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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Sumter tries to Manning beat June’s police chief HEAT fired Retired highway patrol Captain +2.9 Grice is sworn in as interim BY SHARRON HALEY degrees hotter on average Special to The Sumter Item for the in June MANNING — A Manning resident and daily high retired South Carolina Highway Patrol captain, Anthony K. Grice, has been sworn in as Manning’s interim police chief officer after Blair Shaffer, who served as Manning’s police chief for the past eight years, was fired +2.9 earlier in the day. Manning Mayor Julia Nel- son issued a news release degrees hotter on average announcing Shaffer’s termi- nation shortly after 4 p.m. for the daily low in June Thursday. Nelson cited the SHAFFER “safety of our residents, guests and community” when announcing Shaffer’s firing. Nel- son said Manning’s Public Safety Com- mittee voted to terminate Shaffer after a meeting during which the city’s public -0.88 safety programs had been discussed. Cit- ing the firing as a personnel matter, Nel- fewer inches of rain than son said no additional information would be forthcoming. historical average for June SEE CHIEF, PAGE A5 Democratic

100 Party chair Hottest June in 1944 at Average 95.4 90 daily ‘18 running for high Historical was 90.7 average of 87.8 for school board June 80 BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected]

Filing for non-partisan seats on Sum- 70 ter School District Board of Trustees and June ‘18 Sumter City Council begins Monday, and average Sumter County Democratic Party Chair- low is woman Barbara Bowman said she is 68.6 ready to file for the school board race. Children kick off their first afternoon of summer vacation 60 Bowman spoke Thursday after submit- ting a news release announcing her can- in June by splashing in the spray park at North HOPE Park. didacy for the Area 1 seat on the board. ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM A self-described “commu- 50 nity activist” in the Cher- ryvale area with other com- munity development leader- ship experience across the June was hotter, drier than average BOWMAN state, Bowman said she 40 thinks Area 1 in the district is underserved as far as programs and but not record breaking; July could opportunities for students. Before making her decision to run for be hotter, wetter than usual in S.C. the non-partisan school board seat, Bow- 30 man said she made sure it wouldn’t be a BY BRUCE MILLS diction Center's office out of Washing- conflict of interest with her role as head [email protected] ton, D.C. of the county’s Democratic party. Sumter County's average daily high “This is non-partisan, and I’m not run- temperature for June was 90.7 degrees, 20 ning based on the fact that I’m a Demo- une was somewhat hotter which was 2.9 degrees above the crat,” Bowman said, “but based on that than normal in Sumter month's historical average of 87.8, ac- we’re talking about the public schools cording to Anderson and the agency's and our children.” County and the state, and official statistics. She said she was disturbed with the J That was hot, but it actually didn't board’s majority vote this spring to close we can expect similar trends for 10 even crack the top 20 for hottest Junes F.J. DeLaine Elementary School in Area the rest of July. on record for Sumter, Anderson said. It 1 after residents who participated in National Weather Service Meteorolo- ranked 26th in the record books, which community meetings said they were gist Doug Anderson, based in Colum- go back almost 90 years to 1930. 0 against the idea. bia, reviewed June data and a 30-day outlook for July from the Climate Pre- SEE JUNE, PAGE A6 SEE BOWMAN, PAGE A6

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WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Revised jail contract expands sheriff’s authority BY ADRIENNE SARVIS REVISED JAIL CONTRACT GIVES SUMTER TEMPORARY FLUTTERING DEVICES The nine-member planning commission voted [email protected] COUNTY SHERIFF MORE AUTHORITY TAKES STEP FORWARD to recommend denial of the request in a 3-2 Reading: Third and final Reading: Second of three with a public hearing vote that included two abstentions during its Sumter County April 25 meeting because they said the existing What it is: An ordinance to revise the contract What it is: Sumter County Council is requesting Council approved sign ordinance is reasonable for business between Sumter and Lee counties regarding the that portions of the county’s development third and final reading owners. operation and funding of Sumter-Lee Regional standards ordinance regarding signs be amended of a revised contract Discussion: During the public hearing, Greater between Sumter and Detention Center. to permit fluttering devices including feather flags. Sumter Chamber of Commerce CEO and Lee counties regard- Background: Sumter County Council granted President Chris Hardy, speaking on behalf of the ing Sumter-Lee Re- Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis the Background: If approved, the amendment group’s board of directors, said the group gional Detention Cen- authority to manage the jail in September after would make feather flags, which are currently understands the need for small businesses to ter and gave second the resignation of the previous detention center prohibited in the county, a conditional use in all adequately promote their services but that there reading to permit director a few months earlier. commercial districts and agricultural conservation is also an obligation to the perception of the feather flags on com- According to the revised contract, the Sumter districts. community especially with the increasing mercial property at its County sheriff will have the sole authority to The size of the flags would be limited to a economic development and tourism in Sumter. meeting on Tuesday. appoint and terminate the employment of the maximum height of 12 feet, a maximum width of McGregor said the zoning administrator, an director of the detention center. 3 feet and a maximum sign area of 36 square feet, employee of the planning department, will be Other changes include Lee County’s contribution according to a report from the Sumter City- in charge of supervising the use and conditions to the jail’s operating budget, which will be County Planning Department. of the flags and enforcing the regulations based on the average percentage of Lee County Properties with 50 linear feet of frontage would concerning those issues. detainees housed at the detention center during be permitted to have two flags, with 50-100 feet Nelle Thomlinson, a representative of the the previous five fiscal years, beginning July 1. of linear frontage would be allowed three flags Building Industry Association of Sumter and Lee County will also contribute 10 percent of all and with more than 100 feet of linear frontage Clarendon counties, asked if the amendments costs for any capital projects, including the could have four flags, the maximum for any size would also apply to open houses for model expansion and renovation of the existing property. homes in residential districts. detention center and the construction of a new For multi-tenant properties, each business would McGregor said as drafted, the amendments do one. be entitled to display feather flags as long as the not apply to signs associated with residential This revised contract will be in effect for 30 years number of flags do not exceed those frontage properties and that research is required to with the option for an additional 30-year limits, states the report. determine how to allow feather flags just for renewal. As a conditional use, businesses would be limited model homes and not for individual open Discussion: None. to no more than three 30-day periods each year houses. to display feather flags. A $25 temporary sign/ Vote: Approved — Councilwoman Vivian Vote: 5-1 approval — Councilman Gene Baten conditional use permit would be required so the Fleming-McGhaney abstained because her voted in opposition, and Councilman Charles planning department can keep track of how long husband is an employee of the detention center, Edens was absent. the signs have been displayed. and Councilman Charles Edens was absent.

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Since Sept. 11, 2001, the men and Sumter raises women of the South Carolina Air Na- STATE BRIEFS 169th Fighter Wing deploys tional Guard, also known as the Swamp Fox unit, have deployed their FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS $12,000 for about 300 to Southwest Asia aviation package multiple times to var- ious locations in Southwest Asia, to in- Crime Stoppers Firefighters rescue 5 adults clude Iraq and Afghanistan, with a ro- from burning Sumter home tation to Japan in 2006, Poland in 2015 and South Korea in 2016. with raffle Sumter County firefighters rescued five people from a burning home on Man who said he planned BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Wednesday. attack gets nearly 3 years [email protected] The structure, a 1,720-square-foot dou- blewide mobile home on Susan Street, COLUMBIA — A white suprema- The Sumter community caught fire just before 2:45 p.m. and cist has been sentenced to nearly helped raise about $12,000 spread through the entire residence, ac- three years in prison for illegally for Sumter Crime Stoppers cording to a Sumter Fire Department in- buying a gun authorities said he through a raffle where one cident report. planned to use in a hate crime attack PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN ASHLEIGH PAVELEK / lucky donor was given a cus- The cause or origin has not yet been 169TH FIGHTER WING / PUBLIC AFFAIRS similar to the South Carolina church tomized golf cart provided determined, but the structure was fully Family members of U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. shootings. by East Coast Scooters. involved when firefighters arrived. A Mark Pierce, a pilot assigned to the 169th Benjamin McDowell was sentenced Crime Stoppers has been total of $50,000 in damage to the struc- Fighter Wing of the South Carolina Air Na- Wednesday to 33 months in federal instrumental in local investi- ture and contents was lost, and nothing tional Guard, say goodbye to Pierce in his prison for being a felon in possession gations as it provides an ave- was saved, according to the report. F-16 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base of a weapon, according to U.S. Attor- nue for community members Eight firefighters responded to the on Wednesday. ney Sherri Lydon. to give anonymous tips for scene, where the people, all adults, inside Authorities first began investigat- ongoing cases. the home were trapped. ing McDowell, 31, in December 2016 Tips that lead to arrests American Red Cross disaster-trained McENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL when he threatened a Myrtle Beach could result in cash rewards, volunteers also responded to the scene to GUARD BASE — The South Carolina synagogue on Facebook. Local offi- sometimes totaling hundreds help the adults with financial assistance Air National Guard deployed approxi- cials were already keeping tabs on of dollars. for food, clothing, lodging and other es- mately 300 airmen and nearly a dozen him because he made friends with Sumter Crime Stoppers re- sentials such as comfort kits containing F-16 Block 52 Fighting Falcon fighter white supremacist groups and got lies primarily on donations personal hygiene items. jets to the 407th Air Expeditionary tattoos associated with racist groups and monies raised during Group, Southwest Asia, this week for while in prison on a felony burglary events sponsored annually about four months in support of an Air charge, according to the FBI. by Sumter Police Depart- Woman arrested in theft of Expeditionary Force rotation. McDowell then said he wanted a ment and Sumter County nearly $4,000 in items The U.S. Air Force routinely deploys gun and told an undercover FBI Sheriff’s Office during Na- fighter aircraft units to the region to agent who offered to get him one that tional Police Week, said Sumter County Sheriff's Office arrest- provide U.S. Air Forces Central Com- he planned to attack somewhere in Tonyia McGirt, public infor- ed a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday mand combatant commanders with the the name of white power and write mation officer for the police for allegedly taking $3,966 worth of capabilities needed to maintain a deter- on the building “in the spirit of department. items from a location in the 1000 block rent against threats to regional securi- Dylann Roof,” according to court re- Tickets for the most recent of Waterway Drive on July 1. ty and stability. cords. Roof was sentenced to death fundraiser raffle were $10 Brittany Denise England, of Waverly The SCANG’s total force team, com- last year for a shooting that killed each. Drive, is charged with grand larceny for prised of traditional and full-time Air nine black worshippers at a Charles- The winning ticket was reportedly taking a 20-foot Black Dog National Guard airmen with a contin- ton church. drawn during Sumter Crime utility trailer and a 28-quart Igloo cooler gent of active-duty associates, are fully “I seen what Dylann Roof did, and Stoppers’ board meeting from the Waterway Drive location. trained and combat experienced to per- in my heart I reckon I got a little bit held Tuesday. Ronnie El- England was taken to Sumter-Lee Re- form the most complex mission sets of hatred,” the undercover agent re- dridge was the winner. gional Detention Center and was given a that may be expected of them in the op- called McDowell saying.

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Government probing ‘new information’ in Emmett Till slaying Justice Department states it was found could decide who would The Justice Department declined to jurors out of the courtroom, she said prosecute it. comment on the status of the investi- a "nigger man" she didn't know took has received ‘new information’ The book, by Timothy B. Tyson, gation. her by the arm. quotes a white woman, Carolyn Don- The government has investigated "Just what did he say when he BY JAY REEVES ham, as acknowledging during a 2008 115 cases involving 128 victims under grabbed your hand?" defense attorney Associated Press interview the "cold case" law named for Till, the Sidney Carlton asked, according to a that she report said. Only one resulted in a fed- trial transcript released by the FBI a BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The wasn't truth- eral conviction since the act became decade ago. federal government has reopened its ful when she law, that of Ku Klux Klansman James "He said, 'How about a date, baby?'" investigation into the slaying of Em- testified that Ford Seale for kidnapping two black she testified. Bryant said she pulled mett Till, the black teenager whose Till grabbed teenagers, Charles Moore and Henry away, and moments later the young brutal killing in Mississippi shocked her, whistled Dee, who were killed in Mississippi in man "caught me at the cash register," the world and helped inspire the civil and made 1964. At least 109 of the investigations grasping her around the waist with rights movement more than 60 years sexual ad- have been closed, the report said. both hands and pulling her toward ago. vances at a State prosecutions assisted by feder- him. The Justice Department told Con- store in 1955. al authorities have resulted in addi- "He said, 'What's the matter baby, gress in a report in March that it is re- Two white tional convictions, most recently when can't you take it?'" she testified. Bry- investigating Till's slaying in Money, men — Don- a one-time Alabama state trooper was ant also said he told her "you don't Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving ham's then- convicted of shooting a black man, need to be afraid of me," claiming that "new information." The case was husband, Roy Jimmie Lee Jackson, during a protest he used an obscenity and mentioned closed in 2007 with authorities saying Bryant, and in 1965. Jackson's slaying was an im- something he had done "with white the suspects were dead; a state grand his half-broth- TILL petus for the Selma-to-Montgomery women before." jury didn't file any new charges. er, J.W. Milam voting rights march later that year. A judge ruled the testimony inad- Deborah Watts, a cousin of Till's, — were charged with murder but ac- Watts, co-founder of the Emmett Till missible. An all-white jury freed her said she was unaware the case had quitted in the slaying of Till, who had Legacy Foundation, said it's "wonder- husband and the other man even been reopened until contacted been staying with relatives in north- ful" her cousin's killing is getting an- without it. Testimony indicated a Wednesday by The Associated Press. ern Mississippi at the time. The men other look, but she didn't want to dis- woman might have been in a car with The federal report, sent annually to later confessed to the crime in a maga- cuss details. Bryant and Milam when they abduct- lawmakers under a law that bears zine interview but weren't retried. "None of us wants to do anything ed Till, but no one else was ever Till's name, does not indicate what the Both are now dead. that jeopardizes any investigation or charged. new information might be. Donham, who turns 84 this month, impedes, but we are also very inter- In the book, author Tyson wrote But it was issued in late March after lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. A ested in justice being done," she said. that Donham told him her testimony the publication last year of "The Blood man who came to the door at her resi- Abducted from the home where he about Till accosting her wasn't true. of Emmett Till," a book that says a key dence declined to comment about the was staying, Till was beaten and shot, "Nothing that boy did could ever figure in the case acknowledged lying FBI reopening the investigation. and his body was found weighted justify what happened to him," the about events preceding the slaying of "We don't want to talk to you," the down with a cotton gin fan in the Tal- book quotes her as saying. the 14-year-old youth from Chicago. man said before going back inside. lahatchie River. His mother, Mamie Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, intro- A Mississippi prosecutor declined Paula Johnson, co-director of an ac- Till, had his casket left open. Images duced legislation this week that would comment Thursday on whether feder- ademic group that reviews unsolved of his mutilated body gave witness to make the government release infor- al authorities had given him new in- civil rights slayings, said she can't the depth of racial hatred in the Deep mation about unsolved civil rights formation since they reopened the think of anything other than Tyson's South and helped build momentum killings. In an interview, Jones said probe. book that could have prompted the for subsequent civil rights campaigns. the Till killing or any other case like- "It's probably always an open case Justice Department to reopen the Till Relatives of Till pushed Attorney ly wouldn't be covered by this legisla- until all the parties have passed away," investigation. General Jeff Sessions to reopen the tion if authorities were actively inves- said District Attorney Dewayne Rich- "We're happy to have that be the case last year after publication of the tigating. ardson, whose circuit includes the case so that ultimately or finally book. "You'd have to leave it to the judg- community where Till was abducted. someone can be held responsible for Donham, then 21 years old and ment of some of the law enforcement Richardson said if a case were to his murder," said Johnson, who leads known as Carolyn Bryant, testified in agencies that are involved or the com- move forward, he and the district at- the Cold Case Justice Initiative at Syr- 1955 as a prospective defense witness mission that would be created" to con- torney in the county where Till's body acuse University. in the trial of Bryant and Milam. With sider materials for release, Jones said. Cash in a FLASH! 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y cousin, Ross Hendry, was the water, he would make the water come working cows at my Aunt to the bulls. With confidence only a 16-year- old can muster, Dane got back into the Ouida’s place. The humidity truck and backed the cattle trailer down M into the water. was 100 percent, and the temperature It’s tricky to know how deep you should was about 98 degrees — a typical Flor- back a trailer with 6,000 pounds of live beef ida summer day. It was the kind of day on it. Dane had to make an allowance for the bull in the back of the trailer and the that makes a cowboy pray for shade. bull in the front of the trailer. When he got At Aunt Ouida’s pens, there wasn’t the wheels of the trailer about three feet under water, he felt that was sufficient. any. They stood out in the middle of Dane got out to look, and found his plan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the pasture in the brutal Florida heat. had worked: The two bulls in the back of Culture Minister Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi told reporters on Tues- the trailer had stood up (to avoid drown- day that the Vatican wants to ensure unused churches maintain Black Angus bulls are especially ing). The bull in the front of the some of the spiritual, cultural and social value they had as places of prone to heatstroke. Bulls are big- trailer was still happily lying down, worship. ger than cows, and their black hides now up to his neck in water. All the draw in heat from the sunshine and bulls seemed relieved. hold it. Three of the Angus bulls Waterholes tend to have muddy were standing in the corner of a bottoms. Aunt Ouida’s was no excep- Vatican is drafting pen, laboring for breath. Ross, a vet- tion. Not only had Dane sunk the erinarian, recognized the warning bulls in the water, but he had also signs: The bulls needed to be cooled sunk the trailer tires in a foot of guidelines on proper off, right away. Clay gooey mud. Dane, the trailer and the Cooling off three 1-ton bulls is Smith bulls were stuck. not the easiest thing in the world. In those pre-cell phone days, there You can’t exactly load them up in was nothing to do but wait until uses for sold churches the truck and turn the A/C on full blast. someone came looking for him. Sure Nor can you take them home and let them enough, in about 30 minutes, Dane’s dad, VATICAN CITY (AP) — ral work or cultural or social cool off in your living room (“Oh give me a Ross, and Tom, one of the hands, came rid- The Vatican is drafting meetings or even as a book- home, where the Angus bulls roam…”). The ing out. guidelines to help Catholic store or library, the church only way to get the bulls cool was to get Ross could see the bulls in the water and dioceses find appropriate could sign off on it, the car- them to a waterhole as soon as possible. his cattle trailer buried in the mud. Hen- ways to decommission un- dinal said. "But making it a Ross told his son Dane, who is my age, to dryses — a special offshoot of our family — needed churches so they gelateria? It'd be difficult." put those bulls on the trailer and get them have a number of unique vocabulary words don't end up as discos, gym- Ravasi cited the decommis- to the waterhole. Dane was about 16 at the to express their feelings at times like these. nasiums or gelato shops. sioning of a Prague church time, an age when the pre-frontal cortex Ross had started to access his vocabulary The Vatican's culture min- that was turned into a night- (where decisions are made) is not yet ma- when Tom stopped him and said, “Ross, istry is teaming up with club as a decidedly incorrect ture. now stop and think. The boy did what he Rome's Jesuit-run Pontifical way of disposing of a once- Whoops, hollers and hot-shots got the was told to do. You told him to get those Gregorian University and sacred space. Italy in partic- bulls moving, and Dane got them on the bulls cooled off, and they are. You didn’t the Italian bishops' confer- ular is grappling with the trailer. The bulls had moved all they want- tell him they had to be out of the trailer.” ence to host an international issue given its vast number ed, so they did something unusual: They Ross bit his tongue, and Dane was eter- conference in November on of artistically important laid down in the trailer as Dane hauled nally grateful to Tom. managing the sale of church- churches and too few re- them to the waterhole. It did take two tractors to haul out the es and handling of their as- sources to maintain them, Dane backed the trailer down to the wa- truck and trailer. The bulls seemed upset to sets. The event already has a especially the ones damaged terhole, went back and opened the trailer be leaving their personal pool. But the bulls title: "Doesn't God Dwell by frequent earthquakes. gate. Under normal circumstances, the lived to breed another day. Here Anymore?" Another key criteria will bulls would have bolted for the opening and God knew the greatest clarity comes not Culture Minister Cardinal be a way to ensure that any splashed into the waterhole. This, however, from a list of instructions. The greatest Gianfranco Ravasi told re- significant artworks inside a was not a normal day. clarity comes from being with someone. porters on Tuesday that church being put up for sale Instead the bulls stayed in the trailer. That is why God sent Jesus — to be with us. many dioceses in Europe, — frescoes, statues or other They were still hot and panting, but at least There is a great phrase in Galatians: “I no North America and Austra- work — are removed and they had a bit of shade. Dane hollered. The longer live, but Christ lives in me.” When lia have more churches than placed in a diocesan muse- bulls didn’t move. Dane whooped. No move- you know Jesus, he lives in you. He whis- they need or can maintain, um "to leave the space as ment. Dane applied the hot-shot to the pers to you in the moment. The clarity is thanks to an increasingly bare as possible" when new bull’s backside. Even electricity didn’t not from his words but from his presence. secularized society, fewer owners take over, Ravasi move the bulls. They just bellowed and re- Someday you may be faced with a situa- church-going Catholics and said. sumed panting. tion and not know exactly how to deal with financial constraints. The Vatican sent a draft of Dane had been on enough vet calls with it. Access Jesus inside of you. His presence, The Vatican wants to en- the proposed guidelines to his Dad to know the bulls were still in dan- his peace, will give you all the clarity you sure the buildings maintain bishops' conferences and ger. He knew the bulls needed to get in that need. And yes, it may mean you have to some of the spiritual, cultur- plans to finalize them during water and cool off. He also could tell the back a load of bulls into the waterhole, al and social value they had the Nov. 29-30 conference. A bulls weren’t moving any time soon. even if it is not exactly the way someone as consecrated places of wor- photography exhibit of suc- As information was assimilating in else would solve the problem. ship, Ravasi said. cessfully decommissioned Dane’s brain, a thought made its way to his Clay Smith is the lead pastor of Alice Drive "If it's used in an intelli- churches also is in the frontal cortex: if the bulls wouldn’t go to Baptist Church. gent way," such as for pasto- works.

