Remembering World War II enthusiasts walk on Omaha Beach, Normandy, on Wednes- day. Extensive com- memorations were held D-DAY in the U.K. and France to honor the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the United 75 States, Canada and years later other nations who land- ed in Normandy on June 6, 1944, in histo- SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCT. 15, 1894 A5-7 ry’s biggest amphibious THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 75 CENTS invasion. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Girl, 5, From Sumter to Southern Cal drowns in pool at hotel Incident under investigation; no signs of foul play involved BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected]

A 5-year-old girl drowned in a Sumter hotel pool during the weekend. Sumter Police Department detectives are investigating after officers re- sponded to reports of a pool drowning Saturday afternoon at the Econo Lodge on North Washington Street, according to Barron Hite, public informa- BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM tion officer with the depart- GILMORE Mitchell Matthews and Callie McAdams are recent Wilson Hall graduates who will continue their education in sunny, ment. Southern California at USC. Southern Cal is known nationally to be one of the most competitive in its admissions. Faith Gilmore was trans- ported by ambulance to Prisma Health Tu- omey Hospital, where she later died. Sum- Wilson Hall duo destined for Los Angeles and prestigious university ter County Coroner Robbie Baker said he BY BRUCE MILLS SEE DROWNING, PAGE A3 [email protected]

t’s a college that has every- Ithing any aspiring student School board would look for: high aca- demic prestige, access to Hol- lywood, sun, surf, the beach may adjust tax and perfect weather, just to name a few. hike request It’s the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and in- terest in the prestigious private County informs district it will get school of 40,000-plus students is so high that some celebrities have re- $840K more next year after growth cently been associated with a col- BY BRUCE MILLS lege admissions bribery scandal [email protected] related to their children’s admis- sion to the university. After Sumter County recently increased Southern Cal is known for hav- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS its estimated total assessed property values ing one of the lowest admission The University of Southern California’s admission rate this year was 11%, ac- by 2%, it’s a step backward now for Sumter rates of any university in the U.S., cording to university sources. School District on its official millage re- down to just 11% in this year’s ad- quest to county council. mission cycle, according to univer- from across the country. alums credit a strong academic That was the outcome Monday night sity sources. Southern Cal’s admis- After graduating last week, foundation and motivating teach- when district Chief Financial Officer Jen- sion rate is on par with Duke, Mitchell Matthews and Callie Mc- ers at the private school for much nifer Miller made her request at a budget North Carolina and Vanderbilt. Adams, both 18, discussed their fu- of their success. workshop meeting to council for a $1.2 mil- With all the recent scandal, ture destination for higher educa- In the honors program in a lion tax increase, or 9.01 mills, to balance there’s still a way to get into the tion some 2,450 miles away at the graduating class of 58 students, the district’s budget for next year. Hollywood school through the USC in the “City of Angels” — as Matthews and McAdams said they Shortly into her presentation, county front door via honest, hard work. opposed to the USC just down the Two recent Wilson Hall graduates road in Columbia. SEE REQUEST, PAGE A6 are proof you can even get there Both newly minted Wilson Hall SEE STUDENTS, PAGE A6

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BY KAYLA ROBINS Major won the second at- [email protected] large seat with 26 votes. Lytch received nine votes. The Town of Lynchburg There was a total of five in Lee County held nonpar- other write-in votes spread tisan elections for mayor among four people. and two of its four council Rebecca Major was the seats on Tuesday, with two only person election-wide incumbents winning and who officially filed to be a one being unseated. candidate. Andre Laws retained his Barnhill said having most- Final Sumter Master Plan includes position as mayor of the ly if not all write-ins for 373-population town, accord- elections in Lynchburg is ing to recent numbers from normal. green space, remodeling streets the Municipal Association “I think they do it to save of South Carolina. Lee a dime. They’ve done it that BY KAYLA ROBINS downtown and “ensure equita- Mayor Joe McElveen said the County Voter Registration way since I’ve been here, [email protected] ble opportunity and a commu- next day when the consultants and Elections Director Stan and I’ve been here for five nity that is welcoming to all.” presented the plan to Sumter Barnhill said Laws did not years,” he said. Sumterites got the chance to County Council during the officially file as a candidate Rebecca Major and Ger- see what their city may look RECOMMENDATIONS June 4 meeting. and won as a write-in with trude Major join Charles like downtown in 20 years, and While TSW drew out detailed It won’t happen overnight, 44 votes. Nelson Jr. and Pamela Rob- they seemed ready for the maps and plans down to the McElveen said, but the Central Barnhill said Laws did de- inson, who received two change. street and block for what Business District has come clare his write-in candidacy write-in votes, on the coun- Consulting firm TSW pre- should go where, the overall such a long way already in the in a letter, which may be cil. sented its Downtown Sumter summary of what they recom- last 20 years — and that was useful if there were to be a A total of 73 ballots were Master Plan before a crowd of mended is to infill mixed-use without a focused long-range dispute in the election re- cast out of 275 registered about 50 who came to the open development with a focus on plan that specifically looked at sults. voters, Barnhill said. MASC house at City Centre to either adding residential units down- the core of the city. Also as write-ins, David data shows Lynchburg has see how their ideas were incor- town. The plan includes recom- McClam won 23 votes, and two full-time employees. porated into the concept plan Major highlights include cre- mendations for the city to con- Lashawn Gregg received The Lee County Board of or to learn about it for the first ating a 2-acre civic green cross- sider taking over S.C. Depart- one vote. Voter Registration and Elec- time. ing North Harvin Street and ment of Transportation-con- Rebecca Major and Ken- tions will conduct a canvass The master plan is a first of connecting the courthouse and trolled streets to implement neth Lytch’s Lynchburg and certification hearing its kind for the downtown Sum- judicial center to include an streetscape goals. Immediate Town Council seats were up after a provisional ballot ter area — within Washington amphitheater and splash pad; short-term steps could be to for election. Major was the hearing Thursday at 11 a.m., Street, Calhoun Street, North landscaping and streetscaping, test some of the recommenda- top vote-getter with 58 votes, after which the board will Magnolia Street, South Harvin especially on Washington and tions by re-striping streets and and challenger Gertrude certify the final vote totals. Street and West Oakland Ave- Harvin; and providing better using colorful crosswalks to nue — a conceptual and poten- connectivity between the his- inch toward remodeling streets tially literal blueprint for land toric district and downtown. and sidewalks. use and land and streetscaping. Reynard Whittleton spent With a good new foundation “I can’t make this strong time at the open house after the of commercial businesses offer- enough of a point. This can be presentation Monday examin- ing dining and shopping op- done here, and this is the place ing the maps and concept tions, along with the new Hyatt to do it,” said Thomas Walsh, a plans. He opened 3T’s Unlimit- Place, the next major move- consultant with the Atlanta- ed at 11 S. Main St. downtown ment needs to be residential, based firm that specializes in in 2005 and said business has the firm is saying. More retail revitalizing and bringing ener- picked up in recent years. will follow residential, and the gy and economic growth and “It looks good,” he said about city must get people to move people to small city centers. the ideas presented in the plan. within walking distance of “Hopefully it keeps getting bet- downtown. GOALS ter [downtown].” Jay Davis, president and bro- Youth can learn about plants, animals The goal of the plan, accord- ker-in-charge at Coldwell Bank- native to Sumter at 4-H20 Camp, July 8-10 ing to city staff and residents’ IT MAY TAKE A WHILE er Commercial Cornerstone, voiced wishes, is to bring more Walsh said total implementa- agrees. FROM STAFF REPORTS registration is on a first- residents downtown, to make a tion could take 20 years and “I think the streetscapes and come, first-served basis. more cohesive transportation that it will likely require poli- changing Washington Street to Clemson Extension will Cost is $30. network and to create a usable cies and programs to be updat- connect the historic district to once again hold its 4-H20 Students must bring a and accessible park space, all ed, changed or created to allow downtown is great,” he said. “I camp for youth ages 9-14. Not lunch and wear comfortable of which will create an envi- for its completion. think there was reluctance at only will participants learn clothing and sneakers or ronment for a thriving com- “It’s hard to think back to first [to all the change down- about plants and animals na- water shoes (flip flops are mercial core, bring the arts and what [downtown] was like 20 town], but I think now every- tive to Sumter and water not allowed). community-serving agencies years ago, but it wasn’t good,” one believes.” quality in an interactive en- To register, call Katie Alt- vironment but they will also man or Terri Sumpter at Poll of the week go on a hike, collect critters, (803) 773-5561 and mail create water-themed crafts check made payable to and go fishing. Clemson University to: This week’s question: What did you think of the new Answers are Camp will be held from 9 Sumter County Extension, Aladdin movie? combined from a.m. to 1 p.m. July 8-10 at 115 N. Harvin St., Fifth our poll on www. CCTC’s Natural Resources Floor, Sumter, SC 29150. In- I don’t plan on seeing it 43% | 60 VOTES theitem.com. Management Facility, 735 clude camper’s name, par- I haven’t seen it but plan to 23% | 32 VOTES Have a question W. Brewington Road. Class ent’s name, phone number, Loved it 17% | 30 VOTES you want us to is limited to 20 students, and email and home address. Stop remaking classic cartoon movies into ask? Email press- live-action movies 9% | 13 VOTES release@theitem. Did not like it 1% | 2 VOTES com. UPDATE Next week’s question: How well can you swim? Man is no longer employed by UPS Extremely. I feel comfortable swimming anywhere. On Wednesday, a story was printed about a man who Moderately. I feel comfortable in most situations. was accused of exposing himself to a woman while she OK. I don’t like open or deep water. was sunbathing in Sumter. We called his employer, UPS, Poorly. I’ll get in the water but don’t feel comfortable having to to find out if he was still employed at the store but could swim. not get confirmation before press time on Tuesday. I don’t know how to swim. Matthew O’Connor, senior manager for public relations for UPS, told The Sumter Item on Wednesday that Bryce Williams is no longer employed by UPS.

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BY IVY MOORE ence is necessary, no auditions Special to The Sumter Item will be held, and the total cost for Xperience Sumter is in- Sumter youth from 10 to 18 cluded in the $20 registration years of age can participate in fee.” Xperience Sumter from Mon- Classes will be held from 1 day through Friday at Patriot to 4 p.m. Monday through PHOTO PROVIDED Hall. The weeklong event is an Thursday, June 10-13, and a Students from a previous arts camp taught by Inspire the Fire are seen performing. The nonprofit organi- arts camp sponsored by the community performance by zation will teach a weeklong camp in drama, singing, dancing, visual arts and spoken word/rap at Patriot Sumter County Cultural Com- the youth will be presented at Hall on June 10-13 and present a free performance on Friday, June 14. mission with Inspire the Fire, 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Patri- a Charlotte-based nonprofit ot Hall. On Friday, campers (Inspire the Fire), and he came ingful for them. (It will be) a Michelle Obama, Tyler Perry, that teaches acting, singing, should arrive at 1 p.m. and to me about bringing it to creative and extremely fun Cicely Tyson and other nota- dancing, visual arts and spo- stay until after the perfor- Sumter. It’s a commission- way to express themselves bles. The group was also a fi- ken art/rap to young people. mance. hosted event, and Herbert and during the summer.” nalist in season seven of Commission director Mela- The visual arts students will several other commissioners Inspire the Fire was founded America’s Got Talent. nie Colclough said profession- design and paint the backdrop will be there.” Kyle Coleman, more than 17 years ago and Colclough requests that in- als in those fields will conduct for the show. Admission is education director at the Sum- was selected to perform for terested students register be- the classes at Patriot Hall and free, but donations to continue ter gallery, will work with the Maya Angelou’s keynote ad- fore classes begin at Patriot the Sumter County Gallery of the arts camp as an annual young people in the visual arts dress at Biltmore Estate and Hall, 135 Haynsworth St., call Art, and a meal will be served event will be accepted. The component. was invited again by Oprah (803) 436-2260 or visit www.pa- at the adjacent Recreation and public is invited to attend. The commission plans to Winfrey in celebration of An- triothallsc.org/itf, where more Parks Department. Colclough said Sumter make Xperience Sumter an gelou’s 85th birthday; Winfrey information about Xperience “We wanted this experience County Cultural Commission- annual event, Colclough said, also invited them to perform Sumter can also be obtained. to be accessible to any young er Herbert Johnson, a noted adding, “We want to give chil- at Angelou’s memorial service For more information about people interested in learning vocalist and award-winning dren here at home a cultural attended by former President Inspire the Fire, visit in- the arts,” she said. “No experi- choral director, “worked with experience that will be mean- Bill Clinton, former First Lady spirethefire.org.

