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Sumter loses beloved pediatrician

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst died Wednesday night at the age of 90.

The legendary Sumter pediatrician was always an active member of the community, but was probably best known for being “the pediatrician of Sumter,” said Hubert Osteen, a close friend and Chairman of Osteen Publishing Co. His legacy of success and community involvement started in high school, where as a standout athlete he swam with the local YMCA team and played center on his basketball team. His swim team, The Green Dragons, never lost while he was on the team, according to longtime friend Sammy Way. He would go on to win many prestigious swimming awards due to a work ethic honed

through training and competing.

“He could have played any sport he wanted to,” Way said. “He was incredible and gifted in those two arenas.”

After graduating from Sumter’s Edmunds High School in 1942, he went to The Citadel, where he was captain of the basketball team and graduated in three years. He then went to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and completed his training in 1948. He then completed a two-year residency in pediatrics at Philadelphia General Hospital.

While he missed the opportunity to serve in World War II, he jumped at the chance to become a medical officer in the Korean War. While in Korea, he served with the 1st Marine Division

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Dr. Propst’s impact on Sumter considered to be immeasurable

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Dr. Charles R. “Pap” Propst is seen here with a cutout of himself at Tuomey Regional Medical Center’s 100th Anniversary celebration in 2014. Propst, 90, died Wednesday night.

Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst, 90, one of the most recognizable faces in Sumter history, died Wednesday night.

He founded Sumter Pediatrics with Dr. Ted Young in 1954, where he practiced until 1986.

“It was a great privilege and blessing for those years,” Young said.

Young said Propst had great pride for his friends, family and community, and he was important to all the people he affected.

“He meant a great deal,” Young said. “We practiced together for 28 years, and we got along well. I learned a lot from him; he knew this community so very well. I was from Florence, so I didn’t know this community very well, but I had the opportunity to learn it from him.”

Propst became a prominent member of the Sumter community, serving on the school board, taking part in local clubs and affecting

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Iris Festival schedule of events Today and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

Today • 9-11 a.m., Visitors Center — Tuomey Community Health Initiatives Free health screenings • 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Children’s area — Just Kidding Around • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bland Gardens — Flowers Raised in the South • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bland Gardens — Children’s Art in the Park • 8:30 p.m., West Liberty Street — 10th Annual Shrine Day Parade Saturday, May 23 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Garden Street — Head Turnerz Classic Car Show • 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Children’s Area — Just Kidding Around • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bland Gardens – Children’s Art in the Park • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Alice Boyle Garden Center — Mary Hinson Flower Show • 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Topiary artist Pearl Fryar, Bland Gardens • 10:45 a.m., Main stage — Introduction of Iris Kings, Queens • 11 a.m., Main stage — Diaper Derby & Parade

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

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE Main Stage Today • 1-1:30 p.m. — Hands on Praise Puppets, Harmony Church • 2-2:30 p.m. -— USC Blazin’ Star Steppers • 3-4 p.m. — Dennis Turner • 4-4:30 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville • 4:30-5 p.m. — Dreamworks Dance Academy • 5-5:30 p.m. — Believer’s Quartet Saturday, May 23 • 1-4 p.m. — Lexi the Clown • 10:45-11 a.m. — King/Queens/ Dignitaries introduced • 11-11:30 a.m. — Diaper Derby & Parade presented by Dreamworks Dance Academy • 11:30 - noon — Miss Libby’s School of Dance • Noon-12:30 p.m. — Common Call Quartet, Charleston • 12:30-1 p.m. — Lemira Percussion • 1:30-2 p.m. — Lemira Percussion • 2-2:30 p.m. — Brian Rapier and Fallen Statues • 2:30-3 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville

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Revelers enjoy the Taste of Sumter event that kicked off the 2015 Iris Festival on Thursday. See an Iris Festival map on page A3.

• 3-3:30 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Aiken • 3:30-4 p.m. — Freed School of Performing Arts • 4-4:30 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Aiken • 4:30-5 p.m. — Last Generation Quartet • 5-6 p.m. — Maddie Hunt, Myrtle Beach Sunday, May 24 • 1-4 p.m. — Lexi the Clown • 2-2:30 p.m. — Cross Anchor Quartet • 2:30-3 p.m. — Puppets4Christ, Aldersgate Methodist Church • 3-3:30 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville • 3:30-4:30 p.m. — SHS Jazz Band

Dock: Today • 4-6 p.m. — From The Morning Saturday, May 23 • 2-4 p.m. — From The Morning Sunday, May 24 • 2-4 p.m. — John Berry & Kevin Jarvis Gazebo: Saturday, May 23 • Noon-4 p.m. — Frank Fickling, guitar Sunday, May 24 • 1-4 p.m. — Frank Fickling

Sumter will salute its veterans on Memorial Day

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Sumter will honor its veterans of all wars with several special ceremonies and events on Memorial Day. This year, which is the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Veterans AppreRICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM ciation Committee and other patriFlags surrounded the Vietnam Memorial in Sumter. otic groups encourage citizens to See Memorial Day safe driving tips on A2. remember especially our veterans

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of that conflict.

Valerie A. Brunson, Sumter County’s Veterans Affairs Officer, said, “We’re focusing on Vietnam veterans and giving them an official ‘welcome home’ because they didn’t get one 50 years ago.”

There will be a special tribute to Sumter’s fallen heroes of that war.

“Look at how many people died,” added committee member Patty Wilson, noting, “Sumter lost 34 peo-

DEATHS, B5 AND B6 Randolph Fulwood Stephen A. Gamble Nicole D. Johnson Sadie McFadden Christine Shirley Elijah McElveen Jr.

Willie T. Wilson James Pearson Thomas Thames John R. Brakefield Scott C. Thomas Edward L. Johnson III

Cynthia Ann McCoy Alice Locher Lucille Washington Dr. Charles R. Propst Preston Nero Byrum W. Johnson

ple in that war, and Clarendon County lost 10.”

Brunson has compiled a list of the fallen.

“The main criterion is that their names have to be registered and on the Vietnam Wall in Washington,” she said.

Memorial Day events will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday as Sumter County

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Practice safe driving during Memorial Day weekend

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com As you prepare to travel during Memorial Day weekend, make safety your No. 1 priority to ensure that you can properly enjoy the holiday.

There were eight fatal wrecks in South Carolina during Memorial Day weekend in 2014, and five of those victims were not wearing seatbelts at the times of the crashes.

Most vehicle wrecks in South Carolina are because of drivers exceeding speed limits for road and weather conditions and operating vehicles while under the influence, according to 2012 research provided by South Carolina Highway Patrol.

According to Highway Patrol, it is best to plan your route ahead of time and have your vehicle maintained to reduce the possibility of any unwanted incidents. You may also want to check traffic reports the night before or morning of the trip to see if there are any construction zones or wrecks on your route.

Research peak traffic hours to avoid extending the trip, and check weather forecasts for your route.

If you are driving a long distance, have the brakes and lights inspected, check the air pressure and tread wear of your tires, and make sure fluid levels are where they need to be for the proper operation of your vehicle.

Take advantage of rest areas whenever you or other passengers need a break to ensure a comfortable ride, and if you are worried about time, factor the stops into the travel time.

It is also a good idea to pack emergency supplies such as a first-aid kit, a flashlight, bottled water and jumper cables.

South Carolina has the lowest average price for gas in the country at $2.41. The average cost of gas in North Carolina is $2.60, and Georgia has an average of $2.63.

Tonyia McGirt, Sumter Police Department public information officer, said the department will increase patrols during the weekend. She said the department encourages everyone, whether they are staying at home or leaving the city, to lock their vehicles.

She said unlocked vehicles are one of the department’s largest problems.

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Braden Bunch said the sheriff’s office will also increase law enforcement activity during the weekend.

He stressed that everyone should have a heightened sense of awareness of those who drink and drive because there is the possibility that some people will drink throughout the day rather than the assumed time, during the evening.

ATM stolen from SAFE FROM STAFF REPORTS Police are looking for a pickup seen on surveillance video after a standalone ATM was stolen from its location on Wesmark Boulevard early Thursday morning.

Officers with Sumter Police Department were responding to an alarm call at about 4:15 a.m. when it was discovered the SAFE Federal Credit Union ATM near the main branch

had been removed from its location.

A forklift, thought to be stolen from an area construction site sometime before the alarm call, was found at the location and was likely used to remove the ATM. Video footage captured a pickup truck that had been at the scene at the same time the forklift was present. It is described as a light-colored (pewter or gold) Chevrolet Silverado with an extended cab.

The forklift was reportedly stolen from the Buffalo Wild Wings construction site on Broad Street.

Anyone with information regarding this incident and the possible location of the truck is asked to call Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

Information can also be given anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC. A cash reward may be available for information leading to an arrest.

Sumter Iris Festival King and Queen 2015

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Iris Festival Queen Angela Marie Williams, of Sumter High School, and King Wayne William Russ II, from Crestwood High School, pose for their first royal picture during the opening ceremony of the Iris Festival on Thursday at Heath Pavillion.

Rembert woman gets 12 years for 2012 hit and run

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Jacqueline Mesidor was found guilty Thursday in a hit-and-run case and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The 2012 incident resulted in the death of Charles Dennis, 24. Both are from Rembert in Sumter County.

The case involved

Mesidor, who hit Dennis while driving a 2005 Chevrolet Impala on U.S. 521.

Dennis, who MESIDOR was driving a motorcycle and was not wearing a helmet at the time of the wreck, was fatally wounded and was pronounced

dead at the scene.

The trial finished up Thursday with closing arguments, verdict and sentencing all happening at Sumter Judicial Center.

Mesidor was sentenced after a vigorous defense by her attorney, who tried to point out discrepancies in the investigation.

It was not enough, however, as the jury found

Mesidor guilty.

According to the presiding judge, the prosecution brought about 15 people to testify in the four-day trial to try to prove Mesidor was the one driving the car.

Mesidor was immediately taken into custody in the courtroom and will now serve her 12-year sentence in the State Department of Corrections.

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After violence a year ago, Waco, state prepares for bike rally ATLANTIC BEACH (AP) — Tens of thousands of bikers descend on the Myrtle Beach area on the South Carolina coast this Memorial Day weekend for the annual Atlantic Beach Bikefest — and when they do, they’ll be met with beefed up security.

Locals say there are rarely problems during Bikefest in this predominantly black enclave of 350 year-round residents near Myrtle Beach. But during last year’s rally, violence erupted in nearby communities that left three dead and seven wounded.

So this weekend visitors to the area — an estimated 400,000 are expected for the rally or to hit the beach for the first weekend of the summer season — will be greeted by dozens of additional law officers, sidewalk barricades and a 23-mile, oneway loop to control traffic.

Bikefest comes just days after nine people were killed in and 18 wounded in a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Waco, Texas.

Following last year’s South Carolina violence, Gov. Nikki Haley asked Atlantic Beach officials to end Bikefest, pledging that the state would help the economically depressed community reinvent itself.

She said the town could showcase the history of Atlantic Beach, known as the Black Pearl. During the days of segregation, it was the only place on the Grand Strand — the 60 miles of South Carolina beaches between Georgetown and the North Carolina state line — where blacks could go to the beach.

But Atlantic Beach leaders would not end the Bikefest tradition, which has attracted black bikers to the area since 1980 and provides the town $60,000 or so in revenue on Bikefest fees — a big chunk of its $500,000 annual budget.

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S.C. police kill man suspected of wounding deputy

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CHARLESTON (AP) — A man suspected of wounding a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed by police when he emerged from an apartment Thursday shooting at officers, Charleston’s police chief said.

The dead man, identified

as 32-year-old Jerome Thomas Caldwell of Mount Pleasant, had earlier holed up for 10 hours in apartments in a public housing complex in Charleston’s historic district.

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hood Watch associations are encouraging Sumter residents who wish to honor veterans of all wars to attend the noon-to-4 p.m. event.

Wilson said, “We will have a brief program featuring a special POW/MIA tribute by Al Spencer, commander of VFW Post 10813, and James Felder will read the names of Sumter’s fallen heroes of the Vietnam War. The Sumter Fire Department color guard will begin the program.”

Entertainment will be provided by local church groups, and “we’ll have lots of free food and games for the kids in their own special area,” she said. In addition to games and a bounce house, there will be supervised horseback rides.

“Veterans will be served at their tables by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other volunteers, including fraternities and sororities,” Wilson said. “We’re going to cater to veterans and senior citizens. We expect our Sumter County legislative delegation and other government representatives to join us.”

Wilson noted the Veterans Appreciation Committee is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has received sponsorship from local businesses, individuals and other groups.

“Sumter is a military town,” said committee member Marvin Boykin.

“The community has been very generous in showing veterans our remembrance and appreciation.”

He added, “This is a family-oriented event. We hope

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A Manning High School student was arrested Wednesday morning after reportedly chasing students with a kitchen knife at the school.

Desmond Raquan Lawson, 19, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree assault and possession of a weapon on school grounds, according to Maj. Kipp Coker of Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the sheriff’s report, a student alerted the school’s resource officer that Lawson was chasing several students with a knife.

The school resource officer located him with a knife in his hand running after a student.

Lawson continued running after he refused to follow the officer’s orders to drop the knife.

He ran into the gym lobby and was again advised to drop the knife by another school resource officer.

One of the officers deployed a Taser, which hit Lawson in the pants leg but never made contact with the skin, according to Coker.

The suspect may have been bullied by other students, Coker said.

Lawson then dropped the knife and was taken into custody to the Clarendon County Detention Center.

He was released on a $3,000 pesonal recognizance Thursday.

The incident is still under investigation, according to deputies.

Veterans Association meets at American Legion Post 15 at the Sumter fairgrounds to distribute flags to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other volunteers.

“They will place U.S. flags on veterans’ graves in all the cemeteries in Sumter County, even church cemeteries,” Brunson said. “The Third Army (U.S. Army Central) always comes out to assist with this effort.”

Sumter County Veterans Association is also organizing the annual Memorial Day tribute that will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Mabry Veterans Memorial Park on U.S. 378 adjacent to Shaw Air Force Base. Keynote speaker will be U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Heather A. Perez, chief nurse for the 20th Medical Group. The public is encouraged to attend.

After that ceremony, Wilson said, “We are inviting veterans, their families and the public to the 7th Annual Memorial Day Celebration and Fish Fry at South Sumter Park.”

City Councilman Calvin Hastie, also a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former West Point instructor, started the celebration and fish fry at South Sumter Park at the corner of South Sumter Street and Atlantic Avenue. From a neighborhood event, the observance has grown to accommodate about 1,000 people. This year, the Veterans Appreciation Committee and Neighbor-

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ments that would indicate to us that he was intent on either harming someone else or himself,” Police Chief Greg Mullen told reporters during a news conference near the scene.

Mullen said the standoff began when a State Law Enforcement Division agent ar-

rived at the apartment about 3:45 a.m. Thursday to serve Caldwell with a warrant for attempted murder.

About 1:45 p.m. Caldwell came out of the back door of the apartment complex and shot at officers, and they returned fire, the chief said.

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Hundreds of people wait in line for their fish plates last year at the South Sumter Community Fish Fry at South Sumter Park. Veterans of all wars, with a special focus on Vietnam veterans, will be honored at the event Monday. people will come out and show their love for our veterans.”

At 4:30 p.m. veterans and

their families will be saluted with a cookout at American Legion Post 202 at 310 Palmetto St.

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This Public Hearing and the matters to be discussed are subject to the provision of Sumter County’s Citizen Participation Plan, developed in anticipation of participation in the State of South Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and providing for the participation of the citizens of Sumter County in the planning and implementation of community and economic development projects involving CDBG funds.

The Citizen Participation Plan is available for review at the Sumter County Administration Bldg., 13 E. Canal Street, Sumter, SC between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday Through Friday. Persons with questions or comments concerning the public hearing or the Citizen Participation Plan may contact Sharon Durden, ECS Manager, Santee-Lynches RCOG, 129 S. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC (803) 774-1988.

Sumter County does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability in the admission of, access to, or treatment regarding employment in its federally assisted programs or activities. Mrs. Lorraine Dennis, Sumter Administration Bldg., 13 E. Canal Street, Sumter, SC, 803-436-2102 has been designated to coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations.

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“When we hear him bark, we know something is up because he doesn’t bark for any other reason,” Palomaki said.

Alyssa also has leukemia that’s in remission and lacks full use of her right hand. Doctors won’t give a prognosis because they “don’t want to put expectations or limitations on her,” Palomaki said.

“She walks, talks and can read the whole Braille alphabet with one good hand. She’s a true joy, and they are a dynamic duo,” Palomaki said.

