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Iran nuclear deal set to pass Senate Democrats gather votes to secure agreement WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives

in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel. Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland became the crucial 34th vote in favor of the agreement. “No deal is perfect, esMIKULSKI pecially one negotiated with the Iranian regime,” Mikulski said in a statement. She called the accord “the best option available to block Iran from

having a nuclear bomb. For these reasons, I will vote in favor of this deal.” The backing from Mikulski, who is retiring next year, gives supporters the margin they need to uphold an Obama veto of a congressional resolution of disapproval if Republicans pass such a measure later this month. And it spells failure for opponents of the international agreement who sought to foil it by turning Congress against it. Leading that effort were Israel and its allies in the U.S., who failed to get traction after spending

millions of dollars trying. The agreement signed by Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers limits Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. Republicans and Israeli officials contend that concessions made to Iran could enable the country to wreak havoc throughout the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had personally lobbied U.S.

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Gas prices invite more Labor Day excursions

New Lafayette bridge nearing completion

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Cheap gas prices for the Labor Day holiday are making the chance for a holiday road trip more enticing than at any time in more than a decade, but there doesn’t seem to be a rush for the exits from Sumter. According to AAA Carolinas, lower gas prices and an improving economy are contributing to an increase in Labor Day holiday travel for the third straight year for South Carolinians, and that could lead to the highest number of travelers in seven years. More than 455,500 Palmetto State residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more

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Construction of the Lafayette Drive bridge continues to progress toward its anticipated opening in December. Jeffrey Wilkes, South Carolina Department of Transportation resident construction engineer, said the construction crew is in the process of pouring bridge deck, the material on which cars will drive, on the surface of the bridge. He anticipates that this process will be complete within the next week. He said the crew will then add curbs and gutters to the south side of the bridge near Hauser Street and add sidewalks and guardrails to the entire bridge.

China shows off new military gear with parade Chinese female troops practice marching in August near a billboard showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and the slogan “Strive to build a People’s Liberation Army that obeys the Party, Wins the war and has outstanding work style“ at a camp on the outskirts of Beijing. The soldiers were preparing for a massive parade on Wednesday intended to show off the nation’s newest military capabilities.

BEIJING (AP) — When China rolls out its latest armaments Thursday for a lavish parade commemorating the defeat of Japan in World War II, defense experts and foreign armies will be watching closely for any revelations about new military capabilities. Fueled by booming defense spending, the People’s Liberation Army is expected to showcase breakthroughs in missile technology and military aircraft that reflect its increasing focus on projecting force beyond its borders, especially adjacent seas where it competes with neighbors for territory and resources.

PARADE BASICS The parade will feature more than 12,000 troops, upward of 200 planes and helicopters and about 500 pieces of equipment, including tanks, rocket launchers and missiles of all sizes and ranges. China says more than 80 percent of the gear is being shown in public for the first time. Of greatest interest are China’s strategic weapons: bombers and missiles capable of attacking targets

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China’s missile corps, formally known as the Second Artillery, has long served as its most potent means of projecting force abroad, and new developments are always closely scrutinized. Unlike the United States and Russia, China is not bound by the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and has poured resources into developing missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,000 kilometers.

The public participation meeting that was held at Patriot Hall on Tuesday regarding traffic improvements in the Hampton Park Historic District was a success, according to Allan Yu, senior transportation planner at Sumter Planning Department. The purpose of the traffic calming study is to create and implement solutions to improve traffic safety through the historic district. The research is conducted through Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study, a local federallyfunded program, and $51,000 was appropriated for the study. Many of the 30 or so people who attended the meeting are residents of the historic district, Yu said. Yu said the purpose of Tuesday’s meeting was to gain

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thousands of kilometers away. That’s of particular concern to the U.S. and its allies in the region, especially Japan, with whom China has tussled concerning mineral rights and the ownership of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. China’s rising capabilities also expose the vulnerability of Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to conquer by force if necessary.

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Family petitions state’s high court Attorney for relatives of teen killed by police ask local prosecutor to recuse herself mitted by one of the very officers with whom they work,” attorneys for the family wrote. Hammond’s parents also say that Adams has demonstrated a “lack of objectivity, and that she has prejudged this matter” by saying that details from the teen’s juvenile records “prove his specific intent to run the officer over” and repeatedly asking a judge to unseal them. Adams’ office did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Seneca police Lt. Mark Tiller has said he shot Hammond during the July 26 incident because he felt threatened as the teen drove his car at him. Hammond’s family has vehemently disagreed with the police account, saying autopsy results and photos show Hammond was shot twice through the driver’s side window and that bullets entered his back, indicating the officer was not threatened with being run over when he fired. According to a police report, Hammond had driven a 23-year-old woman

BY MEG KINNARD The Associated Press COLUMBIA — A local prosecutor should be removed from an investigation into the shooting of a South Carolina teen killed by a police officer during an apparent drug bust, the man’s family has argued to the state’s highest court. In documents filed Tuesday, the parents of Zachary Hammond say the state Supreme Court should declare that Solicitor Chrissy Adams has a conflict of interest because the 19-year-old was shot by a police officer in her jurisdiction. Prosecutors rely heavily on local law enforcement officers to investigate cases, the Hammonds’ attorneys wrote. And, as such, the same prosecutors should recuse themselves when those law officers themselves need to be investigated. “This inherently symbiotic relationship becomes an inherently conflicted relationship when a solicitor is forced to investigate a potential crime com-

‘This inherently symbiotic relationship becomes an inherently conflicted (one) when a solicitor is forced to investigate a potential crime committed by one of the very officers with whom they work.’ ATTORNEYS FOR THE HAMMOND FAMILY to the parking lot after an undercover officer arranged to buy marijuana from her. Uninjured, the woman was ultimately charged with simple possession of marijuana. But in an affidavit, according to the Hammonds’ filing, the woman said an officer, with his gun drawn, yelled

“that he would blow our ... heads off and immediately started firing.” The State Law Enforcement Division has released little about its investigation and will send findings to the local prosecutor. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice also said it would investigate the case. The officer involved and the teen are both white. In addition to replacing Adams, the Hammonds also argue that the court should direct Attorney General Alan Wilson to appoint an independent solicitor to take over the case — something their attorneys argue should be done in all such cases. “Despite the conflict that seems so apparent in having a solicitor investigate and/or prosecute an officer within her jurisdiction following an officer related shooting, there appears to be no rule or law or policy decision directing that the investigation and prosecution of these matters be handled at the State level through the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office,” they wrote.

Haley: ‘New South’ can lead nation in race relations

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Lake Marion Water Agency meets today The Lake Marion Regional Water Agency monthly meeting will be today beginning at 2 p.m. at the Lake Marion Regional Water Plant in Santee. For more information, call 1-800-804-7424.

2 indicted for tax fraud, 1 faces other charges Two Sumter residents have been indicted for their role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. by claiming false and fraudulent federal tax refunds. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles filed the charges against Crystal A. Blakely, 26, and Hercules E. Baker, 27, both of Sumter, according to information from a from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Columbia. The indictments allege Blakely and Baker conspired to file false tax returns between January 2012 and April 2014. Blakely is also charged with three counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, the maximum penalty for conspiracy is 10 years in a federal penitentiary, 20 years for wire fraud and two years consecutive imprisonment for aggravated identity theft. No court date was announced in the release.

CLARIFICATION The Bill Pinkney Foundation is asking participants to bring their own food and lawn chairs for the Community Unity and Service Day on Sept. 12 at Bill Pinkney Park in Dalzell.

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told the National Press Club on Wednesday that the “New South” can lead the nation in race relations and racial advancement. Haley’s speech in Washington, titled “Lessons from the New South,” comes amid speculation that she will be in contention next year as a running mate for the Republican presidential nominee. The national profile of the 43-year-old governor has risen since she called on legislators in June to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds — prompted by the massacre of nine parishioners in a historic black church in Charleston. The battle flag came down less than three weeks later. “We still have our problems. There’s still a lot more to do. But the New South, in many ways, is a place to look toward, rather than to look away from,” Haley will say, according to excerpts of her address. According to the excerpts, Haley said that residents’ nonviolent reaction to the racially fueled massacre showed the world how far South Carolina has come. Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, said she would not have won a fourway Republican primary in 2010 and gone on to become the state’s first minority governor if South Carolinians were racially intolerant. “With the grace of the aftermath of the Mother Emanuel church massacre, the world saw South Carolina as we are,” she said. “What I want to tell you is

that we’ve been that way for some time now — it’s just that a lot of people outside of our state never noticed.” She will tout the importance of jobs and education for bringing opportunity to all people. But for African-Americans particularly, she said, the equality goals of the civil rights movement remain unfinished. The “New South” can serve as an example to the nation on that, too, she’ll say, pointing to the fatal shooting in April of an unarmed black man as he tried to flee from a white North Charleston police officer. “After the horrendous death of Walter Scott, we didn’t have violence,” Haley said. “As a state, we came together, black and white, Republican and Democrat.” She’ll note that the officer was quickly charged with murder after a bystander came forward with video of the shooting. She’ll also tout her signature two months later to a police body-camera law, with Scott’s family attending. The law created a grant program to help law enforcement agencies that have state-approved guidelines buy the cameras. “Some people think that you have to yell and scream in order to make a difference. That’s not true,” she said. “When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying.” South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison said Haley’s trying to rewrite her record. He points a legislative panel’s findings, reported Monday, that many students, par-

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Gov. Nikki Haley delivers a speech on “Lessons from the New South” during a luncheon at the National Press Club on Wednesday. ticularly special-needs students and those in rural schools, spend up to three hours daily on a school bus. The findings come as legislators attempt to craft a response to the state Supreme Court’s ruling last fall that South Carolina fails to provide opportunities for poor, rural students. The ruling came on a lawsuit legislators fought for 21 years. Harrison also notes Haley has refused to expand Medicaid under the federal health

care law and opposed efforts to raise the gas tax to fund roadwork. “Time and time again Gov. Haley and the Republicanled state Legislature have failed to lead on key investments that would bring about long-term growth for South Carolinians,” Harrison said. “While she’s speaking about leading the ‘New South,’ South Carolina children and working families are falling further and further behind.”

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him at home, he added, as he headed to Cut Rate Drugs and Coffee Shop in downtown Sumter. Bodiford, a graduate of Furman High School, said if he was traveling, he would like to go to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where he said he has traveled many times. FLOYD “It’s a nice area,” he said. “They have lots of ski lifts and stuff like that.” Laura Floyd, working at Alderman’s Drug, said she was well aware of the gas prices. SMITH “I love it,” she said. Still she said she didn’t plan to do much for the holiday. “Maybe go to the beach,” she said. Furman Smith, also known as “The Bean SAWYER Man,” said he is going to the races at Darlington next weekend after receiving tickets from fellow 1964 Sumter High Graduate Gordon Logan.

from home, AAA reported, and more than 80 percent of those will be will be driving. “Lower gas prices and an extended weekend should motivate South Carolinians to hop in their vehicles for one more family road trip as the summer travel season comes to a close,” said Dave Parsons, CEO and president of AAA Carolinas. “We’ll have more motorists on the road than last year, and it’s the perfect time to remind everyone to practice safe driving habits, including not drinking and driving, adhering to speed limits and eliminating distractions behind the wheel such as cellphone use.” A quick check of gas prices on MapQuest.com showed prices in Sumter as low as $1.96.9 Wednesday, but not a lot of Sumterites seem to be hopping behind the wheel. John Bodiford, who is retired from the U.S. Army, said he has no travel plans for the holiday weekend. “My wife has to work, for one thing,” he said. Health issues are also keeping

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“Gas prices are helping a lot,” he said. Smith said he is also taking a bus trip to the Florida Keys with a church group. Philip Sawyer, who lives in Andrews, said he has a brother visiting, and he will probably take him to Georgetown, not particularly a HORTON long trip from his hometown. He said he loves the low price of gas, particularly as a rental equipment salesman. “I drive 1,000 miles a week,” he said. “It’s KERSHAW II good for us.” Kisha Horton, at Law Range Barber Shop, said she is planning to go bass fishing at Santee Lake for the holiday but hasn’t heard many of her customers talk about travel plans. “Most people are lying low,” she said. “With back to school and that routine, people are wanting to take it easy,” she said. Retired Air Force Veteran Charles Kershaw and his son, Charles Kershaw II, were downtown on Wednes-

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AIRCRAFT Equally attention-grabbing is a new-version bomber, the H-6K, based on the former Soviet Cold War-era Tu-16. China’s official Xinhua News Agency says 90 percent of its on-board technology has been upgraded and has been “independently developed for long-distance precision strikes.” Han M. Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists said the bomber would be equipped with the DH-20 landattack cruise missile, giving China the capability of hitting targets as far away as Australia. Only Russia and the U.S. are currently able to launch cruise missiles from the air. China’s homegrown J-10 fighters and J-11 and J-16 copies of Russian Sukhoi jets have also featured in rehearsals, along with its Z-19 attack helicopters and transport choppers. Not seen so far are the J-31 and J-20 “stealth” fighters in development. China’s development of cutting-edge jet fighters is set to give it an overwhelming edge over Taiwan. Estimates say China could have about 1,500 so-called fourth-generation fighters by 2020, compared to about 350 on Taiwan, according to Rick Fischer, a longtime analyst of the Chinese military at the International Assessment and Strategy Cen-

ter, a U.S. think tank. input from the community about possible solutions to alleviate traffic issues in the historic district. According to information provided during a SUATS policy meeting in January, there were 61 traffic incidents in the historic district between 2011 and 2014. Twenty-seven of those incidents happened on West Calhoun Street, which Yu said has the highest daily traffic volume compared to eight other streets in the area. Based on a survey given to 50 Tuomey Healthcare System employees by the planning department, only one person responded that he or she does not use West Calhoun Street during the drive to or from work, Yu said. After analyzing the survey, Yu concluded that the responses did not indicate a

TANKS AND TROOPS China’s 2.3 million-member People’s Liberation Army is the world’s largest standing military, and its growth has been fueled by annual increases in the defense budget of 10 percent or more, pushing total defense spending to $145 billion this year, the second-most after the United States. Beijing states that the parade is all about commemorating the past and demonstrating its commitment to safeguarding the peace. Yet the mass display of marching troops, and the latest Chinese hardware seems calculated to broadcast China’s rising military might, reflecting the tougher lines on sovereignty being pushed by President Xi Jinping, who also chairs the government and Communist Party committees commanding the armed forces.

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Observers will be looking for an appearance by the DF16, a short-range ballistic missile loaded two to a truck, along with the DF-21D, an intermediate-range, anti-ship ballistic missile capable of sinking an American aircraft carrier in a single strike. A new-version cruise missile, the DH-10, and upgraded DF-31A and DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles would also attract interest, although it is the mid-range missiles that most concern Andrei Chang, Hong Kong-based editor of the magazine Kanwa Asian Defense. Chang said China appeared to be extending the range of the DF-16 to allow it to hit U.S. assets in Guam and other targets. Any appearance of the missile at the parade might suggest it is operational.

