4 Arrested, 1 Wanted in Shooting Sunday Incident Reportedly Was Drug Sale Turned Armed Robbery by ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected]

4 Arrested, 1 Wanted in Shooting Sunday Incident Reportedly Was Drug Sale Turned Armed Robbery by ADRIENNE SARVIS Adrienne@Theitem.Com

SPORTS SHS girls, boys victorious in track meet THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents B1 4 arrested, 1 wanted in shooting Sunday incident reportedly was drug sale turned armed robbery BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected]

Four suspects are in custody while one — the suspected shooter — is still wanted in the Sunday shooting death of a 17-year-old Crestwood High School student. Joshua Goodman, of Dalzell, was found with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Peach Street after police responded to a shots-fired call about 1:45 p.m., according to JACKSON Tonyia McGirt, public information officer for Sumter Police De- partment. Good- man was trans- PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM ported to Palmetto A ring of gloves surrounds a painted 11, Josh Goodman’s number, outside of the Crestwood High School dugout on Tuesday where his jersey Health Tuomey, hung all game. BRADLEY where he later died. Investigators have determined Goodman was shot during an at- ‘We were doing it for Josh’ tempted robbery while meeting CHS Knights hold memorial before senior night game 2 days after teammate killed BROWN with the five individuals to pur- BY KAYLA ROBINS Sumter police found 17-year-old Josh ther instead of the batting order. The chase marijuana, [email protected] Goodman, a junior at Crestwood who first time the crowd was asked to rise McGirt said. The played baseball, football and track, was for a moment of silence instead of suspects reported- It was a night of number ones for all wounded from a gunshot in the parking for the national anthem. Players sport- ly plotted to rob the wrong reasons. lot of a Peach Street apartment com- ed the letters “JG” and the number Goodman before The baseball game at Crestwood plex about 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, April “11,” some with an “RIP” below the the meeting. High School on Tuesday was not a bot- 15. He succumbed to those injuries Sharpie-drawn wings on their hands, SMITH One of the sus- tom of the ninth, bases loaded type of after being transported to Palmetto all over their wristbands, caps, hel- pects — thought situation. More like a top Health Tuomey. mets, jerseys. to be 21-year-old of the first, one on base. 11. Katlyn Hinton, athletic director for Head Baseball Coach Mike Kremer Jaelon Markell It was the final home the school on Oswego Highway, did not said the ceremony before the game was Jackson of Brigh- game of the Knights’ sea- have her usual sunflower seeds this “rough for all of us” but that it was ton Hill Road in son. Final home games are game. Goodman used to always make also “therapeutic for all of us.” Columbia — re- for holding ceremonies for sure she had some before each game. “We were doing it for Josh,” he said. portedly struggled seniors who won’t be there “He was a goofy kid,” Hinton said. “It hurts us all a lot because he was a WASHINGTON briefly with Good- GOODMAN next year, not for holding “He always wanted everyone to have a great kid, a great teammate.” man during the memorials for juniors who smile on their face.” Top of the first. It was not Goodman attempted robbery won’t be there next year. Juniors who The pre-game memorial ceremony who caught the fly ball in center field before shooting the high were shot to death over a supposed for Goodman featured the announcer for the first — and then next two — school junior. Jackson is want- marijuana-sale-turned-armed-robbery- reading a description of the teen, the ed on charges of murder, at- turned-killing. boyfriend, the son, the soon-to-be fa- SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE A6 tempted armed robbery, conspiracy and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He is described as 6 feet 1 inch and about 150 pounds. He has tattoos on his neck and a teardrop tattoo under his right eye. Shanice Octavia Bradley, 20, of Wilson Street in Sumter, is charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and conspiracy. Diontre Brown, 18, of Lorick LEFT: Goodman’s number was painted on the field. The team gathered at this spot between each inning. Road in Blythewood, is MIDDLE: The number 11, complete with wings and a halo, is seen on the hand of a player in the dugout. SEE ARRESTS, PAGE A6 RIGHT: Head Coach Mike Kremer comforts Richard Scurry before the game. Scurry played centerfield in Goodman’s place. Spend A Day in the Life on the farm Rembert family to open gates for sheep shearing, demos, more BY IVY MOORE tual working farm, invite the public out to wit- Special to The Sumter Item ness the shearing and participate in several other activities during A Day in the Life of the The sheep at Old McCaskill’s Farm must working farm. have been hoping for spring as much as we Julie Prickett, spokeswoman for the event, have, because spring means they can shed said the shearing of each sheep yields 2-30 their coats and enjoy warmer temperatures. At pounds of wool, depending on the sheep’s size. least we can shed ours at will — the sheep “The average we get from our sheep is 15 need help. pounds each,” she said. “The farm keeps all the On Saturday, they’ll get it during the 10 a.m.- wool, sends it to the Prince Edward Island mill, 6 p.m. Sheep Shearing Day at the Rembert and they make our beautiful wool blankets.” PHOTO PROVIDED farm. People roam freely throughout the farm during Sheep Shearing Day Kathy and Lee McCaskill, owners of the ac- SEE SHEARING, PAGE A6 at Old McCaskill’s Farm. The event starts at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS Prisons chief doubts transfers FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS 18-year-old, newborn caused riot at Lee Correctional test positive for pot BY MEG KINARD the riot that began ear- members when they transferred An 18-year-old Lakewood The Associated Press lier this week didn't several hundred inmates to Lee High School student was arrest- start in the dorm where from McCormick Correctional Insti- ed after she and her newborn COLUMBIA — South Carolina of- those inmates were tution. child tested positive for marijua- ficials transferred several hundred housed. But Stirling says none of the slain na. maximum-security inmates late last Authorities are still inmates were part of those trans- Jasmine Gazley, year to a prison where seven prison- probing the Lee Correc- fers. He says the transfers primarily who lives in Cher- ers were recently killed in a gang tional Institution riot. STIRLING interacted only with each other and ryvale, faces fight. An attorney suing the would have only ever been with charges of unlaw- But Corrections Director Bryan agency says officials knew they other inmates a few at a time during ful neglect of a Stirling tells The Associated Press were concentrating violent gang work or programs. child in connec- tion to a warrant GAZLEY issued on Dec. 20, 2017, according to Ken Bell, public information officer for the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. Council changes time of 1st meeting of month According to the warrant, Bell said, Gazley tested positive BY ADRIENNE SARVIS council on April 3, total money for the employers together," she said. for the drug on Oct. 12, 2017, at [email protected] proposed 2019 budget included Workforce development programs are Palmetto Health Tuomey and $64,130,628 million in revenues and available to people of many situations, that her son did, too, upon birth. Sumter City Council will meet at a $66,979,684 million in expenditures she said, for example those who are un- Gazley reportedly admitted to new time once a month after it approved with a $2,849,056 million deficit. employed, not receiving high enough smoking marijuana throughout an amendment to hold its first meeting As of council's meeting on Tuesday, wages to take care of their families, peo- her pregnancy, according to an of the month at 1 p.m. instead of 5:30 the deficit had been reduced to approx- ple with outdated skills, young offend- incident report. p.m. imately $2.3 million, according to city ers and young parents. She was arrested on April 13 Originally, council was scheduled to of Sumter Finance Director Beth Through partnerships with other or- and posted a $10,000 bond on meet at 5:30 p.m. on the first and third Reames. ganizations dedicated to helping people April 17. Tuesday of each month. City Manager Deron McCormick find employment, Clark said partici- The regular scheduled meetings for said council will begin its annual bud- pants can also receive help with trans- Authorities continue the third Tuesday of the month will con- get workshops in coming weeks when portation and other resources. search for boy, 12 tinue to be held at 5:30 p.m. they will receive more details regard- "We believe in second chances," she Council passed the amendment by a ing the 2019 budget. said. Sumter County Sheriff’s Of- quorum: Mayor Joe McElveen, council- Chris McKinney, executive director of fice is searching for a 12-year- man Calvin Hastie, councilwoman Ione SANTEE-LYNCHES EDUCATES PUBLIC ON Santee-Lynches, said he would also like old boy who went missing on Dwyer and councilman Steve Corley WORKFORCE GOALS for every school to provide a STEM ex- Monday. were the only members in attendance, City council viewed a presentation by perience to get students interested in Jakell Simmons, who is de- and each voted in favor of the amend- Areatha Clark, chief of workforce devel- certain career fields at a young age so scribed as black with black hair ment. opment at Santee-Lynches Regional they can pursue the proper classes as and brown eyes, 5 feet 4 inches This amendment did not require an Council of Governments, who talked they progress through the education and 125 pounds, ordinance and two votes from council, about the department's current opera- system. was last seen at according to city clerk Linda Hammett. tions and goals to increase education and He said he would also like to see part- his home after employment opportunities in the four- nerships form between schools and school on Dorsey DEFICIT OF PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET IS county region that includes Sumter, local industries so teachers can apply Drive in Cher- SLOWLY WHITTLED DOWN Clarendon, Lee and Kershaw counties. more of their lessons to real-world ap- ryvale, according According to a draft report provided to "Our goal is to bring job seekers and plications in the classrooms. to Ken Bell, public information offi- SIMMONS cer for the sheriff’s office. Eta Zeta Omega His parents picked him up at Chapter of Alpha Furman Middle School on April Kappa Alpha Sorority 16, Bell said. Inc. recently part- Jakell was last seen wearing a nered with National white or blue uniform shirt and Alliance of Mental Ill- khaki or blue pants. ness to hold a mental Any ideas of his whereabouts health awareness are unknown, Bell said. The boy walk at Dillon Park. has no known medical or mental health conditions. PHOTO PROVIDED There has been no evidence of foul play and nothing to indi- cate he is in danger, but the sheriff’s office is remaining cau- tious and actively seeking to find him, Bell said. He has no history of running away. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (803) 436-2000, or CrimeStop- pers at (803) 436-2718 or Walk raised awareness of mental health, resources 1-888-CRIME-SC.

Peach forecast looks BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Pendergrass, a member of the Eta manage everyday life, including com- good for South Carolina [email protected] Zeta Omega Chapter. Parents and munity member Felicia Ragin who teachers also need hope, encourage- shared a poem of forgiving oneself SPARTANBURG — It looks Eta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha ment and support to understand how and one's mind and moving forward like this will be a good year for Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., partner- to deal with a mental illness, she despite the past. peach farmers in South Caroli- ing with National Alliance of Mental said. "We all need to be empowered," na. Illness, hosted a mental health Fred Harmon, the president of Pendergrass said, "and prepared to Clemson University agent awareness walk at Dillon Park on NAMI; John Martin, facilitator for help our community in a time of Andy Rollins told The Herald- April 11 to raise awareness of mental NAMI; and Furman Elliott, a NAMI need." Journal of Spartanburg that illness and provide information for member, shared their personal expe- The walk was also an opportunity 2018 might be peach farmers' mental health services. riences of mental health and how for the Eta Zeta Omega Chapter to best harvest in a decade. The purpose of the walk, which important it is to seek help and faith continue implementing its 2014-2018 Rollins says a cold snap or was opened to the public, was to let to live a balanced life. international program, Launching hail could still strike the Up- the community, especially younger Other community supporters also New Dimensions of Service, with the state, but this looks to be a very people, know that mental health is shared their personal stories of liv- purpose of bringing attention to var- good year. real and manageable, said Lawanda ing with mental illness and how they ious needs in the community.

