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Child left at Carowinds Kingsbury 5th-grader reunited safely with family

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com An elementary school field trip took an unexpected turn last week when one of the students was inadvertently left behind at the park when the teachers and other students headed back.

The child, a fifth-grader at Kings-

bury Elementary School in Sumter, was on the field trip with the school’s Quest Program for talented and gifted students to Carowinds, an amusement park in Charlotte. While he and his group were leaving the park, he asked his teacher if he could go get a drink of water, which was in view of the teacher, a family member who does

not wish to be identified told The Sumter Item.

When the child turned around after getting a drink of water, he did not see his group of eight to 10 children, and he waited in the spot thinking they would come back, the family member said.

He walked out of the park about 5:30

p.m. The students were originally scheduled to be picked up by their parents at 6 p.m. that day at the district office, the family member said.

A statement from Sumter School District spokeswoman Shelly Galloway said district procedures for taking

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nonprofit rail safety education organization, partnered with Sumter Police Department, CSX Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration to hand out different fliers to bikers, pedestrians and people driving to educate them on railroad safety.

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COLUMBIA — “You are going to have contamination at a landfill,” David Hagan, vice president of Haley & Aldrich Inc., told the South Carolina Senate Joint Committee on the Pinewood landfill Wednesday.

The committee had little time to hear testimony, but Hagan was able to reiterate his findings that the toxic wastes buried only yards from Lake Marion present no immediate hazard to human health.

An early start in the Senate and a tanker truck wreck that tied up committee chairman Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, in traffic caused Sen. Thomas McElveen to take up the gavel for the 45 minutes MCELVEEN available for hearing speakers.

The subcommittee was unable to schedule testimony from Bill Stephens, who was trustee at the site for more than a decade. A frequent critic of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, he is expected to testify at a later hearing.

“According to the data we reviewed, the current condition does not represent an unacceptable risk,” Hagan said.

“The landfill is operating in compliance with regulations.”

Hagan said the scope of his review was the current condition of the landfill and whether it is safe and in compliance with regulations. He said many of Stephens’ concerns involve future actions that may be taken to lessen the risk at the landfill.

“Many of his recommendations are precautionary proactive,” Hagan said. “I am not

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Shane Price and Reese Bessinger, employees of Gregory Fountains, clean out the downtown Sumter fountain before restarting the upgraded fountain at Beau Graham Square. The Sumter sign was added and lights were put behind the letters.

S.C. employment continues to break records in April

BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reported a gain of 8,106 employees in April compared to March, according to information released Wednesday.

The unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent, while the national unemployment rate declined from 5.5 percent to 5.4 percent.

The number of people employed in South Carolina reached 2.1 million for the first time.

In a prepared statement, Cheryl M. Stanton, executive director of DEW, said she remains optimistic about job opportunities in South Carolina.

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“The positive economy in South Carolina is drawing more and more people into the workforce as evidenced by this month’s recordbreaking number of citizens who are employed,” she said.

Lee and Sumter counties’ unemployment rates remained steady at 8.7 percent and 7 percent, respectively, while Clarendon County’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.2 percent in March to 8 percent in April.

A year ago, Clarendon County’s unemployment was 7.2 percent, Lee County unemployment was 7.7 percent, and Sumter County’s was 6.2 percent.

State figures indicate the

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Sgt. Jim Kearney of Sumter Police Department worked with Operation Lifesaver to hand out fliers about train safety.

Local groups advocate safety at railroad tracks

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com People passing the train tracks near North Harvin Street on Wednesday encountered more than just a bump going over the tracks; they were met by a group of people handing out information about train safety.

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County council approves 1st reading of budget

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20th Fighter Wing holds readiness exercise

Sumter County Council approved several resolutions and ordinances designed to improve county operations while continuing discussions about the budget for the upcoming fiscal year during its meeting on Tuesday.

Council approved first reading of the county’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 with a deficit of $1.8 million.

Proposed expenditures total $50 million, and proposed revenues total $48.2 million.

County Administrator Gary Mixon said first reading is not binding, and changes can and will be made to reduce the deficit by the end of June. The county’s fiscal year begins July 1.

Council’s major concern regarding the budget is reducing the deficit and reaching a balanced budget without raising taxes.

The 20th Fighter Wing began a base-wide operational readiness exercise Wednesday that will continue through today, according to a news release from Shaw Air Force Base.

Information released by the base said the exercise is part of annual training and inspection of the Fighter Wing’s combat readiness.

The 20th Fighter Wing Airmen will transition from peacetime readiness to a simulated combat scenario, the release said. The wing will reportedly demonstrate its ability to employ forces under simulated combat conditions, sustain support during contingency operations and meet Air Force standards for mission continuity in conventional and chemical environments.

Information in the release states the 20th Fighter Wing Inspector General’s office generates the scenario and evaluates the wing throughout the exercise.

SLT holds auditions for ‘Sound of Music’ Sumter Little Theatre will hold vocal auditions at 6:30 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday for young people— ages 8 to 18 — for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “The Sound of Music.”

Those auditioning should come ready to sing a prepared song.

A piano accompanist will be available. The dates for the show are Aug. 13 through Aug. 16.

SLT, where the auditions will be held, is at 14 Mood Ave. in Sumter County Cultural Center. For more information, call (803) 775-2150.

Wrecks close Interstate 26 west of Columbia COLUMBIA — The westbound lanes of Interstate 26 west of Columbia have reopened after a series of wrecks, including one that ignited huge flames and black plumes of smoke.

Officials say at least eight cars and two other vehicles were involved in the wreck early Wednesday morning.

Several people were taken to hospitals, although none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones said the westbound lanes reopened late Wednesday morning. But Jones said it would be midafternoon before the eastbound lanes could carry traffic.

The fire from a fuel tanker was so hot that it damaged the pavement, which transportation department crews had to repair. There was also damage to the wall separating the lanes.

Mixon said the county has not received proper funding from the state based on the formula that is supposed to provide local municipalities with 4.5 percent of the state’s general revenue fund.

He said it is like working with a moving target waiting on the state-provided funding, and the county will most likely not know the true value until closer to the budget deadline.

In preparation for the next fiscal year, council approved a general obligation bond of $2.5 million to purchase two ambulances for Sumter County Emergency Medical Services. The purchase of the new ambulances is part of the county’s plan to improve operations at the EMS department.

In a previous meeting, Mixon stated he and Sumter EMS Director Bobby Hingst have looked into changing the department’s shift from 24 hours working and 48 hours off to 24 hours work-

ing and 72 hours off and adding a seventh ambulance to the fleet to alleviate the pressures of increasing medical calls.

As part of a state mandate, council approved first reading of an updated hazard mitigation plan which lists all known natural or man-made hazards that could happen in the county and how to address those situations.

The plan was created in conjunction with Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments and is renewable after five years.

After a public hearing, council approved second reading of the ordinance to convey Sumter city- and county-owned Rembert Water System to High Hills Rural Water Co. Once the conveyance is finalized, the existing Rembert Water System water tanks would be abandoned, and the system would serve as an extension of High Hills.

Hit the floor at Big Band dance

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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The music for the young and hip folks from the late 1920s to the ’40s and beyond was swing, or big band music, a style of jazz that is highly danceable. It’s one form of music that is still going strong; the music has had some ups and downs, notably with the advent of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’50s and disco in the ’70s, but it’s always there, and it’s still the most fun for bands to play and people to dance to, Rick Mitchum thinks.

Mitchum, the leader of Sumter Community Concert Band Jazz Ensemble, said he’s hoping an even bigger crowd than last spring will come to Sumter Elks Club on Friday night to the jazz band’s third-annual Big Band Dance.

Between 7 and 11 p.m. Friday, the band will play three sets, and refreshments in-

The big band sounds of the SCCB Jazz Ensemble and Combo with vocalist Betsy Ridgeway will be featured during the ensemble’s thirdannual Big Band Dance at Sumter Elks Club from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $12.50 each.

cluded in the price of admission will be served.

The band of 17 musicians, which comprises the standard instrumentation for a big band, will play mostly traditional big band music; however, Mitchum said, there will be some modern tunes, such as “La Bamba” and Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.”

“All the music lends itself to dancing, though,” he said.

The Elks Club ballroom will be set up in a similar fashion to that of the clubs from the ’40s, with tables around the dance floor and a

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The SCCB Jazz Band’s combo, comprising, from left, Sean Hackett, Dick Booth, Jay Shealy, Darren Polutta and Kay Rasmussen will be joined by Ray Graham and vocalist Betsy Ridgeway for several songs. few chairs in the perimeter.

Vocalist Betsy Ridgeway, who sang with the group at Patriot Hall on May 5, will be the “girl singer,” as the big band vocalists were called in the days of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Les Brown and other big band leaders.

She’ll sing with the combo of Kay Rasmussen on piano, Jay Shealy on drums, Darren Polutta on bass, Sean Hackett on saxophone and Ray Graham on trombone.

“We’ll be doing several numbers,” Ridgeway said.

“You might hear ‘Unforgettable,’ ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me,’ ‘Route 66,’ ‘From a Distance,’ ‘Come Fly with Me’ and many more.”

Mitchum himself often sings with the band as well.

“The dance is family friendly,” he said. “The music is great, so even if you don’t dance, come on out, find a seat, listen and visit with friends.”

Poet, harpist set to perform at Starbucks open mic

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The monthly open microphone poetry and music program called “How Sweet the Sound” will be held at 7 p.m. today at Starbucks, 1259 Broad St. Host Len Lawson said Columbia Poet Laureate Ed Madden and harpist Jordon Turner will give special performances at the event.

He invites the public to TURNER participate by sharing a poem or performance during the evening.

“The purpose is to give a platform for the arts in Sumter,” Lawson said,

adding that “anything other than artsrelated material ... will be deleted.”

Madden was named Poet Laureate of Columbia earlier this year. In addition to writing poetry, he serves as the director of University of South Carolina’s Women’s and Gender Studies and is an associate professor of English there. He received his Ph.D. at University of Texas-Austin.

In addition, he has had published three books of MADDEN poetry, including his latest, “Nest.” Madden’s 2007 book, “Signals,” won the S.C. Poetry Book Prize.

Turner is a musician who provided

musical therapy at Palmetto Health in Columbia. A harpist who performs solo and with other musicians, she is also an accompanist and arranger, having worked with choirs and vocalists at Charleston Southern University; she regularly plays with CSU Wind Ensemble and works with the Composers’ Collaboration project at College of Charleston.

Admission to “How Sweet the Sound,” which is held on the fourth Thursday of each month, is free. The public is invited to read or recite personal poetry or a favorite poem; musicians are invited to play their own original music, no covers.

For more information, contact Lawson via his Facebook page, Facebook. com/groups/howsweetthesound.

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BY RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press The drowning of an Oklahoma firefighter and a Texas teenager in storms that swept through the Southwest highlight the persistent dangers posed by storm drains that help protect neighborhoods during flash flooding but can suck in unsuspecting residents and rescue workers.

The deaths are renewing calls for cities to identify potentially dangerous drain openings and cover them with grates or add other safety measures.

Drainage systems constructed in many densely populated areas to collect stormwater feature wide drain openings at the bottom of open culverts or ditches that feed into long pipes. During floods, the drainage channels create powerful currents that can sweep people in, along with those trying to rescue them.

In Claremore, Oklahoma, on Saturday, Fire Capt. Jason Farley was leading a rescue crew that helped evacuate families from flooded duplexes in the Tulsa suburb when he stepped into a water-filled box culvert, said Fire Chief Sean Douglas.

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“The water was high enough you couldn’t see the box culvert at all,” Douglas said.

In the Dallas suburb of DeSoto, Texas, 14-year-old Damien Blade was walking his dogs when authorities think he was swept into an opening in a neighborhood drainage system and drowned.

The two were among at least 17 people who died in holiday weekend flooding in Texas and Oklahoma.

Several deaths or neardrownings occur every year in storm drains. In 2002, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommended that municipalities take steps “to minimize potential for injury” after the death of a Denver firefighter who was swept into a pipe while rescuing a woman stranded in a flood near a water-filled culvert.

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Pleicones will replace Jean Toal, who turns 72 in August and is required to retire at the end of the year because of her age. But Pleicones turns 72 next year and can only spend a year’s as the state’s top judge.

“It’s the culmination of a long legal career,” a smiling Pleicones said outside the House chamber after his election.

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Pleicones said he won’t change much. He would like to make the bar exam two days instead of three and continue Toal’s push to have legal papers filed electronically.

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bus. She only did a verbal roll call.

After finding out what time it was, the fifth-grader spoke to a security guard for the park who brought him back into Carowinds where he contacted someone to pick him up.

The security guard also called someone from the school, according to the family member. The family member said the school didn’t know about the missing child until the bus was near

attendance on field trips weren’t followed, and “the superintendent is taking this incident very seriously and is addressing this issue with the teacher directly.”

Galloway said the teacher did not assign seats, per district protocol, and she did not do a visual roll call on the

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“We do believe there are measures that can be taken to reduce operating costs,” he said.

“I am glad to hear there is no current risk,” McElveen, said, “but a lot of us are looking short term and long term.”

Hagan said the most impor-

tant task at the landfill is to continue to manage the leachate, or contaminated water, at the site.

“Efficient leachate collection reduces the pressure, which is the driving force for the leachate to create a leak,” he said.

McElveen asked why the amount of leachate is going up, as he was told during a tour of the site in April.

“There are a few things that could be happening,” Hagan said. “The cap and cover could be compromised wher-

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largest growth for non-farm employment by industry came in professional and business services (4,500); trade, transportation and utilities (2,800); and educational and health services (2,100). Industries with the largest declines are manufacturing (-300) and information (-1,000).

According to Qualisha Belton, SC Works operations manager for Santee-Lynches Workforce Centers, there are more than 500 jobs available in her coverage area which includes Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties.

She said local employers are primarily looking to fill jobs in the following fields: • medical (nurses, occupational and physical therapists, medical assistants and receptionists, emergency medical technicians); • manufacturing and industrial (welders, machine operators, production supervisors and associates, material handlers and more); • sales and retail managers and associates; • commercial drivers and licensed drivers; and • correctional officers.