* Sundays through Sept. 2 — Out- a.m. Saturday, workshop will begin New Birth Holiness Church, 41 Larkin CHURCH NEWS door interdenominational worship with breakfast, and speakers will St., announces: service will be held at 9:30 a.m. for be Evangelist Michelle Douglas, * Sunday, Aug. 5 — The pastor's those who spend summer week- Latisha Pierce and Pastor Shelia B. 22nd anniversary will be celebrated Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam ends at Lake Marion. Check us out Neal; 2 p.m. Saturday, workshop Road, announces: at 3 p.m. Pastor Daniel Bennett, of on Facebook. with Pastor Linda Benbow; 11 a.m. Cedar Grove Baptist Church, will * Sunday, July 22 — The 137th anni- Faith Missionary Baptist Church No. 1, Sunday, Minister Thomas will speak. versary of the church will be cele- 115 Laurel St., announces: speak; and 4 p.m. Sunday, Pastor brated at 3 p.m. Bishop Samuel Elizabeth Brown will speak. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old * Monday-Friday, July 16-20 — Vaca- Manning Road, announces: Lawrence Green Sr., presiding prel- Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist ate of the Seventh Episcopal Dis- tion Bible School from 6:30 to 8 * Sunday — Service will begin at nightly. Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rem- trict African Methodist Episcopal bert, announces: 10:30 a.m. with baptism. Church, will speak. First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. * Monday — Widow's luncheon at Washington St., announces: * Monday-Friday, July 16-20 — Re- * Sunday, July 29 — Women's mis- vival at 7 nightly. Pastor Kevin Rus- 11 a.m. sionary worship service at 10 a.m. * Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29 — sell Sheppard Sr., of Mount Zion * Sunday-Friday, July 22-27 — Vaca- Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Family and friends weekend as fol- Baptist Church of Chapin, will tion Bible School "Game On" 6-8:30 2571 Joseph Lemon-Dingle Road, lows: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, fami- speak. nightly. For details or registration, ly and friends cookout at Birnie Jordan community, Manning, an- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, call (803) 481-9688. nounces: HOPE Center featuring arts, crafts, games and more; 10:45 a.m. Sunday, 325 Fulton St., announces: Reid Chapel AME Church, 1008 Dibert * Monday-Wednesday, July 23-25 — family and friends worship at 10:45 * Sunday-Wednesday, July 22-25 — St., announces: Vacation Bible School will be held a.m.; and 7 p.m. Sunday, gospel jazz Revival at 5 p.m. on Sunday and 7 * Monday-Wednesday, July 23-25 — 6-7:30 nightly. The theme is "Team on the yard. nightly Monday-Wednesday. Bishop "Lord Revive Us Again" Summer Re- Spirit." All ages are welcome. Goodwill Presbyterian Church USA, 295 Terry McCaskill Sr., pastor of Mount vival at 7 nightly. Speakers: Mon- Antioch United Methodist Church, 4040 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville, Sinai World Outreach of Pendleton, day, the Rev. Michael Sinclair, of Dubose Siding Road, announces: announces: Greenville and Spartanburg, will House of God Ministries of Colum- speak. bia; Tuesday, the Rev. Rachel Sin- * Sunday — The adult ministry's an- * Saturday, Aug. 4 — Bazaar / yard niversary will be celebrated at 4 * Sunday, July 29 — Youth worship clair, of House of God Ministries of sale 8 a.m.-noon featuring vendors, Columbia; and Wednesday, the Rev. p.m. food, etc. To participate or be a ven- at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Rossi Ramsay will speak. Donnie McBride, of Mount Pleasant * Tuesday-Thursday, July 17-19 — dor, call (803) 795-6419, (803) 481- AMEC of Lynchburg. Revival at 7 nightly. Speakers as fol- 3755 or (803) 495-8253 prior to Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, lows: Tuesday, the Rev. Annie event. 1400 Mulberry Church Road, an- St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: Sistrunk, of Mechanicsville United Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak nounces: Methodist Church; Wednesday, the Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday-Wednesday, July 18 — Re- * Saturday-Sunday — Homecoming Rev. Kenneth Carter, of New Life weekend as follows: noon-3 p.m. * Sunday — The Pastor's Aide's an- vival "The Saints, Redeeming the United Methodist Church of Walter- Lost and Appreciating what God Saturday, fun day; and 11 a.m. Sun- boro; and Thursday, the Rev. Paul niversary will be celebrated at 10 day, homecoming celebration. The a.m. has Allowed" at 5 p.m. on Sunday Atkinson, of Memorial Chapel of and 7 nightly Monday-Wednesday. Rev. Cheryl G. Johnson will speak. Camden. Theme: "Enter into His * Monday-Friday, July 30-Aug. 3 — The Rev. James B. Blassingame will St. Mark 4-B Missionary Baptist Church, rest." Revival at 7 nightly. The Rev. George speak on Sunday. The Rev. Richard 2280 Four Bridges Road, announces: Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, P. Windley Jr. will speak.* Wednes- Addison will speak Monday- day, Aug. 1 — Youth revival at 6 p.m. * Tuesday-Thursday, July 17-19 — 4319 Rowe Drive, Summerton, an- Wednesday. Revival services at 7 nightly. Speak- nounces: Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at * Sunday, July 22 — A salute to our ers: Pastor Cartrell Woods, of Salem * Sunday — The 21st pastoral anni- Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad seniors at 10:45 a.m. Pastor Leroy Baptist Church; Pastor James Good- versary celebration of Pastor David St., announces: Blanding Sr. will speak. man, of Alive Praise and Worship; Lawson at 3 p.m. The Rev. Sam Liv- * Saturday — "Summertime Revive New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, and Pastor George P. Windley, of ingston will speak. Conference" from 10 a.m. until noon 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: First Baptist Church. with Evangelist Nathan Johnson Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 * Saturday — Women's unity break- St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Douglas Ave., announces: and Chuck and Trista Smith of Fort 1715 S. Guignard Drive, announces: Mill. A love offering will be received. fast at 9 a.m. * Sunday — The 23rd anniversary of Visit knittingheartsministry.word- * Saturday, July 28 — "Youth Empow- * Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 13-15 — the church will be celebrated at 4 press.com. erment Workshop" and "Estate Plan- Revival at 7 nightly. The Rev. Delbert p.m. H. Singleton Jr. will speak. Love Covenant Church, 245 Oswego ning Workshop for Adults" will be * Saturday, Aug. 4 — Back-to-school Road, announces: held 9 a.m.-noon. Featured topics for Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 extravaganza from 9 a.m. until 2 youth workshop are bullying, teen Wall St., announces: p.m. featuring vendors on site, a * Friday, July 20 — Movie on the pregnancy and job application and lawn with "Leap!" at 8:30 p.m. * Today-Saturday — Sports clinic / bounce house, games and many interview procedures. Speakers for football camp as follows: 6-8 p.m. other fun activities. Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist the estate planning workshop in- Friday, "Pep Rally" featuring pep * Wednesday-Friday, Sept. 19-21 — Church, 714 Camden Highway, Bish- clude Dale Atkinson, Sumter probate talks on manhood, discipline and Fall Revival at 7 nightly. opville, announces: court judge; Tammy Kelly, State sportsmanship; and 8 a.m.-noon Farm insurance agent; and Attorney Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry, * Friday-Sunday, July 20-22 — Wom- Saturday, "Game Day" with experi- Calvin K. Hastie Sr. At 5 p.m., the 1098 Lemon Ave., Manning, (across en's conference "Women Moving enced guests teaching football young lady's annual tea party will from Camp Bob Cooper), announc- Forward" as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, techniques and agility skills. Price be held for young ladies ages 8-18. es: Pastor Dessie McKelvy will speak; 9 is $10 and includes clinic T-shirt. THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | A5

Anthony K. Grice, a 30- year veteran with the Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church South Carolina Highway Patrol, was sworn in as Celebrates Manning’s interim police Rev. H.L. Charles and chief Thursday afternoon First Lady Lydia Charles at Manning City Hall. Grice replaces former MPD Police Chief Blair 5th Pastoral Anniversary on Shaffer, who was fired Sunday, July 15, 2018 earlier Thursday. at 3:00 PM PHOTO BY SHARRON HALEY / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

administrative reviews, disciplinary actions CHIEF FROM PAGE A1 and criminal investigations. Grice also testi- fied in court and employee grievance hear- Nelson did say that Shaffer had been an em- ings. ployee with the city’s police department for “I made it 31 days (in retirement),” Grice more than 25 years. said with a smile following Thursday’s swear- In the release, Nelson announced Grice’s se- ing-in ceremony. “I’m ready to go to work.” lection as interim chief. She also said the city Grice’s wife, Ladell, is also a veteran of law would begin a search for a new police chief as enforcement with 25 years spent working as an soon as possible. investigator with Beaufort County Sheriff’s Of- Grice is no stranger to law enforcement. In fice and as assistant division director of South June, the 30-year veteran of the patrol retired Carolina Department of Corrections. She is Theme: “How Shall They Preach, except they be sent” as captain/troop commander of Region Seven the law enforcement instructor at F.E. DuBose Romans 10:14-15 where he supervised 60 certified troopers and Career Center in Manning. two civilian employees. “He is doing what he loves,” Ladell said after Guest Speaker: Rev. Willie Wright Grice’s responsibilities included adherence the ceremony. Pastor of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church to agency policies and procedures as well as The Grices have two daughters, India and Sumter, SC 29150 stateChurch laws. He prepared written reports for DirectoryAsia.

Salem Missionary Baptist Church First Church of God Adventist Assembly of God 320 West Fulton Street Catholic - Roman Lutheran - ELCA 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 Presbyterian - ARP 803-775-8054 www.sumterfcg.org Lemira Presbyterian Church Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist Reverend Dr. Cartrell Woods, Jr. Pastor Ron Bower, Pastor First Assembly of God Saint Anne and Saint Jude St James Lutheran Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Sun. School 9:00 am 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter Sunday School: 9:30 am 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 Roman Catholic Church Pastor Dan Rowton Pastor Phil Roberts Praise Worship 9:55 am 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Sunday Worship: 10:30 am www.sumterfi rstag.org 216 East Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Sunday School 10:00 am Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Jason Banar, Pastor Worship 10:00 am www.sasjrcc.org Pastor Keith Getz Worship 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm Sunday School 9:30 am Fr. Giovannie Nunez, CRM Sunday School: 9:00 am Greater St. Paul Church www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Parochial Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Sunday Worship: 10:00 am 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Baptist - Southern Weekend Masses Thur. Bible Study 10:30 am Founder Bishop W.T. English Presbyterian PCA African Methodist Saturday: 4:30 pm Sunday School - 10:30 am Sun. 8:00,12:00 pm Sunday Morning Worship - 11:30 am Baptist - Missionary Grace Baptist Church Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm Episcopal 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Confession: Sat. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Methodist - United Westminster Presbyterian Church 230 Alice Dr., Sumter • 803-773-7235 Dr. Stephen Williams The Rock Church of Sumter Union Station AME Church Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church Bethel United Methodist Church Pastor Stuart Mizelle [email protected] 365 N. Saint Paul Church Rd 945 South Main Street, Sumter 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Saint Anne and Saint Jude 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Sunday School 9:15 am S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am 803-494-7625 (ROCK) [email protected] Marion H Newton, Pastor Roman Catholic Church Rev. Jeremy Howell Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Pastor Gwendolyn Credle Worship Service 10:30 am (803) 775 8200 Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:15 am 611 W. Oakland Ave • 803-773-9244 Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Sunday School 9:30 am Rev. Dr. Phil Flowers announces: Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am www.stjudesumtersc.org Sunday School: 10 am Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm Worship 11:00 am Sun. Church School 9:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Rev. Giovannie Nunez, CRM www.yourbethel.org Presbyterian USA Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Sun. Church Service 10:00 am Hickory Road Baptist Church Parochial Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM [email protected] Tues. Bible Study 11:00 am 1245 Cherryvale Dr Weekend Masses First Presbyterian Church Saturday: 6:00 pm Trinity United Methodist Church Sumter Bible Church Wed. Bible Study 6:00 pm 803-494-8281 of Sumter Sun. 9:15 am ,12:00 pm, 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 420 South Pike West, Sumter Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) Sunday School 9:45 am 5:00 pm (in Spanish) Rev. Joseph James, Jr. Confession: Sat. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Blended Worship 8:45 am Sunday School 10:00 am (803) 773-3814 • [email protected] Worship 10:55 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm ALWAYS ENOUGH Evening Worship 6:00 pm Sunday School 9:45 am Rev. Nick Cheek Traditional Service 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm “Classes for all ages” 9:30 am Providence Baptist Church Church of Christ offi [email protected] Hospitality & Fellowship 2445 Old Manning Rd. Sumter Pentecostal (Fellowship Hall) 10:10 a.m. 803-481-9688 Plaza Church of Christ Worship (Sanctuary) 10:30 a.m. www.pbcsumter.org 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Non-Denominational Rev. Pat Coffey Sunday School: 10 am First United Penecostal Church Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Calvary Bible Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Worship 10:30 am Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm 770 N. Wise Dr., Sumter Pastor Theron Smith Evening Worship & 803-774-2341 Sunday Service: 10:00 am Bible Study 6:30 pm Pastor Richard Harris & 6:30 pm Interdenominational Sunday School 9:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm Worship 11:00 am & 6:00 PM Photo Credit: Nadezhda 1906 Shaw Heights Baptist Church Spiritual Life Christian Center ow many times can you fill a bucket with sand? There’s enough 2030 Peach Orchard Rd. • 499-4997 Christ Community Church (CCC) Sumter First Pentecostal 4710 Broad Street * 968-5771 to build sandcastles all afternoon and never run out. God made Rev. Robert White, Pastor 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter Holiness Church H Randolph & Minerva Paige, Pastors an enormous sand pile! It’s the same with God’s love - plentiful like Sunday School: 9:45 am www.cccsumter.com 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 the sand, there is always enough. Many things in this world are in Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:50 am 803-905-7850 S. Paul Howell, Pastor short supply; God’s love is not one of them. We can go to God over Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm and over again to “refill the bucket.” He always has enough love for Bible School July 8th - 13th Sunday Worship 9:00 & 10:45 am Sunday School: 10:00 am 6:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday Worship: 10:45 am each and every one of us. Visit your house of worship this week and Victory Full Gospel every week and learn about God’s infinite love. 4 year old & up & 6:00 pm Interdenominational Church Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: Daily Devotional Reading 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Jeremiah Lam. Lam. Lam. Lam. Psalm Psalm 7:00 pm 7:1-15 1:1-22 3:1-24 3:25-57 5:1-22 17 23 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society Sunday Worship: 11:00 am ©2018, Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Carolina PRO GLO AUTO PAINT, “Please worship at the SUMTER MACHINERY CO. To Advertise BODY, GLASS & FRAME Church of your choice’’ “Serving Sumter Since 1904” Filters, Inc. RANDY BONNER Mill Supplies • Steel Sales Store Manager On This Page WORK, INC. Machine Shop • Rewinding Shop 109 EAST NEWBERRY AVENUE Insurance Work Welcomed FRASIER TIRE SERVICE INC Don’t Fuss Call Us 803-774-1441 773-6842 310 E. Liberty Street Call 2085 Jefferson Road, Sumter, S.C. 29153 103 Brooklyn St. • Sumter, SC MANAGEMENT AND STAFF Sumter, SC 29150 Phone (803) 469-3895 • FAX (803) 469-2414 18 E. Liberty St. • 778-2330 (803) 773-1423 800-293-4709 Billy Caples, Sr.

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historical average high for 5.55 inches. JUNE FROM PAGE A1 JUNE’S WEATHER STATS FOR SUMTER July is 90.2. Temperatures Regarding rain last June 2018 Historical average Variance so far this month are trend- month, Sumter recorded According to the weather Average daily high 90.7 87.8 +2.9 ing about 1.5-2 degrees 4.29 inches. The average for service's annuals, you have above normal in many June in Sumter is 5.17 inch- to go all the way back to Average daily low 68.6 65.7 +2.9 areas, according to the es. 1944 for the hottest June on Rainfall 4.29 inches 5.17 inches (-0.88 inches) weather service. "We had a couple decent record in Sumter County. Source: National Weather Service, Columbia. Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Climate rainfall events — a couple That year, the monthly av- Prediction Center, rainfall of strong frontal systems erage high temperature was in July locally and state- move through — but in be- 95.4, nearly 5 degrees wide is also expected to be tween those it was fairly warmer than this year's age high temperature for peratures should continue above normal. dry," Anderson said. "So, June. June was 91, Anderson said. for July, according to offi- The state's historical av- unfortunately, we fell below The state's overall aver- The above-normal tem- cial outlook data. Sumter's erage rainfall for July is normal for rain."

“new ideas” and “freshness” Democratic Party from 2006 Sumter County. Efforts to BOWMAN FROM PAGE A1 on the school board. through 2010. Also, from reach Alston on Thursday to She said she is an active 2003-06, she worked as a pro- see if she plans to run for re- District administration put Bowman said she thinks community member in the gram coordinator for Lead- election were unsuccessful forth a draft proposal in mid- board members had already Cherryvale area and at- ership South Carolina, as of press time. March to close three low-en- decided to close the schools tends every monthly com- which is run by the Clemson rollment schools, including before the public meetings. munity meeting at Cher- University Institute for Com- F.J. DeLaine, and move those A Mayesville resident ryvale Community Center, munity and Economic Devel- students into other larger since 1997, Bowman has one where a range of issues, in- opment. schools in the same rural adult son, Spencer, who at- cluding education, are dis- Four non-partisan seats parts of the county. In its tended Cherryvale Elemen- cussed. and two at-large seats on the proposal, district administra- tary School and graduated Bowman said she was also nine-member school board tion also said it would imple- from Crestwood High School disappointed in the board’s are up for election in Novem- EVERY DAY ment new academic magnet in 2010. role in the district’s financial ber. Filing runs Monday programs in the combined, She said the district has difficulties from fiscal 2015 through Aug. 15. expanded schools. made some accomplishments and 2016. The Area 1 seat on the The school board and dis- this decade — such as chang- Bowman said she has a school board is held by Linda trict followed with six public es to curriculum and tech- bachelor’s degree from Alston, a former social work- meetings in the latter part of nology — but that more UCLA and an associate de- er in the public schools in March to discuss its proposal changes are necessary, espe- gree from Los Angeles Tech- and gather community feed- cially in Area 1, “which nical College. CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, LLC back. Most community mem- sometimes gets shorted in She works as a Nationwide 110 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 bers who attended the public terms of budgetary items,” Insurance sales agent but 803-773-1838 sessions said they were Bowman said. previously was employed against closing any schools. Bowman said it’s time for with the South Carolina We are seeking Contractors & Subcontractors for the following areas in South Carolina: • Sumter • Columbia Capital Investment Properties is a 20 year old Real Estate Company How Current is seeking contractors or subcontractor to repair residential homes. Must be certified and qualified. We need persons to do the following: • Roof addition • Hardwood Floor Refinish Your Will? • Crown Molding Install • Ceiling Repair • Ceramic Tile Install • Lighting Install • Installing Floors Have you kept your Will current? Have you had or are you undergoing • Painting • Bathroom Finish & Refinish major life changes that warrant a Will review or change? • Plumbing • Heating & Air • Electrical/Lighting If so, Glenn Givens can help with this matter by reviewing your Will and • Drywall Finish amending your Will or creating a new Will if wanted or needed. • Cabinets Installed • Window Replace / Reconstruction • Installing Ceiling Fans Call Glenn at (803) 418-0800; ext. 108 GLENN F. GIVENS, ATTORNEY All qualified candidates please contact our office 803-983-7448, 803-773-1838, [email protected] or come by the office at 110 E. Kolb, Murphy & Givens, Attorneys at Law, LLC Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150 to apply. You may contact us by phone 107 North Main Street | Sumter, SC 29150 | 803-418-0800 Monday thru Sunday. Preowned Truck & SUV Summer Sale 2001 FORD F-150 2015 FORD SVT LIGHTNING ONLY F-150 XL 27K 188205B MILES 188053A YOUR PRICE YOUR PRICE $13,830 $22,326

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PHOTOS BY SHARRON HALEY / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM Mill Street Grill’s salad bar features more than three dozen items, including a variety of vege- tables, greens, fruit and dressings. Left, patrons can choose from a dozen different martinis, including the Bubba-Licious Bubble Gum, Manning Melon, Bob Cooper Summer S’Mores, Summerton Sweet Lemonade, Wyboo Granny Apple, Big Water and the Puddin’ Swamp Bacon, just to name a few. The grill’s bar also features beer, other cocktails and a com- plete food menu. Mill Street Grill is Manning’s newest restaurant

