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Parents petition against raises Outrage over possible pay hike for school bus drivers sparks online movement

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 Some parents in Sumter County are hoping to make noise regarding the possible change in pay for bus drivers in Sumter School District. A parent going by the username

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“Mad Momma of Sumter” started a petition on MoveOn. org.

Last week, a number of parents took to email and social media to discuss their previous complaints about driving safety and the bus drivers’ behaviors that they say the district and the transportation

service office have not addressed. The outrage stemmed from a county bus driver speaking with the district’s board of trustees during a regular meeting about the low pay for bus drivers in the district.

Previously, Javon Mack and Hermikia Martin were pres-

ent at the meeting representing bus drivers who say the pay is simply not enough. Superintendent Frank Baker explained after the meeting last week that the pay for bus drivers is handled by state funding, but he is looking into what can be done at a local level.

Therapy dog evaluator Kristen Hudson interacts with poodle Lancelot in an exercise to determine how potential therapy dogs react to strangers in wheelchairs. Some dogs may get a chance to visit patients at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in the future.

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Buddy the Chihuahua, above, wears a small baseball jacket to his training session at Tuomey on Saturday. If Buddy graduates, he may soon be visiting patients as part of the hospital’s therapy dog program.

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Congressman Jim Clyburn signs a copy of his new memoir “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black” on Sunday at the downtown building he helped fund and which bears his name, the James E. Clyburn Intermodal Transportation Center, on Harvin Street.

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According to the district’s transportation services, bus drivers in Sumter can make $8.59 an hour starting out, and they work an average of six hours a day and 25 hours a week. They are not paid during the summer, unlike bus

Seminar teaches owners how to prep pups for future evaluations

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Wagging tails aren’t something hospital patients expect to see on health care workers, but that was the defining feature of 12 potential volunteers who took part in a training seminar Saturday.

Some were large with curly fuzz around their ears. Others were small enough to cup in a patient’s hands. In a different context, their cold, wet noses

would have gotten them admitted. All of them shared a humanitarian spirit without the pitfalls of being human.

These are the potential therapy dogs who took part in a training session at Tuomey Regional Medical Center to prepare them to interact with patients at the hospital.

Therapy dogs are used to comfort patients in hospitals, nursing homes and other stressful situations. Tuomey has sought out volunteer therapy dogs to visit patients for years. But to be certified for

their jobs, dogs must demonstrate a calm temperament, an ability to interact with strangers (and other dogs) and obedience to all their handlers’ commands.

Margi Moore, a therapy dog evaluator from Florence, has been evaluating therapy dogs with Therapy Dogs International for the better part of a decade.

She led Saturday’s seminar to teach owners how to prepare their dogs for a future evaluation.

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Clyburn touts new memoir

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Charles Clyburn must have had a few things to add when his older brother, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, wrote his new memoir.

When introducing his brother at a book-signing event Sunday, Charles Cly-

burn said he wanted to read from a list of the congressman’s accomplishments, then theatrically unfurled a sheet of paper that reached down to the floor.

“I’d like to read from it,” he said, “but I won’t.”

The Clyburn brothers were reunited during a visit by the Sixth District congressman back to his home-

town of Sumter for a signing of his new memoir, “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black.” The event took place at a building Jim Clyburn helped fund and which bears his name, the James E. Clyburn Intermodal Transportation Center

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New state symbol is Columbian mammoth COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina now has an official state fossil, thanks to the initiative of a thirdgrader, despite snags in the Senate over creationism and reluctance to add more symbols to the official list.

Eight-year-old Olivia McConnell of Lake City said Monday she’s happy to educate her fellow citizens.

“That was history of South Carolina that would’ve been lost if I hadn’t done something about it,” she said.

The Columbian mammoth became the state fossil Friday with Gov. Nikki Haley’s signature, joining 50 other official symbols.

ruary, drew opposition in the Senate.

Senators tacked on language declaring mammoths were among God’s sixth-day creation, as written in the book of Genesis. They also attempted to create a symbol moratorium. Both amendments were eventually tossed out by a House-Senate committee that worked out a compromise, which both chambers approved last week.

“It seemed such a non-controversial topic,” Amanda McConnell said.

“I could not in my wildest dreams have imagined that it became what it became.”

Olivia, who wants to become an Egyptologist, requested the designation after realizing South Carolina was among just seven states without a state fossil. Her research showed that slaves dug up fossilized mammoth teeth on a South Carolina plantation in 1725. They are thought to be among the first identified vertebrate fossils in North America.

“That just fueled her passion. It was not just about fossils but about her state being recognized,” said her mother, Amanda McConnell.

But Olivia’s seemingly simple idea, which easily passed the House in Feb-

The controversy was sometimes difficult to explain to her daughter, who regularly asked about the bill’s progress. But Olivia’s entire class at Carolina Academy got involved in writing letters to lawmakers.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Robert Ridgeway, said he believes in biblical creation too, but it didn’t make sense to single out this bill. The Legislature has designated a variety of official state animals and plants, including a state dog, butterfly, bird and tree, without referring to their creation.

“Why treat this differently?” asked Ridgeway, D-Manning.

Ross McKenzie Day coming up Ross McKenzie is served a cake by Jennifer Lanier in honor of his 99th birthday at the Sumter Rotary Club weekly meeting held Monday at the O’Donnell House. In honor of his birthday, Mayor Joe McElveen announced May 26 is officially “Ross McKenzie Day” in Sumter. McKenzie, who has been a Rotarian for more than six decades, was described by the mayor as one of the most influential businessmen in the history of Sumter. Also attending the meeting at which McKenzie was honored was Rotary International Vice President Anne Matthews.

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CCTC instructor helps create Circle of Hope

Fires gut two Sumter homes Sunday morning

Project will help former juvenile inmates return to society

Fires swept through two Sumter area homes within an hour of each other early Sunday morning.

Firefighters first responded to 224 Hannah St., Lot 8-A, for smoke and flames coming from the residence about 2:33 a.m. Moments later, the fire department was alerted to a second fire at 1152 Cherryvale Drive. When firefighters arrived on scene in Cherryvale at 2:48 a.m., they found roughly 75 percent of the home engulfed in flames.

No injuries were reported in either fire, but residents of both houses were displaced.

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Seeing the lack of programs assisting kids coming out of the Department of Juvenile Justice, Christopher Hall decided to suggest a program to give the troubled teens a hand in acclimating themselves to society again and preparing for the future.

With the help of Stacey Atkinson, director of DJJ’s Project HOPE, or Helping Others Prepare for Employment, Hall said they came up with the idea for Circle of Hope.

Hall, criminal justice technology program director and technology coach at Central Carolina Technical College, has been volunteering at DJJ for many years and said he and Atkinson realized no one is meeting with these youth and guiding them to life beyond DJJ. “We’re trying to help youth, and these are kids who have interests and goals but need the assistance to bridge

the gap,” Hall explained. “Now we’re realizing that no one is meeting with these kids to help them transition.”

Atkinson is passionate about Project HOPE and participates any way possible to help the youth who come through DJJ make better decisions when they leave. Through Project HOPE, the teens now do a lot of work through DJJ’s Store of HOPE, where they receive donations including furniture. The teens learn to fix, build and repair the items and sell them to customers in the store. Hall and Atkinson said through the store, they learn marketable skills and gain business knowledge by running the store.

“We’re trying to prevent these kids from making mistakes again and returning,” Hall said. “We want to give them another chance and make sure they have the opportunity to start off with a clean slate.”

Circle of Hope will emphasize the education aspect of the program, something the institution is shedding more light on in the next few months

as they reframe DJJ and its programs starting with the renaming of the dormitory area. Atkinson said they want to focus more on preparing the children for college and jobs in the future because they do think those students can leave DJJ, make the right decisions and become leaders in their communities.

With the help of community partnerships with organizations and volunteers, Atkinson said they’re moving forward.

“It’s a program for children, and we’re bringing in community partners to help on the education aspect,” Atkinson explained. “That’s where Chris will come in, and we’re trying to connect more with the community and technical colleges.”

Hall explained that, like a large percent of prison inmates, it’s not uncommon for teens who are released from DJJ to return. The addition of Circle of Hope to the Project HOPE program is an attempt to decrease the rate of youth returning to DJJ.

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he 17th annual Iris Festival Pageant was held Saturday at Sumter High School.

Iris King and Queen, Overall and Miss Swan Lake winners will ride on the Iris Parade float during the annual Shine Day Parade and make appearances at the Memorial Day Weekend festival.

Two overall winners each receive $100 cash scholarship, crowns, flowers and awards.

Winners are: Tiny Miss — Aurora Herlong of Manning; Tiny Master — Jay Collis of Sumter; Wee Miss — Madi Marshall of Sumter; Petite Miss — SarahKatherine Cantrell of West Columbia; Petite Miss Overall Winner — Paisley Hill of Sumter; Little Miss — Kirah Able of Newberry; Young Miss — Ashleigh Smith of Cayce; Miss Swan Lake — Brooke Reed of Sumter; Teen Miss — Anna Caison Boyd of Kingstree; Miss Iris — Addy Hicks of Manning; and Miss Iris Overall — Catie Jackson of Cayce.

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esearch shows that mothers play a vital role in developing their daughter’s behaviors and attitude about food. And generally, the daughter will repeat mother’s dieting history. Girls pay close attention to their mothers and their behaviors, and the way they think about themselves is influenced greatly by them. Laura Hayes, 37, shares her story about being a mom to two pre-teen daughters: Every year, it has been the same.

Summer arrives, and bathing suit season is just around the Missy corner, and I Corrigan am not ready. Knowing that the kids and I will be spending many days at the pool causes me to rely on quick fixes, fad diets and starving myself. And while they never really worked, I would feel better about myself, but inside I was suffering, and I hated myself. I would always talk about how much I hated my thighs, my arms and stomach. And somehow all that negative talk made me feel better.

Last year was the turning point for me when I overheard one of my girls say “let’s do the diet mom does to lose weight.� I knew I hadn’t set a good example, and I was devastated. Not knowing where to turn, I researched all kinds of diets, met with a nutritionist and

TIPS FOR SUCCESS Speak positively about yourself; Practice healthy habits; and Be a good role model.

just couldn’t find what I was looking for or what I was going to be able to stick to.

To me, a diet was a temporary thing. I needed to change my entire outlook about food and make it a lifestyle change.

I joined a local nutrition education class that met weekly for six weeks. Wow, what a difference it made just learning about food and how it affects your body. Everything you eat and don’t eat matters. Blown away by what I learned and excited about the changes, I knew I couldn’t do this alone. So I signed my girls up for the program and took it again with them.

Learning together and applying our new knowledge helps hold us all accountable for eating healthy. It’s been six months since we adopted this new lifestyle, and I can proudly say that fad dieting is a thing of the past. I am confident that my girls will have a higher self-esteem and healthier relationship with their bodies and food.

We talk more about the positive changes we feel and see, not what we don’t like about ourselves. And while I wish I had this knowledge growing up, this is a great opportunity for me to provide my daughters with healthy eating habits for life.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Brandon Venard Jackson, 21, of 2270 Treetop Lane, was arrested about 4:58 a.m. Saturday and charged with possession of marijuana, open alcohol container in vehicle and failure to stop for a blue light. Deputies saw a gray Dodge Avenger cross the line several times and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. A vehicle chase followed, and the driver parked and fled on foot. A K-9 unit located the suspect hiding under a mobile home, and a search of the suspect uncovered suspected marijuana in a pants pocket. An open container of beer was found during a search of the vehicle.

STOLEN PROPERTY About $200 in cigarettes were reported stolen from a business in the 7000 block of Myrtle Beach Highway about 1:43 a.m. Friday. A door sustained an estimated $500 in damage.

A black, semi-automatic Phoenix Arms .22-caliber handgun valued at $300 and two Uniden scanners valued at $500 were reportedly stolen from the 4000 block of Borden Road, Rembert, between February and 11 a.m. Saturday.

A window air-conditioning unit valued at $700 and several power cords and power strips valued at $500 were reported stolen from a business in the 1000 block of Peach Orchard Road about 10:10 a.m. Saturday.

A 6-by-12-foot black utility trailer valued at $1,500 was reportedly stolen from a yard in the 1000 block of Flor-

THE SUMTER ITEM ence Highway between Friday and 6:29 p.m. Saturday. It’s described as having a wood floor, a metal mesh-type tailgate and white wheels.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY A blue 2007 Chrysler 300 sedan reportedly sustained $500 in damage, and a gray 2013 Chevrolet sedan reportedly sustained $500 in damage in the 1000 block of Acres Avenue about 9:54 a.m.

Sunday. A mailbox also sustained $10 in damage.

EMS CALLS Sumter County Medical Emergency Services responded to 55 calls Thursday. Of those, 45 were medical, eight were wrecks, and two were “other trauma.�

Sumter County EMS responded to 46 calls Friday. Of those, 41 were medical, three were wrecks, and two were other trauma.

Sumter County EMS responded to 46 calls Saturday. Of those, 36 were medical, five were wrecks, three were other trauma, and two were fire standbys.

Sumter County EMS responded to 40 calls Sunday. Of those, 37 were medical, one was a wreck, and two were other trauma.

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House GOP bill would roll back rules for healthy school lunches WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are proposing to let some schools opt out of healthier school lunch and breakfast programs if they are losing money.

A GOP spending bill for agriculture and food programs released Monday would allow schools to apply for waivers if they have a net loss on school food programs for a six-month period.

Championed by first lady Michelle Obama, the new standards have been phased in during the last two school years, with more changes coming in 2014. The rules set fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits on foods in the lunch line and beyond.

The first lady held a call to rally supporters of the healthier food rules Monday as a House subcommittee is expected to consider the bill today.

While many schools have had success putting the rules in place, others have said they are too restrictive and costly. Schools pushing for changes say limits on sodium and requirements for whole grains have proven particu-

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Child who accidentally shot himself dies SUMMERVILLE — A 4-year-old North Charleston boy who accidentally shot himself with a pistol last week has died.

