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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The 1944 trial and execution of 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. continues to reverberate through the South Carolina legal system. A civil suit is now expected to resurrect the case, in which the Alcolu boy was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a trial that lasted less than three hours before an allwhite jury in the Clarendon County Courthouse. In December 2014, South Carolina

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Fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. is seen in the mugshots from his 1944 arrest. Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen issued a 30-page order ruling that there was a “fundamental, Constitutional violation of due process” in

the prosecution of George Stinney Jr. and vacated the conviction.

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Lisa Robinson, a sales manager at Lowe’s, talks about the customizable Iris security system the store sells on Friday afternoon at the Sumter store. The system can be set up with individual components or can be purchased as kits.

Wireless home security less expensive, more interactive BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Securing a home is no longer a time-consuming or expensive project with the sale of wireless security systems that can monitor a property after just one trip to the hardware store. Patrick Flaherty, assistant store

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manager at Lowe’s, said wireless, app-based home security systems are very popular because some only require a one-time purchase fee to allow homeowners to remotely control various elements inside the home with a smart device. He said the WiFi system is also much safer because homeowners do not have to worry about connec-

tions being cut as with land lines. Iris, a smart security system offered at Lowe’s, allows homeowners to customize the level of security to their needs and preferences, he said. First, homeowners need to purchase the Iris Smart Hub for about

Students at Alice Drive Middle School had the opportunity to dissect different animals, explore organs and viruses and assemble and take apart machines in a virtual 3-D world on Friday. The zSpace Mobile STEM Lab is a bussized lab equipped with 10 computers and a 24-inch high-definition screen with virtual reality technology. “It is an open, collaborative virtual reality STEM platform,” said Sam Lucchese, Mid-Atlantic sales director for zSpace. “It allows for the virtual exploration of STEM and STEAM courses.” A student can virtually work on a project in many science, technology, engineering and math subjects, such as anatomy, chemistry, earth science, microbiology, mechanical engineering, paleontology and more. Wearing 3-D glasses and operating with a stylus, students can virtually dissect different animals or assemble and take apart different machines. There are sensors in the glasses and stylus, which facilitate the use between the user and the program. “Everything is virtual, though to the students it looks and feels as if they are interacting with these objects in real life,” said Lucchese. “It helps promote noble failure in a safe environment. As the user, you realize these objects are virtual. For example, if you make an incorrect incision on a frog or accidentally pull a cylinder out of a working motor, you can reset that.” Lucchese said the program integrates immediately with the existing curriculum of teachers, kindergarten through grade 12. It includes more than 500 activities and more than 2,500 models, aligned with national and state standards. Lucchese said zSpace adds 30 to 40 more activities every few months, and all of them come with activity plans. “More importantly, we really put the power back into the hands of the district or teachers,” he said. “They can tweak any of our activities or create their own from scratch.” Lucchese said the lab allows students access to many models they may not get to work with in real life. Prices range from about $22,000 for a lab of 10 units to $50,000, which also includes software, professional development, instruction, etc. Alice Drive Middle School Principal Jeannie Pressley said she was excited for the virtual lab to visit the school. In May 2015, the school became one of only two schools in the state, and one of 12 in the nation, to receive the AdvancED certification for being a STEM school. “If we are able to purchase this lab, it will enhance our STEM program even more, with students using the virtual technology as though they are working in real life,” Pressley said. Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said the lab “ties in perfectly with infusing technology into instruction.” Baker said the district may explore the possibility of purchasing the lab.

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FDA expands Zika screening to all U.S. blood centers WASHINGTON (AP) — The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where Zika is spreading. Screening will initially extend to states along the Gulf Coast and a few others. “There is still much uncertainty

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Blood banks already test donations for HIV, hepatitis, West Nile and other blood-borne viruses. The Zika virus stays in the blood for about one week but is thought to remain in other bodily fluids longer. While Zika is primarily spread through mosquito bites, there have been reports in Brazil of Zika transmission through transfusion. No such cases have been reported

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Dillon Lamothe, an eighth-grader at Alice Drive Middle School, uses virtual reality to disassemble a rocket car during the zSpace visit to the school on Friday afternoon.

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Local Democrats open HQ 5 men face drug charges in bust

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The Sumter County Democratic Party opened its campaign headquarters at 651 Bultman Drive on Thursday with a visit from the Democratic nominee for South Carolina 5th Congressional District Fran Person, as well as a number of state and local candidates. “It was a good, enthusiastic crowd,” said Sumter County Democratic Party Chairman Allen Bailey. He said the headquarters was packed with a standing roomonly crowd that enjoyed barbecue and heard from local candidates, such as state Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon, and Sumter mayoral candidates Joe McElveen and William “Dutch” Holland, as well as Sumter City Council candidate Melissa Evans and Sumter County Council candidate Patti Wilson. “The main attraction was Fran Person,” Bailey said. He said Person plans to return to Sumter often during the campaign, and the candidate told those in attendance he “wants to be a representative who will

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The Sumter County Democratic Party held its fourth-annual Paper Drive recently. Organized by Chairman Allen Bailey, right, members of the community donated more than 52 cases of paper that will be distributed to local schools by party members. “We support public education and wanted to do something to show that we care,” Bailey said. Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker, left, stopped by the headquarters to express his thanks. work for all the people.” Bailey said the campaign headquarters will generally be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, and volunteers will work phone banks on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bailey also announced the re-

sults of the local party’s annual paper drive, saying the party was able to present 52 cases of paper to local schools. For more information, call the Sumter County Democratic Party Headquarters at (803) 4061851.

Sumter Police Department arrested five men after a months-long undercover drug investigation on Thursday. The investigation, conducted by the department’s Organized Crime and Vice Control Unit, included the possession and sale of a variety of illegal drugs including marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine, according to a news release from the police department. The following men were arrested: • Roosevelt Antonio Foster, 34, of 20 Walker Ave., is charged with three counts of distribution of crack cocaine and three counts of distribution within a half mile of a school; • Michael Cameron Martin, 24, of 17 Chest-

nut St., is charged with five counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts distribution of marijuana within a half mile of a school; • Wilson Michael Nelson Jr., 45, of 593 Dicks St., is charged with two counts distribution of cocaine base, first degree, and distribution within a half mile of a school; • Charles Henry Rufus, 61, of 44 Brunhill St., is charged with distribution of crack cocaine and distribution within a half mile of a school; and • Jason Leroy Rigdon, 39, of 2227 Bob White Drive, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance. The release states more arrests are expected as the investigation continues.

Volunteers teach kids how town functions

Jo Anne Morris, executive director of Sumter Volunteers, talks to a group of fourth-graders at Alice Drive Elementary School about the workings of the Sumter community, as representatives from government, religion, the arts, health care, service, media, law enforcement and other elements of the town wait to talk about how their services benefit residents. The annual event targets fourth-graders throughout the county.

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BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com My Community and Me may be the first civics lesson many Sumterites get. Founded more than 20 years ago as a program of Sumter Volunteers, My Community and Me introduces most of Sumter’s fourth-graders not just to the duties of government entities, but also to the contributions of many other elements of their hometown. The program started in 1994 when Sumter Volunteers Executive Director Jo Anne Morris received a request from then-Sumter School District 17 to help design a plan to use grant money from Shaw Air Force Base. At the time, third-graders studied S.C. history in third grade, and teachers, noting that there was no curriculum item to teach students about local history, suggested the topic to Morris. Sumter Volunteers came up with the plan and implemented it, and My Community and Me was born. Twenty years later, the format has changed, but the goal remains the same — to teach Sumter’s fourth-

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A workbook written and illustrated by local artists is provided to the fourth-graders at each school that participates. graders about the workings of their community. The program works like this: Volunteers go to schools throughout the city and county, form a circle around the students and offer a brief description of their segment of the community. Called Community Circlers, they represent 20 areas: government, law enforcement, fire department, environment, Shaw Air Force Base, business, industry, utilities, agriculture, media, education, health care, helping agen-

cies, beauty/recreation, music, the arts, history, religion, clubs/organizations and volunteers. Local artists worked with Morris to create a special, illustrated workbook to accompany the presentation, and Morris wrote a song that is sung at the beginning of the program at each participating school. An approved part of the school curriculum, My Community and Me “is a unique, firsthand learning experience for the young students,” Mor-

You can sign up for one of the following sessions: • Wednesday, Sept. 14 — 9:30 a.m., Willow Drive Elementary School gym • Tuesday, Sept. 20 — 9:30 a.m., Alice Drive Elementary School cafeteria • Wednesday, Sept. 21 — 9:30 a.m., Millwood Elementary School cafeteria • Friday, Sept. 23 — 9:30 a.m., Wilson Hall multi-purpose room • Tuesday, Sept. 27 — 9:30 a.m., Thomas Sumter Academy auditorium • Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 9:30 a.m., Kingsbury Elementary School cafeteria • Monday, Oct. 3 — 1 p.m., St. Anne/St. Jude parish hall • Tuesday, Oct. 4 — 9:30 a.m., Pocalla Elementary School multi-purpose room • Monday, Oct. 10 —1 p.m., Delaine Elementary School library • Wednesday, Oct. 12 — 9:30 a.m., Cherryvale Elementary School gym • Friday, Oct. 14 — 9:30 a.m., Lemira Elementary School cafeteria • Tuesday, Oct. 18 — 9:30 a.m., Manchester Elementary School cafeteria • Wednesday, Oct. 19 — 9:30 a.m., R.E. Davis Elementary School gym Call Jo Anne Morris at (803) 775-7423 to sign up or for more information.

ris said. Since the start-up grant from Central Carolina Community Foundation for the program designed for 500 participants during the 1996-97 school year was requested by 13 schools and more than

1,100 students, Sumter Volunteers has found money to accommodate the increase in participants during the past 20 years. The organization still seeks ongoing funding for the program, Morris said, as well as volunteer presenters.