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day, but the younger Kershaw said he didn’t have any plans, though a friend was urging him to go to Valdosta, Georgia. “If I go it will be a last-minute thing,” he said. He said his dad would probably stay home and watch sports. He said he was recently working as a truck driver and saw prices as low as $1.85 per gallon. The most expensive gas in the state is in Charleston at $2.01 AAA Carolinas said, and the least expensive is in Myrtle Beach at $1.94. South Carolina motorists will encounter higher gas prices in North Carolina ($2.22), Georgia ($2.28), Virginia ($2.18) and Tennessee ($2.14). According to AAA Carolinas, South Carolina’s state-wide average Wednesday was $2.01 per gallon, the lowest in 11 years. Motorists were paying $1.15 more per gallon statewide a year ago on Labor Day. For residents of the Palmetto State who are staying home, perhaps it is because they are pondering the question:“How many miles of South Carolina roads do you have to drive to save enough money to buy new shock absorbers?”

serious safety problem but suggests that the existing traffic issues could be improved because more than one-third of respondents stated they would not change their routes. According to an online survey provided by the planning department, when asked if it would be faster to reach the downtown area by taking North Guignard Drive to Liberty Street, 44 percent of respondents stated they would be somewhat interested in the alternate route while nearly 30 percent responded that they would not be willing to change their route at all. The majority of respondents travel through the historic district to get to and from the downtown area; about 38 percent of respondents live in the neighborhood; and close to 30 percent work in the area. Scott Lane, senior transportation planner with Stantec Consulting in Ra-

leigh, North Carolina, said one thing that he thought was very interesting was the number of people who overestimated how many drivers travel down West Calhoun, from North Guignard to Washington Street or vice versa. He said the majority of participants in the meeting answered that 88 percent of the drivers take the entire route when the actual number is about 56 percent. He said some residents think the traffic problems are worse than they actually are. In the next day or two, Lane said Stantec will provide the city with the results of a summary of the meeting and a composite map showing the traffic solutions suggested by participants. Yu said a second meeting will be held after all of the information has been analyzed, and multiple solutions will be presented to the community.

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Everyone can play a part in building faith community

t takes a village, as the adage goes, to raise a child, and the same goes for a new convert to the faith. It’s easy to praise those with the eloquence and tenacity to reach out to others — preachers, well-known religious authors and the like. Their ability to communicate their faith often seems a talent beyond our capacity. To a small extent, we are right; not everyone is called to preach or minister to the masses. It doesn’t mean we are to recuse ourselves from all ministry because we lack one specific skill set. Some believers are natural extroverts and thus inherently blessed with the ability to reach out to others. For those on the opposite end of the spectrum — the shy, the reserved, the introvert — well, they are less likely to be directly tied to the conversion of another person. Still, those that seem to fade into the background have an important role to play in the life of the church. Consider the case of a young woman who needed free childcare so she could attend a seminar on how to communicate the message of faith to preteens. A young teenager offered to keep her kids for the 90-minute seminar. Through the class, the young woman was allowed the opportunity to learn and grow. Later, she was able to lead another young lady to a deeper faith. In my book, the babysitter for the young children was just as instrumental in God’s plan to reach preteens as the mother who attended a seminar. What more can I say about the bulletin folders, dishwashers, bus drivers, baby rockers, maintenance workers, Bible study leaders, volunteer office workers, youth chaperones and food preparation staff ?

They might not be the flashiest of positions, but without them so many ministries would crumble. This inteFaith Matters gral support JAMIE H. system can WILSON often be overlooked and forgotten, or worse, taken for granted. It takes all of God’s people working together to bring the lost and hopeless into the faith. When we conclude that certain jobs in our church families are menial and have no impact on the faith, we fail to see the larger picture — that God is using our individual talents in this specific time for a particular purpose. Call it the “Butterfly Effect for Faith.” Our actions, though they may seem completely inconsequential, can have a tremendous effect as they snowball into the greater good. Sometimes it’s not a specific job but rather moments of encouragement that the body of believers can offer to someone struggling in life. Your comment or genuine concern could be the one that tips the scales for one considering a life of faith. It comes down to a willingness to serve in whatever capacity God gives you. To borrow a phrase used in the theatre, “there are no small parts, just small actors.” I hope your own spiritual role finds you practicing your God-given gifts and talents, no matter how small or how large, to the fullest because there is someone who needs what you have to offer. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

CHURCH NEWS Beulah UME Church, 2380 S. St. Paul Church Road, announces: * Saturday, Sept. 12 — 5k Walk / Run beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Patriot Park, 380 General Drive. Calvary Baptist Church, 495 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday — Mid-Carolina gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring Forever Changed and Cedar Creek Quartet. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday — Praise and worship service at 4 p.m. The Rev. Stanley Hayes will speak. Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 21-23 — Revival service at 7 nightly. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr. will speak. Community Church of Praise, 562 S. Pike Road, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Pastor’s appreciation service at 3 p.m. at Westend Community Church, 101 S. Salem Ave. The Rev. Harold Osborne Wilson will speak. Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming at 10 a.m. The Rev. Rodney Howard will speak. The LeFevre Quartet will provide music. Dinner on the grounds. Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry, 1098 Lemon Ave., Manning, (across from Camp Bob Cooper), announces: * Outdoor interdenominational worship service at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday through Sept. 6 for those who spend their summer weekends at Lake Marion. Find them on Facebook for more information. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — Holy communion service. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship. Fellowship Baptist Church, 705

W. Huggins St., Manning, announces: * Sunday — The church anniversary will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Pastor Terry Johnson will speak. Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Saturday, Sept. 19 — Women’s conference “Vision-NPurpose” at 11 am. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Holy communion will follow 10:15 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Trustee / trustee spouse anniversary during 10:15 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Sept. 20 — Pastor’s Aide anniversary during 10:15 a.m. worship. Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Junior Missionary anniversary program during morning worship. * Sunday, Sept. 20 — Trustee and wives anniversary program. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Sept. 12 — All ladies are invited to Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Shelica Daniels will bring a message of hope, healing and comfort. Nursery provided for children age 5 and under. www.knittingheartsministry. org Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Pack-thePew program at 3 p.m. The Rev. Robert L. China Jr. will speak. M.H. Newton Family Life Enrichment Center, 415 Manning Ave., announces: * Sunday — Anniversary celebration of Deacon Robert Burgess and the Mighty Soul Searchers. Doors open at 4 p.m. and service begins at 5 p.m. On the program: Legendary Supreme Angels; Jarell Smalls & Co.; The Harmonettes; and many more.

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Pope preps for U.S. visit VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is expected to raise issues ranging from climate change to income inequality when he visits Cuba and the United States Sept. 19-27. Francis has launched an agenda of reform in the Vatican and in the global church, prioritizing different issues and counseling a more merciful message. Here’s a primer on where the pope stands on key issues. ABORTION: Francis has upheld church teaching opposing abortion and echoed his predecessors in saying human life is sacred and must be defended. But he has not emphasized the church’s position to the extent that his predecessors did, explaining that by now the church’s teaching on abortion is well-known and that priests “cannot be obsessed” with preaching only about “a disjointed multitude of doctrines.” In an indication of his mercy-overmorals position, he has established a new type of roving confessor, dubbed “missionaries of mercy,” who can absolve people of sins reserved to the Holy See, including abortion. CAPITALISM: Francis has been accused by some U.S. conservative commentators of Marxist sympathies given his frequent denunciations of economic systems that “idolize” money above people and the failings of the trickle-down economic theory. He has said while globalization has saved many people from poverty “it has condemned many others to die of hunger because it’s a selective economic system.” Francis has said he’s not preaching communism but the Gospel. Pope Benedict XVI voiced the exact same concerns, and in 2009 denounced the profit-at-all-cost

Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, 207 Reardon St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Family and friends day at 3 p.m. Elder Kenneth Murray will speak. Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Knightengales Choir anniversary program at 5 p.m. * Saturday, Sept. 12 — Male chorus anniversary program at 5 p.m. * Sunday, Sept. 20 — Youth choir anniversary program at 4 p.m. * Saturday, Sept. 26 — The skit “Do You Know Your Bible?” will be presented at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Sept. 27 — Woman’s Day program during 9:30 a.m. service. The Rev. Thomasina Portis will speak. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — The Lord’s Supper will be observed during the 10:45 a.m. service. The Rev. Johnnie M. Gist will speak at 6 p.m. * Sunday, Sept. 27 — The 122nd church anniversary and homecoming worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Waymon Mumford will speak. New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday, Sept. 12 — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m. One Step Christian Ministries, 125 S. Nettles St., Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, Sept. 12 — Fourth church and the Rev. Sheila B. Neal’s pastoral celebration banquet at 2 p.m. at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Building, Mayesville. The Rev. Dr. James Blassingame will speak. * Sunday, Sept. 13 — The Rev. Josephine McGriff will speak at 11:15 a.m. Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — The senior choir’s anniversary celebration during 10 a.m. worship. * Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 16-18 — Revival at 7 nightly. Speakers as follows: Wednes-

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in August. Francis, speaking Monday from Rome via satellite to people in three American cities, asked a teenage girl to sing for him as he sought prayers for his upcoming trip to the United States. See more of this story at www.theitem.com. mentality blamed for bringing about the global financial meltdown and called for a new world financial order guided by ethics and the search for the common good. CELIBACY: Francis said last year that celibacy for priests “is a rule of life, which I highly esteem and I believe is a gift for the church.” But he added, “since it is not a dogma of faith, the door is always open” to discussing the issue. In the book “On Heaven and Earth,” the pope, when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, said he was in favor of maintaining celibacy “for the moment,” but noted the Eastern Rite Catholic church makes celibacy optional. CONTRACEPTION: Francis has defended the church’s opposition to artificial contraception, which is enshrined in the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae. At the same time, he has said Catholics need not breed “like rabbits” and should instead practice “responsible parenthood” through “licit” methods. The church endorses

day, the Rev. George P. Windley Sr.; Thursday, the Rev. Julia Sanders; and Friday, Minister Jake Sanders III. * Sunday, Sept. 27 — Pastor appreciation service during 10 a.m. worship. The Rev. Alfreda Whitlock will speak. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Saturday — Russell Elmore prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m. * Tuesday, Sept. 8 — Senior adult lunch at noon. Bring a covered dish. * Sunday, Sept. 13 — 173rd anniversary and homecoming worship celebration 10 a.m.noon. Dr. Harold Greene and the Rev. Graham Bochman will speak. Mercy Rain will provide music. A mortgage burning will also be held. St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming celebration at 11 a.m. Pastor

the Natural Family Planning method, which involves monitoring a woman’s cycle to avoid intercourse when she is ovulating. He has also said, though, that any good priest in confession must dispense mercy and take into account the individual needs of couples. DEATH PENALTY: Francis has gone beyond his predecessors — and official Catholic Church teaching — in saying there is simply no justification for the death penalty today. He has said it is “inadmissible regardless of how serious the crime.” He has called life prison terms a “hidden death penalty” and solitary confinement a “form of torture” — and said both should be abolished. He famously washed the feet of female and Muslim inmates weeks after he was elected. The United States is in the Top 10 list of countries that still execute people, along with China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and North Korea.

David Pugh will speak. St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday, Sept. 12 — Annual Summerton Parade 9 a.m.noon. Line up is at 7 a.m. on North Cantey Street. Call (803) 236-6451 or email azalea@ ftc-i.net for more information. St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, 1715 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 27 — Family and friends day celebration at 11 a.m. The Rev. Arkus L. Frierson will speak. Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Sept. 13 — Celebration for the 33rd pastoral anniversary of Pastor William T. Johnson. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m., followed by 9:45 a.m. devotional service and 10 a.m. worship.

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DEAL FROM PAGE A1 lawmakers to block the nuclear pact, will continue fighting the agreement, an Israeli official said. Marshall Wittmann, spokesman for the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, said his group also would continue rallying opposition to the nuclear agreement. In a letter delivered to Congress Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry called Israel’s security “sacrosanct,” recounting the billions of dollars the U.S. has provided the Jewish state for missile defense and other security assistance. U.S. and Israeli officials, he said, are working on a deal to “cement for the next decade our unprecedented levels of military assistance.” The letter was sent as Kerry defended the Iran deal in Philadelphia. His speech was carried live in Iran, an unusual occurrence. “Rejecting this agreement would not be sending a signal of resolve to Iran; it would be broadcasting a message so puzzling that most people across the globe would find it impossible to comprehend,” Kerry told lawmakers and civil leaders at the National Constitution Center.

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Even if Congress passes the disapproval resolution, it can’t stop the deal reached by Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. It might help congressionally mandated sanctions remain in place. But the U.N. Security Council endorsed the nuclear deal unanimously in July and outlined how it would lift international sanctions on Iran. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., acknowledged Obama “may be able to sustain a veto with the tepid, restricted and partisan support.” But he said the Senate would move ahead next week with a “serious” debate and that Congress’ bipartisan support would be needed to “strengthen our defenses in the Persian Gulf and to stand up to the inevitable Iranian violations of the agreement.” Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential candidate, vowed to re-impose all sanctions on Iran on Day 1 if he becomes commander-inchief. “Then I will go to Congress and ask them to even increase those sanctions more, and I will back that up with a credible threat of military force,” he said.

“It’s hard to conceive of a quicker or more self-destructive blow to our nation’s credibility and leadership — not only with respect to this one issue, but across the board economically, politically, militarily, even morally. We would pay an immeasurable price for this unilateral reversal,” Kerry argued. He said the Obama administration would ensure that America’s Arab allies, like Israel, would have the “political and military support they need” to protect themselves from the threat posed by Iran. With opposition to the agreement failing to take hold on the Democratic side, supporters may be able to muster the 41 votes needed to block the disapproval resolution from passing in the first place, sparing Obama from having to use his veto pen. That would require seven of the 10 remaining undeclared senators to decide in favor of the deal. Only two Democratic senators have come out against — Chuck Schumer of New York and Robert Menendez of New Jersey. And in recent weeks undeclared Democratic senators, even from Republicanleaning states, have broken in favor one after another.

