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Breeding season could be reason for coyote, fox, bobcat sightings

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A reported uptick in the number of coyote and bobcat sightings in the Sumter area may just be because of the time of year, according to South Carolina Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Jay Butsilowski.

“It doesn’t surprise me too much with the coyotes,” he said. “Certainly, this time of year it can be a time when you do see more because they have had young and all the additional pups that have a little bit of size on them now.”

Butsilowski said populations are probably at their highest now that the animals have had their young

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If you’ve seen more coyotes or other wildlife in your area recently, state Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Jay Butsilowski said it could just be because their young born in spring are out and about. fairly recently.

University of South Carolina Sumter senior biology instructor Austin Jenkins said it’s possible the number of

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Demand for jobs with Volvo crashes website; state adds incentives CHARLESTON (AP) — It seems a lot of people want to help Volvo build cars at its first auto manufacturing plant in North America.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that when the company announced last week a slate of job openings for its new $500 million plant northwest of Charleston, thousands of people went online, crashing the Berkeley County jobs website.

The jobs were listed Aug. 23 on the BerkeleyMeansBusiness.com industrial recruiting site.

In two days, the site was swamped with 24,000 hits.

Usually the site gets between 300 and 500 visits a day.

“Thousands of people were going to the site at the same time,” said county spokesman Michael Mule. “The site normally does pretty well but nothing to that magnitude.”

The plant is under construction and is expected to open in 2018. It’s expected to employ about 2,000 workers in the next decade.

As the work continues, the state has sweetened the incentive package that lured the automaker to the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Last year the state agreed to reimburse the automaker for up to $50 million in infrastructure and site improvement costs for the plant being built near Ridgeville.

The South Carolina Department of Commerce last week added an additional $20 million to that package. And that does not include additional roads, water and sewer to the plant being paid for by Berkeley County.

As part of the incentive package, a new interchange will be built on Interstate 26 at the plant site.

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Max Bohn, head custodian for Cherryvale Elementary School, is interrupted by Austin Shelnut for a hug on Thursday afternoon at the school while talking about an award his custodial staff won. Shelnut had left the school district, but his family felt he made so much progress with Bohn’s help as a mentor that the family moved him back to the school.

Children meet with Bohn to resolve issues, improve skills

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Not one child walks by Max Bohn without saying “hello,” giving him a high five and asking when he’s coming to visit his or her classroom.

Bohn, 70, a retired site manager for an industrial equipment supplier, is head custodian at Cherryvale Elementary School.

But to many students at the school, he is much more than that.

Bohn decided to make a career change about nine years ago when the company he was working for moved out of state.

He mentors boys at the school and has set up a rewards system in which he brings candy to students in a few of the classrooms for good behavior each week.

Children at the school look up to him as a role model.

“I feel like a grandfather to 400 children,” he said. “They have changed my life. And God has changed my heart.”

Bohn is currently mentoring five boys.

He meets with them three days a week,

during their lunch hour and outside of the classroom. They eat lunch together and discuss the boys’ classwork. They also talk about any behavioral issues the boys may have had and how to resolve those issues.

He also works on improving their reading skills.

“Many of these boys don’t have positive male role models in the home,” said Connie Brogdon, a third-grade teacher. “Mr. Bohn serves as a mentor to them.”

Kiara Wilson, a second-grade teacher, described him as “a positive light in everyone’s day.”

“He always finds a way for students who are having a bad day to have a better day,” Wilson said. “I’ve been here for two years, and I’ve never seen Mr. Bohn have a bad day.”

Wilson said if a child is acting out, Bohn will find a way to engage him or her in an activity to change the behavior.

Bohn has mentored third-grade student Austin Shelnut for about two years.

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Emergency shelter helps young man get back on his feet

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A few weeks ago, Travis Kinley, director of the Sumter United Ministries Emergency Shelter, received a call from Jock Hendricks, the outreach pastor at Alice Drive Baptist Church.

The call referenced Rich (not his real name), a young man who was going through unfortunate times and losing his home and possessions. Hendricks

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briefly described the man’s situation and asked if Kinley would give the young man a phone call.

Kinley spoke with Rich for about an hour that day and sensed he was very anxious about going to the emergency shelter.

Rich was experiencing a quick transition from the American Dream to having barely anything he

could call his own, and the fear of the unknown was shaking his core, Kinley said.

Kinley told him that if he was ready to take his next step toward a more whole and independent lifestyle, Sumter United Ministries is a wonderful place to start.

Rich went into the shelter and adjusted well, Kinley said. He found a

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It’s simply about justice for Charleston lawyer at center of race, gun debate

BY BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press CHARLESTON — Andy Savage keeps in his law office a sealed plastic bag with the blood-splattered clothes that Felicia Sanders wore sheltering her granddaughter from a fusillade of bullets that killed nine black parishioners at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church.

Down the hall, his colleagues met recently with another client, Michael Slager, the white former North Charleston police officer charged in the death of a black motorist in a shooting captured on an explosive cellphone video.

Many would say Savage is on conflicting sides in these highprofile cases. On one hand, he represents the three survivors and families of five black parishioners who died in the church shooting and is suing the federal government over the sale of a gun to a white man in the case; on the other, he's defending a white officer charged with murder after a black motorist was shot eight times in the back.

As the cases go to trial in the coming months and Charleston finds itself at the intersection of national debates over race, guns and the judicial system, Savage is in the middle. But to him, the cases are simply about justice for his clients.

"I don't pick and choose which injustices I'm going to represent," the 68-year-old Savage said in an Associated Press interview. "We're lawyers. It doesn't matter what the public says or if the press says that

‘I’ve always thought my obligation is that God has given me the talent to be a lawyer, and that talent wasn’t given to me to buy a new car every year but was given me to help people.’

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Attorney Andy Savage represents Michael Slager, a white former policeman facing a murder charge in the shooting of a black motorist, as well as victims and the families of victims in the June 2015 shootings at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church.

ATTORNEY ANDY SAVAGE we're no-good SOBs." Savage has handled celebrated cases in Charleston and beyond for decades. Among them: a policeman charged in the death of a city jail inmate, a 17-year-old girl facing the death penalty in the slaying of a small-town police chief, a man accused of being a terrorist sleeper agent and an economics professor charged with bilking investment clients.

"I've represented plenty of people I wouldn't invite to dinner," Savage said in his office, crowded with pictures of his four children and 10 grandchildren as well as several Emmy awards the former county councilman won for a cable TV public affairs show.

Savage — who worked as a cabbie in New York during college before moving south and attending the University of South Carolina Law School, then began his career as an Air Force attorney and state prosecutor before turning to criminal defense — admits he's been criticized for taking Slager's case.

"I can understand why because the narrative that's spoken is selecting certain facts — a white cop, an African-Ameri-

can suspect, a traffic stop — those are all words that resonate in the African-American community," Savage said.

He said "the hair came up on the back of my neck" when he first saw the footage of the shooting of Walter Scott. But Savage contends there's more to it than a brief video — a tussle for the officer's stun gun, Slager warning Scott to stop or he will fire, and no backup from other officers.

Savage calls it "a terrible insult to justice in America" that the 33-year-old Slager was immediately fired, his first lawyer dropped him and his police association refused to pay his legal costs.

Dot Scott, president of the Charleston branch of the NAACP, said the nature of the case "doesn't make the black community too happy." But she's known Savage for years and has seen him represent minority clients. "If I were in trouble, I'd want Andy to represent me," she said.

Savage's defense of Slager doesn't bother Sanders, a longtime friend. "I don't even think about it. I know that's his job," she said.

Sanders lost her son and an aunt in the June 17, 2015, church attack and the next morning returned home to find reporters camped outside.

"I had the clothes, blood on my legs and everything," she said. Her first thought was to call Savage. "He said, 'I'm on my way,' and he hasn't left me since."

Sanders worries that Savage — or his wife of 30 years, Cheryl, who manages the firm and is always beside him in court — won't be with her as Dylann Roof stands trial in a federal death penalty trial set for November. The Slager trial begins in state court a week earlier.

The cases are expected to unfold simultaneously in courtrooms on the opposite sides of the street.

In Savage's office, his team doesn't call Roof by name. He's referred to only as "that guy" or "this kid" to avoid personalizing a man prosecutors say posed with the Confederate flag and talked of starting a race war.

Savage said that after the church shootings, there was no immediate intent to sue the FBI over failing to check that Roof's background allowed him to buy the gun.

Then, two months later, a TV

reporter and cameraman from a Roanoke, Virginia, station were killed during a live broadcast.

"Felicia called and asked, 'Did we cause what happened in Virginia? Is Charleston an excuse for this continuing?'" Savage said.

More shootings followed, and lawmakers and officials struggled to close the so-called Charleston loophole, which allows three business days to finish vetting a gun buyer through a background check before the sale can proceed by default.

The lawsuit was filed last month. Savage and his clients hope it results in safer gun laws and fewer mass shootings.

"Every time it happens, it feels like the night of June 17," Sanders said. "I know how every other mother feels."

Savage added, "June 17 continues today, and it's going to continue until there is some relief."

Savage said he's working equally hard in both cases. "I've always thought my obligation is that God has given me the talent to be a lawyer, and that talent wasn't given to me to buy a new car every year but was given me to help people," he said.

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Man charged with kidnapping, assault of his wife FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday after he reportedly kidnapped and assaulted his wife on Saturday.

According to a news release from

the sheriff’s office, Daniel Todd Weatherford, of 2345 Killdee Drive, Sumter, is charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault after he prevented his wife from leaving the house and held a saw blade to her throat and threatened to kill her.

Responding deputies arrived at the residence about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and found the victim and Weatherford in the yard. The victim was crying and visibly upset, according to the release.

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POLICE BLOTTER STOLEN PROPERTY A black 40-inch Samsung TV valued at $400 and $350 in cash were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 300 block of Timmons Street between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday.

A Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9mm valued at $400, a Ruger SR9c valued at $400, two Ruger SR22 handguns valued at $360 each, $2,000 in miscellaneous jewelry, 190 ounces of pure silver valued at approximately $3,524, approximately $200 worth of gold, two passports valued at $200, a Dell laptop valued at $500, 20 military challenge coins valued at $200, three 30-round AR magazines valued at $45, four 10-round 22LR magazines valued at $60, three 9mm handgun magazines valued at $45, approximately $900 in cash, multiple medication bottles and keys to a minivan were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 600 block of Ginhouse Drive when a safe valued at $100 was taken.

A red Toro 50-inch zero-turn lawn mower valued at $3,000 was reportedly stolen from the backyard of a residence in the 300 block of Stewart Street between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28.

A blue 1969 Harley-Davidson FL series motorcycle valued at $4,000 was reportedly stolen from a residence in the 4100 block of Broad Street between midnight and 10 a.m. on Friday.

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Sheriff Anthony Dennis holds one of the new signs that will be placed in the visitor’s parking lot at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office today to help facilitate safe meetings among people who buy and sell items through the internet. “We are pleased to be able to offer Sumter County residents a safe place in which to conduct internet transactions,” Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said. “Safety is our top priority, and this offers residents a place that is well lit and under 24-hour surveillance.”

N.C. watching 2 tropical weather systems RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Beachgoers, boat captains and business owners on North Carolina’s Outer Banks warily eyed a potent tropical weather system Monday that could rain out one of the last busy weeks of the summer.

The first system was expected by forecasters to become a tropical storm before brushing the North Carolina coast today, bringing heavy rain and high winds to barrier islands popular for serene beaches.

Another tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could hit northern Florida as a tropical storm later in the week

and possibly head toward the Atlantic coast, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. They cautioned that the storm’s exact path remained uncertain days in advance.

Coastal Dare County in North Carolina could face winds of up to 45 mph with higher gusts and heavy rain that could flood low-lying areas through Wednesday, according to an emergency management news release. To the south, Carteret County officials also warned of flooding and advised residents to monitor forecasts.

