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MAYEWOOD MIDDLE + R.E. DAVIS = LOSS OF MAYEWOOD; K-8 SCHOOL Autopsy: RAFTING CREEK + HILLCREST MIDDLE = LOSS OF RAFTING CREEK; K-8 SCHOOL Remains F.J. DELAINE + CHERRYVALE = LOSS OF F.J. DELAINE; K-5 SCHOOL are from 3 schools would close white male in district’s proposal BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected] Officials have determined the gender of the remains found in a wooded area in Sumter on Sunday. Skeletal remains discovered by children playing near Crystal Lakes Golf Course were determined to be those of a middle- aged white male through a preliminary au- topsy conducted in Newberry on Tuesday morning, according to Tonyia McGirt, pub- lic information officer for Sumter Police Department. Officers were notified of the remains, which were found off Gaines Road, about 6:30 p.m. Though the autopsy was unable to ren- der an identification or cause of death, McGirt said a pathologist with Newberry

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MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter School District’s Board of Trustees and Interim Superintendent Debbie Hamm, center, listen Monday night during public participation at the board meeting at Sumter High School’s Commons Area. Students would go to revamped magnet schools BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected]

MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Saying when she started as in- Former Gamecock football player Langston terim superintendent on Aug. 1 Moore poses for a picture with a Willow Drive that she walked into a “lingering Elementary School student Friday with his book issue,” Debbie Hamm released #JustaChicken. He wrote the motivational book her proposal Monday night for with former USC teammate Preston Thorne. closing and consolidating three low-enrollment schools in Sumter School District. Hamm presented her draft con- From the solidation proposal to the dis- trict’s board of trustees at its reg- ular monthly meeting Monday, held in Sumter High School’s field to the commons COMMUNITY area to ac- These maps of Sumter County CONVERSATION commo- show where consolidated date an schools would feed into next SESSIONS anticipat- (elementary) year as part of new magnet pro- ed larger Tomorrow: Sumter number of grams at existing schools in the High School, school district administration’s Commons Area communi- ty resi- draft consolidation proposal. Monday: Cherryvale classroom dents in Elementary School, IMAGES PROVIDED Multipurpose Room attendance than a typ- Former USC football players Tuesday: R.E. Davis ical meet- Elementary School, ing. Cafeteria promote their book, reading Hamm BY BRUCE MILLS Thursday, March 22: discussed Hillcrest Middle with the [email protected] School, (location still board — to be determined) Langston Moore and Preston Thorne said as about when they played football at University of All meetings are 150 com- South Carolina in the early 2000s, they set scheduled to begin at munity out to change the culture of the Game- 7 p.m. members cocks’ program. They achieved that by listened — turning a losing program into a winner on the admin- the gridiron. istration’s proposal for closing Now, the duo is trying to change the read- Mayewood Middle School, Rafting ing and literacy culture in the state. Creek Elementary School in Rem- Moore and Thorne spoke Friday during bert and F.J. DeLaine Elementary their “Reading is Power” tour visit to Wil- School in Wedgefield at the end of low Drive Elementary School in Sumter this school year. PROJECTED ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR School District, where they shared the Unlike a separate school-clo- story of the book they co-authored a few sure recommendation formulated F.J. DeLaine Rafting Creek Mayewood years ago, #JustaChicken. last year by a financial consultant In the Gamecocks’ early years in the who worked with the district, Elementary Elementary Middle Southeastern Conference, many said USC’s Hamm’s proposal this year would 124 152 135 football program didn’t belong in the move each school’s students into students students students SEE #JUSTACHICKEN, PAGE A8 SEE PROPOSAL, PAGE A7 (includes pre-k) (includes pre-k)

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS we got to the place where we [email protected] just financially couldn't do it anymore." She said parents were not After opening its doors in notified about the financial 2010, Grace Cathedral Child issue months ago because the Development Center on Os- church was trying to find wego Highway will be closing ways to keep the childcare fa- on Friday after failing to op- cility open. erate on its own funds for "We kept trying to pull more than seven years. from other resources," she The reason is simply finan- said. ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM cial, said Chaste'y Rayford- Daycare staff offered to Chaste’y Rayford-Gibson, overseer of the childcare center, told parents during a meeting with parents on Gibson, assistant pastor at help in any way, but that Monday night that Grace Cathedral Child Development Center would be closing for financial reasons. Grace Cathedral Sumter and means they would have basi- overseer of the childcare cen- cally had to work for free, she was to build a separate struc- ston said, and closing the well as information to receive ter, during a meeting with said. ture for the daycare center daycare is a proactive mea- vouchers for some children. parents on Monday. The The facility was originally after three years. sure to prevent things from At its peak, the center had church has been providing built to house multiple com- Hairston said the current getting worse. about 150 children and about funds to keep the daycare munity programs, but those facility is also in need of re- Since the closure was an- 50 when it was announced running for a long time. activities had to stop once the pairs that daycare fees can- nounced in letters sent out to that it would be closing. "Really, the daycare should daycare started because of not cover. parents, Rayford-Gibson has "Thank you," Rayford-Gib- have been closed last year," the presence of children, said All of the bills for the child been providing references for son said, "for allowing us to Rayford-Gibson said. "And William Hairston, pastor of development center and parents to help them find love on your kids for as long we kept prolonging it until finances. Originally, the plan church have been paid, Hair- other childcare services as as we have."

Driver charged after school bus loaded with kids goes into ditch

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS take home children from [email protected] Mayewood Middle School and R.E. Davis Elementary A Sumter School District School. bus driver has been charged "As a precautionary mea- with driving too fast for con- sure, all of the students and ditions after the bus — carry- the driver were assessed by ing 36 elementary and middle EMS and thankfully, there school children — went into were not any injuries," said a ditch on U.S. 378 about 3:10 Shelly Galloway, spokesper- p.m. on Monday. son for the district, in a writ- South Carolina Highway ten statement. Patrol Lance Cpl. David Parents were notified of Jones said the bus, driven by the incident, and another bus Lillie McFadden of Gable, arrived to take the children went off the right side of the home, according to the state- roadway while en route to ment.