BY SHARRON HALEY country bar will be open from vegetable casseroles for sale their meals and bar visits. Special to The Sumter Item 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday. including squash, sweet pota- “We are really looking for- The one constant item on to soufflé and the Southern fa- ward to football season,” MANNING — The Mill the country bar is fried chick- vorite macaroni and cheese. Rabon said. “We have wings, Street Grill, 201 S. Mill St., is en, Rabon said. Rabon said MSG is already beer and drinks. We also offer Manning’s newest restaurant. “Everyone seems to love booking Christmas parties. dining on the porch. We’ve Owned by Cathy and Bubba fried chicken,” she said. “It is “We will cater events large added a few fans, but it will Rabon, the restaurant fea- always on the hot bar. We fea- and small,” she added. “We really be nice out there this tures a country hot bar, salad ture daily specials with at also have the Carlyle Room fall.” bar and full menu offering ev- least three or four meats, a va- that is named after Mr. Wilber With a theme of “where lo- erything from wings and riety of vegetables and of Carlyle Ardis, the previous cals gather,” Rabon said she burgers to steaks and salmon. Mill Street Grill owner Cathy course dessert.” owner.” hopes locals will begin meet- “I love to cook,” Cathy Rabon chats with Dale Hawkins, Rabon said the grill will fea- Since opening, the Carlyle ing friends and family at the Rabon said earlier this week. who purchased 10 gift cards be- ture daily specials, including Room has been used for birth- grill for drinks, meals and “When I see people enjoying fore enjoying lunch Thursday. Monday’s meatloaf, Tuesday’s day parties and meetings. special occasions. my food, it makes me feel like fried pork chops, Wednesday’s The grill offers patrons “We are excited about Mill I’m really contributing to the the food industry in the Sum- turkey and dressing, Thurs- seven TVs to enjoy during Street Grill,” Rabon added. community and the people.” ter area. Cathy’s Kitchen, day’s country-style steak and Rabon said most of the reci- Tod’s Steakhouse, Captain’s Friday’s flounder. pes featured at MSG are her Kitchen, Cathy’s Catering, “I love sweets,” Rabon own creations with additional Cathy’s on Broad and Bubba’s added. “We always have des- recipes coming from employ- Diner, which recently closed, serts. We also cater whole ees and friends. were owned by the Rabons. cakes.” “I welcome new ideas,” she “It’s something that we Along with catering sweets, added. enjoy,” Cathy said. Rabon said MSG will have fro- The Rabons aren’t new to MSG’s country bar is open zen casseroles, including tur- 2018 was a great year for “CAMP HAPPY DAYS.” Thanks to the generous the restaurant business. from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. key and chicken tetrazzini, people in Manning and Clarendon and Sumter counties who gave and gave Bill Ellis Since the late 1980s, the Monday through Saturday chicken pot pie, chicken Divan and helped ake this camp possible. I can’t say thank you enough. Rabons have been involved in and coming soon, July 22, the and shepherd’s pie. MSG has We sincerely hope everyone is on this list but if we accidentally left your Thank you... name off - we appreciate your support! We thank the following businesses and organizations: BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS: Sheriff warns of phone scammers • Edwin Boyle Santee Summer Ministry • Eastern S.C. Mustang Club • Walmart of Manning & N. Charleston • The Manning Times • Farmers Telephone Co. • The Sumter Item posing as Duke Energy employees • Brunson Pharmacy • Shannon Greens • Corner Diner and Customers • NBSC • McKenzie Trucking • Bank of Clarendon FROM STAFF REPORTS power bill is past due and advises the per- • Black Sheep Inc. • A & P Recycling of Sumter son to wire money. • Jimmy’s Heating and Air • Mid-Carolina Steel Clarendon County Sheriff Tim Baxley is Some callers even know the exact amount • Pocotaligo Products • Second Chance Shop warning Clarendon County residents of a of the power bill. • Wyboo Women’s Club • Chic & Shared Treasures scam involving people calling and identi- Residents who receive a call like this • Anderson Pharmacy • SEC “Wire” Group fying themselves as working at Duke Ener- should hang up and not send any money. • Car-Mart • Citizen’s Promotional Products gy. Duke Energy will invoice you through • Laurence Manning Academy • Summerton Rotary Club The caller informs the resident his or her the mail — never over the phone. • LMA Speech and Drama Club • Farmer’s Propane • LMA Drama Club • Simpson Hardware • LMA Student Council And These Church Organizations: • LMA Booster Club • Manning Methodist Church AME Church, 1030 Morello benefit run beginning at 11 • Ring Around the Roses (Jones-Gamble Class) Road in Manning, is hosting a a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, at • Prothro Chevy • Manning Methodist Church BRIEFS Upper Room Class) FROM STAFF REPORTS revival at 7 p.m. Wednesday Lakevue Landing. The check- • Piggly Wiggly ( through Friday. The guest re- in will be held at 4 p.m. at • Carolina Bait Co. • Manning Methodist Church • D&H Restaurant (Men’s Class) vivalist is Dr. Alice Ridgill. Lakevue. The entry fee is $10 Peggy Parish Birthday • Lil Debbie Dist. (Bobby) • Manning Presbyterian Church Party will be at library The host pastor is the Rev. Dr. for all participants with cash • City of Manning • Second Baptist Church Mary Rhodes. prizes for the top three finish- • Clarendon Sheriff’s Dept. • First Baptist Church MANNING — Harvin Clar- ers. There will be six stops on • Bobby Carter Construction (PT Bradham Class) endon County Library will Fall sports registration the route, including Meare’s • Four Holes Sales and Service • First Baptist Church celebrate author Peggy Par- Marine (formerly J & J Mari- • 2nd Hand Rose (Joy Class) ish’s birthday at 10:30 a.m. begins Monday na), Taw Caw Campground • Manning Lions Club • Grace Baptist Church today at the library, 215 N. MANNING — Clarendon and Marina, Goat Island Bait • Manning Restaurant • Fraser Presbyterian Church Brooks St. Attendees will County Recreation Depart- & Tackle-Restaurant & • Ken’s Tax Service • Union United Methodist Church enjoy snacks, a craft activity ment is offering fall sports Lounge, Polly’s Landing Mari- • Hacquard and Compton Industrial • Jordan Methodist and several of Parish’s stories, registration Monday through na, Randolph’s Landing and • Summerton Lions Club including her Amelia Bedelia Aug. 20. CCRD is offering Lakevue Landing. Entry forms AND TO THESE INDIVIDUALS: series. tackle football for ages 7-9 and are available from any chapter 10-12; flag football for ages 4-7; member, any of the stops or by • Patty & Porter • Morgan Sauls • Cliff Godwin soccer for ages 5-6, 7-10 and calling (803) 460-8551 or (803) Thompkins • Glen Ardis • Ronnie and Mellie Lee New Start in the Park is • Stewart & Robin Moody • Inez Mulbauer • J.M. and Anita Ard 11-14; girls’ volleyball for ages 478-4300. Entry forms may be each Sunday this month • Mr. & Mrs. James Black • Julia & Silky Woods • Mrs. Mary Taylor 5-8 and 9-12; and cheerleading obtained after 9 a.m. the day of • Kenneth and Gloria • Jill Torrey • Larry & Brenda Smith MANNING — New Start for ages 7-9 and 10-12. the event at Lakevue. Entry Holiday • Hugh & Darlene • Tom Vose Community Church of the Call the recreation depart- forms must have all six stamps • Mike Watson Thames • Shawn McCord Nazarene, 4686 J.W. Rhames ment at (803) 473-3543 for addi- to be eligible for the cash priz- • Bill & Judy Holmes • Ellis & Abbi Milinis • John & Nancy Rich Road in Manning, is sponsor- tional information, including es. Participants without all six • George & Jan Ellis • Hagan Strickland • Jake & Patricia Ross ing New Start in the Park at 6 prices, registration times and stamps will be eligible for door • Marvin & Mary Alsbrook • Andrea, Lake & Friends • George Mauss p.m. each Sunday in July. This locations. prizes and supper. • Cliff Bagnal • Sarah Faye, Allie, • Rosevelt McFadden Jr. Sunday, New Start in the Park • Fred & Dot Kraut Vassar & Darrell Turner • Anonymous will be held at Rex Josey Park, Community invited to National Night Out • Rep. Bobby Ridgeway • Tarrant Morris And To These Boaters: and the theme of the evening • Alfred Breedin • Butch Franklin • Don Drose will be “Tools and Supplies.” Back-to-School Blast set for Aug. 7 at park • Aubrey & Miriam • Whit Jordan • Dan Floyd On July 22, New Start in the MANNING — Destiny MANNING — Clarendon Johnson • Hank & Paula • Carl Cagle and The Park will be held at Gibbons Church, 12135 S.C. 260 in Man- County law enforcement • Rich & Mary Ann Boudreau Goat Island Boat Club Danback • Rosanne Jackson Street Park with a theme of ning, is hosting a Back-to- agencies are hosting National • Mike & Martha Ann • Wayne & Carole Utley • Charlie Gavin Williams “Maintenance.” On July 29, School Blast from 3 to 6 p.m. Night Out from 6 to 9 p.m. on • Jack Rose • Donna Gordon the event will be held at the on Saturday, July 28, at the Tuesday, Aug. 7, at J.C. Brit- • Joseph Stukes • Danny Rogers • James & Tammie • Cary Robinson church with a “Finale” theme. church. The free event will ton Park, 3057 Raccoon Road. • Gloria Joseph Richburg • Jordon Douglas At each event, music will be feature games, prizes, back- The countywide event focuses • Lynn, Pat & Billy • Kevin Ross • Blake Baxley provided by C.B. Hammer and pack giveaway, water slides, on “promoting neighborhood Gibbons • Woody Nesbitt • Bill Rogan Naily G. with puppets, Popsi- school supplies, hot dogs, spirit and police-community • Joey Moore • Pat Yates cles, games and crafts. The fi- George’s Funnel Cakes and partnership” as well as • Bob & Debbie Tucker • Sonny & Ann Sanders And a Special nale will also include photo snow cones. “Making Our Community • Bob & Janice Frazier • F.D. & Gayle Scott Thank You to certificates, a bounce house Safe.” Attendees can enjoy • Jack & Donnie Pelly • Mrs. W.T. Noonan Gail Mathis, as a family member, and an ice cream party. food, drinks, prizes and • Dee & Randy Osteen • Ann Tennant VVA Annual LZ 960 • Ted & Barbara Johnson • Billy Marshall a friend and a music. In case of inclement faithful supporter Benefit Run weather, the event will move • Jack Evans • Pete Pye Society Hill AME Church • Julian Weinburg • Minnie White of Camp Happy MANNING — The Vietnam into the Manning High Days for many Revival is next week Veterans of America, Chapter School gymnasium, 1155 Pax- • Pat Robinson • Russell Purvis • Ibra Mathis • Jody Ard years. MANNING — Society Hill 960, in Manning is hosting a ville Highway. A8 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 CLARENDON SUN THE SUMTER ITEM Pets of the week

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Estate Notice LEGAL Clarendon County NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICES OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims Estate Notice on FORM #371ES with the Probate Clarendon County Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC NOTICE TO CREDITORS 29102, within eight (8) months after the OF ESTATES date of the first publication of this Notice All persons having claims against the to Creditors or within one (1) year from following estates MUST file their claims date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC on FORM #371ES with the Probate 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall Court of Clarendon County, the address be forever barred as to their claims. All of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC claims are required to be presented in 29102, within eight (8) months after the written statements on the prescribed form date of the first publication of this Notice (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and to Creditors or within one (1) year from address of the claimant, the basis of the date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC claim, the amount claimed, the date when 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall the claim will become due, the nature of be forever barred as to their claims. All any uncertainty as to the claim, and a claims are required to be presented in description of any security as to the claim. written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the Estate: Philis Gibson Gerald claim, the amount claimed, the date when #2018ES1400173 the claim will become due, the nature of Personal Representative: any uncertainty as to the claim, and a Darlene Gibson description of any security as to the claim. 129 Breedin Street Manning, SC 29102 07/6/18 - 07/20/18

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John C. Usry SALES & SERVICE STUKES HEATING & www.clarendonsun.com AIR CONDITIONING, LLC Certifi ed Public Accountant State MEC Licensed 26 East Boyce St., Manning, SC P.O. Box 293 Summerton, SC 29148 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (803) 566-7740 40 years Experience (803) 485-6110 • (803) 473-4926 A public hearing will be held by Clarendon County Council at Monday - Friday 9am - 2pm 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 in the Council Chambers of the Clarendon County Administration Building located at 411 Sunset Drive in Manning, SC regarding the following proposed amendments: (1) Amendment to the Unifi ed Development For Clarendon Sun Code, Ordinance #2018-05 amending UDC Article III Permitted Uses, Section 32.03, Table III-3 regarding Solar Farms. (2) Advertising Mark Pekuri Amendment to the Offi cial Zoning Map, Ordinance #2018-06 changing the zoning district classifi cation on property owned 803-464-8917 by Nadalyn Lighthill, Tax Map Parcel 219-00-01-050-00, 2643 [email protected] Little Star Road in Alcolu from Single Family Residential (SFR) to Agriculture II (AGII). Documents related to Ordinances #2018-05 and #2018-06 are available for public inspection in the Clarendon County Planning Commission offi ce located at 411 Sunset Drive in Manning, SC, or you may direct inquiries by telephone to 803-435-8672. THE SUMTER ITEM FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | A9

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COMMENTARY Amending the agenda was in Mount Pleasant recently. It had been years since I had driven north of Shem Creek on Coleman Boulevard. My drive north in search of lunch put Iinto context the Save Shem Creek movement and the desire of many residents to slow development in the town. My drive was educational. Low-rise, lower-density devel- opment had been replaced by high-rise buildings at street’s edge and strip mall sprawl. I could have been in Myrtle Beach except for the absence of T-shirt shops. The conflict between development and preservation came to a head in a suit filed against the town by a developer. The suit named as defendants the Town of Mount Pleasant and members COMMENTARY of town council in their individual capaci- ties. Council members were apparently told by town attorneys that they faced po- tential personal liability from the suit. Kavanaugh confirmation Kabuki Court-required mediation resulted in the development of a settlement agreement heater, much like Ja- hearings or none at all. ages of 15 and 44 was 1982 and Jay Bender that, upon approval by town council, pan’s Kabuki — that’s Any suspense about the out- that the peak year for total would give the developer the right to high- all the Supreme Court come has been eliminated by abortions was 1990. er-density construction than might other- Tconfirmation process Senate Democrats’ decision to Since then, the number has wise have been available. is. Donald Trump’s presenta- end the filibuster for lower- fallen from 1.6 million annual- The settlement agreement was on the town council agen- tions of his two nominees, court nominees and their ly to fewer than 1 million. For- da in July last year for an executive session discussion and Judge Neil Gorsuch last year threatening one against Gor- ty-four percent of abortion fa- possible approval. As is often the case, the appearance of a and Judge Brett Kavanaugh such, which predictably led Re- cilities are located in just two controversial development agreement on the agenda drew a on Monday, were uncharac- publicans to apply their rule to states, California and New crowd. The matter was on the published agenda under item teristically graceful — a wor- Supreme Court nominees. York, according to one pro-life XI.C.1. entitled “Executive Session.” thy theatrical innovation, in Sometimes partisan rage leads group, and 48 percent of abor- At the outset of the meeting, a member of council moved the view of politicians to do self-defeating tions are performed in five — to amend the agenda to move the settlement agreement Ex- even some things. those two plus New Jersey, ecutive Session item, XI.C.l.a., to an earlier position on the Trump crit- Journalists, too. CNN’s legal Florida and Illinois. A reversal agenda. The motion to amend the agenda was adopted ics. expert Jeffrey Toobin quickly of Roe and Casey would allow unanimously. The motion to enter executive session for the Now we get tweeted that Kavanaugh’s con- states to criminalize abortion, settlement agreement discussion failed on a 4-4 vote. One to watch clips firmation would mean “abor- but states in which about 80 member, citing the potential for personal liability, withdrew of Kavana- tion illegal; doctors prosecut- percent of current abortions from the meeting. Another member citing potential person- ugh’s visits to ed; gay people barred from res- are performed certainly al liability recused himself from the discussion. A public senators’ of- taurants, hotels, stores; Afri- wouldn’t. discussion was then held on the settlement agreement and Michael fices — where can-Americans out of elite Toobin’s tweet got one thing the potential for personal liability of council members. A Barone he’ll most schools; gun control banned in right. A Justice Kavanaugh, second motion for executive session on the item was adopt- likely never 50 states; the end of regulatory with Justice Gorsuch and oth- ed on a 4-3 vote. Two additional council members elected return to after state.” ers, might produce a conse- not to participate in the executive session. Five members of the playacting is over — with That’s mostly silly. How quential change in eroding or council participated. cordial words from Republi- many commercial establish- overturning the high court’s Upon reconvening from executive session at 10:09 p.m., cans certain to vote for him ments want to bar gay people 1984 decision in Chevron v. the chair stated that no action had been taken and no votes and maybe even from Demo- (assuming they could identify Natural Resources Defense had been taken in executive session. No motions were made crats certain to vote against. them)? How many elite schools Council, which requires courts in open session with respect to the proposed settlement Then there will be hearings want to reject all black appli- to defer to regulatory agencies’ agreement. Many of the citizens interested in the settlement before the Senate Judiciary cants? interpretation of statutes. Re- agreement discussion and vote left the meeting. Council Committee, presided over by As for abortion, Democrats versal would require Congress moved on to the next items on the agenda. the folksy but canny Chairman have predicted that every Re- to make hard choices rather At 11:36 p.m., the chair stated the need to enter executive Chuck Grassley, with the rank- publican nominee would over- than punt to unaccountable session to consider the remaining agenda items, excluding ing Democrat, Dianne Fein- turn Roe v. Wade. But Roe isn’t and anonymous regulators. the settlement agreement item which had been moved by stein, perhaps restrained by even the operative precedent That resembles moves by some the amended agenda to the beginning of the meeting. The her imposition of what sound- today. Planned Parenthood v. members of Congress who vote to enter executive session to consider the executive ses- ed like a constitutionally pro- Casey later allowed some re- want to reclaim the right to sion items other than the settlement agreement was unani- hibited religious test for office strictions on abortion and rec- make trade policy rather than mous. Upon reconvening in public, the chair announced on another judge on Trump’s ognized that medical progress leave it to the president. The that no votes had been taken in executive session. Supreme Court shortlist. might require allowing more. result might be fewer and The next agenda item was XI.D. labeled “Post Executive This process is ostensibly to Assumptions that the “arc of more transparent laws. Session” with the entry “Council may take action upon re- enable senators to make in- history” will always move to- But that’s a subject for later convening from Executive Session.” Under that agenda formed decisions. But Kavana- ward abortion are being un- columns, after the confirma- item, a motion to approve the settlement agreement dis- ugh is certain to invoke the dermined at every step by polls tion playacting ends and Kava- cussed earlier in the meeting was approved 4-3. 1993 precedent set by his Dis- and practice. naugh takes his seat with his Opponents of the settlement agreement were unhappy, trict of Columbia Circuit pre- Polls show stable views on eight new colleagues. and their unhappiness may have been a significant factor in decessor Ruth Bader Ginsburg. abortion, with most Americans a subsequent town election which resulted in the defeat of She refused to say how she’d favoring additional restrictions Michael Barone is a senior po- the incumbent mayor and the seating of four new council vote in any case. and younger voters perhaps litical analyst for the Washing- members. The new mayor, Will Haynie, sought an opinion Curiously, our constitution- even more anti-abortion than ton Examiner, resident fellow at from the attorney general on the potential for personal lia- al republic managed to get their elders. And in practice, the American Enterprise Insti- bility for council members and the validity under the FOIA along for 127 years without abortions are increasingly tute and longtime co-author of of the action to approve the settlement agreement after the Senate hearings on Supreme rare. The pro-choice Guttm- The Almanac of American Pol- second executive session which did not identify the agree- Court nominees, and for the acher Institute reports that the itics. ment as a subject of discussion in the second session. next 61, many justices were peak year for the ratio of abor- As has been the tradition of the Office of the Attorney confirmed after perfunctory tions per female between the © 2018 CREATORS.COM General for more than 40 years, the opinion, written by So- licitor General Robert D. Cook, concluded that the general assembly in adopting the FOIA directed the courts to apply the law to maximize opportunities for the public to be ad- vised of governmental actions. The opinion also concluded that following the directive of the General Assembly, the Former journalism professor’s novel touches nerve courts would apply the law to find the action to approve the settlement agreement absent a second two-thirds vote by council to amend the agenda to again take up the settlement with many an editor working in community press agreement was in violation of the FOIA. The opinion also stated that individual council members BY S.C. NEWS EXCHANGE Timbs Jr. would not have personal liability for their quasi-legislative Timbs is a former com- actions. f the gruesome slaugh- munity newspaper editor City, county and school board attorneys around the state ter of five people hap- and retired Winthrop Uni- should take notice of the opinion’s characterization of the pened in the newsroom versity journalism profes- vote on the silently resurrected settlement agreement, “A Iof a paper in Annapo- sor now living in the moun- court could conclude that council played ‘musical chairs’ lis, Maryland, could it hap- tains of East Tennessee. He with the public.” Since it is baseball season I would liken the pen in South Carolina? says that the big story of action to the classic “Hidden Ball Trick.” What exactly could occur the recent newsroom shoot- Given the division on council, it seems unlikely that a mo- when a group of angry citi- ing in Annapolis is some- tion to amend the agenda a second time to bring the settle- zens have a festering gripe thing that all too many ment agreement for a vote could have obtained the neces- with their hometown com- community newspapers can sary two-thirds vote. Since the options were to approve the munity newspaper? relate to. settlement or continue the litigation, no emergency was pre- And how would the news- “All it takes is one de- sented requiring immediate action for which no notice paper respond if this irate ranged or mentally ill per- could be given. group of people seemed only son to bust into a newsroom Those who believe in open government in South Carolina to get angrier and more de- and vent his spleen. Trage- should say thanks to Mr. Cook for this thoughtful and well- manding by the day? dy can quickly ensue,” reasoned opinion. To those who want government to be by Even the community’s Timbs said. “If you’re a the few for the well-connected, please curse under your high sheriff — under seige journalist working in a breath. himself by that same crowd small town in South Caroli- of complainants — seems to have no answers. na, you can definitely relate to what I write Jay Bender is a retired University of South Carolina profes- These are a couple of uncannily timely about in my new book.” sor and media lawyer who represents the S.C. Press Associa- themes in a new novel — “Unlikeliest Witness” Unlikeliest Witness, published by Doggy Dog tion and its newspapers. — published earlier this summer by Larry C. Press, is available on Amazon. A10 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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Help save a life by invited to attend. participating in one of the A t-storm around in Mostly cloudy Partial sunshine Mostly sunny An afternoon Cloudy, humid; a following American Red The Sumter Branch NAACP will the p.m. thunderstorm p.m. t-storm Cross blood donation oppor- meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, tunities: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. July 22, at Congruity Presby- 88° 70° 90° / 67° 92° / 72° 93° / 75° 93° / 75° today, USC Sumter Arts & terian Church, 3750 Congru- Chance of rain: 40% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 65% ity Road, Gable. Letters Building, 109 Miller ENE 7-14 mph SE 4-8 mph NE 6-12 mph ESE 3-6 mph SW 4-8 mph SW 7-14 mph Road; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A Red, White and Blue Ball, Wednesday, July 18, Shaw presented by American Le- Gaff ney Air Force Base, Community gion Post 202 Women’s Aux- 85/70 Activities Center, 413 Recre- iliary, will be held from 9 Spartanburg p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, ation St.; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 84/70 Tuesday, July 24, Central July 28, at 310 Palmetto St. TODAY’S Greenville Carolina Technical College, Event will feature DJ Smoove SOUTH 82/69 506 N. Guignard Drive; 9 as well as free food. Tickets Florence are $20 each. Semi formal a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, July CAROLINA Bishopville 86/69 26, SAFE Federal Credit attire. Call Janetta at (803) 88/71 Union, 160 W. Wesmark 406-8038. WEATHER Columbia Blvd.; and 2-7 p.m. Thursday, The Fourth Annual Unity Prayer Temperatures shown on map are Sumter July 26, Grace Baptist Breakfast, hosted by One today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 90/74 88/70 Myrtle Church, 219 W. Calhoun St. Sumter Community, will be IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach The Lincoln High School Preser- held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 89/72 85/72 vation Alumni Association will Aug. 4, at Mount Zion Mis- Today: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds Aiken meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, sionary Baptist Church En- northeast 6-12 mph. 88/71 July 15, at 22 Council St. Call richment Center, 315 W. Ful- Saturday: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds James Green at (803) 968- ton St. Tickets are $10 each. east-northeast 4-8 mph. 4173. Call Joshua Dupree at (803) The Carolina Coin Club will 795-3600 or Calvin Hastie at ON THE COAST Charleston (803) 774-7776 for tickets. meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Today: An afternoon thunderstorm. High 88/74 July 17, at the Parks and The Sumter Combat Veterans 85 to 92. Group will host a veterans Recreation Department Saturday: A thunderstorm around. High building, 155 Haynsworth St. helping veterans seminar 11 85 to 90. The group meets on the a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. third Tuesday of each month 7, at the Birnie HOPE Center, and visitors are always wel- 210 S. Purdy St. This event come. Call (803) 775-8840. will focus primarily on VA LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON claims. All area veterans are The General George L. Mabry SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:21 a.m. Sunset 8:35 p.m. invited and encouraged to Lake pool yest. chg Jr. Chapter of the Military Temperature Moonrise 6:51 a.m. Moonset 9:16 p.m. attend. 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SUMTER SPCA PETS OF THE WEEK FAR LEFT: Venus, a 9-month-old Labrador retriever mix, is sweet, friendly andVenus loving. is active,She enjoys sweet playing and loving and running with other dogs. She Ais ancaboodle active, affectionateof kittens to girl choose who is from also greatat with children. Venus would love to find a forever family. LEFT: Sunrise, CiCi, Tobago and Nooney are just four of the many kittens available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. The SPCA has a variety of breeds and colors including tuxedos, tor- toiseshells, calicos and tabbies. All are housebroken and have had the first set of shots and deworming. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food, wet cat food, cat litter and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers, stuffed animals, heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger), dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, bleach, paper towels, sheets and comforters, baby blankets, canned dog and cat food, dry dog food, treats, leashes and collars, disinfectant spray, all-purpose cleaner, air freshener, no scratch scrubbers, two-sided sponges for dishes, litter freshener and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted. SECTION B FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

YOUTH SOFTBALL Darlings of the softball

PHOTO PROVIDED BY ASHLEY WELCH The Sumter 7-8 year-old Dixie Darlings coaches pitch all-star softball team shows everyone who is No. 1 after it defeated Byrnes 19-17 to win the state tournament on Wednesday at Shaver Complex in Seneca. The team will now play in the Dixie Softball World Series in Alexandria, Louisiana, beginning on July 27. Sumter 7-8 coaches pitch team goes undefeated winning state

BY DENNIS BRUNSON day at Shaver Complex in Alexandria, Louisiana, begin- one," said Sumter manager win over Westminster on [email protected] Seneca. ning on July 27. Lance Welch. "They were all Monday, a 14-8 triumph over It's the first time a Sumter Sumter won all five of its good games and we had to bat- Midland Valley on Tuesday, It was far from an easy task, all-star team has won state in games in the tournament, but tle." and a 19-17, 6-inning victory but the Sumter 7-8 year-old that age group. it had to come from behind to Sumter beat Midland Valley over Byrnes in the champion- coaches pitch all-star softball Sumter advances to the win four of the games. 10-6 in the opener on Satur- ship game on Wednesday. team won the Dixie Darlings Dixie Darlings Softball World "The only game that we day. It followed with a 6-5 win state tournament on Wednes- Series, which will be played in didn't trail in was the first over Byrnes on Sunday, a 10-7 SEE DARLINGS, PAGE B4

