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BY RICK CARPENTER Fighter Wing vice com- A preliminary hearing is proven guilty by a court of signed him to the Ninth [email protected] mander. The charges in- scheduled for Aug. 8 to law,” said Col. Stephen Air Force. The charges this clude possession of child conduct an inquiry into the Jost, 20th Fighter Wing week were the first infor- On June 29, charges were pornography and obstruc- matter. commander. mation The Sumter Item preferred against Col. Wil- tion of justice in violation “The charges are being Jost relieved Jones of his has received since that de- liam R. Jones, Headquar- of Uniform Code of Mili- worked through the legal position as 20th Fighter motion. The Sumter Item ters Ninth Air Force Depu- tary Justice Article 134, ac- process outlined in the Wing vice commander in will provide more informa- JONES ty Chief of Safety, previ- cording to a news release UCMJ, and Col. Jones is February based “on a loss tion as it becomes avail- ously assigned as the 20th from Shaw Air Force Base. presumed innocent until of confidence” and reas- able. 90 firefighters respond to blaze Sumter Casket Co. buildings destroyed in 5-alarm incident BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY [email protected]

About 90 firefighters from multiple agencies battled a five-alarm fire for more than five hours Monday afternoon at Sumter Casket Co. The fire destroyed two buildings owned by the com- pany at 209 S. Magnolia St. The casket wholesaler was founded in 1894, making it one of the oldest continuously op- erating businesses in Sumter County. As of 6:30 p.m. Monday, the fire was under control, but firefighters were anticipating battling hot spots late into the evening at the 30,000-square- foot complex, said Ken Bell, spokesman for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office who was asked to provide public information for the fire department. Agencies that responded in- PHOTOS BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM cluded Sumter Fire Depart- Firefighters battled a five-alarm fire at Sumter Casket Co. for more than five hours on Monday. The fire left two buildings destroyed. ment, Shaw Air Force Base Fire Department, Columbia he said. Fire Department, Clarendon The call came in at 12:42 Business has been County Fire Department and p.m., and firefighters respond- Camden Fire Department. ed within minutes, said Brian Some fire departments also ac- Christmas, division chief for in area since 1894 tivated a mutual aid agreement Sumter Fire Department. to provide backup support in Christmas said two build- BY IVY MOORE case other fires broke out in ings were on fire when fire- [email protected] the Sumter area while Sum- fighters arrived on the scene, ter’s resources were exhausted. with one of the buildings com- Sumter Casket Co. was established in Firefighters fought the fire pletely engulfed. 1894 by Eugene Luther Witherspoon from each side of the complex, He said the electricity was and his brother, H.L. Witherspoon, as including from atop the new immediately shut down, as Witherspoon Brothers and Co. In the Lafayette Drive bridge, where there were several power lines early 1900s, they were joined by J.T. firefighters could direct water next to the buildings. James Sr., and the business is still run resources to specific areas. Christmas said firefighters by the James family. The company is No injuries were reported, also sprayed several large pro- the second-oldest in Sumter. Bell said. pane tanks next to the build- James Sr. moved to Sumter from Bur- The company employs eight ing to keep them cool. lington, North Carolina, where he people, and some were in the building when the fire began, SEE FIRE, PAGE A7 Firefighters from five agencies responded Monday afternoon. SEE HISTORY, PAGE A7 Military veteran in homeless Police: Man who shelter wants to give back killed 3 wanted to BY JIM HILLEY stories [email protected] of his past and ambush officers Wayne served in Iran dur- how ing the Desert Storm conflict those BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A former Ma- as a member of an airborne glory rine dressed in black and carrying extra am- infantry unit. Wayne, a guest days live munition set out to ambush police in Baton at the United Ministries emer- vividly Rouge, authorities said Monday, a day after gency shelter now preparing in his three law enforcement officers were killed in to leave, has visited countries mind. He the attack. many have only seen on TV. has spoken with Kinley many The gunman’s “movements, his direction, his He has lived a military ca- times about his military past, attention was on police officers,” state police reer most would be proud of, and Kinley said he can only Col. Mike Edmonson said. He would not elabo- but life’s circumstances still imagine how humbling it rate but said the shooter was definitely “seek- led him to the shelter. must be to go from the glory THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing out” police. Shelter Director Travis Kin- days into the valleys of life. Millville, New Jersey, Police Chaplain Bob Os- Three other officers were wounded Sunday, ley said if you sit down and The valleys of life can contain sler prays and weeps with a local resident as one critically. The gunman was identified as talk to him, you can see in his she places flowers on a memorial at the B- eyes the way he relives the SEE CARING, PAGE A7 Quik gas station on Monday in Baton Rouge. SEE AMBUSH, PAGE A7

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Man exchanges gunfire with security guards Suspect crashes car into lodge BY JIM HILLEY [email protected]

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident early Sunday which led to the sus- pect crashing into the building of Hillcrest Masonic Lodge 397 on Frier- son Road. According to a sheriff’s office re- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM port, deputies responded about 2:40 A shooting suspect on Sunday a.m. to a reported shooting at a club crashed a 2012 Chevrolet Impala in the 3800 block of Broad Street. The into the building of Hillcrest incident began when a man was argu- Masonic Lodge 397 on Frierson ing with a woman in the parking lot Road with such impact, it lodged and she drove away, the report said. this brick in a wall 20 feet away The man, 41, then tried to enter the from the crash site. club, but two security guards turned him away. The man then went to his vehicle and retrieved a weapon, according to the report. He approached the securi- ty guards, who again told him he could not enter the club. The man PHOTO PROVIDED then allegedly put the weapon to the chest of one of the security guards and pulled the trigger. eral times as he ran. The man was cated at the intersection of Stamey tion at the crash site Monday, said the However, the security guard’s body reportedly shot at least three times Livestock and Frierson roads. crash caused significant damage to armor stopped the bullet, and he was but managed to drive away. Several Law enforcement and EMS crews the inside of the lodge and that the uninjured, the report said. other vehicles in the parking lot were responded, and they extracted the crash caused debris to shoot across Sumter County Sheriff’s Office hit by gunfire. man from his vehicle and transport- the lodge and even sent a brick flying Public Information Officer Ken Bell A few minutes later, the man’s ve- ed him to Palmetto Health Tuomey, so fast it lodged in the side of a wall. A said the security officer was badly hicle passed another car at a high where he underwent surgery. He is visual inspection of the inside of the bruised but otherwise uninjured. rate of speed on Stamey Livestock listed in stable condition. The sus- building showed the crash caused “The vest definitely saved his life,” Road, the report said. Witnesses in pect’s identity has not been released, damage to at least two rooms with Bell said. the other vehicle said they discov- but the sheriff’s office said the man bricks and concrete blocks scattered The two guards returned fire as he ered the man’s vehicle had traveled will be charged when he is released throughout the rooms. Davis said he fled to his vehicle, a silver 2012 Chev- across Frierson Road and crashed from the hospital. doesn't have an estimate of the dam- rolet Impala, firing his weapon sev- into the Hillcrest Masonic Lodge, lo- Dan Davis, a lodge member on loca- age.

LOCAL BRIEF Judge: Jurors for Roof trial to come from Charleston FROM STAFF REPORTS City council to vote on CHARLESTON (AP) — A for the 22-year-old Roof be- can’t be found locally and ing of information from men- federal jury selected from gins Nov. 7. then ask that the trial be tal health exams on the defen- rezoning 3.26 acres the Charleston area, not all Roof is charged with hate moved. dant were discussed. of South Caroli- crimes and other counts in Defense Attorney David The defense has also filed a Sumter City Council will na, will decide the June 2015 shooting deaths Bruck assured the judge he motion to dismiss the charges meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the fate of during a Bible study at Eman- has no intention of asking for which the judge will hear at a council chambers of the Dylann Roof uel AME Church. Authorities a change in the trial location. later date. Sumter Opera House, 21 N. when he goes allege Roof, who is white, The judge has indicated Roof also faces nine mur- Main St. on trial later posed with the Confederate during earlier hearings that der charges in state court in The agenda includes the this year in the battle flag before the killings between 1,200 and 1,500 poten- another death-penalty trial in final reading to rezone 3.26 ROOF shootings of and talked of trying to start a tial jurors are expected to be which jury selection is set for acres in South Sumter from nine black pa- race war. summoned for the jury pool. January. general commercial and rishioners at a Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay The jury selection procedures The state trial was to have light industrial-warehouse to Charleston church. Richardson said the govern- for the trial are now largely begun this month. But it was the central business district. U.S. District Judge Richard ment has no objection to se- set. delayed after defense attor- In June, council held a Gergel ruled during a Mon- lecting jurors from the Roof did not attend Mon- neys said their expert needed public hearing about the day hearing that a local pool Charleston area as long as the day’s hour-long hearing dur- additional time complete a city's request to rezone the will be used to select jurors defense does not come back ing which other technical psychiatric evaluation of majority of the 3.26-acre when the death-penalty trial later, say an impartial jury legal details including shar- Roof. block between South Main Street, East Bartlette Street, East Oakland Ave- nue and South Harvin Street. The city plans to redevel- Sumter man faces 1 count of attempted murder of 8 deputies op the block once the land is rezoned and move its Also charged with assault Despite Cox’s actions, her with a sword. Warrants also state water department to the he was arrested and he duct taped her mouth and body and corner of South Harvin and battery, kidnapping charged with two threatened to kill her. and Bartlette streets. counts of kidnapping The warrants also report that be- Council will hear reports of his sister and mother and one count each of tween May 1 and 31, at a residence in on the Sumter Develop- assault and battery of a the 1200 block of Mooneyham Road, ment board from Sumter FROM STAFF REPORTS high and aggravated na- Cox threatened to kill his mother, Mayor Joseph McElveen; ture and assault and COX choked her with a scarf and duct taped Santee-Lynches Regional Attempting to avoid arrest on nu- battery, first degree. her body before attempting to hand- Council of Governments merous charges Sunday evening, Matt Warrants state that on or between cuff her. board from mayor pro-tem Samuel Cox, 46, of 1297 Mooneyham July 15 and 17, at a residence in the On Monday, Cox was also charged Thomas Lowery; and San- Road, poured gasoline throughout his 1200 block of Mooneyham Road, Cox with arson and one count of attempted tee-Wateree Regional residence and barricaded himself in a choked his sister, threw her to the murder on the eight deputies who Transportation Authority bathroom where he set a small rug on ground, put his knee to her chest, were inside of the house at the time of from councilman Calvin fire. dragged her from the bed and poked the fire. Hastie.

