Fears, Concerns Linger After 2008 Murder Charles Way’S Family Still Seeks Closure Almost 10 Years Later

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JIM HILLEY school districts to expand and provide we have availability on our bond in- they requested and conservatives ad- [email protected] maintenance to their buildings. debtedness to issue a new bond bill, verse to any kind of borrowing. “That basically took all our bonding come bring us your requests,’” he “You have to do this while at the South Carolina State Rep. Murrell capacity,” he said. “We didn’t have the said. “We had over $2 bil- same time facing criticism that you’re Smith, R-Sumter, said he is going duck ability to borrow money until we paid lion of requests,” he said. running up the debt in the state and hunting this weekend. that bond indebtedness off to keep our “The difficult task is pri- your running up the credit card and Pity the poor ducks. AAA credit rating.” oritizing these needs be- we don’t need a bond bill. It’s just a Smith has been working in the Now that bond bill has been paid off, cause they are real.” pork fest,” Smith said. trenches as the House Budget Writing he said, the state can pass it’s first It’s a thankless task as “It’s balancing the needs of state Subcommittee has tried to pare down bond bill in 17 years. well. government versus the need to be re- requests from state agencies to what “For years, we have been putting off SMITH Smith and his fellow sponsible,” he said. can be included in a proposed bonding deferred maintenance, we have been subcommittee members Smith said it is akin to what has bill. putting off capital needs of agencies have apparently been happened to the state’s roads. Smith said that in 2000, the Legisla- in this state and now we come and we taking potshots from all sides, includ- ture passed a $1 billion bond bill to aid say ‘OK, we are going to look because ing agencies not getting the money SEE SMITH, PAGE A11 Fears, concerns linger after 2008 murder Charles Way’s family still seeks closure almost 10 years later

The Sumter Item begins a series of stories on cold cases that lack enough information to SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO solve. By bringing attention to A billboard was used to help obtain information on the murder of Charles Way. them, the hope is that someone might have information that gust, she said. “It was just a Miles to stop by his house to Way was struck once in the Way’s jewelry and money will help solve the cases. New normal day.” check on him. right side of his abdomen, were not taken after he was technology, such as DNA test- Miles said she called her fa- It wasn’t until Miles went to above the belly button, by a shot, and the house was found ing, might also help solve cases. ther that morning, and they her father’s home on Grace low-caliber round, possibly a in well-kept condition with no had a normal Lane off Myrtle Beach High- .22-caliber gun. signs of a struggle, states the BY ADRIENNE SARVIS conversation. way about 4:30 p.m. did the feel- According to a report from crime scene report. [email protected] Other family ing of a normal day change. forensic pathologist Janice E. Way kept a .380-caliber pis- members spoke According to an incident re- Ross with Newberry Patholo- tol under a pillow in the mas- Almost nine years after the with him that port filed on the date of the gy Associates in Newberry ter bedroom and another murder of 66-year-old Charles day, too, she said. crime, Miles found her father County, Way is thought to .380-caliber pistol in the con- Way, Sumter County Sheriff’s According to lying on the floor near the have died in the early after- sole of his vehicle, but only a Office still has no suspects or previous state- back door, unresponsive. noon from excessive blood television remote was found WAY a motive as to why the beloved ments from Miles and other family loss after the bullet cut his near his body. Way was also father and grandfather was Way’s family members initially thought aorta artery. found wearing only a pair of shot and killed in his home members, Dotsy Prescott, that Way had collapsed be- Gun powder residue was blue shorts. Aug. 18, 2008. Way’s sister, attempted to get cause he had complained left on Way’s abdomen indi- A letter from Way’s brother, Robin Miles, Way’s daugh- in touch with her brother by about stomach pains, accord- cating that he was shot at sent to a county investigator, ter, said she remembers that phone that afternoon, but he ing to 2008 statements from close range but that the gun said Way would never have Monday nearly a decade ago did not answer his home county investigators. was not pressed against his answered the door without a as a pretty day. It was not too phone or cellphone, which It wasn’t until later that a body, according to the crime hot even though it was Au- was unusual. She then asked bullet wound was found. scene investigation report. SEE WAY, PAGE A11 Economist says small metros should look at long-term population

BY BRUCE MILLS mates showed Sumter essentially flat lation growth from two perspectives: dustry workforce needs are constantly [email protected] in population from the last decennial first, by providing additional opportu- evolving and growing due to technolo- census in 2010 to 2016 with a dip of nities and resources to current resi- gy in the workplace; so, having rele- Smaller metropolitan areas, such as 0.06 percent — or 60 residents to keep them here; and, second, vant resources and training available Sumter County, need to look at popu- dents — during the six- by marketing appropriately to bring is critical. lation growth as a long-run opportuni- year period to 107,396. whoever it’s targeting into the county “The technical college is a piece of ty and process due to the complex During the same time, from the outside. Each of these pieces that, and K-12 is a piece of that as well structure of the economy, says one the state grew by 7.3 per- must work together simultaneously as — both of those are important,” Von state economist. cent — or 335,755 resi- well for growth over time, he said. Nessen said. University of South Carolina Re- dents — to 4,961,119 fu- As far as the first approach of op- Key indicators to look for in this search Economist Joey Von Nessen VON NESSEN eled by growth in the portunities for current residents, Von facet are technical college enrollment made his comments Friday to The major metropolitan areas Nessen said it involves having jobs and the tracking of these students’ Sumter Item after Thursday’s release of Charleston, Myrtle available for residents to fill, but also progress toward obtaining employ- by the U.S. Census Bureau of the lat- Beach, Columbia and Greenville. having the proper resources and train- ment locally. est county population estimates for Von Nessen said Sumter and other ing in place to meet the demands of the state and entire U.S. Those esti- second-tier metros must look at popu- current employers. Business and in- SEE PROGRESS, PAGE A11

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Employment surveys differ for month, but labor market tight BY BRUCE MILLS variation between what's [email protected] being estimated for the payroll employment numbers and Two separate monthly em- then what's being estimated ployment surveys released for the household numbers," Friday show South Carolina's Kaglic said. "More often than economy moving in different not, I think, we find that the directions and provide a gray truth lies somewhere in be- picture, but one thing that's tween when you get those big crystal clear is the state's divergences in there." labor market is extremely So, Kaglic said, he needs to tight, says a regional econo- see the larger trend over the mist with the Federal Reserve next couple months of data to Bank. get a clearer picture of where Rick Kaglic, senior regional employment is moving in the economist with the Charlotte state. division of the Federal Re- The two monthly surveys serve Bank of Richmond, provided a similar picture for PHOTO PROVIDED made his remarks Friday after Sumter County as well. The U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., the adjutant general or South Carolina, presents S.C. the monthly release of the unemployment data showed State Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, with a Minute Man Statue, the symbol of the National Guard, Local Area Unemployment an increase from January to to honor him as the National Guard Association of South Carolina’s State Senator of the Year for 2016. Statistics report and the Non- February of 293 employed farm Payroll Employment re- Sumter residents, regardless port for South Carolina by the of what county they work in. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the payroll employ- Local legislators The Local Area Unemploy- ment data of employers with- ment Statistics report, which in Sumter County showed a recognized by is a survey of households for 200 job decrease for February employment, showed em- to 39,200. Sumter County's un- ployed S.C. residents grew by employment rate for February National Guard a record 10,645 residents in was 5.5 percent. Clarendon February. However, the Non- County's rate was 6.1 percent, Association farm Payroll Employment re- and Lee County registered a port, which is a jobs survey of 6.2 percent unemployment FROM STAFF REPORTS employers in the state and rate for the month. The state's based on a much larger sam- unemployment rate for Febru- ple size, revealed a decrease of ary was 4.4 percent. Two legislators in the 1,800 jobs in the month. Ac- That unemployment rate South Carolina General As- cording to Kaglic, the variance for the state is very low, ac- sembly who represent the in the two indicators could be cording to historical trends, Sumter area have been recog- because the data are collected Kaglic said. When the unem- nized by the National Guard differently: the household sur- ployment rate is high, there Association of South Caroli- vey measures how many resi- are lots of skilled available na during a ceremony Tues- dents are employed, regard- workers searching for jobs, ac- day hosted by U.S. Army Maj. less of where they work; pay- cording to Kaglic. However, a Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., roll employment measures the lower unemployment rate PHOTO PROVIDED the adjutant general for number of jobs located within means fewer skilled available U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., the adjutant general South Carolina. the geographic boundaries of workers are looking for em- for South Carolina, presents S.C. State Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sum- Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sum- the state. ployment, and it's harder for ter, was recognized as the ter, with a Minute Man Statue, the symbol of the National Guard, He gave the example of employers to find talent since Legislator of the Year for to honor him as the National Guard Association of South Caroli- someone living in York Coun- the economy is closer to "full 2016, and Sen. Thomas na’s Legislative Representative of the Year 2016. ty but working in Charlotte, employment." McElveen, D-Sumter, was North Carolina. That person The lower rate confirms recognized as Senator of the tion of South Carolina," ac- ter attorneys. Smith repre- will show up in North Caroli- what Kaglic is hearing from Year. cording to a news release. sents the citizens from na on the payroll employment business representatives on The award recognizes legis- Recipients are recommend- House District 67, in Sum- numbers, and show up in available talent for hire. lators in the state of South ed by the association’s leg- ter County. McElveen rep- South Carolina as employed "The primary challenge that Carolina who have rendered islative committee and ap- resents Senate District 35 in the household numbers, I hear from business contacts "exceptional service and leg- proved by their executive which includes Sumter, which factors the unemploy- in the state is, 'I would love to islative effort on behalf of council. Lee, Richland and Kershaw ment rate. hire a worker, if only I could the National Guard Associa- Both recipients are Sum- counties. "Oftentimes, we will get this find one,'" Kaglic said.

Shepherd’s Center seeks new home with accessibility for seniors

BY JIM HILLEY from the Shepherd’s Center has been a three years of discounts,” she said. “We so popular.” [email protected] “life saver.” do that every month.” She said the organization has about Becker said that after his wife of 51 The center also has weekly lunches 500 members, 250 volunteers and serves The Sumter Shepherd’s Center, a years passed away five years ago, he and there is some type of class such as about 1,800 people who participate in multi-faith ministry which supports needed a way to avoid becoming with- a foreign language or activity such as the public classes. quality-of-life programs for older adults drawn and reclusive. The center helped bowling or cards every day. “If you cannot afford a membership is looking for office space, according to him become re-engaged in the commu- “We have had classes on how to make it is just given, there is no application or Executive Director and CEO Jeanette nity. jewelry, how to repair small engines, anything like that,” she said. Roveri. “The center has given me free range line dancing, knitting, short stories; it is Roveri said the organization doesn't The nonprofit’s office has been to help them, and that has helped me.” classes for seniors, by seniors and they need a very large office space. housed in the Trinity Lincoln Center, Riveri said the mission of the center design the classes they want,” Roveri “We can operate out of very little formerly Lincoln High School on Coun- is to improve the physical, spiritual and said. space because we host most of our cil Street, but recently the building was mental quality of life for seniors All of the instructors are volunteers. classes in churches or the bowling alley sold to the Lincoln High School Preser- through continued learning. “If they have a skill they share their and different places,” she said. "Ideally, vation Alumni Association. She said the center provides free tax knowledge with other people,” she said. we would like to be able to host the Roveri said the ministry was founded aid services in collaboration with the The center also organizes trips for se- driving courses, which hold 20 people.” in 1983 by a group of 18 local churches, AARP and driver safety courses which niors, she said, such as day trips to go She said the main requirement is that the Junior Welfare League and civic or- allow people to get discounts on their shopping to Columbia or Florence. the office space be accessible to seniors. ganizations. auto insurance. “This month we are going to Mep- Anyone interested may call Roveri at Gus Becker, a local senior who volun- “It used to be called 55-Alive, but now kin Abby in Moncks Corner,” she (803) 840-3770, or The Shepherd’s Center teers with the ministry, said support it is offered to any age, and you get said. “We have three buses going, it is at (803) 773-1944.

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The Apostle Paul writing great opportunity to raise our children in to the Corinthians stated, the way of the Lord. The best way we do “Love it is not easily an- this, I believe, is through our actions. When gered,” (NIV). Charles a child spills something, he or she needs a Swindoll stated, “Life is 10 towel to help him or her clean it up. When a percent what happens to child does not achieve a goal, he or she need you and 90 percent how guidance on how to do better the next time. you react to it.” Have we Yelling at him or her during these moments Family witnessed people who get may only provoke him or her. Children need Encouragement angry over the littlest of to see and hear how their actions can be a things, like a child spilling testimony for the Lord. RICHARD a drink or a spouse pur- Proverbs 14:29, reminds us we must be HOLMES chasing the wrong color slow to anger. “He who is slow to anger has shirt? As you read and re- great understanding, But he who is quick- flect over this article today tempered exalts folly.” A key point in this please ask two questions:. Scripture is if we get angry quickly we can “What did I read?” and “What do I need to make mistakes, and the mistakes could be do differently because of what I read?” costly. Anger is defined by Dictionary.com as, “A Today, may we all be challenged to be slow strong feeling of displeasure or belligerence to anger, thus solving disputes in a better aroused by a wrong.” Please notice the feel- manner. Next week we will review how love ing of displeasure. When feelings of displea- does not keep a record of wrongs. sure set in, a person, church or workplace can be ripped apart by the emotions anger Family Encouragement Corner is a weekly produces. When those feelings of displea- inspirational thought from Richard Holmes. sure set in and we are easily angered, we do Holmes serves as a chaplain at Shaw Air or say things that can hurt those we love the Force Base. The opinions expressed in this most, deeply. article do not express the views of Shaw Air In Ephesians 6:4 we read these words, “Fa- Force Base or the United States Air Force. thers, do not provoke your children to anger, For more information regarding Family En- but bring them up in the discipline and in- couragement Corner or to offer your sugges- struction of the Lord.” As parents we have a tions or comments please feel free to email

Nutrition becomes more important as we age

Nutrition though running has been from these guidelines with- habits play shown to delay and slow out noticeable consequenc- an impor- muscle loss in older run- es, a 40-year-old runner or tant role in ners you must incorporate older will almost certainly everyday strength training. Once you compromise his or her re- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM Janie Wilson of Charleston gets a serving of potato chips at Wednes- life. After pass age 35, strength train- covery and performance. age 30, we ing becomes truly essential day’s Lenten Lunch program at Church of the Holy Comforter. The tend to for maintaining muscle Missy Corrigan is executive church offers lunch at noon on Wednesdays for the next three weeks gradually mass, along with correct of community health of the leading up to Good Friday. A guest speaker brings a message to the Missy lose muscle nutrition and post-workout Sumter Family YMCA. She crowd at 12:30 p.m. The lunches are open to the community, and a $5 Corrigan mass and habits. Where a young run- can be reached at mcorri- donation is suggested. Wilson is a sister of Wednesday’s guest speaker, bone densi- ner might be able to stray [email protected]. the Rev. Dallas H. Wilson Jr., who is next in line behind her. ty which slows the metabolism, increasing risk for weight gain. Aging adults can no longer get away with eating an improper diet as they once did. For aging athletes, this is especially true when it comes to performance. Because the human body changes over the years, nutrition becomes even more important. Our daily energy needs tend to decrease gradually as we age. This is partly due to a decrease in muscle mass, which lowers the body’s resting metabolic rate (RMR). The production of growth hormones slows down in our 30s making it more difficult to maintain muscle mass. One reason most adults gain weight steadily throughout adult- hood is that they continue to eat the same amount despite the fact that their RMR is going down. How- ever, this doesn’t seem to occur in runners or other endurance athletes. Research has shown that athletes who practice correct nutrition habits are better able to maintain muscle mass and a higher RMR. In a study at the Uni- versity of Colorado, female runners and swimmers aged 50-72 had the same RMR as women aged 21-35, whereas the RMR of seden- tary women aged 50-72 was 10 percent lower on average. Dr. Conley Welcomes Patients Nutrition guidelines for runners should not have to change over the years, but at McLeod Orthopaedics Clarendon aging runners should consider following them to be more important. Balanced Our community has a continued need for meals should contain ap- Specializing in: proximately 20 percent pro- orthopedic specialists. Lawrence L. Conley, DO • Joint Replacement tein, 60 percent complex of McLeod Orthopaedics Clarendon provides • Arthroscopy carbohydrates and 20 per- comprehensive orthopedic care to patients in and cent healthy fats. Water • Fracture Care should also be consumed around Clarendon County. Dr. Conley is a • Sports Medicine steadily throughout the day highly-skilled, experienced surgeon with expertise • Carpal Tunnel to keep the body hydrated. in surgical and non-surgical procedures for joint • Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery Eating antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables daily and bone disorders. “I ﬁ nd great joy in creating • Non-Surgical Treatment Options protect against free radi- relationships with my patients and helping them • Muscle Sprains and Strains cals in the body and can • Lower Back Pain help boost performance. achieve the best possible outcome.” says Dr. Conley. Recovery nutrition is often forgotten but it is even more vital for the Dr. Conley welcomes new patients and same or next day appointments are available. Call (803) 433-3065. aging runner. Older runners are more susceptible to muscle damage and are not able to repair this damage as quickly between workouts. To greatly accel- erate muscle tissue repair take a recovery drink con- McLeod Orthopaedics Clarendon taining carbohydrates and 50 East Hospital Street, Suite 6, Manning, SC 29102 protein within 45 minutes (803) 433-3065 McLeodHealth.org of completing a run. Proper nutrition alone is not enough though. Al- A4 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM THE SUMTER ITEM SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 | A5 PANORAMA Call Ivy Moore at (803) 774-1221 | E-mail: [email protected]

Children in the costume contest at the 2015 Sumter Comic Arts Symposium line up to show off their costumes at Patriot Hall. The this year at the third symposium, which will be held on Friday and Saturday.

popular competition willSUMTER be held ITEM againFILE PHOTO Cosplay, workshops at posium 33rd3rd3rdrd ComicCComicComicomic ArtsAArtsArtsrts SymposiumSSymposiumSymposiumym BY IVY MOORE [email protected] Writer Jeremy Whitley and colorist he Sumter County Cultural Commission, collaborating with the Univer- Megan Wilson will talk about their sity of South Carolina Sumter, will present what is perhaps its most fun collaborative work event of the year on Friday and Saturday. For the third consecutive on The Wasp in a 2 TT p.m. Saturday T spring, the commission brings some of the best and best known graphic presentation titled artists and writers to Sumter for a series of symposiums and workshops geared “Making the Wasp toward all ages of comic arts lovers. Unstoppable.” Carmela Bryan, executive graduated with a Bachelor of for the first time. She credits director of the commission, Arts in Painting and Art His- Kunka with arranging their said she had no idea there tory, then studied in Florence, participation. were so many comic arts en- Italy, at the Charles Cecil Stu- “Andy is an expert on comic thusiasts in the community dios. arts,” Bryan said, “and he until she initiated the event in Goldstein, a writer and art- knows many of the artists.” 2015, when scores of people ist, graduated from the Center Feedback from the return- came to the symposiums. for Cartoon Studies and won ing artists and writers has “And last year, we had hun- two Ignatz Awards for her been overwhelmingly positive, Comics writers dreds more,” she said. Bryan graphic novel, “The Oven,” she said. Chris Sims and expects the crowds to be just from AdHouse Books, and one “They said they enjoyed the Chad Bowers often as big, if not bigger, this year. for her mini-comic, “House of people, that it’s not like the collaborate on The 2017 Sumter Comic Arts Women, Part I.” Her work is super big comic cons where stories for such Symposium begins Friday at in demand and has appeared they don’t have room or time projects as USC Sumter with Conversa- in various publications, to talk to their fans,” she said. Deadpool. This is tions with Max Miller Dowdle, among them Best American “They’re eager to come back.” the cover of one of Sophie Goldstein and Carl An- Comics 2013, Fable Comics, She added that the response their latest projects. tonowicz. From 11 a.m. to 1 The Pitchfork Review, Maple of the Sumter community has They’ll give a joint p.m. in the Arts and Letters Key Comics, Sleep of Reason, been very good, as well. “We presentation at 4 Lecture Hall the artists will Symbolia, Trip 8 and Irene 3. got a lot of positive feedback p.m. Saturday in talk about their projects, past, Antonowicz’s work is emo- last year, and a lot of them Patriot Hall. present and yet to come, then tional and historically and asked us to keep having (the answer questions from the au- medically accurate — and symposiums).” dience. The program will be somewhat macabre. His work Highlights of Saturday’s PHOTOS PROVIDED moderated by Dr. Andrew has been exhibited at shows events are expected to include Kunka, English professor at throughout the east coast. “cosplayers, once-in-a-lifetime USC Sumter and an authority Saturday’s event at the Pa- (question-and-answer) panels, Dracula the Unconquered and Hard to Find in Charlotte. on comic arts. triot Hall Performing Arts to comic books vendors, cos- Radical Guardian Skater X. Jeremy Whitley, a comic Dowdle, who has been a par- Center will feature 10 comic tume contests and art activi- Sims is also a former student book writer from Durham, ticipant in the symposium artists and writers presenting ties for children,” Bryan said, of USC Sumter professor An- North Carolina. He is the writ- each year, is known for his workshops and showing their adding that all events are free drew Kunka. er/creator of Princeless and graphic novels “Shattered work. Bryan, in collaboration and open to the public. Chris Brunner, a cartoonist its spin-off series, Raven the with a Curve of Horn” (2014) with Kunka, has gathered an Some of the most prominent based in Atlanta. His clients Pirate Princess. He is the writ- and “An Unlikely Refugee: impressive company of comic comic book artists working have included Nike, Lucas- er for Marvel’s series “The The Story of a Python Named artists. today will make presentations film, Disney, Nickelodeon, the Unstoppable Wasp” and has George” (2016, co-written with Bryan said many of them suitable for both adults and NBA and Marvel Entertain- also written for The Champi- Morrow Dowdle). He attended are making repeat appearanc- children. The artists and writ- ment, but he is most proud of ons, The All-New X-Men, College of Charleston and es, while several will be here ers, in addition to Antonowicz, his work on Image Comics’ Hawkeye, and The Avengers. Dowdle and Goldstein are: Loose Ends. In 2016 he re- Megan Wilson, a colorist Chad Bowers, a comics writ- ceived his Master of Fine Arts working for Marvel Comics on er from South Carolina. With from Savannah School of Art The Unstoppable Wasp, Patsy COMICS SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE Chris Sims, his credits include and Design, and his contribu- Walker aka Hellcat! and other the fan-favorite Marvel Com- tion to Southern Bastards was titles. She is also a mechanical Friday, March 31 ics series X-Men ’92, Guard- recognized with the Eisner engineer specializing in aero- Arts & Lecture Hall, USC Sumter ians of the Galaxy: Monsters award for Best Continuing Se- dynamics. • 11 a.m. — Max Miller Dowdle Unleashed, the soon to be re- ries. Bryan said most of the pre- • Noon — Sophie Goldstein and Carl leased Deadpool: Bad Blood, Jamal Igle is the creator of senters will have samples of Antonowicz and the YALSA- nominated the Molly Danger graphic their work, including comic Q&A to follow presentations Down Set Fight! He’s written novel series. He has also been books and graphic novels, on for Dynamite Entertainment, a prolific artist for DC and display, while many other ven- Saturday, April 1 BOOM Studios and is set to re- Marvel, including such char- dors will offer books, artwork, Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. vive Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood acters as Supergirl, Firestorm, jewelry, action figures, hats, • 11:30 a.m. — Jamal Igle, “Sequential Storytelling for Comics” at Image Comics in May 2017. Superman, Green Lantern, collectibles, T-shirts and more. • 1 p.m. — Costume contest Chris Sims, a comics writer Nightwing, Iron Fist, and Wol- She encourages attendees to • 2 p.m. — Jeremy Whitley and Megan Wilson, “Making the Wasp who grew up in Sumter, and verine. participate in cosplay — dress- Unstoppable” remembers when Blockbuster Rico Renzi, a color artist ing up like their favorite char- • 3 p.m. — Rico Renzi and Chris Brunner, “Collaborative Visual Video opened up by the old who has worked on the series acters. Storytelling” Walmart. With Chad Bowers, Spider-Gwen, Unbeatable “The symposium’s a lot of • 4 p.m. — Chris Sims and Chad Bowers, “Chris & Chad have one hour he’s the cowriter of Down Set Squirrel Girl, and Howard the fun,” Bryan said, “as well as to save The World: A guide to High Adventure Comics” Fight, X-Men ‘92, SwordQuest, Duck for Marvel Comics, FBP educational.” Kids’ activities from noon to 4 p.m. and the upcoming Deadpool: for DC/Vertigo, and Loose Ends For more information, call Bad Blood. He has also writ- for Image. He is also the cre- the Sumter County Cultural ten the independent comics ative director at Heroes Aren’t Commission, (803) 436-2600. A6 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 PANORAMA THE SUMTER ITEM WEDDING WEDDING / ENGAGEMENT POLICY