WIMBLEDON YOUTH TENNIS Serena to play for eighth Wimbledon title Sumter Rally BY HOWARD FENDRICH Cats to play in The Associated Press LONDON — Yes, this will be Serena SC Junior Team Williams' 10th Wimbledon final. Yes, it's her 30th title match at any major. And, well, sure, she's widely regarded championships as not just the best of her era, but any era. BY DENNIS BRUNSON Let others shrug at this latest accom- [email protected] plishment, as if all it signified were merely another chance at another in a As the president of the long line of trophies. Williams is not Sumter Tennis Association, shy about saying she, for one, is im- Dr. Carol Alan is looking for pressed by this. Rightly so. For it was ways to improve tennis par- only about 10 months ago she was hav- ticipation, es- ing a baby and then dealing with a seri- pecially ous health scare that followed. among young Even after all of that, even after people. more than a year away from the game, That's why even in only the fourth tournament of she and her her comeback, Williams showed she's husband, Dr. still capable of dominance. Especially Rodney at the All England Club, where a rela- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Alan, formed tively routine 6-2, 6-4 victory over 13th- Serena Williams returns the ball to Julia Gorges during Williams’ 6-2, 6-4 singles semifinal the Sumter Rally Cats, a Ju- seeded Julia Goerges of Germany on victory in the Wimbledon Championships in London on Thursday. nior Team Tennis girls team Thursday put Williams one win away that will be playing in the from an eighth championship. winners to only seven unforced errors, "Seeing her back, it's great," said Ker- USTA SC Junior Team Ten- She's also closing in on her 24th and covering the court so well with ber, who has lost six of eight previous nis state championships in Grand Slam title, which would equal speed and effort, Williams will face an- matches against Williams. "I know that Camden beginning today Margaret Court's all-time record. other German, 11th-seeded Angelique she is always pushing you to the lim- and running through Sun- "A lot of people were saying, 'Oh, she Kerber, on Saturday. its." day. should be in the final,'" the 36-year-old "Whatever happens, honestly," Wil- Kerber let 2017 French Open champi- "We look at this as an op- Williams said. "For me it's such a plea- liams said, "it's an incredible effort on Ostapenko determine the outcome portunity to get kids and teen- sure and a joy because, you know, less from me." of nearly every point. By the end, Osta- agers more involved in play- than a year ago, I was going through so The left-handed Kerber, a former No. penko had far more winners, 30-10, and ing tennis, especially high much stuff." 1 and two-time major champion, beat far more unforced errors, 36-7. school players," Carol Alan After hitting five aces with a serve 12th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-3 said. "We have a great facility that reached 119 mph, delivering 16 earlier Thursday. SEE SERENA, PAGE B4 (Palmetto Tennis Center) and this helps the high school teams." The idea for the team came YOUTH BASEBALL about when the Sumter Tennis Association was hosting pre high school play days at PTC in May. From that came the Sumter “O”Zone wins bracket in eventful fashion idea to put together a team to compete in the state tourna- FROM STAFF REPORTS ries in Kinney, Ben Reynolds and scored four runs in both the ment. Moncks Blake VanPatten combined fifth and sixth innings to "This weekend is what we've The Sumter 11-12 year-old Corner to throw a 2-hit shutout. Ian pick up an 8-7 win and elimi- been practicing, what we've "O"Zone all-star baseball on July Harris led the offense, going nate Hartsville Northern. been preparing for," Carol team fought its way back 20-21. 2-for-2, while Sean Rouse Harris had a single in the Alan said. through the losers bracket, The win- doubled and scored a run. fifth to score Dylan Jones, The team is made up of winning three games in less ner will With three teams remain- who led off the fifth with a six girls from Sumter and than 24 hours to win its advance ing in the tournament single and stolen base and Manning. They are Ella 8-team, double-elimination the Dixie Youth "O"Zone bracket with one loss, Mid- got Sumter on the board, Alan and Rita Alan, the bracket in its state tourna- World Series in Lumberton, lands drew the bye. That making it 6-1. After a Van- daughters of the Alans, ment at Timken Sports Com- North Carolina. meant Sumter and Harts- Patten single, Reynolds hit a Lucy McIver, Caroline plex in Union. Playing the final game on ville Northern had to face 3-run home run to cut the McElveen, Jada Twine and Sumter will now face Tuesday, Sumter faced un- each other again on Wednes- lead to 6-4. Imani Wyatt. Hartsville National in the beaten Hartsville Northern day morning. Sumter trailed best-of-3 championship se- and recorded a 3-0 win. Clark 6-0 after four innings, but SEE STATE, PAGE B4 SEE CATS, PAGE B4 B2 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

PRO BASEBALL Baby Braves looking to shake out of midseason swoon BY CHARLES ODUM (right shoulder inflamma- Meanwhile, leadoff hitter The Associated Press tion), Brandon McCarthy Ender Inciarte is hitting only (right knee tendinitis) and .246, and Snitker pulled him ATLANTA — As well as Anibal Sanchez (right ham- from Sunday's loss in Milwau- things have gone for the At- string strain) are on the 10- kee for a lack of hustle. In- lanta Braves in the season's day DL. ciarte was back in the lineup first half, lately there are Left-hander Luiz Gohara, for the two-game series with troubling signs that some- who had been in the bullpen, Toronto. thing is not right. was optioned to Triple-A Gwin- Snitker wouldn't blame the Or maybe a lot of things are nett after Wednesday night's team's recent offensive strug- not right. game. He is expected to use his gles on "one or two guys." The Braves have lost six of time in Gwinnett to prepare for "We haven't been hitting on eight games and this week a possible spot in Atlanta's ro- all cylinders," Snitker said. briefly fell out of the NL East tation after the break. Nick Markakis, selected to lead for the first time since The team earned the nick- his first All-Star team at 34, May 30. They moved back into name "Baby Braves" thanks to Freddie Freeman and Albies a first-place tie with Philadel- key players including 21-year- have helped keep the team in phia with Wednesday night's THE ASSOCIATED PRESS old All-Star Ozzie Albies and first place. win over Toronto. Atlanta was Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies watches his 2-run home run in the eighth in- 20-year-old left fielder Ronald Albies became only the off Thursday before Friday ning of the Braves’ 6-5 win over Toronto on Wednesday in Atlanta. Acuna Jr. When Soroka, an- sixth player in franchise his- night's opener of a home se- The victory moved Atlanta back into a tie for first place in the Nation- other 20-year-old, was in the tory to hit homers from both ries against the Arizona Dia- al League East. rotation, the Braves had the sides of the plate in the same mondbacks. three youngest players in the game on Wednesday night. He The Braves are looking to examined all options, includ- prospect now that starters majors. Gohara, 21, could add already has 20 homers, the regain their momentum en- ing tweaks to his lineup. Gen- Sean Newcomb, Mike Foltyne- even more youth. most for a Braves player be- tering next week's All-Star eral manager Alex Anthopou- wicz and Mike Soroka have Two more important play- fore the All-Star break since break. los also has to look closely at enjoyed success in Atlanta ers are only 24 — Newcomb Andruw Jones hit 20 in 2006. "We've just have to get back the team's recent downward this season. and shortstop Dansby Swan- Albies has hits in 19 of his to getting the whole thing trends as he considers possi- Trading a prospect for imme- son. Foltynewicz is a first- last 20 games, pushing his av- going," Braves manager Brian ble trade options. diate help wouldn't have been time All-Star at 26. erage to .288. Snitker said Wednesday. The Braves have interest in considered a likely move for With so much youth, grow- Freeman described Albies "We're obviously struggling in Baltimore's Manny Machado Anthopoulos at the beginning ing pains were inevitable. as "unbelievable to watch." a lot of different areas." but are seen as a long shot to of the year. The rebuilding Newcomb and Foltynewicz Foltynewicz said, "I'm excited Snitker was far from pan- acquire the All-Star shortstop. Braves were expected to con- have each allowed five earned he's on my team." icked. He believes the down- Anthopoulos has said the tend in a year or two. But now runs in two straight starts. Snitker hopes Albies can be turn can be easily explained team is unlikely to give up top that the Braves have spent Hard-throwing left-handed a model for teammates who as a part of the normal flow prospects for a short-term much of the season in first reliever A.J. Minter has four are struggling after strong of a season and said, "I just rental, and Machado is ap- place, the timetable for aggres- saves but gave up four runs, starts. think teams are going to do proaching free agency. sive moves may have changed. three earned, while recording "He's adjusted," Snitker that." Anthopoulos may be more Injuries have left the rota- only one out in Tuesday said. "He's doing what good Even so, Snitker said he has willing to trade a pitching tion full of questions. Soroka night's 6-2 loss to Toronto. players do."

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Seattle (TBD) at Colorado (Senzatela 3-2), 8:40 p.m. World Cup final Highland Park, Ill. (GOLF). Chicago Cubs (Chatwood 3-5) at San Diego (Richard 2 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy Cup Series 7-8), 10:10 p.m. Pole Qualifying from Sparta, Ky. (NBC SPORTS L.A. Angels (Pena 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 4-2), NETWORK). MLB STANDINGS BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH 10:10 p.m. 3 p.m. — Exhibition Golf: American Century Oakland (Jackson 1-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner The Associated Press Championship First Round from South Lake Tahoe, AMERICAN LEAGUE 2-3), 10:15 p.m. Nev. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). East Division 4 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPNU). W L Pct GB SATURDAY MOSCOW — A billion-dollar Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m., 1st game 4 p.m. — PGA Golf: John Deere Classic Second Round Boston 65 29 .691 — Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m., 2nd game assembly of stars makes France from Silvis, Ill. (GOLF). New York 60 31 .659 3½ Arizona at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Tampa Bay 48 44 .522 16 the favorite for the World Cup Cincinnati at St. Louis, 4:10 p.m. Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). Toronto 42 49 .462 21½ Philadelphia at Miami, 4:10 p.m. final, a scenario that Dejan 5 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Alsco 300 Pole Baltimore 26 67 .280 38½ Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Qualifying from Sparta, Ky. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Lovren is pitching as perfect for Central Division L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 p.m. 6 p.m. — International Softball: International Cup Pool Seattle at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. Croatia's biggest ever game. A Game from Irvine, Calif. — Puerto Rico vs. USA Red W L Pct GB Oakland at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m. (ESPN2). Cleveland 50 41 .549 — "We love to be the underdogs," Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. 6 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Minnesota 41 49 .456 8½ Lovren said in the wake of Croa- Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPNU). Detroit 40 55 .421 12 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, Chicago 31 61 .337 19½ tia's England 2-1 extra-time win WDXY-AM 1240). Kansas City 26 66 .283 24½ WORLD CUP SOCCER over England. 6:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League West Division Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). QUARTERFINALS With a population of 4.3 mil- 6:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy Cup W L Pct GB Friday, July 6 lion and a history of struggle, Series Practice from Sparta, Ky. (NBC SPORTS Houston 62 34 .646 — At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia NETWORK). Seattle 58 35 .624 2½ France 2, Uruguay 0 it's easy to see why. Not since 7 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Joet Gonzalez vs. Rafael Oakland 53 41 .564 8 At Kazan, Russia Uruguay's win in 1950 has a Rivera in a Featherweight Bout from Los Angeles Los Angeles 47 46 .505 13½ Belgium 2, Brazil 1 (ESPN). Texas 40 54 .426 21 Saturday, July 7 country of so few people reached 7 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: Indiana at Atlanta (FOX At Samara, Russia a World Cup final. SPORTS SOUTHEAST). WEDNESDAY England 2, Sweden 0 7 p.m. — Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Utah Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2 At Sochi, Russia Croatia's players were born Championship Second Round from Farmington, Utah Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5 Croatia 2, Russia 2, Croatia advanced 4-3 on penalty kicks around the time an independent (GOLF). N.Y. Yankees 9, Baltimore 0 7 p.m. — Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Boston 4, Texas 2 SEMIFINALS Croatia emerged from the wars Cleveland or Toronto at Boston (MLB NETWORK). Cleveland 19, Cincinnati 4 Tuesday, July 10 7:30 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Arizona at Atlanta Atlanta 9, Toronto 5 At St. Petersburg, Russia which divided the former Yugo- (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). Chicago White Sox 4, St. Louis 0 France 1, Belgium 0 slavia in the early 1990s. Lovren 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Oakland 8, Houston 3 Wednesday, July 11 Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPNU). Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 0 At Moscow and star midfielder Luka Modric 8:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Croatia 2, England 1, OT were refugees as children. Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). THURSDAY 9 p.m. — CFL Football: Toronto at Edmonton (ESPN2). Oakland 6, Houston 4 THIRD PLACE Croatia still struggles econom- 9 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Marathon Classic Second Round Philadelphia at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, July 14 ically and its football scene has from Sylvania, Ohio (GOLF). N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. At St. Petersburg, Russia 10 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Belgium vs. England, 10 a.m. been riven with hooliganism, Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPNU). Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. crime and politics. 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Consolation Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). Sunday, July 15 It's a country that breeds TODAY At Moscow toughness in its players. SATURDAY Texas (Hamels 4-8) at Baltimore (Cobb 2-11), 7:05 p.m. France vs. Croatia, 11 a.m. 7:30 a.m. — International Lacrosse: FIL World Lacrosse N.Y. Yankees (German 2-4) at Cleveland (Bieber 4-1), The key to Croatia's success in Championship Match from Netanya, Israel — Australia 7:10 p.m. Russia, Lovren said, is "Our vs. United States (ESPNU). Toronto (Borucki 0-1) at Boston (Porcello 11-3), 7:10 7:30 a.m. — International Cycling: Tour de France Stage p.m. WNBA STANDINGS mentality." 8 from Amiens Metropole, France (NBC SPORTS Detroit (Fiers 6-5) at Houston (Keuchel 6-8), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Keller 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Shields EASTERN CONFERENCE "War, all these things and even NETWORK). W L Pct GB 3-10), 8:10 p.m. 9 a.m. — Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Women’s Washington 12 8 .600 — now the situation is not the best," Tampa Bay (Eovaldi 3-3) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 4-6), Championship Match from London (ESPN). Atlanta 10 9 .526 1½ 8:10 p.m. he said. "It's unbelievable how 10 a.m. — International Soccer: FIFA World Cup Third- Connecticut 10 10 .500 2 Seattle (TBD) at Colorado (Senzatela 3-2), 8:40 p.m. Place Match from Saint Petersburg, Russia — England Chicago 7 13 .350 5 many talents we have in sports." L.A. Angels (Pena 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 4-2), vs. France (WACH 57). New York 6 14 .300 6 10:10 p.m. Two years ago, Croatia's cam- 10 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Indiana 2 18 .100 10 Scottish Open Third Round from East Lothian, Oakland (Jackson 1-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner paign at the 2016 European Scotland (GOLF). 2-3), 10:15 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Championship was overshad- 11 a.m. — International Lacrosse: FIL World Lacrosse W L Pct GB Championship Match from Netanya, Israel — Canada SATURDAY Seattle 15 6 .714 — owed by turmoil in the stands as Toronto at Boston, 1:05 p.m. vs. Scotland (ESPNU). Phoenix 14 7 .667 1 Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. fans hurled dozens of flares onto Noon — International Softball: International Cup Pool B Dallas 12 8 .600 2½ Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Game from Irvine, Calif. — Japan vs. USA Blue (ESPN2). Los Angeles 13 9 .591 2½ the field in protest against the Detroit at Houston, 4:10 p.m. 12:30 p.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Minnesota 12 8 .600 2½ L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 p.m. football federation leadership. A Scottish Open Third Round from East Lothian, Las Vegas 9 12 .429 6 Scotland (WIS 10). N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:15 p.m. year before that, a swastika was 1 p.m. — PGA Golf: John Deere Classic Third Round Texas at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m. Seattle at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. WEDNESDAY’S GAMES drawn on the field before a na- from Silvis, Ill. (GOLF). Atlanta 106, Washington 89 Oakland at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m. 1 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Toronto at Boston or New York 79, Connecticut 76 tional-team game. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (MLB NETWORK). Minnesota 87, Indiana 65 2 p.m. — Track and Field: Athletics World Cup Day from NATIONAL LEAGUE London (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). East Division THURSDAY’S GAMES 3 p.m. — Exhibition Golf: American Century Dallas 92, Los Angeles 77 Championship Second Round from South Lake Tahoe, W L Pct GB Nev. (WIS 10). Atlanta 51 40 .560 — Philadelphia 51 40 .560 — FRIDAY’S GAMES 3 p.m. — PGA Golf: John Deere Classic Third Round Phoenix at Connecticut, 7 p.m. Washington 46 46 .500 5½ from Silvis, Ill. (WLTX 19). Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m. New York 37 53 .411 13½ 3 p.m. — Professional Tennis: Wimbledon Women’s Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Miami 39 56 .411 14 Championship Match from London (WOLO 25). Las Vegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 3 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Marathon Classic Third Round Central Division from Sylvania, Ohio (GOLF). SATURDAY’S GAMES 4 p.m. — International Softball: International Cup Pool W L Pct GB Dallas at Seattle, 9 p.m. A Game from Irvine, Calif. — Chinese Taipei vs. USA Milwaukee 55 38 .591 — Red (ESPN). Chicago 52 38 .578 1½ 4 p.m. — Women’s Senior Golf: U.S. Senior Women’s St. Louis 47 44 .516 7 Open Third Round from Wheaton, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 1). Pittsburgh 43 49 .467 11½ TRANSACTIONS 4 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Arizona at Atlanta Cincinnati 41 52 .441 14 THURSDAY (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). West Division 4 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Washington at New BASEBALL York Mets or Arizona at Atlanta (MLB NETWORK). W L Pct GB American League 4 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second- Arizona 51 43 .543 — BOSTON RED SOX — Placed 3B Rafael Devers on the 10- Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). Los Angeles 50 42 .543 — day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Recalled INF Tzu- 4:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Colorado 48 45 .516 2½ Wei Lin from Pawtucket (IL). Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPN2). San Francisco 49 46 .516 2½ DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Victor Alcantara to 5 p.m. — Senior PGA Golf: PGA Tour Champions Senior San Diego 40 55 .421 11½ Toledo (IL). Players Championship Third Round from Highland MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed DH/1B Logan Morrison on Park, Ill. (GOLF). WEDNESDAY the 10-day DL. Reinstated SS Ehire Adrianza from the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 5 p.m. — IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Honda Indy Pittsburgh 2, Washington 0 10-day DL. Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic, Toronto Pole Qualifying from Toronto (NBC SPORTS San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 13 innings NEW YORK YANKEES — Signed LHP Miguel Vargas; OFs NETWORK). Cleveland 19, Cincinnati 4 Kevin Alcantara, Mauro Bonifacio, Christoper Familia right, celebrates with Luka Modric 6 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Second- Miami 5, Milwaukee 4, 12 innings and D’Vaughn Knowles; SSs Marcos Cabrera, Jose after their team advanced to the Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 0, 10 innings Colmenares, Maikol Escotto and Dayro Perez; Cs 6:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Atlanta 9, Toronto 5 Kevyn Camacho, Nicolas Garcia, Agustin Ramirez and World Cup final with a 2-1 victory Second-Round Playoff Game from Las Vegas (ESPN2). Chicago White Sox 4, St. Louis 0 Jesus Rodriguez; and RHPs Juan Carela, Starling 7 p.m. — Major League BAseball: New York Yankees at Colorado 19, Arizona 2 Perez, Ignacio Radney, Rafael Severino and Tyrone over England in a semifinal match in Cleveland (WACH 57). L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 Yulie to minor league contracts. Moscow on Wednesday. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | B3

PRO GOLF British Open returns to the nasty links of Carnoustie

BY DOUG FERGUSON yards shorter — yes, shorter — than it The Associated Press was in 2007, the last time the Open was at Carnoustie. Carnoustie is known as much for Spieth will try to become the first the calamity it causes as the British player in 10 years to repeat as British Open champions it crowns. Open champion, and right now he'd Any mention of Carnoustie immedi- simply settle for a chance. Since his ately brings back that image of Jean closing 64 at the Masters to finish Van de Velde, equal parts tragedy and third, Spieth has finished at least 12 comedy, standing in Barry Burn on shots out of the lead in four of his the 18th hole with water up his shins seven tournaments. He missed the cut and rising. He made triple bogey to in the other three. lose a three-shot lead, and then com- Like most majors these days, the pleted as great a collapse as can be Open figures to be wide-open. found in a major championship by los- Dustin Johnson, who lost a four-shot ing in a three-man playoff in 1999. lead over the final two rounds at Shin- Just don't get the idea Van de Velde necock, is back to No. 1 in the world owns all the rights to bad endings at and eager to pick up another major. He Carnoustie. has not played since the U.S. Open. The Jose Jurado was the first victim. next three players behind him in the He had a three-shot lead going into world ranking — PGA champion Jus- the final round in 1931 and was still tin Thomas, Rose and U.S. Open cham- two shots clear late in the round until THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pion Brooks Koepka — all have a coming undone in the brutal closing Padraig Harrington looks down to where his ball landed in the Barry Burn during the chance to replace him at No. 1. stretch, topping one shot on the 17th final round of the 2007 British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. Carnoustie, which is where Recent history would suggest a hole into the burn. He lost out to this year’s British Open will be played, is known more for the calamity it causes than young American — the last five ma- Tommy Armour. the champions it produces. jors have been won by Americans in More recently was Padraig Har- their 20s. rington , only it worked out well for back of the playoff," Woods said. "That from the top 10 in the world have "It's definitely been pretty one-sided, him in 2007. Playing the 18th with a was ridiculous how hard it was." played a British Open at Carnoustie — and the Americans are dominating," one-shot lead, the Irishman hit his tee One month after Shinnecock Hills Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy , who Rose said. "So it would be lovely to shot into the Barry Burn. He took a was punishing as ever in the U.S. Open, was an 18-year-old amateur in 2007 turn that around next week." penalty drop and then hit his next golf's oldest championship doesn't fig- and immediately showed his potential Woods is happy to get another crack shot into the winding stream. Har- ure to be much of a reprieve. Scotland when he opened with a 68. He tied for at it. rington managed the best double has been going through a warm, dry 42nd that week. Carnoustie was his first experience bogey of his life. It got him into a play- patch of weather, which figures to Only 33 players in the 156-man field with links golf in 1995, when he was off when Sergio Garcia made bogey make it firm and bouncy. have played an Open at Carnoustie, still at Stanford and came over for the from the bunker, and Harrington went Mickelson, who played Carnoustie a and only 12 have played it twice. Scottish Open at Carnoustie ahead of on to win his first major. week before the Open, said it was un- Defending champion Jordan Spieth the British Open at St. Andrews. He Of the six previous Opens on these likely he would even carry a driver. only knows it from television. opened with a 69, closed with a 78 fin- menacing links, Ben Hogan is the only "I'm either going to carry a driver or He was 13, just starting to blossom ished 48th. winner to hold a 54-hole lead. that hot 3-wood, but there's only two as a junior, and he watched the Open "Carnoustie is an unbelievable driv- For most everyone else, Carnoustie or three holes — there's actually only from home as Garcia and Harrington ing golf course," Woods said. "You always seem to dish out its share of two holes I plan on using it, both par tried to survive the finish. have to drive the ball well there, but carnage. Rod Pampling once opened 5s. I have a low 1-iron that I've been "I remember ... how good of a score also it's not your traditional in (and) with a 71 and had the lead. He fol- putting in the bag and ... it's very low. par was on that hole and will contin- out golf course. It's a lot of different lowed with an 86 and missed the cut. Gets on the ground quick. I'll hit that ue to be for Opens going forward," angles, so a lot of different crosswinds. Phil Mickelson still hasn't seen a on probably the last ten holes, almost Spieth said. "It's one of probably the I have to be able to maneuver the golf weekend at Carnoustie. Garcia made every hole." toughest closing holes in the Open ball both ways there efficiently. You his major debut as a professional at Carnoustie in any conditions is re- Championship anywhere, and that just have to hit the golf ball well." Carnoustie. He shot 89. garded as a beast, with a reputation as creates some drama when it comes There is no faking. Nothing comes "That's a brutal course," Bernhard the toughest links in the world. Sir Mi- down to Sunday, as we've seen. And I easily. No one really conquers Car- Langer said. He speaks from experi- chael Bonallack, the former R&A sec- don't think it will be any different noustie. It's more about survival. ence in 1999, when Langer had his retary, might have sized it up the best this year." The highest compliment might have third-highest score of the 23 Opens he when he said, "When the wind is blow- Carnoustie gets its mean streak come from Tom Watson, who won his completed. He shot 297, and he tied for ing, it is the toughest course in Brit- from the way the course was set up in first major at Carnoustie in 1975 in a 18th that week. ain. And when it's not blowing, it's 1999, with narrow fairways and high playoff over Jack Newton. The first time Tiger Woods went an probably still the toughest." grass. But its strength comes from the "Carnoustie is like an ugly, old hag entire round without a birdie in a In recent Opens, it has picked up a wind, like most links courses, and this who speaks the truth no matter how major was in 1999 at Carnoustie. nickname: Car-nasty. course near the North Sea is particu- painful," Watson once said. "But it's "I think I made one birdie on the For so much of the field, it will be a larly exposed. only when you add up your score, you weekend and I finished three or four new experience. Only two players It measures 7,402 yards, which is 19 hear exactly what she thinks of you."