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Catholic - Roman The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

African Methodist Episcopal Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N. Kings Hwy. • 803-494-3686 www.waymanchapelame.com Reverened Laddie N. Howard Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm

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

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

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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 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

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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 Evening Worship 6:00 pm 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

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org FPastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

Church of Christ Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

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

Lutheran - ELCA 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

Lutheran - NALC 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

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Service 8:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am trinityumcsumter.org

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Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net

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 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 James D. Burton Associate Pastor Janie McElwee-Smith Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (classes for all ages) Hospitality/Fellowship 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 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 Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

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‘Impractical Jokers’ celebrates 100th episode in big way BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Some forms of entertainment never go out of style. Unleashing a stunt that would not be unheard of in the 18th century, the guys on “Impractical Jokers” (10 p.m., TruTV, TV-14) celebrate their 100th episode with a live event. The four good friends will walk a tightrope five stories above the streets of New York. Howie Mandel takes time off from his steady work on “America’s Got Talent” to host the event. Why a tightrope? Why live? The kinds of stunts the “Impractical Jokers” perform can be seen in thousands of clips on YouTube. Sometimes it takes a live, death-defying, daredevil stunt just to get people to watch something on oldfashioned “television.” • Speaking of old-fashioned television, PBS takes a page from its network rivals, dedicating a half hour on the Thursday before Labor Day to “PBS Previews — The Best of Fall 2015” (9 p.m., TV-PG, check local listings). There’s something kind of cheesy and commercial about these sneak peeks. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It just sounds like something NBC would have done to hype “Manimal” way back when it premiered in 1983. Hey, “Manimal” fans: You’re in luck. The (very) short-lived series arrives on DVD Nov. 10. Among the shows PBS will be touting are the forthcoming “American Experience” profile of Walt Disney (Sept. 14) and the “Masterpiece” presentation “Indian Summers” (Sept. 27), a “Downton Abbey”-like melodrama set in the dying days of the British Empire’s hold on the subcontinent. • Fans of PBS mystery fare may enjoy “Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime.” The BBC series begins streaming on the Acorn service today. Don’t go looking for Miss Marple or

Christopher McQuarrie steals the show from stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak and Pete Postlethwaite in the 1995 head-scratcher “The Usual Suspects” (8 p.m., Encore).

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TONIGHT’S SUMMER SEASON FINALES • A soccer mom takes on the pros on “Food Fighters” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • Career opportunities knock for Harry and Joss on “Mistresses” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • Andy is stranded on her

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TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The New York Jets host the Philadelphia Eagles in preseason NFL action (7 p.m., NFL). • Somehow a paintball battle gets worked into the competition on “Project Runway” (9 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG). • The 2014 documentary “Fresh Dressed” (9 p.m., CNN) chronicles the history of hip-

hop fashion. Interviews include Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Swizz Beatz. • Residents have a 24-hour deadline on “Under the Dome” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Jealousy looms large (again) on “Gainesville” (10 p.m., CMT, TV-14). • Johnny goes undercover to avoid a gang war on “Graceland” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

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Moses Levy leads an American Studies class for ninth through 12th-grade students at Phoenix Charter High School. The youth meet in the old cafeteria of the old Alcolu Elementary School. school setting but in a smaller environment,” Fulton said. “There is instruction, collaborative learning and some project-based learning.” There are 37 students in the school, grades nine through 12, with an average of about seven per classroom. There are also four full-time teachers who have all taught in the public school setting. Students get to know each other well, and teachers, students and parents build strong bonds, Fulton said. Phoenix is open to all students. There is an application process, but very few students are turned away, Fulton said, with students coming from various local school districts. The school operates on a combination of state and local

which students are allowed to take elective courses at Manning High School and participate in sports, band, ROTC and other school organizations. Students also take vocational courses at F.E. DuBose Career Center, dual enrollment college credit at Central Carolina Technical College and classes online through the South Carolina Virtual School Program. Fulton said that as in other high schools, after graduating, students pursue higher education, go into the military or the workforce. Levy said the school is small enough for students to get to know each other and feel like they’re part of a family.

funding, with Clarendon School District 2 serving as its fiscal agent, according to Clarendon 2 Superintendent John Tindal. The money is awarded on a per-pupil basis through the Education Finance Act funding, he said. Fulton said that as a charter school, Phoenix has some flexibility in terms of class schedules. The school sets aside the first 25 minutes of each morning for “enrichment,” in which students have the opportunity to get tutoring in any subject area. Tutoring is also available after school. Class days are also a bit shorter than in a traditional school setting, Fulton said. The school has a partnership with Clarendon 2 in

“This is a wonderful place for students who could not adapt in the traditional setting,” Levy said. Local groups and individuals from the community volunteer their time mentoring to the students. “The students profit greatly from the mentors,” Levy said. “We try to provide programs for the community to come in and see what our students are doing.” Students also have the opportunity to take field trips throughout the year, and the school’s enrollment is yearround. The school’s phone number is (803) 505-6800, and it is located at 1423 Hotel St., Alcolu. The mailing address is P.O. Box 170, Alcolu, SC 29001.

Youth on Main looking for high school students BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Are you a high school student interested in learning more about local government and doing community service? Youth on Main, an organization of Main Street Manning, gives students grades nine through 12 an opportunity to plan and conduct community events, learn hands on about local government and serve in community activities, said Carrie Trebil, Youth on Main co-founder and Main Street Manning executive director. “The goal is to get students more involved in the community and local government and become more civic-minded,” Trebil said. The organization started in fall 2012. In the past, members have attended city council meetings, organized a Christmas movie and participated in the local Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, in which a trash pick-up was done throughout the city, and other events. Trebil said being a member is good experience for those wanting to pursue a career in local government or politics

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prepared by Ben J. Makela, RLS dated 09/15/03 and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County in Plat Book S51 at page 374. For a more complete and accurate description, reference said plat. Derivation: Book A517; Page 63

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY.

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247-00-03-049 (land), 247-00-03-049-01 (mbh) SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Clarendon County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-14-0112. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. William C. Coffey, Jr. Master in Equity for Clarendon County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-06533 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclo

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2015-CP-14-169 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee on behalf of Mid-State Trust VII against Kelly Ceasear and Tracy Ceasear, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Clarendon County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 11:00 A.M., at the Clarendon County Courthouse, 3 W. Keitt Street, Manning, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, located, lying, and being in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, the same being shown and delineated as Lot 6 containing (0.72) of an acre, more or less, upon that certain plat of Nine (9) Lots prepared for E.G. Gibbson by Robert G. Mathis, RLS, recorded January 28, 1998 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Clarendon County in Plat Book S-49 at page 116, which plat is incorporated herein by reference; and having the following boundaries and measurements: North by Lot 5, whereon it measures (338.34') feet; East by property N/F Lee McCray, whereon it measures (93.00') feet; South by Lot 7, whereon it measures (338.34') feet; West by SC Hwy. S-14-384, whereon it measures (93.00') feet; all measurements being a little more or less. Being the same property conveyed to Kelly Ceasear and Tracy Ceasear by deed from Walter Mortgage Company dated August 24, 2010 and recorded September 22, 2010 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Clarendon County in Book 775 at page 172.

TMS No. 215-00-03-017-00. Current address of property is 2769 Mallett Road, Manning, SC 29102.

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.) No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.000% per annum. William C. Coffey, Jr. As Master in Equity for Clarendon County

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. John B. Thompson; SC Housing Corp.; Bank of North Carolina;, C/A No. 15-CP-14-0100, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015, at 11:00 AM at the Clarendon County Administrative Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC 29102 to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Manning, County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, and being more fully delineated and shown on that certain plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, PLS, dated 19 February 1996; said plat having been recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County in Plat Book S-48 at Page 248 and incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Â§30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. Derivation: Book A679; Page 190

230 N Church Street, Manning, SC 29102-3646 187-01-05-005 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. William Geddings, Jr. Special Referee for Clarendon County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-06499 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales

NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-14-197

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee for GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Pass-Through Certificate, Series 2000-6 Plaintiff, -vsAngela N. Levy, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee for GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Pass-Through Certificate, Series 2000-6 vs. Angela N. Levy, I, William T. Geddings, Jr., as Special Referee for Clarendon County, will sell on September 8, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at the Clarendon County Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC 29102, to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in School District Number 2 of the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, containing 1 acre, according to the plat hereinafter referred to, and bounding and measuring as follows: On the Northeast by lands of Dorothy Billups and measuring thereon 209.95 feet; on the Southeast by lands of Dorothy Billups and measuring thereon 210 feet; on the Southwest by South Carolina Highway S-14-262 and measuring thereon 207 feet; on the Northwest by lands of Earl Floyd and measuring thereon 210 feet. For a more particular description of said lot, reference may be had to a plat made by Homer P. Mason, RLS, dated 22 March 2000, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 65, Plat 2. Said premises having been conveyed to Angela N. Levy by deed of Dorothy A. Billups, dated 31 May 2000, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County in Deed Book A-409 at Page 66.

TMS #: 259-00-00-030-00

Estate Notice Clarendon County

Notice of Sale

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Physical Address: 7897 Brewer Road, Manning, SC 29102 Mobile Home: 2001 BELLC VIN# GBHM034150AB SUBJECT TO CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

Estate: Arthur Manuel Euthon #2015ES1400203 Personal Representative: Shirley M. Euthon Post Office Box 130 Santee, SC 29142 09-03-15-09/17/15 Estate: Edward Louis Yarborough A/K/A Edward Lewis Yarborough #2015ES1400195 Personal Representative: Edward Lewis Yarborough, Jr. 4309 Furse Road Pinewood, SC 29125 Joseph K. Coffey PO Box 1292, Manning, SC 29102 08-20-15-09/03/15 Estate: Pearl Green Billie #2015ES1400194 Personal Representative: Joanne B. Hammett 801 West Huggins Street Pinewood, SC 29125 08-20-15-09/03/15

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.25% per annum. William T. Geddings, Jr. Special Referee for Clarendon County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

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being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Clarendon County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-14-0100.

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Award the title he deserves, Don Donald Trump

he Trump riddle continues to compel: How has he managed to successfully execute such a mass deception? He’s by no definition a conservative, and yet he continues to plow ahead of all but the other least likely presidential nominee, Ben Carson, who has tied Trump in Iowa. Straight talk? Old hat. Tall and commanding? So is LeBron, let’s elect him. Smart and accomplished? Born lucky and benefited from bankruptcy. Reporters have turned over leaves and pebbles in search of clues, even recently interviewing faculty at Trump’s alma mater, the Wharton School. While demurring on Trump’s politics, professors commended his marketing skills — short sentences, simple ideas, control of the conversation and, therefore, the media. Marketing, after all, is a system of deceptions organized around a product or idea, in this case Trump to conservatives who either aren’t really conservative or are willingly seduced because, oh, it just feels so good to hear one’s innermost thoughts expressed so virulently. Into this category falls Trump’s recent tirade against Huma Abedin, known as Hillary Clinton’s closest adviser and even better as Anthony Weiner’s wife. Trump liberated his inner Chris Rock, calling Weiner “a perv” and

COMMENTARY mock typing Weiner’s infamous tweets. As his audience guffawed, Trump questioned the likelihood of Weiner’s not being privy to classified State Department information via his wife. Now that’s funny. Trump doesn’t care what state secrets Weiner knows. Trump wants people to associate the “perv” with Hillary Clinton. Similarly, he wants to associate murderous illegal immigrants Kathleen with Jeb Bush. A reParker cent Trump campaign video challenging Bush’s immigration comment that people come here illegally as an “act of love” (to find work to support their families) features three grisly hombres in the U.S. illegally who have been charged with murder. One has been convicted. “Love?” the text reads. “Forget love. It’s time to get tough!” Genius. Trump is a human handler extraordinaire — the jet-set equivalent of the black-hatted fellow who wheeled his cart into tumbleweed towns. He doesn’t just sell snake oil. He milks the venom from the gathering throng of willing believers, then bottles it up and sells it right back to them. De-

licious with raw meat. There’s something curious about this crowd, however. Trump’s fans aren’t just pokes looking for entertainment. They also include many well-known conservative purists. How does a staunchly pro-life advocate support a man who was recently pro-choice and who has said, albeit when asked, that his sister, a judge who ruled in favor of partial-birth abortion, would make a “phenomenal” Supreme Court justice? Much of this puzzling support comes from conservative talk radio. As BuzzFeed posted recently, “You can almost listen to pro-Trump news all day.” When answers seem elusive — and overturned pebbles reveal only dirt and worm trails — we fall back on cliches, one of which seems especially apt today: Follow the money. In Trump’s own words from an interview with the Wall Street Journal, “When you give , they do whatever the hell you want them to do.” And, in the GOP debate: “With Hillary Clinton, I said be at my wedding and she came to my wedding. You know why? She didn’t have a choice because I gave ... to a foundation.” Perhaps it’s time to award Trump the title he deserves — Don Donald Trump, or just Don-Don for short. And then one must ask, who else owes him? Fans boast that Trump is so rich, he’ll never be beholden to anyone.

Maybe. But just as important, who is beholden to him? Other politicians? Members of the media? Insiders whisper that some media folks have received free memberships to Trump’s Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago. Such a gift doesn’t necessarily buy favorable coverage, but one wouldn’t be silly for thinking so. Meanwhile, Trump’s kerfuffle with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly seems in retrospect almost to have been manufactured. First, Kelly asks a legitimate question about Trump’s intemperate remarks about women; he attacks; she goes on vacation and returns; he attacks again. Ratings! Polls! Now Fox News hosts are urging, as if reading from a script, that Trump focus on the issues — because he’s sooo great on the issues — and leave our Megyn alone. Trump knows he has the world over a barrel. His opponents fear him because he gave them money. His party fears him because he might run as an Independent. We should all fear a presidential candidate who perfumes the air with red meat and is prepared to collect on his debts. It’s time for Trump’s fellow candidates to forget love — and get tough. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MOTIVATION IS KEY, SO WAKE UP AMERICA Two recent Sumter Item stories create a ray of hope for America. Last Saturday on the front page a story described a young Chinese immigrant. He came to America looking for opportunity. He is now in the Air Force at Shaw Field. He is now a U.S. citizen. He has achieved education and has higher aspirations. He did not come seeking a gift. He came seeking to give to our country his very best effort. Wednesdays Item carries a story on Baltimores violence. A young lady named Erika Alston established a center for poverty stricken children in inner city Baltimore. The rules are simple. Sign in each day. This creates accountability. Clean up your mess. This creates responsibility and possibly could lead to less littering. Number three is read 15 minutes before you leave. This leads to less TV and less exposure to violence. The results could be infinite. The building of more jails would lessen. People would grow flowers and not pot. We could discover that using our minds is more powerful than altering our minds with drugs. Motivation is a powerful weapon. The young man from China has it. Erika Alston is creating motivation in Baltimore. America wake up. PHIL BRANDT M.D. Sumter

WHAT’S UP WITH ALICE DRIVE PROJECT? I totally agree with Mr. Register concerning the Alice Drive road project. Your questions were all reasonable points to ask. Would an investigation be appropriate to determine why the contractor and city officials have allowed this project to go on for so long? There does not appear to be any accountability to the citizens of Sumter why this project is not complete. Who is making money on this? DAVID G. WHITE Sumter

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers

The Post and Courier of Charleston Sept. 1

NO PLACE FOR SECRETS IN FIGHTING CRIME When witnesses clam up or disappear — and suspected criminals are released as a result — the good guys lose. Police, whose hands are tied, lament that not enough citizens help them get bad guys off the streets. Clearly, some would-be informants don’t feel safe. They fear retribution from the accused or his friends. They don’t have confidence that the police will be able to protect them. And as has become more obvious across the country this year, many citizens — particularly black citizens — simply don’t trust police. That problem is exacerbated when law enforcement agencies develop their own reputations for withholding information. And while S.C. lawmakers wisely voted to require law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, the law allows only people captured on video, criminal defen-

dants and civil litigants access to the recordings. The police should not have the license to withhold video from incidents when someone is injured or killed by an officer. Doing so only would widen the credibility gap between the authorities and the public. Some law enforcement agencies refuse to release dash cam footage, which is supposed to be available to the public. For example, a dash cam video is still under wraps in the February 2014 shooting death of an unarmed 68-year-old Edgefield County resident. A law enforcement officer was charged in the case. In another troubling case, the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation last month into the July 26 shooting death of a 19-yearold man by a police officer in Seneca. The State Law Enforcement Division has refused to release the dashcam footage. Recorded footage can cut to the heart of the matter. Just consider the bystander’s video of the April shooting death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, for which then-police officer Michael Slager has been charged. Consider, too, the inevitable decline of trust that occurs when lengthy delays in the release of evidence cause the public to suspect a

cover-up by law enforcement officials. People can help make their communities safer by stepping up when they have information that would help solve a crime. And law enforcement can help establish trust with communities by being as open as agencies want citizens to be.

