Authorities arrest 70 in bust Lengthy drug investigation likely to apprehend more, sheriff says
BY BRUCE MILLS cocaine, heroin, firearms and county region and the state as- [email protected] more than $100,000 in cash dur- sisted the sheriff’s office in the ing the sting operation — called operation. Those included the After conducting a six-month Operation Eclipse. FBI, State Law Enforcement Divi- undercover drug investigation, Dennis said in a Saturday news sion, Clarendon County’s Sher- Sumter County Sheriff’s Office release the operation lasted sev- iff’s Office, Manning Police De- deputies have arrested 70 people eral months because so many partment, Lee County Sheriff’s SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 $1.75 allegedly involved in a major people were involved. Office, Sumter-Lee Regional De- drug ring locally, and more ar- “We have arrested 70 people,” tention Center and Richland SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 rests are expected, Sheriff An- Dennis said. “And more arrests County Sheriff’s Department, thony Dennis said Saturday. Of- are expected. We still have 20 out- among others. ficials reportedly seized quanti- standing warrants.” Dennis said Operation Eclipse ties of methamphetamine, opi- He said various law enforce- ates, marijuana, cocaine, crack ment agencies across the tri- SEE BUST, PAGE A12
4 SECTIONS, 32 PAGES | VOL. 122, NO. 230 HURRICANE HARVEY ‘An absolute miracle’ Former Sumter resident living in Texas braves flooding to rescue neighbors
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PHOTO PROVIDED REFLECTIONS An aerial view of a medical facility in Humble, Texas, is seen after being flooded by Hurricane Harvey. Former Sumter resi- dent Micah Stewart said she was scheduled to help the new Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital satellite facility open for the first time Tuesday. Paramedic helps folks evacuate nursing home
BY JIM HILLEY took me two hours just to [email protected] check out.” She said people were still ‘Don’t touch “Just because it stopped being nice, even though they raining, and the hurricane were frustrated and worried. went away, that doesn’t mean “You could tell there was a me. I’m dying.’ it’s all over.” level of stress on people,” she Those are the words of said. Micah Stewart, Memorial Hermann called who is now a “code red,” she said. working as a “Anyone who was at the paramedic at hospital was stuck at the hos- Memorial Her- pital, and anyone who was Drive-in theaters have mann Northeast not at the hospital was not al- C4 Hospital in lowed to come in because of faded from view STEWART Humble, Texas, the flooding,” Stewart said. a northern sub- “Some people have gone for urb of Houston. Originally 48, 72, 96 hours (on duty).” from Sumter, Stewart said She said she has friends DEATHS, A13 she has lived in the Houston who are EMTs, and they were Datrick D. Davis Margarette S. Evans area about four years. required to go to work Friday Bettie L. Stover Ronald S. Howard Stewart said she was work- whether they were scheduled Wendy H. Durant Carroll O. Clark Jr. ing in the emergency room to work or not. Joe L. Vaughn John Mayrant when people began to realize “They have been on for six Harvey would be bad. days,” she said. “All the stores completely Stewart was not on duty ran out of the necessities and when the code red was called shut down, but I was able to get to a store,” she said. “It SEE STEWART, PAGE A10 WEATHER, A14 SUNNY AND WARM DEVIN ZARING VIA AP Mostly sunny today and warm; Harvey likely among worst storms Ronald Zaring celebrates his birthday April 17 tonight, clear and cool As damage and losses mount, Harvey will likely earn a place at Friendswood Health Care Center in Friend- swood, Texas. On Tuesday, the 82-year-old HIGH 90, LOW 63 among the worst storms of the last two decades. died on a rescue bus on the way to a hospital.
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Look out for gas price BY TRIPP BALLARD sighed in relief that we were NOT in finally find our place at the Houston gouging after Harvey Houston, Texas the eye of the storm. Food Bank. There we joined our new Twenty-eight years after Hurricane friends in packing and sorting over According to a news release, e need new words to de- Hugo, I can still hear the chainsaws 20,000 pounds of donated foods for the the Attorney General’s office is scribe Houston’s recent slicing through the fallen, aromatic now jam-packed shelters. Like the monitoring the effect of Hurri- flood: Epic. Unprecedent- pine trees. Sumter’s response in 1989 clean-up following hurricane Hugo, it cane Harvey on gas prices in W ed. No, these seem inade- was massive and charitable. The week- felt good to finally begin to connect South Carolina. While it’s true quate. They fail to offer sufficient rev- end following Hugo’s landfall, I drove with the Harvey recovery effort, if only you are paying more at the erence for the loss of property and life. home from Clemson, carefully dodging in a small way. pump, the simple rise in the We also need new colors: deeper shades road-strewn trees all the way from In a city of over four million, those price of gasoline does not equal of maroon and fuchsia on the weather Statesboro to our house to join Byron affected are now experiencing a flood price gouging under state law. maps to display ever increasing precip- Kinney in the clean-up. This would be of human support from neighbors near However, S.C. does have a law itation totals from 30, to 40, to more my small part in Sumter’s large and and far. Love has become a verb. I hope against price gouging that takes than 50 inches of cumulative rainfall. long recovery. that our collective response, like Har- effect under very specific cir- And, finally, we need new responses: Like Hugo, Harvey did not go quiet- vey, will be both intense and sustained. cumstances. Run-ups in price, charity, kindness, volunteerism, com- ly into that dark night. However, while I hope that we will meet the challenge. even those that seem large, may passion, and sacrifice going head-to- Hugo traveled at 20 mph from coastal Lastly, I hope that through this tragedy be justified by market forces in head with all of nature’s sound and S.C. to Charlotte in less than 24 hours, a new generation of volunteers and a our competitive system, but if fury. Harvey drunkenly ambled around new dedication to altruism will emerge you feel you are the victim of When we moved the family to Hous- southern Texas for five days. During in me, my family, and all those who price gouging, there are certain ton in 2015, I quickly became acquaint- this time, Houston repeatedly sus- have ears to hear and eyes to see. steps to help the Attorney Gen- ed with street flooding. When it rained, tained torrents of not Hugo-style From Houston with love, Tripp Bal- eral’s office investigate: we just pulled our cars up onto the me- wind, but Harvey-style rain. Our fami- lard • Note the time, place, address dians, waited for the flooding to sub- ly was very fortunate, we only experi- and name of the gas station; side, and then returned to our daily ac- enced street flooding. Many of our fel- Tripp Ballard is a Sumter native. He • Note the price you paid; tivities. It was business as usual. Being low Houstonians were not so fortu- graduated from Wilson Hall and Clem- • Note any prices nearby, and from Sumter, this reminded me of driv- nate. By now all of us have seen the son University and served as CEO of the get the same information on ing along the waterlogged streets of images and heard the stories of boat Sumter Family YMCA from 2003-08. those stations; Pawleys Island at high tide. These early rescues, overflowing shelters, and Tripp is married to native Houstonian, • Take photos that identify the experiences with Houston street flood- tragic deaths. Laura Ballard. Tripp and Laura reside station, along with the price; ing were a prescient warning to our “Come back tomorrow. Too many in Houston, Texas. Their three children and vulnerability; so, when Harvey set its volunteers.” Laura and I were turned are Ken, 21, attending University of • Provide your name and con- sights on Corpus Christi this past away from the Toyota Center, NRG Sta- North Texas; John, 19, Amherst College; tact information; and week, we Houstonians collectively dium, and Lakewood Church, only to and Maggie, 16, St. John’s School. • Email any examples or doc- umentation to pricegouging@ scag.gov or call (803) 737-3953 and leave a message if you have witnessed a likely violation. Author does book signing at Elephant Ear Gallery Shaw Main Gate to close Author Sarah Bracey White, seated, talks Sunday evening with Deloris and Jimmy Stephenson Inbound traffic through the about her book, “Pri- main gate at Shaw Air Force mary Lessons,” and Base will be closed from 6 to 9 her experiences p.m. today to conduct insect growing up in Sum- removal and power washing. ter. White signed Outbound traffic will be un- books for fans of her affected and may still exit the memoir and said she base. During this closure, per- is now working on sonnel can access the base another. She will ap- through the S.C. 441 gate.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Biolo- FROM STAFF REPORTS al with emphasizing that “physical ac- 9 a.m. The walk is free and open to the gists say rare loggerhead sea tivity is one of the most important public, and the route is handicap-acces- turtles nesting in Georgia and Sumter County Active Lifestyles in- things Americans can do to improve sible around the ponds at Patriot Park. the Carolinas this summer vites everyone who is a grandparent or their health,” noting that fewer than The maximum length of the walk is laid eggs at a slower pace com- who has or had one to celebrate Na- one half of us have taken his advice to one mile, but it may be completed in pared to their record-smash- tional Grandparents Day on Saturday, heart. shorter increments. On-site registra- ing 2016 season. Sept. 9. Catherine Blumberg of SCAL “Walking is an easy way to start and tion is required. But experts say the May- said the observance offers grandpar- maintain a physically active lifestyle,” Some children’s activities will be through-August nesting sea- ents the opportunity to “Take a Walk Blumberg said. available along the walking route, and son still yielded nest counts with Your Grandchild(ren),” but hav- Those interested in participating in refreshments will be available for pur- well above average for Geor- ing a grandchild along is not necessary the 9 to 11 a.m. walk should meet at Pa- chase. gia, South Carolina and North to get other benefits of walking. triot Park on General Drive off of Pa- For more information, call (803) 469- Carolina. She credited the U.S. Surgeon Gener- triot Parkway/S.C. Highway 441 before 6509.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The ger pay raises. Average hourly MOOYAH Burgers, Fries and U.S. job market hit a lull in pay rose just 2.5 percent over Shakes, based in Dallas, said August, with employers add- the 12 months that ended in it’s paying more to attract en- ing a solid but less-than-robust August. Wage growth typically try-level talent and developing 156,000 jobs and holding back averages 3.5 percent to 4 per- ways for workers to be promot- on meaningful pay raises for cent annually when unem- ed into higher positions with most workers. ployment is this low. the company. 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Y0020_18_2910PRAD THE SUMTER ITEM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 | A5 PANORAMA Call Ivy Moore at (803) 774-1221 | E-mail: [email protected] Keep your mind, body active Center preps for Adventures in Learning
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s the summer va- cation ends and A school’s back in session, the Shepherd’s Center of Sumter is pre- paring to begin its fall Ad- ventures in Learning.
Executive Director Jeanette Roveri-Smith said there have been several positive changes or additions for the fall, but with regular classes still on the schedule. “We’ve moved our office to the Sumter County Recre- ation center” at 155 Hayn- sworth St., she said, but “all Thursday classes will still be held at Trinity United Meth- odist Church.” Those wanting to register and pay the class fee in per- son should go to the Hayn- sworth Street office between SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Shepherd’s Center members can learn or improve on many skills, including crochet and knitting, and a new, gentle court game, pickleball. on Tuesday through Thurs- Most classes meet on Thursdays at Trinity United Methodist Church, while a few meet on other days at different venues. day, except for the period be- tween Sept. 7 and 13. Dues and registration fee should be raphy or others through the buffet lunch for just $6 while mailed in during that time. public information presenta- being entertained by speak- Roveri-Smith recommends tions — free and open to the ers, musicians and others. registering early, as some public; improve their health While the Shepherd’s Cen- classes limit the number of with activities such as chair ter has long offered trips of participants. Also, registra- yoga, low impact aerobics, one day and longer, Roveri- tion by Sept. 21 is only $15, line dancing and tai chi; and Smith said the demand for the she pointed out, and that fee learn about the pleasures of tours has grown to the point covers all the classes a mem- reading and the techniques that there are 11 between now ber can fit into his or her of accomplished writers in and September 2018. Day trips schedule. the short stories class. The will take members to the In order to take classes, par- Writers Club offers opportu- Southern Christmas Show in ticipants must be members of nity to talk about writing Charlotte in December,the the Shepherd’s Center, for with others of the same bent, planetarium at Francis Mari- which dues are $20 per calen- and the popular Bible study on University in January and dar year. class prompts interesting dis- to Brookgreen Gardens in Several classes in a wide va- cussion. April; longer trips will be to riety of subjects are offered Maximize your understand- Italy, San Antonio, Washing- during each of five periods, ing of your tech devices such ton, D.C., Canada and to the beginning at 9 a.m. each as PCs and iPads and get help Grace Prescott works on an autumn design in a past China Painting Ark Encounter and Creation Thursday through Nov. 16. solving problems with them. class at the Shepherd’s Center. She and Gail Turnmeyer will teach the Museum in Kentucky. Most are one-hour long; how- Amanda Miller of Edward class during the center’s fall session of Adventures in Learning, which Details of classes, trips and ever. some, such as knitting Jones teaches money manage- starts Sept. 28. Early Bird registration ends Sept. 21. other activities available to and quilting, are longer. All ment, including investing for Shepherd’s Center members classes are taught by knowl- retirees, estate planning and can be found in The Lamb’s edgeable volunteers. basic principles of managing Thursdays. are three hours set aside for Tale, the center’s quarterly The variety in the classes your money in retirement. If Tuesday activities include scrapbooking at the office; newsletter. Pick one up at the means that Shepherd’s Cen- you’re good with your hands, Bowling Buddies at Gamecock and on Friday, learn yoga at Shepherd’s Center office at ter member can learn new you might want to learn knit- Lanes; Natural Healing & Morningside Assisted Living 155 Haynsworth St., request skills, such as bead weaving ting, crochet or quilting. Wellness at the Shepherd’s Center. one by mail at The Shepherd’s and creative card making; in- There’s even a period or two Center office; Hand and Foot Each Thursday at 12:15 Center of Sumter, P.O. Box crease their knowledge of set aside for games and cards. card games at South Hope p.m., after class period 4, 282, Sumter, SC 29151, or call current topics, such as geog- And those are just on Center; on Wednesday, there members can enjoy a catered (803) 773-1944. Columnist remembers music giant Glen Campbell
BY NICK THOMAS was also an accomplished musician. first crossed paths when Campbell Tinseltown Talks In his early years, he was hotly sought was in his early twenties. as a reliable and skillful session gui- Campbell and Cash both made the tarist. Listen again to Frank Sinatra’s successful jump from country music EDITOR’S NOTE: Nick Thomas, Tinsel- classic, “Strangers in the Night.” to pop and performed together on town Talks columnist, interviewed the That’s Campbell on rhythm guitar each other’s TV shows during the ’60s late Glen Campbell in December 2008. performing all the guitar licks, which and ’70s. Campbell’s variety show, Thomas’ story is reprinted here with per- no doubt helped push the song to the “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour,” mission, edited minimally for length. top of the charts in 1966. “I played the was watched by up to 50 million view- melody along with him,” said Camp- ers each week during its four-season The entertainment world lost a true bell, proudly. “That was the topper of run from 1969-72. music giant when Glen Campbell all time, I think, to get to play with While his album “Meet Glen Camp- passed away last month. When I inter- Sinatra!” bell” may have been a commercial far viewed Glen in December 2008 for PHOTO PROVIDED At any Campbell concert, audiences cry from his numerous chart-toppers Deadwood Magazine, there was no Glen Campbell, left, is seen with Jimmy always expected to hear a selection of of the past, it had special significance sign of the Alzheimer’s that would Webb in 2005. Webb wrote many of his classics, such as “Southern Nights,” for Campbell. In addition to his daugh- soon afflict him. He was still perform- Campbell’s biggest hits. “Galveston,” “Wichita Lineman” and ter, Debby, who has been singing ing and had recently returned to the “Rhinestone Cowboy.” But he said alongside her father for two decades, studio to record the album “Meet Glen Campbell album, and I think it does.” there was no mystery behind the suc- the record’s list of backing vocalists Campbell,” which would peak at no. 27 Tracks included cover versions of cess of these mega chart-topping ca- featured more Campbells than a su- on the Billboard country charts. “Sing,” the 2001 hit by the Scottish al- reer songs that he made his own. “You permarket soup aisle — Dillon, Cal, For longtime fans, that new record- ternative rock group Travis, Tom Pet- need a good piece of poetry up front Shannon and Ashley Campbell also ing was an opportunity to rediscover ty’s “Angel Dream,” Jackson and then a great melody to go with it. joined their famous dad on the album. the veteran singer who entertained Browne’s “These Days” from the That was the genius of Jimmy Webb, In his final years, as Alzheimer’s America for decades with his Country- 1960s, and “Grow Old With Me,” one who wrote many of my biggest hits. slowly stole his memory, Campbell Pop fusion style. But as the title sug- of the last songs written by John Len- He’s one of the best songwriters ever.” probably forgot how much his music gested, Campbell also wanted to intro- non who recorded it with his wife, Webb’s appreciation for Campbell was loved by his fans. And for others duce himself to new audiences. Yoko Ono, in their home shortly be- was evident from past comments. unfamiliar with the man or his music, “I’ve been meeting a lot of young fore Lennon’s death. It has since be- “Some songwriters are just blessed in a quick download is all it takes today people who thought I was just a coun- come a popular tribute song at wed- some way,” Webb said in an interview to “Meet Glen Campbell.” try and western singer,” Campbell dings. in the late 1990s. “I was blessed by said from his home in Malibu. The “Lennon never got to record it pro- having people like Glen Campbell put- Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn Uni- album covered a wide variety of songs fessionally in the studio,” Campbell ting my work out there.” versity at Montgomery, Alabama, and — some fairly contemporary at the said. “Yoko let me use it on the album Glen Campbell was born just 100 has written features, columns and in- time, and others that went back sever- and you can really ‘imagine’ him sing- miles from the birthplace of another terviews for more than 650 newspapers al decades. “It was most important for ing it to her.” Arkansas native and country music and magazines. Visit www.tinseltown- me that this still sounded like a Glen Well-known as a vocalist, Campbell legend, the late Johnny Cash. The two talks.com A6 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 PANORAMA THE SUMTER ITEM ENGAGEMENTS Lesaine-Cato
Smunk-Holladay Mrs. Cynthia Frierson from University of the Lesaine of Manning an- Southwest. She is employed Mr. and Mrs. William Louis nounces the engagement of by Clarendon School Dis- Smunk of Kingstree an- her daughter, Jessica Ash- trict 2 as career develop- nounce the engagement of ley Lesaine of Manning, to ment facilitator and head their daughter, Louise Als- Mr. Troy Ja-von Cato of varsity cheerleading coach. brook Smunk of Kingstree, to Sumter, son of Mrs. Mil- The bridegroom-elect is Kenneth Hunter Holladay of dred Diane Watkins Cato the grandson of the late Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. and the late Mr. Sandford Mr. Ashby and Mrs. Ber- Kenneth Thomas Holladay of Cato of Sumter. nice Jackson Watkins of Manning. The bride-elect is also the Sumter and the late Mr. The bride-elect graduated daughter of the late Mr. Herbert and Mrs. Henrietta from the College of Charles- John Arthur Lesaine Sr. of Jefferson Cato of Mayes- ton and the Medical Universi- Manning, and the grand- ville. He graduated from ty of South Carolina. She is daughter of the late Mr. Benedict College with a employed by McLeod Region- Haskell and Mrs. Lula Hil- Bachelor of Science in MISS LESAINE, MR. CATO al Medical Center. ton Frierson of Alcolu and Music Education. He is em- The bridegroom-elect grad- the late Mr. Isaac and Mrs. ployed by Sumter School uated from Wofford College. Hattie Mae Darby Lesaine District as director of The couple is registered at He is self-employed. of Kingstree. She graduat- bands at Sumter High Belk, www.belk.com; Bed, The wedding is planned for ed from South Carolina School. Bath, and Beyond, www.bed- Sept. 30, 2017, at Williamsburg State University with a The wedding is planned bathandbeyond.com; and Presbyterian Church, King- MISS SMUNK, MR. HOLLADAY Bachelor of Science in for Dec. 30, 2017, at the Walmart, www.walmart.com. stree. Mathematics and a Mas- Sumter County Civic Cen- Their wedding website is ter's in School Counseling ter. www.withjoy.com/catocollabo Ready to give Adopted brother augmented has never been told reality a try? about his origin DEAR ABBY — unlike landlines — are not BY ANICK JESDANUN My brother connected to a network from AP Technology Writer was adopted which their location will au- at birth tomatically appear on a NEW YORK — You might have gotten a through an screen when they call an taste of "augmented reality," the blending agency, but emergency number. With cell- of the virtual and physical worlds, as you he was never phones, the caller must VER- chased on-screen monsters at real-world told. He's in BALLY give the dispatcher landmarks in last year's gaming sensation, his mid-50s the location of the emergen- "Pokemon Go." Dear Abby now. We have cy. Upcoming augmented reality apps will ABIGAIL no other sib- follow that same principle of superimpos- VAN BUREN lings. Our DEAR ABBY — I want to let go ing virtual images over real-life settings. parents never of all past hurts, disappoint- That could let you see how furniture will felt my broth- ments and bad things that look in your real living room before you er was emotionally strong have happened. I want them buy it, for instance. enough to accept the news of gone from my life. I don't While "Pokemon Go" didn't require spe- his adoption. Our father want to walk around angry cial hardware or software, more advanced passed on years ago, and our and bitter all the time, but I AR apps will. Google and Apple are both de- mother is now elderly. am taken all the way back to veloping technology to enable that. Google's From a health care point the original feelings when AR technology is already on Android of view, I think my brother they are triggered. I want to phones from Lenovo and Asus. On Tuesday, should know, but I don't feel I truly forgive, whether it's my- IKEA VIA AP Google announced plans to bring AR to have the right to tell him self, others or even God. Any This photo provided by Ikea demonstrates Ikea’s even more phones, including Samsung's while Mom is living (she is tips would be greatly appreci- popular S8 and Google's own Pixel, though augmented reality app called IKEA Place, on an adamant that he must not ated. it didn't give a timetable beyond promising iPhone, allowing a user to superimpose virtual know, especially after so Trying to let it go an update by the end of the year. images over real-life settings. The app allows long). It seems wrong, howev- As a result, Apple might pull ahead as it shoppers to see how furniture will look in their er, to tell him after our par- DEAR TRYING — If you're ask- extends AR to all recent iPhones and iPads living room or other space before buying it. ents are both dead and they ing me for amnesia, I can't in a software update expected next month, can't explain anything to him, provide it. What you're expe- iOS 11. Hundreds of millions of AR-ready BEYOND VIRTUAL REALITY and it may be too late for him riencing is normal, as long as devices will suddenly be in the hands of Virtual reality is a technology that im- to contact his birth parents. you don't spend the majority consumers. merses you in a different world, rather than I'm sure he will be very of your time reflecting on But how many are ready to give AR a try? trying to supplement the real world with angry, and I would prefer to past hurts and anger. virtual images, as