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BY CAITLAN WALZER and learn from volunteers about community play dates and once ap- [email protected] how to keep their attitudes in check proved, she told Hastie that the as- as well as how to play softball and sociation would provide the tennis Every Thursday evening while now tennis.” equipment, put up small nets on the weather and schedules permit, On Thursday the United States basketball court at the park and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., children and Tennis Association South Carolina teach the children the ins and outs adults participate in a community (USTA SC) and the Sumter Tennis of tennis. play date at South Sumter Park. Association came out to the park to At the event, Hastie said children At the events, children are wel- teach the game of tennis to the chil- of all ages are welcome. However, comed with open arms by volun- dren. Hastie said that this past Thursday, teers who offer valuable life lessons According to Hastie, this was the teenagers and children, as young as as well as tips on softball and ten- first time many of the children had 7, were participating with adult vol- nis. the opportunity to learn the game. unteers of all ages. Sumter City Councilman Calvin USTA SC Representative and Di- The events last all summer and Hastie said the event has been tak- rector of Community Development Hastie said, depending on the de- ing place for three years and with Sheryl McAlister said the objective mand, they may continue into the each year the number of children for the tennis classes are “to create school year where they will likely doubles in size. an active community using tennis end with football season. CAITLAN WALZER / THE SUMTER ITEM “Every week during the sum- as the vehicle.” Timisha Johnson, 9, hits a tennis ball over the net to mer,” Hastie said, “we have these McAlister said she spoke to Has- United States Tennis Association’s school tennis co- days for the children to come out tie about getting involved with the SEE OPPORTUNITIES, PAGE A10 ordinator Pamela Banks on Thursday’s play date. ‘Wrong Sumter’ High 2 counties 400 miles apart often confuse many anxiety BY BRUCE MILLS Nicole Bailey, vice president [email protected] of operations with the local Greater Sumter Chamber of Tropical depression Two Sumter counties are Commerce, says that’s pretty about 400 miles apart, but hav- funny. raises hurricane ing the same name often con- “We get the same thing,” fuses people. Bailey said. “We get emails, concerns locally If you have spent any con- we get inquiries, we get phone siderable time in Sumter and calls, we get that all the time, BY JIM HILLEY search the internet regularly, too.” [email protected] you have probably come Like Kelly in Florida, Bailey across Sumter County, Flori- said people will frequently With Hurricane Matthew da, in a web search and at call and ask her about some- still fresh in many people’s least initially scratched your thing and she has no idea memory, the appearance of a head in confusion about some- what they are talking about. tropical depression far to the thing. According to Bailey, they east of the lesser Antilles has A phone call to the Sumter will say, “But, it’s on your many residents County Chamber of Com- website.” of the Palmetto merce in tiny Sumterville, “Finally, they will reference State concerned. Florida, and Administrator something, and I’ll say, ‘Oh, Battered by Jessica Kelly will tell you oh, oh, wrong Sumter,’” Bai- hurricanes and quickly she knows the confu- ley said. “‘You have called the floods in the last sion of the two Sumters all too wrong Sumter.’” two years, South well. The two chambers’ websites Carolinians can’t “Yes, it happens a lot,” have very similar URL’s and HILLEY be blamed for Kelly said. “People will call can be easily confused: www. grasping for their here and start to ask me sumterchamber.com for the television remotes, desperately about some road or business local chamber, and www.sum- Above: Image provided hoping to tune in to the Weath- or some highway or some- terchamber.org for Sumter by Sumter County, er Channel for reassuring thing that I have no clue what County, Florida. South Carolina. Right: clips of inclement weather they are talking about. And, The two Sumters do have Image provided by ravishing distant locations. it’s because they’ve called Sumter County, Florida. However, meteorologist Florida instead of South Car- Whitney Smith, with the Na- olina.” SEE WRONG, PAGE A8 tional Weather Service in Co- lumbia, said Friday that Tropic Depression Four, shouldn’t concern area residents just yet. Comparing our Sumter to Sumter County, Florida “Right now, it is much too early to say if it will have any BY BRUCE MILLS lutionary War. Our Sumter was estab- last few decades at or slightly above the effect on South Carolina,” she [email protected] lished first: the year was 1800. Sumter 100,000 mark and historically one of the said. County, Florida, was established in largest counties in our state, according For those who must find Ever wonder what are the similari- 1853. to the census. But you could say “times something to worry about, ties and differences in our Sumter Like us, Sumter County, Florida, has are a changin’” in Sumter County, Flor- Smith did say it is predicted to County and Sumter County, Florida, its roots as a farming community, ac- ida, in the past 30 years, according to be an active hurricane season. which we are often confused with? cording to Carolyn Shaw, president of the census bureau and locals. “The outlook from the Na- The Sumter Item recently decided to the Sumter County (Florida) Historical In 1980, Sumter County, Florida, had tional Hurricane Center for look further into the matter and identi- Society. a population of about 24,000, according 2017 in the Atlantic basically fy just what is Sumter County, Florida, Next, according to the U.S. Census to the census. But then, the retiree calls for an above normal sea- known for, compared to Sumter Coun- Bureau, our Sumter County is a little movement hit the Sunshine State. sonal probability of hurri- ty, South Carolina. larger in actual physical size: 682 After talking with local officials canes,” Smith said. So, we looked at the two Sumters. square miles versus 580 square miles. First, both are named after Gen. Traditionally, our Sumter has had Thomas Sumter of the American Revo- more residents as well, spending the SEE SUMTER, PAGE A8 SEE ANXIETY, PAGE A10

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LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS Mental health campus under construction Lee County Council BY JIM HILLEY meets Tuesday [email protected] The Lee County Council will Construction has begun on a new meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Santee Wateree Mental Health Center the Main Court Room on the on North Pike Road West. The second floor of the Lee County 35,000-square-foot building will house Courthouse, 123 N. Main St., mental health programs now residing Bishopville. in three separate buildings in the Sum- The agenda includes the ter area, according to material provided consideration of the second by the South Carolina Department of reading of an ordinance Mental Health. changing the zoning of the Ken Roey, physical plant director for property owned by Lee County the SCDMH, said the entire project will Landfill LLC from rural to cost about $10.7 million, and the build- heavy industrial. ing should be ready for occupation in Council will also receive an May 2018. The building contractor is update of leases for the Wood- Hogan Construction out of Charleston, row Playground and the Wood- he said. row Basketball Court. “In addition to the base facility, it is The new Santee Wateree Mental Health Center is under construction on North Pike West. Council will consider updat- going to have a conference and training ing and revising the host center in large part funded by the constructed by the SCDMH. ees and the new facility will allow for agreement with the Lee Coun- Logan Foundation,” Roey said. “The Santee Wateree Mental Health future growth. ty Landfill. He said the conference center, which Center has long outgrown their origi- “The center has projected growth in A resolution to approve a will be used primarily by Santee Water- nal offices and currently leases other the future,” Roey said. “How much, we memorandum of agreement ee Mental Health, will be available for spaces in Sumter for clinicians and ad- can’t be sure, but there has been between Lee County and the use by the community when not in use ministration,” he said growth in that area.” Department of Juvenile Jus- by the center. State Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, Another important aspect of the tice will be considered. Architect Scott Bell of RS Bell Archi- agreed that Santee Wateree Mental building, Roey said, is its LEED Silver Council will hear committee tects LLC said the new out-patient clin- Health is badly in need of the new certification. reports and take public com- ic building is 31,000 square feet and in- building. The Leadership in Energy and Envi- ment. cludes wings for adult services, elder “The current facility is the oldest fa- ronmental Design certification is given Council may enter executive services, child/adolescent services and cility in the state,” he said. “We have to by the U.S. Green Building Council and session, if necessary. emergency services. fracture treatment and service in a is an internationally recognized stan- For more information, call The standalone conference and train- number of different buildings as a re- dard for low energy, efficient and sus- (803) 484-5341. ing center is 3,400 square feet, he said. sult of having outgrown the building tainable building practices. “The conference center will be and the foundational problems with the Bell said the LEED standards have Clarendon County named the Myrtis Logan Training Cen- building. Now we are going to be able been adopted by South Carolina for all Council meets Monday ter, in honor of the late Myrtis Logan,” to deliver top-flight mental health care state buildings but he said he is not Bell said. “The Logan Foundation sup- to citizens of this area.” aware of any other building built to the The Clarendon County ports the mission of the Santee Wateree Smith said the state began a program standards in Sumter. Council will meet at 6 p.m. Mental Health Center and has made a to update mental health facilities in Smith said he is looking forward to Monday at the Clarendon generous donation toward the con- South Carolina about five years ago. the building’s completion. County Administration Build- struction of the wing.” “I am proud that our delegation was “It will be very rewarding to me and ing, 411 Sunset Drive, Man- The center will serve clients in Sumter, able to convince the mental health other members of the delegation to see ning, in the County Council Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee counties. board that the Santee Wateree Mental this all come to fruition,” he said. “This Chambers. Bell said the Santee Wateree Mental Health was in dire need of a new facili- is one of those projects that you talk On the agenda is a service Health Center has been on Magnolia ty,” he said. about in the abstract and debate the award recognition for Linda Street since the 1970s, and was one of Roey said Santee Wateree Mental funding, and it is always nice to see the Lemon and the appointment the first outpatient community centers Health currently has about 80 employ- fruits of your labor and advocacy.” of Shanna Morgan to the Har- vin Clarendon County Library Board. Council will consider a re- quest to purchase road repair material. Sumter County Council to consider 4 third readings A public hearing will be held on the county’s unified FROM STAFF REPORTS dent. Sumter County Admin- nance to amend the county servation to residential-15 to development code and the sec- istrator Gary Mixon said the code of ordinances to in- expand the Ellerbe Estates ond reading of an ordinance to Sumter County Council county does not have inten- clude language stating that subdivision. amend the code will be consid- will meet at 6 p.m. on Tues- tions to use the land. The minorities and women are Prior to council’s regular ered. day in County Council prospective buyer presented eligible to bid for contracts. meeting, Sumter County Council will receive reports Chambers, Sumter County an offer of $5,530.30 for the The amendment will also in- Public Safety Committee will from the chief financial offi- Administration Building, 13 land; clude procedures on how to meet at 5 p.m. in County cer, the county administrator E. Canal St., to consider: • Third reading of an ordi- make complaints regarding Council Conference Room to and Chairman Dwight Stew- • Third reading of a re- nance to authorize a perma- bids. During a previous receive information regard- art. quest to rezone approximate- nent easement to Black River council meeting, Mixon said ing the opioid use in Sumter For more information, call ly .50 acres of a 7.12-acre Electric Cooperative Inc. to both of the amendment County and the state. (803) 435-0135. parcel of land at 2935 Broad install utilities on land ad- items are currently in prac- Also, Sumter County Fis- St. from general residential joining North Wise Drive tice but are not in writing; cal, Tax and Property Com- Part of SC 52 in Florence to general commercial; where Sumter Easy Home and mittee will meet at 5:30 p.m. County to be closed • Third reading of a re- LLC, a housewares manufac- • First reading of a request in County Council Confer- quest to authorize the sale of turing and distributing com- to rezone 24.33 acres on SC ence Room to hold an execu- The South Carolina Depart- .89 acres on South Guignard pany, will be located; 261, north of Meeting House tive session regarding a con- ment of Transportation has Parkway to a county resi- • Third reading of an ordi- Road, from agricultural con- tractual matter. announced that all lanes of the southern section of SC 51 in Florence County will be closed and traffic temporarily detoured, beginning Monday. Air quality mitigation performed at Sumter VA clinic The section to be closed is a 5-mile stretch from Bass Road to U.S. Highway 378. The road BY JIM HILLEY outpatient clinic in Sumter had wit- safe work environment exists,” Hall closure is required to complete [email protected] nessed a contractor performing mitiga- said in the release. box culvert placement work, tion activities at the center, even as pa- The release said the room affected the announcement said. The After a request from The Sumter tients were being treated. has been out of service and not accessi- road section is expected to re- Item, Bob Hall, a public affairs special- Hall said in a press release that mul- ble to staff or patients. A final air qual- open to traffic on Aug. 16, ist with the William Jennings Bryan tiple air quality assessments have been ity assessment is scheduled for Mon- weather permitting. Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, conducted by a licensed industrial hy- day, Hall said, and results will be During the closure, motor- confirmed that air-quality issues have giene contractor that made recommen- shared with staff. ists are urged to use Big been raised concerning the Sumter out- dations for mitigation in a staff-only “The safety and well-being of staff Swamp Road and U.S. 378 as patient clinic. restroom at the outpatient clinic. and patients is paramount to facility alternatives. The Item contacted officials at the “At no time did the contractor note leadership, and all concerns are Local traffic will have access center after receiving a complaint from any concerns to either staff or patient promptly addressed when identified,” during the detour. a man who said he was a patient at the safety, nor did they indicate that an un- Hall said.

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In the days since his father Camden’s Bob Sheheen, died, Milton Schwartz has another former House speak- heard condolences from a er, appreciated the latitude former chief justice and a top Schwartz gave chairmen to United Nations official, along run their committees, saying with many others Ramon he was “old-school” in the Schwartz touched in his long freedom he gave them. public career as a state law- “He was well-versed in any maker. controversy,” Sheheen added, Schwartz served his native “and always willing to dis- Sumter in the South Carolina cuss an issue with anyone.” House of Representatives That openness extended to from 1968-86, in addition to younger members such as practicing law for 68 years Martin, who recalled the first and belonging to various time Schwartz asked him to civic organizations. The preside over the House in his Democratic representative absence, where Martin was spent his final six years in expected to decide an argu- the House as the chamber’s ment on a major bill. powerful speaker. “Ramon turned to me and Schwartz passed away said, ‘Well, Larry, I know June 30 at 92. you’ll handle it well. I’ll see U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTOPHER MALDONADO / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM Former S.C. Supreme you when I get back,’” Mar- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Peck, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS) aircraft metals tech- Court Chief Justice Ernest tin remembers. “He had con- nology journeyman, welds a portable deployment trailer at Shaw Air Force Base on Friday. Airmen as- Finney, also a former legis- fidence in me, even though I signed to the 20th EMS metals technology lab ensure equipment entering the lab meets all safety and lator, called the late law- don’t mind telling you I was structure specifications before the parts are returned to the providing unit. maker’s son to offer condo- scared to death.” lences. Schwartz helped ap- Schwartz’s grandson Mi- point Finney to the state’s chael Burchstead remem- highest court, where he be- bered taking an elementary- came the first black chief school field trip to the State justice since Reconstruc- House and watching his tion. grandfather preside from the Family posts bond after David Beasley, a former “big chair.” S.C. governor and legislator, “But he never displayed also called. Beasley, who now any ego about it,” Burchstead directs the United Nations said. “He really taught us by drug-trafficking charges World Food Program, praised example.” the “great South Carolinian” Burchstead followed that on Facebook. example into law school and BY ADRIENNE SARVIS on Tuesday. Deputies were K-9 indicated that drugs were “He was such a Southern then to his current job as [email protected] told that the drugs would ei- located inside the vehicle. gentleman, a scholar and tre- general counsel to the S.C. ther be transported in a white Robert and Marianne Hen- mendous leader,” Beasley Ethics Commission. The family of three that was Toyota Rav4 or a drix were arrested Wednesday wrote. “He exemplified integ- “Now, politics is often ‘my arrested this week for alleged- silver Honda Ac- and Michael Hendrix turned rity and respect. I learned a way or the highway,’ but for ly bringing almost 63 pounds cord. himself in at the sheriff’s of- lot from him as a young him, it didn’t matter what of marijuana into Sumter Deputies ar- fice Thursday. The three were man.” party you belonged to,” County has posted bail and rived at the cou- being held at Sumter-Lee Re- “It’s just been kind of neat Burchstead said. “Sometimes been released from Sumter- ple’s residence gional Detention Center until to see in the last few days just it didn’t even matter if you Lee Regional Detention Cen- about noon they posted bond Friday. how many people my dad liked the person. You were ter. MICHAEL Wednesday and During a news conference had touched,” Milton there for the public good, and During a bond hearing held HENDRIX were given con- at the sheriff’s office Thurs- Schwartz said. “He was real- compromise was not a bad at 8 a.m. Friday, Magistrate sent to search day, Sheriff Anthony Dennis ly respected by all of them.” word.” Judge Larry Blanding set a the residence said the agency has kept an Despite being held in wide Sumter attorney Gene Du- surety bond of $20,000 for Mi- and a silver eye on the suspects for a while regard, Ramon Schwartz did Rant, who was Schwartz’s chael A. Hendrix, 30, of 3660 Honda Accord. because of their suspected in- face some political opposition law partner up until his Furman Field Road, Rembert, No illegal items volvement in drug trafficking. in the Legislature, former death this week, said and set surety bonds of were found dur- He said investigators think state senator and representa- Schwartz was dedicated to $15,000 each for 61-year-old ing the search, the drug-trafficking operation tive Larry Martin said, re- his practice up until shortly Marianne Hendrix and her MARIANNE according to the includes more individuals calling a nickname for before his death. “He wasn’t husband, 59-year-old Robert HENDRIX release. other than the Hendrix family, Schwartz’s supporters. active in the law the last few W. Hendrix, both of 5465 A deputy later and more arrests and charges “I was one of Ramon’s years, and he still came in Catchall Road, Dalzell. saw a white Toyo- are possible. boys,” Martin, a Pickens Re- every day and he beat every- The couple and their son ta Rav4 parked at According to earlier reports publican, said with a laugh. body else into the office,” Du- are each charged with traf- a neighboring from Sumter Police Depart- “If you were very supportive Rant said. ficking marijuana, more than house and discov- ment, Michael Hendrix was of him, they would call you Schwartz is survived by 10 pounds and less than 100 ered that the the arrested in May 2012 during one of Ramon’s boys.” four children, eight grand- pounds, and face a maximum vehicle was regis- an undercover drug operation Martin remembers children and three great- ROBERT of 10 years in prison if con- tered to Mari- conducted by the police de- Schwartz for his ability to grandchildren. HENDRIX victed, according to a news re- anne Hendrix. partment’s narcotics unit. He balance competing factions lease from Sumter County The neighbor told the depu- was one of eight people ar- of the Democratic Party that Bristow Marchant is a former Sheriff’s Office. ty that the Hendrix couple rested during the operation. dominated the House at the Sumter Item reporter now According to an incident re- asked if the vehicle could be In 2015, Michael Hendrix time. He also worked well writing for The State. port from the sheriff’s office, parked in the yard, states the was charged with four counts deputies received information release. of distribution of cocaine that Robert and Marianne Two suitcases and two duf- after the arrest in 2012 and Hendrix would supposedly be fle bags containing multiple was sentenced to two years bringing a large supply of vacuum-sealed bags of mari- house arrest and five years marijuana into the county juana were removed from the probation after pleading from the state of Washington Toyota after a sheriff’s office guilty.

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BY JOSH LEDERMAN Medvedev that if re-elected, The Associated Press he would “have more flexi- bility” to work out missile WASHINGTON — When defense issues with Mos- U.S. and Russian presidents cow. meet, the rest of the world Medvedev famously re- stops to watch. plied by telling Obama he For decades, summits be- would “transmit this infor- tween leaders of the world mation to Vladimir” — re- powers have been heavily ferring to Putin, who was anticipated affairs in which nearing the end of a four- every word, handshake and year stint as Russia’s prime facial expression is scruti- minister. Obama’s Republi- nized. President Trump’s can opponent, Mitt Romney, first face-to-face meeting quickly seized on the gaffe with Russian President as evidence Obama was con- Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, cealing a secret agenda for Germany, on Friday is no his second term. different. Some encounters have 2016 — G20 HANGZHOU yielded diplomatic break- SUMMIT throughs, even during the Obama’s last formal sit- worst of Cold War tensions down with Putin was no between the United States farewell fete. He had kicked and the Soviet Union. Oth- Russia out of the Group of 8 ers ended in unseemly dis- club of industrialized na- plays of diplomatic discord. tions because of its actions The following is a look at in Ukraine, and his relation- some of the U.S.-Russian ship with Putin never recov- and U.S.-Soviet summits of FILE PHOTO ered. Their 90-minute ses- the past: Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, smokes a cigar while meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sion during a global summit center, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin on Feb. 12, 1945, at the Livadia Palace gardens in Yalta. in Hangzhou, China, was a 1945 — YALTA CONFERENCE chilly affair, captured in With World War II winding awkward photographs in down, the leaders of the U.S., 1986 — REYKJAVIK SUMMIT settle on a date for a follow- and former KGB operative which neither man broke a the Soviet Union and Britain Another breakdown be- up summit in the U.S. who would go on to flum- smile. came together to plan for tween leaders, this time in mox successive American There was no break- Europe’s postwar future and the Icelandic capital. Hastily 2001 — SLOVENIA SUMMIT presidents. Bush went as far through on Syria, where the try to hasten an end to the arranged with low expecta- A decade after the fall of as to invite Putin to visit his U.S. and Russia were hoping conflict in the Pacific. Soviet tions, the summit grew in the Soviet Union, President ranch in Crawford, Texas. for a deal to lower violence. leader Josef Stalin agreed to scope to the point it ap- George W. Bush famously And a growing American enter the war to help defeat peared a major arms reduc- looked into Russian President 2012 — G20 SEOUL SUMMIT sense about Russian med- Imperial Japan. President tion deal might be reached. Vladimir Putin’s eyes. “I was It’s easy to pinpoint the dling in the U.S. presiden- Franklin D. Roosevelt and The summit produced able to get a sense of his soul moment President Barack tial campaign cast a pall British Prime Minister Win- iconic photos of President — a man deeply committed to Obama learned the risks of over their meeting. The ston Churchill allowed for Ronald Reagan and Soviet his country and the best in- an open microphone once next and last time Putin Soviet influence over lands leader Mikhail Gorbachev terests of his country,” Bush and for all: March 2012, in and Obama would meet, it Russia lost to Japan decades smiling together at Hofdi said afterward. Seoul, South Korea. That’s would be for only four min- earlier. House in Reykjavik but not The lavish praise came to where the first-term presi- utes on the sidelines of an Initially hailed as a major much else. The leaders be seen as a sign of naiveté dent was caught telling economic conference in success, the conference later failed to strike a deal or to about the Russian leader Russian President Dmitry Peru. came to be viewed by many as the moment that the U.S. ceded too much influence to the Soviets. Decades later, the setting for the meeting — Crimea — would provide some irony. Russia, the So- Our 1-Year Anniversary viet Union’s successor, an- nexed the region from Ukraine in 2014, deepening a modern-day diplomatic rift with the U.S. 1960 — PARIS A Celebration of Our Investment This Cold War meeting be- tween President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet lead- in You and Your Community. er Nikita Khrushchev may have been doomed from the start. Two weeks before they were to gather in Paris, the Soviets shot down an Ameri- can U-2 spy plane. The U.S. When McLeod Health came to Clarendon we imagined tried to cover it up by claim- a future where you and your family received the highest ing it was a weather-moni- toring plane, a lie the Sovi- quality healthcare. When we look back over the past year, ets were able to expose. we have made great strides in accomplishing that mission. Khrushchev ripped into Eisenhower at the meeting, A Year of Success: infuriating the U.S. presi- dent. 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PHOTOS PROVIDED Singer-songwriter Patrick Davis, a Camden native, returns to the Sumter Opera House with his Midnight Choir for a concert on Oct. 21. He’s toured the U.S. and Europe, written hundreds of songs for himself and other artists such as Darius Rucker, Jewel, Jimmy Buffet and others and has recorded several full-length CDs. Main Stage Series continues growth Double bill features well-known acts BY IVY MOORE [email protected]

he Sumter Opera House Main Stage Series continues to add shows to its 2017-18 season. City of Sumter Cultural Manager T Seth Reimer has announced a twin bill for an Oct. 13 concert and a return engagement for Camden native Patrick Davis.

