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• Toddler found wandering roadway still in DSS custody • Kingsbury 5th graders get close-up look at harp A2

School district shows off work of students in fine arts program

• Bond denied for 18-year-old accused in attempted killing

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New job numbers highlight disparity State employment weaker in rural counties, Sumter unemployment up slightly

BY BRADEN BUNCH vised December 2012 level of stronger in cities, than previously reported bbunch@theitem.com 10.0 percent, comes as the labor

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce understated the unemployment levels in the state’s rural counties last year, while overestimating unemployment levels in most of the state’s metropolitan areas, an analysis of the revised un-

employment rate figures released Monday reveals.

Because of the changes to the December 2012 figures — part of the annual benchmarking process conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) — the gap in unemployment levels between

the state’s rural and urban counties is now believed to be greater than previously reported.

Every year, each county has its unemployment rates reviewed as part of the benchmarking process.

This year, of the 21 South Carolina counties included in a Metropolitan Statistical

The Sumter unemployment rate ticked up slightly in January to 10.3 percent, as annual revisions to the local estimates showed more people in the area labor force than previously reported, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported Monday.

The increase, up from a re-

force increased by more than 300 people in January. Because of the revisions to December’s initial report, the estimated 44,600 people in the Sumter labor force is also more than 800 people higher than the initially reported in December.

Previously, the DEW had reported the Sumter labor SEE JOBLESS, PAGE A4

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Second Annual Benefit Barbecue for Boy Scouts RIGHT: Jesse Flores, 16, with Troop 331 in Sumter hands out barbecue samples Saturday at the Sumter County Fairgrounds, part of the Boy Scouts BBQ benefit.

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Joe Meshach, president of the South Carolina Band Directors Association, presents Joni Brown with a plaque recognizing her election to the SCBDA Hall of Fame at Furman University earlier this month.

Past band director from Bates Middle now hall-of-famer

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ABOVE: Nathan Davis, 15, and his dad Brian Davis hand out BBQ samplers at the event.

Davis was there representing Troop 342 at Shaw Air Force Base.

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BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com

ABOVE: Dozens Dozen of visitors line up Friday night to g get their wings from team Pimp My Pig, a group from Batesburg-Leesville, Batesburg-Leesvi at the Wing Ding.

Longtime Bates Middle School band director, Joni Mabry Brown, now retired, was inducted earlier this month into the South Carolina Band Directors Hall of Fame. The third woman and only the second middle school band director to be named to the hall, Brown was honored during a ceremony at Furman University in Greenville.

While most Sumter residents know her for her work here, Brown is from Ben Hur, Va., where her band director at Jonesville High School inspired her to pursue a career in music. She studied music education at Western Carolina University, then received a graduate

LEFT: Brenna Buse takes a bite out of a chicken wing she got g from the All Smoked U Up team at the Boy Scouts Wi Wing Ding on Friday night at the Sumter County Fairgrounds.

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See more photos from the Wing Ding and Benefit Barbecue in Wednesday’s edition of

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Fireside 2012-13 ends with $41K raised, 300 families helped

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com After raising more than $41,000 to help nearly 300 families, the Fireside Fund ended its 43rd season last week.

For Salvation Army caseworker Pam Lassiter, her first year interviewing candidate families who need help with their heating costs has been a

bittersweet one.

“This is an amazing fund and it has helped so many in need,” Lassiter said last week.

“I must say I have enjoyed the experience and (have) gotten to know some wonderful people.”

Started by The Item in November 1969, the Fireside Fund has raised more than $1.3 million in its 43-year history. The Item collects dona-

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2012-13 Dedicated to the memory of Freddie Solomon tions from generous readers, and the Salvation Army provides vouchers for wood or kerosene heat. Lassiter also

calls utility companies and makes pledges on late gas or electric bills.

This year’s fund was dedi-

DEATHS J.B. McLeod Sr. Rose J. McFadden Frances H. Goodson David L. Wright Samuel L. Rhames Michael Johnson

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cated to the memory of Freddie Solomon, a former Sumter High School and NFL football great who epitomized all the things the Fireside Fund is about, according to Editor Hubert D. Osteen Jr. “Freddie was much more than an extraordinary football player — the best this state has ever seen,” Osteen said.

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Toddler still in custody of DSS

BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING — Triquan Brown remains in the custody of the state Department of Social Services three days after the 2 1/2-year-old boy was found wandering along a twolane road wearing a T-shirt, shoes and a soiled diaper.

Brown’s father, Trieguomy Brown, 33, of 314 McFarlin St., Kingstree, is housed in the Clarendon County Detention Center on a $50,000 surety bond. On Saturday afternoon, Brown was arrested on charges of child neglect and giving false information to law enforcement officers. His bond was set Sunday morning.

The child’s cousin, Nakeius Robinson, 17, of 1036 Duck Pond Road in Manning was also arrested on Saturday afternoon. He was charged with

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giving false information to law enforcement officers. He was released from jail Sunday on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond.

The child’s mother who was at work in Santee at the time her toddler went missing was questioned TRIQUAN BROWN Saturday by law enforcement. Authorities said Monday they remain unsure how the little boy got out of the apartment, where he reportedly was being kept by the suspect.

The toddler was turned over to DSS between Saturday afternoon, and a hearing in front of a family court judge is expected to take place this week.

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It was shortly after 9 a.m.

Saturday when Clarendon County Communications received a call from an employee of SAFE Federal Credit Union in Manning saying that she found a young boy wandering in the roadway beside the bank.

The youngster was found walking less than 20 yards toward a busy four-lane highway, U.S. 261 west of Manning.

“He never said a word,” said Maj. Kipp Coker with the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office.

“He had insect bite marks on his arms and he was dirty.”

Coker said a deputy’s wife brought the toddler clean clothing and food to the sheriff’s office.

The father and cousin arrived at the sheriff’s office around 12:30 p.m. wanting to pick up the little boy.

The incident remains under investigation by the S.C. Highway Patrol.

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1st District field to be whittled

Man killed in Sunday collision

CHARLESTON — Voters are about to whittle down the crowded field in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District and decide whether disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford has a political future.

They go to the polls today in special primaries in the district along the state’s south coast reaching from northeast SANFORD of Charleston southwest to Hilton Head Island.

There are 16 Republicans on the ballot including Sanford and Teddy Turner, the son of media mogul Ted Turner. There are only two Democrats: Elizabeth Colbert Bush, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert and perennial candidate Ben Frasier.

It is Sanford’s first run for office

A Sumter man is dead following a two-vehicle collision Sunday.

Austin Turner, 20, died of internal injuries after a dirt bike he was riding collided with a vehicle, said Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock.

A 23-year-old driver in a 2002 Lincoln SUV was traveling north on U.S. 521 and Turner was traveling south on Old Camden Highway, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the S.C. Highway Patrol. About 7:30 p.m., the bike pulled into the intersection of U.S. 521 and Old Camden Highway, and the SUV struck it.

Turner was wearing a helmet and transported by ambulance to Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Jones said.

The driver of the SUV was wearing a seatbelt and suffered no injuries.

“At first Robinson said he was the father,” Coker said.

“But he didn’t know how old the boy was or his birthday.

He eventually admitted that he wasn’t the father and the man with him was the boy’s father.”

Coker said Brown at first denied being the boy’s father, but later admitted to their relationship.

Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett said Monday it was irresponsible to have allowed a toddler to get out unattended. “That was tragic, but we’re lucky something more tragic didn’t happen.

“He said he went to sleep about 7 o’clock,” Coker said of Brown. “He said when he woke up the little boy was gone.”

Coker said the father told him he looked for his son before calling the jail and asking

since a 2009 scandal in which he revealed an affair that derailed his political career. After disappearing and telling his staff he was out hiking the Appalachian Trail, he returned to the state to reveal that he was in Argentina with a woman he has become engaged to after divorcing his wife, Jenny.

Sanford, with his name recognition and his deep campaign war chest, is expected to be one of the two Republicans who will make it into an April 2 GOP runoff in the heavily Republican District. The special election to fill the seat is May 7.

Perez nominated as Labor head WASHINGTON — Thomas Perez, President Barack Obama’s choice for Labor secretary, has used his perch as the nation’s chief civil rights enforcer to crack down on voter suppression, discrimination and police brutality.

Labor advocates and civil rights groups expect him to bring the same

if the boy had been found.

Coker said getting the information on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page had the community talking about it, and that’s maybe how the father found out his son was at the sheriff’s office.

As of Monday afternoon, the Facebook page had received more than 51,000 views.

Coker said the toddler was placed in emergency protective custody Saturday afternoon and that a hearing in front of a family court judge would take place this week.

“We’re very lucky that the little boy didn’t reach the Paxville Highway,” Coker said.

“He was scared. He never said a word while he was here. He was just minutes away from that busy highway when the woman from the bank saw him and stopped.”

aggressive mindset to the Labor Department, raising the agency’s profile and playing a more prominent role in the Cabinet than Hilda Solis, who left the post in January.

Obama nominated Perez to head the department on Monday, calling him a “consensus builder” whose “story reminds us of this country’s promise.”

“Tom’s made protect- PEREZ ing that promise for everybody the cause of his life,” Obama said in an appearance with Perez in the White House East Room.

Perez interspersed some Spanish into his remarks as he thanked Obama for the nomination. He is the only Hispanic so far to be named to Obama’s second-term Cabinet.

“Our nation still faces critical economic challenges, and the department’s mission is as important as ever,” Perez said.

Fifth-graders get up-close look at the harp

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item Harpist Kipper Ackerman gently leaned the shoulder of her harp against her own, placed her hands on the strings and gently strummed out a heavenly rendition of “Hallelujah,” written by Leonard Cohen.

“You don’t have to be an angel to play the harp,” she said.

The resonating sound from the stringed instrument kept the attention of the group of fifth-graders at Kingsbury Elementary School. The former music teacher is well known for her music aptitude, performing her talents in multiple venues for decades. More recently, Ackerman has been volunteering her skills as a harpist to the patients at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

It is not unusual to hear the soothing sounds of Ackerman’s harp wafting down the corridors of the hospital.

“You’re right. People can be fragile and the harp is a delicate instrument,” Ackerman said, affirming one student’s comment.

Ackerman said she was initially nervous about playing for

individual patients at the hospital, not having a background in medicine.

“All I needed to know was that the patient was tired and I had something to give them that would help them,” she said.

She played a few familiar selections during the related arts classes at the school.

Music teacher Michelle Blassingale said she wanted to expose the children to an instrument few of them had seen up close.

“I thought it would be a great opportunity for them,” she said. “I wanted them to see a musician besides me.”

It was a great opportunity for one particular student, who Ackerman called upon to play her harp. Fifth-grader Rusty Degnan, 10, raised his hand to ask if the harp hurt Ackerman’s shoulder. Instead, he received a hands-on demonstration from the musician herself.

“It did answer my question,” Rusty said, commenting on the heft of the 82-pound instrument.

Ackerman used the opportunity to interact with and educate children on the benefits of her instrument of choice. She even solicited questions and

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Harpist Kipper Ackerman instructs fifth-grader Rusty Degnan, 10, on which strings to pluck in an impromptu harp lesson on Friday morning at Kingsbury Elementary School. Ackerman spoke to several related arts classes about the stringed instrument and her volunteer work at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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Bond denied for 18-year-old accused in attempted killing A circuit court judge denied bond Monday for an 18-year-old Sumter man accused with three others of the armed robbery and attempted killing of a Boulevard Road man.

