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Vietnam fighter pilot to keynote Wall ceremony Faith for the college student

the top speaker in South Carolina and the United States, and he was first runner-up in the international competition that started with more than 25,000 contestants.

He has since served as the District 58 (South Carolina) Toastmasters lieutenant governor for education and as district governor.

Even with such impressive credentials, Wilson said he’s taking extra care in composing his remarks

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com At Friday’s official opening of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, one of the world’s top public speakers will give the keynote address.

WILSON In 2006, Distinguished Toastmaster Douglas Wilson of Sumter was judged

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he majestic swell of Pomp and Circumstance will soon be heard across stadiums, auditoriums and school halls as the Class of 2013 receives its diplomas from area high schools. The next stop is college for many, or at least some sort of independence from their home life.

For many parents, this particular event is the litmus test for their child’s spirituality. Will they continue to live their lives according to the faith they were raised in, or will they succumb to the temptations of college life?

The truth is, the struggle for their faith began way before they walked across the commencement stage.

An acquaintance of mine recently confessed that she was worried her son would “stop going to church and start living the wild life” once he went to college. That mother isn’t alone.

Many in the faith community have the same fear. For those whose faith is especially crucial to the everyday, the thought of a wayward son or daughter is terrifying.

I think it’s because your college-age children are able to make their own decisions independent of their parents. A good parent might be able to temper a bad decision of a high school student before it does lasting damage. It’s not so easy with someone college-aged.

The youth minister at my church made a powerful statement on the subject this past Sunday which I’ve summarized.

By now your faith should be instinctual, meaning the fundamental lessons of your faith are completed. It’s now time to practically apply those lessons to everyday life.

Christian research organization The Barna Group suggests that the college-bound begin to disconnect with the religious aspect of their lives as early as age 16. It’s not a sudden change. A researcher with the study explained it this way: “The problem arises from the inadequacy of preparing young Christians for life beyond youth group.”

for the 5:30 p.m. ceremony at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, where the Wall will stand through Monday, which is Memorial Day. “I have enlisted my speech coach to work with me so I can give as good a speech as you can give for that event,” he said.

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Lefford Fate, also a Toastmaster, who is coordinating the visit of the Wall and

Schedule of Events Thursday 5:15 p.m. – Ribbon/ Crowning of King & Queen Iris, Heath Pavilion 6 to 9 p.m. – Taste at the Gardens with Chief Complaint, Garden Street stage Friday 9 to 11 a.m. – Tuomey Community Health Initiatives, Swan Lake Visitors Center Free health screening, displays 5:30 p.m. – Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall opening ceremony

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Public invited to watch memorial’s Sumter arrival ment agencies during the escort, which is scheduled to arrive at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens between 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. The escort will be coming into Sumter on U.S. 521 South. It will then proceed onto South Guignard Drive and make its way down West Liberty Street to Swan Lake.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter residents and visitors are invited to watch the escort procession for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall on Wednesday as it arrives in Sumter.

According to a news release by the Sumter Police Department, officers will be assisted by several other law enforce-

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Locals can help Oklahoma tornado victims

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com Lamar native Alyson Jeffords Knight’s home in Moore, Okla., is covered in mud.

Her yard is covered in two-by-fours, shingles and personal belongings from families she doesn’t even know.

The Oklahoma City suburb was ravaged Monday by a tornado that packed winds of up to 200 mph.

The storm killed at least 24 people, nine of them children.

“We were very blessed not to have been hit directly,” Knight said Tuesday.

“Our power is out, but we’re fortunate to have a generator so we can stay in our home.”

Knight and her husband, Joseph, a technical sergeant in the Air Force, moved to the area in 2010. They didn’t want to live on Tinker Air Force Base.

“We just wanted to live in our own home,” Knight said. “We’re fortunate to have had an underground storm shelter in our garage.”

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Lamar native Alyson Jeffords Knight said that while her home in Moore, Okla., is covered in mud and her yard has debris from the terrible tornado that struck the town on Monday, the neighborhood just a walking distance away suffered extensive damage.

It was in that storm shelter that Knight, her husband, a neighbor and the neighbor’s 2-year-old baby waited as the storm hurtled toward them.

“It did sound like a train, just like people always say,” Knight continued. “We were in the shelter and could see light filtering in from the garage. Then our

power went out, and that was very eerie.”

Not far away, Deanna Rippey Inabnit and her family huddled in their family bathroom. She and her husband, Richard, were stationed at Shaw Air Force Base from 2005-07. They had bought their home in Moore only 30 days ago.

“It’s overwhelming to

think about that, particularly that we put in offers on about four other houses,” Inabnit said. “Those houses don’t exist anymore. They were completely destroyed.

We’re fortunate that our home is OK. We’re without power and without water, but we’re here.”

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Community supporter remembered as vivacious, ‘firecracker’ Julie Abney Bailey was many things, but friend Seth Reimer says she was never scared.

“She was not afraid to take anything on, or of being embarrassed or

being made fun of,” said Reimer, Bailey’s dance partner for the first Dancing with the Sumter Stars.

Reimer said the first time they met up in November 2011 to talk about their

dance, he realized that Bailey was “in it to win.”

“And she did,” Reimer said. “She wanted to look the best and be the best.

There was nothing halfway about her.”

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Woman burned in grease fire

Man sought after rounds fired into home

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com

A woman was taken to the hospital Tuesday after being burned in a grease fire.

The incident occurred at a home in the 1800 block of Kolb Road about noon when the woman was reportedly trying to move the pot off the stove and spilled hot grease on her hands and arms.

She was transported from the scene by Sumter County Emergency Medical Services with burns of unknown severity. The age of the victim was not released. Another woman at the home reportedly suffered minor burns on her leg but declined to be transported by EMS. Sumter firefighters also responded to the home and helped ventilate smoke from the structure. The grease fire caused an estimated $1,000 in damage to an area around the stove and burned an area on the linoleum floor where the grease spilled.

One suspect is in custody and another is being sought by law enforcement after reportedly shooting into a home.

Arkeylin K. Scott, 19, of 975 Gaines Road, was arrested May 14, and charged with two counts of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, possession of a firearm during a violent crime and violation of South Carolina gun laws.

Scott’s alleged accomplice, Bernie Peoples III, 25, of unknown address, is being sought by the Sumter County

Sheriff’s Office on the same charges.

Shortly after midnight on May 7, about 20 rounds were fired into a home in the 4500 block of Wrangler Trail. Two people were reportedly inside the home at the time and dropped to the floor when they heard the gunshots hitting the mobile home. Several apparent bulPEOPLES let holes were noted by law enforcement on the front side of the home, and several shell casings were recovered from the dirt driveway.

A car was seen pulling away from the home after the shooting and a short

time later, law enforcement attempted to stop a vehicle thought to be involved in the shooting. The car came to a stop, and two men were seen fleeing from the vehicle on foot.

Officers reportedly recovered two firearms from the vehicle, a 9 mm Taurus and a 7.62 Intrac.

Anyone with information about the shooting or on Peoples’ whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (803) 436-2774 or Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 7741272.

Andrea Loney, executive director of South Carolina Legal Services, talks to employees at SAFE Federal Credit Union about SC HELP. South Carolina Homeownership and Employment Lending Program is a federally funded foreclosure prevention program.

Sail into Hope program Thursday Tuomey Hospice Services will offer its 13th annual Sail into Hope program from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at First Church of the Nazarene, 3700 Patriot Parkway.

This year’s program, Caring for the Caregiver, will feature classes, seminars and fellowship designed to celebrate the devotion of caregivers and address the challenges and stress they face every day. The event is free, lunch is provided, and caregivers are invited to attend.

Call (803) 773-4663 to register.

Zoo deal benefits Harvest Hope Riverbanks Zoo and Garden announces the return of Toucan Tuesdays, a partnership with Harvest Hope Food Bank to help feed hungry families in the Midlands.

Every Tuesday this summer, beginning on June 4, two can visit Riverbanks for the price of one with a donation of two non-perishable food items for Harvest Hope.

Donation bins will be located at both the zoo and garden entrances.

The promotion ends Aug. 27. For more information, visit www.riverbanks.org.

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SC HELP benefits delinquent homeowners

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com SC HELP is trying to help save people’s homes, and one woman is trying to spread the word.

“The government gave Wall Street a bail out, and this is a bail out for Main Street,” said Andrea Loney.

Loney is the executive director of South Carolina Legal Services, a nonprofit legal aid law firm with about 50 attorneys throughout the state who help low-income residents access the civil legal system. Her organization is one of the agencies that works with SC HELP. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund, also known as Hardest Hit Funds, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program gave the state $295 million to be spent assisting homeowners by 2017, Loney said. From that, the South Carolina Homeownership and Employment Lending Program was developed and launched in January of 2011, said Clay Ingram, spokesperson for SC HELP. The main goal of the program is to provide short-term assistance to avoid foreclosure for responsible home buyers or to help families transition from home ownership to renting, Loney told employees of SAFE Federal Credit Union during her

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“Not everybody who is in trouble for not paying their mortgage will qualify,” she said. “If you bought too much house to begin with or you don’t know how to manage money, it’s not going to help you.”

Qualifying hardships can include divorce, death of a family member, unemployment, underemployment and a 30 percent reduction in pay for those who are self-employed. Loney highlighted four main ways SC HELP assists, ranging from paying past-due amounts to monthly assistance to a moving grant.

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• Monthly payment assistance, which pays the mortgage for up to $36,000 or 24 months, whichever comes first, while the homeowner is seeking “return to self-sustainability.” The loan is forgiven at a rate of 20 percent for five years as long as the resident continues to occupy the property.

• Direct Loan Assistance, which pays up to $36,000 on a past-due mortgage to bring the payment current provided the homeowner can now maintain monthly payments. The loan is forgiven at a rate of 20 percent for five years as long as the resident continues to occupy the property.

• Combination of monthly and direct assistance pays past-due mortgage up to $25,000 and makes monthly payments for a combined total of $36,000.

• Property Disposition Assistance provides a $5,000 grant to help transition families from home ownership to rental housing if certain criteria is met.

house, not subsequent ones, Loney said. Also, if the homeowner dies within the fiveyear span and leaves the house to a person in his or her will, the loan will still be forgiven.

“This is a good investment,” Loney said. “These are not lazy people. They’re your neighbors. Sometimes people are just too proud to tell until it’s too late.

“Foreclosures impact everyone in a community. They cause a reduction in property value, increase in crime, an increase in domestic violence, an increase in school problems and an increase in stress on extended families.”

One story she told about a doctor now needing mortgage assistance touched Penny Pratt, senior vice president of lending and sales at SAFE. “The doctor story really hit home,” she said. “She was taking care of her employees and putting herself in harm’s way.”

She first learned about Loney’s presentation of the

SC HELP program from Brett Harvey, manager of mortgages who had seen her speak at another engagement. Pratt invited Loney to a Rotary meeting, and after seeing it herself, she wanted to bring it to SAFE. “A lot of people don’t know it exists, and a lot of people are laid off through no cause of their own or experience illness,” Pratt said. “The last thing we want is a house to go into foreclosure. Financially it’s not good, and emotionally it’s terrible. ... This might be an opportunity to help them manage a situation they are struggling with, to help them save their house. If we save a house, we save a family. It has a trickle-down effect from one family to a community.”

For more information about SC HELP, call 1-855435-7472 or visit www.

SCHELP.gov. For more from South Carolina Legal Services, call 1-888-257-1988.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Brian S. Raines Jr., 31, of 1647 Old Lexington Highway, Chapin, was arrested Monday and charged with criminal domestic violence, second offense. At 9:18 p.m. on May 14, Raines reportedly spit in the face of the mother of his children in a home in the 1900 block of Peach Orchard Road and then reportedly threw a television at the woman.

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Monday. The unit is valued at $5,000.

A 42-inch flat-screen TV was reported stolen from the 3100 block of Queen Chapel Road at 5:29 p.m. Monday. The TV is valued at $700.

A .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol and its holster were reportedly stolen from an unlocked truck in the 700 block of Henderson Street between 9:30 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. The gun is valued at $200.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A blue 2005 Pontiac Grand-am was reported stolen from the 1100 block of Gilbert Street at 6:34 a.m. Monday. The keys were reportedly left in the vehicle. The car was later recovered in the first block of Highland Avenue. The car is valued at $5,000.

An outside air-conditioning unit was reported stolen from the 2100 block of Bob White

CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

A 48-year-old woman reportedly told law enforcement that a 58-year-old man pushed her down, punched and slapped her multiple times and threw her

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EMS CALLS:

On Monday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 41 calls.

