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Sleep for good health

BY MISSY CORRIGAN Special to The Item Sleep plays a very important role in promoting and maintaining good health. In today’s busy life, many of us are stretched thin working several jobs, taking care of family, volunteering in the community or schools and then trying to unwind from the day and prepare everything for the next day.

Sometimes CORRIGAN there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done, and good, quality sleep becomes less of a priority and is replaced with other activities or responsibilities.

The quality of your sleep determines a lot of how you will feel the next day. Sleep supports physical health, emotional well-being, proper brain function and quality of life. Adequate sleep allows us to be alert, learn new things, be more patient with others, make better decisions, keep us safe, perform better and stay healthy.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, at least 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, and about 60 percent of adults and 69 percent of children report trouble with sleep several nights throughout the week.

The most common side effects of inconsistent sleep patterns or short-term experience with insomnia are inability to concentrate, lack of energy, irritability, moodiness and increase in appetite. The primary cause of this short-term sleep loss is stress. This type of sleep deprivation can add up over time and lead to chronic sleep deprivation, which causes poor health.

Chronic sleep deprivation lowers the immune system, which can lead to more serious health-related issues such as hypertension, irregular heartbeat and an increase in stress hormones, which can lead to obesity. Depression, alcohol and drug abuse, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis or other physical problems can cause chronic sleep disorders in which it is hard to fall asleep or even stay asleep.

Research shows that those who are most at risk for

The quest to find a replacement for Lee County schools Superintendent Cleo Richardson, who is retiring, is getting closer to an end.

The school board has named three finalists for the position — Dr. Wanda Andrews, assistant superinten-

dent of N.C., pubpersonnel lic and stuschools; dent serand Wilvices in liam T. SpartanWright, asburg Dis- ANDREWS sistant suMOZINGO WRIGHT trict 7; perintenTerri Mozingo, assistant sudent of Hartnett County perintendent of research and schools in Lillington, N.C. — accountability for Durham, were selected from 40 appli-

Car shows return to annual Iris Festival

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Some of the Iris Festival’s art will be on wheels.

The Head Turnerz Classic Car Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, and the Sumter Cruisers Show and Shine will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

“This is our third year,” said Cpl. Ken Burdick of the Sumter Police Department who is involved with Head Turnerz Car Club. “We normally have cars from Model A 1929 and 1930, and if my wife brings hers, through 2010.”

He said they normally aver-

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age 35 to 40 vehicles, but he hopes they may have more this year.

Folks will be able to vote on their favorite cars during the Sumter Cruisers Show.

“The mayor selects a car, the Iris Festival Committee selects a car and the king and queen select a car,” said David Marcella, club president.

“People can come and look at the cars, too. We’re going to have ballots available for people to vote on the car they like best.”

Similar to the other car club, he said they will have a SEE SHOW, PAGE A8

3:30 p.m. — Zumba, Main stage 2 to 5 p.m. — Iris Festival Flower Show, Alice Boyle Garden Center 5 p.m. — SEACO Music Guitar Student Showcase, Garden Street stage 6 p.m. — Unbroken Circle, Garden Street stage

Sumter Iris Festival Schedule of Events Today 9 a.m. — Shrine Day (Iris) Parade 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Head Turnerz Classic Car Show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — SAFE Kids Adventureland, playground, with: Kiwanis Kids Fingerprinting Bike Rodeo 10:45 a.m. — Introduction of festival queens, Main stage 11 a.m. — Diaper Derby & Parade, Main stage 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Quick Start Tennis Clinic 11 a.m. — Registration for Children’s Pet Show, Heath Pavilion 11:30 a.m. — Children’s Pet Show, Heath Pavilion 11:30 a.m. — Dreamworks Dance, Main stage Noon — Jeremy & Tazz, Garden Street stage 12:15 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Main stage 1 p.m. — Freed School of Performing Arts, Main stage 1 p.m. — Prettier than Matt, Garden Street stage 1:30 p.m. — Aldersgate UMC Palms of Grace, Main stage 2 p.m. — Topper, Garden Street stage 2:15 p.m. — Academy of Martial Arts, Main stage 3 p.m. — Allison Skipper, Main stage 3 p.m. — Robert Gibbs & Mark Sobus, Garden Street stage

Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Sumter Cruisers Show & Shine 1 p.m. — Lexi the Clown, Main stage 1 p.m. — Cross Anchor Quartet, Main stage 1 p.m. — Ikeda Ensemble, Garden Street stage 2 p.m. — 4 Way Stop, Garden Street stage 2 to 4 p.m. — Iris Festival Flower Show, Alice Boyle Garden Center 3 p.m. — Sumter High Gospel Choir, Main stage 3 p.m. — 4 Way Stop, Garden Street stage 4 p.m. – Sumter Civic Chorale, Patriot Hall 3:30 p.m. — Gospel music, Main stage 4 p.m. — Hands of Worship Dancers, Main stage Featuring live entertainment at the Heath Gardens Main Stage, the Garden Street Stage and the Bland Garden Gazebo.

• Art in the Gardens • Gateway to Gardening • Arts and Crafts/Food Court/ Marketplace • Just Kidding Around Children’s Area • Children’s Art in the Park — Playground area • Quilts of Valor, closes at 5 p.m.

• Military Veterans’ Display, closes at 5 p.m.

• Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall (until 7 p.m., also open Monday)

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ABOVE: Kareem Littles cooks steak while Gary Oaks cooks ribs for the Logan’s booth at the Taste at the Gardens on Thursday at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

RIGHT: Anne-Davis Shaw from Wilson Hall and Bryant Devin Sowell from Sumter High School celebrate being named the 2013 Iris Festival Queen and King during the opening ceremony Thursday night.

Ongoing Events 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

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cants for the position. Board members hope to have a new superintendent in place

by July 1. A schedule of meetings and activities for the finalists are being planned for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

“Each of these candidates

Katherine Faulling feeds her nephew Tillman Aycock, 2, potato strings as his mother, Brook Aycock, looks on during the event on Thursday.

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LOCAL BRIEFS | FROM STAFF REPORTS

Sumterite can’t keep $100K win a secret A Sumter woman called her sister, husband and then her son with news she won $100,000 in the South Carolina Education Lottery. The family phone tree lit up from there.

“Everyone started calling to congratulate me,” she said.

Her husband would have preferred to keep the win a secret, but it’s too late.

“Honey, would you like a little walking around money?” she asked him. “I’m going to get a new car.”

As of Thursday afternoon five top prizes of $100,000 remain in the $5 King’s Ransom game. Odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 400,000.

For selling the claimed ticket, Munn E. Saver in Sumter received a commission of $1,000.

To date, lottery sales have resulted in more than $3 billion transferred to support education.

CSX to close crossing on Guignard Drive CSX Railroad has scheduled closing the rail crossing on Guignard Drive south of the Prince Street intersection Tuesday through Saturday, June 1.

This project will necessitate rerouting traffic. Adequate signage will be in place marking detour routes.

Dates are subject to weather and other conditions.

Alice Drive blood drive slated for Sunday Alice Drive Middle School is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive in memory of Carson Watson from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the multipurpose room at the school, 40 Miller Road.

Carson was a student at Alice Drive Middle and suffered from Diamond-Blackfan anemia.

This rare disease is characterized by a shortage of red blood cells due to decreased production by the bone marrow.

He was diagnosed with the disease at 3 months old and during the last six years of his life, he received blood transfusions every three weeks.

In 2010, at the age of 14, Carson died from complications following a bone marrow transplant.

To schedule an appointment, call Trevor Ivey at (803) 316-7849 or visit redcrossblood. org and enter sponsor code CARSON. Walkins are also welcome.

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Sheriff Anthony Dennis cuts the ribbon to formally open the new sheriff’s office on North Main Street on Friday. To Dennis’ right are Sumter County Council Chairman Larry Blanding, Vice Chairman Eugene Baten and Councilman Charles Edens. To the sheriff’s left are the Rev. Marion H. Newton, who blessed the new building, and S.C. Rep. David Weeks. Children of sheriff’s deputies kneel in the foreground.

Ribbon cut for new sheriff ’s office facility

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com After months of planning and building a new office for Sumter County’s sheriff and his deputies, and the long move from the city-county Law Enforcement Center, the new Sheriff’s Office was formally inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.

Law enforcement personnel from inside and outside Sumter County, elected officials and members of the public gathered on the freshly laid grass outside the new office at 1281 N. Main St. for the center’s opening ceremony.

Sheriff Anthony Dennis said the ribbon cutting caps one of the goals he set when he was first elected in 2004.

“I had a dream for my personnel to be housed in a new facility,” Dennis told the

crowd. “And my father used to say a dream can be delayed, but it can never be denied.”

Sumter County Council Chairman Larry Blanding presided over the ceremony, praising deputies’ work to “fairly and equally enforce the laws.”

County Administrator Gary Mixon compared Sumter County’s ribbon cutting with another ceremony receiving media attention.

“This morning, they had a ceremony on the Jersey shore.

To reopen after Hurricane Sandy, they set the world record with a five-mile ribbon cutting,” he said, “I think we can beat that if we line up from here to the (new) courthouse.”

Friday’s ceremony came less than a year after construction began on the 18,000-square-foot facility, and just 16 months after

county officials announced the move to the new facility.

The building was constructed using $3.5 million of federal stimulus funds secured by the Sheriff’s Office at the start of the project in 2012.

Mixon said workers with Sharp Construction deserved credit because they “got it done on time and under the funds budgeted.”

The opening of the new center ends 40 years of the Sheriff’s Office sharing space with the Sumter Police Department at the Law Enforcement Center on East Hampton Street, which became too crowded as the two agencies took on more personnel.

“People have asked me ‘Why do we need a new sheriff’s office?’” Mixon said, “and I say, ‘because they deserve a nice place to work without having to fall all over each other.”

Dennis promised the move would not affect communications between himself and the city police, or the agencies’ ability to undertake joint projects together.

“Our address has changed, but our relationship has not changed,” the sheriff said. “We love them, they love us, and we’re going to continue to serve the city and county of Sumter.”

About 100 deputies and civilian personnel are housed in the new building and began moving in last month. The facility includes office space and meeting rooms for deputies to interact with suspects, victims and witnesses.

