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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A man who was barricaded in a home Wednesday on Conyers Street near Alice Drive faces charges of assault and battery, third degree; pointing and presenting a firearm at a person; and discharging a firearm within city limits, according to Sumter Police Department Public Information Officer Tonyia McGirt.

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As of Thursday afternoon, James Lemar Lyles, 38, of 2 Conyers St., remained in Sumter-Lee Detention Center. During the incident, police closed several streets in the area for public safety, McGirt said.

“In this particular situation, schools had already let out,” she said. “But we were still concerned about the safety of others.”

Police were called to the scene at 3:11 p.m. Wednesday when the sus-

pect’s mother reportedly called and said her son was intoxicated and had assaulted her. She was able to exit the home, leaving only the suspect inside, McGirt said.

LYLES Officers reportedly attempted to make contact with Lyles, who remained in the home, but police were unable to establish communication with the man.

Just before 6:15 p.m., officers used a flash-bang grenade to distract the suspect and entered the residence through a door. Lyles was arrested without further incident, McGirt said.

A remote-controlled robot from Shaw Air Force Base was used during the incident, Police Chief Russell Roark said.

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BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com In May it was a GRAMMY for the Lakewood High School Choir, and just this month, a national award the choir director, Herbert Johnson, likens to “going to the World Cup or the Olympics.”

The National Association for Music Educators has selected the Lakewood Voices as one of seven choirs to perform at the National Conference for Music Educators in Nashville.

“Being selected to perform at the National Association for Music Educators Conference is an enormous honor for the school and for my students,” Johnson said. “It has put us on the national scale of things as a nationally respected musical performing arts program.”

According to its official website, NafME was founded in 1907 and now has “more than 130,000 members, including active music teachers, university faculty and researchers, college students preparing to be teachers, high school honor

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A dump truck from Edwards Paving and Grading caught fire on U.S. 378 East on Thursday afternoon, backing up traffic for half an hour.

Shark attack survivors’ group spreads conservation message MIAMI (AP) — Get back in the water. There’s more to learn from sharks than fear.

That’s the message a loose network of shark attack survivors organized six years ago through the Pew Charitable Trusts to advocate for shark conservation efforts.

BY ADAM GELLER AP National Writer

SHARK CONSERVATION The group has lobbied Congress to close loopholes in the nation’s shark finning ban and advocated for shark conservation at a United Nations convention for migratory species.

It also participated in a study that used DNA testing to link shark fin soup served in the U.S. to vulnerable shark species.

Members say shark conservation benefits coastal communities that depend on healthy reefs and fish

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Mike Beach shows where he was attacked by a shark during an interview in Key Biscayne, Florida, earlier this month. He is now a shark advocate.

Even after gunning down a TV news reporter and cameraman during a live interview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued to rage.

But after a volatile career that had seen him fired at least twice for clashing with co-workers who recall him as an off-kilter loner, this would be the former broadcaster’s last, brutal signoff.

“I’ve been a human powder keg for a while ... just waiting to go BOOM!!!”

Flanagan wrote in a rambling 23-page note faxed to ABC News soon after the shooting.

Hours after he shot his former coworkers and then posted video of the attack to his Facebook page, Flanagan crashed a vehicle and shot himself. He

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died at a hospital later Wednesday, authorities said.

In the note, Flanagan — who had Social media users appeared on air urge caution after Virginia attack. A3 using the name Bryce Williams — said he’d been discriminated against both for being black and gay. He listed grievances dating to the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech and the more recent massacre of worshippers at a historic black church in Charleston.

When Flanagan was fired from Roanoke, Virginia, station WDBJ in 2013, he had to be escorted from the building by police “because he was not going to leave willingly or under his

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The team also has experience with military planning and has conducted recent studies at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island.

The Sumter study will include analysis of recent developments on land near Shaw Air Force Base and Poinsett Electronic Combat Range and finding solutions to any land-use issues that may exist, McGregor said.

He said the last joint land use study for the base was back in 1993, and the last study for the combat range was in 2002. He said the base recommended that a new study be conducted because of the time that has passed.

McGregor said the 12-month study could start within the next 30 days after a contract has been finalized.

The analysis team will consist of White & Smith employees along with several individuals from two partner agencies, environmental analysis agency Marstel-Day LLC, headquartered in Virginia, and planning firm Benchmark CMR Inc. of North Carolina.

McGregor said every member of the team is expert in different areas that are crucial to the success of the study.

According to its proposal, members of the analysis team have years of experience with planning for local governments and are familiar with state and local environmental and zoning standards.

After more than a decade since the last Sumter-Shaw Joint Land Use Study, Sumter City and County Planning Commission approved a recommendation to endorse a Charleston consulting firm for the a new study during its meeting Wednesday.

A selection committee comprising Sumter Planning Director George McGregor, City of Sumter General Counsel Eric Shytle and Sumter County Purchasing Director Bobby Galloway recommended White & Smith Planning and Law Group based on past experience, familiarity with the area and qualifications of personnel.

McGregor said public input will be a primary focus of the study. The analysis team will provide surveys and hold a public meeting as part of the first phase of the proposed five-phase project, according to its proposal.

The team proposes a $158,150 budget for the study that will include printing, reproduction, consultant fees and travel costs.

McGregor said Shaw recommended the planning commission for a grant from the Office of Economic Adjustment of the Department of Defense, which has awarded the commission $156,000 for the study. He said the remaining funds will be sorted when he negotiates the contract with the analysis team.

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Man charged with assault and battery Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday pursuant to a warrant issued Aug. 5 alleging that he assaulted a woman several months ago.

Reginald McCray of 590 Sierra St., was charged with asMCCRAY sault and battery, second degree, after he allegedly grabbed and groped a 17-year-old woman while in the 500 block of Sierra Street on May 31, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

McCray has been transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, and a $20,000 surety bond has been set by a judge.

CORRECTIONS The Sumter Item misidentified a flag portrait at a home on Conyers Street in Thursday’s edition where a man had barricaded himself. The lawn flag is not a photograph of James Lyles.

A news brief in the Thursday, Aug. 27, edition of The Sumter Item, said recent layoffs announced by Caterpillar Inc. would not affect the company’s Sumter operations. The article implied that Caterpillar Inc. has only one facility in Sumter.

Caterpillar has two facilities in Sumter, according to the Sumter Development Board website (www.sumteredge. com). Caterpillar Hydraulics, 650 Jefferson Road, manufactures hydraulic cylinders for heavy equipment and Caterpillar Precision Pins, 1335 N. Wise Drive, produces linkage pins and planet shafts for heavy equipment.

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Alaina Montgomery, a volunteer, Dajuan McDonald, a senior, and Angel English, a junior, lead the Crestwood High School band through practice on Tuesday in preperation for their performance during halftime of their game against Sumter High School.

Bishopville election appeal hearing set for today

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A hearing on a motion to have the results of Bishopville’s May 12 municipal election reinstated is scheduled today at Lee County Courthouse, 123 S. Main St. The case has been placed on the Third Judicial District’s roster, which begins at 9:30 a.m. Circuit Court Judge George James will hear the cases presented.

A brief filed Wednesday on behalf of the defense in the Bishopville election appeal may lead to a continuance in the case, however.

At a protest hearing May 15, Bishopville Municipal Election Commission

voted to nullify the election results after listening to complaints from two losing candidates in that election, Craig Nesbit and John Latimer, who told the commission there were not enough election workers in Wards 3 and 4, that a door was locked at Ward 2 as poll workers counted votes and election workers lacked proper training.

Nesbit also contended City Administrator Gregg McCutchen was involved in making decisions about how the election would be run that should have been left up to the commission.

It appeared the municipality would have to schedule another election, but candidates Edward Byrd, Ken Currie, Mike Morrow and Willie Mae Muldrow

appealed the commission’s decision to circuit court. Morrow and Muldrow are city council incumbents. The appeal stayed the election results.

Council meetings since that time have been held with council members before the election serving regardless of the election results.

According to a brief filed by Melvin Cockrell III, attorney for the appellants, the election commission ruled May 19 that only the complaint concerning the door to Ward 2 had merit.

Attorney William E. Hopkins, of Murrells Inlet, filed a Brief of Respondents for the defendants Thursday, making it likely the court will grant a continuance and any decision in the case could be further delayed.

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SUSPECT FROM PAGE A1 Understanding) with Shaw that if we have a need for some of the things, they have they can supply it,” he said.

Roark said the robot, guided by technicians from the base, successfully assisted in the situation.

“The use of the robot was effective,” he said. “We were able to get a close view without putting people’s lives in danger.”

The police chief declined to state the number of officers

involved in the incident.

“We had adequate assistance to cover the city without any degradation,” he said.

Shelley Galloway, public information coordinator for Sumter School District, said the incident did not have a significant impact at Alice Drive Elementary or Alice Drive Middle schools.

“Students were dismissed at 2:15 and 3 p.m., respectively,” she said. “Employees who were still at the school after the incident occurred were directed to use an alternate exit as they left the parking areas. Although there was no

imminent threat to the schools, the principals ensured the buildings were secure as a precautionary measure.”

Roark said police are still investigating the incident, and he said he expects further charges will be filed against Lyles.

Public records indicate Lyles has previous arrests for assault and battery, third degree; shoplifting; open container violations; and throwing bodily fluids by a prisoner or detainee on a state corrections or local law enforcement officer or visitor.

Restraint regarding retweeting urged in Virginia attack video LOS ANGELES (AP) — The online reaction spread quickly as expected after a killer posted video of his attack on two former co-workers in the midst of a live news broadcast.

Yet the social media response, which at first seemed perfectly tailored to the internet’s instant-sharing culture, did not go entirely viral.

Shocked Twitter and Facebook users urged others not to click on, retweet or otherwise circulate the recording made by Vester Lee Flanagan that he posted before he died hours later from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward from WDBJ-TV in Virginia were killed.

Some of the strongest requests for restraint came from those close to the victims.

“Our WDBJ crew was literally ambushed this morning.

PLEASE DO NOT share or post the video,” tweeted Brent Watts, the TV station’s meteorologist.

That request was retweeted more than 2,000 times in the hours that followed, and the sentiment spread far further.

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Pamela Cook, of Roanoke, Virginia, delivers flowers to WDBJ’s Digital Broadcast Center after hearing news of a shooting involving two of the news team members in Roanoke on Wednesday. anywhere, take a stand,” tweeted former professional hockey goalie and NHL coach Corey Hirsch. “Do not watch or share.”

Many Facebook and Twitter users on the West Coast who woke up and learned of the story — and of the fact it was captured on video by the gunman — were filled with dread at the idea of its spread and worried they might not be able to avoid seeing it on their feeds. They were pleasantly surprised at its absence.

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SURVIVAL STORIES For Mike Beach, the realization that sharks were in more danger in the ocean than he was came almost immediately after a reef shark bit into his left calf in 1996. Beach had been feeding sharks as part of a dive business in the Bahamas.

Losing blood, he worried the shark would end up looking like the bad guy.

“People would villainize the shark, and I would be made to look like the victim, and I knew that wasn’t true,” Beach said. “So, I tried to do whatever I could immediately from placing blame on the shark and immediately place blame not

CHARGES Michael J. Ramsey, 34, of 9 Cecil Road, was arrested Aug. 22 and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent offense; sale or delivery of a pistol; unlawful carry of a pistol; pointing a firearm at a person; assault and battery; and public disorderly conduct after he allegedly struck a woman in the face twice with a handgun after she refused to give him her car keys, according to an incident report from Sumter Police Department.

Joeraad D. Green, 22, of 448 Robbins St., was arrested Sunday and charged with

MYTHBUSTING The myth that sharks were bloodthirsty man-eaters flashed through Kent Bonde’s mind when a bull shark ripped off his left calf muscle while he was spear fishing in the Bahamas in 2001. As he frantically tried to get back to his boat, he remembered stories about sharks being attracted to human blood.

“The whole time I was thinking, where are the other sharks?” Bonde said.

But no other sharks were stalking him. He had been tasted and released.

“We’re not part of the menu. A shark bite can be exploratory ... and usually they immediately let you go,” Bonde said.

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Africa’s penguins at risk of extinction CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They’re cute, kneehigh, they bray like donkeys and are a tourist attraction near Cape Town. But African Penguins — the continent’s only species of the flightless bird — are at risk of extinction.

As shoals of anchovies and sardines have migrated south into cooler waters, the population of African Penguins that feeds on the fish has plummeted by 90 percent since 2004 along South Africa’s west coast, once the stronghold of Africa’s only penguin species.

This decline, recorded by South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs, led to four key fishing grounds being declared off limits seven years ago in an experiment to see if the measure could help save the penguins. But scientists are still debating whether fishing has helped push the species to the brink of extinction.

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Penguins swim together at Boulders Beach, a popular tourist destination in Simon’s Town, South Africa, on Thursday. The penguins on South Africa’s west coast are a big tourist attraction, but their numbers have declined, and scientists are still debating whether fishing has helped push the species to the brink of extinction. saw the experiment and determined management actions, disbanded last year. Meanwhile, the fishing bans remain in place.

If effective management of the situation is not carried out, the black-and-white seabirds could soon disappear, experts say.

In the 1930s, South Africa’s largest penguin colony had 1 million African Penguins, and there were many other colonies. Now, only 100,000 of the birds remain in all of South Africa and neighboring Namibia, the only two countries where the species exists. In

2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the African Penguin endangered.

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AP sues for access to FBI records involving hack WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday because of the FBI’s failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect’s computer.

AP joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to file the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

At issue is a 2014 Freedom of Information request seeking documents related to the FBI’s decision to send a web link to the fake article to a 15-year-old boy suspected of making bomb threats to a high school near Olympia, Washington. The link enabled the FBI to infect the suspect’s computer with software that revealed its location and Internet address.

AP strongly objected to the ruse, which was uncovered last year in documents obtained through a separate FOIA request made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

“The FBI both misappropriated the trusted name of The Associated Press and created a situation where our credibility could have been undermined on a large scale,” AP General Counsel Karen Kaiser said in a 2014 letter to then-Attorney General Eric Holder.

“It is improper and inconsistent with a free press for government personnel to masquerade as The Associated Press or any other news organization,” Kaiser wrote.

“The FBI may have intended this false story as a trap for only one person. However, the individual could easily have reposted this story to social networks, distributing to thousands of people, under our name, what was essentially a piece of government disinformation.”

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Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar guns LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart will stop selling the AR-15 rifle and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The AR-15 rifles and other modern sporting rifles were being sold at less than a third of the company’s 4,600 U.S. stores. Company spokesman Kory Lundberg said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will remove the remaining inventory as stores transition from summer to fall merchandise, which should take a week or two to complete.

Lundberg said the decision to remove the weapons was not political and that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer made the decision earlier this year.