Both bands on the twin bill, the artists as you can get these days.” Quebe Sisters and the Malpass Broth- He said the brothers are genuine ers, can trace their musical roots to country singers. traditional American genres, he said. “They’re just as they appear,” Re- The Quebe Sisters — pronounced imer said. “The way they look and Kway-bee, according to their website dress, it’s not an act, something they — have been playing traditional Texas put on for a show. They’re among the music — Western swing — from an few genuine classic country artists early age; they started playing fiddles under 50 — and they’re under 30. together as pre-teens, and they’re still They’re truly who they are; it’s not a in their 20s. charade.” The Quebes entered fiddling contests While the Malpass Brothers admire from an early age and won several Merle Haggard and play a lot of his local, state and national awards. music — Haggard’s family gave them They’ve also released three recordings: the rights to perform it — they also Texas Fiddler in 2003, Timeless in 2007 play their own original music, Reimer and Every Which-a-Way in 2014. said. Additionally, they’ve appeared at the “They toured with him,” he said. Christopher and Taylor Malpass, the Malpass Brothers, who hail from eastern North Car- Grand Ole “They don’t olina, will appear on a double bill with the Quebe Sisters at the Sumter Opera House on Opry, Lincoln come with a Oct. 13. Sumter Cultural Manager Seth Reimer continues to add nationally known acts Center, the play list; what to the Opera House’s 2017-18 Main Stage Series. Kennedy Cen- they play will ter, Ryman Au- be driven by ditorium, on what the audi- businesses, each with special benefits, built (with other venue managers), I’ve NPR’s A Prai- ence wants.” including ticket discounts, special had the opportunity to book acts like rie Home Com- “October 13 event invitations, listing in playbills John Anderson, who sold out,” Reimer panion, on The will be a night and more. said. Also because of the Opera Marty Stuart that’s not to be He also said memberships can be House’s size and location, he said, Show and missed,” Re- customized, “tailored for whatever “There’s no reason for us to have a other pro- imer said. package members want.” ‘season.’ Instead, we can have shows grams. University The costs of bringing nationally year-round.” All three sis- of South Caro- known talents to the Opera House are Read more about the Main Stage Se- ters, Hulda, lina alumnus not totally covered by ticket sales, Re- ries at www.SumterOperaHouse.com, Sophia and Patrick Davis, imer said, adding that memberships where there is a link to become a mem- Grace, sing as The Quebe Sisters, who all sing and play fiddle, a Camden na- will enable him to book these acts that ber. See the chart on this page for de- well as playing bring their traditional Texas roots music to the tive, will re- would usually play in much larger tails of the different levels of member- fiddler and are Sumter Opera House on Oct. 13. turn to the venues. ship. Call (803) 436-2616 for more infor- known for Sumter Opera “Because of the relationships I’ve mation. their vocal harmonies. They will be House with his Midnight Choir on Sat- backed on stage by their rhythm sec- urday, Oct. 21. He’s described as “a tion of guitarist Simon Stipp and Dan- singer, songwriter, artist and storytell- iel Parr on upright bass. er” and has lived and performed in $500-$999 Reimer said the sisters also play vin- Nashville for the past 16 years. tage country, bluegrass, jazz and folk The Midnight Choir is Davis’ 11- music. piece band comprising instrumental- “They’re extremely talented,” he ists and back-up singers. The name of said. “I’ve heard them play, and they’re the group comes from the Leonard interactive with the audience. They Cohen song, “Bird on the Wire”: “Like played the Newberry Opera House last a bird on the wire, Like a drunk in a year, and they were a big hit.” midnight choir, I have tried in my way The Malpass Brothers, Christopher to be free ... .” and Taylor, on the other hand, will Davis has released four CDs and has present a concert of traditional coun- toured extensively in the U.S. and Eu- try music — think Hank Williams, se- rope. More than 50 of his songs have nior not junior; Johnny Cash; Merle been recorded by such artists as Dari- Haggard; George Jones and others of us Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Jimmy that era. Inspired as kids by their East Buffet and others. Carolina grandfather’s old phono- While tickets for the Main Stage Se- graph records, the brothers have been ries go on sale to the public on Aug. 14, widely praised for their authentic sen- the Sumter Opera House is now offer- sibility and sound. ing a membership program that will Reimer said, “The first time you offer access to ticket purchases three meet the Malpass Brothers it doesn’t weeks in advance of public sales. Re- take long before you realize they are as imer said the program offers four lev- close to real traditional country music els of membership to individuals and A6 | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 PANORAMA THE SUMTER ITEM Lifelong rivalry escalates into silence WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DEAR ABBY counseling or mediation, they size of the guest list, I strongly — Our will not reconcile. For your suspect it would offend anyone Bakers celebrate 50 years daughters younger daughter to resort to who didn’t “win” the lottery. aren’t speak- emotional blackmail (“if Mr. and Mrs. Bobby G. ing. One says she’s there, I won’t be”) is de- DEAR ABBY — I sometimes Baker of Sumter celebrat- she really spicable. Please do not give in have social anxiety. I would ed their 50th wedding an- doesn’t to it. Tell her that if she de- like to go out with friends niversary on June 9, 2017, “like” the cides to change her mind, and acquaintances, but I with a vow renewal cere- other. These she’s always welcome, and worry I won’t have enough to mony at the Salvation Dear Abby are mature then proceed without her. talk about or won’t know Army Church. ABIGAIL women who You may be desperate for a what to say, and it makes me A reception was given in VAN BUREN have had reconciliation, but until your nervous. Do you have any ad- their honor by their three their differ- daughters are, it won’t hap- vice? children and their spous- ences pen, and you will have to ac- Loner in Illinois es: Jan Baker of Bly- throughout their lives. But cept it. thewood; Tim and Jennifer they have tolerated each DEAR LONER — Almost every- Baker Rexroth of Boone, other, one more than the DEAR ABBY — Recently I was one has social anxiety to North Carolina; and John other. listening to a couple talking some extent. If your only and Jaime Baker of Sum- The older one claims her about who and who not to in- worry is that you won’t have ter. sister posted not-so-nice vite to a wedding because enough to talk about, don’t The couple has two things about her. The young- seating was limited. let it stop you. Most people grandchildren. er one threatens not to attend I’m wondering whether like to talk about themselves Mrs. Baker is the former any gatherings if her sister is there would be anything and will appreciate a good lis- Mary Sue Geddings of there. This needs to be re- wrong with sending out a let- tener. Sumter. MR., MRS. BOBBY G. BAKER solved before years go by and ter stating that although they If you would like to bring our family is torn apart. would like to invite everyone, up topics, listen to the news They stopped speaking a seating is limited. Explain or read your newspaper and ENGAGEMENT, WEDDING, BIRTH AND month ago — on their dad’s that, of course, immediate jot down a few topics. If your birthday yet. It was one of family (parents, siblings and level of anxiety is so high ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENTS the worst days of our lives. their spouses) would be invit- that you cannot interact with We’re in our 80s, and I may ed without exception. Howev- others, then it’s time to dis- Engagement, wedding, birth and wedding anniversary (25th, 50th and above) never again see them togeth- er, the remaining seating cuss it with your physician announcements of local interest are published on Sundays free of charge. The deadline is er. The older one says she’s would be on a “lottery” basis. and ask for a referral to noon on the preceding Monday. Deadlines vary during holiday weeks. The deadline for willing to go to counseling, If people accept the invita- someone who can give you the July 9 edition has passed. but the younger refuses. tion, they would be in the lot- medical and psychological Forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item, 36 W. 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SUMTER FROM PAGE A1 SUMTER CO., SC / SUMTER CO., FL Named after: Both named after Gen. Thomas down there and looking at various of- Sumter from the American Revolutionary War ficial statistics, you could now call Most famous athlete: Bobby Richardson Sumter County, Florida, “Retirement (New York Yankees 1955-66 - World Series MVP, Haven, USA.” Thanks to The Villages, 1960) / Keanu Neal (Atlanta Falcons 2016-pres- a major retirement community that ent - Pro Football Writers Association All-Rookie spans parts of three counties, but Team, 2016) mostly in the northeastern corner of Population (2016): 107,396 / 123,996 Sumter County, the county has grown Square miles: 682 (665 land, 17 water) / 580 by leaps and bounds, according to Jes- (547 land, 33 water) sica Kelly, administrator with the Median age: 35.8 years old / 65.3 years old PHOTO PROVIDED Sumter County (Florida) Chamber of Established: 1800 / 1853 People mingle recently in Brownwood Paddock Square in The Villages in Sumter Coun- Commerce. County seat: City of Sumter (population: ty, Florida. The Villages is the county’s largest tourist attraction, according to officials. Located in the north central portion 40,723) / City of Bushnell (population: 3,067) of the state, with Interstate 75 running Interstate highways: I-95 / I-75 where more than half of the residents through it, Sumter County grew to are 65 and older. Sumter County, 31,000 people by the 1990 decennial South Carolina’s median age is 35.8 census. In 2000, its population reached she said. years old, according to the census. 53,345, almost solely due to retirees According to Sumter County (Flori- Our Sumter has a major military in- moving into The Villages, according to da) Administrator Bradley Arnold, stallation in Shaw Air Force Base. Kelly and other officials. In the 2010 The Villages previously encompassed Sumter County, Florida, does not have census, fueled by the retiree migra- 36 square miles in the northern cor- an installation. tion, Sumter County’s population was ner of the county, but with recent land Being a historically industrial town, 93,420, making it one of the fastest- acquisitions that total is now 50 our Sumter County has a relatively growing counties in the entire U.S. In square miles to handle more construc- large manufacturing sector and more the most-recent census bureau popu- tion and the population influx. manufacturing jobs than Sumter lation estimates’ series for year 2016, Kelly said there is a big separation County, Florida. Being a retirement the county’s population stood at in the county between the predomi- community, Sumter County, Florida’s, 123,996. Our Sumter County’s popula- nantly rural areas and The Villages. biggest industry sector is retail trade, tion estimate for 2016 from the bureau “Our county is kind of The Villages, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor was 107,396. or ‘The (Non) Villages,’” Kelly said. Statistics. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY TECH. SGT. GREGORY BROOK / Kelly describes The Villages as “like “It’s very different. Outside The Vil- Our county seat is obviously the city SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM its own little world over there.” Her lages, we are a very rural county. We of Sumter, and it’s our largest commu- A formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons fly chamber office is in tiny unincorpo- have a lot of parks, wildlife and for- nity with a population of 40,723 in over Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter last rated Sumterville, Florida. ests, and then we’ve got The Villages.” 2016, according to the census. The city month as part of a commemoration of the The Villages are building their It makes sense then that Sumter of Bushnell is the county seat for 100th anniversary of the 55th Fighter fourth town square now, Kelly said. County, Florida, has the highest medi- Sumter County, Florida, but given the Squadron’s activation. The formation con- Each square has restaurants and an age of all the counties in entire U.S. rise of The Villages, it’s not the coun- sisted of the wing flagship aircraft from shopping districts with small villages at 65.3 years old, according to the cen- ty’s largest community. Bushnell’s the 55th, 77th, and 79th fighter squad- and resident communities around it, sus. It’s the only county in the U.S. population was 3,067 in 2016. rons, which are all stationed at Shaw. Cash in a FLASH! formation on social media. We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins FROM PAGE A1 & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, WRONG “On my end, whether its Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates Facebook, Twitter or Insta- some similarities: both are in fused on which one was gram, I try to keep it short Lafayette Gold the Southeast, named after which.” and sweet and put ‘Sumter- and Silver Exchange American Revolutionary War To prevent confusion on so- countysc,’ and I’m trying to InsideInnside VestcoVestco PrPropertiesopperrties hero Gen. Thomas Sumter, cial media, Joe Perry — our use hashtags of ‘sumtersc’ or 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 currently about the same size local communications coordi- ‘sumtercountysc’ and I hope ((inside Coca-Cola Building) and were traditionally rural nator for Sumter County — that type of stuff is associated Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM farming communities. says he always attaches “SC” with Sumter County, South If you look on the U.S. Cen- to “Sumter” when posting in- Carolina,” Perry said. 803-773-8022 sus Bureau’s website, there are actually four Sumter counties in the U.S. including MORNINGSIDE one each in Georgia and Ala- bama. But, those other two OF SUMTER are relatively small in size compared to their namesakes FIVE STAR here and in Florida. SENIOR LIVING Sumter County, Florida, County Administrator Brad- ley Arnold said he gets emails all the time for Sumter Coun- Live Well! ty, South Carolina, because  
 
 senders didn’t realize there is a Sumter County, Florida.   He said the county has to At Morningside Assisted Living, spend more time on its web- Classes Start Saturday August 19th site and in published docu- we invite residents into our senior ments detailing clearly “Sum- living community not just to live ter County, Florida,” and in- with us, but to thrive with us. clude a Florida map with its county shown for distinction. Arnold said he believes the most confusion is created   
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COMMENTARY Community mourns passing of 2 special people

he Sumter Item ests in mind. public setting. summer camp on a Sunday af- family had a sad I was recently talking to his ternoon. week in the wake • • • son Milton about a story from “Wheel” Dollard was, of T of the death of Gail our childhood. course, at the wheel, and Mr. Mathis, who was just 58 The Sumter community It was about 1973 or 1974, Schwartz was in the back. years old. also mourned the passing of a and Milton, the late Clarke They had on dark suits, and Gail was our ambassador in local legend, Ramon Bynum and I were in the “Wheel” had on some sort of Clarendon Coun- Schwartz, who same cabin at the YMCA’s Panama gangster-style hat. It ty, where she died this week at Camp Sea Gull in North Caro- was classic. worked for more the age of 92. lina. Everyone crowds around to than 30 years as a The services at We knew Mr. Schwartz was see what’s going on, and sales representa- Church of the coming to visit one Sunday “Wheel” backs the car up to tive, writer and Holy Comforter and that he would be riding the cabin in order to unload. customer service in Sumter were with the legendary Sumter SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO Sure enough, when he pops MATHIS manager, doing SCHWARTZ well attended and lawman Leon “Wheel” Dol- Sumter’s legendary lawman Leon the trunk, there are a couple whatever was included two for- lard, who drove Ramon and Dollard drove Ramon Schwartz of shotguns mounted on the needed to serve our Manning, mer South Carolina Supreme his best friend Kirk McLeod and his friend Kirk McLeod ev- underside, plain as day. And Clarendon County and Lake Court Chief Justices — Er- everywhere. erywhere. Schwartz died this they didn’t look like bird Marion readers and advertis- nest Finney and Jean Toal — Stories about Leon Dollard week at age 92. guns. ers. as well as the newest member in The Sumter Item go back to Milton gained instant noto- We all loved her and enjoyed of the Supreme Court, Sum- the 1930s and can be found by come House Speaker a few riety, and we did nothing to her funny and vibrant person- ter’s Buck James, who, like searching our archives. There years later. tamp down the excited specu- ality, and her passing is some- many of us in attendance, are some especially entertain- So, like any normal, mis- lation of our friends, adopting thing none of us will soon get grew up playing in the ing episodes captured in the chievous 12- or 13-year-old boy a “no-big-deal” attitude for over. Schwartz home. It was an in- “Yesteryear” columns put to- would do, we told our Camp the rest of the summer. We offer our condolences teresting multi-generational gether by my father, Hubert. Sea Gull cabin mates that Mil- Ramon would like that to her family — husband, gathering. Leon Dollard was an intimi- ton’s father was in the Mafia, story. Jimmy, and sons Jamie and There were many digni- dating presence who looked and we could prove it when he Chris and their families. She taries given Mr. Schwartz’s like the Hollywood version of got there. Graham Osteen is Editor-At- will be missed by everyone long life of public service, “The Muscle” or “The Wheel You can imagine the excite- Large of The Sumter Item. He and will be remembered as a and it was noted that most Man” who accompanies some- ment when a long, black Lin- can be reached at graham@ generous, thoughtful, profes- in attendance likely had a one of great importance, coln or Cadillac or whatever theitem.com. Follow him on sional person who always “Ramon story” that may or which then-S.C. House Rep. they were driving came roll- Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or had other people’s best inter- may not be appropriate for a Schwartz was. He would be- ing up in this quiet, pristine visit www.grahamosteen.com. COMMENTARY Here’s an idea, Trump ometime in 2011, I got a they won’t be if his numbers stay call from Donald Trump. in the 30s — they won’t put their He said he was thinking of necks on the line to support his Srunning for president and agenda. wanted to know what I thought of So here’s an idea for the presi- the idea. I’m guessing he also dent, an idea for a national TV ad- called a million other journalists, dress that his loyal fans might not but I had reported a story on his embrace — who cares? — but just golf course in Scotland might win over moderates (for HBO’s Real Sports) who aren’t in the Never and after it aired he told Trump crowd. Imagine if someone, “Bernie didn’t he said something like do me any favors, but he this: was fair.” Maybe that’s “My fellow Americans, why he called. Who my focus tonight is on knows? one of the most impor- Anyway, I told him that tant institutions in our because I’m a journalist I Bernard great country: the news don’t give advice to people media. thinking of running for Goldberg “We all know we can’t president (or any other of- have a free country with- fice). We chatted for a few out a free press. But nei- more moments, and that was the ther can we have a free country Risky offshore oil drilling rules end of it. without a fair press. If he asked my advice now — “Let me be clear: Journalists he won’t! — I’d relent and tell him not only have the right, but they BY BOB GRAHAM and the nation’s beaches this Nothing has changed to that since that conversation he have an obligation to hold me ac- WILLIAM K. REILLY summer, it is important to justify these moves since has become the most disruptive countable for my actions. With even years ago, a understand what Mr. the current five-year off- president at least in our modern that, I have no problem. BP oil well blew out Trump’s recent moves por- shore leasing plan, which era and probably in all of our “But let’s not pretend that jour- off Louisiana, caus- tend. Specifically, his exec- runs through 2022, was fi- American history. nalists don’t have an agenda, one Sing the Deepwater utive order calls for the re- nalized after years of pub- I’d tell him his war with the that goes beyond simply telling Horizon drill rig to ex- consideration of a critical lic and industry input. press is especially troubling. He the truth. And just as I’ve been plode, killing 11 workers safeguard that is the most Broad public opposition to says his critics in the media ped- charged with trying to delegiti- and releasing several mil- important action the gov- expanding drilling into dle “fake news.” Not really. A lot mize the media, too many in the lion barrels of toxic crude ernment has taken to re- frontier areas has not di- of them, though, do peddle “bi- media have been trying from Day oil into the Gulf of Mexico. duce offshore drilling haz- minished. Nor are the iden- ased news.” But I’d tell him that One to delegitimize my presiden- As co-chairmen of the bi- ards. This safeguard, the tified potential harms to there’s a better way to deal with cy. partisan National Commis- well control rule, tightened economies and ecologies the press than waging non-stop “Joe Scarborough has called sion on the BP Deepwater controls on blowout pre- any less significant. war against journalists. me a ‘schmuck’ on national televi- Horizon Oil Spill and Off- venters designed to stop In short, drilling in the First, no more tweets about sion. He has said I remind him of shore Drilling, we investi- explosions in undersea oil outer continental shelf re- Mika “bleeding badly from a face- his mother who has dementia. gated the causes of the di- and gas wells. The rule was mains risky business. Safe- lift” she says she never had. And Mika Brzezinski has said I don’t saster and examined the based in part on lessons ty and oversight in offshore no more videos of businessman love my country. Others have offshore drilling industry the commission learned drilling continues to need Donald Trump body slamming a called me a thug, a pig, Hitler and to identify ways to reduce about the root cause of the improvement, not roll- guy with the CNN logo imposed a whole bunch of other less-than- the risks it poses to work- BP disaster. backs. on his face. flattering names. ers, the public and the en- Had this common-sense President Trump’s exec- Let’s acknowledge that many of “Tonight I acknowledge that vironment. Although Con- rule been in place on April utive order disregards the president’s most loyal fans my tweets in response too often gress has refused to enact 20, 2010, that calamity these facts. It fails to ac- love it when he attacks the press, have been needlessly vindictive — any of the commission’s might well have been avert- count for the vulnerabili- when he fights fire with fire, to and counterproductive. But jour- safety recommendations, ed. Weakening or rescind- ties of the ocean’s frontier use the term his press person nalists ‘haven’t merely defended the Department of the Inte- ing this rule would in- regions, a lack of adequate used at a recent briefing. But ap- their reporting, they’ve doubled rior adopted many of them crease the risks of offshore federal investment in safe- pealing to the base isn’t getting down on attacking’ me, as a writ- after extensive input from operations, put workers in ty measures for Arctic con- him anywhere. er in National Review put it. industry, government and harm’s way and imperil ditions, or the danger to Mr. Trump won the election “So, as Monty Hall used to say, the public. marine waters and coast- coastal economies. It will with 46 percent of the vote. Now Let’s make a deal: I will continue President Trump’s April lines. put workers’ lives as well his approval numbers are in the to point out what I believe is false 28 executive order on off- Mr. Trump’s order also as ecologically rich and ec- 30s, which means that even a lot news about my administration shore energy threatens to directed the Interior De- onomically important wa- of people who voted for him — and me. But I will stop the per- abolish these safety im- partment to review current ters and coastlines at need- the ones who weren’t crazy about sonal attacks on members of the provements and, as he put rules on offshore drilling. less additional risk. him but who couldn’t bring them- press. it, start “the process of Opening more areas to ex- selves to vote for Hillary — even “But it wouldn’t hurt if journal- opening offshore areas” to ploration, as the Trump ad- Bob Graham, a former those people are abandoning ship. ists showed some contrition, too. energy exploration. He ministration moved to do Florida governor and Unit- The 25 or 30 percent who think It wouldn’t be so terrible if report- took a further step last last week, could threaten ed States senator, and Wil- he’s a messiah are not the kind of ers acknowledged that because week to expand oil and gas the fragile Arctic Ocean off liam K. Reilly, a former ad- friends he needs right now. Yes, they think I’m “unfit to be presi- extraction in the environ- Alaska as well as environ- ministrator of the Environ- they give him the adulation he dent,” they also think it’s okay to mentally sensitive outer mentally sensitive reaches mental Protection Agency, craves. But they’ll be there for inject bias and malice into their continental shelf. The com- of the Atlantic Ocean and were the co-chairmen of the him no matter what. And if stories without fear of conse- mission members are the Gulf of Mexico. A spill National Commission on they’re all he’s got, he can forget quence. unanimous in their view in any of those waters the BP Deepwater Horizon about turning his vision of mak- “Someone has to put an end to that the actions proposed could threaten multibil- Oil Spill and Offshore Drill- ing America great again into a po- this. Someone has to say in the president’s executive lion-dollar regional econo- ing. This column was first litical reality. If the pols in Wash- ‘Enough.’ I’m saying it right here, order are unwise. mies that depend on clean published by The New York ington aren’t afraid of him — and right now.” As Americans flock to oceans and coastlines. Times. A10 | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 LOCAL | NATION THE SUMTER ITEM