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BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — The Obama administration hopes to save the bees by feeding them better.

A new federal plan aims to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making millions of acres of federal land more bee-friendly, spending millions of dollars more on research and considering the use of fewer pesticides.

While putting different type of landscapes along highways, federal housing projects and elsewhere may not sound like much in terms of action, several bee scientists told The Associated Press that this a huge move. They say it may help pollinators that are starving because so much of the American landscape has been converted to lawns and corn that don’t provide foraging areas for bees.

“This is the first time I’ve seen addressed the issue that there’s nothing for pollinators to eat,” said University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum, who buttonholed President Obama about bees when she received her National Medal of Science award last November. “I think it’s brilliant.”

Environmental activists who wanted a ban on a much-criticized class of pesticide said the Obama administration’s bee strategy falls way short of what’s needed to save the hives.

Scientists say bees — crucial to pollinate many crops — have been hurt by a combination of declining nutrition, mites, disease and pesticides. The federal plan is an “all hands on deck” strategy that calls on everyone from federal bureaucrats to citizens to do what they can to save bees, which provide more than $15 billion in value to the U.S. economy, according to White House science adviser John Holdren.

“Pollinators are struggling,” Holdren said in a blog post, citing a new federal survey that found beekeepers lost more than 40 percent of their colonies last year, although they later recovered by dividing surviving hives. He also

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A hive of honeybees is seen on display at the Vermont Beekeeping Supply booth at the annual Vermont Farm Show at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, Vermont, in January 2014. The federal government hopes to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides. said the number of monarch butterflies that spend the winter in Mexico’s forests is down by 90 percent or more during the past two decades, so the U.S. government is working with Mexico to expand monarch habitat in the southern part of that country.

The plan calls for restoring 7 million acres of bee habitat in the next five years. Numerous federal agencies will have to find ways to grow plants on federal lands that are more varied and better for bees to eat because scientists have worried that large land tracts that grow only one crop have hurt bee nutrition.

The plan is not just for the Department of Interior, which has vast areas of land under its control. Agencies that wouldn’t normally be thought of, such as Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation, will have to include bee-friendly landscaping on their properties and in grant-making.

That part of the bee plan got praise from scientists who study bees.

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The apparent scarcity of these areas is what’s worry-

ing. This could change that.”

University of Montana bee expert Jerry Bromenshenk said the effort shows the federal government finally recognizes that land use is key with bees.

“From my perspective, it’s a wake-up call,” Bromenshenk wrote in an email. “Pollinators need safe havens with adequate quantities of high-

quality resources for food and habitat, relatively free from toxic chemicals, and that includes pollutants as well as pesticides and other agricultural chemicals.”

Berenbaum said what’s impressive is that the plan doesn’t lay the problem or the solution just on agriculture or the federal government.

“We all got into this mess and we’re going to have to work together to get out of it,” she said.

The administration proposes spending $82.5 million on honeybee research in the upcoming budget year, up $34 million from now.

The Environmental Protection Agency will step up studies into the safety of widely used neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been temporarily banned in Europe. It will not approve new types of uses of the pesticides until more study is done, if then, the report said.

“They are not taking bold enough action; there’s a recognition that there is a crisis,” said Lori Ann Burd, environmental health director for the advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity. She said the bees cannot wait, comparing more studies on neonicotinoids to going to a second and third mechanic when you’ve been told the brakes are shot.

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Oldest known stone tools discovered in Kenya Makers of 3.3 million-yearold artifacts not known

BY MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK — By taking a wrong turn in a dry riverbed in Kenya, scientists discovered a trove of stone tools far older than any ever found before. Nobody knows who made them — or why.

At 3.3 million years old, they push back the record of stone tools by about 700,000 years. More significantly, they are a half-million years older than any known trace of the human branch of the evolutionary tree.

Scientists have long thought that sharp-edged stone tools were made only by members of our branch, whose members are designated “Homo,” like our own species, Homo sapiens. That idea has been questioned, and the new finding is a big boost to the argument that tool-making may have begun with smaller-brained forerunners instead.

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by Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis of Stony Brook University in New York and co-authors in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature. The find drew rave reviews from experts unconnected to the work.

“It really absolutely moves the beginnings of human technology back into a much more distant past and a much different kind of ancestor than we’ve been thinking of,” said anthropology professor Alison Brooks of George Washington University, who has examined some of the tools.

The authors have “opened a new window onto the human past, illuminating the work of the first tool-makers and raising as many questions as they have answered,” said Eric Delson of Lehman College in New York.

And Frank Brown of the University of Utah, an expert in determining the age of fossils who has known about the discovery for a couple years and visited the site, said he is “still kind of staggered by it.”

The Nature paper describes 149 stones and stone flakes found west of Lake Turkana in a remote area of northern Kenya. Most objects are “cores,” which are stones that have been struck to break off sharp-edged flakes.

Other stones appear to have been used as hammers or anvils.

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Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis are seen above holding stone tools found in the West Turkana area of Kenya. The artifacts, dated at 3.3 million years old, are much older than the earliest known trace of our own branch of the evolutionary family tree. So it’s a new challenge to the traditional idea that only members of our branch made stone tools. The discovery was reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday. One such artifact is shown, at right, still in its archaeological context. finding fossils of our forerunners. The Kenyan site was discovered one day in July 2011, when Harmand, Lewis and a crew set out to survey one area and by accident ended up in another one. There were gullies and hillsides that seemed promising, so they looked around, Lewis recalled in a telephone interview.

Just before tea time, a team member spotted a stone tool on the ground. More quickly appeared. Excavations followed.

As stone tools go, the artifacts are remarkably big. On average, the cores stretch about 6 inches long and wide and weigh nearly 7 pounds, for example, while the flakes are up to 8 inches long.

Compared to the next-oldest-known tool artifacts, “these things are enormous,” which adds to the mystery of what they were used for, said David Braun, a tool expert at George Washington.

Generally, ancient human relatives are thought to have used stone tools for hammering, such as for cracking nuts, and for their sharp edges, useful for butchering and skinning animal carcasses as well as cutting up tough plant material.

Experts said they were stumped about the purpose of the Kenyan tools. Harmand said she thinks the overall purpose was to make sharpedged flakes for cutting, but

exactly how they were used is not known. Researchers are examining them with a microscope to look for clues.

Then there’s the question of who made them.

“The jury is out on that,” Lewis said.

One candidate would be some Homo species not yet known to science, he said.

Other possibilities come from outside the Homo branch, such as Australopithecus afarensis, best known for the skeleton nicknamed Lucy. Still another candidate is a creature called Kenyanthropus platyops, known from remains found not far from the site of the stone tools.

Nick Toth, who co-directs the nonprofit Stone Age Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, and is a professor at Indiana University, said it wouldn’t surprise him if the tools were made by a creature with a brain smaller than what’s found in Homo.

Although he suspects the tools were made by Australopithecus, he said some of them resemble what bonobo chimps have produced when taught to do so in his own experiments.

That shows “you don’t need a very large brain ... to understand the basic principles of fracturing stone,” Toth said.

Rick Potts, who directs the Smithsonian’s human ori-

gins program, said another question is whether the Kenyan discovery has any direct connection to the toolmaking technology known from 2.6 million years ago. In any case, he said, the discovery sends a clear message to scientists who seek stone tools.

“The significance of the find is, ‘Hey, folks we better start looking before 2.6 million years ago,’” he said.

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PROPST FROM PAGE A1 when the division fought in the Battle of Inchon, which was a significant battle to gain control of the South Korean capital, Seoul. For his service, he received the Bronze Star and a Presidential Unit Citation.

After being discharged in 1952, Propst completed two more years of pediatrics residency at Philadelphia General Hospital.

When he completed his residency, the Sumter native moved back to his hometown and started Sumter Pediatrics in 1954 with his partner, Dr. Ted Young. There, he worked until 1986 before retiring.

Those close to Propst, or as the community knew him, “Pap,” were united in their praise.

“He was a great man, a man of the ages. He was an icon, the likes of which we may never see again,” Young said.

“It’s a big loss. It’s a huge loss to this community, family and friends.”

IMPACT FROM PAGE A1 several generations of Sumterites.

A Facebook post from Randy McCreight, whose father, architect Charles McCreight, was a longtime friend of Propst, said: “Pap Propst was our doctor growing up, our pediatrician until I was oh ... 30? But he was much more than that. He made house calls. His voice caused a calm to come over you, that everything was going to be OK.” Another friend of Propst, Sammy Way, said he took his kids to “Pap” and there was never any fear about getting medical work done.

“Kids a lot of times are afraid of doctors but not him,” Way said. “He was gentle, and my children didn’t worry about going to the doctor because they knew he was there.”

After he retired from his practice, the Korean War vet-

While working as a pediatrician, he was a member of Sumter Rotary Club, the Fortnightly Club and served as chairman for 10 of his 25 years on the former Sumter School District 17 board. Another way “Pap” gave back was serving as a camp physician at Camp Sea Gull along the coast of North Carolina.

For 37 straight summers, he spent two weeks each year keeping young boys healthy and fixing their cuts and bruises.

And while he did all of those things, his real legacy is the people he affected along the way.

Sumter Rotary Club member and close friend Roger Ackerman called Propst a “giant among men.” Ackerman said even though he was a busy doctor, Propst managed to make almost every meeting.

Way, who was a coach and teacher in former Sumter School District 17 when Propst served on the school board, said he never heard one person ever say a bad

eran took a fellowship at University of South Carolina where he worked for the next 19 years. He also went back to the school to learn more about special-needs children. Way said anything Propst tried, from photography to writing, he became the best at it.

“He could have easily been a college professor,” Way said.

“Dr. Propst could have been anything; he could have been anyone. Fortunately for me and my children, he chose the medical profession.

“We’ve lost someone who makes our community a better place to live,” Way said.

“If you could think of him as a doctor in the community, he tried to cure some of the problems. He gave willingly of all of his talents and his resources. He will be someone that will be extremely difficult to replace. He will be missed.”

thing about the longtime doctor.

“He said I was his friend, and that meant a lot. It meant a tremendous amount to me,” Way said.

Way said when he was a teacher he was going to leave to go work in another community, but Propst convinced him to stay in Sumter.

“One of the reasons I never left was because of him,” Way said. “He called me to his office and stopped everything he was doing because I was the focus of what he was doing then. When he talked to you, he talked to you. He made you feel extremely important.”

“There are a lot of people that use the term ‘gentleman,’ but that’s what he was,” Way said. “If you look up the definition, that’s Dr. Propst. He could be stern, but you knew he loved you.”

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, 9

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What became of Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH It’s been some time since Friday nights became the new Saturday night, an evening that networks still cannot fathom. The networks have set their schedules for next fall, and Friday evenings remain remarkably unchanged. Of the 15 hours of programming from five networks, there is exactly one hour of new material.

ABC replaces the just-canceled “Cristela” with “Dr Ken,” starring Ken Jeong (“Community”) as a difficult doctor. NBC, a network once noted for strong sitcoms, has whittled its comedy lineup down to exactly two sitcoms, both airing on Friday nights.

I’m not surprised “Undateable” is returning for a third season; I’m shocked it made it to a second. It will be paired with “People Are Talking,” a comedy about young married parents, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“Saved by the Bell”).

This is a remarkable turn of events for NBC. Of the 21 hours of prime-time programming NBC offers in a given week, only one hour is devoted to comedy. Back in 1993, the era of “Seinfeld,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Blossom,” the network devoted seven hours to comedy, or onethird of its schedule.

Next fall’s Friday night lineup is completely unchanged for CBS. Meanwhile, ABC swaps out “Cristela” for “Dr. Ken.” NBC follows its two meager sitcoms with “Grimm” and “Dateline.” Fox hasn’t had a success on Friday nights since “The X-Files” decamped for Sundays back in 1996, so it isn’t exactly going out on a limb by offering “MasterChef Junior” and “World’s Funniest Fails.” The CW will air the teen Tudor fantasy “Reign” paired with the seemingly unending search for “America’s Next Top Model.” If the ratings for “The Messengers” get much lower, there may be no one around to watch.

• Pop culture is filled with sidekicks and second bananas.

Some are more famous than others. Who remembers Andrew Ridgeley, the non-George Michael member of Wham?

Art Garfunkel has a nice voice, but it hasn’t kept him as relevant as his ex-partner, Paul Simon. Since the breakup of Loggins and Messina, Kenny

Deadheads tape its shows and disseminate its recordings presaged the “sharing” economy of the post-Napster music industry. With so much of its recorded music in this new form of “public domain,” the Dead’s relentless tours became as much a revenue source as a cultural touchstone.

• Ty Pennington and Amanda Freitag host “American Diner Revival” (10:30 p.m., Food). Over six episodes they will travel to small towns and cities struggling to keep their local diners in business and intact by adjusting to changing demographics and tastes and tweaking stodgy menus and dated decor.

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Profiling the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist, “The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir” begins streaming today on Netflix.

Loggins has made a bundle writing montage music for action movies. Jim Messina has adjusted to a more modest schedule. Just who was more famous: Hall or Oates? Milli or Vanilli? Will next year’s “American Idol” valedictory season have room for Ryan Seacrest’s season-one sidekick, Brian Dunkleman?

The 2015 documentary “The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir” begins streaming today, exclusively on Netflix.

Twenty years after the death of Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, Weir, the band’s rhythm guitarist, appears content to remain in his shadow.

“The Other One” is both a profile of Weir as a sidekick eager to cede the spotlight and a chronicle of the band’s storied history, from the San Francisco scene that put the acid in acid rock to its decades-long trip as the ultimate touring band.

In its own way, the Dead’s willingness to have devoted

• Red struggles to save Liz’s reputation on “The Blacklist” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

• A psychic didn’t see it coming on “Bones” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• The secret of the genius

stone resists deciphering on “The Messengers” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

• A gay officer loses a partner when his secret is revealed on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Kristen Bell returned to star in the fan-funded 2014 movie adaptation of the onetime UPN and CW show “Veronica Mars” (8:10 p.m., Cinemax).

LATE NIGHT Jimmy Fallon welcomes Sting, Kevin Connolly and Kevin Delaney on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Jennifer Connelly, Judd Apatow and Twenty One Pilots appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Jane Fonda, Leslie Jones and Kay Cannon visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r).

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Mother’s alcoholism poses serious threat to baby DEAR ABBY — I just realized I’m six weeks pregnant. I have always wanted to start a family and raise chilDear Abby dren with my fiance, ABIGAIL but I have a VAN BUREN big problem.

I am an alcoholic and have been struggling with this issue for a few years. I don’t know the effect this could have on my baby, but I know it isn’t good. My fiance also drinks a lot, and our home situation isn’t the greatest for a child because of it.

What can I do that would be helpful in my circumstances?

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I don’t want to put my baby’s life at risk. I tried AA in the past, but was unsuccessful.

I’m afraid I’m destroying my family before it is started.

Trainwreck in Virginia DEAR TRAINWRECK — You are right to be concerned. If you plan to have this baby, it’s important that you find a gynecologist and quit drinking IMMEDIATELY! If you can’t find the strength to do it for yourself, then do it for the sake of your little one.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “There is no safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Alcohol can cause problems for the developing baby throughout pregnancy, including before a woman

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knows she is pregnant. Drinking alcohol in the first three months of pregnancy can cause the baby to have abnormal facial features. Growth and central nervous system problems (e.g., low birth weight, behavioral problems) can occur from drinking alcohol anytime during pregnancy. The baby’s brain is developing throughout pregnancy and can be affected by exposure to alcohol at any time.

“If a woman is drinking alcohol during pregnancy, it is never too late to stop. The sooner a woman stops drinking, the better it will be for both her baby and herself.”

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COMMENTARY

Operation Lawrence Welk

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hen we’re home on a Saturday evening and everyone is scattered around the house doing their own thing, I like to slip over, grab the remote control and turn the TV to the PBS station and crank up The Lawrence Welk Show.

You should see the teenagers come running out of their rooms, faces filled with horror and clamping their hands over their ears.

Cleverly hiding the clicker under the sleeping dog, no one is able to change the channel, so they are doomed to watch plaidcoated, bouffant-coiffed, Leslie Anne ruffled tuxedoHarrison clad performers warble and dance their way across the screen.

The eye rolling begins within seconds, and the intense whining and griping ensues. “Mom! This is horrible! Why do you make us watch this? Why are they dressed like that? How long will it be before we can watch a movie?” Oh, the sheer agony of hearing old standards like “Singing in the Rain” while fake raindrops fall on girls in plastic polka-dot raincoats is too much for their young minds to handle.

