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County council approves balanced budget Millage bump would offset reduced funding

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council approved second reading of the county’s proposed balanced 2017 budget of $49.45 million

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along with a 2.6 millage increase during its regular meeting on Tuesday.

Council approved second reading with a majority vote; five to two in favor. Councilmen Charles Edens and Jimmy Byrd voted in opposition.

Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon said a large portion of the millage increase, 1.8 mills, has been applied to the budget to offset projected reduced local government funds from the state, which is supposed to be 4.5 percent of the state government’s revenues from the previous year.

County residents should know that

the mills will increase because the state has not been a good steward with its money, said Councilman Gene Baten.

Mixon said the 1.8 mills will be removed from the county’s budget if the state provides the $500,000 that is proposed.

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Sumter P-15’s take the field for 2016 Legion season

Council tweaks 2016 budget post-flood

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter City Council gave the go-ahead for a proposed balanced 2017 budget of $62.58 million during its budget workshop in City Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon.

Mayor Joe McElveen said this is the ninth consecutive year the city has balanced its budget without a tax increase.

City Manager Deron McCormick said the proposed 2017 budget also includes increased starting salaries for Sumter Fire Department and Sumter Police Department.

Council will consider first reading of the budget during its next meeting.

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Sumter P-15’s catcher Reese Hankins puts on his gear while N.Y. Yankees legend Bobby Richardson, a Sumter native, signs a baseball for a fan during the first game of the 2016 American Legion season against Dalzell-Shaw Post 168 Jets on Tuesday night at Riley Park.

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Terence Lonon and the Untouchables will play rhythm and blues, Carolina beach music, rock ‘n’ roll and more during Thursday night’s Taste at the Gardens. Food samples from various restaurants, chefs and service clubs will be available during the event.

pening ceremonies for the 76th Sumter Iris Festival begin shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday at the Heath Pavilion in Swan Lake-Iris Gardens. The brief program includes the ribbon cutting to make the opening official followed by the crowning of King and Queen Iris.

Festival goers can then walk from the pavilion to the Garden Street Stage for Taste at the Gardens, which this year features the variety band Terence Lonon & the Untouchables. Bring a lawn chair for a rest between dancing to beach music, R&B, line dances and a few slower selections or

THURSDAY 5:15 p.m. — Ribbon Cutting/Crowning of the King & Queen – Heath Pavilion 6 – 9 p.m. — Taste at the Gardens featuring Terence Lonon & the Untouchables, Garden Street Stage. Purchase tickets at gate, $5.

FRIDAY 9 – 11 a.m. – Palmetto Health Tuomey Community Health Initiatives free screening, Visitors Center.

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. — Just Kidding Around, Children’s Area - Palmetto Amusements.

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. — Children’s Art in the Park, Bland Gardens. Also 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday.

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE* 12:30 – 1 p.m. — Lakewood High School Chorus.

1 - 1:30 p.m. — Believe in Fate - Fitness with Rudi.

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3 - 3:30 p.m. — USC Blazin’ Star Steppers.

3:30 - 4 p.m. — Sandy Banks, Hartsville.

4 - 5 p.m. — Sumter High School Jazz Band.

5 - 5:30 p.m. — Dreamworks Dance Academy.

5:30 - 6 p.m. — Believer’s Quartet. * Main stage is on the south side of Liberty Street (Heath Garden) inside the gate just beyond the marketplace and food vendors.

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Deadline approaches for passing military retiree tax break

BY JEFF WILKINSON jwilkinson@thestate.com When Tom Robillard retired from the Air Force 12 years ago after 30 years of service, he had to decide where to put down roots. But at 58, like most military retirees, he still needed to work.

A big factor in where he would embark on his second career was which state wouldn’t tax his pension.

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vored Tennessee or Florida — neither of which have state income taxes. But he settled on South Carolina because his daughter and grandchildren are in Columbia.

“Otherwise, I would be in Destin (Fla.) right now,” said Robillard, who went on to work as a biomedical consultant at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter and later was supervisor of the biochemistry department at Moncrief Army Community Hospital at Fort Jackson. “When you get out of

the service, there are a lot of people that are competing for you.”

The S.C. General Assembly is considering a bill that would offer state income tax deductions for military retirees. The plan would offer military retirees with at least 20 years of service a deduction of $17,500 a year for those under 65 or $30,000 a year for those 65 or older.

A caveat is that the military retirees under 65 must embark on a second job in the state with an annual salary of

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The bill unanimously passed the House in 2015 and was carried over to the Senate this year. It has passed the Senate Finance Committee twice but has been held up mainly by state Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington.

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Death penalty sought in church shooting case WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners last year in a church in Charleston, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday.

“The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision,” Lynch said in a brief statement that said the department had considered “all relevant factual and legal issues.”

Roof is awaiting trial on federal hate crime charges in connection with the June 17 shooting at Emanuel AME Church, which contributed to a national

conversation about race relations and also led to the removal of a Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina Statehouse.

Roof is also charged with nine counts of murder in state court, and South Carolina prosecutors have already announced plans to seek the death penalty when he stands trial next year. Solicitor Scarlett Wilson has said she wants her case to be tried first.

Roof, who is white, appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags, and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence. Survivors told police that he hurled racial insults during the attack.

He was arrested a day after the shootings when a motorist spotted his Confederate license plate.

Federal prosecutors charged Roof with hate crimes one month after the ROOF shooting, saying he was motivated by racial hatred and a desire to commit a “notorious attack” when he opened fire inside the church.

“To carry out these twin goals of fanning racial flames and exacting revenge, Roof further decided to seek out and murder African-Americans because of their race,” Lynch said at the time.

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Though the Justice Department says it’s committed to seeking the death penalty, federal executions are exceedingly rare. The last time a federal defendant was put to death was in 2003.

And President Obama has said he’s “deeply concerned” about the death penalty’s implementation.

Roof’s attorneys in the federal case have said their client would be willing to plead guilty if the death penalty were not on the table. Joey Meek, a friend with whom Roof spent time in the days before the shootings, pleaded guilty last month to lying to federal authorities. He has agreed to help with the prosecution against Roof.

3 teens turn themselves in for hunt lodge assault

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Sumter Utilities employees work to fix a pole that was struck by a tractor trailer Monday afternoon at the corner of Liberty Street and Alice Drive. Power was knocked out for several hours in surrounding areas.

MANNING — Three Clarendon County men were released on bond after they turned themselves in on Monday and were charged with assault for an incident that reportedly occurred on May 7 at a hunting lodge on North Brewington Road in Manning.

Nick Gibbons, 21, John Rogers Mishoe, 21 and John Burke Mishoe, 18, were charged with second-degree assault for the alleged beating of Brady Nash, 18, of Manning. The three men were released Tuesday, each with a $2,500 personal recognizance bond.

According to a police report filed on May 10, the victim said he was attacked by a group of men during a party at the hunting lodge.

Nash stated in the report that he was asked to leave, and while leaving he was “trying to make peace with

the guys.” He then stated that one of the suspects hit him in the back of the head, “and before he knew what GIBBONS was going on, there was a crowd of people attacking him.”

Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett said a video that B. MISHOE surfaced on social media recently showed the three men attacking the victim. No other charges have been made, he said.

R. MISHOE Garrett said the incident occurred at a party involving adults over the age of 21. Several underage individuals who arrived at the party were asked to leave, he said.

Garrett said the case is a still under investigation.

Sumter sheriff ’s office: Incidents at schools decreased in 2015-16

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Hampton Gardner said there has been a decrease in the number of incidents at eight schools the sheriff’s office serves.

Gardner presented the information to the Sumter School District board of trustees Monday evening at the district office.

The sheriff’s office has School Resource Officers assigned permanently to five schools, including two high schools and three middle schools.

Additionally, a reserve deputy volunteers at another middle school.

Gardner said there have been a total of 234 incidents from August 2015 through mid-May 2016 at eight schools in the county: Crestwood High School, Lakewood High School, Chestnut Oaks Middle School, Furman Middle School, Hillcrest Middle School, Ebenezer Middle School, Mayewood Middle School and Brew-

ington Academy.

He said that was a decrease from last year, although he did not state last year’s number.

Incidents included fights, assaults, drug and weapon violations, and other acts “which may interrupt the learning process while at school,” Gardner said.

Gardner said resource officers’ mission is to ensure children can learn in an environment that is safe and healthy. They serve as law enforcement officers, but they have other roles as well.

“In addition to making the schools safe, the SROs are tasked with teaching law-related classes, mentoring, counseling and dealing with crisis intervention,” he said.

Gardner said occasionally they also assist with parent-teacher conferences.

One of the issues resource officers spend a significant time addressing is bullying, he said.

“We teach them about the effects

of bullying, how to avoid and prevent bullies and bullying and the importance of reporting bullying incidents,” Gardner said.

The sheriff’s office has also taught Drug Abuse Resistance Education, an international substance abuse prevention education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs and violent behavior. The program now incorporates bullying into its curriculum.

Cpl. Eddie Hobbs is the sheriff’s office D.A.R.E. instructor teaching at six elementary schools in the district. Hobbs taught 155 classes and conducted 60 visits to schools during the time period.

Gardner said the sheriff’s office participates in other activities including career fairs, reading books to students in elementary schools, “Walk to School With a Student Day,” school improvement council, Principal for a Day, National Technical Honor Society and the district’s

career leadership program.

Gardner said the sheriff’s office has also formed partnerships with the district for their annual Boys and Girls Youth Inc. Conference.

“Sheriff Anthony Dennis has been passionate about the issues in our schools, and it’s one of the main reasons the sheriff’s office has been hosting the two conferences for about 10 years,” he said.

The conferences are geared toward offering children alternatives to drugs, violence, gang activity and other crimes.

The events also encourage boys and girls to make positive decisions that will enhance character-building and leadership skills, Gardner said.

The district also: • Voted to approve South Carolina School Board Association Proposals for Resolutions regarding state mandated testing.

The next school board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on June 13 at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road.

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COUNTY FROM PAGE A1 He said county would like to delay a third reading on the budget until the state provides detailed information on the local government fund.

The finance department will continue to look for areas to make cuts to the budget if possible to alleviate some of the tax burden, he said.

Later, county council voted unanimously to approve the resolution to adopt Sumter School Districts proposed 9 mill increase to provide teachers with higher salaries.

The increase will bring the school district’s millage to 160.1 mills, roughly $32.19 million.

Sumter County Attorney Johnathan Bryan said owners of occupied residential property — county residents with a 4 percent tax assessment on their residential property — will not be affected by the increase.

The mill increase will only apply to commercial business owners, including those who own rental property and industries, he said.

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Also, city council discussed possible amendments to the fiscal 2016 budget to adjust for flood-related relief efforts after the 1,000-year-flood in October 2015.

McCormick said the city has always done a bit of housekeeping on its budgets about this time each year to make sure the general fund portion of the budget is balanced by the end of the fiscal year, June 30.

was out of town Monday and said by text that the issue warranted further discussion but didn’t elaborate.

The legislative session ends June 2. If senators don’t vote on the bill by then, it will have to be reintroduced next year.

About 58,000 military retirees live in South Carolina, according to U.S. Department of Defense. The bill would cost the state about $18 million a year, according to S.C. Department of Revenue.

But the bill’s backers — including the S.C. Military Base Task Force, which is charged with keeping military bases open and retaining and creating military jobs in the Palmetto State — said the benefits outweigh the cost.

The tax break would retain disciplined, skilled workers such as Robillard, said task force chairman Bill Bethea of Bluffton, who was appointed

by Gov. Nikki Haley. The cost would be offset by taxes on the retirees’ new jobs and those of their spouses.

“We’re very fortunate to have Boeing and Volvo and BMW and all these tire companies in South Carolina,” said Bethea, an 8-year veteran of the Marine Corps who fought in Vietnam. “They require good, dependable, reliable workers. Someone who has been in the military for 30 years makes an ideal employee.

“Keeping those people here strengthens our workforce,” he said. “It also brings in a re-

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She said the increase would cover the flood-related general fund projects that the city started during this fiscal year.

McCormick said the city is still waiting on Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve some of its flood repair and mitigation projects.

Whichever projects FEMA approves, the city will need to come up with a 25 percent match which could be more than $1 million, he said.

He added that state legislators are working on a bill that would allocate

placement stream of income that exceeds their retirement income.”

The bill’s passage would also help cement South Carolina as one of the most military friendly states in the nation. That’s a distinction which will bolster the state’s standing with the Pentagon when new rounds of base closings and realignment, called BRAC, kicks in, perhaps in 2019.

The Military Officers Association of American rates South Carolina yellow — or average — when it comes to military issues. The rating is not green — the highest — primarily because of the income tax issue. Red is the lowest rating.

At present, 26 states have no state income tax at all or exempt military retires from paying state income taxes, ac-

approximately $72 million to match FEMA public assistance for local and state governments.

The second adjustment to the 2016 budget includes adding approximately $190,000 to the city’s original budgeted money for lease agreements and $1.26 million for the purchase of new gear for Sumter Fire Department.

Reames said the city was able to borrow funding for the fire gear at a low interest rate which made it an opportune time to make the purchase.

cording to the S.C. Department of Commerce.

“Every retiree looks at that when they are making their decision to retire,” said Robillard, who is a state vice president of the national officers association. “And that extends to enlisted retirees as well as officers. This legislation benefits all retirees.”

Boosters said another benefit of the bill is that it would

say “thank you” to retirees for their lengthy service, which often includes combat.

“These are people who for 20 or 30 years moved every two years, lived like gypsies, put their lives on the line and weren’t able to put down roots,” Bethea said. “We feel this is a way that South Carolinians can give back to those veterans for the sacrifices they made for our freedom.”

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East Clarendon Middle School students march across campus to load the 53 onegallon containers of soda tabs they collected to benefit Ronald McDonald Houses in Columbia and Charleston. The tabs will be sold, and the money raised will go toward funding the group’s programs. The students from the middle school as well as Walker Gamble Elementary School collected the tabs with the help of Alpha Kappa Alpha Manning Chapter.

He said there is no way of knowing what kind of important purchases the city could need to make throughout the year, for instance, the flood.

One of the housekeeping adjustments is to increase the amount of money that will be transferred from the city’s hospitality fund to the general fund from 35 percent to 45 percent.

Sumter Finance Director Beth Reames said the city can transfer as much as 50 percent of hospitality money to the general fund.

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in-lieu agreement with Sumter County also will not be affected by the millage increase.