NATIONAL pickled — is strictly regulated PHOTO PROVIDED in Mexico. BRIEFS Sno-Cat resembling Bates Middle School students FROM WIRE REPORTS ‘General Lee’ car stolen Bottles with snakes, MINTURN, Colo. — “Yeee reptiles inside seized Haaa!” receive Golden Apple awards Authorities in Colorado are MEXICO CITY — Forget the looking for a man suspected of worm at the bottom of your stealing a Sno-Cat fitted out to bottle of mezcal. Mexican envi- look like the “General Lee,” the Chairman James McCain. ronmental inspectors have famous car featured in the clas- Chamber of Commerce program "Whereas, students at Bates Middle School found whole boas and iguanas sic television series “The honors integrity, moral character have demonstrated exceptional character; stuffed into bottles of mezcal at Dukes of Hazzard.” and whereas, students at Bates Middle a market in the southern state Co-owner John Brandenburg FROM STAFF REPORTS School have shown pride, determination and of Oaxaca. says the large, treaded snow honesty; and whereas the City and County of The wide-mouth bottles were vehicle was on a trailer outside A group of 13 students at Bates Middle Sumter acknowledge these students for posi- filled with "artisanal, wild a Minturn restaurant when School got golden. tively contributing to the community and so- agave" mezcal that was appar- someone hitched it up and The Greater Sumter Chamber of Com- ciety." ently meant to be drunk, albeit drove away sometime Sunday. merce honored each of the students with a Each student — Kimberly Boles, Quinnya probably on a bet. He immediately took to so- Golden Apple Award, which recognizes in- Burns, Jassmine Dominguez, Javell Dwyer, The federal office for envi- cial media and received several tegrity and "strong moral character," accord- Miguel Garcia, Madison Gordon, Meagan ronmental protection said responses from people who ing to Janel Strieter, communications direc- Jamison, Courtney Blanding, Kiersten Tuesday it seized 15 bottles said they saw a pickup hauling tor for the Chamber. Boyles, Keenen Hilton, Breonna Leonard, with species including a blood it west on Interstate 70. Each student was presented with a certifi- Jolyssa Green and Alyssa Searson — also snake, ridge head snake, yel- Brandenburg says the thief cate and proclamation from the City and had a short description read aloud detailing lowbelly snake and a whip covered the Sno-Cat in tarps, County of Sumter that was signed by Mayor his or her character and why the student snake. but the decal on the side door Joe McElveen and Sumter County Council was chosen to receive a Golden Apple Award. The sale of wildlife — even was still visible.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are brighter street lighting. changed as gentrification has Three package bombs left on investigating the Keith Reynolds lives near raised home prices and rents doorsteps in suburban neigh- scene in East the site of Monday's second everywhere. It is also less true borhoods have exploded in Austin after a blast and said he heard what on the city's northern out- less than two weeks in Texas' teenager was sounded like a propane explo- skirts, closer to where the capital city, killing two people, killed and a sion. He rushed outside and first explosion occurred and wounding two others and woman was saw a cloud of hazy smoke where major firms like Dell, leaving investigators vowing injured Monday in and people running to help. Apple and Samsung have to look at any possible expla- the second Austin "There was a horrible sprawling complexes. nation for a motive. package explosion screaming. 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Monday's second ex- they backed off initial sugges- tute a hate crime but later U.S. Postal Service or private linking the three areas where plosion, meanwhile, occurred tions that hate crimes could amended that to say authori- carriers but were left on door- the bombs exploded, other about 5 miles south of the be a core cause. ties had not settled on a mo- steps without knocking or than all were east of Inter- day's first blast. The attacks unfolded as tive since the intended targets ringing doorbells. state 35 that divides the city. "It's just a regular family tens of thousands of visitors weren't clear because multiple In a tweet, organizers of The east side has historically neighborhood," Reynolds said. arrived for the busiest days of people live in the homes South By Southwest said they been more heavily minority "It's just a grandmother, you the South By Southwest where explosives were placed. were "heartbroken by the ex- and less wealthy than Austin's know what I mean? Like, music festival. The gathering He also said they may possi- plosions" and urged visitors to west side, although that has why?" didn't appear related, but po- bly have been left at the stay safe. Texas Gov. Greg Ab- lice urged tourists to be vigi- wrong addresses. bott offered a $15,000 reward lant while warning residents "We are not ruling anything for information leading to an EXCEPTIONAL to call authorities immediate- out at this point," Manley arrest. ly if they receive unexpected said. Four years ago, a driver EXCITING parcel deliveries. Investigators refused to pro- plowed through a barricade The first of Monday's blasts vide many details about how and into a crowded street of occurred early in the morning the explosives were packaged, South By Southwest revelers, EXPERIENCED when a package was carried citing the ongoing investiga- killing four people and injur- into the kitchen and exploded tion. But Manley described ing many others. 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ensure we keep rural schools operate on the district’s mid- these are things we need to Daryl McGhaney said after PROPOSAL open,” Hamm said. “By mak- dle-school bus route schedule, do as a school district. We the meeting that no board FROM PAGE A1 ing these schools top-notch according to Hamm — that can probably save a little over members were opposed to magnet schools, it’s a good isn’t as early in the morning $1 million a year, and $3.5 Hamm moving forward with reason to make choices to stay as the current elementary million over the course of a draft consolidation propos- other larger schools in the in these schools or for others school schedule. three years can make a real al in the community meet- same rural parts of the coun- to transfer their kids into WHAT WILL COST difference in our classrooms, ings. ty and begin new academic them under open enrollment SAVINGS BE USED FOR? and that’s what we want to “The board always said we magnet programs at those since next year we will be able see happen. wanted community input,” schools. Those programs will to advertise them as magnet By the district’s calcula- “It’s not about a technical McGhaney said. “Now, we enrich academic opportuni- programs. I think it’s a great tions, the consolidation pro- high school. It’s about things have a proposal presented to ties for all students at those opportunity for the students posal would generate about that students need right now, the board, and we want to schools and potentially help and really good for rural edu- $3.6 million in cost savings and these monies will be in- make sure the community’s increase enrollment to sustain cation.” during the first three years to vested in rural schools to voices are heard.” them, Hamm said. WHAT ARE THE CHANGES IN invest in additional education- make a difference and hope- WHAT DID THE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED? DISTANCE AND COMMUTE? al opportunities for students, fully maintain and increase COMMUNITY SAY? Hamm said, such as reducing enrollment in those schools.” In the draft proposal, which According to district staff, class sizes, special program- WHAT’S NEXT? Ten community members Hamm emphasized could the maximum additional ming and teacher recruitment spoke during public participa- change after receiving the miles for bus transportation and retention. The next step in the process tion at the beginning of Mon- community’s input, of students to new schools “A million dollars a year will be four scheduled “com- day’s meeting. Several said Mayewood’s students would ranges from two to six miles. can go toward issues like re- munity conversation ses- they were from the Rembert move to R.E. Davis Elementa- Mayewood is two miles from ducing class size, classroom sions,” according to Hamm. area near Rafting Creek, and ry, and the school would be- R.E. Davis, F.J. DeLaine is resources that are in short Hamm emphasized Monday all spoke out against closing come a kindergarten-through- three miles from Cherryvale, supply in some places,” that her proposal at this point any low-enrollment schools in eighth-grade school in the and Rafting Creek is six Hamm said. “So, this isn’t is a draft and that she wants rural parts of the county. eastern portion of the county. miles from Hillcrest, Hamm saving money to just fatten to gather community input Their comments were made According to district staff, said. the pocket or for something from the four sessions. before Hamm gave her pre- projected enrollment at The two K-8 schools would in the future — right now Board Chairman the Rev. sentation proposal. Mayewood next school year is 135 students. Nationally recognized pro- grams would be implemented to make it a College Prepara- tory Academy Magnet School. © 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 14 Those programs include AVID Sometimes the tiny marmosets lie in wait for insects, especially butterflies, which feed at the sap holes in trees. Then they capture (Advancement Via Individual a side order of bug! Determination) and Core Knowledge, both of which are t lives high in the branches of trees in the rainforests of South recognized for better prepar- America. The pygmy marmoset is very hard to see, both ing students for college. A na- because of its size and because of its coloring. Its fur is darker Find the two tionally recognized soft-skills on the top and lighter on the lower parts of its body. If a bird identical of prey is looking from above, its dark fur butterflies. program called Leader in Me blends with the shadows. A predator would also begin to prepare hunting from below would look up and students to be more well- see a golden glow of sunlight, that is really pygmy marmoset fur! rounded, learning such skills as teamwork, which employ- Standards Link: Observation: Find the differences between common objects. ers say is critical in today’s high-skills economy. Similarly on the other side of the school district, Rafting Find the words by looking up, RAINFOREST down, backwards, forwards, Creek’s students would move MARMOSET sideways and diagonally. to Hillcrest Middle School in PREDATORS P V M S D N E L B E Dalzell, and it would also be- If you search for pictures of a MONKEY come a K-8 College Preparato- pygmy marmoset, you will see ROTATE R I O A P E E R T H ry Academy Magnet School a lot of pictures of this tiny SAFETY E N N F R Y Y A T G fellow hanging on to a person’s with the same program offer- finger! This has led it to be PYGMY D E K E M M T U Y M ings. According to district nicknamed the finger monkey. BLENDS A S E T G O O Z E S staff, projected enrollment at FINGER Its body is about 6 inches (15cm) long I can turn my head Pygmy marmosets live in family T A Y Y R S R S A P Rafting Creek next school and its tail adds another 7 to 8 inches 180° to watch for OOZES groups, called troops. These usually O Y P M U L M O E O year is 152 students, including (20cm) to its length. It weighs about predators behind me! have about five members, but some LUMPY pre-kindergarten students. 3.5 ounces (100cm). have as many as nine. Living in a VINES R A I N F O R E S T troop means there are more eyes to F.J. DeLaine Elementary’s SPOT S R E G N I F S E T spot predators, and everyone helps TREE students would move to Cher- take care of the little ones. For Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical ryvale Elementary School to Add up the numbers under each added safety, the troop spends the SAP words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. become a single larger ele- item. If the sum is an even number, that’s true. night among thick vines or in a If it’s an odd number, that’s false. mentary school. It would also tree hole. become a magnet school, with 1.Pygmy marmosets weigh 2.Pygmy marmosets are Replace the missing words. a science, technology, engi- about the same as: about the same length as: neering, arts and math two chicken eggs. a dollar bill. (STEAM) focus. Cherryvale Pygmy marmosets will ______a little hole in the Marmoset Meals bark of a ______with their sharp lower teeth. They Look at the advertisements for restaurants already has a strong arts pro- in the newspaper. Then make an gram, Hamm said. The sci- ______up the sap that ______up. One marmoset 18 + 4 = can make up to 1,300 holes in a tree! Bark grows over advertisement for a rainforest tree to attract ence, technology, engineering 14 + 10 = a troop of marmosets to come and eat. and math concentration the hole and a small ______develops on the tree. would be a feather in the cap Help this little marmoset find its mommy. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. for the Cherryvale school be- cause many future jobs are projected in those career Rhyming fields. AVID would also be Pairs Elephant Jokes Send your story to: available to encourage stu- Look through the newspaper for words Send us your dents to be college-bound at that rhyme such as favorite the school. “group” and “troop.” Can you find five or elephant jokes. According to district staff, more rhyming pairs? projected enrollment at F.J. Standards Link: Research: Deadline: April 8 Published: Week of May 6 Use the newspaper to locate Please include your school and grade. 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here are a couple of aluminum-using industries important economic may not know whom to lessons that the blame for declining profits, T American people lack of competitiveness and should learn. I’m going to job loss. title one “the seen and un- There’s no better scenario seen” and the other “nar- for politicians. It’s heads row, well-defined, large ben- politicians win and tails efits versus widely dis- somebody else loses. persed small costs.” These Then there’s the phenom- lessons are applicable to a enon of narrow, well-de- wide range of government fined, large benefits versus behavior, but let’s look at widely dispersed small just two examples. costs. A good example can Last week, President Don- be found in the sugar indus- ald Trump enacted high tar- try. Sugar producers lobby iffs on imports of steel and Congress to place restric- aluminum. Why in tions on the impor- the world would the tation of foreign U.S. steel and alumi- sugar through tar- num industries iffs and quotas. COMMENTARY press the president Those import re- to levy heavy tariffs? strictions force The answer is sim- Americans to pay up Globalists and nationalists: ple. Reducing the to three times the amounts of steel and world price for aluminum that hit Walter sugar. A report by our shores enables Williams the U.S. Government Who owns the world’s future? American producers Accountability Of- to charge higher fice estimated that prices. Thus, U.S. steel and Americans pay an extra $2 obert Bartley, the nation ought to endeavor Europeans have begun aluminum producers will billion a year because of late editorial page to possess within itself all to see themselves as indig- earn higher profits, hire sugar tariffs and quotas. editor of The Wall the essentials of national enous peoples whose Old more workers and pay them Plus, taxpayers will be RStreet Journal, supply. These comprise Continent is mortally im- higher wages. They are the forced to pay more than $2 was a free-trade zealot the means of subsistence, periled by the hundreds of visible beneficiaries of billion over the next 10 who for decades champi- habitat, clothing and de- millions of invaders wad- Trump’s tariffs. years to buy and store ex- oned a five-word amend- fence.” ing across the Med and But when the government cess sugar produced be- ment to the Constitution: This was wisdom born desperate to come and oc- creates a benefit for one cause of higher prices. An- “There shall be open bor- of experience. cupy their homelands. American, it is a virtual other way to look at the cost ders.” At Yorktown, Americans Who owns the future? guarantee that it will come side is that tens of millions Bartley accepted what had to rely on French Who will decide the fate of at the expense of another of American families are the erasure of America’s muskets and ships to win the West? American — an unseen vic- forced to pay a little bit borders their independence. They The problem of the in- tim. The victims of steel more, maybe $20, for the and an were determined to erect a ternationalists is that the and aluminum tariffs are sugar we use every year. endless in- system that would end our vision they have on offer the companies that use steel You might wonder how flux of for- reliance on Europe for the — a world of free trade, and aluminum. Faced with this consumer rip-off sus- eign peo- necessities of our national open borders and global higher input costs, they be- tains itself. After all, the ples and life and establish new government — are con- come less competitive on people in the sugar industry goods bonds of mutual depen- structs of the mind that do the world market. For ex- are only a tiny percentage would dency — among Ameri- not engage the heart. ample, companies such as of the U.S. population. mean for cans. Men will fight for fami- John Deere may respond to Here’s how it works. It pays Pat his coun- Britain’s folly became ly, faith and country. But higher steel prices by pur- for workers and owners in Buchanan try. manifest in World War I, how many will lay down chasing its parts in the in- the sugar industry to come Said as a self-reliant America their lives for pluralism ternational market rather up with millions of dollars Bartley, “I stayed out, while selling to and diversity? than in the U.S. To become to lobby congressmen to im- think the nation-state is an import-dependent Eng- Who will fight and die more competitive in the pose tariffs and quotas on finished.” land the food, supplies and for the Eurozone and EU? world market, some firms foreign sugar. It means His vision and ideology arms she needed to sur- On Aug. 4, 1914, the anti- may move their production higher profits and higher had a long pedigree. vive but could not pro- militarist German Social facilities to foreign coun- wages. This free-trade, open- duce. Democrats, the oldest and tries that do not have tariffs Also, it’s easy to organize borders cult first flowered America’s own first greatest socialist party in on foreign steel and alumi- the relatively small number in 18th-century Britain. major steps toward free Europe, voted the credits num. Studies by both the of people in the sugar in- The St. Paul of this post- trade, open borders and needed for the Kaiser to Peterson Institute for Inter- dustry. The costs are borne Christian faith was Rich- globalism came with JFK’s wage war on France and national Economics and the by tens of millions of Amer- ard Cobden, who mesmer- Trade Expansion Act and Russia. With the German Consuming Industries icans forced to pay more for ized elites with the gran- LBJ’s Immigration Act of army on the march, the Trade Action Coalition the sugar they use. Even if deur of his vision and the 1965. German socialists were show that steel-using indus- the people knew what the power of his rhetoric. By the end of the Cold Germans first. tries — such as the U.S. politicians are doing, it In Free Trade Hall in War, however, a reaction Patriotism trumps ideol- auto industry, its suppliers wouldn’t be worth the cost Manchester, Jan. 15, 1846, had set in and a great ogy. and manufacturers of heavy of trying to unseat a legisla- the crowd was so immense awakening begun. U.S. In “Present at the Cre- construction equipment — tor whose vote cost them the seats had to be re- trade deficits in goods ation,” Dean Acheson were harmed by tariffs on $20 a year. Politicians know moved. There, Cobden were surging into the hun- wrote of the postwar steel enacted by George W. that they won’t bear a cost thundered: dreds of billions, and world and institutions Bush. from sugar consumers. But “I look farther; I see in more than a million legal born in the years he Politicians love having they would pay a political the Free Trade principle and illegal immigrants served FDR and Truman seen beneficiaries and un- cost from the sugar indus- that which shall act on the were flooding in yearly, in the Department of seen victims. The reason is try if they didn’t vote for moral world as the princi- visibly altering the char- State: The U.N., IMF, quite simple. In the cases of tariffs. So they put it to con- ple of gravitation in the acter of the country. World Bank, Marshall the steel and aluminum in- sumers — but what else is universe — drawing men Americans were coming Plan, and with the split dustries, company execu- new? together, thrusting aside to realize that free trade between East and West, tives will know whom to the antagonisms of race, was gutting the nation’s NATO. give political campaign con- Walter E. Williams is a pro- and creed, and language, manufacturing base, and We are present now at tributions. Workers in those fessor of economics at and uniting us in the open borders meant losing the end of all that. industries will know for George Mason University. bonds of eternal peace.” the country in which they And our transnational whom to cast their votes. Britain converted to this grew up. And on this earth elites have a seemingly in- The people in the steel- and © 2018 CREATORS.COM utopian faith and threw there is no greater loss. soluble problem. open her markets to the The new resistance of To rising millions in the world. Across the Atlantic, Western man to the global- West, the open borders EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES however, another system, ist agenda is now every- and free trade globalism that would be known as where manifest. they cherish and champi- EDITORIALS represent the views of They should be no more than 350 the “American System,” We see it in Trump’s on is not a glorious future the owners of this newspaper. words and sent via e-mail to letters@ had been embraced. hostility to NAFTA, his but an existential threat to The second bill signed tariffs, his border wall. the sovereignty, indepen- COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY theitem.com, dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 36 W. 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The last word ARIES (March LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A youngster SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PETS OF THE WEEK in astrology 21-April 19): will offer insight into a situation you Don’t make a face. Personal relationships are EUGENIA LAST fuss. Do your highlighted. Put your plans into best to protect motion and don’t look back. If you CAN’T ADOPT BUT what you have. Make the changes trust and believe in yourself, you’ll WOULD LIKE TO HELP that are within your means and that improve your life. IN SOME WAY? Sumter appear likely to bring you more in return. A change of pace, location or SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll be Animal Control gladly company will do you good. emotional when it comes to domestic accepts donations of situations. Before you make a change, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you the following: Capstar consider what you will be losing. Let need help, ask. Don’t miss out or fall flea control pills (at Petco things settle before you make short because you’re too stubborn to financial decisions. It’s possible that or Tractor Supply), bleach admit that you can’t do everything on (gallons or spray bottle), your own. Ego and obsessive behavior you or someone close to you is will cost you. Dealings with overreacting. metal food and water institutions and authority figures are SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): bowls in all sizes, towels, discouraged. Handling money may seem easy, and waterless pet shampoo, GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take a deal someone offers you may tempt dog cologne, kibble, on too much. If you focus on what’s you, but do more research before you puppy food, newspapers do anything that can affect your important, you won’t be and leashes and collars. disappointed. You have everything to financial status. Invest in what you gain if you show dedication, loyalty know, not what someone tells you. Tax-deductible donations can be made via Paypal at and the ability to finish what you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Show start. some emotion when dealing with [email protected]. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may sensitive situations and you’ll avoid One hundred percent of want to offer help, but don’t make being labeled as cold and distant. It your donation will be promises you’ll regret. Only do what’s will help to let the people who love used for the animals at reasonable and don’t jeopardize your you see your vulnerability once in a Sumter Animal Control. position, status or financial stability. while. Learn from past mistakes. Move forward with caution. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your thoughts, interests and feelings LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Positive action, with someone you love. Getting TOP: Colton is a young, mid-size boy who has a gentle disposition. He has a beautiful grey coat and amber kindness and good advice will help together with an old friend will be eyes. Colton seems toColton like other is about dogs, as loves perfect spending as can time with the volunteers, and we think he is just you avoid an emotional mishap with revealing and will help you put your about as perfect as can be. This boy deserves a loving, inside home. In return, he will give you his love and someone special. Overreacting will devotion. lead to a falling-out with a friend, life in perspective. Be proud of what relative or loved one. you’ve accomplished. BELOW: Felicia is a little girl, approximately 2 to 3 years old, who is dog-friendly, sweet and attentive. She VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t offer PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be showed up as a stray andFelicia has not is been a sweet, claimed. attentive We are little sure girlthat she is used to living the good life, but as personal information. Someone will afraid to show your true colors. her stray hold is up, she is available for adoption now. Inside only home for this little lady. overreact if you share your opinions. Mimicking what others think will not Stay focused on self-improvement give anyone a sense of who you are or If you would like to meet Colton in kennel 21 or Felicia in kennel 28 at Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Win- and putting in an effort to look and what you are capable of doing. Be kles Road, call the adoption coordinator at (803) 774-3232 or email at [email protected]. We have feel your best. An exercise routine and true to yourself and see what many other adoptable dogs as well as animals who were found and are waiting for their owners to claim healthy diet will help you avoid illness. develops. them. Check Sumter Animal Control on Facebook. SECTIONB WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