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She said the predictions call eyes open for Emily, Franklin, for 11 to 17 named storms, Girt, Harvey and Jose. with five to nine of those Lurking down the list of named storms becoming hur- possible weather catastrophes ricanes and two to four of are Katia, Marie, Lee, Nate, those named storms becoming Ophelia, Phillipe, Rina, Sean, major hurricanes. Tammy and Vince. Tropical storms Arlene, Last, but not least, is Whitney. Bret and Cindy have already Let’s hope we don’t have to come and gone, with the next find out what they do when named storm destined to be they run out of names. known as Don. If Don doesn’t Maybe that’s why they don’t get us, we must still keep our name tornadoes.

CAITLAN WALZER / THE SUMTER ITEM Thursday evening, at the South Sumter Park, 12-year-old Tyrell Clea played a game of softball with other children and volunteers during the weekly Thursday community play date. AP FILE PHOTO Sarah Jones is seen on location for the television series, “The Vampire OPPORTUNITIES FROM PAGE A1 Diaries.” Jones was killed during a film shoot on a train trestle in Geor- gia in February 2014, and her death has prompted broad safety dis- Hastie said the events are free and all of never seen or picked up a tennis racket be- cussions within the film and television industry and led her parents to the equipment for the games are provided. fore. This is more than just a time for fun, advocate for better safety practices during productions. The only requirement is that the children this is an unforgettable opportunity to learn come wearing tennis shoes and arrive on and for the volunteers to enjoy the company time with a willing-to-learn attitude. of the community children.” These play dates are important for the Hastie and McAlister both said they hope Trial set to decide if children of the community because it gives this initiative will be a motivating experi- them a chance to learn the games that they ence to get the children outdoors and get likewise would possibly not have been able them active. railroad shares blame to, Hastie said. To become a leader in the lives of children “Some of these children come out here and volunteer with the community play and don’t even know how to put a glove on date, Hastie urges adults to contact him at properly,” Hastie said. “Other children have (803) 774-7776. in movie crew death SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A ‘Midnight Rider’ cast and movie director served jail time crew on February 20, with for trespassing onto a Georgia those individuals in view of railroad bridge and putting the trains’ operators, no warn- Medicaid cut in GOP health bill is major his film crew in the path of a ing was given to the subse- freight train that slammed quent train that ultimately into the group and killed a caused Sarah’s death,” the cause of concern with nursing home set young camera assistant. Now lawsuit says. the dead woman’s parents are The suit also says operators going to court saying the rail- of the train that killed Jones FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. road should share the blame, failed to apply any brakes be- (AP) — Amy Bernard and even though it denied the film- fore the collision. her brother kept their moth- makers permission to work on Court filings by CSX attor- er out of a nursing home as its tracks. neys say operators of the two long as they could, until Par- Sarah Jones, 27, died on a trains that passed the crew be- kinson’s and dementia took trestle spanning the Altamaha fore the crash had no legal ob- their toll and she was seri- River in rural Wayne County ligation to alert anyone else. ously injured in a fall. on Feb. 20, 2014. The train col- The video shows filmmakers Bernard is happy with her lision also injured six fellow weren’t on the tracks or the mother’s nursing home care, crew members as filming bridge, but stood on property but it comes at a steep price: began on “Midnight Rider,” a that doesn’t belong to the rail- $7,000 per month, an amount movie based on the life story road. CSX says its operators that would be way beyond of Allman Brothers Band had no duty to assume the the older woman’s means if singer Gregg Allman. The ill- crew would put itself in dan- not for Medicaid, which fated production ended with ger. picks up $3,000 of the tab. the tragedy. As the train involved in the Which is why Bernard More than three years later, collision approached the and many other Americans THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a Savannah judge has sched- bridge, engineer Michael Ryan like her are watching the Chuck Schwarz, left, holds hand with his wife, Cathy, on Friday in uled a civil trial to begin Mon- saw “what he thought were health care debate on Capi- South Elgin, Illinois. Medicaid Americans 65 and order and the day in a wrongful death law- buzzards up ahead,” accord- tol Hill with trepidation. disabled make up about a quarter of Medicaid recipients but ac- suit by Jones’ parents against ing to a CSX court filing. He The Senate Republicans’ count for two-thirds of its expenditures. CSX Transportation. Barring sounded the engine’s horn plan to repeal and replace a last-minute settlement, a and whistle 33 seconds before President Obama’s Afford- after Congress’ weeklong older, does not cover long- jury will decide if the rail- the crash. able Care Act would cut pro- July Fourth recess. term nursing home care. road, which operated the train “When Ryan realized that jected Medicaid spending The bill would cut Medic- To qualify for Medicaid and owned the bridge, should people were on the trestle, he over the next decade by 25 aid’s projected budget over nursing-home coverage, un- have taken precautions to did not apply the train’s emer- percent. the next 10 years by a com- married senior citizens in avert the deadly crash. gency brake because he Supporters of the bill say bined $772 billion, according most states must have in- Richard and Elizabeth Jones thought the people were off nursing home subsidies to the Congressional Budget comes of less than $2,205 per are seeking monetary damag- the trestle or in the clear, the would not suffer significant Office. That would decrease month, including Social Se- es in the lawsuit, but have not brakes would not slow the cuts, but opponents say they the amount projected to be curity and pensions. Some specified an amount. train down before it reached are inevitable. The uncer- spent federally on Medicaid states have a lower limit. Attorneys for Jacksonville, the trestle, and he was con- tainty is frustrating to those during that time to about The threshold is higher for Florida-based CSX insist the cerned about causing a derail- who rely on them. $4.2 trillion. married couples. Single peo- collision wasn’t the company’s ment,” CSX attorneys wrote In the case of Bernard’s Even with those cuts, nurs- ple also must have drained fault. Investigators found CSX in one court filing. 83-year-old mother, retired ing home patients would their assets below $2,000, had twice denied the “Mid- Jones family attorney Jef- teacher Franceen Golditch, continue to receive signifi- though there is an exemp- night Rider” filmmakers’ re- frey Harris declined to com- the $4,000 that she receives cant assistance because fed- tion for home equity. quests for permission to shoot ment prior to the trial. CSX at- each month from her pen- eral Medicaid spending People with higher incomes on its railroad trestle — each torneys did not immediately sion and Social Security would grow by 20 percent can become eligible if their time in writing. return phone and email mes- goes almost entirely to the over the next decade from its medical and nursing home ex- Both the Wayne County sages. A CSX spokeswoman, nursing home. current level, said Zach penses are too heavy. That is sheriff and the National Laura Phelps, said the compa- “Without Medicaid supple- Hunter, a spokesman for the why Golditch is covered. Transportation Safety Board ny had no comment. menting, I don’t know what GOP-led House Committee In 45 states and the Dis- determined the movie crew, Chatham County State would happen,” said Bernard, on Energy and Commerce, trict of Columbia, Medicaid which had placed a hospital Court Judge Gregory Sapp re- a self-employed graphic artist which helped write the also covers some senior citi- bed across the tracks for a jected a motion to decide the in Boynton Beach, Florida. House version of the bill. zens who are in assisted liv- planned scene, was trespass- case in CSX’s favor before a She added: “I have a house Meanwhile, he said, federal ing centers or need home ing when the CSX train came trial. Sapp ruled a jury will and kids to support myself. I regulations would be eased, health aides. upon the group at 58 mph need to decide “whether the honestly have no answer.” giving states more flexibility Chuck Schwarz, who suf- with its horn and whistle blar- trespassers were anticipated While the federal-state Med- to tailor their programs. fered a stroke in 2014, said Illi- ing. The train hit Jones and or discovered” immediately icaid program is most often The proposed changes are nois’ Medicaid program al- ran over her. Flying debris before the crash. A court doc- associated with poor children “an important step towards lows him and his wife of 60 from the bed injured six oth- ument says the case could and single mothers, almost strengthening the Medicaid years, Cathy, to stay at an as- ers. take two weeks or longer. two-thirds of its spending goes program and ensuring vital sisted living complex in South Attorneys for Jones’ parents Sheriff’s investigators and to the elderly and the disabled, funds go to the most vulner- Elgin, about 40 miles from argue Jones and other crew the NTSB found no fault with even though they make up able,” Hunter said. He said Chicago. She has Alzheimer’s, members weren’t aware pro- CSX. The movie’s director, just 1 in 4 recipients. the bill makes provisions, and Schwarz said being able duction managers had failed Randall Miller, served a year The reason: Well over half for example, for possible to visit her daily has kept to get permission to shoot on in jail after pleading guilty to the nation’s 1.3 million senior medical advances such as them both alive. Medicaid the trestle. They also say the involuntary manslaughter citizens in nursing homes re- drugs for Alzheimer’s or pays about 85 percent of their railroad should have known and criminal trespassing. Two ceive Medicaid. The burden is other diseases of the aged. $9,785 monthly bill. the filmmakers would be in of his assistants were sen- expected to balloon as the 74 Joe Baker, president of “I don’t know if I will be the area. Two trains crossed tenced to probation. million surviving baby boom- the Medicare Rights Center, affected by the cuts or not. I the same railroad bridge in An NTSB report on the ers — those born between an advocacy group that op- may not be. If they do, I the hour before the fatal crash said the probable cause 1946 and 1964 — get older. poses the bill, said substan- don’t know what I would crash. The Jones family’s law- was “the film crew’s unau- They are 52 to 71 now. tial cuts eventually would do,” said Schwarz, an yers say video from one train thorized entry onto the CSX In part because of the hurt those who rely on nurs- 82-year-old retired salesman shows crew members on both Transportation right-of-way ... Medicaid cuts, the GOP bill ing home assistance. and former Navy command- sides of the tracks, in “close despite CSX Transportation’s lacks the votes to pass in the Medicare, the federal health er. “We have pretty much proximity.” repeated denial of permission Senate, which is expected to insurance program that pri- exhausted our savings. We “Despite the fact that multi- to access the railroad proper- take up the measure again marily covers people 65 and didn’t expect to live this ple CSX trains passed the ty.” THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL | NATION SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 | A11 The Soul Reality of Parents and Teens … was asked: “How do I parent my of sin, you know you need help. This is teenagers so they turn out to be God’s great offer to sinners: He wants to good people?” help you. He wants to forgive you. He I My first thought, unspoken: wants to give you a new path to follow. “You are too late.” He offers you a different soul reality. Teenagers are not good people. Even So how does this work when you par- though we have taught this generation ent teenagers? they all deserve a trophy, teenagers are You start by confessing your own sins just like their parents: to God. You are appropriately upfront imperfect. How do im- with your sins with kids. That means AP FILE PHOTO perfect parents pro- when you lose your temper, you tell State election officials from across the U.S. are gathering this weekend in India- duce perfect kids? your kids you blew it and you are sorry. napolis amid an uproar over a White House commission investigating allega- They don’t. You admit the reality of your own soul tions of voter fraud and heightened concern about Russian attempts to inter- We put onto our chil- so you can help your kids accept the re- fere with last fall’s election. dren hopes and ality of their souls. dreams. By the time You ask God for wisdom. That means they hit middle school, you spend time with Him. You let your State election officials gather it becomes obvious kids know you are praying for them and Clay they will not be star asking God to help you be a better par- Smith athletes; nor are they ent. You ask God to guide you to a new the smartest kid in the soul reality. amid uproar over voter data room; nor are they You ask God for strength. Even going to be Miss South Carolina. At this though you are imperfect, God called INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State ware used in eight states. point, some parents keep pushing. The you to parent this child. That’s right: election officials are gathering That backdrop has drawn an un- parents want the children to fill their Parenting is a calling. Your call is not to this weekend amid an uproar over usual spotlight to the conference, dreams. The kids rebel. Tension rises. be a best friend or to have your children a White House commission inves- which kicked off Friday and is Parents get rigid. The battle is joined. approve of you. Your calling is to love, tigating allegations of voter fraud being attended by officials from 37 Sometimes the story goes like this: forgive, to set boundaries, to let there be and heightened concern about states. The FBI and Homeland Se- Mom and Dad divorce. One of the chil- consequences, to give grace. You adjust Russian attempts to interfere in curity were attempting to allay dren is expected to fill the role of confi- the your soul values to God’s new reali- U.S. elections said a lack of infor- fears by holding a series of closed- dant. The child becomes the replace- ty. mation from federal intelligence door meetings Saturday on voting ment spouse, the holder of family anger, To be a good parent, you need a per- officials about attempts to breach security with elections officials. the keeper of family secrets. At about fect role model. That’s why parents voting systems across the country “We need to make sure we’re 15, the child gets tired of this role. They should get as close to God as they possi- is a major concern. doing everything and anything rebel. They drink. They become sexual- bly can. He’s the perfect parent. He Both Republicans and Demo- possible in 2018. We need better ly active. They are defiant. Then Mom loves his children. He gives them grace. crats gathered in Indianapolis for cooperation from federal agen- or Dad ask the pastor, “How do I parent He guides them. He lets his children a meeting of the National Associa- cies,” said California Secretary of my teenagers so they turn out to be make wrong choices and suffer conse- tion of Secretaries of State said State Alex Padilla, a Democrat. good people?” quences so they learn. His hope for his they are frustrated because they There is no indication so far To be a good parent, you must deal in children is not for them to succeed, but have been largely kept in the dark that voting or ballot counting was soul reality. Soul reality is the truth for his children to be with him. God will by federal officials. affected in the November election, about a person’s entire being. This is reshape your soul into a new reality. “The chief election official in but officials are concerned that the truth about all of us, parent and So how do you parent your teenager each state should be told if there the Russians may have gained teenager: We make bad decisions; we so they become good people? You don’t. are potential breaches of that knowledge that could help them don’t think straight; we have mixed up You parent your teenager the same way state’s data or potential intru- disrupt future elections. emotions; our bodies keep changing and your Heavenly Father parents you: you sions,” said Republican Colorado The conference also lands one we don’t know how to manage the deal with soul realities. Our souls are a Secretary of State Wayne Williams. week after the commission investi- change; and relationships are hard. mess; God, our Father, offers you a new The Department of Homeland gating President Trump’s allega- This is the reality of our souls. soul reality. In that new reality, you give Security last fall said hackers, tions of election fraud requested If you start with soul realities, you your teenager the same things your thought to be Russian agents, tar- voter information from all 50 states, understand: “For all have sinned and Heavenly Father offers your: grace, geted voter registration systems in drawing bipartisan blowback. The come short of the glory of God.” (Ro- love, guidance, and strength. A new soul more than 20 states. And a leaked request seeks dates of birth, partial mans 3:23). The precious baby of 15 reality is born. National Security Agency docu- Social Security numbers, address- years ago was born into failure. Every ment from May said Russian mili- es, voting histories, military service parent was born into failure too. Clay Smith is the lead pastor of Alice tary intelligence had attempted to and other information about every Once you accept the basic soul reality Drive Baptist Church, Sumter. hack into voter registration soft- voter in the country.

ter of the late Ellie Wilson Jr. KATRIN ROSS the family at esquaredealfun@ OBITUARIES and Louise Marshall Palmer. Katrin Ross, 55, daughter of sc.rr.com. ROSE MARY MICKENS The family will receive Elizabeth Nathaniel Selby and These services have been dren, Steve Coker, JoAnne friends at the home, 3965 4th the late Hilbert Selby was entrusted to Square Deal Fu- BISHOPVILLE — Funeral Brown, Linda Locklear and St., Mayesville. born on June 27, 1962, in Sum- neral Home, 106 McIntosh St., service for Rose Mary Mick- Janet Barwick; and his be- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. ter County. She departed this Bishopville, SC 29010. ens, who died on June 28, loved dog, Kandy. Main St., Sumter, is in charge life on Friday, July 7, 2017, at 2017, was held at Private graveside services of arrangements. Sumter Health & Rehab, Sum- ARTHUR J. FOLMAR on Saturday at will be held at Sumter Ceme- ter. LADY LAKE, Fla. — Arthur Joshua Church. tery at a later date. WADE L. HICKSON Family will be receiving Jacob Folmar, age 101, be- Visitation was Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Wade L. Hickson, 95, widow- friends at the home of her loved husband of the late Re- held on Friday at Funeral Home and Crematori- er of Louise Knox Hickson mother, 4240 Wedgefield Road, becca Smethers Folmar, died the Bishopville um of Sumter is in charge of and son of the late Watson Sumter. on Friday, July 7, 2017 at Atria Center. the arrangements. and Ida Graham, was born on Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Lady Lake. MICKENS Ms. Mickens Sept. 20, 1921, in Scranton. He Main St., Sumter is in charge Arrangements are incom- leaves to cherish LEVI MCDONALD departed this life on Friday, of arrangements. plete and will be announced her memories: MANNING — Levi McDon- July 7, 2017, at CM Tucker by Bullock Funeral Home. her mother, Ella Mae Mick- ald, 54, died on Thursday, July Nursing Center, Columbia. HAROLD YATES ens; sons, Jontrell Mickens, 6, 2017, at his residence. Family will receive friends BISHOPVILLE — Mr. Har- Brandon Mickens and Mar- He was born on Feb. 1, 1963, at the home of his stepdaugh- old Yates, 59, passed at his res- quis Mickens; daughter, Brit- in Summerton, a son of the ter, Elouise Greene, 4785 Cot- idence on Thursday, July 6, tany Mixon; brothers, Terry late Willie and Lillie Mae Oli- ton Acres Road, Sumter, be- 2017. Mickens, Curtis Hart, Terry ver McDonald. tween the hours of noon to 8 Born in Patterson, New Jer- (Denise) Mickens and Kelton The family is receiving p.m. daily. sey, he was a son of Eugene JAMES MCKINLEY (Cornelia) Washington; sis- friends at his residence, 1100 Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. and Pauline Yates Franklin. ters, Renee Lucas, Coretta K W Hodge Road, Manning. Main St., Sumter, is in charge Public viewing will be held Mr. James McKinley, 62, Washington and Sylestine These services have been of arrangements. from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the was born March 18, 1955, in Dixon; four grandchildren; entrusted to Samuels Funeral Square Deal Funeral Home Sumter County to the late Be- and a host of other relatives Home LLC of Manning. FRANKLIN POTTS Chapel. atrice Jennings and the late and friends who will miss her Franklin “Toby” Potts, 81, Funeral services will be Plank Franklin. dearly. ENOCH JOHNSON JR. died Friday, July 7, 2017, in held at 11 a.m. Monday at Cy- He departed this life on Fri- www.jpholley.com Enoch Johnson Jr., 91, died Camden. Born Sept. 30, 1935, press United Apostolic day, July 7, 2017, at Palmetto on Friday, June 30, 2017, at his in Sumter County, he was the Church, 1153 Sandy Grove Health Tuomey. AZALEE S. DINGLE home in Brooklyn, New York. son of Willie and Isadora Church Road, Lamar, with The family will receive MANNING — Azalee Born on Nov. 7, 1925, in Gallishaw Potts. Bishop Otis Holloman, pas- friends at the home of his Stukes Dingle, 89, widow of Sumter, he was a son of the The family is receiving rela- tor/eulogist. Interment will daughter, 130 Corbett St., Emanuel Dingle, died on late Enoch Sr. and Abbie tives and friends at the home, follow in the church ceme- Mayesville, from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017, at her Pearson Johnson. 614 Brown St., Sumter. tery. daily. residence. Mr. Johnson will be placed Funeral arrangements are The family will receive rela- Funeral services are incom- She was born on Oct. 18, in the church at 10 a.m. on incomplete and will be an- tives and friends at the home, plete and will be announced 1927, in the Jordan communi- Tuesday for viewing until the nounced by Williams Funeral 625 N. Main St., Bishopville. later by Whites Mortuary ty of Clarendon County, a hour of service. Home Inc. Condolences can be sent to LLC. daughter of the late Rufus Funeral services will be held Stukes Sr. and Mary Billups at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Salem Stukes. Chapel and Heritage Center, The family is receiving 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter. In- friends at the residence, 2301 terment will follow at Hillside Joseph Lemon & Dingle Road, Memorial Park. Manning. The family will receive These services have been friends at the home of his entrusted to Samuels Funeral brother and sister-in-law, Home LLC of Manning. Henry and Sue Johnson, 2262 Kings Mountain Drive, Dal- CARRIE G. HARVIN zell. Carrie G. Harvin of Sumter Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. passed on July 6, 2017. Main St., Sumter, is in charge Plans will be announced by of arrangements. JP Holley Funeral Home, Co- Online memorials may be lumbia Chapel. sent to the family at jobsmortu- [email protected] or visit us on the JIM W. NETTLES web at www.jobsmortuary.net. Jim Wesley Nettles, 79, died on Friday, July 7, 2017, at Pal- MARGIE M. RICHARDSON metto Health Tuomey. Margie Marshall Richard- Born on March 22, 1938, in son, 83, wife of Robert Lee Walterboro, he was a son of Richardson, departed this life the late Henry Miles Nettles on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at and Martha O’Quin Nettles. Palmetto Health Tuomey. Surviving are his wife, She was born on May 18, Agnes Coker Nettles; stepchil- 1934, in Mayesville, a daugh- A12 | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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LEGION BASEBALL COMMENTARY AUTO RACING Junior gets love, Scheduling conflict gifts prior to final Cup race at Kentucky BY GARY B. GRAVES The Associated Press