Authorities said Jeffery Scott accidentally shot himself in the head when he was visiting relatives in Summerville on May 12.

Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nesbit said Monday the child died Friday at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, where he had been treated since the incident. The coroner has ruled the death an accident.

Summerville police are still investigating where the child got the gun. No charges have been filed in that matter.

Prisons agency appeals mental health ruling COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s prisons agency has appealed a ruling on how to deal with mental health treatment behind bars, making official what director Bryan Stirling has said for months the agency planned to do.

The appeal challenges a ruling by Circuit Judge Michael Baxley, who earlier this year sided with a group of inmates and an independent nonprofit group called Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities.

Those entities sued the Corrections Department in 2005 regarding alleged constitutional violations, including a lack of effective counseling and overreliance on tactics such as isolation and pepper spray to subdue unruly, mentally ill prisoners.

Residents can report inmate profiles online COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s prisons agency is exploring a new way to catch jailbirds who tweet using banned cellphones.

On Monday, Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said the agency had set up a link on its Web page where people can report inmate activity on social media networks.

Inmates are prohibited from having cellphones while inside prison, as well as profiles on social media networks. But in the past, agency officials have said that some offenders use contraband phones to set up online presences on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Now, from the Corrections Department’s home page, people can access a form where they can report what inmate they saw on which social media site. They can also include a link to the specific profile and can submit the information anonymously if they wish.

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Becky Domokos-Bays, the director of food and nutrition services at Alexandria City Public Schools, holds up a tray of food April 29 during lunch at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. A new House bill would allow some schools to apply for waivers to opt out of providing healthier school lunch and breakfast programs if they have a loss on those programs during a six-month period. larly difficult, while some school officials say kids are throwing fruits and vegetables they are required to take in the trash.

The House Appropriations Committee said in a release that the waiver language is in response to requests from schools.

The School Nutrition Association, which represents school nutrition directors and companies that sell food to schools, endorsed the provision Monday and said that schools need more room to make their own decisions.

President Leah Schmidt said the group supports the waiver as a temporary solution until Congress considers renewal of a school foods law that expires in 2015.

“School meal programs need more flexibility to plan menus that increase student consumption of healthy choices while limiting waste,” said Schmidt.

The School Nutrition Association says that almost half of school meal programs reported declines in revenue in the 2012-13 school year, and 90 percent said food costs were up.

Nutrition advocates and other supporters of the rules say it will take some time for schools to adjust and the House proposal is overly broad. Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the House Republicans are using a “hacksaw rather than a

scalpel” to try to solve problems some schools are having.

Wootan argues that there may be other factors in play such as enrollment or food costs if a lunch program is losing money.

“It’s a shame that the House Republicans are taking a step backward and allowing schools to serve more unhealthy food to children,” she said.

The House bill would provide money for Agriculture Department programs and Food and Drug Administration programs. It would also make tweaks to another nutrition program championed by the Obama administration, proposing to allow white potatoes to be accepted as part of USDA’s Women, Infants and Children program.

The WIC program gives vouchers for healthy and nutritious foods to low-income pregnant and nursing mothers and children. The Agriculture Department does not allow the purchase of white potatoes to be subsidized as part of WIC because they say people already eat enough of them.

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FROM PAGE A1 Moore said Tuomey hosts a training seminar about once every two years to “beef up” its therapy dog program, after it loses dogs through the years to natural attrition. Saturday’s turnout and the quality of the dogs on display leads her to hope the program is in good paws.

“Except for two people, I think everybody here is from Sumter, so I hope they will volunteer,” Moore said.

But first the pups must pass an evaluation June 28.

If a dog doesn’t pass one component of the test, he won’t get his certificate.

“There’s drama there,” said Beth Fordham, manager of volunteer services at Tuomey. “We get people from all over there. One

CLYBURN FROM PAGE A1 on South Harvin Street.

“This is just an introduction to the volume of his experiences,” the younger Clyburn brother said of the book. “But what he doesn’t say is that I never had to search for a hero. My older brother was my hero.”

Jim Clyburn reminisced about his life experiences in Sumter and afterward during the event. The title, he said, partly comes from his time on the state Human Affairs Commission, when during a meeting a state legislator said something Clyburn thought “crossed the line.”

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Washburn, a Pomeranian-Pekingese mix, listens to commands from his owner, Sumer Jarvis. Potential therapy dogs such as Washburn must show they can respond to commands before they are allowed into Tuomey Regional Medical Center’s volunteer therapy program. woman from Georgia drove four hours to come to this last time.”

Anyone interested in pro-

viding the services of his or her canine friend to Tuomey patients can call volunteer services at (803) 774-8658.

When he challenged the man, his response had a lasting impact on the future congressman.

“He said, ‘Well, Clyburn, you’ve got to understand I’m a Southerner.’ That was his excuse,” Clyburn said. “I decided one day, when this experience is over, I’m going to write a book called ‘I Too Am a Southerner.’ ... My parents were Southerners, and to them, it didn’t mean being ill-mannered or calling people names.”

He later changed the title to reflect the hymn “Blessed Assurance,” which his father, a Sumter pastor, often hummed around the house.

During a period when Clyburn was suffering from

writer’s block, he went back and re-read the hymn for inspiration.

“I went back to the computer, and the next thing I knew I’d written 186,000 words,” he said.

Clyburn also reflected on the transportation center itself. He told the crowd that when Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen first discussed the project with him, there were three sites for the center under consideration, two of which would require the construction of new buildings.

“I told him I could get excited about the project if it made the restoration of this old warehouse a priority,” he said. “I have a passion for historic preservation, be-

drivers in Richland, Kershaw and Lee counties, which are salaried and paid throughout the summer months.

A few weeks ago, transportation services proposed to the school district summer pay and salaried positions for bus drivers in Sumter County.

The background information for the petition on MoveOn.org says the petition was started because “parents have complained and called the schools, the superintendent and the Sumter bus transportation office,” and nothing has been done. As of press time, the petition had more than 60 signatures with a goal of 100, most of them from parents and concerned residents on Shaw Air Force Base and in the Dalzell area.

In a statement last week, Baker said the district re-

ceives a number of “legitimate complaints every year regarding transportation, and those concerns are addressed immediately.” Furthermore, Baker said the district doesn’t hesitate to remind bus drivers about safety being the No. 1 priority and law enforcement’s right to issue tickets to those driving recklessly.

Marissa F., who asked her last name not be used but confirmed she has a daughter attending Oakland Primary School, said petition organizers hope to present the signatures from parents, concerned citizens and supporters to the school district and the board of trustees to convince them to reconsider and first address the issues with speeding, threats and tardiness.

cause a building like this gives a community dignity.”

Speaking earlier, McElveen praised Clyburn’s service to the Sumter area since his election to Congress in 1992.

“He does things that don’t get a lot of publicity, like defending our community development block grant,” the

mayor said. “He’s in that fight every day.”

Larry Blanding, chairman of Sumter County Council, also remarked on the special place Sumter still holds for the local boy who made good.

“Whether it’s a book signing or not,” Blanding said, “he’s always welcome.”

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Hillary and Jill went up the hill

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The targeting of these two powerful, accomplished women, albeit under different circumstances, may prove more predictive of the presidential election (assuming Clinton runs) than any other single factor.

This is because women, who vote in greater numbers than men, have been reminded of how their sex is treated in a world that still favors men.

This is rare currency for me. I wrote a book called “Save the Males,” after all. But my argument in the book and elsewhere wasn’t about favoring men. It was a case for fairness toward boys and young men lest they grow up to become lesser men. Most mothers of boys know what I mean.

Fairness doesn’t always mean absolute equality, nor can it be measured only by numbers. Reality is what it is — finally, a useful application of this annoying expression — and confirms century after century that most men and most women excel at different things.

Although, let’s be honest, women excel at pretty much everything. Just ask any wise husband.

Certainly, leadership is not the exclusive domain of men. Nevertheless, Abramson, the first woman to lead the masthead of the nation’s most prominent newspaper, was ousted amid stories of her “brusque” leadership style and, horrors, her gall in Kathleen pursuing equal pay to her male preParker decessor.

We are left to infer two lessons: Women at the top should be sweet and nurturing at all times; and a woman who faints and falls, hitting her head, as Clinton did, can’t be trusted to lead the nation. This would be because she is ... a woman and, cut to the chase, she probably has something wrong with her brain.

One can understand why Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger found Abramson a tad too tough. Recall that when he held a newsroom meeting to discuss then-reporter Jayson Blair’s serial fabrications, Sulzberger brought along his stuffed moose.

As for Rove, well, he’s Bush’s brain. (Kidding guys.)

But Rove is ruthless and never without intent. When he protested that he was merely pointing out that Clinton’s concussion might have caused brain damage, he might as well have said, “I didn’t mean she’s demented, and this is probably why she can’t remember what she did the night four Americans died in Benghazi, including our ambassador. Just sayin’ it’s possible.”

Obviously, Clinton will have to reveal her health record if she intends to seek the presidency. Meanwhile, everyone knows what’s up. A woman’s “brain damage” is a man’s “accused rape.” Though cleared of illness or crime, there’s always lingering doubt.

He might have raped her. She might be ... damaged goods.

A plethora of other connotations and associations attach to the brain-injured woman. Emotionally unstable, mentally incompetent, the fainting woman who can’t unscramble her busy little head. Not long ago, women were “put away” for a “nervous breakdown.” It’s all there but the straitjacket.

Even if one thinks the country doesn’t need another Clinton White House, a sentiment shared by many Democrats — or if you’re of the BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi persuasion — the overarching impression is that Clinton was attacked unfairly. Ditto Abramson, who was fired effective immediately, which usually means shown the door without so much as a pit stop.

Fairness, in other words, is the whole kit and caboodle, and women are especially sensitive to its applications. Is it fair to suggest that one man’s attack on one woman — or one woman’s firing for being brusque — somehow reflects poorly on all men? No, it’s not fair, but we’re talking politics, where perception is reality.

Plus, we’re talking about a particular woman (Clinton) and a particular man (Rove) with all the attendant history and baggage.

Obviously, all women don’t think the same and many will disagree with me here. But there’s a commonality among women that defies simple political categorization. Call it secrets of the powder room.

You’ve always wondered what they were doing in there? Plotting.

Finally, a word about brusqueness. Having cut my teeth in the old, male-dominated newsroom, allow me to clue you in. Editors were chain-smoking, inkstained, fact-obsessed derriere-kickers, to put it politely. They’d chew you up and spit you out over a dangling participle. Three factual errors in a year and you were out.

And Abramson is too “brusque”?

These were already tricky times for male candidates running against women. But this latest confluence of events just made them trickier. An impression of unfairness has made an imprint on the collective female brain and, well, you know how women can be.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tuomey proceedings are a case of ‘America gone wild’ It is with sadness that I write this letter to the editor. I have been wanting to write for some time but just didn’t feel like I had enough information to do so.

In reference to “Tuomey preps for bankruptcy” on May 1. To me, this legal procedure concerning Tuomey Healthcare System and the federal lawsuit against them is worse than Benghazi, IRS, NSA and so many others. This is a case of “America gone wild” and has been a living nightmare for years.

I wish that someone, who knows the whole story, would write a book about this including documents, etc. I would buy the book. First, I want to say that I don’t understand what has really happened in the last nine years and why this has cost approximately $12 million, if not more, in legal fees alone.

How does something get so out of hand and take up so many years? This whole case baffles me.

I understand that Tuomey had the most knowledgeable lawyers in South Carolina and the nation to draw up contracts concerning the Stark Law. Then a doctor filed a lawsuit and started this ongoing bad dream for those involved. Tuomey tried to settle for $2 million, first OK, then “no” from the federal government. To court, found not guilty but government appealed and then to the 4th District. Then another trial, found guilty, etc., etc., etc.

Now what? Bankruptcy? I also see no other option, which is sad for all those that will suffer the ramifications. Does anyone

know if the government wants this 100-year-old hospital to go bankrupt? If so, why? Can anyone tell us the truth?

How did a figure of $237 million come about? Why did three board members resign? Where will people in the Sumter area receive their medical care?

How many people will lose their jobs? Where is Rep. James Clyburn and our other elected officials who represent us in Washington? How about the NAACP, after all where will the poor and black people go for medical treatment? Is there something even more sinister in the works?

JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

Is militarization in our community necessary?

Rob Cottingham’s article in Saturday’s edition of The Sumter Item about the new militarization of our local sheriff’s department has me scratching my head. Now in defense of Mr. Cottingham’s article, I will admit it wasn’t so much about the militarization as it was just a description of what is going on with our local county sheriff’s department. So kudos to Mr. Cottingham for revealing the atmosphere in which we now live, or at least the atmosphere the government would like for us to believe.

The new heavy duty MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle in conjunction with the military HUMVEE definitely arms our local sheriff’s department to the hilt. The reception of these vehicles is a gift under a congressional passed law known as the “1033 Program” (formerly called the 1208 program) in 1995 and the law

was extended in 1997. Note: This process actually began in 1994 under another program called 1122 which was intended to counter our national drug activities problems.

The program stems from the Defense Logistics Agency and is currently under the oversight of the Department of Department of Defense and is tied to Homeland Security Agency and the Department of Justice. The question that has me scratching my head is threefold. Why the militarization of our local community (an extremely growing trend across the U.S., up 400 percent), when the initial funds run out who pays for the upkeep and is this type of militarization needed considering assets that already surround us?

We have SLED and its equipment, the fine members of the S.C. National Guard, the State Militia, and the federal government at our fingertips. As Granddad used to say, “What in the world were we thinking?”

How much is the state and our community going to pay to keep this aggressive process alive? I think my taxes are more than high enough, and frankly I’m getting tired of digging into my wallet for more excess than is needed.

Sure they say it’s free. Granddad also said nothing in this old world of monetary value was free. I tend to trust Granddad.

Who do you trust?

WINFRED WILLIAMS Dalzell 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.