you’re dealing with a small kid, it down Saturday. He has a 5-year-old A GoFundMe page that includes DROWNING just kind of hits you in the gut dif- grandson. photos of the smiling child is asking FROM PAGE A1 ferent,” Baker said. “I can’t even begin to imagine,” he for help with “home going services” He said an autopsy was performed said. and that family and friends are wel- at MUSC in Charleston and that re- Jasmine Davis posted a photo of comed to her great-grandparents’ didn’t release the name of the child sults are pending, though he said he the pool on Facebook on Monday home in Alcolu. The page also has until family members started post- expects the cause of death to be and said her niece was at the pool phone numbers to call to purchase a ing about her on social media and to drowning. He said there was no and left alone with other kids in- memorial T-shirt with proceeds ben- news outlets out of respect for trauma and no signs of foul play. stead of the adults who were sup- efiting the family. them. Baker said he spent an hour with posed to watch her. This has not To visit the GoFuneMe page, go to “All deaths are tragic, but when the family after the scene calmed been confirmed. https://bit.ly/2JWitNl. Cash in a FLASH! We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates Lafayette Gold Remembering Hugo and Silver Exchange Storm Preparedness Guide Inside Vestco Properties 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 For Th e Plus Size Woman Only!

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BY NICOLE WINFIELD all, Pontikes estimated the couple gave Associated Press the church more than $2 million over nine years. HOUSTON — The cardinal leading Suffering from work and marriage the U.S. Catholic Church’s response to problems, Pontikes phoned or emailed the sex abuse crisis has been accused of Rossi several times a day, and he re- mishandling a case alleging that his sponded with the attention she sought. then-deputy manipulated a woman into Within a year she was questioning her a sexual relationship, even as he coun- growing feelings for Rossi, but he as- seled her husband on their marriage, sured her that such closeness is com- heard her confessions and solicited mon in spiritual direction. their donations. During a Dec. 4, 2012, session of spiri- The allegations against Cardinal Dan- tual counseling in his office, Pontikes iel DiNardo come just a week before he said, Rossi began a physical relationship presides over a meeting of U.S. bishops with an intimate, sexual embrace. The to adopt new measures to hold church next day, Rossi started email contact leaders accountable for sexual miscon- with the subject line “blessings.” duct or for covering it up. Laura Pon- “It was wonderful to visit with you tikes, a 55-year-old Houston construc- yesterday and continue to unfold the tion executive and mother of three, told love of God in your life,” he wrote. The Associated Press that DiNardo has She said that was followed by instanc- been negligent in her case, after she re- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS es of Rossi inducing her to perform sex- ported Monsignor Frank Rossi to the Cardinal Daniel DiNardo presides over a Mass of Ordination for seven candidates for the ual acts on him during spiritual direc- Galveston-Houston archdiocese in April priesthood at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston on Saturday. DiNardo, tion in his office. 2016. leading the U.S. Catholic Church’s sex abuse response, has been accused of mishandling Pontikes’ husband, George, began Pontikes reported that Rossi, the long- a case where his deputy allegedly manipulated a woman into a sexual relationship. reaching out to Rossi for help in March time chancellor and vicar general of the 2013 because of his wife’s increasing archdiocese, seduced her when she restrictions in a new diocese based on and that the archdiocese’s decision to distance and irritability. came to him for spiritual counseling at recommendations from an out-of-state relocate Rossi to another parish was “I know Laura listens to you,” George a low point in her life. Pontikes gave the “renewal” program for clergy that he “highly distressing” to her because she Pontikes wrote Rossi April 3, 2013. archdiocese and the AP seven years of had completed. felt he was a danger to other women. Rossi responded that same day: “My emails with Rossi to show her emotion- DiNardo’s archdiocese said it in- Pontikes said she cannot sleep and gut feeling is that she is on the verge of al dependency on him. formed Rossi’s new boss, Beaumont can barely work after the betrayal by a breakdown due to the stress.” “He took a woman that went into a Bishop Curtis Guillory, of his violation Rossi and the archdiocese. Two weeks later, George Pontikes church truly looking for God, and he of the chastity vow and his time in the “They’re not going to play with my asked Rossi again for help. “She trusts took me for himself,” she said. program. Also on Tuesday, after the AP life like this,” Pontikes said. “They just you,” he wrote. DiNardo initially declared her “the alerted the church that it was preparing can’t get away with it.” Four days after that, on a Friday night victim” and thanked her for coming for- a story, Guillory announced he had It’s the latest case of victims denounc- after George had gone to bed, the priest ward, and his staff told her Rossi would placed Rossi on temporary leave. The ing treatment by DiNardo and the arch- and parishioner consummated the rela- never be a pastor or counsel women leave is pending the outcome of a crimi- diocese, which is known for its secrecy tionship, Laura Pontikes said. It was the again, according to Pontikes. But a few nal sexual misconduct investigation within victim advocacy circles. Prosecu- first of up to half a dozen such sexual months later, DiNardo allowed Rossi to launched by Houston police after Pon- tors searched archdiocese headquarters encounters over more than a year, she take up a new assignment as pastor at tikes reported Rossi in August. in November after DiNardo left in min- said. The archdiocese disputed her ac- Our Lady of the Pines in Woodville, Rossi’s attorney, Dan Cogdell, said istry an accused priest now indicted on count and said the two never had inter- Texas. Rossi was cooperating fully with the in- child indecency charges. The two vic- course. The archdiocese said Tuesday that Di- vestigation and had met with police but tims in that case have said DiNardo dis- Pontikes has also taken her case to Nardo had handled the case “swiftly declined further comment. regarded their claims. the Vatican. She said Rossi absolved her and justly.” The archdiocese said a The exact focus of the investigation Pontikes first met Rossi in the confes- of their sexual sins at confession, a seri- number of comments attributed by the isn’t known, but Texas law states that sional at St. Michael the Archangel ous canonical crime DiNardo never Pontikeses to DiNardo were “an abso- sex with an adult is without consent if a Catholic Church in December 2007. His asked her about. The archdiocese said lute fabrication.” clergyman exploits a person’s emotion- easy manner broke the ice, and soon the Rossi never heard her confession during The archdiocese told AP earlier that al dependency on him in a spiritual coiffed and charismatic preacher was or after the physical relationship. How- the relationship was consensual and did counseling relationship. Pontikes’ Cath- calling her “Laura dear” and attending ever, several references to confession not include intercourse. In a statement, olic therapist, Dr. Ken Buckle, said in a family dinners. are found in the email correspondence it said DiNardo put Rossi, 62, on leave sworn affidavit that she was in crisis He actively solicited donations, in- Pontikes gave the archdiocese. after receiving the complaint, and re- after being “seduced, betrayed and ulti- cluding for an ambitious capital cam- The Vatican spokesman said Pon- turned him to active ministry without mately sexually victimized” by Rossi paign to rebuild the parish rectory. In tikes’ complaint is being reviewed. Tuomey’s HealthWorks clinic welcomes new physician

Specialist in public health, employees and conducted surveil- Hasek said. “I get to work with differ- Public Health and is board-certified lance and fitness-for-duty exams for ent types of employees in various in- by the American Board of Preventive occupational, preventive the FBI, U.S. Park Police and Secret dustries, and I am continually re-edu- Medicine in occupational medicine, Service. She has also served as a med- cating myself. It keeps me on my toes, general preventive medicine and pub- medicine takes the reins ical officer conducting law enforce- and I enjoy the pace, the one-to-one lic health. She is the assistant pro- ment reviews for the Pentagon. Hasek patient care, the community relation- gram director of the Palmetto Health- SUBMITTED BY TRACI QUINN has both trained and worked at the ships and the specialization of each USC Preventive Medicine Residency Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital Veterans Administration, most re- industry. I also enjoy advocating for Program and is an assistant professor cently evaluating veteran disability the importance and value of wellness at the USC School of Medicine in Co- Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital claims and clinically in and prevention.” lumbia. She is also a certified medical has provided health care to employees urgent care and occupa- She is especially attuned to decreas- review officer for drug testing pro- of Sumter’s businesses and industries tional medicine clinics. ing the amount of time people have to grams and a certified DOT medical for nearly 20 years. The program con- As the HealthWorks spend out of work because of illness examiner. tinues to evolve to serve the needs of staff physician, Hasek or injury — so wellness in and out of Hasek joins manager and provider the community’s growing workforce. will provide Sumter’s key work, ergonomics and surveillance of Cindy Zeigler, NP. Eric Byrd, M.D., This year, Tuomey and the Palmetto industries with work-re- work processes are important. who has been a vital part of Tuom- Health-USC Medical Group welcomed HASEK lated injury care, pre- “The health and well-being of the ey’s industrial medicine and wellness to the helm a physician with expertise placement health exams employee is always the most impor- programs for 17 years, will continue in occupational and preventive medi- and return-to-work tant thing,” she said. “My goal is to to work part time in the clinic. cine, public health and population exams, as well as fitness-for-duty try and increase perceptions of abili- HealthWorks also includes the medicine. exams for occupations such as fire- ty and decrease perceptions of dis- placement of registered nurses in two Malgorzata “Margaret” Hasek, fighter, truck driver, construction and ability. Another goal is to help an em- of Sumter’s largest industries, pro- M.D., began her tenure at Health- manufacturing employee. She enjoys ployer decrease lost productivity time viding 24/7 coverage at Continental Works in April and is enthusiastic working closely with employees and and costs, and we do that helping to Tire the Americas and screening spe- about continuing to take care of Sum- employers and, when appropriate, can put the right people in the right jobs cialists, EMTs and an RN at BD on ter’s employees. provide process improvement sugges- and by helping employees to get bet- Monday-Friday. She has an impressive history of tions to reduce lost productivity and ter, decrease time away from the job, For more information about how work with federal occupational health work in other ways to keep employees increase healing and ability and be- your business can benefit from a clinics in Maryland, Virginia and healthy, engaged and at work. come more efficient in their work pat- workforce health and wellness pro- Washington, D.C. She provided on-site “I like the variety available in pre- terns.” gram, call HealthWorks at (803) 774- health and wellness care for federal ventive and occupational medicine,” Hasek has a master’s degree in 8842.

