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Dog attack survivor still faces medical costs, surgery BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com It has been a year since Judy Fennell was attacked by two pit bulls. The memory still is fresh in her mind, however. “I feel lucky to be alive,” she said. Fennell, 69, remembers getting out of her car in her yard outside of Manning on April 1, 2014, and then several pit bulls running up and knocking her down. She tried her best to fight the dogs off, but they were persistent attacking her arms and legs. “They were tearing me to pieces,” she said. Fennell managed to keep the dogs from attacking her face, but her arms and legs suffered as a result as the dogs ripped her flesh, she said.
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BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com A group of men have been dangling off the water tower near Sumter High School for more than two weeks in an unique and profitable job opportunities most people don’t want: painting the outside of a 127-foot circular structure that’s literally throwing curves at you every step. Not one of the workers on Tuesday said he ever wanted to paint water towers for a living. But, like foreman Antonio Morgan, who decided not to brush off the opportunity eight years ago, they have begun to paint a niche market that doesn’t have a lot of competition. The crew from Municipal Tank Coating and Sandblasting Inc. from Rockingham, North Carolina, travels around the county cleaning, painting the outsides and cleaning the insides of water tanks. They also do repairs while preparing the tanks for a fresh coat of paint. And, if you miss them today, you may not see them again for 15 years — unless they paint a PHOTOS BY RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM different tower in town. That’s Men with Municipal Tank Coating and Sandblasting Inc. paint because that’s how long this the water tower near Sumter High School on Saturday. How do $100,000 paint job lasts. you paint a water tower? Just like you do your home, with a Al Harris, assistant city ladder, paint rollers, and, in this case, a few climbing ropes manager of public services, threaded through the ladders. said there are eight elevated
Charles Morgan maneuvers down the base of the water tower using a “bird cage” with safety ropes. water towers in the city’s system with each tower holding 500,000 gallons of water. He said the new paints and finishing coats should extend the time to repaint a tower, but environmental variables — such as dust, wind, rain, hail and mildew — can extend or shorten the time frame. Morgan said when the team arrives, it rigs the tower with a series of ropes, ladders and bird cages — contraptions with wooden seats that allow them to sit rather than stand on what for lesser men might be wobbly legs. None of the workers had previous rock-climbing or
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Annual Commander’s Breakfast highlights community relationship BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Members of the Sumter area business community heard Shaw Air Force Base commander Col. Stephen Jost give a report on recent activities at the base at the annual Greater Sumter of Commerce Commander’s Breakfast at the Carolina Skies Club on Wednesday morning. Eddie Wilder, owner of ERZ Wilder Realty, an event sponsor, opened the meeting by expressing his thanks to chamber CEO and President Grier Blackwelder, who will be retiring this summer. “During our 10 years in Sumter, Blackwelder has been an amazing part for us,” Wilder said. He also expressed his appreciation to the service members present. “Thank you for what you do every day so my family can enjoy the freedoms that we have,” he said. “While you are here we build spiritual bonds
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said. “It is not Sleepy Hollow. We have a very serious mission, and we take it very seriously.” He said the 77th Fighter Squadron had recently returned from a sixmonth deployment overseas. “They had a tough mission and they did it very well,” he said. Other units have participated in two “Red Flag” exercises out of Dulles AFB, he said. “That is the most realistic training you can get other than being shot at,” he said. Other missions have included a mishap response exercise with local responders and the 55th squadron participating in a close air support exercise at Barksdale AFB and two Phase I exercises. “The Phase I exercises are meant to test our readiness to deploy in 24 hours,” Jost said. The commander said the number of
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1 arrested during manhunt after shooting BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com One man was arrested after leading law enforcement on an hours-long manhunt after a shooting on Tuesday afternoon left another man with a serious chest injury in Lee County. According to reports, Lee County Sheriff ’s Office received a call that shots had
been fired in the 400 block of Raccoon Road in Bishopville about 12:47 p.m. Chief Deputy Timothy Clavon said a short time later, law enforcement responded to a call reporting that a black male with a gunshot wound to the chest had been dropped off at the intersection of St. Charles and Manville-Wisacky roads off U.S. 15.
Edward Verrell Johnson, 24, was transported by helicopter to Palmetto Health, where he is in stable condition and expected to survive his injuries. Clavon said witnesses said the victim and the suspect, 22-year-old Androwdo Deangelo Pearson, had a physical altercation before the shooting. He said the altercation was a result of ongoing ten-
sions between the two men. Clavon said after investigators spoke with witnesses, the sheriff ’s office began searching locations where Pearson could have been hiding. He said Pearson fled to a wooded area after he was spotted in the 200 block of H&H Road. After an hours-long search, with the assistance of a South Carolina Law En-
forcement Division observation helicopter and the Kershaw County dog tracking team, Pearson was found hiding behind a mobile home off Red Hill Road shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday and was arrested without incident. Pearson has been charged with attempted murder and is being held at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
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Iris Festival pageant set for May 16 at high school The 18th annual Iris Festival Pageant will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16 in the Sumter High School auditorium. Iris queens, overall winners and Miss Swan Lake winners ride on the Iris Parade float during the Iris Festival and make appearances at the Memorial Day weekend festival. Two overall winners each receive a $100 cash scholarship, crowns, flowers and gifts. The public is invited to attend the pageant. General admission is $5, with the contestants’ mothers and those five and under admitted free. Applications for competitors, due Monday, May 11, and more information can be obtained at the website www.irisfestival.org.
Senate makes little progress on budget talks COLUMBIA — With debate stuck on the best way to spend an expected revenue increase, senators have made little progress on South Carolina’s $7 billion spending plan. Many senators were optimistic after the Senate adjourned Wednesday that the budget would be finalized in just one more day. But Sen. Lee Bright said he plans to filibuster unless lawmakers agree to spend all the hundreds of millions of expected extra dollars on roads.
Committee agrees on bill firing S.C. State trustees COLUMBIA — A committee of House and Senate members agreed Wednesday to a compromise on a bill firing all trustees of financially troubled South Carolina State University and replacing them with a fix-it board. The sticking point between the chambers’ versions had been who gets to appoint the board that will oversee the state’s only public historically black college until summer 2018. That difference had stalled progress for weeks on legislation that all sides called essential to South Carolina State’s continued existence.
BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Twenty-three firefighters from three Sumter stations responded to an apartment fire in the 200 block of Church Street about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The call came in about 2:40 p.m., and heavy smoke and flames could be seen from outside the apartment when firefighters arrived. Sumter Fire Department Battalion Chief Joey Duggan said the fire was contained to one apartment which is attached to five other units. He said there were at least eight people in the apartment at the time of the fire, and they all self-evacuated once the blaze got out of control. Duggan said no one was injured in the fire, and American Red Cross was on scene to respond to the displaced occupants. He said someone from the apartment where the fire originated alerted the fire department to the flames. According to reports, the fire was controlled about 2:55 p.m. Duggan said the structure sustained an estimated $75,000 in damage while about $175,000 in structure was saved, and the occupants lost about $3,000 in contents. He said according to a preliminary investigation, the fire started after a pot was left unattended on the stove. Duggan said people need to always pay attention when cooking in the kitchen. He said leaving the stove and oven unattended could result in a terriRICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM ble incident, one much worse Firefighters quickly attack a fire in the 200 block of Church Street on Wednesday afternoon. than Wednesday’s fire.
Sheriff ’s office seeks info on robbery suspects FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is seeking any information leading to the identification of two suspects thought to be responsible for an armed robbery at a motel Wednesday morning. A man staying at a motel in the 4200 block of Broad Street told investigators he was approached by two men who ordered him back into his room about 5:45 a.m. Wednesday. The man
said one of the suspects was armed with a small automatic firearm. Once inside the room, the suspects struck him in the back of the head with the firearm after ordering the victim to get on his knees. The suspects robbed his room after the reported attack. The armed suspect was described as a black male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 160 pounds with a short haircut and goatee. He was last seen wearing a light-colored jer-
sey and baggy shorts. The other suspect was described simply as a black male wearing dark clothing. Investigators think these same individuals could also be responsible for similar armed robberies that recently took place at other motels. Anyone with any information about these armed robberies is asked to contact either sheriff’s office at (803) 4362000 or Crime Stoppers at (803) 4362718.
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Help your mail carrier ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Letter carriers in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties invite their customers to help Stamp Out Hunger without even leaving home. The annual National Association of Letter Carriers food drive, now in its 23rd year, is the largest, singleday food drive in the country — and the easiest in which to participate. Sumter letter carrier Crystal Prater of Branch 904, who is heading up the drive, said postal customers should have found a bag in their mailboxes this week; their letter carriers request that all those wishing to help the hungry in the three counties place nonperishable food items in the bags and leave them by their mailboxes on Saturday. Those who did not find a bag can simply use any plastic or paper grocery bag, she said. “All the letter carriers — city, rural, highway — have agreed to participate,” Prater said. “We’ll pick up the bags and bring them to the main post office, where the food will be placed in crates and weighed. “It will then be placed in a tractor-trailer and taken to Sumter United Ministries, who will handle the
POLICE BLOTTER CHARGE Kevin Kellenbenz, 42, of 30 Amanda Circle, was arrested Tuesday and charged with stalking after a warrant alleged he repeatedly texted a woman and one day followed her to a local restaurant and tried to grab hold of her between April 2 and April 30. STOLEN PROPERTY A weed trimmer valued at $88; a gas leaf blower valued at $98; and a gas chainsaw valued at $167 were reported stolen from a store in the 1000 block of Broad Street after the apparent theft was recorded on the store’s surveillance system about 7:15 p.m. Monday. A black Honda moped was reported stolen from an apartment parking lot in the 800 block of Coachman Drive on Monday. A residence on Maxwell Avenue sustained an estimated $100 in damage in an alleged burglary during which about $1,000 of furniture and other items were reported stolen on April 20. An Xbox One and remote valued at $399; a 32-inch Seiki flat-screen TV valued at $249; a Vizio flat-screen TV valued at $750; and an iMac computer valued at $150 were reported stolen from a residence in the 700 block of North Main Street on Monday. A black iPod valued at $350; a black car adaptor valued at $40; and a black in-case phone charger valued at $20 were reported stolen from a white 2015 Volkswagen Golf on Tuesday while the vehicle was parked in the 1600 block of Ruger Drive. A silver four-door 2015 Nissan valued at $17,000 was reported stolen from a gas station in the 400 block of Broad Street at about 8:55 p.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle owner said he left the keys in the driver’s seat when he entered the store and was unable to provide the license plate I.D. DAMAGED PROPERTY A store in the 1000 block of McCrays Mill Road sustained an estimated $1,000 in damage during an alleged attempted break-in on Saturday. The front and back doors of the building were damaged but not opened, and nothing was taken though several cable and phone lines leading to the building were cut.
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distribution.” Postal customers can also take bags of food to the post office on Main Street today through Saturday. Every part of the Stamp Out Hunger drive is accomplished by volunteers, so every bit of the food collected goes to those most in need in the three counties without any administrative costs, Prater said. She said food donated should be nonperishable, nutritious and not packed in glass containers for the letter carriers’ safety. Also not acceptable are carbonated beverages, alcohol, homemade or used items, frozen foods, unlabeled or damaged cans and packages and food past the expiration date. Suggested donations include protein-rich foods such as peanut butter, tuna, canned meats and soups, dried or canned beans, boxed or canned
meals, pasta, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, cooking oil and boxed cooking mixes. Pet foods are also acceptable. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the association, about 49 million people, including millions of children and elderly, are affected by hunger, as are one in four households with a member in the military. While donations to local food banks spike during the winter, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas, their shelves are often close to bare in the spring and summer. Stamp Out Hunger serves the hungry during this crucial period when children are out of school and their nutritional needs are often adversely affected. For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger effort in your community, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office or visit www. helpstampouthunger.com or www.facebook.com/StampOutHunger/.
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Jim Barnard, a member of Rotary Club of Sumter Palmetto, carries a bag of Vidalia onions to a customer during the Rotary’s annual sale on Wednesday. The group will be selling 10-pound bags for $10 and 25pound bags for $22; the sale will continue until Friday or until all the onions are sold. Sale hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the tent on Wesmark Boulevard.
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he boy stood, arms crossed, as a couple of his peers circled him like sharks before the frenzy. Sensing an inevitable scuffle, my husband quickly crossed the room to diffuse it. Having worked in children’s ministry for years, he has learned to sniff out a fight before it starts. The stoic victim was wearing one of those athletic performance shirts which only added to the air of toughness he was trying to cultivate. The surrounding mob had begun to poke him. He stood silently as the group continued to prod him in the arms and chest. My husband was only a few steps away when the boy finally spoke. “Nope, not there or there,” he said, proudly. “Only my mommy knows where I’m ticklish.” If you had a mother as good as mine, then you know that moms really do know their offspring’s vulnerabilities. It comes as the result of years of building an intimate love between herself and her child. She knows what makes you laugh. She knows what buttons to push. We might be able to hide those vulnerable spots to almost everybody, but not Mama. Even when we try to act
tough, she knows what affects you most and will try to fix it. Because of this devotion, mothers can boast a level of knowledge that borpre-cognition. Faith Matters ders That’s why we can JAMIE H. catch the bowl of WILSON spaghetti before it is thrown. We can fix most problems — a skinned knee or a botched science project — but there are complicated areas where a mother knows she must employ the most powerful weapon in her arsenal: prayer. Because when Mama can’t fix it, God can. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the National Day of Prayer and Mother’s Day fall so closely together because few believers are as consistent in their prayer lives as a mother is for her children. There is nothing they won’t pray about and no time they won’t pray about it. Maybe it’s a Southern cliché to have a praying mother among your assets, but it’s certainly a necessary one. Even when her young children
CHURCH NEWS ALIVE Praise & Worship Center, 342 W. Liberty St., announces: * Friday-Saturday, May 15-16 — Women’s conference “Impacting Lives Mentally, Physically and Spiritually” at 7 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday. Minister Roneika China-Jeanette will speak on Friday and Pastor Marcella Booker will speak on Saturday. Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day / Women’s Day observance at 10 a.m. Julia Evans Wells will speak. * Sunday, May 17 — Student recognition and achievement at 10 a.m. * Sunday, May 31 — WMS / YPD children’s contest / fashion extravaganza immediately following morning worship. Bethel AME Church, 2600 S.C. 261, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday — Janie Williams Women’s Missionary Society 12th annual prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. Theme: “Team work ... together we achieve the extraordinary!” Roxanne M. Postell will speak. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday-Wednesday, May 17-20 — Revival services at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday and 7 nightly MondayWednesday. Evangelist Patricia Sumter and Pastor Jerome Sumter will speak. Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Saturday, May 16 — Calendar tea at 5 p.m. Pastor Joe Gamble will speak. Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St., announces: * Thursday-Sunday, May 21-24 — Women of Faith 2015 women’s conference at 7:30 nightly ThursdayFriday, 9 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. Various speakers. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces:
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* Sunday-Friday, June 21-26 — Vacation Bible School will be held from 6 to 8 nightly. Free dinner will be served each evening at 5:30. For 4K through 6th grade. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day celebration and holy communion worship. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship. * Sunday, May 17 — Women’s Day worship. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship. Loretta Cooper will speak. First Assembly of God, 3574 S.C. 260 South, Manning, announces: * Saturday, May 23 — Yard / bake sale beginning at 7 a.m. Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day service at 11:15 a.m. * Sunday, May 17 — Usher’s anniversary program at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Lucious Dixon will speak. Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Saturday, May 16 — The Risen Kings of Judah men’s fellowship 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with Pastor Billy Smith — Radio Angels. Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday, May 17 — 152nd church anniversary celebration. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. Have Faith LLC, 5383 Sumter Highway, P.O. Box 337, Alcolu, announces: * Today-Friday — Gospel music concert at 7 p.m. at Embassy Suites, North Charleston. On the program: Marvin Sapp; Joshua Rogers; Craig Lewis Band; and more. Heart of Christ Family Fellowship, 770 E. Liberty St., announces: * Friday — Christian lounge “Gos-
have pushed her past the point of sanity, and she has retreated to the seclusion of her closet so she can eat a bowl of Cheerios in peace (why yes, I do speak from experience), still she prays. It’s been since I’ve become a mother that I’ve finally understand the importance of prayer and truly took hold of what 1 Thessalonians 5:17 meant when it commanded believers to “pray without ceasing.” I pray constantly for the welfare, edification and safety of my children. I pray they become contributing members of society but also that they don’t choke on their food. I pray they don’t fall into the pit of addiction and that they inherit their father’s compulsion toward grace. If you have a mother who has prayed over every inch of your life, let her know how grateful you are for her. Don’t wait until Sunday: Do it now and at regular intervals throughout the year. Chances are that your gratefulness of all her hard work up until this point will be an answer to her prayers. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.
