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Dogs, drugs & stolen vehicles Officers on routine warrant stumble upon apparent canine fighting ring, chop shop

Sumter to hit the streets Tuesday for National Night Out

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OLANTA — Deputies serving a family court summons Saturday afternoon found themselves quickly calling additional law enforcement to a residence in the 10000 block of Nero Cir-

cle, after finding signs of what they think are an apparent dog fighting training grounds, automobile chop shop and potential drug manufacturing location. After receiving a search warrant for the premises, deputies with the Sumter

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A deputy with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office loads one of the pit bull terriers seized Saturday afternoon from an Olanta-area home into the back of an animal control pickup. Officers sedated the animals before SEE DOGS, PAGE A6 taking them into custody.

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Dogs press up against the fences as an officer walks down the hall of kennels at Sumter County Animal Control recently. The facility has several areas of concern, but workers are hopeful a renewed penny tax will help alleviate the building’s woes.

Local animal control facility in dire need of funding for repairs

Neighbors and law enforcement are coming together Tuesday to let criminals know not to start trouble in their community. At least 21 groups will have organized activities ranging from walks to cookouts to simply sitting on the porch with their lights on for the annual National Night Out celebration. “We’ll try to get everybody in the community to associate with each other, get to know each other and watch out for each other,” said Loraine Weston, president of the South Main group, which is hosting a potluck and giving out book bags with school supplies. “It’s time for (us) to come together to clean up our community and prevent crime.” Events will kick off at ShilohRandolph Manor about 2 p.m. with the mayor signing a proclamation, and the other events will kick off about 5 p.m. “When neighbors know neighbors and they work together, crime goes down,” said Cpl. Gene Hobbs with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. “It gets to where you know people, so that when two houses down from me is burglarized, it’s like they robbed me. The community itself comes to a point where it says enough is enough.” Since National Night Out began in 1984 with the aim “to promote involvement in crimeprevention activities, policecommunity partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories examining the proposed projects for a renewed penny sales tax, which Sumter County voters will be asked to approve in November. Money raised by the tax will go toward a series of building, infrastructure and other projects throughout the county.

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bristow@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Robert Reynolds is tasked with holding stray dogs inside the kennel building at Sumter County Animal Control. But that becomes difficult when the door won’t close. The metal sheet that forms the wall of the building long ago wore away and became detached from the floor around the door frame, meaning even a locked door can easily be pushed open, by man or dog. “We’ve taken dogs from people, and on more than one occasion, they came in and stole the dogs back,” said Reynolds, the Animal Control supervisor for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Even worse, a large dog got loose one night and pushed its way inside the wall, eventually forcing through the

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A dog crawls from kennel to kennel through a drain filled with feces recently. The drains do not have covers, so the dogs can traverse them. sheet metal of the exterior wall and leaving a noticeable hole. “If you come into work in the morning, and the wall is moving, you wonder if you’re awake yet,” Reynolds said. Fixing the wall of the Animal Control building is one of the renovations that will be paid for by a renewed penny sales tax if approved by voters this November, which would dedicate $300,000 to making the building a safer environment for both the dogs and the

humans who take care of them. Reinforcing the walls of the shelter and its 47 “runs,” or 4-by-4-foot concrete block pens, is just one need of the facility and the four full-time officers responsible for corralling and protecting the dog population of all of Sumter County, but it is an important one when dogs do occasionally escape their runs. When that happens, officers need

DEATHS, A8 and A11 Dora Mae A. Simon Roberta Rounseville James A. Matthiesen Joseph B. Cantey Henry A. Ardis

Estelle Fulwood Leroy Guess Jr. Edwin K. Latham Sr. Thelma Waynick Ranson Richardson

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Sgt. Braz, a mascot for the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, will make an appearance during Tuesday’s National Night Out celebrations in Sumter. He is named after a fallen deputy.

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If you offer school supplies, they will come Parents line up for book bag giveaway, picnic BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bristow@theitem.com (803) 774-1272 Getting the kids ready to go back to school can be a hassle. And with the cost of all the clothes, supplies and other items youngsters need before heading back into the classroom, it can take a bite out of a parent’s wallet too. So when community groups marked this weekend’s taxfree sales event by giving away school supplies, many families weren’t about to miss the opportunity. Lines formed early outside the South Sumter Resource Center on Saturday before the annual backpack giveaway organized by the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, with parents holding on to their smaller children as the crowd snaked around the parking lot, trying to avoid being hit by latecomers still parking their cars. Meanwhile, just a few blocks away, the South Sumter Community Oriented Policing group hosted a picnic and giveaway with sheriff’s deputies at the Manning Avenue Sheriff’s Office station. At the resource center, the halls were crowded with vendors’ tables as other agencies and services handed out information to the public along with pens and paper. “Each vendor gives out their own supplies, and at the end the kids put them all in the book bag,” said Valencia GrayWilliams, director of the Resource Center and an AKA sister herself. Members say the event grows every year, with about 200 backpacks given away last year. This year, the sorority bought 250 for the giveaway. “Our national sorority set a goal of giving away 1 million backpacks this year, and we hope to start right here,” said

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Parents and kids lined up for more than an hour outside the South Sumter Resource Center on Saturday for the promise of free school supplies. The giveaway was just one back-to-school event held to coincide with the tax-free weekend before summer break comes to a close. Altoya Felder-Deas, president of Sumter’s Eta Zeta Omega chapter. “All of the funds we raise go back into our community.” The demand for school supplies is so high, the building couldn’t accommodate all interested families at once. Tameisha Lloyd waited in line outside the resource center for more than an hour with a group of six children between the ages of 5 and 15. “We need ink pens and composition paper for the ones in high school, and crayons for the younger ones,” said Lloyd, who was attending the event for the first time. “I actually saw it on Facebook. Somebody posted it, and I said ‘let’s go.’ “With such a big group, and this being a tax-free weekend, this is a big help,” she said, but worried supplies would run out before everyone in line made it inside. Some of the stragglers may

Altoya Felder-Deas, president of Sumter’s Eta Zeta Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, stands behind a table stacked with book bags before Saturday’s school supply giveaway began. The AKA sorority plans to give away 1 million backpacks nationwide before the start of school. have headed a few blocks south to the COP cookout at the sheriff’s substation on the corner of Orange Street. Deputies with the Community Ac-

tion Team and its Crime Prevention unit cooked hot dogs on the grill while kids took part in a sack race and played with the lights of a patrol car.

Afterward, COP volunteers handed out supplies for about 150 children. Organizers expected a big turnout after holding an annual school giveaway for more than a decade. “We prepared for a lot,” said Elvira Washington, the treasurer of the South Sumter COP. Youngsters and their parents came out for both events, making a beeline for their favorite items, or one in their preferred color. Organizers tried to help as many students as they could. Although the AKA sorority only had a set number of bags on hand at the beginning of the event, organizers planned to take advantage of the taxfree weekend if supplies started getting low. “We’ll go out and get more,” Gray-Williams said. “Every child who shows up is going to get a book bag.”

Silent auction proceeds to help advance literacy program BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 With the students and their hardworking day care center’s owner in mind, A Step Above Quality Learning Center directors Robin Parker and LeAnn Neice put their heads together to come up with a fundraising event to get the students, parents and community involved. Recently, the center raised about $500 in a silent auction to benefit the center. The staff and children organized the event, all without the knowledge of owner Debbie Tutton — who Neice said is very hands on and a big part of the program. Tutton has worked in

home day care for about 30 years and opened the center two years ago. In the past, the staff has organized common fundraisers but wanted to do something different this time around. “We’ve done doughnut sales and other things before, but we wanted to come up with something that the parents would like to participate in and get more involved,” Neice said. “And the kids were excited because it was a secret.” Neice and Parker said they received a lot of support from close to 40 local businesses that contributed to the silent auction. “We cannot believe the amount of support we received from the local businesses here in Sumter, and we cannot thank our parents and commu-

nity enough for supporting our program,” Parker said. With the donations from various businesses including salons, dance studios and restaurants, the center was able to offer everything from children’s puzzles to oil changes at local businesses and gift certificates for local spas and other small businesses in Sumter. The staff and students presented the proceeds from the silent auction to Tutton on Friday after managing to keep the surprise event under wraps for quite some time. The proceeds from the silent auction will go back into the program and the facilities. Neice explained that they serve about 70 children from six weeks to 12 years of age, and the money will go to equipment and other

aspects of the program. “The money will go toward the literacy program,” Neice said. “We have 4K, so it will help fund 4K literacy for preschool, and we’re also looking into other physical equipment for the students to spend more time outdoors. Promoting literacy to children during their early childhood education is a crucial part of developing and maintaining these skills throughout adolescence, and we cannot stress how important physical activity is today with more and more time being spent in front of electronics instead of outdoors.” Although it won’t be a secret anymore, Neice said they would love to do the auction again next year and even make it an annual event for the program because of its success this year.

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President hosts Africa summit with eye on legacy WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on a continent where his commitment has been questioned. But the backdrop for the conference that begins Monday underscores what has been a constant challenge to that effort. Even as Obama immerses himself in talks on regional security, democracy building and business investment in Africa, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and much of his own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be on an extraordinary array of urgent overseas crises. Among them: Gaza clashes, Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s provocations in Ukraine and mounting extremism in Iraq, to name just a few. An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa also threatens to cast a shadow over the summit, with leaders from at least two affected countries canceling plans to travel to Washington and the U.S. setting up medical screenings for other officials arriving from those nations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the nature of the world we live in today where there are multiple crises at any time,â&#x20AC;? said Witney Schneidman, the former deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that should not paralyze us from moving forward on key areas to advance our interests.â&#x20AC;? White House officials say the American interests

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ATLANTA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit Saturday at one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best hospitals, where doctors said they are confident the deadly virus wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t escape. Fear that the outbreak killing more than 700 people in Africa could spread in the U.S. has generated considerable anxiety among some Americans. But infectious disease experts said the public faces zero risk as Emory University Hospital treats a critically ill missionary doctor and a charity worker who were infected in Liberia. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received â&#x20AC;&#x153;nasty emailsâ&#x20AC;? and at least 100 calls from people saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;How dare you bring Ebola into the country!?â&#x20AC;? CDC Director Tom Frieden told The Associated Press Saturday.

in Africa are immense. The continent is home to some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest-growing economies and a rapidly expanding middle class. The U.S. is also competing for those consumers with China, which surpassed the United States in 2009 as Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest trading partner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The importance of this for America needs to be understood,â&#x20AC;? Obama said Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Africa is growing, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got thriving markets, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got entrepreneurs and extraordinary talent among the people there.â&#x20AC;? He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Africa also happens to be one of the continents where America is most popular, and people feel a real affinity for our way of life.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that our understandable fear of the unfamiliar does not trump our compassion when ill Americans return to the U.S. for care,â&#x20AC;? Frieden said. Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, who will arrive in several days, will be treated in Emoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s isolation unit for infectious diseases, created 12 years ago to handle doctors who get sick at the CDC, just up the hill. It is one of about four in the country, equipped with everything necessary to test and treat people exposed to very dangerous viruses. In 2005, it handled patients with SARS, which unlike Ebola can spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. In fact, the nature of Ebola â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is spread by close contact with bodily fluids and blood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; means that any modern hospital using standard, rigorous, infection-control measures should be able to

handle it. Still, Emory wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be taking any chances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing comes out of this unit until it is non-infectious,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Bruce Ribner, who will be treating the patients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bottom line is: We have an inordinate amount of safety associated with the care of this patient. And we do not believe that any health care worker, any other patient or any visitor to our facility is in any way at risk of acquiring this infection.â&#x20AC;? Brantly was flown from Africa to Dobbins Air Reserve base outside Atlanta in a small plane equipped to contain infectious diseases, and a small police escort followed his ambulance to the hospital. He climbed out dressed head to toe in white protective clothing, and another person in an identical hazardous materials suit held both of his gloved hands as they walked gingerly inside.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Aug. 1.

HOUSE GOP LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA On a nearly party-line vote of 225 for and 201 against, members on July 30 authorized a Republican-drafted House of Representatives lawsuit against President Obama on grounds that he overstepped his constitutional powers by acting on his own to delay the start of the Affordable Care Actâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employer mandate from Jan. 1, 2014, to Jan. 1, 2015, or later. The measure (H Res 676) did not need Senate concurrence and took effect immediately. All but five of the 230 Republicans who voted supported the resolution, and all 196 Democrats who voted opposed the measure. The five Republicans voting against the resolution were Reps. Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Steve Stockman of Texas. Six members did not vote. They were GOP Reps. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee, Alan Nunelee of Mississippi and Mike Pompeo of Kansas and Democratic Reps. Bill Foster of Illinois, Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii and Albio Sires of New Jersey. A yes vote was to file a civil lawsuit against President Obama in federal court. VOTE H-1 slugged LAWSUIT SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Mark Sanford, R-1, Joe Wilson, R-2, Jeff Duncan, R-3, Trey Gowdy, R-4, Mick Mulvaney, R-5, Tom Rice, R-7 Voting no: James Clyburn, D-6 Not voting: None

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT HURDLES Voting 233 for and 190 against, the House on July 29 passed a Republican-drafted bill (HR 4315) requiring the Department of the Interior to publish online the scientific basis of all new â&#x20AC;&#x153;endangered speciesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;threatened speciesâ&#x20AC;? designations under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. The bill also requires the department to treat data from state, local and tribal governments as â&#x20AC;&#x153;best available scienceâ&#x20AC;? in making decisions on species protection. In addition, the bill puts a $125-per-hour cap on government payments of â&#x20AC;&#x153;prevailing attorney feesâ&#x20AC;? in litigation challenging endangered-species designations. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate, where it is expected to die. VOTE H-2 slugged SPECIES SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice (SC) Voting no: Clyburn Not voting: None

DISPUTE OVER FINDINGS Voting 204 for and 215 against, the House on July 29

refused to strip HR 4315 (above) of a requirement that Endangered Species Act administrators accept data submitted by state, local and tribal governments as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;best available scientific and commercial dataâ&#x20AC;? even if it has not been subjected to peer review. In the scientific community, peer review is a discipline in which new research is not accepted as valid until it is evaluated by other experts in the same field. A yes vote was to strip the bill of language requiring disclosure of non-peer-reviewed data. VOTE H-3 slugged DISPUTE SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Clyburn Voting no: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice (SC) Not voting: None

UPGRADE OF VETERANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; HEALTH CARE By a vote of 420 for and five against, the House on July 30 adopted the conference report on a bipartisan bill (HR 3230) appropriating $17 billion to help the Department of Veterans Affairs improve its medical services and rebound from a scandal that involved lengthy waits for appointments at DVA hospitals and clinics, falsification of records to give the appearance of prompt care, payment of unwarranted bonuses to managers who covered up problems and the apparently forced resignation of Eric Shinseki as secretary of Veterans Affairs. In part, the measure allocates $10 billion for care outside the DVA system for veterans who are required to wait longer than 30 days for DVA appointments or live more than 40 miles from a DVA medical facility, $5 billion for hiring more doctors and other medical personnel and $1.3 billion for leases to establish hospitals and clinics in up to 18 states and Puerto Rico. About $5 billion of the cost would be taken from other parts of the DVA budget, and $12 billion would be new spending. No member spoke against the bill. A yes vote was to send the conference report to the Senate, where it was adopted and sent to President Obama for his signature. VOTE H-1 slugged VETERANS SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Joe Wilson, R-2, Jeff Duncan, R-3, Trey Gowdy, R-4, Mick Mulvaney, R-5, James Clyburn, D-6, Tom Rice, R-7 Voting no: Mark Sanford, R-1 Not voting: None

REGULATION OF PESTICIDE DISCHARGES Voting 267 for and 161 against, the House on July 31 passed a bill (HR 935) that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring permits under the Clean Water Act for discharges into navigable waters of pesticides authorized for use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act. Clean Water Act permits

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still would be required for discharges regulated by that law as municipal or industrial waste or storm water. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate, where it is expected to die. VOTE H-2 slugged PESTICIDE SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Sanford, Wilson (SC), Duncan (SC), Gowdy, Mulvaney, Rice (SC) Voting no: Clyburn Not voting: None

SENATE NEW MONEY FOR HIGHWAYS Voting 79 for and 18 against, the Senate on July 29 sent back to the House a bill (HR 5021) to add $8.1 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to finance road, bridge and masstransit construction through Dec. 19. That ending date would provide an incentive for Congress to agree on a more permanent means of adequately funding highway and transit infrastructure as part of a multi-year transportation bill that is on the table. The short-term funding bill would pay for itself with provisions including an improvement in Internal Revenue Service collections of unpaid taxes. The House version of HR 5021 would finance the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015, enabling the current Congress to avoid action on permanent funding. The highway fund is projected to run dry in August. A yes vote was to send the bill to the House, where it was promptly rejected. VOTE S-1 slugged HIGHWAY SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Lindsey Graham, R

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STATE CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION Voting 28 for and 69 against, the Senate on July 29 defeated an amendment to HR 5021 (above) that would devolve all federal highway and mass transit programs except the Interstate Highway System to the states over five years. Under the amendment, the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon would be reduced to 3.7 cents by 2019. By then, states and localities would be in charge of managing and funding their transportation networks other than interstate highways. A yes vote was to shift most federal transportation programs to the states and cut the federal gasoline tax by 80 percent. VOTE S-2 slugged STATE SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Graham, Scott Voting no: None Not voting: None

IMPROVEMENTS IN VETERANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CARE Voting 91 for and three against, the Senate on July 31 adopted the conference report on a bill (HR 3230, above) to appropriate $17 billion for improvement of veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; medical care. In addition to provisions described above, the bill would make post-9/11 GI Bill benefits available to spouses of service members who die while on active duty, allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to improve existing DVA medical facilities, extend scholarship programs for DVA health personnel and curb bonuses for the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior managers. The bill also would ease civil-service rules

so that DVA employees with poor work records could be fired, with appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board resolved within 21 days. A yes vote was to send the bill to President Obama for his signature. VOTE S-1 slugged VETERANS SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: Lindsey Graham, R, Tim Scott, R Voting no: None Not voting: None

FUNDS TO EASE BORDER CRISIS Voting 50 for and 44 against, the Senate on July 31 failed to reach the 60 votes needed to advance a bill (S 2648) providing emergency appropriations to help agencies deal with tens of thousands of unaccompanied child immigrants from Central America who have illegally entered the U.S. The bill would appropriate $2.7 billion, mainly for border security and resources to care for the children while immigration judges determine whether they qualify for asylum or refugee status or face deportation. In addition, the bill provides $615 million for fighting wildfires in eight western states and $225 million to bolster Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iron Dome missile-defense system. A yes vote supported the bill despite GOP arguments that the spending should be offset by increased revenue or cuts elsewhere rather than added to federal debt. VOTE S-2 slugged BORDER SOUTH CAROLINA Voting yes: None Voting no: Graham, Scott Not voting: None ÂŠ 2014, Thomas Voting Reports Inc.

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Central Carolina pinnings Central Carolina Technical College pinned 11 students as surgical technicians during a recent ceremony. The school pinned a total of 36 new medical assistants, massage therapists and surgical technicians. PHOTOS PROVIDED

Eighteen students were also pinned as medical assistants in a recent CCTC ceremony held at the campus.

PATROL FROM PAGE A1 and to send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back,” the event has grown to involve more than 37.8 million people in 16,124 communities across all 50 states, U.S. Territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide, according to the celebration’s website, natw.org. “We encourage neighbors to watch neighbors,” said Sheriff Anthony Dennis. “It’s kind of the noisy neighbor concept.” Hobbs agreed.

“We need that,” he said. “I’d always rather prevent a crime than solve one.” The event also serves as a meet and greet for law enforcement. “We often only see people when they commit a crime or are the victim of a crime,” Hobbs said. “I want to get to know you and you to get to know us. National Night Out is a time to focus on that. That way when they have a problem, they reach out. They’re not calling the sheriff’s office. They’re calling Cpl. Hobbs.

A group of seven Central Carolina Technical College students were recently pinned as massage therapists.

They’re calling Cpl. (Jerome) Williams.” Williams is the liaison for South Side. “When we talk when I’m just riding through, then it’s not so awkward when you come talk to me about something happening,” he said. The sheriff’s office plans to have technical equipment and vehicles out and about. Deputies plan to discuss safety tips, and the office’s Explorers — a senior Boy Scout group — will be out, too. But law enforcement is more of a facilitator, Hobbs said. The neighborhoods are the organizers, and the deputies as

well as police officers are there just to support the community’s efforts. “We want to create that rapport with our citizens,” Dennis said. “We want to be account-

able. We want to be visible. We want them to not hesitate to call us. We want to strengthen our relationship with the community and send a message to criminals, too.”

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DOGS FROM PAGE A1 County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office discovered nearly a dozen pit bull terriers scattered throughout the wooded area surrounding the rural home. Each of the dogs was held by heavy chains cemented into the ground near makeshift doghouses made from particle board and cinder blocks. In addition, inside a shed near the rear of the residence, officers also discovered an apparent training wheel for the dogs, with a small stuffed animal hanging from a metal arm to entice the animals to run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen one of those in a long time,â&#x20AC;? said Maj. Allen Dailey of the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office of the intricate setup inside the shed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It indicates either dog fighting or training dogs to fight.â&#x20AC;? The animals found in the wooded area around the home were sedated and then transported to Sumter County Animal Control. Robert McFadden, 30, of 10630 Nero Circle, has been charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, chop shop violations, and manufacturing of crack cocaine. Dailey said more charges and more arrests are expected in the case, as the exact charges have yet to be determined in relation to the animals seized at the property. At least two vehicles thought to be stolen were found at the scene, including at least one with its vehicle identification number removed. In addition, several all-terrain vehicles, also thought to be stolen, were parked in the back of the home, as well. The drug charges, Dailey said, came after officers found trace amounts of crack cocaine around a microwave at the residence. A drug test of the inside of the microwave also revealed signs of the drug, Dailey said.

Investigators think this apparent training wheel, found in the shed of an Olanta-area home Saturday afternoon, was used to train dogs to fight. Makeshift dog houses litter the wooded area outside a residence in the 10000 block of Nero Circle on Saturday. PHOTOS BY BRADEN BUNCH / THE SUMTER ITEM

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Cemetery has some strange stories to tell Visitors welcome to tour Edgefield site

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Tonya Guy, who gives tours of Willowbrook Cemetery in Edgefield, holds a notebook filled with pictures of people who are buried there. Seen above in her book is Chancellor Francis Hugh Wardlaw, the author of the Ordinance of Secession that South Carolina adopted during a convention in 1860. Guy conducts tours in the historic graveyard on Church Street in Edgefield. Since then, a big stone cross from another burial site has fallen on top of DeVoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plot, possibly causing damage to structures beneath the groundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who were growing up here in the 1950s remember when an individual was dared to go down there, and he saw DeVore,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day, we would like to do an excavation and see if we can get back there.â&#x20AC;? Not too far away from DeVoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave is the final resting place of Matthew Calbraith Butler, who was a Confederate major general during the War Between the States. Butler lost his right foot in an 1863 battle in Virginia. He returned to duty only a few months after being injured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a wooden foot made, and he went back and served the rest of the war,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really unusual is that he had his real foot em-

HEAR THE STORIES For more information about tours of Willowbrook Cemetery, call Tonya Guy at 803637-4010 or visit www.oedgs.org and click on the Willowbrook Cemetery link near the top of the home page.

balmed. He kept it in a box, and when he died, the embalmed foot was buried with him because he had asked for it to be.â&#x20AC;? Behethland Pawnee Butler Bacon was only in her 20s when she died. Her grave in Willowbrook used to have a small summerhouse made of wooden latticework on it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her childhood toys and seashells were put in there, and children would come and look inside,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People thought for a long time that she had

died as a child, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not true.â&#x20AC;? After the latticework deteriorated and rotted, a vault was built that is still there today. A tall monument marks Thomas Glasscock Baconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final resting place in Willowbrook. He was a colorful man who raised racehorses and game chickens. He fought in the Second Seminole War, and during the Civil War, he was a colonel with the 7th South Carolina Volunteer Regiment. He later became a state senator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He never forgot the men he served with in the War Between the States,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. When Bacon died, his final words were, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let me go. I want to go to my regiment,â&#x20AC;? and they were carved on his monument. A large, rough-looking rock sits atop the burial site belonging to the Rev. John Lake. He was a missionary who started a leper colony on an island in the South China Sea, and the stone is a souvenir from that colony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love talking about everybody out here,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. But the most special, to Guy, are a physician named Elbert Bland and his wife, Rebecca. During the Civil War, after Bland was wounded twice on the battlefield while supporting the Confederate cause, Rebecca didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want him to continue his military service. But Bland didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grant her wish. In 1863, during the Battle of Chickamauga, Bland got hurt again, and he died. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rebecca loved him dearly, and for the rest of her life, she grieved and mourned,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She dressed in black, and even though she had many suitors after the war, she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything to do with them.â&#x20AC;? Rebecca died in 1891. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At her request, her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave and coffin were opened,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was laid on top of his bosom, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where she rests. All she asked for was a small footstone with her name on it at the end of his grave. I think the sweet romance of it all makes it a beautiful story.â&#x20AC;?