Florida thief takes Glider runs out of power, crashes into home U.S. Supreme Court turns down former blowtorch to ATM, DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A pilot walking around looking S.C. officer’s appeal in shooting case battery-powered glider for his glasses. welds it shut instead crashed into the roof of a Con- The aircraft had taken off COLUMBIA (AP) — The around the world, was seen necticut home, injuring the from Danbury’s airport earli- U.S. Supreme Court has de- by many as an example of OKALOOSA ISLAND, pilot and scaring a mother er in the day, and the mayor clined to hear the appeal of police officers mistreating Fla. (AP) — Authorities and her two children who says the pilot thought he had a former South Carolina blacks, and the case be- say two Florida burglars were watching TV. 20 minutes of power left and policeman sentenced to 20 came a rallying cry for the thought they were clever Neighbors described hear- was headed for the airport. An years in federal prison in Black Lives Matter move- when they used a blow- ing a small explosion when airport official says he ran out the shooting death of an ment. torch to break into an the aircraft hit the home in of power. unarmed motorist who was Slager’s lawyer argued ATM, but they never hit Danbury on Tuesday night Fire Chief TJ Wiedl says the running away from a traf- that the officer acted in the jackpot. and became partially embed- glider mainly uses the power fic stop. self-defense and got carried Instead, the burning ded in the attic. Mayor Mark to take off and, if needed, in In a notice issued Mon- away but never had any heat actually welded the Boughton tells The News- flight. Officials say the pilot day, the high court turned “racial animus” toward mi- ATM’s hinges shut. Times neighbors found the sustained minor injuries. down the case from Mi- norities. Still, Slager plead- Okaloosa County Sher- chael Slager. The former ed guilty in federal court to iff’s officials say video North Charleston police of- violating Scott’s civil surveillance shows two Rescue of injured hiker spins out of control ficer was sentenced in 2017 rights. As part of a plea male suspects entering after pleading guilty to a agreement, prosecutors the Boardwalk on Oka- PHOENIX (AP) — Authori- ABC15 Arizona’s television civil rights violation in the agreed to drop state mur- loosa Island on Friday. ties say a 74-year-old hiker chopper recorded the mishap shooting death of Walter der charges that still lin- One was armed with a whose head and face were in- as the rescue crew lifted the Scott. gered after a first state pro- crowbar and appeared to jured in a fall on a Phoenix injured hiker from Piestewa Scott had broken away ceeding ended in a mistrial serve as the lookout mountain endured a wild ride Peak on Tuesday morning. from the white North when a jury couldn’t agree while the other took the in a stretcher as she was being The crew said a second line Charleston police officer in whether he had committed blowtorch to the ATM. hoisted into a helicopter. meant to prevent the spinning 2015 and was running away a crime. Instead of cutting the Phoenix Fire Department broke. Eventually the rescue when Slager fired eight Slager’s lawyers ap- ATM with the blowtorch, officials say the woman was copter’s forward motion bullets from his service pealed his federal convic- authorities say the treated for dizziness and nau- slowed the spinning enough to weapon, striking the tion and sentence, but the would-be thief welded sea but suffered no other ill ef- bring the woman into the 50-year-old Scott, five times 4th U.S. Circuit Court of the metal parts shut, and fects when the stretcher spun cabin. Officials said she was in the back. The shooting, Appeals ruled that a trial the pair left with noth- ever-faster in the backwash of treated at a trauma center and captured on a bystander’s judge “committed no re- ing. the helicopter’s rotor blades. listed in stable condition. cellphone and shared versible error” in the case. THE SUMTER ITEM NATION | WORLD THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | A5

PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS World War II veteran Johnnie Jones Sr. salutes in his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jones, who joined the military in 1943 out of Southern University in Baton Rouge, was a warrant officer in a unit responsible for unloading equipment and supplies onto Normandy. Fighting Germans, Jim Crow: Role of black troops on D-Day

BY REBECCA SANTANA unit, William Dabney, de- See additional stories on Associated Press scribed what they encoun- Jones holds his Croix Guerre medal at his home. He is still haunted by D-Day in Sunday’s edition of tered on D-Day in a 2009 Asso- a memory of a German sniper. BATON ROUGE, La. — It The Sumter Item. ciated Press interview during was the most massive amphib- the invasion’s 65th anniversa- ious invasion the world has ry. By the end of World War II, along with the other soldiers. ever seen, with tens of thou- The Associated Press in 1994 “The firing was furious on more than a million blacks It’s something that still sands of Allied troops spread about how his landing craft the beach. I was picking up were in uniform including the haunts his memories. out across the air and sea hit a mine on the way to dead bodies, and I was looking famed Tuskegee Airmen and “I still see him, I see him aiming to get a toehold in Omaha Beach. at the mines blowing up sol- the 761st Tank Battalion. The every night,” he told the AP Normandy for the final as- “The tide brought us in, and diers. ... I didn’t know if I was Double V campaign launched recently. In another incident, sault on Nazi Germany. And that’s when the 88s hit us,” he going to make it or not,” said by the Pittsburgh Courier, a he remembers a soldier charg- while portrayals of D-Day said of the German 88mm Dabney, then 84, who passed prominent black newspaper, ing a pillbox, a selfless act often depict an all-white host guns. “They were murder. Of away last year. called for a victory in the war that likely ended the soldier’s of invaders, in fact it also in- our 26 Navy personnel there Linda Hervieux detailed the as well as a victory at home life. “I know he didn’t come cluded many black Ameri- was only one left. They raked exploits of the 320th in her over segregation, including in back home. He didn’t come cans. the whole top of the ship and book “Forgotten: The Untold the military. back home but he saved me, Roughly 2,000 black troops killed all the crew. Then they Story of D-Day’s Black He- During World War II, it was and he saved many others.” are thought to have hit the started with the mortar roes, at Home and at War.” unheard of for black officers After defending their coun- shores of Normandy in vari- shells.” She said the military resisted to lead white soldiers, and try in Europe, many black ous capacities on June 6, 1944. Woodson was wounded in efforts to desegregate as it they faced discrimination troops were met with discrim- Serving in a U.S. military still the back and groin while on ramped up for World War II. even while in the service. ination yet again at home. segregated by race, they en- the landing craft but went on Instead they kept separate Black troops were often put in Jones remembers coming countered discrimination both to spend 30 hours on the units and separate facilities support units responsible for back to the U.S. after the war’s in the service and when they beach tending to other wound- for black and white troops. transporting supplies. But end and having to move to the came home. ed men before eventually col- “This was a very expensive during the Normandy inva- back of a bus as it crossed the But on Normandy, they lapsing, according to a letter and inefficient way to run an sion that didn’t mean they Mason-Dixon line separating faced the same danger as ev- from then-Rep. Chris Van Hol- army. The Army ... could have were immune from danger. North from South. He recalls eryone else. len of Maryland. Van Hollen, ordered its men to integrate Ninety-nine-year-old John- being harassed by police offi- The only black combat unit now a U.S. senator, is heading and to treat black soldiers as nie Jones Sr., who joined the cers after returning to Louisi- that day was the 320th Bar- an effort to have Woodson fully equal partners in this military in 1943 out of South- ana. rage Balloon Battalion, whose posthumously awarded the war. The Army declined to do ern University in Baton “I couldn’t sit with the sol- job was to set up explosive- Medal of Honor for his ac- so,” she said. The Army want- Rouge, was a warrant officer diers I had been on the battle- rigged balloons to deter Ger- tions on D-Day. But a lack of ed to focus on the war and in a unit responsible for un- field with. I had to go to the man planes. Waverly Woodson documentation — in part be- didn’t want to become a social loading equipment and sup- back of the bus,” said Jones, Jr. was a corporal and a medic cause of a 1973 fire that de- experiment, Hervieux said, plies onto Normandy. He re- who went on to become a law- with the battalion. Although stroyed millions of military but she notes that when black members wading ashore and yer and civil rights activist in Woodson did not live to see personnel files — has stymied soldiers were called on to coming under fire from a Ger- Baton Rouge. “Those are the this week’s 75th anniversary the effort. fight side by side with whites, man sniper. He grabbed his things that come back and — he died in 2005 — he told Another member of the they did so without problems. weapon and returned fire haunt you.” Baghdad’s Green Zone reopens to the public after 16 years

BAGHDAD (AP) — Bagh- Zone for the first time in his U.S. military forces. In later over the past years have failed “Thank God the opening of dad’s Green Zone area, the life on Tuesday. He said his years, the walled-off area sur- to materialize because of per- the Green Zone happened dur- heavily fortified strip on the generation didn’t know any- rounded by cement blast walls sistent security concerns. ing the Eid. ... It is a very good west bank of the Tigris River, thing about the Green Zone became a hated symbol of the Earlier this year, the govern- initiative and will ease trans- reopened to the public Tues- and felt that people there lived country’s inequality, fueling ment began easing restrictions portation in Baghdad,” said day after 16 years — a move in another country. the perception among Iraqis in the area. Prime Minister Abdullah Mouhamed, a taxi meant to portray increased “Now there is no difference, that their government is out of Adel Abdul Mahdi said the driver. confidence in the country’s and this is beautiful,” he said. touch. Green Zone was fully open to overall security situation after The area was home to Sad- Only Iraqis with special se- the public on Eid al-Fitr, the years of war. dam Hussein’s palaces before curity badges could enter the holiday that marks the end of Do you know... Maj. Gen. Jassim Yahya Abd the war. It then became known area. Ramadan. Newly spread yard chemicals Ali told The Associated Press as “Little America” following Various attempts and prom- Ali said authorities removed are dangerous to your pets & that the area, which houses the 2003 U.S. invasion that top- ises by the Iraqi government to 12,000 concrete walls from the you until they are absorbed. the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi pled him, after it was seized by open the Green Zone to traffic area. government offices, is now open “twenty-four hours a day without any exceptions or con- ditions.” The 4-square-mile area with its palm trees and monuments Vinyl Lettering on has been off limits to the pub- lic since the 2003 U.S. invasion EVERY DAY T-Shirts, Cups & More... Sponsored by: of Iraq to topple dictator Sad- KAT’s Special Kneads dam Hussein. “I feel that Baghdad is bigger 61 W. Wesmark Blvd. than before,” said Atheir 803-316-7408 Assem, a 25-year-old who [email protected] drove his car inside the Green Sumter, SC

