Chicken plant employees strike over reported slur Pilgrim’s Pride workers protest outside Thursday

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Thursday shift employees Thursday morn- [email protected] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 75 CENTS morning, ing, some of whom refused to said the work. SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 Employees of Pilgrim’s Pride plant Some employees said they think Corp. Sumter ended their shifts manager the alleged comment was meant to 3 SECTIONS, 26 PAGES | VOL. 123, NO. 86 early after hearing that the plant spoke be a racial slur toward black peo- manager allegedly made a deroga- ROSE STEWART over the ple. tory remark referring to employ- radio at “I got here this morning and saw RELIGION ees. an earlier my people standing out here,” said The employees, who were pro- shift that “there are too many Mykelle Rose, an employee in the testing in front of the chicken pro- roaches walking in the hallway.” duction plant on U.S. 15 South on Word was spread to the incoming SEE SLUR, PAGE A9 Cops and kids and valentines

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NATION Sessions wants mental health, violence studied A11 PHOTOS PROVIDED CLARENDON SUN Police Be My Valentine cards were shared by officers on Wednesday with youngsters at Crosswell, Lemira and Wilder ele- mentary schools. There were a lot of hugs, high fives and fist bumps in return. Participating were Officers Michael Austin Family wants to see Yates’ and Gloria Prescott, Sgt. Gary Atkinson and Staff Sgt. James Sinkler. name on memorial A7 DEATHS, B5 Maggie L. Ragin Leona Dow Bessie Mae Myers Vinson Vaughn Barbara R. Powell Rosa Lee Dickey Alecia Lawrence Pearline Y. Stokes Devin D. Dinkins WEATHER, A12 IT’S STILL WINTER, RIGHT? Mostly cloudy today; cloudy and mild tonight HIGH 81, LOW 53 Annual memorial scholarship INSIDE CONTACT US Classifieds B6 Info: 774-1200 fundraiser is set for March 15 Comics C6 Advertising: 774-1237 Religion A4 Classifieds: 774-1200 BY BRUCE MILLS March 15 on Monday at the district’s Opinion A10 Delivery: 774-1258 [email protected] board of trustees meeting at Alice Sports B1 News and Sports: Drive Middle School. Television C4 774-1226 In the spirit of carrying on the Bordeaux, a 2011 Sumter High USA Today C1 torch for future educators, current School graduate who was a junior and former Sumter School District early childhood education major at VISIT US ONLINE AT the .com teachers of the year will host an an- the University of South Carolina, nual scholarship fundraiser next died in a boating accident on July 4, PHOTO PROVIDED month. 2014. She was a South Carolina The Hailey Bordeaux Memorial Interim Superintendent Debbie Teaching Fellow and was on the Pres- Scholarship dinner is scheduled Hamm provided details on the dis- ident’s List at USC. She also worked for March 15 at Kingsbury Ele- trict’s annual Hailey Bordeaux Me- mentary School, according to dis- morial Scholarship dinner set for SEE FUNDRAISER, PAGE A9 trict staff.

Howard Conyers speaks during Morris College’s Clarendon native, NASA scientist, BBQ honors fall 2017 semester convo- cation on Thurs- day. Conyers is a master inspires Morris College students NASA engineer and is known for Howard Conyers gave to his pit-mastery in tradition- also said it can propel you on- his BBQ pit al South Carolina whole hog ward. master skills. keynote speech at barbecue in a keynote address As he became more and on Thursday to Morris College more well-known for his MICAH GREEN / THE honors convocation honors students at their fall whole hog barbecue, he said, SUMTER ITEM 2017 semester convocation. other people were forced to BY KAYLA ROBINS “You never know where notice him. [email protected] you’ll find your passion,” “Food transcends race,” he Conyers said. said. “Barbecue was therapeu- Not many people are actual The Paxville native and tic also for me for helping me rocket scientists. Not many Manning High School gradu- deal with work and people people are nationally re- ate said food has served two who may not have believed an nowned barbecue masters. benefits to his life and career. African American should be Howard Conyers is both. He asked the students to re- in those rooms.” A connection between the member their heritage and Conyers, who cooked his two may not be immediately their ancestors who grew the first whole hog when he was clear, but Conyers, a Manning best rice in Africa before being 11 by following a recipe hand- native who has been a NASA sold into slavery. ed down through his family Stennis Space Center engineer Food, in that sense, can be a for nine years, linked that job link to the past, but Conyers SEE CONYERS, PAGE A9 A2 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM

Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Sumter PD County council approves costs seeks public comment for for dam project, veterans park accreditation BY ADRIENNE SARVIS A Tuskegee Airmen P-51 plane will as it sees fit. [email protected] also be featured in the park, he said. The county will not be affected if Preparation for the reconstruction residents of the district do not pay BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Sumter County Council approved project at Second Mill Pond has taxes because the county is only ob- [email protected] third and final reading to add ex- started and is anticipated to be com- ligated to deliver the money that is penses to the county's 2017 budget pleted this spring. collected, he said. for two public projects during its NEW TAX DISTRICT REQUESTED The proposal may be approved Sumter residents will meeting on Tuesday. TO FIX BOYLES DAM after two more readings and a public have the opportunity to The council passed an amendment hearing. voice opinions of Sumter to add two purchases to the county's The council approved first reading OTHER MEETING NOTES Police Department's perfor- 2017 budget: $500,000 to construct a of an ordinance to establish the mance during a public in- veterans memorial park on Broad Boyles Pond Special Tax District and The Sumter County Council ap- formation session at 7 p.m. Street Extension adjoining Shaw Air authorize a tax that would be collect- proved second reading of an ordi- Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Sumter Force Base and $281,000 to purchase ed for 22 lots in the area to rebuild nance to amend definitions regard- City Council Chambers, automated spillway gates for the and maintain the dam at the pond. ing real estate, contractor, subdivi- fourth floor of Sumter dam at Second Mill Pond. If approved, the tax district would sion project and commercial project Opera House, 21 N. Main St. The $500,000 will be transferred be monitored by three people — a signs. The amendment will permit Since 1995, Sumter Police from the county's hospitality fund. president, a vice president and a more square footage for the signs, Department has been ac- The memorial park is a joint proj- treasurer — who can be members of mimicking the city's zoning and de- credited by the Commission ect between the county, the city of the Boyles Pond HOA Inc., according velopment ordinance for project on Accreditation for Law Sumter — which will also contribute to the proposed ordinance. signs, said George McGregor, direc- Enforcement Agencies Inc. $500,000 — and Shaw. The state has Sumter County Attorney Johna- tor of Sumter City-County Planning which requires agencies to also expressed interest in providing than Bryan said the county's role in Department. be in compliance with state- $200,000 for the project, Sumter the matter is to collect the tax money Sumter County Council requires of-the-art standards in four County Administrator Gary Mixon each year and deliver it to the Boyles three approvals and a public hearing areas: policy and proce- said. Pond HOA, which will use the money before a matter is passed. dures, administration, oper- ations and support services to the community. The department is as- THIS MONTH IN S.C. HISTORY sessed every three years. A copy of the compliance standards is available for re- Friendship College view at Sumter Police De- students protest in front partment, 107 E. Hampton of McCrory’s in Rock Hill Ave. in 1960. Anyone who is unable to attend the meeting can pro- vide comments by phone or PHOTO PROVIDED BY WWW.ZINNEDPROJECT.COM mail. Residents can speak with a CALEA assessor by call- ing (803) 436-2737 between 2 and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Phone comments, as well as appearances at the public information session, are limited to 10 minutes and must address the police department's ability to com- ply with CALEA's stan- dards. Written comments should be mailed to Commission on Accreditation for Law En- forcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320, Gainesville, VA 20155. Lt. C.L. Johnson Sr., ac- creditation manager for the Sumter department, said the assessment team is com- posed of public safety prac- titioners from out-of-state law enforcement agencies of similar sizes who will re- view written materials, in- February 1960: S.C. experiences its first ‘sit-in’ terview individuals and visit offices and other facili- FROM THE S.C. HISTORICAL SOCIETY ties where compliance to praised the students in his 1960 address closed that door. And that clang, you standards can be witnessed. On Feb. 12, 1960, several black stu- to the NAACP convention. The protests can still hear it." Johnson can be reached at dents from Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill continued for more than a Once at the prison farm, the nine (803) 436-2729 or (803) 795- in Rock Hill asked to be served lunch at year. were forced to move large piles of sand, 2009 for more information. the local McCrory’s and Woolworth’s. In the fall of 1960, CORE encouraged cut weeds and carry cement blocks. If Follow Sumter Police De- As was typical in the South, blacks a “Jail, No Bail” policy. The following they refused to work, they were put on partment on social media could shop in these stores but were for- January, 10 Friendship College stu- bread and water rations. Historians for updates regarding the bidden to sit at lunch counters and eat. dents again attempted to lunch at the agree that the policy of “Jail, No Bail” accreditation process. The first of several sit-ins to be held in stores and were arrested and found helped rescue the civil rights move- Rock Hill, this one resulted in the guilty of trespass. Nine of the students ment from the costs of bail for protest- lunch counters being closed for several refused to pay the $100 bail fee and ers and gave new life to the movement. days. were sentenced to 30 days of hard labor In 2015, in a municipal courtroom in Sit-ins had been held in other states, and sent to York County Prison Farm. Rock Hill, the convictions of the including nearby Charlotte, but this This resulted in large-scale media at- “Friendship Nine” were overturned. CORRECTION marked the first in South Carolina. The tention, and the group became known The former students, now in their 70s, stores stayed closed until Feb. 23, but as the “Friendship Nine.” Fifty-four were represented by the same attorney the students did not give up. Led by years after his arrest, David William- who defended their case in 1961. Their If you see a statement in error, Leroy Johnson and trained by the civil son told NBC News "It was a frighten- story has been featured in books and contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or rights organization CORE (Congress of ing experience, but the part that got me documentaries of the civil rights move- [email protected]. Racial Equality), Thurgood Marshall is when they put me in the cell and ment.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A week-old baby lies in one of the ICU bays at one of the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care units on Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky. This particular NICU is dedi- cated to newborns of opioid-addicted mothers that are suffering with newborn abstinence syndrome. It is kept dark and quiet because of increased production of neurotransmit- ters in newborns of addicted mothers, which can disrupt the nervous system and overstimulate bodily functions. Coping with the rising problem, no one has the same answer

BY LINDSEY TANNER could lead to a national stan- most recent data — from 2014 frame diagnosis and treat- bert's son was delivered two AP Medical Writer dard for evidence-based — indicates that the syn- ment length, but some have years ago, babies born to treatment. A rigorous multi- drome affects nearly 11 in created their own scales. methadone users are given CHICAGO — Two babies, center study comparing every 1,000 U.S. births. The The Government Account- that drug before symptoms born 15 months apart to the treatments and outcomes in CDC said it is working with ability Office's health care start and are sent home with same young woman overcom- hard-hit areas could start by the March of Dimes and sev- team has called for federal a supply to continue treat- ing opioid addiction. Two the end of this year, said Dr. eral states to get a better pic- action to address the issue, ment. very different treatments. Matthew Gillman, who is ture of the number of affect- saying the current recom- Clemson University re- Sarah Sherbert's first child helping lead the effort. ed infants and how they fare mendations from the U.S. search has shown that ap- was whisked away to a hospi- "When there's so much developmentally and aca- Health and Human Services proach could reduce hospital tal special-care nursery for variability in practice, not demically into childhood. Department amount to a stays by nearly half, to an av- two weeks of treatment for everyone can be doing the Some studies have suggest- half-baked strategy lacking erage of eight days costing withdrawal from doctor-pre- very best thing," Gillman ed possible increased risks priorities and a timeline for $11,000 compared with the scribed methadone that her said. for developmental delays and implementation. state average of 15 days at a mother continued to use dur- Once the umbilical cord is behavior problems, but no The department's recom- cost of $45,000. ing her pregnancy. Nurses cut, babies born to opioid research has been able to de- mendations include educa- "The baby has already been hesitated to let Sherbert hold users are at risk for develop- termine if that's because of tion for doctors and nurses exposed to methadone for the girl and hovered nervous- ing withdrawal symptoms. the mothers' drug use during to teach them how to manage nine months so adding four ly when she visited to breast- By some estimates, one in- pregnancy, infants' treatment affected infants, along with to five weeks and making feed. fant is born with the condi- after birth or something an emphasis on non-drug weaning gentle instead of Born just 15 months later tion in the U.S. every 25 min- completely unrelated. And treatment. quitting cold turkey we think and 30 miles away at a differ- utes. The numbers have tri- there's no definitive evidence Katherine Iritani, director won't have any additional ef- ent South Carolina hospital, pled since 2008 at a rate that that these children fare of the GAO's health care fect on babies' brain develop- Sherbert's second child was has solid medical research worse than unexposed team, said government offi- ment," said Dr. Jennifer Hud- started on medicine even be- comparing treatments and youngsters. cials have since indicated son, who developed the treat- fore he showed any with- outcomes struggling to keep "It's very, very frustrating" that they are convening ex- ment approach. drawal symptoms, and she pace. not knowing those answers, perts to develop and finalize Sherbert, 31, said her drug was allowed to keep him in Not all opioid-exposed ba- Devlin said. "It's such a diffi- a plan by March 15. use began eight years ago her room to encourage bies develop the syndrome, cult population to go back "We'll review it and make after she was prescribed opi- breast-feeding and bonding. but drug use late in a preg- and do research on. They're sure it's responsive to our oid painkillers for injuries His hospital stay was just a nancy increases the chances people who often don't trust recommendations," she said. from a car accident. She was week. and can cause dependence in the system, often people who A separate GAO report re- on methadone prescribed by "It was like night and day," fetuses and newborns. These have had lots of trauma in leased last week recommend- her doctor when her daugh- Sherbert said. infants are not born with ad- their lives." ed beefed-up government ter, now 3, was born. The different approaches diction, which experts con- Treatment aims to reduce guidance to help states im- She later lost custody after highlight a sobering fact: The sider a disease involving or even prevent symptoms. plement programs that en- relapsing, and her parents surge has outpaced the sci- compulsive, harmful drug- Some hospitals use morphine sure safe care for opioid-af- are caring for the children. ence, and no one knows the seeking behavior. But the drops, while others use fected infants and treatment Sherbert said she has been best way to treat the opioid sudden withdrawal of opi- methadone and sometimes for parents still struggling sober for a year and recently epidemic's youngest patients. oids from their mothers may sedatives. Some send the ba- with drug use. was promoted to supervisor Trying to cope with the ris- cause increased production bies straight to newborn in- Medicaid pays for more at her job. She said she's de- ing numbers of affected in- of neurotransmitters, which tensive care units and some than 80 percent of costs for termined to get them back. fants, hospitals around the can disrupt the nervous sys- focus on comfort care from treating affected babies, to- "I've worked so hard and United States are taking a tem and overstimulate bodily moms, allowing them to taling about $1 billion in come such a long way," she scattershot approach to functions. Symptoms can last room-in with their infants. A 2012, the GAO has found. said. "Seeing their little faces treating the tremors, hard-to- for months. recently published Dart- At Greenville Memorial — that's worth every bit of soothe crying, diarrhea and The condition can result mouth-Hitchcock Medical Hospital, where Sarah Sher- it." other hallmark symptoms of from a mother's use of illicit Center analysis linked room- newborn abstinence syn- drugs, but it also can stem ing-in with less medication drome. from mothers being pre- use and shorter hospital "It's a national problem," scribed methadone or other stays for infants, but it can • DRAINAGE WORK said Dr. Lori Devlin, a Uni- anti-addiction medicine. Doc- be difficult if mothers are versity of Louisville new- tors think the benefits of still in the throes of addic- • FRENCH DRAINS born specialist. "There's no that treatment for the moth- tion. gold-standard treatment." ers outweigh any risks to A Florida hospital is even With help from $1 million their infants. testing tiny acupuncture nee- •SURFACE DRAINS in National Institutes of The Centers for Disease dles on affected infants. Health funding, researchers Control and Prevention Many hospitals use a are seeking to change that by doesn't routinely track the 40-year-old scoring system to identifying the practices that condition, but the agency's measure 21 symptoms and Spring Cleaning Start with a New Floor!

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here is nothing better raccoons get them all.” self. He did think if you want- plummeted to Earth, I waited the moment would finally than a tangerine. We propped a ladder against ed something done right, do it for him to turn over and land come. I would hear him swear. TWhen I grew up, down the tree, and I put my foot on yourself. Or maybe, he just on all fours, like a cat. He was I would hear four-letter behind the barn, along the first rung. Pop said, “No. wanted to feel young again agile, but not that agile. He words. the fence line of the lot, there You stay on the and climb a tree. landed flat on his back, on the Pop said, “Kiss my foot.” were three big tangerine ground and catch We had picked a bushel of metal gate, with the thud of Not exactly the four-letter trees. There is no telling how ’em. I’ll go up the tangerines, but there were metal resisting bone. words I expected. old those trees were. When tree and throw still some high in the tree, The fall didn’t knock him We all have four-letter tangerines were in season, ’em down.” I pro- where the ladder wouldn’t out. Amazingly, he sprang words we use for emphasis. we’d take a break, pick a tan- tested that I was reach. You’ve heard of a right up off that metal gate I’m sure you have some in gerine off the tree, peel back younger and “bridge too far”? There is also and grabbed his head. your vocabulary. God uses the rind and eat each slice. Re- SMITH lighter. He was such a thing as a “limb too Pop was not the first person four-letter words for empha- freshing. insistent. So up far.” Pop went one limb too I’d seen get hurt on the ranch. sis, too. Whenever we fall out Raccoons like tangerines, the ladder he far. Cowboys have colorful, four- of life, God comes to us with too. Each year, there was a went. I heard a loud crack. Then I letter words to deploy when- four-letter words — Love. struggle between the raccoons Pop was pretty agile for a saw Pop, all 180 pounds of ever they are run over by a Hope. Rest. Heal. Calm. Gift. and Pop, my stepfather, over 65-year-old man. Before long, him, falling toward me. A bull, or kicked by horse, or God’s four-letter words are who got the most tangerines. he stepped off the ladder and good son would have caught put a nail through their hand. the words your soul longs to Pop rarely got mad, but he onto the branches of the tree. his father, or at least broken Those words were all appro- hear. God’s four-letter words hated to see tangerines wast- He had been a baseball player his fall. I was not a good son. I priate for use when you fall are a lot better than “Kiss my ed as raccoon food. Finally, in high school and could pitch ran. out of a tangerine tree. foot.” Or some of the other he’d had enough. tangerines to me on the There was an old metal gate Pop was not a cussing man. four-letter words I’ve heard. “Clay,” he said, “come on. ground with deadly accuracy. under the tangerine tree. The In fact, I had never heard him Clay Smith is the lead pastor We’re going to pick the rest of I’m still not sure why he grass had overgrown it, so it cuss. Never. As he sprung up of Alice Drive Baptist Church those tangerines before the wanted to climb the tree him- wasn’t easy to see. As Pop from the ground, I thought in Sumter. Native church’s lawsuit spurs training for airport screeners

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A wood- in teepees for lengthy ceremonies and en box carried an eagle feather and use peyote as a sacrament. bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a Its most visible legal battles have feather fan — items that carry spiri- been over peyote, a hallucinogenic tual energy and are used in Native that only grows naturally in the Unit- American religious ceremonies. ed States in southern Texas. States The man holding the box asked se- had varied laws on Native Americans' curity agents at the San Antonio In- use of the cactus until the early 1990s, ternational Airport to allow him to when a federal law allowed Native display the items so their energy Americans who are part of the wouldn't be polluted. The agents de- church to possess peyote. clined, roughly handling the items For anyone else, it's illegal, in the and shoving them back in the box, ac- same category as heroin and cocaine. cording to Sandor Iron Rope, former Membership cards cite the federal president of the Native American law and another that allows Native JOYCE MARSHALL/STAR-TELEGRAM VIA AP FILE Church of North America. Americans to possess migratory Members of the Native American Church prepare for a prayer meeting in Mirando City, His lawsuit against the Transporta- birds. Texas. tion Security Administration was set- One of Iron Rope's attorneys, For- tled last month, with neither side ac- rest Tahdooahnippah, said church knowledging fault and the agency members have had enough bad expe- Riddle Aeronautical University in being and their belief that they are agreeing to better educate its employ- riences to discourage them from air Prescott, Arizona. protectors of the weak. ees about Native American religious travel. He said Iron Rope had no indi- Security agents cannot be trained The Sikh Coalition, a civil rights or- items at more than a dozen airports cation agents thought his ceremonial in all religions, but he said they can ganization, has issued travel guidelines nationwide. items were dangerous. improve on dealing with the un- alerting the community that kirpans "There was a policy in place de- "That's part of the reason we felt known. can be in checked baggage only, and signed to provide some protection for there should have been a lawsuit in "A little bit of sensitivity and re- the faithful generally adhere. But the us, but they don't have training," Iron the first place," he said. "Screening of spect and really being open to the coalition has represented at least one Rope said Wednesday. "Not everybody items should be reserved for things unique needs of a religious individual Sikh man who was charged for carry- is familiar with the policies." TSA has a legitimate suspicion are can go a long way toward negotiating ing kirpans through airport security. The TSA did not respond to mes- going to be a danger to traveler safe- something that works for the individ- The case eventually was dropped. sages seeking comment this week. ty." ual and for the TSA," Bloom said. As part of the settlement with the The Native American Church has Passengers can do their part by Not all religious items would be al- Native American Church of North multiple chapters around the country alerting the TSA at least 72 hours in lowed on planes with passengers, America, the TSA and the plaintiffs and an estimated 250,000 members. advance to carry-on items that need however. will collaborate on a webinar that The church that formed in 1918 additional screening and by clearly The TSA prohibits religious knives will be available to agents who work blends Native American beliefs and communicating beliefs, said Richard like the kirpan. Sikhs who carry with passengers well ahead of their Christianity but doesn't have formal Bloom, director of terrorism, intelli- them do not view them as weapons or flights to move items through securi- buildings. Instead, its members meet gence and security studies at Embry- accessories but as extensions of their ty.

Church, Mayesville, will speak. in concert at 6:30 p.m. A love Ryan Godfrey; 7 p.m. Monday, CHURCH NEWS offering will be received. Nurs- the Rev. Anthony Curbweb; ery provided. Refreshments and 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist and the opportunity to meet Annie H. Sisturnk. Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 High Hills AME Church, 6780 Church, 325 Fulton St., an- the family will follow. Call Lynam Road, announces: Meeting House Road, Dalzell, nounces: (803) 452-5373 or visit www. * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- announces: * Sunday — Trustee Ministry’s pinewoodbaptist.org. St. John Baptist Church, 3944 tory program at 3 p.m. James * Saturday, Feb. 24 — Blood black history anniversary wor- Brewer Road, Manning, an- L. Felder will speak. drive beginning at 8 a.m. ship celebration at 10:45 a.m. nounces: Reeseville AME Church, U.S. 521, * Sunday, March 4 — Pastor’s * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Golden Alcolu, announces: Age Fellowship Ministry’s 11th anniversary celebration Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. High Hills Missionary Baptist * Sunday — The 24th anniver- at 4 p.m. Pastor Jonathan An- 261, Wedgefield, announces: Church, 6750 Meeting House black history anniversary wor- ship celebration at 10:45 a.m. sary of the male chorus will be derson, of Fellowship Baptist * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- Road, Dalzell, announces: celebrated at 3 p.m. Church of Manning, will speak. tory observance, fill a pew and * Sunday — The YWA anniver- soul food Sunday will be held sary will be observed during Nehemiah Kingdom Builder’s As- beginning at 10:15 a.m. the 10:15 a.m. worship. sembly, 845 Webb St., announc- Refreshing Springs Kingdom Out- Sumter Free Will Baptist of the es: reach, meets at Colony Square, Pentecostal Faith Church, 971 * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- 741 Bultman Drive, Suite 21, Boulevard Road, announces: tory observance / male chorus * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Official af- Clark United Methodist Church, announces: * Monday-Friday, Feb. 19-23 — 2980 U.S. 401 N., Oswego High- anniversary will be celebrated firmation to the apostolic of- during the 10:15 a.m. worship. fice of chief apostle at 4 p.m. * Wednesday, Feb. 28 — Fresh Revival at 7:30 nightly. The way, announces: fire healing and deliverance Rev. Clarence Sanderson, of * Sunday, March 4 — Holy at Westend Community * Saturday, Feb. 24 — Free Church, 101 S. Salem Ave. Prel- service at 7 p.m. Maxton, North Carolina, will NACA home ownership work- communion will follow the speak. 10:15 a.m. worship. ate RC Ratliff, chief consecra- * Saturday, March 31 — King- shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tor, and Apostle — Designate dom United prayer breakfast * Sunday, March 25 — Palm * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- Sylvester Francis III will speak. at 10 a.m. Taw Caw Missionary Baptist tory program at 3 p.m. Sunday will be observed dur- ing the 10:15 a.m. worship. Church, 1130 Granby Lane, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Second Presbyterian Church, Summerton, announces: Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., an- 1125 Old Pocalla Road, an- * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- Church, 105 Dinkins St., Man- Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 nounces: nounces: tory program. ning, announces: Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Annual senior * Saturday — Black history cel- * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- citizens ball at 3:30 p.m. ebration at 3 p.m. Dr. Maggie * Sunday — Black history pro- Triumph Ministries, 3632 Broad tory program at 11 a.m. U.S. * Saturday, Feb. 24 — Annual Glover, first black female ever St. Ext., announces: Marshal Kelvin Washington, gram at 4 p.m. The Rev. Carnell elected to serve in the South Witherspoon, of Mount Chapel Doris H. Fulwood Scholarship * Today — Pastor appreciation District of South Carolina, will luncheon at noon. Carolina Senate, will speak. speak. Missionary Baptist Church, will Soul food refreshments will be kicks off at 7 p.m. Prophetess speak. Music will be provided * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Annual se- served immediately after the Sarafina Thompson, of Brook- by Mount Chapel MBC choir, nior citizens program at 10 celebration. The Payne Family lyn, New York, will speak. First Baptist Missionary Church, Crestwood High School Choir a.m. will provide music. Theme: * Sunday — Pastor apprecia- 219 S. Washington St., an- and Gregory Jenkins. The “Remembering the Past ... Pre- tion will continue with Prophet nounces: youth department will perform New Testament Lighthouse paring for the Future.” K. Ramsey, of Walterboro, * Saturday — Black history black history skits. At old fash- speaking at 10 a.m. and Proph- ioned dinner will be served. Church, 1114 Boulevard Road, community celebration at 11 announces: et Everett Roberson, of Ridge- a.m. Dr. Wes Bellamy, city St. Anne - St. Jude Catholic land, speaking at 5 p.m. * Saturday — Gospel singing at Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., councilman of Charlottesville, Jehovah Missionary Baptist Virginia, will speak. 6 p.m. featuring Servant’s Call announces: Church, 803 S. Harvin St., an- and others. Union Hall, 1171 Old Pocalla nounces: * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- tory program at 2:30 p.m. pre- Road, announces: Friendship Missionary Baptist * Saturday — “Eat to Educate” Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine sented by the St. Peter Claver * Sunday — The 5th anniversa- Church, 182 S. Pike East, an- cultural extravaganza will be Ladies Auxiliary and Knights ry of Resurrection will be cele- nounces: held at 1 p.m. at the M.H. New- Grove Road, Rembert, an- nounces: of St. Peter Claver. Carrie Sin- brated at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 * Friday, Feb. 23 — Youth min- ton Family Life Center, 415 kler Parker will speak. Music in advance or $7 at the door istry worship service at 7 p.m. Manning Ave. This is an annual * Sunday — The ACE League will be provided by St. Ann St. for adults; $5 for children 11 food event with local and in- and black history observation Jude School choir, Catholic years and older; $3 for chil- ternational delicacies from Ja- at 11 a.m. Minister Jerell Wes- youth of Sumter, St. Jude choir dren 5-10 year of age; and free Goodwill Presbyterian Church maica, Africa and the Philip- ley will speak. and the Benevolence Choir. for children under 5. USA, 295 N. Brick Church Road, pines. Mayesville, announces: Pinewood Baptist Church, 10 E. * Sunday, Feb. 25 — Black his- St. James United Methodist Walker Avenue Church of God, Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 Fulton St., Pinewood, announc- Church, 720 Broad St., announc- 100 Walker Ave., announces: tory worship celebration at 11 W. Bartlette St., announces: es: a.m. followed by a soul food es: * Sunday — Youth day pro- meal. Jeannette Dozier, of Co- * Sunday — Family and friends * Sunday, March 25 — The Jor- * Sunday-Tuesday, Feb. 20 — gram at 11 a.m. Brother Earl lumbia, will speak. day at 4 p.m. The Rev. Alvin dan Family Band (http://jor- Black history revival as fol- Alexander Wilson, manager of Webb, of Unionville AME danfamilyband.com/) will be lows: 6 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. Arby’s restaurant, will speak. THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL / STATE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 | A5

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FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS DHEC said nearly 18,400 people test- Red Cross says blood donations have have symptoms, have recovered com- State health officials say 22 more ed positive for flu between Feb. 4 and dropped in South Carolina because of pletely and feel well before donating. people have died from flu in South Feb. 10. That's down a bit from the pre- sickness among potential donors. After receiving the influenza vac- Carolina in the past week. vious week. The Red Cross urges healthy blood cine, people can give blood if they are The Department of Health and En- But the agency said nearly 100,000 and platelet donors to schedule an ap- symptom-free and meet all other eligi- vironmental Control said Wednesday people in South Carolina have tested pointment to donate, but individuals bility requirements. Neither the flu that the latest report shows that 128 positive for flu since October. who are not feeling well on the day of shot nor the intranasal vaccine is people have died from the flu in South The flu season normally runs Octo- donation will be deferred from giving cause for a blood donation deferral. Carolina since the season started in ber through May. blood. Potential donors who have the There is no risk of transmitting influ- October.Church A spokeswomanDirectory for the American flu should wait until they no longer enza after receiving the vaccines.