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BY EMILY SWANSON are in the country illegally to become they come," she said. strikingly consistent in AP-GfK polls AND VIVIAN SALAMA U.S. citizens, while about 4 in 10 are op- In contrast, Mark Wecker, a car sales- conducted this year. The Associated Press posed. man from Redding, California, called a Sixty-nine percent of Republicans Seventy-six percent of Democrats, border wall stupid, because "it's a lot of say they favor the temporary ban on WASHINGTON — Most Americans along with 44 percent of Republicans, money and it's not going to keep them Muslim immigration, while 68 percent reject Donald Trump's proposal to build favor a path to citizenship for immi- out if they want to get in." of Democrats are opposed. Half of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexi- grants in the country illegally. Among Three-quarters of Latinos, two-thirds whites and just a third of non-whites co and his support for de- Trump's supporters, just 38 percent are of African-Americans and more than say they favor the ban. Seventy-six per- porting those in the coun- in favor of a path to citizenship. Sixty- half of whites favor providing a path to cent of Trump supporters are in favor. try illegally. But they're seven percent of Republicans and just citizenship. Forty-eight percent of On a trip to Scotland last month, divided on the presump- 21 percent of Democrats favor a border whites, 26 percent of blacks and just 16 Trump shifted his rhetoric, saying he tive Republican nominee's wall. Three-quarters of Trump's sup- percent of Latinos favor a border wall. would instead "want terrorists out" of proposed temporary ban porters favor that proposal. Daniella Gil, a stay-at-home-mom the U.S., and to do so, he would limit on the entry of Muslims Trump's likely rival, Democrat Hill- from Cornelius, Oregon, who is the people's entry from "specific terrorist TRUMP from other countries, a ary Clinton, has cast his calls for the daughter of Mexican immigrants, said, countries and we know who those ter- new survey finds. border wall and temporary foreign "We should be focusing on the violence rorist countries are." The poll shows Trump's Muslims ban as dangerous. coming from Syria as opposed to His- The poll indicates that rhetorical shifting rhetoric on that ban might win Trump supporter Marile Womack, 79, panics jumping the border." shift could win support. Among those some Americans over. of Debary, Florida, adamantly favors She said she supports immigration asked more broadly about a temporary When it comes to Trump's proposal the border wall. No one else "had the from any country so long as it's done le- ban on immigrants from areas of the to build a wall along the Mexican bor- guts to do it," she said. But the daughter gally. world where there is a history of ter- der, about 6 in 10 Americans oppose the of Austrian immigrants isn't opposed to Americans are slightly more likely to rorism against the U.S. or its allies, 63 idea while 4 in 10 are for it, the new As- immigration from any country so long oppose than favor a temporary ban on percent are in favor and 34 percent op- sociated Press-GfK poll indicated. as it's done legally. Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from posed. Ninety-four percent of Trump Similarly, 6 in 10 Americans favor "I don't favor banning immigrants, entering the United States, by a 52 per- supporters say they favor this proposal, providing a way for immigrants who but I am for investigating them before cent to 45 percent margin that has been as do 45 percent of Clinton supporters. With millions covered, ‘repeal and replace’ gets riskier BY RICARDO ALONSO- policy director for the 2012 ther, such as its tax on high- "Don't get me wrong, there what the law does, as Hillary ZALDIVAR Mitt Romney presidential value insurance plans, the em- would be a lot of turbulence," Clinton proposes. The Associated Press campaign. "Politically, you ployer coverage requirement said Jim Capretta, a health Overall, 33 percent of Amer- can't really do 'repeal' without and a Medicare cost-control care policy expert at the busi- icans want the health care law WASHINGTON — As Re- the 'replace' coming in right board. Call that "repeal lite." ness-oriented American En- repealed, while 28 percent publicans gathered Monday to behind it." A GOP replacement — terprise Institute. "Proposing want to expand it. Others are anoint their presidential ticket Trump "has made some while scrapping Obama's un- to move in a different direc- in the middle. in Cleveland, uncompromis- vague pronouncements, but popular individual require- tion will be rocky politically Those numbers point to en- ing opposition to "Obamacare" that's not a plan," he added. ment to carry health insur- no matter what the circum- during divisions, not a clear continued to get politically Many conservatives are ance — would likely have stances are." mandate for repeal. riskier. hoping House Speaker Paul other features similar to the While two-thirds of Republi- But don't look for Republi- Few people were covered Ryan, R-Wis., will have the an- president's approach. Among cans want the health care law cans to back off. under President Obama's swer. Ryan has put together a them are tax credits to help completely repealed, a recent "We are committed to take health care law when the GOP framework for a replacement people afford insurance and a Kaiser Family Foundation this on again," said Barrasso. held its last convention in plan, and he's trying to build provision for people with med- poll found that other Ameri- "We have an obligation to the 2012. Now, Donald Trump's GOP consensus. A President ical problems to get coverage. cans have different ideas. people who voted for us to plan to replace the program Trump would do everything Some conservatives would dis- About half of Democrats proceed with 'repeal and re- would make 18 million people he could administratively to miss that as "Obamacare lite." would like Congress to expand place.'" uninsured, according to a re- unwind the health care law, cent nonpartisan analysis. while Congress would take on Reviled as it may be, the main work of repealing it Obama's law has changed the and designing an alternative. nation in ways that many may "He is going to rely heavily not want reversed. It means on the Republican House and people don't have to worry the Republican Senate to put about being denied coverage substantive bills on his desk," due to medical problems, or said Sen. John Barrasso, fear policies that max out R-Wyo., chairman of the GOP while a patient is undergoing platform committee. chemotherapy. 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BY BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA tigators have found no sign yet go to the mosque and ate of them in intensive care, out the government of bad policies AND ANGELA CHARLTON that Bouhlel had links to a pork," said Sadok Bouhlel, a of 308 people injured overall. that he says failed to prevent The Associated Press particular network. 69-year-old retired teacher, in France held a moment of si- three major attacks in the past The driver's uncle, Sadok the driver's hometown of lence Monday to remember 18 months. MSAKEN, Tunisia — The Bouhlel, told The Associated Msaken, Tunisia. The uncle the victims. Thousands of peo- Cazeneuve hit back Monday, uncle of the truck driver who Press that given Bouhlel's fam- said he learned about the Al- ple massed on the waterfront listing a series of laws and killed 84 people on the French ily problems — he was es- gerian recruiter from extended promenade where the Bastille extra police forces created Riviera says his nephew was tranged from his wife and family members who live in Day celebrations became a under Hollande's presidency indoctrinated about two weeks three children — the Algerian Nice. killing field on Thursday "to face a threat that France ago by an Algerian member of "found in Mohamed an easy Sadok is devastated by his night. was not prepared for" when he the Islamic State group in prey for recruitment." nephew's act, and doesn't want Among the mourners was took over from Sarkozy in Nice. Bouhlel's rapid radicaliza- him buried in Msaken. "He Prime Minister Manuel Valls, 2012. French officials could not tion has puzzled investigators. made more than 80 families who was loudly booed as he After a special security confirm Monday that attacker Friends and family said he had grieve and stained the reputa- arrived at and left the ceremo- meeting, Defense Minister Mohamed Lahouaiyej Bouhlel not been an observant Muslim tion of our town and our coun- ny in Nice. Jean-Yves Le Drian said had been approached by an Al- in the past. Cazeneuve said try." President Francois Hol- French forces in the U.S-led co- gerian recruiter, saying that Monday on RTL radio that the Many of the dead and in- lande's Socialist administra- alition struck IS targets again the investigation is ongoing. driver may have been motivat- jured were children watching tion has come under blistering overnight and on Saturday. IS claimed responsibility for ed by IS messages but not nec- a fireworks display with their criticism from opposition con- French warplanes have been last week's attack, though Inte- essarily coordinating with a families. Cazeneuve said 59 servatives after last week's involved in the operation in rior Minister Bernard Caze- larger network. people are still hospitalized deadly attack. Former Presi- Iraq and to a lesser degree in neuve said Monday that inves- "Mohamed didn't pray, didn't after the attack Thursday, 29 dent Nicolas Sarkozy accused Syria. Turkish Interior Ministry fires nearly 9,000, detains suspected plotters

BY SUZAN FRASER — on backers of a U.S.-based Muslim at a joint news conference with U.S. AND DOMINIQUE SOGUEL cleric who has become President Secretary of State John Kerry. The Associated Press Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief oppo- Turkish Prime Minister Binali nent. Yildirim said a total of 7,543 people ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Inte- The situation creates a sticky diplo- had been detained since Friday, in- rior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 po- matic situation — Turkey is a NATO cluding 6,030 military personnel. On lice officers, bureaucrats and others member and key Western ally in the Monday, according to Anadolu, prose- and detained thousands of suspected fight against the Islamic State group, cutors entered Incirlik Air Base in plotters following a foiled coup against but the EU and U.S. expressed alarm southern Turkey, which is key to the the government, Turkey's state-run Monday about its response to the coup. U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic news agency reported Monday. Even before the weekend chaos, Tur- State group. A Turkish brigadier gen- News of the firings and detentions key had been wracked by political tur- eral at the base has already been de- came as the U.S. and European Union moil that critics blamed on Erdogan's tained for his alleged role in Friday's urged the government to uphold de- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS increasingly heavy-handed rule. He uprising, and news reports say refuel- mocracy and human rights as it pur- Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has shaken up the government, ing aircraft that took off from the base sues the military officers and anyone speaks after a weekly cabinet meeting in cracked down on dissent, restricted helped keep F-16s used by the coup- else involved in the coup attempt. Ankara, Turkey, on Monday. the media and renewed fighting with plotters up in the air. The state-run Anadolu news agency Kurdish rebels. Though government officials offered said a total of 8,777 employees at- military police officers and coast "This is no excuse to take the coun- reassurances that life has returned to tached to the ministry were dismissed, guards were also removed from duty. try away from fundamental rights and normal, warplanes patrolled Turkey's including 30 governors, 52 civil service The government has blamed Friday's the rule of law, and we will be ex- skies overnight in a sign that authori- inspectors and 16 legal advisers. failed coup — which it says killed 208 tremely vigilant on that," EU foreign ties feared that the threat was not yet Other media reports said police and government supporters and 24 plotters policy chief Federica Mogherini said over.