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Foster home offers aging veteran a family BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Post and Courier NORTH CHARLESTON — When Jeanette Drayton decided to sign up as a caregiver under the VA hospital’s medical foster home program, she knew she’d be welcoming a stranger into her North Charleston house. She didn’t expect that this patient, 71-year-old Ronnie Pruett, would become part of her family. “He is,” she said. “He is everywhere I go. If he’s not with me, they ask, ‘Where is Mr. Ron?’” The VA’s medical foster home program was established at the federal level about a decade ago, but it’s relatively new in Charleston. The program accommodates elderly patients who can’t live by themselves anymore but don’t want to, or can’t afford, to move into a nursing home. Pruett, who served in the Air Force for three years in the early 1960s and suffers from dementia, pays $1,900 in VA benefits to live with Drayton. Nursing homes, on average, cost more than $6,000 a month. Natasha Simeon-Major coordinates the medical foster home program at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston. Five medical foster homes have been established in the area, but she hopes to grow the program to at least 25 homes.

Simeon-Major said she gets three calls a week from veterans or their family members who want to find a placement. Right now, there just isn’t enough room to accommodate all the requests, she said. It takes a lot of time for her staff to vet each potential home. Caregivers must demonstrate that they have space to accommodate a veteran, that they have other sources of income and that they can offer around-the-clock supervision. Their homes must be inspected several times. Caregivers must have experience dealing with patients or certain ailments. Drayton, for example, works part-time as a certified nurse assistant. “I’ve been taking care of patients for 40 years,” Drayton said. Also, Simeon-Major said, “We are looking for someone with an actual heart and passion to do this.” Pruett is an ideal patient for the program, she said, because he is self-sufficient. He folds his own laundry, makes his bed and has no problem walking or bathing on his own. But he can’t be left alone because his memory is so limited. He can spell his name, for example, but can’t remember his age. He doesn’t talk much but enjoys watching old Western movies in Drayton’s living room. Sometimes, they play cards together. Pruett spent six months at

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Willie Samuel, 62, of 290 Kinsey Drive, was arrested on Thursday and charged with first-degree assault after he hit another man in the head with a stick and attempted to throw gasoline on him while in the 200 block of East Calhoun Street on Thursday. The victim was treated for a cut to the head. Officers spoke with Samuel and the victim before the assault and encouraged the victim to temporarily leave the area because Samuel was “extremely upset” over a financial debt between the two, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department. Antonio Johnson, 29, of 927 Mathis St., was arrested on Thursday and charged with assault following a physical altercation with his girlfriend while sitting inside a vehicle parked at a residence in the 900 block of Mathis Street. The victim told officers that

Johnson put his hand around her neck until she could not breathe, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department. Officers observed an open scratch and bruises on the victim’s neck and small superficial scratches on Johnson’s neck.

Gregg Szego, 42, of 9 Town Park Lane, Charleston, was arrested on Thursday after officers found an open beer can, two spoons with suspected drug residue and two capped syringes inside his vehicle and a prescription bottle containing Xanax and Oxycodone on his person. According to an incident report from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, officers received information that a vehicle matching Szego’s was seen driving erratically that evening. A passenger, Nichole Wiles, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and providing false information to police after she told officers

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the VA hospital in Charleston last year after his wife died. She was his primary caregiver, and they had no children. “We couldn’t find a placement for him,” said SimeonMajor. “We couldn’t just discharge him onto the street.” So he lived in the hospital’s acute care unit until space opened up in a medical foster home. He moved in with Drayton more than a year ago. Graves Wilson, Pruett’s courtappointed guardian, said Drayton’s home is ideal. Unlike a traditional nursing home, “this is more like a family setting,” Wilson said. “I had never heard of medical foster homes, especially through the VA, and I use veterans’ benefits myself. ... I’d much prefer this.” When they met for the first time at the hospital, Drayton said Pruett’s kindness was obvious. “He always said, ‘Yes, ma’am. No, ma’am,’” she said. “He seemed like a very good fit. ... He was what I wanted, really.” Now, Pruett and Drayton travel around town together: to the grocery store, on various errands. They have even taken out-of-town trips. They went to Disney World with Drayton’s grandchildren and to Baltimore and Greenville. Her family celebrated his birthday with cake and ice cream. “We have a ball,” she said. “We have a real good time.”

she had driven the vehicle erratically that day. Szego is charged with driving under suspension, second offense, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and open container violation. STOLEN PROPERTY An Align remote helicopter valued at $500; an impactsocket gun wrench valued at $50; a Portal cable drill valued at $150; a Hisence Android tablet valued at $150; a camera valued at $100; a Makita biscuit joiner valued at $300; a Stihl chainsaw valued at $200; a Troy Bilt weed trimmer valued at $200; and a Troy Bilt backpack blower valued at $300 were stolen from a residence in the 4300 block of Cobblestone Road between 9 a.m. and about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday. An undetermined amount of cash and three packs of Newport cigarettes were stolen from a convenience store located in the 1000 block of Manning Road dur-

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Truck and automobile traffic mix on Interstate 5, headed north through Fife, Washington, near the Port of Tacoma. Read the full story at www.theitem.com.

U.S. wants to post lower speeds for trucks, buses DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. is seeking to forcibly limit how fast trucks, buses and other large vehicles can travel on the nation’s highways. A new proposal Friday would impose a nationwide limit by electronically capping speeds with a device on newly made U.S. vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds. Regulators are considering a cap of 60, 65 or 68 mph, though that could change. Whatever the speed limit, drivers would be physically prevented from exceeding it. The proposal, which comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Fed-

ing an armed robbery between 10 and 11 p.m. on Wednesday, according to an incident report from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. A .22-caliber camouflage rifle, valued at $200, and the key to a Ford Explorer were stolen from a residence in the 1300 block of Norwood Road in Olanta at about 2 p.m. Thursday. Two push lawn mowers valued at $300; a weed trimmer valued at $100; a leaf blower valued at $100; a hedge trimmer valued at $100; and a machete valued at $30 were stolen from a shed at a residence in the 100 block of West Fulton Street between Tuesday and Wednesday. According to an incident report from Sumter Police Department, the victim told officers that someone broke into the shed during the previous week. A 48-inch lawn mower, valued at $3,000, was stolen from a lot in the 200 block of East Calhoun Street between 6 p.m. Wednesday and about

eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, does not force older heavy vehicles to add the speed-limiting technology, but the regulators are still considering it. The government said capping speeds for new large vehicles will reduce the 1,115 fatal crashes involving heavy trucks that occur each year and save $1 billion in fuel costs. While the news is being welcomed by some safety advocates and non-professional drivers, many truckers said that such changes could lead to dangerous scenarios where they are traveling at much lower speeds than everyone else.

9:10 a.m. on Thursday. DAMAGED PROPERTY Approximately $1,000 in damage was caused to two apartment units when a bullet passed through multiple walls in the 800 block of Carolina Avenue at about 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday. An individual in the area told officers that the rear and front windows of his vehicle were shattered when a bullet passed through the vehicle, causing about $1,000 in damage, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department. The second victim told officers that a driver in an unknown vehicle approached his vehicle at a high rate of speed and began flashing the high beam lights before firing the gun. A silver 2000 Toyota Avalon and a 1984 Chevrolet G30 Cutaway RV sustained $1,500 and $3,000 in damage, respectively, after the vehicles were scratched between 10 p.m. on Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

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Vampires threaten humanity as ‘The Strain’ returns BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Former teen pop star Debbie Gibson looks and acts her age in the otherwise formulaic romance “Summer of Dreams” (9 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark). She plays Debbie Taylor, a singer of a certain age hoping to make a comeback in a transformed music industry. “Dreams” is not without self-deprecating humor. We see Debbie anxious for her new gig and watch her performance, only to have the camera pull back to reveal that she’s performing for a sales event at a mattress store. We also see her treatment at the hands of a dismissive young music executive, clearly not born when she was at the top of the charts. But after these moments of semi-realism, “Summer” becomes a Hallmark movie again. Debbie decides to leave New York and move in with her sister in heartland America. There she finds work as a substitute music teacher at the local high school. After a magical transformation — “School of Rock” by way of “Glee” — she’s got her groove back, has a new love interest and is ready to climb the charts again! Help yourself. • On a similar theme, “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (10 p.m. Saturday, OWN) visits with Spice Girl Geri (“Ginger Spice”) Horner and former MTV VJ Ed Lover. We also meet Kathy Garver, who played teen big sister Cissy on the 1960s sitcom “Family Affair,” who reunites with her former co-star Johnny Whitaker. Garver, who has enjoyed a career doing voices and producing and composing music for cartoons, has not left her signature sitcom behind. She has written “The Family Affair Cookbook” (2009) as well as her autobiography, “Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood” (2015). • Fans of grotesque, shuffling, evil, possessed creatures that threaten humanity and must be destroyed should not miss “The Strain” (10 p.m. Sunday, FX, TV-MA), now entering its third season. Based on a graphic novel by series co-creator Guillermo del Toro, this show differs

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Kevin Durand, left, stars as Vasiliy Fet and David Bradley as Abraham Setrakian in the “New York Strong” third season premiere episode of “The Strain” airing at 10 p.m. Sunday on FX. from “The Walking Dead” in several gory and gothic details. While much of “The Walking Dead” takes place in a blighted heartland, “The Strain” is set mainly in New York City. And for those who take such things seriously, “The Walking Dead” is about zombies while “The Strain” concerns an intricate vampire conspiracy. And “The Strain” has a much more exotic and lurid visual style. I’m sure both series are laced with political meaning and metaphor. But for some of us, once you’ve seen one evil creature’s head explode you’ve seen ‘em all. • A sure sign that summer is winding down, the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (9 p.m. Sunday, MTV, MTV2, MTV Classic, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Spike, TV Land, VH1, TV-14) will air live from New York’s Madison Square Garden. This marks the first time the VMAs have taken place in the sports arena. The very first ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall in 1984 and was hosted by Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd. As this is a video and not a music award, it seems fitting that the most VMAs have gone to Madonna, whose ca-

reer is all but synonymous with the art form. She has won 20 to Beyonce’s 15. Peter Gabriel has 13. Over the past 30 years, the ceremony has become the place where the unexpected has come to be expected, if not contrived. This year’s scheduled performers include Nick Jonas, Ty Dolla $ign, Britney Spears and G-Eazy. Rihanna will receive the Video Vanguard Award. • What started as an effort to protect and preserve a place of “boiling sulphur springs” has grown to be called “America’s best idea.” “America’s National Parks at 100” (8 p.m. Sunday, Smithsonian) commemorates a century of National Parks and the more than 400 places now managed by the Park Service. While many associate the National Park Service with iconic locations including Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, the service has come to preserve and protect caverns, rivers and historical sites like Civil War battlefields at Gettysburg and Antietam.