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“I would advise everybody to take a look at the weather,” Dare County emergency management director Drew Pearson said when asked whether visitors should keep their travel plans. “They need to make those decisions based on what they see in the weather forecast.”

As of 5 p.m. Monday, the first depression was about 140 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras with top sustained winds of 35 mph and moving to the northwest.

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Neighbor churches work to heal racial divide

BY RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer MACON, Georgia — There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon — one black and one white. They sit almost back to back, separated by a small park, in a hilltop historic district overlooking downtown.

About 170 years ago, they were one congregation, albeit a church of masters and slaves.

Then the fight over abolition and slavery started tearing badly at religious groups and moving the country toward Civil War. The Macon church, like many others at the time, decided it was time to separate by race.

Ever since — through Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, desegregation and beyond — the division endured, becoming so deeply rooted it hardly drew notice.

Then, two years ago, the Rev. Scott Dickison, pastor of the white church, and the Rev. James Goolsby, pastor of the black church, met over lunch, and an idea took shape: They'd try to find a way the congregations, neighbors for so long, could become friends. They'd try to bridge the stubborn divide of race.

They are taking up this work against a tumultuous backdrop, including the much-publicized deaths of blacks at the hands of law enforcement and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Next month, they will lead joint discussions with church members on racism in the history of the U.S., and also in the history of their congregations.

"This is not a conversation of blame but of acceptance and moving forward," Goolsby said.

SEGREGATED HOURS Like many American institutions, houses of worship have largely been separated by race, to the point that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called Sunday mornings "one of the most segregated hours." Recently, several denominations, from the Episcopal Church to the Southern Baptist Convention, have tried to look critically at their past actions going back centuries.

In the early 1800s, in Baptist churches of the South, whites and blacks often worshipped together, but blacks were restricted to galleries or the back of the sanctuary. Eventually, black populations started growing faster in many communities. Whites, made uneasy by the imbalance, responded by splitting up the congregations.

This was apparently the case for First Baptist in Macon, which built a separate church for blacks in 1845, then finalized the separation two decades later soon after the Civil War ended.

Goolsby and Dickison said their respective churches were enthusiastic about plans to work together, under the auspices of the New Baptist Covenant, an organization formed by former President Jimmy Carter to unite Baptists.

Yet excitement mixed with apprehension, because the effort would inevitably require "some challenging conversations," Dickison said, including a re-examination of the official church history, which had been recorded in mostly benign terms, with almost no recognition of racism.

"We need to go through this kind of conversion experience of confession, of repentance and of reconciliation. We need to have that when it comes to race, not just in the country but within the church," Dickison said.

LEARNING TO SHARE, SUPPORT Goolsby recalled that after the massacre last year at the historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, he was outside a store, awaiting his wife, when Dickison called.

"Scott shared how he felt, how he was struggling with what he would share with his congregation," Goolsby said.

Dickison asked how he could show support.

"I said, 'We're already doing it,'" Goolsby said. "The mere fact he thought to call me was huge."

The stakes were even more personal months later, when the white church invited black church members for a youth

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The Rev. James W. Goolsby Jr., senior pastor of the First Baptist Church, left, and the Rev. Scott Dickison, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Christ, right, pose for a photo at Dickison’s church in Macon, Georgia, on July 11. There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon — one black and one white. Two years ago, Dickison and Goolsby met to try to find a way the congregations, neighbors for so long, could bridge the division of race. trip to Orlando.

Goolsby's teenage son was among those invited. But Goolsby had considered Florida a danger ever since Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, black 17-year-old, was fatally shot in Sanford by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who was later acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.

The pastor could not let his son go on the trip. "If you put a hoodie on him," he said, "he looks just like Trayvon."

The concerns of anxious black parents had been much

in the news, but the white church members hadn't had to confront the issue directly until Goolsby raised it.

After reassurances from a white chaperone, Goolsby allowed his son and the other young people to participate.

"The fact that that was so easy to share — we've already made progress," Goolsby said.

SHOWING MERCY Dickison strode into the basement hall of his church with a box under one arm. Inside were copies of "Strength to Love," a collection of sermons

and writings by King. The book was at the center of classes at the white church that Dickison organized in preparation for the joint talks on racism next month.

This class was held on the Sunday in July after the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota and the fatal ambush on white Dallas police officers.

With the stifling humidity of a Georgia summer building outside, Dickison launched into a discussion of King's sermon on the Good Samaritan, about

despised groups and showing mercy.

"We have our tribes. We see ourselves over and against others," he said, then asked church members to reflect.

One man said when you reach out to someone from another group, "you're perceived as unpatriotic," or disloyal. A woman said she was upset to see some disrespect of the police. "They rush toward danger when others run," she said.

The next night, the black church hosted the city's Black Lives Matter vigil, marking the tragedies of the preceding week.

Clergy from across the city filled the pulpit. Goolsby and Dickison stood together to speak. Dickison compared racism to "a cancer that roams inside the body of this nation, and yes, even in the body of Christ." Goolsby urged people to maintain hope "in spite of our circumstances," and he added, "We know there will be change."

Christian groups renew focus

BY RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer Christian groups have recently been putting more time and resources into addressing racism.

Here are some examples: • Southern Baptist Convention: The denomination founded in 1845 in support of slaveholding has recently made a priority of addressing racism. In 2012, the convention elected its first black president, the Rev. Fred Luter. The Southern Baptist public policy arm, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has been holding talks and conferences for pastors on the Gospel and racial reconciliation. And over the past year, pastors from the 15.5 million-member denomination and a major black Baptist group, the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., started a public conversation about fighting racism. At the Southern Baptist Convention meeting last June, delegates voted to repudiate use of the Confederate flag.

• Episcopal Church: The

church last year voted to put more resources behind combatting racism. The 1.8 million-member denomination also elected its first black leader, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Dioceses have been holding anti-racism training and some are researching their historic links to slavery.

• Presbyterian Church in America: At its meeting last June, the nation's secondlargest Presbyterian group issued a detailed apology for its past bigotry, repenting sins "committed during the civil rights era," past teachings that the Bible condoned slavery and discouraged interracial marriage, "participation in and defense of white supremacist organizations," and its "continuing racial sins." The denomination was formed in 1973 mostly by Southern churches that wanted to preserve their theologically conservative approach to Scripture, but who were also opposed to desegregation, according to Tobin Grant, a political scientist at Southern Illinois University.

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Trump plans detailed speech on immigration

BY LAURIE KELLMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said he’ll deliver a detailed speech Wednesday on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration — but it’s anyone’s guess what he will say.

The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the Republican presidential nominee after days of wavering — and at least one canceled speech — on a question central to his campaign: Whether he would, as he said in November, use a “deportation force” to eject the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally.

Trailing Democrat Hillary Clinton in many key states 10 weeks before the election, Trump is trying to win over moderate Republicans, some of whom have been turned off

by his rhetoric on immigration and other issues. But any significant shift could disappoint his core supporters.

Trump’s immigration speech in Arizona will come after he and Clinton spent last week trading accusations on racial issues. Trump called Clinton “a bigot;” Clinton accused Trump of allowing hate groups to take over the Republican Party.

Clinton is starting this week by announcing her proposals for dealing with mental health issues. She is stressing the need to fully integrate mental health services into the U.S. health care system. Her plan stresses early diagnosis and intervention and calls for a national initiative for suicide prevention.

Immigration issues dominated the Sunday talk shows as Trump’s surrogates, led by running mate Mike Pence,

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Joni’s Roast and Ride at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday. discussed his approach. But none could address whether Trump still favored a deportation force.

They said Trump’s immigration policy will be humane and insisted he has not been wavering on the issue. Any discussion of inconsistencies, they suggested, reflected media focus on the wrong issue.

Trump’s tweet Sunday suggested he was poised to clear up questions about his immigration stance.

Trump’s campaign also announced on Sunday a $10 million-plus buy for ads to air in nine competitive states starting Monday. And late Sunday, America’s only black owned and operated national Christian TV network announced

military efforts on fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria and in Iraq while pursuing so-far failed diplomatic efforts to end the civil war.

Now entering its sixth year, the Syria conflict has killed more than a quarter million people, displaced some 11 million and has turned the oncecosmopolitan, secular country into a hive of factions with dangerously competing interests.

“Of the two or three biggest legacy problems for the Obama administration, in terms of foreign policy, Syria will figure prominently on that list,” said Robert Ford, U.S. ambassador to Syria dur-

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It’s been a long and sometimes puzzling journey to this point for Trump, who defeated 16 Republican opponents while promising to be the toughest on illegal immigration. Trump even questioned whether those born in the United States to people here illegally are citizens — even though they have automatically been considered citizens since the adoption of the constitution’s 14th Amendment in 1868.

But lately, Trump has been exploring the issue’s complexities. Trump had suggested he might be “softening” on the deportation force and that he might be open to allowing at least some immigrants in the country illegally to stay, as long as they pay taxes.

But by Thursday, he was ruling out any kind of legal status — “unless they leave the country and come back,” he told CNN. Trump has focused lately on deporting people who are in the U.S. illegally and who have committed crimes. But whom Trump considers a criminal remains unclear.

The speech has been rescheduled at least once.

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A week later at the Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton made not one reference to Syria.

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In drought, drones help farmers save every drop

Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway

LOS BANOS, California (AP) — A drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot hundreds of feet skyward for a bird's-eye view of a vast tomato field in California's Central Valley, the nation's most productive farming region.

Equipped with a state-of-the-art thermal camera, the drone crisscrossed the field, scanning it for cool, soggy patches where a gopher may have chewed through the buried drip irrigation line and caused a leak.

In the drought-prone West, where every drop of water counts, California farmers are in a constant search for ways to efficiently use the increasingly scarce resource. Cannon Michael is putting drone technology to work on his fields at Bowles Farming Co. near Los Banos, 120 miles southeast of San Francisco.

About 2,100 companies and individuals have federal permission to fly drones for farming, according to the drone industry's Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Michael is descended from Henry Miller, a renowned cattle rancher, farmer and Western landowner who helped transform semi-arid central California into fertile farmland 150 years ago by building irrigation canals, some still flowing today.

Six generations later, Michael farms a 17-square-mile portion of that same land, growing melons, carrots, onions, cotton and almonds, while carrying on in the same pioneering spirit as Miller.

"I've always been a big fan of tech-

STOCKHOLM (AP) — More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in central Norway.

The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday.

Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes, but this was an unusually deadly event.

"We have not heard about such numbers before," he said Monday.

He said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once.

"I don't know if there were several lightning strikes," he said. "But it happened in one moment."

Knutsen said the agency is now discussing what to do with the dead animals. Normally, they are just left where they fall to let nature take its course, he said.

Thousands of reindeer migrate across the barren Hardangervidda plateau as the seasons change.

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Danny Royer, right, vice president of technology at Bowles Farming Co., pilots a drone over a tomato field near Los Banos, California. At left stands college intern Christian Cambrelen. nology," said Michael, 44, mindful of how climate change is making water more precious. "I think it's really the only way we're going to stay in business."

On his 2,400-acre tomato crop alone, Michael estimates that this year his leak-detecting drones could save enough water to sustain more than 550 families of four for a year.

Beyond California, drones are becoming fixtures on farms in places such as Canada, Australia, South Africa and Latin America as they become more affordable and easier to use, said Ian Smith of DroneDeploy, a San Francisco-based industry leader in drone software development.

A farmer can order a commercialgrade drone online for $2,000 and receive it in the mail days later, he said.

Its video camera is then paired up with a smartphone or computer tablet that is used to control the drone.

"Hook it up to a smartphone. Boom.

Take off, and you're in business,"

Smith said.

Many farmers, however, have yet to grasp the full potential beyond capturing video images of crops or using infrared cameras to spot color variations in the plants that can signal a problem.

Few have used technology and invested in it to the degree Michael has.

