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n July 4, 1776, the Con- Otinental Congress ap- proved the Declaration lawsuit of Independence, setting the Clarendon ballot dispute 13 colonies on the road to SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 freedom as a sovereign na- ruling postponed to after WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 $1.00 tion. hearing of merit July 20 This most American of hol- idays is marked with typical BY SHARRON HALEY festivities ranging from Special to The Sumter Item fireworks, parades and concerts to more casual MANNING — Lawyers from Colum- family gatherings and bar- bia, Kingstree and Manning filed into becues across the coun- Clarendon County Courthouse on Tues- try. day morning for an injunction hearing As we celebrate this that will determine if La- Independence Day, we Nette Samuels-Cooper’s 56 reflect on how our name can remain on the Founding Fathers en- November ballot as the The Signers shrined the impor- Democratic candidate for tance of statistics in county coroner after the in- TheTh number of signers of the Declaration of Independence. our Constitution as a cumbent she beat on the BeBenjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger vital tool for measur- MOCK June 12 primary claimed ShShermaner and Robert R. Livingston comprised the Committee of ing our people, plac- she is not qualified for the FiFivev that drafted the declaration. Jefferson, regarded as the es and economy. position. strostrongestng and most eloquent writer, wrote most of the document. In honor of this For two hours, attorneys special day in the representing Samuels-Coo- history of our na- per and Coroner Bucky tion, here are a Mock, who filed for the few facts about hearing, argued their cases our independence SAMUELS- before Third Circuit Court and celebrations. COOPER Judge Ferrell Cothran, who will ultimately decide on 2.5 Compiled by the whether to approve the in- 326 United States junction. More than 75 people filled the Census Bureau room for the public hearing. million million After a brief recess to allow attor- In July 1776, the The nation’s neys and Cothran to meet in chambers, estimated number estimated population SEE CASE, PAGE A6 of people living in the on July 1, 2017. newly independent nation. ‘When all signs point to same $296.2 direction’ to million The value of fireworks imported from China help others in 2016, representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($307.8 million). U.S. Water heater leak leads exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just $10 million in the same year. to senior’s big electric bill BY KEVIN HOWELL Special to The Sumter Item

After traveling recently and navigat- ing the subway in a major city, one thought became evident to me: When all $5.4 signs are clear and understandable, it becomes easy to go in the right direction. 33 million As Crisis Relief Minis- places The value of U.S. imports try director at Sumter of American flags in 2016. United Ministries, it can The number of counties and census- be similar when con- incorporated places that contain the The vast majority of this ducting interviews with amount ($5.3 million) was clients and determining word “Liberty” in the name. Of the whether we should as- 33 areas, four are counties: Liberty imported from China. sist someone. Recently, an older woman who lives County, Texas (81,704); Liberty alone and off her Social Security in- County, Georgia (62,570); Liberty come visited Crisis Relief Ministry with County, Florida (8,202); and Liberty a financial request to assist with an electric bill’s final notice. Her total in- County, Montana (2,409). come is less than $1,000 a month. Seniors like her often have growing out-of-pocket medical costs and don’t qualify for food stamp benefits of any 70 substantial amount. Usually, if a senior in this income range has interviewed at the ministry before, I expect to see them 26 repeatedly in years to come. This and woman, however, had not requested as- sistance in years — a clear sign to all Signers’ ages of us at the ministry that something 2 Benjamin Franklin of unusual had occurred. ADAMS Pennsylvania was the oldest She had a modest budget and was presidents signer, and Edward Rutledge incredibly energy conscious. Her electric bills averaged less than $100 Future presidents John Adams (second of South Carolina was the youngest signer. a month, but recently her bill in- president) and Thomas Jefferson (third creased by 60 percent. It took three president) signed the declaration. Both trips by a handyman to conclude died on the 50th anniversary of signing a problem existed near the water the declaration (July 4, 1826). heater. JEFFERSON A leak had steadily worsened over three months before it was SEE CARING, PAGE A6

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To start the series, we're introducing you to the With These Hands founder and owner, Sandra Metz- dorf, a U.S. Army veteran and a military spouse of a retired Air Force officer who Local restaurant owner turns over served at Shaw. Go to The Item's Face- book and Instagram to watch the inter- ‘I serve and continue to view. complaint to insurance company serve out of gratitude Name: Sandra Metzdorf Title: Founder/owner of With These because of the sacrifice and BY BRUCE MILLS food restaurant. The and drove off. Hands Natural Gourmet Foods, Sum- [email protected] post received numer- Employees later saw ter's first food truck that provides commitment that active ous views and shares. the Facebook post healthy, nutritious, tasty meals that A local restaurant Wilson said he from Cox on the inter- also now serves directly on base. duty personnel, their family owner with a clean wasn't in the restau- net. Military branch: U.S. Army track record has rant at the time of the Wilson said Tuesday Duties: Enlisted at 18 and served for and the community gives turned over a custom- alleged occurrence, his five Sumter restau- four years as a heavy equipment me- er's complaint about but from what he un- rants — three KFCs chanic. After leaving to work in corpo- every day.’ finding a dead roach in derstands Cox went and two Arby's — have rate America, went back to serve in the his food to his insur- through the drive-thru never had anything transition assistance program to help ance company to han- window between 8:45 like this happen be- military personnel and their families na. He went to Korea ... We went all dle with the patron. and 9 p.m. Saturday fore. He said his KFCs transition and acclimate to civilian life around the country and the world, from Earl Wilson, owner for the purchase. have always been in- after their service. Israel to Australia, and when it came of KFC at 1014 Broad Later, he returned to spected by DHEC, Why did you enlist?: "I'm a second-gen- time to plan his retirement, we said St., said he met with the store's drive-thru KFC Corp. and an out- eration immigrant. I'm from Colombia, what's the quality of life we want to the customer from after the restaurant side vendor for KFC. South America, and there, serving in a have? ... Really, Sumter answered all of Saturday night, David had closed at 10:30 Pest control checks public way, whether that be in the mili- those questions ... and we started our Cox of Sumter, on p.m. with the sand- are also conducted tary, in the police force or teaching, life here." Monday evening and wich and told the every month, he said. that's compulsory. You are by law ex- What is something you learned in the Wilson's insurance manager on duty he When contacted pected when you become an adult to in military that has translated to civilian life?: company would be had found a dead Tuesday, DHEC's local some capacity serve the community. So "The military really began the founda- contacting Cox for a roach in his son's agency food team lead when my family came to the United tion, if you will, that we are part of a follow-up investigation sandwich. — James Arthur — States, there was a real awareness that group that wants to make our environ- since he's still not sat- Wilson said his man- said that KFC location the scope of possibility had expanded ... ment better, whether that be your town, isfied. ager looked at the has "a good inspection and, in essence, that American dream your neighborhood or your country ... Cox posted an image sandwich but didn't history," and his office was really alive ... There was a sense of My service continues with that same on his Facebook page see a roach. She then had not received any gratitude and a sense of a little tapping, true north to be part of that change late Saturday of a KFC returned to Cox his phone calls or emails hey, it's your turn to go and so some- that we want to see." sandwich with a dead money for the pur- of complaints. thing to make this whole thing better." 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CHARLESTON — The arms extraordinary is we’ve gotten to the point of congregation members at two West Ashley churches where we don’t see it as extraordinary.” have gotten longer in recent years. They now reach as far PAUL PORWOLL as a half mile along Ashley River Road and into the sanc- Official historian of Old St. Andrew’s Parish Church, West $ 94 tuaries of their sister church- Ashley with FREE es. Box of .22 As a consequence of this 119 Ammo outreach, the two groups, gregation was severely dimin- A protracted legal battle en- – 6.5” – Cocobolo Wood which share a patron saint ished. A new era of rebuilding sued involving acrimonious – 6 rounds Grips and a troubled history, even- commenced. disputes over church proper- – 6.5” blued barrel – American Made tually could forge ties that The fragile register became ty. Earlier this month, the U.S. bind. available to Porwoll in 2016 Supreme Court declined to This troubled past has been when the South Carolina His- consider a petition from the LCPLCP .380.380 known for a long time, but a torical Society released a col- disaffiliated Diocese of South Auto Pistol recent discovery by Paul Por- lection of materials on Old St. Carolina, to which Old St. An- woll, the official historian of Andrew's. drew's and St. Andrew's Mis- • 2" Blued, Alloy Old St. Andrew's Parish "I doubted I'd find anything sion Church belong, thereby Steel Barrel Church, has shed new light on new," he wrote in an email. putting an end to the legal • 6+1 capacity the injuries perpetrated by "Was I wrong." process. Many congregations slavery and discrimination, Sitting with the register be- that left The Episcopal • Black Nylon Grips and it has prompted Porwoll fore him, Porwoll naturally Church now must return the to pen a book that corrects the compared the original with property, according to a S.C. record, confronts some of the the copy, dated circa 1897. Supreme Court ruling, and demons of racism and cele- Scanning the typed copy, he this is causing concern among brates the potential for a bet- came across a strange entry: parishioners disinclined to $ 99 ter future. "Mary Catherine daughter." It give up their sanctuaries. MSRP That book, "'In My Trials, was crossed out with typed It remains uncertain just $259.00 Lord, Walk With Me': What an dashes. how the situation will resolve 179 Antebellum Parish Register In the original handwritten — what properties will be re- Reveals about Race and Rec- version, the line reads: "(Mary turned, when and how. But LCP II .380 onciliation," recognizes hun- Catherine) daughter of Lindey the strengthened bond be- dreds of slaves whose names & Cato, negroes, both belong- tween Old St. Andrew's and Auto Pistol were omitted from copies of ing to..." The entry goes on to St. Andrew's Mission surely • Blued, Alloy steel barrel the church registry. note a baptism. will make things a little easier, with improved trigger, Porwoll's discovery of the Porwoll concluded that the according to Francis grips and sights. original handwritten registry register's transcriber, when he Seabrook. • Compact at 5.17” long & 3.71” tall two years ago — a book dating came upon the word "negro," He has been a member of • Slide stop with last round to 1830-1859 whose cover is refused to continue with the St. Andrew's Mission Church • Includes a pocket torn off, binding damaged and entry and thereafter paid clos- for 48 years. The congregation holster and one 6 round pages yellowed and chipping er attention to the document always has emphasized the magazine away — revealed a disturbing to avoid further references to "mission" in its name, reach- discrepancy. The historian's black people in the copy. ing out to widows, orphans obligation to reckon with the And this raised a question: and people in distress, $ 99 truth has not only resulted in How many blacks have been Seabrook said. In the after- MSRP $349.00 this new volume but a deter- left out? math of Hurricane Hugo in 257 mination by members of both "As I carefully turned the 1989, the church was the only Old St. Andrews and St. An- pages of the fragile original, I building in the area with drew's Mission to embrace saw entry after entry of slave power, and its members coor- one another. baptisms, slave marriages, dinated a water and food dis- PonyP 19 – 24 GGun "The relationship that has slave confirmations and slave tribution drive. Capacity Fire been built between these two burials," Porwoll wrote in his Several extended families Rated Safe with churches is intentional," Por- email. "Instead of the register comprise the bulk of its mod- Electronic Lock woll said. being 100 percent white-fo- est membership, so fellowship • Simpson Hardware & He thought he knew every- cused, it was almost 83 per- with Old St. Andrew's has pre- Sports Exclusive Save $50 off • 33% Longer Fire our already thing there was to know about cent black." sented new opportunities to low price his church, and that he had Protection (60 min at The value of the register ex- share blessings, Seabrook 1400 degrees) recorded most of it in his 2014 tends beyond the parish said. • 100lb heavier book "Against All Odds: Histo- church; it could be a boon to "Hopefully we'll get to a construction than competition $ 99 ry of St. Andrew's Parish genealogists seeking to extend point where there won't be a • Compare to safes Church, Charleston, 1706- the branches of their family difference between Old St. An- ranging from $799- 2013." But the South is a com- tree, according to Wevoneeda drew's and the mission $899 – Better Value! 549 plicated place that hasn't re- Minis, a Lowcountry-based church," especially in light of vealed all its secrets or come family researcher. the property dispute, he said. to terms with its racist past, "It's important because in a Interaction leads to deeper Marlin Model Porwoll was forced to admit. period of time where there's a relationships which, in turn, Old St. Andrew's was erect- dearth of records for blacks can sometimes lead to difficult 60 .22 LR ed after the South Carolina who do want to trace back conversations about race and Semiautomatic Colonial Assembly, seeking to that far, it's another kind of the troubled history of the mimic the Church of Eng- record," Minis said. "You'll parish, Seabrook said. RifleRifle land's Anglican structure and probably find information that "I think we're moving in hierarchy, established 10 Low- you won't find anywhere else." that direction now," he said. country parishes, such as St. • Semiautomatic with The Rev. Jimmy Gallant has "The basic, fundamental prin- 14 Shot Tubular Andrew's, St. Paul's, St. Bar- been vicar of St. Andrew's cipal of Christianity is open- tholomew's, St. Philip's and St. Magazine Mission Church for five years, ness and forgiveness. If we • Blue, 19” Barrel with James' — essentially swaths and he has welcomed the can't get to the point of doing of territory each with a parish Micro-Groove Rifling chance to forge stronger that we're playing church and • Walnut-Finished church at its heart. bonds with the mostly white actually not living out the $ 99 MSRP Hardwood Stock Between its founding in 1706 congregation up the street, an Gospel." $169.99 and the start of the Civil War opportunity Porwoll's re- Roxanne Erskine, a member 159 in 1860, the sanctuary of the search has enhanced, he said. of Old St. Andrew's for the parish church was shared by "This church," he said, re- past 3 1/2 years, echoed blacks and whites, though ferring to Old St. Andrew's, Seabrook's sentiments, saying Judge they remained segregated "has embraced me." many would welcome that 3” Magnum within. The church registry Gallant and his counterpart kind of dialogue. recorded weddings, funerals at the parish church, the Rev. "If we do come together as .410/45 LC and baptisms, and it included Marshall Huey, often bring congregations, we're going to everyone, slave and free, black their congregations together have to talk about those kinds and white. for Wednesday services, espe- of things," Erskine said. "We • Stainless steel In 1845, Magwood's Chapel cially during the Lenten sea- can't become unified if we ig- • 3” cylinder was founded to accommodate son. Worshippers black and nore the elephant in the • 5 shot slaves. In the 1890s, at the white gather for supper, for room." Porwoll's book, she • Fiber Optic Sight start of the Jim Crow period teachings, for fellowship. And said, is "a start with coming to of institutionalized segrega- they convene each year for a grips with this." tion, the chapel became St. sunrise Easter service on the And the two priests are good $ 99 Andrew's Mission. Today, it grounds of Magnolia Planta- shepherds, strengthened by Our Reg $429.99 remains predominantly black. tion, an event that draws hun- their collaboration, she said. MSRP $629.00 The Rev. John Grimke Dray- dreds from the area. "Marshall and Jimmy are 419 ton, who was associated with Huey said the two churches such dynamic leaders, and Old St. Andrew's from 1851 now are planning to celebrate have such an authentic regard until his death in 1891, and St. Andrew's Day together at for one another as people and served as rector twice, was no the end of November, marking fellow priests, they are a tre- fan of slavery and led an ef- the moment in 1706 when the mendous example to the con- fort to minister to blacks be- 10 early South Carolina par- gregation," Erskine said. fore and after the war. ishes were established. Porwoll said he has created Today’s the Day! After emancipation in 1865, At Gallant's church, the digital images of the fragile churches throughout the congregation now includes a register to ensure its survival We are giving away a South abandoned any rem- number of white worshippers and enable others to access its nants of integrated services. from the adjacent Charleston contents. He hopes his book Blacks affiliated with new Rehab Center, which helps can help fuel more and more church institutions started people with alcohol and drug fellowship and dialogue. 12 GA. SXP Pump Shotgun their own congregations and addictions. "Hopefully, one of the things Enter to win at our Wesmark Blvd. location starting May 28. built their own sanctuaries, "We want to send the signal this book does is throw it all Will be given away on July 4, 2018. often just up the road from that this corridor is God's cor- out there, the good, the bad, Winner Does Not Have To Be Present To Win their white counterparts. ridor," he said. the ugly," he said. Old St. Andrew's, located in Except during the few years That can create opportunity. CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR EVEN MORE UNBELIEVABLE SALE PRICES! the midst of post-war devasta- of the war, the churches of And it can send a message to Not all items available at all locations tion, was an odd exception; it the diocese were a part of The the community at large that 40 W Wesmark Blvd. • Sumter did not lose its black worship- Episcopal Church, but in 2012 "we are one church," Porwoll 803-773-3397 pers altogether, but the build- many congregations in the said. 110 N. Brooks St. • Manning 803-435-2651 ing was uninhabitable and re- area cut ties with The Episco- "What makes this relation- mained dormant for 11 years. pal Church because of theo- ship so extraordinary is we've www.simpsonhardwareinc.com By the time it was open logical and organizational dif- gotten to the point where we again in March 1876, the con- ferences. don't see it as extraordinary." 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BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Wolf held hearings in 1998 that Associated Press revealed how the FBI protect- ed Bulger and Flemmi, he BOSTON — Behind the con- said. victions of Boston's most pow- "People read the newspapers erful mobsters over the past and don't really understand 30 years, there has been one what's going on. All they know constant: federal prosecutor is that the FBI and the govern- Fred Wyshak. ment is corrupt and they're in For the dauntless assistant bed with these mob guys, and U.S. attorney, last month's Fred Wyshak has the case, and murder conviction of former he must be in trouble, too," he New England Mafia Boss said. Francis "Cadillac Frank" Sa- In the beginning, Wyshak lemme likely closes the book had to fight not only mobsters, on a lengthy saga that ex- but also the FBI, which wanted posed the FBI's overly cozy re- to keep Bulger and Flemmi's lationship with its gangster role as informants under informants and decimated the wraps, he said. region's organized-crime un- And hours of listening to derworld. mobsters matter-of-factly de- "It has been, to some extent, scribe committing grisly mur- dogged persistence to get THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ders as easily as others would where we needed to get to Federal prosecutor Fred Wyshak poses at his office in the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. Behind talk about going to a baseball bring these organized crime nearly every effort to take out big-time Massachusetts mobsters over the last three decades there has game takes a toll. groups to the end," Wyshak been one constant ... Wyshak. "It's almost like an out-of- said in an interview with The body experience sitting there Associated Press. listening to this stuff," Wyshak Wyshak, 65, arrived at Bos- tenced to two life terms in said. ton's U.S. attorney's office in ‘Who knows if not for him what it would look 2013. After Salemme's conviction 1989 after pursuing mobsters Wyshak, now head of the in June, U.S. Attorney Andrew in New Jersey and was re- like today, the landscape.’ public corruption unit in the Lelling declared it the end of a cruited by state police investi- U.S. attorney's office, said he "long and dark chapter" in gators to help do what no one DICK LEHR was determined to stay be- Boston history. else seemed willing to: go cause he loved it. But Wyshak is hesitant to after notorious gangster A former Boston Globe reporter and co-author of “Black Mass” That doesn't mean it was say he's sure it's really the end. James "Whitey" Bulger and talking about federal prosecutor Fred Wyshak easy. More remains are out there in his Winter Hill Gang. Wyshak's voice cracked with secret graves, he said. And he It was Wyshak and his col- emotion, and tears filled his thought the saga was over be- leagues' impending racketeer- eyes as he described threats fore, and was proven wrong. ing indictment against Bulger, "He has steamrolled orga- what it would look like today, against him that put state "Unless we catch Whitey Salemme and Stephen "The nized crime, the Italian and the landscape." troopers outside his house for Bulger, this marks the end of Rifleman" Flemmi in 1995 that the Irish mob — with help, Many law enforcement offi- weeks at a time or forced him what is really a sad chapter for caused Bulger to disappear but he was the centrifugal cials who pursued mobsters to park in the courthouse ga- federal law enforcement," for the next 16 years, thanks force," said Dick Lehr, a for- alongside Wyshak in the 1990s rage. Wyshak said in 2008 after Con- to a tip from corrupt FBI mer Boston Globe reporter have since retired or moved And his own neighbors eyed nolly was convicted of second- agent John Connolly. and co-author of "Black onto cushier jobs, including him skeptically when they degree murder. Wyshak spent the next Mass," which inspired the his longtime partner, Brian heard his name in the same "It has been a long haul," he three decades securing con- movie with the same name. Kelly, who went into private breath as mobsters and cor- said at the time. victions against Flemmi, Con- "Who knows if not for him practice after Bulger was sen- rupt agents when Judge Mark He had no idea. nolly and finally Bulger, who was captured in California at age 81 in 2011. All three men are likely to die behind bars. Happy And last month, Wyshak 4th of Made in the USA took down the last man stand- July! ing from organized crime's heyday in Boston and its envi- EVERY DAY rons when a jury convicted 84-year-old Salemme, once the head of the New England fam- ily of La Cosa Nostra, of kill- ing nightclub owner Steven DiSarro in 1993.