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Associated Press nation. train and a freight train in The preliminary reports The plan approved Thursday is dramati- South Carolina that killed two said "safe movement of the cally pared down from an initial $3.6 mil- people and injured dozens of trains through the signal sus- COLUMBIA — A pared-down plan to lion display proposal, which was rejected others earlier this month, ac- pension depended on proper display the final Confederate flag that by legislators. Those plans had incorporat- cording to a preliminary re- switch alignment, which, in flew at South Carolina's Statehouse is ed the flag display as part of a larger ex- port by federal investigators. turn, relied on error-free man- headed for legislative funding approval pansion and conservation project. The National Transporta- ual work." following a vote Thursday by a museum South Carolina's law specifically sent the tion Safety Board report dated The NTSB has recommend- board. flag to the 122-year-old public museum, Tuesday said "the evidence in- ed that the Federal Railroad The plan is to display it in the South which has artifacts from every war in dicates that human decision Administration issue an emer- Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Mil- which South Carolinians have fought. A making and actions likely gency order to require rail- itary Museum, although the museum's separate measure directed Roberson to es- played key roles" in the Feb. 4 roads to take extra steps when commission is suggesting lawmakers may timate costs for the flag's "appropriate, per- crash near the city of Cayce. the signal system is out of ser- want to modify that and move it to the manent, and public display." The report said a switch was vice and a switch has been re- nearby South Carolina State Museum. State law requires a two-thirds vote by in the wrong position, sending positioned, as in this case. Lawmakers must approve funding for the Legislature to change any historical the passenger train onto a side The report recommended the $350,000 plan. Museum Executive Di- monument. That requirement is part of a track where a CSX freight that the next train or locomo- rector Allen Roberson said the plan ap- 2000 compromise that moved the Confeder- train was parked. tive to pass through the loca- proved Thursday satisfies lawmakers' ate flag from the Statehouse dome to its Investigators said earlier tion should do so at a low mandate to create a display space. That front lawn. that railway signals were not speed and should report to the requirement came as part of a July 2015 Legislative leaders have refused to recon- operating normally at the time dispatcher that the switch is in vote to remove the flag from Statehouse sider requests by some lawmakers to of the crash while crews in- the correct position. grounds after nine black Charleston change that law. stalled a safety system that Only then should trains be churchgoers were killed by a gunman "I think the museum has exhausted could have prevented the exact allowed to use normal speeds seen in photos with a rebel flag. enough of its time and resources on this type of wreck that killed engi- in the area, the report recom- The removal of the flag from a 30-foot- issue," Roberson said. "It is a significant neer Michael Kempf, 54, of Sa- mended. high flagpole beside a Confederate sol- artifact in the history of South Carolina. 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Call: (803) 774-1211 | E-mail: [email protected] Family wants Yates’ name added to memorials

Former police chief died after sive heart attack like they thought had fight broke out between the two teams. happened but as the result of a stroke After breaking up the fight, Yates es- breaking up a fight in 1961 or cerebral vascular accident. corted the Columbia team to their bus. “I was just 16 when my daddy died,” As he was standing beside the bus talk- BY SHARRON HALEY Kay Player, Yates’ next-to-youngest ing with the Columbia team’s coach, he Special to The Sumter Item child, said in 2014. “We all thought he collapsed. Yates was taken inside the had a heart attack. I don’t remember school’s teachers’ lounge where he died TURBEVILLE — It’s been more than ever seeing his death certificate.” at 10:50 p.m. 57 years since Turbeville Police Chief At the time of his death, Yates and Player said her father had been Tur- Samuel Edward Yates Sr. died after Bessie Joye Yates, now deceased, had beville’s police chief for maybe four or breaking up a fight after a boys’ basket- eight children, including two grand- five years before his death. ball game between East Clarendon and children that the Yateses raised “He served as a police officer long be- a rival Columbia team. through a guardianship. The children fore becoming police chief,” she added. Members of his family would like to were Player, Joyce Bryant, Jackie “He didn’t even have a uniform when see Yates’ name added to the Claren- Yates, Sherian Matthews, Rosa Mae he became the police chief.” don County Law Enforcement Officers’ Kelly, Sandra Ann Gaskins, Sam Ed- Yates’ nephew Pat Yates said he Memorial on the Clarendon County ward “SC” Yates Jr. and Norris Yates. thinks it is time to have his uncle’s Courthouse square. They said they’d “I remember he died at a boys’ bas- name placed on the Officer Down Me- also like to see their loved one recog- ketball game,” Player added. “He was morial Page as well as the Clarendon nized on the state and national levels talking and just dropped to the ground. County Law Enforcement Officers’ Me- with his name added to the Officer SHARRON HALEY / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM He didn’t die right then. People rushed morial. Down Memorial Page. The family of former Turbeville Police him inside the school to revive him, but “He died working for the folks of Since Jan. 24, 1961, when Yates died, Chief Samuel Edward Yates Sr. would like they couldn’t.” Turbeville,” his nephew added. “It’s his family thought the death of the to see his name added to the memorial on According to folks in the Turbeville time he is recognized for his service then-58-year-old Yates resulted from a the Clarendon County Courthouse square. community, Yates attended the game to and dedication. I know several of the massive heart attack because he had make sure the game ended without in- officers whose names are engraved on been hospitalized before for a heart that the Yates’ children discovered that cident; however, that wasn’t the case. the monument. They are all heroes in condition. It wasn’t until August 2014 their father had died not from a mas- As soon as the final buzzer sounded, a my book.” 3 Manning High students attend band clinics

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Parenting conference School JAG, MHS Guidance the show. Blackwell teaches We have multiple companies to help get the will be on March 3 Department and Central at Scott’s Branch and is a best insurance for your needs. Carolina Technical College, well-known artist in the Sum- Some include: Clarendon School District 2 will be held from 9 a.m. to merton area. and Clarendon County Adult noon on Saturday at Man- The exhibit runs through Education invite parents and ning High School, Lecture Feb. 28, and the gallery is at caregivers to the Parenting Hall. 108 Main St., Summerton. and Family Leadership Con- The camp will include ference, Every Day Coaches, scholarship assistance, col- from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Sat- lege essay assistance, tools urday, March 3, at F.E. Dubose on how to complete the ap- Career Center, 3351 Sumter plication process and onsite Highway, Manning. assistance with a financial Dr. Kimberly P. Johnson, aid counselor from CCTC. children’s author, storyteller and motivational speaker, will Reception will be held be the keynote speaker. Home and Auto Guide One Choose from a variety of at gallery Saturday (churches) and more. workshops from local profes- An artists’ reception for the Stop by today and let us help you. sionals as they address the current show at Lake Marion joys and challenges of raising Artisans Gallery in Summer- CLARENDON successful adults in the cur- ton will be held Saturday rent culture. from 3 to 5 p.m. There will be prizes, and Everyone is welcome to the HALL breakfast will be provided. event that celebrates those Child care will not be pro- who have work included in vided. Register online at Generations — An Exhibit of Preschool through https://goo.gl/7qLBVT or call Local African-American Art- 12th Grade (803) 433-4959. ists of All Ages. I There will be fiber arts by JJeffords InsuranceA Agency (803) 485-3550 Scholarship Boot Camp seniors in the Summerton 40 N. Mill St • Manning • 803-433-0060 Quilters group, fine art from will be held Saturday Scott’s Branch High School Scholarship Boot Camp, students and work from Tar- Like us on sponsored by Manning High leton Blackwell displayed at WWW.CLARENDONHALL.25* A8 THE CLARENDON SUN CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 ClarendonTHE Sun DEADLINE
CLASSIFIEDS 56&4DAY 11AM Estate Notice Summons & Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Notice of Sale LEGAL Notice Clarendon County Katherine E. Garcia, individually, as NOTICE TO CREDITORS RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN party bidder fails to deliver the Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Sue Hopper, dated February 28, NOTICES THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED required deposit in certified OF ESTATES Richard Matthew Keenum a/k/a 2006, recorded in the Office of the HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS (immediately collectible) funds with Richard M. Keenum, Deceased; Clerk of Court for Clarendon County All persons having claims against the WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY the Office of the Special Referee, David Keenum, individually, as Heir in Deed Book A-605 at Page 276. following estates MUST file their claims Summons & SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES said deposit being due and payable or Devisee of the Estate of Richard on FORM #371ES with the Probate Notice OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS immediately upon closing of the Matthew Keenum a/k/a Richard M. DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND bidding on the day of sale, the Property Address: Court of Clarendon County, the address Keenum, Deceased; and Any other ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR Special Referee will re-sell the 5304 Cypress Pointe of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC ORDER APPOINTING Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY subject property at the most TMS# 197-07-14-304-00 GUARDIAN AD LITEM Estate of Richard Matthew Keenum 29102, within eight (8) months after the BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS convenient time thereafter a/k/a Richard M. Keenum, Deceased, date of the first publication of this Notice STATE OF RICHARD ROE; (including the day of sale) upon TERMS OF SALE: The successful SOUTH CAROLINA their heirs, Personal notification to counsel for Plaintiff. bidder, other than the plaintiff, will to Creditors or within one (1) year from Representatives, Administrators, COUNTY OF Clarendon YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED Should the last and highest bidder deposit with the Master in Equity, at date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC Successors and Assigns, and all IN THE COURT OF and required to answer the fail or refuse to comply with the conclusion of the bidding, five per 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall other persons entitled to claim Complaint in the above action, a balance due of the bid within 20 cent (5%) of his bid, in certified COMMON PLEAS through them; all unknown persons be forever barred as to their claims. All copy which is herewith served upon days, then the Special Referee may funds, as evidence of good faith, C/A NO. with any right, title or interest in the claims are required to be presented in you, and to serve a copy of your re-sell the property on the same same to be applied to purchase price 2017-CP-14-00487 real estate described herein; also Answer upon the undersigned at terms and conditions on some if compliance is made, but in the written statements on the prescribed form any persons who may be in the their offices, PO Box 4216, Columbia, subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of event compliance is not made, the (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and First-Citizens Bank & Trust military service of the United States South Carolina 29240, within thirty the said highest bidder). deposit shall be forfeited and Company, of America, being a class designated address of the claimant, the basis of the (30) days after service upon you, applied first to costs of the action Plaintiff as John Doe; and any unknown claim, the amount claimed, the date when exclusive of the day of such service, No personal or deficiency judgment and then to plaintiff's debt. Should vs. minors or persons under a disability the claim will become due, the nature of and, if you fail to answer the being demanded, the bidding will the successful bidder at the Alexander D. Hickson, Individually being a class designated as Richard Complaint within the time aforesaid, not remain open after the date of regularly conducted sale fail or any uncertainty as to the claim, and a and as Personal Representative of Roe; et.al., I, the undersigned judgment by default will be rendered sale, but compliance with the bid refuse to make the required deposit description of any security as to the claim. the Estate of Sheryl Anne Atkins William T. Geddings, Special against you for relief demanded in may be made immediately. at time of bid or comply with the Hickson; Charlene Fay Clarke, Referee for Clarendon County, will the Complaint. other terms of the bid within twenty Individually and as Heir to the sell on Monday, March 5, 2018 at Purchaser to pay for documentary (20) days, then the Master in Equity Estate of Sheryl Anne Atkins 11:00 AM, at the County Courthouse, stamps on Special Referee's Deed. may re-sell the property on the same NOTICE Estate: Haulean T. Smith Hickson, Timothy William Childs, 3 West Kiett Street, Manning, SC The successful bidder will be terms and conditions on some #2018ES1400010 James W. Hodge, and any other 29102, to the highest bidder: required to pay interest on the subsequent Sales Day, but at the risk Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Sheryl NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Personal Representative: the original Complaint in this action balance of the bid from the date of of the defaulting bidder(s) Anne Atkins Hickson, Deceased, All that certain piece, parcel or lot of sale to date of compliance with the Ella Smith Jenkins was filed in the office of the Clerk of 105 Bella Court their heirs, Personal land, together with any bid at the rate of 4.200% per annum. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is Court for Clarendon County on Columbia, SC 29210 Representatives, Administrators, improvements thereon, lying, being not a warranty deed. Interested 12/13/2017. William H. Johnson Successors and Assigns, and all and situate in the County of The Plaintiff may waive any of its bidders should satisfy themselves as PO Box 137 other persons entitled to claim Clarendon, State of South Carolina, rights, including its right to a to the quality of title to be conveyed NOTICE OF Manning, SC 29102 through them; all unknown persons containing 0.233 acre, more or less, deficiency judgment, prior to sale. by obtaining an independent title 02/02/18 - 02/16/18 with any right, title or interest in the PENDENCY OF and being more particularly shown search prior to the foreclosure sale real estate described herein; also any ACTION and delineated as Lot No. 4 of Island The sale shall be subject to taxes date. persons who may be in the military Park Subdivision on that certain plat and assessments, existing easements Estate: John William service of the United States of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT prepared by Du Valle W. Elliott, and restrictions of record. No personal or deficiency judgment Welch America, being a class designated as an action has been commenced and PLS, dated August 29, 1996, and being demanded, the bidding will #2018ES1400008 John Doe; and any unknown minors is now pending or is about to be recorded in the Office of the This sale is subject to all title not remain open after the date of Personal Representative: or persons under a disability being a commenced in the Circuit Court Register of Deeds for Clarendon matters of record and any interested sale, but compliance with the bid Juanita Claudia Welch class designated as Richard Roe, upon the complaint of the above County in Plat Book S-48, Page 415. party should consider performing an may be made immediately. 1491 Pope St. Discover Bank, South Carolina named Plaintiff against the above Aforesaid plat is incorporated independent title examination of the Turbeville, SC 29162 Department of Revenue, and Carmen named Defendant for the purpose of herein by reference pursuant to subject property as no warranty is Purchaser to pay for documentary Elbert K. Turbeville A. Atkins, foreclosing a certain mortgage of Section 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws given. stamps on Master in EquityDeed. PO Box 699 Defendants. real estate heretofore given by to of South Carolina (1976), as The successful bidder will be Lake City, SC 29560 Sheryl Ann Atkins bearing date of amended. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel required to pay interest on the 02/02/18 - 02/16/18 It appearing to the satisfaction of the March 26, 2010 and recorded March make representations as to the balance of the bid from date of sale Court, upon reading the Motion for 26, 2010 in Mortgage Book in Book This being the same property integrity of the title or the fair to date of compliance with the bid at Estate: Wesley Milton the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody 875 at Page 7 in the Register of conveyed to Richard M. Keenum by market value of the property offered the rate of 10.00 % per annum. Foster as Guardian ad Litem for all Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deed of Karen S. Hobbs a/k/a Karen for sale. Prior to bidding you may #2018ES1400017 unknown persons and persons who Deeds/Clerk of Court for Clarendon H. Vause dated September 13, 2016 wish to review the current state law SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, Personal Representative: may be in the military service of the County, in the original principal sum and recorded September 14, 2016 in or seek the advice of any attorney CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES, Ernest P. Foster United States of America (which are of $61875.37 that , and that the Book 961 at Page 114 in the ROD licensed in South Carolina. EXISTING EASEMENTS, 971 Dayton Court constituted as a class designated as premises effected by said mortgage Office for Clarendon County. EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS San Jacinto, CA 92583 "John Doe") and any unknown minors and by the foreclosure thereof are Subsequently, Richard M. Keenum William T. Geddings OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR William Ceth Land and persons who may be under a situated in the County of Clarendon, a/k/a Richard Matthew Keenum died Special Referee ENCUMBRANCES. PO Box 138 disability (which are constituted as a State of South Carolina, and is intestate on or about March 11, 2017, for Clarendon County Manning, SC 29102 class designated as "Richard Roe"), it described as follows: leaving the subject property to his SPECIFICALLY, THIS SALE IS 02/02/18 - 02/16/18 is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule heirs, namely David Keenum and Scott and Corley, P.A. SUBJECT TO A SENIOR 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody is All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Katherine E. Garcia, as shown in Attorney for Plaintiff MORTGAGE HELD BY BANK OF appointed Guardian ad Litem on land, with improvements thereon, if Probate Estate Matter Number AMERICA, N.A. RECORDED IN Estate: Lila Mae Samuels behalf of all unknown persons and any, situate, lying and being on the 2017-ES-14-00117. SPECIAL REFEREE'S BOOK 00674 AT PAGE 00127. Charles persons who may be in the military north side of Main Street, in the SALE #2018ES1400022 service of the United States of Town of Summerton, in County of TMS No. W. T. Geddings, Jr. Personal Representative: America (constituted as a class and Lila Mabel Charles Clarendon, State of South Carolina, 114-02-02-074-00 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore Special Referee for designated as "John Doe"), all 1080 Twin Lakes Drive and being bounded now or formerly granted in the case of: CYPRESS Clarendon County unknown minors or persons under a Sumter, SC 29154 as follows: On the South by Main Property address: POINTE HOMEOWNERS disability (constituted as a class and 02/09/18 - 02/23/18 Street; on the West by lands of ASSOCIATION OF CLARENDON, Stephanie C. Trotter designated as "Richard Roe"), all of 1189 Ralph Bell Road, Mildred R. DuBose; on the North by INC. vs. CHRISTOPHER CHAD Attorney for Plaintiff which have or may claim to have Summerton, SC 29148 lands of Annie G. Grayson; on the MORRIS, C/A No. 2016-CP-14-00448, P.O. Box 212069 Estate: Peter Morris some interest in the property that is East by lands of Mesdlin. This The following property will be sold Columbia, SC 29221 Marcotte the subject of this action, commonly The Court in its Decree has further property is shown on the maps for on 03/05/2018 at 11:00AM, Clarendon (803) 724-5002 #2018ES1400009 known as 235 E. Main Street, Clarendon County as tax map parcel made its finding that this mortgage was intended to and specifically Courthouse, to the highest bidder: Personal Representative: Summerton, that Kelley Y. Woody is #078-15-03-017-00. Patricia M. Marcotte empowered and directed to appear secures and collateralizes that All of residence Unit Number D-304 61 Homefield Avenue on behalf of and represent all certain Mobile Home permanently This property was conveyed to of Cypress Pointe Horizontal Providence, RI 02908 unknown persons and persons who affixed to the above described real Sheryl Anne Atkins by deed of Property Regime as the same is laid Peter J. Marcotte may be in the military service of the estate in the mortgage being Madeline D. Brooks dated March 26, out and is shown upon a Master 48 King Arthur Dr. United States of America, foreclosed and is further provided 2010 and recorded in the Office of Deed including accompanying Richmond, RI 02892 constituted as a class and designated under the laws of the State of South the Register of Deeds for Clarendon exhibits thereto of cypress Pointe William H. Johnson as "John Doe", all unknown minors Carolina, the same being more County in Deed Book 760 at Page 200 Horizontal Property Regime dated PO Box 137 and persons under a disability, particularly described as follows: on March 26, 2010.. April 16, 1985 and recorded in the Manning, SC 29102 constituted as a class and designated Office of the Clerk of Court for 02/02/18 - 02/16/18 as "Richard Roe", unless the 1997 BELL PALME Manufactured TMS # 078-15-03-017-00 Clarendon County in Deed Book Defendants, or someone acting on Home, Serial No. GBHMK19845AB, A-128 at Page 385. Together with a their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) with any fixtures. Physical Address: 1.6062% (rounded) undivided days after service of a copy of this interest, as joint tenants in and to Order as directed below, procure the 235 E. Main Street, TERMS OF SALE: The successful the common elements, which are appointment of a Guardian or Summerton bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will assigned to said residence unit and Guardians ad Litem for the deposit with the Special Referee, at described in the aforementioned Defendants constituted as a class Crawford & von Keller, LLC. conclusion of the bidding, five Master Deed pursuant to SC Code designated as "John Doe" or "Richard PO Box 4216 percent (5%) of said bid is due and 27-31-10 through 27-31-300 (both Roe". 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) payable immediately upon closing of Columbia, SC 29204 the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as inclusive) of Chapter 31 entitled "Horizontal Property Act of the 1976 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a Phone: 803-790-2626 evidence of good faith, same to be Code of Laws of South Carolina", as copy of this Order shall be served Attorneys for Plaintiff applied to purchase price in case of amended. upon the unknown Defendants by compliance, but to be forfeited and publication in the The Item, a applied first to costs and then to Notice of Sale Said premises having been conveyed newspaper of general circulation in Plaintiff's debt in the case of to Christopher Chad Morris by deed the County of Anderson, State of non-compliance. 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cal Design Lead where the Dillard University Ray “Education helps open form and inspire a younger CONYERS RS-25, or space shuttle main Charles Program in African- doors to elevate a conversa- generation to do the same. FROM PAGE A1 engine, is tested. In June 2016, American Material Culture. tion to give credit to what we “All I liked was math and serving as principal investi- He said on Thursday he — fundamentally created,” he science,” he said. “My family for 200 years, now lives in gator and project manager and, in turn, the students he said. was classically trained as New Orleans and hosts a va- for the High Dynamic Range addressed at Morris — as a By becoming nationally tradesmen or on the farm. riety of culturally specific Stereo-X project, he led the black American has had to known for his Palmetto State Everyone has a gift. dinner delicacies from Creole, team in demonstrating tech- actively work to keep his whole hog barbecue, by “And, look, I’m only 20 Gullah and Senegalese cui- nology capabilities in record- name associated with his studying and working his way years removed from the fields sines. He has been featured ing high-speed, high-dynamic work and to get credit for his through North Carolina A&T they work in.” many times on TV and in range video during the Space accomplishments. Some- State University for under- Morris College Interim publications, including on the Launch System Qualification times, he said, others get the grad and Duke University for President Leroy Staggers said Cooking Channel. Motor QM-2 Testing in Utah. credit. But the key is to keep a master’s and doctorate in he wanted to bring Conyers At Stennis — NASA’s larg- Also in 2016, he was one of going. mechanical engineering, by to the school to inspire stu- est rocket engine test facility, 40 young leaders under the “We are the best of the best finding his place at NASA, he dents and show them a role located on the banks of the age of 40 recognized as a and the strongest of the said he put himself in a posi- model. Pearl River at the Mississippi- NextCity Vanguard. He strong,” he said. tion where people listen to “It’s not just saying the Louisiana border — Conyers serves on boards for the He said education makes him and that he feels a re- words,” Staggers said, “but is the A1 Test Stand Mechani- GrowDat Youth Farm and the anything possible. sponsibility to use that plat- being the example.”

SLUR FROM PAGE A1 “It’s not just him,” Demetrius have to eat, but something needs to watch her children for part of the Stewart said about the plant manag- be done,” she said. “Without us, they night instead of the entire night packing department. er. “He was just the icing on the can’t get that place running.” while she’s working. Though he did not hear the com- cake.” “They don’t treat us like a No. 1 It is not known how many employ- ment himself, Rose said he has heard Stewart and some of her co-work- priority,” she said. ees walked out, left early or did not the plant manager make similar com- ers said the alleged comment was When asked if she would consider report to work because of the situa- ments in the past. just one more thing that made the leaving, Stewart said her job at Pil- tion, nor what actions the plant ad- “You don’t say things like that,” working situation undesirable. Em- grim’s Pride works well for her fami- ministration will take in response. Rose said. “He’s still in the plant ployees are also not given sufficient ly’s schedule. About 50 people were protesting out- after making a comment like that.” break times and do not have enough You have to go to a place where you side when The Sumter Item was on Rose and two other employees, who time to take care of personal issues know they will accommodate your scene Thursday morning. were scheduled to be working while outside of work such as taking care family, and this job accommodates a The plant has more than 2,000 full- they peacefully protested, said they of sick children, she said. lot of people’s families, she said. time positions. would stay outside the plant until Stewart said she would like to do a Though she said the job does not Multiple efforts to contact a they felt comfortable to return inside. good job at the processing plant, but leave a lot of time for parents to spokesperson at Pilgrim’s Pride, and Rose said he would return to work that is difficult to do when supervi- spend with their children during the to confirm the name of the plant if the plant manager showed more sors make degrading comments. day, Stewart is able to take her chil- manager and his status, have not yet respect toward his employees. “I’m still going to work because I dren to school and have someone been returned.

