheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credits include a stint on the short-lived 2008 CBS adaptation of the British comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Worst Week of My Life.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Toolsâ&#x20AC;? is an adaptation of the U.K. series â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Man Van.â&#x20AC;? Help yourself. â&#x20AC;˘ Kal Penn hosts â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Brain Theoryâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., Discovery). The series is clearly intended to encourage viewers to put their science and engineering aptitude to work to solve problems and dream of being the next great innovator or inventor, a Thomas Edison or Steve Jobs for today.

For all of its good intentions, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brainâ&#x20AC;? is essentially â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Runwayâ&#x20AC;? for would-be engineers.

Not that there is anything wrong with that. Tonight two teams of bright

young things compete to prevent a contrived calamity: Two trucks carrying explosives, rigged to go off at a certain speed, will collide. How do you keep those trucks from reaching that speed?

It turns out, what sewing and sketching are to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Runway,â&#x20AC;? math is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brain.â&#x20AC;? And making those calculations exciting television is the real trick of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Brain Theory.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Natureâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG) profiles Viennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glorious white Lipizzaner stallions and the breedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, which reaches back to the Moorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conquest of Spain and their origins in North Africa.

Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Other Highlights â&#x20AC;˘ Frankie meddles in Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s failed social media mingling on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Middleâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

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ew things in life are harder to resist than the delicious aroma of a backyard barbecue. There is just something about the sizzle and smells of grilled fare that brings folks together.

The farm families who grow Wisconsin potatoes know how to please the palates of hungry crowds.

The natural flavors found in the many varieties of Wisconsin potatoes are easy to enhance with the addition of a few fresh ingredients and a little bit of smoke.

The russet potato makes for a great tasting baked potato, but its light and fluffy interior also holds up well when seared on the grill. Also great on the grill are yellow flesh potatoes, which have a just-buttered appearance.

The appearance of the trendy new blue and purple potatoes will certainly get guests talking. They add color and a subtle nutty flavor to your favorite dish.

Everyone’s favorite dish at an outdoor barbecue is often the potato salad. Wisconsin round red or white potatoes are both well-suited for salads as well as roasting, boiling and steaming.

CHICKEN AND POTATO FIESTA GRILL Servings: 4 Ready time: 60 minutes 1/2 cup prepared Italian dressing 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon chili powder 4 whole chicken legs with thighs, skin on 1 1/3 pounds (4 medium) red potatoes, cut into 1 1/4-inch cubes 2 tablespoons water 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 2 medium zucchini, cut into 3/4-inch-thick slices 4 to 8 flour or corn tortillas, warmed (optional) Prepared salsa (optional) In small bowl, combine marinade ingredients; remove 1/4 cup and combine with chicken in resealable plastic bag. Turn to coat; marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes or up to 2 hours, turning occasionally.

Meanwhile, in microwave-safe dish, combine potatoes and water. Cover and microwave on high 9 to 10 minutes or until just tender; cool. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, alternately thread with bell pepper and zucchini onto eight 10 to 12-inch skewers; brush with remaining marinade. Remove chicken from plastic bag; discard marinade from chicken.

Grill chicken over medium to medium-low coals 30 to 40 minutes or until juices run clear, turning occasionally. About 10 minutes before chicken is done, add vegetables to grid; reserve marinade. Grill until tender and lightly browned, turning and basting occasionally with reserved vegetable marinade. Serve chicken and vegetables with tortillas and salsa, if desired.

NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF POTATOES Potatoes are an extremely versatile and hearty vegetable. But the one thing all potatoes have in common is nutrition. Just what can potatoes do for you?

Well, potatoes are: • Nutritional powerhouses. In addition to being fat-free, cholesterol-free, sodium free and gluten-free, a medium potato has just 110 calories.

• Rich in potassium. According to the USDA, diets rich in potassium may help to maintain

healthy blood pressure. The potato is second only to the banana in the amount of potassium it contains.

• Packed with Vitamin C. A medium potato contains 45 percent of the daily recommended

amount of Vitamin C. • Great source of fiber. The USDA reports that fiber helps reduce blood cholesterol levels and may lower your risk of heart disease. Potatoes can also help make you feel fuller with fewer calories.

Grilled, fried, baked, roasted or boiled, few ingredients get every guest asking for second helpings like the versatile potato.

Find more health information, as well as recipes and purchasing tips, at www.EatWisconsinPotatoes.com.

GRILLED RED POTATO SKEWERS Servings: 4 Ready time: 20 minutes 2 medium russet or Yukon gold Wisconsin potatoes or 6 red Wisconsin potatoes 2 medium zucchini 1/2 smoked sausage rope 4 12-inch skewers 1/2 cup Italian dressing Preheat grill. Cut potatoes in half. Cut zucchini and sausage the same width as potatoes. Place skewer through potato, zucchini and sausage. Repeat for each skewer.

Place skewer in dish and pour Italian dressing over skewers. Marinate in dressing for 5 minutes.

Place skewers on grill and cook 5 minutes each side, or until potatoes are done. Remove from grill and serve.

LITTLE HAVANA GRILLED BEEF AND POTATO SALAD Servings: 6 Ready time: 30 minutes 2 pounds medium unpeeled potatoes (about 2 1/2-inch diameter), such as yellow flesh or round reds 2 teaspoons ground cumin Salt and pepper 1 beef top round steak, cut 1 inch thick (about 1 1/2 pounds) 3/4 cup prepared white wine vinaigrette 2 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed, drained 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro Cut potatoes crosswise in half; place in microwave-safe dish with 1 cup water. Cover and microwave on high 10 to 14 minutes or until almost tender, rearranging once. Immediately rinse under cold running water; drain well.

Meanwhile, combine cumin and salt and pepper; press evenly onto beef steak. Place steak on grill over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, uncovered, 16 to 18 minutes for medium rare doneness, turning occasionally. Remove; let stand 5 minutes.

About 5 minutes before steak is done, brush potatoes with some of the vinaigrette. Place on grid around steak. Grill 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown, turning occasionally.

Carve steak into thin slices. Combine beef, potatoes, beans, cilantro and remaining vinaigrette in large bowl; toss gently. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN AND POTATO FIESTA GRILL Servings: 4 Ready time: 60 minutes 1/2 cup prepared Italian dressing 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon chili powder

4 whole chicken legs with thighs, skin on 1 1/3 pounds (4 medium) red potatoes, cut into 1 1/4-inch cubes 2 tablespoons water 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces

2 medium zucchini, cut into 3/4-inch-thick slices 4 to 8 flour or corn tortillas, warmed (optional) Prepared salsa (optional)

In small bowl, combine marinade ingredients; remove 1/4 cup and combine with chicken in resealable plastic bag. Turn to coat; marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes or up to 2 hours, turning occasionally.

Meanwhile, in microwave-safe dish, combine potatoes and water. Cover and microwave on high 9 to 10 minutes or until just tender; cool. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, alternately thread with bell pepper and zucchini onto eight 10 to 12-inch skewers; brush with remaining marinade. Remove chicken from plastic bag; discard marinade from chicken.

Grill chicken over medium to medium-low coals 30 to 40 minutes or until juices run clear, turning occasionally. About 10 minutes before chicken is done, add vegetables to grid; reserve marinade. Grill until tender and lightly browned, turning and basting occasionally with reserved vegetable marinade. Serve chicken and vegetables with tortillas and salsa, if desired.