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State DOC recognized for registering the largest team BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected]

A fundraising event for a nonprofit that provides services to sexual assault survivors in the Midlands recently raised nearly $100,000 by asking people to "walk a mile in their shoes." The ninth-annual event raised $97,124 last week in Columbia for Sex- ual Trauma Services of the Midlands and the services it provides to survivors of sexual assault, according to a news release from the agency. "Walk A Mile is our largest event during Sexual Assault Awareness Month," said Mary Dell Hayes, STSM executive director. "There is no better time to honor and support survivors in our community and stand up against sexual violence. Walk A Mile is a movement in the Midlands." More than 1,487 men and women gathered at the South Carolina State- house to raise awareness of the impact of sexual abuse in the community and support survivors on their healing journey. The Largest Community Team Tro- phy was given to the South Carolina Department of Corrections for registering 725 of its employees. Carlos Su- arez was recognized as the year's top fundraiser, collecting $4,130 for the nonprofit, and Joye White was recognized as the second top fundraiser by bringing in $3,187. "An end to violence in our state is PHOTOS BY ROSE JARRETT / THE SUMTER ITEM possible if we all work together," Hayes said. "We will continue to walk Members of the Carolina Wreckingballs, a men’s roller derby team, and a friend, pose at the Walk a Mile event. From left, Toto, Jam until there are healthy survivors Room, Blue Brawlz, Dr. Dreidel and Josh proudly display their shoes and tights. thriving in a community free of sexual Police Chief Kevin Cornett of the Springdale Police Department, right, is called up to accept the award for “Most Creative Heel.” His violence." shoes were custom-made by the department’s vehicle detailers and featured miniature “police” decals and flashing blue lights. Cash in a FLASH! We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates Lafayette Gold and Silver Exchange InsideInnside VVestcoestco PrPropertiesopperrties 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 ((inside Coca-Cola Building) Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM 803-773-8022 20% Off All Services until May 19th Classic Manicure $15+ Classic Pedicure $26 Full Acrylic $25+ Pink & White Full Set $45+ Dipping Powder $35+ Eyebrow Threading & Tint $10 Eyelash Extensions $25 Grand Private Parties Opening Complimentary Beverage APRIL 19TH ...and full waxing, gel & hair repair services, ombré nails. K KJ NAILS SPA (803)774-7788 J Mon. - Sat. 9:30am - 7:00pm Professional Nails & Spa Sunday Closed 206-208 W. Liberty St. (Located Downtown Sumter, Across From Wells Fargo Bank) A4 | THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 NATION THE SUMTER ITEM Investigation focusing on the wear and tear of plane engine fan blade

sent debris flying like shrapnel into Deadly Southwest flight the plane, where it broke a window. A woman sitting near the window made emergency landing was sucked partially out of the plane after piece hit window before other passengers managed to pull her back in. A registered nurse and emergency BY ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL medical technician on board jumped and DAVID KOENIG in to try to save the gravely injured The Associated Press woman. But Jennifer Riordan, a Wells Fargo bank executive and mother of PHILADELPHIA — The investigation two from Albuquerque, New Mexico, into a deadly engine failure on a South- died later. Seven other west jet is focusing on whether wear victims suffered minor in- and tear caused a fan blade to snap off, juries. triggering a catastrophic chain of The pilots of the twin- events that killed a passenger and engine Boeing 737 bound broke a string of eight years without a from New York to Dallas fatal accident involving a U.S. airliner. with 149 people aboard From investigators’ initial findings, RIORDAN made an abrupt turn to- the accident appears remarkably simi- ward Philadelphia and lar to a failure on another Southwest began a rapid descent after the engine plane two years ago — an event that blew. Oxygen masks dropped from the led the engine manufacturer and regu- ceiling, and passengers prayed and lators to push for ultrasonic inspec- braced for impact. tions of fan blades on engines like the “We heard a loud noise, and the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS one that blew apart at 32,500 feet over plane started shaking like nothing I’ve National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. ever experienced before. It sounded the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia Interna- When investigators from the Nation- like the plane was coming apart, and I tional Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Southwest Airlines jet blew the engine at al Transportation Safety Board exam- think we pretty quickly figured out 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, setting off a desperate ined the broken engine in Philadel- that something happened with the en- scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. She later died, and phia just hours after it made an emer- gine,” retired nurse Peggy Phillips seven others were injured. gency landing, they immediately saw told WFAA-TV in Dallas. that one of the left engine’s 24 fan She said they started losing altitude about 600 mph and hitting either the was inspected on Sunday. blades was missing. and the masks came down, and “basi- fuselage or the wing with your body, Passengers praised one of the pilots, “This fan blade was broken right at cally I think all of us thought this with your face, then I think I can prob- Tammie Jo Shults, for her cool-headed the hub, and our preliminary examina- might be it.” ably tell you there was significant handling of the emergency. The for- tion of this was there is evidence of Then she heard commotion a few trauma,” Phillips said. mer Navy pilot was at the controls metal fatigue where the blade separat- rows behind her. Photos of the plane on the tarmac when the plane landed, according to ed,” said NTSB chairman Robert Sum- “It was a lot of chaos back there — a showed a missing window and a her husband, Dean Shults. She walked walt. lot of really upset people and a lot of chunk gone from the left engine, in- through the aisle and talked with pas- Metal fatigue is a weakening of noise, and a big rush of air, a big cluding part of its cover. A piece of sengers to make sure they were OK metal from repeated use and involves whoosh of air,” Phillips said. the covering was later found in Bern- after the aircraft touched down. microscopic cracks. It can occur in fan After a flight attendant asked if any- ville, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles “She has nerves of steel. That lady, I blades, the aluminum skin on most one knew CPR, Phillips and an EMT west of Philadelphia, Sumwalt said. applaud her,” said Alfred Tumlinson, planes or other metal parts. laid the woman down and performed As a precaution, Southwest said it of Corpus Christi, Texas. “I’m going to Investigators will focus on whether CPR for about 20 minutes until the will inspect similar engines in its fleet send her a Christmas card, I’m going the fan blade broke off at cruising plane was on the ground. during the next 30 days. CEO Gary to tell you that, with a gift certificate speed — about 500 mph — and started “If you can possibly imagine going Kelly said there were no problems for getting me on the ground. She was an “uncontained” engine failure that through the window of an airplane at with the plane or its engine when it awesome.” Alabama mayor says her town smells like rotting corpses

coal ash from power plants and permissive zoning laws ‘Poop Train’ from across the nation. In South and a federal ban on dumping Carolina, a plan to store radio- New Yorkers’ excrement in the New York City has active nuclear waste in a rural ocean got the poop train chug- area prompted complaints that ging, experts say. been parked there the state was being turned into Nelson Brooke of the envi- a nuclear dump. ronmental group Black War- for 2 months now In Parrish, townspeople are rior Riverkeeper describes Ala- BY JEFF MARTIN considering rescheduling chil- bama as “kind of an open-door, and JAY REEVES dren’s softball games or play- rubber-stamp permitting The Associated Press ing at fields in other communi- place” for landfill operators. ties to escape the stink. “It’s easy for them to zip into PARRISH, Ala. — A stinking Sherleen Pike, who lives a rural or poor community and trainload of human waste from about a half mile from the rail- set up shop and start making a New York City is stranded in a road track, said she sometimes ton of cash,” he said. tiny Alabama town, spreading THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dabs peppermint oil under her The poop train’s cargo is a stench like a giant backed-up Containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge are seen in nose because the smell is so bound for the Big Sky landfill, toilet — and the “poop train” is Parrish, Alabama. Some say the trainloads of New Yorkers’ excrement bad. about 20 miles east of Parrish. just the latest example of the is turning Alabama into a dumping ground for other states’ waste. “Would New York City like The landfill has been accepting South being used as a dumping for us to send all our poop up the New York sewage sludge ground for other states’ waste. Heather Hall said. The smell is smells like rotting corpses, or there forever?” she said. “They since early 2017. Previously, it In Parrish, Alabama, popula- unbearable, especially around carcasses. It smells like death.” don’t want to dump it in their was transferred from trains to tion 982, the sludge-hauling dusk after the atmosphere has All kinds of waste have been rivers, but I think each state trucks in nearby West Jeffer- train cars have sat idle near the become heated, she said. dumped in Georgia, Alabama should take care of their own son, but officials there obtained little league ball fields for more “Oh my goodness, it’s just a and other Southern states in waste.” an injunction to keep the than two months, Mayor nightmare here,” she said. “It recent years, including toxic Alabama’s inexpensive land sludge out of their town. FREEDOM FURNITURE FISH FRY 493 N. GUIGNARD • SUMTER, SC Friday, April 20, 2018 • 11am - 5pm 499-2002 Dinners $8.00 539 A S. MILL ST., • MANNING, SC EVERY DAY (Choice of fried ﬁ sh or chicken, red rice, butter 803-433-2300 beans, coleslaw, cake and tea) Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am-7:00pm •Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm • Sunday Closed Sandwiches $4.00 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK.COM (Choice of fried ﬁ sh or chicken and bread) Sponsored by the Pastor’s Aide Allen Chapel AME Church $ Committee 471 Lynam Road • Sumter, SC QUEEN SIZE 299 Includes: Headboard, SHAW Bedroom Sets Dresser, Mirror & Chest DISCOUNT SOFA & LOVESEATS CLEANERS $ Per Starting at 399Set $ 75 Great Plants. TWIN SET FULL SET PLUS $129 $169 2 $199 $399 TAX QUEEN SET PILLOW KING SET EVERYDAY Great Advice. TOP Alterations Lamps ...... $15 Bean Bags ...... $39 Available! BRUNSON Rugs ...... $39 4 Drawer Chests ...$79 803.499.4567 NUR SERY & DESIGN Bunk Beds ...... $399 Dinette Sets ...... $169 1890 PEACH ORCHARD ROAD 3000 Plowden Mill Road • 495-2391 with mattress SUMTER, SC Open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm BEHIND SHAW AFB FINANCING AVAILABLE • FREE LOCAL DELIVERY THE SUMTER ITEM NATION / WORLD THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 | A5 Future parenting: Many embryos, each with DNA profile

