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Fund helps couple in ‘holding pattern’ after heart attackFireside enters final week for the season
As the winter season is quickly coming to an end and Fireside Fund enters its final week, many Sumterites are
still struggling to maintain heat and recover from the near record-low temperatures
in January, according to Kevin Howell, Crisis Relief Ministry director at Sumter United Ministries.
The Crisis Relief Ministry continues to interview and as-sist clients from throughout Sumter County with heat-spe-cific needs, and people’s dona-tions to Fireside Fund make that financial assistance pos-
sible, he said. Howell shared the story of a
man in his late 50s who re-cently came in to the ministry to interview for an SCE&G natural gas account. The man had a disconnection notice and was worried about main-taining reasonable tempera-tures in his home when the cold mornings occur. Accord-
ing to Howell, the man is un-able to work because he has a medical condition stemming from a heart attack suffered less than a year ago.
“He has worked all of his life but couldn’t continue his longtime job since the heart attack occurred,” Howell said.
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Tapping into good times
Annual food truck, craft beer festival rolls to Sumter fairgrounds
Sumterites and food lov-ers from surrounding areas enjoyed a day of
unique eats and drinks on Saturday during Sumter’s third food truck festival, Un-tapped: Food Trucks and Craft Beer Festival.
“The weather is beautiful,” Lynn Kennedy, city of Sumter events manager, said on Satur-day. “Seems like everybody’s hav-ing a great time.”
About 4,000 people were expect-ed to attend the event throughout the day to try food and drinks unique to the Sumter area.
“You name it, we’ve got it,” Kennedy said.
With a wide variety of foods, from pizza, turkey, chicken wings, stir-fry noodles and barbecue to
snow cones, there was something for everyone.
One of the biggest hits was Is-land Noodles, Kennedy said. The line was at least 30 people long all day, she said.
The most unique item was drinks made from and served inside fresh pineapples, she said.
Kennedy said her favorite was a Cuban sandwich, something she had never tried before Saturday.
“[I] really enjoyed it,” she said, “but that’s all you can eat once you eat that Cuban sandwich be-cause it’s big.”
Inside the barn on the fair-grounds, visitors tasted a variety of craft brews from local and na-tional breweries.
There truly was something for everyone.
BY ADRIENNE [email protected]
Volunteers pour craft beers in “the barn” Saturday.
PHOTOS BY ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEMAbout 4,000 people were expected to enjoy a variety of craft beers and food from food trucks that came as far away as Georgia and North Carolina to set up at Sumter County fairgrounds on Saturday. See more photos on A3.
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1 charged, 2 at large after boy shot in legGun was fired inside Sumter home Feb. 1
One woman has been arrested and two suspects remain at large after a 7-year-old boy was shot in the leg during an incident inside a house on Broad Street in Sumter County.
The child was reportedly sleeping next to his cousin when several shots were fired inside the residence in the 5000 block of Broad Street near Shaw Air Force Base about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, according to Ken Bell, public information of-ficer for Sumter County Sher-iff ’s Office.
Aireal Lakeia Johnson, 24, of White Pine Court in Sumter, has been charged with four counts of being an accessory after the fact of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a dwelling; criminal conspiracy; breach of trust; larceny for fail-ure to return a rented object; and obstruction of justice.
One of the bullets fired struck the boy in the leg, while two other bullet holes were discov-ered in the home from bullets that did not hit anyone, Bell said.
Investigators uncovered in-formation pointing to the sus-pect vehicle being a 2017 Jeep that was reportedly rented
through a fraudulent insurance policy under the name of Aireal Johnson.
Bell said Johnson admitted to the con-spiracy for fraud and implicated two others — Kimberly Denise Burgess, 30, and Rod-ney Jermaine Burgess, 33, both of Sandy Run Drive in Sumter.
Warrants have been issued for the Bur-gesses, and authorities are looking for the pair, Bell said.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the shooting or how the child is related to any of the three. Bell said the boy has been released from the hospital and is expected to fully recover.
BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected]
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Anyone who sees suspects Kimberly Denise Burgess, 30, and Rodney Jermaine Burgess, 33, both of Sandy Run Drive in Sumter, is asked to call 911, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 436-2022 or Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1(888) 436-CRIMESC. Callers can remain anonymous and may receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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FROM STAFF REPORTSJon Reep, winner of season
5 of NBC's "The Last Comic Standing," is bringing his humor to the Sumter Opera House for one show only at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
With Hickory, North Caroli-na, as his hometown, Reep is known for his Southern charm and wit and has a tal-ent for making normal situa-tions hilarious. His take on pulling various things with a boat across a river has left au-diences in stitches.
“If you’re on the river and you’ve got a speed boat, you’re royalty! You don’t need skis to have a good time on the river. You can pull anything that
floats! ... Fiberglass awning? Guess what, it floats! Pull it!”
Reep also has a skit about the time his father mowed over a wasp nest.
“He said, ‘Bees live in trees! Everybody knows that.’” Reep’s father then uses the lawnmower to cut grass where there is a wasp nest in the ground under a railroad tie.
“He thought he could put the mower over the nest, and all of the bees would be sucked up into the bag, but that’s not what happened. In about 5 seconds he had 500 bees all over his face! He was freaking out! His head was a honeycomb, man. He was run-
ning one way, and the lawn-mower was going down the hill by itself, taking out the neighbor’s roses.”
Reep graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in Theater, Mass Communica-tion, and Public and Personal Communication. Upon gradu-ation, he worked with UNC-TV while, at the same time, honing his skills as a stand-up comedian. In 1998, he left UNC-TV to pursue a full-time comedy career.
In 2000, he was invited to perform at the Montreal “Just for Laughs Festival.” Shortly thereafter, he moved to Los Angeles to further his career
as a stand-up comedian and actor. He has appeared in movies such as “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guanta-namo Bay” and “Good Luck Charlie.” He also played the dim-witted cop Gerald Bob from the ABC sitcom “Rod-ney.” More recently, he can be seen in “Eastbound and Down” and was host of SPEED TV’s “R U Faster than a Redneck.”
Tickets for Saturday night's performance are $26 to $30. Ample parking is available at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.
For more information, visit www.SumterOperaHouse.com online or call (803) 436-2616.
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PHOTOS BY ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEMLEFT: The Midlands Fatherhood Coalition in Sumter held a basketball clinic Saturday at Alice Drive Middle School. That same night, the group held a comedy basketball game fund-raiser at Lakewood High School featuring The Harlem Rock-ets, a professional comedy basketball team from New York, playing the Fatherhood All-Stars — a team of MFC program participants and community leaders. The goal of the game was to raise money to support MFC's mission to provide the tools for fathers to become positively engaged in the lives of their children, family and community.
Clarendon County Depart-ment of Social Services will hold an open house at its new location, 236 Commerce St., Suite 2, Manning, from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday.
For information, call (803) 435-4303.
Clarendon DSS to hold open house on Thursday
A Turbeville restaurant failed its most recent food inspection for hav-ing dead cockroaches throughout the kitchen.
Old Dragon Chinese Restaurant, 1665 Main St., Turbeville, received a 74 percent on its Feb. 28 retail food es-
tablishment inspection report from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Scores are based on a 100-point scale, and a letter grade is assigned at the end of inspection. Scores of less than 78 points are designated as a "C" and are failing, meaning the "food safety practices need significant im-provement."
According to the DHEC report, vio-lations included not having a person in charge certified by an accredited program — later, apparently, that person was identified and said he or she was accredited; having the hand
wash sink next to the utensil sink and blocked with plastic wrap; letting kitchenware accumulate grease, car-bon and debris; and not using the correct hot holding temperatures for chicken wings and cold holding tem-peratures for cooked-breaded bone-less chicken; not having a date mark-ing system that meets criteria.
A consecutive violation was cited that "numerous dead roaches were observed in the hand sink, on kitchen counters, on the floors [and] on shelv-ing throughout the kitchen area."
It was also found that "numerous food items were observed stored un-
covered in the walk-in cooler and reach-in cooler,” that "multiple single service items are being reused, such as cardboard in multiple areas and ways" and that “shelving and storage units had rust, grease and food debris buildup.”
A follow-up inspection is required within 10 days of failing or bad rou-tine inspections. The DHEC report listed that followup will occur today.
The contact name on the report is Joann Chan. A message left with a woman who answered the phone for a manager or owner was not re-turned.
Turbeville restaurant fails inspection for dead roaches in kitchen
BY KAYLA [email protected]
Old Dragon Chinese tobe reinspected today
Much more than basketball
According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff's Office, 32-year-old Amber Gail Johnson, 7 Lombardi Court, Dalzell, has been charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
According to the warrant, between June 1 and Dec. 4, 2017, in Sumter County, Johnson and the victim, who had previous-ly been diagnosed with dementia,
opened up a joint bank account and Johnson withdrew $24,500 from the account and then opened up a bank account at another bank in her name only.
The victim’s daughter, who has Power of Attorney for the victim, said she did not autho-rize or have any knowledge of another bank account being opened.
Woman arrested in exploitation of an adult
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PHOTOS BY ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEMCrowds came out Saturday afternoon to Sumter’s Untapped: Food Trucks and Craft Beer Festival at Sumter County Fair-grounds. People were able to find everything from sand-wiches to pizza to noodles at the trucks that traveled to the now-annual event.
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‘Trump slump’ in gun sales continues despite control debate
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gun store owners called it the “Trump slump.” Sales of firearms slowed dramatical-ly after the election of Don-ald Trump as president in 2016 allayed fears of a Dem-ocratic crackdown on gun owners.
That trend has continued in recent weeks even with talk of gun control in Con-gress and among business leaders after the Feb. 14 massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school.
In the past, gun massa-cres generally led to an up-tick in sales as people wor-ried about the government restricting access. But with Parkland, things are differ-ent.
“The day after the elec-tion, it’s just like somebody turned a faucet off,” said David Dobransky, 67, who owns Dobransky Firearms, a small gun shop in North Canton, Ohio.
Since then, sales there have been cut in half, and nothing the president or Congress has done or said after the Florida shooting
has improved business.Gun owners apparently
have faith that Trump won’t impose more restrictions, gun show owners say. That’s even with the con-fusing messages Trump has sent in the past week.