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In its Applica on, Duke Energy Progress seeks rate changes to increase annual revenues by 14.5% or $79 million, sta ng that current revenues are insuffi cient to cover the cost of opera ng and main- Bride taining a safe and reliable electric system. The Company states in its Applica on that these increases were calculated prior to the Company’s fuel decrease taking eff ect July 1, 2016; considering the fuel de- crease, the requested increase is a net 11.6% change. The Company states in its Applica on it has built bridal registry available and purchased addi onal genera ng facili es to serve customers, and that it has (1) invested approx- imately $1.7 billion in new gas-fueled genera on, replacing older, less-effi cient coal-fi red genera on Mollie Kinney--Hugh McMillan with state-of-the-art, cleaner burning natural gas-fueled plants; (2) invested $176 million in new solar Lauren Johnson--Jack Rogers energy installa ons; and (3) invested approximately $1.3 billion by purchasing the remaining shares of plants from North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (“NCEMPA”). The Company states in its Applica on that these major genera ng plant addi ons translate into approximately 67 percent of the total requested rate increase; approximately 25 percent of the increase relates to increases in labor and material and supplies expense for nuclear opera ons; 6 percent of the requested increase relates to other net increases in investment and ongoing opera onal costs; and that the remaining 2 percent of the requested increase is needed to collect the amor za on of costs incurred from January 1, 2015 135 W. Wesmark Blvd. through June 30, 2016, related to environmental requirements associated with closure of ash basins. 803.77-LIGHT Duke Energy Progress requests that the proposed increases be eff ec ve on January 1, 2017. The overall MONDAY-FRIDAY increase to rates by customer class, according to the Applica on, is as follows: 15.4% for the residen al class, 11.9% for the small general service class; 14.6% for the medium general service class; 14.5% for 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. the large general service class; 5.1% for area ligh ng; and 12.7% for street ligh ng. These amounts do SATURDAY 10:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M. not take into account the Company’s fuel decrease eff ec ve July 1, 2016. A copy of the company’s applica on as well as the proposed rates, charges and tariff s can be found on WWW.SUMTERLIGHTINGANDHOME.COM the Commission’s website at www.psc.sc.gov under Docket No. 2016-227-E. Addi onally, a copy of the applica on is available from the corporate offi ce of Heather Shirley Smith, Deputy General Counsel, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 40 W. Broad Street, Suite 690, Greenville, South Carolina 29601; Charles A. Castle, Associate General Counsel, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, DEC45A, Char- lo e, North Carolina 28202; or Frank R. Ellerbe, III, Esquire, Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C., Post Offi ce Box 944, Columbia, South Carolina 29202. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing, pursuant to 10 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-817, on the above ma er has been scheduled to begin on Monday, October 31, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., before the Commission in the Commission’s Hearing Room at 101 Execu ve Center Drive, Saluda Building, Columbia, South Carolina 29210 for the purpose of receiving tes mony and evidence from all interested par es. The hearing may con nue on November 1, 2016, and through November 4, 2016, if necessary. Any person who wishes to par cipate in this ma er as a party of record should fi le a Pe on to Inter- vene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Prac ce and Procedure on or before September 15, 2016, by fi ling the Pe on to Intervene with the Commission, by providing a copy to the Offi ce of Regulatory Staff and by providing a copy to all par es of record. For the receipt of future Commission correspondence, please include an email address in the Pe on to Intervene. Please refer to Docket No. 2016-227-E and mail a copy to all other par es in this docket. Any person who seeks to intervene and who wishes to tes fy and present evidence at the hearing should no fy, in wri ng, the Commission; the Offi ce of Regulatory Staff at 1401 Main Street, Suite 900, Columbia, South Carolina 29201; and the com- pany at the above address, on or before September 15, 2016. Please refer to Docket No. 2016-227-E.

INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PARTIES OF RECORD (Applicant, Pe oners, and Intervenors only): All Par es of Record must prefi le tes mony with the Commission and with all Par es of Record. Pre- fi led Tes mony Deadlines: Par es of Record Excluding the Applicant Direct Tes mony Due: 10/3/2016; Applicant’s Rebu al Tes mony Due: 10/17/2016; and Other Par es of Record Surrebu al Tes mony Due: 10/24/2016. All prefi led tes mony deadlines are subject to the informa on as posted on www. psc.sc.gov under Docket No. 2016-227-E. Any person who wishes to request that the Commission hold a public hearing in his or her county of resi- dence in order to hear comments from the u lity’s customers, should no fy, in wri ng, the Commission; the Offi ce of Regulatory Staff at 1401 Main Street, Suite 900, Columbia, South Carolina 29201; and the company at the above address, on or before August 30, 2016. Please refer to Docket No. 2016-227-E. For the most recent informa on regarding this docket, including changes in scheduled dates included in this No ce, please refer to www.psc.sc.gov and Docket No. 2016-227-E. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any person who wishes to have his or her comments considered as part of the offi cial record of this proceeding MUST present such comments in person to the Commission during the hearing. Persons seeking informa on about the Commission’s procedures should contact the Commission at (803) 896-5100 or visit its website at www.psc.sc.gov. THE SUMTER ITEM WORLD TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016 | A5

Reika Oozeki, Japanese Vine artist, Coca’s comeback speaks while showing her work on a smart phone. Companies forces Colombia attempting to appeal to Japanese youngsters are getting help from to rethink drug war teenage stars on Vine, the social ESPINAL, Colombia (AP) — stable future now that the gov- network devoted to Explosives experts wearing ernment has reached a cease- six-second videos. heavy body armor light a fuse fire deal with rebels that will and take cover behind a con- take effect once a final accord is crete-reinforced trench. "Fire in signed, probably in the coming the area!" a commando shouts weeks. before a deafening blast rico- If and when that happens, the chets across the Andean foot- military is hopeful it will be hills and sends a plume of able to shift its energy and re- brown smoke 100 feet high. sources from fighting rebels to Such drills have intensified pursuing top drug traffickers. for Colombia's military, one of In the meantime, Defense Japanese companies seek hipness the most battle-tested in the Minister Luis Carlos Villegas world, as it tries to control sky- insists that Colombia's military rocketing cocaine production is not easing up on eradication, that has fueled a half-century of as was suggested in June in through teenagers posting to Vine war with leftist guerrillas. Senate testimony by the State After six straight years of de- Department's top anti-narcotics BY YURI KAGEYAMA tending to be with a date, There are 200 million peo- clining or steady production, official. AP Business Writer and then suddenly switch to ple who watch Vine videos the amount of land under coca "We haven't renounced the a growl when she is suppos- every month, and, although cultivation in Colombia began war on drugs," Villegas said in TOKYO — What's helping edly with girlfriends. Vine does not break down rising in 2014 and jumped 42 an interview. "Nobody in the turn Japanese youngsters She has appeared on TV viewers by country, Japan is percent last year to 393,000 world has produced more dead, into stars on Vine, the Twit- shows, got cast in a movie one of Vine's largest markets acres, according to the U.S. gov- more blood, or more resources ter-owned social network de- and is signed with a produc- outside the U.S. ernment. That's an area twice than Colombia." voted to looping, six-second tion company. She is also Kota Furukoshi, chief ex- the size of New York City, and As proof, he points out the video clips, is the stodginess training to become a swim- ecutive of Tokyo-based Web after much production shifted government's scaling up of of this nation's business ming coach for children, who marketing consulting startup to Peru over the past decade, manual eradication to replace world. adore her because she is fa- Ninoya, says Japanese com- the United Nations said recent- the now-grounded crop duster Japan Inc. companies, both mous on Vine. panies, which still tend to be ly that Colombia is once again plans that were piloted by big and small, are generally When companies approach dominated by old men, are the world's largest supplier of Americans. In the coming so clueless about appealing her to make Vine clips, Ooze- generally resigned to their the drug. months, Colombia will quadru- to youngsters — especially ki is often given free rein. lack of online savvy. Instead The military training exercis- ple to around 200 the number of young women and especially She is sometimes not even of trying to acquire and es simulate the charges that eradication crews, each com- on social networks — they required to say the company build such skills in-house, troops typically use to blow up prised of about two dozen civil- need all the help they can get name. In the clip she made they tend to turn for outside land mines protecting coca ians escorted by a much-larger from teenage Viners for mar- for Intel Japan, she merely help for online marketing, he crops in areas dominated by the security detail of sharpshoot- keting. snarls, "Interru haitteru," the said. Revolutionary Armed Forces of ers, paramedics and land mine Reika Oozeki, 19, became a Japanese for "Intel Inside." Popular Vine creators in Colombia, the rebel group removal teams. sensation overnight on Vine Vine is unique as a social Japan represent a break known as the FARC. Once the It's dangerous work. In the when she was just 17, offer- network in that people post from old-style Japanese who mines are destroyed, civilians last 15 years, 153 people on man- ing snarky sketches of life. entirely video, much of it tend to be shy, inhibited and move in to dig up the plants. ual eradication teams have been "I was studying for tests, taken on cellphones. Each inept at self-expression, said Troops have had to wipe out killed, the majority from ex- and I was bored," says Ooze- clip is a six-second loop. Furukoshi. coca plants manually since last ploding land mines or booby ki, who started out using year when President Juan Man- traps, according to the anti-nar- her cellphone to shoot uel Santos ended a two-decade- cotics police. More than 500 videos of herself in paja- old aerial eradication program have lost limbs or suffered seri- mas or at school. "I was over health concerns signaled ous injuries. so surprised it caught in a World Health Organization- On an average day, each crew on." sponsored report reclassifying can only clear about 2 1/2 Now she has more the chemical herbicide glypho- acres. That's why the govern- than 730,000 followers sate as a carcinogen. ment has managed to eradicate and her videos have But amid rising cocaine pro- only about 22,000 acres of coca looped over viewers' Shop in your Closet... give your duction, Colombia is being fields this year compared to the screens nearly 850 mil- forced to rethink its anti-drug 425,000 acres annually at the lion times. Most of her New Look! strategy again, taking into ac- height of the fumigation pro- clips are close-ups of her old clothes a count the possibility of a more gram a decade ago. face. She might coo pre-

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rare loggerhead sea turtles reached a conservation milestone on the coast of Georgia in the midst of a strong nesting season on southern Atlantic beaches. Georgia wildlife officials announced this week that more than 2,890 loggerhead nests have been counted this summer along the state’s 100-mile coast. Not only is that a new record for Georgia — smashing last year’s record count by more than 550 nests — but it also surpasses the state’s long-term recovery goal for the species. A target set years ago called for Georgia to reach 2,800 nests by the year 2028 — 50 years after the federal government listed logger- head sea turtles as a threat- ened species. With nesting expected to continue for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS several weeks, Georgia Above right, Avery Young, left, and Melissa Fry relocate a sea turtle nest to a more protected site on Cumberland Island, Georgia, recently. Rare could easily top 3,000 nests loggerhead sea turtles have reached a conservation milestone on the coast of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources says this year, said Mark Dodd, more than 2,890 loggerhead sea turtle nests have been counted this summer on beaches along the state’s 100-mile coast. the biologist who oversees the sea turtle recovery pro- Above left, a loggerhead trail leads to a nest on Cumberland Island. gram for the Georgia De- partment of Natural Re- state’s sea turtle program. recovery target like Georgia way to sea. cian on the island, said her sources. North Carolina was a little and the Carolinas. On Blackbeard Island, volunteers often find 15 “We never thought we more than 200 nests shy of Anne Meylan of the Flori- managed by the U.S. Fish nests a day now along 11 would get here this quick- its record number — 1,304, da Fish and Wildlife Com- and Wildlife Service as a miles of beach where they ly,” Dodd said Friday, also from 2013, according to mission said Friday that wildlife refuge 50 miles used to see five or less. though he cautioned it’s Matthew Godfrey, sea turtle numbers from a sampling south of Savannah, volun- “We come out some days, still too early to declare log- coordinator for the North of beaches indicate Florida teers combing the beaches and you can just look down gerheads a recovered spe- Carolina Wildlife Resources could top last year’s total of at daybreak each day have the beach and see crawl cies. “We have a lot of other Commission. 89,295 loggerhead nests. But tallied 426 loggerhead nests after crawl after crawl” criteria we have to meet. “It’s definitely above av- Meylan said she doesn’t ex- this summer — more than where nesting turtles leave But it’s a great milestone erage,” Godfrey said. “It’s pect a record season. 100 ahead of last year. telltale trails in the sand, and a place to stop and con- hard to say where we’re A decade ago, Georgia Nancy Hickey, the agen- Hickey said. “It’s so excit- gratulate everyone.” going to end up, but it’s def- was averaging only about cy’s supervisory biotechni- ing.” Georgia, South Carolina initely a good year.” 1,000 loggerhead nests per and North Carolina are all Both states still have a year — a third of the total reporting robust nest num- ways to go to reach their re- expected for 2016. bers since the season for spective recovery goals: Dodd said a number of loggerheads began May 1. 9,000 nests for South Caroli- factors have helped the sea The giant turtles, which na and 2,000 for North Car- turtles crawl toward recov- can grow to weigh up to 300 olina. ery in Georgia, from fishing pounds, typically lay eggs Florida, which accounts boats using shrimp nets through the end of August. for roughly 90 percent of with built-in escape hatches As of Friday, South Caro- loggerhead sea turtle nests for turtles to island commu- lina was close to its record in the U.S., doesn’t keep a nities limiting artificial of 5,193 loggerhead nests running tally of nests be- light along beaches at night set in 2013, said Michelle cause of the overwhelming to avoid disorienting hatch- Pate, coordinator of the numbers. Nor does it have a lings trying to find their