The State Aug. 27

TOUGHER LAWS MAKE S.C. ROADS SAFER We’re all more than familiar with the fact that the Legislature spent yet another year failing to make our highways safer. What we tend to forget is that all of us can make up for lawmakers’ inaction. No, we can’t pave over the potholes or widen the curvy roads or add lanes in congested areas or realign dangerous intersections. But as much as we need to improve the physical condition of our deteriorating roads and bridges, the fact is that their poor condition isn’t the most dangerous thing about them. The most dangerous thing about our highways is our drivers. S.C. drivers have always been deadly, and this year is on track to be the most deadly in years. As of Thursday, 601 people had

been killed on S.C. roads — 107 more than at the same time last year. You’ve likely seen the number of the day if you drive on interstates around metropolitan areas, where message boards are heralding it, along with a simple admonition: Buckle up. That’s because you slash your chance of being killed in a wreck in half by wearing a safety belt. Conversely, your chance of causing an accident goes up three times if you drive with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent — the level that’s sort of illegal but not really in South Carolina. Combine that fact with state lawmakers who never have been serious about trying to deter drunken driving, and it’s no surprise that more than half of those 601 deaths involved alcohol. Speeding and distracted driving round out the top causes of fatal, as well as nonfatal, wrecks. So what all of us can do to make our highways safer — even as they continue to deteriorate from lack of maintenance, even as traffic gets increasingly congested because of insufficient capacity — is pretty simple but profoundly important: Don’t drink and drive. Don’t text and drive, or do other things that distract you. Don’t speed. Wear your safety belt.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

LABOR DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be Labor Day Schedule: Sept. 3, 2015 closed on Monday. GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Monday: federal government offices; state government offices; U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices. SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Robert E. Lee Academy; Lee County Public Schools; St. Anne Catholic School; William Thomas Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; Thomas Sumter Academy; Laurence Manning Academy; Wilson Hall; Central Carolina Technical College; Morris College; and USC Sumter. UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. and Black River Electric Coop. will be closed on Monday. OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Harvin Clarendon County Library; Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; and Clemson Extension Service. The Sumter County Library will be closed Saturday through Monday. All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Monday.

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Gaﬀney 92/67 Spartanburg 93/69

Greenville 93/69

Columbia 95/73

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Sumter 94/72

Aiken 90/68

Charleston 90/73

Today: A thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. High 86 to 90. Friday: A couple of afternoon showers and a thunderstorm. High 87 to 92.

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Manning 93/73

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Florence 94/72

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Today: Warm with clouds and sun. Winds north-northwest 3-6 mph. Friday: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds north-northeast 4-8 mph.

Hope Davis at (770) 294The Salterstown community 4299. will hold a Salterstown reReunions, involvement opportunities and union the weekend of Sept. The USS Long Beach CGN-9 more 4-6. Call Jacquelyn Session Association will hold a reat (803) 883-6070, Natasha union Sept. 14-20 at the Chancy at (803) 316-7053 or Wyndham Jacksonville RivRaymond Mack at (803) erwalk, 1515 Prudential 795-3193 for details. Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207. Room rate is $96 inHillcrest High School Class of cluding taxes. Call (904) 1980 will hold a class re396-5100 to make a reserunion Sept. 4-5. Contact vation and be sure to idenDeborah I. Franklin at tify yourself as a member love012962@hotmail.com of the USS Long Beach or call (803) 773-6896. CGN-9 Reunion. Contact Hillcrest High School Class of Don Shade at (866) 3521975 will hold a 40-year 2469, (716) 569-2314 or class reunion Sept. 4-5 at lbcgn9@aol.com. Visit the Catchall-Shaw Community Center, 2680 Peach Orchard website at www.usslongRoad, Dalzell. Contact Ioma beach-assoc.org. The Single Parent Institute Prioleau at (803) 494-3454 meets from 5:45 to 6:45 or (803) 795-7747. p.m. on the second MonThe 101st Airborne Division day of each month at the Vietnam Veterans OrganizaBirnie HOPE Center. Meettion will hold its 21st annuings are open to teenage al reunion Sept. 24-27 in single parents, custodial Las Vegas, Nevada. Memand non-custodial single bership is open to anyone parents. You are welcome who served in Vietnam with the 101st Division. The to bring your children as the Single Parent Institute reunion is open to anyone is for the entire family. who supports those who Contact Dr. L. Quaneck served and membership is Walkes at (803) 223-9408 or not a requirement to attend. Visit www.101namvet. lqwalkes@sctechthisout. com. com. Contact Dave Nesbitt The Rembert Area Community at (803) 506-3120 for deCoalition offers an after tails. school program for students Sumter High School Class of from kindergarten to sixth 1980 will hold a 35-year grade at the youth center in class reunion Sept. 4-6. Rembert. Children receive Event locations as follows: Friday night, Council Street assistance with homework, school projects, etc. A nugym; Saturday, Sunset Country Club; and 9:30 a.m. tritious snack is served Sunday, worship service at daily. There is a small monthly fee. Registrations Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway (U.S. are accepted 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8455 Camden Highway, 521 North). Sumter High U.S. 521, Rembert, in front School will play a home of the car wash. Contact football game on Friday. Dr. Juanita Britton at (803) For details, call Brian Sim432-2001. mons at (803) 795-8052 or

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make EUGENIA LAST personal changes that will help you reach your dreams. Building your confidence will make a difference when it comes to enticing others to help you. Don’t react emotionally or it will ruin your plans with someone special.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you are receptive to the changes going on around you, it will make it easier for you to get things done. Press forward and make do with what you have available, and you will make a good impression. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Making home improvements will give you a boost as long as you don’t overspend. You may feel like sharing your handiwork with friends by hosting an event. Keep it simple and avoid self-indulgence. Hearing others’ thoughts will give you insight. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Listen attentively, but don’t let anyone put demands on your time. Get back to the hobbies, activities or pastimes that you used to enjoy. Call someone who you used to enjoy spending time with. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep moving forward until you have made the changes that will position you for success. Use your charm and knowledge to gather information and to get the approval you need to reach your goals. Romance will improve your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your thoughts, not your emotions, to avoid being put in a vulnerable position. It’s important to keep secrets and to make a point of being a good listener. A chance to observe cultural differences will change your outlook.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Pursue the physical improvements that will make you happy. Your frame of mind will depend on how you feel about the way you look and how skillful you are. Don’t settle for anything less than perfection. Your hard work will pay off. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotional matters will rise to the surface if jealousy sets in or an argument breaks out. Don’t let them affect your efficiency. Stick to professional matters and avoid sensitive topics. Look for improved living quarters. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will benefit financially if you make changes that will cut your overhead. Don’t incur debt because someone wants you to buy something you don’t need. You can’t buy love, but you can offer affection instead of lavish gifts.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Amanda Hitchcock shares a photo she took of the sunset one evening.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Explore financial possibilities, but don’t take someone’s word and invest in hearsay. It’s important to do your own thing and put your cash where you know it will get a good return. Home improvements will pay off. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Evaluate financial or medical issues. Talk over your situation with the people you love and trust the most. A change in the way you do things will help you find a way to bring in extra cash. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stop speculating and start making things happen. If you want something, you have to go after it. Make new friends and check out what you can offer and what you can get in return from the connections you make.

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2 days until kickoff for Clemson football

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

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PREP FOOTBALL

AUTO RACING

History lesson

Darlington’s throwback theme taken up by NBC BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

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Wilson Hall running back Justin Timmons (22) breaks the tackle of Orangeburg Prep linebacker John Pascoe in the Barons’ 48-6 seasonopening win last Friday. WH plays host to defending SCISA 3A state champion Hammond on Friday.

Jarecki gets 1st taste of rivalry with Skyhawks as Wilson Hall braces for defending champs BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Wilson Hall football fans forgive Adam Jarecki for not yet fully understanding the magnitude of Friday’s matchup against Hammond. However, the first-year Barons head coach said he

quickly got a strong understanding of the defending SCISA 3A state champion’s capabilities after watching film. “They’re extremely wellcoached on both sides of the ball,” Jarecki said. “There is a reason they make it to state every year (nine

straight seasons in the title game). “They do things right, they really do and their scheme is pretty simple. Their linemen do everything perfect, their steps are perfect and they get where they’re supposed to be, and when they run a little

stretch play or zone play or counter play (the linemen) all do it perfect. Of course they’ve got an exceptional quarterback right now.” Still, that doesn’t mean Jarecki nor his players won’t be ready.

CHARLOTTE — The return of the Southern 500 to Labor Day weekend will be marked by a throwback celebration at Darlington Raceway that will include everything from the retro paint schemes on the track to the actual broadcast booth. The Southern 500 last ran on the holiday weekend in 2003. NBC has agreed to be part of the throwback theme, with its onair talent scheduled to wear 1970’s-style clothing. The onscreen graphics and music will also be a nod to that era. The booth will also briefly step back in time, as the regular crew of Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will be temporarily replaced inrace by Hall of Famers Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett and Dale Jarrett. “To bring (the Southern 500) back on Labor Day, I think this is perhaps one of the best moves that NASCAR has made in a decade,’’ Squier said in an NBC conference call. Burton said the entire theme at Darlington leading into Sunday’s race will be a celebration of NASCAR’s history, while analyst Kyle Petty said the throwback paint schemes will educate many younger fans. “I think a lot of times we all wax nostalgically about things that went on and things that happened, but here’s an opportunity to educate fans,’’ Petty said. “When you see that 17 car of Ricky Stenhouse painted up like the old Holman-Moody 17, when you see the 16 car painted up like Tiny Lund and that kid that has just been a fan since 2000 says, ‘Who is Tiny Lund?’ Then it’s an opportunity to educate fans to the history of the sport.’’

SEE HISTORY, PAGE B3

SEE DARLINGTON, PAGE B6

USC FOOTBALL

Gamecocks hope for better opening night against UNC BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com No one in Gamecock Nation can be blamed if they are, at best, cautiously optimistic about the 2015 edition of South Carolina football. In fact, there is likely much concern about this team. After all, the Gamecocks were on the precipice of the ‘14 season and things couldn’t be much better. They were the pick to win the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division and head coach Steve Spurrier had that extra bit of cockiness about him that was seen all of the time at Florida, but just in spots during his tenure in Columbia. Then there was that big “THUD!!!” USC made in the opener against Texas A&M, and while it wasn’t a terrible season, it didn’t come anywhere close to what had been anticipated. Of course, the defense was terrible and Spurrier didn’t stand pat. He brought in Jon Hoke to basically take over the defense and Carolina went the junior college route to try and

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina running back Brandon Wilds (22) and the rest of the Gamecocks are looking for a much better opening night this year against North Carolina than the one they had last year against Texas A&M. The two teams square off in Charlotte at 6 p.m. on ESPN. bolster a defensive line that got no pressure on the quarterback and really wasn’t that good against the run either.

To go with that, South Carolina is breaking in a new quarterback

SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B4

Carolina defense ready to prove ’14 was a fluke BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News COLUMBIA — Following three consecutive 11-2 seasons and top 10 finishes, South Carolina entered the 2014 football season confident it would produce more of the same. Then reality hit the team, including head coach Steve Spurrier. The Aggies waltzed into Columbia and piled up 690 yards of total offense as they earned a 52-28 victory in front of a sellout USC crowd. Although the team managed to end the campaign with a 7-6 record, the defense never fully recovered from that humiliating experience. This year, with expectations for the team around the nation at a long time low the squad is using that as motivation and is confident, despite a lack of “big names,” it will return to the SEC elite. “We are going to come out there and shock the

USC GAMEDAY WHO: South Carolina (0-0) vs. North Carolina (0-0) WHERE: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte WHEN: 6 p.m. TV: ESPN RADIO: WIGZ-FM 95.5, WPUB-FM 102.7, WNKT-FM 107.5

country because everyone has us pinned to come back and have the same type of season but that’s not going to happen,” said junior linebacker Skai Moore, who has led the Gamecocks in tackles for each of his two seasons with the team. The attitude radiates throughout the team and, while Spurrier has harped on the fact that USC must prove itself on the field, he has liked what he’s observed from

SEE CAROLINA, PAGE B4

SPORTS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

AREA ROUNDUP

Black, Rowland combine for 5 TDs in JV Swampcats’ win MANNING — Garrett Black and Wyatt Rowland combined for five touchdowns as the Laurence Manning Academy junior varsity football team shut out Orangeburg Prep 35-0 on Wednesday at Billy Chitwood Field. Black led the Swampcats with three scores while Rowland had two. Luke DeCosta kicked three extra points while Cameron Molina added two.

three assists and Mclean Achziger had two kills.

B TEAM FOOTBALL

MARLBORO 1

WILSON HALL 32 HAMMOND 14 COLUMBIA — Graham VanPatten scored five touchdowns to lead Wilson Hall to a 32-14 victory over Hammond on Wednesday at the Hammond field. VanPatten and Miller Moss each had an interception to lead the Barons defense. WH improved to 2-0 on the season.