CULT CHOICE A boy bonds with an alien

robot despite government efforts to destroy it in the 1999 animated feature “The Iron Giant” (10:10 p.m. Saturday, HBO Family), featuring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr. and Vin Diesel. A thoughtful and original film, “Giant” was a critical darling that never found a large audience.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A kind act of hospitality does not go unpunished in the 2016 shocker “Unwanted Guest” (8 p.m., Lifetime). • The Oakland Raiders host the Tennessee Titans in preseason NFL action (8 p.m., CBS). • On two episodes of “Aquarius” (NBC, TV-14): Manson searches for Emma (9 p.m.); Hodiak finds her in a sanitarium (10 p.m.). • A shooting victim hopes to turn his life around on two consecutive episodes of “Boston EMS” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., ABC). The second helping is the season finale.

transgender swimmer. • The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Cincinnati Bengals in NFL preseason action (8 p.m., NBC). • Abby’s decision to relocate sparks a custody battle on “Chesapeake Shores” (9 p.m., Hallmark, TV-PG). • Intrigue in Islamabad on “Madam Secretary” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). • “Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors” (9 p.m., Reelz, TV-PG) profiles the actor and comic who died two summers ago. • The seventh season of “The Great Food Truck Race” (9 p.m., Food, TV-G) gets a funnel cake kickoff. • Stone’s strategy falls under scrutiny on “The Night Of” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). • A documentary project forces Laurel to collaborate with an old boyfriend on “BrainDead” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Eddie Vedder, Jim James, Jackson Browne, Robyn Hitchcock, Nicole Atkins, Lucius, Joy Williams and Gary Clark Jr. appear on the season finale of “Roadies” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

SATURDAY SERIES Results on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TVPG) * “UFC Fight Night” (8 p.m., Fox) * Marriage counseling on “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Ken becomes a joiner on “Dr. Ken” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

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SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Julie Chen hosts “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS) * Sofia Vergara guest-stars on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * Steve Harvey hosts “Celebrity Family Feud” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG) * Tea for two on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Elder care on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Michael Strahan hosts the season finale of “The $100,000 Pyramid” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Pranks for the memories on “The Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV14) * Alec Baldwin hosts “Match Game” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• On a repeat episode of “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS, r): money laundering; Harvard’s

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Clive Davis to honor Pharrell with songwriting award LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pharrell has a new reason to be “Happy.” Clive Davis is honoring the “Happy” and “Freedom” singer-songwriter with his Legend in Songwriting Award. Pharrell is scheduled to receive the honor from the veteran music executive at the 12th annual Songs of Hope event on Sept. 15. The annual event benefits the City of Hope, a research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases in Duarte, California. Other award recipients will include singer-songwriter Mike Posner and “The Jungle Book” and “Mother’s Day” composer John Debney. Burt Bacharach, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds are among the previous winners of Davis’ Legend in Songwriting Award. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Dylan Minnette, left, and Stephen Lang in a scene from the movie “Don’t Breathe.”

Quartet with fresh, distinctive sound emerges from Asheville BY SCOTT STROUD The Associated Press From Asheville, North Carolina, an eclectic fusion of retirees, back-to-the-land hippies, tourists and natives to the region, a band called River Whyless emerges, blending American and international influences into a dreamy, spiritual mixture. The quartet’s latest album, “We All the Light,” combines bluegrass-inflected harmonies with gorgeously adventurous fiddleplaying and guitar to create a distinctive vibe that will ring familiar bells without sounding quite like any of them. The lyrics, impressionistic and abstract, convey broad themes of inclusiveness, especially on the album’s almost-title track, “We All Deserve the Light.” Band member Alex McWalters explained the decision to drop the word “deserve” from the album title as an attempt to make the phrase “more curious and openended.” “It suggests that we not only deserve the light, but that we are all in fact, the light itself.” That may sound lofty to some, but the real spirit of inclusiveness comes

Movie-goers looking for a thrill will find it with ‘Don’t Breathe’ BY MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer

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This CD cover image released by Roll Call Records shows “We All the Light,” by River Whyless. through in the songs themselves. This is well-crafted, grow-on-you music, and the vocals are as varied as the other instruments. “Falling Son” sounds Indian-influenced, in part because of a banjo played with a slide so it sounds like a sitar. “Sailing Away” evokes Japanese folk traditions, while “Kalangala” has a jazzy vibe. Many of music’s best moments come when bands discover common ground between seemingly incompatible traditions. With “We All the Light,” River Whyless delves into some of the exotic combinations still out there to be explored. Eclectic though it is, the whole holds together just fine.

To all you Detroit-area robbery crews, we should probably warn you right away: It’s just not a good idea to pick 1837 Buena Vista Street for your big — and final — score. Take our word for it, walk away. Sure, it sounds like an easy hit. The address is a home in a run-down section of the city, so there’s nobody around. The house is kind of moldering, too. And, yes, the owner is an old blind man living alone who apparently has a fortune stashed somewhere. But, listen, let this one go. You won’t? Fine. Then beware, you are walking into the well-plotted trap of Fede Alvarez, who made his Hollywood debut with the reboot of the horror classic “Evil Dead,” and returns this month with “Don’t Breathe.” It pits a team of inept burglars against a homeowner who fights back. In that sense, it’s kind of like a twisted “Home Alone” for millennials. This isn’t a gore-fest or a flick that relies on the supernatural. It’s more a thriller wedded to a horror film. Our trio of would-be predators

quickly becomes hunted by the surprisingly spry old man, who happens to be a military veteran and comfortable with all sorts of weapons. Oh, did we mention his rather nasty dog? Written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues, “Don’t Breathe” is almost a throwback to older horror films. It’s meticulously planned and thrillingly satisfying with a camera always a step ahead — if you see an array of sharp tools near the beginning, bet on them being used at some point. Roque Baños’ discordant soundtrack manages to capture dread beautifully. The set-up stars three young Detroiters — a brutish Daniel Zovatto, his lovely girlfriend Jane Levy and their smart friend Dylan Minnette. They have bought into that cliche that somehow makes robbers less villainous — one last job and they’re out. “If we do it right, we never have to do it again,” the young woman promises. That turns out to be correct, but not in the way she means. In their way is Stephen Lang, playing the blind guy. He harbors a dirty little secret that the trio soon uncov-

ers and most of the film is spent with everyone rushing about in his claustrophobic home, filled with creaky floorboards and more locks than a Lowe’s. Everyone seems to die multiple times, even the dog. The plot gets sort of ludicrous by the end — right around the time Lang gets to start talking — but there were moments at a recent preview where a pin could drop and make more noise than one of the poor burglars trying to do what the movie title demands. You try standing perfectly still while an annoyed vet aims a pistol in your general direction. So again, robbery crews are strongly advised to avoid 1837 Buena Vista, but movie-goers hoping for a thrill might like to visit. But don’t linger.

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U.S., Russia renew push for agreement on Syria GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Russia on Friday renewed efforts to secure a military and humanitarian cooperation agreement for war-torn Syria after months of hesitation, missed deadlines and failed attempts to forge a truce. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the talks on Syria with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were “excellent” as they took a lunchtime break from meetings in Geneva. The talks are part of a new U.S. effort to enlist Russia as a partner in Syria as fighting becomes more volatile and complicated with the introduction of

Turkish ground forces. Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. envoy for Syria, joined the conversations in the early afternoon and told The Associated Press after the break, “We are still working.” Neither Washington nor Moscow has signaled that an agreement is imminent, although progress appears to have been made in one critical battleground: the besieged city of Aleppo, where the United Nations has been clamoring for a 48-hour cease-fire so humanitarian aid can be shipped into the city. Asked to describe the main impedi-

ment to a nationwide ceasefire in Syria as he sat down with Kerry, Lavrov said, “I don’t want to spoil the atmosphere for the negotiations.” On Thursday, U.N. officials said Russia was on board for the temporary pause in fighting in and around Aleppo. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry simply reiterated its general support for a cease-fire to open an aid corridor and was waiting for the U.N. to announce it is ready. The three-point plan for Aleppo, which U.N. officials say now needs the approval of two rebel groups and the

Syrian government, would involve road convoys both from Damascus and across the Turkish border through the critical Castello Road artery. Another mission would go to southern Aleppo to help revive a damaged electric plant that powers crucial pumping stations that supply water for 1.8 million people. Kerry was to meet with de Mistura separately later Friday in Geneva. Expectations are low for the talks, particularly given how efforts to forge a new U.S.-Russia understanding have fallen short virtually every month for the past five years.

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This artist rendering provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface.

Scientists find Earth-like planet at star next door BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — After scanning the vast reaches of the cosmos for Earth-like planets where life might exist, astronomers have found one right next door. A planet that’s rocky like Earth and only slightly bigger has been discovered orbiting Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system, scientists reported Wednesday. It is probably in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold Goldilocks Zone where liquid water — a key to life — is possible, if the planet has an atmosphere. And it is a mere 4.22 lightyears from Earth, or nearly 25 trillion miles. It is easily the closest potentially habitable planet ever detected outside our solar system — and one that could be reachable by tiny, unmanned space probes before the end of the century, in time for some people alive today to witness it. The international team of astronomers that announced the discovery did not actually see the planet but deduced its existence indirectly, by using telescopes to spot and precisely calculate the gravitational pull on the star by a possible orbiting body — a tried-andtrue method of planet hunting. “We hit the jackpot here,” said Guillem Anglada-Escude, an astrophysicist at the Queen Mary University of London and lead author of a study on the discovery in the journal Nature. He said the planet is “more or less what we have on Earth.” They’re calling it Proxima b, and while it could be like Earth in the important features, it would probably still look very alien. It is 4.6 million miles from its red dwarf star, or just onetwentieth of the distance between Earth and the sun, creating an incredible orange sky with no blue, so it looks like a perpetual sunset. And if that’s not different enough, the planet circles its star so quickly that its year is about 11 days.