“It’s similar to what we do with any product. Being what it is, it gets a little more attention, but it’s the same process for any other product,” Lundberg said.

Lundberg said the company had seen a decrease in sales of the particular models of guns but declined to give specific sales numbers. He said stores would increase inven-

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The Justice Department building in Washington is seen. The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday because of the FBI’s failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect’s computer.

In a November opinion piece in The New York Times, FBI Director James Comey revealed that an undercover FBI agent had also impersonated an AP reporter, asking the suspect if he would be willing to review a draft article about the bomb threats.

Comey described the tactic as “proper and appropriate” under Justice Department guidelines in place at the time. He said such a ruse would likely require higher-level approvals now than it did in 2007, but that it would still be lawful “and, in a rare case, appropriate.”

In a meeting with reporters the following month, Comey left open the possibility that an agent might again pose as a journalist, though he said such a tactic ought to be rare and “done carefully with significant supervision, if it’s going to be done.”

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also seeks an accounting of how many times since 2000 the FBI has impersonated media organizations to deliver malicious software.

In a response to AP, the FBI indicated it might take nearly two years to find and copy the requested records. AP’s lawsuit asks a federal judge to order the FBI to hand over the records.

Thursday’s filing marked the second time this year that AP has sued the federal government. In March, the news organization sued the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. The case, involving unfulfilled FOIA requests dating back as long as five years, is ongoing.

tory of other models of shotguns and rifles popular among hunters.

“We wanted to make sure when customers are coming and looking to purchase those products, they see the products they want. We see more business from hunters and people shooting clay,” he said.

Several analysts said the decision was likely based on sales and demand.

“Big retailers don’t make decisions on a whim, and it would appear that they are responding to their market,” said Jason Maloni, a crisis communications expert at LEVICK. “This seems to be a strategic decision of Wal-Mart to address customer desires.”

In recent years, shareholders have placed some pressure on the company to reconsider its sales policies of products such as weapons that hold high-capacity magazines. Bushmaster variations of the semi-automatic AR-15 have been used in such highprofile mass shootings as the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, and the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

Christmas in August: Wal-Mart’s holiday layaway comes early NEW YORK (AP) — WalMart is giving customers a head start on holiday shopping, launching its annual layaway program two weeks earlier than last year.

It’s the latest sign of retailers getting more aggressive about grabbing holiday shoppers early. Stores have offered holiday discounts earlier as they battle competition from online retailers.

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PARNDORF, Austria (AP) — Austrian police on Thursday discovered the badly decomposing bodies of at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants stacked in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main highway from Budapest to Vienna.

The shocking find came as Austria hosted a summit in Vienna on Europe’s refugee crisis for Western Balkan nations, which have been overwhelmed this year by the tens of thousands of migrants trying to get into Europe via their territory.

Police ordered reporters at the scene 25 miles southeast of Vienna to move away from the vehicle, a white refrigeration truck with pictures of chicken on it. The truck, with all the bodies

Police stand in front of a truck parked on the shoulder of the highway A4 near Parndorf, south of Vienna, Austria, on Thursday. At least 20 migrants were found dead in the truck on the Austrian highway leading from the Hungarian border, police said. still inside, was later taken away to a secure location so forensic experts could examine it more thoroughly.

The state of the bodies on a hot summer day made establishing the identities and even the exact number of dead migrants difficult, but the total number could rise to 50, said Hans Peter Doskozil, chief of the Burgenland police.

Police spokesman Helmut Marban said police stopped shortly before noon Thursday thinking that the parked truck had some mechanical trouble.

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the vehicle and “noticed the smell of dead bodies,� he said.

The truck was apparently abandoned Wednesday, and its back door was left open, Doskozil said. It had Hungarian license plates, but the writing on its side and back was in Slovak.

The state of the bodies suggested the migrants could have been dead for several days.

Police said the investigation could last for days. They declined to give further information on the victims’ possible identities, whether children were among them, how the migrants may

Sinkhole in China swallows 5 people BEIJING (AP) — A sinkhole in a northeastern Chinese city swallowed five people in a dramatic scene that was captured on security video and shared widely on Chinese social media.

A provincial broadcaster said four people were injured in the Saturday incident in the provincial capital of Harbin.

The surveillance camera video shows pedestrians walking or standing on the sidewalk when it suddenly gave in.

Three people fell straight into the hole, while a woman clung to pipes just underneath

the sidewalk. Another person standing on the edge fell sideways into the hole.

Heilongjiang Network Broadcasting Television said the people were probably

have died or other details. “We cannot speculate how long it will take to determine what the refugees died of,� said Johann Fuchs, part of the investigation team. He said autopsies will be conducted in Vienna.

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said a memorial Mass would be held Monday evening for the victims at Vienna’s historic St. Stephen’s Cathedral. All Catholic churches in the city planned to ring their bells during the service. At the Vienna migration summit on Thursday, participants held a moment of silence and condemned the traffickers. “Human smugglers are criminals,� said Austrian Foreign Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner. “Those who still think that they are gentle helpers of refugees are beyond saving.�

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said the deadly tragedy showed how critical it was for nations to work together on solutions to the influx of migrants. “Today refugees lost the lives they had tried to save by escaping but lost them in the hand of traffickers,� he told reporters.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was also at the summit, said she was “shaken by the awful news.� “This reminds us that we in Europe need to tackle the problem quickly and find solutions in the spirit of solidarity,� she said.

The truck apparently used to belong to the Slovak chicken meat company Hyza, part of the Agrofert Holding, which is owned by the Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis.

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New hospital in Jordan treats worst of war-wounded AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — They are among the most tragically wounded from the Middle East’s multiple wars.

A 14-year-old Syrian girl whose lower legs were torn off by a shell. A 15-year-old Iraqi boy who was severely burned in a car bomb explosion.

To treat such patients, the international charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) next month officially inaugurates its new reconstructive surgery hospital for war victims, which it says is unique in the region.

The Amman hospital gathers together battle-tested surgeons, counselors and physiotherapists specialized in war victims. It will eventually offer 3-D printing for hand and face prostheses. The eight-story building is also envisioned as a learning center where surgeons from the region and the West can teach each other new skills.

“It’s a very new approach of war surgery,” says Marc Schakal, head of MSF in Jordan.

The need for the facility is also testimony to how the region’s conflicts become more horrific.

MSF doctors began running a reconstructive surgery program in a wing of Jordan’s Red Crescent facilities in 2006. At that time, the focus was on treating casualties from the Iraq war. Now, it’s Iraq, the civil war in Syria and repeated Israel-Hamas conflicts in Gaza, all of which take a terrible toll on civilians.

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Rahaf Kaddour, 5, a Syrian girl who was burnt in an explosion that hit her home, is seen at Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Hospital for Specialized Reconstructive Surgery in Amman, Jordan. In Syria alone, more than 1 million have been wounded in the war since 2011, the World Health Organization recently estimated.

Associated Press journalists spent several days at the MSF Hospital for Specialized Reconstructive Surgery, which has been operating for the past five months on a test basis.

Dr. Mukhalad Saud, a plastic surgeon, treats burn patients. There are many in his native Iraq. He says he can’t allow himself to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of heart-breaking cases.

“As a surgeon, you have to have a hard heart and a sharp knife,” he told AP.

On a recent morning, he saw one of his long-time patients, Ahmed Khalefeh.

When a car bomb exploded outside a school in the Iraqi town of Kattoun in 2010, the fifth-grader suffered severe burns over much of his face and body.

Now 15, Ahmed has undergone almost a dozen surgeries, Saud said.

Ahmed has gone back and forth between Iraq and Jordan multiple times.

Most recently, Saud implanted a balloon-like device near Ahmed’s clavicle that is being expanded gradually to

grow skin to replace Ahmed’s scarred neck tissue. That will allow him to move his neck more easily and hopefully have the extra effect of straightening Ahmed’s mouth, which droops on one side — but if it doesn’t, Saud will do another procedure to fix that.

But it will be at least another month before the neck surgery can be done, Saud tells Ahmed.

Ahmed says surgeries no longer faze him, but the waiting is hard. His latest stretch in Jordan has already lasted 14 months. He has years of schooling to catch up on.

Ahmed and other patients and their caretakers — usually a relative — live at a nearby hotel, their travel and residency costs paid by MSF. They cook in a communal kitchen and gather around a TV in the evenings, especially to watch soccer matches.

For Ahmed, football is a welcome distraction. Some evenings, he and other burn victims his age — all close friends — play on a lot across the street from the hotel.

The boy exudes confidence, saying he can do almost everything he was able to do before the attack, except heavy lifting.

“It’s just the appearance now,” he says, smiling.

Administrators and doctors meet once a week to decide which patients to admit from among the many referrals from MSF clinics in war zones around the region.

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Lakewood High School principal John Michalik, left, congratulates Lakewood Voices director and music teacher Herbert Johnson on the choir’s having been named a GRAMMY Signature School in May. Johnson and the choir have recently been selected as one of seven U.S. high school ensembles to perform at the National Association for Music Educators Conference in Nashville in October.

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To achieve this most recent honor, Johnson said he “submitted an audition video performance among hundreds of other submissions to receive one of the seven performing slots, and (Lakewood Voices) was rated the No. 1 submission in the jazz category in the entire country.

“This is much more prestigious than any other music festival or competition one could enter in the U.S.” Barbara Pavesi of NafME explained that the criteria the organization uses to select the winners are “performance quality, sound and mechanics of the performance. ... Each applicant is sent to the council whose expertise matches the performing groups.”

“Our group was sent to the jazz council, who ranked us first as the top group to be selected in the jazz category to perform,” Johnson said.

Sumter School District officials have approved the Lake-

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“We will be singing vocal jazz ballads and a cappella pop tunes such as ‘I’ll Be Seeing You,’ ‘Walking on Sunshine’ and ‘Sweet Georgia Brown,’ to name a few,” Johnson said.

NAfME developed the National Standards for Music Education and administered the overall development of the National Standards for Arts Education (1994) under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Standards represent the first comprehensive set of educational standards for K–12 arts instruction.

NAfME has since published more than 20 documents in instructional techniques for helping students accomplish the standards, dealing with such issues as staffing, scheduling, equipment, technology and assessment.

own free will,” the station’s former news director, Dan Dennison, said in an interview with a Hawaii station.

Flanagan, 41, had “a long series of complaints against co-workers nearly from the beginning of employment at the TV station,” said Dennison, now an official with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. “All of these allegations were deemed to be unfounded.”

Though the claims were along racial lines, he said, “we did a thorough investigation and could find no evidence that anyone had racially discriminated against this man.”

The victims of Wednesday’s shooting — reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27 — were white; Flanagan was black.

The conflict described by Dennison in many ways echoed another, in 2000, when Flanagan was fired from a Tallahassee, Florida, TV station after threatening fellow employees, a former supervisor said.

Flanagan “was a good on-air performer, a pretty

good reporter, and then things started getting a little strange with him,” Don Shafer, the former news director of Florida’s WTWCTV, said Wednesday. He spoke in an interview broadcast by Shafer’s current employer, San Diego 6 The CW. Shafer said managers at the Florida station fired Flanagan because of his “bizarre behavior.”

“He threatened to punch people out, and he was kind of running fairly roughshod over other people in the newsroom,” Shafer said.

Kimberly Moore Wilmoth, who worked with Flanagan at the Florida station, recalled him as “offkilter” and someone who “never really made himself part of the team.”

Recalling one of a number of incidents, Wilmoth said co-workers meant to tease Flanagan for a story he did on a spelling bee that made it sound as if the winner would get a case of Girl Scouts, rather than cookies sold by the group.

“The next day, somebody had a Girl Scout emblem on their desk, and we made some copies of it and taped them to his computer,” she

said. “If he had only laughed, we would have all been friends forever. But he didn’t laugh ... he got mad. And that was when I realized he wasn’t part of the collegiality that exists in a newsroom, and he removed himself from it.”

In 2000, Flanagan sued the Florida station over allegations of race discrimination, claiming that a producer called him a “monkey” in 1999 and that other black employees had been called the same by other workers.

Flanagan also claimed that an unidentified white supervisor at the station said black people were lazy because they did not take advantage of scholarships to attend college. The parties later reached a settlement.

Flanagan grew up in Oakland, California, and graduated from San Francisco State University.

Virgil Barker, who grew up on the same tree-lined street in the Oakland hills, recalled his childhood friend Wednesday with fondness.

“I know you want to hear that he was a monster, but he was the complete opposite,” Barker said. “He was very, very loving.”

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Netflix delivers a thriller wrapped in a history lesson

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Fans of gangster epics should pounce on Netflix’s “Narcos.” The scripted 10-part miniseries, streaming in its entirety beginning today, offers the entertainment value of a thriller combined with a crash course in the history and geopolitics of the cocaine economy.

Like “Goodfellas,” this tale is narrated by an inside player, DEA agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook). He’s first seen setting up an ambush of hit men for drug traffickers.

He takes viewers through this elaborate effort, circa 1989, before the world knew much of cellphones, NSA wiretapping or GPS systems.

Murphy then takes viewers even further back, to his early days with the agency, when he was chasing shaggy pot dealers in flip-flops through the streets of Miami. By the end of the first episode, the Florida city has become an abattoir, as thousands of Colombian drug dealers battle for territory.

The city’s morgues couldn’t hold all of the newcomers.

But before we get there, we detour yet again through history, to Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s support for Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s bloody 1973 Chilean coup and military dictatorship. This is of interest because at the time, Chile was the world’s cocaine capital. When one lucky drug dealer survives a firing squad, he makes his way to Colombia and teams up with an ambitious smuggler known as Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura). And the rest is history.

While capable of cold-blooded murder, Escobar lacks the frantic energy of a Hollywood heavy. A slightly pudgy business visionary, he looks like he should be captain of the bowling team. The machinations of the Colombian drug businessmen occupy the lion’s share of the action. Part of that is because their motivations (money and the power it brings) are so much clearer than those of Murphy and the DEA. “Narcos” does a good job of blending actual period news footage with its scripted action. We’re shown the classic clip of Nancy Reagan telling America’s youth to “just say no” to drugs. As a slogan, it’s

the rest of your life.” If you have, it’s time to “play it again, Sam” — a line that’s never actually uttered in the movie.

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Pedro Pascal, left, and Boyd Holbrook star in the Netflix original miniseries “Narcos.” pretty unambiguous. But many of the people in Escobar’s path had choices of a far different and more difficult nature.

Confronting yet-to-be-corrupted customs officials, Escobar informs them that he knows everything about their private lives and the locations of their wives, children and loved ones. He then offers them a choice between “silver and lead” — between a bribe and a bullet.