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t must be that he just can’t help him- self. It must be that he assumes that anything he chooses to say is precisely Iwhat is called for. It must be that there isn’t a single person in his employ who will raise a hand and say, “Mr. President, per- haps something different today.” How else to explain President Obama’s remarks following the murder of three po- lice officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday? As he did in Dallas last week, the president began on the right note, talking of the dan- gers police officers face and pledging feder- COMMENTARY al support for the investigation. “And we as a nation,” he said, “have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against law enforcement. Attacks on police are an Republicans face fundamental question attack on all of us and the rule of law that makes society possible.” BY GERALD F. SEIB Paul Manafort said Monday at a themselves Republicans are And just like in Dallas, if only he had left The Wall Street Journal Bloomberg News breakfast. whites, versus the 57 percent of it there. But no, once again he yielded to Long term, of course, the answer self-identified Democrats. that irresistible impulse to insert himself LEVELAND — Republi- will be determined in large mea- There was a time, in the decades into the conversation. “Five days ago,” he cans gathered here for sure by whether Mr. Trump wins after Franklin Roosevelt created a said, “I traveled to Dallas for the memorial their national convention or loses in November. For now, Democratic Party in his own service of the officers who were slain Cface a host of questions, though, there’s little doubt that the image, when working-class whites there. I said that that killer would not be but the fundamental one is this: Is party that will nominate Mr. in rural America were heavily the last person who tries to make us turn Donald Trump merely renting the Trump on Thursday night is decid- Democratic — indeed, were a back- on each other. Nor will today’s killer.” Republican Party, or has he now edly different from earlier versions bone of the Democratic Party. Now It was no great feat of prognostication to taken ownership of it? that picked other kinds of stan- that situation has been reversed. predict Sunday’s murders or the ones still to The answer will determine not dard bearers. Mr. Trump didn’t create this come. At the time the president spoke, little merely how Republicans emerge In six of their last nine conven- new, populist face of the Republi- was known about the crime but its grim sta- from their Cleveland gathering tions, Republicans gathered to can Party. Instead, it has been tistics. “As of right now,” he said, “we don’t this week but whether their party nominate someone named Bush to evolving — slowly, steadily, in know the motive of the killer.” But we do is in the midst of a fundamental, be either president or vice presi- ways noticed but not fully appreci- now. Gavin Long was a black separatist and long-term identity change. dent. This time, none of the Bush ated — for the past two decades. former member of the Nation of Islam. “I This uncertainty hangs over the political heavy hitters will be in But it is Mr. Trump who has capi- love being the buffer between the bully and convention because Mr. Trump is sight. Nor, for that matter, will past talized upon it. He speaks to it. the little guy,” he said on a video posted to so different from past party lead- nominees named Romney, McCain Yet there’s still another part of YouTube on July 12. “I love fighting the ers, stylistically and substantively, or Dole. the Republican Party that Mr. righteous fight.” Which is apparently what that only two explanations for his More substantively, the Republi- Trump speaks to less and where he believed he was doing when he opened rise are possible. can Party of Donald Trump is one his nomination is met with feelings fire on those police officers. The first is that he represents an that is openly sparring with the ranging from discomfort to deri- And how could he believe such a thing? aberration — someone who se- U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It has sion. Because he had ingested the steady diet of cured the nomination by a fluke moved away from the party’s long- This part of the party is made up anti-police agitprop that for two years has born of an acutely angry political held beliefs on free trade agree- of free-market conservatives who been peddled by the Black Lives Matter mood and a strange primary sea- ments and immigration. It is not in believe the open movement of peo- movement and endorsed in the media, on son in which more mainstream favor of reining in Social Security ple and goods boosts the economy college campuses and among the more un- candidates unwittingly opened the and Medicare benefits in pursuit for all, national security hawks who scrupulous politicians, including the one in way for him by slicing up one an- of more fiscal balance. It thinks think the world slides toward chaos the White House. And just like the murder- other. If that’s the case, Mr. Trump the biggest foreign-policy gamble when the U.S. isn’t willing to inter- er in Dallas, Micah Johnson, Long is even has merely borrowed a party appa- by the last Republican president, a vene abroad, fiscal hawks who now being hailed as a hero in some of the ratus that still belongs to more war in Iraq, was a horrible failure. think it is dangerous to avoid curb- more noxious corners of the Internet. conventional leaders. These aren’t small departures, ing entitlement programs and a On Sunday, the president spoke as he The second potential explanation and they reflect a party not just business community that believes often does of healing divisions within the has more profound implications. It changing its views but changing its the kind of trade war with China country. When he speaks in these terms and is that Mr. Trump arrived on the face. Across the country, the Re- and Mexico that Mr. Trump seems under these circumstances, his words ring scene at a time when the very char- publicans now constitute more of a to threaten would be catastrophic. hollow. He presents a false compromise be- acter of the Republican Party was populist party and less a tradition- This coalition has, in fact, formed tween what he portrays as two extremes being transformed, and he is the ally conservative one. the core of the party for decades. It while he, the Wise One, occupies the sensi- agent who crystallized the change. Accumulated results from all won’t prevail in Cleveland this ble middle ground. But for the vast majority It seems unlikely that he caused Wall Street Journal/NBC News week — though Mr. Trump’s choice of Americans, whatever their race, there such a transformation in just a few polling done in the first half of of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his can be no compromise with people who laud months’ time and more likely that 2016 show Americans with no col- running mate represents a note- murderers as heroes. For such people, there he was there to capture it. lege education now make up a worthy nod toward it. can only be repudiation, something the The second explanation is the larger share of Republicans than The broad question facing Re- president cannot bring himself to do. one advanced by Mr. Trump’s of Democrats. Some 20 percent of publicans transcends personalities, team. “He has changed the face of self-identified Republicans are even a personality as large as Mr. Editor’s note: “Jack Dunphy” is the pseud- the Republican Party,” much as from rural areas, compared with Trump’s: Is what it means to be a onym of a police officer in southern Califor- Ronald Reagan did a generation just 11 percent of Democrats. Al- Republican changing this week nia. ago, Trump campaign manager most nine in 10 of those who call here on the shores of Lake Erie?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DON’T COMPARE FARMERS, collect subsidies, the vast dard practice. The overall taxpayers and need to be ad- arrest all Muslims. They COMPANY TO CRACKHEADS majority collected very mod- economic impact from Con- dressed. But let’s take care should arrest all Black Lives I applaud Charles Dennis’ est amounts, often under tinental on the state and not to compare the vast ma- Matter protestors. recent letter to the editor $1,000 or $2,000 a year for county will far outweigh jority of our hardworking Why? posted on July 13 which the years they collected. So this subsidy. non-rich farmers who en- Because Omar Mateen is calls attention to wasteful a very few large and well-off On the other hand, do gage in a very risky busi- representative of all Mus- farm and cooperate subsi- farm owners are collecting wealthy racetrack owners ness along with our good lims. Because Micah Xavier dies, the hypocrisy sur- the bulk of these subsidies such as Brian France and friends at Continental to Johnson is representative of rounding them and the bur- which I understand many Butron Smith need govern- “the crackhead drawing wel- all Black Lives Matter pro- den they place on taxpayers. farmers themselves actually ment subsidies? Their subsi- fare down the street.” testors. But public information re- oppose. dies come in the form of WILLIAM Q. BRUNSON If you don’t agree with the leased by the USDA for the Continental Tire chose to very generous depreciation Sumter above statements then STOP years 1995-2014 show that 70 set up shop in Sumter due in rates for their numerous saying that Omar and Micah percent of all farmers in- part to generous state gov- and well-maintained race- are representatives of all cluding our hardworking ernment subsidies in the tracks. So apparently those DON’T PUNISH EVERYONE gun owners. “homegrown” ones in Sum- form of reduced tax rates. with the gold still make the FOR ONE PERSON’S ACTIONS One should not seek to ter County did not collect One can assume that other rules. Because of recent sense- punish the whole because any farm subsidies at all. states and municipalities I agree that overly gener- less murders, the govern- of the actions of a few! And records also show that were offering similar in- ous government subsidies ment should confiscate ev- SCOTT A. SCHROEDER of the 30 percent who did ducements, which is stan- are too often a burden on eryone’s guns! They should Wedgefield