Thirty-four were medical calls, two were stand-bys for the fire department, one was a motor vehicle wreck and four were listed as “other trauma.�

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From left, Sep Harvin, Bob Young, William Hayes, Flotilla Commander John Owen and Perry Moses watch as Mayor Joe McElveen signs a proclamation for National Boating Safety Week at the Sumter Opera House on Wednesday. Saturday marked the beginning of the week dedicated to spreading the message of safe and responsible boating. For more information on the campaign, visit http://bit.ly/arNGlY.

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KEYNOTE from Page A1 will serve as master of ceremonies Friday, said Wilson is the perfect choice to keynote the opening ceremony. “Not only is he a wonderful speaker,�

Fate said, “but he also served in Vietnam for a number of years. He was a (Air Force) fighter pilot, and he was a crew member also on one of the heavies (B-52 bombers) early in his career.�

His military career began in 1963, Wilson said, when “I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, went to basic training, went on to aviation cadet training, which was the last remaining program the military had where you could get your commission without having your college education. I left college as a junior, joined the aviation cadet program and after that, my enlistment as a second lieutenant in the Air Force and my wings as an Air Force navigator. I went on to electronics training and to B-52 training and was an electronics counter measure officer on B-52s for four-and-a-half years.

Then I applied for and was accepted for pilot training ... .�

Wilson’s father was a pioneer aviator, he said, so “I worked really hard ... that’s what I really wanted to do. I got an F-4 Phantom assignment and was assigned to George Air Force Base in California and was assigned to Korat, Thailand, where I flew combat in Southeast Asia for almost

two years. “I’m a Vietnam veteran.�

He’s done a lot of research on the Wall and asks himself, “What message can I give that someone out there in the audience can be able to think, feel or do something differently as a result of what I have to say; (how will I) inspire and motivate?�

Others speaking at the ceremony emceed

by Fate include 9th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells; Brigadier Gen. David Coburn, Director G8 Third Army/ ARCENT; and Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen.

The Rev. Charles Clanton, pastor to senior adults at First Baptist Church, will give the invocation. “I saw the Wall in Washington,� Wilson said, “and I’m looking forward to having the Traveling Wall here.

It’s an awesome display, and I think it’s a wonderful coming together of various groups that put this thing together without any government funding.�

The opening ceremony for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Swan Lake, and the Wall will remain in place throughout the Iris Festival and Memorial Day weekend.

The hours to visit the Wall are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through Monday.

Reach Ivy Moore at (803) 774-1221.

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Heavy rainfall and high winds damaged the roof of Union United Methodist Church in the Wilson community east of Manning on Monday afternoon.

High winds damage church, homes

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING — A church and a home were heavily damaged Monday afternoon when a storm with heavy rain and high winds tore through the Wilson community.

Union United Methodist Church and the home of Herbert Wayne Holladay, both on Nesbitt Road, experienced heavy roof damage which resulted in water damage to the interior of both structures.

Holladay was home when the storm struck shortly after 2 p.m.

He said the rainfall was so heavy that when the roof was torn off his home, it was almost deafening. “It was so loud,� he said. “I never heard a tornado, you know the train sound, but my house started shaking, and then the roof was gone. I know it was a tornado.�

During the rain, Holladay said he, his son and son-in-law tried to cover the portion of the

roof that was torn off, but the rain got into the house. “I’m waiting on the insurance adjuster to come,� he said Tuesday morning looking up as rain sprinkled on the tarp covering a portion of his home. “I feel sure it was a tornado because it hit the church first and then continued on here and left here and continued on, taking down trees.�

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At least a dozen trees were toppled around the church, and large portions of shingles from the church were scattered along Nesbitt Road.

A mobile home on Flinn Road was buffeted during the storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was shaking,â&#x20AC;? said Sandy Akers, who was home alone when the storm hit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to go or what to do. My whole home was moving.â&#x20AC;?

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r. Henry Miller, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Gregory Conko, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in their Forbes article “Rachel Carson’s Deadly Fantasies” (9/5/2012), wrote that her 1962 book, “Silent Spring,” led to a world ban on DDT use. The DDT ban was responsible for the loss of “tens of millions of human lives — mostly children in poor, tropical countries — have been traded for the possibility of slightly improved fertility in raptors (birds).

This remains one of the monumental human tragedies of the last century.” DDT presents no harm to humans and, when used properly, poses no environmental threat. In 1970, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences wrote: “To only a few chemicals does man owe as great a debt as to DDT. ... In a little more than two decades, DDT has prevented 500 million human deaths, due to malaria, that otherwise would have been inevitable.”

Prior to the DDT ban, malaria was on the verge of extinction in some countries.

The World Health OrganiWalter zation estimates that malaria WILLIAMS infects at least 200 million people, of which more than a half-million die, each year. Most malaria victims are African children. People who support the DDT ban are complicit in the deaths of tens of millions of Africans and Southeast Asians. Philanthropist Bill Gates is raising money for millions of mosquito nets, but to keep his environmentalist credentials, the last thing that he’d advocate is DDT use. Remarkably, black congressmen share his vision.

Wackoism didn’t end with Carson’s death.

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist, in his 1968 best-selling book, “The Population Bomb,” predicted major food shortages in the United States and that “in the 1970s ... hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death.” Ehrlich saw England in more desperate straits, saying, “If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” On the first Earth Day, in 1970, Ehrlich warned: “In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct.

Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish.” Ehrlich continues to be a media and academic favorite.

Then there are governmental wacko teachings. In 1914, the U.S. Bureau of Mines predicted our oil reserves would last 10 years. In 1939, the U.S. Department of the Interior revised the estimate, saying that American oil would last 13 years. In 1972, the Club of Rome’s report “Limits to Growth” said total world oil reserves totaled 550 billion barrels.

With that report in hand, then-President Jimmy Carter said, “We could use up all proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade.” He added, “The oil and natural gas we rely on for 75 percent of our energy are running out.” As for Carter’s running-out-of-oil prediction, a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and private industry experts estimate that if even half of the oil bound up in the Green River formation in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado is recovered, it would be “equal to the entire world’s proven oil reserves.” That’s an estimated 3 trillion barrels, more than what OPEC has in reserve. Fret not. Carter, like Ehrlich, is still brought before the media for his opinion.

Our continued acceptance of environmentalist manipulation, lies and fear-mongering has led Congress to establish deadly public policies in the name of saving energy — such as Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which downsize autos and cause unnecessary highway fatalities. That’s on top of the stupid 1970s 55 mph laws. The next time an environmentalist warns us of a pending disaster or that we are running out of something, we ought to ask: When was the last time a prediction of yours was right?

Some people are inclined to call these people idiots. That’s wrong. They have been successful in their agenda. It’s we who are the idiots for listening to them and allowing Congress to let them have their way.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2013 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Special street signs a waste of money In the May 10, 2013, issue of The Item, the story on street signs floored me. It is interesting some things people will propose to Sumter City Council to spend money on. I mean, do we really have to have distinctive street signs for the historic district when, as other councilmen noted,

there are streets in their districts with no signs? While the estimated cost of the signs is only $12,000 — and true, this would be a “drop in the bucket” in the whole city budget — it is the principal of the matter. Our nation’s economy and city’s economy still struggles, and something as frivolous as this is a waste. If the Heart of Sumter Neighborhood Association really wants these special signs, let them

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raise the money. They could solicit donations through fundraisers, bake sales or even go door to door and ask the people who reside in the historic district to donate for signs that would really only be of interest to them anyway. It would be no different than, as the story suggested, soliciting the Chamber of Commerce for the money.

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o, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached.

The AP, IRS and Benghazi matters represent a scandal not of presidential wrongdoing, but of presidential indolence, indifference and incompetence in discharging the duties of chief executive.

The Barack Obama revealed to us in recent days is something rare in our history: a spectator president, clueless about what is going on in his own household, who reacts to revelations like some stunned bystander.

Consider. Because of a grave national security leak, President Obama’s Department of Justice seized two months of records from 20 telephones used by The Associated Press. An unprecedented seizure.

Yet the president was left completely in the dark. And though he rushed to defend the seizure, he claims he was uninvolved.

While the AP issue does not appear to have legs — we know what was done and why — it has badly damaged this president. For his own Justice Department treated the press, which has an exalted opinion of itself and its role, with the same contempt as the IRS treated the Tea Party.

The episode has damaged a crucial presidential asset. For this Washington press corps had provided this president with a protective coverage of his follies and failings unseen since the White House press of half a century ago covered up the prowlings of JFK. The Benghazi issue is of far greater gravity. Still, Obama’s sins here as well seem to be those of omission, not commission.

The president was apparently completely in the dark about the urgent requests from Benghazi for more security. Obama was also apparently completely out of the loop during the seven-hour crisis of Sept. 11-12, when Ambassador Stevens was assassinated, calls for help from Benghazi were denied

and two heroic ex-Navy SEALs died fighting to defend U.S. personnel from the roof of that CIA installation.

No one seems to know where Obama was that night.

The following week, as the State Department, CIA and National Security Council all worked the “talking points” to make it appear that this preplanned terrorist atrocity was a spontaneous event triggered by an anti-Islamic video, Obama knew nothing of the discussions.

Thus, almost a week after the massacre, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was put on six networks to move the line that we could not have better prepared for what would hapPatrick pen in Benghazi BUCHANAN because it was all a spontaneous event triggered by a YouTube video.

Rice’s version was untrue, but consistent with Obama’s campaign message: “Bin Laden is dead, and al-Qaida is on the run.”

Yet if Rice’s credibility was crippled by what she was sent out to parrot, a week after she got the egg all over her face, Obama was himself peddling the same line at the United Nations. Obama, it seems, may have been the last man to know the cover story had collapsed.

As for the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status, this bureaucratic misconduct began as far back as 2010, when the Tea Party was a national sensation.

Yet, despite Tea Party protests to members of Congress, who made inquiries of the IRS, the discrimination against groups with “Tea Party” and “Patriot” in their names continued, and was extended to groups whose proclaimed mission was to defend the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

Literally for years this went on.

Investigations were begun by the

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IRS, and the results reported to the Treasury Department.

But nothing was made public before the election of 2012.

This weekend we learned that the White House counsel was told this April about the IRS misconduct and the investigations, but she did not inform President Obama. He learned about it from news reports.

What we have here, it appears, is a government out of control and a president clueless about what is going on in that government.

And that is the best case. For it is difficult to believe the IRS could conduct a full-court press on Obama’s opponents, that IRS higher-ups knew about it, years ago, and that Treasury knew about it before the election — but the White House was kept in the dark about a scandal that could have derailed the Obama campaign.

But whatever Obama knew, he and his allies in Congress bear moral responsibility for denying these Tea Party folks for years their right to participate fully in the politics of their country.

For years, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other Democrats have slandered and slurred Tea Party people as enemies of progress — smears echoed by their mainstream press allies.

Should we then be surprised that IRS bureaucrats, hearing this, thought they were doing what was right for America by slow-walking applications for tax exemptions from these same Tea Party folks?

Who demonized the Tea Party people? Who created the climate of contempt? Whoever did gave moral sanction to those IRS agents.

And the Spectator President is right in the vanguard.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” © 2013 creators.com

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A tornado with winds up to 200 mph on Monday devastated the little bedroom community of Moore, Okla., killing 24 people, nine of them children. Lamar native Alyson Jeffords Knight moved to the area with her husband in 2010 and said they live only blocks away from buildings that were destroyed.

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been donated. And the drivers are donating their time.â&#x20AC;?

Items needed include sheets, blanInabnitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home is roughly four kets, towels, socks, clothing and shoes blocks away from the most devastated of any size, non-perishable foods, part of Moore, she said. Walking and wash cloths, toiletries, first aid items, driving around the tiny bedroom paper plates, plastic kitchen utensils, community, which has a population bottled water, diapers, work gloves, inof about 56,000, on Tuesday was surdividually wrapped snacks, pet supreal, she said. plies and toothbrushes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Down this one little road (TuesNancy Cataldo, executive director day) morning, I just kept seeing this of the Sandhills Chapter of the Ameriline of trucks, utility trucks and diesel can Red Cross, said her organization is trucks, all of them coming to help the looking solely for monetary donations. people in Moore,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have shelters open in Oklahobeen overwhelming to see that supma, and people are being provided port.â&#x20AC;? food and snacks,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have Inabnit said she has been overmental health workers there and whelmed, too, by the show of support health care services. One of our nurses from neighboring towns and people is deploying there from our Columbia across the nation. She was delighted office to be a nursing supervisor. We to hear that local groups also have 30 emergency in Sumter, Lee and Clarresponse vehicles en YOU CAN HELP endon counties are route with water, food rushing to aid those afand relief supplies.â&#x20AC;?

To help the Sumter group traveling fected by the devastatThe Red Cross has to Oklahoma on Friday, call Billy Ray ing storm. also teamed up with Geddings at (803) 464-1487 or Ken â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything they can the Southern Baptist and Kimberly McLeod at (803) 236do to help the people Convention to â&#x20AC;&#x153;provide here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just wonderful,â&#x20AC;? 9749. Drop-off locations for requested some kitchen support she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family and items are Curves on Rast Street behind and relief supply trailSumter Mall; Concord Baptist Church, I were very fortunate, ers,â&#x20AC;? Cataldo said.