White-Finley Engagement and wedding announcements of local Mary Shaw White and Justin The Rev. Nicholas Theo interest are published on Sundays. The deadline is noon on the Langston Finley, both of Cheek officiated at the ceremo- preceding Monday. Call (803) 774-1264 for holiday deadlines. Charleston, were united in mar- ny. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The riage at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, Music was provided by Wil- 2017, at First Presbyterian liam Lee Scobee, organist; Sumter Item or downloaded from www.theitem.com. Please Church in Sumter. Hanna Sprott Rivers, soloist; type or print all information, paying particular attention to The bride is the daughter of and Greyson Hunter Holler, names. Do not print in all capital letters. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Herman bagpiper. Photographs must be vertical and of reproduction quality. White Jr. and the granddaugh- The bride was escorted by her To have your photo returned, provide a self-addressed, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles father. Lemmon Shaw and the late Dr. Mary Macaulay White Smith stamped envelope. Photos may also be e-mailed to rhonda@ and Mrs. Charles Herman served as matron of honor. theitem.com. White Sr., all of Sumter. She Bridesmaids were Lauren Cook All photographs must be received by the Monday deadline. graduated from Clemson Uni- Bishop, Liza Lauren Lucas, Rox- It is not The Sumter Item’s responsibility to make sure a versity and the Medical Univer- anna Marshall Tinsley Minton, MRS. JUSTIN FINLEY photograph is e-mailed by your photographer. sity of South Carolina. She is Marianne Porter Motes, Marian employed by the Medical Uni- Claire Pouch, Hanna Sprott Riv- For additional information, call (803) 774-1264. versity of South Carolina as a ers, Elizabeth Collins Sanders, er, Calvin Lamar Thaxton III, solutions consultant. Kira Whitney Shipley, Elizabeth Hamer Gibson Tucker, James ANNOUNCEMENT FEES: The bridegroom is the son of McMaster Todd and Montgom- Whaley Van Horn and Jona- $95: Standard wedding announcement with photo Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Langs- ery Ford Williams. Mary Brown than Cash Whitlock. ton Finley III of Camden, and Smith served as flower girl. The reception was held at $90: Standard wedding announcement without photo the grandson of the late Mr. and Thurman Langston Finley the home of the bride's par- $75: Standard engagement announcement with photo Mrs. Edward William Vereen of III and Jason Nicholas Finley ents. $70: Standard engagement announcement without photo Camden and the late Mr. and served as best men. Grooms- The rehearsal party was If you would like your announcement to include Mrs. Thurman Langston Finley men were Thomas Cloud An- given by the bridegroom's par- Jr. of Laurens. He graduated derson Jr., Philip Whitaker ents at the Main Room at information that is not on The Sumter Item’s form, there will from The Art Institute of Kinder, Aaron Michael Hamptons. be an additional $50 charge. Charleston. He is employed by Scheuer, Jack Friedman Following a wedding trip to Alder Energy Solar as market- Scheuer III, Thomas Happel Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, the ing director. Scurry, Craig Matthew Stegn- couple resides in Charleston.

er questionnaire. — Misty Hatfield about what’s happening at Bishopville EDUCATION NEWS Primary School in the school’s news- Thomas Sumter Academy letter titled The Thunderbird News. Wilson Hall More than 40 second- through fifth- BREAKFAST WITH THE BOARD REYNOLDS NAMED FURMAN SCHOLAR grade students competed for the posi- The Thomas Sumter Academy tions of managing editor, co-editor, Senior Drew Reynolds was offered a Board of Trustees offered Breakfast staff reporter and photographer. The Bell Tower Scholarship from Furman with the Board to all Generals on students completed applications in- University. Valued at $92,000, the March 9. The TSA family was given cluding two references and were in- scholarship would cover half of tu- the opportunity to talk with a board terviewed by the school’s administra- ition. The scholarship is awarded to member about any concerns, suggestion staff, district level staff and com- high-achieving students whose aca- tions or ideas they might have for the munity volunteers. The new members demic, extracurricular activity, com- school. of The Thunderbird News are: manag- munity service and leadership experi- ing editors Olivia Stinney and Jaden ences suggest that they will make pos- LEUKEMIA CAMPAIGN 2017 White; co-editors Anastasia Bradley itive contributions to the Furman The Leukemia Campaign 2017 ran and Jayla Stuckey; photographers community. The university awards the Feb. 13-27. Thomas Sumter Academy Shaunell Briddell, Halley Cortez, scholarship based on an essay, stan- raised more than $9,000 during the RySaun Foster and Simone McDaniel; dardized test scores, GPA and strength campaign. Four students participated and staff reporters Shaniyah Fortune, of high school curriculum. in Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths pro- PHOTO PROVIDED Desmond Sanders-Hawkins, Zykerria gram, cutting 8 inches or more of Charnette Brown stands with her son, McQuillar, DaNiyah Mickens, STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL their hair to make wigs for women Scott’s Branch High School 10th-grader Zy’Naija Thomas, Jaida Williams, Twenty-eight students received rec- battling cancer. Amonte Brown, who was honored during Iyana Williams and Jamyah Williams. ognition at the S.C. Independent The executive student council spon- the 61st Annual Science and Engineering Bishopville Primary School thanks School Association Music Festival sored a talent show and dodgeball Fair held at the University of South Caroli- the interviewers who took time out of held at University of South Carolina tournament during the campaign to na Law School Auditorium in Columbia on their schedule to participate in the se- School of Music in Columbia. The help raise money. Mason Studer, a March 19. He was a recipient of the Naval lection process. Special thanks to the high school chorus, directed by Dani- TSA junior, raised the most money for Science Award. school’s guidance counselor Vanessa elle Sekel, earned a Superior rating the campaign. Bostic for organizing the student se- for small vocal ensemble. For their in- make it to the finals. Scott’s Branch lection process. dividual performances, students were INTERNET SAFETY High School’s 10th-grader Amonte Thanks to AmeriCorps book dona- awarded 27 gold medals and five silver Joe Ryan, education coordinator for Brown was one of those who made it. tion, second-grade students at Bishop- medals in piano, violin, bass guitar, the Internet Crimes Against Children Amonte was honored during the 61st ville Primary School will read new guitar, harp and voice. Task Force with the S.C. Office of the Annual Science and Engineering Fair books. In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birth- Attorney General, spoke to the TSA held at the University of South Caroli- day, AmeriCorps donated a set of STATE CHESS MATCH middle and high school students and na Law School Auditorium in Colum- brand-new books to each second- The elementary team placed fourth parents on March 15 about Internet bia on March 19. He was a recipient of grade class. out of 20 teams, and the middle school safety. the Naval Science Award which was team tied for fifth place out of 22 presented by the U.S. Navy for his LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teams in the S.C. Independent School YOUNG WOMEN IN ART EXHIBITION study titled “Virtual Cube Design.” First-grade students in Wanda Fred- Association State Elementary and Allie Lindler, a TSA junior, was one Amonte says it was quite an honor to erick’s class used Valentine’s candy to Middle School Chess Match held at of 149 artists selected to be part of the receive such recognition among so explore graphs in mathematics. Stu- Sumter County Civic Center. Young Women in Art Exhibition at many. Amonte’s mother, Ms. Char- dents worked to discover what their The 20 students representing Wilson Converse College. There were more nette Brown, said that when Amonte Valentine’s candy box contained. The Hall were among more than 300 stu- than 380 pieces entered. Her work was makes up his mind to do something, students sorted, graphed, answered dents from across the state who par- displayed at the college through he does it with excellence. “We are questions and shared with classmates ticipated in the match. March 25. proud of him,” she added. — Beverly the different heart colors in their box. In individual competition, fifth- Spry Lower Lee Elementary School cele- grade student Elliott Arscott placed SCISA MUSIC FESTIVAL brated Read Across America Week fifth, and seventh-grade student Ash- The TSA Columbia Campus lower Lee County School District Feb. 27-March 3. The celebration in- ton Bartlett placed seventh. The teams school chorus performed at the SCISA cluded themed dress-up events, a door are advised by Jeanna Mahr. Music Festival on March 9 and re- BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL decoration contest and a school-wide ceived a Superior rating and several Bishopville Primary School students parade. The winners of the door deco- COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS gold medals. — BJ Reed performed Motown classics and ration contest are as follows: As of March 9, 90 percent of the 57 shared speeches of their dreams for • First place: Tracy Dover’s fifth- members of the senior class received Morris College the future at the school’s annual black grade class, “Oh, the Places You’ll merit-based scholarship offers totaling heritage celebration. Principal Go!” more than $2.5 million to a four-year ASSEMBLY ON MARCH 30 Lamont Moore and assistant principal • Second place: Jean Moore’s fourth- college or university. The Morris College Baptist Student Sandra Frazier encouraged students grade class, “Ten Apples Up on Top!” The following is a partial list of Union will sponsor assembly on to continue learning from individuals • Third place: Veronica Jamison’s scholarship recipients compiled from Thursday in the Neal-Jones Auditori- who paved the way for them to be suc- third-grade class, “Horton Hears a information submitted to the college um beginning at 10 a.m. The event is cessful. Who!” counselor, Diane Richardson. Ander- open to the public. Through the reiteration of the son University offered Caroline Kim- 3Rs — Ready, Respectful and Respon- brell a Founders Scholarship and Cate SAVE THE DATE sible — students are learning valu- McCreight a Provost Scholarship, Morris College will observe Dr. able lessons at Lower Lee Elementary Presbyterian College offered Diamond Luns C. Richardson Day on Tuesday, School. Faculty and staff members Crawford a Belk Scholarship, and the April 25, in the Neal-Jones Auditorium recognize students for exemplifying Savannah College of Art and Design at 7 p.m. The Sumter community is characteristics of the 3Rs. Fourteen offered Hannah Pauley an Academic encouraged to attend. students recently received the 3R Honors Scholarship. — Sean Hoskins For more information, contact the award. The award recipients received Office of Institutional advancement at a personalized certificate, bag of University of South Carolina (803) 934-3260. — Anika Cobb goodies and photograph and were in- ducted into Lower Lee Elementary Sumter Clarendon School District 1 School’s Student Wall of Fame. FIRE ANT ATHLETICS ENTER REGION Lower Lee Elementary School re- PLAY SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD cently participated in the Palmetto CENTER PHOTO PROVIDED Pride Art Contest. Palmetto Pride, Now is the time to check out Fire Bishopville Primary School’s 21st Century South Carolina’s anti-litter and beau- Ant baseball, softball or tennis for the Summerton Early Childhood Center afterschool participants proudly display tification organization, offers the an- 2017 season. If you are interested in held its first St. Patrick’s Day “Sock their robot. nual art contest to elementary stu- college-level play, then take time to Hop” on March 17. The students were dents. All school winners of the art visit the Fire Ants while there is still given a lesson on the history of St. It’s full STEAM ahead for students contest will be judged by Palmetto time left in the season. Patrick’s Day. Faculty, staff and stu- in Bishopville Primary School’s 21st Pride’s guest judges to select the four Fire Ant baseball plays at Riley dents wore green, as well as “sock Century afterschool program. The stu- regional winners and the statewide Park, Fire Ant softball is at Patriot hop” attire. dents utilized their science, technolo- winner. School winners are: first, Park, and Fire Ant tennis is at Palmet- Report card pickup/parent visita- gy, engineering, arts and mathematic Khabrea Green, fifth grade; second, to Tennis Center. Some of the sports tion will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tues- skills to create robots using Lego Ro- Jhayda Durant, fourth grade; and are free, and some have a small admis- day. A light dinner will be served for botic Kits. The students are looking third, Kiara Hopkins, fourth grade. sion fee. All schedules, rosters, high- those who attend. forward to using the software de- Lower Lee’s “Fabulous Fourth lights and more are located at www. Awards Day will be held Friday with signed to control them. Graders” have been exploring the uscfireants.com. kindergarten at 12:30 p.m. and first Bishopville Primary School held its world. The students were tasked with Don’t forget that USC Sumter is and second grades at 1:30 p.m. Parent University on Feb. 24. Partici- the challenge of creating a solar sys- bringing back men’s soccer and add- pants enjoyed a presentation from tem made from items they had around ing women’s golf starting in the fall. SCOTT'S BRANCH MIDDLE / HIGH speech therapist Julianna Lorick. Lo- the house. The students were also Recruiting is already underway for SCHOOL rick presented the parents ways to in- challenged to create homes of Native men’s soccer. Visit www.uscfireants. Although hundreds of students crease their child’s language and liter- Americans from long ago. Each group com for more information on the new showcased their research projects, acy skills at home. head coach or fill out a potential play- only a few were fortunate enough to Soon we will be able to read all SEE LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY, PAGE A7 THE SUMTER ITEM PANORAMA SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 | A7

explore and observe the world of school, and the segment aired on LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY FROM PAGE A6 children and prepare them for edu- Tuesday on the Friends @ Five cational and administrative careers. broadcast and again during the The students learn to plan, guide morning show Wednesday morning. had to research the tribe and then ing with clay and Legos. Chris recent- and care for young children. They Stafford was nominated by Nicole create a model of the home including ly won first place in the sculpture di- also get certification in CPR and first McMillion, the parent of a student in two other items that would be vital to vision for the S.C. Association of aid. her class. She said they were watch- that tribe. The students have im- Christian Schools Fine Arts Competi- Sumter High School student ing a broadcast of another teacher pressed the faculty, staff, students tion; additionally, he will be submit- R’Tasia Hampton said she would rec- who was named Teacher of the Week and parents. ting his sculpture for competition on ommend the course for anyone. She when her daughter Anna said, “My On March 3, the United Way and the national level. said, “I recommend it for males, too. teacher could be that, too.” That Central Carolina Technical College His favorite Bible verse is Colos- It doesn’t just teach us about kids. started McMillion thinking and at donated and distributed 931 books to sians 3:13, which speaks of forgive- This course has a lot of life lessons.” Anna’s urging, she emailed in her three Lee County elementary schools. ness modeled after Christ’s forgive- Sumter High student Alex Smith nomination. She said, “Anna has ness. said her mom inspired her to be a blossomed with Ms. Stafford; her WEST LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL After graduation, Christopher teacher. She heard about the pro- reading level and her love for read- Third- and fourth-grade students wants to study animation and busi- gram in middle school and thought ing have soared. She also works with from West Lee Elementary School ness. He considers his teacher Laura she would be interested. “I have al- the students on life skills and social traveled to Francis Marion University Mahoney to be his mentor, saying, ways gone to my mom’s class with skills. Ms. Stafford is a wonderful on Feb. 23 to attend a play about Dr. “She has taught me a lot of things, her, and I thought interacting with person. She has a kind spirit and Martin Luther King Jr. titled “I Have not just school stuff but also how to kids here would further my experi- just clicks with the kids.” a Dream.” do things with clay.” — Miriam Mar- ence. I have fallen in love with teach- Stafford was speechless when the Students performed two Motown ritt ing children,” she said. crew first walked into her classroom. classics titled “You Can’t Hurry Tabitha Sackett from Lakewood She was presented with a gift basket Love” and “Tracks of My Tears,” at Central Carolina Technical High School wants to be a pediatri- and certificate. After she composed the district’s Motown-themed black cian or a social worker. She said the herself, she said she felt very hon- heritage celebration on Feb. 28. The College program is helpful for working with ored and appreciative of the recogni- students enjoyed performing at the CLEP EXAMS OFFERED any career involving children. She tion. When asked about her teaching event and learned about the history said, “This class is a good experi- methods, she said, “I like to have fun of Motown Records. Central Carolina Technical Col- ence. It helps a lot with my future in my classroom. I use games and AmeriCorps in conjunction with lege’s Testing Center on Main Cam- plans.” praise with the children in my class- Central Carolina Technical College pus offers the opportunity to take Teacher Pamela Christmas began room. I keep it positive. I like to see donated 200 books to West Lee Ele- College Level Examination Program her career in education in Arkansas my students grow.” In addition to mentary School on March 2. Princi- Exams. These exams award exemp- and has been at the Career and Tech- her regular classroom instruction, pal Damon Officer was appreciative tion credits providing the appropriate nology Center for four years. She she incorporates lots of intervention of the books. scores are attained. With CLEP said, “This program is a hidden gem. techniques and one-on-one assis- Upcoming events include: Wednes- exams, you can earn college credit for People don’t realize all we do until tance for students who need it. day, report cards issued; Thursday, a fraction of the cost of a college they spend time with us. The stu- The students were having a read- parent teacher conferences; and Sat- course. dents learn how to write lesson ing lesson when the group walked in. urday, PTO breakfast/meeting at Fatz For more information, visit the plans and how to plan ahead. They Stafford said, “Reading is important Cafe in Camden. Testing Center on Main Campus in have already completed first aid and because they use it in their everyday room M109, call (803) 774-3306 or CPR training and are awaiting their life, and good reading skills are es- LEE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL email [email protected]. certification. Some of my students sential in every academic area.” She Devetter Bradley, eighth-grade are working in church programs and continued the reading lesson using math teacher at Lee Central Middle GRADUATION APPLICATION other early childhood centers. I have Elkonin boxes (a strategy which School, contributed to the growth of DEADLINE APPROACHING students who want to go straight to builds phonological awareness skills her colleagues through collaboration Graduation applications for May work after graduation and many by segmenting words into individual at the S.C. Association for Middle and August graduates are due by who want to earn associate’s and sounds) and a roller coaster analogy Level Educators Conference. Bradley April 3. The application can be sub- bachelor’s degrees and higher. This to help students with their reading. shared strategies and ideas on how mitted online through myCCTC or a program is a good foundation for so It was a fun and interesting way to she has guided students to a 100 per- paper copy can be downloaded from many things.” learn to read, and the students were cent pass rate on Algebra I EOC. the Forms Library on www.cctech.edu For more information on the pro- engaged the entire time. When The Colgate Mobile Dental Van will and turned in to the Student Records gram, contact the Career and Tech- sounding out the words, she told visit Lee Central Middle School’s 21st Office. Detailed graduation informa- nology Center at (803) 481-8575. For them to “make the first sound, the Century Afterschool Program on tion will be mailed to upcoming grad- information on scheduling a high middle sound and the last sound, April 20. The van will provide free uates in April. For more information, school student for the course, con- then stretch it out, put it together, dental screenings for all children contact Carmen Davis at (803) 778- tact the guidance department at the and say it fast.” Kindergarten stu- ages 1 to 12 years old. The children 7871. — Catherine M. Wood school the student attends. dents are reading well in Stafford’s will receive a free goody bag that in- class. TEACHERS RECOGNIZED FOR cludes a toothbrush and will also Sumter School District Stafford has been in education six enjoy a movie and dental health edu- STUDENT GROWTH years and is in her third year at Oak- cation. STUDENTS TO ATTEND BLACK RIVER Fifty-four middle and high school land Primary. She was named the TOURS teachers were presented the SSAG school’s Literacy Teacher of the LEE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL awards for Significant Student Aca- Year. — Mary B. Sheridan Senior Nathan Lowery was selected Christopher Fickens Jr., a junior demic Growth from the first bench- to participate in the 2017 All-State at Crestwood High School, will rep- mark assessment to the second. Gold St. Anne and St. Jude Chorus. Nathan was among more resent Black River Electric Coopera- award went to teachers with growth than 1,750 students who auditioned tive at the 2017 Washington Youth of 30 percent and more; silver indi- Catholic School for a limited number of slots in the Tour. Quintasia Polite, a junior at cated growth between 20 and 29 per- RESEARCH AND SERVICE choir. Sponsored by the S.C. Music Lakewood High School, will repre- cent; and bronze awards were given Educators’ Association, the All-State sent Black River at the S.C. Youth to students with 10 to 19 percent Chorus program was organized to Cooperative Tour during the inaugu- growth during assessment period. provide an opportunity for superior ral year of this new program. Black Thirty-two teachers were recog- choral students in S.C. to sing togeth- River sponsors these tours as part of nized in the gold category including er and to represent the state in state- its commitment to the outstanding Jennifer Brunson, James Crawley, wide events. young people in its service area. Jamesetta Day, Shannon Griffin, Students who participate in All- Both students were chosen from a Tahara Mellette, Tikesha Richardson State have an opportunity to further large group of students who applied and Jermaine White from Bates Mid- utilize the skills obtained and devel- from public and private high schools dle School; John Beck and Timothy oped in their local school programs. throughout the Black River service Thompson from Crestwood High The S.C. All-State Chorus program is group. The cooperative serves cus- School; Veronica Bradley and An- one of the most competitive events at tomers in Sumter, Clarendon, Ker- drew Tollison from Chestnut Oaks the high school level for vocal music. shaw and Lee counties. Middle School; Brittany Anderson, Nathan performed under the direc- Fickens hopes to become a fire Christina Bristow, Sydney Harner, tion of guest clinicians March 2-4 at fighter or an emergency medical Helen Hutto-Palka, Jim Laverdiere Winthrop University in Rock Hill. technician. At Crestwood, he is a and Marlissa Morton from Ebenezer This is the second year that Nathan member of the band and is on the Middle School; and Ashley Cappel- achieved this honor. track team. He has been on student mann and Benjamin Keough from Lee Central High School’s JROTC council and is a member of the Ju- Furman Middle School. cadets traveled to Columbia on March nior Civitans. In his spare time, he Continuing with the gold award, 9 to visit the South Carolina Military volunteers with EMS and the animal additional teachers included Robert Museum. The cadets went on a tour shelter. Easley and Allison Pickering from of the museum and viewed exhibits During the June Washington tour, Hillcrest Middle School; Derick Mar- of military history. The museum pos- Fickens will join approximately 70 shall and Modie Mphongolo from PHOTO PROVIDED sesses a vast array of artifacts rang- other S.C. students on the way to the Lakewood High School; Mandy Second-graders wrote and presented bi- ing from period and authentic fire- nation’s capital, where they will join Davis, Debra Jett, Aaron Johnson, ographies to their classmates recently. arms, edged weapons, uniforms and more than 1,500 students from across Zachariah Lowe and Rayvon Rogers artillery pieces to armored fighting the country. The rising seniors will from Mayewood Middle School; and Second-graders at St. Anne and St. vehicles. participate in numerous activities in- Kyle Austin, Greta Brown, Robert Jude Catholic School learned to re- Six cadets from the Lee Central cluding visiting members of Con- Butler and Dana Mitchell from Sum- search using three sources, wrote bi- High School JROTC program compet- gress and touring historical sites. In ter High School. ographies and then presented these ed in a Raider Challenge event at Lu- addition to learning about history Eleven teachers received silver papers in front of their classmates. goff-Elgin High School on March 11. and government, they will also learn awards including Camilla Campbell The presentations were followed by a The purpose of the event was to pro- more about electric cooperatives. and Dale-Ann Walton from Crest- “Famous Persons” Party. vide JROTC cadets with an opportu- Polite will spend three days in Co- wood High School; Stephanie Taylor Fourth-graders at St. Anne and St. nity to compete against nearby high lumbia with other rising seniors and Eryka Wilson from Chestnut Jude Catholic School have chosen schools’ JROTC programs in seven from across the state at the new Oaks Middle School; Alice Miller Dorn VA Medical Center for their physically challenging training South Carolina tour. They will en- from Ebenezer Middle School; service project. Students are collect- events. The events were developed to gage in activities to enhance their Tarnissaya Josey, Diana McClanah- ing hygiene items, personal items test and measure each team’s overall leadership skills; enjoy interesting an and Sandra Monroe from Furman and money to be used for the com- physical fitness and endurance. The speakers; tour the statehouse; and Middle School; and Bethesda Moore, fort and welfare of the veteran pa- training events included: Litter participate in the mock writing, de- Alisa Patterson and Misty Robertson tients. — Kim Reisenauer Carry, Fireman’s Carry, Tire Flip, bating and passing of a bill; learn from Hillcrest Middle School. Ammo Can Sprint, Distance Run, Ob- about electric cooperatives and the Bronze awards went to 11 teachers THE CITADEL stacle Course and One Rope Bridge co-op model and other fun activities. including Donald Amis, Tiffany Crossing. Lee Central High School Polite hopes to one day become a Green and Rashida Myers from BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — placed second in the competition. — nurse. During her spare time, she Bates Middle School; Karen Laver- Kelly Murphy of Summerton was re- Shawnta McKenzie works part-time in customer service diere, Hope Spann and Terrie Wood cently initiated into The Honor Soci- at Pizza Hut. from Furman Middle School; Sionita ety of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s Sumter Christian School Clements, Sandra Conley and Alicia oldest and most selective all-disci- SCTC COURSE PREPARES STUDENTS Hyatt from Hillcrest Middle School; pline collegiate honor society. Mur- SPOTLIGHT ON CHRISTOPHER WELL Maria Hines from Lakewood High phy was initiated at The Citadel, The LEVERETTE High school juniors in Pamela School; and Casey Rudd from Military College of South Carolina. Christmas’ early childhood educa- Mayewood Middle School. Murphy is among approximately The March Sumter Christian tion class at the Sumter Career and The presentations were made by 30,000 students, faculty, professional School senior spotlight is on Christo- Technology Center host Pocalla Dr. David Laws, director of instruc- staff and alumni to be initiated into pher Leverette. Since he came to SCS Springs Elementary School pre-kin- tional technology, who works with Phi Kappa Phi each year. Member- in his freshman year, Chris has dergarten and kindergarten students the Benchmark tests, which are ad- ship is by invitation only and re- brought animation and laughter to monthly at the center. The high ministered at most of the middle quires nomination and approval by a the classrooms and halls with his un- school students do fun activities, schools and for some courses at the chapter. Only the top 10 percent of wavering vivacity as well as in his share a snack and create a keepsake high schools. seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors service as the school mascot for the for the students to take home. Re- are eligible for membership. Gradu- last three years. cently, they made and colored Dr. OAKLAND TEACHER HIGHLIGHTED ate students in the top 10 percent of Christopher enjoys playing soccer, Seuss hats in honor of the legendary Katara Stafford, a kindergarten the number of candidates for gradu- basketball and baseball with his author’s birthday. teacher at Oakland Primary School, ate degrees may also qualify, as do schoolmates on the SCS sports teams, The early childhood education was named the WLTX News 19 faculty, professional staff and alum- and his hobbies include playing com- course provides students with Teacher of the Week recently. The ni who have achieved scholarly dis- puter games and sculpting and build- hands-on opportunities to actively news crew surprised her at the tinction. A8 | MARCH 26, 2017 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN 2014 THE SUMTER ITEM

