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Donations beat last summer’s total United Ministries director thankful for community’s help, partnership BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter United Ministries Summer of Caring ended last week with $7,350 raised from

Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend. This exceeded last year’s campaign of $5,542 by more than $1,800, bringing the total raised during the two summers to $12,712.

The initiative was a partnership between Sumter United Ministries and The Sumter Item, raising money for the organization’s three charities of Crisis Relief Ministry, Emergency Shelter and Construction Ministry.

“Any time you start something new, it may take some time for people to catch on, but with the Summer of Caring, we’ve had really great results,” said Mark Champagne, Sumter United Ministries executive director. “We’re extremely grateful for the partnership and the donations.” Jack Osteen, editor and publisher of The Sumter Item,

said the newspaper is pleased to be a part of Summer of Caring and Sumter United Ministries for a second summer. “We succeeded in increasing donations over our inaugural year by about 25 percent, and I hope we can continue to build on that each

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Mystery meat? Not for Sumter School District students

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Chef salad was an option on the menu for students at Oakland Primary School on Friday. Sumter School District is serving healthier meals as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. “It was a challenge figuring out how to make meals healthier but at the same time tasty and appealing to the children, but it has worked well,” said Leon Williams, the district’s director of school food and nutrition programs.

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A student at Oakland Primary School pours some dressing on his salad on Friday.

Chef salad, seasoned corn, fresh baby carrots, blue raspberry applesauce, bananas and whole wheat breadsticks were just some of the healthy sides offered on Sumter School District’s elementary school lunch menu on Friday. For the past several years, district students have eaten healthier breakfasts, lunches and snacks at schools as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

The federal act, implemented in 2010, gave the U.S. Department of Agriculture the ability to make changes to school lunch programs for the first time in more than 30 years. The act made improvements in the nutrition of foods and beverages served in cafeterias and sold in vending machines. The district has seen these changes firsthand. One of the requirements stemming from the act is portion size in number of calories served per meal, according to Leon Williams, the district’s director of school food and nutrition services.

Get a ‘Taste of the South’ at local farmers market BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Downtown Sumter Farmers Market will celebrate the advent of autumn on Saturday with a special event called Taste of the South. The Farm Store’s Mike Dellinger, who coordinates the market, has invited several members of the South Carolina Specialty Food Association to

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bring their products to the market for tastings and demonstrations during the morning. All members of the organization grow or make their products in the state, he said. Taste of the South is an effort to make people aware of the state’s specialty foods industry, according to Dellinger, who said that, while this is not

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Mike Dellinger of DMF Farm and The Farm Store works on his farm. Also in charge of the Downtown Sumter Farmers Market, he has arranged a special event for Saturday, Taste of the South.

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The new meals are providing children more whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean protein and low-fat dairy as well as less sugar, fat and sodium. Williams said all of the food served at the district has to be at least 50 percent whole grain. All milk has to be 1 percent or fat free, and four fruits or vegetables are required at each meal. “It was a challenge figuring out how to make meals healthier but at the same time tasty and appealing to the

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new but controversial study asks if an end is coming to the busy Atlantic hurricane seasons of recent decades. The Atlantic looks like it is entering into a new, quieter cycle of storm activity, like in the 1970s and 1980s,

two prominent hurricane researchers wrote Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scientists at Colorado State University, including the professor who pioneered hurricane seasonal

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Do prisons use modern form of slavery? Some troubled by inmate work programs; corrections director defends system COLUMBIA (AP) — Some civil rights leaders say South Carolina and other states that use inmate work programs to help private companies are practicing a modern form of slavery by using workers who can’t go anywhere else to do jobs that could go to people on the outside. Rep. Joe Neal is especially bothered that some prisoners earn less than minimum wage while the state is paid several dollars an hour for providing their services. “To me that is a form of

slavery — where this person is worked for profit but isn’t allowed to profit for him or herself. I think that is a system that needs to be undone,” Neal, D-Hopkins, told The Greenville News. But the director of the state prisons said the programs are voluntary and state law prevents companies from removing jobs from outside prison walls to give to inmates. Corrections Department Director Bryan Stirling said working gives inmates skills and money to pay restitution, child

support and savings for when they get out, and they return to prison in lower rates. “It provides a skill, it provides institutional safety and it also pays victims back. And the recidivism rate speaks for itself. This is an avenue for us to help these offenders during the day make the institution safe and also teach them hard work, a skill, and they get a paycheck, which many of them may not have had before,” Stirling said. About 1,300 of South Carolina’s 21,000 inmates work.

There are three programs. About 200 make furniture, mattresses, clothes and picture frames. They make between $6.75 per hour and $18.75 per hour. About 800 prisoners make signs and flooring and earn between $7.25 and $10 per hour. The third program has inmates reupholster furniture, make license plates and refurbish golf carts. It is not considered manufacturing, so those prisoners earn between 35 cents and $1.80 per hour. Inmates, who must have

spotless disciplinary records, have to use the money to pay taxes and room and board, as well as any restitution owed to victims and child support. They also must save 10 percent of their wages by law to be given to them when they are released from prison. Any company can come to the Corrections Department and ask to use inmate labor. They operate in buildings designed by the prison and leased to them and have to pay rent, utilities and a fee for guards, Stirling said.

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Fire hydrant flow tests Wednesday, Thursday The City of Sumter will be performing fire hydrant flow tests on Clipper Road, Corporate Way, Southgate Drive, Northgate Drive, Lynette Drive, Cockerill Road and Campbell Court. Water customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water. Work will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Direct any questions or concerns to the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

17-year-old struck by vehicle, killed on U.S. 76 A 17-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle as she was walking across a section of the U.S. 76 bypass near Miller Road on Saturday. About 8:10 p.m., Terricia Monae Butler was struck by a 2006 Chevrolet pickup truck as the vehicle was traveling east on the highway. Butler died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle did not sustain any injuries and no charges will be filed, according to Cpl. Sonny Collins of South Carolina Highway Patrol. There are signs along the roadway advising pedestrians to not cross the highway.

Woman killed in hit and run near Rembert South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver and vehicle involved in a hit and run Saturday night resulting in a death on Richbow Road in Sumter County near Rembert. Elizabeth Lewis, 53, was struck by an unknown vehicle about 8 p.m. and died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle fled the area after the incident. Cpl. Sonny Collins asks that anyone with information about the vehicle or the driver involved in the hit and run call *HP or their local Crime Stoppers. Anonymous tips can be provided to S.C. Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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Sumter High School cheerleaders cheer on their team to a 38-0 win over Stratford on Friday night at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

Obama: GOP attacks working Americans BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Obama denounced Republicans for a “constant attack on working Americans” and said he was using his executive power to force federal contractors to give paid sick leave to their employees. Obama was met with resounding applause at a major union rally and breakfast in Boston on Monday when he said he had signed the executive order aboard Air Force One as he flew in to mark Labor Day. He said Republicans who claim the mantle of middleclass protectors are talking big, but they “have to walk the walk.” Obama said opponents of his economic policies “won’t let facts or evidence get in their way.” “You just wait, you look up at the sky and prosperity will come raining down on us from the top of whatever high-rise in New York City,” he said sarcastically. “But that’s not how the economy works.” He added that the GOP’s mindset has been “wrecking the economy for a long, long time.” The Labor Day gesture to workers’

groups came as Obama works to smooth over tensions with the labor movement over his trade agenda. Major unions are opposing Obama’s push for sweeping new trade deals with Asia and Europe, with some threatening to work against Democrats who voted to support those talks in Congress. Unions have warned that the deals could lead to widespread job elimination. Obama has signed a law providing money to retrain workers if their jobs get shipped overseas. Under the executive order, employees working on federal contracts gain the right to a minimum of one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours they work. Stretched out over 12 months, that’s up to seven days per year. The order will allow employees to use the leave to care for sick relatives as well and will affect contracts starting in 2017 — just as Obama leaves office. But the White House wouldn’t specify the cost to federal contractors to implement the executive order. The Labor Department said any costs would be offset by savings that con-

tractors would see as a result of lower attrition rates and increased worker loyalty but produced nothing to back that up. Vice President Joe Biden echoed Obama’s theme in a march with an influential labor leader, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who introduced Biden in Pittsburgh as a “brother” and “a champion of working men and working women.” A few along the parade route chanted “run, Biden, run,” in a reference to Biden’s ongoing deliberations about whether to run for president in 2016. In Boston, Obama was flanked by prominent Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a giant banner reading “Workers and Community” in red, white and blue. Labor leaders Randi Weingarten and Mary Kay Henry joined Obama for the flight on Air Force One. In the corridors of the hotel hosting the breakfast, boxes of campaign signs could be spotted bearing the name of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who opposes the trade deals.