1885 Myrtle Beach Highway; and and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need anyShe said an orientaJones Buick GMC on Broad Street Exthing. We have what we tion held Tuesday night tension. need. But I will do anyto train disaster servicTo donate $10 to the American Red thing to help our neighes volunteers will aid Cross directly, text REDCROSS to 90999. bors and anything to relief efforts. She said To help the Red Cross, call 1-800-REDencourage others to another orientation will CROSS, (803) 775-2364, or visit redhelp them.â&#x20AC;? be held 6 p.m. May 30. cross.org.

Sumter residents Ken â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time we have Deanna Rippey Inabnitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church in and Kimberly McLeod volunteers that are Oklahoma is also taking donations for and their nephew, Billy trained and can go, we Moore residents. Visit CrossroadsOKC. Ray Geddings, are anwill certainly send com for more information. swering that call. The them,â&#x20AC;? Cataldo said.

The Florence County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office three will join several â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any call for help, we is coordinating a drop-off for items other locals in traveling are ready to go.â&#x20AC;? with the Red Cross from 9 a.m. to 7 to Oklahoma on Friday Inabnit and Knight p.m. Tuesday at the Florence Civic Cenmorning. said they are grateful ter. For more information, call (843) McLeod said he and other Americans, espeGeddings are coordinat- 665-2121. cially South Carolining through their ians, are coming to churches, Concord BapMooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aid. tist Church and New Start Community â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came in today and made myself Church, respectively. a cup of coffee, and my cup says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of our congregation at Conâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Every day may not be good, but there cord, Rebecca Davis, her parents are is good in every day,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Inabnit said. in that community hit by the storm,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are thankful that there are not McLeod said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just wanted to do more that died. That is some good. anything we could to help.â&#x20AC;?

And the people coming in from all He said the group is accepting any over the place to help us. That is good. help they can get for the battered There is good in the day even though town. the day wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encourâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like some help with covering aging to know there are good people the cost of the trip,â&#x20AC;? McLeod said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But out there, there is good happening other than that, all the item requests from this.â&#x20AC;? come from the ground there. Our veReach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774hicles are donated. The trailers have 1211.

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FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 Let me be the first to say that it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the fault of your youth ministers, pastors or other church staff that your college-age child doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go to church. It is not their job to convince your child that church, Bible study or a life of faith is a worthwhile pursuit.

Our job as parents is not to raise children but to raise adults.

They cannot become dependent on someone to spoon feed them spiritual truths for the rest of their lives. As children, they must be taught to pursue their faith regardless of what circumstance they are in, be it college, career, family or otherwise. Having said this, I must acknowledge that not every kid that is raised in a loving, faith-minded family will adhere to the same moral compass of their parents. Some people cite Proverbs 22:6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as evidence that a parent has not properly raised the child. I would remind that accuser that the book of Proverbs is just that, a book of proverbs. They are not promises that your child will not sin if he or she is raised according to Holy law. We should do our best to raise our children according to our faith and then lift them up in prayer if they do not stay the path.

This does not recuse the church from ministering to college-age students. In our community, you would probably be hard-pressed to find a college ministry in Sumter that does not struggle with its attendance.

A common perception is that most college students drop out of church and, by association, their religious lives for the time they are at college. Perhaps that is why there is often a lackluster attempt to reach college students in our area.

When it comes to helping college students understand their new responsibility in life, most ministers feel lost.

Indeed, many a head-scratching moment has happened as church leaders try to figure out

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how to minister to college-age students. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wily demographic to plan ministries around. Students balance their classes against their work schedule. Unlike previous ministry programming for this group, college students are allowed to make their own schedules and, further, their own decisions about life.

Many churches, whether they would admit it or not, are content to play the waiting game. The myth is that most will return to the church once theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve settled down, married and had a family.

According to research by the same organization, half of parents admitted that having a child did not influence their involvement in a church. Only about 17 percent said they reconnected with a religious organization after a long period away from a religious institution.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as if they become nomads on a spiritual journey. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t abandon their faith, statistics show, they just arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in practicing their faith in a traditional church setting. It means that we have to find a more creative way to reach out to these people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been several years since I graduated from college, but I remember one gesture. A Bible study group at my home church sent me $5 each month. I bought a chili-cheeseburger from Hardeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that was so large it came in a box. It was a welcome foray away from the value menu. That small remembrance meant the world to me.

I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about forming connections with the college-age populace so that they know loving support from a believer. If they have no real connection with their faith, then they are more apt to abandon it when it comes time for them to make decisions.

Our first responsibility is to pray for these students and let them know that you are doing so.

Next, we need not dismiss the spiritual needs of the collegeaged. Instead of trying to cram them into the mold of a program, why not meet them where they are. Who knows? It might be that small gesture that makes them realize that their faith family loves them.

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

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said. “You know someone who has so much life and energy, they almost seem invincible. She seemed that way to me.”

Bailey seemed that way as well to best friends Melissa Linville and Shannan Wilkinson. Both women say they knew Bailey for more than 10 years.

“She was vivacious, full of life,” Wilkinson said. “She didn’t know a stranger. I talked to her every day. It will be hard not to talk to her anymore. And I will miss her smile.

She lit up a room with her smile.”

“I will miss her friendship most,” Linville said. “She was the best friend anyone could ever ask for. I don’t say that lightly.

She was there ... in the good times and the bad. She just had this zest for life and a generous spirit.”

Bronwyn McElveen, who worked with Bailey in Young Professionals of Sumter, agreed.

“She had this magnetic personality that just made you want to talk to her, and she was going to talk to you,” McElveen said.

“She was such a firecracker. She gave her all to this community.

If you asked her to do something, she was there with bells on trying to help out however she could.”

Kipper Edens Ackerman, who came in second to Bailey in the dance competition, said Bailey seemed as if she would do anything for her home community.

“I wish I had the opportunity to know her long before that (competition),” Ackerman said. “But even knowing her for the short time I did, it just didn’t take long to realize how much of a tremendous supporter of the Sumter community she was.”

That support led to her being named Am-

bassador of the Year many times by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. She was also the chamber’s Minority Business Person of the Year in 2012 and was named the “Godmudda” for raising the most money for the chamber. A Newberry native, she was coowner of Bailey’s Automotive Service and Bailey’s Hooker Service and employed with State Farm — Gary Herlong Agency.

McElveen said Bailey’s energy made other people want to work on fundraising projects.

“She just brought everyone into Sumter,” she said. “You wanted to become involved after meeting someone like Julie Bailey.

She supported anything she could, whether the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the Young Professionals and the chamber wholeheartedly. She would just give and give and give.”

“It’s rare, especially for someone only 44 years old, to have her loss felt as extensively as we’re going to feel this absence,” McElveen continued.

Reimer said Bailey’s headstrong personality extended even into their winning dance, the paso doble.

“It’s the matador’s dance, and anyone that knew Julie knows that she wouldn’t be dominated by anyone,” Reimer said.

“She wasn’t afraid to take the lead. I have to think at a hard time like this that there’s a reason God decided to call her home. There’s got to be some projects that need a good chairwoman up there.”

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Alice Drive Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

— Robert J. Baker

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The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be open to the public on Friday.

For more information about the Wall, visit http://travelingwall.us.

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ARIES (March 21-April regarding business the last word in astrology 19): Emotional partnerships. confusion will surface.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): eugenia LAST When in doubt, don’t Curiosity will take you to make a move. Impulse many different may be your middle destinations and name, but for the time being you are best to information sites. Your knowledge and sit and wait. interest in what others are doing will boost TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t disregard your reputation. what you’ve done in the past. Use your SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Simplicity will be expertise as your calling card. Let your necessary. Don’t let someone’s anger or a confidence shine through and impress lack of understanding hold you back. Having someone who’s in a position to help you get a clear-cut vision will help you move in a ahead. positive direction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stop worrying and SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make start enjoying life. Make plans to do what changes that will bring a positive influence you enjoy. Connect with old friends or set to the way you live your life. Someone is your sights on a little good old-fashioned likely to mislead you regarding a position or romance with someone special. place you’re considering.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do your own CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Rely on the thing. Stick to projects that take imagination information and skills you’ve already and you will ease your stress while working mastered. Choose your challenges wisely toward a goal you enjoy. Don’t let and set out to fix anything that isn’t working uncertainty disrupt your plans. according to plan.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What you offer others AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take something will determine what you get in return. you enjoy doing and turn it into a profitable Someone putting demands on you must be venture. You’ll capture interest with your dealt with so you can follow a path that unique ideas and charismatic way of better suits your personality. presenting what you have to offer.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Question anyone PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Relentless effort promising the impossible. Rely on what you on your part will pay off financially. Don’t be know you can accomplish on your own. fooled by false information. Leave nothing Deception and disillusionment are apparent to chance by doing your own fact-finding.

PICK 3 TUESDAY: 1-0-1 AND 6-1-8 PICK 4 TUESDAY: 6-2-9-9 AND 2-6-3-7 PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY: 3-8-23-31-32 POWERUP: 2 CAROLINA CASH 6 MONDAY: 3-4-14-17-18-32 MEGAMILLIONS NUMBERS WERE UNAVAILABLE AT PRESS TIME

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SUMTER CITYCOUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Today, 3 p.m., Planning Department, conference room, 12 W. Liberty St.

WATCH from Page A1 Spectators are asked to not block driveways to businesses or residences along the Wall’s route.

The Swan Lake Visitor’s Center parking lot will be temporarily closed to the public on Wednesday. Visitors will able to park across

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Fair Edmunds shares a picture she took of a newly hatched clutch of bluebirds that she found in her yard.

SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.

SPORTS Lady Barons do it own way WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

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Wilson Hall wins first title since 1975

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Wilson Hall hadn’t won a softball state title since 1975, so when the Lady Barons brought home the school’s first SCISA 3A fastpitch championship last week, they did so in their own way.

After failing to meet expectations by losing in the state quarterfinals last season, the team vowed not to finish the same way and feel the same heartbreak.

“I think part of what makes this championship incredible is the fact right from the start everyone counted us out, and I think we were probably thought of as an underdog,” Lady Barons head coach Teresa Alexander said. “At the beginning of the year we’re hitting those expectations and we picked up some losses to good teams, but teams in the past we were able to beat.”

Many counted WH out, thinking the team was too young and inexperienced. Alexander knew better.

“I thought we would

have a chance to have a great year even before the season began,” she explained. “Despite losing all the talent we did, we still had a lot of really good softball players.

They just weren’t people that everybody knew about yet, and I figured our lack of experience would catch up with us.”

Success didn’t come naturally and right away,

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BY KAREN EDMONDSON

ABOVE: Wilson Hall head softball coach Teresa Alexander, center, gets drenched by her players after the Lady Barons won the SCISA 3A state title.

LEFT: The Wilson Hall softball team poses with the medals they received after winning the title over Orangeburg Prep last week. It was Wilson Hall’s first softball title since 1975.

SEE BARONS, PAGE B3

1st upset in PPO occurs

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The Palmetto Pro Open saw its first upset in its first featured match in Tuesday’s first round of the 32-player main singles draw at Palmetto Tennis Center.

Hiroko Kuwata knocked off secondseeded Sanaz Marand 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(3) in the 7 p.m. match of the USTA $10,000 Women’s Pro Circuit event.

Kuwata easily won the first set and was up 5-1 in the second set

against Marand, who trains in Florence. However, Maranda battled back and won six straight games to win the set and force a third and deciding set.

Marand actually led by two games in the final set before Kuwata rallied to get the victory.

Five other players

Curry relishes role as bullpen catcher

BY GENE SAPAKOFF Post and Courier CLEMSON — There weren’t many initial surprises at the conclusion of fall practice as Jack Leggett gathered his Clemson baseball players CURRY and named team co-captains for the 2013 season.

Seniors Thomas Brittle and Scott Firth and junior Jon McGibbon stepped forward. Teammates loudly approved.

“And there’s another guy we’re going to have as co-captain,” the head coach said. “He has been working hard since he came here.”

Dramatic pause

ACC TOURNAMENT TODAY 11 a.m. -- (2) Florida State vs. (7) Georgia Tech 3 p.m. -- (3) Virginia vs. (6) Virginia Tech 7 p.m. -- (4) N.C. State vs. (5) Clemson Thursday 11 a.m. -- (3) Virginia vs. (7) Georgia Tech 3 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina vs. (8) Miami 7 p.m. -- (2) Florida State vs. (6) Virginia Tech Friday, May 24 11 a.m. -- (4) N.C. State vs. (8) Miami 3 p.m. -- (6) Virginia Tech vs. (7) Georgia Tech 7 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina vs. (5) Clemson Saturday 11 a.m. -- (2) Florida State vs. (3) Virginia 3 p.m. -- (5) Clemson vs. (8) Miami 7 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina vs. (4) N.C. State Sunday 1 p.m. -- ACC Championship

among the Tiger paws.