“I want to thank county council for approving it and the citizens of Sumter County for electing county council,” Dennis said. “This is money well spent.”

SATURDAY SNAPSHOT

Mike Rowlett, chef at Murray’s Doughnuts You may have never seen Mike Rowlett, but the 38-year-old Sumter resident is partially responsible for hundreds of daily smiles induced by local bakery Murray’s Doughnuts. Arriving in the wee hours of the morning, Rowlett works hard to make sure that the morning breakfast staple is hot and ready for customers.

Rowlett closely guards the secret Murray’s doughnut recipe but says that a lot of work goes into making each confection delicious.

HOW EARLY DO YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO MAKE DOUGHNUTS?

I’m usually up by midnight, and I get to work about 2 or 3 a.m. I’m usually the first person here. I work six days a week.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A MURRAY’S DOUGHNUT?

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It takes about two hours from start to finish. I prepare the dough, roll it out and cut out the doughnuts.

Mike Rowlett prepares the day’s doughnuts starting at 3 a.m most mornings at Murray’s Doughnuts located on Bultman Drive. Rowlett makes the doughnuts from scratch, hand-rolling each batch.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Sammy Wells, 34, of 441 Robney Drive, was arrested Wednesday and charged with criminal domestic violence, fourth offense. About 9:30 p.m., police responded to a domestic call at the home.

The mother of Wells’ children told police she confronted him about playing too rough with the children and for pouring a beer on their 11-year-old son’s head. Wells reportedly responded by hitting her in the face with a stick, causing swelling under her nose.

Tonya Lynn Fort, 50, and Jose Luis Perez, 36, both of 2375 Peach Orchard Road, were arrested Thursday and charged with second-degree burglary. At 1:39 a.m., Perez and Fort were reportedly found at a home in the 2400 block of Derwent Drive removing an air compressor from a shed.

Fort reportedly claimed to know the homeowner and to need the air compressor for a flat tire.

Robert Anthony White, 33, of 1082 Flagbury Court, Manning, was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving under suspension, fifth offense, and being a habitu-

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al traffic offender. At 7:36 p.m., White was reportedly stopped on H Street near Foxworth Street for having an unreadable temporary tag. His license was found to be under suspension.

SHOOTING:

During an argument between husband and wife in the first block of Ruth Street at 6:46 p.m.

Wednesday, the man reportedly slammed the home’s door on the wife’s leg in the doorway, after which the wife reportedly fired a gun at the ground around the husband’s truck tires.

The man declined to press charges for the shooting.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A 5-by-8 black utility trailer was reported stolen from the 2900 block of Waverly Drive at 7:32 p.m.

Tuesday. The trailer is valued at $1,500.

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Community fish fry will honor veterans

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com The second annual Veterans Appreciation Community Fish Fry will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Monday at the South Sumter Park. Sumter City Councilman Calvin Hastie Sr., James Felder and Marvin Boykin have been coordinating community efforts to repeat the success of last year’s inaugural Memorial Day event.

“Our Veterans Appreciation Committee has been meeting weekly for about two months at the James Clyburn Transportation Center,” Hastie said. “Several churches and local neighborhood associations are sponsoring the event,” including providing volunteers to cook

the food and monitor the children’s activities.

He emphasized that the committee invites veterans and the public from all of Sumter to attend: “It’s not just a south side event.”

On the menu, in addition to the fish fry, are french fries and hot dogs for the children. Children will also have a play area with a bounce house and other activities. The Sumter Fire Department will bring a fire truck and their “smoke house,” and entertainment will include the Crestwood High School Drumline, praise dancers and more.

Hastie said one speaker will deliver a brief message to start the event, and a group photo of the veterans present will be taken. Children from neighbor-

hood associations and local churches will present pins to all veterans present and thank them for their service.

Parking is available at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, from which Capt.

Joey Duggan of the Sumter Fire Department will drive elderly and handicapped individuals back and forth to the event in a golf cart provided by the city of Sumter. South Sumter Park is on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and South Sumter Street.

“Following the fish fry, we’re encouraging everyone to go with us to Sammy Way’s Military Museum at the Clyburn Transportation Center to continue celebrating our veterans,” Hastie said.

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BOY SCOUTS GET THEIR BADGES

LEFT: Jonathan Beck performs a ceremonial Native American dance at the gathering on May 13.

Boy Scout Troop 86 gathered at First Presbyterian Church on May 13 for a ceremony in which Scouts earned new badges.

ABOVE: John Riggs, center, stands with his father, Ken Riggs, as he receives an award from Doug Carter.

TOP RIGHT: From left, Dyson Roberts, Demetrius Henley, Alex Blum and Noah Tabarez raise their hands to form the Scout salute as they recite the Boy Scouts pledge at the ceremony.

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5-Miler to raise money for diabetes education, treatment

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com

WANT TO GO? WHAT: The Tuomey Foundation

5-Miler Run/Walk A local charity is enWHEN: Registration and checkcouraging people to in will begin at 7 a.m. June 8, combat diabetes by and the race will kick off at 8 being active. a.m., rain or shine.

The Tuomey FoundaWHERE: Tuomey Regional Medition 5-Miler Run/Walk is cal Center, 129 N. Washington St., Sumter. set for June 8.

COST: $25 in advance on or be“In 14 days, anyone fore June 1 and includes comwho wants to could work memorative T-shirt; $30 after that up to walk that distance,�

BENEFITS: Diabetes education said Jeff Faw, executive and treatment in Sumter, Clarendirector and chief develdon and Lee TO REGISTER: Visit www.strictopment officer. “It’s a lyrunning.com; The Tuomey relatively flat course, and Foundation, 102 N. Main St., there is no time limit.

Sumter; or Sumter Family YMCA, Anyone and everyone 510 Miller Road, Sumter can participate.�

NOTES: The route is USA Track This is the third race and Field certified, and the race is part of the Palmetto Grand in the inaugural Sumter Prix. Strollers and bicycles welRoad Race Series, which come but no pets. celebrates physical fitFOR MORE: Call (803) 774-9014 or ness while emphasizing visit tuomey.com/5miler. health and community throughout the year. The route is USA Track and needs of public school Field certified, and the children in Sumter, Clarrace is part of the Palendon and Lee counties metto Grand through the Prix, a series Read more about assistance of of races aimed school nurses, the dangers, at increasing Faw said. causes, and participation “Diabetes symptoms of in Road Runis the fourthdiabetes in our ners Club of leading cause special section.

America of illness in events. Prizes our service will be awardarea,� he said. ed to overall “This run/ male and female winwalk is a good marriage ners and to age-group because exercise is the leaders in the 5-Miler. best deterrent, and With 400 participants hopefully we will be able last year, the race to make a difference grossed $30,000, said with the funds. We’re Vicki Singleton, annual trying to educate everyfund director for The Tu- one, but we’re really taromey Foundation. geting the youth to get “That’s amazing for a them thinking early on first-year event,� she about long-term consesaid. “We have particiquences.� pants from New Mexico An area will also be to Pennsylvania, and all set up for some of the 24 the money goes to diasponsors. betes education and “At least half of them treatment. Any need is will be on site with a tent addressed through our handing out information community outreach on their company and and Care Reach proservices,� Singleton said. grams.� “They’ll also have goodCare Reach is a Tuies and treats for particiomey Foundation-spon- pants.� sored program that adThe Leadership Sumdresses unmet medical ter Class XXV has chosen

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Runners kick off the inaugural Tuomey 5-Miler in June of last year. This year, it is part of the Sumter Road Race series.

this race as a class project and will be on hand to distribute materials, Faw said. Continental Tire the Americas and the military will have a strong presence as well. “They (Army and Air Force) were very instrumental in logistics last year,� Singleton said.

“We are welcoming “I ran it about the time I them back this year.� thought I could. I’ve been Faw ran working hard To see a map of the in the inauto improve 5-mile run, check this this year. gural year, story out online at and he We’ll have a plans to fast field www.theitem.com. make it a which is exfamily affair citing to me. this year. “All three of my kids “It was great,� he said. will be participating. My

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Wall opening strikes chord with active military, vets

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Active-duty service members in dress uniforms joined aging veterans in ballcaps and bomber jackets in welcoming a traveling piece of American history to Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on Friday.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall arrived in Sumter along with a welcoming procession on Wednesday and was installed at its temporary location behind the Swan Lake Visitors Center on Thursday, but Friday marked the formal opening ceremony for the Wall’s display.

Local and state politicians spoke at the dedication ceremony along with officers from Shaw Air Force Base and ordinary Vietnam veterans.

Greg Welsh, the manager of the Traveling Wall, set the tone for the night with his opening address. “I could tell you 58,000 Americans who died are on that Wall,� Welsh said. “But it’s really about the young boy or girl who get to visit an uncle or grandfather they’ve only heard about at family events, or the Gold Star mother or father who comes to spend time with their son, or the Vietnam vet who might only make it to the curb but takes the first step in the healing process.�

Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, commander of the 9th Air Force at Shaw, recited some of the salient facts about the monument and its doppelganger in Washington; the first name on the Wall is that of an Air Force technical sergeant killed in 1956. That same man’s son was killed in action in 1965, making them

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ABOVE: Vietnam veteran Ray J. Tiffault scans the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens after the opening ceremony Friday. Tiffault flew reconnaissance missions over Southeast Asia during two separate deployments in the 1960s. He later retired from Shaw Air Force Base and now lives in Stateburg.

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LEFT: Leroy Pringle, a retired Army sergeant, gives his salute along with other members of the Sumter Combat Veterans Group during the opening ceremony of the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall.

one of three father-son combinations on the Wall. Twelve chaplains died in Vietnam, and eight women. The eldest casualty was 63 years old, the youngest a Marine of just 15.

Speaker and Vietnam veteran Douglas Wilson said the Wall was meant to honor those who came “from every corner of the heartland� to go to “a place most of us

Gambling operation busted; 1 nabbed FROM STAFF REPORTS Authorities have arrested a Sumter man after receiving complaints of a gambling operation being run at his home.

Michael Lewis Ross, ROSS 53, of 6755 J.J. Roberts Drive, was charged Thursday with simple possession of marijuana and two counts of operating a gaming house.