Belton said if there are people in the community who are not qualified for the open positions but would like to receive training to become qualified, Workforce Investment Act funds are available to assist potential employees with becoming trained and qualified.

For more information about WIA or the jobs that are open, contact SC Works at (803) 774-1300.

provided by Operation Lifesaver, 150 wrecks involving trains occurred from 2012 to 2014. Of the 150, six were in Sumter County, the 11th-highest wreck total in the state.

“It’s a community issue; it’s a public safety issue, so we all have to partner together,” South Carolina State Coordinator for Operation Lifesaver Janice Cowen said. “We all have to work together to make sure people approach crossings cautiously, look for signs, obey the signs and be aware of their surroundings, knowing a train could be coming.”

The groups were out there drumming up support for International Level Crossing Awareness Day on June 3, which is sponsored by the International Union of Railways.

Operation Lifesaver will be conducting educational activities throughout the week and will continue raising awareness in both North Carolina and South Carolina until June 7 .

Sumter’s was the first event held in South Carolina by Operation Lifesaver this year and officially kicked off its campaign before going across the state.

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Because it is a personnel matter, Galloway said she could not comment on the situation. In the school district’s statement, however, she said student safety is the district’s “top priority.”

Galloway said the superintendent, teacher and student’s family met Wednesday to discuss the situation and figure out what actually happened.

health,” he said.

Hagan said the membranes used to contain landfills are designed to last a certain amount of time, generally in the 50- to 100-year range depending on the construction.

Section one was built between 1978 and 1985, according to a document released by Stephens, which would make the liner at least 30 years old.

“Section one was constructed at a time when landfill technology was not as advanced as it is today,” he said.

“Section one is older and

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The group handing out fliers handed out three versions: one about cars and trains, another about pedestrians and one explaining safety and statistics. ings, Operation Lifesaver offers businesses and local law enforcement agencies an ILCAD Kit including posters, small handouts, lists of railroad laws, pro-

motional items, key safety tips and a black drawstring bag.

Cowen said the kit posters will be hung next week in different public spaces:

built under different standards; that is why leachate collection was so important.”

Concerning the expected testimony of Stephens, Hagan said he had not spoken with Stephens but said they agree on most issues.

Sen. Kevin Johnson, DManning, said he thinks the precautionary measures may be worth taking even if they cost additional money.

“If something happens we are in to a lot more money,” he said. “There is no 100 percent guarantee.”

restaurants, bars, coffee shops and local businesses.

She also said Operation Lifesaver will be working with local law enforcement to police crossings and educate people on the laws about crossing a railroad.

Cars, pedestrians and bike riders must all cross at designated railroad crossings. If they are caught crossing in areas not allowed by law, they could be charged with trespassing, Cowen said. Sumter County had one case involving trespassing in 2014.

Cowen said if you see any activity around a railroad crossing, such as vegetation being too high or illegal crossings, to dial the number posted on the blue sign by the railroad. Two major operators in Sumter, CSX and Amtrak, have contact phones. CSX’s is 1-800-232-0144, and Amtrak’s is 1-800-872-7245.

As International Level Crossing Awareness Day approaches and events start happening in the state, Cowen said to remember to be safe while crossing, obey all signs and be aware of other safety tips.

“Around the world, safety advocates will be promoting railroad safety,” Cowen said. “Here in South Carolina we wanted to do the same.”

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According to the family member, the child’s father agreed to drive to the park and pick him up. The father and another teacher, with her own children at the park, agreed to drive the child and meet up with the father closer to Sumter so he wouldn’t have to drive the roughly two hours to the amusement park, the family member said. The father drove more than half-

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Lincoln Zephyr .......................................... $8,990 Lincoln Town Car Sig. Ltd..... $7,995/$151/mo.

GM & Chrysler Cars 2013 Chevrolet Impala LTZ .........$15,990/$217/mo.

2013 Chrysler 200 Tour ...............$13,990/$188/mo.

Import Cars 2010 Volkswagen Beetle................$10,900/$160/mo.

2009 Nissan Altima 2.5 ................... $12,900/192/mo.

2009 Toyota Corolla S 67K Miles, Auto . $12,900/196/mo.

2007 Mazda 3 GT............................. $6,995/$129/mo.

2006 Toyota Avalon ............................................. $9,950 2004 Mazda 3S ..................................................... $5,995 2003 Mazda MPV................................................. $4,250 2002 Lexus LS430 One Owner, Low Miles ..............$11,900

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Lariat CC 4x4 16K Miles .$41,990/$587/mo.

Lariat CC 4x4 16K Miles .$41,900/$589/mo.

Crew, 4x4 Loaded .....$29,500/$410mo.

SCab XLT OneOwnr $25,900/$358/mo.

FX4,CC, Eco, 5K Miles .$42,900/$599/mo.

Crew XLT 4x4, 6.7L..$40,900/$574/mo.

Lariat CC 4x4 .........$32,500/$453/mo.

.. $29,990/416/mo. ......$28,900/$401/mo.

Crew XL................$13,900/$208/mo.

Harley Davidson 4x4 Crew Lariat Eco

2005 Ford F-250 Crew Lariat 4x4 6.0L ...................$18,900 2004 Ford Ranger XLT SCab Low Miles .................$10,500

GM Trucks 2011 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ ....$33,900/$473/mo.

2008 Chevrolet Avalanche LTZ ..$13,900/$279/mo.

2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4 ................. $5,995

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Explorer Limited ............$32,990/$462/mo.

Explorer XLT, Loaded ......$32,900/$459/mo.

Edge Limited....................$28,500/$395/mo.

Edge Limited....................$28,990/$399/mo.

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Escape SE.......................$17,990/$245/mo.

Escape Limited ................$19,990/$274/mo.

Escape Limited ................$18,900/$257/mo.

Expedition EL EB ...........$17,900/$366/mo.

Expedition EB DVD .......$14,900/$300/mo.

Explorer ............................................ $3,990

GM & Chrysler SUV’s 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014

Jeep Patriot Latitude ................$21,500/$295/mo.

Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ, Loaded..$47,500/$669/mo.

GMC Acadia SLT ....................$32,500/$453/mo.

Jeep Cherokee Latitude ..........$21,900/$300/mo.

Jeep Patriot Latitude ................$18,990/$258/mo.

Lincoln SUV’s 2011 Lincoln Navigator L .............$37,990/$534/mo.

2011 Lincoln Navigator ................$29,990/$418/mo.

2011 Lincoln MKX Loaded ..........$29,900/$416/mo.

Import SUV’s 2011 Honda CR-V EX-L, Loaded .......$21,900/$300/mo.

2009 Honda CR-V EX-L, 68K Miles ...$17,900/$285/mo.

2007 Toyota 4Runner SR5 ................ $9,950/$193/mo.

2003 Mitsubishi Montero .................................. $3,995

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Bill Kristol: End the baby boomer trend

W

ASHINGTON — One can understand why The Weekly Standard’s William Kristol would try to nullify Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy, but smearing all baby boomers in the process seems a stretch of veracity in the service of a blank page.

In the June 1 issue of the conservative magazine he cofounded, Kristol writes that we’ve had enough already with boomer presidents.

They’re all a bunch of losers, he says in so many words, causing exactly no one to lose sleep.

I don’t usually single out other commentators, but I’m making an exception — not because I’m a woman, Kathleen or a boomer, Parker or a Hillary Clinton supporter (though Kristol makes me want to be one), but because despite being wrong about most everything, he remains an influential voice in politics.

Basically, Kristol posits that the past three presidents — all boomers — were “indulged” do-nothings and part of a generation who only “aspire to the appropriate attitude and affect, and seek the suitable sense and sensibility.”

Poor guy. Who’s he hanging with? And should we tell him he’s a baby boomer, too? Kristol, 62, snuggles his self-loathing like a blankie.

“Accomplishments are old school,” he writes. (I’ve got news for you, honey. Boomers are old school.) “Accomplishments are what their parents, conventionally patriotic and earnestly bourgeois, labored and strove for. Baby boomers, by contrast, aspire rather than labor, and seek rather than strive.”

Whose parents? Kristol’s weren’t exactly manning the dikes — or the ‘burbs. His father, Irving Kristol, was a public intellectual and columnist, and his mother, Gertrude Himmelfarb, is a scholar and historian.

What wonderful good luck to be born of such parents, who could indulge their children with an intellectually stimulating home and a fine education, and to be spared the earnest pursuits of the bourgeoisie.

One naturally wonders, meanwhile, what Kristol considers an accomplishment.

Did Steve Jobs accomplish anything by revolutionizing communications through creation of the Apple kingdom?

What was the civil rights movement? Just a dream, I suppose. Women’s rights?

Never mind. The World Wide Web? Come on, Bill.

Kristol lavishly praises the greatest generation. Who doesn’t? I liked them, too, but I just called them my parents.

He points out that earlier presidents — from Harry Truman to George H.W. Bush — “all had accomplished things, often difficult things, in their personal and public lives before they ran for president. ...

That all served in the military is only a small part — though a telling part — of the story.

The boomer presidents, of course, didn’t serve, or barely served.”

OK, I’ll give him that one.

But is Kristol suggesting that only those who have served in the military should

‘Perhaps Kristol was exorcising some of his own demons with this column — resolving long-simmering issues resulting from having been an indulged, Ivy League boomer who didn’t serve in the military and whose accomplishments are in the vein of commenting on the actions of others.’ become president? That would be one way of vastly reducing the pool of female candidates. By “barely served,” he must be referring to George W. Bush, since Bill Clinton didn’t serve and Barack Obama, b. 1961, was underage during Vietnam, which ended in 1975.

Kristol, on the other hand, was prime cannon fodder during the final years of that war, but he was busy at Harvard, from which he was graduated magna cum laude — no small accomplishment, I’m sure he’d agree.

Speaking of which, were the 58,000 troops who died in Vietnam merely seeking rather than striving? All right, fine, too harsh. Besides, it’s not that Kristol is averse to war.

He vigorously supported the war in Iraq and has defended it since.

Although then-Sen. Hillary Clinton also supported the war, Kristol maintains that she would merely be another in a boomer trend that needs to end. Perhaps. Or is there something else? Is it the Clinton in Hillary he doesn’t like?

Kristol led the charge to defeat her efforts to reform health care as first lady. Or is it the woman in Clinton he finds so offensive? Perhaps he prefers women in flirty skirts and high heels to sturdy women in pantsuits? It was he, after all, who pushed Sarah Palin as the worthiest running mate for John McCain.

Probably all of the above and something more. Implicitly — and rather coquettishly, I might add — Kristol just defined the terms of his assault on Jeb Bush. Rather than say that Bush is merely another of those indulged boomers, he laid it all at Hillary Clinton’s feet, damning the past three presidents, insulting millions of his own cohorts, and revealing a measure of self-contempt in the process.

Perhaps Kristol was exorcising some of his own demons with this column — resolving long-simmering issues resulting from having been an indulged, Ivy League boomer who didn’t serve in the military and whose accomplishments are in the vein of commenting on the actions of others.

Not that there’s anything wrong with writing opinion for a living.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE In “Contain and Amplify,” Tom Friedman of The New York Times explains that the pluralistic Middle East “has long been managed by iron fists from above.”

But after we removed the fists in Iraq and Libya, without putting a new bottom-up order in place, and the people themselves tried to remove the fists in Syria and Yemen, without putting a new live-and-let-live order in place, a horrifying war of all against all has exploded.

The fighting has laid bare just how much the last 60 years of predatory leadership in that region failed at human development and citizenship building. The whole Arab world package, with its artificially straightline borders, was held together by oil and brute force. In the wreckage, people are falling back on the only identities they think might keep them safe: tribe and sect. It is a measure of how far things have unraveled that many Iraqi Sunnis prefer the lunatic Islamic State, or ISIS, than to fight and die for a pro-Iranian Shiite-led government in Baghdad. I have never seen it this bad.

The fundamentalist mind-set seems to be taking hold everywhere. If that zero-sum mind-set continues to prevail, you can only weep for the future of this region when there is much less oil, many more kids, and much less water. It will be a freak show.

For now, I see only two ways coherent selfgovernment can re-emerge in Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Syria: If an outside power totally occupies them, snuffs out their sectarian wars, suppresses the extremists and spends the next 50 years trying to get Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis and Libyans to share power as equal citizens. Even that might not work.

Anyway, it’s not going to happen. The other is just wait for the fires to burn themselves out.

U.S. policy now should be “containment, plus amplification.” Let’s help those who manifest the will to contain ISIS, like Jordan, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and the Kurds in Iraq, and amplify any constructive things that groups in Yemen, Iraq, Libya, or Syria are ready to do with their power, but we must not substitute our power for theirs. This has to be their fight for their future. If the fight against ISIS is not worth it to them, it surely can’t be for us.

••• In a New York Times guest column, Peter Wehner asks, “Have Democrats Pulled Too Far Left?” He’s a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and served in the last three Republican administrations. Read it online at www.nytimes.com: Among liberals, it’s almost universally assumed that of the two major parties, it’s the Republicans who have become more extreme over the years. That’s a self-flattering but false narrative.

This is not to say the Republican Party hasn’t become a more conservative party. It has. But in the last two decades the Democratic Party has moved substantially further to the left than the Republican Party has shifted to the right. On most major issues the

Republican Party hasn’t moved very much from where it was during the Gingrich era in the mid-1990s.

The Democratic Party is now a pre-Bill Clinton party, the result of Mr. Obama’s own ideological predilections and the coalition he has built. Liberals will argue that the Democratic Party has benefited from this movement to the left and cite the election victories of Mr. Obama as evidence of it. The nation has become more liberal, they say, and the Democratic Party has wisely moved with it.

In some respects, like gay rights, the nation is more liberal than it was two decades ago.