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which amounts to 15 cred- ranked engineering school. me the opportunity to help states across the U.S. STUDENTS its, under their belts al- McAdams wants to dou- communities that are af- Moulton also said it’s the FROM PAGE A1 ready. ble-major in political sci- fected by different policies. first time in about a decade At home, both noted their ence and marketing, she Also, I like to help people.” that a Wilson Hall graduate were good friends and had parents had high expecta- said, and desires to be a Wilson Hall Headmaster has gone to USC and that to virtually the same high tions on academics even if campaign manager for poli- Fred Moulton said Mat- have two in one year go is school schedules. Both it wasn’t always discussed ticians or manage cam- thews and McAdams were unique. graduated with GPAs above around the kitchen table. paigns for social move- part of an overall graduat- The duo applied and were 4.5 on a weighted scale, they “When your parents are ments. ing class this year that was accepted at other top- said, and both scored 1,470 paying for you to go to “I am passionate about academically competitive, ranked schools across the on the SAT. (That’s out of school,” Matthews said, the current political situa- and that competition country, he said. 1,600, if you didn’t know.) “obviously, you’re going to tion,” she said. “I feel like I pushed everyone to higher “The two are top students Both also passed eight Ad- do your best.” have grown up in an envi- achievement. The 58 stu- that had really good choices vanced Placement courses Matthews said he plans to ronment where certain dents in the school’s Class from which to choose,” he in high school and have major in engineering and things didn’t always affect of 2019 are enrolling in 24 said, “and both happened to about five college courses, chose USC for its top- me, but I think that gives different colleges in 13 select Southern Cal.” Queen honors D-Day veterans at moving ceremony PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — D-Day saw more than 150,000 Al- Queen Elizabeth II and world leaders lied troops land on the beaches of including U.S. President Donald Normandy in northwest France on Trump gathered Wednesday on the June 6, 1944, carried by 7,000 boats. south coast of England to honor the The Battle of Normandy, codenamed troops who risked and sacrificed their Operation Overlord, was a turning lives 75 years ago on D-Day, a bloody point in the war and helped bring but ultimately triumphant turning about Nazi Germany’s defeat in May point in World War II. 1945. Across the Channel, American and Wednesday’s ceremony brought to- British paratroopers dropped into gether presidents, prime ministers northwestern France and scaled cliffs and other representatives of more beside Normandy beaches, recreating than a dozen countries that fought the daring, costly invasion that helped alongside Britain in Normandy. liberate Europe from Nazi occupation. The leader of the country that was With the number of veterans of the enemy in 1944, German Chancel- World War II dwindling, the guests of lor Angela Merkel, also attended — a honor at an international ceremony in symbol of Europe’s postwar reconcili- Portsmouth were several hundred ation and transformation. men, now in their 90s, who served in Russian President Vladimir Putin, the conflict — and the 93-year-old Brit- who attended 70th anniversary com- ish monarch, also a member of what memorations in France five years ago, has been called “The Greatest Genera- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS has not been invited. Russia was not tion.” D-Day veterans, front row, stand on stage during an event to mark the 75th anniversary involved in D-Day but was instrumen- The queen, who served as an army of D-Day in Portsmouth, England, on Wednesday. World leaders including U.S. President tal in defeating the Nazis on the East- mechanic during the war, said that Donald Trump gathered Wednesday on the south coast of England to mark the 75th an- ern Front. when she attended a 60th-anniversary niversary of the D-Day landings. The ceremony sought to take people commemoration of D-Day 15 years back in time, with world leaders read- ago, many thought it might be the last June 5, 1944. just doing their jobs. ing the words of participants in the such event. Many will recreate their journey, “I was just a small part in a very big conflict. “But the wartime generation — my with less danger and more comfort, by machine,” said 99-year-old John Jen- Trump read a prayer that President generation — is resilient,” she said, crossing the Channel by ship to Nor- kins, a veteran from Portsmouth, who Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered in a striking an unusually personal note. mandy overnight. They are due to at- received a standing ovation as he ad- radio address on June 6, 1944, extol- “The heroism, courage and sacrifice tend commemorations today in Bay- dressed the event. ling the “mighty endeavor” Allied of those who lost their lives will never eux, the first major town liberated by “You never forget your comrades be- troops were engaged in. be forgotten,” the monarch said. “It is Allied troops after D-Day. cause we were all in it together,” he British Prime Minister Theresa May with humility and pleasure, on behalf Mixing history lesson, entertain- said. “It is right that the courage and read a letter written by Capt. Norman of the entire country — indeed the ment and solemn remembrance, the sacrifice of so many is being honored Skinner of the Royal Army Service whole free world — that I say to you ceremony in Portsmouth was a large- 75 years on. We must never forget.” Corps to his wife, Gladys, on June 3, all, thank you.” scale spectacle involving troops, danc- The event, which kicked off two 1944, a few days before the invasion. Several hundred World War II vet- ers and martial bands, culminating in days of D-Day anniversary observanc- He was killed the day after D-Day. erans, aged 91 to 101, attended the a military fly-past. But the stars of the es, paid tribute to the troops who “Although I would give anything to ceremony in Portsmouth, the English show were the elderly veterans of that shaped history during the dangerous be back with you, I have not yet had port city from where many of the campaign who said they were sur- mission to reach beachheads and fight any wish at all to back down from the troops embarked for Normandy on prised by all the attention: They were in German-occupied France. job we have to do,” he wrote.

county’s tax base to about $42 budget workshop with county homeowners’ second and ad- which impact state revenues REQUEST million translates to about council will be necessary, ditional homes they rent out — increased costs for employ- FROM PAGE A1 $840,000 in additional revenue Miller said, before a council as their non-primary resi- ee benefits and a loss of eligi- going to the school district vote could be made. dence. bility to do another “tax council Vice Chairman next year. Sumter County Council’s Partially because of finan- swap” of 10 mills. Jimmy Byrd asked Miller if Byrd and other council next regularly scheduled cial difficulties first discovered The district has already she used the recently adjusted members asked Miller to con- meeting is set for Tuesday at 6 in the district in the fiscal 2016 made a little more than $5 county assessed property sider re-working her request p.m. at the county administra- official audit report in Decem- million in budget cuts for next value, which reflects about a down by that amount to tion building, 13 E. Canal St. ber 2016, county council has year, they said. If county 2% increase. Miller and Inter- $360,000 and come back to County Council Chairman turned down its millage re- council denies the millage re- im Superintendent Debbie council again. Jim McCain said Wednesday quest two years in a row. quest, more cuts will be nec- Hamm said that was new in- Miller met Wednesday that he hopes council can vote The district has rebounded essary to make up for not hav- formation to them. County Fi- morning with Michaelson to on a millage request increase the last two years under ing that additional local reve- nance Manager Jamie Mi- confirm the new calculations next week and put the issue to Hamm, the interim superin- nue. chaelson, also in attendance, and told The Sumter Item on bed. tendent, building its fund bal- Monday’s budget workshop confirmed the calculated ad- Wednesday afternoon she The millage increase would ance from $106,449 at the end lasted about 50 minutes. justment was made in the last plans to present the updated have no impact on primary of fiscal 2016 to a projected About 30 members of the two weeks by county Assessor tax revenues to the district’s homeowners’ property in the preliminary estimate of $10.2 public attended the workshop, James Barfield. Board of Trustees at its next county because that is exempt million for the end of this including six school board “The county assessor is meeting Monday night. under state law. If any millage year, June 30, 2019. members: Chairman the Rev. wrapping up his valuations Will the school board then request is approved, it would Miller and Hamm noted Ralph Canty, Vice Chairman now,” Michaelson said, “and decrease its millage request impact all vehicle property preparing next year’s district Frank Baker, Johnny Hilton, so we’re looking at about a 2% down from 9.01 mills and $1.2 tax rates — starting in Janu- budget has already been chal- Barbara Jackson, Matthew growth in the assessed value million? ary of next year — and com- lenging because of decreases “Mac” McLeod and Shawn [for the county].” Miller said she doesn’t mercial property to include in student enrollment — Ragin. He said the new valuations know, and she can’t predict were used last week when what the board’s request will county council finalized the be. The board may still keep county budget, and the adjust- its request to county council ed totals are due to the county at $1.2 million. auditor by June 30. After the school board The small growth in the makes that decision, another