Rowan leaders must stop Christian prayers WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s Rowan County commissioners must stop opening their meetings with prayers that almost always referred to Christianity. U.S. District Judge James Beaty Jr. ruled Monday that the way the commissioners opened meetings with prayers violated separation of church and state. Rowan County commissioners themselves delivered prayers before their meetings. Judge Beaty said the commissioners stood, almost always bowed their heads and asked audience members to also stand and join them in prayers that normally included references to Jesus, the Savior and other tenets of the Christian faith. Beaty said that distinguished the case from a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding prayers before public meetings as long as officials make a good-faith effort at inclusion.
pel music and more” at 7:30 p.m. On the program: La Nola Goings; Chad Chambers; Comedian Demoine Kinney and Mz. Chozen.
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* Sunday, May 17 — Family and friends day program at 3:30 p.m. Bishop Odell Sims will speak.
High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces:
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces:
* Sunday, May 17 — Vision and Seed (building fund) worship service at 4 p.m. The Rev. Marie Sanders will speak.
* Thursday-Saturday, May 28-30 — Youth Explosion Revival at 6:30 nightly. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day observance during 10:15 a.m. * Sunday, May 17 — Celebration for the 147th church anniversary beginning with 9 a.m. Sunday school. The Rev. Richard Addison will speak. Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day celebration. * Sunday, May 31 — Youth service. * Sunday, June 7 — Usher’s anniversary program during morning worship. * Monday-Friday, June 8-12 — Vacation Bible School 6-8 nightly. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. Regenia Owens will speak. Knitting Hearts is a community-wide, multidenominational women’s ministry. www.knittingheartsministry.org Love Covenant Church, 245 Oswego Road, announces: * Monday-Friday, May 15 — Accepting donations from 4 to 7 p.m. daily for a “bless the community” giveaway event. Requested items include: appliances; summer clothes (infant, children, women and men); shoes; cookware; furniture; electronics; toys; books; games; and miscellaneous items. Clothes should be clean, on hangers or boxed by size. Drop off at the child development center. * Saturday, May 16 — Bless the Community giveaway event 9 a.m.noon. Call Lucille Sermons at (803) 775-7602. Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, an-
* Saturday — Alzheimer’s workshop presented by Dr. Deborah L. Wheeler 10 a.m.-noon. Mother’s Day dinner at 1 p.m. * Sunday — Mother’s Day program with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and devotional service at 10:30 a.m. * Sunday, May 17 — YWA program with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and devotional service at 10:30 a.m. * Friday, May 22 — Adult choir anniversary program at 7 p.m. * Sunday, May 31 — Youth Day service. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, May 17 — YWA Ministry anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. Evangelist Savitrus McFadden will speak. * Saturday, May 23 — Family and friends weekend as follows: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, fun and games for the whole family, stewardship workshop by the pastor and cookout on the church grounds; and 10:45 a.m. Sunday, worship celebration. * Sunday, May 31 — Youth worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. Minister Cedric Anderson will speak. Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday, May 17 — YWA anniversary program at 10:45 a.m. New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday — Free clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free snacks will also be given away. New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., announces:
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Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine Grove Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Mother’s Day worship at 11 a.m. The Rev. Sharon Boyd will speak. Donations are being collected for SisterCare and everyone is asked to bring an item to donate. Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Wednesday-Friday, May 13-15 — Revival services beginning with devotion at 6:45 nightly. Speakers vary. Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach, meets at Econo Lodge, Iris Room, 226 N. Washington St., announces: * Sunday, June 14 — Celebration for second church anniversary at 5 p.m. The Rev. Frank Williams Jr. will speak. St. Mark United Methodist Church, 1093 Oswego Highway, announces: * Wednesday, May 13 — Revival at 7 p.m. The Rev. Doris Bright will speak. * Saturday, May 16 — Family and friends homecoming carnival 10 a.m.-2 p.m. * Sunday, May 17 — Family and friends homecoming closing worship celebration at 10:30 a.m. Supernatural Miracle Ministry announces: * Friday — One night true encounter with God with a prophetic move at 7 p.m. at New Beginning Banquet Hall, 1335 Peach Orchard Road. Prophet Anterral Taylor and Prophetess Stephanie Mathis will speak. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, May 17 — 100 Men in Black program at 4 p.m.
* Saturday, May 16 — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring Holy City Gospel Singers.
* Sunday-Thursday, May 24-28 — Revival service at 10 a.m. Sunday and 7 nightly Monday-Thursday. Dr. James S. Hall will speak.
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Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces:
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* Sunday, May 17 — Family and friends day celebration at 11 a.m. Pastor Bobby G. Damon will speak.
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Gunman’s hashtag hinted at Texas plot PHOENIX (AP) — About 20 minutes before the shooting at a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of the Prophet Muhammad, a final tweet posted on an account linked to one of the gunmen said: “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” or holy warriors. Among the hashtags used by the account was “#texasattack.” Federal authorities confirmed the Twitter account belonged to 31-yearold Elton Simpson, a Phoenix man who, along with another gunman, opened fire Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Garland, said Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The Texas congressman was briefed on the investigation by federal law enforcement officials. McCaul said the Twitter account linked to Simpson included images of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born radical cleric killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen. But the congressman stopped short of saying law enforcement had missed a red flag. “Was he on the radar? Sure he was,” McCaul said from Turkey, where he was leading a congressional delegation. “The FBI has got a pretty good program to monitor public social media.” The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint intelligence bulletin to local law enforcement on April 20 warning that the
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Joseph Offutt, left, and Raheem Peters hold a sign and a U.S. flag across the street from Curtis Culwell Center on Tuesday in Garland, Texas. Elton Simpson, 31, was one of two suspects killed in the Sunday shooting at this location that hosted a cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Garland event was a possible target for a terrorist attack, according to a DHS official who was not authorized to be quoted discussing the document. Social media accounts linked to “violent extremists” had been focusing on the contest, the bulletin said. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any physical depiction of the
Prophet Muhammad — even a respectful one — is considered blasphemous. And a federal law enforcement official said authorities had an open investigation into Simpson at the time of the shooting. The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name and spoke on con-
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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org
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ave you ever thought of your child’s young soul as the most fertile soil? Luke 8:11 says, “The seed is the Word of God.” A mother has the rewarding opportunity to plant the seed of God’s Word in her children’s hearts and minds. She can show her children how to pray and read to them Bible stories about God’s love. A mother also has the opportunity to attend regular worship with her children so that seed will continue to grow as they grow. Worship with your family this Mother’s Day.
Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter 213 N. Main Street 803-773-3823 The Rev. Marcus Adam Kaiser Sunday Services 8:30 am (Rite 1) & 11:00 am (Rite ll) in the Sanctuary Sunday School for All Ages at 10 am Nursery Available 10 am to 12:30 pm www.holycomforter.net Photo Credit Istockphoto.com/anatois
Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass
Assembly of God First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am
Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm
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Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am
Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm
Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 803-499-1838 Pastor Jonathan Bradshaw Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm
The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass
The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)
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Interdenominational City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com
Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm
St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm
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dition of anonymity. It’s unclear why Simpson and his roommate, Nadir Soofi, were not stopped. A security guard was wounded in the leg before the gunmen were killed at the scene. The law enforcement official said investigators will be studying the contacts the men had before the shooting, both with associates in the U.S. and abroad, to determine any additional terror-related ties. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the shooting, but counterterrorism experts said IS has a history of asserting involvement in attacks in which it had no operational role. That suggests the two gunmen could have carried out their own lone wolfstyle strike. The evidence does not indicate the attack was directed by the Islamic State group, “but rather inspired by them,” McCaul said. “This is the textbook case of what we’re most concerned about.” The postings on the Twitter account linked to Simpson contrast sharply with the impression the jovial man and his quiet, 34-year-old roommate gave to neighbors and the leader of the mosque, which they attended in Phoenix up until recently. The families of both men say they were shocked by what happened and never saw any signs that either of them was capable of such violence.
Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Worship 8:45 am Traditional Worship 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am trinityumcsumter.org
Non-Denominational Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall)
Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm
Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm
First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm
Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm
Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m. Hospitality/Fellowship 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
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Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Yard Sale May 9th
Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm
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Baltimore mayor seeks federal civil-rights probe of police BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s mayor was emphatic last week: She did not want federal oversight of her police department. “Nobody wants the Department of Justice to come in here and take over our city,” Stephanie Rawlings-Blake declared as the National Guard enforced a 10 p.m. curfew. But it was hard to find any opposition Wednesday after she softened her tone and asked the U.S. Justice Department to launch a broad civil rights investigation that could eventually force the city to make changes under the oversight of an outside monitor. The Democratic mayor now says she’ll accept outside intervention to rebuild public trust in a city torn by riots over the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody. “I am determined not to allow a small handful of bad actors to tarnish the reputation of the overwhelming majority of police officers who are acting with honor and distinction,” she wrote in a letter to the new U.S. attorney general, Loretta Lynch. The mayor’s announcement came the day after her closeddoor meeting at City Hall with Lynch, who pledged to improve the police department and told faith and community leaders that “we’re here to hold your hands and provide support.” Lynch has received the mayor’s request and is considering it, Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said Wednesday. “I think that’s probably a step in the right direction,” Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said. The city’s police union and City Council president also welcomed the development. A key figure who didn’t immediately respond was Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, brought in from Oakland, California, by the mayor 2 1/2 years ago to reform the department. The mayor’s request could
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch meets with Baltimore police officers during a visit to the Central District of Baltimore Police Department on Tuesday in Baltimore. The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating Freddie Gray’s death for potential civil rights violations. put Batts’ leadership under a microscope. A police spokesman had no immediate response to requests for the commissioner’s reaction. An email and a text message were not immediately returned. Baltimore suffered days of unrest after Gray died April 19 after a week in a coma following his arrest. Protesters threw bottles and bricks at police the night of his funeral on April 27, injuring nearly 100 officers. More than 200 people were arrested as cars and businesses burned. Baltimore has already been participating in a voluntary Justice Department review, requested by Rawlings-Blake and Batts last fall. It would enable police to implement reforms without a court order or independent monitor. But City Council President Jack Young said he’s been warning since October that police won’t change unless they’re forced to. “The police commissioner could have said, ‘Well, now, I don’t want to do that,’ and he didn’t have to do it,” Young said. “In my opinion, it was a
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insist they did nothing wrong. At least 20 police departments have been investigated this way for a variety of suspected systemic misconduct in the past five years, more than twice the number of cases opened in the previous five years, the Justice Department said when it opened the Ferguson inquiry. Baltimore police union president Gene Ryan said the union also has “issues with many of the current policies and procedures of the department,” and pledged to cooperate with any investigation that could lead to
improvement in the department and officers’ morale. City Council Member Brandon Scott also welcomed the federal involvement. “Like they have in most places, they’re going to find some things we’re doing well, they’re going to find some things we’re doing not so well, and they’re going to have to be stern and hard on our city to correct those,” Scott said. Stephen Rushin, a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Illinois who is working on a book about police reform, said RawlingsBlake’s announcement shows she’s serious about fixing the department. He said mayors don’t typically request civilrights investigations, but it can be smart to embrace them. “It’s to everyone’s benefit if it comes up as a collaborative, unified effort to make reform,” Rushin said. “If the city feels this is going to happen either way, it’s to their advantage to support it.” The Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, who leads the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Baltimore, said he’s been asking for years for the Justice Department to run the city’s police force from Washington. “If this is just a probe and bring forth recommendations, as they have done in the past, that won’t be helpful,” Witherspoon said. “If they find things that are potentially problematic, I wonder if they will be willing to put the department under receivership and take the reins.”
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Germanwings co-pilot tested descents hours before crash PARIS (AP) — A co-pilot who purposely crashed a Germanwings A320 plane into the French Alps appeared to have rehearsed sending the jet into a deadly descent on another flight just two hours earlier, investigators said Wednesday. Authorities are still puzzled about why Andreas Lubitz, who had suffered from suicidal tendencies and depression in the past, locked the captain out of the cockpit on March 24 and sent Flight 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf straight into a mountain, killing all 150 people on board. The revelation about the earlier flight that day from Duesseldorf to Barcelona appeared to support the theory that the Germanwings crash was not only deliberate, but also premeditated. It came in a 30-page interim report from the French accident investigation agency BEA. The development also raised questions about all flights where Lubitz was in the cockpit, but BEA said that, because of practical considerations, it would not investigate those flights. Lubitz seemed to be toying with the airplane’s settings on the flight into Barcelona, programming it for a sharp descent multiple times in a 4½-minute period while the pilot was out of the cockpit before resetting the conTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS trols, the report said. Unlike the later flight, he Spain’s Queen Letizia comforts families during a memorial service at did not lock the pilot out of the cockpit. Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday for victims of On the flight to Barcelona, the plane’s “sethe Germanwings crash. The plane crash in the French Alps in March lected altitude” changed repeatedly and severkilled 150 people. al times was set as low as 100 feet above sea
level. The report said Lubitz also put the engines on idle, which gives the plane the ability to quickly descend. On the return flight to Germany, Lubitz also set a 100-foot altitude before the plane crashed into the Alps. Aviation experts said it would be highly unusual for a pilot to repeatedly set a plane for such a low altitude for no apparent reason. But the report said Lubitz did so while air traffic controllers were asking him to bring the airplane down gradually from 35,000 feet to 21,000 feet for its descent to Barcelona. A BEA chart showed the plane didn’t actually descend sharply while Lubitz was repeatedly adjusting the settings, so the passengers and crew might not have noticed any change. “The captain didn’t realize at all because the co-pilot’s tests during the outgoing flight took place during a normal, preprogrammed descent, and it never had an impact on the plane’s trajectory,” said Remi Jouty, the director of BEA. Aviation experts said the BEA findings were clearly unusual. Lubitz changed the setting in the “altitude select” window, although the airplane didn’t move in response to the inputs, said aviation safety expert John Cox, president of Safety Operating Systems. “It’s clear that it’s a very unusual act,” Cox said. “I’ve never seen it done, and it is the same methodology he used to fly the airplane into the ground. Was he practicing? I think that certainly is a possibility.”