“Marcus Curry!”

The roar was unanimous for a mere bullpen catcher, a team leader who isn’t actually on the roster. Co-captain status SEE CURRY, PAGE B4

along with Kuwata won first-round matches on Tuesday. Two were seeded players; No. 4 seed Fatma Al Nabhani downed Mari Osaka 6-4, 6-2 and seventh seed Jamie Loeb defeated Naomi Osaka 6-3, 7-6(8).

Also advancing to the second round were Elizabeth Anita Alexandri Profit with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 DENNIS BRUNSON / THE ITEM victory over Katerina Stewart; Csilla Borsanyi Fourth-seeded Fatma Al Nabhani returns a shot after defeating wild-card during her match against Mari Osaka in the first Aleah Marrow 6-1, 5-7, round of the main singles draw of the Palmetto Pro Open on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

SEE PPO, PAGE B2 Al Nabhani defeated Osaka 6-4, 6-2.

hitters.

This season, Greiner returns to the dugout and regularly talks to Meyers about whether hitters are crowding the plate or not, and what pitches they seem to be anticipating. If Meyers can’t judge his own pitcher’s ball movement from the dugout, Greiner will fill him in, and sometimes offer a suggestion for how to attack batters.

“I’m considerably more assertive,” Greiner said.

SEE USC, PAGE B4

SEE GRAY, PAGE B5

Game 11 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 9 p.m.

Friday Game 13 -- Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 4 p.m.

Game 14 -- Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 7:30 p.m.

Single Elimination Saturday Game 15 -- Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11, 1 p.m.

Game 16 -- Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Game 17 -- Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 4:30 p.m.

Greiner more assertive for USC

BY DARRYL SLATER Post and Courier COLUMBIA — When South Carolina’s players jogged off the field last season, freshman Grayson Greiner usually just removed his catching gear and pondered his upcoming at-bat. Rarely did he offer pitch- GREINER ing coach Jerry Meyers the unsolicited comments that often help formulate a strategy to limit opposing

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Thomas Sumter Academy’s Brantly Gray has played many different positions for the Generals football team over the past few seasons, but no position excited him more than fullback.

Due to the limited amount of running backs this past season Gray filled in at the position and found his college calling when he blocked for the gameGRAY winning 2-point conversion against Northwood in the SCISA 2A quarterfinals.

“I love D (defensive) line, but when I played fullback this year, my senior year, blocking and having to block for the 2-point conversion to win the game (against Northwood), that was the moment that made me set my mind on (wanting to play) fullback.”

Gray will get his opportunity as he signed to play with Methodist University. “(Methodist head coach C.J. Goss) asked me what position I want to go for and I said fullback for now,” Gray said. “He told me, ‘It all depends on your offseason.’ ‘If you go to the weight room every day then you’re more than likely going to start as a freshman,’ which is my goal right now.”

Gray also considered

SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT Single Elimination Tuesday Game 1 -- (6) Mississippi 4, (11) Kentucky 1 Game 2 -- (7) Alabama 6, (10) Auburn 3 Game 3 -- (9) Texas A&M 6, (8) Florida 3 Game 4 -- (5) Mississippi State vs. (12) Missouri, late Double Elimination TODAY Game 5 -- (3) Arkanasas vs. (6) Mississippi, 10:30 a.m.

Game 6 -- (2) LSU vs. (7) Alabama, 2 p.m.

Game 7 -- (1) Vanderbilt vs. (9) Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- (4) South Carolina vs. (5) Mississippi State or. (12) Missouri, 9 p.m.

Thursday Game 9 -- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 10:30 a.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 2 p.m.

Gray signs for football with MU

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Orioles beat Yankees to end 6-game skid BALTIMORE — Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Chris Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

McLouth hit a 1-1 pitch from Vidal Nuno (1-1) into the bleachers in right-center to give the Orioles their first win since May 12.

Jim Johnson (2-4), who blew three save opportunities during the six-game skid, got three straight outs in the 10th. His performance capped an exceptional effort by Orioles pitchers, who retired 21 of the last 22 New York batters.

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CLEVELAND — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Max Scherzer retired 22 straight batters after the first inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over Cleveland on Tuesday night to stop the Indians’ winning streak at five and trim their lead in the AL Central.

Cabrera’s laser shot in the sixth inning off Corey Kluber (3-3) helped the Tigers win for just the second time in six games. The defending AL champions also moved within 1 1-2 games of the first-place Indians, who have won 18 of 23 since April 28.

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Baltimore third base coach Bobby Dickerson, left, greets Nate McLouthafter McLouth hit a game-winning, walk-off home run in the Orioles’ 3-2, 10-inning victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday. The Orioles snapped a 6-game losing streak.

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NEW YORK — Mike Leake pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings and the Cincinnati Reds parlayed star third baseman David Wright’s early error Tuesday night into a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets.

Devin Mesoraco homered as the Reds won for the ninth time in 11 games. They scored three times in the first inning after

Wright let a bases-loaded, twoout grounder skip through his legs.

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MIAMI — Delmon Young homered and Ryan Howard added three hits and three RBIs to help carry the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.

From wire reports

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Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again NEW YORK — Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again.

The Cavaliers won the lottery for the second time in three years Tuesday, giving them the No. 1 pick for the June 27 draft.

Gilbert, owner Dan Gilbert’s bowtie-wearing son, was on stage for another the victory.

After he won it in 2011, the Cavs used the pick to take eventual Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving.

The Orlando Magic fell back one spot to No. 2, while the Washington Wizards vaulted from the No. 8 spot to third.

50TH SB GOES TO BAY AREA

BOSTON — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following

eliminated, but they include unfilled positions. ESPN has about 7,000 employees worldwide, with about 4,000 at its headquarters in Bristol, Conn.

The vast majority work behind the scenes.

CLIPPERS FIRE DEL NEGRO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. NFL owners voted to have San Francisco host the 50th Super Bowl in 2015.

year.

Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers’ new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season.

GARCIA, WOODS SQUABBLE

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don’t like each other, and neither is trying to disguise his feelings.

The verbal feuding

began May 11 during the third round of The Players Championship. It resumed this week on both sides of the Atlantic when Woods said he would not contact Garcia to put this matter to rest.

ESPN CUTTING WORKFORCE

NEW YORK— ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff.

The company would not say how many jobs are being

PPO from Page B1 6-1; and Stephanie Kent after advancing past Kristy Frilling 6-4, 6-0.

The qualifying draw concluded Tuesday morning, filling out the singles main draw. The eight qualifiers into the Main Draw were Alexandra Starkova, Yukako Noi, Denise Muresan, Jacqueline Wu, Michelle Sammons, Alexandra Morozova, Maddison Inglis and Magdalena Ekert.

Starkova defeated Samantha Asch 0-6, 6-3, 6-3; Noi advanced over Sydney Campbell 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; thirdseeded Muresan claimed a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Anna Smith; Wu took down No. 4 seed Amanda Rodgers 6-2, 6-0; Sammons was victorious over Parris Todd 3-6, 6-0, 7-5; Morozova beat Whitney McCray 7-5, 6-3; Inglis defeated Taylor L. Da-

vidson 7-6(4), 6-2; and Ekert moved on with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 victory over Emerald Able.

All but four of the 16 main draw doubles teams played with six now in the quarterfinals.

The No. 2 doubles team of Frilling and Alexandra Mueller moved into the next round with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Ryann Foster and Todd. They will face Davidson and Kaitlyn McCarthy, who beat sisters Roxanne Ellison and Sierra A. Ellison 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.

After defeating Marrow and Rodgers 7-6, 6-3, the team of fourthseeded Kent and Murdock advanced to the quarterfinals to play Campbell and Josie Kuhlman. Campbell and Kuhlman defeated Noi and Khristina Blajkevitch 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-5.

LOS ANGELES — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after their first-round playoff exit.

The team said Tuesday he won’t be offered a new contract when his current one expires at the end of June.

Del Negro had a 128102 regular-season record in three years with the team. The Clippers made the playoffs the last two seasons, including last year when they advanced to the second round for only the second time since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1984.

The team of Martina Frantova and Belinda Woolcock defeated Brooke Austin and Brooke Rischbieth 7-6(4), 6-1 and will face a team to be determined. Also awaiting their next opponent in the quarterfinals is the team of Jessica Lawrence and Sammons, which defeated Asch and Xue Zhang 6-4, 6-3.

Action will continue today beginning with a full slate of matches at 9 a.m. No. 1 singles seed Sally Peers will play in one of those first matches, taking on McCarthy. Another intriguing match will come in the second tier of matches when No. 3 Alexandra Mueller meets 2011 PPO champion Alexis King.

The feature match at 7 p.m. today is a doubles match. The No. 1 team of Marand and Loeb will take on Isabella Robbiani and Jainy Scheepens.

From wire reports

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 11 a.m. -- College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game One from Durham, N.C. -- Georgia Tech vs. Florida State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

Noon -- Major League Baseball: Minnesota at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at New York Mets or Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee (MLB NETWORK).

3 p.m. -- College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Two from Durham, N.C. -- Virginia Tech vs. Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Baltimore (ESPN).

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

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh (WGN).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Four -- Pittsburgh at Ottawa (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game One -- Indiana at Miami (TNT).

9 p.m. -- College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Eight -South Carolina vs. Mississippi State or Missouri (WNKT-FM 107.5).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB New York 28 16 .636 – Boston 27 18 .600 11/2 Baltimore 23 21 .523 5 Tampa Bay 23 21 .523 5 Toronto 18 26 .409 10 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 26 17 .605 – Detroit 23 19 .548 21/2 Kansas City 20 21 .488 5 Chicago 20 23 .465 6 Minnesota 18 23 .439 7 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 29 16 .644 – Oakland 24 22 .522 51/2 Seattle 20 25 .444 9 Los Angeles 17 27 .386 111/2 Houston 13 32 .289 16 Monday’s Games Cleveland 10, Seattle 8, 10 innings Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 4, 10 innings Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1 Oakland 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Boston 4 Houston 6, Kansas City 5 Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, late Boston at Chicago White Sox, late Kansas City at Houston, late Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Today’s Games Minnesota (Worley 1-4) at Atlanta (Maholm 5-4), 12:10 p.m.

Oakland (Parker 2-5) at Texas (Wolf 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 2-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-3), 4:37 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 4-4) at Cleveland (U. Jimenez 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-2) at Baltimore (Hammel 5-2), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Maurer 2-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 6-0) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-2), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 2-4) at Houston (Lyles 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 26 18 .591 – Washington 23 22 .511 31/2 Philadelphia 21 24 .467 51/2 New York 17 25 .405 8 Miami 13 32 .289 131/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 28 16 .636 – Cincinnati 27 18 .600 11/2 Pittsburgh 26 18 .591 2 Chicago 18 25 .419 91/2 Milwaukee 17 26 .395 101/2 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 26 19 .578 – San Francisco 25 20 .556 1 Colorado 24 21 .533 2 San Diego 21 23 .477 41/2 Los Angeles 18 25 .419 7

| Monday’s Games Cincinnati 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1 Miami 5, Philadelphia 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 San Diego 4, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 8, Washington 0 Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, late L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, late Arizona at Colorado, late St. Louis at San Diego, late Washington at San Francisco, late Today’s Games Minnesota (Worley 1-4) at Atlanta (Maholm 5-4), 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 4-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 3-4), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 3-4) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 5-3), 3:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 4-2) at Miami (Slowey 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 0-0) at San Diego (B.Smith 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Indiana Wednesday, May 22: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 26: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 28: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 1: Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 3: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 1, Memphis 0 Sunday, May 19: San Antonio 105, Memphis 83 Tuesday, May 21: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 25: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Monday, May 27: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 29: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m. x-Friday, May 31: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 2: Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3 Sunday, May 19: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh at Ottawa.

7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 19: Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, May 21: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 5:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 2, Chicago 1 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 20: Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 23: Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD Los Angeles 2, San Jose 1 Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 18: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Tuesday, May 21: Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Thursday, May 23: San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

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Sierra A. Ellison hits a serve during her doubles match with sister Roxanne Ellison against Taylor L. Davidson and Kaitlyn McCarthy in the first round of the Palmetto Pro Open on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. Davidson and McCarthy 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.

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LEFT: Wilson Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haley Hawkins (7) sheds a tear while teammate Betsy Cunningham (6) looks on during the SCISA 3A softball state title ceremony. RIGHT: Wilson Hall sophomore Holly Scott pitched the Lady Barons to their first softball title since 1975, and their first fastpitch title in school history.