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COMMENTARY A pure miracle Editor’s note: The son of tenant farm- ing parents in west-central Indiana, Ernie Pyle became history’s greatest war correspondent. When Pyle was killed by a Japanese machine gun bul- let on the tiny Pacific island of Ie Shima in 1945, his columns were being delivered to more than 14 million homes, according to his New York Times obituary. During the war, Pyle wrote about the hardships and bravery of the common soldier, not grand strategy. His descrip- tion of the G.I.’s life was more impor- tant to families on the home front than battlefront tactics of Gens. Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton or Omar Brad- ley. Prior to the United States’ entry into World War II, Pyle traveled to England and wrote about the Ernie Pyle Nazis’ continual bombing of London. His columns helped move the mood of America from isola- tionism to sympathy for the stubborn refusal of Great Britain to succumb to the will of Adolf Hitler. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journal- PHOTO PROVIDED ist’s legacy rests in his words and the Ernie Pyle visits with a tank crew of the 91st Tank Battalion in the Anzio Beachhead, circa March 1944. impact they had on Americans before and during a war that threatened to The Germans were dug into positions Beach landings are planned to a When the heavy fire stopped, our take the world behind a curtain of that they had been working on for schedule that is set far ahead of men were organized by their offi- fascism. His columns open a window months, although these were not yet time. They all have to be timed, in cers and pushed on inland, circling to the hardships endured by the com- all complete. A 100-foot bluff a couple order for everything to mesh and for machine-gun nests and taking them mon U.S. soldier during World War II of hundred yards back from the the following waves of troops to be from the rear. and serve today to honor what has beach had great concrete gun em- standing off the beach and ready to As one officer said, the only way been called “The Greatest Genera- placements built right into the hill- land at the right moment. to take a beach is to face it and keep tion.” top. These opened to the sides instead As the landings are planned, some going. It is costly at first, but it’s the This column by Pyle is being pub- of to the front, thus making it very elements of the assault force are to only way. If the men are pinned lished today, the 75th anniversary of hard for naval fire from the sea to break through quickly, push on in- down on the beach, dug in and out D-Day in Normandy, to honor all reach them. They could shoot parallel land and attack the most obvious of action, they might as well not be those who served and continue to with the beach and cover every foot enemy strong points. there at all. They hold up the waves serve our country. of it for miles with artillery fire. It is usually the plan for units to behind them, and nothing is being Then they had hidden machine- be inland, attacking gun positions gained. ORMANDY BEACH- gun nests on the forward slopes, from behind, within a matter of Our men were pinned down for a with crossfire taking in every inch of HEAD, June 12, 1944 — minutes after the first men hit the while, but finally they stood up and N the beach. These nests were connect- beach. went through, Due to a last-minute alter- ed by networks of trenches, so that I have always ERNIE PYLE WORLD WAR II and so we took ation in the arrangements, I the German gunners could move been amazed at MUSEUM that beach and ac- about without exposing themselves. the speed called complished our didn’t arrive on the beachhead Throughout the length of the for in these plans. The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum landing. We did it until the morning after D-day, beach, running zigzag a couple of You’ll have sched- features the famous journalist’s with every advan- hundred yards back from the shore- ules calling for birthplace and a museum tage on the ene- after our first wave of assault line, was an immense V-shaped ditch engineers to land dedicated to Pyle’s life and writings my’s side and troops had hit the shore. 15 feet deep. Nothing could cross it, at H-hour plus every disadvan- not even men on foot, until fills had two minutes and as a war correspondent. It is owned tage on ours. In By the time we got here, the beaches been made. And in other places at service troops at by the Friends of Ernie Pyle, who are the light of a cou- had been taken, and the fighting had the far end of the beach, where the H-hour plus 30 dedicated to preserving and ple of days of ret- moved a couple of miles inland. All ground is flatter, they had great con- minutes and even expanding the legacy of the writer rospection, we sit that remained on the beach was some crete walls. These were blasted by for press censors whose columns linked the soldiers and talk and call sniping and artillery fire and the occa- our naval gunfire or by explosives to land at H-hour on the front line to worried families it a miracle that sional startling blast of a mine geyser- set by hand after we got ashore. plus 75 minutes. on the home front. To preserve our men ever got ing brown sand into the air. That plus Our only exits from the beach were But in the attack Ernie Pyle’s memory is to preserve on at all or were a gigantic and pitiful litter of wreck- several swales or valleys, each about on this special the sacrifices made by what has able to stay on. age along miles of shoreline. 100 yards wide. The Germans made portion of the Before long, it Submerged tanks and overturned the most of these funnel-like traps, beach where I am been dubbed “The Greatest will be permitted boats and burned trucks and shell- sowing them with buried mines. — the worst we Generation.” To learn more about to name the units shattered jeeps and sad little personal They contained, also, barbed-wire had, incidentally the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum that did it. Then belongings were strewn all over these entanglements with mines attached, — the schedule located in Dana, Indiana, or make a you will know to bitter sands. That plus the bodies of hidden ditches and machine guns fir- didn’t hold. donation to assist the efforts of the whom this glory soldiers lying in rows covered with ing from the slopes. Our men simply Friends of Ernie Pyle to honor him should go. They blankets, the toes of their shoes stick- This is what was on the shore. But could not get past and that generation, go to www. suffered casual- ing up in a line as though on drill. And our men had to go through a maze the beach. They erniepyle.org. ties. And yet if other bodies, uncollected, still sprawl- nearly as deadly as this before they were pinned down you take the en- ing grotesquely in the sand or half even got ashore. Underwater obsta- right on the wa- tire beachhead as- hidden by the high grass beyond the cles were terrific. The Germans had ter’s edge by an LEARN MORE ABOUT D-DAY sault, including beach. whole fields of evil devices under the inhuman wall of other units that That plus an intense, grim determi- water to catch our boats. Even now, fire from the For more about the 75th had a much easier nation of work-weary men to get this several days after the landing, we bluff. Our first anniversary of D-Day, read Sunday’s time, our total ca- chaotic beach organized and get all have cleared only channels through waves were on edition of The Sumter Item. sualties in driving the vital supplies and the reinforce- them and cannot yet approach the that beach for this wedge into ments moving more rapidly over it whole length of the beach with our hours, instead of the continent of from the stacked-up ships standing in ships. Even now some ship or boat a few minutes, before they could Europe were remarkably low — droves out to sea. hits one of these mines every day begin working inland. only a fraction, in fact, of what our and is knocked out of commission. You can still see the foxholes they commanders had been prepared to • • • The Germans had masses of those dug at the very edge of the water, in accept. great six-pronged spiders, made of the sand and the small, jumbled And these units that were so bat- Now that it is over, it seems to me a railroad iron and standing shoulder- rocks that form parts of the beach. tered and went through such hell pure miracle that we ever took the high, just beneath the surface of the Medical corpsmen attended the are still, right at this moment, push- beach at all. For some of our units it water for our landing craft to run wounded as best they could. Men ing on inland without rest, their was easy, but in this special sector into. They also had huge logs buried were killed as they stepped out of spirits high, their egotism in victory where I am now, our troops faced in the sand, pointing upward and out- landing craft. An officer whom I almost reaching the smart-alecky such odds that our getting ashore was ward, their tops just below the water. knew got a bullet through the head stage. like my whipping Joe Louis down to a Attached to these logs were mines. just as the door of his landing craft Their tails are up. “We’ve done it pulp. In addition to these obstacles, they was let down. Some men were again,” they say. In this column, I want to tell you had floating mines offshore, land drowned. They figure that the rest of the what the opening of the second front mines buried in the sand of the The first crack in the beach de- army isn’t needed at all. Which in this one sector entailed, so that beach and more mines in checker- fenses was finally accomplished by proves that, while their judgment in you can know and appreciate and for- board rows in the tall grass beyond terrific and wonderful naval gun- this regard is bad, they certainly ever be humbly grateful to those both the sand. And the enemy had four fire, which knocked out the big em- have the spirit that wins battles and dead and alive who did it for you. men on shore for every three men we placements. They tell epic stories eventually wars. Ashore, facing us, were more had approaching the shore. of destroyers that ran right up into enemy troops than we had in our as- And yet we got on. shallow water and had it out point- Permission to distribute and re-pub- sault waves. The advantages were all blank with the big guns in those lish Ernie Pyle’s columns was given theirs, the disadvantages all ours. • • • concrete emplacements ashore. by the Scripps Howard Foundation. A8 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 The Sumter County Recreation years old. Camp will run four WEATHER Department is accepting regis- days per week from June 17 Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament to be trations through Friday, June 7, through July 19. Lunch and ® for youthheld ages Saturday 5-12 for the snacks will be served daily. AccuWeather ve-day forecast for Sumter 2019 Summer Enrichment Pro- Applications can be picked gram. The program will be up from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY held June 17-July 26 at the fol- South Sumter Resource Cen- lowing locations: Kingsbury ter, 337 Manning Ave. Call Elementary School, Lemira El- Linda Clark at (803) 436-2276. ementary School, Millwood The Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament Elementary School, Pocalla will be held Saturday, June 8, A t-storm in spots in A thunderstorm in Mostly cloudy with A thunderstorm in Showers and a Showers and a Springs Elementary School, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. the p.m. spots early a t-storm the area heavier t-storm heavier t-storm North HOPE Center and South Registration at 8 a.m. with HOPE Center. Register from shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. For- 87° 71° 83° / 71° 79° / 68° 83° / 71° 85° / 71° 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the fol- mat is 4-Man Captain’s Chance of rain: 40% Chance of rain: 40% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 50% Chance of rain: 70% Chance of rain: 65% lowing community centers: Choice with entry fee of $160 WSW 6-12 mph SW 3-6 mph S 4-8 mph ESE 6-12 mph SSE 7-14 mph S 6-12 mph Catchall-Shaw, Cherryvale, per team ($40 per player). DeLaine, Eastern, Ebenezer, Entry limited to first 20 teams. Rembert-Rafting Creek and Gaff ney Fee includes golf cart, lunch 85/67 Salterstown. Registration fee and beverages. During regis- is $15 and application must tration, Mulligans available Spartanburg be completed on site. Proof of for $5, maximum of two per TODAY’S Greenville 84/67 age required. Hours of opera- person. Call Kathy at (803) 85/68 tion vary by site location. Call 469-3906, Teresa at (803) 917- SOUTH (803) 436-2248 or email lcham- 4710 or Mike at (803) 775-1902. Florence [email protected]. CAROLINA Bishopville 90/71 The One Sumter Community 88/69 Kidz Klub Summer Camp for Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. WEATHER ages 6-15 is now enrolling at on Sunday, June 9, at Mount Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter the South HOPE Center, 1125 Zion Missionary Baptist today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 88/69 87/71 S. Lafayette Drive. STEM ac- Myrtle Church, 325 Fulton St. The dis- Beach tivities, reading and travel. cussion will be about the 2020 IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Registration fee is $15 and Census, led by the Rev. James 87/70 86/74 Today: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds cost is $30 weekly. Visit www. Blassingame, chairman, and Aiken . west-southwest 4-8 mph. kidzklub.us other committee members. 85/67 The South Sumter Resource Cen- The public is invited. Call the Friday: Humid with a shower or thunder- ter will offer a free five week Rev. Joshua Dupree Jr. at storm. Winds south 4-8 mph. summer camp for ages 7 to 17 (803) 795-3600. 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Don’t let anyone take achieve the happiness you deserve. credit for what you do or convince Personal changes will lead to gains you to make an unrealistic promise. as well as satisfaction. Romance is Romance is encouraged.

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to [email protected], or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self- addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please. Photos of poor Lilian Peter took these photos during a visit to Normandy, France. Peter comments, “The tide of history reproduction quality may not changed 75 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944, when allied troops landed on Normandy’s beaches under publish. With the exception the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The troops faced fierce resistance and thousands of casual- of pictures that are of a timely ties.” nature, submitted photos will The above photo is of the steel sculpture “Les Braves” on Omaha Beach in the village of St. Laurent-sur- publish in the order in which Mer in Normandy. Commissioned by the French government, sculptor Anilore Banon created the monu- ment to commemorate the soldiers of World War ll who lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy dur- they are received. ing the D-Day Invasion. The photos to the right are of the bronze statue “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves” and some of the perfectly aligned marble headstones located at the Normandy American Cemetery and Me- morial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. SECTIONB THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

PREP GOLF Sumter High’s Griffin twins sign to play golf with USC Sumter

BY DANNY KELLY playing with his brother and is look- [email protected] ing forward to playing with him for at least two more years. Not only do they look exactly the “It was very fun to play with him,” same, but identical twins Andrew and Andrew said. “It was always competi- Brandon Griffin will also be playing tive because we always both want to college golf at the same university win. So there’s always having that per- after playing at Sumter High School son to play against and try to win.” together. Brandon agrees that having his The two signed to play golf at the brother to play alongside him was University of South Carolina Sumter beneficial. last week. The Griffins will be part of “It was really good,” he said. “He the inaugural season of Fire Ants was competitive in every way where I men’s golf. could have somebody, you know, to DANNY KELLY / THE SUMTER ITEM Andrew, who was born three min- Sumter High golfers Andrew Griffin and Brandon Griffin, from left, have signed to play with the utes before Brandon, has enjoyed SEE TWINS, PAGE B2 University of South Carolina Sumter. They will be part of the school’s first men’s golf team.

PRO TENNIS PRO BASKETBALL Raptors’ Leonard Next big thing at PTC? has more on his plate than NBA Finals

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — To- ronto star Kawhi Leonard has more than a few things on his mind these days. He’ll be a free agent in a few weeks and will decide where he wants to play next season. He’s apparently headed to federal court to solve a disagreement with Nike. He’s clearly dealing with something that isn’t right in his lower body, though he and the team con- tinue to insist that he’s fine. And, oh, there’s the NBA Finals. Game 3 of a tied series, Leonard and the Toronto Raptors taking on the two- time defending champion Golden State Warriors, the biggest game yet this season, is happening Wednesday night. All that would overload THE SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO some people. Leonard, how- Usue Maitane Arconada returns a shot during a match in the Palmetto Pro Open last year. Arconada returns to Palmetto Tennis Center this ever, isn’t like most people. year as the highest ranked player in the field at 280. Tournament play begins on Monday. He’s unfazed. “I think it just comes natu- rally,” Leonard said. “All Palmetto Pro Open begins on Monday NBA players, there’s so much distractions from you playing in high school to col- lege to now becoming a pro, with history of young, talented players it’s probably just pretty much second-nature at this point.” Leonard is famously, al- BY DANNY KELLY U.S. Open, and 2017 U.S. Open winner most mythically, quiet. He [email protected] Sloane Stephens have played in the Pal- TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE tends to give short answers metto Pro Open in the past. *Play begins at 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday during news conferences. When the 12th edition of the Palmetto The United States Tennis Association and 1 p.m. Sunday* He’s not a social-media guy. Pro Open begins on Monday, will there Pro Circuit Event will start with quali- **Admission is free** So it was an odd look on be a future Grand Slam champion in fying rounds and conclude with the sin- Monday when he — his at- Qualifying tournament – 9 a.m. Monday to the field? gles championship match on Sunday, midmorning Tuesday torneys, anyway — filed a Only time will tell, but if it does hap- June 16. federal lawsuit in Southern – Late morning or noon pen, that young woman will not be Admission is free throughout the Main draw begins California against Nike over Tuesday alone. tournament. the rights to his distinctive The $25,000 women’s tournament that Thirteen players have been seeded in Featured doubles match – 7 p.m. Thursday “klaw” logo, one Leonard is held at Palmetto Tennis Center has the main draw. They are: Usue Maitane Singles quarterfinals – 9 a.m. Friday says he drew himself in ei- had the current world No. 1 player and Arconada (World Tennis Association Singles semifinals – 9 a.m. Saturday ther 2011 or 2012. a current top 10 player grace its fields No. 280), Hailey Baptiste (307), Maria He rarely makes news. To Doubles finals – Following singles semifinals over the years. Mateas (325), Tereza Mihalikova (385), – 1 p.m. Sunday Naomi Osaka, the No. 1 player who Singles finals won the 2019 Australian Open and 2018 SEE PALMETTO, PAGE B3 SEE LEONARD, PAGE B3

PRO FOOTBALL New Panthers’ ‘world class’ practice facility coming to S.C.

