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Shooting at Rast Street club injures 3 KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Police are looking for a suspect involved in a shooting outside of a local nightclub early Saturday morning that resulted in three people being injured. James Caleb Williams, 17, of 2436 U.S. 441, is wanted for attempted murder, violation of the S.C. gun law, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and minor in possession of a handgun. Another suspect, Malik Raekwon Myers, 17, of 103 McCutcheon St.,

Mayesville, who was injured in the shooting, is in custody at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Myers has been charged with attempted WILLIAMS murder, violation of the S.C. gun law, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and minor in possession of a handgun. An investigation is continuing and more arrests are possible, said Sumter Police Department spokesperson

Tonyia McGirt. The shooting happened shortly after 1:30 a.m. outside of Club Crème, 330 Rast St., where a birthday party for a teenager was being held, according to police reports. Sumter Police Department detectives said the shooting occurred as a result of a dispute between acquaintances. A 15-year-old girl was found in the club’s parking lot with a gunshot wound to her leg. Officers also responded to Tuomey Regional Medical

Center where Myers and an 18-yearold man were being treated for their injuries. None of the injuries reported are considered life-threatening. Anyone with information regarding the incident and Williams’ whereabouts is asked to call the Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700. Information can also be given anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC. A cash reward may be available for information leading to an arrest.

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Attendees share opinion on Baltimore RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com People attending Saturday’s Black Cowboy Festival said they just want to see equal justice applied to law enforcement personnel when it comes to white officers attacking black people. The Sumter Item asked people at the festival their opinion on the six Baltimore officers charged on Friday with assaulting and killing Freddie Gray. Gray, a 25-year old black man, was stopped by Baltimore Police on April 19 because he reportedly locked eyes with a police officer and ran. He had committed no crime. Police caught him, pinned him down, handcuffed him and dragged him to a transport van. Officers failed to strap him down with a seatbelt and reportedly ignored his pleas for medical attention although the van stopped several times. An autopsy report released Thursday revealed that he had a broken neck. He died while in police custody. After Gray’s memorial service on Monday, riots occurred in West Baltimore. On Friday, Baltimore’s top prosecuting attorney, Marilyn Mosey, charged six police officers with felonies ranging from assault to murder.

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Danny Wilson, above, from Prosperity show’s off his Paso Fino breed on Saturday during the grand entrance, in which all riders in the Black Cowboy Festival circle the arena. Edmond and Brenda Wright, right, taste a free sample of watermelon from one of the booths at the Black Cowboy Festival on Saturday. Another cowboy, far right, circles the arena at the start of Saturday’s Black Cowboy Festival.

Family Unit asks city to verify properties marked for demolition ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com A local nonprofit organization has expressed concerns about the use of $3.4 million that have been awarded to the City of Sumter by the South Carolina Housing Authority to purchase and demolish blighted property. The Housing Authority provided the award through its Neighborhood Initiative Program which focuses on stabilizing property values and reducing foreclosures through the removal of substandard residential

property from communities. Brenda Williams, a member of Family Unit, Inc., a local nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to improve the conditions of those living in low income areas in Sumter, sent letters to Mayor Joe McElveen, Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments and The Sumter Item on behalf of the organization asking which houses would be chosen for demolition and if that information would be made available to the public. Sumter City and County Planning Director George McGregor said the city would focus on the blighted properties

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that were identified in the 2014 abandoned house survey which can be found online. He said the city would most likely focus on identifying local owners through the Sumter County Tax Geographic Information System because it would be difficult to track down out-oftown owners. “We want to make this as easy as possible,” said McGregor. He said information about property locations, purchases and demolition costs would be available to the public. He said the city is required to keep a record of acquired and demolished properties as part of the agreement to

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receive the award. Williams said Family Unit owns a house on Council Street that provides free housing for people in need and she would like to know if the award could be used to provide affordable housing in low income areas. “What she wants done, we can’t do,” said McElveen. He said he knows of Family Unit and appreciates what it does for people in the city but the NIP award can only be used to remove blight. He said he likes

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Don’t cry: The Vidalia onions are back Annual sale will fund Sumter scholarships, community service FROM STAFF REPORTS The Rotary Club of Sumter Palmetto’s annual Vidalia onion sale will be held this week, beginning Wednesday. “This is by far one of the club’s most successful fundraisers, which helps us to award scholarships to some of the area’s brightest graduating seniors,”

President-elect Nick Shorter said. “It also helps fund our community service projects thereby living up to the Rotary motto of ‘Service above Self.’” Last year, scholarships were also awarded for local colleges. Each year, the club sells about 20,000 pounds of onions. It’s a product that virtually sells it-

self, past president Carl McIntosh said. If you haven’t placed your order through a club member, don’t worry. Onions, relish and batter mix will be available after 9 a.m. Wednesday at a tent placed across the street from SAFE Federal Credit Union, 170 W. Wesmark Blvd.

Rotarians will be on site from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day Wednesday through Friday or until onions run out. The onions, known for their sweet flavor, will be available in 10 lb. bags for $10 and 25 lb. bags for $22. If you can’t make it to the site, contact Shorter at (803) 468-2884.

A different kind of ‘Run for the Roses’ They were off and running with smiles early Saturday in United Way’s “Run for the Roses” 5K that started and finished downtown. RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM

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Rep. Smith to address USC Sumter grads The University of South Carolina Sumter Spring 2015 Commencement Ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. in the Nettles Auditorium, 200 Miller Road, on Monday. The commencement address will be provided by S.C. Rep. Murrell Smith. Marshals will be available to seat guests with tickets at 5 p.m. when the doors to the Nettles Auditorium are unlocked. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean at (803) 938-3808.

Sumter School District has full agenda Monday Sumter School District will hold a Board of Trustees Work Session on Monday at 6 p.m. at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road. Topics on the agenda include second reading of the budget for the 2015-2016 school year. Action required items on the agenda are: • 8 percent SCAGO bond resolution; • Installment purchase refund-

ing bond resolution; • 2015-2016 Board Meeting Schedule • First reading of policy amendments on school district goals and objectives; board powers and duties; community use of school facilities; and criminal record checks. • High school diploma petitions; • 2012-2017 Sumter School District strategic plan; and • School renewal plans.

City will revisit vending machines Tuesday Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers, 21 N. Main St., to consider final reading of amendments to the city zoning ordinance to allow standalone automatic vending machines to be placed on a parcel of land as a primary use. Council will also consider final reading on amendments to the city’s zoning and development standards ordinance allowing planning department staff to make decisions on certain designs for structures within the historic district without review from the Historic Preservation Board. An updated 2016 draft budget will also be announced.

Shrine Parade will light up night for Iris Festival BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Sumter Iris Festival is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month, and in conjunction, the Jamil Streakers will present their 10th Annual Shrine Day Parade. The dual anniversaries mean both will be adding some special features for the 2015 event. The Jamil Streakers hope you’ll help them “Light It Up,” by participating in the festival’s first nighttime parade on Friday, May 22. Arthur Bradley, chairman of the parade, and Assistant Chairman Bobby Schwabenbauer invite people to light up motorized vehicles or themselves, for walking units. They are looking for

mopeds, Go-Karts, golf carts, motorcycles, floats, show cars to be decorated with glow sticks, string lights, flashlights — anything that glows. Those viewing the parade are also encouraged to help light up the night. Parade units will line up at the Sumter County Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. May 22, and the procession will begin at 8:30 p.m. The route is the same as in previous years: It will proceed west down Liberty Street, turn right onto Alice Drive, continue to Miller Road and end at University Drive. Applications will be accepted until Monday, May 18, and are available by calling Bradley at (803) 775-1277 or (803) 491-7665; or Schwabenbauer at (803) 968-7479. Fees are applica-

ble for some units. Participation is free for nonprofit organizations, schools, churches, Scout troops and civic clubs that are not renting a float. Floats may be rented for $50 each. All proceeds benefit the Shriners, whose main mission is to serve children with critical medical needs, mainly at their 22 hospitals across the country, including Greenville Shriners Hospital. The 75th Sumter Iris Festival begins at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, May 21, with the ribbon cutting, crowning of the Iris King and Queen and the Taste at the Gardens featuring Chief Complaint. It continues Friday through Sunday. A complete schedule is available at www.irisfestival.org.

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Ann Romney, left, and her husband, Mitt Romney, center, walk past members of the media Oct. 14 as they arrive at Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre before an event held to announce the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases in Boston. The former Massachusetts first lady is joining forces with Montel Williams and Jack Osbourne in a social media campaign to raise awareness of neurological disorders.

Ann Romney launches social media campaign on neurological disorders BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts first lady Ann Romney is joining forces with Montel Williams and Jack Osbourne in a social media campaign to raise awareness of neurological disorders. The three, who are all living with multiple sclerosis, are promoting the #50MillionFaces campaign, which encourages people with MS, Alzheimer’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and brain tumors to share their personal stories on Twitter and Facebook. “The point is to let people have the opportunity to tell their stories and share them so that they don’t feel so alone,” Romney said in an interview earlier this week. “They’re battling these illnesses that are so overwhelming and they become depressed and sometimes suicidal.” The “50 million” refers to the number of people

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or messages of hope for those living with the illnesses. Romney is featured in a one-minute promotional video that includes Williams, a former TV talk-show host, and Osbourne, who is rocker Ozzy Osbourne’s grown son. “My name is Ann, and I’m one of the 50 million faces of neurologic disease,” Romney says in the video. “By sharing our deeply moving stories, we can focus the eyes of the world on finding new treatments, preventions and cures through research.”

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thoughts and feelings.” Approximately 2.2 million Americans suffer from OCD with approximately 50 percent of the cases considered severe. OCD can sometimes be genetic, but it can also come from stress or environmental factors. People with OCD generally show the following signs or symptoms: repeated thoughts, beliefs or fears; performing certain behaviors repeatedly such as washing hands, turning lights on and off or locking and unlocking doors; and inability to control thoughts or feelings. While medication is commonly prescribed, psychotherapy can also really help. Lexi said, “By talking to a professional about my issues, I learned to change my feelings. Over the years, my feelings changed my thoughts, and then my thoughts changed my habits. But this is 15 years of therapy and work in the making, and it continues to be a daily struggle for me. However, I have learned to live a full and healthier life without putting so much pressure on myself. And while I may not be perfect, I am progressing.” OCD generally starts in childhood or teenage years. Symptoms can come and go throughout life; however, if it keeps you from performing your normal responsibilities, you need to talk to your physician.

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“Cloud Killers” is one of Antoine Williams’ works in his exhibition titled “The Knife and the Wound,” at the Sumter County Gallery of Art through June 19.

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f a picture is worth a thousand words, the current Sumter Gallery of Art exhibits will make a tome. Although their techniques are different, both artists use art to communicate aspects of important issues. Esteban del Valle in “Breaching the Wall” and Antoine Williams in “The Wound and the Knife” combine intricate detailing, collage effects, a variety of media and interesting symbolism to address current topics. With an election year approaching, del Valle’s exhibit uses his experience with his father Miguel’s Chicago mayoral campaign in 2011 and ’13 against Rahm Emanuel, who won and was just re-elected. Del Valle explores the strong political machine comparing the political posturing of the party candidate versus the almost naïve sincerity of his father’s attempt to use accepted techniques — kissing babies, shaking hands — even with dogs. The large installation painting on the wall poses his father reaching toward the donkey, overturned and struggling. The landscape features cacti and pseudo barrenness to underscore the nature of the political party in need of assistance. Black balloons now hang listlessly in defeat. To the artist, the donkey is somewhat spiritual: Christ used the donkey to ride into town; to del Valle’s father, his political journey is almost spiritual (sincere). The large mask suggests the outward attempts to emulate party format with his inner, honest commitment to making a change. Del Valle’s intent is “sharing, not preaching.” He prepares the viewer with two animated videos — “Resistance of Movement 2” which focuses on a mixed retinue of “warriors” in a boat facing almost insurmountable waves and “Viable Options” which introduces many concepts and facets of his father’s campaign: Tossing the hat, using the oversized megaphone to dramatically (almost like Greek drama) promote his message, wading in the water, wearing camouflage pants and tennis shoes to relate to the common man and sporting the important mask to emphasize the dual nature of the campaign and political character. The introduction, showing the artist using both cellphone

and typewriter, underscores the message. The actual mask, megaphone and wooden crate located in the exhibit add to the symbolism. “George Grosz and Richard Daley” (2015) takes the viewer back to the “good ole guys” and the painting “Eclipse of the Sun” by Grosz in 1926. The “golf course deals” and “unofficial” over-the-table machinations are themes of his blackand-white meal drawings: “Lunch with Friends,” “Tea With Friends,” “Dinner With Friends,” “Strategy With Friends” and “Drinks with Friends.” The colorful paintings in the entry hall add to del Valle’s style with their broad, bright color swatches, often overlaid to give a transparent appearance and the fascinating mural collaboration with young artists as part of a mentoring program. In “The Wound and the Knife,” Williams addresses “his cultural identity,” much like Tennyson’s “Ulysses” who states, “ I am a part of all that I have met.” Williams seeks to address “power as it relates to social stratification ... and the relationship of low income communities of color with other social classes as well as the perception of the people of those communities.” His focus is extremely timely — Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, North Charleston. Williams’ basic technique highlights his control of color, composition, collage and layering to add focus. His recurring symbols — the black hooded figure, the rooster and chickens, the morphed male form (often wearing socks, sandals and gym shorts) and the dog emphasize the dangers of stereotyping and letting oneself become taken in by the perceptions. In “Untitled” 2014 the bull and the rooster charge with great energy, merging into the center of the action. In “3rd Shift,” Williams establishes his personal connection to the issues: The painting refers to his father’s job at Walmart, scratching like chickens for a living. There are other symbols in the “dog eat dog world.” Although there are many potential connections, this basic morphing suggests the dehumanization of man. His graphic collage “Cause You Are the Son of Slaves ... ,” appropriately painted with spray paint, acrylic, graphite and ink, uses newspaper arti-

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project in Columbia), spikes, crime scene tape and what appears to be blue blood dripping below. Arms are raised in an arrest pose. The three pictures titled “The Knife and the Wound” utilize similar techniques. One composition even suggests a map (of the U.S.? of a certain section?) as the landscape for the discussion. And the exhibits are food for discussion rather than just a finger pointing at those who possess the power and those who fall victims, willingly or unwillingly, to it. Fortunately, Williams will give a gallery discussion at 5:30 p.m. May 21 accompanied by Morris College professor Len Lawson’s poetry written specifically to add emotion, commentary and response to the artist’s work. These exhibits will remain at Sumter Gallery of Art through June 19. For more information, contact (803) 775-0543, or visit www.sumtergallery.org.

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cles and layers of paint to give focus and depth to the man’s body morphing into a dog’s and the figure in the “hands over your head” arrest pose, his arms created like chicken feet. The installation “N. Charleston” features the omnipresent black, hooded presentiment of

death, the figure holding four spikes symbolic of gunshot wounds, wooden spikes piercing the atmosphere and crime scene tape. “What It Look Like” combines interesting objects — three tires, complete with flowers, soil (from a community

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Morris College President Luns C. Richardson, top left, hands Adonis Valdez, Magna Cum Laude BA, his diploma during Morris College’s 104th Commencement Convocation on Saturday at the Sumter County Civic Center. Morris College Class of 2015, left, lets emotions loose as they are pronounced graduates during the college’s commencement ceremony

Charleston women leap into cricket flour business CHARLESTON (AP) — Even with an increasing number of commercial kitchens available for Lowcountry food entrepreneurs to rent, finding the right facility can be a challenge, especially when you’re proposing to haul a bunch of bugs into the Department of Health-approved space. “The thing you want to keep out, we want to bring in,” says Gabby Barons of Jiminy Co., a new local company in the exploratory stages of making cricket flour. “It’s insane.” Barons, 25, and her sisters, Alexandra, 30, and Victoria, 21, have finally located a kitchen in which they can roast and

grind insects. They’re now maneuvering various bureaucratic obstacles but hope to have a product ready for sampling by fall. “It’s such a sustainable way to get your nutrients,” Barons says. Environmentalists have long hailed edible insects as the solution to chronic food shortages projected to worsen with global population growth, land degradation and a growing worldwide demand for meat. Advocates estimate 2 billion people already eat caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers and other insects on a regular and intentional basis, but years of

marketing hasn’t fully eroded the “ick” factor endemic to the world’s wealthiest countries, including the U.S. To deal with potential customers’ reflexive disgust, the Barons sisters decided to use the old parental trick of disguising the offensive food. So instead of plopping a single cricket atop a cupcake, they pulverized thousands of them, stirring one part cricket into four parts flour. “At first we didn’t know what the consistency would be,” Barons says, adding that the flour lends a faintly nutty flavor to sesame chips, cookies and cakes.

About half a dozen companies already are trying to capitalize on the anticipated insecteating trend, including Exo, a Brooklyn producer of cricket flour-based energy bars. Much like Jiminy Co., Exo was launched by green-minded recent college grads. Exo has been fairly well-received by followers of the Paleo diet, which stresses the consumption of high-protein meat. Jiminy Co. is starting to make inroads with the same community in South Carolina. Barons says existing insect entrepreneurs have been very helpful with the start-up process.

“They’re more than happy to get Charleston turned on to edible insects,” she says. Without much guidance at the outset, the Baronses first tried rearing crickets in a guest bedroom. “Then they started chirping, and we were like, we need a legitimate farm.” Now the crickets come from an Upstate breeder, but Barons says the sisters are prepared to further adjust their business plan if necessary. “It depends on everyone’s perspective when we take it to the streets,” she says. “We’ll see what happens. If the flour doesn’t sell, we’re going to make it into treats.”

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Enemies are now friends, but pain is still there Fall of Saigon signaled end of Vietnam War 40 years ago HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — This city once known as Saigon was blanketed in red banners on Thursday that read “Long Live the Glorious Communist Party of Vietnam,” 40 years after northern forces seized control of the country and America walked away from a divisive and bloody war that remains a painful sore. Thousands of Vietnamese, including war veterans in uniforms heavy with medals, lined up to watch goose-stepping soldiers and traditional performers parade through the streets of what is now Ho Chi Minh City. On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam. They crashed through the gates of the presidential palace and hoisted the communist flag. It was an incredible victory for the revolutionary forces that had waged guerrilla warfare for more than a decade against the better equipped U.S., and

Hundreds of thousands of Lance Cpl. Darwin Judge Vietnamese fled the south in died April 29, 1975, when the days and years after the their post near the airport war, with many taking rickwas hit by a rocket. Each of ety boats in search of freethe former Marines placed dom. The majority ended up roses in front of the monuresettling in the U.S. Many ment before saluting it as have since come home to taps played. visit family and to invest in Some 58,000 Americans the country, but some have were killed in the war along with up to 250,000 South Viet- remained feverishly antinamese allies and an estimat- communist and have refused ed 3 million communist fight- to return as long as the oneparty government is in ers and civilians. power. “We lost ... and I felt that The country still tightly way for a long time,” said controls the press and cracks Kevin Maloney, one of the last Marines out who attend- down on political dissidents. AP FILE PHOTO ed the event. “I was ashamed It jails those who dare to speak out for democracy, inthat we left people behind cluding in blogs on the Interlike that. I did what I could, “For the Vietnamese,” he before that against the net. But much has changed said, “April 30 is a day of fes- so I’m satisfied with my own French colonialists. performance, but as a nation, since the early days after the tivities and national reunifi“The tank crashing the war when Vietnam was I think we could have done cation.” gates ... was a symbol of vicplunged into severe poverty better. And I hope we can For the U.S. and its South tory for the Vietnamese naand isolation during failed learn from that, but I don’t tion and the Vietnamese Peo- Vietnamese allies, the day collective farming policies. think we’ve seen that.” was one of panic, chaos and ple’s Army, marking the end of the 30 years of national re- defeat known simply as the fall of Saigon. sistance against the French After the government’s paand then the Americans,” said Nguyen Van Tap, 64, who rade and celebratory speeches Thursday, a group of fordrove Tank 390 through the Annual Lot Owner’s Meeting will mer U.S. Marines who helped iron bars and reunited with be held in the office at the Americans evacuate Saigon members of his company as it fell gathered at the site Wednesday. Sumter Cemetery, Located at of the old U.S. Embassy, now And even after four dethe U.S. Consulate, for a somcades, he said, the winners 700 West Oakland Ave, Sumter, SC ber ceremony. They dedicatwho fought for the north ed a plaque to two fallen comshould be given priority and Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4pm rades who were the last U.S. privileges over those who were branded traitors for sid- servicemen killed in the war: Cpl. Charles McMahon and ing with the south.

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THE SUMTER ITEM WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 1.