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Highway 763 Weldon Drive 8 Law Range 425 South Guignard 820 S. Pike West 651 Bultman Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Suitable Use: Office, Professional Suitable Use: Retail, Wholesale Business Service Retail, Professional Service Commercial Property Industrial, Office, Investment Warehouse Service 6.1 Acres $210,000 4130SQFT $3,200/month 1200SQFT 1.17 Acres $30,000 11.50 Acres $346,000 2393SQFT $160,950 MLS/ID: 123558 MLS/ID: 127404 $875 + $50 CAM/month Alice Drive/Lang Jennings 530 Brushwood MLS/ID: 131210 MLS/ID: 131778 MLS/ID: 128708 648 Bultman Suitable Use: Office, Professional Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, 21 W. Calhoun St. 17 Broad Street Retail, Professional Service Service Office 754 Liberty Street 25 West Calhoun 455 N. Guignard Dr. Suitable Use: Business/Professional Office, Professional Service 1.6 Acres $395,000 1.49 Acres $125,000 Suitable Use: Office Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Suitable Use: Retail Service 4900SQFT, will divide 652 Bultman MLS/ID: 120723 MLS/ID: 126880 0.85 Acres $125,000 Office 2597SQFT $250,000 2331SQFT $285,000 $2,900/month MLS/ID: 129381 Retail, Professional Service MLS/ID: 131407 0.096 Acres $12,000 MLS/ID: 110685 MLS/ID: 130982 1500SQFT 1077 Alice Drive 748 Bultman Dr. MLS/ID: 131003 212 Broad Street $855 +$50 CAM/month Suitable Use: Commercial/ Suitable Use: Retail, Professional 370 Manning Ave 138 N. Main St. #144 667 W. Liberty St. Office Space Business/ Office 0.9 Acres Service-Land Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, 21 & 23 West Calhoun Suitable Use: Retail Suitable Use: Retail, Wholesale 1200SQFT $800/month 616 Bultman $325,000 MLS/ID: 97041 5625SQFT $489,000 Office Suitable Use: Commercial/Business 4401SQFT $320,000 0.4 Acres $275,000 Professional Service MLS/ID: 130216 0.75 Acres $22,500 0.6 Acres $70,000 MLS/ID: 120077 MLS/ID: 129047 2715 Antelope Drive 1344SQFT $950 + $50 CAM/month 1490 Airport Road MLS/ID: 125809 MLS/ID: 130985 Wholesale, Automotive Service MLS/ID: 119757 Suitable Use: Office, Warehouse Calhoun St Ext 351 Neeley St. 23 West Calhoun St. Offices-1500SQFT, Warehouse- 1.21 Acres $25,000 Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Peach Orchard/Highway 441 Commercial Buildings for Sale Suitable Use: Wholesale Suitable Use: Professional Service 3500SQT 540 Bultman MLS/ID: 131673 Multi-Family Suitable Use: Multi-Family, Office 2715 Antelope Dr. 4.47 Acres $155,000 2331SQFT $285,000 $1,650/month MLS/ID: 130763 Retail, Professional Service 29 Acres $150,000 3.67 Acres $36,000 Suitable Use: Wholesale, Automotive MLS/ID: 127707 MLS/ID: 130983 900SQFT $650 + $50 CAM/month 3800 Broad St. MLS/ID: 129589 MLS/ID: 129337 Service 85 West Wesmark Unit A MLS/ID:119687 Suitable Use: Retail, Professional 3 Acres $145,000 541 Oxford St. 764 West Liberty Retail Service Calhoun St Ext Racetrack Rd. MLS/ID: 125612 Suitable Use: Professional Service, Professional Office 1260SQFT $500/month 649 Bultman 1.62 Acres $80,000 Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Beauty/Baber Shop, Medical/Dental 3800SQFT with 8 Exam Rooms Professional Service MLS/ID: 125580 Multi-Family Farming 1016 Broad St. 2402SQFT $180,000 & 6 Offices Ask for John or Frank 313 W. Wesmark 1350SQFT 63 Acres $540,000 76.6 Acres $1,072,400 Suitable Use: Retail MLS/ID: 130752 $279,900 Retail, Business Service $850 + $50 CAM/month 2935 Broad St. MLS/ID: 129588 MLS/ID: 126508 12410SQFT $999,800 1800SQFT $1,500/month Suitable Use: Multi-Family, MLS/ID: 115596 2585 Peach Orchard Rd. Commercial Buildings for Lease MLS/ID: 124926 Marketplace Shopping Center Commercial/Business 400 E. Church St. 300 Rast St. Suitable Use: Income/Commercial 642 Broad St. 1224 Alice Drive Unit C 24 Acres $1,199,900 Suitable Use: Multi-Family, Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, 3289 & 3299 Broad St. Combo Suitable Use: Retail 317 W. Wesmark Retail Space MLS/ID: 130565 Commercial/ Office Suitable Use: Bar/Tavern 1.16 Acres $130,000 1897SQFT $1,200 Retail, Business Service Market Place Shopping Center Business, Service/Retail 1.15 Acres $150,000 2.31 Acres $325,000 MLS/ID: 105901 MLS/ID: 130976 1300SQFT $1,375/month 1200SQFT $1,100/month 3870 Broad St. 13.1 Acres $327,500 Next to Mall MLS/ID: 126680 MLS/ID: 131584 MLS/ID: 122883 Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, MLS/ID: 129975 2635 Peach Orchard Rd. 4101 Thomas Sumter Hwy 1224 Alice Dr. Unit D Investment 1650 S. Guignard 3277 Broad Suitable Use: Retail, Office, Suitable Use: Income/Commercial 1231 Landscape Suitable Use: Retail 7 Acres $560,000 Electric Dr. Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, Suitable Use: Retail, Office Professional Service, Combo Office Space $1,100 1200SQFT MLS/ID: 130562 Suitable Use: Industrial, Warehouse Warehouse 0.8 Acres $175,000 Automotive Service, Beauty/ 6303SQFT $2,500 575SQFT $400/month MLS/ID: 122547 36.37 Acres $529,000 2.2 Acres $25,000 MLS/ID: 131585 Barber Shop MLS/ID: 127406 3035 Broad St. MLS/ID: 125497 MLS/ID: 127839 0.9 Acres $125,000 Vesper Court Truck Parking Wesmark Blvd Suitable Use: Commercial/Business 19 & 21 N. Harvin St MLS/ID: 130879 3900 Camden Hwy $75ea. Month Inside IGA 3.25 Acres $500,000 Highway 261 South Weldon Drive Suitable Use: Office Office Space/Warehouse 8000+SQFT MLS/ID: 131814 Suitable Use: Retail Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, 5320SQFT $240,000 2381 Peach Orchard Rd. Office 3500SQFT Storage $500/month University Shopping Center See Frank Edwards 5.88 Acres $59,900 Warehouse MLS/ID: 119370 Suitable Use: Office, Business/ MLS/ID: 117855 639 Bultman 3016 Broad St. MLS/ID: 130820 4.25 Acres $180,000 Professional Service Retail, Business Service Suitable Use: Commercial/Business, MLS/ID: 131776 1410 Highway 15 South 2600SQFT $175,000 21 South Harvin 775SQFT $675 + $50 CAM/month Investment Highway 441 & Highway 521 Suitable Use: Retail, Automotive MLS/ID: 130999 Professional Office Space MLS/ID: 124143 18.26 Acres $999,900 Suitable Use: Retail Service 3474SQFT $1,800/month MLS/ID: 130564 3 Acres $250,000 6.03 Acres $175,000 MLS/ID: 128601 MLS/ID: 128052

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her father. “We’ve thought of every- was killed. WAY FROM PAGE A1 thing,” she said. “Of course, we want to know who did Miles said her father led a very relaxed it, but knowing why would ease our fears shirt unless he knew the person at the and low-key life after he retired from and concerns,” she said. door very well or it was an emergency. Sumter Post Office. He went to church “It’s been very difficult for the family be- Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public and spent time with family, she said. cause we don’t know who to trust,” she said. Information Officer Ken Bell said investi- Despite the lack of information in the in- Miles said her father’s murder has also gators speculate two possible scenarios vestigation, Miles said her family has not been tough for his grandchildren who that could have led to Way’s death: he given up the search for answers. The fami- have grown up during the investigation. met someone he knew at the door and ly has posted on billboards asking for de- “We miss him so much,” she said. “We was shot, or he surprised someone who tails about Way’s death and had articles definitely want to have closure; we need may have been attempting to break into published in The Sumter Item offering a re- closure.” the house. ward for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information about the Miles said the family is at a total loss Nothing has brought forward any new death of Charles Way can provide infor- because there was nothing missing or out details, she said. mation to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office of place at the scene, and no one could Miles said, if anything, her family at (803) 436-2000 or CrimeStoppers at (803) think of anyone who had a problem with would just like to know why her father 436-2718 or 1-888-274-6372.