With its accent on small details, “Narcos” demonstrates how much history is all about ethical, legal and political ambiguity. Look for the moral lines to get decidedly blurry in the second hour, when Murphy teams up with undercover

DEA agent Javier Pena (Pedro Pascal, “Game of Thrones”) to infiltrate Escobar’s inner circle.

I’m no fortune-teller, but I envision a lot of fans of “The Godfather,” “Goodfellas” and “Scarface” binging on “Narcos” this weekend.

CULT CHOICE Nobody will be “shocked, shocked” when they “round up the usual suspects” and name the most beloved and quotable movies of all time that the 1942 drama “Casablanca” (8 p.m., TCM) ranks near the top. If you’ve never seen this movie, “you’ll regret it.

Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for

• The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Detroit Lions in preseason NFL action (8 p.m., CBS).

• The last of the top 36 perform on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG).

• A master class in appetizers on “MasterChef” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• A lifelike synthetic cadaver gets everybody’s attention on “Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• Omec targets civilians on the season finale of “Defiance” (8 p.m., Syfy, TV-14).

• Fish loses her grip on “Gotham” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• “Great Performances” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) presents “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015,” featuring the Vienna Philharmonic performing an open-air concert from Austria’s Imperial Schonbrunn Palace with solo pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.

• Paranoia strikes deep on the season finale of “Dark Matter” (10 p.m., Syfy, TV-14).

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Illusion” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Keegan-Michael Key appears on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

(8:30 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Candid cameras capture ethical dilemmas on “What Would You Do?” (9 p.m., ABC) * Aspiring illusionists audition on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC) * “Dateline” (9 p.m., NBC).

LATE NIGHT Jimmy Fallon welcomes Barbra Streisand on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * Johnny Knoxville, Stephen Curry and Kelly Clarkson appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Ice-T, Coco, Lucy Hale and Andy Daly visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Jim Gaffigan, Shiri Appleby and Best Coast appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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Story of daughter's move back home is altered in the telling DEAR ABBY — My sisterin-law quit her job and moved into my in-laws' basement six years Dear Abby ABIGAIL ago. I think VAN BUREN there may have been an emotional breakdown having to do with her work. I also think it upsets my mother-in-law to have her adult daughter living this life.

Mom isn't willing to ask her to move out or even discuss the situation.

JUMBLE THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

This was fine until my sister-in-law told my 10year-old daughter that she lives with her parents because "they need her to take care of them." Nothing could be further from the truth!

My in-laws are fine on their own.

My concern is that this is sending a bad message to my daughter, and she will think she will need to take care of her father and me in 30 years. I have told my daughter that kids do not need to move back in with their parents --

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even if they need help.

My question is, should I tell my mother-in-law about this or just drop it?

Taken aback in Nevada DEAR TAKEN ABACK — Your sister-in-law may have justified her living with her parents in order to save face after having been asked about why she was living in their basement. Because you have dealt with this with your daughter and the subject is a sensitive one with your motherin-law, my advice is to let it go.

SUDOKU HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

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What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought WASHINGTON — On September 5, 2014, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Last week, after a closed trial, Russia sentenced him to 15 years.

The reaction? The State Department issued a statement. The NATO secretary-general issued a tweet.

Neither did anything. The European Union (reports The Wall Street Journal) said it was too early to discuss any possible action.

The timing of this brazen violation of NATO territory — two days after PresiCHARLES dent Obama visited Krauthammer Estonia to symbolize America’s commitment to its security — is testimony to Vladimir Putin’s contempt for the American president. He knows Obama will do nothing. Why should he think otherwise?

• Putin breaks the arms embargo to Iran by lifting the hold on selling it S-300 missiles. Obama responds by excusing him, saying it wasn’t technically illegal and adding, with a tip of the hat to Putin’s patience: “I’m frankly surprised that it held this long.”

• Russia mousetraps Obama at the eleventh hour of the Iran negotiations, joining Iran in demanding that the conventional-weapons and ballistic-missile embargos be

COMMENTARY dropped. Obama caves.

• Putin invades Ukraine, annexes Crimea, breaks two Minsk cease-fire agreements and erases the RussiaUkraine border. Obama’s response?

Pinprick sanctions, empty threats and a continuing refusal to supply Ukraine with defensive weaponry, lest he provoke Putin.

The East Europeans have noticed.

In February, Lithuania decided to reinstate conscription, a move strategically insignificant — the Lithuanians couldn’t hold off the Russian army for a day — but highly symbolic. Eastern Europe has been begging NATO to station permanent bases on its territory as a tripwire guaranteeing a powerful NATO/U.S. response to any Russian aggression.

NATO has refused. Instead, Obama offered more military exercises in the Baltic States and Poland. And threw in an additional 250 tanks and armored vehicles, spread among seven allies.

It is true that Putin’s resentment over Russia’s lost empire long predates Obama. But for resentment to turn into revanchism — an active policy of reconquest — requires opportunity. Which is exactly what Obama’s “reset” policy has offered over the past six and a half years.

Since the end of World War II, Russia has known that what stands in the way of westward expansion was not Europe, living happily in decadent repose, but the United

States as guarantor of Western security. Obama’s naivete and ambivalence have put those guarantees in question.

It began with the reset button, ostentatiously offered less than two months after Obama’s swearing-in.

Followed six months later by the unilateral American cancellation of the missile shield the Poles and the Czechs had agreed to install on their territory. Again, lest Putin be upset.

By 2012, a still-clueless Obama mocked Mitt Romney for saying that Russia is “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe,” quipping oh so cleverly: “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.”

After all, he explained, “the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”

Turned out it was 2015 calling.

Obama’s own top officials have been retroactively vindicating Romney.

Last month, Obama’s choice for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared that “Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security.” Two weeks ago, the retiring Army chief of staff, Raymond Odierno, called Russia our “most dangerous” military threat.

Obama’s own secretary of defense has gone one better: “Russia poses an existential threat to the United States.”

Turns out the Cold War is not over either. Putin is intent on reviving it. Helped immensely by

Obama’s epic misjudgment of Russian intentions, the balance of power has shifted — and America’s allies feel it.

And not just the East Europeans.

The president of Egypt, a country estranged from Russia for 40 years and our mainstay Arab ally in the Middle East, has twice visited Moscow within the last four months.

The Saudis, congenitally wary of Russia but shell-shocked by Obama’s grand nuclear capitulation to Iran that will make it the regional hegemon, are searching for alternatives, too. At a recent economic conference in St. Petersburg, the Saudis invited Putin to Riyadh and the Russians reciprocated by inviting the new King Salman to visit Czar Vladimir in Moscow.

Even Pakistan, a traditional Chinese ally and Russian adversary, is buying Mi-35 helicopters from Russia, which is building a natural gas pipeline between Karachi and Lahore.

As John Kerry awaits his upcoming Nobel and Obama plans his presidential library (my suggestion: Havana), Putin is deciding how to best exploit the final 17 months of his Obama bonanza.

The world sees it. Obama doesn’t.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. (c) 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD ANSWER FISCAL QUESTIONS This is an open letter to the members of the Sumter School Board with some questions that need to be answered. I have sent it to The Sumter Item as an open letter. I would go to the meetings to ask these questions, but your policy is to limit public questions and never to answer those questions. Your chairman just says we will look into that. The Sumter Item should be asking these questions and insisting on answers. It’s public money.

How much did you sell the property on Bultman Drive for? How much was paid for the property when it was bought? The land was bought by old District 17 but they were not allowed to build an administration building on it, which would have been a waste since the districts were being consolidated. What are you going to do with that money?

Someone made a point ear-

SANDERS’ SOCIALIST VIEWS NOT RIGHT FOR AMERICA In The Sumter Item Thursday, Mr. Baten seems impressed with Sen. Bernie Sanders, who happens to be an admitted socialist. Socialism is when the government owns all businesses, therefore everyone works for the government and gets paid what the government determines, thereby destroying any incentive to work hard and be successful, which is why no socialist country has ever been successful. Even communist China has converted to a capitalistic economy. Most people favoring socialism are those that cannot achieve success on their own and want what someone else has earned.

We currently have a large entitlement society in this

lier this year that the contracts for work on many schools during the summer were awarded without being bid — no-bid contracts. How many no-bid contracts were given? How much were they for? Who got the bids? Has this company or companies received no-bid contracts in the past? Why weren’t they bid?

I was involved in contracts and bidding for years. Whenever there are no-bid contracts, there are problems and excuses. One excuse I have heard from the school district is that these contracts had to be no-bid because the work needed was an emergency. The work had to be done during the summer. Once, maybe, but when the board answers my questions, we can see just how often these “emergencies” happen, and then ask why they can’t plan better with our money and for our children.

LOYD YOUNG Sumter country with many getting subsidized housing, utilities, medical care, EBT cards, and free cell phones.

Some for health reasons, loss of job, etc., need this assistance, but for many it is a way of life and a drain on our economy that we can’t afford. Look at our national debt, of which much is owned by China. On the other end, the very wealthy continue to gain wealth while the middle class that has always been the backbone of our country gets squeezed. This can be corrected with a robust economy that would drive up wages and a fairer tax code to bring money back into our country and cutting out loopholes, not by socialism which would just make everyone poorer.

ROBERT W. WILDER Sumter

HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Send your letter to letters@theitem.com, drop it off at The Sumter Item office, 20 N. Magnolia St., or mail it to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151, along with the writer’s full name, address and telephone number (for verification purposes only). Letters that exceed 350 words will be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their entirety at www.theitem.com/ opinion/letters_to_editor.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP A recent editorial from a South Carolina newspaper:

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg August 26

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN S.C. MAY BE MORE PREVALENT THAN THOUGHT Slavery is most often referenced in the context of the past. Unfortunately, it is very real in South Carolina today in the form of trafficking in people — many of them women and children — as human commodities. Most are held against their will as prostitutes or sex slaves.

This past year, South Carolina lawmakers approved legislation to expand the scope of the Statewide Grand Jury’s powers to combat human trafficking.

Attorney General Alan Wilson sought the power to be able to effectively take on cases that cross county lines as victims are frequently trafficked through various parts of the state.

“These criminals must move quickly in order to evade police and make the most money. They are not concerned with staying inside county lines, and we shouldn’t be either,” Wilson has said.

With the power of the Statewide Grand Jury, South Carolina is now able to more adequately prosecute these criminals and is better equipped to identify trafficking rings and/or other cases across the state.

According to a new Clemson University study, the legislation did not come a moment too soon, as human trafficking in South Carolina may be more prevalent than

previously thought.

Nearly 20 percent of past kidnapping and prostitution case files analyzed from police incident reports in Greenville County over a three-year period (2010-2012) had markers indicating the presence of human trafficking, said the study’s leader, Mark Small, a professor in Clemson’s youth, family and community studies department and associate director of Clemson’s Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.

Historically, human trafficking was viewed as a problem of smuggling and illegal migration, but it more recently has been seen as a problem of commercial sexual exploitation, especially of minors, and of forced labor, especially through the use of coercion or fraud, Small said.

The U.S. government criminalized human trafficking in 2000, and states began revising their criminal codes soon after. In 2012, South Carolina passed legislation making human trafficking a felony with a first offense carrying a penalty up to 15 years in prison. Trafficking with a minor can add an additional 15 years.

“There is a great deal of interest in addressing the problem of human trafficking in South Carolina, but very little data on prevalence and severity of the problem,” Small said. “Because South Carolina only recently passed legislation criminalizing human trafficking, data collection is just now beginning across the state … Our study indicates that this is likely a serious problem in the state.” …

In South Carolina, awareness of the problem is vital in building strong support for combating it in every way with every available resource. Human trafficking (slavery) is unacceptable and its purveyors should be stopped and harshly punished.

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FYI class reunion Sept. 4-6, The Salterstown community 2015. Event locations as will hold a Salterstown reReunions, involvement opportunities, follows: Friday night, Coununion the weekend of Sept. available assistance cil Street gym; Saturday, 4-6. Call Jacquelyn Session Sunset Country Club; and at (803) 883-6070, Natasha Chancy at (803) 316-7053 or 9:30 a.m. Sunday, worship service at Mt. Pisgah BapRaymond Mack at (803) tist Church, 7355 Camden 795-3193 for details.

Highway (U.S. 521 North).

The Single Parent Institute Sumter High School will meets from 5:45 to 6:45 play a home football game p.m. on the second Monon Friday. For details, call day of each month at the Brian Simmons at (803) Birnie HOPE Center. Meet795-8052 or Hope Davis at ings are open to teenage (770) 294-4299. single parents, custodial The USS Long Beach CGN-9 and non-custodial single Association will hold a reparents. You are welcome union Sept. 14-20 at the to bring your children as Wyndham Jacksonville Rivthe Single Parent Institute erwalk, 1515 Prudential is for the entire family.

Drive, Jacksonville, FL Contact Dr. L. Quaneck Walkes at (803) 223-9408 or 32207. Room rate is $96 including taxes. Call (904) lqwalkes@sctechthisout.

396-5100 to make a resercom.

The Rembert Area Community vation and be sure to identify yourself as a member Coalition offers an after of the USS Long Beach school program for students CGN-9 Reunion. Contact from kindergarten to sixth Don Shade at (866) 352grade at the youth center 2469, (716) 569-2314 or in Rembert. Children relbcgn9@aol.com. Visit the ceive assistance with homework, school projects, website at www.usslongbeach-assoc.org. etc. A nutritious snack is The Sumter Combat Veterans served daily. There is a Group holds weekly peer to small monthly fee. Regispeer meetings at 11 a.m. trations are accepted 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8455 Camden every Tuesday at the South Highway, U.S. 521, Rembert, HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. These meetings in front of the car wash. are designed for veterans Call Dr. Juanita Britton at to help other veterans with (803) 432-2001.

PTSD, coping skills, claims Make-A-Wish South Carolina and benefits. Open to all is seeking volunteers to help make wishes come true for area veterans.

Having cancer is hard. Finding children across the state.

Bilingual volunteers are es- help shouldn’t be. Free help for cancer patients from pecially needed. Interest the American Cancer Sociwebinars are offered at ety. Transportation to 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. treatment, help for appearPreregistration is required. ance related side effects of treatment, nutrition help, Contact Brennan Brown at one-on-one breast cancer bbrown@sc.wish.org or support, free housing away (864) 250-0702 extension from home during treat112 to register for the wement, help finding clinical binar or begin the applicatrials, someone to talk to tion process.

