SPORTS Duke advances in NCAA Tourney on Sunday B1 TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Governor slams school board on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Donald Trump waves after speak- ing with the media after stepping off Ma- rine One on the South Lawn of the White MuellerHouse on Sunday in Washington. recent actions finds no McMaster: Appeal, school reopening ‘going to cost us’ BY KAYLA ROBINS Club on Monday afternoon, said the governor said. “We can’t have that.” [email protected] possibility of the school district not McMaster addressed a range of reaching one month’s operating ex- topics Monday, from the sale of San- Trump The governor of South Carolina penditures by the end of June next tee Cooper to the statewide educa- joined the list of officials who have year is “unacceptable.” tion reform bill to the state’s techni- condemned recent decisions by the “When you have businesses com- cal college system, but he spent the Sumter school board to reopen ing to locate here … when you have most time answering one question Mayewood Middle School and alter Shaw Air Force Base and [U.S. from Greg Thompson, CEO of collusion financial recovery plans submitted Army] Central Command … We Thompson Construction Group Inc., to the state last summer. have people coming here in the mili- chairman of the Sumter Economic Gov. Henry McMaster, in answer- tary, and if they face that kind of BY ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, ing questions at the Sumter Rotary statistic, that’s going to cost us,” the SEE McMASTER, PAGE A4 CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence Presi- dent Donald Trump’s campaign “con- Curating cosplay at Patriot Hall spired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice. That brought a hearty claim of vindication from Trump but set the stage for new rounds of political and legal fighting. The battle began Monday as White House aides and allies blanketed TV news broadcasts to trumpet the findings and claim that Trump has been the vic- tim in a probe that never should have started. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump will let Attorney General William Barr decide whether the special counsel’s Russia report should be publicly released, though she

SEE TRUMP, PAGE A4 April concert will benefit hungry kids 50 musicians will perform PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM variety of styles at church Emma Ketchum, as Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee, celebrates after being named a winner during Swan Con’s cosplay contest Saturday. BY IVY MOORE Cast of characters competes for honors at Swan Con Special to The Sumter Item BY KAYLA ROBINS More than 50 vocalists and instru- [email protected] mentalists from around the area will join on Tuesday, April 2, to present a he Flash, Green Lantern, Glimmer, Lady benefit concert for Feed My Starving Loki, Hermione Granger and a host of other Children. Solos, duets and ensemble T pieces are all on the program for the 7 comic book, TV show and movie characters p.m. concert at Mayesville Presbyterian descended upon Patriot Hall on Saturday for a first- Church. In addition to the diversity of the per- ever cosplay contest during Swan Con, a two-day formers, the music will also comprise a comic book fan event put on by USC Sumter and the variety of styles. Crestwood High School Choir, directed by Deborah Horton, will Sumter County Cultural Commission. open the program. Since Horton’s 20- year tenure at Crestwood began, hun- After two days of artist Emma Ketchum, who co- ABOVE: Dominic dreds of her students have earned hon- panels, workshops and art splayed Jubilation “Jubi- Quinues as The Flash ors and scholarships, and the choir as a displays, Sumterites lee” Lee, a character from sits during the awards whole has collected numerous superior donned their best cosplay, X-Men. In the 16 years ceremony. ratings at state and national competi- which stands for costume and older category, tions. On April 28, the choir will sing play, a performance art 58-year-old Abigail Nor- LEFT: Abigail Normal Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at Carnegie Hall where participants wear mal took home first place dresses as Lady Loki. under the direction of Jay Johnson, for- — and often make from for her cosplay of Lady mer Crestwood music teacher. scratch — costumes and Loki, a Marvel Comics Horton and Johnson will also perform use props to represent an character. a vocal duet. Johnson taught in Sumter established character. In Kayla Robins is a cultural the age 6-15 category, first commissioner and one of the SEE CONCERT, PAGE A4 place went to 11-year-old judges.

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BY KAYLA ROBINS er to go off the road is not yet clear. bors or drivers who saw the crash all house after crashing due to the driv- [email protected] Winchester said he saw a couple were “coming out of everywhere” to er’s “medical issue,” hitting the two bloody lips from where the kids had help. Becky Anderson, a Sumter resi- while they were on their couch. Dano Winchester was working on a hit the seats in front of them. It could dent, helped corral the kids and tried The wife, a middle school teacher in contracted remodeling project in a have been much worse. to keep them calm until EMS and Sumter, ran up to the scene Friday af- home that had been damaged by a car The bus was making the curve on their parents showed up. ternoon. crashing into it on McCrays Mill Road the road toward Sumter High School She said the kids handled the situa- “That’s my house. That’s my when he heard what sounded like an and left the roadway at one driveway, tion well for what it was. They didn’t house,” she said, reaching law en- explosion, then kids screaming. struck the entire side of a second really cry, and they listened to what forcement and firefighter first re- A Sumter school bus carrying five house and ricocheted to the left, mow- they were told to do. They were shak- sponders. Her first question was to elementary school students had just ing down a chain link fence and en, clearly scared. make sure the children on board and crashed through the house next door crashing into a shed at a third house, Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for everyone else was OK. and took out the shed on the property according to what could be seen on the school district, said the vehicle in- The family has sued the city for on which he was working Friday af- scene and Scott Floyd, a Sumter resi- volved was bus No. 215 and that all damages in the November 2017 inci- ternoon. dent who was driving two cars behind students were assessed at the scene dent. “I knew what had happened once I the bus and said he saw the bus go by EMS and released to their parents. The Sumter Fire Department, Sum- heard it,” Winchester said. airborne. This is the second time the owners ter Police Department, Sumter Coun- He ran out, the bus’ horn blaring, “I remember following the bus and of that corner house have seen a vehi- ty Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina and helped pry the door open for the just hoping he wouldn’t make us stop cle crash into their yard. Highway Patrol and Sumter County bus driver to hand the kids out to before we got to the school zone,” he A 2-year-old and her father were in- EMS were on scene Friday to help him. said. “I’ve never seen anything like jured, the toddler seriously, in No- those involved and direct traffic. The No major injuries were reported, that before. I’m glad they’re all OK.” vember 2017 when a City of Sumter highway patrol will be investigating and exactly what caused the bus driv- Floyd, Winchester and other neigh- pickup truck rammed through the the incident. Advocates push for ratification of nearly 100-year-old amendment

BY RACHEL PITTMAN 1923 by suffragette Alice Paul, to be added to the Constitu- to pass this session because the 1970s and today feel the [email protected] reads “Equality of rights tion. we’re getting close to the ERA pushes for more accessi- under the law shall not be de- Now, states such as South crossover period when all ble abortion and aims to An equality amendment nied or abridged by the Unit- Carolina, North Carolina and bills have to be in the Senate,” alienate femininity and sexu- that was proposed nearly 100 ed States or by any state on Georgia have ERA legislation McKnight said. ally liberate women. years ago, passed by the U.S. account of sex.” of their own. What’s holding up the states “In the 1970s, the opposi- government in 1972, killed 10 It has the objective of ex- “We’re talking about basic who haven’t passed the tion scared people about the years later and resurrected in panding the protection of equal rights for women — leg- amendment? The language of ERA,” Fry said. “There was 2017 is up for ratification in women’s rights by the Consti- islation that we should have the legislation seems simple, a fear of a woman losing her South Carolina’s current leg- tution from voting rights into passed 40 years ago,” state but one word is a red flag for role as a wife, or men losing islative session. other areas such as the work- Rep. Cezar McKnight, a Dem- some opponents. their jobs of protecting their Two bills in the state’s place and health care. ocrat from Williamsburg and “The amendment was writ- wives or [LGBTQ] people House of Representatives “We support this because it a sponsor of one of the South ten using the word ‘sex,’ and having rights, and I’m sure would, if passed, ratify the is important for pay equality, Carolina ERA bills, said. now people are [upset] about there are people out there Equal Rights Amendment in reproductive rights, protec- But the ERA wasn’t passed that for reasons pertaining to now saying the same South Carolina, giving the tion against domestic violence 40 years ago in South Caroli- the transgender and LGBTQ things.” ERA the 38-state majority it and legal protection against na, and the bills that would communities,” Fry said. But against all opposition, needs to become the 28th discrimination overall,” said ratify it in 2019 are resting in “Sex” is defined as some- South Carolina chapters of Amendment to the U.S. Con- Dee Woodward, president of a subcommittee of the S.C. one’s anatomy, while “gen- the LWV, Equal Means ERA stitution. the LWV of Sumter County. House’s Judiciary Committee. der” is to do with someone’s and legislators such as McK- “The right to vote did not After passing the deadline The bills will have to pass personal identification. Some night are forging ahead with give women complete equal for ratification in 1982 with through subcommittee, pass feel that the ERA proponents the ERA. justice under the law,” said too few states’ approval, the in the Judiciary Committee are attempting to mix sex dis- “We’ve got such a boatload Barbara Fry, leader of the bill was rejuvenated 35 years and then make it through crimination with gender dis- of problems down here and, S.C. Equal Means ERA Coali- later when Nevada passed it. three readings on the House crimination, which could re- if we show we’re for equali- tion, a group sponsored by the Illinois followed suit in 2018, floor before going to the Sen- define the equality conversa- ty, it could be wonderful PR League of Women Voters of leaving the amendment one ate in order for the ERA to tion as one based on the idea for this state if we are smart Charleston. state under the three-fourths pass this session. of two sexes, male and female. enough to take advantage of The amendment, written in of all states majority it needs “It’s going to be really tough More conservative critics in it,” Fry said. Restaurant news Following are the food grades for local businesses Sumter Police Department offers lawn equipment registry inspected by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for March 16- FROM STAFF REPORTS 24. A “C” grade is failing. For detailed reports, visit The Sumter Police Department has created a dhec.sc.gov. registry that can help identify yard and garden equipment if stolen according to a news release Asian BBQ, 11 W. Wesmark Blvd., Sumter: A from Tonyia McGirt, public information officer China House, 493 N. Guignard Drive., Sumter: A with the department. China Wok, A Because thieves look for easy opportunities, the 1821 U.S. 15 S., Sumter: department urges residents to secure lawn equip- Corner Pantry No. 129, 1175 Loring Mill Road, Sumter: A ment such as trailers, lawnmowers and blowers Edible Arrangements No. 874, 105 E. Wesmark Blvd., and to never leave them in clear view. Suite No. 3, Sumter: A The Lawn & Garden Equipment Registry, which Fish Hut, 2719 Woodrow Road, Sumter: B was created by patrol officers according to the re- Golden Chick, 807 Broad St., Sumter: A lease, serves as a partnership in an effort to recov- Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant, 321 W. Wesmark Blvd., er, identify and return stolen items to rightful Sumter: A owners. One of the ways to accomplish that is by Police can then verify that information and police and the public working together to have de- enter it into the National Crime Information Cen- IGA Deli Bakery No. 51, 325 W. Wesmark Blvd, Sumter: A J&C BBQ, A scriptions — make, model and serial or VIN num- ter for quick identification and recovery if equip- 224 C. Manning Ave., Sumter, bers — readily available if the items were stolen. ment is located. King Wok, 1057 Broad St., Sumter, A Both residents and owners of yard maintenance Copies of the form also are available at local Korner Shak II, 1269 N. Lafayette St., Sumter, A /lawn care businesses can obtain a registry form businesses that sell yard equipment and on the de- Munn-E-Saver, 437 Broad St., Sumter, A from the Sumter Police Department, 335 N. Lafay- partment’s website, http://sumterpd.com/about_ Neece’s Grill, 267 Broad St., Sumter, A ette Drive. forms.php. Sportsman’s Stop-N-Shop, 2810 U.S. 15 S., Sumter, A Once completed, a duplicate copy will be placed For more information, contact the Sumter Po- on file with the department. lice Department at (803) 436-2700.