Drawing new business ac- at local regions that are PROGRESS FROM PAGE A1 tivity and funding from out- growing at fairly aggressive side the local region, such as rates, usually they have very Von Nessen emphasized tied very close together. The foreign direct investment, is well-developed traded clus- the importance of placing most reliable employment very important to help grow ters and then the local clus- students appropriately based data from the Bureau of a region, he said. Industries, ters come in to to support on their interests and abili- Labor Statistics shows Sum- such as manufacturing and those traded clusters,” Von ties, whether that be techni- ter County gained 2,166 jobs transportation and distribu- Nessen said. cal college, two-year or four- from 2010 to 2016 to reach an tion, fall into that area and But a county or region Vestco year college, or vocational employment base of 36,836 are called “traded clusters,” must try to diversify its training. jobs, but 2010 was a very low according to Von Nessen. economy with other well- “Most importantly, it’s point for employment given Sumter had a big win in this paying jobs, such as in fi- Southland about meeting a market de- “The Great Recession” at the business model with the nance and insurance and the mand locally to help guide time and double-digit unem- landing of Continental Tire health care industries, given Palmetto residents along,” Von Nessen ployment rates, he said. the Americas, which has economic cycles. said. Going back to the pre-re- slightly more than 1,000 em- “Your goal somewhat The marketing piece of cession years, BLS data ployees at its local plant. needs to be to have diversi- Properties bringing in new residents de- shows Sumter had higher av- Von Nessen refers to retail fied industries because what pends on who the county is erage annual employment by activity and restaurants as if manufacturing is dispro- AND targeting — whether it be about 1,000 jobs in 2006 and “local clusters,” since they portionally impacted in the luring retirees or companies ’07 than the 2016 mark of rely primarily on local de- next recession,” Von Nessen and their respective workers 36,836. Of note, the BLS em- mand to sustain them. said. “Then, you are out of Lafayette — but involves effectively ployment data doesn’t in- “Typically, when you look luck.” branding lifestyle opportuni- clude military employment. Gold ties and amenities, educa- “Moving forward, you have tion, employment and work- to look at how employment & Silver force training that the coun- and population variables are ty has to offer. interacting in order to think According to Von Nessen, about economic development employment trends and pop- strategy in an appropriate Palmetto Farm Supply 480 E. ulation trends are always way,” Von Nessen said. OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 8AM - 6PM LIBERTY STREET “When we passed a farm SMITH bill last year to give the farm- (Inside the FROM PAGE A1 ers some relief, there was Coca-Cola some money left in that fund FIRE ANT & “We’ve let the roads deterio- and we passed a bill to allow building) rate and we’ve let state facili- some of that money to go MOSQUITO CONTROL ties deteriorate. and we’ve got back to the counties to help an obligation to try to find the pay for the flood,” he said. KILLS LIKE THE PROS! most fiscally responsible way Johnson was referring to the TALSTAR LIQUID to maintain both of those and October 2015 flood that dam- Cash for that bond bill is an example of aged many roads and bridges & GRANULAR trying to maintain state gov- in the state. ernment in a fiscally respon- Rep. Will Wheeler, D-Bish- sible matter.” opville, said he is pleased the GOLD In other issues, for some House has passed a roads bill legislators it may feel like and a pension reform bill, AND they’ve have hit that same even though he has reserva- pothole over and over again. tions about the pension re- SILVER In the case of passing a roads form plan which, among other bill, it may be a case of déjà provisions, would require a vu all over again. significant increase in contri- Much like last year, the butions from employers. House has passed a bill that “I have some concerns would increase the gas tax about it because I don’t know and a number of automobile how local governments are related feed to provide a sus- going to be able to pay for it,” 335 Broad Street • Sumter, SC tainable funding source for he said. “I agree the system the state’s highway infra- needs to be fixed I just don’t structure. know if that is the right fix.” 803-775-1204 But there is no guarantee it won’t be road kill in the Sen- ate. “We have the House’s roads MORNINGSIDE bill on our calendar right now, but we have several senators who are blocking it,” said Sen. OF SUMTER Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter. “We are in the same posture FIVE STAR we’ve been in before, we have to have a two-thirds vote to SENIOR LIVING put it on special order and I We Buy don’t know what that vote count is right now.” Gold & Sen. 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BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER to get married or purchase a AP Economics Writer home and more likely to get divorced if they do marry. WASHINGTON — A sober- "It's not just their careers ing portrait of less-educated that have gone down the tubes, middle-age white Americans but their marriage prospects, Americans, they add, may The trends cut across di- Deaton discount the notion emerged Thursday with new their ability to raise children," have become more resilient to verse regions of the country, that government disability research showing them dying said Deaton, who won the economic challenges given the researchers found. While benefit programs are responsi- disproportionately from what Nobel prize in economics in their long-standing disadvan- the worst-hit spots include Ap- ble for some of these problems one expert calls "deaths of de- 2015 for his long-standing tages in the job market. palachian states such as West by enabling more Americans spair" — suicides, drug over- work on solutions to poverty. Other researchers have said Virginia and Kentucky, they to stop working. Social welfare doses and alcohol-related dis- "That's the kind of thing that that whites may have an easier also include such areas as programs in Europe are typi- eases. can lead people to despair." time obtaining painkillers that Maine, Baltimore and eastern cally more generous yet The new paper by two Princ- The issues identified by are behind an epidemic of Washington state. The pat- haven't caused a rise in death eton University economists, Case and Deaton are likely drug overdoses. terns are evident in rural sec- rates. Anne Case and Angus Deaton, contributing to a slight rever- The data is clear, though: In tions and smaller cities as well Given the long-running na- concludes that the trend is sal in a decades-long trend of 1999, the death rate for high as in some large metro areas, ture of these trends, many of driven by the loss of steady improving life-expectancy school-educated whites ages 50 the research found. which stem from the 1970s, re- middle-income jobs for those data. It's not entirely clear through 54 was 30 percent Americans with less educa- versing them could take years, with a high school diploma or why these trends have affected lower than the death rate for tion are also faring much Case and Deaton write. But less. whites much more than they all blacks in that age group. worse when compared with there are immediate steps that The economists also argue have African-Americans or By 2015, it was 30 percent adults in other countries, Case could be taken, Deaton said in that dwindling job opportuni- Hispanics, whose death rates higher. and Deaton concluded. Death the interview. Routine pre- ties have triggered broader are improving. The educational split is also rates in Europe for people scriptions for opioids should problems for this group. They Case and Deaton note that growing. Even while the death with limited education are fall- be cut back. are more likely than their col- many Hispanics are "markedly rate for whites without a col- ing — and in most countries, And, "Europe has a much lege-educated counterparts, better off" than parents or lege degree is rising, the rate they're falling faster than better safety net than we do, for example, to be unem- grandparents who were born for whites who are college death rates for those with and they're not seeing the ployed, unmarried or suffer- abroad, enabling a greater graduates is falling, Case and more education. same sort of problems as we ing from poor health. sense of optimism. African- Deaton found. For those reasons, Case and are," he said. "This is a story of the col- lapse of the white working class," Deaton said in an interview. "The labor market has very much turned against them." 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KAY FRANCES LEWIS travel. His true joy was spend- The family is receiving liam Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Burial will be in the Kay Frances Eschenbauch ing time with his family and friends at the home, 21 First Medical Center, Columbia. Hopewell Baptist Church Yard Lewis was born on Dec. 7, friends. He always lived life to St., Summerton, South Caroli- Born in Walton, West Vir- Cemetery, Dalzell. 1944, in Antigo, Wisconsin. the fullest. He will be remem- na, 29148. ginia, he was a son of the late These services have been She passed away unexpected- bered as a very loving com- Services have been entrust- Leslie Leon and Audrey Or- entrusted to the management ly on March 15, panion, brother, uncle and ed in the professional care of dith Paxton Jackson. Mr. and staff of Williams Funeral 2017. friend. He will be dearly King-Fields Mortuary, Sum- Jackson attended Open Bible Home Inc., 821 N. Main St. Kay is sur- missed by all who knew him. merton, South Carolina. Baptist Church. He served in Online memorial messages vived by her hus- Surviving are his compan- (803)485-5039. the U.S. Air Force and worked may be sent to the family at band of 54 years, ion, Holly Klee of Wedgefield in residential construction. [email protected]. Emory Douglas and her daughter, Kayle Klee; WESLEY WILLIAMS He enjoyed working with his com. Lewis; two one sister, Patsy Tingle Hurst Mr. Wesley Williams, son of computer. Visit us on the web at www. LEWIS daughters, Tonia and her husband, Billy, of Al- the late Mrs. Gertrude Wil- Survivors include his wife williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. and husband, abama; two nieces, Emily liams, entered eternal rest on of 54 years; four children, Danny Craig, Hurst Rush and her husband, March 15, 2017, in Washing- Kenneth Jackson of Sumter, JOHNNIE L. JACKSON SR. and Wendy Livingston and Brad, and Amanda Hurst ton, D.C. The family is receiv- Robert “Bobby” Jackson (fi- Mr. Johnnie Lee Jackson partner, Danny Batchelor; five Labo and her husband, Dan; ing friends at the home of his ancé, Phyllis Rider) of Cam- Sr., 79, was born Nov. 24,1937, granddaughters, Devyn, Jor- two great-nieces, Layla Joy brother and sister-in-law, Mr. den, Cindy Coursey (J.T.) and in Dania Beach, Florida to the dyn, Spencyr, Kylie and Rylie; Rush and Lindsay Jo Rush; and Mrs. Joe Williams, 50 Greg Jackson (Lisa) both of late Moses Lewis and Dora and seven great-grandchil- and one great-nephew, Eli Moses Road, Bishopville. Fu- Sumter; sixteen grandchil- Taylor Jackson. dren. She is also survived by James Labo. neral arrangements will be dren; and seven great-grand- He departed this life on Sat- two brothers, Leonard The family will receive announced by Wilson Funeral children. urday, March 25, 2017, at NHC Eschenbauch and James friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishop- He was preceded in death Healthcare Sumter. (Judy) Eschenbauch; and nu- Monday at Bullock Funeral ville. by a son, Gary Jackson and Services have been entrust- merous nieces, nephews, fam- Home. one brother, Larry Jackson. ed to Whites Mortuary LLC. ily and friends. Memorials may be made to MAE E. MYERS The funeral services will be Kay and Doug were high the American Heart Associa- Mrs. Mae Ella Gregg Myers held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in GABRIEL ROBINSON school sweethearts in White tion, 400 Percival Road, P.O. entered eternal rest on March the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Gabriel Robinson, 49, died Lake, Wisconsin. They mar- Box 6604, Columbia, SC 29260- 23, 2017, at the Carolina Pines Funeral Home Chapel with Friday, March 24, 2017, in ried young and traveled the 6604 or to Palmetto Health Regional Medical Center, the Rev. Greg Pressley offici- Charlotte, North Carolina. world together. They lived in Heart, 6 Richland Medical Hartsville. The family is re- ating. Burial will be in the Born Oct. 9, 1967, in Sumter Wisconsin, Texas, Oklahoma, Park, Columbia, SC 29203. ceiving friends at the home of Sumter Cemetery. County, he was the son of Alaska, California, Germany You may go to www.bullock- her daughters at 10 John Lane, Pallbearers will be Matthew Betty Wright Robinson and and South Carolina. They funeralhome.com and sign the Bishopville. Funeral arrange- Jackson, Robert Jackson Jr., the late Matthew Robinson. traveled all over the United family’s guest book. ments will be announced by Joseph Coursey, Phil Wind- The family will receive fam- States and Europe. Kay was a The family has chosen Bull- Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. ham, Bruce Andrews and ily and friends at the home of homemaker and an avid craft- ock Funeral Home for the ar- Main St., Bishopville. Brian Haselden. his mother, 19 Chestnut St. er. She co-owned a ceramic rangements. The family will receive Funeral arrangements are business for many years. She ROBERT OAKS friends from 3 to 4 p.m. on incomplete and will be an- enjoyed crocheting blankets Robert Oaks, 67, died Thurs- Tuesday at Elmore-Cannon- nounced by Williams Funeral that she donated to the veter- day, March 23, 2017, at Palmet- Stephens Funeral Home and Home Inc. an’s hospital each year. She to Health Tuomey Hospital, other times at the home. enjoyed spending time with Sumter. Born September 7, Elmore-Cannon-Stephens JAMES D. THOMPSON her family and will be dearly 1949, in Sumter County, he Funeral Home and Crematori- James Davis “Dave” missed. was the son of Alphonzo and um of Sumter is in charge of Thompson, 73, widower of Kay was preceded in death VIRGINIA M. WHACK Beatrice Scriven Oaks. the arrangements. Jewel Slaughter Thompson, by her father and mother, The family will receive fam- died Thursday, March 23, Charles and Agnes Eschen- GREELEYVILLE — Virgin- ily and friends at the home, WALTER J. SAUL 2017, at the Medical Universi- bauch; three brothers, Ralph, ia Murray Whack, 97, widow 3001 Prosser Ave. Walter J. “Wally” Saul, 53, ty of SC in Charleston. Donald and Tim Eschen- of George Whack, died on Fri- Funeral arrangements are died Thursday, March 23, Born July 28, 1943, in bauch; sister, Doris Foster, day, March 24, 2017, at incomplete and will be an- 2017, at his home. Franklin, Virginia, he was a and granddaughter, Skylar McLeod Health Clarendon, nounced by Williams Funeral Born Jan. 28, 1964, in Sum- son of the late Virgil Davis Rae. Manning. Home Inc. ter, he was the son of Patricia and Frances Butler Thomp- There will be no services at She was born on Sept. 7, Yeager and the late Chief son Livesay. Mr. Thompson this time. 1919, in Greeleyville, a daugh- HERBERT B. BOYKIN SR. Master Sgt. James I. Saul. was a member of First Baptist Obituary courtesy of Bull- ter of the late Adrian and Herbert B. Boykin, Sr., 91, Wally was a golfer and en- Church. He received his Bach- ock Funeral Home. Bobbie Durant Murray. died Saturday, March 25, 2017, joyed riding his motorcycle. elor’s degree from Virginia The family is receiving at his home in Sumter. Born Above all, he enjoyed and Military Institute and a Mas- friends at the home of her Dec. 25, 1925, in Kershaw loved his family. ter’s degree from Central daughter and son-in-law, San- County. He was the son of the Survivors include his moth- Michigan University. He re- dra and Clayton Reid, 112 late Richard and Marie er of Sumter; two sons, Justin tired from the U.S. Air Force, Whack Road, Greeleyville. Boykin. J. Saul of Tennessee, Evan A. with the rank of Major, after These services have been The family will receive fam- Saul of Colorado; two sisters, more than 20 years of service entrusted to Samuels Funeral ily and friends at the home, Wendy S. Simmons of Myrtle and was a veteran of the Viet- KENNETH R. FOFLYGEN SR. Home LLC of Manning. 415 Church St. Beach, Christi S. Waynick of nam War. Following his mili- Funeral arrangements are Sumter; nieces and nephews, tary service, Mr. Thompson MANNING — Kenneth ARCHIE DANTZLER incomplete and will be an- Marissa Wolfe-McHugh, Re- worked as a computer pro- Richard “Slosh” Foflygen Sr., Archie “Bernie” Dantzler, nounced by Williams Funeral bekah Huang, Aubrey grammer for Carolina Conti- husband of Diana Colleen 80, widower of Rosa Singleton Home Inc. Brunson, Barratt Waynick, nental Insurance Co. in Co- Main Foflygen, died on Thurs- Dantzler and son of the late Trey Simmons, Nathan Sim- lumbia for more than 20 day, March 23, Archie and Edna McFadden MARTHA A. GIBBONS mons; and six great nieces years. He enjoyed writing and 2017, at McLeod Dantzler was born on Janu- NEW ZION — Mrs. Martha and nephews. was a member of the Sumter Health Claren- ary 1, 1937, in Sumter County. Ann Gibbons, 86, passed away A memorial service will be Chapter of the SC Writers As- don. He departed this life on Fri- peacefully on Friday, March held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the sociation. He was a published Born on Sept. day, March 24, 2017, at WJB 24, 2017, at her home. The fu- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Fu- author of a book of short sto- 25, 1946, in Wash- Dorn Veterans Affairs Medi- neral service will be at 3 p.m. neral Home Chapel. ries and two books of poetry. ington, Pennsyl- cal Center. on Monday at New Zion Unit- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Survivors include two FOFLYGEN vania, he was a Family will receive friends ed Methodist Church with Funeral Home and Crematori- daughters, Patricia Thomp- son of the late at the home, 15 S. Salem Ave., burial in the church cemetery, um of Sumter is in charge of son, Wendy Thompson both James Wayne Fo- Sumter 29150. directed by Floyd Funeral the arrangements. of Sumter; two brothers, Vir- flygen and Elma Grace Dun- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Home. The family will receive gil Martin Thompson (Faye) fee Foflygen. He was a U.S. Main St., is in charge of ar- friends at their home from 5 MICHAEL K. WORKMAN of Louisville, Kentucky, Rich- Navy veteran of the Vietnam rangements. to 7 p.m. tonight at 7386 Salem Michael Keyshawn Work- ard Livesay (Lori) of Sedley, War; an avid Corvette owner; Road, New Zion. man, 27, departed this earthly Virginia; one sister, Mary and a member of Lake Mari- CARLEE LATHAN Born in Sumter County, she life on Wednesday, March 22, Livesay Duke of Franklin, on Christian Church. BISHOPVILLE — Carlee was a daughter of the late 2017, as the result of a car ac- Virginia; and a number of Surviving besides his wife Lathan, 81, passed on Friday, John Hector and Ellena Rodg- cident in Sumter. Born Dec.18, special nieces, nephews and are a son, Kenneth R. Fofly- March 24, 2017, at her resi- ers McNeill. She retired from 1989, in Sumter County, he cousins. gen Jr. (Tammy) of Sharon, dence. Clarendon County School Dis- was the son of Carley T. Funeral services will be Pennsylvania; two daughters, Born in Lee County, she trict 3 as an elementary Spann and the late Randall held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Monica Vernon (Seth) of was a daughter of Lawson school teacher, a member of “Mike” Workman. “Smoke,” First Baptist Church with the Clarksville, Pennsylvania, and and Connie McIntyre Moses. New Zion United Methodist as he was affectionately Rev. Dan Barber and the Rev. Angela Reyes (Adrian) of The family will receive Church, United Methodist called, was a 2009 graduate of Charles Clanton officiating. Manning; a brother, Ronald friends and relatives at the Women, Black River Ameri- Crestwood High School. He at- Burial will be in the Ever- W. Foflygen of Penn State, home, 406 Murray St., Bishop- can Legion Auxiliary and tended Central Carolina Tech- green Memorial Park Ceme- Pennsylvania; and nine ville. Kappa Delta Pi. nical College, where he re- tery. grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are She was preceded in death ceived a degree in welding. In Honorary pallbearers will A memorial service will be incomplete and will be an- by a sister, Mary Beth Mixon. his youth he attended High be members of the Friends held at a later date. nounced by Square Deal Fu- Surviving are her husband, Hills Baptist Church. and Followers Sunday School Memorials may be made to neral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Lawrence Ike Gibbons of the Memories of Keyshawn will Class of First Baptist Church. the Community Angels Fund, Bishopville, SC 292010. home; three daughters, Patri- forever be cherished by his The family will receive 1772 Kenwood Road, Manning, cia “Patty” Green of Pawley’s mother, Carley T. Spann Work- friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on SC 29102. HARMON WALKER Island, Sherrilyn (Blake) Gib- man of the home; three chil- Monday at Elmore-Cannon- Stephens Funeral Home & Harmon Walker, 61, died bons of New Zion and Lauret- dren, Sariah K. Workman, Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Friday, March 24, 2017, at his ta (Virgil) Gibbons and her of Samir K. Workman, Sanai K. other times at the home. Manning, is in charge of ar- residence in Sumter. Born in Fort Mill; two sisters, Marga- Workman, all of Sumter; two Memorials may be made to rangements, (803) 435-2179. Sumter County, he was a son ret Clark Phillips and Lena sisters, Shanise N. Spann (Der- the Benevolence Fund of First www.stephensfuneralhome.org of the late Dayton and Mil- Phillips, both of Lynchburg; rick), Olivia Ellerbe, both of Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty dred Walker. five grandchildren, Jennifer Sumter; one brother, Terrance St., Sumter, SC 29150. JOHN W. TINGLE The family will receive Altman, Patrick (Leslie) Gib- Blanding, of Sumter; fiancé, Elmore-Cannon-Stephens WEDGEFIELD — John Wil- friends at the home of the bons, Lance Green, Travis Erica D. Anderson of Sumter; Funeral Home and Crematori- liam Tingle, age 60, died on Walker’s, 105 N. Tondaleia Green and Devin Green; and three nephews; grandfathers, um of Sumter is in charge of Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Drive, Sumter, SC 29153. six great-grandchildren, Louis Davis Jr., Richard Jack- the arrangements. Palmetto Health Richland. Funeral arrangements are Blake Altman, Banks Altman, son of Sumter; five aunts; six Born in Mon- incomplete and will be an- Spencer Gibbons, Luke Green, uncles; three great aunts; and MASTER A. KENNEDY roe, Michigan, he nounced by Palmer Memorial Lauren Elizabeth Green and a host of special cousins, other Master Avion Kennedy, four was a son of the Chapel Inc. Katherine Green. relatives and friends. months, died Wednesday, late Lelton Theo Memorials may be made to The homegoing celebration March 22, 2017, in Fayetteville, Tingle and Jo JASMINE O. JOHNSON New Zion United Methodist will be held at noon on Tues- North Carolina. Born Nov. 11, Nell Barrow Tin- Jasmine Oquez Johnson, 28, Church Memorial Fund, P.O. day from the Hopewell Baptist 2016, in Sumter County, he gle. John was a of Summerton, died on Fri- Box 33, New Zion, S.C. 29111. Church, 3285 Peach Orchard was the son of Demond Ken- TINGLE well respected day, March 24, 2017, at Please visit www.floydfuner- Road, Dalzell, with the Rev. nedy. car salesman in McLeod Health, Florence. al.com for online condolences. Richard Addison as pastor The family will receive fam- the Sumter area He was born on Dec. 6, 1988, and eulogist. ily and friends at the home, 62 for many years. He never met in Clarendon County to Joe JERRY J. JACKSON The family is receiving rela- Carrol Drive, Sumter. a stranger and was loved by James and Sadie Johnson. Jerry James Jackson, 76, tives and friends at the home, Funeral arrangements are many. John enjoyed cooking, The funeral services are in- husband of Shirley Ann 70 White Pine Court, Sumter. incomplete and will be an- working on cars and tinkering complete and will be an- McLeod Jackson, died Thurs- The procession will leave nounced by Williams Funeral around the house. He loved to nounced at a later date. day, March 23, 2017, at Wil- from the home at 11:20 a.m. Home Inc. A14 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM

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GUEST COMMENTARY Bill makes it easy to spend your money in secret

here does your prescribed tax money go? In manner. most instances it A “public W supports direct body” in- government activities such cludes “any as schools, police, housing, organization, public health and the like. corporation, But in many instances or agency your tax money is trans- Jay supported in ferred to nonprofit corpora- whole or in tions that have convinced Bender part by pub- government leaders that they lic funds or perform a service worthy of expending public funds.” The public support. Museums, USC Foundation met this festivals, parks, and tourism definition, and, as a conse- promoters are common non- quence, was required to ac- Dear Gamecocks: profit recipi- count for ents of pub- how it spent lic funds. ‘In too many its money. There is a When ex- bill, H.3931, instances, those posed to pub- How’s everybody feeling? pending in lic scrutiny the House of doling out your many of the Representa- expendi- Editor’s note: These are ex- COMMENTARY tives, that money are benefiting tures, such cerpts from an open letter would ex- as gifts to that appeared on www.the- here, but And after we won that empt non- from the use of those elected offi- playerstribune.com. The full these guys game, our prize was a profit organi- cials and lav- text can be found here: put their matchup with the most cele- zations get- funds to hire their ish speaking http://bit.ly/2n4R10M. The trust in me. brated team in college bas- ting public fees, were Gamecocks face Florida They put ketball. The team that just funds from questioned today at 2:20 p.m. on CBS for their trust about anyone with any sense the Freedom relatives or worse. If and protest- a chance to go the NCAA in me even had chosen to win the whole of Informa- this bill passes, we ed. basketball tournament’s when it tournament. tion Act. Is there final four next week in Phoe- Frank seemed im- At halftime against Duke, The bill is value in nix. possible we were down by seven being pro- will never know.’ knowing how Martin that we’d points. But honestly, the vibe moted as a a nonprofit eah, I’m feeling ever be able in the locker room was pret- way to make organization pretty darn good to do what we’re doing now. ty positive. When I walked in nonprofits accountable to the that gets tax money spends too. When you lose games, kids there and looked around at governments that provide that money? Most of us think Y Last Sunday, become vulnerable. They our guys, I saw that they funding by requiring filing of so. If you know where the much of the nation learned start listening to voices on didn’t look scared at all. general statements about how money is going, you have something that Gamecock the outside. That’s what los- They were just focused. your money is being spent. If grounds to tell your repre- Nation already knew: What ing does — it tears you apart. “You guys are playing the you believe that nonsense, I sentatives in government we have here in Columbia is But Justin, Duane and game, not me. But based on have some beachfront proper- that you approve or disap- very special. We have a fan Sindarius — from that very what I see, I think your de- ty in Walhalla for sale. prove of the way your money base as passionate as any first year, their ears never fense is really bothering In too many instances, is being spent. We should be you’ll find in college sports. left me. When we lost nine of them.” those doling out your money past the point where we will And we have a group of our first 10 SEC games their And I looked around the are benefiting from the use accept an assurance such as, young men who are as im- freshman year, they stayed room. of those funds to hire their “Trust me. Great things are pressive as any you’ll find in with me. When we finished “What do you think?” relatives or worse. If this bill being done with your the country. They also hap- below .500 my first two sea- They all responded, passes, we will never know. money.” pen to play some pretty good sons here, they continued to “Yeah!” Some legislators have been There is too much evidence basketball. work. They trusted that we “So if you know you can told nonprofits are not sub- to the contrary that trust is Ask Duke. were building something, guard them, and we’re only ject to the Freedom of Infor- not enough. In Richland Of course, this didn’t just even when nobody else real- down seven after shooting 7 mation Act, and this bill will County alone we’ve had a happen. Basketball at South ly saw it. of 35 from the field, do you add “transparency.” Non- recreation commission pay- Carolina hasn’t always been Now, these guys who think we can win this game profits receiving or spending ing inflated salaries to rela- so good. didn’t have anyone to lead if we start taking better your money are already sub- tives who probably shouldn’t When I came to Columbia them have become leaders shots?” ject to the open government have been on the payroll in for an interview, South Caro- themselves. I watch how They all said, “Yeah!” law, and you are entitled to the first place. We’ve had the lina hadn’t won an NCAA these seniors mentor our And I just nodded, “Me see their records. All you records of a high school tournament game since 1973 young players and it’s the too. Let’s go.” have to do is ask. booster club requested by the — way back when the leg- most gratifying part of my When the second half In 1974 the General Assem- Attorney General who is in- endary Frank McGuire job. And what it’s done is let began we started driving the bly enacted the Freedom of vestigating charges that coached the team. Since he me just coach basketball. I ball to the basket more. Sure Information Act, based on a much of the money is not ac- retired in 1980, almost every don’t have to worry about enough, good things started finding that it was vital in a counted for. Two festival or- coach that followed him whether my players buy into to happen. We threw down a democratic society that pub- ganizers are being ques- never coached another day a winning culture — because few dunks and made some lic business be conducted in tioned about what they have after they left Columbia. now they’re the ones spread- free throws. Then, during an open and public manner. done with the public money And you’re talking about ing it. our first time out, while the The Supreme Court of South they have received to con- some unbelievably talented One of my favorite mo- team was gathered around Carolina has repeatedly duct festivals that seem not and successful people. ments this season was when me, I could see in their eyes ruled that this law exists to to have happened. So when I was contemplat- I gathered the entire team in that they all believed that we prevent secret government I suspect certain nonprofit ing making the move here, the weight room and sur- could do this. We were play- activity. organizations across the what I heard from people prised them with the news ing our game. One mechanism used to state would be exposed to was, “Frank, everyone loses that Sindarius had been When all was said and hide government activity has scorn or prosecution if their their job there.” named SEC Player of the done, we shot better than 71 been through the use of non- activities were subjected to Nobody gets out of there Year. The place went crazy. percent in the second half. profit corporations. The Uni- public scrutiny. There are al- alive. They celebrated as loudly as That’s crazy. Ludicrous. Sim- versity of South Carolina for legations in several parts of I spent 15 years as a high they had all season. And ply doesn’t happen — ever. years hid a presidential slush the state that tax money is school math teacher. That that really showed me some- But it did. It happened. Be- fund behind a nonprofit being laundered by nonprofit was the first job where I thing. Because that right cause we made it happen. foundation. When the public corporations to fund political learned how to help young there, it can’t be recruited. It And down the stretch, col- and press demanded an ac- contributions. people grow and develop. Be- has to be grown. lege basketball fans saw counting of the foundation’s The only thing transparent fore I even got into college Before we took the floor something out of our guys activities through Freedom about H.3931 is the desire of coaching, I had a good un- against Marquette in the that I’ve witnessed a lot in of Information Act requests, organizations supported by derstanding of the impor- first round, I told our guys to the last four years. Some- the foundation refused to or spending your money to tance of building trust with stay true to themselves. I thing that was apparent to provide access saying the law do it in secret. This bill the people you’re trying to told them not to worry about me even when we were los- did not apply to it because it should be defeated. teach. And the only way you the stage or the opponent. ing a lot of games. was a nonprofit corporation. If not, your tax dollars will develop trust is through Just play basketball. Play Courage. The S.C. Supreme Court go down a rabbit hole never honesty. like we practice. I’ve seen these guys lose. said otherwise. The court to be heard from again. Tell The guys who are leading I let them know that we But I have never seen them looked to the definition in your House member you our team this season didn’t weren’t there because some- defeated. We have never car- the law of those organiza- want true accountability and have the benefit playing with body had drawn our name ried ourselves like a losing tions to which the law ap- defeat the bill. a senior class that could out of a hat. We had earned basketball team. And that plied. These organizations show them how to win. They that spot. We had established night, man did we look like are identified in the law as Bender is a retired media law had to develop that culture ourselves as a very good winners. “public bodies.” If an entity professor and an attorney for on their own. team, and that was our re- is a public body it is required the S.C. Press Association, There were some tough ward. Frank Martin is the men’s to disclose certain records and advocate for open govern- losses — ugly games even — Then we went out and we head basketball coach at Uni- and conduct its meetings in a ment. in their first couple of years played like we belonged. versity of South Carolina.