PRO BASEBALL Harper headlines Home Run Derby field NEW YORK (AP) — Wash- ing the fans are excited for Derby for Harper, and the ington Nationals slugger him and he gets nervous first for the rest of the field. Bryce Harper will take on and gets a zero," Freeman Harper lost to Yoenis Ces- Atlanta Braves first base- said. "But we'll see what pedes in the 2013 final at Citi man Freddie Freeman in an happens." Field in New York. all-NL East matchup in the The field was revealed Aguilar is the top seed with first round of the Home Wednesday night. 23 homers. He also won the Run Derby on Monday Milwaukee Brewers first final NL roster spot on night. baseman Jesus Aguilar faces Wednesday for the All-Star The 25-year-old Harper is Philadelphia Phillies slugger Game. the second seed at his home Rhys Hoskins in the opening Baez and Schwarber are ballpark by virtue of his 22 round. Los Angeles Dodgers the 18th pair of teammates THE ASSOCIATED PRESS homers through Tuesday's infielder Max Muncy meets to enter the same Derby. The Washington’s Bryce Harper will be one of the headliners in the Home games. Freeman, the top NL Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Cubs also had two players in Run Derby on Monday. vote-getter for Tuesday night's Baez, and Houston Astros the competition in 2015 when All-Star Game at Nationals third baseman Alex Bregman Kris Bryant and Anthony gives the Dodgers a Derby season in his first major Park, is the seventh seed with faces Cubs outfielder Kyle Rizzo competed in Cincinna- participant for the fifth con- league action since he hit two 16 homers. Schwarber. ti. secutive year. The 27-year-old homers in 51 games with Oak- "It should be fun. I'm hop- It's the second Home Run The inclusion of Muncy Muncy has 21 homers this land in 2016. SPORTS ITEMS Gota Job? GET A CAR! Braves bounce back with 9-5 win over Blue Jays We Finance in House ATLANTA — Ozzie Albies DANIEL MARTIN WINS STAGE MICKELSON SAYS HE WILL TRY NO CREDIT CHECK snapped Atlanta’s power 6 OF TOUR, VAN AVERMAET TO ACT BETTER ON COURSE drought with two homers, KEEPS LEAD GULLANE, Scotland — NO CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! BANKRUPTCY - NO PROBLEM! BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! and the Braves beat the To- MUR DE BRETAGNE, Phil Mickelson says he wish- DIVORCE - NO PROBLEM! REALLY BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! ronto Blue Jays 9-5 on France — Daniel Martin es he could take back the Wednesday night to move won an uphill finish to moment when he swatted a back into a tie for the NL claim Stage 6 of the Tour de moving golf ball at the U.S. East lead. France on Thursday, while Open. He says all he can do Mike Foltynewicz (7-5) Greg Van Avermaet kept now is try to act a little bet- and the Braves led 7-0 be- the overall lead for a third ter. fore Toronto scored five consecutive day. Mickelson spoke on Thurs- runs in the seventh on Jus- Defending champion day after opening with an tin Smoak’s leadoff homer Chris Froome crossed eight even-par 70 in the Scottish and a grand slam by Devon seconds after Martin in Open. Travis. But Albies hit a two- 18th. He has apologized previ- run shot in the eighth to Martin broke away on the ously for his actions on the help Atlanta hold on for straight two-kilometer as- Saturday in the U.S. Open, just its second win in eight cent of the Mur de where he ran after a putt 2005 Mazda 3 games. Bretagne, winning the and hit it back toward the Thanks Boyle, Coupled with Philadel- 181-kilometer (112-mile) leg hole as it was rolling off phia’s loss to the New York that started in the western the 13th green at Shin- “It was a fast and easy Mets, the Braves moved into port city of Brest in over necock Hills. Mickelson a tie with the Phillies for four hours. was penalized two shots process gett ing a car at Boyle. the division lead. Van Avermaet, a support and later said he did it on James ShielaCraig, RebeccaDickerson Hatfi eld Albies, headed to his first rider for title hopeful Rich- purpose. Apply For Credit Online At: www.boylebhph.com All-Star game next week, ie Porte, has held the yel- Mickelson says he has led off the sixth with a low jersey since BMC won done plenty of “dumb stuff” BUY HERE drive off Luis Santos that the team time trial on in his career. He says what- ended Atlanta’s season-long Stage 3. ever backlash he suffers PAY HERE stretch of five games with- Today’s flat 231-kilometer from other players and fans 347 Broad Street out a homer. He also had a leg from Fougeres to is his own fault. sacrifice fly in the Braves’ Chartes is the longest stage Sumter, SC Boyle 773-BHPH (2474) six-run second. of this Tour. From wire reports B4 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

WIMBLEDON 30-love Wimbledon semifinals: Nadal-Djokovic, Isner-Anderson

BY HOWARD FENDRICH who has won all 95 of his ser- among the very elite. The Associated Press vice games this fortnight, Since winning the 2016 thanks in part to a tournament- French Open to complete a ca- LONDON — After so much leading 161 aces. "He wants to reer Grand Slam and collect a speculation about a possible get back there, wants another fourth consecutive major tro- Wimbledon final between crack at a championship." phy, he hasn't added to his Roger Federer and Rafael Isner, who leads Anderson total. He has one Slam final Nadal, 10 years after their 8-3 in past meetings, is mak- appearance in that span. last, the tennis world instead ing his debut in the final four A significant part of the will get a semifinal featuring of a Grand Slam tournament problem was a painful right another outstanding rivalry: in his 41st appearance at one. elbow that forced him off the Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic. He'd only once before reached tour for the second half of 2017 Friday's showdown will be the quarterfinals at any after he stopped playing dur- their 52nd meeting overall — major, back in 2011, and never ing his Wimbledon quarterfi- the most for any pair of men had been past the third round nal. After more than a year of and 14 more installments than at the All England Club. trouble, Djokovic finally had Federer vs. Nadal — and first at Add in Nadal, 32, and surgery in February, then took the All England Club since 2011. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Djokovic, 31, and it's the first a while to find his groove. That was also the last time Rafael Nadal celebrates defeating Juan Martin Del Potro in their quar- time in the half-century of "If I have to compare the Nadal made it past the fourth terfinal match in the Wimbledon Championships in London on professional tennis that all game that I've played, the round at the grass-court Wednesday. Nadal will take on Novak Djokovic in a semifinal match four male semifinalists at any level of tennis that I've had major; Djokovic, who holds a today. Slam are in their 30s. (all of) those years and today, 26-25 head-to-head lead, beat That's a reflection of a trend I think it's pretty close. ... I him in that year's final. is (to) play very well." so far for either Isner, 33, or that's been present in the men's know, as everything in life, we "We always played in impor- The first semifinal at Centre Anderson, 32, who shockingly game for quite some time. are evolving. I'm a different tant stages, important places," Court, between No. 8 seed ended Federer's bid for a With the increasingly physi- person, different player said Nadal, who had a far Kevin Anderson of South Af- ninth championship at Wim- cal nature of rallies, the ad- today," Djokovic said. rougher go of things in the rica and No. 9 John Isner of bledon by erasing a match vances in training and nutri- "I like the level of tennis quarterfinals than Djokovic, the U.S., features two power- point and beating him 13-11 in tion that help extend careers, that I'm playing on right now. needing more than 4½ hours ful servers with similar games the fifth set of their quarterfi- and the dominance of a certain I really do. I think with the to edge Juan Martin del Potro who have a lot less star power nal Wednesday. trio of all-time talents — Feder- performances I've had, I de- in a five-set thriller. "Friday is and considerably fewer Grand At least Anderson can boast er has 20 Grand Slam titles, serve to be in the semifinals," another important match Slam trophies, to say the least: of one runner-up finish, and Nadal 17, Djokovic 12 — it's he continued. "I don't want to against an opponent that is The Nadal-Djokovic combined it was recent, against Nadal at been hard for any youngsters stop here. I hope I can get a one of the most difficult ones count is 29, including five at last year's U.S. Open. to elbow their way to the top. chance to fight for a trophy." that you can face. He's playing Wimbledon. "I'm trying to get to where Djokovic seems to once He'll need to get past Nadal well. Only way to try to win it There are zero major titles he's already been," said Isner, again be claiming his spot first.

growth, social growth and CATS FROM PAGE B1 life skills. "Our hope is to build team While other Junior Ten- "With the number of play- tennis in our community nis Teams are co-ed, the ers we have, we're obviously and surrounding counties," Rally Cats will be competing going to have some playing Carol Alan said. "We want in the single gender division in both," Carol Alan said. to do what we can to expose for girls ages 12-18. They Junior Team Tennis (JTT) girls to tennis. There is a lot will be one of seven teams is a program of the United of (college) scholarship in their division and are States Tennis Association. It money available in tennis. scheduled to play eight is a great complement to We have lots of girls who matches this weekend. school tennis with a mission play softball, volleyball and A team match consists of to provide a competitive, basketball. We want them to three singles matches and level-based environment see what is available to two doubles matches. that promotes individual them playing tennis."

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Williams vs. Kerber will be a rematch of the 2016 final. Williams won that for a sec- ond consecutive Wimbledon title, then sat out the grass-court tournament last year PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ASHLEY WELCH while pregnant, part of a 16-month gap be- The Sumter 7-8 year-old Dixie Darlings coaches pitch all-star softball tween majors. team displays the trophy and the championship flag it received after After giving birth to daughter Olympia beating Byrnes 19-17 to win the state tournament on Wednesday at last September, Williams was treated for Shaver Complex in Seneca. blood clots. "I lost count after, like, four surgeries," said Williams, who has been wearing com- DARLINGS FROM PAGE B1 pression leggings this fortnight as a precau- tion. After pulling out the 1-run trailed 13-10 going into the Her first Grand Slam tournament back triumph over Byrnes in the final inning of the 5-inning was the French Open, where she won three second game, the Sumter Dar- contest. They scored three matches before withdrawing last month be- lings found themselves down runs in the top of the inning cause of an injured chest muscle. six runs in the third inning to tie the game and held By- All of the time away pushed someone against Westminster before rnes scoreless in the bottom who's spent more than 300 weeks ranked rallying for the victory. In its of the inning to force extra No. 1 down the rankings — she began Wim- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS second meeting with Midland innings. bledon at 181st, but was seeded 25th on ac- Angelique Kerber celebrates her victory over Valley, Sumter behind 4-0 be- Sumter scored six runs in count of her past success — and no one Jelena Ostapenko during their singles semifinal fore rallying to become the the top of the inning and held could quite be sure how the American match in the Wimbledon Championships in Lon- last undefeated team in the Byrnes to just four in its at- would fare over these two weeks. don on Thursday. Kerber will face Serena Wil- tournament. bat to win the championship. Not even Williams knew. liams in the final on Saturday. None of those rallies com- "I can't say enough about "This is not inevitable for me. I had a real- pared to the one Sumter the way these girls played," ly tough delivery ... and almost didn't make serve and groundstrokes didn't help her pulled off against Byrnes on Welch said. "They just fought it, to be honest," Williams said. "I remember avoid first-round exits each of the past five Wednesday though. back and battled and kept I couldn't even walk to my mail box, so it's years at Wimbledon. The Sumter Darlings coming back." definitely not 'normal' for me to be in a But she couldn't keep up with Williams, Wimbledon final." who grabbed 18 of 22 points and five consec- AMERICAN LEGION STATE PLAYOFFS The victory over Goerges extended Wil- utive games to close the first set and begin liams' winning streak at Wimbledon to 20 the next. FIRST ROUND Thursday Best-of-5 Series Fort Mill at Spartanburg (late) matches, dating to the start of the 2015 edi- "She brings her 'A game' in a lot of impor- Midlands Region Today tion. She's also won her past 15 Grand Slam tant moments," Goerges said. "We saw that Sumter vs. Hartsville Spartanburg at Fort Mill (if necessary) Monday Upstate Region matches since the start of the 2017 Austra- she improved every single match she's play- Sumter— 10, Hartsville 0, 6 innings Greenville vs. Greenwood lian Open, which she won while pregnant. ing here." Tuesday Monday Sumter 12, Hartsville 5, Sumter leads Greenwood 7, Greenville 4 That title pushed her past Steffi Graf's re- There was one brief blip to come: Wil- series 2-0 Tuesday cord of 22 majors in the half-century profes- liams got broken for the only time while Wednesday Greenville 9, Greenwood 8 Sumter 8, Hartsville 3, Sumter wins series 3-0 Wednesday sional era; Court won some of her Slams serving for the match at 5-3. Immediately, Camden vs. Lexington Greenwood 11, Greenville 2, Greenwood during the amateur era. though, she broke back at love to end it, Monday leads series 2-1 Camden 6, Lexington 5, 12 innings Thursday Williams' match against Goerges was placing her left fist on her chest when Go- Tuesday Greenville at Greenwood (late) even until 2-all, 30-all. Until then, Goerges, erges' last shot landed long. Lexington 8, Camden 4 Today Wednesday Greenwood at Greenville (if necessary) the first seeded player Williams faced these Later, Williams was asked whether this Camden 9, Lexington 5, Camden leads Chapin/Newberry vs. Anderson two weeks, showed she was capable of trad- has been her most trying comeback in a ca- series 2-1 Monday Thursday Anderson 10, Chapin/Newberry 6 ing power from the baseline and big serves reer that's had its share, including an earli- Camden at Lexington (late) Tuesday Today Chapin/Newberry 8, Anderson 6 with Williams. er bout with blood clots in her lungs. Lexington at Camden (if necessary) Wednesday There were moments when watching Go- "I don't know if it's been the toughest, be- Coastal Region Anderson forfeits series, Chapin/ Florence vs. Hampton Newberry wins series 3-1 erges made it easy to wonder how it could cause I have Olympia. For me, I only see joy Monday be possible she never had been past a ma- out of it," Williams said with a smile. "In a Florence 9, Hampton 0 SECOND ROUND Tuesday Best-of-5 Series jor's fourth round until now. Or, more to the way, it's by far the toughest, but in a way it's Florence 9, Hampton 2 July 16-20 point on this afternoon, how such a stinging by far the best." Wednesday Midlands Region Florence 6, Hampton 1, Florence wins Sumter vs. Camden or Lexington series 3-0 Coastal Region Charleston/Goose Creek vs. Horry\ Florence vs. Charleston/Goose Creek Monday Piedmont Region Charleston/Goose Creek 2, Horry 0 Gaffney vs. Fort Mill or Spartanburg ship game, Sumter again Tuesday Upstate Region Greenville or Greenwood vs. Chapin/ STATE FROM PAGE B1 trailed 3-0 after three in- Charleston/Goose Creek 2, Horry 0 Wednesday Newberry nings but notched a single Charleston/Goose Creek 12, Horry 6, Charleston/Goose Creek wins series 3-0 STATE TOURNAMENT Hartsville Northern at 7-7. Harris reached on a run in the fourth after a Piedmont Region July 24 scored a single run in the fielder’s choice and ad- double by Mims. VanPatten Gaffney vs. Rock Hill Game 1 -- Midlands winner at Coastal Monday winner, TBA top of the sixth to push the vanced to second when doubled to lead off the fifth, Gaffney 2, Rock Hill 1 Game 2 -- UpState winner at Piedmont score back to 7-4 before VanPatten was hit by a and Sumter tied the game Tuesday winner, TBA Gaffney 5, Rock Hill 4 at Spirit Communications Park (in Sumter rallied for four pitch. Harris scored the on a 2-run home run by Wednesday Columbia) runs and the walk-off win winning run when an at- Ben Reynolds. Gaffney 7, Rock Hill 3, Gaffney wins July 25 series 3-0 Game 3-- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m. in the bottom of the inning. tempt to cut him down on a Jones led off the sixth Fort Mill vs. Spartanburg Game 4 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 Monday winner, 7 p.m. Chapell Brogdon drew a steal of third base bounced with a single and after a hit Spartanburg 7 Fort Mill 0 July 26 walk to lead off the inning, in to left field. batter, scored the winning Tuesday Game 5 -- Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 Fort Mill 9, Spartanburg 1 winner, 7 p.m. and consecutive singles by Harris picked up the win run on a double by Harris. Wednesday July 27 Kinney and Jones followed on the mound, and Jones Reynolds pitched a com- Fort Mill 4, Spartanburg 3, Fort Mill leads Game 6 -- Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 series 2-1 winner, TBA by an RBI single from was 3-for-3 with two runs. plete game to pick up the Game 7 -- If necessary Hayden Mims tied the game In the bracket champion- win. 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RECRUITING CORNER Top Palmetto State hoops stars near decisions

wo of the state’s top basket- there. He just told me don of Brunswick, Ga., told Kipp “It’s definitely a school that I want to ball prospects are closing in if I get here to get Adams of 247Sports he knows which continue to keep in contact with and on their college decisions. my feet wet, and school he will commit to and has in- go from there. I’d like to make it T Juwan Gary, a 6-foot-6-inch we’ll see where it formed that school. McClendon has back up to campus sometime and player from Gray Collegiate in Co- goes from there. I taken recent visits to USC, UGA, UF definitely before I make a decision. lumbia, will make his announcement think for me, talking and Auburn. I’m still trying to decide if I want to in the next few days and will be to Muschamp and USC defensive back target JR Walk- make a decision before the season or choosing from South Carolina, Clem- (USC baseball head er will announce a commitment on more into the fall. It’s whenever I son, Alabama, Virginia Tech and Phil coach Mark) Kings- Oct. 12 or Oct. 13. He’s been favoring feel ready. I don’t want to rush it or North Carolina State. Gary has visit- ton, they were totally NCSU over USC and UNC. drag it on.” ed all of his finalists in recent Kornblut fine with that and DB Chris Steele of Bellflower, Calif., DL Enoch Jackson of Mansfield, months. He originally had planned had a plan on how who made an unofficial visit to USC Texas, announced a final three of to announce on Nov. 15. Last season, that would work, so I think that was during his recruiting, announced his Clemson, Texas Tech and Arkansas. Gary averaged 21 points and nine re- a big decision on committing to commitment to Southern California He plans to visit Clemson for the bounds per game. South Carolina.” last week. cookout at the end of this month. Josiah James, a 6-6 player from Por- Fields said his commitment ends Clemson is one of the top six with ter-Gaud in Charleston, released a his college recruiting despite having CLEMSON wide receiver Julian Fleming of Ca- final nine of USC, Clemson, Kansas, several other offers from schools Linebacker/defensive end Ray- tawissa, Pa. The others are Ohio Michigan State, Virginia, Duke, Ten- willing to let him play both sports mond Cutts of Orlando was offered State, Southern Cal, VT, PSU and nessee, Arizona and Florida State. like North Carolina, Louisville, VT, by Clemson in February and imme- UGA. He plans to take his official visits UCLA, Florida Atlantic, Florida, diately put the Tigers in his top four. Clemson is in the final five with starting in August. USC and Clem- Vanderbilt and Michigan. “I hear from Clemson every day, DB Jaden Davis of Fort Lauderdale, son have, of course, made James a However, the commitment won’t every day non-stop, every day,” Cutts Fla., along with UK, Oklahoma, PSU priority. end the effort of professiona baseball said. “(Assistant coach) Todd (Bates) and Miami. He will announce a deci- “We all think they’ve done a better to lure Fields, who had a .359 batting is telling me I can come in and be a sion on Wednesday. than normal job of getting to know average with three home runs, 23 factor. He’s basically saying that if I Clemson quarterback target Bren- the families and important people, runs batted in and 27 stolen bases come in and work hard and do what don Clark of Midlothian, Va., commit- and I think that’s big for him,” Por- last season. On the gridiron last I got to do every day and grind, I can ted to Notre Dame. He also had UNC ter-Gaud head coach John Pearson year, Fields only rushed the ball 58 come in and play off that. They like on his final list. said. “I’m pretty sure those visits are times for 290 yards and three touch- the type of player I am, how versa- Clemson is in the top five with '20 going to happen with Clemson and downs. His commitment for the '20 tile I am at both linebacker and OL Myles Hinton of Atlanta. The oth- Carolina. The in-state schools, he football class gives the Gamecocks D-end.” ers are UGA, Michigan, Northwest- sort of has an affinity for that be- two RBs in the class. His first visit to Clemson will come ern and Stanford. cause it’s close, and it’s people he Cornerback Cam Smith of West- when he takes his official visit this should know and all that good stuff. wood High in Blythewood has made fall. He’s anxious to see the place up CLEMSON AND USC I think they remain high on his list that move from off the radar to cen- close. Mekhail Sherman, a '20 LB from of priorities.” ter stage in this football recruiting “I love Clemson, you know,” Cutts Washington, has USC and Clemson in James averaged 12 points, seven season. He capped his rise to promi- said. “I’m going to have them in the his top 10. The the others are Ala- assists and six rebounds last season. nence with notable performances in picture when it’s time (to commit).” bama, UGA, Auburn, ND, PSU, Ohio Clemson is now getting involved the Rivals Five Star Challenge in At- Cutts said Louisville, Tennessee and State, Oklahoma and Michigan. with 6-11 center Brandon Stone of lanta and The Opening in Frisco, Central Florida round out his top DE Byron Young of Laurel, Miss., Arden, N.C. Texas. four, but more schools are coming on committed to Alabama. He had Clem- “They reached out and told me I’m That was the easy part. The hard to him. He said Louisville and Ten- son and USC on his short list. what they’re looking for and they’re part is deciding on his college choice, nessee also will get officials and he coming to watch me play this which he plans to announce on Aug. will make the short drive on his own OTHERS month," Stone said. "They want me 17. dime to UCF to visit there. He does OL John Gelotte of Dorman High in to come visit when I go back to “Still weighing some things,” said not have a favorite and is looking at Roebuck committed to Duke, and LB school.” Smith, who has a final six of USC, the first week of fall camp for a deci- Jalen Miller of Byrnes High in Duncan Nebraska, East Carolina, South Georgia, Wake Forest, FSU and Ten- sion. Cutts also said Bates is hard at committed to Furman. Florida and Arkansas are some nessee. Smith camped at USC last work recruiting his teammate, LB other new schools on his radar. USC month and that’s when Muschamp Marcus Tillman, a former UF commit- BASEBALL has been one of his top schools, but and defensive coordinator Travaris ment. Tillman has set Aug. 10 for his One of USC’s top signees for the '18 he said he hasn’t heard from USC re- Robinson made him their offer. commitment announcement. class, left-handed pitcher/OF Josiah cently. Stone has taken an official “Coach Muschamp texts me and He visited Clemson in March after Sightler of Swansea High, announced visit to La Salle and has one sched- my mom every day,” he said. “We getting his offer in February. Till- he will not sign with Cincinnati and uled for Penn State in late Septem- talk about random things that’s hap- man also has a USC offer, and he vis- will enroll in school this fall. Sightler ber. Pittsburgh also is involved. pening in the program. A great, ited in March. Some of his others are was the Reds’ 12th- round pick in the FOOTBALL building program. Right now they Kentucky, Louisville, Mississippi, recent Major League Baseball draft. are rebuilding. They keep everybody Mississippi State, NCSU, VT and He’s the highest drafted USC signee USC in state like they had a couple of Ohio State. to decide to opt for school over the USC landed a commitment from a years ago.” Clemson has just one OL commit- pros. dynamic 2020 2-sport standout in Smith said FSU and Tennessee also ted for the '19 class and that’s Hunter Clemson signee Charles Mack outfielder and running back Brandon are in touch daily, and Volunteers Rayburn of Pensacola, Fla. The Ti- signed his contract with the Minneso- Fields of Orlando, Fla. head coach Jeremy Pruitt is match- gers have missed on several other ta Twins. He was a sixth-round pick. His baseball reputation nationally ing Muschamp text for text. Even top OLs they have offered, but they Jim Callis of MLB.com reported Mack already is well established. He’ll though he is announcing on Aug. 17, continue to work their board and signed for $500,000, well over the slot have the chance to build one in foot- Smith said he will take his official that includes Will Putnam of Tampa, value for the 184th overall pick. ball this season as Dr. Philllips High visits during the season, and USC Fla. He visited earlier this year and USC landed a commitment from '19 School’s top RB after being a backup “more than likely” will get one. He’s the contact between the two remains LHP RJ Dantin of Spartanburg High. last season. undecided on the others. steady. He once was committed to Duke. He Fields said from his discussions Former Sumter High standout and “I definitely hear from them prob- also drew recruiting interest from with USC head coach Will Mus- USC defensive lineman commitment ably every day or every other day, so Clemson, College of Charleston, Loui- champ, he’ll sign a football letter-of- Jahkeem Green picked up an offer I keep in contact with them pretty siana State, Georgia Tech, NCSU, Au- intent in December of '19. from Tennessee. regularly,” Putnam said. Putnam burn and others. “He told me I’ll sign my letter of USC DL target Jaquaze Sorrells has also has seen UF, FSU, A&M, Auburn Harmon Cox, a '20 shortstop from intent to play football and come on a set Aug. 27 for his commitment. He and others in the recruiting process. A.C. Flora High in Columbia, com- full ride and for baseball I’ll be walk- camped at USC in June and called Some of his other offers include Ore- mitted to Clemson. Last season, Cox ing on. That’s how I think it’s going USC a top school after that visit. Ala- gon, Texas, Miami and Southern Cal. hit .291 with one HR and 21 RBI. to work,” Fields said. “He’s had bama, Texas A&M and FSU have also “Clemson is a school that I’m very Cole Messina, a '21 infielder from 2-sport guys in the past, and he said been recruiting him hard. He’s a for- interested in right now. I don’t really Summerville High, committed to that I’ll be able to come in and get mer UF commitment. have a top five, but they would defi- USC. He’s USC’s second commitment my feet wet a little bit when I get Offensive lineman Warren McClen- nitely fall into that category, he said. for the '21 class.

