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Two Sumter School Board of Trustees mem- bers say they haven’t read a new bill yet that was introduced last week by both state sena- tors representing Sumter County to add two at- large, voting members to the board, but one said he wasn’t that surprised with the bill’s introduc- tion. Board members the Rev. Ralph Canty and Chairman the Rev. Daryl McGhaney made their com- CANTY ments Monday after state Sens. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, and Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon, in- troduced the bill Thursday to add the at-large, voting members to the board. At the time, McElveen said the county’s legislative delegation has McGHANEY considered introducing the legisla- PHOTOS BY RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM tion for a long time, but the dis- Team Robinson coach Jerome Robinson defends some punches from Whitney Cranford during a training session Fri- trict’s recent financial crisis pushed the need for the bill to the forefront. day. Cranford, who is from Hartsville, searched for someone to teach her mixed martial arts while using a wheelchair. Canty said it was rumored the delegation would introduce the bill at some point; so, he Team Robinson MMA becomes ‘like family’ to Hartsville student SEE MEMBERS, PAGE A7 BY BRUCE MILLS is specialized just for children, ac- [email protected] cording to Cranford. After college and beginning her hitney “Whit” career, she was able to resume with a Medicaid-funded PT pro- Cranford is like gram at a local hospital in Harts- City: Water meter many of Jerome ville. W When she earned a master’s de- Robinson’s mixed martial gree in professional counseling a replacement will arts students at Team Robin- few years later, she began a new career as a certified counselor son MMA in Sumter. She’s with Rubicon Family Counseling begin next month motivated, loves learning the Services, also in Hartsville. But her new position raised her Usage data will be sent to computers various techniques and con- income level too high to qualify siders her sessions a big for Medicaid, and her new health BY JIM HILLEY care plan would only fund eight [email protected] stress reliever, given her busy sessions of physical therapy. schedule. It was about that time that The City of Sumter will begin the process of Cranford said she saw a men’s upgrading its water meters in early April, ac- What is unique about Cran- Robinson stretches out Cranford’s mixed martial arts fight on TV. cording to Utility Finance Director Candi ford’s training is she learns the arms as she prepares to go 10 rounds She was immediately fascinated Quiroz. various mixed martial arts box- with him. with the sport and wondered if The new fixed-base system will allow city ing techniques from a wheelchair. women were now allowed to par- employees to read meters from computers in Cranford was born prematurely months old and did it twice a ticipate. While researching MMA city offices instead of having meter readers with cerebral palsy in both legs week until she entered Coker Col- on the Internet, she came across visit each meter. and arms. lege in her hometown of Harts- a couple of female professional Each meter will have a digital register and Keeping stretched out and ville. Medicaid paid for her PT. mixed martial artists including an antenna that sends the reading to one of doing various exercises regularly During her college years, her Jessamyn Duke. about 35 collectors across the city and Mayes- is critically important for people parents stretched her out, and Duke became her favorite ville, which then transmit the data to the water with CP, she said. Cranford said she did home exercises because department’s computers. she started physical therapy at 6 most therapy associated with CP SEE CRANFORD, PAGE A4 “Instead of readers going out to read the me- ters manually, we will get the reading in the of- fice,” Quiroz said. Every water user in the system will receive a new meter, Assistant City Manager Al Harris said. A variety of old meters in use will all be Freeze means fewer blueberries, peaches replaced, he said. “We have so many types of meters out there BY JEFFREY COLLINS gia’s blueberry crop is gone, and best crop of Georgia’s pro- now, some you drive by to read, others must be The Associated Press Georgia Agriculture Commis- duction history that you would read manually,” Harris said. sioner Gary Black said after tour- now not be able to find enough Quiroz said the city plans to begin installing COLUMBIA — Last week’s ing the state late last week. blueberries that survived the cold meters on April 3. deep freeze in the Southeast ap- Between the two states, crop to make one pie,” Black said. “We are going to start in the Mayesville pears to have nearly wiped out losses from the freeze could ap- Temperatures dipped into the area,” she said. “That is going to be our pilot or Georgia’s blueberries and South proach $1 billion, officials said. 20s both Wednesday and Thurs- test area. It’s a smaller system, and it’s further Carolina’s peaches and seriously Georgia might be the Peach day morning. While mid-March out, so it is beneficial to test there so we don’t damaged a number of other crops State, but blueberries have re- freezes aren’t unusual in much of have to send our readers out.” such as strawberries and apples. cently passed peaches in value. the Southeast, many crops were She said city employees will still visit the me- In South Carolina, 85 percent of Blueberries ripen faster in the blooming up to three weeks early ters if they don’t get a signal or if someone is the state’s peach crop is gone warmer climate and can get into because of the unusually mild moving in or out. while the small pink blooms re- stores quicker than traditional winter. “We will have software on our computers so main on the trees, according to blueberry growing regions far- South Carolina is the second- as soon as they start putting them out, we will the South Carolina Department ther north. But not this year. biggest peach producer in the of Agriculture. “We saw blueberry fields that SEE METERS, PAGE A7 Up to 80 percent of south Geor- had the potential to be the biggest SEE FREEZE, PAGE A7

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Every engineer starts somewhere, and one of those places is the Lego League in Sumter at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. On the third Saturday of every month, YouthLink, a nonprofit organization focused on building interest in sci- ence, technology, engi- neering and math, or STEM, organizes a Lego League. Children in grades kindergarten through 12 use Legos to build conceptual models that have some BLASSINGAME sort of robotic compo- nent. "It's cool because it moves," Ze'briana Session said about the beehive model which included a push lever that dispensed a yellow Lego that signified honey. "They're having fun, but they're learning," said Anita Blassingame, PHOTOS BY KASEY MEREDITH / THE SUMTER ITEM the youth leader for Sumter's Youth- From left Jaden Weston, Avery Lockett and Keenan Ward try to figure out the next step at Lego League held at Mount Zion Missionary Link. Thirteen children from ages 6 Baptist Church in Sumter. Lego League leader Anita Blassingame emphasizes communication being key to the students. to 13 were split between two teams, where they had an hour to make a The Lego League is open to youth small-scale beehive and bee model. in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and "We don't compete, but we're Winnsboro counties and is free to gonna win," Cameron Williams said. join. The children are provided with Blassingame said she started the a snack and watch an educational Sumter chapter of YouthLink be- video for the first hour that they are cause she wanted to give the youth there. of Sumter a chance to do something Blassingame said if she were in a educational. Lego League as a child she would've "Not everyone can do sports," had more interest in science. Blassingame said. "Everybody loves Legos," Blassin- One YouthLink member, Jerius game said. Williams, 13, is taking the Lego League to the next level. "I get bored a lot, and I build air- planes and cars with Legos without using any instruction," Williams Keenan Ward said. He said he isn't sure what he concentrates on Jerius Williams builds his wants to be when he grows up but is building the base of own designs with Legos interested in building things. the beehive model. during his free time.

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Team Robinson CRANFORD boxing coach Put a (class) ring on it: FROM PAGE A1 Jerome Robin- son takes the fighter. Then, Cranford con- time to carefully Students ever faithful nected with Duke on Twitter, tape each of and they have actually be- Whitney Cran- come good friends. She ford’s hands be- to Clemson University learned that Duke had person- fore she dons ally taught martial arts class- her gloves. es to people with physical BY GEORGIE SILVAROLE ally sell 900 in the spring." challenges in her home state RICK CARPENTER / Anderson Independent-Mail Nancy Holland, a senior of Kentucky. THE SUMTER ITEM biological sciences major Cranford also wanted to get CLEMSON — Clemson from Fort Hill, said her fam- personalized training in the University has a unique ob- ily spent about $700 on her sport — something more than session with class rings. It's ring, and it was something a short-term class with dozens definitely not uncommon to she knew she would be get- of people involved. She want- spend hundreds of dollars ting from the start of her ed something that could be a on a class ring, and anyone collegiate career at Clem- replacement for her PT ses- who visits the Clemson son. sions. Her mixed martial arts her as he would any other stu- Alumni Center will find "My whole family went “I wanted something like training includes boxing and dent. themselves face to face with here, so it's kind of a thing. what I saw on TV,” Cranford weapons techniques. She has He has held up his end of a much larger-than-life ver- My mom was more excited said. “I wanted as close to that grown to love the sport. the deal. sion of the deeply loved about it than I was — I as I could get.” “The technique is what fas- “He’s become more than a piece of jewelry. didn't really have a choice," Duke told her there had to cinates me,” Cranford said. “A coach,” Cranford said. “He’s A 15-foot fiberglass class Holland said. "People notice be a gym somewhere that lot of people think I just like become a mentor; he’s like an ring has lived out on the it and know exactly what it would let her come on board. seeing people get beat, but older brother. He’s the person Clemson Alumni Center's is." No personalized training was that’s not the case at all. It’s that I vent to if I’ve had a bad "front porch" for the past Stephen Linnell, a senior available in Hartsville. She called martial arts for a rea- week. He pushes me, and I few years, even though it computer science major called two gyms in Florence, son; there’s a technique to it.” have done things here that I was originally intended to from Neshanic Station, New but once they heard she was The training is good for her never thought I’d be able to fit inside the lobby, said Jersey, said his parents in a wheelchair, she never re- muscles and cardiovascular do.” Stewart Summers, director spent upwards of $900 on ceived calls back. system, Cranford said. The Robinson said training of alumni engagement. his ring when he ordered it More Internet searching led training has also helped her Cranford has also been benefi- "It was larger than we ex- last fall. It's something stu- her to Robinson and his Team improve her range of motion cial for him and his other cli- pected — it just never made dents are sort of expected to Robinson MMA in Sumter. To on her left side, which is her ents. it through the doors," Sum- have, he said, and it be- prevent any awkwardness weak side. “It’s enjoyable to me that mers said. "When the ring comes a conversation start- with a phone conversation, “The benefits here are both she enjoys it,” Robinson said. came about, we just said, er more than anything after Cranford decided to just email physical and mental,” Cran- “It helps to remind me and 'Wow, it's much larger than graduation. Robinson about her situation ford said. “I have gained more my other clients that you re- we thought.'" "Pretty much everybody and desire. here than in PT. I am paying ally can’t make any excuses Evidently, they didn't gets it," Linnell said. "I've A trainer with 14 years’ ex- out of pocket, but I also have when it comes to working out. want to send it back and get been trying to get into the perience and a 3rd Degree fun with my workout. PT and On Friday when she’s off, she it resized. habit of wearing it. I'm just Black Belt, Robinson had occupational therapy were not goes to the gym, stretches, "It's just a giant symbol of trying to get used to the never trained anyone with a fun.” works out and has to drive an their love for Clemson. You ring." physical disability, but he told She has made a lot of hour here one way using the wear your class ring as a Each semester Clemson Cranford, “Why don’t you friends, too. With only one sis- hand controllers in her car. symbol of your affiliation holds a ring ceremony, come out to the gym, and we’ll ter in her immediate family, That is already going to put and your affection for Clem- which presents students give it a try.” Cranford said she has “lots of some fatigue on her arms and son — people treat it much with an opportunity to Cranford took him up on brothers, now — we’re like her muscles. … For me, it re- like their wedding bands," learn about the ring's histo- the offer. family.” ally puts it in perspective that Summers said. "I think the ry and actually receive their According to Cranford, it When she first started with you can’t make any excuses giant ring expresses that in rings. The attendance num- had been about a year of Robinson, Cranford told him in life when it comes doing a much larger term." bers for the event rival that searching across the region she didn’t want to be a “spec- something that you really Unlike the supersized ring of graduation, Morgan said, for a good fit. tacle” but wanted him to treat want.” given to the alumni center, and she remembers saving “When she told me her in- senior language and inter- up for her own ring years terest in martial arts and box- national health major Trey ago. ing and she showed me her Price got handed down his "You see alumni around range of motion with her grandfather's class ring, the world wearing them, hands, I said we could defi- which was a few sizes too and it's an instant connec- nitely put together a boxing small. Several companies tion," Morgan said. "Wheth- program for her,” Robinson denied his request to have er it's just a smile and hello, said. the ring resized, saying it a conversation about your That was July 2015. Since was too risky a process and time at Clemson, or it could then, once a week Cranford the ring would likely be per- even be a great networking makes the one-hour drive manently damaged. But one opportunity: It's just a sym- from Hartsville to Sumter in finally came through and bol of our family." her hand-controlled vehicle. executed the resizing with- out flaw. "It came out perfectly," Price said, adding that his grandfather graduated from Clemson in 1966 but never wore the ring because of the work hazard it presented in Get Ready his job. "The ring is basical- ly untouched. That's why for it's in such great shape." 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WASHINGTON — The rhythms of daily life for ordinary Americans may seem far removed from the rarified world of the U.S. Supreme Court. But from the time people roll out of bed in the morning until they turn in at night, the court's rulings are woven into their lives in ways large and small. So pay attention as Congress prepares to take up the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to join the high court: The in- Raisin farmer Marvin Horne stands in a fluence of the court's nine justices is field of grapevines planted in 1918 next hard to overstate — even if Justice Ste- to his home in Kerman, California. The Su- phen Breyer once noted that their preme Court said June 22, 2015, that a names are less well known than those program that lets the government take of the Three Stooges. raisins away from farmers to help reduce "From the air you breathe and the supply and boost market prices is uncon- water you drink to the roof over your stitutional. head and the person across from you in bed, the Supreme Court touches all of that," says Elizabeth Wydra, president for $8 a month on tablets, phones and of the Constitutional Accountability other gadgets. The court said the com- Center. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTOS pany had violated copyright law by A walk through daily life on the look- Mildred Loving, a black woman, and her white husband, Richard P. Loving, are shown in taking the networks' signal for free. out for Supreme Court fingerprints: this Jan. 26, 1965, photo. Mildred’s challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage Aereo was soon kaput. led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. What do you see on TV? If it's cam- PILLOW TALK paign season, thank — or blame — the It starts when your alarm goes off. Agriculture that raisin farmers don't the fashion industry. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United Perhaps you glance over at your spouse. have to participate in a Depression-era At work, the constitutionality of mini- v. FEC ruling for an explosion in polit- The Supreme Court has had a big say program that let the government seize a mum wage laws and health and safety ical advertising by outside groups over the decades in who can marry portion of their crop to help keep prices regulations dates to New Deal-era Su- after the court threw out parts of a whom: In 1967, it ruled in Loving v. Vir- stable. preme Court rulings. It was a 1937 case, 63-year-old law prohibiting corpora- ginia that laws banning interracial mar- West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, involving tions and unions from running ads for riage were unconstitutional. And the CHEERLEADERS AND CHAMBERMAIDS hotel chambermaid Elsie Parrish, that or against political candidates. Loving ruling helped lay the foundation Time for work and school. The paved the way for the court's ruling that for the court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell makeup of the student body at your Washington state's "Minimum Wages of HOME RULE v. Hodges that nationalized the right for child's school is tied to the court's Women" law was constitutional. Later When it's finally time to turn in for same-sex couples to marry. landmark Brown v. Board of Educa- court rulings bolstered protections the night, consider that which house tion ruling in 1954 that unanimously against racial discrimination and sexual you live in — and what it's worth — RINSE AND SPIT declared it unconstitutional to have harassment in the workplace. could be affected by the Supreme Consider the water you swish when separate public schools for black and Still a hot topic: Whether unions Court's handiwork. The court is fre- you brush your teeth: The high court white students, a turning point in representing government employees quently called on to interpret the anti- has repeatedly taken up cases related to the civil rights movement. In more can collect fees from workers who discrimination Fair Housing Act. This the Clean Water Act in an ongoing at- recent years, the court has ruled re- choose not to join. The high court split term, it is considering Bank of Ameri- tempt to resolve confusion over which peatedly on how to ensure disabled 4-4 on the question last year in Fried- ca v. Miami and Wells Fargo v. Miami, waterways are protected by the law, in- students get a "free appropriate pub- richs v. California Teachers Associa- in which the banks are challenging cluding streams that feed into drinking lic education" under the Individuals tion, with the tie upholding the collec- the city's right to sue them for preda- water supplies. 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BY FARES AKRAM couraged them. But the society overall The Associated Press has not been as receptive. Shaer said people “on social media KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The had a bad idea about us,” noting abu- young Palestinian women don baseball sive comments when their pictures caps on top of their Islamic heads- first appeared. carves and field tennis balls with fab- On Sunday, the team, which includes ric gloves, giving a decidedly local feel 20 to 30 members, had its weekly prac- to the great American pastime. tice on a soccer pitch in the female sec- They are trying to bring baseball to tion of Al-Aqsa University, built on the Gaza Strip, an effort that is still in lands that were part of Jewish settle- its early innings. ments before Israel withdrew its The players, who work out on a troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005. small soccer field in a southern Gaza There were no males except for the town, admit they are still trying to un- coach, and some other students gath- derstand the rules of the complicated ered to watch the women playing catch sport. With pitches lobbed underhand, and taking batting practice. The bat- the game they play is closer to softball. ters took wild swings, often missing “I only know it through TV,” said but occasionally making solid contact. Valentina Shaer, a 23-year-old English The players wore headscarves as literature student. well as long-sleeve running tops and Mahmoud Tafesh, the team’s coach, loose pants, in keeping with local said he has dreamed of bringing base- norms. ball to Gaza since he was introduced to “While we face difficulties, we would the game last year. like a specialized softball field to learn Although baseball is a fringe sport it correctly and train freely without throughout the soccer-crazy Middle THE ASSOCIATED PRESS any obstacles,” said Iman Shahin, an East, the game has grown in populari- Palestinian women train for a baseball game Sunday in Khan Younis, southern Gaza athlete who studies sports education. ty. Iraq has a national team, and one of Strip. The players wear hijabs instead of helmets, toss around tennis balls instead of Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade the country’s coaches introduced baseballs and their leather gloves have been replaced by black imitations knitted from on Gaza after Hamas seized power in Tafesh to baseball last year while both fabric. 2007, heavily restricting travel and were in Egypt, which now boasts a trade, and making it difficult to ac- baseball and softball federation. which is governed by the Islamic mili- they had permission from their fami- quire specialized sports equipment. Tafesh admits he still has much to tant group Hamas, would accept the lies to play sport as sports students. While seeking funding and real learn. He is unfamiliar with any of the idea of girls playing the sport. Through them, we started to spread, equipment, the women dream of even- teams or players in Major League He first approached girls at the only attracting girls from other fields such tually competing abroad. Baseball and gets most of his knowl- sports education college in Gaza. To as journalism and accountants,” he “All of us share the same goal: par- edge from YouTube videos. his surprise, he found interest in base- said after finishing a two-hour training ticipate and represent the name of Pal- When he returned to Gaza, he was ball was stronger among girls than session for the girls. estine outside and show that there are concerned about the lack of equipment boys. The women say their families had no sports for the girls in Gaza,” said and whether the conservative society, “We targeted this group because objection, and some parents even en- 24-year-old Iman Mughaier. Who’s happy, who’s not: Norway tops list, U.S. falls to No. 14