This year’s scholarship will come to apply for the scholar- the school’s STEM elective FUNDRAISER FROM PAGE A1 be awarded at the Teacher ship, she said. classes and after-school clubs. Forum Celebration of Excel- MORE FROM THE SCHOOL • District administrators at the Children’s Center at USC mation, contact a Teacher lence, which will be held on BOARD MEETING Arpad Jonas and David Laws while in school. The district’s Forum representative or Kings- May 1 at Crestwood High also provided a technology up- Teacher Forum, composed of bury Elementary at (803) 775- School, according to Galloway. • Also at Monday’s board date to the trustees. Since 2015, current and former teachers of 6244, or email Denice Merrick District high school seniors meeting, students from Alice the district has purchased the year, established the memo- at denice.merrick@sumter- who are planning to major in Drive Middle School presented 20,000 Google Chromebooks to rial scholarship in her honor schools.net. Checks should be education and attend a South various Science, Technology, equip every student in grades later that same year. made payable to Sumter School Carolina college or university Engineering and Math projects kindergarten through 12th. The scholarship is awarded District with “Hailey Bordeaux to become a teacher are wel- highlighting work done from each year to a district high Memorial Scholarship Fund” school senior who is planning on the memo line. All proceeds to major in education and at- will benefit the Sumter School tend a state college or universi- District Teacher Forum Hailey RE~FUN YOUR REFUND ty to become a teacher. The Bordeaux Memorial Scholar- first scholarship, awarded in ship for Future Educators. No DON’T WRITE OFF THESE GREAT SAVINGS April 2015 to senior Rebecca tickets will be sold at the door EVERY DAY Twitty, was for $3,000. on the day of the event, accord- This year’s Hailey Bordeaux ing to staff. Treat yourself to FUN Memorial Scholarship dinner “Hailey’s gift for inspiring fundraiser will be at Kingsbury children was enhanced by her Elementary School on Thurs- warm and loving aura, her cre- day, March 15, from 3:45 p.m. to ativity and intelligence and her 6:15 p.m. Turkey tetrazzini din- joyful personality,” said Shelly ners will be available for take- Galloway, spokeswoman for out only with drive-through Sumter School District. “It’s PROFESSIONAL and carryout service, according the Teacher Forum’s desire to to district staff. honor Hailey’s love for children HEATING COOLING Tickets are $7 and are on sale and the public school class- AND APPLIANCE SERVICES now through March 7. To pur- room by naming the top schol- chase tickets or for more infor- arship in her memory.”

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COMMENTARY A love letter to journalism

BY JENNIFER PETERS Most of us can’t name the reporters in our local pa- Editor’s note: This column pers, and online it’s impossi- originally ran in the Wednes- ble to be familiar with every day edition of News Media journalist we rely on when Alliance. there is so much news to consume. But regardless of hen I traveled recognition or reward, these with my family tireless teams of talented re- as a child, I porters continue to deliver Wwould drag my the essential information of parents to gift shops in the day. every new city, looking for Unfortunately, the press postcards and tchotchkes to isn’t exactly celebrated in commemorate our travels, most parts of the world. The but my father only ever idea of a free press is an un- wanted one particular sou- known concept in some venir for himself: a local countries whose govern- newspaper. Wherever we ments seek to control the EDITORIAL ROUNDUP went, that was the first flow of information. Report- thing my dad would buy. It ers from every country in Recent editorials from South Carolina victims a little more satisfaction. didn’t matter if we were vis- the world put their safety, newspapers: iting for a day or a week; my and sometimes even their father would buy every lives, at risk every time they The Times and Democrat uniquely local paper at the go out to report a story. The Index-Journal Feb. 14 first newsstand we encoun- They are harassed, assault- Feb. 14 tered, and he would read ed and even jailed simply for them cover to cover, even if doing their jobs, and often Law against uncovered they were out of date by the without any other cause. In Punishment for crimes time he got through them extreme circumstances, all. It was a habit I found journalists have died for loads must be enforced quirky as a child but now their work. should be a deterrent Litter is expensive, both in terms of feel grateful for because it And yet, every day, we can If you don’t wanna do the time, don’t do cleanup and community impact. If getting helped teach me the value of open a newspaper, tune in to the crime. rid of it is as big a priority as so many say, journalism. a local radio program, watch Most readers are probably familiar with volunteer efforts must be supported by a These days, with fake the evening news on TV or that sentiment. Many, however, are likely state willing to be tough on offenders and a news and junk news clog- scroll through headlines on thinking it really doesn’t matter so much citizenry that refuses to accept life amid the ging our media pipelines, it our phones without ever after all. There’s plenty of evidence to sup- debris. seems quaint to imagine a worrying that we won’t be port that thinking. Uncovered vehicles are the No. 1 source time when all our news given the information we Here in the Lakelands alone there have of roadside litter in South Carolina, accord- came from trusted sources, seek. We lose not a moment’s been several cases in which white-collar ing to research conducted by Keep America like our local newspapers sleep from concern about the crimes have been committed and the pun- Beautiful. and evening news broad- future of the news media. ishment comes nowhere near to addressing Although South Carolina state law says casts. But all hope is not But we should not take the severity of the crime. no vehicle shall be driven on any public lost! quality journalism for The message many have taken from these highway unless it is loaded or covered to Every day, thanks to the granted. The explosion of cases is that stealing money from universi- prevent its load from dropping, escaping or work of incredible journal- digital communication for- ties and publicly funded law enforcement shifting, unsecured loads still contribute to ists across the country and mats means that anyone agencies is worth the risk. And private citi- more than 20 percent of roadside debris. around the globe, we learn with an Internet connection zens who have entrusted their life savings Uncovered pickups, commercial trucks and more about the world in can publish information, to a professional investor are worthwhile trailers will usually have materials blowing which we live. The 2017 Pu- and they are not all neces- targets, as the punishment when caught or bouncing out. litzer Prize winners were a sarily committed to report- pales in comparison to what one might get In enforcing the law, special attention mix of big-name journalists ing the truth like quality away with. should be given to roadways and highways from the likes of The New journalists from trusted, re- We have also seen that law enforcement around county landfills and sites for solid York Times and ProPublica, spected news organizations. officers and lawmakers alike very nearly waste collection and recycling. Vehicle opera- as well as outstanding local Because many sites offer walk away from crimes they have commit- tors transporting uncovered loads are re- reporters like Eric Eyre of their “information” for free, ted. All across the state of South Carolina, sponsible and can be charged with littering the Charleston (West Virgin- news organizations have for example, one sheriff after another has for any trash or debris that blows out of their ia) Gazette-Mail, the staff of faced incredible challenges been found guilty of committing crimes. vehicle onto the road or along the highway. Oakland, California’s East when it comes to monetizing Their punishment? Little more than a slap Carrying uncovered debris should be Bay Times and the local their content. But we must on the wrist, payment of a small fine per- dealt with on the roads and at the dump news team from The Salt demand truthful and accu- haps. site, where such loads could be reported. Lake (Utah) Tribune, to rate news to hold our public Another case in point that would indi- An initial warning for educational purposes name just a few. officials accountable and cate crime isn’t as risky surfaced this would be followed by a citation. Call that The world has gotten preserve the checks and bal- week when a judge sentenced former the stick. smaller, thanks to the seem- ances necessary for a sound state Rep. Rick Quinn Jr. to two years on Meanwhile, PalmettoPride, the state’s an- ingly simple acts of journal- democracy. probation, 500 hours of community ser- ti-litter organization, is addressing the issue ists just doing their jobs. The Washington Post’s tag- vice and a $1,000 fine when Quinn plead- of uncovered loads with a carrot. There’s Hadeel al-Yamani, line is “Democracy dies in ed guilty to a misdemeanor corruption PalmettoPride has announced a plan to the first woman to become darkness,” but it’s not only charge. distribute 5,000 tarps to nine counties. Or- an Al-Jazeera Arabic televi- democracy that’s under at- The former House majority leader was angeburg and Bamberg counties are on the sion correspondent in tack when the press is cur- caught up in a Statehouse corruption in- list to receive some of the available tarps. Yemen. tailed. Society as a whole suf- vestigation in which Quinn was accused “Tarp campaigns bring awareness to driv- There’s Audrey Jiajia Li, a fers when we don’t have ac- of taking $4 million in unreported lobby- ers on state litter laws and puts the power freelance journalist and in- cess to information. So today, ist dollars and doing their bidding on be- of prevention in the citizens’ hands,” Pal- dependent filmmaker based as we celebrate all the people half of his father’s political consulting mettoPride Executive Director Sarah Lyles in Guangzhou, China, who we love, the News Media Alli- company. Quinn’s father, Richard Sr., has said in a press release. “Our goal is to reports on human rights is- ance wants to share our love had a list of high-profile clients. In ex- change the behavior that creates litter.” sues in the region. In New of journalism and the people change for his son’s plea deal, and by co- If positive results are noted, Palmet- Hampshire, there’s librarian- who keep it alive. operating with investigators, the elder toPride plans to make the tarp campaign an turned-newspaper-editor These days, whenever I Quinn avoided corruption charges him- ongoing effort with counties across the Mike Sullivan, keeping his find myself in a new city, I self. state interested in participating. community informed in the stop to buy the local newspa- One might argue that it’s not the pen- Tourism and economic development are face of a news desert. In Ha- per, just like my dad. I don’t alty that comes from the commission of adversely affected when litter is unchecked. waii, Honolulu Civil Beat is know where we’d be without such crimes that acts as a deterrent at And public funds must be spent to clean up delivering the news and the newspapers and journal- all, that those who commit these crimes after litterers. teaching its community im- ists who help shape my get so full of themselves and think The solution to South Carolina’s litter portant media literacy les- views of the world, and I themselves too smart and too powerful problem is proper handling of solid waste sons. hope to never find out. to fail. by people. Everyone is encouraged to be That, to a large degree, makes perfect careful with trash and to help make our sense. Still, we’d like to see stiffer penal- state cleaner. Citizens must understand the ties and real time served behind bars, if problem and how it can be remedied. Curb- not to test the theory, then to at least ing the number of uncovered loads could mete out more just punishment and give make a noticeable difference. EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of of the newspaper. They should be no more than 350 this newspaper. words and sent via e-mail to [email protected], COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 36 W. Liberty opinion of the writer whose byline appears. Columns St. or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, from readers should be typed, double-spaced and no Sumter, S.C. 29151, along with the full name of the more than 850 words. Send them to The Sumter Item, writer, plus an address and telephone number for Opinion Pages, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, or verification purposes only. Letters that exceed 350 email to [email protected]. words will be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their entirety at www.theitem.com. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by readers THE SUMTER ITEM NATION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 | A11 Sessions wants mental health, gun violence studied

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — This photo posted on gram of prayer and condo- after the couple moved from An orphaned 19-year-old the Instagram account lences, and the New York Long Island in New York to with a troubled past and his of Nikolas Cruz shows a Stock Exchange held a min- Broward County. own AR-15 rifle was charged weapon being held. ute of silence after its open- The boys were left in the with 17 counts of premeditat- Cruz was charged with ing bell. care of a family friend after ed murder Thursday morn- 17 counts of premedi- Cruz legally purchased the their mother died, said fami- ing following the deadliest tated murder on Thurs- AR-15 used in the attack ly member Barbara Kum- school shooting in the U.S. in day, the day after open- about a year ago, law en- batovich, of Long Island. five years. ing fire with a semi-au- forcement officials told The Unhappy there, Nikolas Law enforcement officials tomatic weapon in the Associated Press. The offi- Cruz asked to move in with a told The Associated Press Marjory Stoneman cials, not authorized to dis- friend's family in northwest that Nikolas Cruz legally Douglas High School in cuss this publicly, spoke on Broward. That family agreed purchased the assault weap- Parkland, Florida. condition of anonymity. Fed- and Cruz moved in around on used in the attack. eral law allows people 18 and Thanksgiving. According to As reactions poured in older to legally purchase the family's lawyer, who did Thursday, President Donald long guns, including this not identify them, they knew Trump focused on the young kind of assault weapon. that Cruz owned the AR-15 man's mental health, and At- Authorities offered no im- but made him keep it locked torney General Jeff Sessions Cruz, equipped with a gas attack makes 18 so far this mediate details about a possi- up in a cabinet. He did have said he wants the Justice De- mask, smoke grenades and year. ble motive, except to say that the key, however. partment to study how men- magazines of ammunition, Trump lamented in a tweet Cruz had been kicked out of Attorney Jim Lewis told tal illness and gun violence opened fire with a semi-auto- that there were "So many the high school, which has the AP that the family is co- intersect, and figure out how matic weapon, killing 17 peo- signs that the Florida shooter about 3,000 students. Stu- operating with authorities law enforcement can better ple and sending hundreds of was mentally disturbed, even dents who knew him de- and had no idea he was plan- use existing gun laws to in- students fleeing into the expelled from school for bad scribed a volatile teenager ning the shooting. tervene before these school streets. and erratic behavior. Neigh- whose strange behavior had He seemed like "just a shootings happen. It was the nation's deadliest bors and classmates knew he caused others to end friend- mildly troubled kid who'd "It cannot be denied that school shooting since a gun- was a big problem. Must al- ships with him. lost his mom" during the something dangerous and man attacked an elementary ways report such instances to Cruz's mother Lynda Cruz three months they lived to- unhealthy is happening in school in Newtown, Connect- authorities, again and again!" died of pneumonia on Nov. 1 gether; respectful and quiet, our country," Sessions told a icut, more than five years Trump also issued a proc- neighbors, friends and family but also sad because his group of sheriffs in Washing- ago. The overall death toll lamation saying, in part, members said, according to mother had died, Lewis said. ton. In "every one of these differs by how such shootings "Our Nation grieves with the Sun Sentinel. 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AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sumter High School Class of assistance and preparation on WEATHER 1978 will hold a 40th class re- Are you a member ofa Sumterfirst come, High first served union planning meeting at 3 basis on Mondays and ® p.m. on SchoolSunday, Class Feb. 18, of at1978? Wednesdays through April AccuWeather fi ve-day forecast for Sumter the Sumter County Library, 17 at the Lincoln Historical 111 N. Harvin St. All class- Center (former home of the TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY mates are encouraged to at- Shepherd’s Center), 26 Coun- tend. For additional informa- cil St. On Saturday, Feb. 17, tion regarding the meeting assistance will be available or the Oct. 12 class reunion, on an appointment basis visit Sumter High Class of only. Call Lula King at (803) Mostly cloudy Cloudy and mild Low clouds and Warmer with some Mostly cloudy with Low clouds 1978 on Facebook or email 316-0772. cooler sun a shower [email protected]. The Sumter Coin Club will 81° 53° 63° / 51° 70° / 54° 78° / 60° 82° / 61° Do you need a divorce but can’t meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, afford an attorney? South Car- Feb. 20, at the Parks and Rec- Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 10% Chance of rain: 40% Chance of rain: 25% olina Legal Services will offer reation Department building, WSW 10-20 mph NE 7-14 mph ESE 6-12 mph ENE 7-14 mph S 6-12 mph S 6-12 mph free do-it-yourself divorce 155 Haynsworth St. The clinics for those who meet group meets on the third Gaff ney the following criteria: sepa- Tuesday of each month and 74/47 rated for at least one year; visitors are always welcome. Spartanburg no minor children; and no Call (803) 775-8840 for infor- TODAY’S Greenville 75/48 marital property or debts mation. 75/48 that have to be divided. Dur- The Sumter Branch NAACP will SOUTH ing the two hour class, a S.C. hold a community meeting at 6 Florence CAROLINA Bishopville Legal Services attorney will p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 83/52 81/53 provide you with all the Rafting Creek Community WEATHER forms you need to file for di- Center, 4050 N. Kings High- Temperatures shown on map are Columbia vorce and give you instruc- Sumter way, Rembert, regarding the today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 81/56 81/53 tions on how to get your potential permanent closing Myrtle Beach spouse served. You will be of Rafting Creek Elementary IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning provided with the knowledge School. 81/56 75/55 you need to start and finish Today: Warm with a shower. Winds Aiken your divorce without hiring Wateree Head Start Program’s west-southwest 7-14 mph. 76/55 an attorney. Seating is limit- annual “Check Your Heart” Saturday: A.M. showers, then downpours. event will be held from 10 ed. 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SUMTER SPCA PETS OF THE WEEK

FAR LEFT: River is a housebroken 2-year-old male Labrador retriev- The SPCA relies heavily on er mix. HeRiver is great is anwith active, other community support and dogs andfriendly older children. boy River is donations. Currently, the an active, friendly and affection- biggest needs are for dry ate boy, butLet needs Rain ashower home with - puppy and kitten food, wet cat out cats.you He with would love make a great food, cat litter and cleaning new family buddy. supplies. The following are also LEFT: Rain is a housebroken and appreciated: spayed 2-year-old American short Newspapers, stuffed animals, heavy hair. She is great with other cats, duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger), children and even dogs. Rain is dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, sweet, friendly and affectionate. bleach, paper towels, sheets and She loves to lounge around and comforters, baby blankets, canned be lazy. dog and cat food, dry dog food, treats, The Sumter SPCA is located at leashes and collars, disinfectant spray, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) all-purpose cleaner, air freshener, no 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to scratch scrubbers, two-sided sponges 5:30 p.m. every day except for dishes, litter freshener and, of Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the course, monetary donations are also website at www.sumterscspca. gratefully accepted. com. SECTIONB FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Former Sumter High School standout Jordan Play Holladay (19) is listed among a group of four as a possible starter at first base for the University of South Carolina. ball! The Gamecocks open their season today against Virginia USC, Clemson Military open today; USC’s Institute SUMTER ITEM FILE Holladay, Tigers’ PHOTO Hawkins could see some action

BY DENNIS BRUNSON [email protected]

The college baseball season begins for both the University of South Carolina and Clem- son today, and both teams have local players who could end up playing big roles in the upcoming season. Freshman Jordan Holladay, a 4-time all-region performer at Sumter High School, is list- ed as one of four players vying SEE BALL, PAGE B3

PREP BASKETBALL Gamecocks survive Sumter’s Isaih Moore hits 2 clutch free throws to preserve 53-52 victory over Goose Creek to advance to 2nd round

BY EDDIE LITAKER a game that saw the Game- Special to The Sumter Item cocks overcome a 16-point defi- cit and not take their first lead Well, that didn’t go quite as until the final two minutes. planned. Even though Sumter came Isaih Moore scored 21 points in as the Region VI champion, in the Sumter varsity boys bas- it was Goose Creek, the fifth- ketball team’s 5A first-round place team out of Region VII, state playoff game against that looked like a region Goose Creek Wednesday at the champion with crisp passing, SHS gymnasium and the precision long-range shooting Gamecocks literally needed and an answer to dash every every single one of them. glimmer of hope for the Moore hit two free throws Gamecocks until Sumter’s with 5.4 seconds left, with the late rally. second coming after a Gators SHS head coach Shawn timeout, to give the Game- Jones commended the play of cocks a 53-49 lead. With the the Gator guards as a big fac- Sumter defense pulled back to tor in putting the Gamecocks avoid committing any fouls, in such unexpected first- MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Jamel McGowan hit a three at round peril. Sumter’s Isaih Moore (11) watches a free throw find the net during the Gamecocks’ 53-52 victory over the buzzer, fittingly giving Goose Creek on Wednesday in the opening round of the 5A state playoffs at the Sumter High gymnasium. Sumter a 1-point, 53-52, win in SEE SHS, PAGE B4 Moore’s two free throws in the closing seconds gave Sumter the winning margin in the contest.

PREP BASKETBALL PREP BASKETBALL Strong defense lifts Lakewood Stallions wallop Eau Claire 82-43

BY PATRICK ENZOR Flager just seconds into the past Dreher 60-45 in 4A playoffs Special to The Sumter Item game, but turnovers and fouls piled up for the Sham- BY DENNIS BRUNSON on County defeated North Myrtle BISHOPVILLE — Believe it or rocks. Lee Central [email protected] Beach at home on Wednesday to up not, Lee Central trailed for the first took a commanding its record to 18-7. three-minutes, six-seconds of their 19-7 lead after the Through the first three minutes of “We had to adjust game against Eau Claire in the first first quarter and the Lakewood High School’s first-round what we were doing de- round of the 2A Upper State Boys Shamrocks had as 4A boys basketball state playoff fensively,” said Gators State Playoffs. many points as turn- game against Dreher, LHS raced out head coach Bryan The Stallions then massacred KNOX overs. to an 8-2 advantage. Brown. “We were slow the Shamrocks over the remain- The second quarter The Blue Devils then got hot, pull- giving backside help der of the game to cruise to a was no different as the ing into a 14-14 tie early in the second and they were getting to 82-43 victory on Valentines Day at Stallions led 38-15 at the break be- quarter. After that though, the Ga- BROWN the basket. We also the Lee Central High School gym- hind 14 points from Daquan Thom- tors threw the hammer down defen- played a little bit of nasium. as, who finished with 18. Eau Claire sively. zone, and we weren’t Lee Central, now 21-3, moves on committed 16 turnovers in the first Dreher didn’t score another point doing a good job with that.” to the second round where it will half. in the first and still had just 26 enter- The Gators hit their first four host Abbeville on Saturday. Abbev- “That was probably his (Thom- ing the final quarter. Lakewood went shots to get out to the 8-2 advan- ille was a 72-70 winner over Christ as) best game all year,” said Knox. on to a 60-45 at The Swamp to ad- tage. The Blue Devils, who finished Church. “We need him to continue to play vance to the second round for the 9-14, pulled even when Jalen Darby “I like those kind of games,” said like this. He can take it to the bas- second straight season. scored with 6:55 left in the first LC head coach LaVerne Knox, who ket and hit high-percentage LHS, which improved to 17-9 on half. recently won his 500th game. shots.” the season, will play host to Colleton Eau Claire started strong with County on Saturday at 7 p.m. Collet- SEE GATORS, PAGE B4 an alley-oop finish from Anthony SEE STALLIONS, PAGE B4 LOCAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE SCHSL 1A SCISA at Wilson Hall A gymnasium Wilson Hall vs. Heathwood Hall, 3 East Clarendon at C.E. Murray, 7 Thomas Sumter vs. Christian p.m. p.m. Academy, 8 p.m. TODAY TODAY at Sumter County Civic Center 2A GIRLS SATURDAY GIRLS Robert E. Lee vs. Pee Dee, 8 p.m. at Pinewood Prep (Summerville) 5A 3A Thomas Sumter vs. Hilton Head BOYS SATURDAY Sumter at Fort Dorchester, 7 p.m. 5A at Wilson Hall B gymnasium Prep, 4:30 p.m. 4A Irmo at Sumter, 7 p.m. Wilson Hall vs. Orangeburg Prep, 8 p.m. BOYS 1A North Myrtle Beach at Crestwood, 4A at Wilson Hall A gymnasium 7 p.m. at Porter-Gaud (Charleston) Colleton County at Lakewood, 7 Laurence Manning vs. Porter- 3A Clarendon Hall vs. Laurens Academy, BOYS p.m. Gaud, 5:30 p.m. at Sumter County Civic Center 3 p.m. 3A 2A Laurence Manning vs. Northwood, Abbeville at Lee Central, 7 p.m. 2A 4:30 p.m. Manning at Loris, 7 p.m. at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) B2 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