The planet doesn’t rotate, so one side is always facing its star, and the other side is always dark and colder. It is bombarded with X-rays and ultraviolet light, but that wouldn’t necessarily be fatal to life because life can exist underground, scientists said. Scientists in the past 20 years have found more than 3,000 planets outside our solar system, or “exoplanets.” And more than 40 of them seem to be in the habitable zone. But this one “basically puts a giant flashing neon sign on the nearest star saying: See this right here,” said study coauthor R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution for Science. It would take more than eight years for an energy pulse or radio signal traveling at the speed of light to go there and back. NASA’s New Horizons probe, the fastest spacecraft launched, left Earth hurtling toward Pluto at about 36,000 mph. At that speed, it would take more than 78,000 years to get there. Earlier this year, an all-star team of scientists and business leaders including Stephen Hawking announced Breakthrough Starshot, a project to send out hundreds of light-powered space probes that would weigh about a gram, travel at one-fifth the speed of light and send pictures back to Earth. Breakthrough Starshot executive director Pete Worden, a former top NASA official, said organizers are hoping to include Proxima in their plans. Even at the hoped-for speed, it will take 20 years to get there and four more years

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for photos to come back. Worden said he hopes they will launch by 2060. Yet in the vastness of space, Proxima b is practically just over the fence, “like your next-door neighbor,” Butler said. Proxima b is more than 50 trillion miles closer than the previous closest potentially habitable exoplanet.

AJMAN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The suspicious text message that appeared on Ahmed Mansoor’s iPhone promised to reveal details about torture in the United Arab Emirates’ prisons. All Mansoor had to do was click the link. Mansoor, a human rights activist, didn’t take the bait. Instead, he reported it to Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog, setting off a chain reaction that in two weeks exposed a secretive Israeli cyberespionage firm, defanged a powerful new piece of eavesdropping software and gave millions of iPhone users around the world an extra boost to their digital security. “It feels really good,” Mansoor said in an interview from his sand-colored apartment block in downtown Ajman, a small citystate in the United Arab Emirates. Cradling his iPhone to show The Associated Press screenshots of the rogue text, Mansoor said he hoped the developments “could save hundreds of people from being targets.” Hidden behind the link in the text message was a highly targeted form of spyware crafted to take advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple’s mobile operating system. Two reports issued Thursday, one by Lookout,

a San Francisco mobile security company, and another by Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, outlined how the program could completely compromise a device at the tap of a finger. If Mansoor had touched the link, he would have given his hackers free reign to eavesdrop on calls, harvest messages, activate his camera and drain the phone’s trove of personal data. Apple Inc. issued a fix for the vulnerabilities Thursday, just ahead of the reports’ release, working at a blistering pace for which the Cupertino, Californiabased company was widely praised. Arie van Deursen, a professor of software engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, said the reports were disturbing. Forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski described the malicious program targeting Mansoor as a “serious piece of spyware.” A soft-spoken man who dresses in traditional white robes, Mansoor has repeatedly drawn the ire of authorities in the United Arab Emirates, calling for a free press and democratic freedoms. He is one of the country’s few human rights defenders with an international profile, close links to foreign media and a network of sources.

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in the United States. One Zikapositive blood donation, though, was recently intercepted in Florida, Marks said Friday. “The donation was identified while the blood bag was still in quarantine, before it was released,” Marks told reporters on a media call. “The system worked correctly.” Zika can also be spread through sex, and Marks said that played into the decision to expand testing. Current evidence suggests that infected men can spread the virus for several months through sex, and women can transmit it for several weeks. Adding to the challenge is that 4 out of 5 people infected never develop symptoms, such as fever, joint pain and rash. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported the first U.S. case of a man spreading Zika through sex even though he never had any symptoms. The Maryland man had traveled to the Dominican Republic, one of the many countries in the Caribbean and Latin America hit with a Zika outbreak.

$60 and download the Iris app on a smart device to access the system. Flaherty said homeowners can then purchase add-ons such as outlet plugs, motion sensor cameras and door and window sensors ranging from about $25 to $130. It’s all user-friendly and customers can set up the system themselves, he said. Homeowners can lock doors if they leave the door unlocked or turn off electronics when they are away from home, said Lisa Robinson, Lowe’s sales manager. Another advantage of the system is that it is relatively inexpensive compared to traditional home security systems and cameras and other devices can be moved at any time, she said. The security system basic plan is free, and there are no fees after the smart hub and add-ons are purchased, she said. Customers can subscribe to the premium plan, which

STINNEY FROM PAGE A1 “Stinney’s appointed counsel made no independent investigation, did not request a change of venue or additional time to prepare his case,” Mullen said in her order. “He asked little or no questions on cross examination of the state’s witnesses and presented few or no witnesses on behalf of his client based on the length of trial. He failed to file an appeal or a stay of execution. This is the essence of being ineffective, and for these reasons the conviction cannot stand.” On Thursday, Charleston School of Law President Ed Bell announced students in the school’s clinical externship program will assist in filing a civil rights case for redress of wrongs done in the 1944 trial and execution of Stinney. “Nothing can bring back George Stinney Jr., but we can use the civil court process to try to get justice for his family,” Bell said. “A big lesson we

AMANDA R. FRIERSON OLANTA — Amanda Rose Frierson, 98, widow of Willie D. Frierson, died on Thursday morning, Aug. 25, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. She was born on Dec. 12, 1917, in Turbeville, a daughter of the late Willie “Ed” and Eunice Witherspoon Rose. The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Ruby Lee Harrison, 3303 American Ave., Turbeville. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

LAJEAN O. KINDER ANDREWS — LaJean Barrineau Owens Kinder, 82, wife of Dr. Jack D. Kinder and widow of Walter Hazard Owens Jr., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at First Baptist Church of Andrews. Officiating will be the Rev. Donald P. Sapp and the Rev. Mike Mills. Burial will follow at Andrews Memorial Cemetery. A viewing will be held from

offers more people to access the system and video recording storage, for about $10 per month, she said. However, some homeowners who do not want to invest in full home security systems are using unconventional equipment, like trail cameras, to monitor their homes. Many people use trail cams for home surveillance, said Benji Sandifer, firearms department associate at Simpson Hardware. Trail cameras range from about $60 to $350, he said. Some of the higher-end cameras will actually send photos to the homeowner’s smartphone, and depending on the size of the SD card, cameras can store as many as 1,400 photos, he said. Sandifer said the cameras work well day and night. For the best surveillance, he suggests that customers purchase cameras that take photos without the flash. Most cameras have a red infrared LED light that flashes when a photo is taken, he said. At night, the animals will not notice the

try to provide students at the law school is that they need to give back to the community — and righting this wrong through the legal process will be a great learning experience as well as being the right thing to do.” It’s not clear who would be sued, but Bell said possible defendants could be the state of South Carolina or Clarendon County, where the trial was held. The case began on March 23, 1944, when Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 7, went missing while they were out picking flowers near Alcolu, according to police reports. Search crews discovered the bodies of both young girls the following morning. Both of the girls’ heads had been crushed. Within hours, investigators took Stinney into custody, and police reportedly said he confessed to killing the girls. Investigators varied on the exact method of the killing but eventually agreed that the girls were bludgeoned with an object described as a “railroad spike.”

OBITUARIES 3 to 4 p.m. on Sunday in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Andrews. The family will receive friends immediately following the burial at the cemetery. The family suggests memorials to First Baptist Church of Andrews Building Fund, 102 N. Rosemary Ave., Andrews, SC 29510. The Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

WILLIE LEE DAVIS PINEWOOD — On Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, Minister Willie Lee Davis, husband of Bernice Ragin Davis, departed this life at his residence. Born on June 27, 1947, in Pinewood, he was a son of the late Deacon Willie and Lizzie Carter Davis. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 1090 Clark Road, Silver community of Pinewood. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & DeLaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

HARLEY J. HUGGINS Harley James Huggins, 88, husband of Dorothy Mae Pitt-

man Huggins, died on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Charlie and Macie Osborne Huggins. Mr. Huggins was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and retired with 22 years of service. He later retired from Farmers Telephone Co. Surviving are his wife of 65 years of Sumter; a son, Don Huggins (Beth) of Sumter; a daughter, Wanda Hendrix (Scott) of Lexington; a brother, Charles Woodrow “Woody” Huggins of Lumberton; a daughter-in-law, Elaine Huggins; five grandchildren, Kyle Huggins, Becky Barnette (Jordan), Jessica Bettinger (Joseph), Reagan and Rivers Hendrix; and two great-grandchildren, Kenleigh and Clayton Barnette. He was preceded in death by a son, James Kenneth “Kenny” Huggins; three sisters; and one brother. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in the chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory with the Rev. Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive

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The Iris security system, offered by Lowe’s, can be customized by components or by kits to operate a home security system wirelessly by smartphone. flash, but a human will see the flash and may try to remove the camera, he said. Sandifer said store employees can set up the cameras for customers who do not know how to use the product. No matter what kind of security system homeowners have, basic steps can be taken to help to deter wrongdoers. Sumter Police Department encourages homeowners to:

In her ruling, Mullen said the methods used in the investigation and questioning of Stinney “may have been unduly suggestive, unrestrained and non-compliant with the standards of criminal procedure as required by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.” The ruling resulted from a motion the Manning law firm of Coffey, Chandler and McKenzie filed in January 2014 seeking a hearing to vacate the conviction. Steve McKenzie, who helped spearhead the nearly six-year effort, said he was spurred to begin researching the case after reading a story about it in The Sumter Item. According to the Charleston School of Law’s webpage, www.charlestonlaw. edu, the school began the clinical externship program to allow students to practice law under the tutelage of a professor and licensed, practicing attorneys. The program is intended to “provide a real-world involvement in the practice of law in an array of cases, including medical malpractice,

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automobile accidents and cases of post-conviction relief and civil rights,” the school posted on its webpage. “Our students will work with Bell Legal Group to develop the causes of civil actions in filing a civil rights case on behalf of George Stinney Jr. and his family,” said CSL professor Miller Shealy, who is leading the new program. “This will be an action arising out of the wrongful treatment, conviction and execution of a 14-year-old boy in 1944 — a conviction vacated in 2014 by a state circuit court judge, who found there were constitutional violations during the murder trial.” Bell said clinical experience will give students a leg up after they graduate. “Unlike law students who graduated in my day and had to learn how to try cases after receiving a law license,” he said, “this practical course will help our students understand how to work in the system and, we hope, be ready to practice law on the day they get their law license.”

friends from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and at the residence following the funeral service. Memorials may be made to Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sumter, SC 29150; to a charity of one’s choice; or to Wounded Warriors, 1990 Fordham Drive, No. 100, Fayetteville, NC 28304. Online condolences may be