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MSNBC, CNN) compare to have conducted their debates gy to reveal the sound foun- conventions past? in Latin had they so chosen. dation of the Eternal City’s LATE NIGHT Now streaming on Netflix, Yet their encounters were enduring structures. CULT CHOICE Expect John Fetterman on the 2015 documentary “Best anything but cool. 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Buckley would subse- Lewis and NAF are booked change TV news and politi- quently sue Vidal for some TONIGHT’S OTHER SERIES NOTES on “The Late Show With Ste- cal discourse. of the things said on the air, HIGHLIGHTS A petty officer faces disci- phen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., In the late 1960s, ABC was and heated debates would • BBC America offers a 15- pline on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, CBS) * Jimmy Fallon wel- long mired in last place, the soon become part of Ameri- hour “Planet Earth” (5 p.m. r, TV-PG) * Floundering in comes Idris Elba, Heidi third network of three. A can TV. We later saw con- through 8 a.m. Wednesday) Florida on “Hotel Hell” (8 Klum and Lukas Graham on joke at the time asked, “How trived exchanges on “60 Min- marathon. p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Axl does “The Tonight Show” (11:35 do you end the Vietnam utes” that would be later • George Lopez guest-judg- grunt work on “The Middle” p.m., NBC). Michael Strah- War? 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Donations are wel- Myrtle The General George L. Mabry Jr. IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach Chapter 817 Military Order of come and can be mailed to NFB Sumter Chapter, P.O. 92/73 89/74 the Purple Heart will meet at 6 Today: A morning storm, then a heavy Box 641, Sumter, SC 29151. Aiken p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at storm. Winds light, variable. 93/71 American Legion Post 15, 34 The Thunderguards of Sumter Wednesday: A blend of sun and clouds. S. Artillery Drive. All Purple will hold its annual back-to- Winds northeast 4-8 mph. Heart recipients and those school bash from 11 a.m. to 4 interested in associate p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at ON THE COAST Charleston membership are invited. Call the Thunderguards club- 90/75 (803) 773-0658. house, 104 E. Bee St. Free Today: A thunderstorm around. High 88 Fourth Fridays in Downtown event. For information, call to 92. Sumter will feature Darrell DuckTape at (803) 651-0482, Wednesday: Clouds and sun with a stray Harwood from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Brascoe at (803) 622-4685 or thunderstorm; humid. High 87 to 91. on Friday, July 22, on Main WildChild at (803) 983-8715. Street between Liberty Edmunds High School Class of Street and Hampton Avenue. 1966 will hold its 50th re- LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON Central Carolina Technical Col- union on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Sumter County Muse- SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:25 a.m. Sunset 8:32 p.m. lege will host an open house at Lake pool yest. chg um. Cost: $30 for singles, $60 Temperature Moonrise 8:16 p.m. Moonset 6:08 a.m. the Advanced Manufacturing Murray 360 356.53 none for couples. Kent Mims and High 94° Technology Training Center Marion 76.8 74.90 +0.11 Full Last New First Low 71° (AMTTC) from 9 a.m. to 1 Coty Cuttino are organizing Moultrie 75.5 74.76 +0.07 Normal high 91° p.m. on Saturday, July 23. a golf outing for the after- Wateree 100 98.07 +0.10 Normal low 70° The AMTTC is located at 853 noon of Friday, Sept. 23. Call July 19 July 26 Aug. 2 Aug 10 Myra at (803) 491-4624. Record high 101° in 2002 Broad Street. Attendees will Record low 62° in 1967 RIVER STAGES see demonstrations that in- The Heart of Sumter Neighbor- TIDES Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr clude 3D modeling, fourth hood Association’s (HSNA) 10th Precipitation River stage yest. chg 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" AT MYRTLE BEACH axis machining, and robot- Annual Art in the Park will be Black River 12 5.53 +0.33 Month to date 1.30" High Ht. Low Ht. ics. 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the Associated Press Henrik Stenson of Sweden kiss- es the trophy after winning the British Open on Sunday n Troon, Scotland. Troon trumps classic ’77 duel Better golf tops ‘Duel in the Sun’ By DOUG FERGUSON RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM The Associated Press Sumter’s Britton Beasley delivers a pitch during Sumter’s 20-4 victory over Beaufort on Monday at Patriot Park SportsPlex in an elimination TROON, Scotland — Turn- berry had the bigger stars. Troon had the better golf. That, along with 20 miles of Ayrshire coastline, might be all that separates two of the Sumter routs Beaufort most compelling duels in 156 years of the British Open. By TOM O’HARE To compare anything with Special to The Sumter Item 5-0. Tyler Jones, Travis Pillsbury, Cam scored on a single up the middle by the 1977 British Open used to Branham, and Britton Beasley each Denzell Sigler to make it 7-1. Sigler be sacrosanct. For the last four Sumter stayed alive in the “O” zone scored after drawing a base on balls, scored on a single by Trapp to stretch decades, the “Duel in the Sun” state tournament on Monday at Patriot while Austin Trapp, who reached on a Sumter’s lead to 8-1, and Trapp scored was the gold stan- Park SportsPlex, bouncing back from fielder’s choice, crossed home plate on on a single by Harris to make it 9-1. dard for head-to- Sunday’s 11-3 loss to Midland by pound- a single by Gabriel Harris. Beaufort closed to within 9-2 in the head battles in a ing Beaufort 20-4. C.J. Robinson homered off of Sumter bottom of the second when Woods major champion- Sumter will take on Lake City today at starter Britton Beasley in the bottom of reached on an error and scored on a ship, which are 6:30 p.m. in another elimination game. the first to pull Beaufort to within 5-1. wild pitch. Beaufort loaded the bases rare. Jack Nick- Beaufort starting pitcher Tyler Haley Davis Woods came on to pitch for with two outs, but Beasley retired Gra- laus was the best struggled to find the plate in the top of Beaufort in the second, and he helped ham Ruff on a ground ball to Harris at in golf with 14 ma- Mickelson the first inning, walking four of the Sumter out by walking Tate Sistare to shortstop to avoid further damage. jors, nearing the first six batters that came to the plate. start the inning and hitting Dax Dicker- end of his prime at Sumter made him pay, jumping ahead son with a pitch. Sistare and Dickerson See ‘O’ ZONE, Page B3 37. Tom Watson was the emerging star, 10 years young- er, who won his second major earlier that year by holding off legion BaseBall Nicklaus to win the Masters. For two days, they put on a spectacular show. Both shot 65 in the third round and shared the lead. Nicklaus finished with a 40- P-15’s clinch playoff series foot birdie putt for a 66 and a 269, a score that would have From staff reports the tournament since it is won any major in history to hosting the event at Riley Park that point. That lasted only as MYRTLE BEACH – It took beginning on Saturday. Win- long as it took Watson, who hit the Sumter P-15’s four days to ning the series means it will a 7-iron to about 2 feet on the finally get on the field for the not be the No. 4 seed from the final hole at Turnberry, to tap fourth game of their best-of-5 lower state, but is projected as in his birdie for a 65 and a 268. second-round series against the No. 3 seed. “This is what it’s all about, Murrells Inlet in the Ameri- Murrells Inlet will be in a isn’t it,” Watson said to Nick- can Legion state playoffs. play-in series with Camden laus on the 16th hole when And Sumter made sure it and Horry to determine who they were tied. brought its bats to the Socast- will be the lower state No. 4 Turnberry entered the con- ee High School field. seed. Camden and Murrells versation Sunday at Royal The P-15’s posted five runs Inlet are scheduled to play Troon after four holes, when it in the first inning and blew today at the Conway High field was clear Henrik Stenson and the game open in the third with the winner of that game Phil Mickelson had something with eight more runs on the playing Horry on Wednesday, special going. way to an 18-5 win and gave it also at Conway High. Mickelson began with an a 3-1 series victory that earned The P-15’s, who improved to Caption approach that danced near the it a spot in the state tourna- 22-5 on the season, jumped on Liam Bloom of Murrells Inlet Post 178 comes off the field with a cup for a tap-in birdie. Stenson ment. dejected look on his face in Sumter’s 18-5 victory on Monday in Sumter would have been in See P-15s, Page B3 Myrtle Beach that clinched the second-round playoff series. See duel, Page B4 auto racing Kenseth pulls away late to win Cup race at New Hampshire By DAN GELSTON Just like last fall more than 120 laps before fal- a car,” Kenseth said. “Today, I since the lasers were institut- The Associated Press on the same track tering over the final 75 laps, felt like we had the best car.” ed in 2013. when Kevin Har- paving the way for Kenseth to NASCAR said Kenseth’s No. Tony Stewart finished sec- LOUDON, N.H. — Matt vick’s lead evapo- win for the second time this 20 Toyota failed the post-race ond and strengthened his spot Kenseth was always near the rated when he ran season. laser inspection station and inside the top 30 in the points front of the pack. He stalked out of fuel, Kens- Kenseth also won the New will be brought to the research standings. Stewart has a win the leaders and waited for con- eth pounced. He Hampshire race last Septem- and development center in this season and needs to se- Kenseth tenders to wilt. pulled away down ber. He has 38th career victo- Concord, North Carolina, for cure a spot in the top 30 in Kyle Busch and Martin the stretch to win ries. more evaluation. The penalty points to clinch a spot in the Truex Jr. faded down the the Sprint Cup race Sunday at “Last fall, we squeaked one for that kind of failure has tra- Chase for the Sprint Cup stretch. So did Denny Hamlin. New Hampshire Motor Speed- out, a little more fuel than ditionally been a 15-point pen- championship. He inched from It almost seemed like a re- way. Kevin and a little different alty. But this was the first time peat scenario for Kenseth. Truex and Busch each led strategy, but not quite as good a race winner was busted See kenseth, Page B2 A2 | TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016 THE SUMTER ITEM

Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Man exchanges gunfire with security guards Suspect crashes car into lodge BY JIM HILLEY [email protected]

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident early Sunday which led to the sus- pect crashing into the building of Hillcrest Masonic Lodge 397 on Frier- son Road. According to a sheriff’s office re- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM port, deputies responded about 2:40 A shooting suspect on Sunday a.m. to a reported shooting at a club crashed a 2012 Chevrolet Impala in the 3800 block of Broad Street. The into the building of Hillcrest incident began when a man was argu- Masonic Lodge 397 on Frierson ing with a woman in the parking lot Road with such impact, it lodged and she drove away, the report said. this brick in a wall 20 feet away The man, 41, then tried to enter the from the crash site. club, but two security guards turned him away. The man then went to his vehicle and retrieved a weapon, according to the report. He approached the securi- ty guards, who again told him he could not enter the club. The man PHOTO PROVIDED then allegedly put the weapon to the chest of one of the security guards and pulled the trigger. eral times as he ran. The man was cated at the intersection of Stamey tion at the crash site Monday, said the However, the security guard’s body reportedly shot at least three times Livestock and Frierson roads. crash caused significant damage to armor stopped the bullet, and he was but managed to drive away. Several Law enforcement and EMS crews the inside of the lodge and that the uninjured, the report said. other vehicles in the parking lot were responded, and they extracted the crash caused debris to shoot across Sumter County Sheriff’s Office hit by gunfire. man from his vehicle and transport- the lodge and even sent a brick flying Public Information Officer Ken Bell A few minutes later, the man’s ve- ed him to Palmetto Health Tuomey, so fast it lodged in the side of a wall. A said the security officer was badly hicle passed another car at a high where he underwent surgery. He is visual inspection of the inside of the bruised but otherwise uninjured. rate of speed on Stamey Livestock listed in stable condition. The sus- building showed the crash caused “The vest definitely saved his life,” Road, the report said. Witnesses in pect’s identity has not been released, damage to at least two rooms with Bell said. the other vehicle said they discov- but the sheriff’s office said the man bricks and concrete blocks scattered The two guards returned fire as he ered the man’s vehicle had traveled will be charged when he is released throughout the rooms. Davis said he fled to his vehicle, a silver 2012 Chev- across Frierson Road and crashed from the hospital. doesn't have an estimate of the dam- rolet Impala, firing his weapon sev- into the Hillcrest Masonic Lodge, lo- Dan Davis, a lodge member on loca- age.