On the other hand, it is more conservative today than it was in the mid-1990s. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that Republicans have opened substantial leads over Democrats on dealing with terrorism, foreign policy and taxes. They’re competitive on the economy, and a good deal more competitive than in the past on traditional liberal issues like immigration and health care. Self-identified conservatives significantly outnumber self-identified liberals.

For demographic reasons, many Democrats believe that they are riding a tide of presidential inevitability. They may want to rethink that. They are placing a very risky bet that there are virtually no limits to how far left they can go.

••• In “A chance for presidential candidates to pick their budget plan,” Ruth Marcus identifies “the fundamental question facing the would-be presidents, especially on the domestic front, is what the size and scope of government should be and how its operations should be financed.” Read it online at www.washingtonpost.com: To that end, a recent exercise by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a fiscal watchdog group, offers a useful set of benchmarks for assessing the candidates. The foundation asked five policy groups from across the ideological spectrum to devise budget proposals that would stabilize the debt while funding their priorities and to write memos to the next president outlining their approaches.

As might be expected, the liberal groups want to spend more on domestic priorities and raise more revenue to foot those bills.

The biggest areas of ideological divergence involve health-care spending and taxation.

The AAF and AEI would junk the Affordable Care Act and turn Medicare into a premium-support program under which seniors receive subsidies to purchase private coverage. Where the two conservative groups would eliminate taxes on saving and investment income, their liberal counterparts would increase taxes on capital gains and dividends.

Still, there are remarkable areas of convergence. No one thinks the existing tax system works; all five groups would radically overhaul the tax code, eliminating most individual and corporate deductions.

Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@theitem. com.

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God’s grace bigger than earthly crimes W hen reality star Josh Duggar — the first son of reality television couple Jim and Michelle Duggar — recently apologized for victimizing girls when he was a young teenager, he immediately came under fire for claiming grace. He apologized, saying he had asked God for forgiveness, which immediately drew ire from many different sides.

Some saw it as a cop-out or claimed Duggar was hiding behind a shield of religion. Regardless of how old he was at the time and whether he could be fully culpable for his actions, his decision was undeniably poor and hurt others.

What I found all together interesting, comforting and a little shocking was my fellow believers exhibited an almost immediate propensity to forgive the man. I think we as members of a larger faith community feel a familial connection with the Duggars, who also profess faith. Had he not carried the banner of faith, I don’t know if

there would have been such an outpouring of grace.

What of those of us who make bold claims about God’s mercy then find ourselves on the needing side of grace?

Faith Matters that You’ve probably JAMIE H. never given a second WILSON thought to the depths of God’s forgiveness and grace until you’ve been confronted by the outrageous decay of morality. If you are like me, you’ve found yourself asking how a loving God could forgive the criminals who kill, maim or victimize. It’s not just recent events; it seems that people throughout history have made it their mission to plumb the depths of human depravity.

But where there is sin, grace abounds all the more (Romans 5:20).

As believers, we should live our lives in such a way that grace, not terrible acts, is the most astounding event.

Of course, such a practice is not

easy. As I grit my teeth in defiance, I must acknowledge that God’s immeasurable grace is greater than the most heinous of crimes: murder, exploitation, physical and sexual abuse, financial manipulation and other travesties that find themselves in top news stories. I understand that there are religions, denominations and even our own per’ sonal hesitations that put a cap on God’s grace. Doing so, I think, puts conditions on God’s love, which goes against the nature of God. That means you can take the worst actions ever committed by a person, combine them with a penitent heart and God’s grace and still experience redemption. Total earthly reconciliation and restitution, perhaps not; but certainly

‘Grace abounded where human reason failed. Where we might deny someone mercy, God gives it freely.

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

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

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

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rom the Revolutionary War to the Iraq War, wise men and women, all heroes, have lived and died looking to our Heavenly Father for courage and wisdom even in the worst of circumstances.

As you worship this week, remember those who fought and gave their lives in the ongoing struggle for freedom, and know that God can make your steps secure no matter how desolate your plight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

God’s grace.

Scripture gives us a great example. In Luke 23, Scripture tells us that Jesus was crucified between two thieves. As they died, one criminal mocked Christ while the other asked for forgiveness. Both were deserving of their punishments; both committed their respective crimes; and both received their lawful consequence. Yet one’s heart was open to redemption, even in the waning hours of his earthly existence.

Grace abounded where human reason failed. Where we might deny someone mercy, God gives it freely. By praying for God’s grace in someone’s life or our own life, we aren’t excusing the crime, but acknowledging that God’s grace is bigger.

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

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

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

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

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

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Catch singer at Sumter church for ‘homecoming’

BY COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com Although singer and songwriter Tim Malchak found success in country music, it wasn’t until he grounded his life in Christianity that he started to feel fulfilled.

Living in Nashville in the ’80s, he had two top-40 hits and a handful of top 50 and top 70 hits. But at the end of the decade, things started to change.

“I had my little flirtation with success there,” Malchak said. “But I wasn’t living right. I wasn’t grounded; I wasn’t living for Christ. As you can expect, that kind of thing doesn’t last very long. So I left Nashville in 1992, moved down to South Carolina and have been there ever since.”

On his website, he said he used to experiment with drugs and alcohol

and wasn’t focused on the right things.

Then, in 1999, he switched his focus to Christ, and he said things changed.

Now he expresses his story of salvation through song and goes around touring churches in the Southeast sharing his story.

“It’s a way to communicate things to people that I may not be able to say in speaking,” he said. “Songwriting is great therapy, but it also serves as a healing process for me and others.”

And that is exactly what he’ll bring to Sumter when he comes to perform at a Celebrate Recovery meeting on Friday. The meeting will be at Salt & Light Church at 360 Miller Road and is open to the public. It starts at 6 p.m. with dinner, and Malchak will perform for about an hour starting at 7 p.m.

Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step addiction program which seeks to help

CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Wednesday-Friday, June 17-19 — Revival at 7:30 nightly. Bishop Jeffrey Johnson will speak.

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

Bethel AME Church, 219 E. Calhoun St., announces: * Saturday — The Women’s Missionary Society will celebrate with a musical concert at 5 p.m. * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly.

Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. 261, Wedgefield, announces: * Monday-Thursday, June 8-11 — Vacation Bible School at 6 nightly.

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

Calvary Baptist Church, 495 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, June 6 — Mid-Carolina Singing at 6 p.m. featuring the Believers Quartet and the Cedar Creek Quartet.

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

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

nightly. For 4K through 6th grade.

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

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — Fifth Sunday joint worship and pastor appreciation during 10 a.m. worship.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8 nightly. All ages.

Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Saturday, June 20 — The Risen Kings of Judah men’s fellowship conference at 11 a.m. Pastor Richard Croons will speak.

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

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

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Spiritual Growth Revival and children’s revival at 7 nightly.

Speakers vary. * Wednesday-Friday, June 10-12 — Spiritual Growth Youth Revival at 7 nightly at M.H. Newton Family Life Center, 415 Manning Ave. Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Youth service.

addicts of all kinds, Celebrate Recovery ministry leader John Sellar said.

He said it’s not just a chemical addiction program but a life program that tries to make people’s lives better. Sellar said he wanted to bring Malchak to town because it is a good way to reach people they may not normally reach.

“There’s an awful lot of people hurting; we know there are a lot of people out there, and this is a unique way to reach them,” Sellar said. “This is just outreach through the community.”

Sellar admitted he hasn’t heard Malchak’s story yet, but he’s excited to hear what he has to say.

From what Malchak said, his message can have a tremendous impact on people. He said when he was performing once a woman, who was looking for a place to commit suicide, stumbled into the church where he was performing. As she listened to the

* Sunday, June 7 — Usher’s anniversary program during morning worship. * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly. * Sunday, June 14 — Youth Day. Kingsbury Road Church of Christ, 215 Kingsbury Road, announces: * Sunday-Saturday, June 7-13 — 18th Annual Central Carolina School of Preaching Lectureship as follows: 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Monday-Friday; 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Saturday’s events will also include free lunch at noon.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Sabrina Fort, of Great Commission Ministries, Lake City, will speak.

Visit www.knittingheartsministry.org.

LaGree AME Church, 2920 Kolb Road, announces: * Sunday — Usher board ministry’s anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. The Rev. Abraham Temoney Jr., of Beulah AME Church, will speak. * Wednesday-Friday, June 10-12 — Spring Revival at 7 nightly.

songs, she ended up deciding not to commit suicide.

“The Holy Spirit covered her and made her realize she didn’t have to take her life,” he said.

This is not the performer’s first visit to Sumter, though. He’s performed at Salt & Light a few times before, he said. While he hasn’t been there in a while, he said it’s similar to a homecoming because he gets to see friends he may not have seen in a while and gets to meet some new ones.

“I love making new friends, meeting new people and keeping relationships going,” Malchak said. “There are people that when you meet, but may not see for months or years, and you can pick up from the time you left off like no time has passed at all. That’s the kind of things that I seek out as far as people. I’ve got some friends in Sumter that I’ve known for years.”

way, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — No worship services. * Sunday, June 7 — Pastor Grant will be recognized for his 25 years in ministry at 1 p.m. * Sunday, June 14 — Student recognition at 1 p.m. followed by a cookout on the church grounds.

One Step Christian Ministries, 125 S. Nettles St., Bishopville, announces: * Sunday, June 14 — Youth awards day and recognition with worship, praise and reception at 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Earlene Howard-Smith, of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, will speak.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday — Graduation Sunday at 11 a.m. * Saturday, June 6 — Russell Elmore prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Tommy Evans will speak.

Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach, meets at Econo Lodge, Iris Room, 226 N. Washington St., announces: * Sunday, June 14 — Second aniversary of the church will be celebrated at 5 p.m. The Rev. Frank Williams Jr. will speak.

Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Youth Day service.

Sheppard Ministries announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Southern Heritage concert choir at 6 p.m. at Wedgefield Baptist Church, 6220 Wedgefield Highway, Wedgefield. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Youth worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. Minister Cedric Anderson will speak.

Spring Hill AME Church, 4309 Bill Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — 116th church anniversary celebration at 3 p.m. The Rev. Amos Gourdine will speak.

New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

St. James AME Church, 180 W. Fulton Manning Road, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — Senior members appreciation program at 3 p.m.

New Hope AME Church, 18808 Panola Road, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — “Gospel Fest” at 6 p.m. featuring Men of Praise, Mike Brown, FOCUS of Charleston and more.

St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, June 10-12 — Spring Revival at 7:30 nightly.

Pastor Terry Johnson will speak.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden High-

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces:

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

* Sunday, June 7 — Pastor’s Aide program “How Can We Hear Without a Preacher” at 3 p.m.

The Rev. Manuel Fogle, of Great Present AME Church in Andrews, will speak. * Wednesday-Friday, June 17-19 — Revival at 7 nightly. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr., of First Baptist Missionary Baptist, will speak.

Summerton Southern Methodist Church, 1107 Felton Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Fifth Sunday singing at 11 a.m. featuring Floyd Family Trio.

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

Three Pillars Missionary Baptist Church, 1205 N. Main St., announces: * Saturday, June 13 — Fruit of the Spirit program at 5 p.m.

Tiverton Missionary Baptist Church, 2420 Old Charleston Road, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday — Family and friends program at 6 p.m.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, June 7 — A night of worship with the creative arts, praise dance, mime, spoken work and more at 4 p.m. featuring Minister Desireee Ross and her God Chasers team. * Sunday, June 14 — College and high school graduation celebration at 10 a.m.

Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 A/B Sumter Landing Road, Horatio, announces: * Sunday — Voices of Praise anniversary celebration at 2 p.m. * Sunday, June 7 — Communion and fellowship. Church school begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, June 14 — Educational scholarship program / children’s day. Celestine Miller Harris, retired New York superintendent of education, will speak.

Church school begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship.

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SUPPORT GROUPS AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA Women’s Meeting — Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

AA “How it Works” Group — Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494-5180.

Al-Anon “Courage to Change” Support Group — Tuesday, 7 p.m., Alice Drive Baptist Church, Room 204, 1305 Loring Mill Road. Call Dian at (803) 316-0775 or Crystal at (803) 775-3587.

441 AA Support Group — Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall.

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 435-8085.

C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 3166763. Find us on Facebook at Sumter Vitiligo Support.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — Every Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at (803) 469-9426.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital community meeting room, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Amputee Support Group — Fourth Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital cafeteria, 121 E. Cedar St.,

Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday each month, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha Willis at (803) 774-6181.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

Asthma Support Group — Every 1st Thursday, 6 p.m., Clarendon County School District 3 Parenting Center, 2358 Walker Gamble Road, New Zion. Call Mary Howard at (843) 659-2102.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

Journey of Hope (for families members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620.

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Sumter 87/63

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 87/62

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Charleston 85/64

Today: Partly sunny; a shower or thunderstorm. High 80 to 85.

Friday: Times of sun and clouds. High 81 to 85.

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FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m. Contact Kevin Johnson at (803) 7780303.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 481-7521.

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

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WITH WI T EQU EQUAL Q AL PAYMENTS S ARIES (March LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Express 21-April 19): your thoughts and follow through Don’t fight with action. You can accomplish EUGENIA LAST the inevitable. what you set out to do and will get The more the acknowledgment you deserve accommodating and if you put in the effort. Don’t let compromising you are, the better domestic issues stand between you things will turn out for you. Use and reaching your professional your intelligence and high energy to make things happen. If you are goals. disciplined and hardworking, you SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be will get what you want. prepared to spend money if you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make want to do the best job possible. plans to improve. Sign up for a Investing in yourself, your talent course or update your image and you’ll feel good and make progress. and your plans will lead to a better future. Your love life will improve if Love is highlighted, and the you are willing to share your interest someone takes in you will lead to your good fortune. Positive success. thoughts will bring good results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Focus Have some fun. Getting to know on love, creativity and exploring the people in your neighborhood your options. You are in a high or taking part in community events cycle that will allow you to bring will broaden your horizons and about positive changes in your bring you opportunities. Making personal and social encounters. suggestions and offering hands-on Express your feelings and you will get the response you are looking help will boost your popularity. for.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep Listen to what’s being said, but busy — idle time will lead to a don’t respond prematurely. You are precarious situation when dealing best to let emotional matters settle with emotional or domestic down before you try to take matters. Don’t reveal your feelings control. Put more time and thought until you are sure you are ready to into nurturing and doing things for have an open and honest conversation. others. Say little; do a lot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Love, communication skills will put you romance and doing something to in the limelight. You can make a make you feel and look your best difference if you are diligent and should be your goal. Let your determined to improve your innovative, imaginative and community, surroundings or engaging personality shine environment. What you do will through and you will impress bring praise, popularity and leadership. someone you love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A deal Concentrate on staying out of being offered will not be as good trouble. Someone will blame you as it sounds. Do your research and for something you didn’t do. Don’t you’ll find a way to cut corners and argue, just fix whatever went come out ahead. You won’t please wrong and keep moving forward.