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SUM helped her get the [email protected] “CART is special to our internship, too, all through the club,” Crotts said. nonprofit’s new Education As- Fresh-cooked meat, vegeta- The fund, which now oper- sistance Ministry. bles, pickled watermelon rinds, ates in 22 Rotary districts, in- McLeod became the first locally grown strawberries, cluding most of the Southeast, graduate of that program networking, music and good was started by the late Roger when she went back to Pil- company abounded Thursday Ackerman, a philanthropist grim’s with her updated re- evening at the Sumter Rotary and Rotarian who was a heavy sume showing her new experi- Club’s sixth-annual Farm to supporter of Sumter’s food and ence. Table. arts scene. He died in Septem- This time, they gave her a The fundraising event trans- TY CORNETT / THE SUMTER ITEM ber. job. forms the Sumter County Civic Guests enjoy the sixth-annual Farm to Table event Thursday. “Certainly, Roger has been a She spent last Thursday Center each year into a mas- big part of our club for so serving attendees a chicken sive all-you-can-eat restaurant many years, and he’s helped dish in her Pilgrim’s Pride polo featuring locally grown and lo- United Ministries, a nonprofit Crotts said she loves the so- me a lot personally, so this is T-shirt as their human re- cally owned food, food products that provides emergency ser- cial aspect of the event. kind of bittersweet doing it sources coordinator. and restaurants, with farmers vices to those in need; and “Everybody loves to eat. 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ment of the hymn “Were you there Conductor Tammy Williams, music TRUMP CONCERT FROM PAGE A1 when they crucified my Lord?” for minister at Mayesville Presbyterian FROM PAGE A1 the concert. The son of Jamie and Chuch, will lead a newly formed nine- County for more than 20 years, at both Regina Burns, he is pianist for Bethel piece chamber ensemble as it plays added that “he’s more than happy Crestwood and Furman high schools. United Methodist Church and an as- “Rhosymedre,” from 3 Preludes for any of this stuff to come out.” He holds a Master’s Degree in Voice sistant accompanist for the Sumter Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes by Trump cheered the Sunday out- and Opera from the University of High School Concert Choir. Ralph Vaughan Williams. The ensem- come but also laid bare his resent- South Carolina. Oboist Alex Beaton and organist ble members are Brandi Sloan, Lau- ment after two years of investiga- Professional harpist Kipper Acker- Hamilton Stoddard will present a Te- ren Decker and Grace Reynolds (vio- tions that have shadowed his admin- man is a classically trained musician lemann sonata. Known for his stellar lin); Deja Lint (viola); Kyla Kitterman istration. well known throughout the communi- talent on oboe, Beaton has performed (cello); Phyllis Haskins (clarinet); Alex “It’s a shame that our country has ty. She has directed church and school in various venues around the area and Beaton (oboe); and Barbara Rearden had to go through this. To be honest, choirs for two decades and is the has served the music ministry at First and Juanita Thompson (flute). it’s a shame that your president has founder and director of the Sounds of Presbyterian Church in several capac- The Crestwood Choir will close the had to go through this,” he said. Grace, through which she brings ities. program with Peter Lutkin’s anthem, Democrats pointed out Mueller “peace and healing through music” to Stoddard holds a Bachelor of Music “The Lord Bless You and Keep You.” found evidence for and against ob- special needs classrooms, hospices, degree in Piano Performance from Admission to the 7 p.m. Tuesday, struction and demanded to see his hospitals and other venues where Salem College and a Master of Music April 2, concert is by a cash donation report. They insisted that even the there is a need. degree in Organ Performance from in any amount to Feed My Starving summary by the president’s attorney Linda Coyne, one of Sumter’s most the University of North Carolina at Children, which will receive all pro- general hardly put him in the clear. celebrated organists, holds degrees in Greensboro. Throughout her career, ceeds from the event. Mueller’s conclusions, summa- organ from Randolph-Macon Woman’s she has served as organist and choir Mayesville Presbyterian Church is rized by Barr in a four-page letter to College and the University of Michi- director for churches in Missouri, at 109 W. Sumter St. in Mayesville. For Congress, represented a victory for gan. She has served congregations of North Carolina and South Carolina. In more information, call (803) 453-5759. Trump on a key question that has many denominations throughout the addition, she taught music at Mill- ABOUT FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN hung over his presidency from the East and Midwest and has taught stu- wood Elementary School for more start — whether his campaign dents from pre-kindergarten through than 20 years and has been organist FMSC is a Christian nonprofit or- worked with Russia to defeat Demo- middle school, many of whom earned for First Presbyterian Church in Sum- ganization committed to feeding hun- crat Hillary Clinton. places in the South Carolina Elemen- ter since 2002. gry children. Each year, volunteers That was further good news for tary Honors Choir. She continued her William Paul Brown will perform a from families, churches, businesses Trump on top of the Justice Depart- professional development with Ba- vocal solo. Also a talented actor, and civic groups across the United ment’s earlier announcement that roque keyboard studies at an interna- Brown recently appeared in Sumter States hand-pack dry meal packets Mueller had wrapped his investiga- tional early music festival and has Little Theatre’s musical “Five Guys specially formulated for malnour- tion without new indictments. That traveled to Germany to hear and play Named Moe” and served as vocal di- ished children. could deflate the hopes of Democrats some of the surviving instruments of rector. He was also a featured soloist These all-vegetarian meal packs in Congress and on the 2020 cam- Bach’s era. in the Sumter Civic Chorale’s presen- have been developed by scientists to paign trail that incriminating find- Mark Burns, a Sumter High School tation of Franz Schubert’s Mass in G be nutritionally complete and to re- ings from Mueller would hobble junior, has prepared his own arrange- last year. verse and prevent malnutrition. Trump’s agenda and re-election bid.

ing the entire district. open the middle school, state county council chairman, the total student enrollment. McMASTER The new board voted 6-3 in Superintendent of Education president of the Greater Sum- McMaster, who knew the FROM PAGE A1 February to reopen Mayewood Molly Spearman declared a ter Chamber of Commerce, the timeline of events up until the next school year, going against fiscal emergency in Sumter school board’s Shaw Air Force appeal and was rendered Development Board and a citi- the financial recovery plan it School District, a move the Base liaison and Thompson, speechless for a pause or two zen member of the Sumter submitted last summer that school board is in the process have voiced opposition to the Monday when a Sumter legis- School District Finance Com- detailed how it would reach of appealing. Two other dis- reopening. lator informed him of the mittee, on what the state has that fund balance level. Four tricts in the state were also is- District administration has board’s decision, said he the authority to do about “non- of the five new members voted sued a fiscal emergency in late reported estimated first-year doesn’t know the individual conforming school board in favor, one against. February, allowing the state to costs between $963,000 and board members but that they members.” Reasons for reopening have intervene in financial deci- $1.2 million to reopen the must do better for the sake of The district is required by included a “rushed process” sions. Sumter is the first and school with recurring annual Sumter’s children and Sum- state law to have one month’s and transitional faults at R.E. only district to appeal. costs between $360,000 and ter’s prosperity. operating expenditures in its Davis, such as mixing elemen- The board’s goal in its ap- $471,000, numbers the board “Some of the toughest things general fund balance by June tary and middle school stu- peal will be to present a finan- members in favor of reopen- are dealing with changing 30, 2020. That goal currently is dents in hallways and a lack of cial plan that includes reopen- ing dispute. school districts and consolidat- somewhere between $10 mil- storage space. ing Mayewood while also Eighty-five to 90 percent of ing schools, but I promise you lion and $12 million. “I think she was right,” Mc- reaching one month’s operat- the district’s budget is person- that decision has got to be The district’s official fiscal Master said of Hamm. ing expenditures by next year. nel. Spanning its current 24 made,” he said. “Weakness in 2016 audit revealed $6.2 million Mayewood consolidated this Board Chairman the Rev. schools, Mayewood represents education will kill economic in overspending, depleting the year into R.E. Davis Elementa- Ralph Canty, who voted about 1 percent of the district’s growth.” fund balance to $106,449. In the ry School 1.3 miles away, creat- against reopening and appeal- fallout, then-Superintendent ing the K-8 R.E. Davis College ing, has said the plan will in- Frank Baker retired in July Preparatory Academy. F.J. De- volve budget cuts to include 2017, with the district bringing Laine students moved into personnel, which may be ac- in Interim Superintendent Cherryvale Elementary complished through attrition. Debbie Hamm. She will finish School. Other community leaders, her second and final year at In response to the vote to re- including Sumter’s mayor, the Proclamation the end of June. Hamm, McMaster recounted Fair Housing Month off the top of his head, brought the balance back up to almost WHEREAS, Sumter County Council desires that its citizens be offered the $10 million. District data show opportunity to attain a decent and sanitary living environment; and, it may break that threshold by WHEREAS, Sumter County Council recognizes that 2019 marks the 51st Anniversary the end of the year. of the 1968 passage of the Federal Fair Housing Law that prohibits discrimination in housing; and in 1989, South Carolina passed a Fair While he was superinten- Housing Law that provides rights and remedies substantially equivalent dent, Baker initiated the idea to those found in the Federal Fair Housing Act; and of closing rural, low-enroll- WHEREAS, Sumter County Council rejects discrimination on the basis of race, color, ment schools. Student num- sex, national origin, religion, ancestral status, and disability; and, bers have been declining, and WHEREAS, Sumter County desires that every citizen be offered the opportunity to live in the home of his or her choice; hence, Sumter County Government it costs more per pupil to edu- does not discriminate in its housing practices; cate children in under-enrolled NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we the members of Sumter County schools. The board voted Council do hereby proclaim April as FAIR HOUSING MONTH in the against closing schools in 2017 County of Sumter, South Carolina and recognize the importance of Fair Housing benefits for its citizenry; Council will continue to promote and then but did vote to close We Care Every Day advocate fair housing for all of its citizens. Mayewood and F.J. 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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a a decommissioned nuclear weapons cent of the waste and has cost more had been put that deep underground remote stretch of New Mexico desert, production site in Washington state to than twice as much as it was sup- before. And that’s still true 20 years the U.S. government put in motion an one of the nation’s top nuclear re- posed to,” said Don Hancock with the later.” experiment aimed at proving to the search labs, in Idaho, and locations as watchdog group Southwest Research While the real test will be what hap- world that radioactive waste could be far east as South Carolina. and Information Center. “How great pens generations from now, Swift is safely disposed of deep underground, If it weren’t for the Waste Isolation of a success is that?” confident in the science behind the rendering it less of a threat to the en- Pilot Plant, many containers of pluto- Officials initially thought the facili- project. vironment. nium-contaminated waste would be ty would operate for about 25 years. But the wild card in whether the re- Twenty years and more than 12,380 outside, exposed to the weather and Rather than wrapping up in the next pository is ultimately deemed a suc- shipments later, tons of Cold War-era susceptible to natural disasters, said few years, managers have bumped the cess will be the human factor. After waste from decades of bomb-making J.R. Stroble, head of business opera- timeline to 2050. all, missteps by management were and nuclear research across the U.S. tions at the Department of Energy’s The repository was carved out of an blamed for the 2014 radiation release. have been stashed in the salt caverns Carlsbad Field Office, which oversees ancient salt formation about a half- With some areas permanently that make up the underground facili- the contractor that operates the re- mile below the surface, with the idea sealed off due to contamination, more ty. Each week, several shipments of pository. that the shifting salt would eventually mining will have to be done to expand special boxes and barrels packed with “The whole purpose of WIPP is to entomb the radioactive waste. capacity. The federal government also lab coats, rubber gloves, tools and de- isolate this long-lived radioactive, haz- It was the National Academy of Sci- is spending more than a half-billion bris contaminated with plutonium ardous waste from the accessible envi- ences in the 1950s that first recom- dollars to install a new ventilation and other radioactive elements are ronment, from people and the things mended disposing of atomic waste in system, sink more shafts and make trucked to the site. people need in order to live life on deep geologic formations. Scientists other upgrades aimed at returning to But the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Earth,” he told The Associated Press. began taking a hard look at the New “normal business.” has not been without issues. Stroble and others in the communi- Mexico site about two decades later. Hancock and some former elected A 2014 radiation leak forced an ex- ties surrounding the repository are The scientists had to convince leaders involved in early discussions pensive, nearly three-year closure, de- steadfast in their conviction that the themselves and then federal regula- about the facility worry about the layed the federal government’s clean- facility is a success. They point to 22 tors that it was safe. One of their subterranean landfill becoming a up program and prompted policy sites around the nation that have been tasks was determining that the an- dumping ground for high-level waste changes at national laboratories and cleaned up as a result of having some- cient seawater trapped between the or commercial nuclear waste. defense-related sites across the U.S. where to put the waste — including salt crystals and bound up in thin But it would take an act of Congress More recently, the U.S. Department of Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weap- bands of clay within the salt deposit to expand the repository’s mission, Energy said it would investigate re- ons plant outside Denver that had a would pose no problems thousands of and getting consent from New Mexi- ports that workers may have been ex- history of leaks, spills and other vio- years later. co’s delegates would be a tall order posed last year to hazardous chemi- lations. “It was exciting to be working on since the federal government still has cals. For critics, that success is check- what was then going to be the world’s no long-term plan for dealing with Still, supporters consider the repos- ered at best since the repository is far first deep-geologic repository for that such waste. Nevada’s proposed Yucca itory a success, saying it provides a vi- from fulfilling its mission. class of waste,” said Peter Swift, a se- Mountain project is mothballed, and able option for dealing with a multi- “It’s 80 percent through its lifetime, nior scientist at Sandia National Lab- no other permanent disposal propos- billion-dollar mess that stretches from and it has disposed of less than 40 per- oratories. “Nothing that radioactive als are on the table. ‘Extreme stalker’ has Utah family’s home under siege SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A known. online from a website that pays Utah family has become the “It’s pretty vindictive in people to spy on others. victim of extreme stalking in- what they’re doing,” North A police car is now parked volving unwanted service pro- Salt Lake Police Sgt. Mitch outside around the clock, and viders repeatedly being sent to Gwilliam said. “Stalking is Gilmore has put up a large yel- Nobody Beats a Bundy’s Deal! their home, according to the stalking. But this is stalking on low sign in the driveway with Leevan Daniels homeowner and police. steroids. It’s pretty vicious.” “ALERT” in big red letters. 