IN SPORTS: Laurence Manning, East Clarendon bring home softball titles B1 RELIGION — A6 Pope Francis makes saints of Fatima witnesses THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Sumter native Gym honors veterans named finalist for women’s fiction award FROM STAFF REPORTS

Sumter native Carla Damron has been named a finalist for the second annual Star Award, given to authors of published women’s fiction by the Wom- en’s Fiction Writers Associa- tion. Damron, nominated for her novel, “The Stone Neck- lace,” is one of three finalists in the General cate- gory. Laura Drake, contest chair- woman, said, DAMRON “The Star Award highlights the best in women’s fiction, (a) genre defined by WFWA’s leadership ... . These nominees represent the best in fiction and are an encourage- ment to all writers in this di- verse category.” The winners of the Star Awards will be announced at the WFWA Retreat in Albu- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM querque, New Mexico, on Sept. Deonta Kershaw, standing, spots Dwayne Wilson Wednesday at Workout Anytime, a gym that supports veterans through a new pro- 23. gram aimed to diminish suicide. Damron’s “The Stone Neck- lace” is a character-driven lit- erary novel that was the Mid- Workout Anytime offering special memberships for Memorial Day lands’ 2016 One Book, One Community work and was se- BY IVY MOORE figure to about one a day. ager of Sumter’s Workout tain a healthy lifestyle rialized in The State newspa- [email protected] Davis himself suffered Anytime, said the local gym through fitness, nutrition per. She is also the author of from severe depression and is holding several fundrais- and supportive relationships. three mystery novels featuring Workout Anytime in Pal- loss of identity upon his sep- ers to offset the costs of Lift Veterans are assisted social worker Caleb Knowles. metto Plaza will participate aration from the military, for the 22. through regular workouts WFWA began in 2013 to cre- for the third time in the Lift which led to a divorce that “We are selling 22 days of and life, emotional, fitness ate a support organization for for the 22 organization’s na- he said nearly led him to be- workouts for $5,” she said, and readiness coaching, with male and female writers fo- tional fundraiser to offer come a suicide statistic. “and Lift for the 22 T-shirts regular progress checks to cused on the emerging force free or affordable gym mem- Friends who worked out reg- for $20.” help them achieve their per- of women’s fiction. Women’s berships for military veter- ularly suggested Davis come Anyone purchasing a T- sonal goals. fiction is defined as layered ans. Lift for the 22, a pro- to their gym, where he shirt will also get passes for The program states as its stories in which the plot is gram designed to help veter- found support and comfort. workouts. mission “to bring awareness driven by the main charac- ans reentering civilian life, The benefits of fitness and Strickland said Davis, to veteran suicides and ter’s emotional journey. Cur- was founded by Carter Davis peer support helped him through the national Lift for lower the prevalence.” rently, there are more than shortly after his return from make the transition to civil- the 22 organization, will pro- Workout Anytime is located active duty in 2013. ian life and influenced him vide the 22 one-year mem- at 493 N. Guignard Drive in SEE AWARD, PAGE A5 The name of the program to found Lift for the 22 to berships to veterans across Palmetto Plaza. Call (803) 773- came from a 2012 suicide help other veterans. the country. 0101 for membership informa- data report from the Veter- The program provides free In addition to providing tion. For more about Lift for ans Administration, which or reduced rate one-year the memberships for veter- the 22, visit the nonprofit or- stated the suicide rate of vet- gym memberships to 22 vet- ans, Lift for the 22 also puts ganization’s website, www. Graduations erans as 22 a day. A more re- erans in communities in the veterans in a program to liftforthe22.org or visit the Lift cent study has corrected that U.S. Ashley Strickland, man- help them achieve and main- for the 22 Facebook page. get underway

BY BRUCE MILLS Organization honors and assists military spouses [email protected] The high school graduation BY CAITLAN WALZER season is upon us and three [email protected] area private schools will kick off the festivities this week Nearly 250 military spouses arrived with ceremonies. Both Lau- at downtown’s City Centre on Tuesday rence Manning Academy in for one of the five-base tour events Manning and Robert E. Lee hosted by the non-profit organization, Academy in Bishopville will Support Military Spouses, honoring feature senior graduation cer- the home front heroes of Shaw Air emonies on Friday at 7 p.m. Force Base. LMA’s commencement will This organization’s mission is to rec- be at Weldon Auditorium in ognize and thank the military wives Manning; while REL’s ceremo- and husbands who tend to the respon- ny will occur in the school’s sibilities at home by caring for the fam- gymnasium. On Saturday, ily, finances, employment, wounded Thomas Sumter Academy in warrior care and honoring the fallen Rembert will host its gradua- heroes. tion festivities at 10 a.m. in its Co-founder of Support Military high school gymnasium. Spouses Diane Rumley said the organi- Two more area private zation was inspired by the idea of iden- schools will follow next week tifying those who serve behind the with cap and gown commence- scenes in the military and to give them ment ceremonies. On Thurs- an annual token of gratitude. CAITLAN WALZER / THE SUMTER ITEM day, May 25, Wilson Hall will “Support Military Spouses was creat- Diane Rumley, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Support Military Spouses, and hold its graduation at 7 p.m. at ed to recognize, honor and appreciate Kelli Lasica, wife of Shaw Air Force Base’s 20th Fighter Wing Commander Daniel Lasica, Patriot Hall. On Friday, May military spouses for their sacrifice are seen at a fundraising event hosted Tuesday at City Centre. 26, Summerton’s Clarendon made on the home front,” Rumley said. Hall will host its ceremony at At their events, Support Military Dot Jewelry, a camouflage New Testa- merchandise worth at least $100, are 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasi- Spouses hands out care packages that ment Bible presented by the American provided to nearly 750,000 military um. are assembled with donations from Bible Society and much more. sponsors such as Hallmark, Stella & The care packages, consisting of SEE SUPPORT, PAGE A5 SEE GRADS, PAGE A5

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SCHOOL DISTRICT Finance Volunteer organizations help in committee the search for missing woman meets today BY KEN BELL Since “They bring horses, K9s, four-wheel- SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Feb. 9, ers—everything you can think of to BY BRUCE MILLS Sumter search,” Dennis said. [email protected] County Sheriff’s Office has been dili- Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Lt. gently searching for 80-year-old Barba- Lee Monahan also lauded CUE’s ef- The advisory finance com- ra Nave who has been missing after re- forts. mittee to the Sumter School turning to Sumter from Savannah ear- “The CUE group was phenomenal District Board of Trustees will lier this year. with their response,” Monahan said. hold its regular monthly meet- Nave was last seen by family mem- “They were extremely organized, pro- ing today at the district office. bers while celebrating her birthday in fessional and every volunteer that It will be the first meeting of Savannah the weekend prior to when KEN BELL / SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE came in treated the search as if it were the committee since the Sum- she was reported missing. A Community United Efforts (CUE) volun- their own family member they were ter School Board voted down Her beloved dogs, which neighbors teer unloads a horse that was used in the looking for.” its motion on April 24 to close said always accompanied her, were continuing search for Barbara Nave, 80, Monahan said he was also impressed two low-enrollment schools as found alone inside the house and who disappeared from her Sumter home in by the organization and planning that a cost-savings measure in the Nave’s purse and other personal be- February. went into their search. wake of the district’s financial longings were also undisturbed inside. “It was remarkable watching their crisis. There was no sign of struggle inside Having known at least three families methodology, organization and skill The original motion from the house, inside Nave’s vehicle which who have dealt with missing persons, sets, well exceeding the national stan- the finance committee called is parked in front of her residence or Monica Caison became an advocate for dards that all of CUE’s volunteers for supporting financial con- the surrounding areas. missing persons and founded the non- must certify to,” Monahan said. “Most sultant Scott Allan’s recom- The search for Nave is also compli- profit CUE Center for Missing Persons of the volunteers were from North Car- mendation to close F.J. De- cated because she is deaf and wears a in 1994. olina and Florida and came up on their Laine Elementary School and Cochlear implant. The group focuses on searching and own time and fuel. Their tenacity and Mayewood Middle School this So far, the search for Nave has in- advocating for missing people, and sup- resolve to help families and communi- summer as part of a measure cluded the sheriff’s office conducting porting their families. ties is impressive.” to add $4.1 million to the dis- an air search and a ground search with Efforts to contact Caison for this Caison does not take a salary from trict’s general fund balance by four-wheelers, K-9 teams, divers and of- story were unsuccessful. the organization, which is totally fund- the end of the 2018 fiscal year, ficers on foot. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony ed by donations and is staffed by volun- June 30, 2018. Since the mo- The sheriff’s office has also received Dennis said CUE provides a valuable teers. tion was voted down, Allan assistance from the volunteer group service to law enforcement agencies. CUE also provides long-term care has drafted a new proposed Search Tactics and Rescue Recovery “You can’t put a price tag on the and support for family members; budget for next year that will (STARR) and South Carolina Law En- value of their services,” he said. “The serves as a liaison for families, commu- add $469,695 to the fund bal- forcement Division is currently using services they provide are invaluable to nities, media, agencies and law enforce- ance. all of its resources in the search. us. And, even though the public doesn’t ment; 24-hour public tip number; and Today, the committee will re- Earlier this month, Community Unit- see it in the news media, we have not other free services. view that updated proposed ed Efforts (CUE) a volunteer group stopped searching for Ms. Nave.” For more information about CUE or budget from Allan, as well as from Wilmington, North Carolina, Dennis said he was impressed by to contact the organization, go to nc- two monthly district financial joined in the search efforts. CUE’s setup. missingpersons.org. reports. The board’s advisory fi- nance committee consists of four private-business owners in the local community and COMS students selected for Clemson STEM Camp three board members. The private business leaders are Greg Thompson of Thompson Fourteen Chestnut Oaks Middle Construction Group, William School students received full Byrd of William Levan Byrd, scholarships to attend the Project CPA, PC, Ben Griffith of State WISE (Women in Science and Engi- Farm Insurance and Bobby neering) Summer Camp in June at Anderson of Green Savannah Clemson University. Project WISE Nursery. The three board is a very selective, multi-state pro- members on the committee gram sponsored by Duke Energy are Johnny Hilton, Chairman designed to promote the STEM Daryl McGhaney and Lucille disciplines in rising seventh- and McQuilla. eighth-grade females. Attendees The district’s financial will spend an entire week at Clem- straits became apparent in son University in the dormitories December with the release of and will take mini-courses in engi- the fiscal year 2016 audit re- neering, science and math taught port, which revealed the dis- by college professors. Students se- trict overspent by $6.2 mil- lected are Emily Helms, T’kyah lion last fiscal year and had Glover-Mattocks, Victoria Jordan, an ending general fund bal- Kaytlin Reavis, Clinique Sanders, ance on June 30, 2016, of Jameya Ragin-Brown, Carlia Wells, $106,449 -- a critically low Imani Wells, Imani Ramsey-Wil- level, according to auditor liams, Kevionna June, Jennifer Robin Poston. Barrios Baten, Kayla Consuegra, Today’s meeting at the dis- Aliyah Bradley and Ty’Nia Douglas. trict office begins at 11 a.m. and is open to the public. PHOTO PROVIDED SAFE FCU names new vice president of risk management

FROM STAFF REPORTS tucky. At SAFE, she School of Law, Michaels began her have enjoyed at SAFE has created oversees information decade-long career working at law the need for the risk management SAFE Federal Credit Union has security, compliance firms in Kansas and Missouri. At expertise that Jennifer Michaels named Jennifer Michaels its vice and loan review and fo- those firms, she focused on lending, brings to this role,” said Darrell president of risk management, a cuses on mitigating reg- foreclosure, real estate and other fi- Merkel, president and CEO of SAFE new position at the credit union. ulatory and compliance nancial-related matters. She was Federal Credit Union. “There is a Michaels is an attorney who most MICHAELS risk. with the Kentucky credit union for lot of complexity involved in lend- recently served as general counsel A graduate of the about four years prior to joining ing and compliance, and she will and compliance director at Park University of Nebraska SAFE. help us successfully navigate the Community Credit Union in Ken- and the Washburn University “The significant growth that we risks associated with that.”

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The gallery’s education di- amphetamine while executing search rector, Amanda Cox, said residents warrants at a county residence about 8 of Sumter, Clarendon, Lee and Ker- p.m. on Tuesday. shaw counties at least 5 years old Donald R. Hurst, 27, and Lauren Mason, are eligible to enter the show. 26, both of 5670 Edgehill Road, were ar- Age categories are 5 to 8 years rested and each charged with manufac- old, 9 to 13, 14 to 17, and 18 and turing methamphetamine older. and possession with intent Cox said the goal of the art show to distribute methamphet- “is to provide increased awareness SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO amine. of the artistic talents of children, Nat Bradford, the seventh generation of Bradfords who first cultivated the Brad- Hurst and Mason were youth and adults of Sumter and ford watermelon in the 1850s, will give a presentation on his heritage and on the transported to Sumter-Lee surrounding areas by promoting cultivation of watermelons at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 28, at the Swan Lake Visitors Regional Detention Cen- the exhibition of art and to make Center. The center’s large conference room will be dedicated to preserving nature HURST ter. available the opportunity to partici- under the umbrella title of “Back to Our Roots.” Investigators with the pate in a show that features the sheriff’s office and detec- beautiful Japanese iris.” ENTRY RULES FOR EXHIBITION amateur showing. tives with Sumter Police De- Tourism Specialist Kathleen 1. Artwork must feature the Japanese iris. 9. All entries must be delivered to the Swan partment executed the Head, whose office is at the Swan 2. 2-dimensional work only: acrylic, Lake Visitors Center, 822 W. Liberty St. in search warrants at the Edge- Lake Visitors Center, said the cen- watercolor, oil, pastels, pencil, photography Sumter, by Tuesday, May 23, between 9 a.m. hill Road residence where ter’s entire large conference room and mixed media. and 5 p.m. Late entries will not be accepted. quantities of methamphet- will be part of the Back to Our 10. All work can be picked up no earlier than MASON amine located, states the re- Roots event. 3. All entries must be matted on black, heavy stock poster board. Sunday, May 28, from 3 to 5 p.m., or lease. Items used to manu- “The artwork will be displayed Tuesday, May 30, through Friday, June 2, 4. One entry per person. facture methamphetamine were also on the right side of the room, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any unclaimed items found at the residence. the middle of the area will have a 5. The artist, by entering the show, stipulates after June 2 are subject to disposal at the The street value of the seized Metham- country kind of feel with live Japa- the work is completely original and not a discretion of the Iris Festival. phetamine is approximately $500, accord- nese irises and other plants,” she copy of any published photographs or works 11.The Iris Festival and City of Sumter will ing to the release. said. “We’re also going to have sev- of art by another artist. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis eral speakers, including represen- not be responsible for any loss or damage 6. Minimum size: 8-by-10 inches; maximum that may occur to any work of art. lauded officers for their efforts. tatives of the Charleston Tea Plan- size: 18-by-24 inches. “Although $500 might not seem like a tation on Friday, (May 26).” 12. All entries must complete the Back to lot to some people, this setup was capa- Also that Friday, at 3 p.m., Nat 7. The Iris Festival reserves the right not to Our Roots release form. show any picture it considers unsuitable due ble of producing many thousands of Bradford will give a presentation Each piece of art must have an entry form to size or subject matter. Acceptance at the dollars’ worth of methamphetamine,” on his family’s renowned Brad- attached. They are available at the Swan time of entry will not guarantee that the he said. “There is no way to know how ford watermelon, and at 5 p.m. Lake Visitors Center and on the Iris Festival work will be exhibited. much might have been produced had Mike Dellinger of the Farm Store website, www.irisfestival.org. officers not made the discovery when will speak on “Preserving the 8. Art pieces are not for sale, as this is an they did. This is another example of Harvest.” the city and county successfully work- Josh Castleberry will talk about and at 11 a.m. on May 28, represen- turn to the center at 3 p.m. with his ing together to rid our streets of this il- snakes and swans and other crea- tatives of Willard Farms will make “Back to Our Heritage” presenta- legal drug.” tures in the gardens on May 27, a presentation. Dellinger will re- tion.