PRO BASKETBALL SPORTS ITEMS Young NBA phenoms set for Rising Stars Fire Ants open BY BRIAN MAHONEY when the NBA’s best first- Kuzma will play for the U.S., home season The Associated Press and second-year players though the hometown Lak- compete in the Rising Stars ers lost out on a third player Ben Simmons thought he in Los Angeles to kick off when Lonzo Ball had to pull with twinbill should be an All-Star by now. All-Star weekend. out because of injury. Yet each time Commis- Simmons, the versatile Dennis Smith Jr. of Dal- sioner Adam Silver needed 6-foot-10 point guard from the las, who like Mitchell will against Harford to tab an injury replacement Philadelphia 76ers with six compete in the Slam Dunk from the Eastern Confer- triple-doubles and size and contest, also will suit up for The University of South ence, he looked in another statistics that call to mind a the Americans. Carolina Sumter baseball direction, to Simmons’ dis- DONOVAN MITCHELL young Magic Johnson, and The rest of the rosters: team will open its home sched- appointment. the high-flying Mitchell from — U.S.: Kris Dunn (Chica- ule on Saturday at Riley Park Simmons expressed disap- Those two guards head up the surging Utah Jazz will go), John Collins and Taurean with a doubleheader against pointment he didn’t get the call. a deep rookie class and garner much of the attention. Prince (Atlanta) and De’Aaron Harford Community College. Be patient, rookie. Sim- might be neck-and-neck in But the rosters for the game, Fox (Sacramento). Rookie of The Fire Ants and Harford mons will likely get his this year’s NBA rookie of which pits a U.S. team against the Year Malcolm Brogdon of will start the first game on chance someday. Maybe a the year race in which both the World, show just how Milwaukee was picked for the Saturday at 1 p.m. The teams bunch of them. are worthy of winning. deep the league is with young game but is injured. will play a doubleheader on “He’s a young player that “I’m going to throw it out talent. — World: Lauri Mark- Sunday as well with the open- has a bright future that is there, I like the whole Grant There’s Simmons’ team- kanen (Chicago), Dario Saric er starting at 10 a.m. going to have a long and Hill and Jason Kidd co-rook- mate Joel Embiid, who joins (Philadelphia), Buddy Hield USCS is 1-1 on the season. It steady All-Star career,” Hall ie of the years,” Miller said. him on the World squad, and Bogdan Bogdanovic split a doubleheader on the of Famer and TNT analyst “I’ll throw that out there while the U.S. has Jayson (Sacramento), Jamal Mur- road against Pitt Community Reggie Miller said. now because I think both Tatum and Jaylen Brown, ray (Denver), Domantas Sab- College last weekend before Same with Donovan are well-deserving of it.” who helped Boston lead the onis (Indiana), Frank Nti- having another one rained out. Mitchell and a few other Mitchell and Simmons East most of the season. likina (New York) and Dillon BOYS LACROSSE INFO first-year phenoms. will be together Friday night Brandon Ingram and Kyle Brooks (Memphis). MEETING TODAY AT LMA Sumter and Clarendon coun- ties in grades 3-10 interested in SCOREBOARD 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240). Dallas 18 40 .310 26½ playing lacrosse will be held 4 p.m. — PGA Golf: Genesis Open Third Round from Northwest Division Pacific Palisades, Calif. (WTLX 19). today in the new Laurence 4 p.m. — College Basketball: North Carolina State at W L Pct GB TV, RADIO Wake Forest (WKTC 63). Minnesota 35 25 .583 — Manning Academy Student TODAY 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Winston-Salem State at Oklahoma City 33 26 .559 1½ Arts Room beginning at 6:15 5 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Oman Fayetteville State (ASPIRE). Portland 32 26 .552 2 Golf Classic Second Round from Muscat, Oman (GOLF). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Brigham Young at San Denver 31 26 .544 2½ p.m. Practice for the teams will 6:30 a.m. — Professional Tennis: ABN Amro World Tennis Diego (BYUTV). Utah 30 28 .517 4 begin on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Tournament Quarterfinal Matches (TENNIS). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Nevada-Las Vegas at San Pacific Division Noon -- NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Practice from Diego State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). at Laurence Manning. Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas A&M at Arkansas W L Pct GB Teams will be formed based Noon — Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour Champions Chubb (ESPN). Golden State 44 14 .759 — Classic First Round from Naples, Fla. (GOLF). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Florida at Vanderbilt L.A. Clippers 30 26 .536 13 on registration numbers, ages 12:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Rising Stars (ESPN2). L.A. Lakers 23 33 .411 20 and grades. Initial registration Practice from Los Angeles (NBA TV). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Virginia Commonwealth at Sacramento 18 39 .316 25½ 1 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy Cup Series George Washington (SPECTRUM 1250). Phoenix 18 41 .305 26½ costs will be a $35 membership Daytona 500 Practice from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX 4:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Villanova at Xavier to US Lacrosse. Players will be SPORTS 1). (WACH 57). WEDNESDAY 1 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ABN Amro World Tennis 5 p.m. — College Hockey: Ohio State at Minnesota Charlotte 104, Orlando 102 required to purchase their Tournament Quarterfinal Matches and New York Open (ESPNU). Detroit 104, Atlanta 98 own equipment. Some equip- Quarterfinal Match (TENNIS). 5:30 p.m. — Track and Field: U.S. Indoor Championships Philadelphia 104, Miami 102 2 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Practice from from Albuquerque (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Indiana 108, Brooklyn 103 ment may be available to play- Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1). 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Nevada at Utah State (CBS Washington 118, New York 113 ers though. 2:50 p.m. — International Soccer: FA Cup Fifth-Round SPORTS NETWORK). Houston 100, Sacramento 91 Match -- Hull City vs. Chelsea (FOX SPORTS 2). 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Northern Iowa at Illinois L.A. Clippers 129, Boston 119 To sign up or for more infor- 3 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy Cup Series State (ESPN2). New Orleans 139, L.A. Lakers 117 Daytona 500 Practice from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Tennessee at Georgia (SEC Oklahoma City 121, Memphis 114 mation, email Dan Tamburello SPORTS 1). NETWORK). Toronto 122, Chicago 98 at [email protected] 4 p.m. — PGA Golf: Genesis Open Second Round from 6:15 p.m. — College Basketball: West Virginia at Kansas Utah 107, Phoenix 97 Pacific Palisades, Calif. (GOLF). (ESPN). Portland 123, Golden State 117 with the child’s name, age, 4 p.m. — College Baseball: William & Mary at Clemson 7 p.m. — College Baseball: MLB Andre Dawson Classic grade, telephone number and (WJMZ-FM 93.1). from New Orleans — Alabama State vs. New Orleans THURSDAY 4 p.m. — College Baseball: Virginia Military Institute at (MLB NETWORK). Denver at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. email address. South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). 7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas Tech at Baylor L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 9 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck (ESPNU). JANIKOWSKI DONE WITH Series Pole Qualifying from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX 7:30 p.m. — Professional Tennis: New York Open TODAY SPORTS 1). Semifinal Match (TENNIS). Team World vs. Team USA at Los Angeles, Calif., 9 p.m. RAIDERS AFTER 18 SEASONS 5 p.m. — College Lacrosse: Denver at Duke (ESPNU). 8 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Devon Alexander vs. 6 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ABN Amro World Tennis Victor Ortiz in a Welterweight Bout from El Paso, Texas SATURDAY ALAMEDA, Calif. — Kicker Tournament Quarterfinal Matches and New York Open (WACH 57). No games scheduled. Sebastian Janikowski’s career Quarterfinal Match (TENNIS). 8 p.m. — College Basketball: Morehead State at Belmont 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). SUNDAY with the Oakland Raiders has WDY-AM 1240). 8 p.m. — College Basketball: Oklahoma State at Texas 2018 All-Star Game ended after 18 seasons. 7 p.m. — Exhibition Basketball: NBA All-Star Celebrity Christian (ESPN2). Team LeBron vs. Team Stephen at Los Angeles, Calif., 8 Game from Los Angeles (ESPN). 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Saturday Night p.m. Owner Mark Davis released 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Rhode Island at St. from Los Angeles — Slam Dunk Contest, 3-Point Bonaventure (ESPN2). Contest and Skills Challenge (TNT). a statement Thursday thank- 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Bowling Green at Buffalo 8:15 p.m. — College Basketball: North Carolina at COLLEGE BASKETBALL ing Janikowski for his contri- (ESPNU). Louisville (ESPN). butions to the franchise. Jan- 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Seton Hall at St. 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Mississippi at MEN’S TOP 25 RESULTS John’s (FOX SPORTS 2). Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK). ikowski is eligible to become 7 p.m. — Women’s College Gymnastics: Georgia at 9 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Women’s Australian Open Final WEDNESDAY Florida (SEC NETWORK). Round from Adelaide, Australia (GOLF). an unrestricted free agent next 1. Virginia (24-2) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. — College Hockey: North Dakota at Nebraska 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Yale at Harvard (ESPNU). Wednesday, Feb. 21. month and the Raiders told (Omaha) (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10 p.m. — College Basketball: Utah at Washington State 2. Michigan State (25-3) did not play. Next: at 7:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck (ESPN2). him this week they don’t plan Northwestern, Saturday. Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 from Daytona 10 p.m. — College Basketball: Marquette at Creighton 3. Villanova (23-3) lost to Providence 76-71. Next: at No. to retain him. Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 4 Xavier, Saturday. 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at 10 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Danny Garcia vs. Janikowski is the Raiders 4. Xavier (24-3) beat Seton Hall 102-90. Next: vs. No. 3 Carollina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Brandon Rios in a Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas Villanova, Saturday. all-time leader in games 8 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Georgetown at (SHOWTIME). 5. Cincinnati (23-2) did not play. Next: at Houston, DePaul (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 10:15 p.m. — College Basketball: Oregon at UCLA (ESPN). played (268) and points scored Thursday. 8:30 p.m. — Women’s College Gymnastics: Kentucky at 11 p.m. — College Basketball: Oregon State at Southern 6. Purdue (23-4) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin, (1,799) and his 55 field goals Alabama (SEC NETWORK). California (FOX SPORTS 1). Thursday. 9 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Denver, Southern 4 a.m.—Professional Golf: European PGA Tour NBO from at least 50 yards are the 7. Texas Tech (22-4) did not play. Next: at Baylor, Utah at Brigham Young (BYUTV). Oman Golf Classic Final Round from Muscat, Oman Saturday. most in NFL history. Jan- 9 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Raymundo Beltran vs. (GOLF). Paulus Moses in a Lightweight Bout from Reno, Nev. 8. Ohio State (22-5) did not play. Next: at Penn State, ikowski joined Oakland as a Thursday. (ESPN). first-round pick in 2000 by late 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Georgia State at Georgia WINTER OLYMPICS ON TV 9. Gonzaga (23-4) did not play. Next: vs. Loyola Southern (ESPN2). Marymount, Thursday. owner Al Davis. 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Northern Kentucky at 5 a.m. 10. Auburn (23-3) beat Kentucky 76-66. Next: at South Wright State (ESPNU). NBCSN — Women’s Curling: Sweden vs. Olympic Carolina, Sunday. Janikowski spent all of last 9 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Rising Stars Challenge from Athletes from Russia 11. Clemson (20-5) lost to Florida State 81-79, OT. Next: vs. season on injured reserve with Los Angeles (TNT). OLY CHANNEL - Medal Ceremonies (LIVE) No. 12 Duke, Sunday. 9 p.m. — College Hockey: Canisius at Air Force 7 a.m. 12. Duke (21-5) beat Virginia Tech 74-52. Next: at No. 11 a back injury. Agent Paul (SPECTRUM 1250). USA — Men’s Hockey: Finland vs. Norway (LIVE) Clemson, Sunday. Healy, says in an email that 10 p.m. — College Hockey: Denver at Colorado College 7:10 a.m. 13. Kansas (20-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 West (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). NBCSN — Men’s Hockey: Sweden vs. Germany (LIVE); Virginia, Saturday. Janikowski is too young to re- 10 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Women’s Australian Open Third Skeleton: Women’s Competition 14. North Carolina (20-7) did not play. Next: at tire. He turns 40 on March 2. Round from Adelaide, Australia (GOLF). 10:45 a.m. Louisville, Saturday. 4 a.m.—Professional Golf: European PGA Tour NBO NBCSN — Speed Skating: Women’s 5000m Gold Medal 15. Saint Mary’s (24-3) did not play. Next: at San Oman Golf Classic Third Round from Muscat, Oman Final; Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual Large Hill Francisco, Thursday. FITZGERALD SAYS HE’LL BE (GOLF). Competition; Medal Ceremonies 16. Rhode Island (21-3) did not play. Next: at St. 2 p.m. Bonaventure, Friday. BACK WITH CARDS FOR 2018 SATURDAY NBCSN — Women’s Curling: South Korea vs. Switzerland 17. Arizona (20-6) did not play. Next: at No. 25 Arizona PHOENIX — New Arizona 7:20 a.m. — International Soccer: FA Cup Fifth-Round 3 p.m. State, Thursday. Match — Swansea vs. Sheffield Wednesday (FOX NBC — Speed Skating: Women’s 5000m Gold Medal 18. Tennessee (19-6) did not play. Next: at Georgia, coach Steve Wilks says Cardinals SPORTS 1). Final; Cross-Country Skiing: Men’s 15km Gold Medal Saturday. 9 a.m. — Professional Tennis: ABN Amro World Tennis Final; Ski Jumping: Men’s Individual Large Hill 19. Wichita State (19-5) did not play. Next: vs. Temple, standout wide receiver Larry Tournament Semifinal Match (TENNIS). 5 p.m. Thursday. Fitzgerald has told him he’ll re- 9:20 a.m. — International Soccer: Bundesliga League CNBC — Men’s Curling: United States vs. Denmark 20. West Virginia (19-7) did not play. Next: at No. 13 Match — Bayern Munich vs. Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 2, NBCSN — Hockey Game of the Day (replay) Kansas, Saturday. turn for a 15th NFL season. UNIVISION). 7 p.m. 21. Texas A&M (17-9) did not play. Next: at Arkansas, Wilks made the comment 9:30 a.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Pole NBCSN — Olympic Ice; Figure Skating: Men’s Gold Saturday. Qualifying from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1). Medal Final (LIVE) 22. Michigan (21-7) beat Iowa 74-59. Next: vs. No. 8 Ohio Thursday in an interview on the 11 a.m. — College Basketball: Southern Methodist at 8 p.m. State, Sunday. “Doug &Wolf” sports talk radio Central (ESPNU). NBC — Figure Skating: Men’s Gold Medal Final (LIVE); 23. Oklahoma (16-9) did not play. Next: vs. Texas, Noon — College Basketball: Syracuse at Miami (WLTX Alpine Skiing: Women’s Super-G Gold Medal Final Saturday. show. Wilks says Fitzgerald told 19). (LIVE); Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Aerials Gold Medal 24. Nevada (22-5) beat Boise State 77-72. Next: at Utah him of his decision in a conver- Noon — College Basketball: Providence at Butler (WACH Final; Skeleton: Women’s Competition State, Saturday. 57). 10 p.m. 25. Arizona State (19-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 17 sation on Wednesday night. Noon — College Basketball: Navy at Boston University CNBC — Women’s Hockey: Quarterfinal (LIVE) Arizona, Thursday. The 34-year-old Fitzgerald is (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10:10 p.m. Noon — College Basketball: Texas at Oklahoma (ESPN). NBCSN — Men’s Hockey: Canada vs. Czech Republic WOMEN’S TOP 25 RESULTS one of the most prolific receiv- Noon — College Basketball: Virginia Tech at Georgia (LIVE) ers in the game’s history, Tech (ESPN2). 12:30 a.m. (Saturday) WEDNESDAY Noon — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy Cup Series NBCSN — Women’s Curling: United States vs. Olympic 1. UConn (25-0) did not play. Next: vs. Temple, Sunday. ranking third on the NFL ca- Daytona 500 Practice from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX Athletes from Russia 2. Mississippi State (26-0) did not play. Next: at reer lists for receptions and SPORTS 1). 12:35 a.m. (Saturday) Vanderbilt, Thursday. Noon — College Basketball: Bucknell at Holy Cross NBC — Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Slopestyle Gold 3. Baylor (24-1) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas, Saturday. yards receiving. He finished Medal Final; Figure Skating: Men’s Postgame (SPECTRUM 1250). 4. Louisville (25-2) did not play. Next: at Boston College, second in the NFL with 109 Noon — College Baseball: Virginia Military Institute at 2:30 a.m. (Saturday) Thursday. South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). USA — Ice Hockey: Women’s Quarterfinal (LIVE) 5. Notre Dame (23-2) did not play. Next: at Virginia, catches last season. 12:25 p.m. — International Soccer: Bundesliga League 2:40 a.m. (Saturday) Thursday. Match — 1899 Hoffenheim vs. Schalke 04 (UNIVISION). NBCSN — Men’s Ice Hockey: Switzerland vs. South 6. Texas (21-4) beat Texas Tech 87-72. Next: at No. 21 FORMER DALLAS MAVERICKS 12:30 p.m. — International Soccer: FA Cup Fifth-Round Korea (LIVE) Oklahoma State, Saturday. Match — Huddersfield vs. Manchester United (FOX 7. UCLA (21-4) did not play. Next: at No. 15 Oregon OWNER CARTER DEAD AT 84 SPORTS 2). State, Friday. 1 p.m. — College Basketball: Iowa State at Kansas State NBA STANDINGS 8. South Carolina (20-5) did not play. Next: at No. 20 Georgia, DALLAS — Don Carter, the (ESPNU). Thursday. 1 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ABN Amro World Tennis EASTERN CONFERENCE 9. Oregon (23-4) did not play. Next: vs. Southern Cal, owner who was instrumental Tournament Semifinal Match and New York Open Atlantic Division Friday. in bringing the NBA to Dallas Semifinal Match (TENNIS). 10. Maryland (22-3) did not play. Next: vs. Purdue, 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Michigan State at W L Pct GB Thursday. with the expansion Mavericks Northwestern (WACH 57). Toronto 41 16 .719 — 11. Tennessee (21-4) did not play. Next: vs. Alabama, in 1980, has died. He was 84. 2 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: San Diego at Boston 40 19 .678 2 Thursday. Brigham Young (BYUTV). Philadelphia 30 25 .545 10 12. Florida State (21-4) did not play. Next: vs. Clemson, Carter co-founded the fran- 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Akron at Kent State (CBS New York 23 36 .390 19 Thursday. chise with Norm Sonju, the SPORTS NETWORK). Brooklyn 19 40 .322 23 13. Missouri (20-5) did not play. Next: at Auburn, 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Kentucky at Alabama Southeast Division Thursday. club’s first president. Carter sold (ESPN). 14. Stanford (18-8) did not play. Next: vs. California, majority interest to Ross Perot Jr. 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Indiana at Iowa (ESPN2). W L Pct GB Thursday. 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Missouri at Louisiana State Washington 33 24 .579 — 15. Oregon State (19-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 in 1996 but kept a minority stake. (ESPNU). Miami 30 28 .517 3½ UCLA, Friday. Current owner Mark Cuban 2 p.m. — PGA Golf: Genesis Open Third Round from Charlotte 24 33 .421 9 16. Ohio State (21-6) did not play. Next: vs. Purdue, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (GOLF). Orlando 18 39 .316 15 Sunday. bought the team in 2000. He 2 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Practice and Atlanta 18 41 .305 16 17. Duke (20-6) did not play. Next: at Syracuse, said of Carter: “To say he will Media Day from Los Angeles (NBA TV). Central Division Thursday. 2 p.m. — College Baseball: William & Mary at Clemson 17. Texas A&M (19-7) did not play. Next: vs. Florida, be missed does not do justice (WJMZ-FM 93.1). W L Pct GB Thursday. 19. Green Bay (22-2) did not play. Next: at Cleveland to just how important Mr. C 2:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Cleveland 34 22 .607 — State, Thursday. PowerShares QQQ 300 from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX Milwaukee 32 24 .571 2 has been to the Dallas Maver- 20. Georgia (21-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 South SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9). Indiana 33 25 .569 2 Carolina, Thursday. icks and the city of Dallas.” 3 p.m. — College Basketball: Memphis at Tulane Detroit 28 29 .491 6½ 21. Oklahoma State (18-7) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 (ESPNU). Chicago 20 37 .351 14½ Cuban invited Carter to cele- 3 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Texas at Texas, Saturday. Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). WESTERN CONFERENCE 22. South Florida (21-5) beat SMU 64-54. Next: at UCF, brate with the team on the 3 p.m. — College Baseball: MLB Andre Dawson Classic Sunday. court in Miami after the Mav- from New Orleans — Prairie View A&M vs. Alcorn State Southwest Division 23. Michigan (20-8) lost to Minnesota 93-87. Next: vs. (MLB NETWORK). W L Pct GB No. 10 Maryland, Thursday. ericks won their only champi- 24. Belmont (24-3) did not play. Next: vs. Eastern 3:30 p.m. — Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour Champions Houston 44 13 .772 — onship in 2011. Kentucky, Thursday. Chubb Classic Second Round from Naples, Fla. (GOLF). San Antonio 35 24 .593 10 25. N.C. State (20-6) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Auburn at South New Orleans 31 26 .544 13 Sunday. Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM Memphis 18 38 .321 25½ From staff and wire reports THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 | B3

USC MEN’S BASKETBALL Gamecocks gone from Final Four to most likely outside NCAAs

BY PETE IACOBELLI “I don’t judge them based on the The Associated Press scores of game, I judge them on them doing stuff the right way,” he said. “And COLUMBIA — A year ago, surging unfortunately, right now, we’re not as South Carolina was building for a run connected as we need to be. The scores to the Final Four. These days, the of the game are irrelevant to me from Gamecocks are struggling to keep that standpoint. It’s a matter of getting their heads above .500 on their longest our guys to practice with a greater sense losing streak in four years that threat- of urgency. To be more connected as ens to keep them out of the NCAA teammates, to be more understanding of Tournament altogether. what we’re trying to do.” South Carolina (13-13, 4-9 Southeast- It doesn’t help, Martin said, when ern Conference) has lost six straight , its the SEC is considered as strong as its most consecutive defeats since Frank been in years with some projections Martin’s second year as coach in 2013- having eight of its 14 teams make the 14. And the losing is likely to continue NCAAs. That means any slipups by with the SEC’s first-place team in No. 10 the Gamecocks have been costly. On Auburn headed to town Saturday. Tuesday night, the Gamecocks wiped That game will be another celebra- out most of a 14-point, second-half tion of last year’s success with three deficit to throw a scare into No. 18 key members of the Final Four team AP FILE PHOTO Tennessee before losing 70-67. in guards Sindarius Thornwell, Duane South Carolina guard Frank Booker (5) goes up for a shot in the Gamecocks’ 70-67 loss “Six years ago, the SEC was a little Notice and P.J. Dozier returning to re- to Tennessee on Tuesday in Knoxville, Tennessee. A year after playing in the Final Four, more forgiving,” Martin said. “Now, ceive their Final Four rings. That all USC is 13-13, on a 6-game losing streak and in a precarious position for making post- it’s not forgiving.” three starters moved on — Thornwell season play. And they’ll be no let up for the and Notice were seniors, Dozier was a Gamecocks after the Tigers: South rising sophomore who entered and Carolina has had its moments of suc- and Notice. Martin said it has not Carolina’s final four opponents in went unpicked in last June’s NBA cess — it defeated ranked opponents in been a natural process for players un- Georgia, Mississippi State, LSU and at Draft — is a big part of South Caroli- Kentucky and Florida in a three-game accustomed to those roles. Auburn all have winning records. na’s change of fortune. stretch last month — but more often “When you’re in the locker room with Booker believes if South Carolina Martin has liked his players, but has lately has found itself struggling to keep your peers, it’s not comfortable being a stays strong in practice, good things said his team is beset with a lack of up. Three of last four losses have come leader because you’re going to rub some can happen down the stretch. leadership. by 14 points or more. people the wrong way,” Martin said. “It just shows that we can be a good “That’s kind of where we floun- Returning starters from last year in The losing streak has taken its toll team if we just follow what Coach dered,” Martin said. junior Chris Silva and sophomore on the Gamecocks. Martin won’t Frank talks about and preaches to us With so many key pieces gone, Martin Maik Kotsar and Booker, who played change his approach to practice or his in practice,” Booker said after the has filled his roster with freshmen and previously at Oklahoma and Florida message that South Carolina must Tennessee loss. “That one, we let it first-year graduate transfers like guards Atlantic, have attempted to fill the big- compete hard at practice and do the slip away, but we got more games to Frank Booker and Wesley Myers. South gest leaders voids left by Thornwell right things on the court. play.”

AREA ROUNDUP DAYTONA 500 Manning, East Clarendon Truex sets course for repeat of 1st NASCAR title BY DAN GELSTON Did someone say encore ? boys play today in 2nd The Associated Press “I feel like the last three seasons, we improved in every DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — category every year,” Truex round of state tourneys Martin Truex Sr. had a fa- said. “Obviously after last miliar deckhand this week year, it’s going to be tough to when he unhitched his boat continue the trend. I think The boys basketball GIRLS for a fishing trip off South we’re gearing up to do that. I teams from Manning and VARSITY BASKETBALL Florida. Truex first brought felt like last year we could East Clarendon high his son into the family busi- have won more races.” SALUDA 53 schools will play second- LEE CENTRAL 46 ness aboard a clamming boat Yes, Truex enters Sunday’s round games in their re- as a teenager. The son would Daytona 500 feeling like his spective state tournaments SALUDA — Lee Central rise before dawn, sometimes best is still ahead in the No. 78 today. High School saw its season sprung to life from the chilly Toyota. Manning will be on the come to an end with a 53-46 bite at sea or the ruckus of Truex has undergone a ca- road against Loris in the overtime loss to Saluda in choppy waves. reer rebirth that is rare in second round of the 3A the first round of the 2A Martin Truex Jr. knew NASCAR history. state playoffs beginning at state playoffs on Tuesday early he wouldn’t anchor to a Truex won two races over 7 p.m. The Monarchs ad- at the Saluda gymnasium. life at sea. TRUEX 333 career starts from his vanced with a 61-54 home A’Yannah Lucas had a “I just remember trying to debut with Dale Earnhardt victory over Bluffton on double-double of 16 points stay awake in between tows. other passions: Racing. Inc. in 2004 through a tumul- Tuesday in the first round. and 12 rebounds for the This is so boring,” he said, Once a journeyman driver, tuous tenure at Michael EC will travel to Gree- Lady Stallions, who fin- laughing. “Then you got to go Truex enters the 2018 NAS- Waltrip Racing and a head- leyville to take on C.E. ished with an 8-12 record. outside and freeze your you- CAR season as the class — scratching first season at Murray in the 1A playoffs, Robionne Myers added 11 know-what off for 30 minutes and envy — of the field. He Furniture Row Racing also starting at 7. The Wol- points and Tashanna Har- at a time. I remember it being was a guest on the “Today” where he led one lap — one! verines advanced with a ris had eight points and tough and thinking that I show, rooted on his beloved — all year. He never fin- 54-49 home victory over St. seven rebounds. don’t want to do this for the Philadelphia Eagles at the ished better than 11th in the John’s on Tuesday. LOWER RICHLAND 41 rest of my life.” Super Bowl and had the standings until 2015, and yet The Monarchs, who im- LAKEWOOD 21 On this recent trip, the honor of inducting a racing has now finished in NAS- proved to 18-6 on the sea- Truex boys skipped the clams Hall of Famer last month. CAR’s version of the Final son, outscored Bluffton HOPKINS — Lakewood and cast a wider net. They He did it all as NASCAR Four in two of the last three 23-16 in the fourth quarter was eliminated from the 4A caught three sailfish on their champ . seasons. to secure the victory. state playoffs with a 41-21 first day out and chatted “It’s been a crazy, busy off- “Every place that he’s Israel Brown led MHS first-round loss to Lower about business, life, and, most season,” Truex said. been prior to where he is with 21 points. Darius Wil- Richland on Tuesday at the of all, the father and son just The 37-year-old Truex now, there was some kind of liams added 20. Diamond Mine. focused on having a good reaped the rewards of a start- disaster going on,” Truex Sr. East Clarendon had Lashala Harvin led the time. to-finish dominant season said. “He was never in a spot three players score in dou- Lady Gators with six “We never even talked that saw him reel off eight that was really stable until ble figures. Tyjhai Calvin points. about racing,” Truex Sr. said. victories, 26 top-10 finishes now. He needed the opportu- led the way with 15, while LHS finished with a 9-11 Oh yeah, his boy’s weekend and a victory at Homestead nity and the right people Jalen Bryant had 14 and record. job. The kid who never devel- that clinched the crown with around you. It’s all about Marquis Patterson 11. oped a taste for clamming in- dad watching from atop the the people, like any busi- EC is 10-11. From staff reports stead followed one of his dad’s pit box. ness.”

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for playing time at first base Hawkins had a ball hit when the Gamecocks open home plate and bounce up their first season under and hit him in the eye. It new head coach Mark caused him to miss the rest Kingston. They open a of the season. 3-game series against Vir- Last year he didn’t get to GIRLS ginia Military Institute be- play due to eligibility issues The boys basketball ginning at 4 p.m. at Found- lingering from the previous teams from Manning and Varsity Basketball ers Park. season. East Clarendon high SALUDA 53 Justin Hawkins, a junior He is listed as infielder on schools will play second- LEE CENTRAL 46 college All-American at the the Clemson roster and round games in their re- University of head coach Monte Lee has spective state tournaments SALUDA — Lee Central South Caroli- said he could play second or today. High School saw its season na Sumter, third and shortstop if need- Manning will be on the come to an end with a 53-46 will likely see ed. Hawkins is listed as the road against Loris in the overtime loss to Saluda in his share of No. 27 third baseman in the second round of the 3A the first round of the 2A time this country by D1 Baseball. state playoffs beginning at state playoffs on Tuesday weekend in Hawkins did play for the 7 p.m. The Monarchs ad- at the Saluda gymnasium. HAWKINS the Tigers’ Fayetteville SwampDogs of vanced with a 61-54 home A’Yannah Lucas had a 3-game series the Coastal Plain League victory over Bluffton on double-double of 16 points against Wil- last season. He hit 10 home Tuesday in the first round. and 12 rebounds for the liam & Mary at Doug Kings- runs, drove in 27 runs and EC will travel to Gree- Lady Stallions, who fin- more Stadium. Today’s con- finished the season with a leyville to take on C.E. ished with an 8-12 record. test also begins at 4 p.m. .556 slugging percentage. Murray in the 1A playoffs, Robionne Myers added 11 Holladay is listed at first Hawkins was also the also starting at 7. The Wol- points and Tashanna Har- base along with veterans 2015 American Legion Na- verines advanced with a ris had eight points and LT Tolbert, Matt Williams tional Player of the Year as 54-49 home victory over St. seven rebounds. and Riley he led Chapin/Newberry to John’s on Tuesday. LOWER RICHLAND 41 Hogan. Each the American Legion World The Monarchs, who im- LAKEWOOD 21 of those three Series title. proved to 18-6 on the sea- saw signifi- South Carolina will send son, outscored Bluffton HOPKINS — Lakewood cant playing junior right-hander Adam 23-16 in the fourth quarter was eliminated from the 4A time last year, Hill to the mound against to secure the victory. state playoffs with a 41-21 but the posi- the Keydets today. He Israel Brown led MHS first-round loss to Lower HOLLADAY tion is in flux tossed 77 innings last sea- with 21 points. Darius Wil- Richland on Tuesday at the as Kingston son with 87 strikeouts and a liams added 20. Diamond Mine. tries to solidi- 3.04 earned run average East Clarendon had Lashala Harvin led the fy his infield. even though he had just a three players score in dou- Lady Gators with six Holladay was part of 3-6 win-loss record. ble figures. Tyjhai Calvin points. Sumter’s 2014 4A state Sophomore righty Cody led the way with 15, while LHS finished with a 9-11 champion as a freshman. As Morris (3-2, 3.66 in a mid- Jalen Bryant had 14 and record. a senior for SHS, Holladay week starting role) will Marquis Patterson 11. had a .388 batting average start Saturday’s noon con- EC is 10-11. From staff reports with 10 doubles, eight home test and Spartanburg Meth- runs and 30 runs batted in. odist College transfer Ridge On the mound, the right- Chapman will start Sun- hander went 4-2 with a pair day’s 1 p.m. game. of saves and 35 strikeouts in Clemson doesn’t have a 35 2/3 innings pitched. pitcher on its roster who For Hawkins, this season started a game in 2017. Lefty will be his first of any real Jacob Hennessy will start significance since leading today with right-hander the Fire Ants to the 2015 Ju- Brooks Crawford slated to go nior College World Series in Saturday’s 2 p.m. contest. as a freshman. In the sec- Jake Higginbotham, another ond game of an opening- lefty, is supposed to start Sun- day doubleheader in 2016, day’s 3 p.m. contest. MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter’s Tyree Smalls goes for a layup during the Gamecocks’ 53-52 victory over Goose Creek in the first round of the 5A state playoffs on Wednesday at the Sumter High gymnasium.