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COMMENTARY Justice Kennedy’s Declaring independence Editor’s note: In celebra- ends, it is the Right of the States. To prove this, let tion of the Fourth of July, People to alter or to abol- Facts be submitted to a The Sumter Item presents ish it, and to institute new candid world. 1st priority: The “The Declaration of Inde- Government, laying its pendence of the Thirteen foundation on such princi- (The bulk of the Declaration, Colonies” for your holiday ples and organizing its not included here, is a list of reading enjoyment. powers in such form, as to specific grievances against First Amendment them shall seem most like- the King. What follows is the • • • ly to effect their Safety conclusion.) and Happiness. t became official just posed (Janus v. AFSCME) In CONGRESS, July 4, Prudence, indeed, will We, therefore, the Repre- after lunchtime on and to force a Christian 1776 dictate that Governments sentatives of the United Wednesday, just after baker to custom design a The unanimous Declara- long established should States of America, in Gen- Ithe Supreme Court an- cake for a same-sex couple tion of the thirteen united not be changed for light eral Congress, Assembled, nounced its final decisions of (Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. States of America, and transient causes; and appealing to the Supreme the term and went into re- v. Colorado Civil Rights Com- When in the Course of accordingly all experience Judge of the world for the cess. Justice Anthony Kenne- mission). human events, it becomes hath shewn, that mankind rectitude of our intentions, dy, the 104th person to serve Even where he saw First necessary for one people are more disposed to suf- do, in the Name, and by the on the court, is retiring, ef- Amendment rights as at to dissolve the political fer, while evils are suffer- authority of the good Peo- fective just after his 82nd stake in legislative redistrict- bands which have connect- able, than to right them- ple of these Colonies, sol- birthday next month, after 30 ing cases, he ruled in 2004 ed them with another, and selves by abolishing the emnly publish and declare. years of service. and again this year that he to assume among the pow- forms to which they are That these United Colo- Justice Kennedy’s decision, professed to see no neutral ers of the earth, the sepa- accustomed. nies are, and of Right ought announced in a two-para- principle distinguishing rate and equal station to But when a long train of to be Free and Independent graph letter to President plans that were unconstitu- which the Laws of Nature abuses and usurpations, States; that they are Ab- Donald Trump, has been pre- tionally partisan from those and of Nature’s God enti- pursuing invariably the solved from all Allegiance dicted — and eagerly that weren’t. Any tle them, a decent respect same object evinces a de- to the British Crown, and anticipated and verbal formula, he to the opinions of man- sign to reduce them under that all political connection dreaded — for years apparently believed, kind requires that they absolute Despotism, it is between them and the State now. He has been the would just leave judg- should declare the causes their right, it is their duty, of Great Britain is and swing vote in several es free to rule for which impel them to the to throw off such Govern- ought to be totally dis- noteworthy — for their partisan separation. ment, and to provide new solved; and that as Free some, notorious — friends. We hold these truths to Guards for their future se- and Independent States, cases going back to This led legal be self-evident, that all men curity. they have full Power to levy the early 1990s, as scholar Rick Hasen are created equal, that they Such has been the pa- War, conclude Peace, con- well as the author of Michael to predict — accu- are endowed by their Cre- tient sufferance of these tract Alliances, establish the opinion of the Barone rately — his decision ator with certain unalien- Colonies; and such is now Commerce, and to do all court in many. to retire and then call able Rights, that among the necessity which con- other Acts and Things Appointed by Presi- his decision “final these are Life, Liberty, and strains them to alter their which Independent States dent Ronald Reagan after two abdications” that indicate “a the pursuit of Happiness. former Systems of Gov- may of right do. nominees failed to be con- depressing kind of defeat- That to secure these rights, ernment. The history of And for the support of firmed, Kennedy has long ism.” He evidently sees Jus- Governments are instituted the present King of Great this Declaration, with a been feted by many liberals tice Kennedy as a committed among Men, deriving their Britain (George III) is a firm reliance on the pro- for these stands. Since the culture warrior for the left. just powers from the con- history of repeated inju- tection of Divine Provi- early 1990s, he has stood But language in some of sent of the governed. ries and usurpations, all dence, we mutually pledge against repealing the 1973 his most controversial opin- That whenever any having in direct object the to each other our Lives, Roe v. Wade decision that le- ions shows not a desire for Form of Government be- establishment of an abso- our Fortunes, and our sa- galized abortion. Starting one side’s total victory but comes destructive of these lute Tyranny over these cred Honor. with his decision to overturn for both sides’ friendly ac- two sodomy convictions in commodation of the other. 2003, he has opposed discrim- In Obergefell, Justice Ken- ination against gays and was nedy took care to recognize COMMENTARY the author of Obergefell v. that “religions, and those Hodges, the 2015 decision who adhere to religious doc- that legalized same-sex mar- trines, may continue to advo- riage. cate with utmost, sincere Kennedy joined mostly conviction that, by divine In celebration of our Democratic-appointed col- precepts, same-sex marriage leagues in taking what were should not be condoned.” considered liberal stands on In Masterpiece Cakeshop, other issues as well, includ- Justice Kennedy wrote, “To ing the death penalty for describe a man’s faith as ‘one propositional nation young offenders, judicial re- of the most despicable pieces view for Guantanamo detain- of rhetoric that people can ees and state laws attempting use’ is to disparage his reli- n this July to strengthen or supplement gion in at least two distinct Fourth, with the ‘Anyone can be an American if they federal enforcement of immi- ways: by describing it as de- recent opening of accept the basic propositions at the heart gration laws. spicable, and also by charac- OSumter’s Temple On these, conservative terizing it as merely rhetori- Sinai Jewish History Cen- legal scholars looked cal — something insubstan- ter, we are reminded of a of our country: that all human beings are askance. Some ridiculed Ken- tial and even insincere.” letter that George Wash- nedy’s flowery language in This is not so much legal ington wrote to a Jewish equal, and that we have inalienable rights decisions like Obergefell v. argumentation as it is a plea congregation in Newport, Hodges. Some classed him for combatants in the culture Rhode Island, in 1790. to life, liberty, and the pursuit of with other Republican-ap- war to show respect — even In this letter, Washington pointed justices who sided friendly respect — for one assured the congregants happiness.’ regularly with liberals. another. that the But that’s an overstate- The Senate will probably United ment. Justice Kennedy came “confirm Justice Kennedy’s States States of America a “prop- the United States has al- out on the same side as Re- successor this fall,” as Ma- “gives to ositional nation.” Anyone ways lived up to these ide- publican-appointed col- jority Leader Mitch McCon- bigotry no can be an American if they als. We should remember leagues on the Second nell quickly promised, de- sanction, accept the basic proposi- that FDR celebrated an in- Amendment, on partial-birth spite hysterical predictions to persecu- tions at the heart of our clusive Americanism while abortion bans, on the uncon- that abortion will be crimi- tion no as- country: that all human Japanese-Americans were stitutionality of bans on po- nalized and same-sex mar- sistance.” beings are equal, and that imprisoned in internment litical speech, and on subject- riage abolished. Erin Baribeau In Ameri- we have inalienable rights camps. Like all great un- ing states to special voting- But Justice Kennedy’s cen- ca, Wash- to life, liberty, and the pur- dertakings, America is still rights scrutiny based on evi- tral legacy is his firm de- ington suit of happiness. Being an a work in progress. dence from 1964 and 1972. In fense of the First Amend- wrote, “All American is about accept- But this shouldn’t blind every one of the past year’s ment. Against California’s possess ing these propositions. It is us to the special nature of 19 cases decided by 5-4 votes, claim that its law requiring alike liber- not about what we look the American project: a na- he came out against the four pro-life pregnancy counsel- ty of con- like, where our families tion based on ideas rather Democratic-appointed jus- ors to promote abortions is science come from, or what house than ancestry or tradition. tices. “forward-looking,” Kennedy and immu- of worship we attend. “America,” said Ronald In my view, it makes sense wrote, “It is forward think- nities of This is what FDR meant Reagan, “represents some- to see Justice Kennedy not so ing to begin by reading the Damien citizen- when he wrote, “Ameri- thing universal in the much as a liberal warrior in First Amendment as ratified Picariello ship.” canism is a matter of the human spirit.” Americans our culture wars but as a in 1791; to understand the What’s im- mind and heart,” not “a don’t share a common par- judge who placed an espe- history of authoritarian gov- portant is matter of race or ances- entage. What we share is a cially high value on the First ernment as the Founders not what faith Americans try.” It is what George W. common commitment to a Amendment freedom of then knew it.” First things practice, but rather that Bush celebrated in his first set of beliefs about the speech. People should be free first. they conduct themselves inaugural address, declar- equal worth of all human to engage in gay sex, and or- as “good citizens.” What ing that “America has beings, and the equal ganizations should be free to Michael Barone is a senior matters are the “inherent never been united by blood rights to which all human engage in political speech. political analyst for the Wash- natural rights” that appear or birth or soil. We are beings are entitled. That concern about free- ington Examiner, resident fel- in the Declaration of Inde- bound by ideals that move doms of expression charac- low at the American Enter- pendence, and that Ameri- us beyond our back- Damien Picariello is assis- terized his most recent deci- prise Institute and longtime cans commit to living with grounds, lift us above our tant professor of political sions. He applied sharp scru- co-author of The Almanac of one another in a communi- interests, and teach us science at USC Sumter. Erin tiny on government efforts to American Politics. ty based on these rights. what it means to be citi- Baribeau is instructor of force public employees to pay This is what people mean zens.” political science at USC for political speech they op- © 2018 CREATORS.COM when they call the United This doesn’t mean that Sumter.