Sumter Public Defender Tim Murphy argued his client Tysean Lamar Commodore did not know that one of the other individuals with him during an August 2012 attempted robbery had a gun. “He doesn’t deny he was a part of the enterprise to take money from the victim,� Murphy said. “But he does deny that he knew a gun would be involved.�

The victim, described by the Sumter Police Department as a man in his mid-30s to 40s, received severe injuries to his right arm. He told 3rd Circuit Judge George C. James on Monday that the incident “messed (his) whole life up.� “I can’t use my arm, I can’t work,� the victim said. “I lost my house. My whole life is messed up over some money and a

little bit of (chewing tobacco).�

James said he is not satisfied that Commodore isn’t a danger to the community. The other defendants are juveniles aged 15 and 16. “This shows the true meaning of the hand of one is the hand of all,�

James said. “What I’m struggling with is I’m told this entire event was really perpetrated by a 15-yearold boy, and this 18-yearold is standing before me saying he was there but didn’t do anything.�

In other proceedings Monday, James granted bond or modified bond for several other defendants including: • Shem Levie Daley, 23, of 6140 Waco Court in Wedgefield, was given a $50,000 surety bond. He faces six counts of attempted murder after a gun was fired into a home in the Cherryvale area in early January. Reports indicate two adults and four children were reportedly inside the home at the time of the shooting. No injuries were reported. • Ronald Barton, 17, who was charged with second-degree assault and battery by mob in

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Jay Van Willard, 41, of 1220 S. Brick Church Road, Gable, is charged with unlawful neglect of a child. He turned himself in and was arrested on March 12 in connection with a Feb. 27 warrant that alleges the suspect struck his 11-year-old son with a pipe-like object causing welting and lacerations to the child’s rearend.

Michael David Henry, 42, of 995 Eagle Road, is charged with the abuse of a vulnerable adult. He was arrested Thursday in connection with a warrant issued Feb. 25 that

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alleges on Jan. 23 he struck his 18-year-old son with a belt buckle leaving severe lacerations on the victim’s neck and bruising on his upper body.

Erza Hutcheson, 25, of 2915 Clarkson Road, Dalzell, was charged with hit-and-run and DUI following an incident that occurred shortly after midnight Sunday at a business in the 1000 block of Broad Street.

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May 2012 had his $50,000 surety bond cut in half, with James telling the suspect he must remain at his home other than the times he is working on his GED, the equivalent to a high school diploma, at the Sumter Resource Center. James also allowed Barton to work at his parents’ store down the street from their home. • Dashawn Nelson, 19, of 704 Branch St., who was charged with first-degree burglary in December 2012, was granted a $30,000 surety bond on the condition that he not contact the victim. • Kenyard M. Bolden, 29, had his bond reduced from $125,000 surety to $50,000 surety for seconddegree burglary and arson charges dating back to May 2012. The suspect reportedly got into an argument with his live-in girlfriend, which led him to break into their apartment and start a fire, according to police reports.

Third Circuit Assistant Solicitor Edgar Donnald said the victim does not wish to cooperate with law enforcement.

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SCDEW from Page A1 Area, or MSA, 14 of them saw their December 2012 unemployment rate revised downward, while only three of these counties saw their rates increase. At the same time, 20 of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25 non-MSA, or rural, counties saw their revised rates increase, and none of those counties experienced a decline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no particular one reason why the county December revised numbers trended the way they did,â&#x20AC;? said Mary-Kathryn Craft, spokesperson for the DEW, adding that the county data are estimates based on a very small sample size and are subject to volatility.

Full revisions for all of the monthly figures for the past five years will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in April, and Craft indicated there could be further changes to the December numbers at that time.

However, in past years the revised December numbers included in the following January reports were, in fact, these same benchmark figures, and have shown no change.

Craft also said the new figures were determined, as they are every month, using strict guidelines set forth by the Department of Labor.

By adding together the figures provided in their original December 2012 release, the DEW reported the

unemployment rate for the combined rural areas of the state was 10.9 percent, several points higher than the state rate of 8.4 percent, and the 8.2 percent rate for the combined MSA counties. With the new figures released Monday, however, the rural unemployment rate in December climbed to 11.1 percent, while the overall state rate increased to 8.6 percent. The combined rate for the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MSA counties dropped slightly, but would still be rounded to 8.2 percent.

Using the preliminary numbers for January, also included in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DEW report, the average rural unemployment rate climbed again to 11.7 percent, making the rate for these combined counties more than three percentage points higher than the counties included in the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MSA counties, which climbed to 8.6 percent. Overall, South Carolina had an unemployment rate of 8.7 percent.

Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report indicated 44 of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counties saw their unemployment rates increase in January.

However, when also taking into account the recent revisions to the county rates, it also means the reported January figures are significantly higher than the last figures released.

For example, in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report, Marion Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the county with the highest unemployment rate in the state â&#x20AC;&#x201D; climbed from 18.1 to 19.2 percent.

However, in its previous report, the

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DEW calculated the Marion rate at 17.2 percent. So, while the 1.1 percent increase reported Monday is noticeable, the new figure is actually two full percentage points higher than the previous report.

In fact, the only two counties that were said to have an unemployment rate decline in the January report â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marlboro and Chesterfield Counties â&#x20AC;&#x201C; did so only after revisions increased their December figures above the new numbers. In Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report, the DEW said the unemployment rate for Marlboro County fell 0.6 percentage points in January to 15.8 percent. However, in their previous figures, Marlboro County had a December unemployment rate of 15.4 percent, as opposed to the 16.4 percent to which it has now been revised. Chesterfield Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s December rate was revised from 11.7 percent to 12.5 percent, allowing for the DEW to report a decline in January to 12.2 percent.

The revised numbers also show South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rural labor force is also a slightly smaller percentage of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workforce than previously believed. In its original December 2012 report, the DEW estimated 457,977 people were in the labor force of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collective rural counties, making up 21.4 percent of the South Carolina workforce. With the latest report, the rural labor force was actually an estimated 450,849 people, or 20.9 percent.

Contact Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

JOBLESS from Page A1 force had been shrinking, declining four out of the past six months.

The January figures also show more than 40,000 people working in Sumter County for the first time in nearly a year, although that could change, as revised statistics for the past five years will be released in April.

Statewide, South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate climbed to 8.7 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised figure, as the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s labor force also increased by more than 6,000 people.

In response to Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report, Rob Godfrey, spokesman for Gov. Nikki Haley, said job creation remains the top priority for the administration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether she is selling South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probusiness climate to groups of key CEOs or talking to one of our small business owners about how we can reduce the regulatory burden, Gov. Haleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest priority and top focus remain putting the people of our state to work,â&#x20AC;? Godfrey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment numbers are all the motivation the governor needs to keep working until every South Carolinian who wants a job has a job.â&#x20AC;?

Both Clarendon and Lee counties also saw their unemployment rates tick upward in January.

Clarendon Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate climbed 0.2 percentage points to 13.9 percent, while Lee County saw its climb 0.4 percentage points to 11.6 percent. Like Sumter, both of these counties also saw their job totals increase in January, although not enough to keep up with the growing labor force.

Statewide, 44 of 46 counties reported increases in January. Marion County continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the state, at 19.2 percent, while Lexington County, at 6.8 percent, has the lowest.

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Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 20 in the Job-Link Center of Goodwill, 1028 Broad St. For after hours appointments or weekend appointments, call (803) 2408355.

The Sumter County Library will hold eBook drop-ins 1:302:30 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: today, April 9 and May 7. Stop by the library, 111 N. Harvin St., during one of the drop-ins to learn how to check out eBooks for eReaders, tablets, smartphones, or other devices. Be sure to take your device and library card.

The Dalzell COPs (Community Oriented Policing) will meet at 7 p.m. today at Ebenezer Community Center, 4580 Queen Chapel Road and the corner of Ebenezer Road, Dalzell. We are striving to improve our communities and schools in our areas. We need you to make this possible.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The old phrase, “Imitation is the sincerest form of television,” has never seemed so timely.

Coined by radio star Fred Allen, a professional wit who has been dead for more than half a century, it perfectly sums up the essence of “Splash” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), a brand-new series that seems anything but.

“Splash” offers a diving board variation on the “Dancing With the Stars” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) formula. Olympic diver Greg Louganis presides, while U.S. gold medalist David Boudia and Australian Olympic athlete and USA Dive Team director Steve Foley serve as judges.

The “celebrity” divers include the tall Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the portly Louie Anderson, beauties Nicole Eggert and Katherine Webb, former child stars Keshia Knight Pulliam and Drake Bell, Playboy mansion denizen Kendra Wilkinson and others.

If “Splash” seems vaguely familiar, you must be among the 3 million or so who tuned in earlier this year to watch the Fox spe-

cial “Stars in Danger: The High Dive.” Its disastrous ratings earned headlines such as “Fox Diving Show Belly Flops.”

So why is ABC airing a show based on an idea that has already failed miserably? Sadly, it’s at least partly because celebrity diving shows have been hits in Germany and the Netherlands.

Many of the biggest reality series (“Survivor,” “Big Brother”) were popular abroad before infecting our shores. In the imitative world of reality television, what works overseas seems more important than what American viewers like, or don’t like.

• “How We Invented the World” (9 p.m., Discovery) examines how seemingly unconnected events result in technical innovation.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Justin Timberlake hosts “The iHeartRadio Album Release Party” (8 p.m., CW).

• Spencer puts her best foot forward on “Pretty Little Liars” (9 p.m., ABC Family, TV-14).

• Clark and Owen collaborate to find the murderer of an in-

former on “Golden Boy” (10 p.m., CBS).

• Eileen’s daughter may emerge as an angel on “Smash” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14).

• A rabid stranger offers a whiff of zombie culture on “Body of Proof” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Boyd and the Detroit mob believe they have Raylan cornered on “Justified” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO) profiles Mike Tyson.

Series Notes A Marine’s widow asks for help on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * The mysteries of Idaho on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Shaun White guest-stars on “Go On” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Jess comes clean on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A district attorney tries a new approach on “Beauty and the Beast” (9 p.m., CW, r) * Nanny woes on “The New Normal” (9:30 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Birthday blues

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fter reading Dr. keep dirty front yards.” “Do Thomas Sowell’s lat- not carry on loud converest book, “Intellecsations in street cars and tuals and Race,” one canpublic places.” Jews, Gernot emerge with much remans and Irish made simispect for the reasoning lar appeals to acculturate powers of intellectuals, their ill-mannered cousins. particularly academics, on These efforts produced matters of race. There’s so positive results over the much faulty logic and years. downright dishonesty.