WASHINGTON (AP) — If United States has gone up an economist at the Univer- mally deal with income, economic, health and polling you want to go to your happy more than the past decade, sity of British Columbia in spending, health and hous- data compiled by economists place, you need more than but happiness is declining. Canada (ranked No. 7). “The ing, include a few extra ques- that are averaged over three cash. A winter coat helps — The United States was 14th material can stand in the tions on happiness because it years from 2014 to 2016. Nor- and a sense of community. in the latest ranking, down way of the human.” would lead to better policy way edged past previous A new report shows Nor- from No. 13 last year, and Studying happiness may that affects people’s lives. champ Denmark, which fell way is the happiest country over the years Americans seem frivolous, but serious Norway moved from No. 4 to second. Iceland, Switzer- on Earth, Americans are get- steadily have been rating academics have long been to the top spot in the report’s land and Finland round out ting sadder, and it takes themselves less happy. calling for more testing rankings, which combine the top 5. more than just money to be “It’s the human things that about people’s emotional happy. matter. If the riches make it well-being, especially in the Norway vaulted to the top harder to have frequent and United States. In 2013, the slot in the World Happiness trustworthy relationship be- National Academy of Scienc- SAVINGS ON Report despite the plummet- tween people, is it worth it?” es issued a report recom- ing price of oil, a key part of asked John Helliwell, the mending that federal statis- its economy. Income in the lead author of the report and tics and surveys, which nor- An Expert LIFT CHAIRS EVERY DAY Touch

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EDITOR’S wave by ripping off Berry’s NOTE: The “Sweet Little Sixteen” and following col- turning it into “Surfin’ USA.” umn, a trib- As I well know, every kid ute to the late, who dreams of playing in a great Chuck band starts out by learning Berry, was “Johnny B. Good,” then on to written by other Berry classics, like Hubert D. former Ar- “School Days,” “Back In The Osteen Jr. kansas Gov. USA,” “Rock and Roll Music” Mike Hucka- and “Roll Over Beethoven” bee. As some- (along with the riff from Deep one who grew up during the Purple’s “Smoke On The Golden Age of Rock’n Roll, I Water,” but at least Berry join with Gov. Huckabee in made it into the Rock Hall of mourning the loss of Chuck Fame — inducted on day one.) Berry. I saw Chuck perform Berry’s songs are so univer- NOTABLE & QUOTABLE many times in Columbia at the sally beloved that he never Township Auditorium but also bothered touring with a back- once in Kansas City, Missouri, up band. He’d save money by Bipartisan deal would boost our morale while in college. Chuck was hiring a local group in each one of a kind, not only a great town on the assumption that guitarist, but also a great en- every rock band already knew In “Reach Across the care would also be a boost nor from North Carolina tertainer and singer whose sig- his entire catalog. Aisle, Mr. President,” The to the national morale. It who put into law a bill that nature “duck walk” brought But maybe the best illustra- Wall Street Journal’s wouldn’t be about con- the NCAA protested by crowds to their feet. Here’s tion of how universally be- Peggy Noonan writes, “For stricting and cutting. It means of moving the 2017 Huck’s tribute: loved Chuck Berry’s songs are health-care reform to suc- would feel expansive, con- tourney out of Greens- came from a 1978 episode of ceed, it requires buy-in and structive, even hopeful. boro, North Carolina. BY MIKE HUCKABEE “Saturday Night Live,” back compromise from both par- Duke didn’t lose because when it was a comedy show ties.” • • • of where it played, but the ock and roll will rather than therapy for trau- NCAA’s moving the tour- never die, but the matized Hillary supporters. All the emphasis seems On CBSSports.com, Matt ney out of North Carolina man Stevie Wonder Steve Martin played a psychic to be on cutting. We will Norlander writes, “NCAA’s unquestionably had some Rand many more con- predicting the next week’s cut CPB, NPR, NEA. political stance gave Duke impact on what happened sider to be the true “King of headlines. Why aren’t we talking essentially a road game vs. Sunday night. Rock and Roll” has passed He reminded viewers of about growing and build- South Carolina.” away at 90. Chuck Berry was how the Voyager 1 probe had ing and knocking down • • • there at the very beginning, been sent into space with a barriers? Why aren’t we You can easily make the laying down the foundation greeting for alien civilizations talking about jobs and a argument that Duke would The New York Times for all the music that followed. and a recording of many boom and reforming regu- have lost against South marks six highlights of His first big hit, “Maybelline,” genres of music, from classi- lation and taxes so people Carolina no matter where Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s came six months before Elvis cal to rock, as represented by can build and invest? those teams played that Supreme Court hearing on Presley’s first hit, “Heart- Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. How about a little pru- game on Sunday night. Monday. break Hotel.” Seminal figures Good.” Martin predicted that dence and patience? The The seventh-seeded such as Bill Haley, Buddy a message would be received priorities should be jobs, Gamecocks dropped 65 sec- • Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Holly and the Beatles covered from an alien civilization growth, social cohesion ond-half points on No. 2 Democrat of Illinois, said Chuck Berry’s songs. The lyr- many light years away. and an atmosphere, in Duke to win 88-81 in an he wanted to know what ics of “Nadine” have been After working around the Washington, of construc- East Regional Round of 32 Judge Gorsuch would do cited as a major influence on clock to translate it, scientists tiveness. We don’t need game, giving the tourna- when “called upon to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springs- would reveal that the message any new culture wars— ment its most surprising, stand up to this presi- teen. The Beach Boys even was just four simple words: we’ve got enough, thanks! bracket-breaking upset so dent.” Mr. Durbin said, kicked off the surf music “Send more Chuck Berry!” The worst that could far. “You going to have your happen is that Congress is Hats off to Frank Martin hands full with this presi- so exhausted as an institu- for getting the Gamecocks dent.” tion, everyone’s ideologies to a place they haven’t • Sen. Michael Bennet, so played out, that they’re been to in 44 years. Duke Democrat of Colorado, in- all just playing a part, losing is the bigger story, troduced Mr. Gorsuch, his going through the motions, but Martin accomplishing fellow Coloradan, with mindlessly replicating past that for that program is high praise but stayed stu- battles in hope of some the better story. Winning diously ambiguous about new reward. in basketball isn’t common how he would vote. Barack Obama, full of at South Carolina, and • Sen. Lindsey Graham, himself after his 2008 vic- now Martin will forever be Republican of South Caro- tory and surrounded by remembered at that pro- lina, said, “if you believe triumphalist House Demo- gram. this has been a great plan crats, ignored the teaching Still, the game’s location to get a Trump nominee on of history and passed and the reasons for the the court, then you had to ObamaCare without a sin- tournament being played believe Trump was going gle Republican vote. The at said location must be to win to begin with.” Democrats would get all addressed. Almost no one • Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the credit. In time they got is going to be feeling sorry Democrat of Vermont, said all the blame. Republicans for Duke losing, but we Mr. Gorsuch was “selected had no incentive to bail have to have a realistic dis- by interest groups.” them out. cussion here. • Two of the most fre- In a telephone interview Duke, a 2 seed, in effect quently mentioned people Gov. John Kasich said, played a road game in the at Monday’s hearing “Ronald Reagan made NCAA Tournament. South weren’t even in the room: deals with Tip O’Neill on Carolina fans, as they Judge Merrick B. Garland, Social Security.” All the should have, overtook the the Obama administration big reforms of the past — building. Tar Heels fans, nominee who never got a of welfare, of the Penta- as they should have, filled hearing, and Sen. Mitch gon — were bipartisan ef- up the joint and joined in McConnell, the Republican forts. Progress will come their border buddies to leader who led the block- when both parties end cheer against Duke. But ade of Judge Garland. “the civil war” over health this was a bracket oddity. • Republicans are enthu- care. Bipartisanship must This game was held in siastic and fully aboard come back if things are to Greenville, South Caroli- with Judge Gorsuch. Do AP FILE PHOTO work. na, only because of a man not expect contentious In this April 4, 1980, photo, guitarist and singer Chuck Berry performs As he spoke I thought: a named Pat McCrory. He’s questioning from them in his “duck walk” as he plays his guitar on stage. On Saturday, police in bipartisan deal on health the now-voted-out gover- the days ahead. Missouri said Berry has died at the age of 90.