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Gaff ney SUPPORT GROUPS 89/71 Spartanburg AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: loved one to murder in a vio- TODAY’S Greenville 89/71 lent way. AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 89/70 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Mothers of Angels (for mothers SOUTH Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., who have lost a child) — Third CAROLINA Florence 1 Warren St.Support (803) 775-1852. Groups: Wednesday,Tuesday at July 6 p.m., 4, Wise Drive Bishopville 89/73 Baptist Church. Call (803) 469- 90/72 AA Women’s Meeting — WEATHER 6059, (803) 979-4498 or (803) Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren 316-4506. Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter St. (803) 775-1852. today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 92/73 89/72 EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Myrtle AA Spanish Speaking — Sun- Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, Beach days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Airman and Family Readiness (803) 775-1852. 89/73 86/74 Center. Support to service Today: A thunderstorm on the prowl. Aiken AA “How it Works” Group — members who have a depen- Winds east-northeast 6-12 mph. 89/69 Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., dent with a disability or ill- Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds 1154 Ronda St. (803) 494-5180. ness. Call (803) 895-1252/1253 east-northeast 4-8 mph. 441 AA Support Group — Mon- or (803) 847-2377. days, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: ON THE COAST Charleston p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 86/73 441. Sickle Cell Support Group — Last Today: A couple of showers and a thunder- AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., storm. High 83 to 87. Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall. South Sumter Resource Cen- Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots in the ter, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) afternoon. High 85 to 89. Manning Al-Anon Family Group — 774-6181. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Behavior- al Health Building, 14 Church Divorce Care and Grief Share — St., Manning. (803) 435-8085. Each group meets Wednes- days, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Church, 2401 Bethel Church SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:16 a.m. Sunset 8:37 p.m. Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Lake pool yest. chg Road. Call (803) 481-2160. Temperature Moonrise 12:15 a.m. Moonset 11:56 a.m. Ronda St. (803) 607-4543. Murray 360 357.80 +0.03 High 93° Marion 76.8 75.72 +0.02 Last New First Full THURSDAY MEETINGS: Low 73° MONDAY MEETINGS: Moultrie 75.5 75.37 +0.01 TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Normal high 90° Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Wateree 100 97.76 +0.05 Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, Normal low 69° Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., July 6 July 12 July 19 July 27 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Cen- Record high 100° in 1970 North HOPE Center, 904 N. ter, 1989 Durant Lane. Call Record low 58° in 1988 Main St. (803) 316-6763. RIVER STAGES (803) 775-3926 or (803) 469- Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr TIDES 4789. Precipitation River stage yest. chg TUESDAY MEETINGS: 24 hrs ending 2 p.m. yest. 0.00" AT MYRTLE BEACH Alzheimer’s Support Group Black River 12 7.27 +0.33 Celebrate Recovery — Tuesdays, Month to date trace High Ht. Low Ht. through S.C. Alzheimer’s Associa- Congaree River 19 3.48 +0.07 6:45 p.m. coffee / snacks, 7 Normal month to date 0.47" Today 1:33 a.m. 2.9 8:36 a.m. 0.3 tion — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Lynches River 14 2.82 -0.27 p.m. meeting, Alice Drive Bap- Year to date 17.61" 1:58 p.m. 2.6 8:39 p.m. 0.7 National Health Care, 1018 N. Saluda River 14 2.37 -1.08 tist Church, Studio 4.3 (youth Last year to date 21.87" Thu. 2:15 a.m. 2.8 9:19 a.m. 0.3 Guignard Drive. Call (803) 905- Up. Santee River 80 77.83 -0.30 building), 1305 Loring Mill Normal year to date 23.26" 2:46 p.m. 2.7 9:34 p.m. 0.8 7720 or (800) 636-3346. Wateree River 24 8.39 -1.12 Road. Help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family prob- Journey of Hope (for family mem- lems, addictions, pornography, bers of the mentally ill), Journey smoking, etc. to Recovery (for the mentally ill) NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES and Survivors of Suicide Support Heroin Anonymous — Tuesdays, Group — Each group meets Today Thu. Today Thu. Today Thu. Today Thu. 9:30-10:30 p.m., 4742 Broad St. every first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W (803) 494-5180. John United Methodist Church, Atlanta 88/72/t 88/71/t Asheville 87/69/t 83/67/t Florence 89/73/t 90/72/t Marion 88/69/t 84/68/t Sumter Connective Tissue Sup- 136 Poinsett Drive. Call (803) Chicago 92/75/t 90/66/t Athens 89/70/t 88/70/t Gainesville 88/72/t 88/72/t Mt. Pleasant 85/74/t 87/73/t port Group — First Tuesday of 905-5620. Dallas 95/77/t 96/78/pc Augusta 91/69/t 90/69/t Gastonia 91/72/t 88/71/t Myrtle Beach 86/74/t 86/73/t January, March, May, July, Sep- Detroit 91/76/t 90/68/t Beaufort 87/74/t 89/74/t Goldsboro 90/73/t 89/73/t Orangeburg 88/71/pc 88/71/t tember and November, 7 p.m., FRIDAY MEETINGS: Houston 83/74/r 91/76/t Cape Hatteras 89/75/t 88/76/t Goose Creek 86/73/t 87/71/t Port Royal 85/74/t 86/74/t Los Angeles 80/62/pc 89/68/pc Charleston 86/73/t 88/72/t Greensboro 90/73/t 87/73/t Raleigh 89/73/t 88/72/t 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773- Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 New Orleans 90/77/t 87/75/t Charlotte 91/72/t 90/71/t Greenville 89/70/t 87/70/t Rock Hill 90/72/t 88/71/t 0869. p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, New York 88/74/t 88/75/pc Clemson 89/73/t 88/72/t Hickory 90/71/t 86/70/t Rockingham 90/72/t 89/71/t Sumter Combat Veterans Group Salt & Light Church, 360 Miller Orlando 87/73/t 88/73/t Columbia 92/73/t 91/72/t Hilton Head 86/74/t 87/73/t Savannah 85/73/t 88/73/t Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 Road. Help with struggles of Philadelphia 91/74/pc 90/76/pc Darlington 89/73/t 89/71/t Jacksonville, FL 85/73/t 86/73/sh Spartanburg 89/71/t 85/71/t a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 alcohol, drugs, family prob- Phoenix 107/86/s 114/92/s Elizabeth City 88/75/t 88/75/t La Grange 90/73/t 88/72/t Summerville 85/72/t 87/70/t S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans lems, smoking, etc. San Francisco 71/58/pc 76/61/pc Elizabethtown 87/73/t 88/71/t Macon 89/71/t 90/70/t Wilmington 87/74/t 86/72/t helping veterans with PTSD, Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Wash., DC 90/77/pc 89/78/t Fayetteville 90/73/t 90/72/t Marietta 89/72/t 87/70/t Winston-Salem 91/73/t 88/73/t coping skills, claims and bene- Group — Third Friday, 11:30 fits. a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow fl urries, sn–snow, i–ice “The Gathering” — Second Tues- (803) 778-0303. day, 5:30-6:30 p.m., North HOPE “Where uality Matters” Center, 904 N. Main St. For SATURDAY MEETINGS: Stylish Comfort teens and adults with special Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ needs. Call (803) 972-0051 or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (803) 468-5745 or email the- Support Group — Third Satur- Brown s Furniture & Bedding [email protected]. ’ day, 1:30 p.m., 3785 Blackberry Sumter Amputee Support Group Lane, Lot 7. Call (803) 481-7521. 31 West Wesmark Blvd. — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sumter, SC Sumter Prosthetics & Orthot- SUNDAY MEETINGS: ics, 259 Broad St. (803) 883- Sumter MS Support Group — 803-774-2100 4356. First Sunday, 3 p.m., Wise Drive www.BrownsofSumter.com Sumter Chapter Parents of Mur- Baptist Church, 2751 S. Wise dered Children (POMC) — Third Drive. Call (803) 481-5344 or Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie (803) 464-6440. Email I.am.me. HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. [email protected] or ms- Open to anyone who has lost a [email protected]. SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PETS OF THE WEEK The last word ARIES (March LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you have in astrology 21-April 19): an idea, follow through. It’s what you Don’t let EUGENIA LAST do, not what you say, that will count anyone limit in the end. Be true to your word and CAN’T ADOPT BUT what you can follow your dream; you’ll gain respect. WOULD LIKE TO HELP do. Listen to reason, but make up Romance is encouraged. your own mind. Use strength, IN SOME WAY? Sumter courage and intelligence to help you SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Live life Animal Control accepts make your mark and live life your way. your way. Don’t allow anyone to donations of the TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An interfere with your plans or goals. following: Capstar flea encounter you have with someone Surround yourself with people and control pills (at Petco or things that inspire you to strive for will leave you feeling down. Approach Tractor Supply), bleach others with caution, and be willing to perfection and fulfilling your dreams. let everyone have his or her own Don’t let emotions stand between (gallons or spray bottle), opinion. Stubbornness will be what you and success. metal food and water stands between you and victory. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A bowls in all sizes, towels, GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stick to the different environment will give you a waterless pet shampoo, dog basics; you’ll get the most new perspective on something you cologne, kibble, puppy food, accomplished. Don’t let anyone want to do. Handle money matters newspapers and leashes interfere with your plans, or you’ll cautiously. A moderate budget will and collars. Tax-deductible become confused and uncertain help you avoid unnecessary stress. about what to do next. Rely on what donations can be made via Don’t try to buy love. Avoid you know. Paypal at sumterstrays@ emotionally manipulative people. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be gmail.com. One hundred observant as well as cautious when CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Move percent of your donation forward with confidence. Change is handling financial and medical will be used for the animals matters. Know what you’re up against good and will help you put an end to and act accordingly. Serious situations conditions that have been dragging at Sumter Animal Control. will require special attention and you down. Embrace what life has to precision if you plan to reach your offer, and explore new possibilities. destination unscathed. TOP: Brianna is a young mixed breed girl, approximately 1 to 2 years old, who is looking for a family that AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stick will show her love andBrianna spend deserves time with a her. forever Brianna home, has alov good- amount of energy, however, a game of LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Shake off close to home with what’s familiar ball or Frisbee with the kids will tucker her out. She loves to be petted and showered with affection. This negativity. It’s not worth arguing over and safe. Taking a risk will result in beautiful, small youngDena dog is deserves small in her size, forever big in home, personali and we- know her family is out there somewhere. something you can’t change. Focus added stress. Slow down and be an on personal change that will help you observer for a change. Romance BELOW: Dena is a young mixed breed girl, approximately 12 to 18 months old. She is small in size but big project a positive image of the person should be your priority. in personality. Dena loves dogs, people, treats and rolling in the grass. She just generally enjoys life. You you are and what you have to offer. can tell by the way she carries herself that this is a happy, pleasant dog to be around. Dena is young PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Share VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share with enough to fit into any situation with some training and positive reinforcement, she is the kind of dog who your enthusiasm and imaginative someone you love or enjoy working is only too happy to learn. alongside. Collaborating will plans with someone who is looking to encourage a closer bond and bring make similar changes. Getting If you would like to meet Brianna in kennel 24 or Dena in kennel 30 at Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Win- better results. Don’t be afraid to let involved in events that are kles Road, call the adoption coordinator at (803) 774-3232 or email [email protected]. As with all your inner voice be heard. A creative meaningful will encourage of our adoptable dogs, we do require a spay or neuter agreement, and it is strictly enforced. Proof of spay/ idea will open up a window of encounters that are stimulating and neuter after adoption will be required. We have many other adoptable dogs as well as animals who were opportunity. progressive. found and are waiting for their owners to claim them. Check Sumter Animal Control on Facebook. SECTIONB WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

PREP FOOTBALL Grabbing some attention Lakewood quarterback Richardson picks up 8 offers since April, 3 from FBS schools

