May 21, 2015

Cigarette theft leads to life without parole

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Arts & Crafts/Food Court/ Marketplace Swan Lake boat rides/live entertainment Community Displays: History of the Sumter Iris Festival, Sumter’s Military History “We Weld America” sponsored by Central Carolina Technical College Welding Program Art in the Gardens & Gateway to Gardening (until 5 p.m.)

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Saturday, May 23 • 1-4 p.m. — Lexi the Clown • 10:45-11 a.m. — King/Queens/ Dignitaries introduced • 11-11:30 a.m. — Diaper Derby & Parade presented by Dreamworks Dance Academy • 11:30 - noon — Miss Libby’s School of Dance • Noon-12:30 p.m. — Common Call Quartet, Charleston • 12:30-1 p.m. — Lemira Percussion • 1:30-2 p.m. — Lemira Percussion • 2-2:30 p.m. — Brian Rapier and Fallen Statues • 2:30-3 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville • 3-3:30 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Aiken • 3:30-4 p.m. — Freed School of Performing Arts • 4-4:30 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Aiken • 4:30-5 p.m. — Last Generation Quartet • 5-6 p.m. — Maddie Hunt, Myrtle Beach

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have served a lesser sentence, but he chose not to do that.

Duren was arrested July 17 and charged with second-degree burglary. He was still in custody when Sumter Police Department charged him with an additional second-degree burglary charge for a separate incident Aug. 28. Duren’s bond was denied Jan. 22, according to Sumter-Lee Detention Regional Center officials.

Because of his two previous convictions for burglary, Finney said the solicitor’s office chose to pursue the life without parole sentence. Duren represented himself in court.

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David Abraham Duren Jr., 56, of 6825 Panola Road, Pinewood, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Wednesday at Sumter County Judicial Center.

The charge was second-degree burglary, third offense, for stealing $900 worth of cigarettes.

South Carolina has a three-strike law on serious offenses, said Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III. If a person is convicted twice for the same type of crime, the prosecution has the option of

pursuing a life sentence on the third offense.

The crime scene showed that Duren broke into a South Sumter business DUREN through a foundation wall in the back of the store, Finney said. Duren left a smear of blood on the top of a freezer in the store, and the evidence was positively matched to the suspect.

Finney said Duren had the opportunity to plead guilty on the burglary charge prior to the case going to trial, for which he would

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Saturday, May 23 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Garden Street — Head Turnerz Classic Car Show • 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Children’s Area — Just Kidding Around • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bland Gardens – Children’s Art in the Park • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Alice Boyle Garden Center — Mary Hinson Flower Show • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Topiary artist Pearl Fryar, Bland Gardens • 10:45 a.m., Main stage — Introduction of Iris Kings, Queens • 11 a.m., Main stage — Diaper Derby & Parade • 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Visitors Center lawn — East Coast Golf Cart Show • 1-5 p.m., Visitors Center — N.Y.

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Sumter Master Gardener students, under the direction of Master Gardener Robin O’Brien, spent Tuesday morning changing the mulch and cleaning one of the gardens on the Garden Street side of Heath Gardens in preparation for Sumter Iris Festival. They were using the “lasagna” method of mulching, which involves laying down alternating layers of newspaper and organic materials.

O’Brien said in addition to their classroom work, each prospective Master Gardener must put in 40 hours of volunteer work, 20 of them at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

Yankees 1960 World Series MVP Bobby Richardson • 3, 5 and 7 p.m., Sumter County Civic Center — 75th Anniversary Celebration Laser Show Sunday, May 24 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Garden Street — Sumter Cruisers Show & Shine • Noon-5 p.m., Children’s Area, Just Kidding Around • Noon-5 p.m., Bland Gardens — Children’s Art in the Park • 1-4 p.m., Boyle Garden Center — Mary Hinson Flower Show

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE Main Stage Friday, May 22 • 1-1:30 p.m. — Hands on Praise Puppets, Harmony Church • 2-2:30 p.m. -— USC Blazin’ Star Steppers • 3-4 p.m. — Dennis Turner • 4-4:30 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville • 4:30-5 p.m. — Dreamworks Dance Academy • 5-5:30 p.m. — Believer’s Quartet

Sunday, May 24 • 1-4 p.m. — Lexi the Clown • 2-2:30 p.m. — Cross Anchor Quartet • 2:30-3 p.m. — Puppets4Christ, Aldersgate Methodist Church • 3-3:30 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville • 3:30-4:30 p.m. — SHS Jazz Band Dock: Friday, May 22 • 4-6 p.m. — From The Morning Saturday, May 23 • 2-4 p.m. — From The Morning Sunday, May 24 • 2-4 p.m. — John Berry & Kevin Jarvis Gazebo: Saturday, May 23 • Noon-4 p.m. — Frank Fickling, guitar Sunday, May 24 • 1-4 p.m. — Frank Fickling

City will spend nearly $1M Former Pinewood trustee on Main Street revitalization PINEWOOD LANDFILL

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Main Street between Bartlett and Calhoun streets is set to undergo several improvements as part of the Main Street Revitalization Project that is expected to take place sometime this summer.

Sumter City Council approved a resolution accepting a bid of $987,024 from Thompson Turner Construction of Sumter for the project during its meeting on Tuesday. An expected completion date was not announced.

Mayor Joe McElveen said the city has been preparing for the revitalization project for several years and hopes the project will be the final touch that will last a long time.

He said the project could help rev up economic development in the downtown area.

Regarding the near $1 million cost of the project, McElveen said the cost of a project of this magnitude is not unreasonable.

Howie Owens, downtown development manager, said parts of the project consists of infrastructure improvements and some things will not be seen.

He said the electrical lines are outdated and will be replaced to provide better power distribution on the street.

He said only certain areas of Main Street have the ability to support additional lighting which limits the location of festivities on Main Street.

Once the utilities have been upgraded, Owens said lights will be added to all trees between Bartlett and Calhoun streets to brighten the area and add beauty and safety.

The raised brick tree planters on the sidewalks will be replaced with grates and frames to provide more walking space and all of the crosswalks will be redone.

Owens said the concrete crosswalks will be heated and stamped with a tool that will give the appearance of individual bricks without the potential hazard

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likely to miss Senate hearing

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Bill Stephens, former managing principal of Kestrel Horizons, which was trustee for the Pinewood Site Custodial Trust until October 2014, has said he will be unable to testify at the South Carolina Senate joint committee on the Pinewood Site scheduled for Wednesday in Columbia. Stephens also announced he has postponed a Pinewood Site Exhibition and Workshop he had planned to give Tuesday.

While Stephens did not mention a specific reason for not attending the Senate subcommittee hearing, he said he was postponing the workshop because of conflicts with “vacation plans and some high school graduation event plans of several key potential important at-

tendees and participants.”

In a letter to Martha Castro, director of research for the Senate Medical Affairs Committee, SteJOHNSON phens said he “would be happy to attend a subsequent hearing.”

At the first hearing of the subcommittee, senators heard from Elizabeth Dieck, director of environmenMCELVEEN tal affairs for the Department of Health and Environmental Control; Ken Hagood, director of Pinewood Interim Administrators; and David Hagen, senior vice president of Haley and Aldrich Inc.

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Sumter Gallery presents art discussion, poetry

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sphere and crime scene tape.”

Watson said Lawson’s reading will be followed by “ ... an engaging and informative conversation between artist Antoine Williams and art historian Frank Martin.”

Williams’ exhibition, “The Knife and the Wound,” represents what the artist calls his “investigation of (his) cultural identity through the exploration of power as it relates to social stratification.”

He writes in his artist’s statement that his current work expresses his “desire to create works that serve as a backdrop for a mythology through which I question the ecology of lowincome communities of color and their relation with other social classes as well as the perception of the people of those communities.”

Art historian Martin is an artist himself, as well as a critic, curator, writer and educator. Currently pursuing his

through June 19.

“I was asked to write poems about each artist’s exhibit,” Lawson said, adding that “Poetry based on art is called ekphrasis. I’ll be reading these ekphrastic poems with commentary about my experience and process creating for the exhibit.

“Esteban’s exhibit includes a mural called ‘Beast of Burden Two,’ based on his father Miguel del Valle’s campaign for mayor of Chicago in 2011, the main focus of his exhibit. Antoine’s exhibit mostly focuses on race and afrofuturism, including a mural called ‘N. Charleston,’ based on the shooting of Walter Scott,” by a police officer.

The Sumter Item reviewer Jane Collins described the installation “N. Charleston” as “featur(ing) the omnipresent black, hooded presentiment of death, the figure holding four spikes symbolic of gunshot wounds, wooden spikes piercing the atmo-

In conjunction with its current exhibitions, the Sumter County Gallery of Art will present a special program at 5:30 p.m. today. Gallery director Karen Watson said the free event comprises two connected elements.

First on the program will be poet Len Lawson, LAWSON an English professor at Morris College and founder of the open mic poetry series, “How Sweet the Sound.” He will read his work based on the art of Antoine Williams and Esteban de WILLIAMS Valle, whose respective exhibitions, “The Wound and the Knife” and “Breaching the Wall,” can be seen at the gallery

doctorate in the African American Professors Program at the University of South Carolina, he is a graduate of Yale University and the City University of New York, Hunter College, with undergraduate and graduate degrees specializing in the history of art with extensive work in the theory of aesthetics and philosophy of art. Martin has also worked as a lecturer and administrator in the Division of Education Services of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The Sumter County Gallery of Art presents “A conversation with Antoine Williams and art historian Frank Martin” and a poetry reading

by Len Lawson from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the gallery, 200 Hasell St. in the Sumter County Cultural Center.

Light refreshments will be served.

Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. For more information, call the gallery at (803) 775-0543.

Detachment of Marine Corps League celebrates 10th anniversary

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A half million South Carolinians hitting road CHARLOTTE (AP) — With gas prices the lowest on Memorial Day in six years, more than a half million South Carolinians are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home during the upcoming holiday weekend.

AAA Carolinas reports that the average price of a gallon in the state is $2.40, the cheapest it has been since 2008.

The motor club based Charlotte predicts that more than 475,000 South Carolinians will be driving to their destinations.

Officials from the motor club say last year’s cold winter and the stronger economy are also encouraging people to travel.

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Marine Corps League Sumter Detachment 1202 installed new officers and celebrated its 10th anniversary Monday evening at VFW Post No. 3034. Marine Corps League National Commandant John Kovalcik was on hand for the ceremony as were state Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, and state Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter.

Besides handing out 27 10-year pins to detachment members, the group also presented a variety of awards to its members.

Smith presented a proclamation from the South Carolina House of Representatives to the detachment.

“Thank you for your service to your country and your community,” he said. “In the House, taking care of our military is one of our top priorities. We make sure we protect our military installations.”

McElveen presented a proclamation from the local delegation to the South Carolina General Assembly.

“In Sumter we are known for our uncommon patriotism,” he said. “But one

CORRECTION In a cutline on the front page of Tuesday’s Sumter Item, Jamie O’Neal was identified as the former commander of the Sumter chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. O’Neal is the current commander.

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Marine Corps League Sumter Detachment Commandant William Burton and National Commander John Kovalcik present William “Bill” Hartley with proclamation for his service at the detachment 10th anniversary dinner Monday at VFW Post 3034. thing we haven’t done enough is say thank you for your service.”

Kovalcik congratulated the detachment for its first 10 years.

“I hope I will be alive for your 20th,” he said.

A special award was presented to founding member William “Bill” Hartley for his service as a board member and support for the Marine Corps League Toys for Tots campaign.

Harvey Senter read a proclamation naming the detachment for Hartley, apparently in violation of a rule against

naming a detachment after a living person.

“So we don’t lose our charter,” Senter said, “This proclamation doesn’t exist.”

Kovalcik, however, read a proclamation saying “someday this detachment will be known as the William L. Hartley Detachment 1202.”

Hartley credited other members for his accomplishments.

“All of this was you all, not me,” he said. “Thank you for your support, for all you’ve done, that we’ve done.”

Former S.C. State trustee sentenced to 5 years for corruption COLUMBIA — During a lengthy and at times tearful hearing in Columbia, the former board chairman of South Carolina State University was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for his role in a kickback and corruption scheme.

U.S. District Judge David Norton on Wednesday also fined Jonathan Pinson more than $337,000, saying that the Greenville businessman had needlessly thrown away all he’d worked for.

“You sold your reputation and your integrity for so little money,” Norton said.

Pinson, 45, was convicted last year on 29 counts, including racketeering and money laundering. Authorities say he skimmed federal money from projects, including a diaper plant in Marion County and a low-income housing development in Columbia, then falsified paperwork to get more funds.

Prosecutors also said he used his influence to make money

off a homecoming concert at the historically black Orangeburg school and tried to get the college to buy land from a Florida developer. In exchange, that developer promised Pinson a Porsche SUV. Eight people, including Pinson’s brothers and wife, testified on his behalf, lauding his community achievements and love for his friends and family.

Pinson tearfully begged Norton for leniency, asking that he not be condemned for what he called “a brief, dark period.”

“I was in way over my head,” Pinson said. “The venting of my stress was through those phone calls.”

The calls Pinson referenced were more than 100 taped conversations involving Pinson out of 15,000 phone calls federal agents monitored in their wideranging racketeering investigation. Prosecutors played several of the tapes during Pinson’s trial last year, including one in which Pinson brags he can secure contracts to the university or the city of Columbia and get

money or something else of value in return.

“This is my (expletive) city,” Pinson said on the tape.

Defense attorney Jim Griffin said investigators first thought they had trapped a big fish like Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, who did business with Pinson but was not charged.