This year he began using the thermal camera, which can cost up to $10,000 and can show moisture variations in soil. He also created a new management position at his company dedicated to overseeing drones.

Recently, Danny Royer, the new vice president of technology at Bowles, stood at the tailgate of his pickup studying live images transmitted to the screen of his tablet as a drone buzzed 300 feet overhead.

After taking the images back to his office to analyze them, he decided there were no leaks to repair, but the soil needed to be enriched in places to help the field grow evenly.

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WILDLIFE FROM PAGE A1 coyotes may be increasing, but he said he hasn’t seen any studies to support that conclusion.

“They are a recent arrival, so they’ve been kind of growing,” he said.

As for the number of sightings, that could just be coincidence, Jenkins said.

“It could be other places they are seeing less,” he said.

Jenkins, who lives in Kershaw County, said dry conditions in that area seem to have forced coyotes to move around more than usual.

“We see them at the edge of the lake (Lake Wateree), pretty often,” he said.

Butsilowski said sightings are more common in June and July, especially for foxes.

“It’s fairly common for people to see them in their yard in the daytime,” he said. “It’s related to raising young, and they can be out in the yard kind of wrestling with each other, kind of not having a care in the world, just like kids.”

He said seeing a bobcat is much less likely.

“We don’t usually see bobcats even though they are there and have probably always been there,” he said.

He said his department does not get many complaints about bobcats unless they are raiding a chicken coop or something like that.

Changes in habitat can cause changes in animal populations, including coyotes, Butsilowski said.

“There could be some fluctuations as the habitat changes,” he said. “Maybe going from a real mono-culture type pine stand to a little more open space

FROM PAGE A1 life very seriously, Kinley said.

A week ago, Rich began telling Kinley of how he had found a job working with computer programming for a company that manufactures boats.

He said they offered him a full-time position with benefits and a salary, and he explained that he would not be staying at the shelter that night.

Rich also told Kinley about a house that he moved into and how he spent the day turning utilities on.

He said he had found affordable furniture and would work on the move the next day, but he wanted Sumter United Ministries to know that he really appreciated everything they had done for him.

Rich expressed his excitement about starting his new job and stated his belief in the God who answers prayers.

Furthermore, he said his favorite thing was that his boss was a Christian who gave him a warm welcome.

Kinley assured Rich that he would pass this great news on to the pastors at Alice Drive and to the rest of the staff at Sumter United Ministries.

Kinley, along with the rest of the staff at Sumter United Ministries, is glad to know they were able to help Rich experience a Summer of Caring.

Each year, the program includes summer construction projects in which volunteers spend two weeks fixing up houses.

Sumter United Ministries provides outreach and service because of volunteers and donations from the community, Executive Director Mark Champagne said.

The Sumter Item is partnering with Sumter United Ministries to assist in raising as much money as possible to help the organization’s largest programs.

Financial donations for Summer of Caring can be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151.

Contributions can also be dropped off at The Sumter Item’s office at 20 N. Magnolia St. If donations are made in someone’s name, identify who the person is, and correctly spell his or her name.

If you want the donation to be made specifically to one of the three programs, please indicate which one, and it will be applied directly to it. If no identification is made, it will go to Sumter United Ministries and be divided among all three.

From Aug. 8-11, the Crisis

Relief Ministry financially assisted 28 families for a total of $4,442.44 and assisted 22 families with food valued at $1,095.

From Aug. 14-20, an average of 15 men and one woman found refuge at the emergen-

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BOHN FROM PAGE A1 “Austin’s behavioral problems have improved after working with Mr. Bohn,” said his father, Eric Shelnut. “His reading abilities have also improved. Mr. Bohn is really great in working with children.”

Each day, he also rewards students he encounters in the hallway for good behavior.

Students at the school receive a “green card” from their teacher for good behavior on a daily basis.

Bohn asks the students what color they received that day for their behavior and awards students who received a “green card” a “Falcon buck,” or a token to the school store. With the tokens, students can purchase school supplies and other items.

Bohn also brings candy for good behavior to the classes where the boys he mentors are.

Henrietta Green, school principal, said Bohn is an outstanding employee who is respected by all faculty and staff.

“Mr. Bohn plays an important role in the success of the school,” she said. “He encourages the children to do their best.”

Green said that besides Bohn’s job as lead custodian/groundskeeper, he also serves in other roles at the school, such as secretary of the management and safety committee.

Bohn is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, but grew up all across the country, as his father was in the Air Force.

By fifth grade, he had changed schools five times. Bohn described

cy shelter each night.

Donations received in the last week: An anonymous $1,000 donation was mailed directly to Summer of Caring in memory of Phil Edwards, John R. Britton and Kathryn C. Brown.

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Max Bohn, head custodian at Cherryvale Elementary School, hands out Falcon bucks for the school’s store to students who have behaved for their teachers on Friday. himself as a troubled youth who experienced drug addiction in his early 20s. He attended college at Washington State University and was just a semester short of graduating college.

He moved to Sumter in 1969, where his father was stationed at Shaw Air Force Base. He worked for 37 years in service merchandise management, retail management and industrial equipment supplier management.

Bohn said it was his faith that created a change in his outlook on life.

“I used to ask God why I spent 37 years in something that I hated,” he said. “After coming to work at the school, though, I realized what my purpose was. God worked on my heart and my soul.”

Total this week: $1,000 This year through Aug. 26: $3,480 Total last year: $7,350 Total since 2014: $17,617 The third-annual Summer of Caring, which benefits the medical clinic, shelter, con-

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He said coyotes have been in most rural areas for a long time, but it’s possible their numbers are increasing in more developed areas.

“Sumter County has had coyotes for quite a number of years,” he said.

Some of the places along the coast, such as Kiawah, Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of Palms, have seen an increase in the number of sightings, he said.

“As far as the core parts of the state, even in downtown Columbia, there have been some around,” Butsilowski said.

Jenkins said bobcats are a cat that has done well in South Carolina.

“I see them several times a year,” he said.

Butsilowski said while coyotes are an invader species, bobcats are native to the state.

“At one time, we had what would have been deemed the Eastern cougar, mountain lion, puma or whatever you want to call them,” he said. “We haven’t had any documented evidence of large cats for several decades.”

He said they get reports of mountain lions, but they don’t turn up on game cameras or as roadkill.

“There’s just a real dearth of hard evidence,” Butsilowski said. “We will probably get a couple of calls this week on them.”

He said it is not unusual for someone to send in a game camera picture and say it was a cougar in South Carolina, but when game officials track it down to the original source, it will be from somewhere such as Texas.

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A message for the snowflakes on campuses

BY BERNARD GOLDBERG Editor’s note: Bernard Goldberg, who writes a syndicated column on the internet, had an interesting column recently on free speech.

It’s worth sharing with our readers, especially those fed up with political correctness when it comes to freedom of speech. Those who don’t want free speech to be offensive apparently haven’t read the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says nothing about whether free speech should be naughty or nice and especially when such speech hurts “feelings.”

But let’s Mr. Goldberg’s own words explain what he’s getting at, and with which we totally agree.

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omething dramatic just happened in the world of academia. A dean at a major American university has unapologetically come out for free speech and pretty much told new students on campus that they’re in college now, not kindergarten.

OK, that may be not be exactly what he said, but there’s no mistaking the message from John Ellison, dean of students at the University of Chicago, to incoming freshmen: Grow up, children.

You won’t melt, you sensitive little snowflakes, if you come into contact with an opinion or an idea you don’t agree with.

Here’s how Ellison put it in a letter to new students arriving on campus: “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called trigger warnings, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might be controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspective at odds with their own.”

Three cheers for Mr. Ellison and the University of Chicago!

The message, of course, is a not-so-subtle shot across the bow of campus political correctness, a place where students revolt when a speaker with unacceptable views — almost always conservative — is invited on campus or where the hyper-sensitive little darlings say they feel unsafe if someone wears a Halloween costume they don’t like — like at Yale last year.

“Members of our community are encouraged to speak, write, listen, challenge and learn, without fear of censorship,” Dean Ellison wrote.

It’s ironic that so many liberals on campus are advocating for censorship since they’re the ones who think that those dreaded conservatives are the ones who are close-minded. A study last year by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA found that roughly 71 percent of freshmen said they agreed with the statement that “colleges should prohibit racist/sexist speech on campus.”

Of course, the liberal authoritarians are the ones who want to decide what’s racist and what’s sexist. What if you’re against affirmative action on campus? Is that “racist speech”? What if you’re against the liberal version

of feminism? Is that sexist?

Back in the late ’90s a gay student activist at UCLA said, “I often have to struggle with right and wrong because I am a strong believer in free speech. Opinions are protected under the First Amendment, but when negative opinions come out of a person’s fist, mouth or pen to intentionally hurt others, that’s when their opinions should no longer be protected.”

No, he is not “a strong believer in free speech.” What comes out of a person’s fist is not the same as what comes out of his mouth or pen. Like many liberals he has no real idea what free speech is about — not if he believes that speech that hurts others “should no longer be protected.”

That was almost 20 years ago, and things have only gotten worse. This past March, when some students at Emory University in Atlanta wrote “Trump 2016” in chalk on the sidewalk — oh, the horror! — the snowflakes on campus were terrorized. One of them said, “I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [on campus]. But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well … I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school,” she added.

Afraid? Because some kids on campus support Donald Trump?

That makes a college aged woman feel unsafe?

It’s no secret that academia is a liberal institution. Progressives run the place just about everywhere. A few years ago Condoleezza Rice was supposed to get an honorary degree from Rutgers University, my alma mater.

That was intolerable to some students and professors on the “open-minded” left who cited her role in the decision to invade Iraq as their reason for not wanting her at the graduation ceremony. Rather than become a distraction, she graciously disinvited herself. Human-rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was going to receive an honorary degree from Brandeis University, but protestors made sure that didn’t happen either. They didn’t like her criticism of radical Islam. A few months ago Wall Street Journal contributing columnist Jason Riley was invited by conservative students to speak at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill — but only after the invitation was sent around to liberal groups on campus for their OK. That prompted a column in which Riley wrote, “We’ve reached a point where conservatives must have their campus speakers pre-approved by leftwing pressure groups. If progressives aren’t already in absolute control of academia, they’re pretty close.”

Maybe the University of Chicago dean’s letter will send a message — not just to liberal students who forgot (or never really knew) how to be liberal. Maybe his letter to incoming freshmen will inspire other college administrators across the country to show some backbone for a change and stand up to the liberal bullies on their campuses.

One can hope, anyway.

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Repealing Durbin Amendment would help our economy grow

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mall businesses are the backbone of economic growth, and many need support from financial institutions to help start and expand their operations. Without our small businesses or the community banks and credit unions that are critical to helping small businesses grow, our economy and our communities cannot thrive.

For the past five years, the Durbin Amendment has affected South Carolina businesses and financial institutions negatively. The legislation Cathy placed price controls on Novinger debit card interchange fees, which are necessary fees to maintain the system of paying with a credit or debit card. Unfortunately, the price controls have put small businesses at the losing end of this deal.

Big-box retail stores have seen savings — estimated at $6 billion to $8 billion — all at the expense of our Main Street merchants. Since the amendment went into effect almost six years ago, 31 percent of merchants actually saw their interchange fees rise. Interchange fees used to be based on a percentage of the total sale but now are a flat fee. This means businesses selling low-cost items, such as the neighborhood deli or ice cream shop, are no longer paying a fee in line with the majority of the products they are selling; instead the fee could now make the sale unprofitable because of the new, rigid, one-size-fits-all system.

This decline in profit obviously affects the entire business for merchants whose profits are much smaller than large retailers.

Adding to the pain, community banks and credit unions are feeling the negative effects of this legislation and are unable to best serve their customers, many of whom are small business owners.