301 Broad St., Sumter, SC Walt Gilmore’s family in sub- The calls range from pizzas Below it says, “If you have (803) 316-2100 cell urban Salt Lake City has been being sent to Gilmore’s office been asked to provide any ser- the target since August of a to an environmental cleanup vices to this address such as a stalker using phone calls and company coming one Saturday car tow, home repair, lock- texts to send a parade of people morning on a fake call that smith, plumbing, food deliver- to the home for legitimate ser- Gilmore’s house was flooding. ies or anything else, please call vices and illegal activities, the The false call cost the company the North Salt Lake Police.” Deseret News reported Friday. an estimated $4,000 to round And at the bottom in bold Up to 20 people per day ar- up the workers and drive to the letters: “We are all victims of rive saying they were called to house, Gilmore said. this scam.” FACTORY OUTLET provide electrical, plumbing, Officers have been called to “I feel trapped in my home. 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uccess in politics — rose to 58 percent in October Trump’s aren’t. criminal collusion has failed point that House Democrats and in political predic- 1984. A month later, he won 59 One reason old political to disenchant. at first couldn’t pass a resolu- tions — depends on percent of the popular vote rules stop working is that one It’s apparent now that tion decrying the blatant anti- Sthe ability to distin- and carried 49 states. generation of voters has dif- Trump’s support — the 21st- Semitism of one of their own. guish between old rules of During President Donald ferent experiences from those century Republican core So we see multiple presiden- thumb that don’t apply any Trump’s time in office, the of the generations before. Vot- minus a couple million white tial candidates racing to em- more and old rules of thumb economy has improved sharp- ers who remembered the college grads, plus a couple brace programs with 8 to 20- that do. ly, with record-low unemploy- Great Depression of the 1930s million white non-grads — is some percent support in the Take the old rule that an of- ment and — something not and World War II in the 1940s sticking with him pretty general electorate — racial ficeholder’s chances of re- seen since Reagan’s time or rewarded incumbent presi- much regardless of events or reparations, ninth-month election de- before — with the biggest in- dents who seemed to have outcomes. And that the coali- abortions, tearing down exist- pend on what come gains for low earners. produced prosperity and tion that makes up the 21st- ing border walls, abolishing James Car- The public’s rating of the peace with landslide re-elec- century Democrats, with the Immigration and Customs En- ville in 1992 economy has improved sharp- tions. reverse adjustments, is solidly forcement. took to call- ly as well. They were willing to cross arrayed against. We see eminences, hoarse ing “the But Trump’s job approval party lines to express their This is actually in line with from denouncing Donald economy, stu- has barely changed at all. gratitude for policies that old political rules, rules with Trump for violating long- pid.” After hitting a low of 37 per- seemed to prevent the horrors origins far before the 1930s standing norms, now advocat- That used cent in the RealClearPolitics that were all too familiar. So and 1940s. The Republican ing the abolishment of the Michael to be a real average of public polls in De- incumbent presidents of both Party, from its formation in Electoral College; packing the Barone thing. The cember 2017, it has remained parties won between 57 and 61 1854, has been built around a Supreme Court; enacting the Great De- steady for more than a year, percent of the popular vote in core of people considered to 16-year-old vote and the Green pression took oscillating between 40 and 44 1956, 1964, 1972 and 1984. Since be ordinary Americans but New Deal, with its abolition President Herbert Hoover percent. 1988, only a shrinking sliver not by themselves a majority. of gas-powered automobiles down from 58 percent of the Analysts have attributed of voters remembers what The Democratic Party, from and flatulent cattle. vote in 1928 to 40 percent in wobbles upward or downward Americans used to call “the its formation in 1832, has been Old rules of thumb, it 1932. The return of economic to specific events. But given depression” and “the war,” a coalition of those regarded seems, can yield to even older growth enabled President the inexactitude inevitable in and no president has won as out-peoples, often at odds ones. Franklin Roosevelt to in- polling, they may not repre- more than 53 percent. with one another but together crease his 57 percent in 1932 sent any change at all. Just as Trump has not been often a majority. Michael Barone is a senior po- to 61 percent in 1936, and then Trump’s numbers remain able to raise his job rating to Both parties’ voters today litical analyst for the Washing- to win re-election twice in the slightly below the high 40s, the improving economy, so his are acting characteristically. ton Examiner, resident fellow shadow of world war in the the pre-election-year approval political enemies have not The vast body of Republicans at the American Enterprise In- 1940s. numbers of recent presidents been able to lower it signifi- has no truck with the plaints stitute and longtime co-author Amid recession, President who have won a second term. cantly. Each new supposedly of never-Trumpers. The Dem- of The Almanac of American Ronald Reagan’s job approval But their approval numbers shocking personal revelation ocrats are in turmoil, panick- Politics. sunk to 41 percent in January were closely tied to percep- has failed to shock; each ea- ing at the possibility of having 1983. Amid surging growth, it tions of the economy. gerly whispered allegation of enemies on the left, to the © 2019 CREATORS.COM

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COMMENTARY Why Joe may be courting Stacey for 2020 campaign f 895 slots in the which races will not be well bribes to criminal consultants “Who the hell do we think Louise Day Hicks of the Bos- freshman class of represented in that vanguard. to get their kids into elite col- we are, that the only way a ton busing case fame. Stuyvesant High in They identify a fault line leges, by falsifying records of black man or woman can How, with a record like this, ONew York City, seven that runs through the Demo- athletic achievement and learn is if they rub shoulders does Biden inoculate himself were offered this year to black cratic Party, separating left- cheating on Scholastic Apti- with my white child? against attacks by rival candi- students, down from 10 last ists who believe in equality of tude Tests, has caused a wave “I am philosophically op- dates, especially candidates of year and 13 results for all races and ethnic of populist resentment. posed to quota systems. They color, in his run for the nomi- the year be- groups and those who believe Second, Harvard is being ensure mediocrity.” nation? fore. in a meritocracy. sued for systemic reverse rac- That was 44 years ago. One way would be to signal In the Mayor Bill de Blasio has ex- ism, as black and Hispanic While those views were the to his party that he has freshman pressed anger and frustration students are admitted with thinking of many Democrats, grown, he has changed, and class of 803 at at the under-representation of test scores hundreds of points and perhaps of most Ameri- his 2020 running mate will be The Bronx blacks and Hispanics in the below those that would dis- cans, in the mid-’70s, they will a person of color. Perhaps High School elite schools. But Gov. Andrew qualify Asians and whites. be problematic in the 2020 pri- he’ll run with a woman of of Science, 12 Cuomo and the state legisla- Third, Joe Biden has a his- maries, where blacks could be color such as Stacey Abrams, Pat students are ture have ignored his pleas to tory on compulsory integra- decisive in the contests that who narrowly lost the 2018 Buchanan black, down change the way students are tion dating back to the 1970s follow Iowa and New Hamp- governor’s race in Georgia. from last admitted. that Sen. Jesse Helms called shire. An ancillary benefit would year’s 25. Currently, the same test, of “enlightened.” Biden knows that just as be that Abrams on the ticket Of 303 students admitted to English and math, is given to Here are Biden’s quotes, un- Bernie Sanders, another white would help him carry Geor- Staten Island Technical High middle school applicants. And earthed by The Washington male, fell short in crucial gia, a state Donald Trump School, one is black. admission to the elite eight is Post, that reflect his beliefs South Carolina because of a probably cannot lose and win According to The New York offered to those who get the about forced busing for racial lack of support among black re-election. Times, similar patterns of ad- highest scores. balance in public schools: voters, he, too, has a problem Wrote Axios this morning: mission apply at the other five Moreover, Asians, not “The new integration plans with that most loyal element “Close advisers to former most elite high schools in the whites, are predominant. being offered are really just in the Democratic coalition. Vice President Joe Biden are city. Whites and Asians are 30 Though 15 percent of all mid- quota systems to assure a cer- In 1991, Biden failed to rise debating the idea of packag- percent of middle school stu- dle school students, Asians tain number of blacks, Chica- to the defense of Anita Hill ing his presidential campaign dents but 83 percent of the make up two-thirds of the stu- nos or whatever in each when she charged future Jus- announcement with a pledge freshmen at Bronx High dent body at Stuyvesant, with school. That, to me, is the tice Clarence Thomas with to choose Stacey Abrams as School of Science, 88 percent 80 times as many slots as their most racist concept you can sexual harassment. In the his vice president.” at Staten Island Technical and black classmates. come up with. Senate Judiciary Committee, 90 percent at Stuyvesant. The egalitarian wing of the “What it says is, ‘In order he was a law-and-order cham- Patrick J. Buchanan is the au- What do these numbers tell Democratic Party sees this as for your child with curly black pion responsible for tough an- thor of “Nixon’s White House us? They reveal the racial inherently unjust. And what hair, brown eyes and dark ti-crime legislation that is now Wars: The Battles That Made composition of the cohort of gives this issue national im- skin to be able to learn any- regarded as discriminatory. and Broke a President and Di- scientists and technicians who port are these factors: thing, he needs to sit next to And he has a record on bus- vided America Forever.” will lead America in the 21st First, the recent scandal my blond-haired, blue-eyed ing for racial balance that century. And they tell us where rich parents paid huge son.’ That’s racist! made him a de facto ally of © 2019 CREATORS.COM A8 | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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Screenings ter Resource Center, 337 will be conducted from 9 a.m. Manning Ave. Sickle Cell cli- to noon at the Summerton ents and family members of Rather cloudy, a Partly cloudy and Mostly sunny and Plenty of sunshine Sunny, pleasant and Times of clouds and Early Childhood Center, 8 clients who have passed shower or two chilly cool warmer sun South St., Summerton, on the away are invited. There will following Tuesdays: April 9 be Memorial Moments, gifts 59° 35° 61° / 37° 67° / 41° 75° / 48° 80° / 54° and May 14. Call Robert Col- for each family and lunch. Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 10% lar at (803) 574-2117. Call (803) 774-6481. NE 10-20 mph NE 7-14 mph NE 8-16 mph NE 4-8 mph SSW 4-8 mph SSW 6-12 mph Sumter AARP Foundation Tax- The 8th Annual Boy Scouts BBQ Aide will offer free tax prepara- Cook Off, Henry Shelor Dis- Gaff ney tion services from 9 a.m. to 3 trict, will be held Friday-Sat- 58/34 p.m. on Mondays and urday, March 29-30. Wing Wednesdays (walk-in servic- Spartanburg ding will be held from 5:30 to 58/36 es) through April 15 at South 9 p.m. on Friday with live en- TODAY’S Greenville Sumter Resource Center, 337 tertainment provided by Big SOUTH 59/36 Manning Ave., and by ap- Thunder and the Rumblefish. pointment on Saturday, April Florence Saturday will feature pork CAROLINA Bishopville 6. No age requirement and 60/35 barbecue tasting from 11 59/35 you do not have to be an a.m. to 3 p.m. with live enter- WEATHER AARP member. Services will tainment provided by Swift Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter also be available by appoint- Creek Band. 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Moultrie 75.5 74.93 -0.21 Normal high 69° deposit 2018 tax year and Wateree 100 96.92 +0.01 The AARP Smart Driver Course Normal low 43° processing taxes from three Mar. 27 Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 19 years back (2017, 2016 and will be offered 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Record high 89° in 2007 2015). Call (803) 883-5483. on Wednesday, April 10, and Record low 24° in 1956 RIVER STAGES Wednesday, May 15, at the Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr TIDES Detox-Relax with Colors from Shepherd’s Center, 155 Hayn- Precipitation River stage yest. chg 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at the 24 hrs ending 2 p.m. yest. trace AT MYRTLE BEACH sworth St. Cost: $15/AARP Black River 12 8.22 -0.11 Wesmark branch of the Sum- Month to date 3.09" High Ht. Low Ht. members; $20/non-members. Congaree River 19 5.36 +1.19 Normal month to date 3.14" Today 1:59 a.m. 3.2 8:55 a.m. 0.1 ter County Library, 180 W. Call (803) 773-1944 to make a Lynches River 14 7.35 -0.25 Year to date 7.03" 2:12 p.m. 2.7 8:59 p.m. 0.3 Wesmark Blvd. Drop in for a reservation. 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COLUMBIA — Survive and advance is the name of the game in March Madness, and that’s exactly what the No. 1 overall seed Duke Blue Devils did on Sunday at Colonial Life Arena against No. 9 seed Cen- tral Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tourna- ment on Sunday. Barely. The Blue Devils avoided a monumental upset by defeat- ing the Knights 77-76 as two UCF shots in the final seconds hung on the rim only to fall off. It sealed the victory for Duke head coach Mike Krzyze- wski over his former player and assistant coach at Duke, UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins. “These kids, my guys, hung in there,” Krzyzewski said. “They hung in there because just the momentum of the tournament, what’s going on, you could be defeated right there, and instead, they hung in there.” Central Florida led 74-70 when Duke’s Cam Reddish hit a 3-point basket with 1:41 left in the game to cut the lead to 74-73. The Golden Knights’ BJ Taylor hit two free throws with 45 seconds to go to put UCF up 76-73. Duke freshman forward Zion Williamson missed a 3 with 33 seconds to go, but an offensive rebound by Javin De- MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Laurier kept the possession Duke’s Zion Williamson (1) goes up for a shot against 7-6 Central Florida center Tacko Fall in the final seconds of their second-round game in the NCAA tournament on Sunday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. Williamson hit the basket and was fouled to bring the Blue Devils within SEE DUKE, PAGE B3 a point. Williamson missed the shot, but RJ Barrett grabbed the rebound and put in a layup to give Duke a 77-76 win.