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EDGEFIELD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Some of Tonya Guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite people are dead. They lie beneath the magnolia trees in Willowbrook Cemetery, and Guy enjoys taking visitors to see their final resting places during the tours she conducts in the historic graveyard on Church Street in Edgefield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are illustrious individuals here who led such fascinating lives,â&#x20AC;? said Guy, who is the grants and promotions coordinator for the Edgefield Cemetery Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be able to introduce them to others is an honor and a privilege. I never get tired of telling their stories.â&#x20AC;? Four South Carolina governors are buried in Willowbrook, along with some other notable politicians. One of the most unusual tales associated with the cemeteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s denizens belongs to someone less famous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dr. James Adams DeVore, who died in 1895. His grave has a trapdoor made of iron that has rusted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a very eccentric character,â&#x20AC;? Guy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;According to local legend, he is buried sitting in a chair behind glass. Under this door, there is supposed to be an archway and a tunnel that leads to him.â&#x20AC;? Guy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure what exactly is down there because the opening below the door has dirt and debris in it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A preacher didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like people going to see DeVore, so he supposedly filled it in, probably in the 1960s,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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DORA MAE A. SIMON Dora Mae Adger Simon, widow of the late Albertis Simon Sr., departed this life on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in Sumter. Born on July 11, 1941, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Lee Moses Adger and Theola Wilder Adger and stepdaughter of the late Irene Reynolds Adger. She was reared by the late Johnny Adger and Bernice Wilder Adger. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence of her daughter, Patricia Simon Hilton, of 1081 Middle Drive, Paxville community, Pinewood. Funeral services are incomplete and shall be announced by the Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

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ANIMAL CONTROL FROM PAGE A1 to know the loose mutt will be contained inside the building. Although the current building on Winkles Road was only constructed in 2004, Reynolds says it isn’t designed to house a large dog population long term. Several latches on the dog runs, for example, were loosely bolted to the hollow, unreinforced concrete blocks that form the walls of the rows of pens. Over the years, larger dogs have broken them just by putting enough pressure on the gates, and in those situations, the pen doors are now held on by dog collars looped through the chain links. “About 10 or 15 times a year, we’ll come in, and the dog’s just there like, ‘hey, how are you?’” Reynolds said. To better secure the runs, Animal Control needs to attach galvanized steel latches to walls made sturdier with set concrete poured between the cinder blocks. One of the biggest problems faced by Animal Control is sanitation. All the runs along one row are served by a single latrine that runs along the rear walls of the pen, leading to the building’s septic tanks. But the drain is mostly unsecured, creating an opening between neighboring dogs. “They sit in the poop trails, and the smaller dogs can get through the drain (into the next run) and get killed by the bigger dogs,” said Lila Hetcel, who volunteers to find homes for the dogs for the private group Friends of Sumter Animal Control. Part of the planned renovations would place a latrine in front of the runs, outside the doors. This would solve more than one problem; with the way the floor slants, dog urine more often runs out under the run gates, which can not only spread diseases such as parvo and distemper to the other dogs, but also by running up to the walls, the acidic urine is mostly responsible for eating away the metal at the base of the building. Ultimately, Reynolds hopes to see the county build an entirely new Animal Control facility. The current one could serve as an intake building, but it doesn’t have enough space for all the animals they are asked to hold, or the outdoor area for the dogs to exercise and interact with visitors looking to adopt. Space has always been a concern at the facility. “In a busy month, we could get a hundred dogs,” he said. “And when we had that big dogfighting bust, we got 33 dogs at once.” Dogs aren’t the only critters Animal Control has to handle either. The facility doesn’t have any space to hold cats, never mind the runaway horses, cows and

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other livestock officers have to corral. They even get calls for the odd raccoon or opossum. Improvements will help boost Animal Control from a holding area for strays to a dedicated pet adoption agency, which is Reynolds’ ultimate goal. “The ordinance says we have to keep them for six days, but it’s rare we don’t hold them for more than that,” he said. Even short of a new facility, the planned changes will make the lot of these lost dogs more bearable. “We’re making progress to bring this place into the 21st century,” Hetcel said. “That’s what the penny tax should do.”

PHOTOS BY MATT WALSH / THE SUMTER ITEM

Lila Hetcel, a volunteer with Friends of Sumter Animal Control, holds a puppy outside the kennels at Sumter Animal Control recently.

Roberta Rounseville, 77, died on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehab Center. Plans will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

JAMES A. MATTHIESEN

Two dogs peer through the gates of their kennels recently at the facility on Winkles Road.

James A. “Jim” Matthiesen, 88, died on July 2, 2014, in Indianapolis, Indiana, of a blood disorder. He was the father of Carol Ann Waddell. He earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for his faithful Army service in World War II. He was an accomplished educator and dedicated family man, who taught his family the value of hard work.

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Strength training twice weekly can be your ally as you age

itting at your desk all day can make your back, shoulders and neck tight. Standing up, you may notice your knees and hips are a bit stiff. Having this desk job can decrease your range of motion and over the course of decades can lead to compromised posture, joint problems, low bone density and loss of muscle. As we get older, there is a reduction in physical function, posture and muscular shape. That’s why strength training becomes more important to achieving optimal health and improving quality of life, especially as we age. Muscle mass increases throughout childhood and

peaks in our 20s. From age 30-50 we begin losing muscle mass, about 10 percent. Into the 50s, the rate of muscle Missy loss begins Corrigan to be a lot faster than the rate of muscle gain, thus reducing your strength and muscular size. Bone density is developed at a young age but also decreases as we age because the rate at which bone is broken down is faster than the new bone is formed, leading to weaker, less-dense bones. The good news is that strength training twice a

week for one year has been shown in studies to increase muscle mass and bone density in those ages 40-70. Many people fear lifting weights, thinking that they are going to “bulk up.” But gaining muscle through weight lifting has many benefits, including preventing age-related diseases such as osteoporosis. Building muscle can help you improve balance, prevent falls, lift heavy objects without injury and increase power and reaction time. Strength training does not have to be strenuous or time consuming, and nor does it require a gym membership. It can be done anywhere, even in your home or out at a park. Dumbbells, resis-

TIPS FOR SUCCESS Start slow; Commit to a schedule; and Lift with proper form.

tance bands and tubes as well as your own body weight can be used for exercises that build and strengthen your muscles and bones. A lack of strength training in your exercise routine will eventually lead to a decline in your physical health. No matter your age or current condition, it is never too late to start receiving the benefits of strength training. Boost energy, slow the aging process and improve your

mood and confidence all while achieving better fitness through strength training. Missy Corrigan is associate executive director of the Sumter Family YMCA. She can be reached at mcorrigan@ymcasumter.org or (803) 773-1404.

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ick up the local newspaper in any small town in America — often a weekly or twiceweekly — and you’ll find some of the best, most creative and universally funny writers/ journalists out there. This past week our company purchased a group of small weeklies in Baldwin County, Alabama — http://bit. ly/XpJBYS and http://bit. ly/1pMNI7N — instantly broadening our horizons and expanding our team of just such excellent writers. Some will start appearing periodically in The Sumter Item, so this column serves as an introduction to two in particular — Cliff McCollum and Leslie Anne Harrison. I’ve been reading their columns for awhile now, and asked them to provide short biographical sketches for our

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HARRISON

Cliff McCollum is the managing editor of Gulf Coast Newspapers and Leslie Anne Harrison is a contributing writer at Gulf Coast Newspapers, and has a blog at www.fairhopesupply.com. Sumter readers. Here’s what Cliff McCollum put together: Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians

the error of their ways. He is currently the managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers and can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

officially crowned. Growing up along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Northwest Florida and back again to Alabama, I’ve seen enough crazy to keep me in stories for the rest of my life. Actually, it doesn’t even take crazy to give me a good story. Just a mundane trip to the Piggly Wiggly usually provides me with a good tale to tell. Marriage took me to the Metro Atlanta area where I learned to love a big city and The Peach State, but eventually felt the immense pull of the Gulf Coast. I felt landlocked, and pined for fried mullet and familiar white sand, so after much pleading and batting my eyes we settled in lovely Fairhope, Alabama, where we have lived for 15 years, raising our two boys in a town often called the “Alabama Mayberry.” In the past, I taught kindergarten and wrote educational articles for parenting maga-

And here is the formidable Leslie Anne Harrison. She can be reached at la@ fairhopesupply.com, and you definitely need to check out her website/blog at www. fairhopesupply.com. Born in picturesque and tiny Florala, Alabama — literally a block from the Florida state line, I was welcomed into a family of storytellers. Before I was able to speak real words, I used toddler language during Sunday dinner to retell the entire story of The Good Samaritan, complete with special effect clip-clopping donkey hooves. I got my point across to an enraptured audience, and another storyteller was

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At the movies, now and then

Immigrant children can be easily cared for

oday’s column is about movies. Rather than rail about how Obama is screwing up the country, I thought a change of pace and topic would be relaxing for our readers. Thus I chose movies, the good, the bad and the ugly. I’ve had a long love affair with movies beginning as a kid when I was deposited by my father to the Rex Theatre on North Main Street across from the Opera House practically every Saturday morning. If you could avoid being eaten alive by the rats running under the seats (there was lots of popcorn on the seldom-cleaned floor, which attracted the filthy rodents), you could sit back and enjoy the mostly western movies that were shown along with a cartoon, a serial and sometimes a short subject. As kids we worshipped the cowboy stars: Red Ryder, Hopalong Cassidy, Lash LaRue, Johnny Mack Brown, Roy Rogers, Charles Starrett (as the Durango Kid), Sunset Carson, Gene Autry and many, many others. Those westerns kick-started my infatuation with movies. I always enjoyed the Laurel and Hardy comedies while the Three Stooges were in Hubert D. a league of their own. Even my faOsteen Jr. ther guffawed at their slapstick humor when the old episodes began showing up on TV. More serious movies began getting my attention as I grew older, the ones with the really big stars: Gable, Bogart, Grant, Wayne, Hayworth, Cooper, Garland, Scott, Davis, Astaire, Kelly, Widmark, Andrews, Monroe and on and on ... They all had distinctive, unforgettable personalities. Maybe that’s why they remain memorable. In more contemporary movies, I especially liked Clint Eastwood (still do), and those one-liners he popped out in the “Dirty Harry” movies: “Go ahead, make my day” as he leveled his trusty .357 Magnum at a criminal he had captured, and “Should I read you your rights?” as he stuck his gun in the face of a suspect. Those movies were simple: Good versus evil, with the good cop always winning, one way or another. I like simple. Modern-day movies are simple: Simple-minded. Lousy storylines, lousy acting, lousy directing and tasteless plots, especially with the love scenes in romantic films where movie stars these days can’t wait to get undressed and do an obligatory sexual coupling as they display their personal trainerhoned bodies. As for the action movies, they are distinguished by bodies being shot full of holes or exploded. Enough with the graphic violence. Even the James Bond movies lack the old pizzazz they once had with Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan in the lead roles. Those 007 guys could inject some fun into their deadly occupation. I especially enjoyed seeing Brosnan driving a tank in a $1,000 suit. The current Bond, Daniel Craig, is a humorless stiff. He’s got to go. Final thought: I wonder why Hollywood still can’t figure out why the more wholesome and inspiring movies always do better at the box office than the cookie-cutter, predictable violence-prone offerings that go hand in hand with the computer-created special effects films. Hollywood always keeps aiming for the lowest common denominators in audiences. When will they learn? As for me, I’ll take Turner Classic Movies anytime. Oldies but goodies are still good.

Last Friday, July 25, my thoughts about the immigration crisis were published in The Sumter Item. Although, I have received phone calls, emails and Facebook comments in support of my opinions, there have also been critics; one of them accused me of playing the race card. Playing the race card means that black folks blame white folks for all that is wrong in their lives. Because we now have a black man in the White House, it is supposed to be politically incorrect to interject race, skin color, ethnicity, socio-economic status and poverty into the discussion, for we can now sing “We Have Overcome.” Yet I am unapologetically interjecting race into the conversation to encourage honest dialogue. The day after my immigration letter appeared in the paper, I read Gov. Haley’s comments about 350 immigrant children who will be sponsored by various groups in South Carolina: “You want me to educate them right? And you want me to pay their health care, right?” She is concerned that the children will cost South Carolina something, and they will. Sheltering children will require the expenditure of compassion, love and understanding. While I can’t provide the specific dollar amount required to aid the children, I am certain that our capacity to share our resources is exceedingly great. I am reminded of the story of the little boy with five loaves of bread and two fish. The child’s willingness to share his meager resources served as an example to those who were assembled and hungry. Once the child shared the little that he had, others in the crowd did likewise. The result was that all were fed, and there were enough leftovers to fill several baskets. To those who insist that the priority must be that of determining who enters this country legally as opposed to illegally, I refer you to this web

page:http://bit.ly/1naYozH. After viewing it, who among you is still willing to shout, “Go back where you came from. We don’t want you here.” Beverly Diane Frierson Columbia

Better those with CWP than illegal gun owners The recent letter submitted by Eugene Baten has prompted me to address the CWP subject. Talk about overreaching, Mr. Baten. You never cease to amaze me. As far as CWP holders not being responsible, you have to use common sense, of which you exhibit a total lack of. You go from an unleashed dog in a “public park” to CWP holders carrying weapons into a bar or federal buildings. Have you ever visited our “public parks?” I do quite often, especially Dillon Park. On any given day, you can find unleashed dogs, including pit bulls; hoards of teens harassing the walkers on the track; speeding motorcycles and cars, just to name a few of the many distractions. That is why I have a CWP and I safely have my weapon on my person. I am going to do anything I can to protect myself from being another Sumter statistic of being mauled, mugged or killed while using a public area. Fact: The dog was unleashed. Fact: The CWP holder felt threatened by the unleashed animal of which the owner did not follow the law or use every method of restraint on the animal. Fact: All was in a “public park,” financed by tax payers. Personally, I feel more comfortable going into a bar, store or any social gathering knowing CWP holders may have their weapons to defend against the countless street rats running rampant holding stolen and illegal guns. Margaret M. Austin Sumter

One size does not fit all I have just passed my 80th birthday and I find myself won-

zines, and now write the blog, “Fairhope Supply Co.” which deals with all things Southern, plus a few other fun things. I look forward to connecting with the people in Sumter, and as the duty of any Southerner, I’ll talk to my Aunts and find some of “my people” who know “your people,” and then we’ll be practically cousins. Like taking fried chicken to the bereaved, or waiting till Easter to wear the white shoes ... it’s just what we do. Keep an eye on The Sumter Item Opinion pages for these two new characters, who will provide fresh points of view along with an always-appreciated dose of humor. Graham Osteen is Editor-AtLarge of The Item. He can be reached at graham@theitem. com. Follow him on Twitter @ GrahamOsteen, or visit www. grahamosteen.com.

dering about a lot of things I see and have seen. I wonder how our world has evolved into a pattern of conformity and political correctness. I wonder where the individuality has gone, even when it concerns our places of worship. I have been a pastor for 30 years, and during that time, I have discovered that the most popular topic among pastors and church leaders is “church growth.” The overriding issue is not necessarily how to reach people for Christ but how to increase memberships. The primary emphasis is usually on ministry for the young, and that is good, for as we all know “the youth are the future of the church.” Also, we know that this takes money and resources. However, many of the small neighborhood churches are not equipped with the people or the resources necessary to provide every kind of program. As a result, many of these smaller churches are fading away because their younger members are turning to the mega churches. All that remains are the senior citizens. I realize that the current trend is firmly entrenched, but I wonder if maybe there could be a church with a different approach to ministry. I wonder if all churches must have the same music, the same programs and activities. Maybe there is room for a church where the old hymns are sung and the specials are Southern gospel or bluegrass. A church where the primary ministry is to reach out to the most neglected segment of our population today, the senior citizens. In conclusion, I do not think that one size should fit all. There are many ministry needs, and to borrow from the business world, “we must find a need and then fill it.” I wonder if one of those needs might be a church that focuses on a different type of worship service and ministry. Just wondering. The author can be contacted at revkmartz@gmail. com. Rev. Kerry Martz Sumter

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JOSEPH B. CANTEY MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joseph Brice â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.B.â&#x20AC;? Cantey, 81, husband of the late Eldis Browder Cantey, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Born March 8, 1933, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Joseph McSwain Cantey and Corine Lowder Duke. Mr. Cantey was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, retired from DuPont, a member of the Camden CANTEY Masonic Lodge, an Atlanta Braves fan and a lifelong avid fisherman. He is survived by his son, Joseph Brice â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joeâ&#x20AC;? Cantey Jr. of Lugoff; a daughter, Dr. Sheryl Cantey-Bruce and her husband, Gail, of Charlotte; a sister, Linda Duke Carroll and her husband, Mike, of Cross; a brother, A. Glen Duke of West Columbia; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; 10 nephews; a niece; and grand-dog â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauregard.â&#x20AC;? He was preceded in death by a brother, Christopher Cantey; and a sister, Marginelle Misenheimer. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home, with Father John Scott officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Midway Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Stephens Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311. The family extends deepest appreciation to the assisted living staff at Covenant Place of Sumter and Amedysis Hospice. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org.

HENRY A. ARDIS Henry Allen Ardis, 75, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Fred William Ardis and Beatrice â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dollyâ&#x20AC;? Brown Ardis. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and retired from Pettie Belle and Glen Manufacturing. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include four sisters, Virginia Verhoeven of Sumter, Earlene Skelcher of California, Vivian Earles of Sumter and Diane Arrants of Longs; two brothers, John Ardis (Vonnie) and Tommy Ardis (Delores), all of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Will â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonnyâ&#x20AC;? Rogers Ardis Sr. and Wayne Ardis; a niece, Roxanne Jones; and three nephews, Brandon Earles, Rusty Ardis and Charlie Ardis. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Timmons officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Monday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ardis, and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ardis. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, Palmetto Chapter, 4124 Clemson Blvd., Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ESTELLE FULWOOD Estelle Fulwood was born Jan. 26, 1939, to the late Clifton and Olivia Samuel in Florence County. She departed this life on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at her residence. Estelle was educated in the public schools of Florence District 4. At an early age, she joined New Zion Baptist Church in Sardis. After marriage, she joined Mt. Sinai AME Church, where she remained a faithful member and served diligently on the Trust-

ee Board, Gospel Choir, Mass Choir and the Stewardess Board. Estelle was the person to call if there was a funeral, revival or gospel program. She was recognized as a person who loved to serve the Lord and was always there when called upon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Send me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go.â&#x20AC;? Estelle retired from Sumter School District 2 after 32 years of dedicated service. Estelle was a humble, kind spirit who would speak her mind when required. She loved children and young people, and she believed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;older and wiserâ&#x20AC;? should reprimand and teach the young. She lived her life by example and spoke the truth, and for this we are eternally grateful. She was joined in holy matrimony to Willie James Fulwood of the home and was a loving and devoted wife for 53 years. Estelle leaves to cherish precious memories: her husband of 53 years, Willie James Fulwood, of the home; four daughters, Jackie K. Bennett of Sumter, Gloria (Steven) Pendergrass of Sumter, Peggy Ann Fulwood (Rickey) Lee of Brooklet, Georgia, and Marilyn Fulwood (Ameer Amain); three sons, Lucky J. (Stacey) Fulwood of Sumter, Reggie Fulwood of the home and Chucky (Aretha) Fulwood, of Moss Point, Miss.; two special grandchildren reared in the home, Shantia K. Fulwood and Rasean G. Fulwood; 14 grandchildren, Joy E. Obidike, Ahmad Rashad Samuels, Steven Pendergrass, Jocelyn M. Fulwood, Malcolm J. Fulwood, Martin C. Fulwood, Moneak S. Fulwood, Lakein S. Fulwood, Larry A. Fulwood, Diasha Robertson, Joshua Robertson, Ladarious Fulwood, Simeon Fulwood and Samuel Fulwood; 13 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ester Peterson of Dumpfries, Va., Margaret Samuels of Queens, N.Y., Janice Palmer of Sumter, Elizabeth Samuels of Sumter; and two brothers, T.J. Samuels of Queens, Perry (Jackie) Samuels of Darlington; two sistersin-law, Sylvia Jane (Roosevelt) Lowery and Josephine (Frank) Fulwood, both of Lynchburg; and a host of other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held at Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary from 3 to 6 p.m. today. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Monday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Mt. Sinai AME Church, 4835 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, with the Rev. Marie DeasWebb officiating. Interment will follow in the Edwards Cemetery. Family is receiving friends 7605 Fullard St., Lynchburg, SC 29080 Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., 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 jobsmortuary.net.

LEROY GUESS Jr. Leroy Olin Guess Jr., 61, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was the son of the late Leroy O. Guess and Erma Lee Compton. Roy was an avid truck driver for many years until his health left him unable to continue in the profession. After his truck driving career ended, he pursued a career at First Baptist Church of Sumter as their maintenance man for well more than 10 years. Poor health ended that career as well. Although his employment came to an end at First Baptist Church, his faith, dedication and attendance continued. His dear friends in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday school class

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made sure he got to church every Sunday, and a very special friend, Don Morris, also helped him. Roy leaves behind his daughter, Crystal Guess; his grandchildren, Candler Dubose and Caiden Allen; two stepdaughters, Joyce Nesbitt and Beth Rainey; his sister, Becky (Jack) Pavlas; three nieces, Jamie (Clay) Sims, Kimberly Medlin and Jennifer (Michael) McKim; two nephews, Willie Hinson and Justin (Brooke) Brogdon; three great-nieces; and three great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his two sisters, Karen Medlin and Sandy Brogdon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumter Cemetery. Honorary pallbearer will be Caiden Allen. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Sumter, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29150. 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.

EDWIN K. LATHAN Sr. Edwin K. Lathan Sr., 80, widower of Sally Stuart Houston Lathan, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, at the home of his son. Born in Charlotte, he was a son of the late Claude Fleetwood Lathan Jr. and Ovalyn Kelly Lathan. Mr. Lathan was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and the retired owner and operator of Lathan Oil Co. He was a member of the Jaycees, a past president of the Optimist Club, and a member of First Presbyterian Church. In his spare time, he was an avid hunter and fisherman. Surviving are a son, Claude F. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woodyâ&#x20AC;? Lathan of Sumter; and four grandchildren, Claude F. Lathan IV, Hannah Lathan, Corbit Lathan and Kelly Lathan. He was preceded in death

by a son, Edwin K. Lathan, Jr. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dearld Sterling officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brant Bahnmuller, Brock Miller, Frank Barron, Bo Brogdon, David Johnston and Chal Glenn. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday at the 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.

THELMA WAYNICK Thelma A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peteâ&#x20AC;? Waynick, 80, wife of Joe M. Waynick Jr., died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Mattie Blume Vining. Mrs. Waynick was a charter member of Calvary Bible Church, and was the co-owner of Waynick Upholstery for 40 years. She was a 1952 graduate of Edmunds High School. She taught Sunday school at Bible Fellowship Church and Calvary Bible Church for more than 30 years. In addition to her husband of Sumter, she is survived by two sons, Phillip Darryl Waynick (Cindy) of Sumter and Anthony Lee Waynick (Tammy) of Statesboro, Georgia; two daughters, Terry Lynn Frierson (Eddie) of Sumter and Paula Ann White (Willie Fields) of Columbia; two brothers, George Douglas Vining and Cecil Vining (Sarah), both of Sumter; four sisters, Leila Mae Bell of Santee, Kathleen Winburn of Hartsville, Francis Lovelace of Sumter, and Mattie Louise Edwards (John) of Florida; eight grandchildren, Jeramy White (Beth), Jessica Jones (Allen), Ann Marie Norton (Brian), Tyler Waynick, Austin Waynick, Matthew Waynick, Logan Waynick, and Tracey Hurley; seven greatgrandchildren, Garen Jones, Allie Jones, Collin Norton, Hadley Jones, Harper White, Taylor Norton and Natalie

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Norton. She was preceded in death by a son, Joey Parker Waynick, and a grandson, Carter Joseph White. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. John Hall and the Rev. Dr. Harold Waynick Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Jackie Bradley, Bobby Mims, Wayne Morris, and John Rowland. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Calvary Bible Church Building Fund, 770 North Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. The family would like to say a special thank you to Hospice Care of South Carolina, and to the oncology staff at Tuomey Hospital for their care for Mrs. Waynick. 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.

RANSON RICHARDSON Ranson Richardson, 86, widow of Josephine James Richardson, entered eternal rest on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in the comfort of his home. Born Nov. 15, 1927, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Ernest Richardson and Lillie James Richardson. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1209 White Rivers Road, Pinewood. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

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FYI The Rembert Area Community Coalition (RACC) is accepting applications for the 2014-15 after school program. Applications can be obtained at the main office, 8455 Camden Highway, Rembert, SC 29128. For information, call (803) 432-2001. Hillcrest High School Class of 1977 will hold a 37-year class reunion celebration on Oct. 11, 2014, at Catchall Masonic Lodge. For information, contact EleanorOlden@gmail. com, Vanessaplayland@ yahoo.com or lin.5580@hotmail.com. The Rembert Area Community

Coalition (RACC) offers a senior citizens program 10 a.m.-noon each Monday and Wednesday at 6785 Bradley St. (behind community car wash), Rembert, SC 29128. Transportation is available. For details, call (803) 432-2001. The Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation Inc. (MDFF), a nonprofit organization, accepts vehicle contributions. To complete a vehicle donation, call 1-800-544-1213. Donors may also log onto the organization’s Web site at www.mdff. org and click on the automobile icon to complete an online vehicle donation application.