SHS FROM PAGE B1 closing a 15-4 run. The Gators got three shots from long range before Chris Fordham “Their guards, man, and into the break. hit for three with eight sec- our guards have got to do a Sumter scored the first onds to go, setting up the fin- better job of handling pres- seven points of the second ish. sure and taking care of the half to pull within five before Jones said surviving a game basketball,” said Jones, whose Goose Creek scored the next like this in the first round of team carries a 17-6 record into five to push its lead back to 10, the playoffs makes his team a second-round home match- 38-28, with 3:18 to go in the “battle tested.” up Saturday at 7 p.m against quarter. The Gamecocks “It was a good test,” Jones Irmo, a 59-34 winner over trailed by six, 40-34, heading said. “In some ways you’re Wando on Wednesday. “We into the fourth quarter. glad to get a game like this, so had 11 turnovers in the first Cody McCoy scored on a fol- now we know what to expect. half, and they just sped us up low of a missed three by Our young guys know what to and got us out of what we Moore at the 2:21 mark, forg- expect.” wanted to do. On film I was ing Sumter’s first tie of the Moore appeared to tweak an saying to myself, especially on night. McCoy could have ankle about midway through offense, they run their stuff. given the Gamecocks their the fourth quarter but stayed They’re really good at run- first lead but came up short in in the game and shook off any ning their stuff. Our guys just an and-1 opportunity. discomfort he might have kept fighting. They kept fight- That first lead would come been experiencing to help lead ing and fighting. On to the moments later as Smalls, who his team to the hard-fought next one.” closed with 10 points, scored win. Indeed, the Fighting Game- on the low post with 1:41 on “Yeah, he’ll be fine,” Jones cocks had to live up to that the clock. A Calvin Felder said of Moore’s status after nickname against the Gators, block on the defensive end, the game. “He’s a soldier. He’s who led 18-9 after one quarter followed by Smalls hitting 3 of ready to go.” and 33-17 late in the first half four free throws on two sepa- Fordham scored 15 and SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO before baskets from Eric rate trips to the line put Sum- Erick Bennett added 13 for the Former University of South Carolina Sumter shortstop Justin Watts and Tyree Smalls cut ter up 51-46, representing its Gators, who closed their sea- Hawkins is expected to play a major role for Clemson this sea- the lead to 12, 33-21, heading largest lead of the night and son with a 12-11 record. son. The Tigers open their schedule today at home against Wil- liam & Mary.

After Dreher tied the game, LHS scored the GATORS FROM PAGE B1 final 13 points of the first half for a 27-14 lead. Got Singleton had a 3-point basket and a tip-in to a Job? GET A CAR! After that, nothing for a very long time. make it 19-14. Hodge later added a trey and They wouldn’t score another point until 8 min- Terrell Houston had a conventional 3-point We Finance in House utes, 40 seconds, later. play to close out the first half. Lakewood had gone back to playing straight Perdue had a slam dunk to begin the second NO CREDIT CHECK man-to-man defense with the guards being ag- half, pushing the lead to 15. While the Gators gressive out top with the knowledge that the were never able to completely put the game NO CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! BANKRUPTCY - NO PROBLEM! BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! likes of 6-foot-6-inch post players Juwan Per- away, the Blue Devils were never able to make DIVORCE - NO PROBLEM! REALLY BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! due and Ahkeem Lawson and 6-4 Quentin a run at them. Lakewood never led by more Hodge were next in line. than 18 or fewer than 12. “It lets you be a little bit more aggressive be- Lakewood led 42-26 entering the final stanza. cause you know those guys will have your Dreher scored 11 of its 19 fourth-quarter back,” guard Grant Singleton said. Singleton points in the final 3:21. had five steals while scoring 13 points and “I thought we played a pretty good game,” handing out five assists. Brown said. “Dreher came out and played us “We did play good defensively tonight,” said tough, but we were able to adjust and take Perdue, who had four blocked shots and a dou- things away. I’m proud of everybody.” ble-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds. “It’s our Hodge finished seven points, seven rebounds job to be behind them and guard the basket.” and seven assists, while Houston finished with Hodge finished with three blocked shots and nine points. Lawson had two. Also, there were numerous TJ Brown led Dreher with 12 points. Simon shots that were altered. Grant and Trent Clarke both had 10. 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee

ter High twice, we played Thanks Boyle, STALLIONS FROM PAGE B1 Lakewood twice. Those are good ball clubs.” “It was a fast and easy pro- As the fat lady was sing- Amadre Mixon with 10. And with Lee Central cess gett ing a car at Boyle. ing at halftime, the Stal- Javon Randolph led EC being in the Upstate this lions were out for blood as with 15 points and Flager year, it’s Abbeville that has Catherine Parker five players scored in dou- had 11 blocks before fouling to hop on a bus for 150 Apply For Credit Online At: www.boylebhph.com ble figures. Joining Thomas out in the third quarter. The miles from the northwest was Demarcus Smith with Shamrocks had three play- corridor of the state. 15 points and 10 rebounds; ers foul out in the game. “We love playing at home, BOYLE Buy Here Pay Here Treson Pringle with 13; Da- “We are battle-tested,” we play well here,” Knox veon Thomas with 12; and said Knox. “We played Sum- said with a smile. 773-2474 • 347 Broad Street THE SUMTER ITEM OBITUARIES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 | B5

MAGGIE L. RAGIN The remains will be placed to go to the work site. She Creek Baptist Churchyard NAACP, One More Effort Maggie “Mae” Lawson in the church at 11 a.m. was beloved by many of her cemetery. Club, Shiloh Community Cen- Ragin, 80, died on Tuesday, The procession will leave at co-workers and students. She These services have been ter, Sumter County Voters Feb. 13, 2018. 11:20 a.m. from the home. had a desire to form a cancer entrusted to the management Board of Registration and a Funeral services will be Burial will be at Mt. Sinai support group to help women and staff of Williams Funeral Girl Scout Troop Leader. In held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Presbyterian Church Ceme- cope with and work through Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., her leisure time, she enjoyed Historic Liberty tery, 97 Mt. Sinai Church health issues similar to those Sumter. visiting family and friends. Hill AME Road, St. Charles. she faced. Lisa loved her fam- Online memorial messages She was a great conversation- Church, 2310 Services directed by the ily and treasured her visits to may be sent to the family at alist and an avid gardener. Liberty Hill management and staff of Wil- Sumter to be with them, espe- [email protected]. She was a florist and owner of Road, Summer- liams Funeral Home Inc., 821 cially time spent with her com. Dickey’s Florist for many ton, where the N. Main St., Sumter. parents and brother. She was Visit us on the web at www. years. Rev. Robert L. Online memorial messages an active member of the williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Cherishing fond and lasting RAGIN China Jr. serves may be sent to the family at Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority LEONA DOW memories are her two sisters, as pastor. [email protected]. Inc., Columbia. Maggie (Lawrence) Nelson of Viewing will com. Visit us on the web at Lisa was preceded in death SUMMERTON — Leona Lynchburg and Pearl Dickey be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today www.WilliamsFuneralHo- by her maternal grandpar- Dow, 83, died on Wednesday, Lawrence of Charlotte, North at the funeral home. meInc.com ents, Willie and Rosa Roach; Feb. 14, 2018, at Lexington Carolina; one brother, Ralph Funeral arrangements are BARBARA R. POWELL and uncle, Eddie Gene Na- Medical Center, Columbia. W. Dickey of Lynchburg; two entrusted to Summerton Fu- thaniel. She was born on March 4, sisters-in-law, Lutisha Dickey neral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke COLUMBIA — Barbara R. Loving memories are cher- 1934, in Summerton, a daugh- of Lynchburg and Dorothy St., Summerton, phone (803) Powell, 60, died on Wednes- ished by her parents and ter of the late Leon and Sally Dickey of Fayetteville, North 485-3755. day, Feb. 7, 2018, at her home. brother, Damien; paternal Frierson Dow. Carolina; two loving nephews, BESSIE MAE MYERS Born on Dec. 8, 1957, in grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. The family is receiving Paul Derrick Dickey (Cinder) Champagne, Illinois, she was Isadore Nathaniel II, all of friends from 2 to 8 p.m. daily and Paul D. Dickey Jr. of Bessie Mae Myers, 90, tran- a daughter of Sumter; uncles, James (Katie) at her residence, 3904 Moses Lynchburg; two uncles, Carl sitioned to her heavenly home the late Alfonso Roach of Hopkins and the Dingle Road, Summerton. Miller of Philadelphia and on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. and Lena Mae Rev. Earnest (Geraldine) Na- These arrangements have Hallie B. Miller of Clearwater, Born on Jan. 28, 1928, in St. Sullivan Powell. thaniel of Florence; aunts, been entrusted to Samuels Florida; nieces, Wilhelmenia Charles, she was a daughter Ms. Powell Susan Nathaniel Grant of Funeral Home LLC of Man- (John) Presley, Beverly (Rob- of the late Ar- worked with Newport News, Virginia, and ning. ert) Perry, Angela Slater, Ro- thur and Alberta Richland Memo- Jeannette (Walter) Roach VINSON VAUGHN berta (Randy) Pritchept, Moore and the POWELL rial Hospital for Johnson of Sumter; three Susan Benjamin, Claudette widow of Thom- several years granduncles; six grandaunts; Vinson Vaughn, 63, hus- Harrison, Sonya (Eric) Travis, as Myers. “Aunt and retired from godmothers, Carol Singleton band of Diane Harriott Valeska Nelson, Yvette Nelson Boy” or “Aunt Moncrief Army Hospital at and Sadie Jennings; a host of Vaughn, departed this life on and Jandi (James) Jefferson; Bessie,” as she Fort Jackson after 20 years of cousins, other relatives and Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in nephews, Tyrone Harrison, MYERS was affectionate- service. She also volunteered friends. Sumter. Kimbal Harrison, Karl (Hazel) ly called, spent with the Rape Crisis Center in The family will be receiving He was born on Feb. 6, 1955, McLeod, Gerald McLeod, some of her Columbia. relatives and friends at 4210 in Sumter, to the late Alberta Donald Dickey, Levistan Dick- younger years in Baltimore. She is survived by one Wedgefield Road, Sumter. and Mamie Lee Ford Vaughn. ey, Kenneth Dickey, Cedric She later moved back south brother, John A. Powell (Glo- Funeral services will be The family is receiving (Rhonda) Nelson, Dennis Nel- to Sumter, where she attend- ria) of Hope Mills, North Car- held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at friends at the home, 236 Cedar son, Ernest Dickey, Warren ed the public schools of Sum- olina; one sister, Colleen P. Orangehill AME Church, 3005 Ave. (Kimberly) Dickey, Maxsell ter County. This is where she Stevens (Wayne) of Sumter; S.C. 261 South, Wedgefield, Services entrusted to (Monica) Dickey, Christopher met her husband of more two nieces, Alexis Powell and with the Rev. Jerale Crummy, Whites Mortuary LLC of (Latha) Dickey, Michael than 50 years and reared Ashley Campbell; one neph- pastor, eulogist. Sumter. (LaChandra) Rapley, Thadde- their only child, Lillie “Lil” ew, Joseph Powell; and five The remains will be placed ROSA LEE DICKEY us (Andrea) Dickey and Kevin Myers. Mrs. Myers was a great-nieces and great-neph- in the church at 2 p.m. Dickey; and a host of grand- faithful and longtime mem- ews. The funeral procession will Rosa Lee Dickey was born nieces, grandnephews, rela- ber of Bethel AME Church, In addition to her parents, leave at 2:20 p.m. from the on April 15, 1927, in the Shiloh tives and friends. where she was an exceptional she was preceded in death by home. community of Sumter Coun- She was preceded in death leader and ministered in vari- a sister, Brenda Powell; and a Burial services will be at ty, the second daughter of the by two sisters, Vertell Harri- ous ways. Bessie was a mem- brother, Marvin S. Powell. High Hills Missionary Baptist late Paul and Pearl Miller son and Annie Mcleod; and ber of the pastor’s aide com- A funeral service will be Church Cemetery, 6750 Meet- Dickey. five brothers, Robert, Paul, mittee, helping hand club, held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at ing House Road, Dalzell. On Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, Ernest, Thaddeus and Arnold president of the prayer band, the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens These services have been Rosa Lee took her spiritual Dickey. Women Missionary Society, Funeral Home Chapel. entrusted to the management flight and entered into her Rosa L. Dickey was a loving trustee board, usher board, The family will receive and staff of Williams Funeral eternal home. sister, aunt, friend, teacher Sunday school teacher, sang friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sat- Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Early in life, she became ac- and neighbor. She cherished with the gospel choir, worked urday at Elmore-Cannon-Ste- Sumter. tively involved in Asbury her family and exhibited love, on the kitchen committee, phens Funeral Home. Online memorial messages United Methodist Church. She caring and friendship to her was den mother of the flow- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens may be sent to the family at was devoted and served faith- family and community. ers committee and, for some Funeral Home and Crematori- [email protected]. fully and diligently in many Public viewing will be held time, responsible for the um of Sumter is in charge of com. Visit us on the web at ministries. She loved God and from 6 to 8 p.m. today at As- lighting of the church. She the arrangements. www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. her church family. She repre- bury United Methodist often visited, fed and prayed ALECIA LAWRENCE com. sented her church at annual Church. with those that were sick and DEVIN D. DINKINS conferences as lay delegate, Ms. Dickey will be placed in could not make it out to Alecia “Lisa” Renee Na- she was a lay leader, a church the church at 10 a.m. on Sat- church. She was very instru- thaniel Lawrence was born on Devin D. Dinkins, 41, en- school teacher, president of urday for viewing until the mental in coordinating and March 1, 1980, in Sumter, a tered into eternal rest on Sat- the United Methodist Women hour of service. chairing several programs / daughter of Isadore Nathaniel urday, Feb. 10, 2018, in Rem- on the local level, served on Funeral services will be worship services held at the III and Sarah Roach Nathan- bert. the district and conference held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at church. Through her actions, iel. She departed Born on Nov. 24, 1976, in level of the UMW, chairper- Asbury United Methodist many were led to Christ. this life on Fri- Sumter County, he was a son son of finance, Sunday school Church, 355 Pudding Swamp An employee of Sumter day, Feb. 9, 2018, of Mamie Ella Sanders Din- superintendent, Vacation Road, Lynchburg, with the County School District 17 for at her home in kins and the late Joseph Bible School teacher, senior Rev. Shirley McKnight and more than 20 years, she had a Durham, North Parker. He attended Rafting choir, trustee chairperson, the Rev. Ellis White officiat- true love for Sumter High Carolina, with Creek Baptist Church at an chairperson of Pastor Parish ing. Interment will follow at School’s football team. The her parents at early age. He attended Sun- Relations Committee and Goodman Cemetery, Lynch- team could always count on LAWRENCE her side. day school faithfully and member of Church Women burg. Mrs. Myers to feed them prior She will be sang with the children’s United. Rosa Lee Dickey was The family will receive to their Friday night football sorely missed by choir. He was educated in the educated in Sumter County friends at her home, 1805 Cau- games and to dedicate her her fiancé, Desmond O. Nkan- public schools of Sumter public schools, attending As- tion Lane, Lynchburg, SC time to work the concessions sah of Durham. County and graduated from bury School and graduating 29080. stand during home games. At an early age, Lisa was Hillcrest High School Class from St. John High School. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Her true passion was cook- converted and joined Orange- of 1995. He played basketball She received her Bachelor of Main St., Sumter, is in charge ing. She was known as the hill AME Church, Wedge- and played well in the games. Science degree from Morris of arrangements. “Cinnamon Roll Lady” by field, where she served until He was a former employee of College and continuing gradu- Online memorials may be many. She also enjoyed sing- leaving home to attend col- Becton Dickinson Co. and ate studies at South Carolina sent to the family at jobsmor- ing, traveling and serving the lege. She was baptized at Kendall Corp. Devin was a State University. [email protected] or visit us on community as she and Thom- High Hills Baptist Church, well-known barber. He She was employed as a the web at www.jobsmortuary. as would go from home to Dalzell. Lisa graduated with worked at Custom Styles by teacher at St. Mark Elementa- net. home delivering home cooked honors from Lakewood High “Boo Parker.” He was also a ry School and as a teacher PEARLINE Y. STOKES meals and fresh vegetables School, Sumter, in 1998. She handyman and a helper to and assistant principal at St. grown from their garden. earned her Bachelor of Busi- family and friends. John Elementary School. MARIETTA, Georgia — On She was preceded in death ness Administration (BBA) He leaves to cherish his Through her love for humani- Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, Pearline by her husband, Thomas degree from Columbia Col- memories: his mother; two ty, she not only imparted York Stokes, widow of Everett Myers; grandson, Corey lege, Columbia, in 2002 and brothers, Joseph (Laura) knowledge but nurtured the Stokes Sr., exchanged time for Maple; only sibling, a sister, Master of Business Adminis- Parker and Robert Byrd of development of her students eternity at Wellstar Ken- Willie Mae Rogers; and two tration from Webster Univer- Rembert; one sister, Pastor with lifelong skills. In each nestone Hospital in Marietta. close friends, Susie Kenley sity, Columbia, in 2005. Lisa Margaret Parker of Atlanta; student, she planted the seeds Born on Oct. 19, 1941, in and Dora Sinkler. did further studies in market- two uncles, Willie (Nancy) of hope, determination and Fairmont, North Carolina, She leaves to cherish her ing at Strayer University, Co- Sanders and Edgar (Emily) achievement. She was a men- she was a daughter of the late memories: a daughter, Lillie lumbia. After graduation Sanders; five aunts, Louise tor and a community advocate Sallie Rhames. She was M. McGee of Sumter; four from college, Lisa worked in (Sam) Graham, Alberta for many students and fami- reared by the late Hugh and grandchildren; 13 great- the business education de- (Johnnie) Williams, Steral lies. She retired after 35 years Essie York. grandchildren; three great- partment at Benedict College, (John) Singleton, Sallie Sand- of service. She was every- Service of remembrance great-grandchildren; two spe- Columbia. She later worked ers and Emma Sanders; and a body’s favorite aunt, teacher, will take place at 11 a.m. on cial friends, Maggie Ragin and as general business instruc- host of nieces, nephews, other friend and a caring neighbor. Saturday at Antioch Mission- Sarah Dwyer; caretakers, tor at Williamsburg Techni- relatives and friends. Throughout her career, she ary Baptist Church, 2571 Jo- Tonya Gregg and Flossie Ed- cal College, Kingstree, where Funeral services will be received many awards and ac- seph Lemon Dingle Road, Jor- wards; two special nieces, Ad- she also served as advisor to held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at colades including having the dan community of Manning, rena Myers Moses and Daisy the Alpha Sigma Gamma Rafting Creek Baptist Church, St. John School Library where Evangelist Shirley Mae Brunson; special neph- Chapter of the Phi Theta 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, named in her honor. Waiters will preside. Words of ew, Joe Louis Myers; special Kappa International Honor with the Rev. Melvin Mack, Rosa Lee Dickey was active hope will be brought by the cousin, Patricia Smith of Ten- Society. Lisa moved to Dur- pastor, and the Rev. William in her community and civic pastor, the Rev. Sam Livings- nessee; and a host of other ham in 2012 and worked as Sanders, eulogist. affairs. She was an extraordi- ton Sr. The service of commit- nieces, nephews, cousins, rela- director of business adminis- The family is receiving rela- nary example of Christian liv- tal will follow at the family tives and friends. tration programs and In- tives and friends at the home, ing and a loving spirit. She plot, located in Union Cypress The family is receiving rela- structor in the School of 5740 Stage Coach Road, Rem- used her spiritual gifts and AME Church Cemetery. tives and friends at the home, Business at Durham Techni- bert. talents to serve her communi- Fleming & DeLaine Funer- 511 Pitts Road, Sumter. cal College, until her death. The remains will be placed ty. She was a charter member al Home & Chapel of Manning Funeral services will be Lisa was full of energy and in the church at 9 a.m. and past worthy matron of is in charge of the services. held at noon on Saturday at loved her job, which she con- The funeral procession will Skyway Chapter No. 351 Online condolences for the Bethel AME, 219 E. Calhoun tinued even from home and leave at 9:20 a.m. from the Order of Eastern Star, Lynch- family may be sent to www. St., Sumter, with the Rev. the hospital at times when home. burg, a member of the House- flemingdelaine.com or Davie Brown, pastor, eulogist. her health did not allow her Burial will be at Rafting hold of Ruth No. 3728 Lodge, [email protected]. B6 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 CLASSIFIED DEADLINES 11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition. 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