The suspect was arrested after members of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and its drug unit, the Sumter Police Department’s Organized Crime and Vice Control Unit and the State Law Enforcement Division searched the Roberts Drive home. Reports indicate authorities found six illegal gaming machines, a money acceptor, tally

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couldn’t find on a map.� He talked about flying bombing runs over Hanoi where “B-52s plummeted from the sky all around us.�

In addition to the healing experience the Wall offers veterans and their families, Wilson said the monument helps to heal the social divisions the controversial war opened on the home front.

“Never were American soldiers so demeaned, shunned and vilified as those who came back from Vietnam,� he said. “Part of the reason this Wall exists is to make sure that never happens again.�

Lefford Fate, a retired Air Force sergeant who helped organize the Wall’s visit, spoke about the importance it holds for someone like

himself, who lost a brother to the Vietnam War. “My parents never could afford to go and see their son on the Wall,� he said. “They would be proud all of you can come to see it.�

The Wall is on display at Swan Lake through Memorial Day. Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

Man, woman charged in spree of break-ins FROM STAFF REPORTS Two suspects were arrested this week in connection to several home breakins in Sumter County.

Conner Dane Mitchum, 18, of 2245 Lloyd Drive, and Bailey Ruth MITCHUM Ingle, 18, 3180 Firestone Court, both of Sumter, were arrested.

Mitchum is charged with

sheets and game boards, all of which officers seized along with about $600.

About three grams of marijuana and a Bersa .380-caliber handgun were also seized from the master bedroom and couch.

An investigation is continuing.

five counts of first-degree burglary and four counts of second-degree burglary. Ingle is charged with five counts of first-degree burglary and three counts of seconddegree burglary.

Mitchum is suspected in the break-ins of two INGLE homes in the 2800 block of Tindal Road, one home each in the 2300 block of Addison Street, the 500 block of

Godwin Street, the 500 block of Clifton Street, the 2400 block of Old Manning Road, the 800 block of Bethel Church Road and the 3600 block of Cox Road.

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SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

SAMUEL D. BLANTON Jr. Samuel David Blanton Jr., 81, of 1817 Dunbarton Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 24, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Gaffney, he was the husband of Mary Lillian Bridges Blanton and son of the late Samuel David Sr. and Ada Irene Harris Blanton. Mr. Blanton retired from the United States Air Force and was a member of Hickory Road Baptist Church in Sumter.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a nephew, John Gault and wife, Joan, of Sumter; numerous other nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by five sisters, Linnie Pennington, Edith Holtzclaw, Ruby Silver, Berthena Gault and an infant sister, Nancy Jane Blanton; and four brothers, Buford Blanton, Lloyd Blanton, Leonard Blanton and Otis Blanton.

Graveside services with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. today at Draytonville Baptist Church with Dr. Ron Taylor officiating.

The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery.

The family will be at their respective homes.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com.

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory of Gaffney is in charge of

arrangements.

MATTIE P. JENKINS Mattie Pollard Jenkins, 92, widow of George Perlee Jenkins, departed this life on Tuesday night, May 21, 2013, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born Dec. 18, 1920, in Dalzell, she was a daughter of the late Essau and Eveline English Pollard. Mrs. Jenkins accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and was a lifelong, active member of Joshua Baptist Church, where she was a faithful servant and member of the senior choir and Women’s Missionary Society, until her health failed. Mrs. Jenkins was a Christian woman not only in the church, but also in her daily walk with God. She loved the Lord and enjoyed singing praise to his name.

One of her favorite songs was “Hide Behind the Mountain.”

She attended the public schools of Sumter County. She was a housewife, gardener, good cook, and seamstress. She was the most compassionate person you would want to meet. She worked in many homes and took care of many children including her children and grandchildren, which is how she acquired the name “Spoiler.” She always had mint candy to share and was an inspiration to her family, church and community. She will be missed by all who had the

pleasure of knowing and loving her.

She leaves to cherish her memories: three sons, William (Maggie) Jenkins of New York, Andrew (Delores) Jenkins of Horatio and George Jenkins Jr. of the home; two daughters, Jessie M. (Edward) Porcher of Dalzell and Mattie L. Jenkins of the home; two sisters, Alma Pollard of Dalzell and Lucille P. Williams of New York; one sister-in-law, Evelyn Pollard; 11 grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George P. Jenkins; two sisters, Rosa Lee Hills and Mary P. Wilson; and three brothers, James, Hampton and John Pollard.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, with the Rev. Eugene Dennis, pastor, the Rev. R.L. Williams, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. William Jefferson and the Rev. Lori Parker.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the home of her daughter, Mattie L. Jenkins, 4520 Dawson Road, Rembert.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 2 p.m. from the home of her daughter.

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and family.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and family.

Burial will be in Joshua Baptist Churchyard cemetery, Dalzell.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

TYRONE BRUNSON Tyrone Brunson was born Feb. 19, 1964, in Sumter County, to Ive Brunson Jr. and the late Lottie Ladson Brunson McKnight. He was a stepson of Charles McKnight. He departed this life on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his residence.

He was a 1982 graduate of Sumter High School. After graduation, he joined the Navy. He was employed by Gold Kist for 15 years.

He leaves to cherish fond memories: his father, Ive Brunson Jr.; stepfather, Charles McKnight; one daughter, Felicia Durant; one son, Jarrell Daniels; a very special friend, Ann Smith; one sister, Brenda Brunson; three brothers, Ronnie Brunson, Christopher McKnight and Eric (Andrea) McKnight; one stepsister, Sabrina McKnight of New Jersey; three stepbrothers, Darryl McKnight, Anthony Hall and David Hinnant; one grand-

aunt, Susan Francis; three aunts, the Rev. Florence Luster of Jacksonville, Fla., Vealia Mae Ladson of Sumter and Marian Ladson of Sicklerville, N.J.; two uncles, Leroy Williams of Philadelphia, Pa., and Timothy York of Sumter; special nieces and nephews, Laquita Brunson and Takegia Brunson, both of Sumter, Rhonda Cunningham of Trenton, N.J., Timothy Andre York of Sumter and Quionne Latrell York of Columbia; one grandson, Dilyque Sanders; two very special friends, Herbert and Ida Mae Davis; and a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

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

Mr. Brunson will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Sunday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with the Rev. Florence Luster, eulogist. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, Brenda Brunson, 385 Rolling Creek Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.

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

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

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HEALTHY LIVING from Page A1 chronic sleep deprivation are parents, teens, truck drivers, physicians and night-shift workers.

Everyone’s need for sleep varies. While 6 to 8 hours is recommended for adults, some may need more or less.

Listen to your body, and watch for the signs mentioned above.

If you aren’t sure whether you suffer from a sleep disorder, start keeping a journal of your sleep patterns.

Document the ease or difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.

Don’t forget to assess how you feel the next day.

If you have been sluggish and foggy lately but can’t find any medical reason to cause it, it could be your lack of sleep.

Missy Corrigan is director of healthy living for the Sumter Family YMCA. She can be reached at mcorrigan@ ymcasumter.org or (803) 773-1404.

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MELLE P. SANDERS Melle Pringle Sanders, 90, widow of Conrad Wienges Sanders Sr., died Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Born in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Edward Judson and Melle Rice Pringle. Mrs. Sanders was a retired office manager for Dr. Edward McCollum and was a communicant at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. She was a member of the French Huguenot Society.

Surviving are three sons, Edward Judson Sanders and wife, Phyllis, Richard Pringle Sanders and wife, Erin, and Samuel LaRoche Sanders and wife, Cheri; a brother, Samuel McBride Pringle Sr.; 10 grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Alice Haskell Sanders; and a sister-in-law, Sarah Sanders Roberts.

Mrs. Sanders was predeceased by a son, Dr. Conrad Wienges Sanders.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Concord Presbyterian Church cemetery, Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 3535 Pelham Road, Suite 101, Greenville, SC 29615.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thomasmcafee.com.

Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown, is in charge of arrangements.

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DNR conducting boat safety checks at landings FROM STAFF REPORTS MANNING — Officers with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will be conducting courtesy safety inspections at public landings throughout the state in an effort to prevent accidents on the state’s waterways.

For the Santee Cooper lakes, the inspections will be conducted at Alex Harvin Landing off S.C. 260 at second water from 10 a.m. until noon both today and Monday.

“This is an opportunity for people to have a quick, thorough inspection of their boat prior to getting on the water,” said Lt. Billy Downer with DNR. “This inspection will allow boat owners and opera-

tors to stay in compliance without getting a ticket.”

Downer said Memorial Day weekend is probably the first time that people put their boats in the water since last fall.

“The boats have been stored all winter, and some haven’t been checked really well,” he added. “These inspections could prevent potential problems on the water.

We want everyone to stay safe and have fun on our waterways.”

During the inspections, the officers will check both safety equipment and proper or current motor registration.

“Before you leave the house, you need to check and make sure all the life jackets are in good condition,” Downer said, adding boaters

should make sure life jackets are the proper size for the occupants of the boat. “Make sure they aren’t ripped or torn and haven’t rotted over the winter months.”

Downer said boaters should also have their correct registration information for the boat with them at all times.

“Some boaters will stick the registration information in a compartment on the boat and never think if it’s the current registration card,” he said. “Make sure it’s the registration card for this year.”

Downer said now is the time to also remind boaters to have a designated captain if they plan on drinking while boating.

“Our jobs at DNR are to make sure that the waterways

and lakes of the state are safe for everyone,” Downer said.

“We’re not out there to rack up a lot of tickets. We’re out there to educate boaters, make sure everyone on the boat is safe and that the captain of the boat is acting responsibly.”

Downer added that some of these same rules and regulations apply to the operation of Jet Skis; however, individuals on Jet Skis must wear personal flotation devices or life jackets at all times.

To report boating violations including reckless operation of a boat and/or personal watercraft such as Jet Skis or to report an intoxicated boat operator, call the S.C. Department of Natural Resources at the 24-hour hotline, 1-800-922-5431.

Hurricane Center: Beware of the storm surge

BY JENNIFER KAY Associated Press Writer MIAMI — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, colorcoded maps and change the way they talk to the public.

Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea water. Predicting it is far more complicated, and so is explaining it, as forecasters at the National Hurricane Center discovered, again, during a review of Superstorm Sandy.

“Scientists by their very nature use very sophisticated language, technical language,” said Jamie Rhome, leader of the hurricane center’s storm surge team.