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USC SUMTER BASEBALL

CLEMSON BASKETBALL

Beyond expectations

Foster, who led Tigers to Elite Eight in 1980, dies FROM STAFF, CLEMSON REPORTS

CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSON / GRAND JUNCTION SENTINEL

Despite an 0-and-2 performance at the JUCO World Series, USC Sumter head coach Tim Medlin, center, and the rest of the Fire Ants exceeded all expectations this season by winning the Region X regular-season championship and winning the Eastern District tournament to clinch the program’s first trip to Grand Junction, Colo.

Despite early exit from JUCO World Series, Fire Ants defy odds by taking mostly young, untested group of scrappy players to sport’s grandest stage

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Staring at almost a mirror image of what happened to it a year ago, the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team did what it had done all season long – never quit.

Just as it was undefeated and in the championship round of the NJCAA Eastern District in 2014, USCS again found itself in the same position earlier this month, only this time in Uniondale, N.Y. In both cases the Fire Ants needed just one victory to advance

to their first ever appearance in the Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

Sumter lost twice to Spartanburg Methodist College last year and it lost the first game in the championship round this year, falling to Potomac State College of

West Virginia 5-2. This time though, USC Sumter rebounded to beat the Catamounts 4-2 to send it out west. “(Fire Ants head) Coach (Tim Medlin) reminded us every day to be the best

CLEMSON — Former Clemson men’s basketball head coach Bill Foster, who guided Clemson to the Elite Eight of the 1980 NCAA Tournament in the school’s first NCAA appearance, passed away on Wednesday in Charlotte at the age of 79 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Foster, a native of FOSTER Hemingway, is the only coach to serve as the head coach of three current Atlantic Coast Conference institutions — Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech — and is one of the few coaches in NCAA history to have multiple 20-win seasons at four different schools.

Born on April 1, 1936, Foster was a head coach at the college level for 30 years at five institutions, and compiled a record of 532-325. He had 21 winning seasons and 11 seasons with at least 20 victories. He coached Clemson and Virginia Tech to the NCAA Tournament and had a 4-2 record in NCAA Tournament games for his career.

A noted program builder, he started the basketball program at the Division I level at Charlotte and restarted the University of Miami program in 1985 after a 15-year absence.

He was also known for his ability to take big men, many of whom were lightly recruited, and make them into star players.

His coaching helped turn Cedric Maxwell (Charlotte), Tree Rollins, Larry Nance and Horace Grant (Clemson) and Ace Custis (Virginia Tech) into players with long professional careers. Maxwell, Rollins, Nance and Grant were all NBA first-round draft choices.

Foster actually began his coaching career while he was a senior at Carson Newman College in Tennessee. In his final year as a cum laude student, he coached the Carson Newman freshman team to a 19-1 record.

Foster became the head coach at Marion High School in 1959 and led that program to a 42-21 record in three years.

Foster took on the challenge

SEE FIRE ANTS, PAGE B4

SEE FOSTER, PAGE B5

USC BASEBALL COMMENTARY

PREP BASKETBALL

Lost season shouldn’t spell end of Carolina’s rise to prominence O

Lady Knights’ Cole earns opportunity at Brunswick

h, what a summer of discontent awaits athletics fans of the University of South Carolina.

With the baseball program not even reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1999, Gamecock Nation is going to have to find some other way Dennis to kill two Brunson whole months before the start of fall practice for the 2015 football season. And with USC coming off a 7-6 football season and having lost many of its key contributors, the desire to get to that season opener against North Carolina on Sept. 3 in Charlotte has been quelled a bit.

That, however, is another story for another day.

As Carolina began a struggle after the first month of the baseball season that would last for the remainder of the 2-plus months on the schedule, I

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Jack Wynkoop and the rest of the South Carolina baseball team had a disappointing season after missing the postseason for the first time since 1999, but the Gamecocks will look to regain championship form in 2016. laughed at all of the woeful South Carolina fans who voiced their irrational concerns over the radio airwaves or via the million or so social media out-

lets now available. My thought was let the season play out, let the dust settle and then see

SEE USC, PAGE B5

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Playing basketball beyond high school is something Ladazha Cole always hoped would happen for her. After completing her senior season at Crestwood though, it didn’t look as if it might happen.

That is until she went to a showcase camp at Lee Central High School in Bishopville in April.

That’s where Brunswick Community College Community head coach Joe Gaughn had a chance to see the Lady Knights shooting guard perform in person.

Gaughn liked what he saw of Cole, she liked what she saw of the Brunswick campus located in Bolivia, N.C., and now she is a Lady Dolphin.

Cole recently signed with BCC, a National Junior College Athletic Association Division II pro-

gram.

“I really like the coach and I really like the campus,” Cole COLE said. “I’m just thankful that I’m getting the opportunity to do this. I always thought I would get to do this (even when there weren’t any offers available).”

Cole averaged just six points and two rebounds a game for the Lady Knights, who reached the 3A lower state championship game after playing for the state title the year before. However, she showed the ability to hit 3-point shots with consistency, enough so to earn a spot in the North-South AllStar game this year.

“She had a stretch at the end of the season where she just shot the

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LEGION BASEBALL

Camden spoils Durant’s Jets debut in 13-3 victory

BY TOM DIDATO Special to The Sumter Item CAMDEN — Pitching in his first competitive baseball game in more than 10 months, Grey Hoke did not appear to skip a beat while showing little or any signs of rust.

Hoke, who was redshirted by The Citadel this past season, worked all eight innings while fanning 13 Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 batters in helping Camden Post 17 to a 13-3 victory in the American Legion League III opener for both teams on Tuesday at American Legion Park.

The game was stopped in the bottom of the eighth by the 10-run mercy rule.

A 6-foot-3-inch lefthander whose last start in a game came in Post 17’s appearance in last year’s state tournament at Riley Park, Hoke scattered seven hits, did not walk a batter and was charged for one earned run.

Not only did Hoke get the win, but he also helped make a winner out of first-year P-17 head coach Will Dorton, who praised the effort of his team’s mound ace.

“We got exactly what we expected out of Grey Hoke tonight,” said Dorton. “He should be chomping at the bit after not playing competitively, after being redshirted at The Citadel. He came out and threw a lot of

strikes. And 13 strikeouts and no walks, that’s dominant. Whenever you get a performance like that and put up as many runs as we did, we will feel pretty good about things.”

The Camden offense backed Hoke by doing all its damage on just seven hits. The hosts used three Dalzell-Shaw errors, five walks from three different pitchers and a pair of hit batters to get the victory and spoil the debut of Post 175 head coach Gene Durant, who tipped his hat to Hoke.

“He was throwing well and spotting his pitches,” Durant said. “He threw the ball very well and it took us a little while to get on to him.

We just couldn’t get the hits when we needed them. We’d get one runner on base, but couldn’t move him over.”

Camden scored the game’s first run off Dalzell-Shaw starter Chad Jones in the second as Gunner Smith sent a leadoff ground-rule double to deep center field before scoring on the back end of a double steal with Nick Stokes swiping second.

The visitors evened things at 1-1 with a run in the third.

Chris Tention got aboard on a 2-out fielder’s choice before moving to third on a errant pickoff throw to the first base bag. Tention scored when Rod Lee sent a

run-scoring single to left.

Post 17 turned things around by scoring six times on three hits in a bottom of the third which was helped along by four walks and a hit batter as the hosts sent 10 batters to the plate. After a pair of walks opened the inning, a Tyler Bowers single drove in the goahead run. Stokes would add a 2-run double while Chase Stephens drove home the seventh run of the game as Camden drew to a 7-1 advantage.

Dalzell-Shaw scored one in the fourth with Ron York lining a 2-out single to left, stealing second and scoring on a Christian Buford single down the left field line to make it a 7-2 game.

Dalzell-Shaw got to Hoke for a third run in the seventh.

Cole Benenhaley had two hits for Post 175 which, Durant said, will grow from this game.

“This is a very young team. We have a lot of young kids,” he said.

“We’re just trying to get better every game. I saw some bright things tonight and saw some things we have to work on.

“It helps to get that first game under their belt. I wish we could have played (Camden) closer than we did, but it was good for our guys to get it done. We’ll come back (Wednesday) night.”

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MLB STANDINGS

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

W 25 24 21 22 21

L 22 24 23 27 26

Pct .532 .500 .477 .449 .447

GB – 1 1/2 2 1/2 4 4

W 28 28 28 21 20

L 18 18 20 25 24

Pct .609 .609 .583 .457 .455

GB – – 1 7 7

W 30 23 23 23 17

L 18 23 23 24 32

Pct .625 .500 .500 .489 .347

GB – 6 6 6 1/2 13 1/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Houston 4, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Kansas City 1 Toronto 10, Chicago White Sox 9 Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 6, 10 innings Texas 4, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 2, Boston 1 Detroit 1, Oakland 0 San Diego 4, L.A. Angels 0, 10 innings

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 12, Texas 3 Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 2 Minnesota 6, Boston 4 Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 0 Detroit 3, Oakland 2 Baltimore 5, Houston 4 San Diego at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-2) at Baltimore (T.Wilson 1-0), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Chicago White Sox (Beck 0-0) at Baltimore (M.Wright 1-0), 4:35 p.m., 2nd game Boston (E.Rodriguez 0-0) at Texas (N.Martinez 4-0), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Farmer 0-0) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-3), 10:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-6) at Oakland (Graveman 2-2), 10:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 2-5) at Seattle (Paxton 3-2), 10:10 p.m.

MLB ROUNDUP

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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

Toronto at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

9 p.m.

June 11: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 14: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 8 p.m. x-June 16: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland, 9 p.m. x-June 19: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 9 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Rangers 3 May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 May 18: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 2 May 20: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, OT May 22: N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1 May 24: Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Tuesday: N.Y. Rangers 7, Tampa Bay 3 Friday: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Anaheim 3, Chicago 2 May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 May 19: Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT May 21: Anaheim 2, Chicago 1 May 23: Chicago 5, Anaheim 4, 2OT Monday: Anaheim 5, Chicago 4, OT Wednesday: Anaheim at Chicago (late) x-Saturday: Chicago at Anaheim 8 p.m.

TENNIS

By The Associated Press FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Wednesday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $30.86 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Second Round Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.

Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Fernando Verdasco (32), Spain, 6-4, 0-6, 1-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Steve Johnson, United States, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6).

Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Pablo Cuevas (21), Uruguay, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5.

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Ernests Gulbis (24), Latvia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Benoit Paire, France, def. Fabio Fognini (28), Italy, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (19), Spain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, def.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (22), Germany, leads Pablo Andujar, Spain, 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 4-2, susp., darkness.

Women Second Round Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Sam Stosur (26), Australia, def. Amandine Hesse, France, 6-0, 6-1.

Sabine Lisicki (20), Germany, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-1, retired.

Annika Beck, Germany, def. Paula Kania, Poland, 6-2, 6-2.

Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-0.

Alize Cornet (29), France, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-2, 7-5.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def. Simona Halep (3), Romania, 7-5, 6-1.

Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Elina Svitolina (19), Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 1-6, 7-5, 9-7.

Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-1, 6-4.

Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-0.

Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 1-0, retired.

Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

EAST DIVISION Washington New York Atlanta Philadelphia Miami CENTRAL DIVISION

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Atlanta acquired Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe, right, on Wednesday as part of a 6-player trade that also involved Braves infielder Alberto Callaspo.

L.A. Dodgers send 3B Uribe to Braves as part of a 6-player deal LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers dealt third baseman Juan Uribe to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday in a 6-player trade.

The Dodgers also sent right-handed pitcher Chris Withrow to the Braves for infielder Alberto Callaspo, lefthanders Eric Stults and Ian Thomas, and minor league right-hander Juan Jaime.

METS 7 PHILLIES 0

NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard pitched 6-hit ball into the eighth inning and connected for his first home run, Lucas Duda homered twice and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 7-0.

PIRATES 5 MARLINS 2

PITTSBURGH — Jung Ho Kang capped a late rally with a 2-run single and Pittsburgh earned a 5-2 win over Miami.

INDIANS 12 RANGERS 3

CLEVELAND — Carlos

Santana capped and 8-run third inning with a 3-run homer, leading Cleveland past Texas 12-3.

8-game winner, Nelson Cruz hit his AL-best 18th homer and Seattle beat Tampa Bay 3-0.

YANKEES 4

WHITE SOX 5

ROYALS 2

BLUE JAYS 3

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez hit a 3-run homer to break Lou Gehrig’s AL record for RBI, and the New York Yankees beat Kansas City 4-2.

TORONTO — Adam LaRoche singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Toronto 5-3.

TWINS 6

GIANTS 3

RED SOX 4

BREWERS 1

MINNEAPOLIS — Aaron Hicks homered for the first time in more than a year as Minnesota earned a 6-4 victory over Boston.

MILWAUKEE — Ryan Vogelsong allowed one run in six innings to win his third straight start, Joe Panik hit a 2-run homer and San Francisco beat Milwaukee 3-1.

ROCKIES 6 REDS 4

CINCINNATI — Nolan Arenado hit a 3-run homer and Kyle Kendrick pitched into the eighth, leading Colorado to a 6-4 win over Cincinnati.