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(HD) Chopped (N) (HD) Chopped: Back In Time (HD) Chopped (HD) FOXN 37 90 The First 100 Days (N) (HD) The O’Reilly Fac tor (N) (HD) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) (HD) The O’Reilly Fac tor (HD) Tucker (HD) FREE 20 131 (6:00) She’s All That (‘99, Comedy) The Fosters: Di amond in the Rough (:01) Switched at Birth: Memory The Twins: Happily Ever After?: The 700 Club (HD) 13 Going on 30 aac Freddie Prinze Jr. (HD) Sex ed class. (N) (HD) (The Heart) (N) (HD) Leap of Faith Mak ing a change. (‘04) aac (HD) FSS 31 42 Pregame NHL Hockey: Carolina Hur ri canes at Florida Panthers from BB&T Cen ter (HD) Postgame Po laris World Poker Tour no} (HD) NHL Hockey HALL 52 183 Last Man Last Man Last Man Last Man The Mid dle: Leap The Mid dle Night The Mid dle (HD) The Mid dle (HD) Golden Girls: Gold. Girl Ex is Gold. Girl Sophia Standing (HD) Standing (HD) Standing (HD) Standing (HD) Year (HD) vi sion. (HD) Heart Attack dumped. may moves. 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(HD) (HD) Opera (N) TBS 24 156 The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The De tour (N) The Big Bang Conan (N) (HD) The De tour (HD) The ory (HD) The ory (HD) The ory (HD) The ory (HD) The ory (HD) The ory (HD) (HD) The ory (HD) aaa aaaa aaac TCM 49 186 The Little Foxes (‘41, Drama) Dou ble In dem nity (‘44, Thriller) Fred MacMurray. A temptress Detour (‘45, Drama) Tom Neal. A hitchhiker gets caught Cape Fear (‘62, Thriller) Bette Davis. A Southern family. ma nip u lates an in sur ance sales man into kill ing her hus band. (HD) in a spi ral ing whirl pool of murder and de ceit. Gregory Peck. Out for revenge. TLC 43 157 My Big Fat Fabu lous Life (HD) My Big Fat Fabu lous Life (N) My Big Fat Fabu lous Life (N) (:02) She’s in Charge (N) (HD) My Big Fat Fabu lous Life (HD) (:04) In Charge aac aaa aaaa TNT 23 158 (5:15) G.I. Jane (‘97, Ac tion) Law Abid ing Cit i zen (‘09, Crime) Jamie Foxx. A man in tends to (:15) Django Unchained (‘12, Western) Jamie Foxx. A freed slave teams up with a Demi Moore. Gender-neu tral. (HD) exact revenge 10 years af ter his wife and child are mur dered. (HD) dentist to free his wife from a slave owner. (HD) TRUTV 38 129 Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (N) Upscale (N) Hack My (N) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) Jok ers (HD) TVLAND 55 161 A Griffith (HD) A Griffith (HD) A Griffith (HD) Loves Ray. Loves Ray. Loves Ray. Teachers (N) Shade (N) (HD) Queens (HD) Queens (HD) Queens (HD) z{| USA 25 132 Chrisley Knows Chrisley Knows WWE SmackDown (HD) Chrisley Knows Chrisley Knows (:01) Modern (:31) Modern (:01) Modern Best (HD) Best (HD) Best (N) Best (HD) Fam ily (HD) Fam ily (HD) Fam ily (HD) WE 68 166 Law & Order (HD) Law & Order (HD) Law & Order: Bronx Cheer (HD) Law & Order: Ego (HD) Law & Order: White Lie (HD) Law & Ordr WGN 8 172 Fast & Furi ous (‘09, Ac tion) Vin Die sel. Deadly con voy heist. 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With this free Partly sunny and Thundershower Cooler; a shower in Partly sunny and Some sun, then A thick cloud cover Hillcrest High School Class of warmer the a.m. cool clouds; warmer app, donors can schedule 1975 will meet at 9 a.m. on and manage donation ap- Saturday, March 25, at 85° 57° 69° / 39° 56° / 39° 71° / 50° 77° / 56° pointments, access their Golden Corral restaurant. Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 15% Chance of rain: 25% donor card, earn rewards All members of this class and more. You can help are asked to attend as this W 7-14 mph W 6-12 mph NNE 8-16 mph ENE 8-16 mph SE 6-12 mph S 8-16 mph save a life by becoming a is an important meeting. blood donor during one of Call (803) 499-1302 or (803) Gaff ney the following blood dona- 795-7747. 81/53 tion opportunities: Tues- Spartanburg day, March 28, 11 a.m.-4 American Legion Auxiliary TODAY’S Unit 202 Ballard-Palmer-Bates Greenville 81/54 p.m., Central Carolina 82/55 Technical College, 506 N. will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. SOUTH Guignard Drive; Wednes- on Saturday, March 25, at 310 Palmetto St. Call Bar- CAROLINA Florence day, March 29, 10 a.m.-3 Bishopville 84/55 p.m., USC Sumter, 200 Mill- bara at (803) 469-7133. New WEATHER 84/55 er Road; and Thursday, members and Palmetto March 30, 2-7 p.m., Grace Girls State are welcome. Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter Baptist Church, 219 W. Cal- The Pilot Club of Bishopville today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 85/59 85/57 Myrtle houn St. will present Lee Haw Lee IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach Volunteers from AARP will County has Talent at 7 p.m. 85/58 76/58 on Saturday, March 25, at Today: Warmer with a heavy thunderstorm. offer free tax preparation Aiken the Bishopville Opera Winds west 4-8 mph. from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on 84/57 Mondays and Wednesdays House. Suitable for the Wednesday: Cooler with a passing shower. through April 12 at the whole family. Tickets can Winds northeast 4-8 mph. Shepherd’s Center, 24 be purchased at Bishop- Council St. Applicants are ville Drug, Little Florist and ON THE COAST Charleston advised to bring the fol- State Farm insurance and Today: Mostly sunny and warmer; pleasant. 84/59 lowing with them: photo are $15 for adults and $10 ID; Social Security cards for under age 17. High 74 to 85. for all household members The Sumter Branch NAACP’s Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots; not being claimed; tax docu- annual Women in the NAACP as warm. High 63 to 75. ments — W-2 forms, 1099R, Program will be held at 5 1099SSA, interest income p.m. on Sunday, March 26, and all other income state- at St. Paul AME Church, LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON ments; 2015 tax returns 1495 St. Paul Church Road. SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 7:24 a.m. Sunset 7:34 p.m. and power of attorney Minister Earline Howell- Lake pool yest. chg Temperature Moonrise 2:53 a.m. Moonset 1:26 p.m. forms if filing for someone Smith will speak. Murray 360 356.84 -0.04 High 70° other than yourself. For The Sumter County Sheriff's Marion 76.8 74.68 -0.05 New First Full Last Low 33° more information, call Moultrie 75.5 74.70 -0.01 Office Boys and Girls Youth Normal high 68° Henry Dinkins at (803) 499- Wateree 100 97.90 none Inc. will hold its first fundrais- Normal low 42° 4990 or Lula King at (803) Mar. 27 Apr. 3 Apr. 11 Apr. 19 ing banquet at 7 p.m. on Fri- Record high 89° in 1963 316-0772. day, March 31, at the Impe- RIVER STAGES Record low 25° in 1967 TIDES The Sumter County Education rial Restaurant, 451 Broad Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr Association — Retired will St. Rep. J. David Weeks will Precipitation River stage yest. chg 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" AT MYRTLE BEACH meet at noon on Wednes- serve as keynote speaker. Black River 12 6.85 -0.02 Month to date 0.87" High Ht. Low Ht. day, March 22, at the North This year's theme is Congaree River 19 3.56 +0.32 Normal month to date 2.57" Today 4:07 a.m. 2.7 11:08 a.m. 0.8 HOPE Center. "Above and Beyond Expec- Lynches River 14 6.34 +0.51 Year to date 6.45" 4:22 p.m. 2.4 11:07 p.m. 0.7 tations." Tickets are avail- Saluda River 14 2.05 -0.01 Jobs for America's Graduates Last year to date 10.47" Wed. 5:08 a.m. 2.7 12:06 p.m. 0.7 able at the Sumter County Up. Santee River 80 75.92 -0.36 (JAG) H.O.P.E. (Helping Oth- Normal year to date 9.99" 5:21 p.m. 2.5 ------ers Pursue Excellence) will Sheriff's Office for a dona- Wateree River 24 5.54 -0.07 hold a mentoring and tu- tion of $25 per person. VIP toring seminar on Satur- tables (a table of eight) day, March 25, at Manning are also available with a NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES High School, 2155 Paxville $250 donation. These do- Highway, Manning. Regis- nors will have reserved ta- Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. 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USC MEN’S BASKETBALL PRO BASEBALL Tebow will How Sweet 16 it is! become a Thornwell Columbia leads USC past Duke; on to Firefly BY LOU BEZJAK East Regional The State BY PETE IACOBELLI Tebowmania is coming to The Associated Press Columbia. The former Heisman Trophy GREENVILLE — South winner will begin his minor Carolina is heading to Madi- league career with the Colum- son Square Garden — and bia Fireflies, the Class A affili- not for the NIT. ate of the New York Mets. A Gamecocks program “I am excited about continu- known largely — and ing the journey. I learned so mocked often by some — for much this spring working with its back-to-back NIT cham- T.C. (Terry Collins), Kevin pionships in 2005 and 2006 is Long and Tom Goodwin,” now heading to the world’s Tebow told reporters Monday. most famous arena as part “I hear so many of the NCAA’s Sweet 16. good things about They are making their first the city of Co- appearance in the regional lumbia. I hear the semifinals since the bracket stadium is great, expanded after an 88-81 vic- the people are tory Sunday night over No. 2 great. I look for- seed Duke in the East Re- ward to coming gional. TEBOW there to make an And Sindarius Thornwell impact on the says he believes bigger field and in the community.” things are ahead. Columbia opens the season “We’re not satisfied,” he on April 6 at home against Au- said. “We’re in it, so why not gusta in a four-game series. win it?” This year’s team arrives in Co- The Gamecocks (24-10) lumbia on April 1 with a fan seem capable of anything fest set for the following day. after this one. Fireflies president John Katz Thornwell had 24 points, was confident last month that Chris Silva scored 13 of his Tebow would begin his career 17 points in the second half with the club and the team’s and Duane Notice had 17 Twitter account sent out a points, 14 in a 65-point sec- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tweet in August with Tebow in ond half, as South Carolina South Carolina’s Chris Silva (30) dunks as Duke’s Frank Jackson (15) looks on during the second half a Fireflies’ jersey when it was rallied from 10 points down of the Gamecocks’ 88-81 victory over the Blue Devils on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA announced he was considering tournament in Greenville. USC takes on Baylor in the Sweet 16 on Friday at Madison Square Garden playing baseball. SEE SWEET, PAGE B3 in New York. “I think it is really exciting. These things don’t happen too often,” Katz said. “You don’t get athletes that have a broad USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL appeal from so many demo- graphics. So much about Tim Tebow is appealing to folks. You got an athlete to have suc- No. 1 seed South Carolina avoids upset cess at so many different lev- els. For him to be able to go out and chase his dreams play- BY JEFFREY COLLINS ing minor league baseball is The Associated Press amazing.” Katz is at the Mets’ spring COLUMBIA — Top-seeded South Carolina training facility in Port St. again appeared to have a dominant regular Lucie, Florida, this week and season turn into a surprisingly early NCAA plans to meet with Tebow. He Tournament exit. said the Fireflies will begin to But that’s when 2-time Southeastern Confer- incorporate Tebow in the mar- ence Player of the Year A’ja Wilson rescued her keting plans . team. Katz said how long Tebow’s Wilson scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds, will stay depends on how com- including the put back that gave South Caroli- fortable the Mets’ organization na the lead for good and the free throws that is with his progress. sealed it, as South Carolina (29-4) beat No. 8 The Tebow announcement is seed Arizona State 71-68 in the second round of sure to spike ticket sales, the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night. which Katz said were trending Wilson didn’t touch the ball at all for two pos- upward from last year’s inau- sessions as the Sun Devils (20-13) ended a run gural season. The club also of 11 straight points to take a 68-67 lead with will be hosting the South At- two minutes to go. But her teammates finally lantic League All-Star game found her. She missed the first time down the this season. floor, and again with 50 seconds to go. But Wil- Tebow will wear his No. 15 son fought, for the rebound, tipped it to herself jersey he wore as quarterback and made the game-winning basket. at Florida and in the NFL for “I thought the ball was going to find who the Fireflies. needed it at the time,” Wilson said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tebow signed with the Mets Wilson rescued what would have been another South Carolina guard Kaela Davis (3) celebrates at the conclusion of the Game- on Sept. 8 to a mix of skepticism cocks’ 71-68 victory over Arizona State in the second round of the NCAA tourna- SEE RESCUED, PAGE B3 ment’s Stockton Regional on Sunday in Columbia. SEE TEBOW, PAGE B2