That has changed with Many intellectuals attri- today’s multiculturalism bute the behavior patterns vision. Efforts to get minorof blacks to “a legacy of ity groups to acculturate to slavery” or contemthe linguistic, dress porary racial disand other norms of crimination. But the larger society when one observes are seen negatively similar behavior by multiculturalists patterns among as a form of cultural Britain’s lower-class imperialism. Intelwhites, which can’t lectuals and acaWalter be attributed to “a demics call for celelegacy of slavery” or WILLIAMS brating diversity. discrimination, it That means wearcalls into question the exing one’s trousers low planations for black behav- enough to see one’s butt, ior. men wearing a head full of It’s lamented that blacks pigtails, and using poor are “the last hired” and, language that’s sometimes during an economic down- vulgar are part of the liberturn, “the first fired,” beal’s vision of “celebrating cause blacks are terminatdiversity.” Then there’s the ed before whites. That’s “acting white” charge, seen as evidence of diswhen black youngsters crimination by white emwho conduct themselves ployers, but white employ- according to the norms of ees are terminated before the larger society are critiAsian-American employcized and often assaulted ees. Is that employer disby their presumably “actcrimination against ing black” peers. whites? Intellectuals acSowell concludes that cept statistical data as our nation is painting itself showing discrimination into a corner when it when it reinforces existing comes to thinking about preconceptions and reject racial problems. Whole citor ignore it when it ies, of which Detroit is a doesn’t. classic example, have been It’s the same story in the devastated physically, sohousing market. Newspacially and economically by pers, television commenta- racial problems — which tors, civil rights leaders, ac- cannot be discussed honademics and politicians estly by elected officials, see racial discrimination as people in the media or acthe cause for black mortademics, who do not want gage loan applicants being to become pariahs or, even rejected more frequently worse, lose their jobs. This than white applicants. In moral paralysis is paid in 2000, black applicants blood — mostly the blood were turned down for of black people preyed prime mortgage loans upon by criminals, though twice as often as whites; in recent years, there have however, white applicants been violent mob attacks were turned down nearly on white people in shoptwice as often as Asianping malls, on beaches, on Americans. public transportation vehiThe racial discriminacles and in other public tion explanation requires places. These attacks often that we believe that white go unreported, are minibankers racially discrimimized or are reported nate not only against without detail, even blacks but against whites, though the attackers as well. It also requires that shouted their hatred for we believe that blackwhite people. The use of owned banks are in casufficient force to stop hoots with white-owned these attacks would be banks, because they, too, called “excessive” in the turn down black mortgage media and by politicians or applicants more often than “community leaders.” white applicants. The true My own conclusion is explanation is not rocket that black people waged a science. Lenders prefer to successful civil rights lend to people who will struggle against gross dispay them back. Average crimination. It’s white and credit scores are higher black liberals, intellectuals, among whites than blacks academics and race husand higher among Asiantlers who have created our Americans than whites. greatest hurdle.

During the early 20th Walter E. Williams is a century, there were mass professor of economics at migrations of blacks from George Mason University. the South. Both the blackTo find out more about owned Chicago Defender Walter E. Williams and and the Urban League ofread features by other Crefered published advice to ators Syndicate writers and their less tutored brethren, cartoonists, visit the Cresuch as: “Don’t use vile ators Syndicate Web page language in public places.” at www.creators.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sumter District Board of Trustees meeting was encouraging A high school education is the beginning and is one of the key component to a successful and productive life. It is not just a privilege but it is a necessity and is free to those who would take advantage of it. Many brilliant minds have been discovered, nurtured and developed in our public school system. Some have gone on to higher education and is now serving in various capacities of their vocations and professions.

I was grieved when I read the article in Saturday’s Item about our public school.

However, I was encouraged after attending Sumter School District Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, March 11, at Bates Middle School. The meeting was very organized and conducted in a professional manner. It was opened to the public for participation.

There was a list of presentations on the agenda from various departments of the school district. The presenters were knowledgeable of their subject matter which was informative and beneficial. The district teacher of the year brought humbling expressions of appreciations and acceptance for his nomination.

The presentation that really touched my heart was the performance of Bates Middle School Band when they played the Booker T. and the M.G.’s 1962 classic “Green Onions.” I saw a group of disciplined young girls and boys following the direction of their conductor. These middle school students did the entire song including playing the piano and the drums. They were very attentive and performed with poise and dignity.

I am convinced that we have great public schools with dedicated staff members. We as parents, students and the community should surround them with our love and respect. We must teach our children that respect will take them places where nothing else can. We must also let them know who is in charge and all of us have to listen to someone. Of course respect goes for all, from parents, teachers and students as well. We can’t always have our own way. It is important for us to train our children now in order to keep them out of the legal system. We must learn to respect those in authority and seize the moment of opportunity to encourage them. The question is, who is in charge?

N.G. OSTEEN 1843-1936 The Watchman and Southron

H.G. OSTEEN 1870-1955 Founder, The Item

now, but nothing is working. The stress from dealing with him has already given me a light stroke and three heart attacks, the last resulting in a quadruple bypass.

He needs some type of intervention now from a uniformed officer to give him an idea of where he is headed. I retired after 20 years in police work, and I have seen the difference one talk from a uniformed officer to a child can make in a situation like this.

After a particularly serious argument today, I called the Law Enforcement Center and asked them to have a deputy stop by in regard to a minor domestic disturbance. Instead, I received a phone call from a female deputy. I explained my situation to the female deputy on the phone.

All I wanted was a uniformed officer to stop by for a moment and speak with me, then talk to my child. She did not want to send a uniformed deputy by, which would have probably sufficed, but instead suggested I contact an officer in the County Juvenile Division.

It has reached a sad state of affairs when law enforcement refuses to answer a domestic disturbance in person, especially when it shows a child that he is right, that nothing will happen to him if he continues the way he is headed.

JOE E. MOORE Jr. Dalzell

Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

$50,000 should be put to use patching Broad Street Here is an idea: In the March 13 Item is a front page story about $50,000 given to Shaw. On page A10, it says local officials don’t have any immediate plans on how they plan to spend the money. I have a suggestion: Buy $49,500 of asphalt and 10 flat shovels and put some people to work patching holes on Sumter’s roads.

The other day, I traveled Broad Street and my dentures came loose. I also put good money in the front end of my truck, but you can’t tell it now!

BILL TSCHORN Sumter

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Sumter County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t help ‘brother’ officer in need I am so proud of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, sarcastically speaking, of course.

I have a child who has severe behavioral problems due to having Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder compiled with other behavioral issues. He defies everyone and initiates arguments with people just to argue.

He has been suspended from school so many times in the last two years for his misbehavior that I have lost count. Every day is a constant battle dealing with him.

He has no fear of punishment, nor any desire for rewards. I have tried both ways but nothing works. He has no respect for anyone else, is rude, and talks back to everyone, child or adult. He has been on medication and counseling for over two years

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BROWN from Page A1 degree from the University of South Carolina. Before coming to Bates, she taught chorus and band in North Carolina and Columbia.

Brown found Bates and Sumter a good fit, directing the Bates Middle School band from 1981 until her retirement in 2010, amassing dozens of honors, both for the band and for her accomplishments as an educator. From 140 band participants in 1981, the Bates band grew to involve a third of the student body by the time she left.

Most impressive of those honors are the band’s 26 consecutive Outstanding Performance Awards from the South Carolina Band Directors Association. Under Brown’s direction, Bates consistently achieved superior ratings — the highest awarded — at the South Carolina Concert Festival.

In addition to the awards amassed by the Bates band, Brown has accumulated many of her own, including Bates Middle School Teacher of the Year in 1987, and she was named the Teacher of the Year for Sumter School District 17 in 1996-97. She is a recipient of the American School Band Directors Association’s Stanbury Award (Junior Division), the Scroll of Excellence Award given by the Women Band Directors International Association and the Citation of Excellence given by the National Band Association. In 2010, she was named Outstanding Bandmas-

ter by the Theta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, an honorary band fraternity.

Retired only from public school teaching, Brown has continued her involvement with various music groups, among them the Sumter Community Concert Band, the Palmetto Concert Band, the Sumter Little Theatre as music director in such productions as the popular “Nunsense” plays, “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The Music Man” and “Oklahoma.”

She teaches clarinet privately and is an active adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor throughout the Southeast and is a former National Board Certified Teacher. She currently serves as director of music ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Sumter.

She is married to David R. Brown, staff accountant for Orangeburg School District 5.

Also inducted into the Hall of Fame this year were Jerry Gatch, band director at Lexington High School, and the late Bill Basden, a former Kershaw County band director.

Brown noted that former Sumter High School band directors Robert Simmons and James D. Pritchard, both deceased, are also members of the Hall, as is James H. “Jimmy” Mills, director of the Sumter Community Concert Band.

Brown and Mills can be seen in performance at 4 p.m. Sunday during the band’s spring concert.

FIRESIDE from Page A1 “When his playing career with the San Francisco 49ers ended, Freddie continued doing what he did best: reaching out to people and lending a helping hand. Whether one was rich or poor, regardless of race or creed, Freddie reached out.

“He was a man of uncommon thoughtfulness and kindness toward others,” Osteen continued. “That’s what the Fireside Fund is all about: reaching out to others in need of warmth during the cold winter months.

Again, our thanks go out to the generous people of Sumter who contributed to this year’s Fireside Fund.

Every donation, no matter how small, helped someone, and for that we are most grateful.”

Osteen also thanked Lassiter, who sometimes faced threats and other unkind encounters when money ran out from week to week.

“Thanks also go to the Salvation Army and especially Pam Lassiter for their roles in seeing that the truly needy in our community were kept warm during the cold winter months,” Osteen said.

Lassiter said experiencing how grateful recipients are is what

she enjoyed the most.

“Many have called after I helped to say how much they appreciated the help,” she said. “I look forward to November as I am better prepared for distribution.”

Contributions received as of Friday include: In honor of Hannah Merchant, $100; Shaw Heights Baptist Church, $75; in memory of Francis M. Foxworth from Alice Foxworth, $20; the Womens Guild of St. Anne Catholic Church, $500; in memory of Joseph H. Lyons from the staff of Oakland Primary School, $205; in honor of Mable Osborne, teacher of the Willing Workers Sunday School Class of Wise Drive Baptist Church, $50; in memory of the fallen Sumter County firefighters from Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, $250; and in memory of Richard R. Cupp from Maxine Cupp, $500.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t spend Renovations will turn out better than you unnecessarily. Donating to a cause will leave anticipate. Love and romance will inspire you. you short. A personal relationship may lead to debt if you aren’t prepared to say no.

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Kathy Stafford comments on her photo submission, “These bees swarmed and attached to one of the old chicken houses out at the farm. The queen bee had apparently hatched and these bees were looking for a new home.” Stafford’s husband, Robbie, called a beekeeper, who gathered the bees and set them up in a new hive at the Stafford’s farm.

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USC grabs 4th seed in Norfolk Regional

Generals putting pieces together

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The Thomas Sumter Academy varsity baseball team opened its SCISA Region II-2A schedule last week with a 10-5 road victory over Dorchester Academy. While that was just the first of 10 region contests, it was of extreme importance to the Generals.

“That was a big game for us,” said TSA head coach Bill DeLavan. “Dorchester was picked by many people to win our region, so to go there and get a win in our first region game was huge. It gave us some more confidence.”

Thomas Sumter will try to parlay that victory into another region road win today when it DELAVAN travels to St. Matthews to face Calhoun Academy.

“We’re kind of in an odd year,” said DeLavan, whose team is 2-3 overall. “We’ve got some really, really solid upper classmen, and then we’ve got some inexperienced freshmen we’re having to put on the field.

We’re having to play a lot of younger guys who are getting experience as we go.”

Of course, the Generals lost Maleeke Gibson, now seeing lots of time in the outfield for Clemson, from last year’s team that won the first region title in the baseball program’s history. However, TSA also lost three other SEE GENERALS, PAGE B5

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Shane Bishop will be on the mound for Thomas Sumter today when it travels to St. Matthews to face Calhoun Academy in a SCISA Region II-2A game. Bishop is one of the key returnees for the Generals, who are off to a 1-0 start in the region.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina has received back-to-back NCAA tournament berths the for the first time in a decade.

Led by coach Dawn Staley, the fourth-seeded Gamecocks (24-7) will open against South Dakota State (25-7) in the Norfolk regional being played in Boulder, Colo.