When that didn’t pan out, he said, they went after an honest businessman, carefully picking and choosing conversations from those calls that looked sinister out of context.

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Happy 100th birthday Rotary style Sumter Rotary Club members celebrate the 100th birthday of Ross McKenzie, seated. McKenzie, who retired in 2011 as chief executive officer of Sumter Coatings at age 96, turns 100 on May 26. He has been a member of Sumter Rotary Club for more than 60 years. McKenzie was also presented with a resolution from South Carolina Rotary District 7770 in honor of his service to Rotary and the Sumter community.

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Daughter of deputy pleads for tips after dad ambushed, shot shot late May 14 outside a gas station.

Authorities say the man then carjacked another victim at gunpoint and fled.

“He left our father there to die,” Rogers’ daughter said. “If this was your son lying in the critical care unit at MUSC, wouldn’t you want someone to help you find the shooter?”

Rogers is in critical but stable condition after sustaining multiple gun-

MONCKS CORNER (AP) — Five days after a Berkeley County sheriff’s lieutenant was shot and wounded by a masked gunman in Charleston, the injured lieutenant’s daughter has issued a public plea for information to help catch the suspect.

Jaime Rogers Wyatt tearfully addressed a crowd during a news conference outside the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Tuesday. Her father, Lt. Will Rogers, was

man, 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11, and 150 to 170 pounds, spokesman Thom Berry said. He has dark hair with a reddish tint toward the forehead, he said.

Surveillance video identified the gunman as wearing a mask, dark pants and a white, long-sleeved shirt.

He was carrying a red bag.

Officials announced Tuesday that the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect has been increased to $11,000.

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More than 200 officers took part in a massive manhunt after the shooting, but authorities have not found the gunman.

The manhunt was called off after investigators determined the shooter had made it out of the area.

State Law Enforcement Division agents on Saturday released a sketch of a person of interest in the case.

A witness described him as a black

POLICE BLOTTER STOLEN PROPERTY Two black Fossil tote bags, one valued at $350 and the other valued at $150; a black Coach purse valued at $250; a black Tommy Hilfiger wallet valued at $60; a gray leopard wallet valued at $20; a rolling briefcase containing employee files; and $100 were reported stolen from a 2008 gold Nissan Sentra on May 18. The victim said she had a debit card, Visa card and her driver’s license between both wallets.

A riding lawnmower valued at $500 was reported stolen from behind the owner’s porch on May 19. At the time of the report, no other items from his property had been stolen. No arrest has been

made in the theft.

A black and blue moped valued at $900 with a yellow and red tag was reported stolen on May 18 from the parking lot of a business in the 1000 block of Broad Street. The complainant said he saw two black men in a yellow pickup truck with white trim put the moped in the back of their truck and drive away toward Market Street.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A window of a restaurant in the 400 block of Broad Street was reportedly damaged on May 19. The owner said he saw a young black man throw a rock at the window and run away. Damage to the window was estimated at $1,000.

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CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Today-Friday — Youth Revival “End of School Year Praise Break” at 7:30 nightly.

Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — WMS / YPD children’s contest / fashion extravaganza immediately following morning worship.

Bethel AME Church, 219 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

* Saturday — Yard / bake sale beginning at 7 a.m.

* Sunday — Women’s Day program at 11:15 a.m.

Christian Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church, 3018 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Sunday-Friday, June 7-12 — Revival at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Friday.

High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Thursday-Saturday, May 28-30 — Youth Explosion Revival at 6:30 nightly.

Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Friday — Adult choir anniversary program at 7 p.m. * Sunday, May 31 — Youth Day service.

Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Sunday, June 7 — Appreciation service for Minister John Turner at 11 p.m. The Rev. Tommy L. China Sr. will speak.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, June 7 — Holy communion after 10:15 a.m. worship. * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

Church of God of Prophecy, 1670 Guignard Drive, announces: * Saturday — Corinthians Singers will provide music at 6 p.m.

Briggs Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 7135 Wash Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Monday-Thursday, June 1-4, and Sunday, June 7 — Pastor’s 20th anniversary celebration at 7 nightly Monday-Thursday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St., announces: * Today-Sunday — Women of Faith 2015 women’s conference at 7:30 nightly Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — 39th anniversary celebration of soloist Sister Clara Pringle at 4 p.m. On the program: Corinthian Gospel Singers; Melodyaires; Spiritual Gospel Singers; and more.

Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry, 1098 Lemon Ave., Manning, (across from Camp Bob Cooper), announces: * Outdoor interdenominational worship service at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday through Labor Day weekend for those who spend their summer weekends at Lake Marion. Find them on Facebook.

Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — Missionary fifth Sunday services at 9 a.m. * Sunday, June 7 — Senior Pastor Grant will be recognized for his 25 years in ministry at 10 a.m. * Sunday, June 14 — Baptism, new members fellowship and student recognition at 10 a.m.

Faith Missionary Baptist Church No. 1, 115 Laurel St., announces: * Sunday — Fourth Sunday fellowship at 4 p.m. Bishop Eddie Graham will speak.

First Assembly of God, 3574 S.C. 260 South, Manning, announces:

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Sunday — Cancer Survivor Sunday and book signing at 5:30 p.m. featuring Dr. Eliza Black and Author Matt D. Talford.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — Youth service. * Sunday, June 7 — Usher’s anniversary program during morning worship. * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Sabrina Fort, of Great Commission Ministries, Lake City, will speak. Knitting Hearts is a community-wide, multi-denominational women’s ministry. Visit www.knittingheartsministry.org.

Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces:

Author, cancer survivor to speak at Jehovah FROM STAFF REPORTS

a “calculated risk,” veering away from the traditional memoir style by crafting his story as a saga. He takes you through his early thoughts and fears regarding “the cword,” then illustrates how he used the skills he learned during his 16-year career in information technology to carefully create a plan to help him see his diagnosis as “just another complex computer issue” that needed to be resolved quickly and completely.

Talford served as a medic in the United States Army and Army Reserves both during and after Operation Desert Storm. After four years working as an ER technician by day and attending college at night, he spent the next 16 years working in the field of information technology, while moonlighting as a contributing writer and editor for a Charlotte-based arts and

Author and Army veteran Matt D. Talford will speak at Sumter’s Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church at 5:30 p.m.

Sunday about his personal memoir, “From Fear To Faith: A Survivor’s Story.”

The book chronicles his life from childhood as one TALFORD of six children of teenaged parents through his struggle with a rare and deadly form of cancer he refers to as “The Scourge.”

Sunday’s event, “Survivor Sunday: Celebrating The Lives of Cancer Survivors,” will feature Talford and keynote speaker Dr. Eliza Black.

The event is free and open to the public.

In the book Talford, who retired from Microsoft at the age of 40, takes what he calls

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entertainment publication.

“From Fear to Faith: A Survivor’s Story” is available at Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats and on Apple iBooks. A limited number of autographed copies are also available directly from the author’s website:www. mdtalford.com.

For more information about the book or Talford, contact Joetta Irving Talford by phone or email: 704-4088625; joetta@talfordarts.com.

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Greater Abyssinian Baptist Church Newark, New Jersey

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Schedule of Guest Churches and Choirs.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Corinth Baptist Church Salem Baptist Church Bethany Baptist Church

SPIRITUAL LECTURES

St. James Holiness Church, 3655 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Sunday — The ushers will hold a service of celebration at 3 p.m.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — There will be no worship services. * Sunday, June 7 — Pastor Grant will be recognized for his 25 years in ministry at 1 p.m.

Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday — Memorial Day service at 9:50 a.m. The Rev. Leroy Thomas, of Harlem, New York, will speak.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — Graduation Sunday at 11 a.m.

Sheppard Ministries announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Southern

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — Family and friends day. Church school begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by children’s church and devotional services at 10:45 a.m., and worship at 11 a.m.

The Rock Church of Sumter, 365 N. St. Paul Church Road, announces: * Saturday — “Setting Ambushments” musical night at 5 p.m. * Sunday — Anniversary celebration at 4:30 p.m.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday-Thursday, May 28 — Revival service at 10 a.m. Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Thursday. * Sunday, June 7 — A night of worship with the creative arts, praise dance, mime, spoken work and more at 4 p.m.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Mount Zion Baptist Church New Bethel Baptist Church St. James UM Church

Spring Hill AME Church, 4309 Bill Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, May 31 — 116th church anniversary celebration at 3 p.m.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Saturday — Family and friends weekend as follows: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, fun and games for the whole family, stewardship workshop by the pastor and cookout on the church grounds; and 10:45 a.m. Sunday, worship celebration. * Sunday, May 31 — Youth worship celebration at 10:45 a.m.

Minister Cedric Anderson will speak.

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Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 240 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Sunday — The Singing Sheppards will provide music at 5 p.m.

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Heritage concert choir at 6 p.m. at Wedgefield Baptist Church, 6220 Wedgefield Highway, Wedgefield. Doors open at 5 p.m.

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Spring Revival Trinity Missionary Baptist Church Rev. Larry C. Weston, Pastor

155 Wall Street, Sumter, SC 29150

Phone (803) 775-4041 • Fax (803) 775-4378 Email: tmbc@sc.rr.com Website: www.mytmbc.org

Please join us for Prayer, Singing, Testifying and Preaching from May 24, 2015 Until May 28, 2015

Thursday, June 11, 2015 Union Station AME Church Mulberry Baptist Church Bethlehem Baptist Church Friday, June 12, 2015 Trinity Baptist Church Kingdom M-Pact Worship Center

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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015

During Sunday’s sermon, if you snooze, you lose

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his week’s column is a topic I’ve wanted to cover since I began this column. It’s controversial and highly taboo among lifelong church attendees, and, I’ll admit, I’ve been a little hesitant to discuss it.

It’s the Sunday-morning snooze, the liturgy-induced lethargy: Sleeping in church.

I’m sure there are some of you who would frown upon my expounding on such an activity, but the fact is that people all across the world are sleeping in church, maybe even right now. Having been on both sides of the snooze, both a sleeper and the one who induced sleep, as well as my tenure as an observer in the church pew, I feel fairly qualified to offer my advice.

The act of sleeping during church has actually been around, well, since the modern idea of church began. As long as people have been trying to preach the good word, there have been people trying to sleep through it. Early church member Eutychus in Acts 20 earned a mention in Scripture for nodding off while perched on a three-story-high windowsill while attending a late-night sermon. He escaped injury, by the grace of God. It brings us to rule No. 1 — don’t sleep in an open window, which is sort of a good rule of thumb for life in general.

It’s also polite to be discreet, although I knew one pastor who would rather his church members be bold in their decision to sleep. “I have more respect for someone who snores out

loud than for someone who tries to hide it,” one such pastor once told me.

It takes years of dedication and work to perfect one’s church-sleeping technique. If you have glasses, reading or prescription, try to angle them in such a way that they catch the reflection off the stained glass. Fold your arms in front of you, which will help you center your weight and prevent you from falling to the side.

Don’t forget to keep your Bible open to complete the illusion.

If you’ve been in the game for a while, you might try the deep-inprayer position. Head Faith Matters in hands, elbows on knees, the seemingly JAMIE H. penitent congregant WILSON can fool most if not for the errant offering plate that displaces an elbow. This position works because no one can truly tell if you are wrestling with spiritual convictions or catching a couple of winks before the lunch buffet.

Sleeping in the choir loft is reserved for only the most expert of sleepers; it’s the big leagues. Not only are you on stage, but you also must perforate your nap to accommodate intermittent singing. Further, you must master the art of closed-mouth snoozing lest you be caught, maw gaping and eyes fluttering in REM sleep.

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‘It takes years of dedication and work to perfect one’s church-sleeping technique.

If you have glasses, reading or prescription, try to angle them in such a way that they catch the reflection off the stained glass. Fold your arms in front of you, which will help you center your weight and prevent you from falling to the side.’ years old and under. Scripture tells us that Sunday is indeed the day of rest but not something to sleep through.

Our weekly worship should leave us invigorated because we were reminded of any number of spiritual truths. It’s important for you to have your eyes open this Sunday. What a shame it would be for us to miss a command of God because we slept through it.

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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter 213 N. Main Street 803-773-3823 The Rev. Marcus Adam Kaiser Sunday Services 8:30 am (Rite 1) & 11:00 am (Rite ll) in the Sanctuary Sunday School for All Ages at 10 am Nursery Available 10 am to 12:30 pm www.holycomforter.net

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etired? You may not be employed any longer, but you sure can stay busy. Remaining as physically and mentally active and as positive as possible is essential. Staying active is easy, there are so many volunteer jobs to be done. Look to your house of worship and become more involved; you can be a great blessing to younger and busier families by doing the work they don’t have time for. Keep your spirit active through faith in God’s Word; worship regularly and stay young at heart.

Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

Assembly of God First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

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Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 803-499-1838 Pastor Jonathan Bradshaw Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

Church of Christ Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

Interdenominational City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

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RELIGION BRIEF Senate adds religious freedom to trade bill WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted unanimously to require U.S. negotiators to take religious freedom into account in any country taking part in trade talks.

The amendment sponsored

by Sen. Jim Lankford was added Monday to objectives outlined in major trade legislation sought by President Obama. The Oklahoma Republican said the United States should “lead with our values and not sell out for a dollar the people who have been in bondage as a prisoner of conscience for years.”

The trade bill sets parameters under which the administration could negotiate trade deals that Congress could then approve or reject but not change.

Obama is seeking the “fasttrack” authority to complete a Trans-Pacific trade deal with 11 other countries along the Pacific rim.