AUTO RACING Newman skips late pit stop, stuns NASCAR field in Phoenix

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A big gamble in the desert heat ended a long FULL RESULTS INSIDE victory drought for Ryan Newman. Official stats on page B4 When just about everybody else de- cided to take a tire-changing pit stop in the final few laps on Sunday, Newman Newman moved from seventh to first figured he’d be going in with them. and for the final two laps held off Kyle His crew chief Luke Lambert Larson, the second-place finisher for thought otherwise. the third straight race. It was a decision that earned New- Kyle Busch, the leader for nearly all man a victory in the Monster Energy of the final stage of the race, was third NASCAR Cup Series race, ending his on a day when the temperature soared 127-race winless streak. to 97 degrees at Phoenix International “Just a heck of a gutsy call by Luke Raceway. Lambert,” Newman said. “It’s his first Like nearly all the rest of the field, win as a crew chief in the cup series Larson and Busch went to the pits on and I think making a gutsy call like the late caution caused when Joey Lo- that makes it that much more special gano’s car blew a right tire and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for him.” Ryan Newman takes the checkered flag to win the Monster Energy Cup Series Camping While the leaders were in the pits, SEE PHOENIX, PAGE B4 World 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday in Avondale, Arizona. B2 | TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m. AREA ROUNDUP SCOREBOARD Detroit at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. TODAY Indiana 35 34 .507 11 Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 6 a.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Milwaukee 34 35 .493 12 Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado from Detroit 34 36 .486 12½ Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Scottsdale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK). Chicago 33 37 .471 13½ San Jose at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Bettencourt pitches Noon — Women’s Professional Tennis: St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m. Miami Open First-Round Matches from WESTERN CONFERENCE Key Biscayne, Fla. (TENNIS). SOUTHWEST DIVISION WEDNESDAY’S GAMES 1 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. W L Pct GB Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh from Bradenton, N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. x-San Antonio 53 16 .768 — Fla. (MLB NETWORK). Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Sumter High past x-Houston 48 22 .686 5½ 3 p.m. — College Baseball: James Madison Memphis 40 30 .571 13½ at Liberty (TIME WARNER 1250). THURSDAY’S GAMES Dallas 30 39 .435 23 4 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. New Orleans 29 41 .414 24½ Los Angeles Angels vs. Cincinnati from Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m. Goodyear, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK). NORTHWEST DIVISION New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m. — Women’s Professional Tennis: W L Pct GB Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Carolina Forest 3-0 Miami Open First-Round Matches from Utah 43 27 .614 — Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Key Biscayne, Fla. (TENNIS). Oklahoma City 40 29 .580 2½ Arizona at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY- Denver 33 36 .478 9½ Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. MYRTLE BEACH – Han- with four RBI. Abbigail FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). Portland 32 37 .464 10½ Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m. 6:15 p.m. — High School Baseball: Hartsville Minnesota 28 41 .406 14½ Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. nah Bettencourt tossed a Lancaster had three hits at Lugoff-Elgin (WPUB-FM 102.7). Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. shutout to lift Sumter High and scored three times. 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Chicago at PACIFIC DIVISION Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m. Toronto (ESPN). W L Pct GB Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. School to a 3-0 varsity soft- Ashleigh Beibel scored 7 p.m. — College Basketball: National z-Golden State 55 14 .797 — ball victory over Carolina four times and was the Invitation Tournament Quarterfinal Game L.A. Clippers 41 29 .586 14½ — Richmond at Texas Christian (ESPN2). Sacramento 27 43 .386 28½ Forest on Monday at the winning pitcher. 7 p.m. — College Baseball: Rice at Texas Phoenix 22 48 .314 33½ PGA TOUR L.A. Lakers 20 50 .286 35½ Sunday CF field. A&M (SEC NETWORK). At Bay Hill Lodge & Resort, Orlando, Florida. 7:30 p.m. — College Baseball: Oklahoma at x-clinched playoff spot Bettencourt struck out z-clinched division Purse: $8.7 million BOYS Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS Yardage: 7,419; Par 72 three batters for the Lady SOUTHEAST). SUNDAY’S GAMES Final 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Florida Marc Leishman (500), $1,566,000 71-66- Gamecocks, who improved (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Dallas 111, Brooklyn 104 JV BASEBALL Philadelphia 105, Boston 99 71-69—277 to 2-1 in Region VI-5A. She 8:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: San Jose at Charley Hoffman (245), $765,600 68-66- Minnesota (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Detroit 112, Phoenix 95 was also 3-for-4 at the plate SUMTER 7, 11 New Orleans 123, Minnesota 109 71-73—278 9 p.m. — Men’s College Volleyball: Kevin Kisner (245), $765,600 70-67-68-73— MANNING 1, 0 Princeton at Brigham Young (BYUTV). Portland 115, Miami 104 with a run batted in. Toronto 116, Indiana 91 278 9 p.m. — College Basketball: National Tyrrell Hatton, $382,800 72-69-67-71—279 Alexis Jacobs was also MANNING — Sumter Invitation Tournament Quarterfinal Game San Antonio 118, Sacramento 102 Cleveland 125, L.A. Lakers 120 Rory McIlroy (123), $382,800 74-71-65-69— 3-for-4 with an RBI, while swept a doubleheader from — Georgia Tech at Mississippi (ESPN2). 279 9 p.m. — International Baseball: World Adam Hadwin (100), $313,200 70-70-69-71— Tara Rhodes had two hits Manning on Monday, win- Baseball Classic Semifinal Game from Los MONDAY’S GAMES Charlotte 105, Atlanta 90 280 and Kaylee Posey had an ning 7-1 in the first game Angeles — United States vs. Japan (MLB Lucas Glover (85), $271,150 68-69-72-72— NETWORK). Orlando 112, Philadelphia 109 RBI. and 11-0 in the nightcap at Indiana 107, Utah 100 281 9:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Emiliano Grillo (85), $271,150 67-68-78-68— Minnesota (ESPN). Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Sumter plays host to the MHS field. Denver at Houston, 8 p.m. 281 1 a.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Francesco Molinari (85), $271,150 70-68- Conway today. In the opener, the Game- Oakland vs. Seattle from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB Golden State at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. New York at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. 74-69—281 cocks had nine hits. Sebas- NETWORK). Tommy Fleetwood, $226,200 78-66-70-68— MANNING 24 TODAY’S GAMES 282 CRESTWOOD 13 tian Ducom and Bryce Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Hudson Swafford (73), $226,200 73-72- Spittle both had two hits. COLLEGE BASEBALL POLLS Detroit at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. 69-68—282 Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Rickie Fowler (65), $200,100 74-72-65-72— Crestwood fell to 1-3 with Kieran Hagerty had a hit, COLLEGIATE BASEBALL Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. 283 a 24-13 loss to Manning on two runs, two stolen bases TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Collegiate Base- Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Matthew Fitzpatrick, $163,125 67-69- ball poll with records through March 19. San Antonio at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. 72-76—284 Thursday at the CHS field. and an RBI, while Wylie Voting is done by coaches, sports writers Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m. Brian Harman (56), $163,125 72-70-73-69— Connie Griffin led the Coker had a hit and two and sports information directors: L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. 284 Record Pts Prv Billy Horschel (56), $163,125 72-73-67-72— Lady Knights offensively, runs. Ducom, Zion Brown 1. Oregon St. 17-1 496 1 WEDNESDAY’S GAMES 284 going 3-for-4 with three and Mason McLeod each 1. Louisville 19-0 496 2 Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m. Justin Rose (56), $163,125 71-70-70-73—284 3. Texas Christian 14-5 492 3 Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Greg Chalmers (46), $117,740 69-72-69-75— RBI. Brittany Epps and had an RBI. Brown also 4. Texas Tech. 17-4 489 4 Atlanta at Washington, 8 p.m. 285 Constance Kirby both had had two stolen bases. 5. Missouri 19-1 486 23 Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Michael Kim (46), $117,740 72-71-70-72— 6. Cal. St. Fullerton 14-5 483 21 Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. 285 two hits. Seth Posey was the win- 7. Arizona 15-4 480 5 Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m. Danny Lee (46), $117,740 75-70-73-67—285 ning pitcher, tossing three 8. Louisiana St. 16-5 479 7 Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Luke List (46), $117,740 71-71-72-71—285 9. St. John’s 14-2 478 9 New York at Utah, 10:30 p.m. Pat Perez (46), $117,740 74-70-69-72—285 JV SOCCER innings with one hit and 10. Oklahoma 21-3 476 12 Kyle Stanley (46), $117,740 73-68-69-75— one unearned run allowed. 11. North Carolina 15-5 472 13 THURSDAY’S GAMES 285 WEST FLORENCE 1 12. Clemson 16-4 470 14 Phoenix at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Jason Day (36), $77,430 70-71-75-70—286 He struck out five and 13. South Carolina 14-5 468 16 Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Martin Kaymer, $77,430 73-71-68-74—286 SUMTER 0 14. Michigan 15-4 465 17 L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Jamie Lovemark (36), $77,430 72-69-75-70— walked none. Coker al- 15. Florida Gulf Coast 18-3 463 22 Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. 286 Sumter lost to West Flor- lowed two hits and a walk 16. Auburn 17-5 461 NR New York at Portland, 10 p.m. Vaughn Taylor (36), $77,430 71-71-73-71— 17. Florida 13-8 457 8 286 ence 1-0 on Friday at the against two strikeouts in 18. Florida St. 14-7 456 6 Jeunghun Wang, $77,430 71-68-77-70—286 SHS field. two shutout innings. 19. Baylor 16-4 453 10 Stewart Cink (27), $57,855 70-76-70-71— 20. Stanford 11-5 450 20 NHL STANDINGS 287 The Lady Gamecocks fell In the second game, SHS 21. Kentucky 15-6 446 NR Tony Finau (27), $57,855 72-67-77-71—287 to 2-2. had eight hits. Spittle was 22. Virginia 15-5 444 15 EASTERN CONFERENCE Brandon Hagy (27), $57,855 73-71-70-73— 23. Mississippi 14-6 443 30 ATLANTIC DIVISION 287 2-for-4 with a double, two 24. Vanderbilt 13-8 441 19 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Graeme McDowell (27), $57,855 72-71- RBI and a run. Jomar Naz- 25. Southern Miss. 16-4 438 NR Montreal 72 41 23 8 90 199 180 71-73—287 JV SOFTBALL 26. San Diego 13-4 435 26 Ottawa 71 39 24 8 86 188 185 Louis Oosthuizen (27), $57,855 70-73- ario had a double, an RBI 71-73—287 CRESTWOOD 20 27. U.C. Irvine 11-6 434 25 Boston 71 38 27 6 82 205 188 and a run, Jackson Ho- 28. Oregon 13-5 432 29 Toronto 70 32 23 15 79 212 208 Brandt Snedeker (27), $57,855 72-71-71-73— MANNING 8 29. Arkansas 17-4 429 NR Tampa Bay 71 34 28 9 77 194 197 287 shour and Coker both had 30. Washington 12-6 426 NR Florida 71 31 29 11 73 180 204 Keegan Bradley (19), $43,003 71-71-71-75— Crestwood picked up its two RBI and Jacob Moss Buffalo 72 29 31 12 70 180 210 288 BASEBALL AMERICA Detroit 70 28 31 11 67 177 210 David Hearn (19), $43,003 70-73-74-71—288 first win of the year on had a hit, two runs and an DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in Ryan Moore (19), $43,003 72-69-74-73—288 the Baseball America poll through March METROPOLITAN DIVISION Ollie Schniederjans (19), $43,003 73-70- Thursday with a 20-8 victo- RBI. 19 (selected by the staff of Baseball Amer- GP W L OT Pts GF GA 72-73—288 ry over Manning at the Drake Thames pitched ica): x-Columbus 71 47 18 6 100 228 164 Bubba Watson (19), $43,003 72-72-76-68— Record Prv x-Washington 71 46 17 8 100 228 159 288 CHS field. two shutout innings and 1. Louisville 19-0 1 Pittsburgh 71 45 17 9 99 249 198 Cameron Smith (19), $43,003 74-69-69-76— Shanna Ingham led the McLeod and Ethan Brown 2. Oregon State 17-1 4 N.Y. Rangers 72 45 24 3 93 231 189 288 3. Texas Christian 14-5 3 N.Y. Islanders 71 33 26 12 78 210 218 Harold Varner III (19), $43,003 70-70-71-77— 1-2 Lady Knights, hitting a both pitched a scoreless in- 4. Louisiana State 17-5 6 Philadelphia 71 33 30 8 74 186 213 288 3-run home run to finish ning. 5. Cal State Fullerton 14-5 7 Carolina 70 30 27 13 73 182 203 Aaron Baddeley (14), $33,060 70-75-69-75— 6. Clemson 16-4 9 New Jersey 71 26 33 12 64 164 209 289 7. South Carolina 14-5 10 Paul Casey (14), $33,060 68-72-71-78—289 8. Texas Tech 17-4 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Ben Martin (14), $33,060 73-72-74-70—289 9. Arizona 15-4 12 CENTRAL DIVISION Ian Poulter (14), $33,060 72-73-71-73—289 Russell Henley (10), $26,187 72-71-70-77— 10. North Carolina 15-5 13 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 290 SPORTS ITEMS 11. Mississippi 14-6 18 x-Chicago 72 47 20 5 99 218 178 Jim Herman (10), $26,187 73-72-75-70—290 12. Florida Gulf Coast 18-3 21 Minnesota 71 43 22 6 92 232 178 Hideki Matsuyama (10), $26,187 73-69- 13. Florida 13-8 5 St. Louis 71 38 28 5 81 197 193 72-76—290 14. Florida State 14-7 2 Nashville 71 35 25 11 81 209 201 Charl Schwartzel (10), $26,187 72-71- 15. Louisiana-Lafayette 11-6 14 Winnipeg 72 32 33 7 71 217 230 16. St. John’s 14-2 19 72-75—290 Hoops pep rally today Dallas 71 28 33 10 66 195 233 Byeong Hun An (8), $21,079 76-70-72-73— 17. Stanford 11-5 17 Colorado 71 20 48 3 43 138 234 18. Missouri 19-1 NR 291 19. Virginia 15-5 15 PACIFIC DIVISION Kevin Chappell (8), $21,079 72-74-74-71— 20. Baylor 16-4 16 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 291 21. Oklahoma State 14-6 23 San Jose 71 42 22 7 91 196 165 James Hahn (8), $21,079 73-71-73-74—291 at Colonial Life Arena 22. Washington 12-6 25 Anaheim 72 38 23 11 87 186 178 Martin Laird (8), $21,079 77-68-75-71—291 23. Michigan 15-4 24 Calgary 72 41 27 4 86 201 193 J.J. Spaun (8), $21,079 70-73-76-72—291 24. Oklahoma 21-3 NR Edmonton 71 38 24 9 85 207 186 Si Woo Kim (8), $21,079 71-71-74-75—291 COLUMBIA — Fresh off Leishman of Australia 25. East Carolina 13-7 8 Los Angeles 71 34 30 7 75 175 179 Alex Noren, $21,079 70-74-71-76—291 Vancouver 71 28 34 9 65 161 207 Charles Howell III (5), $19,401 72-72-74-74— a pair of thrilling NCAA holed a 50-foot eagle putt Arizona 71 26 36 9 61 172 227 292 Tournament second- on the 16th hole to take NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Jason Kokrak (5), $19,401 72-74-71-75—292 NBA STANDINGS overtime loss. Troy Merritt (5), $19,401 76-71-72-73—292 round victories, South the lead, and he stayed All Times EDT x-clinched playoff spot C.T. Pan (5), $19,401 75-71-74-72—292 Carolina’s men’s and there with two tough pars EASTERN CONFERENCE Ryan Ruffels, $19,401 69-74-76-73—292 SUNDAY’S GAMES Steve Wheatcroft (5), $19,401 77-69-71-75— women’s basketball teams to win the Arnold Palmer ATLANTIC DIVISION Columbus 4, New Jersey 1 292 will hold a Sweet 16 Pep Invitational and earn a W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 4, Florida 0 Blayne Barber (4), $18,531 75-72-77-69— Boston 44 26 .629 — Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 4 293 Rally on Tuesday at Foun- trip to the Masters. Toronto 41 29 .586 3 Chicago 6, Colorado 3 Matt Every (4), $18,531 73-70-74-76—293 dation Square at the main Leishman pitch from 45 New York 27 42 .391 16½ Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3, OT Fabian Gomez (4), $18,531 74-72-71-76— Philadelphia 26 43 .377 17½ Montreal 4, Ottawa 1 293 entrance of Colonial Life yards short of the 18th Brooklyn 13 56 .188 30½ Calgary 5, Los Angeles 2 Tim Herron (4), $18,531 72-73-72-76—293 Arena. green rolled out to 3 feet, SOUTHEAST DIVISION John Huh (4), $17,922 74-72-71-77—294 MONDAY’S GAMES Zach Johnson (4), $17,922 75-70-73-76— The event, which gets and he made the par putt W L Pct GB Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. 294 Washington 42 27 .609 — Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boo Weekley (4), $17,922 75-72-73-74—294 underway at 6 p.m., will for a 3-under 69. Atlanta 37 32 .536 5 Arizona at Nashville, 8 p.m. Wesley Bryan (3), $17,574 77-70-71-77—295 feature speeches from Kevin Kisner had a Miami 34 36 .486 8½ San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Kevin Streelman (3), $17,400 75-71-74-77— Charlotte 30 39 .435 12 Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m. 297 USC President Harris Pas- three-shot lead at the Orlando 25 45 .357 17½ Derek Fathauer (3), $17,226 74-71-71-83— tides, a member of the turn, but he didn’t make a CENTRAL DIVISION TODAY’S GAMES 299 W L Pct GB Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. David Lingmerth (3), $17,052 74-72-70-88— Gamecock women’s bas- birdie over his final 11 x-Cleveland 46 23 .667 — N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. 304 ketball team and head holes. coach Dawn Staley and a Rory McIlroy made a Carolina men’s basketball late charge and tied for student-athlete and head the lead with a wild birdie way, we have lots of players in coach Frank Martin. 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WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Oregon upsets Duke 74-65, advances to 1st women’s Sweet 16

DURHAM, N.C. — Ruthy Hebard nament’s second round twice since followed with seven of their next eight Orange that gave the Huskies their had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and 2014. They played without guard Kyra points to make it 62-51 with 4:07 re- fourth consecutive title. Oregon earned its first Sweet 16 berth Lambert, who tore her left anterior maining. Durr also became the 28th STANFORD 69 by upsetting Duke 74-65 on Monday cruciate ligament in the first round Louisville player to reach 1,000 career KANSAS STATE 48 night in the second round of the against Hampton. points. NCAA Tournament. LOUISVILLE 75 UCONN 94 MANHATTAN, Kan. — Brittany Maite Cazorla added 17 points and TENNESSEE 64 SYRACUSE 64 McPhee had 21 points, Alanna Smith Lexi Bando finished with 14 points to added 19 and second-seeded Stanford help Oregon (22-13) become the first LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Asia Durr STORRS, Conn. — Kia Nurse scored routed No. 7 seed Kansas State 69-48 No. 10 seed in a decade to reach the scored 23 points, Mariya Moore made 29 points and tied an NCAA Tourna- on Monday night to advance to the round of 16. all five 3-pointers for 19 points and ment record with nine 3-pointers to Cardinal’s 10th straight Sweet 16. The Ducks, in their first tournament Louisville beat Tennessee 75-64 Mon- lead UConn to a 94-64 win over Syra- The Cardinal (30-5) had no problem since 2005, had never advanced past day night in the second round of the cuse on Monday night in a second- dealing with the Wildcats (23-11) or the second round in their 12 previous NCAA Tournament. round rematch of last year’s national their home crowd, which spent much appearances. Now they’re on to Moore’s perimeter shooting provid- championship game. of the game sitting in silence. Stanford Bridgeport, Connecticut, to take on ed a lift on a night that fourth-seeded Nurse hit 10 of her 13 shots, missing roared to a 39-21 halftime lead and third-seeded Maryland (32-2) in a re- Louisville had to work hard late to fin- three attempts from behind the arc for never looked back in advancing to face gional semifinal. ish 44 percent from the field. She the Huskies, who won their 109th No. 3 seed Texas on Friday night in Lexie Brown scored 25 points for the scored the Cardinals’ first eight points straight game and 26th consecutive Lexington, Kentucky. second-seeded Blue Devils (28-6), who of the fourth quarter with back-to- NCAA Tournament game. That streak have been upset at home in the tour- back 3s for a 54-47 lead before Durr includes last April’s 82-51 win over the From wire reports