reported stolen from a resi- A silver 2015 Toyota Tundra Stihl chainsaw $400 were re- POLICE BLOTTER dence in the 1900 block of valued at $34,000 was re- portedly stolen from a resi- North Saint Pauls Church portedly stolen while it was dence on Bland Avenue be- company debit card to obtain Road about 4 p.m. on Friday. parked at an auto dealer- tween Sunday and Tuesday. CHARGES $21,026.92 without consent A black .45-caliber firearm, ship in the 3600 block of while in the 3300 block of Wil- DAMAGED PROPERTY Amos Gibson Jr., 45, of 401 Burn- unknown make and model, Broad Street on Monday. ton Drive between May 1 and side Drive, Apt. 120, Columbia, valued at $250; a black A 40-inch Samsung TV valued Approximately $1,500 in March 1. was arrested on May 10 and .9-caliber firearm, unknown at $400; 50 rock and roll al- damage was caused to a charged with second and STOLEN PROPERTY make and model, valued at bums valued at $50; three residence in the 300 block of third degree burglary for al- A 52-inch Emerson flat- $400; and $50 in cash were PlayStation consoles valued Church Street when part of legedly taking two chainsaws screen TV valued at $400 reportedly stolen from a at $200 each; a DeWalt ham- a window was reportedly valued at about $480 from a and a jewelry box contain- residence in the 500 block of mer drill with a flashlight val- broken with an unknown pool house in the 1790 block ing approximately $500 in Bowen Drive between 1:30 ued at $325; a drill, unknown object between Monday and of East Brewington Road on jewelry and mementos were and 11 p.m. on Saturday. brand, valued at $45; and a Tuesday. March 12; and taking beer valued at about $5 from a pool house in the 1790 block of East Brewington Road. Cash in a FLASH! , 51, of Joe We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins Lloyd A. Tainter Jr. & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Billy Road, Gable, was ar- Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates rested on Friday and charged with third degree Lafayette Gold domestic violence for alleg- and Silver Exchange edly assaulting a victim InsideInnside VestcoVestco PrPropertiesopperrties while in the 5100 block of Joe Billy Road, Gable. 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 ((inside Coca-Cola Building) James A. Stoudemire II, 22, of Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM 954 Saint Julien Drive, Eu- tawville, was arrested on 803-773-8022 Wednesday and charged SUMTER CEMETERY with second degree burglary PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY for allegedly taking a video 16 S. MAIN STREET camera valued at $200 from - EST. 1830 - a church in the 4000 block of Powell’s SUMTER SC U.S. 15 South between Feb. 13, 2017 and Feb. 14. ON MAIN (803) 775-8171 Laurestina A. Dingle, 34, of 1033 The Sumter Cemetery has been around Leflore Drive, was arrested since the early 1800’s and has interred over on Wednesday and charged 3000 veterans of all American confl icts. FOR MEN & LADIES with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature Flags are put on veterans’ graves on and malicious injury to per- Wreaths Across America sonal property after she al- Memorial Day, and legedly hit a woman about celebrates each December with a ceremony the body with a baseball bat and wreaths along the property. and twice attempted to run over the victim with a vehicle Our goals at the Cemetery are to provide while in the 5400 block of Broad Street. According to a the loved ones of the interned with a place news release from Sumter they can be proud of. County Sheriff’s Office, the victim sustained bruising to her side and upper body. Din- gle also reportedly used a 00 baseball bat to break the $1000 a space windshield of the victim’s ve- hicle and hit the exterior of the vehicle. Barbara Ann Delles, 37, of 5785 Now, through June 30, 2017, Shamrock Drive, Wedgefield, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with forgery and breach of trust with fraudu- SAVE 50% lent intent after she allegedly forged counterfeit checks in the amount of $10,148.44 at a when you purchase a space. business located in the 3300 block of Wilton Drive between March 1 and May 1. Accord- Ph: 803.775.8001 ing to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Of- fice, Delles allegedly used a Cell: 803.968.1580

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Human Services Commis- Texas is asking the federal sion. government to reverse At a public hearing course and provide fund- Monday, Planned Parent- ing for a state-run wom- hood supporters criticized en’s health program that Texas health officials for excludes abortion provid- seeking the waiver while ers, an apparent test of the continuing to exclude the Trump administration nation’s largest abortion that could provide a model provider from the state for other conservative program, which is now states. known as Healthy Texas Since 2011, Texas has Women. Texas expects to chosen to forgo millions in finalize its request this federal Medicare dollars summer to the federal AP FILE PHOTO rather than let abortion Centers for Medicare and Passengers en route to London check in at Biarritz airport, southwestern France, in 2006. U.S. and Europe- providers, such as Planned Medicaid Services. an officials on Wednesday discussed plans to broaden a U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include Parenthood, participate in Only Missouri and most planes from Europe. Read the full story at www.theitem.com. a statewide program that recently Iowa have joined provides birth control, Texas in spurning federal pregnancy testing and dollars rather than let Talks on airplane laptop ban health screenings for low- abortion providers into its income women. women’s health programs, Although the move said Elizabeth Nash, a pol- showed the resolve of Re- icy analyst with the Gutt- publican lawmakers deter- macher Institute, a nation- end with no ban, more talks mined to get Texas out of al organization that sup- business with abortion ports abortion rights. But BRUSSELS (AP) — Talks on They also shared details the devices to work during providers, a state report Texas is the first state to a proposed U.S. ban on laptops about their aviation security flight. found that 30,000 fewer seek a waiver with the and tablets in flights from Eu- standards and detection capa- Such a ban would dwarf in women were served in the Trump administration, rope ended Wednesday with bilities, and agreed to meet size the current one, which program after the chang- and Nash said other states no ban — and a promise of again in Washington next was put in place in March and es. More than 80 family could follow. more talks and better intelli- week “to further assess affects about 50 flights a day planning centers also “If Texas is successful, gence sharing. shared risks and solutions for from 10 cities, mostly in the closed in Texas, a third of there’s no reason to think For days now, European protecting airline passengers, Middle East. which were Planned Par- these others states Union officials have been hop- while ensuring the smooth The International Air enthood affiliates. wouldn’t try to do the ing for details on the threat functioning of global air trav- Transport Association, or Texas health officials exact same thing,” Nash that prompted the proposed el,” according to a joint state- IATA, which represents 265 say the program has since said. ban — the same details that ment. airlines, wrote to both the EU improved and now want Planned Parenthood U.S. President Trump dis- The White House has de- and the U.S. State Department the Trump administration currently has about 35 cussed with Russian diplo- fended Trump’s decision to on Tuesday to oppose the pro- to provide dollars blocked clinics in Texas and served mats at the White House last share classified information posed ban, which it said under President Obama. more than 126,000 individ- week. involving an Islamic State would deeply affect the econo- The stakes potentially ual patients last year, in- The airline industry came group terror threat related to my and cause the equivalent extend far beyond Texas. cluding those seeking out against the proposal in a the use of laptops on aircraft of $1.1 billion in lost time to Abortion-rights groups abortions. strongly worded letter that with the Russian foreign min- passengers. worry that if Texas suc- State officials estimate said it would cause a severe ister and Russian ambassador. There is also the question of ceeds, other conservative that more than 169,000 downturn in trans-Atlantic The proposed electronics the relative safety of keeping states will also cut off women are now enrolled air travel and cost travelers ban would create logistical a large number of electronics Planned Parenthood and in the Healthy Texas more than a billion dollars in chaos on the world’s busiest with lithium batteries, which put clinics in jeopardy. Women program, nearly a lost time. air travel corridor — as many have been known to catch fire, “There is a new adminis- two-fold increase over On Wednesday, in a secure as 65 million people a year in the cargo area. IATA pro- tration, and we’re looking when the revamped pro- room in Brussels, officials travel between Europe and posed more in-depth preflight at what opportunities may gram launched last sum- from the U.S. Department of North America on nearly 400 screening rather than forcing exist for us,” said Carrie mer. 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Mueller was given sweeping power Wednesday to investi- gate Russian interference in AREA GRADUATION CEREMONIES the 2016 presidential cam- paign, with a broad man- SUMTER COUNTY CLARENDON COUNTY date that could encompass • Thomas Sumter Academy, Saturday, • Laurence Manning Academy, Friday, any questionable actions of 10 a.m., High school gymnasium 7 p.m., Weldon Auditorium President Trump’s associ- • Wilson Hall, Thursday, May 25, 7 • Clarendon Hall, Friday, May 26, 7 ates and possibly even the p.m., Patriot Hall p.m., School gymnasium circumstances of last week’s abrupt firing of • Sumter Career and Technology • East Clarendon High School, Friday, James Comey. Center, Thursday, June 1, 6:30 p.m., June 2, 6 p.m., High school The Justice Department’s Patriot Hall gymnasium appointment of Mueller as • Crestwood High School, 3 p.m., • Scott’s Branch High School, Friday, a special counsel is an ac- Friday, June 2, Sumter Co. Civic June 2, 7 p.m., Middle/High school knowledgment of growing AP FILE PHOTO Center gymnasium public demands to place the Then-incoming FBI Director James Comey talks with outgoing FBI • Lakewood High School, 7 p.m., • Manning High School, Saturday, politically charged inquiry Director Robert Mueller before Comey was officially sworn in at Friday, June 2, Sumter Co. Civic June 3, 8:30 a.m., High school into the hands of an out- the Justice Department in Washington in 2013. On Thursday, Jus- Center football stadium side investigator with bi- tice Department said it is appointing Mueller as special counsel partisan support. It follows • Sumter High School, 9 a.m., to oversee investigation into alleged Russian interference in the LEE COUNTY weeks of questions about Saturday, June 3, Memorial Stadium 2016 presidential election. the Justice Department’s (High school football stadium) • Robert E. Lee Academy, Friday, 7 p.m., School gymnasium independence from the examining whether Russia In appointing Mueller, the White House and comes coordinated with Trump Justice Department selected • Lee Central High School, Saturday, two months after Attorney campaign associates to in- a seasoned law enforcement June 3, 10 a.m., Lee Central Middle General Jeff Sessions had fluence the election in his veteran who guided the FBI School gymnasium to recuse himself because behalf, and he will have au- through the aftermath of of his own undisclosed Rus- thority to charge those in- the Sept. 11 attacks and led sian contacts during the volved in any crimes uncov- its terror-fighting efforts campaign. ered. over the next decade. 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FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — Pope versity strikes. The children had been Francis added two Portuguese shep- threatened by local civil authorities herd children to the roster of Catholic with death by boiling oil if they didn’t saints Saturday, honoring young sib- recant their story. But they held fast lings whose reported visions of the and eventually the church recognized Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the the apparitions as authentic in 1930. Portuguese farm town of Fatima into “We can take as our examples Saint one of the world’s most important Francisco and Saint Jacinta, whom Catholic shrines. the Virgin Mary introduced into the Francis proclaimed Francisco and immense ocean of God’s light and Jacinta Marto saints at the start of taught to adore him,” he said. “That Mass marking the centenary of their was the source of their strength in visions. A half-million people watched overcoming opposition and suffering.” in the vast square in front of the The Martos are now the youngest- shrine’s basilica, the Vatican said, cit- ever saints who didn’t die as martyrs. ing Portuguese authorities. Many had Before the Mass, Francis prayed at spent days at Fatima in prayer, recit- the tombs of each of the Fatima vision- ing rosaries before a statue of the Ma- aries. The Marto siblings died two years donna. They clapped as soon as Fran- after the visions during Europe’s Span- cis read the proclamation aloud. ish flu pandemic. Lucia is on track for “It is amazing. It’s like an answer to possible beatification, but her process prayer, because I felt that always they THE ASSOCIATED PRESS couldn’t start until after her 2005 death. would be canonized,” said Agnes Walsh China plates with images of Francisco and Jacinta Marto are displayed for sale on May 4 At the end of the Mass, Francis of- from Killarney, Ireland. She said she in a shop window in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis visited the Fatima shrine on May 12 fered a special greeting to the many prayed to Francisco Marto for 20 years, and 13 to canonize Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two Portuguese shepherd children who faithful who flock to Fatima in hopes hoping her four daughters would meet say they saw visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago. of healing. “nice boys like Francisco.” Participating in the offertory pro- “The four of them have met boys ported that on March 13, 1917, the Vir- ti-clerical laws from the republican cession Saturday were Joao Baptista that are just beautiful. I couldn’t ask gin Mary made the first of a half-doz- government that had forced many and his wife, Lucila Yurie, of Brazil. for better, so he has answered all my en appearances to them while they bishops and priests into exile. They were with their son, Lucas, prayers,” she said. grazed their sheep. They said she con- “Our Lady foretold, and warned us whose medically inexplicable healing The pontiff left Fatima on Saturday fided in them three secrets — foretell- about, a way of life that is godless and was the “miracle” needed for the afternoon after a stay of less than 24 ing apocalyptic visions of hell, war, indeed profanes God in his creatures,” Marto siblings to be declared saints. hours. From his popemobile he salut- communism and the death of a pope Francis said in his homily. “Such a Lucas and the pope embraced. ed thousands of people lining the — and urged them to pray for peace life, frequently proposed and imposed, streets who cheered, waved flags and and a conversion from sin. risks leading to hell.” MORE TO THE STORY shouted “Viva o Papa!” At the time, Europe was in the He urged Catholics today to use the Francisco and Jacinta, aged 9 and 7, throes of World War I, and the Portu- example of the Marto siblings and Read on at www.theitem.com. andChurch their 10-year-old cousin, Lucia, re- guese churchDirectory was suffering under an- draw strength from God, even when ad-