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

STATE LAWMAKERS

MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford St. 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 S. 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

Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-6832 Columbia: (803) 734-2934

Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 Columbia: (803) 734-3102

Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 P.O. Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 Fax: (803) 734-9142 Columbia: (803) 734-2804 jn@schouse.org

Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 Columbia: (803) 212-6148

Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, D-Clarendon District 64 117 N. Brooks St. Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087 Columbia: (803) 212-6929 Rep. Ronnie A. Sabb, D-Greeleyville District 101 P.O. Box 311, Greeleyville, 29056 (843) 355-5349 Columbia: (803) 212-6926 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

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114

Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning (803) 799-1100 District 36 jclyburn@hr.house.gov P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 Sen. Lindsey Graham Columbia: (803) 212-6108 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, (202) 224-5972 D-Sumter Midlands Regional Office District 35 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 775-1263 Main: (803) 933-0112 Columbia: (803) 212-6132 Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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AROUND TOWN The Shepherd’s Center will offer free public information sessions 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday through May 29 at 24 Council St. Scheduled topics / speakers are as follows: May 22, Cpl. Eddie Hobbs of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office will discuss home security; and May 29, Carol Boyd will discuss gardening with herbs.

The Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at 155 Haynsworth St., Parks & Recreational Building. The club meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome. Call (803) 775-8840.

The Sumter County Library will offer “Introduction to Web Design” at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, at 111 N. Harvin St. Learn how to make a simple web page using HTML, the programming language behind Internet websites.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) will also be discussed. Call (803) 773-7273 or visit the reference desk at the library to register.

The Sumter Branch NAACP will sponsor a candidates forum for S.C. House of Representatives District 50 and Sumter County Council District 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, at North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. The Sumter Branch NAACP will meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, at Mt. Glory Baptist Church, 841 N. Main St. The Sumter County Veterans Association will hold its annual

Memorial Day program at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 26, at Mabry Memorial Park, located on U.S. 378 / U.S. 76 just east of Shaw Air Force Base.

Retired Maj. Gen. William “Dutch” Holland will speak.

The Sumter County Education Association-Retired will meet at noon on Wednesday, May 28, at North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Members are encouraged to invite newly retired educators to join. Call Brenda Bethune at (803) 4696588.

A “Rembert Friends & Family Day” will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, at 6785 Bradley St. (behind Rembert Car Wash). Sponsored by the Rembert Area Community Coalition, this family-oriented event will feature a variety of foods, beverages, entertainment and conversation. Call Dr. Juanita Britton at (803) 4322001 or (803) 420-1255.

The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Mary Ingram, ADA coordinator of Santee Wateree RTA, will speak.

Transportation provided within the coverage area.

Contact Debra Canty, chapter president, at DebraCanC2@frontier.com or (803) 775-5792. For more information or for chapter updates, call the 24/7 recorded message line at (206) 376-5992.

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Hillcrest High School Class of 1984 is planning a class reunion for Aug. 8-10. If you are a member of this class or know someone who is, contact Dianna Adams (Miller) at (301) 471-7250, adams_dianna@ yahoo.com or visit http://hhs1984wildcats.com.

The 101st Airborne Division Vietnam Veterans Organization will hold its 20th Annual Reunion Aug. 28-30, in Charleston. All who served with the 101st Division in Vietnam, their guests and supporters are invited.

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PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center SUMTER COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD INC. CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS INC. INDEPENDENT LIVING INC. ABILITIES UNLIMITED INC. ADAPTIVE LIFESTYLES INC. MAGNOLIA MANOR INC. FIRST FLIGHT INC. Today, 5 p.m., 750 Electric Drive.

Call 778-1669, Ext. 119 PINEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP Today, 5 p.m., town hall

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do whatever EUGENIA LAST it takes to stay in the lead.

Offering assistance to people you’ve worked with in the past will result in an interesting proposal. Don’t feel the urge to make an impulsive or costly decision. Take care of domestic situations.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t let secrets cause problems for you. Get your feelings out in the open and deal with any situation quickly.

You’re likely to discover that you or someone close to you has been overreacting. Clear up misconceptions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Chill out with friends or get involved in an activity that promises mental, physical and emotional stimulation.

Embrace change and consider what will make you happiest. Don’t fold under pressure. Do your own thing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stick to creative projects or nurturing important relationships. Don’t be daunted by what others do or say.

Focus on what’s important to you and how you can move forward and stick to your budget. Protect your assets, friendships and home.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be running at full speed today. Make changes and initiate what you want to see happen in your community.

Get involved, participate and offer assistance. It’s all about getting things done and feeling good about what you do. Love is highlighted.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Question money matters or joint ventures. Be smart when it comes to fiscal issues.

Overspending to impress someone will result in worry, stress and loss.

Concentrate on learning, gaining experience and networking.

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning

Gaffney 81/60 Spartanburg 82/60

Greenville 81/60

Columbia 83/60

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Sumter 83/63

Aiken 82/60

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Charleston 82/60

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High 76 to 82.

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Manning 82/62

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Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

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Visit www.101namvet.com or call (803) 506-3120.

Are you a breast cancer survivor?

Maggie L. Richardson is seeking other survivors to form a music group and give back to the community. If you are interested in joining, contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail. com or (803) 236-9086.

Belly dancing classes are held at 6 p.m. every Monday at the Parks and Recreation Department, 155 Haynsworth St. Only $20 per month.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 78/53/pc 83/61/s 84/61/s 82/62/s 74/64/s 82/60/s 81/62/s 83/62/s 83/60/s 83/62/s 78/60/s 82/60/s 82/60/s

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CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Today, 6:30 p.m., district office SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do things that make you happy and inspire you. Join a gym, check out selfimprovement projects or get together with supportive, positive friends. Short trips that make you ask questions and stretch your imagination will help you make a decision.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Explore new places or discuss your thoughts or plans with an expert. Interaction with knowledgeable people will convince you to make a personal change that will improve your current lifestyle. Follow your heart, but don’t rule out reason.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Consider making a move that will be conducive to improving your income and boosting your standard of living. Use charm when dealing with partners and you will get your way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One step at a time. Don’t feel pressured to make decisions prematurely. Past experience will help you stay centered and keep you moving in a safe direction. Don’t worry about what others do. Protect your health, wealth and emotional well-being.

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7-17-29-33-36 PowerUp: 2

23-32-39-47-49 Powerball: 22 Powerplay: 3

13-14-16-50-56 Megaball: 11 Megaplier: 5

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6-7-8 and 9-2-0

1-3-3-1 and 1-9-6-3

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Bucky Tallman shares a photo he took during a visit to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look at your options and start moving in that direction. There is money to be made, contracts and settlements to be considered, and positive personal changes to be made at home and within your personal relationships.

Love is in the stars.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Good fortune comes from well-thoughtout actions. Stay on top of financial, medical or legal situations, and refuse to let emotions dictate what you do next. Don’t listen to people who clearly have ulterior motives.

Do what’s best for you.

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

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PREP BASEBALL

PREP FOOTBALL

Been here before

Sumter’s Kennedy accepts Irmo job

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

Sumter improved to 28-2-1 on the year and has a chance to win its first state title since 2011. Phillip Watcher will take the mound for the Gamecocks against Northwestern ace Will Chitwood on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Gamecock Baseball Stadium.

“Everything’s clicking and everything feels good, and we have a saying that ‘We always win in white,’ so we’ll

Sumter High School football head coach and athletic coordinator Reggie Kennedy has accepted similar positions at Irmo High after his hiring was approved at a board of trustees meeting for School District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties on Monday.

“It was a difficult decision for me to leave Sumter,” Kennedy said on Monday evening as he was KENNEDY returning from the SHS baseball team’s state championship series game against Northwestern in Rock Hill. “I didn’t want to be one (year) and done (at Sumter), but opportunities to be at a program like this don’t come along that often. I mean (former head coach Bob Hanna) was there for 20 years.”

Kennedy will receive a significant pay raise at Irmo. He made $87,465 this school year and will make more than $20,000 more at Irmo.

Kennedy is leaving Sumter after just one year at the school. He led the Gamecocks to a 9-6 record and a run to the 4A Division I state championship game. SHS started the season with a 2-5 record before

SEE SHS, PAGE B3

SEE KENNEDY, PAGE B6

STEPHANIE MARKS MARTELL / ROCK HILL HERALD

Sumter High School’s James Barnes, right, makes it back to first as Northwestern first baseman Justin Peddy tries to corral the ball during the Gamecocks’ 6-1 victory on Monday in the opening game of the 4A state championship series in Rock Hill.

State title series newcomer Northwestern commits 7 errors and Gamecocks get 7 innings from Charlie Barnes to pull within one win of 3rd championship

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com

GAME 2

ROCK HILL— It has been said that the biggest of stages can sometime get the best of teams. Making its first 4A baseball state title appearance ever, Northwestern High School found that out the hard way on Monday.

A combination of seven Trojan errors and Sumter pitching ace Charlie Barnes’ complete-game effort helped

WHO: Northwestern at Sumter WHEN: Wednesday, 7 p.m.

WHERE: Gamecock Baseball Stadium

the Gamecocks to a 6-1 victory at the Northwestern field, giving the Gamecocks a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 state championship series.

PREP SOFTBALL

ANDREW MACKE / GREENWOOD INDEX-JOURNAL

Dixie tops EC 5-1 in opener

East Clarendon High School pitcher Leslie Altman, front, throws during the Lady Wolverines’ 5-1 loss to Dixie on Monday in Due West in the opening game of the 1A state softball championship series.

BY ANDREW MACKE Greenwood Index-Journal

GAME 2

DUE WEST — Kaleigh Price’s 2-run, 2-out double in the bottom of the first inning did more than just give the Dixie High School softball team control of Game 1 of the 1A state championship against East Clarendon on Monday.

It gave the Lady Hornets control of the entire series.

Price’s double gave Dixie an early 2-0 lead and powered the Lady Hornets to a 5-1 win, giving them a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 series.

“I have always felt that

WHO: Dixie at East Clarendon WHEN: Wednesday, 6 p.m.

WHERE: Turbeville

if we can score early in a game, especially in the first inning, we just get this feeling of momentum, and it just relaxes the girls,” Dixie head coach Gary Stone said. “They showed up and weren’t very nervous, got those two runs and that’s huge.

“That’s huge in any game, but especially in the first game of the championship series.”

With the win, Dixie has a chance to win the state championship at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Turbeville, a stark difference from last year’s series when East Clarendon seized control with a 2-0 win in the first game.

“It’s a lot less pressure,” Stone said. “But like I told the girls, this isn’t the end of it.”

East Clarendon put a little pressure on Dixie in the top of the first inning.

Jessica Welch led off with a single, and Elly Floyd followed with a sacrifice bunt to move her up to

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USC SUMTER BASEBALL

Fire Ants fall short of Junior College World Series

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Tim Medlin watched quietly as he walked up the first base line after Sunday’s NJCAA Eastern District Tournament championship.

“Nobody gave us a chance to be here — six months ago, six weeks ago or even 14 days ago,” the University of South Carolina Sumter head baseball coach said. “I’m very proud of the kids and what they were able to accomplish this year.”

Still, seeing Spartanburg Methodist College celebrate its third straight trip to the Junior College World Series at Riley Park was a tough pill to swallow.

“It’s frustrating,” Medlin said. “We had control of our

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USC Sumter players react after the final out of Sunday’s NJCAA Eastern District Tournament championship at Riley Park. USCS was swept by Spartanburg Methodist College, 5-4 in 10 innings and 7-2, as the Pioneers advanced to the Junior College World Series.

destiny. We had it within our grasp.”

Sunday marked a bitter-

sweet ending for the Fire Ants, who won the Region X tournament for the first time

in the program’s 7-year history and had Grand Junction, Colo., in their sights as the

undefeated top seed heading in the tournament’s final day.

It was not to be, however, as SMC used a 3-run seventh inning and a 10th-inning solo home run from Jordan Garrett to eek out a come-frombehind 5-4 victory in Game 1 and force a winner-take-all scenario.

The Pioneers (46-16) then turned to hard-throwing lefthander C.D. Pelham in Game 2. The freshman responded with eight shutout innings of 5-hit ball, and a 4-run third inning was more than enough support as SMC cruised to a 7-2 win for the championship.

“It’s tough, no doubt about it, to fall a game short of the World Series,” Medlin said.

“But you have to give SMC

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Todd wins Byron Nelson by 2 strokes IRVING, Texas — Brendon Todd won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a bogey-free 4-under 66 for a 2-stroke victory over Mike Weir.

It was the 77th career PGA Tour event for Todd. He earned $1,242,000, a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a TODD spot next year in the Masters.

Todd finished at 14-under 266. He took the lead for good with birdies at Nos. 9 and 10, and went on to become the eighth first-time winner this season.

Weir, the 2003 Masters champion who won the last of his eight PGA Tour titles in 2007, finished with a 67. Charles Howell III and Marc Leishman tied for third at 10 under.

SALAS GRABS 1ST LPGA TOUR TITLE

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Lizette Salas won the Kingsmill Championship for her first LPGA Tour title, finishing with evenpar 71 for a 4-stroke victory.

The 24-year-old was never really challenged in the final round on the River Course. She started the day with a 3-shot lead and doubled it with birdies on the par-5 third and par-3 fifth. A bogey 5 on No. 8 was her only hiccup — and only her third bogey in four rounds — until she threeputted the par-3 17th. She finished at 13under 271.

PERRY VICTORIOUS AT REGIONS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Kenny Perry won his third Champions Tour major in the past year with a one-stroke victory over Mark Calcavecchia in the Regions Tradition.

Perry closed with an even-par 72 at Shoal Creek to finish at 7-under 281, while other contenders had up-and-down days and John Cook lost the lead with a double hit.

WOODS: SURGERY HELPED, NO DATE FOR RETURN

BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods says his back injury was so debilitating that it caused him to doubt whether he would play golf again.

Woods said Monday that the surgery he had March 31 erased those doubts, although he still has no timetable for his re-

USCS FROM PAGE B1 credit because that’s a very good ball club. I don’t necessarily see it as a heartbreaking loss for us, because they earned it. We made them work for it and my hat’s off to them.”