HOUSE 2016 BUDGET FOR VETERANS, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Voting 255 for and 163 against, the House on Thursday passed a fiscal 2016 budget bill (HR 2029) that appropriates $68.7 billion in discretionary spending for the Department of Veterans Affairs and $7.7 billion in discretionary spending for military construction on U.S. bases at home and abroad. The bill appropriates $48.6 billion for treating a projected 6.9 million Veterans Health Administration patients. Additionally, it provides tens of billions of dollars in mandatory (entitlement) spending for veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programs such as disability compensation, pensions and the post-9/11 GI Bill. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate. VOTE H-1 slugged VETERANS BUDGET SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Mark Sanford, R-1, Joe Wilson, R-2, Jeff Duncan, R-3, Trey Gowdy, R-4, Tom Rice, R-7 Voting no: Mick Mulvaney, R-5, James Clyburn, D-6 Not voting: None

VETERANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA By a vote of 210 for and 213 against, the House on Thursday refused to allow the Veterans Health Administration to counsel patients on using medical marijuana for ailments such as chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder. With marijuana illegal

under federal law, the VHA is prohibited from prescribing it or counseling veterans on its medicinal benefits. The vote occurred during debate on HR 2029 (above). A yes vote was to adopt the pro-medical-marijuana amendment. VOTE H-2 slugged MARIJUANA SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Mulvaney, Clyburn, Rice (SC) Voting no: Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy Not voting: None

MILITARY BUDGET â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SLUSH FUNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Voting 191 for and 229 against, the House on Thursday refused to strip HR 2029 (above) of up to $532 million that is defined in the bill as emergency war spending but actually destined for U.S. base improvements in countries at peace such as Italy and Poland. The amendment addressed the growing practice of committees evading statutory limits on military spending by putting non-combat items in the Overseas Contingency Operations account. This account has been used in post-9/11 federal budgets to fund war actions outside of normal budget discipline. A yes vote was to adopt the amendment. VOTE H-3 slugged SLUSH SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Mulvaney, Clyburn Voting no: Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Rice (SC) Not voting: None

10-YEAR REPUBLICAN BUDGET Voting 226 for and 197 against, the House on Thursday approved the conference

report on a 10-year Republican fiscal plan (S Con Res 11) that seeks to balance the federal budget by fiscal 2025. This blueprint rules out tax increases and relies on mostly unspecified tax and spending cuts to reach balance, leaving decisions affecting trillions of dollars to House committees. This budget would reduce spending by $5 trillion over 10 years through steps such as slashing domestic programs; converting Medicaid, the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Insurance Program and food stamps to state-run block-grant programs; repealing the DoddFrank financial-regulation law; imposing work requirements on able-bodied adults as a condition of receiving certain federal benefits; devolving K-12 education programs to state and local governments; and repealing the Affordable Care Act without offering a specific replacement. A yes vote was to adopt the Republican budget. VOTE H-2 slugged BUDGET SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Rice (SC) Voting no: Mulvaney, Clyburn Not voting: None

2016 ENERGY, WATER BUDGET Voting 240 for and 177 against, the House on Friday passed a bill (HR 2028) that would appropriate $35.4 billion for energy, water and nuclear-safety programs in fiscal 2016. In part, the bill provides $12.3 billion for securing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, $5.6 billion for Army Corps of Engineers public-works projects and $5.1 billion for

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015 cleansing former Department of Defense nuclear-weapons production sites. In addition, the bill appropriates $10.3 billion for energy programs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; increasing spending for fossil-fuel research by $34 million to $605 million while cutting energy-efficiency and renewable-energy programs by $279 million to $1.7 billion. The bill provides $200 million to advance plans to eventually store the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Additionally, the bill prohibits funding for certain environmental protections under the Clean Water Act and allows the possession of firearms on Army Corps of Engineers lands. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate. VOTE H-3 slugged WATER SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice (SC) Voting no: Clyburn Not voting: None

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SENATE IRAN AGREEMENT DEFINED AS TREATY Voting 39 for and 57 against, the Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure to define a proposed nuclear deal with Iran as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;treatyâ&#x20AC;? rather than â&#x20AC;&#x153;agreement.â&#x20AC;? Because treaties require 67 Senate votes for ratification, this was a bid to kill the deal. The underlying bill (HR 1191), which remained in debate, would give Congress power to review and possibly change a potential agreement under which Iran would largely dismantle its nuclear-weapons program in return for a lifting of U.S. and international sanctions on its economy. A yes vote was to require 67 Senate votes for approval of any Iran nuclear deal. VOTE S-1 slugged TREATY SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Tim Scott, R Voting no: None Not voting: Lindsey Graham, R

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Voting 139 for and 282 against, the House on Friday defeated an amendment that sought to eliminate the entire $1.66 billion annual budget for energy-efficiency and renewable-energy programs in HR 2028 (above) and apply that sum to deficit reduction. A yes vote was to eliminate funding in the bill for cleanenergy programs. VOTE H-4 slugged DEFUNDING SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice (SC) Voting no: Clyburn Not voting: None

Voting 45 for and 54 against, the Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment to HR 1191 (above) requiring the administration to certify every 90 days that Iran has not supported or carried out acts of terrorism against Americans. A yes vote was to link any nuclear deal with Iran to its role in terrorism against Americans. VOTE S-2 slugged TERRORIST SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Scott Voting no: Graham Not voting: None ÂŠ 2015, Thomas Voting Reports Inc.

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epublican. Democrat. Libertarian. Green. Reform. Even Independent, I suppose. It seems these days, now more so than any time I can remember, we are more likely to identify ourselves by party affiliation almost immediately. We mention our favorite politicians to help clue in where we fall on the vast political spectrum. A Marco Rubio/Ted Cruz enthusiast should be believed to toe the “Tea Party” line; likewise, a Bernie Sanders/ Elizabeth Warren fanatic might be considCliff ered so far to McCollum the left that “Socialist” might actually be an apt description. We rattle off statistics about our pet issues, railing against such favorite targets as the National Endowment for the Arts and “Obamacare” or tax cuts for the “One Percent.” We stand, as a nation, largely divided, with the country divided into wide swaths of Democratic blue and Republican red, with splotches of undecided purple popping up here and there. Even basic facts are up for partisan debate. One can take a news event and, by searching for the appropriate media filter, find a report of that event that will align with your own political views. Need a right-wing slant on the days events? Try Fox News or visit the Drudge Report. Jonesing for some liberal spin? MSNBC and the Huffington Post are there waiting for you. (And anyone still left dead center could, I suppose, watch CNN, but that network’s ratings suggest either no one is left in the political center or that everyone misses Larry King’s suspenders.) While I suppose it’s nice to get a version of the world so narrowly-tailored to our political views, shouldn’t it be worrisome that facts and data are open to this much interpretation and molding? When numbers and reports can be spun to fit any group’s whims or beliefs, “fact” loses its mantle of absolute truth, and we all suffer. When “fact” is open to debate, all sorts of evils can slip

‘While I suppose it’s nice to get a version of the world so narrowly-tailored to our political views, shouldn’t it be worrisome that facts and data are open to this much interpretation and molding?’When numbers and reports can be spun to fit any groups whims or beliefs, ‘fact’ loses its mantle of absolute truth, and we all suffer into the world, as a willful exclusion of reality turns ignorance into an allegedly valid point-of view (i.e., anyone who believes anything about “Muslim Sharia diet law” taking over our pantries and our country). While it’s admirable to be politically conscious and try to take a stance on the issues of our day, we all might do best to take a step back and breathe for a moment. Set aside the political name tags, and let’s all remember, at the end of the day, we’re all Americans. We all love freedom. We all love liberty. We all love the flag, babies, apple pie and Evel Knievel. Let’s not let the things we disagree on continue to pull us apart at the seams, folks. Let’s sit down at the table, have a nice slice of the previously-mentioned apple pie and discuss things like the grown, rational individuals we are. Then, and only then, can we begin to fix what I worry may be a gathering storm that will destroy this American dream so many have worked so long to build. Cliff McCollum is managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THANKS FOR COMPASSION tive quotations of often repDURING DIFFICULT TIME utable sources” I will give The family of the late Brandon M. Connor would like to thank the wonderful staff at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. From the EMS staff who worked so hard to revive him to the ER nurses and doctors who worked so hard to try and save him to the ICU staff who were so compassionate and caring. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts! I also want to thank all the wonderful strangers we met in the ICU waiting room and the people who just walked up and said, “Are you OK? Do you mind if I pray for you and your loved one?” Bless all of you! God is good! You never know how that brief moment may touch someone to their soul. God bless you all. LINDA MIXON Sumter

TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT, INCLUDING COPS The recent media fascination with every police action is dividing America. Instead of facts people look for a racial component (which says more about their motivation and less about the event). A friend of mine who is a deputy summed it up like this, “What did the officer do? What did the citizen do? Was it within the bounds of the law? Was there a violation of the law? Those are the only facts that matter.” Lorraine Muhammad recently wrote in one of her letters to the editor, “Instead of expecting them to posture themselves for the new Jim Crow in America, treating everyone fairly would be more in line with the Ten Commandments.” Treat everyone fairly. That includes the police officers. When people attack an officer or make them fear for their life, they are not treating that officer with the same respect they expect from the officer. What is the difference between an officer beating a citizen and the citizen beating an officer? None; both are humans. Instead of teaching people to be aggressive to police we need to teach all people to show them the same respect we expect from them. I love the passage from the Qur’an: Chapter 114, The Men (Al Nas). With that in mind I looked up the books, “The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews”. These books are written by The Nation of Islam which is tracked as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Said, “the book massively misinterprets the historical record, largely through a process of cunningly selec-

them the same weight as I would a publication by the KKK about blacks or The American Defense League about Muslims. Do not be deceived by those who twist facts to promote racist agendas.” Instead of ending with a verse from a religious text I will end with something everyone understands: treat each other with respect, and you will receive respect back; treat each other with contempt and hate, and contempt and hate is what you will receive. JOHN GAYDOS Wedgefield

they go to the same schools as other children. I don’t understand why some people don’t think criminals should answer for the criminal behavior. I would love for someone to explain it to me instead of attacking me for asking the questions. Could it be that you don’t know either? JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

DISAGREEING DOESN’T MAKE YOU A RACIST

RE Lorraine Muhammad letter: Boy, it sure did not take you long to play the race card. I’ll tell you how I feel. I reMORE QUESTIONS ON ally get disgusted when I, a RACE FOR LETTER WRITER white, disagrees with comments by a black (person) RE Lorraine Muhammad and then it is insinuated that letter: I am a racist or called an All of my letters contain my personal opinion and are outright racist because I based on my life experiences dared to disagree with a black. as well of what I have been I don’t care what your taught when it comes to color is, your politics, your right or wrong. I am old religion, or sexual leanings; enough to question what I have been told and can think if I disagree with those comments, then I feel free to exfor myself. ercise my First Amendment More questions for you. rights, and the same goes if I What needs to happen to agree with you. help certain people start to You also need to realize forget about slavery and Jim that all whites are not racCrow? How does something ists and that all blacks are that ended over 150 years not racists. ago affect you today? I also get disgusted by I asked you if you know blacks trying to continually your ancestors past your blame their lot in life on grandparents because most people don’t know who they whites. As you may have alwere. If you don’t know who ready noticed, there are no slaves living in the United they were, then you don’t States. There are no white know if they were slave people who have owned owners or slaves or never slaves alive in the United were slaves. If they were States. slaves, were they treated It took all Americans to badly or perhaps not. You said you see a pattern make this country great..... of negativity from me when- not just slaves as you would like to think. The British inever a black person’s opintroduced slavery into the ions appear in the paper. colonies and it took us 200 That is because I disagree with certain people, and I do some years to get rid of that system. have the right to disagree. You (read blacks) are the When I have questions, I only ones responsible for hope that the questions will make the person think about your lives. There are plenty what they have said. Openly of free programs for blacks to become trained for the attacking someone is how work place. you see it. Programs, I might add, My “feigned confusion” that not every person gets and need for clarification is (for) free. because I don’t understand It is time for you (read what is so easy for you to blacks) and other welfare understand, for instance, persons to get off your butts “white man’s shame, and and get trained so you can “social justice”. I asked you about quoting earn a living and honestly make $15 or more an hour from the Qur’an because I wanted to know for sure that rather than society having to keep you. So, stop crying you are a Muslim. Being a and blaming everyone else Muslim answers a lot of for your problems. questions. I also do not much care for To you black lives matter. To me, everyone’s lives mat- Holy Bible comments, and I sure do not care what Muter and that includes cops. hammad has to say. There To me anyone who runs happens to be more violence from the police is stupid caused by Muslims, and and/or is trying to cause there is more slavery by trouble and has done someMuslims in the world than thing wrong. I can’t figure out what you in the United States. If you would like to disthink. cuss this in the future, I am I can’t figure out why some people think that poor in the phone book. and black children haven’t DAVID A. LePAGE got a good education when Sumter

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Jannie Mae Wells Wilson died on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, USA, 9124 Plowden Mill Road in AlWILSON colu. The Rev. Samuel Sparks will be the moderator, and the Rev. Dr. Franklin Colclough Sr. will provide the eulogy. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Online memorials may be sent to www.samuelsfuneralhome.com. The family is receiving friends at the home, 12392 Plowden Mill Road in Alcolu. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

GEORGIA MAE WILKIE MAHAR Georgia Mae Wilkie Mahar, 86, beloved wife of the late Gordon E. Mahar Sr., died on Friday, May 1, 2015, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter. Born on March 29, 1929, MAHAR in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late George Thomas Wilkie and Eva Lila Shirah Wilkie. She loved to travel and was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Sumter Baptist Temple. Surviving are: one son, Gordon E. Mahar Jr. of Cantwell, Alaska; one daughter, Belinda Jewell Simmons and her husband, Gary, of Sumter; two brothers, Joe Wilkie of Sumter and Johnny Wilkie of Greenville; three sisters, Ann Huggins of Sumter, Mary Cave of Oregon and Betty Jean Brown of Sumter; six grandchildren, Rusty Ann Gulledge, Richard M. Maynard, Diane J. Lane, Bobby Jewell, Wesley Jewell and Brandy Mahar; and 15 greatgrandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Dot Mayeaux, and a grandson, Shane Mahar. A graveside service will be held on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Daniel Jones officiating. Online condolences may be made at www.bullockfuneralhome.com Bullock Funeral Home is

WILLIAM CARL ANDERSON JR. William Carl Anderson Jr., 72, husband of Pauline Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Driscoll Anderson, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at the Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Beacon, New York, he was the son of the late William Carl Anderson Sr. and Mildred Sullivan Anderson. Anderson was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Barry Anderson and Shane Anderson; four daughters, Sheila Hill, Colleen Nelson, Heather Rawson and Mary Ketchum; four granddaughters, Sage, Stefanie, Paige and Jaime; and six grandsons, Corey, Miles, Shane, Seth, Chalyn and Johnathan. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church with the Rev. Charles M. Donovan officiating. The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29150. 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.

EVELYN HUGHES WARRICK LEGARE Evelyn Hughes Warrick Legare, 90, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Georgia, she was a daughter of Lila Mitchell Hughes and Clyde Harvey Hughes. Legare graduated from General William Moultrie High School in Mount Pleasant. She worked as an executive secretary for several insurance companies; billing clerk at Walker, Evans and Cogswell Printing Company

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in Charleston; Post Exchange office in Fort Moultrie; and traffic manager and later administrative assistant to the vice-president and general manager of Channel 2 television station in Charleston. She worked in communications at Charleston Naval Base and retired as item manager in the Inventory Control Department at Charleston Naval Supply Center in Charleston. Legare was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter in Sumter. She was a former Sunday school teacher, choir member and WMU Chairman. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, working puzzles and bragging about her great-grandchildren. Legare was twice married, first to the late Ray L. Warrick and later to the late Fred H. Legare Jr. Surviving are one son: Dr. Kenneth R. Warrick (Diane) of North Myrtle Beach; one grandson, Dr. M. Todd Warrick (Pressley) of Sumter; four great-grandchildren, Michael Cooper Warrick, Wilson Hughes Warrick, Elizabeth Grey Sanders Warrick and William Cole Warrick; one step-son, Fred H. Legare III of Ravenel; one step-daughter, Michele L. Sullivan (Jeff ) of Mount Pleasant; one brother, Enoch A. Hughes (Clare) of Sylmar, California; one sister, Carolyn L. Ownbey of Largo, Florida.; four step-grandchildren; one step-greatgranddaughter; and one step-great-grandson. Legare was preceded in death by three brothers, James P. Hughes, Clyde H. Hughes Jr. and Forrest W. Hughes; and one step-son, Charles Alan Legare. She lived for only four years in Sumter but captured the hearts of her fellow church members and the Sumter community. She was known for her outreach to others, her brilliant mind, her zeal for life and her joyful spirit. She has left a rich legacy. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at The Church of the Holy Comforter in Sumter with Father Marcus Kaiser officiating. The family will receive friends following the memorial service in the Parish Hall at The Church of the Holy Comforter. A graveside service and burial will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens in Mount Pleasant. Memorials may be made to

The Church of the Holy Comforter, P. O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151. 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

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THOMAS EDWARD EARLY Thomas Edward Early, 76, died on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at his residence in Effingham. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

LOUISE ELEANOR HEISER GOVER ZELMARINE K. ARRINGTON Zelmarine K. Arrington, 88, widow of Thomas William Arrington, departed this life on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at her residence. She was born on October 21, 1927, in Nashville, North Carolina. Family will be receiving friends at the home 1245 Genesis Road, Dalzell.. Funeral plans will be announced at a later date by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

PAULINE BEARD Pauline Beard, of 80 Lowery Lane, died on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at her home. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

PAULETTE ADAMS ROBERTSON Paulette Adams Robertson, 44, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Florence. Visitations will be held from noon until 5 p.m. From 5 to 6 p.m., the family will receive friends in the chapel at New Life Funeral Services of Bishopville for wake services. The funeral will be held Thursday in Brooklyn, New York. New Life Funeral Services of Bishopville are in charge of the local services.

LEVERN REED Levern Reed passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kingdom Minded Ministries in Florence. Internment will follow in the Williams Cemetery in Florence. Viewing will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Monday. New Life Funeral Services of Bishopville is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Louise Eleanor Heiser Gover, 94, beloved wife of the late Alex Gover, died on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Port Charlotte, Florida. She was born October 6, 1920, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Arthur S. and Gladys L. Heiser. The family moved to the Chicago, Illinois, area when she was in her early teens. She attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and then took a job as a dietician in Chicago where she met her first husband, Alex M. Gover of Charlotte, North Carolina. They were married on May 16, 1942, in the chapel at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. Over the years, they lived in the Carolinas and retired to Naples, Florida, in 1968. In 1979, she and Alex returned to Sumter where they resided until his death on February 9, 2008, after almost 65 years of marriage. In September 2009, she moved to South Port Square in Port Charlotte, Florida, to be closer to her family. There she met LeRoy D. Sanders, whom she married on June 23, 2012. Sanders passed away on March 17, 2015. She is survived by her son Christopher J. (Nancy) Gover and numerous extended family members. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alex M. Gover, and her brothers, Dr. Arthur P. Heiser and John D. Heiser. A committal and inurnment service will be held on at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the St. Lawrence Cemetery with the Rev. Thomas Burke officiating. Bullock Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Written memorials can be made at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

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FYI W. Liberty St., Office H. Call The City of Sumter will accept Carolet Thomas at (803) applications for its Summer 774-1652 or Clarence Youth Employment Programs time to apply for Summer Gaines at (803) 774-1649. throughThere’s May 8. still Students Employment ages Youth 14-15 will work in city Having cancer is hard. Finding government and students help shouldn’t be. Free help age 16 through high school for cancer patients from will work in the Co-Op Prothe American Cancer Socigram for local businesses. ety. Transportation to Students must live in the treatment, help for appearcity limits and meet inance related side effects of come requirements set by treatment, nutrition help, HUD. Students should see one-on-one breast cancer their school guidance support, free housing away counselors for applications from home during treatand income guidelines or ment, help finding clinical pick up an application 8:30 trials, someone to talk to a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, — all free. Call (800) 227from the Liberty Center, 12 2345.

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Gaﬀney 79/57 Spartanburg 79/57

Greenville 78/58

Columbia 83/58

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Sumter 82/56

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The changes EUGENIA LAST you desire can be made if you put your heart and soul into making things happen. Don’t sit back when taking action is what’s required. Tie up loose ends and put your ideas and plans into motion. Romance will lead to commitment. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep life simple, avoid temptation and stick to a budget. Anger will get you nowhere, but putting more effort into seeking advancement will. Practice what you preach and your peers will follow your lead. An unusual friendship will develop. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take advantage of an unexpected proposal. The help you receive and the offers you accept will change your life and the way you live. Show your ability to be diverse and you will gain respect and the rewards you deserve. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take an unfamiliar route and learn from the experiences you encounter. Speak up and share your ideas with someone who engages in similar pastimes as you. A partnership will lead to a second chance. Share your feelings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Focus on self-improvement and put your best foot forward. A move or trip to visit someone special will lead to romance and a change in the way you live. Don’t get overly emotional about money matters. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keep an open mind, but don’t put your money behind someone else’s plan. Work on your own ideas and invest in something that will benefit you directly. A partnership with someone creative can work if you have a shared goal.

Today: Mostly sunny and nice. Winds southwest 4-8 mph. Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy and pleasant. Winds south 4-8 mph.

Aiken 81/56

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put some muscle into the changes you want to make to your home. Move things around or set up a space you can use for a project you want to pursue. Share your feelings with someone you love and you’ll reach your goal faster. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional situations can be taken care of if you are willing to meet someone halfway. Making alterations to your home or making a move that will lead to better professional opportunities should be considered. Embrace the unknown.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get ready to implement the changes you want to make at home or with regard to your future employment. Emotions will be tense when dealing with domestic matters, so try to avoid a nasty, unnecessary argument.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your thoughts and make personal changes that will boost your confidence or improve your surroundings. Children, pregnancy and positive changes to your life and home environment are apparent. Embrace romance, but don’t try to buy love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Physical action will lead to victory. Use your experience and knowledge to make things happen. A day trip will lead to information that can help you make a better choice about your personal life and professional future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful how you handle loved ones. Problems will develop at home if you are too demanding or take on responsibilities that lead to neglecting your domestic obligations. Organize your time and stick to a set budget.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD FINISHING TOUCHES: Soft and not-so By Gail Grabowski

ACROSS 1 Flat face with hands 5 Shower alternative 9 Timeline slices 13 Portrait holder 18 Gumbo veggie 19 The Lion King lion 20 Gospel writer 21 Traveler’s annoyance 22 Learn something well 24 Risky purchase 26 Ease 27 Mother-of-pearl source 29 Impolite look 30 Drove too fast 31 Chinese zodiac animal 32 Hindu garment 34 Insertion symbols 38 Sinkers and lures 44 Had debts 45 __ alai 47 Lebanon neighbor 48 Diminishes

49 Peninsula near Hong Kong 51 Pixar film of 2006 53 Rocket interceptor, for short 54 Magazine execs. 55 All over again 58 The Braves’ div. 59 Step in a process 61 Craving 62 “Annabel Lee” writer 63 Philly-area hero sandwich 65 Loses traction 66 Talks big 68 Website ID 69 Sierra Nevada lake 71 Small piano 74 Regard highly 77 Witnessed 78 Dracula alter ego 81 Lacking resonance 82 “Dude!” 83 Significant other 86 Little pest 87 Little pest 88 Bowl game org.

89 Cover with silver, perhaps 90 Accumulated quantity 93 Oafs 96 Unspecified amount 97 Birdseed ingredient 98 Snapple sister brand 101 Quick drawing 103 Stand the test of time 104 Prickly seedcase 105 Certain Jeopardy! tournament contestant 107 Taken with a spoon 110 Let alone 113 Lateness of payments 117 Box-office bonanza 119 Not working properly 122 Choral contingent 123 Assertive comeback 124 Takes charge 125 Suffix for switch 126 Freshen, as a

Charleston 80/58

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DOWN 1 Closely follow 2 Modular furniture chain 3 Cultural pursuits 4 Young fellows 5 Spree 6 Energized, with “up” 7 Not yet scheduled: Abbr. 8 John Wayne film of ‘62 9 Compassion 10 Train track 11 Golden Fleece ship 12 Type of golf tourney 13 Cosmeticssafety agcy. 14 Facsimile 15 Spiny houseplant 16 Fabricate 17 Watchful one 19 Exchanges 23 Remove from power 25 Well-groomed 28 Game fish 33 Cold and damp 34 Warm and snug 35 Mindful (of) 36 Intel gathering 37 Wax-coated cheese 38 Scottish inlet 39 Person from Tabriz 40 Corn kernel 41 Work on dough 42 Pigeon’s perch, perhaps 43 Twisty letters 45 LL Bean rival 46 Small battery 50 Fish-eating hawk 52 Merit-badge earner 56 Wetlands bird 57 Sultan’s wives 59 Put on the brakes 60 Trash-bag closer 64 Collect slowly 65 NBA great’s nickname

Myrtle Beach 77/60

Manning 81/53

ON THE COAST

The last word in astrology

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Bishopville 81/55

SATURDAY’S ANSWERS CROSSWORD

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66 Situation Room airer 67 Pulpit presentation 70 Examine 71 Secret supply 72 Ship of 1492 73 Being hauled 75 Absorb 76 Old Testament prophet 78 Lulu 79 Ancient Mexican 80 What to put into your food 82 Two-sided 84 Flatbread of India 85 Other than that 91 Enlists help from 92 Korean car 94 Halter alternative 95 Rebuff 99 Any of the Bahamas 100 New Orleans

cuisine 101 Feudal workers 102 Memorized 105 Mongol marauder 106 Crumble slowly 107 Actor Epps 108 Cast assignment 109 Prefix for freeze 111 Quaint lament 112 Passport endorsement 114 “Excuse me . . .” 115 Hard to come by 116 Garbage barge 118 Scolding sound 120 Road reversal, informally 121 Bout enders ASSUAGE (26 Across) is derived from a

French word for “pleasant” and is thus related to “suave.” With more than 600,000 people living within its 12+ square miles, MACAO (49 Across) is the world’s most densely populated re-

gion. John Wayne portrays a professional wild-animal catcher in the 1962 film HATARI! (8 Down); the title is the Swahili word for “danger.”