AR does. VR was sup- keep the secret. Should I tell When you catch yourself posed to be the next big thing, but the ap- him he is adopted after our dwelling on long-gone painful EARLY APPLICATIONS peal has been limited outside of games and mother passes away? incidents, do not waste your Of the dozen or so apps demoed recently industrial applications. You need special In a quandary happier present by allowing for Android and iPhones, the ones show- headsets, which might make you dizzy if them to take up any more ing the most promise are furniture apps. you wear one too long. DEAR QUANDARY — No, you space in your here and now. From a catalog or a website, it's hard to And VR isn't very social. Put on the head- should tell him NOW — while Take a deep breath, release it, tell whether a sofa or a bed will actually set, and you shut out everyone else around it may be possible for him to then tell yourself out loud, fit in your room. Even if it fits, will it be you. Part of the appeal of "Pokemon Go" get the answers to the many "That was then. This is far enough from other pieces of furniture was the ability to run into strangers who questions he is sure to have NOW!" Then move from that for someone to walk through? were also playing. Augmented reality can be from his mother. location and concentrate on a With AR, you can go to your living room a shared experience, as friends look on the different subject. or bedroom and add an item you're think- phone screen with you. DEAR ABBY — Many house- I know it can be done, be- ing of buying. The phone maps out the di- holds no longer use landlines cause I have done it. And if I mensions of your room and scales the vir- and rely on cellphones. It can do it, anyone can. tual item automatically; there's no need to BEING AVAILABLE VS. BEING USED could save someone's life if pull out a tape measure. The online fur- While AR shows more promise than VR, they would enter the phone Dear Abby is written by Abi- nishing store Wayfair has the Wayfair- there has yet to be a "killer app" that every- number of the sheriff's office gail Van Buren, also known View for Android phones, while Ikea is one must have, the way smartphones have of the county in which they as Jeanne Phillips, and was coming out with one for Apple devices. become essential for navigation and every- reside to ensure there's a founded by her mother, Pau- Wayfair says it's exploring bringing the day snapshots. backup to the frequently line Phillips. Contact Dear app to iPhones and iPads, too. Rather, people will discover AR over time, overloaded 911 system. Abby at www.DearAbby.com As for whimsical, Holo for Android lets perhaps a few years. Someone renovating or This is important, especial- or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, you pose next to virtual tigers and cartoon moving might discover the furniture apps. ly if you have two homes. CA 90069. characters. For iPhones and iPads, the New parents might discover educational However, it's also a good idea Food Network will let you add frosting and apps. Those people might then go on to dis- for people who own a single Abby shares more than 100 of sprinkles to virtual cupcakes. You can cover more AR apps to try out. But just residence. In rural areas, it her favorite recipes in two also add balloons and eyes — who does hearing that AR is available might not be can take a long time to locate booklets: "Abby's Favorite Rec- that? — and share creations on social enough for someone to check it out. someone calling from a cell- ipes" and "More Favorite Reci- media. Consider mobile payments. Most phones phone, which is no replace- pes by Dear Abby." Send your Games and education are also popular now have the capability, but people still tend ment for a landline in an name and mailing address, categories. On Apple devices, a companion to pull out plastic when shopping. There's emergency. plus check or money order for to AMC's "The Walking Dead" creates zom- no doubt more people are using mobile pay- Be prepared $14 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, bies alongside real people for you to shoot. ments and more retailers are accepting Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, On Android, apps being built for class- them, but it's far from commonplace. DEAR PREPARED — Thank you Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. rooms will let students explore the solar Expect augmented reality to also take for the suggestion. Many peo- (Shipping and handling are system, volcanoes and more. time to take off. ple forget that cellphones — included in the price.) THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL / STATE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 | A7 SLT’s ‘Barefoot’ has big laughs, great acting
A REVIEW BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item ‘BAREFOOT IN THE PARK’ It is very difficult to type WHERE: Sumter Little Theatre, 10 and laugh at the same time, Mood Ave. yet 45 minutes after seeing the WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday and again play, I am still smiling and Sept. 7 through 10 laughing over the Sumter Lit- TICKETS: $20 for adults, $15 for tle Theatre's opening night students, military and seniors. performance of Neil Simon's CONTACT: (803) 775-2150, or visit comedy, "Barefoot in the www.sumterlittletheatre.com Park." Just when you think the theater has reached its peak performance level, along comes a cast like this one and move swiftly, naturally and proves you wrong. It is hard to hysterically throughout the imagine a stronger, funnier play. and more believable ensemble. Charlotte Gallagher, Corie's PHOTO PROVIDED Director Heather Turner mother, is equally as charac- Kendall Jones as Corie confronts Victor Velasco, played by Eric Reisenauer, in a scene from Neil Simon’s skillfully leads the action ter perfect. Her body posture “Barefoot in the Park.” The romantic comedy ”seemed perfect,” according to reviewer Jane Collins. through one energy-filled and and facial reaction could not visual moment to another. be more convincing. Eric Rei- Every scene feels so true it is senauer develops attic resi- easy to forget it is a play and dent Victor Velasco as an ar- not real-life events scrolling tistically affected roué, com- before your eyes. plete with jaunty red beret. Morgan Wood, the tele- Everything about opening phone repairman, and Jim night's performance seemed Wade, the delivery man, set perfect, especially the oppor- the scene beautifully, gasping tunity to laugh until your for breath as they make the cheeks hurt. 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JENNIFER LOPEZ ACTRESS, MUSICIAN, Charleston couple sues TV PERSONALITY, MOM Amazon over eclipse glasses COLUMBIA (AP) — A South got no such notice. After view- Carolina couple is suing online ing the once-in-a-lifetime celes- retailer Amazon over what they tial event, they say they started claim were faulty pairs of experiencing headaches, dark eclipse glasses that resulted in spots in their lines of vision, eye injuries, headaches and changes in perception of color blurry vision. and distorted vision. In court papers filed in feder- Payne and Harris accuse the al court this week, Thomas retailer of negligence and un- Corey Payne and Kayla Harris fair trade practices, saying Am- of Charleston said they began azon "negligently advertised, experiencing the symptoms marketed and distributed defec- after viewing the total solar tive, unsafe Eclipse Glasses" in eclipse Aug. 21 using glasses the run-up to the eclipse. The purchased on Amazon. company's Aug. 19 recall email, A spokeswoman for the Seat- attorneys for the couple wrote, tle-based retailer declined to "was tragically too little, too Like all moms, I’m always concerned about my children’s well-being. But sometimes they comment on the pending litiga- late." get sick. Sometimes they get hurt. That’s why I’m so grateful we have children’s hospitals. tion. The lawsuit argues that po- If any child needs a miracle, they’ll do everything in their power to make one happen. On Aug. 10, the retailer began tential class members include Please join me in giving sick and injured children every chance to get better. Put Your notifying customers via email anyone across the country who Money Where the Miracles Are. 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Learn why children’s hospitals need community support and fi nd your member hospital at manufactured by reputable were extremely dangerous CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals. companies, although it did not and/or defective" and caused reveal the scale of the recall or users similar injuries, includ- Give Today release a list of affected ven- ing "ranging from temporary CMNHospitals.org to McLeod Children’s Hospital dors. discomfort to permanent blind- Payne and Harris say they ness." A8 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 NATION THE SUMTER ITEM Police chief to grieving: Seek out a medium BARRINGTON, Rhode Island people come back, and they tell (AP) — A police chief in Rhode me they are thankful that they Island gives out some unortho- went to see a medium," La- dox advice for those who have Cross said. lost a loved one: Seek a connec- One of them is Dan Con- tion to the afterlife by meeting verse, who lost his teenage son with a medium. to a car accident 10 years ago. John LaCross, the police LaCross delivered the news. chief in the Providence suburb "My wife just dropped to the of Barrington, lost his 21-year- ground," Converse said. "I old brother Joey to suicide looked into her eyes and knew nearly 40 years ago. Seeking she was in a dark place. When comfort, he began meeting we got home, she curled up in a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS with people calling themselves fetal position in our dead son's Barrington, Rhode Island Police Chief John LaCross, who lost his brother to suicide in 1979 and has met mediums, but it wasn't until bed." with mediums, thinks there is a growing trend of people turning to psychics after losing a loved one. 2000 that he met someone he Later, when Converse called says gave him evidence of an LaCross for updates on the in- Some mediums do personal essentially "throwing out a lot knows many are skeptical afterlife. vestigation, he suggested that readings for free; Hancock, for of statements and seeing what about an afterlife, much less Years later, he met with an- Maureen Hancock, the medium instance, spends much of her sticks," said Michael Shermer, that people can communicate other medium who he says cor- who correctly identified his time with the sick and dying co-founder of the Skeptics So- with the dead. Some skeptics rectly described his brother's brother's manner of death, but does occasional live group ciety, which advocates against included his colleagues. timing and cause of death, might be able to help them events. pseudoscience. "I was a skeptic," said James down to the manner: hanging. cope. Although it's scoffed at in "It makes it appear they are Cunha, Barrington town man- "But can you give me his "I never believed in mediums many circles, law enforce- psychic when they are not," ager. "I would say I've heard name?" LaCross said he asked. before, but now I do believe ment agencies have some- Shermer said. enough stories that I'm not a "It's a J name; Joseph," La- there is an afterlife, that I am times worked with psychics Even though LaCross said skeptic any longer. If he be- Cross said the medium re- still connected to my son spiri- and mediums to help find no one he has approached has lieves in it, it gives me enough sponded. tually and that we will meet missing children and solve ever called him crazy, he evidence it is probably true." After that, he started keeping again," said Converse, now 60. cold murders. The practice his brother's picture in his pa- "I'm not afraid of death any- spawned the NBC drama "Me- trol car, talking to him and ask- more." dium." ing him for signs. Later, a dif- Hancock said in an inter- The president of the Na- Tennis... ferent medium, he said, con- view, "When the physical body tional Association of Chiefs of firmed his brother was sending is done in this earthly experi- Police said he's not ready to Sport for Life him messages. ence the energy continues; the dismiss mediums as crack sci- LaCross said that medium energy is like an imprint that ence. called him out of the blue after sticks around." 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PARIS (AP) — It's the car coming back from a watery grave. A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France's Cham- pagne country in 1979 is being reunited with its owner — 38 years later — after French po- lice pulled it, in surprisingly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS good shape but crawling with Conservationists of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program crayfish, from a murky prepare a makeshift stretcher to carry a tranquilized male orang- swamp. utan to be relocated from a swath of destructed forest located In a Facebook posting, po- too close to a palm oil plantation at Tripa peat swamp in Aceh lice said the pond owner alert- province, Indonesia. ed officers in Chalons-en- Champagne, 100 miles east of GENDARMERIE NATIONALE VIA AP Paris, on Monday about the This Peugeot 104 was recovered this week in France’s Champagne Palm oil plantations discovery. The car became country, 38 years after it was stolen. Teeming with crayfish, the car visible because drought was in surprisingly good shape and is expected to be reunited soon dropped the water level. with its original owner. After police divers checked threaten orangutans there wasn't a corpse inside, the long-lost vehicle was the Reims area. "to come and see the car for TRIPA PEAT SWAMP, In- lieved to be living in the towed onto dry land. In their Facebook posting, nostalgia's sake." donesia (AP) — The Tripa Tripa swamp, but it is still "lt still looks like a 104. It's headlined "Cold Case," police He doesn't expect the little peat forest has been called one of the densest concen- still blue and there is still said plans are afoot to reunite Peugeot will ever run again, the orangutan capital of the trations of orangutans. The chrome on the bumpers. It's car and owner in the next few because the rusty engine world, but its great apes are great apes are only found on surprising," Franck Menard, days. block was muddied up. under threat by palm oil two islands, Indonesia's Su- a mechanic who hauled it Menard said that because it But he said they scooped up plantations gobbling up matra and Borneo, which back to the local garage was declared stolen, the car the crayfish that had been liv- thousands of acres of native Indonesia shares with Ma- where he works, said in a technically now belongs to the ing inside and freed them into vegetation to instead grow laysia. Both support sepa- phone interview. "It's relative- owner's insurer. a canal. the trees that produce the rate species. ly well preserved given that it Still, he is expecting the "At least they get a second most consumed vegetable "Capturing wild orang- spent so long in the water." owner to drop by his garage life," he said. oil on the planet. utans is not something we "The seats are still in good Palm oil is used in every- like to do. It is difficult, condition, beige," he added. thing from cookies and lip- highly stressful and risky Police said the compact stick to paint, shampoo and for all concerned," said the four-door hatchback — as Cash in a FLASH! We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins instant noodles, and Indone- rescue group's director, Ian much a feature of its time as & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, sia is the world's top produc- Singleton, who has been flared trousers and disco — Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates er. As demand soars, planta- studying Sumatran orang- was four years old and on its tions are expanding. In utans since the 1990s. "It re- third owner when it was de- Lafayette Gold Tripa, companies drain the ally is a last resort, and a re- clared stolen in the Cham- and Silver Exchange swamp, releasing planet- flection of the dire situation pagne town of Reims in 1979. InsideInnside VestcoVestco PrPropertiesopperrties warming carbon into the at- many of these animals are Too old to figure in computer 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 mosphere and clear the for- in as a result of the ongoing databases, investigators dust- ((inside Coca-Cola Building) est of its native trees, often destruction of their habi- ed off paper archives to find Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM setting illegal fires. tat." the proprietor, who lives in 803-773-8022 This robs orangutans and other endangered species of their habitats, leaving the animals marooned on small 20th Anniversary swaths of forest, boxed-in on all sides by plantations. They starve or they are The Sumter Sports Hall of Fame killed by plantation workers when they emerge from the jungle in search of food. Sponsored by The Salvation Army Mothers often die protecting their babies, which are Boys & Girls Club of Sumter taken and sold as illegal pets. On Aug. 10, a rescue team The Sumter Sports Hall of Fame recognizes athletes and coaches who have from the Sumatran Orang- utan Conservation Program, demonstrated throughout their careers in sports those qualities which accompanied by the Indone- sia's Nature Conservation clearly identify them as champions. This recognition will be permanent Agency, hiked into the Tripa peatlands to look for a moth- and will be located in a place open to public viewing. This year’s ceremony er and baby orangutan that had been reported in an will be held on November 6, 2017. area being overtaken by oil palms. The plan was to se- date and relocate them, but ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS when the team arrived, there was no sign of the To be considered for induction into the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame, the duo. Instead, they encoun- athlete must meet the following criteria: tered a 110-pound male orangutan that was about 20 1. Be a native of Sumter County, or years old. He too was suffer- ing, and the team managed 2. Have attended four years of school in Sumter County, three of to tranquilize him and carry him out of the jungle in a which were at the senior high level, or stretcher net. He was named "Black," 3. Be a resident of the Sumter area for a suffi cient period of time to and driven about eight be considered a permanent resident, or hours to an orangutan rein- troduction center in Jantho, 4. Meet one of the above requirements or have been a coach for a Aceh Besar. He joined about 100 other primates that have minimum of 10 years. been released in the jungle to establish a new wild pop- ulation. Only an estimated NOMINATION FORM 6,600 critically endangered Sumatran orangutans re- Nominations must be postmarked by September 6, 2017. Please send to: main. 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dropping off supplies and “The north of us is com- STEWART water and asking how they pletely flooded, the south of FROM PAGE A1 could help, she said. us is completely flooded, we “By the end of that day, we can now get around to the but could not have reached still had 110 patients, but we west some,” Stewart said. “We the hospital anyway. had 120 or more cases of were completely flooded in; “I was on the wrong end of water, hot food for them to we were our own little is- the bridge,” she said. eat, and we were able to get land.” Between where she lives patients their medications,” Many areas are still com- and the hospital is a bridge Stewart said. pletely flooded, she said. that goes over the San Jacinto Several patients needed “Getting supplies is diffi- River. Her understanding was transport to hospitals, but cult,” she said, “They have the river was 71 feet above Stewart said that only one pa- shelters, but you can’t get to normal. tient passed away. them to take them supplies.” So Stewart went to work “That’s pretty great for that She said she is not a “home- helping people evacuate in group, since they are already body,” and as a paramedic she her neighborhood. more fragile and have a hard- knows she can help. “I live in an apartment, and er time adjusting and that “A lot of the shelters the back of my apartment sort of thing,” she said. around here just need help,” (complex) was taking on Stewart said they got in she said. “People need help. water, but I happen to be close contact with emergency man- They need to get to a hospital, to the other end that has high agement. people who have lost their ground,” she said. “A lot of “They never deemed us a medication and things like my neighbors, including my- shelter, but they did send us that and trying to find re- self, have just been letting medical resources,” she said. sources for them or getting other people come in.” She said the Montgomery them to a doctor.” Stewart said she just moved PHOTO PROVIDED County Hospital District was She said the “Texas spirit” to the apartment a couple of Flood waters cover the first floor of homes in the Humble, Texas area. able to supply resources and has been amazing. months ago. get the patients transported. “They never expected all of “I didn’t know my neigh- “They’re bed-bound medi- this destruction,” Stewart bors, but I know them now,” dropped off in little pods over to where Stewart was cal-necessity patients,” she said. she said. around an apartment com- working in the shelter seeking said. “You couldn’t just stick People who weren’t affected Working to evacuate people plex,” she said. help. them in a car and take them.” came out and volunteered. who were flooded out, Stewart A local church pastor was “I went over, and it was On Wednesday, they were “The camaraderie that has said she ended up at one of visiting the nursing home to utter chaos,” she said. able to have the rest of the pa- come out of this, the absolute the shelters when someone check on some people and She said they turned it into tients evacuated to seven willingness to save their came in asking for medical pray. a complete shelter, with areas other facilities in the state, neighbors, would bring any- help. “He has a church in a little for patients to sleep, places she said. body to tears,” she said. She said she was among strip mall, and he called the where they could be changed “It was an absolute mira- Stewart said people have several people there who had owner of the strip mall and and areas designated for other cle,” she said. been hearing a lot about the some medical training includ- said ‘We need to take these uses. Stewart said she got home flooding in Houston, but it is ing a military medic. people,’” Stewart said. “They “We had 131 patients, and at 2 a.m. Thursday morning, much more than just the met- The people seeking medical got a school bus, got them because it wasn’t deemed a and she was able to get a few ropolitan area of Houston. assistance were evacuating a loaded up and took them all to local shelter, we had several hours of sleep. “Everybody around here nursing home in Kingwood, this church facility.” groups that wouldn’t give us She said she would call Her- commutes downtown or com- another Houston suburb, that She said it was a little much,” she said. “Several of mann Memorial to see if she mutes to another area or com- was taking on water. church with a chapel, some us got on Facebook and post- could go back to work at the mutes to a hospital. It’s just so “Kingwood was an area that offices and a meeting space. ed where we were, what was hospital. many people and such a huge wasn’t expected to flood the The rest of that shopping cen- going on and if anyone had “The hospitals systems have area. It’s more than you can way that it did,” Stewart said. ter was “hollowed out,” she any towels, blankets, sheets or been so overwhelmed with imagine,” she said. “It was hit really hard.” said. medical supplies to let us people coming in, the workers She said there is so much She said the residents at the There were 131 patients and know, and if they could get it have been there for days,” she more to do. nursing home were all “medi- minimal staff, she said. They there (because) we could use said. “It is definitely going to be a cal necessity” patients, and had gotten some of their med- it.” Even if she can’t go in to lot, but we will get through they had no place to go. ication out and some of the Within two hours, she said, the hospital, there is more to it,” she said. “Texas will re- “They were literally being supplies out. They then came volunteers were coming in, do, she said. build.” Timothy L. Griffi th Attorney at Law 803-607-9087 www.tlgriffi th.com Family Law • Criminal Law • Civil • Business Divorce, Custody, DUI, DUS, Drug Charges Visitation, Civil & Injury, State & Federal Courts Contract Disputes 360 W. Wesmark Attorney TL Griffi th Sumter, SC
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COMMENTARY Football’s enjoyment is on a fade pattern