BY DENNIS BRUNSON year and over the off season," Cornelius [email protected] said. "I was the quarterback coach last year, but I've got (assistant) Bren Malo- It's hard not to notice Malik Richard- ney as the quarterback coach so he can son on the football field. He is 6-feet- give Malik a lot more 1-on1 attention. 4-inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, can "I think that is paying off for Malik. run like the wind with the football in He's improved his arm strength, his de- his hand and can sling it around the livery is better, and he has gotten better field with his right arm as well. with his accuracy as well." And college programs have started Richardson said The Citadel, Wofford, taking interest in the Lakewood High North Greenville, Georgia Southern and School quarterback over the past few Western Carolina are looking at him as months. Richardson has received eight a quarterback. The others are consider- offers since April -- three of them from ing him as possibly a wide receiver or a Football Bowl Subdivision schools, four safety on defense. from Football Championship Subdivi- Richardson said he would like the op- sion schools and one from an NCAA Di- portunity to play quarterback on the vision II school. collegiate level, but it is not a necessity "It's a blessing to be getting all of for him. these offers," Richardson said. "I thank Richardson has been getting contact- God for it all. I know it will work out for ed by Power 5 schools South Carolina, my good." Tennessee and Syracuse, but none of Richardson's first offer came from those have offered. The Citadel, an FCS school in the South- Cornelius said Richardson will see ern Conference, in April. Three other some time at wide receiver for the Ga- SoCon schools have offered in Wofford, tors this season. Furman and Western Carolina, which is "We have a pretty good backup at his most recent offer. quarterback in Cody Windham, so we're His three FBS offers are from East putting in a package where Malik will Carolina of the American Athletic Con- move out to wide receiver," said Corne- ference and Coastal Carolina and Geor- lius, who uses a fast-paced spread of- gia Southern, both of the Sun Belt Con- fense. "That will give us two receivers ference. who are 6-4 (in Richardson and Quentin North Greenville is the lone DII Hodge) and one who is 6-6 (Juwan Per- school. due). We're excited about that." "I knew sooner or later I was going to Cornelius is wanting Richardson to start getting some offers," Richardson narrow his list down to two prior to the said. "I thought I had a pretty good year, start of the season to avoid distractions. and people would start showing some Richardson said he was initially plan- interest." ning to announce his commitment at Richardson completed 85 of 165 pass- the end of July or the first of August, es for 907 yards and seven touchdowns but he isn't sure if he will go that far or against seven interceptions for the Ga- not. tors, who went 2-8 in Larry Cornelius' He's academically ready where he can first season as head coach. However, he graduate from Lakewood in December SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO led LHS in rushing, finishing with 769 and enroll for the spring semester at the yards and eight TDs on 132 carries. He school of his choice. Lakewood quarterback Malik Richardson has received eight college offers since rushed for over 100 yards in two games. "I don't know if I want to do that April. The first to offer was The Citadel, and Furman, Wofford, Coastal Carolina, East Car- "Malik definitely improved over the though," he said. olina, Georgia Southern, Western Carolina and North Greenville have since joined.

PRO BASKETBALL AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL P-15’s one loss away Warriors add fifth All-Star from 4th in League III by signing center Cousins FROM STAFF REPORTS Hartsville is also in the OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As mix for second place as he has long desired, DeMarcus LEXINGTON — The well. Post 53 defeated Or- Cousins will finally get a Sumter P-15's are a loss angeburg 10-3 on Monday chance to play for a winner away from finishing fourth to improve to 7-4 overall once he's healthy from a torn in American Legion base- and 6-4 in League III. left Achilles tendon. ball League III after falling Hartsville and Orangeburg When Boogie returns to the to Lexington 5-4 on Mon- play again today, and court this season, the volatile day at the Post 7 field. Hartsville is scheduled to big man will give the Golden Sumter and Lexington take on Dalzell-Shaw on State Warriors five 2018 All- played on Tuesday at Riley Thursday in Bishopville. Stars in their starting lineup to Park with the P-15's need- The game was rained out chase another title — with ing a victory to keep alive last Friday. Cousins trying for his first after their hopes of finishing Lexington's Chase never appearing in the playoffs. second and getting to host Crouch had a 2-out, The center, who has had his a best-of-5 state playoffs walkoff single with the problems with technical fouls, first-round series next bases loaded in the bottom will sign with the two-time de- week. Sumter fell to 13-8 of the seventh inning off fending champions after the overall and 7-4 in league of Sumter relief pitcher moratorium period is lifted Fri- play with Monday's loss, Daniel Twitty to get the day, a person with direct knowl- while Post 7 improved to edge of the deal told The Asso- AP FILE PHOTO 14-5 and 8-3. SEE P-15’S, PAGE B5 ciated Press on Monday night. Injured center DeMarcus Cousins has signed a 1-year contract with The person spoke on condition 2-time defending NBA champion Golden State. of anonymity because the con- tract is yet to be completed. surgery. He has posted regular land before a move to new Cousins is set to join a start- updates on social media with Chase Center in San Francis- Manning-Santee holds on ing lineup of two-time MVP the hash tags "The Resurgence" co's Mission Bay neighborhood. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and "0 Doubt." The Warriors lost center Ja- who is fresh off his second "I been grinding since a youn- Vale McGee on Sunday to the to top Dalzell-Shaw 4-3 straight NBA Finals MVP, Klay gin in the trenches this ain't Lakers, who landed LeBron Thompson and Draymond nothing new to me," he wrote James with a $153.3 million, Green. last month on Twitter . four-year contract. BY EDDIE LITAKER final spot with a 2-game "The 3rd splash Brother," According to the Elias Sports Green, for one, is a huge fan Special to The Sumter Item Orangeburg sweep of Curry posted on Twitter with a Bureau, the Warriors would be of Cousins. Hartsville and a 2-game series of happy crying emojis. the first team since Boston in "He's incredible. He can score MANNING — Manning- sweep over the Jets in a se- "Let's go @boogiecousins." 1975-76 to play five All-Stars the ball," Green said in January Santee's American Legion ries that was scheduled to Cousins' Pelicans lost to the from the previous season at the 2017 at Sacramento when Cous- baseball team closed out conclude on Tuesday at Warriors in a five-game West- same time. That group was Jo ins was still with the Kings. "I its regular-season home the Robert E. Lee Acade- ern Conference semifinals Jo White, Charlie Scott, Dave think DeMarcus is the best cen- schedule on Monday with my field in Bishopville. while Cousins was injured. The Cowens, Paul Silas and John ter in the game. A lot of times a 4-3 win over Dalzell- While the win would 27-year-old Cousins played in Havlicek. people don't give him that cred- Shaw at Monarch Field. prove to be bittersweet for New Orleans for coach Alvin Durant has again agreed to a it. A part of it is they try to It would prove to be Post M-S with news of the Gentry, a top assistant for Steve two-year deal with a player op- downplay his status because of 68's final home game of Hartsville win, the loss Kerr when the Golden State tion to sign a more a lucrative his reputation or getting techni- the season as Hartsville was another heartbreaker won the 2015 championship — contract next summer, which cal fouls or things like that. He clinched League III's for the Jets, who are still the franchise's first title in 40 also provides the Warriors fi- is the best big man in the game fourth playoff spot with a in search of their first reg- years — and still a close friend nancial flexibility as general hands down. It's always inter- 10-3 win at Orangeburg on ular-season win, and start- and confidant of Golden State's manager Bob Myers builds the esting to watch, interesting to Monday. Post 68, now 4-7 ing pitcher Eric Lisenby, head coach. roster to go after another title. play against, interesting to play in league play and 8-9 who went the distance Cousins tore his Achilles in Golden State will play its final with, because he's so incredibly overall, could have forced late January and underwent season at Oracle Arena in Oak- talented." a 1-game playoff for the SEE MANNING, PAGE B5 B2 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

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PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARK MORGAN The YAS NFL Flag Football program will conclude its first season on Saturday with three games at the Alice Drive Middle School field. The YAS teams — age groups 5-7, 8-10 and 11-13 — will play teams from Pelion and Clinton. Football & Cheer tackle registration set for Saturday

The YAS Pop Warner Sum- for the 19th annual Churches ing flight and an afternoon check for $50,000 and the SC 29153 or can be brought to ter Spartans Football & Cheer Challenge Golf Tournament flight for the golfers. Sign in player will receive $1,000. the office at Dillon Park, next tackle program will be held and Praise Rally on Aug. 24- for the for the morning flight The Sumter CGA Chapter to Crystal Lakes Golf Course. on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 25. is 7 a.m. with play set to has returned more than For more information, call p.m. at the Alice Drive Middle The praise rally will be begin at approximately 8 a.m. $100,000 to the community (803) 773-2171. School field. held at Alice Drive Baptist The afternoon flight will through awards to the SUMTER JUNIOR GOLF The teams are open to chil- Church, while the tourna- begin sign in at 11 a.m. and is churches, charities and ex- FOUNDATION CAMPS dren ages 5-14. The program ment will be held at Sunset scheduled for a 1 p.m. tee pense purchases from local is also looking for football and Country Club. time. businesses. Some of the dif- The Sumter Junior Golf cheer coaches. On Friday, Aug. 24, the The cost is $45 per golfer ferent charities to have bene- Foundation will be holding Also, the YAS NFL Flag players, their families and and includes the praise din- fited are United Ministries, two more summer camps at Football program will be play- event sponsors will gather for ner on Friday as well as The Salvation Army, Fireside Crystal Lakes Golf Course. ing their final regular-season fellowship, devotion, praise lunch and beverages on Sat- Fund and different children’s The next camp is scheduled games of the year. music and food at 5:30 p.m. at urday. homes and youth programs. July 9-13. It will run Monday For more information, con- Alice Drive Baptist Church The tournament is known The CGA encourages fe- through Friday from 8 a.m. to tact Ivan Sanders at (803) 468- located at 1305 Loring Mill for its prizes with none great- male golfers and young golf- noon each day. 7429. Road. A barbecue dinner er than the $51,000 prize if ers to participate in the event The final camp will be held CHURCHES CHALLENGE with all the trimmings will be someone sinks a hole-in-one as well. July 23-27. REGISTRATION catered by Shoney’s. on the 18th hole. Should Registration forms can be For more information, call On Saturday, Aug. 25, at someone ace the hole, his or mailed to CGA, 1285 Clara (803) 775-1902 or (803) 773- Registration is being taken Sunset, there will be a morn- her church will receive a Louise Kellogg Drive, Sumter, 2171.