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

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AROUND TOWN Minister Malinda Ham, ClarThe Sumter SPCA Dog Days of endon County Chapter of Summer Beach Bash will be Sumter Branch NAACP to meet Sunday the National Federation of held 7-11 p.m. today at the the Blind of South Carolina, Elaine D. Korn Memorial will speak. Transportation Center, 1100 S. Guignard provided within the coverDrive. Music will be providage area. Contact Debra ed by The Footnotes. Enjoy Canty, chapter president, at dancing to the oldies and light hors d’oeuvres. Cost is (803) 775-5792 or debra. canty@frontier.com. Dona$25 per person (must be 21 tions are welcome and years or older) and all proceeds benefit the SPCA. Call should be mailed to NFB Sumter Chapter, P.O. Box (803) 773-9292. The Sumter Branch NAACP will 641, Sumter, SC 29151. Google Debra Canty’s story hold a general membership on YouTube. meeting at 5 p.m. on SunThe Sumter Combat Veterans day, Aug. 28, at St. New Group will hold a golf tournaBethany Fellowship Baptist ment on Saturday, Sept. 17, Church, 350 E. Red Bay at Crystal Lakes Golf Road. Course, 1305 Clara Louise VFW Post 10813 will hold a Kellogg Drive. There will be “Wine, Cheese, Music & more a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Reg...” event from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 610 Man- istration fee is $50 per golfning Ave. Call (803) 773-6700 er limited to the first 20 teams. Fee includes contifor information. nental breakfast, lunch, American Legion Auxiliary Unit souvenirs, cart, green fees, 202 Ballard-Palmer-Bates will refreshments during play meet from 1 to 2 p.m. on and door prizes. Team forWednesday, Aug. 31, at the mat will be Captain’s Choice North HOPE Center, 904 N. Four-Person Team. Call EarMain St. nest Roland at (803) 840Sumter High School Class of 0935 or Johnny Goodley at 1976 will celebrate their 40th (803) 236-0488. class reunion Friday-SunEdmunds High School Class of day, Sept. 2-4 as follows: 1966 will hold its 50th re7-10 p.m. Friday, meet and union on Saturday, Sept. 24, greet at Sumter Art Gallery; at the Sumter County Muse7 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, blue um. Cost is $30 for singles, and gold gala at the Lincoln $60 for couples. Kent Mims High School gym; and 8-10 and Coty Cuttino are orgaa.m. Sunday, worship sernizing a golf outing for the vice at Golden Corral. Call afternoon of Friday, Sept. 23. Ruthie Dow Prince at (803) Call Myra Moore Wilt at 406-8874, Benita Duncan at (803) 491-4624. (803) 840-4118, Louella Nelson McGee at (803) 840-1748 The Heart of Sumter Neighborhood Association’s (HSNA) or Marcia Bethue China at 10th Annual Art in the Park will (803) 236-3284. be held from 10 a.m. to 5 The Campbell Soup friends p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, lunch group will meet at in Historic Memorial Park. 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. Application deadline for art3, at Golden Corral. ists or crafters interested in The Sumter Stroke Support displaying and selling their Group (Overcomers) will meet creations is Aug. 31. Appliat 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, cations can be picked up at Sept. 8, in the activities la bella vita, 7 S. Main St., or room of NHC of Sumter. Call Broadstone Manor, 204 Wayne or Joyce Hunter at Broad St., or obtained online (803) 464-7865. at www.hsnasumtersc.com. The Sumter Chapter of the Na- Non-profit organizations are also invited to share their tional Federation of the Blind mission as part of Commuof South Carolina will meet nity Corner and sell food or at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. beverage items to help raise 13, at Shiloh-Randolph funds. Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St.

FYI each month at the Birnie The South Sumter Resource HOPE Center. Meetings are Center is accepting applicaopen to teenage single partions for the Job Readiness ents, custodial and nonTraining (JRT) Program. This custodial single parents. program is for youth ages You are to bring 14-17 who are in high being accepted Applications forwelcome Job Readyour children as the Single school. Selected particiiness Training Parent Institute is for the pants will complete a 10entire family. Contact Dr. L. week program which will Quaneck Walkes at (803) teach employability skills. 223-9408 or lqwalkes@ This is a paid training prosctechthisout.com. gram and there are only 20 slots available. Contact Mr. The Rembert Area Community Jenkins, program coordinaCoalition (RACC) offers a setor, at (803) 436-2276 or nior citizens program 10 a.m.stop by South Sumter Renoon each Monday and source Center, 337 Manning Wednesday at 6785 Bradley Ave. St. (behind car wash), Rembert, SC 29128. TransportaThe Single Parent Institute meets from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. tion is available. For details, call (803) 432-2001. on the second Monday of

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Problems at EUGENIA LAST home will escalate if you make too many assumptions. Ask questions and get to the bottom of a difficult situation. A creative project will help take your mind off matters that you can’t do anything about at the moment.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Getting together with good friends or relatives will brighten your day. The information you share with others will lead to travel plans. Romance is in the stars. Plan something special to enjoy with someone you love. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put more effort into making the personal changes that will set you up for a better position. Rid yourself of the influences that have led you astray in the past. It’s time to move on. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are full of nervous energy. Concentrate on doing the things you enjoy. Take a patient approach when dealing with your loved ones or children. Offering others the benefit of the doubt will help avert an argument. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Listen, learn and work to bring about change. Your ability to gather information and find suitable solutions will turn you into a go-to person. Someone may reach out for help. Compliments will boost your ego, but could allow others to take advantage of you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Lighten up and enjoy a romantic encounter or a night out with friends. Making time to enjoy yourself and be pampered will help you put any negative situations in perspective.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a moment to listen to what others have to say and reflect on your personal situation. An unexpected response will push you in a direction you may not wish to go. Be willing to compromise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your vivid imagination and desire to be different will help you take whatever you do one step beyond everyone’s expectations. Romance will lead to greater stability emotionally and financially. Home improvements are favored. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Address personal matters in detail. A problem will arise if you are too trusting or if you let someone negotiate on your behalf. Make plans to do something that will encourage you to take better care of your health and welfare. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Partnerships and business relationships are highlighted. Offer incentives to those you are dealing with professionally, and they will be more willing to do things your way. A commitment can be made. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Career matters will need a little extra attention. Protect what you’ve worked so hard to build and you will continue to make progress. Be willing to make personal changes if they bring happiness to someone you love. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make this a day to remember. Use your imagination and make personal changes that will please you as well as the people you love. Romance is in the stars and will help to improve your mood.

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Today: Partly sunny. High 88 to 93. Sunday: A blend of sun and clouds. High 87 to 92.

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The Sumter SPCA Dog Days of Summer Beach Bash will be held 7-11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive. Music will be provided by The Footnotes. Enjoy dancing to the oldies and light hors d’oeuvres. Cost is $25 per person (must be 21 years or older) and all proceeds benefit the SPCA. Call (803) 773-9292.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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Saturday, August 27, 2016 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP FOOTBALL

Massive turnaround

Sumter rebounds from opening loss to Ridge View with 54-8 thumping of county rival Crestwood

TSA scores early, often in 40-6 rout of Lions

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

BY EDDIE LITAKER SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter High School football head coach Mark Barnes isn’t sure what brought about the transformation, but he knew he had a different football team on Sumter Memorial Stadium’s Freddie Solomon Field on Friday. Coming off a 22-15 seasonopening loss to Ridge View, the Gamecocks exploded for 21 first-quarter points and rolled to a 57-8 victory over Sumter School District rival Crestwood. “We were certainly a different team tonight,” Barnes said. “If I knew what it was, I’d bottle it up and sell it. What we did tonight was make a team look like it wasn’t a good team, but Crestwood is a good team.” The Knights were coming off of a big 47-12 victory over Lower Richland last Saturday. However, that did not carry over to Friday. “Sumter was just the better team tonight,” said Roosevelt Nelson, who is in his third season at CHS. “They were the better team from the beginning of the game and throughout the game. They beat in us all three phases of the game. We weren’t ready and that is on me.” Sumter rushed for 394 yards on 42 carries and passed for 126 more. Rodney Pitts had a huge game for the Gamecocks, scoring six touchdowns. Four came on runs, one on a pass reception and the other coming after recovering a blocked punt in the end zone.

DALZELL — Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity football team scored on its first four possessions, with two scores coming after turnovers, as the Generals built a 27-0 halftime lead on the way to a 40-6, season-opening victory over The King’s Academy. The first TSA KESSINGER score was set up by a Devin Harwell interception on the Lions’ first possession. The Generals took over at TKA’s 46 before being pushed back five yards by a procedure penalty. Jonathan Etling did the rest for TSA, running for 16 yards and following that run with a 40yard scamper to the end zone that would put the Generals up 7-0 after John Bracewell’s PAT kick with 10:13 left in the opening quarter. A defensive stop and a 21yard David Russell punt set TSA up at the Lions’ 45. TSA quarterback Eli Kessinger found Dante Linder for what would have been a 45-yard touchdown pass, but the play was nullified by an offensive pass interference penalty. A 33-yard Richard Huntley run and 11-yard pass from Kessinger to Kyle Decker set up a 5-yard scoring pass from Kessinger to Zach Fugate for a 14-0 TSA lead. The Generals were pinned back at their 6 after Russell

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Local Prep Football Scores Sumter 54, Crestwood 8 Lake City 45, Lakewood 7 Manning 28, Scott’s Branch 0 Lee Central at Eau Claire (late) Timmonsville 14, East Clarendon 6 Wilson Hall 7, Robert E. Lee 6 Laurence Manning 54, Florence Christian 0 Thomas Sumter 40, The King’s Academy 6 Clarendon Hall 38, Beaufort Academy 36

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Sumter’s Rodney Pitts (21) is lifted in celebration by teammate Raymond Johsnon (6) after Pitts picked up a blocked punt for the Gamecocks’ first touchdown in a 57-8 victory over Crestwood on Friday at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