1969, in Chicopee, Massachu- burial at Sunset Sunrise Me- Square Deal Funeral Home OBITUARIES setts, a son of Ernest and morial Park. is in charge of arrangements. Ellen Jeter Porter. Viewing for Mr. Conyers will IRENE W. WRIGHT Methodist Episcopal Church, The family will receive be from noon to 3 p.m. on Sat- SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6 Irene W. Wright entered Lynchburg, with the pastor, friends at the home of his urday at Chapel AME Church. eternal rest on July 9, 2018, at the Rev. Donnie McBride of- mother, 221 N. Wise Drive, McLeod Hospice House, Flor- ficiating. Interment will fol- Sumter. ence. low at the churchyard ceme- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. The family is receiving tery. Main St., Sumter, is in charge friends and relatives at the Wilson Funeral Home, 403 of arrangements. residence, 620 Tolson Road, S. Main St., Bishopville, is in Lynchburg. charge of arrangements. SETZER CONYERS Visitation will be held from Setzer Conyers passed away 2 until 7 p.m. today at the fu- GREGORY B. PORTER on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. neral home. Gregory B. Porter, 49, de- Funeral services will be Funeral service will be parted this life on Monday, held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at held at noon on Saturday at July 9, 2018, in Corinth, Texas. Chapel AME Church, 1257 Mount Pleasant African He was born on May 22, McLeod Court, Manning, with NEED VOTED BEST TRUCK ACCESSORIES ONCE AGAIN MONEY? EVERYTHING FOR YOUR TRUCK Tonneau Covers • Bed Liners Tools Boxes • Mirror Covers SELL YOUR Billet Grills • Step Bars FIREARMS WeatherTech Mats Hitches & TO US OR Hitch Covers • Euro Lights GET A LOAN Brush Guards • Mirror Covers INSTEAD. Vent Visors • Bug Shields SUMTER & MANNING’S OLDEST & LARGEST PAWN SHOP Dixie Products www.reliablepawnshop.com 1255 N. Lafayette • Sumter 775-4391 33 West Liberty Street • Downtown Sumter 8:30am - 5:30pm Monday - Friday • 8:30am - 12:30pm Saturday 18 N. Brooks Street • Downtown Manning B6 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 OBITUARIES THE SUMTER ITEM

LELAND GREEN Nathan (Marie) Sheard, Al- Please see our website for He was born on Sept. 8, other relatives and friends. Leland "Slim" Green died on fred Sheard and John Sheard, more details, www.palmerme- 1970, in Summerton, a son of Public viewing will be held Sunday, July 8, 2018. all of Melbourne, the Rev. Wil- morialchapel.com Betty McDonald McGregor from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Job's Funeral services will be lie Sheard of Santee and and the late Charles James. Mortuary. held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Henry Sheard of New York; The family will receive The body will be placed in St. Peter AME and a host of nieces, nephews, friends beginning Monday at the church at noon on Sunday Church in Pine- cousins, other relatives and the home of his mother, 1100 for viewing until the hour of wood. dear friends. K.W. Hodge Road, Manning. service. Viewing will She was preceded in death These services have been Funeral services will be be held from 1 to by one sister, Mary Sheard entrusted to Samuels Funeral held at 1 p.m. on Sunday at 6 p.m. today at Plaier; and four brothers, Home LLC of Manning. Berea Seventh Day Adventist the funeral Prezzie Sheard Jr., Herman Church, 675 S. Lafayette ELEASE M. DAVIS GREEN home. M. Sheard, Steven Sheard and JIMMIE NATHANIEL JR. Drive, Sumter, with Pastor Funeral ar- Richard A. Sheard. BALTIMORE — Elease “Big Michael Miller officiating. rangements are entrusted to Public viewing will be held Jimmie Nathaniel Jr., affec- Cooter” Moses Davis, 68, The family will receive Summerton Funeral Home from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job's tionately known as "Spur" to widow of Barbie Lee Davis, friends from 5 to 9 p.m. at the LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summer- Mortuary. those who knew him, was died on Friday, July 6, 2018. home of her daughter, 219 S. ton, (803) 485-3755. The body will be placed in born on Jan. 2, 1956, in Sum- She was born on March 18, Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. the church at 1 p.m. on Satur- ter County, a son of Bertie 1950, in Alcolu, a daughter of Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. MARY JANE F. BARNETT day for viewing until the hour Lou McFadden and the late the late Anthony Peter Moses Main St., Sumter, is in charge SUMMERTON — Mary of service. Jimmie Nathaniel Sr. Jimmie and Dora Johnson Moses. of arrangements. Jane Louise Flynn Barnett, Funeral services will be departed this life on Friday, Funeral services for Mrs. Online memorials may be 84, wife of George Kenneth held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at July 6, 2018, at Palmetto Davis will be held at 11 a.m. sent to the family at jobsmor- Barnett Sr., died on Wednes- Jehovah Missionary Baptist Health Tuomey. on Saturday at Green Hill [email protected] or visit us on day, July 11, 2018, Church, 803 S. Harvin St., He attended the public Missionary Baptist Church, the web at www.jobsmortuary. at her home. Sumter, with Pastor Napoleon schools of Sumter County. He 1260 Green Hill Church Road, net. Born on Aug. Bradford officiating and Pas- was employed by Santee Print Alcolu, with the Rev. Delbert 30, 1933, in tor Marion H. Newton, eulo- for 17 years, and he was also H. Singleton Jr., pastor, offici- BETTY JEAN ROBINSON Bronx, New gist. an entrepreneur. He never ating, the Rev. William J. Fri- Betty Jean Robinson, 65, York, she was a Interment will follow at met a stranger and really en- erson Sr. presiding and the was called home to rest in the daughter of the Smith Cemetery. joyed spending time with his Rev. Delaney K. Frierson and arms of her loving Savior on BARNETT late Joseph The family will receive family. His passion was detail- Minister Sylvia Whitaker as- Monday morning, July 9, 2018, Francis Flynn friends at the home, 4 King ing cars. sisting. Burial will follow at at Palmetto Health Tuomey. and Margaret St., Sumter, SC 29150. He leaves to cherish his the churchyard cemetery. Born on June 4, 1953, in Walpole Flynn. She was a Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. memories: his mother, Bertie The family is receiving Sumter County, she was a graduate of Cathedral High Main St., Sumter, is in charge Lou Thomas; two sons, An- friends at the family home, daughter of Edmonia Wade School. She received her nurs- of arrangements. tonnial Davis and Johnquel 1228 Cooter Creek Road, Alco- and the late Melton Bland ing degree from St. Clare’s Online memorials may be Ford, both of Sumter; one lu. Wade. She was a 1972 gradu- Nursing School and her Doc- sent to the family at jobsmor- granddaughter, M'Riyah Davis These services have been ate of Hillcrest High School tor of Philosophy from St. [email protected] or visit us on of Sumter; five brothers, Leo entrusted to Samuels Funeral and furthered her education John’s College in Brooklyn, the web at www.jobsmortuary. Williams and Ceasar Williams Home LLC of Manning. at Central Carolina Technical New York. She was a former net. Jr., both of Kingstree, Perry College, majoring in early assistant commissioner for (Sharon) Moten and Joe MARILYN W. CAPEHART childhood education. Betty disabled children for the state JANIE W. WASHINGTON Moten, both of Sumter, and Marilyn Yvonne Womack was employed for many years of New York and a member of Funeral services for Janie Eric (Monica) Moten of Flor- Capehart was born on March with Sumter School District 2. the American Legion Ladies Williams Washington will be ence; eight sisters, Maxine 10, 1946, in Manhattan, New At an early age, Betty accept- Auxiliary. She was a member held at noon on Saturday at (Isaac) Ludd, Helene Mobley, York, to the late Melba Grace ed Christ, was baptized and of Hope Lutheran Church and Emmanuel United Methodist Maxine Witherspoon, Gale Womack and Odell Lennon. became a faithful member of the Love Sunday school class. Church, 421 S. Player, Audrey (Van) Maple, She departed this life on July Rafting Creek Baptist Church, She is survived by her hus- Main St., Sum- Kim (Vic) Wilson and Jamelia 10, 2018, at her residence. where she was a longtime band of Summerton; two ter, with the Rev. Abrams, all of Sumter, and Ms. Capehart was educated member of the musical choir sons, George K. Barnett Jr. Marvis L. Stew- Delores (Winston) Hall of Bal- in the public schools of Man- and acting member of the and Gerard Joseph Barnett, art, pastor, and timore; and a host of nieces, hattan. She relocated to pastor’s aid ministry. both of Summerton; daughter, the Rev. Dr. nephews, other relatives and Bronx, New York, and fur- Betty was married to Thom- Peggy Margaret Mary Barnett Thomas J. Bow- friends. thered her education at Bronx as Calvin Robinson Sr. and of Mount Pleasant; and sister, WASHINGTON man Sr., as eulo- He was preceded in death Community College in the from this union God blessed Margaret Irene Goedtel of gist. Interment by a brother, Winifred Na- nursing program. Ms. Cape- them with three children. Fort Wayne, Indiana. will follow at Hillside Memori- thaniel. hart retired from Carolinas She leaves to cherish her A memorial service will be al Park cemetery. Public viewing will be held Hospital System in Florence memories: her mother, Edmo- held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday The public may view from 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job's in 2016 after more than 30 nia Wade; two daughters, at Hope Lutheran Church to 7 p.m. today at Palmer Me- Mortuary. years of service. She moved to LaTeacha Fulton (Wesley) of with the Rev. Robert Beaver morial Chapel, 304 S. Main Mr. Nathaniel will be placed Sumter to be close to her fam- Lugoff and Minister LaKean- officiating. St., Sumter. in the church at 10 a.m. on ily. Ms. Capehart loved the lya McNeill of the home; a Visitation will be held from The Alpha Pi Chi Inc. ser- Saturday for viewing until the Lord and loved to study her daughter she raised as her 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Ste- vice will be held from 6 until 7 hour of service. Bible. She enjoyed meeting own, Harmony (Brian) Gad- phens Funeral Home and p.m. Funeral services will be new people and loved talking son-Alston of Sumter; seven other times at the residence, Janie Williams Washington held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at to them about the goodness of grandchildren; three great- 1134 Sailing Way, Summerton. transitioned on Sunday, July Olden Chapel Union Method- God. grandchildren; four brothers, Memorials may be made to 8, 2018, at her residence in ist Episcopal Church, 189 Ms. Capehart was a dedicat- James (Mary) Weathers of Hope Lutheran Church, P.O. Sumter. Hoyt St., Sumter, with Pastor ed member of Oakland Ave- Delaware, Maryland, Robert Box 67, Vance, SC 29163. Born in Sumter, she was a Joseph Watkins Jr. officiating. nue, now Shekinah Glory (Tonya) Weathers of Chester, Stephens Funeral Home & daughter of the late James Interment will follow in Walk- SDA Church, in Florence, Pennsylvania, Benny (Mary) Crematory, 304 N. Church St., and Corine Felder Williams. er Cemetery. where she was a Sabbath Weathers of Camden and Manning, is in charge of ar- Janie received her early edu- The family will receive School Superintendent, usher, Bland (Hattie) Wade of Dal- rangements, (803) 435-2179. cation at Stone Hill Elementa- friends at the home of his sis- treasurer, sang with the choir zell; four sisters, Eula Mae www.stephensfuneralhome.org ry School and graduated in ter, Helene Mobley, 204 S. and always assisted in various Weathers and Maria Weath- 1941 from Lincoln High Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC departments. She transferred ers, both of Chester, Pennsyl- RICHARD A. DYSON School, Sumter. In 1946, she 29150. her membership to Florence vania, Ineather Mack of Rem- SUMMERTON — The Rev. earned her Bachelor of Sci- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. First Seventh Day Adventist bert and Lottie (Leo) Jones of Richard Allen Dyson, age 57, ence degree from South Caro- Main St., Sumter, is in charge Church, until her untimely Sumter; and a host of other husband of Myra Washington lina State University, Orange- of arrangements. death. She loved attending relatives and friends. Dyson, entered into eternal burg, and her master’s degree Online memorials may be Berea SDA Church with her The family is receiving rela- rest on Wednes- from Hampton Institute, sent to the family at jobsmor- family. She loved traveling, tives and friends at the home, day, July 11, 2018, Hampton, Virginia. Mrs. [email protected] or visit us on spending time with family 6260 Dinkins Mill Road, Rem- at his residence Washington began her teach- the web at www.jobsmortuary. and tending to her plants. bert. in Summerton. ing career at Orangeburg net. Ms. Capehart’s memories Funeral services will be Born in Clar- County Training School, Or- will forever be in the hearts held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at endon County, angeburg, and later moved to SANDRA S. GOODMAN of her three children, Todd Rafting Creek Baptist Church, he was a son of Sumter County. She taught at Sandra S. Goodman, 53, Patrick (Marilyn) Womack of 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, DYSON the late Mary G. Mayesville Institute, Mayes- wife of Steven Goodman Sr., Fayetteville, North Carolina, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, Dyson. ville, Ebenezer High School departed this life on Wednes- Melissia Robin (Lenwood) pastor, eulogist. The family will receive and Hillcrest High School, day, July 11, 2018, at Palmetto Dixon of Sumter and Mo- The remains will be placed friends at the home, 17 May- Dalzell. She served Sumter Health Tuomey. nique Yvonne Allen of Jack- in the church at 1 p.m. land Drive, Summerton. School District 2 for 40 years She was born on Dec. 22, sonville, Florida; one sister, The funeral procession will Professional services en- as well as many other organi- 1964, in Sumter, a daughter of Valeria Rodriguez of Fayette- leave at 1:20 p.m. from the trusted to Dyson’s Home for zations. Mrs. Washington was Raymond Shivers Sr. and Eva ville; a special brother-in-law, home. Funerals, 237 Main St., Sum- indeed an embodiment of the Mae Gass. Aladino Rodriguez of Fay- Burial will be at Rafting merton, (803) 485-4280. motto "Lifting as We Climb." The family will receive etteville; her grandchildren, Creek Baptist Churchyard Mrs. Janie was a devoted and friends at the home, 1015 W. Katelyn Dixon, Jarel McDow- cemetery. DORIS S. SMITH lifelong member of Emmanu- Sherwood Drive, Sumter, SC ell, Lenard Dixon, Malec These services have been Doris Sheard Smith, wife of el United Methodist Church, 29153. Mathis, Terique Foster, Mali- entrusted to the management Edward Smith, was born on where she served on the ad- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. yah Francis, Tyane Sparks, and staff of Williams Funeral Oct. 21, 1936, the youngest ministrative board, council Main St., Sumter, is in charge Tyree Womack and Patrick Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., daughter of the late Henrietta one ministries, trustee board, of arrangements. Womack; a loving grandniece Sumter. M. Sheard and finance committee, pastor and grandnephew, Amari Online memorial messages Prezzie Sheard, parish relations, United Meth- DARRELL JAMES Boyd and Elijah Harding; a may be sent to the family at and was raised odist Women, and as the Sun- ATLANTA — Darrell devoted niece, Ronda (Antho- [email protected]. in Santee. day school teacher for the James, 47, died on July 11, ny) Boyd; a nephew, Alec com. Visit us on the web at She departed three and four year olds. She 2018, at Grady Hospital in At- (Petrina) Harding; five great- www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. this life on July was a member of the finance lanta. grandchildren; along with com. 9, 2018, at Pal- committee, United Methodist SMITH metto Health Tu- Women, stewardship commit- omey. tee and advisor to the soup She attended kitchen. Elloree Training School. After Mrs. Washington was a school, she moved to New member of the Alpha Epsilon York City and was employed Chapter of Alpha Pi Chi So- by New York City Telephone, rority Inc., Sumter, and from which she retired after served as president for 23 20 years of service. She then years. relocated to Sumter and be- Mrs. Washington leaves to came a member of Jehovah cherish precious memories: Missionary Baptist Church. her loving and devoted daugh- She extended a helping hand ter-in-law, Lynette Dillon to family members and others Washington of Columbia; her with her generosity and love only grandson, Jason Lun- for all. dees (Freeda) Washington of She is survived by her lov- Columbia; five great-grand- Need some curb appeal? ing husband, Edward Smith; children, Jayla, Jaquaris, one daughter, Beverly (Ken- Paris, Sydney and Khloe of WE CAN HELP! neth) Garner of Brooklyn, Columbia; her loving and de- New York; a granddaughter, voted adopted daughter, Ethel Natalie Henry; a grandson, Grant Jones of Ruston, Loui- Elliott Sheard of Brooklyn; siana; and a host of other rel- Smoak Irrigation Company two sisters, Betty (Edward) atives and friends. 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Second US service member killed in Afghanistan in past 6 days Election One American service member was killed in combat in eastern Afghani- stan on Thursday, the U.S. military said. ads get The service member’s identity was being withheld pending notification of “I don’t think that family members. The military said one marriage is necessary Afghan security force member also for a strong, prosperous secret was killed and several were wounded relationship. Once you in Thursday’s incident. marry someone, it’s It was the second U.S. military just a different label death in Afghanistan in less than a for the same feelings.” week. On Saturday, Army Cpl. Joseph funding Maciel, of South Gate, California, was Mark Masiello, 15 killed in a possible attack by a member of the Afghan military. THE TV spots attempt Budget deficit totals $74.9 billion in June, reflecting tax cut to influence

The federal government recorded a midterm elections $74.9 billion deficit in June, a month FUTURE when the government often runs a sur- for Congress plus, as corporate taxes dropped sharply compared to a year ago. Fredreka Schouten The Treasury Department reported USA TODAY Thursday that the June deficit pushed the imbalance so far this year to OF LOVE WASHINGTON – Secret donors fi- $607.1 billion, 16.1 percent higher than nanced more than four out of every 10 the same period a year ago. television ads that outside groups The Congressional Budget Office is broadcast this year to influence No- “Love is everlasting. ... forecasting that the deficit for the en- Sean Rossman and Ashley May vember’s high-stakes congressional It’s complicated, and tire budget year will total $793 billion. USA TODAY elections, according to a USA TODAY it’s earned or given, analysis of Kantar Media data. not bought.” Charges against Stormy Daniels Boys kissing boys. Girls saying Leading the way: organizations af- dropped after strip club arrest #MeToo. Political debates over bath- Riley Richards, 9 filiated with billionaire industrialist rooms. Charles Koch, whose conservative do- Hours after she was arrested at a Imagine being a kid. Decades of nor network plows hundreds of mil- “When I’m in love with Columbus, Ohio, strip club, charges slow cultural change in gay and wom- lions of dollars into politics and policy somebody, my heart just were dismissed against adult film star en’s rights, plus a hyperactive internet debates each election cycle. can’t stop throbbing Stormy Daniels. age, seem to be culminating in front of Two Koch-affiliated groups account because they just mean She was arrested Thursday morn- you – just as you’re starting to get your for more than one-quarter of the everything to me.” ing after she was accused of squeezing first crush and trying to pass English. House and Senate advertising from patrons’ and undercover police offi- The post-millennial Gen Z-ers, peo- James Cunningham, 14 groups that don’t disclose their do- cers’ faces between her bare breasts at ple born from 1997 to 2016, are forming nors, according to a tally of broadcast Sirens Gentlemen’s Club. their views on love, and we wanted to ads tracked by Kantar Media’s Cam- “The wife doesn’t have know what they are thinking. The USA paign Media Analysis Group. to do everything. That is Latino voters seek to challenge TODAY NETWORK sat down with stu- Those Koch advocacy groups, what the man’s there for, Alabama census lawsuit dents across the nation to talk about Americans for Prosperity and Con- because he can clean. dating, marriage and family. cerned Veterans for America, have It’s not that hard to put Latino voters and civil-rights Their answers ranged from tradi- trained their advertising fire on five dishes in a dishwasher.” groups have asked to join a lawsuit to tional to unconventional: Guys should Democratic senators up for re-election defend the practice of including peo- ask out girls, but girls can, too. Kids are Ziaire Ewing, 14 from red and purple states: Sens. Joe ple in the country illegally in U.S. cen- definitely on the table. So is marriage, Donnelly of Indiana, Claire McCaskill sus counts. The counts are used to as long as it doesn’t interrupt school or of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, “I never really liked configure congressional seats. work. Listen in. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and kids. So I probably Alabama and Republican Rep. Mo Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. won’t have children, Brooks sued the Census Bureau in The spending is about to soar even but my mom said my May, arguing the predicted 2020 cen- higher as November’s general election Young love mind will change.” sus numbers will cause the state to draws closer and the ad war intensifies lose a congressional seat and an elec- For more on what Carlos Garcia, 12 over President Donald Trump’s Su- toral vote to a state with a “larger ille- kids are saying, visit preme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh. gal alien population.” futureoflove.usatoday.com. Americans for Prosperity announced “People all have the same that week that it would spend at least right to their relationships, Amnesty calls for ‘war crimes’ $1 million on paid advertising and vot- “A good wife should no matter if they want to probe of prisons in Yemen er outreach in the Supreme Court con- do the same as a good date a guy, a girl, whatever firmation fight, much of it to pressure husband, equally. Treat they want. I think it should A human rights group on Thursday vulnerable Democratic senators on each other equally.” all be accepted.” urged an investigation into alleged dis- Kavanaugh. appearances, torture and possible Taylor Zuniga, 14 Richie Moler, 17 In all, nearly 386,000 television deaths in detention facilities run by spots focused on House and Senate the United Arab Emirates and allied races have aired from Jan. 1 to July 8 “In any marriage, any “If he says that he needs militias in southern Yemen as poten- this year, ranging from ads by candi- man needs to be really to go to the restroom tial war crimes. dates to those funded by outside open with their spouse and he doesn’t come Amnesty International said it docu- groups. That total surpasses the and understand their back, then that means mented “egregious violations going 355,464 broadcast TV spots that ran at emotional needs.” that it didn’t go well.” unchecked, including systemic en- the same point in the previous mid- forced disappearance and torture and Francisco Fregoso, 18 Amber Garcia, 10, on dating term elections for Congress in 2014 other ill-treatment amounting to war and underscores the battle raging for crimes.” ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAMON PADILLA AND ALEX GONZALEZ/USA TODAY From staff and wire reports Seesee ADS, ADS, Page Page C2 2B