“It turns out that nobody else understands what we’re talking about. So once we figured that out, we started

using more plain language.”

Forecasts during Sandy were exceptionally accurate but often confusing, perhaps because so many things contribute to storm surge: intensity, pressure, forward speed, size, where it makes landfall and other factors.

Most people think storm surge is a wall of water, similar to a tsunami, but it’s actually just sea water being pushed toward the shore by winds. It can happen quickly and move miles inland, flooding areas not accustomed to being inundated with sea water.

Large death tolls have been blamed on storm surge. At least 1,500 people died during Hurricane Katrina either directly or indirectly because of storm surge, the hurricane center said.

To better explain the danger, forecasters talked to focus groups consisting of local and state officials, law enforcement and hospital associations and other people from Maine to New Or-

leans. One thing they found out is that when they talk about storm surge, they should say “height” instead of “depth” when explaining how water levels might change.

“We were using ‘depth,’ thinking this was very clear. It turns out that nobody else does,” Rhome said. “They’re waiting for height, how high it is, and I would never have guessed in a million years that one word — one word — makes a difference in how people interpret something.”

Forecasters also will try to stress that the storm surge isn’t just from the ocean and can come from other bodies of water such as sounds, bays and lakes, sometimes well inland.

The hurricane center also plans to show people where to expect storm surge with high-resolution, color-coded maps, much like a radar map on the local news showing rain and severe weather.

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SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

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

GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; and Lee County Courthouse.

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

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

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

All offices of The Item will be closed Monday.

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CANDIDATES’ QUALIFICATIONS Dr. Wanda Andrews — Previously served as deputy superintendent of personnel and student services, principal at High Hills Elementary School and assistant principal at Shaw Heights Elementary School for Sumter District 2. Her education career began in 1979, having served as a teacher in Sumter County, Spain and Germany.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Lander University in Greenwood, a master’s degree in special education from S.C. State University in Orangeburg and a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in North Miami Beach, Fla. Dr. Terri Mozingo — Previously served as area superintendent for middle school curriculum, instruction and school improvement; chief academic officer; as associate superintendent of instructional services; and in other assistant superintendent roles for Durham public schools. She also served in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System as assistant superintendent of middle school curriculum and

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Dr. William T. Wright Jr. — Previously served as principal of Western Harnett High School in Lillington, N.C.; assistant principal of Durant Road Middle School in Raleigh; principal of South Edgecombe Middle School in Pinetops, N.C.; and held other assistant principalships in North Carolina.

He also taught business at a high school in Rocky Mount, N.C., where he was recognized at “First Year Teacher of the Year” in 1998-99. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, a master’s of school administration from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and a doctorate in educational administration and supervision, also from North Carolina State University.

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evenly among them.

These are actually the same we gave to last year.

The guys really like to do the children’s home.”

Members will also hold their club picnic, and awards will be presented.

“It’s a chance for all of us to get together in a family setting and not only show off our cars we take so much time to clean and make pretty looking, but to talk to people at the Iris Festival and discuss what we have,” Marcella said.

For more information, call (803) 436-2640 or visit irisfestival.org.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): ARIES (March 21-April 19): the last word in astrology Travel plans, attending a Go over personal papers conference or spending and finances. Discuss eugenia LAST time with people you find your options and plan to stimulating will change introduce a budget or your life and future. Love is savings plan that will in the stars. help build greater stability and less stress.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An adjustment at TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Find solutions for home may not be well received by everyone, people you’re concerned about and you will but it will help you expand plans for projects make a difference. Don’t be afraid to take an you want to pursue. Don’t let an emotional unusual approach to an old problem. situation cost you financially.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use your keen sense SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotions will of perception to guide you regarding be difficult to control. Love is on the rise. A business and peers. When it comes to change at home or the way you live your life personal connections, don’t be fooled by will determine how happy you are in the someone with ulterior motives. future.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Observe what’s CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Rumors and happening around you. Don’t ignore notices gossip won’t help your situation. Do what you or requests that come from government can to help others and socialize with people agencies, corporations or any sort of who share your interests, but don’t try to be institution. someone you’re not.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Doing something that AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you do for will add to your knowledge, skills or others will enhance your reputation and buy appearance will pay off. An emotional you favors. Put more into your home, family encounter is likely to cause deep thought, but or love life. Advancement is within reach. don’t allow it to tear down your confidence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take a backseat and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t look for watch the show. Meddling won’t get you trouble or you will end up with more than further ahead or help your reputation. You’ll you bargained for. Take the high road and put be questioned and criticized if you challenge more time and effort into doing something or disagree with others. about your concerns.

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Man charged with threatening employees latory Staff.

That agency represents the public interest in utility regulation for electric, natural gas, telecommunications, transportation and wastewater before various departments including the state Public Service Commission and the Legislature.

Authorities did not say what led to the alleged threat. Johnson was jailed awaiting a bond hearing, and it wasn’t known if he had an attorney.

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SPARTANBURG — A 66-year-old Duncan man has been charged with threatening state employees over the telephone.

The State Law Enforcement Division said Russell Clark Johnson was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening the life of a public employee and unlawful use of a telephone.

Investigators said Johnson on April 2 threatened to hurt employees at the South Carolina Office of Regu-

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instruction. As a teacher, her career dates back to 1975-76 at the middleand high-school levels as a reading specialist/instructor. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Fayetteville (N.C.) State University, a master’s degree in curriculum instruction from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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each will bring to the schools of Lee County,” board Chairwoman Sandra Moses said in a press release.

Read the candidates’ résumés online with this story at theitem.com.

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SHOW from Page A1 variety of cars from a ’28 Model A all the way up to 2008 Mustangs. Usually 25 to 30 cars show up.

They will also collect money for three charities — United Ministries of Sumter County, the John K. Crosswell Home for Children and the Freewill Baptist Home for Children. Last year, people voted for cars by putting money in the cup of their favorite, but this year voting and donations will be handled separately.

“At the beginning of each year, we select some charities to donate to,” Marcella said. “Then the money we make during the year we split up

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Jeff Byer comments on his photo submission, “I saw this alligator and his reflection in the water recently at the Santee National Wildlife Refuge.”

SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

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

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Clemson, UNC in extra innings

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Elisabeth Fournier stretches to return a shot during her quarterfinal match against Maddison Inglis in the Palmetto Pro Open on Friday at Palmetto Tennis Center. The eighth-seeded Fournier won 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.

Fournier beats Inglis

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Elisabeth Fournier had a chance to study Maddison Inglis, her quarterfinal opponent on Friday in the Palmetto Pro Open, as she upset No. 1 seed Sally Peers in Thursday’s second round.

“I noticed that she hit a lot winners,” Fournier said of the 15-year-old Inglis. “I also noticed that she had a lot of unforced errors. So I was just going to try and be consistent, hit my shots and wait for the unforced errors to come.”

The 22-year-old Canadian came up with a pretty good

scouting report.

In what was an up-anddown match, the eighth-seeded Fournier eliminated Inglis with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victory at Palmetto Tennis Center to advance to the semifinals.

Fournier will be joined in the semifinals by No. 7 seed Jamie Loeb, No. 6 Brooke Austin and unseeded Hiroko Kuwata. Loeb defeated Alexandra

Morozova 6-1, 6-2, Austin, the 2011 PPO runner-up, defeated No. 3 seed Alexandra Mueller 6-4, 6-2 and Kuwata knocked off No. 5 seed and 2-time PPO semifinalist Piia Suomalainen 6-1, 6-1.

Austin and Kuwata will meet in the first semifinal today on the Hodgin Stadium Court beginning at 10 a.m. Fournier and Loeb will face off in the other semifinal following the completion of the first one.

Inglis, who was playing in her first USTA Women’s Pro Circuit event, jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first set and had SEE PPO, PAGE B2

DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina’s Brian Holberton hit a 2-out, 3-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to cap off a 5-run rally and tie its Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship game with Clemson at 7-7 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

LEGGETT The teams were still tied at 7-7 after 12 innings at press time.

Clemson, which found out earlier in the day that it had no chance of reaching Sunday’s championship game in the round-robin format, still led the topseeded Tar Heels 7-2 going into the ninth.

UNC loaded the bases with one out against Tigers reliever Matt Campbell. Cody Stubbs delivered a run-scoring single to make it 7-3 to end Campbell’s time.

Scott Firth came on in relief and Michael Russell’s sacrifice fly made it 7-4, but for the second out. Firth fell behind Holberton 3-1 in the count and Holberton sent one into the right field bleachers for the game-tying home run.

North Carolina jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning off of Clemson starting pitcher Zach Erwin. The Tigers tied the game in the fourth when Shane Kennedy singled with two outs, stole second base, went

Keselowski tries to build on 2012 title

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he’s still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don’t bear that out.

Keselowski is KESELOWSKI winless and seventh in points heading into the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night. He opened the season with four straight top-four finishes and seven top 10s in the first eight races.

Recently, he’s strug-

gled to stay near the top with a 33rd -place finish at Richmond, an 11th at Talladega and a 32nd at Darlington.

It’s left Keselowski shaking his head because he knows the speed for the No. 2 Penske Racing Ford is as strong as ever.

“If there were a rightside seat and you rode with me through the last two or three mile-andhalf (tracks), you’d go, ‘Damn, we’re the fastest car here,’” Keselowski said. “Unfortunately, we haven’t produced those results and that’s on us to get right.”

While Keselowski knows speed is the foundation for success, SEE NASCAR, PAGE B3

ACC TOURNAMENT Wednesday (7) Georgia Tech 4, (2) Florida State 3 (6) Virginia Tech 10 (3) Virginia 1 (4) N.C. State 6, (5) Clemson 3 Thursday 11 a.m. -- (3) Virginia 8, (7) Georgia Tech 2 3 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina 10, (8) Miami 0 7 p.m. -- (6) Virginia Tech 3, (2) Florida State 2 Friday 11 a.m. -- (4) N.C. State 7 (8) Miami 1 3 p.m. -- (6) Virginia Tech 3, (7) Georgia Tech 2 7 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina vs. (5) Clemson Today 11 a.m. -- (2) Florida State vs. (3) Virginia 3 p.m. -- (5) Clemson vs. (8) Miami 7 p.m. -- (1) North Carolina vs. (4) N.C. State Sunday 1 p.m. -- ACC Championship

to third on a wild pitch and scored on Tyler Krieger’s single.