He has cast himself as a strong supporter of the Na-
tional Rifle Association but on Wednesday criticized lawmakers for being too fearful of the NRA to take action. He also reaffirmed positions opposed by the NRA, such as banning gun sales to those under 21.
Then the next day, Trump met with NRA officials and
tweeted they’d had a “Good (Great) meeting.” The NRA’s executive director, tweeting about the same meeting, said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “don’t want gun control.”
At Rapid-Fire Firearms in Rapid City, South Dakota, business is “just like nor-mal,” owner Robert Akers said Thursday, contrasting business with the panic buying under President Barack Obama.
In an earnings conference call last week, American Outdoor Brands, which owns Smith & Wesson, said revenue fell by one-third over the past three months, consistent with a drop since Trump was elected.
Demand dropped in De-cember and January, before the Florida shooting and the debates on gun laws that followed, he said. The company doesn’t expect sales to improve much over the next year.
Sturm Ruger and Ameri-can Outdoor Brands have both seen their stocks plunge since Trump was elected, as they have mostly reported disappointing sales in recent months.
American Outdoor Brands has plunged 67 percent since the presidential elec-tion, and Sturm Ruger is down 28 percent.
Potentially dampening sales further, four major re-tailers last week — Kroger, Dick’s Sporting Goods, L.L. Bean and Walmart — an-nounced they will no longer sell guns to anyone under 21.
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Over the past 30 years, U.S. gun production has tri-pled. Nine million were pro-duced in 2015, compared with 3 million in 1986, ac-cording to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Those fig-ures don’t reflect sales since Trump took office, bringing with him the per-ception he was friendlier to gun owners.
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Hopefully, I will never be too old to find awe in the “Star Spangled Banner,” the opening number of the Sum-ter Community Concert Band’s Spring Concert, along with the presentation of col-ors by the Sumter High School JROTC. Equally as tra-ditional was Director James “Jimmie” Mills’ closing patri-ot tribute — this time “Let Freedom Ring” with selec-tions like “Yankee Doodle,” “America” and “Grand Old Flag” — presented with great enthusiasm.
We have all heard the ex-pression “Let Your Light So Shine.” The band did just that, with a few guest players and most of the 43 members on the roster plus Mills. The 10 selections covered every-thing from the patriotic to marches like Sousa’s lively “King Cotton” and Leroy An-derson’s “Ticonderoga March” — written in honor of the first American win against Britain in the Revolu-tionary War — to the fabulous genius of Ray Charles and his contribution to soul, rhythm, blues and gospel — a selection of nostalgic and captivating tunes like “Let the Good Times Roll” and “Georgia on My Mind.” “Lola Flores,” named after the Spanish star of dance and more than 33 movies, really did showcase the band’s ability to add spice with drum roll, syncopated rhythms and the feel of the bombast and excitement of the bull fight.
Two selections featured sax-ophone players. Directed by Joni Mabry Brown, Scottish ballad “Perthshire Majesty,” with its melodic opening, highlighted Bates Middle School Band Director Sean Hackett on soprano saxo-phone. “Noteworthy“ (all puns intended) was Dr. Bob Lee’s alto saxophone solo “Classical Rondo” with its echoing round like interplay of saxophone and band. The lilting melody featured end-less phrases with fast-paced, take-a-quick-breath delivery.
“Themes Like Old Times,” a tribute in memory of former member Jack Riley, paid hom-age to him and the early 1900s — “Swanee,” “For Me and My Gal” and the rip-roaring “Tiger Rag/Hold That Tiger.”
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RANKIN, Pa. (AP) — Finding fresh food in this tiny riverside community that was hit hard by the steel indus-try's decline has always been a chal-lenge. Then, seven years ago, Carl's Cafe opened.
The grocery store, near new gov-ernment housing, offers cooking classes and a source of fresh, healthy food. Proprietor Carl Lewis even has customers sign a pledge: If he pro-vides fresh produce, they'll buy it. Five such purchases, and they get their sixth free.
About half his customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemen-tal Nutrition Assistance Program, so the government's proposal to replace the debit card-type program with a pre-assembled box of shelf-stable goods delivered to recipients worries him and other grocery operators in poor areas about their patrons' nutri-tion and their own bottom line.
"If half of your business goes away, it's going to hurt," Lewis said, noting that if SNAP spending benefits are taken away, so will recipients' ability to participate in programs at his store.
"I see kids educating parents on fresh food choices," he said. "To see them reach for an apple before they reach for a Snickers bar, it's fantastic. But if people are too worried about where their next meal is coming from, it's going to be hard to teach them how to cook an eggplant."
The idea called "America's Harvest Box" was floated in February in the Trump administration's 2019 budget proposal, tucked inside a plan to slash SNAP by roughly $213 billion, or 30 percent, over the next 10 years. Households that receive more than $90 in SNAP benefits each month — roughly 81 percent of households in the program, or about 16.4 million — would be affected.
The plan immediately raised con-cerns, and details were sparse.
Grocery store trade associations, as well as nonprofits like The Food Trust, argue that removing food stamp recipients' ability to buy their own provisions could undermine re-cent successes in eliminating "food deserts."
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told what to buy is not borne out by the data," Alex Baloga, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Food Mer-chants Association, said. "We want to provide healthy, affordable products to everybody, and we want to give customers a choice to take these dol-lars and make the best decision for their families."
Cache Flanagan, a shopper at Carl's Cafe who has two children ages 6 years and 10 months, wondered: "What will be in it? What about food allergies? Do we get options to pick from? Whatever they decide to put in that Harvest Box isn't going to be fresh."
Shaker Ehmedi, who manages a su-permarket in Philadelphia, observed: "We have a hard time delivering mail in this country. How would we ever
deliver these boxes?"Agriculture Secretary Sonny Per-
due on Feb. 22 acknowledged the idea took congressional members by sur-prise but said his staff consulted with experts.
Brandon Lipps, administrator for the Agriculture Department's food and nutrition service, told The Asso-ciated Press in an interview last week that he wants retailers to play a role and stressed that SNAP recipients would still receive 60 percent of their benefits in cash to spend at grocery stores.
Small stores in rural communities could also benefit, Lipps said, arguing that recipients who typically travel long distances to large supermarkets for groceries would get shelf-stable goods in their box and be able to shop at their local grocer for produce.
"The market is changing in how people get their food," Lipps said. "I think we in the government have a duty to be changing with that mar-ket."
The Harvest Box model would have the federal Agriculture Department procuring foods, Lipps acknowledged, but it would also rely heavily on states.
"We left the distribution to states, and there are a lot of models in that," Lipps said. "That could include distri-bution through a grocery store or a grocery store participating in distri-bution."
‘Harvest Boxes’: Grocers fear for business, patrons’ healthAbout half of Carl Lewis’ customers pay with bene-fits from the federal Sup-plemental Nutrition Assis-tance Program, so the gov-ernment’s proposal to re-place the debit card-type program with a pre-as-sembled box of shelf-sta-ble goods delivered to re-cipients worries him and other grocery operators in poor areas.
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His household went from two incomes to one as the man’s wife finds herself the sole provider in the home currently, Howell said, and they don’t have an adequate in-come to support their modest budget.
“The man finds his life in a holding pattern right now,” Howell said. “He’s too weak to work but feels the pressure of having enough income.”
After receiving counsel from the ministry, the hus-band is now exploring his options with Social Securi-ty Disability and Vocation-al Rehabilitation, Howell said.
“We gave him thorough counseling about the bene-fits of being evaluated for work and pursuing the as-sistance he needs from Vo-cational Rehab and other agencies,” Howell said.
The Crisis Relief Minis-try was also able to pay his final notice on his gas bill to prevent a disconnect and to delay further action until the next bill cycle, ac-cording to Howell.
“He was especially grate-ful for the assistance and the thorough conversation about his options,” Howell said. “This wouldn’t have been possible without your kind donations to Fireside Fund. On behalf of Sumter United Ministries, thanks to all of you who have do-nated to date.”
Fireside Fund was estab-lished by The Sumter Item in 1969 to help needy fami-lies and individuals pay heating bills or buy fire-wood or heating fuels to stay warm during the win-ter months. Since its found-ing, Fireside Fund has brought in nearly $1.6 mil-lion in donations from gen-
erous readers.This winter’s Fireside
Fund, which is in its final week, is dedicated to the memory of former Sumter County Sheriff Tommy Mims, who died in Decem-ber 2016.
Mims joined the sheriff’s office as a deputy in 1965, and after 23 years of ser-vice, he was elected sheriff in 1988. Mims served as sheriff for 16 years until his retirement in 2004.
Throughout his tenure in law enforcement, Mims was seen as a mentor and father figure to the men and women he led. He was also considered a dedicated public servant by many Sumterites.
Donations can be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151, or dropped off at 36 W. Lib-erty St.
Anyone in need of assis-tance with heating costs may call Sumter United Ministries at (803) 775-0757.
Donations for the week ending Monday, March 5, 2018:
In memory of Deacon (and retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen.) Billy J. Ellis and son John Patrick Ellis from Barbara Ellis, $100; Love in Action Sunday School Class, $50; Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach, $100; in honor of Heather Paul from Charlie Pitts, $25; and in memory of Tommy Mims and Doug Mathis from Pat Burns, $100.
Total anonymous this week: $150
Total this week: $525Total last week: $925Total this year to date:
$38,274.01Total last year: $48,601.18Total since 1969:
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On Saturday, Sumterites enjoyed cuisine from about 20 food trucks and vendors that traveled from various parts of the state as well as North Carolina and Georgia.
Though there may have been foods that some guests may have never thought to try before, the vendors were sure to be enjoyable because
they were hand-picked by Kennedy.
It took about two years to build up a list of food trucks to bring a festival to Sumter, she said.
She said she thought it would be a good idea to bring a food truck festival to Sum-ter after seeing the success and popularity of food truck festivals in other areas.
The food truck festival is also a good partnership be-tween the city and county,
Kennedy said. A veteran to bringing high-
ly attended events to Sumter, she keeps her ideas fresh by attending multiple events each year.