Lankford’s office says if the trade bill becomes law, it would be the first time that religious freedom considerations are a requisite for trade talks with other countries.

Non-Denominational Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall)

Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.

Hospitality/Fellowship 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

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Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Yard Sale May 9th

Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

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Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Worship 8:45 am Traditional Worship 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am trinityumcsumter.org

Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

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Legion of foreign fighters battles for Islamic State

BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI The Associated Press PANKISI GORGE, Georgia — One day this April, instead of coming home from school, two teenagers left their valley high in the Caucasus and went off to war.

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 20-year-old stole her friend’s passport to make the same hazardous journey.

From New Zealand came a former security guard, from Canada a hockey fan who loved to fish and hunt.

And there have been many, many more: between 16,000 and 17,000, according to one independent Western estimate, men and a small number of women from 90 countries or more who have streamed to Syria and Iraq to wage Muslim holy war for Islamic State.

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the group’s leader, has appealed to Muslims throughout the world to move to lands under its control — to fight, but also to work as administrators, doctors, judges, engineers and scholars, and to marry, put down roots and start families.

“Every person can contribute something to the Islamic State,” a Canadian enlistee in Islamic State, Andre Poulin, said in a videotaped statement that has been used for online recruitment. “You can easily earn yourself a higher station with God almighty for the next life by sacrificing just a small bit of this worldly life.”

The contingent of foreigners who have taken up arms on behalf of Islamic State during the past 3½ years is more than twice as big as the French Foreign Legion. The conflict in Syria and Iraq has now drawn more volunteer fighters than past Islamist causes in Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia — and an estimated eight out of 10 enlistees have joined Islamic State.

They have been there for defeats and victories. Following major losses in both Syria and Iraq, the fighters of Islamic State appear to have gotten a second wind in recent days, capturing Ramadi, capital of Iraq’s largest Sunni province, and advancing in central Syria to the outskirts of the ancient city of Palmyra, famous for its 2,000-year-old ruins.

There are battle-hardened Bosnians and Chechens, prized for their experience and elan under fire. There are religious zealots untested in combat but eager to die for their faith.

They include about 3,300 Western Europeans and 100 or so Americans, according to the International Center for the Study of Radicalization, a think tank at King’s College London.

Ten to 15 percent of the enlistees are thought to have died in action. Hundreds of others have survived and gone home; their governments now worry about the consequences.

“We all share the concern that fighters will attempt to return to their home countries or regions and look to participate in or support terrorism and the radicalization to violence,” Nicholas J. Rasmussen, director of the U.S. government’s National Counterterrorism Center, told a Senate hearing earlier this year.

“Just like Osama bin Laden started his career in international terrorism as a foreign fighter in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the next generation of Osama bin Ladens are currently starting theirs in Syria and Iraq,” ICSR director Peter Neumann told a White House summit on combating extremist violence in February.

One problem in choking off the flow of recruits has been the variety of their profiles and motives.

AP reporters on five continents tracked some who have left to join and found people born into the Islamic faith as well as converts, adventurers, educated professionals and people struggling to cope with disappointing lives.

“There is no typical profile,” according to a study by German security authorities obtained by AP. The study reported that among people leaving that country for Syria out of “Islamic extremist motives,” 65 percent were thought to have

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An image from a video released by Islamic State militants appears to show Andre Poulin, a Canadian enlistee in the Islamic State group, speaking in a video that has been used for online recruitment. He was reported killed in August 2014 during an assault on a government-controlled airfield. previous criminal records.

They ranged in age between 15 and 63. Sixty-one percent were German-born, and there were nine men for every woman.

In contrast, John G. Horgan, a psychologist who directs Center for Terrorism & Security Studies at University of Massachusetts Lowell, found some common traits among American recruits or would-be recruits for jihad. Typically, he said, they are in their late teens or early 20s, though a few have been in their mid-30s.

“From a psychological perspective, many of them are at a stage in their lives where they are trying to find their place in the world — who they are, what their purpose is,” Horgan said. “They certainly describe themselves as people who are

struggling with conflict. They are trying to reconcile this dual identity of being a Muslim and being a Westerner, or being an American.”

Some are driven by religious zeal to protect the caliphate, or Muslim theocracy, that Islamic State has proclaimed in the one-third of Syrian and Iraqi territory now in its hands; others are thrilled by the chance to join what is tantamount to a secret and forbidden club.

Still others appear to enlist mainly because others do.

“What they have in common is that they are young, they are impressionable, and they are hungry for excitement,” Horgan said.

Once recruits arrive in areas held by Islamic State, they appear to receive only rudimenta-

ry military training — including how to load and fire a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Nonetheless, they have been involved in “some of the most violent forms of attacks” by the group, including suicide bombings and filmed beheadings of foreigners, said William Braniff, executive director for the

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, a multidisciplinary research center headquartered at University of Maryland.

Areeb Majeed, 23, from a suburb of Mumbai, India, joined Islamic State in May 2014 and fought for six months, killing up to 55 people and taking a gunshot to the chest.

But all was not heroics. He eventually called his parents from Turkey and asked to come home, according to Indian newspapers. Majeed’s chief complaint, officials from India’s National Investigation Agency were quoted as saying, was that the group didn’t pay him and made him clean toilets and haul water on the battlefield.

Often, though, the foreign combatants use social media to serve as “role models and facilitators for the next volunteers,” Braniff said.

“Before I came here to Syria, I had money, I had a family, I had good friends, it wasn’t like I was some anarchist or somebody who just wants to destroy the world, to kill everybody,” said Poulin, the Canadian ISIS recruiter.

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PINEWOOD FROM PAGE A1 Hagen said at the meeting that his firm, which was brought in for a third-party analysis of the site, found no problems with the way the facility was administered.

“We did not find any current risk to human health or the environment,” Hagen said. “The site is well monitored.”

Hagood said at the May 13 subcommittee hearing that “no releases of hazardous waste above a regulated limit has been detected.”

In his May 18 letter to Castro, Stephens praised Haley and Aldrich as an “excellent consulting firm” but said Haley and Aldrich was “provided a compact, well shaped and manicured set of information designed to ensure that Haley and Aldrich would produce the desired conclusions and recommendations.”

Stephens said he is preparing a written review of the Haley and Aldrich report, which he said he would provide to legislators, Gov. Nikki

MAIN STREET FROM PAGE A1 of bricks coming loose.

Thompson Turner Construction is the same company that is contracted with the city to build the hotel on Main Street and the two-story parking garage on the corner of Calhoun and Sumter streets.

The hotel and garage projects are planned to be constructed at the same time in an effort to eliminate the complication of having two contracting companies share the

Haley and others.

Among concerns Stephens has raised is the possibility of leachate, or contaminated water from the landfill, breaching the monitoring well system without detection. Material he distributed in September 2014 includes a proposal for Pinewood improvements submitted by AECOM, which cites studies that show leaks “are likely to remain in narrow plumes and bypass the capture zone of most monitoring well systems.”

According to AECOM’s proposal, the 1990 study concluded “these monitoring systems have a low probability of detecting leachate-polluted groundwater before widespread off-site groundwater pollution occurs.”

Additional monitoring wells have been added at the site since the AECOM proposal, but it is unclear whether the monitoring wells in place would detect a narrow plume of polluted water.

Stephens was asked if he thought the concern has been addressed.

“The short and complete answer is ‘No.’ The conclu-

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A model of the Pinewood Landfill is seen during a tour in April. sions of the Haley and Aldrich report and the statements of Elizabeth Dieck and Ben Hagood regarding the adequacy, reliability and technical soundness of the ground-

water monitoring program, and results simply perpetuate the sham being presented by DHEC as ‘true, accurate, and complete,’” Stephens said.

Local senators on the com-

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mittee expressed disappointment that Stephens will not be available to testify at the next hearing and said missing the hearing could damage his credibility.

“I am sure he has a busy schedule like the rest of us, but I feel it is important for him to come and say what he knows,” said Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning. “If things are as bad as he has alluded to, he should find the time to give us his version.”

Sen. Thomas McElveen, DSumter, called Stephen’s apparent reluctance to testify “hard to understand.”

“It was information he released in 2014 that got this whole ball rolling,” McElveen said. “I have talked to other members of the committee, and they think it is of the utmost importance for Stephens to testify. I hope he will show up so we can hear from him directly.”

same space and alleviate traffic interruptions caused by having the projects constructed at different times.

All three projects could end up overlapping, but Owens said he does not think the contractor company will have any issues completing any of the projects.

He said now that city council has approved the bid for the project, city officials and representatives of Thompson Turner Construction will begin negotiating the final aspects of the contract.

Deal nears on agenda bill One other small compromise requires any public body that maintains its own website to publish the agenda online.

The agreement would have to be approved by the entire House and Senate. Each chamber passed its own bill unanimously earlier in the session.

Rep. Bill Taylor, who is one of the Freedom of Information Act’s biggest supporters in the General Assembly, said the agenda bill isn’t needed for cities that run their governments fairly, but for those who have to have the power of the law to make sure they stay accountable.

“The public has to have a fair shake. They have to have notice to come talk to us,” said Taylor, R-Aiken.

Most public bodies in South Carolina have been publishing agendas for decades, but the state Supreme Court ruled last year that the law only suggested the list of items to be considered instead of requiring them.

COLUMBIA (AP) — House and Senate members are nearing a deal on a bill that would require government bodies in South Carolina to publish agendas before public meetings.

The solving of a problem created by a state Supreme Court ruling last year looks like it will be the only win this year for advocates of open records as other bills making autopsy reports public records and clarifying how quickly governments must respond to public records requests and preventing them from charging excessive fees appear to be stuck.

A conference committee discussing the agenda bill Wednesday agreed to require a two-thirds vote to alter an agenda within 24 hours of a meeting. City or county councils or other public bodies would also have to agree it was an emergency situation if the members could make a final decision on the agenda item.

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Janice Richburg, president of Alcolu Preservation Society, speaks at the opening of a restored mill house on Saturday. At left is Robert Alderman, great-grandson of David Wells Alderman, who founded the town in 1889. The house includes furniture, photos and other memorabilia from the 1940s.

House’s restoration helps preserve Alcolu’s history as mill town

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Pauline Blackwell, 88, who was the oldest living resident from Alcolu present at the house restoration on Saturday, was taken back to another time in the town’s history while she cut the ribbon of a restored 1900s Alcolu mill house that now serves as a replica for the town’s history.

Blackwell moved to the town with her family when she was five in 1932.

“My grandparents worked in the mill, and I was a nanny for some of the Alderman children,” she said. “I was honored to have been chosen to cut the ribbon of a house that represents so much of the history of the town.”

Alcolu Preservation Society has been hard at work for the last 20 years in bringing back the memories of the town’s booming days.

On Saturday those efforts came to fruition as one of the village’s dilapidated houses was restored and made

to look like a replica of a house from when Alcolu was an operational mill town. One is taken back to the 1940s upon entering the house filled with furniture, photographs and other memorabilia from that era. Many of the items on display were loaned or donated, and others were bought from antique shops.

The house was donated by Wilma Burke Harper, a former resident of the town. It was built in the early 1900s and had not been occupied in about 50 years.

Efforts to restore the house came not only from society members, but also from those who had no relation to the village in any capacity.

“The project has been a team effort from the beginning,” said Janice Richburg, president of Alcolu Preservation Society. “It’s great to see people from the community come together to bring back some of the memories and recognize the history of the town.”

Richburg remembers growing up in Alcolu in the 1940s when it was a pros-

Pauline Blackwell, 88, who grew up in Alcolu, is seen after cutting the ribbon to the recently restored Alcolu mill house. The early 1900s house was restored by the Alcolu Preservation Society.

perous town filled with a saw mill, several stores, an auditorium and nearly 200 homes. Roughly 170 of those homes were provided by Alderman Co., named after the family who owned the mill and operated the town.

A person’s house was based on the type of work he or she did within the mill. Alcolu was a company town where everybody worked in one of the various businesses of D.W. Alderman & Sons. The business grew to include logging operations, a saw mill, planing mill, hosiery mill, flooring mill and extensive farming and cattle ranching.

They also ran a cotton gin, hotel, com-

pany store and several other businesses.

“It was a nice place to grow up,” Richburg said. “The town was self-sufficient; you had everything you needed right here.”

The town had turbines from the mill that produced its own electricity, and the street lights burned day and night.

The village had two schools, an elementary and a training school. It also had two churches that are still in existence today, Clarendon Baptist Church and Greenhill Baptist Church.

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EMT, volunteer firefighter fights cancer with community’s help Melissa Brunson has spent her life helping others. Serving as a volunteer firefighter with Sumter Fire Department and as an EMT with Clarendon Health System EMS, she has been there for people when they needed her the most. She never thought she would be the one in need of help.

In late March, Brunson, 57, found out she had a brain tumor. Ovarian cancer was also discovered in her stomach, and carcinoma was found in the fluid outside of her lung.

Before becoming sick on March 30, Brunson worked a 24-hour shift.

“She has always been there for everyone else,” said her daughter, Lauren Brunson.

“And now her family and her EMS family are helping her get better.”

Lauren, who’s also an EMT with Clarendon Health System, said everyone in the Clarendon EMS community has been very supportive.

was taken to Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, where she was placed in the intensive care unit for about a week. She was released, but after spending four days at home, she started to get worse.

“The tumor had grown, and fluid was found outside of her lungs,” said Lauren. “The doctor said that it may be carcinoma and recommended that they see an oncologist.”

Brunson was transferred to Palmetto Health Richland where she spent about four weeks in radiation treatment.

Through it all, she has kept a positive attitude.