USC WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL JA WATCH South Carolina Morant’s breakout season ends beats Florida with blowout by Florida State State 72-64 to BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press reach Sweet 16 HARTFORD, Conn. — Ja Morant, perhaps BY STEVE REED sensing this would be The Associated Press his last opportunity to score for Murray State, CHARLOTTE — With 42 seconds turned on the jets and left and South Carolina leading by darted through three de- one, coach Dawn Staley decided to fenders for a driving put the game in the hands of her ju- layup. nior point guard Tyasha Harris. That gave Morant 28 She called a play named “Miami points and Racers fans Vice” where Harris would use a one final thrill in a sea- screen to get moving toward the son full of them. Mo- basket and make a decision to ei- ments later, with Flori- ther shoot or pass. da State way ahead and Harris drove, kept the ball and about a minute and half THE ASSOCIATED PRESS banked a one-handed layup off the left on the clock, Morant glass and drew a foul. She complet- South Carolina guard Tyasha Harris (52) came out of the game. ed the 3-point play, making it a two- goes up for a basket against Florida He received a warm ova- possession game and helping State in the Gamecocks’ 72-64 win in tion from the Murray the second round of the NCAA tourna- State fans, took a seat SEE USC, PAGE B3 ment in Charlotte on Sunday. on the sideline and draped a towel over his head. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As the clock wound Murray State’s Ja Morant (12) embraces Racers head coach MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL down on Florida State’s Matt McMahon near the end of Murray State’s 90-62 loss to 90-62 victory against Florida State in the NCAA tournament on Saturday in Hart- 12th-seeded Murray ford, Connecticut. Many think it will be the last college game State in the NCAA Tour- for Morant, the former Crestwood High School standout, as nament on Saturday, he is expected to be an NBA draft lottery pick. No. 1 seed Cavaliers whip Morant wondered what more he could have rant became the talk of Florida State was win- done for his team and the tournament with a ning everywhere else, Sooners, move to Sweet 16 what could have been. triple-double that had forcing turnovers, get- “I was just hurt not NBA stars Steph Curry ting into transition and BY DANNY KELLY Sweet 16. being able to take the and Luka Doncic mar- knocking down 3s. [email protected] “Obviously, just excited to come floor with these guys for veling at the sure-fire Morant had only four away with a hard-fought win,” Vir- the rest of this season, lottery pick, his break- assists after notching 16 COLUMBIA — No. 1 South Re- ginia head coach Tony Bennett for another game or pos- out season ended with in the first round. He gional seed Virginia was tested a said. “I thought these guys really sibly two, three, four,” far less fanfare. He daz- leads the country at 10 little bit by No. 9 Oklahoma in the came to play. They played for each Morant said. “But it’s zled early, going 5 for 5 assists per game, and second round of the NCAA Tour- other defensively. I hope — they been a great season. I from 3-point range in became the first Divi- nament at Colonial Life Arena on did it at the end of the first half all really was just thinking the first half against the sion I player to average Sunday, but the Cavaliers proved and through the second half back on what all we Seminoles, flashing his double-digit assists and to be too much for the Sooners as against Gardner-Webb — and then have accomplished this step-back and cross-over at least 20 points in a Virginia would come away with a year.” jumpers. He had 18 63-51 victory to advance to the SEE VIRGINIA, PAGE B3 Two days after Mo- points at the half. But SEE MORANT, PAGE B4 B2 | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

AREA ROUNDUP USC Sumter softball 5 Sumter athletes named splits doubleheader all-state at strength meet with Salkehatchie LEXINGTON — Five VARSITY BASEBALL 3-for-4 for the Lady Saints. FROM STAFF REPORTS scored twice and Carter had Sumter High School stu- FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 7 Hannah Johndrow had two a double, two runs and two dent-athletes were named WILSON HALL 0 hits and three RBI. Mcintosh ALLENDALE — The Uni- RBI. Brooke Ward and Shelby to the all-state team dur- had two RBI. versity of South Carolina Nisbet both had a double, an ing the South Carolina FLORENCE — Wilson Olivia Wilson had two hits, softball team split a double- RBI and a run. High School Strength Hall fell to 0-2 in SCISA Re- including a home run, and header with South Carolina Nisbet picked up the win in Coaches Association State gion iii-3A with a 7-0 loss to two RBI. Salkehatchie on Saturday at the circle, allowing 10 hits, Championships on Satur- Florence Christian School Amberly Way had two hits the Salkehatchie field, losing four earned runs and two day at White Knoll High on Friday at the FCS field. and picked up the win in the the opener 3-0 before winning walks while striking out two. School. The Barons are 1-6 overall. circle, striking out 13. the nightcap 12-4. Phillips was the tough luck Three Iron Gamecocks UNION CHRISTIAN 13 The Fire Ants were limited loser in the opener. She al- were named all-state at the GIRLS SUMTER CHRISTIAN 2 to four hits in the first game lowed three runs, seven hits varsity level — Javon Ford VARSITY SOFTBALL before exploding for 15 in the and two walks while striking in the 140-pound weight UNION — Sumter Chris- second game. out three. class, Antonio Roach at 180 CLARENDON HALL 13 tian School fell to 1-2 with a Kristin Wemes went 3-for-4 Nisbet, Carter, Holmes and and Kurt Lewis and Mi- HOLLY HILL 8 13-2 loss to Union Christian with two doubles, two runs Ward each had a hit, Carter’s chael Koromah in the un- School on Friday at the UCS scored and a run batted in to being a double. limited division. SUMMERTON — Claren- field. Lexi Caples had two lead Sumter in Game 2. Abi- USC Sumter is 13-11 overall Pedro Washington was don Hall improved to 4-2 hits for the Lady Bears. gale Hudson, Emily Holmes, and 1-1 in NJCAA Region X. named all-star in the 220 with a 13-8 victory over Ashtyn DuCom had a double Hailey Carter and Megan The Fire Ants travel to Spar- junior varsity division. Holly Hill Academy on Fri- and an RBI, Haley Carter Phillips had two hits apiece. tanburg on Saturday for a Athletes competed in the day at the CH field. had a triple, a run and an Hudson scored three runs doubleheader against Spar- broad jump, bench press Bailey Corbett and Hadle- RBI, and Kim Edmunds had and had an RBI, Holmes tanburg Methodist College. and squat. igh McIntosh both went a hit and a run. Fire Ants baseball takes 3 of 4 from Braves at Riley Park FROM STAFF REPORTS NJCAA Region X. The Braves Jakob Woods, Strader and runs and two RBI, Woods had Woods and Lee Metts each fell to 8-24 and 1-11. Hunter each had a hit, a run a double, three RBI and a run, had two hits. Metts and Mang- The University of South In Saturday’s opener, USCS and an RBI. and Hunter had two RBI. um both had doubles. Metts Carolina Sumter baseball was limited to three hits by In Sunday’s opener, Sumter Tristen Campbell worked scored twice, while Mangum team lost the opening game of Dylan Brazell. Vince Hanna, rallied from a 10-3 deficit with the final 5 2/3 innings to get scored three times and had its 4-game series against USC Kaleb Strader and Chandler five runs in the bottom of the the win. Campbell (3-1) didn’t two RBI. Salkehatchie on Saturday at Hunter had Sumter’s hits. fifth inning and two in the allow a run, while giving up Turner and Payton Young Riley Park but rebounded In the second game, the Fire sixth to tie the game and won four hits and two walks and also scored three runs apiece, with a win and swept a dou- Ants rode the 2-hit, complete it with a run in the 11th. striking out six. and Woods had two RBI. bleheader on Sunday. game effort of Alex Sanchez. The Fire Ants had 18 hits In the series finale, USC Chandler Sox (3-1) picked After falling 5-0 in the open- Sanchez, who improved to 2-1, with Hanna going 4-for-6. Tyler Sumter pounded out 19 hits. up the win, giving up just two er, the Fire Ants won 6-1 in struck out nine and walked Mangum, Turner, Woods and Kyle Kalick and Shanif Hi- runs in four innings of work. Saturday’s nightcap. On Sun- one. Hunter each had three hits. rani both had four hits. Hirani Sumter will continue Re- day, they won 11-10 in 11 in- Sumter managed eight hits Hanna scored three time, had a double, a triple, four gion X play with a pair of nings and 17-7. from eight different players. while Mangum had two dou- RBI and three runs. Kalick road doubleheaders against USC Sumter improved to Tyler Turner had a hit, a run bles, three runs and three had two RBI and scored a run. USC Lancaster on Saturday 17-15 overall and 5-3 in scored and two runs batted in. RBI. Turner had a double, two Hanna Mangum, Turner, and Sunday.