SPARTA, Ky. — Dale Earn- hardt Jr. barely had time to bond with Kentucky Speed- way, and now he’s saying fare- well to the track and the sport. Fortunately for NASCAR’s most popular driver, he’s leav- ing with a lovely parting gift along with lots of love from Bluegrass racing fans. As Earnhardt prepared to start EARNHARDT Saturday night’s 400-mile Cup race from 13th , track management gave him a deluxe jukebox on Friday as a token of its appre- ciation. Adorned with Junior’s No. 88 and his signature, the large jukebox will be donated in his name to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Colum- bus, Ohio, an organization he supports. “That’s awesome because I know the kids are going to love it,” said Earnhardt, who visited with kids there earlier this week. “We got them a lit- tle stereo, but this is going to take the cake. ... It will make a RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM lot of kids smile when they are Sumter’s Joey Pereira and the rest of the P-15’s swept their first-round American Legion state playoff series against Murrells Inlet. They’ll around this jukebox and en- have to wait until Wednesday, however, to face Lexington. The 5-day layoff begs the question of why? joying it together. I appreciate that.” Other gifts are sure to follow Decision for P-15’s, rest of state playoff teams not to start 2nd as Earnhardt finishes his final circuit of full-time Cup duty. The ongoing farewell tour has round until Wednesday begs one question: Why, why, why? made him reflect on his expe- riences, even at a track in ’ve been covering Ameri- which he’ll start for just the can legion baseball for seventh time. Iover 30 years, and from Manning swept by Horry; Sumter to face Lexington Kentucky is somewhat nota- the beginning there has ble for Earnhardt’s final 2016 seemingly been something FROM STAFF REPORTS ries 3-0. sweep of Hampton, winning start before complications done by the state baseball Justin Evans took the loss by forfeit when Friday’s from concussion symptoms committee each year that Manning-Santee Post 68 for Manning despite a game in Lexington was ended his season. Healthy has left me saw its season come to an strong performance. The stopped due to lightning in now, he’s hoping the 1.5-mile perplexed, end on Friday, while the right-hander worked 7 1/3 the third inning and Hamp- oval can yield a victory and dumbfound- Sumter P-15’s found out innings, giving up three ton decided to not continue. start a climb from 22nd in ed, irritated they will face Lexington in runs. He allowed eight hits Lexington was leading 23-0 points into the playoffs. or worse. the second round of the and walked four. at the time of the delay. “A win is going to be great A couple American Legion baseball Jake Jordan, Taylor Lee Lexington will meet Sum- any week, but this is a hero- of years ago state playoffs. anc Connor Floyd each had ter in a best-of-5 second- one-week, zero-the-next the decision M-S lost to Horry Post 111 two hits for Post 68, which round series. The series sport,” said Earnhardt, who Dennis was made to 4-1 at the Conway High finished the year with a 5-10 won’t start until Wednesday has earned two top-fives and Brunson not let Le- School field as Horry swept record. when the P-15’s play Lexing- the 2013 pole in six Kentucky gion base- the best-of-5 first-round se- Lexington completed a ton at Riley Park. starts. ball affect “Even if we have a great run me. Go with the flow, let it or a win, which would be awe- roll off my back, whatever window on Friday. That’s Sumter finished its first- meet for another five days. some, there is another hill to endearing phrase fits there, when I found out that the round best-of-5 series sweep Which leads to an emphat- climb and another one after all I was going to worry Sumter P-15’s don’t start their of Murrells Inlet on Thurs- ic question: Why, why, why that each week. This sport is about was covering the second-round state playoff se- day and Lexington concluded are they not starting on so competitive and for us as a games and the players. ries against Lexington until its series sweep of Hampton Well, that all went out the Wednesday. Never mind that on Friday night; they won’t SEE SCHEDULING, PAGE B2 SEE JUNIOR, PAGE B4

PRO BASEBALL WIMBLEDON Yankees’ Montgomery gets Djokovic snaps at chair umpire, reaches Week 2

BY HOWARD FENDRICH Djokovic briefly fell be- no decision in Friday’s loss hind by an early break The Associated Press before zipping past Er- BY MIKE FITZPATRICK LONDON — All it nests Gulbis of Latvia The Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED took was a couple of 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (2) to earn his PRESS questionable calls for 10th berth in the tourna- NEW YORK — Jordan Mont- Novak ment’s second week. gomery got a no decision in his New York Djokovic to Right after his, er, con- start for the New York Yankees Yankees snap at the versation with Garner, in their 9-4 loss to the Milwau- starting chair um- Djokovic lost a service kee Brewers on Friday. pitcher and pire in the game to trail 2-1. He Montgomery, the 6-foot-6-inch Sumter na- second later fell behind 4-2 in left-handed pitcher from Sum- tive Jordan game of his the opening set. But ter, worked 4 1/3 innings. He Montgom- DJOKOVIC third-round from there, Djokovic gave up seven hits and two runs ery winds match at used a nine-game run to while striking out four and up to deliv- Wimbledon. seize control and wasn’t walking none. er a pitch “That’s two points in a broken again. Montgomery gave up a 2-run during the row at the beginning of “As soon as you give a home run to Milwaukee’s Jesus Yankees’ the match,” Djokovic guy like Novak the tools Aqgilar in the fourth inning, 9-4 loss to said, before telling offi- to step on the gas, he putting the Brewers up 2-1. Milwaukee cial Jake Garner: will step on the gas,” The Yankees regained the on Friday in “Focus, please!” said Gulbis, who has lead in the bottom of the in- New York. That would have been been a top-10 player and ning, going up 3-2. However, good advice for Djokovic a French Open semifi- there was a 51-minute rain himself. Maybe he was a nalist but missed chunks delay during the inning. bit on edge because this of time because of inju- Montgomery returned to the rardi decided to make a change. who put on the most impressive was the stage at which, ries, dropping his rank- mound in the fifth. He retired On a night when Aaron Judge rookie power show. as a two-time defending ing outside the top 500. the first batter he faced, but broke a New York Yankees re- Aguilar homered twice and champion, he lost at the “And he just goes, and after giving up consecutive sin- cord held by Joe DiMaggio for All England Club a year gles New York manager Joe Gi- eight decades, it was Aguilar SEE MONTGOMERY, PAGE B3 ago. On Saturday, SEE DJOKOVIC, PAGE B4 B2 | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

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Houston 12, Toronto 2 baseball team split its two games on says Harden’s “incredible work ethic, 1 p.m. – International Softball: World Cup of Boston 8, Tampa Bay 3 Saturday on the desire to win, and passion to be the Softball XII Championship Game from Okla- Cleveland 11, Detroit 2 homa City (ESPN). Texas 10, L.A. Angels 0 opening day of best” make him “the perfect leader 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Greenbrier Classic Final Minnesota 9, Baltimore 6 the AA state in our pursuit of another champion- Round from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Colorado 12, Chicago White Sox 4 (GOLF). L.A. Dodgers 4, Kansas City 1 tournament at ship.” Harden says “Houston is home 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Seattle 7, Oakland 2 Ball Park Road for me.” Chicago Cubs (TBS). 1:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at SATURDAY’S GAMES Recreation Com- He averaged 29.1 points and led the Washington (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWFN-FM N.Y. Yankees 5, Milwaukee 3 plex. NBA with 11.2 assists last season. 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). Toronto 7, Houston 2 3 p.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Baltimore 5, Minnesota 1 Sumter Amer- ESPN first reported the terms of Stage Nine from Chambery, France (WIS 10). Tampa Bay 1, Boston 0 ican defeated the deal. 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: The Greenbrier Classic Final Detroit at Cleveland, 7:15 p.m. Round from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 p.m. Greer 15-5 in its opening game before (WLTX 19). L.A. Angels at Texas, 9:05 p.m. falling to Lexington American 12-2 in MUNOZ HAS 68 TO MAINTAIN 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis Wimbledon Week Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. GREENBRIER CLASSIC LEAD One Highlights from London (WOLO 25). Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. its second game. 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Dallas at Atlanta Sumter American will play John- WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). TODAY’S GAMES 3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Milwaukee (Nelson 7-4) at N.Y. Yankees sonville today at 5 p.m. in an elimina- — Sebastian Munoz shot a 2-under 68 LECOM Health Challenge Final Round from (Tanaka 7-7), 1:05 p.m. Findley Lake, N.Y. (GOLF). Houston (Peacock 6-1) at Toronto (Happ 3-5), tion game. on Saturday to maintain a two-stroke 4 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League 1:07 p.m. In the win over Greer, Morgan lead over Robert Streb after the third Game from Las Vegas – Phoenix vs. Dallas Boston (Price 4-2) at Tampa Bay (Archer 7-5), (ESPN). 1:10 p.m. Love, Zylen Dennis, Scoop Dennis round of The Greenbrier Classic, 4 p.m. – Minor League Baseball: All-Star Fu- Baltimore (Jimenez 3-4) at Minnesota (Gibson and Larry Johnson each went 3-for-3 keeping the PGA Tour rookie in posi- tures Game from Miami (MLB NETWORK). 5-6), 2:10 p.m. 4 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League L.A. Angels (Ramirez 7-7) at Texas (Darvish with three runs batted in, while J.E. tion to become the tournament’s first Game from Las Vegas – Atlanta vs. New Or- 6-7), 3:05 p.m. Rowe and Tyler Woodward both had wire-to-wire winner. leans (NBA TV). Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-1) at Colorado 4 p.m. – IRL Racing: Indy Lights Series Mazda (Freeland 8-7), 3:10 p.m. two hits. The 24-year-old Colombian was at Iowa 100 from Newton, Iowa (NBC SPORTS Kansas City (Duffy 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ker- In the loss to Lexington, Rowe was 14-under 196 on the Old White TPC, NETWORK). shaw 13-2), 4:10 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Thornberry Creek LPGA Oakland (Gossett 1-3) at Seattle (Hernandez 2-for-2 with an RBI. Jack Gordon and the course that was renovated after Classic Final Round from Oneida, Wis. (GOLF). 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Johnson both had one hit and scored severe flooding forced the event last 5:30 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Iowa Detroit (Fulmer 8-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 7-3), Corn 300 from Newton, Iowa (NBC SPORTS 8:05 p.m. a run. year to be canceled. Streb shot a 65. NETWORK). Rookie Xander Schauffele and 6 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League TUESDAY’S GAME SUMTER 6 Game from Las Vegas – Milwaukee vs. Brook- All-Star Game: AL at NL, 8:00 p.m. Jamie Lovemark were tied at 11 under. lyn (NBA TV). MCBEE 1 Davis Love III was at 10 under after 6:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer NATIONAL LEAGUE League Game from Las Vegas – Minnesota vs. EAST DIVISION The Sumter Junior P-15’s defeated a 68. At 53, he’s trying to become the Denver (ESPN2). W L Pct GB McBee 6-1 on Friday at Riley Park to oldest winner on the PGA Tour. 7 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Gold Washington 51 36 .586 — Cup Group C Match from San Diego – Curacao Atlanta 42 44 .488 8½ win their American Legion baseball Kelly Kraft (67) and Russell Henley vs. Jamaica (FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION). New York 39 46 .459 11 first-round series 2-1. (68) also were 10 under. 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Miami 39 46 .459 11 Cleveland (ESPN). Sumter advances to a best-of-3 sec- Philadelphia 28 58 .326 22½ KYLE BUSCH REPEATS AS XFINITY 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League CENTRAL DIVISION ond-round series against Cheraw. Game from Las Vegas – Utah vs. Los Angeles WINNER AT KENTUCKY Clippers (NBA TV). W L Pct GB The first game is set for Monday at 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer Milwaukee 49 41 .544 — League Game from Las Vegas – Portland vs. Chicago 43 43 .500 4 Riley Park 7 p.m. SPARTA, Ky. — Kyle Busch took Boston (ESPN2). St. Louis 42 45 .483 5½ The Junior P-15’s won the opener the lead during a late caution and 9:30 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Gold Pittsburgh 40 47 .460 7½ Cup Group C Match from San Diego – Mexico vs. Cincinnati 37 49 .430 10 over McBee 2-0 before McBee took a held on to win the rain-rescheduled El Salvador (FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION). WEST DIVISION 5-0 win in the second game. 300-mile NASCAR Xfinity Series at 10 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League W L Pct GB Kentucky Speedway on Saturday. Game from Las Vegas – Memphis vs. Sacra- Los Angeles 59 29 .670 — ROCKETS SIGN HARDEN TO $228 mento (NBA TV). Arizona 53 34 .609 5½ Busch, the Cup series regular 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer Colorado 51 38 .573 8½ MILLION DEAL, NBA’S RICHEST starting the first of two races on the League Game from Las Vegas – Philadelphia San Diego 38 49 .437 20½ vs. San Antonio (ESPN2). San Francisco 34 54 .386 25 LAS VEGAS — The Houston Rock- pole, led 70 laps to earn his second MONDAY FRIDAY’S GAMES ets have signed star guard James straight series victory at Kentucky. 7 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon No. 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 1 Harden to a four-year, $228 million He also won from the pole a year ago. Court and Outer Courts Round-of-16 Matches San Diego 4, Philadelphia 3 from London (ESPN2). Milwaukee 9, N.Y. Yankees 4 contract extension, the richest con- Pitting earlier for tires and fuel paid 8 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Cen- Washington 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings tract in NBA history. off for Busch as he stayed on the track tre Court Round-of-16 Matches from London N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 5 (ESPN). Colorado 12, Chicago White Sox 4 The Rockets said Saturday the ex- during the final yellow flag. There was Noon – Professional Tennis: Wimbledon No. 1 Arizona 6, Cincinnati 3 tension will run through 2022-23 sea- no catching his No. 18 Toyota after the Court and Outer Courts Round-of-16 Matches L.A. Dodgers 4, Kansas City 1 from London (ESPN2). Miami 6, San Francisco 1 son but will not kick in until 2019. restart, though Ryan Blaney tried his 4 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Game That means it will not affect their best on the final lap after passing Erik from Las Vegas – Atlanta vs. Chicago (ESPNU). SATURDAY’S GAMES 4 p.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Senior N.Y. Yankees 5, Milwaukee 3 salary cap this season, so the Rockets Jones’ Toyota for second. LPGA Championship First Round from French San Diego 2, Philadelphia 1 are free to continue their roster up- Lick, Ind. (GOLF). Atlanta 13, Washington 0 4:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer St. Louis 4, N.Y. Mets 1 grade. They added Chris Paul earlier From staff, wire reports League Game from Las Vegas – Miami vs. Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 p.m. Washington (NBA TV). Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 7:15 p.m. 6 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. Game from Las Vegas – Atlanta vs. Chicago Miami at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m. (ESPNU). Cincinnati at Arizona, 10:10 p.m. 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM time in South Carolina usually 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). TODAY’S GAMES SCHEDULING means that there is a good chance of 6:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer Milwaukee (Nelson 7-4) at N.Y. Yankees League Game from Las Vegas – Houston vs. (Tanaka 7-7), 1:05 p.m. FROM PAGE B1 thunderstorms starting in the after- Phoenix (NBA TV). Pittsburgh (Taillon 5-2) at Chicago Cubs (Les- 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Home Run ter 5-5), 1:10 p.m. noon and running through the eve- Derby from Miami (ESPN, ESPN2). Atlanta (Newcomb 1-3) at Washington (Ross Monday? Who thought that was the ning, and not everyone has a facility 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League 5-3), 1:35 p.m. Game from Las Vegas – Denver vs. Toronto San Diego (Cahill 3-2) at Philadelphia (Eick- right thing to do? where the water drains like it does at (ESPNU). hoff 0-7), 1:35 p.m. I understand why the first-round Riley Park. 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer N.Y. Mets (Matz 2-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-6), League Game from Las Vegas – Golden State 2:15 p.m. series didn’t start until Wednesday. The second-round series are nor- vs. Cleveland (NBA TV). Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-1) at Colorado The Fourth of July was on Tuesday, mally much more competitive and 10 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League (Freeland 8-7), 3:10 p.m. Game from Las Vegas – Los Angeles Clippers Miami (Urena 7-3) at San Francisco (Cain 3-8), and with the long holiday weekend can easily go four or five games. So if vs. Milwaukee (ESPN2). 4:05 p.m. there was no need to start the play- you have a 5-game series with a cou- 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer Cincinnati (Bailey 1-2) at Arizona (Corbin 6-8), League Game from Las Vegas – Los Angeles 4:10 p.m. offs before Wednesday. Many Legion ple of rainouts thrown in — and the Lakers vs. Golden State vs. Cleveland (NBA TV). Kansas City (Duffy 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ker- teams have issues getting enough threat of storms are in the extended 1 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies shaw 13-2), 4:10 p.m. European Tour Thailand Championship Third players together as evidenced by the forecast — you’ve got a series finish- Round from Pattaya, Thailand (GOLF). TUESDAY’S GAME forfeits over the last few years. ing just a few days before the start of All-Star Game: AL at NL, 8:00 p.m. However, there is no need to wait the state tournament at Riley Park GOLF until the next Wednesday to start the on Saturday, July 22. The Associated Press WNBA STANDINGS second-round series. That would not be good for the By The Associated Press GREENBRIER CLASSIC SCORES In all honesty, when I saw the state tournament. Not only would Saturday EASTERN CONFERENCE At The Old White TPC W L Pct GB Wednesday start for the first round, you have things up in the air leading White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Washington 10 7 .588 — my assumption was the committee up to the tournament, but you could Purse: $7.1 million Connecticut 9 7 .563 ½ Yardage: 7,286; Par 70 New York 8 7 .533 1 expected most of the series to be have some teams playing in the state Third Round Atlanta 7 8 .467 2 sweeps and the second round could with their pitching not set up the Sebastian Munoz 61-67-68—196 -14 Indiana 7 9 .438 2½ Robert Streb 65-68-65—198 -12 Chicago 3 12 .200 6 start on Monday. And even if a series way they would like it to be. Xander Schauffele 64-69-66—199 -11 went four or five games, the teams While none will say otherwise, the Jamie Lovemark 69-64-66—199 -11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelly Kraft 67-66-67—200 -10 W L Pct GB could take a day off after the conclu- head coaches would rather have a Russell Henley 68-64-68—200 -10 Minnesota 13 1 .929 — sion of the first-round series before rested pitching staff — and a rested Davis Love III 63-69-68—200 -10 Los Angeles 12 4 .750 2 Tony Finau 69-66-67—202 -8 Phoenix 9 6 .600 4½ starting the second round, as has team for that matter — entering the Nick Taylor 64-69-69—202 -8 Dallas 9 9 .500 6 been the practice in American Le- state tournament. And that’s what Danny Lee 64-68-70—202 -8 Seattle 7 9 .438 7 J.B. Holmes 68-69-66—203 -7 San Antonio 1 16 .059 13½ gion baseball for as long as I’ve been the committee should want, and I Hudson Swafford 65-66-72—203 -7 covering it. know they do, but having teams play- Chad Campbell 70-69-65—204 -6 FRIDAY’S GAMES James Hahn 71-64-69—204 -6 Atlanta 89, Indiana 68 For the record, each of the four ing up until a few days before the Phoenix 92, San Antonio 77 lower state second-round series are state of the tournament does not MLB STANDINGS SATURDAY’S GAMES set and one of the three in the upper help that occur. By The Associated Press Washington at Connecticut, 7 p.m. state are set. One of the other two So if anyone on the state commit- AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. could possibly be set, but a couple of tee reads this, it’s not too late to Los Angeles at Seattle, 9 p.m. EAST DIVISION first-round series were delayed by make a last-minute decision and W L Pct GB TODAY’S GAMES weather. start the series that are set on Mon- Boston 50 38 .568 — Dallas at Atlanta, 3 p.m. New York 45 40 .529 3½ New York at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Which brings up another reason as day, Tuesday at the latest. It wouldn’t Tampa Bay 46 43 .517 4½ to why the second-round series be the first time a last-minute deci- Toronto 41 46 .471 8½ MONDAY’S GAMES Baltimore 41 46 .471 8½ No games scheduled should start on Monday. Summer- sion has been made.