Before voting on the issue, councilman Artie Baker said he was worried that the millage increase could have a negative effect on renters in the county if some rental property owners chose to increase rent to make up for the millage increase.

Baker said he voted in favor of the increase because he understood the need for it. He also said he did not receive any negative feedback from Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce nor Sumter Economic Development regarding the issue.

In other news, county council: • Voted to defer action on a request to abandon and convey a portion of Jake Road to adjoining property owners until it could be determined how the road could be conveyed to the applicant without the possibility of restricting access to another property owner who lives off of the road; and • Approved second reading of a request to rezone 2.23 acres in the 2500 block of Thomas Sumter Highway from limited commercial to agricultural conservation.

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Officer cleared in Freddie Gray death; prosecutor criticized BALTIMORE (AP) — After two trials and no convictions, Baltimore’s top prosecutor faces criticism that she moved too quickly to file charges against six officers in the case involving a 25-year-old black man who died a week after he was critically injured in police custody, triggering protests and riots a year ago.

Even the judge overseeing the cases — in his verdict Monday acquitting the latest officer to stand trial in the death of Freddie Gray — said the state failed to prove its case on any of the charges.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams acquitted Officer Edward Nero of the assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges in connection with Gray’s arrest outside a West Baltimore housing complex.

Gray died on April 19, 2015, a week after his neck was broken while handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained by a seat belt in the back of a police van. The circumstances of his arrest and his death triggered protests demanding justice for Gray. On the day of his funeral, rioting and looting broke out. The National Guard responded, and a curfew was imposed.

Nero, 30, who is white, was the second of six officers charged to stand trial. The manslaughter case against Officer William Porter ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked. Prosecutors plan to retry him in September.

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Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, leaves a courthouse after being acquitted of all charges in his trial in Baltimore on Monday. racially charged case before a packed courtroom Monday. Nero’s parents and his brother sat in the front row; a few rows away, Gray’s stepfather. Noticeably absent, however, was State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who was present when Williams declared a mistrial in the trial for Porter in December.

After announcing charges against the officers last May — one day after receiving the police department’s in-

vestigation while a tense city was still under curfew — Mosby did not shy from the spotlight. She posed for magazine photos, sat for TV interviews and even appeared onstage at a Prince concert in Gray’s honor.

After the acquittal, Nero’s lawyers sought to send a strong message to her.

“Officer Edward Nero, his wife and family are elated that this nightmare is finally over,” wrote Marc Zayon and Allison Levine in a statement. “The state’s attorney for Baltimore city rushed to charge him, as well as the other five officers, completely disregarding the facts of the case and the applicable law. His hope is that the state’s attorney will re-evaluate the remaining five officers’ cases and dismiss their charges.”

Mosby spokeswoman Rochelle Ritchie, citing a gag order in the case, declined comment.

David Weinstein, a Florida attorney and former federal civil rights prosecutor, said the verdict will probably serve as a “wake-up call” for prosecutors.

“This speaks to the notion a lot of people had when this first happened, which is that it was a rush to judgment,” Weinstein said. “The state’s attorney was trying to balance what she had with the public outcry and call to action given the climate in Baltimore and across the U.S. concerning policing, and I think she was overreaching.”

Harvard University professor Alan Dershowitz said he thought the

judge’s verdict was an example of the legal system looking at the facts of the case without being influenced by race or community pressure. He said he “absolutely” thought Mosby overreached in bringing charges against the six officers.

“There’s no question she acted irresponsibly,” Dershowitz said in a telephone interview. “She acted politically. She acted too quickly, and the public ought to make her pay a price for seeking to distort justice.”

Although the judge’s ruling referred specifically to Nero’s case — the other officers will be tried separately for their alleged roles — he rejected nearly every claim the state made at trial, repeatedly telling prosecutors they’d failed to prove any of the counts beyond a reasonable doubt.

Prosecutors had argued that Nero and colleague Garrett Miller illegally detained and arrested Gray without probable cause, and that Nero was reckless when he failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt during the van’s second stop blocks from the arrest. Zayon argued Nero wasn’t involved in Gray’s arrest, having only arrived after Gray was in handcuffs. As for the seat belt, Zayon said not only was Nero unaware of a newly revised policy requiring officers to buckle in prisoners — the previous policy gave officers discretion based on circumstances — but that it was the van driver’s responsibility to make sure Gray was safe.

Cosby ordered to stand trial NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances.

District Judge Elizabeth COSBY McHugh ruled that prosecutors had sufficient evidence to bring Cosby to trial in the lone criminal case brought against him out of the barrage of allegations that he drugged and molested dozens of women. A trial date was not immediately set.

Cosby, 78, could get 10 years in prison if convicted.

“Mr. Cosby, good luck to you, sir,” the judge said.

“Thank you,” said the former TV star, who stood up briskly after the ruling and seemed chipper and unsurprised. He hugged one of his lawyers.

The judge set an arraignment for July 20, at which time he could enter a plea. But Cosby waived his right to appear at that proceeding. That sets the case on a trajectory for trial.

The preliminary hearing was not the face-to-face confrontation between accuser and accused that some had anticipated: Andrea Constand, the former Temple University athletic department employee who said Cosby violated her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004, was not in the courtroom, and the judge ruled that she did not have to testify at this stage.

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks with reporters outside the Jasper County office building in Ridgeland on May 2 after a briefing on a $4.5 billion container terminal South Carolina and Georgia are jointly building on the Savannah River.

Georgia approves $7.5M for joint seaport with S.C.

BY RUSS BYNUM The Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority approved $7.5 million on Monday for the first big steps toward building a new seaport terminal on the Savannah River to be operated jointly with South Carolina.

Both states have spent years discussing, studying and debating the proposed $4.5 billion Jasper Ocean Terminal, which would occupy 1,500 acres in Jasper County, South Carolina, not far from downtown Savannah.

The two states are expected to split the $15 million costs of preparing for the required permits during the next three years.

South Carolina Ports Authority spokeswoman Erin Dhand said her state’s lawmakers have approved $2.5 million to cover next year’s share.

“It’s a huge step,” said Curtis Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority.

“This gets a very important phase of the project going forward. It’s a strong voice of confidence.”

A joint board overseeing the project already asked the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the permitting process for construction at the site as well as widening and deepening the shipping channel.

The Jasper terminal would be a huge investment for both states.

Consultants say the first phase alone would take more than a decade to build at a cost of more than $2 billion.

Georgia and South Carolina officials insist the shared terminal is their best bet for expansion once the rival ports of Savannah and Charleston run out of space.

The finished Jasper terminal would have room for 7 million shipping container units to accommodate future growth.

Port leaders from both states are expected to give final approval to the initial funding plan in Charleston next month.

“I don’t know that we have a choice,” said Jimmy Allgood, who is chairman of the Georgia-South Carolina board steering the project as well as the incoming board chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority. “We’ve got to have the capacity. We’re going to run out of capacity in 10 to 15 years.”

Jeffrey Holt, a banker who specializes in financing for port expansions and other infrastructure projects, told the board last November that for every $1 billion they borrow, the states should expect to pay $50 million to $130 million each year to cover debt obligations.

Across the nation, abortion-rights activists are closely following Monday’s appeals court hearing involving an Indiana woman convicted of killing the premature infant she delivered after ingesting abortion-inducing drugs.

Lawyers for 35-year-old Purvi Patel will ask the Indiana Court of Appeals court to throw out the convictions that led to her 20year prison sentence.

Patel’s case is one of more than a dozen recent cases cited by abortion-rights supporters in which women were arrested or convicted in connection with self-induced abortion. The issue is a volatile one, in part because many anti-abortion leaders say they do not favor prosecutions of women for their own abortions, even as they urge crackdowns on doctors who provide them.

Among the cases where this issue has arisen: • A Georgia woman was jailed without bond last year before prosecutors decided police had wrongly charged her with murder after being told she used pills ordered online to terminate her pregnancy. Kenlissia Jones was freed and the murder charge dropped; a misdemeanor drug charge was maintained.

• In Indiana, a Chinese immigrant charged with killing her baby by eating rat poison while she was pregnant pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness. It was part of a deal with prosecutors, who dropped a murder charge in 2013. The woman, Bei Bei Shuai, spent 178 days in jail.

• In Utah, a 17-year-old girl was charged in 2009 with solicitation to commit murder for allegedly hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage. The charge was dismissed by a juvenile court judge who ruled that she was seeking an abortion and was not criminally liable. The man charged in the beating pleaded guilty to

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Purvi Patel is taken into custody after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for feticide and neglect of a dependent on at the St. Joseph County Courthouse in South Bend, Indiana. Attorneys for Patel will urge the Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday to reverse her 2015 convictions on charges of feticide and neglect of a dependent resulting in death. second-degree felony attempted murder and was sentenced to up to five years in prison.

• In South Carolina, a migrant worker from Mexico was convicted in 2005 of performing an illegal abortion on herself using the abortion-inducting drug misoprostol. Gabriela Flores, who already had three children, served a few months in jail during the case.

• In Pennsylvania, a woman received a 9-to-18-month prison term for helping to end her 16-year-old daughter’s pregnancy by giving her pills purchased online. The mother, Jennifer Ann Whalen, told authorities they couldn’t find a local clinic to perform an abortion, and the girl had no insurance to pay for a hospital stay.

• An Idaho woman, Jennie McCormack, was charged in 2011 with having an illegal abortion after telling authorities she took pills to terminate her pregnancy and then kept the fetus in a box on her back porch for several days. The charge was eventually dismissed.

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White, suburban women seem skeptical of Trump WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — For Donald Trump to win the White House in November, he’ll need the votes of women like Elizabeth Andrus.

Yet Andrus, a registered Republican from Delaware, Ohio, sees “buffoonery” in the presumptive Republican nominee and says “I am not on the Trump train.” With all the trouble in the world, she went on, “you just don’t want Donald Trump as president.”

Her negative impression of Trump was shared by most of the dozens of white, suburban women from politically important states who were interviewed by The Associated Press this spring. Their views are reflected in opinion polls, such as a recent AP-GfK survey, that found 70 percent of women have unfavorable opinions of Trump.

Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign sees that staggering figure as a tantalizing general election opening.

While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close. Democrats think these women could open up opportunities for Clinton in North Carolina, where President Obama struggled with white voters in his narrow loss in the state 2012, and even in Georgia, a Republican stronghold that Democrats hope to make competitive.

Patty Funderburg of Charlotte voted for Republican Mitt Romney in 2012 but says she’s already convinced that Trump won’t get her vote.

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“He’s not who I’d want to represent our country,” said Funderburg, a 54-year-old mother of three.

Trump insists he’s “going to do great with women.” He’s also said he will link Clinton aggressively to past indiscretions with women by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

He made good on that pledge Monday, releasing an online video featuring a photo of the former president with a cigar in his mouth and statements that appear to come from women who have accused Clinton of sexual assault. Trump sent the video from his Twitter account with the message, “Is Hillary really protecting women?”

The businessman also has previewed an argument focused on national security, with echoes of the pitch that President George W. Bush successfully made to white suburban women during his 2004 re-election.

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For many of the women interviewed, the answer appears to be no.

Andrus, a Republican who nevertheless voted twice for Obama, praised Trump’s political skills and argued his business career indicates an intellect and ability that could benefit the nation.

But his temperament, she said, is somewhere between “buffoonery” and “complete narcissism.”

“It would be like having Putin for president,” she added, referring to Russia’s sometimes belligerent president, Vladimir Putin.

Erin Freedman, a 38-yearold from Reston, Virginia, said Trump scares her. While she’s an enthusiastic backer of Clinton’s primary rival, Bernie Sanders, she said she’d have no problem backing the former secretary of state against Trump in a general election.

Even some reluctant Trump supporters say they want him to dial back the braggadocio and caustic insults and engage people more seriously.

“He’s the nominee, so I’ll

Press recently. “They want to have a strong military; they want to have strong borders.

They don’t want crime.”

He said “Hillary is viewed poorly on that.”

Not so in the AP-GfK poll.

About 40 percent of women surveyed said Clinton would be best at protecting the country and handling the threat posed by the Islamic State group, and about 30 percent said Trump.

Throughout the primary, Clinton has talked about policies meant to appeal to women: equal pay, expanded child care, paid family and medical leave and more.

And Trump has his own complicated past regarding women and has faced criticism for his actions both in his personal life and at his businesses toward them.

He’s vigorously defended his treatment of women, as has his daughter Ivanka Trump, who said her father “has total respect for women.”

A super political action committee backing Clinton has released its first television

vote for him,” said Renee Herman, a 45-year-old from Sunbury, Ohio, who preferred retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and her home-state governor, John Kasich, in the GOP primary field. “But it’s time we get past all this showmanship and hear from him what he actually wants to do and his plans for how to do it.”

Trump’s best opening is that Clinton, who is on the cusp of clinching her party’s nomination, would enter the November race with a majority of Americans taking a dim view of her candidacy. Fiftyfive percent have a negative view of Clinton, including 53 percent of women, in the APGfK poll.

“Anybody but Hillary,” said Carolyn Owen, a 64-year-old educator from Clayton, North Carolina, near Raleigh. She said Trump wasn’t her first choice, “but it’s better than the alternative.”

While Obama won the support of women overall in his two White House campaigns, white women have increasingly been shifting toward the Republican Party in recent elections. Obama only won 42 percent of white women in 2012. Romney won 56 percent of white women, more than Bush and the party’s 2008 nominee, Sen. John McCain.

Clinton’s hopes will largely hinge on replicating Obama’s coalition of blacks, Hispanics and young people.

In both of his elections, Obama earned near-unanimous support from black women, while drawing the votes of roughly 7 in 10 Hispanic women.

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COMMENTARY

You are what you say you are

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ast year, I declared myself a springbok trapped in a human body. A springbok is a highly agile individual who is among the “least concern” species and resides in the southeastern part of the African continent. With such a declaration, some people will suggest that I Walter am suffering Williams from a condition known as species dysphoria, in which one thinks he is a wild animal trapped in a human body.

Species dysphoria is similar to gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person believes he is a woman trapped in a male body or a man trapped in a female body.

Many people will argue that I am in need of psychological counseling. I’d dismiss such a suggestion as animalphobia.

You might ask, “Williams, why in the world would you want to call yourself a springbok?” The reason is simple.

There is nothing in the Internal Revenue Code that says springboks have a federal tax obligation. If government officials were to demand taxes, I would ask the U.S. Department of Justice to intercede, plus they would be reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

In these modern times, reality is coming to be seen as optional. Say you are a man and want to be able to check out the ladies’ bathroom. You simply say you have transgendered yourself and are a lady.