When I would visit my grandparents, we would sit together in the living room and either shell peas or play a card game while Lawrence Welk was on the television in the background. The popular show, which aired from 1951 to 1982, features wholesome, all-American classics that everyone should know. Even though the musical program has aired in continuous reruns since its cancellation, it has never been a favorite of the teen scene from any generation.

When a young man wearing a mint green leisure suit swings a suitcase by his side and croons, “I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane,” the conversation gets pointed.

“Why doesn’t his suitcase have wheels?”

“What instrument is that in the background?”

“How does he get his hair to do that?”

School curriculum teaches our children classic American

stories, poems and artwork, but not many schools provide an education on the rich history of American music. My wise and wonderful fifth-grade teacher understood this need and helped us assemble song books we would use every Friday afternoon to belt out the likes of “Oh Susanna,” “Red River Valley” and “Camptown Races.”

Other than kickball, it was our favorite part of the week.

Once, on the playground, when two boys were racing to the oak tree, someone called out, “I bet my money on the bobtail nag,” and we all joined in by shouting “somebody bet on the bay!” We doubled over laughing at what clever 10-yearolds we were for being able to quote Stephen Foster. (It also helped us understand what Foghorn Leghorn was singing in the barnyard on Saturday mornings … doo-dah, doo-dah).

Back in front of the TV, as the minutes tick by and chiffondraped dancers swirl across the stage, miraculously, no one leaves the room. Instead, my boys’ faux irritation turns to laughter, which evolves into more good-natured snippy comments and then ends at the desired destination of good, oldfashioned, non-computerized conversation.

“I need to practice my guitar more,” says one boy. “I’ll help you put on the new strings,” says the other. They run to get their instruments, then return and get to work without even realizing they are humming along to “Good Night Irene.”

My sinister plan of “Operation Lawrence Welk” has worked its magic once again.

Everyone is together in one room, talking, cracking jokes and having a nice evening; and at the end of the show, when the cast gathers to sing the signature farewell song that ends with, “adios, au revior, aufweidersehn ... good night!” one of the boys always says, “Hey, didn’t you sing that to us when we were little?”

Who, me? Where would I have learned such a thing?

Wait a minute, you don’t think my grandparents had their own sinister plan too … ?

Leslie Anne Harrison is a contributing writer for The Sumter Item and Gulf Coast Newspapers — www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com. She can be reached at la@fairhopesupply.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR WHY WEREN’T OUR LEADERS AT VIETNAM VET CEREMONY? I just finished reading the article in Thursday’s paper “Detachment of Marine Corps League Celebrates 10th Anniversary.” I noted with interest the state and local dignitaries who attended that celebration to present a proclamation and to thank those very deserving individuals for their service.

It is fitting and appropriate that they be honored in such a way. But the article also made me wonder where the many state and local representatives were last Sunday at the DARsponsored Vietnam War Veterans Commemoration at which approximately 200 local Vietnam veterans sat in unseasonably hot weather to receive a warm and well-deserved “welcome home” and “thank you” for their service to their country.

Anyone who reads the paper had to be aware of the upcoming celebration, which was widely advertised beforehand.

The Sumter Item ran outstanding pre-event publicity articles.

Sumter Living printed a beautiful two-page picture-and-story spread with details about the upcoming event. Several mornings, Derek Burress of WDXY featured speakers and conduct-

ed interviews on his radio talk show. The celebration was no secret. Shaw Air Force Base was well-represented as was Sumter School District, JROTC groups, veterans groups, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution and many other state and local organizations. In addition, “ordinary citizens” were in attendance just to give a long-overdue “thank you” to the men and women who sacrificed so much because “their country called.”

And they went, whether or not they approved of the mission. Some came back, some didn’t. But last Sunday, Vietnam vets and their families were shown that they haven’t been forgotten and that they are appreciated, at least by many of us local non-dignitaries. Hats off to Mayor Joe McElveen and County Councilman Eugene Baten for their attendance and open appreciation to these vets.

What happened to the rest of you? It is true that many of us “ordinary citizens” notice when you are present at our local events. We also notice when you are not.

LINDA HAWKINS Sumter

COMMENTARY

Want hypotheticals? Here’s one

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ASHINGTON — Ramadi falls. The Iraqi army flees.

The great 60-nation antiIslamic State coalition so grandly proclaimed by the Obama administration is nowhere to be seen. Instead, it’s the defense minister of Iran who flies into Baghdad, an unsubtle demonstration of who’s in charge — while the U.S. air campaign proves futile and America’s alleged strategy for comCharles Krauthammer bating the Islamic State is in freefall.

It gets worse. The Gulf States’ top leaders, betrayed and bitter, ostentatiously boycott President Obama’s failed Camp David summit. “We were America’s best friend in the Arab world for 50 years,” laments Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief.

Note: “were,” not “are.”

We are scraping bottom.

Following six years of President Obama’s steady and determined withdrawal from the Middle East, America’s standing in the region has collapsed. And yet the question incessantly asked of the various presidential candidates is not about that. It’s a retrospective hypothetical: Would you have invaded Iraq in 2003 if you had known then what we know now?

First, the question is not just a hypothetical, but also an inherently impossible hypothetical. It contradicts itself. Had we known there were no weapons of mass destruction, the very question would not have arisen.

The premise of the war — the basis for going to the U.N., to Congress and, indeed, to the nation — was Iraq’s possession of WMD

in violation of the central condition for the ceasefire that ended the first Gulf War. No WMD, no hypothetical to answer in the first place.

Second, the “if you knew then” question implicitly locates the origin and cause of the current disasters in 2003. As if the fall of Ramadi was predetermined then, as if the author of the current regional collapse is George W. Bush.

This is nonsense. The fact is that by the end of Bush’s tenure, the war had been won. You can argue that the price of that victory was too high.

Fine. We can debate that until the end of time. But what is not debatable is that it was a victory. Bush bequeathed to Obama a success. By whose measure? By Obama’s. As he told the troops at Fort Bragg on Dec. 14, 2011, “We are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and selfreliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people.”

This was, said the president, a “moment of success.”

Which Obama proceeded to fully squander. With the 2012 election approaching, he chose to liquidate our military presence in Iraq. We didn’t just withdraw our forces.

We abandoned, destroyed or turned over our equipment, stores, installations and bases. We surrendered our most valuable strategic assets, such as control of Iraqi airspace, soon to become the indispensable conduit for Iran to supply and sustain the Assad regime in Syria and cement its influence all the way to the Mediterranean.

And, most relevant to the fall of Ramadi, we abandoned the vast intelligence network we had so painstakingly constructed in Anbar province, without which our current patchwork operations there are largely blind

and correspondingly feeble.

The current collapse was not predetermined in 2003 but in 2011. Isn’t that what should be asked of Hillary Clinton? We know you think the invasion of 2003 was a mistake. But what about the abandonment of 2011? Was that not a mistake?

Mme. Secretary: When you arrived at State, alQaeda in Iraq had been crushed and expelled from Anbar. The Iraqi government had from Basra to Sadr City fought and defeated the radical, Iranian-proxy Shiite militias. Yet today these militias are back, once again dominating Baghdad. On your watch, we gave up our position as the dominant influence over a “sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq” — forfeiting that position gratuitously to Iran. Was that not a mistake? And where were you when it was made?

Iraq is now a battlefield between the Sunni jihadists of the Islamic State and the Shiite jihadists of Iran’s Islamic Republic.

There is no viable center.

We abandoned it. The Obama administration’s unilateral pullout created a vacuum for the entry of the worst of the worst.

And the damage was self-inflicted. The current situation in Iraq, says David Petraeus, “is tragic foremost because it didn’t have to turn out this way.

The hard-earned progress of the surge was sustained for over three years.”

Do the math. That’s 2009 through 2011, the first three Obama years. And then came the unraveling.

When? The last U.S. troops left Iraq on Dec. 18, 2011.

Want to do retrospective hypotheticals? Start there.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

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

Memorial—Day 22,on MonGOVERNMENT TheSchedule: followingFriday, will be May closed 2015 government offices; state government offices; day: federal U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

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

Wilson Hall will be open on Monday.

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

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Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is in need of volunteers in SumHospice opportuniCare of Tri-County is Are you looking for volunteer ter and surrounding counin need of volunteers. Volunties? ties. Opportunities available teers offer support, comfor you to use your time panionship and care to the and talents to be of assiscaregiver by running ertance include reading, murands, reading to patients, sical talents, companionlistening and just being ship, light housekeeping, there for patients who need etc. Contact Joyce Blanding companionship. All you at (803) 883-5606 or hospineed is a willing heart and cecareofsumter@yahoo. some time to give to others. com.

No medical background required. Hospice Care of TriAgape Hospice is in need of County will provide you volunteers. Whether your with the tools you need to passion is baking, knitting, reading, singing, etc., Agape become a hospice volunHospice can find a place for teer. Call Carol Tindal at (803) 905-7720. you. Contact Thandi Blanding at (803) 774-1075, (803) ROAD to RECOVERY is in need 260-3876 or tblanding@ of volunteers in the Sumter agapsenior.com. area. The program provides Hospice Care of South Carolina cancer patients with transportation to and from treatis in need of volunteers in Sumter County. Do you have ments. Call the American one extra hour a week? Op- Cancer Society at (803) 750portunities are available for 1693. patient/family companionZumba classes will be held at ship, administrative sup6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and port, meal preparation, light Wednesdays at the Parks household projects, student and Recreation building on education and various Haynsworth Street. Classes other tasks. Contact Whitare $5 each. No registration ney Rogers, regional volunrequired. Contact Deanne teer coordinator, at (843) Lewis at zumbadeanne@ 409-7991 or whitney.roggmail.com. ers@hospicecare.net.

The Palmetto Singles Club Amedisys Hospice is in need of holds a dance from 7 to 10 volunteers. Volunteer oppor- p.m. on the first and third tunities include 1) special Fridays of each month at projects of baking, sewing, the VFW on Gion Street. Call knitting, crafts, carpentry Sarah Shorter at (803) 847and yard work; 2) adminis3288. trative/office duties of Sumter Area Toastmasters copying, light filing and anmeets at 7 p.m. each Tuesswering phones; and 3) paday at the Sumter Mall tient companionship — decommunity room, 1057 velop one-on-one relationships with hospice patients Broad St. The group helps in developing speaking and (training provided free of leadership skills. Call Dougcharge). Contact Rhoda las Wilson at (803) 778-0197 Keefe, volunteer coordinaor Rebecca Gonzalez at tor, at (803) 469-3047 or (803) 565-9271. rhonda.keefe@amedisys.

Sumter 81/55

Aiken 82/49

ON THE COAST

Charleston 79/60

Today: Mostly sunny; not as warm. High 77 to 81.

Saturday: Partly sunny; humid in southern parts. High 79 to 83.

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357.74 75.28 75.14 97.21

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Moonrise 10:28 a.m.

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Manning 80/53

Today: Mostly sunny. Winds light and variable. Clear.

Saturday: A blend of sun and clouds.

Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph.

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Florence 80/55

Bishopville 80/55

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1:17 p.m.

1:27 a.m.

2:07 p.m.

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7:50 p.m.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 73/46/s 79/55/s 83/50/s 81/61/s 72/57/pc 79/60/s 78/53/s 80/58/s 82/54/s 79/54/s 74/55/pc 77/54/s 78/54/s

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 76/53/pc 84/58/pc 86/56/pc 83/66/pc 72/57/pc 81/63/pc 81/57/pc 83/61/pc 85/59/pc 82/58/pc 71/53/pc 78/58/pc 79/57/pc

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The last word ARIES (March 21-April 19): in astrology Keep an open EUGENIA LAST mind and a forgiving attitude. Participating in something that allows you to use your imagination will do you a world of good. You’ll be tempted to try something new. Look into vocational options thoroughly before you proceed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take a moment to reevaluate the way you look, how you feel and the changes you want to make in order to please yourself. Spend time with someone who encourages you and supports your decisions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Speak up.

Don’t sit back and let someone get away with putting you down or making you feel bad. Use your intelligence and bring about whatever change is required to distance yourself from negative people. Learn from past experience.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let your emotions stand between you and getting what you want.

Concentrate on making personal improvements that will boost your confidence and raise your standard of living. Don’t be afraid to stand out. Show how unique you can be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll have trouble settling into a routine.

Inconsistency will hold you back if you aren’t careful. To avoid criticism, make up your mind and follow the path of your choice.

Ulterior motives will be what prompts someone to pressure you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can wheel and deal with confidence today. Work on homeimprovement projects, collecting debts and taking care of pending legal matters. A romantic plan will enrich your personal life and lead to a stable and secure future.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t share personal information with anyone. You will be taken advantage of or put in a vulnerable position if you aren’t discreet. Do whatever it takes to avoid disagreements with peers, colleagues or a personal partner.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Anxiety, stress and tension will overpower you if you allow someone to take advantage of you.

Do your own thing and refuse to let anyone interfere with your plans. It’s up to you to do what’s best for you. Focus on your needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What you offer others will be well received, but don’t let your generosity lead to greater demands. It’s nice to help out, but it’s time to put yourself first. Don’t feel guilty about spending time or money upgrading, updating or rewarding your efforts with a vacation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Hop to it and get as much done on your to-do list as possible. Your energy is high and your intellect is sharp. You can achieve your goals and impress onlookers with your ability to bring about positive changes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Tread carefully when dealing with jealous peers or people who want to control or limit what you can do.

Do what makes you happy and engage in pastimes that bring you closer to someone you love. Make

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wise choices.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pamper yourself. Shop for something that will encourage you to follow a dream or improve your appearance. Making arrangements to do something special with a close friend, lover or youngster will enhance your relationship and your personal life.

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1-12-28-35-44 Powerball: 25; Powerplay: 3

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SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Ivy, a 9-week-old merle female red heeler mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is playful, loving, silly and friendly. She is extremely affectionate and loves to be held, cuddled and played with.

Ivy is a super dog who would make an excellent addition to any family. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015

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PREP SOFTBALL

Homegrown momentum Lady Saints win 2nd SCISA 1A softball title in four years

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Clarendon Hall softball head coach Jeffrey Bays had a game plan going into the SCISA 1A state championship series against Colleton Prep.

Bays decided to play Game 2 of the best-of-3 series in Summerton hoping his team could celebrate on its home turf.

“What we wanted to happen sort of backfired on us,” he explained. “The way we were playing we really felt like we had a team that could beat Colleton (Prep) at home. We had already beaten them at home earlier in the year, and if we played our game and hit the ball well, we had a team that could beat them at their place.

“We thought it would be really special if we could go in there (in Game 1), beat them and then turn around and win it all at home, but going into the first game the girls seemed so tight and they weren’t relaxed,” he said.

The Lady Warhawks, the 2-time defending state champions, won 4-3 in the opener and put the Lady Saints in a must-win situation at home.

Going home proved to be just what was needed as they responded with a resounding 12-4 victory in Game 2.

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER / THE SUMTER ITEM

Clarendon Hall’s Delaney Peeler slides into third base during the SCISA 1A state tournament at Pine Grove Sports Complex in West Columbia.

The Lady Saints went on to beat Colleton Prep for the state title, their second in four seasons.

“After we won that second game I didn’t have a doubt in my mind that we wouldn’t come back (Wednesday) and play even better,” CH senior

and All-Region III-1A player Emily Brunson said of the team’s momentum gained from winning at home. “I think the key was teamwork.

All of us wanted the same thing, all of us knew it was our year and we had to do it (win a state championship).”

In the deciding game at the

Orangeburg Prep field where it had won the state title in 2012, CH trailed 7-5 in the seventh,

SEE SAINTS, PAGE B4

LEGION BASEBALL

Post 68’s Cutter puts belief in veteran team

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Going into his 16th and final season as the head coach of the Manning-Santee Post 68 American Legion baseball program, G.G. Cutter is hoping this year’s seasoned team will have a better showing than last year.

“This is it for me, 100 percent,” Cutter said. “I’ll help any way I CUTTER can with the baseball proSUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO gram here because I sure Manning-Santee Post 68 second baseman Dustin Way is one of several don’t want the Manning proveteran players returning this season in head coach G.G. Cutter’s final gram to go down or to fold or season. anything. I’ll be associated

with it; I just won’t be coaching it.

“When it gets baseball season you kind of have it in your blood and the boys that are coming back are a good group of kids, and most of them have been playing together for a long time,” Cutter said. “Most of (the players) are from East Clarendon (High School in Turbeville) so I figured that I’d come back one more year and see if we can do anything with these boys because they’re talented.”

The team has had little time to prepare as it will open the season with defending League III champion Sumter Post 15 on Monday in a 3-game series.