ROCK HILL (AP) — David Tepper headquarters to the area. has promised to build a “world class” Tepper has not yet purchased land NFL practice facility in Rock Hill, in Rock Hill, but says “this is going to South Carolina. be showcase down here and bring However, the Carolina Panthers people to the region.” owner offered no new details Wednes- Tepper left without taking ques- day on when or where construction tions from reporters. will begin. The Panthers will continue to play Tepper was in Rock Hill with sever- home games in Charlotte, North Car- al South Carolina politicians, includ- olina, about 30 miles away. ing Gov. Henry McMaster, for the cer- The team will host training camp at emonial signing of the Professional Wofford College in Spartanburg, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sports Team Incentive Act of 2019, South Carolina and practice in Char- Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, left, holds up the bill as South Carolina Gov. Henry which provided a $115 million tax lotte during the regular season until McMaster, right, gives a thumbs up during a ceremonial bill signing in Rock Hill on Wednes- break for the Panthers to move their the new facility is completed. day. B2 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

AREA SCOREBOARD SPORTS ITEMS Sumter High mini cheer Sumter-Manning Legion game postponed The American Legion to be postponed. season and 1-3 in League II. baseball game between the MURRELLS INLET 1 BRAVES 12 camp begins Monday Sumter P-15’s and Manning- DALZELL-SHAW 0 PIRATES 5 Santee Post 68 scheduled for Sumter High School will For more information, send Wednesday at Monarch MYRTLE BEACH — Dal- PITTSBURGH — Austin have a mini cheer camp begin- an email to Joshua.long@sum- Field in Manning was post- zell-Shaw Post 175 saw its Riley and Josh Donaldson ning on Monday at the school. terschools.net. poned due to rain. 2-game winning streak hit 3-run home runs in con- The camp, which will run “B” ALL IN YOUTH It is the second straight snapped with a 1-0 American secutive innings, and Atlan- through Thursday, will run BASKETBALL CAMP SET game that Sumter has had Legion baseball loss to Mur- ta rallied past Pittsburgh from 9 a.m. to noon each day postponed due to rain. The rells Inlet on Tuesday at the 12-5 on Tuesday. and is open to children ages The “B” ALL IN Youth Bas- P-15’s were leading Florence Socastee High School field. Freddie Freeman added a 4-12. The cost is $50 and in- ketball Camp will be held at Post 1-0 in the top of the sec- Michael Love was the hard 2-run homer, his 15th, in a cludes lunch and a t-shirt. Sumter High School June 24- ond inning on Tuesday at luck loser, allowing just two 3-run ninth inning that Registration forms are avail- 27. Riley Park when a heavy hits in a complete game ef- sealed the Braves’ third able in the school’s main of- The camp will run from 8 downpour caused the game fort. The Jets fell to 2-3 on the straight win. fice. a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and is For more information, send open to boys and girls in an email to sekenyia.wil- grades 3-8. Registration will [email protected]. be held on the first day of Schaffer noticed how similar the Griffin TWINS FROM PAGE B1 PAR 4 PETS SPOTS AVAILABLE camp. brothers’ golf games are. The cost is $60 and includes “Just like their looks, they almost were There are still spots avail- lunch and a t-shirt. compete with every single day and try to identical in stroke averages,” Schaffer said. able for teams in the 5th An- For more information, con- make myself better. We’ve been together our “One came in at 40.0 (for nine holes), the nual Par 4 Pets Golf Tourna- tact Bryan Brown at (803) 603- whole lives, so two more years won’t hurt.” other came in at 40.2. Brandon made all-re- ment on Saturday at Crystal 8388. Both enjoyed their time playing golf as a gion for us, which continues a trend of play- Lakes Golf Course. SUMTER HIGH TO HOLD Sumter High Gamecock. ers making all-region from Sumter High.” The entry fee is $160 per FREE FOOTBALL CAMP “Just meeting new friends from the begin- Schaffer thinks it’s beneficial for the Grif- team or $40 per player with a ning and just meeting (Sumter head golf) fins to play for a program that is just starting format of 4-man Captain’s Sumter High School will Coach (Jeff) Schaffer and learning from out. Choice. The fee includes a golf hold a free football camp July him,” Andrew said when asked what his fa- “I just think that their opportunity to go to cart, lunch and beverages. 23-24. vorite part of being on the team was. “Just a place where they’re starting a program Mulligans are available dur- The camp will run from 6 becoming a better person and a better golfer.” from scratch is a perfect fit,” Schaffer said. ing registration with a maxi- p.m. to 8 p.m. each day and is “(My favorite parts of being on the team “Because they can continue to work on their mum of two per player. open to children entering were) the fun of it and the excitement and games and not be under that pressure, that Registration will begin at 8 grades 2-8. Registration will the energy and then the traveling, the bus first year of looking over their shoulders be- a.m. with a shotgun start at be on the first day of camp. rides,” Brandon said. “That was the fun cause the program’s just starting. Every- 8:30. Campers are asked to wear part.” body’s at square one; you don’t have any re- Prizes will be given to the cleats if possible, but bring Brandon is thankful for all he’s learned turning players coming back, you know, so I top three teams as well as tennis shoes in case of rain. about golf at Sumter High over the years, would be really excited if I were them, to go those who are closest to the SCISA SEARCHING FOR thanks in large part to his coaches. there and just build a program from scratch. pin on the par-3 holes. VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS “When I first started in seventh grade, I I think that’s kind of cool.” For more information, con- didn’t really know all the fundamentals and Schaffer admits he often gets the Griffins tact Kathy Stafford at (803) The South Carolina Inde- how I (could) progress,” he said. “But the mixed up. 469-3906, Teresa Durden at pendent Schools Association coaches I’ve had over the years, Coach Schaf- “All the time,” he said. “Unless they were (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at is looking for volleyball offi- fer and Coach (Ronnie) Flowers, have really right (there) standing next to me, I can’t tell (803) 775-1902. cials for the upcoming 2019 helped me progress in my uprising and really them apart. The team can, (but) as long as SUMTER HIGH SOCCER season. helped me get to the next level.” I’ve been with them, I still can’t tell them CAMP JUNE 24-27 SCISA is looking for veteran Andrew and Brandon decided on USC apart until I get right up (in front) of them and brand new officials. An Sumter for similar reasons. and kind of figure out who’s who. And then Sumter High School will official would have to be able “Just to stay here because just being sometimes, even after that, I’m wrong, so it’s sponsor a soccer camp June to work matches starting around Sumter, it’s where I’m from,” Andrew pretty tough.” 24-27 at the school. around 4 p.m. There will be said. “Being in Sumter is where I love to be. Schaffer wants USC Sumter to know that The camp will run from 8 several mandatory meetings And to be the start of something new; just it’s getting a special duo in the Griffin broth- a.m. to 11 a.m. and is open to in early August with class- like starting a new program up and starting ers. boys and girls who have com- room and on-the-court teach- from scratch and see where it goes will be “USC (Sumter)’s getting two quality kids,” pleted grades 1-6. ing. fun.” Schaffer said. “You know, it’s important in The cost is $50 and includes For more information, con- “It was one of the first options because the recruiting process as a high school coach, a t-shirt. tact SCISA District Director they’re starting to get a new golf team this if I see people (potentially doing well) in col- Registration forms are avail- Teddy Weeks at (803) 446-3379. year,” Brandon said. “Just wanted to stay lege, I want those college coaches to know able in the school’s main of- close to home and I have an academic schol- that I’m legitimately sending them good kids. fice. From staff reports arship there that includes free tuition.” And these two are truly good kids.”