“I’m thankful for all of the help that I’ve received from

Melissa Brunson, EMT with Clarendon Health System, works out on an elliptical machine as part of her rehabilitation at National Health Care Center in Sumter and is seen with her daughter, Lauren Brunson.

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Prothro Chevrolet has been in business since 1926. Only five dealerships out of 88 in South Carolina and North Carolina received the honor. Seen from left to right are co-owners William Prothro and Lannes C. Prothro III, District Sales Manager Iran Cummings and Sales Manager Pro Prothro.

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Russell is a 3-year-old male Australian shepherd mix. He is up to date on his shots, is negative for heartworms and has been neutered. He is a sweet dog who wants attention, but he chases cats. The adoption fee for Russell is $125. Visit Russell at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Like meat, milk provides high-quality protein. Unlike the protein in meat, however, the protein in fat-free, low-fat, and reduced-fat milk does not come packaged with fat. Milk is particularly high in the amino acid lysine, which makes milk an ideal complement to cereals, breads, and other grain Nancy products beHarrison cause they RETIRED CLEMSON are lacking this essential EXTENSION AGENT amino acid.

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In fact, pasteurization — heating milk to destroy diseasecausing bacteria, yeasts and molds — is required for Grade A milk. Homogenization, which distributes the milk fat evenly through the milk, is another process.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 recommends that most adults and children daily consume at least 3 cups of fat-free or low-fat milk or equivalent amounts of yogurt or cheese. This is in combination with a healthy diet and is based on getting 2,000 calories. Children aged 2 to 8 need two cups per day.

For most Americans, consuming more fat-free or lowfat milk products, along with vegetables, fruits and whole grains, has important health benefits. Diets that include milk products tend to have a higher overall nutritional quality.

If you do not or cannot consume milk, choose lactosefree and lactose-reduced products, or eat other foods that are good calcium sources.

Other sources of calcium include canned fish with bones (such as sardines), nuts, fruits, vegetables, dried beans, rice beverages, molasses, some leafy greens, calciumfortified foods and beverages and soy products. The amount of calcium the body can ab-

sorb from these foods varies.

A calcium-rich diet that includes milk and milk products is important to bone health.

Children and adolescents need calcium to build their peak bone mass, which is reached by age 20. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, building strong bones during childhood and adolescence can be the best defense against developing osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease, later in life. Bone mass must be maintained in later years as well.

Nutrients in milk include: Calcium builds stronger bones and teeth and maintains bone mass. It also helps muscles and nerves to work properly, helps the blood to clot and may help to reduce weight gain. Milk and milk products are the primary source of calcium in American diets, providing more than 70 percent of our calcium.

Potassium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. Yogurt and fluid milk are two milk products that are good sources.

Vitamin D is like a key that unlocks the door and lets the body absorb calcium. It maintains proper levels of calcium and phosphorous, which helps to build and maintain bones.

Good sources are sunlight, vitamin D-fortified milk, vitamin D-fortified ready-to-eat breakfast cereals and vitamin D-fortified yogurt.

Protein builds, repairs and maintains all body tissues and provides energy when carbohydrates and fats are in short supply.

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Manning City Council OKs 1st reading of 2016 budget

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning City Council approved first reading of the 2016 fiscal year budget at its regularly scheduled meeting Monday. At first reading, the budget comes out to $7.4 million.

City Administrator Scott Tanner said residents within city limits will see a $3 increase in their water bills next year. Residents on city water outside of city limits will see a $3.50 increase.

Tanner said there will also be an increase in wastewater services. Residents inside city limits will see a $2.50 increase, and residents outside city limits will see a $3 increase.

Tanner said the fee increases in water services are necessary to meet the debt services requirement.

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Thelma Burke Black, who grew up in Alcolu, speaks with Russell Harrelson, who also grew up in the town, in the kitchen of a restored mill house. Alcolu Preservation Society hosted an opening ceremony for the site on Saturday.

MILL HOUSE FROM PAGE A8 Alcolu was founded by the Aldermans, a prominent family from North Carolina, in 1889. David Wells Alderman and Martha Priscilla Alderman began their operation in timber harvesting with a saw mill and timber storage yards along the northern hill of Pocotaligo Swamp and Juneburn Road. The Aldermans’ ownership included about 750 acres and a railroad that hauled logs from the nearby forest to the Alcolu mill and then shipped finished lumber to various markets.

“My great-grandfather saw an opportunity in timber in this county, and the village grew from that,” said Robert Alderman, great-grandson of David Wells Alderman.

Alderman said the company became the first lumber mill in the South to ship tongueand-groove flooring.

One of the landmarks of the town was the Company Store, which was a giant building with an auditorium upstairs that featured plays and showed movies. Company employees were paid in “bab-

bits,” a metal coin stamped with an “A,” that could be used in the company store.

There they could buy groceries, go to the doctor’s office, get a haircut or watch a show in the 200-seat auditorium.

In 1919, the company also opened the ‘Alderman 20 Stores in One’ in Manning. It was one of the first department stores in South Carolina and had the first elevator in town.

In 1947, the company was sold to Southern Coatings and Chemical Co. and Williams Furniture Co. Although operations of the mill shut down in 2000 by its last owner, Georgia Pacific Co., the memories of its residents still remain.

“Growing up in Alcolu was a unique experience,” said Russell Harrelson, a former resident of the town who worked on the house’s restoration. “With the renovation of one of these houses we hope to preserve the memories of the town and its people.”

The Alcolu Mill House is open to visitors on Wednesdays from 2 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. For more information, contact Janice Richburg at (803) 473-7110 or Carolyn Brewer at (803) 435-2143.

the USDA because of the expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

City council also: • Approved for some additional city vehicles to be sold; • Had an update on a legal issue in executive session; • Approved a proclamation this week as National Boating Safety Week. A presentation was made by a local Coast Guard Auxiliary; and • Heard a public presentation on Teen Pregnancy Prevention month.

The city will host its 2nd Annual “Red, White and Blue Celebration” on Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m. at the city’s Red Barn (Farmers’ Market Area). The event will include live music, food and a fireworks display.

The city is looking for sponsors for the fireworks display. Contact the city at (803) 435-8477 for more information.

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Individuals wanting to apply for homebound seniors must provide a statement from the senior granting permission to submit an application on his or her behalf. Proof of identity and proof of income for the homebound senior must be presented at the time of application.

For more information, call Clarendon County Council on Aging at (803) 435-8593.

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Through the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, each eligible person will receive $25 worth of coupons that may be used at participating markets from June through October.

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ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Enoch McKinney, Plaintiff, vs.

Annie C. Murphy, Joyce DeVane, Llewellyn McKinney, Tyrone McKinney, Nokeima Ramirez, Rickey McKinney, Edward B. McKinney, Susie Blanding, Ernestine Gamble, Clara L. Canty, Marllina Outterbridge, Alma R. Canty, Lucille Billups, James Canty, Teretha Bennett, Melvin Youngs aka Melvin Young, Joe Ann Nyamweya, Booker T. Youngs aka Booker T. Young, Veola Mack, Charles L. Mack, Kimberly Walker, Vertell Wright, Sharon Soles, Carnell Mack, Ulysses Mack, Charles McKinney, and if any of the above named Defendants or other heirs at law of Moses P. McKinney be deceased, JOHN DOE, a fictitious name constituting and representing all unknown heirs at law, legatees, devisees, grantees, assignees, and lien creditors, said Defendants and unknown heirs at law of Moses P. McKinney, and RICHARD ROE, a fictitious name constituting and representing all unknown parties who may be minors or suffering under any legal disability or persons in the Armed Services of the United States and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint, and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendants.

I, the undersigned special referee, or my designee, pursuant to an order of this Court in the above referenced case, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder(s), at the Clarendon County Courthouse, Manning, South Carolina, on the next Sales Day, being Monday, June 1, 2015 commencing at 11:00 AM, the following described property, to wit: See Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH, the successful bidder(s) shall deposit five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid (in cash or equivalent) at the time of the bid, same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of noncompliance within twenty (20) days, same to be forfeited and applied to the costs and Plaintiff's debt. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, past due and payable, and to any existing easements and restrictions.

Purchaser(s) to pay for the preparation of Deed, Deed Stamps and cost of recording Deed. In the event the successful bidder(s) should fail to make such deposit or should fail to comply with the terms of the sale, the said Property shall be resold on the same or some subsequent Sales Day on the same terms, at risk of the defaulting purchaser(s).

ADDITIONALLY, SAID PROPERTY TO IS SOLD SUBJECT

EXHIBIT A All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, containing 25.4 acres, more or less, as shown on Plat of Survey of the Estate of Jams McKinney, a copy of said plat being attached hereto and designated as Exhibit 1A. ALSO one (1) 1994 Fleetwood mobile home, Serial No. 31053

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Bab(i)es on campus Trigger warning: This column will include discussion of ideas that may conflict with your own.

lege campuses and by the liberal media.

It is one thing for conservatives to condemn the narrow mindset of some liberals.

Less easy to ignore is when a ASHINGTON — fellow liberal does it. There’s Those accusnothing quite like discovertomed to reading ing that the affections of or listening only one’s “friends” were condito liberal commentators may not be aware of “trigger warn- tional upon one’s concurrence. ings” and “safe zones” on colToo often in debates about lege campuses. free speech, we get hung up It seems that mostly conon exaggerated examples or servative sites and writers scenarios, such as the reare concerned with the incent Prophet Muhammad creasingly draconian supcartoon contest, which was pression of free speech on provocation for its own college campuses. But then, sake, or pornography, the it is mostly conservative purpose of which does not writers and speakers who are treated as though they’re pertain to the loftiest of human realms. bringing the Ebola virus What Powers and others are rather than contrarian ideas confronting is far more subtle to the sensitive ears of what and sinister — the suppreswe may as well name the sion of ideas. Colleges and “Swaddled Generation.”

A trigger warning is usual- universities often boast of their diversity in terms of ly conveyed on a sign car- race, sex, gender or sexual ried or posted orientation, but too often they fail to encourage diversity of near the authought. ditorium This can be correctly seen where a as cowardice, manifested in speech is to the disinvitation of that relabe given, tively rare species, the conalerting stuservative commencement dents to the Kathleen speaker, who this year is outpossibility Parker numbered by liberals six to that the one at the top 100 universispeaker may ties, according to one study. express an idea that could Former Secretary of State trigger an emotional reCondoleezza Rice last year sponse. A discussion about withdrew as commencement campus rape statistics, for speaker at Rutgers after facexample, might cause a rape ulty protested. And Brandeis victim to suffer.

University canceled its plan This was the case recently to honor Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a at Georgetown University fierce critic of Islam and a when Christina Hoff Somwomen’s advocate, at its mers, resident scholar at the commencement following American Enterprise Instiprotests. tute and author of “Who Into this dark, narrow tunStole Feminism?”, was greetnel, a tiny light has begun to ed by sign-carriers warning: seep. Last week, Purdue Uni“Anti-Feminism,” with the versity followed the Universiroom number of a “safe ty of Chicago’s lead in Januspace.” ary by issuing a statement of Students elsewhere have principles of free expression. taken their trigger-phobia a Both “guarantee the broadest step further, urging professors possible latitude to speak, to add warnings to syllabuses write, listen, challenge, and alerting swaddlers to the possilearn. ... It is not the proper bility that a course might role of the university to atprompt uncomfortable thoughts. At Rutgers University, tempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they a student proposed flagging F. find unwelcome, disagreeScott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” as potentially upsetting able, or even deeply offensive.” owing to “a variety of scenes Praising Chicago’s example, that reference gory, abusive and Purdue President Mitch Danmisogynistic violence.”

Protections against unpleas- iels laid out the stakes in a telephone interview: “If uniant thoughts can only be arranged by managing unpleas- versities want to embarrass ant speech. Thus, anyone who themselves with their behavior, allowing people to be dares question any of the communally collected “under- shouted down or disinvited, standings” of proper thought, that’s their problem. But if presumably embraced during they’re spawning a bunch of little authoritarians with an share-time and group hugs, inverted view of our basic won’t be celebrated as a curious mind but condemned as a freedoms, that’s everybody’s problem.” “hater.”

Let’s hope other colleges Now there’s a winning deand universities follow suit bate argument. If you’re 5.

— and soon. Otherwise, Such playground rhetoric someone will be forced to is, nevertheless, effective, first by intimidating and ulti- write the obvious next book, “Dictators in Diapers.” Would mately by silencing. Hence that it were instead: “The Unthe title of Kirsten Powers’ swaddling: How Universities new book, “The Silencing: Fought Back to Restore Free How the Left Is Killing Free Speech.”

Speech.” Powers, a columnist, self-proclaimed liberal Kathleen Parker’s email adand Fox News contributor, dress is kathleenparker@washhas opened one extra-large post.com. can of whompum with this book, which is filled with ex© 2015, Washington Post Writamples of free speech supers Group pression, especially on col-

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EDITORIAL

Clock ticking on roads

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That’s the sound of time running out as only eight legislative days remain before the S.C. General Assembly adjourns for the year.

Twisting slowly in the wind is a roads repair bill that if passed would go a long way to make South Carolina look like a progressive state on the move instead of a third world country because of its worst-inthe-nation roads and highways.

At the top of the Legislature’s agenda when it convened this year was infrastructure, meaning roads. There was a lot of promising talk early on from the legislators but no real action has taken place, especially in the Senate. That’s disgraceful. With one of the lowest gas taxes in the nation, it should be a nobrainer for legislators. Why? Because the tax has not been increased since 1987. Roads cost a lot of money to repair. And motorists have to pay a lot of money to repair the wear and tear on

their cars from the multitude of potholes inundating our roads.