ASHINGTON — Au- tumn, which is ‘Perhaps evolving bearing down upon us like a menacing standards of decency linebacker,W is, as John Keats said, a season of mists and will reduce football to mellow fruitfulness and chronic traumatic encepha- a marginalized lopathy (CTE). Actually, Keats, a romantic, did not spectacle, such as mention that last part. He died before the birth of the boxing. But the UFC’s subject of a waning Ameri- can romance, football. This sport will never die, but it (Ultimate Fighting will never again be, as it was until recently, the subject of Championship’s) uncomplicated national en- thusiasm. burgeoning CTE is a degenerative brain disease confirmable popularity is only after GUEST COMMENTARY death and (redundant) evidence often caused by repeated that “evolving” is not a blows to the head that synonym for Take Tillman statue down knock the brain against BY WILL MOREDOCK In the years following Reconstruction, the skull. “improving.’” Special to The Sumter Item Tillman launched his political career as a George The cumula- coarse and angry populist, becoming the Will tive impacts outh Carolinians have a complicated prototype of the southern demagogue. He of hundreds ers do. Notice, however, that relationship with a history we love rode the populist agrarian wave to the gov- of supposed- smoking, which is increas- but clearly do not understand. Our ernorship in 1890 and to the U.S. Senate in ly minor blows can have the ingly a choice of those least tortured connection to Benjamin 1896. cumulative effect of many receptive to public health in- SRyan Tillman — whose statue stands on the As a stump politician, he advocated concussions. The New York formation, is banned in all Statehouse grounds in Columbia and is car- lynching and played on the ancient white Times recently reported Stan- NFL stadiums and is severe- ried on campus buildings at Clemson and fear of the black man as sexual rival and ford researchers’ data show- ly discouraged on all college Winthrop universities — is a perfect exam- predator. In 1892, he said, “There is only ing “that one college offensive campuses, including those ple. one crime that warrants lynching, and Gov- lineman sustained 62 of these that are football factories. Our state’s relationship with the past is ernor that I am, I would lead a mob to lynch hits in a single game. Each And football fans will say: exacerbated by the Heritage Act, passed by a negro that ravishes a white woman. I do one came with an average Better equipment will solve the General Assembly in 2000, which makes justify lynching for rape, and before Al- force on the player’s head the problem of body parts, it illegal to remove or alter mighty God, I am not ashamed of it.” Later, equivalent to what you would particularly the one in the any monument, memorial as senator, he declaimed, “I have three see if he had driven his car skull’s brain pan, that are or flag or to change the daughters, but, so help me God, I had rath- into a brick wall at 30 mph.” unsuited to the game. name of any street, road or er find either one of them killed by a tiger Boston University re- Perhaps evolving stan- public building without the or a bear and gather up her bones and bury searchers found CTE in 110 dards of decency will reduce consent of the legislature. them, conscious that she had died in the pu- of 111 brains of deceased football to a marginalized Today, as Americans rity of her maidenhood, than to have her NFL players. In 53 other spectacle, such as boxing. take a new look at their crawl to me and tell me the horrid story brains from college players, But the UFC’s (Ultimate Confederate monuments that she had been robbed of the jewel of her 48 had CTE. There was sig- Fighting Championship’s) WILL and debate what they womanhood by a black fiend.” nificant selection bias: Many burgeoning popularity is (re- MOREDOCK stand for, South Carolin- Tillman’s most lasting effect on this state of the brains came from fam- dundant) evidence that ians would be wise to re- was to call a convention in 1895 to draft a ilies who had noticed CTE “evolving” is not a synonym flect on “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman and ask new constitution, whose primary purpose symptoms, including mood for “improving.” ourselves if he deserves our veneration in was to disenfranchise black voters, paving disorders and dementia. A Besides, as disturbing sci- the 21st century. the way for racial segregation — Jim Crow BU researcher says, however, entific evidence accumulates, A detailed account of Tillman’s life and Laws — across the state. This constitution that a 10-year NFL lineback- NFL franchise values soar career can be seen at www.downwithtill- created literacy tests and poll taxes, requir- er could receive more than (Forbes says the most valu- man.com, but here are some highlights ing a voter to own and pay taxes on proper- 15,000 sub-concussive blows. able is the Dallas Cowboys at from that bloody story. ty assessed at $300. Our society and politics Football’s kinetic energy — $4.2 billion and the least Tillman was born in Edgefield District in have been brutalized by this disgraceful a function of the masses and valuable is the $1.5 billion 1847. After the Civil War, he rode with white document for over a century. velocities of the hurtling bod- Buffalo Bills) and annual vigilantes called Red Shirts, who made war It seems that Tillman also has his admir- ies — has increased dramati- revenues reach $14 billion. against the Reconstruction government, ers outside South Carolina. On its website, cally in 50 years. On Ala- The league distributes $244 terrorizing black communities and break- the white supremacist group Stormfront bama’s undefeated 1966 team, million to each team — $77 ing up political meetings and elections. In calls Tillman one of “the greatest men only 21 percent of the players million more than each 1876, more than a hundred African-Ameri- South Carolina and indeed this nation has weighed more than 200 team’s salary cap. Local rev- cans were killed by white terrorists, and ever produced.” pounds. The heaviest weighed enues are gravy. The append- Tillman was involved in the murder of un- Facts don’t change, but our attitude to- 223; the linemen averaged 194. age of higher education that armed prisoners in at least two incidents, ward them does. Our laws and institutions The quarterback, who is called college football also including the Hamburg Massacre. must evolve to meet new times and new weighed 177, was Ken Stabler, is a big business: The South- More than 30 years later, Tillman de- awareness. To try to freeze social attitudes, who went on to a Hall of eastern Conference’s cable scribed their mission this way: “It had been as the Heritage Act does, is both ludicrous Fame NFL career — and to television channel is valued the settled purpose of the leading white and dangerous. “moderately severe” CTE be- at almost $5 billion. Universi- men of Edgefield to seize upon the first op- Contact your state representative and fore death from cancer. ties, who find and develop portunity that the negroes might offer them state senator at http://scstatehouse.gov/leg- Today, many high school the NFL’s players, pay their to provide a riot and teach the negroes a islatorssearch.php. Tell them it’s time to re- teams are much beefier than head coaches well for per- lesson: as it was generally believed that peal the Heritage Act and to remove the the 1966 Crimson Tide. Of the forming this public service: nothing but bloodshed and a good deal of it Tillman statue from the Statehouse 114 members of Alabama’s Twenty head coaches make could answer the purpose of redeeming the grounds. 2016 squad, just 25 weighed more than $4 million a year. state from negro and carpetbag rule.” This should be a moment for every South less than 200 and 20 weighed Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh The Reconstruction government col- Carolinian to take a long look at our past, at more than 300. In 1980, only earns $9 million. lapsed in 1877 and South Carolina’s white figures such as Ben Tillman, and to ask three NFL players weighed It has been said (by Thom- minority set about consolidating power. ourselves who they were, what they stood 300 or more pounds. Last sea- as Babington Macaulay) that Tillman later said of those turbulent days: for and if they really speak to who were are son, 390 weighed 300 pounds the Puritans banned bear “We have done our level best (to prevent today. In the process we might discover who or more, and six topped 350. baiting — unleashing fierce blacks from voting) ... we have scratched we are and how we got here. Players love football, and a dogs on a bear chained in a our heads to find out how we could elimi- small minority will have lu- pit — not because it gave nate the last one of them. We stuffed ballot Will Moredock is a journalist, author and crative post-college NFL ca- pain to bears but because it boxes. We shot them. We are not ashamed native South Carolinian, living in Charles- reers. Many will make in- gave pleasure to Puritans. of it.” ton. creasingly informed choices But whatever the Puritans’ to accept the risk-reward cal- motives, they understood culus. But because today’s that there are degrading en- risk-averse middle-class par- joyments. Football is becom- EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES ents put crash helmets on ing one, even though Michi- their tykes riding tricycles, gan’s $9 million coach has EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by readers of football participation will called it “the last bastion of skew to the uninformed and hope in America for tough- this newspaper. the newspaper. They should be no more than 350 economically desperate. But ness in men.” That thought words and sent via e-mail to [email protected], will informed spectators be- must amuse the Marines pa- dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 36 W. Liberty St. COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal come queasy about deriving trolling Afghanistan’s Hel- or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, opinion of the writer whose byline appears. Columns pleasure from an entertain- mand Province. 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Sumter; Andrew D. Greene, BUST FROM PAGE A1 27, of Sumter; Calvin Jen- nings, 27, of Sumter; Kibwe was a success and credited ty, two from Clarendon L. Jones, 28, of Sumter; the seamless cooperation be- County, two also are from Marco D. Hayward, 29, of tween the numerous agen- Georgia, and one is from Sumter; Lisa M. Kinard, 51, cies. Pennsylvania. of Sumter; Lydell W. Law, 20, “Any time we have an op- The arrested are Chris B. of Sumter; Demarkus M. eration of this magnitude, Abrams, 48, of Sumter; Lane of Sumter; Nikki L. we solicit the assistance Dwayne E. Abrams, 26 of Lee, 45, of Sumter; Shalii D. from other agencies,” he Sumter; Larry O. Archie, 29, Leneau, 25, of Sumter; said. “All of us work togeth- of Sumter; Reginald L. Courtney A. Lue, 39, of Lavo- er well.” Barno, 33, of Sumter; Cor- nia, Georgia; Jordan D. Low- During the arrests and the nicklous Banks, 19, of Sum- ery, 23, of Dalzell; Michael R. execution of search war- ter; Jessica A. Baker, 19, of Lucas, 20, of Sumter; rants, law enforcement re- Sumter; Tammy A. Baker, 59, Trequane I. Major, 19, of portedly seized 21 firearms of Sumter; Denzel I. Benja- Lynchburg; Calvin W. Mc- and $108,931.64 in cash. min, 23, of Sumter; Tykeem Clary, 51, of Sumter; Travis Dennis said the arrests J. Billups, 20, of Sumter; McConico Jr., 32, of Man- should be a warning to oth- Frederick A. Billie, 32, of ning; David McCoy, 62, of ers who think that drugs, il- Sumter; Nolis L. Boyd IV, 27, Sumter; Corey J. McFadden, legal weapons and other of Sumter; Daniel D. 35, of Wedgefield; Tavares K. crimes are the way to a suc- Browder, 36, of Sumter; Ar- McFadden, 25, of Rembert; cessful future. mando J. Brown, 34, of Sum- Quincy L. McKenzie of Sum- “Seventy people didn’t lis- ter; David Brown, 50, of ter; Elise Y. Mouzon, 33, of ten the last time we issued a Lynchburg; Jason A. Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; warning,” he said. “I’d love 35, of Sumter; Raheem Megan L. Nesbitt, 30, of to say this should end illegal Brown-Spann, 26, of Sumter; Sumter; Johnny Parson, 54, activities in Sumter County Leandre D. Budden, 34, of of Sumter; Ruben O. Perry, but some people have to go to Sumter; Stephon D. Burgess, 54, of Sumter; Derrick L. jail before they learn. Unfor- 21, of Dalzell; Frederick L. Prince, 36, of Lynchburg; tunately, others will be ar- Cabbagestalk, 45, of Sumter; Robert J. Sanders, 41, of rested.” Quadasha L. Champagne, 23, Sumter; Cardellevern Scar- Still Dennis said he was of Sumter; Sherman D. Cole- borough, 25, of Sumter; Mi- proud of the hard work put man, 36, of Wedgefield; Re- chael D. Shannon, 18, of in by his deputies as well as neek D. Cressey, 39, of Litho- Sumter; Danielle Simpkins, other officers. nia, Georgia; Brandon L. 29, of Sumter; Allan J. Smith, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “These men and women Cummings, 27, of Sumter; 35, of Manning; Devonte M. A crew with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protec- worked tirelessly to make Nicole E. Cutter, 31, of Sum- Spann, 25, of Sumter; Mau- tion (Cal Fire) battles a brushfire on the hillside in Burbank, Cal- this a success,” he said. “I ter; Demetraus K. Davis, 25, rice L. Stewart, 28, of Sum- ifornia on Saturday. Several hundred firefighters worked to am pleased for them that this of Sumter; Wilbur D. Dennis, ter; David Taylor, 56, of Sum- contain a blaze that chewed through brush-covered moun- operation was such as suc- 56, of Sumter; Warren W. ter; Damien M. Thomas, 37, tains, prompting evacuation orders for homes in Los Angeles, cess.” Dondero, 32, of Sumter; of Sumter; Elroy Tomlin, 55, Burbank and Glendale. According to the news re- Tonya G. Dowless, 25, of of Sumter; Annie R. Wells, lease, 62 of the 70 people ar- Sumter; Henry E. Duncan, 50, of Sumter; Charles D. rested so far are Sumter 44, of Sumter; Charlene S. Williams Jr., 26, of Sumter; Rare heat wave bakes West County residents. Of the Evans, 50, of Sumter; Devon- Carlos R. Witherspoon, 32, of eight others taken into custo- te D. Ford, 26, of Sumter; Wedgefield; and Tearia L. SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The weekend also broke dy, three are from Lee Coun- Marqual D. Grant, 24, of Wright, 28, of Sumter. Vineyards moved their heat records in wine coun- wine harvest to the cool of ties north of San Francis- night and transit trains co, where Labor Day for slowed for fear that some some vineyards marks the of the hottest weather in start of the busy grape har- San Francisco Bay Area vest. history would warp rails “We had been hoping for a Saturday, as stifling tem- mellow season,” Kat Doe- C. ABRAMS D. ABRAMS ARCHIE BARNO BANKS J. BAKER T. BAKER peratures and the smoky scher, senior winemaker at pall of wildfires marked an Madrone Estate Winery out- unofficial end to summer side Sonoma, said shortly across the U.S. West. after sunrise. She inspected In Los Angeles, a wildfire the chardonnay grapes that just north of downtown had workers had harvested over- grown to the largest in city night under lights. “But I history, Mayor Eric Garcetti look at the forecasts, and I said. Three structures had see a heat wave that’s not BENJAMIN BILLIE BILLUPS BOYD BROWDER A. BROWN D. BROWN burned, at least two of them getting any cooler.” homes, but fire officials said Other vineyard manag- they were confident they ers fretted over how best to could tame the blaze unless soothe and when to pick winds picked up. their own heat-stressed Wildfires also entered a grapes. 2,700-year-old grove of In Los Angeles, hundreds giant sequoia trees near of firefighters battled Yosemite National Park flames that chewed J. BROWN BROWN-SPANN BUDDEN BURGESS CABBAGESTALK CHAMPAGNE COLEMAN and have driven people through nearly 8 square from their homes in Wash- miles of brush-covered ington state, Oregon, Mon- mountains as authorities tana and other areas strug- issued mandatory or vol- gling with a weeklong heat untary evacuation orders wave that’s gripped the re- for more than 700 homes in gion. Los Angeles, Burbank and San Francisco, mean- Glendale. while, set a heat record for Tourists snapped shots CRESSEY CUMMINGS CUTTER DAVIS DENNIS DONDERO DOWLESS the day before noon, hit- of their planes landing ting 94 degrees. By mid-af- against a backdrop of or- ternoon, it was 101 in the ange flames in the hills coastal city — hotter than near Hollywood Burbank Phoenix. With an all-time airport. high of 106 on Friday, it be- Los Angeles resident came just the third time Tracy Goldman had her since the 1870s that San car packed in case officials Francisco had back-to-back ordered her street to evacu- DUNCAN EVANS FORD GRANT GREENE HAYWARD JENNINGS triple-digit days. ate. Temperatures reached “It’s very unsettling,” 115 south of the city. It she said by telephone as was a rare heat wave at a she watched flames that time of year that San she said had reached with- Francisco residents usual- in 200 feet of her house. ly call “Fogust” for its Fires up and down Cali- cloudy chill. fornia’s Sierra Nevada and The region was so hot further to the northwest JONES KINARD LANE LAW LEE LENEAU LOWERY that officials with the Bay cast an eerie yellow and Area Rapid Transit system gray haze. In the Sierra ordered trains to slow foothills, authorities down on rails that were ex- opened a center where posed to sun, expecting the evacuated residents could heat would expand and find out if their home was possibly shift the metal one of 44 destroyed in a track slightly, spokeswom- blaze about 70 miles north an Alicia Trost said. of Sacramento. LUCAS LUE MAJOR MCCLARY MCCONICO MCCOY C. MCFADDEN Great rates - no worries* 1.25% APY* 11-month CD
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TAYLOR THOMAS TOMLIN WELLS WILLIAMS WITHERSPOON WRIGHT 1001287.31001287.3 SStatetate Farm Bank, F.F.S.B.,S.B., Bloomington, IILL THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL | STATE | NATION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 | A13 Experts imagine what a hurricane like Harvey could do to South Carolina BY BO PETERSEN tropical storm, dropping around 24 ing nearly 90 of them in Charleston, deeper flood, “it would just tear us The Post and Courier inches of rain by Monday with the po- Berkeley and Dorchester counties. down,” she said. tential to reach 50 inches in the com- That was from 20 inches of rain. A Roads would be impassable for CHARLESTON — Imagine a storm ing days. Harvey-type storm would drop at least miles. For example, in the 2015 flood, with the shredding power of Hurri- If Harvey happened here, the depth twice that. 13 miles of Interstate 95 were closed. cane Hugo — only angrier — tearing of the flooding prospects are horrify- Exactly how bad it could get depends Shelters and emergency facilities such through South Carolina. ing, smothering large swaths of on too many factors to say — how, as hospitals — designed and selected Then imagine rain that just keeps homes, woods and farmland deep into where and what tide the storm comes based on storm surge or potential coming for days, spreading flood wa- the state’s interior, just like what in and where the heaviest rain falls. flood models rather than a combina- ters a hundred miles inland and flow- Houston is facing now some 40 miles “How much worse could it be? The tion — might be left in crisis. ing 10, 15, and in some cases, 20 feet inland. simple answer is, that’s impossible to The disaster would be so extreme deep. It would begin with winds ripping answer,” said meteorologist James that no one Cutter is aware of has That’s what would happen if a Hur- up the coastal communities. Folly Carpenter with the National Weather ever run a computer model disaster ricane Harvey-type storm made land- Beach likely would be cut in half by 20 Service in Charleston. scenario like it. fall in South Carolina and stalled. feet of storm surge. The Charleston “It’s possible the county could be “I don’t think we’ve ever really “It would be a major catastrophic peninsula and most of the low-lying split in half at Four Holes Swamp,” thought about that kind of multi-haz- event,” said Susan Cutter, the director islands largely would be underwater. said Mario Formisano, the Dorchester ard, multi-impact, multi-day event,” of the Hazards and Vulnerabilities Re- Inland areas would be wracked by the County emergency management di- she said. “But clearly we should be search Center at the University of storm then watch their rivers rise to rector. “We experienced this for a peri- thinking about these kinds of events South Carolina. “It would overwhelm swamp them deeper than they have od of time during the 2015 floods.” because we know they happen.” what Hurricane Hugo did. In some re- ever seen. Flooding would engulf low-lying While the flooding would be the spects it’s beyond our ability to imag- “Oh, that would be absolutely terri- places like Oakbrook or Goose Creek. worst deeper in the state, the coast ine.” fying,” said Carolyn Ganis, who lives “It would keep getting deeper and might not fare as poorly. Mark Wil- Flooding alone “would be like the in the Crichton Parish in the Oak- deeper. It would start washing away bert, the city of Charleston’s director 2015 flood on steroids,” she said. brook community outside Summer- homes that just got wet in 2015,” said of Emergency Management and Resil- To put it in perspective, Hugo in 1989 ville near the Ashley River. Lee Lindner, College of Charleston en- ience, said 4 feet of rain here would was a Category 4 hurricane at land- Water rose to within 1 ½ inches of vironmental studies professor. produce problems similar to what the fall, just like Harvey. It killed 35 peo- her home during the 2015 flood. Entire towns could be swamped, par- region saw during the October 2015 ple, left more than 50,000 homeless “I would not have a home and most ticularly near rivers, like what hap- floods. and stranded half the state without of my neighbors would not have a pened to Andrews in the 2015 flood and “What the Charleston region has electrical power. It caused $6.5 billion home,” she added about a Harvey-type to the Marion County town of Nichols going in its advantage, at least along in damage — at the time the costliest threat. after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. the coast, is when we get low tide, we hurricane in U.S. history — without In the historic 2015 flood, 19 people Even larger, higher-ground towns do drain, which is good,” Wilbert said. serious flooding away from the coast. in South Carolina died and billions of such as Mullins, near Nichols, could “And we drain fairly quickly. The By comparison, Hurricane Harvey dollars in damage was done to low-ly- go under. Mullins saw some swamping problem is there’s another high tide wracked the Texas coast with 130 mph ing and riverland communities across during Matthew. around the corner.” winds at landfall Friday night. The the lower state. More than 500 roads Wanda Pittman, who lives in Mull- The height of hurricane activity difference is it has stalled there as a and bridges were flooded out, includ- ins, had her apartment flooded out. A usually occurs in September.
STORIES son’s death. ters, according to their family. and then helped the young that after the storm hit, there FROM PAGE A1 Al and JoDell Pasek want to Two men in their group re- man get his own apartment. was no way he could get to the scatter their son’s ashes at main missing, with their fam- “He had a bigger heart than nursing home in Friendswood Mount Rushmore, where they ily members posting Face- anyone I know,” his brother where his Navy veteran father was on a mission to check on had long planned to take a book Live videos as they said. was living after an Alzheim- his beloved older sister’s cat family trip. “Maybe we’ll still search on foot for their loved Samuel Saldivar told police er’s diagnosis. when he stepped on a live take that family trip,” a tear- ones. he was trying to bring his el- But Zaring took comfort in electrical wire in ankle-deep ful JoDell said. Other victims of Harvey derly parents and his broth- knowing his father was in water Tuesday, his parents Houston police Sgt. Albert died in their homes, business- er’s four grandchildren to good hands. Residents and said through sobs Thursday. Steve Perez died heading to es or cars, simply trying to safety from their flooded staff were evacuated to a local Pasek then fell into the work about 4 a.m. Sunday. stay safe or find refuge. home when the van he was high school Monday and then lamppost attached to the live The 60-year-old father of two Fifty-eight-year-old Ruben driving was tossed by a were headed to Huntsville. wire. Pasek’s friend moved left after his wife urged him to Jordan disappeared while strong current into the Ronald Zaring probably closer to help, but Pasek stay home, Houston police driving during the storm and bayou as it crossed a bridge died of heart disease com- warned him away. Chief Art Acevedo said. was confirmed dead by the Sunday. bined with pneumonia. “He said, ‘Don’t touch me. “I’ve got work to do,” Perez Friendswood Police Depart- Saldivar escaped through a “He was just a super nice I’m dying,’” according to his told his wife, according to the ment, according to his family, window but the others were guy. He didn’t know a strang- mother, JoDell Pasek, who chief. “He has that in his DNA.” who don’t know exactly what trapped when the van’s par- er,” Devin Zaring said. “Ev- lost her other son to a drunk- Acevedo added: “I’ve only happened to him. tially submerged sliding door erybody loved him.” en driver in the 1990s. been here nine months, we’ve Jordan, a beloved football wouldn’t open. On Wednesday amid clear Al Pasek said his son was “a got 6,500 employees, and I and track coach at Clear The bodies of Saldivar’s skies, 65-year-old Donald Rog- remarkable young man” who knew who Steve Perez was, Creek High School, was “a parents and the four grand- ers decided to check on his was always rescuing animals because he was a sweet, gentle hell of a man” with a reputa- children, who were between 6 uncle, who lived 10 miles away that needed a home and even public servant.” tion for helping people, said and 16, were found Wednes- in Fulshear, Texas. once saved his own father’s Two men, 45-year-old Yahir his brother, Oscar Drew Jor- day in the submerged van. Rogers and his wife, 58-year- life when he choked on a piece Rubio-Vizuet and 33-year-old dan. On Tuesday, 82-year-old old Rochelle, were passing of food and couldn’t breathe Jorge Perez, died in a boat ac- He said Ruben Jordan once Ronald Zaring died on a res- over a bridge in their pickup for more than a minute. cident while on a mission took a former student who cue bus on the way to a hospi- when the swift current flipped “This is absolutely devastat- with family and friends to was addicted to drugs into his tal. it over, said Rogers’ stepbroth- ing,” Al Pasek said of his save people from the floodwa- home so he could get clean His son, Devin Zaring, said er, Tony Henny.