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PREP BASEBALL

Wolverines run wild EC steals 10 bases in 13-1 rout of Cross BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com TURBEVILLE – As Saturday’s District VII tournament 1A state playoff game at Shad Hall Field progressed, East Clarendon head baseball coach Jason Cook began to turn his players loose on the base paths. “We’re not fast enough to run on everybody, but as the game goes on, you start to see some things you can take advantage of,” Cook said. The Wolverines did – to the tune of 10 stolen bases with only one caught stealing. Combined with stellar pitching and a 12-hit day at the plate, the result was a 13-1 victory over Cross in five innings. The Wolverines, who improved to 16-5 overall, will host the District VII championship round on Wednesday at a to be determined time against a to be determined opponent. “It’s always hard to keep them focused for a Saturday game without that routine of

JUSTIN DRIGGERS / THE SUMTER ITEM

East Clarendon’s Steven Cox connects on a pitch during the Wolverines’ 13-1, 5-inning victory over Cross on Saturday at Shad Hall Field in the SEE WOLVERINES, PAGE B3 District VII tournament of the 1A state playoffs.

NASCAR

Gordon edges Kahne for 80th career pole

KICKIN’ AT THE CUP

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — In this farewell season for Jeff Gordon, he continues to seize every moment both on and off the track. Gordon won the 80th pole of his career Saturday with a blistering lap around Talladega Superspeedway, where GORDON he’s a six-time race winner. The four-time NASCAR champion will start first Sunday and have all three of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates surrounding him as he seeks his first win of the season. Gordon’s lap of 194.793 mph was a hefty 0.28 seconds faster than teammate Kasey Kahne, who qualified second for a Hendrick Motorsports front row. It’s the third pole of the season for Gordon, who also was fastest in Daytona 500 qualifying, which was done under a different format. “I am so proud of this pole because we got the pole in Daytona, but it was a totally different format,” Gordon said. “I knew the car was fast there — for this team to bring another car, a different car here, and all the hard work from the engine shop ... a lot of hard work goes into this.” Kahne was satisfied with second. “I didn’t think I could beat Jeff, but I thought I could get up there on the front row with him,” Kahne said. Gordon raced from qualifying to the Fox television booth, where he was a guest analyst for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race. He’s more open about his free time this final year and he’s determined to enjoy every week. He’s hosting friends from New York City this weekend, and used their visit to make

SEE TALLADEGA, PAGE B4

PREP SOCCER

Gators, Barons to host playoffs on home pitch BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM

Trevor Ash of the Sumter Destroyers, left, defends against a Coast Futbol Alliance player during the Kohl’s Carolina Cup at Patriot Park SportsPlex on Saturday. For more photographs, go to page B5.

The boys soccer teams from Lakewood High School and Wilson Hall will play host to first-round games in their respective state tournaments this week. Also, the boys teams from Crestwood and Laurence Manning Academy, the girls teams from Sumter and Lakewood and the boys tennis team from Manning will begin play in their respective tournaments as well. Lakewood goes into the 3A state playoffs as the No. 2 seed from Region VI with a

14-5 overall record. The Gators will play host to Stall on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at J. Frank Baker Stadium. Lakewood, which is in the playoffs for the 15th straight season, won their final two region games by a combined score of 25-0 to grab the No. 2 seed. It beat Manning 15-0 and Marlboro County 10-0. Crestwood is also in the 3A playoffs as the No. 3 seed. It will play at Beaufort on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Knights are 7-8. Wilson Hall will play host to Heathwood Hall on Monday at Spencer Field in the

SEE PITCH, PAGE B3

HORSE RACING

American Pharoah wins Kentucky Derby BY BETH HARRIS The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Brilliant but untested, American Pharoah was put to a fight in the Kentucky Derby and won. Sent off as the 5-2 favorite by the record crowd of 170,513, the brown colt rallied in the stretch to beat Firing Line by a length Saturday and deliver trainer Bob Baffert’s fourth Derby win and first since 2002. “It’s a fantasy moment for us,” said a joyous Baffert, surrounded by his three older sons and his youngest, 10-year-old Bode, who jumped up and down and waved his arms in celebration. Baffert also saddled thirdplace Dortmund, the other part of his lethal 1-2 punch

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEE KENTUCKY DERBY, PAGE B4

American Pharoah, left, races his way to victory in the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

SPORTS

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

TSA’s Jarvis wins three events at SCISA meet CHARLESTON – Hunter Jarvis won three events to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a third-place finish in the SCISA 3A state track and field meet on Saturday at the Porter-Gaud track. Jarvis won the 800-meter run in a time of 2 minutes, 2.27 seconds. He won the 1,600 in 4:39.13 and the 3,200 in 10:11.71. Porter-Gaud and Hammond shared the title with 154 points apiece. TSA was third with 67 followed by Pinewood Prep with 53, Wilson Hall with 35, Ben Lippen with 33 and Laurence Manning Academy with 12. STATE CHAMPION

Thomas Sumter: Hunter Jarvis 800, 1,600, 3,200; Second-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: 4x800 relay. Thomas Sumter: Chris White 400. Third-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: 4x100 relay; 4x800 relay. Thomas Sumter: 4x400 relay. Laurence Manning: Aaron Kruger 400. Fourth-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: Brayden Fidler 800; Thomas McGinnis shot put; 4x400 relay. Thomas Sumter: White 200; Dre Litsey triple jump; 4x800 relay. Laurence Manning: Kruger 100. Fifth-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: Josh Gentile 100; David Tussey shot put; Evans Boyle triple jump; 4x100 relay. Thomas Sumter: Jacob Crotts 3,200;

Patrick Kuzbary 400; James Rabon discus; Litsey high jump; 4x100 relay.

SHS WINS REGION VI-4A MEET

MYRTLE BEACH – Sumter High School edged Carolina Forest to win the Region VI-4A meet on Friday at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium. The Gamecocks won with 98 points while Carolina Forest finished with 96. West Florence was third with 49, Conway fourth with 40, South Florence fifth with 33 and Socastee sixth with 32. The Gamecocks qualified for 17 spots in the 4A state qualifier. The top four finishers in each event reached the 4A qualifier. STATE QUALIFIERS

First-Place Finishers Sumter: Ky’Jon Tyler 100, long jump; Colin Washington 200; Kalip Franklin triple jump 4x100 relay (Benjamin Austin, Tyreek Brown, Tiquan Colclough Rodney Pitts). Second-Place Finishers Sumter: Brandon Poston 3,200; Damien Dinkins-McCall 110 hurdles; Champ Newman pole vault; Pressley Harvin discus; Franklin long jump; 4x400 relay (Austin, Henry Canty, Tobias Favor, Pitts); Third-Place Finishers Sumter: Franklin 110 hurdles; Pitts high jump; Troy Brayboy discus; 4x800 relay (Canty, Zachary Delaney, Favor, Tyren Horace). Fourth-Place Finishers Sumter: Pitts long jump; Brayboy

shot put.

EAGLES WIN REGION MEET SUMMERTON – Scott’s Branch won the Region VII1A meet in easy fashion on Tuesday at Spann Stadium. The Eagles finished with 163 points followed by Hannah-Pamplico with 107.5. C.E. Murray had 100, Timmonsville 74.5 and East Clarendon 43. Kevin Johnson, Shimari Junious and Chauncey Aiken each won two events for Scott’s Branch. The Eagles qualified for 21 spots in the 1A lower state meet

First-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Kevin Johnson 100, 200; Shimari Junious 800, 1,600; Chauncey Aiken high jump, triple jump; 4x100 relay; 4x400 relay, 4x800 relay. East Clarendon: Kieron Hughes long jump. Second-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Aiken 400 hurdles, long jump; Christavis Johnson 400; Raquan Walker 800; Malque Coard shot put. Third-Place Finishers East Clarendon: Hughes 100. Scott’s Branch: Marqus House 400; Melquan House shot put. Fourth-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Walker 1,600; Keondre Tappin 400; Andre Brown discus; Robert Matterson long jump, triple jump. East Clarendon: Daniel Johnson 3,200; 4x100 relay; 4x400 relay; 4x800 relay.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

SHS wins Region VI-4A meet MYRTLE BEACH – Ars’Breana Tyler and Dae’Shondra Stephens led Sumter High School to victory in the Region VI-4A meet on Friday at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium. Tyler won three events, the 100-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump. Stephens won both the discus and shot put. The Lady Gamecocks won the meet with 122 points, easily outdistancing West Florence with 66. Carolina Forest had 56,Socastee 40, Conway 32 and South Florence with 13. Sumter qualified for 22 events in the 4A state qualifier, which will be held on Saturday. The top four finishers in each event advance to qualifier. STATE QUALIFIERS

First-Place Finishers Sumter: Ars’Breana Tyler 100, long jump, triple jump; Dae’Shondra Stephens discus, shot put; 4x100 relay (Alexus Choice, Kadejuha Kennedy, Tiana Peoples, Raven Pringle). Second-Place Finishers Sumter: Choice 100, 200; Tiarra Abram 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles; Kennedy triple jump; Amber Jones discus; 4x400 relay (Abram, Choice, Kennedy, Peoples). Third-Place Finishers Sumter: Victoria Webster 100; Pringle 200, long jump; Annissa Brayboy triple jump; Kendra Alfred shot put. Fourth-Place Finishers: Sumter: Webster 200; Brayboy 100 hurdles; Brinee Scott 400 hurdles; Abram high jump; Kennedy long jump.

Hall with 50. Thomas Sumter Academy tied for eighth with 10 points.

State Champions Wilson Hall: Hayley Smoak 100 hurdles. Third-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: Anna Lyles 3,200; Cori Moore long jump, triple jump. Thomas Sumter: Emily Nevels shot put. Fourth-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: Lyles 800; Allison Owens discus; 4x100 relay. Thomas Sumter: Taja Hunley long jump. Fifth-Place Finishers Wilson Hall: Chandler Patrick 100 hurdles; Madison Elmore 3,200.

SCOTT’S BRANCH THIRD SUMMERTON – Mary Wimberly won three events to lead Scott’s Branch High School to a third-place finish in the Region VII-1A meet on Tuesday at Spann Stadium. Spann won the 800-, 1,600and 3,200-meter runs for the Lady Eagles. Timmonsville won with 144 points followed by C.E. Murray with 117 and Scott’s Branch with 91. East Clarendon was fifth with 12 points.

First-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Mary Wimberly 800, 1,600, 3,200; Dierra Green triple jump; 4x400 relay; 4x800 relay. Second-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Paulette Wimberly 400; Adrianna Dingle 800. Third-Place Finishers Scott’s Branch: Paulette Wimberly 200; Queen Ford high jump. East Clarendon: Gracelyn Coker 400; 4x400 relay.

VARSITY SOFTBALL EAST CLARENDON 18

SMOAK STATE CHAMPION

MILITARY MAGNET 0

CHARLESTON – Hayley Smoak won the 100-meter low hurdles to lead Wilson Hall to a fourth-place finish in the SCISA 3A state meet on Saturday at the PorterGaud track. Smoak won the 100 hurdles in a time of 16.64 seconds. Ashley Hall won with 141 points followed by Heathwood Hall with 125, PorterGaud with 96 and Wilson

TURBEVILLE -- Marleigh Floyd struck out eight and allowed just one hit in three innings as the East Clarendon softball team earned its second lopsided victory in the District VII tournament of the 1A state playoffs with an 18-0 win over Military Magnet on Saturday at the EC field. Roxanne Gray and Corey Smith each went 3-for-3 for

the Lady Wolverines. Gray drove in a pair of runs while Smith had three RBI. Bailey Evans, Kinsley Driggers, Britni Anderson and Kenzie Lee all had two hits for ECHS, who improved to 16-1. The Lady Wolverines will host the District VII championship on Wednesday against an opponent to be determined.

JV SOFTBALL LAURENCE MANNING 4 WILSON HALL 3 MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Wilson Hall 4-3 in eight innings on Friday at Julie Skoler Field. Trinity Harrington, Caroline Robinson, Olivia Coker and Madisyn Hudson all had two hits for LMA. Hudson had two doubles and Robinson had a triple. Coker, Hudson, McKenzie Truett and Keeley Hulse each drove in a run and Harrington, Elizabeth Hussey, Robinson and Coker each scored a run. For Wilson Hall, Carly Allred, Madison Sliwonik and Kinsley Waynick each had a hit and a run, while Andie Grae Wingate had a double and an RBI. Kathryn Sistare also had an RBI. On Thursday in Florence, LMA blasted Florence Christian 18-0. Hussey tossed a 3-inning perfect game, striking out each of the nine batters she faced. She was also 3-for-3 with two doubles and five RBI. Harrington had a double, two runs and three RBI, Tolley Horton had two hits, two runs and two RBI and Sara Knight Nalley scored three runs.

MLB ROUNDUP

Bruce’s 2 triples lead Reds past Braves over the New York Mets 1-0 Saturday.

ATLANTA — Jay Bruce powered two long triples, Marlon Byrd broke out of his slump and Zack Cozart had three hits to lead the Reds to an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Eric Stultz (1-2) tookd the loss, giving up six runs, including home runs to Byrd and Todd Frazier.

ST. LOUIS — Matt Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning Saturday and the St. Louis Cardinals once again beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in extras.

NATIONALS 1

BREWERS 6

METS 0

CUBS 1

NEW YORK — Gio Gonzalez struck out nine in seven crisp innings on one of his favorite mounds, outpitching Jonathon Niese to lead the Washington Nationals

CHICAGO — Mike Fiers struck out 12 in six innings for his first victory in five starts as the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 Saturday.

CARDINALS 2 PIRATES 1

MARLINS 7 PHILLIES 0 MIAMI— Martin Prado homered and drove in four runs, leading the Miami Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Saturday. INTERLEAGUE GIANTS 5 ANGELS 4 SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey and Crawford homered, Tim Hudson pitched into the ninth and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Saturday.

From wire reports

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SCOREBOARD

Texas

TV, RADIO TODAY

8:25 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. -- PGA Golf: WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship Semifinal Matches from San Francisco (GOLF). 10:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Manchester City vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Noon – College Lacrosse: Ivy League Tournament Championship Match from Cambridge, Mass. (ESPNU). Noon – College Softball: Mississippi State at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK). 12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 from Talladega, Ala. (WACH 57, WEGX-FM 92.9). 1 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game One – Washington at Atlanta (WOLO 25). 1 p.m. – College Softball: Kentucky at Tennessee (ESPN). 1 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Florida at Rochester (SPORTSOUTH). 1 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Cruz Azul vs. UNAM (UNIVISION). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Cincinnati at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. -- PGA Golf: WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship Final Match from San Francisco (WIS 10). 2 p.m. – College Baseball: Auburn at South Carolina (ESPNU, WNKT-FM 107.5). 2 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: North Texas LPGA Shootout Final Round from Irving, Texas (GOLF). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Kansas City or Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (MLB NETWORK). 2 p.m. – College Softball: Mississippi at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – College Softball: Auburn at Louisiana State (ESPN). 3:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game One – Memphis at Golden State (WOLO 25). 4 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Ohio at Chesapeake (SPORTSOUTH). 5 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Chicago at Sporting KC (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – Women’s College Lacrosse: Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship Match from Piscataway, N.J. (ESPNU). 5 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Insperity Invitational Final Round from The Woodlands, Texas (GOLF). 5:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Veracruz vs. Leones Negros (UNIVISION). 6 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Two – Tampa Bay at Montreal (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Seattle at New York (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour United Leasing Championship Final Round from Newburgh, Ind. (GOLF). 8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Boston (ESPN). 8:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Two – Minnesota at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Lacrosse: NCAA Tournament Selection Show (ESPNU). 10 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Two – Calgary at Anaheim (CNBC).

MONDAY

10 a.m. – International Hockey: World Championship Group Play Match from Ostrava, Czech Republic – United States vs. Russia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match – Arsenal vs. Hull (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisville at Clemson (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game One – Chicago at Cleveland (TNT). 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Three – New York Rangers at Washington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (ESPN). 9:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game One – Los Angeles Clippers or San Antonio at Houston (TNT). 10:30 p.m. – Arena Football: Los Angeles at Las Vegas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

GOLF

The Associated Press

MATCH PLAY RESULTS

At Harding Park Golf Course San Francisco Yardage: 7,127; Par: 71 Round of 16 Saturday (Seedings in parentheses) Gary Woodland (50), United States, def. Marc Leishman (56), Australia, 2 and 1. John Senden (60), Australia, def. Hunter Mahan (31), United States, 2 and 1. Tommy Fleetwood (54), England, def. Branden Grace (38), South Africa, 2 and 1. Danny Willett (48), England, def. Lee Westwood (26), 3 and 2. Jim Furyk (5), United States, def. J.B. Holmes (12), United States, 5 and 3. Louis Oosthuizen (29), South Africa, def. Rickie Fowler (13), United States, 1 up. Paul Casey (36), England, def. Charl Schwartzel (37), South Africa, 3 and 1. Rory McIlroy (1), Northern Ireland, def. Hideki Matsuyama (16), Japan, 6 and 5.

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Toronto (Hutchison 2-0) at Cleveland (Bauer 2-0), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 1-1) vs. Baltimore (Chen 0-1) at St. Petersburg, FL, 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 1-2) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 2-0), 2:10 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 1-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 1-1), 2:10 p.m. Seattle (Happ 2-1) at Houston (R. Hernandez 1-2), 2:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 3-0) at Texas (Gallardo 2-3), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-2), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 1-1) at Boston (J.Kelly 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

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

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L 8 12 12 14 16

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L 6 8 11 12 18

Pct .727 .619 .522 .478 .217

GB – 21/2 41/2 51/2 111/2

W 14 12 11 10 10

L 8 12 11 12 13

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GB – 3 3 4 41/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs 1, Milwaukee 0 Miami 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 0 Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 0 San Diego 14, Colorado 3 San Francisco 3, L.A. Angels 2

TODAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia (S.Gonzalez 0-1) at Miami (Cosart 1-1), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-1), 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 2-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-1), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 2-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-0), 2:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 2-1), 2:20 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (C.Anderson 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Matzek 2-0) at San Diego (Shields 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 7:20 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland vs. Chicago May 4: Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m. May 6: Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m. May 8: Cleveland at Chicago, TBD May 10: Cleveland at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. x-May 12: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-May 14: Cleveland at Chicago, TBD x-May 17: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD Atlanta vs. Washington May 3: Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. May 5: Washington at Atlanta, 8 p.m. May 9: Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. May 11: Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. x-, May 13: Washington at Atlanta, TBD x-May 15: Atlanta at Washington, TBD x-May 18: Washington at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Houston vs. L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner May 4: L.A. L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, 9:30 p.m. May 6: L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, 9:30 p.m. May 8: Houston at L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner, TBD May 10: Houston at L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner, TBD x-May 12: L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, TBD x-May 14: Houston at L.A. ClippersSan Antonio winner, TBD x-May 17: L.A. Clippers-San Antonio winner at Houston, TBD Golden State vs. Memphis May 3: Memphis at Golden State, 3:30 p.m. May 5: Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. May 9: Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. May 11: Golden State at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. x-May 13: Memphis at Golden State, TBD x-May 15: Golden State at Memphis, TBD x-May 17: Memphis at Golden State, TBD

NHL PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

NORTH TEXAS SHOOTOUT PAR SCORES

Saturday At Las Colinas Country Club Irving, Texas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,462; Par 71 Third Round a-denotes amateur Lexi Thompson 67-69-68—204 Inbee Park 69-66-69—204 Karrie Webb 73-68-64—205 Angela Stanford 67-71-67—205 Brooke M. Henderson 69-65-71—205

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W New York 14 Tampa Bay 13 Boston 12 Baltimore 10 Toronto 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 16 Detroit 15 Minnesota 11 Chicago 8 Cleveland 8 WEST DIVISION W Houston 16 Los Angeles 11 Seattle 10 Oakland 10

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Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers 1 April 30: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 May 4: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. May 6: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. May 8: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. x-May 10: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, TBD x-May 13: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, TBD Tampa Bay 1, Montreal 0 May 1: Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1, 2OT May 3: Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6 p.m. May 6: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. May 7: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. x-May 9: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-May 12: Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD x-May 14: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago 1, Minnesota 0 May 1: Chicago 4, Minnesota 3 May 3: Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. May 5: Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. May 7: Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. x-May 9: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD x-May 11: Chicago at Minnesota, TBD x-May 13: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Anaheim 1, Calgary 0 April 30: Anaheim 6, Calgary 1 May 3: Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m. May 5: Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. May 8: Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. x-May 10: Calgary at Anaheim, TBD x-May 12: Anaheim at Calgary, TBD x-May 14: Calgary at Anaheim, TBD

SPORTS

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SPORTS ITEMS

McIlroy rolls into quarterfinals of Match Play SAN FRANCISCO — Rory McIlroy rolled into the quarterfinals of the Match Play Championship on Saturday with four birdies on the front nine for a 6-and-5 victory over Hideki Matsuyama of Japan. MCILROY McIlroy has joked all week about wanting a short match Saturday to get to Las Vegas for the fight. He at least got one in the morning. He needed another in the afternoon. As the No. 1 player, McIlroy and fifth-seeded Jim Furyk were the only players from the top 35 still around at TPC Harding Park. Furyk recovered from an early deficit to beat J.B. Holmes 5 and 3. Danny Willett won the battle of Blighty with a 3-and-2 win over Lee Westwood. Another Englishman, Tommy Fleetwood, advanced by beating Branden Grace of South Africa. MANNING POST 68 LEGION MEETING TODAY

An organizational meeting for the both senior and junior American Legion baseball teams for Manning-Santee Post 68 will be held today at 5 p.m. It will be held at the American Legion hut on Sunset Drive in Manning. For more information, call G.G. Cutter at (803) 225-2929. THOMPSON IN SHARE OF LPGA TOUR LEAD WITH PARK

IRVING, Texas — Lexi Thompson finished a round of 3-under 68 with a birdie after a fortunate ricochet Saturday to share the thirdround lead with Inbee Park in the LPGA Tour’s North Texas Shootout. The approach by the longhitting Thompson at the par-5 18th was a screamer well left of the hole. But the ball struck the front facing of a temporary grandstand and ricocheted onto the green, skimming just over the top of a bunker. That set up a long two-putt birdie to get to 9-under 204. Park, the 2013 North Texas winner, had a more conventional closing birdie, hitting her approach inside a foot for a round of 69. DAVIS SELECTED IN 4TH ROUND BY 49ERS

COLUMBIA— University of South Carolina tailback Mike Davis was selected by

the San Francisco 49ers with the 27th pick of the fourth round, the 126th pick overall, in the 2015 NFL Draft on Saturday. Despite playing just three years in the Garnet & Black, Davis a 5-9, 223-pounder from Atlanta, Ga., ranks ninth on Carolina’s all-time rushing list with 2,440 yards. He also ranks in the Carolina top-10 in rushing touchdowns (t8th-22), average yards per carry (t8th-5.4) and touchdowns scored (t9th-24).