BIG PICTURE the several it pulled off last MEN’S TOURNAMENT SWEET FROM PAGE B1 week to become the first ACC South Carolina: The Game- champion to win four games cocks had not won an NCAA TV SCHEDULE for a second straight NCAA for the sixth time in eight on the way to a title. Tournament game in 44 years THURSDAY victory. seasons. The Blue Devils, “We’ve done it before. We coming into the weekend. Now, SEMIFINALS The 65 points were the most though, could not surmount thought we could,” Matt they’re looking to advance to MIDWEST REGIONAL given up in a half by a Mike South Carolina’s stifling de- Jones said. “The shots just the Elite Eight with another WLTX 19 Michigan vs. Oregon, 7 p.m. Krzyzewski-coached Duke fense. Leading scorer Luke didn’t fall today. We couldn’t victory. Quite a turn for a team Purdue vs. Kansas, 9:30 p.m. team. Kennard had his second find enough energy to muster that had lost five of its last WEST REGIONAL The Gamecocks shook off a straight subpar shooting up that late push.” seven games before the TBS Gonzaga vs. West Virginia, 7:30 20-percent shooting first half game, finishing 1 of 6 for 11 NCAAs. p.m. for the win. points before fouling out. HOME GAME Duke: The Blue Devils had Xavier vs. Arizona, 10 p.m. “I told the guys at halftime, The Blue Devils made five It was hard to call this any- lived by the 3-pointer much FRIDAY someone’s got to have the of their eight 3-point attempts thing other than a home game of the season and when SEMIFINALS courage and make shots,” in the first half, yet only 5 of for South Carolina, whose those didn’t fall in the sec- EAST REGIONAL South Carolina coach Frank 19 after the break. They had campus is 2 hours east and ond half, it surely cost them. TBS Martin said. tied a season high with 18 whose fans filled the arena. They’ll certainly be a differ- South Carolina vs. Baylor, 7:25 p.m. When the horn sounded, turnovers against the relent- Kennard said his team has ent looking team next year Wisconsin vs. Florida, 10 p.m. South Carolina players, less Gamecocks attack. been in difficult environments with seniors like Jones and SOUTH REGIONAL coaches and staff rushed to Silva added 10 rebounds for before “and we’ve won games Amile Jefferson finishing up WLTX 19 Butler vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. the fans at Bon Secours his fourth double-double this like that. Their team, they fed and freshmen like Jayson Kentucky vs. UCLA, 9:30 p.m. Wellness Arena to celebrate season. off the crowd I think and it Tatum, considering the — a crowd that included Grayson Allen led Duke gave them a little energy.” NBA. Houston Texans Pro Bowl with 20 points. seeded Baylor in the Sweet 16 defensive end Jadeveon Krzyzewski said South Car- GOOD CALL UP NEXT at Madison Square Garden on Clowney, a former Game- olina’s physical nature wore Notice has struggled with South Carolina plays third- Friday cock. down his team in the second his shot at times this season, Next up is the East Regional half. so much that Martin has where South Carolina takes “That’s the most physical fielded questions about sit- on third-seeded Baylor, an team we’ve faced all year,” he ting him down. Notice fin- 82-78 winner over Southern said. ished 6 of 8 with two 3-point- Cal earlier Sunday. Even as South Carolina got ers in the South Carolina Keeping Sumter Beautiful Duke (28-9) was attempt- in front, Duke believed it win. “Aren’t you glad I didn’t ing to reach the round of 16 could mount a comeback like do that?” Martin asked. By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent

Yellow, Yellow, Yellow dumping huge amounts of pol- ils have made 12 NCAA tour- RESCUED FROM PAGE B1 len in the air and hoping that naments under Turner Nature is sending us signals to there is enough of a breeze that WRONG SEED Thorne, but have advanced to cleanup around our house and some of it will make its way to disappointing NCAA Tourna- the Sweet 16 just three times. yard. I had to make a ginor- the stigma of a receptive female ment for one of the sport’s Turner Thorne and Staley Arizona State had another mous arrangement for the flower. Researchers have nar- new powers. South Carolina both agreed Arizona State de- good shooting day from out- Rotary Club Farm to Table rowed down the trees responsi- has been a No. 1 seed four served higher than an eighth side, making 45.5 percent of event last week, and even ble for most allergic reactions. years in a row but made the seed and this matchup its 3-pointers. though it had rained for two The worst offenders are beech, Final Four just once. shouldn’t have happened in South Carolina: The Game- walnut, oak, alder, hop-horn- And the road out of the the second round. cocks have been to six straight days two days before, I had to spray all the greenery I cut to bean, hazelnut, and chestnut. Stockton, California, region “It’s no secret I didn’t think NCAA Tournaments with Pine pollen, although brilliant- might have gotten harder. we should be playing a one Staley, making it to the Sweet get rid of the pollen that had dusted single leaf. Although we ly yellow and able to float on Starting guard Allisha Gray seed in the second round on 16 five times. Sunday’s atten- water, generally doesn’t cause had to be carried off the court their home floor. And I think dance in Columbia was 8,276 usually hang laundry on the after hurting her knee late in we proved that,” Turner people — well below South front porch (you can’t see our the dreaded seasonal allergic the game. Coach Dawn Staley Thorne said. Carolina’s nation-leading av- house from the road because rhinitis, although it sure gets said doctors were looking at it Staley said these games are erage of 12,853. The Game- the hedges are so thick so blamed for it. In truth, pine after the game and she had no why she plays a tough non- cocks men’s team was playing hopefully we aren’t bringing pollen causes hay fever in only prognosis. The Gamecocks conference schedule and in the second round of the property values down), the two to three percent of the are already playing without pushes her team to dominate NCAAs too, about 100 miles dryer is now back in service as population. Still, it is a nui- Alaina Coates. the SEC so they can get that away in Greenville. yellow pollen would coat any sance to sweet off our wrap- Arizona State led by as top seed and home court for air-dried clothes. Our oldest around, old-fashioned porch many as 11 and never trailed the first two NCAA Tourna- UP NEXT child, Eliza Frezil, flew in from every day. My strategy is to at all in the third quarter. But ment games. 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OBITUARIES BEATRIX B. BAGNAL and watch his Alabama Crim- ous and Allefair Halyard grass, 210 Independence Ave. Renel Trevol, pastor, officiat- Beatrix Bailey Bagnal, age son Tide. He loved his wife Walker. She attended the pub- These services have been ing. Burial will follow in the 52, beloved wife of the late and family very much and he lic schools in Bamberg Coun- entrusted to Samuels Funeral churchyard. Frank Belton Bagnal, died on will be remembered as a lov- ty and was married to the late Home LLC, Manning. These services have been Tuesday, March ing and devoted husband, fa- Albertus Jackson of Sumter. entrusted to Samuels Funeral 14, 2017, at Pal- ther, grandfather, great- After moving to Sumter, Pau- MATTIE CLEA Home LLC of Manning. metto Health grandfather and great-great- line worked as a retail seam- Mattie Clea, 59, departed Richland in Co- grandfather. stress for the Capitol and Belk this life on Friday, March 17, RUBY M. WHITE lumbia. Surviving are one son, department stores, until re- 2017, at Palmetto Health Rich- Ruby Magazine White, 80, She was born Hank McKinney and his wife, tirement. She was a faithful land, Columbia. departed this life on Sunday, in the city of Sin- Karen, of Sumter; five daugh- member of Salem Missionary She was born on Sept. 13, March 19, 2017, at Palmetto BAGNAL gen, Germany, a ters, Lee Baron and her hus- Baptist Church and served on 1957, in Sumter County, a Health Tuomey. daughter of Rita band, J.R., of Fayetteville, the Salem Young Adult Choir, daughter of the late Frank Sr. Born on Dec. 29, 1936, in Anna Bailey and the late Ber- North Carolina, Linda Mother’s Club and the Jet and Ethel Davis Clea. Sumter County, she was a nie Floyd Bailey. She became O’Reilly and her husband, Club. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. daughter of Maggie Lue Mag- a citizen of the United States Patrick, of Southern Pines, In addition to her parents Main St., Sumter, is in charge azine and the late James Mag- in October 2003. She was a North Carolina, Cindy McKin- and husband, she was preced- of arrangements. azine Sr. Ruby obtained her nurse at Mariner Healthcare ney of Sumter, Michele Welch ed in death by four brothers, formal education from the of Sumter for many years. and her husband, Ronnie, of Charlie Thomas Walker, Al- KARL LYNN ROGERS public schools of Sumter She was later employed by the Rembert and Faith Hartle and fred Fair Walker, Mannie Karl Lynn Rogers, 52, died County. In 1953, she was unit- federal government as a nurse her husband, Craig, of Cash- George Walker and Terone on Friday, March 17, 2017, at ed in holy matrimony to the and worked at the 20th Medi- ers, North Carolina; 16 grand- Walker; and one aunt, Helen Palmetto Health Tuomey. late Willie White Sr. To this cal Group of Shaw Air Force children, Denise, Desiree, Walker Nelson. Services will be announced family one son was born, Wil- Base and at Moncrief Army Norman, Troy, Joey, Timmy, Survivors include three by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens lie White Jr. Hospital of Fort Jackson. She Hank III, Angela, Jessica, Me- children, Fair Perdita Jackson Funeral Home and Crematori- She leaves to cherish her was a wonderful nurse. She lissa, Ronnie Jr., Michael, Kel- (Blease) Fadden of the home, um of Sumter. memories: her son, Willie loved her family and friends. liann, Stephen, David and Katherlyn Veronica Jackson White Jr. of Columbia; her She will be greatly missed. Heather; 34 great-grandchil- Walker of Las Vegas and Al- GWENDOLYN M. NIXON mother, Maggie Lue Maga- Special thanks to her life- dren; three great-great-grand- bertus Jackson Jr. of Sumter; Gwendolyn Marie Nixon, zine; four grandchildren; long best friend, Linda P. children; a niece, Paulette four grandchildren; four 57, died on Friday, March 17, four great-grandchildren; “Gail” Reid, and her close Farrell; and two nephews, great-grandchildren; sisters, 2017, at KershawHealth Medi- five sisters, Marie (James) friend, Maureen “Moe” Toom- Fred McKinney Jr. and Bryan Mae West Walker Richardson cal Center, Camden. Brisbon, Willie Mae (Willie) ey. Additional thanks to her McKinney. of Brooklyn, New York, and Born on Oct. 1, 1959, in Washington, Minnie Frier- nephew, Dr. Jon H. Docherty In addition to his parents Joye Nelson (C.A.) Wilson of Sumter County, she was a son, Frances Grant and Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Do- and wife, Mr. McKinney was Sumter; two brothers, James daughter of Phillip and Para- Mary Brisbon (Frank); cherty; sister-in-law, Jeanine preceded in death by two Lewis (Gladys) Walker of lee Weathers Nixon. seven brothers, James Watts; along with her many brothers, Herbert McKinney Sheldon and Willard Dean The family will receive fam- (Emma) Magazine, Marion nieces, nephews and friends. and Fred McKinney; one sis- Walker of Darlington; and a ily and friends at the home, Magazine, William (Lillie) Surviving in addition to her ter; and one nephew, David host of loving and caring 3260 Marlene Nixon Road, Magazine, Lucius (Viola) mother are five sisters, Mari- McKinney. nieces, nephews, cousins and Rembert. Magazine, John Magazine, na Gullard, Susanne Hafley, A funeral service will be friends. Funeral arrangements are Ernest (Royann) Magazine Alexandra Homeister, Carol held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday Condolences may be made incomplete and will be an- and Robert (Luellen) Maga- Ann Lloyd of Lexington and in the Bullock Funeral Home on her tribute page found at nounced by Williams Funeral zine; and a host of nieces, Berniece Wolf of Vancouver. Chapel with the Revs. Victor www.palmermemorialchapel. Home Inc. nephews, cousins and A memorial service will be VanRas and Tim Brown offici- com. friends. held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in ating. Interment with military Professional services ren- TIM TRUETT Homegoing celebration will the Bullock Funeral Home honors will follow in Ever- dered by Palmer Memorial Tim Truett, husband of be held at 11 a.m. on Wednes- Chapel. green Memorial Park ceme- Chapel Inc. Sharon Truett, died on Mon- day at Mechanicsville United The family will receive tery. day, March 20, 2017, at his Methodist Church, 184 Lake friends immediately following Pallbearers will be David CHARLES E. DILL home. Ashwood Road, Sumter, with the service at Bullock Funeral Hartle, Stephen Hartle, Hank Charles E. Dill, age 78, died Services will be announced the Rev. Ronnie Jeffcoat, pas- Home. Afterwards, the inurn- McKinney III, Joseph Press- on Saturday, March 18, 2017. by Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- tor, eulogist. ment will be held at Sumter nell, Timmy Pressnell, Troy Arrangements will be an- neral Home & Crematory, 221 The family is receiving rela- Cemetery. Pressnell, Norman Simon, Mi- nounced by Belk Funeral Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775- tives and friends at the home Memorials may be made to chael Welch and Ronnie Home, Lamar Chapel. 9386. of her sister, Minnie Frierson, Alice Drive Baptist Church Welch. 145 John St., Sumter. Benevolence Fund, 1305 Lor- The family will receive JACQUELINE D. JOE The remains will be placed ing Mill Road, Sumter, SC friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today BISHOPVILLE — Jacque- in the church at 10 a.m. 29150. at Bullock Funeral Home and line Denise Joe, wife of Isaiah The procession will leave at You may go to www.bullock- at their residence. Joe, of Belvidere, Illinois, en- 10:30 a.m. from the home. funeralhome.com and sign the Memorials may be made to tered eternal rest on March Burial will be in Mechanics- family’s guest book. Faith Baptist Church, P.O. 15, 2017, at Carolina Pines Re- ville United Methodist Church The family has chosen Bull- Box 1177, Sumter, SC 29150. gional Medical Center, Harts- CAROLYN M. BROWN Cemetery, Sumter. ock Funeral Home for the ar- You may go to www.bullock- ville. These services have been rangements. funeralhome.com and sign the Funeral arrangements will BISHOPVILLE — Carolyn entrusted to the management family’s guest book. be announced by Wilson Fu- McDuffie Brown, wife of Rob- and staff of Williams Funeral The family has chosen Bull- neral Home, 403 S. Main St., ert Brown, departed this life Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., ock Funeral Home of Sumter Bishopville. on March 19, 2017, at McLeod Sumter. for the arrangements. Hospice House, Florence. Online memorial messages WESLEY WILLIAMS Born on March 13, 1955, in may be sent to the family at BISHOPVILLE — Wesley Gable, she was a daughter of [email protected]. HENRY LEE MCKINNEY SR. Williams, son of the late Ger- Hazel Caldwell and was adopt- com. trude Williams, entered eter- ed by Willie and Beatrice Visit us on the web at www. REMBERT — Henry Lee nal rest on March 15, 2017, in McDuffie. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. McKinney Sr., age 91, beloved Washington, D.C. The family is receiving husband of the late Dolores PAULINE W. JACKSON Funeral arrangements are friends at the residence, 261 WILLIE TINDAL Marie McNey incomplete but will be an- Elliott Highway, Bishopville, FLORENCE — On Satur- McKinney, died Funeral services for Pauline nounced by Wilson Funeral in the Wisacky community of day, March 18, 2017, Willie on Sunday, Walker Jackson will be held Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishop- Lee County. Tindal departed this life at March 19, 2017, at at 11 a.m. today at Salem Mis- ville. Funeral arrangements will Carolinas Hospital System in his residence. sionary Baptist be announced by Wilson Fu- Florence. Born in Eoline, Church, 320 W. SARAH L. MILLER neral Home, 403 S. Main St., Born on March 29, 1959, in Alabama, he was Fulton St., Sum- MANNING — Evangelist Bishopville. Manning, he was a son of the McKINNEY a son of the late ter, with the Rev. Sarah Louise Miller, 69, died late Jenkinson and Josephine J.E. McKinney Dr. Cartrell W. on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at VIOLA W. BRAYBOY Dingle Tindal. and Minnie Pearl Bracknel Woods officiating. Windsor Manor Nursing MANNING — Viola Watson The family is receiving rela- McKinney. Mr. McKinney Interment will Home, Manning. Brayboy, 72, died on Thurs- tives and friends at the resi- served in the U.S. Marine JACKSON follow in Walker She born on Dec. 22, 1947, in day, March 16, 2017. dence of his sister, Joeann T. Corps. He worked as a sales- Cemetery, off the Jordan community of She was a daughter of the McCloud,1092 Destin Ave., man for Frito-Lay for more Oakland Avenue, Sumter. Manning, a daughter of the late Generett and Ethelea Jordan community of Man- than 40 years, until his retire- Mrs. Jackson transitioned late Jarrett Roy Miller and Brunson Watson. ning. ment. He was a member of on Thursday, March 16, 2017, Hester James Parson Miller. Funeral services will be Funeral services are incom- Faith Baptist Church. He at her residence in Sumter. The family is receiving held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday plete and will be announced loved the Lord with all his Born in Ehrhardt, she was a friends at the home of her at Goodwill Freewill Baptist by Fleming & DeLaine Funer- heart and loved to fish, golf daughter of the late Thaddi- daughter, Gwen M. Pender- Church, Manning, with Elder al Home and Chapel. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS THE ITEM B5 CLASSIFIED DEADLINES 11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition. 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