“Steve (Campbell) is a good

coach and a good friend of mine,” Cutter said of the new P-15’s head coach who left Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 “He’ll do Sumter a good job. He played for Sumter; he’s familiar with the organization so I think he’ll do an excellent job there. Regardless of where he’s coaching he always puts a quality team on the field.

Manning-Santee will compete in Florence Post 1’s preseason tournament opener this weekend. Post 68 will host Camden at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

The team will then play a doubleheader at South Florence High School on Saturday, facing Lake City at 11 a.m. and

SEE POST 68, PAGE B3

FIRE ANTS BASEBALL

CLEMSON BASEBALL

Freshmen leading USCS to success

Erwin leads Tigers past Louisville 7-2

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com The Fab Five? Try the Fab Fifteen – or at least somewhere thereabouts.

The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team’s corps of talented freshmen might not ever be as well known as the ones who made waves on the hardwood in

Ann Arbor, Mich., but the Fire Ants wouldn’t be where they are without them.

MEDLIN And where they are is in Grand Junction, Colo., counting down the hours until Saturday’s 5 p.m.

EDT contest against defend-

ing national champion Iowa Western in the Junior College World Series.

It is the first trip to the big dance in program history and it was forged on the arms and bats of players who, for the most part, were experiencing their first year of collegiate ball.

SEE USCS, PAGE B3

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

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

Sumter begins play in the World Series on Saturday.

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

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

FROM STAFF REPORTS DURHAM, N.C. — For the second straight game, Clemson received a quality pitching start in the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball ERWIN Championship. And this time, the fifth-seeded Tigers backed it with some timely hitting.

One day after scoring just one run in a 3-1 loss to Florida State, Clemson

jumped on top-seeded and nationally third-ranked Louisville early to claim a 7-2 victory on Thursday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The Tigers (32-26, 1-1 Pool A) pounded out 10 hits – four for extra bases – and built a 5-1 lead through the first two innings. Reed Rohlman and Westin Wilson drove in two runs apiece and Steven Duggar, Tyler Krieger and Robert Jolly finished with two hits apiece.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

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

11 a.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Nine from Durham, N.C. – Notre Dame vs. Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

11 a.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 Carb Day from Indianapolis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – IRL Racing: Indy Lights Series Freedom 100 from Indianapolis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

1 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 Carb Day from Indianapolis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One from Auburn, Ala. – Louisiana-Lafayette at Auburn (ESPNU).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Nine from Durham, N.C. – North Carolina vs. Clemson (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

4 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Two from Knoxville, Tenn. – Florida State vs. Tennessee (ESPNU).

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

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

6 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Two from Ann Arbor, Mich. – Georgia vs.

Michigan (ESPNU).

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

7 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Three from Knoxville, Tenn. – Florida State at Tennessee (If Necessary) (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One from Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Oklahoma vs.

Alabama (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Nine from Durham, N.C. – Miami vs.

North Carolina State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Boston or Texas at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Fourteen from Hoover, Ala. (SEC NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Milwaukee at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Four – New York Rangers at Tampa Bay (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Chicago at Columbus (UNIVISION).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – Cleveland at Atlanta (TNT).

9 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Three from Ann Arbor, Mich. – Georgia vs.

Michigan (If Necessary) (ESPN).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Alexander Povetkin vs. Mike Perez in a Heavyweight Bout from Moscow (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One from Eugene, Ore. – North Carolina State vs. Oregon (ESPNU).

10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Boxcino Finals from Corona, Calif. -- Andrey Fedosov vs. Donovan Dennis in a Heavyweight Bout and Brandon Adams vs. John Thompson for the NABO/NABA Junior Middleweight Title (ESPN2).

10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Eric Hunter vs. Antonio Escalante in a Featherweight Bout from Indio, Calif.

(FOX SPORTS 1).

10:30 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Houston at Los Angeles (UNIVISION).

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

1:30 a.m. – Professional Boxing: Richard Commey vs. Bahodir Mamadjonov in a Lightweight Bout from Las Vegas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

GOLF The Associated Press

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Seattle at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Washington New York Atlanta Philadelphia Miami CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

W 24 24 19 18 16

L 17 18 20 24 26

Pct .585 .571 .487 .429 .381

GB – 1/2 4 61/2 81/2

W 27 22 18 18 15

L 14 17 22 22 26

Pct .659 .564 .450 .450 .366

GB – 4 81/2 81/2 12

W 24 22 20 19 14

L 15 18 21 21 23

Pct .615 .550 .488 .475 .378

GB – 21/2 5 51/2 9

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 3, 13 innings Washington 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 5, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 6, Miami 1 St. Louis 9, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 2, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 7, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 4, Colorado 2 Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego 2 San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 0

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Arizona 7, Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 5, St. Louis 0 Philadelphia at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 1-1) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 5-2), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-2) at Washington (Scherzer 4-3), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-3) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-5) at Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2), 7:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 2-2) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-5), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 3-3) at Kansas City (C.Young 3-0), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-2) at Arizona (Collmenter 3-5), 9:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 1-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-1), 10:10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 4:10 p.m., 1st game Baltimore at Miami, 7:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 9:10 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

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

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Thursday At Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,204; Par 70 First Round a-denotes amateur Kevin Na Boo Weekley Ryo Ishikawa Jordan Spieth George McNeill Ian Poulter Danny Lee Ben Martin David Hearn

31-33—64 32-32—64 32-32—64 32-32—64 31-34—65 32-33—65 33-33—66 32-34—66 31-35—66

-6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4

SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Thursday At French Lick Resort, The Pete Dye Course French Lick, Ind. Purse: $2.—75 million Yardage: 7,147; par 72 First Round Massy Kuramoto 35-36—71 Billy Andrade 36-36—72 Colin Montgomerie 37-35—72 Barry Lane 39-33—72 Jean Francois Remesy 35-37—72 Bart Bryant 37-35—72

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MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION L 19 19 21 20 24

Pct .537 .537 .475 .459 .429

GB – – 21/2 3 41/2

L 14 17 17 19 23

Pct .650 .595 .575 .486 .410

GB – 2 3 61/2 91/2

L 15 19 21 23 28

Pct .643 .525 .462 .425 .333

GB – 5 71/2 9 13

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Houston 6, Oakland 1 Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 3, 13 innings Washington 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 4, Baltimore 2 L.A. Angels 4, Toronto 3 Detroit 5, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 2, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 2, Boston 1 Kansas City 7, Cincinnati 1 Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 3

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Seattle at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

Detroit 6, Houston 5, 11 innings L.A. Angels at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

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

Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL PAR SCORES

W New York 22 Tampa Bay 22 Boston 19 Baltimore 17 Toronto 18 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 26 Detroit 25 Minnesota 23 Chicago 18 Cleveland 16 WEST DIVISION W Houston 27 Los Angeles 21 Seattle 18 Texas 17 Oakland 14

Seattle (F.Hernandez 6-1) at Toronto (Estrada 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 5-1) at Detroit (Simon 4-2), 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-3) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 3-2) at Boston (Porcello 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 3-4) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 3-2), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 3-3) at Kansas City (C.Young 3-0), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

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Harvick on top heading into Coca-Cola 600

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.C.— Kevin Harvick is right where he usually is when the CocaCola 600 rolls around on the schedule: On top and seeking even more success.

The defending Sprint Cup champion leads the points race heading into NASCAR’s longest event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night. He has won twice, marking the fourth time in HARVICK the past five seasons Harvick will enter June with multiple victories. He is seeking his third Coca-Cola 600 win since 2011.

Harvick said early victories end concerns about qualifying for the NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs and give teams the chance to find that extra uumph they’ll need for a championship run.

“It’s definitely better to win early,” Harvick said Thursday. “There’s not a lot of pressure on your race team with what you need to do or how you need to do things. It’s really about finding more speed, winning more races.”

Harvick already has plenty of speed. He has finished first or second in eight of 11 races this season. Harvick has had just one run worse than eighth, when got caught up in a mid-race accident at Bristol Motor Speedway and finished 38th.

Such early dominance is typical of Harvick. He won three races in 2011 in the season’s first three months, then two apiece in 2013 and 2015.

Harvick showed his power last Saturday night at the All-Star race, going from last at the start of final 10-lap segment to second. Harvick could not get past winner Denny Hamlin, but he said his StewartHaas Racing team picked up critical knowledge that can lead to success Sunday night.

Then again, Harvick knows several ways to win at the mile-and-a-half lay-

COCA-COLA 600 LINEUP The Associated Press After Thursday qualifying; race Sunday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 194.252 mph.

2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 192.836.

3. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 192.733.

4. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 192.226.

5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 192.007.

6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 191.884.

7. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 191.625.

8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 191.272.

9. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 191.266.

10. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 190.322.

11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 189.833.

12. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 185.414.

13. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.727.

14. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 191.714.

15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 191.686.

16. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 191.666.

17. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.428.

18. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 191.354.

19. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 191.15.

20. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 190.954.

21. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 190.826.

22. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 190.597.

23. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet,

out.

He looked destined for second place here in 2011 with Dale Earnhardt Jr. well in front and cruising on the white-flag lap. But Earnhardt ran out of fuel and Harvick swept past for the win.

Two years later, Harvick outraced Kasey Kahne on a restart with 11 laps win for his second Coca-Cola 600 — a race perhaps best remembered for the stoppage caused when a TV support cable snapped during the event.

Harvick was second behind Jimmie Johnson at the 600 a year ago. In the fall, Harvick made amends with a victory at Charlotte on the way to his first-ever Sprint Cup championship.

Johnson, who has won three times including the last points race at Kansas two weeks ago, figures to be near the top battling with Harvick on Sunday night.

Johnson said the race’s length suits him since he and longtime crew chief Chad Knaus are adept at making midrace adjustments and finding missing

189.98.

24. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 183.711.

25. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 190.806.

26. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 190.779.

27. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 190.597.

28. (25) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 190.375.

29. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 190.181.

30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 189.947.

31. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 189.88.

32. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 189.847.

33. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 189.673.

34. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 189.288.

35. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 189.221.

36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 189.049.

37. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points.

38. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, Owner Points.

41. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, Owner Points.

42. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, Owner Points.

43. (33) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 188.291.

45. (32) Mike Bliss, Ford, 186.89.

46. (39) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 186.31.

47. (30) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 184.068.

48. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 181.165.

power.

“I do a nice job searching for lines” at Charlotte, Johnson said. “I think we’ll have a strong night.”

Harvick is enjoying the perks of his championship this weekend, getting a ballot in Wednesday’s NASCAR Hall of Fame voting that elected Speedway Motorsports Inc. visionary Bruton Smith among five new members. Harvick said he can’t wait for the fiery Smith’s acceptance speech.

“That’s going to be the most entertaining part,” he said with a grin.

Harvick said he is glad he and the crew gave his team a cushion to prep for the championship Chase. With crew chief Rodney Childers at the helm, Harvick is confident he will be right there at the end — both in Charlotte and in the championship run.

“It worked well for us last year,” Harvick said. “And I think my guy’s pretty dangerous, the more time you give him to think and do that in a relaxed atmosphere, it really lets him shine.”

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland 1, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, May 20: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89 Friday, May 22: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 28: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 30: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday, June 1: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Golden State 1, Houston 0 Tuesday, May 19: Golden State 110, Houston 106 Thursday, May 21: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 23: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m.

Monday, May 25: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 27: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-Friday, May 29: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, May 31: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Saturday, May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 Monday, May 18: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 2 Wednesday, May 20: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, OT Friday, May 22: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 24: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 26: N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-Friday, May 29: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

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Columbia to get Mets’ Single-A minor league baseball team COLUMBIA — The New York Mets’ affiliate in the South Atlantic League is moving from Savannah, Georgia to Columbia.

Hardball Capital CEO Jason Freier announced the move on Thursday at the site of a new ballpark that’s being built for the Class A franchise. The Columbia team is expected to be ready to play next season.

The move returns a Mets’ farm team to South Carolina’s capital, where the Columbia Mets and Capital City Bombers played from 1983 until 2005 when the franchise moved to Greenville.

The new Spirit Communications Park is expected to cost $37 million and be a key piece in the redevelopment of a 165-acre section to be called Columbia Common.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES AGAINST RICE DISMISSED

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Anaheim 1, Chicago 1 Sunday, May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, May 19: Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT Thursday, May 21: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 23: Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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

MAYS LANDING, N.J. — A judge on Thursday dismissed domestic violence charges against Ray Rice, who was captured by a surveillance camera knocking his then-fiancee unconscious in a hotel elevator last year.

Judge Michael Donio signed the order after the Atlantic County prosecutor told him the former Baltimore Ravens running back had completed the terms of his pretrial intervention.

SPIETH SHARES COLONIAL FIRST-ROUND LEAD

FORT WORTH, Texas — Masters champion Jordan Spieth made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole with darkness falling Thursday, grabbing a share of the first-round lead in the raindelayed Colonial.

Spieth just missed the green on his approach at the 18th hole, and putted from off the back right fringe. The closing birdie shortly after 8 p.m. put him atop the leaderboard with Kevin Na, Boo Weekley and Ryo Ishikawa.

After missing the cut at The Players Championship two weeks ago, the 21-yearold Spieth is playing the first of consecutive weeks at home in North Texas.

KURAMOTO LEADS SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Massy Kuramoto had the only under-par round with a 1-under 71 on Thursday to take the first-round lead

in the Senior PGA Championship in cool, damp conditions on the testy Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort.

The 59-year-old Kuramoto, a 30-time winner on the Japan Tour, is the chairman of the PGA of Japan and plays on the side, something he does well enough to have won the 2014 Japan Senior Open.

Kuramoto had a onestroke lead over defending champion Colin Montgomerie, Billy Andrade, Barry Lane, Jean Francois Remesy and Bart Bryant.

Sweaters and rain jackets were the uniform of the day and scoring on the rugged Dye Course’s twisting fairways and small greens did not come easily.

KENSETH WINS POLE FOR COCA-COLA 600

CONCORD, N.C. — Matt Kenseth won the pole Thursday night for the Coca-Cola 600.

Kenseth turned a lap at 194.252 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the third round of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying format for his second pole of the Sprint Cup season.

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MANNING-SANTEE POST 68 SCHEDULE

including eight returnees such as Collin Lee, Michael Burgess, Jared Hair, Steven Cox, Ryan Knowlton, William Ard, Zach Coker, Peyton Coker and Dyson Coker make up the team.

Dustin Way, Tilton McCrea and Matthew Corbett make up the Clarendon Hall representatives, Tommy King, Austin Atkinson and Will Gardner are from Manning High, Adam Lowder and Buddy Bleasedale are from Laurence Manning Academy, and Josh Whitley from Lakewood High and Hunter Robinson from Williamsburg Academy in Kingstree round out the team.

“I think this year we should have a pretty solid defense so far from what I’ve seen in practice,” Cutter said. “Pitching is always a question mark, but we have a lot of boys that can throw. I’m not saying they’re all pitchers, but hopefully we can develop them and give them some innings. I think our defense will be a strong point and we have some boys who look like they

then playing at 1:30 p.m. against Horry. It will also play on Sunday as well.

Last season, Post 68 got a first round playoff bye after a team forfeited, but was then swept by Florence Post 1 to end its season. Cutter said this year’s team shouldn’t have the same commitment problem because this time he is aware that five players will miss a week of play during the regular season due to prior commitments.

“We didn’t do too well,” Cutter said of last year’s 10-16 finish. “We had kids that were leaving, kids that didn’t want to show up. They just didn’t want to be there last year ,so hopefully we can bounce back and make it this year “Ten years ago kids played, and they played,” the Post 68 coach said. “They gave up their whole June and part of July to play Legion ball without vacations. They know when Legion ball starts, when it ends. It’s just a different world now.”

A number of former or current East Clarendon players,

USCS FROM PAGE B1 “It’s been pretty amazing to see the way it’s all come together,” true freshmen shortstop Justin Hawkins said.

“Once we sorted out who was going to be where, things really picked up. About midway through the season, I think we were all starting to click.”

Turnover is a part of any 2-year program, but the Fire Ants had to deal with a heavy number entering 2015. Only two everyday starters (Brett Auckland, Ray Murphy) and two starting pitchers (Will Smith, Victor Gonzalez) returned to fill significant roles.

USCS will take the field on Saturday to compete for a national title with eight true or redshirt freshmen penciled in somewhere on the diamond.

The entire infield (minus catcher), the corner outfield spots, the designated hitter position and the starting pitcher will be comprised of first-year players.

Add in No. 2 starter Michael Carpin and two of the top four arms out of the bullpen and it’s easy to understand why even the players themselves were unsure of how they were all going to come together.