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To view church information online go to www.theitem.com or www.sumterchurchesonline.com THE SUMTER ITEM RELIGION THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | A7 Build each other up Holy re-enactment Exile Tibetans enact a street play of abducting egardless of use or dis- ‘There may be their religious leader Ged- use, the edge of a blade hun Choekyi Nyima, the — a knife, sword and something I could 11th Panchen Lama, by R the like — is prone to Chinese policemen when dulling. When brought to contact he was a boy, during a pro- with an opposing force, the edge say to another that test in Dharmsala, India, on of the blade will lose its taper. Wednesday. The boy lama, Conversely, an might help them fight who was put under house unused blade arrest by the Chinese au- left to the ele- the increasingly thorities this day in 1995 in ments will also Tibet, went missing shortly dull due to the sword-dulling nature after his recognition by the chemical pro- Dalai Lama and has not cess of oxida- of this world.’ been seen since. tion. No matter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Faith Matters what you do, a God’s wisdom in dealing with good blade will this seemingly impossible situa- JAMIE H. always need tion. We traded Scripture-based WILSON sharpening. So information as we spoke. In the is it with believ- end, God provided a way for this ers. We need person to escape this situation, as Create mature relationships each other, we need accountabili- he would later tell me. ty in our daily walk. Regardless The whole interaction had me remember growing You know childish ways, such as of whether we are fighting the thinking about the people I en- up as a child and the game name calling and physi- good fight or have sat the fight counter every day who simply learning early on where cal altercations. Instead out for years, we all need sharp- need to have truth spoken to I how mean some kids you have of trying to win argu- ening. them to affirm their convictions. could be. One child would it better ments with harsh, attack- Proverbs 27:17 says that believ- There may be something I could call another a name, and or con- ing words, we should find ers sharpen each other like “iron say to another that might help the other would respond trastingly words that build up and on iron,” which is a phrase I them fight the increasingly with a worse name and more dif- encourage others. We hadn’t really considered until a sword-dulling nature of this the cycle would continue. Family ficult should conduct ourselves situation last week. world. In some cases, this might Encouragement than the in a manner that brings A friend shared a particularly I realize now that in times of have led to some children other per- honor to God. difficult situation wherein which chaos, God has sent me people crying. This is what I like RICHARD son. Today, may we be chal- he was asked to compromise his who have sharpened me, and I to call playground mental- HOLMES Sadly, lenged to build mature re- convictions at the request of an- felt honored as someone who ity. many of lationships, where true other. He had agreed to partici- could help another. The Apostle Paul writ- us do not Godly love is displayed. pate until it was revealed that Here’s the interesting part: God ing to the Corinthian be- grow out Next week our focus will his participation would cause made us, in part, to help each an- lievers said, “When I was of name calling. In fact, be three important factors him to sign his name to an act other. Scripture tells us that we a child, I talked like a the names can become of true Godly love. he couldn’t endorse. are members of one body (I Cor. child, I thought like a even harsher than they He was flummoxed. How could 12:27). It only makes sense that child, I reasoned like a ever were when we were Family Encouragement he recuse himself from the situa- we encourage one another. child. When I became a growing up. On top of the Corner is a weekly inspira- tion without damaging the rela- My son learned a Bible verse man, I put the ways of name calling, we attack tional thought from Rich- tionship between he and the re- that we encourage him to repeat childhood behind me.” people’s character, we at- ard Holmes. Holmes serves quester? How could he leave the when we find out he has been (NIV). When I read those tack their families — as a chaplain at Shaw Air requester in the lurch, having al- hateful with a friend or hit his words I often picture a whatever is needed to have Force Base. ready agreed to participate? sister. I think it’s highly applica- childish-type love and a the last word and feel as if More to the point, how could he ble as we consider what it means mature adult love. Today, we have won the argument The opinions expressed in show God’s love in what would to sharpen one another as believ- we will focus on how we or fight. The question this article do not express ultimately be a tough situation? ers. sometimes display child- though is: Have we won the views of Shaw Air I didn’t envy his position and “So encourage each other and ish love, but how God anything? Force Base or the United racked my brain for some com- build each other up …” (I Thess. wants us to display ma- It is my opinion, based States Air Force. For more fort to speak to him. Then, Prov- 5:11, NIV). ture love. on this scripture, God information regarding erbs 27:17 came flooding to my Find someone to sharpen this One would hope when wants us to become Family Encouragement mind. His blade is dull, and he week. we grow up and become adults, to become men Corner or to offer your sug- needs support — he needs sharp- adults we put away calling and women who honor gestions or comments, ening for this battle. I encouraged Email Jamie H. Wilson at faith- people names or trying to and respect others. God email familyencourage- him to pray about it and seek [email protected]. win the battle of one up. desires we set aside our [email protected].

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Choir Anniversary Celebra- Who Worship, Win in War" of Galilee Missionary Bap- Gospel Service at 3:30 p.m. tion will be held at 4 p.m. at 7:30 nightly. Speakers: tist Church, Mayesville, and Speakers will be Evangelist Refreshing Springs Kingdom with local churches and Wednesday, Pastor Nell Crestwood High School Clara Hilton of Jehovah Jireh Outreach, meets at Colony choirs participating. Smith; Thursday, Prophet- teacher, will speak. Outreach Ministry, Summer- Square, 741 Bultman Drive, Suite 21, announces: • Monday-Friday, June 5-9 — ess Angela Kirsey; and Fri- Fellowship Outreach Minis- ton; Evangelist Hilton H. Coo- Vacation Bible School, 6-8 day, Bishop Dr. T. La'Trell tries, 1891 Florence Highway, per of Savannah FWB • Sunday, June 4 — Pentecost nightly. Penny. announces: Church, Coward; Evangelist Service at 5 p.m. Carolyn Bennett of Mt. Cal- • Sunday, June 11 — Male Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 • Saturday — Birthday Cele- • Sunday, June 11 — Fourth Chorus Anniversary Celebra- Lynam Road, announces: vary FBH, Manning; and Church Anniversary and 12th bration for Mrs. Gertie In- Evangelist Gayle Parson of tion at 4 p.m. with local • Sunday — Invite a Class- gram will be held at 3 p.m. Ministerial Anniversary Cele- churches and choirs partici- Jehovah Jireh Outreach Min- braqtion at 11 a.m. mate Sunday at 2 p.m. Sis- Pastor Jimmy McGill of Mt. istry, Summerton. pating. ter Tiffany Cooper will Zion Baptist Church, Olanta, • Sunday, June 18 — Father's • Sunday, June 18 — Father's speak. will speak. Mount Olive AME Church, 2738 Day Service at 5 p.m. Deacon Woodrow Road, announces: Day Celebration at 10 a.m. Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. • Thursday-Saturday, May Richard Weeks will speak. • Sunday — Mount Olive AME • Sunday, June 25 — Family 261, Wedgefield, announces: 25-27 — Women's confer- Reid Chapel AME Church, 1008 and Friends Day at 10 a.m. ence as follows: 7:30 p.m. J&I Mass Choir Annual Con- Dibert St., announces: • Monday-Thursday, June 5-8 Trinity Missionary Baptist Thursday, Pastor Teresa cert at 5 p.m. — Vacation Bible School will • Sunday, May 28 — Church Church, 155 Wall St., announc- Baxter, of Lord of Lords of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist be held. Arts, crafts and re- anniversary celebration at es: freshments each night for Hope Ministries of Manning, Church, 325 Fulton St., an- 2:30 p.m. will speak; 7:30 p.m. Friday, nounces: • Sunday-Thursday, May 28- all ages. St. James AME Church, 180 W. Pastor Shaneka Rush, of June 1 — Spring Revival will * Sunday — YWA ministry's Fulton Manning Road, Pine- Cedar Grove Missionary Bap- Abundant Life, will speak; be held at 10 a.m. Sunday anniversary worship celebra- wood, announces: tist Church, 1275 Oswego and 11 a.m. Saturday, Sister and 7 nightly Monday-Thurs- Highway, announces: tion will be held at 10:45 a.m. Kaywanna Davis, of Lord of Sister Anita Blassingame- • Sunday-Tuesday, May 28-30 day. Dr. James S. Hall Jr., pas- * Sunday, May 28 — The 41st Lords of Hope Ministries of McBride will speak. — First Parade of Elders Fel- tor of Triumph Baptist anniversary of soloist Sister Manning, will speak. lowship Services at 2 p.m. Church, Philadelphia, will * Saturday-Sunday, May Sunday, Elder Phillip Ander- speak."Manifesting the Clara Pringle will be cele- First Baptist Missionary 27-28 — Family and friends son; 7 p.m. Monday, Elder Power of God Through brated at 4 p.m. On the pro- Church, 219 S. Washington weekend as follows: 9 a.m.-2 James Cooper; and 7 p.m. Prayer, Preaching and gram: Gospel Kings, Melody St., announces: Aires, Resurrection and p.m. Saturday, workshop, fun Tuesday, Elder Joseph Praise" will be the theme. • Sunday — Annual men's and games for all ages and many others. Postell. Walker Avenue Church of God, day during 11 a.m. worship. cookout on the church St. Mark Missionary Baptist 100 Walker Ave., announces: Cross Road Christian Fellow- The Rev. Justin Gamble, pas- grounds; and 10:45 a.m. Sun- Church, 7650 Summerton ship, 845 Webb St., announc- tor of Mount Sinai Baptist day, Pastor Timothy Taylor, • Sunday — Family and Highway, Silver community, es: Church of Georgetown, will of New Beginnings Outreach friends day program at 11 Pinewood, announces: • Today-Sunday — Women speak. Baptist Church of Seneca, a.m. Pastor Bobby G. Damon • Saturday, July 8 — The play will speak. of Faith Conference at 7:30 High Hills Missionary Baptist will speak. "Love Never Fails" will be p.m. today and Friday, 8:30 Church, 6750 Meeting House New Salem Baptist Church, Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 presented at Patriot Hall, 135 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Road, Dalzell, announces: 2500 W. Oakland Ave., an- A/B Sumter Landing Road, Sunday. Speakers: Pastor nounces: Haynsworth St. Doors open Horatio, announces: Linda Speed of Kingdom M- • Sunday — The 149th anni- at 5 p.m. and the play will • Sunday — YPD Day. High Pact; Pastor Shawonder versary of the church will * Monday-Friday, June 19-23 begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are school graduates recogni- Sabb-Scott of Kingstree Ap- be celebrated. Sunday — Hero Central Vacation $25 in advance or $30 at the tion. Darnell Harris and De- ostolic Faith Church; Pastor school will begin at 9 a.m. Bible School for children in door. Call Azalee Williams- ondre Floyd will speak. 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Deliverance; Prophetess Church, 1114 Boulevard Road, es: school beginning at 8:45 Carolyn Peterson of Cedar Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 announces: a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. Grove MBC; and Evangelist Peach Orchard Road, Dal- • Sunday — One Step Closer Julia Croskey of CrossRoad zell, announces: will perform at 11 a.m. CFM. • Sunday, May 28 — The • Saturday, May 27 — Mount 20% OFF IN STOCK Edwin Boyle Santee Summer 141st Church Anniversary / Hebron Singers will perform Ministry, 1098 Lemon Ave., Homecoming Celebration at at 6 p.m. WEDDING GOWNS Manning, (across from 10 a.m. The Rev. 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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH on farce — HBO's deliriously Mondays. Despite tepid rat- Seasons end for five network profane "Veep" and the parody- ings, Fox's "The Exorcist" will series tonight. On the whole, driven "Saturday Night Live." return to Friday nights. this season has been a bit of a • "The Blacklist" (9 p.m., NBC, TONIGHT'S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS nightmare for network TV. TV-14) ends its fourth season. Simply put, old shows have Once seen as part of NBC's re- • On two helpings of "The lost a great deal of their audi- surgence, this series will move Amazing Race" (CBS, TV-PG), ences, and new shows, with to Wednesday nights in the playing it nice (9 p.m.), bicycle perhaps one exception, have problematic 8 p.m. slot. Its riders (10 p.m.). failed to catch on. since-canceled spin-off "The • Entering its 12th season, A few years ago, ABC had a Blacklist: Redemption" failed "Mysteries at the Museum" (9 p.m., sure thing with its Thursday- to attract many viewers this Travel, TV-PG) examines the night bloc of three shows all season. "Superstore" and "The theft of a sword used by Scot- AP FILE PHOTO associated with producer Good Place" will move to Tues- tish hero William Wallace. In this April 6, 2017, photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Shonda Rhimes. Her first hit, day nights. "Powerless" has • Will Smith and Gene Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit in New "Grey's Anatomy," lost its new car also been canceled. Hackman star in the 1998 York. Random House announced Monday that author Curtis smell about a decade back. To- "This Is Us," the talky multi- thriller "Enemy of the State" (9 Sittenfeld will tell the story of how Hillary Clinton’s life might night, it wraps up its 13th sea- generational NBC soap, will p.m., CMT) about the NSA, a have turned out had she never married Bill Clinton. Science fic- son with a dangerous patient move to Thursday nights next political murder and its cover- tion writer William Gibson is also writing a novel about Hillary escaping the hospital and put- fall. It was one of the few, per- up. Some feel that the Jerry Clinton in which he imagines she won the presidential election. ting the staff in danger (8 p.m., haps the only, new network se- Bruckheimer production, di- No publish dates have been announced. ABC, TV-14). ries to generate serious buzz rected by Tony Scott, antici- Over on the two-hour finale and audience affection. NBC pated real events. Others of "Scandal" (9 p.m., ABC, TV- hopes it will bring "Must See argue that such films have 14), Olivia moves to safeguard TV" back to its Thursday line- helped make a surveillance the president-elect. This year, up. To help do that, the net- state plausible, inevitable and ESPN ending ‘Mike & Mike’ "Scandal," an over-the-top po- work will air a reboot of "Will acceptable. litical melodrama, was put in and Grace" next season as the unique position of not well. CULT CHOICE radio show after 17 years being outrageous enough to Speaking of familiar faces Giant insects menace New keep up with the bizarre series from decades past, Martha Mexico in the 1954 shocker NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN Wingo. The radio show will of events playing out in real- Stewart and Wolfgang Puck "Them!" (8 p.m., TCM), starring Radio’s “Mike & Mike” are be simulcast on TV. life presidential politics and guest-judge on the two-hour James Whitmore and Edmund going their separate ways. Greenberg and Golic have executive branch decorum. season finale of "MasterChef: Ju- Gwenn. The network announced been teamed since 2000. The Viewers have their choice of nior" (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG). Tuesday that Mike Green- show will end later this Washington dramas, from On the two-episode 12th-sea- SERIES NOTES berg would be leaving the year. CBS' sober and relatively son ender for "Supernatural" (8 Penny and Amy enjoy a longtime morning radio Greenberg says his “run grown-up "Madame Secretary" p.m. and 9 p.m., CW, TV-14), girls' weekend on "The Big Bang show he co-hosts with Mike with Golic has been an in- to Netflix's dark and preten- Sam and Dean battle Lucifer Theory" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) Golic to host a new morning credible experience,” but tious "House of Cards." Nei- himself for the fate of an un- ... Rape charges rock Wall TV show on ESPN TV that he’s looking forward to a ther really competes with the born child. Street on "Law & Order: SVU" (8 will premier Jan. 1. 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COMMENTARY Trump, Comey and the Saturday Night Massacre