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New gallery exhibits ‘provocative, meaningful’ Shows can be seen through Oct. 30 BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item “Speaking in Tongues” by Willie Cole and “Red Dirt and Doilies” by Michaela Pilar Brown, the current Sumter Gallery of Art exhibits, are excellent companion shows. Both artists display their ability to paint “regular pictures” as well as reach far outside the norm to create interesting, provocative and meaningful works. Cole’s progress from 1976 through 1988 led him from graphic design to painting pastel portraits, landscapes and dogs. From Basquiat to Van Gogh, he absorbed ideas and techniques as well as an appreciation of African culture. His set “Five Stances for Domestic Defense” takes advantage of his creative use of “found objects.” Dismantling steam irons and heating them to scorch dynamic shapes allowed him to create postures related to Japanese movements and a “tribute” to his ex-wife, who was a dancer. When he found a bunch of hair dryers, they became the inspiration for his intensely graphic turquoise “EPHOTOS BY IVY MOORE / THE SUMTER ITEM 10000TM,” an intaglio print Early guests at Sumter County Gallery of Art’s opening reception for exhibitions by Willie Cole and Michaela Pilar Brown discuss Brown’s instalon paper. When he was asked to create something lation “Still Weeping,” a reflection on her family history. for the anniversary of MLK lacy edges of the dress emin 2013, his hoses, one printphasized by the folds and ed with Psalm 23 and the three-dimensional impact. other the Declaration of InTwo pieces in particular same” underscores his evaldependence, symbolized the reveal her desire to commuuation of himself as an dedication of workers. nicate the impact of heri“urban archaeologist.” His fascination with shoes Brown’s work is equally as tage and the use of narrahe attributes to his son’s tive imagery and magic realcaptivating and creative. sneakers. In 2005 at the Uniism. The pine cone figure is Much of her artistic diaversity of Georgia, as he the artist at 20, before she logue stems from her instarted working, he went to was married or had chiltense interest in family histhe thrift shop to seek more dren. To the left, “Body sneakers but found very few. tory and heritage. In fact, Armor for Mothers” is a installation pieces such as However, there were many “Still Weeping” reflect a his- complex mixture of her life female shoes, especially story and her love of family torical journey as she uses heels. The rest is delightful heirlooms. houses, family pictures and history — an amazing colAs a caregiver to her famany personal objects to relection of sculptures approther who had cancer, she consider her Irish heritage priately connected to art for found herself changing, and her life as it has been several reasons: their strucArtist Willie Cole created this needing to be there for him influenced by her parents’ ture, their design and their piece, a fire hose painted with the yet trying to keep her “femimixed marriage. To her, hiswonderful potential to tell a words of the Declaration of Indetory is not “outside our lives nine side.” The body shape story. pendence, in connection with the is hers, covered with handbut in our lives.” It is a “re“The Worrier” began as a 45th anniversary of the death of made paper she found. The pository for memory.” For small statue of black shoes, Martin Luther King Jr. His exhibi“armor” consists of nails example, “Cocking Crow,” a becoming larger as he used tion, “Speaking in Tongues,” can be from her grandfather’s barn 2014 acrylic, features her as foam to enlarge them. He viewed at Sumter County and a gun of his. The tough a dancer. The composition could see “arms, legs, elGallery of Art through Oct. 30. leather conveys both the foritself is forceful, using the bows” in their style. “Downtitude it took to be a caregivtown Goddess” uses both the dynamic “Fosse-esque” porWillie Cole created “Downtown er and the compassion to do trait of hershape of the Goddess,” left, with high heels, a so as a family member. The self on the shoes and a favorite medium. SEE THE SHOWS inside of the form is lined left and the bright redwith a family made quilt, refamily farmdish color, “Speaking in Tongues” by Willie inforcing the connection to land lightly highlighted Cole and “Red Dirt and Doilies” by family and dedication. The sketched on by gold soles, Michaela Pilar Brown will remain delicate beading on the the vast to create an We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins at Sumter Gallery of Art, 200 shoulders comes from an ob“white” space. imposing fe& Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Hasell St., through Oct. 30. ject of her grandmother’s The chicken male figure. Admission is free. Because some Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates and also supports her need feet (and “Bronx of the artwork in the exhibit is for to keep her femininity even other uses of Bambi,” asadults, Director Karen Watson in the face of a difficult chickens in sembled in recommends that parents use Inside Vestco Properties discretion for children under 17. task. The silver fox head, her work) 2015, com480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 For more information, call (803) found on the farm, is delisuggest her bines shoes, (inside Coca-Cola Building)) 775-0543. cately decorated with pieces recurring inmetal wire, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM of her grandmother’s jewelterest in screws and ry. Southern culnylon thread, 803-773-8022 Although several of her ture. resulting in an almost quizcompositions incorporate In “Celebrity Mother,” zically looking deer head. nudity, it is not used to Brown is delicately shroudHe confesses that in many shock but to emphasize vuled in light, a halo around ways it seems like womanher and a fan, part of family nerability, openness and a related art, but currently he personal journey. For examis working on weaving water objects she is fond of using. ple, in “Pot to Piss” she reHer frock series, archival bottle chandeliers, Cadillac veals herself in dynamic ink on paper, captures the shapes and teddy bears light and shade, constructessence of the dress as it while still trying to mainHaving an intelligent ing an emotional relationflows from scene to scene, tain proficiency with paintchild who just ship between what “is and gathering motion and form ing and drawing. His obserhappens to learn in was,” reality with a mesuntil it culminates in the vation that “we all look difsage. delicate fifth picture, the ferent, but we are really the a different manner

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The Downtown Sumter Farmers Market will offer the special event Taste of the South on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Rotary Centennial Plaza on the corner of Liberty and Main streets. Several members of the S.C. Specialty Food Association will offer free samples of their products, perform cooking demonstrations and have their merchandise for sale. Regular farmers market items will also be on sale, and prizes will be awarded.

TASTE FROM PAGE A1 “an officially sanctioned SCSFA event,” he’s “starting out with 10 or 12 different producers, and I hope to make this an annual event with even more people participating. “There are a lot of specialty foods produced in South Carolina,” Dellinger said. “At the farmers market, people will be able to put a face to the products they’ve enjoyed. They’ll get to sample the foods, and if it tastes good and they like it, the people who make it will be standing right there in front of them, so they can talk to them and buy their products.” He named a few of the products that will be offered on Saturday: “Jams, jellies, gumbos, hot sauces, salad dressing, rice, grits ... . Dairy products from Happy Cow Creamery, goat milk products from Split Creek Farm, breads, sweets, scones, buns. The coffee people from Iron Brew will be serving coffee, Milky Way Farm from the Lake Hartwell area will have their raw milk, Grey Ghost Bakery from John’s Island will have their wonderful cookies.” Several of the producers will offer cooking demon-

JOIN THE FUN Sumter’s Downtown Farmers Market presents Taste of the South from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Rotary Centennial Plaza on the corner of Liberty and Main streets. The market will be open during the same hours through September.

strations, Dellinger said. “I’ll probably do some stir fries and sautés with local veggies, and From Me to You will demonstrate some of their creations. I’ll be grilling, too. I also hope to have watermelon for people to eat.” “Derek Burress will be there as the emcee,” he said, “and he’ll be announcing the different events. We’ll have demonstrations on the hour and prize giveaways on the half hour.” DMF Farm, which is the Dellinger family farm, will have its meats, eggs, vegetables and other products available. In fact, Dellinger said, “The first 100 people to come to the market will get a dozen eggs for free, and we’ll be giving away butter with a purchase. The city will give a special tote bag to the first 100 who make a $5 purchase of anything at

the market.” Not all of the vendors will have food, he said. “We’ll have laundry soap that has just been released to this area, and our crafters will be there, too. I expect we’ll have some surprise guests who weren’t able to commit in advance,” Dellinger said. “It’s just something a little different that I hope will continue to grow.” According to its official website, www.scsfa.org, “The South Carolina Specialty Food Association is the only statewide organization dedicated to promoting the best specialty food products available in the Palmetto state. ... The non-profit association seeks to further the development and awareness of the South Carolina specialty foods industry through education, networking, peer support/mentoring and promotions.”

though no major hurricane prognostication, say they are hit the United States in 2010, seeing a localized cooling its overall activity was more and salinity level drop in the than 60 percent higher than North Atlantic near Greennormal. And just because it’s land. Those conditions, they a quiet season doesn’t mean theorize, change local weatha city can’t be devastated, er and ocean patterns and Klotzbach said. Hurricane form an on-again, off-again Andrew hit South Florida in cycle in hurricane activity an otherwise quiet 1992 seathat they trace back to the son as a top-of-the-scale late 1800s. Warmer, saltier water prostorm. duces periods of more and Other scientists either restronger storms followed by ject the study outright or call cooler, less salty water trigit premature. gering a similar period of “I think they’re pretty fewer and weaker hurrimuch wrong about this,” canes, the scientists say. The said MIT meteorology properiods last about 25 years, fessor Kerry Emanuel, who sometimes also specializmore, somees in hurritimes less. The cane research. busy cycle that “That paper is just ended was not backed by one of the a lot of evishorter ones, dence.” perhaps beEmanuel cause it was so doesn’t believe strong that it in the cycle ran out of encited by the ergy, said researchers or study lead authe connecthor Phil tion to ocean Klotzbach. temperature Klotzbach and salinity. said since He thinks the about 2012 quiet period there’s been of hurricanes more localized of the 1970s cooling in the and 1980s is GABRIEL VECCHI key area and connected to less salt, sugsulfur polluNOAA scientist gesting a new, tion and the quieter period. busy period But Klotzbach said it is too that followed is a result of soon to be certain that one the cleaning of the air. And has begun. Jim Kossin of the National “We’re just asking the Oceanic and Atmospheric question,” he said. Administration said cooler But he said he thinks the water temperatures earlier answer is yes. He says the this year might be because of busy cycle started about 1995 Atlantic dust, and August and probably ended in 2012; temperatures there have in 2005 alone, Katrina, Rita risen. and Wilma killed more than Another NOAA scientist, 1,500 people and caused bilGabriel Vecchi, said while lions of dollars in damage. there seems to be signs of a The quiet cycle before that change in the circulation of went from about 1970 to 1994, the Atlantic, it’s far too early and before that it was busy to say that the shift has hapfrom 1926 until 1969, he said. pened. Klotzbach doesn’t take into “So what happens in the account where a storm hits next few years is going to be but how strong storms are very exciting to watch, as it and how long they last remay help settle or at least regardless of whether they fine some intense scientific make landfall. So even debates,” Vecchi said.

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Collars monitor pets for problems LOS ANGELES (AP) — You can use wearables with GPS to keep track of wandering dogs. Others help you track animals’ physical activity. Now, two companies have the latest in wearable pet technology: collars that can check for a fever, monitor pulse and respiration and even indicate if your pet is in pain. PetPace, based in Burlington, Mas-

Kenneth Herring of Grosse Ile, Michigan, said his dog Jack has epilepsy, and some of the seizures have been serious. When there are changes in Jack’s vital signs, Herring will be notified by way of the PetPace collar Jack wears. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

sachusetts, has a medical collar that can measure a dog’s vital signs and other information to look for signs of pain. Irregularities trigger a notice by phone, text or email. Voyce, created by I4C Innovations Inc., and based in

Chantilly, Virginia, has a consumer version that tracks similar information. It also has a Voyce Pro that is available to veterinarians to prescribe for pets recovering from surgery or long-term illness.

Both smart collars can be programmed to monitor for a pet’s specific illness. Dogs and cats weighing more than 8 pounds can use them. Kenneth Herring, who lives outside Detroit, uses PetPace to monitor his 5-year-old dog, Jack, as part of a test case to see how effective the collar is in helping detect epilepsy. When Jack has a seizure, he keels over on his side, drools and may lose consciousness, Herring said. So far, his twitching limbs and lack of motion have been enough to trigger an alert, and PetPace plans to use what it learns from Jack to tailor the collar to other dogs with epilepsy. PetPace collars are available at petpace.com for $150 per collar and $15 a month, while Voyce is available at voyce.com for $200 and $9.95 a month. Michelle Saltzman, of Bedford, Massachusetts, uses PetPace for Lucas, a 10-year-old beagle she adopted in October. Lucas has a heart murmur and suffers from fainting spells, and the monitor allows Saltzman to leave the dog home alone without worrying.