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The Commissioner for the Second reasons why the application should 4 Cemetery Plots in Evergreen Senior Living Public Service Commission District be denied; (3) that the person ANNOUNCEMENTS Cemetery $6000 for all 4 OBO Call Apartments represents Aiken, Barnwell, and protesting is willing to attend a plat book 2005 at page 81, records of Lexington counties, as well as parts 803-775-4045 for those 62+ hearing (if one is requested by the Sumter County. This property is of Orangeburg and Richland (Rent based on income) applicant); (4) that the person known as 943 Mordred St and is Card of Thanks counties. The Commissioner for the New & used Heat pumps & A/C. Shiloh-Randolph Manor protesting resides in the same further identified as Sumter County Fourth Public Service Commission Will install/repair, Call 803-968-9549 county where the proposed place of Tax Map Parcel No. 226-16-04-010. 125 W. Bartlette. District represents parts of or 843-992-2364 business is located or within five 775-0575 Greenville and Spartanburg miles of the business; and (5) the Aforesaid Plat is specifically Studio/1 Bedroom counties. The Commissioner for the name of the applicant and the incorporated herein and reference is apartments available Sixth Public Service Commission address of the premises to be craved thereto for a more complete District represents Allendale, EHO licensed. Protests must be mailed to: and accurate description of the Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: metes, bounds, courses and Hampton, Jasper, and Williamsburg ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South distances of the property concerned EMPLOYMENT 2BR 2BA, Conv. to Sumter Mall. counties, as well as parts of Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) herein. This description is in lieu of $580/mo + dep. 803-775-1281. Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, 896-0110. metes and bounds, as permitted by Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, law under Section 30-5-250 of the Huntington Place Apartments Orangeburg, Richland, and Sumter Help Wanted Notice Of Application 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, counties. The salary for these Full-Time Rents from $625 per month Notice is hereby given that Sumter As Amended. Be all measurements a positions is approximately $107,822 1 Month free* Hotel Venture, LLC intends to apply little more or a little less and annually. *13 Month lease required to the South Carolina Department of according to said plat. Hotel front desk position open at Revenue for a license permit that Super 8 in Manning. Evening shift. Leasing office located at Each candidate is required to submit Ashton Mill Apartment Homes will allow the sale ON premises Derivation: Book 1137 at Page 1072 Hotel front desk experience required. a completed application form no consumption of Beer, Wine and 595 Ashton Mill Drive Call for appt. 803-447-9614 later than the March 5th deadline. Liquor by the drink at 18 N Main 803-773-3600 Applications will not be accepted 943 Mordred Street, Street, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to Sumter, SC 29154-7407 Spring Hill Suites by Marriott, Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 after noon on March 5, 2018. the issuance of this permit / license, Following the March 5th filing written protest must be postmarked Broad St is seeking a front desk deadline, the Review Committee will 226-16-04-010 manager, clerk and housekeepers. no later than February 17th, 2018. Unfurnished begin its background investigation of For a protest to be valid, it must be Previous hotel exp. required. Please Homes candidates. Candidates and in writing, and should include the SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, apply in person at: potential candidates are subject to following information: (1) the name, SUMTER COUNTY AD VALOREM certain restrictions with respect to 2645 Broad St. Sumter, SC $1000 monthly, 3BR/2BA, Double address and telephone number of TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, contacting members of the General RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND garage, 5 minutes to Shaw or the person filing the protest; (2) the Looking for a certified mechanic Assembly. specific reasons why the application OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. In Loving Memory of Wal-Mart. Available 3/1/18. Call to work on Class A tractors and should be denied; (3) that the person Mrs. Willie Mae Mack-Himes 803-499-4207 Application forms may be obtained trailers. Certified in annual inspec- protesting is willing to attend a TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in 2/1/1926-2/16/2016 from the State Regulation of Public hearing (if one is requested by the certified funds is required. The It's been two years today since our tions, tires and brake work. If Lg 3BR 2BA C/H/A, $750 mo. Call Utilities Review Committee, 102 deposit will be applied towards the interested call 803-473-6553. applicant); (4) that the person "Sweet Mother" passed away, we 803-394-2112 or 803-757-0083. Gressette Building, Post Office Box protesting resides in the same purchase price unless the bidder missed you so much, your beautiful 142, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, county where the proposed place of defaults, in which case the deposit Mobile Home by contacting Heather Anderson, will be forfeited. If the successful smile, your laughter, your wis- business is located or within five Rentals (803) 212-6208 or heatheranderson bidder fails, or refuses, to make the dom...You gave us the world and miles of the business; and (5) the Parts Manager @scsenate.gov, or by contacting name of the applicant and the required deposit, or comply with his more, your beautiful spirit will live on Michelle McGee, (803) 212-6634 or address of the premises to be bid within 20 days, then the property in your children, we love you American MHP, 2 & 3/BR, lot [email protected]. For will be resold at his risk. No HUK*LY[PÄLK rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup licensed. Protests must be mailed to: Momma, sleep in paradise. further information, contact Ms. S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: personal or deficiency judgment Sharon, Lorenza, Denise, Andre, Technician inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300. Anderson or Ms. McGee, or visit the ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South being demanded, the bidding will Himes & Family Public Utilities Review Committee's Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) not remain open after the date of needed at Bilton Office Rentals website at: www.scstatehouse.gov/C 896-0110. sale, but compliance with the bid ommitteeInfo/PublicUtilitiesReview may be made immediately. The Lincoln. Apply in Comm/2018PublicServiceCommissio successful bidder will be required to Office space for rent. Available nScreeningInfo.php. Notice of Sale pay interest on the amount of the bid BUSINESS person Mon.-Fri. now, 2 private offices, shared from date of sale to date of conference room. Guignard/Bultman Beer & Wine NOTICE OF SALE compliance with the bid at the rate SERVICES between 3-6pm. area. Utilities furnished, can be License of 3.25% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore rented separately. For info call Foreclosure and Sale filed with the 70 W. Wesmark Notice Of Application granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Home 803-773-7526 or 803-775-7800 Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A Notice is hereby given that Shree Bank, NA vs. Eric J.D. Smith; Improvements #2017CP4301618. Blvd., Sumter Som Nath. LLC intends to apply to Tiffany Smith; , C/A No. the South Carolina Department of 2017CP4301618, The following NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is REAL Revenue for a license permit that property will be sold on March 5, SBC Construction of Sumter not a warranty deed. Interested will allow the sale OFF premises 2018, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter Metal /Shingle Roofs• Porches • bidders should satisfy themselves as Nesbitt Transportation is now consumption of Beer & Wine at 226 County Courthouse to the highest Concrete & Windows ESTATE to the quality of title to be conveyed N.Washington St Sumter, SC 29150. bidder hiring Class A CDL Drivers. Must be by obtaining an independent title •Water Problems •Tree removal To object to the issuance of this All that certain piece, parcel and lot 23 yrs old and have 2 yrs search prior to the foreclosure sale Call BURCH 803-720-4129 permit / license, written protest must of land with improvements thereon experience. Home nights and week- Homes for Sale date. ends. Call 843-621-0943 or be postmarked no later than situate, lying and being in the County February 17th, 2018. For a protest to of Sumter, State of South Carolina Legal Service Richard L. Booth 843-659-8254 be valid, it must be in writing, and identified as Lot No. 82 of Knights 3BR/2BA DW mobile home on 4.38 Master In Equity for should include the following Village Subdivision Phase I Section acres, paved road, Wedgefield area, Sumter County Attorney Timothy L. Griffith Someone to do domestic work, information: (1) the name, address II and being more fully shown on a 5 minutes to Shaw. Call 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. mature, honest, dependable, dedi- and telephone number of the person plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, 803-481-8314 Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury cated, must work well with a filing the protest; (2) the specific K.L.S. dated 1/5/05 and recorded in hardworking team of ladies. Must For Sale by Owner pass drug test and background 3BR 2BA Site Painting check. Full time. Paid vacation and built, 1400 sq.ft. .68 Acre gr with holidays after 1 yr of employment. fireplace/gas logs, kitchen, screened 803-495-8018 in back porch, deck w/pool & privacy Int/Ext Painting, Pressure wash- fence 803-469-3884 or 968-5429 ing. 30 yrs exp. References. Quality work/free est. Bennie 803-468-7592 Sumter School District is accept- ing applications for a HVAC Techni- TRANSPORTATION cian, Electrician and Carpenter. You Roofing may send resume to Sumter School District Maintenance Department, Robert's Metal Roofing 1345 Wilson Hall Rd. Sumter, S.C. 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing 29151-2039 or apply online at avail. Expert installation. Long list of www.sumterschools.net. Call Antiques / satisfied customers. 803-837-1549. 803-469-6900, ext. 600 for any Classic Cars I Found it in the questions. All Types of Roofing & Repairs All For Sale: 1948 Chevy 2 door, needs work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. Help Wanted restoring $2000. 1948 Chevy re- Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734. Part-Time stored 4 door $7000. 84' Camaro, CLASSIFIEDS good for parts, good motor, and Tree Service Exp. Trailer switcher needed in good transmission $1000. Call Sumter to move trailers in yard. Do 803-236-6426 Newman's Tree Service Tree washouts & minor repairs. Thurs., removal, trimming, topping, view Fri. & Sun. 7 am - 5 pm. Must have 2 enhancement pruning, bobcat yrs exp. CDL & clean driving record. LEGAL work stump grinding, Lic & 803-938-2708 M-F 9am-3pm lv msg. JOBS insured. 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Company supplied 22, 2018, until 12:00 p.m., Monday, March 5, 2018. The Public Service uniforms and accrued PTO time. Commission has jurisdiction over BIKES Want to Buy Applicants can apply in person at matters pertaining to investor-owned Freehold Cartage 132 Myrtle Beach electric and gas utilities, water and Hwy Sumter, SC 29153 or wastewater companies, Will buy furniture by piece or bulk, call803-773-2611ext 25. Resumes telecommunications companies, FURNITURE tools, trailers, lawn mowers, 4 can bee-mailed to tkrigbaum carriers of household goods and wheelers, or almost anything of @freeholdcartage.com. Hourly rate hazardous waste for disposal, value. Also old signs & lawn furniture taxicabs, and other motor vehicle commensurate with experience. PETS Call 803-983-5364 passenger carriers. A commissioner must have at least a baccalaureate degree. It is preferred that a GARAGE SALES Auctions commissioner have a background of substantial duration in one of the following areas: (a) energy; (b) AUCTION RENTALS & MORE telecommunications; (c) consumer February 17, 2018 at 9 am protection and advocacy; (d) water RACCOON ROAD STORAGE and wastewater; (e) finance, 7875 Raccoon Rd & Hwy 260 economics, and statistics; (f) Rooms for Rent Check out our web site for updates accounting; (g) engineering; or (h) GET THE www.raccoonroadstorage.com law. The following units will be up for Men's Large room for rent No The Commission is composed of sale: deposit, No lease. Call seven commissioners, one from each CLASSIFIEDS Symbolic Ent M-94, B Smith 803-565-7924. of the seven Congressional districts. M-118, L Wellman M-270,V Hilton M-100, H Wilson M-117,S. Wil- DELIVERED liams M-285, K Myers M-32, P Moore M-71, A Montgomery M-206, P Keith M-132, C Jones TO YOUR M-257, C Frank M-290, M Flood M-302, S Calhoun M-181. 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conveyed to Brittanie N. Monahan by conveyed to Terrill Ramsey and 19 Alice Dr., John J. Hearn deed of Anthony T. Lau dated May 8, 1749 Nicholas Drive Yulanda Ramsey by deed of Sumter, SC 29150 bidder, other than the plaintiff, will Attorney for Plaintiff 2013 and recorded May 15, 2013 in Elizabeth S. Ramsey dated October deposit with the Master in Equity at P.O. Box 100200 the Office of the Register of Deeds Sumter, SC 29154 conclusion of the bidding, five per 13, 2011 and recorded in the Office of This being the same property Columbia, SC 29202-3200 for Sumter County, South Carolina in TMS# 225-10-05-019 cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or the Register of Deeds for Sumter conveyed to Betty M. Williams by (803) 744-4444 Book 1187 at Page 1669. equivalent, as evidence of good faith, County on October 13, 2011 in Deed deed of Marie L. Ard n/k/a Marie L. 013263-10098 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest same to be applied to purchase price Book 1161 at Page 1133. Hansen, dated January 25, 2002, and Website: www.rtt-law.com TMS#: 186-01-01-021 at the current rate of Four and in case of compliance, but to be 50/100 (4.50%) to be paid on balance recorded in the Office of the (see link to Resources/Foreclosure TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The forfeited and applied first to costs of bid from date of sale to date of Register of Deeds for Sumter County Sales) Master in Equity will require a and then to plaintiff's debt in the Property Address: compliance. The purchaser to pay on January 25, 2002, in Deed Book deposit of 5% of the bid amount in case of noncompliance. Should the 3640 Oleander Drive for papers and stamps, and that the 830 at Page 1505. NOTICE OF SALE cash or certified funds, which is to successful bidder fail or refuse to CIVIL ACTION NO. Sumter, S.C. 29154 successful bidder or bidders, other make the required deposit at time of be applied on the purchase price TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The than the Plaintiff therein, will, upon bid or comply with the other terms of 2017-CP-43-01398 upon compliance with the bid. Master in Equity will require a TERMS OF SALE: The successful the acceptance of his or her bid, the bid within twenty (20) days, then bidder, other than the plaintiff, will Interest on the balance of the bid at deposit of 5% of the bid amount in BY VIRTUE of the decree deposit with the Master in Equity for the Master in Equity may resell the deposit with the Master in Equity for 9.23% shall be paid to the day of cash or certified funds, which is to heretofore granted in the case of: Sumter County a certified check or property on the same terms and Sumter County at conclusion of the compliance. In case of be applied on the purchase price Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Foxy R. cash in the amount equal to five conditions (at the risk of the said bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, noncompliance within 20 days, after upon compliance with the bid. Campbell; The United States of percent (5%) of the amount of bid on defaulting bidder). Should the in cash or equivalent, as evidence of the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be Interest on the balance of the bid at America, acting by and through its said premises at the sale as evidence Plaintiff, or one of its good faith, same to be applied to the forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's 3.875% shall be paid to the day of agency, The Secretary of Housing of good faith in bidding, and subject representatives, fail to be present at purchase price in case of judgment debt and the property compliance. In case of and Urban Development; United to any resale of said premises under the time of sale, the property is compliance, but to be forfeited and re-advertised for sale upon the same noncompliance within 20 days, after States of America, acting through its Order of this Court; and in the event automatically withdrawn from said applied first to costs and then to terms at the risk of the former the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be agency, Department of Treasury - the said purchaser or purchasers fail sale and sold at the next available plaintiff's debt in the case of highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's Internal Revenue Service, the to comply with the terms of sale sales day upon the terms and non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's deed recording fees and deed judgment debt and the property undersigned Master In Equity for within Twenty (20) days, the Master conditions as set forth in the representative is not in attendance stamps. re-advertised for sale upon the same Sumter County, South Carolina, will in Equity shall forthwith resell the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or at the scheduled time of the sale, the said property, after the due notice terms at the risk of the former sell on March 5, 2018 at 12:00PM, at Deficiency judgment not being any Supplemental Order. The sale shall be canceled and the and advertisement, and shall highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for the Sumter County Courthouse, City demanded, the bidding will not successful bidder will be required to property sold on some subsequent continue to sell the same each deed recording fees and deed of Sumter, State of South Carolina, remain open after the date of sale, pay for documentary stamps on the sales day after due advertisement. subsequent sales day until a stamps. to the highest bidder: but compliance with the bid may be Deed and interest on the balance of Should the last and highest bidder purchaser, who shall comply with the bid from the date of sale to the fail or refuse to make the required made immediately. Deficiency judgment not being ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, the terms of sale, shall be obtained, date of compliance with the bid at deposit at time of bid or comply with demanded, the bidding will not PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH such sales to be made at the risk of the rate of 10.9400%. THIS SALE IS the other terms of the bid within Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, remain open after the date of sale, THE IMPROVEMENT THEREON, the former purchaser. Since a SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on but compliance with the bid may be IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND personal or deficiency judgment is COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING forfeited and the Master in Equity the day of sale, the property shall not made immediately. BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY waived, the bidding will not remain EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND for Sumter County may re-sell the be sold, but shall be re-advertised OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH open but compliance with the bid RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND property on the same terms and and sold at some convenient sales Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, CAROLINA, SHOWN AS LOT NO. 27, may be made immediately. If the OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. conditions on some subsequent Sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on DEERFIELD SUBDIVISION, ON A Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's No personal or deficiency judgment Day (at the risk of the said highest Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's the day of sale, the property shall not PLAT OF H.S. WILSON, DATED representative does not appear at being demanded, the bidding will bidder). As a deficiency judgment is agent, is present. be sold, but shall be re-advertised APRIL 8, 1969 AND RECORDED IN the above-described sale, then the not remain open after the date of being Waived, the bidding will not sale of the property will be null, and sold at some convenient sales THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER The sale shall be subject to taxes sale, but compliance with the bid remain open thirty days after the void, and of no force and effect. In day thereafter when Plaintiff, OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY and assessments, existing easements may be made immediately. NOTICE: date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for such event, the sale will be Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's IN PLAT BOOK Z-26 AT PAGE 93. and easements and restrictions of The foreclosure deed is not a preparation of deed, documentary rescheduled for the next available agent, is present. THIS PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS record. warranty deed. Interested bidders stamps on the deed, and recording of sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of should satisfy themselves as to the 710 FAWN CIRCLE, SUMTER, The sale shall be subject to taxes the deed. The successful bidder will its rights, including its right to a quality of title to be conveyed by SOUTH CAROLINA AND SHOWN Plaintiff does not warrant its title and assessments, existing easements be required to pay interest on the deficiency judgment, prior to sale. obtaining an independent title ON THE SUMTER COUNTY TAX search to purchasers at foreclosure and easements and restrictions of amount of the bid from date of sale Sold subject to taxes and search well before the foreclosure MAP AS PARCEL NO. 204-15-01-013. sale or other third parties, who record. to date of compliance with the bid at assessments, existing easements and sale date. The Honorable Richard L. the rate of 3.375% per annum. The should have their own title search AFORESAID PLAT IS restrictions of record. Booth Master in Equity Sumter sale shall be subject to assessments, performed on the subject property. Plaintiff does not warrant its title SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED County Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Sumter County taxes, easements, Hutchens Law Firm search to purchasers at foreclosure HEREIN AND REFERENCE IS FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, SC easements and restrictions of record, P.O. Box 8237 sale or other third parties, who CRAVED THERETO FOR A MORE PO Box 71727 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for and other senior encumbrances. Columbia, SC 29202 should have their own title search COMPLETE AND ACCURATE North Charleston, SC 29415 Plaintiff 803-726-2700 performed on the subject property. DESCRIPTION OF THE METES, Benjamin E. Grimsley (843) 577-5460 BOUNDS, COURSES AND S.C. Bar No. 70335 Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard L. Booth Notice of Sale DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY MASTER IN Attorney for the Plaintiff Master in Equity DELINEATED HEREIN. THIS EQUITY'S SALE C/A No: P.O. Box 11682 AMENDED NOTICE OF for Sumter County DESCRIPTION IS IN LIEU OF THE 2017-CP-43-00787 Columbia, S.C. 29211 CASE NO. 2017-CP-43-01807 MASTER'S SALE Sumter, South Carolina METES AND BOUNDS, AS (803) 233-1177 IN THE COURT OF PERMITTED BY LAW UNDER BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the [email protected] COMMON PLEAS FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE 1976 granted in the case of United States Court of Common Pleas for Sumter THIRD JUDICIAL Post Office Box 71727 County, South Carolina, heretofore CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH NOTICE OF SALE of America acting through the Rural North Charleston, S.C. 29415 CAROLINA. AS AMENDED. BE ALL Housing Service or successor CIRCUIT issued in the case of Ditech (843) 577-5460 Financial, LLC vs. Michael Simon; MEASUREMENT A LITTLE MORE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore agency, United States Department of CASE NUMBER: Attorneys for Plaintiff South Carolina Department of Motor OR A LITTLE LESS AND granted in the case of: JPMorgan Agriculture against Susan H. 2016-CP-43-00955 Vehicles; Lisa Simon; Bibco, Inc., I ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT. Chase Bank, National Association vs. Barkley a/k/a Susan Barkley, I, the Notice of Sale the undersigned as Master in Equity Kristin L. Geddings; Safe Federal Master in Equity for Sumter County, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA C/A No: for Sumter County, will sell on THIS BEING THE SAME Credit Union;, C/A No. will sell on Monday, March 5, 2018, at COUNTY OF SUMTER 2017-CP-43-01653 March 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM, at the PROPERTY CONVEYED TO FOXY 2017CP4301952, The following 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter Sumter County Judicial Center, R. CAMPBELL BY DEED OF THE property will be sold on March 5, County Courthouse, Sumter, South Sumter Habitat for Humanity, Inc. BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Sumter County, South Carolina, to ESTATE OF MARY J. CASOLI BY 2018, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter Carolina, to the highest bidder: Plaintiff(s), Court of Common Pleas for Sumter the highest bidder: ROBERT CASOLI, PERSONAL County Courthouse to the highest vs. REPRESENTATIVE DATED All that certain piece, parcel, or lot Constance A. Oliver and SC Housing County, South Carolina, heretofore bidder U.S. Bank AUGUST 4, 2008 AND RECORDED of land, together with the Corp, issued in the case of Legal Description and Property National Association vs. Tony A. Address: AUGUST 8, 2008 IN BOOK 1110 AT All that certain piece, parcel or lot of improvements thereon, if any, Jacobs; Angelika H. Jacobs;, I the THAT LOT OF LAND with the PAGE 2460 IN THE RECORDS FOR land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being in the Defendant(s). undersigned as Master in Equity for improvements thereon situate on SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Privateer, County of Sumter County, will sell on March 5, Middletown Township School CAROLINA. Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, By virtue of a Decree of Foreclosure 2018 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter District No. 1, Sumter County, South Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot entered in an action entitled, Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter Carolina represented as Lot 28 on CURRENT ADDRESS being shown and designated as Lot #46 of Hideaway Village Habitat for Humanity, Inc. vs. County, South Carolina, to the plat of D .D. Edmunds, RLS dated OF PROPERTY: #116, containing 0.53 acres, more or Subdivision, as shown on that Constance A. Oliver and SC Housing highest bidder: March 8, 1996, recorded on the less, of Rolling Hills Subdivision, as certain plat prepared for Susan H. Corp, Civil Action Case No. 710 Fawn Circle, Sumter County RMC Office in Plat shown on that certain plat prepared Barkley, by Michael C. Turbeville, 2016-CP-43-00955, the undersigned Sumter, SC 29150-3134 Legal Description and Property Book 96 at Page 560, which for Robert M Belk, Jr. and Denise RLS, dated February 9, 2005, and Master In Equity will sell at public TMS: 204-15-01-013 Address: boundaries and measurements were Belk by William E. Lindler, Jr., RLS, recorded in the Office of the auction to be conducted in Room 1A ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel reconfirmed by plat of D.D. dated August 28, 2001 and recorded Register of Deeds for Sumter County of the Sumter County Judicial Center TERMS OF SALE: The successful or lot of land with the improvements Edmunds, RLS, dated March 30, 1998 in the Office of the Register of Deeds in Plat Book 2005 at Page 80, and in Sumter, South Carolina, on March bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will thereon, if any, situate, lying and recorded in Plat Book PB98 at Page for Sumter County in Plat Book PB having such metes and bounds as are 5, 2018 at 12:00 noon, the following deposit with the Master In Equity, at being in the County of Sumter, State 500. This property represented on 2001 at page 604. This said lot has shown on said plat, this description property will be sold to the highest conclusion of the bidding, five of South Carolina, being shown and the BIBCO, Inc. by deed of B&G such metes, boundaries, courses and being in lieu of metes and bounds, as bidder: percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or delineated as Lot No. 140 of Developer recorded on March 25, distances as are shown on said plat, permitted under Section 30-5-250 of equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the 1976 Code of Laws of South All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Wintergreen Subdivision, Section 1996 in Volume 643 at Page 1041. same to be applied to the purchase which are incorporated herein in No. 2, Phase I, as shown on that accordance with the provisions of Carolina. This is the property known land, together with any price in case of compliance, but to certain Plat of Louis W. Tisdale, PLS TOGETHER WITH: One 1991 Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws as 3075 Tuckaway Drive. improvements thereon, situate, lying be forfeited and applied first to costs dated November 5, 2003 and Clayton Mobile Home, Serial # of South Carolina, 1976. and being in Sumter County, State of and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the recorded in the Office of the WHC001668GAAB. Derivation: Book 1211 at Page 291 This being the same property South Carolina, delineated as Lot 46 case of non-compliance. Should the conveyed to Susan Barkley by Deed of Fuller Garden Subdivision, Phase Register of Deeds for Sumter County last and highest bidder fail to comply of J.D. Gainey Construction Co., Inc. One, Section Two, on plat prepared in Plat Book 2004 at Page 47, and THIS BEING the same property with the other terms of the bid 4405 Camden Hwy, having such boundaries, metes, conveyed to Michael Simon and Lisa Dalzell, SC 29040 dated January 3, 2005 and recorded by Louis White Tisdale, RLS, dated within thirty (30) days, then the February 11, 2005 in the Office of the June 4, 2002 and recorded in Plat courses and distances as are shown Simon by virtue of a Deed from Master In Equity may re-sell the Register of Deeds for Sumter County Book 2003 at Page 380 in the RMC on said plat, reference to which is Bibco, Inc. dated May 6, 1998 and property on the same terms and 151-14-02-007 in Deed Book 969 at Page 611. Office for Sumter County and hereby made pursuant to authority recorded May 6, 1998 in Volume 704 conditions on some subsequent Sales bounded and measuring as follows: contained in § 30-50-250 of the Code at Page 1748 in the Office of the Day (at the risk of the said highest SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, Property Address: On the North by Lot 45 measuring of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as Register of Deeds for Sumter bidder). No personal or deficiency SUMTER COUNTY AD VALOREM thereon 85.38 feet; on the East by amended. This property is known as County, South Carolina. judgment being demanded, the 3075 Tuckaway Dr., 3775 Rhododendron Street, Sumter, TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, Sumter, SC 29154 Habitat Court and measuring bidding shall not remain open after RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND thereon 73.55 feet; on the Southeast SC. THEREAFTER, Lisa Simon the date of sale and shall be final on OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. by the corners of Habitat Court and conveyed all her interest in subject THIS BEING that date, and compliance with the TMS # 180-13-02-026 Habitat Drive and measuring the same property property unto Michael Simon by bid may be made immediately. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in thereon 35.36 feet; on the South by conveyed unto Tony A. Jacobs and virtue of a Deed dated April 28, 2000 Purchaser to pay for documentary certified funds is required. The TERMS OF SALE: The successful Habitat Drive and measuring Angelika H. Jacobs by virtue of a and recorded May 15, 2000 in stamps on the Deed. The successful deposit will be applied towards the bidder, other than the plaintiff, will thereon 60.52 feet; and on the West Deed from Davis & Ross Volume 771 at Page 1825 in the bidder will be required to pay purchase price unless the bidder deposit with the Master in Equity for by Lot 47 and measuring thereon Construction Company, Inc. dated Office of the Register of Deeds for interest on the amount of the defaults, in which case the deposit Sumter County at conclusion of the 104.00 feet, be the said September 6, 2005 and recorded Sumter County, South Carolina. balance of the bid from date of sale will be forfeited. If the successful bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, measurements more or less. This is September 7, 2005 in in Volume 996 to date of compliance with the bid at bidder fails, or refuses, to make the in cash or equivalent, as evidence of the property known as 1185 Habitat at Page 652 in the Office of the 6125 Waco Court the rate of 4.25% per annum. The required deposit, or comply with his good faith, same to be applied to the Drive, Sumter, South Carolina, 29153 Register of Deeds for Sumter Wedgefield, SC 29168 sale shall be subject to taxes and bid within 20 days, then the property purchase price in case of and bears Sumter Tax Map Number: County, South Carolina. TMS# 100-00-04-043 assessments, existing easements and will be resold at his risk. Personal or compliance, but to be forfeited and 251-06-02-076. (land and mobile home) restrictions, easements and deficiency judgment having been applied first to costs and then to 3775 Rhododendron St. restrictions of record and any other demanded or reserved, the sale will plaintiff's debt in the case of This being the property conveyed to Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest senior encumbrances. Pursuant to remain open for thirty (30) days non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's Constance A. Oliver by deed of TMS# 187-16-06-007 at the current rate of Four and Section 2410(c), Title 28, United pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. representative is not in attendance Sumter Habitat for Humanity, Inc. 00/100 (4.00%) to be paid on balance States Code, the Defendant, the §15-39-720 (1976). The successful at the scheduled time of the sale, the dated January 18, 2007 and recorded TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest of bid from date of sale to date of United States of America, acting bidder will be required to pay sale shall be canceled and the January 29, 2007, in Deed Book 1062 at the current rate of Five and compliance. The purchaser to pay through its agency, Department of interest on the amount of the bid property sold on some subsequent at Page 1579 in the ROD Office for 875/1000 (5.875%) to be paid on for papers and stamps, and that the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service, from date of sale to date of sales day after due advertisement. Sumter County. balance of bid from date of sale to successful bidder or bidders, other has a right of redemption on proper compliance with the bid at the rate Should the last and highest bidder date of compliance. The purchaser than the Plaintiff therein, will, upon application to redeem the within of 4% per annum. For complete fail or refuse to make the required TERMS OF SALE: to pay for papers and stamps, and the acceptance of his or her bid, property for 120 days from the date terms of sale, see Judgment of deposit at time of bid or comply with that the successful bidder or deposit with the Master in Equity for of sale of the subject property. Foreclosure and Sale filed with the the other terms of the bid within At the conclusion of the bidding, the bidders, other than the Plaintiff Sumter County a certified check or Although they are entitled to a one 1 Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be successful purchaser, other than the therein, will, upon the acceptance of cash in the amount equal to five year right of redemption, since the #2017CP4301952. forfeited and the Master in Equity plaintiff, must deposit with the his or her bid, deposit with the mortgage lien of the Defendant for Sumter County may re-sell the percent (5%) of the amount of bid on Master five (5%) per cent of the bid Master in Equity for Sumter County said premises at the sale as evidence United States of America derives NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is property on the same terms and in cash or equivalent. Credit will be a certified check or cash in the of good faith in bidding, and subject from issuance of insurance under not a warranty deed. Interested conditions on some subsequent Sales allowed for this against the purchase amount equal to five percent (5%) of to any resale of said premises under the National Housing Act, any bidders should satisfy themselves as Day (at the risk of the said highest price. the amount of bid on said premises Order of this Court; and in the event federal right of redemption under 28 to the quality of title to be conveyed bidder). As a deficiency judgment is at the sale as evidence of good faith the said purchaser or purchasers fail U.S.C Section 2410c is deemed by obtaining an independent title being Waived, the bidding will not Personal/deficiency judgment having in bidding, and subject to any resale to comply with the terms of sale waived by 12 U.S.C. Section 1701K. search prior to the foreclosure sale remain open thirty days after the been waived, the bidding will remain of said premises under Order of this within Twenty (20) days, the Master date. date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for not open and compliance with the Court; and in the event the said In the event an agent of Plaintiff preparation of deed, documentary in Equity shall forthwith resell the bid must be made within twenty (20) purchaser or purchasers fail to said property, after the due notice does not appear at the time of sale, Richard L. Booth stamps on the deed, and recording of days thereafter. comply with the terms of sale within and advertisement, and shall the within property shall be Master In Equity for the deed. The successful bidder will Twenty (20) days, the Master in continue to sell the same each withdrawn from sale and sold at the Sumter County be required to pay interest on the Interest will accrue on the amount of Equity shall forthwith resell the said next available sales date upon the amount of the bid from date of sale subsequent sales day until a the bid until date of compliance at property, after the due notice and purchaser, who shall comply with terms and conditions as set forth in John J. Hearn to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of five (5%) per annum. advertisement, and shall continue to the terms of sale, shall be obtained, the Judgment of Foreclosure and Attorney for Plaintiff the rate of 6.0% per annum. The sale sell the same each subsequent sales such sales to be made at the risk of Sale or such terms as may be set P.O. Box 100200 shall be subject to assessments, If the successful bidder fails to day until a purchaser, who shall the former purchaser. As a personal forth in a supplemental order. Columbia, SC 29202-3200 Sumter County taxes, easements, comply, his deposit will be forfeited comply with the terms of sale, shall or deficiency judgment is demanded, (803) 744-4444 easements and restrictions of record, and applied in the manner be obtained, such sales to be made at the bidding will remain open for a The Honorable Richard L. Booth 012507-02610 and other senior encumbrances. prescribed by law; and the property the risk of the former purchaser. As period of thirty (30) days pursuant to Master In Equity Website: www.rtt-law.com will be re-advertised and sold on the a personal or deficiency judgment is the S.C. Code Ann. Section 15-39-720 for Sumter County (see link to Resources/Foreclosure GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC same terms and conditions on some demanded, the bidding will remain (1976). If the Plaintiff or the Sales) P. O. Box 11682 subsequent sales day at his risk. open for a period of thirty (30) days Plaintiff's representative does not Brock & Scott, PLLC Columbia, South Carolina 29211 pursuant to the S.C. Code Ann. 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Notice of Sale (803) 233-1177 appear at the above-described sale, The sale will be subject to all Section 15-39-720 (1976). If the then the sale of the property will be Columbia, SC 29210 C/A No: Benjamin E. Grimsley accrued and/or delinquent Sumter Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's Attorneys for Plaintiff Edward L. Grimsley null, void, and of no force and effect. 2017-CP-43-00616 County ad valorem property taxes representative does not appear at In such event, the sale will be Phone 803-454-3540 S.C. Bar No. 2326 and all visible and recorded the above-described sale, then the Fax 803-454-3541 [email protected] rescheduled for the next available BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the easements, covenants and rights of sale of the property will be null, sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of Court of Common Pleas for Sumter Benjamin E. Grimsley way and any senior liens. void, and of no force and effect. In MASTER IN S.C. Bar No. 70335 its rights, including its right to a County, South Carolina, heretofore such event, the sale will be deficiency judgment, prior to sale. EQUITY'S SALE issued in the case of RoundPoint [email protected] The purchaser is to pay for rescheduled for the next available CASE NO. Attorneys for the Plaintiff Sold subject to taxes and Mortgage Servicing Corporation vs. preparation of deed, documentary sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of assessments, existing easements and 2017-CP-43-02090 Mary Lou B. Hardy; Tiffany D. stamps and recording. its rights, including its right to a restrictions of record. Barrett; Pocalla Springs NOTICE OF MASTER deficiency judgment, prior to sale. BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore Homeowners Association, Inc., I the IN EQUITY SALE Richard L. Booth Sold subject to taxes and Hutchens Law Firm granted in the case of Trustmark undersigned as Master in Equity for CIVIL ACTION NO. Master-In-Equity assessments, existing easements and P.O. Box 8237 National Bank against Brittanie N. Sumter County, will sell on March 5, 2017CP4301314 Sumter, South Carolina restrictions of record. Columbia, SC 29202 Monahan, I, the Master in Equity for 2018 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter 803-726-2700 Sumter County, will sell on Monday, County Judicial Center, Sumter BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the NOTICE OF MASTER Hutchens Law Firm March 5, 2018, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., County, South Carolina, to the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter IN EQUITY SALE P.O. Box 8237 at the Sumter County Courthouse, highest bidder: Columbia, SC 29202 County, South Carolina, heretofore CIVIL ACTION NO. Autos For Sale Sumter, South Carolina, to the issued in the case of Bayview Loan 2017CP4301487 803-726-2700 highest bidder: Legal Description and Property Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Address: AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Liability Company, against Elizabeth BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the All that certain piece, parcel or lot of ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel, 2017-CP-43-01657 BY VIRTUE of a S. Ramsey, et al., the Master in Court of Common Pleas for Sumter land, containing 0.45 acre(s), more or or lot of land, together with the decree heretofore granted in the Equity for Sumter County, or his County, South Carolina, heretofore less, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, case of: Bayview Loan Servicing, agent, will sell on March 5, 2018 at issued in the case of Wells Fargo improvements thereon, lying, being lying, and being in the County of LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability 12:00 P.M. at the Sumter County Bank N.A., as Trustee, for Carrington and situate in Stateburg Township, Sumter, State of South Carolina, and Company against Charles M. Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series the County of Sumter, State of South being shown as Lot 18E on a Seymore, I, the undersigned Master Street, Sumter, SC to the highest 2006-NC3 Asset-Backed Carolina, being shown and Subdivision Survey of Pocalla in Equity for Sumter County, will sell bidder: Pass-Through Certificates, against delineated as Lot No. 11 of Springs Subdivision on a plat on March 5, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. at the Betty M. Williams, the Master in Wintergreen Subdivision, Phase II prepared for Great Southern Homes, Sumter County Courthouse in All that piece, parcel or lot of land, Equity for Sumter County, or his/her on that certain plat by Joseph R. Inc. by Black River Land Surveying, Sumter, South Carolina, to the with improvements thereon, located agent, will sell on March 5, 2018, at Edwards, PLS dated February 17, LLC dated March 6, 2015 and highest bidder, the following in the County of Sumter, Staatsburg 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial 2003, recorded in the Office of the recorded in the Office of the described property, to-wit: All that Township, the said lot or parcel Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Register of Deeds for Sumter County Register of Deeds for Sumter County lot of land, together with having been surveyed and divided Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest in Plat Book 2003 at Page 95. on April 9, 2015 in Plat Book 2015 at improvements thereon, known as 212 from a 7.49 acre tract owned by bidder: Page 0070; reference being made to Louis Ramsey, the said lot of land Brand Street, situate in the City of Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the the said plat which is incorporated Sumter, Sumter County, South being more specifically described in All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Code of Laws of South Carolina herein by reference for a more Carolina and designated as Lot # 100 that plat of H.S. Willson, RLS, dated land, with the dwelling and (1976), reference to said plat(s) is complete and accurate description; on plat made December 4, 1907, by July 26, 1982 and recorded in Plat improvements thereon, situate, lying hereby craved for particulars of the all measurements being a little more Lee & McLellan Surveyors, and Book Z-47 at Page 748 being bounded and being in the City and County of boundaries, metes, courses, and/or or less. recorded in the Office of the Clerk of and measuring according to said Sumter, State of South Carolina, distances of the property delineated Court for Sumter County in Plat plat. designated as Lot No. 22 in Block "A" thereon. THIS BEING the same property Book 4-A at Page 12. Being the same on a plat recorded in Plat Book ZZ5 conveyed unto Mary Lou B. Hardy property conveyed to Charles M. TMS Number: at Page 160 in the Office of the This property is represented as Tax and Tiffany D. Barrett by virtue of a Seymore by deed of Robert Register of Deeds for Sumter Map Parcel No. 186-01-01-021 upon Deed from Great Southern Homes, 155-16-01-032 Haynsworth, dated July 30, 1974 and County. the records of the Sumter County Inc. dated August 26, 2015 and PROPERTY ADDRESS: recorded July 30, 1974 in Deed Book Auditor, and is known as 3640 recorded September 2, 2015 in Book 785 Mayfield Dr., A-10 at Page 367. TMS No. Oleander Drive, Sumter, SC. 1214 at Page 3820 in the Office of the Sumter, SC 29150 TMS Number: 250-09-03-037 Property Address: 212 Register of Deeds for Sumter 228-09-01-017 Brand Street, Sumter, SC 29150 This being the same property County, South Carolina. This being the same property PROPERTY ADDRESS: TERMS OF SALE: The successful B8 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Here's My Card