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USC MEN’S BASKETBALL AUTO RACING Junior preps All-too familiar final for 600th race after creating own legacy

BY GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press

FONTANA, Calif. — While Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepared for his 600th NASCAR Cup Series race this weekend, he couldn’t help thinking about his first time. He still recalls his conversation with Tony Eury Jr., his cousin and crew chief, as he sat on that starting grid in Char- lotte in 1999. “I remember telling Tony EARNHARDT that I would switch with him for a million dollars so he could do this instead of me,” Earnhardt recalled Friday with a chuckle. “Because I was scared to death. ... I was overwhelmed with the weight of the situation, and how much attention it was getting, and it made it really hard to soak in and enjoy it, I guess. “We just wanted to do so well and not fail. It was fun. It was a wild time.” The son of racing royalty once felt crushed by expecta- tions, yet he persevered and established his own legacy in AP PHOTOS the sport. Along with being It will be an all-too familiar East Regional final today in New York as Chris Chiozza and Florida meet Southeastern Conference foe NASCAR’s most popular Sindarius Thornwell (0) and South Carolina for a berth in the men’s Final Four. driver for most of his career, Junior has 26 victories, 252 top-10 finishes and two Day- Southeastern Conference foes South Carolina, Florida meet for tona 500 trophies in his first 599 races. 3rd time in East Regional championship for berth in Final Four “I just wanted to drive,” the 42-year-old Earnhardt re- BY JIM O’CONNELL EAST REGIONAL FINAL this season with the home Gamecocks on Saturday. called. “I wanted to race cars The Associated Press team winning both. They “We have to guard them too. for a living. I wanted to do it WHO: South Carolina vs. Florida are two tough, defensive I think it could be a defen- well enough to be able to af- NEW YORK — There’s no WHEN: Today, 2:20 p.m. teams that can get out and sive battle and whoever can ford to make a living doing it. I need for introductions in the WHERE: New York run in transition. execute better has a good didn’t have vision or assume East Regional final. Scouting TV: WLTX 19 “They’re super physical. shot of winning.” that I was going to make all of reports aren’t really neces- RADIO: WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM They pressure a lot, deny a The first game between the the money and success that we sary. 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240 lot of passes. They’re all teams was a slugfest with have made, but all I really Fourth-seeded Florida and pretty fundamentally sound. South Carolina prevailing 57- wanted to do was to do it long seventh-seeded South Caro- with the winner advancing They take a lot of charges 53. The Gators missed all 17 enough so I didn’t have to get a lina, two Southeastern Con- to the Final Four. and kind of swarm the ball of their 3-point attempts and real job.” ference foes, will meet today This will be the third when you drive,” Florida’s at Madison Square Garden meeting between the teams Canyon Barry said of the SEE FAMILIAR, PAGE B6 SEE JUNIOR, PAGE B4

USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Gamecocks overwhelm upstart Bobcats 100-58

Carolina reaches The Gamecocks ignored they had a good run, but the “Q’’ on the front of the we’ve still got a mission to Elite Eight for 2nd opposing jersey and imme- complete, and that’s to diately went to work. make it to the Final Four time in last 3 years Kaela Davis, A’ja Wilson and national champion- and top-seeded South Caro- ship,” Allisha Gray de- BY JANIE MCCAULEY lina overpowered the up- clared. The Associated Press starts from the opening tip, “I second that,” Davis fol- scoring the first 16 points lowed. STOCKTON, Calif. — and advancing to the Stock- Davis scored 28 points Sure, South Carolina knew ton Regional final by beat- with five 3s, Wilson added THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a little something about ing the 12th-seeded Bobcats 24 and South Carolina’s South Carolina forward A’ja Wilson, center, goes to the basket between Quin- Quinnipiac’s surprising 100-58 on Saturday. athleticism and smother- nipiac’s Paula Strautmane, left, and Sarah Shewan during the Gamecocks’ NCAA Tournament run as “It doesn’t matter what ing, swarming defense was 100-58 victory on Saturday in the Sweet 16 round of the women’s NCAA tour- Connecticut’s other Sweet name is on the jersey, we nament in Stockton, California. 16 team. come out to play. Obviously SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B6 B2 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP Gonzaga tops Xavier 83-59 to reach 1st Final Four SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nigel to yet another Final Four on Williams-Goss scored 23 the line. points while orchestrating The third-seeded Bruins (31- Gonzaga’s efficient offense, 5) still have the most national and the Zags finally shook titles. Yet they leave their their overrated tag by routing third Sweet 16 under coach Xavier 83-59 on Saturday to Steve Alford short of the Elite reach the Final Four for the Eight. first time. Fans lustily booed Kentucky Gonzaga (36-1) has been coach John Calipari in his first dogged by criticism through game in Memphis since leaving the years despite winning in April 2009 for the Wildcats. consistently, in part for play- Calipari’s latest crop of talent- ing in a weak conference but ed freshmen put Kentucky into also for never making the a regional final for the sixth Final Four. time in seven years. On the cusp of history, the NORTH CAROLINA 92 Zags took it head on with a superb all-around game to BUTLER 80 give coach Mark Few the one MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Joel missing piece of his resume. Berry II scored 26 points and Gonzaga found the range Justin Jackson added 24 as from the perimeter after top-seeded North Carolina struggling the first three moved to the Elite Eight with NCAA games, making 12 of a 92-80 victory over Butler in 24 from 3-point range. The the NCAA South Region on defense, a soft spot in the Friday night. past, shut down the under- Luke Maye recorded his dog and 11th-seeded Muske- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS first career double-double teers (24-14) to win the West Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, center, holds the West Regional trophy with his team after beating Xavier with 16 points and 12 re- Region. 83-59 on Saturday in San Jose, California, to earn the school’s first Final Four berth. bounds, helping fuel a quick The Zags will face the win- start for Carolina (30-7). The ner between South Carolina sume, which includes 18 keteers’ zone or on kick-outs FRIDAY Tar Heels never let their lead and Florida in next week’s straight NCAA Tournaments, from center Przemek Kar- KENTUCKY 86 get under double digits in the Final Four in Arizona. eight trips to the Sweet 16 and nowski. UCLA 75 second half. J.P Macura led the Muske- a third Elite Eight after sur- Xavier got off to a good Andrew Chrabascz led the teers with 18 points. viving West Virginia’s con- start offensively by working MEMPHIS, Tenn. — fourth-seeded Bulldogs (25-9) The Musketeers brought stant pressure in the regional the ball around, but hit a dry De’Aaron Fox scored a career- with 21 points and seven re- their turn-the-page jar of semifinals. spell and made 1 of 5 from high 39 points as the Ken- bounds, while Kelan Martin ashes to the NCAA Tourna- The Zags struggled to find 3-point range as Gonzaga tucky Wildcats beat UCLA finished with 16 points for ment, where they burned an offensive rhythm against stretched to lead to 49-39 by 86-75 Friday night in a show- Butler, which struggled shoot- through a string of upsets to the Mountaineers — who halftime. down between two of college ing early and did not recover. reach their third Elite Eight doesn’t? — but had it flowing Halftime did little to slow basketball’s goliaths for a spot Carolina, which reached the and first since 2008. They beat against Xavier. the Zags, who pushed the lead in the South Regional final. Elite Eight for the 27th time, Maryland, Florida State and Gonzaga came into the Elite to 59-42 on 3-pointers by Wil- The only No. 2 seed to sur- will face the winner of Fri- took down No. 2 Arizona in Eight hitting 29 percent of its liams-Goss and Jordan vive and advance, the Wild- day’s second game between the regional semifinals, set- 3-point shots after making 37 Mathews. Gonzaga kept the cats (32-5) won their 14th UCLA and Kentucky. The Tar ting up a matchup of small percent during the season. machine rolling in the second straight game. Now the Heels connected on 54.4 per- Jesuit schools seeking their The Zags found the range half, continuing to make shots NCAA’s winningest program cent of their shots, while But- first Final Four. early against Xavier, hitting 8 while its defense prevented will play another of basket- ler was at 43.5 percent. The Final Four was the only of 13 from the arc in the first the Musketeers from making ball’s titans today in top-seed- thing missing on Few’s re- half, mostly against the Mus- any kind of run. ed North Carolina with a trip From wire reports

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Fla., 1:05 p.m. 3-0 win over VMI on Friday 10 a.m. – International Soccer: CON- Houston vs. Washington at West CACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifying Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Match – Mexico vs. Costa Rica (FOX Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., CHARLESTON — Friday 6-5 win on Saturday after- and fourth innings and an SPORTS 2). 1:05 p.m. 10 a.m. – PGA Golf: World Golf Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Clear- night belonged to The Cita- noon at Founders Park. unearned run in the top of Championships-Dell Match Play water, Fla., 1:05 p.m. del’s starting pitcher and The Gamecocks improve the ninth lifted Alabama to Semifinal Matches from Austin, Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Texas (GOLF). Fla., 1:05 p.m. former Wilson Hall stand- to 16-6 and 4-1 in the SEC a 4-2 win. 11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, out JP Sears with Alabama now 12-11 Open Men’s and Women’s Third- Fla., 1:05 p.m. CLEMSON 1 Round Matches from Key Biscayne, Baltimore vs. Toronto (ss) at Duned- who tied the and 1-4 in league play. Fla. (TENNIS). in, Fla., 1:07 p.m. program re- Trailing 5-4 entering the BOSTON COLLEGE 0 11:45 a.m. – International Soccer: Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, UEFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying Fla., 1:10 p.m. cord with 20 bottom of the ninth inning, KINGSTON, R.I. — Alex Match – Lithuania vs. England (FOX Cincinnati (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at strikeouts in a the Gamecocks rallied to tie Eubanks pitched a 3-hit SPORTS 2, UNIVISION). Las Vegas, NV, 4:05 p.m. 11:50 a.m. – International Soccer: L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas at Surprise, 3-0 shutout of it against Alabama reliever shutout to lead No. 6 Clem- UEFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying Ariz., 4:05 p.m. VMI at Joe Davis Vainer. Jonah Bride son to a 1-0 victory over Match – Germany vs. Azerbaijan Oakland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, (ESPN2). 4:05 p.m. SEARS Riley Park. would lead off with a walk Boston College at Bill Beck Noon – NHL Hockey: Minnesota at San Diego (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at One day less and with two outs advanced Field on Saturday. Detroit (WIS 10). Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Noon – Women’s College Basketball: San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox than a year after setting a to second base on a wild The Tigers improved to NCAA Tournament Lexington Region- at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. career-high with 19 strike- pitch. Carolina would then 19-4 overall and 7-1 in the al Championship Game from Lexing- Seattle vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Good- ton, Ky. (ESPN). year, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. outs at VMI, the junior left- summon Danny Blair off ACC. The Eagles dropped to Noon – College Baseball: Miami at Cleveland vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Ariz., 4:10 p.m. hander one-upped himself the bench to run for Bride 7-13 overall and 1-7 in ACC Noon – College Baseball: Clemson vs. Colorado vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, with 20 strikeouts against and the sophomore outfield- play. Boston College from Kingston, R.I. Ariz., 4:10 p.m. (Joined In Progress) (WPUB-FM Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, the visiting Keydets in front er would score the tying run Eubanks (4-1) earned the 102.7). Ariz., 4:10 p.m. of his home crowd. on a pair of wild pitches win by allowing just three Noon – College Baseball: Alabama at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5). MONDAY’S GAMES Sears (4-1) tied the pro- from Vainer. hits, no runs and no walks 1 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Phoenix at Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, gram record originally set With the score dead- with a career-high-tying 10 Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Fla., 1:05 p.m. 1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Miami at Jupiter, in 1999 by Rodney Hancock locked at 5-5 in the bottom strikeouts in a complete- Baseball: Atlanta vs. New York Mets Fla., 1:05 p.m. against Furman. The strike- of the 10th inning, Hunter game effort. The sophomore from Port St. Lucie, Fla. (MLB NET- Washington vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port WORK). St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. out total is also tied for the Taylor led off with a walk right-hander did not get to a 1 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers second most in a single to give the Gamecocks a 3-ball count on any Boston Developmental League Game – Reno at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. at Maine (NBA TV). Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at Scott- game in Southern Confer- runner on first with no College batter. Eagle reliev- 1 p.m. – College Softball: Missouri at sdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. ence history and the fourth outs. LT Tolbert put run- er John Witkowski (0-1) suf- Texas A&M (ESPNU). Colorado vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 1 p.m. – College Baseball: Louisiana 4:05 p.m. time it has been accom- ners on first and second fered the loss. State at Florida (SEC NETWORK). Kansas City vs. Oakland at Mesa, plished. then with a base hit to left The Tigers struck first in 1 p.m. – College Baseball: Utah Valley Ariz., 4:05 p.m. at Texas (Rio Grande Valley) (SPEC- L.A. Angels vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Additionally, the 20 strike- field on a 1-2 pitch from the seventh inning without TRUM 1250). Ariz., 4:10 p.m. outs are the most in a single Vainer. After a wild pitch the benefit of a hit. 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On a 2-0 pitch, Row Pinch-hitter Robert Jolly 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, 2018 World Cup Qualifying Match – Fla., 6:07 p.m. The outing was the first belted a liner to left out of followed with a grounder to Poland vs. Montenegro (FOX SPORTS Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland at Good- complete game of Sears’ ca- the reach of Alabama out- third, and Davidson’s jump 2). year, Ariz., 9:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Puerto Rico Open reer, who had previously fielder Logan Carey for a off third base allowed him Final Round from Rio Grande, Puerto pitched eight innings twice. RBI single to set off the to score before the throw ar- Rico (GOLF). NBA STANDINGS He threw nine shutout in- celebration at Founders rived to the plate. 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: World Golf Champi- By The Associated Press onships-Dell Match Play Champion- nings, allowing just two hits Park. 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The junior with two walks and three son’s 8-2 victory over Boston 3:30 p.m. – College Hockey: NCAA Brooklyn 15 57 .208 31½ has recorded five straight strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings College at Bill Beck Field Tournament Northeast Regional Final SOUTHEAST DIVISION Match from Manchester, N.H. starts with at least seven in- of relief. Junior right-hand- on. W L Pct GB (ESPNU). nings and has double-digit er Wil Crowe threw 6 1/3 in- Barnes (2-2) earned the 4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition x-Washington 44 28 .611 — Baseball: San Francisco vs. Chicago Atlanta 37 35 .514 7 strikeouts in three games. nings with two runs on five win by allowing just four White Sox (MLB NETWORK). Miami 35 37 .486 9 4 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas Charlotte 32 40 .444 12 SOUTH CAROLINA 6 hits with two walks and five hits, one run and one walk A&M at Vanderbilt (SEC NET- Orlando 27 46 .370 17½ strikeouts in no-decision for with 11 strikeouts in six in- WORK). CENTRAL DIVISION ALABAMA 5 Carolina. nings pitched. Patrick An- 4:55 p.m. – College Basketball: NCAA W L Pct GB Tournament Regional Championship z-Cleveland 47 24 .662 — COLUMBIA — Junior in- On Friday, South Carolina drews pitched the final Game (WLTX 19). Milwaukee 37 35 .514 10½ 5 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Indiana 36 36 .500 11½ fielder Justin Row’s walk- broke ahead two runs in the three innings to record his Open Men’s and Women’s Third- Chicago 34 39 .466 14 off single in the bottom of bottom of the first, but hom- first save of the season. Round Matches from Key Biscayne, Detroit 34 39 .466 14 Fla. (TENNIS). the 10th inning lifted fourth- ers from Cody Henry and 5:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Kia Classic WESTERN CONFERENCE ranked South Carolina to a Chandler Taylor in the third From local, staff reports Final Round from Carlsbad, Calif. (GOLF). SOUTHWEST DIVISION 6 p.m. – College Hockey: NCAA W L Pct GB Tournament Midwest Regional x-San Antonio 55 16 .775 — Final Match from Cincinnati x-Houston 50 22 .694 5½ (ESPNU). 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It was a tough ending con- LMA FROM PAGE B1 sidering the way Thomas Sumter opened the game and “Even with a lot of odds responded to LMA’s big out- being against them, I’m proud burst in the third. that we believed in ourselves Ellie Hunter and Sydney enough to pull that out,” Lau- Daniel came through with rence Manning head coach RBI hits in the bottom of the Maria Rowland said. “I knew first, and Hunter followed in (Olsen) wasn’t at her full po- the third with a 2-run single tential, but I was proud of her. that tied the score. You literally have to hit half- Josie Reed drove in a pair of inch spots against a team like runs in the fourth and Logan this. She and Ashton (Rogers) Morris added a sacrifice fly as were able to keep them inside the Lady Generals reclaimed the park, and that team has a a 3-run advantage. lot of big sticks.” “You wonder how you’re LMA, however, did leave the going to respond, so I was so yard — twice. The Lady ‘Cats proud of how we came back,” rallied from 3-run deficits on Reed said. “Karin Brannon two separate occasions with had a huge hit (double) in the the first coming courtesy of a fourth from the 9-hole (in the pair of long balls from Brooke batting order) that started us Ward and Rogers. off and it kind of snowballed Trailing 3-0 in the top of the from there. It kind of hap- third, Ward stepped to the plate pened to us too against Robert with two on and one down and E. Lee where we got into a launched a homer — the first hole, but we never say die, of career — to left-centerfield and that’s great to see.” to tie the game. Rogers followed Hunter finished with three two batters later with a 2-run hits, including a double and shot that gave Laurence Man- three RBI for TSA. She also ning a 5-3 lead. RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM tossed the final four innings “If I had one wish for any- Thomas Sumter Academy catcher Josie Reed, right, covers home plate and tags out Laurence Manning after Sydney Daniel started one at the beginning of the Academy’s Maggie Josey in the top of the seventh inning of Friday’s 9-8 loss at the TSA field in Dalzell. the game. Diamond Gibson season, it was for (Ward) to and Morris each scored two get a home run before she left seventh when LMA pulled off was a huge rip down the line. “You can’t simulate these runs and seven players came us,” Rowland said. “For her to its final comeback. Trinity She’s got a great stick – and type of (late-inning) scenarios through with hits for the Lady get a 3-run homer and tie the Harrington, who was 3-for-4 she’s not afraid of anything. in practice,” TSA head coach Generals. game for us, I couldn’t be with a triple on the day, led She’s fearless and I love that.” B.J. Reed said. “And we knew For the Lady ‘Cats, Ward, more proud for her. off by reaching on an error. The Lady Generals ap- they weren’t going to give up. Truett and Rogers combined “It’s moments like that that Rogers walked and Olsen sin- peared as if they were going But the issue was we had an for seven of the RBI with the make you feel good as a gled to load the bases. to escape with no further error and a couple walks in other coming on an RBI dou- coach.” Truett, who already had a hit damage done after recording that inning and you can’t de- ble by Baylee Elms in the The drama wasn’t over yet and reached base three times, an out at the plate and a fend those. It is what it is and sixth inning. though. TSA rallied to tie the then ripped a game-tying 2-run popup, but the second infield now you have to move on. LMA returns to action on score in its half of the third single down the left field line to error of the inning moments “The question now is what Thursday when it hosts Colle- and then took an 8-5 lead in knot the score at 8-8. later allowed Truett to score are we going to do to get bet- ton Prep while Thomas Sum- the next inning. “She’s a heck of an athlete,” what turned out to be the ter and how are we going to ter travels to Northwood It was 8-6 in the top of the Rowland said of Truett. “That game-winning run. respond?” Academy on Tuesday.