“I try to go to at least 20 festivals a year,” Kennedy said.
Sumter’s first food truck festival was held last March when about 3,500 people came out to enjoy the good eats. A second festival was held last November.
Right, the Kona Ice food truck serves up a treat at the event at Sumter County fairgrounds.
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Above, ribs from Smell My Smoke BBQ & Catering are cooked Saturday at Un-tapped: Food Trucks and Craft Beer Fes-tival.
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Beaufort County sheriff’s deputies said 69-year-old Sam Dollenmeier was killed after his gyrocopter crashed about 9:45 a.m. Monday at Beaufort County Airport.
Deputies said in a statement that Dollenmeier was taken to the hospital after the crash but died about two hours later.
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DEAR ABBY — I have a close friend with whom I often travel and at-tend events. She’s a lovely person, but she has the odd habit of singing in public — in gift shops, restaurants,
or any public place where music is playing (and sometimes even when it’s not). I can’t have the radio on in the car without her singing along. She has an OK voice, but her style is a bit operatic. How can I gently tell her that her spontaneous performances are inappropriate and exces-sive?
Not karaoke in the East
DEAR NOT KARAOKE — I suspect your friend craves attention, which is why she does it. Pay her the compliment she’s look-ing for by telling her how nice her voice is, but you would prefer she not sing when you’re out in public together because you find it embarrass-ing.
DEAR ABBY — My adult child re-cently passed away. Although he didn’t live with me, I han-dled the arrangements and held the visitation in my home.
It has been only a few months, but I feel the need to get everything settled. But every time I sit down to write thank-you cards, I become so anxious I find it hard to breathe. Some family mem-bers have told me thank-you cards are not expected for be-
reavement. Can you tell me what the proper etiquette and time frame is in this matter?
Has to settle everything
DEAR HAS — Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your son. There are two ways to handle the task of thanking those who sent flowers, food or condolence letters. The first is to ask a friend or another fam-ily member to help you. The other is as simple as having cards printed that say, “The family of ____________ want to thank you for reaching out to us at this sad time,” and sign-ing your name. I hope this is helpful for you.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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The fatal delusions of Western man“We got China
wrong. Now what?” ran the headline
over the column in The Wash-ington Post.
“Remember how American engagement with China was going to make that communist backwater more like the demo-
cratic, capital-ist West?” asked Charles Lane in his opening sen-tence.
America’s elites believed that economic engagement and the open-ing of U.S.
markets would cause the People’s Republic to coexist benignly with its neigh-bors and the West.
We deluded ourselves. It did not happen.
Xi Jinping just changed Chi-na’s constitution to allow him to be dictator for life. He contin-ues to thieve intellectual prop-erty from U.S. companies and to occupy and fortify islets in the South China Sea, which Beijing now claims as entirely its own.
Meanwhile, China sustains North Korea as Chinese war-
planes and warships circum-navigate Taiwan threatening its independence.
We today confront a Chinese Communist dictatorship and superpower that seeks to dis-place America as first power on earth and to drive the U.S. military back across the Pacif-ic.
Who is responsible for this epochal blunder?
The elites of both parties. Bush Republicans from the 1990s granted China most-fa-vored-nation status and threw open America’s market.
Result: China has run up $4 trillion in trade surpluses with the United States. Her $375 bil-lion trade surplus with us in 2017 far exceeded the entire Chinese defense budget.
We fed the tiger and created a monster.
Why? What is in the mind of Western man that our leaders continue to adopt policies root-ed in hopes unjustified by reali-ty?
Recall. Stalin was a murder-ous tyrant unrivaled in history whose victims in 1939 were 1,000 times those of Adolf Hit-ler, with whom he eagerly part-nered in return for the freedom to rape the Baltic States and bite off half of Poland.
When Hitler turned on Sta-
lin, the Bolshevik butcher rushed to the West for aid. Churchill and FDR hailed him in encomiums that would have made Pericles blush. At Yalta, Churchill rose to toast the butcher:
“I walk through this world with greater courage and hope when I find myself in a relation of friendship and intimacy with this great man, whose fame has gone out not only over all Russia, but the world. ... We regard Marshal Stalin’s life as most precious to the hopes and hearts of all of us.”
Returning home, Churchill assured a skeptical Parliament, “I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly than the Russian Soviet government.”
George W. Bush, with the U.S. establishment united be-hind him, invaded Iraq with the goal of creating a Vermont in the Middle East that would be a beacon of democracy to the Arab and Islamic world.
Ex-Director of the NSA Gen. William Odom correctly called the U.S. invasion the greatest strategic blunder in American history. But Bush, unchastened, went on to preach a crusade for democra-cy with the goal of “ending
tyranny in our world.”What is the root of these as-
tounding beliefs — that Stalin would be a partner for peace, that if we built up Mao’s China she would become benign and benevolent, that we could re-shape Islamic nations into rep-licas of Western democracies, that we could eradicate tyran-ny?
Today, we are replicating these historic follies.
After our victory in the Cold War, we not only plunged into the Middle East to remake it in our image, but we also issued war guarantees to every ex-member state of the Warsaw Pact and threatened Russia with war if she ever intervened again in the Baltic Republics.
No Cold War president would have dreamed of issuing such an in-your-face challenge to a great nuclear power like Rus-sia.
If Putin’s Russia does not be-come the pacifist nation it has never been, these guarantees will one day be called. And America will either back down — or face a nuclear confronta-tion. Why would we risk some-thing like this?
Consider this crazed ideology of free trade globalism with its roots in the scribblings of 19th-century idiot savants, not one
of whom ever built a great na-tion.
Adhering religiously to free trade dogma, we have run up $12 trillion in trade deficits since Bush I. Our cities have been gutted by the loss of plants and factories. Workers’ wages have stagnated. The eco-nomic independence Hamilton sought and Republican presi-dents from Lincoln to McKin-ley achieved is history.
But the greatest risk we are taking, based on utopianism, is the annual importation of well over a million legal and illegal immigrants, many from the failed states of the Third World, in the belief we can create a united, peaceful and harmoni-ous land of 400 million, com-posed of every race, religion, ethnicity, tribe, creed, culture and language on earth.
Where is the historic evi-dence for the success of this ex-periment, the failure of which could mean the end of America as one nation and one people?
Patrick J. Buchanan is the au-thor of a new book, “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a Presi-dent and Divided America For-ever.”
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Most residents in S.C. want Dominion-SCANA deal
Editor’s note: This column originally ran in the Sunday edition of The State.
A majority of S.C. resi-dents want Virginia-based Dominion En-ergy to buy troubled
SCANA, according to the most recent Winthrop Poll.
That deal, Dominion promis-es, would lower the power bills of customers of SCANA’s SCE&G subsidiary and give partial refunds to those cus-tomers for money they paid for an abandoned nuclear con-struction project.
But, according to that poll, nearly half of all S.C. resi-dents also want state lawmak-ers to repeal the 2007 law, the Base Load Review Act, that en-couraged the V.C. Summer ex-pansion.
That could kill the deal with Dominion, which says it wants the 2007 law to remain in place so it can keep charging SCE&G’s customers for the V.C. Summer project.
S.C. lawmakers blame the poll’s conflicting findings — do the Dominion deal, but kill the law that Dominion says it must have to do the deal — on what they say has been a suc-cessful but “deceptive” state-
wide ad campaign, marketing the benefits of the proposed buyout.
Since announcing its offer to buy SCANA on Jan. 3, the Vir-ginia-based utility has spent nearly $3.7 million producing and placing ads, according to documents obtained by The State newspaper.
“Deceptive advertising can be effective,” said Senate Ma-jority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield. “The advertising campaign doesn’t tell people all the details of it. If you told people that the Dominion-SCANA proposal means they’ve got to keep paying for V.C. Summer for the next 20 years, you’re not going to have 57 percent support.”
Dominion sees the support for its SCANA buyout differ-ently.
“Our communications have been straightforward, and cus-tomers understand the propos-al well,” spokesman Chet Wade said in a statement. “What customers tell us is they are looking forward to both getting back a substantial portion of what they have paid for the new nuclear project thus far and having lower rates in the future.”
A NUCLEAR MESSThe poll results — to ques-
tions asked by Winthrop Uni-versity’s polling unit for The State newspaper — come as the S.C. General Assembly grapples with how to settle a
fiasco that erupted last July, when SCE&G and state-owned Santee Cooper abandoned a decadelong effort to build two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County. The utili-ties jointly spent $9 billion on the project, which was beset with construction delays and cost overruns. Now, with power customers facing higher power bills to pay off that debt in the coming decades, law-makers are looking to step in.
The S.C. House last month passed a proposal to block SCE&G temporarily from con-tinuing to charge its custom-ers roughly $37 million a month — or $27 a month for the typical residential custom-er — for the useless reactors.
The state Senate now is con-sidering that proposal, which would partially repeal the Base Load Review Act. But some senators worry repeal-ing the 2007 law would be un-constitutional or could lead to higher power bills, anyway.
Further complicating the de-bate is Dominion’s threat to walk away if lawmakers re-peal the 2007 law, withdrawing its plan to lower SCE&G power bills and offer partial refunds.
Dominion wants important parts of that law to remain in place so it can charge SCE&G’s customers — who al-ready have paid nearly $2 bil-lion — some $2.8 billion more
for the failed nuclear project over the next 20 years.
“We have supported revers-ing the Base Load Review Act for future projects,” Dominion spokesman Wade said. “(But) well-researched opinions have shown that reversing the BLRA, retroactively, would face serious constitutional challenges. Not only would it put in jeopardy the benefits of our proposal, but it also would open the state to a long and ex-pensive legal battle and harm the state’s ability to attract fu-ture business development.”
‘THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH’As lawmakers note, Domin-
ion’s plan to continue charging SCE&G customers for the failed nuclear project is left out of its TV commercials, full-page newspaper ads, radio spots, online ads and power bill inserts.
Dominion spent $276,000 to create those ads. Then, it spent $3.4 million buying air time and ad space before suspend-ing its marketing efforts on Feb. 14, hours after lawmakers complained the ads were mis-leading and deceptive.