While the Garrett home run will stand out, it was the seventh inning of the opening game that might stick longest with Medlin.

Leading 3-1 entering the top half of the frame, starter Victor Gonzalez was still on the mound. He had allowed just one run on four hits to that point, working out of tough jams in the first and sixth innings to keep USCS in the lead.

But a leadoff single by Cody Smith was followed two batters later by a 1-out infield chopper from Brandon Burris that put runners on second and first and ended the day for Gonzalez.

Enter Dillon Hodge, who had been at the top of the Fire Ants’ list of go-to relievers this season.

“I was banking a lot on that inning,” Medlin said.

“We had the reliever in there that we wanted in that situation. It just didn’t work out this time. That’s baseball. It’s frustrating, but nothing you can do about it.”

Hodge walked the first two batters he faced, forcing in one run before Zach Shields struck the big blow with a 2-run double that landed just inside the left field foul line to put the Pioneers up 4-3. Hodge finished of the inning with no further damage, though.

“The last two weeks, we actually have not hit the ball all that well,” SMC head coach Tim Wallace said. “We haven’t gotten the big hit when we needed it.

We were able to do that a little better in the first game and dump a ball in to get the lead and change the perspective on the other side a little bit.”

Anthony Paulsen quickly evened the game up in the bottom half of the inning with a towering home run to straight right field.

Paulsen got things started again in the ninth by reaching first after getting

turn.

Woods said before the surgery he had trouble just getting out of bed.

NBA PLAYOFFS PACERS 107 HEAT 96 INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana defended its home-court advantage on Sunday as Paul George finished with 24 points and seven assists, David West added 19 points and seven rebounds, and suddenly surging Indiana led wire-to-wire in a 107-96 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Game 2 is tonight.

LeBron James, who had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Dwyane Wade, who had 27 points on 12-of-18 shooting, desperately tried to rally the Heat but got little help. Chris Bosh had nine points and two rebounds. Ray Allen finished with 12 points.

CALIFORNIA CHROME NASAL STRIP CLEARED

NEW YORK — California Chrome can breathe easy — he may wear a nasal strip when he goes for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes.

Belmont Park stewards cleared the horse Monday to use the strip he wore while winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.

NBA CHARGES STERLING, SETS UP JUNE 3 HEARING

NEW YORK — The NBA charged Donald Sterling on Monday with damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments, setting up a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to terminate his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.

The league also said the banned owner has engaged in other conduct that has impaired its relationship with fans and merchandising partners.

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, the board chairman, will preside over the hearing, which is planned for two days before the start of the NBA Finals. If three-fourths of the other 29 owners vote to sustain the charge, Sterling will be forced to sell the team he has owned since 1981.

From wire reports

plunked with one out. After a groundout to second, Trevor Bradley roped a single that sent Paulsen to third and him to second on the throw into third.

Will Thompson came up with the winning run 90 feet away, but after fouling off a couple pitches and working a 1-2 count, SMC reliever Jared Felix got the strikeout to send the game into extras and set up Garrett’s homer in top of the 10th.

Game 2 wasn’t nearly as close or as tense, thanks to Pelham. Throwing between 92 and 95 miles per hour most times out, Pelham’s only problem this season has been control, Wallace said.

“When he went out to warm up, I had Michael Wright warming up right beside him,” Wallace said.

“He wound up with the best game he’s had all year.”

The control issues surfaced in the first inning as Pelham issued a pair of 2-out walks before getting a strikeout to end the inning.

He walked the leadoff batter to start off the second inning as well, but was brilliant the rest of the way.

The Fire Ants managed just six base runners past the first inning while Pelham finished with eight strikeouts to his credit.

“He pitched very well,” Medlin said. “We just couldn’t get anything going

against him offensively.”

The Pioneers, meanwhile, got to USCS starter Bradley for four runs in the third inning and another in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead. Shields and Tyler Lancaster drove in runs while Garrett came up with another big hit with a 2-run single. SMC added two more in the eighth to go up 7-0 before the Fire Ants tacked on two of their own in the ninth.

Matt White finished the day with five hits for the Pioneers, including three and a pair of RBI in Game 2.

Shields had a combined four hits and drove in three while Burris had four hits, two RBI and scored three times.

Paulsen had a monster day for USC Sumter (41-15).

He collected six hits total, three in each game, including two doubles and a homer while driving in three and scoring twice.

Bradley had a combined four hits for the Fire Ants as well.

“My heart goes out to all of our sophomores because they represented us very well this year,” Medlin said.

“I’m excited for our freshmen coming back and excited about next year, even though this is a tough way to finish. But they played well and fought until the end.”

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11 a.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game One from Greensboro, N.C. – North Carolina vs. North Carolina State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

2 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Two from Hoover, Ala. – Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Two from Greensboro, N.C. – Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at Washington or Toronto at Boston (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Milwaukee at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Draft Lottery from New York (ESPN).

8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs (WGN).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – Miami at Indiana (ESPN).

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W New York 23 Baltimore 22 Toronto 23 Boston 20 Tampa Bay 19 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 27 Kansas City 22 Minnesota 21 Chicago 21 Cleveland 19 WEST DIVISION W Oakland 28 Los Angeles 24 Seattle 21 Texas 21 Houston 16

L 20 20 22 23 26

Pct .535 .524 .511 .465 .422

GB – ½ 1 3 5

L 12 21 21 24 25

Pct .692 .512 .500 .467 .432

GB – 7 7½ 9 10½

L 16 19 22 23 28

Pct .636 .558 .488 .477 .364

GB – 3½ 6½ 7 12

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Oakland 13, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 4, Pittsburgh 3, 1st game Kansas City 8, Baltimore 6 Houston 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Seattle 6, Minnesota 2 Texas 6, Toronto 2 L.A. Angels 6, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Yankees 3, 2nd game Detroit 6, Boston 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 5-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 3-1) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 2-1) at Boston (Doubront 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 6-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-2), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 2-0) at Texas (Lewis 3-2), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 3-0) at Kansas City (Ventura 2-3), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 1-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 2-5), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Atlanta 23 Washington 23 Miami 23 New York 20 Philadelphia 19 CENTRAL DIVISION W Milwaukee 27 St. Louis 23 Cincinnati 19 Pittsburgh 18 Chicago 15 WEST DIVISION W San Francisco 28 Colorado 25 Los Angeles 23 San Diego 21 Arizona 18

L 19 20 22 23 22

Pct .548 .535 .511 .465 .463

GB – ½ 1½ 3½ 3½

L 17 21 23 25 27

Pct .614 .523 .452 .419 .357

GB – 4 7 8½ 11

L 17 20 22 24 28

Pct .622 .556 .511 .467 .391

GB – 3 5 7 10½

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees 4, Pittsburgh 3, 1st game Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 3 Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 6, St. Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 4, Miami 1 Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Colorado 8, San Diego 6, 10 innings Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Yankees 3, 2nd game

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 4-2) at Washington (Fister 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Burnett 2-3) at Miami (DeSclafani 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 6-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-2), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Arroyo 4-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 6-2), 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-3) at Colorado (Morales 3-3), 8:40 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 1-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 2-5), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

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

NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Indiana 1, Miami 0 Sunday: Indiana 107, Miami 96 Today: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

May 26: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-May 28: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-May 30: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-June 1: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio Monday: Oklahoma City at San Antonio (late) Wednesday: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Sunday: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

May 27: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. x-May 29: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. x-June 2: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

N.Y. Rangers 1, Montreal 0 May 17: N.Y. Rangers 7, Montreal 2 Monday: NY Rangers at Montreal (late) Thursday: Montreal at NY Rangers, 8 p.m.

Sunday: Montreal at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. x-May 27: NY Rangers at Montreal, 8 p.m. x-May 29: Montreal at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. x-May 31: NY Rangers at Montreal, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago 1, Los Angeles 0 Sunday: Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday: Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

May 26: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-May 28: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-May 30: Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-June 1: Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

GOLF The Associated Press BYRON NELSON PAR SCORES

Sunday At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $6.9 million Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70 (a-amateur) Final Brendon Todd (500), $1,242,000 68-64-68-66—266 -14 Mike Weir (300), $745,200 68-66-67-67—268 -12 Charles Howell III (163), $400,200 68-66-69-67—270 -10 Marc Leishman (163), $400,200 66-68-68-68—270 -10 James Hahn (105), $262,200 71-65-65-70—271 -9 Boo Weekley (105), $262,200 67-68-68-68—271 -9 Graham DeLaet (83), $207,863 68-66-68-70—272 -8 Dustin Johnson (83), $207,863 69-69-68-66—272 -8 Matt Kuchar (83), $207,863 69-67-68-68—272 -8 Gary Woodland (83), $207,863 68-67-66-71—272 -8 Charlie Beljan (62), $146,280 72-65-70-67—274 -6 Louis Oosthuizen (62), $146,280 68-68-64-74—274 -6 Charl Schwartzel (62), $146,280 73-67-67-67—274 -6 John Senden (62), $146,280 70-70-68-66—274 -6 Shawn Stefani (62), $146,280 74-66-67-67—274 -6

KINGSMILL CHAMP. PAR SCORES

Sunday At Kingsmill Resort, River Course Williamsburg, Virginia Purse: 1.3 million Yardage: 6,347; Par: 71 Final Lizette Salas, $195,000 67-68-65-71—271 Sarah Jane Smith, $90,642 68-71-70-66—275 Lexi Thompson, $90,642 67-69-70-69—275 Yani Tseng, $90,642 68-70-68-69—275 So Yeon Ryu, $48,832 70-69-68-69—276 Lydia Ko, $48,832 70-68-67-71—276 Thidapa Suwannapura, $36,786 67-70-71-69—277 Mina Harigae, $27,997 72-68-70-68—278 Sandra Gal, $27,997 69-71-69-69—278 Azahara Munoz, $27,997 65-71-72-70—278 Pornanong Phatlum, $27,997 71-69-66-72—278

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Pro Open main draw begins today

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The final eight spots in the singles main draw for the Palmetto Pro Open will be filled today while the main draw in both singles and doubles will begin as well at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The eight qualifying finals will begin at 10 a.m. The matchups will have No. 2 qualifying seed Anastasia Evgenyevna Nefedova going against Lynn Kiro, No.3 Usue Maitane Arconada meeting Magda Okruashvili, No. 7 Kristina N. Smith taking on Tai Martin, Kristina Mathis facing Nadja Gilchrist, Megen Cochran going against Emerald Able, Caroline Dolehide facing Ashley Kratzer, Sai Keerthi Rachavelpula facing Nicole Frenkel and Yolimar Ogando taking on Ayan Broomfield.

Four seeded players in the 32-player main draw will play today. In matches following the first matches, No. 2 see Sonja Molnar will face Pia Suomalainen, No. 4 seed Caitlin Whorisker will meet Andie K. Daniell, No. 6 Liudmila Vasilyeva will take on Elizaveta Ianchuk and Petra Januskova will meet Karina Kristina Vyrlan.

The featured match for the day will have No. 7 Lauren Albanese meeting Sophie Chang at 6:30 p.m.

They will also be four doubles matches with two seeded teams playing. Broomfield and Maria Patrascu will meet No. 2 team Anamika Bhargava and Elise Mertens while Leila Hodzic and Alexandra Walters will face No. 3 Petra Januskova and Vasilyeva.

The other doubles matches will have Brooke Austin and Josie Kuhlman taking on Emma Chiristine Higuchi and Dolehide and Anita Safronenka and Ianchuk meeting Jacqueline Pellieter and Katherine White.

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But Dixie starter Delanie Laudenbacher forced Gracen Watts to fly out to center before striking out Leslie Altman to end the inning.

Dixie also led off their half of the first inning with a single, off the bat of Samantha Ferguson. Unlike the Lady Wolverines, the Hornets converted it into a run. Ferguson moved up to second on Brittney Brown’s groundout, and Kensley Carwile followed with a walk to put two runners on.

Altman bounced back with a strikeout of Anne Marie Ferguson, though, for the sec-

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Sumter High’s Jacob Watcher (5) scores during the Gamecocks’ 6-1 victory over Northwestern on Monday in Rock Hill in the opening game of the best-of-3 4A baseball state championship series.

SHS FROM PAGE B1 try to go home and try to finish this thing in white,” Barnes said.

Barnes, the left-handed Clemson signee, struck out 10 batters and allowed just five hits and an unearned run to hold down the upper state champions Trojans. He pitched out of trouble the first three innings, allowing just an RBI single to Colton Pagoota in the third.

Offensively, the Trojans left a total of six runners on base, five of which were in scoring position, and Barnes seemed to get a big strikeout whenever he needed it. Northwestern had runners on second and third in the first inning with one out, but Barnes struck out the next two batters. In the second, the Trojans had runners on second and third with two outs, but Barnes got another strikeout.

“The game was very close there for awhile and we were able to scratch a few across late, so it’s critical to get off to a good start because it’s a doubleelimination, it’s the best two out of three,” Sumter head coach Brooks Shumake said. “We can’t be eliminated Wednesday, and that’s a good feeling.

“I think we’re playing pretty good baseball right now,” he said. “Our guys are believing they can win. Our

ond out of the inning.

That brought Price to the plate, and the right fielder blasted an Altman offering off the fence in right field to plate Ferguson and Carwile.

“That was a good hit, that set the tone,” East Clarendon head coach Lisa Ard said. “We had two outs and had to get that next one and shut them down. But she got a hold of that one.”

The Lady Hornets continued to put the pressure on the Lady Wolverines in the third inning.

Carwile singled with one out, and Anne Marie Ferguson legged out an infield single to bring Price back to the plate.

Price rapped a sharp grounder to East Clarendon second baseman Olivia Singletary, who

guys are sticking with our routine and trying to stay as non-emotional as they can and stay in the moment, and stay present in the game. Whatever’s in front of us we’re just trying to execute it.”

Barnes only allowed one runner from the fifth inning on as Dupree Hart singled to lead off the inning.