“I know a lot of the guys will agree, we looked pretty iffy in the fall,” redshirt freshman reliever Jake Trejo said. “But we’ve come a long way. I can see the difference in me. I’ve gotten better. My teammates have gotten better.

“We’ve worked hard to get where we are.”

But it didn’t take long for USC Sumter to develop good team chemistry. A lot of 6 a.m. workouts and long hours traveling will do that. No, the biggest issue facing the incoming players was adapting to college pitching.

“It’s a lot different coming in to college ball,” said Auckland, a sophomore. “A lot of these guys were all-stars on their high school teams, but you can’t just show up and hit .375 like you did then.”

That reality check was evident early on as the USCS offense struggled. Mainstays in the lineup like Hawkins, Mickey Dugan and Fred Wadsworth were all hovering under the .250 mark – even one or two under .200 at one point.

It’s no coincidence, then, that the Fire Ants’ recent success has mirrored that of its

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

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Game 1 -- San Jacinto (Texas) (4119) vs. McLennan (Texas) (37-18), 11 a.m.

Game 2 -- Walters State (Tenn.)

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

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

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

Game 4 -- Northwest Florida State (37-12) vs. Dodge City (Kan.) (4118), 9:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 24

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

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

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

MONDAY, MAY 25

Game 8 -- Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, noon Game 9 -- Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 4 p.m.

Game 10 -- Game 1 Winner vs.

Game 2 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 26

Game 11 -- Game 9 Loser vs. Game 7 Loser, 1 p.m.

Game 12 -- Game 8 Winner vs.

Game 10 Loser, 5 p.m.

Game 13 -- Game 9 Winner vs.

Game 7 Winner, 9:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

Game 14 Game 13 Game 15 Game 13

-- Game 11 Winner vs.

Loser, 5 p.m.

-- Game 10 Winner vs.

Winner, 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 28

Game 16 Game 15 Game 17 Game 12

-- Game 14 Winner vs.

Loser, 5 p.m.

-- Game 15 Winner vs.

Winner, 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 29

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

SATURDAY, MAY 30

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

still-developing lineup.

“If you had told me six weeks ago that some of these guys would be batting over .300 by now, I’d have laughed you out the room,” head coach Tim Medlin said. “But they’ve proven to be a lot tougher than even I thought they were. They love being at the ballpark and they’ve worked their tails off to get to this point.

“It’s not just one or two of them, either. We’ve gotten big hits from everyone up and down the lineup lately.”

Hawkins now leads the team with a .325 average. He raised it more than 30 points in a single day earlier in the year with a 7-for-7 outing. He

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 “I thought we played exceptionally well tonight,” Clemson head coach Jack Leggett said. “Proud of our team. We bounced back after last night.

Zack was outstanding on the mound, I thought he was really in control. And we played really good defense behind him and I thought our offense was right on the mark right from the very beginning.”

That proved more than enough for Clemson starting pitcher Zack Erwin, who allowed just six hits while strik-

ing out 11 batters and walking none in eight innings. The junior left-hander improved to 7-4 on the year.

“Well, last time I pitched against them I gave up 11 hits and most of them were all on the first pitch fastball,” Erwin said. “So this time out I was trying to throw more off speed first pitch and get ahead in the count and that really helped out today.”

The Tigers did the their damage versus Louisville AllACC first-team pitcher Kyle

Monday, May 25 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 2 Hartsville, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 3 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10 at Lake City, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 Dalzell-Shaw, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 12 at Goose Creek, 7p.m.

Sunday, June 14 Rockdale, Ga. (DH), 1 p.m.

Wednesday, June 17 Lake City, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 19 Goose Creek, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 22 Goose Creek, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 26 Williamston (in Florence), 5 p.m.

Saturday, June 27 Wilmington, N.C. (at Waccamaw High), 10 a.m.

Texarkana, Ark., (at Waccamaw High), 1 p.m.

TBD (at Waccamaw High), 4 p.m.

Monday, June 30 at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 1 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 2 Camden, 7:30 p.m.

can barrel one up, and we’ll find out this weekend in the preseason tournament.”

also leads the team in slugging at .522 and is tops with seven homers and tied for the team lead with 41 runs driven in.

Right behind him has been former Sumter High School and Sumter P-15’s standout Tee Dubose. Dubose solidified first base early on and is second on the team with a .316 average, two homers and is tied with Hawkins with 41 RBI. Meanwhile William Thomas, Dugan, Wadsworth, outfielder Dillon Heffner and DH Kolby Croxton are all batting above .260 and have 252 runs driven in between them. Heffner, Croxton and Wadsworth were three of the main catalysts for the Fire Ants during their run to the Eastern District crown.

It doesn’t end at the plate, either. Redshirt freshman Colie Bowers, now fully recovered from Tommy John surgery, didn’t need many outings to grab hold of the No. 1 starter role. The Region X Pitcher of the year is 9-1 with a 1.64 earned run average and has 93 strikeouts in 87 2/3 innings.

“Getting over the mental aspect (of the surgery) was the toughest thing,” Bowers said. “I pitched in the Coastal Plain League last summer with the (Columbia) Blowfish and that was really good for me to just get back out there and finally get back on the mound after about 17 months.

“Then I just came here in the fall and pitched well and had a lot of success and that confidence carried over into the spring.”

Carpin (6-2, 2.07 ERA, 82 Ks, 78 1/3 IP) hasn’t been too far behind his fellow redshirt freshman – and neither has the back end of the USCS bullpen. Trejo and true freshman Austin Hawley have become two of Medlin’s go-to relievers for any situation.

Trejo (5-1, 4 saves) has a sub2.00 ERA and has only given up one walk all season while Hawley (6-3, 2 saves) has a 1.85 ERA and 30 punchouts in 34 innings.

“We definitely attack (hitters),” Trejo said. “For us, we want to get ahead and keep guys off base. We take pride in the little things like that. A lot of people don’t really look at that stuff much, but those are things that really help us win ballgames and find ways to get out of those tough situations.”

Funkhouser, collecting nine hits and all seven of their runs (five earned) through the first five innings.

Clemson got to Funkhouser for three runs in the bottom of the first. A single by Duggar and a 2-base error by Louisville third baseman Zach Lucas set the table for Rohlman’s 2-run single. After Chris Okey doubled, Jolly followed with a run-scoring single and a 3-0 Tiger lead.

No. 8 hitter Ryan Summers’ 2-out RBI double in the top of the second inning helped Louisville cut the lead to 3-1.

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SUMTER POST 15 SCHEDULE Monday, May 25 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 1 at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 2 Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 4 at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 5 at Florence, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 8 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 12 Lake City, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 15 Camden, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 18 Camden, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 22 Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 23 at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24 Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 26 Greenville, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 27 Duplin-Sampson, N.C., 9 a.m.

Garner, N.C., 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 28 TBD in Florence, TBD Wednesday, July 1 at Lake City, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 3 Florence, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 Camden, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 8 Lake City, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 at Manning-Santee, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 12 at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 15 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 18 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 19 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 22 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 23 Sumter, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 26 at Lake City, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 29 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 1 Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 2 at Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 3 Goose Creek, 7 p.m.

players of his.

All Manning-Santee home games will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Cutter will be assisted by Matt Mays, Stan Markle and Justin McArthur—all former

COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Haynie’s homer helps Alabama beat Mizzou 4-3 HOOVER, Ala. — Will Haynie’s leadoff homer in the bottom of the seventh inning helped Alabama beat Missouri 4-3 Thursday in a Southeastern Conference tournament elimination game.

The Crimson Tide (32-28) also got a two-run, two-out single from Cody Henry in the sixth to rally from a 3-1 deficit. Thomas Burrows retired the side in the ninth for his seventh save, getting two strikeouts.

Missouri (30-28) had moved ahead on Brett Peel’s two-run double in the fifth.

Taylor Guilbeau (3-6) got the win after allowing three runs in six innings.

Tanner Houck (8-5) went the distance for Missouri, allowing six hits while striking out eight.

Mikey White started Alabama’s rally by drawing a two-out walk. Then Casey Hughston singled and Kyle Overstreet reached on a fielder’s choice before Henry drove in the tying runs.

Hughston was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI. Missouri’s Trey Harris also had two hits and an RBI.

eight runs on seven hits in the third inning, four of them unearned, in the elimination game.

FLORIDA 11

FLORIDA 6 HOOVER, Ala.— Arkansas used two homers in the ninth inning — including a go-ahead, two-run shot by Bobby Wernes — to beat Florida 7-6 in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

AUBURN 2

HOOVER, Ala. — Josh Tobias went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and Florida knocked Auburn out of the Southeastern Conference tournament Thursday with an 11-2 victory.

The Gators (41-16) scored

TEXAS A&M 6 VANDERBILT 1

HOOVER, Ala. — Blake Allemand hit two home runs and Matt Kent threw a complete game to lead Texas A&M over Vanderbilt 6-1 on Thursday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Texas A&M won’t play again until Saturday, while Vanderbilt will face Alabama today in an elimination game.

ACC N.C. STATE 3 NOTRE DAME 0 DURHAM, N.C. — Brian Brown struck out 10 and North Carolina State beat Notre Dame 3-0 on Thursday at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Brown (7-3) allowed two hits over six innings to help the sixth-seeded Wolfpack (32-20) win their tournament opener.

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The Clarendon Hall’s softball team celebrates after it captured the SCISA 1A state championship with a 14-12 victory over Colleton Prep to win the best-of-3 championship series.

It was the Lady Saints’ second title in four years.

SAINTS FROM PAGE B1 but scored six runs to take an 11-7 lead. CP answered with four runs to tie the game and force extra innings.

With two outs, runners on first and second base and a 0-2 count in the top of the eighth, Bays had a bad feeling and knew his team needed to respond with some runs.

“We’re tied up at the top of the eighth inning with two on base, two outs and Aubrey Johnson’s got a 0-2 count and I’m thinking if we don’t score a run right here we’re done,” he said of the situation. “The momentum Colleton Prep had been playing with, every time we would score and take the lead they would always come back and answer. I was really worried with the position that we were in, if we didn’t score we’re done.”

Johnson answered the call, hitting a 3-run, game-winning home run to give CH a 14-11 lead that ended up being a 14-12 victory.

“I guess I was just seeing the ball really well, and I knew that I wanted to do my part to the best of my ability,” said Johnson, who hit two homers in the game. “And I didn’t want to let any of my teammates down. I remember going up to Coach Bays and saying, ‘We can do it’. We were tied and I said, ‘We got this, we can do it.’ “ It was the same confidence the team had played with all year that brought them a second state title in the past four years. CH finished the season with an 18-5 record.

“I was just impressed how hard the girls went out there and how hungry they were (to win a title),” Bays said. “I’ve

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Clarendon Hall senior Gracyn Royce (22) rounds third base during the SCISA 1A state tournament at Pine Grove Softball Complex in West Columbia. Royce played in four straight state championship series, helping the Lady Saints to a championship as a freshman and this season. always said this about this group of girls. They don’t quit. They’re a team that will scratch and claw all the way to the end.

“We’ve been down runs before and I’ve looked at them and told them, ‘There is not another group of girls I’d want in this position’ because they’re not going to quit on each other,” he said. “That’s exactly what they did; they never quit they never gave up.”

Saints senior Graycn Royce,

who has played for four straight state titles, said having girls who had experience playing in a big game was a calming feeling.

“Me being a pitcher I could trust my defense with every play, with every ball that was hit I knew (my teammates) could make the outs,” Royce said Hitting was a big focus for CH in the offseason and the results spoke for themselves throughout the season.

In the championship series,

Johnson led the CH offense with six hits, including three of her four homers on the season, and seven runs batted in. Royce had six hits with two doubles. Delaney Peeler and Region III-1A Player of the Year Shannon Corbett each had six hits. Senior Jordan Carter had four hits, including a home run.

Brittany Pack had three hits and drove in five while Brunson and Holly Carlisle each added two hits.

“I really think the differ-

ence was the confidence level we had in each other,” Johnson said. “I knew no one was going to let me down. I knew that when my teammates’ number was called they’d be ready to do their part. We’re very confident and we trusted one another and everyone got the job done.”

CH loses Royce and Carter, who were the team’s top pitchers, along with Brunson to graduation. All three players were named to the Region III-1A squad.

Bumgarner homers off Kershaw as Giants blank LA again 4-0

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San Francisco starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner homered off Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw and threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings as the Giants beat the Dodgers 4-0 on Thursday in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner homered off Clayton Kershaw and once again outpitched the reigning NL MVP and Cy Young winner, too, as the San Francisco Giants shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers for the third straight day, 4-0 Thursday.

San Francisco outscored the Dodgers 10-0 in sweeping the three-game series. The champion Giants have won six in a row overall.

This was the third time this season that Bumgarner, the current World Series MVP, had started against Kershaw — the Giants have won all three.

Bumgarner (5-2) worked around seven hits and two walks in 6 1-3 innings, striking out six. He improved to 9-3 in his last 13 starts against the Dodgers.

ROCKIES 7 PHILLIES 3 DENVER — Michael McKenry hit a two-run homer and Jorge De La Rosa etched his name into the Colorado record books as the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 on Thursday.

METS 5 CARDINALS 0

NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom retired his final 23 batters following a first-inning single, and Lucas Duda hit two long homers to nearly the same spot Thursday during the New York Mets’ 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

ARIZONA 7 MARLINS 6

MIAMI — A.J. Pollock beat out a run-scoring infield hit with two out in the eighth in-

ning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their first four-game sweep in seven seasons by beating the Miami Marlins 7-6 Thursday.

AMERICAN LEAGUE TIGERS 6 ASTROS 5 DETROIT — James McCann hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 11th inning Thursday, lifting the Detroit Tigers over the Houston Astros 6-5 Thursday.

ORIOLES 5 MARINERS 4

BALTIMORE — The Orioles and Mariners combined to use 13 pitchers Thursday in a duel that lasted 3 1/2 hours and ended with Baltimore escaping with a 5-4 victory.

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Curry, James unanimous selections to All-NBA team

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Cleveland’s LeBron James, right, speaks with injured DeMarre Carroll (5) of Atlanta as Carroll is helped off the court during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final series on Wednesday in Atlanta. The Cavaliers picked up a 97-89 victory, but both James and Kyrie Irving are playing through pain for the Cavaliers while Carroll was hurt for the Hawks.

Banged-up Cavaliers, Hawks make adjustments for Game 2

BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATLANTA — While the Atlanta Hawks try to figure out who will guard LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers are just grateful the fourtime MVP is still standing.

It’s understandable. This series could turn into a war of attrition — and they’ve only played one game.

James was limping around, Kyrie Irving went to the bench and didn’t return and DeMarre Carroll is listed as day-to-day after being helped off the court in Game 1.

There was “raging fear” swelling in Cleveland coach David Blatt when he saw James in obvious pain after rolling his right ankle for the second time in the playoffs.

But James, who said his first thought was “not again,” simply tied his shoe tighter and was back on the court within minutes. He’ll be ready to go on Friday night in Game 2.

“He’s the closest thing to Superman there is out there,” Blatt said. “That’s the only way I can explain it.”

Irving’s situation is more of a concern.

It’s unclear how effective he will be the rest of the playoffs.

Irving hobbled into the series and played only about 3 minutes in the fourth quarter of Game 1 after tweaking his sore left knee.

“He wants to be out there at his best and he’s dealing with a situation that’s not easy for him,” Blatt said. “On the other hand he’s still out there contributing and giving us things we really need and battling through this thing with heart and with courage.”

Irving, who had 10 points and six assists, continues to receive treatment for tendinitis in the knee.

“We hope that he can play,” Blatt said. “The nature of his problem is one that allows him to do so. It’s just a matter of discomfort and sort of having to deal with the elements

and play through it.”

The Hawks can relate.

Atlanta received good news when a MRI showed a sprain but no structural damage in Carroll’s left knee. He listed as questionable for Game 2.

The forward is Atlanta’s top perimeter defender and drew primary responsibility for guarding James. If Carroll can’t play, guard Kent Bazemore and power forward Paul Millsap could share that difficult assignment.

“The biggest thing is trying to limit everyone else,” Bazemore said. “He’s going to get what he’s going to get. If you can kind of keep everyone else in the bottle, you have a better chance.”

Some other things to watch in Game 2: KORVER QUIET

Kyle Korver, one of the league’s top 3-point shooters in the regular season, has not scored in double figures in his last five postseason games. He attempted only five shots

overall while making two of four 3s to finish with nine points in Game 1. Korver had two 3-pointers disallowed due to offensive fouls. His only other shot in the half led to a three-point play.