Many millennials see themselves as self-absorbed, wasteful WASHINGTON — Even millennials don’t think much of their generation, according to a new poll Thursday. A Pew Research Center study showed that millennials — generally defined as those ages 18-34 — had far more negative views of their generation compared to Generation Xers, baby boomers or other age groups. More than half of millennials, 59 percent, described their generation as “self-absorbed,” while almost half — or 49 percent — said they were “wasteful,” and 43 percent said they were “greedy.” About 30 percent of Generation Xers — those ages 35-50 — said their own generation was self-absorbed and wasteful, and 20 percent of the baby boomers said the same about their age cohort. Millennials “stand out in their willingness to ascribe negative stereotypes to their own generation,” the study said. The older the group, the more positively they saw themselves, the Pew study found. For example, the so-called “Silent Generation” — those ages 70-87 — overwhelmingly described themselves as hardworking, responsible and patriotic, at 83 percent, 78 percent and 73 percent respectively. The baby boomers were not far behind, picking those same three words to describe themselves, at 77 percent, 66 percent and 52 percent, respectively. But the millennials and Gen Xers were not quite so positive about themselves: only 12 percent of the millennials and 26 percent of Generation X say they are patriotic; 24 percent of the millennials and 43 percent of the Gen Xers say they’re responsible; and 36 percent of the millennials and 54 percent of Generation X say

they are hard-working. In fact, the highest-ranking positive traits the millennials came up with for themselves were “environmentally con-

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of Guatemalan mothers who think their children were abducted to meet the demand. â€œSome of these GIVENS women have been searching for their children for years,â€? Monico said. Uncertainty also has weighed heavily on adoptive parents. â€œAfter we brought our son home, I became more and more concerned,â€? said Laura Hernon of Seattle, who with her husband adopted a boy from Guatemala in 2008, just before the shutdown. She wondered, â€œIs there a mom who was duped out of her baby?â€? The couple investigated and determined anew that the adoption was legitimate. â€œWhat would we have done if otherwise? I have no idea,â€? Hernon said. A couple in Littleton, Colorado, Linda and Tom Chatfield, commissioned a search for the birth mother of their son, Michael, six years after they adopted him from a Guatemalan foster family in 2005. He was â€œasking a lot about where he came from.â€? The searcher tracked down not only the birth mother, but also his birth father and five siblings. Two years ago, when Michael was 8, the Chatfields took him to Guatemala to meet the impoverished family. â€œThe meeting was very emotional,â€? Linda Chatfield said. â€œThey told Michael they loved him, and they asked him to forgive them. Thatâ€™s a tough thing to ask an 8-year-old.â€? The Chatfields havenâ€™t returned to Guatemala since then. But each summer they attend a camp in Colorado for families with children adopted from Guatemala and other Latin American countries. Kathi Thomas, an adoptive mother in Austin, helped found a similar camp four years ago in cooperation with the University of Texas School of Social Work. Camp programs emphasize Guatemalan and Mayan culture, encompassing dance, music, martial arts, cooking and language classes. â€œThey get soaked in Guatemala,â€? Thomas said. â€œWhen they come out, they are so proud of where they come from.â€? Thomasâ€™ daughter, Lettie, attended the camp and was a junior counselor this summer. Now 14, Lettie was adopted as an infant. An earlier adoption

NEW YORK â€” Scattered across the United States are more than 29,000 young people born in Guatemala and adopted by U.S. families before that troubled Central American nation shut down international adoption in 2008 amid allegations of rampant corruption and baby-selling. Today, as adoptees come of age, many want to know about their birth mother and why she gave them up and wonder about the murky circumstances of adoption. Some have traveled to Guatemala to investigate. â€œGuatemala was all I could think about,â€? said Gemma Givens, a 25-year-old adoptee in California, who has made two trips to the country to learn what she could. â€œI was just a mess,â€? she said, â€œthe questions, the wondering, the pain, the desire to heal and to figure it out.â€? International adoptions from Guatemala began to surge after a 36-year-civil war ended in 1996. Tens of thousands of civilians disappeared or were killed during the conflict, leaving legions of children without care. Orphanages overflowed, and American families seeking to adopt soon learned there was a vast supply of infants being made available. By 2006, more than 4,000 Guatemalan children annually â€” about 1 of every 100 babies â€” were being adopted by American families, and the small country became the second-largest source of adoptees after China. Huge sums were at stake â€” American families routinely paid $30,000 or more to Guatemalan lawyers to arrange an adoption. Then, as evidence of corruption mounted, the pipeline closed. Adoptions to the U.S. dropped to 27 last year. Roughly half of all the adoptions by Americans entailed some type of impropriety â€” from outright abduction of infants by Guatemalan racketeers to baby-selling to various types of coercion and deception that induced mothers to relinquish their children, according to Carmen Monico of Elon University. The professor of human service studies has conducted extensive research on adoption in Guatemala. Monico expressed empathy with adopting families, saying, â€œThey had their hearts in the right place.â€? But she also has documented the experiences

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attempt by Thomas and her husband, Mark Hastings, unraveled when a DNA test revealed that the purported birth mother was a fraud. In Lettieâ€™s case, Thomas and Hastings told her about her background and took her to Guatemala at age 4 to meet her birth mother. She had eight other children before Lettie was born and felt she couldnâ€™t afford to raise another. â€œShe said she wanted our daughter to have opportunities that her other children canâ€™t even dream about,â€? Thomas said. â€œShe said she had prayed for Lettie every day and hoped Lettie didnâ€™t hate her for sending her away.â€? On the contrary, Lettie said, â€œIâ€™m thankful that she knows that Iâ€™m having a safer life here. ... Yet I am always

said Lisa Niergarth, though adding they and the agency did everything legally. â€œWe would never ever want to take a child away from a mom, but if there was a birth mother who felt she couldnâ€™t take care of a child, we wanted to be there and do what we can to live up to what that mom would have wanted for her child.â€? As for Jake, a high school football player who aspires to join the U.S. military, heâ€™s content to leave questions about his background unanswered. â€œI donâ€™t want to take a risk and find out something that I donâ€™t want to know,â€? he wrote. â€œI just want to go on thinking good things about my birthmother, like her giving me a better home and life, and nothing more.â€?

missing her.â€? Another adoptee, 16-year-old Jake Niergarth of Cedar, Michigan, said he has relished visiting Guatemala with his parents and helping people â€” theyâ€™ve built houses, and his father has run dental clinics â€” yet he expressed no regrets over not growing up there. â€œI probably would be working in a cornfield somewhere making almost nothing ... living in a one-room shack with no electricity or running water,â€? he emailed. â€œMy life would be completely different.â€? When they adopted Jake through a major U.S. adoption agency in 1999, the Niergarths learned the birth motherâ€™s name, but little else about her or why she relinquished Jake. â€œItâ€™s hard to think about,â€?

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FROM PAGE A1 and every summer,” he said. “Mark Champagne and his team continue to do great things for the Sumter community, and we are honored to just be a part of it in some way.” Crisis relief includes assistance with utilities, rent and providing furniture to those in need. Construction ministry

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Kentucky clerk appeals her jailing Elected official refuses to issue marriage licenses to gay couples LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A defiant county clerk is willing to stay in jail for her beliefs, but she’d prefer to be a free woman. Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis have officially appealed a judge’s decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The three-page motion does not include arguments as to why Davis should be released but amends Davis’ earlier appeal of the judge’s order. Davis, an apostolic Chris-

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DAVIS IS HONORABLE FOR STANDING UP FOR HER BELIEFS RE U.S. district judge in Kentucky jails Kim Davis: I would like to know what “genuinely held religious beliefs” that this U.S. District Judge David Bunning has. Apparently these are not Christian beliefs that would prevent him from upholding immoral unconstitutional law. And if he does hold Christian beliefs then he is certainly not nearly as brave or honorable as clerk of court Kim Davis. Stand firm, Ms. Davis. This is a nation founded under God’s law. No earthly judge can overrule The Supreme Judge of the universe. JOHN DAVIS Jr. Dalzell (No relation)

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What makes American workers great Editor’s note: We came across this recent article in the National Observer Online by Kevin Williamson about Labor Day which was observed as a holiday this past weekend and thought we’d share some excerpts and insights from it for our readers. To the left wing in this country Labor Day is worshiped as a tribute to labor unions, both public and private sector. Such unions are usually regarded as wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party, or vice versa. But we get ahead of ourselves. Let’s present some words from the article itself:

hen it comes to fortifying sanctimony with criminality, it is hard to beat the American labor movement, which we hear a great deal from on Labor Day weekend. The education monopolists may dabble in criminality, as with those teachers and administrators in Atlanta who soon will be reporting to prison, but they’re mostly sanctimony most of the time, and of course the union bosses have a hand in that, too, teachers’ unions being what they are. ... The good news is that in the real economy, the American labor movement is dead as fried chicken. It’s just waiting to keel over. The Obama administration and its allies have done everything they can to prop up the labor syndicates, for obvious reasons: They are important sources of donations and manpower for Democratic campaigns not to mention the occasional act of political terrorism — and they are an indirect source of influence in that the more tightly an industry is under political discipline, the more opportunities there are for political profiteering. The National Labor Relations Board’s improper persecution of Boeing (which has a plant in South Carolina) and the recent risible NLRB franchise decision are acts of desperation. And the union goons should be desperate: Private-sector union membership is steadily declining, down to 6.6 percent of the work force in the latest figures. ... (Public-sector unions, which represent more than a third of all government employees, are a separate and distinct problem, one that is going to be worked out mainly in Chapter 9 bankruptcy and whatever process gets

cooked up for insolvent states.) The criminality of the American labor movement is beyond dispute. ... What’s less often appreciated is that its sanctimony is based on falsehood, too. The unions are not, contrary to the popular bumper sticker, the “people who brought you the weekend” or the 40-hour work week. In reality, Ford decided to institute the five-day week in 1922, though it was not done until 1926 — a decade before the United Autoworkers union was even formed, and 15 years before Ford would sign its first union contract. The Ford example is illustrative in that the company’s work-force innovations — effectively doubling its entry-level wage at one point, five-day weeks, etc. — were driven neither by political pressure nor union extortion nor philanthropic impulse but by the fact that good workers were and are extraordinarily valuable, and every time Ford lost an assembly-line veteran and had to recruit and train a replacement was money out of Henry Ford’s pocket. Ford’s management knew what today’s executives in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street and in Montana sawmills know: People are assets, not liabilities. ... The same principle holds true now: A world without union bosses is not a world of wicked coal-mine operators exploiting helpless serfs with nobody standing in the way but the Molly Maguires. It isn’t a union that inspires Google to offer such high wages and rich (indeed, sometimes silly) amenities to its employees — it’s Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. ... ... It’s a given that changes in productivity account for about 74 percent of

‘American workers are among the most creative and productive people who have ever lived, and it wasn’t a corrupt Jimmy Hoffa protection racket that made them great.’

changes in wages within any given industry. ... Workers get paid more because they produce more, not because there’s some coddled predatory halfwit threatening to pass out picket signs. Detroit is dead. But when Europeans fire up their nifty new turbocharged Honda Type R Civics, they’re enjoying 276 horsepower made in the USA — in a car that isn’t ever going to be sold in the American market. Americans will have to make do with the new NSX supercar, which is built at the same facility in Marysville, Ohio, by highly skilled, highly paid American autoworkers with no UAW bosses around to gum up the works and skim from the paychecks. Why is Honda so successful in the United States? Last year, automakers announced $1.8 billion in investments in Ohio, and $1.5 billion of that was Honda: $70 million for NSX production here, $123 million for a painting facility there — it adds up. Investment, not union extortion, is what turbocharges the value of labor. There’s a world of difference between what 100 skilled workers with a 20-year-old facility can create and what 100 skilled workers with a state-of-the-art facility can create. Real investment in real capital is what enables economic growth and higher wages. ... If you’re unlucky, you’ve heard some speeches this weekend about all the great things the Teamsters and the IBEW and the UAW have done for the American worker, and all the things they want to do. Don’t believe a word of it. You want to do the American worker a favor, then get rid of the interference — the taxes, the regulations, and, yes, the dopey antiquated union rules — that stand between the worker and the factory door. American workers are among the most creative and productive people who have ever lived, and it wasn’t a corrupt Jimmy Hoffa protection racket that made them great. They aren’t weaklings, and they don’t need protection — not from you, not from Donald Trump, not from Bernie Sanders, and not from James P. Hoffa. All they need is a chance to use the talents and the strength God gave them. ... Get the picture? Our thanks go to National Review for setting the record straight on what Labor Day should be all about.