“We were pretty confident coming in and we know we’re pretty hard to beat when we play like we’re capable of so we came in, tried to stay calm and let them have all the pressure on them,” Barnes said. “We try to come in and play like we always do, and that’s what we did.”

The Trojans fell to 24-4.

Northwestern starter and No. 2 pitcher Eric Taylor kept the Trojans in the game as he allowed two unearned runs and scattered three hits while walking two and striking out a batter over five innings, but Sumter took advantage of Northwestern’s mistakes.

“We got five hits; I felt pretty good about five hits against that caliber of pitcher (of Barnes),” said Northwestern head coach Mitch Walters. “We knew how good he was, but seven errors, you can’t do that. Dropping ground balls, dropping pop ups – you’ve got to make the routine play, and they know that. Nobody’s beating them up and the main thing now is to

bobbled the ball before throwing it away at first, allowing Carwile to score.

Anne Marie Ferguson then came home to score on Laudenbacher’s groundout to short to give the Hornets a 4-0 lead.

Dixie took advantage of another error in the fourth for

show up now and see what happens Wednesday.

“Monday is one game and you’ve got to win two,” he said. “It’s the first team to two, and we’ve got to show up Wednesday and get one win, and if we do that then Friday will be a winnertake-all. We’re just trying to worry about Wednesday, just trying to get one.”

The Gamecocks, who have won 20 straight games dating back to March 31, were held to just four hits, but made the Trojans pay for giving them extra outs. Northwestern had errors in every inning but the first and fifth, resulting in Sumter runs in every inning but the second.

A throwing error plated the Gamecocks’ first run and a Jordan Holladay sacrifice fly gave Sumter a 2-1 lead after three innings of play. Sumter pushed the lead to 4-1 in the sixth without the benefit of a hit. Javon Martin and Barnes walked consecutively to start the sixth, ending Taylor’s night. They eventually scored on an error.

The Gamecocks added two more runs in the seventh thanks to a 2-run single by Martin.

“Playing at home gives us a lot of confidence right there,” Martin said of Wednesday’s contest. “We never lose at home.”

another run, giving Laudenbacher and the Hornet defense plenty of cushion with a 5-0 advantage.

The Wolverines finally broke through in the top of the seventh on an RBI double from Altman, but Laudenbacher sat down the following

three batters to end the game.

“Delanie did what she needed to do, and we made plays behind her,” Stone said. “It was great. (Laudenbacher) needs to understand, and she knows this, she’s got players behind her that can make really good plays.”

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Playoff fate still up in air for Tigers

Florida, USC among top seeds for SEC tourney

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier CLEMSON — To those who ride the roller coaster rooting for Clemson baseball, they’ve been driven batty when it’s run-scoring time.

In the big picture, believe it or not, Clemson does exactly what it’s supposed to do when there’s a runner on second, a runner on third, or both.

Clemson’s team batting average this entire year is .277.

With runners in scoring position? .277.

Clemson’s team batting average in ACC games is .261. With runners in scoring position? .261.

LEGGETT However, this must be known about Clemson’s prowess in the big moments: In Clemson’s 34 wins, the Tigers bat .330 with runners in scoring position.

In Clemson’s 22 losses, the Tigers bat .164 with runners in scoring position — less than half the clip in those victories.

When Clemson puts RISP, but the bats RIP, the Tigers drive their fans to wonder about the direction of the program — which, as recent postseason results dictate, hasn’t been the right one.

As Clemson opens the ACC tournament Wednesday against Duke, the Tigers don’t know their postseason future. Even a crazy comeback Saturday, beating Boston College 10-9 after trailing 9-2 at the seventh-inning stretch, didn’t totally drench the doubt.

“We’re not safe. We’re not safe right now,” Steven Duggar said. “We’ve got to continue to play good baseball. We’re a good team. If everybody believes in that, and everybody shows up ready to play, we’re going to be a team that’s going to do good things the rest of the year.”

The way the Tigers won Saturday against Boston College was a major confidence boost. Down to their last out and trailing by four, Garrett Boulware, Jeff Baum, Andrew Cox and Jon McGibbon all reached base — all hitting with a man in scoring position, by the way — capped by McGibbon’s eight-pitch at-bat, culminating in his bases-clearing double to tie the game, which Clemson eventually sealed in the 13th inning.

“Let’s do exactly what we just did right there,” Boulware said. “You can’t do that any better. That’s really what we need: the right hit at the right time, and that’s what’s been killing us all year.”

Can one game out of 56, one thrill temporarily thrusting ambience to a season gone stale, be the catalyst to change?

“I hope so,” head coach Jack Leggett said. “A game like this, with this kind of excitement, can get you to a good spot.

“Two-out RBI, rallies, that Clemson magical thing we’ve always had, we haven’t had many of those in a while.”

ACC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE May 20-25 at NewBridge Bank Park, Greensboro, N.C. Today (7) North Carolina vs. (10) N.C. State, 11 a.m.

(8) Wake Forest vs. (9) Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.

Wednesday (4) Duke vs. (5) Clemson, 11 a.m.

(1) Miami vs. Game 2 Winner, 3 p.m.

(2) Florida State vs. Game 1 Winner, 7 p.m.

Thursday (3) Virginia vs. (6) Maryland, 11 a.m.

(4) Duke vs. Game 2 Winner, 3 p.m.

(1) Miami vs. (5) Clemson, 7 p.m.

Friday (2) Florida State vs. (6) Maryland, 11 a.m.

(5) Clemson vs. Game 2 Winner, 3 p.m.

(3) Virginia vs. Game 1 Winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday (1) Miami vs. (4) Duke, 11 a.m.

(6) Maryland vs. Game 1 Winner, 3 p.m.

(2) Florida State vs. (3) Virginia, 7 p.m.

Sunday ACC Championship, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)

BY DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press Florida didn’t look like one of the nation’s best baseball teams in March.

But the Gators bounced back from a mediocre start to earn the No. 1 seed in this week’s Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Alabama.

Florida (37-19, 21-9 SEC) thrived during league play despite a young roster and constantly changing roles for the pitching staff. The Gators are one of a handful of SEC teams — along with Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Ole Miss — still hoping to earn one of the eight national seeds for the NCAA tournament.

Play begins today with the No. 5 through No. 12 seeds facing off in a single-elimination knockout round. The top four seeds receive a bye to Wednesday’s second round, which is the beginning of a double-elimination format.

Florida is a slight surprise as the league’s top seed. The Gators were picked to finish third in the Eastern Division by the league’s coaches during the preseason but leapfrogged favored South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

“We’ve been pretty consistent after a shaky start,” Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “I just want to continue to build momentum.”

Ole Miss won the Western Division and is the No. 2 seed. The Rebels are hitting .304 as a team, which is tied with Kentucky for the best mark in the league.

“I’m really proud of the way we’ve played and they year we’ve had,” Bianco said. “We’ve played well for 14 weeks and we’ve hung in there. It’s tough to do because there are so many good teams.”

LSU and South Carolina are the other two teams that earned a firstround bye into Wednesday’s second round.

Much of the drama resides at the bottom of the bracket, where teams

SEC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE May 20-25 at Hoover Met, Hoover, Ala. Today Game 1 — (6) Vanderbilt vs. (11) Tennessee, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2 — (7) Arkansas vs. (10) Texas A&M, TBD Game 3 — (8) Alabama vs. (9) Kentucky, 4:30 p.m.

Game 4 — (5) Mississippi State vs. (12) Georgia, TBD Wednesday Game 5 — (3) LSU vs. Winner Game 1, 9:30 a.m.

Game 6 — (2) Ole Miss vs. Winner Game 2, TBD Game 7 — (1) Florida vs. Winner Game 3, 4:30 p.m.

Game 8 — (4)South Carolina vs. Winner Game 4, TBD Thursday Game 9 — Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 9:30 a.m.

Game 10 — Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, TBD Game 11 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4:30 p.m.

Game 12 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, TBD Friday Game 13 — Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 3 p.m.

Game 14 — Winner Game 10 vs. Loser 12, TBD Saturday Game 15 — Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11, noon Game 16 — Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12, TBD Sunday Game 17 — Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

like Tennessee and Texas A&M will try to prove they’re worthy of an invitation to the NCAA tournament.

The NCAA’s latest RPI rankings had 11 SEC teams in the top 45, but the league has never received that many bids.

“If there was ever a year you could get 11 (in the NCAA tournament), this would be the year,” Bianco said.

KNOCKOUT TUESDAY

The most entertaining day of the SEC tournament might be its first. The format calls for a single-elimination game today before a double-elimination format the rest of the week. That

makes the first game critical for several teams on the NCAA tournament bubble like Tennessee and Texas A&M. ACES GALORE

There should be plenty of quality pitching in Hoover this week. LSU’s Aaron Nola has arguably been the league’s best — he has struck out 120 batters in 101 2/3 innings while opponents are hitting just .172 off of him.

But Ole Miss’ Chris Ellis (9-0, 2.12 ERA), Florida’s Logan Shore (7-2, 1.69) and Mississippi State’s Ross Mitchell (8-4, 1.85) have also been dominant.

REED’S DOMINATION

There’s little doubt that Kentucky’s A.J. Reed has been the league’s most valuable player this season. The 6-foot4, 240-pound junior is the SEC’s most prolific power hitter, batting .359 with a league-leading 23 homers and 70 RBI. He’s also the Wildcats’ No. 1 pitcher, with a 10-2 record and 2.20 ERA. If he gets some help, Kentucky could go far in Hoover. “You have to look at his numbers and you’re astonished by them,” Vanderbilt head oach Tim Corbin said.

BIG YARD

It’s always been tough to hit homers at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, which features deep power alleys and a center field wall that is 405 feet away.

That could hurt some of the league’s better offenses, like Ole Miss and Kentucky, which have relied on the long ball to put up big numbers.

UPSET SPECIAL

Outside of the league’s top four seeds, the best bets to go far this week might be Mississippi State and Arkansas. Both teams specialize in pitching and defense, which is helpful at the spacious Hoover Met. Mississippi State has won 13 of its last 18 games while Arkansas has won six of seven, including last week’s sweep of Missouri.

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Not unlike a winning team putting in the B-squad after running up a comfortable lead, CBS airs “Judge Judy Primetime” (8 p.m., TV-PG) during the last Tuesday of May sweeps. It’s hard to tell if that’s good sportsmanship, or just a different form of gloating.

Hoping to continue its string of “NCIS” successes, CBS will open a new office. “NCIS: New Orleans,” starring Scott Bakula, will air on Tuesdays starting next fall. “NCIS: Los Angeles” moves to Monday nights at 10 p.m., a time when the network has stumbled, with “Hostages” and “Intelligence” both canceled.

• The night belongs to performances and finales as both “Dancing With the Stars” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) and “The Voice” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) wrap up their seasons and anoint a winner. The last two standing finalists also compete on “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG), concluding Wednesday.

Against these culminating contests, CBS airs “ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops” (9 p.m., TV-PG), featuring performances by Merle Haggard and George Strait.

• Don’t think the Netflix phenomenon has gone unnoticed by the networks. A recent episode of “The Good Wife” took a swipe at streaming. Given a rare day off, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) tried to kick back with some streamed TV, only to be beset by a program than never quite “buffers.”

The WE network has adopted a can’t-beat-em’-join-’em attitude, allowing viewers to choose their favorite five-episode “Law & Order” block.

The network will run fivehour binge-a-thons every Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

You still have to supply your own pint of ice cream.

• The next time you see a young performer in a thoroughly silly TV role, just remember, he or she may some day become an Academy Award winner.

Who would have predicted that Mo’Nique would have won an Academy Award (for

“Precious”) when she was on the UPN show “The Parkers”?

Did “The Jamie Foxx Show” portend an Oscar (for “Ray”) when it debuted on the WB in 1996? Who predicted that “Bosom Buddies” star Tom Hanks would win two Oscars (for “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump”)?

Few stars were more associated with the silly and ephemeral than Sally Field, particularly when she starred as the teenage surfer on “Gidget” or as “The Flying Nun,” arguably one of the more ridiculous escapist comedies to come out of the frazzled 1960s.

Field would go on to win two Oscars (for “Norma Rae” and “Places in the Heart”) and a long acting career. Catch her in “Gidget” on DVD, releasing today, including all 32 episodes that ran from 1965-66. It was ABC’s first scheduled program to air in color.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Metatron has plans for mankind on the season finale of “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

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crets” on “Frontline” (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) examines Silicon Valley’s complicity in government surveillance.

• As Lester desperately improvises, Malvo’s scheme falls into place on “Fargo” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE A disfigured sideshow attraction (John Hurt) maintains a refined spirit in director David Lynch’s 1980 adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway play “The Elephant Man” (8 p.m., TCM), co-starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft, whose husband, Mel Brooks, produced the film.

SERIES NOTES A glance back on “The Voice” (8 p.m., r, NBC, TV-PG) * Tessa the reaper returns on “Supernatural” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Jason Alexander and Cheryl Hines participate on “Riot” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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JOHN F. CUSUMANO Sr. John Frank Cusumano Sr., age 89, beloved husband of Mary Jon Greeson Cusumano, died on Friday, May 16, 2014, at Covenant Place.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Webb Belangia officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

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

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

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

Chambers (Jenny) of Sumter and Kelly Bailey (Philip) of Franklin, Indiana; a daughterin-law, Heidi Chambers; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, Don Chambers (Jeannie) of Mansfield and Fred Chambers (Cindy) of Jacksonville, Florida; and two sisters, Sandy Shaffer and Betty Mahler, both of Jacksonville.

In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Tom W. Chambers; a brother, Arthur Chambers; and a daughter-in-law, Hope Chambers.

Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, at Mansfield Baptist Temple in Mansfield.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

HERCULES JOHNSON Hercules Johnson, age 77, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Born on July 10, 1936, in the Panola community of Pinewood, he was a son of the late Levi and Estelle Coard Johnson. He was the companion of Annie Sue Junious.

The family will receive friends at the home, 834 Barwick Road, Sumter.