At Waco, Texas Pittsburgh 14 14 .500 Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. SCOREBOARD Baylor (32-1) vs. California (20-12) Colorado 14 15 .483 San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m. At Raleigh, N.C. San Francisco 13 14 .481 Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. TV, RADIO Kentucky (25-7) vs. N.C. State (27-5) Philadelphia 13 14 .481 Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Regional Semifinals Atlanta 14 16 .467 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m. TODAY St. Louis 12 15 .444 Houston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30 Los Angeles 12 15 .444 L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Noon – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s At Greensboro, N.C. New York 12 16 .429 Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Third-Round Matches and Women’s Round-of-16 Baylor-California winner vs. South Carolina (23-9), Arizona 12 16 .429 Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. Matches (TENNIS). TBA Cincinnati 8 17 .320 Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. 1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Kentucky-N.C. State winner vs. Iowa (28-6), TBA Cincinnati at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, MLB PORTLAND REGIONAL SUNDAY’S GAMES WEDNESDAY’S GAMES NETWORK). N.Y. Mets 8, Washington (ss) 4 Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. 4 p.m. – High School Basketball: McDonald’s All- Second Round Detroit 18, Toronto 6 Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. American Boys Scrimmage from Atlanta (ESPNU). Sunday, March 24 N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 3 Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m. 4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball; Boston At Starkville, Miss. St. Louis 2, Miami 1 Washington at Phoenix, 10 p.m. vs. Chicago Cubs (MLB NETWORK). Mississippi State 85, Clemson 61 Philadelphia 11, Baltimore (ss) 4 L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Men’s At Coral Gables, Fla. Houston 5, Washington (ss) 3 Third-Round Matches and Women’s Round-of-16 Arizona State 57, Miami 55 Pittsburgh 1, Baltimore (ss) 1 THURSDAY’S GAMES Matches (TENNIS). At Eugene, Ore. Nashville 4, Texas (ss) 3 Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Denver at Princeton Oregon 91, Indiana 68 Colorado 4, Cincinnati 3 Orlando at Detroit, 7 p.m. (ESPNU). Monday, March 25 Kansas City 3, Texas (ss) 3 Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Basketball: National Invitation At Syracuse, N.Y. Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 3 Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Tournament Quarterfinal Game (ESPN). South Dakota State (27-6) vs. Syracuse (25-8) Chicago Cubs 24, San Diego 6 Denver at Houston, 8 p.m. 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Charlotte Regional Semifinals Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2 L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Atlanta 4, Tampa Bay 2 Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m. 7 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Friday, March 29 Oakland 5, San Francisco 0 Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Toronto from Montreal (MLB At Portland, Ore. L.A. Angels 8, L.A. Dodgers 4 NETWORK). Mississippi State (32-2) vs. Arizona State (22-10), 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Washington (NBC TBA TODAY’S GAMES NHL STANDINGS SPORTS NETWORK). South Dakota State-Syracuse winner, vs. Oregon Detroit vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 12:35 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Alabama vs. Auburn from (31-4), TBA p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Montgomery, Ala. (SEC NETWORK). Regional Championship Cincinnati vs. Atlanta at Atlanta, GA, 1:10 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Baseball: North Carolina A&T at Colorado vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 2:05 p.m. Atlantic Division Sunday, March 31 South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). Cleveland vs. Texas at Arlington, TX, 2:05 p.m. At Portland, Ore. 7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Oklahoma at Oklahoma Pittsburgh vs. Houston at Houston, TX, 2:10 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Semifinal winners State (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Boston vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. z-Tampa Bay 76 58 14 4 120 301 202 7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. CHICAGO REGIONAL Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Phoenix, 3:40 p.m. x-Boston 75 46 20 9 101 233 189 Chile from Houston (ESPN2, UNIVISION). Second Round San Diego vs. Seattle at Seattle, WA, 4:10 p.m. Toronto 75 44 25 6 94 264 223 8 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA G-League Montreal 76 40 28 8 88 227 219 Sunday, March 24 Milwaukee vs. Toronto at Montreal, QB, 7:05 p.m. Playoff Game (ESPNU). Florida 75 33 30 12 78 243 255 College Station, Texas Oakland vs. San Francisco at San Francisco, CA, 9:45 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Houston at Milwaukee Buffalo 74 31 34 9 71 206 244 Texas A&M 78, Marquette 76 p.m. (TNT). Detroit 75 27 38 10 64 203 256 Monday, March 25 L.A. Angels vs. L.A. Dodgers at Los Angeles, CA, 10:10 10 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los p.m. Ottawa 75 26 43 6 58 222 278 Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels (MLB At Notre Dame, Ind. NETWORK). Notre Dame (31-3) vs. Michigan State (21-11) Metropolitan Division At Ames, Iowa 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Washington at Los NBA STANDINGS GP W L OT Pts GF GA Angeles Lakers (TNT). Missouri State (23-9) vs. Iowa State (26-8) At Stanford, Calif. Washington 76 44 24 8 96 260 234 BYU (26-6) vs. Stanford (29-4) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders 76 44 25 7 95 212 184 Regional Semifinals Pittsburgh 76 41 24 11 93 256 226 PREP SCHEDULE Saturday, March 30 Atlantic Division Carolina 75 42 26 7 91 225 206 At Chicago W L Pct GB Columbus 75 41 30 4 86 228 218 TUESDAY Notre Dame-Central Michigan-Michigan State Philadelphia 76 36 32 8 80 229 252 x-Toronto 51 23 .689 — Varsity Baseball winner vs. Texas A&M (26-7), TBA N.Y. Rangers 74 29 32 13 71 206 245 x-Philadelphia 47 26 .644 3½ Dreher at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m. Missouri State-Iowa State winner vs. BYU-Stanford New Jersey 76 28 39 9 65 208 259 Boston 43 31 .581 8 Lakewood at Lower Richland, 6:30 p.m. winner, TBA Manning at Georgetown, 6 p.m. Brooklyn 38 36 .514 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Regional Championship New York 14 60 .189 37 Lewisville at Lee Central (DH), 5 p.m. Central Division Latta at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. Monday, April 1 Southeast Division Trinity-Byrnes at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m. At Chicago GP W L OT Pts GF GA Varsity and JV Baseball Semifinal winners W L Pct GB x-Winnipeg 75 45 26 4 94 254 218 Hammond at Laurence Manning, 4:30 p.m. ALBANY REGIONAL Miami 36 37 .493 — Nashville 76 42 28 6 90 223 202 Carolina at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Orlando 35 38 .479 1 JV and B Team Baseball Second Round St. Louis 75 40 27 8 88 223 205 Charlotte 34 39 .466 2 Dallas 75 38 31 6 82 188 186 Sumter at Blythewood, 5:15 p.m. Sunday, March 24 Washington 30 44 .405 6½ B Team Baseball At Louisville, Ky. Colorado 76 34 29 13 81 240 229 Atlanta 26 48 .351 10½ Minnesota 76 35 32 9 79 203 223 Westside Christian at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Louisville 71, Michigan 50 Varsity Boys Golf At Storrs, Conn. Central Division Chicago 75 33 32 10 76 248 271 Sumter in Magnolia Invitational (at Beech Creek UConn 84, Buffalo 72 W L Pct GB Pacific Division Golf Club), TBA Monday, March 25 y-Milwaukee 55 19 .743 — Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning at Florence At Corvallis, Ore. GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Indiana 45 29 .608 10 Christian, 3:30 p.m. Gonzaga (29-4) vs. Oregon State (25-7) x-Calgary 75 47 21 7 101 268 210 Junior Varsity Boys Golf At College Park, Md. Detroit 37 36 .507 17½ x-San Jose 75 43 23 9 95 266 237 Chicago 21 53 .284 34 Sumter in Magnolia Invitational (at Beech Creek UCLA (21-12) vs. Maryland (29-4) Vegas 75 42 27 6 90 234 206 Cleveland 19 55 .257 36 Golf Club), TBA Regional Semifinals Arizona 76 36 33 7 79 199 212 Varsity Boys Soccer WESTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton 75 33 34 8 74 213 249 Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 6 p.m. Friday, March 29 Vancouver 76 32 34 10 74 207 237 Varsity Boys and Girls Soccer At Albany, N.Y. Southwest Division Anaheim 77 31 36 10 72 180 237 Crestwood at A.C. Flora, 5:30 p.m. Louisville (31-3) vs. Gonzaga-Oregon State winner, Los Angeles 74 27 39 8 62 178 235 Orangeburg-Wilkinson at Lakewood, 6 p.m. TBA W L Pct GB NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Varsity and JV Boys Soccer UCLA-Maryland winner vs. UConn (33-2), TBA x-Houston 47 27 .635 — Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per Sumter at Irmo, 6 p.m. Regional Championship San Antonio 43 31 .581 4 conference advance to playoffs. Manning at Stall, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans 31 44 .413 16½ x-clinched playoff spot Varsity and JV Girls Soccer Sunday, March 31 Memphis 29 44 .397 17½ z-clinched conference Irmo at Sumter, 6 p.m. At Albany, N.Y. Dallas 29 44 .397 17½ Semifinal winners SUNDAY’S GAMES Varsity Softball Northwest Division Lewisville at Lee Central (DH), 5 p.m. Washington 3, Philadelphia 1 Latta at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. W L Pct GB N.Y. Islanders 2, Arizona 0 Wilson Hall at Trinity-Byrnes, 5 p.m. SPRING TRAINING x-Denver 49 23 .681 — Carolina 2, Montreal 1, OT North Walterboro Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Portland 45 27 .625 4 Chicago 2, Colorado 1, OT p.m. Oklahoma City 43 30 .589 6½ Columbus 5, Vancouver 0 Varsity and JV Softball W L Pct. Utah 43 30 .589 6½ TODAY’S GAMES Blythewood at Sumter, 5:30 p.m. New York 17 9 .654 Minnesota 33 40 .452 16½ N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. Crestwood at A.C. Flora, 5:30 p.m. Houston 17 11 .607 Pacific Division Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Orangeburg-Wilkinson at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. Kansas City 18 12 .600 Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Manning at Georgetown, 5:30 p.m. Oakland 12 8 .600 W L Pct GB Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Cleveland 16 13 .552 x-Golden State 50 23 .685 — Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis Seattle 10 9 .526 L.A. Clippers 44 30 .595 6½ Chicago at Arizona, 10 p.m. Sumter at Irmo, 5 p.m. Minnesota 14 13 .519 Sacramento 36 37 .493 14 Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Manning at Georgetown, 4:30 p.m. Detroit 15 14 .517 Varsity Track and Field L.A. Lakers 32 41 .438 18 Los Angeles 15 14 .517 Phoenix 17 57 .230 33½ WEDNESDAY’S GAMES East Clarendon at Lee Central, 5:30 p.m. Toronto 13 14 .481 x-clinched playoff spot Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Boston 12 15 .444 y-clinched division N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Texas 12 16 .429 Dallas at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. WOMEN’S NCAA TOURAMENT Baltimore 12 16 .429 SUNDAY’S GAMES Vegas at Colorado, 10 p.m. By The Associated Press Tampa Bay 12 16 .429 L.A. Clippers 124, New York 113 All Times EDT Chicago 10 17 .370 Milwaukee 127, Cleveland 105 THURSDAY’S GAMES GREENSBORO REGIONAL NATIONAL LEAGUE Indiana 124, Denver 88 Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Charlotte 115, Toronto 114 Montreal at Columbus, 7 p.m. Second Round W L Pct. Houston 113, New Orleans 90 Sunday, March 24 Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. San Diego 16 11 .593 San Antonio 115, Boston 96 At Charlotte, N.C. Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee 18 13 .581 Golden State 121, Detroit 114 South Carolina 72, Florida State 64 N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Washington 16 12 .571 L.A. Lakers 111, Sacramento 106 At Iowa City Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Chicago 17 13 .567 Iowa 68, Missouri 52 Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Miami 15 13 .536 TODAY’S GAMES Monday, March 25 Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 | B3

Duke’s Zion Williamson (1) goes up for a dunk in the NCAA TOURNAMENT GLANCE Blue Devils’ 77-76 win over Central Florida in the second EAST REGIONAL Saturday, March 23 Second Round At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena round of the NCAA Tourna- Saturday, March 23 Jacksonville, Fla. ment on Sunday at Colonial At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jack- Kentucky 62, Wofford 56 sonville, Fla. At Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City Life Arena in Columbia. LSU 69, Maryland 67 Auburn 89, Kansas 75 At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Sunday, March 24 MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Michigan State 70, Minnesota 50 At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Sunday, March 24 North Carolina 81, Washington 59 At Colonial Life Arena, Columbia At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. Duke 77, UCF 76 Houston 74, Ohio State 59 At SAP Center, San Jose, Calif. At The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. Virginia Tech 67, Liberty 58 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS At Capital One Arena, Washington Friday, March 29 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS North Carolina (29-6) vs. Auburn (28-9), 7:29 Friday, March 29 p.m. Michigan State (30-6) vs. LSU (28-6), 7:09 p.m. Kentucky (29-6) vs. Houston (33-3), 9:57 p.m. Duke (31-5) vs. Virginia Tech (26-8), 9:39 p.m. REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 31 Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners came flying in. I mean when he tipped Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL DUKE FROM PAGE B1 SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round it, you talk about microseconds, when Second Round Saturday, March 23 that ball rolled around the rim, it looked Saturday, March 23 At The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. At The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Florida State 90, Murray State 62 alive. Williamson drove to the basket, like it was going in, but as Coack K talks Purdue 87, Villanova 61 At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa got fouled and made a layup to cut the a lot about the basketball gods, they had Sunday, March 24 Michigan 64, Florida 49 At Colonial Life Arena, Columbia At Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City lead to 76-75 with 14 seconds left as the our back tonight.” Virginia 63, Oklahoma 51 Gonzaga 83, Baylor 71 crowd erupted. The foul was also