VARSITY TENNIS WILSON HALL 6 CAROLINA 3 Wilson Hall improved to 2-2 on the season with a 6-3 victory over Carolina Academy on Wednesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. SINGLES 1 -- Z. Beasley defeated H. Weaver 0-6, 6-2, 10-7. 2 -- Spencer (WH) defeated Askins 6-4, 6-1. 3 -- Munn (WH) defeated Matthews 6-1, 6-0. 4 -- E. Beasley (WH) defeated G. Weaver 4-6, 6-3, 10-7. 5 -- Davis (WH) defeated Grahm 6-0, 6-1. 6 -- Guldan (WH) defeated Tanner 6-2, 7-5. DOUBLES 1 -- H. Weaver/Matthews (CA) defeated Z. Beasley/Munn 8-3. 2 -- Askins/G. Weaver (CA) defeated E. Beasley/Davis 8-3. 3 -- Grahm/Tanner (CA) defeated Guldan/ DuBose 8-5.

JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS WILSON HALL 9 CAROLINA ACADEMY 0 Wilson Hall swept Carolina Academy 9-0 on Wednesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. SINGLES 1 -- Ellie Spencer (WH) defeated Haskings 6-0, 6-2. 2 -- Carly Allred (WH) defeated Atkins 6-0, 6-2. 3 -- Lucy Matthews (WH) defeated Palmer 6-1, 6-1. 4 -- Bella Land (WH) defeated McDaniel 6-0, 6-0. 5 -- Andi Grae Wingate (WH) defeated Hunt 6-1, 6-0. 6 -- Haleigh Stone (WH) defeated Chandler 6-1, 6-1. DOUBLES 1 -- Spencer/Elise Osteen (WH) defeated Palmer/Atkins 8-1. 2 -- Graycn Coker/Wingate (WH) defeated McDaniel/Hunt 8-1. 3 -- Gracen Dowling/Lucy Keever (WH) defeated Chandler/Wong 8-1.

LOWER RICHLAND 3 LAKEWOOD 0

HOPKINS — Lower Richland earned a 3-0 victory over Lakewood on Tuesday at the Diamond Mine by scores of 25-8, 25-16, 25-7. Payton Mickens had four aces and a kill for the Lady Gators. Shanekia Jackson had six kills and Nikki Griffin had one block. ROBERT E. LEE 3

BISHOPVILLE — Robert E. Lee earned a 3-1 victory over Marlboro Academy on Tuesday at the REL gymnasium by scores of 19-25, 25-22, 25-23, 26-24. Reagan Griffin had four kills and four digs for the Lady Cavaliers, while Ivy Watts added five kills, four blocks and three assists. Catelyn Odom had two kills and two assists and Madison Coakley had two kills, three assists and a dig. CLARENDON HALL 3 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER 0

Clarendon Hall remained undefeated on the season with a 3-0 victory over St. Francis Xavier High School on Tuesday at Birnie Hope Center. The Lady Saints, who are 2-0 in SCISA Region III-1A, won by the scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-8. Mallory McIntosh led CH with 16 service points. Brittany Pack added 11 and Devyn Royce had 10. On Monday in Summerville, Clarendon Hall beat Faith Christian 3-0 by the scores of 25-21, 25-23, 25-17. Shannon Corbett had 19 points while Delaney Peeler had 12 and Holly Carlisle 11.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL SPRING VALLEY 3 SUMTER 0 Sumter High suffered its first loss of the season after a 3-0 sweep at the hands of Spring Valley on Wednesday at the SHS gymnasium. Spring Valley won by scores of 2522, 27-25 and 25-7. SHS will travel to face Hartsville on September 8th at 5:30 p.m. ROBERT E. LEE 2 MARLBORO ACADEMY 0

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

BISHOPVILLE — The Lady Cavaliers improved to 5-1 on the season with a 2-0 victory over Marlboro Academy on Tuesday at the REL gymnasium. Sarah Abbott Kirven had five aces and one block for REL, while Ally Williams added two aces, three kills and three digs. Tammy McCutchen had three kills and two blocks and McKenzie Aldridge collected five aces.

WILSON HALL 3

CLARENDON HALL 2

BEN LIPPEN 0 COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall improved to 7-1 on the season with a 3-0 victory over Ben Lippen on Tuesday at the BL gymnasium. WH won by the scores of 25-16, 2517, 25-8. Courtney Clark led the Lady Barons with five aces, seven assists and four kills. Caroline Clark had five kills, four aces and two blocks.

FAITH CHRISTIAN 0

IRMO 3 SUMTER 0

IRMO — Sumter High School lost to Irmo 3-0 on Tuesday at the Irmo gymnasium. Irmo won by the scores of 25-14, 2518, 25-13. SHS, which fell to 1-3, was led by Aubrey Rickard with three kills and four assists. McKenzie Michelson had

SUMMERVILLE — Clarendon Hall improved to 3-0 with a 2-0 victory over Faith Christian on Monday at the FC gymnasium. Brynne Baxley led CH with 11 service points while Whitney Avins added nine and Mattie Ziegler had eight. WILSON HALL 2 BEN LIPPEN 0

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall improved to 2-1 on the season with a 2-0 victory over Ben Lippen on Tuesday at the BL gymnasium. The Lady Barons won by the scores of 25-12, 25-17. Betsy Noyes had six service points, four aces, four kills and three blocks to lead WH. Abbie Glazer had seven points and four aces.

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD

Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 8, Washington 5 Arizona 5, Colorado 3, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1 Texas 8, San Diego 6

TV, RADIO

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

9 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Russian Open First Round from Moscow (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Malta vs. Italy (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Belgium (FOX SPORTS 2). 5 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Rutgers at Princeton (ESPNU). 6 p.m. – College Football: Florida International at Central Florida (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Football: South Carolina vs. North Carolina from Charlotte (ESPN, WIGZFM 95.5, WPUB-FM 102.7, WNKT-FM 107.5). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Football: Oklahoma State at Central Michigan (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – High School Football: Crestwood at Sumter (FTC NOW). 7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Chicago at New York (NBA TV). 7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Pro Series East from Hampton, Va. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Philadelphia at New York Jets (NFL NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Washington (SPORTSOUTH). 7:30 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Carolina at Pittsburgh (WACH 57). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Alcorn State at Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Kansas City or San Francisco at Colorado (MLB NETWORK). 8 p.m. – College Football: Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – College Football: Michigan at Utah (FOX SPORTS 1). 9 p.m. – College Football: Texas Christian at Minnesota (ESPN). 9:30 p.m. – College Football: Duke at Tulane (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: San Diego at San Francisco (NFL NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Washington at Los Angeles (NBA TV). 1 a.m. – College Football: Colorado at Hawaii (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 2 a.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Oakland at Seattle (NFL NETWORK). 5 a.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Cincinnati at Indianapolis (NFL NETWORK).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Junior Varsity Football Sumter at Stratford, 7:30 p.m. Crestwood at Fairfield Central, 6:30 p.m. Lakewood at Johnsonville, 6 p.m. Marion at Manning, 6:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Hammond, 7 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m. B Team Football Sumter at Spring Valley, 6 p.m. Wilson Hall at Hammond, 5 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m. Calhoun at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. Middle School Football Thomas Sumter at Dillon Christian, 6 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Wilson Hall vs. Hilton Head Christian (at Santee National Golf Club), 4 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Berkeley at Manning, 4:30 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Laurence Manning at Carolina, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Holly Hill, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at Dreher, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at Irmo, 5:30 p.m. Lake City at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Football Stratford at Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Fairfield Central at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m. Johnsonville at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m. Manning at Marion, 7:30 p.m. North Central at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m. Hammond at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m. Pinewood Prep at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m. Dillon Christian at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun, 7:30 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Cross Country Thomas Sumter in Early Bird Invitational (in Spartanburg), TBA

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

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GB – 12 16 181/2 19

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L 60 62 66 71 76

Pct .549 .527 .504 .466 .433

GB – 3 6 11 151/2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 2 Toronto 5, Cleveland 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 Seattle 7, Houston 5 L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 2 Texas 8, San Diego 6

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

SPORTS ITEMS

Cavs make J.R. Smith signing official CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers made the re-signing of guard J.R. Smith official. Smith announced last month that he was returning for a second year with the Cavs, who acquired him last season along with Iman Shumpert in a trade with the New York Knicks. The 11-year veteran made 45 starts for Cleveland, averaging 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. He made four starts in the playoffs and averaged 12.8 points and 4.7 rebounds in helping the Cavs make the NBA Finals.

BAYLOR HANDLING OF SEX ASSAULT CASES GETS OUTSIDE PROBE WACO, Texas — Baylor University has hired a Philadelphia law firm to independently investigate the univer-

sity’s handling of sexual assault complaints, including one against defensive end Sam Ukwuachu. Ukwuachu was sentenced last month to six months in jail and 10 years of probation for sexual assault.

FORMER BEARS LB BRIGGS SAYS HE PLANS TO RETIRE CHICAGO — Lance Briggs, a seventime Pro Bowl linebacker who helped the Chicago Bears reach the Super Bowl, plans to retire. Briggs said Wednesday afternoon during CSN Chicago’s telecast of the Cubs’ game against the Reds at Wrigley Field that he is ready to call it a career. From wire reports

L.A. Angels 9, Oakland 4 N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 8 Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Texas at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-11) at Minnesota (Gibson 9-9), 1:10 p.m. Detroit (Boyd 1-5) at Kansas City (Volquez 12-7), 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta (Wisler 5-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 11-8), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 8-5), 7:20 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-10) at Colorado (Rusin 4-7), 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at San Diego (Rea 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

NFL PRESEASON By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh WEST Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

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PA 54 62 63 67

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PA 37 73 65 79

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PA 45 98 38 99

W 3 3 2 1

L 0 0 1 2

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .333

PF 55 82 54 53

PA 42 42 42 53

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans NORTH Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay WEST Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 3 3 1 0

L 0 0 2 3

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PA 53 47 63 68

W 2 1 1 0

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 72 62 48 64

PA 71 67 68 83

W 4 2 2 1

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PA 45 42 41 74

W 1 1 1 0

L 2 2 2 3

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PF 68 45 49 31

PA 79 48 51 69

Pct .333 .333 .333 .000

TODAY’S GAMES

New Orleans at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7 p.m. Jacksonville at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

TENNIS By The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Jeremy Chardy (27), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (1). David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. David Goffin (14), Belgium, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (32), Italy, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1). Benoit Paire, France, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (8), Spain, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-5. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Grigor Dimitrov (17), Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 4-6, 6-4. Tommy Robredo (26), Spain, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Women Second Round Madison Brengle, United States, def. Anna Tatishvili, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Madison Keys (19), United States, def. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-1. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Eugenie Bouchard (25), Canada, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 6-4.

WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

TODAY’S GAMES

New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

Miami 7, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Texas at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

W 73 66 55 54 53

L 59 65 79 79 80

Pct .553 .504 .410 .406 .398

GB – 6 1/2 19 19 1/2 20 1/2

W 86 79 75 56 55

L 46 51 57 75 77

Pct .652 .608 .568 .427 .417

GB – 6 11 29 1/2 31

W 74 69 65 64 53

L 57 63 68 68 78

Pct .565 .523 .489 .485 .405

GB – 5 1/2 10 10 1/2 21

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Arizona 6, Colorado 4, 1st game Miami 7, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 4

EASTERN CONFERENCE x-New York x-Chicago x-Indiana Washington Connecticut Atlanta

W 21 18 18 16 13 12

L 8 12 12 12 18 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L x-Minnesota 20 10 x-Phoenix 17 13 x-Tulsa 15 14 Los Angeles 12 18 Seattle 9 20 San Antonio 7 23 x-clinched playoff spot

Pct .724 .600 .600 .571 .419 .400

GB – 3 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 9 9 1/2

Pct .667 .567 .517 .400 .310 .233

GB – 3 4 1/2 8 10 1/2 13

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New York 80, Atlanta 75, OT Indiana 81, Connecticut 51

WEDNESDAY’S GAME

Washington at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Chicago at New York, 7 p.m. Tulsa at Seattle, 10 p.m. Washington at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Connecticut at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

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HISTORY FROM PAGE B1 “I’ve never played them in this situation so it’s new to me,” Jarecki said. “It’s not like I’ve got anything to be intimidated about or anything. “This is my first go-round with them,” he explained. “(The players) know what the history with (Hammond) is over there. They know how strong they are year in and year out and they know what it takes to compete against them.” The Barons accounted for 330 yards of total offense, including 279 yards rushing, in a 48-6 season-opening victory over Orangeburg Prep last Friday. Quarterback McLendon Sears accounted for two rushing touchdowns and one passing score. He had 76 yards rushing and 51 passing. Senior running back Robert James and sophomore running back Justin Timmons each had two running TDs. “I think right out of the gate I felt like we made great decisions running the ball,” Jarecki said. “We used our option attack a little bit and made great reads and kept great pitch relations. We took care of the little things, and that’s what we keep preaching around here is to do the little things. “We’ve got to be able to spread it out a little more this week,” he said. “We’ve got to be able to be efficient when we pass it and spread the field a little bit and let our guys get out in space and try to make some plays.” The Skyhawks opened the season with a 34-9 victory over Ben Lippen, extending their winning streak to 14 games. They had 516 yards of total offense and are led by se-

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Wilson Hall running back Robert James (2) runs away from Orangeburg Prep linebacker Aaron Causey on a 58-yard touchdown run in the Barons’ 48-6 season-opening win last Friday. WH plays host to defending SCISA 3A state champion Hammond on Friday. niors Graham Smith and Malik Bennett. Smith, an NCAA Division I prospect, threw for 256 yards on 13 of 17 passing with one interception. Bennett, who had 20 carries and 187 of his teams’ 260 rushing yards, is the Skyhawks playmaker. He had three rushing scores, caught four passes for 78 yards and had three kickoff returns for 85