LOCAL BRIEF Judge: Jurors for Roof trial to come from Charleston FROM STAFF REPORTS City council to vote on CHARLESTON (AP) — A for the 22-year-old Roof be- can’t be found locally and ing of information from men- federal jury selected from gins Nov. 7. then ask that the trial be tal health exams on the defen- rezoning 3.26 acres the Charleston area, not all Roof is charged with hate moved. dant were discussed. of South Caroli- crimes and other counts in Defense Attorney David The defense has also filed a Sumter City Council will na, will decide the June 2015 shooting deaths Bruck assured the judge he motion to dismiss the charges meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the fate of during a Bible study at Eman- has no intention of asking for which the judge will hear at a council chambers of the Dylann Roof uel AME Church. Authorities a change in the trial location. later date. Sumter Opera House, 21 N. when he goes allege Roof, who is white, The judge has indicated Roof also faces nine mur- Main St. on trial later posed with the Confederate during earlier hearings that der charges in state court in The agenda includes the this year in the battle flag before the killings between 1,200 and 1,500 poten- another death-penalty trial in final reading to rezone 3.26 ROOF shootings of and talked of trying to start a tial jurors are expected to be which jury selection is set for acres in South Sumter from nine black pa- race war. summoned for the jury pool. January. general commercial and rishioners at a Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay The jury selection procedures The state trial was to have light industrial-warehouse to Charleston church. Richardson said the govern- for the trial are now largely begun this month. But it was the central business district. U.S. District Judge Richard ment has no objection to se- set. delayed after defense attor- In June, council held a Gergel ruled during a Mon- lecting jurors from the Roof did not attend Mon- neys said their expert needed public hearing about the day hearing that a local pool Charleston area as long as the day’s hour-long hearing dur- additional time complete a city's request to rezone the will be used to select jurors defense does not come back ing which other technical psychiatric evaluation of majority of the 3.26-acre when the death-penalty trial later, say an impartial jury legal details including shar- Roof. block between South Main Street, East Bartlette Street, East Oakland Ave- nue and South Harvin Street. The city plans to redevel- Sumter man faces 1 count of attempted murder of 8 deputies op the block once the land is rezoned and move its Also charged with assault Despite Cox’s actions, her with a sword. Warrants also state water department to the he was arrested and he duct taped her mouth and body and corner of South Harvin and battery, kidnapping charged with two threatened to kill her. and Bartlette streets. counts of kidnapping The warrants also report that be- Council will hear reports of his sister and mother and one count each of tween May 1 and 31, at a residence in on the Sumter Develop- assault and battery of a the 1200 block of Mooneyham Road, ment board from Sumter FROM STAFF REPORTS high and aggravated na- Cox threatened to kill his mother, Mayor Joseph McElveen; ture and assault and COX choked her with a scarf and duct taped Santee-Lynches Regional Attempting to avoid arrest on nu- battery, first degree. her body before attempting to hand- Council of Governments merous charges Sunday evening, Matt Warrants state that on or between cuff her. board from mayor pro-tem Samuel Cox, 46, of 1297 Mooneyham July 15 and 17, at a residence in the On Monday, Cox was also charged Thomas Lowery; and San- Road, poured gasoline throughout his 1200 block of Mooneyham Road, Cox with arson and one count of attempted tee-Wateree Regional residence and barricaded himself in a choked his sister, threw her to the murder on the eight deputies who Transportation Authority bathroom where he set a small rug on ground, put his knee to her chest, were inside of the house at the time of from councilman Calvin fire. dragged her from the bed and poked the fire. Hastie.

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TENNIS Louise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, PTC Summer Camp II SC 29153 or can be brought to Reds pummel Wisler, outslug Braves, 8-2 the office at Dillon Park, next CINCINNATI — Zack Co- strikeouts and the Marlins general manager Terry Registration for the PTC to Crystal Lakes Golf Course. zart, Joey Votto and Eugenio rallied off Jeanmar Gomez Ryan. Summer Tennis Camp II at The tournament is known Suarez all homered in the in the ninth, scoring two Justin Upton homered in Palmetto Tennis Center is cur- for its prizes with none greater fourth inning as the Cincin- runs with two outs. Chris- the second to back Boyd (1- rently being taken. than the $51,000 prize if some- nati Reds got the better of a tian Yelich hit an RBI double 2), who struck out seven The camp will run from one sinks a hole-in-one on the matchup between the NL’s and scored on Marcell Ozu- with one walk and provided Aug. 1-5 from 9 a.m. to noon 18th hole. Should someone ace two worst teams, beating the na’s single. a welcome boost to a rota- each day. The camp is open to the 18th hole, his or her Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Mon- tion that has shown little boys and girls ages 5-13, and church will receive a check for day night. Cubs 5, depth of late. the cost is $125 per camper. $50,000 and the player will re- The Reds (35-58) have Mets 1 For more information, call ceive $1,000. taken three of five this sea- Yankees 2 Palmetto Tennis Center at son against the Braves, who CHICAGO — Anthony Orioles 1 (803) 774-3969 or go to www. VOLLEYBALL have the majors’ worst re- Rizzo hit a three-run homer, palmettotenniscenter.com. cord (32-61). Atlanta is 19-31 Jon Lester pitched 7 2/3 in- NEW YORK — Alex Rodri- Twilight Tennis in Parks Officials needed all-time at Great American nings and the Chicago Cubs guez hit his 696th career The final event of Twilight The South Carolina Inde- Ball Park, including five stopped an eight-game losing homer , Ivan Nova grinded Tennis in the Parks, sponsored pendent School Association is losses in its last six games. streak against the New York through six innings and the by Palmetto Tennis Center, looking for anyone interested The Reds connected three Mets with a 5-1 victory on Yankees’ bullpen trio closed will be held on Saturday, July in being a volleyball official. times off Matt Wisler (4-9), Monday night in a rematch up shop for the second 30, at Birnie Park from 7:30 Those who are interested who has given up five hom- of last year’s NL Champion- straight game to help New p.m. to 9 p.m. must be able to work matches ers in his last two starts. Co- ship Series. 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All-Star Jose Fernandez another loss just hours after less streak to 22 innings. while the tournament will be The classes will be held on tied a career-high with 14 they announced the firing of Wire reports held at Sunset Country Club. Mondays beginning at 6:30 On Friday, Aug. 26, the play- p.m. ers, sponsors and families will For more information, con- gather for fellowship, devotion, tact Granderson James at (803) praise music and food at 6 p.m. 968-2391 or [email protected] youth BaseBall at Alice Drive Baptist Church or Richard Geddings at (803) located at 1305 Loring Mill 468-8858. Road. Sumter American knocked out of 9-10 state tournament On Saturday, Aug. 26, at BOWLING Sunset, sign-in for the morn- UNION — Sumter Ameri- 3-2 on Monday in the 11-12 on Sunday at Timken Sports ing flight begins at 7 a.m. Tee Gamecock Lanes Scores can was eliminated from the year-old Majors baseball Complex. off will begin at approximately May 28-June 2 9-10 year-old AAA baseball state tournament in the Phillip Black went the dis- 8 a.m. The afternoon flight will Tuesday Night Mixed: Tucker Tumblin state tournament with a pair completion of a suspended tance on the mound for Tur- have sign-in at 11 a.m. for its 1 233-594; Gloria Cardone 154-366; Karen of losses on Monday at Tim- game. beville, allowing just two p.m. tee times. Sweeney 161-435; Joann Goins 244-686; ken Sports Complex. Clarendon County was hits while striking out six. The cost is $45 per golfer and Von Carraway 626; Harold Allen 628; Sumter American lost to scheduled to play Maple Black, Wes Ard, Grant includes the praise dinner on Tuesday Pipkin 404. McLeod Park 8-3 in the com- Park later on Monday. Barrineau, Chase William- Friday as well as lunch and Jr. Ten Pins: Beau Carraway 134-278; pletion of a suspended game. son and Britton McKenzie beverages on Saturday. Play- Mark Lupori 233-638; Austin Kirby 154; Sumter American then lost Myrtle Beach 3 had hits. Turbeville left the ers can also purchase up to Caleb Baker 101-286; Kylie Timmons 90- to Pepper Hill Wescott 8-3. Turbeville 0 bases loaded in one inning. two mulligans for $5 that can 201; Kierston Haddock 336. Turbeville was scheduled be used anywhere on the Afternoon Delight: Calvin Mc Millan Clarendon County UNION – Turbeville lost to to play Conway in an elimi- course. 230-620; Hugh Lofton 480; Julia Jenkins game suspended Myrtle Beach 3-0 on Sunday nation game on Monday. Registration forms can be 504; Danny Wetherington 493; Thomas UNION – Clarendon Coun- in the 11-12 year-old Majors mailed to CGA, 1285 Clara Jackson 652. ty defeated Moncks Corner baseball state tournament Staff reports

O’Zone O’ZONE Tournament From Page B1 Scores/schedule Monday Game 13 – Clinton vs. Lancaster Saturday Game 14 – Pineview vs. Georgetown Game 1 – Sumter 16, Georgetown 4 Sumter scored four times in Game 15 – Sumter vs. Beaufort Game 2 – Midland 12, Mt. Pleasant 0 Game 16 – Midland vs. Lake City the third to go ahead 13-2, and Game 3 – Pineview 15, Seneca 5 Today James Wylie drove in two runs Game 4 – Lake City 5, Clinton 0 Game 17 – Winner Game 14 vs. Game 5 – Hartsville National 12, Winner Game 13, 5:30 p.m. (Field 3) with a bases-loaded double in Lancaster 2 Game 18 – Loser Game 16 vs. Winner the fourth to put Sumter on Game 6 – Beaufort 10, Greer 5 Game 15, 6:30 p.m. (Field 2) top 15-2. Sumter tacked on five Sunday Game 19 – Winner Game 16 vs. Game 7 – Lancaster 4, Greer 3, Greer Hartsville National, 8 p.m. (Field 3) more runs before the fourth eliminated Wednesday ended to make it 20-2. Game 8 – Clinton 20, Seneca 2, Game 20 – Loser Game 19 vs. Winner Seneca eliminated Beasley pitched the first two Game 18, 5:30 p.m. (Field 3) Game 9 – Georgetown 6, Mt. Pleasant Game 21 – Winner Game 19 vs. innings for Sumter. Landon 3, Mt. Pleasant eliminated Winner Game 17, 8 p.m. (Field 3) Delavan pitched a scoreless Game 10 – Hartsville National 7, Thursday Beaufort 3 Game 22 – Winner Game 21 vs. third and Branham finished Game 11 – Lake City 8, Pineview 4 Winner Game 20, 10 a.m. (Field 3) off the game by pitching the Game 12 – Midland 11, Sumter 3 Game 23 – If Necessary, 2 p.m. (Field fourth, in which Beaufort scored twice to make it 20-4, Midland 11-3. Sumter had six Midland had 10 hits, five of which ended the game via the hits, led by Britton Beasley, them home runs. Trey Gal- 15-run mercy rule. who was 2-for-2. Tyler Jones legos pitched four scoreless in- On Sunday, Sumter lost to had a hit and scored a run. nings to get the win.