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Tonia Mallett Smith, center, walks away from the podium after receiving the American Police Hall of Fame and Museum’s Medal of Honor awarded in honor of her husband, Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office investigator Holmes Smith, who was killed in the line of duty in a wreck on Nov. 5. Mallett Smith was presented the honor by sheriff’s office Maj. Kipp Coker, far right, Sheriff’s Assistant Amy Pringle, far left, and sheriff’s office Lt. Donnie Drose, seen at back. Her son, Isaac Smith, is seen on the far left. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LARRY HEWETT OF SILVER IMAGES STUDIO / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM
Cyclists honor deputy killed in line of duty BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com MANNING — The family of the late Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Holmes Smith received the American Police Hall of Fame and Museum’s Medal of Honor on Saturday during a special ceremony held at the Clarendon County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. The medal is presented to families of officers killed in the line of duty and requires an extensive application process, according to sheriff’s office Maj. Kipp Coker. In addition, officers who receive the medal will have their names engraved on the marble walls of the National Police Memorial in Washington, D.C. Holmes’ name will be added to the memorial this month. Holmes, 45, was killed in a car wreck on Nov. 5 on his way back from official police business in Sumter. He served in law enforcement for 19 years in patrol and investigations. The ceremony was part of an event in the city that welcomed riders from the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center cycling team going on a 1,040mile, 11-day journey from Brunswick, Georgia, to Washington, D.C., to honor fallen officers and their families. The 24 riders include active and retired law enforcement officers and survivors of officers killed in the line of duty from 13 states. Each rider is responsible for raising about $1,000 to send the children of fallen officers to an annual summer camp, as well as $500 for expenses such as food, hotels and other amenities. “We always say that ‘we’ll never forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice,’ and we want to make sure that we honor these officers and their families,” said Rich Gallo, FLETC ride director and retired federal agent. The riders average about 105 miles per day, making stops at law enforcement memorials, police departments and sheriff’s offices. The riders were invited to stop in Manning for the third year by Palmetto Patriots, a group of local law enforcement cyclists. The team has been in existence since 2010 and is made up of officers and deputies from various local
agencies and community members. “Every year when the FLETC riders come through the city it is a monumental event for us, but this year it was even more monumental because we had a local deputy who was killed in the line of duty,” said Manning Police Department Lt. Scott Danback, one of the founders of Palmetto Patriots and organizer of the local event. “I worked with Inv. Holmes Smith, and he was a great law enforcement officer and a friend.” The event included honor guards from various state law enforcement agencies and guest speakers from the community. Sheila Floyd, survivor of Walt Floyd, a Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was killed in 2002, gave remarks as well as Mayor Julia A. Nelson, police department Chief Blair Shaffer, Sheriff’s Office investigator Eric Rosdail and others. Taps and a 21-gun salute concluded the ceremony. Danback said he would like to thank all of the businesses, agencies and organizations who made the ceremony possible. “The community always rallies be-
hind the ride, and we certainly appreciate it,” he said. The annual ride raises money for two organizations: Concerns of Police Survivors and Officer Down Memorial Page. COPS provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of lives of surviving families and affected co-workers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. ODMP is a pro-police, nonprofit organization that maintains a website listing of law enforcement and prison officers who have died in the line of duty in the U.S. and across the globe. Palmetto Patriots is part of Law Enforcement United, a national organization that honors the sacrifice of fallen law enforcement officers and works to help the survivors left behind, Danback said. The FLETC Long Riders are continuing on to Chesapeake Bay, where they will join several hundred riders in the 2015 Ride for Hope from Chesapeake Bay to the 9/11 Memorial in Washington, D.C. A Palmetto Patriots member will participate in the 240-mile Ride for Hope.
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Members of Alcolu Preservation Society will host a true “open house” for a project it created to preserve a way of life and remind people of the way living in a mill town was in the 1940s and 1950s. The group relocated and restored a former mill house, donated by Wilma Burke Harper, to 1780 Main St. next to Clarendon Baptist Church. Now the group has set May 16 at 2 p.m. as the official open house for the public. The Alderman family bought land and built a flooring mill in what is now Alcolu in the 1800s. They also ran railroad lines to the village. According to the society, the Aldermans sold the mill and the mill houses, which were built for the mill employees, in 1947 to Southern Coating and
Manning brothers Caleb and Carter Elms have military blood running through their veins. Their grandfather, Leroy Carter, was a Green Beret who served in Vietnam, and their father, John Elms, was in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Carter, an Army Ranger, is serving as a lieutenant in the same company as his father did in the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He recently came back from a six-month tour in Afghanistan, where he was a platoon leader in charge of 36 paratroopers. Carter’s younger brother, Caleb, was recently accepted into the U.S. Air Force Academy as one of fewer than 10 applicants from South Carolina to be selected. Both brothers were group commanders for Manning High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Carter graduated in 2009 from MHS, and Caleb will graduate in June. He has wanted to go to the academy since middle school. “Caleb came to me in the eighth grade and said that he had aspirations of going to the academy and becoming a combat pilot,” said retired Lt. Col. Frank Ladson, program instructor. “He already had the right mindset back then and was willing to work toward his goal.”
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Caleb Elms, left, who was recently accepted into the United States Air Force Academy, is seen with his brother, Carter Elms, an Army Ranger and lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division. Ladson said as a former employee of the Air Force Academy, he could see that Caleb had all the qualifications needed in a potential candidate. “He was exactly the type of candidate that they were looking for, not only an excellent student, but well rounded,” he said. Besides being a straight-A student and in the top 1 percent of his class, Caleb was also captain of the cross country team and was on the tennis team, student council and involved in other organizations. “He’s going to be very successful,” Ladson said. The process was not an easy one with Caleb being among the 1,000 of those accepted to the academy this year out of 13,000 applicants. “It requires a candidate to be driven and on track from day one of their freshman year,” said Ladson. Applicants for the academy typically have to be nominated by a U.S. senator or congressman. Caleb was nomi-
nated for the academy by Congressman James E. Clyburn, a Sumter native. Caleb said he owes a lot of his success to his parents, John Elms and Julie Carter, who pushed him to excel. “It was a very difficult process to be accepted into the academy,” he said. “It took a lot of diligence and work to get to this point. I want to thank my parents for always pushing me to be the best that I can be and my brother for guiding me as well.” Caleb’s ultimate goal is to become a combat pilot in the Air Force.
Chemical and its related business Williams Furniture. Twenty years later, Williams Furniture sold the mill and the houses to Georgia Pacific. At that time, according to the society’s records, GP decided to sell off the houses which were reportedly made of Cyprus tree milled by the Alderman family. GP closed the mill in 2000, and by then, most of the mill houses had been sold and relocated to properties throughout the area. The open house will include arts, crafts and light refreshments. Some of the people who lived in the actual house are expected to attend the event. For more information about the open house or the mill house, contact Janice Richburg at (803) 473-7110 or Jean Hodge at (803) 469-0084.
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Goat Island Boat Club held its 23rd Annual Poker Run on April 18 at John C. Land III Landing in Summerton. Doug Blesie, left, of Summerton, the winner of this year’s poker run, is seen with 2015 boat club President Bob Miller. Blesie took the top $300 prize. Second-place prize of $200 went to Brooke Owens of Florence, and the third-place prize of $100 went to Mark Scott of Manning. The club sponsors several outings per year for members and raises money for S.C. Department of Natural Resources, gives out an annual scholarship to high school seniors or college students and does events to clean up the lake area.
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Father-and-son team Terry Barr, far left, and Cory Barr, far right, won the Santee Cooper Open Team Tournament held at the John C. Land III Landing in Summerton. The Barrs won the grand prize of $5,000, catching five fish totaling 26.49 pounds. In the middle John Belding, second from left, 2015 president of Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce, and Dennis Craven of Santee Automotive, sponsor of the tournament, are seen.
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lets) dishes are distinctly European. The finest veal comes from animals that are only 2 to 3 months old and haven’t been weaned. The meat from milkfed veal is light pink, and the texture is firm but velvety. It is generally available only at restaurants and from specialty butchers. The veal sold at supermarkets is usually from older animals, 16 to 20 weeks old, so that the flesh has become darker and less tender than that of milk-fed veal. Veal is divided up like lamb: fore shank and breast, shoulder, rib, loin and leg, which includes the sirloin. The most popular retail cuts of veal are loin and rib chops, boneless rolled loin roast and boneless
n the past, we in the United States have been known for being beef eaters. There was a concern about fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, and the role these substances play in heart disease, obesity and cancer has steered many people away from beef. Today’s beef isn’t as fatty as that of years past; fat content has dropped a lot since the early 1980s. Meat packers and retailers are trimming more exterNancy nal fat, leavHarrison ing about 1/8 RETIRED CLEMSON inch — down from 3/4 inch EXTENSION AGENT years ago. Beef can be a part of a lowfat diet of you follow three simple steps: Choose lean cuts, eat small portions — 3 to 4 ounces, cooked — and trim all visible fat before cooking. Beef is an excellent source of iron, zinc and vitamin B12 nutrients that can be hard to obtain elsewhere. There are two factors to consider when choosing lowfat beef: grade and cut. Grading is a voluntary service established by the USDA and offered to slaughterhouses. Government inspectors evaluate beef carcasses in terms of their marbling, which is the white streaks or specks of fat within the flesh itself that help give meat its juiciness and distinct flavor. The cuts with the most marbling are given the highest grade — Prime, followed by Choice and Select. A cut of beef graded Select has about 5 to 20 percent less fat than Choice beef of the same cut and 40 percent less fat than Prime. In some supermarkets, some of the beef is ungraded. This ungraded beef is usually sold under the store’s brand and is often a commercial grade, just below Select. Of the beef that is graded, Choice is the most common. Keep in mind, more important than grade when determining fat content is cut, which refers to the part of the animal from which a piece of meat comes. It’s not uncommon for Select-grade beef of one cut to have more fat than Choice beef of another cut. Let’s talk about veal. Veal is a highly versatile meat that comes from very young calves. It is expensive and has always been considered a specialty in the United States. Italians eat veal as often as Americans eat beef. The reason for its widespread use overseas is partly tied to economics: There is less grazing land in Europe than in the Americas, and farmers slaughter male cattle at a young age rather than pay the expense of raising them. Most of our favorite veal (veal cut-
shoulder, as well as roasts, cutlets and scallops made from the leg. The leg cutlets and scallops are the leanest cuts of veal. One good bargain, nutritionally as well as economically, is ground veal; if the meat is taken from the leg or shoulder, it has much less fat than either ground beef or lamb. Finally, when you shop for veal, look for light pink, finegrained meat with little marbling; any fat should be firm and white. Fresh beef is easy to spot. Many stores use freshness dates on their labels, so choose the meat with the latest “sell by” date. In addition, fresh beef has creamy-white fat, not yellow, and feels springy.
it will be dark purple, not cherry-red, because the packing seals off any oxygen. As time goes by, exposure to oxygen will cause the meat to turn brown. This color change doesn’t mean that the meat is spoiled, only that it isn’t as fresh as it could be and should be used immediately.
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Car enthusiasts will get ‘Lost in Transmission’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH High numbers on the odometer aren’t what they used to be. That’s the theme of two very different programs airing tonight. A new series from “Top Gear” co-host Rutledge Wood, “Lost in Transmission” (10 p.m., History, TV-PG) scours the barns, garages and salvage yards of America for hidden gems in need of restoration. Rutledge and his co-host, George Flanigen, share a passion for auto resuscitation, but Flanigen knows how to operate on a budget. So let’s just say he provides the brakes for this vehicle. Among the “Transmission” overhauls are a rare 1981 DeLorean thought lost after being submerged by Hurricane Sandy and a 1964 Ford F100 pickup truck that had become home to thousands of insects. It’s been a tough year for popular car enthusiast broadcasters. Tom Magliozzi, half of the “Click and Clack” brothers from NPR’s “Car Talk” series, died last November. Jeremy Clarkson, long-time host of the original British version of “Top Gear,” was fired in March after what the BBC deemed “an unprovoked physical and verbal attack” on one of his producers. • Meryl Streep narrates “Caring for Mom and Dad” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings), a look at the practical, financial, societal, business and political implications of a population that is living longer than ever. As “Caring” makes clear, the costs of overseeing a society where the older and elderly outnumber the young are enormous — and not just in dollars and cents. We meet children of elderly parents who simply no longer have time for themselves or their careers, as well as business owners and managers trying to navigate work environments where many are distracted by these responsibilities, among others. We’re introduced to a new demographic of “sandwich moms,” trying to care for young children, aging parents and a full-time job. There are adult children approaching their own retirements whose resources are exhausted by the costs of caring for elderly
parents. Some argue that we need to return to an older model of several overlapping generations living together. Others cite a ballot initiative in Ohio, where an increase in the sales tax was specifically targeted at eldercare. “Caring” packs a lot of topics into its 60 minutes, tackling a very broad subject as difficult as it is unavoidable. • Like many Americans, my day is not complete without several visits from delivery services. In my case, they include postal, UPS and FedEx packages of DVDs and review screeners for forthcoming shows. Their arrivals keep the dogs on their toes, but can’t be considered an adventure. The new series “Dead End Express” (10 p.m., National Geographic, TV-PG) documents the high-stakes profession of hauling critical supplies via horseback, dogsled, powerboats and snowmobiles. They’re headed to homes, hospitals, military bases and research outposts in some of the
p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Olivia takes on the Navy on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Death’s sting ends a bee researcher’s work on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Russ shakes things up on “American Crime” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Josh takes a Hollywood rumor to heart on “The Comedians” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). • Jane visits the doctor on “Louie” (10:30 p.m., FX, TVMA).
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Rutledge Wood, left and George Flanigan are the hosts of the new series “Lost in Transmission” airing at 10 p.m. today on History. most forbidding terrain of the Rockies and the tundra of the frozen north.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Sheldon dares Leonard and Penny to set a date on the season finale of “The Big
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Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TVPG). A repeat (9:30 p.m., TV14) follows. • A student’s grim end reminds Brennan of her own teen years on a two-hour helping of “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Catastrophe strikes (again) on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8
SERIES NOTES A best-selling author battles with his sixth wife on “Law & Order: SVU” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV14) * Alaric and Jo prepare for their big day on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * On two episodes of “The Odd Couple” (CBS): mass transit (8:30 p.m., TV-PG), Murphy’s law (9 p.m., TV-14) * Shadowing a Russian killer on “The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * The siege continues on “Reign” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).
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TOWER FROM PAGE A1 previous rock-climbing or other skills that would prepare them for painting water towers. They wash the surface, grind away rust and do repairs. Next, they apply a primer coat using extended roller brushes similar to those used for painting the inside of your home — only rather longer handles attached to them. Then they apply three coats of paint and a final HydroFlon coating that seals the paint. The company used 40 gallons of paint on the Sumter High School site. The rigging includes what Morgan calls “C” shaped ladders to wend around corners where workers are in one of their most precarious positions on the inside of the ladder as it drops below the tower’s widest girth. Ropes are threaded through the ladders to hold them in place. Morgan said towers are often different shapes and require different riggings. He learned how to paint the Sumter tower from watching another foreman before him. How does one graduate from tower-painting school? Well, it’s “on-the-job training,” Morgan said. And the first test takes them to the top of the tower on their first day, and they start working their way down. If they can. “It ain’t for everyone,” Mor-
COST FROM PAGE A1 According to the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office, the two pit bull dogs that were involved in the attack were owned by Fennell’s cousin, John Clinton “Louie” Peet. Peet told investigators that he immediately killed the two dogs in the attack as well as several additional dogs who may have been involved. After the attack, a family member drove Fennell to Clarendon Memorial Hospital, where she was transported by helicopter to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia and then to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Fennell said experimental surgery was performed on her, with skin being taken from different parts of her body to replace the areas on her arms and legs that were torn off. In total, Fennell underwent 21 surgeries during the last year. She said that she is currently unemployed and is on Medicare. Fennell is still having to pay 20 percent of her medical costs,
gan understates. “I’ve had people who have jumped out of planes, been in the military or whatever, and they get out here and can’t do it.” Rookie Jamie Ledwell, 20, has been with the team for eight months. “I was scared at first, but once you get used to it, it’s all right,” he said. In his eight years, Morgan only remembers one accident when a coworker fell about 30 feet inside a tank. He lived, but he quickly chose another profession. Morgan said he’s had women show an interest in applying for the job, but hasn’t had one actually complete an application. Charles Morgan (no relation to Antonio), a six-year veteran with the company, said something that will make the Occupational Safety and Health Administration people happy: “We go over the safety rules every day before we start. We read them out loud.” Others on the crew include Demetric Morgan, a two-year veteran, and James Rucker, a one-year employee who was assisting the “logo guy” on Tuesday. The “logo guy,” who obviously paints each town’s unique logo, doesn’t like media attention. But if you want to see his work, he should be painting the logos today. Even with a high salary, how do spouses feel about their unique jobs? Antonio Morgan rolled his eyes as if to imply “duh,” and simply said his wife “doesn’t like it.”
which she said continue to pile up. “I try to pay what I can each month, but it’s just impossible for me to cover all of the expenses,” she said. Fennell was inpatient at MUSC for about four months and underwent rehabilitation at Vibra Hospital in Mt. Pleasant for two months. “I had to learn how to walk again,” she said. Fennell needs to undergo another surgery soon to restore the use of her wrists and hands. A benefit barbecue pork lunch will be held on Saturday at Prothro Chevrolet, Buick, GMC at 452 N. Brooks St. in Manning. The meal is $10 and includes barbecue, hash and rice, coleslaw, pound cake and a slice of bread. Pickup times are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to David Timmons, a family member who is organizing the event. Tickets can be placed in reserve by calling the dealership at (803) 433-2535. All of the proceeds will go towards Fennell’s medical expenses.