PREP BASEBALL PRO GOLF ‘Let’s go be legendary’ Woods looks closer than LMA looks to ever to starting win 3rd straight to win again SCISA 3A BY DOUG FERGUSON baseball title The Associated Press

BY DENNIS BRUNSON PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The [email protected] red shirt didn’t have a collar. His head doesn’t have quite as So what is your selling point much hair. His lower spine has as a high school baseball coach been fused. when you have a team with Everything else about Tiger eight seniors that has won back- Woods is starting to look fa- to-back state championships? miliar. “Our motto this year is For the first time since the ‘Let’s go be legendary,’ “ said late summer of 2013, Woods Laurence Manning Academy worked the fans into a frenzy head coach Barry Hatfield, on the weekend whose team has won consecu- and keep them on tive SCISA 3A state titles. “We their toes right to want to be legendary at a the very end. He school that has traditionally wound up one been strong in baseball.” shot — one putt The Swampcats are off to a — short to Paul 3-0 start as they begin Region Casey in the Val- WOODS II-3A play on Friday on the spar Champion- road against Florence Chris- ship. He broke tian School. Oddly, while LMA par all four rounds and tied has won two straight state ti- for second, the first time he tles, it will be going for its sec- had done either of those since ond straight region title this the start of the FedEx Cup year. Laurence Manning playoffs in August 2013. shared the region crown with All that did was turn atten- Wilson Hall last year after the tion to this week at Bay Hill, Barons won it in 2016. where Woods has won eight Hatfield believes his team times and twice ended long has the right mindset to win victory droughts. three in a row. He won the Arnold Palmer “These kids are all really old Invitational in 2009 for his first school,” Hatfield said. “They victory after reconstructive don’t care about batting aver- knee surgery. He won there ages, things like that. They say, SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO again in 2012 for his first victo- ‘Let’s go win the ball game.’ Laurence Manning Academy junior Andrew Boyd is one of the top starting pitchers for the 2-time ry since the scandal in his per- defending SCISA 3A state champion Swampcats. LMA opens it Region II-3A schedule on Friday at sonal life, followed by various SEE LMA, PAGE B3 Florence Christian School. leg injuries. “It’s going to be good for me to get back,” Woods said. “I’ve had some great memories USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL there.” Casey ended a nine-year drought on the PGA Tour Wilson excels as game’s best amid struggles when he took the lead with three straight birdies on the back nine at Innisbrook, saved BY PETE IACOBELLI par over the last four holes for The Associated Press a 6-under 65 and then settled into a leather sofa in the lock- COLUMBIA — South Carolina for- er room to see if anyone could ward A’ja Wilson is perhaps standing catch him. taller than ever after a season in which A playoff looked imminent and the defending national champions when Patrick Reed tied for the struggled. lead with a birdie on the 14th The 6-foot-5 senior became the first hole and was in the middle of three-time Southeastern Conference the 18th fairway, 133 yards player of the year and set South Caroli- away, for a chance at birdie for na’s career scoring mark while men- the win or a par to force a toring the next group of Gamecocks playoff. and thriving as the best women’s col- And then someone else en- lege basketball player. tered the picture. Wilson, who was the No. 1 high Woods, who opened with a school recruit, is a leading candidate to two-putt birdie to briefly share be named national player of the year. the lead, had gone 15 consecu- “She has embraced her ambassador- tive holes without a birdie and ship,” college basketball analyst Deb- needed to finish birdie-birdie bie Antonelli said. to catch Casey. His tee shot on At some point over the next few weeks, the par-3 17th was long, rolling Wilson’s impressive college journey will out some 45 feet away. end. She and the Gamecocks are seeded THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From the time the ball left No. 2 in the Albany Regional. They’ll South Carolina forward A’ja Wilson celebrates after her team defeated Mississippi State in his club, there was something open Friday night at home against No. 15 the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game on March 4 in Nashville, inevitable about the putt . seed North Carolina A&T. Tennessee. Wilson is a leading candidate to be named national player of the year. Woods posed, waiting for the South Carolina coach Dawn Staley grain in the green to take over, knows the emotions will flow as Wil- impact on you personally and this pro- like that ever,” Staley said. and it did at just the right son’s time in Columbia winds down. gram, you get a little emotional be- time. The ball moved left and “When a player has had that kind of cause you may not get another player SEE USC, PAGE B5 dropped into the cup, setting off more pandemonium. Brandt Snedeker, playing with Woods, just smiled. Casey COLLEGE BASKETBALL even got caught up in the emo- tion that swept over Innis- brook for four days. “I loved his putt on 17. That Grant leads Charleston back from abuse allegations was amazing,” Casey said. “I thought he was going to hole BY PETE IACOBELLI The school was in an ath- the one on 18.” The Associated Press letic crisis on College of Maybe next time. Charleston President Glenn But after a week like this, CHARLESTON — College McConnell’s first day on the next time doesn’t seem all that of Charleston coach Earl job in 2014 as he inherited a far away — not with Bay Hill Grant has brought the Cou- men’s basketball team at the four days away, and the Mas- gars back to prominence center of unwanted national ters a few weeks behind it. after embarrassing abuse headlines. Casey won on the PGA Tour allegations put on stain on “I got baptized real quick,” for the first time since the what had been a well-re- said McConnell, the former Houston Open in 2009, a span spected men’s basketball South Carolina lieutenant of 132 starts, though he had program. governor and longtime state won five around the world The Cougars are back in senator. since. It was the second time the NCAA Tournament for He realized he needed he won a tournament with the first time in 19 years, more than a coach versed in Woods in the field. The other and for the first time since Xs and Os and sought a man occasion was in 2006 at the Doug Wojcik was fired amid of character and integrity HSBC World Match Play at allegations of verbal abuse who would restore faith Wentworth, when Casey wore of players, their families among supporters, players THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a red shirt Sunday. Woods had and staffers. Three of and recruits. College of Charleston’s Joe Chealey, right, shows his emotions been eliminated at the start of Charleston’s nine under- McConnell’s search led after the Cougars defeated Northeastern 83-76 in overtime to win the week. classmen on that 2014 team the Colonial Athletic Association tournament at the North Charles- left the program. SEE RISE, PAGE B4 ton Coliseum on March 6. SEE WOODS, PAGE B3 B2 | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