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Is Stephen Colbert the man nobody really knows? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH With much fanfare, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:30 p.m., CBS) debuts. These talk show transitions are rare enough to remain interesting. They don’t always go smoothly. In fact, these installations take on an almost mythic quality. Colbert replaces David Letterman, who once tangled with Jay Leno, who blessed and then usurped his anointed heir, Conan O’Brien, who then withdrew to the land of cable after much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Only after being bloodied by this struggle did Leno acknowledge his weariness and give way to the relative youth of Jimmy Fallon — known as Fallon the bland or Fallon the merry, depending on one’s taste. As the late night legends continue, CBS has to wonder if Colbert will fit in seamlessly, or merely find a niche audience as O’Brien did during his short “Tonight Show” tenure. The mystery is compounded by the fact that Colbert’s reputation is based on his performance as the “fake” host of “The Colbert Report.” Who is the “real” Stephen Colbert? Will he be funny? And what kind of “funny” works in late night these days? Part of Fallon’s success is due to his genial personality and his need to be an entertainer. He’s nice, not edgy.

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel has also carved out an audience by identifying with an everyguy audience. Fallon, Kimmel and CBS’ James Corden have expanded the scope of their audience by creating bite-size bits suitable for YouTube. BBC America’s Graham Norton has also gained wider popularity in this manner. These bits obviously require the cooperation of celebrity guests, creating a rather friendly atmosphere on the couch. Has it become too friendly to be interesting? Part of Letterman’s grouchy charm was to keep some personalities at arm’s length. That’s hard to do when you need them as YouTube co-producers. On “The Report,” Colbert rarely failed to spoof or create some ironic distance from his guests. That was easier when everybody knew he was playing the fool. Will that change with Colbert’s network perch, where a need to expand his audience coincides with a “kinder/gentler” comedy era? Like O’Brien, Colbert’s appeal can be seen as too quirky and cerebral. That didn’t work out for O’Brien — at least not on network TV. Colbert’s very first guests, George Clooney and Jeb Bush, bear the stamp of official importance. But edgy they are not. It takes some time, years even, for the best hosts to find

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AROUND TOWN Clarendon School District One All Crosswell area residents are invited to attend will conduct free vision, hearDo you have a child attending school and share their concerns. ing, speech and developmenin Clarendon District One? Email crosswell2015@ tal screenings as part of a yahoo.com. child find effort to identify students with special The National Council of Negro needs. Screenings will be Women (NCNW) Sumter Secheld from 9 a.m. to noon at tion will meet at 5 p.m. on the Summerton Early Child- Friday, Sept. 11, at Morris hood Center, 8 South St., College. Summerton, on the followThe American Red Cross will ing Thursdays: Sept. 10; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; Dec. 10; Jan. offer New Volunteer Orientation / Disaster Services Over14, 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; view for new Red Cross volMarch 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; and May 12, 2016. Call unteers from 9 a.m. to noon Sadie Williams at (803) 485- on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Sandhills Service Cen2325, extension 116. ter, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. The Sumter Chapter of the Na- This class is for anyone tional Federation of the Blind who would like to volunteer will meet at 7 p.m. today at with the Red Cross in any Shiloh-Randolph Manor. capacity. Call (803) 775Glenn Givens will speak on 2363 to register or find out “Wills and Dying Without a more information. Will.” Transportation proSouthern Bliss Yoga will offer vided within the allotted a free yoga day on Saturday, mileage area. Contact Debra Canty, chapter presi- Sept. 12, at 600 Bultman dent, at DebraCanC2@fron- Drive. Mats and props will be provided. Available tier.com or (803) 775-5792. Add the group to your con- classes include: 10:15-11 a.m., Warm Power Flow; tacts for updated informa11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Yin; tion on the recorded mes12:30-1:15 p.m., doTerra Essage line at (206) 376-5992. sential Oils class and McLeod Orthopedic and snacks; 1:30-2:15 p.m., Yin Spine Specialists will host a and Flow; 2:30-3:15 p.m., Vinyasa Flow; and 3:30-4:15 free lunch and learn on hip p.m., Tai Chi. Pictures will pain and anterior hip rebe taken at 4:30 p.m. placement at noon on Thursday, Sept. 10, at Manning High School Class of Hamptons restaurant. Dr. 1971 will meet at 6 p.m. on David Woodbury, orthopae- Monday, Sept. 14, at the dic surgeon with McLeod home of Loretta Cantey Orthopaedics, will explain Conyers, 1 Branch St., Mancauses, symptoms and ning. Call Loretta at (803) treatment for hip pain, fo528-8183 or Lillian Hilton cusing on the advanced an- Wright at (803) 236-8049 for terior hip replacement opdetails. tion. A light lunch will be provided. As space is limit- Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on ed, please call (843) 777Thursday, Sept. 17, at the 2005 to register. South Sumter Resource The Overcomers Stroke SupCenter, 337 Manning Ave. port Group will meet at 6 At this meeting, plans will p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, be made for the 54th class at the Alice Drive Baptist reunion. Call Ferdinand Church library on the corBurns at (803) 968-4464 for ner of Loring Mill Road and details. Wise Drive. The Pinedale Neighborhood Crosswell Community ImAssociation will meet at 4 provement Committee will p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on at the South HOPE Center, Thursday, Sept. 10, at St. 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Call John United Methodist Ferdinand Burns at (803) Church, 136 Poinsett Drive, 968-4464 for details. just off of Lafayette Drive.

PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., main courtroom, second floor of the courthouse LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers SUMMERTON TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., town hall

Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

A t-storm around in the p.m.

WEDNESDAY

A thunderstorm in A t-storm in spots in spots early the p.m.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will gain EUGENIA LAST more by being nice than by being stern. Keep in mind that not everyone is as quick as you are. Patience will be required if you want help. Discuss your plans with your partner or business associate.

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

A thunderstorm possible

72°

90° / 73°

92° / 71°

88° / 69°

84° / 68°

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 30%

ESE 4-8 mph

S 4-8 mph

SSW 6-12 mph

WSW 8-16 mph

W 6-12 mph

WSW 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 86/70 Spartanburg 86/71

Greenville 87/70

Columbia 89/73

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 88/72

Aiken 85/69

ON THE COAST

Charleston 86/74

Today: A stray thunderstorm. High 84 to 88. Wednesday: A shower or thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. High 85 to 89.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

81° 69° 86° 65° 98° in 1954 53° in 1984

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Myrtle Beach 86/75

Manning 90/75

Today: Partly sunny and humid. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph. Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm in spots. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 87/72

Bishopville 89/73

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 356.87 72.59 72.55 97.12

24-hr chg -0.05 -0.04 none +0.01

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

0.16" 1.14" 0.92" 28.21" 27.30" 34.31"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 83/71/t 85/71/s Chicago 78/65/t 73/57/pc Dallas 96/77/pc 88/73/t Detroit 86/69/t 78/59/t Houston 91/73/t 90/72/s Los Angeles 93/71/s 94/72/pc New Orleans 90/75/t 88/76/s New York 93/75/s 91/75/s Orlando 90/75/t 92/74/s Philadelphia 94/74/s 92/75/s Phoenix 106/84/pc 100/83/t San Francisco 86/60/s 85/60/s Wash., DC 93/74/s 92/74/s

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 83/66/pc 84/70/t 86/71/t 85/75/t 84/75/t 86/74/t 89/71/pc 86/72/pc 89/73/t 87/71/pc 85/72/t 86/71/t 89/71/pc

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.82 +0.29 19 2.31 -0.51 14 2.23 -0.25 14 2.16 +0.17 80 74.09 +0.69 24 5.18 none

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 82/65/t 84/69/s 88/70/s 89/75/s 86/75/s 87/75/s 88/70/s 85/71/s 91/74/s 88/72/s 87/73/t 86/72/s 86/72/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 87/72/t Gainesville 86/73/t Gastonia 88/71/pc Goldsboro 87/72/t Goose Creek 86/74/t Greensboro 88/71/pc Greenville 87/70/pc Hickory 87/69/pc Hilton Head 84/76/t Jacksonville, FL 88/73/t La Grange 87/73/t Macon 85/70/t Marietta 83/71/t

Sunrise 7:00 a.m. Moonrise 2:49 a.m.

Sunset Moonset

7:39 p.m. 4:48 p.m.

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High 6:01 a.m. 6:32 p.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:21 p.m.

Today Wed.

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Ht. 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.3

Low 12:39 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:32 a.m. 1:39 p.m.

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 84/67/pc Mt. Pleasant 86/76/t Myrtle Beach 86/75/t Orangeburg 88/72/t Port Royal 86/75/pc Raleigh 87/71/pc Rock Hill 90/70/pc Rockingham 88/71/pc Savannah 86/74/t Spartanburg 86/71/pc Summerville 86/74/t Wilmington 85/72/t Winston-Salem 86/70/pc

Ht. 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.3

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 83/66/t 88/76/s 86/75/s 90/73/s 88/75/s 86/71/s 89/69/s 87/71/s 88/74/s 86/70/s 89/74/s 86/74/s 84/70/s

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

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decision. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let minor setbacks put you at a disadvantage. Set reasonable goals and don’t worry about what anyone else thinks. Stay on track and avoid any emotional disputes. Only offer help to those you know will reciprocate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take on too much or indulge in something that will make you look or feel bad. Put more into home, family and affection toward the people you enjoy being with most. A change of location will do you good.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Precision, coupled with facts and figures, will be the only way to operate today. Know exactly what you will get before you make any offers. Risky joint ventures are best avoided. Invest in yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Use old ideas and skills in an interesting manner. Take on less responsibility and make sure that whatever you do, you do it superbly. A sudden change in financial, legal or health matters will lead to an important

A shower and t-storm around

Chance of rain: 40%

SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, Sept. 10, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Business trips will give you reason to celebrate. A positive change at home and to your reputation is within reach. A proposal you cannot turn down is heading your way. Prepare to negotiate and get what you want in writing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Money matters will take an unusual twist. Don’t leave cash or valuables out in the open. Kindness and generosity will lead to loss. Put your skills to work in a progressive fashion and you will advance.