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BREAKFAST FROM PAGE A1 people deployed from the base is down to about 500, down from 800 three months ago. Jost commended Chaplain William Kelly and local church congregations for coordinating Deployed Family Dinners. The dinners are hosted by local churches, and provide an opportunity for families of the deployed to get off base, take a break from cooking and meet local people. “That has been a huge success,” he said. He said the Air Force Community Partners Program, which has involved several rounds of meetings between Shaw personnel and local leaders, designed to develop and implement ideas to improve cooperation between the base and the community would end this summer. “We may not have moved the big rocks,” he said, “but a lot of things that will bear fruit in the future have come out of that.” He said a lot of good ideas and good relationships came out of the meetings. Jost briefly explained the base’s Key Spouse Network. “We would like them to be a support for families who have an airman deployed,” he
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COMMENTARY
Bond bill boon to Central Carolina
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he state legislature at this moment is considering an extraordinarily important bond bill — one that could help transform our state’s economic future and make a tremendous impact right here in Sumter County. This bill would provide $222 million for the state’s universities and technical colleges, plus an additional $15 million for repair of National Guard armories. Central Carolina Technical College is one of the 16 colleges in the SC Technical College System that stands to benefit if this bond bill passes. It would be a long-term investment that provides much more than just buildings: It HARDEE would be an investment in the citizens of South Carolina to have facilities that will prepare them for future workforce needs. Right now, the colleges within the SC Technical College System educate and train more than a quarter million South Carolinians for in-demand jobs. However, the last time South Carolina passed a general obligation bond bill to support infrastructure for higher education was 14 years ago. That’s a long time not to have any state funding for critical infrastructure. If this bill passes, Central Carolina Technical College will benefit with $675,000 to renovate our Industrial & Engineering Technical Building on our Sumter campus; $1.4 million to build infrastructure and equipment dedicated to STEM, manufacturing and allied health; and $1.9 million to build academic and workforce development training facilities for our Kershaw County Campus in Camden. Central Carolina Technical College already plays a vital role in the region’s economic development just by training highly skilled, workforce-ready employees for in-demand jobs. Take, for example, a new economic development program we launched this spring that involved 16 businesses and industries in Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties. The WE Program, or Work Experience Program, offered paid work experience opportunities to 19 of the top stu-
dents in our Industrial & Engineering Technology departments. Those students gained valuable paid work experience over the course of 200 hours, ultimately making them more competitive in the job market. In fact, four of our student participants received job offers and nine received up to a 200hour extension because the businesses were so pleased with their work. The WE Program alone is making an immediate economic impact in our city and surrounding counties, as well as in the lives of our job-ready students. That impact will continue this fall when we open the doors to our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center on Broad Street in Sumter for classes. Our Mechatronics Technology, Machining and CNC Technology, and Engineering Graphics Technology programs will relocate and expand to better serve the needs of our students and the employers who are asking for highly trained employees in these fields. Not only will the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center serve our student population, but it will also share space to maximize efficiency and to promote collaboration by serving as a training facility for applicants and employees of Continental Tire, the Americas in association with readySC (a division of the SC Technical College System). We are also looking forward to providing training space for other existing and future industries of Sumter County as well. The bond bill on the table right now would enable us to be more stable in our longterm approach to workforce development and training. It will help all of the technical colleges across the state provide the education and training necessary to meet our state’s growing workforce demands while ensuring that a quality higher education remains affordable and accessible for all of our students. I urge the state legislature to pass this bond bill. It will not raise taxes. It will help bring jobs to South Carolina and make our state – and Sumter County – more competitive. Dr. Tim Hardee is the president of Central Carolina Technical College.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sen. Johnson on Medicaid doesn’t tell whole story Wednesday’s editorial by Senator Kevin Johnson does not tell the whole story on Medicaid in South Carolina. Approximately 10 years ago, Medicaid in South Carolina became private Medicaid run by private insurers. In other words, the state, for the most part, left the Medicaid decisions and financing to someone else. The state was losing money on Medicaid. This appears to be fiscally wise. However, patients have been the losers. Private companies no longer give podiatry care. Diabetics no longer receive preventive care and lose legs prematurely. A close look at Medicaid CEO pay reveals financial success. Centene CEO Michael Neidoff’s pay was 8.5 million in 2013 and 14.5 million in 2014. CEO Mario Molina of Molina Health was paid 4.9 million in 2013. In 2014 his pay was 11.9 million. This is a 140 per cent increase.
Is this good management? Or is this another example of government feeding the big donors and giving crumbs to the poor? Senator Johnson quotes the Darla Moore Study on Medicaid expansion in South Carolina. He writes of job creation and fiscal benefits. However, he omitted the last sentence of the study in bold type. THE RESULTS SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REFLECT A COMPREHENSIVE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. I believe the Darla Moore study could be called wishful thinking. I urge Senator Johnson to look closely at Medicaid companies who fail to pay bills to medical supply dealers. Maybe these Medicaid companies should be told to leave the state. I urge Senator Johnson to take a critical look at patient benefits under Medicaid. Our state needs to enhance care, not just give a card.
Phil Brandt, M.D. Sumter
COMMENTARY
Racial realities are often matters of perception
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ASHINGTON -Comments about recent events in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray provide a glimpse at perhaps one of our greatest challenges — perception. In this case, as in too many others involving police, perception seems to be black and white. “I think that if you look at what’s happened over the course of the last year, you just got to scratch your head,” said House Speaker John Boehner on Kathleen NBC’s Parker “Meet the Press,” referring to the rash of fatal incidents involving police officers and African-American males. “I heard your call for ‘no justice, no peace,’” said Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to demonstrators in her city and around the country, as she announced the charges. To the youth of Baltimore, she declared, “Our time is now!” and urged peaceful demonstration. Both comments made headlines. And both, though well-intentioned, carried subliminal messages freighted with racial (not racist) undertones. Boehner’s overly cautious remark was as starkly white as his OxiCleaned, handpressed shirts. A man more accustomed to golf courses and marble hallways than to gritty urban streets, he was plainly trying to acknowledge that we have a police and race problem in America. But he sounded like he’d just landed on the planet.
Yes, quite head-scratching, all this police business. Mosby’s remarks, jubilantly received by the Baltimore crowd, provoked high dudgeon elsewhere. Some of the words used to describe her performance have included “showboating,” “demagoguing” and “grandstanding.” To some ears, Mosby sounded as though the cops’ convictions were a fait accompli. That she found the evidence convincing enough to justify the charges may ultimately also justify her bravura. Let’s do keep in mind that Gray’s offense was making eye contact with an officer and running away. Gray’s voice box was crushed and his spine all but severed, according to his family. Anyone who watched the video could see that Gray was in terrible pain as he was led to the police van, where he was shackled and his pleas for help apparently ignored. That his life ended in pain and horror is not in dispute. But no less a legal luminary than Alan Dershowitz has taken issue with the charges, saying, “There’s no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder under the facts as we now know them.” Charges brought against the six officers included one count of second-degree murder, four counts of involuntary manslaughter, assault and misconduct in office. In other words, Mosby threw everything she could against the six officers. Many have asked: For justice? Or to quell the passions of the streets? Perhaps both. Mosby surely calculated that announcing the charges as she did — with a microphone in a public place — would have a dramatic effect. (She declined to be interviewed for this column.) Mosby also was speaking
as a member of her community, long plagued with a history of police brutality, including last year’s fatal beating of Tyrone West. The medical examiner’s report concluded that West died of a prior heart condition that was exacerbated by dehydration, the July heat and his police encounter. No charges were leveled against the police in that case. Thus, from the perspective of many among Baltimore’s protesters, the current charges are long overdue. Even so, one does worry that the six officers are paying not only for their role in Gray’s death, to whatever degree this is determined, but also for the cumulative sins of others. To the officers, the cheering and horn-honking following Mosby’s words must have sounded like the Colosseum mob’s cry for blood. To an older generation of Americans, they were reminiscent of the reaction 20 years ago when a mostly black jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Whites: He totally did it. Blacks: It’s our turn, in so many words. This past week, whites across America spoke softly about the Freddie Gray case: “Thank God three of the cops were black.” Perception. President Obama, speaking after Mosby leveled her charges, called for truth. How, indeed, do we get to it? In a diverse nation, we’ll never all see things exactly the same way, nor would we want to, but we might at least strive to recognize our own biases and judge our own perceptions as harshly as we do others’. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com.
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FYI or contact Mike Davino at The City of Sumter will accept MDavino@yahoo.com or applications for its Summer (919) 498-1910. Youth Employment Programs Time is 8. running out to apply for Summer through May Students Zumba classes will be held at Youth ages 14-15Employment will work in city 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and government and students Wednesdays at the Parks age 16 through high school and Recreation building on will work in the Co-Op ProHaynsworth Street. Classes gram for local businesses. are $5 each and no registraStudents must live in the tion is required. Contact city limits and meet income Deanne Lewis at zumrequirements set by HUD. badeanne@gmail.com. Students should see their school guidance counselors The Palmetto Singles Club for applications and income holds a dance from 7 to 10 guidelines or pick up an ap- p.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at plication 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., the VFW on Gion Street. Call Monday-Friday, from the Liberty Center, 12 W. Liberty Sarah Shorter at (803) 8473288. St., Office H. Call Carolet Thomas at (803) 774-1652 or Sumter Area Toastmasters meets at 7 p.m. each TuesClarence Gaines at (803) day at the Sumter Mall 774-1649. community room, 1057 Having cancer is hard. Finding Broad St. The group helps in help shouldn’t be. Free help for cancer patients from the developing speaking and leadership skills. Call DougAmerican Cancer Society. las Wilson at (803) 778-0197 Transportation to treator Rebecca Gonzalez at ment, help for appearance related side effects of treat- (803) 565-9271. Navy and Marine Corps shipment, nutrition help, onemates who served on the on-one breast cancer supUSS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 port, free housing away from 1944 through 1976 and from home during treatthe USS Columbus (SSNment, help finding clinical 762) past and present, to trials, someone to talk to. share memories and camaCall (800) 227-2345. raderie with old friends and The Rembert Area Community make new ones, contact Coalition (RACC) offers a senior citizens program 10 a.m.- Allen R. Hope, president, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort noon each Monday and Wayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) Wednesday at 6785 Bradley 486-2221 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; fax St. (behind community car (260) 492-9771; or email at wash), Rembert, SC 29128. hope4391@verizon.net. Transportation is available. Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is For details, call (803) 432in need of volunteers in Sum2001. ter and surrounding counSumter High School Class of ties. Opportunities available 1975 will hold a 40-year for you to use your time and class reunion celebration May 29-31. Send all address- talents to be of assistance include reading, musical es to cindyd27@juno.com. talents, companionship, Are you a breast cancer survilight housekeeping, etc. vor? Maggie L. Richardson is Contact Joyce Blanding at seeking other survivors to (803) 883-5606 or hospicecform a music group and areofsumter@yahoo.com. give back to the community. If you are interested in join- Agape Hospice is in need of volunteers. Whether your ing, contact her at mlrminpassion is baking, knitting, stry2012@gmail.com or reading, singing, etc., Agape (803) 236-9086. Hospice can find a place for The Second (Indianhead) Diviyou. Contact Thandi Blandsion Association is searching ing at (803) 774-1075, (803) for anyone/everyone who 260-3876 or tblanding@ served in the 2nd Infantry agapsenior.com. Division. Visit www.2ida.org
PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, 6 p.m., Administration Building, Council Chambers, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Tuesday, 9 a.m., council chambers SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Tuesday, noon, Sunset Country Club LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Travel, EUGENIA LAST learning and gaining new experiences will not disappoint you. Personal improvements will result in compliments and added attention. Negotiations and contracts will favor you. Bring about change and prosper. Love is encouraged and romance will lead to commitment.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Check out investments carefully. Getting involved in a joint venture will end up costing you more than you anticipate. Focus on bringing in more money, not on spending it. Excess will be your downfall. Someone asking for help will not be honest with you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Get approval before you make a purchase or a decision that has a high price tag attached. Not everyone will be happy with the decisions you make regarding how you distribute funds. Abide by the rules. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stick to what’s expected of you. An unexpected change will alter the way you move forward. Not everyone will be honest about his or her motives. Keep your emotions hidden and your guard up when dealing with money and workrelated situations. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Accept invitations, be a participant and take action if you want to make a difference. Love is on the rise, and engaging in events, activities and conferences will put you in a good position to stand up and be counted. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Organization will be important if you are going to get everything on your to-do list out of the way. Someone close to you will complain if you don’t finish your chores or live
SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers PINEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., town hall
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Today Hi/Lo/W 85/61/pc 84/65/pc 79/67/t 81/58/pc 84/73/pc 66/55/c 84/68/s 77/60/s 88/64/pc 79/59/pc 86/62/pc 68/54/pc 80/61/pc
SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.91 75.81 75.34 97.42
24-hr chg -0.03 -0.15 -0.01 -0.04
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Fri. Hi/Lo/W 87/65/s 79/62/t 80/67/c 85/65/pc 86/72/c 65/57/sh 86/70/pc 81/61/s 90/67/sh 84/61/s 77/59/pc 68/53/s 85/64/s
Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.23 -0.35 19 4.86 +0.59 14 4.94 -0.29 14 3.17 -0.10 80 77.65 -0.30 24 9.19 +2.56
River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River
0.00" trace 0.59" 17.57" 12.58" 14.94"
NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC
Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100
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84° 55° 80° 54° 95° in 1950 43° in 1973
Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date
Myrtle Beach 75/66
Manning 75/64
Today: Intervals of clouds and sun. Winds east-northeast 6-12 mph. Friday: Partly sunny. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.
Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low
Florence 77/64
Bishopville 76/63
Sunrise 6:27 a.m. Moonrise 11:33 p.m.
Sunset Moonset
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High 11:54 a.m. --12:22 a.m. 12:41 p.m.
Ht. 2.8 --3.3 2.7
Low 6:48 a.m. 6:41 p.m. 7:34 a.m. 7:30 p.m.