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

HAROLD A. CHAMBERS Sr. Harold A. Chambers Sr., 86, widower of Marian F. Chambers, died on Friday, May 2, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

A son of the late Arthur and Hazel Rush Chambers, Harold was born in and remained a lifelong resident of Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Chambers was of the Baptist faith and was a longtime member of Mansfield Baptist Temple.

Harold was a retired carpenter, having been a long-term employee of J&B Acoustical before founding H.A. Chambers Construction. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during World War II. Harold enjoyed camping as well as traveling and made many trips with his family over the years.

He is survived by his children, Vicki Swope (Jerry) of Taft, California, Harold A. Chambers Jr. (Mary) of Pharr, Texas, Rick Harold

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Sammy Geddings and the Rev. Robert Morris officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Baker.

The family would like to thank the staff of McElveen Manor and Tri-County Hospice for the excellent care she received and for their kindness extended to our family during this time of bereavement.

Memorials may be made to Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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CHRISTINE G. SIMS Christine Geddings Sims, 91, widow of Robert Sims, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at McElveen Manor.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Leola Crowder Capell. She was a faithful member of Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, until her decline in health. Mrs. Sims retired from Korn Industries with more than 30 years of service.

Mrs. Sims is survived by two daughters, Lucy Geddings Copeland (Gerald) and Mary Sue Geddings Baker (Bobby), both of Sumter; a foster son, Maj. Richard Jones (Christine) of Virginia; a daughterin-law, Viola Horton Geddings of Tennessee; a daughter-in“love,” Joy “Geddings Ingram of Sumter; grandchildren, Judy Geddings Tolson (Robert), Jamie Geddings Aycock, Susan Copeland Rodgers (Michael), John Copeland (Anne), Janice Baker, Jennifer Baker and John Baker (Jaime); 11 great-grandchildren; a greatgreat-grandson; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Russell Geddings; a son, James T. Geddings; a granddaughter, Lydia Copeland Brown; three brothers; and five sisters.

OLANTA — Rhuie “Big Boy” Steadman, 61, husband of Mary Anderson Steadman, died on Monday, May 19, 2014, at his residence, 12915 Truluck Road, Olanta.

He was born on Jan. 24, 1953, in Sumter County, a son of Ivory “IV” Thomas Stukes and the late Rhuie Stukes.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

DOROTHY M. GADSON Dorothy M. Gadson, 77, widow of Sam Gadson, died suddenly on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at her residence in Gable.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Emmanuel and Hager Billie Green.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 3770 Dorothy’s Lane, Gable.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter.

MITCHELL MURPHY BISHOPVILLE — Mitchell Murphy, 54, widower of Anita Murphy, died on Monday, May 19, 2014, at his home.

Born in Lee County, he was a son of Eva Frances Owens Watson and the late Ernest Murphy Jr. He was a member of Meadowbrook Church of God. His favorite pastimes were fishing, cooking and

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KENNEDY FROM PAGE B1 winning its final four regularseason contests and three playoff contests to earn a spot in the title game against Dutch Fork.

Kennedy, who was a star linebacker on East Clarendon’s 1985 1A state championship football team, came to Sumter from Blythewood. He was hired after Paul Sorrells resigned following the 2012 season after 14 years as head coach.

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The Braves, who had lost 12 of 18, never trailed in winning their second straight game.

The Braves they banged out 15 hits and improved to 18-5 when hitting a home run.

Minor (2-2) gave up two runs and five hits with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.

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Survivors include a son, Richard Murphy of Bishopville; a daughter, April Michelle Murphy of Bishopville; mother and stepfather, Douglas Watson Sr. of Bishopville; brother, Douglas Watson Jr. (Deborah) of Bishopville; and sister, Angela Murphy Edwards (Butch) of Bishopville.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Bishopville First Baptist Church with the Rev. David Knapp and the Rev. Mike Saunders officiating. Burial will be in Piedmont Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the church and other times at 320 N. Lee St., Bishopville.

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

daughter of the late Wesley and Rosa Felder Bennett.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her son, Frank (Debra) Bellamy, 215 Rolling Creek Drive, Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

JOHN K. WINDER

JAMES LEE ROGERS

John Kramer Winder, 83, husband of Elfriede Krauthauser Winder, died on Monday, May 19, 2014, at his home.

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

James Lee Rogers, 66, died on Friday, May 16, 2014.

Born on April 5, 1948, in Lee County, he was a son of Frank and Essie Mae Wilson Rogers.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Kessie Mickens, 1430 Wilma Court, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

OPHELIA L. HINNANT Ophelia L. Hinnant, 45, entered eternal rest on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Sumter.

Born on Feb. 10, 1969, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Carrie Dell Gordon Hinnant and the late Willie Hinnant.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 396 Albert Drive, Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

JAMES D. GREEN KATIE B. OSORIO Katie Bennett Osorio, 82, wife of Jose Osorio, entered eternal rest on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Nov. 7, 1931, in Sumter County, she was a

James David “Jim” Green, 67, husband of Joyce Ann Thompkins Green, died on Monday, May 19, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital in Columbia.

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

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Estate Notice Sumter County

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

Estate:

Claudia C. Jordan 2014ES4300262

Estate Notice Sumter County

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

Estate:

Ann Green Jones 2014ES4300256

Personal Representative Dwight Green and Janie G. Dingle 130 West Foxworth Mill Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Douglas P. Bleecker #2014ES4300297

Personal Representative

Diane Hancock 459 Upper Pond Road Wagener, SC 29164 Estate:

Marian Rose Brezicky 2014ES4300268

Personal Representative Michael Brezicky 76 Sally Street Wedgefield, SC 29168

Estate:

Julia Davis Singleton #2014ES4300273

Personal Representative Bernice Jones 215 Pack Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

William Lemmon #2014ES4300290

Personal Representative

Agnes Spencer 106 Orange Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Sandra Jean Minoughan #2014ES4300280 Personal Representative William T. Minoughan C/O J. Seth Cabot Attorney At Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Thelma D. Davis #2014ES4300296

Personal Representative

Shawn T. Davis 221 E. Moore Street Sumter, SC 29150

Personal Representative Margaret Ann Baker 872 North Shem Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Estate:

Estate:

Personal Representative

Harvey Michael Windham #2014ES4300285

Personal Representative Pearl D. Windham 3990 Leonard Brown Road Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

Helen Richburg Ragin #2014ES4300276

Personal Representative Monya L. Ragin 975 Houck Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Kaamil Amin Jones 2014ES4300094

Personal Representative Markita D. Gadson C/O Richard Booth Attorney At Law 17 East Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Virginia R. H. Lee 2014ES4300260

Geraldine Williams & Robert Durant 5264 Peach Orchard Rd. Rembert, SC 29128 Estate:

Estate: Raymond Henry Dionne #2014ES4300298

Estate:

Estate:

Allen Watson #2014ES4300299

Personal Representative

Phyllis Watson C/O Kenneth R. Young Jr. Attorney At Law 23 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Mamie Witherspoon #2014ES4300274

Shirley A. Jenkins #2014ES4300272

Personal Representative Fred Loney C/O Calvin Hastie 7 East Hampton Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Ellen Marie Arl 2014ES4300264

Personal Representative Susan Arl C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney At Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Yardley O. Robinson #2014ES4300286

Personal Representative

Maxine Robinson 2630 Lorentz Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Personal Representative

Howard E. Owens 1380 Broad Water Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Furman Robinson, Jr. 2014ES4300266

Personal Representative Furman M. Robinson, III And Sharon E. Burr 66 Westwood Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Personal Representative

Ralph E. Lee C/O William M. Reynolds, III Attorney At Law PO Box 11262 Columbia, SC 29211

Janie Durant #2014ES4300271

Estate:

Mildred Vermenia Helton 2014ES4300183

Personal Representative Ruby V. Helton 640 Dillon Trace Street Apt 12 Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:

James Daniel Clawson #2014ES4300295

Personal Representative Alicia K. Clawson 5419 Magnolia Park Circle Columbia, SC 29206

Personal Representative Lucille Cummings 580 Old Manning Road Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Donald Lee Roy #2014ES4300291

Personal Representative Joseph H. Roy 308 Woodward Blvd Summerville, SC 29483

Estate:

Patricia M. Naylor #2014ES4300281

Personal Representative Marie N. Walker C/O J. Seth Cabot Attorney At Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755.

Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found on Lafayette Drive, male white pug.

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BUSINESS SERVICES Home Improvements H.L. Boone, Contractor additions, painting, roofing, gutters, sheetrock, blown ceilings, decks. 773-9904

Lawn Service

For Sale or Trade

Work Wanted

Mobile Home Rentals

I buy used Utility and Car trailers.

Call 803-972-0900

I am a reliable CNA looking to sit with your elderly loved ones day or night.

Ref. provided.

Call 803-225-0924 or 803-225-0543

2BR 1BA 14x52 MH near town, all appliances, C/H/A Sec 8 Accepted 469-6978

Two Cremation Niches at Evergreen Cemetery.(1/2 Price.) $2000 for both. Call 843-393-2824 Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Used Hotel furniture for sale.

Days Inn, 2430 Broad St. Sumter.

Taylor's Lawn Care Dependable and Affordable Call 803-651-0125 Four Seasons Lawn Care Serving Sumter for almost 20 yrs!

Free est. 494-9169/468-4008 Precision Lawn Care..mowing, weed and insect control, shrub and bed care. Over 40 years experience. 803-840-5257,

Roofing All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp.

SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Tree Service NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal , trimming & stump grinding. Lic & Ins.

803-316-0128

Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

MERCHANDISE Want to Buy Looking for a Great Pryneese, St. Bernard or guard dog. Call Ruth 803-494-5744 or 236-4649

Construction Equipment

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Immediate opening for 3 Residential Cable Techs. Will train the right candidates, Full time work, Company truck.

Call 803 612-1150 to set up interview.

Assistant Community Manager needed for elderly communities in the Sumter area. This is an exciting yet challenging 30 hrs. per week. If you are a team player who possesses marketing, written and verbal communication plus computer skills, then we need you on our team. Previous Property Management experience is helpful but not required. Must pass criminal check and drug screening. Our company offers competitive salary and benefits. Please fax cover letter and resume to: Ad # 26, 888-940-7773 or email jobs@cfhs1973.com Air Conditioning Installer If you are an Experienced Install Technician and have a good driving record, we are looking for you. Please apply in person at: Boykin Air Conditioning Services, 845 S. Guignard Dr. Driver Needed Palmetto Gas Co. Good pay and benefits. CDL Class A. Haz and tanker preferred. Good Driving record, home every night. Contact Pat Joyner 803-775-1002 or 803-840-5337 Shirt/laundry presser needed.

Apply in person Polar Bear Cleaners 1087 B Alice Dr Sumter

Hooper Trailer, 3 axle flat bed, need some minor repairs. $3,000 OBRO. Call 803-983-5315

Vice President Human Resources Sumter, SC SAFE Federal Credit Union

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

For details, please visit our website at: http:/www.safefed.org

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend.

905-4242

For Sale or Trade Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

RENTALS

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

FT ASE Certified Mechanic wanted to fix cars quickly & multi-task. All makes and models, for. and dom. Quality work done quickly. Professional exp. and ASE Cert. req. Body exp. a plus. Work hours: 8a-7p M-F and 9a-6p Sat. Must have drvs. lic. and tools.

Imm. hire. $3,000 - $3,750/mo.

DOE. Call Peter at 803-454-6815.

Work Wanted I will sit with elderly or sick. Will provide ref/exp. Call 803-236-3603 for more info.

Unfurnished Apartments SOUTH FORGE APTS. 1 & 2 BR Water, stove & frig furnished. Linda at 803-494-8443 Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water/sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd.

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

Mobile Home Lot Rentals 130 Hoyt St. Sumter County close to downtown.

Call 864-349-1400.

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

Office Rentals

Montreat St. (off Miller Rd.) 2BR 1BA, appliances, no pets $350 /375 mo + dep. 803-316-8105.

1000 sqft office space for lease. 2 offices, conference room and reception area. 730-C Broad St., $650/mo. Call (803) 494-6204

Unfurnished Homes

Commercial Rentals

14-A Creed St. 3BR//2BA, $625/mo + dep. Yard maint. incl.

4 person max. 803-968-2553 3Br home Burgess Ct. $495/mo & 2Br Apt Miller Rd. $395/mo.

774-8512 / 983-5691 Nice 3 Br, 3 Ba, downtown historical district, refrig, stove, dishwasher, C/H/A, hardwood floors, FP, fenced in yard, lg. workshop with C/H/A, alarm system. No Pets. $1200 mo. Call 803-491-5375.

35,000 Sq Ft. Warehouse for rent.

803-773-8022

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale

3 Br, 1.5 Ba. in country but close to town. Fully carpeted, W/D hookup. Screen back porch. $700 mo. 803-491-5375

Mobile Home Rentals WE'VE MOVED. Vestco, Palmetto & Southland Properties & Lafayette Gold and Silver. 480 E Liberty Street (inside Coca-Cola building), 773-8022

WE'VE MOVED Vestco Southland, Palmetto Properties & Lafayette Gold and Silver 480 E. Liberty Street (Inside the Coca-Cola bldg).

We buy Gold, Silver, Jewelry, Silver Coins/Collections, Sterling, Diamonds, Pocket & Wrist Watches. Business Hours Mon-Fri 8:30AM-5:30PM, Sat 8AM-2PM. 803-773-8022

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015 (Scenic Lake) 3BR 2BA 16x80.

No pets Call 803-499-1500. From 9am- 5pm

REDUCED for quick sale 411 N. Magnolia, Hrwd floors, C/H/A. Garage, workshop & shed. Comm. lot on Lafayette also available. Fin Avail.

775-4391/ 464-5960

REDUCED for quick sale: 6 Middle St. 3BR & 4th optional/2BA. C/H/A. New construction.

Financing Available.

775-4391, 464-5960 INVESTORS DREAM DEAL Buy three houses get one free.