SATURDAY

88°

SUMTER BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Wednesday, 3 p.m., fourth floor council chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look at the big picture, but don’t exceed your budget. You’ll face opposition if you try to make physical changes. Focus on getting along with the people you live with. Compromise and taking care of your responsibilities will ease tension.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Uncertainty will take over if you allow someone to put you in a vulnerable position. Don’t put up with pushy behavior. Take a course or research something that interests you. Avoid anyone who is trying to bait you into a disagreement.

FRIDAY

Chance of rain: 40%

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THURSDAY

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t overanalyze. Focus on what you know and do well and make deals that are precise and nonnegotiable. A partnership can bring you good fortune if it’s set up fairly. Don’t make any impulsive decisions or travel to unsafe territory. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make love, romance and social activities a priority. Share your thoughts and flesh out how others feel about you and your plans. A personal change can be made, but hold off if you are thinking about a vocational move. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take action with confidence and the outcome will be stellar. Use your unique qualities to draw reactions and responses from those you want to interact with. You will be pleasantly surprised by the input and offers you receive.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Lisa Krouse shares a photo she took during a recent visit to Charleston. Krouse comments, “We were introduced to the Mount Pleasant pier and park by friends. What a beautiful location to watch the ships come in and God’s beautiful sunsets. It’s under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge.”

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Netting some new confidence Former Orangeburg Prep coach comfortable, catching on quickly with Wilson Hall BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Rip Ripley was curious to see how the move from one rival school to the next would be, but so far it’s been a smooth transition for the firstyear Wilson Hall volleyball head coach as the team is off to an 8-1 start. “The girls and the Wilson Hall RIPLEY family have been very welcoming to (assistant) Coach (Liz) Affronti and me, and that’s helped tremendously,” said Ripley, who came to WH from Orangeburg Prep. “That’s been huge because it lets us come in and be pretty comfortable. “In running our stuff they’ve bought into it pretty well,” he said. “I’ve been told (former Wilson Hall head) Coach (Teresa) Alexander and I are pretty similar in our discipline strategies and kind of our demeanor which I think

has helped.” Ripley, who coached the Lady Indians from 2011 until last season, said he was able to come in the spring when he accepted the position and work over the summer with the girls, allowing both parties to become more comfortable with one another. “I think this team lends itself very nicely to what I was already comfortable doing,” he explained. “We traditionally run a 6-2 with a 2-setter set with three hitters in the front row at all times. We’ve been able to adapt this roster to this style, which has been nice. “One good thing that is an addition this year is we’ve been able to pick up our tempo a little bit with this team,” he said. “Our offense tempo is a little quicker, which is really nice and kind of helps our style of attack and we’ve already seen some of that result in some of our matches so far.” The Lady Barons return

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Wilson Hall returning senior and libero Lauren Hill serves during a recent match against Robert E. Lee SEE BARONS, PAGE B3 Academy. The Lady Barons are 8-1 under new head coach Rip Ripley who came from Orangeburg Prep.

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BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press DARLINGTON — Joe Gibbs couldn’t help but beam about this team victory: Carl Edwards drove superbly, crew chief Darian Grubb made stellar calls with his car two laps down and the No. 19 crew got the car out of the pits in first when it counted most.

The result was Edwards’ first win in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. “If you drew this one up tonight, I don’t think you could draw a bigger victory for us,” Gibbs said after Sunday night’s race. Edwards rallied after falling two laps down because of a flat tire, then beat Brad Keselowski off pit road for the lead 12 laps from the end

BY GARY B. GRAVES The Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was not overly impressed with his showing in the opening blowout by the 12th-ranked Tigers, even if many others were. Watson threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns in five series of work in a 49-10 rout of Football Championship Subdivision opponent Wofford on Saturday. Watson was glad to hit the field after nine months of recovery from a torn ACL in his left knee. But Watson said Monday he has a ways to go to be the quarterback

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops knows his team can’t afford attention lapses when the Wildcats visit South Carolina. The Wildcats (1-0) enter Saturday night’s Southeastern Conference openSTOOPS er for both teams, seeking their first win in Columbia since 1999, and against a Gamecocks squad team energized by a comeback victory over rival North Carolina. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier certainly let his team forget last year’s 45-38 upset loss in Lexington, which Kentucky won on a late interception return for a touchdown. “We’ll have our hands full for sure,” Stoops said Monday at his weekly news conference. With “us beating them last year, we’ve got to go into their place, it’ll be a very difficult environment and against a team that’ll be very hungry to get after us.” Stoops said Kentucky must be dialed in athletically and mentally better than it was blowing a 23-point second half lead to Louisiana-Lafayette. The Wildcats pulled out the win on Mikel Horton’s 12-yard TD run in the final minute, helping Kentucky escape with a 40-33 victory to cap a successful housewarming

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SEE KENTUCKY, PAGE B4

Carl Edwards celebrates in victory lane after winning the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington on Sunday. and held on for his first Southern 500 victory Sunday night. Edwards won the Coca Cola 600 in May and had six top-10s in the past seven races. Still, he was looking

for a boost that would propel his first-year Joe Gibbs Racing program into the playoffs. “This is what we needed,”

SEE DARLINGTON, PAGE B5

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QB Watson focused on improvement THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks to pass the ball during the Tigers’ 49-10 victory over Wofford on Saturday in Clemson. Watson will look to imrove his overall game gainst Appalachian State this Saturday.

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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SCOREBOARD

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Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 3 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 8, Atlanta 4 Boston 6, Philadelphia 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 1 San Francisco 7, Colorado 4 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

Noon – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Switzerland vs. England (ESPN2). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Spain vs. Macedonia (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Austria vs. Sweden (FOX SPORTS 2). 5 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis or Minnesota at Kansas City (MLB NETWORK). 8:15 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. Brazil from Foxborough, Mass. (ESPN2, UNIVISION). 9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Austin Trout vs. Joey Hernandez in a Super Welterweight Bout and Jorge Lara vs. Jesus Rojas in a Super Bantamweight Bout from Los Angeles (FOX SPORTS 1). 10:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Argentina vs. Mexico from Arlington, Texas (ESPN2, UNIVISION).

GOLF The Associated Press DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Monday At TPC Boston Norton, Mass. Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,242; Par 71 Final Rickie Fowler (2,000), $1,485,000 6 7-67-67-68—269 -15 Henrik Stenson (1,200), $891,000 67-68-65-70—270 -14 Charley Hoffman (760), $561,000 67-63-76-67—273 -11 Jim Furyk (416), $311,025 71-65-70-70—276 -8 Matt Jones (416), $311,025 67-67-68-74—276 -8 Hunter Mahan (416), $311,025 69-73-64-70—276 -8 Sean O’Hair (416), $311,025 68-67-67-74—276 -8 Patrick Reed (416), $311,025 72-67-67-70—276 -8 Jerry Kelly (300), $222,750 71-66-68-72—277 -7 Matt Kuchar (300), $222,750 69-72-65-71—277 -7 Daniel Summerhays (300), $222,750 71-68-70-68—277 -7 Daniel Berger (221), $138,600 68-69-68-73—278 -6 Kevin Chappell (221), $138,600 67-67-71-73—278 -6 Jason Day (221), $138,600 68-68-73-69—278 -6 Harris English (221), $138,600 67-74-68-69—278 -6 Brian Harman (221), $138,600 70-70-71-67—278 -6 Kevin Kisner (221), $138,600 71-71-66-70—278 -6 Russell Knox (221), $138,600 70-65-68-75—278 -6 William McGirt (221), $138,600 73-70-66-69—278 -6 Louis Oosthuizen (221), $138,600 73-67-67-71—278 -6 Gary Woodland (221), $138,600 68-70-69-71—278 -6 Brendon de Jonge (192), $85,800 65-68-73-73—279 -5 Zach Johnson (192), $85,800 69-65-74-71—279 -5 Rory Sabbatini (192), $85,800 69-74-66-70—279 -5 Keegan Bradley (178), $65,794 71-66-74-69—280 -4 Ben Martin (178), $65,794 73-68-70-69—280 -4

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Toronto 78 New York 76 Tampa Bay 67 Baltimore 65 Boston 64 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 82 Minnesota 70 Cleveland 66 Chicago 65 Detroit 62 WEST DIVISION W Houston 75 Texas 71 Los Angeles 69 Seattle 66 Oakland 58

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 10, Baltimore 4 Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 Boston 6, Philadelphia 2 Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 5 Houston 8, Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 7, Texas 0 Seattle 3, Oakland 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1:08 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 6:40 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Atlanta (Undecided) at Philadelphia (Nola 5-2), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 12-7) at Washington (Zimmermann 12-8), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Jungmann 9-5) at Miami (Conley 3-1), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-7) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-6), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-6) at St. Louis (Wacha 15-4), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-11) at Arizona (Ch.Anderson 6-5), 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-6) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 6-2), 10:05 p.m. Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at San Diego (Rea 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 9:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

NFL SCHEDULE The Associated Press THURSDAY’S GAME

Pittsburgh at New England, 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Miami at Washington, 1 p.m. Carolina at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

TENNIS The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Monday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Women Fourth Round Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Sabine Lisicki (24), Germany, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2. Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Sam Stosur (22), Australia, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Men Third Round Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (6), Romania, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Edouard RogerVasselin (9), France, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (3), Romania, def. Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky, United States, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (4), Serbia, def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram (15), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Women Third Round Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (12), Russia, def. Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci (17), Italy, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2.

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BERLIN — Tony Parker became the all-time leading scorer in European championship history by leading defending champion France to a 69-66 win over Poland on Monday. Parker made France’s first basket to break the record and finished with a team-high 16 points, scoring his team’s final four points. That gave the San Antonio Spurs guard a total of

1,046 points, 16 more than former Greece star Nikos Galis. Parker tied Galis’ total of 1,030 in France’s 81-54 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday. FOWLER RALLIES TO WIN DEUTSCHE BANK

NORTON, Mass. — Rickie Fowler won the Deutsche Bank Championship with one big putt. Henrik Stenson might have lost it with one big mistake. Fowler rallied from two shots behind with five holes to play by making a 40-foot birdie putt on the 14th. He played flawless the rest of the way for a 3-under 68 and a one-shot victory Monday at the TPC Boston. Stenson never trailed until his tee shot on the par-3 16th came up short and bounced into the water for a double bogey. One shot behind, the Swede could never catch up and had to settle for a 70. JETS’ SMITH DOESN’T PLAN TO FILE CHARGES VS. ENEMKPALI

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Geno Smith insists he has moved on from the punch that rocked the franchise and might have cost him his starting job. The New York Jets quarterback has no plans to file charges against former teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali, the linebacker who broke Smith’s jaw when he slugged him in the locker room last month. MOORE NAMED SEC’S DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK

COLUMBIA – University of South Carolina junior linebacker Skai Moore was selected as the Southeastern Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week, it was announced today. Moore, a 6-2, 218-pounder from Cooper City, Fla., led the team with 10 tackles and came up with a pair of interceptions, both in the end zone, preserving the Gamecocks’ 17-13 win over North Carolina. From staff, wire reports

Bradley’s 4 hits carry Red Sox past Jays BOSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. had four hits with a two-run home run and four RBIs, Rick Porcello pitched into the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox outslugged the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 Monday. Bradley added two singles and a double, and Travis Shaw hit a two-run homer for Boston, which posted its fourth straight win and eighth in 11 games. INDIANS 3 WHITE SOX 2

CHICAGO — Ryan Raburn hit a pair of solo home runs and Trevor Bauer pitched two-hit ball for seven innings as the Cleveland Indians beat the White Sox 3-2 Monday, ending Chicago’s four-game winning streak. YANKEES 8 ORIOLES 6

RAYS 4

DETROIT— Rajai Davis hit two homers for just the second time in his career, sending the Tigers over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 73, Washington 67 Los Angeles 92, Tulsa 73 Chicago 93, Seattle 65 New York 75, Minnesota 71

NATIONAL LEAGUE METS 8

MONDAY’S GAMES

NATIONALS 5 WASHINGTON — Yoenis Cespedes homered and doubled twice, David Wright hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the New

TODAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Tulsa, 8 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Connecticut at New York, 7 p.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. rounds the bases after hitting a 2-run home run as Toronto second baseman Ryan Goins (17) walks away during the Red Sox’s 11-4 victory at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. York Mets ended Washington’s five-game winning streak, beating the Nationals 8-5 Monday to open a key NL East series.

flammation, will return to the rotation on Thursday against Milwaukee in the opener of an eight-game homestand.