Ht. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville
Today Hi/Lo/W 79/54/pc 86/59/pc 81/57/pc 75/64/r 73/62/r 73/63/r 81/59/pc 85/62/pc 80/62/sh 80/63/r 76/62/sh 75/64/r 77/63/r
Fri. Hi/Lo/W 81/56/pc 87/63/s 85/63/s 80/68/sh 76/64/r 80/68/r 83/64/c 86/65/pc 84/67/pc 84/66/r 79/64/r 81/66/r 83/66/r
Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 77/64/r Gainesville 86/58/s Gastonia 82/59/pc Goldsboro 78/63/r Goose Creek 74/63/r Greensboro 81/58/pc Greenville 82/62/pc Hickory 82/59/pc Hilton Head 74/63/r Jacksonville, FL 85/59/pc La Grange 87/57/s Macon 86/55/pc Marietta 86/58/pc
Fri. Hi/Lo/W 83/66/r 86/62/sh 84/62/pc 81/65/r 80/68/r 82/62/pc 84/64/pc 83/61/pc 79/68/sh 85/64/c 90/61/s 87/60/s 87/63/s
Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 79/56/pc Mt. Pleasant 74/64/r Myrtle Beach 75/66/r Orangeburg 76/62/r Port Royal 74/63/r Raleigh 80/60/pc Rock Hill 81/58/pc Rockingham 78/61/r Savannah 79/61/r Spartanburg 81/59/pc Summerville 74/63/r Wilmington 73/65/r Winston-Salem 81/58/pc
Fri. Hi/Lo/W 82/58/pc 80/68/r 78/68/r 82/66/c 78/68/sh 82/63/r 83/62/pc 82/64/r 81/65/sh 84/63/pc 80/68/r 76/67/r 82/61/pc
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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
PREP SOFTBALL
Talented local trio of teams set for SCISA 3A state tournament BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The battle that played out over the last couple of months for the SCISA Region II-3A softball title now moves to Pine Grove Sports Complex in West Columbia on Friday and Saturday with berths in next week’s 3A state championship series on the line. Region champion Thomas Sumter Academy, runner-up
Wilson Hall and third-place Laurence Manning Academy are three of the eight teams in the state tournament. There are two 4-team brackets with the winner of the brackets battling for the state title in a best-of-3 series. TSA, WH and LMA are arguably the three top programs in SCISA. The Lady Generals are the defending 2A state champions, but moved up to 3A this season. Wilson Hall is
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Page B4 the 2-time defending state champion, while the Lady Swampcats have played for the 3A title six times in the past 10 years. They were runner-up last season and have
won three titles, the most recent coming in 2011. Thomas Sumter brings a 14-2 record into the tournament and won the region with a 7-1 mark. It will play Hammond in its opening game in the upper bracket with Ben Lippen and First Baptist facing off in the other game in the bracket. Wilson Hall, 19-5, will face Northwood in its opening game in the lower bracket,
while 22-7 LMA will take on Cardinal Newman in the other game. Each of the first-round games will begin at 4:45 p.m. with the losers bracket games set for 7:30 and the winners bracket games set for 8:15. The tournament will conclude on Saturday and a rule that SCISA has used the past several years could cause one
SEE SCISA, PAGE B3
PREP BASEBALL
Backs against the wall
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Sumter second baseman Ryan Moore puts down a late tag as Summerville’s Andrew Kenney slides into second for a double in the Gamecocks’ 4-3 loss in the championship round of the District VIII tournament of the 4A state playoffs on Wednesday at Gamecock Field. The Green Wave win forced a deciding game.
Gamecocks lose 3-1 lead in 6th, fall in extras as Summerville forces decisive game BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Sumter High School let a 3-1 lead slip away in the sixth inning and Summerville pushed across three runs in the top of the 12th inning to beat the Gamecocks 6-3 and force a deciding game in the championship round of the District VIII tournament of the 4A baseball state playoffs on Wednesday at Gamecock Field. The deciding game was being played
at press time. SHS starting pitcher Jordan Holladay was working his fourth inning in his second stint of the game when No. 1 seed Summerville finally got to him. Holladay, who pitched five scoreless innings against the Green Wave in No. 3 Sumter’s 1-0 victory on Saturday, had worked five innings of 1-run to start the game. Andrew Kenney led off the Wave 12th with a single. Bo Gobin put down a sacrifice bunt that Holladay threw
away to put runners on second and third. TJ Hopkins was intentionally walked to load the bases before Brock Tobin, Charlie Fessler and Zach Heaton came through with consecutive run-scoring singles to left to make it 6-3. Sumter, 12-12 on the season, grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third against Green Wave starter Alex Hursley, the lefty who started Saturday’s contest. He retired the first two batters before Holladay bounced a sin-
gle up the middle. Chris Crawford followed with a single and James Barnes reached on an infield single to load the bases. Donnie Brownlee promptly cleared them, 1-hopping the fence in left field for a double to make it 3-1. Holladay had worked five innings of 1-run ball and thrown just 48 pitches, eight in the fifth, when he was pulled in favor of Britton Beatson to start the
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WH back in championship series LMA rallies to stay Ballard’s late RBI helps alive in 3A playoffs Barons sweep away BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item
Hammond with 5-4 win BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Wilson Hall’s John Ballard wasn’t a part of last year’s SCISA 3A baseball state championship team until late in the year, but he sure did his part to help to the team on Wednesday. Ballard drove in the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving the Barons a 5-4 victory over Hammond at Baron Field to sweep the state semifinal series and put the defending state champions back in the championship series for the third straight season. “Leading up to the series, (Wilson Hall assistant) Coach (Daniel) Gordon, the hitting coach, told us these guys don’t have much velocity so we kind of get up on the plate and make them beat us with velocity, so I was up on the plate and he told us to get up there and be aggressive on the first pitch,” Ballard said of
SEE WH, PAGE B5
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Wilson Hall second baseman Robert James, left, and shortstop McLendon Sears, right, try to field an overthrow as Hammond’s Thomas Middleton (14) dives back to second during the Barons’ 5-4 victory over Hammond on Wednesday in the SCISA 3A state semifinals at Baron Field. WH swept the best-of-3 series 2-0 to advance the state championship series.
MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy’s baseball team scored four runs in the fourth and relievers Ryan Touchberry and Taylor Finley made those runs stand up for a 6-5 win over Northwood Academy Wednesday at Tucker Belangia Diamond. With the win, the Swampcats stayed alive in their best-of-3 SCISA 3A state semifinals series, setting up a third and deciding game Friday at a site to be determined. The win also broke a 5-game postseason winning streak for the Chargers, who entered the playoffs with a 7-10 record before recording series wins over higher seeds in Cardinal Newman and Ben Lippen, and taking a
3-2 win in eight innings in Tuesday’s opener against HATFIELD LMA. The Swampcats trailed 1-0 after one before scoring twice in the second to take a 2-1 lead. A 4-run Charger third put LMA in a 5-2 hole before its fourth-inning rally that proved to be a game-winner. “Ryan Touchberry came in and just pitched his heart out,” said LMA head coach Barry Hatfield, whose team carries a 17-3 record into Friday’s game. “We worked on a different philosophy of hitting today. We wanted to hit more ground balls, and some of our kids down in our batting order, Cagney
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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
SPORTS
THE SUMTER ITEM
SCOREBOARD
PRO FOOTBALL
San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
NASCAR By The Associated Press
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An NFL investigation has found that New England employees likely deflated footballs and that quarterback Tom Brady (12) was “at least generally aware” of the rules violations. The 243-page report released on Wednesday said league investigators found no evidence that head coach Bill Belichick and team management knew of the practice.
NFL finds Pats employees likely deflated footballs BY EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press An NFL investigation released Wednesday concluded New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship and that quarterback Tom Brady was “at least generally aware’’ of the rules violations. The NFL began investigating what’s now known as “Deflategate’’ after the Patriots defeated the Colts 45-7 on January 18. The Colts complained that several footballs were under-inflated and the NFL confirmed that 11 of the 12 footballs were under the limit. The investigation started as the Patriots were preparing for the Super Bowl — which they won two weeks later. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, would review the 243page report on attorney Ted Wells’ investigation and consider what steps to take next. “We will continue our efforts vigorously to pro-
tect the integrity of the game and promote fair play at all times,’’ Goodell said. The NFL requires balls to be inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch, and each team is responsible for the balls it uses on offense. Footballs with less pressure can be easier to grip and catch. Some quarterbacks prefer footballs that have less air. Brady said he prefers footballs inflated to 12.5 pounds per square inch. On many occasions, Brady said he never asked for balls to be deflated outside of the rules. But the NFL report concluded “it was more than probable than not’’ that Jim McNally, the officials’ locker room attendant, and John Jastremski, an equipment assistant for the Patriots, were involved in “a deliberate effort to release air’’ from the footballs in the moments before kickoff of the AFC title game — and after they were examined by the referee. The report cites evidence that McNally took
the game balls into a bathroom adjacent to the field at Gillette Stadium, and stayed there for about 100 seconds — “an amount of time sufficient to deflate thirteen footballs using a needle.’’ Other evidence included referee Walt Anderson’s inability to locate the previously approved footballs at the start of the game — the first time that had happened to him in 19 years. The report includes salty text messages between McNally and Jastremski — sent in October and January — that imply Brady was requesting footballs deflated below 12.5 pounds per square inch. They also imply that Brady had previously been upset with the quality of the game balls. The texts described requests from McNally for shoes and signed footballs from Brady in exchange for deflating the balls. The report says there’s no evidence that owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick or anyone on the coaching staff knew about the scheme.
10 a.m. – International Hockey: IIHF World Championship Group Play Match from Ostrava, Czech Republic (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11 a.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 11 a.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Baton Bouge, La. (SEC NETWORK). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: THE PLAYERS Championship First Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (GOLF). 1:30 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee or Oakland at Minnesota (MLB NETWORK). 1:30 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Baton Bouge, La. (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Florentina vs. Sevilla (FOX SPORTS 1). 3 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Europa League Match – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs. Napoli (FOX SPORTS 2). 4 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Baton Bouge, La. (SEC NETWORK). 5 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 6:05 p.m. – Tlak Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – College Softball: Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Baton Bouge, La. (SEC NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Four – Montreal at Tampa Bay (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Florida at Vanderbilt (ESPNU). 7:30 p.m. – College Softball: Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Game from Blacksburg, Va. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – College Baseball: St. Mary’s (Calif.) at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 8:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Florida at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK). 9:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Western Conference Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Four – Chicago at Minnesota (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Manuel Avila vs. Erik Ruiz in a Super Bantamweight Bout from Los Angeles (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Mauritius Open First Round from Domaine de Bel Ombre, Mauritius (GOLF).
MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Boston Toronto CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland WEST DIVISION Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas
W 17 14 12 13 13
L 10 13 12 14 15
Pct .630 .519 .500 .481 .464
GB – 3 3 1/2 4 4 1/2
W 17 17 14 9 9
L 9 10 13 14 16
Pct .654 .630 .519 .391 .360
GB – 1/2 3 1/2 6 1/2 7 1/2
W 18 12 12 11 10
L 9 15 16 16 16
Pct .667 .444 .429 .407 .385
GB – 6 6 1/2 7 7 1/2
TUESDAY’S GAMES
N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 5, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 2 Oakland 2, Minnesota 1 Texas 7, Houston 1 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 4 N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 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.
TODAY’S GAMES
Oakland (Pomeranz 1-2) at Minnesota (Nolasco 1-1), 1:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 0-4) at Kansas City (Volquez 2-3), 2:10 p.m. Detroit (Lobstein 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 2:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 2-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-3), 7:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 4-0) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-2), 10:05 p.m.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION
Panthers rookie Mayo realizes NFL dream BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Carolina Panthers rookie linebacker David Mayo was willing to sacrifice just about anything to make his NFL dream come true, including living in a shed for a year. Mayo wasn’t satisfied with the college scholarship offers coming out of high school, so he chose to attend Santa Monica (Calif.) Community College in hopes of attracting more attention from FBS schools. When he arrived in Santa Monica in 2011 he says the cost of living was “insane’’ and the only thing he could afford was to rent out a shed behind a house. For $450 a month, he got a mattress, an ottoman and an extension cord that ran from the house to the shed for power. It all seems worth it now to Mayo, who earned a scholarship to play at Texas State, where he
won Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in MAYO 2014 and was drafted last weekend in the fifth round by the Panthers. “I couldn’t be happier,’’ said Mayo, who averaged 12.8 tackles per game and forced three fumbles as a senior. Mayo looks back on his living arrangements at Santa Monica Community College — the same school where former Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith spent his first two years of college — and laughs. “I had a bed and this little ottoman thing for my clothes,’’ Mayo said. “That was it. It was cement floors and it wasn’t insulated. I ran an extension cord from the house out to the shed so I could power my computer, power my phone at night, and a lamp and a heater in the winter.’’
He was able to use the kitchen in the house to cook food. He was also allowed to shower there and use the toilet. “They didn’t have any room for me to stay in the house so I just slept out in the shed,’’ Mayo said. The 6-foot-2, 228pound Mayo, who has long blond hair and large biceps, said he hopes the experience has made him stronger. It also made him hungry to achieve his NFL dream. “It was pretty crazy, but it was where I felt that I needed to play to earn my Division I scholarship that I felt I deserved,’’ Mayo said. “I knew I could play at (that level). I just did whatever it took.’’ Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman loves Mayo’s work ethic. He called Mayo a “high motor kid’’ who is “smart, instinctive and can run. He’s got very good straight line speed and he will tag your fanny, too.’’
St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Arizona Colorado
W 17 14 13 13 10
L 10 15 14 15 18
Pct .630 .483 .481 .464 .357
GB – 4 4 4 1/2 7 1/2
W 20 13 13 12 8
L 6 12 13 14 19
Pct .769 .520 .500 .462 .296
GB – 6 1/2 7 8 121/2
W 17 15 14 11 11
L 9 14 14 14 14
Pct .654 .517 .500 .440 .440
GB – 3 1/2 4 5 1/2 5 1/2
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 1 Miami 2, Washington 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2 Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain San Francisco 6, San Diego 0
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Washington 7, Miami 5 Arizona 13, Colorado 7, 1st game San Diego 9, San Francisco 1 Arizona at Colorado, 6:40 p.m., 2nd game Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
TODAY’S GAMES
L.A. Dodgers (Frias 2-0) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-3), 1:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-2) at St. Louis (Lackey 1-1), 1:45 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-1), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Despaigne 2-0) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 9:40 p.m. Miami (Haren 3-1) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 1-2), 10:15 p.m.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago 1, Cleveland 0 Monday: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Wednesday: Chicago at Cleveland (late) Friday: Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Sunday: Cleveland at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. x-May 12: Chicago at Cleveland, 7 or 8 p.m. x-May 14: Cleveland at Chicago, TBD x-May 17: Chicago at Cleveland, TBD Washington 1, Atlanta 1 May 3: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Tuesday: Atlanta 106, Washington 90 Saturday: Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. May 11: Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. May 13: Washington at Atlanta, 8 p.m. x-May 15: Atlanta at Washington, TBD x-May 18: Washington at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
L.A. Clippers 1, Houston 0 Monday: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 Wednesday: L.A. Clippers at Houston (late) Friday: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sunday: Houston at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. x-May 12: L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. x-May 14: Houston at L.A. Clippers, TBD x-May 17: L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD Golden State 1, Memphis 1 May 3: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 Tuesday: Memphis 97, Golden State 90 Saturday: Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. May 11: Golden State at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. May 13: Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. x-May 15: Golden State at Memphis, TBD x-May 17: Memphis at Golden State, TBD
NHL PLAYOFFS SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 April 30: Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 May 2: N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 Monday: Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday: N.Y. Rangers at Washington (late) Friday: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. x-Sunday: N.Y. Rangers at Washington, TBD x-May 13: Washington at N.Y. Rangers, TBD Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 0 May 1: Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1, 2OT May 3: Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 2 Wednesday: Montreal at Tampa Bay (late) Thursday: Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. x-Saturday: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-May 12: Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD x-May 14: Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION
SPRINT CUP LEADERS
Through May 3 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 394. 2, Martin Truex Jr., 354. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 342. 4, Joey Logano, 335. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 319. 6, Brad Keselowski, 305. 7, Jamie McMurray, 297. 8, Matt Kenseth, 292. 9, Kasey Kahne, 286. 10, Denny Hamlin, 281. 11, Paul Menard, 280. 12, Aric Almirola, 279. 13, Jeff Gordon, 277. 14, Ryan Newman, 271. 15, Kurt Busch, 255. 16, Danica Patrick, 253. 17, Clint Bowyer, 249. 18, Carl Edwards, 240. 19, AJ Allmendinger, 229. 20, David Ragan, 224. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $3,519,807. 2, Joey Logano, $3,127,455. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $2,636,716. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,332,035. 5, Jeff Gordon, $1,971,680. 6, Brad Keselowski, $1,956,925. 7, Matt Kenseth, $1,912,715. 8, Martin Truex Jr., $1,841,933. 9, Denny Hamlin, $1,824,238. 10, Ryan Newman, $1,745,553. 11, Jamie McMurray, $1,679,880. 12, Clint Bowyer, $1,626,865. 13, Aric Almirola, $1,606,155. 14, David Ragan, $1,559,741. 15, Trevor Bayne, $1,553,530. 16, Austin Dillon, $1,548,373. 17, Greg Biffle, $1,545,424. 18, Casey Mears, $1,528,019. 19, Kasey Kahne, $1,476,999. 20, AJ Allmendinger, $1,460,356.
Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Chicago 3, Minnesota 0 May 1: Chicago 4, Minnesota 3 May 3: Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Tuesday: Chicago 1, Minnesota 0 Today: Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. x-Saturday: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD x-May 11: Chicago at Minnesota, TBD x-May 13: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Anaheim 2, Calgary 1 April 30: Anaheim 6, Calgary 1 May 3: Anaheim 3, Calgary 0 Tuesday: Calgary 4, Anaheim 3, OT Friday: Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Sunday: Calgary at Anaheim, TBD x-May 12: Anaheim at Calgary, TBD x-May 14: Calgary at Anaheim, TBD
TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press BASEBALL
American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX _ Activated RHP Javy Guerra from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS _ Activated RHP Greg Holland from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Yohan Pino to Omaha (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES _ Activated INF Jose Pirela from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Gregorio Petit on the 15-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS _ Activated OF Coco Crisp from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Craig Gentry to Nashville. National League ATLANTA BRAVES _ Optioned RHP Michael Kohn to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Williams Perez from Gwinnett. CHICAGO CUBS _ Activated RHP Justin Grimm from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Matt Szczur from Iowa (PCL). Optioned OF Junior Lake to Iowa. Designated RHP Anthony Varvaro for assignment. LOS ANGELES DODGERS _ Recalled RHP Joe Wieland from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned LHP Daniel Coulombe to Oklahoma City. PITTSBURGH PIRATES _ Selected the contract of INF/OF Steve Lombardozzi from Indianapolis (IL). Placed OF Andrew Lambo on the 15-day D.L.
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Women’s National Basketball Association ATLANTA DREAM _ Re-signed G Matee Ajavon. Signed C Martha Alwal to a training camp contract.
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National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS _ Agreed to terms with LBs Derek Akunne and Derrick Malone, DT Chris Brown, WRs Marquez Clark, Shane Wynn and Joshua Stangby, OL Cody Clay, Ss Terell Floyd, Robenson Therezie and Damian Parms, TE Beau Gardner, DTs Warren Herring and Joey Mbu, CBs Mike Lee, Kevin White and Jordan Ozerities, T Eric Lefeld, C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke and RB Terron Ward. CHICAGO BEARS _ Agreed to terms with WR Kevin White and DL Eddie Goldman on fouryear contracts.
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Major League Soccer MLS _ Fined New England MF Jermaine Jones an undisclosed amount for violating the policy regarding hands to the head/face/neck of an opponent and for instigating/escalating an incident and New York F Anatole Abang for escalating an incident and New England goalkeepers coach Remi Roy for his involvement in the incident in a game on May 2.
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CITADEL _ Named Bill Morosco director of men’s basketball operations. CLEMSON _ Named Stephanie Hernesman assistant volleyball coach. DUQUESNE _ Announced freshman basketball G Tarin Smith is transferring from Nebraska. KENTUCKY _ Suspended sophomore G Makayla Epps from the basketball team for being cited on alcohol-related charges. MARSHALL _ Dismissed RB Steward Butler from the football team after being arraigned on two misdemeanor battery counts. MINNESOTA STATE _ Named John Harrington women’s hockey coach. WINTHROP_Named Marvin Harvey women’s assistant basketball coach.
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LeBron, Cavs tie series with Bulls CLEVELAND — LeBron James attacked from the start and scored 33 points, Kyrie Irving added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers evened their semifinal series with Chicago with a 106-91 victory over the Bulls in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Donning his signature headband for the first time in two months and powering to the basket, James kept the Cavs from falling into a 2-0 hole. He added eight rebounds and five assists for Cleveland, which led by 25 in the third quarter and withstood a third-quarter charge by the Bulls. For the second straight game, the Cavs were without forward Kevin Love and J.R. Smith. But they had James and he was more like himself after a sub-par performance in the opener. Jimmy Butler scored 18 and Derrick Rose had 14 points and 10 assists for the Bulls, who host Game 3 on Friday night. GRIZZLIES 97 WARRIORS 90
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mike Conley returned just eight days after having facial surgery to score 22 points, and Memphis used a smothering defensive effort to beat Golden State 97-90 on Tuesday night, evening the Western Conference semifinals 1-1. Wearing a clear mask to protect his swollen face and red left eye, Conley stole the spotlight from newly minted MVP Stephen Curry. He made his first four shots to get the Grizzlies going, and his teammates did the rest on defense. Zach Randolph had 20 points
and seven rebounds, and Marc Gasol and Courtney Lee scored 15 points each to help Memphis end Golden State’s 21-game home-winning streak. Curry had 19 points, six assists and five rebounds but had little help from backcourtmate Klay Thompson, who was smothered by Tony Allen’s aggressive play. The Warriors had 20 turnovers and shot just 41.9 percent, including 23.1 percent from 3-point range. The Grizzlies had 13 steals. HAWKS 106 WIZARDS 90
ATLANTA — DeMarre Carroll scored 22 points and Kyle Korver bounced back from a miserable first half as Atlanta took advantage of John Wall’s absence to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game apiece. Wall, who finished the series opener with an injured left hand, was a surprising scratch just before Game 2, shortly after the Wizards insisted he would play. Ramon Sessions did an admirable job filling in, leading his team with 21 points, but Washington lost for the first time in these playoffs. Korver went 1-for-7 from the 3-point line in the first half but kept firing away. He made three 3s after the break, including one with just under 3 minutes remaining that gave the Hawks a 98-88 lead. Bradley Beal had 20 points and seven assists while Paul Pierce and Otto Porter had 15 points each for Washington. From wire reports
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Cleveland forward LeBron James, center, goes up for a shot against Chicago center Joakim Noah (13) during the first half of the Cavaliers’ 106-92 victory on Wednesday in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Cleveland.
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NBA point guards look to show they can score, win
Harper’s 3 HRs, 5 RBI lift Nats past Marlins
BY CLIFF BRUNT The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Bob Cousy, Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas set the standard for championship point guards, winning mostly by setting up their teammates even though they were capable scorers. Stephen Curry, Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving are trying to see if they can take a different path to CURRY the title, more often beating opponents scoring the basketball, though they are capable passers. “You’ve got to be able to create and be aggresROSE sive,’’ Curry, the league MVP, said. “I think just more, the skill set of certain guys nowadays might be a little IRVING more catered to scoring. If you have a guy that’s out there that really can’t score, you’re at a disadvantage. “I’m glad I’m playing right now.’’ Rules changes over the years have made the game more offense-friendly. The enforcement of rules against hand-checking has opened up offensive lanes, and a lot of the physical defensive pressure has been curtailed. That has led to a significant increase in floor generals looking to score. Of the top 50 regular-season scorers this season, 15 were point guards, tying last year’s total for the most ever in a season. The game hasn’t always been this free-flowing offensively. Just five of the top 50 scorers were point guards in 2007-08. From 1957 to 1990, the trio of Cousy, Johnson and Thomas combined for 13 NBA titles with a pass-first philosophy. Cousy won six with the Boston Celtics, Johnson five with the Los Angeles Lakers and Thomas had two with the De-
troit Pistons. Their counterparts today have the green light to shoot, and shoot often. Curry finished sixth in the league with nearly 24 points per game, and set a league record for 3-point goals for the Golden State Warriors. Chicago’s Derrick Rose, the 2010-11 league MVP, also is a prolific scorer. But they’re not alone — there’s also Cleveland’s explosive Kyrie Irving, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul and Washington’s John Wall — all top-25 scorers and still in the postseason. “It’s as deep as it ever has been, when you look at the names at the point guard position,’’ said Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd, who won a championship as Dallas’ point guard in 2011. But can a scoring point guard lead a team to the top? “It depends on who it is,’’ Kidd said. Maybe, but some of the top scoring point guards don’t have championship rings. Allen Iverson won the scoring title in 2005 with the Philadelphia 76ers, yet his team was bounced out of the playoffs that year in the first round — and he ended his career without a title. This year’s scoring champion, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, didn’t even reach the playoffs. In addition to rules against hand checking being implemented in 2004-05, power forwards and centers have more perimeter shooting skills, a threat that has created additional driving lanes. “In general, you’ve got a lot more space for guards to move,’’ Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. “And that’s why you see guys like Steph or Damian Lillard or Mike Conley or Chris Paul really dominate games with their skills.’’ The numbers back up Kerr’s perspective. Point guards scored 23.4 percent of the league’s points this season, the highest total ever, according to STATS. They also scored more points per game this season, 46.8, than in any season since 1969-70.
WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper hit three home runs in a game for the first time and had five RBI in his finest day with the Nationals, and Washington beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 Wednesday for their third straight series win. Harper hit a 393-foot solo shot off the second inning, a 442-foot, two-run drive in the third and 445-foot bases-empty shot in the fifth, the last two reaching the second deck. Each of the home runs came on the second pitch of off Tom Koehler (2-3). With an opportunity to tie major league record of four homers in a game, Harper hit a run-scoring groundout to second base against Sam Dyson in the seventh. Harper, in his fourth major league season, previously hit two homers in a game on five occasions. BLUE JAYS 5 YANKEES 1
TORONTO — Russell Martin homered, Mark Buehrle earned a victory over the Yankees for the first time in more than a decade and the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 5-1.
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Washington right fielder Bryce Harper (34) watches one of his three home runs during the Nationals’ 7-5 victory over Miami on Wednesday in Washington.
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seven innings to win his second straight start, and the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 9-1 to avoid a sweep and stop the Giants’ eight-game home streak.
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DIAMONDBACKS 13
SAN FRANCISCO — Ian Kennedy struck out five in
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DENVER — Aaron Hill
tied a career high with four RBIs, including a three-run homer, and Ender Inciarte made two catches against the outfield wall to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the reeling Colorado Rockies 13-7 in a doubleheader opener. From wire reports
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McIlroy, Spieth linked closer now at Players Championship BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy remembers a 19-year-old Texan who was polished for his age and didn’t appear to have a glaring weakness in his game. That was the Texas Open two years ago, the first time he played with Jordan Spieth. They are together again in The Players Championship under different circumstances. There is talk of a new rivalry in golf between McIlroy and Spieth, partly because of age, mainly because of recent results. McIlroy is No. 1 in the world on the strength of winning two of the last three majors and a pair of World Golf Championships. He already has two wins this year. Spieth won that other major — a wire-to-wire victory in the Masters — and moved up to No. 2. He also has two victories this year. The PGA Tour didn’t let the opportunity pass to put them together for two rounds in its premier championship, which starts Thursday at the TPC Sawgrass. Even if it’s a budding rivalry, it’s one-sided. Spieth would be the first to concede that. “He is as far ahead of me as I am with the next eight guys,’’ Spieth said, referring to the gap between No. 1 and
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The St. Francis Xavier High School 20th Annual Golf Classic will be held on Friday at Sunset Country Club. The format will be a 4-person Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $70 per person. For more information, call Chan Floyd at (803) 774-8555, Rick Lavergne at (803) 4813048 or the St. Francis office at (803) 773-0210. FRIEND OF YOUTH TOURNAMENT
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Rory McIlroy chips a shot to the green on the first hole during a practice round for The Players Championship on Wednesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. No. 2 in the world ranking. “So with that being said, it’s kind of anybody’s game to get up and make it interesting with him. I just happen to be the one that occupies No. 2 right now.’’ McIlroy responded to all the hype over Spieth and his green jacket by winning the Match Play Championship last week in San Francisco. He provided another answer to the chatter about a rivalry by practically yawning. “Last year it was Rickie (Fowler). This year it’s Jordan, might be someone else, could have been Tiger,’’ McIlroy said. “There’s been four or five rivalries over the
past year. So it doesn’t really do anything for me.’’ He then borrowed a line that Jack Nicklaus once told Tiger Woods. Both had a revolving door of rivals over the years. “As long as I’m one of them, the other can be whoever it is,’’ McIlroy said. “I don’t mind.’’ He would appear to be the one to chase for years, though McIlroy is prone to go into mini-slumps. Think back to one year ago at The Players Championship, when Woods was still No. 1 in the world. Now he’s at No. 125 from not playing well and not playing much be-
cause of injuries. Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar were next in line, and all of them had a mathematical chance to be No. 1 at The Players. McIlroy was No. 11. Two weeks later, he won the BMW PGA Championship and was on his way. But if there is an advantage this week, it might go to Spieth. He was tied for the lead going into the final round in his Players Championship debut and watched Martin Kaymer put on a clinic — and make an unlikely par putt on the island green at No. 17 — to win at Sawgrass.
The Friend Of Youth Golf Tournament sponsored by the Evening Optimist Club of Sumter will be held on Saturday at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice at a cost of $40 per player. The minimum team handicap is 50 with only one player allowed to have a handicap of eight or less. Seniors and women are encouraged to sign up for the tournament. There are sponsorship opportunities available at the costs of $100, $200 and $300. The money that is raised will go Optimist Club charities. For more information, call Les Perkins at (803) 468-1619. 9-HOLE CAPTAIN’S CHOICE
The Links at Lakewood golf course is hosting a 9-hole Captain’s Choice event every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per player and includes a steak dinner, a cart and prizes. To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.
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Senior, Junior P-15’s to begin practice on Monday Sumter American Legion Post 15 will begin practice for both its senior and junior baseball teams for the upcoming season on Monday. Practice will begin at 5:45 p.m. at Riley Park.
FIRE ANTS FINISH SECOND BURLINGTON, N.C. —The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team lost to USC Lancaster 10-6 on Tuesday in the championship game of the NJCAA Region X tournament at Burlington Athletic Park. The Fire Ants beat Pitt Community College 10-4 earlier in the day to advance to the championship round. Sumter is 39-18 on the season. Both Sumter and Lancast-
er will play in the NJCAA Eastern District tournament in New York next week. WOFFORD 17 CLEMSON 9
SPARTANBURG — Wofford broke a 9-9 tie with four runs in the seventh inning in its 17-9 victory over Clemson at Russell C. King Field on Tuesday. The Terriers improved to 33-16. The Tigers fell to 24-24. Clemson scored four runs in the top of the first inning, only to see Wofford respond with seven runs in the bottom of the first. Wofford scored a run in the second inning, then the Tigers scored three 2-out runs in the fourth inning, highlight-
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at Pine Grove Softball Complex Upper Bracket Friday Game 1 – Thomas Sumter vs. Hammond, 4:45 p.m. (Field 1) Game 2 – First Baptist vs. Ben Lippen, 4:45 p.m. (Field 2) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 7:30 p.m. (Field 4) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 8:15 p.m. (Field 3) Saturday Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Lower Game 4, 11 a.m. (Field 5) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m. (Field 5) Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary) Lower Bracket Friday Game 1 – Northwood vs. Wilson Hall, 4:45 p.m. (Field 3) Game 2 – Cardinal Newman vs. Laurence Manning, 4:45 p.m. (Field 4) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 7:30 p.m. (Field 5) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 8:15 p.m. (Field 2) Saturday Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Upper Game 4, 11 a.m. (Field 3) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 2 p.m. (Field 1) Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary)
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at Pine Grove Softball Complex Upper Bracket Friday Game 1 – Pee Dee at Thomas Heyward, 3 p.m. (Field 1) Game 2 – Robert E. Lee vs. Spartanburg Christian, 3 p.m. (Field 2) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 5:30 p.m. (Field 5) Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6:30 p.m. (Field 3) Saturday Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Lower Game 4, 9 a.m. (Field 5) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 12:30 p.m. (Field 1) Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary) Lower Bracket Friday Game 1 – Florence Christian vs. Williamsburg, 3 p.m. (Field 3) Game 2 – Carolina vs. Marlboro, 3 p.m. (Field 4) Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6:30 p.m. (Field 1)
Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6:30 p.m. (Field 2) Saturday Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Upper Game 4, 9 a.m. (Field 3) Game 6 – Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 12:30 p.m. (Field 2) Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (if necessary)
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Upper Bracket Friday at Oak Grove Softball Complex Game 1 -- Patrick Henry at W.W. King, 4 p.m. (Field 1) Game 2 -- Cathedral at Dorchester, 4 p.m. (Field 2) Game 3 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Clarendon Hall, 7 p.m. (Field 2) Game 4 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Wardlaw, 7 p.m. (Field 4) Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (Field 1) Saturday at Pine Grove Softball Complex Game 6 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m. (Field 2) Game 7 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 11 a.m. (Field 2) Game 8 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m. (Field 1) Game 9 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Lower Game 7, 1:15 p.m. (Field 3) Game 10 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 3:30 p.m. ( Field 2) Game 11 -- Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10 (if necessary) Lower Bracket Friday at Oak Grove Softball Complex Game 1 -- Jefferson Davis at St. John’s Christian, 4 p.m. (Field 3) Game 2 -- Faith Christian vs. Colleton Prep, 4 p.m. (Field 4) Game 3 -- Winner Game 1 vs. Richard Winn, 8 p.m. (Field 1) Game 4 -- Winner Game 2 vs. Holly Hill, 8 p.m. (Field 3) Game 5 -- Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 6 p.m. (Field 3) Saturday at Pine Grove Softball Complex Game 6 -- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 9 a.m. (Field 4) Game 7 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 11 a.m. (Field 1) Game 8 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 11 a.m. (Field 4) Game 9 -- Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Upper Game 7, 1:15 p.m. (Field 4) Game 10 -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 3:30 p.m. ( Field 4) Game 11 -- Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10 (if necessary)
ed by Tyler Krieger’s 2-run single. After Clemson regained the lead, Wofford scored a run in the sixth inning to tie the score 9-9 and took the lead for good with four runs in the seventh inning. The Terriers added four insurance runs in the eighth inning. Luke Leftwich (6-2) pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts to earn the win. Tiger reliever Pat Krall (1-2) suffered the loss.