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Venables happy with progress, but defense still has room to grow BY SCOTT KEEPFER Greenville News CLEMSON — One of the major questions facing Clemson when it opened fall camp on Aug. 4 was who would emerge defensively to fill in the gaps left by eight departed starters off last year’s top-ranked unit. With the Tigers just a few days VENABLES removed from their seasonopening game against Wofford, defensive coordinator Brent Venables feels much better about his unit than he did say, a month ago, but he’s far from completely comfortable. “You’re never satisfied,” Venables said Tuesday. “Across the board you never feel great about where you are — you always want to be better. “This time of year there are a lot of unknowns, and certainly you wish you had another week of fall camp to iron some things out, and get some guys better, but that’s what the season is for, and you hope you’re a lot better by the end of the year.” On the defensive line, where the Tigers essentially lost everyone, the players expected to lead the way have done just that as Carlos Watkins is poised for his best season at tackle while Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd are the ends replacing Vic Beasley and Corey Crawford, respectively. The unexpected leave of absence by expected starter D.J. Reader has thrown the tackle spot alongside Watkins into doubt, but Scott Pagano or Christian Wilkins will get the nod there. Wilkins, in particular, has stepped up. At 6-foot-4, 315 pounds, he certainly looks the part. “I think Christian is ready to play,” Venables said. “He’s going to have some growing pains. He’s ahead of the curve,

but he’s got a lot to learn. A year from now he’s going to have a ton of experience and a lot more functional strength to him. Experience is everything, but we’re excited about his continued progress.” Ben Boulware and B.J. Goodson have moved up to replace linebackers Stephone Anthony and Tony Steward, but the perhaps the biggest surprise of fall camp was the emergence of freshman Jalen Williams, who enters the season as Boulware’s backup. “He’s relentless chasing the football,” Venables said. “He’s hard to block and he doesn’t stay blocked when he does get blocked.” A 5-9, 225-pounder out of Blythewood High near Columbia, Williams has displayed a work ethic beyond that possessed by the typical freshman. “He cares a great deal about his performance and really values preparation,” Venables said. “For a young guy, that’s normally not the case. They don’t want to worry about the details. “... He’s got a lot of work ahead of him, like a lot of our young guys, but he’s got a good foundation.” The Tigers were solid, if not spectacular, in the secondary heading into fall camp, what with the return of players such as Mackensie Alexander, Jayron Kearse and Jadar Johnson, but expectations are soaring for T.J. Green at free safety and redshirt freshman Jefferie Gibson behind him. Green, a junior, has seen action primarily on special teams and as a backup, but is ready to assume a full-time role. “He’s just dialed in,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said of Green. “He’s a guy who has put the work in, and when you have great talent and you have great work ethic, plus knowledge, you’re going to get a pretty good result. He’s poised to have a great year for us, and we need him to.”

yards, including a score. “We’ve got some crazy speed on our corners and our defensive line is stout so if we stop the run I’m not worried about the pass,” said Barons senior defensive end Jake Reaves. “Our cornerbacks and safeties can take care of that. “Hammond is definitely going to have us on the weight scale but they don’t have our speed, they don’t have our de-

termination so that’s how we’re going to compensate for size,” he said. “We’re going to hit them right in the face.” Defensively, Hammond is led by senior outside linebacker Read Folline and safety Lou Runge. Folline had nine tackles, a quarterback sack and a tackle for loss. Runge also had nine tackles in last week’s victory. “Those guys up front are

different from last week (OP) to this week,” Sears said of the challenge this week against the Skyhawks. “They’re quick, they’re fast, but they’re big too so decisionmaking wise I’m just going to try to read everything with my eyes. It’s not necessarily going to be me keeping (the ball) and trying to make something happen. We’re really going to have go by our keys this week and be spot on this week.” Sears believes Wilson Hall has a speed advantage offensively at the skill positions that it can exploit. “I’m really confident in our backs and our receivers are really fast, so how do we exploit that,” Sears said. “I think up front they give us time to get outside and then, like I said last week, once we get the ball in the hands of our playmakers on the outside I feel like we can really run. “I don’t know that anybody can really catch up with us once we get out there, but like I said, we’ve got to get out there first, but I feel real comfortable if our guys can get out there (in space).” Hammond returns just four starters on both offense and defense, but Jarecki said he is concerned about his players’ attrition. “I think if we take care of the little things, we do things right, we’re going to be right there with them, at least competing with them and that’s what we want to do each week,” Jarecki said. “My concern obviously is they’ve got 40-plus players over there and they’ve got a lot of guys that only play one way and we’re going to be faced with the fact that we’ve got to play some guys on both sides of the ball and are we ready to play for four quarters.”

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Mason, Vandy aim to shut down WKU QB Doughty BY TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press

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Wake Forest begins its second season under head coach Dave Clawson, center, tonight against Elon in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Wake Forest begins 2nd season under Clawson tonight vs. Elon WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest hopes it has a better grasp of Dave Clawson’s system in Year 2. The Demon Deacons want to show what they’ve learned tonight when they face Elon in their opener. “Everyone’s had the spring to kind of develop into a better player and use the better techniques we have,’’ senior lineman and team captain Dylann Intemann said. “The offense has kind of meshed together, and the offensive line, the quarterbacks, the receivers, the running backs — everyone’s gotten better in their position, which has just increased our level on the offense. It’s going up and up.’’ The Demon Deacons are looking to improve on a 3-9 finish last season that included a 1-7 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play in their first year under Clawson. “Even when we were going into (last) season, we were still trying to grasp the system and kind of just

CAROLINA FROM PAGE B1 the Gamecocks defense. “They looked great before the start of last season and looked what happened,” said Spurrier. “Let’s wait to heap praise on them until they earn it when the season starts.”

wrangle that,’’ Intemann said. Like Wake Forest, Elon wants to move on from a dismal first season under a new coach. The Phoenix went 1-11 in their first year under Rich Skrosky — and their first year since moving to the Colonial Athletic Association from the Southern Conference. They enter 0-7 against Bowl Subdivision opponents since moving to Division I in 1999, losing to ACC schools in each of the last three years, and are opening on the road against an FBS school for the seventh straight year. “I think they’re trying to do at Elon what we’re trying to do at Wake Forest, which is build the program back up to where it was,’’ Clawson said. “They’ve recruited well and they’re extremely well-coached.’’

THE SERIES The schools are separated by about 50 miles but this marks just their second meeting since 1939. Wake Forest

Spurrier brought in Jon Hoke to revamp USC’s defensive scheme. Following 12 seasons in the National Football League, he returned to college to help Spurrier who he worked for as defensive coordinator when The Head Ball Coach was at Florida. The unit appears to have taken to Hoke’s 4-3 system that is more aggressive than

GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 in little-used Connor Mitch, replacing an All-American offensive lineman in A.J. McCann and an NFL fourth-round draft pick in Mike Davis. Spurrier and his staff get to see what the busy offseason has produced today when they take on North Carolina in Charlotte. The Tar Heels had a lousy defense last year and brought in Gene Chizik to help straighten it out. However, UNC has a lot of skill players back on offense. Here are five things USC needs to do in order to come away with a victory.

1. BE SOLID ON DEFENSE EARLY The defense will be a work in progress through the early part of the season for USC, but it can’t afford to have North Carolina run wild on it in the early going. That doesn’t mean USC needs to throw the hammer down and give up nothing; instead, it can’t let the Heels march up and down the field. The odds are UNC is coming to put some points up throughout the game, but the Gamecocks can’t afford to fall into an early hole.

2. ESTABLISH THE RUN.... This is not the easiest thing in the world for Spurrier to do because he

is 9-0-1 in the series, won the most recent meeting 35-7 in 2009 and has held Elon scoreless seven times. That includes a scoreless tie in 1927.

COACHING CONNECTIONS Wake Forest offensive coordinator Warren Ruggiero was on Pete Lembo’s staff at Elon in 2006 and ‘07. Clawson says he’s known Skrosky since Clawson was on the staffs at Albany and Buffalo in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Skrosky was at Ramapo College in New Jersey.

YOUNG DEACONS Wake Forest has one of the youngest rosters in the country, with only five players in their fifth season in the program. The Demon Deacons have nine freshmen and 10 more redshirt freshmen on their depth chart, including three at running back. Two redshirt freshmen are listed as starters on the offensive line.

the 4-2-5 scheme the Gamecocks have employed for several seasons. “He definitely is a teacher,” sophomore linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams said of Hoke. “We definitely have an NFL mentality now. Every guy is learning. It is not a very hard system to pick up. “We’re all ready to go out there and show we know it

does enjoy being able to sling it around. Even though he no doubt hated the fact that he felt like the offense needed to score on almost every possession last year, Spurrier looked to enjoy having it at full speed. With Mitch pretty much getting thrown into the deep end, it would be wise if USC could use the running game to buoy him. Brandon Wilds, David Williams and Shon Carson make up a good stable of running backs, and one would think they could chew up some yards against the Tar

STILL YOUTHFUL Vanderbilt led the nation playing 31 combined freshmen last season, and the Commodores aren’t much older this season. Mason said eight or nine freshmen could play tonight. Vanderbilt also has only nine seniors, second fewest behind only Wake Forest (six). Their two-deep chart includes 37 sophomores and freshmen.

STOPPING WEBB Mason refused to say whether Johnny McCrary or Wade Freebeck starts at quarterback against Western Kentucky. Whoever starts will have to take some of the pressure off sophomore running back Ralph Webb. He set the freshman record at Vandy by running for 912 yards last season as the Commodores’ best offensive threat, and they still ranked 113th nationally averaging 109.3 yards rushing per game.

against UNC.” The season is somewhat of a new beginning for AllenWilliams, who entered USC a year ago as one of the highest rated performers in the 2014 recruiting class. Due to a lack of pass rushers, the linebacker was asked to play defensive end. He bulked up to 255 pounds and, at one point in the season, was termed

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TODAY STATE North Carolina vs. South Carolina, 6 p.m. North Greenville at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m. Presbyterian at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m. ACC (16) Georgia Tech vs. Alcorn State, 7:30 p.m. Elon at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. Duke at Tulane, 9:30 p.m. SEC Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. TOP 25 (2) TCU at Minnesota, 9 p.m. (22) Arizona vs. UTSA, 10 p.m. FRIDAY ACC Rhode Island at Syracuse, 7 p.m. TOP 25 (4) Baylor at SMU, 7 p.m. (5) Michigan St. at Western Michigan, 7 p.m. (23) Boise State vs. Washington, 10:15 p.m. SATURDAY STATE (12) Clemson vs. Wofford, 12:30 p.m. Davidson at Citadel, 6 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Furman, 7 p.m. Newberry at Florida Tech, 7 p.m. Livingstone at Benedict, 4:30 p.m. College of Faith-Charlotte at Limestone, 7 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason likes a challenge, and he sure has one for his debut as the Commodores’ defensive coordinator. He’ll try and shut down one of the nation’s best offenses a year ago. Brandon Doughty is back for a sixth year as quarterback at Western Kentucky, and he led the nation throwing for 4,830 yards and 49 MASON touchdowns last season. He threw for five or more touchdowns in five games, including eight in a game at Marshall. Mason couldn’t sound happier at the chance to try to slow down Doughty and the Hilltoppers tonight. “I’m not trying to be cynical or not humble,’’ Mason said. “I like the challenge. I mean they’re a good football team. They’re a great offensive football team. ... that’s what we want to play. That’s why you line up in the SEC, to play games like this. The challenge is there, the opportunity is there for us to show who we are and what we can be, so let’s do that.’’ This will be the first game between these teams separated by 66 miles since 1938 and offers Mason a chance to show off the defensive skills that earned him his first head coaching job in January 2014. The Commodores went 3-9 and ranked 68th nationally in total defense in his debut season, so Mason named himself defensive coordinator after firing David Kotulski.

ACC (10) Florida State vs. Texas State, 8 p.m. (13) UCLA vs. Virginia, 3:30 p.m. Maine at Boston College, 1 p.m. Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 6 p.m. Troy at North Carolina State, 6 p.m. SEC (3) Alabama vs. (20) Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (6) Auburn vs. Louisville, 3:30 p.m. (9) Georgia vs. Louisiana-Monroe, noon (14) LSU vs. McNeese State, 7:30 p.m. (15) Arizona State vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (17) Mississippi vs. UT-Martin, noon (18) Arkansas vs. UTEP, 3:30 p.m. (24) Missouri vs. Southeast Missouri, 4 p.m. (25) Tennessee vs. Bowling Green., 4 p.m. Louisiana Lafayette at Kentucky, 7 p.m. TOP 25 (7) Oregon vs. Eastern Washington, 8 p.m. (8) Southern Cal vs. Arkansas State, 11 p.m. (11) Notre Dame vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m. (19) Oklahoma vs. Akron, 7 p.m. (21) Stanford at Northwestern, noon SUNDAY STATE Arkansas Pine Bluff vs. South Carolina State, 3:30 p.m. MONDAY TOP 25 (1) Ohio State at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.

Heel defense even if it is keying on the run. If successful, USC would be able to keep the ball out of the hands of the Tar Heel offense.

3. BUT DON’T FORGET PHAROH USC standout Pharoh Cooper will be the best player on the field for either team. Of course, he normally is a wide receiver on offense, and one has to hope Mitch will be able to get the football into his hands with some regularity.

by Spurrier as the team’s best pass rusher. But, this season, he has moved back to his natural position. To do that he is back to his natural weight of 230 pounds. “I cut the weight down and the body fat two to three percent and got my speed up a little bit,” said Allen-Williams. “Now I feel very explosive and very ready for the season.”

If Mitch or any possible replacement struggles to do that though, Spurrier needs to make sure he is touching the ball in the Wildcat. In fact, that might be the case regardless of what is taking place with the quarterbacks. Cooper can make plays with his feet and throwing the football is certainly an option with him.

4. BE GOOD IN SPECIAL TEAMS Spurrier would like to see some big momentum-changing plays come from the special teams units, but that isn’t always going to happen. What he certainly wants to see though is that UNC has no big plays — like a long punt return, a blocked field goal or extra point, etc. USC needs to get the points from placekicker Elliott Fry when they’re available to him and it needs to be able to maintain field position with its punting game.

5. TACKLE WELL A lot of the Gamecocks’ woes last season were not so much being out of place, but it was their inability to tackle consistently. That has been certainly been a focal point in preparation for today’s game and USC needs to be much better at it. UNC has some good athletes who they like to get in 1-on-1 situations in space. South Carolina needs to be able to bring them down as quickly as possible.

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FROM PAGE B1 DARLINGTON-TIRES The driver-preferred low-downforce aerodynamic package will again be used at Darlington Raceway, and this time Goodyear will bring a tire better suited for the setup. Goodyear didn’t have time to produce a softer tire for the July race at Kentucky Speedway, where the lowdownforce package was first used. Despite the drivers not getting a tire they had hoped for, they still raved about the low-downforce package. The tires for Sunday’s race at Darlington will feature a left-side tire with construction and mold shape changes, and a right-side tire that should create more grip. Darlington has been traditionally brutal on tire wear, and former crew chief and current NBC analyst Steve Letarte thinks the product Goodyear is bringing potentially “matches a track perfectly.’’ “If Darlington’s surface has aged as we all hope it has, then it’s going provide a unique opportunity for crew chiefs to have multiple attempts to change their car and the fight for track position won’t be as glaring as on some of these other recently repaved tracks,’’ Letarte said. “With spots in the (Chase) still available, I think we’re going to see much more desperate (pit) calls from guys who see their opportunity to make the playoffs dwindling.’’