Barons’ defense helps end Cavs’ streak, 7-6 BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com BISHOPVILLE — Adam Jarecki knew his Wilson Hall football team was going to have to play good defense this season — especially on Friday facing the defending SCISA 1A state champions in Robert E. Lee Academy. “We knew it was probably going to come down to the fourth quarter and who was going to hang in there the best and get it done,” the second-year Barons head coach said. Friday’s game did indeed come down to the fourth quarter -- and it was the Wilson Hall D that came up big. Jake Meyers and the Barons stopped a Cavaliers 2-point conversion attempt late in the game following a touchdown, and Justin Timmons’ 90-yard TD run and Mills Herlong’s 35-yard extra point held up in a 7-6 victory at Richard P. McCutchen Field. Wilson Hall improved to 1-0 while the Cavs dropped to 1-1. The loss snapped REL’s

and chipped away. It was a little bit of an offensive struggle because we’re still trying to find our identity.” The Barons were plagued by poor field position and penalties in the first half, amassing just 71 yards of offense while committing nine infractions for 66 1/2 yards. They started to find their footing in the third quarter with a 13-play drive that ended in an interception near the REL goal line. The Barons were backed up to their own 10 next possession when Timmons found a seam and out-raced the Cavs defense to the end zone. A penalty for too many men on the field backed up the PAT attempt, but Herlong connected nonetheless. Mark Morgan / Special to The Sumter Item “Timmons made a good cut Wilson Hall’s Evans Boyle (28) evades the tackle of Robert E. Lee out here on the corner and Academy’s Hunter McGee during the Barons’ 7-6 victory on Friday took it all the way and Mills at McCutchen Field in Bishopville. came up big in a big spot,” Jarecki said. “That turned 13-game winning streak. think Jake Meyers made a out to be really big.” “Hats off to our defense heck of a play (on the run) After coming up short on there at the end,” Jarecki off the edge. offense for the first three said. “That was a great “But just proud of the way quarters, REL responded stand. They took it and drove we stayed in there for four See BARONS, Page B3 it right down the field. I quarters and chipped away

By NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Alex Bowman should have plenty of fans this weekend at Michigan International Speedway in his return to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing. Not only will he be filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., but his No. 88 Chevrolet will be adorned with a special University of Michigan paint scheme. Maybe that’ll be enough to turn Bowman into a college football diehard. BOWMAN “My whole life I’ve raced so much that I haven’t really been able to be a big fan of anything,” he said. “This year has been a big change in that. With football starting up here next week, I’m going to start off as a University of Michigan fan and go from there.” The 23-year-old Bowman has never finished in the top 10 in 72 starts at the Cup level, so this chance to race for Hendrick Motorsports in Earnhardt’s place gives him a rare opportunity to compete under the spotlight. Earnhardt has not been cleared by doctors to return to racing as he recovers from a concussion. Bowman drove for Earnhardt at New Hampshire last month, but Jeff Gordon has

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U.S. Open top seed Serena Williams has battled a sore right shoulder injury. “I’m just now starting to feel a little better,” she said. “Hopefully just every day I will keep going higher.”

U.S. Open top seeds coming off injuries By RACHEL COHEN The Associated Press

ders a righty’s two-handed backhand. “I’m just hoping that MonNEW YORK — Serena day when the tournament Williams is “starting to feel starts I’ll be able to get as a little better.” Novak close to the maximum of exDjokovic is “getting there.” ecuting my backhand shot The U.S. Open’s top seeds as possible,” said Djokovic, in both singles brackets are who sounded a bit more opcoming off injuries, and nei- timistic than Williams on ther has played since an Friday. early loss at the Olympics. Williams acknowledged Friday was the first time eishe’d prefer to have played ther had discussed the more coming into the Open health problems that sty— she’s had just three sinmied them in Rio de Janeiro gles matches since Wimbleand forced them to withdraw don — and needs to practice from the hard-court warmup more. at Cincinnati. “I’m just now starting to For Williams, it’s a sore feel a little better,” she said. right shoulder that she re“Hopefully just every day I vealed started bothering her will keep going higher.” almost immediately after It wasn’t a physical probher Wimbledon victory. She lem that burdened Djokovic said she practiced for just during his third-round Wimtwo days before the Olymbledon loss to 41st-ranked pics and has spent little time Sam Querrey, he acknowlon court since as she under- edged. Asked that day if he goes physical therapy. was 100 percent healthy, the For Djokovic, it’s a sore 12-time major champ releft wrist that he revealed he plied: “Not really. But it’s hurt in Rio a few days before not the place and time to his first-round Olympic loss talk about it.” to Juan Martin del Potro, a On Friday, Djokovic conplayer who knows plenty ceded “it was some other about how that injury hinthings that I was going

through privately.” He wouldn’t elaborate other than to say that now “everything is fine.” Speaking of left wrist injuries, Rafael Nadal said his keeps getting better but still isn’t 100 percent. Because the 14-time Grand Slam champ is a lefty, his issue is the forehand. When he first came back, he recalled, “you try to find movements to avoid the pain.” Now he can start to hit his normal forehand again, but it “still needs time to feel that I am more confident in my wrist.” Both Djokovic and Williams face a former Grand Slam semifinalist in the first round. Williams opens her bid for a record-breaking 23rd major title against Ekaterina Makarova, who’s coming off an Olympic doubles gold medal. The Russian made two straight major semis — at the 2014 U.S. Open, losing to Williams 6-1, 6-3, and the 2015 Australian Open. With her ranking slipping to 36th, she just missed a seed at Flushing Meadows.

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better than we finished,” he said. “I hated that the race From Page B1 team didn’t get the finish they deserved. Everybody at filled in for him the past four Hendrick Motorsports and races. Earnhardt will miss Chevy and everybody, they at least two more races, with have been so welcoming and Bowman taking his place easy to work with.” this weekend and Gordon Bowman qualified sixth driving for him at DarlingFriday for this weekend’s ton. race. He has never started “Being as close of friends higher than 14th at the Cup as I am with Dale, I have just level. been hoping he gets to feelThis week, NASCAR is ing better more than anyusing its lower-downforce thing,” Bowman said. “Obvi- rules package from races ously, I’m more than happy earlier this season at Michito fill in whenever I can. gan and Kentucky. That’s New Hampshire was a lot of not a huge deal for Bowman fun.” — if only because he’s hardBowman, from Tucson, ly raced on the Cup circuit Arizona, made 71 Cup starts this year under any set of over the 2014 and 2015 seacircumstances. sons with BK Racing and “As far as the downforce Tommy Baldwin Racing. His package goes — only runbest finish came at Daytona ning one other Cup race this in 2014, when he was 13th. year, I wouldn’t necessarily He looked as if he might say I’m used to it the other have a chance to top that at way,” said Bowman, who New Hampshire, but his car has made five starts this went into the wall because year on the Xfinity circuit. of a tire issue, and he finThe University of Michiished 26th. That’s been his gan unveiled a partnership only Cup race of the year. with Axalta Coating Systems “Obviously, we ran a lot in March. Axalta is a spon-

sor of Earnhardt’s, and the plan was for him to race with the Michigan paint scheme for this weekend’s race. But with Earnhardt still sidelined, it’s Bowman who will be in the No. 88. Bowman said he talked to Earnhardt on Friday. “Him and I went back and forth this morning on the rules package and what to expect and just what he thought the race car was going to do and whatnot,” Bowman said. “As far as going forward, we haven’t discussed that at all. Obviously, I’m happy to fill in when needed. Jeff is going to be in the car in Darlington. Hopefully, we’ll just have to see Dale’s timeline, but I’m definitely happy to get in the car whenever needed.” Joey Logano won the pole for Sunday’s race. It’s Logano’s third pole in 16 Cup races at MIS, and the previous two times he won the pole, he also went on to win the race. Logano won Friday with a lap of 201.698 mph in his No. 22 Ford.

pure michigan 400 lineup By The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 201.698 mph. 2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 201.523. 3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 201.416. 4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 201.382. 5. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201.303. 6. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 201.207. 7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 201.202. 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 201.039. 9. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 201.005. 10. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200.462. 11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200.028. 12. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet,

199.341. 13. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200.390. 14. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200.356. 15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 200.323. 16. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200.245. 17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.106. 18. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200.017. 19. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 199.253. 20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 199.203. 21. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 198.912. 22. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 198.791. 23. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 198.747. 24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 198.183. 25. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 198.265. 26. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 198.178. 27. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 198.129.

28. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 197.553. 29. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 197.509. 30. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 196.105. 31. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 196.084. 32. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 196.057. 33. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 195.567. 34. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 195.159. 35. (95) Sam Hornish Jr., Chevrolet, 194.458. 36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 192.838. 37. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 192.072. 38. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 191.939. 39. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 188.966. 40. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 0.000.

7 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Made in Denmark Third Round from Farso, Denmark (GOLF). 7 a.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Pittsburgh at New Orleans (NFL NETWORK). 7:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Liverpool vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 Practice from Brooklyn, Mich. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Mainz vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX SPORTS 2). 9:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Careers for Veterans 200 Pole Qualifying from Brooklyn, Mich. (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Burnley vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 Practice from Brooklyn, Mich. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Noon – High School Football: PineRichland (Pa.) vs. St. Edward (Ohio) (ESPN). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester United vs. Hull (WIS 10). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Little League World Series International Championship Game from South Williamsport, Pa. – Seoul, South Korea, vs. Panama (WOLO 25). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (WACH 57). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Careers for Veterans 200 from Brooklyn, Mich. (FOX SPORTS 1). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at New York Yankees or Minnesota at Toronto (MLB NETWORK). 1 p.m. – Formula One Racing: Belgian Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from SpaFrancorchamps, Belgium (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Kansas City at Chicago (NFL NETWORK). 1:30 p.m. – High School Football: Heritage (Texas) vs. Lone Star (Texas) from Frisco, Texas (ESPNU). 2 p.m. – Professional Tennis: WinstonSalem Open Final Match from Winston-Salem, N.C. (ESPN2). 2 p.m. – Horse Racing: Personal Ensign Stakes, Ballerina Stakes, King’s Bishop Stakes and Forego Stakes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (FOX SPORTS 2). 2:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Rice at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Barclays Third Round from Farmingdale, N.Y. (WLTX 19). 3 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Canadian Pacific Women’s Open Third Round from Calgary, Alberta (GOLF). 3 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Road America 180 from Elkhart Lake, Wis. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3:25 p.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Benifica vs. CD Nacional (UNIVISION). 3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Little League World Series U.S. Championship Game from South Williamsport, Pa. (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – High School Football: Saguaro (Ariz.) vs. Valor Christian (Colo.) (ESPN). 4 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Connecticut Open Final Match from New Haven, Conn. (ESPN2). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB NETWORK). 4:30 p.m. – Horse Racing: Travers Stakes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (WIS 10). 5 p.m. – High School Football: St. John Bosco (Calif.) vs. St. Xavier (Ohio) from Cincinnati (ESPNU). 5:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Necaxa vs. Queretaro (UNIVISION). 6 p.m. – High School Football: IMG Academy (Fla.) vs. Grayson (Ga.) (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Boeing Classic Seocnd Round from Snoqualmie, Wash. (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Detroit (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Washington at Indiana (NBA TV). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Charleston Southern at North Dakota Stake (ESPN). 8 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Tennessee at Oakland (WLTX 19). 8 p.m. – High School Football: American Heritage (Fla.) vs. Colquitt County (Ga.) (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour WinCo Foods Portland Open Third Round from North Plains, Ore. (GOLF). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Cal Poly at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 9 p.m. – High School Football: Bishop Gorman (Nev.) vs. Cedar Hill (Texas) (ESPN2). 9 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at San Francisco (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Robert Guerrero vs. David Peralta in a Welterweight Bout from Anaheim, Calif. (SPIKE). 9:30 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Firestone 600 from Fort Worth, Texas (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Guadalajara vs. America (UNIVISION). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Cleveland at Texas or Atlanta at San Francisco (MLB NETWORK).