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PITCH FROM PAGE B1 first round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs at 6 p.m. The Barons, 10-3, finished second in Region II while Heathwood finished third in Region I. LMA, the No. 4 seed from Region II, will travel to Columbia on Monday for a 6 p.m. match against Cardinal Newman, the No. 1 seed from Region I, in another 3A first-round game. In the 4A girls state playoffs, Sumter will be on the road against Lexington on Monday at 7 p.m. The 10-6 Lady Gamecocks finished fourth in Region VI while 211-1 Lexington won Region V. In the 3A girls state playoffs, Lakewood will play at Hilton Head on Monday at 6 p.m. The Lady Gators finished fourth in Region VI while Hilton Head won Region VIII. In the 3A boys tennis playoffs, Manning will be at

home against Hanahan in the first round on Tuesday at a time to be determined. In the SCISA baseball state playoffs, Wilson Hall, LMA and Robert E. Lee Academy all know who they’ll be playing and their schedules for their respective semifinal series. Wilson Hall, the defending 3A state champion, will be facing Hammond in its bestof-3 semifinal series. Hammond beat Pinewood Prep on Saturday to win its quarterfinal series 2-1. The Barons will travel to Columbia on Tuesday to face the Skyhawks at 6 p.m. The second game will be played on Wednesday at Baron Field beginning at 7 p.m. If a third game Is needed it will be played on Friday at a neutral site. The Swampcats, the 3A runner-up from a year ago, will take on Northwood in

the semifinals. Northwood swept Ben Lippen on Friday in the quarterfinals to advance. Laurence Manning will be on the road for the first game on Tuesday with a 6 p.m. start. The second game will be on Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond beginning at 7 p.m. with a third game, if needed, at a neutral site on Friday. REL, the defending 2A state champion, will face Hilton Head Prep in its semifinal series. The Cavaliers swept Pee Dee in their quarterfinal series with a pair of 10-0 victories on Friday, while HHP swept Spartanburg Christian in its quarterfinal series on Friday. The first game will be played in Bishopville on Tuesday before the teams meet in Hilton Head on Wednesday. If a third game is needed it will be played at a neutral site on Friday. Game times have yet to be determined.

ROBINSON SELECTED BY LIONS IN 7TH ROUND

COLUMBIA — University of South Carolina offensive tackle Corey Robinson was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 23rd pick of the seventh round, the 240th pick overall, in the 2015 NFL Draft on Saturday. Robinson, a 6-8, 344-pounder, protected the quarterback’s blind side for the past three seasons, starting 35 of the last 36 games, including every game in both 2013 and ‘14. Robinson, who was considered just a two-star prospect by Scout.com coming out of Havelock (N.C.) High School, was named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week versus Georgia in his senior campaign. ANDERSON PICKED BY 49ERS IN 7TH ROUND

COLUMBIA — University of South Carolina tight end Rory “Busta” Anderson was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the 37th pick of the seventh round, the 254th pick overall, in the 2015 NFL Draft on Saturday. Anderson, a 6-5, 227-pounder from Power Springs, Ga., caught 61 passes for 954 yards and nine scores in his 48-game career, which included 19 starts for the Gamecocks. Anderson totaled 22 catches for 260 yards and a TD over 10 games in a senior season that was hampered by a series of triceps injuries. LOGANO USES BIG BLOCK ON LAST LAP TO WIN XFINITY RACE

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school, but they came out and played very well,” Cook said of his squad. “We swung the bats well up and down the lineup and we were able to capitalize on some things running the bases.” Bolstered by their running game and three Cross errors, the Wolverines were able to put up 10 runs in the first two innings in a lopsided affair. Steven Cox had two doubles, drove in two and scored twice during that span. Collin Lee walked and scored twice, Dane Smith had a double and Matthew Frazier singled and drove in a run. Peyton Coker scored two runs and swiped three bags. The highlight of the offensive outburst, however, came in the second inning when Ryan Knowlton and starting pitcher Jared Hair pulled off a rare feat by hitting back-toback inside-the-park home runs. Knowlton drove in two with his swing while Hair was 2-for-2 on the day with two stolen bases. EC’s subs performed well, too. Nathan Morris walked twice, scored a run and stole a bag while Logan Creech and Casey Floyd each collected an RBI. On the mound, Hair and

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Hanahan at Manning, TBA

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Lakewood at Swansea, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Hammond, 6 p.m. Laurence Manning at Northwood, 6 p.m.

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Manning at North Myrtle Beach or Airport, TBA

Scott’s Branch at Bamberg-Ehrhardt or Lake View, TBA

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TBD at East Clarendon, TBA

Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m. Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman, 6 p.m.

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Hammond at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. Northwood at Laurence Manning, TBA

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Robert E. Lee at Hilton Head Prep, TBA

Stall at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m. Crestwood at Beaufort, 6 p.m.

Austin Huggins combined for 13 strikeouts. The duo K’d the side in each of the last three innings to close out the game, retiring the last 10 batters they faced. Hair walked three and gave up one hit, which eventually came around to score on a passed ball. “He was throwing fastball

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after fastball and was just missing a little bit with them,” Cook said of Hair. “He threw too many pitches to a couple batters there early on, but came back and finished strong. So did Huggins. Very proud of the effort by both of them today.” Heyward Williams had the lone hit for the Trojans.

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65. Indianapolis (from Tampa Bay), D’Joun Smith, db, FAU. 66. Tennessee, Jeremiah Poutasi, ot, Utah. 67. Jacksonville, A.J. Cann, g, South Carolina. 68. Oakland, Clive Walford, te, Miami. 69. Seattle (from Washington), Tyler Lockett, wr, Kansas State. 70. Houston (from New York Jets), Jaelen Strong, wr, Arizona State. 71. Chicago, Hroniss Grasu, c, Oregon. 72. St. Louis, Jamon Brown, ot, Louisville. 73. Atlanta, Tevin Coleman, rb, Indiana. 74. New York Giants, Owamagbe Odighizuwa, de, UCLA. 75. New Orleans, Garrett Grayson, qb, Colorado State. 76. Kansas City (from Minnesota), Chris Conley, wr, Georgia. 77. Cleveland, Duke Johnson, rb, Miami. 78. New Orleans (from Miami), P.J. Williams, db, Florida State. 79. San Francisco, Eli Harold, de, Virginia. 80. Detroit (from Kansas City through Minnesota), Alex Carter, db, Stanford. 81. Buffalo, John Miller, g, Louisville. 82. New York Jets (from Houston), Lorenzo Mauldin, lb, Louisville. 83. San Diego, Craig Mager, db, Texas State. 84. Philadelphia, Jordan Hicks, lb, Texas. 85. Cincinnati, Tyler Kroft, te, Rutgers. 86. Arizona, David Johnson, rb, Northern Iowa. 87. Pittsburgh, Sammie Coates, wr, Auburn. 88. Minnesota (from Detroit), Danielle Hunter, de, LSU. 89. St. Louis (from Carolina), Sean Mannion, qb, Oregon State. 90. Baltimore, Carl Davis, dt, Iowa. 91. Dallas, Chaz Green, ot, Florida. 92. Denver, Jeff Heuerman, te, Ohio State. 93. Indianapolis, Henry Anderson, de, Stanford. 94. Green Bay, Ty Montgomery, wr, Stanford. 95. Washington (from Seattle), Matt Jones, rb, Florida. 96. Cleveland (New England), Xavier Cooper, dt, Washington State. 97. x-New England, Genio Grissom, de, Oklahoma. 98. x-Kansas City, Steven Nelson, db, Oregon State. 99. x-Cincinnati, Paul Dawson, lb, TCU.

FOURTH ROUND

100. Tennessee, Angelo Blackson, dt, Auburn. 101. New England (from Tampa Bay), Trey Flowers, de, Arkansas. 102. Carolina (from Oakland), Daryl Williams, ot, Oklahoma. 103. New York Jets (from Jacksonville), Bryce Petty, qb, Baylor.

104. Jacksonville (from New York Jets), James Sample, db, Louisville. 105. Washington, Jamison Crowder, wr, Duke. 106. Chicago, Jeremy Langford, rb, Michigan State. 107. Atlanta, Justin Hardy, wr, East Carolina. 108. Tennessee (from New York Giants), Jalston Fowler, rb, Alabama. 109. Indianapolis (from St. Louis from Tampa Bay), Clayton Geathers, db, UCF. 110. Minnesota, T.J. Clemmings, ot, Pittsburgh. 111. New England (from Cleveland), Tre’ Jackson, g, Florida State. 112. Washington (from New Orleans through Seattle), Arie Kouandjio, g, Alabama. 113. Detroit (from San Francisco through Buffalo and Philadelphia), Gabe Wright, dt, Auburn. 114. Miami, Jamil Douglas, ot, Arizona State. 115. Cleveland (from Buffalo), Ibraheim Campbell, db, Northwestern. 116. Arizona (from Houston through Cleveland), Rodney Gunter, de, Delaware State. 117. San Francisco (from San Diego), Blake Bell, te, Oklahoma. 118. Kansas City, Ramik Wilson, lb, Georgia. 119. St. Louis (from Philadelphia), Andrew Donnal, ot, Iowa. 120. Cincinnati, Josh Shaw, db, Southern Cal. 121. Pittsburgh, Doran Grant, cb, Ohio State. 122. Baltimore (from Detroit), Za’Darius Smith, lb, Kentucky. 123. Cleveland (from Arizona), Vince Mayle, wr, Washington State. 124. Tampa Bay (from Carolina through Oakland), Kwon Alexander, lb, LSU. 125. Baltimore, Javorius Allen, rb, Southern Cal. 126. San Francisco (from Denver), Mike Davis, rb, South Carolina. 127. Dallas, Damien Wilson, lb, Minnesota. 128. Oakland (from Indianapolis through Tampa Bay), Jon Feliciano, g, Miami. 129. Green Bay, Jake Ryan, lb, Michigan. 130. Seattle, Terry Poole, ot, San Diego State. 131. New England, Shaquille Mason, g, Georgia Tech. 132. x-San Francisco, DeAndre Smelter, wr, Georgia Tech. 133. x-Denver, Max Garcia, c, Florida. 134. x-Seattle, Mark Glowinski, g, West Virginia. 135. x-Cincinnati, Marcus Hardison, de, Arizona State. 136. x-Baltimore, Tray Walker, db, Texas Southern.

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137. Atlanta (from Tampa Bay through Buffalo and Minnesota), Grady Jarrett, dt, Clemson. 138. Tennessee, David Cobb, rb, Minnesota. 139. Jacksonville, Rashad Greene, wr, Florida State. 140. Oakland, Ben Heeney, lb, Kansas. 141. Washington, Martrell Spaight,

lb, Arkansas. 142. Chicago (from New York Jets), Adrian Amos, db, Penn State. 143. Minnesota (from Chicago through Denver and Detroit), MyCole Pruitt, te, Southern Illinois. 144. New York Giants, Mykkele Thompson, db, Texas. 145. Miami (from St. Louis through Philadelphia), Bobby McCain, db, Memphis. 146. Minnesota (from Atlanta), Stefon Diggs, wr, Maryland. 147. Green Bay (from Cleveland through New England), Brett Hundley, qb, UCLA. 148. New Orleans, Davis Tull, de, Chattanooga. 149. Miami (from Minnesota), Jay Ajayi, rb, Boise State. 150. Miami, Cedric Thompson, db, Minnesota. 151. Indianapolis (from San Francisco), David Parry, dt, Stanford. 152. New York Jets (from Houston), Jarvis Harrison, g, Texas A&M. 153. San Diego, Kyle Emanuel, de, North Dakota State. 154. New Orleans (from Kansas City), Tyeler Davison, dt, Fresno State. 155. Buffalo, Karlos Williams, rb, Florida State. 156. Miami (from Philadelphia), Tony Lippett, wr, Michigan State. 157. Cincinnati, C.J. Uzomah, te, Auburn. 158. Arizona (from Detroit through Baltimore), Shaquille Riddick, de, West Virginia. 159. Arizona, J.J. Nelson, wr, UAB. 160. Pittsburgh, Jesse James, te, Penn State. 161. Oakland (from Carolina), Neiron Bell, lb, Florida. 162. Tampa Bay (from Baltimore), Kenny Bell, wr, Nebraska. 163. Dallas, Ryan Russell, de, Purdue. 164. Denver, Lorenzo Doss, db, Tulane. 165. San Francisco (from Indianapolis), Bradley Pinion, p, Clemson. 166. New England (from Green Bay), Joe Cardona, ls, Navy. 167. New Orleans (from Seattle through Washington), Damian Swann, db, Georgia. 168. Detroit (from New England through Tampa Bay), Michael Burton, rb, Rutgers. 169. x-Carolina, David Mayo, lb, Texas State. 170. x-Seattle, Tye Smith, db, Towson. 171. x-Baltimore, Nick Boyle, te, Delaware. 172. x-Kansas City, D.J. Alexander, lb, Oregon State. 173. x-Kansas City, James O’Shaunessy, te, Illinois State. 174. x-Carolina, Cameron ArtisPayne, rb, Auburn. 175. x-Houston, Keith Murphy, wr, Michigan State. 176. x-Baltimore, Robert Myers, g, Tennessee State.

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177. Tennessee, Deiontrez Mount, lb, Louisville. 178. New England (from Tampa Bay), Matthew Wells, lb, Mississippi State. 179. Oakland, Max Valles, lb, Virgin-

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Sears picks up first SoCon win of career BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Former Wilson Hall standout John Patrick Sears picked up the first Southern Conference victory of his freshman season as The Citadel beat Samford 13-6 on Saturday. SEARS The Citadel improved to 20-25 overall and 5-12 in the SoCon. Samford fell to 24-21 and 10-7. Sears had two losses and three no-decisions in his first five SoCon starts, but worked out of a couple of jams en route to his fifth win of the year. The southpaw allowed six hits and two runs, walked two and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings.

and another strong outing from Matthew Crownover, Clemson defeated No. 3 Louisville 9-1 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Run-scoring singles by Reed Rohlman, Chase Pinder and Weston Wilson in the first inning gave Clemson a 3-0 lead, then Rohlman and Wilson, who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, hit run-scoring singles in the third inning. Crownover (8-1) earned the win by allowing just five hits, one run and three walks with four strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched. The series continues today at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN3.

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COLUMBIA – South Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead but Auburn rallied with two runs apiece in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Gamecocks.

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CLEMSON. - Behind three runs in the first inning, two runs in the third inning, four runs in the seventh inning

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KENTUCKY DERBY FROM PAGE B1 in the 141st Derby. Firing Line finished second. “We were ready to rumble,” Baffert said. Dortmund set a leisurely pace with Firing Line tracking him closely in second. American Pharoah sat comfortably in third down the backstretch. That trio made it a threehorse race in the stretch, with none of the closers able to make up ground. American Pharoah angled outside and fought off a persistent Firing Line as Dortmund tired along the rail. Now, the moment of truth. Could American Pharoah justify Baffert’s belief that he was an exceptional colt? “I was on pins and needles all week,” the white-haired trainer said. “I know I was coming in here with the best horse.” American Pharoah proved him right. Still, it was a long road to the winner’s circle for the colt with the unusually short tail — having had it chewed off by another horse on the farm — and the mis-

spelled moniker courtesy of a fan contest. American Pharoah missed his first big test last year when he was scratched from the Breeders’ Cup with an injury. He returned with two easy wins this year against lesser competition. Dortmund and several other Derby contenders had beaten much tougher fields, raising questions about whether American Pharoah could mix it up in a 20-horse field. Victor Espinoza won his second consecutive Derby a year after being aboard California Chrome, and third overall. He and Baffert teamed to win with War Emblem 18 years ago. “He’s been a special horse since I first rode him,” Espinoza said. “I feel like the luckiest Mexican on Earth.” American Pharoah ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.02. Baffert tied D. Wayne Lukas and Herbert “Derby Dick” Thompson for second on the career win list. American Pharoah paid $7.80, $5.80, $4.20. Firing Line returned $8.40

The Tigers improve to 31-17 and 11-12 in the SEC while the loss drops the Gamecocks to 27-20 and 10-13 in league play. Auburn starter Rocky McCord allowed just two runs, one earned, on four hits and three walks while striking out four batters in seven innings of work to pick up the win. Cody Mincey suffered the loss in relief for South Carolina after giving up one run on two hits and walking one batter in one inning of work. FRIDAY SOUTH CAROLINA 10 AUBURN 1 COLUMBIA – Senior first baseman Kyle Martin homered twice including a grand slam and junior left-handed pitcher Jack Wynkoop did not allow an earned run in eight innings of work with 10 strikeouts as South Carolina defeated Auburn 10-1 on Friday at Carolina Stadium.

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and $5.40 at 10-1 odds, while Dortmund was another two lengths back in third and paid $4.20 to show. Owner Ahmed Zayat accepted the gold winner’s trophy — his first after a trio of second-place finishes in the $2.1 million race. “Finally, no more seconds,” he said, laughing. Baffert trained two of Zayat’s runners-up: Pioneerof the Nile in 2009, the sire of American Pharoah; and Bodemeister, named for Baffert’s son, three years ago. “This is for the Zayats, who have suffered so much running these seconds,” Baffert said. “We know what it is to just get punched right in the face.” Zayat took a pre-Derby blow Friday, when one of his other horses, El Kabeir, was scratched because of a sore foot. Mr. Z, his third entry, finished 13th. Frosted was fourth, followed by Danzig Moon, Materiality, Keen Ice and Mubtaahij. Itsaknockout was ninth and then came Carpe Diem, Frammento, Bolo, Mr. Z, Ocho Ocho Ocho, Far Right, War Story, Tencendur and Upstart.

ia. 180. Jacksonville, Michael Bennett, dt, Ohio State. 181. Washington (from New York Jets through Seattle), Kyshoen Jarrett, db, Virginia Tech. 182. Washington, Tevin Mitchel, db, Arkansas. 183. Chicago, Tayo Fabuluje, ot, TCU. 184. Tampa Bay (from St. Louis), Kaelin Clay, wr, Utah. 185. Minnesota (from Atlanta), Tyrus Thompson, ot, Oklahaoma. 186. New York Giants, Geremy Davis, wr, UConn. 187. Washington (from New Orleans), Evan Spencer, wr, Ohio State. 188. Buffalo (from Minnesota), Tony Steward, lb, Clemson. 189. Cleveland, Charles Gaines, db, Louisville. 190. San Francisco, Ian Silberman, ot, Boston College. 191. Philadelphia (from Miami), JaCorey Shepherd, db, Kansas. 192. San Diego, Darius Philon, dt, Arkansas. 193. Minnesota (from Kansas City), B.J. Dubose, dt, Louisville. 194. Buffalo, Nick O’Leary, te, Florida State. 195. Cleveland (from Houston), Malcolm Johnson, te, Mississippi State. 196. Philadelphia, Randall Evans, db, Kansas State. 197. Cincinnati, Derron Smith, db, Fresno State. 198. Cleveland (from Arizona), Randall Telfer, te, Southern Cal. 199. Pittsburgh, Leterrius Walton, dt, Central Michigan. 200. Detroit, Quandre Diggs, db, Texas. 201. St. Louis (from Carolina), Bud Sasser, wr, Missouri. 202. New England (from Baltimore through Cleveland), AJ Derby, te, Arkansas. 203. Denver, Darius Kilgo, dt, Maryland. 204. Baltimore (from Dallas), Darren Waller, wr, Georgia Tech. 205. Indianapolis, Josh Robinson, rb, Mississippi State. 206. Green Bay, Aaron Ripkowski, rb, Oklahoma. 207. Indianapolis (from Seattle), Amarlo Herrera, lb, Georgia. 208. Tennessee (from New England), Andy Gallik, c, Boston College. 209. x-Seattle, Obum Gwacham, de, Oregon State. 210. x-Green Bay, Christian Ringo, de, Louisiana-Lafayette. 211. x-Houston, Reshard Cliett, lb, South Florida. 212. x-Pittsburgh, Anthony Chickillo, de, Miami. 213. x-Green Bay, Kennard Backman, te, UAB. 214. x-Seattle, Kristjan Sokoli, dt, Buffalo. 215. x-St. Louis, Cody Wichmann, g, Fresno State. 216. x-Houston, Christian Covington, dt, Rice. 217. x-Kansas City, Rakeem NunezRoches, dt, Southern Miss.