BY MALCOLM RITTER netic parent. baby," says Dr. Richard Scott cerned about illnesses that AP Science Writer ‘The idea of easy It is a long way in the fu- Jr., a founding partner of Re- might show up later in life, ture, but real life is already productive Medicine Associ- such as Alzheimer's or Par- NEW YORK — So you want PGD (prenatal creeping toward it. Some sci- ates of New Jersey, "we tell kinson's. For one thing, he to have a baby. entists are trying to make them we can't do it." says, parents-to-be may see Would you like a dark- genetic diagnosis) human eggs and sperm in the In fact, Scott and others say, them as becoming treatable by haired girl with a high risk of lab. They are working with even wide-ranging analysis the time a child becomes vul- someday getting colon cancer, should make us "iPS cells," which are ordi- would not provide a precise nerable. but a good chance of above-av- nary body cells that have forecast of how a child will He thinks easy PGD is com- erage music ability? uneasy indeed.’ been morphed into a mallea- turn out. ing, and it would be better if Or would you prefer a girl ble state. If DNA is the hardware, properly handled. He says it with a good prospect for high LORI B. ANDREWS Amander Clark of the Uni- there's also the software: should be proven safe, subsi- SAT scores and a good shot at versity of California, Los An- chemical modifications that dized, monitored for long-term being athletic, but who also is Professor at Chicago-Kent geles, says her goal is to aid determine when and where effects and regulated so that likely to run an above-average basic research into why some particular genes turn on and parents can choose whether to risk of bipolar disorder and College of Law people are infertile. She ac- off. Much of this "epigenome" use it and decide what embry- lupus as an adult? knowledges the technique would develop after an em- onic traits to focus on. And How about a boy with a might itself be used to treat bryo's genes are sampled, he'd outlaw stealing some- good shot at having musical her ovaries. some infertility, particularly Scott said. body's DNA and unwittingly ability and dodging asthma, And that means a lot of in young people made sterile "Your child may not turn making them a parent. but who also would be predis- choices. by cancer treatments. out to be the three-sport All- OTHERS SEE PITFALLS posed to cataracts and type 2 AN ARRAY OF EMBRYOS As for decoding the com- American at Stanford" be- diabetes? plete DNA library of embryos, cause "the epigenome didn't Once the genetic profile is Confused? You're just get- Here's what Greely envi- Dr. Louanne Hudgins, who work out," Scott said. done, could it come back to ting started. There are dozens sions: A man and woman studies prenatal genetic Greely agrees that predic- haunt a child if, say, a life in- more choices for which of walk into a fertility clinic. The screening and diagnosis at tions about behavioral traits surer or nursing home de- your embryos should be man drops off some sperm. Stanford, says some pregnant like intelligence and athletic manded to see it to assess dis- placed in the womb to become The woman leaves some skin patients there say they've al- ability will be imprecise, be- ease risk? How would the your child. cells, which are turned into ready had fertility clinics do cause of epigenetics and be- large number of rejected em- That's the future a biomedi- eggs and fertilized with the that. They didn't reveal why, cause of basic uncertainties bryos be handled ethically cal ethics expert envisions for man's sperm. Hudgins said. about what genes are involved and politically? 20 to 40 years from now — Unlike in vitro fertilization Hudgins, who's president of and how they interact. And a Perhaps future regulation soon enough that today's chil- today, which typically yields the American College of Med- person's upbringing and life could limit the number of em- dren may face it when they around eight eggs per try, the ical Genetics and Genomics, experiences have a big effect. bryos created, as well as what start their own families. new method could result in said no national medical asso- WHAT WOULD COUPLES DO? traits a couple could select for, "The majority of babies of 100 embryos. ciation has endorsed decoding said I. Glenn Cohen, a Har- people who have good health The embryos' complete li- all the DNA of an embryo, Even if the predictions vard law professor. coverage will be conceived brary of DNA would be decod- which is called its genome. So aren't perfect, would couples Lori B. Andrews, a profes- this way," predicts Henry ed and analyzed to reveal ge- she thinks no insurance com- want to take steps to control sor at the Chicago-Kent Col- Greely, a Stanford University netic predispositions, both for pany would pay for that now. their child's genetics? Many lege of Law, summed up her law professor who works in disease and personal traits. 'EASY' PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS experts doubt it. views in a review of Greely's bioethics. The man and woman would Only a "very small minori- book. You've probably read about get dossiers on the embryos Greely, who lays out his ty" seek a perfect baby, says "The idea of easy PGD," she concerns over "designer ba- that pass minimum tests for ideas in a book called "The Stanford's Hudgins. In her wrote, "should make us un- bies," whose DNA is shaped by suitability. End of Sex and the Future of practice, she said she often easy indeed." gene editing. Greely is focused Out of, say, 80 suitable em- Human Reproduction," calls finds women pass up all Still, even some who doubt on a different technology that bryos, the couple would then his vision "easy PGD," or pre- screening because they figure the idea's feasibility say Gree- has gotten much less atten- choose one or two to implant. natal genetic diagnosis. the baby's fate is "in God's ly is right to raise the issue. tion: In a startling bit of bio- The possibilities don't stop Ordinary PGD has been hands." "It's certainly something we logical alchemy, scientists there. The technology might done for decades. When a cou- Dr. James Grifo of the New have to take seriously and have shown that in mice, they also help open the door to ple is known to be at risk for York University Fertility Cen- think through now," said can turn ordinary cells into same-sex couples having chil- having a child with a specific ter also questions how popu- Marcy Darnovsky, who writes sperm and eggs. dren genetically related to genetic disorder, such as cys- lar the idea would be. on the politics of human bio- It's too soon to know if it both of them, though the addi- tic fibrosis or sickle cell ane- "No patient has ever came technology as executive direc- could be done in people. But if tional twist of making eggs mia, the woman undergoes a to me and said, 'I want a de- tor of the Center for Genetics it can, it could become a pow- from men or sperm from procedure to remove some signer baby,'" said Grifo, who's and Society in Berkeley, Cali- erful infertility treatment, women would be a huge bio- eggs. After fertilization, some performed in vitro fertiliza- fornia. "This is not just a tech- permitting genetic parenthood logical challenge. cells are plucked from the em- tion since 1988. nical or science question." for people who can't make More worrisome is the so- bryos and examined to identi- Greely doubts that influenc- their own sperm or eggs. called Brad Pitt scenario: We fy those without the disease- ing brainpower or athleticism This Associated Press series It also would mean that a all shed a bit of sloughed-off causing abnormality. would be a major draw for was produced in partnership woman who wants to get DNA every day, like on the That procedure looks for a parents. Instead, he thinks with the Howard Hughes Med- pregnant could produce doz- lip of a coffee cup. Such dis- specific problem in a few em- they would care most about ical Institute's Department of ens more eggs per attempt carded material could be se- bryos, not entire genomes avoiding awful diseases that Science Education. The AP is than with the current proce- cretly snatched up to turn an from dozens of them. If a cou- strike in infancy or childhood. solely responsible for all con- dure of harvesting some from unwitting celebrity into a ge- ple wants to select a "super They'll probably be less con- tent. Korean leaders can discuss peace but can’t end Korean War

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ARRESTS FROM PAGE A1 MEMORIAL FROM PAGE A1 charged with murder, attempted armed robbery, conspiracy and pos- outs of the game. It was his team- session of a weapon during a violent mate who played the position in his crime. place. Kremer said Richard Scurry Dequan Lamont Washington, 21, of was one Goodman’s best friends. North Magnolia Street in Sumter, is “That was really cool, actually,” charged with murder, attempted Kremer said. armed robbery and conspiracy. He said Goodman played the Joshua Smith Jr., 16, of Virginia game the best way he could have Drive in Sumter, is being charged as asked. He was competitive and an adult with accessory before the fact worked hard, but he had fun and of armed robbery, accessory before made sure everyone else did, too. the fact of murder and conspiracy. He “I wish I could go back and is a junior at Sumter High School, the change it,” Kremer said of his stu- school district confirmed. dent’s — on the field and in the Smith is being held at a state De- classroom — death. partment of Juvenile Justice facility, Bottom of the first. Scurry leads and Bradley, Brown and Washington off. Hit. First one of the game for PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM are being held at Sumter-Lee Regional the Knights. Goodman’s number, 11, can be seen on the catcher’s wrist as the team embraces Detention Center. Scurry would, in a few minutes, during Goodman’s memorial on Tuesday. Jackson, who is on probation, and notch the first run for his team. Brown previously pleaded guilty to Fitting. crossed home plate. The excitement team’s gloves before the first pitch. strong armed robbery and weapons “Because Josh,” Kremer said, of leading the No. 1 team in the re- “11.” charges for a 2016 carjacking case in “when he got on, he was getting gion, even if the 2-19 Crestwood Their momentary, fleeting jokes Richland County, McGirt said. around one way or the other.” boys would not score another run and regular-high-school-kid back- All four were detained by officers on “Yo, look at the scoreboard,” one while giving up 14 more in the five- and-forth were like they forgot. Monday and were charged on Tues- player said as another Knight was inning game, sparked hope as visi- “But,” the same teenager said, “I day, McGirt said. According to public on third. “One to one. Eleven.” ble as the white paint in front of the wouldn’t want to go to the playoffs inmate records, bond for Bradley, Seconds later, that second Knight dugout that was encircled by the without Josh.” Brown and Washington was denied. Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark Katlyn Hinton, Crest- III said Goodman’s “tragic” and wood athletic trainer, in “senseless” death should serve as a re- the jersey, looks on as minder of the potential dangers that the team gets ready to can take place while attempting to play after the memorial. purchase illegal substances. BELOW LEFT: Good- “The Sumter community has lost a young person — a family has lost a man’s jersey hangs on son — at the hands of a group of Crestwood’s dugout as young people ranging in age from 16 the team is introduced. to 21 years old who now must face the consequences,” he said in a news re- BELOW RIGHT: The num- lease. “No one should ever trivialize ber 11 and the initials the potential long-term and far-reach- JG can be seen on a ing effects of illegal drugs on all of us player’s hat. and the future of our community.” Goodman played defensive end for Crestwood’s varsity football team, out- field and catcher for the baseball team and shot put and discus for the track team. Anyone with information about the location of Jaelon Jackson is asked to call Sumter Police Depart- ment at (803) 436-2700. Information can also be given anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Anonymous tips can also be submitted electronically to Crime Stoppers by going to www.P3tips.com and click- ing on the “Submit a New Tip” tab or by downloading the new P3 Tips app for Apple and Android devices. A cash reward may be available for information leading to an arrest.

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COMMENTARY Analysis shows no need to expand offshore drilling

Editor’s note: This column posed expansion of offshore amount of oil that could eco- 2030, and a 2017 AAA survey brid electric X5 xDrive40e originally ran in the April 15 oil and natural gas drilling is nomically be extracted from found that more than 30 mil- iPerformance and will begin edition of The Post and Couri- unwarranted due to the tran- all currently protected off- lion Americans are likely to producing the all-electric X3 er. sition to electric vehicles al- shore areas would represent purchase an electric vehicle in 2020. Proterra is an electric ready underway and therefore just 5 percent of our nation’s as their next vehicle. Bloom- bus manufacturer in Green- BY CHRIS CARNEVALE places undue risk to our coun- total technically recoverable berg New Energy Finance ex- ville that employs 200 people, try’s coastal communities and oil resources. And that this pects that 5 to 10 million elec- has recently captured about 5 his Friday marks the their booming tourism econo- amount of oil could be offset tric vehicles will be sold each percent of the domestic bus eighth anniversary of my. by replacing about 20 million year in the United States from market and is forecasting a the tragic Deepwater Reasons why offshore drill- to 45 million internal com- 2030-35. tripling in production this THorizon disaster, yet ing in the Southeast would be bustion engine vehicles with Besides saving our shores year. rather than learn from past a terrible idea are numerous electric vehicles, depending from the threat of oil spills, Given the meager and un- mistakes, the Trump adminis- and have been discussed at on vehicle use and efficiency. what other benefits could the certain benefits provided by tration is seeking to continue length in previous editorials, This sounds like a lot of transition to electric vehicles the broad expansion of off- down the risky path of ex- columns and articles. These electric vehicles, but a few bring to our region? Look no shore drilling, the significant panded offshore oil drilling. reasons would be enough to facts help shed some light on further than the new Volvo economic risks intrinsic in In January, the first draft of see the folly in jeopardizing how achievable this level of plant in Berkeley County as a offshore drilling and the abil- a new offshore oil program our shores and coastal econo- deployment would be. taste of what is to come. ity for electric vehicles to off- was released, proposing an mies with offshore oil rigs. Costs for batteries are de- The Post and Courier re- set any potential oil produced unprecedented expansion of However, new trends, apparent clining faster than expected, ports that Volvo is investing from newly opened offshore offshore drilling, encompass- only in the past couple years, and the sticker price for elec- $1 billion into our region and areas, the new offshore oil ing 90 percent of the nation’s reinforce the incomprehensi- tric vehicles is expected to be creating nearly 4,000 local jobs and natural gas drilling pro- offshore area. The proposal bility of drilling our coast, as on par with traditional vehi- in their production facility gram is not justifiable. even includes many areas that the amount of oil that could be cles by 2025. If you factor in that will make exclusively The Trump administration lack significant oil or gas re- produced by opening all of our tax credits and overall savings electric and hybrid vehicles should cease its development sources as well as areas with nation’s protected offshore in fuel and maintenance, elec- beginning in 2019. of the new drilling program longstanding opposition to off- areas is projected to be offset tric vehicles are already less Or look further upstate to and let real market sense take shore drilling. by the rise of electric vehicles expensive than traditional BMW or Proterra. BMW has the place of political theater. However, an analysis of in the U.S., thus lessening oil cars over their lifetime. invested $8 billion in its Spar- new trends released this week demand. The U.S. Energy Informa- tanburg facility. It has a bat- Chris Carnevale is coastal cli- by my organization, the Southern Alliance for tion Administration estimates tery assembly hall to produce mate and energy manager for Southern Alliance for Clean Clean Energy’s analysis finds that nearly 15 million plug-in power cells for the X5 hybrids the Southern Alliance for Energy, shows that the pro- that the total potential vehicles will be on the road by and produces the plug-in hy- Clean Energy in Charleston.