W L Pct GB BATTING — Gennett, Cincinnati, .336; Almora, Chicago, WEDNESDAY’S GAMES SCOREBOARD Houston 55 31 .640 — .329; Markakis, Atlanta, .324; Kemp, Los Angeles, .323; No games scheduled Seattle 54 31 .635 ½ Crawford, San Francisco, .311; Freeman, Atlanta, .311; TV, RADIO Oakland 46 39 .541 8½ Arenado, Colorado, .310; Suarez, Cincinnati, .306; THURSDAY’S GAMES Los Angeles 43 42 .506 11½ Dickerson, Pittsburgh, .304; Martinez, St. Louis, .298. New York at Washington, 7 p.m. TODAY Texas 38 47 .447 16½ RUNS — Albies, Atlanta, 65; Blackmon, Colorado, 61; Indiana at Dallas, 8 p.m. 7 a.m. — Professional Tennis: Wimbleldon Men’s and Goldschmidt, Arizona, 57; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 57; Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Women’s Second-Round Matches from London MONDAY Pham, St. Louis, 56; Arenado, Colorado, 55; Baez, Connecticut at Phoenix, 10 p.m. (ESPN). Detroit 3, Toronto 2, 10 innings Chicago, 53; Freeman, Atlanta, 53; Bellinger, Los Chicago at Las Vegas, 10 p.m.< 11 a.m. — Major League Baseball: Boston at Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 3, 11 innings Angeles, 52; Yelich, Milwaukee, 52. Washington (MLB NETWORK). Boston 4, Washington 3 RBI — Baez, Chicago, 61; Suarez, Cincinnati, 61; Noon — Professional Tennis: Wimbleldon Men’s and Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Arenado, Colorado, 60; Story, Colorado, 59; Rizzo, Women’s Second-Round Matches from London Miami 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings Chicago, 58; Freeman, Atlanta, 56; Markakis, Atlanta, TRANSACTIONS (ESPN). Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 5, 10 innings 56; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 55; Kemp, Los Angeles, 55; BASEBALL 1 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Atlanta at New York Cleveland 9, Kansas City 3 Gennett, Cincinnati, 54. Yankees (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WWFN-FM 100.1, HITS — Markakis, Atlanta, 106; Gennett, Cincinnati, American League WPUB-FM 102.7). TUESDAY 103; Freeman, Atlanta, 100; Albies, Atlanta, 97; Castro, BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named John Vidalin chief 4 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Chicago Cubs 5, Detroit 3 Miami, 96; Anderson, Miami, 94; Arenado, Colorado, operating officer for business operations. Recalled Philadelphia (ESPN). Milwaukee 2, Minnesota 0 93; Crawford, San Francisco, 90; Turner, Washington, RHP Yefry Ramírez from Norfolk (IL). Placed INF Steve 4 p.m. — Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Day 3 90; 2 tied at 89. Wilkerson on the 10-day DL, retroactive to July 2. Highlights from London (TENNIS). WEDNESDAY DOUBLES — Albies, Atlanta, 27; Markakis, Atlanta, 27; Placed OF Colby Rasmus on the restricted list. 6 p.m. — Youth Lacrosse: World Series of Youth Boston (Rodriguez 9-3) at Washington (Fedde 1-3), Carpenter, St. Louis, 24; Rendon, Washington, 24; CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled OF Greg Allen from Lacrosse Championship Match from Denver (ESPN2). 11:05 a.m. Story, Colorado, 23; McCutchen, San Francisco, 22; 5 Columbus (IL). Placed OF Lonnie Chisenhall on the 10- 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, Atlanta (Teheran 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-3), tied at 21. day DL. Signed C Noah Naylor and RHP Ethan Hankins. WDXY-AM 1240). 1:05 p.m. TRIPLES — KMarte, Arizona, 8; CTaylor, Los Angeles, 7; HOUSTON ASTROS — Activated RHP Joe Smith from the 7 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay (TBD) at Miami (Urena 2-9), 1:10 p.m. Baez, Chicago, 6; Nimmo, New York, 6; Contreras, 10-day DL. Selected the contract of C Tim Federowicz Cincinnati (ESPN). Detroit (Liriano 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 6-6), Chicago, 5; 10 tied at 4. from Fresno (PCL). Placed C Brian McCann on the 10- 7 p.m. — USL Soccer: Ottawa Fury at Indy Eleven 2:20 p.m. HOME RUNS — Arenado, Colorado, 21; Harper, day DL, retroactive to July 1. (ESPNU). Baltimore (Hess 2-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 10-2), 4:05 Washington, 21; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 19; Goldschmidt, KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP 8 p.m. — Major League Soccer: Atlanta at Dallas (FOX p.m. Arizona, 18; Muncy, Los Angeles, 18; Albies, Atlanta, Brady Singer. SPORTSOUTH). San Diego (Lauer 3-5) at Oakland (Manaea 8-6), 4:05 17; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 17; Desmond, Colorado, 17; LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated LHP-OF Shohei 10 p.m. — Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Arizona p.m. Schwarber, Chicago, 17; 5 tied at 16. Ohtani from the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Miguel (ESPN). L.A. Angels (TBD) at Seattle (Leake 8-4), 4:10 p.m. STOLEN BASES — MTaylor, Washington, 23; Turner, Almonte from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned RHPs Minnesota (Berrios 8-6) at Milwaukee (Anderson 6-6), Washington, 22; Inciarte, Atlanta, 21; SMarte, Deck McGuire and Eduardo Paredes to Salt Lake 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh, 18; Cain, Milwaukee, 16; Dyson, Arizona, (PCL). Signed RHPs Gabriel Hernandez, Luis Nuñez Houston (McCullers 9-3) at Texas (Minor 6-4), 7:05 16; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 15; Peraza, Cincinnati, 14; and Daniel Rojas; CF Darwin Moreno; SS Jean MLB STANDINGS p.m. Baez, Chicago, 13; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 13. Puntiel and LHP Roelis Taveras to minor league NATIONAL LEAGUE N.Y. Mets (Oswalt 0-1) at Toronto (Stroman 1-5), 7:07 PITCHING — Lester, Chicago, 11-2; Nola, Philadelphia, contracts. p.m. 10-2; Scherzer, Washington, 10-5; Godley, Arizona, 9-6; MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled LHP Gabriel Moya from East Division Chicago White Sox (Covey 3-3) at Cincinnati (Romano 7 tied at 8. Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Zack Littell to 4-8), 7:10 p.m. ERA — deGrom, New York, 1.85; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, Rochester. W L Pct GB Cleveland (Bauer 7-6) at Kansas City (Kennedy 1-8), 2.02; Scherzer, Washington, 2.16; Lester, Chicago, 2.25; NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Jonathan Loaisiga Atlanta 49 34 .590 — 8:15 p.m. Nola, Philadelphia, 2.48; Mikolas, St. Louis, 2.61; to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated RHP A.J. Philadelphia 45 37 .549 3½ Newcomb, Atlanta, 2.71; Guerra, Milwaukee, 2.88; Cole from the 10-day DL. Washington 42 41 .506 7 THURSDAY Corbin, Arizona, 3.14; Wacha, St. Louis, 3.20. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated 3B Matt Chapman New York 33 48 .407 15 Texas at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. STRIKEOUTS — Scherzer, Washington, 174; Corbin, from the 10-day DL. Optioned INF Franklin Barreto to Miami 35 51 .407 15½ Baltimore at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Arizona, 134; deGrom, New York, 134; Gray, Colorado, Nashville (PCL). Central Division Chicago White Sox at Houston, 8:10 p.m. 119; Greinke, Arizona, 108; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 107; TEXAS RANGERS — Activated 1B Ronald Guzmán from L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Nola, Philadelphia, 107; Velasquez, Philadelphia, 107; the seven-day concussion list. Optioned RHP Chris W L Pct GB Pivetta, Philadelphia, 104; Stripling, Los Angeles, 96. Martin to Round Rock (PCL). Milwaukee 50 35 .588 — TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed RHPs Josh Hiatt and Chicago 48 35 .578 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Andy McGuire and C Brett Wright to minor league St. Louis 43 40 .518 6 WORLD CUP BATTING — Altuve, Houston, .338; Betts, Boston, .337; contracts. Pittsburgh 40 44 .476 9½ Segura, Seattle, .335; Martinez, Boston, .324; Simmons, Cincinnati 37 48 .435 13 SECOND ROUND Los Angeles, .319; Duffy, Tampa Bay, .315; Trout, Los National League West Division Saturday, June 30 Angeles, .313; Rosario, Minnesota, .312; Machado, ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated RHP Arodys Vizcaino Game 50 Baltimore, .310; Castellanos, Detroit, .309. from the 10-day DL. W L Pct GB At Kazan, Russia RUNS — Lindor, Cleveland, 73; Trout, Los Angeles, 66; COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP Antonio Senzatela Arizona 47 38 .553 — France 4, Argentina 3 Betts, Boston, 65; Springer, Houston, 60; Segura, from Albuquerque (PCL). Placed RHP Chad Bettis on Los Angeles 45 39 .536 1½ Game 49 Seattle, 59; Judge, New York, 58; Martinez, Boston, 58; the 10-day DL. San Francisco 45 41 .523 2½ At Sochi, Russia Ramirez, Cleveland, 58; Rosario, Minnesota, 57; PHILADLEPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Colorado 42 43 .494 5 Uruguay 2, Portugal 1 Benintendi, Boston, 56. Starlyn Castillo, Eiberson Castellano, Wilson Gherbaz, San Diego 37 49 .430 10½ Sunday, July 1 RBI — Martinez, Boston, 67; Haniger, Seattle, 62; Jonathan Rivas and Luis Vegas; LHPs Joalbert Angulo Game 51 Machado, Baltimore, 59; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 57; and Neyker Ibarra; Cs Victor Diaz, Andrick Nava and MONDAY At Moscow Gattis, Houston, 56; Judge, New York, 56; Lowrie, Javier Vinal; OFs Jeury Corona and Reiberth Gil; 2B Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 3, 11 innings Russia 1, Spain 1, Russia wins 4-3 on penalty kicks Oakland, 56; 4 tied at 55. Alexeis Azuaje and SS Kervin Pichardo to minor- Boston 4, Washington 3 Game 52 HITS — Altuve, Houston, 114; Segura, Seattle, 109; league contracts. Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 3 At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Castellanos, Detroit, 105; Lindor, Cleveland, 101; PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Dovydas Miami 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings Croatia 1, Denmark 1, Croatia wins 3-2 on penalty Rosario, Minnesota, 101; Martinez, Boston, 100; Neverauskas from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned RHP Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 5, 10 innings kicks Machado, Baltimore, 99; Lowrie, Oakland, 95; AJones, Tanner Anderson to Indianapolis. Colorado 5, San Francisco 2 Monday, July 2 Baltimore, 94; Ramirez, Cleveland, 93. Game 53 American Association St. Louis 6, Arizona 3 DOUBLES — Escobar, Minnesota, 34; Abreu, Chicago, CHICAGO DOGS — Released RHP Scott Firth and INF At Samara, Russia L.A. Dodgers 17, Pittsburgh 1 27; Bregman, Houston, 27; Lindor, Cleveland, 27; Matt Telesco. Brazil 2, Mexico 0 Castellanos, Detroit, 26; Pillar, Toronto, 25; Lowrie, CLEBURNE RAILROADERS — Signed C Quinn Irey. TUESDAY Game 54 Oakland, 24; Ramirez, Cleveland, 24; 5 tied at 23. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released INF J.J. Gould. Signed RHPs At Rostov-on-Don, Russia Chicago Cubs 5, Detroit 3 TRIPLES — Sanchez, Chicago, 8; Hernandez, Toronto, 6; Andrew Thome and Zack Jones and INF Matt Snyder. Belgium 3, Japan 2 Milwaukee 2, Minnesota 0 Benintendi, Boston, 5; JJones, Detroit, 4; Moreland, WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released INF Jamey Smart. Tuesday, July 3 Boston, 4; Profar, Texas, 4; Smith, Tampa Bay, 4; 11 Signed C Tyler Baker, INF Tommy Mendonca and RHP WEDNESDAY Game 55 tied at 3. J.C. Sulbaran. Boston (Rodriguez 9-3) at Washington (Fedde 1-3), At St. Petersburg, Russia HOME RUNS — Martinez, Boston, 25; Ramirez, 11:05 a.m. Sweden 1, Switzerland 0 Cleveland, 24; Trout, Los Angeles, 24; Judge, New York, Can-Am League Atlanta (Teheran 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-3), Game 56 23; Lindor, Cleveland, 23; Betts, Boston, 21; Cruz, NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Justin Martinez. 1:05 p.m. At Moscow Seattle, 21; Machado, Baltimore, 21; 3 tied at 20. Tampa Bay (TBD) at Miami (Urena 2-9), 1:10 p.m. England 1, Colombia 1, England wins 4-3 on penalty Frontier League STOLEN BASES — Gordon, Seattle, 21; Anderson, EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed RHP Alex Phillips. Detroit (Liriano 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 6-6), kicks Chicago, 17; Benintendi, Boston, 16; Davis, Cleveland, FLORENCE FREEDOM — Traded RHP Zach Kirby to 2:20 p.m. 16; DeShields, Texas, 16; Merrifield, Kansas City, 16; Normal. Baltimore (Hess 2-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 10-2), 4:05 QUARTERFINAL Betts, Boston, 15; Ramirez, Cleveland, 15; Smith, LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed INF Nick Roark. p.m. Friday, July 6 Tampa Bay, 15; Segura, Seattle, 14. NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Released RHP David Perez. San Diego (Lauer 3-5) at Oakland (Manaea 8-6), 4:05 Game 57 PITCHING — Severino, New York, 13-2; Kluber, RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Brian Bass. p.m. At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Cleveland, 12-4; Snell, Tampa Bay, 11-4; Happ, Toronto, Released LHP Spencer Hunter. Minnesota (Berrios 8-6) at Milwaukee (Anderson 6-6), Uruguay vs. France, 10 a.m. 10-4; Morton, Houston, 10-2; Porcello, Boston, 10-3; 5 TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Signed LHP Austin 4:10 p.m. Game 58 tied at 9. Stephens. N.Y. Mets (Oswalt 0-1) at Toronto (Stroman 1-5), 7:07 At Kazan, Russia ERA — Severino, New York, 1.98; Verlander, Houston, p.m. Brazil vs. Belgium, 2 p.m. 2.12; Snell, Tampa Bay, 2.24; Sale, Boston, 2.40; Bauer, BASKETBALL Chicago White Sox (Covey 3-3) at Cincinnati (Romano Saturday, July 7 Cleveland, 2.46; Cole, Houston, 2.50; Morton, Houston, 4-8), 7:10 p.m. Game 60 2.55; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.64; Skaggs, Los Angeles, National Basketball Association Pittsburgh (Musgrove 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 1-3), At Samara, Russia 2.64; Sabathia, New York, 3.02. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed C Wendell Carter Jr. and F 8:10 p.m. Sweden vs. England, 10 a.m. STRIKEOUTS — Sale, Boston, 164; Cole, Houston, 151; Chandler Hutchison. San Francisco (Suarez 3-4) at Colorado (Anderson Game 59 Bauer, Cleveland, 148; Paxton, Seattle, 145; Verlander, DENVER NUGGETS — Agreed to terms with F Michael 5-3), 8:10 p.m. At Sochi, Russia Houston, 144; Severino, New York, 138; Morton, Porter Jr. on a multiyear contract. St. Louis (Mikolas 8-3) at Arizona (Corbin 6-3), 10:10 Russia vs. Croatia, 2 p.m. Houston, 133; Snell, Tampa Bay, 123; Kluber, Cleveland, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed C DeMarcus p.m. 120; Berrios, Minnesota, 111. Cousins to a one-year contract. SEMIFINAL ORLANDO MAGIC — Signed C Mo Bamba. THURSDAY Tuesday, July 10 Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Game 61 FOOTBALL Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. At St. Petersburg, Russia WNBA STANDINGS San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Game 57 winner vs. Game 58 winner, 2 p.m. National Football League EASTERN CONFERENCE NFL — Suspended Green Bay RB Aaron Jones, San St. Louis at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 Game 62 Francisco LB Reuben Foster and Los Angeles Rams G W L Pct GB Jamon Brown for the first two games of the 2018 AMERICAN LEAGUE At Moscow Washington 10 6 .625 — regular season for violating the NFL Policy and Game 59 winner vs. Game 60 winner, 2 p.m. Connecticut 9 7 .563 1 East Division Program for Substances of Abuse. THIRD PLACE Atlanta 8 8 .500 2 W L Pct GB Chicago 6 10 .375 4 Canadian Football League Boston 57 29 .663 — Saturday, July 14 New York 5 11 .313 5 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DL Alan-Michael Cash to New York 54 28 .659 1 Game 63 Indiana 1 16 .059 9½ the practice roster. Tampa Bay 42 42 .500 14 At St. Petersburg, Russia Toronto 39 45 .464 17 Game 61 loser vs. Game 62 loser, 10 a.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE HOCKEY Baltimore 24 59 .289 31½ FINAL W L Pct GB National Hockey League Central Division Sunday, July 15 Phoenix 13 5 .722 — ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed C Brad Richardson to a Game 64 Los Angeles 12 5 .706 ½ two-year contract. W L Pct GB Seattle 12 5 .706 ½ BOSTON BRUINS — Re-signed F Sean Kuraly to a three- Cleveland 46 37 .554 — At Moscow Minnesota 10 6 .625 2 year contract. Signed F Anton Bildh to a two-way Detroit 38 49 .437 10 Game 61 winner vs. Game 62 winner, 11 a.m. Dallas 7 8 .467 4½ contract. Minnesota 35 47 .427 10½ Las Vegas 6 12 .333 7 DALLAS STARS — Named Bob Jones assistant coach of Chicago 29 55 .345 17½ Texas (AHL). Signed LW Remi Elie to a one-year Kansas City 25 59 .298 21½ BASEBALL LEADERS MONDAY’S GAMES contract. West Division NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed D Sean Walker to a two- year entry-level contract. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 | B3