PRO FOOTBALL Quarterback calls: Brees stays with Saints, Keenum to Denver

Drew Brees is staying put in sign with the Vikings, but Mc- sions told the AP. The Chiefs the Big Easy. Case Keenum is Cartney said no decision has have needed to pair a playmak- headed to the Rocky Moun- been made yet by his client. ing wideout with Tyreek Hill. tains. The Jets and Cardinals also Watkins, the 2014 fourth over- Kirk Cousins? His first visit make sense as fits for the all pick of the Bills, spent last as a free agent will be to Min- 29-year-old who played con- season with the Rams, where nesota, with the Vikings long secutive seasons for Washing- he caught 39 passes for 593 considered a natural landing ton on franchise tags. New yards and eight touchdowns. spot for one of the most valu- York also has shown interest • Receiver Albert Wilson is able quarterbacks. in Vikings QB Teddy Bridge- closing in on a $24 million, One day before the league’s water and Arizona has done three-year deal with the Dol- new year begins, quarter- the same with Minnesota’s phins. Miami traded top re- backs are again stealing the Sam Bradford. ceiver Jarvis Landry to Cleve- spotlight, starting with Brees. In other moves: land and has a need. They The Saints star has agreed • Super Bowl champion also are near an agreement to a two-year, $50 million ex- Philadelphia lost two tight with Patriots receiver Danny tension with New Orleans, ends, cutting veteran Brent Amendola with $27 million guaranteed THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Celek, then saw Trey Burton The Dolphins also cut line- the first year, two people fa- Minnesota quarterback Case Keenum throws during the first half of agree to a four-year, $32 mil- backer Lawrence Timmons miliar with the contract told the NFC championship game against the Eagles in Philadelphia in lion contract with Chicago. after just one season with The Associated Press. They January. Keenum plans to sign with Denver when free agency opens The Bears also will be signing them. Timmons went AWOL spoke on condition of ano- today, ESPN reported on Tuesday. Jacksonville receiver Allen on the eve of last year’s open- nymity Tuesday because the Robinson on Wednesday and er, was briefly suspended and agreement has not been an- and the Saints ranked second Brock Osweiler and Paxton placekicker Cody Parkey. played poorly when he re- nounced. in the NFL in total offense. Lynch and go for Keenum, who • Buffalo bolstered its interi- turned. He signed a $12 mil- Brees is 39 and wants to fin- Keenum, a backup when the can’t sign until Wednesday. or defensive line, agreeing to lion, two-year contract in 2017 ish his career in New Orleans, season began, guided Minne- Six years ago, GM John a deal with Carolina tackle after 10 seasons with the Pitts- where he has played since sota to the NFC North title Elway landed Peyton Man- Star Lotulelei and re-signing burgh Steelers. His departure 2006, won a Super Bowl and and then into the conference ning, the biggest free-agent Kyle Williams, who contem- clears $5.5 million in cap led what has been one of the championship game. He’ll prize in NFL history, follow- plated retirement. space for Miami. most productive offenses in cash in with the Broncos. ing his release by the Colts • Kansas City will add wide • Jacksonville linebacker the NFL since he and coach The 30-year-old Keenum is and a series of neck fusion receiver Sammy Watkins and Paul Posluszny, 33, the sec- Sean Payton arrived. considered the second-best surgeries. Manning guided middle linebacker Anthony ond-leading tackler in fran- “I’ll be here as long as QB available in free agency. the Broncos to two Super Hitchens, filling two glaring chise history, retired after 11 they’ll have me,” Brees said He went 11-3 with 3,547 yards Bowls and won the 2015 NFL needs. seasons. Posluszny started his after last season ended. passing, 22 touchdowns and championship. Now, Elway The 24-year-old Watkins in- career in Buffalo before play- In 2017, Brees completed an seven interceptions. His last- hopes another free agent will tends to sign a $48 million, ing the final seven years in NFL-record 72 percent of his second throw to Stefon Diggs replicate Manning. three-year contract with $30 Jacksonville. He led the Jag- passes for 4,334 yards and 23 stunned the Saints 29-24 in the Cousins will visit with the million in guarantees, while uars in tackles five times. His touchdowns against eight in- playoffs. Vikings on Wednesday, agent the 25-year-old Hitchens 973 stops trail only Daryl terceptions. He ranked fourth Denver chose to bypass in- Mike McCartney said. ESPN agreed to a five-year deal, two Smith (1,089) in Jacksonville’s in the NFL in yards passing cumbents Trevor Siemian, reported that Cousins will people familiar with their deci- record book.

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TV, RADIO Cleveland at Portland, 10 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE FRIDAY Central Division TODAY Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA USC Sumter 6 a.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Texas vs. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Nashville 68 44 14 10 98 222 173 Milwaukee from Phoenix (MLB NETWORK). Dallas at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg 69 41 18 10 92 229 182 9 a.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Seattle vs. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Minnesota 69 39 23 7 85 216 198 Colorado (MLB NETWORK). Miami at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Dallas 69 38 25 6 82 198 180 12:50 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Colorado 68 36 24 8 80 215 202 softball splits League Round-of-16 Second Leg Match — Bayern St. Louis 69 37 27 5 79 191 182 Munich vs. Besiktas (FOX SPORTS 2). Chicago 70 30 32 8 68 199 207 1 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: New York MLB SPRING TRAINING Yankees vs. Baltimore from Sarasota, Fla. (MLB Pacific Division NETWORK). AMERICAN LEAGUE GP W L OT Pts GF GA in tournament 2 p.m. — Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Women’s Quarterfinal Matches and Men’s Round-of-16 W L Pct. Vegas 69 45 19 5 95 235 187 San Jose 69 37 23 9 83 203 189 Matches from Indian Wells, Calif. (TENNIS). Houston 13 5 0.722 Los Angeles 69 38 26 5 81 200 173 MYRTLE BEACH — The 3:30 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions New York 11 6 0.647 Anaheim 70 34 24 12 80 195 193 League Round-of-16 Second Leg Match — Chelsea vs. Cleveland 11 7 0.611 University of South Carolina Calgary 70 34 26 10 78 197 206 FC Barcelona (FOX SPORTS 2). Baltimore 11 8 0.579 Edmonton 68 30 34 4 64 193 221 Sumter softball team split its 4 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Cincinnati Minnesota 9 7 0.563 Vancouver 70 25 36 9 59 183 228 vs. Arizona (MLB NETWORK). Oakland 8 7 0.533 two games in the Softball Arizona 68 22 35 11 55 163 219 4 p.m. — College Baseball: Harvard at South Carolina Boston 9 8 0.529 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime Spring Training tournament (WNKT-FM 107.5). Chicago 9 8 0.529 loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, Toronto 9 10 0.474 on Tuesday at The Ripken Ex- cards per conference advance to playoffs. WDXY-AM 1240). Kansas City 8 9 0.471 perience Myrtle Beach. 7 p.m. — College Softball: Indiana at Kentucky (SEC Los Angeles 9 11 0.450 TUESDAY NETWORK). Detroit 7 10 0.412 The Fire Ants, 8-6 on the Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. — College Baseball: Texas Southern at Tampa Bay 7 10 0.412 Dallas at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. season, defeated John Wood Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Seattle 6 11 0.353 Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Washington at Boston (ESPN). Texas 6 11 0.353 Community College 5-4 and 8 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Tampa Bay Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m. vs. Pittsburgh from Bradenton, Fla. (MLB NETWORK). NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. lost to Monroe College 7-2. Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m. 8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at New York Rangers W L Pct. In the victory, Hannah Betten- (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Los Angeles at Arizona, 10 p.m. Chicago 11 4 0.733 court picked up the win in the 8 p.m. — Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open TODAY Women’s Quarterfinal Matches and Men’s Round-of-16 Milwaukee 11 6 0.647 Dallas at Toronto, 7 p.m. circle. She gave up all four runs Matches from Indian Wells, Calif. (TENNIS). Miami 10 6 0.625 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. 10 p.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: Colorado San Francisco 10 7 0.588 and all four were unearned. She San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB NETWORK). Los Angeles 10 8 0.556 New Jersey at Vegas, 10 p.m. allowed six hits, walked three 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Arizona 9 9 0.500 Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Golden State (ESPN). St. Louis 8 8 0.500 and struck out two. 2 a.m. — Major League Exhibition Baseball: San San Diego 8 8 0.500 THURSDAY Jayla Cowell had two hits, Francisco vs. Seattle from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB Washington 8 8 0.500 Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. NETWORK). Atlanta 8 10 0.444 including a double, scored a Philadelphia 8 11 0.421 Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Colorado 7 10 0.412 Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m. run and drove in a run. Alexis Pittsburgh 6 10 0.375 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Lyles had a double and scored NBA STANDINGS Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati 6 13 0.316 a run, while Brooke Ward had EASTERN CONFERENCE New York 5 12 0.294 Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. a hit and two RBI. Atlantic Division TUESDAY Detroit at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. In the loss, USCS had just W L Pct GB Baltimore 7, Minnesota 5 Nashville at Arizona, 10 p.m. Detroit 2, N.Y. Yankees 2 four hits, all singles. Hailey x-Toronto 49 17 .742 — St. Louis 11, Miami 4 FRIDAY x-Boston 46 21 .687 3½ Philadelphia 6, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Carter had a hit and an RBI, Philadelphia 36 29 .554 12½ Toronto 13, Atlanta 6 Dallas at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Bettencourt and Laurel Shaw New York 24 43 .358 25½ Houston 6, N.Y. Mets (ss) 1 Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Brooklyn 21 46 .313 28½ Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m. had a hit and a run and Cowell Southeast Division Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. had an RBI. Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10 Minnesota at Vegas, 10:30 p.m. W L Pct GB p.m. TEAM PERSEVERANCE TO Washington 38 29 .567 — Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. HOLD WOMEN’S TRYOUT Miami 36 32 .529 2½ N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., COLLEGE BASKETBALL Charlotte 29 38 .433 9 7:05 p.m. Orlando 20 47 .299 18 San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT Atlanta 20 47 .299 18 10:05 p.m. Team Perseverance Athletics FIRST ROUND will hold a women’s semipro Central Division TODAY W L Pct GB Tuesday, March 13 basketball tryout on Saturday, Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Wagner (23-9) at Baylor (18-14), 7 p.m. Indiana 39 28 .582 — N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Northern Kentucky (22-9) at Louisville (20-13), 7 p.m. March 24, at the Sumter Fami- Cleveland 38 28 .576 ½ N.Y. Yankees vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Vermont (27-7) at Middle Tennessee (24-7), 8 p.m. ly YMCA beginning at 1 p.m. Milwaukee 36 31 .537 3 Philadelphia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston College (19-15) at Western Kentucky (24-10), 8 p.m. Detroit 30 36 .455 8½ St. Louis vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 Florida Gulf Coast (23-11) at Oklahoma State (19-14), 9 Interested players can regis- Chicago 23 43 .348 15½ p.m. p.m. ter at Eventbrite by searching WESTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Hampton (19-15) at Notre Dame (20-14), 9 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 Rider (22-9) at Oregon (22-12), 10 p.m. 2018 Lady Panther Tryouts. Southwest Division p.m. SE Louisiana (22-11) at Saint Mary’s (28-5), 10 p.m. For more information, con- W L Pct GB Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. UNC Asheville (21-12) at Southern Cal (23-11), 11 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 tact coach Junko Allen at x-Houston 53 14 .791 — Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. Harvard (18-13) at Marquette (19-13), 7 p.m. New Orleans 38 28 .576 14½ San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 9:40 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette (27-6) at LSU (17-14), 7 p.m. (803) 795-5513 or by email at San Antonio 37 30 .552 16 Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Temple (17-15) at Penn State (21-13), 8 p.m. coachj_perseverance@hot- Dallas 21 46 .313 32 THURSDAY Nebraska (22-10) at Mississippi State (22-11), 9 p.m. Memphis 18 49 .269 35 UC Davis (22-10) at Utah (19-11), 9 p.m. mail.com. Northwest Division Baltimore vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. BYU (24-10) at Stanford (18-15), 10 p.m. WOODS, ELS TO CAPTAIN Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boise State (23-8) at Washington (20-12), 10 p.m. W L Pct GB Houston vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 AUSTRALIA PRESIDENTS CUP Portland 41 26 .612 — p.m. SECOND ROUND Oklahoma City 40 29 .580 2 Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 March 16-19 Minnesota 39 29 .574 2½ p.m. Hampton-Notre Dame winner vs. Temple-Penn State Tiger Woods and Ernie Els Denver 37 30 .552 4 Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. winner, TBA will duel in the Presidents Cup Utah 37 30 .552 4 Toronto vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Rider-Oregon winner vs. Harvard-Marquette winner, Pacific Division Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. TBA again, this time as captains. Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Wagner-Baylor winner vs. Nebraska-Mississippi State Two people involved in the W L Pct GB Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. winner, TBA x-Golden State 51 16 .761 — Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 Vermont-Middle Tennessee winner vs. Northern Presidents Cup tell The Asso- L.A. Clippers 36 29 .554 14 p.m. Kentucky-Louisville winner, TBA ciated Press that Woods and L.A. Lakers 30 36 .455 20½ Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. UNC Asheville-Southern Cal winner vs. Boston College- Sacramento 21 47 .309 30½ L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 Western Kentucky winner, TBA Els have agreed to be captains Phoenix 19 49 .279 32½ p.m. BYU-Stanford winner vs. Florida Gulf Coast-Oklahoma for the 2019 matches in Mel- x-clinched playoff spot Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., State winner, TBA 9:10 p.m. TUESDAY SE Louisiana-Saint Mary’s winner vs. Boise State- bourne. They spoke on condi- San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 9:40 p.m. Washington winner, TBA tion of anonymity because it Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Seattle vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette--LSU winner vs. UC Davis-Utah Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m. winner, TBA has not been announced. Dallas at New York, 7:30 p.m. NHL STANDINGS Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. QUARTERFINALS Woods and Els are expected EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. March 20-21 to be introduced as captains Charlotte at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Atlantic Division Hampton-Notre Dame-Temple-Penn State winner vs. Tuesday at the Arnold Palmer L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 8 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Rider-Oregon-Harvard-Marquette winner, TBA Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Wagner-Baylor-Nebraska-Mississippi State winner vs. Invitational. Detroit at Utah, 9 p.m. Tampa Bay 69 48 17 4 100 253 191 Vermont-Middle Tennessee-Northern Kentucky- Cleveland at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Boston 67 43 16 8 94 226 172 Louisville winner, TBA They produced the biggest Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Toronto 69 40 22 7 87 228 197 UNC Asheville-Southern Cal-Boston College-Western moment at the Presidents Cup Florida 67 34 26 7 75 205 212 Kentucky winner vs. BYU-Stanford-Florida Gulf Coast- TODAY Detroit 69 26 32 11 63 180 211 Oklahoma State winner, TBA in 2003 in South Africa when Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m. Montreal 69 25 32 12 62 175 219 SE Louisiana-Saint Mary’s-Boise State-Washington they were picked for a sudden- Washington at Boston, 8 p.m. Ottawa 68 24 33 11 59 186 236 winner vs. Louisiana-Lafayette--LSU-UC Davis-Utah Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Buffalo 69 22 35 12 56 165 224 winner, TBA death playoff. They went three L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Metropolitan Division SEMIFINALS holes at Fancourt until it was THURSDAY GP W L OT Pts GF GA At Madison Square Garden, New York too dark to continue, and cap- Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington 69 39 23 7 85 209 202 Tuesday, March 27 tains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 70 40 26 4 84 229 211 Game 1, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia 70 35 24 11 81 205 205 Game 2, 9:30 p.m. Player agreed the event would Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m. Columbus 70 37 28 5 79 193 195 L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8 p.m. New Jersey 69 35 26 8 78 204 208 CHAMPIONSHIP end in a tie. New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Carolina 69 30 28 11 71 184 212 Thursday, March 29 Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. N.Y. Islanders 69 30 29 10 70 222 245 Semifinal winners, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 70 31 32 7 69 201 224 From staff and wire reports. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 | B3