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Doyle Rice of studies Thursday in the journal Sci- USA TODAY ence by more than 1,100 scientists. The neutrino originated in a blazar For the first time, scientists have galaxy nearly 4 billion light-years away, discovered the source of cosmic neutri- in the constellation Orion. Blazars are nos, ghostly subatomic particles that giant, oval-shaped galaxies thought to 247 can travel in a straight line for billions have black holes at their center. Average number of births of light-years, passing unhindered “This is the first evidence that we performed per OB-GYN in St. Louis through galaxies, stars and anything have of an active galaxy emitting neu- each year, most in the USA. else in their path. trinos, which means we may soon start Least: Ann Arbor, Michigan, The discovery of a single neutrino observing the universe using neutrinos with 32; U.S. average: 100 was made in September by the IceCube In this artist’s conception a distant to learn more about these objects,” said Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole source emits neutrinos detected study co-author Marcos Santander, an SOURCE Doximity analysis of self-reported data on approximately 43,000 full-time, board-certified and confirmed by telescopes around below the ice by sensors. Neutrinos astronomer at the University of Ala- OB-GYN practitioners in top 50 metros the globe and in Earth’s orbit. can travel billions of light-years in a bama. MIKE B. SMITH, JANET LOEHRKE/USA TODAY The finding was published in a pair straight line. ICECUBE/NSF Contributing: Katharine Lackey C2 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 · THE SUMTER ITEM Goals uncertain in Trump-Putin meeting

Heads are still spinning do is say, ‘Did you?’ and ‘Don’t do it Such ambiguity is especially pro- He suggested that Russian invest- again.’ But (Putin) may deny it.” nounced on the matter of Crimea, the ments on the peninsula might weigh in after NATO summit In Brussels, he berated NATO allies Ukrainian territory Russia annexed in Russia’s favor. “You know, people like to over their defense spending – only to 2014. say, ‘Oh, Crimea.’ But the fact is, they Gregory Korte sign a unanimous declaration acknowl- “Oh, that’s an interesting question,” built bridges to Crimea. They just USA TODAY edging the alliance has made progress. Trump said at the news conference in opened a big bridge that was started By the end, he declared NATO “much Brussels before blaming President Ba- years ago. They built, I think, a subma- LONDON – In the span of 24 hours, stronger than it was two days ago.” rack Obama for allowing Russia to take rine port, substantially added billions of President Donald Trump upended a If the unpredictability Trump Crimea. dollars,” Trump said. NATO gathering and expectations for showed during the two-day NATO sum- The Russian incursion prompted sev- The president would not rule out sus- his planned summit Monday in Helsinki mit re-emerges at the Putin summit, ex- eral rounds of economic sanctions from pending NATO military exercises in the with Russian President Vladimir Putin, perts said, the United States could end the United States and Europe. Relations Baltic Sea, long a point of friction as raising questions about what Trump up making dangerous concessions. hit a post-Cold War low when U.S. in- Russian jets have buzzed U.S. warships. hoped to get out of the talks – and what “We still have no agenda for the telligence agencies accused Putin of di- “Well, perhaps we’ll talk about that,” he would be willing to give up. Trump-Putin meeting. It’s unclear what recting a campaign of cybercrime and Trump said. At a news conference Thursday be- the U.S. thinks it can get from Russia or propaganda to influence the 2016 presi- “That is not a casual comment,” said fore he left Brussels for London, Trump what it even hopes it can get,” said Alina dential election. Putin denies meddling Heather Conley, who served as a deputy refused to rule out halting NATO exer- Polyakova, a Russia analyst at the in the election. assistant secretary of state in George W. cises in the Baltic Sea. On the issue of Brookings Institution. “For Putin, that In Brussels, Trump signaled that U.S. Bush’s administration. “That’s a really Russian interference in the 2016 presi- ambiguity is an asset. For Trump, it’s a recognition of Crimea as a Russian terri- significant issue if he chooses to go dential campaign, Trump said, “All I can liability.” tory was not out of the question. down that road.”

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control of Congress. Americans for Prosperity 8,962 Advertising from secret-money groups has jumped, too. An analysis by One Nation 6,023 the Wesleyan Media Project and the nonpartisan Center for Responsive 4,513 Politics found a 26 percent increase in Concerned Veterans for America airings by “dark money” groups in fed- PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER eral races since the 2014 midterms. Vote Vets Action Fund 4,383 Maribel Perez Wadsworth These organizations generally op- EDITOR IN CHIEF erate as nonprofit advocacy groups or 1 Nicole Carroll U.S. Chamber of Commerce 4,282 trade associations that do not have CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER politics as their main purpose. Many of Kevin Gentzel 1 — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a nonpartisan business group, but it traditionally backs more their commercials count as “issue ads” Republican than Democratic candidates 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, Va. 22108, and are not reported to federal election SOURCE Kantar Media-CMAG analysis of television broadcast ads between 703-854-3400 Jan. 1, 2018, and July 8, 2018 Published by Gannett regulators because they do not specifi- George Petras/USA TODAY The local edition of USA TODAY is published daily cally call for the election or defeat of in partnership with Gannett Newspapers candidates. Advertising: All advertising published in USA Their growing role means voters ads, nearly 44 percent. Democrats in opposing the tax bill TODAY is subject to the current rate card; copies know less about the interests trying to Conservative-leaning groups ac- Trump signed into law last December. available from the advertising department. USA TODAY may in its sole discretion edit, classify, influence elections and Congress, said count for four out of the five biggest se- In one Americans for Prosperity ad reject or cancel at any time any advertising Robert Maguire, who tracks politically cret-money advertisers. targeting McCaskill’s “no” vote, a wom- submitted. National, Regional: 703-854-3400 active nonprofit groups at the Center Koch officials did not respond to re- an touts the $2,000 bonus she received Reprint permission, copies of articles, glossy for Responsive Politics. quests for comment about their adver- from her company as a result of tax cuts. reprints: Outside groups ran nearly 107,000 tising. Koch operatives have fought ef- In response, McCaskill spokeswom- www.GannettReprints.com or call 212-221-9595 of the broadcast ads in House and Sen- forts to unmask donors, saying disclos- an Meira Bernstein called the tax pack- USA TODAY is a member of The Associated Press ate races this year. Organizations iden- ing that information could chill free age a “windfall” for big business and and subscribes to other news services. USA TODAY, its logo and associated graphics are tified by USA TODAY as nondisclosing speech. said, “No amount of dark money … will registered trademarks. All rights reserved. accounted for nearly 47,000 of those McCaskilljoined all of her fellow stop Claire from speaking out about it.” FBI agent: Opinion of Feds reopen case of Trump didn’t affect work Emmett Till’s murder Erin Kelly USA TODAY Family wants ‘justice to WASHINGTON – FBI Agent Peter prevail’ in 1955 slaying Strzok, who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with his co-worker girlfriend, John Bacon said Thursday that his political beliefs USA TODAY never affected his work on the Russia or Hillary Clinton investigations. A cousin of Emmett Till, whose “Let me be clear, unequivocally and gruesome murder in Mississippi 63 under oath: Not once in my 26 years of years ago helped light a fire under the defending our nation did my personal civil rights movement, said Thursday opinions impact any official action I FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter her family is “extremely pleased” the took,” Strzok testified before the House Strzok testifies on Capitol Hill on Justice Department has reopened the Judiciary Committee and the House Thursday. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY investigation into the black teen’s Oversight and Government Reform death. Committee. “We want the process to work and Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago “This is true for the Clinton email in- we want justice to prevail for Emmett,” youth, was kidnapped, tortured and vestigation, for the investigation into “Not once in my 26 years of defend- Deborah Watts told USA TODAY. “This murdered in 1955 after he allegedly Russian interference and for every other ing our nation did my personal opin- cannot just be forgotten.” whistled at a white woman in investigation I’ve worked on,” Strzok ions impact any official action I Till was abducted Aug. 28, 1955, Mississippi. AP said in a chamber packed with a stand- took.” three days after Carolyn Donham, a ing-room-only crowd. “It is not who I white, 21-year-old shopkeeper in the Peter Strzok am, and it is not something I would ever FBI agent town of Money, said the 14-year-old Emmett Till’s death made news last do. Period.” grabbed and wolf-whistled at her. year with publication of “The Blood of Strzok helped lead the investigations The battered body of Till, nick- Emmett Till.” The book, by Timothy B. into Russia’s interference in the 2016 “There is ... one extraordinarily im- named “Bobo,” was found three days Tyson, quotes Donham admitting in presidential election and into Clinton’s portant piece of evidence supporting later in the Tallahatchie River. The vi- 2008 that she wasn’t telling the truth use of a private email server while she my integrity, the integrity of the FBI ciousness of the killing rocked the na- when she made the claims. Donham, was secretary of state. He was removed and our lack of bias,” Strzok said. “In tion, and the woman’s then-husband now in her 80s, lives in North Carolina. from the Russia inquiry by special coun- the summer of 2016, I was one of a and another man were charged with Watts, founder of the Emmett Till sel Robert Mueller last summer when handful of people who knew the de- murder. Both were acquitted by an all- Legacy Foundation, said the family had Justice Department Inspector General tails of Russian election interference white jury later that year. been hopeful the book would lead to a Michael Horowitz discovered texts be- and its possible connections with The Justice Department said “vigorous” investigation – and possibly tween Strzok and former FBI attorney members of the Trump campaign. This Thursday that it was reopening the in- charges against Donham. Lisa Page disparaging then-candidate information had the potential to derail, vestigation “after receiving new infor- “We always understood that she Donald Trump in 2016. and quite possibly defeat, Mr. Trump. mation” it did not detail. The decision (Carolyn Donham) had lied,” she said. Republicans used Thursday’s hear- But the thought of exposing that infor- was revealed to Congress in a February USA TODAY was unable to contact ing to underscore their charges of bias mation never crossed my mind.”’ report, and was first reported by the Donham. The Associated Press said a by the FBI and Department of Justice Strzok and Page were having an ex- Associated Press. man who answered her door said Don- against Trump and in favor of Clinton. tramarital affair at the time they were Till’s mother, Mamie Till Mobley, ham would not comment. Strzok denied that he was part of any texting. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, made sure her son’s casket was left Four months after the trial, Look conspiracy to go after Trump. brought up the affair during one of the open for the viewing so the public magazine published an account of the Democrats charged that Republicans most heated parts of the hearing, ask- could see how badly he had been beat- killing they said they obtained from were trying to undermine Mueller’s in- ing Strzok whether he gave his wife the en. Tens of thousands of African- Donham’s then-husband, Roy Bryant, vestigation of possible collusion be- same “innocent” look he gave Con- Americans paid their respects. and his brother, J.W. Milam. In the arti- tween the Kremlin and the Trump cam- gress members. “Mamie Till’s decision to allow Afri- cle, the men admit beating Till and toss- paign. Republicans want Mueller’s in- Democrats shouted Gohmert down. can-American media outlets to display ing him in the river, weighed down with quiry to end before the midterm elec- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., her son’s battered body was one of the a 74-pound cotton gin fan. tions in November. Democrats say yelled, “You need your medication.” critical events that galvanized African- Milam told the magazine that the Mueller should not be pressured to end Strzok said he criticized Clinton, Americans to fight to end America’s ra- men wanted to beat and scare Till, not his investigation prematurely. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and others cial dictatorship through the Civil kill him. But when he could not be Strzok said he never revealed infor- in the text messages, as well as Trump. Rights movement,” said Alvin Tillery, frightened, they decided to kill him, Mi- mation about the Russia investigation Strzok conceded that it was “fair to director of the Center for the Study of lam said. that could have damaged Trump’s cam- say” that he and Page detested Trump Diversity and Democracy at North- Contributing: Jerry Mitchell, Missis- paign. and supported Clinton. western University. sippi Clarion Ledger THE SUMTER ITEM · FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | C3 NEWS 57 children reunited with parents Judge to decide how to handle missed deadline

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The Trump administration said it completed the first round of reunifica- tions Thursday of families separated at the border, but it will be up to a federal judge to decide whether government officials moved fast enough to comply with his order. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw im- posed a series of deadlines for the ad- ministration to reunite nearly 3,000 children separated from their parents, mostly under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy. The first group, children under 5 years old, were supposed to be reunited with their parents by Tuesday. During a hearing Tuesday, Sabraw raised the possibility of punishment for the government if those children were not reunited by the deadline “or within the immediate proximity” of it. The Department of Health and Hu- man Services, which has custody of the minors, and the Department of Home- land Security, which has custody of most of the adults, said in joint state- Roger Ardino 24, gives his son Roger Ardino Jr., 4, a kiss shortly after speaking to reporters Wednesday at a news ments Thursday that they reunited 57 conference in El Paso, Texas. RUBEN R. RAMIREZ/THE EL PASO TIMES VIA USA TODAY NETWORK children with their parents. Sabraw will decide whether that number is enough. The government “Make no mistake about it: pleted include: ment has been conducting DNA tests of was holding 103 children under 5 years ❚ 11parents who were found to have a all alleged families to ensure that chil- old who were separated from their par- The government missed the “serious criminal history,” including dren are not released to human smug- ents, but Department of Justice law- deadline even for these 57 charges or convictions of child cruelty, glers. yers have been negotiating with the kidnapping and murder, making them ❚ One parent whose identity re- judge to carve out exceptions. Sabraw children.” a danger to their children. mains unknown. The Department of agreed that not all 103 children could be ❚ 12 parents who had already been Justice said the child, who has been in Lee Gelernt ACLU attorney reunited and that certain cases were deported. Sabraw agreed to give the custody for more than a year, may be a too complicated to complete within his government more time to identify U.S. citizen. deadlines. ment against the government for being those parents and create a system to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, American Civil Liberties Union at- two days late. reunify them with their children. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen torney Lee Gelernt, who led a lawsuit “Make no mistake about it: The gov- ❚ 11 adults who are in federal and Nielsen and Health and Human Ser- against the administration’s family ernment missed the deadline even for state custody on non-immigration, vices Secretary Alex Azar said in a joint separations, said he could “not be more these 57 children,” Gelernt said. criminal charges. statement that the 57 reunifications happy” for the reunited families. He According to the administration, ❚ Seven adults who were deter- show the government did everything it said the ACLU will recommend punish- some of the cases that were not com- mined not to be a parent. The govern- could to comply with Sabraw’s order. ‘Threat teams’ being Sex addiction classified proposed to prevent as medical condition, shootings at schools not a moral failure Caroline Simon Secret Service offers USA TODAY “We don’t look at alcoholics intervention guidelines A new classification of sex addic- tion as a mental disorder by the World and drug addicts and say, Kevin Johnson Health Organization could shift the ‘You’re a bad person,’ we USA TODAY conversation surrounding a condition that’s often deeply misunderstood. say, ‘You have a problem.’ ” WASHINGTON – The Secret Service Experts who treat sex addictions Robert Weiss has urged U.S. schools to establish hope the classification will help Addiction specialist teams that can assess threats and change the disorder’s perception from prevent shootings like the massacre a moral failing to simply a medical is- at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High sue. Experts hope the new classification School in Parkland, Florida, that left Nikolas Cruz is accused of the “It takes it out of morality, it takes it will chip away at a larger goal: destigma- 17 people dead. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High out of religion, it just makes it about, tizing sex addiction. Treatment can In a report unveiled Thursday, the School shootings. TAIMY ALVAREZ/AP ‘Does this person have this set of is- range from therapy sessions to stays at Secret Service offers schools guidance sues that’s affecting their lives?’ And rehabilitation facilities to simpler meth- on spotting suspicious behavior and fig- either they do, or they don’t,” said Rob- ods such as prayer and journaling, said uring out when and how to intervene. ment were all warned about Nikolas ert Weiss, an addiction specialist and Carol Juergensen Sheets, a certified The report was prepared by the National Cruz’s deteriorating state and risk of the author of “Sex Addiction 101” and sexual addiction therapist – but many Threat Assessment Center after the violence. Cruz, 19, is charged with 17 “Always Turned On.” people don’t seek it out. Parkland shooting Feb. 14. counts of murder. Prosecutors seek the In its new International Classifica- “If somebody doesn’t know what to The report recommends forming death penalty. tion of Diseases, the WHO defines call this disease, this disorder, this ill- “threat teams” drawn from the ranks of The Parkland shooting prompted “compulsive sexual health disorder” as ness, they will not know how to get help teachers, coaches, guidance counselors, the state to enact safety measures, in- a “persistent pattern of failure to con- for it; they’ll continue to try to do it on mental health authorities and law en- cluding a mandate for individual trol intense, repetitive sexual impulses their own,” Sheets said. forcement to manage central reporting schools to create threat teams similar or urges resulting in repetitive sexual The cost of treatment ranges from systems within the schools. The teams to those urged by the Secret Service. behavior.” free online services to pricey inpatient would be tasked with flagging troubling According to the Florida Depart- The classification means that sex rehab programs. Typically, people with conduct, from threatening social media ment of Education, the teams would addiction – a term popularized before sex addictions seeking treatment will be posts to information about students’ ac- be permitted access to suspects’ crimi- research designated the condition as covered by insurance companies only if cess to weapons. nal histories. compulsive sexual health disorder – they’re diagnosed with a concurring “The threshold for intervention Florida school team leaders would can be diagnosed based on a list of cri- mental health disorder, such as anxiety should be relatively low so that teams be required to report identified threats teria, which include: or depression. can identify students in distress before to administrators and the suspects’ ❚ Repetitive sexual activities be- Therapists hope that could change. their behavior escalates to the point that parents or guardians. coming the focus of a person’s life. “We hope that ... insurance companies classmates, teachers, or parents are Lina Alathari, chief of the Secret Ser- ❚ Numerous unsuccessful efforts to might be willing to now pay for treat- concerned about their safety,” the report vice’s National Threat Assessment reduce sexual behavior. ment more directly, but that is not a giv- concludes. Center, said educators have been mov- ❚ Continued sexual activity despite en,” Weiss said. The 17-page document builds on ing to create such teams since the attack deriving little satisfaction from it. Even if sex addiction loses its stigma agency research this year focusing on in 2012 at an elementary school in New- That shift resembles previous and treatment becomes more accessi- suspects linked to violence in schools town, Connecticut, that left 26 dead. changes to how doctors viewed addic- ble, the disorder can carry another, and other public places. It says 64 per- After that assault, a survey of safety tive disorders, such as alcoholism, more pernicious connotation: Sex ad- cent of attackers showed symptoms of plans at 227 schools found that about drug addiction or gambling. diction has frequently been cited by in- mental illness. In 25 percent of the 70 percent had some form of threat as- “There was a time when alcoholism dividuals who have committed sex of- cases, attackers had been “hospitalized sessment program. was a fatal illness, and there was no fenses. or prescribed psychiatric medications” “There are some schools that have cure, and you were going to die of alco- Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein before the assaults. nothing,” Alathari said, adding that holism because you were a bad per- and actor Kevin Spacey, who have been In the Parkland case, which has there have been no uniform standards son,” Weiss said. “We don’t look at al- accused of sexual abuse and harass- driven a national debate on gun safety, for evaluating threats at schools. “It’s coholics and drug addicts and say, ment, have reportedly spent time at a social workers, mental health counsel- up to the schools and the (school) dis- ‘You’re a bad person,’ we say, ‘You have high-end facility for the treatment of ors, school officials and law enforce- tricts to allocate resources.” a problem.’ ” sex addiction. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH Ready for a “Harry Potter Wizarding Weekend”? All eight films adapted from the novels will air on both USA and Syfy over the next three days and nights, beginning with the 2001 adventure “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (8 p.m., TV- PG). The action will conclude on Sunday with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Parts 1 and 2 (5:15 p.m.). Among the most popular young adult novels ever, the “Harry Potter” canon has in- spired one of this century’s most lucrative film franchises. Up until recently, these films have been exclusively available on HBO. For years, they were a staple of ABC and Disney pro- gramming. Clearly, J.K. Rowling’s books are held in great affection by generations of readers. That adoration ran into interesting corporate and legal complica- tions last month when Warner Bros. sought to crack down on unsanctioned Harry Potter role-playing festivals and a Quidditch tournament in Phil- adelphia. In a written state- ment, the studio said it appre- WARNER BROS. FILE PHOTO ciated the fans’ enthusiasm but From left, Rupert Grint stars as Ron Weasley, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in a scene from “Harry worried that their activities Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Beginning with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” at 8 p.m. today, both USA and Syfy will air all eight had become too “commercial.” It’s a curious and telling movies in the film series over the next three days and nights. turn of events. Many of today’s most enduring sci-fi and comic hoods and even their safety to back at her husband (Ed Beg- LATE NIGHT (12:35 a.m., CBS, r). book franchises, most notably expose dangerous and illegal ley Jr.) and his mistress (Meryl Jimmy Fallon welcomes “Star Trek,” were long kept practices by their employers. Streep) in the 1989 comedy Jared Leto and Alessia Cara Copyright 2018 alive by unauthorized gather- Former judge and police offi- “She-Devil” (9 p.m., Starz En- on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 United Feature Syndicate ings and conventions that cer Alex Ferrer hosts. The first core). An American adaptation p.m., NBC, r) * Paul Rudd and made Comic-Con a massive episode profiles an employee of “The Life and Loves of a Florence & the Machine visit merchandising industry en- who took on the pharmaceuti- She-Devil,” a novel by Fay Wel- “Late Night With Seth Meyers” compassing many properties cal giant Bristol-Myers Squibb. don that had been made into a (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Tracy PROFESSIONAL and genres. • Netflix begins streaming 1986 British miniseries, broad- Morgan, Ike Barinholtz and HEATING COOLING After NBC canceled “Star the new stand-up special “Jim cast on the BBC more than 30 Weezer are on “The Late Late AND APPLIANCE SERVICES Trek” in 1969, Paramount Jefferies: This Is Me Now” (TV- years ago. Show With James Corden” didn’t have a clue about its MA) and the 2013 concert popularity until unofficial fan “Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain.” organizations and gatherings • Hulu begins streaming the TONIGHT’S OTHER became too hard to ignore. A Canadian sitcom “Letterkenny,” HIGHLIGHTS 1979 movie officially revived set in a quirky small town. • “Vice” (7:30 p.m., HBO, TV- “Star Trek,” and it’s been • Shudder, the subscription 14) looks at a generation affect- around ever since. The “Harry streaming service specializing ed by opioid abuse and rising Potter” franchise was hugely in horror, thriller and super- Hindu nationalism in India. popular from the beginning, so natural movies, invites viewers • The surgery ward is over- perhaps Warner Bros. believes to “The Last Drive-In With Joe whelmed on “The Resident” (8 it doesn’t need to indulge fans Bob Briggs,” a 24-hour mara- p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG). engaging in unlicensed frolics. thon of 13 cult classic movies • A new threat puts family But in doing so, it risks coming curated by the Texas-born members in peril on “Quantico” Frasier Tire off like Voldemort if it alien- movie critic and unabashed (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14). 361 Myrtle Beach Hwy. ates the most passionate en- celebrator of exploitation mov- • Danny mulls a career up- Service thusiasts. ies. grade on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., Sumter, SC 29153 • Having served up seasons CBS, r, TV-14). 310 East Liberty Street of “Undercover Boss,” CBS • “Dateline” (10 p.m., NBC) re- Sumter, SC 29150 773-6010 OFFICE launches “Whistleblower” (8 CULT CHOICE calls the Jonestown cult and 469-5533 PAGER p.m.), tales of everyday em- A wronged wife (Roseanne the mass suicide of its follow- (803) 773-1423 ployees who risked their liveli- Barr) uses witchcraft to get ers in 1978. 877-747-7642 TOLL FREE THE SUMTER ITEM TELEVISION FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | C5