friends at the home from noon Olaf J. Howard (Judy) of Vir- nettsville; three sisters, Bon- OBITUARIES to 9 p.m. daily at 2300 Treetop ginia and Gerald Howard nie Clark Beckham of Cam- Lane Sumter, SC 29154. (Linda) of Delaware. den, Brenda Clark Ruff and DATRICK D. DAVIS dered by Palmer Memorial Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Funeral services will be her husband, Dan, of Ridge- Funeral services for Datrick Chapel Inc. Main St., Sumter, is in charge held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at way, and Roxane Clark Ste- DeTroy Davis will be held at of arrangements. Sumter Baptist Temple with vens and her husband, John, 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Congru- BETTIE L. STOVER the Rev. Michael Westmore- of Lugoff; two grandchildren, ity Presbyterian Bettie L. Stover, 87, widow MARGARETTE S. AVINS land and the Rev. Eddie Rich- Payten Clark and Ashtyn Church (USA), of James W. Stover Jr., died Margarette Simpson Davis ardson officiating. Burial will Clark; four nephews and four 3750 Congruity on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Pal- Avins, age 71, beloved wife of be in the Evergreen Memorial nieces; and his abundance of Church Road, metto Health Tuomey. the late Paul Avins Jr., died Park Cemetery. friends. Gable, with the Born in Sumter County, she on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at The family will receive A funeral service will be Rev. Alonza A. was a daughter of the late Palmetto Health Tuomey. friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Mon- held on Wednesday at noon at Washington offi- Charles Logan Sr. and Ruth Arrangements are incom- day at Elmore-Cannon-Ste- the Bullock Funeral Home DAVIS ciating. Inter- Kibler Logan. plete at this time and will be phens Funeral Home and Chapel. Burial with military ment will follow The family will receive announced by Bullock Funer- other times at the home. honors will follow in the Fort at Billy / Simon friends beginning today from al Home. Memorials may be made to Jackson National Cemetery at Cemetery in Gable. 3 to 8 p.m. daily at 1285 Air- Sumter Baptist Temple Mis- 2 p.m. in Columbia. The public may view from port Road, Sumter, SC 29150. sions, 2295 Harper St., Sumter, The family will receive noon to 4 p.m. today at Palmer Funeral arrangements are SC 29153 or WSSC Christian friends on Tuesday from 5 to 7 Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main incomplete and will be an- Radio, 201 Oswego Highway, p.m. at Bullock Funeral St., Sumter. nounced by Palmer Memorial Sumter, SC 29150. Home. Mr. Davis will be placed in Chapel Inc. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Memorials may be made to the church at 10 a.m. on Tues- Funeral Home and Crematori- The Pulmonary Fibrosis day for further viewing until WENDY H. DURANT RONALD S. HOWARD um of Sumter is in charge of Foundation, 230 E. Ohio St., the hour of service. Wendy Hammett Durant, the arrangements. Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois Mr. Davis, 31, transitioned 42, wife of Cleveland Durant Ronald S. Howard, 76, hus- 60611 or to The Wounded on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, Jr., departed this life on Fri- band of Linda L. Howard, CARROLL O. CLARK JR. Warrior Project, P.O. Box at Palmetto Health Richland day, Sept. 1, 2017, at Palmetto passed away Friday, Sept. 1, Carroll Osborne Clark Jr., 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675- in Columbia. Health Tuomey. 2017, at his home. age 61, passed away on Friday, 8517. Born in Charleston County, She was born on March 27, Born Oct. 14, 1940, in Sept. 1, 2017. You may go to www.bullock- he was a son of John E. 1975, in Pinewood, a daughter Lewes, Delaware, he was a He was born in Philadel- funeralhome.com to sign the Greene and Dale L. Davis. of Carrie Mae Stukes Ham- son of the late Charles M. phia, Pennsylvania, a son of family’s guest book. Datrick was a graduate of mett and the late Joseph Howard and the late Lottie the late Carroll Osborne The family has chosen Bull- Crestwood High School Class Hammett. Susan Howard. He was a Clark and Janet Lee Clark. He ock Funeral Home for the ar- of 2004. After graduation, he The family will be receiving member of Sumter Baptist served in the U.S. Army and rangements. was employed and became friends at the home, 374 Gate- Temple. Mr. Howard was a the U.S. Air Force and later general manager at the Mc- wood St., Sumter, SC 29150. farmer and member of the worked for the government in JOHN MAYRANT Donald’s in Lexington. His Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. South Carolina Farm Bureau. Civil Engineering. He enjoyed John Mayrant, 82, widower Christian experience began Main St., Sumter, is in charge He retired from Bosch Brak- hunting, fishing, his Harley of Mary Brown Mayrant, died as a youth at Congruity Pres- of arrangements. ing. He was a U.S. Navy veter- Davidson motorcycle and Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at his byterian Church (USA) of an and member of the Tin most of all spending time home. Born Aug. 22, 1935, in Gable. JOE L. VAUGHN Can Sailors. with his family and friends. Sumter County, he was the Survivors include his par- Joe Lewis Vaughn, 67, hus- Survivors include his wife He was a member of the son of Albert and Mary Wells ents, Dale L. Davis and John band of Delares China of 55 years; two sons, David C. MRMA. Mayrant. E. (Carol) Greene, both of Vaughn and son of the late Howard (Beth Seufer) of Surviving are: his wife, The family is receiving rela- Sumter; and a host of other Frank Vaughn Sr. and Emma Cordesville and Andrew E. Mary Ann Clark; his compan- tives and friends at the home, relatives and friends. Williams Vaughn was born on Howard (Denise) of Manning; ion Peggy Blackwell, and his 69 James Haskell Road, Condolences may be made Feb. 22, 1950, in Sumter. He grandsons, Christopher L. former wife, Eva Clark; a son, Wedgefield. on his tribute page found at departed this life on Saturday, Howard, Ryan M. Howard Travis Carroll Clark and his Funeral arrangements are www.PalmerMemorialChapel. Sept. 2, 2017, at Providence (Michelle), and Conner Pack; wife, Tiffany, of Camden; a incomplete and will be an- com Health Hospital, Columbia. great-granddaughter, Callie B. brother, Danny Ansel Clark nounced by Williams Funeral Professional services ren- Family will be receiving Howard; and two brothers, and his wife, Jo Ann, of Ben- Home, Inc. A14 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM
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Bryant shines in debut as Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant (2) outruns Tigers rout Kent St. 56-3 Kent State defenders Matt Bahr BY JEFFREY COLLINS into his new role with 236 But it was an important The Associated Press yards passing and a touch- confidence booster for Bry- (29) and down and 77 yards rushing in ant , the junior who never Dominic Hill CLEMSON — Clemson his first start to lead No. 5 had any serious playing time (98) to gain coaches insist the Tigers suc- Clemson (1-0) to a 56-3 victo- his first two seasons backing a first down cess is about more than just a ry over Kent State on Satur- up Deshaun Watson. during the few individual stars. Just be- day. Bryant had a perfectly Tigers’ 56-3 cause they sent their quar- The game was much closer placed 61-yard touchdown victory on terback, leading receiver and to an exhibition than a true pass to Deon Cain on his sec- Saturday at leading rusher to the NFL test. The Tigers gained 665 ond drive. He mirrored Wat- Memorial after winning the national yards to 120 yards for the son’s running ability, taking Stadium in championship does not mean Golden Flashes (0-1), who off for a 47-yard run after all Clemson. Clemson cannot get back to seemed more intent on get- his receivers were covered. the playoff for a third ting back to Ohio unharmed, And he showed the “swag” straight season. passing the ball just five that coach Dabo Swinney New Tigers starting quar- times with one completion terback Kelly Bryant stepped for one yard. SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4
USC FOOTBALL Passing the first test Samuel, Bentley spark USC offense in 35-28 victory over Wolfpack BY STEVE REED The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE — When Gamecocks quarterback Jake Bentley rolled out of the pock- et and heaved a ball downfield in the direction of a streaking Deebo Samuel he had com- plete faith his favorite target was going to haul it in. Well, sort of. “If he would have dropped that pass in the end zone I might have killed him,” Bent- ley said with a laugh. He didn’t drop it. Instead, Samuel reached out and snared the ball with one hand in the corner of the end zone for a 39-yard touchdown reception, giving South Caro- lina the lead and propelling them to a 35-28 victory over North Carolina State in the season opener for both teams. Samuel returned the open- ing kickoff 97 yards for a score and caught two touch- down passes from Bentley in an impressive victory over a Wolfpack team that started the season five spots outside of the Top 25. “He probably won’t say it, but I don’t think anyone in the country can guard him,” Bentley said of Samuel. Deebo, what do you think? “No comment,” he said with THE ASSOCIATED PRESS South Carolina’s Rico Dowdle (5) concentrates on making the catch before running it in for a touchdown as North Carolina State’s Dexter SEE PASSING, PAGE B4 Wright (14) pursues during the Gamecocks’ 35-28 victory on Saturday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
PREP FOOTBALL Cain, Monarchs rush past Gators 14-7 Sumter dominant in 31-0 BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS victory over Goose Creek [email protected] BY DENNIS BRUNSON PREP FOOTBALL Despite being 2-0 on the young [email protected] SCORES season, Manning High School’s Sumter 31, Goose Creek 0 offense had relied predominantly After going score- Manning 14, Lakewood 7 on its passing attack through the less in the second half Crestwood 30, Franklin Chr. 0 first two games. of its 21-6 victory over Lee Central 41, Timmonsville 14 Chesterfield 43, E. Clarendon 0 “We needed to find out if we Crestwood High Porter-Gaud 23, Wilson Hall 3 could run the ball,” Monarchs School last week, the Hammond 35, LMA 21 head coach Keith West said fol- Sumter High football Orangeburg Prep 13, TSA 7 REL 34, Dillon Christian 32 lowing Friday night’s matchup team managed to post Clarendon Hall 48, Holly Hill 32 against Lakewood at J. Frank just three second-half Baker Stadium. points against Goose The answer was emphatically Creek in its home of offense in the first “yes.” opener at Memorial half on the way to a Led by Cam’Ron Cain’s 150 Stadium’s Freddie 28-0 halftime lead. yards on 27 carries, Manning Solomon Field on Fri- “We ran the ball well, chewed up 219 yards on the day. (quarterback) Zykiem ground against the Gators — However, Gamecock (Jackson) threw the dominating the line of scrim- head coach Mark ball well. mage for much of the night. Dari- MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM Barnes was a much “What I was most us Williams added both rushing Manning’s Cam’Ron Cain, left, tries to break the tackle of Lakewood’s Jamal happier man this time impressed with was and receiving touchdowns and Anderson (25) among others during the Monarchs’ 14-7 victory on Friday at J. around in his team’s the play of our offen- the MHS defense did the rest in a Frank Baker Stadium. Cain rushed for 150 yards to lead MHS. 31-0 victory. sive line,” added 14-7 victory. “We just looked Barnes, whose team The Monarchs are now 3-0 and fering its first loss of the year, running tonight,” West said. much better on of- improved to 3-0 on will host another Sumter County falls to 2-1 and will travel to Col- “Darius Williams did a great job fense this week,” said the season while the rival next week in Crestwood at leton County next Friday. Barnes, whose team Ramsey Stadium. Lakewood, suf- “Cam’Ron Cain did a great job SEE MONARCHS, PAGE B6 ran up 335 total yards SEE SUMTER, PAGE B6 B2 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM
8 p.m. – College Football: Tennessee AUTO RACING vs. Georgia Tech from Atlanta SCOREBOARD (ESPN). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Ari- zona at Los Angeles Dodgers TV, RADIO (Joined In Progress) (MLB NET- WORK). TODAY 7 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Czech Masters Final MLB STANDINGS Round from Prague (GOLF). By The Associated Press 7:30 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Ital- ian Grand Prix from Monza, Italy AMERICAN LEAGUE (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, UNIVI- SION). EAST DIVISION 11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. W L Pct GB Open Men’s and Women’s Round- Boston 77 59 .566 — of-16 Matches from Flushing, N.Y. New York 72 63 .533 4½ (ESPN). Baltimore 69 66 .511 7½ 11:45 a.m. – International Soccer: Tampa Bay 68 68 .500 9 UEFA 2018 World Cup Group Qualify- Toronto 62 73 .459 14½ ing Match from Tallinn, Estonia – Cy- CENTRAL DIVISION prus vs. Estonia (FOX SPORTS 2). 11:50 a.m. – International Soccer: W L Pct GB UEFA 2018 World Cup Group A Quali- Cleveland 78 56 .582 — fying Match from Amsterdam – Bul- Minnesota 70 64 .522 8 garia vs. Netherlands (ESPN2). Kansas City 66 67 .496 11½ 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Dell Technologies Detroit 58 76 .433 20 Championship Third Round from Chicago 52 81 .391 25½ Norton, Mass. (GOLF). WEST DIVISION 1 p.m. – Track and Field: IAAF Dia- W L Pct GB mond League Meet from Brussels, Houston 81 53 .604 — Belgium (WIS 10). Los Angeles 69 66 .511 12½ 1:30 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Texas 67 67 .500 14 Grand Prix at the Glen from Watkins Seattle 67 68 .496 14½ Glen, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Oakland 58 76 .433 23 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: At- lanta at Chicago Cubs (FOX SPORT- FRIDAY’S GAMES SOUTH, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM Cleveland 3, Detroit 2, 1st game 102.7). Baltimore 1, Toronto 0, 13 innings 2:30 p.m. – College Football: South Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Carolina State at Southern (ESPN2). Cleveland 10, Detroit 0, 2nd game 2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping Texas 10, L.A. Angels 9 World Truck Series Chevrolet Sil- Kansas City 7, Minnesota 6 verado from Bowmanville, Ontario Tampa Bay 3, Chicago White Sox 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). Seattle 3, Oakland 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hoping to break through for his first Cup Series victory at Darlington Raceway today 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA 2018 World Cup Group B Qualifying SATURDAY’S GAMES in the Bojangles Southern 500 in what will likely be his final visit to the track as a driver. Match from Budapest – Portugal vs. N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 1 Hungary (FOX SPORTS 2). Houston 12, N.Y. Mets 8, 1st game 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Dell Technologies Cleveland at Detroit, 6:10 p.m. Championship Third Round from Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Norton, Mass. (WIS 10). Kansas City at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, Open Men’s and Women’s Round- 7:10 p.m. Junior hopes for Darlington of-16 Matches from Flushing, N.Y. L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN). N.Y. Mets at Houston, 8:10 p.m., 2nd 3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com game Tour Nationwide Children’s Hospital Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m. Championship Final Round from Co- lumbus, Ohio (GOLF). TODAY’S GAMES 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Ari- Cleveland at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. breakthrough in final season zona at Colorado (TBS). Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. 5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Portland Classic Kansas City at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. BY PETE IACOBELLI Third Round from Portland, Ore. N.Y. Mets at Houston, 2:10 p.m. (GOLF). Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, The Associated Press SOUTHERN 500 LINEUP 5:30 p.m. – International Basketball: 2:10 p.m. FIBA AmeriCup 2017 Third-Place L.A. Angels at Texas, 3:05 p.m. By The Associated Press 18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 175.022. Match from Cordoba, Argentina Oakland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. After Saturday qualifying; race today 19. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 174.948. (ESPNU). Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:35 p.m. DARLINGTON — Dale At Darlington Raceway 20. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevy, 174.910. 6 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Seattle at Earnhardt Jr. is preparing for Darlington 21. (27) Paul Menard, Chevy, 174.662. Chicago (NBA TV). MONDAY’S GAMES the end of his NASCAR career Lap length: 1.366 miles 22. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevy, 174.618. 6 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Monster Kansas City at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. (Car number in parentheses) 23. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 174.007. Energy Cup Series Bojangles’ South- N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. and understands it likely 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 177.730 mph. 24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 173.712. ern 500 from Darlington (NBC Cleveland at Chicago W. Sox, 2:10 p.m. 2. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 177.077. 25. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 174.804. SPORTS NETWORK, WEGX-FM 92.9). L.A. Angels at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. won’t finish the way he hoped 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 176.682. 26. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 174.718. 7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Houston at Seattle, 6:40 p.m. when he returned from injury 4. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 176.568. 27. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevy, 174.556. Open Men’s and Women’s Round- Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. 5. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 176.422. 28. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 174.482. of-16 Matches from Flushing, N.Y. Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. this season. 6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 176.107. 29. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevy, 173.761. (ESPN). Texas at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Earnhardt, the most popu- 7. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 176.037. 30. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevy, 173.705. 7 p.m. – Youth Baseball: Perfect 8. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 176.006. 31. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 172.978. Game Select Baseball Festival 14U NATIONAL LEAGUE lar driver in the Monster En- 9. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 175.918. 32. (15) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 171.824. All-Star Game from Fort Myers, Fla. ergy NASCAR Cup Series, is 10. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 175.403. 33. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 171.758. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). EAST DIVISION 11. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 175.372. 34. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 171.458. 7 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour W L Pct GB 22nd in points and far outside 12. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 175.022. 35. (23) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 171.441. Champions Shaw Charity Classic Washington 81 53 .604 — the playoffs. Given the way his 13. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 175.830. 36. (83) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 170.958. Final Round from Calgary, Alberta Miami 66 68 .493 15 14. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 175.391. 37. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevy, 170.301. (GOLF). Atlanta 59 75 .440 22 season’s gone, Earnhardt ac- 15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 175.328. 38. (55) Derrike Cope, Toyota, 167.425. 7:30 p.m. – College Football: West New York 58 76 .433 23 cepts he’d need a miraculous 16. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 175.291. 39. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 166.326. Virginia vs. Virginia Tech from Land- Philadelphia 51 83 .381 30 17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevy, 175.060. 40. (66) Carl Long, Chevrolet, 165.592. over, Md. (WOLO 25). CENTRAL DIVISION finish to chase a title before 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Texas W L Pct GB he’s done as a fulltime racer. A&M at UCLA (WACH 57). Chicago 75 60 .556 — 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Bos- Milwaukee 71 64 .526 4 “I mean, it will either work “It’s really rewarding when McMurray are the final three ton at New York Yankees (ESPN). St. Louis 68 66 .507 6½ out for us or it won’t,” Earn- you get it right. And if you in the 16-team playoffs with- 8 p.m. – International Basketball: Pittsburgh 63 72 .467 12 FIBA AmeriCup 2017 Championship Cincinnati 58 77 .430 17 hardt said. “I have been in don’t get it right it’s a long out a win — to take too many Match from Cordoba, Argentina (ESPNU). WEST DIVISION this situation before and I weekend really for anybody risks since Darlington and W L Pct GB have certainly come to terms outside the top three,” Earn- Richmond are so dependent MONDAY Los Angeles 92 42 .687 — 11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Arizona 77 58 .570 15½ with how my season has went. hardt said. on fresh, new tires. Open Men’s and Women’s Round- Colorado 72 62 .537 20 Am I happy about it? No. Am I Those most likely to get it “There’s not going to be any of-16 Matches from Flushing, N.Y. San Diego 60 75 .444 32½ (ESPN). San Francisco 53 84 .387 40½ satisfied? No. What we are as right Sunday night are de- amazing (pit) calls here,” Mc- 11:30 a.m. – PGA Golf: Dell Technolo- a team (is) trying to steer our- fending Darlington champion Murray said. gies Championship Final Round FRIDAY’S GAMES from Norton, Mass. (GOLF). Chicago Cubs 2, Atlanta 0 selves in the right direction and series points leader Mar- It was only a year ago, 11:45 a.m. – International Soccer: Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 3 positively.” tin Truex Jr., Bristol winner Earnhardt came to Darlington UEFA 2018 World Cup Group C Quali- Philadelphia 2, Miami 1 fying Match from Baku, Azerbaijan Milwaukee 1, Washington 0 That starts tonight at the Kyle Busch, who won here in as an injured racer, updating – San Marino vs. Azerbaijan (FOX Arizona 9, Colorado 5 Southern 500. It’s a track 2008; and Jimmie Johnson, a the world on his progress at SPORTS 2). L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Mil- St. Louis 11, San Francisco 6 Earnhardt is fond of — and three-time winner this year dealing with symptoms and waukee at Cincinnati (ESPN). which now has a luxury suite seeking his first Darlington vowing to come back. He had 1:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Dell Technolo- SATURDAY’S GAMES gies Championship Final Round Houston 12, N.Y. Mets 8, 1st game section, “Earnhardt Towers,” win since 2012. a final test last December that from Norton, Mass. (WIS 10). Chicago Cubs 14, Atlanta 12 dedicated to himself and his 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 5, 1st game Harvick won the pole Satur- showed he had recovered and 2018 World Cup Group F Qualifying St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. late father — even though he’s day, holding off Truex in sec- NASCAR gave Earnhardt the Match from London – Slovakia vs. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. England (FOX SPORTS 1). Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m. without a victory at the track ond and Kyle Busch in third. green light to return. In April, 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Washington at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. “Too Tough To Tame” since Earnhardt will start his final the 42-year-old Earnhardt an- 2018 World Cup Group c Qualifying Arizona at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. Match from Belfast, Northern Ire- N.Y. Mets at Houston, 8:10 p.m., 2nd first coming here as an Xfinity Darlington race in 22nd. nounced his retirement at the land – Czech Republic vs. Northern game driver in 1998. His best finish Don’t expect racers on or end of what he anticipated Ireland (FOX SPORTS 2). L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open p.m., 2nd game was a second in the Southern near the cut line — Chase El- would be a final champion- Men’s and Women’s Round-of-16 500 to Kevin Harvick in 2014. liott, Matt Kenseth and Jamie ship try. Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN). TODAY’S GAMES 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chi- Philadelphia at Miami, 1:10 p.m. cago Cubs at Pittsburgh (ESPN). Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. 5 p.m. – Horse Racing: Hopeful N.Y. Mets at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Stakes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Washington at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 2). Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. SPORTS ITEMS 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk Arizona at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. 7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. Open Men’s and Women’s Round- of-16 Matches from Flushing, N.Y. MONDAY’S GAMES Top-ranked Pliskova rallies at U.S. Open (ESPN). Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: To- Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. ronto at Boston or Washington at San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. NEW YORK — Karolina around one last time to win YANKEES 5 Miami (MLB NETWORK). Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Pliskova can still win the U.S. his second straight start in 7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. RED SOX 1 Texas at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Open and keep her No. 1 rank- NASCAR’s Triple-A series. SOUTHEAST, WWFN-FM 100.1, Texas at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. ing, thanks to a NEW YORK — Matt Holli- WPUB-FM 102.7). Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. big comeback RAHM BUILDS A 2-SHOT LEAD day made a smashing return Saturday. AT DELL CHAMPIONSHIP to the Yankees’ lineup, hitting Pliskova fought NORTON, Mass. — Jon a 3-run homer that led Masa- off a match point Rahm made five birdies and hiro Tanaka and New York in the second set an eagle over his last 10 holes over the AL East-leading Bos- and rallied to for a 5-under 66 and a 2-shot ton Red Sox 5-1. PLISKOVA beat No. 27 lead Saturday at the halfway ASTROS 12 Zhang Shuai of point of the Dell Technologies China 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to advance Championship. METS 8 to the fourth round. Rahm was two shots clear of HOUSTON — George Also advancing were No. 33 Paul Casey, Adam Hadwin, Kyle Springer hit his career-best seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, a Stanley and Kevin Streelman. 30th home run and J.D Davis straight-sets winner over Aus- CUBS 14 also went deep to lead Hous- tralian John Millman, and Al- ton over the New York Mets exandr Dolgopolov, who rout- BRAVES 12 and Matt Harvey 12-8. ed Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-0, 6-4. CHICAGO — Rene Rivera hit PADRES 6 a grand slam, Anthony Rizzo HAMLIN WINS XFINITY added a 3-run triple and the DODGERS 5 RACE AT DARLINGTON Chicago Cubs held off the At- SAN DIEGO — Yangervis DARLINGTON — Denny lanta Braves for a 14-12 victory. Solarte homered with one out Hamlin passed Joey Logano Freddie Freeman, Matt in the ninth inning to lift the coming out of the final turn to Kemp and Rio Ruiz homered San Diego Padres to a 6-5 vic- win the Xfinity race at Dar- for Atlanta. Rookies Ozzie Al- tory against the Los Angeles lington Raceway on Saturday. bies and Dansby Swanson had Dodgers in the first game of a Hamlin found himself be- three hits apiece, and Nick split doubleheader. hind Logano heading into the Markakis had two hits and final turn before sliding drove in two runs. From wire reports
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STATE ROUNDUP TOP 25 ROUNDUP Late defensive stand leads Wofford past Furman 24-23 SPARTANBURG — Wofford scored twice in the fourth quar- ter to take the lead and then stopped Fur- man on a 2-point conver- sion attempt with 46 sec- onds left to pull out a 24-23 victory on Sat- urday at Gibbs Stadium. The game was the season opener and the Southern Confer- ence opener for both teams. Tristan Luke broke off a 44- yard run with 46 seconds left to pull the Paladins within one. However, Ryan DeLuca had his pass intercepted on the conver- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sion attempt. Michigan running back Karan Higdon (22) leaps over offensive lineman Nolan Ulizio (70) and Florida defensive back Duke Dawson CITADEL 31 during the Wolverines’ 33-17 victory on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. NEWBERRY 14 CHARLESTON — The Citadel rushed for 374 yards and pulled away from Newberry in the sec- Michigan tops Florida 33-17 ond half in a 31-14 victory in the season opener for both teams on ARLINGTON, Texas — COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thompkins scored on a 61- Saturday at Johnson Hagood Quinn Nordin became the yard punt return and back- Stadium. first Michigan kicker to STATE SEC up quarterback Tommy Ste- THURSDAY THURSDAY The Bulldogs led 14-7 at half- make two 50-yard field goals Wake Forest 51, Presbyterian 7 Arkansas 49, Florida A&M 7 vens ran for a touchdown. time. They pushed the lead to in the same game, one of SATURDAY TODAY (5) Clemson 56, Kent State 3 (11) Michigan 33, (17) Florida 17 (7) OKLAHOMA 56 21-7 in the third quarter and them in a go-ahead spurt South Carolina 35, N.C. State 28 Georgia Southern at (12) Auburn made it 28-7 before the Wolves after halftime, and the No. Mississippi St. 49, Cha. Southern 0 (late) UTEP 7 The Citadel 31, Newberry 14 (13) LSU vs. BYU (late) scored their final TD. 11 Wolverines beat No. 17 Wofford 24, Furman 23 App. State at (15) Georgia (late) NORMAN, Okla. — Baker Cam Jackson rushed for 110 Florida 33-17 on Saturday to UMass at Coastal Carolina (late) Missouri 72, Missouri State 43 Mayfield passed for 329 Benedict 28, Livingstone 15 Kentucky 24, So. Mississippi 17 yards and a score on nine car- hand the Gators their first Limestone at E. Tennessee St. (late) S. Alabama at Mississippi (late) yards and three touchdowns ries and quarterback Domi- season-opening loss in near- TODAY Vanderbilt at M. Tennessee St. (late) in one half of action to help S.C. State at Southern, 2:30 p.m. TODAY nique Allen had 91 yards on 16 ly three decades. (ESPN2) Texas A&M at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma rout UTEP. (WACH 57) carries. Michigan trailed 17-13 at ACC Mayfield completed 16 MISSISSIPPI STATE 49 halftime before scoring FRIDAY TOP 25 straight passes to start the three times in the first 6 Syracuse 50, C. Connecticut St. 7 THURSDAY game. He didn’t miss until CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 0 Boston College 23, N. Illinois 20 (2) Ohio State 49, Indiana 21 minutes of the second. SATURDAY (10) Oklahoma State 59, Tulsa 24 just under four minutes re- Alabama vs. (3) Florida State (late) FRIDAY STARKVILLE, Miss. — Nick After Karan Higdon’s (16) Louisville vs. Purdue (late) (8) Washington 30, Rutgers 14 mained in the second quar- Fitzgerald threw two touchdown 3-yard TD run capped a (18) Miami 41, Bethune-Cookman 13 (9) Wisconsin 59, Utah State 10 ter and completed 19 of 20 California 35, North Carolina 30 SATURDAY passes and ran for another to half-opening 75-yard, 10- Pittsburgh 28, Youngstown St. 21 (4) Southern Cal 49, W. Michigan 31 overall. lead Mississippi State to a 49-0 yard drive, Ambry Thomas Virginia 28, William & Mary 10 (6) Penn State 52, Akron 0 (18) MIAMI 41 victory over Charleston South- forced and recovered a fum- Duke 60, N.C. Central 7 (7) Oklahoma 56, UTEP 7 TODAY (19) So. Florida 31, Stony Brook 17 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 13 ern on Saturday. ble on the ensuing kickoff. (21) Virginia Tech vs. (22) West Central Arkansas at (20) Kansas Virginia, 7:30 p.m. (WOLO 25) State (late) Mississippi State racked up That set up a 30-yard field MONDAY Maryland 51, (23) Texas 41 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. 555 yards of offense with 29 first goal by Quinn, who then (25) Tennessee at Georgia Tech, 8 Montana State at (24) Washington — Malik Rosier passed for p.m. (ESPN) downs and almost a 50-50 split made a 50-yarder after State (late) 217 yards and three touch- on yards rushing and passing. Michigan recovered another downs in his debut as Mi- Such offensive chutzpah was fumble. MARYLAND 51 (6) PENN STATE 52 ami’s full-time starting to be expected from a Dan Mul- Nordin made four field (23)TEXAS 41 AKRON 0 quarterback, Mark Walton len team, but the bigger surprise goals, including a 55-yarder AUSTIN, Texas — Tyrrell STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — ran for 148 yards and two for Mississippi State was their in the first half. He missed Pigrome threw two touch- Saquon Barkley had 226 touchdowns. defensive dominance. two attempts wide right in down passes and ran for an- total yards and two touch- (19) SOUTH FLORIDA 31 Charleston Southern mustered the fourth quarter, one of other score before leaving downs to lead Penn State. only 33 total yards and two first those from 52 yards. with an injury and Mary- Trace McSorley was 18 for STONY BROOK 17 downs against the MSU defense. Florida’s only touch- land spoiled Texas coach 25 passing for 280 yards and TAMPA, Fla. — Quinton Tougher competition looms, but downs came when Duke Tom Herman’s debut. two touchdowns and also Flowers threw for 186 yards with nine tackles for a loss, one Dawson and CJ Henderson Maryland’s D.J. Moore ran for a score. and a pair of second-half sack and two safeties, the Bull- returned interceptions. had 133 yards receiving and Tight end Mike Gesicki touchdowns to help South dog unit carried the day. Those came on consecutive a touchdown. added six catches for 58 Florida shrug off a slow start. throws by Wilton Speight in Shane Buechele passed yards and two touchdowns From staff, wire reports the second quarter. for 375 yards for Texas. for Penn State, DeAndre From wire reports
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rusher Wayne Gallman the TIGERS opener gave Clemson fans FROM PAGE B1 nothing to worry about. “The standard doesn’t promised to fans skittish change,” Scott said. about Watson’s departure. “That’s what I was hoping PAYDAY to see,” head coach Dabo The Golden Flashes were Swinney said about his new paid $800,000 to play Clemson. starter. “That’s what I have Interim coach Don Treadwell seen in practice for a while.” said he would talk to Haynes Bryant led Clemson on an when he got back to Ohio to 89-yard touchdown drive that see what might need chang- put Clemson ahead 35-3 to ing. This is the second year in start the second half, and then a row Kent State has played Swinney played his backups. the defending national cham- “I wasn’t surprised. I knew pions. The Golden Flashes the type of player I was,” said lost to Alabama 48-0 in 2016. Bryant, who was so loose he made sure he put an official’s CELEBRATION TIME hat back on his head after ac- The Tigers celebrated their cidentally knocking it off. second national title one last Bryant had a rough spring time before the game and at game and Swinney didn’t halftime. The Tiger mascot commit to him starting until ran the championship trophy about halfway through open- down the hill before the game, ing practices in August. But the school unveiled three dif- the coach left little doubt ferent signs around the stadi- where his mind is now. um marking the playoff ap- When asked if they were pearance and title, and the happy that Clemson’s backup band did a “31-0” formation to quarterbacks got to play, honor the score in Clemson’s Swinney and the other coach- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS demolition of Ohio State in es quickly insisted Bryant was Clemson’s Diondre Overton (14) catches a pass while defended by Kent State’s Elvis Hines during the Ti- the national semifinals. the undisputed starter. gers’ 56-3 victory on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Clemson. “It was special for every- UP NEXT body else to see what we’ve in 25 first-half plays, despite clock as much as we could in holding Georgia Tech’s option Kent State: The Golden been seeing. Sometimes you facing a third-and-28 at one our favor,” said offensive coor- offensive to 95 rushing yards. Flashes host Football Champi- maybe don’t believe the coach- point. Their quarterbacks com- dinator Don Treadwell, who is “They must not have onship Subdivision Howard es when we talk about all the pleted one pass in five attempts filling in while head coach watched that Georgia Tech next Saturday. success we’ve had during fall for a yard. Kent State used four Paul Haynes is on medical film,” Venables said. Clemson: The Tigers host camp,” co-offensive coordina- quarterbacks last year, averag- leave. Clemson: The Tigers’ 665 No. 12 Auburn. Swinney is tor Jeff Scott said. ing just 141.7 yards a game Defensive coordinator Brent yards were more than they 11-8 all-time against SEC passing. Only seven other Foot- Venables said he was stunned did in any game in the 2016 teams (with five of those loss- THE TAKEAWAY ball Bowl Subdivision teams Kent State didn’t pass it more season. Sure, it was against es to South Carolina) and 5-2 Kent State: The Golden threw for less. since The Tigers stuffed run- Kent State but after losing top against the SEC since the Flashes did not attempt a pass “We wanted to utilize the first teams last year, including receiver Mike Williams and start of 2014.
for 114 yards for the Wolfpack. from last year, including 11 seniors — PASSING FROM PAGE B1 But the Gamecocks scored 14 points the highest number in at least a quar- off two North Carolina State turn- ter-century. So this was a huge set- a smile as the press room erupted in overs, which turned out to be the dif- back for a program looking to take the laughter. ference in the game. next step with a statement win. Two Samuel may not be much of a talk- “Turnovers is a skillset we work on of the biggest concerns have to be the er, but he certainly can play. every day and he will have to look at lack of a running game. He finished with five catches for 83 as a staff how we’re coaching it,” Do- yards and his kickoff return set the eren said. THE GREAT START tone for the game. North Carolina The biggest came in the third quarter Samuel got the season started in style State pulled even three times, but right after Samuel’s touchdown catch. for South Carolina, taking the opening could never grab the lead. South Carolina defensive end Dante kickoff and bouncing to the outside and “We work on scramble drills every Sawyer came crashing through the line racing up the field. Only one player other day in practice and when he and sacked Finley, stripping him of the touched him as he turned on the after- rolled out I kept running,” Samuel ball. Bryson Allen-Williams hopped on burners and outran the field. said. “When I see the ball coming I the loose ball at the Wolfpack 13. knew I had to make a play.” Two plays later Rico Dowdle scored KICKING WOES “Phenomenal catch,” Wolfpack on a 7-yard run for a 14-point lead. N.C. State brought in graduate coach Dave Doeren said. transfer Carson Wise to solve its kick- Bentley threw for 215 yards and THE TAKEAWAY ing woes, but the former Division II three touchdowns, including strikes South Carolina: Bentley has been player from Carson-Newman shanked of 39 and 6 yards to Samuel as the touted by some as a NFL-level quar- his first field-goal attempt of the sea- Gamecocks won their 17th season terback and he displayed that promise son from 29 yards off the left goal opener in the last 18 years. on Saturday with some precise passes, post. Coach Dave Doeren last week Gamecocks safety D.J. Smith broke none better than the 39-yard strike to called Wise “really level-headed.” up a pass from Ryan Finley in the end Samuel. It was a huge win for a team zone on fourth and goal with six sec- that was a combined 16-22 over the UP NEXT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS onds left to preserve the win. past three seasons but finished strong South Carolina: Will travel next Sat- South Carolina’s Deebo Samuel catches the Finley threw for 415 yards and two last year to make a bowl game. urday to face Missouri, which defeat- opening kickoff and returns it for a touch- touchdowns on 45-of-64 passing for “This sets the tone for the season,” ed Missouri State 72-43 in the season down against N.C. State during the Game- North Carolina State. Jaylen Samuels Bentley said. opener. cocks’ 35-28 victory on Saturday at Bank of had 15 catches for 85 yards and a NC State: Entered the season with NC State: Hosts Marshall next Sat- America Stadium in Charlotte. touchdown and Kelvin Harmon had 10 high hopes after returning 18 starters urday in Raleigh, N.C. PLACE YOUR AD IN 101 S.C. NEWSPAPERS and reach more than 2.1 million readers using our small space display ad network
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BY WORTHY EVANS was supposed to do in the receiver stretched a pass in Special To The Sumter Item classroom during the week; the flat to a 65-yard gain to that hurt us in the secondary. the LMA 1. Glick crossed the COLUMBIA — The Lau- We had a bunch of kids who goal line again on the next rence Manning Academy had to play both ways tonight play, giving the Skyhawks a football team missed some and battle their tails off.” 21-0 lead at the 7:09 mark, a costly first-half tackles on Jake Jordan had eight catch- lead they took into the half. Friday. es for 117 yards, but most of Hammond was up 28-0 lead Those missed his and LMA’s 293 offensive when Glick hit Wilson for a tackles enabled yards came in the second half 17-yard TD pass midway Hammond to – after the Swampcats were through the third quarter. put up 21 unan- down by double digits. Shortly afterward, the swered points in Laurence Manning forced Swampcats’ fortunes ap- the first half the 2-0 Skyhawks to punt peared to change. and close out a twice to open the game, but The LMA defense forced a BRIGGS 35-21 victory at Hammond’s wily catch-and- turnover on downs at the Edens Stadium. run attack set in soon after. Swampcats’ 35-yard line. On “I think we didn’t make a The Skyhawks first struck the offensive set that followed, couple of tackles in space, with 4:46 left in the first quar- Braydon Osteen hit Jordan for By David C. Duncan Dekker 9/2/17 and we didn’t block them real ter. Corbett Glick found Cleo a 55-yard gain. That play set ACROSS well up front, and that hurt Cantey running a shallow up Osteen’s 17-yard TD pass to 41 __ zoo 6 Take 37 U.K.-based 1 Most massive us,” said LMA head coach route on first down at the Taylor Lee with 2:10 left in the 45 Get going responsibility for personal of all known 7 Lucille Ball, e.g. organizer brand Robbie Briggs, whose team Swampcats 48-yard line, and third quarter. 46 Pickup hr. elementary 48 Mexican title 8 Gets down, 38 “That comes as dropped to 2-1 on the season. Cantey eluded LMA tacklers The Swampcats struck on particles 49 Animal house in a way no surprise” “Their defensive line is real to rush the rest of the way their next possession as well, 9 Storage spot 50 Polynesian 9 Scrolls 39 Fidget __ good, and we didn’t block into the end zone. a 9-play, 78-yard drive Osteen 15 Place frequented people successor 40 First or second, them real well.” LMA gave up three more capped with a 38-yard TD by John Jasper 52 Value 10 Prominent say in Dickens’ Losing two defensive start- catch-and-runs that led to a strike to Jordan with 8:11 left 53 Take periods 41 Bach work “The Mystery ers in the first half and a pair of Glick 1-yard TD runs. in the game. responsibility for 11 Tina’s “30 Rock” 42 Confused of Edwin Drood” third starting defensive back Glick found Andre Wilson The effort was too little, too 54 California city role 43 “Nice try!” 16 Bird of baseball not eligible to play because of for back-to-back pass plays 12 Cough syrup 44 Most dreary, late. Hammond responded 17 Aptly named mentioned after academics had an impact on on Hammond’s second score with its fifth score of the Kingman in the alternative in Dublin heavy-footed 13 Home Run Derby 47 Anybody’s guess the team, LMA head coach of the game. A 28-yard com- game, a one-yard pass from song “Route 66” bird competitor 50 Medieval clubs Robbie Briggs said. 56 “Yo!” pletion and a 14-yard comple- Glick to Lucas Prickett at the 18 Wow 14 Unsteady 51 Like the 57 Aficionados’ “We lost a defensive end, tion enabled Glick to dive in 2:20 mark. 19 High school gp. 21 Counts while Jefferson creations that outside linebacker, and they to the end zone from one yard LMA got one more score, a 20 Areas of interest working out Memorial’s may infringe on were the strengths of our de- out at the 9:30 mark. 1-yard Wyatt Rowland run, 22 Night sch. staple 24 Overwhelm columns fense,” Briggs said. “We had Later, Glick hit Cantey on with 10 seconds into the 23 Twelve __: copyrights, for 26 Decision maker 54 Nastiness neighbor of Tara a kid decide to not do what he another short route. The fleet game. short 28 Online biz 55 Old TV host with 25 Pre-fax 59 Oscillating curve 30 Skips an accordion communication 61 Cactus spine 32 Extended period 58 Kit maker 26 One who isn’t source 34 Amaze 60 Quick thinking a pro 62 Takes advantage Friday’s Puzzle Solved 27 Repeated phrase of Pair of 3rd-quarter touchdowns help in Ecclesiastes 63 Persian king 29 Nile reptile 64 Hiker’s shelter 30 Body part 31 Stood for DOWN 33 2000s “SNL” carry Cyclones past Wilson Hall 23-3 1 Steinbeck alum 35 Eastern way protagonist BY EDDIE LITAKER his head. 36 Game console 2 Run Special To The Sumter Item The momentum from that with a Mini 3 Game item made quick 8-0 burst to close the version of cow leather, For the second consecutive half carried over to the sec- 37 Where many actually week, Wilson Hall’s varsity ond half as P-G added anoth- have gone on 4 In the capacity of football team found itself pit- er safety and two more touch- vacation 5 Ballpark figures ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 9/2/17 ted against a SCISA defend- downs in the third quarter ing state runner-up, traveling before a late Wilson Hall field to the Charleston area on Fri- goal resulted in the final JUMBLE day to take on Porter-Gaud. tally. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME The Barons, coming off a 0-1 in 3A. They will travel to The Baron defense came up 35-20 season-opening victory Orangeburg Prep on Friday. with a huge takeaway in the By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek over 2A Robert E. Lee Acade- P-G launched a 12-play fourth quarter to thwart an- my last week at Spencer drive that resulted in the other potential Cyclone scor- Field, were looking to avenge game’s first points after an ing drive. Hunter Watt a loss to the 3A Cyclones last 8-yard run from quarterback stripped the ball away, setting year on Wilson Hall’s home Andrew Thomas with 1:14 up the Barons’ lone scoring field. left in the half. Wilson Hall drive of the night. Staying al- That will have to wait an- seemingly caught a break most exclusively on the other year, however, as the when Jonathan Weitz missed ground, the combination of Cyclones got a pair of safeties the PAT kick, but the Cy- quarterback Jacob Cotton and two third-quarter touch- clones netted two points in and Timmons, Nathan Harris downs en route to a 23-3 vic- the waning seconds of the and Landon Van Patten at tory. half as Wilson Hall punter running back clicked to drive Porter-Gaud is now 3-0 and Mills Herlong kicked the ball the ball 78 yards in 14 plays 1-0 in SCISA 3A play. The out of the end zone for a safe- before Herlong came on to Barons fall to 1-l overall and ty after the snap sailed over boot a 28-yard field goal.