SEVENTH ROUND

218. Oakland (from Tampa Bay), Anthony Morris, ot, Tennessee State. 219. Cleveland (from Tennessee

TALLADEGA FROM PAGE B1 his first trip out to Talladega’s infamous boulevard in at least a decade. The rowdy party scene is NASCAR’s version of Mardi Gras, and Gordon has avoided it for years. Gordon joked Saturday his time in the infield Friday night helped him win the pole. “It was so much fun, this whole year, all I’ve wanted to do was just enjoy the moments and take it all in,” he said. “I feel like we’ve done a good job of that with the scheduling and everything, and I’m having a ball. “I haven’t been out there on the boulevard in like 10 years. And so it was worth it.” NASCAR used a different qualifying format at Daytona, where the field was set through group sessions that the teams and drivers found a way to manipulate. Gordon was pushed to his pole-winning run by teammate Jimmie Johnson, and NASCAR and its fans were furious at the farce of a session. So a hybrid of both oldstyle single-car runs and group sessions was used Saturday at Talladega, where cars were sent out one at a time in intervals set by NASCAR. The 12 fastest drivers advanced into the second and

through New England), Hayes Pullard, lb, Southern Cal. 220. Jacksonville, Neal Sterling, wr, Monmouth (NJ). 221. Oakland, Andre Debose, wr, Florida. 222. Washington, Austin Reiter, c, South Florida. 223. New York Jets, Deon Simon, dt, Northwestern State. 224. St. Louis (from Chicago through NY Jets), Bryce Hager, lb, Baylor. 225. Atlanta, Jake Rodgers, ot, Eastern Washington. 226. New York Giants, Bobby Hart, ot, Florida state. 227. St. Louis, Martin Ifedi, de, Memphis. 228. Minnesota, Austin Shepherd, ot, Alabama. 229. Jacksonville (from Cleveland through Houston and NY Jets), Ben Koyack, te, Notre Dame. 230. New Orleans, Marcus Murphy, rb, Missouri. 231. Tampa Bay (from Miami through Baltimore and Detroit), Joey Iosefa, rb, Hawaii. 232. Minnesota (from San Francisco through Miami), Edmond Robinson, lb, Newberry. 233. Kansas City, Da’Ron Brown, wr, Northern Illinois. 234. Buffalo, Dezmin Lewis, wr, Central Arkansas. 235. Houston, Kenny Hilliard, rb, LSU. 236. Dallas (from San Diego), Mark Nzeocha, lb, Wyoming. 237. Philadelphia, Brian Mihalik, de, Boston College. 238. Cincinnati, Mario Alford, wr, West Virginia. 239. Pittsburgh, Gerod Holliman, db, Louisville. 240. Detroit, Corey Robinson, ot, South Carolina. 241. Cleveland (from Arizona), Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, db, Oregon. 242. Oakland (from Carolina), Dexter McDonald, db, Kansas. 243. Dallas (from Baltimore), Laurence Gibson, ot, Virginia Tech. 244. San Francisco (from Dallas through Indianapolis), Trenton Brown, ot, Florida. 245. Tennessee (from Denver through N.Y. Giants), Tre McBride, wr, William & Mary. 246. Dallas (from Indianapolis through San Francisco), Geoff Swaim, te, Texas. 247. New England (from Green Bay), Darryl Roberts, db, Marshall. 248. Seattle, Ryan Murphy, DB, Oregon State. 249. Atlanta (from New England through St. Louis), Akeem King, db, San Jose State. 250. x-Denver, Trevor Siemian, qb, Northwestern. 251. x-Denver, Taurean Nixon, db, Tulane. 252. x-Denver, Josh Furman, db, Oklahoma State. 253. x-New England, Xzavier Dickson, lb, Alabama. 254. x-San Francisco, Rory Anderson, te, South Carolina. 255. x-Indianapolis, Denzelle Good, ot, Mars Hill. 256. x-Arizona, Gerald Christian, te, Louisville.

‘It’ was so much fun, this whole year, all I’ve wanted to do was just enjoy the moment and take it all in.’ JEFF GORDON Joking that his time in the infield on Friday helped him capture the pole final round, which was dominated by the Chevrolets from Hendrick Motorsports. Although Ryan Blaney sneaked his Ford into the mix by qualifying third, the next two spots went to Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Johnson as all four Hendrick drivers qualified in the top five. Tony Stewart, who uses a Hendrick Motorsports engine, qualified sixth. Paul Menard was seventh for Richard Childress Racing and Toyota took the next three spots with Matt Kenseth, David Ragan and Clint Bowyer. Casey Mears was 11th in a Chevrolet for Germain Racing and Sam Hornish rounded out the top-12 in his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.

GEICO 500 LINEUP The Associated Press After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 194.793. 2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 193.685. 3. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 193.611. 4. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 193.599. 5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.427. 6. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 193.419. 7. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 193.412. 8. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 193.357. 9. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, 193.006. 10. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 192.808. 11. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 192.703. 12. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 192.343. 13. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 192.792. 14. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 192.789. 15. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 192.777. 16. (33) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 192.765. 17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 192.738. 18. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.715. 19. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 192.68. 20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 192.672. 21. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 192.622.

22. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 192.587. 23. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 192.181. 24. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 192.05. 25. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 191.835. 26. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 191.727. 27. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 191.627. 28. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 191.616. 29. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 191.581. 30. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 191.497. 31. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.252. 32. (32) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 191.176. 33. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 191.016. 34. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, 190.757. 35. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 190.738. 36. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 190.715. 37. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 38. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, Owner Points. 39. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points. 40. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 41. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, Owner Points. 43. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, Owner Points. Failed to Qualify 44. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 189.444. 45. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 188.98.

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Top-seeded Hawks beat Nets 111-87 to wrap up series BY BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press NEW YORK — Being tied after four games of the first round brought out the best in the Atlanta Hawks. And as they showed in delivering a devastating third-quarter knockout, their best was better than anyone else in the Eastern Conference this season. Paul Millsap had 25 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and the Hawks finally finished off the Brooklyn Nets in six games, advancing to the East semifinals with a 111-87 victory Friday night. “We believe,” forward DeMarre Carroll said, “and we believe that when we are playing the right way, as you seen tonight, we can beat anybody.” Kyle Korver added 20 points

and hit three of his six 3-pointers during a series-deciding run as the Hawks turned a sixpoint halftime lead into the only blowout of the series. The East’s No. 1 seed has a quick turnaround before facing Washington on Sunday in its second-round opener. “We didn’t play that well the first three games. I didn’t think we had our edge,” Korver said. “I think coming here and losing two kind of woke of us.” The Wizards, the No. 5 seed, swept Toronto in the first round. Atlanta won the final two games and left no doubt about this one after beginning the second half with a 23-3 blitz that made it 74-48, opening as big a gap on the scoreboard as there was between the teams in the standings. The Hawks were 60-22 in the regular season and

the Nets were only 38-44 as the last team to qualify for the postseason, but Atlanta had outscored Brooklyn by just nine points through the first five games. The Nets looked as if they would keep this one close after recovering from the Hawks’ strong start, but Atlanta wouldn’t let that happen. Brook Lopez scored 19 points for the Nets, who had saved first-round elimination with Game 6 victories in each of the last two years. But a leTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS thargic start to the third quarAtlanta’s Kyle Korver (26) drives past Brooklyn’s Bojan Bogdanovic ter ended any hopes of taking (44) during the Hawks’ series-clinching 111-87 victory on Friday in the series back to Atlanta on New York in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Sunday. “We wanted to make the playoffs. We did, and we thought we put up a great effort against this team that’s the best in the East,” Nets guard Deron Williams said.

Question remaining for Bulls is which team will show up against Cavaliers BY ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls are about to face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and even they aren’t quite sure which team will show up. That’s because they were as inconsistent as anyone during the season. The ups and downs continued in the first round against Milwaukee, so good luck trying to figure out which version of the Bulls will take to the court in Cleveland on Monday night. Will it be the one that dropped Game 5 at home against the Bucks? Or the one that delivered one of the most lopsided playoff beatings ever in Game 6 at Milwaukee? “You’d get paid a lot of money if you could figure that one out,” Mike Dunleavy Jr. said Saturday. “Obviously, we’ve been up and down this year for a myriad of different rea-

sons. But the main thing is we advanced from the first round. We played great in Game 6. We’re hopeful we can keep that going. If we don’t, we can look back and say, ‘Hey, what did we do to make that happen and let’s see if we can kind of bottle up and do it again.” The Bulls are as tough to figure as any team. They came into the season with high expectations thanks to Derrick Rose’s latest return and the addition of Pau Gasol in free agency, but things did not quite go according to plan. They fought through a long list of injuries to finish with 50 wins even though they had their desired starting five for just 22 games. Management set minutes restrictions for Rose, Joakim Noah and Kirk Hinrich hoping the Bulls would be healthy for the playoffs after running out of steam in the postseason last year. But continuity remains an issue. The Bulls can look brilliant one moment and brutal the next, capable of beating anyone and losing to anyone.

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Panels, workshops, exhibitors at 19th event BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

he S.C. Book Festival is all about books, but it’s not

just for readers — it’s also for writers, aspiring writers, book collectors and fans of authors. For fans of any genre of literature, from children’s books to romance, fantasy and mystery, fiction and nonfiction of diverse varieties — it will all be there. You can meet the writers, talk to them to gain insights into their works and their writing process, get books signed, buy books, find new favorites and more. Several workshops are designed to help prospective and veteran writers with their craft. This year’s festival will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center May 15 through 17. One of the premiere literary events in the Southeast, the festival began in 1997 and has grown tremendously over the past 19 years, bringing outstanding writers from around the country and the world to Columbia for panels, readings and signings. Thousands of people attend each year, along with more than 100 authors in just about any genre you can imagine. In addition to the group and solo presentations, special events include an opening night reception, writing workshops and more.

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University of South Carolina Sumter English professor Dr. Ray McManus’ poetry book, “Red Dirt Jesus,” won the prestigious Marick Press Poetry Prize. His latest is ttiled “Punch.” See him at the SC Book Festival on May 16.

Among the best known writers attending will be Pat Conroy, Rick Bragg, Ron Rash, Nathalie Dupree, Mary Alice Monroe, S.C. poet laureate Marjory Wentworth, Dorothea Benton Frank and William Baldwin, several of whom have appeared in Sumter. The festival begins with a special preview event from 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business at 1014 Greene St. Titled “Understanding Pat Conroy,” the event will feature a conversation between Conroy and Catherine Seltzer, author of the book “Understanding Pat Conroy.” Admission is free to the public. Books by both will be available for purchase and signing following the program. Other highlights include: • Bragg’s presentation on his book, “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 16 • Baldwin’s participating in the 3:20 p.m. Saturday panel titled “South Carolina Storytellers” with Bernie Schein and Mark Powell. A new edition of his novel “The Hard to Catch Mercy” has recently been released with a new introduction by the author. • Cookbook author Dupree, whose most recent of her 14 cookbooks is “Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables,” who will be speaking on the Southern Kitchen at 3:20 p.m. Saturday. • Wentworth will be on the panel with USC Sumter professor and prize-winning poet Ray McManus and Clemson professor Kathleen Nalley, whose “Nesting Doll” won the S.C. Poetry Initiative Prize. See them at 10:40 a.m. May 16. McManus’ book, “Red Dirt Jesus,” won the Marick Press Poetry Prize. His latest volume of poetry is titled “Punch.” Participating authors with Sumter area connections include Kendall Bell, Elizabeth Huntsinger, Len Lawson, McManus and Brenda Remmes. Bell will introduce Frank for her 1:40 p.m. May 17 presentation and reading of her newest book, “The Hurricane Sisters.” She is known for her bestselling novels set in the S.C. Lowcountry, as is this one. Bell has won multiple awards for journalism and has published three nonfiction books; he is currently polishing a mystery novel. Remmes, with Kim Boykin, will present a program titled “How to Get Started” at 12:30 May 17. Remmes’ debut novel,

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Mary Alice Monroe tries out the butterfly bench at Swan Lake during a Sumter trip to speak to the Friends of Swan Lake in May 2011. She is a featured author at the SC Book Festival in Columbia. She will be a panelist in the “Queens of Southern Story” session on Saturday, May 16, with Dorothea Benton Frank and Patti Callahan Henry. “The Quaker Café,” will soon be followed by its sequel titled “Cedar Branch Sanctuary.” Boykin recently appeared at the Sumter County Museum to talk about and read from her latest novel, “Palmetto Moon.” Prize-winning poet and Morris College professor Lawson will share the microphone with four fellow poets from 2:50 to 4:40 p.m. May 17 for a session of “Mind Gravy.” Lawson explained, “Al Black, a Columbia poet, hosts an open mic called Mind Gravy at Drip Coffee in Five Points (in Columbia) every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m. He usually features one poet and one singer/musician followed by an open mic session. The venue has been running for five years now. I featured there this past March. “For the book festival, Al has been granted a session where he will host Mind Gravy. He has four poets (some of his past features) to read poems on the panel followed by an open mic session. The featured poets are Matthew Foley, Heather Dearmon, Kristine Hartvigsen and me.” Lawson is also the coordinator for the spoken word program How Sweet the Sound, which meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Sumter Starbucks. Black and Dearmon are among the poets who have appeared in the series, which also has an open mic component. Among the many exhibitors

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LEFT: Len Lawson, a writer and an English instructor at Morris College, will be on the “Mind Gravy” panel with fellow poets Al Black, Matthew Foley, Heather Dearmon and Kristine Hartvigsen from 2:50 to 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, during the S.C. Book Festival in Columbia. RIGHT: Cookbook author Nathalie Dupree visited Sumter a couple of years ago, when she was considering a run for public office. She will talk about the Southern kitchen at the SC Book Festival on Saturday, May 16. She is the author of 14 cookbooks, the newest of which is “Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables.” at the festival is Holladay House Publishing, based in Manning. Books by many of the company’s authors will be available at the booth. Many other publishers, arts organizations and writers, as well as antiquarian book sellers will also have booths. Many book clubs attend the SC Book Festival together each year, and the festival invites them to register at http://scbookfestival.org/ news/register-your-book-clubwith-the-south-carolina-bookfestival/.

The festival also hosts a Children’s Pavilion on both May 16 and 17, providing educational and fun activities and performances. This year’s events include African drumming, a performance of the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, a film, storytelling and more. For more information about the SC Book Festival, a program of The Humanities Council of SC, and to view the complete schedule, visit the website, www.scbookfestival. org.

Sumter Moose Lodge chartered; Iris Festival celebrates 50th year 75 YEARS AGO – 1940 Sept. 24-30 A special meeting of the courthouse committee of the county board of commissioners was held at the office of the county board at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Yesteryear Sept. 23. in Sumter Those presSAMMY WAY ent were chairman C.G. Rowland and Commissioners, J.J. Britton and J.A. McKnight. The purpose of the meeting was to open bids on the courthouse boiler and heating system renewal job and decide about storage of coal supply. • Three former Sumter High School football stars saw action in last Saturday’s game between Clemson and Presby-

terian colleges. Johnnie Sweatte, 210-pound Clemson fullback, got away on a couple of long runs in the final quarter and played heads-up ball while in the lineup. “Tubby” Gibson and “Heifer” Burns, who played on the same Sumter High team with Sweatte, brought Johnnie down after one of his long runs. • A group of Sumter County farmers made a trip to Hartsville Sept. 19, to see Coker’s pedigreed seed farm. Upon arrival in Hartsville the farmers called at the office of the Coker Seed Company and registered. After registering they went to a dairy barn. There they saw a very fine herd of dairy cows. They were later taken to view a number of innovations taking place on the farm today. • Frances Burns, Winthrop’s Alice Marble and future tennis star, needs only a few professional lessons “to put herself on the map.” At least such is

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1940 -- Comprising the high school student council is the above group elected at the close of last school session. They are, left to right, first row: Mary Alice Pritchard, Ralph Morrow, Kathleen Goodman, Gregg Horne; second row, Mary Grace Williams, Betty DuBose, Jack Bradford, Lucy Motte Stubbs; third row, Charles Propst, Jane Brown, Elizabeth Boykin, Milton Weinberg. the opinion of Eleanor Tennant, coach of the famous Alice Marble. “She has natural abili-

ty, a tennis build, and great possibilities for success in tennis,” said Tennant of Frances at the

Tennis clinic held at the Charlotte Country Club Saturday. • “There will be a two-week portrait exhibit held in the art gallery at Edmunds High School featuring a reproduction painted from a photograph of Dr. S.H. Edmunds by Charles M. Crowson. The exhibit opens Monday and continues through Oct. 11 and will consist of 25 portraits done by Crowson. • J. Cliff Brown, secretary of the fair association, announced today a long, eventstudded program for the Sumter County Fair to be held here Oct. 15-19. Featuring the fair, which promises to be the largest ever staged in Sumter, will be the Citadel-P. C. football game Friday afternoon, a tilting tournament Thursday night, a concert by the high school band and glee club in the stadium Wednesday night, the award

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Jennifer Carol Jones and David Justin Skinner, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Bridlestone in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones of Sumter, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crutchfield of Danville, Virginia, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Jones of Sumter. She graduated from Sumter High School and University of South Carolina Aiken with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is employed by Central Carolina Technical College. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Leon Skinner of Sumter and Ms. Pam Skinner of Lugoff, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Skinner of Florence, Ms. Patricia Heckel of Lugoff and the late Mr. Bert Heckel of Lugoff. He graduated from Sumter High School and Central Carolina Technical College with an associate’s degree in general technology. He is employed by Continental Tire the Americas. Pastor Dearld B. Sterling officiated at the ceremony. Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory lace fitand-flare gown with a sweetheart neckline and sweeplength train. She carried a

Retired Master Sgt. A.J. and Mrs. Michelle R. Benavides of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda R. Benavides of Washington, D.C., to Joseph Berry of Wilmington, North Carolina, son of Danya Bray and Jim Smallwood of Greensboro, North Carolina, and the late Philip Berry of Greensboro. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Thomas and Betty Winfrey of Blue Springs, Missouri, and the late Alonzo and Alice Benavides of Findlay, Ohio. She is a 2006 graduate of Crest-

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bouquet of yellow roses, white daisies and babies’ breath. Kelly Wescott served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Whitney Robinson, Erin Ezell and Ashley Skinner, sister of the bridegroom. The bridegroom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Zach White, Josh Wongrey and Robert Jones, brother of the bride. Connor Crutchfield and Colin Crutchfield served as ushers. The bride’s parents held the reception at Bridlestone and the rehearsal party at The Main Room at Hamptons. Following a wedding trip to Clearwater, Florida, the couple will reside in Sumter.

wood High School, 2011 graduate of Winthrop University with a bachelor of science in chemistry (ACS), and a 2014 graduate of the University of North Carolina Greensboro with a master of science in biochemistry trained in synthetic organic chemistry. She is an associate scientist with AAIPHARMA in Wilmington. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Doris Bray and the late Joe and BERRY, MISS BENAVIDES Gene Berry, all of Greensboro. He is a second-degree black belt TaekwonUnited States Navy veteran. do America six-time naThe wedding is planned for tional champion and is a May 30, 2015, in Greensboro.

EARLY WEDDING / ENGAGEMENT DEADLINE The deadline for engagement and wedding announcements to publish on May 31 is noon on May 21 because of the Memorial Day holiday. The normal deadline is noon on the preceding Monday. Call (803) 774-1264 for holiday / vacation deadlines. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item or downloaded from www.theitem.com. Please type or print all information, paying particular attention to names. Do not print in all capital letters. Photographs must be vertical and of

reproduction quality. To have your photo returned, provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Photos may also be e-mailed to rhonda@theitem. com. For additional information, call (803) 7741264. ANNOUNCEMENT FEES: $95: Standard wedding announcement with photo $90: Standard wedding announcement without photo $75: Standard engagement announcement with photo $70: Standard engagement announcement without photo

EDUCATION NEWS Sumter Christian School SENIOR CLASS READYING FOR ANNUAL TRIP The senior class of 2015 has shown much dedication and hard work both in academics and in class projects throughout the year. After completing final exams this week, students will be leaving for their senior trip May 11. They will spend five days at The Wilds, a Christian camp in Brevard, North Carolina, and the rest of their trip in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, until they return May 18.

BOOSTER CLUB HELPS OUT BEHIND THE SCENES This year’s SCS AAA Booster Club has made significant contributions to the student body and programs of SCS. With early mornings at the Bear Café, monthly evening meetings, overseeing Spirit Nights at local restaurants and dozens of fundraisers, the booster club members have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that the students and faculty receive extra care. Among their many generous endeavors this year, they have contributed by paying traveling expenses for students who went to the Fine Arts Festivals as well as the basketball teams that traveled to the state tournament. The AAA Booster Club is finishing the school year by sponsoring a Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser to provide a scholarship for a qualifying senior. It is also holding a drawing to cover the registration fee for a currently re-enrolled student along with cooking a Teacher Appreciation lunch for the SCS faculty and staff. — Miriam Marritt

Clarendon School District One SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Upcoming Events Circle Assessment (prekindergarten and kindergarten students) — May Tuesday through Thursday; Spelling Bee — Friday at 9 a.m. in SECC’s Multipurpose Room; Prince and Princess Ball — Saturday, May 16, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Scott’s Branch Middle/High Gymnasium; Memorial Day — Monday, May 25; Field Day/Spring Educa-

tional Day — Monday, June 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Second Grade Transitional Ceremony — Thursday, June 4, 6 p.m. in Cultural Arts Center

EXTENDED EARLY REGISTRATION Parents of prekindergarten (4-year-old) and kindergarten (5-year-old) students are urged to complete the early registration process for their child for the 201516 school year. Registration will be held daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please bring your child’s birth certificate, Social Security card, immunization record and proof of residency. We look forward to seeing you and your child at registration.

SCOTT’S BRANCH MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL A winning tradition Student success is the main focus in all aspects of Scott’s Branch Middle/High School, and the Future Business Leaders of America fits perfectly into this equation. For years, students have been very successful at displaying their talents on the district, state and national levels of FBLA. District winners were Kierra Bowman, who finished first in Principles and Procedures; Antoinette Carter, first in Client Service; Shaniya Holliday, first in Electronic Career Portfolio; Shimari Junious, first in Computer Problem Solving; Da’Masha Ragin, second in Electronic Career Portfolio; and Trent Lincoln, fourth in Business Communication. These students then competed at the State Leadership Conference. During the SLC, Antoinette Carter, second in Client Service, and Kierra Bowman, third in FBLA Principles and Procedures, earned the privilege to compete at the 2015 National Leadership Conference in Chicago, scheduled for June 29-July 2. Carter said, “I truly enjoyed myself, and I had the opportunity to interact with other students from around the state. I look forward to competing at Nationals.” Bowman, who is competing for the first time, said, “Even though FBLA is hard work, I am having a lot of fun preparing and competing as I get ready for Nationals.” The SBMHS family is indeed proud of its students and wishes those who are competing in the national competition much success.

We also encourage the students who did not qualify for NLC to continue to strive for excellence. Latonya West coordinates FBLA.

Sumter School District TEACHER FORUM AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS The Teacher Forum, a district organization comprised of current and immediate past campus Teachers of the Year and led by the district Teachers of the Year, awarded four scholarships to deserving Sumter School District seniors who plan to attend college in the fall and major in education. Students from each high school were invited to apply for the scholarships, and the winners were announced at the forum’s annual Celebration of Excellence. According to immediate past Forum Chairman Trevor Ivey, “One of the focus areas of the Sumter School District Teacher Forum is to positively affect the recruitment and retention in the teaching profession. As such, this is the second year that our Teacher Forum has sponsored and organized the Scholarship for Future Educators. “Our Teacher Forum has worked hard to expand the level of awareness surrounding this initiative, including the efforts to raise over $6,000 to award scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Sumter School District who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in public education. Through a rigorous application and screening process to include a panel interview, we are pleased to offer four scholarships this school year.” The first three candidates will receive a $1,000 scholarship and are Winter Grant of Crestwood High School and Madison Hodge and Allison Mathew of Sumter High School. The winner of the Hailey Bordeaux scholarship, Rebecca Twitty, will receive $3,000. Grant is an honors student at Crestwood and is a member of the Teacher Cadet program. She works part time at a local nursing center. She plans to attend Winthrop University in the fall and major in elementary education. She is the daughter of Veronica Frierson. Hodge is enrolled in the

International Baccalaureate program and is a Teacher Cadet at Sumter High. She works part time at a local grocery store and will attend Anderson College in the fall, where she plans to major in education. She is the daughter of Victoria Riddick. Mathew is also an International Baccalaureate student and Teacher Cadet. She works at a local retail store and plans to study early childhood in the fall at College of Charleston. She is the daughter of Mike and Tammy Mims. The Hailey Bordeaux Memorial Scholarship was created in August in memory of a 2011 Sumter High School graduate, Hailey Bordeaux, who was attending University of South Carolina and majoring in education when she was killed in a wreck. She was the daughter of Shawn and Pam Bordeaux and was a South Carolina Teaching Fellow at USC. The forum named the scholarship in her memory to honor her love for children and education. Twitty was named the recipient of the inaugural Bordeaux scholarship. She is an honors student at Sumter High School and a member of the Teacher Cadet program. She works part time at a local restaurant. She will attend University of South Carolina in the fall and major in special education. Rebecca is the daughter of Randy and Lynn Twitty.