MLB standings By The Associated Press

AMERICAN League East Division Toronto Boston Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Central Division Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota West Division Texas Seattle Houston Oakland Los Angeles

W L Pct GB 71 56 .559 — 71 56 .559 — 70 57 .551 1 65 61 .516 5½ 54 72 .429 16½ W L Pct GB 72 54 .571 — 68 59 .535 4½ 66 61 .520 6½ 61 65 .484 11 49 78 .386 23½ W L Pct GB 75 53 .586 — 67 60 .528 7½ 66 61 .520 8½ 55 72 .433 19½ 54 73 .425 20½

Thursday’s Games

Detroit 8, Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1 Washington 4, Baltimore 0 L.A. Angels 6, Toronto 3 Kansas City 5, Miami 2 Texas 9, Cleveland 0 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 6

Friday’s Games

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Baltimore (Bundy 7-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Green 2-3), 1:05 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 6-10) at Toronto

(Stroman 9-5), 1:07 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 11-1) at Boston (Price 12-8), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Chacin 4-8) at Detroit (Fulmer 10-4), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Miranda 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 10-9), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 4-6) at Houston (Keuchel 8-12), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Neal 2-3) at St. Louis (Leake 9-9), 7:15 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 9-6) at Texas (Griffin 5-3), 8:05 p.m.

National League East Division Washington Miami New York Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado San Diego Arizona

W L Pct GB 74 53 .583 — 66 61 .520 8 64 63 .504 10 59 68 .465 15 47 81 .367 27½ W L Pct GB 81 45 .643 — 67 59 .532 14 64 61 .512 16½ 56 71 .441 25½ 54 72 .429 27 W L Pct GB 71 56 .559 — 69 58 .543 2 60 67 .472 11 53 74 .417 18 53 75 .414 18½

Thursday’s Games

Washington 4, Baltimore 0 Kansas City 5, Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 10, St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings Atlanta 3, Arizona 1 San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 0

Friday’s Games

Colorado at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Colorado (De La Rosa 8-7) at Washington (Cole 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 13-6) at L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Hellickson 10-7) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 11-7), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 3-3) at Milwaukee (Nelson 7-13), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Richard 0-3) at Miami (Urena 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Neal 2-3) at St. Louis (Leake 9-9), 7:15 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-2) at Arizona (Godley 4-2), 8:10 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 6-5) at San Francisco (Peavy 5-9), 9:05 p.m.

NFL Preseason By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets South Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville North Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland West Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 57 44 2 1 0 .667 58 57 1 1 0 .500 39 19 1 1 0 .500 35 35 W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 40 22 1 1 0 .500 43 36 1 1 0 .500 37 37 0 2 0 .000 34 44 W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 41 37 1 1 0 .500 46 31 0 2 0 .000 17 47 0 2 0 .000 24 41 W L T Pct PF PA 1 1 0 .500 46 31 1 1 0 .500 29 30 1 1 0 .500 43 30 0 2 0 .000 36 38

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia Washington Dallas N.Y. Giants South Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina New Orleans North Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago West Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco Arizona

W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 34 9 1 1 0 .500 39 41 1 1 0 .500 82 69 0 2 0 .000 10 48 W L T Pct PF PA 2 1 0 .667 53 47 1 1 0 .500 36 38 1 1 0 .500 45 38 0 2 0 .000 31 50 W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 35 27 2 0 0 1.000 37 23 1 1 0 .500 44 47 0 2 0 .000 22 45 W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 49 44 2 1 0 .667 55 51 1 1 0 .500 44 48 0 2 0 .000 13 50

Thursday’s Games

Miami 17, Atlanta 6 Seattle 27, Dallas 17

Friday’s Games

Buffalo at Washington, 7:30 p.m. New England at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

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Kansas City at Chicago, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at Oakland, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Denver, 9 p.m.

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Friday At Bethpage State Park (Black) Farmingdale, N.Y. Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,468; Par: 71 Second Round Patrick Reed 66-68—134 Emiliano Grillo 67-69—136 Rickie Fowler 67-69—136 Ryan Moore 69-68—137 Jordan Spieth 71-67—138 Sean O’Hair 69-69—138 Adam Hadwin 70-68—138 Jason Day 68-70—138 Martin Laird 66-72—138 72-67—139 Harold Varner III Ricky Barnes 72-67—139 J.B. Holmes 67-72—139 Jim Herman 71-68—139 Jhonattan Vegas 68-71—139 Ryan Palmer 71-68—139 Kevin Chappell 67-72—139 Blayne Barber 70-69—139 Jason Kokrak 74-66—140 Gary Woodland 71-69—140 Jamie Lovemark 74-66—140 Rory McIlroy 71-69—140 Jerry Kelly 70-70—140 Luke Donald 69-71—140 Charley Hoffman 71-69—140 John Huh 69-71—140 Paul Casey 71-70—141 Billy Hurley III 73-68—141 Harris English 74-67—141 John Senden 70-71—141 Keegan Bradley 70-71—141 Chez Reavie 70-71—141 Billy Horschel 69-72—141 Kevin Streelman 71-70—141 Ben Martin 71-70—141 Scott Piercy 69-72—141 Adam Scott 69-72—141

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Crestwood punter Aaron Griffin (86) gets the ball away despite a massive rush from Sumter’s Cody Daney (26), Darien Wells (32) and Kenjae Rose (12) in the Gamecocks’ 57-8 victory on Friday at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

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The Gamecocks had their third touchdown set up again From Page B1 by special teams, but this time off of the foot of punter PressPitts rushed for 132 yards on ley Harvin. Punting from the 10 carries, with his final score Crestwood 48, Harvin, the topbeing a 66-yard run. Running ranked punter in the country, back Dajon Butts had a big hit a high, booming kick that night as well, picking up 154 was fumbled and recovered by yards on 10 carries. He had SHS at the CHS 11. runs of 50 and 45 yards and Runs of nine and two yards running back Michael Taylor by Pitts made it 21-0 with 1:43 had a run of 41 yards as well. left in the first quarter. “The biggest improvement Sumter made it 28-0 on an for us were the guys up front,” 8-yard run by Pitts with 11:42 Barnes said. “We were just left in the second quarter. The much, much better on the ofdrive went 80 yards, but Butts fensive and defensive lines.” picked up 50 of it on a run and Sumter got on the scorePitts had 22 more. board without running an ofThe Gamecocks took over at fensive play, and that set the the Knights 45 following a tone of the game. punt. On the first play, quarterCrestwood took the opening back Zykiem Jackson went up kickoff and the Gamecocks top to – guess who? – Pitts for a forced the Knights to punt 45-yard TD pass. Nicholos from their 22-yard line after Thurman added the extra three plays. Knights punter point to make it 35-0 with 9:58 Aaron Griffin never had a left in the first half. chance to get the punt off as it SHS got two field goals from was blocked by Cody Daney Childers to wrap up the scorand picked up in the end zone ing in the first half. Childers for a touchdown by Pitts. booted a chip shot 20-yarder Roman Childers added the with 3:36 to go before banging extra point to make it 7-0 just home a 37-yarder with 26 sec44 seconds into the contest. onds to make it 41-0 at the half. “That was a huge play to be The Knights got their only able to do that,” Barnes said. points via the second-half kick“To kick off to them to start off to Sumter. Pitts fumbled the game and score the way we the ball and it bounced into the did, that just really hurts you. hands of Ervin Sheddrick at Plus, we got the ball to start the SHS 12. Sheddrick took it the second half.” in for the score. Quarterback Not that that meant a whole Anthony Bradley threw to lot as the Gamecocks led 41-0 at Joshua Simon for the 2-point halftime. conversion to make it 41-8 nine The Knights managed a first seconds into the second half. down on their next possession, Crestwood almost recovered but had to punt it away with an onside kick on the ensuing SHS taking over at its 31. Sum- kickoff, but Sumter got it at its ter put together a 9-play, 6934. Pitts made amends for the yard drive with Pitts, a runfumble by breaking loose for ning back, taking the direct the 66-yard scoring run. snap from the Wildcat formaSumter’s final score came on tion and scoring from nine a 1-yard run by backup quaryards out with 6:02 remaining terback Malik Nelson in the in the first quarter. third quarter.

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Robert E. Lee Academy quarterback Bryce Barrett (13) tries to elude Wilson Hall tacklers Hayes Goodson (42) and Greyson Sonntagg (70) during the Cavaliers’ 7-6 loss on Friday at McCutchen Field.