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Woods signed for his 70 long time,” Casey said. and worked his way through There might be a chance, the crowd of camera crews which is remarkable consider- and officials to seek out ing the most recent timeline. Casey. Woods won by seven shots at “It’s the only time he’s Firestone in the Bridgestone congratulated me immedi- Invitational in early August ately after a victory,” Casey 2013 for his 79th career victo- said. “Normally, it’s the ry on the PGA Tour and still other way around. That’s his last one. something special. Just real- Back problems first began ly cool. I’m sure he was dis- to surface a week later. The appointed he didn’t get the following year, he missed the victory. I actually thought he Masters after back surgery was going to win today be- and returned too soon on a fore the round started. I couple of occasions. Another thought it was just teed up back surgery followed in Sep- beautifully for him. I said a tember 2015, then another a couple times, ‘If I don’t win month later. He returned after this thing, I actually want 15 months and lasted two Tiger to win it.’ starts before he had fusion “I’m glad it’s this way.” surgery. Casey, a 40-year-old from Woods still didn’t know England, is among the players what his future held at the from the previous generation Presidents Cup last October. who want to see Woods at his Then, on Oct. 7, he posted a best again. Interest spikes, as video of him hitting an iron . record crowds and a big boost Eight days later, another in TV ratings indicated. The video showed him hitting a energy makes a sleepy tour- driver. Another eight days nament feel just short of a passed, and he was hitting a major. stinger. They remember the domi- What really gets attention nance. The young kids don’t. are the results. He still hasn’t THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “I just want the young guys won. By all accounts, he’s get- Tiger Woods plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Valspar Championship golf to see what we saw for such a ting closer. tournament Sunday in Palm Harbor, Florida. He finished in a tie for second, one stroke behind Paul Casey.

LOCAL PREP SCHEDULE

TODAY East Clarendon at Dillon, 5 p.m. VARSITY BOYS TENNIS VARSITY BASEBALL West Florence at Sumter, 5 p.m. Sumter at River Bluff, 6:30 p.m. Oceanside at Manning, 5 p.m. Manning at Lakewood, 6 p.m. North Central at Lee Central, 6 p.m. VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL East Clarendon, Thomas Sumter at Crestwood, 5 p.m. Lee Central at Andrew Jackson High, 5 p.m. Crestwood at Timberland, 6:30 p.m. Lakewood at Lake City, 6 p.m. MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD B TEAM BASEBALL Thomas Sumter, Robert E. Lee at Wilson Hall, 3:45 p.m. Gilbert at Sumter, 6 p.m. JV BOYS SOCCER FRIDAY Wilson Hall at Pee Dee, 5 p.m. VARSITY BASEBALL Varsity Softball Sumter at West Florence, 6:30 p.m. Lee Central at North Central, 5:30 p.m. Hartsville at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO VARSITY AND JV SOFTBALL Manning at Lake Marion, 6 p.m. Laurence Manning centerfielder Morgan Morris is batting third for the Laurence Manning at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Lee Central at Central (DH), 5:30 p.m. Hannah-Pamplico at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m. 2-time defending SCISA 3A state champion Swampcats. LMA opens its JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL region schedule on Friday at Florence Christian School. Lake City at East Clarendon, 5 p.m. VARSITY AND JV BASEBALL Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. VARSITY BOYS TENNIS Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. LMA Hanahan at Manning, 5 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4 p.m. FROM PAGE B1 VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD B TEAM BASEBALL East Clarendon, Scott’s Branch at Manning, 5 p.m. East Clarendon at South Florence (DH), 5 p.m. “We’ve got a very veteran Osteen and junior Andrew Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 3:45 p.m. Wilson Hall at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. group. They won their first Boyd, a verbal commitment VARSITY BOYS SOCCER state title as 10th-graders, so to Radford University of the THURSDAY Lakewood at Darlington, 7:30 p.m. that makes it easy to coach Big South Conference. VARSITY BASEBALL First Baptist at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m. them. They know the expec- “They are like 1 and 1A,” Carolina Academy at Thomas Sumter, 6:30 p.m. VARSITY AND JV BOYS SOCCER tations, and they know how Coach Hatfield said of Clarendon Hall at Scott’s Branch, 4:30 p.m. West Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m. to do things the right way.” Osteen and Boyd. “Both have VARSITY AND JV BASEBALL VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER Lakewood at Darlington, 6 p.m. Three-fourths of the infield won games for us in the state Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. is made up of 3-year senior championship series and JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL VARSITY AND JV GIRLS SOCCER Sumter at West Florence, 6 p.m. starters. Brent Jordan starts both are outstanding pitch- Sumter at Manning, 5:30 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 6 p.m. VARSITY SOFTBALL at first base, Dawson Hatfield ers.” East Clarendon at Lamar, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Central (DH), 5:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Hammond, 6:30 p.m. at second and Taylor Lee is Jake Jordan is the closer. Hannah-Pamplico at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m. the shortstop. Others who will be seeing B TEAM BASEBALL Williamsburg at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. The two playing third base time on the mound are Page, East Clarendon at Sumter, 6 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 6 p.m. are seniors as well, Braydon Morris, Seth Stamps, Nettles, Laurence Manning at Hammond, 4:15 p.m. VARSITY AND JV SOFTBALL Carolina Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Osteen and Riley Nettles. Chase Lee, J.T. Stanley and Sumter at West Florence, 5:30 p.m. VARSITY BOYS GOLF Lakewood at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m. Osteen moved to third from Dawson Hatfield. Manning at Sumter JV (at Beech Creek Golf Club), 4:30 Manning at Lake Marion, 5:30 p.m. right field. If Nettles isn’t “We’ve got a lot of kids p.m. Wilson Hall at Williamsburg, 5 p.m. playing third, he is the desig- who can come in and fill dif- Laurence Manning at Calhoun Academy, 3:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. nated hitter. ferent roles,” Coach Hatfield Wilson Hall at Carolina Academy, 4 p.m. The two sharing time at said. VARSITY BOYS SOCCER SATURDAY catcher are also seniors, Dal- Taylor Lee is at the top of Bishop England at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m. VARSITY BASEBALL ton Page and Tripp Prosser. the batting order followed by Darlington at Manning, 1 p.m. VARSITY AND JV BOYS SOCCER The other senior is center- Osteen, Morris, Nettles, Jake JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m. fielder Morgan Morris. Jordan, Brent Jordan and Porter-Gaud at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Sumter, Lakewood in Midlands Classic Tourney (in Lu- Flanking Morris in the Dawson Hatfield. Who is in goff), TBA VARSITY SOFTBALL VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD outfield are Jake Jordan in the 8 hole depends on the de- Lakewood at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 6 p.m. left and Brewer Brunson in fensive alignment and could Carolina Academy at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m. Lakewood in Trojan Relays (at Northwestern High in Rock Hill, 10 a.m. right. be Boyd, Page or Prosser. VARSITY AND JV SOFTBALL The Swampcats’ two main The speedy Brunson bats Crestwood at Sumter, 5:30 p.m. starters on the mound are ninth.