At schools, you could visit the ladies’ locker room and maybe even shower with the ladies.

In the interest of equality, these options would also be open to those who think they are men trapped in women’s bodies and have transgendered themselves into men.

Just as people are not bound by sex, they are not bound by race. Last year, Rachel Dolezal made national headlines. Both of her parents are white, but for eight years, Dolezal claimed that she was black. As a result of her deception, she became president of the Spokane, Washington, office of the NAACP and an instructor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University.

In Dolezal’s eyes, just as in the eyes of transgender people, the reality of DNA is not only irrelevant but also oppressive. Those who believe otherwise are seen as racist, homophobic or both.

Dolezal is not the only white woman who has benefited from racial fakery. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, sometimes

“‘Williams, why in the world would you want to call yourself a springbok?’ The reason is simple.

There is nothing in the Internal Revenue Code that says springboks have a federal tax obligation.’” called “Pocahontas,” claimed that she was of Cherokee Indian ancestry. That helped her land a job at diversity-hungry Harvard University as a professor of law. She described herself as a minority in the Harvard Law School directory. Not only was her greatgrandfather not a Cherokee as she claimed, but he was a white man who boasted of shooting a Cherokee Indian.

Personally, I don’t hold either Dolezal or Warren at fault for racial fakery. It was 1960, during my troubled time in the U.S. Army, when I faked my race. It was in Incheon, South Korea, where arriving soldiers were required to fill out a vital information form.

Where it asked for race, I checked off “Caucasian.” The chief warrant officer, in charge of inspecting the forms, queried me about my designation. I told him that if I put down “Negro” — as we called ourselves at that time — I’d get the worst job. The officer probably changed the designation; I didn’t.

The irrelevancy of DNA and being able to say what you are can lead to income-earning opportunities heretofore nonexistent. For example, the men’s fastest 100-meter speed is 9.58 seconds. The women’s record is 10.49. What about weaker male runners claiming womanhood and running in the women’s event and winning the gold?

Greater opportunities for fame and fortune exist in women’s basketball. It would only take a few tall men who claim they are women to dominate the game.

Some of the readers of my column are truly concerned and kind. One reader, upon reading last year’s column in which I claimed to be a springbok, warned, “Watch out for lions.”

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

Tons of baggage weighs Hillary down

BY VICTOR DAVIS HANSON From The National Review

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his year was supposed to be Hillary Clinton’s “turn,” after her humiliating loss in 2008 to Barack Obama. She has paid her dues as secretary of state for Obama. And the apparent Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, is written off by most pundits as a buffoon without a chance in the general election. Yet, Clinton’s campaign continues to be dismal, and is getting worse — to the point where socialist Bernie Sanders polls better against Trump than does Hillary Clinton. How can that be?

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into broad support in 2008.

Clinton’s candidacy was to be in antithesis to Trump’s “war on women” crudity.

But 2016 is not 1999, and Hillary is being hoist on her own petard by pandering to the new campus ethos that to accuse a man of sexual assault is to convict him — and that to stand by without vocal support for the accuser is an even worse sin. By her own new standards, then, her husband’s goatishness and her enabling of his sometimes coercive sexual behavior prove both guilty in the court of 21st-century gender jurisprudence.

1) THE E-MAIL SCANDAL

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Although the FBI has not finished its investigation and sent its results and recommendations to the Obama Justice Department, most of the media and public have learned enough about the email/server scandal to conclude that had any mid-level State Department or intelligence-agency employee emulated Hillary Clinton’s use of a private unsecured server — along with serial denials and lying about such use — he would have been fired and prosecuted.

Bill Clinton is as undisciplined as Trump, and seems intent on replaying his disastrous Freudian role from the 2008 campaign, when his reckless lecturing made it sometimes unclear whether he was not deliberately trying to sabotage his wife’s candidacy. This time around, he reappears on the campaign trail as a wraith-like Dorian Gray figure, as if all his sins are written on his face and audible in his raspy voice, rather than being confined to a portrait in the attic. One day he can gratuitously trash the Czechs and the Poles, the next Obama himself by references to the good old days of his own administration in comparison to “the last eight years.”

2) THE CLINTON CASH SHAKEDOWNS The Clintons left the White House broke, by their own admission, in 2001 and are now worth more than $100 million — lucre apparently predicated on the degree to which corporations and foreign governments believed that the phoenix-like couple would once again return to power, and would remain true to character as punishers of non-contributors and abettors of donors.

3) OUR FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT Hillary Clinton envisioned her candidacy as a trailblazing presidential precedent in the same way that Obama parlayed his racial ancestry

5) OBAMA No candidate of the same party as the incumbent president quite knows how to run. The result is often mush, like the 1988 sloganeering of a “kinder, gentler nation” by George H. W. Bush, who yet alone, after Truman, in the postwar era pulled off a 12-year continuum. In Hillary’s case, she does not seem to want to run on Ben Rhodes’s foreign policy, Jonathan Gruber’s Obamacare, Lois Lerner’s IRS, Lisa Jackson’s EPA,

Eric Holder’s Justice Department or Barack Obama’s racial healing. And yet she needs Obama’s hard-left base. So far she has rejected her 2008 Annie Oakley, Reagan-Democrat schtick, gambling that her Black Lives (alone) Matter and transgenderism pandering can ensure that she will match Obama’s historic share of the minority vote.

6) SANDERS Clinton thought Sanders would be a good warm-up fighter, in the fashion that Muhammad Ali used to fight chumps in between his landmark matches. But the 74-year-old Vermont socialist has eroded both Clinton’s youth vote and the proverbial rock-solid upscale singlewoman vote.

7) TRUMP Trump is many things. But he is not the fascist that neocons now rail against (their warnings of constitutional usurpation ironically far better apply to the concrete record of the last eight years, in which Obama has simply suspended enforcement of federal law whenever he found it politically convenient to do so, and either has turned government agencies — IRS, ICE, EPA, NSA, VA, NASA, the Secret Service — into rogue extensions of the White House or staffed them with partisan incompetents).

In truth, Trump has no delineated agenda, nor is he doctrinaire in the fashion of a 20th-century European demagogue. Instead, his message is unscripted bombast, and it runs on emotion, not ideology, geared not to some grand autocratic vision but to how to stay ahead of the 24-hour news cycle and channel and exploit the venom Americans feel for Washington elites.

The National Review contributor Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author, most recently, of The Savior Generals.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR 2-EVENT WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTED THE COMMUNITY’S TEAMWORK Three weeks ago, the YMCA of Sumter hosted two major events in one weekend: the second annual South Carolina Bodybuilding Championships and the inaugural Base2Base Race.

Each event in itself is a huge undertaking that required hundreds of hours of preparation. The Y would like to extend its gratitude to the many sponsors, agencies, vendors, volunteers and participants who made this a successful weekend like no other.

In honor of military appreciation month, the Base2Base was a unique challenge that involved two military installations, two counties, two sheriff’s

departments, medical transport, a major highway and transportation considerations. The Y is appreciative to McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Shaw Air Force Base volunteers for their support and participation in the event. The sheriff’s departments and emergency medical services from Richland and Sumter counties, and Sumter School District provided a safe passage for the runners along the 21mile route.

A huge thank you goes to all of the tireless volunteers and staff who ensured that water stations were provided, mile-marker signs were placed, photographs were taken, finish-line activities were present and cheerleaders

were encouraging runners along the course.

For our inaugural race, not only did competitors from the Sumter/Columbia area participate, but several folks traveled from North Carolina and Florida to experience this distinctive race.

The overall winner of the Base2Base was Jake Reed, 26, of Shaw with a time of 2:25:20. Eddie Lopez, 23, of Sumter finished second with a time of 2:48:03, and Dave McInnis, 55, finished third at 2:57:18.

The first place female finisher was Samantha Wiegand with a time of 3:08:11. Team Code Blue (Darrell Brown and Alex McDonald of Columbia) won the two-person relay division

with a time of 2:40:47.

All proceeds from the event benefit the Y’s Warriors to Wellness program that provides upgraded services and free or reduced program fees for our military families. We are proud to support our men and women in uniform and desire to provide a place where they can be mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually strong.

MISSY REESE YMCA of Sumter Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Sumter Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

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Decades after death in WWII, a son of New Orleans returns

BY REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating finally came home to his native New Orleans after his remains were discovered on the Pacific island where he died in 1942.

It’s a journey long in the making.

Keating’s nephew, Nadau “du Treil” Michael Keating Jr., was only 6 months old when his 28-year-old uncle was killed Dec. 5, 1942. The private died at a place that came to be known as the Huggins Roadblock on the island of New Guinea just north of Australia — part of the bloody campaign to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific theater.

But the nephew remembers his grandmother’s message to him when he was just 12 years old and she was on her deathbed.

“She said, ‘I want you to remember to please find Earl with your Dad. Help your dad find Earl,’” he said.

Pvt. Keating was part of a group manning the roadblock when it came under withering attacks by the Japanese. The group repelled the onslaughts but suffered heavy casualties, including Keating and fellow Pvt. John H. Klopp, 25, also of New Orleans. Fellow soldiers buried them together.

But for Keating’s mother back home, the loss of one of her three sons never left. She wrote the military repeatedly, beseeching them to find her son’s remains, and the family

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Family member Sue duTreil pays her respects at the casket containing remains of Army Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating after it arrived at Schoen Funeral Home in New Orleans on Monday. More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Keating’s remains have finally come home to his native New Orleans. frequently remembered him in prayers.

It wasn’t until decades later that the younger Keating Jr., who lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, was able to answer that deathbed request with the help of villagers in Papua New Guinea. A villager out hunting came across the remains of the two men and some personal effects.

“He dug around and found a helmet and some artifacts such as the dog tags,” said Tyler Lege, Michael Keating’s young nephew. Word that

some remains and effects had been found was eventually passed along to the U.S. military, which sent a team to investigate.

The U.S. military runs an extensive effort to recover the remains of missing troops from conflicts around the world. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency investigates reports of service members missing in action from Vietnam, World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts. There are 82,729 people unaccounted for from all con-

flicts, according to the organization’s website. Yet troops from World War II make up the vast majority — 73,159.

To help identify Keating’s remains, the U.S. military needed more DNA, Keating said, a search that eventually led him about a year and a half ago to Tulane University where he tracked down a cousin, Sue duTreil. Both she and her brothers also provided DNA samples, and eventually the military was able to positively identify the remains.

“I’m so glad that he’s getting the attention that he deserves. He went through a lot from what we’ve learned,” Sue duTreil said. “I wasn’t born yet when Earl died, and du Treil was only 6 months old, but somehow we have become the ones to help bring him home.”

Pvt. Keating will actually be buried in two places. Some of his remains were so intertwined with that of his friend, Pvt. Klopp, that they were buried side by side with Klopp’s remains at Arlington National Cemetery in March.

The remains that were positively identified as Keating’s arrived Monday.

The family planned an extensive ceremony to honor their long-lost relative.

The remains were met at the airport by family and a U.S. military honor guard and transported to the funeral home where an opera singer sang “Amazing Grace.”

During the Saturday funeral services, Keating plans to read a letter written by his father to Pvt. Keating; it was never read by the young soldier because he died before it arrived. Instead the letter was stamped “Deceased” and returned to sender. After the funeral service, the soldier’s remains will be driven by the city’s World War II museum where the American flag will be lowered to half staff and taps sounded before the procession continues to the cemetery.

“It’s a lifelong promise of my parents and my grandparents, and it’s being completed, and it’s a great, great honor for me to be able to do this,” Keating said.

Help restore Rome’s ruins, monuments

BY FRANCES D’EMILIO The Associated Press ROME — Friends, Romans, countrymen! Oh yes, and countrywomen. And people in far-flung nations. Everyone, basically. Rome is seeking all the sponsors it can find to fund the monumental job of restoring and maintaining its hundreds of fountains, statues, archaeological sites and historic palazzos.

Perennially short of money to properly care for the sprawling, two-millennia legacy of art and history, city officials on Tuesday offered their thanks to corporate sponsors of ambitious restoration projects.

Among them are luxury goods companies Fendi, which has been sponsoring work to restore splendor to several famed fountains, including a tourist favorite, Trevi, from the ravages of pollution and pigeons; and Bulgari, which is sponsoring restoration of the Spanish Steps in the heart of Rome’s most chic shopping district.

Officials said the nation of Azerbaijan has helped to restore a room of the Capitoline Museums, while lighting that has made the boulevard flanking the Imperial Forums a popular romantic evening stroll was paid for by Unilever and Acea, a local utility company.

But Rome is hungry for more such generosity, corporate and otherwise. On Tuesday, officials launched a campaign called “100 proposals for patrons,” listing projects they hope sponsors — including rank-and-file citizens — will step forward to “adopt.” They include fountains near the Pantheon, in Piazza Navona and in Villa Borghese park; Trajan’s Bath, Trajan’s Forum and archaeological study of an area near Caesar’s Forum.

One proposed “adoption” is at City Hall’s front steps: the piazza atop a stepped ramp designed by Michelangelo.

Modern-day versions of Renaissance merchant princes like the Medici could also mean long-closed monuments, like the Mausoleum of Augustus, might open to tourists.

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It’s time to to lay off of Holbrook

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Stronger by the inning Offense erupts late as P-15’s shake off early rust to beat Jets 12-2 by justin driggers justin@theitem.com

Prior to the start of the 2016 college baseball season, if University of South Carolina fans would have been offered a Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title and a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament no questions asked, close to, if not, 100 percent of them would have accepted it.

A small, but very vocal, contingent would have ofDennis fered a disBrunson claimer with their decision. “We better take what we can get right now because with Chad Holbrook as head coach it’s hard to believe the team can do it otherwise.”

Of course, here the Gamecocks are SEC East champions, the tournament’s No. 2 seed and a likely top eight national seed in the NCAA tournament. And the fans didn’t have to make a deal with the devil for it to happen.

Still, there are those out there who refuse to give Holbrook credit for turning things around immediately after a horrible — for Carolina standards — ’15 season. There always have been whiners, naysayers, complainers, haters.

Whatever you want to call them, and there always will be.

Only now with all of the social media outlets available, they have the opportunity to be more vocal and spew their vitriol to more people.

Holbrook has taken a team mainly of newcomers with any significant playing time or time on the mound and molded it into one of the top teams in the country. If you try to do debate that fact, you make yourself look very ignorant.