Anxious to sell. 803-773-4391, 803-464-5960

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Homes for Sale Open House Sun, May 18th, 2 pm - 5 pm 1024 Pebble Lane, Manning

REDUCED for quick sale: 3600 Dallas: Dalzell, 3BR, 2BA. Big Lot. Big storage & workshop. 1/2 ac lot. Fin Available. 775-4391, 464-5960

ABSOLUTE AUCTION 4 BR home on 3 acres in Shiloh 1130 Pudding Swamp Rd., Lynchburg, SC. www.jrdixonauctions.com for full details.

Rafe Dixon, SCAL 4059, (803) 774-6967

FSBO, 3 Br, 2 Ba, 1750 sqft, 2 story, 0.75 ac. On pond in Buckhorn. Hardwd flrs. Updated kit. new stainless appl., granite countertops. Huge front porch, large back deck $184,900 803-381-6473 or 803-629-1958

Manufactured Housing Looking for your DREAM HOME? LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit?

Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 3-4-5 bedroom homes. Layaway program available. For more information, call 843-389-4215.

Farms & Acreage For Sale By Owner, 10 Acres, 8 miles to Sumter. $55,000. Owner Financing 803-427-3888.

Land for sale in Sumter, Manning, Paxville. Also hunting land available. Owner fin. Call 452-6260 Minutes Walmart/Shaw, 1 Ac $6,000. 16.2 ac $32,600. Water, Electric, Paved 800-774-5720

Autos For Sale

Miscellaneous

Boats / Motors 2012 Bennington 20ft pontoon boat. 70 hp 4stroke Yahama motor. 8 ft Bimini top, full cover, privacy room, trailer. Garage kept, fresh water only used few times.

Must see $18,500. 803-460-3898 or 910-612-5743

TRANSPORTATION

Looking for 75-105 Acres of farm land with partial woods. Call 494-3515

Land & Lots for Sale

1037 Acres, near Continental Tires. Newly renovated DW. 3BR/2BA with garden tub. Fin. available. Call 803-775-4391 464-5960

RECREATION

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014

Autos For Sale 2000 Chevy Silverado, excellent condition. Runs great. Clean inside/out. $2,700. 803-447-5453 SUMMER SALE 200 cars $4,500 or less $$$ CASH $$$ Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275

Reconditioned batteries $35. Also have lawn mower, truck, 4 wheeler, & marine batteries, starters & alternators. Car dealers/garages ask about special prices.

Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

Free concert: Santee features bluegrass, country music

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TUESDAY, MAY 20 2014 Online: www.theitem.com/clarendon_sun | Call: (803) 435-4716 | E-mail: jim@theitem.com

Nurse goes extra mile for Clarendon hospital

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211 Being a nurse, Angel Touchberry is usually prepared for anything.

But when she arrived at the Clarendon County Memorial cafeteria a week ago Monday for the announcement of the inaugural Natalie S. Davis Nurse of the Year Award, she was in for a surprise.

“I had no idea I was chosen

for it, “she said. “I was very shocked, surprised and honored.”

Even more so, she said, because she is such an admirer of Clarendon interim CNO Natalie Davis, for whom the award is named.

“She is a wonderful, wonderful lady,” Touchberry said. “Her attitude is great all the time. She always has a smile on her face and wants to help out. It is an honor.”

Touchberry, who grew up in Sumter, said she has want-

ed to be a nurse as long as she can remember.

“I think just the thought of being able to help somebody else was just a pleasant thought,” she said. “Just to think you are helping somebody else besides yourself.”

Since attending nursing school at Central Carolina in Sumter, Touchberry has been a nurse for 18 years, she said.

“I’ve been at this hospital (Clarendon Memorial) for four years, and I was at Tu-

omey Hospital for 13 years.

Between there and here at Clarendon I did hospice for six months.”

Touchberry’s supervisor, Medical Surgery Nurse Manager Tammy Cameron said Touchberry was very deserving of the award.

“She is awesome,” Cameron said. “She is dependable, she gives above and beyond with her patients. She is excellent with them on a personal level

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Angel Touchberry, who was named the Natalie S. Davis Nurse of the year at Clarendon Hospital displays her award.

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Some of the girls relax after a fun pajama party-themed dance. Together, each team, top left, created their own masterpieces as part of a therapy session. Art therapy can be a great way for the campers to express themselves and learn to work together with positive outlooks.

Camp offers respite for kids with cancer

BY ROB COTTINGHAM rcottingham@theitem.com (803) 774-1225

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ancer.

Few diseases carry a weight as heavy as that twosyllable word. It relentlessly and indiscriminately wreaks havoc on the lives of victims and their family members. For parents, fewer things are as frustrating as the futility they feel when they can’t do anything to help their child.

If a child has a fighting chance, she’s lucky, but even those battles can last for what seems an eternity, and the amount of suffering that accompanies that struggle can’t be sufficiently described.

Thankfully, there are organizations that work hard to provide care and assistance to families affected by cancer.

Camp Happy Days, now in its 32nd year, is a nonprofit organization that serves children battling cancer, the highlight of its services being a weeklong camp hosted at Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton each summer.

“It’s like a Make-A-Wish vacation for those kids,” said Executive Director Cindy Hay Johnson. “It’s a

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Although Meghan, at right, is restricted to a wheelchair, she got to enjoy a special dance with her sister, Bridgette, during prom at Camp Happy Days in July 2013. dream come true.”

Johnson said the company organizes the event to every detail, including the enlistment of 165 volunteer staff members for the whole week.

“That includes counselors and medical staff,” Johnson said. “We even set up ramps and provide wheelchairs for children who need them. We cover all the bases.”

Scheduled for the week of June 28July 5, Camp Happy Days has the same luxuries offered at other camps, such as tubing, swimming, performances by numerous bands and lots of great food.

“We’re expecting about 200 kids to be there this year,” Johnson said.

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A counselor attaches a harness to a camper before he attempts to ascend the rock climbing wall at Camp Happy Days. Activities like the climbing wall build confidence and trust.

New Summerton mayor, council members sworn in

BY JIM HILLEY (803) 774-1211 jim@theitem.com

JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM

Pro Prothro delivers the oath of affice to new Summerton Mayor Mac Bagnal at Summerton Town Hall Tuesday, May 12 as Lis Bagnal holds the Bible.

A new mayor and three town council members took their positions on the Summerton Town Council Tuesday, May 12, following swearing in ceremonies at Summerton Town Hall.

New council members Bryan Rembert, L. Chalmers Stukes and M. Walker Wells and Mayor

Mac Bagnal took their oaths of office in a packed chamber before the council quickly moved through the night’s agenda.

The new council first approved the second reading of a proposed ordinance to cap the amount water users may owe on their water bills at $300, before voting to add the mayor and Wells to the list of people approved to sign checks for

the municipality.

Wells was then voted in as mayor pro-tem.

The council also approved change orders for work being done on the Village Renaissance Phase II Grant Project.

Public Works Director William Brailsford told the council work had experienced several delays.

“We not only had wet weather,” he said, “but we also had road resurfacing by the Depart-

ment of Transportation.

They do things according to their own schedule.”

Brailsford said the project was currently about 70 percent complete.

The council approved the work order changes that move the scheduled completion date to June 6, and the final payment date to June 16. The original completion date had been Feb. 8, Brailsford said.

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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS JUNIOR GOLF FUNDRAISER The Clarendon County Junior Golf program will hold a fundraiser golf tournament on Saturday, June 28, at Shannon Greens Golf Club.

The format is a three-man scramble, captains choice.

Shotgun tee time at 11:00 am.

Check in is at 10:30 am. The cost is $49 per person. Discount cost is $135 per team if you register by June 20. Make checks payable to Clarendon County Recreation. You may pick up a registration form at J.C. Britton Park or Shannon Greens Golf Club. For more information, contact LeBon Joye at 473-3543.

FOOTBALL REGISTRATION Registration will be held through June 20. All registrations will be accepted at J.C. Britton Park in Manning. Registration will be Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 4733543 for more information.

The cost to register for football is $40. When registering, parents must provide the following: 1. Child’s birth certificate 2. Sign the “Parents Code of Conduct” 3. $40 fee AGES: 8 to 10, 11 to 12, as of Sept. 1.

Parents are responsible for purchasing the pants, padding and shoes.

Clarendon County Recreation Department supplies the helmets and shoulder pads, which must be returned at the end of the season. For information (803) 473-3543.

MEMORIAL DAY CLOSING The Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 and reopen on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The book drop will be open for the return of unrestricted materials.

MANNING PRIMARY SCHOOL BIRTHDAY Throughout this school year the MPS family has celebrated the school’s 60th birthday with a parade, family events, creative writing, and other events. The public is invited to share in the main event, MPS Night, as past and present administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, volunteers and community members are acknowledged. MPS Night begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, in the MPS cafeteria.

CLARENDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The CMH Board of Trustees meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month (excluding July and December) in the hospital board room.

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP A Forestry Management Workshop hosted by the Clarendon Soil and Water Conservation District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Clemson Extension and Blue Streak Farms will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, at Blue Streak Farms, 3351 Governor Richardson Road, Summerton.

Topics will include forest best management practices, tax incentives and farm bill programs.

Cost of the workshop is $15 for Clarendon County Residents and $20 for non-residents. Lunch and instruction materials are included. Registration is required by Thursday, June 5.

For more information, call Casey Blackmon or Brandon DuRant at (803) 435-2612, extension 3.

BRIDGE CLOSING A portion of Liberty Church Road between S-14262 and S-14-48 in Clarendon County will be closed for approximately two months, as the South Carolina Department of Transportation replaces a bridge. The SCDOT expects the new bridge to be open by June 18.

Motorists will be detoured on 2-14-262 and S-14-262.

Some school bus routes in Clarendon School District 2 will be affected.

For more information, call (803) 435-4431.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for atrisk youths in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus on students at Summerton Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary.

The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors.

Often, children simply need to know that someone cares about them and to have a positive role model in their lives. Mentoring time will take place on school property and only during school hours, possibly during the child’s activity time or lunch. The goal is to have mentors meet with children on a regular basis, for instance, once a week. Mentors will become volunteers of Clarendon School District 1 and will go through background checks as well as be given an orientation on being a mentor.

For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

CAMP HAPPY DAYS Camp Happy Days is here again, and donations of hats, T-shirts, sunscreen, toothpaste and other toiletries are sought.

Cash donations are especially needed, as the camp is funded solely from donations. Camp Happy Days gives children with cancer and their siblings a chance to leave worries of hospitals and painful treatments far behind as they plunge into six days of more fun than a child could ever imagine.

“But most of all, we would like donations to help pay the cost of the camp,” Bill Ellis said. “The most important thing for me is that these kids have a great time and they pay nothing for it.

It’s a good cause, and we’ll take any help we can get.”

For more information or to make a donation, call Bill Ellis at (803)460-7666. For more information on Camp Happy Days, visit www.camphappydays.org.

NURSE, FROM PAGE C1 as well as taking care of them in a nursing capacity.

Cameron said Touchberry lends a hand wherever needed.

“She’s willing to go to different departments if necessary, or come in extra,” Cameron said. “She is always willing to go the extra mile. I am proud to have her on my staff.”

Touchberry said she thinks it is a privilege to be a nurse.

“You get to be with patients and their families at the best times of their lives and at the worst times of their lives,” she said. “Whether it’s the birth of a child, or getting told that you don’t have a diagnosis of cancer. On the other end, it can be the death of a loved one or being told

that you do have cancer. You are there for the patient, but you are also there for the family, to be a support for them.”

Touchberry said she is inspired by her mom, Jean Brown.

“She has the spirit of helping others also. Even though she is not a nurse, she is always there for her children, her grandchildren and her friends. If you ever need anything from her, she is always there for you.”

Touchberry said she and her husband, Todd, have been married for seven years, and they are raising three boys and three girls: Justin, 20; Keaton, 15; Brittany, 14; Elizabeth, 13; Brent, 12; and Madeline, 10.

THE SUMTER ITEM

Free concert in Santee features bluegrass, country music SANTEE – Lone Star Barbecue and Mercantile in Santee, South Carolina, will host the 13th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25. Admission is free.

Thunder Alley, a wellknown bluegrass band from the Low Country, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Between Thunder Alley’s sets, Cindy Lampley of Columbia will take the stage to sing Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn classics, along with some other traditional country numbers.

The local group Lone Star Pickin’ Parlor will perform Saturday, from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m., and the Sugar Loaf Mountain Boys from the Midlands will entertain from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m County music group Mandy Addy and The Diving Horses Country Band will play from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. The group has opened for such stars as Marie Osmond, Moe Bandy, Little Jimmy Dickens and Joe Stampley.

Sunday’s schedule includes three groups. The Claude Lucas Bluegrass Band will entertain with a combination

Thunder Alley Bluegrass Band is among groups set to perform at the 13th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down in Santee May 23-25. of gospel and bluegrass tunes from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Two of the band’s members, Claude Lucas and Chris Boatwell, are members of the Lone Star Bluegrass and Country Music Hall of Fame.

Between the Lucas band sets, Norm LeBlanc from Summerton will pick and sing some vintage country classics To close the afternoon of performances, The Jordan Igoe Band from Charleston will entertain from 2:15 to 4 p.m.

“The talent for this year’s

Hoe Down is outstanding, with an excellent balance of bluegrass and country entertainers,” said Pat Williams, owner of Lone Star Barbecue and Mercantile.

Most of the performances are outside, so spectators are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and blankets, Williams said.

For more information, call Lone Star Barbecue & Mercantile at (803) 854-2000, (803) 515-3938 or visit www.lonestarbbq.net.

PETS OF THE WEEK

ALANA

MANNY

Alana a quiet, beagle mix girl with a cautious mind, in high hopes for a family with plenty of patience and time to spare to give her the kind of attention she deserves. If you think that may be you, then come on down and meet her. She and her sister Arista are healthy, spayed and vaccinated, and heartworm negative.

Manny is a 1-year-old, Manchester Terrier mix who’s up to date on vaccines and already neutered. His lively personality requires plenty of exercise and play time. He would do best with a family who has plenty of time to give. He thrives on attention. Manny is a very sweet, sensitive and affectionate little guy, who gets along with everyone. Even with children, cats or other dogs, Manny would make a perfect fit.