AREA ROUNDUP Palmetto Farm Supply Cadena hat-trick lifts Lakewood OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 8AM - 6PM girls soccer over Eau Claire Full Service FROM STAFF REPORTS VARSITY SOCCER Pet Grooming LAKEWOOD 6 Emily Cadena scored three goals to help Lake- EAU CLAIRE 1 wood High School’s varsity girls soccer team re- On Site! main undefeated with a 5-0 victory over Eau Charles Olden scored three goals to help Claire on Monday at J. Frank Baker Stadium. Lakewood to a 6-1 victory over Eau Claire on Itzel Ramirez and Sydney Gonzales each Monday at J. Frank Baker Stadium. scored a goal for the Lady Gators, who im- Phillip Cadena and Tanner Newman each proved to 4-0 on the season. had a goal and an assist for the Gators, who improved to 4-1. Kenny Jones had two assists SOUTHERN STATES BOYS and Tyler Carraher scored a goal. LMA TO HOLD BASEBALL CAMP ON SATURDAY Black Oil JV BASEBALL The Laurence Manning Academy Baseball Sunflower Seed CLARENDON HALL 18 Camp will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 ANDREW JACKSON 1 p.m. at LMA’s Tucker Belangia Diamond. EHRHARDT — Josh Kennard threw a com- The 1-day camp is open to boys in grades 1-6. plete game no-hitter as Clarendon hall picked The cost is $10 per camper. $17.99 up an 18-1 victory over Andrew Jackson Acad- The camp will be conducted by the Laurence emy on Friday at the AJA field. Manning coaching staff and varsity players. All Kennard struck out 12 batters for the Saints, proceeds will go directly to the LMA baseball 40 Lb. Bag who improved to 4-0. program. Hunter Richbourg led the offense, going Money will be taken on the day of the camp 3-for-3 with three runs batted in. Brantley with checks made out to Laurence Manning 335 Broad Street • Sumter, SC Hodge had three hits, while Kylic Horton was Academy. They are to be given to head coach 803-775-1204 2-for-3 with three RBI. Barry Hatfield. B4 | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

COLLEGE BASKETBALL NBA put on hold at Virginia as Cavs’ upperclassmen thrive

BY HANK KURZ JR. school. The Associated Press “There are certain programs that are upperclassmen programs where CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Vir- the guys improve. Unless you can re- ginia men’s basketball coach Tony cruit all the top 10, top 20 players, Bennett has built the Cavaliers into you need guys ... that will be patient, one of the nation’s elite programs. see a little success and get better and The Cavaliers are enjoying argu- better,” Bennett said, listing ably the most successful stretch in Brogdon, Harris, Perrantes, Mike school history. Their No. 1 ranking Tobey and Devon Hall as examples. is the program’s first since the The Cavaliers’ outright Atlantic Ralph Sampson era ended 35 years Coast Conference title this season ago. was their third in five years, some- They are also the top overall seed thing even Sampson, a three-time na- in the NCAA Tournament and have tional player of the year, didn’t won 30 or more games three of the achieve. They rolled through the last five years. ACC’s regular season, including vic- Virginia’s style of play receives the tories at home against North Caroli- majority of headlines — the Cavaliers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS na and on the road at Duke — Vir- are essentially a slow-down team, Virginia forward Isaiah Wilkins (21) pulls down a rebound between North Carolina for- ginia’s first win in Durham in 23 committed to the idea that they can ward Theo Pinson (1), guard Kenny Williams (24) and forward Luke Maye (32) during the years. Then they captured the ACC not only find a high-percentage shot second half of the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament champion- Tournament title in New York , fin- before the shot clock runs out, but pre- ship game on Saturday in New York. Virginia won 71-63. ishing 20-1 against league competi- vent less-disciplined teams from doing tion. so. Their Pack-Line defense has rou- works so well is Bennett’s roster usu- Bennett, the 2018 ACC coach of the Bennett, who is 219-85 in nine tinely been ranked among the most ef- ally features upperclassmen with year, has been able to find — and re- seasons at Virginia, credits experi- fective in the nation. NBA talent, from Joe Harris to Mal- cruit — players committed to not only ence with making that success pos- One of the main reasons the system colm Brogdon to London Perrantes. buying into his system, but staying in sible.

RISE pearances from 1994-99. Meeting Grant went a long He said one of his main rea- COLLEGE TOURNAMENT FROM PAGE B1 While Charleston had way toward changing his mind. sons for accepting was know- come close since then — the Still, Grant had his work ing his signature sport TV SCHEDULE him to Grant, then a 37-year- Cougars played for a confer- cut out for him. The ace re- (Charleston has no football old assistant who had grown ence tournament title six cruiter who fueled winning team) was in strong hands TODAY up in nearby North Charles- times between 2000 and 2017, teams for Gregg Marshall at with Grant. NCAA ton yet had never been a col- losing each time — its repu- Winthrop and Wichita State, “His mantra is speak the FIRST FOUR lege head coach. tation as a mid-major power and for Brad Brownell at truth,” Roberts said. “There’s TRUTV “For me, it was what the was tarnished by the Wojcik Clemson, had never run a transparency and there’s mu- 6:30 p.m. – North Carolina Central vs. Texas Southern players were expecting,” said affair. program of his own. tual respect. Student athletes 9 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Syracuse McConnell, who is retiring The school eventually set- The Cougars only won nine reciprocate that.” NIT this summer. “They wanted to tled a contract dispute with games his first season, which Chealey, whose career will have a good experience at the Wojcik , who denied an allega- Grant and the players say was end in the NCAA spotlight in- FIRST ROUND ESPN2 College of Charleston. How tion in the school’s investiga- as much about restoring trust stead of where it began five 7 p.m. – Harvard at Marquette were they going to get that tion of using a homophobic as winning games. Two years years ago, agrees. 9 p.m. – Nebraska at Mississippi State and what type of person slur. Wojcik apologized to later in 2017, Charleston was “I’ve said this to a lot of ESPNU would give it to them.” those he hurt. 25-10 and played in the NIT people,” Chealey said. “The 8 p.m. – Temple at Penn State 10 p.m. – Brigham Young vs. Stan- Four years later, McConnell Grant understood he need- after losing the CAA finals to best thing that happened to ford is celebrating as the Cougars ed to form quick bonds with UNC Wilmington. the College of Charleston was return to the NCAA tourney, players stung by Wojcik. The team took the next step hiring Earl Grant.” due in large part to coach The new coach spent almost in the journey with their con- Grant’s hiring and efforts to re- a half hour on the phone with ference tournament win, said build and restore the program. players and their families Kresse, the one-time right- Charleston, seeded 13th, after accepting the job. hand man to St. John’s coach will play Southeastern Con- “I didn’t want to use the Lou Carnesecca who became Keeping KatieSumter Altman, Water Resources Beautiful Extension Agent ference regular-season cham- word healing with them,” Charleston’s all-time leader in pion Auburn (25-7) on Friday Grant says. “When I told them victories. Step up to the challenge! in San Diego as a first-round it was a bond, I wanted it to be Kresse led the cheers at the it safer for our citizens and our game in the Midwest Region- a unique bond.” I’m not from Sumter, originally, native wildlife. tournament finals and That is why the Sumter Litter al. Fifth-year senior Joe Cheal- but I’ve come to love this place and watched with pride as the the people who live here. Our Alliance is challenging Sumter resi- The Cougars won the Colo- ey, who scored 32 points in the Cougars cut down the nets. community is surrounded by a dents to show their community nial Athletic Association title game, played his fresh- “I’m the number one fan of wealth of beautiful natural settings, pride by participating in a Garbage championship on Tuesday man season for Wojcik and, Earl Grant,” said Kresse, who from Poinsett State Park to Swan Crawl: Community Clean Up night, erasing a 17-point defi- like several players, consid- won 560 games in 23 seasons Lake Iris Gardens and many hid- Challenge on Saturday, March 24th cit in the second half to defeat ered going elsewhere no mat- at Charleston. “He’s rebuilt den gems in between. 8:30-11:30, starting behind the Northeastern in overtime, 83- ter who Charleston hired. the program brick by brick.” Unfortunately, Sumter has fallen USC Sumter Nettles Building. Sign 76. It’s Charleston’s first trip “Didn’t have a coach. Didn’t Charleston athletic director victim to a nationwide problem up at www.SumterChamber.com the NCAAs since John Kresse know what was going on,” he Matt Roberts took over the de- that reduces property values, and join me and other folks all led the Cougars to four ap- said. partment in the fall of 2016. detracts from the beauty of our around Sumter to pick up litter city, and gives visitors the impres- with gloves, safety vests, trash bags, sion that we lack community pride: and hand sanitizer provided free. litter. Litter has become a problem Bring your friends, family, neigh- everywhere and nobody likes to bors, coworkers, church group, NCAA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT see the streets and highways of civic organization, or come alone. Every set of hands gets us one step FIRST FOUR Purdue-Cal State Fuller- At PPG Paints Arena Michigan (28-7) vs. Mon- their community littered with gar- At UD Arena ton_Arkansas-Butler win- Pittsburgh tana (26-7), 9:50 p.m. bage. So what do we do about it? closer to cleaning up Sumter. Dayton, Ohio ner vs. Texas Tech-Ste- Rhode Island (25-7) vs. At Taco Bell Arena The Sumter Litter Alliance is a All participants will be treated to Tuesday, March 13 phen F. Austin_Florida-St. Oklahoma (18-13), 12:15 Boise, Idaho group of concerned citizens who a post-clean up picnic where prizes LIU Brooklyn (18-16) vs. Bonaventure-UCLA winner p.m. Gonzaga (30-4) vs. UNC Radford (22-12), 6:40 p.m. Regional Championship Duke (26-7) vs. Iona (20- Greensboro (27-7), 1:30 are working with lawmakers, law will also be given out! St. Bonaventure (25-7) vs. Sunday, March 25 13), 2:45 p.m. p.m. enforcement, other government You or your group can also UCLA (21-11), 9:10 p.m. Semifinal winners At INTRUST Bank Arena Ohio State (24-8) vs. South Adopt-A-Highway by contacting Wednesday, March 14 Wichita, Kan. Dakota State (28-6), 4 p.m. agencies, and local citizens to try to N.C. Central (19-15) vs. SOUTH REGIONAL Kansas (27-7) vs. Pennsyl- Friday, March 16 solve Sumter’s litter problem. Paula Cearley at 803-778-5466 or Texas Southern (15-19), First Round vania (24-8), 2 p.m. At Spectrum Center While stricter laws and better [email protected]. In recogni- 6:40 p.m. Thursday, March 15 Seton Hall (21-11) vs. N.C. Charlotte, N.C. enforcement can help the problem, tion of your commitment to keep Arizona State (20-11) vs. At American Airlines Center State (21-11), 4:30 p.m. Texas A&M (20-12) vs. Syracuse (20-13), 9:10 p.m. Dallas Friday, March 16 Providence (21-13), 12:15 there will always be people who lit- that stretch of road clean, a sign Tennessee (25-8) vs. At Little Caesars Arena p.m. ter. Like it or not, the work to clean will be put out with your group’s EAST REGIONAL Wright State (25-9), 12:40 Detroit North Carolina (25-10) vs. name. First Round p.m. Michigan State (29-4) vs. Lipscomb (23-9), 2:45 p.m. up Sumter’s streets must fall to us, Thursday, March 15 Miami (22-9) vs. Loyola of Bucknell (25-9), 7:10 p.m. At Bridgestone Arena the citizens of Sumter. Of course, So mark you calendar for At PPG Paints Arena Chicago (28-5), 3:10 p.m. TCU (21-11) vs. Arizona Nashville, Tenn. nobody wants to pick up other Saturday, March 24th when resi- Pittsburgh At Taco Bell Arena State-Syracuse winner, Xavier (28-5) vs. N.C. Cen- dents all over Sumter will join Villanova (30-4) vs. LIU Boise, Idaho 9:40 p.m. tral-Texas Southern win- people’s trash but the benefits far Brooklyn-Radford winner, Kentucky (24-10) vs. Da- At Viejas Arena ner, 7:20 p.m. exceed the cost. Being involved together in an effort to clean up 6:50 p.m. vidson (21-11), 7:10 p.m. San Diego Missouri (20-12) vs. Flori- with community clean ups will let our community! 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2018 First Round WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT First Round March 16-17 Second Round Second Round March 16-17 March 18-19 Sweet 16 Sweet 16 March 18-19