Clemson added two in the fifth to go up 3-1.

Former Thomas Sumter Academy standout Maleeke Gibson and former Sumter resident Thomas Brittle scored the Tiger runs.

The Tar Heels scored a run in the top of sixth to cut the lead to 3-2, but Clemson responded with two runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth to push the lead to 7-2.

Gibson had two hits for Clemson. Steven Duggar had a 2-run triple for Clemson, while Mike Triller had two hits and two RBI. Erwin pitched 5 1/3 innings for the Tigers.

He allowed five hits and two runs while striking out three and walking two.

Kuchar leads suspended Colonial

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kuchar was hoping he would be able to finish his second round Friday night at Colonial.

He ended up with the lead — and a very early wakeup call.

Kuchar had only three THE ASSOCIATED PRESS holes to complete in what Matt Kuchar watches his tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the so far was a bogey-free Colonial tournament on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. Bishopville native Tommy round, with his ball already on the 16th green.

Gainey fell to 3-under par, but didn’t finish his round.

He was at 10 under and described the conditions COLONIAL LEADERBOARD as “just perfect right now.”

Leaderboard at time of suspended play 9. Chez Reavie -6 (F) But Kuchar was SCORE THRU 9. Zach Johnson -6 (16) 1. Matt Kuchar -10 (15) 9. Scott Stallings -6 (F) among 54 players still on 2. Graham DeLaet -9 (F) 9. Boo Weekley -6 (F) the course when play 3. Steve Flesch -8 (F) 9. Chris Kirk -6 (15) 3. Josh Teater -8 (F) 9. Ken Duke -6 (F) was suspended at Ho3. Jordan Spieth -8 (F) 9. Marc Leishman -6 (14) gan’s Alley because of an 3. Ryan Palmer -8 (12) 9. John Huh -6 (14) 7. Chris Stroud 7. Fredrik Jacobson

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Manning’s Keels signs with Spartanburg Methodist

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Jamal Keels has some serious skills both on the football field and on the baseball diamond. He was a 3A all-state performer in both sports for Manning High School this past season.

However, baseball is where his heart his.

“Baseball is what I love,” Keels said. “It is what my

family loves.”

That’s why Keels will be following in the footsteps of his brother, Michael, to the Upstate to play with national junior college power Spartanburg Methodist College.

“That just felt like the right place for met to go,” said Keels, who was named the Region VI-3A Player of the Year while helping the Monarchs to a second-place finish

in the region. “I like the campus and I like (SMC head) Coach (Tim) Wallace. The school has a reputation of sending players on to the minor leagues, so that’s a good thing as well.”

Keels said he was receiving a lot of interest from Francis Marion University as well as SMC Region X foes University of South Carolina Sumter and Florence-Darlington Technical College.

Keels has a plan for what he would like his next step to be after SMC. “My goal is go to Clemson after I’m done at Spartanburg Methodist,” Keels said.

Keels has been starting for Manning High since he was an eighth-grader. He started at second that year and then moved to shortstop.

Monarchs head coach Keith Stewart said Keels was at the top of the opposing

team’s scouting report.

It was fun to watch everyone looking to see where he was hitting,” Stewart. “They knew that they had to find a way to stop him.”

While Keels spent his time on the infield during his career with the Monarchs, he has played outfield with the Manning-Santee American Legion baseball team. That’s what he’ll be doing with SMC.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 7:30 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW PGA Championship Third Round from Surrey, England (GOLF).

8 a.m. -- Formula One Racing: Monaco Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Monaco (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Practice from Concord, N.C. (SPEED).

11 a.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series History 300 Pole Qualifying from Concord, N.C. (ESPN2).

11 a.m. -- College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournment Game from Durham, N.C. -- Virginia vs. Florida State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

Noon -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Two -- Louisiana-Lafayette at Michigan (ESPN).

1 p.m. -- International Track and Field: IAFF Diamond League Adidas Grand Prix from New York (WIS 10).

1 p.m. -- College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game from Hoover, Ala. (ESPNEWS).

1 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One -- Alabama-Birmingham at Florida (ESPNU).

1 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Crowne Plaza Invivtational at Colonial Third Round from Fort Worth, Texas (GOLF).

1 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Practice from Concord, N.C. (SPEED).

2 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Final Match from London -Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich (WACH 57).

2:30 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament Semifinal Match from Philadelphia -Cornell vs. Duke (ESPN2).

2:45 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series History 300 from Concord, N.C. (WOLO 25, WEGX-FM 92.9).

3 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Senior PGA Championship Third Round from St. Louis (WIS 10).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Crowne Plaza Invivtational at Colonial Third Round from Fort Worth, Texas (WBTW 13, WLTX 19).

3 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Three -- LouisianaLafayette at Michigan (If Necessary) (ESPN).

3 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Two -- Florida State at Texas (ESPNU).

3 p.m. -- College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournment Game from Durham, N.C. -- Clemson vs. Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Third Round from Paradise Island, Bahamas (GOLF).

4 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay or Colorado at San Francisco (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (WGN).

5 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Two -- Alabama at Tennessee (ESPN).

5 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament Semifinal Match from Philadelphia -Denver vs. Syracuse (ESPN2).

5 p.m. -- College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game from Hoover, Ala. (ESPNEWS).

5:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: Chelsea vs.

Manchester City from New York (FOX SOCCER).

5:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Five -- New York Rangers at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Three -- Florida State at Texas (If Necessary) (ESPNU).

6 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Carl Froch vs.

Mikkel Kessler for the IBF/WBA Super Middleweight Title from London (HBO).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Atlanta at New York Mets (WACH 57, WPUB-FM 102.7).

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

7 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: Detroit at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Five -- Detroit at Chicago (WIS 10).

8 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game Three -- Alabama at Tennessee (If Necessary) (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One -- Nebraska at Oregon (ESPNU).

9 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Three -San Antonio at Memphis (ESPN).

10 p.m. -- College Softball: NCAA Tournament Super Regional Game One -- Kentukcy at Arizona State (ESPN2).

10 p.m. -- College Baseball: West Coast Conference Tournament Championship Game from Stockton, Calif. (ESPNU).

5 a.m. -- Professional Tennis: French Open First-Round Matches from Paris (ESPN2).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB New York 28 18 .609 – Boston 28 20 .583 1 Baltimore 25 22 .532 31/2 Tampa Bay 24 22 .522 4 Toronto 20 27 .426 81/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 27 19 .587 – Detroit 26 19 .578 1/2 Kansas City 21 23 .477 5 Chicago 21 24 .467 51/2 Minnesota 18 26 .409 8 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 30 17 .638 – Oakland 25 23 .521 51/2 Los Angeles 20 27 .426 10 Seattle 20 27 .426 10 Houston 14 33 .298 16 Thursday’s Games Toronto 12, Baltimore 6 Detroit 7, Minnesota 6 Cleveland 12, Boston 3 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 4 Friday’s Games Detroit 6, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 9,Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, late Miami at Chicago White Sox, late Oakland at Houston, late Texas at Seattle, late Today’s Games Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-2) at Toronto (Dickey 4-5), 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2) at Boston (Lester 6-1), 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Undecided) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-2), 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 4-4) at Detroit (Fister 5-1), 4:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1) at Tampa Bay (M. Moore 8-0), 4:10 p.m.

Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 7:15 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 4-3) at Houston (Harrell 3-5), 7:15 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 3-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-3), 10:10 p.m.

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By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 18 .609 –

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24 23 .511 41/2 23 24 .489 51/2 17 27 .386 10 13 34 .277 151/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 30 16 .652 – Cincinnati 29 18 .617 11/2 Pittsburgh 29 18 .617 11/2 Milwaukee 18 27 .400 111/2 Chicago 18 28 .391 12 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 26 21 .553 – Colorado 26 21 .553 – San Francisco 26 21 .553 – San Diego 21 25 .457 41/2 Los Angeles 19 26 .422 6 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Friday’s Games Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Chicago White Sox, late Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, late San Diego at Arizona, late St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, late Colorado at San Francisco, late Today’s Games Colorado (Nicasio 4-1) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-2) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 4-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-2), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-5), 7:15 p.m.

Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 7:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0) at Washington (Haren 4-5), 7:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Gast 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-2) at Arizona (Miley 3-3), 10:10 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 1, Indiana 0 Wednesday, May 22: Miami 103, Indiana 102, OT Friday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

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

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 2, Memphis 0 Sunday, May 19: San Antonio 105, Memphis 83 Tuesday, May 21: San Antonio 93, Memphis 89, OT Saturday, May 25: San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

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

NHL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 3, Ottawa 1 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3 Sunday, May 19: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3 Friday, May 24: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 28: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 19: Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, May 21: Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 23: N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 5:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 20: Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 23: Detroit 2, Chicago 0 Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2 Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 18: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Tuesday, May 21: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday, May 23: Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0 Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 or 10 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

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SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013

Pacers steal Game 2 with 97-93 win

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI— Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, David West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Indiana Pacers evened the Eastern Conference finals with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 on Friday night.

Paul George scored 22 points, George Hill added 18 and West finished with 13 for the Pacers, who handed the Heat just their fourth loss in their last 50 games.

The series resumes with Game 3 on Sunday night in Indianapolis.

James scored 36

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Indiana’s David West (21) goes up for a shot against Miami’s Chris Bosh (1) during the Pacers’ 97-93 victory in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday in Miami.

points for the Heat, who got 17 points from Chris Bosh and 14

from Dwyane Wade.

The Heat led 88-84 in the fourth quarter,

then were outscored 13-5 the rest of the way.

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Votto, Hanigan HRs lead Reds over Cubs that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers’ 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night.

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a homer, and Ryan Hanigan and Brandon Phillips also homered on Friday night, powering the Cincinnati Reds to their fourth straight win, 7-4 over the Chicago Cubs.

The Reds have won 12 of their past 15 games, surging to a season-high 12 games over .500. They’ve dominated the Cubs, winning 15 of their past 17 in the series.

NATIONALS PHILLIES

MILWAUKEE — Marco Estrada gave up one run over seven in-

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brett Gardner, Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Friday night.