BARONS from Page B1 but it did come from work done in the offseason. In fact, several of the girls played travel ball, and that took the edge off some of the inexperience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think everybody on the team played so much travel ball it helped prepare us for our positions,â&#x20AC;? sophomore pitcher Holly Scott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we were very confident at the plate and no matter who it was we had trust in each other.â&#x20AC;?

After spring break, Alexander decided to make some defensive changes to see if it would help the team.

Hannah Jordan moved to shortstop, Haley Hawkins went to first base and Bailey Connor went to third while Emma Catoe and Kaylee Pitts transitioned to the outfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hannah being able to be play shortstop and running that position like a leader is supposed to, and with confidence, and her being so darn good at it allowed us to adjust some other people in places that really made our entire defense beef up,â&#x20AC;? Alexander said.

Behind a strong defensive squad and a healthy one, in which not one player missed a game, Wilson Hall

achieved greatness together, as a team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think some kids were hurting and some things were not feeling well on them, but there were just 12 of us,â&#x20AC;? Alexander said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They kind of recognized Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to suck it up and deal with it because the team needs me.â&#x20AC;?

One name synonymous with the Lady Barons athletic program, and especially in softball, was Ansley Ard. The former WH standout who graduated last year and signed with the University of South Carolina, left the team with a void to fill both offensively and on the mound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at my lineup and you can scan it up and down, nobody is going to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to figure out how to get this girl out,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and when you look out defensively, no one says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We have to make sure and not hit it to that girl,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but yet somehow everybody became a superstar,â&#x20AC;? Alexander said.

The answer on how to replace Ard, came from within the players themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we realized the past couple of years weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been relying on Ansley to bail us out, and I think we realized weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all equal so we got along a lot better,â&#x20AC;?

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senior Jordain Edmondson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just target one player. You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shut down one player; you had to shut us all down.â&#x20AC;?

The names of a dozen players nobody recognized were just a part of the reason for their success. In a word, confidence played a vital role in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chemistry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was just having confidence and my teammates having confidence,â&#x20AC;? freshman Betsy Cunningham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew if I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t having the best of games then my team would

pick me up and make me feel a lot better.â&#x20AC;?

Determination and hard work also were reasons the team excelled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of determination was at the highest Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen from a softball team,â&#x20AC;?

Alexander said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that is probably because of nobody being the star or nobody being the player that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really counting on. Everyone realized we were counting on everybody, and we needed everybody to be at their best.â&#x20AC;?

The Lady Barons first made history by captur-

ing the Region II title outright for what it is believed to be the first time. That led to a favorable bracket in the state tournament, but Alexander said the hardest thing she had to learn as a coach was preaching to the team to be patient and take things by way of the clichĂŠ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one game at a time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in the past with some of my teams weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to think about that final championship moment way too soon,â&#x20AC;?

Alexander said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This season we really tried not to talk about getting to

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what we wanted to do, we just wanted to get to state and win every single game we could as it came along.â&#x20AC;?

The Lady Barons, who finished 23-6 on the season, lose only two seniors from the squad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt like everything about them was authentic,â&#x20AC;? Alexander said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The energy was real, the love for the sport was real and the encouragement and support for each other was real. It was a dream team to coach.â&#x20AC;?

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COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE at Fluor Field in Greenville TODAY Game 1 -- (4) The Citadel vs. (5) Appalachian State, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- (1) Western Carolina vs. (8) Samford, 1:30 p.m.

Game 3 -- (3) Elon vs. (6) Furman, 5 p.m.

Game 4 -- (2) College of Charleston vs. (7) Georgia Southern, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 10 a.m.

Game 6 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1:30 p.m.

Game 7 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5 p.m. (or 8:30 p.m. if Furman wins Wednesday) Game 8 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 8:30 p.m. (or 5 p.m. if Furman wins Wednesday) Friday Game 9 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 5, 3 p.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 11 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 10 a.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10, 1:30 p.m. *Game 13 -- Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, 5 p.m. *Game 14 -- Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday Game 15 -- Championship game, 2 p.m. *If necessary. If Game 13 is not necessary, Game 14 will begin approximately 40 minutes after the conclusion of Game 12.

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Va. Tuesday Game 1 -- (2) Coastal Carolina 6, (7) Longwood 1 Game 2 -- (6) Gardner-Webb 8, (3) High Point 2 Game 3 -- (1) Campbell 4, (8) Charleston Southern 0 Game 4 -- (4) Radford 6, (5) Liberty 3 TODAY Game 5 -- (7) Longwood vs. High Point, 9:30 a.m.

Game 6 -- Charleston Southern vs. Liberty, 1 p.m.

Game 7 -- (2) Coastal Carolina vs. Gardner-Webb, 4:30pm Game 8 -- Campbell vs. Radford, 8 p.m.

Thursday Game 9 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 3 p.m.

Game 10 -- Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 6:30 p.m.

Friday Game 11 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 10 a.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10, 1:30 p.m.

Game 13 -- if necessary, 5 p.m.

Game 14 -- if necessary, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday Championship Game, 4 p.m.

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE at Conrad Park in DeLand, Fla. Today

Game 1 -- (4) East Tennessee State vs. (5) Stetson, 10 a.m.

Game 2 -- (1) Mercer vs. (8) USC Upstate, 1:15 p.m.

Game 3 -- (2) Florida Gulf Coast vs. (7) Kennesaw State, 5 p.m.

Game 4 -- (3) North Florida vs. (7) Lipscomb, 8:15 p.m.

Thursday Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 10 a.m.

Game 6 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1:15 p.m.

Game 7 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5 p.m.

Game 8 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 8:15 p.m.

Friday Game 9 -- Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 5, 3 p.m.

Game 10 -- Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6, 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 11 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 10 a.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10, 1:15 p.m. *Game 13 -- Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, 5 p.m. *Game 14 -- Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12, 8:15 p.m.

Sunday Game 15 -- Championship game, 1 p.m.

Game 16 -- if necessary, 4:30 p.m. *If necessary. If Game 13 is not necessary, Game 14 will begin approximately 40 minutes after the conclusion of Game 12.

Various talent on display in SoCon baseball tournament

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News Coming home is always special for Appalachian State shortstop Will Callaway.

When the Greenville native and former Eastside High star takes the field with his Mountaineers when the Southern Conference Tournament begins Wednesday at Fluor Field, it will be even more exciting as family and friends get to watch Callaway as he attempts to earn a title in his final college season.

“It is really cool to come back,” Callaway said. “Last year (family and friends) got to see me, but they didn’t get a chance to see too many games after that due to the weather.

It’s really nice to be playing (in Fluor Field), which is just a 10-minute drive away.”

The fifth-seeded Mountaineers open the tournament

against fourth-seeded The Citadel. Callaway, a preseason third-team All-American selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, has had a strong season.

He enters the tournament with a .350 batting average. He leads Appalachian State with 37 runs batted in and 40 runs scored. He also has four home runs and is tied for the team lead in doubles with 12. He has stolen 13 bases in 14 attempts.

He was selected Monday to both the coaches and media All-Southern Conference second teams.

But Callaway is not the only player making a homecoming this week. In addition to seven Upstate players on host Furman’s roster, there are 11 players with ties to area high schools spread among the rosters of the seven teams visiting Greenville in the four-day tour-

nament.

The Citadel is led by former Mauldin catcher Joe Jackson, who is hitting .363 with 12 home runs, 16 doubles and 62 RBIs. Jackson was selected first-team All-SoCon by the coaches and the media.

Bulldogs sophomore first baseman Bo Thompson, who leads his team with 14 home runs and was a second-team all-conference selection, attended J.L. Mann.

Furman’s offense is led by senior first baseman Taylor Johnson, a former Greer High star is batting .338 with 10 homers and 55 RBIs. Its lineup also could include catcher Paul Nitto (Mann) and shortstop Hunter Burton (Palmetto). Among the Paladins’ pitchers, Jake Wolff (Walhalla) could start a game this week and Ben Carlson (Mauldin) almost certainly will appear in relief.

Melton powers Aggies past Gators 6-3 HOOVER, Ala. — Hunter Melton hit a three-run homer and had an RBI single to help Texas A&M defeat Florida 6-3 on Tuesday in the Aggies’ first appearance in the SEC baseball tournament.

A&M starter Daniel Mengden (8-3) overcame two balks and a wild pitch to go the distance, throwing 117 pitches.

The Aggies (31-25) took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on Melton’s twoout home run off Florida starter Johnny Magliozzi (4-2).

After Florida (29-28) tied the game in the fifth, Melton gave A&M a 4-3 lead in the sixth on a single that scored Blake Allemand.

Two A&M errors and a Mengden balk helped Florida take a 2-0 lead in the second. Mengden also had a wild pitch in the fifth that allowed Josh Tobias to score from third base.

The teams combined for four errors, three hit batters (all by Magliozzi), two balks and two wild pitches.

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HOOVER, Ala. — Alabama used a 3-run rally in the eighth inning to push past Auburn for a 6-3 victory in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.

The Tide (33-24) trailed 3-1 after three innings, but scored a run in both the fourth and the sixth to tie the game. Chance Vincent hit a single to score

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Texas A&M’s Hunter Melton hits a 3-run home run in the fourth inning against Florida in Tuesday’s SEC tournament game in Hoover, Ala.

MISSISSIPPI KENTUCKY

HOOVER, Ala. — Mike Mayers gave up just one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings to lead Mississippi past Kentucky 4-1 in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.

Mayers (5-5) scat-

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LYNCHBURG, VA. – Ted Blackman and Zach Remillard recorded three hits each to lead No. 2 Coastal Carolina to a 6-1 win over No. 7 Longwood in the Big South Baseball BLACKMAN Championship on Tuesday at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

With the win, Coastal Carolina improved to 3619, while Longwood fell to 24-27.

Coastal Carolina moved three across in the bottom of the second to take the 3-0 lead. With one out, Zach Remillard singled and moved to second on a stolen base.

A wild pitch moved Remillard to third. After a flyout by Connor Owings, Nick Oberg plated Remillard with a single to the shortstop. Ted Blackman followed with a single to advance Oberg to second. Jacob May was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Josh Powell brought home Oberg and Blackman with a single up the middle.

Tyler Herb was the winning pitcher for the Chanticleers as he threw six scoreless innings. He improved to 6-1 on the year.

The Chanticleers meet Gardner-Webb today in a winners bracket game while Longwood meets High Point in an elimination game.

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Austen Smith for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning.

Smith had three hits for Alabama while Ben Moore and Brett Booth both added two hits.

Jay Shaw (2-1) threw five innings of scoreless relief for the Tide.

Auburn (33-23) is eliminated from the tournament. Reid Carter (1-2) took the loss for the Tigers, giving up one run in 2 1/3 innings. Hunter Kelley led Auburn with two hits.

Alabama will face LSU on Wednesday in the second round.

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tered six hits and walked one while striking out four. Tanner Bailey threw a scoreless ninth inning to earn his fourth save of the season.

Ole Miss jumped ahead 1-0 in the first inning on Andrew Mistone’s sacrifice fly that scored Austin Anderson. The Rebels broke the game open with two runs in the sixth after run-scoring singles by Auston Bousfield and Will Allen.

Kentucky had eight hits, but only one for extra bases. Jerad Grundy (6-6) took the loss, giving up four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.

Ole Miss (37-20) advances to face Arkansas in the second round on Wednesday. Kentucky (30-25) was eliminated under the tournament’s new singleelimination format in the opening round.

From wire reports

He has been USC’s starting catcher since the beginning of last season, but he is now a vastly more complete and valuable player — and not just because of what he says to Meyers. As the Gamecocks prepare to play their Southeastern Conference tournament opener tonight in Hoover, Ala., Greiner is their leading hitter against league competition. His .310 batting average is 35 points better than the next-closest Gamecock, LB Dantzler.

Last season, Greiner hit .258 against the league and .222 overall — worst among USC’s regulars. His current overall batting average, .297, is third on the team. After hitting .231 in the first half of this season, Greiner surged in the second half and hit .351 — partly because he successfully implemented the swing adjustments he made during the offseason, and partly because he forgot his failures quicker than he did as a quiet, anxious freshman.

“Last year, I got really pull-happy, especially toward the end there, trying to do too much with the bat, especial-

CURRY from Page B1 shows how much the Tigers think of Curry, a senior from the tiny town of Nichols. It’s also a tribute to college baseball’s bullpen catchers, guys that work as hard as anyone at practice but are not eligible to participate in games.

But Curry is with the Clemson team at home and on the road, including this week’s trip to the ACC tournament in Durham, N.C., where No. 5 seed Clemson plays tonight against No. 4 N.C. State.

He still gets choked up recalling Leggett’s ultimate tribute.