— all free from your AmeriHillcrest High School Class of can Cancer Society. Call 1980 will hold a class re(800) 227-2345. union Sept. 4-5. Contact The Rembert Area Community Deborah I. Franklin at Coalition (RACC) offers a selove012962@hotmail.com nior citizens program 10 or call (803) 773-6896. a.m.-noon each Monday Hillcrest High School Class of and Wednesday at 6785 1975 will hold a 40-year Bradley St. (behind comclass reunion Sept. 4-5 at munity car wash), RemCatchall-Shaw Community Center, 2680 Peach Orchard bert, SC 29128. TransportaRoad, Dalzell. Call Ioma Pri- tion is available. For details, call (803) 432-2001. oleau at (803) 494-3454 or Are you a breast cancer survi(803) 795-7747. vor? Maggie L. Richardson The 101st Airborne Division is seeking other survivors Vietnam Veterans Organizato form a music group and tion will hold its 21st annugive back to the communial reunion Sept. 24-27 in ty. If you are interested in Las Vegas, Nevada. Memjoining, contact her at mlrbership is open to anyone minstry2012@gmail.com or who served in Vietnam with the 101st Division. The (803) 236-9086.

The Second (Indianhead) Divireunion is open to anyone sion Association is searching who supports those who for anyone/everyone who served and membership is served in the 2nd Infantry not a requirement to attend. Visit www.101namvet. Division. Visit the website at www.2ida.org or contact com. Call Dave Nesbitt at Mike Davino at MDavino@ (803) 506-3120. yahoo.com or (919) 498Sumter High School Class of 1910.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 87/71/pc 77/65/pc 99/77/pc 76/63/pc 94/69/pc 94/69/s 91/73/s 83/69/s 89/74/t 85/67/s 110/88/s 79/65/pc 86/68/s

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

356.84 73.06 72.94 97.18

24-hr chg -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 +0.06

Sunrise 6:52 a.m.

Moonrise 7:04 p.m.

RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 2.21" 4.50" 26.36" 25.57" 32.84"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

86° 71° 88° 67° 103° in 1954 57° in 1966

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 83/69/t 78/65/t 95/76/s 78/67/t 92/70/s 89/70/s 90/73/s 88/71/s 91/75/t 89/70/s 109/86/s 75/61/pc 89/70/s

Myrtle Beach 84/72

Manning 89/70

Today: Partly sunny. Winds east-northeast 6-12 mph. Partly cloudy.

Saturday: A thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds east 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 87/70

Bishopville 88/67

Sunset Moonset

7:53 p.m.

5:27 a.m.

Full

Last

New

First

Aug. 29

Sep. 5

Sep. 13

Sep. 21

TIDES

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.90 -0.13 19 2.55 -0.01 14 1.68 +0.06 14 1.69 -0.55 80 73.46 -0.15 24 4.62 +0.02

AT MYRTLE BEACH

High 8:07 a.m.

8:50 p.m.

9:03 a.m.

9:42 p.m.

Today Sat.

Ht. 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.8

Low 2:55 a.m.

3:05 p.m.

3:46 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

Ht. -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 81/60/pc 87/68/pc 87/70/pc 86/73/pc 82/73/pc 85/72/pc 88/67/pc 87/69/pc 90/71/pc 86/68/pc 84/65/pc 85/66/pc 85/66/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 82/64/t 84/69/t 86/69/t 87/73/t 83/72/c 87/72/t 89/70/t 85/70/t 90/72/t 88/70/t 85/65/c 87/68/t 88/68/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 87/70/pc Gainesville 87/71/pc Gastonia 88/66/pc Goldsboro 84/65/pc Goose Creek 86/71/pc Greensboro 85/66/pc Greenville 86/66/pc Hickory 85/65/pc Hilton Head 83/73/pc Jacksonville, FL 87/71/pc La Grange 91/71/pc Macon 88/70/pc Marietta 86/70/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 89/71/t 89/72/t 89/69/t 87/67/pc 86/72/t 87/69/pc 85/69/t 87/68/t 83/74/t 87/72/t 87/71/t 84/69/t 84/69/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 82/61/pc Mt. Pleasant 85/74/pc Myrtle Beach 84/72/pc Orangeburg 88/70/pc Port Royal 84/74/pc Raleigh 85/64/pc Rock Hill 87/66/pc Rockingham 87/65/pc Savannah 86/73/pc Spartanburg 86/66/pc Summerville 86/71/pc Wilmington 84/68/pc Winston-Salem 84/65/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 83/64/t 85/72/t 85/72/t 88/70/t 84/74/t 88/68/pc 89/69/t 89/68/t 87/72/t 86/69/t 86/71/t 84/69/c 86/68/pc

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Open up EUGENIA LAST about your likes and dislikes and share your true feelings about the way you see your future unfolding. Once you share your thoughts, you will be in a better position to make wise choices and a strategic move.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Engage in courses or conversations geared toward teaching you things that can help you explore new interests, friendships and goals. Don’t let anyone deter your learning process by making you feel guilty about wanting to expand your horizons.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Offer your services and use your skills and knowledge to show others how capable you are. Networking will pay off if you express your interests and ideas to someone with clout, and may result in an interesting offer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Speak up if you don’t want to be saddled with someone else’s responsibilities. Put a limit on what you will and will not do. A partnership needs time to grow.

Share your concerns and listen to complaints.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Personal change will boost your confidence and make you feel good. You will attract attention from those you may want to form a personal or professional partnership with. An unusual offer will include something you used to do and enjoy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Connecting with someone from your past will open up talks that will remind you of old goals and dreams you once had. It’s never too late to revamp an idea and turn it into something that suits the

trends of today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take part in events that are conducive to meeting influential people or that will enable you to discuss your ideas with people who share your interests. Look for partnership possibilities. Romance is encouraged.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Refuse to let emotional issues dictate what should take priority in your life. If you allow your personal problems to interfere with your work, you will find it hard to focus and get along with others. Separate personal and financial matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Check your sources before you choose to move forward with a plan based on the information given. Someone is likely to embellish a situation that will influence your opinion. Find out the truth before you make a move.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look over any contracts, legal or medical information that may need updating. Someone you have an emotional tie to will use underhanded tactics that could threaten your stability. Be careful what you promise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Question your own motives and the motives of anyone you are involved with personally or professionally. Keep your plans simple and affordable. A good idea can lead to financial gains if you dedicate time to developing what you have to offer.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Problems with colleagues or authority figures will arise if you share your feelings or information regarding your personal life. Being a good listener will be the key to getting along with the people you do business with.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 THURSDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

5-9-15-17-31 PowerUp: 2

2-22-32-45-56 Powerball: 12 Powerplay: 5

5-44-54-59-63 Megaball: 1 Megaplier: 5

PICK 3 THURSDAY 1-7-0 and 9-8-4

PICK 4 THURSDAY 9-3-3-6 and 0-0-8-8

SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Buck, a neutered 2-year-old tan and white lab mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is a happy and playful dog, who adores running and chasing a tennis ball.

Buck is great with other dogs and would make an excellent buddy for any family. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

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

SECTION

6 days until kickoff for Gamecocks football

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015

PREP FOOTBALL

Sumter County Friday night Gamecocks looking forward to bouncing back after 35-9 loss

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com While Mark Barnes wasn’t pleased with the outcome of his first game as the head football coach at Sumter High School — a 35-9 loss to York last week — he has been very happy with its response in practice this week.

“We’ve had a great week of practice,” said Barnes, who has prepared the Gamecocks for his first ever BARNES game against Sumter School District rival Crestwood today at 7:30 p.m. at Sumter Memorial Stadium. “Their focus this week has been on getting ready for this game (against Crestwood). They’ve been all about this week, this opportunity.”

Senior Russell Jenkins said that while he and his teammates have been focused on getting ready for the Knights, what happened last week has helped with the focus.

“I would say we were surprised,” said Jenkins, who played on defense as well as running out of the Wildcat on offense against York. “I think we know we’ve got to continue to work to get better as a team

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Sumter running back Quentin Anderson (25) churns for yardage as York linebacker Marcus Snyder and defensive back Zion McClinton (10) try to bring him down in the Cougars’ 35-9 Week Zero win last week. The Gamecocks will try to get their first victory under head coach Mark SEE SHS, PAGE B2 Barnes today as they play host to Crestwood at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

Knights expect improved offense, defense in ‘15 Crestwood eyes more balance, looks to slow down Sumter running game in tonight’s season opener

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Tylas Greene doesn’t expect to see the same Sumter team take the field tonight as the one that lost to York 35-9 last week.

“I think they’re going to be much better and much more wide open GREENE (on offense),” the Crestwood High School junior quarterback said.

That goes for the Knights as well.

CHS is looking to put a disappointing 1-9 campaign last year behind it as it prepares to open the season against the

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity Football Crestwood at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lake City at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Marion at Lee Central, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Green SeaFloyds, 7:30 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Augusta Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter in Skyhawk Invitational (at Hammond in Columbia), TBA Varsity Swimming Sumter in Yellow Jacket Invitational, TBA Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter in Newberry Academy Invitational (at Newberry YMCA), TBA

cross-county rival Gamecocks at Sumter Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m. The game was moved from Dalzell because the scoreboard at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium isn’t ready yet.

Greene and the entire offense are anticipating a much better start than last year.

Crestwood fell to Sumter 48-29, snapping its 6-game winning streak in the rivalry, and the Knights went on to average just 11.7 points offensively during the season.

“We’re a whole lot farther along, a whole lot better now than we were (at this time) last year,” Greene said. “It’s a good scheme and it’s a good pace.

It’s up tempo and you have to be ready for it.”

The biggest change from then and the biggest key to this year’s success will be balance, head coach Roosevelt Nelson said.

“Last year teams were able to put eight, nine guys in the box and really shut us down a lot of times,” he said. “This year we’re definitely looking to be more balanced and really use the run to set up the pass.

“But that being said, we’re going to take what the defense gives us and adjust to what we need to in order to be successful.”

That success this week will likely be determined up front on both sides of the ball. Nelson said Sumter will showcase

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Crestwood defensive back Sheddrick Ervin (16) tackles Timmonsville wide receiver Chris Taylor during the 34th Annual Sertoma Football Jamboree on Aug. 14. The Knights open their season today against SEE KNIGHTS, PAGE B4 Sumter.

Lakewood looking for more consistency Gators aiming for less penalties, mistakes & first win under Jackson

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Against McBee last week, Lakewood High School head football coach Brian Jackson saw the usual kinks and jitters associated with a season-opening game under a new system – and then some.

JACKSON “It was a situation where every 15 yards forward we gained, we lost 10 in penalties,” Jack-

son said. “A lot of holding calls, a lot of offsides calls.”

That made for a long night on both sides of the ball as the Gators wound up on the short end of a 38-20 loss his head coaching debut. LHS looks to rebound tonight at J. Frank Baker Stadium when it begins its home slate against Lake City at 7:30 p.m.

In order to have more success against the Panthers (00), however, the penalties and short offensive drives have to be corrected, Jackson said.

“We moved the ball pretty

well on our first four drives,” he said. “But after that, we couldn’t score and we couldn’t move the ball efficiently. As a result, our defense was playing on a short field most of the night.

“We held McBee to under 250 yards of offense, but all but one of their drives started inside our 50 yard line. The other was at their 48.”

The defensive woes for Lakewood were similar to its offensive ones, but in an opposite way, Jackson said.

“We did some good things

on defense, but every time we’d tackle them for a 5-yard loss, they’d come back with a 15-yard run. So consistency – on both sides of the ball – is what we’ve been stressing this week.”

The Gators will face a different type of challenge this week against Lake City.

McBee was a power run team while LC works out of the spread.

“They like to throw a lot of screens, a lot of short passes,

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

5 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour D+D Real Czech Masters Second Round from Prague (GOLF).

9 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour D+D Real Czech Masters Second Round from Prague (GOLF).

11:30 a.m. – LPGA Golf: Yokohama Tires LPGA Classic Second Round from Prattville, Ala. (GOLF).

1 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Connecticut Open Semifinal Match from New Haven, Conn. (ESPN2).

2 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Barclays Second Round from Plainfield, N.J. (GOLF).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga Match – Schalke vs.

Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Road America 180 Practice from Elkhart Lake, Wis. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: WinstonSalem Open Semifinal Match from Winston-Salem, N.C. (ESPN2).

4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Road America 180 Practice from Elkhart Lake, Wis. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open First Round from Endicott, N.Y. (GOLF).

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

7 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Connecticut Open Semifinal Match from New Haven, Conn. (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Colorado at Pittsburgh or Boston at New York Mets (MLB NETWORK).

7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Whelen Modified Tour Bush’s Beans 150 from Bristol, Tenn. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: New England at Carolina (WACH 57).

7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Crestwood at Sumter (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Lake City at Lakewood (WWFN-FM 100.1).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Fort Mill at Lugoff-Elgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall (WDXYFM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: A.C. Flora at Swansea (WNKT-FM 107.5).

8 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Detroit at Jacksonville (WLTX 19).

8 p.m. – High School Football: Booker T. Washington (Fla.) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (ESPN).

8 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour WinCo Foods Portland Open Second Round from North Plains, Ore. (GOLF).

8 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Los Angeles at Tulsa (NBA TV).

8 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Monterrey vs. Veracruz (UNIVISION).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Colorado at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. – CFL Football: Toronto at Edmonton (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – High School Football: Oxford (Miss.) vs. Starkville (Miss.) from Starkville, Miss. (ESPNU).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at San Francisco or Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB NETWORK).

10 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: San Antonio at Seattle (NBA TV).

10:05 p.m. – High School Football: Friday Night Prep Zone Scoreboard Show (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

11 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Los Angeles at San Jose (UNIVISION).

11 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Trevor Bryan vs. Derric Rossy in a Heavyweight Bout from Las Vegas (SHOWTIME).

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION L 55 57 63 64 69

Pct .563 .548 .500 .492 .457

GB – 2 8 9 131/2

L 49 61 66 66 66

Pct .611 .516 .476 .476 .472

GB – 12 17 17 171/2

L 57 61 62 68 73

Pct .555 .512 .508 .465 .430

GB – 51/2 6 111/2 16

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 8, Oakland 2 Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 0 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 12, Texas 4 Baltimore 8, Kansas City 5 Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 0

THURSDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0 Texas 4, Toronto 1 Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3

TODAY’S GAMES

Detroit (Boyd 1-4) at Toronto (Dickey 8-10), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-2) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 7:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 1-1), 8:05 p.m.