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WASHINGTON — Jordan Zimmermann became the National League’s first eightgame winner, and the Washington Nationals followed a calamitous road trip with a winning start to a homestand, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Friday night.

BREWERS PIRATES

YANKEES RAYS

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Cincinnati’s Ryan Hanigan hits a 3-run home run in the fourth inning of the Reds’ 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday in Cincinnati.

nings and Alex Gonzalez had a two-run double, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS TWINS

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DETROI — Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota’s Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and

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TORONTO — Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 16th home run, Nick Markakis had three hits and three RBIs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6 on Friday night.

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BOSTON — John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on a rainy Friday night.

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PPO from Page B1 the serve. However, Fournier broke her serve and rallied to win the set 7-5.

Fournier won the first two games in the second set and it appeared that Inglis, who was playing her seventh match of the tournament, was finally out of gas. She bounced back though, winning six straight games to win the set. Inglis again was up 3-1 in the third set with the serve only to see Fournier break her again. The Ottawa native won five straight games to win the set and match.

“She’s a really strong player,” Fournier said of Inglis. “When she had those runs where she hit all of the winners, I just tried to remain patient when she was doing that and hoping the unforced errors would come.

“The wind seemed to affect her. When it was blowing, she struggled a bit.”

Fournier will be playing in her second career semifinal, but she will be going up against a player in Loeb who won two $10,000 events last year.

Not only is Loeb in the singles semifinal, she has teamed with Sanaz Marand to reach the finals of the doubles draw. The topseeded team of Loeb and Maranz beat Sydney Campbell and Josie Kuhlman 6-3, 7-5 in a semifinal

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Hiroko Kuwata hits a backhand return during her 6-1, 6-1 victory over Piia Suomalainen in the Palmetto Pro Open quarterfinals on Friday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

on Friday.

“I don’t think it is too much of a problem for me,” Loeb said of the double duty. “It’s been hot, but I think I’ve done a good job of adjusting to it and my body is able to handle it.”

Loeb and Maranda will play the No. 2 team of Mueller and Kristy Freeling in Sunday’s championship match. Mueller and Freeling defeated Csilla Borsanyi and Katerina Stewart 2-6, 7-5 .

Austin, who is trying to win her first title, forced her parents to change their travel itenarary with her victory on Friday.

“They didn’t even book the hotel room for the whole week,” Austin said with a laugh.

She rolled to an easy victory over Mueller, winning the first five games of the second set.

“Obviously she served really well in the beginning,” Austin said of Mueller. “She was hitting ace after ace. Once her serve died down, I figured out once she got in a rally, she couldn’t do anything.”

Kuwata, who is from Japan, knocked off her second seeded foe in dismantling Suomalainen.

Kuwata upset Marand in the first round.

“I’m playing with confidence now.” Kuwata said in broken English. “My serve (is) not good right now; I’m hitting good shots.”

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Patrick: Another Indy 500 ‘less and less likely’

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Danica Patrick still follows the Indianapolis 500 closely, even pre-organizing her race day schedule this Sunday so she can watch most of the event.

As for participating in the race again, that’s a different story.

Patrick, who first earned her popularity in open-wheel racing, said her focus is on the Sprint Cup series and the chances of her running at the Indy 500 become PATRICK “less and less likely with each passing year.”

“Each year my desire to race there is less and less and my apprehension grows higher and higher,” Patrick told The Associated Press earlier this week.

Patrick said she briefly contemplated pulling “double duty” this year and racing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Coca 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the same day just as her current team owner Tony Stewart has done in the past.

But Patrick thought better of the idea.

“I thought this year was going to happen, but it’s just not going to be helpful for my Cup career,” said Patrick,

who has run the Indy 500 seven times.

“And at the end of the day that’s the most important thing.”

Patrick’s history in IndyCar is well known, and she did well at the Indy 500, too. She qualified fourth in 2005, eventually led 29 laps during her openwheel career and finished third in 2009 after challenging for the win.

Patrick now wants her attention on getting better at NASCAR racing.

In her first full season on the Sprint Cup series, Patrick ranks 28th in the point standings with only one top-10 finish, that being an eighth place finish in the season-opening Daytona 500.

She’s finished 25th or worse in nine of the 11 Sprint Cup point races this season.

Stewart thinks the idea of Patrick focusing on NASCAR is a good idea.

“It makes for a very, very long day,” said Stewart, who pulled double duty in 1999 and 2001. “When you’re done with the 600, after running Indy and the flight and helicopter rides and police escorts and all that during the day, you’re very, very content to lay your head on a pillow. And even when you do that, it still feels like it’s not stopped moving, yet.”

Stewart remains the only driver to complete all 1,100 miles of the two races in the same day, accomplishing that feat in 2001.

Federer always around Slams

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press PARIS — Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference Friday concerned rival and nemesis Rafael Nadal.

The third was about the difficulties of making a successful return from injury, the way Nadal has, reaching the final at all eight tournaments he’s played in 2013 after going more than half a year between matches.

Federer shrugged and replied simply: “I don’t know. I have never been out for seven months.”

No he hasn’t. Federer is always around, particularly at Grand Slam time. When the French Open starts Sunday, he will be participating in his 54th consecutive major tournament, a run that began with the Australian Open in January 2000. That’s the longest

such streak among active players; no one else comes within two years of Federer.

“For me, it’s just something I just kept on doing.

Now here we are,” said Federer, who is seeded No. 2 in FEDERER Paris and was drawn Friday to face qualifiers in each of the first NADAL two rounds.

“It’s incredible. I never thought I was going to play that many, have that many opportunities to do well at the Slams. And clearly I’m happy about it, but they don’t buy me victories, you know,” added Federer, whose record 17 major titles include the 2009 French Open. “But it shows maybe great stamina and (an) injury-free career, in a way.”

NASCAR from Page B1 you still must execute on the race track and have that lucky streak that keeps you from getting caught up in wrecks.

The team had that in abundance last season to win Keselowski’s first title.

“We haven’t put two or three together to really build the house that it takes to win,” he said. “I feel like this weekend, along with any other weekend, could be that chance and that opportunity.”

Keselowski’s chances didn’t get the strongest start at Charlotte. He qualified 20th fastest for NASCAR’s longest event — nearly 4 mph behind pole-sitter Denny Hamlin — and will start outside the top 10 for the sixth straight race.

It’s not the sort of follow-up season Kesel-

owski envisioned. He won’t have crew chief Paul Wolfe this weekend as he serves his two-race suspension for unapproved parts at the race in Texas. Keselowski has also dealt with situations of his own making, like his Twitter rant criticizing David Ragan’s final restart position at Talladega — an opinion Keselowski later apologized for after learning that NASCAR told Ragan to switch positions.

Nadal, who’s dealt with recurring knee problems, will be back in Grand Slam action after nearly a year’s absence from the four most important tournaments in tennis. At least he’s in the field at Roland Garros, something Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro can’t say: Both of those past U.S. Open champions and current top-10 players withdrew because of health issues.

Seven-time French Open champion Nadal dismissed the notion that he might be excited about getting back on the Slam stage for the first time since a second-round loss at Wimbledon last June.

Each tournament is as important as any other, the 11-time major title winner insisted Friday, going so far as to say: “If you can ask me if I win one Grand Slam during the whole year or win six tournaments, like I already did, I will choose (winning) six tournaments.”

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Ed Carpenter heads into the first turn during a practice session on the second day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Carpenter is on the pole for Sunday’s race.

Atlas of Indianapolis: Carpenter on 500 pole

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — He’s the hometown hope, the Butler University alum and die-hard Indiana Pacers fan who has put his modest, one-car program on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 ahead of powerhouse programs from Penske Racing and Andretti Autosport.

There’s more, though, and it runs as deep as blood.

The unflappable Ed CARPENTER Carpenter is also the stepson of series founder Tony George. That means his family tree has roots tracing all the way back to Tony Hulman, who bought Indianapolis Motor Speedway after World War II, and includes Mari Hulman George, who still serves as speedway chairman and on Sunday will proclaim once more, “Gentleman, start your engines!”

So to say that much of Carpenter’s life has been lived in Gasoline Alley, where he spent his formative years, is about as fitting for him as the maxim that “haste makes waste.”

It also means that the Carpenter is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

“I started racing quarter midgets

when I was 8 years old, and at that point, I was already part of the Hulman family. That’s the way it’s always been for me,” said the 32-year-old Carpenter, whose quiet voice and disarming smile belie a fierce competitive streak.

“I don’t feel the pressure,” he insisted moments later, as if driving home the point. “As far as the local fan base and support, it’s fun. I don’t think that translates into pressure.”

Perhaps it’s not that Carpenter feels pressure, but that he no longer recognizes it.

He’ll be making his 10th start in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but his first from the pole. And while peering eyes have been trained on him most of his life, Carpenter insists that the pressure he endures on a daily basis has never managed to overwhelm him.

“I don’t like to say it means more to me because I’m from here,” Carpenter said, “but it does mean a lot because of how much I love this place.”

His first memories of Indianapolis go back to 1991, when he sat in the balcony overlooking the track and watched Rick Mears qualify for the pole. Even then, Carpenter knew that he wanted to one day drive over the hallowed ground that has been in his family for decades.

COLONIAL from Page B1 impending storm system. The 18 groups that didn’t finish are scheduled to resume the second round at 7:15 a.m. CT Saturday, just more than 12½ hours after coming off the course.

“That’s a bit of a bummer,” said Kuchar, who opened with a 5-under 65. “It’s no fun to wake up at 4:30 to get out here and play three holes.”

At least Kuchar has the lead, by one stroke over Graham DeLaet, the Canadian who shot a 67 in a morning round completed before a 2-hour, 10-minute delay just after noon because of lightning. DeLaet was at 9-under 131.

Kuchar, No. 13 in the world and the highest-ranked player in the field, took the lead with a 6-foot-

birdie putt at 457-yard 14th hole, and recovered from a drive into a fairway bunker on the 15th for a par while clouds darkened and thunder could be heard in the distance.

Soon after Kuchar, the WGC-Accenture Match Play winner in February, teed off at the par-3 16th, and his ball landed about 40 feet from the cup, the horn sounded ending play. It was raining heavily about 30 minutes later.