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — This was, in just about every measurable way, an up-anddown performance by Serena Williams, filled with double-faults — 10 in all — and two dozen other unforced errors. With her bid for a true Grand Slam at stake, and facing a qualifier ranked only 110th, Williams was far from dominant in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, before pulling ahead and pulling out a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands. “Today, I was a little tight,” Williams said in her on-court interview. “I think it showed.” Sure did. She got broken early. She double-faulted four times — yes, four — in one game. She didn’t manage to earn a break point against the strong-serving Bertens until the 10th game. Williams made 26 of her 34 unforced errors in the first set alone, which she repeatedly was rather close to letting slip away, including down 4-0 in the tiebreaker. But as the 33-year-old American has demonstrated time and time again during her remarkable career, she can bring out her best when she needs it.

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Serena Williams chases down a shot from Kiki Bertens during Wednesday’s second round of the U.S. Open in New York. Williams won 7-6 (5), 6-3. “I know that I can try to make a comeback,” Williams said, “or try to make a run for it.” Bertens helped out with some shaky play, which probably wasn’t all that surprising given she only once has made it to the third round in 14 career major tournaments. Williams, in contrast, has won the past four major titles, a streak that began at last year’s U.S. Open, and 21 overall. If she can win five more matches

at Flushing Meadows — starting in the third round against Bethanie MattekSands in an all-U.S. matchup Friday — Williams would complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam in tennis since Steffi Graf in 1988. Earlier Wednesday, Mardy Fish heard the spectators chanting his name and saw their standing ovation as his last tournament came to an end with a 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 loss to 18th-seeded

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Feliciano Lopez. Fish hadn’t entered the U.S. Open since a panic attack forced him to withdraw before facing Roger Federer in 2012, and now that he has worked to deal with his anxiety disorder, the former top-10 player wanted to say goodbye to his sport with one last hurrah in New York. “I accomplished everything that I set out to this summer,” the 33-year-old American said, “and I’m happy about that.”

Jennifer Jo Cobb has been fined $7,500 by NASCAR for having a cellphone in her car during practice for last week’s Truck Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. The fine for having a phone in her car was a P3 violation and drew a fine of $5,000. But Cobb was fined an additional $2,500 because the infraction happened while she is on probation. Cobb wrecked in practice last Friday and television cameras caught her reaching back into the truck to grab her phone. She was already on probation through the end of the year for walking on the track after an accident at Dover in May.

INDYCAR-TV RATINGS IndyCar is celebrating increased television ratings following Sunday’s season finale at Sonoma Raceway, which was the most-watched IndyCar race ever on NBC Sports Network. In all, viewership on NBCSN this year was up 34 percent, while overall viewership on among all IndyCar broadcast partners was up 16 percent. Sunday’s race featured six drivers eligible for the championship, with Scott Dixon winning the race to tie Juan Pablo Montoya in the standings and earn the title on a tie-breaker. The race averaged 841,000 viewers on NBCSN, with more than 1 million viewers watching the final quarter hour.

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Marlins finish off 3-game sweep of Braves Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Atlanta has dropped 19 of 22 overall and is 12-37 since July 8, worst in the majors.

Bryant’s 2-out error, lifting Cincinnati over the Chicago Cubs 7-4.

Sonny Gray from the start to beat Oakland 9-4.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Albert Pujols hit a 2-run drive to make him one of four players with 10 career 35-home run seasons, and the Los Angeles Angels jumped on Athletics ace

BOSTON — Greg Bird, John Ryan Murphy and Carlos Beltran homered during an 8-run second inning and the New York Yankees beat Boston 13-8.

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CHICAGO — Joey Votto hit a 3-run homer in the ninth inning that was set up by third baseman Kris

OBITUARIES CLEBORN E. DUKE JR. MANNING — Cleborn Earold Duke Jr., 65, husband of Dorothy Ross Duke, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Sept. 4, 1949, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Cleborn Earold Duke Sr. and Hattie Mae GamDUKE ble Duke. He was a retired master electrician and a member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife of Manning; three daughters, Kathy Herlong and Tracy Morgan (Lee), both of Sumter, and Casey Ridgeway of Manning; three stepdaughters, Barbara Painter (Kenny) of Dalzell, Jane Ward of Leesville and Abra Braxton (Corey Stokes) of Florence; a brother, David Duke (Angela) of Gaston; two sisters, Annette Corbett (Norman) of Pinewood and Zeline Davis of Jacksonville, Florida; eight grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at New Covenant Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Gary Bainton and Mike Murdoch officiating. Burial will follow at Grace Christian Fellowship Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ELMA R. BENJAMIN Elma Ruth Benjamin, 82, departed from this earthly life on Aug. 26, 2015, at her daughter’s residence in Margate, Florida. She was a resident at 607 S. Harvin St., Sumter, for several years. She was a daughter of the late Bennie and Clara Davis Pugh of Sumter County. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Clara Mae Kennebrew; four brothers, Bennie Lee Pugh, Allen Pugh, Horace Pugh Jr. and Emmanuel Pugh. She leaves to mourn her passing: three daughters, Deb-

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orah Benjamin Jackson and son-in-law, Ronald Jackson, of Margate, Carlis Martin of Miami, Florida, and Mary Lois Benjamin of Phoenix, Arizona; a brother, Johnny Pugh and wife, Tonya Pugh, of Sumter; grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday at 3374 Greenview Terrace West, Margate, FL 33063. Announcement courtesy of Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

Kathy, Lynn and Dawn. She was preceded in death by four brothers and six sisters. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Andrew Basham officiating. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu-

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VERLIN WINGATE Verlin Deloris Richburg Wingate, 83, widow of Benjamin Wingate, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at the home of her daughter. Born in Greeleyville, she was a daughter of the late Charleton Leroy Richburg and Hallie Ethel Hodge Richburg. Mrs. Wingate was of the Baptist faith. She was a retired telephone operator for Southern Bell Telephone Co. Surviving are a daughter, Lynn Wingate Tindal of Sumter; a granddaughter, Deidre Deloris Tindal of Atlanta; a brother, Pat Richburg of Sumter; and three special nieces,

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Third-generation plumber serves Sumter BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com No matter what the economy or stock market does, water pipes will still burst, toilets will clog, drains will overflow and leaks will create messy situations. For David Rourk Sr., dealing with these incidents has been a full-time job for most of his life. Rourk said he enjoys solving problems that can seem impossible to fix for some people. “There is no plumbing issue that we cannot solve if given the opportunity,” he said. “It’s about going above and beyond to make it right.” Rourk is owner/operator of Rourk Plumbing, which consists of about 60 percent commercial work and 40 percent residential. Some of its commercial clients include Continental Tire The Americas and Tuomey Regional Medical Center. “I’m a big believer in the old-fashioned handshake and getting things done the way agreed on,” he said. “We’ve been blessed with the relationships we’ve been able to build and develop over time.” A plumber’s job at a site could range from 45 minutes on a residential repair call to several months for commercial contract jobs. “In construction jobs, we’re the first ones in and the last ones out,” he said. “We’re the first because we need to put plumbing into the ground and the last because we need to get the fixtures in.” Most commercial customers require a plumber to have insurance, which drive up the cost of doing business, Rourk said. Rourk is one of about 15 plumbers in Sumter County and one of only three who does commercial work, he said. A third-generation plumber, Rourk, learned the trade from his grandfather, E.L. Rourk, a firefighter and plumber who started E.L. Rourk & Son Plumbing in North Charleston

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David Rourk, owner of Rourk Plumbing, removes a control valve on a residential repair. in 1936. His father, E.L. Rourk Jr., was also in the business. Rourk and his family moved to Sumter in 1999 after accepting a job at Jones Plumbing. In 2003, he started his own family plumbing business, Rourk Plumbing. A year later, he hired his first employee Buddy Hiner. “I’d been working by myself for a year, when my infant daughter was diagnosed with cancer,” Rourk said. “I had to take off work and gave Buddy the keys to the business, and he took over. We’ve had a great friendship ever since. Buddy’s one of those people who will give you the shirt of his back.”

Today, the business is family-owned and operated, with his wife, sons and daughter involved in it. Plumbing as a profession is not as popular as it used to be, Rourk said. “The labor source is very limited, so if you’re in the industry, you’re staying busy,” he said. These are just a few of the services the company provides: • Water heater repair and installation-certified Rinnai; • Kitchen and bathroom plumbing repairs; • Drain and sewer repairs; • Backflow testing, installation, and repairs;

• Camera service; and • Gas piping. Pricing information is available by contacting the business. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sun-

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Local appliance dealers challenge big-box stores BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com “Think outside the box.” That’s the message local store owners want to get across to shoppers who think they can get the best prices on appliances at big-box stores. Besides competitive prices, the locally owned shops have a lot more to offer, store owners say. “We can be very competitive,” said Mark Ard, owner of Ard’s Appliance Sales & Service, 21 W. Wesmark Blvd. “A lot of consumers think with all of these big-box tabloids that their prices are so much cheaper, but they really aren’t. I can pull up their prices online and I can see what they are selling them for and they are not cheaper.” At Bobs’ Appliance Sales & Service, 1152 Pocalla Road, owner John Dollard said he belongs to a buy-in group with more than 4,200 members that negotiate with manufacturers for lower prices.

‘It is more of a relationship than just a sale .’ MARK ARD Ard’s Appliance Sales & Service “They go to the manufacturers and bargain, and then they put out specials for us to be able to go in and buy stuff cheaper,” Dollard said. “We can’t compete with them all the time, but we can generally compete.” Local stores offer much more than just competitive prices, they said. “It’s personal service, obviously,” Ard said. “We own this place, and if we don’t take care of our customers, they can’t take care of us.” “We also service what we sell,” Dollard said. “We are a full-service dealer, and we have a service department and a sales department.”

Ard said the big-box stores don’t offer any kind of service. “They refer you to a phone number, and you have to jump through all kinds of hoops and hurdles, whereas, we do our own service work,” he said. “You call us, and we can handle it.” Dollard said it is sometimes easier to convince older customers of the advantages of shopping locally. “From our experience, sometimes the older customers who have had bad service will buy from somebody like us,” he said. “They may pay a little bit more, but they don’t mind doing that because they know that we come attached to the product, we are going to service it if they have any problems with it. The younger generation, they still have to learn that.” “Our main thing is the service and the relationship we build with our customers. It is more of a relationship than just a sale,” Ard said. “We have been in business 38 years.” Dollard said Bob’s Appliance has

been in business for 47 years and specializes in doing custom installs. “That is part of the full service I am talking about,” he said. “We install wall ovens and cook tops, and most places don’t do that, they have to hire that out or sub it out.” Dollard said his store also sells parts. “We do used appliance sales and parts sales for the guy who wants to work on the product themselves,” he said. “If they ask us ‘How do I put on the part?’ we can kind of guide them through the easiest and most efficient way to do it.” Ard’s and Bob’s both offer free delivery, though Dollard said they have to charge for deliver on clearance items because they are marked down so low. Dollard said just being local is also a benefit. “We have been here for a long time, and we support the community and local schools and things like that,” he said. “Sometimes that means a lot to the customers.”

Who came up with the silly idea of no white shoes? FROM METRO Soon the summer season will come to a close. Labor Day is just around the corner, and the throngs of beachgoers and school children will be returning to daily life that doesn’t include jaunts to the seaside or lazy days in the pool. Some people also may be packing away their light-colored clothing, including white shoes and pants. The myth that white shouldn’t be worn after Labor Day has prevailed for years and years. At the end of summer, conventional fashion wisdom states that white clothing should be packed away, only to return come Memorial Day. Although many etiquette experts have been queried, there is no firm justification as to why the white moratorium is set into place each and every Labor Day. Some surmise this fashion “rule” dates back to the early 20th century. One common explanation has to do with the availability of air conditioning and methods to keeping cool. In the 20th century, wardrobes were not as casual as they are today. People wore what many would now consider formal clothing. So instead of donning a pair of shorts and a tank top, men and women would wear white and lightcolored clothing that was lighter in weight. This was done in an effort to keep cool during the heat of summer. After Labor Day, when summer gave way to fall, wearing

light fabrics would leave people too chilly, so people cast aside white for darker, heavier fabrics. Furthermore, most of the fashion trendsetters were based in northern, urban climates such as New York City, where fashion editors were exposed to each of the seasons. Therefore, in the pages of the leading fashion magazines, trends were set based on the changing of the climates. Should the fashion rules have been dictated from Miami or Houston, white clothing might have remained perfectly acceptable long after Labor Day.

Other historians speculate that the white rule had more to do with social class than fashion. White clothing was associated with the upperclass, who had enough disposable income to change clothing styles and jet-set to vacation haunts. In an effort to assimilate, some lower-class people would emulate the well-todo by wearing white and lightcolored clothing. Rules were established by those in the know that white was eschewed after Labor Day. The insiders would help keep the social climbers out by establishing the guidelines in their

social sects. Others scoff at these assumptions but can’t quite put a finger on where the etiquette regarding white clothing after Labor Day originated. But rules were made to be broken, and today many people no longer adhere to traditional rules of fashion, including the one suggesting wearing white after Labor Day is a faux pas. In fact, many fashion trendsetters have embraced wearing white after Labor Day, much as fashion maven Coco Chanel was known to wear white suits year-round in the 1920s. While white linen and gauzy

fabrics may not be appropriate or comfortable after Labor Day, white certainly can be worn as corduroy pants and sweaters. In fact, a “winter white”shade, which is a creamier hue of white for colder months, has become popular. Naturally, brides who get married after September have been wearing white after Labor Day for decades — with no ill effects. Men and women can opt for heavier cotton sweaters, white boots and winter white peacoats to integrate white into their fall and winter ensembles.

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Avoid unhealthy habits at the office FROM METRO According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, working professionals spend an average of 8.5 hours per day at work. Many professionals spend much of their time at work sitting down in front of a computer, which can be detrimental to long-term health. Staying sedentary for long periods of time can contribute to a host of health ailments, including being overweight and obese. But professionals who work in offices can take various steps to ensure all that time at work is not having an adverse affect on their overall health. • Get out of your seat. Modern workplaces are built around sitting, so workers must find some time to stand up and stretch. Sitting too long can compromise posture and lead to craning of the neck from looking at the computer screen. Get out of your chair, walk around the office and get the blood moving in your body. • Pack your lunch. Bringing lunch to work puts you in greater control over the foods you are eating. You can pack a healthy and diverse selection of foods. Don’t forget to also bring some snacks that offer a healthy mix of protein and carbohydrates to keep your energy levels up. Otherwise, you may succumb to the temptation of the lunchroom snack machine.