Houston (Kazmir 7-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 9-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-11), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch. Anderson 6-5), 9:40 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Mets, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

SPORTS ITEMS

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

W 70 63 54 51 50

L 56 62 73 76 77

Pct .556 .504 .425 .402 .394

GB – 61/2 161/2 191/2 201/2

W 81 76 73 53 52

L 45 49 52 74 73

Pct .643 .608 .584 .417 .416

GB – 41/2 71/2 281/2 281/2

W 69 67 62 62 51

L 56 59 64 64 74

Pct .552 .532 .492 .492 .408

GB – 21/2 71/2 71/2 18

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 6, Washington 5 Colorado 6, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 4 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 7, Miami 2 St. Louis 3, Arizona 1 San Francisco 4, Chicago Cubs 2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 9, Chicago Cubs 1

TODAY’S GAMES

Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Conley 1-1) at Washington (Scherzer 11-10), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 8-11) at Philadelphia (Nola 4-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 7:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 7-5), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch. Anderson 6-5), 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6), 10:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 15-4) at San Francisco (Leake 9-6), 10:15 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Boston at N.Y. Mets, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

NFL PRESEASON

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

W 1 1 1 0

L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 35 37 33 40

PA 35 46 45 58

W 1 1 1 0

L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 33 35 51 21

PA 24 43 45 59

W 1 1 1 0

L 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .333 .000

PF 47 34 48 27

PA 67 35 56 31

W 2 2 2 1

L 0 0 0 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500

PF 36 48 39 30

PA 30 32 26 23

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans NORTH Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay WEST San Francisco Arizona Seattle St. Louis

W 2 2 1 0

L 0 0 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .000

PF 76 41 32 13

PA 27 34 35 40

W 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 56 53 41 51

PA 54 54 37 56

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 0 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500

PF 60 50 40 41

PA 31 21 24 35

W 1 0 0 0

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .000 .000 .000

PF 33 38 33 17

PA 29 56 36 45

TODAY

New England at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Denver, 9 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Indiana Chicago Washington Connecticut Atlanta

W 18 17 17 15 12 11

L 8 10 11 11 15 16

Pct .692 .630 .607 .577 .444 .407

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L x-Minnesota 19 9 x-Phoenix 16 11 Tulsa 13 14 Los Angeles 11 17 Seattle 7 20 San Antonio 7 21 x-clinched playoff spot

Pct .679 .593 .481 .393 .259 .250

Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-shattering dunks earned him the moniker “Chocolate Thunder” and helped pave the way for breakaway rims, has died.

He was 58.

The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania coroner’s office said DAWKINS Dawkins died Thursday morning at a hospital. No cause of death was immediately announced and an autopsy was scheduled for Friday.

Dawkins spent parts of 14 seasons in the NBA with Philadelphia, New Jersey, Utah and Detroit. He averaged 12 points and 6.1 rebounds in 726 career regular-season games.

SPIETH STUMBLES OUT OF THE BLOCKS AT BARCLAYS

EDISON, N.J. — The start of the FedEx Cup playoffs brought out the worst score from Jordan Spieth in three months.

In his first tournament as No. 1 in the world, Spieth

had a pair of three-putt bogeys, hit a tee shot in the water, shot 40 on his back nine and wound up with a 4-over 74 in the opening round of The Barclays. It was his highest score since a 75 in The Players Championship, the last time he missed a cut.

Bubba Watson and Tony Finau powered their way around Plainfield Country Club and each had a 5-under 65. They were in a four-way tie for the lead that included Spencer Levin and Camilo Villegas, players who are in dire need of a good week.

LANG LEADS LPGA TOUR EVENT IN ALABAMA

PRATTVILLE, Ala.— Brittany Lang birdied five of the first seven holes in windy conditions and shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.

S. WILLIAMS COULD FACE SHARAPOVA IN SEMIFINAL

NEW YORK — Serena Williams could play an AllAmerican U.S. Open.

As she seeks the first Grand Slam since 1988, the top-ranked Williams might find herself competing against the past and future of her country’s championship hopes.

A potential third-round opponent is 22-year-old Sloane Stephens, who beat her in the 2013 Australian Open quarterfinals and is coming off her first WTA title in Washington this month. A possible fourthround foe is 20-year-old Madison Keys, who reached this year’s Aussie semifinals.

MANZIEL OUT FOR REST OF PRESEASON WITH ELBOW INJURY

BEREA, Ohio — Johnny Manziel’s preseason is over, sacked by a stinging elbow.

Browns coach Mike Pettine said Thursday that Manziel, who has made strides in his second year in the NFL after a rough rookie season, will not play in Cleveland’s last two exhibition games because of lingering soreness in his right elbow.

From wire reports

AREA ROUNDUP

The Sumter varsity volleyball team earned a trimatch victory over Lakewood and East Clarendon High Schools on Thursday at the SHS gymnasium, sweeping all four games.

The Lady Gamecocks defeated Lakewood by scores of 25-10 and 25-6 and SHS topped the Lady Wolverines by scores of 25-20 and 25-15.

Annisa Brayboy and Bri Tyler each combined for nine kills. McLean Achziger had a combined five kills and Abrey Rickard had four. Rickard also combined for 32 assists, including 23 against ECHS. Hannah Bettencourt had six aces against Lakewood while McKenzie Michelson had six assists, and five combined aces.

Sumter, now 3-0 on the year, will travel to Irmo on Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. match.

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Wilson Hall improved to 6-1 on the season with a 3-1 victory over Robert E. Lee Academy on Wednesday at Nash Student Center.

The Lady Barons won by the scores of 23-25, 25-13, 2519, 25-19.

Courtney Clark led WH with 16 assists, seven kills and two aces. Caroline Clark added nine kills and

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Los Angeles 81, Indiana 79

TODAY’S GAMES

Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.

LAKEWOOD FROM PAGE B1 but they’ll also throw it deep,” Jackson said. “They have an athletic front and they’ve been in this same system for three years now, so they’ve worked through most of the kinks.”

The Lakewood coach said the Gators will likely stick more with their base 3-4 defense this week than they did last week against McBee.

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Offensively, the Gators managed close to 300 yards of total offense including more than 220 on the ground. Close to 150 of that came via quarterback Terry Singleton, Jackson said.

“I think we match up well across the board (with Lake City),” he added. “It’s just a matter of who commits the fewest mistakes.”

as a whole and as a unit.

“I would say we’ve been ticked off (in practice),” he added. “I think we’ve been more aggressive.”

SHS will be trying to start a winning streak against Crestwood after snapping a 6-game losing streak to the Knights last season with a 48-29 victory.

“This game is very important to us,” Barnes said.

“We want to be the best team in Sumter County and to do that we need to win this game.”

“It was good winning the game last year,” said Gamecock defensive end Zack Washington. “It would be great to beat them again in my senior year.”

Upon reviewing film of the York game, Barnes said his team’s performance wasn’t as bad as it appeared live.

“About 66 percent of the plays we had were pretty good,” Barnes said. “We’ve got to work on getting that 34 percent of bad plays where they’re good plays.”

Sumter had 204 yards of total offense, 97 coming on

Daniele deHoll had nine kills and five assists.

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The Lady Barons improved to 1-1 on the year and will host Trinity-Byrnes on Monday at 4 p.m. at Palmetto Tennis Center.

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SINGLES 1 – Faboca (HH) defeated Z. Beasley 6-0, 6-1.

2 – Spencer (WH) defeated Strom 6-0, 6-4.

3 – Munn (WH) defeated James 6-7 (7-4), 6-4, 10-4.

4 – E. Beasley (WH) defeated Rhea 6-0, 6-3.

5 – Goldan (WH) defeated Smith 6-1, 6-0.

6 – Davis (WH) defeated Gaton 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 – E. Beasley/Davis (WH) defeated James/Bunch 8-0.

2 – Smith/Barr (HH) defeated Dubose/Segars 8-4.

3 – Gaton/Lord (HH) defeated Barnes/Welch 8-2.

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Wilson Hall lost to Robert E. Lee Academy 2-1 on Wednesday at Nash Student Center to fall to 1-1 on the season.

REL won by the scores 25-9, 24-26, 25-19.

Sydney Jarecki led the Lady Barons with seven service points, two kills and one ace, while Madison Reaves had seven points, two kills and three aces.

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SUMTER WINS TRI-MATCH The Sumter High JV squad won a tri-match on Thursday at the SHS gymnasium, sweeping both East Clarendon and Lakewood by 2-0 scores.

The Lady Gamecocks defeated ECHS 25-8 and 25-7 and then defeated LHS 25-9 and 25-14 to improve to 2-0 on the year.

KINGSTREE – Williamsburg Academy won each of the three doubles matches to defeated Laurence Manning Academy 5-4 on Wednesday at the Kingstree Recreational Center.

LMA fell to 0-2 on the season.

HEATHWOOD HALL 3 COLUMBIA – Wilson Hall took five of the six singles matches en route to a 6-3 victory over Heathwood Hall on Thursday in Colum-

SINGLES 1 – Mason Ham (LMA) defeated Reynolds 1-6, 6-2, 10-4.

2 –Newman (LMA) defeated Wilson 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 3 – Mackenzie Ham (LMA) defeated Smith 6-2, 7-5.

4 –Donatio (WA) defeated Allie Johnson 6-1, 6-4.

5 – Kaela Johnson (LMA) defeated Brown 7-6(10-8), forfeit.

6 –Williamson (WA) defeated Laura Johnson 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 – Reynolds/Smith (WA) defeated Mas. Ham/Mac. Ham 8-3.

2 – Wilson/Donato (WA) defeated Newman/K. Johnson 8-4.

3 – Williamson/Davis (WA) defeated A. Johnson/ Walton 8-2.

the ground and 107 through the air. Running back Rodney Pitts rushed for 45 yards on 10 carries, while running back Quentin Anderson had 40 yards on six carries.

Alec Brumback started at quarterback, completing five of 12 passes for 79 yards with one interception.

Maleek Nelson replaced Brumback for a while after the interception, completing two of three passes for 28 yards and leading SHS on its only touchdown drive.

Barnes said he didn’t know who would start behind center today, but that both Brumback and Nelson would play. He said they would both continue to play until one clearly separated himself from the other.

Sumter allowed 332 yards of total offense to the Cougars, 174 coming on the ground and 158 through the air. York did have a short field on two of its drives; it started one drive at the Gamecock 25-yard line after Sumter punter Pressley Harvin mishandled a snap and was tackled for a 12yard loss, while another started at the SHS 15 following the interception. Both

led to touchdowns that turned a 7-0 lead into a 21-0 advantage.

However, York did have two drives in the second half that resulted in touchdowns. The Cougars ran 19 plays in the drives with nine of the plays resulting in first downs. Two plays on each of the drives came in first-down-and-goal situations.

“We’ve got to become a more physical team on both sides of the ball,” Barnes said. “That’s how good teams win games, by being physical.”

“I feel like the effort has been there a little more for us this week,” Washington said. “We know we’ve got to play tougher and make plays on defense and get off the field.”

Barnes said his team needs to do a better job of maintaining its composure when things don’t go well.

Jenkins agrees with his head coach.

“We’ve been there before, and we don’t need to panic when things don’t go the way we want them to,” he said. “Instead of panicking, we need to take charge on the field.”

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Georgia Tech looking to Georgia pins SEC title build on 11-win season hopes on tailback Chubb

BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Even with 11 wins in 2014, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson kept thinking his team was living on the edge.

He points to a 49-34 Orange Bowl win over Mississippi State as evidence.

“We won the Orange Bowl by two touchdowns and we set an Orange Bowl record for passing yards against us, so you can’t live like that forever,” Johnson said.

“I think we’ve just got JOHNSON to be better.

You can talk about it until you’re blue in the face. You’ve got to see it. You’ve got to do it on the field.”

Georgia Tech, which gave up 605 total yards and 453 yards passing in the bowl game, finished 11-3 and No. 8 in the final Associated Press poll. The Yellow Jackets beat Virginia Tech, Clemson and Georgia and lost to Florida State by two points in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

Johnson isn’t letting his players bask in the afterglow of a successful season. There

has been much talk from his players this summer of “flushing” the season.

Johnson’s spread-option offense led the nation in rushing. Quarterback Justin Thomas ran for 1,086 yards — a team record for quarterbacks. But Thomas defied the stereotype of one-dimensional quarterbacks under Johnson. He passed for 1,719 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Thomas may be asked to carry an unusually heavy load as the offense adjusts to replacing all its top running backs, including Synjyn Days, Zach Laskey and Charles Perkins. The Yellow Jackets also lost top receivers DeAndre Smelter and Darren Waller, but four starters return on the offensive line.

TALKING ABOUT THE DEFENSE

Defensive coordinator Ted Roof’s unit ranked 79th in the nation in total defense, allowing 411.3 yards per game. The defense was 87th against the pass but ranked 17th in takeaways.

Georgia Tech allowed 31, 48 and 37 points in losses to Duke, North Carolina and Florida State, respectively.

Even some of the wins, including a 42-38 decision over Georgia Southern, were scary.

Expectations still very high for Florida State

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jameis Winston, gone. Rashad Greene, gone. Nick O’Leary, gone.

Expectations at Florida State, still there.

An offseason of roster turnover was expected because of graduation and NFL defections.

An offseason of tumult — most notably with one player dismissed after video showed FISHER him striking a woman and now another standout is awaiting his fate after similar allegations — was not.

And the Seminoles are no longer the consensus pick to end the season reigning over the Atlantic Coast Conference, having ceded that role to Atlantic Division rival Clemson.

If nothing else, that all may serve as motivation for a program that has won 29 of its last 30 games.

“When we were the favorite, they didn’t give me the trophy,” Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. “When you’re the underdog, they’re not giving Clemson the trophy. ... We’ve (won) three conference championships in a row, but they’re thinking another team is going to win it. To me, that’s only great for the ACC because I

think they’re such a great brand of football out there.”

Now the No. 1 overall NFL draft pick by the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Winston was energizing and polarizing on and off the field thanks to an uncanny knack for making big plays in games and a penchant for finding his way into a negative spotlight otherwise. He’ll be replaced at quarterback by either Everett Golson — the Notre Dame transfer who nearly beat the Seminoles in Tallahassee last year — or Sean Maguire, who served as Winston’s backup and was the presumed heir apparent to the starting job until Golson arrived.

Whichever one starts, they’ll be leading a confident group.

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Replacing Winston is just one part of Florida State’s challenge this fall. The Seminoles scored 53 offensive touchdowns last year; 24 of them were either rushed for or caught by the now-graduated trio of Greene, O’Leary or Karlos Williams. (Another eight were rushed for by Dalvin Cook, whose status throughout training camp has been unclear because of battery charges filed against him in July). Even if Cook is reinstated, as is widely expected, many will have to deliver in much bigger offensive roles for the Seminoles.

BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — It has been 10 years since Georgia’s last Southeastern Conference championship in 2005.

For impatient fans, it’s not enough that the Bulldogs have played in two SEC championship games in the last four years. Just making the trip to Atlanta isn’t enough.

Georgia coach Mark Richt must pick a new starting quarterback in preseason practice. Even with that big unknown, there is great anticipation that 2015 could be a special season.

Nick Chubb’s emergence as the next great Georgia tailback is the biggest reason for championship hopes.

The big-play potential of several young linebackers in defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt’s second season is another reason for confidence.