One can only imagine what visitors to our state think as they navigate the state’s deteriorating roads. They certainly won’t be inclined to consider relocating to a state that cannot or won’t repair its roads. Say goodbye to tourism growth if the broken bridges and roads stay broken.

The Senate is debating a roads bill that would raise some $800 million from increased gas taxes. That’s a small price to pay right now, and if not, the repair bill will continue to increase for taxpayers as long as the Legislature keeps piddling around. Business leaders from across the state have been storming the State House throughout the week demanding action from what seems to be a leaderless governing body.

Thus the question arises: Who’s going to step up and address the infrastructure crisis looming over our state?

Again, the clock is ticking.

‘Who’s going to step up and address the infrastructure crisis looming over our state?’

LETTER TO THE EDITOR DIVERSITY IS AMERICA’S STRENGTH Many people have experienced reading something that’s completely ridiculous. After reading the commentary by Mr. Walter Williams in The Sumter Item on May 13, I could only shake my head. Nevertheless, this is not the first time he has said something outrageous.

In his commentary, Mr. Williams wrote about diversity on college campuses, women in the military, and the criminal behaviors of Democrats. If you have read his past commentaries, you know his comments are redundant. However, whenever there’s a need to make some disparaging comments about President Obama, blacks, women, Hispanics, and LGBT community you can always count on Walter Williams.

What really baffled me is Mr. Williams’ com-

ments: “The original motto of our nation, E Pluribus Unum — meaning ‘out of many, one’ — was proposed for the great seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

It recognizes the diversity of the American People” (Williams, paragraph 9).

According to American history, in 1776, Native Americans were being forced from their land and black people were slaves and treated like property. Also, Thomas Jefferson owned slaves.

Therefore, the only diversity recognized was abusive treatment and separation of people. Even in the U.S. Constitution that was ratified in 1788, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a freed person.

Two Air Force four-star generals in 2011, Vice

Chief of Staff General Philip Breedlove (white) and General Edward Rice (black), commander of Air Force Education and Training Command, wanted airmen to help their leaders recruit and retain airmen of all races, all backgrounds, male and female. General Breedlove made clear how important he thinks diversity is: “Groupthink is the worst thing you can have when you have a problem,” he said. “If there are all male Caucasians sitting around the table, you have groupthink,” he said. “I can learn all I need to know from people who look like me. But, I need someone to help me understand how to walk in someone else’s shoes” (Ricks, August 2011. Air Force Times).

Diversity isn’t a craze, it’s America’s strength.

EUGENE R. BATEN Sumter

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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015

MEMORIAL DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.

Memorial Dayfollowing Schedule:will Maybe21, 2015 on MonGOVERNMENT — The closed day: federal government offices; state government offices; U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Robert E. Lee Academy; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Thomas Sumter Academy; Lee County Public Schools; St. Anne Catholic School; William Thomas Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; and Laurence Manning Academy.

Wilson Hall will be open on Monday.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. and Black River Electric Coop. will be closed on Monday.

OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Harvin Clarendon County Library; Sumter County Library; Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; and Clemson Extension Service.

All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Monday.

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FYI Camp Happy Days is in need of ment, nutrition help, oneon-one breast cancer supdonations of caps, T-shirts, Donation / volunteer report, free housing away sunscreen and funds.

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Transportation is available.

Eastern High School Class of 1965 will hold a reunion May For details, call (803) 4322001.

22-24 at R.E. Davis Elementary School, Eastern ComSumter High School Class of munity Center, and culmi1975 will hold a 40-year nating with worship service class reunion celebration on Sunday at St. Paul AME May 29-31. Send all addressChurch, 835 Plowden Mill es to cindyd27@juno.com.

Road. Call (803) 773-8836.

Are you a breast cancer surviThe Sumter Combat Veterans vor? Maggie L. Richardson is Group holds weekly peer to seeking other survivors to peer meetings at 11 a.m. form a music group and every Tuesday at the South give back to the community.

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PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Today, 9:30 a.m., Main Council Chambers, first floor, Lee County Courthouse, 123 S. Main St., Bishopville CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t spend EUGENIA LAST money you don’t have on home or self-improvements. It’s time to get organized and sell off items you don’t use. Get your finances in order and put a realistic budget in place. A positive change is heading your way.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do something out of the ordinary and you will be inspired by the people you encounter along the way. Love and romance are encouraged, so don’t pass up a chance to spend time with someone special. A business venture will be prosperous.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a serious approach to whatever you do. Consider how you can get ahead professionally, financially and personally. A change will help you recognize what you can eliminate and what you should add to your life.

Florence 90/61

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Manning 91/61

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Friday: Mostly sunny. Winds east 4-8 mph.

Aiken 90/57

ON THE COAST Charleston 92/65

Today: A shower or thunderstorm in the area. High 85 to 92.

Friday: Partly sunny; not as warm. High 76 to 81.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotions will flare up if someone is pushy or tries to get you to do something you don’t care to do. Educational pursuits are encouraged. What you discover could lead to changes and opportunities that will improve your life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you put your effort into creative endeavors or spending time with a loved one, you will enrich your life.

Refuse to let the demands an older individual puts on you take away from your chance to use your imagination or pursuing love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stay on top of whatever is going on around you personally or professionally. You’ll be restricted if you don’t play by the rules. Don’t let someone corner you by using false information. Do your due diligence and make your own decisions.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t be daunted by a last-minute change someone makes. Letting your emotions take over will cause you to miss something you really wanted to attend. Focus on your needs and enjoy doing the things that make you happy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An unanticipated change will upset your emotional well-being and threaten an important partnership.

Remain calm when it comes to a dispute and you will avoid being blamed for meddling.

Thoughtfulness and affection will help eliminate bad feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve got what it takes to make things happen. Your insight and energy will allow you to make contributions that will boost your popularity and put you in the running for advancement. Turn something you do well into a profitable service.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your innovative ideas and desire to experiment will lead to unexpected profits. A new approach to an old hobby or talent will put you in a key position when it comes to negotiating a position that interests you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Set today aside for silent observation.

Don’t let anyone goad you into a debate. Added responsibilities will weigh you down. Put your time, effort and energy into making changes that will benefit you

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You can turn a dream into a reality if you develop and nurture what you want to pursue. Love will rely heavily on what you do and not what you say. Don’t make a promise you cannot deliver.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC David Bernshouse comments on his photo submission, “Sumter Fire Department testing pumps and training at Second Mill. Thanks, firefighters, for your service.”

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CLEMSON BASEBALL

PREP WRESTLING

FSU gets to Crownover, tops Tigers 3-1 in ACC tourney

Sumter’s Mota to hit the mat for Limestone College this fall

FROM ACC REPORTS

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

DURHAM, N.C. — A few days and a change of venue made all the difference for Florida State.

Less than a week after being swept at home by Clemson in their regular season-ending 3-game series, the fourth-seeded STEWART Seminoles turned the tables with a 3-1 win over the fifth-seed-

ed Tigers as the pool play portion of the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship opened on Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

FSU starting Boomer Biegalski and two relievers prevailed in their matchup against ACC Pitcher of the Year Matthew Crownover, who lived up to his billing aside from one rocky inning. The Seminoles had just three

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3

When Mac Mota decided to take up the sport of wrestling when he was in the seventh grade, one of his goals was to become a state champion.

He achieved that earlier this year when he won the 152-pound weight class in the 4A individual state tournament in Anderson.

Something else he wanted to do

with the sport was have the opportunity to wrestle on the collegiate level. Mota has accomplished that as well having recently signed with Limestone College in MOTA Gaffney.

“I’m just very happy to be getting this opportunity,” Mota said. “I really like both of the

SEE MOTA, PAGE B2

USC SUMTER BASEBALL

Why us? Why not us?

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USC Sumter’s Mickey Dugan, right, prepares to slide home as Spartanburg Methodist College catcher Alex Williams awaits a throw during the Fire Ants’ 2-1 victory in Game 1 of a doubleheader on April 11 at Riley Park. USCS rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to take the second game 5-4, marking two of 11 games this season the Fire Ants have won in their final at-bat.

Strong pitching, underrated talent and never-say-die attitude help 2015 Fire Ants achieve what no other squad in program history has

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com As the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team prepares for its first taste of action in the Junior College World Series, one burning question remains: Why this team?

The Fire Ants have had unparalleled success in their eight years of existence — over 250 victories, a No. 3 national ranking in 2009, a

USC SUMTER ACCEPTING DONATIONS The University of South Carolina Sumter is accepting to donations to help cover the cost of the baseball teams trip to the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

The Fire Ants earned its first ever trip to the JUCO World Series by winning the Eastern District tournament on Sunday.

Sumter begins play in the World Series on Saturday.

In order to make a secure donation, go to https://giving.sc.edu/makeapledge.aspx and choose “athletics,” or call athletic director Lynwood Watts at (803) 938-3724 or email him at lynwoodw@uscsumter.edu.

For more information, contact director of marketing and public relations Misty Hatfield at (803) 938-3728 or hatfieldm@ uscsumter.edu.

school record 19-game winning streak in 2011, three regular-season Region X titles, a

Region X tournament crown last year and three trips to the NJCAA postseason.

Still, none of those squads had ever won the Eastern District championship and

punched a ticket to Grand Junction, Colo., until now.

The difference? Sophomore outfielder Brett Auckland summed it up in one word — “Fight.”

“Every (opposing) coach knows it,” Auckland said. “We just don’t ever give up. It’s insane sometimes how we win games. It’s not just capitalizing on a mistake here or there. It’s clutch hit after

SEE USCS, PAGE B3

AUTO RACING

Smith, Labonte headline new NASCAR Hall of Fame class

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Speedway Motorsports Executive Chairman Bruton Smith and twotime Sprint Cup champion Terry Labonte topped the newest group of five headed to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

NASCAR drivers Curtis Turner and Bobby Isaac and modified series champion Jerry Cook completed the hall’s seventh class Wednesday.

Smith’s company owns eight tracks that host NASCAR events, including Char-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The 2016 NASCAR Hall of Fame class, from left to right, of Bruton Smith, Terry Labonte, Curtis Turner, Jerry Cook and Bobby Isaac, was announced on Wednesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. lotte Motor Speedway, site of this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600.

The fiery Smith forged his

company in competition with International Speedway Corporation, owners of 12 tracks

that host the majority of Sprint Cup races.

Labonte, known as “Texas

Terry,’’ won 22 races and NASCAR titles in 1984 and 1996.

Turner ran in NASCAR’s first strictly stock race in 1949 and had 17 wins. He was 46 when he died in a plane crash in 1970.

Isaac competed from 1961-76 with 37 victories. His 19 poles in 1969 stands as a season record. Isaac died in 1977 at 45.

Cook won six NASCAR modified championships including four straight from 1974-77. He remains with NASCAR as competition administrator.

SEE HALL, PAGE B4

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Vanderbilt’s Rhett Wiseman (8) jumps into the air in celebration after he hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of the Commodores’ 7-6 victory over Missouri on Wednesday in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Ala.

Wiseman’s walk-off HR lifts Vandy past Mizzou HOOVER, Ala. — Rhett Wiseman hit a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning, powering Vanderbilt to a come-from-behind 7-6 win over Missouri Wednesday in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Vandy (40-17) rallied from a 6-2 deficit with two late homers before tying the game on a walk, single and error in the ninth.

Jeren Kendall hit a 2-run shot in the seventh and Dansby Swanson’s second homer of the game in the eighth cut it to 6-5. Nolan Rogers walked to open the ninth and scored on a single by fellow pinch-hitter Penn Murfee and an error by center fielder Jake Ring.

Kyle Wright (5-1) got the final two outs of the 10th for Vandy after Jordan Sheffield’s five scoreless innings.

Ryan Howard went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead Missouri (30-27), which falls into the loser’s bracket. Brett Bond drove in two runs.

TEXAS A&M 4 ALABAMA 3

HOOVER, Ala. — Nick Banks drove home the go-ahead run and Texas A&M reliever Andrew Vinson left the bases loaded in the ninth, lifting the Aggies to a 4-3 win over Alabama Wednesday in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Left fielder Logan Taylor also threw out a runner at home plate in the top of the ninth for Texas A&M (44-10), which moved into the winner’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament.

Alabama (31-27) falls into the loser’s bracket.

Banks’ single up the middle scored Mitchell Nau in the eighth.

Vinson allowed two hits and a walk in the ninth before getting Chandler Avant on a flyout to end the threat. He picked up his fourth save after Ryan Hendrix (5-2) pitched two hitless innings.

The Aggies had tied it with a 3-run third inning, including RBI doubles by Taylor and Ryne Birk.

Cody Henry went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Alabama.

ACC MIAMI 9 VIRGINIA 5 DURHAM, N.C. — David Thompson hit a go-ahead 2-run single in the eighth inning to help Miami rally past Virginia 9-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.

The No. 2-seeded Hurricanes (43-13) trailed 5-2 entering the bottom of the inning on Wednesday. But Garrett Kennedy followed Thompson’s basesloaded hit to left with a 3-run homer to right, capping a 7-run inning.

Kenny Towns hit a three-run homer in the sixth for a 3-2 lead for the seventh-seeded Cavaliers (34-20), who reached pool play by beating Georgia Tech on Tuesday. That lead grew on Joe McCarthy’s two-run double in the top of the eighth before the Hurricanes rallied.

Brian Garcia (5-2) earned the win, while Alec Bettinger (4-4) took the loss.

Both teams are off today and play again Friday in Pool B, with Miami facing No. 6 seed North Carolina State and Virginia facing third-seeded Notre Dame.