JUNIOR FROM PAGE B1 AUTO CLUB 400 LINEUP By The Associated Press Earnhardt has done it effectively and consis- Friday qualifying; race today tently for 17 straight years. Only 24 drivers in At Auto Club Speedway NASCAR history have started 600 races, and Fontana, Calif. (Car number in parentheses) Earnhardt would love to celebrate his entry 1. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 187.047 mph into the club today with his first win on the 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 186.979 well-aged asphalt at Fontana, where he has 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 186.500 typically run well for most of his storied ca- 4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 186.384 reer. 5. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 186.123 6. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 186.037 Earnhardt hasn’t won a race since late 7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 185.998 2015, and he has never won at Fontana in 24 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 185.720 starts despite finishing second twice and 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 185.400 landed inside the top 12 in six consecutive 10. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 184.814 outings at Auto Club Speedway. 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 184.710 12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 183.960 He missed the second half of last season 13. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 184.833 with a concussion, at least the fourth of his 14. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 184.743 racing career. The absence was his longest 15. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 184.592 break from competition since his debut season 16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 184.379 back in the 20th century, but he has returned 17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 183.899 with optimism and confidence, if not results: 18. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 183.767 19. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 183.641 He hasn’t finished higher than 14th in the first 20. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 183.271 four races of this season, leaving him 23rd in 21. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 183.104 the standings. 22. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 183.015 Yet Earnhardt has evolved into an elder 23. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 183.594 statesman of the garage, and his easygoing 24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 183.486 25. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 182.704 personality even allows him to squash most 26. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 182.699 beefs with a smile — and some beer. 27. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 181.635 After Ryan Blaney cursed him out on the 28. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 181.324 radio last week in Phoenix, Earnhardt played 29. (15) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 179.874 it off by texting with his young rival — and 30. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 179.825 31. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 175.833 forcing Blaney to furnish the beverages when- 32. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 175.063 ever they hang out this spring. 33. (55) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 173.682 Blaney incurred the wrath of Earn- 34. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 172.319 hardt’s legion of fans, particularly on so- 35. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 0.000 cial media, but Junior himself took it good- 36. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 0.000 37. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 0.000 naturedly. Blaney had ample reason to 38. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 0.000 make good with his neighbor in North Car- 39. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 0.000 olina. “He owns the land that I live on,” Blaney said with a grimace. “So strategically, that legendary driver Richard Petty, would have may not have been the best thing for me to liked to see him retire for his health after do that to him last week, but we’re good. He’s that last concussion, Earnhardt is feeling a great guy and a good friend of mine.” new appreciation for the simpler aspects of While he crosses his latest historic mark, this high-profile job. Earnhardt doesn’t appear to be done soon. “You get older, you start to understand He confirmed Friday that he intends to begin how you prioritize the things that are most talks soon with Hendrick Motorsports about important to you about the sport,” Earn- a new contract to replace his expiring deal. hardt said. “The camaraderie and the friend- “It’s only been a few races, but I feel really ships that I’ve made kind of started down the good and we have had some discussions list, and as I’ve gotten older, that has crept about planning to get together,” Earnhardt up the list. If it’s not No. 1, I don’t know what said. “It’s not something that I put on the is. shelf, for sure. We’re getting closer and clos- “That probably is what you will miss the er.” most once you are done driving, is the peo- Although he realizes some fans, including ple.” PO BOY’S TREE SERVICE FREE ESTIMATES

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Central Carolina Technical College does not discriminate in employment or admissions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, age, religion, 469-7606 or 499-4413 disability, or any other protected class. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 | B5 BOYS AREA ROUNDUP SATURDAY PUZZLES McAlister nets 3 goals, SHS THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE edges South Florence 4-2 CALHOUN 8 FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS Conner McAlister scored Greyson Young (400 Hurdles); Evans three goals to lead Sumter THOMAS SUMTER 2 Boyle (Long Jump, Triple Jump). High School’s varsity boys ST. MATTHEWS — Cal- SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS soccer team to a 4-2 victory houn Academy handed Chandler Scott (110 Hurdles); Brad Russell (400 Hurdles); Patrick over South Florence on Fri- Thomas Sumter Academy an Muldrow (Discus); Hayes Goodson, day at the SHS field. 8-2 defeat on Thursday at the Greyson Young, Palmer Richburg, The Gamecocks improved CA field, dropping the Gener- Evans Boyle (4x100 Relay). to 7-2 on the season and 4-1 in als to 7-4 overall and 1-3 in THIRD-PLACE FINISHERS Drew Reynolds (1600M); Hayes Region VI-5A. the region. Goodson (110 Hurdles); Chandler Chris Reyes scored Sum- Josh Galloway had two Scott (Triple Jump); Greyson ter’s other goal. Thomas hits and Chandler Hunter Sonntag (Shot Put); Drew Davis, Drew Reynolds, Michael Towery, Koty, Travis Disher and TJ added a double and an RBI Campbell Mims (4x800 Relay). Simmons each had an assist. for TSA. Davis Fuller had six saves in JV SOCCER goal. VARSITY TENNIS SHS plays host to Socastee SUMTER 6 ASHLEY RIDGE 5 on Tuesday. SOUTH FLORENCE 1 SUMTER 1 Mohamed Atta scored two By Greg Johnson 3/25/17 VARSITY BASEBALL SUMMERVILLE — Sumter goals to lead Sumter to a 6-1 ACROSS 38 Settled 7 Ninth in a series 30 An inch of snow, suffered a 5-1 loss to Ashley victory over South Florence 1 Hot-button e.g. SUMTER 2 40 Points at and 8 Cry over spilled Ridge on Friday at the AR on Friday at the SHS field. subject in yells, perhaps Milch? 34 What one might SOUTH FLORENCE 1 courts. Christian Hines, Noah journalism 43 Petrol purchase 9 Waxed sports do after a broken FLORENCE — Ryan Wil- The Gamecocks are 3-6. Chase, Brayden Perez and 10 It may be on 44 White wine equipment date liamson tossed a complete SINGLES Brian Gamboa also scored a dog grape 10 Conventional 35 Credit card game 3-hitter to pitch Sumter 1 — Witt (S) defeated Morris 7-6 (8- goals for the Gamecocks. bonus 6), 3-6, 10-2. 14 Sacred 45 Looked good on 11 NFL games, e.g. to a 2-1 victory over South 2 — Rabon (AR) defeated Berry 6-4, Perey had two assists and Aboriginal 46 Attaches, 12 Holiday hymn 37 Light ring 6-7 (4-7), 10-8. 39 Superior, Florence on Friday at the SF Jackson Fuller had another. landmark as a new deck opener field. 3 — Leo (AR) defeated Smithhart 6-1, of all five 2-6, 10-6. 15 Tendency 47 Costumer’s 13 Took place Williamson struck out 40 Walks heavily 4 — Jones (AR) defeated McDuffie JV BASEBALL 16 Like a meeting suggestion 17 Folded Italian nine, walked one and allowed 6-3, 6-1. 41 “Quick, get that 5 — Seale (AR) defeated Kelly 6-2, SUMTER 4, 5 of the minds? 48 Edge fare no earned runs for the Game- out of sight!” 6-2. 18 “__ so ...” 49 Land shaped by 22 Pre-revolution cocks, who improved to 10-1 WEST FLORENCE 1, 10 42 Indian Ocean DOUBLES 19 Jefferson Davis’ erosion bigwig overall and 4-0 in Region VI- 1 — Did not play. FLORENCE — Sumter split arm org. 5A. 2 — Johnson/Gamble (AR) defeated a doubleheader with West 50 Fall behind 24 When needed 43 What’s left Black/Tomlin 6-1, 6-1. Williamson also had a hit Florence on Saturday, win- 20 “Barefoot 54 It sticks out in 25 Bit of successful 45 Stanford-__ test and an RBI. Dawson Price ning the opener 4-1 before Contessa” host the water research 47 Fleeting puff was 2-for-3 with two stolen VARSITY TRACK losing the nightcap 10-5 at the Garten 55 Model rocket 26 Ancient pyramid 51 Storm dir. bases and Josh Sykes had an AND FIELD WF field. 21 Still components builders 52 Pig thief RBI. Jacob Holladay pitched a 23 Best Director 56 Order to stop 28 Wind-borne of rhyme WH FINISHES SECOND between 57 Common college grains 53 Sweetie LAKEWOOD 8 5-hitter in the opener. He Soderbergh and COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall struck out three and walked consequence Friday’s Puzzle Solved CRESTWOOD 1 finished second to Augusta none. Polanski Lakewood High School de- Prep on Thursday in an Holladay and Mason 25 Unnatural DOWN feated Crestwood 8-1 on Fri- 8-team meet at Heathwood McLeod both had two hits. register 1 __ set day at the CHS field. Hall. Bryce Spittle had a double 27 Remove 2 Demolition Jesse Lucas had a double The Lions finished with 140 and two RBI. Ethan Brown 28 Firebrick cooker candidates and scored the Knights’ only points while the Barons tal- had a hit and an RBI. 29 “Nebraska” star 3 Its only counties run. Lance Ragan had a dou- lied 119. In the second game, Jack- 30 Become twisted are Kent, ble and an RBI. Greyson Young won the 400 son Hoshour had two hits, an 31 “Told you” New Castle and Lucas allowed just one run hurdles for WH with a time RBI and a run. Kieran Hager- 32 Bygone Sussex 4 2/3 innings of relief for of 1:00.94. Evans Boyle won ty, had a hit, a run and an 33 Congressional 4 Steaming state Crestwood, which fell to 1-7 both the long jump (19-07.00) RBI while Brown, Seth Posey approval 5 Hopeful’s term overall and 0-2 in Region VI- and the triple jump (40-01.00) and Wylie Coker each had a 36 Ceremonial cup 6 Ford or Chevy ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 3/25/17 4A. events. hit and an RBI.

JUMBLE GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME Bettencourt helps Sumter softball By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek pick up 4-2 region win over SFHS

FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS FLORENCE — Sumter Cassidy Brunson and Dia- Breland Jones (400 Hurdles); Gracyn High School’s varsity softball mond Gibson had a hit and Coker, Molly Moss, Emily Reynolds, team improved to 3-2 in Re- an RBI. Chandler Curtis (4x800 Relay). gion VI-5A with a 4-2 victory Sydney Daniel also singled SECOND-PLACE FINISHERS Chandler Patrick (100 Hurdles); over South Florence on Fri- for TSA and Silvester picked Emma Bradley (400 Hurdles); Paige day at the SF field. up the win on the mound, Anderson (High Jump, Pole Vault); Hannah Bettencourt picked striking out six. Emily Reynolds (Triple Jump). up the win for the Lady THIRD-PLACE FINISHERS Cammie Pressett (400M); Emily Gamecocks, who are 7-5 over- VARSITY SOCCER Reynolds (800M); Margaret Briggs all. She had two strikeouts. Kelly (3200M); Mary Jones (400 SUMTER 2 Bettencourt was also 3-for-4 Hurdles); Chandler Patrick (Pole Vault); Cori Moore (Long Jump); at the plate. Tara Rhodes had SOUTH FLORENCE 1 Chandler Curtis, Molly Moss, two hits. FLORENCE — Sumter im- Reynolds, Pressett (4x400 Relay). EAST CLARENDON 16 proved to 2-3 in Region VI-5A with a 2-1 victory via penalty JV SOFTBALL GREEN SEA-FLOYDS 0 kicks over South Florence on CLARENDON HALL 20 TURBEVILLE — East Clar- Friday at the SF field. endon improved to 5-0 in Region Courtney Webb scored the ST. JOHN’S CHRISTIAN 3 VI-1A with a 16-0, 4-inning victo- Lady Gamecocks’ only goal MONCKS CORNER — ry over Green Sea-Floyds on in regulation. After two Clarendon Hall improved Friday at the EC field scoreless overtime periods, to 9-1 with a 20-3, 3-inning Marleigh Floyd got the win Madison Durant, Mary Kate win over St. John’s Chris- for the Lady Wolverines, who Shaffer, Sophia Haughton tian on Friday at the SJC are 9-5 overall. She struck out and Taylor Gradwell convert- field. SUDOKU five and allowed just two hits. ed PKs for the win. Bailey Corbett and Amber- HOW TO PLAY: Kaitlin Timmons led the of- ly Way both went 3-for-4 for fense with two hits and five VARSITY TRACK the Lady Saints with Corbett Each row, column RBI. Kinsley Driggers had a getting two RBI. Hadley Mc- and set of 3-by-3 hit and two RBI. AND FIELD Intosh and McKenly Wells boxes must contain THOMAS SUMTER 16 WH WINS HEATHWOOD MEET were both 2-for-3 with Wells the numbers 1 COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall getting three RBI and McIn- CALHOUN 3 through 9 without edged host Heathwood Hall tosh two. repetition. ST. MATTHEWS — Logan by half a point (143.5 to 143) Way was the winning pitch- Morris hit two home runs to win Thursday’s 7-team er, striking out eight and al- and drove in three and Car- meet at the HH track. lowing one hit. men Silvester hit a 3-run The Lady Barons swept the homer as Thomas Sumter 400-meter hurdles event with JV SOCCER Academy earned a 16-3 victo- Breland Jones taking the top SOUTH FLORENCE 6 ry over Calhoun Academy on overall spot with a time of Thursday at the CA field. 1:21.13. SUMTER 0 Ellie Hunter had two hits, The 4x800-meter relay team FLORENCE — Sumter lost including a double, and drove of Gracyn Coker, Molly Moss, to South Florence 6-0 on Fri- in two runs. Catleigh Bryant Emily Reynolds and Chan- day at the SF field. had two singles, Riley DeLa- dler Curtis also took first The Lady Gamecocks fell to van had a double and both with a time of 11:15.00. 3-3.

PREP SCHEDULE MONDAY Dreher at Sumter, 6 p.m. Science & Math, 6 p.m. Varsity Baseball Providence Athletic Club at Wilson Varsity Softball Lamar at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Hall, 4 p.m. Lake City at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m. Manning at Laurence Manning, 6:30 Laurence Manning at Hammond, Williamsburg at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. p.m. 4:15 p.m. Varsity and JV Softball Lee Central at C.A. Johnson, 6 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf Lakewood at Manning, 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Camden, 6:30 p.m. Sumter in The Bengal Invitational, TBA Junior Varsity Softball Junior Varsity Baseball Wilson Hall in Atlanta Invitational East Clarendon at Hannah-Pampli- Crestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m. (at Atlanta Athletic Club), 3 p.m. co, 5:30 p.m. Lakewood at Lugoff-Elgin, 6 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer Wilson Hall at Williamsburg, 5 p.m. East Clarendon at Hannah-Pampli- Crestwood at Governor’s School of B Team Softball co, 5:30 p.m. Science & Math, 7:30 p.m. Colleton Prep at Laurence Man- Providence Athletic Club at Wilson Varsity and JV Boys Soccer ning, 4:30 p.m. Hall, 5:30 p.m. Keenan at Lakewood, 5 p.m. Middle School Track and Field Laurence Manning at Hammond, 6:45 Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Bates, Furman, Mayewood at p.m. Ben Lippen at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Chestnut Oaks, 4:30 p.m. THE ANSWERS TO THESE PUZZLES CAN BE FOUND ON McBee at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls Soccer Alice Drive, Ebenezer at Hillcrest, B Team Baseball Crestwood at Governor’s School of 4:30 p.m. TODAY’S DAILY PLANNER PAGE. B6 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

16 Mount St. Mary’s 67 11 Kansas St. 95 First Four 16 N.C. Central 63 11 Providence 71 March 14-15 E SMWE 16 New Orleans 66 11 Wake Forest 88 Dayton, Ohio 16 UC Davis 67 11 Southern Cal 75

First Round 2017 NCAA TOURNAMENT First Round March 16-17 Second Round Second Round March 16-17 March 18-19 March 18-19 1 Villanova 76 Sweet 16 Sweet 16 1 Kansas 100

1 Villanova 62 March 23-24 March 23-24 1 Kansas 90 Tulsa, Okla. 16 Mount St. Mary’s 56 16 UC Davis 62 8 Wisconsin 83 1 Kansas 98 8 Wisconsin 84 Elite 8 Elite 8 8 Miami 58 8 Wisconsin 65 March 25-26 March 25-26 9 Mich. St. 70 Buffalo, N.Y. 9 Virginia Tech 74 9 Michigan State 78 4 Florida 1 Kansas 5 Virginia 76 5 Iowa State 84

5 Virginia 39 5 Iowa St. 76 Milwaukee 12 UNC Wilmington 71 12 Nevada 73 4 Florida 84 FINAL FOUR 4 Purdue 66 4 Florida 80 Phoenix 4 Purdue 80 4 Florida 65 4 Purdue 80

Orlando, Fla. April 1 13 East Tenn. St. 65 EAST MIDWEST 13 Vermont 70

6 SMU 65 New York Sacramento, Calif. Kansas City, Mo. 6 Creighton 72 Sacramento, Calif. Sun., 2:20 p.m. 11 USC 78 Sat., 8:49 p.m. 11 Rhode Is. 72 11 USC 66 11 Rhode Island 84 3 Baylor 50 3 Oregon 69 3 Baylor 91 3 Oregon 93 3 Baylor 82 3 Oregon 75 Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, 14 New Mexico St. 73 14 Iona 77 7 S. Car. 3 Oregon

7 South Carolina 93 7 Michigan 92 Indianapolis 7 S. Car. 88 7 Michigan 73 10 Marquette 73 NATIONAL 10 Oklahoma State 91 7 S. Car. 70 7 Mich. 68 2 Duke 87 CHAMPIONSHIP 2 Louisville 78 2 Duke 81 April 3 2 Louisville 69

Greenville, S.C. 15 Troy 65 15 Jacksonville St. 63

1 Gonzaga 66 1 North Carolina 103 Greenville, S.C. 1 Gonzaga 79 1 UNC 72 16 So. Dakota St. 46 16 Texas Southern 64 1 Gonzaga 61 1 UNC 92 8 Northwestern 68 8 Arkansas 77 8 NW 73 8 Arkansas 65

Salt Lake City 9 Vanderbilt 66 9 Seton Hall 71 1 Gonzaga 1 UNC 5 Notre Dame 60 5 Minnesota 72

5 Notre Dame 71 12 Mid. Tenn. 65 Milwaukee 12 Princeton 58 12 Middle Tenn. 81 4 WVU 58 4 Butler 80 4 West Virginia 86 4 Butler 76

Buffalo, N.Y. 4 West Vir. 83 4 Butler 74 13 Bucknell 80 13 Winthrop 64 WEST SOUTH 6 Maryland 65 San Jose, Calif. Memphis, Tenn. 6 Cincinnati 75 Sun., 5:05 p.m. 11 Xavier 91 Sat., 6:09 p.m. 6 Cincinnati 67 11 Xavier 76 11 Kansas State 61 11 Xavier 73 3 UCLA 75 3 Florida State 86 3 UCLA 97 All times EDT 3 FSU 66 3 UCLA 79 Orlando, Fla. 14 FGCU 80 14 Kent State 80 11 Xavier 2 Kent. 7 Saint Mary’s 85 7 Dayton 58 7 Saint Mary’s 60 10 Wichita St. 62 Indianapolis 10 VCU 77 10 Wichita St. 64 2 Arizona 71 2 Kent. 86 2 Arizona 100 2 Kentucky 79 2 Arizona 69 2 Kentucky 65 Salt Lake City 15 North Dakota 82 15 N. Kentucky 70 AP

the ball. They protect the rim. FAMILIAR FROM PAGE B1 “They’re so long and they’re fast and. It’s GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 just tough. They make it hard for every- KeVaughn Allen, Florida’s first-team All-SEC thing. They don’t back down.” just too much for Quinnipiac on cramp that initially was feared to guard, scored 1 point. South Carolina head coach Frank Martin the Sweet 16 stage. The Bobcats be more serious. “I learned that they’re a very aggressive said he finds the physical reputation for both started out 0 for 10 and took more The Gamecocks shot 61 per- team,” Allen said. “We can’t let them turn teams funny. than seven minutes to score as cent, including 10 of 16 from us over. We just got to be patient. They’re a “We’re not physical because we foul and they struggled to get shots off, let 3-point range, and made 18 of team that likes to force you into turnovers. push, we’re physical because we don’t get out alone establish their typically pro- 19 free throws. They are trying We just got to stay poised, stay together.” of the way,” Martin said. “Some teams get out lific perimeter game. to return to the Final Four for The Gators won the rematch 81-66 with of the way. We don’t get out of the way.” Gray had 19 points and eight the first time since 2015, with Allen scoring 26 points and they held South rebounds as South Carolina sights on the program’s first Carolina to 39 percent shooting. QUICK TURNAROUND (30-4) won its eighth in a row, NCAA championship. Allen struggled in the first two NCAA Tour- The Wisconsin-Florida game ended at putting head coach Dawn Stal- “They disrupted us all day nament games, scoring a total of 11 points on 12:50 a.m. The Florida players were back at ey’s team in the Elite Eight for long in terms of us offensively 3-for-21 shooting. He broke out with a career- the Garden for media availability at 2:50 p.m. the second time in three years. and really feeling comfortable,” high 35 points in the regional semifinal. and the game is set for 2:20 p.m.today. “I thought our players came Fabbri said. “South Carolina “I’m very confident. Whether I miss shots, “Already worried, not going to lie to you, out ready to play on both sides lived up to their No. 1 seed all I still just got to keep shooting it because if I about where our emotions are and our level of the ball,” Staley said. game long.” don’t, I kind of feel like I’m hurting my team of mental and physical fatigue,” Florida The Bobcats (29-7) had won Staley’s team kept pushing by not shooting it,” Allen said. “The first two coach Mike White said. “And I’m sure South 12 straight games, beating fifth- after halftime, opening the games, it didn’t go well for me how I wanted Carolina feels that way as well.” seeded Marquette and No. 4 third quarter on an 11-2 run it to go as far as shooting it. I think I found White said the familiarity of the opponent Miami for the first two NCAA and capitalized on a technical ways on defense to help my team and just will help both teams with the short turn- Tournament wins in school against the Bobcats’ bench. try not to hurt them.” around. history. The mid-major school Adily Martucci and Fay each This is South Carolina’s deepest run in became an upset darling as the scored 12 points for Quinnipiac. the NCAA Tournament while Florida has SEC EXCHANGE lesser-known women’s team in When senior Morgan Manz been in the Elite Eight six times since 2006, When you talk about success in the SEC its state, prompting UConn sat down for the final time in including back-to-back national champion- the first thought is football. Not this year. coach Geno Auriemma to wear the closing minutes, she and ships in 2006-07. With Kentucky still alive, the SEC has three a Quinnipiac T-shirt on Friday Fabbri came together for a Their paths to this regional final couldn’t of the final eight teams and is guaranteed beneath his warmup jacket in long, emotional embrace. Then, have been any more different. South Caroli- one berth in the Final Four. support of dear friend and it was Martucci’s turn. na beat third-seeded Baylor 70-50, while the “They don’t really give the SEC any credit coach Tricia Fabbri and her “More just embracing her for Gators dispatched eighth-seeded Wisconsin for being the best conference, but we have program’s special showing. the last time, at least on the 84-83 in overtime on a buzzer-beating three teams in the Elite 8, so that speaks for “We put our school on the court,” Martucci said. “I don’t 3-pointer by Chris Chiozza. itself right there,” Chiozza said. map. Not only do they know know if I remember any specific “I think I heard from everyone I ever how to pronounce our school words said. Just hugged my met,” Chiozza said of the text messages he NO SCORE now, they know who we are coach.” received Friday night. At the first media timeout of the first and what we stand for and The Bobcats had three early Chiozza described South Carolina’s de- meeting between Florida and South Caroli- what we’re all about,” said Jen turnovers and didn’t score until fense as “hectic. They have guys flying all na the score was 0-0. Fay, who will return next sea- Fay’s two free throws with 2:51 over the place.” “I turned around to one of my assistants son looking for more. left in the first quarter. South Carolina’s star is Sindarius Thorn- and said, ‘Is the score right? Has no one Wilson, averaging 19.6 points well, the SEC player of the year and a con- scored yet? Incredible.’” over her previous five games, shot UP NEXT sistent scorer who has averaged 26 points in 7 for 9 and made all 10 of her free South Carolina plays Monday the NCAA Tournament. He scored 43 points BETTER D throws. Gray was fine after get- night against No. 3 Florida in the two games against the Gators. Florida came up with the best defensive ting carried off the court late in State at 9 p.m. for the regional “Their defense is similar to ours,” he said. effort of the entire NCAA Tournament, South Carolina’s 71-68 comeback title. FSU defeated second-seed- “They’re long, they’re athletic. They deny. holding Virginia to 39 points in a 26-point win against Arizona State last ed Oregon State 66-53 in Satur- They play hard. One through four can guard second-round win. Sunday because of a hamstring day’s second game.