AMERICAN LEGION STATE PLAYOFFS

LOWER STATE Camden 18, Georgetown 0 (7), Horry 16, Manning-Santee 5 (7), vs. Easley (League VII 4) First-Round Series Friday Friday Wednesday Sumter (League III 1) Camden 16, Georgetown 1, Camden wins series Horry 4, Manning-Santee 1, Horry wins series 3-0 Easley at Gaffney, postponed vs. Murrells Inlet (League II 4) 3-0 Second-Round Series Thursday Wednesday Florence (League II 1) July 12-16 Gaffney 3, Easley 2 Sumter 11, Murrells Inlet 1 vs. Hartsville (League III 4) Sumter vs. Lexington Gaffney 3, Easley 2 Thursday Wednesday Chapin/Newberry vs. Camden Friday Sumter 22, Murrells Inlet 6 (7) Florence 9, Hartsville 2 Florence vs. Orangeburg Gaffney 13, Easley 3, Gaffney wins series 3-0 Murrells Inlet forfeits Game 3, Sumter wins Thursday Beaufort vs. Horry Fort Mill (League V 2) series 3-0 Florence 5, Hartsville 0 vs. Greenwood (League VII 3) Lexington (League VIII 2) Friday UPPER STATE Wednesday vs. Hampton (League I 3) Florence 4, Hartsville 3, Florence wins series 3-0 First-Round Series Fort Mill 12, Greenwood 2 Wednesday Orangeburg (League I 2) Rock Hill (League V 1) Thursday Lexington 13, Hampton 6, Lexington vs. Aiken (League VIII 3) vs. Union (Ind) (League VI 4) Fort Mill 12, Greenwood 1 Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday Lexington 15, Hampton 1 Aiken 17, Orangeburg 3 Rock Hill 7, Union 6 Fort Mill 14, Greenwood 9, Fort Mill wins series Friday Thursday Rock Hill 10, Union 5 3-0 Lexington wins by forfeit over Hampton, Lex- Orangeburg 10, Aiken 1 Friday Inman (League VI 2) ington wins series 3-0 Friday Rock Hill 6, Union 2, Rock Hill wins series 3-0 vs. York (League V 3) Chapin/Newberry (League VIII 1) Aiken 4, Orangeburg 3, Aiken leads series 2-1 Williamston (League VII 1) Thursday vs. Goose Creek (League I 4) Saturday vs. Spartanburg (League VI 3) Inman 7, York 4 Wednesday Orangeburg at Aiken Wednesday Friday Chapin/Newberry 10, Goose Creek 3 Today Spartanburg 15, Williamson 1 Inman 9, York 6, Inman leads series 2-0 Thursday Aiken at Orangeburg (if necessary) Thursday Saturday Chapin/Newberry 9, Goose Creek 3 Beaufort (League I 1) vs. Spartanburg at Williamston, postponed York at Inman Friday Lower Lexington (League VIII 4) Friday Today Chapin/Newberry 14, Goose Creek 4, Chapin/ Wednesday Williamston 4, Spartanburg 2, series tied 1-1 Inman at York (if necessary) Newberry wins series 3-0 Lower Lexington forfeits series to Beaufort, Saturday Monday Camden (League III 2) Beaufort wins series 3-0 Spartanburg at Williamston York at Inman (if necessary) vs. Georgetown (League II 3) Horry (League II 2) vs. Today Second-Round Series Wednesday Manning-Santee (League III 3) Williamston at Spartanburg July 12-16 Camden 10, Georgetown 5 Wednesday Monday Rock Hill vs. Williamston or Spartanburg Thursday Horry 20, Manning-Santee 15 Spartanburg at Williamston (if necessary) Gaffney vs. Fort Mill Thursday Gaffney (League VI 1) Inman or York vs. Greenville THE SUMTER ITEM PRO BASEBALL SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 | B3 MLB ROUNDUP SATURDAY PUZZLES THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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and Clippard was booed off MONTGOMERY FROM PAGE B1 the mound by a crowd of 43,472 that had thinned dra- matched a Brewers mark leading 30th home run , matically by the time the with seven runs batted in, in- which topped DiMaggio’s 3-hour, 57-minute game cluding a tie-breaking grand mark for most by a Yankees ended 2 minutes before mid- slam in the seventh inning rookie set in 1936. night. that sent Milwaukee to its “It’s quite an honor. It’s “I feel very good about fifth straight victory. been a fun first half so far,” where I am at on the mound “He’s a rookie doing this. said Judge, determined to right now,” Clippard said. “I But it feels like an experi- stay modest. “I’ve got it in my feel like my stuff is there. It’s enced at-bat,” Brewers man- notes: I look at it every day — just frustrating.” ager Craig Counsell said. .179, what I hit last year. So Milwaukee tied it 4-all in “He’s a very mature hitter.” it’s just a reminder that this the sixth as Clippard allowed The surprising NL Central game will humble you two inherited runners to leaders overcame a season- quick.” score, including one on a wild high five errors, all in the Struggling reliever Tyler pitch with an 0-2 count. first four innings, to win at Clippard (1-5) served up Agui- New first baseman Ji-Man Yankee Stadium for the first lar’s first career slam on a Choi had a 2-run homer, con- time in exactly 21 years. Back full-count fastball. That gave necting for the second time in then, the Brewers were still Milwaukee an 8-4 advantage, two games with the Yankees. in the American League — they switched to the NL in 1998 and had dropped 14 of Rachel & Stuart Pressley their last 15 in the Bronx, in- cluding a 10-game losing SUDOKU streak they snapped in this HOW TO PLAY: interleague series opener. Ryan Braun is the lone Each row, column player remaining from Mil- and set of 3-by-3 waukee’s previous visit in boxes must contain June 2011, but the young the numbers 1 Brewers (49-40) hardly looked through 9 without intimidated while winning repetition. for the eighth time in nine games . They’ve won five in a row for the first time since completing a 6-game run in September 2015, and are nine games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 1, 2014. Rookie left-hander Josh Hader (1-0) struck out seven over three innings of effec- tive relief for his first major league win. Hader replaced dinged-up starter Junior Guerra following the 51-min- ute rain delay in the fourth. “Josh did a heck of a job. Photo by Megan Manus Photography We’ve been saving Josh for the right spot and today we really got in the right spot with him,” Counsell said. Milwaukee finished with 14 hits to four for the Yankees, who have dropped three straight. They are 6-17 since 8 W. Hampton Ave. pushing their record to 38-23 on June 12. 35 Years 773-2320 THE ANSWERS TO THESE PUZZLES CAN BE FOUND ON The highlight for New York Serving Sumter www.jamesformalwear.com was Judge’s major league- TODAY’S DAILY PLANNER PAGE. B4 | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

RECRUITING USC picks up pair of commitments on Fourth of July

big Fourth of July for USC has filled its quota at the with Ellis. “I will be able to go in and has an official visit to Louis- head coach Will Mus- position for this class. “I was jok- play early. All I have to do is ville set for Sept. 16. Achamp and his Univer- Valentine plans to attend ing with Mike go in and work and I’ll be able USC DL target Antwuan sity of South Carolina pro- the USC prospect gathering that Carolina to play early. And I’d love to Jackson is headed to Blinn JC gram was capped off on Tues- on July 22. is going to play in the SEC (Southeastern in Texas after transferring day afternoon by a commit- Ellis, who is from Vance, beat Clem- Conference).” from Auburn, according to JC ment from running back La- announced his commitment son,” Ellis McMillian has not taken Shurburtt of TheBigSpur. He vonte Valentine (6 feet, 188 to USC on Tuesday in Orange- said. “I feel any visits thus far, but he was blocked by Auburn from pounds) of Melbourne, Flori- burg. Ellis (6 feet, 5 inches, Phil Kornblut like they are plans to visit all the schools transferring straight to any da, for the 2018 recruiting 285) chose USC over North RECRUITING making a 360 on his short list this month. other SEC school, Clemson, class. Carolina State, a decision he CORNER (degrees) turn He does not have any favorites Ohio State, Georgia State and His was the second commit- firmed up in his mind last and are really at this point and he’d like to Mercer. ment of the day for USC. In week. on the up-rise. make his decision in mid-Au- Latrell Jean, a ’19 DE from the morning defensive line- “It came down to who I felt Just like I said before, I’m gust, prior to his season. Lakeland, Florida, plans to man Jabari Ellis of Georgia most comfortable with,” Ellis bought in the system.” WR Tyquan Johnson of visit USC at the end of July. Military College committed to said. “I felt like I could have Linebacker Channing Tin- Sylvania, Georgia, said USC CLEMSON USC. accomplished my goals at dall of Spring Valley High in now stands alone at the top of Valentine, who picked USC both schools, so it really came Columbia is at The Opening his list, and by a wide margin. After missing on RB Zamir over Louisiana State and Lou- down to who I felt comfortable in Oregon, and he told media “They are just telling me White of Laurinburg, N.C., isville, is the 12th commit- with and it was the Game- there his top schools are USC, they would use me as a big when he committed to UGA, ment for that class. cocks. They offered me back Georgia, Auburn, Florida and target, just throwing and Clemson responded by offer- Valentine also is a track and in February, the first school to Notre Dame. He wants to visit slinging it,” Johnson said. ing two other RB prospects it field talent and is one of the offer me. I knew from the UF, FSU and UGA in July and “And also opening the of- passed on earlier. On Satur- fastest RBs in the country. start they wanted me, they make his decision this month fense up for the running day, the Tigers offered Lyn-J USC recruiter Bobby Bentley needed me. Coach Muschamp as well. game, too.” Dixon of Butler, Ga., a Ten- impressed upon him early in and (assistant) Coach (Lance) USC would like to sign an- Johnson said he will return nessee commitment. The Ti- the process USC’s need for his Thompson were putting it in other quarterback for the class to USC on July 22 for the pros- gers were one of the teams on speed and the opportunity me every day, ‘We need you, and is continuing to sort pect social gathering. his short list when he com- he’ll have at USC to run track we need you, we need you.’ through possibilities. Two are “South Carolina is my No. 1 mitted to the Volunteers late as well. That played a big part, too.” Cordel Littlejohn of Roswell, choice right now,” Johnson last month. Valentine also has much of Ellis played a lot of defen- Ga., and Carter Bradley of said, with Mississippi State And Clemson offered Mas- his family in South Carolina sive end in high school, and Jacksonville, Fla. Neither has a second and West Virginia ter Teague III of Murfrees- and that too was a major at- he made the Shrine Bowl USC offer, but Muschamp and third. “It was neck and neck boro, Tennessee, last Friday. traction for him. However, it team in ‘15. At GMC though, offensive coordinator Kurt but it has grown bigger and He is an Ohio State commit- was the persistence of Mus- he was moved inside and Roper plan further evaluations bigger because South Caroli- ment and said he is sticking champ and Bentley that won made 14 tackles with four in July to determine if one, or na is recruiting me real, real, with that commitment. him over. tackles for loss last season. He both, should be offered. real hard, like heavy.” “I think the Clemson offer “Coach Bentley, I’m in con- said USC also like him as an Littlejohn attended USC’s Despite a strong lean to is definitely a great offer and tact with him, and Coach interior DL. junior day in January and USC, Johnson said he won’t opportunity,” Teague said. “It Muschamp like almost every “Now I’m more of a techni- was back for a camp earlier make a commitment until De- makes me continue to think single day since they’ve been cian,” Ellis said. “At Lake this month. “Coach Roper, he cember. He does not have any about God blessing me. It recruiting me,” Valentine Marion (High School in San- really likes me,” Littlejohn current plans to visit Missis- makes me know that hard said. “He did tell me it’s going tee), I was sort of a bully, but said. “He tells me that he’s sippi State or WVU. work and patience are good. to be a great improvement for playing college you’ve got to going to keep recruiting me, Conway High DE Raiqwon Clemson has a great program their program, I guess be- focus on technique.” but wants to see me play a O’Neal picked up his 30th and great coaches. I think cause they haven’t had a Ellis is the second junior little bit of senior ball. When offer last month from NCSU. about that stuff. I haven’t speedy back or a back as fast college DT for the class. He I went to the junior day, USC also is one of his offers thought about changing my as me. They like to run the has been impressed by what Coach Muschamp told me and he remains in regular decision. I am still excited ball, but they just don’t have he’s heard and seen from they really liked me, they contact with DL coach about that.” the back as fast as me. He said Muschamp over the past few just wanted to see me throw Thompson. DB Quindarious Monday of I’ll fit in well; they’ll put me months. it live, and they were going O’Neal will make a return Atlanta named his top seven on special teams and there’s a “I’m bought in the system,” to really recruit me hard.” visit to USC on July 22 and as Clemson, FSU, Auburn, variety of ways I can help the he said. “I believe in every- Littlejohn also has been to will visit Maryland, Rutgers, UGA, Tennessee, UF and team.” thing he’s saying. He’s turned UGA and Alabama this sum- Penn State, WVU, Virginia Georgia Tech. USC offered Valentine earli- their program around. Actu- mer, and he’s going to Louis- and Michigan by the end of DE KJ Henry of Clemmons, er this year and he visited for ally, I wanted to commit to ville this month. He said USC July. O’Neal doesn’t have a fa- N.C., is at The Opening and the spring game. Muschamp Carolina before I went to and Louisville are the two vorite, but he said Maryland told Rivals he hopes to get to made it clear to him he was a (visit) N.C. State. But after the schools showing the most in- has the best program in his Clemson’s All-In Cookout this priority, but he never pres- N.C. State visit, I was pretty terest in him at this point. major, which will be graphic month, but may not be able to sured him to commit, and in much undecided. Great pro- Bradley is the son of for- design. He plans to trim his due to a 7-on-7 tournament in the end, that’s a big reason gram. But Carolina, there’s mer Jacksonville Jaguars list after he takes his July vis- Canton, Ohio, July 20-22. He why he got him. just something special there.” head coach Gus Bradley. He its. instead might visit Ohio State “He hasn’t ever told me I Miami was the big offer for camped recently at LSU and Offensive lineman Jo- with his teammates while in need you to commit now or Ellis out of high school and Tiger head coach Ed Orgeron vaughn Gwyn of Charlotte Ohio. He also said USC, Ala- your spot is going to be gone,” became his dream school, but likes him a lot. has a short list of USC, Duke bama, UGA, Ohio State and Valentine said. “He never did he needed more academic Muschamp wants to see and NCSU. Gwyn was at a Virginia Tech are the other anything like that. He never work and ended up at GMC. him in a USC camp before USC camp last month and main teams with him at this pressured me. And I have a He said Miami contacted him doing more with him, and since then he’s been in touch point. strong connection with him. I a couple of weeks ago and he’s considering attending with Muschamp along with DB Tyson Campbell of Fort talked to him every single day. wanted him to visit and possi- one on July 21. UGA also is OL coach Eric Wolford and re- Lauderdale, Florida, told He said whenever you’re bly get an offer, but his mind strongly interested with cruiter Bentley. They contin- 247Sports two of his official ready, you just commit. He was already set on USC. head coach Kirby Smart ue to impress upon him their visits this fall will be to Clem- told me I’m holding this spot Ellis said USC wants to put leading the effort. He wants need for OLs. son and Ohio State. for you and I could see he another 10-15 pounds on him Bradley to visit next month “There’s a good chance be- Oklahoma RB commitment liked me a lot. Every time I once he arrives and have him for Dawg Night. cause a lot of them (OLs) are TJ Pledger of IMG Academy talked to him it was like playing at around 300 pounds. Bradley has dropped Missis- seniors or juniors who will told 247Sports at The Opening heartfelt conversations. I “They showed me a depth sippi from his list and replaced become seniors, so there’s a he will take officials to Clem- know he’s not BS-ing me or chart and told me they need it with Auburn, which also has good chance that if I come son, Oklahoma and Nebraska. anything like that.” more people at that position,” him high on the board. and work for a spot I can He said his commitment is Valentine rushed for 890 he said. “They want me as a Defensive back Jermaine start,” Gwyn said. He feels still solid. yards and 10 touchdowns last run stopper. I’m ready to McMillian of Miami recently NCSU is recruiting him the Dominick Blaylock, a ’19 season. He said he can get the bring that to the defense.” named his top six as USC, hardest at this point. WR from Marietta, Georgia, is tough yards and run through Ellis comes from an area of Temple, Baylor, NCSU, Ole DE Dorian Gerald, a Flor- down to Clemson, UGA and contact, but he prefers those the state that’s been strong Miss and Mississippi State. ence native who attends Col- Auburn with his decision open spaces his speed creates. with Clemson recent years. He’s not yet been to USC, but lege of the Canyons JC in Cal- coming in August. “When I score touchdowns, Most notably, former Tigers he plans to visit for the pros- ifornia, announced his top New Clemson offers went to it’s like 50-, 60-, 70-, 80-yard wide receiver Mike Williams, pect social event on July 22. five list as USC, Tennessee, ‘19 WR Arjei Henderson of runs,” he said. now with the Los Angeles “I’m going to be an early en- Louisville, UF and UGA. He Richmond, Texas, and ‘19 DB Valentine is the second RB Chargers, came from Lake rollee and I’m liking the early visited USC and Tennessee Jammie Robinson of Cordele, commitment for the class and Marion and is close friends playing time,” McMillan said. unofficially last month and Ga.

him to let everybody DJOKOVIC JUNIOR know early what his FROM PAGE B1 FROM PAGE B1 plans are or the lack thereof. He is a talent- he doesn’t look back.” team it’s been a real ed guy who is just a Three of Djokovic’s 12 major challenge this year to couple of races re- championships have come at sort of find our footing.” moved from being a Wimbledon, and after a real dip While Earnhardt tries winner and could show in results over the past 12 to find the right formu- up any week and get to months, he has not dropped a la, speculation contin- victory lane.” set so far this fortnight. ues as to his possible Right now, Earn- “That only can boost my con- successor in the Hen- hardt’s objective is end- fidence level,” the No. 2-seeded drick Motorsports ing a 54-race drought Djokovic said, “for whatever is Chevy. dating back to Novem- coming up next.” Two-time Daytona ber 2015 at Phoenix. He After the grass-court Grand 500 winner and 2003 also aims to bounce Slam tournament’s traditional Cup champion Matt back after wrecking and middle Sunday off, he will face Kenseth could be an finishing 32nd at Dayto- 51st-ranked Adrian Mannarino option along with ris- na. of France for a place in the ing drivers William A victory or competi- quarterfinals. Byron and Alex Bow- tive run at Kentucky All 16 fourth-round singles THE ASSOCIATED PRESS man. Kenseth, 45, said would provide a fine Novak Djokovic, right, gestures to umpire Jake Garner as he disputes a matches are scheduled for Mon- Friday that he has no ending and please his day — Wimbledon is the only call during his 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (2) men’s singles win over Ernests Gulbis in the ride lined up for 2018 loyal fan base. The track major that does it that way — third round of Wimbledon on Saturday in London. and is likely done at that Earnhardt once la- including these in the bottom Joe Gibbs Racing. mented for its bumpi- half of the men’s draw: No. 3 Mischa Zverev, Alexander’s liams vs. No. 27 Ana Konjuh, Asked if he might put ness has been repaved Roger Federer vs. No. 13 Grigor older brother. No. 1 Angelique Kerber vs. No. in a good word for Kens- twice, and he seeks a Dimitrov, a guy nicknamed The matchups on the top half 14 Garbine Muguruza, No. 2 Si- eth with owner Rick similarly smooth run. “Baby Fed” because of his simi- of the men’s draw are defending mona Halep vs. Victoria Aza- Hendrick, Earnhardt No matter how it larities to the 7-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray vs. renka, French Open champ smiled and said the for- ends, he’s enjoying the champion; Milos Raonic vs. No. Benoit Paire, 2-time Wimbledon Jelena Ostapenko vs. No. 4 Elina mer champion won’t be ride. 10 Alexander Zverev; and 2010 winner Rafael Nadal vs. No. 16 Svitolina, No. 6 Johanna Konta hurting for opportuni- “You can make some runner-up Tomas Berdych vs. Gilles Muller, No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. No. 21 Caroline Garcia, No. 7 ties. choices to do something No. 8 Dominic Thiem. vs. No. 18 Roberto Bautista Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Ag- “Matt is going to different in the corner Federer, like Djokovic, has Agut, and No. 24 Sam Querrey nieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Caro- have a job,” he said. “I to give you a chance to won every set he’s played this vs. Kevin Anderson. line Wozniacki vs. No. 24 CoCo don’t think he’s got to get around a guy,” Earn- week, including Saturday’s 7-6 Women’s fourth-rounders: Vandeweghe, and Magdalena worry about that. I hardt said, “and that is (3), 6-4, 6-4 win against No. 27 5-time champion Venus Wil- Rybarikova vs. Petra Martic. think that it’s smart for a lot of fun.” THE SUMTER ITEM · SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 | C1

What would you THIS do if you won a check WEEK equivalent to a year’s rent? SpareRoom.com’s Live Rent Free competition, which will pay a year’s rent to one lucky roommate, aimed to answer this by asking more than 7,400 people what they would spend this money on. Among Millennial responders: u17% would pay off expenses. u 9.5% would travel. u 15% would pay off their parents’ debts. u 33% would pay the rent. u 0.2% would save for a deposit on a house.