1 UConn (32-0) March 23-24 March 23-24 1 Mississippi St. (32-1) Starkville, Miss. Sat., 11 a.m. Sat., 6 p.m. 16 Saint Francis (Pa.) (24-9) 16 Nicholls St. (19-13) Mar. 19 Mar. 19 8 Miami (21-10) Elite 8 Elite 8 8 Syracuse (22-8) Sat., 1:30 p.m. March 25-26 March 25-26 Sat., 3:30 p.m. Storrs, Conn. 9 Quinnipiac (27-5) 9 Oklahoma St. (20-10) Mar. 24 Mar. 23 5 Duke (22-8) 5 Maryland (25-7)

Sat., 11 a.m. Louisville, Ky. Fri., Noon Los Angeles Raleigh, N.C. 12 Belmont (31-3) 12 Princeton (24-5) Final Four Mar. 19 Mar. 18 4 Georgia (25-6) Columbus, Ohio 4 NC State (24-8) Sat., 1:30 p.m. Fri., 2:30 p.m. Athens, Ga. March 30 13 Mercer (30-2) 13 Elon (25-7) Albany, Kansas City, 6 South Florida (26-7) N.Y. Mo. 6 Iowa (24-7) Sat., 1:30 p.m. Sat., 6 p.m. Mar. 26 Mar. 25 11 Buffalo (27-5) 11 Creighton (18-12) 3 Florida State (25-6) Mar. 19 Mar. 19 3 UCLA (24-7) Sat., 11 a.m. Sat., 3:30 p.m.

Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, 14 Little Rock (23-9) 14 American (26-6)

7 California (21-10) Mar. 24 Mar. 23 7 Arizona State (21-12) Fri., 5 p.m. Sat., 3:30 p.m. Austin, Texas 10 Virginia (18-13) National 10 Nebraska (21-10) Championship 2 South Carolina (26-6) Mar. 18 Mar. 19 2 Texas (26-6) Fri., 7:30 p.m. April 1 Sat., 6 p.m.

Columbia, S.C. 15 N.C. A&T (23-8) 15 Maine (23-9)

1 Notre Dame (29-3) 1 Louisville (32-2) Fri., 5 p.m. Fri., Noon 16 CSUN (19-15) 16 Boise State (23-9) 8 So. Dakota St. (26-6) Mar. 18 Mar. 18 8 Marquette (23-9) Fri., 7:30 p.m. Fri., 2:30 p.m.

Notre Dame, Ind. 9 Villanova (22-8) 9 Dayton (23-6)

5 DePaul (26-7) Mar. 24 Mar. 23 5 Missouri (24-7) Stanford, Calif. Fri., Noon Sat., 3:30 p.m. 12 Oklahoma (16-14) 12 FGCU (30-4) 4 Texas A&M (24-9) Mar. 18 Mar. 19 4 Stanford (22-10) Fri., 2:30 p.m. Sat., 6 p.m. 13 Drake (26-7) 13 Gonzaga (27-5)

College Station, Texas Spokane, Lexington,

6 LSU (19-9) Wash. Ky 6 Oregon State (23-7) Knoxville, Tenn. Sat., 11 a.m. Mar. 26 Mar. 25 Fri., Noon 11 Central Mich. (28-4) 11 Western Ky. (24-8) 3 Ohio State (27-6) Mar. 19 All times EDT Mar. 18 3 Tennessee (24-7) Sat., 1:30 p.m. Fri., 2:30 p.m.

Columbus, Ohio 14 Geo. Wash. (19-13) 14 Liberty (24-9)

7 Green Bay (29-3) Mar. 24 Mar. 23 7 Michigan (22-9) Fri., 5 p.m. Fri., 5 p.m. Waco, Texas 10 Minnesota (23-8) 10 Northern Colo. (26-6) 2 Oregon (30-4) Mar. 18 Mar. 18 2 Baylor (31-1) Fri., 7:30 p.m. Fri., 7:30 p.m. Eugene, Ore. 15 Seattle U (18-14) 15 Grambling (19-13) AP

that team were gone. Alaina Coates uary. Vertigo kept her from the return “It’s who she is,” Roscoe Wilson said. USC FROM PAGE B1 was a senior and juniors Kaela Davis game last month and the Gamecocks “She’s all about helping her teams.” and Allisha Gray gave up their eligi- lost once more. The struggles seemed to vanish ear- Staley fought like crazy four years bility for the WNBA. Wilson’s role in- There were demoralizing defeats lier this month when Wilson, the con- ago to keep Wilson, who lived about a stantly changed into a teacher as well against the game’s best, 83-58 to No. 1 ference tourney’s MVP, led the Game- half-hour from campus in Hopkins, as main threat on the court. UConn and a few days later, to then cocks to a 62-51 championship win close to home. She had to fend off the “Shifting gears is never a hard thing No. 2 Mississippi State, 67-53, where over previously unbeaten Mississippi likes of UConn and Tennessee. for me,” Wilson said. “I love to put my- Wilson was just 14 of 38 shooting in State for a fourth straight SEC Tour- Wilson knew as a high school se- self in those situations because that’s the two games. nament title — a first for any league nior she wanted the challenge of how I grow.” Wilson’s father, Roscoe Wilson Jr., team. Wilson celebrated with exuber- helping South Carolina’s rising pro- Not that it’s been easy. said it’s difficult for his daughter to ance, enjoying this crown perhaps gram achieve milestones it had not Wilson fouled out in a loss at Mis- handle when she believes she’s let- more than the others. before, one she saw fulfilled amid the souri when the Tigers made it their ting down teammates. A’ja Wilson “To never lose a game in the SEC confetti and cheers after winning the focus to physically challenge South may have smiled broadly when using Tournament is something rare. It’s a national championship in Dallas last Carolina’s top player. A sprained a scooter to get around on her bad blessing and an honor,” she said. “For April. ankle late against Auburn led her to ankle, but she was angry and frus- us to do what we did, especially with Within days, the several starters on miss a home loss to Tennessee in Jan- trated about missing critical contests. people doubting us, it’s a great feeling.”

OBITUARIES ment and history at Central land, a daughter of the late Dennis Forest (Amelia), Rich- Carolina Technical College Morris Cuthbert and Phyllis ard Forest and Brandice Choi following her retirement from Knott. (Bruce); five great-grandchil- FRANCES C. REID Sumter for more than 25 the U.S. Civil Service. She was Services are incomplete and dren, Faith Hills, Joy Hills, SPARTANBURG — Frances years and was once the ad- a member of Ashwood Baptist will be announced later by Junah Corbett, Augustus Cor- Cuttino Dodd Reid, 86, passed ministrator for the Gifted and Church, where she served as Whites Mortuary LLC, 517 N. bett and Evin Zakrzewski; two away on Saturday, March 3, Talented program and the co- pianist for many years, and Guignard Drive. brothers, Jay Stone (Elaine) 2018, at Spartan- ordinator of the Fine Arts also attended Destiny Praise LINDA F. BRETTELLE and Carol Stone (Donna), all burg Regional program for the Sumter Center. of Florence; and two sisters, Hospital. school system. Survivors include three Linda Finley Brettelle, 69, Verda Heritage of Ladson and Born on July 2, Frances was a woman of children, Sherry Hatfield wife of Donald Bradford Russ Lindbergh of Goose 1931, in Sumter, many talents. She taught Barnes (Tony) of Sumter, Wil- Brettelle, died on Tuesday, Creek. she was a daugh- dance and piano. Frances was liam Edward “Eddie” Hatfield March 13, 2018, at her home. A graveside service will be ter of the late an avid painter. She also Jr. (Judy) of Columbia and Services will be announced held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Lawrence Fol- played the harpsichord and Melanie Hatfield of Sumter; by Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- Evergreen Memorial Park REID som Cuttino and the harp. She directed more seven grandchildren; five neral Home & Crematory, 221 cemetery with her nephew, Harriett Wescoat than 40 community theater great-grandchildren; and a Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775- the Rev. Randy Stone, officiat- Cuttino and stepdaughter of productions in Sumter and brother, Lawrence Anthony 9386. ing. Elinor Markey Cuttino. Georgetown. Frances was a “Larry” Vaughn Sr. (Peggy) Memorials may be made to She was predeceased by her loving mother and grand- of Ashwood. the Lupus Foundation of husband, the Rev. Manney mother. She was a member of She was preceded in death America, 2121 K St. NW, Suite Carrington Reid. St. Matthews Episcopal by a son, David Anthony Hat- 200, Washington, DC 20037- Survivors include her two Church in Spartanburg. field; and a sister, Margie 1830. sons, Lawrence Cuttino Dodd In lieu of flowers, memori- Vaughn Brunson. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens (Emily) of Spartanburg and als may be made to Spartan- Funeral services will be Funeral Home and Crematori- Daniel Gordon Dodd (Debbie) burg Humane Society, 150 held at 3 p.m. at Friday in the GLADYS W. BUDDIN um of Sumter is in charge of of Dudley, North Carolina; Dexter Road, Spartanburg, SC Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Fu- the arrangements. her sister, Harriet “Jeepie” 29303. neral Home chapel with the TURBEVILLE — Gladys ROBERT L. COWELL Rusch of Charlotte, North Services will be held at 11 Rev. James Stewart officiat- Watts Buddin, age 90, passed Carolina; three grandchil- a.m. on Saturday at Wacca- ing. Burial will be at the Ash- away peacefully on Monday, Robert Leroy Cowell, 54, de- dren, Stephanie Sapp (Mi- maw All Saints Episcopal wood Baptist Church ceme- March 12, 2018, at her home. parted this life on Sunday, chael) of St. Simons Island, Church, 3560 Kings River tery. Funeral arrangements are March 4, 2018, at Palmetto Georgia, Lawrence “Lance” Road, Pawleys Island, SC The family will receive incomplete and will be an- Health Tuomey. Dodd of Spartanburg and Joe 29595. friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. nounced by Floyd Funeral Born on Nov. 1, 1963, in Dodd of Cary, North Carolina; Condolences may be ex- on Thursday at Elmore-Can- Home of Olanta. Sumter County, he was a son one great-grandchild; her pressed to the family at www. non-Stephens Funeral Home. ERA MAE S. CAPLINGER of Jessie Mae McLeod. stepchildren, Howard Reid JMDunbar.com. Memorials may be made to Private memorial services (Melanie) of Middletown, Dunbar Funeral Home & a charity or church of one’s Era Mae Stone Caplinger, were held on Friday at John Connecticut, Cary Reid (Deta) Crematory is in charge of ar- choice. 97, widow of Dennis Winters Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial of New Haven, Connecticut, rangements. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Caplinger, died on Monday, Chapel, Williams Funeral Ervin Reid (Maryann) of CECILIA L. VAUGHN Funeral Home and Crematori- March 12, 2018, at her home. Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Midlothian, Virginia, and Lisa um of Sumter is in charge of Born on Sept. 1, 1920, in Sumter. Reid Hanner (Brad) of Mariet- ASHWOOD — Cecilia L. the arrangements. Pamplico, she was a daughter Services directed by the ta, Georgia; and nine grand- Vaughn, 80, died on Saturday, MAUREEN V. YORK of the late Russell Corbett management and staff of Wil- children. March 10, 2018, at McLeod Re- Stone and the late Eula liams Funeral Home Inc., 821 She received a Bachelor of gional Medical Center in Flor- DALZELL — Maureen V. Poston Stone. N. Main St., Sumter. Science in music from Lander ence. 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AP FILE PHOTOS FarmersFarmer work in a field of blossoming tulips in 2016 in Den Helder, northern Netherlands. Bulb planting begins in September BY COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press

ISSE, Netherlands — Nothing says springtime like the tulip sea- Lson in the Netherlands. The vast Dutch sky hangs low against rectangles of color— majestic purples, regal reds, bright yellows, eye-popping whites.