From wire reports

5 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW PGA Championship First Round from Surrey, England (GOLF).

8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Monaco Grand Prix Practice from Monte Carlo (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 a.m. – Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Nine from Hoover, Ala. (SEC NETWORK).

11 a.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Six from Durham, N.C. – North Carolina State vs.

Notre Dame (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Seattle at Baltimore or Arizona at Miami (MLB NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Senior PGA Championship First Round from French Lick, Ind. (GOLF).

2 p.m. – Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Ten from Hoover, Ala. (SEC NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Practice from Concord, N.C. (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Seven from Durham, N.C. – Louisville vs. Clemson (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

3:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco or Philadelphia at Colorado (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Hisense 300 Practice from Concord, N.C. (FOX SPORTS 1).

4 p.m. – PGA Golf: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial First Round from Fort Worth, Texas (GOLF).

5:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Hisense 300 Practice from Concord, N.C. (FOX SPORTS 1).

5:30 p.m. – Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Eleven from Hoover, Ala. (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One from Knoxville, Tenn. – Florida State vs. Tennessee (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Pole Qualifying from Concord, N.C. (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Eight from Durham, N.C. – Florida State vs. North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

8 p.m. – College Track and Field: Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships from Starkville, Miss. (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Three – Anaheim at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – Houston at Golden State (ESPN).

9 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One from Ann Arbor, Mich. – Georgia vs. Michigan (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at San Diego (MLB NETWORK).

9 p.m. – Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Twelve from Hoover, Ala. (SEC NETWORK).

11 p.m. – College Baseball: Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton (ESPNU).

Midnight – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East and West Casey’s General Store 150 from Newton, Iowa (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

12:30 a.m. – Men’s and Women’s International Wrestling: Cuba vs. United States from New York (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW PGA Championship Second Round from Surrey, England (GOLF).

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION New York Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore Toronto CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland WEST DIVISION Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland

W 22 22 19 17 18

L 18 18 20 19 23

Pct .550 .550 .487 .472 .439

GB – – 2 1/2 3 4 1/2

W 25 23 22 18 15

L 14 17 17 18 23

Pct .641 .575 .564 .500 .395

GB – 2 1/2 3 5 1/2 9 1/2

W 27 20 17 16 14

L 14 19 21 23 28

Pct .659 .513 .447 .410 .333

GB – 6 8 1/2 10 13 1/2

Clemson dismisses DE Ogundeko; WR Johnson joins list of signees CLEMSON — Clemson backup defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko has been dismissed from the football team after he was arrested and charged with financial transaction fraud for altering a credit card used to purchase gift cards.

The 19-year-old Ogundeko and 19-year-old Kalia Broome were discovered with 29 gift cards in their possession. Ogundeko acknowledged working with another person to change the card.

A police report states that Ogundeko told police that Broome had promised to put money on his debit card because “he needed money bad so he didn’t ask questions.”

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said in a statement that Ogundeko was dismissed on Tuesday for violating team rules.

Ogundeko, from Brooklyn, New York, made five tackles last season. He was expected to compete for a bigger role this season.

WR JOHNSON JOINS TIGERS CLEMSON — Clemson has added receiver Denzel Johnson to its football signees for next season.

Johnson could not sign earlier because of academic concerns. But Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney said on Wednesday that Johnson signed scholarship papers and is expected to report to campus this summer.

Johnson is a 6-foot-2, 187-pound player from Columbia. He played receiver and defensive back at A.C. Flora High School.

Johnson had 69 catches for 910 yards and 12 touchdowns. On defense, he made 60 tackles and had two interceptions.

ASTROS 6 ATHLETICS 1

HOUSTON — Evan Gattis hit a 2-run homer to help Dallas Keuchel earn his eighth straight win, and the Houston Astros kept rolling with a 6-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.

Keuchel (6-0) allowed six hits and no earned runs in seven innings to lower his ERA to 1.67. He’s won eight straight decisions dating back to last year, which is the longest streak by a starter in the majors. .

BRAVES TRADE CORNELY TO RED SOX ATLANTA — Pitcher John Cornely has been traded from the Atlanta Braves to the Boston Red Sox. Cornely, a 15th-round draft pick in 2011, was 2-2 with one save and a 4.42 ERA this year at Triple-A Gwinnett, striking out 24 in 18 1/3 innings over 12 relief appearances. He has averaged 12 1/3 strikeouts per nine innings in the minor leagues.

From wire reports

St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

W 23 23 18 17 16

L 17 17 20 24 24

Pct .575 .575 .474 .415 .400

GB – – 4 6 1/2 7

W 26 21 18 18 15

L 13 17 21 21 25

Pct .667 .553 .462 .462 .375

GB – 4 1/2 8 8 11 1/2

W 24 21 20 17 14

L 14 18 20 21 22

Pct .632 .538 .500 .447 .389

GB – 3 1/2 5 7 9

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 8, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 8, N.Y. Yankees 6, 10 innings Milwaukee 8, Detroit 1 Arizona 4, Miami 2 St. Louis 10, N.Y. Mets 2 Tampa Bay 5, Atlanta 3 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 0 Colorado 6, Philadelphia 5 San Diego 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 0

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Arizona (Bradley 2-1) at Miami (Latos 1-4), 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-4), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Williams 3-3) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 1-2), 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 2-5) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-1) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-2), 9:10 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta vs. Cleveland Wednesday: Cleveland at Atlanta (late) Friday: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-May 28: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. x-May 30: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-June 1: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Golden State 1, Houston 0 Tuesday: Golden State 110, Houston 106 Today: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Saturday: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m.

Monday: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-May 27: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-May 29: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-May 31: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

N.Y. Rangers 1, Tampa Bay 1 May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 Monday: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 2 Wednesday: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay (late) Friday: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Sunday: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers 8 p.m. x-May 26: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-May 29: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 8, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 8, N.Y. Yankees 6, 10 innings Baltimore 9, Seattle 4 L.A. Angels 3, Toronto 2 Milwaukee 8, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 5, Atlanta 3 Boston 4, Texas 3 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 6, Oakland 4

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

SPORTS ITEMS

New York Washington Atlanta Philadelphia Miami CENTRAL DIVISION

Houston 6, Oakland 1 Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

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

Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Seattle (Happ 3-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-5), 12:35 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Detroit (Price 3-1), 1:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-3) at Toronto (Dickey 1-5), 7:07 p.m.

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

Texas (W.Rodriguez 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 4-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-3), 8:10 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

Seattle at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

MOTA FROM PAGE B1 coaches, and I think it’s going to be a great program.”

Mota found out from his grandfather, Hugh McLaurin, that many generations of his family have attended Limestone. While that intrigued him, he said Limestone just seemed like the right fit for him.

“It felt more like home with Limestone,” said Mota, who was also considering Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and Coker College in Hartsville.

Limestone is an NCAA Division II school and its wrestling team is an independent. The Saints went 6-10 last season After finishing fourth in the 145-

Anaheim 1, Chicago 1 May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday: Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT Today: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

May 25: Chicago at Anaheim, 9 p.m. x-May 27: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-May 30: Chicago at Anaheim 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League BOSTON RED SOX _ Optioned RHP John Cornely to Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS _ Optioned INF/OF Zach Walters to Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Shaun Marcum from Columbus. Sent LHP T.J. House to Columbus for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS _ Placed DH Victor Martinez on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Tyler Collins from Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS _ Traded LHP Chris Lee to Baltimore for other considerations.

NEW YORK YANKEES _ Placed OF Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Slade Heathcott from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Transferred RHP Chase Whitley to the 60-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS _ Placed LHP Drew Pomeranz on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Arnold Leon from Nashville (PCL). Sent 2B Ben Zobrist to Stockton (Cal) and LHP Sean Doolittle to Midland (TL) for rehab assignments.

SEATTLE MARINERS _ Optioned C Jesus Sucre to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS _ Recalled RHP Phil Klein from Round Rock (PCL). Designated OF Carlos Peguero for assignment. Assigned RHP Stolmy Pimentel outright to Round Rock (PCL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES _ Traded RHP John Cornely to Boston for cash considerations.

CHICAGO CUBS _ Selected the contract of OF Mike Baxter from Iowa (PCL). Recalled OF Junior Lake from Iowa.

COLORADO ROCKIES _ Optioned OF Drew Stubbs to Albuquerque (PCL). Recalled OF Brandon Barnes from Albuquerque.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS _ Agreed to terms with RHP Manny Barreda on a minor league contract.

pound class as a junior, Mota bumped up to 152 for his senior season. He went 64-4 on the way to winning the state title.

He defeated Austin Palmer of White Knoll High 5-1 in the championship match to win the gold medal. After beating Palmer 3-2 for the lower state title, Mota scored four points in the finals seconds to win the title.

Mota hopes he’ll be able to follow in the footsteps of his father, Dan, the longtime physical education teacher at Alice Drive Elementary School. Dan Mota was a high school state champion in Illinois who went on to wrestle at the University of Illinois.

“He’s obviously been a big role model for me,” Mac said of his father. “My desire is to be like he is.”

SPORTS

THE SUMTER ITEM

PRO BASKETBALL

USCS FROM PAGE B1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Houston does not know if center Dwight Howard (12) will be able to play against Golden State today in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals due to a sore knee. The Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 110-106 win on Tuesday.

With Howard hobbled, Rockets try to regroup

BY ANTONIO GONZALEZ The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calf. — James Harden and the Houston Rockets spent half the season finding ways to win without Dwight Howard and another chunk of the schedule with the center limited because of an injury.

Now they might have to do it again to save their season.

Howard is unsure whether he can play against the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals tonight because of a sprained left knee, leaving the already short-handed Rockets searching for answers to replace him. The Warriors won Game 1 on Wednesday night.

“We’ve been through it this year,’’ Harden said. “Those guys are ready to come in and contribute. Hopefully, big fella can get his body healthy and can go out there and help us.’’

Howard sat out practice Wednesday at Oracle Arena after an MRI confirmed the injury. He said his knee, which was injured in a collision with teammate Josh Smith in the first quarter of Game 1, was still in pain.

The team officially listed Howard as questionable on its medical report. But Howard, who missed 41 games this sea-

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 hits, but all came in the third inning and led to three runs, and that proved to be enough.

Clemson (31-26, 0-1 Pool A) will face top-seeded and No. 2 Louisville in today’s 3 p.m. game. Florida State (38-19, 1-0) will meet eighth-seeded North Carolina today at 7 p.m.

Biegalaksi (6-4) worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and no runs while walking one and striking out seven. Dylan Silva worked one inning in relief for the nationally 10thranked Seminoles, and Billy Strode pitched the final 1 2/3 innings to earn his ACC-leading 13th save of the year.

“The ballgame was a tough one to lose,” said Clemson head coach Jack Leggett. “We had some opportunities on offense. I don’t know the stat sheets, I think we left 12 men on base, and we did have some chances against the pitcher, who was pitching very well. He was ahead in the count all day long.

0-1, 1-2, 0-2, he pitched very well. And his changeup is a really good out pitch. When he gets ahead in the count it makes him very effective.

“We still had some opportunities, but didn’t come up with the big hit when we had to.

They scored all the runs in one inning, but other than that it was a good ball game.”

Crownover (10-2) went eight innings, striking out eight bat-

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015

son mostly due to a right knee injury, said he’ll listen to his body before deciding when to return.

“It’s a long series. We’re not going to lose our minds because we lost in the first game,’’ Howard said.

Even when Howard played, Houston had a hard time containing Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the undersized lineups the Warriors threw on the floor. Golden State rallied from 16 points down in the second quarter behind a lineup full of shooters and held off Harden and the Rockets 110-106.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr put 6-foot-7 Draymond Green — the runner-up for NBA Defensive Player of the Year — on Howard and often played Harrison Barnes, Shaun Livingston, Curry and Thompson with him. Kerr went to the small-ball lineup again to help Golden State pull away in the fourth quarter after Howard departed for good.

Until the Rockets find a way to stop the strategy, count on the Warriors doing more of the same.

“It’s always fun guarding those bigger guys. It’s a challenge and I enjoy challenges,’’ Green said. “On the offensive end, when you try to keep your big in against our small lineup, it’s rough.’’

ters and walking three in addition to the three hits and three runs allowed.

Neither team mustered a hit until FSU No. 9 hitter Taylor Walls’ 1-out single in the bottom of the third, which proved to be a catalyst for the Seminoles. DJ Stewart delivered a 2-out triple off the wall in leftcenter that just eluded the Tigers’ Reed Rohlman. That plated two runs, and Quincy Neiporte followed with an RBI single to right field that made it 3-0.

“Yeah, I can’t let Stewart beat me,” Crownover said. “I made the mistake of giving them 0-2 hits, and walking two batters.

That pretty much says it for the last two games. That guy, I can’t try to let him beat me, I have to beat the other guys.”

The Tigers saw a major chance go for naught in the top of the seventh inning.

Clemson loaded the bases with one out, prompting FSU head coach Mike Martin to summon Silva from the bullpen. On Silva’s second pitch, he coaxed pinch-hitter Glenn Batson into a 3-6-3 double play to end the threat.

Clemson picked up its lone run in the eighth. A base hit

by Steven Duggar, a walk to Tyler Krieger and another single by Rohlman loaded the bases with one out. Chris Okey’s RBI grounder to first base made it 3-1 before Strode struck out designated hitter Robert Jolly for the third out.

clutch hit, it’s big-time defense and it’s great pitching all the time.”

It’s more than bravado, too, as the Fire Ants’ record backs up Auckland’s claim.