• Take frequent breaks. Stale air inside an office environment can make you feel fatigued and less productive. Also, spending too much time behind your desk may contribute to feelings of stress and tension. Use every opportunity possible to get up and leave your office. Instead of sending an instant message or making a phone call to a coworker, visit him or her in person. Use your lunch hour to get outside instead of eating at your desk. Plan a brief, mid-afternoon walk outside of your office to clear your mind and get some fresh air. • Disinfect surfaces often. Getting up and moving around is key to good health while on the job. Oftentimes, when one person at the office gets sick, many others soon follow. Colds and the flu can spread rapidly in close quarters. Keep your desk drawer stocked with some alcohol swabs or disinfecting spray and routinely clean your keyboard, mouse, touchscreen and desk surfaces. You also can wipe off door handles and knobs around the office if you want to be proactive. • Rest your eyes. Close your Today we salute the working men and women who make eyes and look away from the progress possible through their dedicated daily efforts. Our computer monitor every 20 minutes. Focusing on objects nation’s labor force is the backbone of our economy, and we of varying distances can help thank all of our local workers for the important roles they keep the eyes strong and replay in our community and around the region. To all of the duce fatigue. hardworking individuals who make up the U.S. workforce, It’s not difficult to remain we salute your contributions to our country. healthy at work. Breaks, exercise and watching what you eat can help.

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Water plant operator: Solid career move for those not suited for desk work BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com When you get thirsty you go to the tap, turn the faucet and pour a glass of water. It’s a simple task. But do you know much about the person who ensures that the water makes it to your kitchen? Walt Beard, water plant facilities manager for the City of Sumter, is one of the many people who makes sure the area has clear, running water. Beard said he heard about a job as water plant operator with Sumter Public Works a few years ago from an instructor at Central Carolina Technical College. After studying chemistry at The Citadel in Charleston, he was interested in the position because it would allow him to put his science background to use. To become a water plant operator, Beard needed to pass a certification exam that consists of five levels as well as complete one year of on-the-job training. For the exam, he had to learn regulations regarding water maintenance, mechanical maintenance operations, the different equipment associated with water plants and the science of water quality. He said math also played a part in his lessons. During the on-the-job training, Beard was partnered with a city water plant operator who showed him the ins and outs of

the water plants. Beard said it takes about four years to progress from a trainee, an E-level employee, to an operator, an A-level employee. He said he was able to trade years of experience in the field for his educational experience which has allowed him to quickly move up the ranks. He has now been with the city for three-and-a-half years. Beard said everyone at the water plant is on call 24-hours a day seven days a week, including holidays. It’s very different from a Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. job, he said. “Some people don’t like to be tied to a desk,” he said. When asked what he does to relax during his days off Beard said he has never felt that his job was stressful because the water plants are manned at a level that he has never felt overworked. He said the operator needs to be able to recognize a problem as well as come up with a solution, with the help of a qualified team of maintenance operators. “Nobody pays attention to us until the water well runs dry,” he said. Beard’s day consists of visiting each of the city’s five water plants and four county water systems — in Dalzell, Mayesville, Wessex Subdivision near Wedgefield, and Oswego — where he monitors PH levels of the water and makes sure the water pumps and wells are op-

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Walt Beard, water plant facilities manager for the City of Sumter, checks the control panel for Plant 1. erating properly. It takes about 115 miles to travel to all water plants in the county and about 50 to 58 miles to travel to all city water plants, he said. He said Sumter is unique compared to other cities in the state because most water plant operators in other areas report to only one plant. Monitoring each plant

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Before the labor movement and the first Labor Day in 1892, working class children could be found operating dangerous machinery and working at mines and other locations for 12 to 16 hours a day.

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ost people think of Labor Day simply as a day off from work, a

last hurrah for summer, time for a cookout or one final trip to the beach. In actuality the observance began more than a century ago with the country’s labor unions in an effort to improve the lives of working people. In the early 1880s, the working class had no protection from the bosses. They worked long hours for little pay and had little or no rights. Children labored alongside adults, generally as long as 12 hours a day, seven days a week. As oppressed people often have, workers, including mainly members of the Central Labor Union of New York, had finally had enough abuse and organized a march down Broadway on Sept. 5, 1882. Resembling more a demonstration than a parade, they carried placards summing

up their demands and statements in praise of the workers; about 20,000 — a huge number in those days — took part. Some of their signs read “Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for recreation” and “Labor creates all wealth.” By 1885, other cities were observing what was called “a working man’s holiday.” Then in 1894, 31 states declared an offical Labor Day holiday. That same year, railroad employees working for George Pullman had their wages cut while rent

for their homes owned by Pullman and their hours and conditions remained the same and their union representatives were fired. This led 50,000 of them to boycott trains with Pullman Railway cars, and rail traffic, including the U.S. mail, into and out of Chicago was completely stalled. As the public learned of the railroad employees’ working conditions and treatment, President Grover Cleveland signed a proclamation making the first Monday in September a national holiday — it was a

Congressional election year. Even though Cleveland had declared a holiday for workers, he celebrated the Fourth of July in 1894 by breaking the Chicago railway boycott by sending troops to the city; seven men were killed, but the holiday remained intact. And Cleveland’s Democrats lost heavily in the election that year. George Pullman was so reviled by the people of Chicago that when he died his grave had tons of concrete poured over it, as it was feared the angry people might desecrate his body. For the next few decades, working people held parades on each Labor Day, after observing what was then called Labor Sunday, a day to pray and reflect on the meaning and value of work. Labor unions became stronger and working conditions and worker rights improved greatly. The history of labor unions includes many successes and some failures, abuses and scandals, but to a great degree, working people still enjoy the improvements made possible by the U.S. labor movement. Few parades celebrate the working class these days; and so on Monday, as we celebrate with our cookouts and parties, we working and retired people might pause, reflect on the actions that led to this holiday celebrating our contributions to society and the economy and lift a beer or an iced tea to those who fought for our rights.

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Challenges facing farmers today and tomorrow FROM METRO Though farming was once big business in the U.S., by 2012 less than 1 percent of Americans were professional farmers. Many challenges face today’s farmers, many of which are largely unknown to the general public. Many people have an outdated view of a farm as a small, family owned and operated parcel of land where livestock is raised in open pens and crops are hand-harvested when ripe. The reality is that modern-day farms have had to overhaul operations to meet demand and remain competitively priced while adapting to the ever-changing ways technology infiltrates all parts of life. Each of these factors present obstacles for today’s farmers.

TECHNOLOGY Rural farming communities are expected to make an effort to integrate modern technology into an industry that has been around for centuries. But such a transition in rural areas, where communications systems may not be as up-to-date as those in urban areas, is not always so easy. According to the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, a shift from a resource-based to an informationbased economy, compounded by the rapid introduction and expansion of new technology in the workplace, has altered farm operation and the skills in demand. Older workers who have been schooled in one way of agriculture may have a significant impact on labor supply and the vitality of farming as a career. Younger adults who are knowledgeable in technology may no longer seek out agricultural careers.

DECREASE IN FARMING AS AN OCCUPATION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that only about 960,000 Americans claim farming as their principal occupation. As that figure has dwindled, the average age of farmers continues to rise, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that roughly 40 percent of the farmers in this country are 55 years old or older. This has led to concerns about the long-term health of family farms throughout the United States.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Many farmers have come under scrutiny for how farming impacts the environment. A growing emphasis on sustainability and conservation has led many people to protest certain farming practices. Protesters claim that certain practices, such as raising livestock, can pollute water, while the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides is bad for the environment. Many farmers, however, have altered their methods to be more environmentally friendly and self-sustainable in the process. Climate change is another environmental issue farmers must deal with. Strong storms and severe droughts have made farming even more challenging.

FINANCIAL FALL-OUT The ongoing recession of the last half-decade has also affected farmers. In November of 2012, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the unemployment rate within the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries was at 13.6 percent, far higher than the national unemployment rate. As a result, many farm families have found

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themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, as rising costs for equipment and technology are being coupled with decreasing profits and rising unemployment. Further complicating matters is competition from corporations and international food producers who have made it difficult for family farmers to turn a significant profit. Many family farmers rely on loans and lines of credit to survive, but

thanks to changes in the financial sector that saw banks become less willing to extend lines of credit, some farmers are facing bankruptcy. Though it can be easy for those who do not work in the agricultural industry to overlook the struggles facing today’s agricultural professionals, a greater understanding of those struggles and the challenges that lay ahead can benefit the industry and its employees down the road.

Adult students can reduce anxiety with these simple tips FROM METRO Adults return to school for a variety of reasons. Some might be spurred by a desire to pursue a new career, while others might go back to school to learn more about their existing field and improve their career prospects. While their reasons for returning to school may differ, many adults find themselves battling some nerves as they begin the process of going back to the classroom. Feelings of doubt are common among adults returning to school. But there are steps all adult students can take to reduce their anxiety and make the most of the often exciting experience of going back to school. • Start slow. Unlike more traditional college students, adults returning to school tend to have significant responsibilities, including families and careers. Juggling work and family is difficult on its own, but doing so along with college coursework is even harder. Adult students returning to school after a long layoff would be wise to take things slowly at first so they and their families can gradually adjust to

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their new schedules. Many schools now offer online courses, which can be especially beneficial for working professionals. • Have a plan. Many adults only return to school when they know exactly what they want to study or which courses they need to take to complete a degree or earn a certificate. If you have not already mapped out such a plan, do so before enrolling

gible for scholarships or other forms of financial aid. The United States Department of Labor maintains a scholarship search engine at www.careerinfonet.org where students of all ages and academic levels can search for scholarships, grants and other financial aid opportunities to determine if they are eligible for some help paying for tuition. In addition, adults returning to school may want to discuss their plans with their employers, especially if they are looking to continue working in their current fields. Employers may have programs in place to subsidize employees looking to continue their education. • Don’t be discouraged.

Many adults mulling a return to school are hesitant to do so because they feel as if they will be the only older students in classrooms filled with millennials. However, the National Center for Education Statistics predicts a 14 percent increase in enrollment of students 25 and older between 2011 and 2021, suggesting that adults going back to school are unlikely to be the only graybeards in their classrooms. Returning to college as an adult can be both exciting and overwhelming. But adults need not be nervous about returning to the classroom, even if it has been quite some time since they last stepped on a college campus.

in any classes. The cost of a college education has no doubt increased considerably since you last stepped foot on campus, so you don’t want to be signing up for costly classes that will not help you accomplish what you hope to accomplish by returning to school. • Research your options. Just because you are an adult returning to school does not mean you are ineli-

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LABOR BY THE NUMBERS 157 million Number of people 16 and over in the nation’s labor force in June 2015. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic

Our Jobs (largest occupations May 2014, number of employees) Retail salespeople

4,562,160 Cashiers

3,398,330 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

3,131,390 Office clerks, general

2,889,970 Registered nurses

2,687,310 Customer service representatives

2,511,130 Waiters and waitresses

2,445,230 Laborers and freight, stock and material movers, hand

2,400,490 Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical and executive

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Find ways to relax to improve home, work life FROM METRO

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Finding ways to relax can improve life at home and at the office. While it’s not often easy to find time to slow down, especially for those men and women juggling the responsibilities of career and family, the following are some simple techniques that don’t take much time but can have a positive impact on your day. • Take some time out from multitasking. The ability to multitask is a cherished commodity for parents and working professionals alike, but men and women can benefit from periodic breaks from their everyday juggling acts. Something as simple as focusing on a single task for 30 minutes at a time, as opposed to checking emails while preparing dinner or working on a project while answering a client’s phone call, can help lower stress levels and have a lasting and calming effect on your nerves. • Make time to meditate every day. Studies have shown that meditation can affect the circuitry in the brain, positioning it to more adequately respond to illness and stressful situations. Meditation has the

added benefit of being a relaxing exercise, as meditation encourages people to sit with their feet on the floor with both eyes closed in a relaxing setting that is free of external distractions. • Walk away from your desk and couch. It’s well documented that spending too much time sitting at a desk can have a negative impact on your health. In addition to elevating a person’s risk of heart disease and diabetes, sitting at a desk all day long has been linked to repetitive stress injuries, obesity and back pain, each of which can contribute to stressful living conditions that make it difficult to relax. Men and women should spend at least five minutes each hour walking, whether they are getting up from their desk at work or getting off the couch at home. • Practice yoga. Yoga is another activity that can help men and women relax. Yoga involves a series of poses that helps stretch the muscles and aid their recovery from everyday aches and pains, including those that often result from stressful experiences or days at the office.

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16.2 million The number of wage and salary workers age 16 and over represented by a union in 2014. This group includes both union members (14.6 million) and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union contract (1.6 million). Among states, New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (24.6 percent), and North Carolina again had the lowest rate (1.9 percent). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

15 million Number of employed female workers 16 and over in service occupations in 2013. Among male workers 16 and over, 11.6 million were employed in service-related occupations. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

2.0% Percentage increase in employment (or 2.7 million) in the U.S. between September 2013 and September 2014. Employment increased in 306 of the 339 largest U.S. counties (large counties are defined as having employment levels of 75,000 or more). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Another Day, Another Dollar

$50,033 and $39,157 The 2013 real median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round workers, respectively. The real median household income $51,939, about 8.0 percent lower than in 2007. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013

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53% Projected percentage growth from 2012 to 2022 in the number of industrial-organizational psychologists (1,600 jobs in 2012), the projected fastest-growing occupation. Meanwhile, the occupation expected to add the greatest number of positions over this period is personal care aides (580,800). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employee Benefits

86.1% Percentage of full-time, year-round workers age 18 to 64 covered by health insurance during all or part of 2013. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States:

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25,100 The number of shoe stores for back-to-school shopping in 2013. Other choices of retail establishments abound: there were 27,340 family clothing stores, 7,047 children and infants’ clothing stores, 6,998 office supplies and stationery stores, 7,064 book stores and 8,102 department stores. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 County Business Patterns

21,559 The number of sporting goods stores nationwide in 2013. In U.S. sports, college football teams usually play their first games the week before Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing its first game the Thursday following Labor Day. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 County Business Patterns, NAICS

46,577 The number of travel agents employed full time, year-round in the U.S. in 2013. In addition, there were 15,628 tour and travel guides employed full time, year-round nationwide. On a weekend intended to give U.S. workers a day of rest, many people climb into their drivers’ seats or board an airplane for a quick end of the summer getaway. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

884,128 The number of paid employees (for the pay period including March 12) who worked for a gasoline station in the U.S. in 2013. Oregon (9,901 paid gasoline station employees) and New Jersey (17,278 paid gasoline station employees) are the only states without self-service gasoline stations. Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day a holiday in February 1887. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 County Business Patterns

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6 million Number of commuters who left for work between midnight and 4:59 a.m. in 2013. They represented 4.4 percent of all commuters. The most common time was between 7 and 7:29 a.m. – with 20 million commuters. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

4.4% Percentage of workers 16 and over who worked from home in 2013. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

76.4% Percentage of workers 16 and over who drove alone to work in 2013. Another 9.4 percent carpooled and 0.6 percent biked to work. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

25.8 minutes The average time it took workers in the U.S. to commute to work in 2013. Maryland (32.5 minutes) and New York (32.1 minutes) had the most time-consuming commutes. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey

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