PUBLIC AGENDA

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Some sun, a couple of t-storms

Cloudy with a couple of t-storms

A p.m. t-storm in the area

Some sun, a couple A t-storm in spots in of t-storms the p.m.

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86° / 71°

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Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 10%

Winds: NE 4-8 mph

Winds: N 3-6 mph

Winds: NE 4-8 mph

Winds: WNW 3-6 mph

Winds: WSW 4-8 mph

Winds: N 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 86/66 Spartanburg 87/66

Greenville 83/65

MID-CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Tuesday, 6 p.m., Angus McDuffie’s farm house, Rembert

TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall

Today: Clouds and sun with a thunderstorm. Winds northeast 3-6 mph. Monday: A morning thunderstorm possible, then a t-storm in spots.

Columbia 87/72

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 84/69

Aiken 86/68

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your happiness levels are skyrocketing, making personal relationships a target. Focus on the positives and sharing with someone you love. Say little and do a lot to please others. An argument will lead to regret. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Offer assistance or get involved in a cause you believe in. You can make a difference and doing so will raise your profile and promote what you have to offer. Engage in activities that challenge you as well as help you grow. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stay on track. Don’t lose sight of your goals. Build a strong base and stick to what you know in your heart is best for you. Don’t give in to indulgent tendencies that will lead to waste and trouble. Put love first. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Problems will mount. Cooperation will be next to impossible. Don’t put demands on others and you will avoid recourse. Change can be good and may be required, but too much of anything will work against you. Consider working alone. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t hide your thoughts. Offering help will make you feel good even if someone complains that you should be putting your focus elsewhere. An interesting connection will be made. Share creative pursuits with someone who has common interests.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Changes to your living arrangements will bring you renewed hope. Make a fresh start by ridding yourself of the people and things that aren’t working for you anymore. Get on with your life and start doing the things that make you happy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Getting involved in something you are passionate about will lead to a new endeavor. You have plenty to gain if you don’t let what others decide to do spoil your plans. Focus on what’s important to you and carry on. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do your research. Secondhand information will be to your detriment. Look for partnership opportunities that will allow you to accomplish twice as much. Cooperation will be what leads to success. Don’t leave room for error and you’ll have no regrets.

ACROSS 1 Gets the phone 8 Cascades peak 14 Tahini ingredient 20 Political pundit married to Carville 21 Chinese dumpling 22 People from Muscat 23 DECEMBER 6, 1933 26 Trash hauler 27 Run up bills 28 Author Dinesen 29 Snow Queen in Frozen 30 Prosecutors: Abbr. 32 Tummy trouble 35 Bubble source 37 Tummy 38 DECEMBER 8, 1941 44 Macroeco-

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 86/69/pc 83/64/pc 89/70/s 83/62/pc 89/73/pc 87/68/c 87/74/t 77/67/c 92/75/t 81/68/t 99/84/t 74/60/pc 81/68/t

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.93 75.44 75.23 96.96

24-hr chg +0.11 +0.12 none -0.45

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

0.13" 0.74" 0.39" 24.37" 34.87" 28.73"

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

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

72° 68° 90° 69° 101° in 1980 60° 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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 86/68/c 84/61/t 91/70/s 84/63/t 89/72/t 85/64/pc 89/74/t 82/70/t 92/75/t 86/70/t 103/85/pc 74/61/pc 86/71/t

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 2.96 19 6.08 14 2.63 14 5.62 80 76.54 24 6.86

24-hr chg +0.13 +3.40 -0.16 +0.37 -0.24 +1.00

Sunrise 6:35 a.m. Moonrise 1:31 p.m.

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Low 9:06 a.m. 9:53 p.m. 9:58 a.m. 10:55 p.m.

nomic stat. 45 Unhappiness, à la “Casey at the Bat” 46 Circus performer 47 Program for early PCs 48 Color TV pioneer 49 One, to Juana 50 Gained altitude 53 Minor quarrel 56 JUNE 7, 1944 63 Newspaper piece 65 Acquires 66 Yuletide tune 67 Exodus author 68 Grafton of whodunits 69 APRIL 16, 1912 75 Billboard displays 78 Roth plans, for short 79 Flip one’s lid 80 Galileo’s hometown 84 Tough situation 86 OCTOBER 17, 1969

90 Quotebook abbr. 91 Identical 93 Poetic conjunction 94 Biblical transport 95 René’s refusal 97 Carrots’ partners 100 Soda-shop freebie 102 Scale notes 103 DECEMBER 18, 1903 109 Defiant shout 110 Santa __, CA 111 Wispy clouds 112 Bumbler 113 Neck of the woods 115 Be worried 118 Women in the family 121 __ fan tutte (Mozart opera) 124 MAY 22, 1927 129 Ready to roll 130 First name of three presidents 131 Rather substantial

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 79/60/t 87/67/pc 86/68/t 86/73/t 82/74/t 85/74/t 83/65/t 86/68/pc 87/72/t 82/69/t 78/68/t 81/70/t 82/69/t

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 79/60/t 87/67/c 87/68/c 86/73/t 83/75/t 87/74/t 83/66/pc 86/68/c 88/72/c 85/70/c 80/67/t 85/70/t 85/70/c

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 82/70/t Gainesville 90/71/t Gastonia 83/66/t Goldsboro 79/69/t Goose Creek 85/74/t Greensboro 82/65/t Greenville 83/65/t Hickory 83/64/t Hilton Head 84/75/t Jacksonville, FL 89/72/t La Grange 89/69/pc Macon 85/68/c Marietta 86/67/pc

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 86/71/t 90/71/t 83/65/pc 83/69/t 87/73/t 84/66/pc 83/65/c 83/63/t 85/75/t 88/72/t 90/69/c 86/67/t 86/67/c

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Today Hi/Lo/W 84/62/t 86/74/t 82/73/t 84/71/t 86/74/t 80/68/t 82/66/t 85/69/t 87/73/t 87/66/t 84/75/t 80/70/t 82/65/t

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 86/62/t 87/73/t 84/73/t 87/71/t 87/72/t 84/67/pc 83/66/c 89/68/c 88/73/t 89/67/c 85/75/t 84/71/t 84/65/pc

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132 Catalysts 133 Sushi staple 134 Honeybunch DOWN 1 Sound boosters 2 Drug cop 3 Distinguished oneself 4 Jazz trumpet effect 5 Quarterback Manning 6 Barbecue order 7 Quick cut 8 Visit along the way 9 Sort of sweatshirt 10 Lee of the Shakers 11 Canonized Mlle. 12 Writer Morrison 13 “No ifs, __ or buts!” 14 Absorb 15 911 responder 16 Retail event 17 Aspirin and ibuprofen 18 Wife, so to speak 19 Posh residence 24 Valencia valentine phrase 25 Heroic tale 31 Crack of dawn 33 NFL scores 34 $5 bill, slangily 36 Furious 38 Well-timed 39 Metaphor for dryness 40 City near Santa Barbara 41 Fabric measure 42 Idol judge, to fans 43 Reply to the Little Red Hen 44 Actor Kinnear 51 Garment of India 52 CNN anchor Burnett 54 Seasonal bug 55 Service

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charge 57 East, in Essen 58 Long-running CBS series 59 Winery tub 60 In __ (furious) 61 Warning starter 62 Inventor Howe 64 “Shame on you!” 67 Mass-transit patron 70 Move quickly 71 Significant stretches 72 Parting words 73 Tax pro: Abbr. 74 Fitness center 75 “I have an idea” 76 __ Giovanni (Mozart opera) 77 British attraction near Salisbury

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REGIONAL CITIES

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An emotional situation should not be allowed to ruin your day. Focus on what you do best and get involved in activities that allow you to show off your skills. Look past any controversy or jealous actions.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD HEADLINE NEWS: From seven front pages By Lonnie Burton

Charleston 85/74

Today: A couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm. High 82 to 86. Monday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 84 to 88.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Myrtle Beach 82/73

Manning 86/70

ON THE COAST

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotional matters will surface, making decisions difficult for you. Take a step back and refuse to get sucked into a situation that is too demanding, indulgent or expensive. Time spent at home improving your surroundings will bring better results.

Florence 82/70

Bishopville 86/70

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Savor every moment. Impulsive behavior will be your downfall. Explore new possibilities and don’t feel rushed when making choices. Change can be good, but only if it fuels your desires. Avoid anyone trying to push you.

Partly sunny

84°

BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Changes at EUGENIA LAST home must not go over budget. Put more into activities or events that promise enjoyment and time spent with friends or your lover. A trip that you plan or taking an interesting course will give you incentive to pursue your dreams.

THURSDAY

Chance of rain: 60%

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

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WEDNESDAY

81 “Count me in” 82 Faucet attachment 83 Seeks permission 85 Atlanta newsmaker, January 2014 86 Bump into 87 To be: Fr. 88 Burn lightly 89 Question seeking explanation 92 Dashboard letters 96 Hunters’ org. 98 Letters near 2 99 __ Lanka 100 Deutschlander’s dessert 101 Dilutes 103 Muse of comedy 104 Radiant Baby artist 105 Surmises

106 Teri of Tootsie 107 Marmalade flavor 108 False front 114 Port of Yemen 116 Frittata ingredients 117 For whom the bell tolls 119 Luggage IDs

120 Stash away 122 Spanish ayes 123 “Who __ kidding?” 125 Fly-by-night creature 126 Mauna __ 127 Exist 128 “The Purloined Letter” author

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PALMETTO CASH 5 SATURDAY 9-12-19-30-35 PowerUp: 2

3-3-5 and 4-8-5

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YOUTH SOFTBALL

Balanced ball club

Well-rounded Turbeville Dixie Angels Traditional softball team begins play in World Series Monday BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com “That’s fabulous,” was the answer Hope Azurdia gave when asked about being the first team in her age group to represent Turbeville at the Dixie Angels Traditional World Series in North Myrtle Beach. “It’s awesome because we’re the best team in South Carolina,” Jaimee Epps added. It seems either the dozen players aren’t fazed by their task or it hasn’t hit them yet. Whichever is true, Turbeville head coach Lasha Floyd

YOUTH BASEBALL

Sumter Junior Boys fall in WS opener 11-7

wants them to have fun. “Even though this is very serious, it’s about having fun and doing your best,” Floyd said of her 9-10 year-old team. “I’m hoping we go in and they play our best. I just encourage them to give that 110 percent, that little extra every game, and hopefully we’ll come out with a championship.” Turbeville will open the double-elimination tournament against Texas on Monday at 1 p.m. The winner faces the victor between Mississippi and Georgia. The all-star team is formed from four regular-season

squads – two Barrineau squads and two Turbeville teams. “We chose the 12 best girls for the team and I think we chose the best girls because we have a good team,” said Floyd, who is assisted by BD Yarborough and Michael Welch. Turbeville won the District 3 tournament, going 5-1 with its only loss coming in a 14-13 defeat at the hands of Florence. The team will enter the World Series with an 10-1 record after sweeping the state

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Katey Lee prepares to make a throw for the Turbeville Dixie Angels Traditional all-star softball team. The team will represent South Carolina in the Dixie World Series in North Myrtle Beach beginning on SEE TURBEVILLE, PAGE B3 Monday.

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BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com A game that started off in great fashion for the Sumter Junior Dixie Boys 13-year-old all-star baseball team quickly went downhill. Sumter jumped out to a 6-1 lead after two innings against Dothan, Ala., in their opening game in the Dixie World Series at Tinsley Athletic Complex in Bossier City, La., on Saturday. However, a 7-run third inning spurred Dothan on to an 11-7 victory. Sumter finds itself facing elimination when it faces Pittsburg, Texas, today at 2 p.m. Pittsburg lost to Halifax County, Va., 6-1 on Saturday. “Our pitchers lost their focus and couldn’t throw strikes,” said Sumter head coach John Holladay. “We got off to a good start, but in the third inning we just couldn’t throw strikes.” Dothan scored seven runs in the bottom of the third on just three hits as Sumter pitching walked five batters in the inning. Sumter walked 11 batters in the game. Sumter took a 4-0 lead after one inning and pushed it to 6-1 after two. However, it missed out on a chance to expand the lead in the top of the third. “We didn’t score in the third and that really hurt us,” Holladay said. “They had the big inning, and once they got the momentum on their side it was tough to get it back.” Tucker Chapman led the Sumter offense, going 2-for-3 with two walks. Trent Frye had a double while Jacob Holladay, Drake Thames, Pat Moses, Seth Stamps, Trey Yates and Mason McLeod each had hits. Coach Holladay is confident his team will bounce back

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Derrick Brooks poses with his bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday. Brooks, the former Tampa Bay linebacker, was one of seven people inducted.

Seven added to Canton shrine Brooks kicks off Football Hall of Fame ceremony with ‘thank you’ BY JOHN WAWROW The Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — Defensive back Aeneas Williams had the fans and fellow Hall of Famers chanting in the stands to give it their all. Linebacker Derrick Brooks delivered what he called a 24-minute “Thank you letter.” And defensive end Claude

Humphrey called the 28-year wait to hear his name called as being worth it. The Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony kicked off with numerous extremes to reflect the varied background of the sevenmember class on Saturday night. It began with Brooks, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star, who was selected for induc-

PREP FOOTBALL

Plenty to see at Sumter Football Jamboree BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com There will be plenty of points of interest in the Sumter County School District Football Jamboree set for Aug. 15 at Sumter Memorial Stadium. It will be one of the first opportunities for fans to see Sumter High School and Crestwood High being led by new head coaches, the chance to see two of the top returning offensive players in the state and it will be a chance to see

Sumter, Crestwood and Lakewood in dress rehearsals before the start of their respective seasons. The first of the three onehalf scrimmages will have Lakewood taking on Marion beginning at 6 p.m. Perry Parks is set to begin his third season in charge of the Gators and is now the veteran head coach at the three Sumter School District high schools. The second scrimmage will begin at 6:45 and will pit Crestwood against Timmonsville. Crestwood is being led

by one of its former star players in Roosevelt Nelson. He was hired to replace Keith Crolley, who resigned after 16 years as head coach. The final scrimmage will have Sumter taking on Lake City at 7:30. The Gamecocks will be under the guidance of John Jones, who was hired just two months ago. He took over for Reggie Kennedy, who was at Sumter for just one year before resigning and moving on to Irmo.

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tion in his first year of eligibility, and followed by the 70-year-old Humphrey, who retired after the 1981 season. “Now they tell me I only had 10 minutes up here, but let me start off by telling you that I’ve waited 30 years to get to this podium, so don’t rush me guys,” said Humphrey, a six-time Pro Bowl selection who split 13 NFL seasons between the

Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles. Williams livened up the mood late in his speech during which he had one side of Fawcett Stadium chanting: “Begin with the end in mind,” to remind people how important it is to set goals. And he had the other side

SEE HALL OF FAME, PAGE B6

Recent University of North Carolina commitment and Crestwood senior Ty’Son Williams, front, will be just one of the many reasons to attend this year’s Sumter County School District Football Jamboree on Aug. 15 at Sumter Memorial Stadium. DENNIS BRUNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM

SPORTS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

11 a.m. – Youth Baseball: National Youth Championship Under-12 Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 11:15 a.m. – International Soccer: Emirates Cup Match – Arsenal vs. Monaco (ESPN2). Noon – PGA Golf: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Final Round from Akron, Ohio (GOLF). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series GoBowling.com 400 from Long Pond, Pa. (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay (TBS). 2 p.m. – PGA Golf: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Final Round from Akron, Ohio (WLTX 19). 2 p.m. – Youth Baseball: National Youth Championship Under-12 Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Citi Open Final Match from Washington (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour 3M Championship Final Round from Blaine, Minn. (GOLF). 3 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 from Lexington, Ohio (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: New York at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH). 3:30 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Connecticut at Los Angeles (NBA TV). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at San Diego (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers (WGN). 5 p.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: Bank of the West Classic Final Match from Palo Alto, Calif. (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Washington at Chicago (NBA TV). 6 p.m. – IRL Racing: Indy Lights Series from Lexington, Ohio (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Barracuda Championship Final Round from Reno, Nev. (GOLF). 8 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio – New York Giants vs. Buffalo (WIS 10). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Boston (ESPN). 9 p.m. – International Athletics: Commonwealth Games Highlights from Glasgow, Scotland (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: San Antonio at Seattle (NBA TV). 10 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Houston at Portland (ESPN2). Midnight – International Athletics: Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremonies from Glasgow, Scotland (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

MONDAY

Noon – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at New York Mets (MLB NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – Youth Baseball: National Youth Championship Under-12 Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – Youth Baseball: National Youth Championship Under-12 Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Detroit (ESPN). 7 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Intermediate World Series Championship Game from Livermore, Calif. (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – International Basketball: Adidas Nations 19-And-Under ThirdPlace Game from Los Angeles (ESPNU). 7:30 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Final Match from Miami Gardens, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1). 8:30 p.m. – NPF Softball: Pennsylvania at Akron (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – International Basketball: Adidas Nations 19-And-Under Championship Game from Los Angeles (ESPNU).

GOLF The Associated Press BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL PAR SCORES

Saturday At Firestone Country Club, South Course Akron, Ohio Purse: $9 million Yardage: 7,400; Par 70 Third Round Sergio Garcia 68-61-67—196 -14 Rory McIlroy 69-64-66—199 -11 Marc Leishman 64-69-68—201 -9 Adam Scott 69-68-65—202 -8 Keegan Bradley 68-67-67—202 -8 Justin Rose 65-67-70—202 -8 Brandt Snedeker 68-68-68—204 -6 J.B. Holmes 69-69-67—205 -5 Henrik Stenson 71-66-68—205 -5 Hideki Matsuyama 70-71-65—206 -4 Harris English 69-69-68—206 -4 Ryan Moore 65-73-68—206 -4 Gary Woodland 70-68-68—206 -4

CHAMPIONS TOUR-3M CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Saturday At TPC Twin Cities Blaine, Minn. Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 7,114; Par 72 Second Round Kenny Perry 65-63—128 Marco Dawson 63-66—129 Gary Hallberg 66-65—131 Gene Sauers 66-65—131 Bernhard Langer 64-67—131 Jeff Maggert 64-67—131 John Cook 69-63—132 Vijay Singh 64-68—132 Kirk Triplett 67-66—133 Doug Garwood 66-67—133 David Frost 69-65—134 Scott Dunlap 69-65—134

TODAY’S GAMES

Texas (Darvish 10-6) at Cleveland (Bauer 4-6), 1:05 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-6) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-5), 1:08 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 9-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-5), 1:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 7-8), 1:40 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-7), 2:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 7-2) at Houston (Feldman 4-8), 2:10 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 9-6) at Oakland (Kazmir 12-3), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 5-5) at Boston (Buchholz 5-7), 8 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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

W 58 58 53 52 49

L 49 52 56 57 61

Pct .542 .527 .486 .477 .445

GB – 11/2 6 7 101/2

W 61 58 57 55 46

L 49 51 51 54 62

Pct .555 .532 .528 .505 .426

GB – 21/2 3 51/2 14

W 62 59 49 48 44

L 48 50 60 62 65

Pct .564 .541 .450 .436 .404

GB – 21/2 121/2 14 171/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 2, Washington 1 Detroit 4, Colorado 2 Cincinnati 5, Miami 2 San Francisco 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 4 San Diego 10, Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Dodgers 2

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 8:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-6) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-5), 1:08 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 8-9) at Miami (Ja. Turner 4-6), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-8) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-8), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Washington (Strasburg 7-9), 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 0-0), 2:15 p.m. Atlanta (Harang 9-6) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-10), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 5-11) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-7) at Arizona (Cahill 1-8), 4:10 p.m.

Sprint Cup Leaders Through July 29 Points 1, Jeff Gordon, 717. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 693. 3, Brad Keselowski, 666. 4, Matt Kenseth, 661. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 628. 6, Kyle Busch, 609. 7, Ryan Newman, 606. 8, Carl Edwards, 603. 9, Joey Logano, 591. 10, Clint Bowyer, 577. 11, Kevin Harvick, 565. 12, Kyle Larson, 562. 13, Austin Dillon, 559. 14, Kasey Kahne, 555. 15, Paul Menard, 551. 16, Greg Biffle, 550. 17, Brian Vickers, 532. 18, Tony Stewart, 529. 19, Marcos Ambrose, 511. 20, Jamie McMurray, 499. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $4,653,424. 2, Jeff Gordon, $4,387,719. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,270,384. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $4,266,009. 5, Jamie McMurray, $4,046,534. 6, Kyle Busch, $3,940,926. 7, Matt Kenseth, $3,939,438. 8, Kevin Harvick, $3,881,994. 9, Joey Logano, $3,832,839. 10, Denny Hamlin, $3,788,946. 11, Greg Biffle, $3,303,324. 12, Austin Dillon, $3,244,395. 13, Clint Bowyer, $3,162,726. 14, Paul Menard, $3,154,930. 15, Carl Edwards, $3,149,132. 16, Brian Vickers, $3,145,004. 17, Aric Almirola, $3,140,825. 18, Tony Stewart, $3,071,224. 19, Kyle Larson, $3,009,800. 20, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $2,959,725.

NFL PRESEASON By The Associated Press SCHEDULE TODAY’S GAME

N.Y. Giants vs. Buffalo at Canton, 8 p.m. Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. New England at Washington, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUG. 8

Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Orleans at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

EAST DIVISION W Baltimore 61 Toronto 60 New York 55 Tampa Bay 53 Boston 49 CENTRAL DIVISION W Detroit 59 Kansas City 56 Cleveland 54 Chicago 54 Minnesota 48 WEST DIVISION W Oakland 66 Los Angeles 65 Seattle 56 Houston 45 Texas 43

L 47 51 53 56 60

Pct .565 .541 .509 .486 .450

GB – 21/2 6 81/2 121/2

L 47 52 55 56 60

Pct .557 .519 .495 .491 .444

GB – 4 61/2 7 12

L 42 43 53 65 66

Pct .611 .602 .514 .409 .394

GB – 1 101/2 22 231/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 2, Seattle 1 Cleveland 12, Texas 2 Detroit 4, Colorado 2 L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 3 Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Minnesota 8 Houston 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 1, Oakland 0

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Pete Van Wieren, the bespectacled broadcaster who was part of the landmark team that carried Atlanta Braves games throughout the nation on Ted Turner’s “SuperStation,” VAN WIEREN died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the team said. He was 69. Affectionately known as “The Professor” for his encyclopedic knowledge of the game and long hours of research before each broadcast, Van Wieren spent 33 years with the Braves before retiring in 2008, shortly after the death of his longtime partner Skip Caray. “The Atlanta Braves are deeply saddened by the passing of Pete Van Wieren,” the team said in a statement. “He was such a large and important part of our organization. We and all of our fans across Braves country fondly remember his soothing voice calling our games for 33 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Elaine, his children and his grandchildren.” A native of Rochester,

New York, Van Wieren had been calling games for the Triple-A Tidewater Tides when the Braves hired him before the 1976 season to join a new three-man broadcast team with Caray and Ernie Johnson. The trio would soon become known to baseball fans around the nation thanks to Turner, the team’s brash owner, who began beaming games via satellite on a once-obscure Atlanta television station. While the team didn’t have much success through the 1970s and ‘80s, Johnson, Caray and Van Wieren were the faces and voices of the game in areas that didn’t have their own local broadcasts. With his thick glasses and thinning hair, Van Wieren didn’t fit the classic television mold. But his smooth voice and ability to come up with obscure statistics in the pre-Internet era paired especially well with Caray, who was known for his biting sarcasm and irreverent retorts. They were inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2004, joining their good friend Johnson. He died in 2011. Chipper Jones, who spent nearly two decades as the Braves third baseman, became a fan of the team while growing up in Florida, large-

ly because of Van Wieren and those TBS broadcasts. “Grew up watchin him every night,” said Jones, who retired after the 2012 season. “We will miss you buddy!” Dale Murphy, who starred for the Braves during the height of the team’s popularity on the SuperStation, tweeted that Van Wieren was a “true professional, great friend and pillar of the Braves family.” Van Wieren’s talents went beyond baseball. He also called NBA games on TBS and TNT, in addition to stints with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, NHL’s Atlanta Flames and Big Ten Conference football. In 2010, he released a memoir of his long career, “Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball.” Van Wieren was initially diagnosed with lymphoma in early 2010. He was treated for the disease, but it returned before the year was out. “This is certainly not what I planned to do when I retired,” he told MLB.com at that time. Van Wieren is survived by his wife of 50 years, Elaine, sons Jon and Steve, a daughter-in-law and three granddaughters. A private funeral will be held.