A Sept. 19 visit from South Carolina, which has won four of its last five games against the Bulldogs, will be crucial. A brutal stretch of October games begins with a visit from Alabama and also includes tough tests against improving Tennessee, twotime SEC East champion Missouri and Florida.

South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri visit Athens.

“Let’s find a way to get to Atlanta,” Richt said. “Let’s

season with eighth straight games with at least 100 yards, including 266 yards and two touchdowns in the Belk Bowl win over Louisville.

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Georgia will look to running back Nick Chubbs as he hopes to lead the Bulldogs to a Southeastern Conference title and a possible postseason berth. get the job done when we get there and move on to the playoff. That’s what it’s all about.”

Richt is entering his 15th season, and at 55 he’s showing some signs of having the longest active run of a coach at a SEC school. He looks fit but he added a gray goatee during preseason camp and joked about his thinning hair.

“It’s a lot cooler up top,” Richt said with a smile as he rubbed the top of his head.

Chubb’s power runs are the best bet to keep the heat off Richt.

He closed his freshman

Greyson Lambert transferred from Virginia as a graduate student to join Brice Ramsey and Faton Bauta in the quarterback competition. Ramsey, a sophomore, was the top backup to 2014 starter Hutson Mason. Richt says the decision on the starter will be based on spring and summer practices, not last year.

Lambert started nine games at Virginia last season but lost his starting job in the spring. The competition could go all the way to the Sept. 5 opener against Louisiana-Monroe.

LINEBACKER DEPTH

Georgia must replace leading tacklers Amarlo Herrera and Ramik Wilson, and still there may be more depth at linebacker — especially outside — than any position on the team. Jordan Jenkins, Lorenzo Carter and Leonard Floyd are big-play leaders in the middle of the defense.

The three combined for 15 ½ sacks last year. Tim Kimbrough could be the new leading tackler at inside linebacker. Highly rated freshman Roquan Smith could earn immediate playing time.

Experienced quarterback leads Arkansas’ return to prominence

BY KURT VOIGT The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Brandon Allen joined an Arkansas program that was in the mix atop the Southeastern Conference.

After several tumultuous seasons following the Bobby PetriALLEN no scandal, the senior quarterback hopes to leave the school in exactly the same shape as when he joined it.

For Allen to think Arkansas is ready to return to the level of a combined 21-5 record over the 2010-11 seasons shows exactly the type of impact coach Bret Bielema has had entering his third season. It also shows just how far the Razorbacks have come since winning a com-

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bined seven games during the 2012-13 seasons and ending a school-worst 17-game SEC losing skid last year.

“For me and some of the older guys, I think it’s back to where we were when we first got here,” Allen said.

“For some of the younger guys that haven’t been part of much winning, it could be a new thing to them, but I think this whole team has the same mindset that we’re excited about the season.”

Allen’s confidence is driven by a finish to last season that saw Arkansas win three of its last four games, including a dominating win over Texas in the Texas Bowl. The Razorbacks allowed just 59 total yards by the Longhorns, following earlier back-to-back shutout wins over LSU and Mississippi.

Whether Arkansas can re-

peat its defensive performance under second-year coordinator Robb Smith is uncertain following the departures to the NFL of SECleading tackler Martrell Spaight and defensive end Trey Flowers.

Bielema will at least have a roster retooled to his liking after three recruiting classes, one he feels is ready to finally compete from the outset of the season — led by third-year starter Allen.

No player has suffered as much criticism within Arkansas over the last two seasons as Allen, who — despite the pressure — finished with 20 touchdown passes and only five interceptions last season. Still, Bielema is looking for improvement from his quarterback as Arkansas tries to complete its return from bottom feeder to the upper echelon of the SEC.

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KNIGHTS FROM PAGE B1 perhaps the biggest lines the Knights will go up against all year.

“They’re all very big across the defensive line and they run to the ball well,” he said.

“They’ve got a very athletic secondary and we’re going to have our hands full on offense.”

Defensively, Crestwood has to be prepared for the run, Nelson said. Sumter rushed

for 97 yards against York last week, but the Gamecocks boast a solid offensive line and tough runners like Russell Jenkins and Quentin Anderson.

“We have to be able to come downhill with our defensive line and cause collisions and (disrupt) things,” senior linebacker Chris Rembert said.

“We’ve got to stop the run, but we’ve also got to be aware

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‘We were very young last year, but those guys have come on and really stepped it up since then.’

CHRIS REMBERT Senior linebacker on the cohesiveness of the Knights defense of their other (playmakers) and make sure we isolate them and tackle them when we get the chance.”

Much like the offense, the

Knights defense was young a year ago and still is in some spots, but Rembert believes that this group is much more cohesive than one that al-

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lowed an average of 28.3 points per game last season.

“We were very young last year, but those guys have come on and really stepped it up since then,” Rembert said.

“All of the young guys have.

They’ve started to show what they can really do.

“For us, it’s just going to be about communicating out there and trusting what we’ve seen on film and what they coaches have tried to teach us. If we do that, I think we’ll be alright.”

OBITUARIES THOMAS F. SEEBODE HOPKINS — Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Frederick Seebode, 77, of Hopkins, entered into rest on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at his home.

Born on Nov. 7, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Verney and Kathleen (Wiggins) Seebode.

Col. Seebode was a graduate of Messick High School, Memphis, Tennessee.

A member of Lebanon United SEEBODE Methodist Church, Eastover, Col. Seebode taught the Fidelis Sunday School Class for many years and served on several committees.

A 1960 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Col. Seebode served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force as an officer and pilot. He served as a forward air controller during the Vietnam War, earning numerous military honors including the Silver Star for gallantry in battle, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with one device, as well as the Bronze Star. During his distinguished career, Col. Seebode flew the T-33, T-37, O-1, C-141, C-5 and C-135 airframes, all while traveling the globe visiting all seven continents. Among his assignments: he evacuated Americans from Iran; provided airlift in Jonestown, Africa; participated in the Bay of Pigs; served in a joint position with the Army while stationed in Korea; and was a professor of aerospace studies at the Virginia Military Institute.

Retiring from the Air Force in July of 1986, he earned his doctorate in public administration from the University of Alabama and then taught in the master’s program at Troy University in Sumter. He enjoyed mentoring youth in educational opportunities, while pursuing his hobbies of recreational flying, traveling, fly fishing and tying flies.

As proud as he was of his career, Col. Seebode was even more proud of his family. He was married for more than 55 years to his childhood sweetheart, Carole (Gifford) Seebode. He was a devoted and loving father to his daughters, Elizabeth S. Waldrop (fiancé, Andy Colucci) and Jennifer S. Day (Rick); four grandchildren, Taylor and Sarah Waldrop and Rebecca and Alex Day; two sisters, Kay Robinson of Atlanta and Gail Evans (John), of Nashville; sister-inlaw, Melissa Hallstrom; as well as four nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Lebanon United Methodist Church, 10220 Garners Ferry Road, Eastover, SC 29044.

The family will receive friends following the service in the fellowship hall at the church.

Inurnment will be held at a later date at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery with full military honors.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent to either the USAFA Endowment, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 808404475 or to the building fund at church.

You may view this obituary at www.thompsonsfuneral. com.

Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT ELLISON MANNING — Scott “Teakie” Ellison, 48, died on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at McLeod

Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born on May 18, 1967, in Manning, a son of the late Rev. Flemming Jessie Ellison and Ertha Mae McBride Ellison. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County and was a 1985 graduate of ELLISON Manning High School. He began his career in law enforcement with SCDC in 1995. He was employed at the Turbeville and Wateree Correctional Institutions, Clarendon County Sherriff’s Department, and was serving as resource officer at Manning Elementary School at the time of his death. He was a member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Manning.

Survivors are Renia Pringle Ellison Pineville; two sisters, Betty (Billie) White of Manning and Jessie Lee Coard of Summerton; two brothers, Ezekiel (Betty) Ellison and George Ellison of Manning; two stepdaughters, Lakesha Pringle and Shana Middleton of Pineville; three aunts, Phyllis E. Walker, Norvelle Ellison and Rhonda Jones; two uncles, Bennie McConnico and James Ellison; four stepgrandsons; three brothers-inlaw; seven sisters-in-law; and a special friend, Bertie Carter of Manning.

Celebratory services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway, Manning, with the Rev. Jonathan Anderson presiding, the Rev. Jonathan Mouzon, eulogist, and the Rev. Sam Livingston, the Rev. Elouise Pompey and the Rev. Lee Shaw assisting.

Burial will follow in Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, 705 W. Huggins St., Manning.

Officer Ellison will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

Online memorials may be sent to samuelsfuneralhome. com.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Billie White, 1822 Kingstree Highway, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

Christine Bennett Deas, 74, departed this life on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at her home.

Born on Feb. 28, 1941, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late James Henry and Sarah Watkins Bennett. She was educated at Union School, Rembert.

She received Christ as her Savior, was baptized and became a lifelong member of Union Baptist Church, where she served in many organizations. She also served in her community as a member of the Rembert Farmer’s Lodge.

She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Dana Elizabeth Smith of Wedgefield; seven sisters, Clara Bennett of Eastover, Rosa Lue Lloyd of Winter Park, Florida, Bertha Mae Goodwin (Charles) of Stanford, Connecticut, Sarah Mae Canty of Detroit, Michigan, Deloris Skinner (James) of Rembert, Rhonda Marie Dow (Morris) and Lena Campbell of Camden; two brothers, James Issac Bennett of Rembert and Rodney Stewart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two uncles, Samuel Watkins of Columbia and Benny Payne of Loraine, Ohio; one son-in-law, Theodore Diggs Jr. of Dalzell; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Cynthia Lorraine Diggs; one sister, Lula Windham; and one brother, Henry Bennett.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Union Baptist Church, 5840 Springhill Road, Rembert, with the Rev. Walter Robertson, pastor, the Rev. Willie Dennis, Pastor Emeritus, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Edith Brown and the Rev. Dorothy Floyd.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 5705 Cain Savannah Road, Wedgefield.

The remains will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m.

The procession will leave at 3 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers will be granddaughters and nieces.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Burial will be in Union Baptist Churchyard cemetery.

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ANN B. BREWER Ann Burress Brewer, 68, wife of William “Bill” R. Brewer, died on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at her home.

Born in Hartsville, she was a daughter of the late Johnny O. and Naomi Lyles Burress.

Mrs. Brewer attended Pinewood Baptist Church. She was a retired real estate property manager.

Surviving are her husband of Sumter; three daughters, Patricia Turbeville of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Barbara Nicholson of Pleasant Valley, New York, and Joann Packer of Dalzell; two sisters, Virginia Stamey of Santee and Joye Mims of Sumter; two brothers, Johnny Burress Jr. of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, and Jimmy Burress of Sumter; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at noon today in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Bennie Barwick officiating.

Burial will be in Pinewood Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon today prior to the service at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

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

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MARY BANNISTER SUMMERTON — Mary Bannister, 77, died on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at her residence in Summerton.

She was born on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1938, in Clarendon County, to the late Alex and Janie Dubose. At an early age, she became a member of Mt. Pleasant Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church. Mary was educated in the public school system of Clarendon County.

She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish her memories: three sons, James Bannister and John Bannister, both of Summerton, and Eric (Angela Coard) Bannister of Manning; two daughters, Betty J. (Fletcher) Johnson and Teresa Bannister, both of White Plains, New York; two sisters, Katie L. Williams and Martha Brunson, both of Summerton; one sisterin-law, Rebecca Simmons of White Plains; three brothers-inlaw, James Bannister and Isaac Bannister, both of White Plains, and Jonathan Bannister of Brooklyn, New York; a granddaughter reared in the home, Jamesha R. Bannister; 11 additional grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church, 14076 Panola Road, Panola community of Pinewood, with the Rev. Theola Parker, pastor, and the Rev. Terry Johnson presiding.

Interment will follow in Brown’s Cemetery, Panola community of Pinewood.

Viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today in the chapel of King-Fields Mortuary.

Ms. Bannister will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Saturday until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at 1180 Washington St., Summerton.

Services have been entrusted in the professional care of King-Fields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

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SHIRON C. KING Shiron Cornelius King, 27, entered eternal rest on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015.

He was born on Feb. 29, 1988, in Sumter, to Mary Lee King and Christopher Fagan Connors and was raised by Willie and the late Thelma McBride.

He graduated from Sumter High School in 2006. He worked at Sonic for several years, Pilgrim’s Pride and Sykes of Sumter.

Survivors: his parents, adopted father, Vernal (Florine) McBride and Tonia Brunson, Al (Loretta) Hodge, all of whom played a significant role in his upbringing; four sisters, Robin King, Shamaryan Ragin, Nicole McFadden and Elaine (the Rev. Dr. Oliver T.) Hill; two adopted brothers, Shaquille McBride and Christopher James; two stepbrothers, Devin R. Wilson and James C. Wilson; a host of other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with the pastor, Dr. James Blassingame, the Rev. Larry W. Barnes, Chaplain Samuel Bonham and the Rev. Dr. Oliver T. Hill. Burial will be in White’s Cemetery.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 12 W. Williams St., Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

BARBARA B. GEDDINGS MANNING — Barbara Boan “Bobby” Geddings, 85, widow of Calvin Leroy Geddings Sr., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at her home.

Born on Feb. 22, 1930, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Edward Franklin Boan and Georgia June Boan.

Though a child of Manning and a Lady Monarch basketball star, Bobby spent most of her adult years in Summerton.

By far, her favorite job was working as the secretary of Summerton High School. She became a devoted Blue Streak fan and would attend all basketball games, near and far.

She often talked of the special high school students who would come by the office and ask her to pray for them before a big test. Second only to her family was her love for Summerton Baptist Church. After she retired, her favorite thing to do was to pick up her church “ladies” (women her age and older who didn’t get out much) and take them for drives to restaurants for lunch or dinner. She often drove these women to doctor’s appointments or to run errands, and she loved doing it. In addition to service to others, no one could count the number of biscuits she made for church dinners. Her other favorite retirement activity was volunteering at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Serving for more than 20 years, Bobby genuinely loved helping patients, families and visitors.

She is survived by her son, Calvin Geddings Jr. (Diane) of Lexington; her daughter, Nancy Geddings Taylor (Kent) of Dublin, Virginia; three grandchildren, Paige Geddings, Erik Taylor (Sylvan) and Andrew Taylor; two greatgrandchildren, Jack and Kinsey Taylor; two sisters-in-law, Frances Boan and Jeannie Geddings; and many very special nieces and nephews.

A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Summerton Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy Carlisle, Bob Ashba and Kent Taylor officiating.

The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service in the fellowship hall of Summerton Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers or memorials, she asked that you visit someone who is lonely or sick.

She seemed to know that you would both be blessed.