MARINERS 3 RAYS 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Felix Hernandez pitched a 4-hitter to become the major’s first

TUESDAY DODGERS 8 BRAVES 0 LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw combined with two relievers on a 5-hitter, Adrian Gonzalez notched his 1,000th RBI with a 2-run homer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Atlanta Braves 8-0.

From wire reports

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

W 27 27 22 19 18

L 19 21 23 30 30

Pct .587 .563 .489 .388 .375

GB – 1 4 1/2 9 1/2 10

W 30 25 24 19 16

L 16 20 22 27 32

Pct .652 .556 .522 .413 .333

GB – 4 1/2 6 11 15

W 28 28 22 21 19

L 17 20 25 24 26

Pct .622 .583 .468 .467 .422

GB – 1 1/2 7 7 9

TUESDAY’S GAMES

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

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Colorado 6, Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 5, Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 0 San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 1 Washington at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh (Burnett 4-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 2-4), 10:10 p.m.

Atlanta (S.Miller 5-1) at San Francisco (Heston 4-3), 10:15 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

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

NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0 May 20: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89 May 22: Cleveland 94, Atlanta 82 May 24: Cleveland 114, Atlanta 111, OT Tuesday: Cleveland 118, Atlanta 88

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Golden State 3, Houston 1 May 19: Golden State 110, Houston 106 May 21: Golden State 99, Houston 98 May 23: Golden State 115, Houston 80 Monday: Houston 128, Golden State 115 Wednesday: Houston at Golden State (late) x-Friday: Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m. x-Sunday: Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State/Houston vs. Cleveland June 4: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 9 p.m.

June 7: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 8 p.m.

June 9: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland,

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Designated OF Alejandro De Aza for assignment. Activated INF Ryan Flaherty from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS _ Acquired OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis from the New York Mets for cash considerations. Designated RHP Chad Smith for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS _ Recalled RHP Jon Edwards from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned OF Jake Smolinski to Round Rock.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS _ Traded 3B Juan Uribe and RHP Chris Withrow to Atlanta for INF Alberto Callaspo, LHP Eric Stults, LHP Ian Thomas and RHP Juan Jaime.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS _ Placed 1B Matt Adams on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Ed Easley from Memphis (PCL).

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS _ Signed RHP Richard Barrett.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS _ Released INF Ryan Soares and OF Ryan Mathews.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS _ Signed RHP Charle Rosario.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS _ Signed INF Rob Zinsmeister.

FOOTBALL

National Football League INDIANAPOLIS COLTS _ Signed WR Phillip Dorsett.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS _ Terminated the contracts of G Chris Chester and CB Tracy Porter.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS _ Signed DB Dominique Franks, DB Shaquille Richardson, WR Greg Childs, WR David Gettis, LB Garrett Waggoner and WR Addison Richards.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS _ Signed Fs Ryan Kujawinski and Blake Pietila to entry-level contracts.

American Hockey League BAKERSFIELD CONDORS _ Signed G Ty Rimmer, LW Braden Christoffer and LW Connor Rankin.

ECHL

ECHL _ Suspended Ontario’s Derek Couture one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a May 26 game at Allen.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer ATLANTA _ Named Ann Rodriguez vice president of business operations, effective June 22.

SPORTING KC _ Announced it has mutually agreed with G Luis Marin to terminate his contract. Announced G Jon Kempin was returned from his loan to San Antonio (NASL).

COLLEGE

GRAND CANYON _ Signed men’s basketball coach Dan Majerle and baseball coach Andy Stankiewicz to four-year contract extensions through 2019.

PURDUE _ Named Andrew Warsaw director of football operations.

SUSQUEHANNA _ Brandon Kates men’s assistant soccer coach.

TENNESSEE-MARTIN _ Named Heather Butler women’s assistant basketball coach.

THE CITADEL _ Named Derek Satterfield assistant athletic director for media relations.

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Vive la France! Monfils, Tsonga shine in Paris

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cleveland forward LeBron James, right, and guard Kyrie Irving slap hands during the Cavaliers’ 118-88 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Cavs swept the series and advanced to the NBA Finals.

Better than ever, LeBron leads Cavs into NBA Finals

BY TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Escorted by family members and friends, LeBron James walked out of Quicken Loans Arena cradling his sleepy youngest son with his left arm while clutching an expensive bottle of champagne in his right hand.

It was time for one James to go to bed, the other to have a late-night drink and get some much-needed rest.

The NBA Finals lie ahead.

Taking his magnificent game to a higher level, James sent the Cavaliers into the finals for the second time in franchise history on Tuesday night with a 118-88 romp over the Atlanta Hawks, who couldn’t stop the 4-time league MVP and were swept in four straight.

Driven by the chance to end the city’s half-century-old championship drought, James was brilliant from start to finish. He averaged 30.3 points, 11 rebounds and 9.3 assists, the first player in postseason history to put up that statistical line.

He’s never been better in the playoffs.

The Cavs don’t have a finals opponent yet as Golden State and Houston still have to settle things out West. But in the East, one team stands above all the others — the one with James, who will appear in his fifth consecutive finals after going four times in a row with Miami.

He came back to Ohio to win a title for his home region,

where second place has been as good as it gets since the Browns ruled the NFL in 1964.

There has been heartbreak in the years since as the Indians lost two World Series, the Browns were denied in three AFC championship games by Denver’s John Elway and the Cavs were swept by San Antonio in 2007.

With four wins, James can change that.

“We all know how long it’s been since a champion has been in this city,’’ he said. “We will give our best shot.’’

In the delirious moments after Game 4, James stood at mid-court as adoring Cleveland fans chanted: “N-B-A Finals (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap).’’ He pulled a conference championship T-shirt over his head and put on a cap before turning to teammate J.R. Smith with a simple message.

“Four more,’’ he said.

LONG LAYOFF The Finals don’t start until June 4, giving the Cavaliers nearly eight full days to get healthy — or as close to healthy as possible.

James has been battling an assortment of injuries and Kyrie Irving returned to the lineup after missing Games 2 and 3 with knee tendinitis. The break will also give the Cavs a chance to recharge mentally for their toughest challenge yet.

IRVING’S ISSUES Irving has battled knee sore-

ness and a sprained right foot throughout the playoffs. The All-Star scored 16 and had five assists in 22 minutes in Game 4. There’s a good chance Irving won’t be fully healed until after the season, so he might be more a role player in the finals.

Backup Matthew Dellavedova stepped up against Atlanta, pestering the Hawks with his belly-to-belly defense and knocking down big shots.

CAST OF CHARACTERS The Cavs don’t rely on James to do everything. Besides Dellavedova, the Cavs have gotten major contributions from several role players. Tristan Thompson has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in seven of his nine starts; J.R. Smith made eight 3-pointers in Game 1 and four in Game 4 with 10 rebounds; Timofey Mozgov had 14 points; and Iman Shumpert is the team’s best perimeter defender.

The Cavs have become selfless.

“That’s what trying to accomplish a dream is all about,’’ James said.

PARIS — Gael Monfils delivered one final ace, his 21st, and closed out his latest raucous, 5-set victory on Court Philippe Chatrier to the delight of roaring, partisan spectators.

An entertainer at heart, Monfils pounded his chest with his right fist repeatedly and, after hugging opponent Diego Schwartzman at the net, used his right shoe to etch a sketch of a smiley face on the French Open main stadium’s red clay.

Needless to say, his adoring public loved that, too.

Since 1983, when Yannick Noah became the most recent man from France to win the championship at Roland Garros, the locals have not had a whole lot to cheer about at their Grand Slam tennis tournament.

So mark Wednesday as a rare bright light along the way: All five of the host country’s men in action advanced to the third round, including three who were seeded — No. 12 Gilles Simon, No. 13 Monfils and No. 14 JoWilfried Tsonga — and two who defeated seeded players — Nicolas Mahut and Benoit Paire.

“Everybody,’’ Tsonga said, “remembers Yannick’s victory.’’

Monfils trailed Argentina’s Schwartzman two sets to one, before coming back and improving to 14-10 in five-setters with a 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win filled with loud cheers between points and plenty of supportive cries of “Allez!’’

“Actually, today I won because I had the crowd

behind me,’’ Monfils said.

“They give me, let’s say, some wings.’’

The 5-foot-7 (1.70meter) Schwartzman, who is 9 inches (23 centimeters) shorter than Monfils, noticed the fans’ effect, saying: “He always uses the people (to his advantage), in all his matches.’’

While some French players through the years have found the expectations of their countrymen too much to bear during these two weeks — Amelie Mauresmo comes to mind — Monfils and Tsonga occasionally thrive in the setting.

Both men have reached the semifinals in Paris — Monfils in 2008, and Tsonga in 2013. And both say they find the attention from the crowds more help than hindrance.

“For me,’’ Tsonga said, “it’s something positive.’’

What, he was asked, might the reaction in France be if someone could end its 32-year wait for a men’s French Open title?

“First of all, I would be interested in winning!

What would happen next? I don’t really know.

I have absolutely no idea.

The fans are happy when we win a first-round match,’’ a grinning Tsonga replied, enjoying his own one-liner, “so I guess winning the tournament would be something extraordinary for a country like ours.’’

Tsonga, the Australian Open runner-up in 2008, had little trouble Wednesday while defeating Israel’s Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

Simon also was a straight-set winner, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 over Slovakia’s Martin Klizan.

DOMINATING DEFENSE The Cavaliers are allowing just 92.6 points per game, tied with Chicago for best among any teams in this postseason, and limiting opponents to 41.2 percent shooting. Atlanta shot just 23.4 percent from 3-point range (5 of 32 in Game 4), lowering opponents’ shooting percentage against the Cavs behind the arc to 27.8 percent.

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U.S., Swiss target top FIFA officials in corruption probe

BY GRAHAM DUNBAR The Associated Press ZURICH — The U.S. government launched an attack on what it called deep-seated and brazen corruption in soccer’s global governing body Wednesday, pulling FIFA executives out of a luxury Swiss hotel to face racketeering charges and raiding regional offices in Miami.

Swiss officials also invaded FIFA headquarters, seizing records and computers to investigate whether the decisions to award World Cups to Russia and Qatar were rigged.

Scandals and rumors of corruption have dogged FIFA throughout the 17-year reign of its president, Sepp Blatter, but he was not named in either investigation. He is scheduled to stand Friday for re-election to a fifth, 4-year term, and the organization said the vote will go ahead as planned, despite the turmoil.

FIFA also ruled out a revote of the World Cup bids won by Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

“We welcome the actions and the investigations by the

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Federal agents load a van with boxes and computers taken from the headquarters of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football on Wednesday in Miami Beach, Fla. Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested Wednesday pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate probe of “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption. cutor said the charges were only the beginning.

Some of the biggest names in soccer said they had complained for years about corruption in FIFA, which oversees the world’s most popular sport and generates billions in revenue each year.

U.S. and Swiss authorities and believe that it will help to reinforce measures that FIFA has already taken to root out any wrongdoing in football,’’ Blatter said in a statement. The organization said it was cooperating fully with the investigation, and one American prose-

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Manning-Sumter Legion game postponed Wednesday’s American Legion baseball game between Sumter Post 15 and Manning-Santee Post 68 was postponed due to field conditions caused by inclement weather.

The game has been reschedule for Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Manning.

Sumter won the opening game of the series 11-1 in seven innings on Monday. Tonight’s game is set for 7 p.m. at Riley Park.

AMERICAN LEGION STANDINGS Sumter Camden Hartsville Goose Creek Dalzell Manning

W 1 1 0 0 0 0

League III L GB 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 1 1 1 1

PCT 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000

Overall W 1 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 1 1

MONDAY’S GAME

Sumter 11, Manning 1, 7 innings

SEC WORRIED ABOUT INEQUALITY IN COST OF ATTENDANCE

TUESDAY’S GAME

Camden 13, Dalzell 3, 7 innings

DESTIN, Fla. — The cost of attendance boost to an athletic scholarship is about to become a reality and some coaches are uncomfortable with the new economic reality of college sports: Athletes will be able to get more at some schools than at others.

In the Southeastern Conference, Tennessee and Auburn will be giving their athletes about $5,500 more on top of a scholarship that pays for tuition, room and board, and books. On the other end, schools such as Alabama, Texas A&M and Georgia will be giving their athletes about $3,000 less.

Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said he is concerned the variances create an advantage for some schools and could promote fraud.

NASCAR PENALIZES 3 TEAMS FOR COCA-COLA 600 INFRACTIONS CHARLOTTE — NASCAR penalized three teams Wednesday for infractions at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Matt McCall, crew chief for Jamie McMurray,

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Sumter at Manning, ppd., rain Camden at Dalzell, late

TODAY’S GAMES

Manning at Sumter, 7 p.m.

Dalzell at Camden, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAME

Sumter at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

was placed on probation through Dec. 31 for a P2 penalty because the right rear quarter panel wheel opening had been modified after qualifying inspection for the Coca-Cola 600.

Jimmie Johnson’s team received a P1 penalty for receiving a written warning for the second consecutive race.

Justin Allgaier’s team also received a P1 penalty for a second consecutive written warning for needing too many times to pass pre-qualifying inspection. He’ll pick with Johnson for pit stall at Dover.

From staff, wire reports

FIRE ANTS FROM PAGE B1 team in this league (Region X) we have to play like it, and I think as the year progressed all the young guys came closer together and we played like a World Series team,” USCS sophomore Brett Auckland said.

The Fire Ants finished the season with a 43-21 record, won the Region X regular season crown and finished second in the region tournament. After winning the Eastern District tournament, they moved on to JUCO World Series, going 0-2.

The finish, however, didn’t take away from the season.

“It was a great year and we exceeded expectations,” Medlin said. “We had guys definitely overachieve. We had some guys do exactly what we thought they would do.

It’s thrilling; when you’re one of the last 10 teams in the country playing there is no doubt it is thrilling.

“It’s an honor and these young guys earned it,” he said. “Nobody gave them anything and they played exceptionally well. I just hate we didn’t play better out (in Colorado).”