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with a fielder’s choice to make with Williamson getting out “Very easy to work with.” legion it 2-0. Rylan Williamson and of the inning with the bases From Page B1 Ryan Touchberry had RBI sin- loaded. Onisha Bethea gles and Ryan Moore had a The P-15’s got the three runs Post 178 starting pitcher Fox sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. back in the top of the third on Apply For Credit Wagner for five runs in the “We told ourselves on the a 3-run home run by Caleb first. Leadoff hitter Brandon drive down that we had to Larrimore. Sumter poured it Online At: Spittle was hit by a pitch to have a big inning to start the on from there, scoring five www.boylebhph.com start the game and Dawson game,” said Sumter head more times in the inning to go Price followed with a double. coach Steve Campbell, whose up 13-3. Jordan Holladay was inten- team had 20 hits. Tradd James came on in re- tionally walked to load the Williamson pitched a score- lief of Williamson in the third We Finance in House bases. Spittle scored on a wild less first inning, but Murrells and finished the game to get ptich before Todd Larrimer Inlet got back in the game in the win. BOYLE Buy Here Pay Here walked to reload the basesa. the second. Post 178, which Sumter scored three runs in Daniel Twitty drove in a run fell to 9-11, scored three runs the fourth to go up 16-5. 773-2474 • 347 Broad Street B4 | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 sports The SUMTER ITEM

birdie on every hole, three-put- duel ting from 80 feet just off the From Page B1 first green and three-putting from 40 feet on No. 11. Even so, answered with two straight he made 10 birdies amid re- birdies from 15 feet to regain lentless pressure of trying to the lead. Stenson hit his ap- win his first major. proach on the par-5 fourth “We’ll never see perfection hole onto the green for a two- on a links like that ever again putt birdie. Mickelson carved in our lives,” Nick Faldo said. a long iron into 8 feet for an “There’s no way.” eagle, and they were tied Stenson, however, had com- again. pany. It never stopped the rest of Without Mickelson there to the way. push him, there’s no telling The greater the pressure, how this final round would be the better the golf until Sten- remembered. Mickelson made son had broken one record, six birdies against no bogeys tied three others and won his for a 65. Even when Stenson first major. took a two-shot lead by rolling Nicklaus doesn’t watch a lot in a 50-foot birdie putt across of golf on television, but he the 15th green, Mickelson an- considers himself fortunate to swered with a 3-wood up the have watched “every second” narrow front in the green to 30 of this one. feet. His eagle putt just turned “Phil Mickelson played one away at the right, and he ran of the best rounds I have ever out of holes. seen played in the Open, and Their better-ball score — re- Henrik Stenson just played member, they were in the final better — he played one of the group — would have been 59. greatest rounds I have ever Their worst-ball score would seen,” Nicklaus posted to so- have been 69. cial media. “Phil certainly has Small wonder that Mickel- nothing to be ashamed of be- son calls it the “best I’ve cause he played wonderfully. played and not won.” ... Henrik was simply terrific.” Imagine if this had been And how did it measure up Mickelson and any of the “Fab with his duel at Turnberry? Four” a generation or so be- “Our final round was really hind him. That’s what Turn- good,” Nicklaus said, “but berry had. Stenson is a popu- theirs was even better.” lar champion, though his ca- On his own, Stenson could reer has been slowed by two have claimed the greatest clos- slumps, and the 40-year-old ing round in a major. He made Swede had never won a major. four birdies over the last five That’s why the edge goes to holes for a 63, the same score Turnberry for star power. Johnny Miller shot in the final For golf ? Nothing touches The Associated Press round when he won the 1973 Troon. Henrik Stenson, left, and Phil Mickelson walk off the 18th green after Stenson won the British Open at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Imagine a perfection-seeker Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday. Miller came from six shots like Stenson trying to beat behind. Stenson played in the Mickelson at his best, making two shots for 40 consecutive Over those 36 holes, they were The champion never more de- final group over the last two two bogeys and still shooting holes until Stenson’s final tied after 15, Stenson led after serving. rounds. 63 with little margin for error. birdie to win by three. They 13 of them and Mickelson led And it will be a long time — Stenson played such a per- Stenson and Mickelson were were in the final group for after eight of them. just like after Turnberry — be- fect round that he putted for never separated by more than both days on the weekend. The golf was never better. fore this will be topped.

Cancer survivor Southgate finishes in tears Keeping Sumter Beautiful By STEVE DOUGLAS By Amanda McNulty, The Associated Press County Extension Agent

TROON, Scotland — With his How Much to Water? committed to the advancement of the family watching, cancer survi- turfgrass sod industry. Through the edu- Jackie Jordan, Extension Agent for cation of its members, product users and vor Matthew Southgate was in Richland and Kershaw, spent several various green industry and government tears as he approached the 18th years while she was completing her entities, the association serves to encour- green at Royal Troon. A trau- degree answering phone questions at age the use of turfgrass sod worldwide.“ matic 12 months for the Eng- the Richland County Extension Sounds like a reliable place to get the lishman was ending on a high. Office. Many times, men with ques- industry facts on the grasses we grow tions about their lawns would ask to for lawns in the South. Their website Southgate was about to com- speak to a male. After one such has descriptions of all available turf plete a final round of 2-under request too many, Jackie choose turf- grass species, and the warm season 69 that saw him finish tied for grass as her area of expertise in her selections, Centipede, Bermuda, and 12th at the British Open, a horticultural degree program! No St. Augustinegrass, without exception, year to the week that he un- more forwarding calls. all stated “best adapted to hot, dry or It is hot, hot, hot, and we are all tropical climates . . . very tolerant of derwent surgery after being The Associated Press watering like mad. Containers are the high temperatures” (ranging from diagnosed with testicular can- Matthew Southgate, right, shot 69 in the final round of the British worst; the small ones may need water- 100◦ to 110◦). cer. At that point, he thought Open on Sunday, a year to the week after undergoing surgery for ing twice a day. In St. Matthews, I’m After more reading, I found recom- his golfing career was over. testicular cancer. Southgate finished in a tie for 12th. running the sprinkler over the root mended amounts of water per week. “Words cannot describe how zones of my bald cypress trees, which Again, there was consensus that these that felt walking down that are growing in regular soil rather than “tropical” species needed one inch of a swamp, as these trees will drop their water per week. Jackie Jordan said that last hole,” the 27-year-old Day and Jordan Spieth at had asked me last year, I’d needles in a harsh summer; a protec- she recommends two applications of Southgate said. “Sixty-nine is Royal Troon. It nearly earned have said it was possible for tive response to the heat and lack of one-half inch each per week. If you a hell of a score for me on a him an exemption into next me to qualify. But to finish up water. But most of the plants growing have fears that the excessive heat is day which meant so much.” year’s British Open at Birk- there comfortably in the top in my yard that are well-established harming your lawn, walk across it in Within weeks of the opera- dale. Southgate missed out by 20, no one would have had a have a root system which extends well the early evening. If the print from beyond the above-ground portion of your shoe remains visible for an tion, Southgate was back play- one stroke. one-pound bet on that.” the plant and can mine enough mois- extended period of time, then your ing — against his doctor’s ad- “It’s been a roller-coaster This week, Southgate has ture from the soil to keep the plant turf grass lacks the turgor to spring vice — and initially using his year for me,” said Southgate, been wearing a wristband alive, even in these difficult and trying back, and a watering of one-half inch girlfriend’s lighter clubs. He who was told recently that doc- with the words “Hattie’s He- times. the next morning (don’t’ water in the got through tour school to tors were happy with his recov- roes” on it. His 3-year-old Well, that advice sounds fine for evening; wet leaves at night promote mature trees and shrubs that are fungal diseases) is appropriate. For keep his place on the Europe- ery and that he doesn’t have to niece, Hattie, was diagnosed healthy, well-rooted in, and have advice from the turf experts, gender an Tour, had a fourth-place go to see them as regularly. with leukemia in 2014 and is mulch to help hold soil moisture. But not revealed, search “Clemson HGIC finish at the Irish Open in May “I always had the belief in- coming to the end of her che- what about lawns? My mind seemed 1207, watering lawns.” for the biggest pay check of side I’d get over the health is- motherapy. to have some vague memory about his career, and then qualified sues and be back in an Open Southgate left Troon with a our warm-season turf grasses’ being Clemson University Cooperative Extension for the Open last month. Championship, but to do it message: “For any youngsters tropical in origin, and after doing Service offers its programs to people of all ages, some looking around, I found verifica- regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national Now, with a 1-under 283 within the year and to have out there who want to do it, tion of that. origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orien- total, he has shot lower than my family here ... it is a big just go for it and stick with “Turfgrass Producers International, tation, marital or family status and is an equal the likes of top-ranked Jason achievement for me. 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Heck, “So, I think we’ve done a Doug Pederson in Philadel- diate calls for the nation’s en- Atlanta had a worse record in the Rams no longer are in good job of sorting through phia, Dirk Koetter in Tampa, tire team to be sidelined from the majors. St. Louis. distractions and various and Chip Kelly in San Fran- the Summer Games, raising Upheaval is the buzzword things that are going on with cisco. Mike Mularkey has the possibility that the Olym- Ko wins Marathon Classic for the NFL as training our football team and stay- moved from interim to head pics could go on without a on fourth extra hole camps open. At least until ing focused on football.” coach in Tennessee. sports superpower for the first SYLVANIA, Ohio — Lydia big-name players get big- The Giants have a new Los Angeles, meanwhile, time since the 1980s. Ko outlasted Ariya Juta- time injuries, or major hold- look on the sideline as the returns to the NFL roster at The investigation released nugarn and Mirim Lee to win outs end, or tackling and often red-faced Coughlin re- the expense of St. Louis, Monday confirmed a scheme the Marathon Classic for her blocking for real begin, the signed (before he was forced where the Rams previously run out of the anti-doping lab fourth LPGA Tour victory of departures of a likely Hall out) after a dozen seasons. resided for two decades. in Moscow that ensnared 28 the season. The top-ranked Ko of Fame player and coach Whether his gesticulations Things won’t look much dif- summer and winter sports, made a 10-foot birdie putt on will be front and center. or his coaching acumen will ferent with the Rams, how- from track to snowboarding to the fourth extra hole after Ju- Not to mention the first be most missed is anyone’s ever — they left the LA area table tennis. It lasted at least tanugarn and Lee ran into shifting of an NFL franchise guess, but Ben McAdoo (Anaheim, actually) in 1995 four years and involved at trouble. since the Oilers moved to steps in for his first top job — as they call the aging LA least 312 positive tests that Tennessee in 1997. in the pros. Coliseum home until their went unreported at the behest Baddeley’s 24-foot putt in Manning’s retirement McAdoo’s first challenge palace in nearby Inglewood of higher-ups in the country’s playoff wins Barbasol doesn’t exactly leave a void is getting the team out of a is ready in 2019. sports ministry. OPELIKA, Ala. — Aaron Bad- at the top of the quarterback four-year rut of not making While NFL owners clearly “A mind-blowing level of deley made a 24-foot putt on the ranks with Aaron Rodgers, the playoffs. General manag- were eager to get back to Hol- corruption within both Rus- fourth hole of a playoff with Si Tom Brady, Ben Roethlis- er Jerry Reese and team lywood, it remains question- sian sport and government,” Woo Kim to win the Barbasol berger, Cam Newton and, oh owners spent big in free able how enamored of the said Travis Tygart, the CEO of Championship at Grand Na- yeah, Peyton’s little brother agency to provide McAdoo NFL fans in SoCal will be. the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. tional. The Australian secured a Eli still around. It does, how- with the tools to turn “This has really been a The World Anti-Doping two-year exemption and a spot ever, create a huge chasm to around the Giants. labor of love over the past Agency swiftly called for the in the PGA Championship, but fill in Denver. “We have talented players. five months to get this team International Olympic Com- not the Masters. With Von Miller’s messy It is just a matter of getting up and running in every mittee to consider a full ban of contract situation settled — the most out of their ability, facet,” Rams general manag- the Russian team from the Former Eagles coach it got ugly at times — Den- letting them make plays and er Kevin Demoff told the Summer Olympics, which Marion Campbell has died ver still must deal with the letting everyone step up and Ventura County Star. start Aug. 5 in Rio de Janiero. PHILADELPHIA — Former defections of Malik Jackson do their job,” quarterback Unbelievably, “Deflategate” Eagles coach Marion Campbell, and Danny Trevathan from Eli Manning said. actually is over. Tom Brady’s Twins fire GM Ryan who played on Philadelphia’s the brilliant defense via free “I think we made a big on-again, off-again suspen- MINNEAPOLIS — The Min- last NFL championship team in agency. So change hasn’t ex- jump this offseason,” line- sion is on for the first four nesota Twins fired general 1960, has died. He was 87. actly been positive for the backer Devon Kennard adds. games of the regular season. manager Terry Ryan on Mon- The team announced late champion Broncos. “It is a great group of guys That means Jimmy Garoppo- day, with the team holding the Sunday night that Campbell “Nothing’s smooth about that came in through the lo behind center; seeing any- worst record in the American passed away last Wednesday in what we do,” coach Gary Ku- draft and free agency and one but No. 12 quarterback- League and on pace to lose 100 Plano, Texas. biak has said. “There’s al- jelling with the guys who ing the Patriots might be the games this season. Wire reports ways things happening. But have already been here.” biggest upheaval of all.