signif- The Blue Devils will now take on fel- At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio Sunday, March 24 Tennessee 83, Iowa 77 At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. icant because it fouled UCF’s 7-foot-6- low Atlantic Coast Conference team No. At SAP Center, San Jose, Calif. Texas Tech 78, Buffalo 58 inch Tacko Fall out of the game. Oregon 73, UC Irvine 54 At Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif. 4 East seed Virginia Tech in the Sweet At KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Williamson would miss the free 16 on Friday. The Hokies defeated No. 12 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 Thursday, March 28 Gonzaga (32-3) vs. Florida State (29-7), 7:09 throw, but RJ Barrett would get the re- Liberty in the Round of 32, 67-58, on Tennessee (31-5) vs. Purdue (25-9), 7:29 p.m. p.m. bound and put it in with 11 seconds left Sunday. Virginia (31-3) vs. Oregon (25-12), 9:57 p.m. Michigan (30-6) vs. Texas Tech (28-6), 9:39 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP p.m. to put Duke up 77-76 as the crowd erupt- Krzyzewski is heartbroken for Coach Saturday, March 30 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ed again. Dawkins. Semifinal winners Saturday, March 30 MIDWEST REGIONAL Semifinal winners “I was just thinking ‘What can we do “I love Johnny,” Krzyzewski said. Second Round to win this game?’,” Barrett said. “I re- “I’m going to start crying. That’s what I member watching March Madness and told him. I love Johnny Dawkins, and watching a whole bunch of games and the moments, the times we’ve spent to- ask for. Yeah, great game for us.” 57-54 lead. seeing missed free throws, somebody gether building the program, 10 years The teams seemingly traded baskets However, Williamson hit a 3 to tie gets a rebound and a putback. So I on our staff, and the connections we’ve in the first five minutes, leaving UCF up the game at 57-57 with 10:15 to go, thought, I’m just going to try to do had while he was at Stanford and Cen- 10-8 at the first media timeout. which would start a Duke 12-2 run whatever I can to get this rebound.” tral Florida. He’s a member of – we’re It would be that way for much of the that also included triples from Tre Taylor missed a jumper on UCF’s last family. I feel bad that they lost. I’m first half. However, with UCF leading Jones and Jordan Goldwire and a possession, and Aubrey Dawkins happy – it’s like a yin and a yang here 31-30 with 4:23 to go before intermission, layup from Williamson to put the Blue missed a tip-in that rolled around the because they were so deserving of win- Duke would go on a 14-5 run that in- Devils up 66-59 with 7:37 to go. rim before falling out. ning. They were so good, and I’m so cluded two layups, a dunk and a jumper A 3-pointer and a jumper from Au- “I had a chance at a putback on BJ’s proud that those kids played at the level from Williamson that would put the brey Dawkins would stop the bleeding floater, and it just didn’t go in, caught it of their coach.” Blue Devils up 44-36 at the half. and cut the lead to 66-64 with 5:55 to on the rim,” said Dawkins, the son of Williamson led Duke with 32 points However, UCF would start off the sec- go. UCF head coach and former Duke All- and added 11 boards. Barrett added 16 ond half with an explosion, going on a Williamson would score a tip-in to American Johnny Dawkins. “I mean, points and eight rebounds. 7-0 run with a Fall dunk as an exclama- extend Duke’s lead to 68-64, but back- heartbreak. That’s the only way to sum “It was a great basketball game,” tion point on the run to cut the lead to to-back triples from Aubrey Dawkins it up. We spent all this time trying to get Coach Dawkins said. “I thought both 44-43 and force Krzyzewski to call a and Griffin would give the Knights a to this stage, and obviously we want our teams rose to the occasion and played timeout to regroup. 70-68 lead with 3:50 left. journey to continue. When you invest their best basketball when on the stage And regroup Duke would, as it went Williamson would tie the game with this much in it, it breaks your heart.” where it counts the most. Hats go off to on a 7-0 run which featured a jumper a layup, but Aubrey Dawkins would Williamson had a much different re- them for continuing to keep fighting from Barrett and a 3-point basket and hit a step-back jumper to regain the action to the final moments of the and competing.” two free throws from Williamson to take lead for UCF, 72-70, with 3:10 to go. game. Aubrey Dawkins led the Knights with a 51-43 lead with 15:55 to go in the game. After an offensive foul on William- “Go out there and play, like, defense. 32 points and Taylor and Fall both However, UCF went on a 9-2 run to son, Fall would rebound an Aubrey You’ve got to play like there’s no tomor- added 15 points. Fall also grabbed six cut the lead to 53-52 with 12 minutes to Dawkins miss and slam it home. After row,” Williamson said when asked what boards. go. a lengthy official review, the officials Krzyzewski told the team in the huddle “I’m very pleased with how we After a Barrett free throw, Aubrey determined that the Aubrey Dawkins before UCF’s final possession. “Tre played,” Aubrey Dawkins said. “I Dawkins would throw down an alley shot hit the rim to avoid a shot clock played great defense and got (Taylor to) thought we played really hard and gave oop off a pass from Dayon Griffin, and violation, which gave UCF a 74-70 lead shoot, like, an off-balance shot. Dawkins our best effort, and that’s all you can Taylor would hit a 3 to give UCF a with 2:09 to go.

USC FROM PAGE B1 VIRGINIA FROM PAGE B1 fourth-seeded South Caroli- sophomores started to “feel all game they just rotated and covered half, I seen one go, and from there, they na hold on to beat No. 5 the squeeze” as the game and made it hard for Oklahoma.” all felt good. Credit to them; they definite- Florida State 72-64 on Sun- got tight in the final minute. The Cavaliers were led in scoring by ly took me out of my rhythm a little bit.” day to advance to the Sweet There were also a few times redshirt junior forward Mamadi Diakite Virginia started the game out on a 7-0 16 for the sixth straight sea- they settled for shots they with 13 points, and he also grabbed nine run with a triple from De’Andre Hunter son. hadn’t practiced, leading to rebounds. Junior guard Ty Jerome added and a layup and jumper from Ty Jerome In the past Staley said run- outs for South Caroli- 12 points and redshirt sophomore guard to put the Cavaliers up 7-0 1:40 into the Harris might have deferred na. De’Andre Hunter had 10. game. in those situations with bet- But she left proud of her “Yeah, I was locked in, and I was trying However, the Sooners would go on their ter players around her. But team, saying “I’m absolutely to respond to the challenge coach gave own run, a 13-2 run, to take a 13-9 lead not this time. amazed as their resilience.” me,” Diakite said. “He started me tonight, with 12:13 to go in the half. Virginia went “I was real thankful that The Gamecocks made a and I wanted to prove to him that I was on an 8-0 run to take a 17-13 lead with 7:44 she decided to shoot the concerted effort in the ready to play. So I did so.” to go before the half. ball, take it to the basket fourth quarter to get the Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger had The Cavaliers outscored the Sooners strong,” Staley said. “I was ball inside to Jennings, who to tip his hat to the sound play of the Cav- 14-9 the rest of the half to take a 31-22 happy that she progressed scored nine points from the aliers. lead at intermission. in that moment to take that low block in the game’s “Virginia dictated there early, got off to Virginia started the second half off on a moment on.” final 10 minutes. South Car- a great start,” he said. “Thought we got 6-2 run to take a 37-24 lead with 17:41 to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan olina took the lead for good our feet under us a little bit after that. go. scored 20 points, Alexis Jen- with 2:14 left when Cooper Virginia is good. They’re really good.” The Sooners would outscore Virginia 6-4 nings 16, Te’a Cooper 13 and drove the lane and dished to Senior guard Christian James and soph- before the first media timeout of the half Harris 11 for South Carolina Jennings, who scored and omore forward Brady Manek both record- to cut it to 41-30 with 15:32 to go, but Okla- (23-9), which has won two drew a foul for a three-point ed 13 points and five boards for the Soon- homa would never get closer than 11 as straight games since being play for a 63-60 lead. ers in the loss. Virginia would answer every time the upset by Arkansas in the “Alexis Jennings did a “They’re a great team,” James said of Sooners had a chance to make a move. quarterfinals of the SEC great job at the end of the Virginia. “They did a great job of dictat- The Cavaliers will take on No. 12 Ore- Tournament. game getting the ball inside ing on offense and defense. First half, I gon, which defeated No. 13 University of It’s the third time in the and she was tough to stop,” missed a couple open looks, kind of felt California-Irvine on Sunday, in the Sweet past five seasons the Game- Semrau said. good, but they didn’t go in. The second 16 on Thursday at 9:59 p.m. on TBS. cocks have eliminated the Seminoles from the NCAA Tournament, beating them in the Elite Eight in 2015 and 2017. Got GET A CAR! “For me it’s an amazing a Job? feeling knowing that we are We Finance in House keeping the tradition alive,” Harris said. “We are still NO CREDIT CHECK dancing and I love that. I know a lot of people would NO CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! BANKRUPTCY - NO PROBLEM! BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! DIVORCE - NO PROBLEM! 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MORANT stardom this season as a sophomore, and is now McCowan, Mississippi State end FROM PAGE B1 projected to be a top-three pick. In a quiet locker room season. The Seminoles after the game, Morant du- were determined not to let tifully said he has not Clemson’s year with 85-61 win Morant pick them apart. made up his mind about The 3-pointers looked good, entering the draft and was BY DAVID BRANDT easy buckets. Howard shot 6 first-half turnovers. The Bull- but as far as Florida State not sure when he would. The Associated Press of 12 from the field and dogs scored 16 points off of was concerned that was a “I’m not focused on that grabbed 14 rebounds. Jordan those miscues and pushed to a good sign. right now,” Morant said STARKVILLE, Miss. — Te- Danberry added 18 points. 41-22 lead by the break. “We knew that eventual- “I’m just trying to cele- aira McCowan could feel the Clemson coach Amanda “I couldn’t be prouder of my ly that’s not the way they brate a wonderful season Clemson defense wearing Butler said it’s hard to do de- team,” Schaefer said. “I want to play,” Florida with my teammates.” down and the 6-foot-7 senior velop a defense that can stop thought defensively in the State’s Terance Mann said. Teammate Darnell Cow- sensed the weakness immedi- McCowan when she’s able to first half, that’s as good as Florida State coach art made it pretty clear he ately, carving out a perfect po- catch the ball in such good we’ve been in a while.” Leonard Hamilton chuck- was not expecting Morant sition under the hoop. spots. FINAL HOME GAME led at the suggestion the to be back. There was no need for Mis- “It didn’t really feel like a Seminoles did good job on “Would you leave?” Cow- sissippi State to get fancy. Ev- chess match,” Butler said. It was an impressive final Morant. art asked reporters after eryone knew where the ball “You get a pretty easy check- game for Mississippi State’s “Because to be honest the game. was going. mate when you have a queen four starting seniors. McCow- with you, I’m still not sure Murray State won two “I didn’t have to empty the like her on the back line.” an, Howard, Danberry and that we stopped Morant, straight Ohio Valley Con- playbook,” Mississippi State Clemson (20-13) briefly ral- point guard Jazzmun Holmes and I’m not sure anybody ference championships coach Vic Schaefer said. “I lied in the third quarter, pull- earned a curtain call from can,” Hamilton said. with Morant and made the had one play.” ing within 59-46 on Danielle nearly 10,000 fans following Morant was 2 for 9 in the NCAA Tournament twice. McCowan responded with Edwards’ 3-pointer late in the the win. second half. His only other Morant was a promising 30 points, 11 rebounds and six third quarter. But the Bull- McCowan’s final play in bucket was, of course, freshman role player on blocks to help No. 1 seed Mis- dogs scored the last three Humphrey Coliseum was typi- highlight-worthy. The last year’s team, but this sissippi State roll to an 85-61 points of the third quarter cal of her career. She swatted lanky 6-foot-3 point guard season he blossomed into win over ninth-seeded Clem- and slowly rebuilt the big a shot from Clemson’s Aliyah drove right at 7-foot-4 a sensation. His tourna- son on Sunday night in the lead. Collier in the final minute and Christ Koumadje and ment triple-double, just second round of the NCAA Edwards and Simone West- then came out of the game to flipped in a layup while the ninth recorded by the Tournament. brook both scored 14 points a huge roar from the crowd. getting fouled. NCAA, turned him into a Anriel Howard added 21 for Clemson. “It was a great thing to seal “I’m really just hard on celebrity. points for Mississippi State “Mississippi State is a diffi- the deal,” McCowan said with myself. I’m never no good. “I thought he was able to (32-2), which has won 10 cult team to guard,” Edwards a grin. “I got the block, my I feel like I could have really do a tremendous job straight games in a streak said. “They have some really sub came and the rest was his- done a lot of things better of blocking out all the that’s lasted more than a quick guards so whenever we tory.” tonight. Just pick my noise and just staying fo- month. The Bulldogs were in tried to press it was hard to McCowan has 1,901 points teammates up,” Morant cused on becoming the best control throughout Sunday keep them in front. And then in her career, giving her an said. player he could be,” Mur- night, jumping out to a 23-10 you have McCowan in post, outside shot at 2,000 with the Stopping Morant is prob- ray State coach Matt Mc- lead by the end of the first which is just going to be a possibility of four games re- ably not going to be a prob- Mahon said. quarter. problem for anybody.” maining. She has 1,474 career lem for college coaches Saturday marked the end McCowan made 14 of 17 Mississippi State opened in rebounds, which is tops in anymore. After being light- for Murray State’s season, shots, repeatedly getting good a suffocating full-court press school history by more than ly recruited out of high but Morant’s story seems position close to the rim for that forced Clemson into 12 350. school, Morant ascended to to be just getting started.