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

JAMES H. MARK James H. Mark, 76, departed this life on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Dec. 21, 1939, in

Sumter County, he was a son of the late Izaih Dixon and Martha Mark Johnson. He attended St. Michael School in Wedgefield. He relocated to New York, where he lived for 41 years before moving back to Sumter. While living in New York, he was employed for 23 years with New York City Housing as a truck driver.

“Jay,” as he was affectionately known, retired in 1993.

He is survived by his wife, Greta Mark; four sons, Jeffrey Chandler of Bronx, New York, Hayes (Elaine) Chandler of Gadson, Alabama, Mark (Tonya) Chandler of Columbia and Jamel (Sandra) Chandler of Sumter; two daughters, Patricia Brooks of Sumter and Fernessa (James) Simon of Brooklyn, New York; stepmother, Corean Dixon of Linden, New Jersey; three brothers, Bennie (Pensacola) Dixon and Robert (Sandra) Dixon of Linden and Alex (Gloria) Dixon of Roselle, New Jersey; three sisters, Agnes Brown and Cynthia (Wayne) Johnson, both of Sumter, and Ethel (James) Toney of Bishopville; 16 grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; two special nieces, Yvette Clayton of Alabama and Valarie (Albert) Barclift of North Carolina; a host of aunts, uncles, other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by a son, Sam Weston; and one brother, Thomas Fleming.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Mechanicsville United Methodist Church, 184 Lake Ashwood Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Ronnie Jeffcoat, pastor, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Kenneth N. Carter and the Rev. Roberta C. Josey.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 313 Wise Drive, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 2 p.m.

The funeral procession will leave from the home at 2:20 p.m.

Floral bearers will be Mechanicsville United Methodist Women.

Pallbearers will be Mechanicsville United Methodist Men. Burial will be in Mechanicsville United Methodist Churchyard cemetery.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

CHARLES J. PORCHER Charles James Porcher, husband of Betty Arrington Porcher, was born on Oct. 17, 1947, in Sumter County, to the late Deacon Henry Sr. and Estelle Thelma Gallashaw Porcher. He departed this life on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at his residence.

Charles attended the public schools of Sumter County. He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior while in school and was baptized at Barnettsville Baptist Church.

Charles retired from Sumter County Public Works in 2005.

He leaves to celebrate his life: his loving wife, Betty A. Porcher of the home; two children, Chervonne Porcher and LaShawn (Harrial) Gallishaw; six grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; one step-granddaughter, Kierra Gipson; two sisters, Addie (Gladys) Dyson of Washington, D.C., and Gloria Boyd of Fort Washington, Maryland; three brothers, Evans (Willie Mae) Porcher of Sumter, Matthew (Jeanette) Porcher of Washington, D.C., and Henry (Annie) Porcher Jr. of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; sisters-in-law, Vernice Porcher of Sumter, Annette and Vera Arrington of Washington, D.C., Zelmaine Gilmore of Fort Washington and Majellan Arrington of Dalzell; three brothers-in-law, Willie McBride and Thomas Arrington, both of Orlando, Florida, and John Arrington of Hyattsville, Maryland; a foster sister, Evelina Porcher of Sumter; one aunt, Victoria Gallashaw; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, a host of relative and friends.

He was preceded in death by his baby son; mother and father; one brother, Waddell Porcher Sr.; and a half-sister, Thelma McBride.

Public viewing will be held

from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mr. Porcher will be placed in the church at noon on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Barnettsville Baptist Church, Bishopville, with Pastor Wayne Montgomery officiating and the Rev. Gloria P. Boyd, eulogist. Interment will follow in Barnettsville Baptist Church cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1295 Genesis Road, Dalzell.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

ALBERTA W. WHEELER Minister Alberta W. Wheeler, widow of Robert Lee Wheeler, was born on Oct. 28, 1926, in Mayesville, to the late Lula and Edgar Wilson. She departed this life on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Alberta attended the Mayesville Institute in Mayesville.

Upon graduating from Morris College, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, she was employed with Clarendon County School District. She received her master’s degree in gerontology from the University of Washington, D.C. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age and joined Ebenezer AME Church in Mayesville. While attending Ebenezer AME Church, she taught Sunday school and was a secretary for many years.

After relocating to Washington, D.C., she united with New Samaritan Baptist Church.

There she served in many capacities and received her call and ordination to the gospel ministry. She retired from the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Upon resettling in Sumter, she united with the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, where she was fully engaged in the church’s ministry.

She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Marlene (Terrance) Young of Sumter; son-in-law, Elando H. Lindsey of College Park, Maryland; one grandson, Allynn L. Lindsey of Sumter; two great-grandchildren, Qualynn J. and Azyraha J. Lindsey, both of Sumter; one sister, Rosetta Mayo of Sumter; three sisters-in-law, Mary L. Wilson and Gerthine Wilson, both of Washington, D.C., and Helen Wilson of Sumter; one special friend, Clara Corbett; one loving neighbor and caregiver, Bertha McDuffy of Sumter; two adopted sons, Al Jackson and Corey Elam, both of Sumter; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Wheeler will be placed in the church at 9 a.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Sumter, with pastor and co-pastor Larry (Evangelene) Barnes. Interment will follow in Mayesville Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter, 525 Seddon Drive, Sumter.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

JOSEPH SIMS JR. Joseph Sims Jr., 75, died on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at Northwood Senior Living and Memory Care, Sumter.

He was born on Nov. 27, 1939, in Manhattan, New York, a son of the late Joseph Sr. and Blanche Newell Sims. He received his formal education in New York and later moved to South Carolina in 1967.

His passion was long distance driving. He owned and operated Sims Trucking Co. until his health failed.

Survivors are one daughter, Kimberly (Charles) Glaze of Pineville; one son, Joseph

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015 Sims of Columbia; and six grandchildren, Brendan Glase, Christian Glaze, Ahja Glaze, Ashley Sims, Krystal Sims and Megan Sims.

Funeral services for Mr. Sims will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning.

Online memorials may be sent to samuelsfuneralhome. com.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Charles Glaze, 332 Malbert Lane, Pineville.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SOLOMON I. TILL III Solomon “Sollie” Irving Till III, 78, husband of Margaret Graham Yates Till, died on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Solomon Irving Till Jr. and Elizabeth Stanley Till. Mr. Till was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service. Following his retirement, he served as the MWR director at Shaw Air Force Base. He was an official with the S.C. High School League, where he officiated football, basketball and baseball games. Mr. Till was a member of Edmunds High School Class of 1955.

Survivors include his wife of Sumter; two sons, Steven Till (Wendy) of Sumter and Craig Till (June) of Jacksonville, Florida; one daughter, Melissa Till Whitfield (Mark) of Fort Mill; 10 grandchildren, Daniel Till (Katherine), Angela Klosterman (Matt), Lauren Scurry (Jay), Alan Till, Jonathan Till, Adam Whitfield, Marissa Whitfield, Niclaus Whitfield, Justin Till and Ashley Till; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, June Till Gag (Stan) of California and Jenny Till Hammond (Doug) of Sumter.

He was preceded in death by a son, Mike Till.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Northside Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Justin Till, Daniel Till, Dick Dabbs, Larry Brown, Don Dougherty and Kevin Williams.

Honorary pallbearers will be Frank “Smokey” Fickling, Carlisle White and Eddie Skey.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall at Northside Memorial Baptist Church and other times at the home.

The family would like to express their appreciation to Drs. Strat Stavrou, Jeffrey Smith and Ansel McFaddin for the exceptional care they provided.

Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist

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Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153 or to Crossroads Wounded Warrior Archery Foundation, 1162 Fremont Road, Summerton, SC 29148.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

PAUL BRADLEY JR. Paul Bradley Jr., 68, departed this life on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia.

Born on Sept. 19, 1946, in Richmond, Virginia, he was a son of the late Paul Bradley Sr. and Julia Ann Sinkler Bradley. He received his education from the public schools of Sumter County. Paul was employed for 32 years as a truck driver with Furniture Warehouse of Sumter. He was a faithful member of Mechanicsville United Methodist Church.

Paul leaves to cherish his memories: his companion, Shirley Simon of the home; 11 children, Paul Eugene (Tora) Bradley of Columbia, Maria Way (Stanley) of Charlotte, North Carolina, Patricia McCray (Mike) of Atlanta, Marnithia Martin of Greenville, Racheal (Jack) Wilson of St. Matthews, Hermickia and Delshaun Martin, both of Sumter, Lasandra (Kendrick) Geddis of Mayesville, Lashawnta (Adarin) Shannon of Mayesville, LaQuella (Albert) Kelly of Dalzell, and Lawanda McCoulough of Sumter; two sisters, Dorothy (Marvin) Nelson of Lugoff and Marie Quattlebum of Olanta; five brothers, Jerry (Sarah) Bradley of Bishopville, Christopher (Catherine) Bradley, Eddie Joe Bradley (Maxine), Charlie Bradley and Nathaniel Bradley, all of Sumter; one uncle, Leroy (Dorothy) Sinkler of Sumter; two aunts, Sarah Lou White and Phyllis (Ashmore) Lee, both of Sumter; 37 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 11 greatgreat-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Homegoing celebration services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mechanicsville United Methodist Church, 184 Lake Ashwood Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Ronnie Jeffcoat, pastor, and the Rev. Kenneth N. Carter, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 60 Pearl Court, Sumter, and at 310 Brown St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 10:20 a.m. from 60 Pearl Court, Sumter.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Mechanicsville United Methodist Churchyard Cemetery.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church 325 Fulton Street • Sumter

773-3658 • www.mtzionmissionarybc.com “The Little Church with the Big and Friendly Heart”

Let Us Host Your Next Special Event • Wedding Receptions/Anniversaries • Family Reunions • Class Reunions • Retirement Parties • Birthday Parties • Seminars, etc...

Please call the Mt. Zion Enrichment Center at 773-3546

Opportunities for Life Enrichment 9:45 AM Church School (Sundays) 10:45 AM Morning Worship (Sundays) 6:00 PM Evening Worship (1st Sundays) 10:00 AM Golden Age Fellowship (3rd Wed.) 5:30 PM Prayer Service (Wed.) 6:00 PM Bible Study (Wed.) 6:00 PM Youth Ministry (Wed.) After School Care - Mon. - Fri. 2:30 - 5:30 PM (K-5th Grade)

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Allen, Now that I've gone first and you remain to walk the road of life alone, live in memory's garden with happy days we've shared. In springtime when roses bloom, think of our love when it was fresh and new. One thing I would have you do,walk down life's pathway knowing I am watching each step you take. And remember, someday down that lonely road, you will hear me call your name.

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Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that West Oil, Inc. D/B/A Wholesale Wine & Spirits #3 intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Liquor at 1355 South Lafayette Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 6, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-01013 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: PNC Bank, National Association vs.

Paul M. McCombs; Eydie A. McCombs; Bank of America, N.A.; CACH, LLC, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice PUBLIC AUCTION SUMTER EAST SELF STORAGE 800 MYRTLE BEACH HWY. AUCTION September 12, 2015 10:00 A.M. UNITS FOR AUCTION A-18: Michael West B-12: Tierney A. Canty B-37: Chrishonda Samuel D-19: Bernice Goodman E-27: Chris Muldrow E-29: Rodrick Muhammad F-5: Alexander Holmes F-7: Willie Lawson G-15: Abbie L. Sarvis G-29: Anietra Wilson

A-1 Self Storage Public Auction Sept. 2, 2015 @ 10 am.

3501 Broad Street Ext. Sumter, SC 29150 The following units are up for auction: A. Ivey - A10 Misc. Furn., boxes & totes.

T. Sims - C23 Misc. totes, boxes, trunks & furn.

B. White - B6 & B8 Misc., clothes, bags & furn., treadmill.

V. Merchant - C12 Misc. totes, boxes, furn.

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED This is to provide official notice to the S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and all interested parties, in accordance with Regulation No.61-15, Section 201, 2012, that NHC HomeCare-Low Country owned by NHC HomeCare-South Carolina, LLC,intends to file an application for a Certificate of Need for the: Addition of Clarendon County to the existing licensed home health agency known as NHC HomeCare-Low Country to serve the residents of Clarendon County. The applicants existing licensed home care office is located in leased office space at 109 Burton Avenue, Suite D, Summerville SC. The existing home care license currently serves the residents of Bamberg, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Dorchester and Williamsburg Counties, SC. The licensed agency currently participates in both the Medicaid and Medicare Programs.

The estimated capital cost of the project is $1,000.

The anticipated date of filing of the application is within 20 days of this notice or around 09/10/15.

The contact person for this project is: Bruce K. Duncan, who may be reached at 100 Vine Street, 12th Floor, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 615/890-2020

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that West Oil, Inc. D/B/A Wholesale Party Shop intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 1351 South Lafayette Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 6, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same

ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OF LOT OF LAND LYING, BEING AND SITUATE NW OF SALEM ST, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MAYESVILLE, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN ON A PLAT PREPARED BY LOUIS W. TISDALE, DATED JANUARY 29, 1997 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 97, PAGE 138 IN THE RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO PAUL M. MCCOMBS AND EYDIE A. MCCOMBS BY DEED OF THOMAS W. COOPER, JR. AND STEPHEN G. COOPER DATED FEBRUARY 3, 1997 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 5, 1997 IN BOOK 666, PAGE 1535 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 107 Salem Street, Mayesville, SC 29104 TMS: 305-13-02-003 and 305-13-02-011 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-07505

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Roger H. Jackson; Midland Funding, LLC; , C/A No. 15-CP-43-0571, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 84A of General Sumter Estates Subdivision Section No. 16 and being more fully shown on a plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated July 14, 1986 and recorded in Plat Book 86 at Page 1054 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the

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Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 8050 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, South Carolina and represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel 093-11-01-024.

prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated April 21, 1987 and recorded April 22, 1987 in Plat Book 87 at Page 598. Said plat revised February 17, 1992 and recorded February 28, 1992 in Plat Book 92 at Page 313.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Derivation: Book 1133 at Page 3659

This being the same property conveyed unto Catherine C. Knox and R. Thomas Knox, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from Catherine W. Buchanan dated November 4, 2004 and recorded November 8, 2004 in Book 958 at Page 1772 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

8050 Meeting House Rd, Dalzell, SC 29040-9781 0931101024 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-0571.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-06541 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales) NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs.