The price controls have reduced their revenue, meaning it’s harder for them to

invest in services, innovation and products for their customers. Even though banks have been forced to increase fees and decrease the number of free checking accounts, it still hasn’t been enough to close the gap from Washington’s mandated price controls.

Financial institutions have only recouped about 30 percent of lost interchange revenue, affecting the services they are able to offer customers.

Just as consumers everywhere are hurting from these price controls, rural communities throughout South Carolina are also feeling the pain. The Durbin Amendment was passed for the big-box retailers, which have been known to shut out small businesses found in small towns. Rural S.C. depends on the momand-pop shops that bring opportunity and resources to rural small towns.

Until recently, there was no clear-cut plan in place to end this failed policy.

But thanks to efforts by Chairman Jeb Hensarling of the House Financial Services Committee and Rep. Randy Neugebauer, there are two solutions, and both involve repealing the amendment. Ending this failed policy would have a positive ripple effect on the economy. Community banks and credit unions would be able to better serve their small business customers. Not only would these small businesses have the tools to grow, but they also would be freed from the restrictive interchange price controls.

Removing the barriers for South Carolina’s small businesses, which make up 96 percent of the businesses in the state, to grow would strengthen our economy.

A solid economy is good for our communities, benefiting you and the nearly five million other South Carolinians in this great state.

Editor’s note: Cathy Novinger is the CEO of the Palmetto Agribusiness Council and President of QTR Consulting (the entity through which she is submitting this piece). She is based in Columbia.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR PROPOSED LIBERTY STREET BUILDING WOULD STICK OUT LIKE SORE THUMB When children, too young to read, are tested for cognizant skills, they are given a set of objects, and they are to pick out the one that does not belong. The clever ones can.

Surely The Sumter Historic Preservation Review Committee, who approved a sign (wood not plastic) for The Sumter Item at 36 W. Liberty St. and denied some homeowner in the Historic District a chainlink fence (too modern, I guess) should be able to discern that the design

for the proposed new building for the Economic Development Board does not belong in Downtown Sumter.

One person I showed the picture to said that it looked like a lifeguard station on a California beach. Has the Historic Preservation Board approved of this structure for East Liberty Street? It would stick out like a sore thumb!

If you like the plan, keep the plan; just don’t put it near the corner of Main and Liberty, or else allow neon signs and chainlink fences.

JULIA TALLEY Sumter

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH As somebody who writes for a meager living on a daily basis, I’m a tad picky about words. And I’m doubly dubious when a book, a movie or a television show has a title that doesn’t make much sense. Or means nothing at all. This brings us to the new series “Facing” (9 p.m., National Geographic).

What on earth is “Facing”?

From what I can gather, it’s a new variation on the old series “Biography” that used to air on A&E, before that network got addicted to “reality” fare like “Hoarders” and “Duck Dynasty.”

A series of profiles, “Facing” will look at the stories of what the show describes as some of modern history’s larger-than-life characters and “headline makers.”

“Facing” begins with Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, the subject of the Netflix drama “Narcos,” which returns for a second season on Sept. 2. Over the weeks, we’ll meet a curious assortment of personalities, including Saddam Hussein, Suge Knight, Vladimir Putin and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I’m always game for a profile of Putin, like the one PBS’ “Frontline” did some months back. But there doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason to the pa-

aging tough guy called back to old duties in both the 1971 Western “Big Jake” (8 p.m., Sundance) and the following “El Dorado” (10 p.m.), from 1967.

rade of personalities we’ll be “Facing.”

How is Saddam Hussein still making headlines? He was executed in 2006. Does Suge Knight’s story stand up to these historical figures? And what has Arnold Schwarzenegger done lately to deserve “Facing” status?

• “Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman” (10 p.m., Science) returns for a seventh season. The series asks experts of all stripes to discuss a host of subjects from a scientist’s perspective. Among this season’s topics are “What Makes A Terrorist?” “Is Privacy Dead?” and “Are There More Than Two Sexes?”

The real question remains: If Morgan Freeman hangs out with so many geniuses, how come nobody predicted that his most recent movie, this year’s “Ben-Hur” remake, would be such a box office disaster?

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• The semifinals begin on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

• Critters ransack the Russian Embassy on “Zoo” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• The remaining counselors strive to survive on the season finale of “Dead of Summer” (9 p.m., Freeform, TV-14).

• Gordon and Donna can’t distinguish the personal from the professional on “Halt and Catch Fire” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• A California clothing company needs advice from “The Profit” (10 p.m., CNBC).

• Scuffles disrupt life at camp as 15 players face the

A teen stops a home invasion on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Amy shows her tough side on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * “Bachelor in Paradise” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) leads up to “Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise” (9 p.m., TV-14) * Wally goes wild on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Peter Gallagher guest-stars on “New Girl” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * A community activist priest needs help on “Lucifer” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Topical sketch comedy on “MADtv” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A chef becomes a target on “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, r,

TV-14) * The gang visits Kyoto and Hong Kong on “Better Late Than Never” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Mike wants Brick to man up on “The Middle” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * A family vacation on “Fresh Off the Boat” (10:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

LATE NIGHT Steven Ho and David Cross appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Mel Brooks, Rita Ora and Banks & Steelz on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Sean “Diddy” Combs, DJ Khaled and French Montana visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Patricia Arquette, Alison Pill, Justin Bartha and Tommy Johnagin appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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441 AA Support Group — Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: S.C. 441.

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

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 4358085.

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

Last Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha at (803) 774-6181.

Divorce Care — Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

Grief Share — Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763. The group is on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — First Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November, 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday at noon and third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call (803) 469-6059, (803) 979-4498, (803) 469-4506 or (803) 938-8544.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356.

Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to anyone who has lost a loved one to murder in a violent way.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday, 5:30

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Responding EUGENIA LAST responsibly and taking control of situations as they arise will help you resolve issues swiftly and counter any criticism from peers. Be cautious when dealing with institutions. Protect your possessions and your reputation.

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Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

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

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Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call Kevin at (803) 778-0303.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Favors will be granted and changes can be put into place. The more progressive and persistent you are, the better. Don’t give in to someone who pressures you unless you are happy with what you are getting in return. Put your own needs first.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Reopen doors that have been closed for some time. Reuniting with old friends and colleagues will help you gain perspective on a situation you face. Your insights will help you recognize incorrect information and financial loss.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Bring about positive changes that will encourage you to better organize your time. Picking up information and mastering something you enjoy doing will open up new options. A physical improvement will boost your confidence and your popularity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sharing personal information will not work in your favor.

Misinterpretation could result, leaving you in a no-win situation.

Listen, observe and be secretive to maintain your status quo. Work on self-improvement and personal growth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Handle your own affairs to ensure the safety of your cash, belongings and reputation. Don’t let criticism stop you from doing things your way.

You’ll gain respect and recognition for your intelligence and insight.

It’s OK to show off.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An unexpected deal will come out of nowhere. Check your sources carefully and read the fine print.

Don’t feel the need to make a snap judgment. An idea will result from the encounter and evolve into an exciting new project.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put in time organizing and taking care of domestic matters. Fixing something that will make your life more convenient will also help you avoid criticism. Don’t overreact or indulge in senseless arguments that will lead to a stalemate.

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Gaffney 89/68 Spartanburg 90/69

Greenville 90/71

Columbia 92/74

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Sumter 92/73

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Today: A shower and thunderstorm around. High 85 to 89.

Wednesday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 83 to 88.

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USC football

Tigers’ Gallman ready to share load

By Scott Keepfer skeepfer@greenvillenews.com

lieves his team is ready to turn things around after a 4-8 season. Vandy has 42 juniors on the roster, along with eight starters back on offense and every starter back on defense.

The Commodores lost two games by a total of four points, including a 9-7 loss to

CLEMSON – Yep, even the “Wayne Train” deserves a break every now and then.

Reluctant to come off the field or relinquish carries during his first two seasons, Wayne Gallman still wants to carry the bulk of the load, but also is more cognizant that fewer carries could result in a more powerful (and injury free) locomotive.

“When I started gallman off last season, I had a lot of trouble with that,” said Gallman, Clemson’s junior running back. “There are times I stay in the game and I’m tired, but I don’t even think I’m tired and I’m still playing, but I look tired.”

Gallman probably is, which is precisely the message being delivered by co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Tony Elliott and volunteer assistant Terry Allen.

“So I need to come out, and that’s what Coach Allen and Coach E have been trying to stress to me,” Gallman said Monday. “They’re like, ‘Hey man, if you need a breather, you can come out.’ I’ve learned that it’s OK to take a break.”

Despite missing the Wake Forest game with an ankle injury, Gallman proved durable last season, carrying the ball a school-record 283 times en route to a school-record 1,527 yards.

He may have earned workhorse status, but Gallman, who already ranks 12th on Clemson’s career rushing leaders list, says he’s willing to share the load in a crowded backfield that also includes Adam Choice, Tyshon Dye, C.J. Fuller and highly regarded freshman Tavien Feaster.

“I know I’ve got a lot of good backs behind me, so I’m pretty sure they’ll get their share of carries,” Gallman said.

“They’ve done a good job in camp of earning the coaches’ trust and just showing that I’m not the only one who needs to be out there. It’s a good thing to know that when I come off the field, the production won’t

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New South Carolina football head coach Will Muschamp is only a few days away from his second chance leading a Power Five program when South Carolina faces Vanderbilt on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

Muschamp mum on QB Decision on starter likely won’t come until Thursday night’s game

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer

the choice a bit more before gametime.

“We have a pretty good idea of where we’re headed with it,” Muschamp said.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina coach “Obviously as many practice opportuWill Muschamp is in no hurry to reveal nities as we can give these guys the who will be the Gamecocks starting best.” quarterback.

He did say that he expected to use at Muschamp said he will likely wait least two quarterbacks during the until right before the Gamecocks open game. the season at Vanderbilt on Thursday “We feel that way,” Muschamp said. night before revealing if he’ll go with With such a young offense (if McIexperience in senior Perry Orth or wain starts at quarterback, it will make youth in freshmen Brandon McIlwain seven sophomores or younger in the or Jake Bentley. lineup), Muschamp believes it is to his South Carolina’s depth chart has all advantage to keep Vanderbilt prepping three listed as potential starters and for all the Gamecocks quarterbacks.

Muschamp did little to end the guessing “Looking at it from the outside, it is a game, saying he and quarterbacks little frustrating being who are we getcoach Kurt Roper needed to talk over ting ready to play, because they are a

little different skill set as far as what we’ve put on film with those guys,” Muschamp said.

It’s not only frustrating to opponents.

“We’d both like to know,” Orth said of the competition between himself and McIlwain. “We both have played very well this camp, but whatever decision the coaches make, we’ll be supportive of that.”

Orth threw for 272 yards against the Commodores last October in a 19-10 victory that was South Carolina’s last win in a season marked by Steve Spurrier’s stunning departure as coach.

McIlwain, who enrolled in January, has shown poise, talent and the ability

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Mason sees Vanderbilt ready to produce in his third season

By TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derek Mason has flipped through a few college football previews and saw his Vanderbilt Commodores slotted around 118th in the country. It’s not a number he likes, and there’s only one way to change it: Win more

games.

“It’s very disrespectful to me,” the coach said. “This football team’s got a huge chip on our MASON shoulder.”

He says it’s taken the past two years to “figure out who we are.

“We know who we are now.

We’re not worried about that,” he said. “There’s some things we’ve got to iron out with us and college football to help people understand what you get here on West End is going to be good football.”

After three straight bowl seasons, the Commodores have struggled in Mason’s first two years. The coach be-

AUTO RACING

Larson takes advantage of restart for first Cup win

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer

nett’s car brought out the yellow flag. Larson had the better restart and went on to win by BROOKLYN, Mich. — Dur1.48 seconds. ing the last couple laps of his Brad Keselowski finished first Sprint Cup victory, Kyle third.

Larson was emotional.