ON THE MOVE STOCK STORIES OF THE WEEK THINK TWICE BEFORE GIVING UP EQT The oil and natural gas compa- FINANCIAL CONTROL AT THE ALTAR ny wanted to buy Rice Energy at $6.7 billion, and a fund manager Couples FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE revealed its 5.8% Elizabeth Renter What works for one couple may stake and sought need to @ElizabethRenter not for another. Talk with your to halt the deal. The fund man- have NerdWallet spouse both before and early in the ager thinks the deal is over- marriage about financial priorities priced and wants to split good-sense and sharing responsibilities. divisions instead. measures Marriage means sharing your life Some people are attracted to and, usually, your finances. But partners with opposite money $60 in place some people relinquish all finan- management styles, according to to keep cial control to their new spouse — Klontz. Someone who doesn’t like $58.74 a move that could prove harmful if dealing with finances, for example, $50 money it means losing awareness of may be attracted to the “perceived June 9 July 7 matters household money matters. stability and prudence” of a part- No one likes the thought of los- ner who does, he says. Then it’s in check ing a partner. But if your spouse easy to fall into a situation where MONOGRAM has managed all the money, the one person acts as the sole chief fi- RESIDENTIAL TRUST stress of divorce or death is com- nancial officer. The apartment real estate in- pounded if you also have to piece In other marriages, one person vestment trust (REIT) saw its together your finances. may handle the day-to-day budget- stock price jump Income and expenses, details of ing and the other long-term sav- more than 20% as where the savings, investments ings and investments. the market opened and debt are held and the amount to a record high of each item — these are all crucial COMMUNICATE REGULARLY since it was listed in November bits of information spouses are Still, problems can arise when cou- 2014. It agreed to be acquired better off sharing. ples aren’t transparent. Spouses by a Greystar Real Estate Part- “Taking an extreme position need to regularly share their per- ners-led group for $2 billion in around money management in a spective of the household’s finan- cash. relationship — such as taking all of cial status. the responsibility or none of it — is One way to do that is by having a $12 $11.90 a recipe for relational and financial regular money date night, suggests disaster,” says psychologist and fi- Avani Ramnani, a certified divorce nancial planner Brad Klontz, of Li- financial analyst at Francis Finan- $8 hue, Hawaii. cial in New York City. Over dinner June 9 July 7 Instead, compromise and com- or a glass of wine, update each oth- munication are key, as with most er on monthly spending, savings, things in marriage. investments and areas that are go- DUNKIN’ BRANDS GROUP GETTY IMAGES/ ing well or could use improvement. The restaurant holding compa- ISTOCKPHOTO Money often is a source of mari- ny’s Baskin-Robbins chain says it tal discord, so discussing it openly can deliver ice and regularly can stave off argu- cream in the heat ments down the road. of summer. Through on-de- Renter is a staff writer at Nerd- mand restaurant delivery ser- Wallet, a personal finance website and USA TODAY content partner vice DoorDash, more than 600 providing general news, stores are delivering milkshakes, commentary and cov- sundaes and other frozen erage. Its content is produced indepen- treats. dently of USA TODAY. $60 $55.00

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LIBERTY INTERACTIVE The media conglomerate agreed to buy 62% of the Home Shopping Network it doesn’t already own. The deal is Employers use valued at $2.6 billion, or $40.36 per share. ‘summer Fridays’ Shares reached their highest price since August before re- treating. to keep workers cool $25 Latest perk puts that slow end-of-the-week $24.08 day in employees’ hands to use as they wish $20 June 9 July 7 That’s up considerably from Emily Bohatch 2015, when about 22% of compa- @emilybohatch nies offered the perk, the survey USA TODAY found. USA SNAPSHOTS© For most employers, offering flex time is cheaper than doling GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO Business Some workplaces not only out raises or bonuses. And giving “Letting employees home or in other areas in their have embraced the summer workers some time to themselves modify their life if they have to work so hard,” nightmares doldrums, they’ve turned those can help avoid burnout, said she said. agonizingly slow Friday after- Courtney Clark, a motivational schedules, leave “Letting employees modify noons into a cheap perk speaker who works with busi- early ... are easy their schedules, leave early on dubbed the “summer Friday.” nesses on employee retention. ways to keep them Fridays or dress more casually 24% A number of employers, Clark, an author and owner of when it’s hot out are easy ways to of small- acutely aware of the fact work- Accelerated Strategies, said let- loyal and engaged.” keep them loyal and engaged,” business ers are daydreaming of being ting employees out early on a Fri- Brandi Britton, a district president for Brandi Britton, a district presi- owners have anywhere but at the office, let day to do something as simple as OfficeTeam dent for OfficeTeam, said. had a them take the day off or leave running errands can really boost Consultant Glenn Nishimura nightmare about early on Friday afternoons in that person’s self-esteem and the likelihood of burnout and in- said offering the perk is no Band- their an effort to boost morale and better prepare them for success. creases employee retention. Aid. “If there’s problems with business productivity. “It allows employees space to in- Cara Silletto, president and productivity, if there’s problems failing. In a survey of more than 200 clude actions that are more chief retention officer at Cre- with employee engagement, employers, about 42% of them meaningful to them,” she said. scendo Strategies, said many there needs to be a larger over- were offering summer Fridays When employees include more workers are overloaded. A flexi- haul,” he cautioned. “If they’re SOURCE Spring 2017 Bank of America Small this year, according to a study meaningful activities in their ble schedule, in some cases, can not happy in their work, they’re Business Owner Report from Gartner, a business and lives, such as spending time with help. not going to be productive re- JAE YANG AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY technology research company. family or volunteering, it reduces “They’re having to sacrifice at gardless of what season it is.”

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PETE THE PLANNER I’m about to have an interview for a gig at a different company than which I am currently employed. The new employer essentially has a probation period, Q with benefits not being active for 90 days. What are my least financially-burdensome options if I do switch to the new job? During the phone interview the employer said they might be able to help with COBRA payments. I’m married and have two young kids. Anything else I should consider? — RYAN

you’re not able to get them to on you when you become benefits Peter Dunn chip in, you’ll probably need your eligible. entire net income increase to pay Have you ever paid off a car af- Special for USA TODAY COBRA premiums. ter years of making the monthly Also, you likely lost life insur- payment? What happened next? ance and disability insurance cov- If you’re like most people I’ve erage. If you haven’t already, come across, 60 days after you secure life insurance outside of paid off the car, you couldn’t find ny time a per- your group coverage. the former monthly payment A son has a job As far as disability coverage is within your budget to save your change, I worry concerned, consider securing life. It’s because you unknowingly about two very spe- coverage through your insurance adjusted your spending to match cific financial conse- agent during this period. The ap- your increased cash flow. Water quences — benefits and plication and underwriting proc- always finds its level, and so does cash flow. If you’re able to navi- ess might stretch a month or so, your spending if positive cash gate the transition with your but you’ll be covered as long as flow increases without a plan. benefits and cash flow in mind, you make the initial premium For instance, let’s say your you will find yourself in a much payment with the application. take-home pay is $1,200 per pay- better position when all is said Disability insurance isn’t terribly check. The gross pay is much and done. expensive, yet it’s often over- higher, but after taxes and your There are four missing benefits looked when trying to eliminate benefits are taken out, it’s $1,200. I’d mainly be concerned with over risks. If you need to drop the cov- Now, let’s assume your take- the next 90 days. erage once the new disability cov- home pay of the new job would The first one you’ve already erage kicks in, fine, but you be $1,800 per pay period for the identified — health insurance. It’s should consider keeping this ad- first 90 days. What can’t happen the 2017 version of “don’t leave ditional coverage long term. is you create lifestyle dependency home without it.” Sorry, Ameri- The fourth temporarily lost on $1,800 per pay over the next can Express. The coverage you’ll benefit, which you should already 90 days. If you do, you’re not only secure through COBRA (Consoli- know concerns me, is your retire- in trouble once the probationary dated Omnibus Budget Reconcili- ment benefits. Unless you take period is over, but you’ve wasted ation Act of 1985) likely will be action, you won’t be making re- an amazing opportunity to move much more expensive than what tirement account contributions, your financial life forward for you’re used to. That’s because not nor will your employer via the three months. only do you have to pay the employer match. Depending on Determine how important monthly premium you’re used to your income, this is a pretty easy these four temporary deficiencies paying, but you also have to pay fix. Just open a Roth IRA and are, and then assign your money what your employer has been fund it for three months. to fixing them. If I were you, my paying on a monthly basis, I’m going to make an assump- order would be health insurance, plus a 2% administrative fee. tion — your new gig will pay you life insurance, retirement and If you typically pay $300 per more than your old gig. While then disability insurance, al- month for coverage and your this is a good thing, your cash though a good case can be made employer is paying $400 per flow is going to be really weird for for flipping retirement and dis- month to help subsidize your the next 120 days. ability insurance. Best of luck. I coverage, then your COBRA Because you aren’t eligible for hope you get the new gig. premium payment will be ap- benefits for three months, your proximately $714 per month. take-home pay is going to be sig- Dunn is an author, speaker and radio GETTY IMAGES/ You definitely want the new nificantly higher than you’re used host, and he has a free podcast: Million ISTOCKPHOTO Dollar Plan. Have a question about firm to subsidize this payment, to. If you’re not careful, the in- money for Pete the Planner? Email him either completely or in part. If crease could completely backfire at [email protected].

DIGITAL DOLLARS THE WEEK AHEAD Cellphones can throw body clock out of sync There are 7.0, or “Nougat” — has disabled Jennifer Jolly the operating system’s Night Special for USA TODAY ways to Mode for some reason. There’s a keep long, complicated trick to turn- ing it back on, but if you want Ever find yourself mindlessly them the features of iOS’ Night Shift flipping through apps on your from on your Android phone without phone when you really should the hassle, you can install a free be sleeping? It’s not just a bad disrupt- app called Twilight. SUSAN WALSH, AP habit — research has shown that ing your Twilight works the same way the blue light wavelength emit- as Night Shift by muting the ted by various gadgets, including sweet blue light emitted by your Yellen could give clues on your smartphone and tablet, ac- slumber smartphone screen based on the tually suppresses melatonin, time of day. It uses your GPS rates, balance sheet which is the hormone that keeps and time data to sync the screen you in a normal sleep cycle. brightness and color shift with Friday’s On Wednesday, Yellen testi- That bright shining screen is ac- the sunrise and sunset, and it’s Paul Davidson upbeat fies before the House Financial tually messing with your body’s totally free. Just download and @Pdavidsonusat Services Committee. At a news built-in clock, keeping your install it on your Android de- USA TODAY employ- conference after the Fed raised in- brain alert when it should be vice, open the app and approve ment terest rates in mid-June, Yellen resting and recovering. the permissions. It will auto- report downplayed inflation weakness as To fix it, your best bet is to put matically be set to a reasonable Federal Reserve Chair Janet eased transitory and said she expects the your phone down entirely, but if color and dimming setting, but Yellen’s semiannual report to sub-5% unemployment rate to you just can’t ditch your iPhone you can tweak those options Congress highlights this week’s concerns eventually trigger sharper in- or Android device when the sun with handy sliders on the app’s economic news and should clarify fueled by creases in earnings and prices. sets, you should at least be using settings screen, too. whether the central bank remains May’s RBC Capital Markets expects her these built-in features to keep on track to gradually remove its disap- to “strike the same tone” before your sleep cycle in check. recession-era stimulus measures. the House panel Wednesday and Most economists expect Yellen to pointing the Senate banking committee IOS — NIGHT SHIFT affirm the Fed is hewing to that showing. Thursday. She also could con- Night Shift is a feature built roadmap despite a pullback in in- firm many economists’ belief that right into iOS on iPhone and flation that most Fed officials con- the Fed will start to shrink its iPad that automatically shifts sider temporary. $4.5 trillion balance sheet in Sep- the hue of your screen to warm- Friday’s upbeat employment tember, a move likely to push up er colors at night. By minimiz- report — 222,000 jobs were added long-term rates, and lift short- ing the blue light from the in June — eased concerns fueled term rates again in December. screen, Night Shift can dramat- by May’s disappointing showing. The retreat in inflation magni- ically preserve your sleep cycle On Tuesday, the Labor Depart- fies attention on the Labor De- by allowing your brain to tell ment reveals a more granular partment’s consumer price index you when it’s time to hit the hay. snapshot of employer demand for June, due Friday. Annual Here’s how to turn it on. and worker movements. The Job price increases fell to 1.9% in May Go to your Settings menu and Openings and Labor Turnover from 2.4% in March. Core price select “Display & Brightness” Survey lags by a month so this gains — which exclude volatile and then “Night Shift.” Here you week’s release will focus on May. food and energy items — slipped can schedule the times when In April, employers posted 6 mil- to 1.7% from 2%. Yet declining Night Shift will turn on, or just GETTY IMAGES lion job openings, the highest on gasoline prices have pushed down enable it by making sure the If you can’t USE NIGHT MODE record dating to 2000. The mile- the overall index. And core prices “Scheduled” tab is switched on, put your Many apps, including Twitter, stone appeared to underscore that have been restrained by new un- and allow your phone’s own phone to WhatsApp and even Google any slowdown in job growth this limited wireless plans and other built-in sunrise and sunset data sleep when Maps have their own “night year is due to businesses’ struggles trends, Alexander says, adding in- to control when Night Shift you sleep, mode” that you can enable in to find workers in a tight market, flation should pick up gradually as starts and stops. there are their individual app settings not slack demand. But Nomura these factors fade. Economists es- If you ever need to pause helpful built- menus. These modes replace the economist Lewis Alexander says timate overall inflation fell to 1.7% Night Shift for any reason, you in features. bright white colors with darker much of the April rise in openings from 1.9% last month while the can swipe up from the bottom of grays and blacks, making your was at hotels and restaurants, core measure held steady at 1.7%. the touchscreen to bring up the screen much easier on the eyes “prompting speculation about Retail sales decreased 0.3% in Control Center and then tap the in a dark environment. Not ev- whether decreases in immigration April, the most in 16 months, but Night Shift button. ery app has a night mode, but be have contributed to the uptick in the drop in gas prices was a big sure to check the settings menu vacancies in an industry that re- contributor. Yet even a core mea- ANDROID — TWILIGHT of your favorite ones to see, be- lies more than others on immi- sure that excludes volatile items The latest version of Android — cause it can be a real eye saver. grant labor.” such as gasoline and cars was flat. THE SUMTER ITEM · SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 | C3

USA TODAY PERSONAL FINANCE WAYS TO MANAGE THE RISK OF INCOME SHOCKS 11No one thinks an income shock — something that disrupts their earnings — will happen to them. But research from The New School for Social Research finds that almost no one is safe from periods of lost income due to a health crisis, job loss or other life transitions in their working years. What’s more, lower-income Americans are especially vulnerable, according to research funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). In fact, the research suggests it is not a matter of if something will disrupt earnings, but when and how severe the effects of such shocks will be. “Income shocks, unfortunately, are common for the majority of American workers,” says Ted Beck, president and CEO of NEFE. So, what can you do to mitigate/manage the risk of having your earnings disrupted? Jamie Hop- SET ASIDE WINDFALLS. kins, an asso- tim of income disruptions.” “We often get windfalls — ciate profes- Robert Powell 7 maybe a raise at work or sor at Amer- Special to USA TODAY CREATE A even tax returns,” Beck says. ican College RAINY-DAY FUND. “You should use these opportu- of Financial 4 Financial-planning ex- nities to set money aside know- Services perts suggest setting aside at ing that at some point you will least six to nine months of liv- need it.” “For savers, ing expenses in a money mar- time is your ket account, one that offers DON’T MAX OUT best friend. BE PREPARED. liquidity and safety of princi- YOUR CREDIT CARDS. This means “People saving for retire- pal. “An emergency savings 8 “Make sure you have start saving 1 ment should know the big- should be established so that room on your credit cards,” as early as gest risks for retirement saving you don’t have to consider tap- Beck says. “Ideally you want possible.” are spells of non-employment ping your retirement savings,” credit cards to be paid off, but and not being able to work as Beck says. “Tapping your 401(k) if it comes down to serious li- Jamie Hopkins long as you expected,” says Tere- account should be the last option quidity credit cards can help in sa Ghilarducci, a professor at that you exercise.” the near term. If you have to rely The New School and author of on credit cards to get by, put the report, “Untangling the De- DON’T BE yourself on a strict repayment terminants of Retirement Sav- UNDER-INSURED. plan.” ings Balances.” 5 While insurance might Given that, Ghilarducci rec- seem expensive, it can help pro- TED BECK PAY ATTENTION TO ommends being financial pre- tect you in the long run from un- Ted Beck, YOUR HOUSING COSTS. pared for what she calls expected shocks to your plan, president and 9 “Don’t over-buy,” Hopkins “expected surprises” such as col- Hopkins says. CEO of the says. “For many people this will lege, health care expenses and “This means having the right National BY THE NUMBERS be their largest expense outside household expenses. health insurance, disability cov- Endowment of taxes. So live within your In addition, Jamie Hopkins, erage, life insurance and proper- for Financial means. You might have limited an associate professor at Ameri- ty and casualty insurance for Education 96% OF cash flow and opportunities to can College of Financial Services your home and car,” he says. save so focus more on limiting says a death in the family can “Study after study shows that “An AMERICAN MEN expenses, and that can start with also upend your plans. well-insured Americans accu- emergency by age 70 have had their buying or renting the right mulate more money of their life savings annual earnings drop home.” PRACTICE INCOME than those who forgo valuable should be more than 10% at least DISRUPTIONS. insurance coverage.” established four times in their ADDRESS 2 “Practice what it will be so that you working life. LONGEVITY RISK. like to have an income disrup- SAVE EARLY, don’t have 10 Retirement planning tion,” Beck says. “Have a normal SAVE OFTEN. to consider 61% OF MALE is like trying to hit a moving tar- budget and also a bare-bones 6 “For savers, time is your tapping get in the wind, Hopkins says. budget. That way if you lose your best friend,” Hopkins says. “This your AMERICAN “You have to deal with longevity job you already have an idea on means start saving as early as retirement risk as you don’t know how long where you have flexibility to possible. Also, save smart. This savings.” WORKERS you will live,” he says. make cuts. Realize this is difficult means take advantage of your between the ages of 25 Ted Beck for those with more than one job company retirement plan but and 70 report at least one CONSIDER PUBLIC and living paycheck to paycheck. also don’t forget about IRAs. If episode in which they lost POLICY RISK. It’s not an ‘all class’ issue.” you don’t have a work-provided work earnings for 11 “You have to deal with retirement plan you need to do an entire year. public policy risk as Medicare, WHAT ARE more to save like using an IRA.” Medicaid, taxes and Social Secu- YOU GOOD AT? Consider, too, the adverse ef- 1 IN 4 MALE rity will continue to evolve and 3 Assess what skills you fects an earnings disruption change,” Hopkins says. have because, Beck says, you may could have on your retirement. WORKERS need to look to supplement work “Depending on the severity or by age 70 reports having Robert Powell is editor of Retirement if an income disruption occurs. duration of the income disrup- four or more episodes of Weekly and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, “The Wall Street Jour- “Are there new skills that you tion you can find yourself signifi- no work earnings for at nal,” TheStreet and MarketWatch. Got can develop?” he asks. “Don’t sit cantly hindered in retirement,” least a year. questions about money? Email Bob at around and wait to become a vic- Beck says. [email protected]. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED (BUT YOU CAN GET TAX RELIEF)

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PART II Sumter’s sports success continues oday concludes the look back in time to Sumter’s outstanding sports programs T of the first quarter of the 20th century. • In February of 1917, the Sumter Tennis Asso- ciation met at the YMCA and organized for the up- coming season. The club elected S.L. Roddey pres- ident, L.C. Bryan, secre- tary and treasurer, W.M. Levi, C.A. Levi, C.A. Isaacs and W. Green as executive committeemen. A.S. Harby Pat Crawford declined to serve of 21 points followed by again as Greenville with 18 points. presi- • On May 29, 1920, the dent. young men of Sumter • On were making plans to Sept. 6, have a first-rate baseball Sammy Way 1919, in team this summer. The REFLECTIONS a base- candidates elected Joe ball Chandler and Jack game Forbes managers with filled with errors, Sum- Buck Burns selected as ter defeated Cheraw in captain of the team. the second game of the “The prospects for a series and won the cham- good team were bright as pionship of the state in there were several col- amateur baseball. lege stars in town, • In April of 1920, Sum- among them were Craw- The 1920 Sumter High School basketball team comprised, from left, J.M. Fraser; Harry Ryttenberg; Harold DeLorme, ter competed for the ford (Pat), Spann and captain; Jack Chandler; and William Winn, coach. state basketball champi- Burns. Several of the onship. In the final four best college players and Wright, a Sumter boy, is contests, game one saw the local talent in the a brainy fellow who was Sumter defeat Hastoc, state have been contact- “discovered” in the last and in the second con- ed, and with four or five days of last season by the test, Columbia defeated out-of-town players in Carolina coaches. As a Spartanburg. The follow- the state, Sumter will star performer, he has ing evening saw Hastoc have a team this summer rapidly risen to brillian- defeat Spartanburg to of which she may well be cy and stands an excep- claim third place, and proud. The season is ex- tionally excellent chance Sumter fell to Columbia pected to open about the of holding down the posi- in a closely played con- first of June.” tion all season. test and finished in sec- • The 1920 football sea- • On June 6, 1925, the ond place in the state son is expected to be a Sumter “Y” volleyball contest. good one with talent like team retained the State • Sumter High School Capt. Buck Burns, Jack Volleyball Championship won the 1920 State Title Wright, George Wray, for another year, the lo- in Track and Field at the Clinton Wheeler, Frank cals having gone to Co- University of South Car- Sholar, “Jumbo” Hatfield lumbia on Friday and in olina Track. Two records and Coit Kirven, all of a series of contests won were broken with Wil- whom are first string decisively from the Co- liam Thomas Poole of men back from last sea- lumbia players. Charles- Greenville bettering the son. The squad is work- ton, one of the origina- state record in the pole ing hard in practice and tors of the tournament, vault with a jump of 10 will be in good shape to Spartanburg and Green- feet 9 inches to establish meet Camden in the ville failed to send teams, a new mark. DeLorme of opening tilt. Coach Dar- The 1920 Sumter High School girls tennis team. as they had promised to Sumter bettered his own gan has returned to re- do, so Columbia and time of last year in the sume his duties. ton smashed across Sum- Sumter Daily Item an- accumulating 23 hits for Sumter players had it all half-mile run with a time • Nov. 30, 1920, was the ter’s goal for the lone nouncing that “Pat” a .374 average. Crawford to themselves. Sumter of two minutes and 13 date that saw Sumter’s touchdown but failed to Crawford of Sumter had captained his basketball has been state volleyball 3/5 seconds. Sumter won Gamecocks lose to kick the extra point been unanimously elect- squad during the last champion since 1914, the contest with a total Charleston High School (goal). During the entire ed captain of the David- season, leading them winning from all other by a 6-0 score, thus fail- game, both Sumter and son College Wildcats 1923 through one of the most teams which contested ing to advance to the Charleston fought hard baseball squad. Crawford successful seasons expe- the championship. State Title game. It was for every inch of ground earned his baseball letter rienced by the college. recorded that Sumter gained. There was not a as a freshman playing in He also served as the Source: Sumter Item played the hardest game minute of the game the outfield. In his sopho- president elect of the Archives of the season, allowing when both sides were not more year, he was moved campus YMCA. Charleston to score in playing as if their lives to fill a vacancy at first • Quarterback Jack Reach Sumter Item Archi- the first minute of play depended on it. base, which position he Wright will lead the 1924 vist Sammy Way at way- in the fourth quarter. • In May of 1922, an ar- has held for the past two football 11 of University [email protected] or Teddie Weeks of Charles- ticle appeared in The years. He led his team, of South Carolina. (803) 774-1294.