The Fire Ants were involved in 24 1-run games, winning 16 and losing eight of those contests.

Despite the end result of losing 8-0 to defending national champion Iowa Western Community College and 23-11 to Dodge City Community College in Kansas, nothing was perhaps more special than the entire journey of making history itself.

“The biggest thing this team wouldn’t do is they wouldn’t quit,” Medlin said. “Even right down to the last game against Dodge City; Dodge City swung it as good as anybody we’ve seen swing it all year, and we didn’t pitch good that day, we couldn’t locate fastballs.

But every time they scored, we came back and answered. I mean we scored 11 runs on 19 hits, we did not quit. That’s the mark of this club, and we did it with a lot of young

guys.”

Twenty-three freshmen, including former Sumter High School standout Tee Dubose, were part of the historic season along with just 10 sophomores.

“Every team starts way off, I mean a little different from where they end the season, but we had talent definitely,” Dubose said. ”Coach always said this team had talent to do big things. We could go out there and win it all with the talent we have, but we’ve got to keep working, and I believe it and other people on the team believe it. We got to that point and it was awesome.”

Medlin pointed out that outside sophomores Ray Murphy, Auckland, Victor Gonzalez, Will Smith and Corey Sox, the team was full of new and unproven players.

“Everything from Dillon Heffner in left (field), Williams Thomas in right, Fred Wadsworth at third (base), Johnny Flading at third, Justin Hawkins at short(stop), Mickey Dugan at second, Tee Dubose (at first base), (pitchers) Michael Carpin, Collie Bowers, Austin Hawley, Jake Trejo, Jamie Morlan and Colby Tollison, those guys were great,” he said. “They went out and found a way.”

Auckland said at the beginning of the season he wasn’t sure what to expect, especially with so many freshmen.

“Anyone who followed us all season knew we were a bunch of fighters,” he explained. “It didn’t matter how much we were down we were going to fight back, give our best effort and to see all the young guys grow all season was a big part for me, which made it great.”

According to Dubose, now that the team has gotten to the JUCO World Series its goal has changed.

“We want to do that from now on,” he said.

“That’s a goal we’re going to set. We’re not just looking to win region anymore, we’re looking to go the World Series every year from now on.”

COLE FROM PAGE B1 3-pointer extremely well,” said Crestwood head coach Tony Wilson. “She overcame some adversity and worked her way to this point.”

Gaughn said he had heard of Cole, but had not seen her in person until the camp.

“She’s one of the reasons I made sure I went down there,” said Gaughn, who is in his fourth season at Brunswick. “She’s got a really nice shot, and she can shoot it deep.”

Brunswick went 14-15 last season in Region X.

NCAA REGIONALS

By The Associated Press Double Elimination; x-if necessary

Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL

NASHVILLE REGIONAL

At Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Fla. Friday Game 1 — Auburn (35-24) vs. College of Charleston (43-13), Noon Game 2 — Florida State (41-19) vs. Mercer (3521), 6 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

GAINESVILLE REGIONAL

At Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Gainesville, Fla. Friday Game 1 — South Florida (33-24-1) vs. FAU (4017), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Florida (44-16) vs. Florida A&M (2323), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

CORAL GABLES REGIONAL

At A-Rod Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, Fla. Friday Game 1 — Columbia (31-15) vs. East Carolina (40-20), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Miami (44-14) vs. FIU (29-29), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

LOUISVILLE REGIONAL

At Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Ky. Friday Game 1 — Michigan (37-23) vs. Bradley (35-19), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — Louisville (43-16) vs. Morehead State (38-20), 6 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

At Hawkins Field Nashville, Tenn.

Friday Game 1 — Indiana (34-22) vs. Radford (43-14), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Vanderbilt (42-19) vs. Lipscomb (3918), 8 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner At Illinois Field Champaign, Ill. Friday Game 1 — Wright State (41-15) vs. Notre Dame (36-21), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Illinois (47-8-1) vs. Ohio (36-19), 8 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL

At Hammons Field Springfield, Mo. Friday Game 1 — Oregon (37-23) vs. Iowa (39-16), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — Missouri State (45-10) vs. Canisus (34-28), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL

At Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, La. Friday Game 1 — LSU (48-10) vs. Lehigh (25-29), 4 p.m.

Game 2 — Tulane (34-23) vs. UNC Wilmington (39-16), 8 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

STILLWATER REGIONAL

HOUSTON REGIONAL

At L. Dale Mitchell Park Stillwater, Okla.

Friday Game 1 — Oral Roberts (41-14) vs. Arkansas (35-22), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Oklahoma State (37-18) vs. St. John’s (39-14), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

At Cougar Field Houston Friday Game 1 — Louisiana-Lafayette (39-21) vs. Rice (35-20), 3:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Houston (42-18) vs. Houston Baptist (28-25), 8 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

FORT WORTH REGIONAL

LOS ANGELES REGIONAL

At Charlie and Marie Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Friday Game 1 — Stony Brook (34-14-1) vs. N.C. State (34-21), 2:30 p.m.

Game 2 — TCU (45-11) vs. Sacred Heart (23-301), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

At Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles Friday Game 1 — Maryland (39-21) vs. Mississippi (3026), 7 p.m.

Game 2 — UCLA (42-14) vs. Cal State Bakersfield (36-22-1), 11 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

DALLAS REGIONAL

FULLERTON REGIONAL

At Horner Ballpark Dallas Friday Game 1 — Texas (30-25) vs. Oregon State (38-161), 2:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Dallas Baptist (43-13) vs. VCU (37-22), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

At Goodwin Field Fullerton, Calif.

Friday Game 1 — Clemson (32-27) vs. Arizona State (3421), 6 p.m.

Game 2 — Cal State Fullerton (34-22) vs. Pepperdine (30-27), 10 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL

LAKE ELSINORE REGIONAL

At Olsen Field College Station, Texas Friday Game 1 — California (34-19) vs. Coastal Carolina (38-19), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Texas A&M (45-11) vs. Texas Southern (31-17), 7 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

At The Diamond Lake Elsinore, Calif.

Friday Game 1 — Virginia (34-22) vs. Southern Cal (3719), 6 p.m.

Game 2 — UC Santa Barbara (40-15-1) vs. San Diego State (40-21), 10 p.m.

Saturday Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Sunday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Monday x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner

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USC FROM PAGE B1 where the Gamecocks stand.

Of course, it is on the outside looking in, and that is place that USC head coach Chad Holbrook and his players hate being, much less the fans. It is not a state a program of the stature of Carolina’s should be comfortable with being, but you know what?

Some seasons things just don’t get your way, and that’s what makes sports so much fun and so frustrating at the same time.

That’s why you play the games.

There was no rhyme or reason to the inconsistency of South Carolina this season. Usually, when a team goes through struggles, it is one area that exposes its weaknesses more than any other. That just wasn’t the case with the Gamecocks though.

The hitting wasn’t great for most of the season, but then they had a couple of stretches where they simply scorched the baseball. The pitching would be good for a stretch, then not so good. Usually, when the pitching was good, the hitting wasn’t so

good and when the hitting was good, the pitching not so much.

Carolina had a team good enough to win series against two No. 1 regional seeds, Vanderbilt at home and Texas A&M in College Station — and it should have swept the Aggies. In turn, the Gamecocks were a team bad enough to lose series to Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi State, each of which had worse SEC records than them.

The Gamecocks played so many games that could have gone either way. They lost 10 games by one run or in extra innings while winning four such games. Six of the losses came in the Southeastern Conference and four were out-of-conference games, while all of the wins were SEC contests. Flip two of those SEC games and the four non-conference games into the W column, you’re talking about an overall record of 38-19 instead of 32-25 and a 15-15 SEC record instead of 13-17. If you flip just three of those games, one being an SEC game, you’re talking 35-22 and 14-16 records. Either way, Carolina gets an invite to

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the tournament.

We’re dealing in hypotheticals though and the reality of the situation is USC has packed up its equipment until the start of fall practice. There will be pressure on Holbrook to right the ship quickly, which he no doubt wants to do. It’s hard to imagine that falling short of a tournament bid next year will be tolerated.

All that being said, Carolina, in reality, wasn’t that far off this season, no matter how many fans said the squad didn’t deserve to go to the NCAAs. To me, those are people just a bit spoiled by the success USC enjoyed during that magical 3-year run from 2010 to 2012 or are people who don’t understand the ebb and flow of sports, baseball in particular.

This is a program where rationalizing what happened to a season should be the exception, not the rule. Gamecock fans need to wait and see which it is before calling for the dismantling of the entire program.

OK, maybe I exaggerated a little bit, but not much.

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FOSTER FROM PAGE B1 of bringing Charlotte to the Division I level. In just five years under Foster’s guidance, Charlotte had an 87-39 record, including a 46-7 record over the last two seasons.

Foster came to Clemson in April of 1975 and he held the position until the end of the 1983-84 season. Despite inheriting a program on a 3-year probation, he registered a record of 156-106. The 156 victories still rank second in Clemson history.

In the six years Clemson was eligible, he took the Tigers to postseason play four times, three National Invitation Tournaments and one NCAA. He still holds the Clemson record for wins over Top 20 teams in a career with 16 and in a season

with six (1979-80).

In ‘79-80, Foster guided Clemson to its first NCAA Tournament appearance and a Cinderella season. During the regular season, Clemson defeated five top 20 teams, including No. 1 Duke, the school’s first win over a top-ranked team. A still record crowd of 13,863 watched that win over Duke in Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Tigers defeated Utah State, BYU and Lamar to reach the 1980 Elite Eight before losing to UCLA in the West Regional final in Arizona. It is still the only season Clemson has reached the Elite Eight.

Foster spent five years at Miami, posting a 78-71 record. He was 101-78 in six years at Virginia Tech.

OBITUARIES SISTER ANN MINER TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Sister Ann Miner, SSMN, formerly Sister Joseph Marie, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2015.

Born on March 19, 1926, to Ambrose and Kathryn Miner, she MINER entered the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur on Aug. 22, 1949.

She was a teacher in schools in Buffalo, Kenmore and Tonawanda. In 1964, she moved to Sumter, where she taught at St. Jude Elementary. Her next assignment found her in Fort Valley, Georgia, where she became pastoral administrator at St. Julianna Church and she gathered people together and they eventually formed the church in Springfield, Georgia. Her work in the south continued in Garden City, Georgia, and Springfield, Georgia, where she became director of Savannah United Ministries until 1983. After teaching at Hopevale in the mid 1980’s, she returned to Sumter to found St. Jude Enrichment Center until 1996 and became a literary instructor for adults until 2000.

Upon her return to St. Mary Center in Buffalo, she organized a program for youth called “Arts Alive” in which neighborhood children studied and performed in the various arts.

Her zeal for education and religious ministry was legend and the church in Georgia attests to her success.

She is survived by her sisters, Rosemary Brunner and Jewel Lukacz; a sister-in-law, Dorie Miner; several nieces and nephews; and her sisters in the congregation of St. Mary of Namur.

A Mass of Christian Burial is being celebrated at 7 p.m. on Friday at St. Mary Center, 241 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo.

Burial will take place on Saturday at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda.

BETTY S. SIMMONS Betty Sweeper Simmons, of 42 Sand Oak Court, Blythewood, peacefully departed this life on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born in Bowman, she was a daughter of the late Rebecca Sweeper.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the residence, 42 Sand Oak Court.

Ephriam D. Stephens Funeral Home, 230 S. Lafayette Drive, Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. “Where Dignity is the Watchword”

JOHN H. GRIFFIN SR. John H. “Johnny Boo” Griffin Sr., widower of Selina Griffin, died on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at a local nursing center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Ernest Collin Griffin Sr. and Martha Mae McLeod Griffin. Mr. Griffin attended the Church of God of Prophecy and was a retired building contractor.

Surviving are three sons, John H. Griffin Jr. (Shelley) of Columbia, David C. Griffin of Sumter and Glenn R. Griffin of Greenville; a daughter, Nora Griffin of Montgomery, Alabama; a sister, Eileen Ross of Sumter; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Bishop Edward Fleming, doctor of ministry, officiating.

The family will receive friends at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home following the service and other times at 4845 Pinewood Road, Pinewood.

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.

FRANCIS WRIGHT BISHOPVILLE — It’s with sorrow that we announce the passing of Francis Wright, of McBee, who passed away on May 26, 2015, at her home.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 133 Big

Mac Lane, McBee. Services are incomplete and will be announced later by the management and staff of New Life Funeral Services.

WARREN MCFADDEN EFFINGHAM — Warren McFadden died on Sunday, May 24, 2015.

Funeral services for Mr. McFadden will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Bible Way of Florence. Burial will follow in Old McFadden Cemetery, Lake City.

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

ELEANOR C. PATTERSON Eleanor “Lila” Cole Patterson, 86, widow of Albert O’Dell Patterson, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Sept. 18, 1928, in Sumter, she was the eldest daughter of the late Fred C. Sr. and Lillian White Cole.

Mrs. Patterson was co-owner of Cole’s Restaurant along with her mother and three of her sisters. She enjoyed baking cakes and pies that were served daily at the restaurant.

She continued baking for some of the customers at her home after retiring when the restaurant closed in 1999. She also enjoyed working in her yard. Mrs. Patterson was a member of St. John United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Joy Circle. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her daughters, Candy Shorter Mitchum, June Riles (Larry) and Donna Patterson (Luke Miles), all of Sumter, and Emily Dodd (Larry) of Spartanburg; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Rose M. Smith of Sumter and Patricia Cole Ciampi of Reedville, Texas; and a brother, Fred C. Cole Jr. (Judy) of Sumter.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Joanne Crawford and Marguerite Veltre; and a grandson, James A. Lane.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with

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the Rev. Robert Huggins and the Rev. Barbee Parsons officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Larry Dodd, Larry Riles, Luke Miles, Bert Lee, Carl Faust and Rusty Geddings.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter, 2230 Clematis Trail.

Memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

LOUISE MCFADDEN BILLIE Louise McFadden Billie, 64, died on Wednesday morning, May 27, 2015, at her residence.