ONE-MAN BENCH

The Cavaliers had only one bench player score in Game 1 — but he scored a lot. Smith set a career playoff high with his 28 points, most coming while closely defended. He made 10 of 16 shots, including eight of 12 3s. He wanted more. “Honestly, I couldn’t really sleep last night,” Smith said Thursday. “I just kept playing the game over and over again. More the shots I missed, believe it or not, than the ones I made.”

SCHRODER SLUMPING

Dennis Schroder has been an explosive complement to starting point guard Jeff Teague, but he made only 2 of 10 shots with four assists.

NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State’s Stephen Curry, the league MVP, and LeBron James are the only unanimous selections to the AllNBA first team.

New Orleans’ Anthony Davis and Memphis center Marc Gasol joined Curry as newcomers on the team.

Houston’s James Harden rounded it out with his second straight selection.

Curry and James, who are three victories CURRY from meeting in the NBA Finals, each received first-team votes on all 129 ballots Thursday. James earned his ninth first-team selecJAMES tion in 12 years, tying Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson for third all-time.

Voting was done by a panel DAVIS of writers and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada, who voted for two guards, two forwards and one center to comprise a first, second and GASOL third team.

Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook led the second team, joined by Portland’s LaMarcus HARDEN Aldridge, the Clippers’ Chris Paul, Chicago’s Pau Gasol and Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins. The third team was the Clippers’ Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, San Antonio’s Tim Duncan, Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving and Golden State’s Klay Thompson.

OBITUARIES RANDOLPH FULWOOD Randolph “Randy” Fulwood transitioned from this earthly life on Friday, May 15, 2015.

Funeral services for Mr. Fulwood, 64, will be held at noon on Saturday at Mt. Sinai AME Church, 4835 County Road, Lynchburg, with FULWOOD the Rev. Marie Deas-Webb officiating.

The public may view at noon today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Mr. Fulwood will be placed in the church for viewing at 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at the mother’s home, 221 Brent St., Sumter.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of Florabell S. Fulwood and the late Louis Fulwood.

Randy was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and attended Denmark Technical College in Denmark. He worked for 34 years at the Port City Transport in Charleston. Mr. Fulwood was a dedicated lifelong member of Mt. Sinai AME Church in Lynchburg.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Sarah Lou Nelson.

Surviving are three children, Leslie Nelson Brown, Randall Fulwood and Candice Lyanee Nelson, all of Columbia; his mother, Florabell S. Fulwood of Sumter; one brother, George Scott (Elizabeth) Fulwood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; six grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Condolences can be made

on their memorial tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.

STEPHEN A. GAMBLE MONCKS CORNER — Stephen Anthony “Stevie” Gamble, 43, husband of Connie Meares Gamble, died on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Louisiana.

Born on July 23, 1971, in Moncks Corner, he was the youngest son of GAMBLE Betty Jo Tennant Gamble and the late Joseph Lamar Gamble Sr. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a graduate of Berkeley High School and attended the Moncks Corner branch of Charleston Technical College.

He loved sports and, while in school, he played baseball, football, soccer and was on the wrestling team. He loved USC and the Gamecocks. He was a member of the “Brothers of the Hook” and the “Berkeley Gamecock Club.”

He is survived by his wife of Moncks Corner; his mother of Manning; two sons, Patrick Meares (Kelly) of Manning and Collin Bamberg of Columbia, Louisiana; three daughters, Savannah Ashley Gamble, Lorallen

Meares (Auston) and Morgan Hodge, all of Moncks Corner; two brothers, Joseph Lamar Gamble Jr. (Lisa) of Manning and Lynwood B. Gamble (Angela) of Cumming, Georgia; two nieces, Caitlin Gamble and Acelyn Gamble of Atlanta; and two nephews, Michael Lynn Gamble of Atlanta and Joseph L. Gamble III of Mobile, Alabama.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Turner officiating.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org

NICOLE D. JOHNSON Nicole Denise Johnson, age 34, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia.

Born on Aug. 12, 1980, in Bronx, New York, she was a daughter of Jerry and Pearly Rose JOHNSON

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Dyson Johnson. Nicole was a graduate of Scott’s Branch High School, Summerton, Class of 1998. She received her bachelor’s degree in social work in 2003 and her master of arts degree in teaching from South Carolina State University, Orangeburg.

She was employed as a firstthrough fifth-grade teacher at Horrell Hill Elementary School, Hopkins.

While residing in Summerton, Nicole was a member of Historic Liberty Hill AME Church. Upon moving to Columbia, she became a member of Bethel AME Church.

She leaves to cherish her memories: her son, Keion Stukes of the home; her parents, Jerry and Pearly Johnson; her sister, Jennifer (Larry) Ryder; a host of other relatives, friends, students and the faculty and staff of Richland School District One. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at Historic Liberty Hill AME Church, Summerton, with the Rev. Robert China, pastor, and the Rev. Dr. Ronnie Brailsford, eulogist. Final resting place will be the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Dyson’s Home for Funerals Chapel.

Ms. Johnson will be placed in the church one hour prior

to the service at 11 a.m.

The family will receive friends at the home of her mother, Pearly Rose Johnson, 1190 Rapid Edge Trail, Summerton.

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

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

SADIE MCFADDEN Sadie Robertha Dickey McFadden died on Sunday, May 17, 2015.

Public viewing will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. today.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Hickory Grove MCFADDEN Freewill Baptist Church, 1148 Old Manning Road, Turbeville, with the Rev. Ronnie McFadden, pastor. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at her home, 1787 Old Manning Road, Turbeville.

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

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CHRISTINE SHIRLEY BISHOPVILLE — Christine Smith Muldrow Shirley passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

She was under the care of Hospice Care of South Carolina.

Christine was born on Oct. 16, 1917, and was a resident of Lee SHIRLEY County for 97 years. She was the granddaughter of Lee County’s first probate judge, the late John Mitchell Smith, and the Sara Player Smith; and she was the daughter of the second probate judge, the late John Martin Smith and the late Mattie Wicker Smith. She succeeded her father to become the third probate judge, and her term completed the first 60 years of the Probate Court in Lee County. She was married to Robert E. Muldrow for 48 years, until his death in 1985. She married Louis Shirley in 1993. She had two children, one stepson, three grandchildren, a greatgranddaughter, and a greatgreat-granddaughter.

She was the reigning Miss Bishopville 1936. She began her working career as a clerk in the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and served in the Clerk of Court’s office. She served as assistant to the administrator of Lee County Memorial Hospital during the period when the hospital was being built and as medical records librarian after it opened. She also worked in the Lee County Library. After serving as probate judge of Lee County, she served as the civil defense coordinator, where she was instrumental in the organization of the first Bishopville Rescue Squad.

She was a member of Bishopville Presbyterian Church for 77 years, where she served as Sunday school teacher, circle chairman, president of the women of the church and vice president of the women of Harmony Presbytery. She was cited for outstanding service by being included in the 1973 issue of “Personalities of the South.”

She served as a member of the advisory board of the Wateree District of the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the advisory board of Home Health Services for the Wateree District.

She was a charter member and past matron of Bishopville Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 74. She was a member of the Henry DuRant Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 67 years and served as regent and secretary for the state convention.

She had perfect attendance in the Pilot Club of Bishopville for 45 years, served as president of that organization three times, and was the epitome of Pilot. She was elected governor of the South Carolina District of Pilot International in 1972.

She was the recipient of the Mildred Davenport Award in 1993. This coveted award is given each year to the Pilot who most nearly exemplifies the qualities of Pilot in her personal and community life. She attended 12 international conventions and also served as district lieutenant governor, district parliamentarian and district chaplain. She was presented the Order of the Palmetto in 2007. She was a member of the Bishopville Book Club and a charter member of the Iris Garden Club. She enjoyed dancing, painting, knitting, crocheting and needlepoint. She received various awards for her art work and won several trophies from ballroom dance competitions in the United States and Canada.

She was an avid sports fan, especially for the Atlanta Braves and those South Carolina Gamecocks.

Survivors include her husband, Louis Shirley of the home; a daughter, Beverly Muldrow Reid of Charlotte; a son Robert E. “Bubba” Muldrow IV of Florence; a stepson, John Louis Shirley of Sumter; a brother, John Martin Smith Jr. of Bishopville; two granddaughters, Christine Reid Self (Dennis) of Hickory, North Carolina, and Sharon Ann Reid of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; a grandson, Bradley S. Reid III of Charlotte; a great-granddaughter, Amanda Vital (Jason); a great-great-granddaughter, Kendall of Charlotte; five nieces, Christine Smith Abbott (Rick), Patricia Smith

Segars, Johnnie Smith Mathis (James), Frances Muldrow Gressette (Tom) and Daphne Jean Dickerson; and three nephews, John M. Smith III (Pam), George R. Muldrow (Charlotte) and John Henry Muldrow (Ernie).

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at Bishopville Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ken Hicks officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home and other times at the home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Bishopville Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 66, Bishopville, SC 29010; Pilot Club of Bishopville, c/o Mrs. Elizabeth Kremer, 302 McDonald Place, Bishopville, SC 29010; or Hospice Care of South Carolina, 121 N. Main St., Bishopville, SC 29010.

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

ELIJAH MCELVEEN JR. Elijah McElveen Jr., husband of Joann Bradley McElveen, died early Saturday morning, May 16, 2015, at his residence.

Born on Dec. 22, 1932, in Olanta, he was a son of the late Elijah Sr. and Artmore Nero McElveen. He attended the public McELVEEN schools of Florence County. He was employed

by Sharp Construction, Smith Graven Construction and Apex Construction. After retiring, he returned to work with Hawthorne Custodial Services. He was a member of Prince Hall Masonic Lodge No. 338 Jordon Chapel.

Public viewing will be from 9:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. today and Masonic Rites will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Survivors are five daughters, Flora Jones and Shirley Ann (Kemmie) Nelson, both of Lynchburg, Jeannie McElveen of Bishopville, Michelle Carolina and Delores (Michael) Lewis of Lynchburg; one son, Willaim McElveen of the home; three sisters, Pearle Mae Thomas, Gardenia McElveen of Lynchburg and Fannie Cromartie of Raleigh, North Carolina; and one brother, Ebb McElveen of Lynchburg.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at AFC Restoration Deliverance Family Worship Center, 297 W. Main St., Olanta, with Pastor Minnie Pearl Johnson, pastor; Elder John Richardson, presiding; Evangelist Mary Nesmith, eulogist; and Chaplin N. Lamonte Newsome and Pastor Betty Ann Dukes assisting. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, S.C. 241, Olanta.

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

The family is receiving friends at the home, 4789 Narrow Paved Road, Lynchburg.

These services will be announced later by Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

WILLIE T. WILSON Willie T. Wilson, 84, died on Sunday, May 17, 2015, at his residence in Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Nate WILSON Brock officiating.

Interment will follow in Mulberry Church Cemetery.

The public may view from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. and at other times at 206 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter, SC 29150.

Born in Sumter County, Mr. Wilson was a son of the late Marion Stewart Sr. and Theola Wilson-Chatman. Tommy was educated in the public school of Sumter County. Mr. Wilson was employed for 40 years with Santee Print Works, until his retirement. He was a proud member of Catchall Lodge No. 425, C.C. Johnson No. 136, 32nd degree, and Cairo No. 125. Mr. Wilson was a lifelong member

of Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church and a notable church musician as well as serving in many other capacities.

Surviving are former wife, Geronia Bethune Wilson; four children, John H. (Katherine) Ford, Thomasina Wilson (Cary) Oxendine, Veronica Wilson (Charles) Dukes and Wendy Wilson (Demetrius) Cooke; six grandchildren; three sisters; one brother; and a host of other relatives, church family, and friends.

The Masonic rites will occur at 7 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel.

Condolences may be made on their memorial tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.

JAMES PEARSON James Pearson, 83, died on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born on Aug. 20, 1932, in Davis Station, he was a son of the late Levi Sr. and Viola Clark Pearson. He was a member of HistorPEARSON ic Mount Zion AME Church, Summerton, and was a member of the male chorus and Gospel Train. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County and graduated from Scott’s Branch High School. James was one of the Pearson children named in the Levi Pearson vs. Clarendon County Board of Education and School District No. 26 in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged.

While living in Florida for several years, he was employed with the City of Miami Dade County Sanitation Department.

Wake services will be held from 4 until 6 p.m. today at the funeral home and funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mt. Zion AME Church, 6547 MW Rickenbaker Road, Summerton, with Pastor Courtney Colleton, eulogist, and the Rev. O’Donald Dingle and the Rev. Jerial Dingle assisting.

Burial will be held on Tuesday at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 1853 LH Pearson Road, Manning.

These services are entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

THOMAS THAMES MANNING — On Monday, May 11, 2015, Thomas Thames, devoted friend of the late Peggy McBride, departed this life at his residence.

Born on Sept. 27, 1931, in Manning, he was one of eight children of the late Riley and Pearl Weeks Thames.

A service of remembrance for Mr. Thames will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Fleming and DeLaine Chapel, 222 W. Boyce St., Manning, with the Rev. Major Lloyd officiating.

Service of interment will follow in the Manning Cemetery.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 114 Richburg St., Manning.

Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel of Manning is in charge of services.

Online condolences may be sent to www.flemingdelaine. com or flemingdelaine@aol. com.

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Rowan Michael McKinnon.

A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. today at the Presbyterian Church at Manning with the Rev. Dr. George G. Wilkes officiating. Burial will follow in Clarendon Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Church at Manning, 233 N. Brooks St., Manning, SC 29102.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

Lucille Washington, of 29 Morgan Ave., peacefully departed this life on the morning of May 21, 2015, at her home.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late George and Agnas Scarborough Washington.

The family is receiving family and friends at the residence, 29 Morgan Ave. Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral Home, 230 S. Lafayette Drive, Sumter, is in charge of arrangements, “Where Dignity is the WatchWord.”

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Scott Charles Thomas, 55, husband of Linda McLeod Thomas, died on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at his home.

Services will be announced

by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

Dr. Charles Robert “Pap” Propst, 90, widower of Helen Hope Edwards Propst, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at First Presbyterian Church.

The family will receive friends at the home, 30 Buford St. Additional funeral arrangements will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

EDWARD L. JOHNSON III Edward L. Verrell Johnson III entered eternal rest on May 18, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

Visitations will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Lee Central High School Auditorium, Bishopville, with Evangelist Maggie Williams presiding and the Rev. Raymond Cook officiating. Interment will follow in Cooksfield Cemetery, Dalzell.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

CYNTHIA ANN MCCOY Cynthia Ann McCoy entered eternal rest on Monday, May 18, 2015, at Toumey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Sept. 14, 1965, in Newark, New Jersey, she was a daughter of Edith Reed and the late Earl Whipple.

Survivors are three children, Tyreece McCoy, Saida McCoy and Jemel McCoy; mother, Edith Reed; three siblings, Andre McCoy, Christopher McCoy and Linda McCoy; 10 grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Community Funeral Home with Pastor Clinton Bostic.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her mother, Edith Reed, 180 Roxbury Court, Apartment 102, Sumter.

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

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

PRESTON NERO LAMAR — Funeral service for Preston Nero, who died on May 16, 2015, will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Tabor AME Church with the Rev. J.M. White, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, directed

by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

BYRUM W. JOHNSON Byrum William Johnson, age 91, beloved husband of Margaret Janet Burn Johnson, died on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Bethel United Methodist Church with the Revs. Jeremy Howell and Kevin Howell officiating. Interment will follow in the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Bullock Funeral Home.

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

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

ALICE LOCHER Alice June Laing Locher, age 63, beloved wife of 41 years to Clyde Locher Jr., died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at her residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

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JOHN R. BRAKEFIELD MANNING — John Richard Brakefield, 87, husband of Roberta Elizabeth Clack Brakefield, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at his home.

Born on May 12, 1928, in Chester, he was a son of the late William Boyd Brakefield and Annie Mae Bailey Brakefield. He was an avid Furman Paladin football fan, loved hunting, fishing and, most of all, farming with his grandsons. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Manning.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; a son, Mike Brakefield (Lisa) of Anna Maria Island, Florida; a daughter, Debbie B. Cothran (Ferrell) of Manning; five grandchildren, Marion E. DuBose IV (Ashley), Molly McKinnon (Eric), Kaytlin Brakefield, Callison Brakefield and Michael Cothran (Laci); and four greatgrandchildren, Anna Kate DuBose, Emerie Claire McKinnon, M.E. DuBose V and

Family and Friends Weekend Saturday - Sunday May 23 - 24 Saturday, 9am - 4pm - Stewardship Workshop by the Pastor. Fun and games for all ages.

Cookout on the Church’s grounds.