PRO BASEBALL Acuna’s homer lifts Braves over Yankees 5-3

BY MIKE FITZPATRICK him, got in good position at the auxil- The Associated Press iary scoreboard and jumped, but the ball glanced off the tip of his webbing NEW YORK — This time, the short and cleared the fence. porch at Yankee Stadium ended up “Tough play. I want to make that hurting the home team. play for D-Rob and I wasn’t able to Even with one of baseball’s tallest come through,” Judge said. “That’s all players posted at the wall. it is, just a little timing. If I time it up Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a two-run right I make that play. On that one, I homer in the 11th inning that nicked was just a little late.” the glove of a leaping Aaron Judge in Robertson slumped near the mound right field, and the Atlanta Braves beat as an excited Acuna circled the bases the New York Yankees 5-3 on Monday with his seventh home run — third in in a matchup between the top teams in the past six games. each league entering the night. “Man, when he hit it I thought it “It should give us a lot of confi- was an out, to be honest with you,” dence,” Braves manager Brian Snitker Robertson said. “Playing here at Yan- said. “It’s good for our young guys kee Stadium, you see it happen all the that come into a place like this against time. The short porch gets you in right a team like this, as good as they are, field.” and play well.” Robertson had faced 182 right-hand- Johan Camargo homered early and ed batters without giving up a home Jesse Biddle pitched out of a late jam run since Adam Rosales connected off for the NL East leaders, who followed him on June 25, 2017. up a three-game sweep in St. Louis A.J. Minter got three outs for his with their fourth consecutive victory. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fourth save. Atlanta (49-34) is 15 games over .500 Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) hits a two-run home run during the eleventh in- “He’s got a save in Wrigley Field and for the first time since the conclusion ning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Monday in New York. Yankee Stadium. I mean, that’s pretty of the 2013 season. good for a first-year reliever,” Snitker New York (54-28) fell a game behind um,” he said through a translator. since he was called up April 22 helped said. “And you can tell, he’s liking first-place Boston in the AL East. “First home run at Yankee Stadium is Atlanta get started in the 11th. that situation, too. He doesn’t back The 20-year-old Acuna also doubled very special to me.” Playing on the outfield grass, Torres down. He’s got a lot of confidence in and drove in three runs, four years to Judge hit his 23rd homer and second booted Nick Markakis’ leadoff himself.” the day after the touted rookie signed in two nights. Gleyber Torres had grounder. One out later, Acuna lofted New York stranded 12 and went a with the Braves. three hits and scored twice, but the a 1-2 pitch from David Robertson (5-3) season-worst 0 for 12 with runners in “First time here at Yankee Stadi- rookie second baseman’s 10th error the other way. Judge, all 6-foot-7 of scoring position. MLB ROUNDUP Orioles slugger Chris Davis Rizzo, Schwarber lead Cubs to 5-3 victory over Tigers can’t shake extended slump

CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Justin Wilson (3-2), Chica- Rizzo drove in his second run go’s second reliever, worked BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Ori- of the game in the seventh in- around an error to pitch a Chris Davis doesn’t blame oles’ Chris Davis ning to snap a tie, Kyle scoreless seventh and earn the the fans at Camden Yards removes his bat- Schwarber followed with a solo win. Pedro Strop pitched a for showering him with ting gloves after homer in the eighth and the scoreless ninth for his second boos, especially when he’s striking out Chicago Cubs rebounded from save in four chances. walking back to the dugout against the Seat- an early three-run deficit to THAMES HOMERS AS after another strikeout. tle Mariners in a edge the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on BREWERS DOWN TWINS 2-0 The Orioles slugger is en- baseball game Tuesday for their fifth straight during a nightmare season. on June 26 in win. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eric Although his power num- Baltimore. With one out in the seventh, Thames hit a two-run homer bers have improved slightly Jason Heyward and Ben Zo- and three pitchers combined since a recently mandated brist singled off Tigers reliever on a two-hit shutout as the Mil- layoff, Davis is batting .156 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Daniel Stumpf (1-4). Rizzo’s waukee Brewers slipped past with seven homers, 24 RBIs slow bouncer up the middle re- the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on and 99 strikeouts at the mid- sulted in a force of Zobrist at Tuesday. point of the season. struggles of the highest- notably Manny Machado. second, but Jose Iglesias’ The Twins fell to 1-7 on their Not exactly what the Ori- paid player on the worst The Orioles and Davis ap- throw to first was too late to current nine-game road trip. oles were expecting when team in the big leagues. pear destined to be together double up Rizzo and Heyward Milwaukee broke through in they signed the left-handed “I understand their frus- through the 2022 season, so scored from third to put Chica- the fifth against Minnesota hitting first baseman to a tration,” Davis said. “I know both sides must make the go ahead for the first time, 4-3. starter Jake Odorizzi (3-6) guaranteed seven-year, $161 exactly what I’m capable of best of it. That’s why Davis Schwarber hit his team-lead- when pinch-hitter Nate Orf million contract in January and what I’ve done in the was given an eight-game hi- ing 17th homer to right against walked and stole second before 2016. past. I know that the stan- atus in June to get his swing a steady wind off Lake Michi- Thames hit his 12th home run At the time of the deal, dard is high and I haven’t down and his head right. Up gan in the eighth. of the season, a liner that bare- Davis averaged 42 home been playing that well. But I to that point, he had tried Trailing 3-0, Albert Almora, ly cleared the right-field fence. runs and 109 RBIs over the have to move forward and just about everything else. Jr. and Heyward each drove in Milwaukee starter Junior previous three seasons and continue to try to find a way “For me, it was exhaust- a run with a double, then Rizzo Guerra (5-5) pitched five shut- was coming off a year in to still have an impact on ing,” Davis said. “My solu- followed with an RBI single in out innings. He gave up two which he hit .262 with 47 this season.” tion to a lot of my problems Chicago’s three-run fifth. hits while walking three and homers and 117 RBIs. It’s probably too late for in baseball has always been Detroit leadoff hitter Mikie striking out eight. Since then, his production his bat to make a difference. to work. I felt as long as I Mahtook had three singles and Josh Hader pitched a season- has dipped annually. His His most significant influ- was working, as long as I scored a run. Niko Goodrum high three innings in relief for 2017 numbers — .215, 26 and ence on the team, unfortu- was trying, that I would fig- drove in a run with a double, the Brewers and didn’t allow a 61 — were downright prolif- nately, is that his sizable con- ure it out. This is the first and Jeimer Candelario and hit. Corey Knebel notched his ic compared to this year. tract makes it that much time in my career when I James McCann each had an ninth save in 11 attempts by Thus, the jeers from the more difficult for Baltimore was kind of at a point where RBI as the Tigers lost their striking out the side in the home fans, who have grown to pay big bucks to several of I didn’t know what else to 12th game in their past 14. ninth. weary of watching the its pending free agents, most do.” AL East, AL West races in rarified air so far ahead of postseason

BY NOAH TRISTER AL East. A seven-game win- ries as a wild card in 2003. the Marlins and the Mariners, bing catches. Blue Jays center The Associated Press ning streak in mid-September The addition of extra wild every major league franchise fielder Kevin Pillar figured helped New York hold on. cards has made it easier for has made the postseason at out a solution, however, plant- Since divisional play began In 1993, the last year before teams to avoid long stretches least once since 2011. ing a foot on the wall and in 1969, only three times has a the wild card, the Braves (104- without a postseason berth. HIGHLIGHT using it to vault himself up division had two teams with 58) and Giants (103-59) dueled The Padres haven’t made it while making a catch on a at least 100 wins. all the way to the final day be- since 2006 and the White Sox The outfield wall in Toronto drive by Detroit’s Nicholas That could happen again fore San Francisco was done haven’t been in since 2008. is high enough that it doesn’t Castellanos. Even Castellanos this year in the AL East — in by a 12-1 loss to the rival Aside from those two teams, lend itself to home run-rob- applauded that catch Sunday. and maybe the AL West as Dodgers. Atlanta was 10 well. games out on the morning of The Yankees, Red Sox, As- July 23 but went 49-16 the rest tros and Mariners are all on of the way. Keep COOL this pace to win over 100 games, The only time in the six-di- and they’ve created tight races vision era that a 100-win team atop those two divisions. 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Notre bama and UGA. gan. Sorrells camped at USC last month Dame, UNC and Virginia Tech are the Clemson did not make the cut with and plans to return for an official other top options for Clark. CLEMSON AND USC DE David Ojabo of Blairstown, N.J., visit, probably for the Georgia game. LB Spencer Lytle of Bellflower, Calif., Clemson offered DE Jaden McKenzie from 15 to his final five. Making the Alabama, Texas A&M and Florida has set Aug. 4 for his commitment an- of Wake Forest, N.C. He comes from cut were Michigan, A&M, PSU, ND State are three others he said nouncement. He has visited the same school as Tiger defensive and Ohio State. have been recruiting him hard. Clemson twice, most recently tackle Dexter Lawrence. Some of his Jalen Coit, a '20 WR from Cheraw He’s not claiming a favorite, but on June 11. He’s also taken other offers are USC, Tennessee, UNC, High, was offered by Kansas. USC is in the neighborhood. an official visit to Wisconsin. Duke, East Carolina, UCF, Memphis “South Carolina is a top Those are the two he said and Georgia State. BASKETBALL school for me,” Sorrells said. that are sticking out the most Jalin Hyatt, a '20 wide receiver from USC men's head coach Frank Martin “I’ve only got a certain amount to him right now, though he’s Dutch Fork High in Irmo, has offers recently offered 6-0 '19 point guard of time to make my decision. not talking about a short list. from VT and Duke that he earned Giovanni Santiago, who will play for As of now, they are in good “I have a great feel for from his performance at their camps. Hargrave Prep in Virginia this sea- shape.” Phil Kornblut Clemson and what the pro- VT stands out the most with him right son. Santiago is a native of Puerto Sorrells said he had 54 tack- RECRUITING gram is about," Lytle said. now, and he plans a return trip to Rico who has been attending high les and seven quarterback CORNER "They are losing seven line- Blacksburg on July 29. He also school in Cincinnati. He was in the sacks last season. He is plan- backers over the next two camped at USC and Clemson, and both '18 class but decided to reclassify to ning to sign and graduate early. years, and I would be the remain interested and plan to scout ’19 and attend a prep school to im- USC recently offered athlete Trayvon only linebacker coming in as an early him this season. He’s also been hear- prove his recruiting stock. Moss of Tulsa, Okla., and he plans to enrollee in the 2019 class. "After talk- ing from WF and has been contacted USC noticed and became his first look closer at USC. His recruiting is ing to (defensive coodinator) Coach by Virginia. big-time offer. USC scouted him in now starting to pick up steam after a (Brent) Venables, I feel great about my the recent tournament in Canada and slow start due to injury issues as a chances to play early at Clemson. I re- OTHERS Santiago made an unofficial visit late freshman and sophomore. Playing a ally feel good about playing early at Dillon High DE Shamar McCollum last month. Santiago is also getting combo of defensive positions as a hy- both Clemson and Wisconsin.” was offered by Oregon. He also has interest from Florida International, brid linebacker/safety, Moss said he Some of the other schools he has offers from Duke, UNC, Arkansas, Alabama-Bimingham, North Texas collected 165 tackles last season with visited are Texas, A&M, ND, Califor- Missouri, WF, ECU, Coastal Carolina and others. 16 sacks and six interceptions. On of- nia, Texas Christian, UCLA, Arizona and others. He will play Amateur Athletic fense, he scored 20 touchdowns. State and Colorado. OL Keiondre Jones of Hoganville, Union ball in July so he has not set Some of his other offers are Tennes- LB Vonta Bentley of Birmingham, Ga., announced a final three of Au- any future visits. His plan at this see, North Carolina, Oregon State, Ala., visited Clemson last month and burn, Florida and Mississippi State. point is not to sign until next April so Louisville, Washington State, Virginia had extensive meetings with head He also had USC and Clemson offers. he can play the full season at Har- and Northwestern. With its offer,, USC coach Dabo Swinney and Venables. He LB Makiya Tongue of Baton Rouge, grave before making a decision. now sits in good position with Moss. also met with university president Jim La., cut his list to Arizona State, UGA Last season at Hughes High in Cin- “I would say they are definitely top Clemens. and Texas. Clemson was on his previ- cinnati, Santiago averaged 15 points, tier on my list right now,” Moss said. All that attention has Clemson in ous short list. seven assists and four rebounds per “I really don’t have a list yet, but I see great shape with him. WR Jacoby Pinckney of Dorman game. them at the top of my list. I’ve just “Clemson leads because they are High in Roebuck announced a com- Clemson offered 6-1 '19 6-1 recruit been taking it slow and talking things showing the most love, being real with mitment to VT last week. He chose Al-Amir Dawes of Newark, N.J., ac- over with my mom. I know when I me,” Bentley said. “They said that VT over Michigan, Alabama and cording to PrepCircuit. Some other probably do go take some visits South they need me and want me and that UGA. Both USC and Clemson offered listed offers are Seton Hall, DePaul, Carolina probably will be the first means a lot to me. If other schools him early in the process, but neither Minnesota, Rutgers and La Salle. school, or the first couple.” step up to the plate like that and say recruited him moving forward. Last Per his AAU coach, USC offered 6-8 Right now, Moss doesn’t plan to the same thing then I’ll know I’m a season, Pinckney had 65 receptions '19 recruit Patrick Williams of Char- make his decision until after his sea- need for their program. Other schools for 1,075 yards and seven TDs. lotte. He also has a Clemson offer and son. He will take his official visits that I go to, I probably won’t have the USC DB target Chris Steele reported- others from Arizona, Charlotte and right after the season and then make opportunity to meet with the presi- ly committed to Southern Cal, ac- Dayton. his decision. He plans to graduate dent.” cording to the Rivals site that covers Christian Brown, a 6-7 '19 recruit early and sign early. Bentley plans to return to Clemson the Trojans. Steele has not confirmed from Lower Richland High in Hop- USC ATH target Jaylen McCollough for the All-In Cookout in late July. Al- that report and has set Saturday for kins, has taken an official visit to Ne- tweeted plans for an announcement abama has been his only other visit an official announcement. vada-Las Vegas, and said he’s unde- on Aug. 17. He has a final four of thus far, though he had planned to go Clemson OL target Jake Hornibrook cided about any future visits at this USC, Tennessee, Alabama and Au- to Louisiana State before that trip fell committed to Stanford. time. Clemson and USC assistant burn. through. He might visit Tennessee at Running back/DB Anthony Wilson coaches remain in contact. He said USC made the final six with LB some point. of Spring Valley High in Columbia LSU, Maryland, UF, UGA and Hous- Jamie Pettway of Albany, Ga. The oth- Bentley said LSU would be the clos- committed to Wofford, Dutch Fork ton are some of the others keeping in ers are Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Louis- est competition for Clemson at this High OL Kameren Stewart committed touch. He has not decided if he will ville, Florida Atlantic and Tennessee. point. He does not plan to make a to Coastal, and Myrtle Beach High sign early or late. USC offered 2021 defensive back summer decision. OL Evan Jumper committed to Fur- Tre Jackson, a 6-1 '19 recruit from James Williams (6-feet-3-inches, 200 Clemson made the short list of 15 man. Blythewood High was offered by pounds) of Opa Locka, Fla. He is a schools with '20 defensive Bryan Bresee One-time USC and Clemson WR Charlotte and Murray State. Some of Miami commitment and also has of- of Damascus, Md. The others on the target Jashawn Sheffield of St. Simons his other offers are Coastal, Win- fers from Florida, Kentucky, Michi- list are Maryland, Michigan, Alabama, Island, Ga., committed to Auburn, throp, College of Charleston, South- gan, Central Florida, FSU, Louisville, Ohio State, Oklahoma, ND, A&M, Wis- while USC DE target Curtis Fann of ern Mississippi and Hofstra. Syracuse, Pittsburgh and others. consin, Penn State, Southern Califor- TwinCity, Ga., committed to FSU. PJ Hall, a 6-8 '20 recruit from Dor- nia, VT, LSU, UF and UGA. WR Darrell Harding, who had a USC man High, was offered by Winthrop.