Born on Oct. 31, 1950, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of Katherine McFadden.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at her residence, 817 Miller Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

EKEKIEL GATES Ekekiel Gates entered eternal rest on Monday, May 25,

2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Dec. 3, 1929, he was a son of the late Furlisher Gates.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

DENVER G. WILLIAMS Denver Gerard Williams entered eternal rest on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Columbia.

Born on Feb. 15, 1986, in Sumter, he was a son of Dianne Williams and the late Dennis Lee McCoy. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his mother, Dianne Williams, 28 Iris Winds Trail Park.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

RUTH DEVOE WRIGHT Ruth Devoe Wright, widow of Charlie Wright Sr., entered eternal rest on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on May 2, 1934, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Sarah Devoe Davis.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her son, 905 Manchester Circle, Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

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Mom seeks detour to safety around in-law’s driving DEAR ABBY — My in-laws are fabulous.

They love me and think the world of our 2-year-old daughter, “Hayley.”

Dear Abby They do anything to supABIGAIL port us.

VAN BUREN Recently, they asked to take Hayley overnight and drive a number of places with her. My concern is the driving part. My father-in-law doesn’t believe in car seats.

On a few occasions he has asked me to just hop in the car with Hayley without a car seat.

I refused. Another time, they had a circa-1980 car seat and asked to take Hayley with

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them to church. When I went to put her in the seat, the buckles wouldn’t work. When I reached over to the other side, the seat fell over. It wasn’t even strapped in!

Now for my biggest fear: My mother-in-law is a notorious distracted driver -- she applies makeup, eats food, talks on the phone and texts. I am not comfortable with her taking Hayley in the car with her.

How do I approach this with them? I don’t want to harm our relationship, and I’d like them to spend time with their grandchild independently. But I can’t put my daughter in a dangerous situation. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Fearful mom in San Antonio

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DEAR FEARFUL MOM — Your fears appear to be well founded. Your “fabulous” in-laws cannot be trusted to transport your little girl.

My first thought was that you and your husband could buy them a car seat and have it installed. But if you can’t trust your father-in-law to use it, or your mother-in-law to devote her full attention to her driving when her grandchild is in the car, then the child’s safety must come first. As a mother, your job is to be conscientious, even if it makes you less popular. And your husband should back you up 100 percent.

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NBC launches Manson-era police drama ‘Aquarius’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH NBC launches the 13-episode period miniseries “Aquarius” (9 p.m., TV-14). Set in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, it stars David Duchovny (“The X-files”) as police Sgt. Sam Hodiak, whose search for the missing daughter of a close friend leads him to cult leader Charles Manson (Gethin Anthony) and his murderous entourage.

The memorable music, outrageous hair and fashions and convulsive politics and culture of the decade make it catnip for screen dramatists. But most evocations of the era end up looking like campy costume affairs. Perhaps that’s why the absurd “Austin Powers” movie series had the most fun and success reviving the period’s peculiar groove.

The masterfully done and just completed “Mad Men” explored the 1960s while wisely avoiding the shaggier aspects of the decade’s excesses. As the title implies, “Aquarius” plunges right into the deep end of the social revolution. And it’s all wet from the get-go.

From his haircut to his shoes, Duchovny is simply too cool to play the role of a straight cop in the Joe Friday mold. And you need a believable “square” to contrast with the “freaks” to make sense of the era’s tumult.

The most remarkable aspect of “Aquarius” is the way NBC is broadcasting the series — or not just broadcasting it. After tonight’s premiere, the entire 13-episode run will be available for streaming on NBC.com, NBC’s mobile app and other video-on-demand platforms. In other words, NBC is treating the series as Netflix might. It will also broadcast “Aquarius” in a traditional manner, week after week, on Thursday nights. This way, it hopes to reach overlapping audiences.

Curiously, precisely at the time NBC is acting like Netflix, that streaming service is airing its drama “Between” in a more traditional manner, doling out episodes on a weekly basis. The second episode of the series starring Jennette McCurdy is available on Netflix tonight (8:30 p.m. PST).

• Artful fiction and disastrous deceptions are the subject of “(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies” (10 p.m., CNBC).

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SERIES NOTES Sheldon and Leonard bicker on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Major’s pal expires on “iZombie” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Ghostwriting advice on “The Odd Couple” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Christy looks on the bright side on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Damon has a plan on “The Vampire Diaries” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Molly has writer’s block on “Mike & Molly” (9:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT The cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and In the Valley Below are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS,) * Louis C.K., Sharon Osbourne and Joy Williams visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC).

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David Duchovny stars as police Sgt. Sam Hodiak in “Aquarius” premiering at 9 p.m. today on NBC. cuss their lives of deceit with remarkable candor. They include a housewife who thought she could keep her online dalliances secret from her husband to a Wall Street insider whose cheating would land him in prison.

We also hear from psychologists and researchers who study lying for a living, as well as policy experts who contend that lying, cheating scoundrels cost businesses billions, not to mention the cost to the social fabric of civil society.

• “Smile” (10 p.m., Lifetime) profiles people whose advanced dental decay has rendered them shut-ins, paralyzed by pain and embarrassment. Over the course of six hours, dentists will provide life-changing relief for 12 patients.

• The people who give New York the reputation of the city that never sleeps get their own documentary series. “3AM” (11 p.m., Showtime) profiles folks

whose day only gets going in the wee, wee hours. Produced

by Dick Wolf (“Law & Order”).

• Louis hits the road on the season finale of “Louie” (10:30 p.m., FX, TV-MA). A stand up special, “Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store” (11 p.m., TVMA), follows.

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The County of Sumter is soliciting separate sealed bids from qualified vendors for the following project: "Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center - HVAC Renovations, Phase II". Bids will be received until 2:00 pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in the Sumter County Purchasing Department on the 2nd floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150. Plans and bid documents may be obtained from: Sumter County Purchasing Department, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC 29150. Telephone inquiries should be made to (803) 436-2329. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in the Front Lobby at the Sumter/Lee Regional Detention Center, 2150 Winkles Road, Sumter, SC 29153. The County of Sumter reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The County of Sumter reserves the right to waive any or all technicalities.

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Sully Vapes, LLC DBA Ole' Mexican Restaurant & Osteria intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and/or Liquor at 1339 Peach Orchard Rd. Sumter, SC 29154. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 13, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same

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Clarendon honors military members with 3 ceremonies Events recognize ultimate sacrifices of those in uniform

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County celebrated Memorial Day with separate ceremonies in Manning, Summerton and Turbeville on Monday. Here are highlights of each ceremony.

MANNING Dwight Stewart, Clarendon County Council chairman, was the guest speaker at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Manning, held at the Veterans Memorial at Clarendon County Courthouse. About 50 people were in attendance. The event was organized by William-Burgess American Legion Post 68 of Manning.

“It is fitting that we gather here today to join hands with those who have, across the history of this great nation, sacrificed to make and to keep

the United States the land of the free and the home of the brave,” Stewart said. “They have come and continue to come from all walks of life, from every corner of this great land, to rise up in the face of those who threaten to undo the foundation of this nation.”

Stewart said one of the traits that sets the U.S. apart is the value of the rights of all of its citizens.

“As a republic, the values of the individual are as important as those in the majority,” he said. “We seek justice, opportunity and freedom for all.

We remain the beacon of hope in a world where for many, there is no hope, where there is no opportunity and where there is no freedom.

“Let us never forget that we owe our freedom to others, that we are not entitled but rather that we are privileged to live under the flag that symbolizes hope to everyone,” he said. “Let us always be vigilant, optimistic, and let

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Manning High School Air Force JROTC cadets conclude the Memorial Day Ceremony held at the Veterans SEE HONOR, PAGE C3 Memorial at Clarendon County Courthouse in Manning on Monday.

Graduation will be held June 6 FROM STAFF REPORTS Overflow Parking Ramsey Stadium

(Practice Football Field)

Overflow parking

Graduates Parking

Once parked, follow sidewalk to rear of school

Board Member Parking

Tennis Courts

Manning High School’s graduation will be held on Saturday, June 6, at 9 a.m. in Ramsey Stadium at the high school.

There will be designated parking spaces for graduates and guests. Please refer to the accompanying diagram to familiarize yourself with where you should park. Graduates only will be allowed to park in the back of the school behind the gymnasium.

Each graduate will have one parking pass and must pres-

Guest Parking

ent this pass in order to park.

Parents, friends and guests of graduates will park in the student parking lot next to the tennis courts.

Overflow parking will also be provided on the football practice field and other designated areas.

It is highly recommended that family and friends allow sufficient time to park and proceed to Ramsey Stadium.

If there is inclement weather and the ceremony is moved inside, only guests with designated tickets will be admitted into the gymnasium.

Once the gymnasium reaches maximum capacity, individuals wanting to watch the graduation ceremony will have to go the lecture hall and watch on a closed-circuit projection monitor.

Additionally, there will be limited handicap parking in the rear of the school for individuals who possess valid handicap decals.

Attendees should make plans to drop handicapped individuals off at the entrance of Ramsey Stadium and then park in one of the designated areas.

MANNING FIRST BAPTIST

(Student Parking Lot)

Vacation Bible School

Theme: Lifeway’s Journey Off the Map

CSD2 and District Staff Parking

June 7th - June 11th • 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

Faculty and Staff Parking (Teacher Parking Lot)

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Simplified-Issue Whole Life This product can be used for final expenses and can be written for individuals age 50-80.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-1-80 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR THE 2015-2016 FISCAL YEAR. DATE: MONDAY, June 15, 2015 LOCATION: MANNING CITY HALL, 2nd FLOOR, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MANNING, SC

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REVENUES (General and Utility)

BUDGETED FOR YEAR 7/2014 -6/2015

PROJECTED FOR YEAR 7/2015-6/2016

$6,964,388

$7,422,595

TOTAL REVENUES & CARRYOVER $6,964,388

$7,422,595

UF TRANSFER(ADMIN EXPENSES) $ 100,000

$ 100,000

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PERCENTAGE INCREASE 7/2015-6/2016 0.066%

TIME: 6.00 P.M. CURRENT FISCAL MILLAGE 7/2014-6/2015 185.0 MILLS

BUDGETED FOR YEAR 7/2014-6/2015

PROJECTED FOR YEAR 7/2015-6/2016

PERCENTAGE INCREASE 7/2015-6/2016

ESTIMATED MILLAGE 7/2015-6/2016

$6,944,343

$7,401,074

0 .066%

188.0 MILLS

Jeffords Insurance Agency

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10 a.m. and Mondays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Four classes cost $35, or eight classes cost $65.

Drop-in class is $10.

Total Body Workout classes with Kevin Levy are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for $5 per session or $40 per person per month.

For more information on the classes and prices, contact Bridgett Epperson at (803) 4330103 or (803) 473-3543.

Public invited to workout classes Clarendon Community Center, located behind Weldon Auditorium in Manning, is offering several classes.

Yoga with Olena Milostanova is being offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to

Cher is a 2-year-old female lab mix who weighs about 45 pounds. She is up to date on her shots, heartworm negative and spayed. She loves to have her belly rubbed. The adoption fee for dogs is $125. Visit Cher at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway. See one of Cher’s buddies also up for adoption on page C4.

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Legal Notice Policy of Public Awareness The Clarendon County Board of Education advises the citizens of school district #2 that three (3) seat in district #2 will be appointed. The appointees' term will run for three (3) years beginning July 2015.

Any persons interested in being considered by the County Board of Education should pick up an application at the Clerk of Court's Office at 102 South Mills Street, Manning, SC beginning May 18, 2015.

Applications should be returned to the Clerk of Courty's Office No Later Than 12:00 noon on May 29, 2015.

These appointments will be made on June 20, 2015

Estate Notice Clarendon County

Help Wanted Full-Time

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

NEEDED

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

A VOLUNTEER Executive Director for the United Ministries of Clarendon County.

Duties will be to coordinate and be responsible for the programs of the corporation and for such activities as the Board may authorize.

Our crisis center and Food Bank is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9AM - 12PM. This position is ideal for a retired person who would like to give back to their community.

Past experience as a volunteer preferred.

Please call 803-435-9086 between the hours of 9AM and 12PM on Tuesday or Thursday.

NOTICE OF SALE 14-CP-14-341 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Enoch McKinney, Plaintiff, vs.

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

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

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

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

ADDITIONALLY, SAID PROPERTY IS SOLD SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD.

Edward Hicks #2015ES1400114 Personal Representative: Shirley H. Blanding Post Office Box 398 Alcolu, SC 29001 05/14/15 - 05/28/15

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EXHIBIT A All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, containing 25.4 acres, more or less, as shown on Plat of Survey of the Estate of Jams McKinney, a copy of said plat being attached hereto and designated as Exhibit 1A.

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New Tractor Supply will host its grand opening Saturday FROM STAFF REPORTS Tractor Supply Co. will host a grand opening for its Manning location on Saturday. The store officially opened May 23.

The store will include specially priced merchandise from today to Sunday.

The Manning location is Tractor Supply’s 35th store in South Carolina and employs 12. The facility is about 19,000 square feet and includes sales floor and support service space.

“Manning is a great location for Tractor Supply Co. because the ‘Out Here’ lifestyle complements the community here,” said Celina Myers, store manager. “Our knowledgeable, friendly team looks forward to providing our neighbors with Tractor Supply’s legendary customer service.”

To celebrate the grand

opening of the store, shoppers will receive 10 percent off their first purchase, up to $100, from today through Sunday and can enter to win prizes including store gift cards, pet food, clothing, power tools and a lawn mower.

Free Tractor Supply caps will also be given away while supplies last.

The grand opening event will feature the local 4-H and FFA organizations, barbecue, a bake sale, Clemson University’s gardening classes, pony rides and Andy’s Animal Farm. Regular operating hours for the store at 1920 Paxville Highway are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Tractor Supply is the largest rural lifestyle retail store chain in the U.S., with more than 1,400 stores in 49 states.