Larson’s victory in his No. “I think with two to go, I was 42 Chevrolet snapped a 99-race starting to get choked up,” he losing streak for Chip Ganassi said. “We worked really, really Racing dating to Jamie Mchard to get a win, and just Murray’s victory at Talladega haven’t done it. Finally all the in 2013. hard work by everybody, hunLarson secured a spot in the dreds of people at our race Chase for the Sprint Cup with shop, people who have got me two races left in the regular through to the Cup Series, it season. Elliott remains winwas all paying off.” less, but is in solid shape to Larson took the lead on a re- make the Chase field on points start with nine laps remaining if need be. and held off Chase Elliott at It was the 99th career start Michigan International Speed- for the 24-year-old Larson, way on Sunday in a duel bewho had 14 top-five finishes tween two of NASCAR’s upbefore Sunday but hadn’t won and-coming standouts. Elliott at the Cup level. The 20-yearhad a comfortable lead before old Elliott is winless in 29 a tire problem on Michael An- starts, but this was an impres-

sive showing for him after eight consecutive races outside the top 10.

Elliott finished second at Michigan in June as well, losing to Joey Logano.

“That’s a couple races in a row in just a few short months here at this place we had a really good car, had an opportunity,” Elliott said. “That’s one thing I try really hard to do is make the most of opportunities when they’re presented.

Obviously I didn’t do a very good job of that here both trips.”

Elliott led by 2.86 seconds with 28 laps to go Sunday, and it looked as if Larson’s chance to catch him had been derailed when he lost ground passing a lapped car. The caution gave him another shot, though, and

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Kyle Larson celebrates winning the Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, in Brooklyn, Mich.

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Volleyball jamboree today at Chestnut Oaks The first Sumter Middle School Conference volleyball jamboree will be held today at 5 p.m. at the Chestnut Oaks Middle School gymnasium.

Chestnut Oaks will take on Furman in the opening contest. Alice Drive will meet Ebenezer at 5:30 followed by Mayewood and Bates at 6 and Chestnut Oaks and Hillcrest at 6:30.

Admissiion is $3 per person.

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Jutanugarn LPGA winner

MLB standings

PRIDDIS, Alberta — Ariya Jutanugarn ran away with the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Sunday at chilly Priddis Greens for her LPGA Tourleading fifth victory of the MIDDLE SCHOOL year — all in the last 10 scrimmage Saturday events.

A scrimmage featuring Nine days after withmost of the local middle drawing from the Rio school football teams will Olympics because of a left be held on Saturday at Don- knee injury, the 20-year-old ald L. Crolley Memorial Thai player made a 12-birdStadium in Dalzell beginie putt on the final hole for ning at 9 a.m. a 6-under 66 and a 4-stroke There will be 18 30-minvictory. ute scrimmages involving Langer Champions 11 teams. winner Admission is $3 per perSNOQUALMIE, Wash. -son.

Bernhard Langer made a East Field 3-foot birdie putt on the Manning vs. Alice Drive D.P. Cooper vs. Ebenezer first hole of a playoff with Woody Austin and Kevin Spaulding vs. Chestnut Sutherland to win the PGA Oaks Tour Champions’ Boeing Scott’s Branch vs.

Classic for the second time.

Mayewood A day after his 59th birthFurman vs. Spaulding day, Langer birdied the D.P. Cooper vs. Chestnut par-5 18th in regulation for Oaks a 5-under 67 to match AusLee Central vs. Alice tin and Sutherland at 13Drive under 203 at TPC SnoSpaulding vs. Hillcrest qualmie Ridge.

D.P. Cooper vs.

Mayewood Endwell, N.Y., wins West Field LL League World Series Bates vs. Mayewood SOUTH WILLIAMSFurman vs. Hillcrest Lee Central vs. Manning PORT, Pa. — Ryan Harlost Endwell, N.Y., to the Little Alice Drive vs. Bates League World Series title Hillcrest vs. Ebenezer on Sunday striking out Scott’s Branch vs. Maneight and limiting Seoul, ning South Korea to five hits in Bates vs. Furman six innings in a 2-1 victory.

Chestnut Oaks vs. Lee Harlost also scored the Central Scott’s Branch vs. Ebene- deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning. zer Endwell snapped a fiveReed wins Barclays, year championship drought secures Ryder Cup slot for U.S. teams on Little FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -League’s biggest stage and Patrick Reed picked up two gave New York its first title victories in one day. He since 1964. Huntington won The Barclays on SunBeach, Calif., won in 2011 day to assure himself a and Mid Island from Staten clear shot at the $10 million Island won New York’s last bonus in the FedEx Cup, LLWS championship. and he easily secured a Staff and wire reports

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he took advantage.

“We both spun our tires really bad, and the No. 2 (Keselowski) pushed me really good,” Larson said. “He could have probably pulled underneath me and went by, but he stayed with me and got me the lead.”

There were only four cautions in the 200-lap, 400-mile race. Larson led a race-high 41 laps. Logano, the pole winner, finished 10th.

Chris Buescher, who has a victory but still needs to stay in the top 30 in points to make the Chase, finished 35th after some early engine trouble.

Buescher is seven points ahead of David Ragan for 30th place on the season.

Alex Bowman, filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car, had a problem with the ignition system and finished 30th.

Twelve drivers have wrapped up Chase berths.

Tony Stewart, who has a victory, has clinched a top-30 finish in points to secure his spot.

Buescher’s situation is still uncertain, so there could end up being as many as four drivers making it in on points. Elliott is 11th in the standings, the top driver with no victories.

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 74 56 .569 — 72 58 .554 2 71 59 .546 3 67 62 .519 6½ 55 74 .426 18½ W L Pct GB 73 56 .566 — 69 61 .531 4½ 68 62 .523 5½ 63 66 .488 10 49 81 .377 24½ W L Pct GB 77 54 .588 — 68 62 .523 8½ 68 62 .523 8½ 57 73 .438 19½ 56 74 .431 20½

Sunday’s Games

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

Monday’s Games

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s Games

Toronto (Happ 17-4) at Baltimore (Jimenez 5-11), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Ranaudo 1-1) at Detroit (Norris 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Albers 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 11-8), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 9-5) at Boston (Pomeranz 10-10), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Paxton 4-5) at Texas (Hamels 14-4), 8:05 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 10-8) at Houston (McHugh 8-10), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-4) at Kansas City (Volquez 10-10), 8:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Adleman 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 9-11), 10:05 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

INSPECTION Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford failed post-race laser inspection.

W L Pct GB 75 55 .577 — 67 63 .515 8 66 64 .508 9 60 70 .462 15 48 83 .366 27½

W L T Pct PF PA 3 0 0 1.000 76 61 2 1 0 .667 58 57 1 2 0 .333 55 40 1 2 0 .333 55 56 W L T Pct PF PA 3 0 0 1.000 74 46 2 1 0 .667 70 50 1 2 0 .333 60 70 1 2 0 .333 60 65 W L T Pct PF PA 3 0 0 1.000 71 46 1 2 0 .333 44 61 1 2 0 .333 67 57 0 3 0 .000 37 71 W L T Pct PF PA 2 1 0 .667 63 40 1 2 0 .333 39 53 1 2 0 .333 59 45 1 2 0 .333 57 57

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas South

Tampa Bay Atlanta Carolina New Orleans North

Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago West

Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco Arizona

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Saturday’s Games

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The Barclays PAR SCORES

Sunday At Bethpage State Park (Black Course) Farmingdale, N.Y. Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,468; Par: 71 Final Patrick Reed (2,000), $1,530,000 6 6-6871-70—275 -9 Emiliano Grillo (980), $748,000 6 7 - 6 9 71-69—276 -8 Sean O’Hair (980), $748,000 6 9 - 6 9 - 7 2 66—276 -8 Jason Day (460), $351,333 6 8 - 7 0 - 7 0 69—277 -7 Adam Scott (460), $351,333 6 9 - 7 2 - 6 5 71—277 -7 Gary Woodland (460), $351,333 7 1 - 6 9 68-69—277 -7 Jason Kokrak (340), $264,917 7 4-66-6969—278 -6 Ryan Moore (340), $264,917 6 9 - 6 8 - 7 2 69—278 -6 Rickie Fowler (340), $264,917 6 7-69-6874—278 -6 Jordan Spieth (290), $221,000 71-67-7269—279 -5 Justin Thomas (290), $221,000 7 1 - 7 1 66-71—279 -5 Tony Finau (260), $195,500 7 2 - 7 0 - 6 7 71—280 -4 Charley Hoffman (226), $154,700 7 1 69-74-67—281 -3 Billy Horschel (226), $154,700 69-72-7070—281 -3 Phil Mickelson (226), $154,700 7 0 - 7 3 70-68—281 -3 Ryan Palmer (226), $154,700 7 1-68-7072—281 -3 Bubba Watson (226), $154,700 7 1 - 7 4 70-66—281 -3 Dustin Johnson (206), $114,750 7 0 - 7 2 67-73—282 -2 Sung Kang (206), $114,750 6 8 - 7 5 - 7 5 64—282 -2 Martin Laird (206), $114,750 6 6-72-6975—282 -2 Louis Oosthuizen (206), $114,750 7 2 73-70-67—282 -2 Sunday At TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Snoqualmie, Wash.

Purse: $2 million Yardage: 7,172; Par: 72 (36-36) Final (a-won on first playoff hole) a-B. Langer, $300,000 69-67-67—203 -13 W. Austin, $160,000 69-67-67—203 -13 Sutherland, $160,000 72-67-64—203 -13 Sauers, $119,000 65-67-72—204 -12 Kirk Triplett, $95,000 65-71-69—205 -11 S. Ames, $64,800 66-69-71—206 -10 Tom Byrum, $64,800 67-68-71—206 -10 Joe Durant, $64,800 69-65-72—206 -10 Fred Funk, $64,800 70-67-69—206 -10 Brandt Jobe, $64,800 70-69-67—206 -10 David Frost, $44,000 67-72-69—208 -8 Jerry Smith, $44,000 70-73-65—208 -8 Grant Waite, $44,000 71-65-72—208 -8

Canadian Pacific Women’s Open Par Scores

Sunday At Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club Calgary, Alberta Purse: $2.25 million Yardage: 6,622; Par: 72 Final (a-amateur) Ariya Jutanugarn, $337,500 6 8 - 6 4 - 6 7 66—265 -23 Sei Young Kim, $207,791 6 9-67-68-65— 269 -19 In Gee Chun, $150,737 6 8 - 6 7 - 6 6 - 6 9 — 270 -18 Alena Sharp, $116,607 6 8 - 7 0 - 6 7 - 6 7 — 272 -16 Karrie Webb, $85,323 73-67-69-64—273 -15

30. (6) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 195, 70.0, 0.

31. (35) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 195, 39.5, 10.

32. (34) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 195, 37.2, 9.

33. (36) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 195, 41.8, 8.

34. (37) Cole Whitt, Ford, 194, 32.0, 7.

35. (21) Chris Buescher, Ford, 193, 29.4, 6.

36. (39) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 193, 28.4, 5.

37. (40) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 192, 26.3, 4.

38. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 192, 27.2, 3.

39. (33) Landon Cassill, Ford, suspension, 174, 33.8, 2.

40. (27) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 160, 50.8, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 162.742 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 27 minutes, 29 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.478 seconds.

Caution Flags: 4 for 17 laps.

Lead Changes: 20 among 13 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-22; R.Smith 23; J.Logano 24-25; K. Harvick 26-57; M.Truex 58-64; K.Harvick 65; C.Elliott 66; B.Keselowski 67-70; J.Johnson 71-107; C.Elliott 108; B.Keselowski 109-117; C.Elliott 118-124; K.Larson 125-155; B.Keselowski 156; M.Kenseth 157-164; A.Dillon 165; R.Newman 166; C.Edwards 167; G.Biffle 168; C.Elliott 169-190; K.Larson 191-200 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Larson, 2 times for 39 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 36 laps; K. Harvick, 2 times for 31 laps; C.Elliott, 4 times for 27 laps; J.Logano, 2 times for 22 laps; B.Keselowski, 3 times for 11 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 7 laps; M.Truex, 1 time for 6 laps; G.Biffle, 1 time for 0 laps; A.Dillon, 1 time for 0 laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 0 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 0 laps; R.Smith, 1 time for 0 laps.