The Gamecocks have shown they can win on the road in the NCAAs, winning twice in West Lafayette, Ind., last year to advance to the round of 16.

“We belong,” said Staley, in her STALEY fifth year at South Carolina. “It helps to know that our body of work puts in in a position to grow.”

It wasn’t always like that for Staley, who wrote an op-ed piece for the The New York Times after her first season here in 2009, swearing the Gamecocks wouldn’t be on the sidelines when NCAA selections came out a year later.

Staley was a couple of years off; the Gamecocks returned to the tournament in 2012. This year is their first consecutive appearances in the tournament since 2002 and 2003, and the coach and players were determined not to take a step back this season.

SEE USC, PAGE B2

America starts filling out March Madness brackets

BY EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Professor Michael Magazine is upending the logical world of math with a good dose of March Madness.

Magazine teaches a new class called Bracketology at University of Cincinnati, the home of the 10th-seeded Bearcats, where 33 business students are spending the semester trying to make sense out of what can feel nonsensical at times — the art of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket.

“The life lesson is that we make a lot of decisions that are the right decisions,’’ Magazine says, “but the outcomes don’t always come out the way we planned.’’

And that’s why picking the NCAA tournament is so much fun.

Jefferson High School librarian Diana Inch displays her 2011 winning NCAA tournament bracket from Yahoo. com’s online contest in Jefferson, Ore. The odds of completing the perfect bracket by picking the higher-seeded team are 35 billion to 1.

Magazine says that, yes, he’s among the millions of Americans who take part in the country’s largest office

pool — where all you need is a pen, a copy of the bracket and $10 or $20 to get in on the action.

Kahne wins 1st race at Bristol

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kasey Kahne’s bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an actionpacked race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Former teammates Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano exchanged words after the race — in person and on Twitter — because Hamlin spun Logano as Logano was racing for the lead.

A flat tire knocked Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth out of the race while they were running 1-2.

Typical Bristol, right?

It looked that way as Kahne and Keselowski staged a spectacular battle for the lead, only for a caution to put them sideby-side for a restart with 39 laps to go.

Keselowski KAHNE had an issue, he either spun his tires or the Hamlin-Logano feud disrupted his start, and Kahne sailed away for his first career victory at Bristol.

“Feels really good to win at this place,’’

Kahne said. “Such a tough track over the years. This is a big race for me. When you race in the Sprint Cup Series, Bristol is a race you want to win.’’

Tempers flared after the race when Logano leaned inside Hamlin’s window to complain about Hamlin spinning him as he tried to pass Gordon for the lead.

Logano was pulled away from Hamlin’s car by crew members for both drivers in a classic post-Bristol clash that delighted the crowd. “They’re fighting! It’s Bristol!’’

SEE KAHNE, PAGE B4

Real basketball knowledge? That’s optional. Some people pick their favorite mascot, others go based on

color, still others just throw darts at a board.

“I always tell people to ignore where they went to school,’’ Magazine says. “But it’s hard to do.’’

He teaches the course with a Cincinnati alum, Paul Bessire, who owns predictionmachine.com, a program that runs thousands of simulations to forecast likely winners of games. Armed with that, along with some mathematical models, Magazine and Bessire hold three sessions — handicapping, assembling brackets, filling out the brackets and seeing how everyone did.

“It’s a pass-fail class,’’ Magazine says.

Good thing because when it comes to March Madness, the numbers get a little crazy.

SEE BRACKETS, PAGE B2

CLARENDON COUNTY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

DENNIS BRUNSON / THE ITEM

The Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame inducted eight new members on Saturday.

Members of the third class are, first row, left to right: Jessica Ridgill, Carl Martin, Slick Gibbons and Donald Hardy. Second row: Henry Turbeville and Wright Turbeville, the brothers of late inductee George Turbeville, Fred Bennett, Robbie Briggs and Brian Mance.

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12 Ole Miss (26-8) 4 Kansas St. (27-7)

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Larranaga has Miami poised for NCAA run

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Jim Larranaga was in the Miami locker room before a game during this regular season, talking about the importance of defense, when he decided words were not going to be enough to illustrate his point.

So the 63-yearold, two-timehip-replacementpatient, whitehaired, suitLARRANAGA wearing man fell backward like he was taking a charge, then started shouting.

“When you see that,’’ said senior guard Durand Scott, “you want to run through a wall for this guy.’’

The wall had no chance.

Larranaga’s team went out, fully energized, and beat North Carolina by 26.

Larranaga has taken charge

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Miami’s Durand Scott, top, celebrates with Julian Gamble after the Hurricanes defeated North Carolina on Sunday to win the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C.

of what not long ago looked like a wayward Hurricane program — leading Miami to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, a 27-6 record, a No. 2 seed in the NCAA

BRACKETS from Page B1 According to the website bookofodds.com, if you fill out your bracket by picking the better-seeded team in every game, the odds of that bracket being perfect are more than 35 billion-1. Or, to put it another way, you have an 18 times better chance of being killed by a waterspout this year.

There are more than 9.2 quintillion combinations (a 9, followed by 18 zeroes), and even if you eliminate all those that have a No. 16 seed winning even a single game — which has never happened — you’re still talking about enough paper to build a trail from the Earth to the moon more than 1 million times.

Oh, and about eliminating those No. 16 seeds: Might think twice about that.

This has been the most unpredictable college basketball season anyone can remember, including one stretch where the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 changed for five straight weeks.

Even in seasons that have seemed more “predictable,’’ the NCAA tournament has become increasingly unstable over recent years. Butler, enrollment 4,500, has made the Final Four twice in the last three years.

In 2011, little-known and even less-heralded VCU transformed itself from a No. 11 seed that barely got into the tournament into a Final Four team. Last year, two No. 15 teams won on the first Friday of the tournament. After the second upset, ESPN reported none of its 6.45 million bracket entries were perfect anymore.

“We messed up some brackets! We messed up some brackets!’’ senior Kyle O’Quinn exclaimed last year after he led 15th-seeded Norfolk to an 86-84 upset over Missouri.

Tom DeRosa, a former algebra teacher who now runs a website that provides teachers with everyday

tournament and quite possibly putting a school that hadn’t been to the men’s version of the Big Dance since 2008 in position to win a national title.

Miami plays Pacific (22-12) in Austin, Texas on Friday. So on Monday, other than consenting to about a dozen media interviews, Larranaga tried to rest.

“We’ve got to turn the page,’’ Larranaga said Monday. “When non-conference season was over, we turned the page. Regular season over, turn the page. ACC tournament is over, turn the page.

One does not have anything to do with the next. They’re all separate events and we need our guys to get some rest, because it was a long, grueling tournament.’’

Larranaga and the Hurricanes made getting out of that ACC tournament look easy.

Not bad for a guy who, when he decided to pursue the Miami job two years ago, was absolutely convinced he had zero chance of being hired.

NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT

By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Today Liberty (15-20) vs. N.C. A&T (19-16), 6:40 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (28-5) vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal) (27-6), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday LIU Brooklyn (20-13) vs. James Madison (20-14), 6:40 p.m.

Boise State (21-10) vs. La Salle (21-9), 9:10 p.m.

lessons for their own classes, says there is no mathematically surefire way to figure out which 15 or 16 might break through this year. But you can’t completely ignore them, either.

“You look at the numbers and, yeah, it’s a pretty good bet a 1, 2 or 3 seed is going to win the whole tournament,’’ says DeRosa, whose March Madness lesson is being taught across America this week. “If

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you’re making a bracket and you don’t have any ‘1’s in the Final Four or anywhere near the Final Four, you’re probably not going to win your pool. But things get a lot more nuanced the more you read.’”

Speaking of nuance: • Blue has been the school color of 24 of the 40 teams to make the Final Four during the last 10 years, and the hue worn by the last nine national champions.

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South Carolina began the season 10-0, matching the best start in program history. The Gamecocks won a school record 11 games in the Southeastern Conference. And they did it with Staley’s trademark, in-your-face defensive pressure. They’ve given up just 49.5 points a game, the country’s fourth-best scoring defense. Senior guard Ieasia Walker was voted the SEC’s defensive player of the year.

Several hundred fans, including University President Harris Pastides and first-year men’s coach Frank Martin, turned out at the Colonial Life Arena to see where the Gamecocks would be playing and who they would face.

The crowd screamed when South Carolina’s name appeared on the several TV screens in the lounge area.

“Last year, it wasn’t as packed as it is this year and that’s a tribute to what these players have done,” Staley said.

Not that it will be easy to keep things going.

Should South Carolina get past the Summit League champions in South Dakota State, the Gamecocks will face either site host Colorado or Kansas in their attempt to reach the round of 16 for the second straight year.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 1 p.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia from Clearwater, Fla. (ESPN).

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

6:15 p.m. -- High School Baseball: Westwood at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7).

6:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: NCAA Tournament First Four Game from Dayton, Ohio -- Liberty vs. North Carolina A&T (TRUTV).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -- Niagra at Maryland (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -- St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- College Baseball: South Carolina at The Citadel (WNKT-FM 107.5).

7:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -Kentucky at Robert Morris (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Washington at Pittsburgh (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- College Softball: Marist at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

8 p.m. -- International Baseball: World Baseball Classic Championship Game from San Francisco (MLB NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Denver at Oklahoma City (NBA TV).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -- Northeastern at Alabama (ESPN2).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -- Norfolk State at Virginia (ESPNU).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: NCAA Tournament First Four Game from Dayton, Ohio -Middle Tennessee vs. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Calif.)

(TRUTV).

9:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game -Washington at Brigham Young (ESPN).

11 p.m. -- College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament First-Round Game --Stephen F. Austin at Stanford (ESPN2).

Midnight -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: San Francisco vs. Seattle from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

1 a.m. -- NHL Hockey: Florida at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 a.m. -- NHL Hockey: Nashville at Columbus (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 a.m. -- Major League Exhibition Baseball: St. Louis vs. Miami from Jupiter, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).