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COMMENTARY First lady Bar- ly, I was speaking with the bara Bush is first lady’s press secretary, seen with her Anna Perez, who had ac- dog Millie in companied Mrs. Bush to Thank You, Mrs. Bush Washington in Grandma’s House that day. I 1990. began to recount the events of two years before, and she Editor’s note: This column by training and tempera- AP FILE PHOTO saved me the time: “I re- was written in 2012 about for- ment. He appealed the judg- member Mr. Tesconi,” she mer First Lady Barbara ment to a Catholic bishop, said. I explained Lou’s con- Bush, who died on Tuesday at who then asked Lou to found dition and said, “It would be her home in Houston at 92. and head a ministry for peo- so comforting for him to re- ple with AIDS. It was called ceive a letter from Mrs. BY TOM ROSSHIRT Damien Ministries and was Bush.” established in a poor part of A few days later, I went to My brother Matt died of Washington, D.C. see Lou in the hospital. As AIDS 26 years ago today, In early 1989, when the soon as he saw me, he passing away in his bed in my country was still very igno- reached beside his bed with a parents’ home in Houston. rant and fearful of AIDS, Lou slow and shaky hand and It was a benighted time for got a call from the White pulled out a letter: “Look people with AIDS. There House. First lady Barbara what I got,” he said. were no antiretrovirals then. Bush was planning to visit After the briefing, Mrs. Mrs. Bush wrote of this The letter was unflinching There was nothing much you Grandma’s House, a home for Bush took a tour of the facili- visit in her memoirs. She and full of love. She didn’t could do for an AIDS patient infants with AIDS. It was one ty as she talked to the press. noted that “even then, people duck the issue that Lou was but hold his hand. And many of the very first outings in She hugged, kissed and still thought that touching a dying. She used it as a pivot people still thought you could her tenure as first lady, and played with three little girls person with the virus was to say, “Well-done.” At the get AIDS by touching. My Lou was asked to join a team and then nailed the message: dangerous.” But she didn’t bottom, in her own hand, she parents knew of individuals of people to brief her private- “You can hug and pick up ba- give herself any credit for wrote to Lou that his life mat- who’d been fired from their ly before the event. bies and people who have ... dealing a blow against stigma tered, that he had made an jobs for volunteering for During the briefing, Lou HIV. ... There is a need for by embracing a gay man with impact. AIDS organizations. That’s told me later, he said: “Mrs. compassion.” AIDS in 1989. That was a long time ago. how crazy the fear was. Bush, it is a fantastic thing At the news conference af- Lou had a buzz from that But some things you don’t As Matt was dying, we were that you are holding these ba- terward, Lou stood by his hug that never went away. forget — and shouldn’t. In a befriended by a man named bies with AIDS. But the coun- point on Mrs. Bush’s visit: In the fall of 1991, near time of ignorance, her wise Lou Tesconi, a volunteer try sees them as innocent and “I’m afraid that it may send a Thanksgiving, I got a call touch eased the sting of ex- from the local AIDS organiza- the rest of us with AIDS as message that babies are inno- from a friend that Lou had clusion for my friend and tion. Lou came by to visit guilty. The whole suffering cent and can be helped,” he gone into the hospital again. many others. with Matt and to offer what- AIDS community needs a col- said, “but that the rest of us He didn’t have to tell me Thank you, Mrs. Bush. ever service and kindness he lective embrace from you aren’t.” He added: “I told her that it was for the last time. could to my mom and dad. today.” it would certainly help to get I called the White House and Tom Rosshirt was a national Shortly after Matt died, Lou thought he was speak- a collective hug from the first asked whether I could speak security speechwriter for Pres- Lou began studies to become ing metaphorically. Appar- lady.” to the first lady’s office. I ident Bill Clinton and a for- a Catholic priest. Within the ently, Mrs. Bush doesn’t do Then, again, this time in was a nobody press secre- eign affairs spokesman for year, he was diagnosed with metaphor. She stood up, front of the cameras, Mrs. tary on the Hill. I didn’t ex- Vice President Al Gore. AIDS and kicked out of the walked over to Lou and gave Bush wrapped Lou up in a pect anyone in the White seminary. Lou was a lawyer him a big hug. big embrace. House to talk to me. Sudden- © 2018 CREATORS.COM A8 | THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Today, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

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MLB Braves sign 6-time all-star Bautista to minor league deal

BY CHARLES ODUM The team added another option at third base on AP Sports Writer Wednesday when Johan Camargo was activated from the disabled list. Camargo was expected to be ATLANTA — Even with their Ryan Flaherty lead- the starter before suffering a right oblique injury. ing the NL in hitting, the Atlanta Braves couldn’t re- General manager Alex Anthopoulos said he had sist the low-risk opportunity to add Jose Bautista. talks with Bautista in the offseason. He said those The six-time All-Star agreed to a minor league talks never gained momentum. contract with the Braves on Wednesday after im- “I just think where we were going to be financial- pressing team officials at a workout, and he will try ly just wasn’t going to make sense for him at the to earn playing time at third base. time,” Anthopoulos said. Bautista, 37, would receive a $1 million, one-year Even so, Anthopoulos remained interested and deal if added to the 40-man major league roster. He said Bautista liked what he had seen of the Braves will report to the Braves extended spring training this season. Anthopoulos said Bautista turned down complex in Kissimmee, Florida, to work himself more money from another team to sign with the into game condition while playing third base. Braves. Bautista has not seen much time at third “He’s a good player who if and when he gets here base since 2011. can lengthen our lineup,” Braves manager Brian “A guy chooses to come to here rather than some- Snitker saud. “He’s somebody the opposition has got where else, it’s a good thing,” he said. “He leaves to be aware of because he’s that kind of player.” money on the table, it’s a good thing. It’s flattering.” ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Flaherty took a NL-leading .354 batting average Anthopoulos said Bautista has been hitting and The Atlanta Braves signed 6-time all-star Jose Bautista to into Wednesday night’s game against the Philadel- a minor league contract on Wednesday. phia Phillies, but his career average is .221. SEE BAUTISTA, PAGE B3

COLLEGE TENNIS PREP TRACK Conference Carolinas tennis at PTC District BY DENNIS BRUNSON [email protected]

Conference Carolinas will again determine who receives its automatic bids to the NCAA Division II men’s and dominance women’s tennis championships at Palmetto Tennis Cen- ter beginning on Friday. The quarterfinals of the Conference Carolinas men’s and women’s championships will be played on Friday, the semifinals on Saturday and the championship matches on Sunday. The women’s quarterfinal matches will start at 9 a.m. on Friday. Top seed Chowan is 11-0 on the season in conference play and will face No. 8 Converse (3-8). The other matches will pit No. Barton College (9-2) against No. 7 Southern Wesleyan (4-7), No. 3 Limestone (8-3) against No. 6 PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Erskine (5-6) and No. 4 Bel- The Sumter School District Championship was held on Tuesday at mont Abbey College (7-4) Memorial Stadium. The Sumter High School boys and girls teams against Mount Olive (6-5). both were victorious in the meet that featured Crestwood and Lake- Limestone is the No. 1 seed wood along with SHS. in the men’s championship, going 10-0. It will face No. 8 Southern Wesleyan (2-8) in a quarterfinal match, all of which begin at noon. SHS boys, girls victorious in Sumter The other quarterfinal matches have No. Mount Olive (8-2) facing No. 7 Barton (4-6), No. 3 Chowan (8-2) meeting School Championship track meet No. 6 King University (5-5) and No. 4 Belmont Abbey (7-3) taking on No. 5 North Greenville BY DENNIS BRUNSON needed to win the girls portion of the Poston led the way in the boys meet. He (6-4). [email protected] meet at Memorial Stadium that featured set records in winning both the 1,600- The women’s semifinal the teams from SHS, Lakewood and and 3,200-meter runs. He ran the 1,600 in matches are set for 9 a.m. on The Sumter High School boys track Crestwood. 4 minutes, 40.58 seconds, and the 3,200 in Saturday with the men’s semis and field team dominated the Sumter In the boys meet, the Gamecocks 10:21.26. scheduled for a noon start. School District Championship on Tues- rolled up 99 points to 37 for Lakewood Poston also ran a leg on the winning The championship matches day winning 10 of the 17 events and set- and 35 for Crestwood. The SHS girls won 4x800 relay team along with Brian Gam- are set to begin at 10 a.m. on ting four district meet records. with 69 followed by Lakewood with 46 boa, Robert Lewis and Theron Bradford. Sunday. The Lady Gamecocks weren’t nearly and Crestwood with 34. as dominant, but they did what they Sumter distance runner Brandon SEE TRACK, PAGE B2

PREP BASEBALL Barons clinch 2nd place in region with 9-4 win over FCS

BY EDDIE LITAKER gion II-3A for the Barons. in that time frame, during which Brunson drew walks, forcing in a Special to The Sumter Item "This was important tonight, be- Commander struck out three, came run, before Nick Wood singled to cause this was for second place," on two walks, an error and a hit right and took second as the ball As the regular season winds down said Jarecki as his team improved batsman. got away from rightfielder Chandler and baseball teams work on playoff to 3-2 in the region and 8-6 overall The Barons pushed their advan- Scott. Two runs scored on the play, positioning, a timely win can make heading into a regular-season finale tage to 9-0 and just missing a cutting the Wilson Hall lead to 9-3, all of the difference in region seed- on Friday at first-place Laurence chance to close out a mercy-rule before Robbie Jordan lifted a sacri- ing. Manning. "This was the one we had win in the bottom of the fifth. A fice fly to right to plate the game's Similarly, a complete to win, so we kind of put everything Daulton Dabbs double plated Wise final run. game effort from a top into this one to take care of this. Segars and Daniel Reynolds before The Barons had the bats going pitcher can help a Commander went the distance to- Commander drew an intentional early, scoring seven of their nine coach immensely in night, so I've got everybody else for pass. With runners at first and sec- runs in the first three innings. FCS, getting his rotation Friday. It also gives us a chance to ond, reliever Jacob Keefe struck out which fell to 10-5 and 2-3, aided Wil- right heading into an get Commander into that early Corbin Bruce to extend the game. son Hall's cause with three errors upcoming playoff run. JARECKI week rotation for the playoffs. The Commander, who closed with six in that span while starter Miles hit Wilson Hall head playoffs will run Monday, Tuesday, strikeouts, walked the tightrope in a batter and uncorked three wild coach Adam Jarecki Thursday and I want to get him into the top of the sixth. Shelley opened pitches. could check off both of those boxes that rotation." the frame with his second hit, a sin- Reynolds, batting in the leadoff on Tuesday as Charlton Command- Commander rolled through the gle to right, with Preston Miles also spot, led the charge, scoring three er went the distance, limiting Flor- first five innings, limiting the Ea- finding a hole in right as the back- runs and driving in two with a sin- ence Christian School to four hits, gles to just one hit, an infield single to-back singles put runners at first gle, double and two walks. Dabbs in a 9-4 win at Baron Field that from Braxton Shelley to open the and second. clinched second place in SCISA Re- game. FC's only other base runners Jacob Elliott and Cannon SEE BARONS, PAGE B3 B2 | THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