Wins: Ky.Busch, 4; B.Keselowski, 4; C.Edwards, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; K.Harvick, 2; J.Johnson, 2; M.Kenseth, 2; C.Buescher, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; J.Logano, 1; T.Stewart, 1; M.Truex, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 762; 2. B.Keselowski, 735; 3.

Ku.Busch, 692; 4. C.Edwards, 689; 5. J.Logano, 684; 6.

Ky.Busch, 674; 7. D.Hamlin, 659; 8. M.Truex, 630; 9. J.Johnson, 612; 10. M.Kenseth, 604; 11. A.Dillon, 596; 12. C.Elliott, 588; 13. J.McMurray, 583; 14. R.Newman, 576; 15. T.Bayne, 541; 16. K.Kahne, 537.

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Tennessee at Miami, 7 p.m.

New England at New York Giants, 7 p.m.

New York Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Boeing Classic Par Scores

W L T Pct PF PA 3 0 0 1.000 67 32 2 1 0 .667 60 57 1 2 0 .333 31 68 1 2 0 .333 82 69

Sunday At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich.

Lap length: 2.000 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (12) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200 laps, 129.7 rating, 45 points.

2. (5) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, 126.5, 40.

3. (18) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200, 105.4, 39.

4. (7) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200, 108.8, 37.

5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 123.9, 37.

6. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200, 119.0, 36.

7. (9) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 200, 86.3, 35.

8. (8) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200, 88.4, 33.

9. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, 101.1, 32.

10. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, 102.2, 32.

11. (22) Greg Biffle, Ford, 200, 76.4, 31.

12. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 200, 74.2, 29.

13. (13) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200, 90.7, 29.

14. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 93.0, 27.

15. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 200, 77.0, 26.

16. (17) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 75.1, 26.

17. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200, 74.5, 25.

18. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200, 75.6, 23.

19. (16) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 199, 65.2, 22.

20. (14) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 199, 84.9, 22.

21. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 198, 64.2, 20.

22. (28) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 198, 58.7, 19.

23. (23) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 198, 56.2, 18.

24. (24) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 198, 58.8, 17.

25. (26) Aric Almirola, Ford, 198, 54.3, 16.

26. (31) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 198, 48.5, 16.

27. (29) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 198, 51.0, 14.

28. (30) Brian Scott, Ford, 197, 43.7, 13.

29. (32) David Ragan, Toyota, 196, 40.3, 12.

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Washington (Scherzer 14-7) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 9-12), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 9-9) at N.Y. Mets (Lugo 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Jackson 3-4) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-11), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 12-7), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Milwaukee (Peralta 5-9), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Hill 10-3) at Colorado (Anderson 4-5), 8:40 p.m.

Cincinnati (Adleman 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 9-11), 10:05 p.m.

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He’d finished out of the top 30 in five of his previous six races at the track, and he was no factor Sunday after an early spin, although he did recover well enough to come in 19th.

“We actually had a pretty fast car. We ran some really fast laps, but we just got in a bad spot there on the restart and got sucked around and wore off part of our splitter,” crew chief Adam Stevens said.

“Even after that we were one of the probably five or six quickest cars on the race track and just whenever we got in the lucky-dog spot we ran there for I can’t tell you how many laps and just didn’t get a caution.”

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1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s First-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN).

6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s First-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Diego at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Phoenix at Indiana (NBA TV).

8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs or St. Louis at Milwaukee (MLB NETWORK).

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Rickie Fowler, with a surprising meltdown, walked away empty from Bethpage Black.

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Nadal wins without wrist pain

TSA volleyball sweeps Laurence Manning DALZELL — The Thomas Sumter Academy varsity volleyball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 3-0 victory over Laurence Manning Academy on Monday at Edens Gymnasium.

The Lady Generals won by the scores of 25-18, 25-8, 25-14.

Anita Cookey-Gam led TSA with 15 points, six aces and 12 kills, while Josie Reed had 17 assists. Bree Stoddard had 15 points, three aces and six kills, Sydney Daniel had five aces, seven assists and seven kills and Taja Hunley had five assists, three kills and three blocks.

Olympic gold medalist Puig falls in first round

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK — As Rafael Nadal stood near the net at the U.S. Open after winning his first Grand Slam match in three months Monday, he unraveled the thick wrap of white tape protecting his allimportant left wrist and then clutched at that arm with his right hand.

Sure, there were matches that provided more drama or surprises on Day 1 at Flushing Meadows.

There was 20th-seeded John Isner’s comeback from two sets down to edge 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe before a rowdy, standingroom-only crowd at the new Grandstand.

A first-round loss by Rio Olympics gold medalist Monica Puig. French Open champion Garbine Muguruza’s complaints about having trouble breathing after dropping the first set of a match she would go on to win in three.

Nothing, though, was as meaningful when it comes to what could go on over the next two weeks as how 14time major champion Nadal’s wrist felt during and after a relatively straightforward 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Denis Istomin.

The match was played at Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the new $150 million retractable roof remained open under a blue sky, but still offered some extra shade on a day when the temperature reached 90 degrees.

The good news, Nadal said afterward, is that the pain is gone from the part of his body that whips those violent, topspin-heavy forehands that are the key to his success — 14 of his 21 winners came off that wing.

The bad news for Nadal?

He still is working on feeling comfortable hitting downthe-line forehands, in particular, after sitting out — not just zero real matches, but barely any practice, either —

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John Isner talks to Frances Tiafoe after winning their first-round match on Monday at the U.S. Open. Isner lost the first two sets. from his withdrawal at the French Open in late May to the Olympics this month.

“Not easy to go 2½ months out of competition, in the middle of the season, without hitting a forehand,” Nadal said. “I need to have the confidence again with my wrist.”

Both Nadal and his coach, Uncle Toni, described the way Rafael changed the way he hits a forehand during the Rio Games to try to avoid pain.

Both said things are improving.

But as Toni noted: “We need a little time.”

Istomin, who is from Uzbekistan and is ranked 107th, was not exactly likely to give Nadal much of a test. He entered the day 0-4 against the two-time U.S. Open champion, having dropped 10 of the 11 sets they’d played. He had lost his past 20 matches against top-10 opponents.

Plus, he’s been dealing with an injured right hamstring lately.

So what did he think of Nadal’s play Monday?

“For the first set, I was feeling that he was not hitting hard,” Istomin said. “A lot of short balls.”

Nadal’s summation of his day: “Not very good; not very bad.”

Uncle Toni’s take? “I hope every day we can play a little bit better.”

There were other folks feeling that way, too, for varying reasons. Isner, for one, had to

be rather relieved to escape with a 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over Tiafoe in their all-American matchup.

Tiafoe first built his big lead, let it slip away, then served for the match after breaking Isner for a 5-3 lead in the fifth set. But Isner broke there.

“Probably played the best return game I played all match,” Isner said. “Even though I was pretty haggard out there, I got a jolt of energy when I got it back to 5-4.”

And then the winner of the longest match in tennis history — 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon in 2010 — took advantage of the U.S. Open’s fifth-set tiebreaker to close it out in about 3½ hours.

Afterward, an exhausted Tiafoe leaned into Isner’s chest when they met at the net.

“The last thing I heard him say is, ‘Don’t let this get you down,”’ Tiafoe recalled.

Puig was seeded at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, at No. 32, and was back on court a little more than two weeks after becoming the first athlete representing Puerto Rico to earn a gold medal in any sport at any Olympics.

“A lot of pressure,” she said. “A lot of expectation.”

She exited the U.S. Open quickly, beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Zheng Saisai of China.

“You know what?” Puig said afterward. “This isn’t going to be the last of me.”

Braves’ Blair tagged for 3 HRs in return runs in 12 starts this season, six of which have been to GiSAN FRANCISCO — ants hitters. Panik has homAaron Blair has a pretty ered three times off Blair. good sense of what he needs “You’ve got to stay with to do to be successful in the him, keep working with majors. him,” Snitker said. “You saw “I’m a pitcher that needs to glimpses of the stuff, but it’s be down in the zone and cre- got to be consistent.” ate movement,” he said.

Blair said he’s not taking “When I’m up it’s just flat, it the opportunity to pitch in goes a long way.” the majors lightly.

The 24-year-old pitcher had “I had my name on the trouble keeping the ball map early,” he said. “I kind down in his most recent out- of faltered middle months; ing, and it didn’t work out I’m trying to get my name well for him or the Braves. back on the map again.”

Joe Panik homered twice Freddie Freeman and Gorand matched his career high don Beckham homered for of four RBIs to back Madison Atlanta. Ender Inciarte douBumgarner, and the San bled, tripled and scored Francisco Giants beat Atlan- twice, but the last-place ta 13-4 on Sunday to win a se- Braves have lost 13 of 18. ries for only the second time Denard Span and Eduardo since the All-Star break.

Nunez also homered, BranBlair, called up from the don Crawford had three hits minors to make his first big and Jarrett Parker drove in league start in more than two three runs for San Francisco. months, allowed five runs The Giants took two of over four innings. He gave up three from the Braves and rethree homers. mained two games behind The Giants scored eight the first-place Los Angeles runs off the Braves’ bullpen Dodgers in the NL West. in the seventh inning, when Bumgarner (13-8) allowed they tripled three times and three runs over seven uneven sent 14 batters to the plate. innings. He struck out five Blair (0-6) was brought up and walked two.

Sunday from Triple-A GwinSan Francisco’s four-time nett and is expected to stay in All-Star pitched in and out of the rotation, manager Brian trouble most of the day but Snitker said, noting the orga- punctuated his afternoon with nization is committed to the an emphatic fist pump after young pitcher’s development. striking out pinch-hitter Jace Blair has allowed 11 home Peterson to end the seventh.

Thomas Sumter 0 DALZELL — Laurence Manning Academy defeated Thomas Sumter Academy 2-0 on Monday at Edens Gymnasium.

LMA won by the scores of 25-18, 27-25.

Abby Haney led the Lady Swampcats with 15 service points and eight aces followed

by Bailey Moore with 11 points.

Logan Scruggs led TSA with 13 points, four assists and five aces, while Carleigh Young had six kills and Lindsey Daniel had six assists and four kills.

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY Sumter boys finish fourth COLUMBIA — The Sumter High School varsity boys team finished fourth out of 25 schools in the Skyhawk Invitational on Saturday at the Hammond course.

Brandon Poston was the top finisher for the Gamecocks, coming in ninth out of 262 runners in a time of 17 minutes, 25 seconds.

Tobias Favor was 29th (18:56), Stacey Shaw and

Panik hit a solo homer in the second and added a tworun shot in the fourth. The second baseman also reached on an infield single in the sixth and had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

It was the first multihomer game of his career.

Blue Jays 5 Orioles 1 BALTIMORE — Josh Donaldson hit his fourth homer in two days and Jose Bautista also went deep in support of Marco Estrada, leading Toronto over Baltimore on Monday night.

Toronto leads third-place Baltimore by four games in the AL East. The Orioles have lost four out of five and are clinging to the second wild card.

Nationals 4 Phillies 0 PHILADELPHIA — Tanner Roark threw seven impressive innings, Jayson Werth hit a solo homer and Washington beat Philadelphia. Roark (14-7) allowed four singles and struck out five. Marc Rzepczynski tossed a perfect eighth and Mark Melancon finished off the four-hitter. Phillies rookie Jake Thompson (1-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings.