USCS is just 16-11 in 1-run games this year and just 9-5 from about the midseason point, although the Fire Ants have won four of their last five such contests.

But digging a little deeper, of the 43 wins that USC Sumter has this season, 20 have come after the team was trailing or tied entering the fifth inning or later. Of those, 11 victories came in the Fire Ants’ last at-bat.

USC Sumter had a memorable walk-off against Florence-Darlington Technical College in the Region X tournament in Burlington, N.C., coming back from a 6-2 deficit at one point to stay alive.

The opening games in a regular-season series against Spartanburg Methodist College, however, stand alone in terms of improbable victories. USCS had just one hit in eight innings against SMC in the opener, but a squeeze bunt provided the winning tally in a 2-1 victory. The Fire Ants followed that up by rallying from four runs down in the bottom of the seventh in Game 2 to edge the Pioneers 5-4 on a wild pitch.

“How does that happen?”

Auckland said.

It’s been a combination of an even-keel approach during games and perhaps an underestimation of talent, head coach Tim Medlin said.

“I really like this team and I liked them even in the fall,” Medlin said. “I thought we had the arms to stay in a lot of games this year, and I thought we had some very talented ball players that could eventually become very good everyday players.”

The first part of that starts with attitude, Medlin said.

“We’re not a very vocal group – we don’t say a whole lot in the dugout,” he said. “We don’t react a lot to

JUNIOR COLLEGE WORLD SERIES May 23-30 at Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Game 1 -- San Jacinto (Texas) (41-19) vs. McLennan (Texas) (37-18), 11 a.m.

Game 2 -- Walters State (Tenn.)

(54-10) vs. Delgado (La.) (33-13), 2 p.m.

Game 3 -- Iowa Western (52-5) vs.

USC Sumter (43-19), 5 p.m.

Game 4 -- Northwest Florida State (37-12) vs. Dodge City (Kan.) (41-18), 9:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Game 5 -- Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, noon Game 6 -- Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 4 p.m.

Game 7 -- Chattahoochee Valley (Ala.) (41-15) vs. Yavapai (Ariz.)

(45-16), 9:30 p.m.

MONDAY, MAY 25

Game 8 -- Game 5 Winner vs.

Game 6 Winner, noon Game 9 -- Game 3 Winner vs.

Game 4 Winner, 4 p.m.

Game 10 -- Game 1 Winner vs.

Game 2 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 26

Game 11 -- Game 9 Loser vs.

Game 7 Loser, 1 p.m.

Game 12 -- Game 8 Winner vs.

Game 10 Loser, 5 p.m.

Game 13 -- Game 9 Winner vs.

Game 7 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

Game 14 -- Game 11 Winner vs.

Game 13 Loser, 5 p.m.

Game 15 -- Game 10 Winner vs.

Game 13 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 28

Game 16 -- Game 14 Winner vs.

Game 15 Loser, 5 p.m.

Game 17 -- Game 15 Winner vs.

Game 12 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Game 18 -- Championship Game, 9 p.m.*

SATURDAY, MAY 30

Game 19 -- If Necessary, TBA *Note: If three teams remain at Game 18, the team with most games played receives bye to Game 19. In case of a tie for games played, a coin toss will determine bye.

positive things, but we also don’t react to negative things. We stay the same no matter what happens and that’s the kind of club I like.

They don’t let their emotions get the best of them.”

Case in point, shortstop Justin Hawkins. In the opening Eastern District championship game against Potomac State College, Hawkins didn’t see a popup in the sun in the fifth inning. The ball dropped and

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the play resulted in the Catamounts eventually scoring three runs to take the lead and force a winner-take-all second game.

Hawkins responded by belting a 2-run home run over the right field fence in his first at-bat in the second game that Medlin described as absolute laser shot out of the ballpark.

“He has no conscience on the field,” Medlin said.

“Nothing bothers him.

Nothing bothers any of them. They just move on.”

A lack of short-term memory is nice, but what began as a collection of unproven talent has grown into a formidable all-around squad capable of beating any team in a number of ways.

USCS has raised its team batting average to over .275 and has scored 78 runs during its last 11 games (7.01 per game). The pitching is still at a sub-3.30 earned run average mark and the Fire Ants have struck out more than 400 batters and walked less than 200 over 52 games.

“No matter who you play, pitching is still the great equalizer,” Medlin said.

“We’ve got a lot of talented pitchers and a lot of talented guys on this team. Colie Bowers — first-team all-region and pitcher of the year.

(Michael) Carpin — secondteam all-region. Hawkins, (Tee) Dubose, Auckland — first-team all-region.

“Those things don’t happen by accident. They’ve earned it.”

The comeback kids will likely put that moniker to the test at the JUCO World Series. USC Sumter (43-19) opens with defending national champion Iowa Western (52-5) at 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday. The Reivers are ranked No. 1 in the latest JUCO poll.

“Coach Medlin talked a lot about last year’s team and how good they were,” Hawkins said. “I don’t know why we made it and they didn’t. Coach Medlin said we just seemed to have a little something extra.

“Hopefully that’s all we need to win it.”

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2014 Ford F-150 SCab XLT OneOwnr $25,900/$358/mo.

2013 Ford F-250 Crew XLT 4x4, 6.7L..$40,900/$574/mo.

2011 Ford F-150 Lariat CC 4x4 .........$32,500/$453/mo.

2011 Ford F-150 Harley Davidson 4x4 .. $29,990/416/mo.

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2014 Ford Edge Limited....................$28,990/$404/mo.

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HALL FROM PAGE B1 The Hall’s biggest surprise had to be Smith, often a thorn in side of the NASCAR’s ruling France family. But NASCAR Chairman Brian France opened voting discussions by asking the panel to consider Smith’s inclusion. And Smith led the five new members, getting 68 percent of the vote.

Smith, who was not at the announcement, said in a statement he found out when he was nominated how much it meant to his 15,000 SMI employees. When he learned he got in, “I realize how much it means to me,’’ he said.

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“I’m a frustrated builder who had a knack for promoting races and it’s been fun to always try and push the sport to greater heights for the fans,’’ Smith said.

Although, Smith probably wasn’t always fun for the Frances. Smith continually pushed for more race dates for his tracks and when those were slow to come, he made it happen himself like when he purchased a half interest in iconic North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1996 and moved one of its dates to newly built Texas Motor Speedway. North Wilkesboro’s other race date went to New Hampshire Interna-

tional Speedway, another SMI owned circuit.

Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett said the Smith-France rivalry was good for the sport. “I think they were good for each other,’’ he said.

Labonte said by teleconference he was watching TV at a hotel in Dallas with his son when his phone started “blowing up,’’ he said.

He thought the selection came earlier in the day so when he didn’t hear anything, Labonte figured he missed out again. “This was a complete surprise,’’ he said.

Labonte became one of Sprint Cup’s most durable drivers, making 655 straight

starts at one point in his career that began in 1978.

Terry and his younger brother, Bobby, are the only brothers with premier series titles.

Bobby Labonte recalled wanting to follow Terry’s path every step of the way. “I never would’ve thought way back then that we’d both grow up to be Sprint Cup champions and now one of us is in the NASCAR Hall of Fame,’’ Bobby said. “It’s a pretty special day.’’

Terry Labonte bookended his career with wins at one of his favorite tracks, taking the 1980 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway for his inaugural win and then winning the 2003 Southern 500 for his final

checkered flag.

Isaac’s son, Randy, said his family had crossed its fingers the past few years and came to voting day thinking Isaac had chance. “I thought we might be disappointed today,’’ Isaac’s son said. “But we can go home happy.’’

After the five selected, the next three leading vote-getters were pioneering driver Red Byron, the late driver and broadcaster Benny Parsons and car own Rick Hendrick.

The voting included a ballot from longtime Steve Byrnes, a popular broadcaster who died last month.

The group will be inducted into the hall on Jan. 22, 2016.

and Mamie Lewis. She was the oldest daughter of eight children. She was educated in the Selma school system.

When Alberta became 19 years of age, she relocated to Brooklyn, New York. She met and fell in love with Moses Dingle, and they were united in marriage on Nov. 22, 1944.

From this union, 11 children were born, six boys and five girls. She brought them up to fear God, and to respect their elders. She, along with her husband, joined Pentecostal House of Prayer under the leadership of Bishop J.O. Felix. She worked tirelessly in the church for many years. In 1986, upon her retirement, she relocated with her husband to Sumter, where they joined St. Paul Holiness Church under the leadership of Pastor Shirley Holliday. She became the pastor’s aid president and served until the pastor’s death. She continued to serve her present pastor, Elder Barrington Pierson, as church mother, member of the missionary board and senior choir.

She leaves to cherish her memories: two sisters, Artelia (William) High and Rose Mae Brown, both of Selma; six daughters, Ethel (Joe) Jones of Sumter, Hattie (Bishop McKinley) Green, Bertha (Russell) Cohen and Sandra Simon of Brooklyn, and Rosie Hawkins of Atlanta; six sons, Moses (Ann) Dingle Jr. and Arthur Dingle of Brooklyn, Henry Dingle of Bronx, New York, John (Pastor Jannie) Dingle, Stanley Dingle and Mark Dingle, all of Sumter; 26 grandchildren; 25 greatgrandchildren; four greatgreat-grandchildren; one stepdaughter, Eula Mae Dingle of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years; four brothers; and one sister.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at St. Paul Holiness Church, 129 1/2 W. Moore St., Sumter, with Elder Barrington Pierson, pastor, eulogist, assisted by Minister Thompson, presiding, Bishop Preston Goodwin, Elder Jannie Dingle, Minister Timothy Vaughn and Minister Viola Linton.

The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 716 N. Main St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.

The procession will leave at 1:20 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers will be granddaughters.

Pallbearers will be sons.

Burial will be in St. Paul Holiness Church cemetery, Martin Town Road, Sumter.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

Nicole Ainsworth of North Augusta; four brothers, Artie Rodgers of Columbia, Ernie Rodgers of Henderson, Nevada, Terry Rodgers of Manning and Mark Rodgers of Sumter; a sister, Carol Jennings of Sumter; and five grandchildren, Dylan, Chase, Ashlyn, Mackenzie and Jackson.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Randy Rodgers.

She was a U. S. Army veteran and a devoted mother and grandmother.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her sister, 1080 Peppercorn Lane, Sumter.

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.

Born in Summit County, Ohio, he was a son of the late Rollie Jay and Violet Victoria Smith Seckel. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Barrett Builders.

Survivors include his wife; children, Mike, John, Debra, Nancy, Holly and Brian; grandchildren, Ericka, Michael, Heather, Brandon, David, Daniel, Kevin and Ayla; great-grandchildren, Makel, Paul, Bradley, Drew, Paisley, Josh, Nolan, Persephone and Aires; a sister, Rita Hornberger of Florida; and a brother, Herb Seckel of Florida.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Rauch.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his granddaughter, Ericka Lowder, 4830 Queen Chapel Road, Dalzell.

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

brating her life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at The Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following the service.

Burial will be held at a later date at St. Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery, Bradford Springs.

Before returning to Sumter as a young wife, she worked as a secretary for the Neill O’D. Bultman Insurance Co. in Columbia from 1949 to 1953.

Prior to that, she served five years as a personnel and statistics clerk in civil service at Shaw Air Force Base. She met her husband while both were working in Holly Hill during the building of the SanteeCooper project. They were married on Dec. 30, 1945. As a young girl, she drove a bookmobile for the Sumter County Library. She assisted her brother in his construction business and her daughter in her marketing firm.

Mrs. Sanders graduated as valedictorian from Hillcrest High School in 1933. She served as president of her class and captain of the basketball team. She attended the University of South Carolina, Draughons Business College in Columbia, and McLaurin Business School in Sumter.

She was a member of The Readers Club for decades and a member of the Episcopal Church Women, where she served as chapter president.

She was a Cub Scout den mother and a Sunday school teacher. She loved to read and to play bridge. Mostly, she cared for her family with unparalleled devotion and a servant’s heart.

Mrs. Sanders loved St. Philips Church and worshipped there throughout her childhood. She referred to it as “the little church.” She was instrumental in having the church named to the National Register of Historic Places.

Those wishing to honor her are asked to donate a memorial to the church in lieu of flowers. Memorials may be sent to St. Philips Episcopal Church, in care of Emily Ward, Treasurer, 2301 Clematis Trail, Sumter, SC 29150.

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.

OBITUARIES ELLIOTT L. HARDEE Elliott Lavon Hardee, 77, beloved husband of the late Judy Elmore Hardee, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at his residence.

Born in Conway, he was a son of the late Elliott Ward HARDEE Hardee Sr. and Cecil Herring Hardee. Mr. Hardee was a U.S. Navy Veteran of Korea and retired from GTE after 31 years of service. He coached for Sumter PARD baseball for many years. He was also an avid Gamecock fan and fisherman. Mr. Hardee was a member of Gateway Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Donna Elmore Hardee Nesbitt and her husband, Glenn, Vickie Hardee Coker, Kelly Hardee Tipton and her husband, John, and Robin Hardee Ayers and her husband, Gerald, all of Sumter; three brothers, L.D. Hardee and his wife, Carolyn, of Sumter, Phillip Hardee of Manning and Elliott Ward Hardee Jr. and his wife, Valarie, of Alaska; five sisters, Helen Hardee Madden of Florida, Patricia Hardee of Alabama, Wanda Hardee Floyd and her husband, Mike, of Manning, Cindy Hemmingway and her husband, Henley, of Manning and Florence Atkinson and her husband, Mitch, of Bishopville; special companion, Faye Roupe of Sumter; five grandchildren, Jamie Coker, Michelle Watts, Kayla Nesbitt, Chad Nesbitt and Ashley Tipton; and five great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Hardee was preceded in death by a son, Michael Lavon Hardee; one grandson, Robbie Nesbitt; two sisters, Elferida Hardee and Linda Diane Hardee; and one brother, Jackie Hardee.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Ahtonen officiating. Interment will follow in Sumter Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Gerald Ayers, Eddie Coker, Jamie Coker, Chad Nesbitt, Glenn Nesbitt and John Tipton.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Sunday School Class of Gateway Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends on Friday one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Santee Hematology and Oncology, 1105 N. Lafayette Drive No. A, Sumter, SC 29150 or to the charity of one’s choice.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

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ALBERTA L. DINGLE Mother Alberta Lewis Dingle, 94, departed this earthly life on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Oct. 11, 1920, in Selma, Alabama, she was a daughter of late Albert DINGLE

NORTH AUGUSTA — Harriet Diane Rodgers Ainsworth, 60, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in North Augusta.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Harry Lee and Flossie AINSWORTH McGee Rodgers.