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morial in downtown Turbeville. The event was jointly hosted by Turbeville Ruritan Club, American Legion Post 28 in New Zion and American Legion Post 132 in Turbeville. us always remember that we must pass that “We must teach our children and grandchilgift along to generations that come after us.” dren of the sacrifices made by so many and that U.S. Army veteran George Barnett was recAmerica will only be the land of the free so long ognized for being a member of William-Buras it is the home of the brave,” Alessandro said. gess American Legion Post 68 for 60 years.

“We have learned that combating evil results in SUMMERTON sacrifice, and we must ensure that those who have sacrificed all to keep this nation free for Retired U.S. Army Col. Henry B. Richardson Jr. was the guest speaker at Summerton’s cere- more than 200 years must never be forgotten.”

Alessandro said when he visited the Vietmony, sponsored by Julius A. Mood American nam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Legion Post 35 and Pink Dogwood Garden he witnessed men kneeling Club and held at Pink Dogand crying as they wrote wood Park in Summerton. down on a piece of paper the Richardson spoke on patriname of a fallen comrade. He otism. He talked about the found the name of his classcourageous actions of the mate from The Citadel who military men and women had died in Vietnam. throughout history. Richard“I too fell to one knee and son comes from a family of cried,” he said. “Our aircraft military men. squadrons were located at “My father volunteered for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in the U.S. Army when World Vietnam. He had fallen at An War II had just broken out,” Loc in 1972. He had been due he said. “This was a long time LARRY HEWETT OF SILVER IMAGES STUDIO / to rotate back two weeks earbefore the Pearl Harbor atSPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM lier when his tour had been tack. My father joined because Mike Moody, left, of William-Burcompleted but extended his President Roosevelt asked for gess Post 68 of Manning presents a tour due to pilot shortages in volunteers. That was the attitude of many men back then.” certificate to George Barnett for 60 his squadron.”

Alessandro said there are Richardson Jr. was the years of service as a post member. many similar stories of such commander of Manning’s valor, courage and sacrifices made by those “Swamp Fox” Militia Unit of the South Carowho served through many wars. lina National Guard for many years.

“Many bear the scars of these memories.

TURBEVILLE Let us not forget the pains suffered by loved ones,” he said. “On this Memorial Day, let us Retired U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Alespause and remember those who fought and sandro, a Vietnam War veteran, spoke on the gave their all for the defense and preservation topic “Freedom is Not Free” at the Turbeville Memorial Day celebration at the veterans me- of freedom.”

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Nemo is a 1-year-old male chocolate lab mix. He is current on his shots, heartworm negative and neutered. He loves everybody and wants attention. Visit him at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway.

Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

We would like to thank everyone who voted us the Best Church in Clarendon County. This is truely a blessing to our congregation.

Coffee Fellowship at 9am on Sunday’s followed by Sunday School at 9:30am Worship Service - 10:30am

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Flowers de Linda’s is voted best flower shop in town

by Clarendon Sun readers Store has served community for 28 years

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com MANNING — Flowers de Linda’s has been in business in Manning for 28 years. The store, which offers a wide variety of flowers for any occasion, was voted as best flower shop in Clarendon County by readers of The Clarendon Sun. Owner Linda Mills said she has enjoyed being a part of people’s lives from one generation to the next by making arrangements for special occasions.

“I have seen children of families grow up from the time they are born to when they get married and start their own families,” she said.

“It has been a blessing.”

Mills started operating the business with her sister, Mary Graham, and her late niece Cynthia Tomlinson, who was involved in the business for 17 years. Garland Nettles has been involved with the store for a long time as well.

Mills said through the years the industry has changed a bit.

“The designs have changed,” she said. “We used to have requests for primarily formal line arrangements, including centerpieces and baskets. We now have gone to a more European style of vase arrangements and gardenstyle flowers.”

Mills said corsages are in more demand than they used to be as well.

“We used to have corsages

BRIEF Ministry will meet Wednesday Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center — Haven of Rest will hold its public monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at New Covenant Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.

Parking is available in the parking area nearest the entrance to the Fellowship Hall. For more information, call Ann Driggers at (803) 460-5572.

that ladies would wear on Mother’s Day,” she said. “But corsages are a lot more popular at prom these days.”

For many years, de Linda’s was the only flower shop in Manning.

The store is at 14 E. Keitt St. in Manning. The shop is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM a.m. to 1 p.m.

The phone number is (803) A few flowers and plants are seen at Flowers de Linda’s in Manning recently. The store was voted as best flower shop in Clarendon County by readers of The Clarendon Sun. 435-8700.

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Robin Prosser’s Tax Service Specializing in Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll

Susan Casselman, Jennifer Stevens, Jamie Mathis, Linda Tucker, Marcella Wilson Not pictured: Tommy Benton, RPh, Mike Burt, Pharm D, and Marquisha Vicente

Robin Prosser and Kimie Floyd

529 S. Mill St., Manning, SC

(803) 433-4300

At Brunson’s Pharmacy, you are more than a number, you are family.

We want to Thank You for Voting us Your #1 Pharmacy and me Your #1 Pharmacist.

We will continue to strive in our efforts to make YOU our #1 priority.

JAMIE MATHIS, Pharm D RPh

OWNER 12 NORTH BROOKS ST.

435-2511

Thank You! CLARENDON COUNTY for your votes Best New Car Dealership for 2015!

Buy from the PROS at Prothro Since 1926

Prothro Chevrolet

Thank you Clarendon County for voting Mariachi’s #1.

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• WATERMELON • LIME • BLUE • MANGO • STRAWBERRY • BANANNA • PINA COLODA • PEACH

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1267 AM Nash Road • Manning, SC

WHERE FAMILY VALUES AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY COME FIRST 452 N. BROOKS STREET | MANNING | 803-433-2535 | 1-800-968-9934

803-505-6552

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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

THE CLARENDON SUN READERS’ CHOICE 2015

Eatery sweeps awards contest

THE SUMTER ITEM Manning Restaurant owner and operator Brandi Wheeler serves Bill Ellis, one of the restaurant’s many frequent customers. The restaurant won in eight categories in Readers’ Choice for The Clarendon Sun, including best restaurant.

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Manning Restaurant wins in 8 categories

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning Restaurant won in eight categories in The Clarendon Sun’s Readers’ Choice Awards.

Besides taking the best restaurant award, the restaurant won best fried chicken, best breakfast, best sweet tea and best cup of coffee. Brandi Wheeler was voted as best boss, Sharron Haley won best cashier, and the restaurant was voted as the best place to work.

“It all goes back to the customers and many volunteers who help out with the restaurant,” said Wheeler, the restaurant’s owner and operator.

The restaurant opened in the early 1950s. Originally, it was Shuler’s Gas Station and then was converted into Manning Restaurant.

Wheeler bought the business in 2009. She said as a child she would play at the restaurant and would tell everyone that one day she would own the restaurant.

“And I was able to make my dream come true,” she said.

The restaurant serves a breakfast menu and lunch buffet. Fried chicken is always on the menu, as are fresh veggies, mashed potatoes, rice, mac ‘n’ cheese and make-your-own salads.

“We try to get fresh vegetables from local farmers whenever they are in season,” she said.

The restaurant changes meats every day, including chicken, beef, fish, pork chops, liver and catfish stew.

Every Friday is a seafood special of flounder, oysters and shrimp.

The restaurant is a true gathering place for locals and a center of social activity.

“We have a table of about 10 men who come in for breakfast and lunch every day,” she said. “They are just one of many repeat customers.”

The restaurant can seat as many as 170 people, including an overflow room that can be reserved for special events.

Several local civic organizations hold their meetings there.

Wheeler said the secret to success of the restaurant has been the support it receives from the community. Family and friends help out, often on a volunteer basis.

“When we had the ice storm a year ago, we were one of the only restaurants in town with power,” she said. “Many people from the community pitched in that day, from serving customers to washing dishes.”

The restaurant also caters for special events. The staff has traveled across the state to cater everything from weddings to reunions and graduation dinners.

The restaurant is at 476 N. Brooks St. in Manning.

Hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Sundays 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The phone number is (803) 435-4212.

It’s your world.

Read all about it.

Call (803) 774-1200 and get started today.

MANNING, SC

Thank You Clarendon County for Voting Us the “Best Sub Sandwich.”

15%

Off Purchase

With Coupon. Expires 6/28/15

37 N. Brooks Street • Manning, SC 803-435-9069

It’s been a pleasure serving you with your tire needs since 1956.

Thanks Clarendon County for voting us #1 for the twelth year in a row.

WALKER TIRE 114 S. Mill Street • Manning

433-4444 Tires • Brakes • Alignment

and the

winner is...

Best Tax Preparation – Prosser’s Tax Service Beer Wine and Liquor – Manning Wine & Spirits ess Best Workout Place – Anytime Fitness Best Car Dealership – Prothro Chevrolet Best Boss – Brandi Wheeler Best Used Car Dealership – Boundary Street Motors Best Cashier – Sharron Haley Best Church – New Covenant Presbyterian Church Best Coach – John Franklin Thamess Best Cup of Coffee – Manning Restaurant Best Dentist – Dr. Derek Lee Best Dance School – The Dancer’s Workshop Best Hair Stylist – Mary Kinlaw Best Doctor Office – Santee Cooper Urgent Care Best Insurance Agent – Bill Fenters Best Dry Cleaner – Polar Bear Cleaners Best Massage Therapist – Misty Ureche Best Fast Food – Zaxby’s Best Pharmacist – Jamie Mathis, PharmD Best Financial Institution – Bank of Clarendon Best Physician – Dr. Ken Johnson Friendliest Bank – Bank of Clarendon Best Real Estate Agent – Johnny Odom Best Floral Shop – Flowers de Linda’s Best Teacher – Johnny Smith Best Furniture Store – Farmers Home Furniture Best BBQ – D&H BBQ Best Gift Shop – Southern Flair Best Breakfast – Manning Restaurant Best Golf Course – Wyboo Golf Course Best Fried Chicken – Manning Restaurant Best Golf Pro Shop – Shannon Greens Best Mexican Food – Mariachi’s Best Grocery Store – Piggly Wiggly Best Milk Shake – Sonic Best Hair Salon – Cut-N-Up Best Oriental Food – Yummy’s Best Hardware Store – Simpsons Hardware Best Heating & Air Company – Jimmy’s Heating & Air, LLC Best Sweet Tea – Manning Restaurant Best Place to Work – Manning Restaurant Best Insurance Company – State Farm, Bill Fenters Best Lawn Mower Shop – Sparrow & Kennedy (John Deere) Best Local Cellular – FTC Best Nail Salon – Fabulous Nails Best Oil Change – Ervins Tire Co. Best Pharmacy – Brunson’s Pharmacy Best Pool Company – The Swimmin Hole Best Real Estate Company – Agent Owned Realty Best Restaurant – Manning Restaurant Best Sub Sandwich – Substation II Best Tire Shop – Walker Tire Company

Congratulations to all of you!

THE CLARENDON SUN READERS’ CHOICE 2015

THE SUMTER ITEM

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

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Get fabulous with Fabulous Nails and Spa

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Need a manicure or pedicure? Maybe it’s time to visit Fabulous Nails and Spa, 11 N. Brooks St., Manning “Fabulous Nails and Spa” was voted best nail salon by readers of The Clarendon Sun. The salon offers a wide selection of pedicures and manicures, waxing and other pampering services. The salon includes eight manicure tables and eight pedicure chairs.

The spa is owned by Diem Thi Ngoc Tong, who moved to Manning from North Carolina.

Danny Dang, originally from California, is Tong’s cousin and KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM helps her run the business.

Shameka Jackson, licensed cosmetologist, does a pedicure on Hallie DuBose. Fabulous Nails and Spa in Manning won the best nail salon category by readers of The Clarendon Sun.

Piggly Wiggly We would like to Thank our loyal Clarendon County Patrons who voted us their Best Grocery Store

Dang and his family have been in the nail salon business for nearly 20 years in Orange County, California.

“The previous owner is a friend of our family, and when she told us that she was planning on selling the business, my cousin decided to purchase it,” he said.

Repeat customers receive 50 percent off on their 10th visit for a manicure, pedicure, full set or fill-in, eyebrow or lip waxing. Appointments and walks-ins are welcome. Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Gift certificates are also available.

For more information, call (803) 433-1515.

Thank you for Voting us the Best Gift Shop in Clarendon County!

Featuring bridal registry, china and flatware.

Large selection of gift items, handbags and jewelry!

Southern Flair

GIFTS

213 E. Boyce St., Manning, SC 29102 • (803) 433-4696

Thank You for Voting Us “The Best Pool Store” in Clarendon County for the 8th Year in a Row!

216 Commerce Street Manning, SC 29102 Behind Golden Chick

803-433-7946 (SWIM)

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Mark & Amber Prickelmyer, owners

The Dancer’s Workshop

I would like to thank everyone for their votes in choosing

The Dancer’s Workshop as Clarendon County’s #1 DANCE STUDIO

Courses offered:

Kinderdance • Tap • Ballet Jazz • Clogging • Pointe • Lyrical 35 Years of Teaching Dance in Clarendon County!

No Student Teachers • Voted Best Dance School for 2015

Back Row: George King, Pinky Justice, Terry Rodgers, James Davis Front Row: Crystal Jones, Stephanie Carlisle, Beth Harrington and Bobby Lions

Call Donna Prothro 803-473-8659 B.A. in Dance/Arts • Columbia College 212 S. Mill Street • Manning, SC

THANK YOU CLARENDON COUNTY FOR VOTING US

Local Since Forever Locally owned • Locally Operated

Deli 433-8544

Rx

BEST BAR-B-QUE DAILY BUFFET Dine-In. Drive-Thru. Catering.

433-2412

433-2118 Sunset Drive • Manning

SUNDAY 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Bar-B-Que

TUESDAYSATURDAY 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

(803) 433-2189 • 412 S. Mill Street • Manning, SC 29102

Next to Clarendon Memorial Hospital • Locally owned and operated since 1947

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THE SUMTER ITEM