“I mean, what an honor,” Curry said. “People would ask me, ‘Man, why do you go out there working in those cages at night? You could be doing something else.’ ” I kept thinking it would pay off if I just kept doing what’s right. But even if I wasn’t named co-captain, I’ve received enough respect from my

CAMPBELL CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

LYNCHBURG, VA. – No. 1 Campbell scored a pair of runs in the second inning and kept up the pressure to pick up a 4-0 victory over No. 8 Charleston Southern in the Big South Baseball Championship on Tuesday at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

With the win, Campbell improved to 46-9, while Charleston Southern fell to 22-33.

The Camels will face No. 4 Radford today in a winners bracket game.

Radford beat host Liberty 6-3 on Tuesday. Charleston Southern and Liberty will meet in an elimination game today.

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LYNCHBURG, VA. – Gardner-Webb righthander Matt Fraudin took a one-hitter into the seventh inning to lead No. 6 GardnerWebb to an 8-2 victory over No. 3 High Point in the Big South Baseball Championship on Tuesday at Liberty Baseball Stadium.

With the win, Gardner-Webb improved to 29-25-1, while High Point fell to 29-28.

G-W will face Coastal Carolina in a winners bracket game, while High Point will take on Longwood in an elimination game.

From wire reports

ly with men on base,” he said. “I just tried to work (in the offseason) on keeping my front side in and using the whole field and just taking what the pitcher gives me instead of trying to make something happen myself.

“Last year, I had some growing up to do, as far as being able to handle adversity. I would go in a slump for a couple days and I wouldn’t be able to handle it well. As a freshman, I think I put a little bit more pressure on myself than I needed to, and the results showed it.”

Late in 2012, Greiner was a mess at the plate. In his final 10 games against SEC teams, plus seven in the College World Series (because a knee injury sidelined him for NCAA tournament action before that), Greiner had miserable offensive statistics: 6 for 61, four walks and 17 strikeouts. All told, he struck out 48 times last year. He has 24 this year.

As a defender, Greiner has rarely faltered. Last season, he made just two errors and threw out 25 of the 43 opponents who tried to steal against him. This season, he has three errors and has thrown out 20 of 28 runners.

Greiner always had a strong arm.

pitching staff.”

Many major conference college baseball teams have bullpen catchers (as do major league teams). Ben Marosites and Brent Worsham serve at South Carolina. Mac Jordan, a freshman from Georgetown, is following in Curry’s footsteps at Clemson.

“You have to have them,” Leggett said. “You can’t beat your catchers up. It’s a good thing.”

The 5-9, 198-pound Curry didn’t grow up hoping to become a bullpen catcher. He played football and baseball at Green Sea-Floyds High School, but was focused on his packaging science major at Clemson. Conversations with baseball strength and conditioning coach Dennis Love in a campus weight room got Curry interested.

“It turned into a role that I take very seriously,” Curry said. “I loved it right away. I liked baseball when I played in high school, but I love Clemson baseball.”

OBITUARIES

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

SANDRA S. FENDER Sandra Singleton Fender, age 64, beloved wife of James Edwin Fender, died on Monday, May 20, 2013, at her residence.

Born Oct. 14, 1947, in FENDER Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Mortimer Singleton and wife Hattie Owens Singleton. Mrs. Fender en-

joyed the outdoors, especially her weekend visits to the lake. She loved to grow flowers and had a house full of green plants. She loved spending time with her family and most of all her time with her grandchildren. “Momma loved her Gamecocks, Go Cocks.” She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church.

She leaves cherished memories and will be sadly missed by her husband, James Ed Fender; three sons, Winston Jewell Jr. and his wife, Phyllis, Cayce Jewell and Andrew “A.J.” Jewell and his wife, Kim; three daughters, Angie Jewell Morningstar, Felicia Jewell McClellan and her husband, Tom, and Kandy Stamps and her husband, David; two brothers, Roger “Duke” Singleton and his wife, Judy,

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and Kenneth Singleton and his wife, Ardis; and eight grandchildren, Haley Jewell, Marcus Morningstar, Kody Morningstar, Jackie Morningstar, Jakob Fricke, Michael McClellan, Brianna Stamps and Daniel Stamps.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Fender was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Bette Singleton.

A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m.

Thursday at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Billy Lewis officiating.

Active pallbearers will be Glenn Alessandro, John Keffer, Kody Morningstar, Marcus Morningstar, Billy Singleton, Chris Singleton, Roger Singleton and Mike Watcher.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the American

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Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

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

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

SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6

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BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Bruton Smith just can’t help himself sometimes.

The eccentric track owner this week suggested he might move a race away from Charlotte Motor Speedway at the exact same time a committee is considering electing him into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

When the 54 voters cast their ballots Wednesday, it will be impossible to overlook Smith’s most recent headlinegrabbing stunt. He told Charlotte televiSMITH sion station WBTV on Monday there’s a “70 percent chance” he’ll move the October race at Charlotte to his Las Vegas property.

He backtracked Tuesday in a statement that indicated his comments were out of anger in his fight with Cabarrus County over taxes.

“No final decision has been made regarding any race date move, and I have not discussed this with NASCAR,” he said, before listing $100 million in improvements at CMS the past six years.

“We’ve done this without asking for a handout

from the government, like we’ve seen from so many other sports facilities, teams or franchises, and yet at the same time property values are falling during the recession, our Cabarrus County taxes have doubled since 2005.”

Smith was left off the list of 25 nominees the first four years of the Hall of Fame. He maintained he didn’t care, but when his name was finally added last month to the list of nominees, the overwhelming congratulations made him realize the magnitude of the honor.

“It wasn’t something I was particularly concerned about,” Smith said in a recent interview from the office he works out of at his Ford dealership.

“But then I was nominated and became a candidate and all the people around me told me how wonderful it was. So it was wonderful.”

The public tax squabble could jeopardize his chances to become a first ballot Hall of Famer. But that’s who Smith is — he says what he thinks at the moment and doesn’t much worry about consequences. He also likes to bluff, and the game is much easier when you’ve got as many chips as the billionaire owner of Speedway Motorsports Inc.

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Miami’s Norris Cole (30) and Chris Bosh celebrate after the Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls 94-91 in Game 5 to win the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Heat expect another grueling series when they face Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year beginning today.

Experienced Heat, upstart Pacers ready for Game 1

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI — Dwyane Wade’s rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers.

The next year, the Miami Heat were headed to the Eastern Conference finals and certain that an NBA championship was in their sights.

That’s when Wade learned a valuable lesson: Never take playoff chances for granted.

Wade hurt his rib cage on a simple crossover dribble during that 2005 East title series, and the Heat season ended with a Game 7 home loss to Detroit.

He’s been to the East finals three times since, prevailing in them all, and on Wednesday will look to take a first step toward a

fourth conference championship when the Heat play host to the Pacers in Game 1 of their playoff rematch from a year ago.

“I know I’m blessed to be going to the Eastern Conference finals for my fifth time,” Wade said. “But I would like a lot more in my career. It’s a good thing.

We’ve been very successful in my tenure here. But I want more.”

For Wade and Udonis Haslem, this marks five East finals appearances in nine years. For LeBron James, it’s a fifth trip to this round in the past seven years, now three straight with Miami after a pair of trips to the East finals with Cleveland. For Ray Allen, it’s a fourth East title-round trip in six years, the first three of those coming with Boston.

Experience, it all favors

Miami.

For the Pacers, this is pretty much uncharted waters. Only one current Pacers player has ever appeared in a conferencefinal game, and that was backup big man Ian Mahinmi, who played exactly 71 seconds in one game of the 2011 West title series without so much as taking a shot. Nonetheless, the Pacers seem far from bothered by the fact that this stage is a new place for them.

“There’s four teams left playing basketball in the NBA and this is something we’ve been looking forward to all year,” Pacers forward David West said.

“We lost to this team in the second round last year, so we’ve already gotten a step farther this season.”

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GRAY from Page B1 North Greenville and Coastal Carolina in the recruiting process but found a home in Methodist similar to that at TSA. “It’s like a bigger Thomas Sumter, and I feel like maybe after two years I can get looked at somewhere else maybe, but if Methodist is where I’m supposed to be then that’s where I’ll be,” Gray said.

Ironically enough, Generals head football coach Troy Kessinger said if he had the chance to do it all over again he wouldn’t have put Gray at the fullback position. Instead, Kessinger feels Gray is best suited on the defensive line, perhaps at defensive tackle.

“He has really good hands and really good

quickness for being a big guy,” Kessinger explained. “He had a tough senior year was injured a lot and had a bad back in both sports he played.”

Gray never let the injuries slow him and instead excelled at both football and baseball.

“He has untapped potential and never came close to meeting it here because of injuries and what not,” the Generals head coach said. “He really has a chance to do well, but it’s up to him now.”

Kessinger said Gray has always been competitive and knows what it takes, but will likely have to go through a transition process if he’s going to play fullback.

“To me, if he’s

going to play fullback in college he’s going to drop 20-30 pounds,” Kessinger explained.

“He’s got to get down to 230 (pounds) to play fullback, and if he ever got to that he’d be something else. His feet are really good for a big guy.”

Gray said he wouldn’t have changed a thing about his athletic career and has enjoyed the memories of playing for some special teams.

“Going to state (and winning the SCISA 2A title) my sophomore year was a great experience,”Gray said. “Thomas Sumter, the team was like a family. We’re all brothers and we have each other’s backs.

(Winning) region championships were great and having fun playing the game — that’s what it was all about.”

BASEBALL DIAMOND PRO CAMP

The Diamond Pro Instructional Baseball Camp will hold two sessions at Patriot Park SportsPlex in June.

The camp will be conducted by Sumter High School assistant coaches Frankie Ward and Joe Norris, Laurence Manning Academy head coach Barry Hatfield, SHS junior varsity head coach Robbie Mooneyham and SHS JV assistant David Horton.

The first session will be held June 10-13 and the second session will run from June 17-20. The camp is open to children ages 7-14 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day.

The camp fee is $60 for one session or $100 for two. All campers will receive at t-shirt.

For more information, call Ward at (803) 7204081 or Norris at (803) 934-6670.

TENNIS LUKE JENSEN CLINIC

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Jensen will be held on Thursday, May 30, at Palmetto Tennis Center located at 400 Theatre Drive.

There will be a juniors session from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and an adult session from 6 to 7:30. The cost is $20 per person.

For more information, call the PTC at (803) 7743969 or go to palmettotennis@sumter-sc.com.

fields.

The camp is open to children ages 8-15 at a cost of $45 per camper.

Each session will run from 9 a.m. until noon.

For more information, call SHS head coach Reggie Kennedy at (803) 351-0789 or e-mail him at John.Kennedy@sumterschools.net.

FOOTBALL OFFICIALS CLASSES

There will be three sessions of the Sumter Christian Basketball Clinic held over the summer.

The clinics, which will be ran by Bobby Baker, Tom Cope and Jim Davis, are scheduled for June 10-14, June 24-28 and July 15-19.

The first session is for children in grades 3-6, the second is for grades 6-9 and the third is for grades 9-12. The clinic will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

The cost of each session is $45 per camper.

T-shirts will be given and trophies will be awarded.

For more information, call Sumter Christian School at (803) 7731902.

The South Carolina High School League Football Officials Association and the Santee Wateree Football Officials Association are offering training classes for new officials for the 2013 season.

Classes will be held at the Sumter County Recreation Department every Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Granderson James at (803) 968-2391 or grandersonj@aol.com or Richard Geddings at (803) 468-8858.

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The Sumter High School Youth Football Camp will be held June 10-12 at the SHS practice

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KENNETH A. AVIN Sr. Kenneth Allen Avin Sr., 63, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Eddie Marshall Avin and Alma Lola Johnson Avin. Mr. Avin was a former member of Pinewood Baptist Church.

He retired as a general contractor after 40 years of service and was the former owner and operator of Kenneth Avin Builders.

Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Allen Avin Jr. (Rachel) of Ridgeway and Kevin Keith Avin (Tiffany); one brother, Charles E. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buddyâ&#x20AC;? Avin; one sister, Barbara Joyce Avin French; and two grandchildren, Caitlyn Charlton and Tyhler Driggers.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Marshall L. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Royâ&#x20AC;? Avin and William L. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;?

Avin; and three sisters, Mildred Avin Timmons, Bessie Avin McLeod and Mary Juanita Growaski.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Clyde Chan and the Rev. Allen Lynch officiating. Burial will be in Pinewood Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of his son, 697 Pittman Drive.

The family would like to extend gratitude to Hospice Care of South Carolina and to Rose Marie and Kim for their compassionate care of Mr. Avin 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.