EDUCATION APPRECIATION NIGHT HELD Miller Communications Inc., parent company of the local radio stations FM Old School 93.3, Bad Dog 94.7, Z95.5, Kat Country 99.3, WDXY FM 105.9 and AM 1240, along with Tuomey Healthcare System, hosted the 22nd-annual Education Appreciation Night on April 23. The event, held at USC Sumter Nettles Auditorium, featured entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres and many door prizes. Individual school Teachers of the Year and the District Teacher of the Year were recognized. Music was provided by Grady Brown, host of the popular Sunday night beach music show on Miller stations and South Carolina House of Representatives member serving District 50, who served as DJ and treated the crowd to beach

music and other popular selections. Miller Communications personalities Derek Burress and Eric McKnight recognized the teachers and introduced the vendors. The annual event recognizes all local educators for the work they do. The school and district employees are grateful for the recognition and to the businesses that participated in the event. Many local businesses had booths and donated prizes; others provided the food and beverages. The employees remember their generosity and appreciate their participation long after the event is over. Both Tuomey and Miller Communications are true friends to education; in addition to sponsoring this annual event, Miller provides air time for education news for the school districts in its listening area, hosts the district weekly on the Good Morning Sumter show and sponsors, along with other businesses, the monthly Star Teacher recognition and assists with public service announcements and mobile transmissions at events. Tuomey has always been helpful to educators by working with many programs that benefit the schools and students and by sponsoring a variety of other causes important to educators.

GRANT AWARDED FOR HONORS CHORUS CONCERT Sumter School District was recently awarded two grants in the amount of $725 each from Sumter County Cultural Commission. The arts grants will provide a choral consultant for the All-District Honors Chorus Concert. Participating students were chosen after a rigorous audition process at each school. The students will learn the music during the 2015 spring semester at their individual schools and come together on two Saturdays, May 2 and 9, to rehearse with the consultant and to perform. The choral teachers will attend the rehearsal to observe the clinician’s strategies and techniques and to take ideas back to their own classroom to use with all of their students. Sumter County Cultural Commission promotes, produces and provides financial

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YESTERYEAR, FROM PAGE C1 of an automobile and other prizes on opening night, and the only complete Hereford beef cattle show in the state. • The demonstrated fact that each acre of improved pastures established on a number of Sumter County farms is carrying one cow and keeps it fat without grain ration is causing something like a sensation among farmers interested in beef cattle raising. Agricultural statistics indicate that four acres of the best blue grass pastures of Kentucky are necessary per cow, and in the cattle range states of the plains country forty acres per cow are required. • The Pinewood Indians won their second game of the season this afternoon by defeating a fighting Gable eleven 28-0. The local team pushed across two touchdowns in the first quarter. The second string played most of the second quarter and were successful in scoring another six points. Johnson accounted for two touchdowns while Fisher and Condrey added one each. Gable made only one serious attempt and that was during the closing minutes of play. Brown made a perfect fake to Baker which netted 30 yards. Fisher, Griffin, Kolb, Andrews, Barwick, McLeod and Condrey were outstanding for Pinewood. Brown, Baker and Nelson starred for Gable.

50 YEARS AGO – 1965 July 26 – Aug. 1 Sumter Lodge No. 797, Loyal Order of the Moose, was formally chartered in ceremonies held Sunday afternoon at the Sumter Shrine Temple. Officiating as institutional officer was C.C. Sharpe, state director of the Moose of South Carolina. Clarence Kirkland was class representative for the charter class enrollment ceremonies which were performed by the champion state ritual team from Kingstree. Seventy members were enrolled. Robert McNair will serve as governor of the lodge, with William F. Hudson selected as secretary. Governor McNair in his first official act appointed Henry D. Lucas, C.C. Goodwin, Jack Floyd and M.R. Flack to serve on the building committee that is to find suitable facilities for the new lodge quarters. • Suddenly, Sumter’s Legion Juniors have their backs to the wall. They lost their second straight game to Columbia Post 5 by an 8-4 score at Capital City Park Saturday night. Down two games to one now in the best-of-five lower-state finals with Post 6, they must win tonight at Riley Park and again tomorrow in order to take the series and advance to the state playoffs. Columbia combined four-hit pitching and daring base-running with a 10-hit assault on Winston Jewell and Gerald Enter to breeze to victory Saturday. David Stallworth, Post 6’s third-line pitcher, stopped Sumter more effectively than either of Columbia’s two top hurlers had previously. • Sumter’s fire defenses will be reviewed soon to determine means of lowering

insurance rates for the local area. Yesterday City Council referred a request for the review from the Committee for Progress to a liaison committee composed of Councilmen James D. Harrelson and Morris Mazursky. They will discuss the fire defense situation with a similar committee representing the County Board of Commissioners. A report made by the SouthEastern Underwriters Assn. in 1963 was quoted by City Manager Wade Kolb. The report recommended, among other things, improvements in the water distribution system - which have been made – and the erection of a new headquarters station in the vicinity of Hampton Avenue and Magnolia Street, plus a substation in the vicinity of Miller Road and Guignard Drive. • Tests are now being conducted by civil engineer James P. Mallard at the Green Swamp and Turkey Creek sewerage disposal plants to determine the feasibility of expanding these plants so as to better serve the surrounding areas of the city. Mayor Robert E. Graham said yesterday the test should take about 60 days. This action was decided on by City Council last week after discussions with Mallard, civil Engineer Cordes P. Palmer and Jack Culler, sanitarian with the City-County Health Department. • Ed Hudson, a 19-year-old local boxer who recently turned professional, will go after his third straight victory as a pro Saturday night in Charleston. The 157-pound middleweight will face Rocky Shiver of Jacksonville in a six-round preliminary, part of a five-fight program at Charleston’s County Hall. Hudson, who fought many years for the Sumter YMCA boxing team and still works out in the local Y every night, scored unanimous decisions over Charleston’s George Ramirez in his first two pro fights, both firstrounders, in May and June. Ramirez had never been beaten before. • Dr. Robert Hirshberg, local veterinarian, left from Atlanta Tuesday on the first leg of a 21-day People-to-People Goodwill journey that will take him to Belgium, England, Denmark, Sweden, The Soviet Union, Poland and Germany. Hirshberg will be among 25 veterinary leaders headed by Dr. J.T. Mercer, director of Continuing Education for Veterinarians at the University of Georgia. • Betty Jean Pritchard, a former Sumter County 4-H’er who became a world traveler in 1960, is returning overseas on a month-long visit with old friends as a delegate to the First World Alumni Conference of the International Exchange Farm Program. The program, sponsored by the National 4-H Clubs, is designed to cultivate people-topeople exchanges for the purposes of better world understanding. • Professional motorcycle racing and a 50-lap, 22-car main event will highlight tomorrow night’s program at Rebel Raceway. A field of thirty or more cycle riders from

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1965 -- Selected earlier this month to reign over the Memorial Park wading pool during the remainder of the summer is the foursome shown here. Flanking the king are Prince Johnny Singleton, Princess Rebecca Morris and Queen Rosanne Morris. Judges for the city Parks and Recreation Department named the quartet. the Tennessee-Carolina Motorcycle Riders’ Association led by 1964 champion Ray Durham will run seven events starting at 8:30 p.m. • The offense is sparkling for the lower-state All-Stars as head Coach Buddy Neely sends them through their two hard scrimmages a day in preparation for Thursday night’s North-South football game in Carolina Stadium. Neely, taking advantage of a break in rainy weather that had hampered both squads Wednesday and Thursday, said he was encouraged Friday by the performance of quarterbacks David Teal of James Island and Tommy Edens of Sumter. • The printing department at Osteen-Davis will have a new manager early next month. He is Raymond C. Davenport who is now concluding his work as advertising manager of B.L. Montague Co. His duties at Osteen-Davis will begin officially on Aug. 9. Davenport is well-known in South Carolina as an advertising and commercial artist. In addition, he has had considerable experience in the graphic arts field.

25 YEARS AGO – 1990 April 27 – May 3 Ronald “Rusty” Woomer, 35, died today in South Carolina’s electric chair. The convicted murderer reaffirmed his faith in God and accepted his fate and was electrocuted today at 1:05 a. M. EDT. • Gov. Carroll Campbell joined local officials under a hot sun Thursday in dedicating Volunteer Park and proclaiming the day state Hugo Heroes Appreciation Day. “When we gather in a park like this in the aftermath of a storm like we witnessed (in September 1989), we really ought to thank the man upstairs,” Campbell told the crowd of more than 200 residents, workers, students and volunteers on the corner of Calhoun and Magnolia streets. “Today, I must especially recognize the volunteers who have given their hearts and souls to the (Hur-

ricane) Hugo effort.” • Sumter County Council expects to hire a new county administrator by the end of next month, council Chairman Ruben L. Gray said this week. Council has been searching for an administrator since the resignation late last year of Avery Frick. Although he cited “personal reasons” when he stepped down, Frick’s resignation was negotiated by council, according to Gray and council Vice Chairman Joe Davis. Frick has been appointed to become the county’s assistant administrator of finance when a new administrator is hired. • Sumter High School students have as many different opinions as there are questions on the Exit Exam, which this year for the first time is the price of a South Carolina high school diploma. About 148 seniors in Sumter County – just over 14 percent of the 1990 graduating class – still had to pass at least one of the three Exit Exam tests last week, their last opportunity before graduation. If they fail, they will receive a certificate in June – not a diploma. • The Iris Festival will be 50 years old this May, but the festival commission, which hopes to carry on the festival tradition and continue its success, is a relative newcomer to the project. This is the second year the Iris Festival Commission has organized the event. “This has been a tremendous event for the city of Sumter,” commission Chairman William Houser said, adding that the 15-member group has several goals it would like to see through. • For Karen Cooper, winning races at Sumter Rebel Speedway on Saturday nights has almost become a habit. The 31-year-old has been racing in the Gamecock Girls division since its inception two years ago. In 1988, the Gamecock Girls started in the middle of the season, and Cooper drove her way to the points championship. Last season she won 10 of 18 races and took the points championship in each half as well as getting the trophy for the overall title. • A Wilson Hall school teacher who likens her profession to the Peace Corps was named 1990 Upper School Teacher of the Year Thursday by the South Carolina Independent Schools Association. Mary M. Lownes, who teaches Latin and Spanish in grades eight through 12, received a plaque and $500 in cash at the annual SCISA awards banquet in Columbia.

• When Buddy Ward took over the reins of the Robert E. Lee baseball program this season, he knew he had some players returning loaded with potential. One of those was Danny Price. Price, a junior, has been a regular for the Cavaliers since his freshman season. Through one look at his athleticism, it was easy to see Price was bubbling over with potential. But that’s all it was – potential. Price has been ripping the cover off the ball, going 20-for-36. That translates out to a .560 batting average. • On the back of R.L. Fullard’s hand Wednesday afternoon was a rainbow-colored sticker with “I’m Special” printed across it. R.L.’s speech pathologist, Celeste Failmezger, and the teachers and students at Alice Drive Elementary School seem to agree. So does the S.C. Speech-Language-Hearing Association, whose executive board selected the spritely 8-year-old as its 1990 Poster Child in March. • Brandylyn Whitaker has stars in her eyes, and for good reason. The 6-year-old daughter of Sonya and Peter Whitaker has a small but pivotal role in the movie, “Chattahoochee,” scheduled to be released Friday at Columbia theaters. The movie is based loosely on the reallife experiences of Chris Calhoun, a former mental patient and Korean War veteran from Opa-locka, Fla., who was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Brandylyn auditioned for the movie in 1987 in Columbia, where most of the movie was filmed. She was 4 at the time. She got the role of Danielle, the young daughter of Emmitt Foley, a fictional character based on Calhoun and played by Oldman. She has no lines, but takes center stage at a crucial pint in the movie… • Sumter police Maj. Harold B. Johnson has been chosen over Maj. Joe Floyd and two other candidates to take over as the city’s next police chief. Sumter City Manager Talmadge Tobias, who said picking someone to fill the post was “one of the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make,” officially announced his choice this morning. He briefed city council Tuesday night. Johnson, 39, will succeed Chief Joe Brunson, who earlier had endorsed Floyd, his second in command for the position. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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(803) 774-1200 1990 -- Jo Anne Morris, director of Volunteer Sumter, presents Gov. Carroll Campbell a wooden shore bird after he helped dedicate Sumter’s Volunteer Park. Watching is Sumter County Civil Defense Director Vic Jones.

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Rex Theater was a favorite of Sumter movie lovers

he “Rex” was one of Sumter’s favorite movie theaters. The

Rex Theater was a popular gathering spot on Saturday mornings for hundreds of

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Sumter’s youth. The theater has a

long history, including several renovations and changes in ownership. Here, we look at some of the key points. The information and photos used in preparing this article were obtained from The Sumter Item archives. All quotes are from The Item. THE REX THEATER: “THE PRIDE OF SUMTER” In a 1940 Item article, the building housing the Rex Theater was described as one of the oldest structures in the Sumter business district. “It was erected in 1883 or 1884 by David Rosendorf, who operated a barroom, pool and billiard room and a restaurant on the first floor and a gaming room on the second floor. A small part of the first floor, on the northeast corner, next to the old courthouse square, was occupied for several years by the National Bank of Sumter, which was the first bank organized prior to the Civil War. When the bank office was removed to the city hall building in 1894 the post office used this part of the building, then the Sumter Savings Bank (later re-chartered as the City National Bank). “When the state dispensary system was established in January, 1893, and all barrooms closed, the saloon section was converted to other uses, and the entire building was later converted into a moving picture theater.” The ownership of the building changed several times. In November of 1913 the Rex was temporarily closed due to fire in its projection room. The projector was damaged, but the fire was prevented from spreading by using asbestos to build a fireproof vault. A new projector was ordered from

New York and installed without any extended loss of time. In 1919 the building housing the Rex was purchased by R.G. Hill of Gaffney from William Berg of Sumter. Hill owned and operated several movie houses in South Carolina and intended to open the facility as soon as possible. Hill took possession of the building on Nov. 1, beginning an immediate renovation. He placed new fixtures throughout the building and installed a steam heating plant, an excellent cooling system and many modern conveniences found in the best theaters. In July of 1920 the Rex Theater of Sumter, the Odeon and Folly Theaters in Savannah, Georgia, were purchased by the American Theaters Corporation headed by Arthur Lucas of Atlanta, who was engaged in various branches of the motion picture industry since 1907. Born in Florence, he grew up in Savannah. The new ownership scheduled the Rex Theater for a number of changes designed to make it “the pride of Sumter.” In February of 1928 The Publix Theatres Corporation of New York had taken over the management of the Rex, announced it would sell the facility to A.H. Yeomans, of Athens, Tennessee. Yeomans owned and operated three theaters, two in Dublin, Georgia, and one in Tuskegee, Alabama. Yeomans planned to take personal charge of the theater and make Sumter his home. However, by August of 1928 The Publix Theatres were again in possession of the Rex Theatre and announced that M.S. Hill would take charge of the theatre and ensure that a high class of entertainment would be installed. “Before the theatre reopened it was beautified and made more comfortable than ever before.” The Publix Company announced in December 1929, that the Rex would reopen as a sound-and-talking motion picture theatre. Sumter native “Vivian Moses was especially well-informed in matters of talking pictures, having himself been in charge of the first public demonstration of the movietone pictures in New York, stated that the Rex would be equipped with the finest and most modern of picture-projecting and sound-producing apparatus. The equipment used was made by the Western Electric Company, and similar to that used in the largest and finest theatres everywhere.” In September of 1931 the Rex received an improved screen

ABOVE: The Rex Theater marquee is shown circa 1932 prior to its modernization. BELOW RIGHT: The marquee is shown shortly before the theater was destroyed by fire. and new projection equipment in addition to having the interior remodeled and painted. The theatre again faced remodeling in 1935, designed to add beauty to the building and increase the comfort of the patrons. The front of the theater was torn out and redecorated and new cushion seat bottoms were installed. “The entire floor of the auditorium was elevated assuring a perfect view of the screen from every seat. The theater was scheduled to reopen in July of 1936.” In 1940 the owner of the Rex Theater was Arthur Lucas of Atlanta, and it was leased to the Palmetto Theater Company, which also operated the Sumter Theater. The manager of these facilities, K.E. Ward, announced on Sept. 16, 1940, that the building housing the Rex would be completely demolished and a new modern theater erected on the same site. The theater was closed from September to Christmas and given an attractive ornamental front. The company used the latest construction methods, and the facility contained the most modern equipment including a balcony. Ward stated that the new theater gave the city of Sumter equal or better facilities with other comparable cities in the state of South Carolina. While the Rex Theater was under construction the Sumter Theater scheduled the Western features traditionally shown by the Rex on Saturday morning with a reduced admission price.

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Shrine nobles pass the Rex Theater as they march up Main Street in May 1953. The Rex was known for showing westerns, such as this one starring Lash LaRue, famous for his prowess with a whip.

In February of 1946, Smiley Burnette, the sidekick of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and numerous other western performers, paid a visit to the Rex. A talented performer in his own right it is said that he was able to play 52 instruments. The Rex Theater was a favorite stopping spot for a number of Hollywood actors while they were not performing. In June of 1947 “the largest real estate transaction recorded in the courthouse since May 9 was the sale of the Rex Theater by

Mrs. Margaret C. Lucas et al to the Palmetto Theater Company for $50,000. The Rex Theater continued to flourish during the ‘50s and ‘60s; however, according to the Main Street Survey published in 1985, the building at 8 North Main St., which housed the Rex Theater burned down and was replaced by the current Butler building in 1976. The fire that destroyed the building and its contents effectively ended the Rex Theater.

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EDUCATION FROM PAGE C2 support for cultural activities and arts programming for the benefit of the entire Sumter community, focusing particularly on celebrating the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of the Sumter community through art education, visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts. The commission also assumes a leadership role in the Sumter area arts community and encourages partnerships and coalitions between Sumter area schools, arts-based organizations and individual artists and performers for the life enrichment and education of all residents regardless of social, cultural and economic standing. Sumter School District is grateful to Sumter County Cultural Commission for making the grant funds available.

INTERIMS ISSUED Interims will be issued on Thursday, representing academic progress made during the first half of the fourth quarter of the 201415 school year. Parents with concerns about their students’ progress are asked to call the school and schedule a parent-teacher conference. — Mary Sheridan

About 20 Central Carolina Technical College representatives, above, went on a tour at Shaw Air Force Base on April 15. The tour included the Base Education Center, hangars, the air traffic control tower, simulators and weather forecasting center. Students from CCTC’s Criminal Justice Program, left, took a field trip to Jenkins Correctional Center in Millen, Georgia, on March 25. Warden Hilton Hall and his staff gave the students a tour of the facility.

USC Sumter TIME TO GET COLOR BOMBED The Fire Ant Color 5K is the most colorful race to hit Sumter in 2015. Benefiting the USC Sumter Fire Ants softball program, the event will be held Saturday, May 9, at 9 a.m. at USC Sumter. This run is the largest of its kind in the area, allowing participants to get “bombed” with color along the route. The color is simply corn starch and washes easily out of clothes, skin and hair. The run is not timed and is meant to be fun for the whole family. It begins and ends at USC Sumter in the Nettles Building parking lot with five color stations along the route. Participants will be “showered” with color at the end of the run for an all-out color party. Participants will receive a run packet, bib number, goodies from sponsors and a T-shirt. The run features indoor restrooms, a dusting service (to dust the color off ), free parking, complimentary fruit and water along the route. Kids 12 and under are free with an adult paid registration. Cool new merchandise is also available online this year. Everything from neon mohawks to the favorite

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multi-color tutus can be pre-bought ahead of time and ready for you at packet pickup. Prices are based on individual and team participation and will increase the day of the run. Participants can sign up at www.FireAntColor5K. com. All registration is online. Packet pickup for those who have registered will be Friday at USC Sumter Nettles Gymnasium. Registration will also be available the day of the run. Please contact Coach Age Cataldo at cataldo@uscsumter.edu or (803) 938-3906 for more information on how to register for this event.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM TAKES FIELD TRIP

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Students from CCTC’s Criminal Justice Program took a field trip to Jenkins Correctional Center in Millen, Georgia, on March 25. Warden Hilton Hall and his staff gave the students a tour of the facility, including a greyhound retraining program where inmates train former racing dogs to be home companions. The students were able to see how a privately owned facility is operated compared to public facilities run by the government, andthis was the first time the Criminal Justice Department has been given the opportunity to visit a private facility.

Another class of the South Carolina Manufacturing Certification program graduated on April 8 after completing a 200hour program to help prepare them for jobs in advanced manufacturing. Classroom, hands-on and production simulation training is provided throughout the program, and the cost of the program is covered by scholarships offered by the South Carolina General Assembly to eligible students. The next program starts in Sumter on Monday. — Becky Rickenbaker

AIR FORCE BASE About 20 Central Carolina Technical College representatives went on a tour at Shaw Air Force Base on April 15. The tour included the Base Education Center, hangars, the air traffic control tower, simulators and weather forecasting center. CCTC is honored to be a Military Friendly School and to be able to offer higher education opportunities to military personnel and their dependents at Shaw Air Force Base.

Prayer can turn to panic during restaurant outings DEAR ABBY — I’m comfortable with my faith and pray before a meal at home and at friends’ houses. We have become friendly with individuals from our church and on many occaDear Abby sions have gone out to ABIGAIL eat together at restauVAN BUREN rants. When the meal is brought out, it has become a custom to pray. I feel uncomfortable praying aloud in public and have seen others at our table already eating when someone says, “Let’s pray.” My wife tells me to just go with it. But sometimes when the praying goes on for a lengthy time, I start to get sweaty and on the verge of a panic attack. I wish they would take into consideration that others may feel praying is a private matter. I don’t believe that because one person doesn’t want to do something, oth-

ers shouldn’t do it. So what say you? When food is brought to the table, should I dash to the restroom, or would that be rude? Prefers praying privately

dren, grandchildren, taxes, bills, big flat-screen and stuff for him. (I also bought myself a pair of jeans.) I felt the money was my gift from my mom. I told my partner that when his parents pass, whatever they leave him will be his. It doesn’t matter how close I am to them. Your opinion, please, and no, he wasn’t close to my mom. A gift from my mother

DEAR P.P.P. — No rule of etiquette decrees that you must pray out loud if someone else chooses to. Obviously, others in the group feel as you do, or they wouldn’t start eating. Because the situation makes you uncomfortable to the point of a panic attack, I think your solution to excuse yourself from the table for a few minutes is a good one — provided you say over your shoulder that you could be gone “awhile” and no one should wait for you.