VARSITY SWIMMING Sumter girls eighth AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Sumter High School girls swim team finished eighth out of 17 team in the Yellow Jacket Invitational at Augusta Aquatic Center on Saturday.

The Lady Gamecocks had the strong showing despite having only six swimmers out of more than 500 female swimmers.

Scoring for SHS were eighth-grader Hayden Kirkhart, who was fourth in the 100-meter backstroke with an automatic 5A state cut time of 1 minute, 4.20 seconds. She was eighth in the 200 freestyle with a consideration time of 2:08.02.

Freshman Abby Hoshour finished fifth in the 100 freestyle with a consideration time of 58.19 second and seventh in the 200 individual medley with an automatic cut time of 2:22.72). Senior Haley Stewart scored points with an 11th-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a consideration time of 27:03.

Both Sumter relay teams -made up of Kirkhart, Hoshour, Stewart and Ana Hartman — finished sixth with state considerations times.

The 200 free relay team had a time of 1:49.91 and the 400 free relay time was 4:01.35.

Team Scores — 1. Fort Mill 391; 2.

Dorman 304; 3. River Bluff 274; 4.

Mauldin 252; 5. South Aiken 171; 6.

A.C. Flora 140; 7. Lexington 132; 8.

Sumter 110; 9. Nation Ford 101; 10.

North Augusta 95; 11. Boiling Springs 88; 12. Chapin 39; 13. Dutch Fork 37; 14. Oceanside Collegiate 27; 15.

Greenwood 15; 16. Mead Hall 11; 16.

White Knoll 11.

LOCAL PrEP SCHEDule TODAY Varsity Cross Country

Wilson Hall at Crestwood, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf

Camden at Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 4:30 p.m.

Hammond at Wilson Hall (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer

Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 4:15 p.m.

Marlboro Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Williamsburg at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Step of Faith Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Junior Varsity Football

Step of Faith Christian at Sumter Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 7 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis

Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 5 p.m.

Berkeley at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Trinity-Byrnes at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Marlboro Academy at Robert E. Lee, 3:30 p.m.

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Brian Gamboa were 42nd and 43rd, respectively (both 19:19) and Davis Fuller was 51st (19:33) In the girls race, Sumter’s Lorien Clark finish 20th out of 291 runners in a time of 21:12. Anna Migliori was 67th (23:24).

Varsity Volleyball

Lake City at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Chesterfield at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball

Sumter, White Knoll at Westwood, 5 p.m.

Hannah-Pamplico at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

B Team Football

Varsity Girls Tennis

Sumter at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Girls Tennis

Wilson Hall at Cardinal Newman 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball

Lee Central, Wilson at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball

Lake City at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4:15 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

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From Page B1 to quickly pick up the fastpaced schemes thrown his way.

Orth is preparing like he’ll start.

“I did the same thing last year,” he said.

Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason believes his offense, which gave up five turnovers in the loss, will be a sharper one than the Gamecocks saw that time.

“I can tell you, this offense has given us all we can handle,” said Mason, who also serves as Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator. “They’re as good as they’re ever been since I’ve been here. Those guys are working hard, making plays and getting better.”

Roper has said this month that experience will go a long way because of how young the Gamecocks will be everywhere else. It won’t, however, outweigh someone no matter how new to the program, took the job with a strong performance.

That hasn’t happened yet.

Muschamp was asked if his quarterback battle was simply a ploy to keep Vanderbilt in the film room trying to break down which of the three passers will play.

“I think that certainly if I felt like somebody had been head and shoulders above the other guys, then certainly we would have probably named a starter,” Muschamp said. “I don’t know that we’ve seen that.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE STATE Thursday

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

The Citadel at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Wofford at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at Centtral Michigan, 7 p.m.

Friday

Furman at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Clemson at Auburn, 9 p.m.

Kentucky State at Charleston Southern, 11:45 a.m.

South Carolina State at Central Florida, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Lamar, 8 p.m.

ACC Thursday

Tulane at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

William & Mary at North Carolina State, 7:30 p.m.

Friday

Colgate at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Boston College vs. Georgia Tech, 7:30 a.m.

Villanova at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.

Liberty at Virginia Tech, 12:30 p.m.

Richmond at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia vs. North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

North Carolina Central at Duke, 6 p.m.

Florida A&M at Miami, 6 p.m.

Monday Florida State vs. Mississippi, 8 p.m.

SEC Thursday

Appalachian St. at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Missouri at West Virginia, noon South Alabama at Mississippi State, noon Massachusetts at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Southern Mississippi at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

LSU vs. Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.

UCLA at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Arkansas, 4 p.m.

Southern Cal vs. Alabama, 8 p.m.

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“I know we’re better,” Mason said.

Here are some things to know about Vanderbilt:

PASSING AND CATCHING Mason isn’t playing games at quarterback, making it clear Kyle Shurmur is his starter and Wade Freebeck the backup.

Shurmur started the final five games last season as a freshman. His first two starts were wins over Missouri and Kentucky. He threw for 503 yards, with three of his five touchdowns coming in the season finale at Tennessee.

C.J. Duncan is back from injury to help at receiver, but Trent Sherfield is expected to be the top pass-

catcher.

The receivers also spent about six weeks working with Eagles receiver Jordan Matthews. Mix that with a handful of tight ends, and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig is hoping an offense that ranked 116th last year will be much improved.

SEASON OPENER The first game has set the tone for the Commodores the past two seasons with last year featuring a 14-12 loss to Western Kentucky.

Now Vanderbilt opens against SEC foe South Carolina on Sept. 1.

KEY GAMES

Vanderbilt has a chance to avenge its loss to Western Every starter is back on Kentucky on Sept. 24, a road defense, where the Comgame that follows a visit to modores improved last sea- Georgia Tech on Sept. 17. The son with Mason acting as SEC slate features road games coordinator. Vandy ranked at Kentucky (Oct. 8) and Geor28th nationally giving up gia (Oct. 15). Home games in350.5 yards per game and clude visits from Florida (Oct. 22nd in scoring defense al- 1), Mississippi (Nov. 19) and lowing 21 points per game. Tennessee (Nov. 26).

Linebacker Zach CunningPREDICTION ham was All-SEC after Vanderbilt should end a racking up four sacks, four two-year bowl drought and forced fumbles and 16 ½ could win seven games, tackles for loss. Nigel Bowden is back after an in- which would match its total jury wiped out most of last of the past two years combined. season.

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proved in that regard this season.

From Page B1 Auburn returns six defensive starters, including AllSoutheastern Conference be lost.” candidates Carl Lawson, Gallman, who had a Montravius Adams and Donschool-record nine 100-yard tavius Russell on the defengames last season, won’t sive front. have to wait long for his Should the sledding prove first big test of the 2016 sea- treacherous, Gallman said son. the Tigers can simply rely Auburn, Saturday’s seaon other weapons to accomson-opening opponent, alplish the task at hand. lowed 182.7 yards rushing “I’m blessed to be on a per game in 2015, but is ex- team that has so many talpected to be much imented players,” he said. “I’m

here to get ‘W’s, win a championship and do what I’ve got to do to make it to the next level. I’m willing to do everything for the team to get a ‘W’.”

And he admits that some weeks that may include carrying the bulk of the load again, regardless of how tired he may be.

“I’m going to do what the team needs me to do – if that’s getting 283 carries again, I’ll do it,” Gallman said. “I’ll carry the team if I have to.”

OBITUARIES JACK D. BROWN NEW ZION — Jack Deane Brown, 81, beloved husband of 59 years to Doris Oneida Epps Brown, died on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Born on July 8, 1935, in Columbus, Ohio, he was BROWN a son of the late Matthew Edward and Laura Rees Brown. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Korean War veteran, having been awarded numerous medals including the UN Korean Services, National Defense, Korean Service, Republic of Korean War Services, Korean President’s Unit Citation, Korean Defense and the Ambassador of Peace medals. He was also a member of American Legion Post 149 and the Ohio Stationary Power Boiler Engineers.

He is survived by his wife of New Zion; a daughter, Cindy Brown Andreas and husband, Gary, of Manning; three grandchildren, Justin Pomeroy of Manning, Danielle Wall and husband, Ryan, of Dallas, Georgia, and Leah London of Manning; a great-granddaughter, Alice Wall of Dallas, Georgia; three sisters, Julia Sowers of Grove City, Ohio, Marjorie Hilliker and husband, Gordon, of Cardington, Ohio, and Mary Trabert of Columbus; and a special sister-in-law, Elizabeth Brown of Columbus.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Anita Wolf and Helen Carrier; and five brothers, Earl Wolf, Walter Brown, Clarence Brown, Edward Brown and Ralph Brown.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Midway Evangelical Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Mike Lowder officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Gary Andreas, Ryan Wall, Justin Pomeroy, Jerry Harrington, Mike Harrington and Wendell Robinson.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of American Legion Post 149.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1108 Marcus Lane, New Zion.

Memorials may be made to Midway Evangelical Presbyterian Church, c/o Wendell Robinson, 1215 Evans Road, New Zion, SC 29111.

Stephens Funeral Home &

Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

Chapel.com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

MARY L. THOMPSON

ELIZABETH RAWLINS

Mary L. Toomer Thompson transitioned into eternal life on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Sumter.

A celebration will be held at noon on Wednesday at First Baptist Missionary Church, Sumter.

A wake will be THOMPSON held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel in Sumter.

Interment will be immediately following services at Hillside Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends at 116 Runnymede Blvd., Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to First Baptist Community Improvement Corp., P.O. Box 1608, Sumter, SC 29151.

Mrs. Thompson was born in the Texas community, located in rural Dorchester County.

After starting out as a local cosmetologist, she pursued further education and graduated from Morris College. She then worked for more than 20 years in the Sumter School District as an elementary school teacher. She was married for 56 years to the late Charles I. Thompson Sr. Mary was predeceased by eight siblings: brothers, T.J., Sam, Jethro and David Toomer; and sisters, Juanita Toomer Ford, Helen Toomer Crique, Contrina Toomer Clark and Louise Toomer Thomas.

In her transition to eternal life, she finally gets to see her loving husband again.

She leaves wonderful and cherished memories for her three children, Barbara (John) Tate of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Charles (Mary) Thompson Jr. of Atlanta and Ronald (Marilyn) Thompson of Columbia; two sisters, Minnie Calendar of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and Alice (Herbert) Williams of Valdosta, Georgia; and one brother, Stoney (Tillie) Toomer of Beaufort. There is also a legacy of seven grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren who affectionately refer to her as “GG;” and a host of loving nephews, nieces and other relatives.

Condolences may be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorial-

MANNING — Elizabeth Gail Setzler Rawlins, widow of Richard Rawlins, died on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Born on July 23, 1942, in Rock Hill, she was a daughter of the late Roy Hatten RAWLINS Setzler and Mable Sanders Setzler. She was a member of Santee Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Baker Herlong and John T. Herlong, both of Manning; a daughter, Pamela Timmons of Manning; three stepchildren, Richard Rawlins Jr., Danielle Rawlins and Jennifer Rawlins; six grandchildren, Travis Herlong, Todd Herlong Jr., Joshua Timmons, Brandon Herlong, Lacy Timmons and Christian Herlong; 10 greatgrandchildren; and two brothers, Roy Setzler Jr. and Harry Setzler.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Murdoch officiating.

Burial will follow in Summerton Evergreen Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Baker Herlong, John Herlong Sr., Travis Herlong, Todd Herlong Jr., Josh Timmons and Brandon Herlong.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter, 1110 Charles Drive, Manning.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church Street, Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 4352179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

School and Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He recently received his master’s degree in psychology.

For additional information, contact Foston Funeral Home at (931) 647-5451.

ROBERT SMITH Robert “Pee Wee” Smith, 64, departed this earthly life on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Ruthann Marshell, and raised by his grandparents, the late George and Hestell Smith.

The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, Christine Smith, 1132 Clifton Road, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC.