That spending is similar to what it might cost a presiden-tial candidate to reach S.C. voters before the Palmetto State’s first-in-the-South pri-mary.
For example, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spent about $3.5 million on air time in the months before the 2016
S.C. primary, according to longtime Republican strategist Warren Tompkins.
“Any of the candidates run-ning for governor in the Re-publican primary would be jumping up and down with joy to have that much money to spend on advertising,” Tomp-kins said, referring to this year’s S.C. race.
Dominion’s ads highlight the positives of its proposal to buy SCANA, including:
• Refunds worth about $1,000 for the average SCE&G house-hold that has paid about $1,400 for the V.C. Summer project;
• An immediate rate cut of about $10 a month;
• $1 million in added contri-butions to charities in SCE&G’s service area over the next five years; and
• An end to the uncertainty surrounding SCANA, once South Carolina’s largest pub-licly traded company.
But the campaign has frus-trated some lawmakers who have been bombarded by calls from constituents — some not SCE&G customers — asking when they will get a $1,000 check from Dominion.
“They think they’re going to get $1,000, they think the V.C. Summer surcharge is going to go away, and everything is going to be better if Dominion buys it because these commer-cials have led them to believe that, and that is not the truth,” said state Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington.
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Lawmakers blame ‘deceptive’ advertising
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be secretive about how much you are
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Getting involved in something will lead to disappointment. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you. New acquaintances will turn out to be more of a drain than an asset. Avoid insult, injury and arguments. Be secretive regarding personal changes.
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AROUND TOWNDo you need a divorce but can’t afford an attorney? South Carolina Legal Ser-vices will offer free do-it-yourself divorce clinics for those who meet the fol-lowing criteria: separated for at least one year; no minor children; and no marital property or debts that have to be divided. During the two hour class, a S.C. Legal Services attor-ney will provide you with all the forms you need to file for divorce and give you instructions on how to get your spouse served. You will be provided with the knowledge you need to start and finish your di-vorce without hiring an at-torney. Seating is limited. Call (803) 799-9668 to re-serve your space for one of the following clinics: 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, Sumter County; 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, Clar-endon County; or 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, Lee County.Free income tax filing servic-es and FAFSA application as-sistance will be provided on a walk-in basis from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays at 640 Broad St. (the Anything Paper building). Services include e-file and direct deposit 2017 tax year and processing taxes from three years back (2016, 2015 and 2014). Call (803) 883-5483 for information.The Sumter AARP Tax-Aide Foundation will offer free tax assistance and preparation on a first come, first served basis on Mondays and Wednesdays through April 17 at the Lincoln His-torical Center (former home of the Shepherd’s Center), 26 Council St. On Saturday, March 24, assis-tance will be available on an appointments only basis. Call Lula King at (803) 316-0772 for informa-tion. The One Sumter Community group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St. The public is invited. Tammy Wise, program manager of Eckerd Con-nections, Palmetto Youth Connections, will speak. Call the Rev. Joshua Du-pree at (803) 795-3600 for
more information.Color for a Cause will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, at the Sumter Mall. This live mural coloring contest and shopping event will raise funds and awareness for various causes: KAT’s Spe-cial Kneads, Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Sumter, Sumter Disabilities and Special Needs Board, Sumter County Library and the United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Coun-ties. You can join in and help complete a mural. Judges will select the win-ning design to win a prize donation. Visit www.we-colorforacause.com.The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, at Shiloh-Ran-dolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St., Sumter, SC 29150. Danielle Driscoll, M.A., CRC, Region III Direc-tor, S.C. Commission for the Blind, will speak. The spotlight is shining on Cynthia Dicks and the hon-orary members are John and Bertha Willis. If you know a blind person, con-tact Debra Canty, chapter president, at (803) 775-5792 or [email protected]. Donations are wel-come and can be mailed to NFB Sumter Chapter, P.O. Box 641, Sumter, SC 29151.The 8th Annual Daffodil Arts & Craft Show will be held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Fair Memorial & American Legion Building, 30 Artillery Drive. Vendors include: A Country Girl’s Crafts; Crafty Maibritt/Grapevine Wreaths; Damsel in De-fense; Embellished Art Decor; Jessie’s Jewels with Premier; Lip Sense with Victoria; Make Up Eraser; River Tree Woodworks; Scentsy Independent Con-sultant; Betty’s Cakes, Pies, Cookies & More; The Garden Soapery; Tupper-ware of Sumter; and many, many more. Please bring a nonperishable food item. If you bring three non-per-ishable food items, your name will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card. For more details, call Debra at (803) 983-3235.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A'ja Wilson screamed, waved four fingers in the air and danced in front of the South Carolina pep band.
Doing something nobody has ever done before de-serves a mighty celebration.
Wilson scored 16 points as eighth-ranked South Caroli-na become the first South-eastern Conference women's program to win four straight tournament cham-pionships Sunday, snapping the nation's longest winning streak at 32 with a 62-51 upset of No. 2 Mississippi State on Sunday.
USC moved up to No. 7 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll released on Monday, while the Bulldogs dropped to No. 4.
Wilson was on the court for each tournament victory in an unprecedented run in the SEC. Tennessee with its 17 tourney titles won three in a row twice, the last be-tween 2010 and 2012, but the Lady Vols never made the final with a chance at a four-peat.
"It's a blessing and an honor," said Wilson with a net around her neck. "The SEC is a great conference and to make history like that, to be a team that's gone four times in a row to the championship and won it, it's a great feeling. I really can't even put into words the feeling I know I have ... So this has been a great tourna-ment."
The Gamecocks beat Mis-sissippi State yet again with a title on the line. South Car-olina beat the Bulldogs last April for the program's first national championship, and now the Gamecocks (26-6) have their third straight SEC tournament title at Mississippi State's expense.
Mississippi State (32-1) had not lost since that na-tional title game, coming into the SEC tournament final with the Bulldogs' first regular season champion-
ship and hoping a third try at the tournament title would be the charm.
The SEC's best 3-point shooters struggled outside the arc, and the Bulldogs couldn't overcome South Carolina's dominance in the paint with Teaira McCowan limited by foul trouble most of the first half. The Game-cocks held Mississippi State to its fewest points all sea-son.
"Just wasn't our day offen-sively," Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. "And it just was really frus-trating from an offensive standpoint because it didn't matter what string we pulled, it just didn't work."
Tyasha Harris added 14 points for South Carolina, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan had 13 and Bianca Jackson 11.
Victoria Vivians led Mis-sissippi State with 17 points, and Morgan William had 10. McCowan, who came in av-eraging 18.1 points per game, was limited to six points.
"Our kids were engaged and locked into the game plan," South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. "They did not want to lose. I think they wanted to create their own history, which was to win four SEC tournament cham-pionships. And they were determined to do it."
Wilson came off the bench for the third straight game, checking in with 6:27 left in the first quarter. The three-time SEC player of the year quickly scored and stole the ball to spark the Gamecocks to six quick points and the lead. Herbert Harrigan led the Gamecocks with 11 points.
Schaefer kept McCowan on the bench for all but four minutes of the first half with two fouls. Without her in the middle, Mississippi State hit only 1 of 11 shots overall and nothing after Jazzmun Holmes' jumper with 8:21 to go in the quarter.
USC women win SEC championshipfor 4th straight timeBY TERESA M. WALKERThe Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina’s A’ja Wilson (22) celebrates with her team-mates after the Gamecocks defeated Mississippi State 62-51 to win the Southeastern Conference tournament championship for the fourth straight season on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn. USC snapped the Bulldogs’ 32-game winning streak as well.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Char-lie Barnes has shown his up-side to the Minnesota Twins.
The Sumter High School graduate, who pitched for Clemson University, is among the minor-league pitchers invit-ed early to spring training.
The 22-year-old has been in early camp since Feb. 19 after completing his first year of pro-fessional ball at two affiliates.
"It was awesome," the left-hander said. "I was definitely excited. It's always good when they give you opportunities like this."
The 6-foot-2 Barnes was 2-1 with a 1.19 earned run average in six appearances for Rookie club Elizabethton and 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA in six outings for Class A Cedar Rapids. "I thought I did a good job, espe-cially with how many innings I had thrown," he said.
His minor-league debut was his toughest outing for Eliza-bethton. He allowed two earned runs in two and one-third in-nings, suffering the loss. He is-sued a season-high three bases on balls.
Two weaker performances inflated his ERA at Cedar Rap-ids. He allowed seven hits and six earned runs, including
three home runs, in three in-nings of a no decision against Quad Cities. The mid-August day was windy, and he yielded consecutive homers — one a grand slam in his final inning.
"They were flying some, and I was just behind hitters a lot," he said. "I was continuously chasing counts, something I can't do, and so it was definitely a learning experience for me, and I got better from it."
During his last appearance of the season, he gave up seven hits and four earned runs in four and two-third in-nings to lose his start against
BARBARA BOXLEITNER / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEMMinnesota Twins minor league pitcher Charlie Barnes throws to hitters during spring training in Fort Myers, Fla. Barnes, the former Sumter High School and Clemson standout, was invited to early spring training after just one year of professional baseball.
Showing his upside
Barnes received early invitationto Minnesota’s spring trainingBY BARBARA BOXLEITNERSpecial to The Item
SEE USC, PAGE B4
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SEE BARNES, PAGE B4
It looks like Clemson is going to be just fine after hav-ing to replace its entire rota-tion and top two hitters from last season.
The Tigers won two of three against South Carolina over the
weekend and moved as high as No. 6 in the major polls Monday. At 10-1, they're off to their best start since the 2010 team opened 13-1. They open Atlantic Coast Conference play against Georgia Tech at home on Friday.
"Any time you're going into ACC play you want to feel like your team is as prepared as it can be," coach Monte Lee said. "I think we faced
LEE
Tigers revamped rotation leads to best start since 2010 COLUMBIA (AP) — Last season's surprise
Final Four team in South Carolina will need another huge surprise at the Southeastern Conference Tour-nament if it hopes to return to the tournament this year.
The Gamecocks (16-15, 7-11 SEC) followed a strong season in 2016-17 with a stunning run through the NCAA Tournament to reach the school's first Final Four in men's hoops.