BREWERS 9

CUBS 9

MARLINS 1

CARDINALS 0

MIAMI — Zach Davies’s second career start went much better than his first. Hernan Perez had three hits and three RBIs and Davies earned his first major league win as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Monday.

ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler had a leadoff home run and two-run double in the first two innings and Dan Haren worked seven innings for the Chicago Cubs, who whipped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 on Monday.

REDS 3

GIANTS 1

PIRATES 1

PHOENIX — Patrick Corbin threw six scoreless innings, Phil Gosselin and A.J. Pollock homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the fading San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Monday.

CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Pirates are hoping A.J. Burnett’s return can help them shake off a weak September start. Manager Clint Hurdle announced after Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds that Burnett, sidelined since July 31 with right elbow in-

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Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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Baltimore (Gausman 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-6), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-5) at Detroit (Boyd 1-5), 7:08 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 10-10) at Boston (Owens 2-2), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 12-9) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 6-6), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 9-9) at Kansas City (Volquez 12-7), 8:10 p.m. Houston (Kazmir 7-9) at Oakland (S.Gray 12-7), 10:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-6) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 6-2), 10:05 p.m. Texas (Hamels 2-1) at Seattle (T. Walker 10-7), 10:10 p.m.

The Sumter High School varsity swim team will play host to a multi-team meet today at the City of Sumter Aquatics Center beginning at 6 p.m. Other local teams competing are Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter Academy and St. Francis Xavier High School. Also competing will be West Florence, South Florence, Latta, Governor’s School, Hartsville and Carolina Forest. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students.

NEW YORK — Rookie Greg Bird hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Brian Matusz in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees rallied past the reeling Baltimore Orioles 8-6 Monday to close within a half-game of AL East-leading Toronto.

WNBA STANDINGS W 22 20 18 16 14 13

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MONDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m.

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Serena vs. Venus with Slam bid on line tonight BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — So there’s at least one person with zero interest in watching the Williams sisters play each other in the U.S. Open quarterfinals tonight, with Serena’s bid for a calendaryear Grand Slam V. WILLIAMS on the line. Their mother, Oracene Price. “It’s just hard to see them both going out there,” Price said, “and you know they both want it.” Unique and extraordinary dynamics are always involved when 21-time major champion Serena Williams faces older sibling and seven-time major champion Venus Williams in a professional tennis match. This will be their fifth meeting at Flushing Meadows (each has won twice), the 14th at a major tournament (Serena leads 8-5), and 27th overall (Serena leads 15-11). They met two months ago in the fourth round at Wimbledon, and Serena won in straight sets (Price also stayed away from Centre Court that day). Throughout the U.S. Open, various players have been asked what it would be like to beat No. 1-seeded Serena in New York and end her attempt to become the first player in 27 years to win all four major titles in a single season. But what must it be like for the 23rd-seeded Venus to try to thwart such an effort by her little sister? “I don’t know. You have to ask Venus that question,” Price said. “I know it’s going to be hard, because I know (Venus) wants (Serena) to get it. But what can you say? You know they’re competitors.” And Venus’ take? “I don’t think anyone wants to be a spoiler. I think people love to see history being

made,” she said. “No one is out to be a spoiler, but at the same time, you’re focused on winning your match, even though the circumstances are really much different.” As for how she goes about preparing for this matchup, Venus said: “Even though you’re playing your sister, you have to be prepared and focus. The preparation doesn’t change.” Venus, born 15 months before Serena, has been in a similar spot before. She was the opponent in every final when Serena won four major titles in a row from the 2002 French Open to 2003 Australian Open. The top-ranked man, Novak Djokovic, couldn’t imagine being in the situation the Williams family finds itself in. “The first thing that comes to my mind is how would I feel to play my brother, and I don’t think that would be possible, honestly,” said Djokovic, whose younger brother, Marko, has played at lower levels. “I, in a way, admire what they’re doing for so many years — to play against each other on such a big stage.” Before they started traveling the world together, practicing together, occasionally playing doubles together, and collecting Grand Slam singles titles and the No. 1 ranking, Venus and Serena Williams were a couple of kids learning to play tennis from Dad on a hard court in Compton, California. And they used to play each other back then, too, of course. There wasn’t a big crowd, and no one was watching on TV, either. While Serena has earned the victory in six of their past matches with money and ranking points at stake, it wasn’t always so. “I used to always win,” Venus said, “in the early days.”

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Serena Williams will face sister Venus tonight in the U.S. Open quarterfinals. A loss would derail her dream of completing a Grand Slam.

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Wilson Hall’s Danielle deHoll (2) prepares to hit the ball as teammate Katie Duffy (9) looks on during a recent match. The Lady Barons return nine players from last year’s squad and hope to build on last season when they were co-region champions and finished with an 18-9 record.

BARONS FROM PAGE B1 nine players from last year’s squad but lost three starters, including SCISA Region II-3A Player of the Year Simmons deHoll. This year’s roster is comprised of four seniors, three juniors and three sophomores, giving both balance and a challenge to the new coach. “As far as living up to the Wilson Hall expectation, I think that’s the exciting part for me,” Ripley said. “I like having the expectation that we’re going to win games. Not every school has that and it’s really exciting to be somewhere where we are pushing ourselves and competing to win. “My expectation, which is my expectation every year even when I was at Orangeburg

Prep, is I want to compete for region championships first and foremost year in and year out,” he explained. “And I think we’re in a position where we will be competing for that.” Senior all-region player and middle hitter Caroline Clark returns with senior starting libero Lauren Hill. Juniors Danielle deHoll and Catherine Clark also return and look to step into bigger roles this season along with sophomore all-region player and setter Courtney Clark. “We’ve got a couple of strong seniors, but at the same time we’ve got some underclassmen that are already contributing, which I think is really important to help us keep the consistency of the program in the coming years and having those underclassmen to already get some playing time.”

PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY Varsity Cross Country Lakewood, Manning at Darlington, 5 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4 p.m. Varsity Swimming Sumter in Home Meet, TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Manning at Hartsville, 5 p.m. Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Marlboro at Robert E. Lee, 3:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Pee Dee, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Dreher at Crestwood, 6 p.m. East Clarendon at C.E. Murray, 6 p.m. St. Francis Xavier at Clarendon Hall, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m. Heathwood Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY Varsity Cross Country Thomas Sumter in Camden Invitational, TBA Middle School Football Williams at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Williamsburg at Manning, 4:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

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Orangeburg Prep at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball East Clarendon at Governor’s School, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Lakewood at Lake City, 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4:15 p.m. Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m. THURSDAY Junior Varsity Football Sumter at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Timberland at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m. Manning at Lake City, 6:30 p.m. Fairfield Central at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Ben Lippen at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. Laurence Manning at Heathwood Hall, 7 p.m. B Team Football Ben Lippen at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Heathwood Hall, 5 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 6 p.m. Middle School Football Calhoun at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Lugoff-Elgin at Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), TBA Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall (at Sunset Country Club), 4 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Spring Valley at Manning, 4:30 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Lakewood at Lee Central, 5:30 p.m. Lake City at East Clarendon, 7 p.m.

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The Citadel rolls over Davidson 69-0 in opener CHARLESTON — Dominique Allen ran for two touchdowns, passed for a third, and Isiaha Smith ran for three more Saturday in The Citadel’s 69-0 rout of Davidson. The Bulldogs outrushed the Wildcats 535 yards, third-highest in school history, to 46 and grabbed four interceptions — more than in all of last season — with three leading to scores. Smith had 109 yards on 17 carries, with TD runs of 1, 2, and 8 yards, and Evan McField had 132 yards on 20 carries, including a 15-yard scoring run. Rod Johnson scored on a 1-yard run. Allen was 5 of 5 for 67 yards passing and scored on runs of 2 and 4 yards. Backup quarterback Shon Belton scored on a 48-yard run. Tevin Floyd returned an interception 28 yards for a score, Dondray Copeland’s interception set up Allen’s 17yard TD strike to Jorian Jordan, and Marial Cooper’s pick led to Allen’s 1-yard TD run. COASTAL CAROLINA 38 FURMAN 35

GREENVILLE — Alex Ross threw for 328 yards and two touchdowns, both to Bruce Mapp, to help lead Coastal Carolina to a 38-35 win over Furman in the season opener for both teams on Saturday. De’Angelo Henderson led the Chanticleers in both receiving and rushing with 129 yards through the air and 95 on the ground with a touchdown. Mapp finished with 77 yards receiving. The game was tied at 21 at

the half. However Coastal Carolina built a double digit lead late into the fourth quarter after a 24-yard touchdown pass from Ross to Mapp and a Ryan Granger’s 29-yard field goal. Furman made a late charge, cutting the Coastal Carolina lead to three on a Reese Hannon 9-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Snellings. Hannon finished with 365 yards passing and two TD’s. Ernie Cain added 61 yards rushing and three touchdowns for the Paladins. MIAMI (OHIO) 26 PRESBYTERIAN 7

OXFORD, Ohio — Drew Kummer threw two touchdown passes, Alonzo Smith ran for two, and Miami (Ohio) beat Presbyterian 26-7 in the opener for both teams on Saturday in a game interrupted in the third quarter due to lightning. Kummer’s fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Rokeem Williams made it a two-score game and Smith’s second of the day, a 1-yard plunge, iced it. Kummer finished 14 of 19 for 255 yards. Smith had 86 yards on 12 carries. Miami led 13-0 following a turnover-filled first half. Presbyterian turned it over twice — a fumble that turned into a 10-yard touchdown pass from Kummer to Chris Hudson, and Tony Reid’s interception of Tamyn Garrick in the end zone. Miami coughed it up twice as well. In the third, a short Miami punt from its own end zone set up Presbyterian for a 38yard touchdown drive, with