AREA ROUNDUP TSA girls finish 3rd at Palmetto State meet COLUMBIA — Thomas Prep on Friday at the OP field. on Wednesday at Palmetto Sumter Academy’s varsity Eli Kessinger threw a 12- Tennis Center. girls cross country team fin- yard touchdown pass to Rich- SINGLES ished third in the Palmetto ard Huntley for TSA’s only 1 – Grace Weaver (CA) defeated State Cross Country Invita- score. Mason Ham 6-0, 6-0. 2 – Elizabeth Askins (CA) defeated tional held at the Columbia Carrie Rickenbaker 6-0, 6-0. International University VARSITY VOLLEYBALL 3 – Margaret Matthews (CA) course on Saturday. defeated Madison Ham 6-1, 6-2. SUDOKU PATRICK HENRY 3 4 – Emma Hunt (CA) defeated Eliza Aubrey Stoddard led the Davis 7-6, 6-1. HOW TO PLAY: CLARENDON HALL 0 5 – Meg McDaniel (CA) defeated Lady Generals with a second- Each row, column place individual finish. Bella ESTILL — Clarendon Hall Katherine Burns 6-2, 6-1. 6 – Carley Tsukalas (LMA) defeated and set of 3-by-3 Crowe was third and Jordan fell to 2-3 with a 3-0 loss to Sophie Askins 6-4, 7-6. Thornton was 10th. Patrick Henry on Thursday DOUBLES boxes must contain at the PH gymnasium. 1 – Weaver/E. Askins (CA) defeated the numbers 1 VARSITY FOOTBALL Patrick Henry won by the Mas. Ham/Davis 8-3. through 9 without scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-14. 2 – Matthews/Hunt (CA) defeated repetition. CLARENDON HALL 48 Rickenbaker/Burns 8-2. Ava English led CH with 3 – McDaniel/S. Askins (CA) defeated HOLLY HILL 32 nine service points while Mad. Ham/Tsukalas 8-3. SUMMERTON — Claren- Sara James and Madison don Hall improved to 3-0 on Kidd both had six points. JV GIRLS TENNIS the season with a 48-32 victo- CAROLINA 9 ry over Holly Hill Academy JV VOLLEYBALL on Friday at Robinson Field. LAURENCE MANNING 0 CLARENDON HALL 2 Tyrese Mithcum had nine Laurence Manning Acade- rushes rushed for 157 yards PATRICK HENRY 0 my lost to Carolina Academy and two touchdowns. Dylan ESTILL — Clarendon Hall 9-0 on Wednesday at Palmetto Way completed 7 of 8 passes improved to 5-0 with a 2-0 vic- Tennis Center. for 167 yards and two touch- tory over Patrick Henry on SINGLES downs. Bobby Ashba had Thursday at the PH gym. 1 – Mary Catherine Cameron (CA) eight rushes for 62 yards and The Lady Saints won by the defeated Savannah South 8-3. 2 – Lake Killman (CA) defeated one touchdown. scores of 25-23, 25-16. Madison Shirley 8-5. The defense was led by Ben Amberly Way led CH with 3 – Payton Brown (CA) defeated Corbett with 16 tackles and 13 points and two aces. Au- Mason Lee 8-4. 4 – Rachel Yarborough (CA) defeated one quarterback sack. Wells brey Edwards had 12 points Allie Turmer 8-1. Robinson had nine tackles, and five aces and Sarah Hen- 5 – Maggie Long (CA) defeated while Ashba and Way each ning had nine points. Cameron Dunlap 8-2. 6 – Ashlee Matthews (CA) defeated had eight. Madison DeVaughn 8-3. ORANGEBURG PREP 13 VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS DOUBLES THOMAS SUMTER 7 CAROLINA 8 1 – Cameron/Brown (CA) defeated South/Shirley 8-2. ORANGEBURG — Thomas LAURENCE MANNING 1 2 – Killman/Yarborough (CA) THE ANSWERS TO THESE PUZZLES CAN BE FOUND ON Sumter Academy fell to 1-2 Laurence Manning Academy defeated Lee/Dunlap 8-1. 3 – Long/Franks (CA) defeated with a 13-7 loss to Orangeburg lost to Carolina Academy 9-0 Turner/DeVaughn 8-0. TODAY’S DAILY PLANNER PAGE. B6 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 PREP FOOTBALL THE SUMTER ITEM After delay, Crestwood rolls past Franklin Christian 30-0 BY J.B. BRUNSON those injuries.” Special To The Sumter Item Crestwood scored early in the first quarter when quar- terback Anthony Bradley con- DALZELL — The Crest- nected with wide-receiver Dat- wood High School football rick Neal for a 65-yard touch- team walked into Donald. L down pass. A missed extra Crolley Stadium on Friday point attempt kept the score at looking to bounce back from 6-0. its 21-6 The Crestwood defense loss to proved extremely productive, Sumter causing two safeties in the last week. first half. That, along with an Stepping explosive 34-yard rushing across the touchdown from running back line to Micon Young and another challenge Bradley score through the air the for 15 yards to wide-receiver Knights would be the Frank- Jaquest McLeod helped the lin Christian Cavaliers of Knights to a 24-0 halftime Rock Hill – or at least so they lead. thought. “We started out slow and A wreck on Interstate 77 not very physical, but we were delayed Franklin Christian’s able to pick up the pace.”, Nel- arrival with the game not son said about his team’s of- starting until close to 8 p.m. fensive production in the first That did not deter CHS half. though. An agreement between the Once it got the Cavaliers on coaches at halftime was made TREVOR ZION BAUKNIGHT / THE SUMTER ITEM the field, Crestwood respond- that would change the last two Sumter running back Justice Wells (24) is dragged down by a Goose Creek defender after a long run ed to the challenge according- quarters from 12 to eight min- in the Gamecocks’ 31-0 victory on Friday at Memorial Stadium. ly, handily defeating Franklin utes and implement a running 30-0. clock. The shutout improved the The Knights’ defense came offensive play, setting it up to Vaughn. Knights’ record to 2-1 on the up big when Khazeem Robin- SUMTER at the Gator 10-yard line. A SHS got the kickoff to year. son intercepted a Franklin FROM PAGE B1 holding penalty and two il- start the second half and Crestwood was able to do so Christian pass and returned it legal procedure penalties had a first down at the even while being shorthanded. 26 yards to the end zone for a Gators fell to 0-2. “We had the Gamecocks facing Gator 17 before losing yard- “We actually had seven touchdown, giving Crestwood seemed to get a lot more second down and goal at the age on three straight plays. starters out this week, so it a 30-0 lead and sealing the push up front and Goose GCHS 26, but a 25-yard com- Childers came on and boot- was good to be able to get win. Creek isn’t a bad defen- pletion to wide receiver ed a 44-yard field goal with some second-string guys in Crestwood will travel to sive team. We did a better Jalen Rouse put them at 1. plenty of leg to spare to ther,” said Knights head coach Ramsey Stadium on Friday to job of running our offense Running back Da’Jon Butts make it 31-0 with 7:55 re- Roosevelt Nelson said. “But face the Monarchs of Man- and going at the pace we scored on the next play. maining in the third quar- we’re focusing on rehabbing ning. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. like.” Placekicker Roman ter. SHS finished with 466 Childers’ extra point made After forcing five turn- yards of total offense, 305 of it 7-0 with 3:32 left in the overs in each of its first two it on the ground on 39 car- first quarter. games, the Sumter defense ries. Jackson was also 11- When SHS got the ball had none against Goose for-13 for 161 yards, includ- back, Jackson threw a 20- Creek. However, it limited ing a 52-yard touchdown yard completion to wide re- the Gators to just 76 yards pass to wide receiver Quin- ceiver Keshawn Croskey for of total offense. ton Vaughn. a first down at the Goose “We didn’t get the turn- “You saw tonight how Creek 47. Running back Jus- overs like we did, but I much Zykiem has improved tice Wells took it to the thought we played really as a quarterback,” Barnes house on the next play for a well defensively,” Barnes said of his QB, who made 14-0 lead with 34 seconds left said. “We got after it really several throws down the in the first quarter. good.” field after throwing mainly “Justice ran the ball real- GC had just five first short passes much of his ly well tonight,” Barnes said downs and two of those first two years. “He has of the sophomore who fin- came on the game’s first worked really hard to make ished with 95 yards on five possession. Goose Creek himself a better (passing) carries, all in the first half. drove to a first down at the quarterback. “We have a lot of confidence Sumter 22 before the drive “We didn’t necessarily in him and he’s just a soph- ended on an incompletion in make a concerted effort to omore. All of our backs ran the end zone on fourth and throw down the field more. well tonight.” seven from the 19. Every game we try to put Wells had runs of 17 and Sumter has a big non-re- together a package of pass 23 yards on Sumter’s next gion showdown with Spring plays that we feel can work possession that set up a Valley on Friday in Colum- against that particular 2-yard TD run by Butts on a bia. The Vikings, ranked team. We executed really direct snap with 5:02 left in No. 8 in the S.C. Prep Media well tonight.” the first half. Football 5A poll, are 3-0 like MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM Jackson also rushed for The Gamecocks got the Sumter after blasting Rich- Lakewood’s Trevon Cowell (10) stiff-arms Manning’s Dierell Parker in 103 yards on just seven car- ball back at their 48 on the land Northeast 45-7 on Fri- an attempt to gain extra yards during the Gators’ 14-7 loss on Friday ries. Seventy-nine of those next possession, and Jack- day. The Gamecocks are No. at J. Frank Baker Stadium. came on Sumter’s second son threw the scoring pass 9.
MONARCHS FROM PAGE B1 at fullback and the offensive missed routes and things like Why do I line did a great job opening that. Now we’ve got to come holes. back and rebound.” PreventT2? “Our defense held them to Still, the Gators fought seven points which is great be- back at the end to make it a cause they’ve scored some close game. After being held points early on and their in check for most of the quarterback (Malik Richard- night, Lakewood finally son) is pretty explosive. So I’m starting moving the ball pretty pleased with both sides about midway through the of the ball.” fourth quarter. On a 12-play With good reason. While al- drive, Richardson completed ways striving for balance, the six of nine passes for 59 Monarchs offense has been yards — the last of which more pass-oriented thus far. went to Dimone McKnight in That changed Friday as MHS the end zone for a 6-yard ran the ball 49 times and at- strike that brought the Ga- tempted just 10 passes. tors within 14-7 with 2:37 left Cain and Williams were big to go. reasons why as the duo com- “Very proud of that,” Cor- bined for almost 200 of Man- nelius said of the late surge. ning’s total rushing yards. “We didn’t give up. We came Williams also accounted for down and you could see a lit- I want to spend as much time both scores with each coming tle pep (on the sideline). It in the second quarter. His would have been nice to have as I can with my daughter. So 2-yard run made it 7-0 and he scored in the second or third followed that with a 24-yard quarter because I felt like we when my doctor told me I had TD reception from quarter- got a little momentum back prediabetes, I made preventing back Jack Owens with 1:50 left there. It was too little, too late, before the half as MHS but I was still proud of the ef- type 2 diabetes a priority. grabbed a 14-0 lead. fort.” That was all the Manning Richardson finished with 81 defense needed. It registered yards passing, 52 of which five sacks, nine total tackles went to Trevon Cowell. Rich- I joined PreventT2, a program for loss and two interceptions ardson also ran for just 11 pos- proven to prevent or delay type 2 PreventT2 IS PART OF THE while holding Lakewood to 81 itive yards as the LHS ground NATIONAL DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM yards of offense through the game never got on track. Tra- diabetes. The program’s lifestyle LED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) first three quarters. vius Epps led the way with 33 coach and the other participants “They really got on us and yards rushing. were great. And the CDC-approved did some pretty good things Cornelius also praised his scheme-wise defensively,” defense which held Manning curriculum taught me how to lose LHS head coach Larry Corne- to just two scores despite weight, be more physically active, lius said. “Any time we take a seven trips inside the Lake- and reduce stress. My doctor said loss I’ll put it on my shoul- wood 40-yard line. Part of ders. that fell on the Monarchs, it’s making a difference. I plan to “...We weren’t clicking to- who had two offensive pass stay healthy for a long time. You night. We didn’t execute. Not interference calls among can do it too — with PreventT2. to take anything away from their 13 penalties, but the Manning, but we were not Gator D also registered two mentally focused at the begin- sacks and an interception of ning of this one. We had some its own. )LQGDSURJUDPQHDU\RX&DOO RUHPDLO1'33#GKHFVFJRY THE SUMTER ITEM · SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 | C1
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I’m here to celebrate “While there is some concern that in the future self-driving Millennials’ IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU these folks and not myself.” trucks may negatively impact conception It might seem obvious, but it’s truck driver jobs, it’s not hap- worth remembering this wed- Etiquette expert Elaine Swann pening today.” ding guest principle. While it’s good to be a truck Think of money as “Keep in mind that this is a Avoid making more work and everyone there: the couple driver, attorneys suffered the major event in a person’s life, creating money headaches for themselves. Plus, everyone’s biggest decline in wage growth physical digital and you’re creating what’s the bride and groom by answer- there to have a good time. So in August. To be fair, even with 52% 48% supposed to be a once-in-a- ing the couple’s RSVP in a time- make some new friends over a 3% drop, the median salary lifetime memory,” Swann says. ly manner. dinner or embarrass yourself for lawyers comes in at $92,241 “It’s not about you, it’s about Also, don’t bring a guest un- leaping for the garter. a year. the couple. I’m here to cele- less you get an explicit plus-one It’s not your big day, but you Loan officers also took a hit brate these folks and not in the invitation. The couple can surely add some delight. in August, seeing median wages myself.” might ask guests to avoid taking drop by 1% to $44,832, and op- It’s a party, sure, but it’s a photos during the ceremony, Layton is a staff writer at Nerd- erations analysts saw their me- party with a particular pur- too, so don’t crowd the profes- Wallet, a personal finance website dian salaries decline 0.1% to and USA TODAY content partner pose. You can stoke the cele- sional photographer. providing general news and com- $53,147. SOURCE Circle Pay Millennial survey of bration without making When things go smoothly, ev- mentary. Its content is produced In both cases, Glassdoor 1,003 adults ages 18-37 yourself the center of atten- eryone can focus on the impor- independently of USA TODAY. Email: blames automation reducing [email protected]. JAE YANG AND FRANK POMPA, USA TODAY tion. If you’re giving a toast, tant part: the celebration. demand for human workers.
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Jumping ahead to your short- term finances — you’re golden. Peter Dunn So much so that you should con- Special for sider redirecting the $650 per USA TODAY month you’re depositing into your savings account toward a different priority. All signs point to focusing Your commitment to your more on your mid-term financial A future self is impressive. goals. I’d define your mid-term GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO Rarely do I see a person doing so as anywhere from five years much to make their life easier from now until the year you turn 1 1 down the road. It’s quite obvious 59 ⁄2. I consider post-59 ⁄2 to be to me that you’ve never fallen your long term. I’d go so far as to into the trap of committing say it’s the least certain area of yourself to an increasing num- your financial life. Most of the ber of lifestyle-driven finan- money you have and will have cial obligations. isn’t accessible to you prior to 1 Most people 59 ⁄2. Which means we’ve just have a period of found a gap in your plan. time in which they consistently become Most people have a more dependent on period of time in more income and then spend the last which they decade of their work consistently become career trying to fig- more dependent on ure out why retire- more income and ment looks so bleak. Whenever I run into a then spend the last financial situation that decade of their work feels like nothing other career trying to figure than puppies and rainbows, I like to go through a little ex- out why retirement ercise in which I evaluate looks so bleak. short-, mid-, and long-term sta- bility based on current balances, While you can access your 1 monthly commitments and in- Roth contributions prior to 59 ⁄2 come efficiency. without penalty or taxes, that Let’s begin with evaluating doesn’t mean you should. Espe- how efficient you are with your cially if your Roth is part of your 1 income. Income efficiency post-59 ⁄2 strategy. doesn’t get much better than You could shift your focus to your reality. You’re close to increasing contributions into needing only 50% of your cur- your 403(b) and pension and rent income. As your income mentally reclassify your Roth rises over time and your lifestyle deposits to your mid-term plan. remains steady, you’ll become You could then access your Roth PETE THE PLANNER even more efficient. contributions, if necessary, prior 1 As far as your long-term needs to 59 ⁄2 or leave the Roth earn- 1 1 (retirement post 59 ⁄2) go, you ings alone until you get to 59 ⁄2. I’m checking in on my finances. I make $78,000 a year should be OK if you’re as young Otherwise, you need to improve at a large university, I have $40,000 in my pension as I think you are. Even if you’re your mid-term financial stabil- 45 years old, which I doubt you ity. You can start a tax-sensitive, fund, $55,000 in a 403(b), $14,000 in savings, and are, you would have approxi- non-qualified investing account Q mately $1.8 million in retire- and/or work on paying down I’m planning to put $5,500 in my Roth by the end ment accounts by the time you your mortgage more quickly. turn 65, if you keep doing exact- Although given your comfort of the year. I contribute $650 to my pension, $1,250 to my 403(b), ly what you’re doing now. And with investing, addressing your $460 to my Roth and $560 to my savings each month. I owe that doesn’t take into account mid-term goals with asset accu- any future pay increases. mulation makes more sense $68,000 on a house worth $94,000. I’m trying to decide if I should I suspect you’re closer to 35, than expedited mortgage elimi- which means you would have ap- nation. Also, don’t forget to pre- use my bonus to pay down my mortgage or contribute more to my proximately $4.5 million at age fund big purchases such as retirement/savings accounts. I’d be close to saving 50% of my 65, at your current pace. And automobiles and home renova- once again, we bask in the glory tions. Your future self is going to monthly income! Where should my extra money go? — LIBBY of compounding interest. love the current you.
DIGITAL DOLLARS THE WEEK AHEAD If your smartphone gets wet, there’s hope ‘Do not 13% of the water came out of the Elizabeth Weise phone,” he said. @eweise charge it. By the time the phone fully USA TODAY Do not dries out, corrosion will have had time to damage the delicate elec- plug it in tronics inside, he said. SAN FRANCISCO Smartphones to see if it The preferred method to safely and water just don’t mix, as thou- dry phones is to boil off the water sands of people in Texas are works ... inside them at low temperatures learning to their distress during That’s under vacuum. the flooding there. San Antonio-based DryBox has Experts say even if a phone is when you about 60 sites in Texas and Flori- TED S. WARREN, AP drenched, there are steps you can fry the da that offer self-service vacuum take to recover it — but it takes drying for electronics. The items patience and the ability to leave (circuit) are placed in a chamber slightly Service sector likely grew the phone alone. board’ smaller than a shoe box and then What kills a wet phone is elec- put under vacuum while being tricity, said Gary Tan with DE heated. at healthy pace in August iPhone repair, a San Francisco- The lower the pressure, the based company that offers multi- lower the temperature at which Ryan Pe- measures the economy’s average ple sites for smartphone repair water boils. The machine allows Paul Davidson terson pre- output for each hour of labor by and drying. the water inside the phone to boil @Pdavidsonusat pares American workers. Productivity “Do not charge it. Do not plug off at temperatures that can’t USA TODAY french fries growth has been weak, in part be- it in to see if it works. If it’s on, damage the components, usually at a Dick’s cause of sluggish business capital electricity will flow, it will touch within about 30 minutes. Drive-In investment and a lower-than- the water that’s inside, and that’s After Friday’s disappointing restaurant normal rate of business start-ups. when you fry the (circuit) board,” August jobs report, the latest in Seattle. New firms tend to be more inno- he said. reading on the health of the ser- The In- vative, devising products and ser- This is also true even if your vice sector should provide a pick- stitute for vices that increase efficiency. phone is still working after it was me-up. Economists believe the Supply Weak productivity gains provide dropped in water. employment survey was tainted Manage- businesses slimmer profit mar- “You didn’t get lucky. Turn it by measurement problems, while ment issues gins, giving them less leeway to off!” said Craig Beinecke, co- an index of service-sector activity its index of raise pay. While productivity has founder of TekDry, a Denver- could provide a clearer picture of non-manu- increased the past year after two based company that has more the economy and is expected to facturing consecutive quarters of declines, than 600 sites nationwide where reveal faster growth. A light week activity for the gains have been meager, aver- consumers can quickly get small of economic data also includes re- August on aging less than 1% the past three electronics dried out. ports on productivity growth and Wednesday. quarters. Economists expect La- What actually happened to consumer credit. bor on Thursday to slightly re- those “lucky” people is that it On Wednesday, the Institute vise up productivity growth in the took a while for the water to for Supply Management releases second quarter to 1% from its ini- reach connections inside the TREVOR HUGHES, USA TODAY its survey of service-sector tial estimate of 0.9%, but that phone. Once it did, the water Craig Bei- Salt water is another thing en- growth in August. Services make would still be well below the his- shorted them out. necke puts a tirely, experts say. The salts in up about 80% of the economy. torical average of 2.3%. And while some newer phones cellphone ocean water are strongly corro- The measure slipped in July, but Solid job While consumer credit has are water-resistant and can with- into the Tek- sive and can quickly damage a recent reports on retail sales and growth been growing moderately, it has stand a quick drop in a bucket or Dry drying phone. consumer spending “suggest that been restrained in recent months toilet, none are waterproof. machine in If it’s impossible to get a phone domestic demand remains and by a slowdown in non-revolving Multiple websites suggest Denver. dried out under vacuum within healthy in the economy,” Nomura relatively credit — mainly auto and student sticking electronics that have several days, there’s one last- economist Lewis Alexander says. low loans, Alexander notes. Auto lend- been submerged in liquid in a bag ditch trick, says David Naumann, Economists expect ISM to report household ing standards have tightened amid of uncooked rice, to draw the wa- president of DryBox. “If, and only that its index of service-activity debt a rise in delinquencies. At the ter out. But that actually doesn’t if, it was in salt water, then we rose to 55 from 53.9 in July. A same time, solid job growth and work and can introduce dust and recommend putting the phone in reading above 50 indicates ex- mean the relatively low household debt starch into the phone as well, Bei- a Ziploc bag with some bottled, pansion while below 50 means American mean the American consumer still necke said. purified water and just a pinch of activity is contracting. consumer has a healthy balance sheet. Econ- “We did a study, and rice was baking soda. ... The baking soda The Labor Department’s re- still has a omists figure the Federal Reserve slower to work than just leaving counteracts the corrosiveness of port on productivity growth usu- healthy will announce Friday that con- the phone out on the counter. the salt water until you can get it ally doesn’t get much attention, sumer credit grew by $15 billion in And neither worked fast enough. cleaned out professionally,” he but tepid wage gains are placing balance July, following a $12.4 billion ad- After about 48 hours in rice, only said. added significance on the data. It sheet. vance in June. THE SUMTER ITEM · SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 | C3 USA TODAY PERSONAL FINANCE Labor Day deals are easy to find Holiday marking the end of summer is one of the biggest sale days of the year in the U.S.
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To many, Labor Day signals the end of summer, or the fash- ion tradition that discourages wearing white. But the federal holiday is also synonymous with something else: deals. Here’s what you should know about shopping on Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 4.
LOOK FOR SALES ONLINE AND IN STORES You have a limited time to shop Labor Day deals, but they aren’t confined to the holiday, says Charles R. Taylor, a marketing professor at Villanova School of Business. “Online has really put pres- sure to carry the sales on long- er,” Taylor says, noting that last year some online Labor Day deals were available throughout the holiday week. This forced brick-and-mortar stores to fol- low suit. Retailers aren’t just dishing out savings for your benefit; they’re hoping to drum up business. Labor Day is one of the big- gest sale days in the U.S., along with Memorial Day, Thanksgiv- ing and Christmas, says Sanjay JOHN ROARK, AP Putrevu, the dean of the Monte “It signifies Labor Day weekend,” he says. marketplace dramatically,” Pu- select grills are marked down. Through Ahuja College of Business at the end The holiday is also historical- trevu says. Select appliances are up to 30% Sept. 4, select Cleveland State University. of summer, ly a prime time to purchase mat- “Now, at the click of a button off. mattresses, u What’s so special about this where tresses and major household or with our smartphones, we Mattress Firm: All mat- luggage, ap- holiday? “It signifies the end of appliances. Recently, electronics can compare prices. So it is easi- tresses are on sale through pliances and summer, where people tend to people have earned a spot in the top er today to shop for prices and Sept. 12. Shoppers can also get a bedding are finish up all of their major ex- tend to deal ranks because football sea- to get the best deal than it was a free adjustable base with select on sale at penses in terms of vacations ... finish up son is starting, Putrevu says. decade ago.” purchases of $1,299.99 and JCPenney. and start thinking about work all of their It’s also a good time to im- above in-store and online. SALES ARE ALREADY HERE u and school,” Putrevu says. major prove your home or book travel Overstock: Take an extra “Their thoughts are not usually for Thanksgiving and Christ- Here’s a sample of this year’s 10%, 15% or 20% off select, al- directed toward shopping.” expenses mas, according to Raj Sethura- deals. ready discounted home prod- Cue an infusion of sales to in- in terms of man, a marketing professor at uBear Mattress: Through ucts through Sept. 4. spire consumers. vacations the Edwin L. Cox School of Sept. 4, get $100 off any size uWayfair: Select categories ... and start Business at Southern Methodist Bear mattress or Bear sleep are up to 70% off, including out- FOCUS ON SUMMER thinking University. bundle when you shop online door furniture, mattresses, CLEARANCE, BIG-TICKET ITEMS But even as you reap the with code LD100. lighting and plumbing. So which departments should about fruits of your labor, Sethuraman uBest Buy: Select electron- See each retailer’s website for you be shopping? work and recommends comparing online ics are on sale, including an LG full details, including possible Taylor points out that sum- school.” and in-store offers — online isn’t 55-inch Smart 4K TV for $200 exclusions. mer items, such as patio furni- always better — and prices dif- off. ture, are deeply discounted and Sanjay Putrevu, ferent retailers charge for the uJCPenney: Through Courtney Jespersen is a staff writer at dean of the Monte NerdWallet, a personal finance website can be good buys if you have Ahuja College of same item. Sept. 4, select mattresses, lug- and USA TODAY content partner provid- room to store them. Business at Here, you can use technology gage, appliances and bedding ing general news, commentary and cov- “If you’re going to buy a gas Cleveland State to your advantage. are on sale. erage from around the Web. Its content is University. produced independently of USA TODAY. grill, there’s no better time than “E-shopping has changed the uLowe’s: Through Sept. 13, Email: [email protected].