MLB SPRING TRAINING The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Kansas City 17 4 .810 Seattle 16 7 .696 Baltimore 13 6 .684 Cleveland 14 8 .636 Detroit 14 9 .609 Tampa Bay 13 9 .591 Boston 13 10 .565 Chicago 10 8 .556 Texas 11 11 .500 Minnesota 11 12 .478 Houston 9 11 .450 Oakland 9 11 .450 New York 9 14 .391 Toronto 8 13 .381 Los Angeles 5 12 .294 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Atlanta 14 11 .560 Colorado 10 9 .526 Arizona 11 11 .500 Miami 10 10 .500 San Diego 12 13 .480 St. Louis 10 11 .476 Washington 10 11 .476 San Francisco 9 10 .474 Philadelphia 10 12 .455 New York 8 10 .444 Chicago 11 14 .440 Pittsburgh 10 13 .435 Milwaukee 8 12 .400 Los Angeles 8 13 .381 Cincinnati 6 14 .300 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Miami 6, St. Louis 0 Philadelphia 5, Baltimore (ss) 3 N.Y. Yankees 11, Pittsburgh 9 Houston 11, Toronto 2 Baltimore (ss) 7, Minnesota 1 Washington 12, Detroit 10 Atlanta 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1 Arizona (ss) 8, San Diego (ss) 6 L.A. Dodgers (ss) 11, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Angels 7, San Diego (ss) 4 Oakland 12, Chicago Cubs (ss) 6 Seattle 4, Texas (ss) 3 Texas (ss) 8, Chicago Cubs (ss) 5 Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 0 Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 7, tie Arizona (ss) 9, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 1 San Francisco 9, Colorado 7 Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Atlanta 17, Philadelphia 10 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 4, Boston 3 Detroit 5, Washington 1 Miami 6, Minnesota 2, 5 innings Seattle 6, Oakland 5 Cleveland 4, Milwaukee 2 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 2 Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Kansas City vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., late Cincinnati vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., late Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz.,

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Texas vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 38 26 .594 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brooklyn 38 28 .576 1 Boston 36 29 .554 21/2 Toronto 26 41 .388 131/2 Philadelphia 25 40 .385 131/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Miami 51 14 .785 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Atlanta 37 29 .561 141/2 Washington 23 42 .354 28 Orlando 18 49 .269 34 Charlotte 14 52 .212 371/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 40 26 .606 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chicago 36 29 .554 31/2 Milwaukee 33 32 .508 61/2 Detroit 23 45 .338 18 Cleveland 22 44 .333 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 51 16 .761 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Memphis 44 21 .677 6 Houston 36 31 .537 15 Dallas 31 35 .470 191/2 New Orleans 22 45 .328 29 Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Okla. City 50 17 .746 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Denver 45 22 .672 5 Utah 34 32 .515 151/2 Portland 31 34 .477 18 Minnesota 23 41 .359 251/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 46 21 .687 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Golden State 38 30 .559 81/2 L.A. Lakers 36 32 .529 101/2 Sacramento 23 44 .343 23 Phoenix 22 45 .328 24 x-clinched playoff spot Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Milwaukee 115, Orlando 109 Miami 108, Toronto 91 L.A. Clippers 93, New York 80 Golden State 108, Houston 78 Minnesota 97, New Orleans 95 Oklahoma City 107, Dallas 101 Atlanta 105, Brooklyn 93 L.A. Lakers 113, Sacramento 102 Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Portland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

New York at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 30 22 8 0 44 108 80 New Jersey 29 13 10 6 32 72 81 N.Y. Islanders 28 13 12 3 29 83 91 N.Y. Rangers 27 13 12 2 28 65 67 Philadelphia 29 13 15 1 27 79 88 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 28 19 5 4 42 90 70 Boston 27 19 5 3 41 81 57 Ottawa 29 15 8 6 36 72 62 Toronto 29 15 12 2 32 86 83 Buffalo 29 10 15 4 24 76 93 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 29 15 12 2 32 77 85 Carolina 27 15 11 1 31 82 76 Tampa Bay 28 12 15 1 25 92 84 Washington 28 12 15 1 25 78 85

Florida

29 7 16 6 20 70 109 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 28 23 2 3 49 95 60 St. Louis 28 16 10 2 34 85 80 Detroit 29 14 10 5 33 78 75 Columbus 29 11 12 6 28 64 76 Nashville 29 11 12 6 28 67 77 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 27 15 10 2 32 70 68 Vancouver 27 13 8 6 32 77 77 Edmonton 28 11 11 6 28 69 81 Calgary 26 11 11 4 26 75 87 Colorado 27 10 13 4 24 69 84 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 27 20 3 4 44 90 66 Los Angeles 27 15 10 2 32 81 71 Phoenix 28 13 11 4 30 77 78 San Jose 27 12 9 6 30 64 69 Dallas 27 12 12 3 27 69 81 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Pittsburgh 2, Boston 1 Ottawa 4, Winnipeg 1 Washington 5, Buffalo 3 Edmonton 3, Nashville 2 Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

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

Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

GOLF Tampa Bay Par Scores The Associated Press Sunday At Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.5 million Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71 Final Kevin Streelman (500), $990,000 73-69-65-67â&#x20AC;&#x201D;274 -10 Boo Weekley (300), $594,000 72-70-71-63â&#x20AC;&#x201D;276 -8 Cameron Tringale (190), $374,000 71-70-70-66â&#x20AC;&#x201D;277 -7 Luke Donald (115), $227,333 70-72-67-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;278 -6 Greg Chalmers (115), $227,333 71-68-69-70â&#x20AC;&#x201D;278 -6 Justin Leonard (115), $227,333 71-69-67-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;278 -6 Harris English (75), $148,893 68-69-73-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Sergio Garcia (75), $148,893 71-67-72-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Pat Perez (75), $148,893 71-71-70-67â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Jordan Spieth, $148,893 72-68-69-70â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Shawn Stefani (75), $148,893 65-70-74-70â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Jim Furyk (75), $148,893 72-69-67-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Ben Kohles (75), $148,893 72-67-69-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;279 -5 Stewart Cink (56), $99,000 76-68-68-68â&#x20AC;&#x201D;280 -4 Brian Harman (56), $99,000 67-70-72-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;280 -4 Matt Kuchar (56), $99,000 72-68-71-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;280 -4 Founders Cup Par Scores The Associated Press Sunday At JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Wildfire Golf Club Phoenix Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,583; Par: 72 Final Stacy Lewis, $225,000 68-65-68-64â&#x20AC;&#x201D;265 -23 Ai Miyazato, $138,527 63-67-67-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;268 -20 Angela Stanford, $100,492 68-70-65-68â&#x20AC;&#x201D;271 -17 Jessica Korda, $58,588 70-67-69-66â&#x20AC;&#x201D;272 -16 Giulia Sergas, $58,588 69-69-66-68â&#x20AC;&#x201D;272 -16 Lizette Salas, $58,588 69-68-66-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;272 -16 Jee Young Lee, $58,588 65-64-72-71â&#x20AC;&#x201D;272 -16 Lindsey Wright, $31,399 68-67-72-66â&#x20AC;&#x201D;273 -15 Candie Kung, $31,399 66-69-71-67â&#x20AC;&#x201D;273 -15 Nicole Castrale, $31,399 71-67-66-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;273 -15 Sydnee Michaels, $31,399 70-67-67-69â&#x20AC;&#x201D;273 -15 Gerina Piller, $31,399 66-69-68-70â&#x20AC;&#x201D;273 -15

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SHS golf in 10th place at Magnolia Invitational Five teams are within three strokes of each other at the top of the leaderboard, while host Sumter is in 10th place after the first round of the Magnolia Invitational on Monday at Beech Creek Golf Club.

Clover is in first after shooting a 232.

Carolina Forest is second at 233 followed by Lexington at 234 and Lugoff-Elgin and Oakbrook Prep both at 235.

The Gamecocks are just 10 shots out of first after shooting 242. John Keffer led SHS with an 80. Dixon Flowers and Charlie Dallery both shot an 81 while Daniel Spencer had an 82.

RJ Keur of Fort Dorchester and Cole Sweezey of Carolina Forest were medalists as both shot a 72.

The second round will begin today at noon at Beech Creek.

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Ben Cardone and Sam Prater each had a goal and an assist for the Gamecocks.

Jared Duke and Dale Turner each scored a goal.

to West Florence on Monday at the WF field.

The Gamecocks, who are 7-3 overall, got two hits from Tee Dubose. River Soles and Ian McCaffery each had a hit.

Phillip Watcher took the loss as West Florence improved to 12-0.

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Hall had two hits.

Joseph Kruger pitched 1 1/3 innings to get the victory.

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Nathan Todd threw a complete-game shutout in the first game. Sumter had 21 hits in the two games.

On Saturday in Cayce, Sumter swept a doubleheader from Brookland-Cayce, winning the opener 15-3 and the nightcap 5-2.

Daniel Twitty won the first game, while Andrew Twitty won the second game. The Gamecocks had 20 hits in the two games.

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yelled Clint Bowyer, who saw the action on the infield big screen.

Logano wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t discuss what he told Hamlin, but indicated thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no love lost between the former Joe Gibbs Racing teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a freaking genius behind the wheel of the 11 car _ probably the worst teammate Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Logano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a scorecard and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not putting up with that.

What goes around, comes around. I had to put up with him for years, so whatever.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hamlin shrugged it all off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said he was coming for me,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hamlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I usually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see him, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually not a factor.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The two sparred briefly on Twitter after the season-opening Daytona 500, when Hamlin complained Logano ruined the closing laps of the race. But he said Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flap was not a carryover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything to do with that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hamlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really got to control your car and he slipped up into me. Really, he would have been in the garage with no radiator in it if I had not checked up twice. I meant to run in to him. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to spin him out, but his day was fine. We finished bad and he finished bad. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But they continued sniping at each other after the race on Twitter, overshadowing what was undoubtedly the best race to date for NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Gen-6 race car.

And, their feuding may have played a role in the outcome of the race, too.

Keselowski was the leader on the final restart as he lined up next to Kahne. Hamlin was lined up behind Keselowski, with Logano lined up behind Hamlin. When the flag waved, Keselowski didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go and Kahne rocketed to the lead and never looked back.

Although it appeared Keselowski spun his tires, he was adamant after the race about what happened â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got ran over!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that prevented him from breaking away on the restart.

Hamlin backed up Keselowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 22 (Logano) ran into me and shoved me into (Keselowski),â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hamlin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorry to the 2, but I was the pinball in the sandwich.

Once he throttled up, the 22 lifted me up and just flat out pinned me up against the 2.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Logano seemed to think Keselowski spun his tires and that created the bottleneck, but Keselowski believed he had help from behind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen the replay, I just know my rear tires were off the ground before I got to the restart zone,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eventually I got hit so hard it pushed my foot in the gas pedal, made myself look like a (fool). That was the deal. Never had another chance.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nobody came close to Kahne, who drove his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to the win by 1.7-seconds.

Hendrick drivers have now won two of the first four races this season.

Kyle Busch snagged second from Keselowski, who took over the Sprint Cup Series points lead as the only driver to open the season with four top-five finishes. Kurt Busch finished fourth and was followed by Bowyer and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

BOBCATS WIZARDS

119 114

CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gerald Henderson had 27 points, Kemba Walker came up big late and the Charlotte Bobcats defeated Washington 119-114 to snap the Wizardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; three-game win streak.

Walker scored nine of his 18 points in the final three minutes to spark a 12-0 run, lifting the Bobcats to only their second win in their last 14 games.

PACERS CAVALIERS

111 90

CLEVELAND â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gerald Green scored 20 points and Tyler Hansbrough, starting in place of the injured David West, had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 111-90 victory over Cleveland.

West missed the game with a sprained lower back sustained Saturday against Philadelphia, but the Pacers

NBA ROUNDUP dominated without their second-leading scorer.

76ERS TRAIL BLAZERS

101 100

PHILADELPHIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spencer Hawes had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday scored 27 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 101-100 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Sixers wasted a 14-point lead and Portland took the lead late in the fourth.

NETS PISTONS

119 82

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Deron Williams scored 31 points in 28 minutes, and the Brooklyn Nets routed the hapless Detroit Pistons 119-82 in the opener of their eightgame road trip.

Detroit lost its ninth straight and fell to 2-13 since the All-Star break.

MAVERICKS HAWKS

127 113

ATLANTA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Darren Collison scored 24 points and the hotshooting Dallas Mavericks set season highs for points in a half and a

| game while beating the Atlanta Hawks 127-113.

Dirk Nowitzki, who had 22 points, hit two free throws as the Mavericks reached 100 with their first points of the final period.

WARRIORS HORNETS

93 72

NEW ORLEANS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stephen Curry scored 30 points and the Golden State Warriors won easily for the second straight night, 93-72 over the struggling New Orleans Hornets.

Curry made 10 of his 19 field goal attempts, going 6 of 9 on 3-pointers, hitting one from as far as 29 feet.