WOMEN’S PRO BASKETBALL As midseason point nears, parity ruling the day in WNBA

NEW YORK (AP) — Parity Seattle Storm head coach Dan is rampant in the WNBA this Hughes reacts as his team season as the league reaches scores against the Connecti- the midway point. cut Sun late in the second half Only three losses separate of a WNBA basketball game the top eight teams. on June 15 in Seattle. Every- Phoenix, Los Angeles and thing seems to be going right Seattle are at the top of the for Hughes and the Storm so standings. Minnesota got off to a rough start, but lately has far. The team has the second turned things around with best record in the league at seven consecutive victories. 10-4 in the veteran coach’s "I think it's the best and I've first season in Seattle. been in the league a lot of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS years. It's the best year since I've been here. Every team has everyone playing for them with no one sitting out," Seat- tle coach Dan Hughes said. "There's a fine line between a lot of us. If you're not on your game every night you're prob- ably going to get beat." Seattle's next opponent is New York on Tuesday night. The Liberty have struggled to a 5-11 start this season after finishing with the third best record the past few seasons. New York has nearly the en- tire team back and just seem a play or two away from win- ning games. position in the power poll for 4. Los Angeles (12-5): Lost a a scary moment when Liz Cam- ship in the locker room "We're right there, we just the first time since it began couple games in a row with bage got poked in the eye are missing a rebound or a de- three years ago. Nneka Ogwumike sidelined against Minnesota. Fortunately PLAYER OF THE WEEK: fensive assignment," Liberty POWER POLL: A LOOK AT THIS with a back injury. She re- all tests came back negative. Maya Moore averaged 27.3 forward Shavonte Zellous said. WEEK'S WNBA POLL: turned and the Sparks won 9. Las Vegas (6-12): The Aces points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 as- "We still have faith in each again. got Moriah Jefferson back from sists to lead Minnesota to three other that we can turn things 1. Phoenix (13-5): Suffered a 5. Washington (10-6): Come her microfracture surgery and more wins this past week. around." big blow when Sancho Lyttle to a difficult part of the sched- could make a surprising run to Diana Taurasi also received New York is currently sit- was lost for the season with an ule with seven of 10 games this the playoffs. votes this week. ting in 11th place in the stand- ACL injury. month on the road. 10. Chicago (6-10): Won three ings. The only team that is 2. Seattle (12-5): Storm plays 6. Connecticut (9-7): Have straight before a tough over- GAME OF THE WEEK: below the Liberty is the Indi- seven of their 10 remaining 10 three more road games before time loss to New York on Sun- Sparks at Lynx, Thursday. ana Fever, who is off to the games in July on the road. finally getting a chance to head day. The two WNBA finalists from worst start in franchise histo- 3. Minnesota (10-6): Seven home again. Sun play 11 of 11. New York (5-11): It took the past two years will play for ry with a 1-16 record. They are straight wins has vaulted the final 15 games at home. overtime, but the Liberty the third time this season. Los in danger of breaking the re- Lynx back into the thick of the 7. Atlanta (8-8): Finally have snapped a five-game losing Angeles has won the first two cord for the league's worst sea- race for the top seeds. Maya everyone healthy and have streak with a win in Chicago. meetings. son set by the Tulsa Shock in Moore has been putting up been getting qualities minutes 12. Indiana (1-16): Signed Visit poll online: https://col- 2011 when they went 3-31. MVP-type numbers during the from Imani McGee-Stafford. Cappie Pondexter on Sunday to legebasketball.ap.org/ap-wnba- Phoenix took over the No. 1 streak. 8. Dallas (7-8): Wings suffered get a little more veteran leader- power-poll-week-8-0 THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 | B5

PRO BASKETBALL LeBron’s arrival transforms Lakers back into glamour show

BY GREG BEACHAM But with the signing of a AP Sports Writer free-agent superstar, the Lakers already have fol- LOS ANGELES — From lowed through on the most George Mikan to Kobe Bry- important part of the plan ant, superstars have been set forth 16 months ago by the Lakers' lifeblood for de- Magic Johnson when he cades. took over the club's basket- LeBron James is already ball operations. Although he the biggest star of his gener- spent his entire career with ation, and he followed a fa- LA, Magic knows the magni- miliar path to Los Angeles' tude of the Lakers' lure. bright lights when he decid- Chamberlain made this ed to sign with the Lakers as move in 1968, with the NBA's a free agent. reigning Most Valuable Play- It's no coincidence that er requesting a trade from this glamorous, 16-time Philadelphia to join Baylor champion franchise has con- and West. sistently attracted already Abdul-Jabbar did it in great players with outsized 1975 after requesting a ambition. The 33-year-old trade from Milwaukee to a James has taken on the chal- cosmopolitan city, and he lenge that Wilt Chamberlain, went on to become the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and NBA's career scoring leader Shaquille O'Neal all accept- during 14 seasons with the ed near the primes of their Lakers. careers. O'Neal went west as a free Becoming a basketball su- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS agent in 1996, embracing perstar is one thing, and no- The decision by LeBron James (23) to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers has transformed the Lakers back the advantages of living in body is bigger than James into the glamour show the franchise has maintained during most of its time in Los Angeles. Hollywood while moonlight- after 15 prolific NBA seasons ing as an actor and rapper. and three championships. James is arguably bigger Succeeding with the Lakers than them all, a multi-me- is something different, ac- already a ludicrously loaded than two seasons in a row. Thomas and several others dia star with a legitimate cording to many of the men roster, a championship After James announced are out. The Lakers will entertainment production who have worn this gold jer- seems logically out of reach his decision to join the Lak- build around James, and company already churning sey. for anybody else in the NBA. ers on a four-year, $153.3 they'll continue to attempt to out content for the likes of Just ask Bryant, who won James already was aware of million deal Sunday, the land Kawhi Leonard or an- NBC, the History Channel two Olympic gold medals as the upstate challenge he'll Lakers' jersey sales skyrock- other superstar to team up and Starz. James' teammate while face after losing three of the eted and prices spiked on with him over the next year. When James suits up for spending his entire 20-year last four NBA Finals to the the secondary ticket market. With Randle's departure, the season opener, six of career with the Lakers. Warriors in Cleveland. Fans gathered among the the Lakers will have no play- the top eight scorers in "The NBA does better And with innumerable statues in Star Plaza outside ers left on their roster who NBA history will be Lakers. when the Lakers are at their variables still to be settled Staples Center, tossing chalk played with Bryant in his "This is a special place," highest potential," Bryant, before the regular season, into the air in a simulation final game in 2016. The Lak- Johnson said recently. "We who retired in 2016, told Fox it's impossible to predict of James' famed gesture. ers are steaming toward a know what's special about Sports Radio on Monday. what James will be able to Los Angeles also made a new future, with little tying this franchise. The people "And for the city of LA, it's accomplish with a revamped flurry of complementary them to the lamentable re- we choose to come here are important for us to have that Lakers roster. moves as Johnson attempted cent past. going to know that, too." star power. Jerry (West) was But at least the worst to assemble an immediate here. Elgin Baylor was here. half-decade in franchise playoff contender on the Wilt was here. Magic was history should become a wreckage of five playoff-free here. Cap (Abdul-Jabbar) bad memory for Lakers years. was here. Shaq, myself, and fans, who seethed through Rajon Rondo, JaVale now let's carry it forward five irrelevant seasons McGee and Lance Stephen- Keeping KatieSumter Altman, Water Resources Beautiful Extension Agent again. You've got LeBron highlighted mostly by Bry- son are joining along with here now. It's his turn now. ant's retirement tour. The James. 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PRO GOLF Tiger Woods waits to putt on the 15th green during the For Tiger, many introductions are in order second round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship in BY DOUG FERGUSON Woods,'" he said. The most prominent player Southampton, AP Golf Writer Burgoon is in only his sec- Woods knows from LSU was New York, on June ond full year on the PGA David Toms. Burns was team- 15. Woods is play- POTOMAC, Md. — Tiger Tour, though he played with mates with Toms' son. ing a regular Woods finished the Quicken Spieth in the Houston Open "That's when it kind of hit schedule, but still Loans National with a 66 and and with Rickie Fowler two that there's been a big turn- not winning six was on his way to discuss his years ago in New Orleans. over and I've been away from months into the performance with the media Nothing compared to Sunday the game for a while," Woods year. when he was asked to stop at the TPC Potomac. said. for a few pictures. "I've never seen anything Burns said he couldn't feel THE ASSOCIATED PRESS That's not unusual. like it," Burgoon said. "I've the club in his hand on the Except on this occasion, played with Jordan and Rick- first tee, though he handled the request came from the ie. They bring a crowd, but the nerves just fine. He shot guy who had just signed his nothing ... I mean, that's a sea 68 and beat Woods by two. card. of people. Unbelievable." "You see the guy on TV, you "He's in my opinion the Nothing got to Woods like see him all over the place and greatest golfer ever to play, meeting Burns, a 21-year-old you're standing there next to so it was one of my best from LSU still trying to get him on the tee box and you're rounds I've ever played," his PGA Tour card. It was the like, 'That's Tiger Woods,'" Bronson Burgoon gushed first time Woods has played Burns said. "We had a blast. after his round of 67. with someone who was half He was super nice. I think Woods posed with Burgoon his age, and that wasn't even we're all happy to see him and his caddie, and then one the worst of it. back playing golf." of Burgoon's friends stepped in for a picture. Hold on. One more. Burgoon's wife came over, and Woods delivered another big smile as if they were old © 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 30 friends. One of the original signers of the Declaration of Woods has a lot of new Independence visited Europe and fell in love with pasta. He brought back a machine to make macaroni and later, friends this year. he became the first president to serve macaroni and cheese He played the final round as part of an official state dinner. Which Founding Father was this? Circle every fourth letter to find out! of the Honda Classic with Sam Burns, who was born a month before Woods made Parade Puzzle his professional debut. At the Can you find the letters L-I-B-E-R-T-Y hidden here? Wells Fargo Championship, n July 4, 1776, people living in he played the final round O the American Colonies declared with Brandon Harkins, a their independence. They wanted to be 31-year-old rookie. independent, or free, from the rules of King George III of England. They Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Woods spent Saturday on wanted to form their own country. the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm with Joel Dahmen, who They wrote a document to send also got a picture with to King George. It was called the Declaration of Independence, written MACARONI Find the words by looking up, Woods, in the scoring area down, backwards, forwards, on July 4, 1776. This famous document ENGLAND sideways and diagonally. says that all people are created equal away from the crowd. SIGNERS and with certain rights. 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MERCHANDISE RENTALS SUMMONS upon Plaintiff, as well as threats of ANNOUNCEMENTS endangering her life, Plaintiff seeks IN THE FAMILY permanent Restraining Orders of and against Defendant prohibiting Furniture / Unfurnished Autos For Sale COURT FOR THE In Memory THIRD JUDICIAL any form of contact whatsoever for Furnishings Apartments any reason, both temporarily and CIRCUIT permanently. In Loving Memory For Sale: 2003 Chevy Blazer, 3 row DOCKET NO: 2 leather recliners, Queen Bed HUNTINGTON PLACE seat, 174,000 miles, good shape. 2018-DR-43-0298 FOR A FOUTH CAUSE OF ACTION: w/mattress, coffee and 2 end tables, APARTMENTS $3000 OBO 803-464-8203 or (Resume Use of Maiden Name) china closet and more. Fairly new! RENTS FROM $650 PER MO. 803-775-0368 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 17. The above allegations are 803-586-9924. COUNTY OF SUMTER incorporated by reference. CHEAP VANS, VANS & VANS LEASING OFFICE LOCATED AT 18. Plaintiff seeks to resume the Starting at $1395 DELILA W. 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CHICAGO — Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apart- ment, scrolling through the teen’s con- tacts on social media. “Who’s this?” asks Jennea Bivens, aka Mom. It’s a friend of a friend, Ayrial says, and they haven’t talked in a while. “Delete it,” her mom says. The 13-year-old’s eyes narrow to a surly squint. “I hate this! I hate this! I hate this!” she shouts. Yes, Bivens is one of “those moms,” she says. The type who walks into her daughter’s bedroom without knocking; the kind who tightly monitors her daughter’s phone. She makes no apolo- gy. Nor should she, says a retired cyber- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS crimes detective who spoke to her and Ewelina Cudzich, 13, checks her phone in her Chicago home. Cudzich, who starts high school this fall, says she understands that par- other parents in early June at Nathan ents would want to monitor a phone sometimes but thinks teens should be given more freedom as they prove they can be responsi- Hale Elementary School in Chicago. ble. “If they’re not independent, how are they going to live in the new world?” she asks. “There is no such thing as privacy for children,” Rich Wistocki told them. Nathan Hale, a large K-8 public school And yet, Wistocki says, too often par- vices such as Instagram or Snapchat — Other tech experts might disagree. near Chicago’s Midway airport, Wis- ents remain in denial with what he calls often for a monthly fee. These tend to But even they worry about the secret tocki asked who had accounts on Insta- “NMK — not my kid.” be more effective on Android phones, digital lives many teens are leading, and gram, Twitter, Snapchat and other apps ‘AS PARENTS, WE NEED TO WAKE UP, says Wistocki, who recommends such the dreadful array of consequences — and games with social components. NO DOUBT’ tools in his talks with parents. including harassment and occasional Most of the kids in attendance, many He closely monitored his own sons suicides — that can result. younger than 13, raised their hands. To get parents to the meeting with until they turned 18, and tells parents RISQUE TRADING CARDS, SECRET Afterward, one girl, all frizzy hair and Wistocki at Nathan Hale, the principal they should do the same. ‘BURNERS’ AND STRANGERS braces, approached a reporter with des- offered extra eighth-grade graduation Other tech experts agree that moni- peration. “Please, please, pleeeeease, passes and other incentives. Only about toring makes sense for younger kids. Today’s kids are meeting strangers, don’t use my picture or a video of me 70 parents showed up; the school has SHUTTING DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA some of them adults, on a variety of raising my hand,” the 13-year-old 930 students. IS NOT EVERYONE’S ANSWER apps. They range from the seemingly begged repeatedly, despite assurances Kathleen Kazupski, a mom with two innocuous Musical.ly — which lets that she wasn’t caught on camera. daughters ages 13 and 17, was one of Pam Wisniewski, a computer-sci- users share lip-syncing videos — to “Don’t use mine either,” a friend them. “As parents, we need to wake up, ence professor at the University of WhatsApp and, more recently, House- quickly piped in. Throughout the day, no doubt,” she said afterward. Central Florida, is among those who party, a group video chat service. Teens kids said their parents either don’t She came, in part, because she discov- suggest a gradual loosening of the are storing risque photos in disguised know they’re on so- ered last fall that strings as teens prove they can be vault apps, and then trading those pho- cial media or have ONLINE HELP FOR PARENTS her younger trusted. tos like baseball cards. little idea what they daughter was “I’m almost to the point where I feel Some even have secret “burner” do with their ac- Wistocki’s TEDx Talk: https://www. messaging with a like the world would be better off phones to avoid parental monitoring or counts. youtube.com/watch?v=k2buaziaNnE boy she didn’t without social media,” says Wisniews- share passwords with friends who can That exasperates University of Michigan Living Online know — first on ki, who studies human computer in- post on their accounts when privileges Dawn Iles-Gomez, Lab: http://yardi.people.si.umich.edu/lol/ Snapchat and teraction and adolescent online safety. are taken away. the school’s princi- then via text — “But I’m also a pragmatist.” Google Family Link: https://families. David Coffey, a dad and tech expert pal, whose days are google.com/familylink/ until Mom put an Rather than cutting off kids from from Cadillac, Michigan, said he was increasingly filled end to it. “I social media, she encourages parents floored when his two teens told him with drama that be- Apple’s Family Page: https://www. scared the hell to look for teachable moments. When about some of the sneaky things their gins on social media. apple.com/families/ out of her.” inappropriate material runs through peers are doing, even in their small, And it’s often not Bivens, Ayrial’s their feed, for instance, she suggests rural town. the usual suspects mom, also attend- discussing coping strategies, such as “I gotta hand it to their creativity, but in her office, she says, but a diverse pa- ed. She uses an app called MMGuard- hiding that person’s posts or blocking it’s only enabled through technology,” rade of students she sees acting one ian, one of several available, to manage them. says Coffey, chief digital officer at ID- way in person and very differently in and monitor her 13-year-old daughter’s Sarita Schoenebeck, an assistant Shield, a company that helps customers the digital world. phone use. She shuts the phone down professor and director of the Living fend off identity theft. “It’s shocking — the language and the during the school day (though her Online Lab at the University of Michi- LIVING INVISIBLE LIVES THROUGH threats and the mean things that are daughter can still call her) and at bed- gan, says her research also has found SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS said,” she says. “And I would say 75 per- time. She turns off certain apps, some- that shutting teens out of social media cent of the time, I call a parent and their times as punishment, and monitors only tends to make them sneakier. It’s difficult to say how many kids are parent will say, ‘Well, no, they said they texts. “No kid wants to be pulled over and pushing digital boundaries this way, not didn’t do that.’ To closely watch most social media, told not to do this,” Schoenebeck says. least because the whole point is to es- “And I’m like, ‘Well — they did.’” though, she has to use her daughter’s “Try to figure out how to talk about it cape adult detection. Social media ac- CYBERSTALKING, PURCHASING phone. When that’s not possible, she in an open-minded way.” counts are easy to establish and discard. CONTRABAND AND SEXTING checks what she can see from the ac- Even Wistocki, while hardcore on Particular apps also rise and fall out of counts she knows exist, using her own monitoring, tells parents to offer their favor among teens with lightning speed, These kinds of incidents can turn accounts. Recently, she got after her children the “Golden Ticket” — no making them a moving target for re- particularly ugly, sometimes involving daughter for cussing on some of her punishment when they come to them searchers. surprisingly young participants. video posts. about mistakes they’ve made online or But academics, experts like Wistocki In January, two 12-year-olds were ar- “It’s a full-time job,” Bivens concedes. help they need with a social media and Coffey, and many teens themselves rested in Panama City Beach, Florida, “People laugh at me because I monitor problem. say it’s surprisingly common for kids to for cyberstalking that police said led to her stuff. But I don’t have the same Ayrial’s mom is all for that, especial- live online lives that are all but invisible the suicide of a classmate named Gabri- problems as other people do.” ly having learned that monitoring and to most parents — for better or worse. ella Green, who’d been repeatedly bul- A 2016 Pew Research Center survey blocks on apps aren’t foolproof. Recent- Parents are clearly outmatched. Ex- lied. found that only about half of parents ly, Ayrial started a live videostream on posed to tablets and smartphones at an In other instances, young people are said they had ever checked their chil- Twitter and encountered a stranger increasingly early age, kids are corre- buying drugs via social media or en- dren’s phone calls and text messages or who asked her to show her bare feet. It spondingly savvier about using them crypted websites. Or, as Coffey’s kids even friended their kids on social was a “creepy” request, the teen said, and easily share tips with friends. Par- explained to him, they can use prepaid media. They were even less likely to use that caused her to end the connection ents, by contrast, are both overwhelmed “gift” cards for Amazon or eBay — tech-based tools to monitor their teens quickly. and often naive about what kids can do available at almost any drugstore — to or block certain apps. She had sidestepped a block on social with sophisticated devices, says Wis- buy contraband. They order makeup, TOOLS TO HELP PARENTS media by using a tablet. But she did tell tocki, whose packed schedule has him say, or vaping accessories, and have MONITOR, RESTRICT USE Mom what happened soon after. crisscrossing the country to speak to them delivered to friends’ houses. Ayrial still isn’t happy that her mom parents and young people. Law enforcement officials say the tak- Android phones now offer some pa- is going through her contacts with her. AN ‘OMINOUS DEVICE’ LEFT ing and sharing of racy “sexting” pho- rental restriction options, including The soon-to-be eighth-grader appreci- IN THE HANDS OF KIDS tos and videos also has become a com- screen time limits and app blocking, ates that “she cares about me,” but mon and even expected component of via a service called Google Family Link hopes Mom will eventually “back up” a Wistocki often holds up a mobile dating life for many teens. — though it’s designed specifically for bit. phone and tells wide-eyed parents that Last year in Naperville, the Chicago kids younger than 13. An upcoming up- “When I’m in high school, that might giving a kid this “ominous device” — suburb where Wistocki worked as a de- date to iPhone system software, which get embarrassing sometimes, you and allowing them to have it any time, tective for many years, a 16-year-old already allows for parental approval of know?” she says. “You need to learn including charging in their rooms at killed himself after police discovered app and music purchases, will give par- your own — how do I put this? — disci- night — is like handing over the keys to that he’d recorded himself having sex ents more control over screen time, app pline. You need to learn from your own a new Mercedes and saying, “Sweet- with a classmate and then shared the usage and web surfing on iPhones, mistakes.” heart you can go to Vegas. You can drive recording with his hockey teammates. iPads and iPods. If Mom doesn’t give her that space, to Texas, Florida, New York, wherever While searching his phone, they also Independent monitoring apps also she says, she’s always coming up with you want to go.” found photos of other partially nude have proliferated. Some give parents new tricks to get online secretly, just as And kids are more than happy to girls in a secret photo vault app dis- more options for viewing and manag- her friends do. oblige. At a separate talk for students at guised as a calculator. ing what their kids are posting on ser- And no, she won’t share how. C2 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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Call Rhonda Barrick at: (803) 774-1264 | E-mail: [email protected] Celebrate Fourth of July Let them eat cake OR cobbler