First-round leader Ryan Palmer, the Colonial member who had an opening 62, was still at 8 under after an up-and-down 12 holes Friday that he managed to play at even par.

Steve Flesch (64), 19-year-old Jordan Spieth (67) from Dallas and Josh Teater (67) finished at 8 under.

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. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 195.624 mph.

2. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 195.221.

3. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 195.094.

4. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 194.595.

5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194.503.

6. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194.349.

7. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.238.

8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 193.952.

9. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.694.

10. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 193.639.

11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 193.444.

12. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.292.

13. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 193.271.

14. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 192.961.

15. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 192.52.

16. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 192.287.

17. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 192.191.

18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 192.13.

19. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 192.123.

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

21. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 191.884.

22. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 191.727.

23. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 190.988.

24. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 190.826.

25. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 190.792.

26. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 190.665.

27. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 190.49.

28. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 190.416.

29. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 190.409.

30. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 190.241.

31. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 190.047.

32. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 189.967.

33. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 189.793.

34. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 189.401.

35. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 189.049.

36. (51) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 188.725.

37. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points.

38. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, Owner Points.

39. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.

41. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

42. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 188.659.

Failed to Qualify 44. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 188.219.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE at Fluor Field in Greenville Wednesday Game 1 -- (4) The Citadel 6 (5) Appalachian State 5 Game 2 -- (1) Western Carolina 13, (8) Samford 7 Game 3 -- (6) Furman 10, (3) Elon 1 Thursday Game 4 --(7) Georgia Southern 2, (2) College of Charleston 0 Game 5 -- (5) Appalachian State 2, (8) Samford 1 Game 6 -- (3) Elon 18, (2) College of Charleston 8 Game 7 -- (4) The Citadel 12, (1) Western Carolina 11 Game 8 -- (7) Georgia Southern 3, (6) Furman 2 Friday Game 9 -- (5) Appalachian State 15, (1) Western Carolina 4

Game 10 -- (3) Elon 8, (6) Furman 1 Today Game 11 -- (4) Citadel vs. (5) Appalachian State, 10 a.m.

Game 12 -- (7) Georgia Southern vs. Elon, 1:30 p.m. *Game 13 -- Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, 5 p.m. *Game 14 -- Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12, 8:30 p.m.

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

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Va.

Tuesday Game 1 -- (2) Coastal Carolina 6, (7) Longwood 1 Game 2 -- (6) Gardner-Webb 8, (3) High Point 2 Game 3 -- (1) Campbell 4, (8) Charleston Southern 0 Game 4 -- (4) Radford 6, (5) Liberty 3 Wednesday Game 5 -- (7) Longwood 11, High Point 3 Game 6 -- (5) Liberty 2, (8) Charleston Southern 1 Game 7 -- (2) Coastal Carolina 3, (6) Gardner-Webb 2 Game 8 -- (1) Campbell 4, (4) Radford 3 Thursday Game 9 -- (7) Longwood 6, (6) Gardner-Webb 5 Game 10 -- (5) Liberty 3, (4) Radford 2 Friday Game 11 -- (1) Campbell 8, (7) Longwood 6 Game 12 -- (5) Liberty 9, (2) Coastal Carolina 8

Game 13 -- (5) Liberty 8, (2) Coastal Carolina 0 Game 14 -- if necessary, 8:30 p.m.

Today Championship Game, 4 p.m.

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE at Conrad Park in DeLand, Fla. Wednesday Game 1 -- (4) East Tennessee State 4, (5) Stetson 3 Game 2 -- (1) Mercer 12, (8) USC Upstate 6 Game 3 -- (7) Kennesaw State 3, (2) Florida Gulf Coast 1 Thursday Game 4 -- (3) North Florida 6, (7) Lipscomb 1 Game 5 -- (8) USC Upstate 6, (5) Stetson 0 Friday Game 6 -- (7) Lipscomb 3 (2) Florida Gulf Coast 2

ACC ROUNDUP

Game 7 -- East Tennessee State 7, Mercer 4 Game 8 -- (7) Kennesaw State vs. (3) North Florida, 3:15 p.m.

Game 9 -- (8) USC Upstate vs. Loser Game 7, 6:30 p.m.

Today Game 10 -- Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6, 10 a.m.

Game 11 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 1:15 p.m.

Game 12 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10, 5 p.m. *Game 13 -- Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, TBD *Game 14 -- Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12, TBD Sunday Game 15 -- Championship game, 1 p.m.

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

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N.C. State tops Miami 7-1 DURHAM, N.C. — Trea Turner and Bryan Adametz each drove in two runs to help North Carolina State beat Miami 7-1 on Friday in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Turner had a two-run single in a four-run second inning for the fourthTURNER seeded Wolfpack (44-13), who improved to 2-0 in Pool A in Durham. N.C. State beat Clemson 6-3 on Thursday.

Reliever Andrew Woeck (6-1)

earned the win, allowing no hits in three scoreless innings of work.

Starter Chris Diaz (6-5) took the loss for the eighth-seeded Hurricanes (35-23), who also lost 10-0 to North Carolina on Thursday and stand at 0-2 in pool play.

For Miami, Tyler Palmer had two hits while Brad Fieger brought in the Hurricanes’ only run by taking a bases-loaded walk in the third inning.

Both teams play Saturday, with N.C. State facing top-seeded UNC and Miami facing fifthseeded Clemson.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Chad Pinder drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the seventh to help Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 3-2 on Friday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, clinching an appearance in Sunday’s final.

Pinder also had a solo home run in the fourth for the sixthseeded Hokies (38-19), who went 3-0 in Pool B to clinch a reach the title game.

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Mountaineers trounce Catamounts 15-4 GREENVILLE — Fifth-seeded Appalachian State pounded out 14 hits and scored multiple runs in five innings to oust top-seeded Western Carolina 15-4 on Friday at the Southern Conference Baseball Championship at Fluor Field.

Appalachian State, which improved to 30-23 on the season, will face No. 4 seed The Citadel today at 10 a.m. and needs to beat the Bulldogs twice to advance to Sunday’s championship game.

Western Carolina, 39-

20, saw its tournament run come to an end.

After the Catamounts took a 2-0 lead on Cody Jones’ 2-run single in the second, the Mountaineers ripped off 13 runs over the next four innings to grab control.

Appalachian State tied it with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, then scored four in the third to go ahead. William Head had a 2-run single in the third frame.

The Mountaineers’ onslaught continued in the fourth as they bat-

ted around to score five more runs.

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GREENVILLE – Andrew McDonald turned in his first career complete game and No. 3 seed Elon scored five times in the seventh inning to open up a close game as the Phoenix knocked No. 6 seed Furman out of the Southern Conference Baseball Championship at Fluor Field on Friday 8-1.

Elon, 29-28, advances to face No. 7 seed Georgia Southern today

at 1:30 p.m. The Phoenix would have to beat GSU twice to reach Sunday’s championship game.

Furman, which fell into the losers bracket with a 3-2 loss to Georgia Southern on Thursday, saw its season end at 32-25.

McDonald (4-1), whose previous careerlong outing was 5 2/3 innings, scattered seven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over nine innings, allowing just the one run.

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Bears to retire Ditka’s No. 89 CHICAGO — Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Chicago Bears next season.

The Bears said Friday the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting tribute for a player who revolutionized the tight end position with his pass-catching ability and DITKA later coached the 1985 team to the Super Bowl championship.

BOWIE YOUNG, CAVALLERI TIED IN THE BAHAMAS

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Heather Bowie Young made five straight birdies while jumping from one side of the golf course to the other. Silvia Cavalleri was hitting the ball so well Friday she was sorry the Bahamas Classic was held on only 12 holes.

The slogan for the LPGA Tour is, “See why it’s different out here.” Was it ever.

Bowie Young and Cavalleri were tied for the lead at 6-under 39, which by numbers alone broke the LPGA scoring record by 20 shots. Not to worry.

Annika Sorenstam’s 59 in Phoenix in 2002 still stands as the lowest 18-hole score in LPGA history.

was one of five 2012 European Ryder Cup players to miss the cut Friday in the BMW PGA Championship, while Medinah teammate Francesco Molinari took the lead at cold and wet Wentworth.

The second-ranked McIlory had a 3-over 75 to finish at 5 over. Two-time defending champion Luke Donald, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Paul Lawrie — all members of Europe’s winning team last year at Medinah — also dropped out early. Molinari put himself in position for his fourth European Tour title, shooting a 68 to take a one-stroke lead at 6 under.

COCHRAN, PERRY TIED FOR LEAD IN SENIOR PGA

ST. LOUIS — Russ Cochran and Kenny Perry each shot 5-under 66 on Friday to share the second round lead in the Senior PGA Championship.

NURSE ON ROYALS’ ENTERTAINMENT CREW REVIVES GIRL

A pediatric nurse said Friday she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game.

Sam Sapenaro, 26, was working her second job as a member of Kauffman Stadium’s K-Crew on Thursday night when a nearby fan yelled for help.

Sapenaro said she rushed over and found the girl unresponsive and with no pulse.

MCILROY, DONALD MISS CUT AT BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

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LSU catcher Ty Ross celebrates with Nate Fury (29) during the Tigers’ 3-2 comeback victory over Alabama on Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala.

LSU rallies for 3-2 win over Alabama HOOVER, Ala. — Tyler Moore and Ty Ross had run-scoring hits with two outs in the ninth to lead LSU to a 3-2 victory over Alabama Friday in a Southeastern Conference tournament elimination game.

The Tigers (50-9) face Arkansas in the semifinals on Saturday.

They got three straight two-out hits to take the lead in the final inning. Christian Ibarra singled and pinch-runner Jared Foster scored on Moore’s double. Reliever Jay Shaw replaced Mike Oczypok and gave up Ross’s RBI single.

LSU ‘s Chris Cotton then needed just 11 pitches to strike out all three batters in the bottom of the ninth for his 14th save. Nate Fury (2-1) pitched a scoreless eighth in relief of Ryan Eades for the win.

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

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

The first session will be held June 10-13 and

the second session will run from June 17-20.

The camp is open to children ages 7-14 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day.

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

For more information, call Ward at (803) 720-4081 or Norris at (803) 934-6670.

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HOOVER, Ala. — Adam Frazier went 4 for 5 with an RBI and Mississippi State beat Texas A&M 6-4 Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Bulldogs (4316) advanced to Saturday’s single-elimination semifinals while Texas A&M (32-26) plays an elimination game against Vanderbilt on Friday night.