Does that mean you can’t question the moves made by the head coach? Certainly not;

With the high school playoffs running late, Tuesday was the first time the Sumter P-15’s had truly seen live pitching.

“We didn’t get our team totally together until Sunday night,” head coach Steve Campbell said. “We were a little rusty tonight and need some major tune-ups in some areas, but all in all, it was a good start to the season.”

The P-15’s finished a lot stronger than they started.

Todd Larrimer and Brandon Spittle each collected three hits and drove in three runs as Sumter exploded for 10 runs over the last four innings and rode starter Rylan Willamson’s strong outing to a 12-2 victory over Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 in eight innings on Tuesday at Riley Park.

It was the season opener for the P-15’s while the Jets were coming off three games at the Florence Invitational. The two teams play again tonight at Thomas Sumter Academy at 7:45 p.m. before returning to Riley on Thursday for a 7 p.m. game.

“We stole eight bases and got 11 hits so I think we did pretty well for the first time out,” Campbell said.

Williamson allowed just two runs on six hits in seven strong innings. He struck out five and walked none.

“I can’t say enough about the young man,” Campbell said. “He threw strikes and pounded the zone. He was in command of his pitches pretty much.”

Sumter took advantage of nine walks and three hits batters by Jets pitching, but Post 175 head coach Gene Durant saw improvement from his team nonetheless. The game was tight for five innings and

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auto racing

Holloway earns Super Street win

By CODY TRUETT Special to the Sumter Item Terrell Holloway picked up a hard-fought victory in the Super Street division to highlight racing action at Sumter Speedway on Saturday.

As the Super Street feature began, Robbie Disher shot into the lead with Justin Timmons second and Michael Butler third. As the race stayed green, Disher began to open up a lead over the rest of the field.

Holloway worked his way around both Butler and Timmons to move up to second and set his sights on a distant Disher. Lap after lap, Holloway closed the gap between himself and Disher. Finally, Holloway pulled along side Disher and challenged him for the top spot.

The two raced side by side in turns 3 and 4, with neither driver conceding an inch. Holloway nudged Disher high in the exit of Turn 4 and powered his way around him to take over the lead. Holloway cruised on from there to pick up the win with Disher in second and Timmons third. Greg Murphy was fourth with Ken Appleton fifth, Tony Terry sixth, Shannon Munn seventh, Kevin Turner eighth and Butler ninth.

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Sumter shortstop Dawson Price throws to first during the P-15’s 12-2, 8-inning victory over DalzellShaw on Tuesday at Riley Park.

The starting time for today’s American Legion baseball game between Sumter Post 15 and DalzellShaw Post 175 has been moved from 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. due to a scheduling conflict with Lakewood High School’s athletics banquet.

The game will be played at Thomas Sumter Academy’s General Field in Dalzell.

Manning-Santee looks to develop team chemistry

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

City, Williamsburg Academy (in Kingstree) as well as all of the Clarendon County schools The Manning-Santee Ameri- we draw from. Building chemcan Legion Post 68 baseball istry and cohesiveness are team finally had its first prac- very important.” tice with every member in atWilliam Ard of East Clarentendance on Monday. Of don is the only player on the course, there was a good reateam with extensive Legion exson for that as Laurence Man- perience. He will start on the ning Academy won the SCISA mound today against Camden 3A state championship on Sat- and will man one of the corurday. ner infield positions when he’s Manning put another fullnot on the mound. squad practice under its belt Conner Floyd of Carolina on Tuesday, and now it opens will handle most of the coachits League III schedule today ing chores with Manning High at the Manning High School School’s Eric Johnson spelling field against Camden at 7 p.m. him. Johnson and Buddy “We’ve just gone over the Bleasdale of LMA will be in nuts and bolts stuff,” said first- the mix at third base year Post 68 head coach SpenLMA’s Taylor Lee and Logan cer Jordan, who takes over a Smith of Williamsburg will team that was 9-14 last season. see time at both shortstop and “We feel like since a lot of second. The Swampcats’ Dawthese guys just got through son Hatfield will also vie for playing that they’ll be able to playing time at second. Scott keep things going.

Timmons of Carolina, Mat“Our biggest issue (to begin thew Corbett of Clarendon with) is team chemistry,” he Hall and Brent Jordan of LMA added. “We’ve got kids from See CHEMISTRY, Page B3 Carolina Academy in Lake

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William Ard will start on the mound for Manning-Santee Post 68 today in its American Legion League III opener against Camden today at 7 p.m. at the Manning High baseball field.

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Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan (10) and Kyle Lowry (7) celebrate Monday’s 105-99 win over Cleveland in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals in Toronto. Toronto evened the series at 2-2 with the win.

Cavaliers lose series lead, invincible aura to Raptors

By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Upon their return from Canada, the Cavaliers had nothing to declare at U.S. Customs.

Their lead in the Eastern Conference finals had already been confiscated.

Cleveland was stripped of its dominance and a 2-0 advantage during a long weekend in Toronto, where the growing-confident-by-theshot Raptors, propelled by a crowd and city that believes they can make the NBA Finals, won two straight.

“They flipped the script on us,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said.

After being throttled by a combined 50 points in Games 1 and 2, the Raptors turned a series that began with blowouts into a bestof-3, winner-take-all slugfest.

There wasn’t supposed to be

a Game 5, and now there will be a Game 6 as well.

Unable to contain Toronto All-Star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan from scoring or keep Raptors super sub Bismack Biyombo off the boards, the Cavs have put themselves in a predicament.

Gone is their entire margin for error, some of their swagger and any aura of invincibility that surrounded them after reeling off 10 straight wins to open the postseason.

And as the teams prepared for Game 5 on Wednesday, the pressure has swung back on LeBron James and the Cavs, who spent Tuesday in film sessions breaking down went wrong during their visit to Toronto.

There was plenty to process from Monday’s 105-99 loss.

Cleveland came out flat, falling behind by 16 in the

first half and relying too much on its 3-point shooting, which has suddenly gone as cold as a Saskatchewan winter.

The Cavs fought their way back using a smaller lineup that didn’t include the suddenly struggling Kevin Love, but they didn’t have enough down the stretch as costly defensive lapses — and terrific shot-making by Lowry and DeRozan — helped the Raptors even the series.

No offense to rapper Drake and Toronto’s rowdy fans, but Lue was happy to escape “We The North.”

“Now it’s our chance to come back, get some home cooked meals and have a chance to play in front of our home crowd,” he said.

James, who logged 46 minutes in Game 4, did not speak to the media on Tuesday, choosing to stay far from the view of reporters and cameras.

TODAY 10:30 a.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Five from Hoover, Ala. – Vanderbilt or Missouri vs. Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK).

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

1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Washington or Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (MLB NETWORK).

1:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Six from Hoover, Ala. – Mississippi or Georgia vs. South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Four from Durham, N.C. – Georgia Tech or Boston College vs. Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. – Amateur Golf: U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship Semifinal Matches and Final Match from Mamaroneck, N.Y. (FOX SPORTS 1).

5:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Seven from Hoover, Ala. – Kentucky or Alabama vs. Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Golf: NCAA Women’s Golf Championships Team Match Play Final Match from Eugene, Ore. (GOLF).

6 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West from San Bernardino, Calif.

(NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

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

7 p.m. – College Baseball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Game Five from Durham, N.C. – Wake Forest or Duke vs. Louisville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at New York Yankees or Colorado at Boston (MLB NETWORK).

7:15 p.m. – American Legion Baseball: Sumter at Dalzell-Shaw (WWHM-FM 92.3, WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290).

8 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. Ecuador from Frisco, Texas (ESPN2, UNIVISION).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Five – Toronto at Cleveland (ESPN).

8:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Game Eight from Hoover, Ala. – Louisiana State vs. Tennessee vs. Florida (SEC NETWORK).

9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final Series Game Six – St. Louis at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

MLB Standings

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN League East Division

Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay New York Toronto Central Division

Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Minnesota West Division

Seattle Texas Los Angeles Oakland Houston

W L Pct GB 26 16 .619 — 27 17 .614 — 21 22 .488 5½ 21 22 .488 5½ 22 24 .478 6 W L Pct GB 27 19 .587 — 23 20 .535 2½ 23 21 .523 3 22 22 .500 4 11 33 .250 15 W L Pct GB 26 18 .591 — 25 20 .556 1½ 21 24 .467 5½ 20 26 .435 7 17 28 .378 9½

Monday’s Games

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Bradley extends hitting streak to 28 BOSTON — Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his hitting streak to 28 games with a second-inning double Tuesday night against the Colorado Rockies.

It’s the longest hitting streak in the majors this season and tied with Wade Boggs (1985) for BRADLEY the fifth-longest in Red Sox history. Dom DiMaggio holds the franchise record with a 34-game streak in 1949.

DiMaggio’s brother, Joe, hit in 56 straight games in 1941 for the major league record.

Bradley, a former South Carolina star, lined the first pitch he saw from Jorge De La Rosa into left field to keep the streak going.

Boston went on to win 8-3.

Brewers 2

allowed two hits in five shutout innings, Hank Conger hit a two-run single and the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday to snap a threegame slide.

Giancarlo Stanton hit his 12th home run for Miami, snapping a 6-for-57 drought.

Derby winner Nyquist out of Belmont

NEW YORK — Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist won’t run in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, after developing a fever and having an elevated white blood cell count, trainer Doug O’Neill said.

“He’s out because of sickness,” O’Neill said Tuesday.

Any thoughts of a second straight Triple Crown were wiped in the Preakness on Saturday when Exaggerator finally defeated Nyquist after four previous losses.

A rematch in the Belmont Braves 1 on June 11 would have been ATLANTA — Scooter Gen- the next best thing to a Trinett’s tiebreaking single in ple Crown attempt. Last the eighth inning lifted the year, American Pharaoh beMilwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 came the first horse in 37 victory over Atlanta on years to sweep the Derby, Tuesday night.

Preakness and Belmont.

With two outs in the Professors weigh in on eighth, Bud Norris (1-6) walked Jonathan Villar, who Brady appeal NEW YORK — Nearly two stole second base. Gennett dozen engineering and physthen lined a single to right ics professors weighed in field. Villar scored as Nick Markakis’ throw to the plate Tuesday with a federal appeals court being asked to from right field was up the review New England Patrithird-base line. ots quarterback Tom Ryan Braun’s eighth Brady’s four-game suspenhomer gave the Brewers a sion for “Deflategate.”

1-0 lead in the fourth.

Papers filed with the 2nd Atlanta’s Julio Teheran U.S. Circuit Court of Apset a personal high with 12 peals said these experts bestrikeouts while allowing lieve the 2nd Circuit’s ruling one run in seven innings. upholding the suspension Rays 4 lacks any scientific proof Marlins 3 and the appeals judges MIAMI — Jake Odorizzi should reconsider an April

decision that reinstated Brady’s suspension.

“In the name of science, we support the petition for rehearing,” the papers said.

The documents said it was no surprise to any scientist when the NFL discovered that the Patriots’ footballs had lost pressure when New England routed the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the 2015 AFC Championship game.

They said deflation happens naturally when a closed vessel such as a football moves from a warm environment to a cold one.

Former NFL star Smith had CTE BOSTON — Former NFL defensive end Bubba Smith was diagnosed with the brain disease CTE by researchers after his death, the Concussion Legacy Foundation said Monday.

Smith died in 2011 at 66.

He is one of 90 former NFL players diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy since 2008 at a brain bank affiliated with Veteran Affairs, Boston University and the foundation.

Out of four stages of the disease, the foundation says Smith had stage 3 CTE. Other former NFL players diagnosed with CTE include Hall of Famers Frank Gifford, Ken Stabler, Mike Webster and Junior Seau.

Smith later became an actor and is best known for playing Moses Hightower in the “Police Academy” movies.

Also Tuesday, doctors have reportedly concluded that BMX rider Dave Mirra, who took his own life in February, suffered from the brain disease CTE. From wire reports

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 6, 1st Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6 L.A. Angels 2, Texas 0 Kansas City 10, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd Oakland 5, Seattle 0

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3 Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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

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

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Kansas City (Gee 1-1) at Minnesota (Duffey 1-3), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 3-2) at Texas (Lewis 3-0), 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-3), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Wilson 2-2) at Houston (McHugh 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Neal 0-0) at Seattle (Iwakuma 2-4), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

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

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

National League East Division

Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Atlanta Central Division

Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

W L Pct GB W L Pct GB 27 18 .600 — 26 18 .591 ½ 25 20 .556 2 23 22 .511 4 12 31 .279 14 W L Pct GB 29 14 .674 — 24 19 .558 5 24 21 .533 6 18 26 .409 11½ 15 30 .333 15 W L Pct GB 28 19 .596 — 23 23 .500 4½ 21 22 .488 5 21 25 .457 6½ 19 27 .413 8½

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1 Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4 Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 1, San Diego 0

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay 4, Miami 3 Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets (Matz 6-1) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-3) at Detroit (Sanchez 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-0) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-4), 1:45 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 2-6) at San Francisco (Peavy 1-5), 3:45 p.m.

Arizona (De La Rosa 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Boston (Wright 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-0), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Guerra 3-0) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Straily 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 3-3), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

NBA Playoff Schedule

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland 2, Toronto 2 May 17: Cleveland 115, Toronto 84 May 19: Cleveland 108, Toronto 89 May 21: Toronto 99, Cleveland 84 May 23: Toronto 105, Cleveland 99 May 25: at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. x-May 27: at Toronto, 8:30 p.m. x-May 29: at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City 2, Golden State 1 May 16: Okla. City 108, Golden State 102 May 18: Golden State 118, Okla. City 91 May 22: Okla. City 133, Golden State 105 May 24: at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m.

May 26: at Golden State, 9 p.m. x-May 28: at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. xMay 30: at Golden State, 9 p.m.