RETIREMENT Don’t let fake financial news stand in your way IN LIFE, NOTHING — EXCEPT Making impulsive decisions can cause serious problems DEATH AND TAXES — IS GUARANTEED CREATE A PLAN TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? “When it comes to anyone who AND STICK TO IT “Remember that if it sounds too uses the term ‘guarantee’ around Robert Powell Anyone saving for retirement or good to be true, it most likely is, a financial product, and that Special to USA TODAY any other goal should have a plan, and this definitely applies to guarantee is something you and that plan should evaluate fake financial news,” says Kelley can’t find anywhere else, either where you are versus where you Long, a resident financial plan- someone is being misled or want to be, says Jonathan Gass- ner with Financial Finesse. they’re not fully understanding man, CEO of Gassman Financial “Whether it’s your colleague the terms,” Long says. Group. Plus, the plan should lay bragging about the performance Her advice: Learn the facts First came fake news. And out strategies or steps to bridge of his 401(k) or your neighbor tell- about the annuity including the now there’s something called whatever gap there may be. ing you about the amazing guar- fees, surrender charges and any fake financial news. And if you’re anteed income annuity she just upside limits before you buy into not careful, this sort of news STOP READING bought, you have to consider the any promises of guaranteed in- could affect your ability to make FINANCIAL PORN facts behind these stories before come that far exceed current in- retirement, investment and Financial television programs and you act on this news with your “If you are terest rates. health care decisions. news outlets are “not going to give own retirement savings.” unclear about Or at least so says a recent you specific tailored advice for For his part, Gassman suggests INVEST FOR THE LONG TERM survey for the American Insti- your circumstance, Gassman says. you remember former president something, There have been a couple in- tute of CPAs (AICPA) by Harris Ronald Reagan’s saying: trust but whether its stances in the past few years Poll. verify. “If you are unclear about mentioned in the where markets took a temporary “The risk of making an impul- something, whether it’s men- news, magazine hit due to an errant tweet or news sive financial decision in reac- “Remember tioned in the news, magazine or story about a stock that turned out tion to a headline or article that that if it sounds heard from a friend, ask questions or heard from to be false, Long says. may be designed to mislead has so you can learn,” Gassman says. a friend, ask “Unless you are a high-speed the potential to cause serious too good to be questions day-trader whose only job is to problems,” the AICPA noted in true, it most FIND YOURSELF take advantage of market volatili- its release. A GOOD TEACHER so you can learn,” ty, it’s best to ignore such news, Despite that risk, more than likely is, and this One of the classic Jewish texts even if it turns out to be true,” she Jonathan Gassman, above, three in four (77%) Americans definitely suggests that you “find yourself a CEO of Gassman Financial says. “The best long-term invest- feel it’s important to act fast to applies to fake teacher and acquire yourself a Group ing strategy is still to set your in- make financial decisions when friend.” Well, when it comes to fi- vestments according to your breaking financial news be- financial news,” nancial news, Gassman suggests timeline and risk tolerance, then comes available. “But acting taking a similar approach. PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT ignore the interim ups and Kelley Long, below, a hastily does not allow the proper resident financial planner “Find yourself a goof financial Is your colleague much younger or downs.” time to think a decision through with Financial Finesse professional or adviser who is con- more aggressive than you? Also, remind yourself that a and weigh the long- and short- flict-free of selling you financial “If so, then it would make sense down market is a buying opportu- term financial implications,” the products that make them money that his portfolio would outper- nity, Long says. AICPA noted. The good news: and don’t help you get to where form yours during a bull market,” And, if you’re five years or less Almost three in five Americans you need to go,” he says. “This way Long says. “However, changing out from retirement, make sure (58%) believe fake news is a seri- they will help you achieve your your investments to match his if you’ve secured an adequate bucket ous threat to their financial de- goals as well as talk you off the you have a shorter timeline or of your savings in short-term cision-making, with more than ledge when there is market vola- don’t have the stomach for market bonds or cash so that any market half (33%) saying the threat is tility or some sort of crises that drops could have you both singing crash won’t affect your plans, very serious. rocks the markets.” a different song when a bear mar- while allowing the rest of your So what advice do experts Gassman recommends talk- ket inevitably hits.” portfolio to continue to grow for have for those saving for/liv- ing to a certified public accoun- Gassman concurs with this the long-term, she says. ing in retirement? How can tant (CPA) who holds the advice. they tell fake financial news personal financial specialist “Don’t abandon your plan be- Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly from real financial news? What (PFS) credential as “they adhere cause you heard some golf bud- and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, can they do to protect them- to standards.” dies talking about a tip or hot TheStreet and MarketWatch. Got selves against falling prey to fake Consider, too, a certified fi- stock,” he says. “Stick to the plan questions about money? Email Bob at financial news? Here’s what they nancial planner or CFP; they too you created and check in with [email protected]. had to say. adhere to standards. your adviser.” C4 | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM REFLECTIONS Sponsored by The Sumter Item
SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO The Sky-Vue marquee advertises the last film to be shown and that the theater would close that week. Once popular drive-in theaters have faded from Sumter view his week Reflec- tions remembers T the entertainment phenomenon known as the drive-in theater.
These entertainment cen- ters usually consisted of a large parking lot, a projection booth and a concession stand. Many facili- ties offered a playground for children, picnic tables and benches for their pa- The Sky-Vue screen is dissassembled. trons. The late Mike creasingly of parents looking jou. The cinema’s screen mea- Sammy Way Karvelas, a to save on babysitting expens- sured 40 by 30 feet, and there columnist for es or young people in small REFLECTIONS were spaces for 400 cars. The The Sumter towns with no place else to sound came from high-volume Item, wrote go.” He noted that the drive-in screen speakers produced by an article about this topic, was king of the fair-weather RCA-Victor. A “partial drive- and many of his personal rev- businesses: “When gas and in theater opened in Las Cru- elations and findings on this tire rationing ended after ces, New Mexico, on April 23, topic follow. World War II, and automo- 1915, with its first showing According to Karvelas, the biles replace airplanes on fac- being ‘Bags of Gold’ produced number of drive-in theaters in tory assembly lines, drive-in by Siegmund Lubin” accord- the United States had fallen cinemas sprang up like mush- ing to Wikipedia. drastically by 1990 — from rooms across America.” The Karvelas noted that RCA 3,700 to 700. Those remaining proprietors of these business- would introduce an in-car in operation during this peri- es often proclaimed that they speaker system in 1941. “In An ad announces that the Capri Drive-in would open in Sumter in od depended on “a loyal or were “air-conditioned by na- the meantime, the screen 1967. captive audience made up in- ture.” speakers of the pioneer drive- Karvelas wrote that “the ins had been replaced by mul- acres and parked 2,500 vehi- sound piped into car radios, first drive-in patented was the tiple-site speakers providing cles, it had a full-service res- on set a.m. dials. Their num- Camden Automobile Theater sound for two cars side by taurant with seating on the bers continue to shrink as opened by chemical magnate side.” roof, also a trolley system to they are abandoned by audi- Richard Hollingshead on a 10- World War II severely hin- take children and adults to a ences in favor of video stores acre site near Camden, New dered the growth of the enter- playground and a large in- and multiplexes. In 1967, the Jersey. He conducted outdoor tainment industry. Twelve door theater for bad weather Capri Drive-in was advertised tests by nailing a screen to years (1945) after the opening or for those who wanted to to be constructed at the inter- trees in his backyard and set- of the Camden Theater, watch in air-conditioned com- section of the Camden Road ting a 1928 Kodak projector on “there were still only 60 the- fort.” and Alice Drive Extension; the hood of his car and put a aters in the entire nation. The There were three drive-ins however, it appears that this radio behind the screen, test- growth years of the drive-in in Sumter during the 1950s: facility did not materialize. ing different sound levels with were the same as television, The Sunset on East Liberty, One feature that remained his car windows down and for no apparent reason. By the Sky-vue and Sumter constant with drive-ins, ac- up.” According to Wikipedia, 1949 there were 1,000 drive-ins Drive-Ins on Broad Street. cording to Karvelas, was the “Hollingshead placed blocks with the peak expansion The theaters usually ran dou- “clarity of the picture depend- under vehicles in the drive- being reached in 1958 with ble features with showings ed on how clean your wind- way enabling him to deter- 4,063, as opposed to 12,291 in- suspended during the coldest shield was.” mine the size and space be- door movies (called hard tops months of the year. With the Hurricane Gracie was an unwel- tween the ramps so that all TVs in the trade).” coming of shopping centers Source: Photos and informa- come guest at the Sunset Drive- automobiles could have a According to Wikipedia and industry, the theaters tion from Sumter Item ar- In Theatre on East Liberty Street clear view of the screen.” “one of the largest drive-in were lost to the expanding chives. last night and smashed a big The theater began opera- theaters was the Johnny All- need for land. The Sky-vue area out of the 80-foot screen. tion on June 6, 1933, with a Weather Drive-In, located in was relocated to North Pike Reach Sumter Item Archivist The theatre will be closed six or presentation of “Wife Be- Copiague, New York. This fa- and lasted into the ‘80s. Those Sammy Way at waysammy@ eight weeks as a result. ware,” starring Adolphe Men- cility covered more than 29 theaters that exist today “have yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.
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SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS The Sky-Vue marquee advertises the last film to be shown and that the theater would close that week. Once popular drive-in theaters have faded from Sumter view his week Reflec- tions remembers T the entertainment phenomenon known as the drive-in theater.
These entertainment cen- ters usually consisted of a large parking lot, a projection booth and a concession stand. Many facili- ties offered a playground for children, picnic tables and benches for their pa- The Sky-Vue screen is dissassembled. trons. The late Mike creasingly of parents looking jou. The cinema’s screen mea- Sammy Way Karvelas, a to save on babysitting expens- sured 40 by 30 feet, and there columnist for es or young people in small REFLECTIONS were spaces for 400 cars. The The Sumter towns with no place else to sound came from high-volume Item, wrote go.” He noted that the drive-in screen speakers produced by an article about this topic, was king of the fair-weather RCA-Victor. A “partial drive- and many of his personal rev- businesses: “When gas and in theater opened in Las Cru- elations and findings on this tire rationing ended after ces, New Mexico, on April 23, topic follow. World War II, and automo- 1915, with its first showing According to Karvelas, the biles replace airplanes on fac- being ‘Bags of Gold’ produced number of drive-in theaters in tory assembly lines, drive-in by Siegmund Lubin” accord- the United States had fallen cinemas sprang up like mush- ing to Wikipedia. drastically by 1990 — from rooms across America.” The Karvelas noted that RCA 3,700 to 700. Those remaining proprietors of these business- would introduce an in-car in operation during this peri- es often proclaimed that they speaker system in 1941. “In An ad announces that the Capri Drive-in would open in Sumter in od depended on “a loyal or were “air-conditioned by na- the meantime, the screen 1967. captive audience made up in- ture.” speakers of the pioneer drive- Karvelas wrote that “the ins had been replaced by mul- acres and parked 2,500 vehi- sound piped into car radios, first drive-in patented was the tiple-site speakers providing cles, it had a full-service res- on set a.m. dials. Their num- Camden Automobile Theater sound for two cars side by taurant with seating on the bers continue to shrink as opened by chemical magnate side.” roof, also a trolley system to they are abandoned by audi- Richard Hollingshead on a 10- World War II severely hin- take children and adults to a ences in favor of video stores acre site near Camden, New dered the growth of the enter- playground and a large in- and multiplexes. In 1967, the Jersey. He conducted outdoor tainment industry. Twelve door theater for bad weather Capri Drive-in was advertised tests by nailing a screen to years (1945) after the opening or for those who wanted to to be constructed at the inter- trees in his backyard and set- of the Camden Theater, watch in air-conditioned com- section of the Camden Road ting a 1928 Kodak projector on “there were still only 60 the- fort.” and Alice Drive Extension; the hood of his car and put a aters in the entire nation. The There were three drive-ins however, it appears that this radio behind the screen, test- growth years of the drive-in in Sumter during the 1950s: facility did not materialize. ing different sound levels with were the same as television, The Sunset on East Liberty, One feature that remained his car windows down and for no apparent reason. By the Sky-vue and Sumter constant with drive-ins, ac- up.” According to Wikipedia, 1949 there were 1,000 drive-ins Drive-Ins on Broad Street. cording to Karvelas, was the “Hollingshead placed blocks with the peak expansion The theaters usually ran dou- “clarity of the picture depend- under vehicles in the drive- being reached in 1958 with ble features with showings ed on how clean your wind- way enabling him to deter- 4,063, as opposed to 12,291 in- suspended during the coldest shield was.” mine the size and space be- door movies (called hard tops months of the year. With the Hurricane Gracie was an unwel- tween the ramps so that all TVs in the trade).” coming of shopping centers Source: Photos and informa- come guest at the Sunset Drive- automobiles could have a According to Wikipedia and industry, the theaters tion from Sumter Item ar- In Theatre on East Liberty Street clear view of the screen.” “one of the largest drive-in were lost to the expanding chives. last night and smashed a big The theater began opera- theaters was the Johnny All- need for land. The Sky-vue area out of the 80-foot screen. tion on June 6, 1933, with a Weather Drive-In, located in was relocated to North Pike Reach Sumter Item Archivist The theatre will be closed six or presentation of “Wife Be- Copiague, New York. This fa- and lasted into the ‘80s. Those Sammy Way at waysammy@ eight weeks as a result. ware,” starring Adolphe Men- cility covered more than 29 theaters that exist today “have yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.
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Davis Jr. et al, owner, Berry’s Wedgefield, $4,050 (replace roof, resi- WOCSC Worsley Real Estate LLC, owner, dential). • Shaw Components Inc., owner, Trey Construction of Sumter LLC, contractor, Desena Commercial Services, contrac- 4250 Christine Drive, $3,500 (residential • Dianne B. and John H. Dubose, owners, Wellborn, contractor, 116 Myrtle Beach tor, 1233 N. Main St., $1,700 (change Highway, $35,000 (reroof, commercial). demolition of double wide mobile home face of freestanding sign —BP, commer- Jason Josey dba Josey Builders, con- with attached carport, residential). cial) ; WOCSC Worsley Real Estate LLC, tractor, 2013 Columbia Circle, $3,280 (re- • Gwendolyn Rebecca Abrams, owner, • George Preston and Debor Newkirk, own- owner, Desena Commercial Services, roof, residential). John Porter Jr. dba JP & Son Construc- ers, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Con- contractor, 976 Miller Road, $1,500 • Ervin C. Henderson Jr., owner, Pack Con- tion, contractor, 868 Club Lane, $4,850 struction, contractor, 833 Manchester (change face of wall sign —BP, com- struction LLC, contractor, 1529 Crown- (remove / replace shingles, residential). Road, $3,515 (install new shingles, resi- mercial); WOCSC Worsley Real Estate dale Drive, $3,500 (tear off —reroof, resi- • Robert Joseph and Ann Marie Deep, own- dential). LLC, owner, Desena Commercial Servic- dential). ers, All About Pools and Spas LLC, con- • Kevin N. Swaney, owner, Timothy Kelley es, contractor, 976 Miller Road, $2,000 • Dewey T. Jones, owner, Charpy’s Pool tractor, 3109 Daufaskie Road, $29,250 dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 210 (change face of freestanding sign —BP, Service, contractor, 3030 Hermitage (swimming pool, residential). Lee St., $4,500 (install new shingles, res- commercial). Drive, $20,700 (swimming pool, residen- • Charlie R. Outlaw, owner, All About idential). • Chastain DG Texas Group LLC, owner, De- tial). Pools and Spas LLC, contractor, 1014 • Raymond Weatherly, owner, Harvey Mc- sena Commercial Services, contractor, • Thomas Marion Shuler, owner, William Kentwood Drive, $22,500 (swimming Donald, contractor, 1750 Campbell 301 E. Charlotte Ave., $1,500 (change Lee dba Lee’s Roofing Co., contractor, pool, residential). Court (mobile home, residential). face of wall sign — BP, commercial); 29 Althea Circle, $4,000 (remove / re- • Robert W. and Dea H. Wilder, owners, Chastain DG Texas Group LLC, owner, place shingles and felt, residential). James Boykin dba Baker-Boykin Con- • Edna W. Cogdell, owner, Terry Wayne Desena Commercial Services, contrac- Sanford, contractor, 456 Robney Drive, • Nesbitt and Rudean Hill, owners, Dee & struction, contractor, 2833 Porcher tor, 301 E. Charlotte Ave., $1,500 (change Drive, 728 unheated square feet, $16,200 $1,151 (two window replacements, resi- face of freestanding sign — BP, com- Gee Builders LLC, contractor, 103 Ver- dential). non Drive, 35 heated square feet and 50 (new detached open carport, residen- mercial). tial). • Debra D. Winegar, owner, Charpy’s Pool unheated square feet, $8,500 (close in • S.C. Department of Mental Health, owner, existing porch to extend living room / • DWB Sumter QTIP LLC, owner, LED ERA, Service, contractor, 3170 Explorer Drive, Hogan Construction Group, contractor, Dalzell, $1,500 (above ground swimming add 50 square foot porch, residential). contractor, 2085 Wedgefield Road, $100 801 N. Pike West (land disturbance, (change face of freestanding sign — K pool, residential). commercial). • Gery G. and Shirley M. Cook, owners, Dylon Graham dba Graham Construc- Cleaners, commercial). • Joseph and Ruth P. Spann, owners, Mi- • Sarah T. Osborne / Jamie L. Os, owners, chael Partin dba Partin Construction, tion, contractor, 6464 Sweet Olive Court, • Cheryl T. Christmas, owner, Culler Enter- Carolina Carports, contractor, 2009 180 unheated square feet, $24,000 (add prises dba Culler Roofing, contractor, contractor, 415 Albert Drive, $5,400 (re- Lloyd Drive, 780 unheated square feet, move / replace roof / smoke detectors, front porch / vinyl cornice / replace 550 St. Augustine Drive, $4,904.56 (reroof $15,000 (detached metal storage build- windows, residential). shingles, residential). residential). ing with concrete slab, residential). • Grace Gregg Johnson, owner, Randolph • Mary B. Britton, owner, Fort Roofing & • Louise B. Gadson et al, owner, Michael • Jerry Peterson, owner and contractor, Partin dba Partin Construction, contrac- Wells dba Wells Builders, contractor, Sheet Metal, contractor, 2751 Mohican 997 Oswego Highway, 96 unheated 3785 Congruity Road, Gable, $3,400 (re- Drive, $9,086 (roofing, residential). 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Call the newsroom at: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Deer season is here, and the dogs are bawling
he trees were glistening tied to a nearby tree flutter in the in the early morning soft breeze that was blowing toward the oncoming hound. If there was a Tlight, with big rain drops deer ahead of this dog, I knew that it dripping from the leaves to the would wind me. Some 20 or 30 yards before the dog got to the road, it forest floor. A heavy storm had turned and started going parallel to passed through during the night, the road. The deer must have seen me through the brush or winded me ending just before daybreak. The and turned. There was no backtrack- woods were quiet and shrouded ing happening. Just then, one of the hounds from in a light mist. our hunt came down the road and went to the hound that was running I had just stepped off the back of this deer. I stepped back toward my the truck and hadn’t even loaded my stool and realized I could see down gun yet, when I heard the hound. At an open glade into the woods where first I thought it was these dogs were now bawling. I was a dog barking in the amazed that the deer and dogs had back of a pickup that been so close, but were making no one of the dog han- sound crashing through these wet dlers was driving. woods. But, I quickly real- I saw movement, then the deer – ized there were no plainly, but just for an instant. It was roads in its direc- a big deer, but I couldn’t tell if it was tion, and the hound a buck or a doe. It was coming back Dan was coming my way. toward the road — leaping. The dogs Geddings I set my folding were close behind it. stool down and My gun came up, and I could feel quickly loaded my my heart beating. I was focused on double barrel shotgun, but it was too the narrow road. I would have but a late. The dog crossed the timber road split second to act. 40 yards to my right and never I couldn’t see the baying hounds slowed down. It was a big tricolored for the brush, but I realized that they Walker “opening” or barking, every were turning away from the road. breath. The deer must have crossed The deer had turned just before the before we got to this stand. I was A truck load of “standers” unload at the club house after a dog drive deer hunt. road. My gun came down. The two surprised that the hounds had been dogs went on and soon passed out of released before we got the block sur- my hearing toward the river. I real- rounded. utes, then they were gone. out there in the distance behind me, ized then that I had been trembling The hound was pushing the deer I sat down on my stool and sur- that single hound coming back. with excitement. hard, and was soon out of my hear- veyed my surroundings. The green I turned around and listened in- I noticed more hounds running in ing. The excitement of the moment woods around me were mostly pines, tently. Yes, that same dog was com- the hunt. A big pack came between was over now, and the piercing si- and the understory was thick with ing back on the same course that it me and the next stander. The morn- lence of the big woods returned. underbrush. The narrow winding had followed earlier. Sometimes dogs ing hunt went on with more hound That’s when I noticed the mosqui- timber road to my left and right of- will get turned around and will run music, but no shooting. Soon the toes. I pulled a can of bug spray from fered the best visibility. the backtrack. I didn’t know if this horn sounded ending the hunt. As the pouch under my stool and Off in the distance to my front I dog was running the backtrack or if we picked up standers, I realized that sprayed my hands, arms, and neck. I heard “drivers” calling to their dogs the deer was coming back the same almost everyone had seen a deer, but sprayed more into my hands and and realized that the hounds were way that it left, but I got up from my none were bucks. rubbed some on my face and neck. just now being released into our stool and eased down the road to- Back at the clubhouse we orga- I pulled out my thermocell and hunt. That earlier hound must have ward where the dog had crossed ear- nized another hunt. Dinner would be turned it on. The mosquitoes kept been from a joining club. And, at lier. waiting when that hunt ended. I’m buzzing around me for a few min- that moment, I thought I could hear I noticed a strip of orange flagging glad that deer season is here. Hunters anticipate dove hunting, others the harvest