Gary B. Hithe a/k/a Gary Hithe; Andrea Hithe; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; Audobon Lake Homeowners Association, Inc.; Mary D. Miller;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-0598, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 46 and the eastern half of Lot No. 47 of Audobon Subdivision as shown on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated October 8, 1987 and recorded in Plat Book 87 at page 1594 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and referenced is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This being the property known as 700 Cardinal Street. TMS No. 205-06-03-057. Derivation: Book 880; Page 1405 700 Cardinal Street, Sumter, SC 29150 205-06-03-057, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-0598.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 015262-02013 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146667 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-01053

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust vs. R. Thomas Knox a/k/a R. Thomas Knox, Jr., Catherine C. Knox, et al., , I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as a tract containing 3.23 acres, more or less, as shown on that certain plat prepared by D. D. Edmunds, RLS dated January 19, 1983 and recorded October 13, 1986 in Plat Book 86 at Page 1611 in the RMC Office for Sumter County. Also, the southerly 1.5365 acres of the 3.23 acre tract being shown on a plat

TMS No. 093-00-01-147 Property address: 2320 Kings Mountain Dr. Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2013-CP-43-01752

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. April Dawn Clemons; and Jeremy Clemons, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN STATEBURG TOWNSHIP, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 101 OF "AUTUMN PLACE" SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF MICHAEL C. TURBEVILLE, P.L.S., DATED JANUARY 14, 2000, AND RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY R.O.D. OFFICE AT PLAT BOOK 2006, PAGE 84. REFERENCE IS DIRECTED TO SAID PLAT FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF METES, COURSES, DISTANCES AND BOUNDARIES AND LENGTHS. THIS IS THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO APRIL DAWN CLEMONS AND JEREMY CLEMONS BY DEED OF BRYAN J. HERR AND LISA HERR DATED FEBRUARY 23, 2010, AND RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY R.O.D. OFFICE SIMULTANEOUSLY HEREWITH.

TMS No. 134-04-01-011 Property address: 5140 Longbranch Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.250% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-1756 HLF# .012686

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-2, against Cynthia C. Owens; American General Financial Services, Inc.; and South Carolina Department of Revenue, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #12, Sunway Knolls Subdivision as shown on that certain plat prepared by H.S. Wilson, RLS, dated August 30, 1967, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-26 at Page 70, and having such metes and bounds as 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 Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

This being the identical property conveyed to Wayne D. Owens and Cynthia C. Owens by deed of Salvatore T. Cannella and Kathleen B. Cannella dated August 7, 2003 and recorded August 12, 2003 in Book 902, page 1125; subsequently, Wayne D. Owens conveyed his interest in said property to Cynthia C. Owens by Quit-Claim Deed dated August 17, 2006 and recorded August 18, 2006 in Book 1041, page 1031, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County South Carolina.

TMS Number: 2041001005 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 618 Periwinkle Court, Sumter, SC 29150-2326 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 5.00001% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 334-7114 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Certificateholders of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-NC10, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-NC10 vs.

Tracey Lynn Brewer; Downs Financial, Inc., C/A No. 04-CP-43-1128, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Middleton Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 1 on a plate by H.S. Willson, R.L.S., recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-16 at Page 90, the exact boundaries and measurements of which can be determined by reference to the said plat. Said Lot No. 1 being bounded and measuring according to said plat as follows: On the North by a County Road to the town of Wedgefield, said plat and measuring thereon 90.90 feet; on the East by land now or formerly of Garvin, said plat, and measuring thereon 534.20 feet; on the South by land, either now or formerly, of Praylou, said plat, and measuring thereon 85.30 feet; and on the West by Lot 2, said plat, and measuring thereon 502.30 feet (#130-00-03-019). Volume 902 at Page 1774 4826 Mclauren Road, Wedgefield, SC 29168 130-00-03-019, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.15% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #04-CP-43-1128.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011847-03703 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146683 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00342

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Green Tree Servicing LLC vs. Elaine F. Fuller; et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 23B, of Phase 2 of "Landmark Pointe" Subdivision as shown on that certain Plat of Joseph R. Edwards, R.L.S., dated September 27, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2006 at Page 479, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 3740 Beacon Drive, Sumter, SC. This being the same property conveyed to Elaine F. Fuller by Deed of B & M Builder, Inc., dated October 10, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Book 1048 at Page 1745 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 185-07-01-036 Property address: 3740 Beacon Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with

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the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

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days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Dionne aka Raymond H. Dionne; Paul Robert Dionne; Barbara Ann Marcille-Delisle; Richard Armand Dionne; Carol Louise Humpel; Bullock Funeral Home, Inc.; Columbus Bank & Trust, a Division of Synovus Bank, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 9/8/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

in Deed Book 1104 at Page 2536, in the ROD Office for Sumter County, SC. TMS No. 100-00-04-021 Property Address: 6135 Phoenix Court, Wedgefield, SC 29168 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance.

Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.5000%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1147142 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.750% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-0366 HLF# 230.022881-1

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, against Virginia C. Canty and Janet Canty, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 08, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 1, Block E, of Sherwood Forest Subdivision as shown on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated October 23, 1986 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 86 at Page 1663, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 1067 Wellington Road, Sumter, SC. This being the identical property conveyed to Virginia C. Canty and Janet Canty by deed of Vernon H. Goff dated January 9, 2007 and recorded January 12, 2007 in Book 1061 at Page 35 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS Number: 268-10-02-010 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1067 Wellington Road, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 10.25000% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 334-7114 Attorneys for Plaintiff

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. vs. Alma Murray individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Hampton Ceasar (2014-ES-43-0219); Charles Corey Ceasar; Midlands Medtech, LLC, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN MAYESVILLE TOWNSHIP, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, DELINEATED ON PLAT PREPARED BY BEN J. MAKELA, RLS, DATED MAY 14, 1993, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 93 AT PAGE 733 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY, AND BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF DABBS AND MEASURING THEREON 149.92 FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT 4 MEASURING THEREON 290.33 FEET; ON THE SOUTH BY SKINNER ROAD AND MEASURING THEREON 149.86 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY LOT 6 AND MEASURING THEREON 290.43 FEET, BE THE SAID MEASUREMENTS, MORE OR LESS. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO HAMPTON CEASAR BY DEED OF CITIVEST CORP., DATED MAY 17, 1993 AND RECORDED MAY 17, 1993 IN BOOK 571 AT PAGE 534 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER, HAMPTON CEASAR DIED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2014, SEE 2014-ES-43-00219 WHEREBY THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ALMA MURRAY BY OPERATION OF LAW.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 6265 Skinner Road, Gable, SC 29051 TMS: 333-00-02-026 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-11301

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00437

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2006-FF4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF4 vs. Larisa Gutierrez, et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 12, Block D of Oakland Plantation, Section 3, as shown on that certain plat of Belter & Associates, Inc., dated March 1, 1977 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-39 at Page 178, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to the authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended). This property is known as 5651 Longview Road and is shown on the Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 134-09-01-010.

This being the same property conveyed to Larisa Gutierrez by Deed of Matthew J. Brougher dated December 14, 2005 and recorded December 21, 2005 in Book 1010 at Page 643 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 1340901010 Property address: 5651 Longview Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.625% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-01807 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association vs.

Michael James-Robert Driggers, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Thomas Driggers, Jr.; Ashley Melissa Driggers Lundsford; South Carolina Department of Revenue, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 7 OF WHITE PINES SUBDIVISION ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY MICHAEL C. TURBEVILLE, III, RLS DATED MARCH 6, 2006 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK PB2006 AT PAGE 146. THIS SAID LOT HAS SUCH METES, BOUNDARIES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976.

THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAMES T. DRIGGERS, JR. BY DEED OF MARK A. TAYLOR DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2012 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1167, PAGE 1981 ON FEBRUARY 28, 2012.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 130 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 227-16-03-032 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.75% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-16168

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2015-CP-43-00848

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Howard E. Owens, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Raymond Henry

Legal Description Address:

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Property

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situate in Sumter Township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #10 on a plat of Beckridge park, Section 3, prepared by H.S. Willson, R.L.S., dated April 2, 1973 and recorded in the office of Clerk of Court for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-33, at page 122 and according to said plat being bounded and measuring as follows: On the South by Stanley Court on which it fronts an aggregate of 126.7 feet; On the West By Lot#11 of said plat on which it measures 178.2 feet; On the North by Lot#18 of said plat on which it measures 144 feet; and on the East by Lot#9 of said plat on which it measures 122.4 feet, be all of said measurements a little more or less.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Raymond H. Dionne and Betty J. Dionne, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Wade S. Kolb dated June 7, 1973 and recorded June 29, 1973 in Volume X9 at Page 183 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Betty J. Dionne died December 28, 2007 leaving Raymond H. Dionne the sole owner of subject property.

2167 Stanley Court Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 207-11-03-024 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Three and 75/100 (3.75%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700 NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00469

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Selene Finance LP against Christopher S. Holladay, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on September 8, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, more or less, situate, thereon, and any and all other improvements thereon, lying and being situated in Middleton Township, in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 7 containing 0.76 acres on that certain plat of Westgate Subdivision prepared by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated March 8, 1996, revised April 10, 1996 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book 96 at Page 560 pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. Reference to said plat is hereby craved for particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This is the property known as 6135 Phoenix Court, Wedgefield, South Carolina bearing Sumter County tax map number: 100-00-04-021.

Also including 1995 Destiny Mobile/Manufactured Home bearing Serial Number: 041259A&B This is the same property conveyed to Christopher S. Holladay by deed of Charles Smith by deed dated April 25, 2008 and recorded April 28, 2008

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012-CP-43-2071 HLF# 230.021468-1

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, against Betty M. Baker, CACV of Colorado, LLC, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, and Perry Moses and Son Real Estate, Inc., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 08, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with any improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the county of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 3 on a plat prepared for Rolling Creek Subdivision by Desaussure Davis Edmonds Land Surveyor, dated December 3, 1991 and recorded December 3, 1991 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Volume 91 at page 1569.

Reference to said plat for a more complete and accurate description.

Together with a 2003 Fleetwood Mobile Home, Serial No. NCFL241A/B67652-GB13.

This being the identical property conveyed to Betty M. Baker by deed of Perry Moses and Son Real Estate, Inc. dated July 16, 2002 and recorded July 25, 2002 in Book 850, page 794, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County South Carolina.

TMS Number: 250-11-01-036 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 240 Rolling Creek Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 2.00000% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the sale. The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency judgment anytime prior to sale.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 334-7114 Attorneys for Plaintiff

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00425

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Glen A. Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that Lot of Land with improvements thereon situate in Sumter County, South Carolina, represented as Lot 23, Containing 1.00 Acre and Lot 24 Containing 1.10 Acres on that Plat prepared for Tripp Davis and Stephen Dinkins by Nesbitt Surveying Company, Inc., dated December 2, 1999 and recorded July 25, 2000 in Plat Book 2000 at Page 510. Referenced is hereby craved to said plat more a fuller description thereof.

ALSO: A 2001 Fleetwood S-Hill Manufactured Housing Unit, Serial #GAFL134AB73987-SH12.

The Mobile Home located on the subject property has been permanently de titled according to the laws of the State of South Carolina by virtue of that certain Manufactured Home Affidavit for Retirement of Title Certificate, dated May 16, 2006 and recorded May 31, 2006 in Book 1030 at Page 886 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

This being the same property conveyed to Glen Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore by Deed of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., dated February 1, 2006 and recorded February 27, 2006 in Book 1018 at Page 388 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 093-00-02-041 (Lot 23) & 093-00-02-042 (Lot 24) Property address: 2750 & 2740 Ben Sanders Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if

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permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.) No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.375% per annum.

annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-0982.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 015262-02058 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146668 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00951 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Tameka Williams a/k/a Tameka Holmes, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 3, BLOCK C, GREEN ACRES SUBDIVISION ON A PLAT THEREOF DATED JUNE 12, 1950 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-9, PAGE 108 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; SAID LOT HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES, AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN § 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TAMEKA WILLIAMS BY DEED OF HENRY EDWARD CHADA DATED JULY 15, 2005 AND RECORDED JULY 15, 2005 IN BOOK 988, PAGE 1643 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 369 East Red Bay Road, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 251-03-02-028 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-06880

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00168

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Branch Banking and Trust Company against Maurice R. Nelson, et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 8, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 13, Block "C", of the Segars Subdivision, Section 2, on a plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RLS, dated May 25, 1978 and recorded in Plat Book Z-41 at Page 110 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved hereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.

TMS Number: 189-06-01-001 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3090 Eydie St. Dalzell, SC This being the same property conveyed to Maurice R. Nelson by deed of M.P. Conner, As Trustee for 3090 Eydie Street Trust, a Land Trust, dated January 15, 2010, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on January 19, 2010, in Deed Book 1134 at Page 2585.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 4.875% shall be paid to the day of

Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open thirty (30) days after the sale.

The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency judgment anytime prior to sale.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, S.C. 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2015-CP-43-942 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee for Mid-State Trust XI against Deborah S. Smith, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at the Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, Courtroom 1-A, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, located, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, the same being shown and delineated as Lot 2 containing (0.46) Acre, more or less, upon a Plat prepared by D.D. Edmunds, RLS., dated March 4, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 1455; and having such boundaries and measurements as shown thereon, more or less. Being the same property conveyed to Deborah S. Smith by Deed from Green Tree Servicing LLC, successor by merger to Walter Mortgage Company, LLC dated May 15, 2012 and recorded May 29, 2012 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1171 at page 2599.

TMS No. 179-05-01-014.

Current address of property is 2772 Kolb Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will

Richard L. Booth As Master in Equity for Sumter County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong Post Office Box 944 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 803/779-8900 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs.

Marna Lee Ann Chesley;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-0982, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land together with the building and improvements thereon situate, lying and being in Privateer Township Sumter County, South Carolina delineated as Lot 26 of Section 2 of Wellsboro Estates Subdivision on plat prepared by James D. Wilson, RLS, dated June 12, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book 2000 at page 493 in the RMC Office for Sumter County, and bounded and measuring as follows: on the Northeast by Wellsboro Court measuring thereon 100.0 feet; on the Southeast by l9ots 3, 2 and 1 and measuring thereon 431.86 feet; on the Southwest by land of Cole A. Holman, trustee and measuring thereon 99.92 feet; and on the Northwest by lot 25 and measuring thereon 431.30 ft. be said measurements more or less.

Derivation: Book 1134; Page 2697 1020 Wellsboro Court, Sumter, SC 29154 212-00-02-068, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk.

Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-39-720 (1976). The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a personal or deficiency judgment, at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per

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AMENDED MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-00533

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Christopher M. Demetres and Brittany Demetres et al., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 14 White Pine Subdivision on that certain plat prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, III, RLS, dated March 16, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2006 at Page 146.

This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 60 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC. Represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as Tax Parcel No. 227-16-03-039.

This being the same property conveyed to Christopher M. Demetres and Brittany Demetres, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by deed of Mitch Hook, dated February 26, 2010 and recorded March 1, 2010, in Book 1136 at Page 00920, in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, State of South Carolina.

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TMS No.: 227-16-03-039 Property Address: 60 White Pine Court Sumter, S.C. 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Attorneys for the Plaintiff

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