NHL Playoff Schedule

By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 2 May 13: Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 May 16: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT May 18: Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2 May 20: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3 May 22: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3. OT May 24: at Tampa Bay 8 p.m. x-May 26: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

San Jose 3, St. Louis 2 May 15: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 May 17: San Jose 4, St. Louis 0 May 19: San Jose 3, St. Louis 0 May 21: St. Louis 6, San Jose 3 May 23: San Jose 6, St. Louis 3 May 25: at San Jose, 9 p.m. x-May 27: at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

WNBA standings

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Atlanta 2 1 .667 — Indiana 2 1 .667 — New York 2 1 .667 — Chicago 1 2 .333 1 Connecticut 1 2 .333 1 Washington 1 3 .250 1½ WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 3 0 1.000 — Minnesota 3 0 1.000 — Dallas 3 1 .750 ½ Seattle 1 2 .333 2 Phoenix 0 3 .000 3 San Antonio 0 3 .000 3

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Atlanta 85, New York 79 Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Los Angeles at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Washington at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the contract of LHP Ashur Tolliver from Bowie (EL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent LHP Eduardo Rodriguez to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Erik Johnson and 3B Carlos Sanchez to Charlotte (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned RHP Danny Reynolds outright to Arkansas (TL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Claimed RHP Layne Somsen off waivers from Cincinnati and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Sent DH Alex Rodriguez to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Designated LHP Brian Matusz for assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Jordan Lyles to Albuquerque (PCL).

Reinstated LHP Jorge De La Rosa from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Chin-hui Tsao on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Optioned RHP Ross Stripling to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled LHP Luis Avilan and RHP Mike Bolsinger from Oklahoma City.

MIAMI MARLINS — Sent LHP Mike Dunn to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Sent 2B Wilmer Flores to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP A.J. Schugel from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jarrett Parker from Sacramento (PCL).

BASKETBALL

WNBA NEW YORK LIBERTY — Signed F Swin Cash for the remainder of the season.

F0OTBALL

National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LB Reggie Ragland.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR David Richards.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed WR Leonte Carroo and TE Thomas Duarte.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WRs Robert Herron and Nathan Palmer.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed S John Lowdermilk on the reserve/ retired list.

COLLEGE

CHATTANOOGA — Announced junior men’s basketball G Andrew Fleming is transferring from Iowa.

ILLINOIS — Dismissed junior G Kendrick Nunn from the men’s basketball team.

PRINCETON — Named Kerry Kittles men’s assistant basketball coach.

PURDUE — Announced sophomore F Vince Edwards has withdrawn from the NBA draft.

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Sumter’s Caleb Larrimore (6) arrives safely on second base as Dalzell-Shaw’s Gavin Melton attempts to catch the throw from the outfield during the P-15’s 12-2, 8-inning victory on Tuesday at Riley Park.

P-15’S

From Page B1 after falling behind 2-0, the Jets rallied to tie the P-15’s in the fourth.

“We kind of let it get away from us at the end,” Durant said. “But I couldn’t be any prouder of my team and they way they battled. I think we only had (five) strikeouts so we put the bat on the ball most of the time.

“They hit the ball when they needed to hit the ball. We didn’t get the key hits in a couple of situations when we had

opportunities to score.”

Sumter put a run on the board in the first inning, but could only take advantage of one of three free passes issued

by Jets starter Dayton Ingram.

Caleb Larrimore drew a 1-out walk and after an error and a fielder’s choice, came home on Jordan Holladay’s RBI groundout. The P-15’s loaded the bases afterwards, but could not push across another run.

Sumter added another run in the third. Holladay led off with a double to right field and came home next batter when Larrimer singled to left to

AMERICAN LEGION SCHEDULE Senior Teams

Sumter Tuesday, May 24 Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 at DalzellShaw, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 26 Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 28 Beaufort (DH), 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Monday, May 30 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31 at ManningSantee, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1 at ManningSantee, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 3 at Florence, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 6 at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 7 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8 at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 13 Camden, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 16 Camden, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

June 24-26 Palmetto Invitational at Riley Park, TBA Wednesday, June 29 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 1 Florence, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee Wednesday, May 25 Camden, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 25 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 30 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31 Sumter, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1 Sumter, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 6 Beaufort, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, June 13 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14 at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 16 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 20 at Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 Dalzell-Shaw, 7 p.m.

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

Monday, June 27 at Beaufort, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 30 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Dalzell-Shaw Tuesday, May 24 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25 Sumter, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 26 at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 30 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31 at Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 3 Orangeburg, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 6 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 7 Camden, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 9 at Camden, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 13 at Lexington, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14 at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 16 Lexington, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 20 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 at ManningSantee, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 ManningSantee, 7 p.m.

Junior Teams

Sumter Saturday, May 28 Beaufort (DH), 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31 Manning-Santee, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 2 at ManningSantee, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 3 Darlington, 7 p.m.

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

Thursday, June 9 Camden, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 10 Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14 South Florence, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15 Marlboro, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 16 at South Florence, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 17 at Hartsville, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21 Bishopville, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22 at Darlington, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 23 at Bishopville, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28 West Florence, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 29 at Marlboro, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 30 at West Florence, 7 p.m.

Manning-Santee Tuesday, May 31 at Sumter Thursday, June 2 Sumter Tuesday, June 7 at South Florence Tuesday, June 9 South Florence Tuesday, June 14 West Florence Thursday, June 16 at West Florence Tuesday, June 21 at Camden Thursday, June 23 Camden Tuesday, June 28 at Bishopville Thursday, June 30 Bishopville Bishopville Tuesday, May 31 South Florence Thursday, June 2 at South Florence Tuesday, June 7 West Florence Thursday, June 9 at West Florence Tuesday, June 14 at Camden Thursday, June 16 Camden Tuesday, June 21 at Sumter Thursday, June 23 Sumter Tuesday, June 28 Manning-Santee Thursday, June 30 at ManningSantee

drive him home.

Post 175 tied the game in the fourth. Gavin Melton led off with an infield single, He was sacrificed to second and took third on a wild pitch. Lenny Gonzalez then dropped a double into the left-center gap to plate Melton. Two batters later, Gonzalez came home when Eric Lisenby hit a bloop double to center field just past the diving glove of Spittle to knot the game at 2-2.

The P-15’s retook a 2-run lead next inning, however.

Holladay’s Riley chop single came with one out and stole second. Larrimer sent him to

third with a single and stole second to putt two runners in scoring position for Brandon Spittle. Spittle came through with a double that just stayed fair, hitting the chalk down the third base line as two runs scored to give Sumter a 4-2 lead.

Post 15 broke the game open next inning off new Post 175 pitcher Colin Kremer, who came on to finish off the fifth inning. Two 1-out walks and a hit batter loaded the bases.

Larrimer’s double brought home two runs and a third scored after a Jets error trying to cut down the second run at the plate. Spittle then picked

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are in the mix at first.

Jordan, who was the Dalzell-Shaw head coach almost two decades ago, likes the depth he has in the outfield.

“I feel very good about the strength of our outfield,” he said.

Charles McFarland of Lakewood High, LMA’s Morgan Morris, Williamsburg’s Hunter Robinson and Manning High’s Will Gardner are battling for jobs. Dale McGaw of Orangeburg

Christian will be in the mix both on the infield and outfield.

Jordan expects Ard, Floyd and Bleasdale to see a lot of time on the mound. Others who will see time are Lee, Morris, McGaw, Corbett and Gardner and Jordan left the door open to bringing some arms up from the Junior team at strategic times.

“You can never have enough pitching depth,” he said. “But I do feel like we do have pretty good depth and with us able to do the rosters the way we can there might be some days where

up his RBI in as many innings with a single to make it 8-2 Sumter after six.

The P-15’s ended things two innings later. Holladay led off with a double — his third hit of the night — and came home on Spittle’s third run-scoring hit of the night. Holladay wound up scoring four runs.

Another run scored on a wild pitch, Daquan Ingram was hit with the bases loaded to drive in another and Ryan Moore sent everyone home with an RBI single.

Christian Buford, Ingram and Trent Elmore also had hits for Dalzell-Shaw.

we can use the Junior players on days they’re not playing. I feel like we can get quality innings from a lot of people.”

Jordan is being helped by Manning High head coach Steve Crisanti, Matt Mays and Justin McArthur.

“I don’t really like the title of head coach,” Jordan said.

“Steve and I are doing this together to bring the community together. We want this to be a program for all of our community.

“We’ve got a great pitching coach in Matt and a good hitting coach in Justin.”

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Barnes to start ACC tourney opener for Clemson Scott Keepfer skeepfer@greenvillenews.com Clemson University’s baseball team will enter the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament play on Thursday morning on a roll, thanks in large part to plenty of solid pitching during the final few weeks of the reguLEE lar season.

The pitching staff was particularly effective during a three-game sweep at Notre Dame this past weekend, with Charlie Barnes, Clate Schmidt and Alex Eubanks turning in consecutive outstanding performances against the Fighting Irish.

Each of the starters went at least seven innings, and the

trio combined for a 0.77 earned run average and 22 strikeouts against just a single walk.

“It’s a turf field, and our emphasis going into the weekend was if you locate down in the strike zone and make them hit the ball on the ground, it’s extremely hard to get it out of the infield,” Clemson coach Monte Lee said.

“Charlie was aggressive with his fastball and Clate pitched the best game he’s pitched all year and Alex was very effective. We pitched to contact. We’ve been preaching that all year long and they’ve bought into being aggressive over the plate and if we get hit, we get hit. More times than not, hitters are going to get themselves out.”

The series win at Notre

Dame, in which the Tigers outscored the Irish 19-4, boosted the Tigers to a No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament, their RPI to No. 10 nationally and their ranking in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll to No. 15.

Clemson’s pitchers will have to be at their best in the tournament, as the Tigers (38-18) will face two of the more prolific offenses in the ACC in their first two games – defending national champion Virginia on Thursday and powerful Louisville on Friday.

The Cavaliers (36-18) rank fourth in the ACC with a .302 team batting average while the Cardinals (46-10) lead the league in almost all offensive categories, including average (.325), runs (428), slugging percentage (.491), RBIs (389) and on-base percentage (.405).

At this point, Lee knows only that Barnes, a sophomore left-hander who’s 5-4 with a 4.46 ERA, will start against Virginia. The remainder of the tournament games will come down to a mix of Schmidt, Eubanks and Pat Krall, the bullpen ace who’s 8-1 with a 1.29 ERA. “We’ll start with Barnes and then it’ll be TBA, TBA — just like we’ve been doing all year,” Lee said. “We’ll wait and see if we have to use Pat out of the bullpen in Game 1 and that will determine if we go with Schmidt, who’s been throwing very well, or start Pat Krall.

“We’re not looking ahead, we’re focused only on Virginia. It’s more about us — after Game 1, who’s our best matchup for Game 2? We could potentially use Eubanks, too.”

ACC Tournament Tuesday Game 1 – (10) Wake Forest 4, (7) Duke 3 Game 2 – (9) Georgia Tech 6, (8) Boston College 0 Today Game 3 – (5) N.C. State vs. (4) Florida State, 11 a.m.

Game 4 – (9) Georgia Tech vs. (1) Miami, 3 p.m.

Game 5 – (10) Wake Forest vs. (2) Louisville, 7 p.m.

Thursday Game 6 – (6) Clemson vs. (3) Virginia, 11 a.m.

Game 7 – (9) Georgia Tech vs. (4) Florida State, 3 p.m.

Game 8 – (5) N.C. State vs. (1) Miamia, 7 p.m.

Friday Game 9 – (6) Clemson vs. (2) Louisville, 11 a.m.

Game 10 – (10) Wake Forest vs. (3) Virginia, 3 p.m.

Game 11 – (9) Georgia Tech vs. (5) N.C. State, 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 12 – (10) Wake Forest vs. (6) Clemson, 11 a.m.

Game 13 – (4) Florida State vs. (1) Miami, 3 p.m.

Game 14 – (3) Virginia vs. (2) Louisville, 7 p.m.

Sunday Game 15 – Championship, noon

Citadel stays alive in SoCon GREENVILLE — Sumter’s Jacob Watcher got down a successful suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the game into extra innings before The Citadel’s Bret Hines won it with a 2-out RBI triple in the 10th to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 victory over Virginia Military Institute in a single-elimination game in the Southern Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Fluor Field.

The Citadel (17-40) will play top seed Mercer today at 12:30 p.m. In the double-elimination portion of the tournament.

Left-hander John Patrick Sears of Sumter started on the mound for the Bulldogs. He gave up a 2-run homer in the third, but finished with 10 strikeouts. He allowed five hits and four walks.

SEC

The Associated Press

South Carolina shortstop Marcus Mooney and the Gamecocks will begin play in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Ala., today against Mississippi. The Gamecocks will be trying to solidify themselves as a national seed.

Gamecocks to open SEC tourney against Ole Miss Willie T. Smith III wtsmith@greenvillenews.com COLUMBIA — After the University of South Carolina failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 16 seasons in 2015, baseball coach Chad Holbrook vowed to do everything possible to lift the program back to the heights it reached under former coach Ray Tanner.

The first part of the journey has been a success. The Gamecocks open the Southeastern Conference Tournament today against Mississippi as the No.2 seed. South Carolina is ranked No. 5 in RPI and No. 9 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll.

It is in position to earn a top eight national seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, which means it could play at home throughout the playoffs until the College World Series.

Despite a 42-13 record that includes a 20-9 mark in the SEC, USC will attempt to do something that has evaded it for years — even as Tanner was leading the team to CWS championships in 2010 and 2011 — have a successful stint in the SEC Tournament.

Carolina has won only four of its past 17 SEC tournament games. But, however it goes in Hoover, Alabama, Holbrook said he is pleased with the transformation of the program.

“We’ve played pretty consistent baseball all year

SEC tournament Today Game 1 – (6) Vanderbilt 7, (11) Missouri 0 Game 2 – (7) Ole Miss 5, (10) Georgia 1 Game 3 – (9) Alabama 5, (8) Kentucky 2 Game 4 – (5) LSU vs.

(12) Tennessee Wednesday Game 5 – (3) Texas A&M vs.

(6) Vanderbilt, 10:30 a.m.

Game 6 – (2) South Carolina vs.

(7) Ole Miss, TBD Game 7 – (1) Mississippi State vs. (9) Alabama, 5:30 p.m.

Game 8 – (4) Florida vs.

Winner Game 4, TBD Thursday Game 9 – Loser Game 5 vs.

Loser Game 6, 10:30 a.m.

Game 10 – Loser Game 7 vs.

Loser Game 8, TBD Game 11 – Winner Game 5 vs.

Winner Game 6, 5:30 p.m.

Game 12 – Winner Game 7 vs.

Winner Game 8, TBD Friday Game 13 – Winner Game 9 vs.

Loser Game 11, 4 p.m.

Game 14 – Winner Game 10 vs.

Loser Game 12, TBD Saturday Game 15 – Winner Game 13 vs.

Winner Game 11, 1 p.m.

Game 16 – Winner Game 14 vs.

Winner Game 12, TBD Sunday Game 17 – Winner Game 15 vs.