istory repeats itself, Where Nixon decapitated his first as tragedy, then Justice Department and shut as farce, said Marx. down the special prosecutor’s H On publication office, Trump simply fired an day of my memoir of Richard FBI director who agreed that Nixon’s White House, President Trump had every right to do so. Trump fired FBI Director By October 1973, with two James Comey. Instantly, the dozen Nixon White House, Cab- media cried ‘’Nixonian,’’ com- inet and campaign officers con- paring it to the victed or facing indictment and 1973 Saturday trial, we were steeped in the Night Massa- worst political scandal in U.S. cre. history. Yet, the dif- Nothing comparable exists ferences are today. stark. But if President Trump is en- COMMENTARY The resig- raged, he has every right to be. nations of At- Since July, the FBI has been torney Gener- investigating alleged Trump Pat al Elliot Rich- campaign collusion with Pu- Buchanan ardson and tin’s Russia to hack the DNC Trump the truth-sayer Deputy Attor- and John Podesta’s email ac- ney General counts -- and produced zilch. As WASHINGTON — One both entertaining and a ter- like showing off than a seri- Bill Ruckelshaus and the firing of January, ex-CIA Director thing we’ve learned the past rible president. ous discussion of mutual se- of Special Prosecutor Ar- Mike Morell and ex-DNI James several weeks is to ignore From his own lips: Trump curity concerns. chibald Cox came in the middle Clapper said no collusion had the White House and wait fired Comey at least partly For a time, all we knew is of an East-West crisis. been found. for Donald Trump to spill because of the Russia inves- what the leaker wanted us On Oct. 6, 1973, the high holy Yet every day we hear Demo- the beans. tigation, which he was cer- to know. Then, lo and be- day of Yom Kippur, in a sur- crats and the media bray about Invariably, the president tainly entitled to do. He hold, Trump leapt to the prise attack, Egyptian troops a Putin-Trump connection and contradicts statements from fired acting Attorney Gen- Twitter feed to fill in the crossed the Suez Canal and Russian ‘’control’’ of the presi- his communications team eral Sally Yates because she blanks. Was this wise? breached Israel’s Bar Lev Line. dent. and other officials, and blurts refused to enforce his order Might his disclosures affect Syria attacked on the Golan In the early 1950s, they had a the truth. limiting immigration, which others’ faith in the presi- Heights. term for this. It was called Mc- As counter- most likely, he was legally dent? (What faith?) Might it Within days, 1,000 Israeli sol- Carthyism, and its greatest intuitive as justified in doing. Lower- bring harm to sources em- diers were dead, hundreds of practitioners invariably turned it seems, court rulings that the order bedded in enemy territory? tanks destroyed, dozens of out to be those who had invent- Trump is a was essentially a religious (Is there anyone older than planes downed by Soviet sur- ed the term. truth-teller ban may not hold up in the 10 who didn’t assume that face-to-air missiles. As Egypt’s ‘’Justice delayed is justice de- among spin- Supreme Court, according the Islamic State was weap- army broke through in the nied!’’ applies to presidents, too. meisters. to legal scholars I’ve con- onizing laptops?) Sinai, there came reports that Trump has been under a White sulted. Among other rea- A contrarian might wonder Moshe Dayan was arming Is- cloud of a ‘’Russian connec- Kathleen House: Ba- sons, some non-Muslims what else was on the table in raeli F-4s with nuclear weap- tion’’ to him and his campaign Parker loney! The live in countries included in that room? And who is leak- ons. for nearly a year. Yet no hard president the order, and millions of ing and for what purpose? ‘’This is the end of the Third evidence of Trump-Russia col- did not Muslims live in other coun- Reporters and columnists Temple,’’ Dayan was quoted. lusion in the election has been share any classified infor- tries that weren’t included. love leakers and need them Nixon ordered every U.S. produced. mation with the Russian And, yes, he shared infor- as sources for invaluable in- transport that could fly to deliv- Is not the endless airing of foreign minister and ambas- mation with the Russians, formation. But it should er tanks and planes to Israel. unproven allegations inherent- sador in the Oval. which is well within his con- never be assumed that leak- Gen. Ariel Sharon crossed the ly un-American? Trump: Yeah, sure, I told stitutional authority, if not ers are all noble whistle- Canal to the west and rolled In 1973, NBC’s John Chancel- them some stuff because: obviously prudent. Accord- blowers or that they act north to cut off and kill the lor suggested the ouster of (a) As president, I can do ing to The Washington Post, solely out of altruism or Egyptian 3rd army in Sinai. Richardson, Ruckelshaus and anything I want, including which first reported the loyalty to country. In this The Gulf Arabs declared an Cox was the ‘’most serious con- discussing whatever; and (b) story and in which I have town, unfortunately, the oil embargo of the United stitutional crisis’’ in U.S. histo- I want Russia to step up its faith, Trump revealed the Is- same goes for friends and States. ry, passing over the secession fight against the Islamic lamic State’s plan to weap- colleagues. Whatever the We got reports that nuclear- of 11 Southern states and a State. onize laptops to bring down topic or circumstance, the capable Russian ships were Civil War that cost 620,000 lives. White House: Absurd! airplanes. He also reportedly experienced person always moving through the Darda- One London reporter said that The president did not fire divulged the city whence the keeps one operative ques- nelles and Soviet airborne divi- ‘’the whiff of the Gestapo was FBI Director James Comey intelligence came, which tion in sight: What does he/ sions were moving to airfields. in the clear October air.’’ because of the bureau’s in- could expose the source — she want out of this? U.S. nuclear forces were put on We see a similar hysteria ris- vestigation into possible col- something even the Post Oftentimes the answer is heightened alert. ing today. lusion with Russia. He was would not reveal. The infor- an unspoken agreement to On Oct. 10, another blow had Yet that was not a constitu- simply following the recom- mation was passed on by a be of mutual use to one an- befallen Nixon’s White House. tional crisis then, and the man- mendation of Deputy Attor- partner country with which other. This is the subtext in Vice President Agnew pleaded dated early retirement of Jim ney General Rod Rosen- the U.S. had an intelligence- all negotiations and, per- nolo contendere to tax evasion Comey is not a constitutional stein, of whom no one had sharing agreement. For the haps, was foremost in and resigned. crisis now. ever heard until right this foreseeable future, the media Trump’s mind when he pre- Nixon immediately named And that the mainstream minute, but he’s key to ev- will be consumed with this tended to trust the Rus- Gerald Ford to replace him. media are equating ‘’Russia- erything going forward. breach of judgment, but not sians. Maybe it was a test of It was in this environment, gate’’ and Watergate tells you Trump: Yeah, sure I was law. Don’t get me wrong. I’m trust. Maybe it was just with Henry Kissinger in Mos- what is afoot. thinking about the Russia no Trump cheerleader. But a careless bumbling. Who cow trying to negotiate a cease- Trump is hated by this city, investigation. I’ve been dispassionate evaluation of knows? fire in the Mideast, that Cox re- which gave him 4 percent of its thinking of firing Comey events would seem timely It’s maddening not to fused to accept a compromise votes, as much as Nixon was. since the beginning. He’s a and provide relief from the know, but of this we can be deal that would give him veri- And the deep-state determina- disaster. exploding-heads parade on certain: Wait awhile. fied summaries of Nixon’s tion to bring him down is as Trump can’t help himself. TV. Trump, the impulsive truth- tapes, but not actual tapes. great as it was with Nixon. Lies seem to bore him, even The unanswerable ques- sayer, will tell us sooner or Democrat Senators Sam Ervin By 1968, the liberal establish- when told in his defense. tion is: Why would Trump later. and John Stennis had accepted ment had lost the mandate it They’re too much trouble. do this? Perhaps he is naive, this compromise, as had Rich- had held since 1933, but not lost And, besides, he’s always stupid or sly like a fox. But Kathleen Parker’s email ad- ardson, or so we believed. its ability to wound and kill gotten his way by speaking his odd boast to the Rus- dress is kathleenparker@ Nixon had no choice. As he presidents. his and everyone else’s sians that he gets “great washpost.com. told me, he could not, in this Though Nixon won 49 states, mind. His impulse to share intel” — “I have people Cold War crisis, have Soviet that establishment took him his unfiltered thoughts is brief me on great intel © 2017, Washington Post Premier Leonid Brezhnev see down. Though Ronald Reagan precisely what makes him every day” — seemed more Writers Group him back down in the face of won 49 states, that establish- defiance by one of his own Cab- ment almost took him down in inet appointees. the Iran-Contra affair. If he had to, Nixon told me, And that is the end they have LETTER TO THE EDITOR many questions and few leads and without he would reach down to a GS-7 in mind for President Trump. family in the area we want to keep the case at Justice to fire Cox: ‘’We can’t FRIENDS REMIND COMMUNITY THAT in the public, as it is easy for such a case to have that viper sleeping in the Patrick J. Buchanan is the au- BARBARA NAVE STILL MISSING grow cold; so please beware. If it can hap- bed with us.’’ thor of a new book, ‘’Nixon’s pen to Barbara, it can happen to anyone. That Saturday night, I told White House Wars: The Battles On February 9th of this year, our dear In closing we wish to extend our grati- friends, next week will bring That Made and Broke a Presi- friend, Barbara Nave, went missing and has tude to local law enforcement, particularly resolutions of impeachment in dent and Divided America For- not yet been found. Barbara is a sister, moth- the Sumter County Sheriff’s office, and es- the House. And so it did. ever.’’ er, grandmother, teacher, member of our pecially Detective Bonner, who has dedicat- How do Nixon and Trump’s community and a friend to many. You may ed so much time to this case. There are also actions differ? © 2017 creators.com have seen her “MISSING” flyer around town. thanks to the numerous agencies that have Since Barbara is 80 years of age, many taken part in the search, i.e. DNR, SLED, believe she had cognitive issues, but Barba- K-9 Units, Statewide Search and Rescue/Re- ra was working on her “second” Ph.D. when covery volunteers, aerial pilots and any FROM OUR TIMELINE @THEITEM she disappeared. With each passing day we other we may have overlooked. We also grow more and more concerned and are wish to thank Jack Osteen and Kathy Staf- reaching out to the public for help. If any- ford of The Sumter Item, and the many one knows anything or has heard anything businesses who have posted flyers of Barba- regarding this case, we encourage you to ra and continue to post it, as well as all that please contact local law enforcement. We have lifted Barbara up in prayer. With a really want to see this case resolved. combined effort we feel sure that we can As life goes on it is easy to forget Barbara bring Barbara home. is missing from our community, but for KATHLEEN KREKLAU family and friends, it’s another reminder AND MARIA RODGERS Barbara is still not with us. There are so Sumter and Kingstree, respectively A10 | THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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USC SUMTER PREP SOFTBALL Fire Ants tab Giordano as 8 innings, 8 titles first women’s golf coach USCS also hires Stutz as Fundraising Coordinator BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS [email protected]

The University of South Caro- lina Sumter athletics depart- ment addressed two of its big- gest needs in recent weeks — one on the field and one off. USCS is adding two new sports for the fall, and the Fire Ants an- nounced the hiring of Hope Giordano GIORDANO as the new head coach for the up- coming women’s golf program. A native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Giordano is a re- cent graduate of Kutztown Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. “It was just something I really could not turn down,” Giordano said of the opportunity to coach at USC Sumter. “I truly do love the game and I love helping oth- ers, and I decided I really wanted to go into coaching. I saw the opening at USC Sumter and the fact that they were starting a program. I thought that was PHOTOS BY RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM huge — giving women the oppor- The Laurence Manning Academy softball team celebrates after defeating Wilson Hall 3-2 in eight innings to defend its SCISA 3A state tunity to play.” championship on Wednesday at the Lakewood High School field. The Lady Swampcats scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie That opportunity is something the game and won it in the eighth. Giordano knows well. She origi- nally went to Emmanuel College and made the Southern States Laurence Manning edges past Wilson Hall 3-2 in extra Athletic Conference All-Confer- ence Team in 2014 and was a Na- tional Christian College Associa- innings as Lady Swampcats repeat as SCISA 3A champs tion Golf National Champion- ship Individual Qualifier. BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS back-to-back titles with a 3-2 the eighth overall title for Giordano played her last two [email protected] victory. Laurence Manning and seasons at Kutztown where she Trailing by a run in the eighth under head coach was a two-time MVP recipient, a Maggie Josey didn’t really bottom of the seventh in- Maria Rowland. two-time All-Pennsylvania State even know how to describe ning on Wednesday at the “Tonight was huge and Athletic Conference First Team the feeling of her last at-bat Lakewood High School field, we had to fight hard,” said selection and a PSAC Golfer of for the 2017 softball season. LMA got a much-needed Rowland, whose team fin- “I don’t really have any 1-out RBI double from Abbie ished the season 26-9-1. “I words to say – it just feels Beard to tie the game at 2-2 knew it was going to be a SEE USCS, PAGE B4 good,” the Laurence Man- and eventually force extra battle. I’m proud of my girls. ning Academy first baseman innings. I’ve got 17 girls and some of said. “I was trying to exe- With international tie- the best coaches I’ve ever cute and get the bunt down, breaker rules in effect, it had and I’m so proud of all PRO BASKETBALL and I didn’t do that. But I took only one batter – Josey of them. knew I had to do some- – to bring home the winning “…We had to get through thing.” run in the bottom of the that adversity and we had to Warriors, Spurs That “something” proved eighth as she connected on a learn from that adversity.” to be a walk-off RBI single 2-2 pitch and drove it deep It was a tense champion- in the third and deciding into center to score Ashton ship run to say the least, es- will try to use Laurence Manning pitcher Liz game of the SCISA 3A state Rogers from third as her pecially in the later innings. Hussey winds up for a pitch championship series against teammates stormed the field Wednesday night at the Lake- Wilson Hall – one that lifted for the second year in a row. break to rest wood High School field. the Lady Swampcats to The championship marks SEE REPEAT, PAGE B3 and heal again

BY JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer East Clarendon captures 1A crown