BY AMANDA DEW MANNING GRILLED DOVES 1 teaspoon garlic powder after the colonial period, game From SCDNR Italian dressing bottled, or use the dry packaged type was eaten more than almost A friend who grew up hunting the woods and fields of and mix with olive oil any other meat. Then, it was a Fall is a magical time. Right South Carolina, contributed this recipe. He warned Mix all spices together. Pierce dove breasts with a fork. matter of necessity. Today, it is on cue, it delivers the hunter’s that the most important thing to remember when Sprinkle spice mixture over dove breast, and rub in thor- a matter of pleasure. moon, favorite holidays and the serving this dish is to “stay out of the way of your oughly to coat. You may not need the entire mixture. Lay In 1791, William Bartram opening of South Carolina’s guests.” the breasts in a shallow, non-corrosive dish and gently wrote in Travels Through dove hunting season. Hunters 20 doves, breasted out and breastbone removed pour on the marinade. Make sure marinade covers at North and South Carolina: look forward to the sport while Italian dressing bottled, or use the dry packaged type least halfway up the breast. Cover and place in refrigera- “There was a little hommock family and friends anticipate and mix with olive oil tor for 24 hours. Turn over once after about 12 hours. or islet containing a few acres the joy of cooking — and eating 4-5 jalapeno peppers, seeded and sliced into strips Grill over hot coals for about 8-10 minutes. Do not of high ground, at some dis- — the hunters’ harvest. Most about 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide overcook. Serves 6-8. tance from the shore, in the hunters agree that contribut- 20 slices hickory smoked bacon drowned savanna, almost every ing to the pleasures of the table Toothpicks DOVES IN FOIL PACKAGES tree of which was loaded with adds significantly to the plea- Remove the breastbone by using a sharp filleting or This recipe is from “Mrs. Whaley Entertains” by Emily nests of various tribes of sures of the hunt. boning knife. Cut the breast halves away from the breast Whaley, Algonquin Books. Cooking doves in foil is an fowl…We visited this bird isle, As a game bird, the mourn- bone so that you have two small pieces of dove breast. easy way to use the whole bird. and some of our people taking ing dove, Zenaida macroura, is Place all the dove breast pieces in a shallow non-corro- sticks or poles with them, soon second in popularity in the sive dish or large plastic bag, and cover with Italian 6 doves, drawn and dressed beat down and loaded them- South only to the wild turkey. dressing. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 8-10 Salt and black pepper to taste selves with these squabs, and Dove hunting is one of the hours (overnight). Remove from refrigerator. Take a strip Paprika to taste returned to camp; they …made most enjoyable hunts because of the sliced jalapeno pepper and lay alongside each us a rich supper; some we of the challenge of this erratic, Dried thyme to taste breast piece. Wrap with 1/2 slice bacon and pin with a roasted, and made others into a fast-flying bird, often referred 3 tablespoons unsalted butter toothpick. pilloe (pilau) with rice.” to as “the feathered rocket,” 3 teaspoons sherry Doves are very tasty when Cook over hot charcoal on a grill about 4 inches above “the gray ghost,” or the “Teflon 3 teaspoons red wine vinegar cooked properly, and there are the coals for 8-10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook. bird.” For generations, South Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Sprinkle each dove numerous ways of cooking Carolinians have enjoyed dove Baste occasionally with fresh Italian dressing. Serve hot. with salt, pepper, paprika, and thyme. Put 1/2 table- them. Many hunters field dress hunting for the sport as well as Serves 6. spoon butter in the cavity of each dove, followed by 1/2 the bird and bring home only for its social traditions. When teaspoon sherry and 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar. what they consider to be the opening day rolls around in the MARINATED DOVES Using heavy-duty aluminum foil, create 3 packets for the best part — the breast. Some Palmetto State, most everyone doves. Each packet should hold 2 doves. The packets prefer to dry-pluck and cook This recipe was given to me by a Department of Natu- knows someone who’s going should be securely folded and without any tears, so that the whole bird, even saving the ral Resources agent who taught “Care and Preparation dove hunting. According to none of the juices will escape. Cook in the preheated tiny heart, liver and gizzard for South Carolina Department of of Game” at the “Becoming an Outdoors Woman” oven for 2 hours. Unwrap the doves, transfer to a serving gravy. Dove meat is dark in Natural Resources estimates, weekend held each year. During the class, 20 women plate, and serve immediately. Serves 2-3. color and fine in texture. It has between 35 and 40 thousand cleaned dozens of doves and cooked them using this a taste similar to duck. The hunters will participate in the recipe. There were no leftovers. Guest blogger Amanda Dew Manning is a na- meat is less dry than most dove season this year (along 12-24 whole dove breasts (bone in or out) tive South Carolinian and a Southern food birds that have white meat. with many more friends and 1 teaspoon black pepper historian and enthusiast. A version of this ar- However, as with most game, it family members there to enjoy 1 teaspoon oregano ticle was first published in the Charleston Mer- is better when larded. Larding the eating and socializing that 1 tablespoon dried onion cury newspaper is adding fat — usually by in- often accompanies a successful serting long, thin strips of pork dove hunt. fat or bacon into dry cuts of Hunts take place on family shoot is over and the guns and complete the post-hunt field abundance of game they found. meat. Larding makes the meat farms, private pay-to-shoot ammo are stowed, dove hunt- menu. Many of them had little oppor- more succulent, tender and fla- fields, at one of hundreds of in- ers often enjoy a libation or two South Carolina has always tunity to hunt in their native vorful. vitation only shoots, or at one while the guys that always do it had a bounty of wildfowl. John lands, as hunting was a privi- Each of these recipes uses its of the 40 or so public dove are “shuckin” the breasts from Lawson, surveyor-general of lege reserved for the upper own form of larding – whether fields in the state. Some private the harvest. Others are firing North Carolina, traveled the classes and turned to the Na- wrapping the dove breasts in hunts have been taking place up the charcoal. Metal 55-gal- Santee River in the early 1700s tive Americans to learn how to bacon, adding butter or mari- for so long that one is reminded lon drums cut in half and cov- exploring the area and study- find, kill and cook game. For nating in an oil-based dressing. of a pew in a Southern Baptist ered with a mesh metal grate ing the Native American tribes nearly 250 years, game was a Home-cooked doves are deli- church — people have simply have probably cooked more living there. He found them eat- significant and substantial part cious served with plain or gar- claimed a spot of their own. dove breasts than anything ing blackbirds, crows, buntings, of the daily diet of Americans. lic/cheese grits. If your freezer One hears, “Go over to the east under the Palmetto sky. South- pheasant woodcocks, snipe, This was particularly true of is filling up with doves, here side of the field, but stay away ern-style potato salad, sor- partridge and pigeons. Reports Southerners who spent their are some recipes that are sure from that old tobacco barn; ghum-laced baked beans, indicate that the early colonists lives in rural areas and small to please the most discriminat- that’s Joe’s stand.” After the “light” bread and sweet tea were “dumbfounded” by the towns. For several generations ing palettes. C8 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2017
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EMPLOYMENT Carolina with TMS#249-01-02-0783. HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD, ANNOUNCEMENTS obtained will be used for that P.A. This is the property conveyed to purpose. Stanley H. McGuffin Donald L. Riggleman and Judy V. 1201 Main Street, Suite 2200 Help Wanted Lost & Found Riggleman by deed of Secretary of LIS PENDENS Post Office Drawer 11889 Full-Time Housing and Urban Development, of (29211-1889) Washington, D.C., a/k/a United States Notice is hereby given that an action Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Lost: 8/26 Black male cat. (neu- Department of Housing and Urban (803) 779.3080 Tel Wanted Roofers, roofing laborers, has been or within twenty (20) days tered) w/ white on chest, face and Development, an agency of the (803) 765.1243 Fax shingle & metal roofing subcontrac- will be commenced by Plaintiff feet. Loring Mill Rd/Idlewild area. United States of America dated Attorney for S C Community Bank tors. Call between 9-5 at August 21, 2008 and recorded August above-named against the Defendants Friendly but very timid. Reward Call above-named for the foreclosure of 803-968-9833 26, 2008 in Deed Book 1111 at Page SUMMONS 803-565-4135 if seen. 1370 in the RMC Office for Sumter mortgages given to Plaintiff by Word County. International Ministries f/k/a Miracle (Deficiency Judgment Full Time Sales position available. Deliverance Temple C.O.S.C. The Waived) In Memory Some experience preferred but will NOTICE OF FILING property covered and affected by (Mortgage Foreclosure) train. No calls. Apply at Wally's Refurbished batteries as low as said mortgages are described as Non-Jury $45. New batteries as low as follows: Hardware 1291 Broad St . Please take notice that the Plaintiff $59.95. 6v golf cart battery as low as will move to refer the case to the IN THE COURT OF All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Help Wanted $59.95. Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd Master in Equity with any appeal to land, with any improvements COMMON PLEAS Rd. 803-773-4381 the South Carolina Supreme Court. Part-Time thereon, situate, lying and being in CASE NO. The pleadings in this case are on file the County of Sumter, State of South 2016-CP-43-02241 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Carolina, being more particularly Experienced Trailer switcher nee- Sumter County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 days a week in Sumter. Must LEGAL shown and delineated as Lot 1 on ded that certain plat of D.D. Edmunds, COUNTY OF SUMTER A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., have current CDL, 5 years experi- RLS, dated April 21, 1998, and SC Bar #: 6013 ence, clean driving record. Call NOTICES recorded in the Office of the RD for Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Attorney for Plaintiff 803-938-2708 leave message with Sumter County in Plat Book PB98 at Tree Servicing LLC P.O. Box 2446 page 594. The said lot has such Plaintiff, your experience M-F 9am-3pm. Sumter, SC 29151 metes, boundaries, courses and -vs- Beer & Wine (803) 418-5700 PT Floral Shop Assistant/Delivery License distances as are shown on said plat The Personal Representative, whose Includes Saturdays. Must have good Summons and which are incorporated herein name is unknown of the Estate of Curtis Smiling; Sandra J. Smiling; driving record. No lifting limitations. Notice Publication accordance with the provisions of Notice Of Application Section 30-5-250, Code of Laws of Rodney Smiling, Sr.; Phyllis L. The Daisy Shop 1455 S Guignard Notice is hereby given that JJP Family Court of Sumter, South Carolina, 1976, as amended. Jackson; Carolyn D. Teagle; and Pkw. No phone calls please. Lions Wine & Spirits, Inc. intends to South Carolina This property is generally known as Michael C. Smiling as heirs of the apply to the South Carolina Third Judicial Circuit 555 S. Wise Drive. Estate of Curtis Smiling; all Pay roll clerk experience re- Department of Revenue for a license Unknown Heirs of Deceased quired. Tesco Call 803-773-1515 permit that will allow the sale and STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, This being the same property Word Defendants, and all other persons In Memory of Joshua Neal OFF premises consumption of SUMTER, COUNTY International Ministries f/k/a Miracle entitled to claim under or through 7/12/1925 - 9/4/2016 Liquor at 1220 Alice Drive, Suite B, (Plaintiff) Deliverance Temple C.O.S.C. them being a class designated as Trucking Sumter, SC 29150 and will allow the It's been one year since you left us. Opportunities Vs. acquired by deed of Bai Le Tran and Mary Roe; All Unknown persons Your love and memories will be in sale and off premises consumption of Margarita Rodriguez Nguyet Thi Tran, dated July 13, 2005, with any right, title or interest in the Beer and Wine at 1220 Alice Drive, William Stephens and recorded on July 13, 2005 at real estate described herein, being a our hearts forever. Suite A, Sumter, SC 29150. To object Your Loving Wife Eula, Sons, and Class-A Driver Wanted John Doe 12:56 PM in the Office of the Register class designated as Jane Doe; also to the issuance of this permit / (Defendants) any Unknown persons who may be in Family Primary function is to safely delivery of Deeds for Sumter County in Deed license, written protest must be Volume 988 at Page 916. the military service of the United materials to work sites and load and postmarked no later than September IN THE INTEREST OF States of America, being a class unload. Minimum 2 years driving 4, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it Male Child (05/26/2016) Property Address: designated as John Doe; and Any experience with good driving record must be in writing, and should Unknown minors, persons under a include the following information: 555 Wise Drive BUSINESS and must pass pre-employment TO DEFENDANTS: TMS#: 204-10-010-038 Disability or persons incarcerated, DOT drug test. For more details (1) the name, address and telephone Margarita Rodriguez being a class designated as Richard number of the person filing the AND SERVICES contact: Alicia.mcleod William Stephens Roe; Carroll E. and Nancy Wilson, protest; (2) the specific reasons why John Doe "710 Manning Avenue" Defendant(s) @h2hinstall.com the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, TO THE DEFENDANT, Michael C. Home Nesbitt Transportation is currently to attend a hearing (if one is Improvements And required to answer the PARCEL OR LOT OF land, together Smiling hiring CDL drivers. Must be 24 yrs requested by the applicant); (4) that complaint in the above referenced with improvements thereon, if any, old w/ 2 yrs exp. Home nights & the person protesting resides in the concerning the minor child above situate, lying and being located in YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED SBC Construction of Sumter weekends. Please call 843-659-8254 same county where the proposed and that you have failed to contact the County of Sumter, State of South and required to answer the Metal /Shingle Roofs• Porches • or 843-621-0943 place of business is located or within the agency in regards to your Carolina, being shown and Complaint in this action, and to five miles of the business; and (5) the delineated on a resurvey plat of Ben Concrete & Windows whereabouts in this action, the serve a copy of your Answer on the name of the applicant and the original of which has been filed in Makela, R.L.S., dated June 11, 2003, subscribers at their offices, 1640 St. •Water Problems •Tree removal address of the premises to be the Office of the Clerk of Court for and recorded in the Office of the Julian Place, Columbia, South Call BURCH 803-720-4129 licensed. Protests must be mailed to: James C. Campbell County, on April RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, 18, 2017 a copy of which will be 2003 at Page 373. Aforesaid plat is days after service hereof, exclusive P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South specifically incorporated herein and Legal Service RENTALS delivered to you upon request; and of the day of such service; except Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: to serve a copy of your answer to the reference is craved thereto for a that the United States of America, if (803) 896-0110. complaint upon the undersigned more complete and accurate named, shall have sixty (60) days to attorney for the Plaintiff at Steven B. description of the metes, bounds, answer after the service hereof, Attorney Timothy L. Griffith courses and distances of the 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Unfurnished Summons & Suchomski, 105 N. Magnolia Street, exclusive of the day of such service; Apartments Notice Sumter, SC 29150 within thirty (30) property concerned herein. This and if you fail to answer the Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury days following the date of service description being in lieu of metes Complaint within the time aforesaid, upon you, exclusive of the day of and bounds as permitted by law the Plaintiff in this action will apply SUMMONS under Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Roofing Senior Living such service; and if you fail to to the Court for a judgment by CIVIL ACTION NO: answer the Complaint within the Laws of South Carolina, As default granting the relief demanded Apartments Amended. Be all measurements a for those 62+ 2017-CP-43-01218 statutory time allotted, the Plaintiff in the Complaint. Robert's Metal Roofing in this action will apply to the Court little more or less and according to (Rent based on income) for the relief demanded in said said plat. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing Shiloh-Randolph Manor IN THE COURT OF avail. Expert installation. Long list of Complaint. A hearing has been YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO 125 W. Bartlette. COMMON PLEAS scheduled for November 2, 2017 at This being the same property MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN satisfied customers. 803-837-1549. 775-0575 THIRD JUDICIAL 9:00 a.m. conveyed unto Word International YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON Studio/1 Bedroom CIRCUIT Ministries f/k/a Miracle Deliverance WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) apartments available S. C. DEPARTMENT Temple C.O.S.C. herein by RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSON Tree Service Corrective Deed from Union Station EHO OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNDER SOME LEGAL STATE OF Steven B. Suchomski, Esquire AME Church to Ralph W. Canty, Sr., DISABILITY, INCOMPETENTS Full SOUTH CAROLINA P.O. Box 68 dated July 2, 2003, and recorded in AND PERSONS CONFINED AND A Notch Above Tree Care the Office of the RMC for Sumter quality service low rates, lic./ins., free Unfurnished COUNTY OF SUMTER Sumter, SC 29151 PERSON IN THE MILITARY: (803) 773-5531 County in Deed Volume 898 at Page est BBB accredited 983-9721 Homes 98. Donald L. Riggleman and, YOUR ARE FURTHER SUMMONED SUMMONS AND NOTIFIED to apply for the Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, Judy V. Riggleman Mortgage Foreclosure Property Address: appointment of a Guardian ad Litem stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, Lg 4BR 1BA C/H/A, $750 mo. and Plaintiff, 3BR 1.5BA C/H/A $650 mo. Call Deficiency Demanded 710 Manning Avenue within thirty (30) days after service 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. vs. of this Summons and Notice upon 803-464-8964 or 803-757-0083. Non-Jury TMS#: 250-16-01-018 Lisa Sisk, David Wayne AND you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Sisk, II and Matthew Scott IN THE COURT OF "708 and 708 1/2 Beautiful 3BR 2BA Home, Large lot by the Plaintiff. Tree removal, trimming & stump Sisk, COMMON PLEAS Manning Avenue" grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128 with fenced yard, Carport attached, Defendants. 4246 Whitney St. $600 + Dep. Call Case No. NOTICE OF FILING 2016-CP-43-2285 ALSO: All that lot of land in Sumter 843-645-9400 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED COMPLAINT THE TREE DOCTOR County, State of South Carolina, with and required to answer the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA the improvements thereon; said Professional tree care at affordable YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Mobile Home complaint herein, a copy of which is COUNTY OF SUMTER property being generally designated prices. 4 generations of expert tree Rentals herewith served upon you, and to as 708 and 708-1/2 Manning Avenue, that the Summons and Complaint in care. Over 65 yrs. exp. Tree removal, the above-captioned action were serve a copy of your answer to this S C Community Bank, and being further shown on the Tax filed on December 9, 2016, in the stump grinding, pruning, lot clearing, complaint upon the subscriber, at Plaintiff, Map of Sumter County as Tax Map Office of the Clerk of Court for bob cat & lot clearing also available. DW 3BR/2BA shady lot behind the address shown below, within vs. Parcel 250-16-01-016; said parcel of Sumter County, South Carolina. Free estimates. Call 803-720-7147 Shaw Gate Pawn Shop on 378 by thirty (30) days after service hereof, Word International Ministries f/k/a land measuring 80 feet on the west Shaw AFB. $550/ month. exclusive of day of such service, and Miracle Deliverance Temple side of Manning Avenue and being Crawford & von Keller, LLC. 803-491-7604 if you fail to answer the complaint, C.O.S.C., Larry Durant, Mary Nettles bounded now or formerly as follows: PO Box 4216 judgment by default will be rendered Robinson, the United States of On the North by land of Porter; East 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PETS & against you for the relief demanded America by and through its agency, by Manning Avenue; South by church 3 Mobile Homes For Rent in Columbia, SC 29204 in the complaint. the Internal Revenue Service, property; and West by lands of Whispering Pines MHP off Bethel Phone: 803-790-2626 ANIMALS Defendants. McLeod and Shore; said parcel of Church Rd $475-$525 Water inclded LIS PENDENS land is said to have an uniform width Attorneys for Plaintiff Contact David 803-468-3724 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to a depth of 150 feet, be all said NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an and required to answer the measurements a little more or less. Pets action has been commenced by the Complaint herein, a copy of which is FIND OUT ABOUT THE Plaintiff against the Defendants, to herewith served upon you, or This being the same property REAL quiet title to property described as otherwise appear and defend, and to conveyed unto Word International Use Happy Jack Flea Powder to follows: serve a copy of your Answer to the Ministries f/k/a Miracle Deliverance control fire ants! PALMETTO ESTATE said Complaint upon the subscriber Temple C.O.S.C. by deed of Dana All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Davis dated the 28th day of FARM SUPPLY (775-1204). (ken- at his offices, 1201 Main Street, 22nd land with the dwelling and February, 2002 and recorded in the POWER nelvax.com) Floor (29201-3226), Post Office Box improvements thereon, situate, lying 11889, Columbia, South Carolina RMC Office for Sumter County in OF ADVERTISING! Mobile Home and being in the city and county of Deed Volume 834 at page 1829 at 2:47 with Lots 29211-1889, within thirty (30) days Livestock Supplies / Sumter, state of South Carolina, after the service hereof (except as to PM. Services having a frontage on North Magnolia the Defendant United States of Street of 80 feet and uniform width America, if named, shall have sixty Property Address: to a depth of 180 feet; be all (60) days after the service hereof), 708 and 708 1/2 Deer corn and hay for sale. Call measurements a little more or a exclusive of the day of such service; 803-305-8156 Manning Avenue little less, and being composed of all and if you fail to answer the TMS#:250-16-01-016 &ODVVLÀHGV of Lot No. 6 on Block "E" of a plat Complaint within the time period 10DJQROLD6W6XPWHU6& made by Joseph Palmer, C.E., dated aforesaid, or otherwise appear and 803-774-1234 May 26,1928, revised November 16, defend, the Plaintiff in this action 1929, and recorded in Plat Book V-4 will apply to the Court for the relief MERCHANDISE at Page 453, records of Sumter demanded therein, and judgment by County, and also 20 feet of Lot No. 7 default will be rendered against you on said block and plat, the said strip for the relief demanded in the MUST SELL! 5 Coulter Dr. Wedge- of 20 feet from Lot No. 7 being the Complaint. field, Fleetwood 3br 2ba, den w/ southern part of Lot No. 7, the said Garage, Yard & lot being bounded as a whole on the Estate Sales fireplace, completely remodeled. like YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE new, on 0.45 ac lot in cozy North by the Northern portion of Lot that should you fail to Answer the No. 7 of Block "E" on said plat; on the foregoing Complaint, the Plaintiff neighborhood. Only $47,500. East by other lands of Strange; on Yard Sale! Sat. Sun & Mon., 7-5 at Please call (803) 458-7478. will move for a general Order of the South by Lot No. 5 of Block "E" Reference of this cause to the 1944 Pinewood Rd. Lots of tools, on said Plat; and on the West by 05' Mercury 68,000 miles & furniture. Master-in-Equity or Special Referee North Magnolia Street. for this county, which Order shall, CLASSIFIED ADS TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Rule 53 of the South 2365 Bryson Rd Thurs, Fri., Sun. This is the property known as 413 N. Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Will Go To Work For You! & Mon 10-6. Estate Sale. Incredible Magnolia Street, Sumter, South specifically provide that the said low prices. Everything must go!!!! Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to To Find Cash Buyers Lawn / Garden / enter a final judgment in this cause. 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