DEAR GIFT — In my opinion, your partner appears to be greedy and have an outsized sense of entitlement. If your mother had wanted your partner to get his hands on any of her estate, she would have put her wishes in writing.

DEAR ABBY — It will be three years since my mother passed. Her house was sold, and the money split among me and my two sisters. I opened a separate bank account for my inheritance money. My partner of 16 years thinks I was wrong to do that and still throws it in my face. I spent the money on my chil-

DEAR ABBY — I recently attended the funeral of my ex-husband’s uncle. I wore a conservative suit in dark navy blue with a white blouse. Several family members criticized me for not wearing black. I assumed that because I’m no longer a family member that I wasn’t required to dress as one.

Should I have worn black? Divorcee in Pennsylvania DEAR DIVORCEE — No. You showed respect for the deceased by attending. Sometimes funerals (and weddings) bring out the worst rather than the best in people. I’m surprised your ex-husband’s family took time out from their grief to notice what you were wearing. It appears no good deed goes unpunished. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order “How to Have a Lovely Wedding.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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Pitch a tent for this mystery plant BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium

aterpillars and cherries: Is there ever any connection? Yes, and our Mystery Plant this week demonstrates it quite well. All the cherry species in the world come from species in the genus named Prunus, the very same genus which gives us plums, peaches, almonds and apricots. Cherries and their relatives have various things in common, especially the way the fruit is put together. In these cases, the fruit has a thin outer skin, a fleshy inner portion and a prominent pit in the center, containing a single seed. This kind of fruit is what botanists like to call a “drupe.” The subject of this little essay is a cherry species that occurs widely in the eastern half of the United States. It is usually a small tree, not particularly useful for wood or timber. However, it is capable of attaining very large size, and the really big ones (which aren’t all that common) are highly prized for their beautifully colored wood, a valuable resource for furniture making and for veneer. The bark of these trees is usually smooth and somewhat shiny, but gets to be very blocky and nearly black on large trunks. Branches are shiny, too, commonly featuring plenty

of whitish lenticels — roughened little bumps. This species is completely deciduous. Its beautiful dark green leaves, finely toothed on the edges, will turn an attractive yellow or orange in the fall. In my neighborhood, these trees are leafing out now. And, many of the trees are already in full bloom. Flowers will be arranged in elongated clusters (racemes) in the axil of a leaf. Each raceme may bear several dozen small, white blossoms, each one with five white petals. In full bloom, the flowers are attractive, and I think sort of fragrantly stinky, if that is possible. Small cherries will develop later, starting out hard and green, but eventually softening and becoming a shiny purple-black. Birds and a variety of wildlife will eagerly eat these fruits. Now, this species is known for the presence of certain compounds in its tissues which are related to cyanide. A prominent bitter taste and smell are often associated with the bark. In fact, one of the easiest ways of identifying this species in winter, when it’s leafless, is by performing the old scratch ’n’ sniff technique on a branch. VERY stinky, and bitter. I’ve demonstrated this in front of my class on field trips, always making a face after chewing on a twig, and then inviting them to do the same. They

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This mystery plant often hosts nests of caterpillars. A form of cherry tree, its leaves contain cyanide compounds that make them stinky and bitter. think I’m trying to poison them. Seriously, though, livestock owners should be aware that the bark and foliage of this plant is potentially dangerously toxic to horses and cattle, and thus should not be allowed along the fences of a pasture. And now for the caterpillars, which are, of course,

“tent caterpillars.” They live together in their silken homes, eating the tree’s leaves. During this process, they ingest the cyanide compounds, and in the process become somewhat toxic themselves and surely unpalatable. Answer: “Black cherry,” Prunus serotina

Comedian, family man Lou Costello remembered for generosity, soft heart BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks Fans of legendary comic duo Abbott and Costello have much to commemorate this year. Seventy-five years ago, the pair debuted on film for Universal’s “One Night in the Tropics.” They would go on to make almost 30 films for the studio, including “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” the last of their “meet the monster” series, which was released 60 years ago this year. Chris Costello was only 11 when her dad died in 1959. Nine months later, her brokenhearted mother passed away. “Even though I was only a child when I knew him, the memories of our time together are vivid,” said Chris from Los Angeles. “My father was famous, but when he walked in the house at night he was just my dad, not Lou Costello. No, he didn’t do pratfalls around the home, but when he was with kids the funnyman could come out.” Nor did she question him about his early career. “Okay, so he’s driving me to school – what am I going to ask him ‘gee, dad, tell me about your days in vaudeville?’ That’s just not something that would interest a 10-year-old kid!” With both parents dead at such an early age, it wasn’t until Chris did research for her 1982 book, “Lou’s on First,” that she began to learn much more about her dad and his partner. “I interviewed over 100 people who knew them.” Honed over years in early burlesque, Abbott and Costello’s most famous routine, “Who’s on First?,” was performed in condensed form in their first film. It later appeared in “The Naughty Nineties” (1945) as well as their

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello appeared in 1955’s “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.” It was the last in their series of the “Meet the ... “ comedies. They also “met” Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and several other horror film monsters. TV show. Despite being around “forever,” the routine is not public domain. “Universal owns the rights to images from their movies, but the Costello and Abbott families jointly own that routine. We have a web site for fans with all our licensed products, abbottandcostellocollectibles.com, and a license is needed to perform that routine. However, the license is free for anything dealing with children, for example, schools or universities, because that’s what Dad would have wanted.” Despite problems with the IRS late in life, Lou was extremely generous and not just with friends or family. “He was in a store his last Christmas and talking to the clerk when he heard a little girl crying because her mother couldn’t afford a doll she wanted. He told the guy ‘wrap it up and tell her it’s from Santa Claus.’” As generous as he was, Lou was notorious for walking off

Lou Costello is shown with his daughter Chris around 1950, whom she describes as a real family man. She wrote the biography “Lou’s on First” about her father in 1982.

sets with studio props. “Mom used to say our home was decorated in early Universal!” laughed Chris. “Two of the miniature battleships used for “In the Navy” disappeared one day. They ended up in our pool! And I have a photo of him in our backyard with Ann Corio, who got him his start in burlesque. In the background is a giant swan from the Tunnel of Love ride which he sat in with Martha Raye in ‘Keep ‘Em Flying.’ I have no idea what happened to all that stuff. I imagine it was lost, given away, or just stolen after my parents died.” Chris says Lou would also use his light-fingered reputation for leverage with the studio. When the Andrews Sisters began appearing in their films in 1941, Lou was upset they were given an army tent for a changing room, especially with the 100-degree heat. “He told Universal they should have a trailer,” she said. “If they didn’t listen, he’d say something like ‘fine, you know that clock in the upcoming scene, wouldn’t it be awful if it disappeared?’” Lou’s generosity extended to the creation of a recreation center in East Los Angeles for underprivileged kids, which still operates today. “For me, my dad was great not because he was a great comic, but because of what he did with his fame,” says Chris. “That is the footprint he made in the world.” The official Abbott and Costello fan club is www.abbottandcostello.net. Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 550 magazines and newspapers.

John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium. org, call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

Singer still in hospital BY ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — The health of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has been the subject of conflicting information, with her website stating she is alert and expected to make a full recovery but a longtime friend saying in a court filing that she was unconscious and unable to care for herself. The Grammy winner, 71, has been hospitalized since March 31 for undisclosed reasons. Her friend Leslie Morris filed a petition to become Mitchell’s guardian on Tuesday, saying the singer-songwriter was unable to care for herself. Within hours, Mitchell’s official website said, “She comprehends, she’s alert and she has her full JONI MITCHELL senses. A full recovery is expected.” Morris’ filing was accompanied by a doctor’s declaration that Mitchell would be unable to attend a court hearing for four to six months, but it included no additional details on her condition or prognosis. Dr. Paul Vespa checked a box signed Saturday indicating that Mitchell was unable to participate in her medical care. “At this time (Mitchell) remains unconscious and unable to make any responses, and is therefore unable to provide for any of her personal needs,” according to the filing. Morris sought a court order because Mitchell does not have any family who can serve as her conservator and assist with her care and medical decisions. The filing does not seek control over Mitchell’s finances. Mitchell’s website says Morris’ filing seeks authority to make decisions for the singer once she leaves the hospital and isn’t under the 24hour care of a doctor. A court hearing is scheduled for July 8. Morris and her attorney, Alan Watenmaker, did not return phone messages. Mitchell has received eight Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 2002. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. She started her career as a street musician in her native Canada before moving to Southern California, where she became part of the flourishing folk scene in the late 1960s. Her second album, “Clouds,” was a breakthrough with such songs as “Both Sides Now” and “Chelsea Morning,” winning Mitchell the Grammy for best folk performance. Her 1970 album, “Ladies of the Canyon,” featured the hit single “Big Yellow Taxi” and the era-defining “Woodstock.” The following year, she released “Blue,” which ranks 30th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Her musical style integrates folk and jazz elements, and she counts jazz giants Charles Mingus and Pat Metheny among her past collaborators.

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Vermonica Scott works on her mannequin at Sumter Beauty College on Friday. Students recently returned from the Association of Cosmetology Salon Professionals competition in Myrtle Beach with several awards representing the best in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Students receive 1,500 hours of training in hair, skin and nails.

Treating people right Beauty college owner spills secrets to success BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Students from Sumter Beauty College recently returned from the Association of Cosmetology Salon Professionals competition in Myrtle Beach with three first-place, five second-place and two third-place trophies, and owner Faye Smith can be very proud — not only because of the number of trophies but also because the awards represent the best in three states: Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. It is not likely she got too excited about the success at the competition, however. Her students have garnered many trophies during her time running the business. “You mean the 45 years it has been running me?” she asked. Smith doesn’t dwell on how many trophies her students have won; instead, she said the most rewarding thing in her business is what the school does to help those students find their way in life. “It’s seeing my students graduate and get out and make a good living and open their own salons,” she said. “To be able to come to work and see the changes in them each day, you can’t put it in words. There are so many things that have kept me going.” Smith is originally from Timmonsville and moved to Sumter about 50 years ago. “Sumter’s my hometown,” she said. “I come from Timmonsville, but when I go back to visit my sisters and brothers, I have never been sorry I left Timmonsville. I have never been sorry that I moved here.” Smith said she and her first husband started the business, but it became hers when they split up. “We were over on Liberty Street right next to Church’s Chicken,”

she said. She also raised four children. “If I told you how old I am, you would say, ‘Why don’t you just hang it up?’ But each day I come, it helps me want to keep going. I love the business, I love the interaction with the community, and I love the students,” she said. According to the college’s website, Sumter Beauty College is licensed through South Carolina Department of Labor State Board of Cosmetology and accredited by Council on Occupational Education in Atlanta. Students who enroll in the school receive instruction in all aspects of the cosmetology business including hair, skin and nails, she said. “When they finish here, they have to go to the state board in Columbia, and they have to pass a written and a practical test. I give them 1,500 hours of training, but I can’t give them a license; no school in South Carolina can,” she said. Smith said the key to her success is how she treats people. “If I get a student that is hostile, I try to calm them down a little,” she said. “I get them one on one, and I ask them, ‘Just what do you expect from me, and then I will tell you what I expect from you.’” It’s surprising how they can open up, she said. “When you talk to them one to one and you don’t raise your voice, it makes a difference,” she said. “You are on their level. You can give them a chance to vent. A lot of them are really going through a lot, and you don’t really realize what they are going through.” “She is not just a business owner, she is a mentor,” added Mirabel “Mary” Alicea, Smith’s administrative assistant. “She is a people person.” Smith said the key to her success is

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Sumter Beauty College owner Faye Smith is seen with some of the college’s students on the school’s training floor Wednesday. She has run the business for 45 years. how she handles people. “I don’t see a bad student or a bad customer; it’s how you’re treated,” she said. Smith said she encourages her students to come back and visit after they graduate. “When they go out of here, they are able to do most anything they want to do,” she said. “They’ll excel in some area more than others. Some of them excel at haircuts, and some run away from ’em. Some excel at color and some at relaxers; some of them love just makeup and to see people change their outlook from that. “We teach every phase of the beauty industry,” Smith said.

Often when students go out to an established salon they have to learn to work with that salon or store’s product line, she said. “That’s the only extra training they will need — specific product knowledge,” Smith said. Smith said she has no idea how many students have graduated from Sumter Beauty College through the years. “Any shop you go to, you are going to see my students, at least 99 percent of the time,” she said. “Several that have graduated from here are school owners, and they hire our students because they know what to expect.”

Sumter attorney receives high honor from USC School of Law FROM STAFF REPORTS COLUMBIA — University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Council named Sumter attorney Mark D. Chappell as a recipient of the 2015 Compleat Lawyer Award on Thursday. Chappell is a founding partner of Chappell, Smith & Arden. Chappell received the award April 30 at the annual alumni dinner on the university campus. Established in 1992, the

Compleat Lawyer Award is the School of Law’s highest recognition of professional achievement and civic leadership by the school’s alumni. Award recipients are nominated by other lawyers or by members of the public who CHAPPELL are familiar with a lawyer’s work. The final selection is made by the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, the chief jus-

tice of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the president of the South Carolina Bar, the co-chair of the Law School Council and the dean of the law school. “When you are passionate about what you do, and you do it long enough, sometimes people notice,” Chappell said in a news release. “That’s how I feel about being an attorney. I had always wanted to help people, and being fortunate enough to attend law school at the University of South Caroli-

na and obtain an outstanding education has equipped me to do more for others than I ever could have imagined.” Chappell was admitted to practice in South Carolina and in the U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit in 1985. He was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia in 1993. Chappell now serves on the board of governors for American Association for Justice and is a past president of South Carolina Association for Justice.

“We know that our graduates do incredible things, and it is gratifying to see how others, especially their peers, recognize their extraordinary work and think so highly of them,” said USC School of Law Dean Robert Wilcox. “The accomplishments and character of this year’s recipients once again reflect the ideals of public service and professionalism that the University of South Carolina School of Law — and its alumni — are known for.”

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015

THE SUMTER ITEM

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THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Donte Centrell Williams and Lacey Patrice Shaw • Anthony Franqui Jr. of Shaw Air Force Base and Aracely Vanessa Figueroa of Allen, Texas • Kenneth Leroy McFadden and Tamisha Latoya Wiley, both of Dalzell • Samuel Wesley Randall and Tonia Lynn Jackson • Chad Alan Bradford and Samantha Louise Healan • Larry Bernard Jenkins Sr. and Selina King Jackson, both of Dalzell • David Justin Skinner and Jennifer Carol Jones • Marshall Christopher Runion and Kassie Lynn Goins • Paul Ingram Sumner Jr. and Cynadia Nykkia Gibbs • Robert Boyd Burnish and Jackie Lloyd Mayes • Carlos Artez Green and Shanika Oliver, both of Baltimore, Maryland • Daiquan Derell Anthony and Kameeche Arshel Washington • Kirk Dickison Laminack and Kristen Ann Fletcher

BUILDING PERMITS • Ashley Hunter Ives, owner, Dylon Graham dba Graham Construction, contractor, 3500 Preserve Court, 864 unheated square feet, $15,000 (36x24 shed with 12x10 framed room — detached, residential). • Thomas R. King, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 960 Heather Lane, $12,500 (reroof house with cricket, residential). • Daniel C. and Michelle T. Lee, owners, Daniel Lee, contractor, 1226 Shoreland Drive, 350 heated square feet, $20,000 (bedroom extension / change meter base on house, residential). • Larry K. and Phyllis A. Harwood, owners, C&S Construction, contractor, 614 Periwinkle Court, $65,000 (fire damage repairs, residential). • Ted A. and Ellen V. Barrett, owners, James Miller Construction, contractor, 854 Griffin St., $3,200 (new roof, residential). • Harold and Robert Thompson, owners, Wilkes Builders, contractor, 699 White Pine Way, $4,000 (reroof, residential). • S.C. State Housing Finance & Development, owner, Robert W. Nunnery dba Robert W. Nunnery, contractor, 427 Adams Ave., $6,850 (reroof, residential). • Demetra E. and Mark A. Turner, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 3225 Royal Colwood Court, $11,581.67 (reroof house / vinyl / fascia, residential). • H&M Car Wash Co. Inc., owner, Murphy Contracting Inc., contractor, 1010 Broad St., $108,928 (new canopy and concrete — Frank’s Car Wash, commercial). • Tony S. Bradford, owner, Baxley’s Bestway Transportation, contractor, 220 Louis Circle, Rembert (mobile home, residential). • Carolina Construction of Sumter LLC, owner and contractor, 4943 Sedgewood Drive, Wedgefield, 1,620 heated square feet and 600 unheated square feet, $106,560 (new dwelling, residential). • William D. and Cynthia Dangerfield, owners, James Daniel Burleson, contractor, 3155 Nazarene Church Road (3145), 1,780 heated square feet and 2,720 unheated square feet, $130,000 (bedroom and bath addition / demolish and replace attached garage, residential). • Marlon D. Sr. and Stephanie D. Brown, owners, Bruce W. Boyd, contractor, 975 Meadowbrook Road, $46,675.15 (fire damage repairs / sheetrock / insulation / electrical / trim / floor, residential). • David E. and Susan McCart Bagwell, owners, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 5510 Randolph St., Rembert, $6,500 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Reginald Miles and Tammy Hopkins, owners, Frank’s Roofing, contractor, 3100 Widman Drive, $6,300 (reroof, residential). • Laura S. Austin, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 12 Teton Road, 648 unheated square feet, $8,235 (detached enclosed shed for boat, residential). • Mark S. Swiatek, owner, Ram Jack of South Carolina Inc., contractor, 70 Monticello Lane, $6,857.50 (foundation repair, residential). • Eliza Black, owner, Dee & Gee Builders LLC, contractor, 203 Crescent Ave., $5,500 (remove / install shingles, residential). • Lateasha M. Harris, owner, Cwall Lyons dba C&L Co. Corp., contractor, 20 Blenhein Court, $4,700 (remove / replace shingles and damaged wood, residential). • Edward C. Parnell, owner, John Bailey, contractor, 1806 Palomino Circle, $7,500 (reroof, residential). • Donald Weston, owner, George Fluharty dba Equity Home Improvements, contractor, 705 Oswego Highway, $4,000 (roof shop only, residential). • Gary Benenhaley, owner, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 4935 McPhail St., Dalzell, $5,000 (install roof, residential). • Hurricane Construction Inc., owner and contractor, 3120 Explorer Drive, 1,356 heated square feet and 413 unheated square feet, $70,000 (new dwelling, residential); Hurricane Construction Inc., owner and contractor, 3110 Explorer Drive, 1,603 heated square feet and 688 unheated square

PUBLIC RECORD feet, $75,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Hess Retail Stores LLC, owner, David Allen Industries, contractor, 105 Broad St., $3,000 (wall signs — Speedway, commercial). • Willie and Omega M. Golden, owners, Sharon D. Tindal, contractor, 15 Brunhill Circle, $19,750 (repairs to roof, HVAC, cabinets, insulation, smoke detectors, counter, residential). • Neal A. Van Houten, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 6655 JJ Roberts Drive, $9,296.32 (reroof house, vinyl, gutters, residential). • Ruth D. Shorter, owner, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 2 Cumberland Way, $3,700 (reroof home, residential). • Linda M. Connor, owner, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 4 Cumberland Way, $4,250 (reroof home, residential). • Fannie G. Smith, owner, Cwall Lyons dba C&L Co. Corp., contractor, 205 Crescent Ave., $4,700 (replace shingles, residential). • Andrew G. and Melissa S. Kunkle, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 3135 Tuckaway Drive, $7,722 (reroof, residential). • Bankers Trust Co. of Cal N, owner, Shelwood China, contractor, 2826 September Drive, $6,000 (reroof, residential). • Perry A. and Gwendolyn L. Herod, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 6405 Hidden Haven Road, $8,570 (reroof house, residential). • Charles D. and Joan Feddersen, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 1150 Vintage Drive, $14,139 (reroof house, residential). • Kolb Burgess LLC, owner, Broadway Lights LLC, contractor, 2625 Broad St., $14,000 (freestanding sign — Buffalo Wild Wings, commercial). • Gretchen Himmele Munroe, owner, George E. Cantlon dba Sumter Siding, contractor, 34 Miller Road, $6,000 (reroof house only, residential). • Steve A. and Janet L. Nichols, owners, Sun Pools & Spas of Sumter, contractor, 2605 Maidenhair Lane, $18,100 (swimming pool, residential). • Jeffery A. Witherspoon, owner, Sun Pools & Spas of Sumter, contractor, 3210 Foxcroft Circle, $16,700 (swimming pool, residential). • Joel E. and Carol J. Parks, owners, Knepp Roofing Carpenter, contractor, 12 Valleybrook Court, $8,775 (roof replacement on house, residential). • Colleen H. Yates, owner, J.O. Davis dba Palmetto Home Construction, contractor, 435 W. Hampton Ave., $3,500 (roof repair, residential). • County of Sumter, owner, AycockRichardson Monument Co., contractor, 215 N. Harvin St., $25,000 (new monument sign — Sumter County, commercial). • Nancy Dinkins, owner and contractor, 5620 Family Lane, Rembert, $5,000 (brick underpinning on mobile home, residential). • Breana Jackson, owner, Chamaine Smith, contractor, 530 Seddon Drive (mobile home, residential). • Helena Chemical Co. Inc., owner, Hawkins and Kolb Construction Co., contractor, 5055 Florence Highway, Mayesville, 7,000 unheated square feet, $72,000 (roof over existing concrete slab for storage, commercial). • Black River Economic Development Corp., owner, Carrick Contracing Corp., contractor, 975 American Road, $15,000 (replace three antennas with three antennas, commercial). • Karen L. Watson, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 27 Harby Ave., $7,167.61 (reroof, residential). • Jerry M. and Deborah C. Bozeman, owners, Southern Roofing Services, contractor, 280 Lakewood Drive, $3,900 (roof extension over side entrance, residential). • Richard Wayne Geddings, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 4300 Kangaroo Lane, Pinewood (mobile home, residential). • George D. Jr. and Carolyn H. Ross, owners, Sam Avins Construction, contractor, 3345 Queen Chapel Road, $12,300 (new roof — house only, residential). • George E. and Diane M. Banar, owners, George E. Cantlon dba Sumter Siding, contractor, 1070 Chesterfield Drive, $6,904 (reroof house only, residential). • Catholic Church, owner, Nunnery Roofing & Remodeling, contractor, 216 E. Liberty St., $9,000 (repair flat roof / metal roof, commercial). • James Aaron Dyson Construction, owner, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 3870 Queen Chapel Road, 1,500 heated square feet and 500 unheated square feet, $85,00 (new dwelling, residential). • Gene Altman Construction, owner and contractor, 2720 Stanton Court, Dalzell, 1,700 heated square feet and 500 unheated square feet, $112,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Lawless Group LLC, owner, John B. Boone, contractor, 860 Pitts Road, $3,500 (remove / replace shingles on house only, residential). • Dean A. Evans, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 860 Kolb Road, $5,000 (reroof house, residential). • Marcia C.J. and James Hutchinson, owners, South Carolina Tel-Con, contractor, 3801 Horsetrail Lane, $17,600 (add steel reinforcement to existing cell tower, commercial). • Donald Weston, owner, Jefferson Barns and Salvage Inc., contractor, 705 Oswego Highway, $5,400 (roof on church, commercial). • Trust A of the Harvin C. Richar, owner,