MLB ROUNDUP

NASCAR The Associated Press

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Longtime Braves baseball broadcaster Van Wieren dies

MONDAY’S GAMES

SATURDAY, AUG. 9

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press

BRAVES BASEBALL

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUG. 7

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WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta Indiana Washington New York Chicago Connecticut

W 17 13 13 11 11 11

L 9 14 14 15 16 17

Pct .654 .481 .481 .423 .407 .393

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W x-Phoenix 22 x-Minnesota 21 San Antonio 13 Los Angeles 12 Tulsa 10 Seattle 9 x-clinched playoff

L 4 6 15 15 18 20 spot

Pct .846 .778 .464 .444 .357 .310

GB – 41/2 41/2 6 61/2 7 GB – 11/2 10 101/2 13 141/2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Connecticut 89, San Antonio 79

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Tulsa, late Indiana at Phoenix, late

TODAY’S GAMES

New York at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Connecticut at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Seattle, 9 p.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oakland’s Jon Lester helped the Athletics to an 8-3 victory over Kansas City in his debut after being acquired from Boston. He gave up three runs and nine hits, walking one and striking out three.

Lester beats KC in A’s debut with help from Gomes OAKLAND, Calif. — Jon Lester won his Oakland debut while pitching into the seventh inning and Jonny Gomes got two hits during an eight-run burst in his return to the Athletics as they beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Saturday. Two days after being traded from the sagging World Series champion Boston Red Sox, Lester and Gomes teamed up to boost the club with the best record in baseball. The 6-foot-4 Lester (11-7) instantly became an imposing presence on the mound in the pitcher-friendly Coliseum. Fans in the crowd of 30,097 cheered the lefty as he went through his warmup routine in left field, then Lester tipped his cap to a roaring ovation when he left after throwing 6 2-3 innings. Back with the AL West-leading A’s, Gomes delivered in an eight-run fifth inning. He singled and scored off Jason Vargas (8-5), then hit a hit a two-run single off Aaron Crow. YANKEES 6

CLEVELAND— Lonnie Chisenhall and Nick Swisher delivered run-scoring singles in the sixth inning, and five pitchers combined on a five-hitter, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 2-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

NATIONAL LEAGUE METS 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2 NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom outpitched Jake Peavy in a tantalizing hitless duel that carried into the seventh inning Saturday night before the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2. CARDINALS 9 BREWERS 7

ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong broke out of a slump with a home run and three RBIs and Justin Masterson won his St. Louis debut as the Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-7 on Saturday.

RED SOX 4

BOSTON — Derek Jeter had a two-run double, Mark Teixeira hit a solo homer and New York’s bullpen worked 4 1-3 solid innings, leading the Yankees to a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

FRIDAY PADRES 10

INDIANS 2

BRAVES 1 SAN DIEGO — Rookie Tommy Medica walked into the San Diego Padres’ equipment room to get a new cap before Friday night’s game and noticed one of Yasmani Grandal’s 35-inch, 32-ounce Louisville Slugger bats. He switched bats and the change showed. Medica had five hits, including two tworun home runs, drove in four runs and scored four runs — all career-bests — to lead the Padres to a 10-1 win against the Atlanta Braves.

RANGERS 0

From wire reports

ASTROS 8 BLUE JAYS 2

HOUSTON — Jon Singleton wound up with an inside-the-park home run after a call was reversed on video replay, Chris Carter and Jason Castro also homered, and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 on Saturday night.

SPORTS

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USC FOOTBALL

USC reports 22 minor NCAA violations BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

COLUMBIA — South Carolina reported 22 infractions of NCAA rules in the past year, seven of those committed by the Gamecocks’ football team. All the violations were classified as secondary, the least serious category of NCAA rules-breaking. The school’s report from Aug. 1, 2013 through Thursday was released to The Associated Press through an open records request. While the football team was only South Carolina program with multiple violations, most were far from anything for coach Steve Spurrier to worry about. One infraction from last winter involved impermissible iced decorations on a cookie cakes given to prospects. Another occurred when the team laid out trophies and jerseys on a table inside the locker room, which

is against NCAA rules since trophies aren’t generally in locker rooms. A football violation took place when a prospect attended spring practice and took a picture with a former South Carolina player currently in the NFL. NCAA rules say the coaching staff should not have allowed the prospective player to interact with the former Gamecock. There was also a violation when a prospect wore a nonpersonalized jersey onto South Carolina’s football field to take a picture to post on Twitter for his commitment announcement to the Gamecocks. That was considered an infraction of Southeastern Conference Commissioner regulations. The final three football infractions took place when assistant coaches sent impermissible text messages to prospects. While the school identified which programs committed violations, the names of coaches,

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The University of South Carolina football program committed seven NCAA infractions last year, but were far from anything head coach Steve Spurrier had to worry about with no major violations. athletes and prospects were not part of the report. All but one of the seven football in-

fractions cases was closed without significant penalties. The harshest penalty came from a July 2013 case of a football assistant wrongly texting a junior prospect. That coach was prevented from calling any prospect for two weeks and the entire coach staff was told not to telephone the prospect involved for 60 days from when rules allowed them to call. The Gamecocks began football practice on Friday night. They open the season Aug. 28 at home against Texas A&M. South Carolina athletic staff committed four violations, including one by the compliance department charged with preventing such mistakes. An assistant athletic director for compliance failed to have four walk-ons sign the NCAA drug testing consent form prior to the 14day grace period. The forms meeting was cancelled due an ice storm — South Carolina’s campus was closed for several days this

TURBEVILLE

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PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY RON WINGARD

The Turbeville Dixie Angels Traditional all-star softball team will begin play in the World Series against Texas on Monday in North Myrtle Beach. Members of the team are, first row, left to right: Savanna Wingard, Nealy Lamb, Hope Azurdia, Maddie Newsome, Jaimee Epps and Kinzlee Mims. Second row: Katey Lee, Rachel Yarborough, Kirbi Floyd, Hannah Hickman, Ansley Brown and Harley Welch. Not pictured are coaches BD Yarborough, Lasha Floyd and Michael Welch.

tournament with a 5-0 record. “I’m just so proud of these girls at such a young age to have already won a state championship,” Floyd said. “A lot of teenagers in high school don’t have that opportunity, but these girls have really worked hard and played hard, and never got down on themselves and have come together as a team, and I’m proud of them.” Harley Welch, Ansley Brown, Maddie Newsome, Nealy Lamb, Kirbi Floyd and Katey Lee make up a combination of the outfield for Turbeville. Rachel Yarborough plays third base, Lee and Epps play shortstop, Azurdia plays second base and Hannah Hickman at first base complete the infield. Savanna Wingard and Kinzlee Mims each see action as catchers. Newsome, Lamb, Lee and Epps make up the pitching staff. “We’re very diverse and we have so many girls that can play so many different positions,” the Turbeville coach

winter because of harsh weather — and not rescheduled. The athletes were declared ineligible until they completed the paperwork. Another violation came when the school’s marketing staff arranged radio interviews for a former men’s basketball player without knowing he was a high school basketball coach. The marketing staff received an educational letter about NCAA rules and no further penalties were handed down. There was one violation by the women’s basketball team, perhaps emblematic of coach Dawn Staley’s drive for success. The team didn’t take the mandatory day off between the end of the fall semester and winter break. South Carolina made Staley’s program take two days off the following week. It didn’t slow down the Gamecocks, though, who won the SEC regular-season title and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

‘I’m just so proud of these girls at such a young age to have already won a state championship.’ LASHA FLOYD Turbeville head coach explained. “I can put pretty much any girl in any spot and they can play that position. One may play it a little bit better than the other, but they all play it to the best of their abilities, so when we change up our defense that doesn’t mean we’re lacking in any other spot.” “We have to have good defense, we have to hit well and we have to have good sportsmanship,” Azurdia said when asked what the team needed to do in order to win the World Series. “(We need) to hit well and our defense cannot let the balls get past them and to get outs,” Lee explained.

KEEPING UP

Clepper putting on final touches before senior year at Limestone

ody Clepper’s summer of golf is preparing him for his final year of college play. The Sumter High School graduate has been practicing or playing daily as he heads into his senior year at Limestone College. He began Saturday tied for eighth after two rounds of the South Carolina Golf Association CLEPPER Amateur Championship. He shot a 143 (72-71) at The Reserve Golf Club in Pawleys Island, his first time playing on the course. “I really Barbara didn’t hit the Boxleitner ball too well,” he said after Thursday’s opening round. “I’m really satisfied with my score.” An All-Conference Carolinas third-team selection last year, Clepper entered the tournament having placed second in consecutive events. He shot a 205 (65-71-69) to finish three strokes behind the winner of the South Carolina Open. Clepper had five birdies in the first and third rounds, but a double bogey and two bogeys in the final round proved costly. “The field was pretty tough,” said Clepper, who was tied for the lead after the first round. “It was a good ex-

perience. I would like to get the win. I just made too many mistakes.” His short game cost him the final day. He said he had a 20-foot putt he left short, then misread his second shot to finish with a three-putt. Before the Open, Clepper

said he took second in the Cherokee County Amateur Championship. MORE MEN’S GOLF

James Madison University’s Jon Weiss carded a 150 (82-68) to make the cut at the SCGA Amateur Champion-

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ship. The former SHS golfer shot a 211 (72-69-70) to tie for 15th place in the South Carolina Open. Another out of Sumter High, Brian Amick missed the cut at the SCGA Amateur event. The USC Aiken redshirt senior shot a 162 (82-80).

Sumter Christian School graduate Solomon Deas also missed the SCGA Amateur cut with a 178 (88-90). He competes for Erskine College. Send updates about area athletes to Barbara Boxleitner at BKLE3@aol.com.

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PGA may be hardest test despite perception BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press The PGA Championship might be the hardest to win of the four majors, even if it seems to play the easiest. Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh are the only multiple winners of the PGA Championship over the last 15 years, a testament to a major where every player — except for the 20 club pros — believe they have a realistic chance of hoisting the Wanamaker TroSINGH phy. Since the world ranking began in 1986, no other major has produced more champions outside the top 100 — John Daly, Shaun Micheel, Y.E. Yang and Keegan Bradley. What makes it hard to win is the strength of the field. Everyone from the top 108 in the world ranking was scheduled to play at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Even with Dustin Johnson (No. 16) taking a leave of absence, no other tournament is loaded with so many great players. That’s what led Ernie Els to describe the field as a “PGA Tour event on steroids.” So why are the scores so low? Being played in the heat of the summer means more thunderstorms, or temperatures so hot that officials have to put more water on the course to keep the grass alive. Either way, it often leads to softer conditions and better scores. The lowest 72-hole score in any major was posted by David Toms when he won the PGA in 2001 at Atlanta Athletic Club. Of the 26 times that players have shot all four rounds in the 60s at a major, 16 have been at the PGA Championship. “How can I bloody put this?” Els said, searching for the right words to explain what makes the final major different from the other three. “When I get on the first tee at the PGA, I’m not as nervous as when I get on the first tee at the Masters, or the U.S. Open or The Open Championship. I think with the golf course in mind, mentally you know you can score. You can go on scoring runs. The other majors, you’re trying to place yourself. You’re

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Tiger Woods, above, and Vijay Singh are the only multiple winners of the PGA Championship over the last 15 years. Woods will be paired with Phil Mickelson when this year’s edition of the PGA Championship begins on Thursday at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. trying to see where your game is or see what the golf course is taking. “At the PGA, you’ve got to have an aggressive mindset,” he said. “And with the players that strong in the field, you know you have to go low.” The question is how this bodes for someone like Woods, who is trying to salvage a lost season, and for Rory McIlroy, who is on the verge of a special season. In soft, benign conditions at Congressional three years ago, McIlroy set the 72-hole scoring record at the U.S. Open and won by eight shots. In moderate wind and slightly soft conditions at Royal Liverpool last month, McIlroy went wire-to-wire for a comfortable victory in the British Open. “I feel like I’ve got a lot of momentum,” he said. “And I can carry that through to the end of the year, and hopefully ride that and play some really good golf, and some golf similar to what you saw at

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Garcia clings to 3-shot lead at Bridgestone over McIlroy AKRON, Ohio — Sergio Garcia still has a three-shot lead in the Bridgestone Invitational. It just doesn’t feel that big. Garcia had a six-shot lead at one point Saturday until he made his first bogey in 38 holes and wound up with a 3-under 67. Rory McIlroy made a late charge, closing with back-toback birdies for GARCIA the second straight day and shooting a 66. They will be in the final pairing today at this World Golf Championship, a renewal of sorts from the final round at the British Open. McIlroy had a big lead at Hoylake. PERRY LEADS 3M CHAMPIONSHIP

BLAINE, Minn. — Kenny Perry eagled the last hole after waiting out a thunderstorm to take a one-shot lead Saturday after the second round of the Champions Tour’s 3M Championship. Perry shot a 9-under 63 to reach 16-under 128 at TPC Twin Cities. SHS SWIM PRACTICE SET

The Sumter High School swim team begin practice on Monday at 4 p.m. at the City

of Sumter Aquatics Center. Those who are interested need a current physical, insurance and permission forms completed. Those things can be picked up at the school or can be downloaded from the Sumter School District website. The team is open to both boys and girls in grades 7-12 in the district. For more information, contact head coach Cathy Kirkhart at cathykirkhart@ yahoo.com. SHS CROSS COUNTY PRACTICE SET

The Sumter High School boys and girls cross country teams will begin practice on Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. at the picnic shelter behind the school. All runners need to have a physical. For more information, contact head coach Jimmy Watson at Jimmy.Watson@sumterschools.net. MAYEWOOD FOOTBALL PRACTICE SET

Mayewood Middle School will begin football practice on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the school. For more information, contact head coach Ronnie Brown at (803) 495-8014. From staff, wire reports

Hoylake.” Only six players — including Woods twice — have won the final two majors of the year. Woods would settle for any major at this point. It’s tough enough that he has been stuck on 14 majors since winning the 2008 U.S. Open. These days, it’s a chore just to play in them. He had back surgery on March 31, forcing him to miss the Masters and the U.S. Open. Woods won the British Open the last time it was held at Royal Liverpool. This year, he finished 69th. Now he goes back to Valhalla, where he won the PGA Championship in 2000 at the height of his game. Woods made a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff with Bob May, a putt that Woods still considers the biggest of his career. They finished at 18under 270, the lowest score to par in PGA history. Woods won the playoff and went on to complete his unprecedented sweep of the ma-

jors. “It’s not too often where you’re tied for the lead at a major championship and you go out and shoot 31 on the back nine and lose,” Woods said. “Unfortunately for Bob, that’s what happened.” That it was May who challenged Woods that day speaks to how wide open the PGA Championship can be. May never won a PGA Tour event and was No. 111 in the world that week. Those moments are becoming rare, however. It has been three years since anyone outside the top 40 won a major. The five years after Woods won his last major created equal opportunity. There were 15 first-time champions in a span of 19 majors. Now, some of those first-timers are becoming multiple major champions. For the first time since 1983, three players who previously won majors have captured the first three of the year. Bubba Watson won his second green jacket. Martin

Kaymer added his second major at the U.S. Open. McIlroy picked up the third leg of the Grand Slam at the British Open. “There are these first-time winners, some new faces, guys winning their first major,” Adam Scott said. “And now guys are winning their second or third major, establishing the greatest players of this era of the game now. That’s probably what we’re seeing. And over the next few years, if they don’t add more or some other guys win more, we’ll be looking back and talking about Bubba and Martin and Rory in the future, much like we spoke of Ernie, Phil (Mickelson) and Tiger and Vijay.” “There weren’t that many guys out here with multiple majors for a while,” he said. “I think we’re getting to another level of the game now where we’re seeing the new era of great players.” Who’s next? At the PGA Championship, history shows it could be just about anyone.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES The Associated Press At Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, Ky. Thursday, Aug. 7-Friday, Aug. 8

HOLE 1-HOLE 10

7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. — Brian Norman, United States; Russell Knox, Scotland; Roberto Castro, United States. 7:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Charles Howell III, United States; Aaron Krueger, United States, Joost Luiten, Netherlands. 7:50 a.m.-1 p.m. — Billy Horschel, United States; Jamie Broce, United States; George Coetzee, South Africa. 8 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Brian Stuard, United States, Brendon Todd, United States; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain. 8:10 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Freddie Jacobson, Sweden; Nick Watney, United States; Brendon de Jonge, Zimbabwe. 8:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Matt Every, United States; Ross Fisher, England; Kevin Chappell, United States. 8:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. — John Daly, United States; Mark Brooks, United States; Rich Beem, United States. 8:40 a.m.-1:50 p.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand; Brian Harman, United States. 8:50 a.m.-2 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Kevin Stadler, United States; Harris English, United States. 9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. — Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Kim Hyung-Sung, South Korea; Stewart Cink, United States. 9:10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. — Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; Jason Kokrak, United States; Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain. 9:20 a.m.-2:30 p.m. — Kevin Streelman, United States; Ryan Helminen, United States; Edoardo Molinari, Italy. 9:30 a.m.-2:40 p.m. — Brendan Steele, United States; Rob Corcoran, United States; TBD. 12:45 p.m.-7:35 a.m. — Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Matt Pesta, United States; Rory Sabbatini, South Africa. 12:55 p.m.-7:45 a.m. — Scott Stallings, United States; Eric Williamson, United States; Matteo Manassero, Italy. 1:05 p.m.-7:55 a.m. — Jonas Blixt, Sweden; Webb Simpson, United States; Erik Compton, United

States. 1:15 p.m.-8:05 a.m. — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Graham DeLaet, Canada; Gary Woodland, United States. 1:25 p.m.-8:15 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Spain; Steve Stricker, United States; Tom Watson, United States. 1:35 p.m.-8:25 a.m. — Kenny Perry, United States; Ryan Moore, United States; Henrik Stenson, Sweden. 1:45 p.m.-8:35 a.m. — Bubba Watson, United States; Martin Kaymer, Germany; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland. 1:55 p.m.-8:45 a.m. — Jason Dufner, United States; Y.E. Yang, South Korean; Keegan Bradley, United States. 2:05 p.m.-8:55 a.m. — Luke Donald, England; J.B. Holmes, United States; Francesco Molinari, Italy. 2:15 p.m.-9:05 a.m. — Zach Johnson, United States; Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Richard Sterne, South Africa. 2:25 p.m.-9:15 a.m. — Tim Clark, South Africa; Paul Casey, England; Kevin Na, United States. 2:35 p.m.-9:25 a.m. — Steven Bowditch, Australia; Rod Perry, United States; Ben Crane, United States. 2:45 p.m.-9:35 a.m. — David Hronek, United States; Chris Stroud, United States; Jason Bohn, United States.

TEE NO. 10-TEE NO. 1

7:35 a.m.-12:45 p.m. — Robert Karlsson, Sweden; Frank Esposito, United States; Koumei Oda, Japan. 7:45 a.m.-12:55 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Patrick Reed, United States. 7:55 a.m.-1:05 p.m. — Shaun Micheel, United States; Colin Montgomerie, Scotland; Michael Block, United States. 8:05 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, United States; Victor Dubuisson, France; Ernie Els, South Africa. 8:15 a.m.-1:25 p.m. — Jordan Spieth, United States; Adam Scott, Australia; Lee Westwood, England. 8:25 a.m.-1:35 p.m. — Jimmy Walker, United States; Ian Poulter, England; Jason Day, Australia. 8:35 a.m.-1:45 p.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Phil Mickelson, United States; Tiger Woods, United States. 8:45 a.m.-1:55 p.m. — Graeme Mc-

Dowell, Northern Ireland; Brandt Snedeker, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States. 8:55 a.m.-2:05 p.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Jim Furyk, United States. 9:05 a.m.-2:15 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, United States; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Justin Rose, England. 9:15 a.m.-2:25 p.m. — Marc Leishman, Australia; Boo Weekley, United States; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria. 9:25 a.m.-2:35 p.m. — Russell Henley, United States; David McNabb, United States; Marc Warren, Scotland. 9:35 a.m.-2:45 p.m. — Mikko Ilonen, Finland; Jerry Smith, United States; George McNeill, United States. 12:40 p.m.-7:30 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Ireland; Bob Sowards, United States; Ryan Palmer, United States. 12:50 p.m.-7:40 a.m. — Charley Hoffman, United States; Dustin Volk, United States; Scott Brown, United States. 1 p.m.-7:50 a.m. — Alexander Levy, France; Stuart Deane, United States; David Hearn, United States. 1:10 p.m.-8 a.m. — David Tentis, United States; Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay; Danny Willett, England. 1:20 p.m.-8:10 a.m. — Anirban Lahiri, India; Bill Haas, United States; John Senden, Australia. 1:30 p.m.-8:20 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Fiji; Davis Love III, United States; David Toms, United States. 1:40 p.m.-8:30 a.m. — Cameron Tringale, United States; Scott Piercy, United States; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand. 1:50 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Branden Grace, South Africa; Hunter Mahan, United States; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark. 2 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — Chris Kirk, United States; Matt Jones, Australia; Seung-yul Noh, South Korea. 2:10 p.m.-9 a.m. — Jerry Kelly, United States; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Hideto Tanihara, Japan. 2:20 p.m.-9:10 a.m. — Will MacKenzie, United States; Steve Schneiter, United States; Chesson Hadley, United States. 2:30 p.m.-9:20 a.m. — Johan Kok, United States; Ben Martin, United States; Chris Wood, England. 2:40 p.m.-9:30 a.m. — Daniel Summerhays, United States; Jim McGovern, United States; TBD.

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Gordon shows he’s still a Chase title contender

Dillon earns victory in Pocono Mountains 150

BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Jeff Gordon turned a nostalgic weekend at the Brickyard into a powerful reminder that he can still win NASCAR’s biggest races. Oh, and a fifth championship. But for all the proof that Gordon is still a driver to contend with in a championship push, he realizes he’s not in the same physical condition when he won his first BrickGORDON yard in 1994. Gordon turns 43 on Monday with an achy back that he feels when settling behind the wheel of the No. 24 Chevrolet. “It’s not great, that’s for sure,” Gordon said. Gordon hasn’t been the same since he felt consistent, shooting back pain before the Coca-Cola 600 in May. He cut short his practice sessions, had treatments and needed a standby driver. Gordon had serious issues years ago in his lower spine and returned to full strength thanks to anti-inflammatory medication and workouts with a trainer. He drove in pain during a winless 2008 season and briefly contemplated retirement. For all his back woes, Gordon said he never felt the

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GOBOWLING.COM LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 183.438. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 183.408. 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 182.7. 4. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 182.66. 5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 182.611. 6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 182.09. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 182.02. 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 182.017. 9. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 181.741. 10. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 181.646. 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 181.605. 12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 181.28. 13. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.159. 14. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 181.156. 15. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 180.85. 16. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 180.716. 17. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 180.502. 18. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 180.274. 19. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 180.133. 20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 179.986.

stabbing pain like he did at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “I don’t think my back is ever going to be the same after what happened at Charlotte,” Gordon said. “I don’t know what exactly transpired there, but it’s not the same. And I have to be much more careful. I’m just having to treat it more with ice and (stimulation) and be more careful and do more stretching. Is it going to flare-up again? It could. But I’m just

21. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 179.878. 22. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 179.412. 23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 179.304. 24. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 179.069. 25. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 179.169. 26. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 178.998. 27. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 178.916. 28. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 178.912. 29. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 178.862. 30. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 178.049. 31. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 177.704. 32. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 177.676. 33. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 177.56. 34. (32) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 177.399. 35. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 177.354. 36. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 176.502. 37. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota, Owner Points. 38. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 39. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points. 40. (37) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 41. (66) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points. 42. (33) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 43. (93) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, Owner Points.

trying to be more cautious with the things that I do that I feel like contribute to that.” Gordon never showed any signs of discomfort last weekend at Indy, pulling away from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne on the final restart to win for the second time this season. Gordon holds the points lead heading into Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, where he’s a sixtime winner.

Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

SOCCER FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its fall soccer leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 14 and there will be leagues for ages 3-5, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-18. Players will be placed in leagues based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. The registration fee is $35 for ages 3-5 and 5-6 and $45 for the other leagues. No late registration will be taken. A coaches meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

FOOTBALL

BASEBALL

CHURCHES CHALLENGE

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its fall baseball league. Registration will run through Aug. 21 and there will be leagues for 7-8 yearolds, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. Players will be placed in leagues based on their age as of April 30, 2015. The registration fee is $45 and no late registration will be taken. A coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

The 15th Annual Churches Challenge Golf Tournament & Praise Rally will be held Aug. 22-23. The praise rally and dinner will be held on Friday, Aug. 22, at Alice Drive Baptist Church at 1305 Loring Mill Road beginning at 6 p.m. The event will be open to the players, tournament sponsors and their families. Gospel group The Last Generation will provide entertainment. The tournament will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Sunset Country Club. The tournament will be split into a morning flight and an afternoon flight. The sign-in time for the morning flight is 7 a.m. with a tee time of 8, while the sign-in time for the afternoon flight is 11:30 with a tee time of 1 p.m. The format for the tournament is 4-man Captain’s Choice. The team must have a minimum handicap of 50 and only one player on each team can have a handicap of 8 or less. The entry fee is $45 per player and that includes the praise rally and dinner for the players and their families as well. Registration deadline for the tournament, which is hosted by the Christian Golfers’ Association, is Friday, Aug. 16. There will be a $50,000 holein-one prize. The person who makes the ace will receive $1,000 while the church for which the player is playing will receive $50,000 from sponsor Jones Automotive Group. The winning team as well as the second- and third-place teams will receive prizes. All

SOFTBALL FALL REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its flag football league. Registration will run through Aug. 14 and there will be leagues for ages 5-6 and 7-8. Players will be placed in leagues based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. The registration fee is $40 for ages 5-6 and $50 for 7-8. No late registration will be taken. A coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its fall softball league. Registration will run through Aug. 21 and there will be leagues for age 8-andunder, 10-and-under and 12-and-under. 7-8 year-olds, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. Players will be placed in leagues based on their age as of Dec. 31, 2014. The registration fee is $45 and no late registration will be taken. A coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its tackle football leagues. Registration will run through Aug. 14 and there will be leagues for ages 9-10 and 11-12. Players will be placed in leagues based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. The registration fee is $60. A coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth

GOLF

FALL REGISTRATION

FLAG REGISTRATION

TACKLE REGISTRATION

Aug. 30. For more information, contact Deacon David Glover at (803) 983-1309 or Burnell Ransom at (803) 425-5118.