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75 YEARS AGO – 1943 member of that home- vention in the Ocean Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 room, was the individual Forest Hotel at Myrtle Hitting peak form, winner with $18.75. Beach. W. Burke Watson Sumter High’s five • An application for a of Brown-Watson, Inc., crushed a scrappy 914th building permit from the was elected secretary- squadron five from Shaw federal government, nec- treasurer. Field on their home essary before work can • The Edmunds High court, 42 to 13 in the begin on a proposed bus School band will com- night cap of a double- station at the Claremont pete in the ninth annual header. In the first tilt, Hotel, is in Washington. South Carolina state the YMCA Juniors lost to The matter is being marching band contest, the Commandos, 26 to 21, taken up in the nation’s scheduled for Oct. 28 in in a closely played con- capital by some of South Camden. Director Robert test. The Gamecocks, Carolina’s representa- Simmons said competi- with Charlie Penney tives in Congress. It may tion would begin at 8:30 leading the team with 15 be necessary, Warren T. a.m., with each band points, jumped into a big King, executive secretary performing a concert lead at the outset, piling of the Chamber of Com- march and certain ma- up a 16 to 0 quarter score merce said, for a repre- neuvers for a period of and a 25 to 2 halftime sentative of the local from six to 10 minutes. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO lead. The Birds, with the chamber to go to Wash- The three top competi- 1967 — This is one of 25 signs directing the public to the tomb of Gen. Thomas Sumter reserves participating in ington or New York to tors in each class, based that have been erected in Sumter County. Among those who provided leadership for most of the second half explain the necessity for on size of the school, will the project are, from left, State Sen. Henry B. Richardson; McBride Dabbs, chairman of play, still dominated the obtaining a new bus sta- vie during evening judg- the Sumter County Historical Commission; Mrs. M. Vance Dawkins, last year’s regent of action. tion there. ing for the grand cham- the Daughters of the American Revolution; Mrs. S. Oliver Plowden, both on the tomb • Air Force First Lt. • Fred Wilson, whose pionship. committee of the Sumter County Historical Commission; and Mrs. Myrtis G. Osteen, sec- R.R. McLeod Jr. of Harts- deep voice has been • Groundbreaking cer- retary-treasurer of the Sumter County Historical Commission. ville, who was killed in heard in Sumter for ap- emonies for the Mt. Pis- action in Africa Dec. 6 proximately 40 years, gah Apartments, a 60- was a nephew of Mr. and passed away early this unit, $620,000 housing other sanitarians work- Barbara Wilson will tailed overview of “Camp Mrs. Leon Burgess of morning after an illness project, were held at the ing under him. share the honors as Miss All American” and par- Sumter. He also had nu- of about a week. No defi- site on College Street at • While Sumter’s varsi- Lincoln. The Lincoln ticipated in the training merous other relatives nite record of when he Lafayette Boulvard ty Gamecocks have been Bulldogs meet the C.A. activities. here. Memorial services became court crier could under the scrutiny of taking their lumps on the Brown Panthers of • If University of South were held for him Jan. 17 be obtained from the such political dignitaries gridiron this season the Charleston on the grid- Carolina Sumter alum- at the Wesley Methodist court house, but it was as U.S. Sen. Ernest Hol- Bird Junior Varsity has iron. nus Dr. Crys Armbrust Church in Hartsville, at thought that he had held lings and Fifth District been rolling along im- spent years carving out a which an honor guard that position since at Congressman Tom Get- pressively to four 25 YEARS AGO – 1992 niche for himself in the from Shaw Field was least the early 1900’s, and tys. A large crowd, infil- straight victories with- July 3 – 9 halls of academe, it present. Clerk of Court Raymond trated by representatives out a defeat. Wins have Doug Griffin was re- wasn’t because he had to, • “The extension of Blanding said he was of the news media, was come over A.C. Flora, cently elected president but because he wanted to rural electrification for thought to be the oldest present to witness the 14-6, Dreher, 27-0, Or- of the South Carolina do so. Armbrust, who re- South Carolina has per- court crier in term of shovel-wielding dignitar- angeburg 27-7, and Cam- Jaycees at the annual ceived his Ph.D. in 19th haps been more rapid service in the state. His ies break the sod on what den, 19-13. The latter was meeting held in Green- century British litera- than in any other state in age was set at some- Congressman Gettys unbeaten until they ran ville. As the 58th state ture from USC Columbia, recent years,” says Direc- where in the seventies. termed “the first rent into the strong Sumter president, Doug is the has not forgotten that his tor D.W. Watkins of the Miss Maude Bateman in supplement project in outfit. The young Game- third Sumter native to quest for higher educa- Clemson Extension Ser- the county treasurer’s of- South Carolina … which cocks, coached by Bill serve in this position. tion began at USC Sum- vice. “That was possible fice said that he had been will provide decent hous- Lesesne and Bob Cherry, Previous state presidents ter 17 years ago. ... Arm- partly because we had so selected as crier by the ing for people less fortu- appear to be loaded with from Sumter were Rich- brust acknowledges the far to go, but more par- late Clerk of Court Scar- nate than ourselves.” talent for future varsity ard Moses and Ramon encouragement he re- ticularly because legisla- borough. • Sumter’s Central Ele- teams. Schwartz. ceived from faculty dur- tion and local leadership • L.H. Harvin, head of mentary School is har- • Members of the small • Linda Disher just ing his student years at showed the way. From no the local office of the boring one of New York’s student council, armed proved she is one of the USC Sumter, attributing mileage in 1935, the state Carolina Power and finest concert vocalists with paint brushes, best young layout artists many of his graduate now has 17,348 miles of Light Company, was — an attractive young so- paint, window cleaner, and small printing press achievements to “the fine rural electric lines serv- named president of the prano who has chosen a rags and other cleaning operators in the nation. initial instruction” he re- ing 76,848 customers. Sumter Chamber of second career as teacher material, attacked the Disher, 18, and a former ceived from them. Now 39.9 per cent of our Commerce to succeed Ed of children with visual student council room Sumter County Career • A Columbia construc- farms have electricity as W. Hartin, who resigned impairments, a plight and defeated it in one Center student, won first tion company paid compared with a nation- because of the pressure she understands. Miss quick stoke of the brush. place in the Vocational $10,200 in fines today for al average of 31.3 per of business duties. He Rosina Diaz was study- The purple Student Industrial Clubs of violating county building cent,” according to Wat- was not willing to do a ing for her doctorate in Council room was begin- America’s 28th annual codes at the GSX hazard- kins. halfway job as president, special education at ning to look just a bit National Skills Olympics ous-waste landfill in • Many Sumter citizens which was all he would Teachers’ College, Co- shabby, as were the win- in Louisville, Kentucky. Sumter County. Con- are responding liberally have time for under pres- lumbia University, when dows, curtains, and cabi- • Hillcrest’s Ray Allen struction Engineers Inc., to the call for books and ent circumstances. His one of her professors, Dr. nets. So, the industrious started the 1991-92 high a subsidiary of GMK As- cash for the Shaw Field resignation was accepted Robert Bowers, received students, accompanied school basketball season sociates of Columbia, library, it was announced with regret. Mr. Hartin a request for a teacher of by the singing of Bubba as a well-known player was charged with 65 today. So far, more than had been named to head the visually handicapped McCoy, peeled off the old in the state of South Car- counts of constructing a 600 books have been col- the chamber at the annu- from Central Principal paint, and dashed on the olina, but not too many building without a build- lected, and it is hoped to al meeting in the fall. Robert S. Jones. The col- new. The result is a won- people knew of him out- ing permit and 37 counts reach the goal of a thou- • Complaints about oratura soprano accept- derful new Student side the state boundaries. of operating a business sand books soon. Cash dogs, stray ones, which ed the position, replacing Council room with the His fame has grown con- without a business li- donations will be used to nose into trash cans and Mrs. Beulah Flynn, who school colors, purple and siderably since. Players cense. Construction En- purchase new books. The oftentimes turn them is teaching in Columbia, white. who average over 25 gineers officials pleaded library at the field is in- over, and vicious ones al- as an opportunity for • The Sumter Housing points a game as a junior guilty to the charges in adequate for the number lowed to run free, have practical experience in Authority obtained op- tend to attract attention court and paid the fine. of men there, and citi- been pouring into his of- her new-found field. tions to purchase nine from college coaches. • About 175 children zens are urged to aid in fice, City Police Chief • Robert E. Muldrow, properties in the Civic Allen is receiving several came to Sumter’s Opera this worthwhile under- W.C. Kirven said. The of- supervising sanitarian Center area, according to letters and telephone House to see a play. But taking. Books or cash ficers of his force have for the Sumter-Kershaw a progress report given calls each day from col- they didn’t just sit and may be left with S.K. been instructed to keep District Health Depart- to members. Ed Gussio, lege recruiters. watch. They were en- Rowland at the City Hall an eye out for loose dogs. ment, is resigning effec- director, said that negoti- • Be all you can be,” is couraged to take part. or call Harold Moise or The owners of those dis- tive Oct. 21 to accept a ations are proceeding the slogan for the United Two actors with Charles- Logan Phillips and some- covered to be annoying promotion to the staff of well, and it appears that States Armed Forces. ... ton’s Chopstick Theater one will come for the will be summoned to the Sanitary Engineering five more property own- So it was for Morris Col- performed “The Revenge books. court and action will be Division of the State ers are ready to sign lege President Luns C. of Antonineus – or What • Sales for the fifth taken against them. Board of Health. Muld- agreements to sell. He Richardson as he took Ghost Stories Can Do For week of the stamp drive row worked with the added that federal funds part in the Army’s You” and selected chil- at Edmunds High School 50 YEARS AGO – 1967 local health department are to be made available “Camp All American,” a dren from the audience netted $149.35, it has Oct. 1 - 7 for 10 years. He came to soon enabling the au- five-day training camp to participate in the fun been announced. This Robert A. Moses, vice Sumter in 1957 as chief thority to actually buy for ROTC cadets held in and educational experi- brings the grand total for president of Henry P. sanitarian and in 1963, the land and buildings. Fort Bragg, N.C. Richard- ence. the drive to $1,117.50. Moses Co., was elected when the merger with • Leona Felder will son’s itinerary provided Mrs. Mallard’s sopho- president of the South Kershaw County was reign as queen at the him the opportunity to Reach Sumter Item Archi- more homeroom won the Carolina Association of made, he became the su- Homecoming festivities observe Morris College’s vist Sammy Way at way- trophy for the week with Real Estate Boards dur- pervising sanitarian of of Lincoln High School ROTC cadets in training [email protected] or $24.90. Lawrence Auld, a ing its 24th Annual Con- the district with five at Memorial Stadium. as well as provided a de- (803) 774-1294.

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PNC 126.54 +.53 +1.67 SeaWorld 15.50 +.32 -.77 UBS Grp 17.55 +.24 +.57 AbbottLab 48.44 +.50 -.17 BBarrett 2.86 -.05 -.21 CopaHold 123.35 +2.64 +6.35 FstBcpPR 6.08 +.08 +.29 PPG s 111.00 +.95 +1.04 SemGroup 25.45 -.25 -1.55 UDR 38.17 +.10 -.49 Copel 7.61 -.09 +.27 FstData n 18.24 +.31 +.04 un - Unit,, including more than one security. vj - Company in bankruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized AbbVie 72.03 +.30 -.48 Blackstone 32.99 +.11 -.36 under the bankruptcy law. Appears in front of the name. PPL Corp 38.07 +.04 -.59 SempraEn 110.53 -.39 -1.40 UGI Corp 48.26 +.18 -.15 AberFitc 12.16 -.11 -.28 BlkstnMtg 30.94 -.28 -.66 CoreLabs 102.68 +4.57 +1.41 FstHorizon 17.51 +.04 +.09 PVH Corp 112.17 +1.29 -2.33 SensataT 44.00 +1.03 +1.28 US FdsHl n 26.78 +.30 -.44 BlockHR 31.37 +.09 +.46 Corecivic 27.50 +.14 -.08 FstInRT 28.51 +.30 -.11 Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Ex-capital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n - No-load fund. p – Fund SequansC 3.18 +.01 -.13 AbdAsPac 5.01 +.02 +.01 assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or contingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock PackAmer 110.92 +.08 -.47 US Silica 31.23 -3.32 -4.26 Accenture 124.21 +1.27 +.53 BlueAprn n 7.73 -.33 -1.61 CoreSite 103.07 +3.36 -.46 FMajSilv g 7.19 -.19 -1.12 PalatinTch .43 ...... ServiceCp 33.45 +.46 ... USG 28.45 +.20 -.57 Corindus n 1.83 -.02 -.03 FstPotom 11.17 +.07 +.06 dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex-cash dividend. ActiniumP 1.01 -.09 -.21 BdwlkPpl 17.70 -.01 -.31 PaloAltNet 136.15 +3.51 +2.34 ServiceMst 39.29 +.34 +.10 UndrArm s 20.64 -.01 -1.12 Boeing 202.37 +.89 +4.62 Corning 30.28 +.47 +.23 FstRepBk 103.27 +1.27 +3.17 Source: The Associated Press and Morningstar. Sales figures are unofficial. ServcNow 106.29 +1.75 +.29 Acuity 198.53 -.49 -4.75 Pandora 8.51 -.13 -.41 UnAr C wi 19.22 +.12 -.94 BoozAllnH 33.75 +.78 +1.21 CorpOffP 34.96 +.18 -.07 FirstEngy 29.25 -.06 +.09 ParamtGp 15.56 -.03 -.44 ShawCm g 21.69 +.26 -.10 Adecaogro 9.65 -.03 -.34 Imax Corp 21.55 +.40 -.45 KilroyR 73.05 ... -2.10 MGIC Inv 11.52 +.14 +.32 NatFuGas 55.84 +.43 ... 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Call the newsroom at: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Incidental management of American wildlife

ildlife has benefit- sciously implementing practic- cause we started to realize that vored short-rotation pine pro- wheat just for fun. They plant ed tremendously es and techniques that proved we were losing our wildlife. duction. Deer are a species those crops for the market. It’s from intentional to be favorable for their expan- Game laws were passed, and most likely to use younger- just incidental that wildlife Wconservation prac- sion, and partly by accident, or lands were set aside for wild- aged pine habitats. Timber benefit from those crops, espe- tices and management tech- what I like to call “incidental life. It didn’t happen overnight, companies have expanded cially the deer. I guess it’s also niques that have been devel- management.” but the landscape changed their holdings, especially here accidental that our climate and oped through the years. Look at the white-tailed deer, enough for the white-tailed in the South. They have also soils are favorable to those Wildlife departments, land for instance. At the turn of the deer to come back to this part tended to keep their lands in crops too, at least sometimes. managers and hunt clubs century, deer were scarce in of the state. The old fields gave timber production and seldom Coyotes are a relatively new make good this part of the state. The exis- deer new habitat, and new convert their land to other factor in our area. They did management tence of small farms, extensive game laws gave them some uses, which produces a long- not exist here in the past, but choices every logging and sustenance hunt- protection. term benefit to wildlife. the fact is that they are here day, with the ing had changed the landscape, Timber production has been Governmental regulation of now. It doesn’t matter now if ultimate goal and deer had retreated to the another factor in wildlife man- wetlands has also been anoth- they were brought here or to make vast river swamps of the Low- agement and the expansion of er huge benefit to wildlife and came on their own. Their ex- things better country. There were no game the deer population. Govern- the white-tailed deer. Wetlands istence here and their impact for wildlife. laws and no incentives to prac- mental policies from the soil have been recognized for their is certainly accidental and in- We plant food tice conservation. bank era gave farmers the fi- value in flood control, naviga- cidental. Wildlife managers Dan plots, follow Then social and governmen- nancial incentive to retire tion and groundwater re- did not introduce them. Stud- Geddings the game laws tal actions brought on the poorly producing farm land charge. Protecting wetlands ies have shown that coyotes and set aside Great Depression, and it and plant trees. Thousands of from development has given can have a significant impact sanctuaries. changed everything. Share- acres were planted in fast- these vital habitats a type of on deer herds. Doe harvest Those are the things that we croppers and small farmers growing loblolly pines. The incidental management in that should be watched carefully can control. But there are gave up and moved to town. pine plantations provided al- they may not be fundamental- until the coyote’s impact is many factors that we have no The landscape started to most instant habitat for deer, ly changed or altered. Wetland better understood. We do not control over. Some may offer change. Abandoned farm fields and it is a form of accidental drainages also tend to offer know how they impact tur- incidental results. reverted to woodlands. Fewer management. Now, don’t get travel corridors that connect keys and other wildlife popu- Wildlife management has re- people lived out in the country. me wrong here. The pine plan- wildlife habitats. lations. ally been a huge American It was an “accidental” change, tations were managed for tim- I guess the commodities There are certainly many success story. We’ve been able and it helped to bring the deer ber production, but the bene- market could also be another other incidental factors that to bring some species back, and other wildlife back. fits to wildlife have been inci- type of accidental manage- have affected wildlife and the practically from the brink of Conservation of natural re- dental. ment for wildlife. Farmers land. I’ve touched on just a extinction, partly by con- sources gained momentum be- Market conditions have fa- don’t plant soybeans, corn and few. Santee bass fisherman catches 2 Drip your garden to productivity, health

BY LEE REICH wetted areas within the soil The Associated Press overlap.

The gardener who can do a WATER SPREADS SIDEWAYS thorough job of watering with IN THE SOIL hose in hand is rare indeed. Water’s lateral spread de- Assuming that the hose pends on soil type, from about spews out about 3 gallons per a foot in sandy soils to about 3 minute in a circle about 4 feet feet in clays. So in a bed, these in diameter, I roughly calcu- dripper lines could be laid out late that said gardener would a couple of feet or 6 feet apart, have to stand immobile for depending on whether the soil more than two minutes before is, respectively, a sand or a moving on to the next 4-foot-in- clay. Soils are rarely pure sand diameter circle of plants. or pure clay, so actual spacing A sprinkler is one obvious lies somewhere in between. solution. Even better is “drip And organic matter (humus) irrigation,” a method of apply- in a soil helps sponge up water ing water to plants slowly and to increase lateral spread of over an extended period of the wetting front. time. Drip irrigation has many For individual plants such as benefits, not the least of which widely spaced small shrubs is cutting down water use by and trees, figure on using solid about 60 percent. That water tubing with one or more emit- savings comes from less evapo- ters next to each plant. Emit- ration and less waste; water ters that attach to the ends of isn’t wasted watering in paths thin flexible tubes are useful or between widely spaced for watering plants in pots. plants. So there’s also less With emitters, tubes and a weed growth. Garden plants connecting hose in place, we grow better because they’re are now back at the spigot. Be- never thirsty, and dry leaves fore a connection is made to means less disease. the spigot, a pressure reducer and filter are needed. The pres- TRUE DRIP sure reducer drops the pres- A drip irrigation system has sure to about 10 psi, which is water emitters engineered to all a drip system needs, and offer a consistent, specified dispenses with the need for output over wide changes in el- high-pressure fittings. And a evation and pressure. They’re 200-micron filter further re- also made to be resistant to duces chances of any clogging. clogging or root penetration. TURN IT ON, AUTOMATICALLY PHOTO PROVIDED You can buy tubing with emit- Daniel Landon Burr shows the bass he caught at Santee Cooper lakes recently. The weight of the ters installed, say, 6, 12 or 18 Right at the hose spigot is catch was undetermined. inches apart; such tubing is the best part of a drip irriga- good for watering whole beds. tion system: the battery-oper- Or you can buy solid plastic ated timer. This timer auto- tubing and punch in emitters matically turns the water on wherever you want — ideal for and off and at about the rate widely spaced plants. garden plants are using water. Emitters, those that you plug Of course, water use de- in or those pre-installed, typi- pends on the weather and the Rare white deer herd open to cally put out water at a speci- size and kind of plants, but a fied, leisurely rate of 1/4 to 4 half hour of dripping per day gallons per hour. is usually about right. That For a flower bed or closely may seem like a lot of water, public view beginning this fall spaced plants such as carrots, but remember, the water is tubing with emitters already just dripping. If a timer can ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A nonprofit Seneca White Deer a summer-long Women’s installed wets the whole bed. turn the water on and off three rare herd of ghostly white will offer bus tours starting Peace Encampment. Capillary attraction into small times a day, set it for three deer that have been kept in October under an agree- The white deer aren’t albi- pores in the soil draws water 10-minute waterings; if six mostly from public view for ment with the depot’s new nos but are a genetic variant sideways even as gravity is times a day, set it for six 5-min- decades are no longer off- owner, Earl Martin. of native white-tailed deer. pulling water downward, so ute waterings; etc. limits. Dennis Money, president They’re rare in the wild be- The herd at a former of Seneca White Deer, said cause their color makes World War II Army weapons Monday the tours will also them easy targets for preda- depot in upstate New York tell the history of the depot, tors and hunters, but a herd will be available for public built in 1941 and closed in of as many as 200 developed viewing through bus tours 2000. through the years within the slated to begin in the fall. The sprawling site 40 safety of the Army’s 24-mile- The dozens of white deer miles southwest of Syracuse long perimeter fence. roaming the 7,000-acre Sene- housed munitions in more In recent years, the herd ca Army Depot in the Finger than 500 igloo-like concrete had dwindled to about 75, Lakes have been tough to see bunkers, now overgrown Money said, but new white for years, save for glimpses with trees and wildflowers, fawns as well as natural through the surrounding and drew thousands of anti- brown ones have been sight- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS chain-link fence. But the nuclear protesters in 1983 for ed this spring. A drip irrigation system is seen at a home in New Paltz, New York. C8 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS SUNDAY, JULY 09, 2017