Surviving are two sons, Christopher Shawn Ainsworth (Shannon) and Eric Sean Ainsworth, both of Augusta, Georgia; a daughter, Jennifer

CORINE H. MITCHUM COLUMBIA — Corine Hussey Mitchum, 90, of Columbia, died on Monday, May 18, 2015.

Born on July 1, 1924, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Robert Manning Hussey and Delilah Rosa Riles Hussey.

Memories and condolences may be shared at ShivesFuneralHome.com.

DELORIS DUPREE MANNING — Deloris Smith King Dupree, wife of Jerome Dupree and widow of Elijah King, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

She was born on Nov. 27, 1943, in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, a daughter of the late John Smith and Annie Mae Saunders Smith Barnes.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 3599 Flinn Road, Manning.

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

ARTHUR SECKEL WEDGEFIELD — Arthur Seckel, 79, husband of Doris Jean Rutan Seckel, died on Monday, May 18, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

ROCHELL JOHNSON MANNING — Rochell Johnson, 90, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Lake Marion Nursing Home, Summerton.

She was born on Oct. 23, 1924, a daughter of the late Ned and Eula Tindal Johnson.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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

EMILY SANDERS Emily Lenoir Burrows Sanders, 99, widow of Manley C. Sanders Sr., died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in the Providence area of Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Williams and Emily Lenoir Burrows.

Mrs. Sanders was a lifelong member of St. Philips Episcopal Church, Bradford Springs, in Lee County, and later a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter. She was a retired legal assistant to Judge Robert O. Purdy of the Sumter County Family Court.

Surviving are a son, Manley Conway Sanders Jr. (Marilyn); a daughter, Emily Sanders Ward (Daly), all of Sumter; six grandchildren, Ben and Emily Edens, and Stuart, Anderson, Ross and Dayton Ward; and five great-grandchildren, including Taylor Ward, who lovingly assisted in her care.

A brother, Henry Young DuBose of Dalzell, preceded her in death.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Does “Red Nose Day” (8 p.m., NBC) represent the future of TV? Is it an innovative blend of streaming content and broadcast entertainment? Or just an old-school fundraising stunt?

An established comedy charity event in the United Kingdom, “Red Nose Day” arrives on these shores in marathon fashion, as Nick Cannon attempts to dance for 24 consecutive hours in the “Red Nose Day Danceathon With Nick Cannon,” leading up to tonight’s special. NBC.com will document Cannon’s efforts with a continuous live stream until “Red Nose Day” begins at 8 p.m. EST. Look for Julia Roberts, the cast of “Game of Thrones” and too many stars to mention engaged in comedy sketches and movie parodies, all with an emphasis on the silly and a goal of raising money and awareness of children living in poverty in this country and abroad.

“Red Nose Day” was founded in 1985 by director/producer Richard Curtis (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”). A popular feature on the BBC, it has raised more than $1 billion for charities addressing poverty.

• Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy (“iCarly,” “Sam & Cat”) stars in the new series “Between,” streaming on Netflix beginning tonight at 8:30 p.m.

PST. She portrays a pregnant young woman from the small

Sadly, the “My” in the title hardly applies to the average guy. Host Keith Martin of Sports Car Market magazine travels the country in search of automobile auctions. Among the cars evaluated and sold on tonight’s episodes are a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 that was owned by Steve McQueen, and a 1970 Shelby GT-500.

ward Pines” (8 p.m. Fox, r, TV14) * Steven Weber guest-stars on “iZombie” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV14) * Opposites detract on the pilot episode of “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Golden handcuffs on “The Vampire Diaries” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV14) * Money matters on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

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Entertainer Nick Cannon will attempt to dance for 24 consecutive hours in honor of the first Red Nose Day celebration in the United States. The “Red Nose Day” special airs at 8 p.m. today on NBC.

• Ethan tries to unravel the mysteries behind Evans’ murder on “Wayward Pines” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Josh treats Billy on his birthday on “The Comedians” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• Road-tripping on “Louie” (10:30 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

SERIES NOTES city of Pretty Lake, which has suffered from a peculiar plague that has killed everybody over 21.

In a twist, Netflix will not stream the entire six episodes of the Canadian-produced series all at once. They will debut at this time every week on Thursdays, just as they would on a “regular” TV network.

• David Letterman’s departure leaves a void, as well as a battle for his former viewers.

ABC gets a jump on the competition with a prime-time rerun of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (10 p.m., TV-14), featuring George Cloo-

ney and a castoff from “The Bachelorette.”

• Geography, humor and food are the ingredients of “What the Fung?!” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., FYI, TV-PG). Brothers and comedians Andrew and David Fung travel across America in search of the best local spots to eat in this 13-episode sojourn.

• What is a man’s greatest anxiety? Does he worry about a life well-lived? Of loving and being loved? Some may be haunted by more practical concerns. Such as the subject of “What’s My Car Worth?” (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Velocity, TV-G).

Mars-bound on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * A Secret Service agent (Matt Dillon) finds himself stranded in the pilot episode of “Way-

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Jeff Garlin is on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central, r) * Jay Larson appears on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Dwayne Johnson, Meghan Trainor and John Legend on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Ray Liotta and Zedd appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Heidi Klum, Richard Lewis and Matt Fraction visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC).

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There are many reasons why it happens, but the way to resolve it is to listen when your partner talks to you. If you do, you will find that he/ she returns the courtesy. Perhaps if “Tired” gives a closer look to her own behavior, she’ll stop referring to it as a male problem.

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

Sumter School District IFB# 15-0016 Roofing Project at Ebenezer School Sumter School District invites the submission of bids by qualified persons and businesses for the installation of a new roof at Ebenezer Middle School.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Sumter School District in the Maintenance Department Training & Professional Development Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd., Sumter, SC 29150, on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

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

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WILLIAM W. WHEELER, III JENNINGS & JENNINGS, P.A. No. l Court House Square P. O. Box 106 Bishopville, S. C. 29010 Phone: 803 484-5454 Fax: 803 484-6044 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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 W. Liberty - Tan mixed; E. Moore St. - Shep mix, blk/tan; Wedgefield Hwy. - brown Boxer & tri-color beagle; Cheyne St. - Blk/tan shepherd mix; Ollie Dr. - Tan mixed; Rembert - 2 hounds - Blk/gray & tan/gray. Island Dr. Blk/white mixed.

FOUND: Hearing Aide & Zip drive after Relay for life @ Hillcrest School.

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BUSINESS SERVICES Business Services Complete Construction Company 17 years in business, licensed & boned. Decks, screen porches, bathroom & kitchen remodels, room additions, garages, replace windows, vinyl siding, and painting.

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Health Service/ Medical Carolina Care Givers Exp. with adult care. References provided. 803-236-3603 for info.

Heating / Air Conditioning Deal's Heating & Air Fast dependable service. Family owned. 28 yrs. exp. Free est.

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Home Improvements H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904

Pets Beautiful Pet Nigerian pygmy goats for sale. $100 Not Neg. Call 803 795-9120 Kellie

MERCHANDISE Auctions SALE Public Auction B & M Mini Storages 61 Commerce St, Sumter Saturday May 23, 2015 10:00AM Units for Auction: #1; #3; #6; #17; #32

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9:00am -until. Call 803-506-4502 Sumter Christian School 420 South Pike West in the gym Rain or shine Sat 7-1 HUGE SALE

For Sale or Trade Danbury Premier portable BTU 13,000 AC unit, $200. Network extender, improves phone service, $150. Cash only. 843-830-8209.

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311 Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

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Reliable, Enthusiastic, Outgoing, Positive attitude, Responsible . Apply at Simply Southern Bistro 469-8502

2BR 1BA Loring Dr $350 mo.+ $300 Call 803-236-7375

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Small Cash + rent free apt Couple /Single to clean rooms 803-854-3378 Georgio's II now taking applications for FT/PT positions. Apply in person from 2-5 at Savannah Plaza location.

Must have some exp. Must be 18 or older.

Church Administrative assistant needed. Exp. helpful but will train.

Mail resume to: P-415 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677, Sumter SC 29151.

2BR/1.5BA, duplex Ceiling fans, carpet/tile flrs, wht kit, stove/fridge, laundry rm, carport, shed, $600/mo + dep. No Pets. Available June 10 803-481-8286 leave message

P/T Roofers needed. Must have built up roofing exp. Call Robert Nunnery 803-478-2950.

3 & 4 Br MH & houses, located in Manning & Sumter. No Sect. 8. Rent + dep. req. Call 803-460-6216.

Cantybury Place Apts, Paxville 1BR /1BA, water, sewer, trash incl. $525 /mo. No Pets. 803-600-5460.

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

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

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

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

RENTALS Unfurnished Homes 6 Hawthorne 3Br/1Ba, hd flrs, $550 /mo + $850/dep. 803-468-1612 For rent - Newly Renovated 3BR 1BA, $650 Mo. 4 br, 1 ba, $700 mo.

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Cleared acre Dalzell. Septic, water. $3500 DN. $250 MO. 0% APR 60 months 713-870-0216

RECREATION Still Hunting Club needs 1 or 2 members.640 acres, quality deer managed. Call 803-938-2793

Campers / RV's/ Motorhomes 1991 Elegra Bay motor home. 32 ft.

72,000 mi. New refrigerator, top coating & 6 tires. Fully self contained. $11,000. 803-484-5937.

2003 Newmar Scottsdale Ford F53 chassis 29900 mi non smoker. Many upgrades. $41,900. 803-968-4838

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Warehouse space available.

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

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Work Wanted Will sit with elderly or sick.

Reasonable rates. Will provide ref.

Call 803-236-3603 for more info.

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3Bd 2Ba MH near Pinewood New carpet & appliances, no pets $500 mth + dep. Call 843-884-0346

$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555 PT floral designer. Must have floral shop exp. Excepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

2003 DW 4BR & Bonus Room, 2BA C/H/A on 1 Acre $29,900 OBO Call 803-528-4351

RENT TO OWN. 4 bd 1 1/2 bath down payment required. Call 803-468-5710 or 803-229-2814

Experienced Tire/Lube Technician needed: Must be able to perform automotive lube, oil, and filter changes. Mount, repair auto tires and other general services. A valid drivers license is needed.

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Benefits. Apply in person at Frasier Tire Service, 310 E. Liberty St. 803-773-1423.

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Kubota ZG227 Z Turn lawn tractor 2010 Model w/54" deck 27 HP gas engine, 400 hrs on machine. Comes w/slide discharge deck, mulch kit & complete bagging system. $6500 Call 968-7941

For Sale. 3bd 3bth, new roof, water heater, carpet, paint, range. Move in ready. $109,900. Call 803-491-4581

Autos For Sale 01' Toyota Corolla Auto., Air, CD Player, tinted windows, recent maint.,148K Mi. Asking $2500 469-0760 Leave message 07 Mustang GT, 56K mi. 4.6 L V8, new tires, leather, 5 sp, perfect cond. $14,500. 803-494-2060 / 840-0440

905 Arnaud St 2BR/2BA All appl's, fenced patio, screened porch. $109,900. Great rental investment.

803 464-8354 20 Oakridge Ct. 2119 sq ft. 4 bd 2 ba.

Remodeled. $150,000 803-983-2127 LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 2-3-4 bedroom homes. For more information, call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes)

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TAKE NOTICE that the Complaint in this action together with the Summons of which the foregoing is a copy, were duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lee County, at Bishopville, S. C. on the 5th day of

13 year old registered Tri-Color Paint Gelding, Up-to-Date on all Shots and Coggins. $1200 price is negotiable to a good home. Call 803-775-8845

Southeast Builders LLC, Licensed & insured. Commercial/residential.

Remodeling, Additions, decks, floors, painting, lot clearing, water, fire & smoke damage. 803-840-9554

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

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TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, JAQUAN STROUD:

German Shepard puppies, 7 weeks old, 5 Females 1 male $200 (Neg). Parents on Premises Call 803-410-1058 or 473-4058

2 Vaults, 2 markers, 2 spaces For sale at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery $10,000 Call 458-3117

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Professional Remodelers Home maintenance, ceramic tile, roofing, siding & windows doors, etc. Lic. & Ins. (Cell) 803-459-4773

Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscriber, William W. Wheeler, III, of Jennings & Jennings, P.A., at their office at No. 1 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 106, Bishopville, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2014-CP-31-162

Tonmekia I. Spann, individually, and as Guardian ad Litem for Tilayah Parks, a minor under the age of 14 years, Plaintiff, Vs. Tieron Parks and Jaquan Stroud, Defendant.

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