OAKLAND, Calif. — Still un- beaten, the Golden State War- Lady Wolverines pull riors have a few days to heal up again. Gregg Popovich’s time off improbable rally will be spent working to get his San Antonio Spurs to wake up, before it’s too late. to get past Dixie 4-3 And determine whether in- jured superstar Kawhi Leonard BY EDDIE LITAKER might be healthy enough to re- Special to The Sumter Item turn from an ankle injury, too. Sure, the Warriors just pulled TURBEVILLE — The game was over. off a 36-point thrashing of the Both sides were preparing for a Game 3 Spurs two days after squeaking to decide who would be the 2017 1A soft- out a 113-111 victory in Game 1 ball state champion. of the Western Conference finals Then the unthinkable happened as — their second-largest postsea- Dixie High School second baseman son win behind a game from Sommer Burton’s throw sailed over 1948 when the Philadelphia War- first baseman Mackenzie Freeman’s riors won by 39 at St. Louis. head, allowing Bailey Evans to reach on Draymond Green, for one, what appeared to be a routine final out. doesn’t believe the Warriors will Then, with runners on first and third get anything easy when they ar- and East Clarendon trailing 3-2, Elly rive in San Antonio for Satur- Floyd took the sixth pitch from Delanie day’s Game 3. Laudenbacher into right-center field to “They’re going to play as hard plate Zoe McElveen, who was running as they can until it’s over. So, we for catcher Abby Reardon, with the know we’re not taking their tying run. heart,” he said after Tuesday’s With Floyd’s hit taking much of the 136-100 rout. “At the end, all we pressure off, Caitlin Timmons came up did was what we were supposed with a chance to win a state champion- to do, we took care of home ship and did just that with a ball to court. Now the real challenge is right that Lady Hornets rightfielder going on the road and trying to Lauren Davenport couldn’t quite get to get some wins.” on the dive. The hit scored Evans as the MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM The East Clarendon softball team celebrates after rallying to defeat Dixie 4-3 on Wednesday to claim the 1A state championship at the EC field. The Lady Wolverines SEE BREAK, PAGE B2 SEE WOLVERINES, PAGE B3 swept the best-of-3 championship series. B2 | THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

land, 62; Darvish, Texas, 61; Estrada, Toronto, 58; McCullers, Houston, 57; SCOREBOARD Keuchel, Houston, 54; Morton, Hous- ton, 54; Carrasco, Cleveland, 52; Por- TV, RADIO cello, Boston, 52; 1 tied at 50. NATIONAL LEAGUE TODAY EAST DIVISION 5:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: Europe- an PGA Tour Rocco Forte Open First W L Pct GB Round from Sicily, Italy (GOLF). Washington 25 13 .658 — 6 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Italian Atlanta 15 21 .417 9 Open Early-Round Matches from New York 16 23 .410 9½ Rome (TENNIS). Philadelphia 14 22 .389 10 9:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: Europe- Miami 14 25 .359 11½ an PGA Tour Rocco Forte Open First CENTRAL DIVISION Round from Sicily, Italy (GOLF). W L Pct GB 10 a.m. – International Hockey: IIHF St. Louis 21 16 .568 — World Championship Quarterfinal Milwaukee 22 18 .550 ½ Match from Cologne, Germany – Unit- Cincinnati 19 19 .500 2½ ed States vs. Finland (NBC SPORTS Chicago 19 19 .500 2½ NETWORK). Pittsburgh 16 23 .410 6 11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Italian Open Early-Round Matches from WEST DIVISION Rome (TENNIS). W L Pct GB 12:30 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour Colorado 25 15 .625 — Champions Regions Tradition First Arizona 24 18 .571 2 Round from Birmingham, Ala. (GOLF). Los Angeles 23 18 .561 2½ 12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco 17 25 .405 9 Washington at Pittsburgh or Colora- San Diego 15 26 .366 10½ do at Minnesota (MLB NETWORK). 2:40 p.m. – International Soccer: Eng- TUESDAY’S GAMES lish Premier League Match – Totten- Atlanta 9, Toronto 5 ham vs. Leicester City (NBC SPORTS Washington 8, Pittsburgh 4 NETWORK). Houston 12, Miami 2 3:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 5 Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs or Phila- Texas 5, Philadelphia 1 delphia at Texas (MLB NETWORK). Colorado 7, Minnesota 3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 p.m. – PGA Golf: AT&T Byron Nelson Boston 6, St. Louis 3 First Round from Irving, Texas (GOLF). Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Golden State’s Kevin Durant, right, works for a rebound against San Antonio’s Dewayne Dedmon, 6 p.m. – College Baseball: Clemson at Milwaukee 6, San Diego 2 center left, during the Warriors 136-100 Game 2 victory on Tuesday in the Western Conference finals North Carolina State (WPUB-FM San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 102.7). in Oakland, California. 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk WEDNESDAY’S GAMES (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). Houston 3, Miami 0 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Kentucky at Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 11 innings way I can process this is I practice in the Bay Area on Florida (ESPN). L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 1 BREAK 7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Minnesota Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. think it’s not about O’s and Thursday before flying to at New York (ESPN2). Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. FROM PAGE B1 X’s or rebounds or turn- Texas. 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisiana Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. State at Mississippi State (SEC NET- Philadelphia at Texas, 8:05 p.m. overs or anything like that. I Kerr is recovering from a WORK). Colorado at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Starting center Zaza Pa- think we’ve maybe felt it too May 5 procedure at Duke 7 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Boston at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Tour BMW Charity Pro-Am First Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. chulia was scheduled for an much, Kawhi being gone, in University to repair a spinal Round from Greer (GOLF). MRI exam Wednesday on the sense that I don’t think fluid leak and Mike Brown 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Georgia at TODAY’S GAMES South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). Washington (Roark 3-1) at Pittsburgh his bruised right heel after — as I watched — I don’t has been coaching during 7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: (Glasnow 1-3), 12:35 p.m. an X-ray was negative. Key think they believed. his absence, but the reigning Toronto at Atlanta (FOX SPORTS Colorado (Chatwood 3-5) at Minne- SOUTHEAST, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB- sota (Berrios 1-0), 1:10 p.m. reserve and 2015 NBA Finals “And you have to believe. I NBA Coach of the Year has FM 102.7). Philadelphia (Pivetta 0-2) at Texas MVP Andre Iguodala’s sta- don’t think as a group they been attending practices 7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Kansas at (Perez 1-5), 2:05 p.m. Texas Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Cincinnati (Garrett 3-2) at Chicago tus was unclear after he really did, which means again and addressing the 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New Cubs (Lester 1-2), 2:20 p.m. missed Game 2 with sore- probably a little bit feeling team in the locker room York Yankees at Kansas City (FOX Milwaukee (Davies 4-2) at San Diego SPORTS 1). (Cahill 3-2), 3:40 p.m. ness in his left knee. sorry for themselves psycho- while watching games be- 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Toronto (Stroman 3-2) at Atlanta (Te- hind the scenes. Playoffs Western Conference Final heran 3-3), 7:35 p.m. “The schedule comes in logically, subconsciously, Series Game Four – Anaheim at Nash- Miami (Volquez 0-5) at L.A. Dodgers and helps us out,” guard whatever psycho-babble The Warriors just want to ville (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). (Ryu 1-5), 10:10 p.m. 9 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Kingsmill Champi- Shaun Livingston said. “We word you want to use.” keep the momentum that onship First Round from Williams- FRIDAY’S GAMES miss him out there, but he’ll Popovich had no guess has them at 10-0 this post- burg, Va. (GOLF). Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Diego p.m. get healthy and in the mean- about Leonard’s status for season. Both Kerr and De La Hoya vs. Erik Ruiz in a Super Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. time it’s up to the rest of us Game 3, saying it would like- Brown emphasized a better Bantamweight Bout from Tucson, Colorado at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Ariz. (ESPN). L.A. Angels at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. to stay ready.” ly be decided as late as Fri- start on both ends in Game 2 1:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. They certainly did Tues- day or Saturday. to control the tempo from Series West from Airway Heights, San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Wash. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Arizona at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. day. San Antonio isn’t ready to the opening tip. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Stephen Curry, Kevin Du- let this best-of-seven series “You just want to continue NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS rant and Golden State’s get away as it shifts home. to build good habits, sustain MLB STANDINGS BATTING—Harper, Washington, .388; By The Associated Press Zimmerman, Washington, .385; starters got plenty of rest in “It’s tough, but it’s a long the level of play. I don’t Posey, San Francisco, .379; Turner, the fourth quarter on a series,” guard Patty Mills know how much it will AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles, .366; Kemp, Atlanta, EAST DIVISION .348; Freeman, Atlanta, .343; Cozart, night the bench delivered a said. “Two games, now we’re carry over Game 2 to Game W L Pct GB Cincinnati, .339; Gyorko, St. Louis, season-best 63 points. going back home so there are 3 going back to their place,” New York 23 13 .639 — .330; Owings, Arizona, .321; 2 tied at Popovich was left per- still a lot of reasons to be- Curry said. “But for us men- Baltimore 23 14 .622 ½ .319. Boston 20 18 .526 4 RUNS—Harper, Washington, 42; plexed and downright dis- lieve. We’re just going to tally, we just know what we Tampa Bay 21 22 .488 5½ Thames, Milwaukee, 37; Freeman, At- gusted that his team got keep pounding on that. need to do to be successful Toronto 17 23 .425 8 lanta, 34; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 32; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 30; Votto, dominated in such embar- There’s nothing else to do.” against this team, even with CENTRAL DIVISION Cincinnati, 28; Zimmerman, Washing- W L Pct GB ton, 28; Arenado, Colorado, 27; 5 tied rassing fashion without The Warriors should get Kawhi back in there, proba- Minnesota 19 16 .543 — at 26. Leonard, who re-injured his another nice boost from bly on Saturday. You’ve got Cleveland 20 19 .513 1 RBI—Zimmerman, Washington, 38; Detroit 18 19 .486 2 Harper, Washington, 36; Votto, Cin- tender left ankle in Game 1 coach Steve Kerr, who is to understand exactly the Chicago 17 20 .459 3 cinnati, 35; Reynolds, Colorado, 33; after stepping on Pachulia’s well enough that he plans to things that we did better to- Kansas City 16 22 .421 4½ Goldschmidt, Arizona, 32; Shaw, Mil- WEST DIVISION waukee, 31; Blackmon, Colorado, 30; foot. travel with the team to San night. That’s just being a lot Murphy, Washington, 30; Ozuna, W L Pct GB Antonio on Thursday. Gold- Miami, 29; Tomas, Arizona, 28; 4 tied “Tonight, it’s not what I more alert defensively to Houston 29 12 .707 — at 27. Los Angeles 21 21 .500 8½ expected. I’m disappointed,” en State has planned a day start and just making them HITS—Zimmerman, Washington, 52; Texas 20 20 .500 8½ Blackmon, Colorado, 51; Harper, Popovich said. “The only off Wednesday, then will work.” Seattle 18 22 .450 10½ Washington, 50; Turner, Los Angeles, Oakland 17 22 .436 11 49; Myers, San Diego, 48; Freeman, TUESDAY’S GAMES Atlanta, 46; Hernandez, Philadelphia, Atlanta 9, Toronto 5 46; Murphy, Washington, 46; Pollock, Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 4 Arizona, 46; 5 tied at 45. SPORTS ITEMS Baltimore 13, Detroit 11, 13 innings DOUBLES—Zimmerman, Washington, Houston 12, Miami 2 15; Arenado, Colorado, 13.. Texas 5, Philadelphia 1 TRIPLES—Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Co- Colorado 7, Minnesota 3 zart, Cincinnati, 4; Hamilton, Cincin- Boston 6, St. Louis 3 nati, 4. N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 1 HOME RUNS—Freeman, Atlanta, 14; Harper, Washington, 13; Thames, Mil- Montgomery to make 7th career L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 6, 11 innings waukee, 13; Zimmerman, Washing- Oakland 9, Seattle 6 ton, 13; Reynolds, Colorado, 12; Myers, San Diego, 11; Ozuna, Miami, WEDNESDAY’S GAMES 11; Stanton, Miami, 11; Votto, Cincin- Houston 3, Miami 0 nati, 11; 3 tied at 10. PITCHING—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 6-2; start today against Kansas City Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 4 Baltimore at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Senzatela, Colorado, 6-1; Greinke, Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Arizona, 5-2; 14 tied at 4-1. Philadelphia at Texas, 8:05 p.m. STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, Sumter native and New York Yankees Colorado at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. 70; deGrom, New York, 67; Greinke, pitcher Jordan Montgomery will make his Boston at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona, 66; Samardzija, San Francis- N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. co, 63; Ray, Arizona, 59; Kershaw, Los seventh career start today against the Kan- Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, Angeles, 57; Martinez, St. Louis, 57; sas City Royals in Kansas City, Missouri. 10:07 p.m. Cahill, San Diego, 51; 3 tied at 49. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. The game is scheduled for an 8:15 p.m. start and will be televised on Fox Sports 1. TODAY’S GAMES NBA PLAYOFFS Baltimore (Bundy 5-1) at Detroit By The Associated Press The 6-foot-6-inch left-hander is 2-2 with a (Zimmermann 3-2), 1:10 p.m. 4.19 earned run average in 34 1/3 innings Colorado (Chatwood 3-5) at Minne- CONFERENCE FINALS sota (Berrios 1-0), 1:10 p.m. (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) pitched. He has 33 strikeouts while walking Philadelphia (Pivetta 0-2) at Texas 15 batters and allowing 33 hits. (Perez 1-5), 2:05 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto (Stroman 3-2) at Atlanta (Te- Boston vs. Cleveland In his most recent outing, Montgomery al- heran 3-3), 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, May 17: Cleveland at lowed four runs in six innings in a 5-1 loss AP FILE PHOTO N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 2-2) at Boston, 8:30 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 2-3), 8:15 p.m. Friday, May 19: Cleveland at Boston, to Houston. He allowed eight hits, including Sumter native and New York Yankees pitcher Jor- Boston (Velazquez 0-0) at Oakland 8:30 p.m. a three-run home run to Brian McCann, dan Montgomery will make his seventh career (Gray 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Sunday, May 21: Boston at Cleveland, Chicago White Sox (Covey 0-3) at Se- 8:30 p.m. while striking out seven and walking one. start today against the Kansas City Royals. attle (Gaviglio 0-0), 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 23: Boston at Cleve- land, 8:30 p.m. SUMTER GOLF FINISHES 11TH FRIDAY’S GAMES x-Thursday, May 25: Cleveland at winning the NCAA Tournament. Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Boston, 8:30 p.m. NORTH CHARLESTON — Sumter High L.A. Angels at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. x-Saturday, May 27: Boston at Cleve- CLEMSON 11 N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. land, 8:30 p.m. School’s varsity boys golf team finished 11th Texas at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. x-Monday, May 29: Cleveland at Bos- COASTAL CAROLINA 8 Cleveland at Houston, 8:10 p.m. ton, 8:30 p.m. out of 16 teams in the 54-hole 5A state tour- Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. nament. CLEMSON — Seth Beer’s grand slam in Boston at Oakland, 9:35 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 Golden State 1, San Antonio 0 The Gamecocks shot 994, 130 shots over the eighth inning gave Clemson the lead for p.m. Sunday, May 14: Golden State 113, par. Boiling Springs won the title with an good in a win over defending national cham- San Antonio 111 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS Tuesday, May 16: Golden State 136, 889. SHS was No. 4 among lower state titles. pion Coastal Carolina at Doug Kingsmore BATTING—Segura, Seattle, .363; Trout, San Antonio 100 Sumter’s Dixon Flowers finished 18th in- Stadium on Tuesday. Los Angeles, .344; Castro, New York, Saturday, May 20: Golden State at .340; AGarcia, Chicago, .338; Bo- San Antonio, 9 p.m. dividually. The Tigers improved to 38-15, while the gaerts, Boston, .336; Dickerson, Monday, May 22: Golden State at San Chanticleers dropped to 34-18-1. Tampa Bay, .333; Cruz, Seattle, .326; Antonio, 9 p.m. SUMTER HIGH BASKETBALL CAMP SET Judge, New York, .320; Pillar, Toronto, x-Wednesday, May 24: San Antonio at Coastal rallied from a 7-1 deficit to take an .313; LGarcia, Chicago, .312; 1 tied at Golden State, 9 p.m. The Sumter High Basketball Camp will be 8-7 lead in the top of the eighth. However, .297. x-Friday, May 26: Golden State at San RUNS—Judge, New York, 30; Lindor, Antonio, 9 p.m. held June 5-8 at the SHS gymnasium at 2580 the Tigers loaded the bases with one out in Cleveland, 28; Castro, New York, 27; x-Sunday, May 28: San Antonio at McCray’s Mill Road. the bottom of the inning before Beer blasted Correa, Houston, 27; Gardner, New Golden State, 9 p.m. York, 27; Pillar, Toronto, 27; Sano, The camp is open to boys and girls ages a grand slam to right-center. Minnesota, 27; Trout, Los Angeles, 27; 6-17. It will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day The Tigers begin a 3-game road series 3 tied at 26. NHL PLAYOFFS RBI—Cruz, Seattle, 34; Pujols, Los An- By The Associated Press at a cost of $40. For more information, con- against North Carolina State today at 6 p.m. geles, 30; Sano, Minnesota, 30; Alon- (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) tact Sumter boys head coach Shawn Jones so, Oakland, 29; Judge, New York, 29; SOUTH CAROLINA 6 Cano, Seattle, 28; Betts, Boston, 27; CONFERENCE FINALS at (803) 467-3874. Gallo, Texas, 27; Mazara, Texas, 27; Ottawa 1, Pittsburgh 1 USC UPSTATE 3 Trout, Los Angeles, 27; 2 tied at 26. Saturday, May 13: Ottawa 2, Pitts- SOUTH CAROLINA’S STALEY RECEIVES HITS—Castro, New York, 51; Dicker- burgh 1, OT COLUMBIA— Justin Row, Carlos Cortes son, Tampa Bay, 51; Pillar, Toronto, Monday, May 15: Pittsburgh 1, Ottawa 0 N.Y. ATHLETIC CLUB AWARD and Alex Destino all hit home runs as South 51; AGarcia, Chicago, 46; Cruz, Seat- Wednesday, May 17: Pittsburgh at tle, 45; Segura, Seattle, 45; Bogaerts, Ottawa, 8 p.m. COLUMBIA — South Carolina women’s Carolina defeated USC Upstate on Tuesday Boston, 44; Trout, Los Angeles, 44; 4 Friday, May 19: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, basketball coach Dawn Staley was honored at Founders Park. tied at 43. 8 p.m. DOUBLES—Moreland, Boston, 15; Tra- Sunday, May 21: Ottawa at Pitts- Tuesday night by the New York Athletic Carolina improved to 31-21 on the season vis, Toronto, 14; Betts, Boston, 13; burgh, 3 p.m. Club, receiving the Winged Foot Award that while the Spartans dropped to 22-30. Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 12; Pillar, To- x-Tuesday, May 23: Pittsburgh at Ot- ronto, 12. tawa, 8 p.m. goes to the head coach of the national cham- Freshman right-hander Cody Morris (3-1) al- TRIPLES—Castellanos, Detroit, 3; Mill- x-Thursday, May 25: Ottawa at Pitts- pions. South Carolina and Staley won their lowed just three runs on eight hits with seven er, Tampa Bay, 3; 10 tied at 2. burgh, 8 p.m. HOME RUNS—Judge, New York, 14; Nashville 2, Anaheim 1 first title last month with a 67-55 victory strikeouts in six innings to earn the win. Alonso, Oakland, 12; Gallo, Texas, 12; Friday, May 12: Nashville 3, Anaheim over Mississippi State. Senior right-hander and former Universi- Trout, Los Angeles, 12; Davis, Oak- 2, OT land, 11; Cruz, Seattle, 10; Morrison, Sunday, May 14: Anaheim 5, Nashville 3 The New York Athletic Club has given out ty of South Carolina Sumter standout Colie Tampa Bay, 10; Sano, Minnesota, 10; 5 Tuesday, May 16: Nashville 2, Ana- the Winged Foot Award to the women’s Bowers picked up the save after giving up tied at 9. heim 1 PITCHING—Keuchel, Houston, 7-0; ES- Thursday, May 18: Anaheim at Nash- championship coach since 1999. It has recog- only one hit with four strikeouts in three antana, Minnesota, 6-1; Bundy, Balti- ville, 8 p.m. more, 5-1; Morton, Houston, 5-2; Saturday, May 20: Nashville at Ana- nized the men’s basketball national champi- scoreless innings of relief. Tanaka, New York, 5-2; Triggs, Oak- heim, 7:15 p.m. onship coach since 1996. USC opens a 3-game home series against land, 5-2; Vargas, Kansas City, 5-1; 7 x-Monday, May 22: Anaheim at Nash- tied at 4-2. ville, 8 p.m. Staley led the Gamecocks to their fourth Georgia today at 6 p.m. STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Boston, 85; Ar- x-Wednesday, May 24: Nashville at cher, Tampa Bay, 65; Salazar, Cleve- straight SEC regular-season title and third Anaheim, 9 p.m. straight league tournament crown before From local and wire reports THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | B3