That was fun, this is now.Much of that team, including starters in
Sindarius Thornwell and P.J. Dozier and se-nior sixth-man Duane Notice, left after the celebrations died down . Add in a season-long
suspension to point-guard heir apparent Rakym Felder and South Carolina coach Frank Martin was left to cobble together a unit with eight of 15 players on the roster hit-ting the court for the Gamecocks for the first time.
And after an up-and-down season, the 11th-seeded Gamecocks will need a five-wins-in-five-days miracle for a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. They open against 14th-seed Ole Miss (12-19, 5-13) on Wednesday night in St. Louis.
Martin states his team is better than two months ago, pointing to victories over then-ranked opponents in Kentucky and Florida
Gamecocks need miracle run for NCAA return
MARTIN
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BY ERIC OLSONAP Sports Writer
SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4
USC MEN’S BASKETBALL
SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B3
B2 | TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM
TV, RADIOTODAY11 a.m. – Professional Golf: New Zealand Open Third Round from Queensland, New Zealand (GOLF).1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Houston vs. New York Mets from Port St. Lucie, Fla. (MLB NETWORK).2 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Qualifying Rounds from Indian Wells, Calif. (TENNIS).2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 Second Leg Match – Real Madrid vs. Paris Saint-Germain (FOX SPORTS 1).2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 Second Leg Match – Porto vs. Liverpool (FOX SPORTS 2).4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Angels vs. Arizona (MLB NETWORK).6 p.m. – College Baseball: South Carolina vs. Appalachian State from Charlotte (WNKT-FM 107.5).6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).6:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Wofford at Clemson (WJMZ-FM 93.1).7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Philadelphia at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Detroit at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).7 p.m. – College Softball: Boston College at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK).7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: BNP Paribas Open Qualifying Rounds from Indian Wells, Calif. (TENNIS).8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Minnesota (FOX SPORTSOUTH).8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Houston at Oklahoma City (TNT).8:30 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Colorado vs. Seattle from Peoria, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).10 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Washington at Anaheim (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: New Orleans at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT).11:30 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: San Diego vs. Kansas City from Surprise, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).
PREP SCHEDULETODAYVarsity BaseballCrestwood at Manning, 6 p.m.Buford at Lee Central, 5 p.m.Orangeburg Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m.Varsity and JV BaseballClarendon Hall at Holly Hill, 4 p.m.Junior Varsity BaseballSouth Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m.Camden Military at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.B Team BaseballPee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.Varsity Boys GolfTrinity-Byrnes, Carolina at Wilson Hall (at Sunset Country Club), 4 p.m.Varsity Boys SoccerWilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.Varsity and JV Boys SoccerCamden at Sumter, 5:30 p.m.Hanahan at Manning, 5:30 p.m.Varsity SoftballBuford at Lee Central (DH), 5 p.m.Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.North Walterboro Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.Varsity and JV SoftballLaurence Manning at Colleton Prep, 3:30 p.m.Clarendon Hall at Holly Hill, 5 p.m.Varsity Boys TennisManning at Sumter, 5 p.m.
NBA STANDINGSEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 45 17 .726 —Boston 44 20 .688 2Philadelphia 34 28 .548 11New York 24 40 .375 22Brooklyn 20 44 .313 26
Southeast Division W L Pct GBWashington 36 28 .563 —Miami 33 30 .524 2½Charlotte 28 36 .438 8Orlando 20 43 .317 15½Atlanta 20 44 .313 16
Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 36 26 .581 —Indiana 36 27 .571 ½Milwaukee 34 29 .540 2½Detroit 29 34 .460 7½Chicago 21 41 .339 15
WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBHouston 49 13 .790 —New Orleans 36 26 .581 13San Antonio 36 27 .571 13½Dallas 19 45 .297 31Memphis 18 44 .290 31
Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 37 26 .587 —Minnesota 38 28 .576 ½Oklahoma City 37 28 .569 1Denver 35 28 .556 2Utah 33 30 .524 4
Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 49 14 .778 —L.A. Clippers 34 28 .548 14½L.A. Lakers 28 34 .452 20½Sacramento 20 44 .313 29½Phoenix 19 46 .292 31
SUNDAY’S GAMESAtlanta 113, Phoenix 112Indiana 98, Washington 95Toronto 103, Charlotte 98New Orleans 126, Dallas 109Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 110L.A. Clippers 123, Brooklyn 120Sacramento 102, New York 99
TODAY’S GAMESAtlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.New York at Portland, 10 p.m.Brooklyn at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMESUtah at Indiana, 7 p.m.Houston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Memphis at Chicago, 8 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 8 p.m.New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 10:30 p.m.Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
THURSDAY’S GAMESBrooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
MLB SPRING TRAININGAMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct.New York 8 2 0.800Houston 8 3 0.727Kansas City 6 2 0.750Boston 7 4 0.636Cleveland 7 4 0.636Detroit 6 5 0.545Tampa Bay 6 5 0.545Seattle 5 5 0.500Los Angeles 5 5 0.500Chicago 5 5 0.500Baltimore 5 5 0.500Minnesota 4 6 0.400Oakland 3 5 0.375Texas 3 6 0.333Toronto 3 7 0.300
NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct.Chicago 6 2 0.750Milwaukee 7 3 0.700Miami 6 4 0.600San Diego 6 4 0.600Washington 6 5 0.545Los Angeles 6 5 0.545Atlanta 5 6 0.455St. Louis 4 6 0.400New York 4 7 0.364Arizona 4 7 0.364San Francisco 4 7 0.364
Pittsburgh 3 6 0.333Colorado 3 6 0.333Philadelphia 4 8 0.333Cincinnati 3 7 0.300
MONDAY’S GAMESHouston 5, Miami 3Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 3Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 5St. Louis 2, Washington 1N.Y. Mets 4, Detroit 2Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers 8, Cleveland 1Texas 5, San Francisco 4
TODAY’S GAMESBaltimore vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Houston (ss) vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Atlanta vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.Houston (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Texas vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Angels vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.San Diego vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 8:40 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMESBaltimore vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Miami vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Minnesota vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Pittsburgh vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.Cincinnati vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.San Diego vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.Texas vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 8:40 p.m.
PGA SCORESSundayAt Club de Golf ChapultepecMexico CityPurse: $10 millionYardage: 7,345; Par 71(x-won on first playoff hole)Finalx-Phil Mickelson (550), $1,700,000 69-68-65-66—268 -16Justin Thomas (315), $1,072,000 72-70-62-64—268 -16Rafa Cabrera Bello (170), $510,500 66-67-69-67—269 -15Tyrrell Hatton (170), $510,500 70-68-64-67—269 -15Kiradech Aphibarnrat, $330,500 66-69-71-65—271 -13Brian Harman (110), $330,500 68-67-68-68—271 -13Sergio Garcia (92), $239,750 68-65-69-70—272 -12Dustin Johnson (92), $239,750 69-66-68-69—272 -12Adam Hadwin (78), $182,000 70-71-67-66—274 -10Shubhankar Sharma, $182,000 65-66-69-74—274 -10Bubba Watson (78), $182,000 69-66-72-67—274 -10Paul Casey (67), $150,500 73-68-68-66—275 -9Patton Kizzire (67), $150,500 69-69-71-66—275 -9Daniel Berger (58), $126,500 69-68-72-67—276 -8Tommy Fleetwood (58), $126,500 72-71-67-66—276 -8Alex Noren (58), $126,500 69-70-71-66—276 -8Jordan Spieth (58), $126,500 70-67-69-70—276
-8Adam Bland, $114,500 70-67-71-69—277 -7Xander Schauffele (53), $114,500 65-68-70-74—277 -7Charley Hoffman (46), $104,300 70-66-70-72—278 -6Pat Perez (46), $104,300 68-67-68-75—278 -6Jon Rahm (46), $104,300 67-71-70-70—278 -6Brendan Steele (46), $104,300 69-66-71-72—278 -6Jhonattan Vegas (46), $104,300 70-68-69-71—278 -6Francesco Molinari (39), $95,250 71-70-70-68—279 -5Kyle Stanley (39), $95,250 71-65-71-72—279 -5Jorge Campillo, $91,000 72-71-69-68—280 -4Tony Finau (36), $91,000 68-70-68-74—280 -4
MEN’S AP TOP 25 POLLThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv1. Virginia (65) 28-2 1625 12. Villanova 27-4 1516 43. Xavier 27-4 1510 34. Michigan St. 29-4 1346 25. Duke 25-6 1340 56. Gonzaga 28-4 1254 77. Michigan 28-7 1231 158. Cincinnati 27-4 1213 109. Kansas 24-7 1129 610. Purdue 28-6 1096 811. Wichita St. 24-6 861 1112. North Carolina 22-9 852 913. Tennessee 23-7 825 1614. Texas Tech 23-8 784 1215. Arizona 24-7 739 1916. Auburn 25-6 692 1417. Ohio St. 24-8 603 1318. West Virginia 22-9 486 2019. Clemson 22-8 422 1820. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 28-4 385 2221. Houston 24-6 247 2522. Nevada 26-6 218 2123. Florida 20-11 192 —24. Miami 22-8 191 —25. Rhode Island 23-6 86 17
Others receiving votes: St. Bonaventure 72, Kentucky 66, TCU 45, Loyola of Chicago 43, Virginia Tech 15, Seton Hall 10, Middle Tennessee 9, Creighton 8, Arkansas 4, Kansas St. 2, Nebraska 2, NC State 2, Buffalo 1, Florida St. 1, New Mexico St. 1, Texas A&M 1.
WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 POLLThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv1. UConn (32) 30-0 800 12. Baylor 30-1 741 33. Louisville 32-2 739 44. Mississippi St. 32-1 716 25. Notre Dame 29-3 653 56. Oregon 30-4 639 67. South Carolina 26-6 615 88. Texas 26-5 598 79. UCLA 24-7 505 910. Ohio St. 27-6 480 1311. Florida St. 25-6 463 1112. Tennessee 24-7 427 1213. Oregon St. 23-7 423 1014. Texas A&M 24-9 350 1515. Stanford 22-10 346 1616. Missouri 24-7 296 1417. Maryland 25-7 294 1718. Georgia 25-6 274 1919. South Florida 25-6 234 2020. Duke 22-8 191 1821. NC State 24-8 175 2322. Green Bay 27-3 127 2123. Belmont 31-3 115 2224. LSU 19-9 58 2425. Mercer 30-2 52 25
Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 14, Iowa 14, Gonzaga 13, Quinnipiac 10, Minnesota 9, Oklahoma St. 7, California 5, DePaul 5, Michigan 4, Cent. Michigan 3, Florida Gulf Coast 2, West Virginia 2, Miami 1.
SCOREBOARD
AUTO RACING
Harvick dominates Vegas for back-to-back NASCAR wins
LAS VEGAS — From his dynamic opening laps to his comfortable cruise to the checkered flag, Kevin Har-vick was the safest bet in Sin City this weekend.
Harvick’s air of inevita-bility increased with each lap around the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, and the rest of the NASCAR Cup field must be a bit wor-ried about how they’re going to catch up this year.
Harvick raced to his sec-ond straight NASCAR Cup win with a dominant perfor-mance in Vegas on Sunday, earning his 100th career win across the three nation-al series.
“There was no catching that 4 (car),” second-place finisher Kyle Busch said. “He was on rails, and lights out.”
Harvick followed up his stellar performance last weekend in Atlanta with another victory in his Stew-art-Haas Racing Ford. He led a track-record 214 of the 267 laps, won all three stag-es and capably held off Busch’s late hometown charge to win in Vegas for the second time in four years.
“These last two weeks, we’ve just hit on everything we needed to,” said Har-vick, who cruised home 2.9 seconds ahead of Busch. “My (team has) done their homework on a number of things. Just really proud of everybody.”
Busch got close to his sec-ond career victory in his hometown with his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, but couldn’t overcome the domi-nant leader.
Kyle Larson finished third after winning the Xfinity Series race on Sat-urday, while defending champion Martin Truex Jr. was in fourth and pole-sit-ter Ryan Blaney in fifth.
Harvick has already matched his Cup win total from last season in three races — and he’s headed to Phoenix, where he has won five times since 2012.
Harvick also took a mo-ment to savor a milestone. Only Richard Petty, Kyle Busch and David Pearson have won more races across the three national circuits than Harvick, the 42-year-old Californian with plenty of good years left on his tires.
“It’s been a lot of years accumulated with a lot of great race teams and people and situations,” Harvick said. “When you tag that triple-digit number to it, it really lets you realize that you’ve been fortunate to ac-complish a lot of things.”
Not many wins are more
emphatic than Harvick’s 100th.
Harvick led 144 of the first 160 laps and comfort-ably won the first two stag-es.
He was fourth out of the end-of-stage caution after Stage 2, with Joey Logano getting in front with an ex-ceptional pit stop.
But Harvick reclaimed the lead off another restart with 73 laps to go after Kurt Busch wrecked along with Chase Elliott. Harvick emerged from his last pit stop with a three-second lead on Brad Keselowski, and Busch couldn’t catch up.
PENNZOIL 400 RESULTSSundayAt Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, Nev.Lap length: 1.50 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 267 laps, 60 points.2. (13) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 43.3. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 50.4. (4) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 267, 46.5. (1) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 48.6. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 41.7. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 43.8. (9) Erik Jones, Toyota, 267, 29.9. (12) Paul Menard, Ford, 267, 30.10. (29) Aric Almirola, Ford, 266, 27.11. (25) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 266, 26.12. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevro-let, 266, 25.13. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 24.14. (7) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 265, 23.15. (28) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 265, 22.16. (20) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 265, 21.17. (19) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 265, 20.18. (11) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 265, 19.19. (21) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 264, 18.20. (24) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 264, 17.21. (26) Darrell Wallace Jr, Chevro-let, 264, 16.22. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 264, 15.23. (23) David Ragan, Ford, 264, 14.24. (31) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 264, 13.25. (30) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 264, 0.
BY GREG BEACHAMThe Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSKevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday in Las Vegas.
SPORTS ITEMS
Mickelson ends longest victory drought with Mexico triumph
MEXICO CITY — Phil Mickelson ended the longest drought of his career with a playoff victory Sunday over Justin Thomas in the Mexi-co Championship, capping off a final round of lustrous cheers in thin air that in-cluded Thomas holing a wedge for eagle on the final hole of regulation.
Mickelson, who closed with a 5-under 66, won for the first time since the 2013 British Open at Muirfield, a stretch of 101 tournaments worldwide.
“I can’t put into words how much this means to me,” Mickelson said. “I knew it was going to be soon — I’ve been playing too well for it not to be. But you just never know until it hap-pens.”
Thomas was coming off a playoff victory at the Honda Classic last week, and he delivered the big-gest moment at Chapulte-pec Golf Club. Tied for the lead, his shot to the 18th from 119 yards landed in front of the pin and spun back into the hole for an eagle and a 64. Mickelson, who turns 48 in June, re-sponded with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th and a 20-foot birdie putt on the 16th to tie Thomas.
WIE LPGA WINNERSINGAPORE — Michelle
Wie made a 36-foot birdie putt from just off the 18th green to win the HSBC
Women’s World Champion-ship and capture her first title since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.
Wie closed with a 7-under 65, and then had to wait to see if it would stand at Sen-tosa Golf Club.
Nelly Korda, the 54-hole leader whose older sister won last week in Thailand, had an 8-foot birdie chance on the final hole to force a playoff. She failed to make birdie over the final eight holes and closed with a 71. Danielle Kang had a lon-ger birdie chance on the 18th and missed.
They finished one shot be-hind, along with Jenny Shin (65) and Brooke Henderson (67).
STRICKER SENIOR WINNERTUCSON, Ariz. — Steve
Stricker finally hit the 18th fairway on Omni Tucson National’s Catalina Course — and has his first PGA Tour Champions victory to show for it.
Stricker came through in the Cologuard Classic a year after hitting left into the water on 18 to blow a chance for a victory in his senior debut, and a day after another 3-wood drive rolled into the water in a closing double bogey. The 12-time PGA Tour winner birdied the par-5 15th and closed with three pars for a 4-under 69, hitting an-other 3-wood on the par-4 18th.
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and over top-SEC seed Au-burn in the past six weeks as evidence. The Gamecocks have also lost six straight during that stretch, including blowout defeats at Texas A&M and at home to Gators.
So heading into the week, Martin’s hopeful his players channel the better moments in St. Louis. As for their chances to come out on top: “Who the heck knows?” he said.
South Carolina will need to finish out games more consis-tently than it has down the stretch.
The Gamecocks held a sev-en-point halftime lead and were still ahead 47-43 with seven minutes to go at Missis-sippi State on Feb. 24 before falling in overtime. This past Saturday, South Carolina was down just 49-45 with 12 min-utes to go at No. 16 Auburn before falling 79-70.
“If we find a way to win those games, then we’re talk-ing about a five-game win-ning streak and not the things we’re talking about,” Martin said.
Through it all, the Game-cocks have continued learn-ing how to play alongside each other. Grad transfer Frank Booker, who had played at Oklahoma and Flor-ida Atlantic before joining the Gamecocks this season, reached career highs of 25 and 27 points his last two games.
Wesley Myers, another graduate transfer from Maine, has started 11 games at point guard and his third in scoring behind forward Chris Silva and Booker.
Although Myers was not part of last year’s NCAA run, he believes everyone on the team can draw on that expe-rience to find motivation for the SEC Tournament.
“We’ve kept that mindset that we can move forward and push past every oppo-nent,” he said.
Silva took part in the NCAA surge and sees a team still finding its footing as it heads to the postseason.
“The issue of us being so young and so new. We have to learn,” said Silva, the Game-cocks leader with 14.1 points and 7.8 rebounds. “Some-times, we play so good.”
Martin understands the odds are not with his team heading into the SEC Tour-nament. The last back-of-the-pack, longshot to come in was Georgia, which won four games in the 12-team league to take the 2008 tour-nament title and the auto-
matic NCAA berth.South Carolina will need
one more additional win to make the magic happen this week.
“We’re not there to win five games,” Martin said. “We’re there to beat Ole Miss.”
He’s confident that his players will give a strong ef-fort, no matter how far the Gaemcocks advance in the SECs.
“Our record doesn’t reflect how much better we’ve got-ten,” Martin said.
ACC TOURNAMENTAt The Barclays Center, New York
First RoundTuesday, March 6Boston College vs. Georgia Tech, NoonNotre Dame vs. Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.Syracuse vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m.Second RoundWednesday, March 7Florida State vs. Louisville, NoonNorth Carolina vs. Boston Col-lege-Georgia Tech winner, 2:30 p.m.Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame-Pittsburgh winner, 7 p.m.N.C. State vs. Syracuse-Wake Forest winner, 9:30 p.m.
QuarterfinalsThursday, March 8Virginia vs. Florida State-Louis-
ville winner, NoonClemson vs. North Carolina_Boston College-Georgia Tech winner, 2:30 p.m.Duke vs. Virginia Tech_Notre Dame-Pittsburgh winner, 7 p.m.Miami vs. N.C. State_Syracuse-Wake Forest winner, 9:30 p.m.