BASKETBALL FREE SPIRIT LEAGUE REGISTRATION The Free Spirit Church League is accepting player and team registration for its fall basketball league. The league is open to boys and girls ages 5-12 based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. There will be leagues for age 6-and-under, 7-9 and 10-12. The registration deadline is

LONG POND, Pa. — Austin Dillon sat in the media center, his firesuit soaked in beer, finishing a celebratory call. “Love you, too,” Dillon said. Awww, sweet. “I’m in the media center and everybody’s going ‘Awww,’” Dillon said. Dillon called his dad, Mike, who was at Iowa Speedway to watch another Dillon in the Nationwide Series race. Last week, Ty Dillon had his dad, brother, and grandfather Richard Childress together when they kissed the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Austin Dillon DILLON was flanked by Childress in the second straight weekend trip to Victory Lane. Dillon pulled away on the final restart to win on a green-white-checkered finish in the Truck Series race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway. “We had to fight for it,” Dillon said. “Any time you can get a NASCAR win, it’s huge.” Dillon drove the famed No. 3 in his first Truck race of the season. His win came a week after his brother won the Nationwide Series race at the Brickyard. Ty Dillon was set too race Saturday night at Iowa. Dillon eluded Clint Bowyer and the rest of the field on the final restart of a caution-filled end to the race. Johnny Sauter, Joey Coulter, Bowyer and Ryan Blaney completed the top five. Blaney holds a seven-point lead over

cash prizes, with the exception of the $1,000 hole-in-one prize, will go to the churches of the respective winners. There are many different sponsorship opportunities available to businesses as well. For more information, call the CGA office at (803) 7732171. If no one answers, leave a message. PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT

The Par 4 Pets 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format for the tournament is 4-Man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team and $40 per player. The tournament is limited to the first 20 teams. Prizes will go to the top three teams and prizes will be given to closest to pin on all par 3 holes. The last day to register is Sept. 5. Money raised from the tournament goes to K.A.T.’s Special Kneads. For more information on the organization, check it out on Facebook or go to katsspecialkneads@yahoo.com. For more information on the tournament, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 7751902. 4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday. The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble. Call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up. GOLFERS BIBLE STUDY

The Sumter chapter of the Christian Golfer’s Association holds a golfers Bible study each Tuesday at its offices at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The study begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by a round of

Sauter in the points race. Kyle Larson led from the pole for an early part of the race until his truck had engine issues and he faded to 18th. KESELOWSKI WINS NASCAR NATIONWIDE RACE IN IOWA

NEWTON, Iowa — Brad Keselowski held off the charging Michael McDowell on Saturday night to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway. Keselowski, the Sprint Cup driver commuting from Pocono in Pennsylvania, led 146 of 250 laps for his third Nationwide victory of the season and second in two starts. Trevor Bayne was third, followed by Sam Hornish Jr. and Ty Dillon. Keselowski was set to cruise to an easy win when James Buescher’s crash erased his lead. But Keselowski went high to overtake McDowell and held on for his 30th series victory. Points leader Chase Elliott finished eighth. He leads Regan Smith by two points. Keselowski won for the third time at the track. He won the inaugural race five years ago and topped Hornish last season. Keselowski’s success on Iowa’s short track — along with a front-row spot next to Bayne and six consecutive top-three finishes in NASCAR’s secondtier series — had him pegged as the heavy favorite from the moment the green flag dropped. From wire reports

golf.

RACQUETBALL YMCA TOURNAMENT

The Sumter Family YMCA is taking registration for its first racquetball tournament scheduled for Aug. 16. Registration will run through Aug. 7 with a fee of $15 for YMCA members and $22 for potential members. After Aug. 7, add a $10 late registration fee. There will be six divisions Open, A, B, C, D and novice. The tournament will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (803) 773-1404 or visit www. ymcasumter.org or www.facebook.com/SumterYmca.

CHEERLEADING RECREATION DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its cheerleading program. Registration will run through Aug. 14 and it is open to children ages 5-12. The registration fee is $50. A coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

AUTO RACING SPEEDWAY CHAMPS SEARCH

Sumter Speedway is trying to gather information on all of its champions from 1957 to the present. The name of the driver, the year and the division in which the title was won and the track promoter is the information hoping to be gathered. To provide information, call James Skinner at (803) 775-5973 or e-mail Virginia Ayers at vayers@ftc-i.net.

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Bills rookie WR Watkins looks to shine in Hall of Fame game BY JOHN WAWROW The Associated Press

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Indiana Pacer Paul George is carted off the court after breaking his right leg during the USA Basketball Showcase intrasquad game in Las Vegas on Friday. Doctors say it make take George a year or more to return to the basketball court.

Doctors say George faces long rehab process on way back to basketball BY MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Doctors say Paul George’s biggest battle is yet to come, and it may take a year or more before he returns to the Pacers lineup. One day after the two-time All-Star suffered a gruesome open tibia-fibula fracture on his right leg during a USA Basketball intrasquad scrimmage in Las Vegas, the questions began in earnest about George’s recovery -- and whether he’d ever regain the form a that made him one of NBA’s most complete players. The 24-year-old George and said he was resting comfortably Saturday morning following surgery. Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird later issued a statement saying hopes George will return to Indianapolis next week before the long rehab process begins. “The thing about breaking a bone is that if you get it back in the appropriate position, it can be as good as new,” said Dr. James Gladstone, the co-chief of sports medicine at Icahn School at Medicine at Mount Sinai in New

York. “If the muscle is not involved and the bone and muscle are fully healed, then I think he will get back (to his previous form).” Gladstone, who is not treating George, said it usually takes athletes nine to 12 months to completely recover from this type of injury. If that time table holds up, the earliest possible return for George would be May when the NBA playoffs are in full swing. If George misses the entire season, he would have almost 15 months before opening day 2015 — a timeline that coincides with Dr. Patrick Kersey’s prognosis. Kersey, a physician at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, is the medical director of USA Football and treated Louisville guard Kevin Ware when he suffered a similarly horrific injury during the 2013 NCAA tournament regional finals. Although Kersey is not George’s physician, either, he said it will likely take six to 12 weeks for the bone to fully heal and another six to 10 weeks for George to start walking normally. If all goes well, Kersey said George could be back in six to 12 months, though he warned it may take George as long as 18 months to start playing like his old self.

HALL OF FAME FROM PAGE B1 chanting: “Die empty,” to remind people to give their all. It was a fitting message from an eight-time Pro Bowl selection. He was an accounting major at Southern University, who walked on to the football team a week before the start of his junior season. Selected in third round of the 1991 draft, he proceeded to split 14 seasons between the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams. Williams retired after the 2004 season and was selected for induction in his fifth year of eligibility. “If you would have told me, ‘Aeneas, you have to the potential to be one of the best cornerbacks,’ I would have thought you were crazy and hit you with my right hand,” Williams said. “I’ll just take a moment to soak this all in.” Rounding out the class are defensive end Michael Strahan, receiver Andre Reed, offensive tackle Walter Jones and Ray Guy, the first fulltime punter to enter the Hall of Fame. Brooks, an 11-time Pro Bowl selection, paid tribute to family members, team-

mates and coaches, from his Pee-Wee playing days to his 14 NFL seasons in Tampa Bay. He thanked his late mother Geraldine Brooks-Mitchell for instilling humility in him. He referred to former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy as his mentor. And Brooks thanked Dungy’s successor, Jon Gruden, for helping the Buccaneers believe they could be champions. It was under Gruden when the Bucs blossomed into Super Bowl winners during the 2002 season in which Brooks earned NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors. Brooks even thanked Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica for his right foot, because of the number of tight games Tampa Bay won by field goals. A persistent drizzle fell for much of the afternoon before finally letting up at about 4 p.m., about three hours before the start of the induction ceremony. As expected, there were numerous fans on hand wearing Bills jerseys in support of Reed.

CANTON, Ohio — It’s approaching show-time for Buffalo Bills rookie receiver Sammy Watkins. After dazzling teammates and fans during the first two weeks of training camp, the rookie receiver is awaiting the chance to kick off the preseason before a national TV audience against the New York Giants in the annual Hall of Fame game on Sunday night. It’s not lost on Watkins that Andre Reed will be on hand at Fawcett Stadium, a day after the former Bills star receiver’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “I definitely want to go out there and put on a great show for him,” Watkins said. “And I want to get a win. That would just start the team up and build confidence for everybody.” Watkins has shown glimpses of why the Bills regarded him so highly in the draft. Buffalo gambled by trading its 2015 firstround pick to Cleveland and moved up five spots to select the Clemson player at No. 4. He’s shown breakaway speed by making numerous deep catches along the sideline, eliciting huge cheers from the stands. Watkins became a YouTube and Twitter sensation after videos showed him stumbling and nearly falling before recovering to make a one-handed catch in the end zone. Despite a slim, 6-foot-1, 211-pound frame, he’s prov-

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Former Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins hopes to make a big splash for the Buffalo Bills when they take on the New York Giants today in the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. en fearless in making catches in traffic. That was apparent during a full-team drill on the second day of camp. Quarterback EJ Manuel’s pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and fluttered high into the air. Watkins raced back to make a leaping grab amid three defenders and came down with the ball in a pile of players. He also got poked in the eye. “There are two things I can do: I can wait for it to get picked off, or I can go make a play on it,” Watkins said. “My first reaction was the ball was in the air, go make a play on it.” Center Eric Wood is among Bills veterans impressed by Watkins.

JUNIOR BOYS FROM PAGE B1 Officials actually moved the ceremony from the front steps of the Hall of Fame building to the stadium in 2002 to make room for the number of Bills fans that traveled to Canton for quarterback Jim Kelly’s induction. The ceremony has been held inside the stadium ever since. And it was Kelly, who received a lengthy standing ovation when he was introduced among the Hall of Famers attending the ceremony. Kelly was strong enough to attend while he recuperates from chemotherapy and radiation treatments for sinus cancer. Even Kelly’s fellow Hall of Famers stood and clapped on stage. The applause lasted so long that Kelly attempted to urge fans to sit down. When that didn’t work, he then approached ESPN broadcaster and master of ceremonies Chris Berman and gave him a big hug at the podium. Jones had a large contingent of fans seated to the left of the stage, all of them wearing Seahawks-colored T-shirts with the name “Jones” and the No. 71 on the back.

today against Texas. “We’ve got a chance to come back; we just have to take it one game at a time,” said the head coach, who pointed out most of the players on this team were

part of the O’Zone World Series team that lost its first game before winning four in a row before being eliminated. “We look forward to trying to work our way back through the losers bracket.”

JAMBOREE FROM PAGE B1 Crestwood will not be using the staple offense of Crolley – the Wing-T – this season. Instead, it will be operating out of the pistol and spread offenses. However, the Knights return Ty’Son Williams, considered by most to be the top running back in the state. Williams, who committed to North Carolina last week, rushed for over 1,500 yards with 16 touchdowns

last season for Crestwood, which won the Region VI-3A title. Sumter returns wide receiver Ky’Jon Tyler, who had over 1,000 yards receiving last season when the Gamecocks played for the 4A Division I state title. He is also a major threat returning kickoffs and punts as well. Tickets for the jamboree are $6 per person.

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The Girl Scout Juniors take a break from the hard work of cleaning a walking trail to place one of the benches they made for park visitors to sit on. They made three sturdy wooden benches for tired walkers.

It’s all about service

Girl Scout Juniors seek highest honor

n Tuesday, the eight members of Girl Scout Junior Troop 2243 were putting

the finishing touches on a nearly three-month project to earn the Girl Scout Bronze Award. For

Mill Creek Park • Off S.C. 261, just past Camp Mac Boykin • Free admission to public • Walking, cycling and horseback riding trails • pond • shelters, restrooms, campground • Palmetto Trail access

around six hours, they cleared a walking trail, removing undergrowth, fallen and low-hanging limbs, roots, weeds and even some poison oak.

Nataleigh Jones and Grace Morris, both 10, cut and carry limbs to a nearby dumpster. They worked at Mill Creek Park for around six hours on Tuesday.

The work day at Mill Creek Park, a Sumter County park about 25 miles from the city and close to Millford Plantation and Poinsett State Park, was the culmination of a team effort to earn the highest award Junior Scouts can achieve. When the work was completed, the Scouts had to decide where to place three sturdy, wooden benches they had made so tired walkers and runners can rest. Of course, there are reports and evaluations to be completed, as well, but Tuesday’s work was the strenuous part. One of two Girl Scout Junior leaders for the troop, Jennifer Edwards was joined by three other adults to supervise the day’s work and ensure the girls’ safety, which was never threat-

ened, even though they had encounters with a rattlesnake (it crawled away as they watched from a safe distance) and poison oak (they were all wearing long pants and work gloves). They also got to see a Tersa sphinx caterpillar. In their supervisors, Troop 2243 had the benefit of many years of experience. Judy McCool, a Daisy Scout leader, and Edwards both were longtime Scouts who earned their Gold Awards, the highest honor a Senior Scout can receive. Their husbands, Nathan Jones and Greg Edwards, worked alongside them and the girls, making sure the Juniors did the bulk of the work. Nataleigh Jones, daughter of McCool and Nathan Jones, said she’s been in scouting “As long as I can remember. Four years.” She likes being a Scout, she said, explaining, “I just like being with my

Jasmine Bagley, 10, removes vines that obstructed a walking trail at the park.

Girl Scout Bronze Award prerequisites: Girls must be in 4th or 5th grade (or equivalent) and be a registered Girl Scout Junior AND Complete a Junior Journey Girl Scout Bronze Award Steps: 1 – Build your Girl Scout Junior team. 2 – Explore your community. 3 – Choose your Girl Scout Bronze Award project. 4 – Make a plan. 5 – Put your plan in motion. 6 – Spread the word. Source: www.girlscouts.org

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Car plunges into Second Mill; Sumter man still flying high at 77 75 YEARS AGO – 1939 Dec. 25-31 The Sumter Generals will meet the College All-Stars on the YMCA court tonight at 8 o’clock in a game that should prove to be interesting to local court fans. The All-Stars will be made up of Sumter boys who are now members of college squads. Ed Cuttino, a mainstay in the Washington and Lee’s strong team last year, will play with the AllStars as will Marion Moise of Duke and Cordes Palmer of The Citadel. • Army recruiting sergeants will take to the air next month in a super-selling effort to fill the 227,000 enlistment quota set by President Roosevelt. Four flying recruiting units – two planes each – will tour the country from coast to coast. The tour is another part of the campaign to “glamorize” the army, using all the high-pressure methods of modern American business.

• In lieu of the regular prayer meeting tonight the college students from Grace Church, who are home for the holidays, conducted the services. Two or three students spoke from personal observation of college life and briefly discussed some of the problems and perplexities that confront Yesteryear the Christian in Sumter student,; they SAMMY WAY also indicated the help that is derived from work done in college. Student night has been observed before in Grace Church with good effect. The students acquitted themselves well. Their speeches, though brief, were interesting and helpful. • After being at the short end of a 12-to-6 score at the

end of the first quarter, the Sumter Generals picked up momentum as the game progressed to rack up their second win of the season by defeating the College All Stars last night on the YMCA court by the tune of 40-28. The second half saw the Generals surge ahead with Bill Harder, Bernard James and Julian Propst furnishing most of the scoring. • All persons who have served on the staff of Sumter High News, as well as others who are interested in any form of scholastic journalism, were invited to attend an informal meeting with those who were working on the high school newspaper at Edmunds High school Friday morning, according to an announcement from Ed Haynsworth, editor. This will be the second such gathering held during the Christmas holidays since the establishment of the Sumter school newspaper in 1936. Reid H. Montgomery is adviser.

• Receiving only a slight cold, Don Geddings, superintendent of the county chain gang, had a narrow escape from death yesterday afternoon. Geddings was coming toward Sumter when he put on brakes near the mill house. The back wheels locked and threw the car about 30 feet out into the pond. • The Sumter YMCA Midget and Junior basketball teams won a doubleheader from Winston-Salem, N.C., last night in two games played there. Playing for the Midgets were Tommy Hughes, Otis Moore, Sambo Roddey, John Marshall, Harold Owens and Lauren Booth. Junior players were: Randy Bradham, Charles Shaw, Dick Burns, Charles Propst, Dannie McKiever and Raymond Baker. • The Sumter Generals went down in defeat last night at the hands of the College of Charleston Maroons in one of the most thrilling games of the season by the tune of 36 to

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1939 - Banks McFadden ... Clemson’s man of all work 33. The game was a scrappy affair with a total of 23 fouls being committed.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray Allen of Sumter announce the engagement of their son, Jesse Robert Allen of Greenville, to Jessica Nicole Sullivan of Greenville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cavanagh of BatesburgLeesville and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sullivan of Beaufort The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. Ted Dickson and the late Mrs. Fusako Dickson of Beaufort and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sullivan of Beaufort. She graduated from the University of ALLEN, MISS SULLIVAN South Carolina in 2006 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Anderson University. She is employed by the Attorney Office of Thomas Gagne of Greenville. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen of Carthage, Mississippi, and Mr. Robert Heaton and the late Mrs. Clara Heaton of Taylors. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2006 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He is employed by Ford, Bacon & Davis LLC of Greenville. The wedding is planned for Oct. 18, 2014, at Greenbrier Farms in Easley.

Mr. and Mrs. Perron Mark Cromer announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Hayes, to William Ansel Owens, son of the late Willie Ansel Owens Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis Evans, all of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. Jerry Eugene Cromer Sr. and the late Billie Faye Hayes Cromer and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Larry Montague II, all of Sumter. She graduated from Wilson Hall School and the College of Charleston with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science. She is the owner of Nancy Hayes Weddings and MISS CROMER, OWENS Events, LLC. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Clifton Russell Jr., the late Willie Ansel Owens Sr. and Mrs. Shirley Atkinson Owens Hunt, all of Sumter. He graduated from Wilson Hall School and The Citadel with a bachelor of science degree in health, exercise and sports science. He is employed by Thompson Industrial as the administrative manager of the chemical division in Sumter. The wedding is planned for Oct. 4, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Sumter.

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Overweight woman’s bikini top gets harsh review from mom

Harrisons celebrate 60 years Alfred Frank and Carolyn S. Harrison of North Charleston celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 27, 2014, with a family dinner. Their children are Lynn Christian of Summerville, Susan Harrison of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Patricia Liebenrood of MR., MRS. ALFRED F. HARRISON North Charleston. The couple has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Harrison is the former Carolyn Simpson of Manning.

Teens love vacation selfies; adults, not so much NEW YORK (AP) — Jacquie Whitt’s trip to the Galapagos with a group of teenagers was memorable not just for the scenery and wildlife, but also for the way the kids preserved their memories. It was, said Whitt, a “selfie fest.” For this generation, “digital devices are now part of the interpretive experience,” said Whitt, co-founder of Adios Adventure Travel. Indeed, many parents love seeing their kids taking selfies and posting to social media when they travel. It shows “they are engaged and excited about where they are and what they are doing,” said Susan Austin, a photographer and Iowa mom. “To some, it might be bragging, but I think it’s more about a way today’s teens connect with and feel part of a group.” But some adults think there’s a downside to vacation selfies. They see them as narcissistic distractions that can detract from the travel experience. And they point to controversial examples — like a smiling selfie from Auschwitz posted to Twitter — as proof of the potential for poor judgment when young travelers use social media. In addition, when traveling teens spend time taking selfies, “they’re so busy documenting, I wonder whether they’re actually experiencing it,” said Peg Streep, who writes about psychology and millennials. “What should be an experience of learning and growth instead just says, ‘Look at me.’ It’s a narcissistic moment that’s really about getting likes.” Streep pointed to a study by Linda Henkel of Fairfield University in Connecticut that found museum visitors remember more about what

WEDDING / ENGAGEMENT POLICY: Engagement and wedding announcements of local interest are published on Sundays. The deadline is noon on the preceding Monday. Call for holiday deadlines. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item, 20 N. Magnolia, or downloaded from www.theitem.com. Please type or print all information, paying particular attention to names. Do not print in all capital letters. Photographs must be vertical and of reproduction quality. For information, call (803) 7741264. ANNOUNCEMENT FEES: $95: Standard wedding announcement with photo $90: Standard wedding announcement without photo $75: Standard engagement announcement with photo $70: Standard engagement announcement without photo If you would like your announcement to include information that is not on The Item’s form, there will be an additional $50 charge.

they’ve seen if they don’t take photos of the objects they’re viewing. That suggests that any type of picture-taking can take “you out of the moment of the experience and shifts your attention.” Another concern is practical. A real-time selfie from a far-off place tells the world you’re not home. Leora Halpern Lanz, of Long Island, New York, loves it when her three kids take vacation selfies because it’s their way “of validating where they were.” But they’re not allowed to post images until the trip is over: “I don’t need their friends or friends of friends knowing the house is empty.” Lanz says the widely criticized Auschwitz selfie also shows “the risks of kids posting on social media” when they don’t know what’s appropriate. Breanna Mitchell, the young woman who took the smiling Auschwitz selfie, received death threats and messages urging her to kill herself after the image went viral. In a video interview with TakePart Live, Mitchell said the selfie was misinterpreted. She’d studied World War II history with her father and they’d planned to visit historic sites together, but he died before they could make the trip. Her selfie from the grounds of the concentration camp was her way of saying, “I finally made it here. I finally got where me and my daddy had always said we were going to go,” she told TakePart Live. Looking back now on the selfie, she says, “I just went so wrong with that.” Still, most travel selfies are innocent and purely celebratory — as well as being a way for teens to keep in touch with peers.

DEAR ABBY — I’m a 24-year-old plus-sized woman (60 or 70 pounds overweight), but very comfortable Dear Abby in my own ABIGAIL skin. When VAN BUREN swimming in public, I wear a onepiece bathing suit because it doesn’t attract a lot of attention. When I’m home, I have a bikini top and shorts I prefer to wear. This is because I don’t like being covered up like it was in the 1950s. When I go back to see my family and swim, I wear a bikini top and black shorts. Recently, my mother said, “When the family comes over, you can’t wear that. It makes people uncomfortable.” I was shocked, and we had a huge argument. Most of my cousins are fine with my attire, as are my aunts. Only Mom has a problem with it. Am I wrong for wanting to be comfortable in my child-

hood home? Offended daughter DEAR OFFENDED DAUGHTER — You are not wrong for wanting to be comfortable. But please remember that when you visit someone else’s home, that person’s wishes take precedence -- even if it used to be your childhood home. While you say you are comfortable in your own skin, it would be interesting to know what your physician thinks about your obesity. I suspect that your mother would be prouder of you if you were more willing to do something about your weight problem. DEAR ABBY — I am the mother of three beautiful daughters. I have been married for 11 years now. I married at 19, just after high school. My husband is 18 years older. The first five years of marriage, when I fully depended on him, he was arrogant, violent and unfaithful. He hurt me so badly that I vowed to work hard and when I was independent, I would move

away. Now I have a stable job — but my kids love him, and I know they will be hurt. My husband is jobless now. He tells me he supported me when I was jobless, so it’s my turn to take care of him. I stay because I feel guilty. Should I finally forgive him, and if so, how? Bitter in Nairobi DEAR BITTER — If you truly want to forgive your husband for the physical and emotional abuse you suffered in the early years of your marriage, a place to start would be to talk with your spiritual adviser. You didn’t mention whether your husband is trying to find another job, if there is a valid reason why he can’t work, or if he’s still unfaithful. If it’s the latter, then in my opinion, you “owe” him the same amount of financial support that he gave you and nothing more. However, because I am not familiar with the marriage laws in Kenya, you should discuss this with a lawyer.

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The auditorium of the former Sumter (movie) Theatre is seen from the stage in this photograph from 1936. Note the projection booth windows at the back of the balcony.