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Inside Edition Paid Program Paid Me, Myself & I Me, Myself & I Lisa Living Biblically Living Biblically 48 Hours News 19 at 11pm Blue Bloods “For the Community” An WLTX 3 9 9 Weekend (N) programming. “Thanksgiving” (N) invests in Alex’s new “Thou Shalt Not Chip tries to get help (N) activist is in danger of deportation. (DVS) invention. Covet” (N) with a charity. Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! America’s Funniest Home Videos Kids Truth and Lies: The Family Manson ABC Columbia American Ninja Warrior “St. Louis WOLO 9 5 12 “Pacific Northwest” react to Halloween decorations. (DVS) News at 11 (N) Qualifying” Three brand-new obstacles. (Part 2 of 2) Hillary “Louise” The early life of young Father Brown “The Jackdaw’s Revenge” The Doctor Blake Mysteries “All She Shetland Secret service pursues Perez Austin City Limits “Jason Isbell & the 400 Bluegrass Under- WRJA ; 11 14 Edmund Hillary. An old foe is released from prison. Leaves Behind” Blake investigates a and Tosh. Unit; Amanda Shires” Jason Isbell & the ground writer’s murder. 400 Unit. MLB Baseball New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians. From Progressive Field in Cleveland. (N) (Live) WACH FOX News The Simpsons Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and FIFA World Cup WACH Y 6 6 at 10 (DVS) Back “Sherman’s Restaurant” Gordon Tonight (N) (Live) revamps Sherman’s Restaurant. Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Rookie Blue “Mercury Retrograde” The Saving Hope “Little Piggies” Alex tries to Leverage “The Maltese Falcon Job” The Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers WKTC Ø 4 22 “Help Wanted” “My Name Is Rob” rookies hunt for an escaped convict. stick up for herself. (DVS) team hides in plain sight. A game of “put-pock- “Blind Justice” A frightful mess. et.” CABLE CHANNELS (5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 02.03.18” (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live PD: Rewind Live PD “Live PD -- 07.14.18” Riding along with law enforcement. (N) Live PD “Live PD A&E 46 130 Riding along with law enforcement. No. 128” (N) -- 07.14.18” (5:00) ›››› “Unforgiven” (1992) Clint ››› “Open Range” (2003, Western) Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening. Cattle herdsmen battle a ruthless rancher in (:05) ››› “Open Range” (2003, Western) Robert Duvall. Cattle AMC 48 180 Eastwood, Gene Hackman. 1882. herdsmen battle a ruthless rancher in 1882. ANPL 41 100 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (N) (:01) Dodo Heroes (N) (:03) Vet Gone Wild: Even Wilder (N) (:06) Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Dodo Heroes ›› “Madea’s Witness Protection” (2012, Comedy) Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts. Madea uses tough love on a Wall (9:57) ›› “Soul Plane” (2004, Comedy) Kevin Hart, Tom Arnold, Method Man. Tyler Perry’s Meet BET 61 162 Street banker and his family. Passengers and crew party aboard an airliner. the Browns (6:40) ››› “Mean Girls” (2004, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina (8:48) ››› “Mean Girls” (2004, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina (10:56) ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005) Steve Carell. BRAVO 47 181 Fey. A teen becomes friends with three cruel schoolmates. Fey. A teen becomes friends with three cruel schoolmates. Three co-workers unite to help their buddy get a sex life. CNBC 35 84 Undercover Boss “Boston Market” Undercover Boss Undercover Boss “Wienerschnitzel” Undercover Boss “Tilted Kilt” Undercover Boss “Choice Hotels” Undercover Boss CNN 3 80 The Van Jones Show (N) CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) The 2000s “The Platinum Age of Television” Storytellers take TV to new heights. CNN Films: American Jail: The mass incarceration crisis. (6:15) ›› “Horrible Bosses” (2011) Jason Bateman. Three ›› “Horrible Bosses 2” (2014, Comedy) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis. Nick, Dale and Kurt ››› “Easy A” (2010) Emma Stone. Premiere. A high-school COM 57 136 oppressed workers plot against their employers. plot revenge on a thieving investor. student uses the rumor mill to her advantage. (6:00) “Camp (:45) Bunk’d (:10) Bunk’d (:35) Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Stuck in the Middle Stuck in the Middle Bunk’d Bunk’d Andi Mack Bunk’d DISN 18 200 Rock” (2008) DSC 42 103 Street Outlaws “Deja Vu” Street Outlaws “Cutting Out Callouts” Racers struggle to get their cars ready. (N) Street Outlaws: Go Fish! Street Outlaws ESPN 26 35 Boxing Regis Prograis vs. Juan Jose Velasco. (N) (Live) 2018 World Series of Poker Final Table. From Las Vegas. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) ESPN2 27 39 NBA Summer League Basketball NBA Summer League Basketball Second Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) NBA Summer League Basketball Second Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) FOOD 40 109 Chopped Four teen winners compete. Chopped Chopped Chopped Chopped Chopped FOXN 37 90 Fox Report with Jon Scott (N) Watters’ World (N) Justice With Judge Jeanine (N) The Greg Gutfeld Show (N) Watters’ World Justice Judge (:15) › “The Waterboy” (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler. A simpleton’s angry (:20) ›› “Just Go With It” (2011, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman. A ›››› “When FREE 20 131 outbursts lead to gridiron glory. man’s careless lie spins out of control. Harry Met Sally” FSS 21 47 (6:00) “Nossa Chape” (2018) Fight Sports: Boxing WNBA Basketball Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream. Atlanta Pregame (6:00) “With Love, Christmas” (2017) “Christmas Next Door” (2017, Romance) Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann, Jacob “Christmas in Evergreen” (2017, Romance) Ashley Williams, Teddy Sears, Barbara “The Mistletoe Inn” HALL 52 183 Emilie Ullerup, Aaron O’Connell. Blair. A bachelor is left in charge of his niece and nephew. Niven. A veterinarian wishes upon a snow globe for romance. (2017) HGTV 39 112 Fixer Upper Fixer Upper Fixer Upper Fixer Upper House Hunters Renovation Mountain Life Mountain Life Fixer Upper HIST 45 110 Mountain Men “Long Shot” Mountain Men: Fully Loaded (Season Premiere) An early melt unleashes the local bears. (N) Mnt. Men Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Slain Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Spe- ION 13 18 “Hardwired” A boy is raped. man is connected to a drug cartel. “Users” A teenage girl is murdered. “Turmoil” Benson is suspected in a crime. cial Victims Unit (6:00) “His Double Life” (2016) Emmanu- › “My Husband’s Double Life” (2001, Drama) Margaret Colin, Jay O. Sanders, (:03) “Murdered at 17” (2018, Suspense) Cristine Prosperi, Blake Burt, Susan Wal- › “My Husband’s LIFE 50 145 elle Vaugier, Brian Krause. Aaron Ashmore. A woman discovers her husband faked his own death. ters. Brooke’s new boyfriend becomes manipulative and controlling. Double Life” MSNBC 36 92 The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams Deadline: White House Hardball With Chris Matthews The Beat With NICK 16 210 Henry Danger Nicky, Ricky Star Falls (N) Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends (:36) Friends (12:10) Friends PARMT 64 153 (5:00) ›› “Fast Five” (2011) Bellator MMA Live (N) (Live) (:15) Bellator Kickboxing Bellator Kickboxing 10: Rome. (N) (Live) Unstoppable (5:00) ››› “Harry Potter and the Goblet ››› “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (2007, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma (:41) ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. The SYFY 58 152 of Fire” (2005) Daniel Radcliffe. Watson. Premiere. Harry prepares a group of students to fight Voldemort. (DVS) young wizard confronts the fugitive Sirius Black. (DVS) Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The Chick- Seinfeld George The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal With ›› “Jumanji” (1995) Robin Williams, TBS 24 156 Checks” en Roaster” abstains from sex. Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Samantha Bee Bonnie Hunt. (DVS) (6:00) ››› “The First Deadly Sin” ›› “The Odessa File” (1974, Suspense) Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell. A German (:15) ›› “Return From the Ashes” (1965, Suspense) Maximilian Schell, Samantha (12:15) ›› “Road- TCM 49 186 (1980) Frank Sinatra, David Dukes. reporter hunts a Nazi shielded by a power elite in 1963. Eggar. A death-camp survivor returns to her money-hungry family. block” TLC 43 157 Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (N) (:02) I Want THAT Wedding (:04) Four Weddings (:04) Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta I Want THAT (5:30) ›› “Blackhat” (2015) Chris ››› “Captain America: Civil War” (2016, Action) Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson. Captain America clashes ››› “American Gangster” (2007) Denzel Washington. A TNT 23 158 Hemsworth, Tang Wei. (DVS) with Iron Man. (DVS) chauffeur becomes Harlem’s most-powerful crime boss. TRUTV 38 129 Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Inside Carbonaro Inside Carbonaro Inside Carbonaro Misfits & Monsters Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 The Golden Girls The Golden Girls (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond “Italy” Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Two and Half Men Two and Half Men King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens (5:00) ››› “Harry Potter and the Goblet ››› “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (2007, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma (:41) ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. The USA 25 132 of Fire” (2005) Daniel Radcliffe. Watson. Premiere. Harry prepares a group of students to fight Voldemort. (DVS) young wizard confronts the fugitive Sirius Black. (DVS) WE 68 166 Criminal Minds “Unknown Subject” Criminal Minds “Snake Eyes” Criminal Minds “Closing Time” Criminal Minds “A Thin Line” Criminal Minds “A Family Affair” Criminal Minds WGNA 8 172 Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing ››› “Gran Torino” (2008, Drama) Clint Eastwood. ‘Battle of the Sexes’ recalls King-Riggs tennis match BY KEVIN McDONOUGH SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Harlee finds more rot in Sometimes a really good • Regional coverage of Major the bureau on “Shades of Blue” story is not enough to find an League Baseball (7 p.m., Fox). (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). audience. HBO premieres the • A soon-to-be imprisoned 2017 period piece “Battle of the mother must give up her baby Sexes” (8 p.m. Saturday). Based to the sister she despises in the CULT CHOICE on true and very publicized 2017 shocker “A Mother’s Crime” James Bond (Sean Connery) events, it stars Emma Stone as (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14). battles Blofeld (Donald American tennis star Billie • Meryl Streep, Pierce Bros- Pleasence) in the 1967 adven- Jean King and Steve Carell as nan, Colin Firth and the songs ture “You Only Live Twice” (7 the aging tennis player Bobby of ABBA star in the 2008 musi- p.m. Sunday, Starz Encore). Riggs. Playing the media buf- cal “Mamma Mia!” (8:30 p.m., foon and “male chauvinist NBC). A sequel arrives in the- pig,” Riggs challenged King to aters on July 20. SATURDAY SERIES a 1973 tennis match in an ef- • “Truth and Lies: The Family On two helpings of “Me, My- fort to show that even the best Manson” (9 p.m., ABC) features self & I” (CBS, TV-PG), a blind female star could not beat an the last interview with Charles date (8 p.m.), investing in the over-the-hill man. Manson. future (8:30 p.m.) * Snappy Touching on many of the so- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS banter on “Will & Grace” (8 p.m., cial and political hot buttons Tennis star Bobby Riggs, bottom, and Billie Jean King are shown in ac- NBC, r, TV-14) * Halloween of the era, their tennis match tion during their 1973 tennis match at the Astrodome in Houston. The SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS frights on “America’s Funniest transcended mere sport and 2017 film “Battle of the Sexes,” which recalls the famous match, will • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” Home Videos” (8 p.m., ABC, r, attracted a huge television au- air at 8 p.m. Saturday on HBO. (7 p.m., CBS, r): Confederate TV-PG) * On two helpings of dience. “Battle of the Sexes” monuments, seaweed and a “Living Biblically” (CBS, TV- received good reviews, with Devoted almost exclusively to Comedian Jim Norton tells 12-year-old musical prodigy. PG), competition and guilt (9 some critics praising Carell for comedy from the past genera- us that the 1981 teen comedy • Ghost and Tasha quarrel p.m.), habitats for humanity one of the best performances tion, “History” treats series “Porky’s” touched some kind on “Power” (8 p.m., Starz, TV- (9:30 p.m.) * “48 Hours” (10 p.m., of his career. Despite such ac- like “I Love Lucy” and “The of universal chord and ush- MA). CBS). colades, the film was a box of- Dick Van Dyke Show” as rel- ered in an era of sexual hon- • American forces encircle fice disappointment. ics from the Pleistocene era, a esty. Funny, I seem to remem- Japan on “The Pacific War in Way back in 2001, ABC aired time when you couldn’t say ber many viewers finding it Color” (8 p.m., Smithsonian). SUNDAY SERIES a made-for-TV movie (remem- words like “pregnant” on TV. aggressively witless and puer- • “Unsung” profiles R&B sing- More acts perform on “Amer- ber them?) called “When Billie What it doesn’t discuss is how ile. er Michel’le (9 p.m., TVOne). ica’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, Beat Bobby.” It featured Holly those comedies still managed The HBO series “Sex and • “Shark Week’s 50 Best Bites” TV-PG) * Bill Hader and Cecily Hunter as King and Ron Silver to be funny, and memorably the City” and “Girls” are also (8 p.m., Discovery, TV-PG) fea- Strong guest-voice on “The as Riggs. It was a terrific, bril- so. presented as cultural break- tures interviews with Tracy Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV- liantly cast movie — smart, After a few nods to trail- throughs. And perhaps they Morgan, Andy Samberg and PG) * Sherri Shepherd and Ian fun and historically resonant. blazers, including the work of were. But “History” fails to Craig Ferguson. Ziering appear on “Celebrity Nevertheless, it received re- Mae West and the bawdy al- reflect that both of those se- • A photoshoot on an Army Family Feud” (8 p.m., ABC, TV- cord-low ratings for an ABC bums of Rusty Warren and ries were also passionately base ends with the death of a PG) * A secret room is discov- TV movie at the time. LaWanda Page, “History” loathed by many — “Sex” for model on “Endeavour” on “Mas- ered on “Bob’s Burgers” (8:30 These two admirable efforts pretty much runs through a its reduction of New York terpiece” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-14, p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * On two show how difficult it is to in- clip-by-clip account of in- City to a shopping mall for check local listings). episodes of “NCIS: Los Angeles” terest viewers in sports histo- creasingly explicit stand-up thoughtless cupcake consum- • “The 2000s” (9 p.m., CNN) (CBS, r, TV-14), national secu- ry, no matter how relevant. routines and movie scenes ers and “Girls” for depicting recalls the attacks of 9/11 and rity (9 p.m.), a killer puts on a The story may seem too over- from Richard Pryor to the an entire generation as help- subsequent wars in Afghani- show (10 p.m.) * Amanda Sey- the-top to appeal to history present. This is more exhaust- less and self-involved. stan and Iraq. fried guest-voices on “Family buffs and lacks the overt senti- ing than informative or even “The History of Comedy” • The House of Abundance Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * mentality that is the hallmark entertaining. Many of these demonstrates what happens needs a new home on “Pose” (9 Gary Cole participates on “The of successful sports movies. outrageous clips represent the when you have a conversation p.m., FX, TV-MA). $100,000 Pyramid” (9 p.m., • Benedict Cumberbatch crescendo of a stand-up rou- about culture but invite only • Adora (Patricia Clarkson) ABC, TV-14) * The team wants (“Sherlock”) lends his voice to tine. To air them as an on- one side. recoils when Camille (Amy respect on “Ghosted” (9:30 p.m., “Planet Earth: South Pacific” (9 slaught diminishes their • Not to be confused with Adams) attends a local funeral Fox, TV-PG) * Anthony Ander- p.m. Saturday, BBC America), power. Discovery’s “Shark Week,” as a reporter on “Sharp Ob- son hosts “To Tell the Truth” (10 a six-episode series. Not unlike “The 2000s,” also Nat Geo Wild offers “Shark- jects” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • Produced by Sean Hayes airing on CNN, “Comedy” is Fest,” starting with “When • Vik declares his indepen- (“Will & Grace”), the docu- big on its access to talent. But Sharks Attack: Mayhem in Mexi- dence on “The Affair” (9 p.m., Copyright 2018 mentary series “The History of once you have those celebri- co” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-14). Showtime, TV-MA). United Feature Syndicate Comedy” (10 p.m. Sunday, ties, you tend to praise them, CNN) enters its second season. or let them praise themselves. Over six hourlong episodes, Just as Tom Hanks appeared “Comedy” will look at anima- on last week’s “The 2000s” tion, comedy duos and teams, saying swell things about his Sumter Auto Mall sketch comedy and family- own HBO series, Judd Apatow friendly comedy. Filled with is seen here discussing the 36253 BROAD STREET • SUMTER, SC clips, “History” also includes significance of his projects, • • interviews and soundbites “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” 803 494 5900 from famous comedians, writ- “Love” and “Girls.” WWW.SUMTERAUTOMALLSC.COM ers and producers. For a subject as controver- SPECIAL FINANCING AVAILABLE • BILINGUAL SALES STAFF This season begins with sial as sex and comedy, “His- 2013 CHEVY 1500 “Carnal Knowledge,” a glance tory” is entirely devoid of dis- at sexually explicit comedy. senting voices. SILVERADO 4X4 Z71 FINANCING FOR EVERYONE! C6 | FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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DEAR ABBY — know in my head I have no split up and walk with others. I I’m 20 years chance, but it hurts to go on think it’s extremely weird and old and have every day thinking about her. rude, so much so that we want a job in retail. I’d hate myself if I never told to back out. Neither of us cares I’ve been her how I feel. What should I to be in a memory book with us working here do? posing with other people. It’s for a few Really confused in retail not that either of us is jealous; years and am we’ve been married for 24 in a higher DEAR REALLY CONFUSED — Be- years. What do you think? Dear Abby position than cause you’re excelling in this Feeling obligated in the East ABIGAIL most associ- job, consider asking your beau- VAN BUREN ates. tiful, funny, married boss to DEAR FEELING OBLIGATED — I I’m in a re- write a positive letter of recom- think that before you take of- lationship mendation for you so you can fense and back out, you should with my high school sweet- find another job in retail — one ask your sister-in-law why she heart, whom I truly love, but that won’t make you ache every wants to do this. It could be I’m also crazy about my boss. time you clock in. something as simple as varia- She’s beautiful, funny, and to be tions in the height of the partic- honest, I jumped at my promo- DEAR ABBY — My husband and I ipants and not weird or rude. tion so I could get closer to her. have been asked to be in his sis- Between you and me, unless I feel terrible because, while I ter’s wedding. We said yes, you and your husband feel so love my girlfriend, if I were mostly out of obligation. strongly about this that you’re given the chance to be with my There will be three married willing to create a rift in the boss, I’d have a hard time say- couples in the procession. I re- family, you should go along Jim Quinlan 7/13/18 ing no. Thankfully, my boss is cently learned that my sister-in- with his sister’s fantasy of her ACROSS 51 Northern New 19 Penultimate 42 Windsor, for 1 Adobe York gallery, Greek one in a long-term marriage, so I law plans to have the couples perfect day. extension say? letter 43 “Star Trek” 4 Food 57 Latin lover’s 21 Six-pack lieutenant 8 Formal word makeup 48 Smartphone affirmation 58 Cup holder? 25 Picture at alternative 14 Amazement 59 Seller of spots Cannes 50 Parental words jumble sudoku PREVIOUS SOLUTION 15 “Logan” 61 Package on 26 “Die Lorelei” of finality superheroes the porch ... or poet 51 Decided on a 16 Bib, essentially what’s been 27 __ day: school diamond THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME hoW to play: By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek 17 Cooking brought to 18-, contingency 52 Sat Each row, column and acronym 24-, 41- and 28 Not in the 53 Start to cycle? set of 3-by-3 boxes 18 Calendar 51-Across book 54 Wasp nest model’s 66 Main man 31 Cubicle sites must contain the argument? 67 Snicker fixtures 55 __ Dictionary numbers 1 through 9 20 First word 68 Anticipatory 32 “I got it!” 56 Road sign with without repetition. of The times 33 It’s all around a double- Beach Boys’ 69 Beauty you tailed arrow “Kokomo” preceder? 35 School __ 57 One on a 22 David Caruso 70 Small stock 36 Unavoidable driveway starred in the purchase jerk 60 One who Miami version 71 Pudding starch 38 What might works with 23 __ periculo: at 72 Amount reveal the feet my own risk realized answer to 62 FedEx 24 Ones who “Who’s your alternative curry favor in DOWN daddy?” 63 Want ad abbr. Cannes? 1 Smurf with a 39 Custard base 64 Actress 29 Jackie red hat 40 Org. that Gabor portrayer on 2 Fictional miner abhors 65 Gas pump “Nurse Jackie” 3 Longest leaks spec. 30 Spike TV, once human bone Previous Puzzle Solved 31 He finished 4 Open a hosting “The satellite shop, Tonight Show” say 12 years 5 Bizet’s buddy before Fallon 6 Base __ was born 7 Moved 34 Tool points furtively 37 Long past 8 Demand 41 Booms in 9 One in a pub the poultry lineup industry? 10 Google’s was 44 Wrap label in 2004, briefly 45 Isaac’s eldest 11 Be very thrifty 46 Extended tale 12 Trig functions 47 “Just joking!” 13 In the know 49 Narrow cut about