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Financial Aid if NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that @scsenate.gov, or by contacting the original Complaint in this action cians Mutual Insurance Company for ties, good pay and super excellent qualified. Job placement assistance. Sharon Scholl, (803) 212-6627 or Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance was filed in the office of the Clerk of details. NOT just a discount plan, NEW AT&T INTERNET OFFER. benefits? If so, apply in person [email protected]. For Court for Sumter County on REAL coverage for 350 procedures. $20 and $30/mo. plans available when at 845 S. Guignard Dr. Sumter, 866-367-2513 further information, contact Ms. 03/27/2017, thereafter amended on 855-397-7030 or http://www.dental you bundle. 99% Reliable 100% SC You'll be glad you did! All Anderson or Ms. Scholl, or visit the January 19, 2016. 50plus.com/60 Ad#6118 Affordable. HURRY, OFFER ENDS contacts will be kept confidential. Public Utilities Review Committee's SOON. New Customers Only. CALL We're a drug free workplace and LEGAL website at: www.scstatehouse.gov/C NOTICE OF PENDENCY ommitteeInfo/PublicUtilitiesReview Lung Cancer? And Age 60+? You NOW 1-855-825-2669 an EOE. OF ACTION And Your Family May Be Entitled To Comm/2018PublicServiceCommissio NOTICES nScreeningInfo.php. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Significant Cash Award. Call Comcast Hi-Speed Internet 855-664-5681 for information. No Help Wanted an action has been commenced and -$29.99/mo (for 12 mos.) No term Summons & is now pending or is about to be Risk. No money out-of-pocket. Part-Time agreement. Fast Downloads! PLUS Legal Notice Notice commenced in the Circuit Court Ask About TV (140 Channels) upon the complaint of the above Social Security Disability? Up to Part-time Surgical Tech and Op- Internet Bundle for $79.99/mo (for named Plaintiff against the above $2,671/mo. (Based on paid-in erating Room Nurse. Experience ORDER APPOINTING 12mos.) CALL 1-866-944-9639. Santee Wateree Regional GUARDIAN AD LITEM named Defendant for the purpose of amount.) FREE evaluation! Call Bill required. Fax resume to Transportation Authority foreclosing a certain mortgage of Gordon & Associates. 803-773-6009 or email to garyculb18 (SWRTA) is offering a new real estate heretofore given by to Offer from T Mobile. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1-800-614-3945. Mail: 2420 N St GREAT gmail.com Mid-day Route to Columbia Christopher Chavey and Catherine Unlimited Data! Two Lines for ONLY COUNTY OF Sumter NW, Washington DC. Office: Bro- R. Chavey bearing date of November $100/month (w/ autopay.) No Cost The Santee Wateree Regional ward Co. FL., member TX/NM Bar. Deliver Phone Books IN THE COURT OF 27, 2000 and recorded November 28, HD Video Feature. No Cost Upgrade Work Your Own Hours, Transportation Authority (SWRTA) 2000 in Mortgage Book in Book 788 at in partnership with the City of COMMON PLEAS for Hi-Speed Mobile Hotspot. CALL Have Insured Vehicle, Must be at Page 698 in the Register of Mesne Struggling with DRUGS or ALCO- Sumter and Sumter County Veterans C/A NO. Conveyances/Register of 855-285-7754 Least 18 yrs old, Valid DL. No HOL? Addicted to PILLS? Talk to Administration is offering a new 2017-CP-43-00558 Deeds/Clerk of Court for Sumter someone who cares. Call The Experience Necessary. Mid-day route to Columbia, SC County, in the original principal sum Addiction Hope & Help Line for a HughesNet: Gen4 satellite internet 1-800-518-1333 x 224 operating on Tuesdays and Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green of $80000.00 that, and that the free assessment. 866-604-6857 is ultra-fast and secure. Plans as low www.deliverthephonebook.com Wednesdays only beginning on Tree Financial LLC, premises effected by said mortgage as $39.99 in select areas. Call Tuesday, July 11, 2017. This Mid-day Plaintiff and by the foreclosure thereof are 1-800-280-9221 now to get a $50 lawn care Route is open to the general public vs. situated in the County of Sumter, Looking for experienced and Veterans possessing a valid Gift Card! person, must have drivers license, Christopher Chavey, Individually State of South Carolina, and is SWRTA Veterans ID ride for free. and as Heir to the Estate of described as follows: and experience with lawn care The designated stops along the route OXYGEN - Anytime. Anywhere. No Catherine R. Chavey and The equipment. Call 803-469-8377 are listed below. For questions Personal Representative, whose All that parcel of land, with the tanks to refill. No deliveries. Only 4.8 regarding this route, please contact name is unknown, and any other improvements thereon, as is fully pounds and FAA approved for air Schools / SWRTA at 803-775-9347. Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of shown and represented as Lot 75 on travel! May be covered by medicare. Instructional Catherine R. Chavey, Deceased, their plat of Twin Lake Subdivision Call for FREE info kit: 844-597-6582 Scheduled Hours of Service heirs, Personal Representatives, (Section 2) prepared by H.S. Willson, 11:00 A.M. to 2:20 P.M. Phlebotomy program beginning in Administrators, Successors and R.L.S., dated February 12, 1975, of Assigns, and all other persons record in the Office of the Register Aug. Reg beg 7/19. Call 778-2777 or Sumter Bus Stops of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat & THEIR EGGS! entitled to claim through them; all KILL BED BUGS e-mail [email protected] 11:00 AM Leave JECITC | 129 S. unknown persons with any right, Book Z-38, at Page 115, the Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/Kit. Harvin St. title or interest in the real estate boundaries and measurements of Complete Treatment System. Availa- Statewide 11:10 AM Fred's Store | Broad St. described herein; also any persons which have been re-established by ble: Hardware Stores, The Home Employment 11:20 AM Super WalMart | Broad St. who may be in the military service of plat of J. P. Edwards, R.L.S., dated 11:35 AM Tracey's | Hwy 378/441 Prior and retired military Depot, homedepot.com the United States of America, being a November 21, 1977, of record in said class designated as John Doe; and Office of the Register of Deeds for CWP Class $40.00 ADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER JOBS Bus Travels to Columbia w/ the Exede satellite internet Afforda- any unknown minors or persons Sumter County in Plat Book Z-40, at July 27th, 2017 in Sumter in 99 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Below Columbia Stops Page 258, according to which plat , high speed broadband satellite under a disability being a class Call 803-840-4523. ble Your 25-word classified ad will reach 12:10 PM McDonald's | Atlas & designated as Richard Roe, said Lot 75 is bounded and measures internet anywhere in the U.S. Order more than 2.1 million readers. Call Garners Ferry Defendants. as follows: On the North by Lot 76, now and save $100. Plans start at Alanna Ritchie at the S.C. Newspa- 12:16 PM Wells Fargo | Garners whereon it measures 100.58 feet; on $39.99/month. Call 1-800-404-1746 per Network, 1-888-727-7377. Ferry Road It appearing to the satisfaction of the the East by Lots 78 and 79, whereon BUSINESS 12:30 PM Assembly and Hampton Court, upon reading the Motion for it measures an aggregate of 205 feet; Streets the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody on the South by Burning Tree Road, 12:35 PM Laurel St.—Transfer Pt to SERVICES DISH NETWORK. TV for Less, Not as Guardian ad Litem for all whereon it fronts and measures 100 CMRTA unknown persons and persons who feet; on the West by Lot 70, whereon Less TV! FREE DVR. FREE Install (up RENTALS may be in the military service of the it measures 194.2 feet. Be all of said Business to 6 rooms). $39.99/mo. PLUS Passengers returning to Sumter may United States of America (which are measurements according to said plat Services Hi-Speed Internet - $14.95/mo. also catch the Daily SmartRide Bus constituted as a class designated as a little more or less. This being the (where available) 1-800-635-0278 that begins its later PM Route with "John Doe") and any unknown minors property known as 2751 Burning the same stops from Columbia to Huntington Place Apartments and persons who may be under a Tree Road and is shown on the shoot- Sumter at 4:30 PM. disability (which are constituted as a Auditor's Map for Sumter County Tax Bonner's Bush-hog Service "New High-Speed Internet Service" - Rents from $625 per month ing lanes, garden tilling, light disking, 12:40 PM Harden St | Palmetto class designated as "Richard Roe"), it Parcel 207-08-03-006. Available where you live. 25Mbps 1 Month free* Richland Hosp. finish mowing. Horse hay - sq & rd is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule download speeds!!! No hard data cap. *13 Month lease required 1:05 PM VA Hospital This being the same property bales. 803-481-4225 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody is Ask for free, next day installation. Leasing office located at 1:10 PM McDonald's | Atlas & appointed Guardian ad Litem on conveyed to Christopher Chavey and 888-313-8504. Garners Ferry behalf of all unknown persons and Catherine Chavey be deed of Joel D. Financial Ashton Mill Apartment Homes 595 Ashton Mill Drive Bus travels to Sumter w/ the Below persons who may be in the military Simpson and Valerie R. Simpson Service Sumter Stops Spectrum Triple Play. TV, Internet 803-773-3600 service of the United States of dated November 27, 2000 and & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per 1:50 PM Tracey's | Hwy 378/441 America (constituted as a class and recorded in the Office of the Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 2:00 PM Super Walmart | Broad Register of Deeds for Sumter County SMALL BUSINESS LOANS - Ob- second speed. No contract or designated as "John Doe"), all Street unknown minors or persons under a in Volume 788 at Page 695. . tain up to $500,000 cash in as little commitment. We buy your existing Montreat St. (off Miller Rd.) 2BR 2:10 PM Fred's Store | Broad Street disability (constituted as a class and as 48 hours to solve your immediate contract up to $500! 1-800-830-1559 1BA, all electric, no pets $350-$400 2:20 PM Arrives at JECITC |129 S. designated as "Richard Roe"), all of TMS # 207-08-03-006 Harvin St business needs now! Contact Fred mo + dep. 803-316-8105. which have or may claim to have Broughton & Associates, LLC, Passengers should arrive at the some interest in the property that is Physical Address: 803-387-2564 or email fred42 Cut the Cable! CALL DIRECTV. Large 3BR/1.5BA, C/H/A, very big locations 5-7 minutes ahead of the the subject of this action, commonly scheduled time listed. 2751 Burning Tree Road, @bellsouth.net Bundle & Save! Over 145 Channels yard, Newly renovated. $750 mo. known as 2751 Burning Tree Road, Sumter PLUS Genie HD-DVR. $50/month for 803-607-6319 or 803-757-0083 Sumter , that Kelley Y. Woody is LEGAL NOTICE empowered and directed to appear 2 Years (with AT&T Wireless.) Call for The State Regulation of Public Crawford & von Keller, LLC Lawn Service House for rent 3BR 1BA on behalf of and represent all Other Great Offers! 1-800-291-6954 Utilities Review Committee is unknown persons and persons who PO Box 4216 Call 773-7789 beginning its screening process for may be in the military service of the 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Newman's Lawn & Tree Service Seats 2, 4, and 6 of the South United States of America, Columbia, SC 29204 Mowing, Landscaping, Irrigation, Near Shaw AFB 2BR 1BA Duplex Carolina Public Service Commission. Phone: 803-790-2626 $500 Mo.+1 Mo. Dep 3BR 1BA $600 constituted as a class and designated Spring Clean-up, Tree removal. The State Regulation of Public as "John Doe", all unknown minors Attorneys for Plaintiff Call 803-316-0128 Mo. +1 Mo. Dep Call 803-458-8333 Utilities Review Committee will be and persons under a disability, accepting applications for Seats 2, 4, constituted as a class and designated 2 or 3BR 2BA No pets, Section 8 EMPLOYMENT and 6 beginning Monday, July 24, as "Richard Roe", unless the Public Hearing Legal Service accepted. 499-1500 or 469-6978 2017, until 12:00 p.m., Friday, August Defendants, or someone acting on btwn 9am-5pm 11, 2017. The Public Service their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) Commission has jurisdiction over Attorney Timothy L. Griffith days after service of a copy of this NOTICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL Help Wanted 2BR/1BA mobile home in Whisper- matters pertaining to investor-owned Order as directed below, procure the PUBLIC HEARING 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Full-Time ing Pines Mobile Home Park. $500 a electric and gas utilities, water and appointment of a Guardian or Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury month. 803-460-5460 wastewater companies, Guardians ad Litem for the The Sumter County Council will hold telecommunications companies, Defendants constituted as a class a public hearing on proposed carriers of household goods and Tree Service Insurance Agents Needed We Vacation rental, Santee area, 3BR designated as "John Doe" or "Richard amendments to the Sumter Zoning urge you to contact our Company as W/200ft sandy beach, fishing pier, hazardous waste for disposal, Roe". Ordinance and Map on Tuesday, July good local golf, and bird watching. taxicabs, and other motor vehicle 25, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. in the County an independent Insurance Agent. passenger carriers. A commissioner Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, We're looking for a bright sales Sleeps 6. Call 803-492-3074 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a Council Chambers located on the must have at least a baccalaureate copy of this Order shall be served Third Floor of the Sumter County stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, minded professional who has a ADVERTISE YOUR VACATION degree. It is preferred that a upon the unknown Defendants by Administration Building (13 East 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. passion for the insurance industry. commissioner have a background of PROPERTY FOR RENT OR SALE to publication in the The Item, a Canal Street, Sumter, South We work with some of the top substantial duration in one of the more than 2.1 million S.C. newspa- newspaper of general circulation in Carolina). The following request is insurance companies. Prefer seas- following areas: (a) energy; (b) the County of Anderson, State of scheduled for consideration: JENKINSON TREE per readers. Your 25-word classified oned agent. Free leads offer and telecommunications; (c) consumer South Carolina, once a week for SERVICE, LLC ad will appear in 101 S.C. newspa- protection and advocacy; (d) water lead assistance, we help you as an three (3) consecutive weeks, together RZ-17-04, Ellerbe Estates, Hwy. 261 pers for only $375. Call Alanna and wastewater; (e) finance, 803-847-8014 independent agent to improve skills, with the Summons in the above (County) Ritchie at the South Carolina News- economics, and statistics; (f) entitled action. Request to rezone +/-24.33 acres to increase your income and at the Tree Trimming & Removal paper Network, 1-888-727-7377. accounting; (g) engineering; or (h) from Agricultural Conservation (AC) law. Stump Grinding and Pressure Washing same time giving your clients peace SUMMONS to Residential-15 (R-15). The of mind. Email: wendy Office Space for Lease property is located on the east side Call Today For A Free Estimate AND NOTICE @carolinalifeandbenefits.com with 50 Wesmark Ct The Commission is composed of of Hwy. 261 north, south of Meeting LICENSED & INSURED seven commissioners, one from each contact information and small para- Reception area & 3 Offices TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL House Rd. and represented by Tax of the seven Congressional districts. Map # 094-00-01-007 & 031. A Notch Above Tree Care Full graph briefly explaining experience. 1177 Sq Ft $1100 per mo. The Commissioner for the Second UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN quality service low rates, lic./ins., free Looking forward to making you Call Century 21 Hawkins & Kolb Public Service Commission District THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED Documents pertaining to the est BBB accredited 983-9721 successful. 803-773-1477 represents Aiken, Barnwell, and proposed request(s) are on file in the Lexington counties, as well as parts HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY Office of the Sumter City-County Property Management Co. accept- 500 Pinewood Rd. Suite 4: Open of Orangeburg and Richland Planning Department and are retail space, 1/2 ba, drive through counties. The Commissioner for the SERVICE OF THE UNITED ing resumes for the position of STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A available to be inspected and for their Sumt- window, 1200 Sq Ft, $1300 per mo. Fourth Public Service Commission studied by interested citizens. "Maintenance Tech" District represents parts of CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN er apartment community. Qualified Call Century 21 Hawkins & Kolb DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MERCHANDISE 803-773-1477 Greenville and Spartanburg SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL individuals should have at least 2 counties. The Commissioner for the MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS James T McCain, Jr., Chairman years of experience in handy man Sixth Public Service Commission Mary Blanding, Clerk maintenance role. Qualified candi- District represents Allendale, DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Auctions dates must have a valid driver's REAL YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED license and a clean background. Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties, as well as parts of and required to answer the Skill in painting and HVAC certifica- ESTATE Complaint in the above action, a AUCTION - Commercial Buildings - Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, tions and experience a plus. copy which is herewith served upon Storage Units - Mobile Home on 1.15 Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Resumes can be faxed or Orangeburg, Richland, and Sumter you, and to serve a copy of your +/- Acres - Plus Personal Property. A charming home, 3BR/2BA, hard- emailed to Human Resource counties. The salary for these Answer upon the undersigned at Saturday, July 15, 10 AM, 3575 E. wood fl, lg. famrm, dnrn, lg kit, their offices, PO Box 4216, Columbia, Director, 910-435-8934 or positions is approximately $107,822 National Cemetery Road, Florence, SC added sunrm, nw htpm, nwrf, 2 South Carolina 29240, within thirty [email protected] annually. . Damon Shortt Auction Group, cargar. and fn yard. $105,000 (30) days after service upon you, 877-669-4005. SCAL2346. damonshor reduced $99,000 803-840-5201 Each candidate is required to submit exclusive of the day of such service, ttproperties.com a completed application form no and, if you fail to answer the Manufactured later than the August 11th deadline. ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION in Roper Staffing is now accepting Housing Applications will not be accepted 99 S.C. newspapers for only $375. applications for the following posi- after noon on Friday, August 11, Your 25-word classified ad will reach tions: 2017. Following the August 11th PUBLIC NOTICE M & M Mobile Homes, Inc. Now filing deadline, the Review more than 2.1 million readers. Call selling New Wind Zone II Champion •Industrial Spray Painters Committee will begin its background The Housing Authority of the City of Sumter will open the Housing Alanna Ritchie at the S.C. Newspaper and Clayton Homes. Lots of floor investigation of candidates. The first •Electrical Engineer (BA) Network, 1-888-727-7377. plans available to custom design public hearing to review each Choice Voucher application process Online only effective 9:00 a.m. on •Machine Operators your home. Nice used refurbished candidate's qualifications is September 18, 2017. The Housing Choice Voucher program will close •Certified Medical Assistant Garage, Yard & homes still available also. Bank and tentatively scheduled to begin the •Machinists week of November 6, 2017. September 22, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. This process will open the third full Estate Sales Owner financing with ALL CREDIT (Manual Lathes/Grinders) Candidates and potential candidates week of every three month at the times stated above until such time SCORES accepted. Call •Accounting Admin are subject to certain restrictions Living Estate Sale in 1-843-389-4215 Like us on Face- notice to close the process. The application process for Public Housing •CSR-Mechanically Inclined with respect to contacting members Sumter Historic District book M & M Mobile Homes. of the General Assembly. are open every day at the below listed website. To apply for the Voucher/ •P/T Janitorial Fri July 14 9am-5pm Section 8 assistance or Public Housing please visit our website at: Sat July 15 9am-1pm Monday- Address to be announced in Fridays APPLICATION TIMES: Wednesday from 8:30-10:00am and http://apps.sumterha.org/apply/ApplIntro.aspx paper 1:30-3:00pm. Please call the Sumter Coming Soon Covenant Bible office at 803-938-8100 to inquire To submit a “complete” application you must enter the application Church is holding a yard sale about what you will need to bring online AND provide the necessary original documentation to the Sat. July 15th 8-2 at 5500 Broad St. with you when registering. Sumter Housing Authority Offi ce within ten days including [Picture (Shaw flea-market) We are accepting For more detailed information on the sell-able donations or left over yard job listings go to Identifi cation Card, social security cards and long form birth sale items. Call 803-968-2753 or www.roperstaffing.com certifi cates for all members on the application]. 803-983-4352 for pick-up. Proceeds will go into our building fund. Thank FARM The Housing Authority of the City of Sumter does not provide you! Air Conditioning Service Technician LIQUIDATION emergency assistance. General applications will be accepted LARGE GARAGE SALE •Are you skilled and experienced? online only. No general applications will be accepted by phone Every Weekend •Are you enthusiastic? AUCTION or through the administrative offi ce. The Authority will continue Tables $2 & $3 •Are you great with customers? to process Local Preference applications concurrently with the •Does your present company offer FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB you a career opportunity? Saturday, July 22, 2017 general process. Validation of the preference is required to obtain a Open every weekend. Call Boykin Air Conditioning Service “preference application”. 803-494-5500 offers year around work, job 10:00 AM security, career opportunities, 6733 Hwy. 403 N. • Timmonsville, SC company vehicle, good benefits, For more information please go to http://sumterha.org and excellent base wages plus JACK STEWART ESTATE & OTHERS Voucher: From the home page, click on the Housing Choice Voucher additional compensation through tab. Section 1 gives detailed instructions about the application our unique commission program, Sale includes Farm Tractors, Combines, Row Crop Equip, allowing you to earn as much as Hay Equipment, Trucks and Trailers. process. you want. And, we furnish you over 80 hours of company paid training, For more info call Aaron Easters at 843-858-0677 or visit Public Housing: From the home page, click on the Public Housing annually. tab. Section 2 gives detailed instructions about the application Apply @ 845 S. Guignard Dr, www.rebelauction.net Sumter SC or www.boyinacs.c process. See the instructions for more details on local preference om for complete listings and pictures applications. P.O. Box 549 • Hazlehurst, GA 31539 The Housing Authority is a Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Cashier needed full time. Must have 912-375-3491 • 1-800-533-0673 Housing Provider. Discrimination on the basis of race, color, some computer knowledge, be Fax 912-375-7384 creed, sex, disability status, familial status, or national or self-motivated, dependable & ener- getic. Apply at Wally's Hardware SCAL 4062 Email: [email protected] NCAL 9922 ethnic origin is prohibited. 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