Meet Alana, Manny and many other cats and dogs at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

CAMP, FROM PAGE C1 “We’ve amassed about $85,000 worth of materials for the occasion.”

The Charleston-based organization extends its care beyond the camp, as well, offering financial assistance to families from money raised by the company.

They receive no government assistance. Camp Happy Days also offers other vocational programs, such as trips to Disney World, Doodlebug Trips for younger kids and Dream Dates and lock-ins for teenagers.

“Teens are tougher to reach, so we’re working on developing their programs even further,” Johnson said.

“All our programs include counseling, as well.”

The director said the organization works with hospitals across the state throughout the year to involve as many kids as possible.

“The majority of the kids are referred to us by doctors at hospitals in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville,” Johnson explained. “But we have kids from all over the state come to our events.”

Siblings are also included in the events. Johnson estimates that 75 percent of the children at the camp are suffering from cancer, and the remaining 25 percent are siblings.

“Children with cancer require care 24/7, and their

siblings often end up feeling left out,” Johnson said. “So we try to bring them along.

It gives them a chance to feel special, too.”

That happiness, no matter how brief, is exactly what the organization aims for, she said.

“That’s what we’re here for,” Johnson said. “If a child is well enough to come here, we’ll do what we can to find space for them.”

Reach out to Camp Happy Days by visiting its website at www.camphappydays.org or by phone at (843) 5714336. Be sure to check out its donation programs, which allow visitors to purchase gas cards, gift cards or even sponsor a family affected by cancer.

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CLARENDON SUN

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS JUNIOR GOLF FUNDRAISER The Clarendon County Junior Golf program will hold a fundraiser golf tournament on Saturday, June 28, at Shannon Greens Golf Club.

The format is a three-man scramble, captains choice.

Shotgun tee time at 11:00 am.

Check in is at 10:30 am. The cost is $49 per person. Discount cost is $135 per team if you register by June 20. Make checks payable to Clarendon County Recreation. You may pick up a registration form at J.C. Britton Park or Shannon Greens Golf Club. For more information, contact LeBon Joye at 473-3543.

FOOTBALL REGISTRATION Registration will be held through June 20. All registrations will be accepted at J.C. Britton Park in Manning. Registration will be Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 4733543 for more information.

The cost to register for football is $40. When registering, parents must provide the following: 1. Child’s birth certificate 2. Sign the “Parents Code of Conduct” 3. $40 fee AGES: 8 to 10, 11 to 12, as of Sept. 1.

Parents are responsible for purchasing the pants, padding and shoes.

Clarendon County Recreation Department supplies the helmets and shoulder pads, which must be returned at the end of the season. For information (803) 473-3543.

MEMORIAL DAY CLOSING The Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 and reopen on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The book drop will be open for the return of unrestricted materials.

MANNING PRIMARY SCHOOL BIRTHDAY Throughout this school year the MPS family has celebrated the school’s 60th birthday with a parade, family events, creative writing, and other events. The public is invited to share in the main event, MPS Night, as past and present administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, volunteers and community members are acknowledged. MPS Night begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, in the MPS cafeteria.

CLARENDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The CMH Board of Trustees meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month (excluding July and December) in the hospital board room.

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP A Forestry Management Workshop hosted by the Clarendon Soil and Water Conservation District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Clemson Extension and Blue Streak Farms will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, at Blue Streak Farms, 3351 Governor Richardson Road, Summerton.

Topics will include forest best management practices, tax incentives and farm bill programs.

Cost of the workshop is $15 for Clarendon County Residents and $20 for non-residents. Lunch and instruction materials are included. Registration is required by Thursday, June 5.

For more information, call Casey Blackmon or Brandon DuRant at (803) 435-2612, extension 3.

BRIDGE CLOSING A portion of Liberty Church Road between S-14262 and S-14-48 in Clarendon County will be closed for approximately two months, as the South Carolina Department of Transportation replaces a bridge. The SCDOT expects the new bridge to be open by June 18.

Motorists will be detoured on 2-14-262 and S-14-262.

Some school bus routes in Clarendon School District 2 will be affected.

For more information, call (803) 435-4431.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for atrisk youths in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus on students at Summerton Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary.

The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors.

Often, children simply need to know that someone cares about them and to have a positive role model in their lives. Mentoring time will take place on school property and only during school hours, possibly during the child’s activity time or lunch. The goal is to have mentors meet with children on a regular basis, for instance, once a week. Mentors will become volunteers of Clarendon School District 1 and will go through background checks as well as be given an orientation on being a mentor.

For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

CAMP HAPPY DAYS Camp Happy Days is here again, and donations of hats, T-shirts, sunscreen, toothpaste and other toiletries are sought.

Cash donations are especially needed, as the camp is funded solely from donations. Camp Happy Days gives children with cancer and their siblings a chance to leave worries of hospitals and painful treatments far behind as they plunge into six days of more fun than a child could ever imagine.

“But most of all, we would like donations to help pay the cost of the camp,” Bill Ellis said. “The most important thing for me is that these kids have a great time and they pay nothing for it.

It’s a good cause, and we’ll take any help we can get.”

For more information or to make a donation, call Bill Ellis at (803)460-7666. For more information on Camp Happy Days, visit www.camphappydays.org.

NURSE, FROM PAGE C1 as well as taking care of them in a nursing capacity.

Cameron said Touchberry lends a hand wherever needed.

“She’s willing to go to different departments if necessary, or come in extra,” Cameron said. “She is always willing to go the extra mile. I am proud to have her on my staff.”

Touchberry said she thinks it is a privilege to be a nurse.

“You get to be with patients and their families at the best times of their lives and at the worst times of their lives,” she said. “Whether it’s the birth of a child, or getting told that you don’t have a diagnosis of cancer. On the other end, it can be the death of a loved one or being told

that you do have cancer. You are there for the patient, but you are also there for the family, to be a support for them.”

Touchberry said she is inspired by her mom, Jean Brown.

“She has the spirit of helping others also. Even though she is not a nurse, she is always there for her children, her grandchildren and her friends. If you ever need anything from her, she is always there for you.”

Touchberry said she and her husband, Todd, have been married for seven years, and they are raising three boys and three girls: Justin, 20; Keaton, 15; Brittany, 14; Elizabeth, 13; Brent, 12; and Madeline, 10.

THE SUMTER ITEM

Free concert in Santee features bluegrass, country music SANTEE – Lone Star Barbecue and Mercantile in Santee, South Carolina, will host the 13th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25. Admission is free.

Thunder Alley, a wellknown bluegrass band from the Low Country, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Between Thunder Alley’s sets, Cindy Lampley of Columbia will take the stage to sing Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn classics, along with some other traditional country numbers.

The local group Lone Star Pickin’ Parlor will perform Saturday, from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m., and the Sugar Loaf Mountain Boys from the Midlands will entertain from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m County music group Mandy Addy and The Diving Horses Country Band will play from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. The group has opened for such stars as Marie Osmond, Moe Bandy, Little Jimmy Dickens and Joe Stampley.

Sunday’s schedule includes three groups. The Claude Lucas Bluegrass Band will entertain with a combination

Thunder Alley Bluegrass Band is among groups set to perform at the 13th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down in Santee May 23-25. of gospel and bluegrass tunes from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Two of the band’s members, Claude Lucas and Chris Boatwell, are members of the Lone Star Bluegrass and Country Music Hall of Fame.

Between the Lucas band sets, Norm LeBlanc from Summerton will pick and sing some vintage country classics To close the afternoon of performances, The Jordan Igoe Band from Charleston will entertain from 2:15 to 4 p.m.

“The talent for this year’s

Hoe Down is outstanding, with an excellent balance of bluegrass and country entertainers,” said Pat Williams, owner of Lone Star Barbecue and Mercantile.

Most of the performances are outside, so spectators are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and blankets, Williams said.

For more information, call Lone Star Barbecue & Mercantile at (803) 854-2000, (803) 515-3938 or visit www.lonestarbbq.net.

PETS OF THE WEEK

ALANA

MANNY

Alana a quiet, beagle mix girl with a cautious mind, in high hopes for a family with plenty of patience and time to spare to give her the kind of attention she deserves. If you think that may be you, then come on down and meet her. She and her sister Arista are healthy, spayed and vaccinated, and heartworm negative.

Manny is a 1-year-old, Manchester Terrier mix who’s up to date on vaccines and already neutered. His lively personality requires plenty of exercise and play time. He would do best with a family who has plenty of time to give. He thrives on attention. Manny is a very sweet, sensitive and affectionate little guy, who gets along with everyone. Even with children, cats or other dogs, Manny would make a perfect fit.

Meet Alana, Manny and many other cats and dogs at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

CAMP, FROM PAGE C1 “We’ve amassed about $85,000 worth of materials for the occasion.”

The Charleston-based organization extends its care beyond the camp, as well, offering financial assistance to families from money raised by the company. They receive no government assistance. Camp Happy Days also offers other vocational programs, such as trips to Disney World, Doodlebug Trips for younger kids and Dream Dates and lock-ins for teenagers.

“Teens are tougher to reach, so we’re working on developing their programs even further,” Johnson said.

“All our programs include counseling, as well.”

The director said the organization works with hospitals across the state throughout the year to involve as many kids as possible.

“The majority of the kids are referred to us by doctors at hospitals in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville,” Johnson explained. “But we have kids from all over the state come to our events.”

Siblings are also included in the events. Johnson estimates that 75 percent of the children at the camp are suffering from cancer, and the remaining 25 percent are siblings.

“Children with cancer require care 24/7, and their siblings often end up feeling

left out,” Johnson said. “So we try to bring them along.

It gives them a chance to feel special, too.”

That happiness, no matter how brief, is exactly what the organization aims for, she said.

“That’s what we’re here for,” Johnson said. “If a child is well enough to come here, we’ll do what we can to find space for them.”

Reach out to Camp Happy Days by visiting its website at www.camphappydays.org or by contacting Bill Ellis at (803) 460-7666 or by calling (843) 571-4336. Be sure to check out its donation programs, which allow visitors to purchase gas cards, gift cards or even sponsor a family affected by cancer.

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COMICS

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014

BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE

Guest marks territory but in wrong bathroom

Dear Abby ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

THE SUMTER ITEM

DEAR ABBY — My husband has a male co-worker, “Bo,” who comes to our house occasionally. We have two bathrooms, one of which is in our bedroom. The other is the

guest bathroom.

When Bo needs to use the restroom, he goes into our bedroom and uses ours. He never asks; he just goes in, even after I have pointed out the guest bathroom. It creeps me out. I feel like he’s invading my personal space, and I think it’s rude.

What can I do, since pointing out the guest bathroom

hasn’t worked? Bo is intimidating. Please tell me what I can do.

Creeped out in Greenville DEAR CREEPED OUT — I agree your husband’s co-worker’s behavior is creepy. If you have medications in your bathroom, you should check to be sure he isn’t helping himself to some of them when he visits.

Because you can’t seem to convey the message to “Bo the Boor,” before his next visit, ask your husband to tell him that guests are supposed to use the guest bathroom. And if that doesn’t discourage him, install a lock on your bedroom door.

DEAR ABBY — My 21-year-old daughter, “Alex,” and her 6-year-old moved into an apartment with her 18-year-

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

old boyfriend. We had a tough time accepting this, but I make do because I love Alex.

My boyfriend of eight years, “Niles,” can’t accept my daughter’s new boyfriend. We were invited over for dinner, and Niles refused to go.

I feel all future events will be strained and I’ll be forced to choose between my daughter and Niles. Please advise.

Sad Mother in New Jersey DEAR SAD MOTHER — Tell Niles that if you must choose between him and your daughter, you will choose your daughter.

Her romance may — or may not — last forever, but your relationship with her will. If Niles has a problem with that, do not let him make it your problem, too. Continue your relationship with your daughter and see Niles separately.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

ACROSS 1 Gallery exhibitors 8 NFL great “Boomer” 15 Dada pioneer 16 Heavenly 17 “Hamlet” woman at whose grave Gertrude says “Sweets to the sweet” 18 Flowing locks 19 Rain-__ Pops: gum-filled candy 20 “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” 22 LAPD rank 23 Polite country assent 25 Language suffix 26 “Divine Secrets of the __ Sisterhood” 28 “How I wonder what you are” 31 First of 12 popes 33 Mark or markka replacements 36 “Up above the ...”

37 Rock bottom 41 “... world so high” 43 Carrier with a hub at DEN 44 “Like a diamond in the sky” 46 Brewed drink 47 Very little, in recipes

49 Put the kibosh on 50 Agenda listings 52 “Divine Comedy” poet 53 Cagey 54 “Gay” capital of song 55 Forest foragers 57 Finger of smoke 58 Ditty sharing a melody with “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” 65 New Year’s Eve popper 66 Gumption 67 Fencing sword 68 Untidy situation 69 Throw money around 70 Atty.-to-be’s exam DOWN 1 “This looks like __ for Superman!”

2 Email option 3 California/Nevada resort lake 4 Suffix with elephant or serpent 5 Deli display 6 Chicago paper, familiarly 7 See 12-Down 8 Hold in high regard 9 Poke around the Web 10 Pleading re-

mark 11 Racing Unsers 12 With 7-Down, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” star 13 Horseshoeshaped letter 14 Place for a jay 21 ISP option 24 Moo __ pork 27 Busy mo. for a CPA 29 Hex 30 Many a Pi Day celebrant 31 Big name in high fashion 32 1980s fourpeat Stanley Cup champs 34 Frozen fruitjuice treats 35 “I was wrong.

So what?”

36 Campus hangout

38 Yeses at sea 39 Pioneer Boone, folksily 40 200-lap race, briefly 42 Place for posies 44 Ferris __ 45 “Shh!” 48 Chophouse fare 51 Loafer adornment 56 Tach measures: Abbr.

57 Invasive plant 58 Channel for old films 59 57-Down killer 60 Short flight 61 Lumberjack’s tool 62 Composting receptacle 63 PBS supporter 64 Understand