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MARTHA W. NEDD Lawn West Cemetery in Char- ber of Autumn Woods Chris- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens He was preceded in death Martha Wright Nedd, wife lotte with the Rev. Sammy tian Church and was a retired Funeral Home and Crematori- by a sister, Delane Hightower of Warren Nedd, entered eter- Geddings officiating. seamstress. um of Sumter is in charge of Godwin of Orangeburg. nal rest on July 17, 2016, at Memorials may be made to Survivors include her hus- the arrangements. A memorial service will be McLeod Regional Medical the American Diabetes Asso- band; four children, Sham- held at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Center, Florence. ciation, 107 Westpark Blvd. okin Gladden (Adina), Joey THOMAS A. HIGHTOWER the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens The family is receiving No. 220, Columbia, SC 29210. Gladden (April), Carolyn Mor- Thomas Anderson Hightow- Funeral Home Chapel with friends at the residence, 81 Ike Elmore-Cannon-Stephens ris (Jimmy) and Tony Glad- er, 63, husband of Gloria the eulogy given by Windell Wright Road, Lynchburg. Funeral Home and Crematori- den (Chrissy); eight grand- Hightower, died on Saturday, Rodgers and Sarah Elizabeth Funeral arrangements are um of Sumter is in charge of children, Austin, Abigail, Au- July 16, 2016, at Palmetto Hasbrouck. incomplete and will be an- the arrangements. tumn, Peyton, Lily, Tristen, Health Tuomey. Memorials may be made to nounced by Wilson Funeral Ethan and Rylee; and a sister, Born in Orangeburg, he was Hope Lodge, c/o the Ameri- Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishop- ANNETTE BAKER Lessie Broome (Wayne). a son of the late Ernest Rob- can Cancer Society, 269 Cal- ville. Annette Baker, 82, died on She was preceded in death ert and Ruth Brickle Hightow- houn St., Charleston SC 29401. Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Pal- by two brothers, Melvin Price er. Mr. Hightower was a mem- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens ALBERTA G. PEOPLES metto Health Tuomey. and Roy Price. ber of First Baptist Church Funeral Home and Crematori- Alberta Goodman Peoples, Born on March 25, 1934, in Funeral services will be Orangeburg. He was a gradu- um of Sumter is in charge of 92, widow of William Franklin Lee County, he was a son of held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday ate of Orangeburg High the arrangements. Peoples, departed this life on Burl and Abigale Dixon at the Elmore-Cannon-Ste- School and attended Wingate Monday, July 18, 2016, at Sum- Baker. phens Funeral Home chapel College and College of EARTHERLINE D. ROBINSON ter East Health & Rehab. The family is receiving with the Rev. Tim Brown and Charleston. Thomas retired GREELEYVILLE — She was born on March 28, friends and relatives at the the Rev. Mack Kitchens offici- from Lowe's Stores and later Eartherline Dunmore Robin- 1924, in Sumter, a daughter of home, 600 Mount Lisbon ating. Burial will be in Sum- was a property manager for son, 88, widow of Eliger Rob- the late Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Road, Bishopville. ter Cemetery. Public Storage. inson, died on Monday, July Goodman. Funeral arrangements are Pallbearers will be James T. Survivors besides his wife 18, 2016, at the home of her The family will receive incomplete and will be an- Morris III, Austin Gladden, include one daughter, Kimber- granddaughter and husband, friends at 120 Carver St., Sum- nounced by Williams Funeral Wayne Broome, Brent Bur- ly Baker Harrelson (Rhett); 402 Henslowe Lane, West Co- ter, SC 29150. Home Inc. nette, Stanley McLeod and one sister, Anna Ruth Young lumbia. Funeral plans are incom- Stanley McLeod III. of Columbia; one brother, Er- She was born on June 18, plete and will be announced RUBY P. GLADDEN The family will receive nest Hightower Jr. of Colum- 1928, in Greeleyville, a daugh- later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. Ruby Price Gladden, 70, friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today bia; a special niece, Wendy ter of the late Roland Murray wife of Joe H. Gladden, died at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Godwin Barnes (Davy) of Is- Mattie McBride. DOROTHY K. REYNOLDS on Monday, July 18, 2016, at Funeral Home and other landton; several nephews; and The family is receiving Dorothy Kinney Reynolds, Palmetto Health Tuomey. times at the home. some very special friends, friends at her residence, 17 91, died on Monday, July 18, Born on Dec. 4, 1945, in Ker- Memorials may be made to Carol and Mike Bond and Catawba Road, Greeleyville. 2016, at Harbor Chase Assist- shaw, she was a daughter of the family c/o Elmore-Cannon- Windell Rodgers, all of Sum- These services have been ed Living in Aiken. the late Walter and Lillie Stephens Funeral Home, 515 ter, and Rollie Huffstetler of entrusted to Samuels Funeral Services will be announced Twitty Price. She was a mem- Miller Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Columbia. Home LLC of Manning. by Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- neral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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DEAR ABBY — deluge of helpful, caring re- showed off the ring to every- I saw myself sponses to Diana's letter, and one, her own nails grew out in the Jan. 15 several readers mentioned beautifully and she never letter from trichotillomania in the more chewed them again. "Diana in San severe cases. Some had taken Additional growing-out tips Diego," the my advice to keep an emery mentioned by readers were: lifelong com- board and cuticle scissors coating the nails with a hard- pulsive nail nearby a step further, by learn- ening solution, keeping the cu- biter who ing to do a full manicure. ticles moist with petroleum Dear Abby wants to stop. Buffing was mentioned as a jelly, cuticle cream — even lip ABIGAIL I was diag- way to smooth imperfections balm. A reader reassured VAN BUREN nosed with that could be "triggers." A Diana that there are indeed trichotilloma- reader in Virginia added deco- "bad-tasting" products that nia (hair pull- rations to her nails — decals, successfully work as a deter- ing and skin stencils and rhinestones — rent. picking) three years ago, and it that served as an impediment Breaking off a corner of one is closely related to nail biting. and cured her of the habit. of her front teeth stopped Pat The trichotillomania learning Other readers have used ar- in Texas. Wearing a tight rub- center website, www.trich.org, tificial (acrylic) nails as a way ber band around the wrist to is worth checking out for treat- to allow their natural finger- snap when the urge hits can ment options such as medica- nails to grow out. James in give a nail-biter the incentive tions, behavioral therapy and Delaware helped his ashamed to stop. And from Sandi in San support groups. then-fiancee hide her bitten- Francisco: "A teacher showed By Tony Caruso and C.C. Burnikel 7/19/16 Erica in Massachusetts off, stubby nails when showing me an enlarged picture taken off her engagement ring by from a microscope of what ACROSS 45 Color in 8 Commonly seen 36 Slope DEAR ERICA — Thank you for suggesting she put on artificial was under fingernails. Now I 1 Accessory for four-color Colorado airport 38 Home to billions Batman or Robin printing luggage 39 Short on the information. I received a ones. While she proudly don't even think about biting!" 5 Bleating babies 46 “This bears 9 Santa __ winds manners 9 Nasty marketing repeating ...” 10 Cold War thaw 41 Leg joint campaign 48 Solitary 11 *Question to a 43 Paul Anka JUMBLE SUDOKU 14 “Jeopardy!” 49 Zagreb natives stranded driver title meaning first name THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 50 On the way 12 Operatic solos “That Kiss” HOW TO PLAY: 15 Run __: 52 Sharp comment 13 Stocking woes 45 Hanger hangouts By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Each row, column go haywire 53 Taste 18 Makes public 47 “I, Robot” author and set of 3-by-3 16 Kind of jacket 55 Batteries in TV 22 Take on a Isaac boxes must contain named for remotes challenge 48 Severely a Hindu leader 56 Frozen pop treats the numbers 1 24 Shah’s realm, damaged sea 17 *”The San 58 Site of the once 49 Chocolate source through 9 without Francisco Treat” hammer, anvil 25 Kellogg’s Tony, 51 Consumer repetition. 19 Ordered pizza, and stirrup ... e.g. advocate Ralph say and a hint to the 26 *Confinement 52 Tender lettuce 20 Covert fed. hidden word in that might 54 Sherlock Holmes’ group the answers to involve an ankle smoke 21 Current starred clues monitor 57 Chicago team, “American Dad!” 63 Deep opera voice 27 Neverland pirate for short network 64 Ronny Howard 29 10 C-notes 59 Yahtzee cube 23 Slices of history role 32 Ancient counters 60 Hurricane center 24 “Ouch!” 65 Category 34 Takes forcibly 61 Gorilla, for one 28 Makes up (for) 66 Anti-wrinkle (from) 62 Embarrassed 30 Life-of-the-party treatment Monday’s Puzzle Solved types 67 Swerve 31 Color in four- 68 Start of an idea color printing 33 Fever and chills DOWN 34 Spider trap 1 Jaguar, e.g. 35 Jury makeup 2 “Rumble in the 37 Super __: Jungle” champ game console 3 Bench press 38 *Decor for part target, briefly of a floor 4 Carry out, 40 Moose kin as a task 42 Actress 5 Gold purity unit Witherspoon 6 Texter’s “I feel” 44 Half-pint 7 “Please stop!” ©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 7/19/16 TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016 CLASSIFIEDS THE ITEM B7 803-774-1234 OR TO PLACE YOUR AD ONLINE GO TO WWW.THE ITEM.COM/PLACEMYAD CLASSIFIED DEADLINES 11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition. 9:30 a.m. Friday for Saturday’s edition 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition. We will be happy to change your ad if an error is made; however we are not responsible for errors after the first run day. We CLASSIFIEDS shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the printing or omission of an advertisement. We reserve the right to edit, refuse or cancel any ad at any time.

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