Winner Game 16, 3 p.m.

long,” he said. “We’ve had a few ups and downs here along the way, a couple tough series losses. But, all in all, it has been a pretty consistent group.

“We’ve pitched and we’ve played defense for the most part all year long. It has been a group that gets along well with each other and plays the game the right way.”

Holbrook credits many things for his team’s improvement. His list starts with a better work ethic and locker room decorum.

“I think we had a more co-

hesive locker room,” Holbrook said. “We had kids that held themselves accountable. They worked extremely hard in the offseason.

“They were very determined not to let it happen again. They understood the jersey they represented.”

While much of the Gamecocks’ success has been credited to several players in their first season on the team, the Gamecocks insist it has been a group effort.

“I think we’re just going to go out there and try to play baseball,” said catcher/designated hitter John Jones.

“Let the baseball take care of itself, the rankings and all that stuff. That’s what we’ve done all year.

“It got us an SEC East championship. None of us were thinking about that.

We were just out there playing baseball every day.

That’s what we plan on doing now, just keep going out there playing the same game, doing the same things and hopefully winning some games and getting a national seed.”

That attitude has Holbrook cautiously optimistic about what is ahead.

“I’ve felt good about this group since September,” Holbrook said. “That’s not going to change just because we got on a bus and went to Hoover. We’re going down there to play our best baseball and try to win some games and put ourselves in position to win the thing.”

Alabama 5 Kentucky 2 HOOVER, Ala. — Will Haynie hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth and Alabama beat Kentucky 5-2 Tuesday in the opening round of the SEC tournament. The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide (32-24) faces Mississippi State Wednesday.

ACC Georgia Tech 6 Boston College 0 DURHAM, N.C. — Tristan English, Matt Gonzalez and Trevor Craport each hit home runs to help Georgia Tech beat Boston College 6-0 on Tuesday in an ACC tournament play-in game. The ninth-seeded Yellow Jackets (36-20) advanced to Pool A play and will face No. 1 seed Miami today.

Wake Forest 4

Mississippi 5

Duke 3

Georgia 1 HOOVER, Ala. — J.B. Woodman tripled, doubled and drove in three runs Tuesday as No. 7 seed Mississippi defeated No. 10 seed Georgia 5-1 in the first round of the SEC tournament.

Ole Miss (41-16) will face No. 2 seed South Carolina (42-13) on Wednesday. Georgia (27-30) was eliminated.

DURHAM, N.C. — Stuart Fairchild homered and Wake Forest beat Duke 4-3 on Tuesday in an ACC tournament play-in game. The 10th-seeded Demon Deacons (33-23) will face second-seeded Louisville today in pool play.

Vanderbilt 7 Missouri 0

HOOVER, Ala. — Patrick Raby and two other pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout Tuesday as No. 6 seed Vanderbilt defeated No. 11 seed Missouri 7-0 in the SEC tournament.

Vanderbilt (42-15) faces No. 3 seed Texas A&M (41-13) on Wednesday. Missouri (26-30) was eliminated.

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that’s part of the fun of being a sports fan, and I’ve questioned some of Holbrook’s decisions along the way this season.

However, some of the statements that have been made on sports talk radio or viewed on social media sites about this team is borderline crazy.

Some fan(actic)s have been writing this squad off since the middle of the season and rain down withering criticism upon Holbrook.

You’ve got to think many of that ilk are just rabid supporters of USC and not baseball fans who understand the ebb and flow and nuances of the game. I’m not a baseball insider by a long stretch, but I know enough that baseball is different than other sports.

You’re not going to win every game in baseball, but if you win two of three you’re going to be pretty good. USC was 20-9 in the SEC; that’s two out of every three and that was good enough for an East title.

In other words, you’re going to go through ups and downs, yet listening to some it’s as if they expect an undefeated

BIG SOUTH Coastal Carolina 7 Radford 5 LEXINGTON — No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina scored all seven of its runs in its final three at-bats to beat No. 8 Radford 7-5 on Tuesday in the Big South Championship.

Coastal will play either No. 4 Gardner-Webb or No. 5 Presbyterian today at approximately 8 p.m.. Longwood beat Winthrop 8-6 in the other game.

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mark in the SEC. Please!!!

There is no other conference that is as strong as the SEC, yet you win only one of three on the road against Georgia and Kentucky and Holbrook is clueless and it’s time to ring the death knell for this team.

I don’t know what this week holds for South Carolina. One would hope the Gamecocks do better than they historically did under someone named Ray Tanner, who won two straight national titles and went to three straight national championship series prior to Holbrook.

A couple of victories should secure a top eight seed which would have USC at home for the regional and super regional, should it win the regional.

That’s not a given with Holbrook at the helm though. The last time USC hosted a regional it lost and it didn’t even make the tournament last year.

Don think someone isn’t out there making such a statement. Whether a national seed or just one of the 16 regional hosts, one can’t deny that Holbrook has led a major transformation in quick fashion. He recognized the problems and got the program back on track.

To say otherwise is wrong.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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By MIKE FITZPATRICK The Associated Press

The Associated Press

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell answers reporter’s questions following a vote that awarded the Super Bowl to Atlanta in 2019, Miami in 2020 and Los Angeles in 2021 at the NFL owners meeting in Charlotte on Tuesday.

Atlanta, Miami, L.A. to get Super Bowls

By STEVE REED The Associated Press

the lucrative financial reward of hosting a Super Bowl in return.

CHARLOTTE — If you Last year’s Super Bowl spend billions of dollars to was played in Santa Clara, build it, they will come.

California, after the 49ers Three times over. built a stadium. Minneapolis The NFL awarded Super will host a Super Bowl in Bowls to Atlanta, Miami and 2018 with a new stadium Los Angeles, three cities that that opens this season. made significant financial New York-New Jersey, Ininvestments in new stadidianapolis, Dallas and Deums or recently upgraded troit all received Super Bowl an existing one. Atlanta will bids in the past after spendhost the game in 2019, foling millions on new stadilowed by Miami (2020) and ums.

Los Angeles (2021), it was “It shows that the commuannounced Tuesday at the nities and the owners who NFL owners meetings. are willing to make these in“I think if they find guys vestments and stick their like me that are willing to do necks out, if you will, that it it, I think they want to show is worthwhile and they bethem that it is worthwhile,” lieve in them long term,” Rams owner Stan Kroenke Kroenke said. said.

Atlanta will host its first Atlanta will host its third Super Bowl since 2000, when Super Bowl, but the first at an untimely ice storm in the its new $1.4 billion stadium Southeast crippled festivities which opens in 2017. The by forcing cancellation of previous two were at the some hospitality events and Georgia Dome. making travel treacherous.

Miami will have its record- Atlanta subsequently lost setting 11th Super Bowl folbids to host the game in 2009 lowing a $450 million stadiand 2010, with some owners um renovation. saying at the time the ice Los Angeles, which gets storm was one of the reathe relocated Rams this sea- sons. But Falcons owner Arson, has not had a Super thur Blank’s new stadium Bowl in the area since 1993 put Atlanta back in the picin the Rose Bowl in Pasadeture. na. The game will be played Blank said he was at the new $2.6 billion stadi“screaming joy for the city um in Inglewood, California, of Atlanta and our fans” which opens in 2019. when he learned of the ownTampa Bay and New Orers’ decision. leans were also in the run“We feel like downtown ning to host a Super Bowl.

Atlanta is very unique and The selection of Atlanta, the stadium is unique,” Miami and Los Angeles Blank said. maintains the recent cycle Atlanta also will stage the of the league’s owners reCollege Football Playoff warding cities that have championship game in Janbuilt new stadiums or renouary 2018. vated existing facilities with The Miami area will move

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Garrett Williams picked up his first win at Sumter Speedway in the Extreme 4 division. Chelsea L’Huillier and Bubba Johnson looked to be the ones to beat in the early stages of the feature, but car trouble would burden both drivers, ending their nights early. Williams then grabbed the lead and cruised on to the victory.

John Ledwell came home second with Joey Wilkes third, Rusty Harrelson fourth, L’Huillier fifth and Johnson sixth.

Adam Hill continued his domination of the Stock V8 division, picking up his sixth consecutive victory. Hill started the feature from the front row and never looked back, leading flag to flag.

Walter Anderson was initially scored second, but a postrace altercation resulted in him being disqualified. That moved Cody Truett to second with Randy Creech third, Joe Cook fourth and Marty Horne fifth.

Banjo Duke put on a show in the Crate Late Model division, picking up another win in dominant fashion. Michael Brown came home second with Dillon Brown third, Jacob Brown fourth, Kale Green fifth, Larry Morse sixth and David Rourk seventh.

Justin Mintz held off multiple challenges from both Duke and Bubba Kolb on his way to another Stock 4 victory. Mintz battled it out with both Duke and Kolb as well as Travis Sharpe before finally taking the checkered flag. Duke came home second with Kolb third and

ahead of New Orleans, which has hosted 10 Super Bowls, when it stages its first title showdown since 2010. The area remains a popular venue because of its weather, ability to host big events and two major airports that help travel in and out of the city.

“The only thing that could be better is if we were playing in the game and winning it,” said Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.

Hall of Fame running Larry Csonka was an ambassador for the Miami bid.

Csonka said he was a “little nervous” at first talking to the owners, joking he probably should have hit something before walking into the room.

“The facts are indisputable,” Csonka said. “We have had 10 Super Bowls and they have been successful.”

The NFL has been eager to have a team in Los Angeles for quite some time and the Rams moved from St. Louis with Kroenke’s promise of a grandiose stadium — one that will be the most expensive in the league.

The reward was the area’s eighth Super Bowl overall, but first Super Bowl since 1993, when the Cowboys defeated the Bills 52-17 at the Rose Bowl. Five Super Bowls have been played at the Rose Bowl and two at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

“Los Angeles is built to host the Super Bowl,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “We helped forge this great American tradition as its very first host in 1967; and now, at long last, we’re bringing it back where it belongs.”

Ashley McHenry fourth.

Casey Bryan came home fifth with Sharpe sixth and Austin Mintz seventh.

Robbie Disher dominated the Street Stock main event, leading flag to flag. Matthew Hodge came home second with Kenny Locklear third and Ronnie Stephens Jr. fourth. Tim Landis came home fifth and Tim Roark was sixth.

Sumter Speedway will not be racing on Saturday.

The season will resume on Saturday, June 4, with an exciting night of racing on hand. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starting at 7.

Grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and pit passes are $20 for adults.

Active duty and retired military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge with proper military identification.

NEW YORK — Watching someone wait has rarely been so amusing.

Bartolo Colon will casually flip a baseball back and forth from bare hand to black glove, spinning it by the seams high off his fingertips as the next young hitter — perhaps 20 years his junior — struts toward home plate with serious intentions.

This happens on a major league mound, mind you, in the center of a stadium packed with 40,000 people.

And yet Colon, the roly-poly YouTube sensation wearing a New York Mets uniform, resembles the fill-in starter on any summer Sunday for some rec team in a men’s league playing at the public park.

Not a care in the world, it seems.

No fear of Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals.

“I really love pitching to those good batters,” Colon said through a translator last week.

“Even if they give me a good whack, I still enjoy just dueling it out with them.”

Baseball’s ageless ambassador of fun, Colon turned 43 on Tuesday a few hours after pitching the Mets to a 7-1 win at Washington.

He tossed seven crisp innings despite a stiff back that persuaded him to take precautions at the plate. So of course, Colon went right ahead and promised Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos he wasn’t going to swing all night.

And he didn’t.

Only you, Bartolo. Only you.

Not a boring bone in that body.

His latest birthday seems a fitting time to toast the many unique achievements of a modern-day throwback, a pitcher whose 19-year trek around the majors fills seven pages in the Mets’ media guide.

A quick refresher: — Colon has a Cy Young Award, three All-Star selections and 222 victories, most among active pitchers.

— He went 14 years between playoff wins, then became the

The Associated Press

New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon, a former Cy Young winner who has the most victories among active pitchers with 222, turned 43 on Tuesday.

oldest pitcher to lose a World Series game.

— He once threw 38 consecutive strikes in a game. Another time, it took him 20 pitches to strike out Ricky Gutierrez.

— He had a career-low 2.65 ERA at age 40, and set a career high with 31 straight scoreless innings at 42.

— He’s pitched for the Red Sox and White Sox, both New York teams, in the Cleveland cold and California sun (Angels and Athletics).

— And he’s the last Montreal Expo still playing in the majors.

Quite a career for this fan favorite, now the oldest player in the big leagues.

And whether you fancy his stunning home run in San Diego, that behind-the-back toss to first base or when he grabbed his ample belly on the bench with both hands, “Big Sexy” has become the ballplayer most likely to go viral these days.

“He’s a big kid, just like the rest of us,” said 23-year-old outfielder Michael Conforto, Colon’s youngest teammate on the Mets. “It’s always fun to see the joy he plays with and he’s always got a smile on his face. He’s a good energy to have around.”

He also became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first career home run when he connected May 7 against James Shields.

Area SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL Diamond Stackz Classic The Second Annual Diamond Stackz Classic basketball tournament will be held on Saturday at the Sumter High School gymnasium.

The tournament is being held in memory of former Sumter High School all-state basketball player Erick White. who drowned in the ocean at Myrtle Beach in May of 2015.

The money raised from the tournament will go to a senior high school basketball player with an exceptional academic record.

The 16-team tournament will begin at 10 a.m. Admission is $5 per person.

For more information, contact Sterling Ta’Bon at (803) 983-5838 or at Sbtabon1004@ email.campbell.edu.

SUMTER HIGH CAMP Sumter High School will have a basketball camp July 11-15 in its main gymnasium.

The camp will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day and is open to children ages 6-17. The cost is $35 per student.

Registration forms are available in the school’s main office or by calling SHS boys head coach Shawn Jones at (803) 467-3874.

FOOTBALL Do It Big 7-on-7 tournament The first Do It Big 7-on-7 We Ball 4 Destin football tournament will be held on Saturday, June 11, at Sumter High School.

The tournament is being held in memory of former Sumter High football player

Destin Wise, who died in an automobile accident in June of 2015. The tournament is being put on by Wise’s half-brother Mariel Cooper, an all-state performer at SHS who recently signed a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins.

For more information, contact Cooper at (803) 565-5360 or at weball4desting@gmail.com, Wanda Cooper at (803) 565-3955 or at cooperwanda517@yahoo. com, Travien Maple at (803) 406-5853 or Jodecy Hithe at (803) 542-4236.