GRIZZLIES TIMBERWOLVES

92 77

MEMPHIS, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mike Conley had 20 points and six assists and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a two-game losing streak with a 92-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Conley was 8 of 14 from the field and connected on 3 of 6 from beyond the arc.

From wire reports

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Cavs top Clemson to win series CLEMSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The No. 12 Virginia Cavaliers scored five combined runs in the first two innings and withstood a Clemson comeback in their 8-5 win over the Tigers on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

The Cavaliers won the series 2-1 and improved to 17-2 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 11-7 overall and 3-3 in ACC play.

Virginia scored two runs in the first inning and three runs in the second inning. After scoring another run in the fifth inning to take a 6-0 lead, the Tigers chipped away with two runs in the sixth inning, one run in the seventh, and two runs in the eighth. But the Cavaliers added two insurance runs in the eighth inning and held on for the three-run win.

Scott Firth (2-3), the first of five Tiger pitchers, suffered the loss. In five innings pitched, he yielded nine hits, six runs, and two walks with five strikeouts.

Steve Wilkerson went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI to lead the Tigers, who amassed 14 hits. Tyler Slaton added a career-high three hits and an RBI, while Shane Kennedy had two hits and two runs.

Clemson will host Morehead State in a 2-game, midweek series starting today at 6:30 p.m.

STREELMAN GETS 1ST PGA TOUR WIN

PALM HARBOUR, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kevin Streelman finally won in his 153rd start on the PGA Tour with a game that looked as if he had done it many times before.

Streelman didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a bogey

over the final 37 holes on the tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a shot over the last 11 holes on his way to a 4-under 67 Sunday for a two-shot win in the Tampa Bay Championship.

LEWIS WINS LPGA FOUNDERS CUP

PHOENIX â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Founders Cup to jump to No. 1 in the world, taking advantage of Ai Miyazatoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collapse on the 16th hole.

Lewis closed with an 8-under 64 at Desert Ridge to finish with a tournament-record 23-under 265 total.

FROST EARNS TOSHIBA CLASSIC TITLE

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Frost won the Toshiba Classic, shooting a 65 to defeat Fred Couples by five strokes and tie the tournament record of 19-under 194 set by Jay Haas in 2007.

Frost joined 2011 winner Nick Price as the only golfers to lead the event wire to wire in its 19-year history.

FORMER OKLAHOMA QB DAVIS DEAD AT 60

NORMAN, Okla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As a child, Steve Davis dreamed of playing for Oklahoma and even tucked away a picture of the Soonersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarterback he idolized in his dresser drawer.

Decades later, he is among the standard-bearers for the position at one of college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most storied programs. Davis, who started every game during Barry Switzerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first three seasons as head coach and won national championships in 1974 and 1975, died Sunday in a plane crash in South Bend, Ind. He was 60.

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FOOD CITY 500 RESULTS The Associated Press Sunday At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 137.4 rating, 47 points, $171,760.

2. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 114.3, 43, $188,893.

3. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 108.4, 42, $163,451.

4. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 106.1, 41, $134,255.

5. (23) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 97.6, 39, $144,543.

6. (32) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 89.2, 38, $115,185.

7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 83.6, 37, $135,368.

8. (4) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 500, 82.6, 0, $107,385.

9. (5) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 90.9, 36, $129,526.

10. (6) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 82.2, 34, $126,030.

11. (24) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 90.5, 33, $112,210.

12. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500, 90.4, 32, $129,560.

13. (29) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 75.1, 31, $123,418.

14. (18) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 99.2, 30, $139,446.

15. (15) Casey Mears, Ford, 500, 72.2, 29, $121,718.

16. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 500, 71.6, 28, $142,271.

17. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 89.9, 28, $123,643.

18. (21) Carl Edwards, Ford, 499, 59.4, 26, $130,035.

19. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 499, 64.2, 25, $122,449.

20. (26) David Stremme, Toyota, 498, 56.3, 24, $110,318.

21. (30) David Ragan, Ford, 498, 51.7, 24, $114,293.

22. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 498, 93.3, 22, $139,996.

23. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 498, 103.7, 23, $116,485.

24. (14) David Gilliland, Ford, 496, 66.5, 20, $103,557.

25. (43) Terry Labonte, Ford, 496, 38.2, 19, $94,260.

26. (40) Josh Wise, Ford, 496, 46.4, 0, $93,485.

27. (35) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 495, 56.1, 17, $93,235.

28. (41) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 495, 41.4, 16, $90,085.

29. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 490, 34.4, 0, $89,985.

30. (17) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 487, 59.1, 14, $121,349.

31. (8) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 464, 32.5, 13, $135,660.

32. (16) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 458, 39.9, 12, $99,260.

33. (42) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 410, 35, 11, $88,710.

34. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident, 390, 99.8, 11, $135,596.

35. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, accident, 390, 102.8, 10, $123,601.

36. (33) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, accident, 321, 54.5, 8, $88,560.

37. (20) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 245, 57.6, 7, $125,439.

38. (37) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, engine, 234, 53, 6, $91,700.

39. (25) David Reutimann, Toyota, engine, 184, 41.6, 5, $79,700.

40. (27) Scott Speed, Ford, electrical, 184, 32.5, 4, $75,700.

41. (39) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, engine, 159, 43.1, 3, $79,700.

42. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, accident, 26, 29.4, 2, $67,700.

43. (36) Mike Bliss, Toyota, engine, 3, 26.8, 0, $64,200.

Ryan Newman was seventh, Brian Vickers was eighth and Paul Menard and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top 10.

The race changed dramatically with 110 laps to go in a bizarre crash between leaders Gordon and Matt Kenseth. Gordon was out front when he suddenly lost a tire and his car darted up the track into the wall.

Kenseth had nowhere to go to avoid him and drove directly into the back of Gordon, causing heavy damage to both cars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You all right?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; crew chief Alan Gustafson radioed Gordon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m OK. Did we take out Matt, too?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gordon asked.

With the top two cars in the garage, the rest of the field headed to pit road to reset for the final 100 laps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hate that for Matt Kenseth,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was coming, and it was just a matter of time before he caught us. We needed points. This definitely isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to get us many.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kenseth, winner of last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race at Las Vegas, said the crash was unavoidable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a lot either one of us can do about that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was nowhere to go.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Before the Gordon-Kenseth crash, Gordon and Logano were dueling for the lead. Gordon used a two-tire stop with about 175 laps to go to gain eight spots on pit road and take the lead. Logano chased Gordon around the 0.533-mile bullring, pulling even with the four-time champion as he exited the corners only to lose ground on the straights.

Lurking behind in third was Hamlin, who apparently got tired of waiting for Logano to get past Gordon and showed how restless he was with slight contact on Loganoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bumper as they exited Turn 2.

The tap caused Logano to back his car into the wall and took him out of contention, leading to the post-race drama Bristol is known to create.

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OBITUARIES

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013

J.B. McLEOD Sr. J.B. McLeod Sr., 64, husband of Susie B. Goodwin McLeod, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of Minnie Lee McLeod and the late Bert McLeod. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired as a self-employed contractor.

Survivors include his wife of Manning; his mother of Sumter; a son, Joseph B. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joeyâ&#x20AC;? McLeod Jr. (Lynn) of Paxville; two grandchildren, Matthew and Gracelyn McLeod; two brothers, Olin McLeod (Freida) and Mike McLeod (Evelyn); five sisters, Emily Tennant, Pat Arrants (LaVerne), Darlene Poston (Aaron), Betty Ann McCaskill (Cecil) and Tammy Davis (Bobby); and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Phil McLeod; a brother-inlaw, Raymond Tennant; paternal grandparents, Joseph B. and Doffie McLeod; and maternal grandparents, Archie and Betty McLeod.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Julius Ragin officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at his home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

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

the arrangements.

ROSE J. McFADDEN Rose Johnson McFadden, 76, widow of Samuels McFadden Jr., died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at her residence, 3 Belton Court, Sumter.

She was born Dec. 28, 1936, in Irmo, a daughter of the late Annie Johnson and reared by the Rev. Robert P. Sr. and Sallie Mae Taylor Johnson.

The family is receiving friends at 3 Belton Court, Sumter.

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

FRANCES H. GOODSON Frances Hawthorne Goodson, age 96, beloved wife of the late B. Hartwell Goodson, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 17, 2013, at NHC of Sumter.

She was born on

THE ITEM

April 25, 1916, a daughter of the late Rodger B. and Margaret Mae Bottom Hawthorne. Her favorite activity was studying her Bible and, because of this, she was known for her faith and she served as a Christian mentor to many.

She was a nurse and will be remembered as the best and most practical nurse her patients and family ever knew. In addition, she enjoyed cooking, gardening and taking care of her family. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nannyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great Nanâ&#x20AC;? by all of her family. She was a member of First Church of God and Grace Baptist Church, both of Sumter.

She is survived by one son, Gene H. Goodson of Sumter; two daughters, Judith G. Lanford and her husband, Jim, of Sumter and Helen G. Lynn and

her husband, Dennis, of Greer; six grandchildren, Shery L. Smith and her husband, Randy, of Sumter, Mark Lanford and his wife, Tammie, of Bishopville, David Lynn and his wife, Lisa, and Todd Lynn and his wife, Joice, both of Taylors, and David Graham and his wife, Angie, and Leigh Ann Graham, both of Sumter; along with 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Bert Hawthorne; one sister, Margaret Wood; one grandson, Chris Graham; and one greatgrandson, Brett Lanford.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m.

Wednesday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dennis G. Lynn and Ron Bower. Interment will follow in Evergreen Me-

B5

morial Park cemetery.

Pallbears will be Jeff Davis, Jimmy Davis, Joe Davis, James Hawthorne, Dreyfus Hutson, Mark Lanford and Billy McCoy. Honorary pallbearers will be Blake Lanford, Caleb Lynn, Jacob Lynn, Luke Lynn, Boaz Lynn, Ashley Smith and Brandon Smith.

The family will receive friends prior to the service on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6

SPORTS

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GENERALS from Page B1 key players in third baseman Logan Ingram, No. 1 pitcher Joe Watcher and handyman Dalton Shipman.

Shane Bishop has stepped into the No. 1 pitching role. The senior righthander is consistently throwing in the mid 80s miles per hour, according to DeLavan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gives us a chance to beat anybody,â&#x20AC;? DeLavan said of Bishop, who is starting to get a lot of looks from both 4-year schools and junior colleges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he pitches we feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be in any game.â&#x20AC;?

Michal Hoge and Matt Holloman are TSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other top pitchers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We save Shane, Michal and Matt for our region contests,â&#x20AC;? DeLavan said.

When he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pitching, Hoge plays shortstop, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always at the top of the batting order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We kind of come and go with him offensively,â&#x20AC;? DeLavan said of Hoge, a junior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set the stage we have a tough time getting things going.â&#x20AC;?

Holloman, a senior whom DeLavan calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;a heck of a hitter,â&#x20AC;? handles the majority of the catching duties.

Senior Brantley Gray is starting at first, while freshman Ron York is at second and sophomore Andrew

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Darlington at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Augusta Christian at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Calhoun, 6:30 p.m.

Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee, 7 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Florence Christian, 7 p.m.

Fountain Inn Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Baseball Crestwood at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Darlington at Manning, 5:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Florence Christian, 4 p.m.

B Team Baseball Thomas Sumter at Calhoun, 4 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Varsity Golf Sumter in Magnolia Invitational (at Beech Creek Golf Club), noon Thomas Sumter in SCISA Region II-2A Match (in Aiken), 3:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 4 p.m.