Sumter Theatre transformation adds city offices

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Architect Meredith Drakeford and Mayor W.A. McElveen consult about the renovations to the Sumter Opera House in this photo from 1985.

uring the mid-1980s, the Sumter Opera House was completely restored and renovated. These

changes transformed the building from a theater to a collection of city offices. The photos on this page chronicle the transformation begun in 1982 with the closing of the Sumter (movie) Theatre and concluded in 1987. Information for this article was taken from The Sumter Item archives and “The Opera House Pamphlet” prepared by the City of Sumter. Most of the photos are by the late Heyward Crowson, longtime Item photographer.

Contractors and architects were often surprised at what they found throughout the Opera House as they tore out sections for the renovations.

In 1936 the Sumter Theatre had opened to the public featuring its premier movie titled “Earthworm Tractor” and starring Joe E. Brown. The public admission charged was 35 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The theater closed its doors in 1982 after 46 years of operation, placing the future of the Opera House in jeopardy. In 1984 “ … the City of Sumter, needing more office space than was

available in the City-County Complex and sensitive to the needs of downtown, decided to relocate on Main Street in the Opera House. General obligation bonds in the amount of $1,800,000 were approved and sold to the First National Bank of South Carolina. The architectural firm of Drakeford-Jackson & Associates was authorized to begin plans.” The Opera House cornerstone, doubling as a time capsule, was opened by the late Mayor W.A. McElveen Jr. along with city councilmen and officials on Sept. 18, 1985. “The copper cornerstone box revealed coins from the 1700s, documents from the 1800s, and Sammy Way letters and newspapers REFLECTIONS from 1936. Unfortunately, the contents of the 1893 cornerstone were found to have been ruined by moisture.” Renovation and removal of the Sumter Theatre began in August of 1985, and the dedication of the renovated Opera House took place concurrently with the installation of a new city council. The city offices began operation in the newly renovated facility in 1987. NOTE: In the July 27 Reflections, due to technical problems, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church was referred to as St. Mark.

The original seating for the Sumter Theatre is shown before renovations. Contractors inspect the auditorium of the Sumter Opera House after the old seating was removed. The building was completely renovated in the mid-1980s, and city offices were added upstairs.

The cornerstone of the Opera House, originally placed in 1893, had its contents sealed in a copper box, which was unfortunately not able to protect its contents from the elements. The renovation of the Sumter Opera House, right, began in August 1985.

The original marquee of the Sumter Theatre was completely removed during the renovation.

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GIRL SCOUTS, FROM PAGE C1 friends and being with the leaders.” Katie Keffer said the hardest badge she has earned so far is “My journey, because it teaches you how you can do it yourself. You have to do it with a team, and you have to do it for your community.” Beth Hice is most proud of her “art badge, because art is just so hard, and it expresses a lot of feelings and emotions of how you draw and think.” It’s been three years since Ivey Edwards started out as a Brownie. Like most Girl Scouts, she sells cookies, which she said is “Great. “We’ve been working on this project since May,” Ivey said, “and we’ll be selling cookies in January.” The only member of the troop who is not 10 years old, 11-year-old Beana Olivia Kuntzman is about to enter the sixth grade. She said “We were trying to think of something that would stay for a while, and we decided to build the benches because we could put them next to the trail, so that way people can rest if they’re running or just taking a walk.” Grace Morris began her Girl Scout career as a Daisy three years ago. She thinks being a Junior is more fun, she said. “We were studying about legacies and stuff and how to earn our Bronze Award, so we decided we were going to build benches so they could stay here for a while,” she said. “We put them together with screws and bolts” to make sure they’ll last. Hope Mellott has been in Scouting in Sumter for five years. Camping was her favorite badge. She earned it by “cooking on a campfire, helping to build tents, going on a

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Girl Scout Junior Troop 2243 momemtarily stopped cleaning a trail at Mill Creek Park to pose for a photo. Their project included cleaning trails in the park and building and placing three benches along the trail for walkers and runners to stop and rest. From left, they are Katie Keffer, Jasmine Bagley, Ivey Edwards, Hope Mellott, Beth Hice, Beana Olivia Kuntzman, Nataleigh Jones and Grace Morris. hike. We actually camped here and some other places.” It’s been four years of Scouting for Jasmine Bagley, a rising fifth-grader at Wilder Elementary School. One of her favorite badges is the “flower badge.” “We tie-dyed flowers, and we planted a garden,” she said, adding that “The hardest part of making the benches was measuring and putting the benches together.” Leader Jennifer Edwards said before the project was undertaken, “They had to get permission through the (Mountains to Midlands) council, and there’s a mini-

YESTERYEAR, FROM PAGE C1 • A closed cabin plane will be at the airport tomorrow and New Year’s Day for the purpose of taking passengers on flights. An experienced pilot will be in charge of the plane. On New Year’s Day there will be a parachute jump.

50 YEARS AGO – 1964 Oct. 25-31 What leaders hoped would be the final report meeting of the United Appeal is set for 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the National Bank of South Carolina, with General Chairman Marvin Trapp appealing for completed work, if possible, and for progress reports from all workers if solicitation is not complete. “Time is not on our side,” declared Trapp today. “We know from experience that the longer workers delay in getting the job done, the less effective the job is. We have no assurance of success unless everyday turns in topnotch reports from the outstanding cards.” • First Federal Savings and Loan Association today announced it had awarded a $191,844 contract for its new downtown office building. In a joint statement by Henry G. Martin, president, and S.L. Roddey, chairman of the board, First Federal accepted the low bid of Avery Lumber Co. of Sumter. The completed building and grounds will be ready for occupancy by First Federal in July 1965. • The first and only female member of Manning’s town council says “I have enjoyed serving in this capacity as much as anything in which I have ever participated.” Pansy Ridgeway, businesswoman and civic leader, added that as far as she knows, she is the only member of her sex ever having offered for a public office of any kind in her hometown. • Quarterback Theatrice Strickland, 180-pounder from Palatka, Fla., will guide the Morris College offense Saturday when they entertain Voorhees College at 2:30. It’s High School Day on the Morris campus. “Everybody is in good physical shape, and fine spirits and we think we can beat this team,” commented Coach Andrew Pollard today

as he looked toward Saturday’s game. • The 1964 Homecoming Queen is Ginger Montague; the pretty senior was elected by the student body a few weeks ago. The announcement of this year’s queen was kept a secret until yesterday when the complete story appeared in the Hi-News. Ginger will be crowned at half-time ceremonies at the Homecoming Game Nov. 6. • The home of Mrs. Paul Bullock on Paisley Park was the site of the annual Junior Welfare League tea honoring new members: Miss Martha Shaw, Mrs. William S. Shuler, Mrs. Harvey Achziger, Mrs. G. McBride Dabbs Jr., Mrs. George C. James, Mrs. A.S. Alderman Jr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Dodd. Not present were Mrs. Grover Blackwell and Mrs. Sammy Gantt. • Peter M. Wright, retiring as postmaster of Wedgefield after serving for 14 years, was honored Thursday night with an Appreciation Dinner given by the community. Approximately 65 guests gathered to enjoy a barbecue dinner, with Hugh M. McLaurin Jr. serving as the master of ceremonies. • Purchase of the M.E. Reid and Sons Insurance Agency by Stanley G. Brading, a Sumter resident well-known in the insurance field, has been announced. The agency will be known, beginning Nov. 2, as the Stan Brading Agency and will continue to maintain offices at 30 East Liberty St. Reid announced that he is retiring from the insurance business, because of “age, health and other interests.” • Miss Eslye McKeown, a native of Sumter, and Dr. Carl Bramlette Jr. have been selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award of the South Carolina Mental Health Association, a United Fund Agency. Mrs. J.E. Logan, president of the local association, served on the award committee.

25 YEARS AGO – 1989 July 28 – Aug. 3 • Eddie Huss begins his duties on Sunday as full time minister of music at Sumter’s Trinity Church. He will serve as both organist and choir master. He has been the recip-

mum of 20 hours they have to work on it. They also have to work on leadership skills, they have to work together as a group and work on things that might be new to them — carpentry. Another badge they’ve earned is ‘make your own,’ because of all the steps they’ve learned in making these benches.” Permission for the project also had to be obtained from Sumter County, which owns Mill Creek Park, Edwards said. As are all the Girl Scouts in Sumter, Troop 2243 is part of the Fannie Ivey Service Unit, named for the Sumter woman

ient of the Theodore Presser National Music Scholarship and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, a national music honorary. • At 77, Billy Lynam is flying higher than ever. Straightfaced and steady-handed, the pilot of 56 years still, on occasion, spreads his wings. But his flights are calmer than they used to be. Flying inverted to find out if his students fastened their restraining belts is no longer a common practice. Neither is skimming a big-engine “sky ship” four feet off the ground to spray herbicides on crops. But after teaching World War II combat pilots as well as local enthusiasts to keep their wings level, and cruising the skies above all parts of America in small planes, Lynam is slow to leave the hobby/profession to which his life has been devoted. • A brand new decade – the 1990s – will arrive in just five short months, and USC-Sumter’s Computer Center is eagerly anticipating the advances in computer technology that will emerge in the years just ahead. Keeping his finger on the pulse of what is probably the world’s most rapidly changing science is Gary Kendrick, director of computer services. • Automobile racing has been a part of Tony Truesdale’s life ever since he can remember. He enjoyed watching the sport as a youngster and he became more involved when he became a teenager. Truesdale, 29, has done quite well since he first took his position behind the wheel of a car in an official race at Sumter Speedway eight years ago. He has come into his own this year as he won the first-half points championship in the Thunder and Lightning Class. • The 11-12-year-old Sumter Kids in Baseball American League All-Stars defeated West Columbia Midlands 16-5 in the first round of the state tournament in Lexington Monday. Ikey Brunson led Sumter with 4-for-4 hitting, while Fred White added a home run. Bert Beatson, Leonis Lesane and Rhett Thomas combined for the win on the mound. Sumter will play in the second round of the winner’s bracket of the tournament today. • Back in April, Raquel Amerson stood in line with a few hundred other hopefuls outside

who started the first Girl Scout troop in the area. “The importance of the Bronze Award is learning leadership and teamwork,” Nataleigh said, “because you can’t do it all by yourself. There are some things you have to learn that teamwork is involved with.” Jasmine said she plans to stay in Scouting even after she receives her Bronze Award. “I will finish up one more year as a Junior,” she said, “and then I will be eligible to become a Cadette.” While the beneficiaries of their Bronze Award project can rest in a beautiful setting

when they’re weary, the members of Troop 2243 are not ones to rest on their laurels. All eight of the Juniors said they plan to stay in Scouting, and when they are Senior Girl Scouts to earn their Gold Awards, the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. That means an even bigger project and many more hours of work. For more information about Girl Scouting in this area, contact the Mountains to Midlands council, which serves 12,300 girls and 5,000 adults in central and western South Carolina, online at https:// gssc-mm.org/.

1964 - Sumter County 4-H’ers accept expense checks from local bank representatives yesterday before leaving for the Achievement Luncheon in Columbia. From left, front row, are Jimmy Davis, Mike Brogdon, Rowland Alston and Mac Parker, receiving a check from Marvin D. Trapp of NBSC, W.G. Sawyer of SCNB and Robert Royall of Citizens and Southern National Bank. Back row: George Rogers, Thorny Parker, Frank Godwin and Ellen Jackson. Missing was Peggy Culler. the CBS studios of The Price Is Right game show. Like the others, who dreamed of stepping on stage with the granddaddy of the television game hosts, Bob Barker, and winning fabulous prizes. But unlike the many that went home emptyhanded, she was chosen to live out the fantasy of thousands of bored housewives and gameshow fanatics nationwide. Last week, she picked up the $11,000 car she won. • Sumter’s Warth Nursery and Kindergarten is a large redbrick house with a portico for rainy days, nestled on a wooded corner at Inglewood and Bagnal drives. Standing guard out front are a ceramic Snow White with her seven small friends. Founded 35 years ago by Dorine Warth, the day care center provides a wide range of experiences for up to 120 children, newborns through pre-teens. • From Bible study to backyard backpacking, with swimming, crafts and field trips thrown in, activities in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties fill up the summer for kids whose parents work during the day. The Bible time is at Sumter Christian School, where day care supervisor Sharon Robinell also keeps about 80 students busy with organized games, crafts, and weekly field trips to the bowling alley, local parks and farms. • The Sumter Kids in Base-

1989 - Cardinal Tire’s Dick Dabbs takes a cut during recent softball action. ball American League 11-12 year-old All-Stars continued their winning ways in the state tournament Wednesday by defeating Union National 3-0 at the Lexington Sports Complex as three Sumter pitchers combined for a onehitter. Lee Hatfield started on the mound and pitched 1 2/3 innings before experiencing arm pains. Ikey Brunson relieved Hatfield, lasting 1 ½ innings before giving way to Carl Baker who finished out the six-inning contest. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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SAMUEL RODDEY JR. • 1927 - 2014

Businessman remembered for honesty, humor

amuel Lathan Roddey Jr., a civic-minded Sumter businessman, was known for his humor and directness, say family and friends. “There was no in between with Daddy,” Lathan Roddey III said. “Things were either right or wrong, and he didn’t mind telling you if you were right or wrong. Some of my friends used to laugh about if you made the same bonehead mistake twice, he’d say, ‘What’s wrong? You don’t believe Hell is hot?’” That forthright approach helped the World War II veteran push for county zones. “When he was co-chairman of the planning committee for the county, a lot of rural areas were opposed to countywide zoning,” Steve Creech said. At that time, zoning ordinances were only in the city and about three miles around it. There were no rules beyond that to the county line, Creech said, and such zoning

was a way to help protect Shaw Air Force Base from encroaching development. After his father served as a mentor to him, Lathan Roddey is now one of Creech’s business partners. Besides working together, Creech and the late Roddey played golf, a pastime shared with Tommy Bultman, a fellow Rotarian. In fact, Samuel Roddey was president of Sumter Rotary the secRODDEY ond year Bultman was a member. “He played golf out at Sunset (on) Saturday mornings when his health was better off,” Bultman said. “I really enjoyed Samuel a lot. He was fun to be around. If you asked him for his opinion, he would tell you. He was frank and honest about it.” While Bultman said he more grew up with Roddey’s children, Lathan and Emily, Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst

grew up with Samuel Roddey. “I guess I’ve known him throughout our lifetime,” Propst said. “We were neighbors and then, of course, affiliated in many ways through school, through the YMCA, through high school athletics and later church. He was very outspoken in his opinions. He was very funny, very humorous. He was certainly a very responsible person. If he was asked to assume any role in leadership, he would do so and do it beautiful. He was a devoted husband and to his children and later grandchildren. He was really a very delightful individual.” Propst said he will miss Roddey’s presence in Bethany Sunday school. Samuel Roddey was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church, where he served as a former chairman of the Board of Deacons, clerk of the Session and was Elder Emeritus, according to his obituary.

He was a 1947 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, where he served as president of the senior class and captain of the basketball team. While in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, he served on the island of Guam and in China. “He was proud to be a VMI grad, proud to be a Marine and proud of his family,” said Emily Wilson, his daughter. “He’d say, ‘I love you down deep.’ He was dedicated to his community, (and) you knew where he stood. He loved to play golf. He had a great sense of humor, and he liked to laugh. He was quite a character, that’s for sure.” He was a former president of Sumter Rotary Club, Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Sumter County Game & Fish Association and Sumter Assembly Club. He was a former chairman of Sumter County Planning Commission, Sumter YMCA Board, United Way of Sumter, Sunset Country Club and

Auto sales sizzle in July

Sumter County Zoning Board of Adjustments. He received from the Jaycees the Distinguished Service Award, given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service, as well as the 1963 Young Man of the Year award. “He worked hard and did a lot of great things over the years,” Creech said. “He had a great sense of humor. He loved his family, especially his wife. She was the light of his life. She died in January, and I think he was ready to go meet her.” Samuel Roddey was married to Fredricka Hill Roddey for 65 years. “He would always write her poems on their anniversary and sometimes on her birthday,” Lathan Roddey said. “He had an unwavering devotion to his church, his wife, his family, his Sunday school class and to his country. He was proud of America.” — Jade Reynolds

Summer relief for gasoline prices BY JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

AP FILE PHOTO

An auto worker inspects finished SUVs coming off the assembly line at the General Motors auto plant in Arlington, Texas, on May 13. Compared to last July, sales for General Motors were up 9 percent.

Discounts help make it best July for industry since ’06 and Honda spent less. Toyota was offering zero-percent financing on a five-year loan and $1,000 cash back on the Camry sedan. Ford DETROIT — Big discounts helped offered $6,000 cash back on a new ExU.S. auto sales soar in July. pedition SUV. And Chrysler was pedToyota, Ford, Nissan and Chrysler all saw double-digit sales gains. Gener- dling a $99-per-month, two-year lease on a Dodge Dart. al Motors’ sales were up 9 percent Edmunds.com said 13.5 percent of compared with last July, while Hyunnew car loans in July had zero-percent dai’s rose 1.5 percent. Of major autofinancing, the highest level since Demakers, only Honda and Volkswagen cember 2010. saw declines. John Felice, Ford’s U.S. sales chief, It was the best July for the industry said a slowing rate of sales growth will since 2006. New vehicle sales rose 9 percent to 1.4 million, according to Au- force automakers to get even more aggressive to steal sales away from comtodata Corp. petitors. That’s already happening Automakers typically offer deals in with small and midsize cars. For inthe summer to clear out inventory bestance, buyers are paying an average fore cars from the new model year arof $1,000 less for a Ford Fusion sedan rive in the fall. But July’s discounts than they did a year ago, Felice said. were unusually high. But demand for SUVs and trucks reIncentives rose 8 percent — or $216 per vehicle — during last July, accord- mains strong, and so does pricing. Overall, Felice said, buyers are still ing to Jesse Toprak, chief analyst for paying $800 more per vehicle than they the car shopping site Cars.com. Incentives averaged $2,774 per vehicle, their did last year. That’s because even with highest level since August 2010. Toprak discounting, more people are choosing pricier SUVs and loading them up with said Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen and features. Hyundai were the most generous; GM

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer

Michelle Krebs, a senior analyst at AutoTrader.com, isn’t alarmed about growing incentives. Things have changed from a decade ago, when automakers were making too many vehicles and had to use across-the-board incentives to sell them. Companies have cut back on production, she said, and they use incentives in a much more strategic way. They’re also profitable, so they can afford to give a little on price. Based on July’s sales, J.D. Power and Associates raised its forecast for fullyear U.S. sales to 16.3 million vehicles. That’s approaching the peak of 17 million set in 2005. Auto sales have led the uneven U.S. economic recovery, with sales increases of 1 million or more vehicles in each of the last four years. But that pace is slowing. U.S. sales totaled 15.6 million in 2013. Chrysler saw the biggest gain in July, with sales up 20 percent to 140,102, led by the Ram pickup and the new Jeep Cherokee small SUV. Chrysler sold nearly 15,000 Cherokees, almost matching sales of the larger Grand Cherokee. Jeep sales rose 41 percent overall.

NEW YORK — The gasoline price roller coaster is running a strange course this summer. August began with the lowest average gasoline price for this time of year since 2010. Just a few weeks ago, drivers were paying the highest July Fourth gasoline price in six years. The average price of a gallon of gasoline is $3.52 after falling 16 cents during the last month. Prices may continue to slide in early August and post larger drops after Labor Day — as long as there are no hurricanes that halt production in the Gulf Coast or violence in the Middle East that disrupts crude supplies. “We’ll see some more drops, and clearly we’ll be below $3.50 by Monday,” said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service and GasBuddy.com. “It’s absolutely counter-intuitive.” Gasoline prices usually drop between Memorial Day and July Fourth after refiners have begun making more expensive summer blends of gasoline. They then tend to rise between July Fourth and Labor Day as vacation drivers burn through supplies and traders worry about hurricanes. This year, gasoline prices rose after Memorial Day because turmoil in Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest exporter, sent global crude prices rising. Oil rose to $107 per barrel on June 20, and gasoline reached $3.68 a gallon in late June. Since then, fears that Iraqi oil exports would be blocked have subsided. Global supplies appear to be ample, offsetting any potential impact from U.S. and European sanctions against Russia, the world’s biggest exporter outside of OPEC. And ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas doesn’t threaten oil production. Crude oil fell Friday for the fifth day in a row, to $97.88 per barrel, its lowest price since early February.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

THE SUMTER ITEM

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How To Read The Market in Review The list includes the most active stocks in each exchange, as well as stocks of local interest. Stock Footnotes: cc â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PE greater than 99. cld - Issue has been called for redemption by company. d - New 52-week low. dd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Loss in last 12 mos. ec - Company formerly listed on the American Exchange's Emerging Company Marketplace. g - Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h - temporary exmpt from Nasdaq capital and surplus listing qualification. n - Stock was a new issue in the last year. The 52-week high and low figures date only from the beginning of trading. pf - Preferred stock issue. pr - Preferences. pp - Holder owes installments of purchase price. q â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated. rt - Right to buy security at a specified price. s - Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. wi - Trades will be settled when the stock is issued. wd - When distributed. wt - Warrant, allowing a purchase of a stock. u - New 52-week high. un - Unit,, including more than one security. vj - Company in bankruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized under the bankruptcy law. Appears in front of the name. Mutual Fund Footnotes: e â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ex-capital gains distribution. f â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Previous dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quote. n - No-load fund. p â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Redemption fee or contingent deferred sales load may apply. s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stock dividend or split. t â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Both p and r. x â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ex-cash dividend. Source: The Associated Press and Morningstar. Sales figures are unofficial. Interpublic InvenSense Invesco IronMtn iShCorEM ItauUnibH

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcements Tuesday, August 5, 2014, is the last day to redeem winning tickets in the following South Carolina Education Lottery Instant Games: (649) Extreme Green; (610) Kings Ransom; (624) Cash Reserve; (632) The Power of 37; (635) Rockin' 9's

ONLINE ONLY AUCTIONS! Antiques, Estate Furniture, Real Estate, more! Visit www.rhlee.com for scheduled events & details. R.H. Lee & Co. Auctioneers, Inc. Ridgeway, SC 29130 803-337-2300 SCAL192

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $2 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend. 905-4242

Lost & Found Found Yellow lab mix with collar, near dollar general in dalzell. Owner contact the SPCA. Found: yellow lab wearing collar & part of a leash. Dollar General in Dalzell. Call SPCA to identify. 773-9292

BUSINESS SERVICES Business Services Land clearing on site mulching, tree and brush grinding, Free estimates. David 803-972-1090

Fencing Byrds Taylormade Fence and Decks Free quotes Financing available call 803-491-7000

Moving Sale: 2220 Hwy 261 S, (Wedgefield), Fri. 1-6pm, Sat. 8am-5pm, Sun. 1-5pm. 3,650 sq ft house full of items. Reasonable offers accepted. All must go. No checks. CASH ONLY. Call 803-468-0991 for partial list of items.

For Sale or Trade Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves. Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

40 ft. Steel storage container. $2,350 OBO. Contact George 803-236-2197. DirectTV. 2 Year Savings Event! Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Only DirecTV gives you 2 YEARS of savings and a FREE Genie upgrade! Call 1-800-908-5974

Home Improvements

Like New multi colored Sofa, comfy black chair, green rocker recliner. All 3 $325 Call 803-720-1896

All Things Basementy! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Waterproofing, Finishing, Structural Repairs, Humidity and Mold Control. FREE ESTIMATES! Call 1-800-307-8128

King Size Mattress/Boxsprings & frame, less than 1 yr old, Jamison Classic Extra Firm/Comfort Max support level. $350 Firm. Serious Inq. Only 803-983-4425

Lawn Service Four Seasons Lawn Care Serving Sumter for almost 20 yrs! Free est. 494-9169/468-4008

Legal Service DIVORCE is tough enough already! Don't let it hurt your wallet too! DIVORCE with or without children $150.00 Guaranteed. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. Call 1.888.247.5150 - 24/7.

Roofing Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Years Experience. 18 colors & 45 year warranty. Financing available. Long list of satisfied customers. Call 803-837-1549.

Septic Tank Cleaning

REDUCE YOUR CABLE BILL!* Get a whole-home Satellite system installed at NO COST and programming starting at $19.99/mo. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade to new callers, SO CALL NOW 1-866-981-7319 DISH TV Retailer - Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 1-800-635-0278 Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time STC Now Hiring Diesel Mechanic Qualified candidates must have:

Ray Tobias & Company Septic tank pumping and services. (803) 340-1155 Senior and Military discounts available. 1st time customers receive 10% off when you mention this ad!

Tree Service A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721 STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net

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â&#x20AC;˘Valid driver license â&#x20AC;˘High School Diploma or GED â&#x20AC;˘Three years or more of diesel mechanical experience â&#x20AC;˘Must provide tools / picture at interview STC offers competitive salary and benefits EOE and Drug Free Workplace Contact - Pat Joyner 803-775-1002 x107 Central Carolina Technical College vacancies: Associate Degree Nursing Instructor and TRiO Counselor/Temporary Grant Position. Specific duties can be found at www.cctech.edu/ aboutus.htm. Apply online at http://jobs.sc.gov or apply in person between 8am-4pm, MonFri at the Personnel Office, Central Carolina Technical College, 506 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or fax a SC State application to 803-778-7878. CCTC is an EOE/AA employer.