The Lady Barons had the lead for a REPEATFROM PAGE B1 good portion of the game. Carly Allred reached on a 1-out error in the top of Laurence Manning had been shut the third and came home on another down by WH starter Drake Ives most error against the next batter to tie the of the night, scoring just once on a game at 1-1. passed ball in the second inning. In the fourth, Wilson Hall got four However, needing to get something straight hits off of Hussey with a sac- started in the bottom of the seventh, rifice bunt thrown in as Sydney Jar- senior catcher Baylee Elms obliged by ecki scored the go-ahead run on Madi- taking first after being hit by a pitch. son Sliwonik’s RBI single over the sec- Another passed ball on a strikeout ond baseman’s head. moved her to second with Beard step- That was the only run the Lady Bar- ping to the plate. ons could push across, however, as The LMA second baseman connect- they also failed to cash in on a handful ed on a 1-1 offering for the Lady of scoring opportunities. WH left 10 Swampcats’ only extra-base hit of the runners on base, including seven in game – a double all the way to the wall scoring positon. in left-center to easily score Elms. “At some point, something had to “I was just looking for a base hit,” give,” said Lady Barons head coach Beard said. “I knew if I got on and the Teresa Alexander, whose squad ended runners moved up we had another the year with a 23-16 record. “Unfortu- good hitter coming up who would nately it wasn’t in our favor. Yeah, we knock them in. I had complete confi- had opportunities early on that we dence. didn’t capitalize on, but they did too. “…But once I saw it roll to wall, I That’s just a credit to two phenomenal was like, ‘We’ve got it; we’ve got this. ‘ pitching performances from Hussey “ and Drake tonight, and two really The momentum shift certainly great defensive teams behind them. seemed to carry over into extra in- “..It was just another great Lau- nings. The Lady Barons began the rence Manning-Wilson Hall matchup. eighth inning with Liza Lowder on We didn’t give them anything; they second base, but that was as far as she earned it and congratulations to got as Laurence Manning starting them.” pitcher Liz Hussey got two strikeouts While disappointed with the out- and a groundout to keep Wilson Hall RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM come on Wednesday, Alexander was off the scoreboard. Hussey finished al- Laurence Manning Academy catcher Baylee Elms, left, forces out Wilson Hall’s Kathryn not disappointed in the season as a lowing two runs, one earned, on seven Sistare at home during the Lady Swampcats’ 3-2 win in eight innings in the deciding whole – which saw WH climb back hits with no walks and eight pun- game of the SCISA 3A state championship series on Wednesday at the Lakewood High. from being under .500 at one point to chouts. just two outs away from a state title. Hussey’s quick inning set the stage said. “She had a good series and I was outs, but Ives pitched around it by get- “Usually when you lose a state for Josey, who missed on a couple of really proud for her.” ting a strikeout, a come-backer to the championship as a coach, you fell dev- early bunt attempts, but didn’t miss Josey, Beard and Rogers had two mound for a force out at home and a astated,” she said. “But I honestly after a wild pitch sent Rogers to third. hits apiece to lead LMA with Elms, fly ball to left to neutralize the threat. don’t feel that way. The competitive Her rope to center was likely deep Cora Downer and Brooke Ward also Ives also pitched around trouble in part of me is having a hard time walk- enough to score Rogers regardless, but tallying base knocks. both the fourth and fifth innings as ing off the field, but the growth of our with WH playing in, it easily found the It was almost another game of Laurence Manning got a pair of run- team this year is such a success.” grass as Laurence Manning won the missed opportunities as the Lady ‘Cats ners on each time, but was unable to Allred had two hits to lead the Lady best-of-3 series 2-1. left 11 runners on base, including bring any home. Ives wound up giving Barons. Danielle deHoll, Kathryn Sis- “For (Josey) to be first year on the seven in scoring position. Hits by Elms up three runs on eight hits with two tare, Sliwonik, Jarecki and Lowder all team, and for her to battle the way she and Beard in the bottom of the first walks, one intentional, a hit batsman had hits, with Lowder recording a did in that at-bat was huge,” Rowland helped LMA load the bases with no and seven strikeouts. double.

cen Watts reached on an in- WOLVERINES FROM PAGE B1 field single to open the frame and took second as Driggers Lady Wolverines overcame a just never quit.” took first on an infield error. 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 win to While there was elation for Olivia Singletary advanced claim their second state the Lady Wolverines, there both runners with a sacrifice championship four years to was disappointment and dis- bunt and Reardon lifted a fly the day after their first one, belief for the Lady Hornets as ball to right that plated Watts which also came over Dixie. their bid for consecutive state to cut the deficit to 3-1. Drig- “The pressure was on, defi- titles ended in sudden and gers made a late break for nitely,” said Timmons of her dramatic fashion. third on the play and was eas- team’s title-clinching rally. “It’s a tough way to lose, ily thrown out for the inning’s “We just focused on getting and it happened real quick,” third out. base hits and we did, and we said Dixie head coach Gary Mikayla Anderson, one of pulled it out. It was amazing Stone, whose team closed its two ECHS seniors along with (to get the winning hit). I don’t season with a 30-7 record. “We Evans, drew Laudenbacher’s even know how to describe it. had them right where we only base on balls of the game It’s amazing. I never would wanted them -- bottom of the to open the bottom of the have thought I could have seventh, bottom of the order -- fifth. A wild pitch and a Mar- done that.” and had the No. 9 batter leigh Floyd grounder to the For Floyd, the last inning (Evans) up and two outs. I get MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM mound advanced Anderson to was eventful both offensively a good pitch call, inside pitch, East Clarendon’s Mikayla Anderson (00) slides safely into home as third and a fielder’s choice and defensively. Playing from something we can hit on the Dixie catcher Bailee New takes the throw in the Lady Wolverines’ 4-3 grounder by Evans would her centerfield position, Floyd right side of the field, because victory on Wednesday at the EC field in winning it’s the 1A state title. score Anderson as the throw made a dive and came up just she’s so fast and we put it to the plate was bobbled by short on a ball hit by Daven- right where it needed to be to gle drove home Davenport, gle from Tallie Clamp. New, cutting the lead to 3-2 port with one out in the Dixie get the out. You’ve got to Freeman would score the ECHS got one in the fourth, and helping to set up the dra- seventh. make the outs. When you get third Dixie run on an RBI sin- but could have had more. Gra- matic finish. It was one of those cases to this level and you don’t where a Floyd no-catch was make routine plays, you can- probably best for the Lady not beat teams like East Clar- Wolverines as rightfielder endon. Evans was able to get to the Early on, they booted the GET READY FOR THOSE ball and fire it in to third ball around a little bit and we baseman Kinsley Driggers, were able to score some runs, who got it to catcher Reardon and good teams take advan- in time to retire Bailee New at tage of errors. We took advan- the plate, keeping ECHS with- tage of some of theirs and in one to help set up the win- they took advantage at the Rainy Days ning rally. end and got the last one. It is “Honestly, at this point I’ve what it is. I hate it for my girls faced Delanie so many times. ... but you’ve got to get 21 outs WITH A SUMTER ITEM UMBRELLA I’ve faced her since I was in and we fell one short. We got the seventh grade,” said 20 tonight.” Floyd, a sophomore, of her This was Dixie’s fifth con- choose from these two styles final at-bat. “I went up there secutive appearance in the 1A and I just knew that I had state championship series, been waiting on this for so with four of those coming long, and I just had a smile on against ECHS. The Lady Wol- 48” BRIGHTLY my face. I trusted in God. I verines won in three in 2013, knew He put me in this situa- lost in three in 2014 and lost in COLORED tion for a reason, and I had to two last year before winning $ 50 do it for my team.” again this season. Latta COMICS ECHS head coach Lisa Ard knocked ECHS out in lower 13 said it was doubly special to state in 2015 and went on to win a championship on the defeat Dixie that season for home field and to have it come the title. on the 4-year anniversary of Dixie’s first run scored in the school’s first softball state the opening inning on a play championship. when New, who led off with a “It’s hard to believe, isn’t double, crossed home plate as it?,” said Ard, whose team Reardon took the throw in swept its way through the time but failed to step on state playoffs and finished home plate before throwing to with a 22-5 record. “This is a first in an attempted to com- 60” CLASSIC BLACK great comeback, especially to plete the double play. Free- win it here. The whole town is man was retired on the back AND WHITE here, and I hated to let them end of the play, but Dixie still down. Marleigh (Floyd, who led, 1-0. The inning included threw a 6-hitter) came in and an ECHS error and two field- $ 50 pitched an awesome game. er’s choice grounders that re- They got a couple of hits off sulted in all runners being 16 her and we had some errors safe. behind her, which could have The Lady Hornets struck really rattled her, and she for two more runs in the never did let down. She came third, sending seven batters to back in and she was hitting the plate and collecting three her spots, she was throwing hits while capitalizing on an- strikes, she was getting fly other infield error. The play balls, getting ground balls of the inning came as Daven- that we could play and our de- port slid around a tag attempt 36 W. LIBERTY STREET • SUMTER, SC fense came together and start- by Reardon to make the score WHILE SUPPLIES LAST ed getting the job done. We 2-0. After an Alex Taylor sin- B4 | THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