Ross Mitchell (11-0) didn’t allow a hit in 3-1/3 innings of relief and Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect ninth for his 16th save.

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SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT Single Elimination Tuesday Game 1 -- (6) Mississippi 4, (11) Kentucky 1 Game 2 -- (7) Alabama 6, (10) Auburn 3 Game 3 -- (9) Texas A&M 6, (8) Florida 3 Game 4 -- (5) Mississippi State 2, (12) Missouri 1 Double Elimination Wednesday Game 5 -- (3) Arkansas 2, (6) Mississippi 1 Game 6 -- (2) LSU 3, (7) Alabama 0 Game 7 -- (9) Texas A&M 5, (1) Vanderbilt 0 Game 8 -- (5) Mississippi State 5, (4) South Carolina 3 Thursday Game 9 -- (7) Alabama 7, (6) Missis-

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Alabama’s Oczypok (4-2) allowed 10 hits in 8-2/3 innings.

Alabama had taken a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Mikey White produced an RBI triple and scored on Brett Booth’s single.

sippi 5 Game 10 -- (1) Vanderbilt 4, (4) South Carolina 3 Game 11 -- (3) Arkansas 4, (2) LSU 1 Game 12 -- (5) Mississippi State 6, (9) Texas A&M 4 Friday Game 13 -- (2) LSU 3, (7) Arkansas 2 Game 14 -- (1) Vanderbilt vs. (9) Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.

Single Elimination Saturday Game 15 -- (2) LSU vs. (3) Arkansas 11, 1 p.m.

Game 16 -- Winner Game 14 vs. (5) Mississippi State, 4:30 p.m.

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

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

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

For more information, call the PTC at (803) 774-3969 or go to palmettotennis@sumter-sc.com.

FOOTBALL OFFICIALS CLASSES

The South Carolina High School League Football Officials Asso-

ciation and the Santee Wateree Football Officials Association are offering training classes for new officials for the 2013 season.

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

For more information, contact Granderson James at (803) 9682391 or grandersonj@ aol.com or Richard Geddings at (803) 4688858.

SHS Youth Camp The Sumter High School Youth Football

Camp will be held June 10-12 at the SHS practice fields.

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

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

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

BASKETBALL SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS

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

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

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

The cost of each session is $45 per camper. Tshirts will be given and trophies will be awarded.

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

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A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital trail ride and cookout will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today at 6850 Pisgah Road, Rembert. Call (803) 432-6212.

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

The Sumter County Veterans Association’s Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27, at Swan LakeIris Gardens in front of the traveling Vietnam Wall. Chaplain Charles Clanton, retired U.S. Army colonel, will speak. Vietnam veteran Dave Nesbitt will serve as master of ceremonies. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Hopkins will perform “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes.

Pink Pizzazz, presented by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Eta Zeta Omega Chapter, will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, May 31, at the Sumter County Civic Center. Featuring Premium Blend Band, this is a formal attire event. Ticket/donation cost is $30. Call Dr. Cynthia R. Graham at (803) 406-2780 for tickets or more details.

The 3rd Annual Jamil Jets Shriner Rumble in the Jungle Hunt will be held Saturday, June 1, at Fox Fire Fox Pen, Paxville.

Cast at daylight and will run for four hours.

Call Keith Hodge for dog numbers ($30 per hound and limited numbers issued) at (803) 468-4411 or (803) 481-4603.

The Campbell Soup Friends Lunch Group will meet at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, June 1, at Golden Corral.

The 2nd Annual Bikers Against Diabetes Yard Sale will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at VFW Post 3034, 1925 Gion St. To donate, to arrange pick-up of donations or for more details, contact Diane Sheesley at (803) 5062865 or Diane Bikersagainstdiabetes on Facebook.

The Sumter County Library will present the movie “Man on Wire” at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at 111 N. Harvin St. The Lee County Adult Education’s graduation and recognition ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at Lee Central High School, 1800 Wisacky Highway, Bishopville.

The National Federation of the Blind (Sumter Chapter) will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at ShilohRandolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Joan Howard-Davis will speak. Transportation provided within the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or at DebraCanC2@frontier. com.

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Marathons, war films, sports, Liberace and more

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Memorial Day weekend brings a spate of marathons.

Viewers can catch up on their favorites, anticipate the return of a beloved series or watch something they’ve missed.

A&E offers viewers plenty of chances to see its contemporary Western “Longmire” (2 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday, TV-14), entering its second season on Monday.

TCM will air classic war movies all weekend, including “Destination Tokyo” (10 a.m.

Saturday) and “Sergeant York” (10:30 p.m. Saturday).

Spike will air films from the “Star Wars” franchise, including “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones” (9 p.m. Saturday).

Syfy hopes viewers catch up on “Defiance” (4 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday).

• The dysfunctional Bluths are back as the fourth season of “Arrested Development” premieres Sunday, exclusively on Netflix. As was the case with other series made for Netflix, including the recent “House of Cards,” all 15 episodes will be immediately available to stream in their entirety. Netflix recently announced that it would stream “Derek,” a new comedy from Ricky Gervais (“The Office”), starting on Sept. 12.

And for those who may not have Netflix, IFC continues its “Arrested Development” (6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday) binge, a perfect way to catch up with the series before its new season begins streaming. Of course, if you have Netflix, you can watch old “Arrested Development” episodes any time you want.

• How does HBO remain HBO? With so many networks, including AMC, FX and even the History Channel (not to mention Netflix), competing with HBO to provide ambitious series, the premium cable network still stands out with its original movies. Al Pacino’s recent turn in “Phil Spector” comes to mind. Add “Behind the Candelabra” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA) to the list of re-

markable, provocative, difficult and strange films that could probably find an audience only on HBO. Oddly enough, the scheduling of “Candelabra” will probably confuse some HBO viewers because original films usually premiere on Saturday nights.

But this movie will pre-empt “Game of Thrones,” much to the consternation of its avid faithful.

Based on a book of the same name co-authored by Scott Thorson (recently republished

by Tantor Media), “Candelabra” stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson, the much younger man who became the famous showman’s lover and companion in the late 1970s.

It’s almost impossible to describe Liberace or his phenomenon to those too young to remember him. A classically trained pianist who transformed himself into a gaudy act, he’d conquered both television and Las Vegas, beginning in the 1950s, by putting the Chopin in showbiz, and vice versa. Years before the gaudy excess of Elton John or Lady Gaga, Liberace was the unrivaled king of over-the-top.

It’s also incredible to recall that Liberace’s homosexuality was an open secret for decades, all but unspoken. In fact, the pianist won a lawsuit against Confidential magazine for its 1957 story headlined “Why Liberace’s Theme Song Should Be ‘Mad About the Boy.’” It was his suit, among others, that put the lurid tabloid out of business.

Liberace’s place in the closet and the societal codes of silence that kept him there provide the sad backdrop to this frequently grim story.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, “Candelabra” tells of the arranged encounter and mutually exploitative relationship between Liberace and Thorson.

With drugs, disco, Las Vegas and Liberace to work with, “Candelabra” is a costume and set designer’s dream. Yet viewers searching for a glitzy guilty pleasure will be disappointed.

This is essentially a tale of two

very damaged characters, a frequently creepy May-December story that ends with addiction, bitterness, AIDS and death. It’s a profound tragedy. Douglas and Damon more than rise to the occasion, offering memorable and often disturbing performances.

If there is any enjoyment to be found here, it’s in the peculiar supporting roles played against type by familiar faces.

Look for Scott Bakula, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Paul Reiser, Tom Papa and Debbie Reynolds — some as you’ve never dreamed you’d see them.

• Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host the 24th National Memorial Day Concert (8 p.m.

Sunday, PBS, TV-PG), honoring men and women who served in the U.S. military. Look for a tribute to a former participant, the late Charles Durning.

Saturday’s Highlights • Regional Major League Baseball games (7 p.m., Fox).

• The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks meet in the NHL Western Conference Semifinal (8 p.m., NBC).

• Anderson Cooper recalls the recent terror attack and its aftermath on “Back to Boston: Moments of Impact” (8 p.m., CNN, r).

• Signs point to demonic possession on “Body of Proof” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

• Guillermo del Toro, Katee Sackhoff and Ron Funches appear on “The Nerdist” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

Sunday’s Highlights • A sports broadcasting tradition for decades, ABC airs live coverage of the Indianapolis 500 (noon).

• NASCAR racing in the Coca-Cola 600 (5:30 p.m., Fox), live from Concord, N.C. • The History Channel repeats the popular 2012 miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys” (6 p.m. to midnight, TV-14).

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): recalling the raid on Osama bin Laden.

• Peter Davison stars in

“Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited” (8 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• A legal maneuver imperils Will’s big payday on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• The Tony Awards loom on the two-hour series finale of the ambitious but short-lived musical melodrama “Smash” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A teen snoop turns homicidal on “Motive” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• A meth lab bust goes awry “Rookie Blue” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• A nightmare consumes Roger on “Mad Men” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Cesare takes drastic measures to contain the plague “The Borgias” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• “The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’ — The Story of L.A. Woman” (10 p.m., Smithsonian) recalls the band and commemorates co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who died this week.

Cult Choice Elvis costars with Carolyn Jones (Morticia on TV’s “The Addams Family”) in the 1958 musical “King Creole” (8 p.m.

Saturday, Encore).

Saturday Series Kidnapped victims may be the wrong targets on “The Mentalist” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV14) * Gifts to be unwrapped on “Bet on Your Baby” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Murder mysteries on two hours of “48 Hours” (9 p.m., CBS, r).

Sunday Series Death in the Navy on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Maroon 5 performs on “The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * “Wipeout” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A reporter may have paid for access with her life on “The Mentalist” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

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Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Sokkary Convenience, Inc. intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 10295 Lynches River Rd, Lynchburg, SC. 29080. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 27, 2013. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110

Summons & Notice John Doe, Elizabeth A. Yon, Kayla Northcutt and Andrew J. Yon, V, minors under the age of seventeen (17) years, Defendants.

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Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Wikked Buffalo Wings, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine & Liquor at 2390 Broad St., Sumter, Sc 29154.

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