Help Wanted Full-Time

Student Services Program Coordinator II (Admissions Counselor/Recruiter/Processor), Band 5, $33,395 per year. USC Sumter. Masters degree in Student Personnel Services or related area and 1 years experience or Bachelor's degree and 3 years related experience required. Serve as an admissions counselor/recruiter and processor of applications to the University. Knowledge of computers and the ability to analyze and interpret data. Possess strong communication, analytical and reasoning skills. Active in all aspects of recruitment of diverse student population while actively processing applications and all documents pertaining to the application process. Responsibilities include working with high schools, businesses and civic organizations; coordinating on and off campus programs; and assisting in developing marketing strategies for recruitment. The University of South Carolina requires individuals to apply online for all job vacancies. You may access the USC Jobs Online Employment site at http://uscjobs.sc.edu. As part of the online process, a cover letter, resume, college transcripts and list of references must be attached to the online application form. If you have any questions about the application procedures, please call (803) 938-3721. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. USC Sumter is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. On-the-Job Training (OJT) Developer - Contract Writer

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Help Wanted Full-Time Roper Staffing is now accepting application(s) for the following position(s): â&#x20AC;˘Mig/Tig Welders â&#x20AC;˘Tool & Die Operators â&#x20AC;˘Roll Form Operators â&#x20AC;˘Industrial Electrical Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘Industrial Maintenance (1st shift $21/hr) â&#x20AC;˘Sheet Metal Fabricator â&#x20AC;˘Paralegal/Legal Secretary â&#x20AC;˘Janitorial â&#x20AC;˘Administrative Assistant (QuickBooks required) â&#x20AC;˘HVAC Technician (experienced with HVAC certification) â&#x20AC;˘Front Desk Receptionist (experienced/medical) Other great opportunities available! NEW APPLICATION TIMES: Mon.-Wed. 8:30am-10:00am and again from 1:30pm-3:00pm. Please call the office to inquire about what you need to bring with you when registering! (Sumter) 803-938-8100.

EARN $500 A DAY: Insurance Agents Needed; Leads, No Cold Calls; Commissions Paid Daily; Lifetime Renewals; Complete Training; Health & Dental Insurance; Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020 WANT TO DRIVE A TRUCK - No experience? Earn while you learn. Company sponsored CDL Training. Full benefits. Earn $41,500+ 1st year. 1-888-714-3759. Auddie Brown Chevrolet, Darlington SC, needs experienced Sales/Desk Manager. Excellent compensation, benefits, company demo, 5 day work week. Contact Alan Moss, 843-393-4046 or email resume: amoss@auddiebrown.com Transfer Drivers: Need CDL A or B Drivers, to relocate vehicles to and from various locations throughout U.S. - No forced dispatch: 1-800-501-3783 or www .mamotransportation.com under Careers. Experienced OTR Flatbed Drivers earn 50 up to 55 cpm loaded. $1000 sign on to Qualified drivers. Home most weekends. Call: 843-266-3731 / www.bulldoghiwa y.com EOE ADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER JOBS in 107 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 2.6 million readers. Call Donna Yount at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

IMMEDAITE OPEINGS Craig Industries, Inc. Of Sumter (Dalzell- located at the back gate of Shaw AFB) has immediate openings for experienced industrial single needle sewing machine operators. (Sergers and Zipper Setting)

RENTALS 2BR 1BA, Conv. to Sumter Mall. $530/mo + dep. 803-775-1281. Newly renovated Apts. 2BR All appl's, hrdwd fls, ceramic tiles, C/H/A, $550/mo, 7B Wright St. 803-773-5186 or 631-626-3460

Unfurnished Apartments

DIGNITY VILLAGE APARTMENTS 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath 62 & Over Only. Income must be $1,454 per month or less.

Please Call

775-9611 3 homes for rent. 1300 - 2100 sq ft., $850 - $1200 mo. 3 br, 2 ba, (near Shaw AFB). 646-460-4424. 2 & 3 Br brick and mobile homes located in Sumter and Manning starting at $350. AC & heat pump. No Section 8. Call 803-225-0389. 2BR/1.5BA, duplex Ceiling fans, carpet/tile flrs, wht kit, stove/fridge, laundry rm, carport, shed, $600 /mo + dep. No Pets. 803-481-8286 lv msg. Recently renovated: 3BR, 1BA home, den w/fireplace. No Pets, $675/mo + sec. dep. 983-8463 after 10am. (2) 16x80 MH, 3BR/2BA, $450/mo + $350/dep. Ref required. No section 8. 1 home suitable for couple, no kids. Call 803-775-0492 leave name & no. 2BR MH Country living for rent. Call 803-473-9999. 2/3BR MH. All appliances, C//H//A, Section 8 Accepted. 469-6978

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Recruit and market On-the-Job Training (OJT) services to public/private employers; prepare OJT contract agreements to place participants; develop training plans as well as provide orientation and training to personnel. Strong communication and organization skills needed to develop job opportunities for Workforce Investment Act eligible participants to secure full-time employment through placement in the OJT Program. Extensive Microsoft Office is required. Associates Degree in Business Administration or Management with emphasis in management or staffing with at least three years of related work experience. Additional combination of other work experience & relevant skills will be considered if determined to be directly related to the requirements. Salary is grant funded for one year at $40,000. Send resume by Friday, August 8, 2014 to "OJT Developer" by fax 803.773.9903, email ycrolley@slcog.org, or mail PO Box 1837, Sumter SC 29151. WIA is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Applications taken daily: (Monday - Friday) at the plant from 8:00AM - 3:00PM.

Full Time Sales position available. Some experience preferred but will train. No calls. Apply at Wally's Hardware 1291 broad St .

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Help Wanted Part-Time Church Nursery Attendant Sunday mornings 8:30-12:45 Wednesdays 5:45pm-7:45pm. $8 per hr. Send resumes to Box 366 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555 Drivers: OTR : Company & O/O's. All Drivers Paid by Mile Loaded & Empty. No-Touch Freight. 50% Drop & Hook. 800-588-7911 x225 REGIONAL DRIVERS with CDLA HOME EVERY WEEKEND! Run only Southeast, Midsouth and Midwest full medical/dental/vision call Jim 855-842-8501

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes Shannon Dr. behind Jehovah Church & Layfette. 3BR 1BA, completely remodeled, like new! Fenced yard, den, dining room, C/H/A. $600 sec. dep + $600 mo. Section 8 welcome! Call Mon - Fri between 9 am - 6 pm 803-316-7958 or 803-773-1838.

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Excellent salary and benefit package! You may also apply on-line by visiting our web site at website at www.doc.sc.gov, for more information, please call a Lt. Recruiter at 803-896-1665 or 803-896-1652. EOE

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1214 S. Guignard, 4,776 sq. ft. $2,000. Call Century 21 Hawkins & Kolb 803-773-1477

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Church Facility located at 16 Kendrick St. Move in ready. 10,195 sq ft on 2.35 acres with 1,040 sq ft picnic shelter. Chapel, Fellowship Hall, Sunday School Rooms, Office Complex and Full Working Kitchen. Contact Talmadge Tobias at ReMax Summit 803-491-4573. DOCKABLE LAKEFRONT TRACT 3.5 Acres: Willing to sell for $39,900 on a 71,000 ac lake bordering SC and GA 877-717-5263 my extension 955. Property offered by Southland Marketing & Development.

TRANSPORTATION 50 Bryn Mawr Court 2 Br, 2 ba townhouse with LR, DR, den & sun room. Located in quiet downtown setting low maintenance. Priced to sell $119,900. Contact Mack Kolb 803-491-5409. FSBO: Manning, Country Club Acres, 1173 Deberry Dr. 3BR/2.5BA, brick ranch. C/H/A, large den, many upgrades. 2,155 sq ft. 0.56 acre lot. Deck & fenced yard. $159,900. Call 803-435-0447 For Sale By Owner Paradise awaits you on this spacious & private 15.31 acres fenced, borders black river, fisherman's dream. 2 large stocked ponds, 2 boats, pier, gazebo and decks. 3BR 2 BA + sunroon. 2068 sq ft. Heat & Air + 2 gas log fireplaces, covered front porch, dble cement carport. Two wells & septic. Entertain your friends & family at your 18 x 37 ft picnic shelter, 2 large picnic tables. has elec, water, brick FP, 3 sinks 2 BBQ pits, sheds & barns. Can be a small farm. Quiet country living. Conv to Sumter, Camden, Florence, Hartsville, Darlington. 6 mil S Bishopville and I-20. $189,888. Must see in person, no pictures call for 24 hr appt only 803-428-3803 Looking for your DREAM HOME? LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing. We have 3-4-5 bedroom homes. For more information, call 843-389-4215. Manufactured home for sale. Low price 3BR/2BA, tile floors, fenced yard, wooded shed, all appliances in Wedgefield. 803-847-9302

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the Sumter County Administrative Office Building, 3rd Floor, 13 Canal Street, Sumter, SC on Thursday the 14th of August 2014 at 3:00 o'clock p.m. There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference held at the site on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 10:00 o'clock am. The project consists of the re-roofing of approximately 114 squares of existing roofing. Re-roofing shall consist of the complete tear-off of existing roofing down to existing decks, deck repair, and installation of new insulation and TPO roofing membrane and all associated trim. Contractors may obtain plans and specifications from the Architect: JAMES, DuRANT, MATTHEWS & SHELLEY, INC., 128 East Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150, PH: 803773-3318, upon furnishing a $100 refundable deposit. Contractors may purchase additional sets for cost of reproduction; such costs are not refundable.

Sumter County Procurement Code Section 2-486 Local Bidder Preference Option is applicable to this project. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids unless authorized by awarding authorities. Upon award of Contract, the Architectural Firm will supervise the project, payments and acceptance of the project.

We will arrange financing even if you have been turned down before. Loans available for no credit, bad credit, 1st Time Buyers & Bankruptcy buyers. No co-signers needed. Call Mr. Ashley Brown at 803-926-3235

AIRLINE CAREERS begin here Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Housing and Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-367-2513 S.C. Construction Services We specialize in Energy Systems, also offer Duct work, Dry Wall, Floor Encapsulations, and mobile home repairs. Call 803-847-7824 for more details.

FSBO: 10 +/- acres plus custom built D/W MH $85,000. For a list of amenities & info, send email to: papatom@ftc-i.net.

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5.1 acres (Lee Cty)for lease (cheap) for farming or ranching on long term basis. Mth or yrly. 561-502-8598 Owner lives in Fla. Lease or Sale- Owner financing avail, 5200 sq ft Building. Large fenced lot, 4 offices, kitchen, reception office, shop area. 822 S Guignard Call 803 968-5762

Bid Notices

Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of not less than (5%) of the Bid.

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Bid Notices INVITATION FOR BIDS Sumter County requests bids from qualified roofing contractors for re-roofing of the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St. in Sumter, South Carolina. Bids for this work will be opened in County Council Chambers located in

SUNDAY, AUGUST 03, 2014

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The Contractor to whom this work is awarded will be required to furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor & Material Payment Bond in the amount equal to 100% of the Contract. The right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any formalities in bidding.

Authorized: Sumter County Council Sumter, South Carolina

INVITATION TO BID Project: ITB #07-14/15 Mallard Drive Storm Drain Replacement Invitation for Sealed Bids for City of Sumter will be received until Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 2:00 pm. For bid documents, plans and specifications contact the Office of the City Engineer at 803-436-2558 or visit www.sumtersc.gov/purchasing.aspx for more information.

Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2014-CP-43-1339 Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. Eva M. Lillard, Troy Lillard, Christine Lillard, Michelle L. Key, Patricia Davis, and The United States of America, by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Troy Lillard: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Divine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service

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upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on June 27, 2014. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Jewell Lillard to Bank of America, N.A. bearing date of December 21, 2009, and recorded December 21, 2009 in Mortgage Book 1133 at Page 2538 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Sumter County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Two and 00/100 Dollars ($138,422.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded in the said ROD Office on April 13, 2012 in Book 1169 at Page 3326, the said Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) as nominee for 1st Choice Mortgage/Equity Corp. of Lexington assigned said mortgage to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. This mortgage was modified by Loan Modification Agreement dated May 31, 2012 and recorded April 3, 2013 in Book 1185 at Page 1984., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 203B of Autumn Place Subdivision on that certain plat of Michael C. Turbeville, III, PLS dated March 22, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book 2005 at Page 170 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference 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. TMS No. 134-04-02-007 Property Address: 5065 Knollwood Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1106283 8/3, 8/10, 08/17/2014

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Plaintiff, vs. Larry Durant; Second Federal Funding Corp.; United States of America, acting through its agency, Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service; N. Bruce Holland Jr.; CFNA Receivables (SC), Inc. f/k/a CitiFinancial, Defendant(s).

in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on April 9, 2014. BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC J. Martin Page, SC Bar No. 100200 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. Â§ 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2014-CP-43-00673

TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

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YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING The Sumter City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Sumter Zoning Ordinance and Map on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Sumter Opera House (21 N. Main St.). The following requests are scheduled for consideration: PD-04-10 (Rev.1), 1075 -1077 Alice Dr. (City) Request to amend the existing Planned Development (PD-04-10) uses to add massage parlor/spa use. The property is located at 1075-1077 Alice Dr. and represented by Tax Map #s 204-11-04-002 and 204-11-04-008. RZ-14-01, 1345 Wilson Hall Rd. (City) Request to rezone a +/-7.40 acre portion of the Sumter School District Administration property located at 1345 Wilson Hall Rd. from Residential-15 (R-15) to Light Industrial - Warehouse (LI-W). The property is represented by Tax Map # 203-00-05-020 (p). Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens.

Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING The Sumter City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Sumter Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina). MA-14-02, 2030 Comp Plan 5 Year Update (City) Request to update the Sumter City Comprehensive Plan to reflect minor changing conditions. Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens.

Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor

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2.99 Acres; 2998 sq. ft., open floor plan with large kitchen, all appliances stay, 3 beds, 3 full baths, seller will pay first year HOA dues & pool maint. HW! $259,900 Call Jennifer MLS#120487.

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1345 Broadwater Dr.

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3455 Drayton Dr.

Like New; 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Brick home in Rolling Hills Subdivision/Dalzell. Formal Dining Room, X Large Utility Room,2 Car Garage, Large Fenced Yd. Call Rodney $130,000 MLS#120187.

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THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Aaron Anthony Vanvynckt of Mangilao, Guam, and Binh Kim Phan • Clark Allen Mullenax and Pamela Wrench • Matthew Adam Harris of Pawleys Island and Jenny Lee McFaddin of Lynchburg • Gerard Joseph Entwisle and Aubrey Nicole King, both of Lynchburg • Jon Adam Johnson and Ashlie Rebecca Nesbitt • Vann Dwayne Coker and Kathryn Smith Lewis • Damon Dannell Singleton and Randolyn Jermata Harry, both of Rembert • Levis A. Castie II and Amanda Rae Erickson • Paul William Sanok and Sherrie Ann Gaskins • Roderick Jevon Montgomery and Kisha Denise Brown • Jarrell Ellory Cooper and Uvonne Maltease Marshall • Damon Damont Greene and Uniqua Kierra Monique Campbell • Andrew Kenneth Simmons and Tiffany Elizabeth Bane, both of Columbia • Christopher Tyrone McCoy and Latisha Turner

PROPERTY TRANSFERS • Hurricane Construction Inc. to Erica M. Williams, 1000 McCathern Ave., $194,200. • Mungo Homes Inc. to Gloria Singleton and Louis Nelson, one lot, 1506 Ruger Drive, $150,520. • Geneva Gavin et al to Betty McQuilla Okocha, ALG Road, $1,700. • Darryl Creer et al to Darryl Creer, one lot, two buildings, 3823 Barfield Road, $5 etc. • Jay Colclough to Jay Colclough et al, 21 Buttercup St., $5 etc.; Jay Colclough to Jay Colclough et al, one lot, 4460 Furman Field Road, $5 etc.; Jay Colclough to Jay Colclough et al, one lot, Buttercup Street, $5 etc. • Kevin P. Nunnery to Franklin L. and Frances W. Johnson, one lot, three buildings, 2812 Wise Drive, $179,900. • Sumter Home Insulators Inc. to Marquille K. Miller, one lot, 3111 Bush Lane, $132,000. • Mega Lucky LLC to Julius Lee, one building, 975 Cockerill Road, $294,000. • Frances H. McLaughlin to Frances H. McLaughlin (lifetime estate), one lot, one building, 17 Chappell Court, $5 etc. • Lillie J. Brooks to Lillie J. and Wayne L. Williams, one lot, one building, 3542 Horizon Drive, $5 etc. • Mryna J. Corley to Jimmie Jr. and Evelyn J. Dow, one lot, 4765 Patriot Parkway, $8,000. • V.B. Hawthorne & Son Inc. to GPI Privateer I LLC, one lot, 3340 U.S. 15 South, $160,000. • Mallard A. Marshall to Jerry D. and Pamela D. Balentine, two buildings, 550 Clifton Road, $151,000. • Asbury Davis and Laddie Moore Jr.* to Joseph Eric and Jannet Alice Davis, 3670 Lattimore Lane, $4,000. • Stephen C. and Judy A. Battilana to Judy A. Battilana, one lot, two buildings, 937 E. Fulton St., $5 etc. • Richard A. and Margaret M. Lamer to Richard A. Lamer and Margaret M. Lamer Estate, one lot, one building, 125 Nash St., $5 etc. • Robert Glenn Walters to Ermer G. Walters, one lot, three buildings, 4145 Brabham Drive, $5 etc. • Roosevelt E. and Nell G. Durant to Nell G. Durant Estate, one building, 5045 Narrow Paved Road, $5 etc. • Green Tree Servicing LLC to Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, one lot, three buildings, 827 Boulevard Road / 402 Wilkie St., $5 etc. • Harvey C. Waddell Estate and Alice M. Waddell to Alice M. Waddell, one lot, 4245 Eleanor Drive, $5 etc. • Leroy Smith to Leroy Smith Jr., one lot, one building, 311 Stark St., $5 etc. • Mary S. Booth to Mary S. Booth Estate, one lot, one building, 4243 Reona Ave., $5 etc.; Mary S. Booth to Mary S. Booth Estate, one lot, two buildings, or 4247 Reona Ave., $5 etc. • Sidney L. Christian to Sidney L. Christian Estate, one lot, one building, 985 Dover Circle, $5 etc. • Donzalee and Sarah E. Dixon to Sarah E. Dixon, one lot, two buildings, 2721 Sequoia Drive, $5 etc. • Manley C. and Ruby B. Dubose to Manley C. Dubose Estate and Ruby B. Dubose, West Fulton-Manning Road, $5 etc.; Manley C. and Ruby B. Dubose to Ruby B. Dubose, one building, 360 Reynolds Road, $5 etc. • David J. and Cheryl A. Forsman to Cheryl A. Forsman, one lot, two buildings, 1822 Palomino Circle, $5 etc. • Leroy Smith Sr. to Janet Smith Clayton, one lot, one building, 1330 Covent Garden Drive, $5 etc. • Vickie and Lee McGranaghan to Lee Max McGranaghan Jr. et al, one lot, one building, 140 Executive Circle, $5 etc. • Kentrell Myers to Kentrell Myers and Angel Asiam, one lot, 295 Sandy Run Drive, $5 etc. • Cassandra Zenas Sieger and Julianne Christine Sieger to Cassandra Zenas Sieger, one building, 1835 N. Main St., $5 etc. • TJ Construction of Sumter Inc. to Annie U. and James S. Mitchell, one lot, one building, 2020 Tudor St., $112,000. • Raymond A. McBride Jr. to Marie Beth Black, one lot, one building, 386 Myrtle Beach Highway, $25,000. • Christen C. Weidner to Ryan M. and Allison W. Stewart, one lot, three buildings, 485 Wilson Hall Road, $225,000. • Vince Watkins to Angela M. Christmas, one lot, one building, 1050 Wellsboro Court, $88,500. • Mungo Homes Inc. to Nicholas R. Pack, one lot, 1845 Talisker Drive, $185,101. • Cantey Mortgage Co. to Darnetta McCray, one lot, 785 Radical Road, $15,000. • Lucious Jennings and Lillie Davis Washington to Ellen Green, one lot, two buildings, 716 Brockington St., $12,000. • James M. and Jennifer W. Hicks to Jennifer W. Hicks, one lot, one building, 1314

PUBLIC RECORD Warwick Drive, $5 etc. • Virginia A. and Paul Jones to Virginia A. Jones, one lot, one building, 24 Henrietta St., $5 etc. • Peggy Mary Montalbano to Peggy Mary Montalbano Estate, one lot, one building, 50 Mere Court, $5 etc.; Peggy B. Montalbano to Peggy B. Montalbano Estate, one lot, 3065 Lowfalls Lane, $5 etc. • Beasley Houston and Mary Ann A. Morris to Mary Ann A. Morris, one building, Banff Springs Court, $5 etc. • Glenda Montgomery to Forfeited Land Commission, one lot, two buildings, 1480 Woods St., $1,424. • Mungo Homes Inc. to Jesse S. and Lauren A. Alm, one lot, 1720 Ruger Drive, $165,000. • Michael Lumley to Jamie L. Darif, one lot, one building, 5920 Lost Creek Drive, $5 etc. • Hazel Dennis Estate et al to Bedella Charlene Grant et al, one lot, two buildings, 4560 Furman Field Road, $5 etc.; Harvin Dennis Jr. et al to Bedella Charlene Grant et al, $5 etc.; Pauline D. Bogger and Elenora D. Baker et al to Bedella Charlene Grant et al, $5 etc. • Christopher M. Warren to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, one lot, one building, 5495 Randolph St., $127,575. • Sam D. Anderson to Eddie Bryant (lifetime estate), one lot, one building, 846 S. Guignard Drive, $101,000. • South Carolina State Highway Department to Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Sumter, one lot, 217 W. Williams St., $3,500; South Carolina State Highway Department to Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Sumter, one lot, West Williams Street, $3,500. • Hurricane Construction Inc. to Manuel C. Mayorga-Hernardez, one lot, one building, 3320 Lauderdale Lane, $193,000. • Nan Gaughf to Andrew P. Smith, one lot, one building, 3285 Raffield Court, $158,700. • Hannah P. and Carl L. Hogue to Hannah P. Hogue, one building, 4645 Butterfly Lane, $5 etc. • Palmetto Properties of Sumter LLC to Jose Manuel Reyes Garcia, one lot, 918 Franklin Lane, $3,000. • Stephen D. and Candace J. Leggett to Candace J. Leggett, one lot, one building, 883 Bay Blossom, $5 etc. • Wallace H. Richardson to Irene A. Richardson, one lot, one building, 2303 Primrose Court, $5 etc. • Kenneth N. Rodgers Sr. (lifetime estate) to Timothy L. Rodgers, one lot, one building, 6481 Mill House Road, $5 etc. • Albert V. and Eleanor M. Rodonis to Eleanor M. Rodonis, one lot, three buildings, 2008 Charleston Ave., $5 etc.; Albert V. and Eleanor M. Rodonis to Eleanor M. Rodonis, one lot, one building, 1348 Glastonbury Road, $5 etc. • Bridget J. Schaffer to Bridget J. Schaffer Estate, one lot, two buildings, 121 Bland Ave., $5 etc. • Peggy A. Singleton to Peggy A. Singleton Estate, one lot, 2065 N. Main St., $5 etc.; Peggy A. Singleton to Peggy A. Singleton Estate, three buildings, 2075 N. Main St., $5 etc. • Lilly Mae Jenkins to Lilly Mae Jenkins Estate, one lot, one building, 7850 Edwards St., $5 etc. • Elizabeth H. Stokes to Elizabeth H. Stokes Estate, one lot, one building, 776 Kenyon Ave., $5 etc. • Gary J. and Traci Sweeney to Traci Sweeney, one lot, one building, 2440 Hummingbird Road,$5 etc. • Gary and Teresa M. Temples to Teresa M. Temples, one lot, one building, 2975 Ashlynn Way, $5 etc. • R. Capers Dixon et al to Morton Developers Inc., one lot, 20 Eveningshade Lane, $28,000. • John and Annette R. Howard to John and Annette R. Howard (lifetime estate), one lot, two buildings, 914 Joseph St., $5 etc.; John and Annette Howard to John and Annette R. Howard (lifetime estate), one lot, 128 Providence St., $5 etc.; John Howard to John and Annette R. Howard (lifetime estate), one lot, three buildings, 130 Providence St., $5 etc. • Ashley B. Clay and Robert A. Clay II to Ashley B. Clay, one lot, three buildings, 617 Sierra St., $60,728. • Mary H. Carrison to Carrison Family LP, TB Wright Road,$5 etc. • Jeffrey S. and Amy A. McNeill to Shaun G. Bellamy, one lot, two buildings, 760 Windrow Drive, $290,000. • Rebecca and Edwar Jefferson to Rebecca R. Jefferson, two buildings, 50 Heyward St., $5 etc. • Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Gaymon & Associates General Contractors Inc., one lot, two buildings, 26 Creed St., $6,500. • Lincoln C. and Ruth T. and Pamela D. Brock to Christian Brunson, one lot, 719 Branch / 125 Duck St., $5 etc. • Barbara K. Jones to Charles M. Smith, one lot, 475 Havenwood Drive, $36,000. • Scott R. and Tammy L. Williams to Charles R. Rupp Jr. and Paula J. Rupp, one lot, one building, 1575-1585 Barnwell Drive, $271,000. • Joshua P. and Victoria L. Martin to Michael D. and Jennifer Ann Fink, four buildings, 70/80 Hallmark Lane, $184,900. • Saima Nawaz Guerrier to Saima Nawaz Khan, one lot, one building, 75 Hidden Bay Drive, $5 etc. • Michele M. McLeod to Michele M. Barr, one lot, two buildings, 431 Adams Ave., $5 etc. • Christopher A. and Angela M. Christmas to Donnetta Lanet Huggins, one lot, one building, 3465 Green View Parkway, $207,500. • Bernard F. Kiernan III and Amanda D. Kiernan to Robert L. and Amy K. Harris, one lot, one building, 1176 Shoreland Drive, $167,900. • Forfeited Land Commission to Landscape Lane LLC, one lot, Landscape Lane R/W, $494; Forfeited Land Commission to David Gowdy, one lot, 505 Dingle St., $1,050. • James R. and Judith K. King to Pete and Elizabeth Watcher, one lot, one building, 860 Oak Brook Blvd., $440,000. • JB Properties of South Carolina LLC to

Khristopher Lester, one lot, 3100 Queen Chapel Road, $12,173. • Betty Machelle Geddings and Shea Hatfield-Stone to Debra H. Converse, one lot, one building, 2555 Genoa Drive, $5 etc. • Dwight W. and Mildred Grainger to Southland Properties of Sumter Inc., one lot, two buildings, 61 Carrol Drive, $15,000. • Sherry Phillips to Charles M. Smith, one lot, 903 Furman Drive, $3,000.