TRACK FROM PAGE B1 SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP BOYS RESULTS TEAM SCORES The team won in a time of 11:40.05. LAKEWOOD Sumter 99 9:09.60. In the girls meet, Lake- First Place: Malik Richardson 100 dash (11.09 seconds); Lakewood 37 Bradford set a meet re- wood won five events and Keith Anderson 400 hurdles (1:01.00); Jalen Clea high Crestwood 35 jump (06-04); Jamal Anderson discus (124-08); 4x100 cord in the 800 record with a Crestwood four. relay (Dajon Howard, Richardson, Deandrae Mack, Tre’Von Cowell) (42.44); time of 2:01.33. He also ran a Zaria Stephens led the SUMTER Second Place: Dontez Moses discus. leg on the winning 4x400 Lady Gators with victories First Place: Keron Benbow 400 dash (53.86 seconds); Theron Bradford 800 run (2 minutes, 1.33 seconds); Third Place: Cowell 100 dash; Dajuan Chavis 400 hur- relay team along with Ster- in the 200 dash (28.00) and Brandon Poston 1,600 (4:40.58), 3,200 (10:21.26); Ah- dles; 4x400 relay (Howard, Justin Anderson, Chavis, ling McKenzie, Lodaine Red- the long jump (16-05). Other keem Williams 110 hurdles (19.14); Anthony Andrews Keith Anderson). pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches); Anthony Dinkins-McCall Fourth Place: wood and Jordan Gregg. LHS winners were LaShayla long jump (21-08); Benjamin Ibe triple jump (43-04); Alejandro Pineda 1,600 run; Avery Wil- liams shot put; Zamar White discus. Sumter won in a time of Harvin in the high jump (04- 4x400 relay (Sterling McKenzie, Theron Bradford, Lo- daine Redwood, Jordan Gregg) (3:34.12); 4x800 relay Fifth Place: Justin Anderson 400 dash; Omar Holland 3:34.12. 02), Amber Dowling in the (Poston, Brian Gamboa, Robert Lewis, Theron Bradford) shot put; Williams discus. The other record setter shot put (32-03) and Serena (9:09.60). Second Place: CRESTWOOD among the boys was Antho- Choice in the discus (97-05). Dinkins-McCall 100 dash; McKenzie 400 dash; Lewis 1,600 run; Landon Horton 3,200; Deonte First Place: Marques Stacks 200 dash (23.22); Terrance ny Andrews in the pole Winning individual events Flowers high jump, triple jump; Kendell Crank pole McClain shot put (48-03). vault; Ja’Kheem Heyward long jump; Ronald McGee vault with a height of 11 for CHS were Delisha Green shot put. Second Place: Nyjeil Lindsay 200 dash; James Powell feet, 6 inches. On the girls 800 run; Carl Benjamin 400 hurdles; 4x100 relay (Benja- in the 800 (2:58.01), Diamond Third Place: Heyward 200 dash; Abraham Temoney 400 min, Lindsay, Neviell Wright, Montrel White); 4x400 side, the only record that Sanders in the 400 hurdles dash; Noah Bradford 800 run; Horton 1,600; Lewis 3,200; relay (Benjamin, Nakeem Ingram, Jerome McKenzie, Phillip Newman pole vault; Gregg long jump; Everett Lindsay); 4x800 relay (McKenzie, Tycee Yates, Joshua was set was also in the pole (1:22.69) and Sedajah Rem- Dinkins triple jump; McGee discus; 4x100 relay (Hey- Addison, Powell). ward, Dinkins-McCall, Robert McKnight, Redwood). vault. Sumter’s Carolyn bert in the triple jump (35- Third Place: Zyricq Rufus shot put. Alan won with a height of 00). Fourth Place: Williams 400 hurdles; Cameron Peterson pole vault. Fourth Place: Lindsay 100 dash; White 200 dash, long 09-00. The Lady Knights’ 4x400 jump; Ingram 400 dash; Yates 800 run. Fifth Place: Redwood 100 dash; Christian Campbell 200 Other winners for the relay team of Shamonah dash; Barrett Connor 800 run; Antavious Richardson Fifth Place: Mitchell Pollard long jump. Sumter boys were Keron Mack-Cook, Daijuiana Jef- 1,600 run; Austin Burdick pole vault. Benbow in the 400 dash ferson, Rembert and Jamiya (53.86 seconds), Ahkeem Lindsey won in 4:34.34. SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GIRLS RESULTS Williams in the 110 high In the boys meet, Lake- TEAM SCORES First Place: Zaria Stephens 200 dash (28.00), long jump hurdles (19.14); Anthony wood won five events and (16-05); LaShayla Harvin high jump (04-02); Amber Sumter 69 Dinkins-McCall in the long Crestwood two. Dowling shot put (32-03); Serena Choice discus (97- Lakewood 46 05). jump (21-08) and Benjamin Individual winners for the Second Place: Crestwood 34 Choice shot put; 4x100 relay (Harvin, Ibe in the triple jump (43- Gators were Malik Richard- Traviah Benefield, Ziyan Gipson, Stephens); Dowling 04). son in the 100 (11.09), Keith SUMTER discus. Third Place: The Sumter girls won Anderson in the 400 hurdles First Place: Victoria Webster 100 dash (13.29 seconds); Octavia Riley 400 dash; Valencia Croom Kayla Greene 400 dash (1 minute, 02.98 seconds); triple jump; Amiyah Pinckney shot put, discus; 4x400 seven of the 16 events. (1:01.00), Jalen Clea in the MacKenzi Zimmerman 1,600 run (6:07.66), 3,200 run relay (Benefield, Croom, Dowling, Riley). MacKenzi Zimmerman won high jump (06-04) and Jamal (16:46.86); Carolyn Alan pole vault (9 feet, 0 inches); Fourth Place: Stephens 100 dash; Merissa Scott 800 4x100 relay (Webster, Juelle King, Niya Womack, Jada both the 1,600 ( 6:07.66) and run. Anderson in the discus (124- Gayle) (51.06); 4x800 relay (Lorien Clark, Nyasia Cum- Fifth Place: the 3,200 (16:46.86), Victoria 08). mings, Zimmerman, Olivia Burdick) (11:40.05). Benefield 200 dash. Webster on the 100 dash The LHS 4x100 team of Second Place: Womack 100 dash; King 200 dash; Cum- CRESTWOOD mings 400 dash; Hannah Mercant 1,600 run, pole vault; First Place: (13.29) and Kayla Greene Dajon Howard, Richardson, 4x400 relay (Webster, Cummings, King, Zimmerman). Delisha Green 800 run (2:58.01); Diamond Sanders 400 hurdles (1:22.69); Sedajah Rembert triple won the 400 (1:02.98). Deandrae Mack and Third Place: Jada Sawyer 100 dash; Abrielle Temoney jump (35-00); 4x400 relay (Shamonah Mack-Cook, Dai- 200 dash, triple jump; Merchant 800 run; Nicole Bast- juiana Jefferson, Rembert, Jamiya Lindsey) (4:34.34). The 4x100 relay team of Tre’Von Cowell won in edo pole vault; Geryreon Peay long jump. Webster, Juelle King, Niya 42.44. Second Place: Sanders 800 run; Rembert long jump; Fourth Place: Inayah Lipscomb 400 dash; Green long Naijia McFadden triple jump; 4x800 relay (Sanders, Womack and Jada Gayle The winners for the jump; Mercedes Peterson shot put, discus. Lindsey, Delisha Green, Allen Cunningham). won in 51.06 and the 4x800 Knights were Marques Fifth Place: Peay 100 dash; Webster 200 dash; Temoney Third Place: 4x100 relay (Mack-Cook, Rembert, Ayana team of Lorien Clark, Nyas- Stacks in the 200 (23.22) and long jump; Christal Cain shot put; discus. English, Karadisha Brunson). ia Cummings, Zimmerman Terrance McClain in the LAKEWOOD Fifth Place: Mack-Cook 400 dash; Joi Conyers 800 run. and Olivia Burdick won in shot put (48-03).