KENTUCKY FROM PAGE B1 at Commonwealth Stadium following a $120 million renovation. Stoops remained upbeat two days after the narrow win he partly chalked up to an energy drop after the Wildcats built a 33-10 lead midway through the third quarter. With players focused on making a good impression following weeks of hype around the stadium makeover, the coach said they lost their edge once the game seemed in hand. Junior quarterback Patrick Towles particularly struggled despite throwing three touchdown passes and succeeding on deep throws in the first half. After completing 10 of 18 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns before halftime, he was just 6 of 16 for 38 yards afterward

and found nothing downfield. “He had some great throws and some explosive plays but just missed some opportunities,” Stoops said of Towles. The Ragin’ Cajuns took advantage of Wildcats’ defensive lapses and a rare missed extra point by sophomore kicker Austin MacGinnis to reel off 23 unanswered points including a pair of two-point conversions. Louisiana outgained Kentucky 479-435 including 282-132 after halftime, but the Wildcats made a key defensive stop to set up the winning TD. “It’s a great learning point for us,” Stoops said. “We’ve just to do a better job of just focusing, being confident and just doing our job. ... You’ve got to be able to handle your business and play every snap,

WATSON FROM PAGE B1 and leader Clemson needs to achieve its championship goals. Watson typically takes a low-key approach to his play, locked on the big picture instead of celebrating individual success. Not so for freshman receiver Ray-Ray McCloud, who was wowed by Watson in the opener. “Having Deshaun, I’ve never played with a quarterback like that,” said McCloud, who led the Tigers with eight catches for 80 yards. “My Madden quarterback is never as good as him.” Watson looked as if he had not been away from the field since his knee surgery, easily guiding to Tigers to touchdowns each time he was behind center. The Tigers were up 35-0 in the opening half. Watson played his final sequence to start the second half, leading Clemson to another touchdown before sitting out the rest of the way. “I thought I did pretty decent,” Watson said. “It’s been a long nine months of recovering and not a lot of games. I still have a lot more to improve on, of course.” Watson worried about his “loafs” after watching film when he believed he did not fully complete his play fakes on zone read plays when he was supposed to take five steps. “I kind of pulled up on four,” he acknowledged. “That game’s in the past and you try and improve on this week.” The Tigers (1-0) take on Appalachian State, a championship team in the FCS that move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision two seasons ago. The Mountaineers (1-0) opened with a similarly dominant victory over Howard, 49-0. Appalachian State coach Scott Satterfield said Clemson and Watson hit all their marks this past Saturday and will be diffi-

Darrell Bridges carrying in from the 2. Bridges had 125 yards on 27 carries. NEWBERRY 31 FLORIDA TECH 28

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Newberry quarterback Raleigh Yeldell dove for a 7-yard touchdown carry with 34 seconds remaining in the game and a 51-yard Florida Tech field goal attempt at the gun clanked off an upright, as the Newberry Wolves escaped with a 31-28 win in the 2015 season opener at Florida Tech Panther Stadium on Saturday. Newberry (1-0) drove 92 yards on 11 plays in just 2:52, with Yeldell diving for the score and sending the Wolves into a jubilant celebration. Florida Tech (0-1) challenged the defense and was aided by a penalty, but the last gasp 51-yarder bounced off the left upright to give the scarlet and gray the win. The Wolves were held scoreless until the opening play of the second quarter, when Kyle Clark hit a 21-yard field goal to cut an FIT lead to 7-3. After a Panther touchdown pushed the hosts lead to 14-3, Newberry responded on a 9-yard touchdown rush by Yeldell and a 6-yard touchdown rush by Braxton Ivery to take a 17-14 halftime lead. The second half went back and forth in terms of momentum. FIT opened the scoring on the first drive of the third quarter on a 14-yard scoring completion from Sean Ashley to Kenny Johnston. Newberry responded when Yeldell found Jalen Cook for

and that’s the learning opportunity we have to take from this game.” For sure, Kentucky must be more consistent defensively against the Gamecocks after they rushed for 254 yards on UNC. Four South Carolina backs gained at least 42 yards and third-stringer Shon Carson broke the game-winning 48yard TD run en route to a team-high 75 yards on four carries. If the Wildcats are to earn their first conference road win since 2009 at Georgia (34-14), they’ll need to be good against the run — and other areas — against the Gamecocks. “You have to be a complete football team on the road,” Stoops said. “It is a mentality. A toughness that you have to have to go on the road and be disciplined to come out of there with a victory.”

cult to slow down. “I think several people have picked them to be in the final four in the playoffs at the end,” Satterfield said. “They have a Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback that’s outstanding. They have some wide receivers that are some of the best in the country.” One receiver Clemson won’t have for a while is Mike Williams, the 1,000-yard receiver from last year who fractured a bone in his neck while making a touchdown catch against Wofford. Williams was down on the field for several minutes before he was carted off the field. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Williams would need a neck brace for at least the next six weeks and could miss the entire season. Tigers co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach Jeff Scott said Williams worked hard to have a big junior season, but it is up to Clemson’s other receivers to fill that void. “We talk about it all the time that injuries happen and really the biggest thing to take away is that (Williams) was blessed it wasn’t more significant,” Scott said. Watson does not expect a drop off without Williams, in part because of Clemson’s deep, deep group of talented receivers. Artavis Scott was a freshman last season who led the Tigers with eight touchdown catches. He had six catches for 75 yards and a touchdown last week. McCloud and Deon Cain were both rated five-star receivers who are playing as freshman. And Scott said fifth-year senior Charone Peake will be the steady hand who can pick up the leadership loss with Williams sidelined indefinitely. Scott said Williams, neck brace in place, was the first one to the receivers meeting at 6:30 a.m. Monday. “He’ll be able to help with that group while he’s recovering,” Scott said.

an acrobatic 26-yard touchdown catch to put Newberry back on top by a 24-21 count with 9:28 left in the third quarter. FIT regained the lead when Ashley and Johnston connected for a 28-yard scoring play with 5:19 left in the third quarter. The teams settled down some, with many chances squandered on both sides. As time ran out on the Wolves, Yeldell engineered an 11-play, 92-yard drive that was capped with his 7-yard scoring scamper. LIVINGSTONE 49 BENEDICT 6

COLUMBIA– New Benedict head coach Mike White has always stressed having a stout defense while winning multiple conference championships at Albany State. So the most alarming statistic from Livingstone’s 49-6 victory over the Tigers in the Palmetto Capital City Classic in the season opener at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium was the fact that Benedict gave up 604 yards of offense to the Blue Bears. Livingstone (1-0) rushed for 373 yards on 51 carries, for an average of 7.3 yards per carry. Quarterback Drew Powell, who was named the Livingstone MVP, rushed for 125 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries. Powell completed 16-of-25 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown through the air, for an average of 14.4 yards per pass. The Tigers had 217 yards of total offense, getting just 43 yards on the ground on 29

carries. Freshman quarterback Kalu Onumah completed 10-of-22 passes for 174 yards and one touchdown. The Bears struck first, going 72 yards on seven plays on the opening drive of the game. Marcus Baisey rushed 24 yards for the score and Leonardo Manzo added the PAT for a 7-0 lead. The Tigers answered quickly, as Onumah found an open Okechi Ntiasagwe on a deep route for a 73-yard touchdown. Tory Mimbs’ PAT attempt was blocked, leaving the score 7-6 with 10:30 left in the first quarter. Ntiasagwe finished the game with three catches for 92 yards and a touchdown and was named the Benedict College MVP. That would be Benedict’s only score of the game, as Mimbs had a field goal attempt blocked, and Onumah was intercepted in the end zone to stop another scoring opportunity. The Tigers were held to five three-and-outs and lost one fumble. LIMESTONE 69 COLLEGE OF FAITH 0

GAFFNEY-- Redshirt-freshman Ga’Quan Maize rushed for 110 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries and redshirt-sophomore Daitwain Commodore added three rushing touchdowns as the Limestone College football team posted a dominating 69-0 win over College of Faith Saturday, September 5 at The Reservation at Gaffney High School. From wire reports

Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Breann Liebermann, Clemson Extension - Water Resources Agent House Rules What rules did your parents enforce around the house when you were growing up? In my household there were two biggies. The first was that we were never allowed to touch the walls. My dad built our house, the walls were white, our hands were greasy, you get the picture. The second rule was that food scraps on all plates and dishware must be scraped into the garbage. My parents were sticklers for this! If any tiny scrap of food was left on our plates we were reprimanded. I learned at a very young age to keep our household drain impeccably clean and it’s stuck with me ever since. As a child, I didn’t understand why it was so important to keep food products out of our drain. I didn’t know that fats, oils, and greases could clog up sewer pipes, even if hot water is poured down with them. I didn’t understand that grease could congeal and stick to the inside of sewer pipes. I had no idea that so much grease can accumulate in those pipes that it can clog up the entire pipe, not allowing any more water to pass through! I certainly did not understand the magnitude of a clogged pipe, and how that can lead, literally, to raw sewage overflowing in a

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San Antonio-area police investigate 2 players who hit ref MARBLE FALLS, Texas (AP) — A San Antonio-area police department is investigating two football players who rammed into a referee during a high school game.

Marble Falls, Texas, police said in a statement Monday there have been no arrests. The Northside Independent School District is conducting its own investigation

into the incident Friday and has suspended the two players from the school and the team. Video showed the referee watching the play, and his

DARLINGTON FROM PAGE B1 Edwards said. “We really needed a shot in the arm.” And now Edwards heads into the chase bursting with confidence in the entire team. He was two laps behind after this flat around Lap 90. He was in 36th place on Lap 140. But there he was at the end, pushing pole-sitter Keselowski and defending-Southern 500-winner Kevin Harvick 40 laps from the end. Keselowski was second and Denny Hamlin finished third. Joey Logano was fourth, followed by Harvick and the Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle. Edwards gave Joe Gibbs Racing its seventh victory in the last 10 events. JGR swept the weekend, with Hamlin winning the Xfinity race Saturday. Keselowski started on the pole and by far led the most laps with 196. But he was beaten out of the pits by Edwards on Darlington’s record-setting 18th caution period with 12 laps left. JGR DRIVERS LOVE DARLINGTON

head snapping back when he is leveled from behind. The other player then dove on top of him. The team from John Jay High School in San Antonio was playing Marble

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BOJANGLES’ SOUTHERN 500 RESULTS The Associated Press Sunday At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.366 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (13) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 367 laps, 106 rating, 47 points, $279,625. 2. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 367, 137.4, 44, $252,981. 3. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 367, 114.7, 42, $180,915. 4. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 367, 118.1, 41, $182,073. 5. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 367, 123.6, 40, $175,190. 6. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 367, 116.4, 39, $133,365. 7. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 367, 96.8, 38, $149,731. 8. (26) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 367, 91.6, 36, $120,165. 9. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 367, 106.6, 35, $129,660. 10. (16) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 367, 99.6, 35, $128,873. 11. (11) Aric Almirola, Ford, 367, 85.2, 33, $137,141. 12. (15) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 367, 78.9, 33, $112,935. 13. (23) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 367, 78.3, 31, $130,635. 14. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 367, 81.3, 30, $127,726. 15. (17) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 367, 91, 30, $125,249. 16. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 367, 96.8, 28, $140,571. 17. (28) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 367, 71.1, 27, $129,493. 18. (24) Greg Biffle, Ford, 367, 75.1, 26, $126,018. 19. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 367, 80.3, 25, $137,996. 20. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 367, 60.7, 0, $93,710.