NASCAR UPHOLDS PENALTIES AGAINST RCR CHARLOTTE — NASCAR’s final appeals officer upheld penalties levied against Richard Childress
Racing for intentionally manipulating Ryan Newman’s tires in March. The decision of Final Appeals Officer Bryan Moss is final. He ruled Wednesday there was “a preponderance of evidence’’ that RCR manipulated the tires. NASCAR initially confiscating tires from several teams following a race at California. NASCAR said that RCR had intentionally altered the tires to let air leak out during a run to give Newman an advantage. Newman crew chief Luke Lambert now must serve a 6-race suspension and pay a $75,000 fine. From staff, wire reports
SCISA FROM PAGE B1 or two of the local teams to flip-flop to the other bracket. The losers of Friday winners bracket games will move to the other bracket, meaning whoever wins their opening game and loses the second will switch brackets. The Lady Barons finished second in the region with a 6-2 record, while LMA was third at 5-3. Thomas Sumter swept LMA during the regular sea-
son and split with WH. The Lady Barons and the Lady Swampcats split their series. Clarendon Hall, which played for the 1A state title last season, will try to get back to the championship series by winning the upper bracket of the 12-team state tournament. The Lady Saints, 13-4 and winners or Region III, will receive a first-round bye and will play at 7 p.m. against the winner of the first-round game be-
Team Perseverance Basketball is now registering boys and girls ages 8-18 for its offseason travel program. For more information, contact coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, or by email at coachj_perseverance@yahoo. com. SUMTER CHRISTIAN CLINICS
Sumter Christian School will host four separate basketball clinics over two months beginning on June 8 at the school’s gymnasium. The clinics, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day, will be run by SCS coaches Bobby Baker and Tom Cope at a cost of $45 per student. The clinic for grades 1-3 will be held from June 8-12 with grades 3-6 on June 22-26, grades 6-9 on July 6-10 and grades 9-12 on July 27-31. For more information, contact the school at (803) 7731902.
tween W.W. King and Patrick Henry. The 1A team will be played at Oak Grove Softball Complex on Friday with Saturday’s games played at Pine Grove. Robert E. Lee Academy will be playing in the upper bracket of the 8-team 2A state tournament being played at Pine Grove. The Lady Cavaliers will face Spartanburg Christian at 3 p.m. in their opening game on Friday.
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EC softball cruises to district title TURBEVILLE — East Clarendon High School’s softball team defeated Carvers Bay 12-0 in five innings on Wednesday at the EC field to win the District VII tournament of the 1A state playoffs. Brooklyn Fort pitched four innings to get the win for the Lady Wolverines, striking out six. Mikayla Anderson was 2-for2 with two runs batted in to lead the EC offense. Debbie Reardon had a hit and three RBI and Marleigh Floyd had a hit and two RBI. East Clarendon will play Latta in the first round of the lower state tournament at a date and time to be determined.
VARSITY BASEBALL ROBERT E. LEE 4 HILTON HEAD PREP 2 HILTON HEAD — Robert E. Lee Academy defeated Hilton Head Prep 4-2 on Wednesday in the second game of the SCISA 2A state playoffs semifinal series at the HHP field. The REL win forces a deciding game on Friday. It will be played at the Orangeburg Prep field beginning at 7 p.m.
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Thomas Sumter Academy closed out its season with a 13-5 victory over Wilson Hall on Monday. Sydney Daniel led TSA offensively, going 5-for-5 with three runs. Emily Jackson was 2-for-4 with a 3-run home run, Riley DeLavan was 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI, Diamond Gibson was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Ellie Hunter had three hits and two RBI. Caitleigh Bryant, Lizzie Silvester and Karin Brannon each had two hits for the 16-4 Lady Generals. Kinsley Waynick led the Lady Barons with three hits, three RBI and a run. Madison Sliwonik had three hits and an RBI, Anne Land Welch had two this and a run, Kathryn Sistare had two hits, Carly Allred had a hit, a run and an RBI and Becca Cromer had a hit and a run.
LMA FROM PAGE B1 Brunson I think had two hits, Morgan Morris, a ninth-grader, had a big base hit. We had some good at-bats tonight, and we hit the ball in key situations that one inning.” LMA’s two second-inning runs came after Tripp Mason singled, took third as Adam Lowder reached on an error and scored ahead of Lowder on a Brunson single that sailed over Northwood second baseman Andrew Rickus’ head. The winning rally included a Todd Larrimer single, Buddy Bleasedale was hit by a pitch, a Mason sac bunt and an RBI single from Lowder, who then stole second. Brunson and Morris followed with RBI singles, with Brunson coming home on a throwing error for the eventual game-winning run. Brunson started and pitched 2 1/3 innings before giving up the ball to Touchberry after the Chargers reached him for five consecutive hits in the Northwood third. Touchberry induced an infield grounder and struck out leadoff batter Will Lloyd to end the threat. In his 3 2/3 innings of work on the mound, Touchberry struck out five, including three in the fifth, while giving up just three hits and one base on balls. Finley pitched the seventh, retiring the side on a grounder back to the pitcher, a ground ball to short and a fly ball to right to preserve the win.
Sumter’s Brandon Spittle swings at a pitch during the Gamecocks’ 4-3 loss in the championship round of the District VIII tournament of the 4A state playoffs on Wednesday at Gamecock Field.
BACKS FROM PAGE B1 sixth. Gobin led off for Summerville, 25-3, with a double against Beatson and Hopkins hit the base of the wall in right for a run-scoring triple to make it 3-2. Tobin hit an infield grounder that scored Gobin with the tying run. Beatson settled down after that,
pitching two scoreless innings. Right-hander Sawyer Bridges relieved Hursley after Reese Hankins led off the Sumter fourth with a double. Bridges allowed just three hits over the next seven innings. He struck out 12 and walked one. The biggest threat Sumter had against him came in his final inning, the 10th. Javon Martin reached on an infield
single and stole second as Holladay struck out. Crawford was intentionally walked and Barnes singled to left to load the bases. Brownlee hit a sharp 1-hopper to Tobin at shortstop and he threw home to force out Martin. Bridges struck out Brandon Spittle to get out of the inning. The Gamecocks had another scoring opportunity in the 11th against Gobin, who re-
lieved Bridges. After two were out, Ryan Moore singled and moved to second on a wild pitch. Martin singled to right, but Summerville right fielder Tre Tucker threw Moore out at the plate. Sumter finished with 11 hits, but only five after Hankins’ double to start the fourth. Martin and Barnes both had two hits. The Gamecocks struck out 17 times.
WH FROM PAGE B1 his approach to the game-deciding hit. “It was the first pitch I saw that at-bat and I just put the bat on the ball and did all I could.” Ballard also had an RBI double in a 4-run first inning that helped the Barons jump out to an early lead. He finished with two hits and two runs batted in, tying for the team lead in hits with Robert James and Sam Watford. The Barons, now 22-7 on the year, return to the championship series, which begins on Monday. Laurence Manning Academy defeated Northwood Academy 6-5 on Wednesday to force a deciding game in their semifinal series on Friday. “I would say it has somewhat of a special meaning, and this group of guys coming off last year’s state championship team and we never have called ourselves a young team, a rebirth team, but we do have seven new starters,” said Wilson Hall head coach Tommy Jones. WH got another stellar pitching performance from its starting pitcher, this time Drew Talley, and held off a late run by the Skyhawks, who finished the year 19-7. After the Barons opened the game with a 4-0 lead, Hammond responded with three runs in the top of the second and both teams went quiet until the final inning. Barons starter Drew Talley labored through a 21-pitch first inning, but settled down over the next six innings. After giving up three runs on two hits in the second inning, Talley allowed just a single to Robert Byrd in the fourth and Tyler Lanham reached on a hit by pitch in the sixth before he was pulled with one out in the seventh after walking Seth Addeo, putting the potential tying run at the plate. Hammond pulled within a run, trailing 5-4 with two outs thanks to an RBI infield single by Thomas Middleton off of reliever McLendon Sears. Addeo was at first after a walk, but Sears got Hamilton Rhinehart to ground out back to the mound, then allowed the hit to Middleton before striking out James Shepherd looking, the Skyhawks third hitter in the lineup, to end the game. Jones said Hammond showed a lot of
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Wilson Hall starting pitcher Drew Talley throws during the Barons’ 5-4 victory over Hammond on Wednesday in the SCISA 3A state semifinals at Baron Field. grit despite the loss of their head coach. Hammond was under the direction of Brandon Walsh, who replaced head coach Ray Derrick, who was ejected in Tuesday’s 7-3 loss for arguing a balk call. After struggling to score runs on Tuesday, Wilson Hall wasted little time getting on the board as three straight 1-out doubles by Watford, Edward McMillan and Ballard opened a 4-0 lead. Watford hit a 2-run double after James singled and Dawson Price walked. “Our game plan has been to come out aggressive; it’s kind of been our
theme all year,” Watford said. “We just came out had runners in scoring position and they did their job to get on and I tried to do mine to get them, and I just did my job.” Hammond responded in the top of the second with consecutive 2-out hits to pull within a run. Addeo hit a 2-run double, scoring courtesy runner Benjamin Ginsbury and Mac Littlejohn. Rhinehart singled in Addeo to make it 4-3. Talley pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing just three earned runs on three hits. He walked three and struck out four to earn the victory.
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AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK
Johnson denies he allowed Earnhardt to win at Talladega BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. have spent the last four years believing that Jimmie Johnson owed his teammate a favor for pushing Johnson to the win at Talladega Superspeedway in 2011. Some felt the payback finally came Sunday when Johnson was accused of “letting’’ Earnhardt win Talladega. The notion grew out of the final 20-plus laps of the race, run mostly as a single-file parade with Earnhardt leading and Johnson following in second. Johnson never pulled out of line to attempt to pass his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, and Earnhardt collected his sixth career win at the Alabama superspeedway. “It’s the most ridiculous thing ever,’’ Johnson said, noting most of the conversation about his alleged deliberate attempt to allow Earnhardt to win was on social media, where fans told him “You owed us, thanks for letting Junior win.’’ “I’m like, ‘For one, I didn’t owe you. Two, you’re taking away what your driver did. He won the race. You’re acting like I just let him win the
Baldwin owns his Sprint Cup Series team and found himself in need of a crew chief beginning this week when Kevin “Bono’’ Manion left to join Richard Petty Motorsports. With an immediate hole to fill, Baldwin decided to take over the No. 7 Chevrolet team that is driven by Alex Bowman. Baldwin was a longtime crew chief — he led Ward Burton to victories in the 2002 Daytona 500 and the 2001 Southern 500 — before becoming a car owner seven years ago.
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Jimmie Johnson, right, denied the idea that he let Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, win Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. race,’’’ Johnson said. Johnson remained adamant that he was determined to win the race for himself, and had planned to make his move exiting the final turn. But he needed either help from the cars behind him, or a second lane on the bottom of the track to push him, and neither scenario developed. “I gave it my all, but it just wasn’t in the cards,’’ Johnson said. Earnhardt has maintained
all along that he knew any move from Johnson wouldn’t come before the final lap, and that he saw in his rearview mirror that Johnson didn’t get any help from anyone else in line to execute a pass. “I knew he would wait ‘til the end because that was his best chance to win and not ruin the race for both of us,’’ Earnhardt said. “When he started to put things together, the guys behind him wanted to pass him instead of push
him.’’ He also downplayed the idea that Johnson has ever owed Earnhardt anything, and praised the 6-time champion for being the consummate teammate, professional and friend.
step-great-grandson. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday at The Church of the Holy Comforter in Sumter, followed by a graveside service and burial at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens in Mount Pleasant. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386, is in charge of arrangements.
ters, Thelma Temoney and Mary Brown; six brothers, Dallas, Frank, John, Buron, Isaac and Robert Richardson; three brothers-in-law, Floyd Peterson, Thomas Temoney and Willie Henry; and one granddaughter, Jenine Fullard. Public viewing will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Fullard will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. on Friday until the hour of service. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at Beulah AME Church, 3175 Florence Highway, Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Dwayne Bruce, officiating. Interment will follow in Beulah AME Church cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at 7390 Fullard St., Lynchburg. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.
and two step-grandchildren, Cullen Henderson Bernal and Evan Pell Bernal. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Seth Norman Morgan. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the chapel. Burial will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church cemetery in Candler. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
DOUBLE DUTY NASCAR team owner Tommy Baldwin will return to his old role as crew chief beginning this week at Kansas Speedway.
NASCAR’s annual Sprint All-Star Race will feature TV personality Guy Fieri as the grand marshal and honorary pace car driver. Fieri is best known for his hit Food Network TV shows “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’’ and “Guy’s Big Bite,’’ as well as his appearances as a judge on “Next Food Network Star.’’ Fieri will give the command for drivers to start their engines before the 30th running of next week’s All-Star race. He’ll then jump behind the wheel of the official Charlotte Motor Speedway Toyota Camry pace car to lead the field to green.
OBITUARIES ROBERT LEE SR. Robert Lee Sr., 93, died on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Lake Marion Nursing Home in Summerton. He was born on July 22, 1922, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Neal and Leotel Lee. In NoLEE vember 1943, Robert entered the United States Navy and served his country honorably as a Navy Seabee during World War II, where he rose to the rank of motor machinist’s mate third class (T). In 1942, he married the late Magdalene Lee of Burlington, Ohio, and that union was blessed with one child, Robert Lee Jr. In 1952, Robert met and married Juanita Washington of New York City and to that union two children were born, Andrew Lee and Neal Lee, both of whom predeceased him. Among the loved ones who share his memories are his son, Robert Lee Jr. of Proctorville, Ohio; three grandchildren, Tara Alin, Christopher Lee and Terrance Lee; a nephew, Reginald Ernest (Connie) Wood Sr. of Manning; a niece, Frances Wood; companion and friend, Alfreda Benbow; other relatives and friends. Funeral service for Mr. Lee will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday in the Summerton Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Samuel Miller will serve as the eulogist. Burial will follow in the Florence National Cemetery. Online condolences may be posted at summertonfuneralhome.com. Viewing will be held from noon until 4 p.m. today at the funeral home and a wake will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 4853755.