SCOREBOARD Quarterfinal Series Game 3 – Philadelphia at Miami Varsity Baseball Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. (TNT). Sumter at Dreher, 6:30 p.m. Andrew Jackson at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Mets at Crestwood at Timberland, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer TV, RADIO Atlanta (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WWFN-FM 100.1, Timmonsville at Lee Central (DH), 5 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m. TODAY WPUB-FM 102.7). Latta at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoff Eastern 5 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Monte Carlo Masters Orangeburg Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Pinewood Prep, 5 p.m. Conference Quarterfinal Series Match 4 – Washington Round-of-16 Matches (TENNIS). Varsity and B Team Baseball Covenant Christian at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m. at Columbus (USA). 9:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Robert E. Lee at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Varsity and JV Boys Soccer 8 p.m. – College Baseball: Vanderbilt at Missouri Trophee Hassan II First-Round Match from Rabat, (ESPNU). Junior Varsity Baseball South Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m. Morocco (GOLF). 9 p.m. – Men’s College Volleyball: MPSF Semifinal Lugoff-Elgin at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Boys Soccer 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Detroit Match (BYUTV). Manning at Scott’s Branch, 5:30 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 4:45 p.m. (MLB NETWORK). 9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Varsity Boys Golf 1:30 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Monte Carlo Masters Varsity Girls Soccer Quarterfinal Series Game 3 – Portland at New Orleans Round-of-16 Matches (TENNIS). Manning at Brookland-Cayce, 4:30 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 p.m. (NBA TV). 2:40 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier Varsity Boys Soccer Varsity and JV Girls Soccer 9:30 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Lamont Roach Jr. vs. League Match – Chelsea vs. Burnley (NBC SPORTS Orland Cruz in a Super Featherweight Bout and Jose Timberland at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m. NETWORK). Lopez vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez in a Super Varsity Softball Varsity Softball 3:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Texas Open First Round from San Featherweight Bout from San Juan, Puerto Rico Timmonsville at Lee Central, 5 p.m. Bishop England at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Antonio (GOLF). (ESPN2). Robert E. Lee at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. East Clarendon at Hannah-Pamplico, 5:30 p.m. 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, 9:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Western Conference Clarendon Hall at Florence Christian, 4:30 p.m. WDXY-AM 1240). Varsity and JV Softball Playoffs Quarterfinal Series Game 3 – Golden State at Sumter Christian at North Walterboro Christian, 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Hugel-JTBC Open First Round Lugoff-Elgin at Crestwood, 5 p.m. San Antonio (TNT). Varsity Track and Field from Los Angeles (GOLF). Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 3:45 p.m. 1 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East from 6:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at New York Crestwood, Lakewood at Lugoff-Elgin, 5 p.m. Andrew Jackson at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. Bristol, Tenn. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Yankees or Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (MLB Varsity Boys Tennis 5 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Monte Carlo Masters FRIDAY NETWORK). Quarterfinal Matches (TENNIS). South Florence at Sumter, 5 p.m. 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoff Eastern Varsity Baseball Conference Quarterfinal Series Match 4 – Boston at Crestwood at Lugoff-Elgin, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY Toronto (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Bishop England at Manning, 6 p.m. B Team Baseball PREP SCHEDULE East Clarendon at Hannah-Pamplico, 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Baseball: Florida at Kentucky (SEC Providence Athletic Club at Laurence Manning (DH), NETWORK). TODAY Varsity and JV Baseball noon 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP SHS varsity golf takes 3rd in invitational Lady Gamecocks soccer EASLEY — Sumter High Barrett was 2-for-4 with a alty kicks on Tuesday at j. School’s varsity boys golf double and an RBI. Jenkins Frank Baker Stadium. team tops Conway 5-2 team finished third in the McCullum had a hit and an It was the JV program’s Hurricane Invitational at RBI. first win over Hartsville. Southern Oaks on Monday Austin Windham pitched a The game was tied 0-0 Penelope Moore and So- over Jefferson Davis Acade- and Tuesday. complete game to get the through regulation and two phia Haughton both scored my on Tuesday at the CH The Gamecocks’ Evan win. He allowed five hits and 5-minute extra periods. two goals to lead Sumter field. Lewis finished fifth individ- two walks while striking out Grayson Ramirez, Thomas High School’s varsity girls Amberly Way pitched a no- ually with a 36-hole score of 10. Burkott and Frank Gonzalez soccer team to a 5-2 victory hitter with six strikeouts. 152. He shot 77 in the first VARSITY TENNIS scored the first three goals over Conway on Tuesday at She had a hit and two RBI, round and 75 in the second. Darlington 6 on PKs. On the 11th PK, the SHS field. while Hannah Johndrow had Bradley Coulter shot a 156 Sumter 0 Bri’yan Hampton had the Sara Missildine had the two hits and an RBI. (79-77), Dixon Flowers a 161 winning goal. other goal for the Lady Wilson Hall 9 (86-75), Jenkins Dwight a 172 DARLINGTON — Sumter Ryan Carter had the shut- Gamecocks, who improved to Orangeburg Prep 0 (89-83) and Brandon Griffin High School lost to Darling- out in goal with 14 saves, 6-7 overall and 3-6 in Region ORANGEBURG – Wilson a 177 (83-94). ton 6-0 on Tuesday at the four of them during the VI-5A. Taylor Gradwell had Hall improved to 8-4 with a DHS courts. shootout. two assists, while Nina 9-0 victory over Orangeburg VARSITY BASEBALL SINGLES South Florence 7 Lakewood improved to 5-4- Hines, Aria Strickland and Prep on Tuesday at the OP Sumter 4 1 – Avery Williamson (D) 1. Ryleigh Freeman both had field. defeated Briggs Berry 6-0, JV BASEBALL an assist. Ansleigh Epps was 3-for-4 FLORENCE — Sumter 6-1. Hartsville 8 with an RBI for the Lady Wilson Hall 11 Lakewood 0 High School lost to South 2 – Jace Watford (D) de- Florence Christian 8 Barons. Ellie Stone was 2-for- Florence 7-4 on Tuesday at feated Zachary Kelly 6-1, 6-2. HARTSVILLE – Lakewood 2 with a double, Dani Hanley the SF field. 3 – Max Ward (D) defeated Wilson Hall picked up its High School lost to Hartsville had two hits and two RBI The victory gave the Bru- Tyler Smithhart 6-4, 6-0. second win of the season 8-0 on Tuesday at the HHS and Hannah Vaclavik had ins the Region VI-5A title 4 – Kendall Howle (D) de- with an 11-8 victory over field. two hits and an RBI. with a 9-1 region mark. They feated Alex Burger 6-0, 6-2. Florence Christian School Hartsville 13 VARSITY SOFTBALL Lakewood 6 are 16-6 overall. 5 – Laine Ward (D) defeat- on Tuesday at Baron Field. Laurence Manning 15 SHS finished second with ed Kaleb Bartrug 6-0, 6-2. Tate Sistare led WH with Florence Christian 1 HARTSVILLE – Lakewood a 7-3 record. The Gamecocks DOUBLES three hits and three runs. lost to Hartsville 13-6 on are 9-12 overall. 1 – Did not play. William Reese had three FLORENCE – Laurence Tuesday at the HHS field. Sumter jumped out to a 2 – Will Johnson/Ben Jor- hits, including a triple, and Manning Academy defeated Grayce Gainey had a dou- 2-0 lead in the top of the first dan (D) defeated Paul Gott- scored twice, while Tyler Florence Christian School ble, two walks and scored a on an RBI double by Jacob shall/Jordan Baker 6-0, 6-0. Jones had two hits, includ- 15-1 on Tuesday at the FCS run. Ansley Newman had a Holladay and an RBI bunt VARSITY SOCCER ing a double, and scored field. hit, two walks and a run, and single by Bryce Lyons. Hartsville 2 twice. Hunter Ives had a Lundee Olsen tossed a Kamryn Geddings had a hit South Florence answered Lakewood 1 double. 4-hitter, striking out five and an RBI. with a run in the bottom of B TEAM BASEBALL and walking one, to get the JV SOCCER the inning, scored two in the Lakewood high School lost Laurence Manning 14 win. Conway 1 third and three in the to Hartsville 2-1 on Tuesday Robert E. Lee 4 Kaki Fowler had a hit and Sumter 0 fourth. at J. Frank Baker Stadium. three RBI, McKenzie Truett Sumter had seven hits. The Gators, 8-7 overall and BISHOPVILLE – Laurence and Trinity Harrington both Sumter High School lost to Jackson Hoshour had two of 3-4 in Region VI-4A, got their Manning Academy defeated had a double and two RBI Conway 1-0 on Tuesday at them. goal from Jack Turcios. LHS Robert E. Lee Academy 14-4 and Abbie Beard hit a solo the SHS field. Robert E. Lee 5 goalkeeper Koby Wagner on Tuesday at the REL field. homer. The Lady Gamecocks Carolina 3 had 12 saves. Mickey Jordan had multi- JV SOFTBALL dropped to 2-6. BISHOPVILLE — Robert ple hits for LMA for the Hartsville 4 JV SOCCER Clarendon Hall 15 Lakewood 0 E. Lee Academy defeated Lakewood 1 sixth straight game. Lowden Jefferson Davis 0 Carolina Academy 5-3 on Hartsville 0 Olsen and Brandt Reynolds HARTSVILLE – Lakewood Friday at the REL field. both had two hits. SUMMERTON – Claren- High School lost to Hartsville Hunter McGee was 3-for-4 Lakewood High School de- Hayden Griffin picked up don Hall improved to 10-0 4-0 on Tuesday at the HHS with an RBI, while Bryce feated Hartsville 1-0 on pen- his second win. with a 15-0, 3-inning win field. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 | B3

ecki said. “But we had good at-bats, we got on base BAUTISTA BARONS FROM PAGE B1 and scored runs when we needed to. It was a good FROM PAGE B1 effort tonight. I think they knew the importance of reached on a hit by pitch and an error and scored what tonight was all about. taking ground balls. Still there is no once before lacing his 2-RBI double. Commander “Daniel hit the ball well for us, and Commander timetable for when Bautista can be ex- aided his cause with a fly ball in the first that had some good at-bats, too. He had a couple of pected to be ready to play in the minor moved Reynolds and Dabbs into scoring position deep, deep (fly) balls that scored some runs, hit it leagues or Atlanta. ahead of a 2-run single from Bruce. He also had a hard. Corbin came through with a big hit there Bautista earned $18 million under a sacrifice fly in the second and singled before taking early in the game that scored a couple of runs, so I one-year deal with Toronto last season the intentional pass in his final at-bat. just felt like we put the ball in play a little better. but put up subpar numbers for the sec- The bottom of the lineup also provided some Bryce Lyles came through with a hit, so we did ond straight year, hitting .203 with 23 punch as No. 7 hitter Scott singled and reached on what we needed to do to take care of second place. homers and 65 RBIs in 157 games. He an error, scoring both times. Segars walked and We haven’t been hitting the ball really well, so I batted .240 with 40 homers, 114 RBIs beat out an infield single, coming around both was kind of pleased with that.” and 110 walks in 2015, then dropped to times, and Bryce Lyles also reached twice, singling The win also allowed the Barons to avenge one of .234 with 22 homers and 69 RBIs in 116 to left, stealing a base and scoring on a wild pitch their two region losses, a 5-4 setback at Florence games the following year. in the second before reaching on another FCS error Christian on March 27. Bautista became a free agent and in the third. “They beat us last time,” Jarecki said. “They was among several prominent players “We scored every inning there for the first three took it to us, so I’m proud that we were able to who remained unsigned over the win- innings and then we kind of let up a little bit,” Jar- come back and take care of it tonight.” ter.