SemifinalsFriday, March 9Virginia_Florida State-Louisville winner vs. Clemson_North Car-olina_Boston College-Georgia Tech winner, 7 p.m.Duke_Virginia Tech_Notre Dame-Pittsburgh winner vs. Miami_N.C. State_Syracuse-Wake Forest winner, 9:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSaturday, March 10Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TV SCHEDULETODAY
MEN ACCESPN2First RoundNoon – Boston College vs. Geor-gia Tech2 p.m. – Notre Dame vs. Pitts-burghESPNU7 p.m. – Syracuse vs. Wake For-est
WEST COASTESPNChampionship 9 p.m. – Saint Mary’s or BYU vs. Gonzaga or San Francisco
HORIZON ESPNChampionship7 p.m. – Cleveland State or Oak-land vs. Wright State or Milwau-kee
NORTHEASTESPN2Championship7 p.m. – LIU Brooklyn at Wagner SUMMITESPN2Championship9 p.m. – South Dakota State or North Dakota State vs. South
Dakota or Denver
WOMENAMERICAN ATHLETICESPN2Championship5 p.m. – Connecticut or Cincin-nati vs. Central Florida or South Florida
BIG EASTFOX SPORTS 1Championship7 p.m. – Marquette or Creighton vs. DePaul or Georgetown
HORIZONESPNUChampionshipNoon – Green Bay or Youngstown State vs. IUPUI or Wright State
SUMMITESPNUChampionship2 p.m. – South Dakota or Oral Roberts vs. South Dakota State or Western Illinois
WEST COASTESPNUChampionship4 p.m. – Gonzaga or San Fran-cisco vs. Pacific or San Diego hp
SEC TOURNAMENTAt Scottrade Center, St. Louis
First RoundWednesday, March 7Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.South Carolina vs. Mississippi, 9:30 p.m.Second Round
Thursday, March 8Texas A&M vs. Alabama, 1 p.m.Missouri vs. Georgia-Vanderbilt winner, 3:30 p.m.Mississippi State vs. LSU, 7 p.m.Arkansas vs. South Carolina-Mississippi winner, 9:30 p.m.
QuarterfinalsFriday, March 9Auburn vs. Texas A&M-Alabama winner, 1 p.m.Kentucky vs. Missouri_Georgia-Vanderbilt winner, 3:30 p.m.Tennessee vs. Mississippi State-LSU winner, 7 p.m.Florida vs. Arkansas_South Carolina-Mississippi winner, 9:30 p.m.
SemifinalsSaturday, March 10Auburn_Texas A&M-Alabama winner vs. Kentucky_Missouri_Georgia-Vanderbilt winner, 1 p.m.Tennessee_Mississippi State-LSU winner vs. Florida_Arkansas_South Carolina-Mississippi winner, 3:30 p.m.
ChampionshipSunday, March 11Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
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AREA ROUNDUP
LAKE CITY – The Lakewood High School varsity baseball team defeated Johnsonville 8-1 on Saturday to win the Sonic Preseason Tournament at the Lake City High field.
The Gators, who improved to 4-0 on the season, scored five runs in the sec-ond inning. Lathan Todd, Trent Frye, Cory Blackley and Chris Parrish each drove in a run in the frame. Frye and Parrish had doubles.
Frye went 2-for-3, while Tucker Chap-man and Dalton Browder each had a double and Parrish added a 2-run single.
Chandler Hunter pitched four innings, allowing three hits and one run, to get the win. He struck out six and walked none.
On Friday in Lamar, LHS defeated Lamar 6-1. David Frey picked up the win, striking out five, while allowing three hits and one run in four innings. Browder threw three innings of relief.
Hunter and Parrish both had two hits.
LUGOFF-ELGIN 2SUMTER 1
LEXINGTON – Sumter High School lost to Lugoff-Elgin 2-1 on Sunday in the Naturchem Invitational at the Lex-ington High field.
Jacob Holladay pitched 6 1/3 innings for the Gamecocks, allowing five hits and one earned run. He also had SHS’ only hit.
Jackson Hoshour walked and moved up two bases on wild pitches before stealing home.
Sumter plays at Cane Bay on Wednesday.
JV BASEBALLCLARENDON HALL 5DORCHESTER 2
SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall im-proved to 2-0 with a 5-2 victory over Dorchester Academy on Friday at the CH field.
Blane Kennard pitched four innings, striking out six and walking one, to get the win. TJ Curlee pitched two in-nings of relief.
Brantley Hodge went 3-for-4 to lead the Saints offensively. Kennard had two hits and two RBI and Christian Higbe had two hits.
GIRLS VARSITY SOFTBALLWILSON HALL GOES 2-3
FLORENCE – Wilson Hall went 2-3 in the Pee Dee Pitchoff held over the weekend at Freedom Florence.
The Lady Barons lost to Aynor 3-2 in their opening game. Drake Ives had a double and Liza Lowder had an RBI.
The Lady Barons then lost to Bly-thewood 6-1 in their opening game. Sydney Jarecki had a hit and an RBI.
WH followed it with a 15-0 win over Camden. Ives pitched four in-
nings and struck out seven to get the win. Ellie Hunter pitched the final two innings. Jarecki had three hits, including two doubles and scored three runs. Carly Allred had three hits and Kathryn Sistare and Madi-son Sliwonik each scored three runs and Ives and Amelia Weston each had a double.
Wilson Hall lost to Carolina Acad-emy 4-2. Allred scored two runs and Becka Noyes had a double.
The Lady Barons finished with a 4-2 win over East Clarendon. Ives hit a solo home run, and Hunter had two hits. Sliwonik had a double.
On Wednesday, WH opened its sea-son with a 25-1 win over Hammond in three innings. Sliwonik had two hits, including a triple, and scored twice. Sistare had a triple, three RBI and scored three runs. Lowder had two hits and scored two runs, Ives had a double and two RBI, Allred scored three runs and had two RBI, Noyes had an RBI and three runs, Caitleigh Bryant had two RBI, Hunt-er and Jarecki scored three runs and Madison Elmore scored twice.
Lakewood tops Johnsonville 8-1 to win Sonic Preseason tourney
If Chris Silva (30) and his South Carolina teammates are going to go to the NCAA tournament for a second straight season after reaching the Final Four last year, they will have to win five games in five days and win the South-eastern Conference tournament. The Gamecocks open with Mis-sissippi on Wednesday in St. Louis beginning at 9:30 p.m.
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CYLEST M. GOURLEYCylest Marie Gourley, age
35, beloved wife of 10 years to Brian Scott Gourley, died on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Vivian Marie Callen and Chuck Grif-fin. Cylest had a strong faith in the Lord and constantly gave words of encouragement
to others. She did not judge and was an energetic and kind person who always gave to others and took an interest in other’s stories by drawing them out of their shell.
She was fun loving and en-joyed singing, dancing, going to the beach, swimming, kaya-king and decorating. Cylest loved her family and will be remembered as a loving wife, sister, daughter and friend. She was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband Brian, she is survived by three sisters, Crystal Marie Leviner and her husband, Mi-chael Leviner, Cynthia Marie Gregory and her husband, Gail Gregory II, and Cynna-mon Marie Callen and her husband, Trey Dew, all of Sumter; along with numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sum-ter, with the Rev. Jock Hen-dricks officiating.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday one hour prior to the service from noon to 1 p.m. at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Joyce Meyer Ministries, P.O. Box 655, Fenton, MO 63026 or to the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sum-ter, SC 29150.
You may go to www.bullock-funeralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.
The family has chosen Bull-ock Funeral Home for the ar-rangements.
NATHANAEL G. LUKENS
CHAPIN — Nathanael George Lukens, age 65, be-loved husband of Irene Eliza-beth Lukens, died on Satur-day, March 3, 2018, at Lexing-ton Medical Center.
Born in Loma Linda, Cali-fornia, he was a son of the late Clyde and Amy Mayer Lukens. Mr. Lukens retired from both the U.S. Air Force and the City of Sumter.
Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Benjamin Lukens and his wife, Chastity, of Chapin; one daughter, Car-olyn Craven and her husband, Tyler, of Texas; two brothers, Joe Lukens and Tim Lukens, both of Washington; and four grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday at Bullock Funeral Home, 1190 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter.
Memorials may be made to
the Disabled American Veter-ans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinna-ti, OH 45250-0301.
You may go to www.bullock-funeralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.
The family has chosen Bull-ock Funeral Home for the ar-rangements.
DONALD E. CHAVIS
BISHOPVILLE — Donald Edward Chavis, 68, husband of Susie Caughman Chavis, died on Friday, March 2, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
Born on July 10, 1949, in Bamberg, he was a son of the late Rev. Dewey Weldon Cha-vis and Josephine Watts Cha-vis. Don was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church at El-liott and retired from the S.C. Army National Guard. He was formerly an officer with the Bishopville Police Depart-ment, the Lee County Sher-iff’s Department and Security Management.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years; two children, Donna C. Nutter of Florence and Jason A. Chavis of Harts-ville; three grandchildren, Noah Alexander Nutter, Greg-ory Cade Nutter and Preston Quinn Nutter; two sisters, Beth DuBose (Jerry) and Ann Chavis, all of Lamar; a broth-er, John W. Chavis of Haines City, Florida; and a brother-in-law, Andy Caughman of Bishopville.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Hildred "Sonny" Dixon; a sister, Shirley Cha-vis; and stepmother, Mattie Barrineau Chavis.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Luke Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Ridenhour officiating. Burial with mili-tary honors will be at St. Luke Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Luke Meth-odist Church and other times at the home of his sister, Beth DuBose, 4625 Lee State Park Road, Lamar.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke Methodist Church, c/o Mollie Moore, 60 Bradley Road, Bishopville, SC 29010.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematori-um of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
RICHARD L. BOOTHRichard Lauren "Dick"
Booth, 65, husband of Gayle Robb Booth, died on Monday, March 5, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Fu-neral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.
JOHN E. WILEY
John Edward Wiley, 61, died on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at
his residence in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, he
was a son of Louvenia Reid Wiley and the late Sammie Lee Wiley Sr.
The family will receive friends at the home, 60 Keels Road, Sumter, SC 29154.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be an-nounced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.
VAN THAMES JR.PINEWOOD — Harold Van-
Buren "Van" Thames Jr., 49, husband of Jennifer Newman Thames, died on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
Born on Feb. 4, 1969, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Harold VanBuren Thames Sr. and Jean McIn-tosh Thames. Van attended Pinewood Baptist Church. He was employed by Pike Electric and Gas Co. and was formerly a government contract em-ployee, having served six years in Iraq and Afghani-stan. He was a Mason and a Shriner.
Survivors include his wife; six children, Sarah Hester (Ethan), Cameron Collins, Jessica Sweeting, Ashleigh Tallent (Justin), Elizabeth Collins and Zachary Thames. He was "Pop" to four grand-children, Allison, Lucas, Simeon and Evangeline.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Teresa Thames Browder.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Pinewood Baptist Church with the Rev. Bennie Barwick and the Rev. Casey Connors officiating. Burial with Ma-sonic rites will be held at Con-cord Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Patrick Thames, Chris Thames, Benny McIntosh, Joseph Mc-Intosh, Travis McIntosh, Kyle Hardison, Chris Lamb and Wayne Browder.