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big flag sheet cake is A the perfect Fourth of July dessert; and at a time when patriotic-colored ber- ries are at their best, vibrant blueberries and red raspberries are a fitting topping.

We knew that our workhorse Yellow Sheet Cake was the ideal base for the cake, so our challenge when develop- ing this recipe was simply determin- ing the best frosting. Whipped cream, the most common topping for this summer cake, had lit- tle staying power and the juicy berries bled into the cream. A simple Ameri- can buttercream in the form of our Vanilla Frosting worked much better and ably glued the stars and stripes to the cake. Once our cake was topped with ber- ries, we were able to bring the flag to the table. You may have extra frosting after coating the tops and sides of the cake. Wait until a few hours before serving to arrange the berries to en- sure that they taste fresh at serving time.

FLAG CAKE Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to tating pan halfway through baking. 325 F. Grease and flour 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Whisk Let cake cool completely in pan on wire rack, about 2 Servings: 12-15 flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, baking powder, baking soda and hours. Start to finish: 1 hour and 30 minutes, plus 2 hours to salt together in bowl. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolks, melted While cake cools, assemble the frosting. Using stand cool the cake butter, oil and vanilla together in second bowl. mixer fitted with paddle, beat butter, cream, vanilla and Yellow Sheet Cake: Whisk flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, baking powder, baking salt on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 min- 2 1/2 cups (10 ounces) cake flour soda, and salt together in bowl. Whisk buttermilk, egg ute. Reduce speed to medium-low, slowly add sugar, 1 3/4 cups (12 1/4 ounces) sugar yolks, melted butter, oil and vanilla together in second and beat until incorporated and smooth, about 4 min- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder bowl. utes. 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Using stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whip Increase speed to medium-high and beat until frost- 3/4 teaspoon salt egg whites and cream of tartar on medium-low speed ing is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. (Frosting can be 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature until foamy, about 1 minute. Increase speed to medium- refrigerated for up to 3 days; let soften at room temper- 3 large eggs, separated, plus 3 large yolks, room high and whip whites to soft billowy mounds, about 1 ature, about 2 hours, then rewhip on medium speed temperature minute. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and whip until smooth, 2 to 5 minutes.) 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled until glossy, stiff peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes; transfer to To assemble, line edges of cake platter with 4 strips of 3 tablespoons vegetable oil third bowl. parchment to keep platter clean. Place cake on platter. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Add flour mixture to now-empty mixer bowl and mix Spread frosting evenly over top and sides of cake. Using Pinch cream of tartar on low speed, gradually adding buttermilk mixture and blueberries, outline 6 by 4 1/2-inch rectangle in top left 5 cups Vanilla Frosting: mixing until almost incorporated (a few streaks of dry corner of cake. Make diagonal rows of blueberries with- 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, each stick cut into flour will remain), about 15 seconds. Scrape down bowl, in outline, leaving single blueberry's width between quarters and softened then mix on medium-low speed until smooth and fully rows. Lay additional blueberries evenly between rows to 1/4 cup heavy cream incorporated, 10 to 15 seconds. make blueberry checkerboard. Gently press blueberries 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Using rubber spatula, stir one-third of whites into to adhere. 1/4 teaspoon salt batter. Gently fold remaining whites into batter until no For red stripes, lay raspberries on their side and gen- 4 cups (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar white streaks remain. Transfer batter to prepared pan tly nestle them next to one another. There should be 4 Toppings: and smooth top with rubber spatula. Gently tap pan on short rows of raspberry stripes across top of cake and 3 5 ounces (1 cup) blueberries counter to settle batter. Bake until toothpick inserted in long rows of raspberry stripes across bottom of cake. 15 ounces (3 cups) raspberries center comes out clean, 28 minutes to 32 minutes, ro- Gently press raspberries to adhere. Serve. It’s not a coffee cake or a pancake; It’s both — a cobbler

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Chef Bridget Lancaster developed this blueberry cobbler, admitting she's not a "biscuit-style cobbler lover — they just taste too much like doughy dumplings." In "Cooking at Home," Lancaster writes: "Somewhere between a blueberry coffee cake and a stack of blue- berry pancakes, it's my go-to dessert whenever I head to a cookout, or when I have overnight houseguests. And don't let the 'cobbler' moniker limit you to serving this just as a dinner dessert. It's absolutely perfect for brunch — and even tastes great when drizzled with a smidge of maple syrup." Keep a close eye on the butter as it melts in the oven so that it doesn't scorch. Place the hot baking dish with butter on a wire rack after removing it from the oven. Avoid untreated aluminum pans here. If using frozen blueberries, thaw them first.

TEXAS-STYLE BLUEBERRY COBBLER butter is melted, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, pulse 1/4 cup sugar and lemon zest in Servings: 8-10 food processor until combined, about 5 pulses; set Start to finish: 1 hour and 10 minutes, plus 30 minutes aside. Using potato masher, mash blueberries and 1 ta- to cool blespoon lemon sugar together in bowl until berries 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 4 pieces, and 8 are coarsely mashed. tablespoons melted and cooled Combine flour, remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces) sugar powder, and salt in large bowl. Whisk in milk and 8 ta- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest blespoons melted, cooled butter until smooth. Remove 15 ounces (3 cups) blueberries baking dish from oven, transfer to wire rack, and pour 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour batter into prepared pan. 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder Dollop mashed blueberry mixture evenly over batter, 3/4 teaspoon salt sprinkle with remaining lemon sugar, and bake until 1 1/2 cups milk golden brown and edges are crisp, 45 to 50 minutes, Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat rotating pan halfway through baking. Let cobbler cool oven to 350 F. Place 4 tablespoons cut-up butter in on wire rack for 30 minutes. Serve warm. 13-by-9-inch baking dish and transfer to oven. Heat until