p.m. Friday, June 7: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. Boston, .314; Dozier, Kansas City, .314; LeMahieu, New SCOREBOARD Oakland (Fiers 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 4-5), 10:07 Monday, June 10: Golden State at Toronto, 9 p.m. York, .308; Springer, Houston, .308; Reddick, Houston, p.m. x-Thursday, June 13: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. .305. TV, RADIO x-Sunday, June 16: Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m. RUNS – Bogaerts, Boston, 48; Betts, Boston, 46; FRIDAY’S GAMES Haniger, Seattle, 46; Trout, Los Angeles, 44; Devers, THURSDAY Arizona at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Boston, 43; 7 tied at 41. 9 a.m. – Professional Tennis: French Open Women’s Minnesota at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. NHL PLAYOFFS RBI – Abreu, Chicago, 50; Rosario, Minnesota, 50; Semifinal Match from Paris (TENNIS). N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Bregman, Houston, 43; Springer, Houston, 43; 11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: French Open Women’s Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m. CONFERENCE FINALS Mondesi, Kansas City, 42; Santana, Seattle, 42; Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Semifinal Match from Paris (WIS 10, TENNIS). (Best-of-7) Gallo, Texas, 41; Smith Jr., Baltimore, 41; Bogaerts, Noon – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour BMW Charity Baltimore at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Eastern Conference Boston, 40; Soler, Kansas City, 40. Pro-Am First Round from Greer (GOLF). Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. HITS – Brantley, Houston, 76; Polanco, Minnesota, Noon – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at New Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m. 75; Merrifield, Kansas City, 73; Devers, Boston, 72; Boston 4, Carolina 0 York Mets or Atlanta at Pittsburgh (MLB NETWORK). Bogaerts, Boston, 68; Mondesi, Kansas City, 68; NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday, May 9: Boston 5, Carolina 2 12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Mancini, Baltimore, 67; Fletcher, Los Angeles, 66; Sunday, May 12: Boston 6, Carolina 2 Pittsburgh (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WWHM-FM 92.3, East Division LeMahieu, New York, 66; 2 tied at 65. Tuesday, May 14: Boston 2, Carolina 1 WWHM-FM 93.3, WWHM-AM 1290). DOUBLES – Buxton, Minnesota, 20; Bogaerts, Boston, Thursday, May 16: Boston 4, Carolina 0 2 p.m. – Track and Field: IAAF Diamond League Meet W L Pct GB 18; Castellanos, Detroit, 18; Brantley, Houston, 17; from Rome – The Diamond League Golden Gala-Pietro Philadelphia 34 27 .557 — Western Conference Mancini, Baltimore, 17; Polanco, Minnesota, 17; 5 Mennea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Atlanta 33 27 .550 ½ tied at 16. 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Nations League New York 28 32 .467 5½ St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 TRIPLES – Mondesi, Kansas City, 8; Merrifield, Semifinal Match – Netherlands vs. England (ESPN2). Washington 28 33 .459 6 Saturday, May 11: San Jose 6, St. Louis 3 Kansas City, 7; Polanco, Minnesota, 5; Kiermaier, 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Canadian Open First Round (GOLF). Miami 22 36 .379 10½ Monday, May 13: St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 Tampa Bay, 4; Buxton, Minnesota, 3; Castellanos, 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Colorado at Chicago Central Division Wednesday, May 15: San Jose 5, St. Louis 4, OT Detroit, 3; Dozier, Kansas City, 3; Gardner, New Cubs or Miami at Milwaukee (Joined In Progress) Friday, May 17: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 York, 3; Rodriguez, Detroit, 3; Smith, Seattle, 3. (MLB NETWORK). Sunday, May 19: St. Louis 5, San Jose 0 HOME RUNS – Rosario, Minnesota, 18; Sanchez, New 5 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at Seattle W L Pct GB Tuesday, May 21: St. Louis 5, San Jose 1 York, 18; Bregman, Houston, 17; Gallo, Texas, 17; Chicago 33 26 .559 — (Joined In Progress) (MLB NETWORK). Springer, Houston, 17; Chapman, Oakland, 16; Milwaukee 34 27 .557 — 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, STANLEY CUP FINALS Encarnacion, Seattle, 16; 6 tied at 15. St. Louis 30 29 .508 3 WDXY-AM 1240). (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) STOLEN BASES – Mondesi, Kansas City, 22; Anderson, Pittsburgh 28 31 .475 5 7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Las Vegas at Atlanta (CBS Boston 2, St. Louis 2 Chicago, 15; Smith, Seattle, 15; Ramirez, Cleveland, Cincinnati 28 32 .467 5½ SPORTS NETWORK). Monday, May 27: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 14; Gordon, Seattle, 12; Hamilton, Kansas City, 11; 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at West Division Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis 3, Boston 2, OT Villar, Baltimore, 11; Andrus, Texas, 10; Buxton, Toronto (ESPN). Saturday, June 1: Boston 7, St. Louis 2 Minnesota, 10; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 10. 8 p.m. – College Track and Field: NCAA Men’s and W L Pct GB Monday, June 3: St. Louis 4, Boston 2 PITCHING – German, New York, 9-1; Verlander, Women’s Outdoor Championships Semifinals Day 2 Los Angeles 43 19 .694 — Thursday, June 6: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. Houston, 9-2; Giolito, Chicago, 8-1; Odorizzi, from Austin, Texas (ESPNU). Colorado 31 28 .525 10½ Sunday, June 9: Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota, 8-2; Berrios, Minnesota, 7-2; Lynn, 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup San Diego 31 30 .508 11½ x-Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. Texas, 7-4; Montas, Oakland, 7-2; Perez, Minnesota, Final Match 5 – St. Louis at Boston (WIS 10). Arizona 30 32 .484 13 7-2; 8 tied at 6. 8:30 p.m. – Women’s International Volleyball: FIVB San Francisco 25 34 .424 16½ ERA – Odorizzi, Minnesota, 1.96; Verlander, Houston, Volleyball Nations League Pool Play Match from BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS 2.27; Giolito, Chicago, 2.54; Morton, Tampa Bay, TUESDAY’S GAMES 2.54; Minor, Texas, 2.74; Montas, Oakland, 2.83; Lincoln, Neb. – United States vs. Brazil (NBC SPORTS Best-of-3; x-if necessary Atlanta 12, Pittsburgh 5 Turnbull, Detroit, 2.84; Stroman, Toronto, 2.84; Boyd, NETWORK). At Jim Patterson Stadium Washington 9, Chicago White Sox 5 Detroit, 3.01; Chirinos, Tampa Bay, 3.25. 9 p.m. – College Track and Field: NCAA Men’s and Louisville, Ky. San Francisco 9, N.Y. Mets 3, 10 innings STRIKEOUTS – Cole, Houston, 116; Verlander, Women’s Outdoor Championships Semifinals Day 2 Louisville vs. East Carolina Miami 16, Milwaukee 0 Houston, 103; Sale, Boston, 98; Boyd, Detroit, 97; from Austin, Texas (ESPN2). Friday: Louisville (47-16) vs. East Carolina (47-16), Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 3 Bauer, Cleveland, 96; Bieber, Cleveland, 92; Snell, 10 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour Champions Japan Noon Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 1 Tampa Bay, 91; Morton, Tampa Bay, 83; Minor, Championship First Round (GOLF). Saturday: Louisville vs. East Carolina, 3 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 0 Texas, 80; Carrasco, Cleveland, 79. 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at San x-Sunday: Louisville vs. East Carolina, Noon Philadelphia 9, San Diego 6 Diego or Oakland at Los Angeles Angels (MLB At Hawkins Field NATIONAL LEAGUE NETWORK). TODAY’S GAMES Nashville, Tenn. BATTING – Bellinger, Los Angeles, .374; Arenado, Vanderbilt vs. Duke San Francisco (Anderson 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler Colorado, .343; Rendon, Washington, .335; Bell, Friday: Vanderbilt (52-10) vs. Duke (34-25), 6 p.m. 5-3), 12:10 p.m. Pittsburgh, .332; Dahl, Colorado, .330; McNeil, New MLB STANDINGS Saturday: Vanderbilt vs. Duke, 9 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Archer 2-5), York, .329; Yelich, Milwaukee, .320; Freeman, x-Sunday: Vanderbilt vs. Duke, 3 p.m. 12:35 p.m. Atlanta, .310; Baez, Chicago, .309; JTurner, Los AMERICAN LEAGUE At Rip Griffin Park Cincinnati (Mahle 2-5) at St. Louis (Mikolas 4-5), 1:15 Angeles, .309. Lubbock, Texas East Division p.m. RUNS – Story, Colorado, 53; Bellinger, Los Angeles, Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State Miami (Smith 3-3) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 7-1), 2:10 51; Arenado, Colorado, 47; Yelich, Milwaukee, 46; Friday: Texas Tech (42-17) vs. Oklahoma State (39-19), W L Pct GB p.m. Bryant, Chicago, 45; McCutchen, Philadelphia, 45; 3 p.m. New York 38 21 .644 — Colorado (Gray 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 4-4), Rendon, Washington, 44; Bell, Pittsburgh, 43; Saturday: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay 35 23 .603 2½ 2:20 p.m. Freeman, Atlanta, 43; Ozuna, St. Louis, 42. x-Sunday: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Boston 31 29 .517 7½ Washington (Corbin 5-3) at San Diego (Lucchesi 4-3), RBI – Bellinger, Los Angeles, 54; Bell, Pittsburgh, 53; At Jackie Robinson Stadium Toronto 22 38 .367 16½ 10:10 p.m. Arenado, Colorado, 52; Ozuna, St. Louis, 51; Yelich, Los Angeles Baltimore 19 41 .317 19½ Milwaukee, 49; Escobar, Arizona, 48; Alonso, New FRIDAY’S GAMES UCLA vs. Michigan York, 45; Harper, Philadelphia, 43; KMarte, Arizona, Central Division Friday: UCLA (51-9) vs. Michigan (44-19), 9 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. 43; Rizzo, Chicago, 43. Saturday: UCLA vs. Michigan, 9 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. HITS – Arenado, Colorado, 81; Bellinger, Los W L Pct GB x-Sunday: UCLA vs. Michigan, 9 p.m. Arizona at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Angeles, 80; Bell, Pittsburgh, 75; Baez, Chicago, 72; Minnesota 40 19 .678 — At Boshamer Stadium Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Freeman, Atlanta, 72; Escobar, Arizona, 69; Story, Cleveland 30 30 .500 10½ Chapel Hill, N.C. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Colorado, 68; Hosmer, San Diego, 67; KMarte, Chicago 29 32 .475 12 North Carolina vs. Auburn Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Arizona, 67; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 64. Detroit 23 34 .404 16 Saturday: North Carolina (45-17) vs. Auburn (36-25), Washington at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. DOUBLES – Bell, Pittsburgh, 21; Harper, Philadelphia, Kansas City 19 41 .317 21½ Noon L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. 19; Rendon, Washington, 19; Ahmed, Arizona, 18; West Division Sunday: North Carolina vs. Auburn, TBA Baez, Chicago, 18; Cain, Milwaukee, 18; DeJong, St. x-Monday: North Carolina vs. Auburn, 1 p.m. Louis, 17; Seager, Los Angeles, 17; 5 tied at 16. W L Pct GB NBA PLAYOFFS At Dudy Noble Field TRIPLES – Blackmon, Colorado, 5; Escobar, Arizona, Houston 42 20 .677 — Starkville, Miss. 4; Rosario, New York, 4; Tapia, Colorado, 4; KMarte, Texas 30 28 .517 10 CONFERENCE FINALS Mississippi State vs. Stanford Arizona, 3; Pederson, Los Angeles, 3; Swanson, Oakland 30 30 .500 11 Saturday: Mississippi State (49-13) vs. Stanford (45- Atlanta, 3; 18 tied at 2. Los Angeles 29 32 .475 12½ (Best-of-7) 12), 3 p.m. HOME RUNS – Yelich, Milwaukee, 22; Alonso, New Seattle 25 39 .391 18 Eastern Conference Sunday: Mississippi State vs. Stanford, 9 p.m. York, 20; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 20; Reyes, San Monday: Mississippi State vs. Stanford, 7 p.m. Diego, 19; Bell, Pittsburgh, 18; Pederson, Los TUESDAY’S GAMES Toronto 4, Milwaukee 2 At Baum Stadium Angeles, 18; Dietrich, Cincinnati, 17; Renfroe, San Washington 9, Chicago White Sox 5 Wednesday, May 15: Milwaukee 108, Toronto 100 Fayetteville, Ark. Diego, 17; 4 tied at 16. Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Friday, May 17: Milwaukee 125, Toronto 103 Arkansas vs. Mississippi STOLEN BASES – Dyson, Arizona, 12; Yelich, Cleveland 5, Minnesota 2 Sunday, May 19: Toronto 118, Milwaukee 112, 2OT Saturday: Arkansas (44-17) vs. Mississippi (40-25), Milwaukee, 12; Story, Colorado, 10; SMarte, Detroit 9, Tampa Bay 6 Tuesday, May 21: Toronto 120, Milwaukee 102 Noon Pittsburgh, 9; Robles, Washington, 9; Wong, St. Baltimore 12, Texas 11 Thursday, May 23: Toronto 105, Milwaukee 99 Sunday: Arkansas vs. Mississippi, 3 p.m. Louis, 9; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 8; TTurner, Washington, Boston 8, Kansas City 3 Saturday, May 25: Toronto 100, Milwaukee 94 x-Monday: Arkansas vs. Mississippi, 4 p.m. 8; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 7; Puig, Cincinnati, 7. Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 2 Western Conference At Alex Box Stadium PITCHING – Ryu, Los Angeles, 9-1; Fried, Atlanta, 7-3; Houston 11, Seattle 5 Baton Rouge, La. Maeda, Los Angeles, 7-2; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 7-1; LSU vs. Florida State 9 tied at 6. Golden State 4, Portland 0 TODAY’S GAMES Saturday: LSU (40-24) vs. Florida State (39-21), 3 p.m. ERA – Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.35; Davies, Milwaukee, Tuesday, May 14: Golden State 116, Portland 94 Tampa Bay (TBD) at Detroit (Norris 2-4), 1:10 p.m. Sunday: LSU vs. Florida State, 6 p.m. 2.20; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.38; Eflin, Philadelphia, Thursday, May 16: Golden State 114, Portland 111 Boston (Weber 1-1) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-2), 1:15 x-Monday: LSU vs. Florida State, 8:30 p.m. 3.02; Weaver, Arizona, 3.03; Scherzer, Washington, Saturday, May 18: Golden State 110 Portland 99 p.m. 3.06; Greinke, Arizona, 3.09; Smith, Miami, 3.10; Monday, May 20: Golden State 119, Portland 117, OT Houston (Verlander 9-2) at Seattle (Milone 1-1), 3:40 Hendricks, Chicago, 3.16; Teheran, Atlanta, 3.28. p.m. FINALS MLB LEADERS STRIKEOUTS – Scherzer, Washington, 117; Strasburg, N.Y. Yankees (Happ 5-3) at Toronto (Jackson 0-3), 7:07 Washington, 104; Ray, Arizona, 91; Castillo, (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cincinnati, 90; Wheeler, New York, 87; deGrom, New Toronto 1, Golden State 1 Minnesota (Berrios 7-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 4-5), 7:10 Meadows, Tampa Bay, .356; Polanco, York, 84; Corbin, Washington, 83; Marquez, Thursday, May 30: Toronto 118, Golden State 109 BATTING – p.m. Minnesota, .336; Brantley, Houston, .332; Anderson, Colorado, 83; Syndergaard, New York, 81; 2 tied at Sunday, June 2: Golden State 109, Toronto 104 Baltimore (Cashner 6-2) at Texas (Jurado 2-2), 8:05 Chicago, .323; Fletcher, Los Angeles, .316; Devers, 80. Wednesday, June 5: Toronto at Golden State, 9 p.m. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | B3