SUMTER HIGH CAMP Sumter High School will have a football camp July 13-14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the school’s practice field.

The camp is open to children who have completed grades 2 through 7. The camp is free, but pre-registration is required by June 30.

Forms are available in the school’s main office or by calling SHS head coach Mark Barnes at (803) 481-4480.

GOLF Pars 4 Pets Tournament The fourth annual Par 4 Pets golf tournament will be held on Saturday, June 18, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The fee includes golf cart, lunch and beverages.

The field will be limited to the first 20 teams. The money raised will go K.A.T.’s Special Kneads.

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By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

PARIS — Even before Serena Williams quickly and easily seized control of her first-round match Tuesday, things were shaping up rather well for her at the French Open.

Williams’ bid for her 22nd Grand Slam title, which would equal Steffi Graf’s Open-era record, began with a nothing-to-see-here 6-2, 6-0 victory over 77th-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in all of 42 minutes.

Not that she wished it had been more of a workout.

“It was a little short for me, but I think in my career, if I don’t have it by now, I need to look into something different. So I’m OK — I’m OK with that,” said the top-seeded Williams, who took the last 10 games after a so-so start.

What happened earlier on Day 3 was more surprising — and perhaps

just as significant for the defending champion: Two of the top five seeded women exited the clay-court tournament.

No. 3 Angelique Kerber, who upset Williams in the Australian Open final in January, lost to 58thranked Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. And No. 5 Victoria Azarenka, one of the only other two women who defeated Williams this season, bowed out in the first round, too, stopping because of an injured right knee while trailing 4-0 in the third set against 118th-ranked Karen Knapp of Italy.

Williams could have faced Azarenka in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and Kerber in the semis.

But Azarenka’s knee buckled in the sixth game of the second set, and she started grimacing and limping. After the first point of the next game, she went to the sideline and requested medical attention, which Knapp didn’t think was fair.

OBITUARIES BRUCE BRUNSON SR. David “Bruce” Brunson Sr., 65, of Sumter, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey with family members by his side.

Born on Jan. 25, 1951, Bruce lived and worked all his life in the Sumter area. He retired from Santee Printworks after 36 years. He was a member of Bethesda Church of God, where he was a part of the praise band for many years.

BRUNSON Bruce is survived by his loving wife of 26 years, Wanda K. (Pritchard) Brunson; his mother, Sue (Odom) Brunson; and his children, Susie Brunson Scarborough (Jim), Betty Brunson Johnson (Bob), David Bruce Brunson Jr. (Amy), Blake Anderson (Karen), Craig Anderson and Mark Scarborough (Trina).

Bruce also was blessed to be a proud grandfather to Lacy, Cody, Faryn, Andrew, Evan, Zack, Hayleigh, April, Devon, Steven, Sara and Matthew; as well as a great-grandfather to five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a very special aunt, Louise Justice of Manning.

Bruce was preceded in death by his father, David Murray Brunson, as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Bethesda Church of God with the Rev. Al Sims officiating.

Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at 2057 Charleston Ave., Sumter, SC 29150.

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Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

LEEVONE FELDER Leevone “Disco Lee” Felder, 53, departed this life on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at his residence.

He was born on May 6, 1963, in Sumter, a son of Emma Jane Heyward Felder and the late Charlie Junior Felder.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of his sister, 460 Country Springs Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

JUANITA M. HAYWOOD PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Juanita “Nita” Maule Haywood, 82, died peacefully on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at The Haven of North Hills in Pittsburgh, sweetly holding the hand of her daughter Samantha.

Miss Nita was born on April 11, 1934, and graduated from Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. She and her husband, Sam, moved to Sumter in 1966 and made Sumter their home until moving to Pennsylvania last year to be closer to family. Nita was a member of Grace Baptist Church for 50 years. She adored children, and it

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“I don’t want to say anything bad about her,” Knapp said, “but we all know how she is.”

Azarenka managed to pull out the second set, but she eventually decided not to continue.

Serena’s older sister, No. 9 Venus, also won in straight sets, avoiding a second consecutive first-round Grand Slam loss — and a second consecutive first-round French Open loss. She spent a lot more time on court, needing nearly two hours to get past 82nd-ranked Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

The top-seeded man, Novak Djokovic, was not tested at all, defeating 95th-ranked Yen-hsun Lu 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. And Rafael Nadal was at ease in a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory over 100th-ranked Sam Groth.

No. 2 Andy Murray struggled, but eked out a 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 win over Radek Stepanek. He’ll be scheduled to play for a third consecutive day on Wednesday.

showed. She taught in the church preschool and could be found on any given Sunday loving and caring for the children of the church like they were her own. Children loved to go and see “Miss Nita” in the nursery. She always gave the biggest hugs and the greatest snacks. Nita was a longtime employee of JC Penney in Sumter Mall, where she worked tirelessly for 30 years.

Nita not only worked in the children’s department, for many longtime Sumterites, Nita was the children’s department. She knew most all of her customers (especially the children) by name. She made it a pleasure to shop. Nita was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; volunteered along with her fellow JC Penney coworkers at Habitat for Humanity; and donated her time to countless other charities throughout the years.

She was preceded in death by her love of 57 years, Dr. Samuel S. Haywood, on March 13, 2016.

Nita is survived and adored by her daughter Samantha, her son-in-law Matt, and her grandchildren, Halli, Jack and Caroline Larkin.

Nita was loved by all who knew her for her kind and generous spirit. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, wife, and friend. We were so blessed to have her in our lives, and the void she has left is overwhelming.

A graveside service will be held today at The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.

Memorials can be made to Grace Baptist Church in her honor.

Arrangements made by the

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Serena Williams cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Magdalena Rybarikova during her first-round match in the French Open on Tuesday in Paris.

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SHONTERRIO Q. BELLE ELLIOTT — Memorial service for Shonterrio Quantae Belle, who died on May 18, 2016, will be conducted at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Lee Central Middle School in Bishopville.

The family is receiving friends at 158 Freedom Ave., Elliott.

Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc., 130 McIntosh St., Lynchburg, is in charge of arrangements.

JUDY F. RENFROW ROYSE CITY, Texas — Judy Fertig Renfrow, 89, died peacefully on Sunday morning, May 22, 2016, at Royse City Health and Rehab, Royse City, where she resided.

Born in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, she was a daughter of Joseph and Bertha Moore Fertig, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Nathan, Randall and Eldon Fertig.

Ms. Renfrow worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C., during the closing years of World War II. For the remainder of her adult life, she resided in Walterboro and Sumter. She was a charter member of St. John United Methodist Church, where she also served as church secretary for several years.

Surviving are a daughter, Debbie Renfrow of Rockwall, Texas; a son, Fred Renfrow of Houston, Texas; five grandchildren, Patrick Hastings, Tim Renfrow, Trent Renfrow, Paula Church and Tara Lee; as well as 11 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to

St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Though our sorrow is deep, we take great comfort in knowing heaven has gained another angel. You lived a humble, full and Christian life. We will miss and love you always.

LAURA M. NELSON REMBERT — Laura McCray Nelson, 66, of Rembert, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.

Born in Camden, she was a daughter of the late Edward Joe and Alma Carroll McCray.

A Celebration of Life and homegoing services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Union Baptist Church, Rembert, with burial in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Nelson will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. for viewing.

Brown’s Funeral Home, Camden, is serving the Nelson family.

Memories and condolence may be shared online at http://www.brownsfhcamden. com/

JAMES HILTON MANNING — James Hilton, 63, husband of Deloris Anderson Hilton, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born on May 29, 1952, in Clarendon County, a son of the late Joe Hilton and Louise Hilton-Hilton.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 2950 Durant Lane, Manning.

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

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Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-00438 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, PLAINTIFF, VS. Jacqueline Robinson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Wayne Johnson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Ronald Sowell, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Polly J. Berry, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority; and The Village Subdivision,

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TO THE DEFENDANT(S) JACQUELINE ROBINSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF POLLY J. BERRY, DECEASED ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on March 07, 2016.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-00438 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, PLAINTIFF, VS. Jacqueline Robinson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Wayne Johnson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Ronald Sowell, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Polly J. Berry, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority; and The Village Subdivision, DEFENDANT(S).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by

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YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedures, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on March 7, 2016.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Anne Bell Fant, whose address is PO Box 796, Simpsonville, SC 29681, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, under other legal disability, or serving in the military, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, and for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, under a legal disability, or serving in the Military, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on the 22nd day of April, 2016.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendants above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Jerome G. Berry and Polly J. Berry to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, a South Carolina Company, dated April 6, 2011, recorded April 11, 2011, in the office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Sumter County, in Book 1153, at Page 224; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association by assignment instrument dated November 24, 2015 and recorded December 3, 2015 in Book 1217 at Page 371.

The description of the premises is as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 85 on plat of Section 2 of the Village Subdivision, prepared by H. S. Willson, RLS, dated October 22, 1975 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-37 at page 271; This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 487 Alpine Drive, Sumter, South Carolina and represented by Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 206-11-01-031.

Summons & Notice Polly J. Berry, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by virtue of a Deed from Mona Diaz dated March 23, 2011 and recorded April 11, 2011 in Book 1153 at Page 220 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

Subsequently, Jerome G. Berry died on May 19, 2011, leaving Polly J. Berry as the sole owner of the subject property. Subsequently, Polly J. Berry died intestate on July 2, 2015, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely Jacqueline Robinson, Wayne Johnson and Ronald Sowell, per public record. Subsequently, Polly J. Berry died intestate on or about 07/02/2015, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Jacqueline Robinson, Wayne Johnson and Ronald Sowell, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number NONE.

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TMS No. 206-11-01-031 Property address: 487 Alpine Drive Sumter, SC 29154 SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. Ronald C. Scott, SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley, SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant, SC Bar #78334 J. Harrison Rushton, SC Bar #100406 Vance L. Brabham, III, SC Bar #71250 Andrew M. Sullivan, SC Bar #100464 Jessica S. Corley, SC Bar #80470 James L. Williams, SC Bar #102408 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

This being the same property conveyed unto Jerome G. Berry and

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply

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Fantasy will open the 2016 4th Fridays on Main series this Friday. R&B, beach and Motown comprise much of their playlist.

Popular concert series begins this week

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ive bands, each playing different styles of music, will

play for Downtown Sumter’s 4th Fridays series this summer. Starting with the Motown, beach and rhythm-and-blues group Fantasy this Friday, the free concerts will be held on Main Street between Liberty Street and Hampton Avenue from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Fantasy’s five musicians play almost every type of music but classical, but with an emphasis on Motown and beach music, as they are based out of Myrtle Beach.

Listen for covers from such

artists as Marvin Gaye, the Drifters, Chairmen of the Board, The Tams and The Temptations; popular line dance numbers such as Cupid Shuffle, the Wobble and the Electric Slide; classic rock by the Beatles, Jimmy Buffet and Lenny Kravitz; and even a little country with some Garth Brooks, Alabama and a cover of Brooks and Dunn’s Boot Scoot Boogie.

In demand for festivals, weddings, cotillions and concerts, Fantasy has amassed dozens of enthusiastic reviews, most including that they are “great at getting their audience involved and out on the dance floor.”

If you’re attending the Sumter Iris Festival, Fantasy offers a perfect top-off for Friday evening.

Returning to Sumter on June 24 is Too Much Sylvia; last here in 2014, TMS entertained the crowd with a repertoire that spans the decades since the 1950s and includes plenty of music to shag to,

but also plays country, classic and contemporary rock, old standards, funk, disco, rhythm and blues and more.

Darrell Harwood and his band, who will be on the Main Street stage on July 22, were rained out last year.

Downtown Development Coordinator Leigh Newman said so many people were disappointed and Harwood is so popular, 4th Fridays arranged to book him as soon as possible. The China Grove, North Carolina, native sings mostly country and country rock.

On Aug. 26, the Black Alley Band from Rembert will play its R&B, jazz, Old School and “juke joint” music. Founded in 2012, this band’s mission is “to achieve the title as the Hottest Band in Sumter.”

Gump Fiction will bring its Ultimate ‘90s Experience to Sumter for the final concert of the 4th Fridays season. If you miss Vanilla Ice, Tom Petty, Matchbox 20 or Hootie and the Blowfish, this band’s

Black Alley Band plays rhythm-and-blues, jazz, Old School and more.

They’ll be playing 4th Fridays on Aug. 26.

for you.

All 4th Fridays, starting this Friday and continuing on the fourth Friday of each month through Sept. 23, will be presented on Main Street, which will be closed from

Hampton Avenue to Liberty Street for the 6:30 to 9 p.m. concerts. Admission is free, and refreshments will be available for purchase. Bring your lawn chair, but no coolers will be permitted.

Darrell Harwood and his band will perform July 22.

Take a musical trip back to the ‘90s with Gump Fiction on Sept.

23.

Mary Todd Lincoln’s 1882 funeral cost almost $280 SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) — An itemized list believed to be from former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln’s funeral has resurfaced after two of Springfield’s oldest funeral homes merged.

The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the list shows her 1882 funeral cost almost $280.

The expenses range from $225 for a casket to $1.50 for crepe and ribbon.

The list was included in stacks of fragile ledgers acquired by Butler Funeral Homes of Springfield through the buyout last year of Boardman-Smith Funeral Home.

Butler Funeral Homes is creating a “Lincoln Room” where the Mary Lincoln Todd ledger entry will be displayed with other documents tied to Springfield’s funeral history. Among the other items are a pair of funeral biers thought to have ties to the Lincoln family, but they haven’t been verified.

Shown is an itemized list of expenses believed to be from the 1882 funeral of Mary Todd Lincoln at the Boardman-Smith Funeral Home. The list was included in stacks of fragile ledgers acquired by Butler Funeral Homes of Springfield through the buyout last year of Boardman-Smith Funeral Home.

RICH SAAL/THE STATE JOURNAL REGISTER VIA AP

Butler Funeral Homes president Chris Butler looks through ledgers kept by the Boardman-Smith Funeral Home in Springfield, Ill.

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Why not add some smoke to your summer grilling?

BY LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press

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EW YORK — Summer’s on its way, and that means

grilling for many people, so why not try smoking?

Steven Raichlen, who wrote “The Barbecue! Bible,” has followed with “Project Smoke,” also the name of a PBS series he hosts that will launch its second season during Memorial Day weekend.

“By now, in 2016, most people know how to grill, and even if they don’t know how to grill and they have the Y chromosome, they think they know how to do it,” he said in a recent interview. “Smoking is not something that most people grew up doing, so there is a learning curve and there’s an intimidation factor, but once you do it, it can give you tremendous satisfaction.”