C.E. Murray at Lee Central (at Bishopville Country Club), 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Boys Soccer The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Girls Soccer Creestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m.

Varsity Softball Crestwood at Hartsville, 7 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Darlington at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at First Baptist, 4:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Calhoun, 4 p.m.

Maranatha Christian at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Junior Varsity Softball Crestwood at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Darlington at Manning, 5:30 p.m.

Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

B Team Softball Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Varsity Boys Tennis Hartsville at Manning, 4:30 p.m.

Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Track and Field Lee Central at Cheraw, 5 p.m.

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Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Amanda McNulty County Extension Agent

HELP OUR TURKEY (CREEK) MAKE A COMEBACK Thirty-three years ago I saw my first wild turkey footprint on a dirt road in Winnsboro. To this day, I remember the thrill of seeing a sign of a rare, endangered animal. Today, wild turkeys may be spotted all over South Carolina, gobbling their way across fields and meadows.

Sumter County has a wild stream, one still open to the sunlight and stars, not restricted to a culvert, in the form of Turkey Creek. Flowing from Highway 763 to the Pocotaligo River, it provides a glimpse of nature not common in many urban areas. Sadly, not only does it attract wildlife but litterers. The woods, surrounding ditches, and stream banks are filthy with trash.

Not only is this litter horrible to look at, but what we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see is the sediment and polluting chemicals, fertilizers, and other compounds that are in the water itself.

As rainwater falls, it washes pollutants into this waterway, compromising life for those stream critters. Dragonflies, tadpoles, turtles, fish, birds, raccoons and the occasional Homo sapien all depend on a clean water supply.

Carolina Clear/Sumter Stormwater Solutions, which is blessed to have our new Clemson Extension co-worker, Jolie Brown as one its members, has planned a cleanup to help this â&#x20AC;&#x153;turkeyâ&#x20AC;? get back on its feet. This coming Saturday, March 16th, volunteers are needed to give nature a hand. The plan is to meet at Lemira Elementary School, 952 Fulton Street, at the civilized hour of 10 am. Please wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes and long pants (smilax and blackberries do grow in our SC woods!). If you have gloves bring them, but Carolina Clear/Sumter Stormwater Solutions, will have extra pairs along with bug spray, safety vests, and bags.

At noon, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll call it a day and stand back and take pride in the monstrous pile of bags, filled with trash, which the City of Sumter will carry away and put in the right place. Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you consider being a part of the solution? For more information, give Jolie Brown a call at 773-5561 or shoot her an email, jolie2@clemson.edu.

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DAVID L. WRIGHT FLORENCE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Lloyd Wright, 88, died Friday, March 15, 2013.

Born Dec. 31, 1924, in Johnston, Mr. Wright was a son of Luther Sloan Wright and Kathleen Barre Wright. Educated in the public schools of Johnston, Wright graduated from Johnston High School in 1942. He entered Wofford College in the fall of that year, but left to WRIGHT serve his country in World War II. He joined the United States Army, serving in combat in the South Pacific with the 2nd Engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Brigade Amphibious Corps. He received the Purple Heart for wounds he received in the Battle of Leyte Gulf on Oct. 24, 1944. He returned to full combat and went ashore in Japan at the conclusion of World War II. Following the war, he returned to Wofford College, where he served as No. 1 for the Kappa Alpha Order. He completed his business degree from Wofford in 1949. With his bride by his side, he moved to Sumter, where he worked in sales and shipping for Crosswell and Co. In 1956, he joined the H.J. Heinz Co. in a career that would be his lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. He started in Columbia as a salesman, and at the time of his retirement had risen to the role of southern regional sales manager.

A lifelong Methodist, Mr. Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most significant contribution to his church was serving as chairman of the administrative board during the building of Bethel United Methodist Church sanctuary in Columbia.

Mr. Wright was a devoted husband to the love of his life, Elizabeth C. Wright. They shared a deeply loving life together for 53 years, before her passing in August 2000.

He is survived by his daughters, Kathy Wright Dodd (David A.) of Spring Island and Ann Wright Wansley (J. David) of Florence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Granâ&#x20AC;? cherished his role as grandfather to Elizabeth K. Wansley, Kathryn D. Gallagher, J. David Wansley Jr. (Laura S.), Allison D. Brown (Jeff D.), Ashley E. Dodd and Hilary K. Dodd. He was dearly loved by his great-grandchildren,

Elizabeth H. Wansley, Miles D. Brown, J. David Wansley III and Emerson Lloyd Brown. Surviving siblings of Mr. Wright are Wallace M. Wright (Sally), John B. Wright, Marjorie W. Smith and sister-in-law, Janis C. Wright.

He was predeceased by brothers Luther S. Wright Jr., Marion H. Wright and Francis H. Wright.

A memorial service was held at 11 a.m.

Monday at the Mary Alice Ingram Chapel at the Methodist Manor in Florence. Visitation followed the service.

Burial was at 3 p.m.

Monday in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery in Sumter, directed

by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends at the home of Ann and David Wansley, 2702 Trotter Road, Florence.

Memorials may be made to the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee or Wofford College.

SAMUEL L. RHAMES Samuel L. Rhames, husband of Eleaner Rhames, entered eternal rest Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home, 412 W. Oakland Ave. Born Nov. 17, 1940, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Churmie and Ida Green Rhames.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home.

Funeral services will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

MICHAEL JOHNSON Michael Johnson, husband of Tonya Edwards Johnson, entered eternal rest Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Oct. 1, 1964, he was a son of Edward Williams and the late Mamie Dell Johnson and stepson of Bishop Dorothy Williams.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his nephew, Demond Johnson, 2540 Nicholson Drive, Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

MARY S. KELLEY Mary Samuels Kelley, widow of Lloyd Kelley, entered eternal rest Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Bronx, N.Y. Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late James and Mary Bannis-

ter Samuels.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her niece, Lyn Tillie, 1053 Wilson Ave., Summerton.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

CHARLES D. GOLDSTEIN Charles David Goldstein, 73, husband of Susan Fox Goldstein, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home.

Born in Chicago, Ill., he was a son of the late Ephraim and Jennette Rubin Goldstein. Mr. Goldstein was a member of Temple Sinai and was a retired mechanical engineer at Bosch.

He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at the University of Illinois.

Surviving are his wife of Sumter; a son, Marc Goldstein and wife, Maria, of Chicago; two daughters, Julie Wallace and husband, Garry, of Florence and Kelly Mills and husband, Ronnie, of Sumter; five grandchildren; and a brother, Michael Goldstein of New York.

Funeral services will be private.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the CADHA (Cure a Dreaded Human Ailment) Fund c/o IMSA, Randall Road, Aurora, IL 60506.

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.

DAVID M. PEEK David Michael Peek, 69, husband of Sylvia Evans Peek, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at his home.

Born in Norwich, N.Y., he was a son of the late Thomas J. and Rena Duell Peek. Mr. Peek began his career in journalism with the Columbia Record and was an award-winning columnist for the Sumter Daily Item from 1996 until 2011. He was head of public relations for the Department of Energy in Aiken and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta.

He was district manager for AFLAC in Sumter for

many years and a salesman for Boyle Motor Co. He loved the written and spoken word, politics, history, antiques, golf, and the USC Gamecocks. His faith and his family were the focus of his life. He was beloved by his family and many others and will be greatly missed.

Surviving are his wife of Sumter; a son, David Michael Peek Jr. of Columbia; a daughter, Janet Peek Galus and husband, Joe, of Holly Hill; and three grandchildren, Rachel Ann Caldwell, Dawson Thomas Peek and John Joseph Galus.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Jay Peek; and a sister, Janet Ann Peek.

Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. Dr. John Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Charles F. Walton officiating.

The family will receive friends after the service in the Parish Hall.

Memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Comforter, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151, or to Tuomey Home Health & Hospice, 500 Pinewood Road, Suite 2, Sumter, SC 29154.

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

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

GREGORY ANDERSON Gregory â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crushâ&#x20AC;?

Anderson, 48, was born Nov. 6, 1964, in Sumter, a son of Willie and Hattie Mae Anderson King. He departed this life on March 12, 2013, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, Hattie Mae Anderson King, 50 Carrol Drive.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

WILLIAM F. DEVINE William Francis â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andyâ&#x20AC;? Devine, 87, husband of Glenda M. Devine, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born June 2, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Dougdale Devine. Andy served in

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the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Hancock. He then joined the U.S. Air Force, where he served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and retired after 23 years of service. He was a loyal member of the VFW Post 3034. He was of the Catholic faith. He was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years; six children, Lisa Pomaville (Mike), Mary Holland (Dewey) and Ruby Childers (Farren), all of Sumter, Beth Foy and Frank Devine (Donna), both of Bushland, Texas, and Bill Devine (Nicole) of Ocala, Fla.; 14 grandchildren, Jeremy Holland, Amber Holland, Kevin Childers, Courtney Childers, Chris Devine, D.J. Poole, Brittany Gibbons, Michael Pomaville, Glen Foy, Nick Kuhaneck, Aaron Devine, Hannah Devine, Allyson Moorhead and John Perkins; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Michael Bowman officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Chris Devine, Kevin Childers, D.J. Poole, Ned Gibbons, Amber Holland and Brittany Gibbons.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jeremy Holland and Courtney Childers.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 27 Chestnut St. Memorials may be made to VFW Post 3034, 1925 Gion St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

MOSES WILSON MAYESVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moses Wilson, 83, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at his residence, 2087 Ave. B, Mayesville.

He was born Aug. 19, 1929, in Florence, a son of the late Willie and Reva Fleming Wilson.

The family will receive friends at 2087 Ave B., Mayesville.

These services have been entrusted to Sam-

uels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

JOHN BENNETT John Bennett, 59, husband of Evelyn Johnson Bennett, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home.

Born June 6, 1953, in Sumter County, he was a son of Frank Bennett Jr. and Georgia Page Outlaw.

The family will receive friends at the family home, 4120 Cotton Acres Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

AMARICA S. McFADDEN MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Infant Amarica Simone McFadden died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

She was born Feb. 26, 2013, in Columbia, a daughter of Wilbur Dyer and Heather McFadden.

The family will receive friends at 22 West End St., Manning.

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

RICHARD MAGUIRE Richard Maguire died Sunday, March 17, 2013, in Sumter.

Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

EDWARD L. STURMS WEDGEFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edward Lee â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stumpâ&#x20AC;? Sturms died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

GENERAL L. BURGESS MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; General Lee Burgess, 60, husband of Lelan Lorraine Dixon Burgess, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born Sept.

16, 1952, in Alcolu, a son of the late Rev. Golden Jr. and Ethel Mae Preston Burgess.

The family is receiving friends at 8036 Juneburn Road, Manning.

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LEGAL NOTICES Estate Notice Sumter County

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

Estate:

Hazel Allen

#2013ES4300120 Personal Representative Corine Allen PO Box 7 Rembert, SC 29128

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Elmer Arthur Moyer, Jr.

#2013ES4300122 Personal Representative Lesa M. Cathcart C/O Walter G. Newman Attorney At Law 27 W Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Edward Samuel Hall

#2013ES4300113 Personal Representative Robert E. Hall 558 Enoree Court Mrytle Beach, SC 29588

Estate:

Horace L. Morris, Jr.