CATHRYNE G. TAYLOR Edith Cathryne Greer Taylor, 64, wife of Emanuel Marvin Taylor, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins, Ga. Born in Wilmington, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Wayne Greer and Inez Bordeaux Shorter. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Wedgefield Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband of 46 years; two children, Lisa Benenhaley (John) and Jeff Taylor (Denise), both of Sumter; five grandchildren, Tyler Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Cameron Benenhaley, Peyton Benenhaley and

Joshua Benenhaley; one brother, Jim Shorter (Molly) of Florence; two sisters, Marilyn Bordeaux of Jacksonville, Fla., and Jan Buzze of Warner Robins; a special brother-in-law, Buddy Taylor (Judy); two special sisters-inlaw, Ruth Brown (Dane) and Jean Kennedy; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wedgefield Baptist Church with Pastor Paul Goff and John Benenhaley officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Robbie Ethridge, Tim Ethridge, Deron Brown, Chip Taylor, Jimmy Nettles and Kirby Brinson.

Honorary pallbearers will be Derrick Rogers, Lee Rogers and Dow Brown.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter, 875 Kolb Road.

Memorials may be made to Wedgefield Baptist Church, P.O. Box 265, Wedgefield, SC 29168.

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

ERNIE C. MILLS CAMDEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ernie C. Mills, 67, of 30 Black River Road, Camden, passed on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Haileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Home of Camden.

ANNIE T. SMITH Annie Ruth Tindal Smith, 60, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Born Jan. 9, 1953, in

Sumter County, she was a daughter of Willie Mae Wortherly Tindal and the late Sam Tindal Jr. In her youth, she was a member of Beulah UME Church.

Survivors are her mother, Willie Mae Wortherly Tindal of Sumter; a son, Keith Smith of Wildwood, N.J.; six grandchildren, Alexis, Jasmine, Khyjur, Dominique, Mikhya and Kazan; four brothers, Allen (Mary) Tindal of Manning, Johnnie Tindal of Petersburg, Va., Steven (Theresa) Tindal of Florence and Kenneth (Linda) Tindal of Sumter; three sisters, Iretha Tindal (Johnnie) Spann, Patty Tindal (John) and Yvette Tindal (Roosevelt) Durant, all of Sumter; one uncle, John Wortherly of Newark, N.J.; two aunts, Edith Tindal and Emma Jane Tindal, both of Sumter; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Smith can be viewed from 2:30 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Beulah UME Church with the Rev. Jonathan Smith, pastor, assisted by the Rev. James O. Robinson.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family is receiving visitors at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Tindal, 2635 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@ sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

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more Brown and Annie Mae Hudson Brown. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County School District 3.

Johnnie was a member of Melina Presbyterian Church, USA, Gable. He was employed by S.E. Durant Farming and Y.B. Construction CO. for many years.

Survivors are his wife, Julia Ann Evans Brown; one daughter, Jomona Brown; four sons, Justin and JaRon Brown of the home, and Shantell Lamont and Desmond Jerome Briggs of Alcolu; four sisters, Blondell (Douglas Graham) Brown of Temple Hills, Md., JoAnne Brown and Ruby Ann Brown, both of Oxon Hill, Md., and Annie L. Brown of Washington, D.C.; three brothers, James (Merlenia) Brown of Gable, David (Terry Jo) Brown of Fayetteville, N.C., and J.C. Brown of Temple Hills, Md.; mother-inlaw, Vernese T. Evans of Manning; five aunts; one uncle; eight additional sisters-in-law; four brothers-in-law; and three grandchildren.

The celebratory services for Mr. Brown will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Melina Presbyterian Church, USA, Gable, with the Rev. Carnell Hampton officiating and Pastor Samuel Sparks presiding. Burial will follow in the Manning Cemetery, Manning.

Mr. Brown will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 57 Walker St., Manning.

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

CHAUSCER N. BROWN Chauscer Negril Brown, 35, he departed this life on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his residence.

He was born Dec. 11, 1977, in Sumter, a son of Perry Lee Streasley Brown and the late Sammie Lee Brown.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his grandmother, 331 Queen St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

TYRONE BRUNSON Tyrone Brunson, 49, departed this life on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his residence.

He was born Feb. 19, 1964, in Sumter, a son of Ivey Brunson and stepson of Charles McKnight and the late Lottie Brunson McKnight.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

JAMES L. RODGERS James L. Rodgers, 78, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Furman and Irene Stokes Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to fish, hunt and garden. He was a founder and honorary mem-

ber of the Oswego Hunting Club as well as a member of the Oswego Community Pond.

He leaves to cherish his memory: two daughters, Jeanne Nelson (Tom) and Pam Wilfong (Mike); one son, Bobby Rodgers (Valerie); five grandchildren, Christina Lang (Leon), Sally Vierra (Justin), Robert Rodgers, Jake Wilfong (Savannah) and Jamie Wilfong; two greatgrandchildren, Natalie Lang and Eli Lang; one brother, Mack Rodgers; and one sister, Betty Bradham (Ken).

He was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bethel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ronnie Morris officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Members of Oswego Hunting Club will serve as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Bethel United Methodist Church and other times at the home.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Alechia Broughton and Glenda McKnight for the compassionate care they provided to Mr. Rodgers and his family.

Memorials may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, 5575 Lodebar Road, Sumter, SC 29153, or to a charity of your choice.

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

JOHNNIE W. BROWN MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Johnnie Wilbert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monkeyâ&#x20AC;?

Brown, 58, husband of Julia E. Brown, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his residence, 57 Walker St., Manning.

He was born Sept. 28, 1954, in the Westminister section of Alcolu, a son of the late J.C. Ful-

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Vietnam FATE

Traveling Memorial Wall comes to Sumter 300-foot monument will stand at Swan Lake

BY IVY MOORE • ivym@theitem.com

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his morning, a motorcycle escort is traveling north on I-95 escorting the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to Sumter for display during the Sumter Iris Festival. Sumter officials, including representatives from Shaw Air Force Base, both Army and Air Force, and city police, will join them at Santee and accompany the Wall to Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, where it will be installed.

Lefford Fate is coordinating the installation and the activities associated with the Wall’s visit.

He said the Thunder Guard motorcycle club is among the 500-1,000 motorcyclists already signed up to escort the Wall and that more are still signing up.

“That is huge,” Fate said. “There are four different counties that are going to make sure the Wall gets here safely.

“Over the last six years, Sumter has been trying to get the Wall here, and the person who’s done most of the work to get that accomplished is Lynn Kennedy (chairwoman of the Sumter Iris Festival committee).”

Fate has seen the actual Wall in Washington, D.C., and has seen a traveling Wall previously.

“When I was in the Air Force, I had the opportunity to see the mall in Washington,” he said.

“I had seen an etching from the Wall of my brother Calvin, who was

on there, so when I had the opportunity to see the Wall, I took it. It’s pretty overwhelming — the sheer size of it, the overwhelming number of names. There are 58,195 names on that Wall.”

Many of those names commemorate servicemen and servicewomen from the tri-county area who died or are missing in action. Sumter’s own memorial to its Vietnam War dead lists 29, and there are many in Lee and Clarendon counties, as well.

“On the morning of the 23rd (Thursday), there will be about 50 volunteers from Shaw Air Force Base who will set it up,” Fate said, “and they’ll be under the supervision of the Wall manager. That group will also take it down on the 28th, the day after Memorial Day.” VISITING THE WALL

“The traveling Wall will be three-fifths the size of the original,” Fate said. “It’s the length of a football field, 300 feet.

When it’s set up, it’ll stretch from (the Iris

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Schedule • Today – Motorcycle escort to Swan Lake • Thursday, 8 a.m. – 50 Shaw volunteers install Wall • Friday, 5:30 p.m. – Opening ceremony • Friday through Monday, visit the Wall 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

• Shuttles from fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday • Limited handicap parking at Swan Lake • Bus parking at fairgrounds • Monday, 11 a.m. – Memorial Day ceremony at Wall • Tuesday a.m. – Wall escorted from Swan Lake

Market) to behind the Visitors Center, almost to Liberty Street.”

An exact replica, Fate said, the Wall holds all the names. Volunteer escorts will assist visitors in finding the names of their loved ones.

“What we’ll have is four books — I like to call them phone books — and two computers that will have the register of all the names on the Wall,” he said. “So for me, if one of my family members wanted to find my brother, they’d walk up and say ‘My brother or my uncle is John Calvin Sherman’, and then they’ll look in this directory and find where he is on the Wall.

For instance, my brother is ‘11-8’, so they’ll be

able to find his name.

There will be escorts there to provide a pencil and a piece of paper so they can do an etching.”

The escorts, he said, are volunteers from the community.

“We’ve got some from the base, we have some of the veterans associations, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), volunteers from the community, all who want to help.”

THE ‘HEALING WALL’

While the Wall holds different meanings for people, Fate noted that “A lot of people call this the healing Wall for some reason. One thing is that it’s so emotional to go there, so instead of having to go out to the Wall and find their

name, we’re going to escort people.”

Fate said he can understand the Wall’s healing effect.

“When folks came back from Vietnam, they weren’t recognized and cheered and appreciated like we are now,” he said.

“They were spit upon, they were called baby killers. I’ve heard many stories of people telling me that when they came home they were told not to wear the uniform, not to tell anybody that they had served, because you wouldn’t get a job, and you’d be treated differently.”

But now, he said, there is “a different consciousness. Before, they’d hate the war, so they’d take it out on the warrior. Now, they hate war, but they understand that the men and women that go over now to give their lives and their relationships and their marriages for our country are not going over because they like to fight — it’s just they believe they have something to fight for.

“So, many Vietnam vets have sworn that they will never let what happened to them happen to this generation of warriors.”

He also thinks Vietnam veterans are regarded differently now, as well.

“I think there’s been a realization that they did a lot for our country but that they didn’t get a lot when they came home. I think, — no, I know it’s a little bit late.”

Many veterans’ struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder are finally being addressed, and there is a heightened understanding, he said.

“Now, largely because of news media and social media, people are understanding what’s going on,” Fate said.

Fate thinks there are many parents like his, who would never have been able to go to Washington to visit the original Wall.

“They could have come here,” he said. “It would have meant a lot to them.”

Vietnam Wall evokes reflections on personal loss

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com Retired Chief Master Sgt. Lefford Fate’s brother, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Calvin Sherman, died in Vietnam at the age of 19, when Fate was 6.

“He was killed on 2 May, 1970,” he said.

“Last year I was scheduling my retirement ceremony, and one of my older brothers was going over the ceremony, and we picked the 2nd of May, not realizing at first that was the anniversary of Calvin’s death. We decided to move it forward a day, because it wouldn’t be the right memory. I loved him, but that was a heavy day, and there was a lot of stuff that we’d all be going through.”

Although he was very young, Fate remembers very well the day he learned of his brother’s death.

“My grandmother actually told me,” he said.

“The thing that sticks in

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Calvin Sherman, brother of Sumter’s Lefford Fate, died in Vietnam in 1970 at the age of 19.

Fate, who is coordinating the installation of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall at Swan Lake and associated events, was 6.

my head the most is this was the first time I saw my daddy cry. He was laying across our parents’ bed, just crying.”

A lot of servicemen from Fate’s area, around Glenville, Ga., died in

Vietnam.

“The sad thing was they were all so young,” he said. “You hear it all the time, and it never really felt real to me until just recently. You never want your kids to go be-

fore you do.”

While doing research for bringing the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall to town for the Sumter Iris Festival and Memorial Day, Fate visited the Vietnam Virtual Wall® online.

“I go there quite often,” he said. “I was just getting statistics, and my brother’s picture was up there. It was a picture nobody in my family had seen — somebody who had served with my brother had posted it.”

Having always thought of Calvin as his big brother, Fate had “always pictured this older guy, this big, tall guy, because the last time I remember, I was a little boy, and I’m looking up at this hulk of a man that I kind of idolized.”

But when he saw the photo online, he said, “I’m looking at him now, and he’s a kid.”

Seeing the photo came at a time when Fate’s own youngest child had turned 19.

“I thought about what

it must it feel like to lose your child, your 19-yearold,” Fate said. “It hit me like a sledgehammer. I didn’t know how bad my dad was affected until I thought about what it would be like if my child were to be killed at 19.

“It still gets to me now, thinking about that.”

Because he had lost his oldest son in Vietnam, Fate’s father did not want him to join the military.

“When I was 17, I took the ASVAB (The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test) and scored really well, so the recruiter wanted to come talk with me about going in the military.”

The recruiter had to talk to Fate’s parents, as he was too young to enlist on his own.

“It was an Army thing that my dad had something against,” Fate said, “because Calvin was killed, and Vietnam was associated with the draft and there were so many young men that went

away; and from the perspective of a small town in Georgia, a lot of young, poor guys went.

“And again, if you lose a child in war, it would be hard to send another into the military.”

Based on their conversation about the differences in the Air Force and the Army at that time, Fate said, “the recruiters were able to convince my parents to allow me to go into the Air Force.”

His two older brothers also joined the military, one the Air Force, the other, the Merchant Marines.

Fate joined the Air Force in 1981, when the U.S. was not involved in a war.