Tulip fields dot the country- tulip market is often cited as an example by econ- side from Haarlem to The omists of irrational investment mentality. Hague. But the centerpiece of For the modern-day tulip hunter, nothing quite tulip-watching is Keukenhof matches the sight of the colorful tulip fields com- park, located in Lisse, some 20 ing into focus in the distance while traversing the miles southeast of Amsterdam. Dutch countryside, either on bike or by car. Here, the tulip hunter is rewarded It is not uncommon to find clusters of amateur with artistic compositions of tulips photographers at the edges of vast tulip fields try- with their seasonal brethren, hya- ing to capture the intensity of the fiery red tulip cinths, daffodils, crocuses and other or the striations of contrasting hues — once the springtime varieties. purview of some of Europe's most renowned Gardeners begin planting the nearly painters. 80 acres with more than 7 million tu- Today, the tulip is a major part of the Dutch lips, daffodils and hyacinths in mid-Sep- horticulture economy — while also being cele- tember to prepare for the eight-week brated as part of the culture. spectacle that runs for a period spanning Tulip season officially opens on Jan. 20, signal- from mid-March through mid-May. The ing the start of seasonal exports of cut tulips hand-planting by 40 gardeners takes three from the nation's vast network of greenhouses. To months. celebrate the day, Dutch tulip growers bring over The color combinations are the envy of 200,000 tulips to Amsterdam's Dam Square, which any fashion runway. Gardeners show off can be picked for free. their fancy, placing a carpet of tiny blue Si- The Netherlands is the largest tulip producer in berian squill against the ruffled blossoms of the world, producing more than 2 billion tulip pinkish foxtrot tulip variety. Elsewhere, they bulbs a year. According to Dutch trade figures, 77 contrast the deep hue of unopened red tulips percent of all flower bulbs traded worldwide against a backdrop of yellow daffodils. White come from the Netherlands, the majority of daffodils pop against a bed of whiter hyacinths. which are tulips. More than a million tourists visit the gardens The outdoor bloom begins closer to mid-March each year and compete for close-up shots of — and with it come more folksy tributes, with tulip gardens, no less frenetic than a red carpet residents in small towns creating floral sculp- shoot. tures from tulips and hyacinths, showing them The full grandeur of the bulb imported from off along roadsides. Once a year, there is a 26-mile Turkey in the 16th century becomes clear on parade of tulip floats and decorated cars from close inspection. The exotic-looking crown impe- Noordwijk to Haarlem. rial tulip resembles a pineapple with tufts of The thrill of the tulip bloom has inspired one leaves above umber-colored flowers. That the intrepid Dutch business man to plant fields tulip is a member of the lily family becomes abroad. Last spring, he drew thousands of tour- abundantly clear when gazing upon the Madalyn, ists to a field of 250,000 tulips near Milan — ex- with its sharp-tipped petals. porting their fascination and making a business Keukenhof can make for a full-day outing, of- selling the cut flowers. fering also flower shows, a walk up a typical But perhaps the reason so many people flock to windmill for a view of adjacent flower fields, a see the Dutch tulip fields in the Netherlands isn't canal boat ride, children's playground, restau- just a tribute to nature's pageantry, but the fact rants and food trucks, which give the whole place that the easy-to-grow tulip bulb can be transport- a relaxed, festival atmosphere. ed to any yard and garden, transforming them Exhibits offer information on topics such as the with a flash of springtime color. Tulipmania bulb bubble of the 17th century, When wandering Keukenhof, inspirations when a single bulb could fetch as much as a ca- abound, and there is the clear edict: Do try this at nal-side house in Amsterdam. The overblown home.

A garden of tu- lips and other spring-flowering bulbs are seen in the Keukenhof park in Lisse, Netherlands, in April 2017. It takes 40 garden- ers three months to plant 80 acres with 7 million tu- lips, hyacinths and daffodils.

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Quinoa-Stuffed Tomatoes are hearty enough for a meal, can be made ahead

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN stuffed with quinoa and sau- Associated Press teed eggplant and mushrooms, QUINOA-STUFFED TOMATOES both hefty, meaty vegetables. Does your meatless Monday But, swap out the quinoa for Servings: 8 onion and eggplant in the olive oil over medium-high game need an overhaul? brown rice, and use whatever Start to finish: 1 hour, including inactive cooking heat until vegetables start to soften, about 8 minutes, As a meat-eater myself, I veggies you find in the crisper time stirring frequently. Add the garlic and mushrooms, find that the trick to meatless drawer, or even in your freezer. 8 medium-sized tomatoes and cook until mushrooms soften, about 5 more min- meal-making is to have a small Baking tomatoes is an excel- 2 teaspoons olive oil utes. repertoire of recipes that can lent strategy for using up the 1 small yellow onion, diced (about 3/4 cup) Pour in the wine, and stir to let it evaporate. Add work as a side dish or first less-than-perfectly-sweet ones 1 small eggplant, cut into small dice (1/2 inch), about the basil, quinoa, remaining salt and pepper, and turn course, or be eaten in larger that winter can bring. A big 2 cups off the heat. Stir in the Parmesan cheese. Gently quantities as a vegetarian bonus: Roasted tomatoes are 3 cloves garlic, minced spoon the filling into the empty tomatoes, and top main dish. This is the same simply gorgeous, appealing to 1 cup roughly chopped or sliced white mushrooms each one with a reserved tomato top. strategy I use when hosting a our farm-to-table sensibilities. 3 tablespoons dry white wine Place the tomatoes in a baking dish sprayed with a vegetarian in my home. While I don't think you'll 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil little olive oil from a mister (or nonstick spray). Mist Quinoa-Stuffed Tomatoes miss the meat, if you must, feel 1 1/2 cup cooked quinoa the tomatoes with a quick spray of olive oil from a fits the bill perfectly. Serve one free to add in a little cooked 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese mister. Cover the dish with an oven-safe lid or foil. tomato as a tasty and tooth- ground meat right into the fill- 1/2 teaspoon salt Bake until the tomatoes are tender and quinoa mix- some side along some roasted ing. Either way, you'll have a 1/4 teaspoon black pepper ture is hot, about 35-40 minutes. chicken or sliced beef tender- healthy and hearty dish that is Preheat the oven to 375 F. Slice off the top of each loin, or double up for a vege- a nice change from the classic tomato, reserving the tops. Chef's Note: The recipe works well with up to a tarian meal that will fill you stuffed pepper. And as for the Run a paring knife around the inner rim of the to- half pound of cooked ground meat added to the fill- up, even if you aren't vegetari- pulpy, fleshy middle of the to- mato, loosening up the flesh on the inside of the to- ing if desired. an. These tomatoes can be mato that you'll remove to mato. Use a small spoon and scoop out the flesh, Tip: Crinkle up foil into a ball if you need to secure made in advance, so they are stuff it: don't throw it out! juice and seeds of the tomato. (Either discard or pulse tomatoes in baking dish so they don't slide around. equally brilliant for both com- Blend it up — garlic and onion in blender to use in a tomato sauce.) pany dinners and weeknight and then mix it into your next Nutrition information per serving: 115 calories; 26 calories from Sprinkle the insides of the tomatoes with half the fat; 3 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 2 mg cholesterol; 176 mg family suppers. tomato-based pasta sauce, or salt, and set aside. In a large saute pan, cook the sodium; 19 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 5 g protein. Tomatoes, a culinary favor- use it as part of your liquid ite source of lycopene, are next time you make rice. Shredded Sweet Potatoes ideal for Passover or Easter

BY SARA MOULTON takes just 5 minutes to cook on top of sweet potatoes, cut them into chunks ing a place nearer to Associated Press the stove. And because the oven is that fit into the processor's feed tube the center of going to be hogged for hours by the and grate away. You'll be done in about the plate. With spring just down the road, main dish you're roasting, on top of the 5 minutes. you've likely already figured out the stove is exactly where you want it to The pistachios contribute crunch — main dish for the feast accompanying cook. But sweet potatoes are dense, you and some complementary flavor — to whichever of the two big seasonal holi- say. How can they become tender in 5 the sweet potatoes, but feel free to days — Easter or Passover — you cele- minutes? Well, it's a snap when you use your nut of choice. The dates brate. Leg of lamb and glazed ham are shred them before putting them in the contribute a nice jammy sweet- Easter favorites. Braised brisket or skillet. ness, but if you're not a fan, roast chicken land on many Passover Like many of us with a food proces- just leave them out. Finally, tables. But no matter which way you sor, you might have long ago stashed if you prefer basil or ci- roll, Shredded Sweet Potatoes with the box it came in — the one containing lantro to mint, by all Dates and Pistachios is a tasty side dish all the slicing and dicing blades — on means, swap them in. that's a great way to round out the the top shelf of a closet. Now's the time Before the meal is menu. to pull it down, dust it off and pull out over, you may find The easy part of this recipe is that it the grating disk. Then simply peel the this side dish earn-

SHREDDED SWEET POTATOES WITH DATES AND PISTACHIOS Start to finish: 30 minutes (20 active) 2 tablespoons shredded fresh mint Servings: 6 In a large skillet cook the onion in the oil over 1/2 cup finely chopped onion medium heat, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil the sweet potatoes and a hefty pinch of salt, in- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and coarsely crease the heat to medium-high, cover, and cook, shredded, preferably using the grating disk of a stirring, occasionally, until the potato is tender, food processor about 5 minutes. Stir in the paprika, pistachios, Kosher salt dates, lemon juice and mint; add salt to taste. 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika Nutritional information per serving: 254 calories; 82 calories 1/3 cup toasted chopped pistachios from fat; 9 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 1/3 cup chopped dried dates 167 mg sodium; 41 g carbohydrate; 6 g fiber; 13 g sugar; 4 g 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice protein.