Sunday, 10:45am - Worship Celebration. Message by Pastor Samuel J. Fulmore of Mt. Zion MBC, Darlington, SC

Opportunities for Life Enrichment 9:45 AM Church School (Sundays) 10:45 AM Morning Worship (Sundays) 6:00 PM Evening Worship (1st Sundays) 10:00 AM Golden Age Fellowship (3rd Wed.) 5:30 PM Prayer Service (Wed.) 6:00 PM Bible Study (Wed.) 6:00 PM Youth Ministry (Wed.) After School Care - Mon. - Fri. 2:30 - 5:30 PM (K-5th Grade)

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

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

Remodeling, Additions, decks, floors, painting, lot clearing, water, fire & smoke damage. 803-840-9554 Professional Remodelers Home maintenance, ceramic tile, roofing, siding & windows doors, etc. Lic. & Ins. (Cell) 803-459-4773

Rotary Cutters 4' $850 5' $750 6' $995-$1595 84" 2 Tail Wheels $1795 Rotary Tillers 5' Gear Dive $1575 6' $1895 Reverse Time $1995 7' $2295 Fertilizer/Seed Spreaders $475 16' Gates (7 Bar) $99-139 12' Corral Panels $65 10' Feed Bunks $120 Landscape/Root/Rock Rakes 5'------8' $325-$650 Box blades 5'-8' $450/$750 Plus Sales tax unless exempt Name Brands Bishopville SC 29010 843-687-2165

Farm Products Lakeside Market 2100 Wedgefield Rd G. Peanuts $1.69 lb. SC Peaches Friday & Saturday

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales 20 Bowen Ct. - Moving Sale.

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9:00am -until. Call 803-506-4502

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Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

36 Haynsworth St. Sat 7 am - 11 am Kitchen items & appliances, furn., clothes, pictures, etc

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Multi-Family Garage Sale 175 Masters Dr. (Pocalla Springs) Fri 8-until. Too many items to list.

630 Dogwood Dr (Hwy 401 Across from Love Covenant Church ) Sat 8 am - until.

2580 Hilldale Dr. Saturday 8am-1pm Clothes and household items.

Sumter Christian School 420 South Pike West in the gym Rain or shine Sat 7-1 HUGE SALE

4920 John Franklin ( Eagle Rd) Sat 7-1 Furn., lamps, clothes, lawn mower & more

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

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

A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

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PETS & ANIMALS Dogs

2505 Highview St. Sat. 7-1 clothes, toys, household items and much much more!!

Sumter United Ministries Support us by donating New or Used items for our future yard sales. Call Ed: 803-464-7643 9 Anne Park Sat 7-? 40 Year Moving Sale! Too many items to list.

3555 Camden Hwy, Dalzell.

Fri. 9-3 Sat. 9-3 inside/outside HUG SALE Neighborhood Yard Sale Gingko Hills Sat 7:00-12. Entrance from Ebenezer Rd or Camden Hwy .

Lots of sales!

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

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

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

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

Hourly wage plus commission.

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

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

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

Riding and push lawn mowers for sale. Between $500 & $80.00. Call 803-229-0379

Automotive Tire Sales/Service Writer needed: Local tire and service store is seeking an experienced tire sales and service writer.

Must have a good personality with good communication skills. A valid drivers license is required. Help on tire installation and/or service may be required. Benefits. Salary negotiable. Apply in person at Frasier Tire Service 310 E. Liberty St. 803-773-1423.

For Sale 4 Chrome rims 20" fits 500 Benz maybe other models $800 803-795-6140 Danbury Premier portable BTU 13,000 AC unit, $200. Network extender, improves phone service, $150. Cash only. 843-830-8209.

EXPERIENCED Cook & dishwasher needed. Apply at Simply Southern Bistro 469-8502

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

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

House for Rent $400 a month.

And land for Sale. Owner Financing. Call 803-452-6260.

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

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Call 646-315-3274.

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

Mobile Home Rentals

Trades Specialist IV (Maintenance and Facilities Director of Camp Burnt Gin) Job Responsibilities Under limited supervision responsible for security, safety, maintenance, repair and renovations of all buildings operated by Camp Burnt Gin a residential summer camp in Wedgefield SC for children with disabilities. Responsible for grounds and facility maintenance to include HVAC, plumbing, electrical, painting, and general carpentry. Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and trade experience that is directly related to the area of employment.

Preferred Qualifications: Minimum four years of experience in a certified maintenance skill (i.e. HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, carpentry). Thorough knowledge of tools and equipment used in maintenance and construction related fields. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Must pass criminal background check. For More Information: Marie Aimone, Camp Director 803-898-0784 To Apply: http://jobs.sc.gov/OHR/O HR-jobs-portal-index.phtm Equal Opportunity Employer EXPERIENCED Server and Host.

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

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

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

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

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

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

PT floral designer. Must have floral shop exp. Excepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

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3BR MH on Oswego Hwy $450 mo.+ $450 Dep. 843-274-4612

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

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

Autos For Sale

Commercial Rentals Warehouse space available.

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

01' Toyota Corolla Auto., Air, CD Player, tinted windows, recent maint.,148K Mi. Asking $2500 469-0760 Leave message

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07 Mustang GT, 56K mi. 4.6 L V8, new tires, leather, 5 sp, perfect cond. $14,500. 803-494-2060 / 840-0440

Large rooms for rent . No deposit, No lease. Call 803-565-7924.

Homes for Sale

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

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

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

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

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

Remodeled. $150,000 803-983-2127 For Sale. 3bd 3bth, new roof, water heater, carpet, paint, range. Move in ready. $109,900. Call 803-491-4581

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

Live in position Santee Motel.

Small Cash + rent free apt Couple /Single to clean rooms 803-854-3378 Church Administrative assistant needed. Exp. helpful but will train.

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LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

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

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Farm Equipment / Tractors

Estate sale 1180 Meadowcroft Dr. Fri 4-7pm, Sat 7-12pm Furn., appls, tools & hsehld items

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

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LEGAL NOTICES Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2015-CP-43-0666 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Triad Financial Services, Inc., as agent for Advantis Credit Union, Plaintiff, v.

Ryan Lynn Lewis, Elizabeth Barrett Lewis, any other heirs, successors, assigns, or creditors of Ryan Lynn Lewis and all others claiming any right, title or interest in the real property known as 6160 Shetland Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29154; any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendants, TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, Finkel Law Firm, LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S) AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action. If there are counterclaims requiring a jury trial, any party may file a demand under Rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be returned to the Circuit Court.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on March 9, 2015 at 3:48 p.m.

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Sean A. O'Connor 4000 Faber Place Drive Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

Public Hearing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE #15-833 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Council for Sumter County, South Carolina, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at 6:00 O'clock P.M., or as soon thereafter as practicable, as said hearing can be convened, in connection with: An Ordinance To Provide For A Levy Of Taxes For County Purposes Of Sumter County, S. C., (Known As The Budget Ordinance) For The Fiscal Year Of Said County Beginning July 1, 2015, To Direct The Expenditures Of Said Taxes And Other Funds Of Said County, And To Provide For Other Matters Related Thereto.

This public hearing will be held in the Chambers of the said County Council on the third floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, or at such other location within the said County as proper notice might specify. The said ordinance can be reviewed or a copy obtained from the Clerk to Council at the Offices of County Council on the third floor of the said County Administration Building. The public is invited to attend and participate in the public hearing.

Dated this 18th day of May, 2015.

The County Council for Sumter, S. C. By: Chairman, Sumter County Council Mary W. Blanding, Clerk to Council

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-2412 By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, heretofore granted in the case of SAFE Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, -v- Alicia K. Clawson, individually and as Personal Representative, Estate of James D. Clawson, aka James Daniel Clawson, James Daniel Clawson, Jr., Thomas M. Clawson, LVNV Funding, LLC, South Carolina Department of Revenue, and United States Internal Revenue Service, the following property will be sold on June, 1, 2015, at 12:00 Noon, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin St., Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot # 93, on a plat of Oakland North, Section 3, on a plat prepared by

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Julian B. Allen, RLS., dated August 6, 1984, later revised, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 85 at page 151, and being more particularly shown on a plat prepared for James D. Clawson and Sara R. Clawson, by Julian B. Allen, dated February 22, 1985, revised June 3, 1985, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 85 at page 550, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This property is known as 5625 Whisperwood Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040.

Sumter County TMS: 135-16-03-005.

the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record.

J.P. Edwards, R.L.S., dated June 18, 1971 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-30 at Page 59; pursuant to section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), reference to said plat is hereby craved for the particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is known as 366 Seminole Road, Sumter, South Carolina. Being the same property conveyed unto Johnny O. Brooks and Demetra V. Brooks by deed from B.G. Berry dated September 2, 1997 and recorded September 3, 1997 in Deed Book 684 at Page 446 in the ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina. TMS No. 224-12-01-024 Property Address: 366 Seminole Road, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance.

Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.0000%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1140334 5/15, 5/22, 05/29/2015

at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

(5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

DERIVATION: This being the identical property conveyed unto James D. Clawson and Sara R. Clawson by deed of Boyd-Oakland, Inc. dated June 17, 1985 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Volume 405 at page 360 on June 13, 1985. James D. Clawson became the sole owner upon the death of Sara R. Clawson on December 25, 2001 (see estate package 2002-ES-43-126). James D. Clawson died intestate on April 6, 2014, as shown in said Office of Probate in package 2014-ES-43-295.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Ten and 95/100 (10.95%) percent to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for preparation of deed and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five per cent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within thirty (30) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith re sell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent Sales Day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser.

Personal or deficiency judgment having been waived, the bidding will not remain open for a period of thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 15 39 720., but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be re scheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

Subject to a 120 day right of redemption from date of sale afforded the United States of America pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A ยง2410(c).

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the sales date.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Kenneth Hamilton Attorney for Plaintiff 1203 Peach Orchard Rd. P. O. Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152 Telephone: (803) 494-3353 Telecopier: (803) 494-3388

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Deficiency Judgment Waived IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-00533 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, v.

CHRISTOPHER M. DEMETRES AND BRITTANY DEMETRES, Defendant(s).

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK against CHRISTOPHER M. DEMETRES AND BRITTANY DEMETRES, the undersigned Master in Equity for SUMTER County, South Carolina, will sell on June 1 2015, at 12:00 p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 14 White Pine Subdivision on that certain plat prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, III, RLS, dated March 16, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2006 at page 146.

This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 60 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC. Represented by Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel no. 227-16-03-039. This being the same property conveyed to Christopher M. Demetres and Brittany Demetres, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by deed of Mitch Hook, dated February 26, 2010 and recorded March 1, 2010, in Book 1136 at Page 00920, in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, State of South Carolina.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 60 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 227-16-03-039 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master may re-sell the property on

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for SUMTER County Genevieve S. Johnson, Dean A. Hayes, Kevin T. Hardy, Elizabeth R. Polk, Kristen E. Washburn, Robert P. Jackman Butler and Hosch, P.A. 1201 Main Street, Suite 1110 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 252-7370 Fax: (803) 771-7768 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02522 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Elaine F. Fuller, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 19, BLOCK "E", OAKLAND PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, SECTION #3 CONTAINING 0.50 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF D.D. EDMUNDS, RLS, DATED APRIL 9, 2001 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2001, PAGE 242 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES, AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ELAINE F. FULLER BY DEED OF BRAD W. HADDEN AND CARRIE B. B. HADDEN, DATED OCTOBER 31, 2005 AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 1, 2005 IN BOOK 1003, PAGE 1893 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 5 Spring Lake Court, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 134-09-01-060 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-25902 NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-1494

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1 against Demetria V. Brooks aka Demetra V. Brooks, Johnny O. Brooks, and the Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of B.G. Berry a/k/a Bernard Gene Berry; Lisa Rachels, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of B.G. Berry a/k/a Bernard Gene Berry, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on June 1, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 30 on a plat of Pocalla Subdivision-First Addition made by

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2014-CP-43-1724 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee of the American Homeowner Preservation Trust Series 2013C against Ronald L. Webster, Sr. a/k/a Ronald L. Webster and Bridget B. Webster a/k/a Bridgett B. Webster, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Courtroom 1-A, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #5, as shown on that certain plat prepared for Habitat for Humanity, Inc. by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated May 10, 1989, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 89 at page 483, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

This is the property known as 732 Brand Street, Sumter, SC 29150; TMS# 250-09-07-029.

Being the identical property conveyed unto Ronald L. Webster and Bridget B. Webster by deed of Sumter Habitat for Humanity, Inc., dated February 28, 1990 and recorded March 1, 1990 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 502 at page 1184.

TMS No. 250-09-07-029 CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY IS: 732 Brand Street Sumter, SC 29150 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.)

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.750% per annum.

The sale is subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the subject property within 120 days after the date of sale as provided by law.

Richard L. Booth As Master in Equity for Sumter County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong Post Office Box 944 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 803/779-8900

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-CP-43-0492

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, against Henry W. Page a/k/a Henry W. Page, Sr., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on June 1, 2015,

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated on that plat prepared by H.S. Wilson, RLS, dated August 6, 1990 and recorded in Plat Book 90 at page 1058 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, being comprised of Lots 36, 23 and a portion of Lot 24, Block D. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under ยง 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended. This is the property known as 20 Inglewood Drive, Sumter, SC.

TMS Number: 248-15-01-018 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20 Inglewood Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 This being the same property conveyed to Henry W. Page and Cynthia P. Parrish by deed of distribution of the Estate of Mary Sue M. Galloway, dated August 15, 1990 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on August 15, 1990 in Deed Book 511 at Page 1691. Cynthia P. Parrish conveyed her interest to Henry W. Page by deed dated and recorded August 15, 1990 in Book 511 at Page 1699.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 6.625% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County

Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-01720 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Jason R. Dolansky, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 56 OF MCLAUGHLIN ESTATES, SECTION 3, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF LOUIS W. TISDALE, R.L.S., DATED JANUARY 3, 1995 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 95 AT PAGE 15, AND HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS 80 ANNIE COURT, DALZELL, SC. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JASON R. DOLANSKY BY DEED FROM CASEY SMITH AND CHARLENE V. SMITH RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 2005 IN DEED BOOK 1003 AT PAGE 1075.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 80 Annie Court, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 1901503011

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, S.C. 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2014-CP-43-01288

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee of SW Remic Trust 2014-1 without recourse vs. Michael E Bowers; Luisa V Bowers; , I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 6/1/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County

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ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS LOT 154, IN THE WILSON PARK SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT BY D.D. EDMONDS, R.L.S., IN PLAT BOOK 90 AT PAGE 397, THE EXACT B O U N D A R I E S A N D MEASUREMENTS OF WHICH CAN BE DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT, SAID LOT NO. 154 BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST BY LOT NO. 155, SAID PLAT AND MEASURING THEREON 139.96 FEET; ON THE SOUTHEAST BY PICKNEY STREET, SAID PLAT, AND MEAUSRING THEREON 74.90 FEET; ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LOT NO. 153, SAID PLAT AND MEASURING THEREON 139.70 FEET; AND ON THE NORTHWEST

BY LOT NO. 169, SAID PLAT, MEASURING THEREON 73.97 FEET. BE ALL OF SAID MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OR A LITTLE LESS AND ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO ALL VISIBLE AND/OR RECORDED EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, RIGHTS OF WAY, AND ZONING ORDINANCES AFFECTING SAID PROEPRTY, INCLUDING THOSE CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS OF R E C O R D I N T H E AFOREMENTIONED OFFICE IN DEED BOOK N-7 AT PAGE 170.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MICHAEL E. BOWERS AND LUISA V. BOWERS BY DEED OF DARYL L. AND SALLY D. ROBERTS DATED MARCH 28, 1990 AND RECORDED MARCH 28, 1990 IN BOOK 504 AT PAGE 26, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-00095

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Marsha Y. Rolling; Vincent C. Rolling; The National Bank of South Carolina; Wintergreen of Sumter Homeowners Association; Wells Fargo Bank, NA (Charlotte, NC); , C/A No. 14-CP-43-1766, The following property will be sold on June 1, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in Stateburg Township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina designated as Lot 228 of Wintergreen Subdivision on that certain Plat of Louis White Tisdale, RLS dated July 27, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book 2005, at Page 492. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

Derivation: Book 1055 at Page 330.

303 Pinckney Street Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 248-10-01-031 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Six and 25/100 (6.25%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance.