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with a 9-play drive in the fourth punctuated by Nick Stokes’ 2-yard run to pull the Cavs within 7-6 before the conversion run was stopped. “Momentum was on our side and we have a freshman

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From Page B1 scrambled to his right and got off a 58-yard rugby-style punt. A 23-yard Huntley run closed out the first quarter and began what would be a 9-play scoring drive. The big plays included a 21-yard Astin Coleman run, a 12yard pass from Kessinger to Jackson Huettmann and a 27-yard Kessinger pass to Linder. The drive culminated with a 7-yard Coleman run that put TSA up 20-0 with 8:56 to go in the half. The final score of the first half came on an 8-play, 48yard drive after a defensive

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ception ended a couple of key potential scoring drives in the red zone in the first half as well. “Too many missed opportunities in the first half,” Rankin said. “Offensively we didn’t get going good. They blitzed a lot and the young offensive line didn’t handle it all that well. They had a good game plan.”

stop and 13-yard Russell punt. Linder broke off what appeared to be a 49-yard touchdown run, but a flag for a block in the back wiped out the score. A 31-yard pass from Kessinger to Josh Barnett moved the ball to the 6, with Kessinger finding Decker in the end zone for a 1-yard pass three plays later. Fugate would come up with an interception late in the half that allowed TSA to run out the clock and carry their 27-0 lead into the break. The Generals failed to score on the opening possession of the second half, but got back into the end zone on their next possession. A 12-yard Huntley run capped

a 10-play, 45-yard drive, with Huntley’s score coming eight plays after a 23-yard Huntley touchdown run was called back by an illegal shift. Both teams added a score in the final period. The Lions took advantage of a TSA fumble for a 5-play, 62yard drive that was capped by a 46-yard pass from David Porter to Russell. TKA was poised for another score late before Fugate stepped in front of a Porter pass for the interception and what would be a 90-yard return for a touchdown on the game’s final play. The Generals host Orangeburg Prep on Friday.

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kicker so I don’t know,” Cavaliers head coach David Rankin said. “Might should have kicked it, but it was there and we just didn’t get in.” That was a theme of the night as the Cavaliers had seven drives that ended in Barons territory and only had one score to show for it. Two fumbles and an inter-

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Led by Kelly, Mississippi vying for SEC West title DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — A big chunk of Mississippi star’s power from last season is gone, off to the NFL after helping push the program into the upper tier of the Southeastern Conference. But the Rebels who remain are pretty good, too. And that’s exactly the reason Ole Miss feels it can be even better than last season, when the team won 10 games and took home the Sugar Bowl trophy for the first time since 1970. But players and coaches say there is plenty more to prove for a program that hasn’t won a Southeastern Conference title since 1963. “We could talk a long time on that one,” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. “I assure you there’s motivation.” The Rebels do have one legitimate star still on the roster. Senior quarterback Chad Kelly is viewed as a long-shot Heisman Trophy candidate after throwing for more than 4,000 yards and running for 500 more in his first season as the team’s starter. But Ole Miss must replace standouts like offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, receiver Laquon Treadwell and defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, who were all selected in the first round of the NFL draft in April. Freeze is confident in the internal replacements. Freshman left tackle Greg Little was one of the nation’s top recruits last season — though he may not start right away. Receivers Damore’ea Stringfellow and Quincy Adeboyejo, along with tight end Evan Engram, are back after being important parts of last year’s passing game. And veteran defensive linemen like Fadol Brown, Marquis Haynes and D.J. Jones — along with

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Mississippi quarterback Chad Kelly threw for 4,042 yards and 31 touchdowns last season.

the arrival of touted freshman Benito Jones — could make the Rebels even deeper at that spot this season. Ole Miss needs to be ready right away. The Rebels have a brutal September schedule that starts with a neutral site game against Florida State on Sept. 5 in Orlando. There are also back-to-back home games against Alabama and Georgia later in the month. Here are things to watch for the Rebels this season:

KEEP MOVING UP Freeze is in his fifth season has improved the program by one win each season. The Rebels had a 7-6 record in 2012 before eight wins in ‘13, nine wins in ‘14 and finally 10 last season. Considering the Rebels’ difficult schedule, 11 wins in 2016 would be quite a feat.

PREDICTION Ole Miss is good, but the schedule is nasty and it’s hard to see a scenario where the Rebels are able to roll through September unscathed. Look for Ole Miss to win a few big games and lose a few, too, putting them in the middle of the pack in the SEC’s Western Division.

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Genis, Wells each score 2 TDs in victory for Sumter’s B team IRMO — Mark Genis and Justice Wells each rushed for two touchdowns and a pair of 2-point conversions as Sumter’s B team opened the season with a 28-16 victory at Irmo on Thursday. Genis had runs of 8 and 62 yards while Wells scored 4 and 8 yards away. The Gamecocks host Goose Creek on Thursday.

MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL Florence Christian 36 Laurence Manning 28 MANNING — Despite 198 yards rushing and three touchdowns from quarterback A.J. Nelson, LMA’s middle school squad opened its season with a 36-28 loss to Florence Christian School on Thursday at Billy Chitwood Field in Manning. Nelson also completed four passes for 47 yards for the Swampcats. Noland Osteen scored LMA’s final touchdown on a 63-yard pass from Mickey Jordan. Jordan and Bryce Acord both scored 2-point conversions while Gabe Harris rushed for 61 yards on 11 carries. Johnathan Griffith, Britton Morris and Henry Black all had 10 tackles to lead the Swampcats on defense. LMA plays next travels to Orangeburg Prep on Sept. 15 for a 5 p.m. game.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Clarendon Hall 3 St. John’s Christian 1 SUMMTERTON — Clarendon Hall earned a 3-1 victory over St. John’s Christian on Thursday at the Saints gymnasium by scores of 24-26, 25-18, 27-25 and 25-18. CH was led by Ava English

with 21 points while Keri Shaffer and Mallory McIntsoh added 19 points each. The Lady Saints, who improved to 2-0 on the year, will host Williamsburg Academy on Tuesday.

Crestwood drops three matches Crestwood’s volleyball team played three matches this week, dropping all of them 3-0. The Lady Knights lost at Central on Monday, lost at home to Dreher on Tuesday and fell at Lake City on Thursday. CHS returns to action on Tuesday with a home match against Lake City.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Clarendon Hall 2 St. John’s Christian 0

SUMMERTON — The JV Lady Saints picked up their second win of the season with a 2-0 victory over St. John’s Christian on Thursday at the CH gymnasium by scores of 25-9 and 25-11. CH was led by Hadleigh McIntosh with 18 points. Aubrey Edwards added eight points. The Lady Saints will host Williamsburg Academy on Tuesday beginning at 4 p.m.

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UNC eyes repeat as division champ By AARON BEARD The Associated Press

first against then-No. 1 Clemson in the ACC title game and against Baylor in CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — the Russell Athletic Bowl. North Carolina coach Larry Along the way, the Tar Fedora spent the past two Heels reached the top 10 for seasons saying it was time the first time since 1997. for his Tar Heels to compete They enter this year as the for an Atlantic Coast Confer- preseason division favorite. ence division title. “We worked extremely Now that his Tar Heels hard last year and I think have won one, the next step guys finally understand how is winning an ACC champithat translates into success onship and topping a season on the field,” returning allin which his team matched a ACC tailback Elijah Hood program record for wins. said. “Everyone’s trying to “You can’t do it every once do a little bit more, trying to in a while,” Fedora said of push themselves to be a little winning the Coastal Divibit better. If everyone does sion and reaching the ACC that the team as a whole is title game. “You need to be just going to be better.” there. We need to get back in Here are things to know that game and play whoevabout North Carolina for the er’s going to be in it. . We 2016 season: need to be there to keep proBIG NUMBERS gressing the way we want.” The Tar Heels averaged High expectations follow school records of 40.7 points an 11-win season that inand 486.9 yards last year, cluded an 8-0 run through the ACC behind a high-scor- highlighted by scoring 125 points combined against ing offense that provided enough cover for a bend-but- Miami and Duke in blowout division wins. don’t-break defense. North The fast-paced attack has Carolina (11-3) lost two shootouts to end the season, been the calling card for the

Tar Heels’ first four seasons under Fedora, and the return of Hood along with receivers Ryan Switzer and Mack Hollins give new starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky plenty of weapons. “I believe we have the talent to be better than our numbers said we were last year,” Fedora said.

TRENDING UPWARD? The defense went from record-setting bad in 2014 to adequate in its first season under defensive coordinator and former Auburn head coach Gene Chizik. And that’s really all it took for the Tar Heels to make a leap. North Carolina allowed 24.5 points and 435.9 yards last year, an improvement of about 15 points and 60 yards per game.

PREDICTION The Coastal Division hasn’t had a repeat champion since 2011. The Tar Heels appear positioned to buck that trend and look strong for nine or 10 wins.

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Reed builds 2-stroke lead at Barclays FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Patrick Reed’s place in the Ryder Cup is looking better with each round at The Barclays, and so are his prospects of winning. Even with a careless finish Friday at Bethpage Black, Reed rode a fast start to a 3-under 68 and a twoshot lead over Emiliano Grillo and Rickie Fowler going into the weekend of the opening FedEx Cup playoff event. The Barclays is the final tournament for Americans to earn one of the eight automatic spots on the Ryder Cup team. Reed, who has gone 55 tournaments worldwide since his last victory, came into the week at No. 8. At the moment, that’s no longer a concern. “Really, I’m going into this week trying to win a golf tournament,” Reed said. “If I take care of me and do what I need to do this week, then Ryder Cup will take care of itself. So I’m not going into this week looking at it as, ‘Oh, I need to do this for the Ryder Cup.’ I’m going in this to think, ‘All right, I

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Experienced cashiers needed for all shifts, Also experienced Sous Chef /Line Cook for evening shifts. Apply in person 2140 Hwy 521 S. 803-481-2428

Antique full size bed, head board, foot board and rails included. $225 Call 803-481-3502

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO Small 1BR country apt, A/C, all new appliances. $450/mo w/ all utilities. No Pets. Call 803-469-8377

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Infant high chair w/ booster seat $60 OBO. Double stroller $60 OBO, both in excellent condition. Call 803-406-9723

3BR 2BA Near Shaw AFB, Fenced back yard. $650 Mo Call 773-7789

New & used Heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

101 Jasmine 3BR/1.5BA, den, No pets $750m+$750dep. Call 803-481-0355 or 803-236-3959

NEEDED IMMEDIATELY! Truck Drivers and Experienced Truck Mechanics. Call (304) 941-5946 Calls accepted from 12 noon to 4pm only to set up an interview.

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4 Hoyt, 14x70 MH, 3 br, 2 ba, completely remodeled. C/H/A. Some Financing. 803-775-4391 / 464-5960

Land & Lots for Sale For Sale- 3BR 2BA Brick Home C/H/A 251 Cromer Dr , Excell. Cdtn., New Roof, Call 803 469-8700

Lot for sale 319 Oklahoma, fncd , cit water & sewage. Best offer 803-773-7789

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