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For a service, and if you fail to answer the FORECLOSURE) RENTALS protest to be valid, it must be in Complaint within the time aforesaid, NOTICE OF C/A NO: All out Home Improvements writing, and should include the or otherwise appear and defend, the FORECLOSURE following information: (1) the name, Plaintiff in this action will apply to 2016-CP-43-01021 We beat everybody's price INTERVENTION DEFICIENCY WAIVED Licensed & Bonded address and telephone number of the Court for the relief demanded the person filing the protest; (2) the Unfurnished therein, and judgment by default will PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT 803-316-8969 specific reasons why the application STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Apartments be rendered against you for the pursuant to the South Carolina should be denied; (3) that the person COUNTY OF SUMTER relief demanded in the Complaint. Supreme Court Administrative H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel protesting is willing to attend a Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter paint roofs gutters drywall blown hearing (if one is requested by the The Bank of New Mellon Trust Senior Living YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE "Order"), you may have a right to applicant); (4) that the person Company, N.A. F/K/A The Bank of ceilings ect. 773-9904 that should you fail to Answer the Foreclosure Intervention. Apartments protesting resides in the same foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff New York Trust Company, N.A., as for those 62+ county where the proposed place of Successor-in-Interest to JPMorgan will move for an Order of Reference To be considered for any available Roofing (Rent based on income) business is located or within five Chase Bank, National Association, of this case to the Master in Equity Foreclosure Intervention, you may Shiloh-Randolph Manor miles of the business; and (5) the Trustee-SURF 2004-BC4 , for Sumter County, which Order communicate with and otherwise name of the applicant and the PLAINTIFF, 125 W. Bartlette. shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the deal with the Plaintiff through its Robert W. Nunnery Roofing Co. address of the premises to be vs. 775-0575 South Carolina Rules of Civil law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. the original Nunnery Roofing. Serv- licensed. Protests must be mailed to: Earnest Miller; Jane M. Moore; Studio/1 Bedroom Procedure, specifically provide that Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: Harris Quick Release; 1st Franklin ing Sumter and surrounding areas the said Master in Equity is 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, apartments available ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Financial since 1971. Call for a free estimate authorized and empowered to enter represents the Plaintiff in this action EHO Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) DEFENDANT(S) 803-478-2950 or 803-460-0927 a final judgment in this case with and does not represent you. Under 896-0110. appeal only to the South Carolina our ethical rules, we are prohibited TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule from giving you any legal advice. Tree Service Huntington Place Apartments Notice Of Application 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June NAMED: Rents from $625 per month Notice is hereby given that Sylvester 1, 1999. 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If you fail to do so, availability of loss mitigation options Unfurnished be denied; (3) that the person application for such appointment Plaintiff in this action will apply to protesting is willing to attend a or further review of your the Court for the relief demanded Homes will be made by the Plaintiff qualifications. hearing (if one is requested by the immediately and separately and therein, and judgment by default will MERCHANDISE applicant); (4) that the person be rendered against you for the such application will be deemed THIS IS A COMMUNICATION Old Manning Rd.: 3 Br, 2 Ba. on 1 protesting resides in the same absolute and total in the absence of relief demanded in the Complaint. county where the proposed place of FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE acre private lot in country. All your application for such an PURPOSE OF THIS business is located or within five appointment within thirty (30) days YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE Garage, Yard & hardwood floors, frig & stove, W/D miles of the business; and (5) the COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT that should you fail to Answer the hookup. Carport & fenced yard. after the service of the Summons and A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION Estate Sales name of the applicant and the Complaint upon you. foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff Outside pet only. No Section 8. address of the premises to be OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR will move for an Order of Reference THAT PURPOSE, except as stated $1000 mo. with 1 year lease. licensed. Protests must be mailed to: YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE of this case to the Master in Equity LARGE GARAGE SALE 803-491-5375 S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: below in the instance of bankruptcy for Sumter County, which Order that should you fail to Answer the protection. Every Weekend ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) South Carolina Rules of Civil Tables $2 & $3 Mobile Home will move for an Order of Reference IF YOU ARE UNDER THE 896-0110. of this case to the Master in Equity Procedure, specifically provide that FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB Rentals PROTECTION OF THE the said Master in Equity is in/for this County, which Order shall, BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE Open every weekend. Call Summons & pursuant to Rule 53 of the South authorized and empowered to enter 803-494-5500 BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT a final judgment in this case with Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, Notice Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, OF A BANKRUPTCY specifically provide that the said appeal only to the South Carolina water//sewer//garbage pk-up incl'd. PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule Master in Equity is authorized and GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO RV parking avail. 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YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS James C. Campbell AND NOTIFIED to apply for the YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED Clerk of Court for Sumter County OF ESTATES OF ESTATES AANNOUNCEMENTSNNOUNCEMENTS appointment of a guardian ad litem and required to answer the Sumter, South Carolina Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the within thirty (30) days after the Amended Complaint herein, a copy February 28, 2017 following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver service of this Summons and Notice of which is herewith served upon or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated upon you. If you fail to do so, you, or to otherwise appear and FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Lost & Found application for such appointment defend, and to serve a copy of your Thomas A. Shook administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their will be made by the Plaintiff Answer to said Complaint upon the P.O. Box 71727 claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate immediately and separately and subscribers at their office, P.O. Box North Charleston, SC 29415 Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. such application will be deemed 71727, North Charleston, South (843) 577-5460 Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Male dog, tan & white, medium absolute and total in the absence of Carolina, 29415, within thirty (30) Attorney for Plaintiff before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after size. Call 803-840-1094 your application for such an days after service hereof, exclusive the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this appointment within thirty (30) days of the day of such service; except Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously after the service of the Summons and Estate Notice barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), that the United States of America, if Reward! Lost German Shepherd Complaint upon you. named, shall have sixty (60) days to Sumter County or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred answer after the service hereof, as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required Service Dog in Dalzell Area, YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE exclusive of the day of such service; NOTICE TO CREDITORS to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, Female, no collar, 803-473-0551. that should you fail to Answer the and if you fail to answer the OF ESTATES indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff Complaint within the time aforesaid, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, will move for an Order of Reference Persons having claim against the the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the or otherwise appear and defend, the following estates are required to deliver of this case to the Master in Equity Plaintiff in this action will apply to claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any In Memory in/for this County, which Order shall, or mail their claims to the indicated uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the Court for relief demanded Personal Representatives, appointed to pursuant to Rule 53 of the South therein, and judgment by default will the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, administer these estates, and to fi le their any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. be rendered against you for the claims on Form #371PC with the Probate specifically provide that the said relief demanded in the Complaint. Master in Equity is authorized and Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Estate:/Joseph Vernon Brown Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Estate:/Marianne M. Beasley empowered to enter a final judgment TO THE MINOR(S) OVER #2017ES4300144 #2017ES4300142 in this case with appeal only to the before the date that is eight months after FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, Personal Representative Personal Representative South Carolina Court of Appeals the date of the fi rst publication of this AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER Lisa S. Avins Linda S. Bostanche pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the Notice to Creditors, (unless previously FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND 97 Paisley Park C/O Kenneth R. Young, Jr. SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE or such persons shall be forever barred Sumter, SC 29150 Attorney at Law MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO 23 West Calhoun Street NOTICE OF FILING as to heir claims. All claims are required PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL to be presented in written statements, Estate:/Claire Petit Sumter, SC 29150 OF SUMMONS DISABILITY: indicating the name and the address #2017ES4300150 AND AMENDED Personal Representative Estate:/Emily K. Jackson of the claimant, the basis of the claim, #2017ES4300178 COMPLAINT YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED the amount claimed, the date when the Katie J. Moore AND NOTIFIED to apply for the 2154 Mallard Road Personal Representative claim will become due, the nature of any Wilson Macewen TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE appointment of a guardian ad litem uncertainty as to the amount claimed and Camden, SC 29020 NAMED: within thirty (30) days after the Carrie Warner the date when due, and a description of Attorney at Law service of this Summons and Notice any security as to the claim. Estate:/Mattie Hurst YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE upon you. If you fail to do so, #2017ES4300157 PO Box 6306 that the foregoing Summons, along application for such appointment Personal Representative Columbia, SC 29260 will be made by the Plaintiff. Estate:/Miyoko Tedder with the Complaint, was filed with Donald R. Hurst Estate:/Marie A AKA Etta the Clerk of Court for Sumter #2017ES4300128 5670 Edgehill Road YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE Personal Representative Griffin County, South Carolina, on May 25, Sumter, SC 29154 #2017ES4300166 In loving Memory of 2016; that the Amended Complaint that should you fail to answer the George W. Tedder Personal Representative Merdick H. Brown, Sr was filed with the Clerk of Court for foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff 3000 Aaron Road Estate:/Louise M. Butler Jenny M. Salo 03/21/31-03/17/02 Sumter County, South Carolina on will move for a general Order of Dalzell, SC 29040 #2017ES4300160 133 Silverstone Road January 19, 2017. Reference to the Master in Equity Personal Representative Gone but not forgotten. Lexington,SC 29072 for Sumter, which Order shall, Estate:/Cherie Danielle Barbara B. Frierson Your loving Family pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Wingate C/O J. Cabot Seth Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Estate:/Willene M. Sherer NOTICE OF #2017ES4300125 Attorney at Law #2017ES4300145 specifically provide that the said Personal Representative PO Box 1268 FORECLOSURE Master in Equity is authorized and Personal Representative INTERVENTION Rodney Wingate Sumter, SC 29151 Lisa S. Avins Extend your empowered to enter a final judgment C/O Michael R. Jeffcoat in this action. 97 Paisley Park PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Attorney at Law Estate:/Bonnie G. McLeod Sumter, SC 29150 reach. PO Box 1860 #2017ES4300132 pursuant to the South Carolina NOTICE OF FILING Supreme Court Administrative Lexington, SC 29071 Personal Representative Grow your Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter AMENDED Mark A. McLeod "Order"), you may have a right to COMPLAINT Estate:/George A. Waninger 3605 Cody Road Foreclosure Intervention. #2017ES4300141 Pinewood, SC 29125 clientele. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Personal Representative To be considered for any available the original Amended Complaint in George F. Waninger Estate:/Cassie S. Slater Foreclosure Intervention, you may the above entitled action, together C/O Kenneth Hamilton #2017ES4300135 communicate with and otherwise with the Summons, was filed in the Attorney at Law Personal Representative deal with the Plaintiff through its Office of the Clerk of Court for PO Box 52359 Willie Mae Scott law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Sumter County on February 13, 2017 Sumter, SC 29152 3205 Tamarah Way Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call at 1:35 p.m. Sumter, SC 29154 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, Estate:/Jack Gainey Estate:/Freddie H. Francis represents the Plaintiff in this action ORDER APPOINTING #2017ES4300162 and does not represent you. Under GUARDIAN AD #2017ES4300149 Personal Representative Personal Representative our ethical rules, we are prohibited LITEM NISI Mark C. Gainey from giving you any legal advice. Michael F. Francis 2035 Winterberry Road 445 Appleyard Dr. B3-7 It appearing to the satisfaction of the Sumter, SC 29154 Tallahasse, FL 32304 You must submit any requests for Court, upon reading and filing of the Foreclosure Intervention Petition of the Plaintiff for the ADVERTISING consideration within 30 days from Estate:/Cleo C. Rowell Estate:/James Washington, Sr. appointment of Kelley Y Woody, #2017ES4300138 #2017ES4300168 the date of this Notice. attorney in Columbia, South Personal Representative Personal Representative WITH US Carolina, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi Cynthia Rennick Queen E. Washington IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR for all unknown minors, and for all 148 Wall Street Apt. 116 7360 Pasture Road WILL GROW VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO persons who may be under a legal Camden, SC 29020 Wedgefield, SC 29168 PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE disability, it is YOUR SALES! INTERVENTION, YOUR Estate:/Maggie McDonald MORTGAGE COMPANY/AGENT ORDERED that Kelley Y Woody, Estate:/Christine Moss MAY PROCEED WITH A #2017ES4300159 Ellison Attorney at Law, be and she is #2017ES4300148 FORECLOSURE ACTION. hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem Personal Representative Personal Representative Nisi on behalf of unknown minors or Herbert Moss, Jr. Carla Faye Ellison If you have already pursued loss persons under a legal disability, all 1165 Pulpit Street 820 Bay Springs Drive mitigation with the Plaintiff, this of whom may have an interest in or Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter, SC 29154 Notice does not guarantee the claim to have some interest in the availability of loss mitigation options real property known as 450 Estate:/Kevin Gerald Floyd Estate:/Ollie Mae Harvin or further review of your Deschamps Road, Sumter, SC 29154; #2017ES4300161 #2017ES4300155 qualifications. that she is empowered and directed Personal Representative Personal Representative to appear on behalf of and represent Ann Floyd Alice H. Washington THIS IS A COMMUNICATION said Defendants, unless the said 116 Lindley Avenue 379 Lincolnshire Dr. FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE Defendants, or someone on their Sumter, SC 29150 PURPOSE OF THIS behalf, shall within thirty (30) days Georgetown, SC 29440 COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT after service of a copy hereof as Estate:/John Ivey Brown Estate:/Robet J. Artus WWW.THEITEM.COM A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION directed, procure the appointment of #2017ES4300134 OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR #2017ES4300130 a Guardian ad Litem for the said Personal Representative THAT PURPOSE, except as stated Personal Representative Defendants; John Ivey Brown Jr. below in the instance of bankruptcy Jane C. Smetts 2157 Elderberry Dr. protection. 3045 Tindal Road AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Florence, SC 29505 that a copy of this Order shall Sumter, SC 29150 IF YOU ARE UNDER THE forthwith be served upon the said PROTECTION OF THE Defendants by publication thereof in BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE The Item, a newspaper of general BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT circulation published in the County OF A BANKRUPTCY of Sumter, State of South Carolina, PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS once a week for three consecutive GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO weeks, together with the Summons uustomersstomers areare searchingsearching fforor STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND in the above entitled action. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES C AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT pursuant to the Supreme Court of OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, South Carolina Administrative Order uusinessessinesses justjust likelike yours.yours. 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NEWS WASHINGTON ANALYSIS Not since Watergate. FBI Direc- tor James Co- mey delivered more than one bombshell Monday at a rare public hearing of the JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY House Intelligence Com- FBI Director James Comey says the Justice Department has no evidence indicating a bug in Donald Trump’s offices. mittee. He said there was no evidence to back up Presi- dent Trump’s accusation FBI director confirms inquiry on Trump team links to Russia officials that President Obama wire- tapped Trump Tower dur- “The FBI and the Justice De- “If any and Russian officials. ing the 2016 campaign, Kevin Johnson partment have no information to “We’re investigating whether joining congressional lead- USA TODAY support’’ Trump’s wiretap asser- Americans are there was any coordination be- ers and intelligence officials tions, Comey said. part of that tween people associated with in discounting Trump’s un- Comey, appearing before the the Trump campaign and the substantiated claims. WASHINGTON FBI Director House Intelligence Committee effort, then that Russians,” Comey said, declin- What was more explosive, James Comey on Monday offered along with National Security ing to elaborate on whether any though, was Comey’s matter- the most definitive repudiation Agency Director Mike Rogers, is a very serious such evidence had been uncov- of-fact confirmation that the yet of President Trump’s claims confirmed for the first time pub- matter.” ered. Comey did acknowledge FBI is investigating whether that the Obama administration licly that the FBI was investigat- that the Russians appeared to Trump associates colluded wiretapped the president’s New ing Russian interference in the FBI Director James Comey, on possible use a third party — a “cutout” — with Russia in the effort by York offices in advance of the election, including communica- Russian interference in the U.S. election one of the United States’ 2016 elections. tion between Trump associates v STORYSTORY CONTINUES CONTINUES ON 2B ON C2 leading global adversaries to affect the outcome of the presidential campaign. To be sure, the FBI in re- cent years has been drawn USA TODAY EXCLUSIVE into investigations involving the top ranks of the White This is an edition of USA TODAY House, from Scooter Libby’s provided for your local newspaper. Golfer Woods draws on leaking of a CIA operative’s An expanded version of USA TODAY is available at newsstands or by name during the George W. subscription, and at usatoday.com. Bush administration to lessons learned from parents President Clinton’s rela- tionship with Monica Le- who would plant seeds and give winsky. But not since the USA SNAPSHOTS© Family endured me encouragement but also Watergate scandal that tough times together would say things that would forced President Nixon to Share a home, fester inside me that wouldn’t resign more than a half-cen- save money come to fruition for a while,” tury ago has there been an Steve DiMeglio Woods said. “He was very official investigation of such @Steve_DiMeglio worldly and deep in his think- potential consequence. USA TODAY Sports ing. My mom was the enforcer. The charges “are more My dad may have been in the serious than anything we’ve Special Forces, but I was never seen in recent decades,” NEW YORK While every golf fan afraid of him. My mom’s still says political historian Mat- knows the story of Tiger Woods’ ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY SPORTS here, and I’m still deathly afraid thew Dallek, a professor at dad, how the ex-Army officer in- Tiger Woods talks his first of her. She’s a very tough, tough George Washington Univer- 60% troduced his son to golf and Masters win in his new book. old lady, very demanding. She sity and author of Defense- pushed him to become the best in was the hand, she was the one, I less Under the Night: The of millennials ages 18-35 the world, it was his mom who in- 1997 Masters: My Story, Woods love her so much, but she was Roosevelt Years and the Ori- are living with their parents, gins of Homeland Security. relatives or roommates, duced fear in young Tiger grow- discussed the role his mother, tough. a 115-year high. ing up. Kultida, has played in his career. “There was zero negotia- “That is far from a lone in- During an exclusive interview He describes her as “strong and tion.” SOURCE Trulia analysis of Census data Monday with USA TODAY Sports feisty” in the book. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B STORY CONTINUES ON C2 STORY CONTINUES ON C2 MICHAEL B. SMITH AND KARL GELLES, USA TODAY to promote the release of The “My dad was always the person v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