#2013ES4300131 Personal Representative: Malinda Avins 2285 Swallow Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Sophia Janelle Henderson Wilkes

#2013ES4300116 Personal Representative Kathy W. Poss 11 Woodland Road Elberton, GA 30635

Estate:

Alton Bordeaux

#2013ES4300143 Personal Representative Mark Alton Bordeaux 1030 Alice Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Richard S. Mcdonald

#2013ES4300125 Personal Representative: Ellen Valirie McDonald-Hayes C/O Glenn S. Givens Attorney At Law 107 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Robert C. McCoy

#2013ES4300138 Personal Representative Melissa M. Cromer 5 Maplewood Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Lucille P. Gipson

#2013ES4300126 Personal Representative: Roosevelt M. Mitchell PO Box 1457 Summerton, SC 29148

Estate:

Pete B. Floyd

#2013ES4300142 Personal Representative Michelle Floyd C/O EJ Mercer Attorney At Law PO Box 1347 Sumter, SC 29151

Estate:

Thomas Pringels

#2013ES4300135 Personal Representative Elsie N. Pringels 205 Wilson Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Ervin H Hickman Jr

#2013ES4300124 Personal Representative: Mary R. Hickman 885 Oakbrook Blvd Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Charles Pearson

#2013ES4300136 Personal Representative Gloria L Pearson 2950 Forest Lake Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

William Anderson Ballard

#2013ES4300083 Personal Representative: Alanda Ballard Harris 465 Newbern Avenue Asheboro, NC 27205

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Addrana M. Jones

#2013ES4300134 Personal Representative: Carmen Jones Pack 2530 Brogden Circle Sumter, SC 29153

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Donald M. Winegar

#2013ES4300115 Personal Representative Frances K. Winegar 32 Landmark Court Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Mary Lily Gamble

#2013ES3200137 Personal Representative: Ann G. Geddings 507 Mimosa Drive Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:

Hariette Roof Hall

#2013ES4300112 Personal Representative Robert E. Hall 558 Enoree Court Myrtle Beach, SC 29588

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Ralph G. Macdonald, Sr.

#2013ES4300133 Personal Representative: Douglas P. Macdonald 2559 Kingston Drive Florence, SC 29505

Estate Notice Sumter County

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

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#2013ES4300114 Personal Representative Jack T. Thornton 8 Acorn Drive Annapolis, MD 21401

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John C. Warren

#2013ES4300140 Personal Representative Virginia A. Warren 2794 Porcher Drive Sumter, SC 29150

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Legal Notice secondary contact recreation and as a source for drinking water supply after conventional treatment in accordance with the requirements of the Department. Suitable for fishing and the survival and propagation of a balanced indigenous aquatic community of fauna and flora.

Suitable also for industrial and agricultural uses. The analysis for permit limits in this permit included less stringent alternative criteria in accordance with Part E.14.c(7) of SC Regulation 61-68, Water Classifications and Standards, for one or more parameters. The determination to set site-specific effluent limits or not limit certain parameters was based on such criteria. A fact sheet is available.

This Permit when issued will supersede an existing permit which expired on September 30, 2011.

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All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the permit. All persons submitting written comments will be notified of the final determinations. Requests for adjudicatory hearings may be filed after the above described determinations have been made.

Additional information regarding adjudicatory hearings is available from the Legal Office at the above Department address or by calling 803-898-3350.

Additional information on proposed permit determinations and on hearing procedures is available by writing or calling the Department at the above address or telephone number. Copies of a specific application or draft permit of interest to an individual, organization, or company must be requested in writing. A fee schedule has been established for processing these requests: Reproduction of documents $0.25 per page.

Requests must be mailed to the Freedom of Information Office at 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201, phone number: 803-898-3882; or requests may be faxed to the Freedom of Information Office at 803-898-3816. Arrangements can be made to review all the permit information at the Freedom of Information Office on the third floor of the Sims Building across from Peeples Auditorium.

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All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp.

SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

Hodge Roofing Solutions, LLC, Lic.& Bonded. Free Estimates.

Also do Vinyl Siding & Seamless Gutters. 803-840-4542

Tree Service Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Tree Doctor Call us for an appt. Free est. 7 days/week. Prune trees, remove trees, grind stumps, proper limbing & treatment. 803-773-8402.

NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal , trimming & stump grinding. Lic & Ins.

NEED AN ERRAND RUN???

Call Gail at 803-464-8825. Very reasonable rates.

Gail's Go For Service

PETS & ANIMALS

Electrical Services

End of Season Sale: Load your pick up $30 & 40. 5400 Old Camden Rd. 803-666-8078.

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up

Truck Shop Maintenance Supervisor Needed Immediate opening for an experienced individual to oversee OTR/Regional carrier's local service location. Qualified applicant should have experience with inventory control and warranty and knowledge of TMW Software very helpful. Shop operations include PM Service thru major component rebuild and replacement. Employer offers attractive benefit package and competitive salary. Interested applicants should submit resumes to P-303 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Office Manager needed for local business. Some accounting is a must. Full time, health insurance, and retirement available. Submit resume to Box 305 c//o 40 North Mill St. Manning, SC 29102

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

803- 905-4242

Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun.

For Sale or Trade Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439

First Care Medical Transport has full/part time Emt positions available.

Contact Michelle 843-372-1656 HVAC Service Technician needed.

Experience and credentials required. Driving record required upon receipt of application.

Gene's Heating & Air 803-505-4822.

Help Wanted Part-Time

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

$$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

EMPLOYMENT

Trucking Opportunities

Help Wanted Full-Time

Driver Trainees Needed for McElroy Truck Lines Local CDL Training No Experience Needed Weekly Home Time Call Today 1-888-263-7364

Medical Lab Technician to join a large medical practice. Desired candidate will possess a BS in Biology or Chemistry or years of Lab experience. EOE Fax resume to 803-469-7519.

Work Wanted

CLASSIFIED ADS Will Go To Work For You! To Find Cash Buyers For Your Unused Items

Need X-Tra $$$ Buy Wholesale $100 Min. Home & Body Oils, Oil Warmers, Bottles, More! 774-7823

For details on these and additional jobs, both permanent and temporary, please visit our website......

WILLIAMSTEMPORARY.COM Some of the following current job openings are Direct Hire and some are Temp to Hire.

RECEPTIONIST EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR MFG. ASSEMBLERS MFG. MAINTENANCE TECHS PRESS OPERATORS TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Apply in person at:

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Fulton Town Electric, Service any electrical needs. Cert. Master Electrician, 938-3261/883-4607

Baby chicks www.barnyardconservation.com

Norman Williams and Associates, Inc. 344 West Liberty Street No Fees To Applicants.

Call 803-410-3815

PUBLIC NOTICE SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Water 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Public Notice No.13-039-R Date: March 19, 2013 NOTICE OF PROPOSED REISSUANCE OF A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT The following applicant has reapplied for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge treated wastewater into waters of the State of South Carolina. The NPDES permit contains effluent limitations on the amounts of pollutants allowed to be discharged, based upon preliminary staff review and application of the Federal Clean Water Act, the SC Pollution Control Act, and other lawful standards and appropriate regulations.

The pollutant limitations and other permit conditions are tentative and open to comment from the public.

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Lawn Service

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net

Business Services

1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153

Purchase must be paid for at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed within 48 hours of the sale. Failure to do so could result in abandonment of goods and denial of future participation. Sale is subject to adjournment

Concrete Driveways, Patios, Sidewalks, etc. 803-934-6692 www.lgdirtbusters.com. Call today

803-316-0128

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s);

D023 - Rembert, James F050 - McDaniel, Hazel F055 - Champagne, Latonya G010 - Johnson, Ashley

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41 N. Mill St. Manning, SC or 20 N. Magnolia St. Sumter, SC

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Mobile Home Rentals American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

Unfurnished Homes 2985 Queen Chapel Rd 3BR1BA. $550/mo + $600dep. Section 8 OK. Call 803-469-0258 3BR/1.5BA Oakland Ave. 1400 sq ft., lg. yard, Millwood Elem. $700 mo. + dep. 303-751-1460.

Mobile Home Rentals

Ocean Lakes 2BR/2BA C/H/A Sleeps 8, near ocean, Call 803-773-2438

Scenic Lake. 2 Br/2Ba. & 3BR /2BA. No pets. Call between 9am 5pm: (803) 499-1500.

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

2 Bd $350, Clean & in nice area.

Call 803-840-5734

Tax Season is here! Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing.We have 2-3-4-5 bedroom homes. We have a layaway program. For more information call 843-389-4215.

Pinewood 420 East Clark St. 4bd/2ba single family. 1287 sq ft, fixer upper, lease or cash option. $750 down $491/mo.

Call 803-978-1539.

Resort Rentals

Multiple lots for sale: Cannery Rd, Keystone Rd, Old Charleston Hwy. Call 803-236-8495 ask for Bruce.

Need a New Home? Can't Get Financing? WE CAN HELP!! Call 803-469-3222.

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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

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OPEN Ernest Baker Auto Sales & Equip. Located 3349 N. Main St 5.5 miles from 378 overpass at N. Main., on Hwy 15 N. next to Baker Mini Warehouse. Remember Cars are like Eggs, Cheaper in the Country!!! 803-469-9294

2003 Lincoln Town Car. Wht Ext, Tan Int, 86k miles. $6,200 OBO. Call 803-469-9381

5775 Cane Savannah Rd. (Wedgefield). 1+ acre land for sale. Perfect for a new home or future investment. Close to Shaw AFB. 803-983-2261 or 316-2730

Country Living DWMH. 3BR/2BA 1 acre land. Asking $65,000. Call 803-566-1878.

Camper Spots Available at Randolph's Landing on Beautiful Lake Marion. Boat Ramp, Boat Docking, Fishing pier, Restaurant and Tackle Shop. Call for rates: 803-478-2152.

Waterfront Lot Live Oak Subd.

Dalzell 5 acres $27,900 OBO Call 843-957-4752

Tired of Renting? Affordable housing. We can Help!! Call 803-469-3252.

Approx.10 acres, pasture, all or part, with small pond & wooded area. Good for riding and boarding horses. Needs to be fenced to your specs. Owner will deduct fencing cost from rent. Call 481-9024

Autos For Sale

Campers / RV's/ Motorhomes

Land & Lots for Sale

Manufactured Housing

Acreage Farm Rentals

TRANSPORTATION

Boats / Motors 1995 War-Eagle 14 ft. 1985 30 HP Mariner Tilt & Trim, ready to fish. $2200 OBO. Call 847-4421

West Oakland Avenue: newly renovated 3 br, 1.5 bath home.

Insulated windows. New roof & H/AC. Bathrooms completely redone. $85K. Call 803-360-2392.

Rent to own 2BR/1BA all appl. incl. C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $385/mo. Call 464-5757

Set includes: Comforter, Sheet Set, Pillow Shams & Dust Ruffle

RECREATION

3 bed 2 bath 16x80 for sale. Call 803-469-3252.

3 BD/2.5 Bth Home New Const.

Great Floor Plan 1305 Mayfield Dr. Priced to Sell! Call 803-309-6627.

Mobile Homes for rent.

Section 8 OK. Call 803-773-8022.

TWIN $25 Set FULL $35 Set QUEEN $40 Set KING $45 Set

Very nice 3 br, 2 ba mobile home on Fish Rd. approx. monthly payments $290. Call 236-5953.

Homes for Sale

2003 Lg. DW, 4 br, 2 ba, rents $750 mo + $750 dep. Live Oak Realty 803-469-8147

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water/sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd.

RV parking avail. Call 494-8350

Manufactured Housing

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RENTALS

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