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sure before pleasure was earned There’s simply wasn’t an option. actually PETE THE PLANNER Peter Dunn Boy, have things changed. Special for My 20s and early 30s are a more USA TODAY good example of freedom gone pleasure AMERICANS HAVE AN awry. It was a period in which I in ignored my future reality with a making a childish and myopic approach to spending. I had no financial past purchase I’m deep into a financial litera- (debt), yet I didn’t completely ac- that cy project with one of the largest knowledge my financial future won’t universities in the world. Our because most of my funds were nega- UNHEALTHY mission is to teach college stu- being consumed for my financial dents what they need to know present. Like so many other tively about money. As we research Americans, my misprioritization impact how students are taught about of pleasure had me on a path to fi- my money and what the results of nancial failure. I don’t know why desired that teachings has been, I’ve I woke up or how I woke up, but OBSESSION found one major concept to be I’m sure glad I did. financial absent — the quest for pleasure. Don’t get me wrong, I still love outcome. I spend a tremendous amount creating pleasure from spending. of time thinking about why peo- But I only do it once I’ve taken WITH PLEASURE SPENDING ple in our society are so financial- care of business. I eat my whole ly ill-prepared for nearly every lunch tray before I purchase the moment they encounter. Debt cookie. There’s actually more levels are sky-high, consumer pleasure in making a purchase spending (as opposed to saving) is that won’t negatively impact my through the roof and retirement desired financial outcome. account balances induce tears (if Runners often talk about they weren’t so laughable). something called runner’s high. It One of the primary causes of does seem a bit crazy that a per- our economic strife is our un- son can feel actual pleasure from healthy obsession with pleasure exercising vigorously, but appar- derived from spending. But we ently you can. The pleasure is de- don’t call it pleasure. We call it livered via a rush of endorphins entertainment, leisure, luxury, and endocannabinoids in the blowing off steam, vacation or midst of the workout. You want even fun money. Not only do we pleasure and you need exercise. get a hit from the things and ex- Voila! You get both, when you do periences we purchase, but we it the right way. feel pleasure in the purchase it- The same is true for your fi- self. The situation really spins out nancial life. You can achieve plea- of control when we no longer feel sure — deeply satisfying pleasure pleasure from our normal pur- — by taking care of business first. chase patterns, so we crank it up Previously, if I had $10 to and exacerbate the problem by spend, I’d spend $9.50 and hope I spending even more. could rub the last 50 cents to- Pleasure’s consequences don’t gether to put into savings. That discriminate. It can crush your fi- rarely, if ever, worked. Now if I nancial life if you make $30,000 have $10, I fund my real goals per year, just as it can if you make first, which might take me down $3 million per year. to $7, but then I spend that $7 We spend when we shouldn’t without guilt or reservation. And because “shouldn’t” seems less by the way, I don’t even care that grave than “can’t.” I only got to spend $7 versus When I was in grade school, $9.50. I was guessing at my $9.50 there was a very rigorous process budget anyway. of being granted the ability to Spending money is pleasureful. purchase dessert. Upon eating Spending money without reser- Dunn is an author, speaker and the main course, and three sides, vation because you’ve taken care radio host, and he a lunch monitor would allow you of business first is the sweetest has a free pod- to purchase a cookie for 10 cents. pleasure. cast: Million Dollar Plan. Have Should I have eaten my entire The next time you are feeling a question about school lunch? Yes. Was I forced to tempted to seek pleasure through money for Pete eat my entire school lunch prior spending, fund your goals first the Planner? Email him to being allowed to purchase a and experience a pleasure you atAskPete@pete cookie? Yes. Experiencing plea- didn’t know existed. theplanner.com GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

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Two TurboTax.com, created a user- Jennifer Jolly name and password, then an- @JenniferJolly young swered several prompts. Special for USA TODAY friends Next, she put in the information from her W2’s and got a sur- explore prise. “Look, I’m getting back For me, taxes are right up there options, $430!” she yelled. TurboTax has a with root canals and food poison- feature that gives real time esti- ing. Apparently, people in their issues mates of what you’ll either owe or 20s and 30s aren’t so sure. of filing get back. Unfortunately, it fluctu- According to a recent survey, ates as you go along. A few key- today’s Gen Z and Millennials of- taxes strokes later, Maya was down KENA BETANCUR, AFP/GETTY IMAGES ten struggle with “adulting” is- online $200. Then she hit a real snag. sues such as paying rent, saving “I don’t know where to put the money, and yes, doing their taxes. and via 1099’s. I am so confused right Healthy U.S. consumer What they don’t seem to have any phone now. What should I do?” she problems with, though, is new asked Flora. Flora reminded her technology, which got me think- app about the live assistant option. takes spotlight this week ing: Can the latest tech tax tools Maya selected it, typed in her spare first-time filers angst? question and asked for a phone Consumer Economists reckon S&P will To find out, we asked a few 20- call back. Paul Davidson spending report the index maintained its somethings to have a little “tax- @Pdavidsonusat likely rose 5.6% annual pace in January. off.” Freelance social media man- USA TODAY modestly in The Commerce Department ager Maya Castro, 22, who works February. left its initial estimate of fourth- in my office, was the first to step quarter economic growth un- up. She’s filing taxes on her own The American consumer takes changed at a 1.9% annual rate as for the first time since graduating center stage in a relatively light business investment was weaker from college last year. week of economic news. than first believed, offsetting Flora Anderson is an account Reports will highlight the lat- stronger consumer spending. supervisor at a PR agency. At 27, est data on consumer confidence In its third and final estimate, she’s a self-filing savant of sorts. and spending, home prices and Commerce will likely revise up She has handled her own taxes the final estimate of economic business investment and stock- since high school. But she never growth in the fourth quarter. piling, says Lewis Alexander, No- has filed on a smartphone. Consumer confidence surged mura’s chief U.S. economist. But With Maya on a laptop and to a 15-year high in February on he says government spending Flora on an iPhone 7, we let them strong job and income growth could be trimmed. pick the tech filing tool of choice. JENNIFER JOLLY, SPECIAL FOR USA TODAY and lofty stock and home values. All told, economists expect Both chose Intuit’s TurboTax be- Maya Castro, A few deep breaths later, Tur- But gasoline prices edged higher, Commerce to announce Thurs- cause it’s the one they’re both the 22, left, and boTax expert Fernando Brassea notes PNC Financial Services day the economy grew at a slight- most familiar with. Flora An- was on the phone. Using a shared Group. Economists estimate the ly faster 2% pace, in line with the Flora had it easy, with just one derson, 27, screen, he walked Maya through Conference Board will report recovery average and down from W-2 form, and she also used Tur- did their which buttons to push and exact- Tuesday that its index of con- 3.5% in the third quarter. boTax to file last year. She down- taxes this ly what information to put in.“He sumer confidence dipped slightly Econo- A more recent snapshot of con- loaded the TurboTax app on her year using a made it seem like I wasn’t alone in March but remained near the mists sumer spending comes Friday. iPhone, logged in and answered a Web inter- and not as scary,” Maya said. recent record. estimate Household outlays generally have few questions: Same job as last face and a After she put in her school While climbing house prices the Con- been strong as consumers re- year? Check. Single? Check. No smartphone grant information, TurboTax’s have brightened the outlook of spond to the improved labor mar- babies or new houses? Check. app. CompleteCheck feature prompt- homeowners, they’ve made pur- ference ket and rising stocks. But retail She totally breezed through it ed her to double check everything chasing a house more challeng- Board will sales slowed sharply last month, a and was done in 10 minutes. “My and confirm that it was all cor- ing, especially for first-time report shift that economists attributed return was so simple, the steps rect. The entire process took a lit- buyers. Tuesday to delays in tax refunds. and user guide made it totally tle more than an hour from start Home prices in 20 of the larg- that its That likely filtered into con- painless. It’s a huge relief to have to finish. “It was easier than I ex- est metro areas were up 5.6% an- sumer spending overall, Alexan- it done.” pected overall, and I know that I nually in December, faster than index of der says, though he notes that Maya didn’t have things quite would have spent a lot more if I the previous month’s 5.2% pace, consumer outlays for services helped offset Jennifer Jolly is so easy. For starters, she had a host of USA had gone to a CPA or somewhere according to the S&P CoreLogic confidence some of the weakness. pile of paperwork: Three W-2’s, TODAY’s digital in person. I do actually feel a lot Case-Shiller index. Low housing dipped Economists expect Commerce three 1099’s, school grant forms video show TECH better about it all now.” supplies have been pushing up to report that consumer spending NOW. Email her slightly and two health insurance forms. at techcomments Both young women say they prices, and there’s little letup in increased a modest 0.2% in Feb- From her laptop, Maya went to @usatoday.com. plan to file online again next year. sight. in March. ruary. THE SUMTER ITEM · SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 | C3 USA TODAY PERSONAL FINANCE Most tax-friendly state? For retirement living, it depends on how they tax your various sources of income

Robert Powell Special to USA TODAY Retirees and would-be retirees should consider the In retirement, when every single dollar of income counts, mov- tax friendliness of ing to a tax-friendly state — a place where you’ll get the most states. But don’t do after-tax income possible — makes good financial sense. that in a vacuum. But the most tax-friendly state for you and your household will depend on sources of income and how states tax that income, be it Social Security, earned income, a traditional defined benefit pension plan, income from assets in IRAs, Roth IRAs and taxable investment accounts — or some other type of income. What’s more, you’ll have to determine how state and local sales tax (especially if you plan on being a big spender in retirement), state and local property taxes (some state and local governments offer exemptions) and state estate taxes affect your family finances as well. “You want to STATE TAXATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO look at the big picture,” says A look at the tax-friendly states for those Rocky Mengle, a senior state tax receiving Social Security income: bia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Mas- analyst at Wolters Kluwer. sachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, You also want to understand North Carolina, North Dakota, the current state tax treatments Taxed Not subject to tax No individual income tax Rhode Island, Vermont and West of retirement benefits, which can Virginia. Those states tax pension be a key step in deciding where to Subject to tax under certain circumstances income. Meanwhile, retirees with establish new, post-career roots, a Only dividends and interest are taxable pensions might consider moving Wolters Kluwer report says. P to those states that exempt pen- artial credit for Social Security; age and income restrictions apply sion income entirely for “quali- WHERE TO START? fied” individuals (Illinois, Start with your sources of in- Mississippi and Pennsylvania) or come. Determine what percent states that exempt or provide a will come from Social Security, credit for a portion of pension in- earnings, assets and a pension. come (Alabama, Arkansas, Colo- Once you know that, you can rado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, L R L R screen in or out certain states N.H. WO TE S K UWE Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Rocky Mengle, a senior state based on your circumstances. T Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mis- At present, earned income rep- V . tax analyst at Wolters Kluwer. souri, Montana, New Jersey, New resents 32.2% of total income for R.I. Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklaho- the average Social Security bene- American Institute of Certified ma, Oregon, South Carolina, ficiary; pensions 20.9%; Social Se- CONN. Public Accountants’ Total Tax Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin). curity 33.2%; and income from N.J. Insights have online tools to help assets 9.7%. At the extremes, you calculate your overall tax INCOME FROM ASSETS? DEL. however, shares of income from burden, sales tax and property tax Meanwhile, if you have a large in- each source differ greatly by in- MD. rates. Mengle also suggests work- vestment portfolio and expect the come level. D.C. ing with a tax professional who bulk of your retirement to come For instance, the largest share NOTE SOURCE can perform what-if scenarios for in the form of dividends and in- of income for households aged 65 Designations are as of Jan. 1, 2017; Wolters Kluwer different states. terest income, you might avoid KARL GELLES, USA TODAY and older in the lowest income moving to New Hampshire and quintile — those with income less port. “Other states provide only Of note, many states and some WHAT IF SOCIAL SECURITY Tennessee, both of which impose than $13,499 — comes from So- partial exemption or credits, and local jurisdictions offer senior cit- REPRESENTS A LARGE SHARE? income taxes only on dividends cial Security benefits (80.7%), some tax all retirement income.” izen homeowners some form of Retirees for whom Social Security and interest (5% flat rate). cash public assistance provides property tax exemption, credit, represents a large share of in- the second-largest share (9.5%), WILL EARNED INCOME abatement, tax deferral, refund or come in retirement might want DON’T LET THE TAX TAIL WAG and income from earnings, assets REPRESENT LARGEST SHARE? other benefits. These tax breaks to avoid these 13 states: Colorado, THE RETIREMENT DOG and pensions is just 7.8%. If you plan to work in retirement, also are available to renters in Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota, Finally, Mengle says retirees and And for retiree households consider moving to a state that some jurisdictions. The benefits Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, would-be retirees should certain- with income more than $72,129, doesn’t tax individual income — typically have qualifying restric- New Mexico, North Dakota, ly consider the tax friendliness of earnings provide the largest share retirement or otherwise. At pre- tions that include age and income Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and the states in which they might of income (45.2%), pensions pro- sent, there are seven states that of the beneficiary. West Virginia. Those states, ac- live. But they ought not do that in vide the second-largest share fit the bill: Alaska, Florida, Neva- Also of note, this exercise of cording to Wolters Kluwer, either a vacuum. Instead, they should (22.3%), and Social Security and da, South Dakota, Texas, Wash- calculating which states provide tax Social Security income to the also weigh and prioritize other asset income (15.4% and 14.0%) ington and Wyoming. the greatest after-tax income same extent that the federal gov- factors such as climate, crime are similar in importance. Of course, before you load up works especially well for high-in- ernment does or provide limited rates, access to health care, prox- Note also that this exercise the truck and move to one of come taxpayers but less so for breaks for Social Security income. imity to friends, family and cul- could be time-consuming. The these seven states, calculate your low- to moderate-income taxpay- ture. Taxes is part of it, “but there tax treatment of retirement overall tax burden as well as your ers, Mengle says. Also, older AND PENSION INCOME? are all kinds of factors” too. benefits varies widely from state sales tax or property tax rates. Americans should factor in to Retirees for whom a defined ben- to state. “For example, some For some, the amount paid in their calculations the likelihood efit pension plan represents a Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly states exempt all pension income property taxes might offset the that they will stop working large share of income might avoid and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, “The Wall Street Journal,” or all Social Security income,” ac- savings from not having to pay around age 70. moving to Arizona, California, TheStreet and MarketWatch. cording to the Wolters Kluwer re- taxes on individual income. The Tax Foundation and the Connecticut, District of Colum- Mobile banking has not replaced bank tellers Study shows humans said they had used online banking hours tellers would be available. and 38% used mobile banking. are still in demand, With the share of people us- A MOVE TOWARD but role is evolving ing mobile banking continuing ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to grow, the number of bank As banks adapt to customers’ tellers is expected to decline changing needs, they’re employ- Amber Murakami-Fester over the next few years, but not ing artificial intelligence to help NerdWallet drastically. The Bureau of Labor deliver some of the customer ser- Statistics estimates a nearly 8% vice tellers traditionally provided. decrease in their numbers from Bank of America, for example, The job of bank teller used to 2014 to 2024, to 480,000. is among the companies using be one of the fastest-growing oc- Part of the reason may be that chatbots — conversational assis- cupations in America, reaching a mobile banking still isn’t serving tants powered by artificial intelli- peak of 531,000 jobs in 1980 and all of bank customers’ needs — gence and predictive analytics to trailing only computer operators even those of digital-savvy Mil- answer basic banking questions and specialists in growth rate. lennials. A 2016 study by manage- or highlight spending patterns via Now technology lets bank cus- ment consulting firm Bain & text. Wells Fargo in February an- tomers tap their smartphone Company found 84% of bank cus- nounced a major push for AI-fo- screens to transfer money be- tomers ages 18 to 34 had gone to cused personalized customer tween accounts or deposit checks a teller in the previous quarter, KEITH BROFSKY, GETTY IMAGES service that would, for example, — activities that used to require not far behind the 92% of respon- Unlike other jobs that fell victim to technological disruption, send customers text messages walking into a branch and talking dents 65 and older who did so. bank tellers aren’t headed the way of the dinosaur just yet. alerting them that they don’t with a teller. Yet unlike other jobs The study found 42% of have enough in their account to that fell victim to technological younger customers who fre- liness of mobile banking apps — In a further move away from cover an upcoming car payment. disruption, bank tellers aren’t quently visited a teller had tried and redefining the traditional their traditional role, tellers in- While technology continues to headed the way of the dinosaur. to complete their transaction role of the bank teller. creasingly will shift to hybrid make banking more accessible to elsewhere, online or through mo- Bank of America has stationed roles, says Dong Hong, vice presi- customers, banks seem to under- CUSTOMERS STILL bile or a call center, before going “digital ambassadors” at bank dent and senior counsel of the stand its limitations. VISIT BANK BRANCHES to a teller. Of those surveyed who branches who help customers trade group Consumer Bankers “What AI cannot do,” Wells Visiting a bank branch is still the were unable to carry out their specifically with digital banking Association. Tellers will be able to Fargo spokeswoman Lauren Ter- most common way to interact transaction digitally, more than a questions, bank spokeswoman help customers with specialized reros says, “is replace the per- with a bank, with 84% of account third cited technical issues. Lucie Fernandez says. These am- bank products such as loans, in sonal touch of a human banker.” holders responding to a 2016 bassadors walk around with addition to routine services such Federal Reserve survey saying TECHNOLOGY LEADS smartphones and tablets, like as- as cashing checks and dispensing Amber Murakami-Fester is a staff they had gone to a branch in per- TO CHANGING ROLES sistants at Apple’s Genius Bar, money. Bank teller assistance writer at NerdWallet. NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner. Its con- son and spoken to a teller in the For this reason, large banks are and demonstrate digital options, may also be available through on- tent is produced independently of USA past year. A little more than 70% working to boost the user-friend- like remote check deposit. line channels, increasing the TODAY. C4 | SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM REFLECTIONS Sponsored by Sykes Demolition of landmark changes DOWNTOWN SKYLINE ne of Sumter’s most recognizable O landmarks was a 226-foot smokestack on South Main Street. This magnifi- cent edifice constructed in 1921 was taken down in 1962 because it had become a liability to those who worked near it.