Smithsonian flags ‘dead zones’ that threaten coral reefs Low-oxygen areas Tropical Research Institute in He said his findings can be ex- there isn’t enough oxygen to sup- Panama. trapolated to coral reefs world- port marine life. Also known as choke off marine life After seeing a massive coral wide, adding that such dead hypoxia, it’s created by nutrient reef die-off on the Caribbean zones may be common in the runoff, mostly from overapplica- coast of Panama in September tropics but have gone largely un- tion of fertilizer on farms. Doyle Rice 2010, Altieri and his team sus- reported, simply because scien- The Gulf of Mexico has an an- @usatodayweather pected it was caused by a dead tists never looked for them. nual dead zone that typically USA TODAY zone — a low-oxygen area that “Based on our analyses, we forms in the summer, which va- kills marine life — rather than by think dead zones may be under- ries in size from year to year. The warm or acidic ocean water, both reported,” said Nancy Knowlton Chesapeake Bay also has an an- Dead zones affect dozens of of which are well-known causes of the Smithsonian’s National nual dead zone. coral reefs around the world and of coral die-offs. Museum of Natural History and Nutrients such as nitrogen can threaten hundreds more, accord- “Ocean warming and acidifica- study co-author. spur the growth of algae. When ing to a study by Smithsonian In- tion are recognized global threats “For every one dead zone in the algae die, their decay con- stitution scientists released to reefs and require large-scale the tropics, there are probably 10 sumes oxygen faster than it can Monday. solutions, whereas the newly rec- — nine of which have yet to be be brought from the surface, the This is the first study to find ognized threats to coral reefs identified,” she said. SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE National Oceanic and Atmos- such a link, said lead author An- caused by dead zones are more A dead zone occurs at the bot- Sponges die from a lack of pheric Administration said. Fish, drew Altieri of the Smithsonian localized,” Altieri said. tom of a body of water when oxygen in the water. shrimp and crabs can suffocate. C2 | TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 · THE SUMTER ITEM Future of democracy is at stake, lawmaker says

CONTINUEDv CONTINUED FROM FROM C11B aides cited a discredited report by month after it was determined Fox News commentator Andrew that he misled Vice President in its communication with Wiki- Napolitano that President Obama Pence about his pre-inaugural Leaks, which published internal asked a British intelligence agen- contacts with Russian Ambassa- information obtained in a hack of cy to tap Trump. The British gov- dor to the United States Sergey the Democratic National Com- ernment strongly rejected the Kislyak. mittee. The identity of the third account Friday, and the Trump Other top Trump advisers’ party was not disclosed. administration pledged not to use contacts with Kislyak have been “If any Americans are part of the claim again. Asked about the called into question. Attorney that effort,” Comey said of possi- flap during a joint White House General Jeff Sessions failed to ble collusion with Russian offi- appearance with German Chan- disclose two encounters with the JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY cials, “then that is a very serious cellor Angela Merkel, Trump Russian ambassador when ques- House Intelligence Committee leaders Adam Schiff, left, matter.” said, “That was a statement made tioned during his confirmation and Devin Nunes presided over Monday’s hearing. Trump tweeted Monday that by a very talented lawyer on Fox, hearing in January. The disclo- any suggestion that his associates and so you shouldn’t be talking to sure prompted Sessions’ recusal coordinated efforts with Russian me, you should be talking to Fox. from any involvement in the in- Inquiry could drag on officials was “fake news.” OK?” quiry on Russia. White House spokesman Sean Monday, Rogers rejected that Committee Republicans sug- Spicer said “nothing had claim, too, telling the House pan- gested Monday that the questions for months, or years changed” as a result of Comey’s el that U.S. authorities never about Flynn’s contacts with Kis- appearance before the sought the help of British intelli- lyak emerged only as a result of committee. gence to conduct such unauthorized leaks of classified vCONTINUEDCONTINUED FROM FROM C11B tweets Monday on his personal “Investigating (Russian inter- surveillance. information that appeared in Twitter account, @realdonald- ference) and having proof of it are Asked whether the claims had media accounts. Rep. Trey Gow- stance of an illegal leak or a trump. “This story is FAKE two different things,” Spicer said. damaged the relationship be- dy, R-S.C., and Rep. Tom Rooney, president fudging the truth un- NEWS and everyone knows it!” For weeks, federal law enforce- R-Fla., pressed Comey to commit der oath about sex with a He declared: “The Democrats ment officials have privately con- to moving forward with a parallel White House intern.” made up and pushed the Rus- firmed the existence of an inquiry leak investigation, even as the bu- The disclosure creates com- sian story as an excuse for run- involving Trump associates and reau pursued the Russia inquiry. plications for the Trump Jus- ning a terrible campaign.” Russia, but Comey’s public ac- Though he characterized such tice Department in overseeing Then he tweeted: “The real knowledgment of such an investi- leaks as “terrible,” Comey again the inquiry and is sure to fuel story that Congress, the FBI gation — with no apparent refused to address specific ques- Democratic arguments that an and all others should be look- timeline for completion — raised tions about Russian contact with independent counsel needs to ing into is the leaking of Classi- the prospect that a criminal Flynn and other Trump asso- be named. Though Comey de- fied information. Must find probe will indefinitely shadow ciates, including flamboyant ad- clined to outline a timetable for leaker now!” the administration along with the viser Roger Stone and former the FBI inquiry, questions That was advice Nunes and disputed wiretap claims. Trump campaign chairman Paul about whether some in the other Republicans on the com- Comey’s denial that Trump Manafort. Trump team coordinated with mittee took, asking more ques- Tower was illegally wiretapped The committee hearing came a Moscow’s meddling are all but tions about who might have before the elections came days af- little more than two weeks after certain to hang over the ad- leaked information to news or- ter House and Senate leaders re- Trump leveled his accusations ministration for months or ganizations than they did about futed the claims in bipartisan against Obama in a tweet-storm. even years. the substance of the informa- joint statements, leaving the One tweet said, “Terrible! Just Just ask veterans of the Iran- tion that was leaked. They fo- White House alone in asserting JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY found out that Obama had my contra investigation in the Rea- cused in particular on the the allegations. ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower gan White House or of the disclosure that a phone call by “Let me be clear,” House In- National Security just before the victory. Nothing Monica Lewinsky investigation Trump adviser Michael Flynn telligence Chairman Devin found. This is McCarthyism!” in the Clinton White House the was captured during surveil- Nunes, R-Calif., said Monday, “we Agency Director Mike The charges brought furious sort of shadow they can cast. lance of the Russian ambassa- know there was not a wiretap on Rogers says U.S. denials from Obama aides, who Comey promised that the FBI dor. The law calls for the Trump Tower. However, it’s still authorities didn’t asserted that the law forbids would “follow the facts wherever identify of Americans to be possible that other surveillance presidents from ordering they lead” — including whether masked when they are caught activities were used against Presi- seek the help of wiretaps. crimes were committed. Be- up in foreign eavesdropping. dent Trump and his associates.” British intelligence to Trump and aides have denied cause of extraordinary public in- “Some of that may rise to the California Rep. Adam Schiff, conduct surveillance. any connection to Russians who terest, he said, the Justice level of a crime,” said Rep. Trey the House committee’s ranking sought to hack Democratic offi- Department had authorized him Gowdy, R-S.C. Democrat, called Trump’s claims tween the United States and its cials during last year’s election to take the unusual step of com- There were signs that ”slanderous,” adding that “we do primary ally, Rogers said the re- and said opponents leak deroga- menting on an active counterin- Trump was watching — and no not yet know whether the Rus- port was “frustrating.” tory information against them as telligence investigation. signs that he was ready to tem- sians had the help of U.S. citizens, “I don’t know the basis for part of a “witch hunt” to under- “If the Trump campaign, or per his rhetoric. including people associated with President Trump’s assertion,” mine the presidency. anybody associated with it, aid- While Comey was testifying, the Trump campaign.” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said For Comey, Monday’s hearing ed or abetted the Russians, it there was a tweet on the official Schiff said the effort to deter- Sunday. “I do believe he owes us represented another unusually would not only be a serious @POTUS Twitter account. mine the scope of Russian inter- that explanation.” high-profile role for the FBI di- crime,” California Rep. Adam “FBI Director Comey refuses ference in the election system House Speaker Paul Ryan, R- rector. Comey was harshly criti- Schiff, the ranking Democrat to deny he briefed President represented the most important Wis., sought to move beyond the cized by Republicans for a public on the panel, said in his open- Obama on calls made by Mi- challenge for U.S. intelligence. dispute. “I want to get on with announcement in July that he ing statement. “It would also chael Flynn to Russia,” it said “The stakes are nothing less passing our agenda,” Ryan said. was not recommending criminal represent one of the most — suggesting without evidence than the future of liberal democ- The high-stakes House hearing charges against Democratic shocking betrayals of our de- that the former president him- racy,” Schiff said. Monday featured numerous ef- presidential candidate Hillary mocracy in history.” self was behind the leak. An- The false wiretap accusation forts to press Comey and Rogers Clinton for her use of a private After more than five hours of other tweet declared: “The has not only dogged the White to disclose possible targets of the email server while she was secre- testimony, Intelligence Chair- NSA and FBI tell Congress that House for the past three weeks, it investigation or issue preliminary tary of State. He drew the wrath man Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Russia did not influence elec- also has triggered a diplomatic conclusions on whether there is of Democrats in October for an- closed the hearing with an al- toral process.” row with a key ally. Trump and any evidence of collusion be- nouncing that the bureau re- most anguished plea to Comey That wasn’t quite what they tween Trump associates and Rus- opened its email review, 11 days to finish the investigation as said, Comey and Rogers told sian officials. before the presidential election. soon as possible. “The longer the panel when the tweet was Nunes and former director of Monday, Comey was cautious this hangs out here, the bigger read to them, in what amount- Corrections & Clarifications national intelligence James Clap- not to indicate that the FBI had the cloud is,” he said. “There is ed to an awkward fact-checking per have said no such evidence of reached any determinations a big gray cloud that you have exchange in real time with A graphic Saturday about what coordination exists. Nunes reas- about contacts with Russia, now put over people who have their boss. They said they days of the year have the highest serted that claim Monday, but though he reasserted last year’s very important work to do to hadn’t drawn conclusions. percentage of positive stock out- Comey and Rogers repeatedly de- findings by the U.S. intelligence lead this country.” Comey did predict that Rus- comes listed the wrong date for clined to comment on the matter. community that Russia expressly The White House dismissed sia’s efforts to disrupt Ameri- the second-highest percentage. The FBI director and Rogers sought to influence the election the whole idea as preposterous. can elections weren’t over. July 13 finished positively 85.7% declined numerous times to re- and favored Trump. “James Clapper and others “They’ll be back in 2020,” he of the time. spond to questions about wheth- “They wanted to hurt (Clinton) stated that there is no evidence warned. “They may be back in er former Trump national and help him,” Comey said, add- Potus colluded with Russia,” 2018. And one of the conclu- Trump declared in a the first sions they may draw ... is they USA TODAY is committed security adviser Michael Flynn ing that the conclusion was a to accuracy. To reach us, was a subject of the FBI’s inquiry. “fairly easy judgment” by the in- of a string of early-morning were successful.” contact Standards Editor Flynn was forced to resign last telligence community. Brent Jones at 800-872- 7073 or e-mail accu- [email protected]. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the Earl was tough, but Tiger fears his mom newspaper.