The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent

1835 Photina Street, Sumter, SC 29154-1697 187-09-01-020 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit

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will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-1766.

represented as Lot 23, Containing 1.00 Acre and Lot 24 Containing 1.10 Acres on that Plat prepared for Tripp Davis and Stephen Dinkins by Nesbitt Surveying Company, Inc., dated December 2, 1999 and recorded July 25, 2000 in Plat Book 2000 at Page 510. Referenced is hereby craved to said plat more a fuller description thereof.

judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

This includes a mobile home 11426814A&B.

certain Plat prepared for Lisa Phillips and Nattilyn Phillips Hicks

by Robert G. Mathis Land Surveying dated December 2, 1999 and recorded in Plat Book 2000 at Page 444. Said lot having such dimensions and boundaries as are shown on the aforesaid plat.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-05726 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-1628

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, against Ivan Sanders, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, shown on a plat of Palmer & Malone, C.E.`s dated April 18, 1949 and recorded in Plat Book Z-8 at page 102 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Said lot being bounded on the North by West Liberty Street a distance of 162.7 feet; on the East by South Salem Avenue a distance of 41.04 feet; on the South by property now or formerly of Lucille Kennon a distance of 162.5 feet; and on the West by lands now or formerly of O.C. Deschamps a distance of 39.2 feet. Less any portion of said property taken by the State Highway Department for the widening of Liberty Street. This being the property known as 402 West Liberty Street. TMS No.: 228-14-05-003 This being the same property conveyed to Ivan Sanders by Deed by David Sanders, recorded August 25, 2005 in vol. 994 at page 1198 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County.

ALSO: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land located in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina being the western one-half (1/2) of a lot with improvements thereon as shown on a plat prepared

by Palmer & Malone, C.E.`s dated April 18, 1949 and recorded in Plat Book Z-8 at page 120 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County and being shown on a more recent plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated October 29, 1985 and recorded in Plat Book 85 at page 1145 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. According to the more recent plat this property has the following boundaries and measurements, to wit: on the North by a concrete walk that runs adjacent to West Liberty Street whereon it measures 81.3 feet; on the East by property of Sanders being the eastern one-half (1/2) of said lot whereon it measures 40.14 feet; on the South by property of Sims W. Scott whereon it measures 81.17 feet; and on the West by Liberty Street Office Complex whereon it measures 39.14 feet. This being the property known as 406 West Liberty Street. TMS No.: 228-14-05-038 This being the same property conveyed to Ivan Sanders by deed of Patricia A. Sanders, recorded October 14, 2005 in vol. 1001 at page 1317 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County.

TMS Number: 1350004003 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2935 Steeplechase Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 2.00000% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the sale. The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency judgment anytime prior to sale.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00425

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Glen A. Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that Lot of Land with improvements thereon situate in Sumter County South Carolina

ALSO: A 2001 Fleetwood S-Hill Manufactured Housing Unit, Serial #GAFL134AB73987-SH12.

The Mobile Home located on the subject property has been permanently de titled according to the laws of the State of South Carolina by virtue of that certain Manufactured Home Affidavit for Retirement of Title Certificate, dated May 16, 2006 and recorded May 31, 2006 in Book 1030 at Page 886 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

This being the same property conveyed to Glen Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore by Deed of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., dated February 1, 2006 and recorded February 27, 2006 in Book 1018 at Page 388 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 093-00-02-041 (Lot 23) and 093-00-02-042 (Lot 24) Property address: 2750 and 2740 Ben Sanders Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-CP-43-2546

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of CitiFinancial Servicing LLC, against Harold Troy Benenhaley, et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on June 1, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.63 acres, more or less, and being more fully shown on a plat thereof prepared by Ben J. Makela, R.L.S. dated October 8, 1996 recorded in Plat Book 96 at Page 1357, records of Sumter County.

TMS Number: 269-00-02-009 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1721 Florence Hwy., Sumter, SC This being the same property conveyed to Harold Troy Benenhaley by deed of John A, Watt. III and Angie L. Watt dated February 17, 2005 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on February 17, 2005 in Deed Book 970 at Page 11.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 10.8720% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, S.C. 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012-CP-43-02205 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-B, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2001-B vs. Electria D. Murphy; United Companies Funding, LLC; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF AND LYING AND BEING SITUATE APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF REMBERT, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FRONTING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HALLEY ROAD (S-43-1092), CONTAINING 1.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT HEREINAFTER REFERENCED, AND BEING BOUNDED GENERALLY AS FOLLOWS: EAST, SOUTH AND WEST BY PROPERTY NOW OR FORMERLY OF ANNIE MAE WILLIAMS, AT AL.; AND; NORTH BY PROPERTY NOW OR FORMERLY OF ELLENORE B. WELLS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY OF HALLEY ROAD (S-43-1092).

THE ABOVE DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY INCLUDES A MOBILE HOME OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNIT (DWELLING) THAT IS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO THE REAL PROPERTY AND IS AN APPURTENANCE THERETO. ALSO: 1997 SWEETWATER MOBILE HOME, SERIAL NUMBER SHGA2367A&B THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ELECTRA MURPHY BY DEED OF ANNIE MAE W. WILLIAMS DATED 08/04/97 AND RECORDED 08/19/97 IN DEED BOOK 682 AT PAGE 1944 IN THE CLERK OF COURT OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 5430 Halley Road, Rembert, SC 29128 TMS: 143-00-01-063 and 400-00-24-436 (MH) TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.08% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13-19569

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Torrie Prescott a/k/a Torrie L. Vickers; Gloria JoAnn Tidwell; The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as successor Trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor by merger to Bank One, as Trustee for the Holders of CWABS Master Trust, Revolving Home Eq. Loan Asset Backed Notes, Series 2003-B; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; Sumter OB/GYN; , C/A No. 14-CP-43-0150, The following property will be sold on June 1, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, said lot containing 2.48 acres as shown on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated May 13, 2002 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book 2002 at Page 435, reference to which is craved for the exact metes, boundaries and distances pursuant to authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the

Derivation: Book 1178; Page 854 1360 Holliday Court, Sumter, SC 29153 1995, Redman with VIN#

247-00-02-023 (Land), 400-00-30-533 (MobileHome) SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-0150.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 015262-01855 FN Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2014-CP-43-02632

Also includes a mobile / manufactured home, a 1996 Fleetwood, VIN: GAFLT05AB25318CW12.

Being the same property conveyed

by Deed unto Lisa Phillips and Nattilyn Phillips Hicks from Southern Lifestyle Properties, Inc. dated May 1, 2000 and recorded May 18, 2000 in Deed Book 772 at Page 758 in the ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Nattilyn Phillips Hicks conveyed all of her one-half (1/2) undivided right, title, and interest in and to Lisa Phillips by deed dated April 1, 2005 and recorded April 14, 2005 in Deed Book 976 at Page 1000 in said ROD Office.

TMS No. 151-12-04-011 Property Address: 3440 Delaware Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.5000%.

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bank of America, N.A. vs. Jennifer T McCauley; SC Housing Corp., I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 6/1/ 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.

Legal Description Address:

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.

and

Property

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina designated as Lot 44R of Hatfield Estates Section 1 as shown on that certain plat prepared

by Louis White Tisdale, RLD, dated March 29, 1999 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 2000 at Page 243. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Jennifer T. McCauley by virtue of a Deed from Martha Waters dated October 14, 2009 and recorded November 19, 2009 in Book 1132 at Page 1076 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

2691 Trufield Drive Sumter, SC 29153-8165 TMS# 189-05-02-004 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Five and 00/100 (5%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-394

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. against Lisa Phillips, SC Housing Corp., acting through South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority's South Carolina Homeownership and Employment Lending Program, Alliance Funding a/k/a Alliance Funding Company Inc., and The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on June 1, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the Whispering Meadows Subdivision, Sumter, South Carolina, delineated as Lot 131 on plats prepared by Robert G. Mathis, RLS, recorded in Plat Book 95 at Pages, 3, 4, and 5 in the RMC Office for Sumter County, consisting of 104 lots of the aforesaid 14, 15, 17 to 58, 61 to 64, 66, 68, 73, 84 to 86, 88 to 91, 95 to 125, and 129 to 134 Most recently shown on that

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter County Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02427 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Maggie A. Boler; SC Housing Corp, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 104 OF BECKRIDGE PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 6, ON THE PLAT PREPARED BY H. S. WILLSON, RLS DATED OCTOBER 18, 1974 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-36 AT PAGE 295 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY. AFORESAID PLAT IS SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED HEREIN AND REFERENCED IS CRAVED THERETO FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE METES, BOUNDS, COURSES AND DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY CONCERNED HEREIN. THIS DESCRIPTION IS IN LIEU OF THE METES AND BOUNDS, AS PERMITTED BY LAW UNDER SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE 1976 CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MAGGIE BOLER BY DEED FROM MARY FRANCES FLOYD DATED JUNE 18, 2008 AND RECORDED JUNE 30, 2008, IN BOOK 1108 AT PAGE 1787, IN THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1002 Beckridge Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 207-06-02-006 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on

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that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-24720

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00328

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: USAA Federal Savings Bank vs. Kevin J. Fairless, et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as shown on that certain Plat of Joseph R. Edwards, P.L.S., dated November 10, 1999 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 99 at Page 1044, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 5245 Ridge Street, Dalzell, SC. This being the same property conveyed unto Kevin J. Fairless by virtue of a Deed from The Suzy Coon Revocable Trust dated August 26, 2006 and recorded September 18, 2006 in Book 1045 at Page 469 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 1890401072 Property address: 5245 Ridge Street, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law

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or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Deficiency Judgment Waived IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-2321 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, v.

ALMA MURRAY INDIVIDUALLY A N D A S P E R S O N A L REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF HAMPTON CEASAR (2014-ES-43-0219), CHARLES COREY CEASAR, AND MIDLANDS MEDTECH, LLC, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC. against ALMA MURRAY INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF HAMPTON CEASAR (2014-ES-43-0219), CHARLES COREY CEASAR, AND MIDLANDS MEDTECH, LLC, the undersigned Master in Equity for SUMTER County, South Carolina will sell, on June 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in Mayesville Township, Sumter County, South Carolina, delineated on plat prepared by Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated May 14, 1993, and recorded in Plat Book 93 at Page 733 in the RMC Office for Sumter County, and bounded and measuring as follows: On the North by lands now or formerly of Dabbs and measuring thereon 149.92 feet; on the East by Lot 4 measuring thereon 290.33 feet; on the South by Skinner Road and measuring thereon 149.86 feet; and on the West by Lot 6 and measuring thereon 290.43 feet, be the said measurements, more or less.

This being the same property conveyed to Hampton Ceasar by Deed of Citivest Corp., dated May 17, 1993 and recorded May 17, 1993 in Book 571 at Page 534 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Hampton Ceasar died on February 8, 2014.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 6265 Skinner Road, Gable, SC 29051 TMS: 333-00-02-026 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance wit the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for SUMTER County Genevieve S. Johnson, Dean A. Hayes, Kevin T. Hardy, Elizabeth R. Polk, Kristen E. Washburn, Robert P. Jackman Butler and Hosch, P.A. 1201 Main Street, Suite 1110 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 252-7370 Fax: (803) 771-7768 Attorneys for Plaintiff

SPECIAL REFEREE'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-2341

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Celerina O. Burke, et al., I, the Special Referee for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 14 "Oakland North" Subdivision, Section #1, as shown on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated March 8, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB95 at Page 205. The said lot has such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This property is more generally known as 5573 Coldstream Dr., Dalzell, SC. This being the same property conveyed to Thomas S. Burke and Celerina O. Burke, as tenants in common, for and during their joint lives, and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns by deed of Charlotte E. McCreary dated March 25, 1999 and recorded March 26, 1999 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 735 at Page 1634.

Subsequently, full title was vested in Celerina O. Burke upon the death of Thomas S. Burke on January 13, 2011 as evidenced by that South Carolina State Death Certificate, State File No. 139-11-000995.

TMS#:

135-16-01-007

Property Address: 5573 Coldstream Drive Dalzell, S.C. 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Special Referee for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.0% per annum. The sale

Notice of Sale

A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Special Referee for Sumter County

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County

NOTICE OF SALE (Deficiency Demanded)

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2015-CP-43-00326

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bank of America, N.A. vs. Tammy R. Timmons; David W. Timmons; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 6/1/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: and

restrictions of record.

Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Attorneys for the Plaintiff

Legal Description Address:

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Property

ALL THE piece, parcel and lot of land, with the dwelling and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, shown as Tract A on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated January 5, 1994, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 97 at Page 329. The said lot has such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to David W. Timmons and Tammy R. Timmons by virtue of a Deed from William E. Altman dated July 23, 1999 and recorded July 26, 1999 in Volume 747 at Page 1165 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, David W. Timmons conveyed all his interest in subject property to Tammy R. Timmons by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed dated May 15, 2006 and recorded May 19, 2006 in Book 1028 at Page 1636 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

984 Pelham Drive Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 182-07-01-015 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Eight and 00/100 (8%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company vs. Vijay Patel, et al., Civil Action Number 2015-CP-43-137, I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Sumter County, will sell on June 1, 2015, at Twelve (12:00) o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: MORTGAGE A SUBJECT PROPERTY: All that piece, parcel or lot of land together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, just Northwest of the City of Sumter, designated as Lot #5, in Block H, on a plat of M.K. Millard, C.E., dated October 27, 1951, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County in Plat Book Z10 at Page 80, and being bounded and measuring as follows: On the Northeast by Shuler Drive and measuring thereon 60 feet; on the Southeast by Lot #6, in Block H, as shown on said plat and measuring thereon 124.8 feet; on the Southwest by lands now or formerly of Belser and measuring thereon 60 feet; and on the Northwest by Lot #4, in Block H, and measuring thereon 124.8 feet.

Be all of said measurements a little more or less.

This being the identical property conveyed to Vijay Patel by Deed of Milton Franklin Osborne dated June 29, 2004 and recorded June 30, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Deed Book 944 at Page 438.

TMS #: 229-06-03-005 Property Address: 24 Shuler Drive Sumter, SC 29150 MORTGAGE B SUBJECT PROPERTY: All that lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, lying a short distance outside the northwestern city limits of the City of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being designated as Lot 11, Block J on a Plat recorded in Plat Book Z-10 at Page 80 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

Being the same property conveyed to Vijay Patel by deed of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, dated July 27, 2004 and recorded August 12, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Deed Book 949 at Page 839.

TMS #:

229-06-02-035

Property Address: 21 Shuler Drive Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-in-Equity, at conclusion of the Bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master-in-Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Master's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate set forth in the Note. The Sale of the subject property is subject to any taxes, liens, and/or assessments of record, and includes any right of redemption in connection with the Federal Tax Lien recorded in the

Notice of Sale

Notice of Sale

Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County and assigned instrument number 100631.

Deficiency having been demanded, bidding shall remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

Further, you will please take notice that if no representative of the Plaintiff is present at the sale, said sale shall be rescheduled for the next available sale date.

deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD ON AN "AS-IS, WHERE-IS" BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO ANY MATTERS OF TITLE. A COMPLETE AND THROUGH TITLE EXAMINATION IS RECOMMENDED PRIOR TO BIDDING ON THIS PROPERTY. RICHARD L. BOOTH Master-in-Equity for Sumter County IAN D. McVEY, Esquire Attorney for Plaintiff

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2014-CP-43-02478

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Siwell Inc. DBA Capital Mortgage Services of Texas vs. Scott E. Ibarra, a/k/a Scott Edmund Ibarra; Eun Mi Ibarra;, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 6/1/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

and

Property

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 2 of Sleepy Hollow Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by Robert B. Dixon and R.M. Dixon and recheck mathematically by H.S. Wilson, R.L.S dated September 8, 1983 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB89 at page 15. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Scott E. Ibarra a/k/a Scott Edmund Ibarra and Eun Mi Ibarra by virtue of a Deed from Estate of Dorothy Geddings dated September 7, 2012 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1176, page 2038 on September 12, 2012.

73 Pumpkin Lane Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 205-14-02-015 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Three and 75/1000 (3.75%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-2477

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Freedom Mortgage Corporation, against Megan E. Goodell, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on June 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina designated as Lot No. 31 on that certain plat of Wilson Park Subdivision and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-12, page 82 and having been re-surveyed by Julian B. Allen, RLS, and recorded in Plat Book Z-34, page 113 of aforesaid records. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

Derivation: This being the identical property conveyed to Megan Elizabeth Cordova by deed of William Richard Gaboda and Gwendolyn M. Gaboda dated March 14, 2008 and recorded March 20, 2008 in Book 1102, page 2391; subsequently, Megan E. Goodell fka Megan Elizabeth Cordova conveyed said property to Megan E. Goodell by Quit Claim Deed dated July 13, 2011 and recorded July 25, 2011 in Book 1157,page 2565 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County South Carolina.

TMS Number: 248-090-3065 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 203 Lemmon Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 4.49000% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 334-7114 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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