The step-by-step book, out this month from Workman Publishing, covers gear, technique, recipes and the science behind the cooking method that Raichlen shows can be used on everything from appetizers to dessert.

“Basically every grill works the same. Charcoal may need a little more care with heat control, and gas you need a little more care in how to boost the flavor, but each smoker operates a little bit differently,” he said. “You can be convenience-oriented or get as nerdy as you want to be.”

A conversation with Steven Raichlen: What are the biggest misconceptions among home cooks about smoking?

Maybe the first is that you need a heavy-duty smoker to do it. In fact, it’s easy to smoke on a charcoal kettle grill, for example.

I think another misconception is that smoking has to be very time consuming. While it’s true that to smoke a brisket or a pork shoulder, you are looking at the better part

of a day, there are many quick smoking techniques.

For example, in Italy they smoke mozzarella using hay.

The process maybe takes five minutes.

Another misconception is that all smoked foods are barbecued. That is certainly not the case. All good barbecue is infused with wood smoke.

That’s its very nature, but there are a lot of smoked dishes that are not barbecue.

Think of smoked salmon, think of smoked cheese.

These are very traditional smoked dishes.

AP: What about smoking indoors?

You can smoke indoors.

There are a variety of indoor smokers that work on your stovetop. Two that I feature in the book are the Cameron Stovetop Smoker cooker and the Nordic Ware Kettle Smoker.

Another tool that I use a lot in the book is what’s called a hand-held smoking device.

Kind of the most famous brand is the Smoking Gun by PolyScience. It’s sort of like a reverse bong that you fill with hardwood sawdust instead of you know what.

That’s great for smoking cocktails. You can use it for smoking ice cream.

Can you smoke anything?

That’s really another misconception, that all smoked foods are either meat or fish, but in fact the realm of smoked foods is enormous. It stretches from appetizers to desserts.

You call smoking the new grilling. What evidence do you have to back that up?

Many, many pieces of evidence. One, if you look at grill and smoker sales statistics. Pellet grills and pellet smokers, the sales are going through the roof. That’s probably the fastest-growing segment. Big Green Egg, that’s another company that’s enjoyed double-digit growth for the last 10 years.

Things like wood sales are up. Ten years ago, smoking was more a regional phenomenon. It was done a lot in the American South, in Texas, in

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This image provided by Workman Publishing shows the cover of the book “Project Smoke” by Steven Raichlen, a culinary writer, cooking teacher and TV host who considers smoking as the new grilling. the Midwest. Now it really is going mainstream.

Do you have a general philosophy about smoke?

I like to think of smoke as the umami of barbecue. What I mean by that is umami flavors from Asia. You find them in seaweed, you find them in Asian fish sauce, soy sauce, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese. These are rich, earthy flavors that are called the Fifth Taste. They sort of make foods taste more intense. They keep a food’s flavor, but they make it taste more interesting.

I think smoke very much serves this function. A piece of grilled salmon, delicious.

A piece of smoked salmon, delicious, and the salmon has been somehow transformed in an otherworldly way.

Tell us about smoking cocktails and what some of your favorites are.

When you smoke cocktails you are joining two worlds: the cocktail world and the

barbecue world. You’re sort of creating barbecue you can drink. I’m not the first guy to come up with this concept.

When you think about Scotch whisky, it’s a whisky that’s made with smoked barley, so thousands of years ago people conceived the notion that smoke and booze are a very good combination.

Mezcal is another classic example. I know this summer I’m going to be making a lot of mezcalinis. That’s sort of a cross between a mojito and a margarita. It’s made with muddled mint and cucumber.

Mezcal is an agave cactusbased spirit from the Oaxaca region in Mexico. The cactus hearts are smoke-roasted in a pit before distilling so it has a good smoky flavor. I like to beef that flavor up by adding smoke using a smoking gun to fill up the cocktail in the pitcher.

How can home cooks get started on smoking?

There’s one thing I’m going

to say that will probably be a little bit unpopular. There’s one way that you really can’t smoke very well and that’s with a gas grill. At the very least they need a charcoal kettle grill. You can smoke anything in a charcoal kettle grill.

Indoors, it’s harder to get a crust, what in barbecue circles would be called the bark that we would look for in a Texas brisket or Memphisstyle ribs. You also have to choose somewhat judiciously what you smoke indoors. It’s theoretically possible to smoke a brisket or a rack of ribs on an indoor smoker, but you will get far better results if you do it outdoors in a kettle grill, for example. The kettle grill is amazing. You’re looking at $150 for a kettle grill.

Everybody thinks they need to spend thousands of dollars, but there are many, many effective smokers that cost less than $300.

Create your own homemade sushi easily with Surimi

BY FAMILY FEATURES Sushi is a popular choice for a night out with friends or a romantic date night, but good sushi can also break the bank.

If you’re looking for a way to indulge your sushi cravings while sticking to your monthly budget, surimi seafood is a great alternative to raw seafood that you can prepare right at home.

Surimi is a fully cooked Japanese seafood ingredient, so it’s a great introduction for those new to sushi. Made from premium wild Alaskan Pollock — a highly sustainable whitefish — and real snow crab, surimi is a good source of protein and is more cost effective than cuts of raw seafood.

It’s also an ideal ingredient for a variety of people: expectant mothers can indulge their sushi cravings anxiety-free, and parents can introduce the nutritional benefits of seafood into their kids’ diets by hosting a family fun night crafting sushi together. Additionally, more young adults are now choosing to cook at home but still have a penchant for customization. Surimi allows you to skip the pricey sushi restaurant and instead create your own unique sushi at home.

Made with Crab Delights by blogger Nicole Harris of Wonky Wonderful, you can enjoy these Homemade California Roll Sushi Stacks with friends, family or a date.

Find more delicious surimi seafood recipes at louiskemp. com.

HOMEMADE CALIFORNIA ROLL SUSHI STACKS Prep time: 25 minutes Serves: 4 2 cups cooked sushi rice, divided 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 teaspoons sugar pinch of salt 1 large (28-ounce) can or round food mold 2 avocados, peeled and chopped, divided 1 cup cucumber, peeled and chopped, divided 2 cups Louis Kemp Crab Delights surimi seafood, chopped, divided 2 teaspoons lemon, finely chopped, divided 4 teaspoons sesame seeds, divided 4 individual size seaweed sheets, torn into bite-size pieces, divided Spicy Sauce 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon Sriracha 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce Prepare rice according to package instructions.

Mix together rice vinegar, sugar and salt, and pour over cooked rice. Gently toss to coat.

Prepare can by removing contents, removing top and bottom with can opener then cleaning thoroughly. Round food mold will also work.

Place can upright on flat plate and hold firmly in place while layering ingredients.

Press 1/2 cup cooked rice in bottom of can. Follow with 1/2 cup avocado, 1/4 cup chopped cucumber, 1/2 cup chopped surimi seafood and 1/2 teaspoon chopped lemon. Use back of a spoon to firmly press ingredients down to ensure sushi stack stays together.

Top with 1 teaspoon sesame seeds and 1 sheet of seaweed.

Gently pull can up to remove.

Repeat process to create three more sushi stacks.

To prepare spicy sauce, mix mayo, Sriracha and soy sauce until incorporated.

Serve sushi stacks with drizzle of spicy sauce, if desired, and soy sauce.

Photo courtesy of Nicole Harris Source: Louis Kemp Crab Delights

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BY FAMILY FEATURES When warmer weather arrives, cravings trend toward fresh, seasonal flavors and lighter fare. In between the bike riding, kite flying, backyard gatherings and pool time, summertime meals enjoyed outdoors are a great way to get family and friends together.

Whether it’s a refreshing salad tossed with sweet candied walnuts or a fillet of mouth-watering salmon topped with curried almonds, nuts are the perfect way to add texture and crunch to any dish.

These easy-to-make, summer-inspired recipes, created

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cumin and a pinch of salt. Spread almonds on baking sheet and toast until golden brown, about 5-8 minutes.

Arrange salmon fillets on baking sheet. Season fish on both sides with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil. Place salmon on grill, and allow to cook until fillets start to lightly char, 5-8 minutes. If desired, grill limes as well.

Use metal spatula to gently flip salmon. For medium well or well done, cook a few minutes longer.

To serve, remove fish from grill, and transfer to serving platter.

Sprinkle fish with a squeeze of lime juice and curried almonds. Serve yogurt sauce on the side.

Red Leaf Salad with Candied Walnuts and Grapes

Source: Fisher Nuts

RED LEAF SALAD WITH CANDIED WALNUTS AND GRAPES Prep time: 20-25 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Servings: 6-8 Nuts 1/2 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 6 tablespoons water 1/2 cup Fisher Walnut Halves and Pieces 1/2 teaspoon salt Dressing 1/2 cup Fisher Walnut Halves and Pieces 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons walnut oil 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil kosher salt cracked black pepper Salad 1 cup seedless red grapes halves 2 medium heads Bibb or red leaf lettuce, washed, dried and torn into pieces 1 small head radicchio, cored, leaves separated and torn into pieces 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan cheese To candy walnuts, line cookie sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In medium skillet, simmer sugar, cayenne pepper and water over medium-high heat until it turns golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Stir walnuts into caramel using wooden spoon. Spoon nuts onto parchment paper and season with salt. Cool then pull nuts apart into smaller pieces.

Prepare dressing by placing walnuts in bowl of small food processor and pulsing. Add lemon juice, walnut oil, olive oil, a pinch of salt and some black pepper. Pulse to blend. Taste for seasoning, and adjust as needed.

To assemble salad, toss dressing with grapes and lettuces. Top with candied walnuts and cheese.

GRILLED SALMON WITH SPICED ALMONDS Prep time: 15-20 minutes Cook time: 20-25 minutes Servings: 6 Yogurt Sauce 1 cup Greek yogurt 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar 2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon paprika kosher salt 1 small cucumber, seeded and small diced Almonds 1/2 cup Fisher Sliced Almonds 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 teaspoon curry powder 1/8 teaspoon paprika 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin kosher salt Salmon 2 3/4 pounds salmon, cut into 6-ounce portions kosher salt freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 large lime To make yogurt sauce, whisk yogurt, red wine vinegar, dill, mint, cumin and paprika in medium bowl with a pinch of salt. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.

Stir in cucumber. Set aside.

Heat oven to 350 F. Heat grill to medium.

In small bowl, toss almonds with olive oil, curry powder, paprika,

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I was shocked. I think this is a complete invasion of my privacy, and I was embarrassed to no end. I now avoid getting intimate with my hubby, and he has no idea why.

I have to be sensitive about

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what I say to Mom because she underwent surgery recently and she has lot of medical issues. How should I handle this?

No noise for Ms. Nosy DEAR NO NOISE — The first thing you should do is tell your husband why you have been avoiding intimacy. If you don’t, he may think it has something to do with him or the way you feel about him, and that’s neither true nor fair.

Your mother’s wandering around at night may be nosiness, or it could be insomnia or other medical issues. Her inability to sleep should be mentioned to her doctor so the cause can be determined.

If you’re correct that it’s nosiness, then it should be han-

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dled firmly -- by you and your husband -- and some other living arrangement for her should be made.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.

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Good advice for everyone - teens to seniors -- is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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

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ACROSS 1 Observe Ramadan, in a way 5 __ and terminer: criminal court 9 Tapered fastener 14 Scratch the surface?

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Summer’s coming! Time to pull down the shades! Now in its second season, “Wayward Pines” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) returns viewers to the creepy planned community where everything and everyone seems placid — except for the public executions and the bizarre mutant mayhem just beyond the walls that encircle the village.

There’s a voice-over recap at the beginning of the season opener that will catch viewers up with the revelations and explanations that arrived at the end of season one. In the interest of avoiding spoilers, I’ll let those viewers who care find out for themselves.

Jason Patric joins the cast as Dr. Theo Yedlin, mysteriously smuggled into the mystery village by shadowy forces facing a growing rebellion. Like everyone, including much of the audience, he’s a bit baffled about what’s going on. Hope Davis, an actress I’d watch in just about anything, stars as a medical researcher with ominous motivations.

Bottom line: “Wayward Pines” is both murky and rather slow-moving. The ratio of confusion and tedium to action and character development is decidedly high.

• Last week, ABC canceled “Nashville” (10 p.m., TV-14). It wraps up its fourth season in typical cliffhanger fashion. Juliette decides to face the truth about Jeff Fordham’s fatal fall.

Rayna tries to save Maddie from her decisions, and Scarlett and Gunnar try to figure out their on-and-off relationship.

Fans are hoping that show’s fate is also part of a cliffhanger with a happy resolution.

Hopes abound that the series will find a home on cable or a streaming network, much in the same way that Hulu saved “The Mindy Project” or Netflix picked up “Longmire.”

“Nashville” star Connie Britton is already used to this.

“Friday Night Lights” had ratings too low for NBC, so that series migrated to DirecTV’s Audience Network.

“Nashville” was always about more than ratings. It attracted a healthy DVR and delayed-streaming audience on HULU and ABC.com. It was also a tourist boost for Nash-

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SERIES NOTES Globetrotters play along on “The Price Is Right Primetime Special — The Amazing Race Edition” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

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The show’s relationship with Music City may be complicated by the passage of Tennessee’s House Bill 1840, seen as discriminatory against the LGBT community. Both Britton and Chris Carmack (Will Lexington to the show’s fans) have publicly stated that the law makes them uncomfortable about working in the state.

This public clash of values almost seems like it was lifted from a “Nashville” script.

Voight’s son on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The voices of Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres animate the 2003 fantasy “Finding Nemo” (8 p.m., ABC).

• Two helpings of “Genius By Stephen Hawking” (9 p.m. and

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• Elizabeth ties up the loose ends of a painful, personal operation on “The Americans” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE Jayne Mansfield (Mariska Hargitay’s mother) stars in the

Corey Pegues is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Colin Farrell, Iliza Shlesinger and Declan McKenna appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Expect Arianna Huffington on “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * James McAvoy, Nick Swardson and Brian Greene are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Adam Sandler, Karlie Kloss and Anderson Paak on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * David Spade, Marcia Clark, Noah Hawley and Tim Alexander visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Anna Paquin, John Cena and Fleur East appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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• Oliver fights the Darhk side on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG).

• On two episodes of “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (CBS, TV-14): Spain (9 p.m.), Haiti (10 p.m.).

• An accused officer’s union plays hardball on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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