Phillips Aluminum Co., contractor, 660 W. Liberty St., $31,000 (wall sign — Tucker Oil, commercial). • Edward G. Fort, owner, Southern Vistas Inc., contractor, 3000 Claremont Road, Rembert, $67,800 (swimming pool, residential). • Edward J. Parker, owner, John Bailey, contractor, 2450 Tindal Road, $8,000 (reroof, residential). • William M. Eades, owner, Ram Jack of South Carolina Inc., contractor, 4 Cedarwood Circle, $3,315 (foundation repair, residential). • Elijah Miller Jr., owner and contractor, 355 Planters Drive, 1,100 unheated square feet, $30,000 (detached garage, residential). • Steve A. and Janet L. Nichols, owners, Steve Allen Nichols, contractor, 2605 Maidenhair Lane, 896 heated square feet, $12,000 (detached hobby shop, residential). • Debra L. and Demetrius Anderson, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 1195 Meadowcroft Drive, $14,140 (install new roof / three windows / vinyl siding, residential). • Dasha Shraine Miller, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 212 Clement Road (mobile home, residential). • Beverly Osborne, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 5780 TB Wright Road, Rembert, $4,560 (remove / replace shingles / repair ceiling inside, residential). • Ronald Louis Jr. and Kelly Dodson, owners, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 1787 Anburn Drive, $4,175 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • City of Sumter, owner, Hunter Builders, contractor, 12 W. Liberty St., $115,000 (new façade at the Liberty Center, commercial). • Tammy Griffin, owner, James E. Euten Jr. dba Euten’s Roofing, contractor, 10 Curtiswood Ave., $4,500 (replace roof and water damage to ceiling, residential). • Robert M. and Joan K. Flury, owners, John Brockington dba Brock Construction, contractor, 979 Shadow Trail, $4,624 (replace 12 windows, residential). • Elouise Montgomery, owner, Sharon H. Chapman, contractor, 921 Clay St., $6,608.80 (remove / replace roof, residential). • Roy J. and Angela Floyd, owners, Peach Orchard General Contracting LLC, contractor, 3760 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, 1,200 heated square feet, $30,000 (add attached garage with bonus room, residential). • JRS Properties of Sumter LLC, owner, David Windham dba Windham Roofing, contractor, 501 McFaddin Ave., $4,800 (reroof house only, residential). • Peter Lynn and Kimberly Anderson, owners, Peter Anderson, contractor, 3350 Butterworth Circle, 1,200 unheated square feet, $9,000 (detached storage building, residential). • Maggie J. Wilson and Serenity Inv, owners, Pack Construction LLC, contractor, 6 Herbert Circle, 120 heated square feet, $36,000 (add 10x12 laundry room / remodel kitchen / replacement windows, residential). • Barbara Jackson Taylor, owner, Pack Construction LLC, contractor, 2970 Sun Valley Drive, 216 unheated square feet, $13,171.50 (add attached screen porch and new gutters, residential). • Carol A. and William B. Waddell, owners, William B. Waddell, contractor, 3315 Bainbridge Road, 240 unheated square feet, $6,100 (extend attached carport, residential). • Michael David Linville, owner and contractor, 865 Marigold St., $5,500 (vinyl siding and windows, residential). • Domas Construction, owner, Jason Ross, contractor, 225 Damascus Road, 3,200 heated square feet and 400 unheated square feet, $219,600 (new dwelling, residential). • Sumter County, owner, Harrington Construction Co. Inc., contractor, 2040 Barnwell Drive, 3,000 heated square feet, $399,623 (new fire station — metal building, commercial). • Christina Partin, owner, Johnnie S. McDonald, contractor, 3080 Oswego Highway (mobile home, residential). • S.C. Baptist Educational & Miss, owner, Construction Dynamics Inc., contractor, 100 W. College St. (admin building), 16,327 heated square feet, $2,500,000 (new administration building, commercial). • Jacob and Emily Casey, owners, Byrd’s Taylor Made Fence, contractor, 3089 Longleaf Drive, $4,500 (wood fence, residential). • Charles M. Smith, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 4615 U.S. 15 North (mobile home, residential). • Robin Hodge, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 2125 Bethel Church Road No. 8A (mobile home, residential). • Palmetto Pigeon Plant, owner, Horne Brothers Construction Inc., contractor, 14 Jackson St., 270 unheated square feet, $70,000 (230 square feet equipment shelter, 4x10 gen pad, 50KW generator, co-locate antennas, commercial). • Delphenia S. Joe, owner, Cwall Lyons dba C&L Co. Corp., contractor, 9 Crescent Ave., $4,750 (remove / replace felt and shingles, residential). • Raynard Johnson, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 420 Green Swamp Road (mobile home, residential). • Janet F. Clayton, owner, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 204 Dickson Ave., $5,000 (install new roof on shop only, residential). • Lindy L. Lewin, owner and contractor, 1825 Georgianna Drive, $15,450 (new

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roof / HVAC / minor plumbing / alter wall — sheetrock / new kitchen, residential). • John P. Brown, owner, Servpro of Sumter, contractor, 130 Frost Wood Court (120), $4,000 (replace drywall / cabinets / flooring from frozen pipe damage, residential). • Deloris Lesesne, owner, Michael Porcher, contractor, 1030 Plowden Mill Road, $6,000 (tin roof / vinyl siding and brick underpinning on mobile home, residential). • Richard L. and Maria A. Phillips, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 5507 Oakcrest Road, $5,198 (reroof, residential). • City of Sumter Housing &, owner, Sharon D. Tindal, contractor, 28 Capri Drive, 1,270 heated square feet and 192 unheated square feet, $83,375 (new dwelling, residential). • City of Sumter, owner, Sharon D. Tindal, contractor, 1004 N. Guignard Drive, 1,197 heated square feet and 110 unheated square feet, $85,000 (new dwelling, residential). • James T. Futrell and King-Brookes, owners, W. Wheeler dba WW Repairs & Renovations, contractor, 234 Haynsworth St., $9,260 (reroof, residential). • Justin T. Lutz (lifetime estate), owner, JMAC General Contractor LLC, contractor, 3150 E. Brewington Road, 2,100 unheated square feet, $22,000 (pole barn — ag building, commercial). • Hurricane Construction Inc., owner and contractor, 3675 Katwallace Circle, 2,953 heated square feet and 692 unheated square feet, $88,584 (new dwelling, residential). • Samuel Q. and Helen M. Roodman, owners, Shelwood China, contractor, 410 Planters Drive, $6,674 (reroof only, residential). • Ernest A. Finney Jr., owner, Shelwood China, contractor, 24 Runnymede Blvd., $7,247 (reroof, residential). • Jurdi F. Hamzy, owner, James E. Standley, contractor, 2571 Highview St., $5,100 (remove / replace roof, residential). • Dwayne J. Durham, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 30 Durham Court, Wedgefield, 448 unheated square feet, $9,026 (detached storage building, residential). • Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 125 Masters Drive, 2,595 heated square feet and 344 unheated square feet, $93,879 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 175 Stubberfield Drive, 1,990 heated square feet and 402 unheated square feet, $95,284 (new dwelling, residential). • Mount Pisgah AME Church, owner, Crescent Construction LLC, contractor, 217 W. Bartlette St., $90,234.50 (reroofing / bell tower repair — wood / stucco, wallpaper, commercial). • Rosa Lee Ramsey, owner, Charles E. Merriweather, contractor, 2275 Lisbon Drive, $5,000 (reroof — shingles, residential). • Judy Schweitzer Atkinson, owner, Sam Avins Construction, 18 Reynolds Road, 384 unheated square feet, $45,000 (new roof / flooring / cabinet tops / toilet / 16x24 attached deck, residential). • Paula H. Gardner, owner, Shelwood China, contractor, 220 Wildwood Ave., 182 unheated square feet, $6,900 (addition over attached 7x27 slab — not enclosed, residential). • Marsha L. Nelson and Rogert L. Nelson Jr., owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 3085 Sun Valley Drive, $6,750 (install vinyl siding, residential). • Amanda L. Rose, owner, Carolina Home Improvements, contractor, 818 Club Lane, $3,000 (vinyl siding, trim, new post, residential). • Edward E. Ardis, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 2125 Bethel Church Road No. 12B (mobile home, residential). • Richard G. and Patricia J. Gazley, owners, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 2565 Redwood Drive, Dalzell, $6,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Zachary P. and Melissa J. King, owners, Sun Pools & Spas of Sumter, contractor, 20 Trailwood Drive, $25,500 (swimming pool, residential). • Michael E. and Jennifer Sonntag, owners, Sun Pools & Spas of Sumter, contractor, 435 Chippewa Circle, $24,100 (swimming pool, residential). • John L. Sr. and Doncella P. Gibson, owners, Sears Home Improvement Products Inc., contractor, 380 Planters Drive, $11,476.89 (vinyl siding, residential). • Dorothy Kelley Wilson, owner, James Miller Construction, contractor, 1074 Sterling St., $4,600 (new roof, residential). • Kevin J. and Deborah M. McCauley, owners, Triple R Construction LLC, contractor, 6633 N. Mayrant Circle, $5,064 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Elizabeth S. Seegers, owner, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 1778 Kolb Road, $19,000 (swimming pool, residential). • Frank Dennis Jr., owner, Dee & Gee Builders LLC, contractor, 146 Anderson St., $13,000 (remove burned joists and rafters / fire damage in kitchen, residential). • Naomi M. Pinto and Cyril J. Pinto Sr., owners, Shelwood China, contractor, 882 Kolb Road, 351 heated square feet, $22,000 (close in attached carport and add 8x13 to make an office, residential). • Housing Authority of Sumter, owner, Hawkins and Kolb Construction Co., contractor, 17 Caldwell St., $460,000 (interior remodel, commercial).

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Chauga River trip brings peace and trout

feel like each one of us has that special place that brings peace to our souls and rejuvenates our spirits so that we can rebound from all the problems life has thrown our way. My spot is the Chauga River in the mountains just above Walhalla. About twice a year, A.D., Coffee Pot and I head to the hills for a few days of camping and trout fishing. This year A.D.’s son, Britt, joined us. It’s really not a hard spot to get to, the camp sites are adequate for our needs and only God Almighty could force a cell phone signal Earle down between the Woodward mountains to ruin AFIELD & our solitude. It’s a 10AFLOAT mile drive — one way — to get a signal. The only noises are the birds in the trees and the sound of the Chauga flowing over rocks. Because there were four of us, we elected to drive two vehicles and, after a lot of thought, Coffee Pot and I decided to leave around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. A.D. and Britt planned to leave Sumter about 9:30 a.m.. By 11, Coffee Pot and I had the tents and cooking fly erected, all the firewood for the night unloaded and the camp set up. We found two chairs and placed them by the river, which recent rains had muddied up, to relax for just a minute. A minute is about all that Coffee Pot can stand, and before I even got comfortable in my chair, he was standing on the banks casting a Rooster Tail into the swift, muddy waters. After he caught a small trout or two, I joined him and began to catch a few myself. The trout that are found in the mountains of South Carolina come from the Walhalla Fish Hatchery. They are raised in the facility to a

PHOTOS PROVIDED

Earle Woodward is seen here with his brook trout catch from a recent expedition to the Chauga River in Oconee County, near the Georgia and North Carolina borders. catchable size, transported to the river and released for fishermen to catch. Some are actually helicoptered into some of the more remote areas where they are harder to reach, and thus grow to larger sizes before being caught. Most of the fish are between 10 and 12 inches with the occasional 14-incher thrown in for good measure. The limit is five fish per day. After picking up a few fish and thinking this could be a pretty good week of fishing if we were catching them in the middle of the day, I slipped back into the chair to enjoy a handful of popcorn and a Diet Coke. It was pushing 3 in the afternoon. I was beginning to worry a bit about A.D. If he had gotten away at 9:30 a.m., he would have been there by now, and he wasn’t; but then A.D. is seldom able

to leave on time. Nevertheless, I was watching the road. I saw the top of a green truck roll by and assumed it was one of the campers that had taken up living at the other end of the campground. Then I heard the beep, beep, beep of a backup buzzer; that could only mean one thing. Yep, as I rounded the corner to watch the proceedings, the stocking truck from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources was backing up to the river. Coffee Pot and I struck up a conversation with the driver/stocker as he prepared the truck and found him to be a likeable guy that had been with the hatchery for 41 years. He was eager and pleased to share any and all knowledge he had about trout with us. The first move was to open a couple

of the drain lines on the back of the truck and soak the river bank. The next move was to scoop a net full of trout out of the holding tank and let them slide down the wet, slick bank into the river. The fish just kept coming and some of them were monsters, by trout standards. I’m talking 2 to 3 pounds and up; that’s huge around here. Our new friend wished us good fishing and drove back up the hill. It took about two hours for the fish to start biting, but when they did, they absolutely bit on every cast. We were catching and releasing one trout after the other and having a ball doing it! I heaved my Rooster Tail into a slower pocket behind a rock and began to reel in the lure when it got hammered by what felt like a whale! The fight was one of epic proportions and was up in the air for the longest time, but I finally slipped the net under one of the larger fish, a brook trout in the 3-pound range. That one went on the stringer. Coffee Pot followed that one about five minutes later with an even bigger fish, which also went of the string. These two would be supper on Thursday night. A.D. arrived around 6 p.m. We ate burgers off of the grill, had a great campfire and turned in for the night. The next morning caught us back in the river where we added two more big fish to the count for Thursday supper. After that, everything was catch and release. We feel like between us we probably caught and release some 200 to 250 trout in a three-day period and caught them on everything, including a dry fly. We kept four fish for supper. I’ll tell you now it was the best trip that I have had in 20 years, not just fishing-wise, but serenity-wise. I was totally relaxed when I left. Hitting a cell signal ruined all that about 20 minutes later. Oh well. We’ll head back in mid-October to pick up where we left off.

USC duo shakes home-lake angling jinx with national title BY PHILLIP GENTRY The Greenville News Until 2014, the idea of home lake advantage meant the kiss of death for highprofile local bass fishing contestants. Local anglers who knew the lake like the back of their hands suddenly developed amnesia, had a run of bad luck or simply couldn’t cut the mustard when a bigname tournament was held in their own back yard. That may apply outside

the state of South Carolina, but last summer FLW pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity disproved that theory while winning the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray. In February, BASS Elite angler Casey Ashley of Donalds ran the tables on the field at Lake Hartwell in the 2015 Bassmaster Classic. Last Saturday, two anglers from University of South Carolina, Patrick Walters and Gettys Brannon, again disproved the curse of home lake

advantage by winning the FLW College Fishing National Championship on Lake Murray. The Gamecocks combined three days of limit catches to amass a tournament-winning weight of 53 pounds, 2 ounces. The pair even had the fortunate luck to garner the win at the weigh-in at the Carolina Baseball Stadium in downtown Columbia before a home crowd that nearly brought down the house when it was revealed that

Walters and Brannon edged two-day tournament leaders Travis Rulle and Caleb Eppler of Liberty University. “It was the Palmetto State Trifecta,” Brannon said. “Gagliardi even sent us a text before the weigh-in asking that we not cut the margin as close as he did.” Consistency is always the key to winning three-day tournaments, and it was USC’s edge when Liberty came up one fish short of a five-fish limit on the final day. The Gamecocks won by

1 pound, 5 ounces. Their prize package included a Ranger Z117 with 90-horsepower outboard. Like most of the 45 teams that competed, USC concentrated on fishing points and shallow water docks, areas where the lake’s blueback herring were spawning and drawing in largemouth bass in droves. “The key was knowing when the fishing in a particular spot had cut off, then moving on to the next area,” Brannon said.

or so even more fish will be on brush and around bridges. Lake Murray Striped bass: Good. Lake World reports that striped bass fishing is wide open right now. Fish seem to be fatter this year with the proliferation of bait in the lake. Fish can be found all over the lake from the splits of the rivers to the dam, and this is the magical time of year when anglers can catch striper by about any technique they want to use. Cut bait fishing, targeting schooling fish, trolling bucktails, slowly free-lines, and more will catch fish from the surface to 30 feet, with the bigger fish usually hanging closer to the banks. About the only technique that is under-represented is down-line fishing, but that will come on soon as water temperatures heat up. Lake Monticello Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that, overall, the bite for both big fish and numbers of fish has been pretty good. The most productive pattern has been anchoring on humps and points that allow anglers to fan cast baits from 10 to 40 feet of water. Cut herring, shad and white perch cut into small pieces about the size of a mussel are the best baits. Lake Greenwood Largemouth Bass: Good to very good. Veteran tournament angler Stan Gunter reports that, while the overall size of the spawning fish may be smaller than two weeks ago, a number of good fish are still on the beds. In contrast to a couple of weeks ago more fish are now

post-spawn than pre-spawn, but there are still some fish that have yet to begin spawning activity. Across the whole lake fish can be found shallow in and around spawning pockets, and Senkos and floating worms continue to be good baits. There is also a topwater bite coming on with Pop-Rs catching a lot of fish. Lake Russell Bass: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that the largemouth and spotted bass seem to be in different stages right now, with the largemouth seemingly concentrated on spawning activity. Meanwhile, the spotted bass are feeding around the banks and points, perhaps filling up again after their spawn. Lots of spotted bass can be caught fishing scrounger heads with flukes around shallow, sloping banks with any type of cover. The herring spawn is also underway and big spotted bass can be caught fishing off points. Try throwing a blade runner-type bait with a fluke, and don’t overlook winding it through the tops of trees. The herring spawn bite should get better and better as largemouth join the spots and surface activity gets hotter. Lake Thurmond Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good to very good. Captain William Sasser reports that striper are also starting to key on the spawning blueback herring, although he has found the best bite in the lower 1/3 of the lake near the dam. Free-lining with live herring and casting lures into 3-4 feet of water has been the best way to catch these fish.

Lake Wylie Largemouth Bass: Good to very good. FLW Professional and Guide Matt Arey reports that fish remain in spawning mode, although the spawn is starting to taper off and more and more fish are post-spawn. Besides looking for bedding fish and targeting them with compact baits, one productive pattern is to fish topwater lures, swim jigs, wackyrigged worms and swimbaits for fry guarders. Overall the bite is good and the health of the bass populations seems to be very good, as seen in recent tournament results. The shad spawn will start soon and open up another strong bite on Lake Wylie. Lake Hartwell Striped and Hybrid Bass: Very good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that striped bass can be caught with about any shallow technique right now. The herring spawn is on the verge of really getting underway and striper will be feeding on the shallow herring for the next few weeks. Captain Bill’s boat has been concentrating on free-lining with live herring as well as pulling up on points and casting out live baits on the bottom, and they are also catching a few fish on shallow down lines fished 25 feet deep and less. Fish are scattered all over the lake from the rivers to the dam. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Good. Guide Brad Fowler reports that there are still pre-spawn fish on Keowee but they are thinning out, and right now the majority of Lake Keowee bass are spawning or post-spawn. Spawning fish

can be found in normal spawning pockets, but spotted bass will also spawn on points, secondary points, and generally deeper than bass fishermen are used to considering during the spawn. Fishing soft plastics in these areas will catch fish. Post-spawn fish can be caught on swimbaits, flukes and topwater lures. As always on Lake Keowee, different areas of the lake warm at different rates and so anglers should be cognizant of water temperatures when deciding how to fish. Finally, there is almost always a deeper population of fish on Lake Keowee, and right now these fish are in 20-30 feet and susceptible (as usual) to a shakey head worm or drop shot rig. Lake Jocassee Bass: Good. Jocassee Outdoor Center reports that bass fishing is as good as it gets on Lake Jocassee. About 80% of the bass are pre-spawn or just getting ready to get on the beds, with largemouth running a tad behind the spotted bass and smallmouth. Fish will be around most any type of cover, particularly where there is a creek flowing into the lake. Sand flats are a magnet for spawning fish, and fish are also holding around downed trees and on the backside of boulders. Bass will take crawdad-imitating jigs as well as anything that imitates a minnow jerkbaits, swimbaits, flukes, etc. Most soft plastics will also catch fish, and overall the evenings have provided the strongest bite. The store strongly encourages anglers to practice catch and release during the spawning period.

FISHING REPORT Santee Cooper System Bream: Good. Captain Steve English reports that last week shellcracker came up shallow looking for beds, and each day his boat caught limits of them up to a pound and a half. As water temperatures warm up again they will move shallow again, and the best bet is to look for fish around shallow cover in 1 ½ - 4 feet of water. They won’t always be looking for sand and sometimes the fish will be spawning in the middle of lily pads or other cover. Bluegills are in the shallow brushpiles waiting for the next full moon to move up and spawn. Striped bass: Good. Captain Jim Glenn reports that the spawn is underway and striper fishing is good in the river, on the flats and on the upper end of Lake Marion out of Pack’s Landing. This area should continue to produce through May, with cut and live bait both working.Freshwater Report Lake Wateree Crappie: Fair to good. Veteran tournament angler Will Hinson reports that the crappie bite has slowed down on Lake Wateree as by and large the spawn has already taken place although there are still some smaller male and female fish spawning. While the biggest females are laying on the bottom recuperating, there are still a lot of good males up shallow. Right now fish can still be caught long-line trolling in the backs, and other fish have also moved onto brush in 13-15 feet of water. Water temperatures have jumped fast and so fish are quickly transitioning between patterns, and in another week

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act on instinct and apologize later. I can hardly stand it. He’s so funny I By Candace Havens FYI Television That’s all Beverly does. She reacts and forget my lines when it’s time to go. then apologizes. Then he gets irritated because he’s In case you’ve forgotten, Mother’s “In one of my favorite episodes, a professional. I miss him when he’s Day is Sunday, May 10. Consider my character is really going through not there. that a public service announcement. don-Covey’s real-life attitude toward her castmates. “I’m By Candace Havens it with her youngest son (Adam),” Moms come in all shapes, sizes and protective of the kids“When on theJeff set,and ” sheI work says. together, “And yet, I FYI Television continues McLendon-Covey. “He’sI don’t think we’reI’mlike the two kidsininreal the life. colors, but they usually just want the hold back. weird withbad them heris last hope. 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There isn’t a piece of her wardrobe from “The Goldbergs” (Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. on ABC) that Wendi McLendon-Covey wants to keep.

Some of Bev may be rubbing off a little on McLen-

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