FROM PAGE 1B ous sense of uneasiness from the ried about is a court case. LEONARD Eastern Conference champions. “A lot of times I don’t know about “It’s going to be even harder on the much of the noise until somebody make news like that, during an off day road,” Raptors guard Fred VanVleet asks me a question about it, a lot of for the NBA Finals, with the series said. “But we’re capable and we know times,” Nurse said Tuesday before his shifting to California, was eye-raising. what we bring to the table.” team practiced at Oracle Arena. “To “It happened a long time ago,” Leon- The Raptors have already rallied me, it’s like part of the job. Like most ard said of the disagreement between from 2-1 series deficits twice in these people, I love listening to all the shows he and Nike — and the lawsuit shows playoffs — against Philadelphia in the and the podcasts and whatever. And I that the battle over the logo has in- second round and against Milwaukee haven’t listened to a one since the deed gone on for some time, then in the East finals. No team in the cur- playoffs started. I miss it.” ramped up to get to this point. “You rent 16-team postseason format, which The free agency stuff with Leonard, guys are just finding out. It’s not a big the NBA went to in 1984, has over- that’ll all get worked out one way or worry of mine. ... I’ve known about come three of those in the same sea- another starting June 30. it.” son. The noise of concern for Toronto is In other words, he’s played through “We want to be the first to four,” what’s going to be coming from the that particular portion of off-court Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said. fans at Oracle on Wednesday night. drama throughout these playoffs. “Every game is an urgent game.” Much in the same way that the Toron- Obviously, he’s handled it just fine. Learning to deal with noise from to crowd fueled the Raptors in Game The Raptors are here largely be- the outside world is a skill that the 1, the same can be expected in the Bay cause of Leonard. Even though six Raptors have proudly gotten fairly Area for Game 3 — particularly since bad minutes that became an 18-0 Gold- adept at this season — amid the con- it’ll be either the second-to-last, or en State run to start the second half stant din surrounding the trade that next-to-last, time the Warriors call of Game 2 — “the quarter from hell,” brought Leonard to Toronto and this building home. Raptors coach Nick Nurse called it — whether the team could possibly find As with off-court noise, Leonard THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ultimately cost Toronto its chance at a a way to entice him to sign and stick won’t be bothered. Or listening. Toronto Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard has led 2-0 series lead and retaining home- around past this season. “It’s nothing new to me,” Leonard the Raptors to their first ever NBA Finals. court advantage, there’s still no obvi- The last thing the Raptors are wor- said.

PRO HOCKEY PALMETTO FROM PAGE B1 Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) is helped off Sophie Chang (387), Dea Herdze- the ice after getting hit las (389), Nastja Kolar (397), Katie in the face with the puck Volynets (399), Victoria Duval during Game 4 of the (433), Nika Kukharchuk (434), Stanley Cup Final Hayley Carter (488), Pamela Mon- against St. Louis tez (507) and Kennedy Shaffer on Monday in St. (512). Louis. The series is tied “With that level of players, it’s at 2-2 with Game 5 a prestigious tournament,” PTC today in Boston. general manager Sam Kiser said. “It’s an international tourna- ment. We’ve had players from 25 different countries (over 12 years).” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Taylor Townsend won the PPO last year after Aliza Lim couldn’t play in the championship match due to muscle fatigue and tight- ness in her back. Townsend was ranked 71st at the time of her vic- tory, the highest ranked player ever to play in the PPO. Palmetto Pro Open co-director Brian Hodge thinks the three highest-ranked players participat- ing in the tournament have a great chance to win. “Usue Maitane Arconada won a 25K and an 80K (both) in Ala- bama,” he said. “Hailey Baptiste was in the tournament last year Blues beating Bruins in battle and won a 25K in Plantation, Florida. Maria Mateas made the semis last year and, as a fresh- man, was No. 1 in singles for Duke this year. I’m excited to see of attrition in Stanley Cup Final what the event brings.” Baptiste reached the quarterfi- BY STEPHEN WHYNO forward Robert Thomas is out with a ing his first action since Game 1 of the nals last year after earning her The Associated Press suspected hand or wrist injury. Cassi- East final. Finnish blue liner Urho way into the main draw through dy said Grzelcyk, who practiced in a Vaakanainen skated with the Bruins, qualifying. Arconada reached the BOSTON — The Boston Bruins no-contact jersey Wednesday, is still in but Cassidy called him a “real long- second round. could be without captain Zdeno Chara concussion protocol and would need shot” to play for the first time since Matches will start at 9 a.m. when they take on the St. Louis Blues to be medically cleared in order to April 26. Monday through Friday. A fea- in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. play in Game 5 on Thursday night. Meanwhile, St. Louis is relatively tured doubles match will be at 7 Chara did not go to the arena at all Beating up opponents and winning healthy except for Thomas. The Blues p.m. on Thursday, and singles Wednesday, 36 hours after taking a the war of attrition has been an ingre- got puck-moving defenseman Vince quarterfinals will begin on Friday. puck to the jaw in Boston’s Game 4 dient of the Blues’ playoff success. Dunn back for Game 4 after he missed Singles semifinals will begin at 9 loss that tied the series at two games They took advantage of injuries to almost three weeks after taking a a.m. on Saturday, followed by the apiece. Coach Bruce Cassidy didn’t San Jose’s Erik Karlsson, Joe Pavelski puck to the face in the West final. doubles finals. The singles finals talk to and only briefly texted with the and Tomas Hertl to move on to the It appears rugged Robert Bortuzzo will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday. 42-year-old defenseman, who has a fa- final and are now two victories away will return to the Blues’ lineup in The qualifying portion of the cial injury that has been reported to from lifting the Stanley Cup as the place of Joel Edmundson, who had his tournament will be on Monday be a broken jaw. healthier team. ice time reduced for performance rea- and Tuesday with eight players The absence of Chara could prove If Boston is without two of its top sons by coach Craig Berube in Game 4 advancing. Main draw play will to be the tipping point in a bruising five defensemen in Chara and Grzel- . Bortuzzo came out when Dunn was begin on Tuesday. battle between the Bruins and Blues. cyk, it would mean bigger roles for ready to return but has two goals in For more information, visit Boston defenseman Matt Grzelcyk is John Moore and Connor Clifton and the past two rounds despite not being https://www.sumtersc.gov/tennis/ out with a concussion and St. Louis the possibility of Steven Kampfer see- much of a scorer. usta.

PRO TENNIS OBITUARIES French Open rainout sinks schedule JAMES ABRAMS Abrams of East Orange, New James Abrams, 66, affec- Jersey, Renee (Degny) PARIS (AP) — The second full-day washout win a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, tionately known as “Broth- Abrams Lopez of Elizabeth, at the French Open since 2000 made a mess of against No. 5 Alexander Zverev of Germany, er,” departed this life on New Jersey, Carol (Richard) the schedule Wednesday and raised the possi- and No. 4 Dominic Thiem of Austria vs. No. 10 Sunday, June 2, 2019, at Doc- Gavin, Ricky Grant, Angel bility that the Grand Slam tournament will not Karen Khachanov of Russia. tors Hospital, Augusta, Geor- (Aaron) Daniels and Ernes- finish on time. Instead of beginning at 2 p.m. local time gia. tine (Willie) Jenkins, all of Tournament director Guy Forget said there (1200 GMT, 8 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, play will Born on June 4, 1952, in Sumter; a host of nieces, is a chance that the women’s singles final start at noon (1000 GMT, 6 a.m. EDT). Sumter County, he was a son nephews, cousins and could be delayed from Saturday to Sunday. One semifinal in each singles draw already of the late friends. “It’s not what we hope,” Forget said, “but if was set Tuesday, so those players can sit back, Cleveland The family will receive rel- we have no other choice, then that’s what we relax and prepare. On the men’s side, Rafael Grant and atives and friends at the will do.” Nadal faces Roger Federer, meeting Friday for Mary Abrams. home, 60 Wildberry Lane, Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam site sixth time at Roland Garros and 39th time Brother re- Sumter. without a covered court; a retractable roof is overall. They own a combined 37 Grand Slam ceived his for- Funeral services will be expected to be added to the main stadium be- titles. mal education held at 2 p.m. on Friday at fore next year’s tournament at the facility in “The one,” Forget called it, “that a lot of peo- in the public John Wesley Williams Sr. Me- western Paris. ple are waiting for, of course.” ABRAMS schools of Sum- morial Chapel, Williams Fu- As things stand now, with the last two wom- On the women’s side, it’s No. 26 Johanna ter County. neral Home Inc., 821 N. Main en’s quarterfinals — defending champion Si- Konta of Britain against unseeded 19-year-old Prior to the onset of health St., Sumter, with the Rev. Jo- mona Halep of Romania vs. 17-year-old Aman- Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. conditions, Brother was em- seph Ricks officiating, eulo- da Anisimova of the U.S., and No. 8 Ash Barty Neither has reached a major final. ployed for more than 20 gist. of Australia vs. No. 14 Madison Keys of the U.S. Play was wiped out by rain at the French years with Georgia Indus- The procession will leave — moved from Wednesday to Thursday, who- Open for a full day in 2016. Before that, it tries for the Blind, until re- at 1:20 p.m. from the home. ever emerges from that half of the draw could hadn’t happened since 2000. tirement. Burial will be at Ebenezer end up playing on three consecutive days. In 2012, the men’s final between Nadal and He leaves to cherish his Presbyterian Church Ceme- The semifinals that were supposed to be Djokovic began on Sunday but was suspended memories: a daughter, Jamie tery, Dalzell. Thursday are now scheduled for Friday. But, in the fourth set and resumed Monday. That (Ramon) Newkirk; a son, Services directed by the as Forget noted, while Thursday’s forecast was the first time since 1973 that the clay-court William Abrams of New Jer- management and staff of Wil- looks OK, Friday’s calls for more showers. major tournament lasted past its originally sey; three grandchildren, liams Funeral Home Inc., 821 “Friday,” he said, “is kind of complicated.” scheduled final Sunday. Nadia, Ray Jr. and Aniya; a N. Main St., Sumter. Online That would mean the women’s semifinals “When we have uncertain weather, of great-grandson, Amarri, all memorial messages may be could end up on Saturday. course, it’s very hard to predict scheduling,” of Sumter; his siblings, Patri- sent to the family at williams- Also moved from Wednesday to Thursday Forget said. “But we have to always study the cia Abrams of Orange, New [email protected]. Visit were the last two men’s quarterfinals: No. 1 worse-case scenario, knowing that ideally we Jersey, Alphonso (Elizabeth) us on the web at www.Wil- Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who is attempting to want to try to finish on Sunday.” Abrams of Sumter, Charles liamsFuneralHomeInc.com B4 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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DEAR ABBY — I pects me to get in the mood, taurant. I needed to use the re- dated a man even though he looks like stroom. When I approached the several years Grandpa. ladies’ room door, it was closed. ago, and we We had a spat about it, and I knocked and heard a grum- just hooked he called me shallow. Am I? I bling from inside. A minute up again. In think he just expects me to get later a lady exited. She asked if the interim he over it and make out with him I’d knocked, and I replied that I had all of his toothless, but I can’t! It’s not had. She then admonished me teeth pulled. like we live together. We see in a stern voice as if I were a Dear Abby His dentures each other once a week or less. child, saying, “Don’t do that!” ABIGAIL are ill-fitting, Please tell the truth here. Was I wrong to knock on a VAN BUREN and he refus- Making the effort in Ohio closed restroom door? Are we es to get them to assume someone is in there? adjusted. As a DEAR MAKING — Your friend Confused diner result, he goes needs to see a dentist and get without teeth, which I find a his false teeth adjusted or re- DEAR CONFUSED — Some people whole lot less than sexy. Our placed. Out of consideration for turn the door handle to see if love life is suffering as a result. you, he should wear them when the restroom is occupied. Oth- He’s tried to persuade me to he desires intimacy. That you ers knock, particularly if it’s kiss him without teeth, or he don’t get turned on when he’s been occupied for a long time. sits around all evening and toothless isn’t shallow. I’m sure The woman may have been in a then runs and puts them in for many women would feel the bad mood, or felt that because a “bootie call.” But now he same way. you knocked you had rushed doesn’t even do that! He’ll wear her. 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