EVELYN W. LEGARE Evelyn Hughes Warrick Legare, 90, retired item manager with Charleston Naval Supply Center in Charleston, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Sumter. Mrs. Legare was the widow of Ray L. Warrick and Fred H. Legare Jr. She was born in Georgia, a daughter of the late Clyde Harvey and Lila Mitchell Hughes. Surviving are one son, Dr. Kenneth R. Warrick (Diane) of Charleston; one grandson, Dr. M. Todd Warrick (Pressley) of Sumter; one brother; one sister; four great-grandchildren; one stepson; one stepdaughter; four stepgrandchildren; one stepgreat-granddaughter; and one
JANIE R. FULLARD Janie Richardson Fullard was born on April 30, 1927, in Mayesville, to the late Buron and Lucille Burgess Richardson. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Isaac Fullard and to this union three children were born, Eliza, Jeremiah and Albertha. She departed this earthly life to eternal rest on Monday, May 4, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Janie, affectionately called “Pringle” by her family and friends, was a quiet, soft-spoken lady. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family. She especially loved planting, gardening and sewing. She especially enjoyed making the old-fashioned quilts for her family. She loved watching soap operas, “The Young and the Restless” and “Days of Our Lives.” She especially enjoyed watching “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Matlock,” along with her favorite old western “Gunsmoke.” She attended the public schools in Sumter County, including the old Beulah School. She worked for many years as a domestic engineer for the Goza family “Blue Eyes” in Mayesville. Janie accepted Christ as her personal Savior early in life. She was a lifelong member of Beulah AME Church and she served as a member of the Women’s Missionary Society, the Ladies’ Club, and the Lay Organization. She leaves to cherish her precious memories: two daughters, Eliza (Boston) Frierson of Lynchburg and Albertha Fullard of Sumter; one sister, Martha Peterson of Mayesville; three sisters-inlaw, Sallie Sims, Inez Richardson and Dorothy Richardson; eight grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; two greatgreat-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Isaac; son, Jeremiah; two sis-
RUTH M. MCELVEEN Ruth Foster Morgan McElveen, 80, widow of Jim McElveen, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at her home. Born in Candler, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Finley and Lillian Foster. Mrs. McElveen attended First Baptist Church. She retired from Tuomey Healthcare System as a medical technologist. She was a lifetime member of the American Society of Clinical Pathology. She was fond of dancing; was an avid golfer; and enjoyed the company of her grandchildren. Surviving are two sons, Norman Scott Morgan and wife, Lindsay Scales Morgan, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Stephen Douglas Morgan and wife, Cynthia T. Morgan, of Charlotte, North Carolina; two brothers, Finley Foster and Worley Foster, both of Candler; three grandchildren, Zachary Scott Morgan, Noah Kieran Morgan and Carter Stephen Morgan;
OPAL MAE M. CHAMBERS Opal Mae Martin Chambers, age 101, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter. Services will be held in Blackwell, Oklahoma, at a later date. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the local arrangements.
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JACKIE WILLIAMS Jackie “Fee Fee” Williams entered eternal rest on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at his home, 29 Bernie Circle Apartment, Sumter. Born on Dec. 30, 1961, in Sumter, he was a son of Mary Lee Stuckey Williams and the late Archie Williams Sr. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his mother, Mary Lee Williams, Bassett Park Apartment No. 4, 1345 Grandville Court, Sumter. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.
Maryland; six grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday at Warren Chapel UM Church with the Rev. William S. James, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Mayesvile Community Cemetery, directed by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc.
PAULINE BEARD LYNCHBURG — Pauline Beard, widow of Alphonso Beard Sr., was born in Mayesville, to the late Julia and Henry Moore Sr. She departed this life on May 2, 2015. Pauline attended Magnolia and Mayesville Institute schools in Mayesville and received her GED from Lee County School District. She accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of Ebenezer AME Church. After marriage, she joined Warren Chapel United Methodist Church, where she was an active member until she became ill. Pauline was a devoted wife and mother. She worked tirelessly in her community serving others. She was a beautiful friend and caregiver to family and friends as she gave selflessly when needed. She is survived by three loving sons, Alphonso Beard Jr. (Linda M.) of Poquoson, Virginia, James Alex Beard of Lynchburg and Clayce Oliver Beard of Capitol Heights,
BROOKLYN, New York — On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Willie “Bro” Pearson Jr., husband of Bernice June Pearson, heard his Master’s call at his residence. Born on July 7, 1941, in Manning, he was a son of the late Willie Pearson “Abie” and Elizabeth “Bee” Johnson Pearson. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence of his sister, Margaretta “Barr” Pearson Gatson, 1072 McDowell St., Red Hill community of Manning. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.
WANDA WORRELL Wanda Denise Bridges Worrell, 48, departed this life on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. She was born on July 21, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of Cecil and Josephine Franklin Worrell. The family will be receiving friends at 38 Wright St., Sumter, SC 29150. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.
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Cancer diagnosis is unlikely to thaw cold heart DEAR ABBY — I recently found out my grandmother has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has Dear Abby elected not to treat it. ABIGAIL The doctors VAN BUREN give her a year at the most. My dilemma is whether to extend just one more olive branch. She has never been a “warm and fuzzy” type of grandmother. She was cold and distant when I was in my teens and 20s, and downright mean when I was in my 30s. If I try to talk to her at family functions, she turns
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away and begins a conversation with someone else, not even acknowledging that I’m standing there. Last year at a family reunion, she took several photos with my mom and sister, and when it was suggested I join them in the photo, she walked away before one could be snapped. I’m not the only family member or grandchild she behaves this way toward. None of us knows why. Do I try one more time, suspecting the diagnosis hasn’t softened her heart and that I’ll again end up with hurt feelings? Or do I assume that nothing I do now will change who she is and that I will have no positive, happy memories of her? Invisible in Kansas DEAR INVISIBLE — Frankly, the
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chances of your grandmother transforming into someone warm and accepting don’t look promising because she appears to be a punitive and unhappy person. However, if you feel you might have regrets if you don’t try once more to connect with her, then make the effort so that when she dies, you’ll know you did everything you could. Don’t do it for her; do it for yourself. 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. Abby shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes in two booklets “Abby’s Favorite Recipes” and “More Favorite Recipes by Dear Abby.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $14 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.
ACROSS 1 __ of Cleves 5 Ink, so to speak 9 Skin problem 13 Genuine 14 “How much wood __ a woodchuck chuck ...” 16 “__ Wood sawed wood”: tongue twister opening 17 Washington landmark 20 Hidden supply 21 Major installation? 22 Pianist Dame Myra __ 25 Site of South America’s westernmost mainland point 26 Fairy tale patriarch 30 Latin dances 34 Saccharide suffix 35 Legal writeup 37 Elizabethan strings 38 Escher’s “Relativity” is an example of it 42 Provided with an email dupe 43 Poke around 44 Many corp. logos 45 Apollo home
48 “The Wolf of Wall Street” director 50 Prominent theater sign 52 Suture securer 53 Impeded 57 Bandleader Shaw 61 9-Across treatments 64 NASCAR route 65 Incline 66 __ school 67 Use a blowtorch on 68 James of jazz 69 James portrayer DOWN 1 Hammerthrow trajectories 2 With 59Down, “Very clever!” 3 Popular wine source 4 Prophet in 2 Kings 5 “Tea for __” 6 Former Time Warner division 7 Big wind 8 Drink noisily 9 Popular energy drinks 10 China setting 11 Comic __: typeface 12 Whopping 15 Places to see FDR
18 “Doctor Who” broadcaster 19 Constellation named for an instrument 23 Shot contents 24 Some voyages 26 Shelter resident 27 Shelter org. 28 Hero in a Prokofiev work 29 Rider’s handful 31 Hotel choice 32 Elemental bits 33 “Common” asset 36 Congregation 39 New York airport name until 1963
40 “On Golden Pond” bird 41 Big fuss 46 Suit 47 Mythical gold maker 49 Barbershop sharpeners 51 Bridal shop netting 53 Put in the overhead bin 54 “All you need,” in a Beatles song 55 Australian export 56 Hurdle for a jr. 58 Flag 59 See 2-Down 60 “World Series of Poker” channel 62 Explosive initials 63 Greek vowel
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ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcements Ladies Archery Night Beginning May 14th. Every Thursday night @ 6:30pm. Come join the fun! Beginners and Advanced. Equipment provided, instructed by certified instructor. Sumter Co. Fair Grounds BLDG#10, For more info contact Beth 803-983-2625.
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Garage, Yard & Estate Sales 107 Robbins Ave, Multi-family Sale, Fri. May 8th, 8 am - 12. Furniture, lawn tools, 8-speed men's bike, camping equip., other misc. items. EBay store closing sale! 400+ items. Vintage glass, deco, china & crystal. Tons of stuff!!! Sat. 7 am - until. 2838 August Dr. Jean's Flowers & Plants 244 Wildwood Ave. Fri. & Sat. 7AM. clothes, Eps.photo printer ETC.. Timberline Meadows (off Loring Mill Rd)-Sat 7-12 multiple family, kids clothes, hsehld items, furniture
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In Memory of Willie P. (Bill) Ragin Sunrise: 2-5-56 Sunset: 5-7-14 It's been 1 year ago today since you took your flight into Heaven. We love you dearly. Sadly missed by your loving wife Dorothy, mother Lena, your children: Sabrina, Jontay, Willie, Keith, Kayla & Nick, and your loving grands, siblings, and family.
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F/T Experienced cake decorator needed with retail experience. Pls apply in person at the Piggly Wiggly on Pinewood Rd. SUNSET COUNTRY CLUB now hiring servers, bartenders, , dishwasher, cart attendants and certified life guards. Apply in person at 1005 Golfcrest Rd. No phone calls.
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Morris College, a private four year Liberal Arts College in Sumter, South Carolina, is seeking to fill the following position(s):
A growing and expanding organization is seeking licensed therapists (LISW or LPC) to provide behavioral and mental health services for people in their community. Competitive full-time salary position, 401k, medical and dental benefits. Please reply by May 11th. to Box 411 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151.
SECRETARY: To assist the Director of Financial Aid in filing and tracking student performance and records, and to render efficient clerical and data collection activities. Applicant must be proficient in computer skills and office automation and must possess a personable attitude and experience to interact with students. Must have an Associate's Degree in Office Automation or related field and two years of general office experience. Effective immediately. Submit a letter of application, personal resume, three letters of recommendation and official academic transcripts to: Director of Personnel, Morris College, 100 W. College St., Sumter, SC 29150-3599. Morris College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. F/T Class-A CDL driver needed to haul poultry. Night Shift. Must have 2 years verifiable exp & good MVR. Call Danny 803-236-0682. F/T EXPERIENCED Maintenance Technician needed for a busy, mid-size property in Sumter, SC. Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. CFC and CPO certifications ARE REQUIRED. Must have a valid driver's license, insurance and reliable transportation. Must be available for night/weekend call duty. Salary commensurate with experience. Pd vacation and Personal/Sick. Benefits include: 100% (employee) paid medical and dental. Please fax resume to 803-775-3595. No phone calls please! Looking for a carpenter experienced in floors, windows, and other rental property maintenance. MUST have valid Drivers License. Submit resume to: M-414 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151. The #1 Furniture Retail Company in the U.S. is seeking a highly motivated, detailed oriented individual with an outgoing personality for a full-time position to handle Administrative and Customer Service duties. MUST be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. College degree preferred but not mandatory. Please send or drop off Resume' to: Open Position, 2850 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150. INTERVIEWS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY! Help wanted. Roofers and laborers please apply at Southern Roofing Services, Inc. 785 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC Experience not necessary but helpful. Law office seeks employee for Secretarial position requiring efficient typing, dictaphone, computer and office skills. Send resume to Box 338 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151
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Looking for something that is more than just a job? Do you like to surround yourself with beautiful things and happy people? Are you a highly motivated and goal oriented person? Are you a Team Player with a competitive spirit? Do you love to make money? If your answer is YES to all of the above questions and you are computer literate, please send resume' to P-409 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151. This position is with a local, well established company who is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of the BBB and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. A growing and expanding organization is seeking an Information Technology (IT) Specialist with knowledge and skills to work independently or as a member of a team, in the administration, development, delivery and support of IT systems and services. Competitive full-time salary position, 401k, medical and dental benefits. Please reply by May 11th.Box 413 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151
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Opening for MT/MLT Multiple positions available for Medical Technologist and/or Medical Lab Technician in a large physician's office laboratory in Sumter, SC. Full and part-time openings available for generalist MT / MLT. Performs routine and special diagnostic procedures requiring technical skill, judgment, and independent decision-making following established standards, policies, and procedures. Performs duties under minimal supervision. Flexible shifts available. Pay DOE. Respond to:325 Broad Street, Ste 100, Sumter, SC 29150 or fax 803-403-9977.
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The following vehicle was abandoned at J&T Customizing, 4390 Questria Drive, Sumter, SC 29154-8315. Described as a 2005 Chrysler, VIN #2C4C36844S4363. Total Due for storage is $6,875.00 as of April 14, 2015. Owner is asked to call 803-720-7058. If not claimed in 30 days. it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.
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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscriber, William W. Wheeler, III, of Jennings & Jennings, P.A., at their office at No. 1 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 106, Bishopville, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TAKE NOTICE that the Complaint in this action together with the Summons of which the foregoing is a copy, were duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lee County, at Bishopville, S. C. on the 5th day of June, 2014. WILLIAM W. WHEELER, III JENNINGS & JENNINGS, P.A. No. l Court House Square P. O. Box 106 Bishopville, S. C. 29010 Phone: 803 484-5454 Fax: 803 484-6044 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
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TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, JAQUAN STROUD:
2011 Ram 2500 White, Heavy Duty Cummins Turbo Charged , Hide a hitch, 11825 Mi. 35K Call 803-938-2928
2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Trailers for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926
Tonmekia I. Spann, individually, and as Guardian ad Litem for Tilayah Parks, a minor under the age of 14 years, Plaintiff, Vs. Tieron Parks and Jaquan Stroud, Defendant.
NOTICE OF FILING Autos For Sale
Unfurnished Homes
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2014-CP-31-162
REAL ESTATE
Unfurnished Apartments
Downtown apartments 2br/2 bath $975, rent incl. water & elect. 803-775-1204 Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm.
Summons & Notice SUMMONS
Work Wanted Housekeeping Low rates, Offices & Churches. Good Ref. Avail. Call 803-565-9546
Abandon Vehicle / Boat
UNITS FOR AUCTION A-17 Johnny Pugh C-26 Anthony Talbott C-33 John W. Sumter D-21 Tony Woods E-29 Rodrick Muhammad F-28 Makeisha McKnight
$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555 P/T cleaner needed immediately in Wedgefield. Daytime position, cleaning a small office, Monday - Friday. Must have own transportation, pass background & drug screen. $12 hour. Contact Bob at rnlundygvpm@gmail.com PT floral designer. Must have floral shop exp. Excepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.
Trucking Opportunities Truck Driver needed for hauling chips. Must have CDL & min. 3 years exp. Call 803-804-4742 / 804-9299.
Lifestyles Lawn Service! Disc. for home sellers, residential & commercial. Erik 968-8655
Legal Service Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury
Septic Tank Cleaning
CONTRACTOR WANTED! For Routes In The
VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY APPRECIATION SUPPLIER PRICING C NG!
$179/mo. Lease
$199/mo. Lease
on a 2015 Malibu LT
on a 2015 Equinox LT
10k miles 24m with $1519 Due at Signing
10k miles 24m with $1929 Due at Signing
WYBOO PLANTATION WHITE OAK II AREA. Septic tank pumping & services. Call Ray Tobias & Company (803) 340-1155.
Tree Service
Earn Extra Income If you have good dependable transportation and a phone in your home and a desire to supplement your income,
$5,000 Off of select Buick LaCrosses! vin# 1G4GB5G33FF210423
With approved credit. Plus Tax and Tags. See dealer for details.
Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721
STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net
COME BY & APPLY AT
20 N. Magnolia St. Sumter, SC or Call Harry at (803) 774-1257
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