“Little did we know seven years later ... ,” he said.

Fate served just under 31 years, retiring as a chief master sergeant in August 2012.

He’s now the program director of Tuomey Healthcare System’s Senior Life Improvement Center.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Pasta carbonara remade as a tasty summer salad ALISON LADMAN Associated Press

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Club House Burger with Buttered Bun uses a mix of sirloin and chuck.

Less is more with Club House Burger ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press When the weather turns warm, I find myself craving the smell and taste of a great homemade burger off the grill.

So what makes a great burger?

There are a few simple rules. But if you remember just one of them, it should be that less really is more.

Which is to say, the less you add to your ground beef, the less you handle the meat when mixing it, and the less you flip it while grilling, the better burger you get in the end.

The foundation of my backyard burger is a 50-50 combination of sirloin and chuck. I love mixing the leaner and cleaner ground sirloin with the rich beefiness of ground chuck. A patty that is 100 percent sirloin is too lean, and 100 percent chuck is too fatty.

If I am close to a good butcher, I also love to make a custom grind. You can ask the butcher to grind the odd pieces of brisket, short rib, skirt and hanger steak, and add it to a lean and clean base of sirloin for a top notch burger. The key is a mix of lean and fatty meat, freshly ground.

Beyond the meat itself, you don’t want to add too many other ingredients, particularly wet ones. You don’t want to compete with the flavor of the beef, or leave it too watery. I limit myself to a sprinkle of salt and pepper, plus just a bit of dry mustard and Worcestershire sauce. The last two amp the savory flavors of the burger without competing with it.

Once the meat is seasoned, I lightly mix everything together and divide it into equal portions. I generally use 2 pounds of meat to make six burgers.

This step can be done up to a day in advance. If prepping in ahead, refrigerate the patties and make sure they are well covered to minimize the oxidation (discoloration) of the meat.

Before the burgers go on the grill, be sure to press your thumb into the center of each patty, pushing it halfway down. This is the real secret to a perfect backyard burger. This is because as the meat cooks, the fibers expand and they inflate the burger, turning it into a ball. If you make the depression with your thumb, the meat expands to fill the hole, leaving the burger flat.

A hot grill also is important to getting a great burger. Be sure to heat it with all burners on high (or wait until the charcoal is covered with a gray ash), then clean the heated cooking grates with a brass-bristle brush. Reduce the heat to a medium just before placing the burgers on the grill. You should hear a satisfying sizzle when

the meat hits the grates! Cover the grill and flip the burgers just once halfway through the cooking time.

The meat will initially stick to the grill grates. But as it cooks, it will naturally release itself. This is true of many foods and all protein, whether you are grilling or sauteing it. This is why it is so important not to flip the burgers more than once, as well as why so many burgers end up falling apart when they are flipped too early.

And it should also go without saying that pressing down on the burgers with a spatula is a no-no, too!

CLUB HOUSE BURGER WITH BUTTERED BUN

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 1 pound ground sirloin 1 pound ground chuck 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon Coleman’s dry mustard 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin Olive oil 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter 6 kaiser rolls, sliced 6 crisp butter or Boston lettuce leaves 6 slices purple or sweet onion, such as Vidalia 2 large tomatoes, cut into 6 slices 6 slices cooked bacon (optional) Ketchup (optional) Mustard (optional) Mayonnaise (optional) Heat a grill to high.

In a large bowl, combine the ground sirloin and ground chuck. Mix it together, being careful not to overwork the meat. Add the Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, salt and pepper. Mix until just combined, then divide the mixture into 6 pieces. Gently shape each piece into a burger about 3/4 inch thick. Press your thumb gently into the center of each to form a depression.

Brush the patties lightly on both sides with the olive oil. Reduce the heat to medium, then add the burgers and grill until the meat no longer is pink, 8 to 10 minutes, turning once halfway through grilling time.

Meanwhile, brush butter over both sides of the rolls and grill until lightly toasted, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Serve the burgers immediately on the buttered rolls with a lettuce leaf, a slice of raw onion, tomato and a slice of bacon, if desired. Serve with traditional condiments on the side.

Nutrition information per serving: 550 calories; 260 calories from fat (47 percent of total calories); 30 g fat (12 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 110 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 35 g protein; 760 mg sodium.

Pasta carbonara — richly cheesy, creamy and studded with crisped pancetta — is easily one of the most comforting of pasta dishes. The only trouble is, with the onset of warmer weather we tend to crave salads more than steaming bowls of pasta. So for this recipe, we decided to have it both ways.

We borrowed the key ingredients from pasta carbonara — right down to the eggy sauce and savory pancetta — but remade them as a picnic-worthy pasta salad. Every bit as delicious as the traditional dish, but far more refreshing on a hot day.

And as with most pasta salads, this one is easily adjusted and added to. Sliced sundried tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, roasted red peppers, even blanched asparagus all would make fine additions.

CARBONARA PASTA SALAD

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 16 ounces gemelli or rotini pasta 9 ounces finely chopped pancetta 1 cup fresh peas 3 egg yolks 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 cup mild olive oil Salt and ground black pepper

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Carbonara Pasta Salad is easily adjusted and added to.

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 3 scallions, thinly sliced Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain well, then spread on a rimmed baking sheet to cool.

Meanwhile, heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat.

Add the pancetta and cook until crispy, about 6 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pancetta to a paper towel-lined plate to drain and cool. Add the peas to the skillet and cook just until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to the plate with the pancetta and allow to cool.

While everything

cools, make the dressing. In a blender, or in a medium bowl with a whisk, combine the egg yolks, garlic, mustard, vinegar and lemon juice. In a slow stream, add the oil, whisking or blending until thick and smooth. Season with salt and pepper.

In a large bowl, combine the cooled pasta, pancetta, peas, dressing, Parmesan and scallions. Toss well. For best flavor, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Nutrition information per serving: 560 calories; 270 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 30 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 110 mg cholesterol; 48 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 20 g protein; 810 mg sodium.

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Full-fat cheese is secret to a healthy quesadilla At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also pretty delicious.

I love any dish that includes melted cheese, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that much better when Mexican ingredients are added to the mix. But as much as I enjoy the standard recipe for this widely loved treat, I was pretty sure I could dream up a lighter version.

I quickly discovered that it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a ton of cheese to flavor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and glue together â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the fillings of a quesadilla. as long as you use full-fat cheese. I tried using 4 ounces of reduced-fat cheese, but I found the flavor to be so weak that my tasters didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know there was any cheese in the recipe. A second attempt using 2 ounces of full-fat sharp cheddar was an immediate hit.

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Finally, as a big fan of chilies, I had to toss in a jalapeno. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your choice whether to add the seeds and ribs, which make the dish much hotter. Of course, given that dairy and chilies tend to counterbalance each other, the cheese in this recipe will tamp down some of the heat.

A cast-iron skillet is the perfect pan in which to cook this recipe or, if you happen to own one, a Mexican comal, the pan usually used for making tortillas. If you use your iron skillet often and care for it with love, it becomes almost stick-resistant, which means you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need much oil to cook the quesadillas. You also can grill the assembled quesadillas over low heat for a few minutes on each side to impart a lovely smokiness.

These quesadillas also would work well on a camping trip. Just chop all the vegetables and grate the cheese ahead of time and, since there is no oven for keeping them warm, you can cook them and cut them up to share as they are done. Finally, wherever and however you cook these beauties, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the avocado, yogurt and cilantro garnish, an important part of the finished product.

And if you throw together a quick coleslaw to serve on the side â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dressing it with lime juice and a tiny bit of vegetable oil â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you can easily stretch this into a full meal.

1 firm ripe avocado, diced 1 tablespoon lime juice Kosher salt and ground black pepper 4 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion 1/2 cup chopped red or green bell pepper (or a mix) 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 1/2 cups assorted sliced mushrooms 1/2 fresh jalapeno, finely chopped (seeds and ribs discarded, if desired) 2 ounces coarsely grated sharp cheddar cheese Four 8-inch flour tortillas, preferably whole wheat Nonfat plain Greek yogurt 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro Heat the oven to 350 F. In a small bowl, toss the diced avocado with

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Mushroom, Pepper and Onion Quesadillas are ready in 30 minutes.

flat on the counter. Divide the onion-pepper mixture between them, spreading it evenly over each. Press a second tortilla firmly over each.

Heat the skillet over medium. Add one quesadilla and toast until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a

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Color all of the giraffes you see in the grove of trees.

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The Sumter Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Sumter County Historical Commission, 155 Haynsworth St. Meetings and workshops are designed to assist clubs and businesses conduct orderly, productive meetings through the correct use of parliamentary procedure. Meetings are open to the public and visitors are welcome. Contact Laura LeGrand at (803) 7750830 or lauralegrand@sc.rr.com.

The Sumter Branch NAACP will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. Kings Highway, Wedgefield.

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The Shepherd’s Center will offer public information classes 11-11:50 a.m. on Thursdays at 24 Council St. as follows: May 23, Jennie Geddings, American Red Cross, preparing for a disaster; and May 30, Lt. Don Florence, protecting yourself from scams and scammers.

A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital trail ride and cookout will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at 6850 Pisgah Road, Rembert.

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ith Memorial Day around the corner and warmer days upon us, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to start up the grill. With help from The Beef Checkoff, you can be sure to please all appetites.

All photos, information and recipes courtesy of The Beef Checkoff, www.BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com Maple-Bacon Beer Burger

Total recipe time: 20 to 25 minutes Makes 4 servings Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1/4 cup beer 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split 4 slices reduced-fat Cheddar cheese 4 extra-thick slices Maplewood smoked bacon, cut in half, cooked crisp *Reduced-sodium or regular bacon may be substituted for Maplewood smoked bacon.

Combine ground beef, beer and Worcestershire sauce in medium bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Shape into four 1/2inch thick patties.

Place patties on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 8 to 10 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, 7 to 9 minutes) until instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center registers 160 degrees, turning occasionally. Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.

About two minutes before burgers are done, place buns, cut-side down, on grid. Grill until lightly toasted. During last minute of grilling, top each burger with cheese.

Place burgers on bottom of buns; top with bacon slices.

Close sandwiches.

SWEET HAWAIIAN MINI BURGERS

THAI BURGER

Total recipe time: 35 to 40 minutes Makes 4 servings

Total recipe time: 25 to 30 minutes Makes 4 servings

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 4 canned pineapple slices, drained 12 Hawaiian sweet or small whole wheat dinner rolls, split

Lettuce Sauce: 1/4 cup barbecue sauce 1/4 cup pineapple preserves 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

Combine ground beef and Worcestershire sauce in medium bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Lightly shape into 12 1/2-inch thick mini patties. Set aside.

Combine sauce ingredients in small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.

Place patties on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, uncovered, 8 to 10 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 9 to 11 minutes) until instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center registers 160 degrees, turning occasionally. Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.

Meanwhile brush pineapple slices with sauce and place on grid around patties.

Grill pineapple 4 minutes, turning once and brushing with additional sauce. Remove pineapple, keep warm. Brush burgers with remaining sauce after turning.

Cut each pineapple slice into thirds. Line bottom of each roll with lettuce, top with burger, then with pineapple piece. Close sandwiches.

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 cup shredded Napa cabbage 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided 1/2 cup chopped green onions 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon hot chili sauce *Hot chili sauce, an Asian condiment made from red chilies, garlic and vinegar, imparts

a tangy, spicy heat to dishes. Hot chili sauce is available in Asian markets and the Asian section of most supermarkets.

1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil Salt and pepper 4 whole wheat or white hamburger buns, split

Combine cabbage and 1 tablespoon lime juice in medium bowl; set aside.

Combine ground beef, green onion, ground ginger and hot sauce in medium bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Lightly shape into four 1/2-inch thick patties.

Heat nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Place patties in skillet; cook 10 to 12 minutes until instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center registers 160°F, turning occasionally. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.

Meanwhile, combine peanut butter, hoisin sauce, remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice and sesame oil in small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Place one burger on bottom half of each bun; top evenly with peanut butter mixture and cabbage mixture. Close sandwiches.

Kids want a pizza? Try Muffin-Style Cheeseburger Pizza MUFFIN-STYLE CHEESEBURGER PIZZA Total recipe time: 25 to 30 minutes Makes 6 servings Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (95 percent lean)

Muffin-Style Cheeseburger Pizza

2 cups pasta sauce (any variety) 1 cup diced onion 1 cup diced red bell pepper 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning 1/4 teaspoon salt

6 English muffins, split, toasted 1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded Cheddar cheese 1/4 cup reduced-fat shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add ground beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking beef into small crumbles, stirring occasionally. Add pasta sauce, onion, bell pepper, Italian seasoning and salt; continue cooking 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisptender, stirring occasionally.

Top each muffin half evenly with beef mixture and cheeses. Bake at 400 degrees 5 to 7 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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