114 N. Church St., Manning. held at 3 p.m. today at Apos- friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today AMEN’RA ALLAH LILES OBITUARIES These services have been tolic Pentecostal Assembly at Wise Drive Church of the BISHOPVILLE — Amen’ra entrusted to Samuels Funeral Church in Lydia. Interment Nazarene and other times at Allah Liles, 20, passed away ROOSEVELT DURANT JR. Home LLC of Manning. will follow at Cypress United the home of his son, 13 Cole- on Saturday, March 23, 2019. Funeral services for Roos- MARY LEE BOYD Apostolic Church cemetery in man St. The family is receiving evelt Durant Jr. will be held at Lamar. Memorials may be made to friends at 721 Frierson St., 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jehovah Mary Lee Boyd, 74, was Professional and courteous the American Heart Associa- Bishopville. Missionary Bap- born on June 14, 1944, in services have been entrusted tion, 4217 Park Place Court, Professional and courteous tist Church, 803 Spring Hill, to the late Clar- to JP Holley Funeral Home, Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979. services will be announced Harvin St., Sum- ence and Marie Bishopville Chapel. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens later by JP Holley Funeral ter, with Dr. Mar- Simon Boyd. She CASSIE GREEN Funeral Home and Crematori- Home, Bishopville Chapel. ion H. Newton departed this life um of Sumter is in charge of CORINE NICKENS YATES Sr., pastor, and on Wednesday, Cassie Green, 55, died on the arrangements. GRANT Pastor Ricky Sim- March 20, 2019. Friday, March 22, 2019, at EUGENIA BRADFORD MABRY DURANT mons officiating. A graduate of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Corine Nickens Yates Roosevelt Du- Dennis High Center, High Point, North Eugenia Bradford Mabry, Grant, 71, widow of Tallies rant Jr., 61, transitioned on BOYD School Class of Carolina. 104, widow of Buford Stuckey Yates Jr. and then Willie Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 1964, she met and She was born on Sunday, Mabry Sr., died on Monday, Houston Grant, died on Satur- his residence, 2765 U.S. 15 married Clarence Smith in March 1, 1964, in Clarendon March 25, 2019, at Covenant day, March 23, 2019, at her South, Sumter. 1971. After their union and County, to the late Richard Place. home. Born in Sumter County, he the birth of their son, Christo- and Inez Green. Services will be announced Born on Dec. 26, 1947, in was a son of the late Roosevelt pher (1976), they lived in San The family is receiving by Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- Sumter County, she was a Durant Sr. and Dorothy Col- Diego, California. For six friends at the home of her neral Home & Crematory, 221 daughter of the Rev. Bowen clough Durant. Roosevelt was years, she worked for the San aunt, Rosa Adams, 3497 Furse Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775- and Rebecca Davis Nickens. a graduate of Sumter High Diego Unified School District. Road, Summerton. 9386. The family will receive rela- School Class of 1975. He In 1984, she birthed her other Services has been entrusted tives and friends at the home, served for four years in the son, Aaron Abercrombie. She to the professional care of 2865 W. Brewington Road. U.S. Army. Afterwards, he returned to South Carolina in King-Fields Mortuary, Sum- Funeral arrangements are was employed by Santee Print 1995 and became deeply in- merton. incomplete and will be an- Co. and, most recently, at volved in the ministries of O.G. HENDERSON Elmore Hill McCreight nounced by Williams Funeral Peace Textiles of Sumter. Grant Hill Missionary Baptist FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY Home Inc. Survivors include wife, Church, where she sang with O.G. “Roddy” Henderson, DONNA JEAN D. BLANDING Yvett Tindal of Sumter; four the choir, served as an usher 76, husband of the late JoAnn FRANK ROGERS daughters, Dorothea DuRant and was a member of the Lynn Geddings Henderson, NORTH CHARLESTON — of Sumter, Tiajuana and Young Women’s Association died on Friday, March 22, Frank Rogers, of Florence, On Friday, March 22, 2019, Qieante’ Harris, both of Spar- (YWA). 2019, at Prisma Health Rich- and husband of Arletha Donna Jean Duckworth Blan- tanburg, and Ashonda McK- Sister Boyd leaves to cher- land Hospital. Dawkins Rogers, entered eter- ding, wife of Arnold Blanding, night of New York; two sons, ish her memories: two sons, Born on Jan. 29, 1943, in nal rest on Wednesday, March heard her master’s call at Anthony and Johnny Tindal, Christopher Smith of San Sumter, he was a son of the 20, 2019, at McLeod Hospice Ashley Rivers Tower Hospital both of Sumter; three broth- Diego and Aaron Abercrom- late Samuel Arthur Hender- House, Florence. in Charleston. ers, Wayne Durant, Barry bie of Claremont, North Caro- son Jr. and Mildred Gwendo- Visitation will be held from Born on May 5, 1963, in Dan- (Judy) DuRant and Melvin lina; five grandchildren, Nas, lyn Jones Henderson. Mr. 3 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral ville, Illinois, she was a (Cassetta) Durant, all of Sum- Arianna, Christina, Destiny Henderson began his career home. daughter of Vertina Moffet ter; three sisters, Sharolyn and Jazel; two sisters, Eliza- driving a bus for B&H Bus A private memorial service Duckworth and the late Eu- Durant Hill of Sumter, Dor- beth Boyd and Louise Nelson Lines. He was the owner and will be held at noon on gene Duckworth. etha (Ivory) Fullard and An- of Dalzell; five brothers, Burl operator of Yellow Cab Co. Wednesday at Wilson Funeral A service celebrating her drea M. Durant of Capitol (Lee) Boyd of Cassatt, James and Star Cab Co. He was an Home Chapel. life will take place at 10 a.m. Heights, Maryland; 13 grand- (Ruby Jean) of Gable, Thomas avid fox hunter. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 on Wednesday at Mt. Moriah children; and a host of other Boyd, Minister Henry Survivors include five chil- S. Main St., Bishopville, is in Missionary Baptist Church, relatives. (Sharyn) Boyd and Anthony dren, Gerard A. “Rod” Hen- charge of arrangements. 7396 Rivers Ave., North Condolences may be made Boyd, all of Dalzell; and a host derson (Tamara) of Sumter, TENEIA ANDERSON BOUTTE Charleston, where the pastor, on his tribute page found at of nieces, nephews, other rela- John Ashley Henderson of the Rev. Augustus Robinson, www.PalmerMemorialChapel. tives and friends. Florence, Gailian Henderson- Teneia Anderson Boutte, 41, will deliver words of consola- com Public viewing will be held Reedy of Charleston, Sonja wife of Joseph Boutte, died on tion. The service of committal Please visit our website for from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Gwynn Henderson Campbell Friday, March 22, 2019, at will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the public viewing instructions. Mortuary. (Tommy) of Mississippi and Spartanburg Regional Health- Blanding family plot located Professional services ren- Mrs. Boyd will be placed in Heather Michelle Henderson care System Hospice. at the Mt. Zero Missionary dered by Palmer Memorial the church at noon on of Florence; nine grandchil- Born on Dec. 28, 1977, in Lee Baptist Church Cemetery. Chapel Inc. Wednesday for viewing until dren, William Henderson, County, she was a daughter of Public viewing will take the hour of service. Josh Henderson, Matt Hen- Martha Mae Jennings Ander- place from 2:30 to 7 p.m. at Funeral services will be derson, Kelsey Henderson, son and the late Eugene An- Carolina Memorial Park, Fu- held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday Kiefer Henderson, Lee Camp- derson. nerals and Cremations, 7113 at Grant Hill Missionary Bap- bell, John Cameron Hender- The family will receive rela- Rivers Ave., North Charleston. tist Church, 5420 Black River son, Abbigale Madison Hen- tives and friends at the home The family is receiving rela- Road, Rembert, SC 29128 with derson and Mason Storm of Elizabeth Roach, 14 Monte tives and friends at the resi- Pastor Clifton Witherspoon Henderson; six great-grand- Carlo Court, Sumter. dence, 8500 Sutton Place, officiating. Interment will fol- children, Gracin Elizabeth Funeral arrangements are North Charleston. low at Sandy Hill Cemetery. Henderson, Addie Geddings, incomplete and will be an- Carolina Memorial Park, The family will receive Walker Lee Henderson, Oliver nounced by Williams Funeral Funerals and Cremations, is LOTTIE HILTON MARCO friends at the home of her Henderson, Layla Mariah Home Inc. in charge of these services. brother, 880 Bracey Mill Road, Henderson and Adley Mae MURDOCK ALLEN WHITE This comes as a courtesy NEW ORLEANS — Lottie Dalzell, SC 29040. Henderson; a brother, Samuel announcement from Fleming Hilton Marco, 67, wife of Lio- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. A. “Sandy” Henderson III of MANNING — Murdock & DeLaine Funeral Home and nel C. Marco Jr., died on Main St., Sumter, is in charge Sumter; two sisters, Sara Allen White, 96, died on Sun- Chapel. Thursday, March of arrangements. Benenhaley (Dean) and Tara day, March 24, 2019, at Magno- JOHN H. EPPS 14, 2019, at Touro Online memorials may be Conyers (Gerald), all of Sum- lias of Santee. Infirmary, New sent to the family at jobsmor- ter; and a special friend, He was born on March 12, ELMONT, N.Y. — John H. Orleans. [email protected] or visit us on Sandy Parnell. 1923, in Manning, a son of the Epps, 94, died on Saturday, She was born the web at www.jobsmortuary. He was preceded in death late Wilford G. White Sr. and March 23, 2019, at Mayfair Care on Dec. 12, 1951, net. by a sister, J. Beatrice “Bea” Rovena Scott White. Center, Hemstead, New York. in Manning, a DOROTHY PRICE Purvis. The family is receiving at He was born on Oct. 27, MARCO daughter of the A memorial service will be the home of his niece and 1924, in Alcolu, a son of the late Louis Hilton BISHOPVILLE — Dorothy held at 7 p.m. today at Wise nephew, Barbette Burke Ste- late Louise Epps. Sr. and Bessie Tucker Hilton. Price passed away on Wednes- Drive Church of the Nazarene vens and Curtis Stevens, 429 Arrangements are incom- Funeral services for Mrs. day, March 20, 2019, at her with the Rev. Sammy Ged- W. Huggins St., Manning. plete. Marco will be held at 11 a.m. home. She was the wife of the dings and the Rev. Tony Grif- These services have been These services have been on Wednesday at Hayes F. Rev. Norman Price. fin officiating. entrusted to Samuels Funeral entrusted to Samuels Funeral Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, Funeral services will be The family will receive Home LLC of Manning. Home LLC of Manning. THE SUMTER ITEM TELEVISION TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 | B5 TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 26 SP FT 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM LOCAL CHANNELS WIS News 10 at Entertainment Ellen’s Game of Games “Some Like It This Is Us “R & B” A history of Beth and (:01) The Village “Good Thing” Sarah un- WIS News 10 at (:34) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy WIS * 3 10 7 (N) Tonight (N) Hot Hands” Contestants play for a chance Randall. (N) covers more of Katie’s secret. (N) (DVS) 11 (N) Fallon to win. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH 20th century to justify eugenics “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Do we ever escape the past? and other master race notions. Jealousy on “American House- Even in movies? Not a box office hit, the wife” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Un- A crusading lawyer (Spencer movie has remained acclaimed dercover in a black market on Tracy) and a fundamentalist over the decades. It was re- “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV- politician (Fredric March) tan- made as a cable movie in 1999, PG) * First impressions on gle over evolution in the excit- starring Jack Lemmon and “blackish” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ing 1960 courtroom drama “In- George C. Scott. * Amnesia complicates matters herit the Wind” (8 p.m., TCM), The film’s themes, and some on “Roswell, New Mexico” (9 p.m., based on a 1955 play by Jerome of the ideas it ignored, still res- CW, TV-14) * A complicated Lawrence and Robert Edwin onate. People are still arguing family tree leaves the kids con- Lee. over evolution. At the same fused on “Splitting Up Together” Clearly inspired by the 1925 time, there is a growing anxiety (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). Scopes “Monkey” trial pitting that science and technology are Clarence Darrow against Wil- contributing to a social order liams Jennings Bryan, the film savagely indifferent to the wel- LATE NIGHT also stars dancer Gene Kelly as fare of many. Bobby Hall is booked on “The a cynical Baltimore newspaper- “Inherit the Wind” is an old MICHELE CROWE / CBS Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (11 man all but modeled on H.L. movie well worth revisiting, or Missy Peregrym stars as Agent Maggie Bell and Zeeko Zaki as Agent p.m., Comedy Central) * Matt Mencken. Look for Dick York watching for the first time. Omar Adom in the “Apex” episode of “FBI,” airing at 9 p.m. today on LeBlanc and Gary Gulman are (the first Darrin from “Be- • Netflix greets viewers with CBS. on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, TV-14, witched”), as well. more stand-up comedy spe- r) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Written as a reaction to the cials. Today it launches “Nate (9:55 p.m., Cinemax) is literally • Enzo isn’t an easy room- John Mulaney, Kevin Nealon anti-intellectual climate of the Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid,” fea- all over the place. mate on “The Village” (10 p.m., and 2 Chainz on “The Tonight McCarthy era of the 1950s, the turing a comic who has re- NBC, TV-14). Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Kobe drama distorts some of the atti- ceived the praise of Conan • A seismic shift shakes Bryant, Cara Delevingne and tudes of the 1920s. O’Brien and Jim Gaffigan and TONIGHT’S OTHER things up on “The Rookie” (10 Tom Walker appear on “The March’s Bible-quoting char- is touted by Marc Maron as HIGHLIGHTS p.m., ABC). Late Late Show with James Cor- acter is reduced to a creationist “the comic who should be big.” • The team seeks justice for den” (12:37 a.m., CBS). cartoon, spouting old-time bro- Netflix is also streaming the the victims of a serial killer on mides in the face of settled sci- recent Amy Schumer stand-up “FBI” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG). SERIES NOTES Copyright 2019 ence. In fact, Bryan’s resistance special “Growing,” in which she • The documentary minise- Several fathoms deep on United Feature Syndicate to evolution was based at least discusses her marriage, the ries “Women, War & Peace” (PBS) in part on his revulsion toward comforts and routines of mo- concludes with women orga- the pseudo-scientific use of nogamy and her difficult preg- nizing in Palestine (9 p.m., TV- Darwin’s theory to justify cru- nancy. PG) and Haiti (10 p.m., TV-MA). FREEDOM FURNITURE elties against workers and • Timmy enhances the truth 493 N. 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Estate Notice Estate Notice LEGAL Public Hearing Sumter County Sumter County NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS MERCHANDISE NOTICES for the Residential Care Facility to ANNOUNCEMENTS the Board of Zoning Appeals OF ESTATES OF ESTATES consistent with Article 5, Section Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the 5.b.1 Specific Conditions and following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver In Memory For Sale Public Hearing Standards for Conditional Uses. The or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated or Trade property is located at 428 W. Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Hampton Ave., is zoned NOTICE OF SUMTER BOARD administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their Residential-6 (R-6) and is OF ZONING APPEALS claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate represented by Tax Map Antique Stuff PUBLIC HEARING Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. #228-11-03-038. Now through April 6th trash to Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or The Sumter City-County Board of before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after treasure sale, shop early, store BOA-19-11, 118 Carver St. (City) the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this wide up to 75% off. Furniture, Zoning Appeals will hold a regularly The applicant is requesting a 2.5 ft. Wednesday, Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously collectables, jewelry, and lots of scheduled meeting on variance from the City of Sumter April 10, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), in the City Zoning & Development Standards variety. Tues.-Sat. 10:30am-5pm Council Chambers located on the or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred 2726 Cleveland St Elloree SC Your Ordinance Article 3, Section C, as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 Exhibit 3-6 Development Standards treasures are waiting! North Main Street, Sumter, South to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, for Uses in R-6 District in order to indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address Carolina). The following requests are allow for a 5.5 ft. side property line scheduled for public hearing: of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, New & used Heat pumps & A/C. setback for both side property lines the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the to facilitate the construction of a BOA-19-06, 2185 E. Brewington Rd. claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any Will install/repair, Call 843-992-2364 single family house on the property. (County) uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and The property is located at 118 Carver The applicant is requesting Special the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of St., is zoned Residential-6 (R-6) and Exception approval in order to any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. is represented by Tax Map construct an Outdoor Shooting #227-03-02-019. Range with SIC Code 7999 as Estate:/Kathryn A. Zacharias Estate:/Michael C. Griffin EMPLOYMENT required per the Sumter County BOA-19-12, 1300 Broad St. & 1260 #2019ES4300134 #2019ES4300007 Zoning and Development Standards Alice Dr. (City) Personal Representative Personal Representative Ordinance, Article 3, Exhibit 5 and The applicant is requesting multiple Catherine M. Zacharias Stacy Hodge Brown Article 5, Section 5.b.3.f. The variances from the City of Sumter C/O Kenneth Young C/O Marvin McMillan Help Wanted property is located at 2185 E. Zoning & Development Standards 23 W. Calhoun St. P.O. Box 3690 Part-Time Brewington Rd., is zoned Heavy Ordinance in relation to a proposed Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter, SC 29151 Samuel "Sam" Levy Industrial (HI) and is represented by shopping center expansion as Tax Map #'s 284-00-02-014 & 03/2/1957 - 03/26/2018 follows: Article 8, Section I, Exhibit Estate:/Willie M. Clyburn 284-00-02-015. #2018ES4300677 Estate:/Lillie T. Gainey If we could write a story, it would be Looking for experienced lawn care 8-9 Off-Street Parking Requirements #2019ES4300158 person, must have drivers license, for Non-Residential Land Uses to Personal Representative the greatest ever told. Of a kind and BOA-19-10, 3686 Hwy. 15 North Personal Representative allow for a reduction in the number Andrietta Atkinson & Debra Wilson and experience with lawn care (County) Lashon Moses-McCullan loving person who had a heart of of required spaces from +/- 519 to +/- C/O Bradley Banyas equipment. Call 803-469-8377 The applicant is requesting a 1831 Sound Hammock Dr. gold. We could write a million pages 424; Article 8, Section 8.i.3.d Parking Hughey Law Firm variance from the Sumter County Navarre, FL 32566 but still be unable to say, just how Spaces to allow for reduction in the P.O. Box 348 Zoning and Development Standards much we love and miss you every require parking space dimensions Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465 Ordinance, Article 3, Section 3.n.5.a from 9'X19' to 9'X18'; Article 8, Estate:/Jeanette H. Brown single day. Lot Requirements (Minimum) to Section 8.1.3.e Width of Aisles to Estate:/Martha A. Geronimo #2019ES4300121 We love you to the moon and back, allow for the subdivision of an allow for a reduction of required #2019ES4300146 Personal Representative Your Wife and Children. RENTALS existing 0.86 lot into two separate drive aisle width from 25' to 24'; Personal Representative Diana Brown lots that are below the minimum one Article 9, Section 9.c.3.c Landscape Deborah D. Spigner 24 S. Walker Ave. (1) acre lot size required in the Requirements for the Interior of C/O J. Cabot Seth Sumter, SC 29150 underlying zoning district. The Parking Areas to allow for zero (0) P.O. Box 1268 property is located at 3686 Hwy 15 N, BUSINESS Unfurnished landscaped parking lot islands to be Sumter, SC 29151 is zoned Agricultural Conservation Estate:/George E. Johnson Apartments installed; Article 9, Section 9.c.3.e (AC) and is represented by Tax Map #2019ES4300137 Landscape Requirements for the Estate:/Silvano Guadagno Personal Representative SERVICES # 243-00-01-044. Interior of Parking Areas to allow for #2019ES4300155 Sherry L. Johnson HUNTINGTON PLACE zero (0) landscaped parking row and Personal Representative 190 Planters Dr. Documents pertaining to the Business walkways to be installed. The Anthony Guadagno Sumter, SC 29154 APARTMENTS proposed request(s) are on file in the Opportunities properties are located at 1300 Broad C/O Patrick Cahalane RENTS FROM $700 PER MO. Office of the Sumter City-County St. & 1260 Alice, both properties are 100 Eastpark Blvd. 1 Month Free with a Planning Department and are Estate:/Mary P. Jackson zoned General Commercial (GC), and Cranbury, NJ 08512 available to be inspected and Asian restaurant for sale. 13 month lease. are represented by Tax Map #'s #2019ES4300133 studied by interested citizens. Personal Representative Call 803-494-3933 (2 bedroom only) 203-11-02-009 & 203-11-02-001. Estate:/Matthew J. Little Ernestine Pringle SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL #2019ES4300132 2461 Four Bridges Rd. Home LEASING OFFICE LOCATED AT Documents pertaining to the James T. McCain, Chairman Personal Representative Sumter, SC 29153 Improvements proposed request(s) are on file in the ASHTON MILL Mary Blanding, Clerk Tabitha Little APARTMENT HOMES Office of the Sumter City-County 2870 Lancaster Dr. 595 ASHTON MILL DRIVE NOTICE OF SUMTER BOARD Planning Department and are Sumter, SC 29153 Estate:/Belton O. Compton, Jr. H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel available to be inspected and #2019ES4300151 paint roofs gutters drywall blown 803-773-3600 OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING studied by interested citizens. Personal Representative ceilings ect. 773-9904 Estate:/Eula Mae H. Prescott #2019ES4300127 Michael F. Compton OFFICE HOURS: Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. 227 Mason Croft Dr. The Sumter City-County Board of Personal Representative MON-FRI 9-5 Mayor Sumter, SC 29150 Tree Service Zoning Appeals will hold a regularly Charles R. Prescott scheduled meeting on Wednesday, 900 Boots Branch Rd. April 10, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Sumter, SC 29153 Estate:/Earnestine J. Wilson Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, 2BR Apts, LR, kitchen w/ all new Council Chambers located on the #2019ES4300156 stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, appliances. Dining Room, Wash- Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 Estate:/William K. Saddler Personal Representative 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. er/Dryer. Parking Space. C/H/A North Main Street, Sumter, South #2019ES4300143 Sharolyn S. Wilson-Brown Section 8 friendly. $500 & $600 Per Carolina). The following request is Personal Representative 311 Bournemouth Way Newman's Tree Service Tree month. Call 803-236-0948 scheduled for public hearing: Sylvia Frierson Columbia, SC 29229 removal, trimming, topping, view 5730 Alcott Dr. enhancement pruning, bobcat BOA-18-25, 428 W. Hampton Ave. Wedgefield, SC 29168 work stump grinding, Lic & 134 N. Main St. across from old (City) insured. Call 803-316-0128 court house, Studio Apt: 1 Br, 1 The Board of Zoning Appeals will Estate:/Betty C. Dwyer Ba, all new appliances, reserved consider a Conditional Use request #2019ES4300152 to operate a 12-Bed Residential Care A Notch Above Tree Care Log parking space, WiFi & water incl. Personal Representative Facility on property located at 428 Gail Wilson pickup available. Full quality service $975 mo. + dep. Call Scott Bell W. Hampton Ave. The Zoning 113 Henrietta Dr. low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB 803-774-3025. Administrator has referred this Sumter, SC 29150 accredited 983-9721 Conditional Use application request

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