Edwards win Sunday night meant that all four drivers at Joe Gibbs Racing have taken races at Darlington. Kyle Busch won in 2008 when it was known as the Dodge Charger 500. Denny Hamlin won two years later after the race was rechristened the Southern 500 and Matt Kenseth won here at 2013. Edwards was the only one of the quartet to win the race on Labor Day weekend. WHAT A LONG RACE

The Southern 500 lasted four hours, 28 minutes, almost a half hour longer than the Coca Cola 600 last May in Charlotte, an event where drivers went 100 more miles. A big reason for the slow down was a record-setting 18 caution periods at Darlington, besting the mark of 17 set during the 2009 race.

Falls High School in Marble Falls, located about 90 miles north of San Antonio. The names of the players and the referee have not been released.

21. (14) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 367, 73.6, 23, $134,996. 22. (29) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 367, 62.8, 22, $128,846. 23. (34) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 367, 54, 21, $124,018. 24. (35) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 367, 49.9, 20, $106,818. 25. (25) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 367, 50.1, 19, $105,613. 26. (12) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 367, 59.3, 18, $97,255. 27. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 367, 42.7, 18, $108,213. 28. (33) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 367, 58.5, 16, $114,200. 29. (32) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 366, 53.2, 15, $105,202. 30. (9) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 366, 66.6, 0, $85,955. 31. (41) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 364, 34.9, 13, $86,755. 32. (42) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 363, 35.5, 0, $84,055. 33. (27) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 354, 39.6, 11, $91,855. 34. (36) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 348, 33.8, 0, $83,655. 35. (18) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 342, 52, 9, $128,035. 36. (40) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 332, 31.2, 8, $83,360. 37. (43) T.J. Bell, Ford, 325, 28.7, 7, $83,138. 38. (8) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 313, 54.5, 6, $86,348. 39. (39) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 300, 34.7, 5, $74,285. 40. (21) David Ragan, Toyota, accident, 275, 73.6, 4, $97,499. 41. (22) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, accident, 227, 45.4, 0, $66,285. 42. (30) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 39.3, 2, $70,285. 43. (37) Cole Whitt, Ford, accident, 5, 23.5, 1, $58,785.

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Drivers couldn’t say enough good things about the low downforce package used at Darlington for the Southern 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. said on Twitter, “That was some fun!! I loved the new low downforce package.” The consensus is that the softer tires and low downforce package give drivers the chance to manage their cars and makes moves when necessary. That was apparent with 24 green-flag passes for the lead, which NASCAR Stats said was the second high total at Darlington since the inception of loop data in 2005. TOYOTA MAKING ITS MARK

The 1970s retro weekend was a hit with fans, drivers, race teams and almost anyone who remembers what it was like four decades ago.

There were 35 race teams who participated in some sort of ‘70s paint scheme for the Southern 500. Kyle Larson may have taken the prize

for his Kyle Petty-style mustache and curly wig while driving a Mello Yello machine. Larson ran among the leaders most of the race and

It was nine years ago that Toyota stirred up a firestorm in NASCAR when it locked up fan-favorite Dale Jarrett to break into the sport. Now, Edwards win was the 75th victory for the manufacturer, a strong showing in its continuing battle with Ford and Chevrolet for Sprint Cup dominance.

Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Manning, with the Rev. Dr. Leon Winn officiating, and the Rev. Dr. Marion Newton and the Rev. Marvin Hodge assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. The family is receiving friends at her residence. These services are entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

Born in Clarendon County on April 18, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Purdy Washington and Eunice Thomas Washington Harvin. The family is receiving friends at the home, 3196 White and Rivers Road, Pinewood.

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OBITUARIES CECILE K. DAVIDSON Cecile Kolb Davidson, 85, of Sumter, departed this life on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born June 9, 1930, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Cecil G. and Elma (McLeod) DAVIDSON Kolb. In addition to her parents, Cecile was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth (Kolb) Shaw, and a brother, James T. Kolb. She was a volunteer pianist and organist at several churches during her life. At age 51, Mrs. Davidson studied to be a licensed practical nurse and graduated at the head of her class. She worked for several years at Palmetto Health Baptist, as well as at many physicians’ offices prior to her retirement in 1993. She is survived by her husband of more than 58 years, Thomas Linwood Davidson; a daughter, Lynn D. Lawton (Kenneth), of Raleigh; two granddaughters, Kristen and Lindsay Lawton; a brother, Marion Kolb (Emily); as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, with Pastor Mark Hering officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the National Parkinson Foundation by visiting www.parkinsonheartland.org and clicking the “Get Involved” tab. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com.

CARRIE HODGE Carrie Lee Burgess Hodge, 91, widow of John “Preacher” Hodge Jr., died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at her residence, 2320 Old Manning Road, Sumter. Born May 20, 1924, in Sumter, she was a daughHODGE ter of the late Arnett Burgess and Mariah Amos Burgess. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at

JESSIE JACKSON Mr. Jessie Jackson, 86, husband of Mrs. Ruth Jackson, passed on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center, Bishopville. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 412 Woodward St., Bishopville. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville.

ESTELLE W. SIMON Mrs. Estelle Washington Simon, 85, widow of Lee Franklin “Doc” Simon, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter.

PEGGY W. ROBERTS Peggy W. Roberts, 81, widow of Ernest Omar Roberts Jr., died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, at her home. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

SAMUEL MURRAY SR. Mr. Samuel Murray Sr., 72, husband of Virgeree Bradley Murray, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter. He was born Dec. 7, 1942, in Manning, a son of Mrs. Illa Hilton Murray and the late Joseph Murray. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 2009 Baggett Road, Wilson Community, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

John Micah “Mike” Bramlett, 65, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Robert Alexander Bramlett Sr. and Myra Cornelia Edens Bramlett. Survivors include two sons, John Michael “Mickey” Price (Lisa) of Roberts, Montana, and Justin Bramlett (Courtney) of Sumter; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Barbara Lacey (Bill) and Pam Coker, all of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Alexander “Bubba” Bramlett Jr., and a nephew, Chase Gainey. The family would like to express a special thanks to his nephew, Jason, for all of his kindness. Services will be private. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge

JARVIS O. VANCE Jarvis Oneal Vance, 33, husband of Devona Williams Vance, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born Sept. 9, 1981, in Sumter County, he was the son of Gayle Vance and Stella Middleton. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his mother, 6115 Mayrant Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

KENNETH I. ANDERSON Kenneth Iredell Anderson, 62, beloved husband of 39 years to Linda Gay Riggs Anderson, died on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

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JUMBLE THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS 1 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 5 Diplomat's specialty 9 Tire pattern 14 Word of amore 15 Worker protection org. 16 Wheel spokes, geometrically 17 "Am I supposed to take this seriously?" 20 Catholic sacrament of confession and forgiveness 21 Least healthy 22 LAX posting 23 British peer 25 "Alice" diner owner 26 Cloistered sister 27 Four-song discs, briefly 29 Cut with acid 33 Post-spill carpet spot 36 Clean vigorously 38 Weed chopper 39 "Oops, thought you wouldn't hear that" 42 Pound sound 43 Lugged 44 Bill's attorney general 45 __ estate 47 Estonia or Ukr., once 48 Ten, in Toulouse

9/8/15 49 Tuna in a sushi bar 51 Shortestshadows time 53 "Liquor not provided" letters 56 Starts to melt 60 Aged at the brewery 62 Nursery rhyme plum finder's boast 64 Started the pot 65 Shipping option 66 Nights of anticipatory revelry 67 Like poorly drained rock gardens 68 Family map 69 Word of admonition DOWN 1 Suffix with land or sea 2 Insertion mark 3 Sports venue 4 Early Yucatán settler 5 Bird on a Froot Loops box 6 "Jeopardy!" contestant 7 Windy City station, on Amtrak skeds 8 Little boys 9 Split second 10 Rub the wrong way 11 Slight advantage

12 Gets in one's sights, with "at" 13 Cola request from a calorie watcher 18 Blood bank quantity 19 Chinese appetizer 24 Speaker's stand 26 Suffix with no-good 28 Cattle poker 30 In those days 31 Old King or Nat King 32 Test the weight of 33 Marquee name 34 Button on a deli scale 35 __ Romeo: sports car 36 Superiors of cpls. 37 "Heavens to Betsy!"

40 Snooping (around) 41 Jazz band instrument 46 Foam-topped coffeehouse drinks 48 Not impossible 50 Intoxicating, as wine 52 Any Everly Brothers tune, now 53 Curtain call cry 54 Red Sea country 55 Pindar, notably 56 Did pool laps 57 "It can't be!" 58 "Minnesota" pool legend 59 Place in order 61 Gave the once-over 63 Rowboat mover

Monday’s Puzzle Solved

9/8/15

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

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Estate:

The following vehicle was abandoned at Buddy's Auto Sales, LLC, 1905 Gion Street, Sumter, SC 29150. Described as a 1987 Ford F-700, VIN # 1FDPT74P4HVA18565. Total Due for storage is $1,715 as of September 3, 2015, plus $35.00 per day thereafter. Owner is asked to call 803-316-5015. If not claimed in 30 days. it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

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Estate: Alfred Leo Huggins, Sr. #2015ES4300470

The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1143 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.

Estate:

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

2963 Forest Lake Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Donald E. Oxner, CPA C/O S. Porter Stewart, II Attorney at Law PO Box 1461 Florence, SC 29503 Estate:

C/O Kenneth R. Young, Jr. Attorney at Law 23 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

232 Lee Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Henry Flynn Griffin, Jr. #2015ES4300467 Personal Representative Mary Dubose Griffin

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Estate:

Richard W. Rauch #2015ES4300471

Personal Representative Richard Rauch II

C/O Kenneth R. Young, Jr. Attorney at Law 23 W. Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Margaret Ozleen Galloway #2015ES4300474

Personal Representative Donna Berry

299 Johnson Road Bishopville, SC 29010 Estate:

Nancy Strange Russell #2015ES4300454

Personal Representative John Joseph Russell

C/O A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151

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Estate:

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Gardenia Conyers #2015ES4300468

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Estate:

828 Uncle Bud Road Orangeburg, SC 29115 Estate:

Abandoned Vehicle Notice:

William Simmons #2015ES4300452

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