ter and start our golf program.” raising money for the athletic coordinator for raised for a new athletic bus USCS FROM PAGE B1 Though she came aboard al- programs. the 2016 Fire Ant and a new softball facility at ready a few months into the USCS has to raise all the Color 5K run. the school. the Week in 2014. Giordano recruiting season, Giordano money for its athletic teams “My goal is to “With an expanding athletic left the KU golf team with a hopes to sign a couple players itself, and Stutz’s experience recruit enough department, we need more scoring average of 81.3 for the this week and is looking for- with the department made corporate and transportation so that our 2015-16 season — the second- ward to putting a team on the her a natural choice, Cataldo STUTZ private contribu- teams can go safely to and best single-season mark in greens come this fall. said. tors and/or from games and competi- school history. “I’m looking to them getting “She has a background in sponsors to allow tions,” Cataldo said. “So we’re “She’s got a great knowl- to experience something I did, raising funds and donor de- the coaches of each athletic excited about the growth and edge of the game as well as an only from the other side,” she velopment,” Cataldo said. program to spend more time the future with other pro- enthusiastic attitude, which I said. “So being able to build “Our big priority with her recruiting and focusing on the grams that we may bring in.” think will be really helpful in the program and see the looks was to bring her in and take student athletes’ needs in the The new softball field will recruiting,” USC Sumter Ath- on the girls’ faces in tourna- the (fundraising) load off the classroom as well as on the be beside the baseball practice letic Director Age Cataldo ments is something that I’m coaches and put someone in field of play,” Stutz said in a field at the school and across said. “She’s been on that side really looking forward to.” charge who can really orga- statement released by the the street from the soccer of things and she’s also assist- Cataldo and the Fire Ants nize the athletic department school. field, Cataldo added. Plans are ed with a couple programs. also recently announced that in that way.” Aside from a trio of fund- for the new facility to be com- “So with her work ethic and Christie Stutz has been hired Stutz has been with USC raising events this year, there pleted this fall or by next dedication, she was the perfect as a Fundraising Coordinator, Sumter for the past 10 years are also two big projects on spring at the latest in time for choice to bring into USC Sum- with her sole focus being on and served as a fundraising the horizon as funds are being the new season.

AUTO RACING MLB ROUNDUP Byron, Reddick take initial laps at Darlington Raceway

DARLINGTON — William Byron “If you’re looking past that now, it’s knows major chances at success don’t really too much for you to handle,” he come around often in a career. He said. plans to be as ready as he can when Byron was not the only young racer they come his way. making his first laps on Darlington’s The 19-year-old Xfinity Series rookie quirky, 1.366-mile oval. Tyler Reddick, Wednesday turned his first laps at Dar- 21, took his first few spins and got a lington Raceway, one of the most Darlington stripe, hitting the wall hard unique tracks on the NASCAR circuit. in turn four — and giving his crash It’s all part of his learning curve, a crew some work to do on their lunch process that took a big step forward break. when he signed with powerhouse “They’re not too happy with me right THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hendrick Motorsports to race this now,” Reddick said ruefully. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw works against San Francisco dur- season. Like Byron, Reddick had success as a ing the Dodgers’ 6-1 victory on Wednesday in San Francisco. Byron won seven races — nearly truck driver with three series wins doubling Kyle Busch’s record for rook- over the past two years. He was the ies of four victories in 2000 — in his youngest NASCAR truck winner at only full season on the Camping World Daytona with his victory as a 19-year- Dodgers rough up Giants Truck Series in old in 2015. Also 2016. The next jump like Byron, Reddick for him is the was signed to the SAN FRANCISCO — Clayton Jose Altuve hit his first two tri- chance to join those Xfinity Series for Kershaw took a share of the major ples of the year, doubled twice and rising young guns this fall, driving league lead with his seventh win had an RBI. George Springer hit a on the Monster En- part time for Chip and earned career victory No. 20 two-out, two-run single in the sixth. ergy NASCAR Cup Ganassi Racing. against the rival Giants, helping The Astros (29-12) passed the series seeking to replace retired, or Reddick has struggled in his four Los Angeles avoid a sweep by beat- quarter mark in their season with soon-to-be retired, drivers like Jeff races, his best showing a 14th at Phoe- ing San Francisco 6-1 on Wednes- the best record in the majors. Gordon, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards nix in March. He has not let the slow day. and Dale Earnhardt Jr. start rattle him or his belief that big- Kershaw (7-2) struck out five in RAYS 7 “It’s something that I strive for,” ger things are ahead. seven shutout innings and retired INDIANS 4 Byron said between test sessions “There’s always opportunities, even the first 10 batters he faced. The CLEVELAND — Corey Dicker- Wednesday. “It’s something I want to for next year,” Reddick said. “Nine left-hander moved into a tie for son hit a three-run homer — his be reality. But I don’t know when time- times out of 10, you’re not going to see most wins with Houston’s Dallas third homer in two days — and table is. I want to focus on this next (the chances) coming, so you’ve got to Keuchel. Alex Cobb controlled Cleveland year, the next race, the next test.” be ready.” Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run over seven as Tampa Bay beat the Byron’s focus Wednesday was on the Byron is trying to prepare himself as double in the first, and Yasiel Puig Indians to complete their most suc- laps at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” best he can. It was humbling last Au- singled in a pair of runs in the cessful road trip in a year. He and the rest of the Xfinity Series gust at Bristol, Tennessee, when car sixth. Dickerson connected in the sec- will lineup on Sept. 2 as part of Dar- owner Hendrick gushed about Byron’s Kershaw allowed three hits and ond inning off Josh Tomlin (2-5) lington’s Labor Day weekend. potential for a big-time NASCAR fu- didn’t walk a batter for the fourth and Logan Morrison hit a solo shot The Southern 500 in the premiere ture after he signed. What’s happened time in 2017 as the Dodgers in the third for Tampa Bay. series will take place the following this season is a complete adjustment snapped their three-game skid and night. from his truck racing time.There are ended the Giants’ season-best five- DIAMONDBACKS 5 It’s a time of transition in the sport new teammates, crew members and game winning streak. METS 4 (11) with iconic figures stepping away and leaders to blend with and different PHOENIX — Chris Herrmann opening the car window for young, tal- tracks like Darlington to learn inti- ASTROS 3 homered off Rafael Montero lead- ented drivers to jump in. mately. MARLINS 0 ing off the 11th inning, giving Ari- Byron drives for the JR Motorsports “It’s a process,” Byron said. MIAMI — Lance McCullers al- zona a victory and sending the New team owned in part by Earnhardt Jr. One that’s had several bumps this lowed no earned runs for the third York Mets to their season-high sev- and Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick season. While Byron has had five top- start in a row, and Houston beat enth straight loss. Hendrick. 10 finishes and won the pole at Phoe- Miami to complete a three-game Montero (0-3) relieved to start the But Byron said if he spent too much nix, he’s finished 30th and 36th his past sweep. 11th, and Herrmann worked the time dreaming about the road ahead, two events. McCullers (4-1) limited Miami to count full, fouled off a pitch and he’d fall short on progressing and be- “So far, it’s been a good challenge three hits in six innings and low- connected on a belt-high fastball coming a potential worthy replacement and one that I’ve enjoyed,” Byron said. ered his ERA to 2.65. He has al- for his first game-ending home run. when the call to NASCAR’s biggest se- “I’m trying to take it all in and go to lowed no earned runs in his past ries comes. the different race tracks and adapt.” 20-plus innings. From wire reports

Funeral services were held Family will be receiving Montgomery was born on OBITUARIES Wednesday at Temple Sinai. friends at the home of her sis- Feb. 24, 1962 in Sumter. She Burial was in the Sumter Jew- ter, Edna Myers, 603 McCray’s departed this life on Wednes- JOSEPH MICHAEL MADER In lieu of flowers, memorial ish Cemetery. Mill Road, Sumter. day, May 17, 2017, at Palmetto Joseph Michael Mader, 76, gifts may be made to the Memorials may be made to Job’s Mortuary, Inc., 312 S. Health Tuomey, Sumter. of Sumter, formerly of Fair- American Diabetes Associa- the American Cancer Society, Main St., Sumter, is in charge Family will receive friends field, Ohio, entered our Fa- tion, 107 Westpark Blvd., #220, 128 Stonemark Lane, Colum- of arrangements. at the home, 48 Dunway Dr. ther’s kingdom Columbia, SC 29210 or to St. bia, SC 29210. Online memorials may be Sumter, SC 29150. on Sunday, Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Online condolences may be sent to the family at jobsmortu- Job’s Mortuary Inc, 312 S. March 19, 2017. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150. sent to www.sumterfunerals. [email protected] or visit us on the Main St., Sumter is in charge Mader was the Obituary courtesy of El- com. web at www.jobsmortuary.net. of arrangements. retired plant more Hill McCreight Funeral Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- manager at Home & Crematory, 221 Broad neral Home & Crematory, 221 DAVID JENSEN BATTILANA MILDRED TAYLOR Diebold with Street, Sumter, (803) 775-9386. Broad St., Sumter, was in David Jensen “Bama” Batti- Mildred Taylor, 80, died more than 40 charge of the arrangements lana, 35, died Monday, May 15, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Pal- MADER years of service. (803) 775-9386. 2017. Born July 15, 1981, in metto Health Richland Hospi- He is survived Sumter, he was a son of Judy tal, Columbia. Born Dec. 31, by his loving family including Barfield Battilana and the late 1936, in Clarendon County, children, Joseph C. Mader of Stephen Charles Battilana, Sr. she was the daughter of Clif- Middletown, Ohio, Robert P. Survivors include his moth- ton and Dollie Jackson John- Mader of Knoxville, Tennes- er of Sumter; six children, son. see, Lawrence S. (Kristina) Autumn, Phoenix, Gabrielle, The family is receiving fam- Mader of Cincinnati, Ohio JOSEPHINE KAPLAN KRAMER Topanga, Charlie, and Cora ily and friends at the home of and Sherry L. (David) Lene- Lee; a brother, Stephen C. her brother, David Johnson, han of Hamilton, Ohio; sister, Josephine Kaplan Kramer, MILDRED WITHERSPOON “Chuck” Battilana, Jr.; three 260 Booth Branch Road, Sum- Betty Ann Bour of Hermitage, 91, widow of David Dennis sisters, Cindy Harding, Melis- ter. Pennsylvania, and sister-in- Kramer, died Monday, May 15, Homegoing services for Mil- sa Evans, and Renee Potter; Funeral arrangements are law, Mary Mader of West 2017, at Palmetto Health Tu- dred Witherspoon, who and a number of nieces and incomplete and will be an- Chester, Pennsylvania; and omey. passed on May 15, 2017, will be nephews. nounced by Williams Funeral many nieces, nephews, grand- Born in Savannah, Georgia, held at noon on Friday at The family will receive Home Inc. children and one great-grand- she was a daughter of the late Mount Pisgah AME Church, friends from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sat- child. Hyman Kaplan and Sara Levy 217 W. Bartlette St., Sumter, urday at Elmore-Cannon-Ste- WALTER PEARSON He was preceded in death Kaplan. with Rev. Laddie Howard, offi- phens Funeral Home and BISHOPVILLE — Walter by his faithful wives, Patricia Kramer was a member of ciating. other times at the home of his “WT” Pearson, Jr., 90, passed Mader and Darlene Mader; Temple Sinai and was a re- Public viewing will be held mother. at Blue Ridge of Sumter on his parents, Joseph and Eliza- tired secretary with the Sum- from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Tuesday, May 16, 2017. beth Mader; and brother, ter County Legislative Delega- Mortuary, 312 S. Main St., Funeral Home and Crematori- Born in Lee County, he was Martin Mader. tion. Sumter. um of Sumter is in charge of a son of the late Walter, Sr. A memorial service will be Surviving are one son, An- Witherspoon will be placed the arrangements. and Daisy Isaac Pearson. held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. thony H. Kramer (Maria Ya- in the church at 11 a.m. on Funeral arrangements are Anne Catholic Church. mada) of Sumter; one daugh- Friday for viewing until the JANETTE ENGLISH incomplete and will be an- A luncheon in Mader’s ter, Debra K. Haulbrooks hour of service. Interment Janette English, 55, daugh- nounced by Square Deal Fu- honor will follow at the St. (Rick) of Garden City; and will follow in Hillside Memo- ter of Mary Lee Williams neral Home, 106 McIntosh Jude Parish Hall. two grandchildren. rial Garden. James and the late William Street, Bishopville. B5 | THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM

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Help Wanted Summons & Summons & Summons & Full-Time RREALEAL Notice Notice Notice EESTATESTATE AANNOUNCEMENTSNNOUNCEMENTS Bethlehem Missionary Baptist this case are on file in the Office of Church is seeking a full time born this case are on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter thereon, if any, lying and being again, church musician. Must be the Clerk of Court for Sumter County. situated near the city limits of the able to play a New Millennium County. Happy Ads Homes for Sale City of Sumter, in the County of A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., Hammond Organ & Piano, lead choir Sumter, State of South Carolina, A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., SC Bar #: 6013 and overall music ministry. Must designated as Lot 6 Block A on that SC Bar #: 6013 Attorney for Plaintiffs Happy Birthday Sonya Burns! have good communication skills and certain plat of Villa Sites, made by Attorney for Plaintiffs P.O. Box 2446 Enjoy your day. Love, Mom, Clarissa, Harmon D. Moise, Surveyor, dated be able to read music, play by ear or P.O. Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151 October 30, 1903 and recorded in the Tia, Nya and JoJo both. Salary Negotiable. Please Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 418-5700 Office of the Register of Deeds for contact Pastor David Lawson if (803) 418-5700 interested 803-478-7833 Sumter County in Plat Book TTT at NOTICE OF HEARING Page 370, which was re-recorded in IN THE FAMILY COURT Plat Book Z-6 at Page 3. Pursuant to FULL TIME OFFICE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BBUSINESSUSINESS Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws SUMMONS ASSISTANT of South Carolina, (1976, as AND NOTICES SSERVICESERVICES Seeking individual with strong com- Docket Number: amended), reference to said plat is 2016-DR-43-687 puter knowledge, good communica- hereby made for the metes, bounds, IN THE COURT OF tion skills, and attention to detail. courses, and distances of the Price reduced! 2 Br, lg. COMMON PLEAS Terette Smith Amin, Cleaning Services Administrative experience required. 150 Milton, property delineated thereon. This lot corner lot, great shape. Financing THIRD JUDICIAL Plaintiff, Send resume to julie.sims is designated on the Auditor's Tax vs. avail. 803-464-5960 / 803-775-4391 Map for Sumter County as Parcel # CIRCUIT Do you need your house @treleoni.com or mail to Treleoni Henry Jones, 2501601053 and is known as 878 S. CIVIL ACTION NO: Defendants. cleaned? For more information call 1878 Joe Rogers Jr Blvd, Manning Harvin St. / 8Laurel St. 2016-CP-43-00655 SC 29102. Michelle Jernigan @ 803-340-0412, TO: HENRY JONES to set up arrangements. This conveyance is made subject to Cashier needed full time. Must have PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a all visible and recorded easements, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Hearing has been scheduled in the Home some computer knowledge, be covenants, and rights of way COUNTY OF SUMTER above captioned matter to be held on Improvements self-motivated, dependable & ener- affecting said property. May 30, 2017, at 12:30 o'clock p.m. at getic. Apply at Wally's Hardware Santee Lynches Community the Sumter County Family Court 1291 Broad St. This is the same property conveyed Development Corporation, located at 215 North Harvin Street, H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel to Nell Lunette Robinson, Marjorie Plaintiff, Sumter South Carolina. paint roofs gutters drywall blown Robinson, & Ruth H. Robinson by vs. Help Wanted deed of M.F. Robinson, recorded on Julia Holloman, Harry McMillan, ceilings ect. 773-9904 Part-Time PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the December 9, 1957 in the office of the Mary Cato Hampton McMillan, Ted original Summons and Complaint, Register of Deeds for Sumter County McMillan, Rosa Holliman, Sarah and Order For Publication in the Lawn Service Experienced Trailer switcher nee- in Volume B-8 at Page 111. Maple, Marion McMillan, Jr., John above captioned matter were filed in Henry Capers, Abraham Capers, ded 3 days a week in Sumter. Must the Office of the Clerk of Court for NOTICE OF FILING Wayne Capers, Martha Gary, have current CDL, 5 years experi- 6 Middle St. Price reduced. 3 or 4 Sumter County, South Carolina, the Newman's Lawn & Tree Service AND OF Margaret Rivers, Harry Capers, object and prayer of which is an Mowing, Landscaping, Irrigation, ence, clean driving record. Call Br. 2 Ba. C/H/A. New construction. James Capers, Rose Capers, Blanche Financing available. Call APPOINTMENT OF action for child custdoy and other Spring Clean-up, Tree removal. 803-938-2708 leave message with GUARDIAN AD Prince, Lula Mae Capers, Grace related relief as set forth in the Call 803-316-0128 your experience M-F 9am-3pm. 803-464-5960 or 803-775-4391 Wright, John McMillan, Jimmy Complaint. LITEM NISI McMillan, Marion Abram, Susan House for rent, 3BR/1BA, C/H/A. Clary Lawn Service Free Estimates Franklin, Barbara Abram, Carola John S. Keffer, Esquire $600mo+$400 deposit. 157 Poinsett Please take notice that an action has Abram, Frances Myers, Laura Myers, Call 803-406-3514 been commenced and is now Attorney for Plaintiff Dr. Sumter. Call 404-693-5562 Sarah Myers, Robert Myers, and 10 Law Range pending to quiet title to property as James Myers, and any children And Jan's Lawn Service described above. Sumter, South Carolina 29150 RRENTALSENTALS Land & Lots heirs at law, distributes and (803) 774-1004 Cut grass, shrubs, planting, pine for Sale devisees, and if any be deceased, straw. Call 803-491-5375 James A. Stoddard, Sumter attorney, then any persons entitled to claim has been appointed Guardian ad under or through them; also all SUMMONS Furnished Minutes Walmart/Shaw Litem Nisi for unknown defendants. other persons unknown claiming any AND NOTICE Legal Service Apartments Acre, all hookups right, title, Interest or lien upon the cleared $12,900. 888-774-5720 The Plaintiff will move to refer the real property described in the IN THE COURT OF case to the Master in Equity with any Complaint herein, any unknown COMMON PLEAS Apartment for Rent Attorney Timothy L. Griffith appeal to the South Carolina adults being a class designated as CIVIL ACTION NO: 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Furnished, quiet country setting, TTRANSPORTATIONRANSPORTATION Supreme Court. The pleadings in John Doe; and any unknown minors this case are on file in the Office of 2017-CP-43-00024 Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury single occupancy only. Excellent for or persons under disability or in the elderly. No smoking, alcohol or the Clerk of Court for Sumter military service being a class County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA drugs. Safe and secure. $550/month designated as Richard Roe, COUNTY OF SUMTER Tree Service Defendants. Call 803-481-0015 A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., SC Bar #: 6013 Santee Lynches Community Unfurnished YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED Development Corporation, NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Miscellaneous Attorney for Plaintiffs and required to answer the Tree removal, trimming & stump Apartments P.O. Box 2446 Plaintiff, complaint herein, a copy of which is vs. grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128 Sumter, SC 29151 herewith served upon you, and to (803) 418-5700 Glenn A. Miller, Janica A. serve a copy of your answer to this McDonald, William B. Gore, Charles Senior Living complaint upon the subscriber, at A Notch Above Tree Care Full Apartments K. Bultman, and Brian D. Gore the address shown below, within Defendants. quality service low rates, lic./ins., free for those 62+ thirty (30) days after service hereof, est BBB accredited 983-9721 SUMMONS (Rent based on income) exclusive of day of such service, and YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED Shiloh-Randolph Manor AND NOTICE if you fail to answer the complaint, Tree removal, and required to answer the Ricky's Tree Service 125 W. Bartlette. judgment by default will be rendered complaint herein, a copy of which is stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 775-0575 IN THE COURT OF against you for the relief demanded herewith served upon you, and to in the complaint. 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. Studio/1 Bedroom COMMON PLEAS serve a copy of your answer to this apartments available CIVIL ACTION NO: complaint upon the subscriber, at LIS PENDENS the address shown below, within EHO 2017-CP-43-00740 PPETSETS & thirty (30) days after service hereof, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an exclusive of day of such service, and apartment on Rast St. COUNTY OF SUMTER action has been commenced by the if you fail to answer the complaint, AANIMALSNIMALS 2BR/2BA Plaintiff against the Defendants, to $625 a month. Call 803-460-4317 or judgment by default will be rendered Refurbished batteries as low as quiet title to property described as against you for the relief demanded 803-773-4316 $45. as low as Santee Lynches Affordable Housing New batteries and Community Development follows: in the complaint. $59.95. 6v golf cart battery as low as Corporation, Pets Huntington Place Apartments $59.95. Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd Plaintiff, All that certain parcel of land with LIS PENDENS Rents from $625 per month Rd. 803-773-4381 vs. any improvements thereon, being near the City of Sumter in Sumter AKC 1 YR English Bulldog House 1 Month free* Willie Mae Dukes, and any children NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an and heirs at law, distributes and County, South Carolina, designated action has been commenced by the trained, great with children. Very *13 Month lease required as Lot 10 on a plat by Shand and Leasing office located at devisees, and if any be deceased, Plaintiff against the Defendants, to loving & attentive. $1000 OBRO Call LLEGALEGAL LaFaye, Surveyors, recorded in the quiet title to property described as Ashton Mill Apartment Homes then any persons entitled to claim 803-983-5317 under or through them; also all ROD for Sumter County in Play Book follows: 595 Ashton Mill Drive NNOTICESOTICES other Persons unknown claiming XXX at Page 105, which measures as 803-773-3600 any right, title, interest in or lien follows: On the Northeast by Lot 14 All that lot of land, with any Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 upon the real property described in and measuring 123 feet; on the improvements thereon, being in the the complaint herein, designated as Southeast on Hatfield Street and City and County of Sumter, South Summons & measuring 50 feet; On the Southwest MMERCHANDISEERCHANDISE Notice John Doe, and any minors or Carolina, bordering on W. Bartlette 2BR 2BA Townhouse, garage wash- incompetent persons or person in the by Lot 16 and measuring 123 feet and Street on its southern boundary and er/dryer hook up, kit appliances incl. military designated as Richard Roe, on the Northwest by Lot 5 and measuring 55.28 feet, and measuring on Dartmouth Dr $850 Mo/Dep. Call SUMMONS Defendant. measuring 50 feet. Be all of said 185.2 feet on its Western border, measurements a little more or less. Garage, Yard & 803-934-0434 AND NOTICES measuring 62.71 feet on its Northern YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED border, measuring 181.63 feet on its Estate Sales This conveyance is made subject to Unfurnished IN THE COURT OF and required to answer the Eastern border, be said complaint herein, a copy of which is all visible and recorded easements, measurements more or less, the Homes COMMON PLEAS covenants, and rights of way Will buy furniture by piece or bulk, CIVIL ACTION NO: herewith served upon you, and to Southern part of the lot which is serve a copy of your answer to this affecting said property. This lot designated as Lot A on that plat by tools, trailers, lawn mowers, 4 2017-CP-43-00026 designated as Parcel 2291405015 and wheelers, or almost anything of 467 Allen Dr. 3BR/1BA Brick home, complaint upon the subscriber, at H.D. Moise, Surveyor, dated January the address shown below, within is known as Hatfield Road. 22, 1913, and recorded in the ROD value. Also old signs & lawn furniture C/H/A. Section 8 ok. Call STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA thirty (30) days after service hereof, office for Sumter County in Plat 803-316-8206 or 803-499-3856 COUNTY OF SUMTER Call 803-983-5364 exclusive of day of such service, and This is the property conveyed to Book F-4 at Page 132. This lot is Tax if you fail to answer the complaint, Santee Lynches Community Map Parcel 2281301032 and is known Santee Lynches Community Garage Sale! Thurs. May 18th & Fri. Mobile Home judgment by default will be rendered Development Corporation by deed of as 307 W. Bartlette Street. Development Corporation, May 19th 9-4 at 1563 Old Ford Dr. Rentals against you for the relief demanded Forfeited Land Commission dated Plaintiff, Variety of items, priced to sell. Take in the complaint. December 12, 2016 and recorded This is the same property conveyed vs. December 20, 2016 in Deed Book to Charles K. Bultman, et al, by the Kolb Rd to Longleaf to old Ford Dr. Jeffrey Atkins, Nell Lunette 4BR/2BA in Paxville Living Rm, 1228 at Page 3410 in the ROD Office Deed of Distribution of the Estate of Don't miss this one!! Robinson, Marjorie Robinson, Ruth LIS PENDENS Dinning Rm, Family Rm, EIK, appl., for Sumter County. William F. Bultman, recorded H. Robinson, and Angelica Burgess, central A-C, Section 8 welcome. February 13, 1991 in the ROD office 2760 Powhatan Dr. Sat. 8 am - 1 and any children and heirs at law, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an 980-498-6279 or 980-298-5370 NOTICE OF FILING of Sumter County in Volume 520 at pm. Vehicle parts, household, kids distributes and devisees and if any action has been commenced by the Page 1230. toys & clothes, furniture, ladies be deceased, then any persons Plaintiff against the Defendants, to 2BR/1BA MH on private lot, near quiet title to property described as Please take notice that an action has clothes, etc. No early birds pls. entitled to claim under or through commenced and is now pending to Shaw AFB. Unfurnished No Pets. them; also all other Persons follows: NOTICE OF FILING $550/mo + $250/dep. Call All that certain piece, parcel or lot of quiet title to property as of above. 317 Burns Dr. Fri,& Sat., 7am-? unknown claiming any right, title, James A. Stoddard, Sumter Attorney, 803-499-4721 interest in or lien upon the real land, with any improvements Please take notice that an action has Antique Amish corn sheller, like new thereon, situate in the City and has been appointed Guardian Ad been commenced and is now engine hoist, lots of tools, hshld & property described in the complaint Litem Nisi for unknown defendants. herein, designated as John Doe, and County of Sumter, South Carolina, pending to quiet title to property as misc. items Vacation designated as Lot 31 on plat by described above. Rentals any minors or incompetent persons The Plaintiff will move to refer the or person in the military designated Shand & LaFaye Surveyors, dated The Plaintiff will move to refer the Solomon Upholstery November 21, 1905 and recorded in case to the Master of Equity with any case to the Master in Equity with any as Richard Roe appeal to the South Carolina 267 Myrtle Beach Hwy., 464-7555 Vacation rental, Santee area, 3BR Defendants. the ROD office for Sumter County in appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The pleadings in Supreme Court. The pleadings in Tues.- Sat., 8 am - ? 2 wood stoves, W/200ft sandy beach, fishing pier, Plat Book VVV at Page 670. This baby items made in USA, and more YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED property is TMS No: 2281406032 and this case are on file in the Office of good local golf, and bird watching. is known as 36 Wright Street. the Clerk of Court for Sumter Sleeps 6. Call 803-492-3074 and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is County. LARGE GARAGE SALE herewith served upon you, and to This is the property conveyed to Every Weekend serve a copy of your answer to this Santee Lynches by deed of Glenn A. A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., Tables $2 & $3 complaint upon the subscriber, at Miller dated July 8, 2015 and SC Bar #: 6013 the address shown below, within recorded July 27, 2015 in Book 1213 Attorney for Plaintiffs FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB at Page 2832 in the Office of the RMC P.O. Box 2446 Open every weekend. Call thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of day of such service, and for Sumter County. Sumter, SC 29151 803-494-5500 if you fail to answer the complaint, (803) 418-5700 judgment by default will be rendered NOTICE OF FILING against you for the relief demanded For Sale in the complaint. Please take notice that an action has or Trade been commenced and is now LIS PENDENS pending to quiet title to property as described above. James Stoddard Cemetery Plot @ Evergreen , NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an has been appointed Guardian ad Fountain #2 section, $2,200 OBO action has been commenced by the Litem for unknown Defendants. Call 843-729-6076. Plaintiff against the Defendants, to The Plaintiff will move to refer the quiet title to property described as case to the Master in Equity with any One cemetery plot & vault in follows: appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The pleadings in Evergreen Memorial Park. Valued at $4100 pricing it at $3500. Call All that piece, parcel, tract, or lot(s) 803-773-2436 of land with the improvements Queen Mattress $150 NEW CONSTRUCTION - NOW LEASING Brand New, Still in plastic Prime Call /text 803-847-9126 Downtown Sumter Senior Apartments COMMERCIAL 405 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29151 EEMPLOYMENTMPLOYMENT SPACE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT * WATER/TRASH/SEWAGE INCLUDED RENT * ALL ELECTRIC INCLUDED Help Wanted 3300 WW.. LLibertyiberty SSt.t. 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