OBITUARIES Wilson St., Lake City. Visit us on the web at the Lakewood Baptist Care These services have been www.williamsfuneralho- Group. She was employed as JAMES B. COCHRAN JR. entrusted to Samuels Funer- meinc.com a private caregiver for many James Lancaster Sr.; two sis- al Home LLC of Manning. Services directed by the years. GREENSBORO, N.C. — The ters, Shakita China (Tim) and FLORABELL FULWOOD staff and management of Survivors include two world became a little darker McKenzie Lancaster; two Williams Funeral Home Inc., children, Vicky Ethridge when Jim Cochran died on brothers-in-law, Ronnie Florabell Fulwood, 88, 821 N. Main St., Sumter. (Debra Lewis) and Tracy March 26, 2018, after a brief Wright and Eric (Sabrina) widow of Louis Fulwood, Ethridge (Patricia), both of stay at High Point Regional Wright; sister-in-law Keyayan- died on Saturday, April 14, CLOPELL RHODES Greenville; four grandchil- Hospital. na Alexander; godmother, Syl- 2018, at her residence in dren, Michael Charles Jim had a way of making via Murray; two "honorary Sumter. The Rev. Clopell Rhodes, "Chad" Avin Jr. (Amber the people he moms," Joyce Williams and Born in Lynchburg, she 64, departed this life on Sat- Titus), Grant Austin Eth- met feel better Patricia P. Wheeler; along was a daughter of the late urday, April 14, 2018, at Pal- ridge, Samuel Tracy Eth- about themselves with a host of aunts, uncles, Ed Scott and Emma Green. metto Health Tuomey. ridge, Benjamin Patrick and often cousins and friends who The family will receive Born in Marion, Clopell Ethridge and Rebecca Rose brought unex- mourn his loss. friends at the home, 221 Rhodes was the youngest Ethridge; a great-grand- pected smiles to Funeral services will be Brent St. child born to the late John daughter, Norah Dreamy their faces. held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Funeral arrangements are Tillman Rhodes and Clotell Avin; and two sisters, Florie COCHRAN Born on July Friendship Missionary Bap- incomplete and will be an- Miller Rhodes. Clopell grad- Bradshaw (Dale) and Doro- 31, 1929, in Tracy tist Church, 182 Pike Road nounced by Palmer Memori- uated from Marion High thy Barkley, both of Sumter. City, Tennessee, East, Sumter, with the Rev. al Chapel Inc. School in 1972. Thus further- Funeral services will be Jim was a son of Rachel Stone Dr. Aurelia Hill, pastor, and ing his education here in held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday Cochran and James Beard Co- Apostle Jamie T. Pleasant offi- Sumter at Morris College, at Lakewood Baptist Church chran Sr. His formative years ciating. he graduated with a degree with the Rev. Tim Hinson of- were spent in Evansville, Indi- A public viewing will be in business administration ficiating. Burial will be at ana, where he graduated from held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at in 1981. While attending Greeleyville Freewill Bap- Bosse High School. He was the mortuary. Morris College, he became a tist Church cemetery. awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Messages of hope can be charter member of Phi Beta The family will receive radio and television from the made at www.whitesmortuary. Sigma and an outstanding friends from 10:30 to 11:30 University of North Carolina net employee at the college a.m. on Friday at Lakewood at Chapel Hill. Jim enlisted in The family is receiving bookstore. After graduating, Baptist Church. the Army and served in the friends at the home of his Clopell wore different pro- Memorials may be made Korean War as a correspon- uncle and aunt, Charles and WILEY J. RUFUS fessional hats within the to Lakewood Baptist dent and communications Joyce Williams, 5195 Circuit Wiley James Rufus en- town of Sumter. He was an Church, 3140 Nazarene specialist. After his service, Lane, Rembert. tered eternal rest on April officer for the Sumter Coun- Church Road, Sumter, SC while working in television Services entrusted to 16, 2018, at Palmetto Health ty Police Department. He 29154. production for the Jefferson Whites Mortuary LLC, 517 N. Richland, Columbia. was a manager of World Fi- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Standard Broadcasting Co., he Guignard Drive, Sumter. The family is receiving nance. After becoming a li- Funeral Home and Cremato- met his wife, Janet Fyne Co- LOTTIE M. HUNTER friends at the residence, 337 censed, ordained minister, rium of Sumter is in charge chran of Sumter, and they Fat Back Road, Dalzell. he became a chaplain for of the arrangements. were married there in 1956. Funeral services for Lottie Funeral arrangements are many different hospice com- DOROTHY O. THOMPSON Though he spent many Bell Mack Hunter, who died incomplete and will be an- panies. years in sales and advertising, on April 14, 2018, will be held nounced by Wilson Funeral He was preceded in death FLORENCE — On Sunday, he was able to combine two of at 1 p.m. on Friday at Mount Home, 403 S. Main St., Bish- by his two loving parents, April 8, 2018, Dorothy his great loves, photography Zion Missionary Baptist opville. John and Clotell Rhodes; his Owens Thompson, widow of and piloting small planes. In Church, Sumter, MARY L. SMITH sisters, Juanita Rhodes and Elder James Albert Thomp- partnership with his best with burial to Addie Rhodes Crawford; and son, exchanged time for friend, he created an aerial follow at Cedar Mary L Smith, 70, widow a brother, John Rhodes Jr. eternity at McLeod Hospice photography business. In re- Grove Mission- of William Smith, departed Clopell leaves to cherish House in Florence. cent years and until two ary Baptist this life on Tuesday, April his fond and loving memo- Born on April 26, 1936, in weeks prior to his death, he Church, Sumter. 17, 2018, at her residence. ries: his wife, Emma Lee the Bloomville Community was also a driver for Enter- Visitations will She was born on Dec. 4, Rhodes; sons, Demetrius of Manning, she was a prise Rental Cars. HUNTER be at the home of 1947, in Wedgefield, a daugh- Dante Rhodes, Clopell D.I. daughter of the late Cleve- His wife Janet resides at her daughter and ter of the late Jackson and Rhodes and Anthoney Leon- land Sr. and Josephine Friends Homes at Guilford; son-in-law, Evelyn Murray Johnson. ar; a sister, Dorothy Rhodes; Ragin Owens. his daughter, Shannon Co- Thomasena and James Jack- The family will be receiv- niece, Vanessa and husband, The family is receiving chran and her husband live in son, 4090 St. Mark Circle, ing friends at the home, 1045 Cedric Wilson; brothers-in- relatives and friends at the Los Angeles; and his son and Sumter, SC 29154. Mayfield Drive, Sumter, SC law, Alphonso O. Crawford residence, 2109 Mallette granddaughter, Stewart and The family will receive 29154. and Moise Green Jr.; along Road, Sugar Hill community Skyler Cochran reside in Aus- friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. with a host of aunts, uncles, of Manning. tin, Texas. at Kingdom Builders Deliver- Main St., Sumter, is in nieces, nephews, cousins Funeral services are in- A memorial for Jim will be ance Ministries Inc., 621 W. charge of arrangements. and friends. complete and will be an- held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Liberty St., Sumter, SC, 29150. AHMAD JA'MARLEY WILSON The family is receiving nounced by Fleming & De- New Garden Friends Meeting Surviving are her children, relatives and friends at the Laine Funeral Home and with a small reception to fol- Thomasena (James) Jackson, Little Master Ahmad home, 963 Gaines Road, Chapel. low. Patricia Hunter Titus, the Ja’Marley Wilson, son of Or- Sumter. ROSA MAE WITHERSPOON In lieu of flowers, donations Rev. Clarence (Lillie) Hunter, lando Wilson and Tiffany Funeral services will be may be made to the World Waddell (Gloria) Hunter, Montgomery, was born on held at 1 p.m. today at St. Rosa Mae Witherspoon, Wildlife Fund (see website for George Hunter, Mildred Brit- April 2, 2018, in Sumter. He de- Mark-Four Bridge Baptist 81, wife of Jessie Wither- info) or directed to a favorite ton, Priscilla (Johnnie) Wash- parted his earthly life on Church, 2280 Four Bridges spoon, departed this life on charity. ington, Ometta Ann Hunter Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Friday, April 13, 2018, at Forbis and Dick Guilford and Ivory Loretta (Orin) Den- Palmetto Health Richland, Co- Sammie Simmons, pastor, Peak Center Nursing Home Chapel is serving the family nis; two brothers, Raymond lumbia. eulogist. in Colorado Springs, Colora- and online condolences may (Brenda) Mack and Leon He leaves to cherish his The remains will be placed do. be offered at www.forbisand- Mack; 65 grandchildren; 52 memories: his parents, Orlan- in the church at noon. She was born on Nov. 27, dick.com great-grandchildren; 17 great- do Wilson and Tiffany Mont- The funeral procession 1936, in Pinewood, a daugh- JAMES A. LANCASTER JR. grandchildren; a host of other gomery; three brothers, Dejon will leave at 12:20 p.m. from ter of the late Frank and loving relatives and friends. Montgomery, Jaiden Mont- the home. Sarah Brown Billie. IRMO — James Antonio JP Holley Funeral Home is gomery and NaShun Mont- Burial will be at St. Mark- The family will be receiv- Lancaster Jr., affectionately in charge of arrangements. gomery: two sisters, Kimora Four Bridge Baptist Church- ing friends after 11 a.m. known as "Tony" DEBORAH WILDER Montgomery and Kalaya yard cemetery. daily at the home her sister, and husband of Montgomery; six uncles; three These services have been 223 W. Williams St., Sumter, Anita W. Lan- LAKE CITY — Deborah aunts; grandparents, Carl and entrusted to the manage- SC 29150. caster, was born Wilder, 53, died on Saturday, Berthina Wade and Elease ment and staff of Williams Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. on Nov. 19, 1977, April 14, 2018. Montgomery; and a host of Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, is in in Sumter, to She was a daughter of the family and friends. He will be Main St., Sumter. charge of arrangements. Kathleen Sand- late Henry and in our hearts and truly missed. Online memorial messages GERTRUDE P. WILSON LANCASTER ers Lancaster Mariah Evans Funeral services will be may be sent to the family at and James Lan- Wilder. held at noon on Friday at the [email protected]. Gertrude P. Wilson, 70, caster Sr. Funeral servic- John Wesley Williams Sr. Me- com. Visit us on the web at widow of James E. Wilson, Tony was preceded in death es for Mrs. Wild- morial Chapel, Williams Fu- www.williamsfuneralho- departed this life on Tues- by maternal grandparents, er will be held at neral Home, Sumter, with meinc.com. day, April 17, 2018, at her Harril and Hattie Sanders; 11 a.m. on Friday Bishop Irvin Gripper officiat- LOU ELLA ETHRIDGE residence. and paternal grandparents, WILDER at St. John AME ing. Interment will follow at She was born on Dec. 15, Ruth Ellen and John Lancast- Church, Work- Sumter Cemetery – Baby Lou Ella Ethridge, 69, died 1947, in Aiken, a daughter er. man community Land. on Wednesday, April 18, of the late John Cadle and Tony departed this life on of Kingstree, with the Rev. The funeral procession will 2018, at her home. Josephine Pope. Friday, April 13, 2018, in Rem- Fredrick Johnson, pastor, offi- leave at 11:15 a.m. on Friday Born on Oct. 27, 1948, in The family will be receiv- bert. ciating and Prophet Deloris from the home, 3760 Artesian Sumter, she was a daughter ing friends at the home, 969 Tony leaves to cherish his Ford presiding. Burial will fol- Drive, Sumter. of the late Arthur B. and Dover Circle, Sumter, SC memory: his wife, Anita Lan- low at the churchyard ceme- Online memorial messages Minnie Margie Barfield. She 29154. caster; two children, Tyreke tery. may be sent to the family at was a member of Lakewood Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. and Xzavien Lancaster; moth- The family is receiving [email protected]. Baptist Church, where she Main St., Sumter, is in er, Kathleen Lancaster; father, friends at her residence, 236 com. was one of the founders of charge of arrangements. B4 | THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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Must have Robert Dixon, POA for Corean Dixon upon you, exclusive of the day of Concrete & Windows some computer knowledge, be a/k/a Corrine Johnson Dixon, such service, and, if you fail to self-motivated, dependable & ener- Petitioner, answer the Complaint within the •Water Problems •Tree removal vs. time aforesaid, judgment by default Call BURCH 803-720-4129 getic. Apply at Wally's Hardware EMPLOYMENT 1291 Broad St. Bennie Dixon, Alex Dixon, Ethel will be rendered against you for Toney, & Cynthia Johnson and for relief demanded in the Complaint. H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY Bucket operator/groundsman nee- any persons,unknown who are or paint roofs gutters drywall blown might claim to be GIVEN that the original Complaint ceilings ect. 773-9904 Help Wanted ded for local tree service. Must decedent,including any unknown in this action was filed in the office Full-Time have Valid Drivers License. Call persons in the Armed Forces of the of the Clerk of Court for Sumter Lawn Service 803-983-9721. United States of America, any County on February 16, 2018. minors, persons non compos mentis NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY Wrecker driver needed. Good Help Wanted: Auto detailers and and persons under a disability of any GIVEN that pursuant to the South Clary Lawn Service Free Estimates driving record. Class A license, auto car washers. Kenny's Car kind or nature Carolina Supreme Court Call 803-406-3514 dependable & willing to work. Call Care, 294 Broad St. Sumter. Respondent(s). Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Sumter Wrecker 803-773-4955 Refurbished batteries as low as Foreclosure Intervention. NOTICE Jan's Lawn Service Help Wanted TO THE RESPONDENT(S) 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday. $45. New batteries as low as $65. ABOVE-NAMED: OF PENDENCY OF ACTION Cut grass, shrubs, planting, pine Part-Time 6v golf cart battery as low as $65. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT straw. Call 803-491-5375 Fundraising Coordinator Lawnmower batteries, $38.95. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED an action has been commenced and •Develop a banquet package with PT maintenance personnel needed Auto Electric Co. and required to answer the Petition is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court review and advice from other staff at local apt. complex. Must have 102 Blvd Rd. 803-773-4381 herein, a copy of which is herewith Legal Service members and volunteer served upon you, and to serve a copy upon the complaint of the above drivers license & own tools. HVAC named Plaintiff against the above •Work with suppliers to attain the of your Answer to this Petition upon exp. a plus. Apply in person at 625 the subscriber, at the address shown named Defendant for the purpose of Attorney Timothy L. Griffith best possible banquet products and S. Mill St. Manning or call LEGAL below, within thirty (30) days after foreclosing a certain mortgage of 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. membership materials at the best 803-435-2751. service hereof, exclusive of the day real estate heretofore given by Lillie Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury price and terms of such service, and if you fail to Ann Williams and Wesley L. •Provide all necessary support NOTICES answer the Petition, judgment by Williams to Ditech Financial LLC bearing date of April 29, 1993 and Roofing and fundraising/banquet materials to default will be rendered against you chapter chairmen for the relief demanded in the recorded April 30, 1993 in Mortgage Petition. Book 569 at Page 1742 in the •Resolve logistics necessary for RENTALS Register of Mesne Robert's Metal Roofing trips, outfitters, vacation rentals, Legal Notice 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing SUMMONS Conveyances/Register of Camp Woodie weeks, etc. sold at AND NOTICE Deeds/Clerk of Court for Sumter avail. Expert installation. Long list of events County, in the original principal sum satisfied customers. 803-837-1549. Unfurnished PUBLIC AUCTION •Attend events during banquet TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE of Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Apartments Hundred Eighty Seven and 00/100 All Types of Roofing & Repairs All season July-March, nights and Sumter Self Storage, 731 Broad St. NAMED: weekends (30+ per year) Dollars ($28,987.00). Thereafter, by work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. Sumter, S.C. will have an auction assignment recorded February 6, •Plan and execute banquets to Senior Living 10:00 am, Saturday, April 21, 2018. And to the natural, general, Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734. testamentary or other guardians 2009 in Book 1118 at Page 1123, the include check-in/check-out logistics Apartments mortgage was assigned to EverBank; and structure These units to be sold: thereof,and to the person with whom Tree Service for those 62+ they reside or by whom they may thereafter, by assignment recorded •Proficient in Microsoft Office and (Rent based on income) #244 Timothy Robinson March 16, 2016 in Book 1219 at Page #361 Kirkland reside or by whom they may be general typing Shiloh-Randolph Manor employed,if any there be,and to all 5361, the mortgage was assigned to A Notch Above Tree Care Full #381 Brown Green Tree Servicing LLC. •Great Customer Services Skills 125 W. Bartlette. #433 Johnson other Respondents whose quality service low rates, lic./ins., free Resumes with references should be whereabouts cannot be ascertained. Thereafter, on August 31, 2015, 775-0575 #436 Washington Green Tree Servicing LLC changed est BBB accredited 983-9721 emailed to [email protected] Studio/1 Bedroom #521 Brown YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, its name to Ditech Financial LLC., apartments available #550 Sumpter and that the premises effected by STATE TREE SERVICE #554 Rogers advised and notified that the Petitio EHO n,Summons,Order Appointing said mortgage and by the foreclosure Free Estimates Nesbitt Transportation is now #802 Kenely thereof are situated in the County of #916 James Guardian ad Litem, Order of Tree Service, Stump Grinding hiring Class A CDL Drivers. Must be Publication and Notice to Sumter, State of South Carolina, and and Land Clearing Unfurnished Auction to be conducted by Dinkins is described as follows: All that 23 yrs old and have 2 yrs Auction SCAL #3696 Respondents were filed in the Office 803-773-1320 experience. Home nights and week- Homes of the Probate Court for Sumter certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with any improvements ends. Call 843-621-0943 or County,South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to determine the thereon, situate, lying and being in THE TREE DOCTOR 843-659-8254 Cozy Home in Rembert, if you Beer & Wine License heirs-at-law of lziah Dixon, as is the Township and County of Sumter, Professional tree care at affordable wish to unwind in a stress free more fully stated in the Petition. State of South Carolina, designated prices. 4 generations of expert tree We are growing and looking for atmosphere. PRIVATE COZY Pic- That by Order of the Probate as Lot No. 28 as shown on that managers and manager trainees. certain plat by Michael C. care. Over 65 yrs. exp. Tree removal, turesque 3BR, new appliances, new Notice Of Court,Calvin K. Hastie, Esquire, stump grinding, pruning, lot clearing, Consumer finance experience prefer- HVAC, $900a month. Call whose address is 7 East Turbeville, III, dated 04/19/93 and Application recorded 'in the R.M.C. Office for bob cat & lot clearing also available. red but not required. Please apply at 803-900-5280 Notice is hereby given that Avasar Hampton,Sumter,South Carolina 29150, was appointed Guardian ad Sumter County in Plat Book 93 at Free estimates. Call 803-720-7147 your local Lenders Loans office. Enterprises LLC, dba Thomas Spirit Page 607, the exact boundaries and 45-B Highland, 2Br/1Ba, stove, intends to apply to the South Carolina litem Nisi with his/her appointment to become absolute thirty (30) days measurements of which can be Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, Aircraft Sheetmetal Part fridg, w/d hook-up. $375/mo.+ $400 Department of Revenue for a license permit determined by reference to the said stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, that will allow the sale and OFF premises after the services of this Amended Fabricator-Entry Level /dep. 469-8872 lv. msg Summons and Notice. plat. Said lot being bounded and 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. Job Description: Precision Air, consumption of Wine & Liquor at 2045 measuring according to the said plat Thomas Sumter Hwy., Sumter, SC 29153. as follows: On the North by Lot No. Inc.is looking for a motivated entry Commercial Rentals To object to the issuance of this permit / NOTICE OF level Sheetmetal Part Fabricator (no 26, said plat, and measuring thereon license, written protest must be postmarked no APPOINTMENT OF 74.06 feet; on the East by Lot No. 29, PETS & experience needed) for our produc- later than April 28, 2018. For a protest to GUARDIAN AD LITEM For Rent: 4,000 sq ft retail space at said plat, and measuring thereon tion facility in Manning that is willing be valid, it must be in writing, and 137.00 feet; on the South by Gamble ANIMALS to learn and grow with the company. Gamecock Plaza. Call Bobby Sisson should include the following TO: THE RESPONDENTS HEREIN, Street, said plat, and measuring This position involves sheet metal 803-464-2730 information: (1) the name, address names and addresses unknown thereon 156.37 feet; and on the West part fabrication and aircraft mainte- and telephone number of the person including thereof any who may be by Lot No. 27, said plat, and filing the protest; (2) the specific nance shop support. Part fabrication minors or under other legal measuring thereon 150.34 feet. Be all Dogs reasons why the application should disabilities, if any, and to the will include using a Panel Pro metal of said measurements a little more REAL be denied; (3) that the person natural, general or testamentary or a little less and according to the router (CNC) with CAD to CAM protesting is willing to attend a guardian or conservator or otherwise For Sale: AKC registered Lab said plat. This being the property program, sheet metal shear, sheet ESTATE hearing (if one is requested by the unto the persons with whom they known as 255 Gamble Street. TMS puppies, 7 wks old, wormed and metal brake and other sheet metal applicant); (4) that the person may reside, if any thereby: No. 251-07-03-017 Property Address: shots. $500 Call David 803-983-6894 equipment. Other duties would protesting resides in the same 255 Gamble Street, Sumter, SC 29150 include supervised on aircraft work county where the proposed place of YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office business is located or within five to include basic disassembly and Homes for Sale that by order entered April3, Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina miles of the business; and (5) the 2018,Calvin K. Hastie, Esquire was reassembly and shop support activi- 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 name of the applicant and the named Guardian ad Litem Nisi to Attorneys for Plaintiff MERCHANDISE ties. For Sale By Owner 3B & 2B 1120 address of the premises to be represent your interest in this Responsibilities: Cutleaf Dr. LR, DR, galley eat in licensed. Protests must be mailed to: action, and appointment to become ·Operate a Panel Pro metal router for kitchen, library/music rm w/custom S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, absolute unless you apply for the Public Hearing reverse engineering, engraving and shelves, brick raised patio, w/ walled P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: Nisi to represent your interest in the part cutout. Charleston Garden in rear, plantation NOTIFICATION OF Want to Buy (803) 896-0110. above entitled action within thirty ·Operate metal sheer, metal brake, BOARD OF APPEALS shutters, professionally landscaped. (30) days from the date of the said and hand tools Beautiful home. Buyer agents wel- PUBLIC HEARING Will buy furniture by piece or Notice Of order. ·Use computer aided drafting appli- come. Shown by appointment. Only bulk, tools, trailers, lawn mowers, Application The City of Manning Board of Zoning cations such as AutoCad or Easy- $198,000. Call 803-469-9755 J. David Weeks Notice is hereby given that Fuel Energy, Appeals will meet on Thursday, May, 4 wheelers, or almost anything of CAD to create .dxf mechanical Weeks law Office, LLC LLC dba Petro World intends to apply to 3, 2018 at 6:00 PM, City Hall, 29 West value. Also old signs & lawn 35 South Sumter Street drawings Land & Lots the South Carolina Department of Revenue Boyce Street, to hear the following furniture Call 803-983-5364 P 0 Box 370 ·Use computer software to load and for Sale for a license permit that will allow the sale appeal: convert drawing files into Panel Pro and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Sumter,SC 29151 ATIORNEY FOR PETITIONER Auctions Wine at 2041 Thomas Sumter Hwy., Request No. V-2018-02 by Prestwick operating files (AvCAM) OWNER FINANCING! 5 acres, near 9803) 775-5856 Telephone Sumter, SC 29153. To object to the issuance Development Co. to be allowed a ·Use precision measurement tools to (803) 778-1365 Facsimile St. Charles. Call or text of this permit / license, written protest must be variance of 10 feet to the height PUBLIC AUCTION verify part meets drawing specifica- 803-464-5813. postmarked no later than April 28, 2018. For tions SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF setback requirement of 35 feet a protest to be valid, it must be in located at Weingburg Drive, Tax Map ·Remove and reinstall panels on SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER EAST SELF STORAGE writing, and should include the SUMTER IN THE COURT OF # 169-15-09-003-00, zoned General 800 MYRTLE BEACH HWY. aircraft along with other on aircraft following information: (1) the name, COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. Residential-2 (GR-2). AUCTION supervised work address and telephone number of 2018-CP-43-00247 Ditech Financial April 28, 2018 ·Maintain safe operations by adher- the person filing the protest; (2) the LLC, Plaintiff vs. Lillie Williams aka Documentations relating to these specific reasons why the application 10:00 A.M. ing to safety procedures and Lillie Ann Williams, Wesley appeals are available for public should be denied; (3) that the person Williams aka Wesley L. Williams, inspection during regular business regulations protesting is willing to attend a ·Maintain equipment by completing and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., hours in the office of the Zoning UNITS FOR AUCTION hearing (if one is requested by the Administrator at City Hall, 29 West preventive maintenance require- Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT B-32 - Betty J. Pack applicant); (4) that the person Wesley Williams aka Wesley L. Boyce Street, Manning, South C-6 - James Byrd ments; following manufacturer's in- protesting resides in the same Williams: YOU ARE HEREBY Carolina. C-8 - James Byrd structions county where the proposed place of E-19 - Selina Lawson Requirements business is located or within five •High School Diploma miles of the business; and (5) the E-22 - Derek Hodge name of the applicant and the F-17 - Gwendolyn McBride •SC Driver's License address of the premises to be F-31 - Reginald Williams •U.S. Citizen licensed. Protests must be mailed to: Not sure why G-7 - Earl Bradley, Jr. •Able to speak, read and write in S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, G-8 - Willie Lawson English P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South G-28 - Catherine White •Must be proficient in basic comput- Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: G-32 - Bobby Ragin ers skills (803) 896-0110. BUSINESS H-15 - Suzette Porter Skills and Qualifications •Basic mechanical skills (operate Garage, Yard & drill, screwdriver, wrenches, ratchet, Estate Sales etc.) IS SLOW? •Able to lift 30 lbs. INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR YARD •Able to work from a ladder SALE- Antioch United Methodist •Aircraft maintenance experience or church, 4040 Dubose Siding Rd. (off training desired CONTRACTORS of Hwy 15N) Sat. April, 21st 7-? •Metal shop experience or training desired Yard Sale: Sat. April 21st, 7-? at 222 •Willing to be trained on: Barefoot Crt. Lots of everything. •AutoCad/EasyCad program WANTED •AvCam program Garage Sale: Sat. 7-12 at 714 •Panel Pro Operation Haynsworth St. Furniture, kitchen •Sheetmetal equipment (sheer, appl., yard tools, and lots more! brake, hand tools, etc.) • WEDGEFIELD • Yard sale Sat 8-12 •Mechanical drawing interpretation Golden Corral Parking Lot, Sumter •Mechanical drawing creation All proceeds for Camp Corral To Apply, send your resume to HOME & RACK DELIVERY [email protected], subject line PA- 2008 Charleston Ave Sat April 21st Manning Aircraft Sheetmetal Part is not just a saying 10-2 Moving- Everything For Sale! Fabricator. Antiques, furniture, collectibles, tools, household, no clothing. Sale If you have good, will be inside (rear garage) Rain Exp. auto mechanic needed. in business. or shine. Send resume to: P-483 c//o The dependable transportation, Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 Jimbo's Gigantic Yard Sale April a phone in your home, and a desire 20th & 21st 8-? at 3124 Dingle Pond Advertise today and let your Rd. Summerton, Antiques, collecta- to earn extra income bles, fishing,hunting, garden..No business be in sight Early Sales! Call LORI at 774-1216 and in the minds of your customers. For Sale or Trade

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