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Human error is likely the cause of a collision between an Amtrak train and a freight train in South Carolina that killed two people and injured dozens of others this month, according to a Dustin Singh, left, and Jason Price hang flowers alongside a memorial where 17 crosses hang on a fence outside Marjory preliminary report. Stoneman Douglas High School. Singh and Price graduated from the high school. NICOLE RAUCHEISEN/USA TODAY NETWORK The National Transportation Safety Board report said “the evidence indi- cates that human decision making and actions likely played key roles” in the Feb. 4 crash near the city of Cayce. Teen suspect’s defenders Visitor logs for White House agencies to be made to public

The U.S. Secret Service has agreed describe a ‘broken child’ to settle a lawsuit brought by the con- sumer advocacy group Public Citizen over visitor logs for four White House His downward spiral Suspect bought assault agencies. Public Citizen alleged that the Trump administration was violat- began after mother’s rifle legally, cleared ing the Freedom of Information Act by death, lawyer says background check refusing to release information about visitors to these agencies. Doug Stanglin Bart Jansen and Mike James USA TODAY South Africa’s new president USA TODAY promises clean government The suspect in a Florida school The teenager accused of killing 17 at shooting bought the AR-15-style rifle Cyril Ramaphosa became South Af- a Florida high school dropped his used in the attack legally a year ago, au- rica’s president with a message of AR-15-style rifle and left the scene thorities said Thursday. clean government and inclusiveness with terrified students, blending in to Nikolas Cruz, 19, is charged with mur- on Thursday. Many South Africans make his escape before casually walk- dering 17 people at Marjory Stoneman hope he can reverse a corrosive period ing into a nearby Walmart to get a Douglas High School, where he had of division under Jacob Zuma. drink, authorities said Thursday. been expelled for fighting, according to Ramaphosa, 65, a lead negotiator in Nikolas Cruz used the cover of flee- authorities. the transition from apartheid to de- ing students to make his way to the Cruz lawfully bought the semiauto- mocracy in the early 1990s, was elect- Walmart, where he bought a drink at a Nikolas Cruz, 19, accused of killing matic rifle last February, according to ed by ruling party legislators eager to Subway restaurant in the store, Bro- 17 people, makes his first court Peter Forcelli, special agent in charge of shed political limbo and get the leader- ward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at appearance at a bond hearing on the Miami office of the Bureau of Alco- ship of the country back on track. a news conference Thursday. Then Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Cruz walked to a McDonald’s, Israel POOL PHOTO BY SUSAN STOCKER The gun, a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 U.K. blames Russian military said. .223, was purchased at Sunrise Tactical for ‘malicious’ cyberattack Israel says Cruz was confronted by a Supply, according to the Associated police officer and arrested about 40 Press. Britain blamed the Russian govern- minutes after leaving the McDonald’s. Federal law allows people 18 and old- ment on Thursday for a cyberattack in The moments leading up to Cruz’s “This family did what er to legally purchase long guns, includ- Europe last year, accusing Moscow of arrest were detailed shortly after the ing this kind of assault weapon. With no “weaponizing information.” subdued, handcuffed 19-year-old they thought was criminal record, Cruz cleared an instant Foreign Minister Tariq Ahmad said made his first court appearance Thurs- background check via the FBI criminal “the U.K. government judges that the day on charges of premeditated mur- right, which was to database. Russian government, specifically the der in the killing of 17 students and fac- If somebody is adjudicated mentally Russian military, was responsible for ulty at a Florida high school. bring in a troubled defective or has been committed to a the destructive NotPetya cyberattack Head slightly lowered, Cruz said mental institution, he is prohibited from of June 2017.” Ahmad said the “reck- only “Yes, ma’am” when addressed on kid and try to help possessing a firearm under federal law. less” attack cost organizations hun- closed-circuit television by Judge Kim Florida Gov. Rick Scott said at a news dreds of millions of dollars. him out.” From staff and wire reports Seesee SHOOTING, SHOOTING, page Page C2 2B Jim Lewis, lawyer Seesee RIFLE, RIFLE, page Page C2 2B

USA SNAPSHOTS© Flu vaccines 25% effective vs. worst strain This year’s model more to send people to doctors’ offices. This Monto noted that the 25% effective- year, vaccines are preventing 36% of ness against H3N2 is higher than the effective on children those illnesses, the report said. But they 10% reported earlier from Australia. Ca- are preventing just 25% of illnesses nadian researchers estimated a 17% ef- Kim Painter caused by a type of influenza A called fectiveness rate. All of the numbers USA TODAY H3N2. That strain, always a vaccine come with statistical hedging because 1,135,679 challenge, is behind three-quarters of they are based on fairly small groups. Number of free smoke alarms This year’s flu vaccines reduce the verified flu cases this season, CDC said. The new data also contain a bright the American Red Cross has chance of getting the flu by about one- Flu experts were quick to say the spot: among children ages 6 months to installed across the USA in the third but are just 25% effective against vaccines remain worthwhile. 8 years old, vaccine effectiveness was last three years. the nasty strain causing the most mis- “We’ve got a good vaccine but not a higher, 59% overall. ery, according to preliminary estimates great vaccine. It is modestly effective,” The worst recent year for vaccines released Thursday by the Centers for said Arnold Monto, a University of was 2014-15, when the CDC reported a NOTE Volunteer to install smoke alarms at Disease Control and Prevention. Michigan professor of epidemiology 19% flu prevention rate and blamed a redcross.org/homefires In a typical season, vaccines prevent and a co-author of the report, which is mismatch between the strains in the SOURCE American Red Cross 40% to 60% of flu cases serious enough based on data from 4,562 patients. vaccine and the ones causing illness. C2 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 · THE SUMTER ITEM

adults, Broward County Sheriff Scott years ago, adopted Nikolas and his bio- Shooting Israel said. At least 15 were injured and logical brother, Zachary, after the couple taken to hospitals. moved from Long Island in New York to continuedContinued from from page Page C1 1B Among the dead was Aaron Feis, a Broward County. coach and security guard. The boys were left in the care of a Theresa Mollica. Counselors were available Thursday family friend after their mother died, Mollica ordered him held without morning off-campus for the more than said family member Barbara Kumbatov- bond on 17 counts of murder. His attor- 3,000 students, teachers and staff at the ich. Unhappy there, Nikolas Cruz asked ney, public defender Melissa McNeill, school, which will remain closed. to move in with a friend’s family in stood with her arm around Cruz during Israel said Cruz had been expelled northwest Broward. The family agreed, the brief appearance and did not con- from the school for “disciplinary reasons.” and Cruz moved in around Thanksgiv- test the order. Victoria Olvera, 17, said Cruz was ing. According to Jim Lewis, the family’s Cruz, his hands shackled at his waist, kicked out last year after a fight with his lawyer, who did not identify the family, was led out of the room by deputies. ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. She said they knew Cruz owned the rifle but The hearing was to formally present Cruz had been abusive to his girlfriend. made him keep it locked up in a cabinet. charges in the massacre Wednesday at Before Thursday’s hearing, Chief As- “This family did what they thought Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sistant Public Defender Gordon Weekes was right, which was to bring in a in Parkland, Fla. Cruz was booked into described Cruz as a “deeply troubled Nikolas Cruz BROWARD COUNTY JAIL VIA AP troubled kid and try to help him out,” Broward County Jail on Thursday morn- child who has endured a lot of emotion- Lewis told CNN. ing. al trauma in a short period of time.” He Broward County Mayor Beam Furr Authorities said Cruz triggered a fire said Cruz began spiraling downward af- was “sad, mournful and remorseful” told CNN that Cruz was treated at a alarm in a school building that serves ter the death of his mother in November. over the killings. mental health clinic but that he hadn’t freshmen students, then roamed the McNeill described Cruz, who was on Cruz’s mother, Lynda, died of pneu- been back for more than a year. corridors firing a semiautomatic rifle at suicide watch in jail, as a “broken child” monia Nov. 1, according to the Broward Contributing: Alexi Cardona, Naples students pouring into hallways. who suffered brain developmental County Sun-Sentinel. She and her hus- Daily News; Emily Bohatch, The (Stuart, The 17 dead include students and problems and depression. She said he band, who died of a heart attack several Fla.) News; the Associated Press

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WASHINGTON – The Senate on to Europe Thursday killed four immigration bills, including a Republican measure Shulkin defends himself backed by President Trump and a competing bipartisan proposal, both to House veterans panel of which would have offered legal pro- tections to more than 1million undocu- Donovan Slack mented immigrants who came to the USA TODAY USA as children. The measures’ failure puts those WASHINGTON – Veterans Affairs immigrants, known as DREAMers, at Secretary David Shulkin told lawmak- risk of deportation starting March 5, ers during a testy exchange Thursday when the White House plans to re- that he took responsibility for the bad scind legal protections granted under Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., leads a group of senators urging President Trump “optics” of a trip he took to Europe last the Deferred Action for Childhood Ar- to support a bipartisan immigration deal Thursday in Washington. The president year. The VA inspector general said rivals program. didn’t, and the bill never got the required votes to pass. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP Shulkin wrongly accepted Wimbledon The House is also deeply divided on tickets and airfare for his wife. the issue of immigration, and GOP “I do recognize the optics of this are leaders in that chamber have not by a group of 16 senators, would have president and his enablers in Congress not good,” Shulkin said at a House Vet- scheduled a vote on any legislation. provided a pathway to citizenship for rejected them all, never once budging erans Affairs Committee hearing. “I ac- The White House said it cannot extend more than 2 million DREAMers. It would from their own partisan plan.” cept responsibility for the program that granted the DREAM- have allocated $25 billion to strengthen The final Senate vote on the biparti- that.” ers temporary legal status and work security at the southern border with san measure was 54-45, well short of Rep. Mike Coffman, permits, leaving no clear path for a res- Mexico, limited family-based immigra- the 60 needed to advance. R-Colo., who had al- olution to their status. tion and barred the parents of DREAM- Trump backed a more restrictive ready called for Shul- Federal judges ordered the admini- ers from becoming citizens. Senate bill, which was also defeated kin’s resignation when stration to renew protections for peo- “This is the only bill that has a chance Thursday. the inspector general ple in the program, a dispute that will to get through the United States Sen- That proposal, sponsored by Repub- Veterans report was released be resolved by the Supreme Court. ate,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a lead licans on the Senate Judiciary Commit- Affairs Wednesday, suggested Senators said they would try to re- sponsor, said before Thursday’s vote. tee, would have granted eventual citi- Secretary Shulkin missed the group and come up with a better com- The GOP-controlled House can pass zenship to 1.8 million of the DREAMers David point. “Its not the optics promise that could win the 60 votes bills with just the support of the major- and given Trump his requested $25 bil- Shulkin that are not good, it’s needed to advance. ity party, but most major legislation re- lion for immigration enforcement, in- the facts that are not “The issue is not going to go away,” quires 60 votes in the Senate. Republi- cluding funding for the wall. good,” he said. said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a lead cans hold only 51 seats there, so any of It would have met Trump’s demands VA Inspector General Michael Mis- sponsor of the bipartisan bill. “We’ve the four bills would have needed bipar- for changes to family-based immigra- sal found that nearly half of the 10-day still got DACA kids that are going to tisan support. tion, what Republicans call “chain mi- trip to London and Denmark last July have to be addressed. We’ve still got a The White House had threatened a gration,” and ended a diversity visa lot- was spent sightseeing and that Shul- border security system that the presi- veto of the bipartisan bill. The Depart- tery system. The bill would have cut le- kin directed an aide to arrange the ac- dent says is a priority.” ment of Homeland Security said the bill gal immigration by at least 25%. tivities with his wife, an exercise that Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., another “would be the end of immigration en- The Trump-backed bill garnered 39 took an “extensive use of official time.” supporter of the bipartisan bill, said he forcement in America.” “yes” votes, and 60 senators voted Shulkin said he regretted mistakes would keep working. Supporters of the measure disputed against it. he and his aides made in planning the “This crisis isn’t going away, and I the White House’s arguments and said The Senate rejected two narrower trip and securing ethics approvals, and will not rest until these young people the bill met Trump’s demands in a fair bills: one to create a path to citizenship he reiterated those sentiments at the and their families have the future in and balanced way. for the DREAMers and improve border hearing. Shulkin is the only holdover America that they deserve,” Durbin “Democrats made enormous conces- security and a second to withhold fund- from the Obama administration in said. sions in order to reach not one but six ing from “sanctuary cities” that limit po- President Trump’s Cabinet. Trump weighed in via Twitter be- separate, bipartisan agreements to pass lice officers’ cooperation with federal Previously undersecretary for fore the vote, saying the bipartisan the overwhelmingly popular DREAM immigration authorities. health, he was sworn in as secretary plan would be a “total catastrophe.” Act in exchange for a dismally unpop- Contributing: Herb Jackson, Alan one year ago Wednesday. The bill, unveiled Wednesday night ular border wall,” Durbin said. “The Gomez THE SUMTER ITEM · FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 | C3 NEWS Royal pain: Could homeless mar wedding?

blame cuts by Prime Minister Theresa Suggestion that they May’s administration to social welfare be removed sparks programs for the spike in numbers. But in Windsor, with a population of debate in Windsor 32,200, only 12 to 15 people routinely live on the streets, said Murphy James, Kim Hjelmgaard who runs the Windsor Homelessness USA TODAY Project, an organization that provides food, health services and housing ad- WINDSOR, England – It’s a place fit vice. for a prince, but not, it seems, for a pau- “Dudley called it an ‘epidemic.’ “It’s per. not an epidemic,” James said. Ahead of Prince Harry and the Amer- James added that Windsor was a ican actress Meghan Markle’s wedding “caring and compassionate” town. He here May 19, this picturesque riverside believes most of the people disagree town is grappling with a problem affect- with Dudley’s controversial suggestion. ing a growing number of communities Since making the comments in Janu- across England: homelessness. ary, Dudley has survived a no-confi- Windsor is host to the world’s oldest dence vote in his position as the leader and largest inhabited castle. Queen of Windsor and Maidenhead Council. Elizabeth II uses it on weekends. It has a He has also said his remarks were mis- Gothic chapel that is the final resting interpreted. The council, meanwhile, place of 10 monarchs, including Henry has moved forward with a separate pro- VIII. The town, 25 miles west of London, posal that forbids bedding, belongings has put on royal weddings for centuries. and other personal items from being left But a rift in this otherwise serene unattended in Windsor. place has opened up after Simon Dud- The proposal includes a fine of about ley, a local Conservative Party official, A local Conservative Party official’s suggestion to clear the homeless from the $140 for those who fail to heed the law, suggested police should consider using streets of Windsor has sparked a debate ahead of the royal wedding May 19 in although existing legislation already legal powers to clear the destitute from Windsor Castle, reflected in a window on a town street. LEON NEAL/GETTY IMAGES permits police to remove the homeless Windsor’s streets so that “aggressive from public places. begging and intimidation” and bags and “If we were living in the 1800s I could debris do not spoil Harry and Markle’s clothing could be seen in prominent maybe understand it, but not now,” said big day. spots on the town’s High Street, one of Kevin Dorian, 47, referring to the crack- “It’s not just because they are home- the main thoroughfares on which Harry down on vagrants in that time period. less and we don’t want them here, al- and Markle will greet crowds as part of a Dorian grew up in Windsor. He has though it doesn’t look great for tourists carriage procession through the town. spent time in prison for robbery, and he when they are always being asked for Windsor is filled with upmarket res- has been homeless here since 2003. money,” said Kelly Carpenter, who runs taurants, tea rooms, quaint pubs and “This is a wealthy area, in a wealthy a pub across from Windsor Castle, fancy stores selling kitchen goods, an- country. More should be done to help where the pair will wed. tiques and pricey clothing. Businesses us,” he said. “We’re people. We’re not “They are a security threat. Anyone here are busy renting out rooms, hiring just animals who can be shooed away.” could be hiding under those blankets.” extra staff, concocting special menus, And Stuart Thatcher, 40, a former For the royal wedding in April 2011 of designing royal-wedding-themed sou- heroin user who now occupies a coveted Harry’s older brother, Prince William, to venirs — and preparing to be besieged spot under a bus shelter directly across Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey by thousands of tourists, well-wishers from Windsor Castle, said he would in central London, about 350,000 over- and media for the wedding. forcibly resist any attempts by the au- seas visitors showed up in Britain that But it is also a place caught up in the thorities to make him leave the town. month, according to the Office for Na- U.K.’s homelessness problem. Over the “They will have to physically pick me tional Statistics. past year, homelessness in England is up,” Thatcher said. When USA TODAY visited Windsor up 14% and has risen by 136% over the “They will have to physically pick me When asked about the upcoming roy- in early February, about half a dozen past five years, according to govern- up,” says Stuart Thatcher, who shelters al wedding, Thatcher said: “Is Harry people were bundled in sleeping bags ment statistics. Homeless charities in a bus stop across from Windsor marrying an American? I’m really happy amid cardboard boxes. Layers of warm such as Mungos, based in London, Castle. KIM HJELMGAARD/USA TODAY for him. Of course, mate.” Diplomats’ health woes in Cuba still a mystery

Havana denies any role vana began suffering unexplained losses of hearing and the beginnings of in problems at embassy neurological symptoms. Several of the diplomats had recently Jessica Durando arrived at the embassy, which reopened USA TODAY in 2015 as part of former president Oba- ma’s re-establishment of diplomatic re- “Buzzing, grinding metal, piercing lations with Cuba and relaxation of trav- squeals and humming.” el restrictions. These are the words U.S. diplomats The U.S. government personnel in in Cuba used to described the hearing, Cuba reported hearing these weird, loud vision, balance and brain symptoms sounds along with feelings of changes in suffered in 2016 in what the State De- air pressure in their homes owned and partment has called “health attacks.” maintained by the Cuban government Doctors unveiled the first detailed and hotel rooms. Although there had medical reports late Wednesday, but a been no history of head trauma, the This artist’s conception gives an impression of how common planets are around clear diagnosis of what happened to symptoms reported were consistent the stars in the Milky Way. The planets, their orbits and their host stars are all trigger their health problems is still a with brain injury. vastly magnified compared with their real separations. About 3,600 planets mystery. The State Department created an ex- outside our solar system have been found so far. M. KORNMESSER/ESO The symptoms are similar to the pert panel in July 2017, which found that brain dysfunction seen with the initial findings were most likely re- concussions, specialists from the Uni- lated to “neurotrauma from a non-natu- versity of Pennsylvania found after ral source” and the department recom- We’re not alone: Nearly testing 21 of the 24 embassy personnel mended further investigation. believed to be affected. The University of Pennsylvania’s An editorial in JAMA, the Journal of Center for Brain Injury and Repair was 100 more exoplanets seen the American Medical Association, selected to coordinate the evaluation, said a conclusion “remains elusive” treatment and rehabilitation of the pa- Doyle Rice and “many potential causes for the tients. USA TODAY symptoms ... remain possibilities.” Whatever the cause, the Havana pa- Astronomers say there are “Before reaching any definitive con- tients “experienced persisting disability The universe just got a little more clusions, additional evidence must be of a significant nature,” the University crowded. likely hundreds of billions obtained and rigorously and objective- of Pennsylvania team found. Nearly 100 new exoplanets — planets of exoplanets in our galaxy ly evaluated,” the editorial said. Cuba has said there were no attacks outside of our solar system — have been The situation began in late 2016 and strongly denied any allegations of discovered, scientists announced in a alone. when a series of U.S. diplomats in Ha- wrongdoing. new study published Thursday. Using powerful telescopes, exopla- Since the first exoplanet was dis- nets can be detected as they orbit covered in 1995, about 3,600 exopla- around their star, which causes a subtle nets have been found, ranging from dimming of starlight. rocky Earth-sized planets to large gas These most recent exoplanets were giants like Jupiter. spotted using NASA’s Kepler space tele- But this is only the tip of a very big scope, now in orbit around the Earth. iceberg: Astronomers say there are Though the spacecraft had a major me- likely hundreds of billions of exopla- chanical failure in 2013, scientists were nets in our galaxy alone. able to reconfigure it to enable it to keep “Exoplanets are a very exciting field watching for exoplanets. of space science,” Mayo said. “As more “We started out analyzing 275 candi- planets are discovered, astronomers dates of which 149 were validated as real will develop a much better picture of exoplanets,” said study lead author An- the nature of exoplanets which in turn drew Mayo, a Ph.D. student at the Tech- will allow us to place our own solar nical University of Denmark. “In turn, system into a galactic context.” 95 of these planets have proved to be The research was published Thurs- Warming relations with Cuba under former president Obama sent more new discoveries.” day in the Astronomical Journal. Americans to places such as the Hotel Capri in Havana. DESMOND BOYLAN/AP C4 | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018 TELEVISION THE SUMTER ITEM FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 16 SP FT 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM LOCAL CHANNELS WIS News 10 at Entertainment 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Skeleton. Figure skating (men’s final); alpine skiing (women’s Super-G); freestyle skiing; skeleton. (N) WIS News 10 at WIS * 3 10 7 (N) Tonight (N) (Live) 11 (N)