The following account of this structure and its removal was captured in an article written by Item writer Jack Copeland and is being reprinted with minimal editing. “Mr. W.E. Brunson purchased the plant and smokestack from the Carolina Power and Light Co. (formerly known as the Yad- kin Co.) during the 1930s depres- sion. He situated his electric rewinding on the property con- taining the smokestack and former power plant. The stack was originally erected by the city of Sumter in 1921 as part of a munici- pal power Sammy Way plant. The REFLECTIONS stack cost $30,000 to build, and under Mayor Lang Jennings steam power became a driving force for local industries before the stack and power plant were complete. “Shortly after the power plant went into operation, industries and commercial en- terprises were clamoring for a level of service which over- loaded the power plant from its inception. The plant was never successful due to numerous expensive hurdles including, ‘bungle-some operation, impending lawsuits by nearby residents and the need for expansion.’ Numer- ous additional issues finally convinced city officials that it was time to get out of the electric power business. Car- olina Power and Light Co. bought the plant and closed down the operation. Electri- SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO cal transmission lines were These photos that ran in the Sumter Item show the old smokestack at the later run from Bishopville af- power facility that housed Sumter Electric Rewinding Co. fording Sumter to gain power, minus the expense at a cost of $3,000. Mr. Brunson the top. As he worked down- and inconvenience. noted that he had decided to re- ward, the scaffolding was dis- “The towering stack, move the structure because mantled and lowered. In his first which could be seen for when lighting struck the stack, 16 working hours, Horton whit- miles, was built by a German bricks showered down on his op- tled 23 feet from the stack and brick mason who specialized erating building and tore large declared that he would finish in this type of work. The holes in the roof. ... within six weeks. Older Sumter structure measured 20 feet “Jack Horton was a coura- citizens viewed the destruction in diameter at its base and 8 geous wrecker. He stood on the of the historic stack with some feet at the top. A military stack’s rim with a sledgeham- feelings of sadness. However, plane, saved by a quick mer, loosened the bricks and Mr. Brunson felt it was good rid- change of course, barely tossed them down. He noted that dance to a constant hazard to missed the tower. Finally, the swarms of wasps nesting life and limb.” BOMBS AWAY! Smokestack wrecker Jack Horton lets bricks fly Mr. Brunson decided to re- there did not bother him, al- from the dizzy height of 226 feet. move the structure and though he did not wear any pest Reach Sumter Item Archivist hired local Sumterite, Jack protection. Horton used inside- Sammy Way at waysammy@ Horton, to remove the stack the-stack scaffolding to reach yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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75 YEARS AGO – 1942 Oct. 10 - 16 Members of the Sumter Art Association and their guests gathered at the Coca-Cola Community Center for the first meeting of the season. Following the reading of the minutes the president, Mrs. LeRoy Davis, called on the various committee chairmen for their reports. Guest speaker for the meeting was James Mc- Bride Dabbs, poet, essayist and farmer. Dabbs spoke on “The Sense of Depth in Life and Art.” • In the Oct. 5 issue of TIME magazine there is an article concerning the discovery of a cure for stomach ulcer by Dr. 1967 — These Sumter truck drivers show certificates of recognition H.B. Ball of Northwestern for not having an accident during the past year, awarded by Carl C. University, who is a native of Tinch, safety consultant of Michigan Mutual Liability Co. and present- Sumter County and a graduate ed by Julian T. Buxton, president of Williams Furniture Corp. and The of Sumter High School and the Plywood Co. University of South Carolina. • More than 126 tons of Clarendon counties and in- ed more than $525 during the scrap material were collected cludes Pinewood and Rimini. final week of this year’s fund- by Sumter school children last • Six area high school stu- raising drive, bringing the week, according to a report dents have been selected to at- 1991-92 total to $26,271.56. The submitted today by Superin- tend the South Carolina Gover- money helps needy families tendent W.H. Shaw, and collec- nor’s School for the Arts over pay home-heating bills during tion of the scrap continued the summer. The program will the winter. today with the aid of 12 Shaw be held at Furman University • Sumter School District 17’s Field trucks. Biggest single- in Greenville. The Governor’s Board of Trustees voted to refi- handed collection was made School for the Arts is a com- nance a 1982 bond issue, a by Jimmie Burns of the ele- prehensive, five-week program move officials believe could mentary school, who brought for those students showing ar- save the district as much as in 6,605 pounds, more than 3 tistic abilities in one of five cat- $400,000 in interest payments. tons. Luke Rogers, Edmunds egories including dance, More than $6.12 million in High School, followed him SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS drama, instrumental music, bonds were issued in 1982 at in- closely with 6,040 pounds, and 1942 — Gwinn Shelor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shelor, holds vocal music and visual arts. terest rates ranging from more Betty Ray Evans led the Junior the chain of keys she collected for the newspaper service drive. There The following students will be than 9 percent to about 11 per- High collectors with 5,539 are about 200 keys on the chain. Gwinn will turn them in to her school attending: Lucy D. Blakley, cent to build Sumter High pounds. The collection at that to add to the big pile already collected in the drive put on by the Kevin M. Nutter, Christy E. School. Joe Klein, District 17’s school was the greatest, 89,494 schools under the sponsorship of The Sumter Daily Item. Smith, Robert N. Brown, Cath- assistant superintendent for pounds. erine E. Strange and Charles fiscal affairs, told the board the • The Sumter High School • The local Sumter Elks ist Church, Newberry. During Phillip Turner Jr. district could save up to annual, Hi-Ways 1942, has been Lodge will send a delegation to his stay in Sumter, Dr. Duffie • The Mayewood Lady Vi- $400,000 if it refinances the awarded the All-American the South Carolina Elks State has not only had a successful kings came up short in their nearly $4 million it still owes Honor Rating by the National Assn.’s convention to be held pastorate at Trinity but he has first chance at the 2A state bas- on the bonds. Scholastic Press Association, in Greenville. The delegation been well received by the com- ketball championship at the • The ITEM/Park Inn Road University of Minnesota, Min- will be headed by Exalted munity. He was a member of Carolina Coliseum, dropping a Race will have a new look to it neapolis, Minnesota. In a letter Ruler Colin A. McLachlan and the Rotary Club and active in 47-42 decision to Mullins. this year. Well, maybe not a of congratulations to Miss Eliz- the local Ritualistic Team con- other civic and community af- Funny thing though: new look, but certainly a dif- abeth Hepburn, adviser, Na- sisting of McLachlan, John fairs. Mayewood looked and sounded ferent look. The 10- kilome- tional Scholastic Press Associa- Earl Thomas, Sam Anderson, • Mac McLeod, son of Mr. nothing like a team that had ters race, which was discon- tion wrote: “It’s a distinctive Irvin D. LeGrand, Gordon T. and Mrs. E.B. McLeod of Pine- come so close to winning a tinued several years ago, has honor for a book to be listed as Scofield, Dale E. Lair and wood, walked off as high scor- state title. “We don’t have any- been put back in this year’s one of the superior books en- Frank J. Bryan, who will par- ing individual in the County thing to be ashamed of,” said race, which will be held Sat- tered in N.S.P.A.’s Critical Ser- ticipate in the State Ritualistic 4-H Livestock Judging Contest Lady Viking swing player urday beginning at the Swan vice. This honor represents Contest. held at the county fairgrounds. Christie Dennis. “This is the Lake-Iris Gardens. The 5K real achievements on the part • Tommy Hall’s bases-loaded In the County 4-H Dairy Cattle first team ever from Mayewood and 1-mile fun run races will of those responsible for its pro- single with two out in the bot- judging contest, Jeff Brogdon, to come and play in the Colise- also be held. Race director duction.” tom of the tenth inning gave son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe um; it’s a great honor. Of Mary Kay Morgan hopes the • The Pinewood Indians came Sumter’s P-15s a narrow 2-1 Brogdon (Concord Communi- course, I’m disappointed, but addition of the 10K race will through with some beautiful victory over Manning in an ty) took top honors to receive even though we didn’t win, I‘m draw more entrants to the passing, which set the Hillcrest American Legion League IV the Dairy Judging trophy. still happy.” race than it has in recent Wildcats back to the tune of contest at Riley Park. Hall, who • Sumter’s bats found new • Tobacco farmers may con- years. 12-0, the same score that the In- had gone hitless in three previ- life and rapped out 13 base hits sider it one of their worst ene- • A country music video di- dians made against them in an ous trips to the plate, got his to carry the P-15s to a 9-4 victo- mies, but USC Sumter biologist rected by a Sumter native has earlier game. The play started dramatic chance after pitcher ry over Turbeville and their Steve Bishoff sees the lowly to- been nominated for Video of with Captain Eugene Lowder Cleve Marsh reached first on fifth straight win in an Ameri- bacco hornworm as a key par- the Year by the Academy of kicking off for the Indians. an error. Tom Cusumano sin- can Legion League IV contest. ticipant in important scientific Country Music. Garth Brooks’ • A tablecloth, handmade gled and Tommy Jones walked. Eight Sumter batters got in on research. “The hornworm – video “The Thunder Rolls” was from a native Samoan wood, The two outs came when the hit parade as Wayne Carter also known as Manduca sexta – directed by Bud Schaetzle, a was received by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Carter flied out to left broke out of a hitting slump is actually not a worm at all, son of Sumter residents Stan H.G. McKagen from their and John McTamney had and led the way at the plate but the larval stage of a moth,” and Lois Schaetzle. grandson, Bill Bowen, popped out to first. with three hits in five trips. explained Bishoff, co-author of • Did you know that the city U.S.M.C., who has been in the • More than 100 members of • Marvin D. Trapp of Sumter a scholarly article outlining re- of Sumter was at one time in Pacific war zone for several the Sumter County Historical has been named to head South search findings on insect hor- the business of selling electric- months. The cloth is hand Society met at the High Hills Carolina’s newly-created South mone systems. ity? That’s right, we had our stained in a Samoan pattern. It Baptist Church for a paper on Carolina Arts Commission. • Sumter County has a $20 own electrical company as is stiffer than linen and ap- the church and then at the The Arts Commission set up by million incentive to find alter- part of the city’s services, and pears fragile. Church of the Ascension at Ha- an act of the state legislature, natives to throwing criminals in 1921 we attempted to ex- good for a supper and business will work to foster creative and in jail. The county can comply pand the business. To meet the 50 YEARS AGO – 1967 meeting. During the business performing arts in South Caro- with a state Department of needs of residents and busi- June 12 - 18 meeting, last year’s slate of of- lina. Corrections mandate to reduce nesses, we erected steam-gen- Charlton McLeod finally ficers was re-elected unani- its jail population in one of two eration plant on South Main made his savvy and experience mously. Sherman F. Smith is 25 YEARS AGO – 1992 ways, county officials say. The Street. The plant was located pay off with his first victory of president of the society. Named March 13 - 19 county can build a new jail at in the building that today the season in the 33-lap late- to the vice-presidency was Mrs. The state House of Represen- an estimated cost of $20 mil- houses Sumter Electrical Re- model main event at the Sum- Walter Thompson. Continuing tatives approved a measure lion, or it can find alternatives winding Co., which rebuilds ter Raceway. Driving a ’55 officers are vice-presidents, that would earmark $250,000 a to incarceration. “We’re hoping and sells electrical motors for Chevy, McLeod trailed early in Mrs. W.L. Harritt, Mrs. Wesley year for economic development to avoid for some time going to customers throughout the the race as Jimmy Allsbrook D. McCoy and L. Allen West; in the area surrounding a Sum- the taxpayers to ask them to Southeast. It was unable to took the lead on the very first Dr. E.C. Gilmore, past presi- ter County hazardous waste buy a $20 million jail and staff,” keep up with the demand from lap. Allsbrook never finished, dent; Mrs. Myrtis G. Osteen, landfill. If approved by the Sen- Sumter County Councilman customers from day one. It as he barreled into the pine treasurer-custodian; and ate and the governor, the Chuck Fienning said. was sold in 1926 to Carolina trees off the third turn of the James M. Eaves, secretary. money would go toward devel- • Despite this winter’s re- Power and Light Co. fifth lap. McLeod grabbed the • After a six-year pastorate at opment within a five-mile radi- cord-high temperatures and a lead on about the 13th lap and Trinity Methodist Church, Dr. us of the GSX landfill near sagging economy, The Item’s Reach Sumter Item Archivist coasted the rest of the way to George S. Duffie has been Lake Marion. The five-mile 1991-92 Fireside Fund was a Sammy Way at waysammy@ victory. transferred to Central Method- area spans parts of Sumter and success. ITEM readers donat- yahoo.com.

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Call the newsroom at: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Opening day in the turkey woods was exciting

t sounded like multiple gob- they were headed in my direction. My the gobblers was very vocal, and I around toward him. There was noth- blers, and they were already excitement level was elevated. I dug knew that my only chance would be to ing between him and me but air and a into my vest and pulled out my old call her. I matched every call that she few green leaves. He started down the Ion the ground. I knew that box call. Just then a hen started call- made and was just as loud. She re- bank, and I realized if I didn’t do they were far enough away that I ing between me and the gobblers. Oh sponded with cuts and cackles and something he would be out of my no! It’s nearly impossible to call a tom started in my direction. The gobblers sight in a few steps. wouldn’t be seen if I could get to turkey away from a real hen. were responding to all this calling I swung my gun toward him, but he an old logging road Earlier I had left the clubhouse in with multiple gobbles, and they too saw the movement and ducked down the dark with a crescent moon over started my way. behind the bank before I could shoot, that ended at the my shoulder. I turned onto a sandy The hen would cluck and cut and then flew across the wide creek to my edge of the swamp. dirt road that runs parallel to the river yelp loudly, and I would return those right. I could have shot him flying with hardwood bottomland on one same calls. I realized that one of the over the creek, but I might not have The road would side and a large cut-over of planted gobblers had veered off to my left and been able to retrieve him as the creek offer some visibili- pines on the other. I sat down on a big was closer than the other two that is very deep and very cold this time of log to wait on daylight and to listen for were following the edge of the swamp year. ty and be a good a gobble. I knew there were turkeys to my right. I turned slightly to the left The hen realized that something Dan spot to call from. here because I had seen the tracks and facing the still shadowy hardwoods. was wrong, and she too flew over the Geddings strut marks in the road the day before. The hen walked up the bank just to creek and landed in a tree on the The woods were a A glow in the east promised the my right front, calling loudly. She was other side. After a few moments of little thick here, start of a new day and a new turkey intent on finding this hen that she quiet, I picked up my call and yelped. season. It was also very cold for the supposed me to be. She was only 20 The other two gobblers out to my and trying to get first day of spring. Owls hooted in the yards away, and I could not move to front gobbled. They were only about any closer would risk the possibil- big swamp and wood ducks called as work my call. She would see the move- 40 yards away, but I couldn’t see them they sailed over the tree tops. Down ment and sound the alarm. When I did down the hill and through the brush. ity of spooking the turkeys. the swamp near the river — a gobble. not answer, and she could see no other The hen started answering my calls At the road I leaned my gun up I sprang to my feet, then hesitated to turkey, she walked back down the from her lofty perch, and the gobbler against a tree and set my little fold-up listen for another gobble that would bank out of my sight but kept up her that flew the creek also answered. But chair facing the swamp. I sat down, help me confirm the location. But, I calling. nobody would move! The two gobblers got comfortable, reached over and laid couldn’t waste too much valuable time I looked back to my left front, and out to my front had seen the other my gun across my lap. I noticed that and started a brisk walk down the there stood a gobbler about 10 yards turkeys fly over the creek and must the bank dropped off to the flooded road toward an area we call Log Jam. away, just out of the road in the edge have assumed something wasn’t right. woods at the end of the road to my As I neared Log Jam, I could hear of the brush. He was facing me, and I They would come no closer. right, limiting my visibility to about 29 the gobblers and knew the best access couldn’t see his beard to tell if it was The hen finally flew over the tree yards in that direction. I could see to the area would be down a faint log- a longbeard or a jake. The gobbler put tops toward the river, and the gob- about that same distance into the ging road that is known as Line Road. his head down and turned to go down blers just melted away into the big woods at my front. That is where I set up to wait on the the bank toward the hen. I could see woods. I sat for a while, then eased I could tell now that there were at turkeys. that he was a longbeard now but out to the main road. I will be back least three gobblers sounding off, and The hen that called between me and couldn’t move to swing my gun another day. Sumter hosts state archery tournament March 28-30

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South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is host- ing the 12th Annual South Carolina National Archery in the Schools Program State Bullseye Tournament Tues- day through Thursday at Sumter County Civic Center. The elementary school division will compete Tuesday; middle school will compete on Wednesday; and the high school division will compete on Thursday. The S.C. NASP IBO 3-D Challenge Tourna- ment will be hosted in conjunction with the S.C. NASP tournament for the first time and at the same location. More than 2,000 archers registered for the five DNR- hosted regional tournaments across the state last month, and 1,080 archers were top- finishers from all regionals combined and were invited to participate in the state tournament. Archery flights begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. each day, followed by presentation of awards. Spectators are welcome, and admission is free. For more information, contact SCDNR archery coordina- PHOTO PROVIDED tor Staff Sgt. Charlotte McKee Competitors line up at a past archery tournament. The 12th Annual South Carolina National Archery in the Schools Program State Bullseye at [email protected]. Tournament will be held Tuesday through Thursday at Sumter County Civic Center. Expert shares tips on what to do when perennial bulbs don’t bloom

BY DEAN FOSDICK lends, a wholesale bulb company in over that perennial. And if you plant turist with the University of Illinois. Associated Press Bridgeport, Connecticut. daffodils with something like hosta, “After a time, they get so tight in there “Leave them alone until the foliage is they may shade the daffodils to the ex- that they’re competing for food and Daffodils and tulips are almost cer- yellowed and withered,” Curless said. tent that their leaves aren’t getting any have no space.” tain to bloom when another spring rolls “A plant stays green as long as it needs light. • Predation. If the bulbs don’t around, but even they can have an oc- to stay green.” “Fill the space but leave breathing sprout, it may be because voles or casional bad season. What are the odds they will continue room,” he said. squirrels ate them, Mason said. There Perennial bulbs need a long dorman- to flower if you gamble and promptly Other things to consider if bulb foli- are no wildlife-proof bulbs but some cy period after they finish flowering — clear those unsightly stems and leaves age develops but the blooms don’t fol- — like daffodils, fritillaria and allium a chance to regenerate. Without that, from your landscape? low: — are more distasteful to foraging they’re likely to be colorless the follow- “That’s a big unknown,” Curless • Timing. Maybe you’re planting too wildlife than others. ing year, or said. “There’s no rule of early or too late for spring-blooming Unseasonable freeze-thaw cycles what horti- thumb for how long bulbs bulbs. Plant too early and they’re sus- also hinder bulb performance. A culturists call should be allowed to get ceptible to disease. Plant too late and string of late-winter temperatures “blind” the energy they need they may not have enough time to de- soaring into the 50s and 60s followed plants. to bloom again.” velop. closely by another round of blowing Even Some gardeners • Depth: Perhaps you’re not planting snow or freezing rain can wreak havoc after the try camouflaging the bulbs deep enough. Bulbs should be on emerging bulbs. But there is little a plants their bulbs after they placed 2 to 3 times their height into the gardener can do when the weather have finished flower by planting them soil. turns, Curless said. blooming and among groups of differ- • Growing conditions. If leaves and “If the flowers haven’t opened, dropping their ent perennials, but that stems don’t appear, then dig down and there’s a good chance they’ll survive petals, they are approach isn’t without check the bulbs. It’s possible they rotted the variable temperatures,” he said. actively photo- its problems. because the ground was too wet. Find Gardeners know from woeful expe- synthesizing, “Be sensitive to how areas with better drainage for the next rience that you can’t control the said Christian much sunlight each batch of bulbs you plant. weather. Curless, a needs,” Curless said. “Daf- • Massing. “If the leaves are small, “A major part of planting spring- spokesman fodils planted next to a the bulbs may have to be divided,” said blooming bulbs is that it requires a for Colorb- small perennial can flop all Sandra Mason, an extension horticul- leap of faith,” Curless said. C8 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017

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Mon- Call 1-336-848-1746 or email : day, Wednesday & Friday SPACEAN ORDINANCE FORTO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF 15 ACRES OF BUSINESS [email protected] 8:30am-5:30pm PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH WISE DRIVE Roper Staffing is now accepting 129K Miles RENT SERVICES applications for the following posi- Huntington Place Apartments This public hearing will be held in the Chambers30 W. of the Liberty said County St. tions: Rents from $625 per month Council on the third floor of the Sumter County Administration Building, $4299.00 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina, or at such other location Home 1 Month free* • Newly renovated • 800 Square feet Improvements •Mig Welders *13 Month lease required Save Over $1,100 NADA • Retail $5400 within the said County as proper notice might specify. The said •Plumber • Electric included • New HVAC Leasing office located at Tax, Tag & Doc Fee Extra ordinance can be reviewed or a copy obtained from the Clerk of Council •Temp Admin Accounting Ashton Mill Apartment Homes • Internet ready • Possible buildout to suit. All out Home Improvements at the Offices of the County Council on the third floor of the said County •PT Janitorial 595 Ashton Mill Drive Administration Building. The public is invited to attend and participate in We beat everybody's price •Machinists 3735 Broad Street 803-773-3600 the public hearing. Licensed & Bonded •Industrial Spray Painter Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 Sumter, SC 29154 $950.00 a month 803-316-8969 •Certified Medical Assistants 803-494-4247 Dated this 21st day of March 2017. •Assemblers Swan Lake Apts. Accepting appli- Call for more information Roofing •Machine Operators Julia Hair, President The County Council for Sumter, SC cations. 2BR 1BA apts. in quiet By James T. McCain, Jr., Chairman •Administrative Assistants scenic neighborhood. No Section 8. 803-774-1290 Sumter County Council Robert's Metal Roofing •Field Electrical Technicians No Smoking, No Pets 803-775-4641. Email: [email protected] 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing •Manufacturing Engineers Mary W. Blanding, Clerk to Council avail. Expert installation. Long list of •Collections/CSR Unfurnished satisfied customers. 803-837-1549. •Material Handler/Frklft Homes •Quality Manager (Degree in Biology) Robert W. Nunnery Roofing Co. Old Manning Rd.: 3 Br, 2 Ba. on 1 the original Nunnery Roofing. Serv- acre private lot in country. All Monday- ing Sumter and surrounding areas APPLICATION TIMES: hardwood floors, frig & stove, W/D Wednesday from 8:30-10:00am and since 1971. Call for a free estimate hookup. Carport & fenced yard. 1:30-3:00pm. Please call the Sumter 803-478-2950 or 803-460-0927 Outside pet only. No Section 8. office at 803-938-8100 to inquire $1000 mo. with 1 year lease. All Types of Roofing & Repairs All about what you will need to bring 803-491-5375 work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. with you when registering. For more Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734. detailed information on the job Tudor Place 2231 Preot St 3BR listings go to 3BA $925 Mo + Dep 2 HUGE Tree Service www.roperstaffing.com Call 803 518-3316 Avail. 3/1 Help Wanted ABSOLUTE Tree removal, Mobile Home Ricky's Tree Service Part-Time Rentals stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, AUCTIONS 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. Custodian (PT) - Weekdays 8:00 Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, Tree take down, pruning, stump am to 12:00 pm. Apply at the Sumter water//sewer//garbage pk-up incl'd. Sale 1: JAZAC FARMS - FAIRMONT, NC grinding, lot clearing and free County Library. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350 Friday, March 31, 2017 • 9AM estimates! Fully insured. Call 803-720-7147 Sale includes Late Model Case Farm Tractors and Farm Implements. A Notch Above Tree Care Full NOW LEASING!!!! quality service low rates, lic./ins., free Sale 2: COOKE FARMS - LAKEVIEW, SC est BBB accredited 983-9721 Sumter Senior Apartments Saturday, April 1, 2017 • 9AM 411 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29151 Sale includes Approx. 15 Tractors, Late Model Hay Equip and 100’s More Farm Implements. MERCHANDISE NEW CONSTRUCTION * ENERGY EFFICIENT * WATER/TRASH/SEWAGE INCLUDED * ALL ELECTRIC For more info call Aaron Easters at 843-858-0677 or visit 1 AND 2 BEDROOM GARDEN STYLE UNITS * AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGNED FOR 55+ www.rebelauction.net Garage, Yard & AMENITIES: ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES, A/C, CEILING FANS, W/D HOOKUPS, CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME Estate Sales BUILT-IN MICROWAVE, BALCONY/PATIOS P.O. Box 549 • Hazlehurst, GA 31539 Solomon Upholstery CONTACT: KAREN WYATT, RLJ MANAGEMENT COMPANY 912-375-3491 • 1-800-533-0673 267 Myrtle Beach Hwy., Friday & Saturday, 9 am - until, oak armoire, [email protected] * (614) 942-2020 * TTY: 1-800-750-0750 Fax 912-375-7384 glassware, clothes & misc.. “This ins tu on is an equal opportunity provider.” SCAL 4062 Email: [email protected] NCAL 9922 464-7555

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