CONTINUEDv CONTINUED FROM FROM C11B Earl Woods was tough on Ti- tage. I never thought it was right ger, whom he taught to play golf or fair to think of me only as an Now, Woods, 41, uses his own as soon as he could walk. African-American, and I never parenting style on his two chil- “I was not big. I was always will. But I learned that to have dren, Sam and Charlie. He’s playing up in age brackets, so I al- one drop of black blood in you talked of spending time playing ways felt behind,” Woods said. in America meant that you soccer with his kids during his “And because I was behind, I al- were considered an African- PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER months-long absence from the ways felt that in order for me to American.” John Zidich PGA Tour. Woods hasn’t played execute and be able to be success- Woods reflected on his father’s EDITOR IN CHIEF on tour since January and with- ful I needed to be tougher men- struggles. Earl Woods went to Patty Michalski drew from two tournaments tally. So I asked my dad to come college in the 1950s at Kansas CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER while rehabbing his back. He was down on me and put me through State, where he was on scholar- Kevin Gentzel also unable to play last week’s Ar- what he went through in Special ship as a baseball catcher. He was nold Palmer Invitational, which Ops training. And it was tough. the only black athlete at the time 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, Va. 22108, he has won eight times. There were a lot of times I want- playing in the conference that 703-854-3400 With the Masters less than ed to wheel on him and take him would become the Big 12. Published by Gannett three weeks away, Woods says out, but as time went on, it didn’t “I didn’t have it anywhere near The local edition of USA TODAY is he’s working to get back in time bother me, and it made our rela- 1997 PHOTO BY BOB PEARSON, AFP as difficult as my father had it; published daily for the major championship that tionship better.” Earl Woods, right, was “my this was before the Civil Rights in partnership with Gannett Newspapers he’s won four times. Earl Woods was a strong pres- best friend and greatest role movement ... all the things he had Advertising: All advertising published in “I’ve been a part of so many ence throughout Tiger’s early ca- model,” Tiger Woods says. to endure,” Woods said. “I never USA TODAY is subject to the current rate Masters over the course of my ca- reer. Behind the 18th green had to endure them at that level. card; copies available from the reer, I know exactly what it takes during the 1997 Masters win, the tate cancer. When Earl died, Ti- Was it tough at times? Yeah. advertising department. USA TODAY may to get ready for that event,” he two shared an emotional moment ger called him “my best friend There were some tough moments in its sole discretion edit, classify, reject or cancel at any time any advertising said. “Now it’s my job to go out when Tiger embraced his dad in and greatest role model.” I had to endure, when I was in a submitted. there and get ready. I hope I can.” front of a packed gallery and with Kultida Woods came to the sport where I was a minority, and National, Regional: 703-854-3400 In his new book written with millions at home watching on TV. USA from Thailand. She has been often times the only one. Reprint permission, copies of articles, golf writer Lorne Rubenstein, Tiger has established a scholar- in the gallery for some of Tiger’s “My dad had to endure a lot of glossy reprints: Woods discusses a wide range of ship in Earl’s name as part of the greatest victories, including the that stuff, and my mother, all the www.GannettReprints.com or call topics, including his preparation Tiger Woods Foundation. 1997 Masters. things she had to endure being an 212-221-9595 for the historic 1997 Masters win Woods touches on race and At the 1995 U.S. Open, Tiger immigrant from Thailand. We al- USA TODAY is a member of The — he would go on to win 13 more how the color of his skin and the Woods made up a term to de- ways felt it was a team, a family, Associated Press and subscribes to other major championships — why he prejudice he experienced influ- scribe his race, he wrote. “I re- we had to endure some tough news services. USA TODAY, its logo and likes to wear red on Sundays and enced him. Earl Woods, who was ferred to myself as a Cablinasian, moments together. That is part of associated graphics are registered how his upbringing shaped his African American, died in 2006 at a made-up word that includes my my life. It’s part of being a minor- trademarks. All rights reserved. career. the age of 74. He had battled pros- Caucasian, black, and Asian heri- ity in golf.” THE SUMTER ITEM · TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 | C3 LIFE

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Barbra Streisand,Quincy Jones and Mel Brooks gathered for the Backstage at the Geffen Gala in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Jones received the Dis- tinction in Service Award and Brooks received the Distinction in Theater award.

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MAKING WAVES ‘Sesame Street’ is adding a new character to its television lineup with Julia, a Muppet with au- tism. Scott Badesch, president and CEO of the Autism Society, told the Associated Press, “When you can have a charac- ter that shows what autism is, it will help everyone who watches ‘Sesame Street’ have a really good appreciation of what autism is, in a positive way.” ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY Shots Fired reunites co-creator Gina Prince-Bythewood, left, and star Sanaa Lathan who worked together on Love & Basketball.

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ZACH HYMAN, AP r i a HOW WAS YOUR DAY? ‘ es st nce movement’ GOOD DAY ‘BIG BANG THEORY’ Fox drama inspired 2000 drama Love & Basketball FANS and HBO movie Disappearing TV's favorite scientists aren't by Trayvon Martin Acts. The actress says it was a no- going anywhere. CBS an- case, current events brainer to play Ashe, a hardened nounced Monday a two-year professional and fiercely protec- renewal for the series, after tive mother with “so many levels most of the cast members, led Patrick Ryan and colors. She’s been a patrol by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons USA TODAY cop, she’s dealt with sexism and and Kaley Cuoco, signed on for racism, and knows all the ins and upcoming 11th and 12th seasons. outs” of the profession. In Shots Fired, a small North The series was filmed in North Carolina town gets national at- Carolina last summer, and film- tention when a white teen is makers were eager for Fox to air killed by a black cop. But its ra- it before the election. cially charged story wasn’t in- “All of us wanted it out then spired by a specific instance of because we wanted to be part of police brutality. the conversation, (but) the fact

DARREN MICHAELS, CBS, VIA AP Instead, Fox’s 10-episode se- that it’s coming out now makes ries (Wednesdays, 8 ET/PT) has sense,” Prince-Bythewood says. STYLE STAR its roots in the 2013 acquittal of FOX “People feel scared and absolute- Preston (Stephan James) and Ashe (Lathan) investigate a po- Ellen Pompeo was a George Zimmerman, a Hispan- ly powerless. We hope that the lice officer accused of killing a white teen in Fox’sShots Fired. beauty in blue lace ic neighborhood-watch volun- show is part of that resistance as she attended teer who fatally shot Trayvon movement that is being born out the ‘Grey’s Anato- Martin, an unarmed black teen. watch, and I felt it (personally).” With more than 50 black men of what is happening now.” my’ panel and Writer/director Gina Prince- The desire to create empathy and women killed by police so far Both women also believe audi- special screening Bythewood (Beyond the Lights) for such victims as Martin is at this year, according to The Wash- ences are ready for a show with at PaleyFest in Los remembers her then-12-year- the heart of Shots, which follows ington Post, “people become de- two black leads and a diverse cast, Angeles. The old son watching the verdict wild-card Department of Justice sensitized. They turn on the rounded out by Helen Hunt, Ste- actress opted to with her husband, Reggie, the investigator Ashe Akino (Sanaa news, another black male’s been phen Moyer, Aisha Hinds and pair an ornate series’ co-creator. Lathan), who butts heads with shot, and they turn it off,” Prince- Richard Dreyfuss. They credit se- lace blouse “It was almost like a loss of optimistic young prosecutor Bythewood says. But by including ries such as Scandal and How to with minimal innocence. He just couldn’t un- Preston Terry (Stephan James) both white and black victims in Get Away With Murder, and styling and derstand it and cried,” Prince- when they’re tasked with probing the show, “we could really touch freshman shows Atlanta, Insecure natural Bythewood says. “What was the accused officer (Tristan on the ways that the communi- and Queen Sugar. makeup. striking to us was how many “Mack” Wilds). But the case be- ties, media and audiences look at “TV is definitely looking good people were sympathizing with comes knottier when they discov- victims of these crimes based on to me, especially with women and Zimmerman. People were er the never-investigated murder race, and how they’re treated.” women of color,” Lathan says. FILMMAGIC sending money for his trial and of an unarmed black teen, fueling Shots reunites Prince-Bythe- “We’ve kind of arrived at the this 17-year-old boy was being suspicions of police corruption wood with Lathan, who starred in golden age for black women in IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY demonized. It was very hard to and cover-ups. the filmmaker’s breakthrough television.” WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY?

PEOPLE Chappelle is back and in top form in Netflix specials

He tackles Cosby, brown.”), been booed offstage (a tioned in a bit about Paula Deen, criminal sexual-assault charges results of smoking “reefer with the chef who was dropped by as much more than a punchline. race and Care Bears some rappers”), done a few resi- Food Network, because she used “I’m a 42-year-old black come- in streaming debuts dencies, played at a couple of a racial epithet years ago: “That dian. Obviously, Bill Cosby was a FILMMAGIC; GETTY IMAGES comedy festivals and, just last (expletive) came back 30 years hero to me,” Chappelle says sin- Sonequa Martin-Green is 32. November, hosted Saturday later, like a Cosby rape,” Chap- cerely in his second special, be- Rosie O’Donnell is 55. Gary Carly Mallenbaum Night Live. He jokes in his special pelle quips. Chappelle references fore detailing how Cosby changed Oldman is 59. @thatgirlcarly filmed in 2015, “I haven’t been Cosby again in a spiel about the the way black characters were USA TODAY working in 10 years. I had to ’60s: “While all of this portrayed on TV. Compiled by Mary Cadden watch Key and Peele do my show was going on, Bill “I didn’t wanna believe” the al- every night.” Cosby raped 54 legations, Chappelle says. It Dave Chappelle, it’s so good Chappelle covers much of that women. He’s like would be like “if you heard choco- USA SNAPSHOTS© to see you on back on TV. in his Netflix shows, and much the Stephen Curry late ice cream, itself, raped 54 The veteran comedian shares more: Ebola, sports scandals, of rapes.” people.” Y two of his never-before-aired Making a Murderer (“If it was Ultimately, In a running gag, Chappelle lik- our digital performances — from 2015 at about a black dude, it would be though, Chappelle ens Cosby to an invented movie legacy Austin City Limits and 2016 in called Duh”), homosexual- treats Cosby’s superhero — one who must vio- the Hollywood Palladium — on ity, genitals, racism, late a few women in order to ac- Netflix Tuesday. And though Care Bears and O.J. cess evil-fighting superpowers Chappelle jokes onstage about Simpson all figure LESTER COHEN, that protect many. 46% how Kevin Hart has stolen his into his sets. WIREIMAGE “The point is he rapes, but he of adult Internet users limelight during a 12-year hia- But never is saves,” says Chappelle. “That’s the think their loved ones will tus, he proves that he still has Chappelle’s take dilemma for the audience.” want posthumous access that clever, singular point of on current events Dave Chappelle: Deep in the to their digital content. view that made his Comedy more poignant Heart of Texas and Dave Chap- Central series and tours a than when he’s pelle: The Age of Spin premiere on success. discussing Bill the streaming service March 21, In the dozen years since he Cosby. with a funny opening voiceover left Chappelle’s Show, the enter- Chappelle from Morgan Freeman. And good tainer spent time in South Afri- brings up Cosby in news: You can expect another ca, was hit with a banana peel both of his one-hour comedy special from Chappelle SOURCE AARP survey of 2,998 respondents onstage (”It was premeditated, shows. First, the embat- soon — he’s on the road preparing SAR WISE AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY I could tell,” he says, “It was tled entertainer is men- for a third Netflix show. C4 | TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM

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Wedding can wait until fiance finds a job THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE DEAR ABBY — our parents' houses and start DEAR CAUTIOUS — Yes, you My fiance a life together if I'm the one are. You are thinking with and I have doing everything? What will your head instead of being been en- happen when things need to swept away by your emo- gaged for start getting paid for, and tions, and I applaud you for two years. there's no guarantee he'll it. I have said for many years Our wedding find something? I have talked that before a woman marries is set for a to him about it, and he's she should be able to sup- year from angry. He knows it's time to port herself, in case future Dear Abby now. I'm change his life around and circumstances require it. ABIGAIL thinking get serious. Well, the same is true for a VAN BUREN about call- Should I keep the date and man. ing off our keep my fingers crossed he'll wedding, not find a job by then, or post- Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van because I don't love him, or pone our wedding, which has Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, because I don't want to spend a venue but nothing else and was founded by her mother, Pauline the rest of my life with him. planned? I don't need to get Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. I know I want that. It's be- married anytime soon, and DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. cause I'm the only one with a I'd prefer to wait until he can decent job. He has a job, but support himself and we are To order "How to Write Letters for All Occasions," send your name and mailing doesn't earn enough to sup- in a better place financially. address, plus check or money order for port us. Then I feel like we could $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby — Letter I can't be the only one move forward. Am I making Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL earning an income. How are the right decision? 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are By Kevin Christian 3/21/17 we supposed to move out of Cautious in New Jersey included in the price. ACROSS 55 X, in old Rome 9 Thumbs-down 38 Help 1 __ torch: party 56 Cultural spirit vote 39 Refurbished light 57 Not on base 10 Eva or Zsa Zsa 40 Protective 5 Gone from one’s when req. 11 Out for a midday plastic film plate 58 Org. whose meal 41 Fanatically awards JUMBLE SUDOKU 10 “Eleni” author 12 The one without devoted Nicholas ceremony Vince the patch, for 44 Cleaver user Gill hosted or THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME HOW TO PLAY: 14 Nailed, as a test Bazooka Joe 45 Agenda start co-hosted from By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Each row, column 15 Carne __: 13 Dueler’s cry 46 Neural 1992-2003 and set of 3-by-3 taco filling 18 “Puppy Love” transmission 59 Indian bread singer Paul boxes must contain 16 Loads (of) point 17 *Home of 60 *Martial arts 22 Excel in one’s the numbers 1 49 __ pine: baseball’s Royals move career paneling wood through 9 without 19 Online journal 63 Raison d’__ 25 Ono from Tokyo 50 Gomer of TV repetition. 20 Terminate 64 Exchange 26 Low-__ diet 52 Corn breads 21 Sign light suggestive 28 Mork’s planet 53 “Les Misérables” 22 Dutch cheese glances, say 32 Med. condition 65 Cub scout units 23 Federal that may involve city 66 Marries hush-hush org. excessive 54 Not clueless 67 Strikeout victim 24 *Diagonally hand-washing 60 Col. Sanders’ of poetry, and 27 Lament 35 Apple desktops chain a phonetic hint 29 Clod 36 Bogotá boy 61 __ carte to the answers 37 Glittery rock 62 Atlanta-based 30 “Silk Stockings” to starred clues genre public health org. actress Charisse 68 Canadian tribe 31 Wine collector’s Monday’s Puzzle Solved datum DOWN 32 Gumbo 1 Impressed with vegetable 2 Words when the 33 Laugh half blindfold comes 34 *Large off venomous snake 3 Japanese 39 Young fellow ball-and-cups toy 42 Opposite of spicy 4 Passports, e.g. 43 Nile wading bird 5 Enter slowly 47 Here, in Haiti 6 Foppish neckwear 48 Santa __ winds 7 Besmirch 49 GI’s mess work 8 Summer hrs. at

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