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An The 700 Club ››› “ParaNor- FREE 20 131 A Chinese maiden disguises herself as a man. old man flies away in a balloon-powered house. man” (2012) FSS 21 47 Facing Waves Facing Waves Women’s College Basketball Georgetown at DePaul. (N) (Live) 3 Wide Life (N) Raceline (N) Auburn Basketball ACC All-Access Wm. Basketball (6:00) “The Wedding March” (2016) Jack “Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love” (2017, Romance) Jack Wagner, Josie The Middle “Office The Middle “Heck The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls HALL 52 183 Wagner, Josie Bissett. Bissett. Former sweethearts join forces to run a wedding resort. Hours” on a Hard Body” “Brotherly Love” HGTV 39 112 House Hunters House Hunters Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home House Hunters (N) Hunters Int’l House Hunters Hunters Int’l Dream Home HIST 45 110 Ancient Aliens Ancient Aliens: Declassified “Angels, Gods and Heroes” The origins of myths and legends. (N) Ancient Aliens CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Better CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Two CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Golfer is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Investi- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Member CSI: Crime Scene ION 13 18 Off Dead” A gun-store shootout. women murdered in a Las Vegas hotel. murdered at a tournament. gating streetcar racing. (DVS) of Rascal Flatts is electrocuted. Investigation (6:00) ›› “Aaliyah: The Princess of ›› “Daddy’s Little Girls” (2007, Romance) Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba. A poor (:02) The Rap Game “The Press Got U (:12) The Rap To Be Announced (12:01) ›› “Dad- LIFE 50 145 R&B” (2014) Alexandra Shipp. mechanic and an attorney share an unexpected romance. Stressed” JD lines up a press tour. (N) Game (N) dy’s Little Girls” MSNBC 36 92 Hardball With Chris Matthews (N) All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams (N) Rachel Maddow NICK 16 210 Hunter Street (N) SpongeBob ››› “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” (2015) Full House Full House Friends Friends Friends PARMT 64 153 (6:00) ›› “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008) Bellator MMA Live Matt Mitrione vs. Roy Nelson. (N) (Live) ›› Road House (5:30) ›› “Conan the Barbarian” (2011, Futurama “A Head Futurama “Xmas Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama “Raging Futurama Futurama Futurama “A Clone SYFY 58 152 Adventure) Jason Momoa. in the Polls” Story” Bender” of My Own” Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine ››› “Ant-Man” (2015, Action) Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. Ant-Man uses his shrinking ELEAGUE Road to the Boston Major- The ›› “Tron: Legacy” (2010) Jeff Bridges, TBS 24 156 skills to battle Yellowjacket. (DVS) Challengers. (N) Garrett Hedlund. (DVS) (5:45) ››› “Action in the North Atlan- ›››› “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939, Comedy-Drama) James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude ››› “The Champ” (1931) Wallace Beery. A failed boxer makes (12:15) ›››› “A TCM 49 186 tic” (1943) Humphrey Bogart. Rains. An idealistic young man wades into hot political waters. (DVS) a comeback to win his son’s respect. Star Is Born” TLC 43 157 Untold Stories of the E.R. “Oh, Deer!” Untold Stories of the E.R. “Hooked” Untold Stories of the E.R. Untold Stories of the E.R. “Face Off” Untold Stories of the E.R. Stories of the ER Bones “Player Under Pressure” A col- Bones “The Baby in the Bough” A wom- 2018 Rising Stars Challenge Stars from the U.S. and the world participate in this Inside the NBA (N) The Alienist “The Boy on the Bridge” TNT 23 158 lege-basketball player dies. an’s car is run off the road. exhibition of the NBA’s finest young talent. (N) (Live) (Live) Serial killings in 1896 New York City. TRUTV 38 129 Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Mom Mom King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family “The Modern Family Modern Family “Do Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Chrisley Knows Chrisley Knows Chrisley Knows USA 25 132 (DVS) “Grab It” Alliance” “Snow Ball” It Yourself” (DVS) (DVS) (DVS) Best Best Best WE 68 166 Love After Lockup Mama June: From Not to Hot Mama June: From Not to Hot (N) Love After Lockup “Race to the Altar” Mama June: From Not to Hot Love After Lockup WGNA 8 172 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Bellevue The case is near being solved. M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Rules/Engagement Disney creates cute, safe comedy from horror genre BY KEVIN McDONOUGH TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Netflix launches another coming of • Coverage of the 2018 Winter Olym- age dramedy aimed at the 30-ish some- pics (8 p.m., NBC) includes figure skat- things advertisers crave. Even though ing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and Netflix doesn’t need advertisers. skeleton. Set in the nowhere town of Boring, • On two episodes of “The X-Files” Oregon, “Everything Sucks!” (TV-14) re- (Fox, r, TV-14), secrets revealed (8 p.m.), volves around three geeky freshman double vision (9 p.m.). guys (Quinn Liebling, Rio Mangini • Ants contend with grasshoppers in and Jahi Winston) who join the high the 1998 animated comedy “A Bug’s Life” school A.V. club. (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), featuring the This puts them in proximity of Kate voices of Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis- Messner (Peyton Kennedy), an unat- Dreyfus and Dave Foley. tainable sophomore who not only • “American Masters” (9 p.m., PBS, TV- deigns to talk to them, but seems to PG, check local listings) repeats a pro- offer grudging respect. To its credit, file of Maya Angelou. “Everything” has cast young people • Terrorists interrupt a high school who look their age, putting this in the dance on “Hawaii Five-0” (10 p.m., CBS, great tradition of “Freaks & Geeks,” r, TV-14). “Dazed and Confused” and Netflix’s • Imelda Staunton, will.i.am and standout cult series “Stranger George Ezra appear on “The Graham Things.” Norton Show” (10 p.m., BBC America, At the same time, the evocation of TV-14). its 1996 era seems a tad forced and • The 2017 documentary “Word Is maybe a little beside the point. Tori Bond” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) ex- Amos references aside, this series re- plores the power of words and lyrics in ally takes in the never-never land of hip-hop music and culture. late adolescence, a dream state where period touchstones are rather inciden- tal, or worse, grafted on to please the CULT CHOICE marketing department. Winners of Oscars for best original Don’t go looking for the goofy fanta- story, the film classics “Mr. Smith Goes sy fun of “Stranger Things.” It’s as if to Washington” (8 p.m., TCM), “The Netflix commissioned a decidedly sad- Champ” (10:30 p.m.) and “A Star Is Born” der version of that series. Kennedy (12:15 a.m.) have all been remade more may have a breakout role as Kate, but than once. The third incarnation of “A she’s a deeply melancholy young Star Is Born” is scheduled for release woman who’s confused and secretive. on Oct. 5, featuring Lady Gaga and She’s still mourning her mother, dead Bradley Cooper. some 10 years, and increasingly alien- ated from her dad, the high school principal who tries too hard to be cool, JOHN MEDLAND / DISNEY CHANNEL SERIES NOTES relevant and “there,” when Kate wish- Milo Manheim, left, stars as Zed and Meg Donnelly as Addison in the Disney Channel “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” (8 p.m., es he was a million miles away. Original Movie “Zombies,” premiering at 8 p.m. today on the Disney Channel. CBS) * Illusionists audition on “Penn & • “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (8 p.m., CW, TV- Teller: Fool Us” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * 14) wraps up its third season. On other subversive send-up of musical theater, bies are green-tinted stand-ins for a “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC). networks and in earlier times, a little- “Crazy Ex” was clearly conceived with different group or caste seeking accep- watched series that ended in February a live audience in mind. tance and a little understanding. Zed after 13 episodes would be considered • The 2018 comedy made-for-TV even has a precocious little zombie sis- LATE NIGHT a goner. But the Nielsen-obsessed movie “Zombies” (8 p.m., Disney, TV-G) ter. Kate Winslet, Laura Benanti and gnomes at tvbythenumbers.com see turns a horror genre into something • Also debuting on Netflix, the 2018 Wolf Alice are booked on “The Late this smart and wildly creative series cute, safe and Disney-fied. A cheer- romantic comedy “Irreplaceable You” Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., as likely to be renewed. leader (Meg Donnelly) challenges the (TV-MA) stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and CBS, r) * Annette Bening, Rachel Bros- “Crazy Ex” recently passed the conventions of her conformist high Michiel Huisman as friends since nahan and Royal Blood appear on “The milestone of presenting its 100th musi- school when she becomes smitten childhood whose wedding plans are Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 cal number, and the cast of the series with Zed (Milo Manheim), a brash upended by a cancer diagnosis. The a.m., CBS, r). will embark on a multicity music tour young zombie. supporting cast includes Christopher on March 31. That seems fun and en- Don’t go looking for rotting flesh Walken, Claire Holt, Steve Coogan and Copyright 2018 tirely appropriate. An audacious and and undeadly contagion. Here, zom- Kate McKinnon. 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News 19 at 7pm (N) Inside Edition MacGyver “DIY or DIE” MacGyver search- NCIS: New Orleans “Down the Rabbit 48 Hours News 19 at 11pm Blue Bloods “Shadow of a Doubt” Frank WLTX 3 9 9 Weekend (N) es for a Navy SEAL. Hole” Pride tracks one of Hamilton’s allies. (N) handles a PR crisis. (DVS) (DVS) Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! The Middle Frank- The Middle Axl visits blackish Dre’s blackish “Charity 20/20 ABC Columbia American Ninja Warrior “Baltimore Finals WOLO 9 5 12 “America’s Game” ie’s mom stays with Hutch in Chicago. godbrother is let out Case” Junior fails his News at 11 (N) Part 1” Obstacles Rumbling Dice and Body her while ill. of prison. driving test. Prop. (Part 1 of 2) Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents A plot Father Brown “The Resurrectionists” A Shetland A young man disappears. Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries “Marked Austin City Limits “Chris Stapleton; Bluegrass Un- WRJA ; 11 14 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I. body is removed from the graveyard. for Murder” A Football captain is found Turnpike Troubadours” Country singer derground “Blues hanging. Chris Stapleton. (N) Traveler” The Big Bang The- The Big Bang The- Boxing Premier Boxing Champions. (N) (Live) WACH FOX News The Simpsons Hell’s Kitchen “All-Star Finale” The winner Ring of Honor WACH Y 6 6 ory “The Bozeman ory Sheldon works at 10 (DVS) is revealed. (DVS) Wrestling Reaction” with Penny. Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Rookie Blue “Heart Breakers, Money Saving Hope “Wishbones” Joel and Char- Leverage “The Wedding Job” The team Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers WKTC Ø 4 22 Eve wants to quit Ed wants to reunite Makers” Proceeds from crime must be lie tend to Alex’s brother. (DVS) poses as wedding planners. A time sensitive The Jokers make “In Poor Taste Buds” soccer. with his ex. seized. challenge. some tough calls. CABLE CHANNELS (5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 11.18.17” (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live PD: Rewind Live PD “Live PD -- 02.17.18” Riding along with law enforcement. (N) (Live) Live PD “Live PD A&E 46 130 Riding along with law enforcement. No. 87” (N) -- 02.17.18” “Terminator 3: ››› “Independence Day” (1996, Science Fiction) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. Earthlings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile- ››› “Independence Day” (1996, Science Fiction) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff AMC 48 180 Machines” wide ships. Goldblum. Earthlings vs. evil aliens in 15-mile-wide ships. ANPL 41 100 Pit Bulls and Parolees Pit Bulls and Parolees Pit Bulls and Parolees (N) (:03) The Vet Life “Bait n’ Switch” (N) (:04) Pit Bulls and Parolees The Vet Life (5:00) ›› “This › “Big Momma’s House 2” (2006, Comedy) Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Emily Procter. An FBI agent repris- › “A Madea Christmas” (2013, Comedy) Tyler Perry, Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray. Madea dishes BET 61 162 Christmas” es his disguise, posing as a heavy nanny. out her own brand of Christmas spirit. (5:38) › “Little (:44) ›› “Next Friday” (2000, Comedy) Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce. A young man lives with kin who (9:52) ›› “Next Friday” (2000, Comedy) Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce. A ››› “The Depart- BRAVO 47 181 Fockers” (2010) won the lottery. young man lives with kin who won the lottery. ed” (2006) CNBC 35 84 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Canada. Oceans of Crime American Greed “Crash for Cash” American Greed “Deadly Payout” Oceans of Crime American Greed CNN 3 80 CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) CNN Special Report (N) The Radical Story of Patty Hearst The Radical Story of Patty Hearst The Eighties “Greed Is Good” The Eighties (6:20) ›› “Horrible Bosses” (2011, Comedy) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason (8:50) ›› “Horrible Bosses 2” (2014, Comedy) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis. Nick, Dale (:35) ›› “Horrible Bosses” (2011) Jason COM 57 136 Sudeikis. Three oppressed workers plot against their employers. and Kurt plot revenge on a thieving investor. Bateman, Charlie Day. “Zombies” (2018) Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly. Suburban high (:45) Andi Mack (:15) Disney Chan- (:45) Stuck in the (:10) Stuck in the (:35) Andi Mack Bunk’d Bunk’d Liv and Maddie: DISN 18 200 schoolers learn to coexist with zombies. nel Cast Party Middle Middle Cali Style DSC 42 103 Street Outlaws New rules cause drama. Street Outlaws “Racing in the Streets” Memphis stays in Vegas to race Cali. (N) Street Outlaws “Gatekeeper Gate” Street Outlaws ESPN 26 35 College Basketball (:15) College Basketball North Carolina at Louisville. (N) (Live) (:15) College Basketball Oregon at UCLA. From Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. SportsCenter (N) ESPN2 27 39 College Basketball College Basketball Oklahoma State at TCU. (N) (Live) College Basketball Utah at Washington State. (N) (Live) Basketball FOOD 40 109 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive FOXN 37 90 Fox Report (N) Watters’ World (N) Justice With Judge Jeanine (N) The Greg Gutfeld Show (N) Watters’ World Justice Judge (5:15) ››› “Up” (:25) ››› “Despicable Me” (2010) Voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel. Animated. ››› “The Goonies” (1985, Children’s) Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen. Young misfits find a 17th-cen- ››› “The Box- FREE 20 131 (2009) Three orphans challenge one of Earth’s greatest villains. tury pirate’s treasure map. trolls” (2014) FSS 21 47 Women’s College Basketball Women’s College Basketball Texas at Oklahoma State. College Basketball Marquette at Creighton. (N) (Live) 3 Wide Life “Cooking With Love” (2018, Comedy) Ali Liebert, Brett Dalton. A producer and a chef “Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride” (2018, Comedy) Jack Wagner, Josie The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls HALL 52 183 are paired on a cooking show. Bissett. Premiere. Olivia and Mick host their families at the inn. HGTV 39 112 Fixer Upper Fixer Upper “The Flipper Upper” Fixer Upper House Hunters Renovation (N) We Bought We Bought Fixer Upper HIST 45 110 The Curse of Oak Island “Unhinged” ››› “Black Mass” (2015, Crime Drama) Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton. (:33) Pawn Stars (:03) Pawn Stars (:33) Pawn Stars (12:03) Black Mass Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit One Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A Law & Order: Spe- ION 13 18 revelation threatens Rollins’ future. squad looks for a missing escort. Olivia’s brother asks for help. of Benson’s old cases is reopened. kidnapping may be bogus. cial Victims Unit (6:00) “Girl Followed” (2017, Suspense) “Stalked by My Ex” (2017, Suspense) Yves Bright, Tamara Braun. Premiere. A wom- (:02) “Who Killed My Husband?” (2016, Mystery) Andrea Bowen, Yasmeene Ball, (12:01) “Stalked by LIFE 50 145 Emma Fuhrmann, Joey Lawrence. an flees her abusive ex-husband after he’s released from prison. Jim Thorburn. A cop goes under cover to investigate a currency business. My Ex” (2017) MSNBC 36 92 The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams Deadline: White House (N) Hardball With Chris Matthews (N) Dateline Extra NICK 16 210 Henry Danger Henry Danger The Thundermans Nicky, Ricky Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends Friends Friends PARMT 64 153 “Indiana Jones & the Temple” ››› “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989, Adventure) Harrison Ford, Sean Connery. ›››› “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) Harrison Ford. (5:36) ›› “Tomorrowland” (2015) George Clooney. A scientist ›› “The Chronicles of Riddick” (2004, Science Fiction) Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton. A Futurama “Mother’s Futurama “Antholo- Futurama “The SYFY 58 152 and a young woman explore a mysterious city. fugitive fights an invading ruler and his army. Day” gy of Interest I” Honking” Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal With The Detour “The Drop the Mic TBS 24 156 Postponement” Maestro” Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Samantha Bee Goal” (5:45) ›››› “East of Eden” (1955, ››› “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (1943, Drama) Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Katina Paxinou. An American soldier of fortune ››› “A Passage to India” (1984) Judy Davis. A bored British TCM 49 186 Drama) James Dean, Julie Harris. fights in Spain’s Civil War. woman finds self-discovery in 1920s India. TLC 43 157 Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress (N) Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes, Dress Players Only: Shaq and Kobe (N) (Live) 2018 NBA All-Star Saturday Night NBA players participate in a skills challenge, a three-point contest and a Final Space “Sneak Peek” Animated. A ››› “American Gangster” (2007) TNT 23 158 slam dunk contest. (N) (Live) preview of the animated space saga. (N) Denzel Washington. (DVS) TRUTV 38 129 Hack My Life Inside Hacks Hack My Life Hack My Life Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 The Golden Girls The Golden Girls Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Mom Mom King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens NCIS “Squall” A murder on a U.S. Navy NCIS “Gut Check” The Secretary of Navy NCIS “Rogue” The team investigates a car Falling Water “Love Is a Dreamer” Tess’ (:01) NCIS “Enemy Combatant” Bishop (12:01) NCIS “Keep USA 25 132 ship. (DVS) is bugged. (DVS) explosion. (DVS) sister starts to fall apart. (N) heads to Gitmo on a murder case. Going” WE 68 166 Criminal Minds Criminal Minds “Plain Sight” Criminal Minds “Broken Mirror” Criminal Minds Broad daylight. Criminal Minds “The Fox” Criminal Minds WGNA 8 172 Blue Bloods “Occupational Hazards” Blue Bloods Blue Bloods “Payback” Bellevue The case is near being solved. Person of Interest “Judgement” Person of Interest Seafood scandals explored on ‘Oceans of Crime’ BY KEVIN McDONOUGH that characters can follow Oliver’s “Last Week” joins Is there something fishy their passions well into the Stephen Colbert-pro- about the low price of sea- their seventh and eighth de- duced comedy “Our Cartoon food? “Oceans of Crime” (8 cades. President” (8 p.m., Show- p.m. Saturday, CNBC) ex- Look for Bernadette Pe- time, TV-14) as two Sunday plores the frighteningly un- ters as the frequently flus- night political satires creat- regulated world of the in- tered orchestra president; ed by former “Daily Show” ternational fishing industry, Malcolm McDowell as a con- talent. reporting that 90 percent of ductor emeritus not quite Just this week, Netflix an- the seafood that Americans ready to hang up his baton; nounced a deal to produce a consume is imported and Saffron Burrows as a volup- weekly talk show starring that nearly a quarter of that tuous cellist, and Hannah “Daily Show” writer and bounty is fished illegally. Dunne as Hailey’s best talent Michelle Wolf. Her These pirate procurers are friend and spunky confi- comedy special “Nice Lady” not only overfishing and dante. was recently seen on HBO. putting whole species in “Mozart” never sinks into danger, but they are also en- procedural cliche and es- gaging in labor practices chews violence for, well, vi- SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS that amount to modern-day olins. Nobody gets shot. The • Coverage of the 2018 ALI PAIGE GOLDSTEIN / HBO slavery. only explosions come from Winter Olympics (7 p.m., Andy Bean, left, stars as Henry Bergen and Daniel Zovatto as Ramon “Crime” follows the work the horn section. NBC) includes alpine ski- Black in “Here and Now,” airing at 9 p.m. Sunday on HBO. of activists who track crimi- What’s not to love? If you ing, short track, skeleton nal Chinese fishing vessels haven’t started streaming it and ski jumping. • A kidnapped heiress be- or’s aide pulls the trigger on in the South Indian Ocean; yet, I’m a little jealous be- • After learning that her comes a symbol of fringe “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., a concerned individual in cause you get to discover it husband is about to leave politics as the documentary CBS, r, TV-14) * On two epi- West Virginia who uses sat- for the very first time. prison, a woman escapes to miniseries “The Radical Story sodes of “black-ish” (ABC, r, ellites to track ocean-going • Sometimes your career her hometown with her of Patty Hearst” (9 p.m. and TV-14), brother’s keeper (9 vessels in real time; an aid takes you back to your be- teenage daughter in the 2017 10 p.m., CNN) continues. p.m.), charity events (9:30 worker who rescues Thai ginnings, because maybe shocker “Stalked by My Ex” (8 • O’Keefe continues his p.m.) * “48 Hours” (10 p.m., fishing boat slaves; and re- that’s where you’ve always p.m., Lifetime, TV-14). broadcasts deep under- CBS) * “20/20” (10 p.m., tailers and restaurateurs belonged. On Sunday, Netf- • The epic documentary ground on “Homeland” (9 ABC). who have gone out of their lix begins streaming “The series “Planet Earth: Blue p.m., Showtime, TV-MA). way to sell only fish bought Joel McHale Show With Joel Planet II” (9 p.m., BBC Amer- • Ronnie uncovers evi- from scrupulous sources. McHale” (TV-MA). It will ica, TV-G) puts the accent dence on “The Chi” (10 p.m., SUNDAY SERIES • Amazon Prime has just offer tongue-in-cheek takes on green, demonstrating Showtime, TV-MA). Halloween horror on “The begun streaming a fourth on the past week’s news and how the competition for Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, season of “Mozart in the Jun- popular culture and include sunlight deep beneath the TV-PG) * Two helpings of gle.” interviews with guests in- waves results in kelp for- CULT CHOICE “Celebrity Family Feud” (8 I cannot praise this witty cluding Kevin Hart and ap- ests, mangroves, seagrass Goldie Hawn won a best p.m. and 9 p.m., ABC, r, TV- comedy highly enough. pearances by Alison Brie, and algae blooms. supporting actress Oscar PG) * “Big Brother: Celebrity For the uninitiated, it fol- Mike Colter, Paul Reiser, for her performance in the Edition” (8 p.m., CBS) * A lows members of a fictional Jodie Sweetin and Jim 1969 comedy “Cactus Flower” haunted country club on New York-based orchestra, Rash. SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (1 p.m. Saturday, TCM). “Ghosted” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, including Rodrigo De Souza If that sounds familiar, • Scheduled on “60 Min- Hawn also appears in the TV-14) * Total tactical (Gael Garcia Bernal), a pas- it’s because it’s not all that utes” (7 p.m., CBS): an inter- 1975 satire “Shampoo” (4 toughness on “S.W.A.T.” (9 sionate conductor whose ec- different than what McHale view with Secretary of State a.m. Sunday, TCM). p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Any- centricities include his hal- did during his stint as host Rex Tillerson; voters in thing for an Emmy on “Fami- lucinated conversations on “The Soup” from 2004 to Grand Rapids, Michigan, ly Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) with dead composers. Striv- 2015. He also starred in agree to disagree. SATURDAY SERIES * Hassle-free Easter eggs on ing oboist Hailey Rutledge “Community,” an NBC sit- • Coverage of the 2018 A soccer ball comes in “Shark Tank” (10 p.m., ABC, (Lola Kirke) has become Ro- com that had some ardent Winter Olympics (7 p.m., handy on “MacGyver” (8 TV-PG) * A dreadful smell drigo’s lover, and that situa- fans but never a big audi- NBC) includes figure skat- p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “Pre- on “LA to Vegas” (9:30 p.m., tion is the central subject of ence. His second network ing, freestyle skiing, speed mier Boxing Champions” (8 Fox, r, TV-14) * Innocents in a new season that takes the comedy, CBS’s “The Great skating, bobsled and cross- p.m., Fox) * On two episodes the crossfire on “SEAL Team” orchestra and its colorful Indoors,” failed to catch country skiing. of “The Middle” (ABC, r, TV- (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). members from Queens to fire. • Howard discovers some- PG), playing nurse (8 p.m.), Tokyo. • Another news roundup, thing new about Emily on Sue can’t unsee a horror Copyright 2018 “Mozart” indulges in mag- “Last Week Tonight With John “Counterpart” (8 p.m., Starz, movie (8:30 p.m.) * The may- United Feature Syndicate ical realism, but never be- Oliver” (11 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA). comes cute. It’s set in a HBO) returns for a fifth sea- • Young advisers clash on world of high culture, but son. 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DEAR ABBY — but I don’t know what to say forts he makes to make life My boy- to make him feel better. This easier for you, and that you friend, “Hal,” has been the elephant in the don’t want money issues to and I have room for some time. cause problems between the been dating Hal helps out with cooking two of you. He may need to for a year and housework, and because hear you say it. Then encour- and a half, of that, I don’t mind putting a age him to express his feel- living togeth- little more into the bills. I do ings the way you have. er for six not want this to be an issue Dear Abby months. I’m further down the road. Any HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY ASIAN ABIGAIL afraid he advice is appreciated. READERS — The Year of the VAN BUREN feels emascu- Stuck on this in Virginia Dog begins today. People born lated. Be- in the Year of the Dog are in- cause I make DEAR STUCK — The problem dependent, sincere, loyal and more money with elephants in the room is, decisive. Undaunted by life’s than he does, a lot of the re- the longer they are ignored, challenges, they enjoy harmo- sponsibility for paying the the larger the herd becomes. nious relationships with those bills lands on me. We try to It’s amazing that two impor- around them. Famous indi- split things down the middle, tant subjects — sex and fi- viduals who share this zodiac but recent complications with nances — are such touchy birthday are Winston his job have meant it doesn’t ones to discuss. Churchill, Mother Teresa, always work out that way. Choose a time when you President Bill Clinton, Elvis I love Hal. I know he’s the and Hal are relaxed, and then Presley and Madonna. I wish David Alfred Bywaters 2/16/18 one I want to spend the rest of bring up your concerns. Tell a happy, healthy new year to ACROSS 46 One with a title 9 Elvis hits, e.g. 41 Cylindrical my life with. I don’t want him how much you appreciate all of you who celebrate this 1 Scratch __: 48 Cry of 10 Decathlon sandwich money to be a dividing force, him in your life and the ef- holiday. woodworking discovery event 44 Took care of tools 50 *Where to read 11 Chocolate things 5 Split wide open all the latest substitute 47 Sorrow 9 Green “Sesame computer port 12 “Me too” 49 Construction Street” news? 13 Lost it site jumble sudoku PREVIOUS SOLUTION character 52 *Female 18 Elder hostile? apparatuses 14 Scallion employee of a 23 River through 51 World’s third- relative tech giant? New Mexico largest THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME hoW to play: 15 Sea predator 56 Poems of 25 Seaside eagle island By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Each row, column and 16 Asian city praise 26 Immobilizing 52 Tiny bits translating to 57 Lincoln output law- 53 Serious set of 3-by-3 boxes “place of the 58 “No seats” sign enforcement fight must contain the gods” 59 Egg producer tool 54 Former 17 *Protection for ... and product 27 Nose, Portuguese numbers 1 through 9 a press feeding 62 Tuesday dish? slangily territory in without repetition. frenzy? 63 Rating 28 Camp sight, China 19 Tight headgear reduction perhaps 55 Aconcagua’s 20 Masseur’s responsible for 29 Forrest range workplace the answers to Gump, 58 Way more than 21 Word with fly starred clues for one a sip or about 66 Expect 33 Some are 60 Paradise 22 Shining 67 Northern tributarios 61 Animal example terminus of 35 Cordial home 24 What a burglar I-79 greeting 64 Willamette hopes not to 68 Lute family 36 Notion Valley be members 37 Not state: 26 *Result of 69 ATM features 40 Budget Abbr. nodding off at 70 Kind of lily competitor 65 Obstacle an auction? 71 Tendency 27 *Sandwich- Previous Puzzle Solved centric DOWN extremists? 1 Help for the 30 Fort Collins poor sch. 2 Sob 31 Merits 3 Acting 32 Italian capital on bad 34 Dilute advice 38 Letters for John 4 __ jump Smith? 5 Explode 39 Besmirch 6 Parched 42 Dudley the 7 Chem. Dinosaur’s org. pollutant 43 Books with test banned answers in 1979 45 Twitter’s bird, 8 Canvas e.g. support