BUILDING PERMITS • Henry L. McKoy, owner, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 1015 Chesterfield Drive (955), $6,820 (install new roof, residential). • Jerry F. and Carolyn L. Blackmon, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 4 Timberlane Court, $11,102 (new roof / windows / doors / repair vinyl and fascia, residential). • Neil Yong and Shirley Ma Stanley, owners, Sharon H. Chapman, contractor, 1255 Malone Drive, $10,000 (replace roof / three windows / gutters / rescreen back porch, residential). • Calvin Sweatte (lifetime estate), owner, M.G. Walters, contractor, 12 King St., $20,000 (repairs to sheetrock / sash in window and door — int, residential). • Tillman H. and Lydia O. Rushing, owners, Jason Josey dba Josey Builders, contractor, 3085 Tamarah Way, $6,150 (reroof, residential). • Jennifer Lynn and Dubose Brown, owners, Jason Josey dba Josey Builders, contractor, 847 Griffin St., $6,500 (reroof, residential). • Mungo Homes, owner and contractor, 1578 Ruger Drive, 1,368 heated square feet and 590 unheated square feet, $100,000 (new dwelling, residential); Mungo Homes, owner and contractor, 1752 Musket Trail, 2,295 heated square feet and 734 unheated square feet, $131,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Sumter Bible Church by Trustee, owner, Square It up Roofing Inc., contractor, 420 S. Pike West, $22,200 (reroof, commercial). • Julie A. Louthian Strange, owner, Jason Singletary, contractor, 2260 Treetop Lane, $5,800 (reroof, residential). • William Magazine and Lillie Magazine (lifetime estate), owners, Jason Singletary, contractor, 1265 Morris Way Drive, $5,400 (reroof, residential). • Dustan T. and Debora H. Hurd, owners, Donnie Ryan Beard, contractor, 3065 Sun Valley Drive, $15,000 (reroof / vinyl / gutters, residential). • Richard L. and Avis G. Dominy, owners, Gregory Willis Baker dba Baker Roofing, contractor, 1327 Shoreland Drive, $9,250 (reroof, residential). • James R. Jr. and Frances Nettles, owners, Welch’s Quality Builders & Roofers LLC, contractor, 3335 Tamarah Way, $7,780 (reroof / siding / fascia / two windows, residential). • Rodriquez Singleton, owner, Welch’s Quality Builders & Roofers LLC, contractor, 916 Trailmore Circle, $6,745 (reroof / screens / fascia, residential). • Anthony Sulton, owner, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 1430 Malone Drive, $8,000 (reroof / vinyl, residential). • Ariel D. Ford, owner, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 1190 Meadowcroft Drive, $7,200 (reroof, residential). • Jeanette M. Collins, owner, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 3075 Sun Valley Drive, $7,400 (reroof, residential). • Terry L. Jr. and Leigh R. Newman, owners, John Bailey, contractor, 1001 Rockdale Blvd., $5,100 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Dawn E. Robertson, owner, John Bailey, contractor, 5 Plainfield Court, $5,700 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Anthony H. and Anna C. Upton, owners, John Bailey, contractor, 2640 Indigo Drive, $6,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Allen Varner, owner, David Windham dba Windham Roofing, contractor, 1649 Wheat St., $6,800 (reroof, residential). • Paul D. and Scotti A. Kipp, owners, John Bailey, contractor, 3100 Caitlynn Drive, $7,900 (remove / replace shingles / siding damage, residential). • Mar Gin Properties (a South Carolina partnership), owner, MB Construction Services LLC, contractor, 1230 Broad St., $480,000 (replace tile, carpet, paint, repairs to exterior panels, lighting, commercial). • Travis C. and Brandy C. Stroyick, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 101 Adams Ave., $6,373.58 (reroof, residential). • Thomas E. and Lori M. Sedlock, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 2005 Golfair Road, $12,695 (reroof, residential). • Tammie R. and Timothy L. Willhoite, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 2985 Longleaf Drive, $18,642 (reroof / fascia / siding, residential); Tammie R. and Timothy L. Willhoite, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 2985 Longleaf Drive, $5,448 (reroof shed / fascia / siding, residential). • Holly S. Gaughf, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 1650 Appaloosa Drive, $21,487 (reroof main house, residential). • Walter J. and Donna K. Carlisle, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 3045 Ashlynn Way, $9,811 (reroof / gutters / siding repair, residential). • Earnest Jr. and Bertha L. Williams, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 1109 Shoreland Drive, $14,880 (reroof / gutter guards, residential). • Terry L. and Sue A. Haxton, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 3050 Old Spring Road, $9,000 (reroof / fascia / gutters, residential). • Hattie Mae Gantt, owner, Joshua Neal dba Neal Brothers Builders, contractor, 1830 Georgianna Drive, 236 heated square feet, $20,000 (add a frame on rear of house and add den, residential). • Firello Undra and Monica A. White, owners, Lynn J. Verzwyvelt dba Southeastern Roof, contractor, 3230 Mitchum St., $17,195.78 (roofing and siding, residential).

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• Sumter County, owner, Southern Fence Co., contractor, 1305 Clara Louise Kellogg Drive, $20,600 (six feet chain link fence, commercial). • David L. Coughtry, owner, Shelwood China, contractor, 1255 Fallingwater Lane, $5,500 (reroof, residential). • Nealia Z. Fasuyi, owner, Jason Singletary, contractor, 1230 Morris Way Drive, $5,300 (reroof, residential). • Robert L. Roy, owner, Aycock Construction LLC, contractor, 5665 Shamrock Drive, Wedgefield, $15,000 (attached front porch and repair / replace roof, residential). • Cynthia Bullock, owner, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 1065 Oak Brook Blvd., $31,000 (swimming pool, residential). • George L. and Nicole R. Kosinski, owners, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 2630 Foxcroft Drive, $20,579 (swimming pool, residential). • Elisabeth B. Jackson, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 2181 Kolb Road, $7,010 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Sumter Vinyl Inc., owner, Sumter Home Insulators Inc., contractor, 830 S. Pike West, $10,000 (roof repair, commercial). • Bradley George and Kelly Cites, owners, Precision Fence and Decks, contractor, 3205 Matthews Drive, $8,558 (six feet vinyl fence, residential). • Debra F. Brunson Trust (trustees), owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 707 Bay Springs Drive, $6,382 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Laronda L. Hilliard, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 30 Caledonia Court, $9,400 (reroof / fascia / soffit, residential). • Jenefier G. Levy and Will Gadson, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 2165 Kingsbury Drive, $7,500 (new roof, residential). • J. Harold and Lisa K. McLean, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 3035 Old Spring Road, $20,031 (reroof / vinyl / fascia, residential). • John R. and Jamie L. Baker, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 206 Stuckey St., $5,460 (reroof, residential). • Edmund K. Dubois, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 3245 Ashlynn Way, $11,638 (reroof / fascia / siding repairs / gutters, residential). • Gainey Construction Co. LLC, owner and contractor, 4305 Excursion Drive, Dalzell, 1,635 heated square feet and 528 unheated square feet, $105,918 (new dwelling, residential); Gainey Construction Co. LLC, owner and contractor, 4295 Excursion Drive, Dalzell, 1,617 heated square feet and 464 unheated square feet, $103,530 (new dwelling, residential). • Stephen F. Letempt, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 6085 Brookland Drive, $5,490 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Michael Lynn and Janice Vinyard, owners, Campbell Roofing LLC, contractor, 3165 Ashlynn Way, $10,000 (reroof, residential). • Hurricane Construction Inc., owner and contractor, 5555 Pershing Drive, Dalzell, 3,611 heated square feet and 612 unheated square feet, $126,530 (new dwelling, residential0. • Timothy J. Smith, owner, Mark A. Yarborough dba MYB, contractor, 10 Plowden Mill Road, $9,000 (reroof, residential). • Ann F. Brown, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor,2625 Riggs Road (mobile home, residential). • Christopher T. and Amand Johnston, owners, Peach Orchard General Contracting LLC, contractor, 4640 Peach Orchard Road, Rembert, $6,000 (reroof, residential). • Gerald T. and Della C. Barnes, owners, Della C. Barnes, contractor, 1670 Wheat St., 384 unheated square feet, $5,756.85 (detached storage shed, residential). • Kenneth E. and Alicia H. Arnette, owners, J.O. Davis dba Palmetto Home Construction, contractor, 802 Bay Blossom Ave., 288 unheated square feet, $15,000 (add attached carport and covered screen porch, residential). • Wildredo Ramos and Mil Rodriguez, owners, Boyd Lipham dba The At Home Services Inc., contractor, 3230 N. Main St., $7,783 (replace shingles, residential). • John B. English, owner, Boyd Lipham dba The At Home Services Inc., contractor, 40 Willcroft Court, $9,567 (replace shingles, residential). • Dixon R. Capers et al, owner, Howard Wayne Rogers, contractor, 20 Eveningshade Lane, 2,735 heated square feet and 834 unheated square feet, $178,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Willie and Fannie C. Walker, owners, Empire Roofing Claim Services, contractor, 685 W. Emerald Lake Drive, $7,520 (remove / replace shingles and felt, residential). • Shawn M. and Tiffany N. Hodge, owners, Empire Roofing Claim Services, contractor, 862 Watts Drive, $5,072.10 (remove / replace shingles and felt, residential). • Jamie C. II and Elyse T. O’Neal, owners, Empire Roofing Claim Services, contractor, 3030 Ashlynn Way, $5,600 (remove / replace shingles and felt, residential). • Wall Street Green Phase II, owner, Jimmy Hall Contracting, contractor, 825-845 Bama Lane (1-8) (apartment building with 16 units, commercial); Wall Street Green Phase II, owner, Jimmy Hall Contracting, contractor, 865-885 Bama Lane (1-8) (apartment building with 16 units, commercial); Wall Street Green Phase II, owner, Jimmy Hall Contracting, contractor, 0 Bama Lane (laundry room for apartment complex, commercial). • Deborah A. Rodgers, owner, Mark A. Yarborough dba MYB, contractor, 2188 Kingsbury Drive, $5,100 (reroof, residential). • Donna Green, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 4115 Golden Bay Drive (mobile home, residential). • Michelle Renee and Rodney Stapler, owners, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 3265 Gaillard Road, Dalzell, $6,000 (reroof — shingles, residential).

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

THE SUMTER ITEM

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Fish respond to change as well as most people I

t is said the only thing that is constant is change. Well, I don’t like change. I guess in my more mature years I’ve grown old and grumpy, and I like things just the way they are. I like the same restaurants, the same vacations spots, the same route to work, the same methodology for doing just about everything. I’m a creature of habit. I’m not the only thing that feels that way though. I’ve found over the years that fish are just about as unforgiving of change as I am. Change the temperature and they don’t like it; change the water level and they don’t like it. They are a finicky bunch. So with that tidbit of knowledge stored away you can understand why I was a little disheartened when I saw the water level in the swamp last weekend. I had finally convinced my hunting partner, Jack, to join me for a fishing trip. Not that he doesn’t love to fish — he surely does — but our schedules just haven’t matched up well this summer. He seems to

work all the time. I had been telling him all about the hundreds of fish we had been catching in the swamp and it was killing him. So when we finally got the chance, we jumped on it. A week prior to this trip, Cuz, his son, T.J,. and I had fished the afternoon and done really well. The water level had gradually fallen all summer and was about as low as it could get and still be able to easily launch the boat. When Jack and I turned the corner to the boat ramp, I was shocked. In a little over a week’s time, the level had risen well over three feet and was cresting over the top of the boat ramp. Water was 100 yards out into the flats just above the boat landing, and that is not good. Well, since we had driven this far, we decided we just as well put the boat in the water and see what happens. All summer long we had been catching fish immediately, right out of the shoot, but on this day I heaved a beetle spin for more than 200 yards

and never got a bite, Jack was doing the same. I finally got a small bream to take the little lure and that kind of broke the Earle ice. Woodward We roundAFIELD & ed a sweeping AFLOAT bend that narrows down into a narrow shallow run, a place where the water is restricted and can’t get out into the flats. We caught a few fish in that stretch of the creek, but lucked out again as we left it. At the far upper end of the creek, it blows out into a couple of “lakes,” places that are deeper and wider than the rest of the club. When the water is high, fish can often be taken from this area. We got lucky with this. Having 50 years of local knowledge comes in real handy when you’re fishing, and I know just about every underwater log, root and

stump by first name. I also know the places that will yield a couple of fish on a regular basis; such a place was just ahead. There is an island in the middle of the creek between the two lakes and I can remember my dad telling me to cast to the far end of the island where the creek comes around the point and there is some increase in current. He was right; there was more than likely a fish there. I instructed Jack to do the same, and he latched into a really nice molly, also known as a warmouth. There is a drainage just up the bank that comes off of the hill, and when it rains a lot, right where the current from the drainage hits the lake, is also a good place for a fish. Sure enough, a couple were stacked in the edge of the current and bit the beetle spins. We caught a couple of mudfish, a lone jackfish several red fin, a bream or two and a few more mollies, but it was nothing like the adventures we had been having all summer.

We fished until about 11:30 that morning and decided to call it quits before the heat took its toll on us. We might have caught 20-25 fish all morning, keeping just enough for Jack to have supper. Back at the boat ramp, we noticed that the water had risen another three inches while we had been fishing. Without exaggeration, we have caught at least 75-80 fish on each trip to the club this summer, most days I’d say over 100, most of which we returned to the water. Without a doubt, it has been the best summer of fishing I’ve had since the early 1980s, before the first series of droughts hit, so I can’t complain at all. What Jack and I caught would have made us extremely happy on any other body of water, but not here and not this summer. That quick fluctuation of water levels absolutely shut the fish down. Nonetheless, we had a great visit and a great outing and Jack got to go fishing, and not even a grumpy old coot like me would change that.

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The S.C. Natural Resources Board recently approved hunting seasons for migratory birds such as Canada geese.

S.C. Natural Resources Board sets migratory bird hunting seasons The S.C. Natural Resources Board recently approved migratory bird hunting seasons for mourning doves, marsh hens (rails), woodcock, snipe, moorhens, purple gallinules, and early seasons during September for teal and Canada geese. The 2014-15 seasons must still meet approval by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and be published in the Federal Register in order to become final. The mourning dove season in South Carolina is Sept. 1-6 (noon until sunset); Sept. 7-Oct. 11; Nov. 15-29; and Dec. 13-Jan. 15. Legal hunting hours for mourning dove season, except for Sept. 1-6, are from 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset. The daily bag limit is 15 birds per day. Dove season traditionally opens on either the first Saturday in September or on Labor Day, whichever comes first. Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, seasons for

migratory game birds cannot begin before Sept. 1. This season has increased from 70 to 90 days total. The 2-part season for marsh hens — including king, clapper, sora and Virginia rails — and common moorhens and purple gallinules will be Aept. 8-12 and Oct. 6-Dec. 9. The daily bag limit for king and/or clapper rails is 15 birds per hunter and moorhens and/ or purple gallinules is 15 birds per hunter. The daily limit for sora and/or Virginia rails is 25 birds per hunter. Shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset. The woodcock season will run from Dec. 18 to Jan. 31. Three birds per hunter is the daily limit. The common snipe season will run from Nov. 14 to Feb. 28. The daily bag limit is eight birds. An early season for Canada geese will be Sept. 1-30.

This season is statewide. The daily bag limit for Canada geese is 15 birds. The early season for teal will be Sept. 12-27. The daily bag limit is six birds. Shooting hours are sunrise until sunset. Category II waterfowl areas will be open for hunting during teal and Canada goose seasons. All possession limits for the coming migratory bird season will be three times the daily bag limit as opposed to two times the daily bag limit as in the past. South Carolina migratory bird hunters age 16 and older must have a state hunting license and a free migratory bird permit. Additionally, participants in the September Canada Goose season and the early teal season must have the Federal Waterfowl Stamp and SC Waterfowl Permit. From S.C. DNR reports

Santee Cooper System Largemouth Bass: Good, using artificial worms, Carolina rigs and bucktails fishing along banks and points, especially in morning. Crappie: Good, using small and medium minnows over deep brush piles, bridge pilings and piers. Catfish: Good, using cut shad, herring and live shiners off bottom in deep water and at night in shallow water. Bream and Shellcrackers: Good, using redworms and crickets in 4 to 6 feet of water and fishing shallow in river channel. Lake Murray Largemouth Bass: Good. Green pumpkin worms and lizards, trick worms and Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and jerkbaits around shrubs and brush in 3 to 4 feet of water. Points and secondary points in 3 to 10 feet of water. Good catches around points with topwater plugs. Striped Bass: Good. Fishing with freelining herring and topwater plugs, Sammy’s and Pencil Poppers. Also, trolling and down rods with live herring 40 to 80 feet. Crappie: Good, using minnows and jigs around brush piles in 8 to 15 feet of water and casting jigs. Good catches around edge of grass up to 20 feet. White Perch: Good, jigging with small spoons in 8 to 20 feet of water jigs, small tuffies and redworms. Catfish: Good, using cut herring and nightcrawlers on the bottom 8 to 20 feet deep. Bream and Shellcrackers: Good, using redworms, baby nightcrawlers and crickets around new flooded grass in 6- to 15 feet of water. Lake Wateree Largemouth Bass: Good, casting spinnerbaits early and late and deeprunning crankbaits and Carolina Rigs deep. Striped Bass: Good, lower part of lake fish deep live shad. Lake Greenwood Largemouth Bass: Fair, using spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits around structure at 2 to 6 feet, with some bass moving into deeper water. Good catches reported on floating worms around docks and sea walls in shallow water. Stripers: Good, behind the dam using Bombers, Charlie plugs, and flukes. Also fair catches in lower lake with bucktails and Berry spoons. Lake Monticello Catfish: Fair. Fishing for big fish is slow overall, mainly because fish are at various stages of the spawn. Scarred up males, laid-out females and females busting with eggs are typical right now. Some of the best reports have been from anglers anchored around mussel beds in 5-25 feet of water. Post-spawn fish typically like to feed on mussels because they provide an easy meal for recovering fish. Using small pieces of cut bait about the size of a mussel is a good option. A few large fish are also being caught around deep, open water humps when current from the hydroelectric station is flowing over them. Lake Russell Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, using bucktails, cut and live herring and jigs below the dam when water is running. White Bass: Good, using bucktails, spinners and live bait below the dam when water is running. Crappie: Fair, using minnows and jigs

around brush piles and bridge pilings at 5 to 7 feet. Catfish: Good, using cut bait and nightcrawlers on the bottom and around the riprap at bridges. Lake Thurmond Largemouth Bass: Fair, casting plastic worms, Rattletraps, CountDown lures, deep-running Rebels, ShadRaps, Yozuri plugs and Challenger plugs. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Fair, using medium and large minnows, Sidewinder spoons, and 1/3 and 2/5 ounce Cleos. Also, Berry spoons, KastMasters and Hopkins spoons. Best early in the morning and late afternoon. Lake Wylie Largemouth Bass: Good, casting spinnerbaits and medium-running crankbaits along points close to the bottom. Striped Bass: Good, using spoons and bucktails behind Lake Wylie dam. White Bass: Good, below the dam casting smaller bucktails and spoons. Crappie: Good, using small minnows and jigs around docks, piers and brush tops in 15 to 20 of water. Catfish: Good, fishing on the bottom with a variety of baits. Shellcrackers: Good, using redworms and crickets on the bottom. Bream: Good. Use earthworms and crickets around the banks. Lake Jocassee Trout: Good, at 60 to 80 feet with Bad Creek spoons, Sutton, Doctor and Apex spoons. Try drifting large minnows from surface to 60 to 80 feet and trolling minnows. Night fishing producing good catches, fish at 40 to 60 feet with nightcrawlers sprayed with garlic spray Smallmouth Bass: Fair. Casting Yozuri plugs deep and drifting minnows around rocky points. Crappie: Poor. Try small minnows and jigs around brush piles. Catfish: Good. Try nightcrawlers or cut bait on bottom. Bream: Good, fishing with redworms and popping bugs around banks and brush. Bream fishing has improved. Lake Keowee Catfish: Good, using minnows, nightcrawlers and cut bait on the bottom. Basket fishing for catfish still productive. Bream: Good, using redworms and crickets around brush piles, stumps and bridge pilings. Lake Hartwell Largemouth Bass: Good, casting spinnerbaits and crankbaits off points and jigs around structure. Good catches with live large minnows, white flukes and topwater plugs. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good, trolling umbrella rigs, free-lining live herring and large minnows and jigging in about 38 feet of water. Good catches around the dam with live herring at 15 to 20 feet. Crappie: Good, using umbrella crappie rigs, also small and medium minnows and small crappie jigs over brush and structure. Catfish: Good, using cut herring, large shiners, nightcrawlers, shrimp and chicken livers on the bottom. Bream: Good. Try using redworms and crickets under boat docks and bridges.

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Canadian actor Benjamin Arthur plays a man trying to make up for losing the family fortune on “Working the Engels,” airing Thursday at 9:30 p.m. on NBC.

By Candace Havens FYI Television By Candace Havens While there have been a number FYI Television

of dramas that have successfully transferred from Canada to thea While there have been number of dramas thatthat have United States, there aren’t successfully transferred from many comedies. “Working the Canada to the United States, Engels,” airing Thursday at 9:30 there aren’t that many comep.m. on NBC, is a Canadian pro-” airdies. “Working the Engels, duction that NBCathopes ing Thursday 9:30 will p.m.make on NBC, is a Canadian producAmericans laugh. tion hopesdysfuncwill The that setupNBC is a slightly make Americans laugh. tional family who recently lostdystheir The setup is a slightly patriarch andfamily found themselves functional who recently lost hundred their patriarch several thousandand dollars found several in debt. themselves It might not sound so hundred thousand dollars in funny at first, but the way they try debt. It might not sound so to makeatmoney Thethe father funny first, is. but wayhad a law firm, daughter they try towhich make moneyJenna is. The father a law firm, (Kacey Rohl) had is desperately trying which (Kacey to keep daughter afloat. It isn’tJenna easy with Rohl) is desperately trying to her overly dramatic mother, Ceil keep afloat. It isn’t easy with (Andrea Martin), as the mother, paralegal. her overly dramatic Her pill-popping sister, Sandy Ceil (Andrea Martin), as the paralegal. pill-popping (Azura Skye),Her is the receptionist, sister, Skye), is and herSandy brother,(Azura Jimmy (Benjamin the receptionist, and her Arthur), has turned(Benjamin away from his brother, Jimmy Arpetty criminal past toaway help with thur), has turned fromthe his petty criminal investigations for thepast firm. to help with the investigations for the The show was shot in Toronto, firm. which was the only way the The show was shot in Toproducers werewas able the to getonly comedy ronto, which veteran to participate. “I way theMartin producers were able to get comedy veteran Martin think that was a really important to participate. think that“It thing for Andrea,”“Isays Arthur. was a really important thing was a selling point because, you for Andrea,” says Arthur. “It know,aasselling much as Andrea isn’t a was point because, you as she much as Andrea born know, Canadian, did marry one. isn’t Canadian, she did So, allaofborn her children are Canadian. marry of her chilSo, she’sone. dual.So, Sheall spends most of dren are Canadian. So, she’s her time in New York, but she does dual. She spends most of her also own a home in Toronto. And time in New York, but she

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