WILLIE MCDUFFIE Willie McDuffie, 82, husband of Julia Bradley McDuffie, departed this life on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at his residence.

He was born on June 20, 1934, in Sumter, a son of the late Sammie Lee and Dora Odom McDuffie.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 147 Lincoln Ave. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

JAMES E. FRANKLIN BISHOPVILLE — Service for James E “Honey Bun” Franklin, who died on Aug. 24, 2016, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, Bishopville.

Interment will follow in Barnettsville Cemetery.

Public viewing will be held today at Liberty Hill Baptist Church.

JP Holley Funeral Home, Columbia Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

Those left to cherish his fond memories are his mother, Minnie Franklin; companion of 13 years, Genia Anthony; siblings, Rufus E. King Jr. of Tacoma, Washington, Rosa Mae King, Mary King, Lula King, Eddie Franklin, Sam Franklin, Debra (Willie) Bradley, Minnie (Levern) Slater and Bessie Wilson; a host of nieces and nephews; and a special nephew who was like a son to him, Keno Slater.

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Kenneth Anderson Sr., 54, departed this earthly life on Thursday evening, Aug. 25, 2016, at his home.

He was a son of Barney Ruth Pressley Furman of Sumter. Mr. Anderson graduated from Hillcrest High

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Teal Eargle Rogers; Coley Eargle Cline; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Tudor Place Homeowners Association; Cotten Construction Company, Inc.; Defendant(s).(020139-00037)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Coley Eargle Cline and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 2170 Tudor Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, being designated in the County tax records

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as TMS# 2040309026, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 2170 Tudor Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute.Columbia, South Carolina July 1, 2016

FIRST AMENDED LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Frances Hunter to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., its successors and assigns dated April 30, 2013, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on May 13, 2013, in Mortgage Book 1187 at Page 829. This Mortgage was subsequently assigned to Quicken Loans Inc. by assignment dated January 12, 2015 and recorded January 16, 2015 in Book 1208 at Page 655.The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows:All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot Number 56A, Phase I, of Tudor Subdivisions as shown on that certain plat prepared for Frances H. McKinley, by Edmunds Land Surveyors, RLS, dated February 26, 1991, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 209, and having such metes and bounds are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Law of South Carolina.This being the same property conveyed to Frances H. McKinley by deed of Cotten Construction Company, Inc., dated February 28, 1991 and recorded March 1, 1991 in Book 521 at Page 803; subsequently, Frances Hunter formerly known as Frances H. McKinley conveyed the subject property to Frances Hunter by deed dated August 13, 2005 and recorded February 9, 2006 in Book 1016 at Page 335 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

Subsequently, Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley died July 15, 2014, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely, Teal Eargle Rogers and Coley Eargle Cline. Property Address: 2170 Tudor St Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 2040309026 Columbia, South Carolina February 27, 2015 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Coley Eargle Cline and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on March 9, 2015.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC.Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Coley Eargle Cline and any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) H. Guyton Murrell (SC Bar # 064134) John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635) Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236) Nikole Haltiwanger (SC Bar # 70491) Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271) Ashley M. Wheeling-Goodson (SC Bar # 101423) 220 Executive Center Drive Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, S.C. (020139-00037) July 28, 2016 A-4587559 08/16/2016, 08/23/2016, 08/30/2016

SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2016CP4301154 (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER MidFirst Bank, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Allie B. Atkinson, III a/k/a Bryan Atkinson; and Brandie Atkinson, DEFENDANT(S).

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 4000 Faber Place, Suite 450, P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29415, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S) AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action. If there are counterclaims requiring a jury trial, any party may file a demand under rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be returned to the Circuit Court.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on June 17, 2016 at 3:20 P.M. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be eligible for foreclosure intervention programs for the purpose of resolving the above-referenced foreclosure action.

If you wish to be considered for a foreclosure intervention program, you must contact Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 (29405), P.O. Box 71727 (29415), North Charleston, SC 29405, or call (843) 577-5460 within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice. Finkel Law Firm LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you and is not authorized to provide you any legal

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IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE MAY PROCEED.

AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute. Columbia, South Carolina June 27, 2016

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NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.): This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information you provide will be used for that purpose. However, if you have previously received a discharge from bankruptcy, this message is not and should be construed as an attempt to collect a debt, but only as a requirement pursuant to the administrative order.

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC THOMAS A. SHOOK Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, S.C. 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

SUMMONS IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2016-DR-38-0553 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGEBURG Mary Brisbon, Plaintiff, -vsKollette Nicole Gregg and Ronnie Levon McFadden Defendants.

IN THE INTEREST OF Ny'Quan A'Meron McFadden, a minor under the age of 14 years

NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE HEREBY that the Summons and Complaint along with the Notice of Adoption in the within matter were filed in the County of Orangeburg, State of South Carolina on May 27, 2016.

TO: THE DEFENDANT RONNIE LEVON MCFADDEN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint upon the subscriber at 340 Summers Avenue (Post Office Box 811) Orangeburg, South Carolina 29116, within thirty (30) days after the service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the plaintiff shall apply to the Court for a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE hereby that the Plaintiff named herein above has filed a Summons and Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Orangeburg County, South Carolina for the adoption of the minor child, Ny'Quan A'Meron McFadden.

Lawrence Keitt, Esquire Attorney for the Plaintiff 340 Summers Avenue P. O. Box 811 Orangeburg, South Carolina 29116 (803) 531-2379 Fax (803) 534-2897

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2016CP4301098 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff, v.

Deidra W. Edwards; Brenda W. Bruce; Hope W. Reed; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Susan W. Wilder, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; Defendant(s). (013263-08531)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Susan W. Wilder, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 5 Albert Spears Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 226-04-03-022, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED

LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain Home Equity Conversion Mortgage of real estate given by Susan W. Wilder to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated July 11, 2008, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on September 9, 2008, in Mortgage Book 1112 at Page 638. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, AND STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE SAME BEING SHOWN AS LOT 44 ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF PINEDALE SUBDIVISION PREPARED BY H. S. WILLSON, RLS AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-18 AT PAGE 138, AND HAVING THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS: ON THE EAST BY LOT 5, SAID PLAT, WHEREON IT MEASURES 122 FEET; ON THE SOUTHEAST BY ALBERT SPEARS DRIVE, WHEREON IT MEASURES 20 FEET; ON THE SOUTH BY ALBERT SPEARS DRIVE, WHEREON IT MEASURES 70 FEET; ON THE SOUTHWEST BY ALBERT SPEARS DRIVE AND MEASURING ON A CURVE 31.4 FEET; ON THE WEST BY ALBERT SPEARS DRIVE, WHEREON IT MEASURES 76.5 FEET; AND ON THE NORTHWEST BY LOT 43, SAID PLAT, WHEREON IT MEASURES 158 FEET; BE ALL MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. This being the same piece of property conveyed to Herbert Wilder and Susan Wilder by deed of Herbert W. Louthian as Trustee dated July 21, 1969 and recorded July 23, 1969 in book P-9 at Page 1539; subsequently, this property was conveyed to Susan W. Wilder by deed of Deidra W. Edwards, Brenda W. Bruce and Hope W. Reed dated May 9, 1994 and recorded May 16, 1994 in Book 601 at Page 710; subsequently, Susan W. Wilder died intestate on October 11, 2014, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs or devisees, namely, Deidra W. Edwards, Brenda W. Bruce and Hope W. Reed Property Address: 5 Albert Spears Dr Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 226-04-03-022 Columbia, South Carolina June 7, 2016 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Susan W. Wilder, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on June 8, 2016. Columbia, South Carolina June 27, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 5 Albert Spears Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29150; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

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FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Susan W. Wilder, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe.by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030), Robert.Davis@rtt-law.com Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rtt-law.com J ohn J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rtt-law.com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@rtt-law.com Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271), Jason.Wyman@rtt-law.com Andrew M. Wilson (SC Bar# 72553), Andrew.Wilson@rtt-law.com 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Post Office Box 100200(29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina 013263-08531 July 28, 2016 A-4587561 08/16/2016, 08/23/2016, 08/30/2016

SUMMONS IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER: 2016-ES-43-429 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE MATTER OF: James Johnson (Decedent) Charlotte Marshall Petitioner YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Summons and Petition herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this Petition upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

NOTICE OF FILING Please take notice that Charlotte Marshall has filed a Summons and Petition to be appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of James Johnson which pleadings are on file in the Office of the Sumter County Probate Court.

A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. SC Bar #: 6013 Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 418-5700

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2016CP4301294 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Washington Mutual Asset-Backed Certificates WMABS Series 2007-HE2 Plaintiff v.

John M. Jackson; Josephine Jackson; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for The Cit Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., its successors and assigns; American General; Defendant(s). (011847-04126)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S), American General: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 931 Cadbury St, Sumter, SC 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 226-16-03-002, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Ste 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. Columbia, South Carolina August 8, 2016 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on July 11, 2016. Columbia,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Andrew William Montgomery Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030), Robert.Davis@rtt-law.com Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rtt-law.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rtt-law.com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@rtt-law.com Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271), Jason.Wyman@rtt-law.com Andrew M. Wilson (SC Bar# 72553), Andrew.Wilson@rtt-law.com 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Post Office Box 100200(29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 A-4587184 08/16/2016, 08/23/2016, 08/30/2016

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2014CP4302599 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), v.

Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wayne E. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Carole B. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Hunters Crossing of Sumter Homeowners Assn., Inc.; Lisa Christiansen a/k/a Lisa Christenson; Defendant(s). (016477-01149)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wayne E. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Carole B. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1788 Benelli Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 187-12-01-018, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute. Columbia, South Carolina August 5, 2016

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a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe

title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

FN STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Plaintiff, v.

Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wayne E. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Carole B. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Hunters Crossing of Sumter Homeowners Assn., Inc.; Lisa Christiansen a/k/a Lisa Christenson; Defendant(s). (016477-01149)

THIRD AMENDED LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Wayne E. Greenert and Carole B. Greenert to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns dated September 28, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on October 3, 2007, in Mortgage Book 1093 at Page 724. Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned unto JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association by assignment dated July 30, 2014 and recorded August 11, 2014 in Book 1203 at Page 5443; subsequently assigned to the Plaintiff herein by assignment dated May 2, 2015 and recorded June 23, 2015 in Book 1212 at Page 2662.The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows:All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and being shown and designated as Lot 165 of Hunters Crossing Subdivision, Phase 1, Section 4 as more fully shown on a plat thereof prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, RLS, dated December 4, 2006 recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2006 at page 609; which plat is incorporated herein by this reference and having such metes, bounds, courses and distances, being a little more or less, as by this reference to said plat will more fully appear. This being the same property conveyed to Wayne E. Greenert and Carole B. Greenert, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, by deed of Firstar Homes, Inc. dated September 7, 2007 and recorded October 3, 2007 in Book 1093 at Page 718. Subsequently, Wayne E. Greenert and Carole B. Greenert died intestate, leaving the subject property to their heirs and/or devisees.Property Address: 1788 Benelli St Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 187-12-01-018 Columbia, South Carolina May 9, 2016

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on July 7, 2016. Columbia, South Carolina August 5, 2016

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Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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The Sumter City-County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina). The following requests are scheduled for public hearing:

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wayne E. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Carole B. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right,

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NOTICE OF SUMTER BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING

ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 1788 Benelli Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Vivian Fleming-McGhaney, Chairwoman Mary Blanding, Clerk

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It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is

Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens.

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina (016477-01149) August 11, 2016 A-4588618 08/23/2016, 08/30/2016, 09/06/2016

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wayne E. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Carole B. Greenert, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being

Public Hearing

Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030), Robert.Davis@rtt-law.com Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rtt-law.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rtt-law.com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@rtt-law.com Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271), Jason.Wyman@rtt-law.com Andrew M. Wilson (SC Bar# 72553), Andrew.Wilson@rtt-law.com 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Post Office Box 100200(29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC.Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

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