Honorary pallbearers will be Len Newman, Cameron Collins, Zachary Thames and Gregory McGuire.
The family will receive friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McIntosh, 1685 Reynolds Road, Pinewood.
Memorials may be made to the Law Enforcement Chap-laincy for South Carolina, 2501 Heyward St., Columbia, SC 29505 or the Shriners Hos-pitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.
Family and friends are in-vited to a celebration of Van’s life beginning at 5 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 10, at the McIn-tosh family clubhouse, 1350 Reynolds Road, Pinewood. Dress is casual and supper will be provided.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematori-um of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
MALACHI M. NEROMaster Malachi Malek Nero
was born at 2:48 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2018. God called him home on Saturday, March 3, 2018.
Master Malachi was a son of Iyanna K. Nero and Devin J. Wilson.
Graveside services will be held at noon on Wednesday at Mayesville Community Ceme-tery in Mayesville, SC 29104.
The family will be receiving friends at 46 Mikado Road, Mayesville.
Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.
Online memorials may be sent to the family at [email protected] or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.
MARY S. CHAVISMary Magdeline Scott Cha-
vis, affectionately known as Portia, departed this life on Feb. 28, 2018, surrounded by family and friends.
She was a daughter of the late Catherine Chandler and Irvin King. She received her early education in New York City, New York. In 1983, she re-turned to South Carolina and attended Central Carolina Technical College and ob-tained her degree in computer technology. Portia was a very dedicated worker at Gold Kist, until her health failed and she retired soon after.
She leaves to cherish her memories: three daughters, Tondalaya Scott of Charlotte, North Carolina, Catherine "Leah" Scott of Columbia and Elise Chavis of Sumter; a step-daughter, Deanna Chavis of Boston; a stepson, Mark Cha-vis of Baltimore; nephews she helped raise as her sons, Bobby, Travis, James (Shar-mane), Toby and Moses Chan-dler; a niece and nephew, Mar-lon and Marlana Gipbons; one son-in-law, Leroy Dantzler; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, De-nise (Ben) Roger; one brother, James Chandler of New York; one sister-in-law, Betty Chavis of Carthage, North Carolina; and three special aunts, Willie Mae Scott, Daphne Nathaniel and Betsy King, all of Sumter. She also had a special daugh-ter, Zabrina Stephens of Char-lotte; her best friends, Gwen-dolyn Wells of Sumter and An-toinette Wyatt of New York; grandnieces, grandnephews and a host of family in Phila-delphia and Salisbury, Mary-land.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband;
daughter, Tieash Dantzler of Charlotte; and her stepfather, William Chandler.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Greater Mount Pigsah Mis-sionary Baptist Church, 515 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Marvin Hodge, pastor, and the Rev. Ashley B. Vaughn, eulo-gist, assisted by Dr. Lewis Walker Jr. Interment will fol-low at Bradford Cemetery.
The body will lie in repose from 10 a.m. until the hour of service.
Sumter Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of arrange-ments.
JEREMIAH JOE Jeremiah "Bopep" Joe, 72,
husband of Angie Joe, died on Feb. 25, 2018, in Munich, Ger-many.
Born in Sumter, he was a son of Ora Lee Abrams. He at-tended the public schools of Sumter County and was a 1964 graduate of Lincoln High School.
He leaves his family and friends to cherish his memo-ries.
Funeral services were held in Munich.
This is a courtesy an-nouncement of Williams Fu-neral Home Inc. 821 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29150.
Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at [email protected].
Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.
NALIQUE WELLS-TATEALCOLU — Nalique Wells-
Tate, 18, died on Monday, March 5, 2018, at 1435 Robert Rees-Durant Road, Alcolu.
She was born on May 16, 1999, in Sumter, a daughter of David Tate and Vicky Wells.
The family is receiving friends from 5 to 10 p.m. daily at the home of her mother, 17 Center St., Sumter.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.
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Burlington. “I was really happy with Charlie,”
said J.P. Martinez, Minnesota’s mi-nor-league assistant pitching coordi-nator who was his Cedar Rapids pitching coach. “I knew coming in that he had an advanced feel for pitching, and I think we saw that in Cedar Rapids.”
Barnes projects as a starter and started all but one of his games last year. He has an effective arsenal, Martinez said, and his velocity typi-cally was 86 to 88 mph. “He had one of the best changeups in the draft,” he said. “That held true in Cedar Rapids.”
“He’s a guy who’s got some pretty good sink,” Martinez said. “You may see the sinker a little bit more this year. We’ll keep seeing the four-seam (fastball), but you might see that makeshift more toward the two-seam.”
He thinks Barnes eventually will combine his curveball and cutter into a “pretty good slurve.”
Barnes rested after the season and didn’t resume throwing until mid-De-
cember. He trained near Clemson and said he threw almost daily, start-ing with 10 to 15 pitches and eventu-ally reaching 40 to 45. He worked to “tighten my slider up a little and sharpen my curveball some,” he said.
He also focused on fastball com-mand, which suffered a bit last year. “He just wouldn’t get the ball to where he was trying to get it to with-in the zone,” Martinez said. “He got in the habit of pulling off to the third base side a little bit. He spent some time on that in the off-season and got his direction to the plate cleaned up.”
Barnes gained seven pounds and reported at 190 pounds, what the coaches wanted. He has been condi-tioning daily and lifting weights three times a week.
He participates in a series of rota-tions on the back fields at the Twins complex. The sessions cover funda-mentals such as holding runners and bunt defense. He has been throwing bullpens every third day. His first one was 20 pitches, his subsequent ones 32 pitches.
He pitched to hitters during Fri-day’s practice. He threw 12 pitches, just fastballs and changeups.
The Gamecocks took advantage with nine straight points to push their lead out to 12 — the same lead they held Feb. 5 in Starkville before losing 67-53 to the Bulldogs. They led 30-19 at half-time.
Mississippi State shot much better in the third quarter but never get closer
than five with Wilson scoring eight in the quarter.
The Bulldogs rallied from a 12-point deficit Feb. 5 to beat South Carolina 67-53 in Starkville. That day, they out-scored South Carolina 28-9 in the fourth quarter. Not with this title on the line. Wilson capped six straight points for the Gamecocks to give them a 56-42 lead with 5:34 left — the biggest margin Mis-issippi State has faced all season.
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some very good competi-tion in our nonconference portion of weekend play. We played Dallas Baptist, which was top 10 in the country, and a top 25 team in South Carolina the last two weekends, and we’re 5-1 against those clubs. I feel like we’ve done everything we can to prepare our club by challenging them against high-quality com-petition.”
Chris Williams is bat-
ting .357 with three hom-ers and a team-leading 16 RBIs, Patrick Cromwell is at .351 and Robert Jolly at .343. Seth Beer, the Dick Howser Award winner as a freshman in 2016 and a semifinalist for the award last year, is batting .278 with three homers and has a .462 on-base per-centage.
The weekend rotation of sophomore left-hander Jacob Hennessy, junior right-hander Brooks
Crawford and sophomore lefty Jake Higginbotham has combined for a 1.91 ERA and 41 strikeouts against nine walks in 47 innings over nine appear-ances. Hennessy is a con-verted reliever, Crawford was a long reliever in 2016 but last year was limited to 22 innings because of illness, and Higginbotham hadn’t pitched since 2016 because of an arm injury.
A strong bullpen has al-lowed Lee to limit his starters to five or six in-nings per outing.
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BY KEVIN McDONOUGHTonight marks the season fi-
nale of “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14). I wouldn’t be surprised if this far-fetched fantasy was headed toward cancellation.
For those who haven’t been paying attention, this series kicked off when Kevin (Jason Ritter), a recent near-suicide, moved in with his sister and started hearing voices of the angelic variety. Tonight’s epi-sode sees Kevin arranging the funeral of his uncle. And you wonder why so few people watched?
At the same time, even the relative failure of a show like “Kevin” demonstrates ABC’s willingness to go out on a limb. “Kevin” represents at least the third recent series from the al-phabet network that had me wondering what they were smoking in the Magic King-dom.
It comes on the heels of “Imaginary Mary,” the short-lived sitcom about an invisible childhood friend who arrives to give Jenna Elfman’s charac-ter midlife advice.
And who can forget “Down-ward Dog”? Alison Tolman was so great in the first season of “Fargo.” So why not cast her as the slightly depressed, overworked owner of a dog who turns to the audience and whines like a needy guy in a mumblecore comedy?
I sort of knew “Downward” was doomed from the start,
but many of my fellow critics really loved it. I just figured that, on top of every other thing women are supposed to feel guilty about, a comedy with a largely female audience shouldn’t make women beat themselves up about leaving their dogs at home when they go to work. Just a thought.
So, following its trajectory of suicide, psychosis and a fu-neral, “Kevin” (probably) could have been a tad too dark and high concept. But it out-lived “Mary,” “Dog,” the Rebel Wilson experiment “Super Fun Night,” “Selfie” and, for that matter, “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.” That last one starred Krysten Ritter (“Jessica Jones”). She’s no re-lation to Jason Ritter. Except for the fact that they both starred on ABC shows that were (probably) too weird for their audience.
• A new bachelorette emerg-es as “The Bachelor” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) sweeps up its rose petals. If you based a drinking game on the deployment of the word “journey,” you might be hospitalized by the end of two hours.
• A Moroccan-born comic gets a stand-up special, “Gad El-maleh: American Dream,” streaming today on Netflix.
CULT CHOICEWarren Beatty stars as a
therapist at a posh facility who gets a little too close to one pa-
tient (Jean Seberg) to the cha-grin of another (Peter Fonda) in the 1964 psychological thrill-er “Lilith” (10:15 p.m., TCM). Kim Hunter and Gene Hack-man also star.
TV ON DVDTV-themed DVDs available
today include the Australian drama “Newton’s Law,” cur-rently streaming on Acorn.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
• The Oklahoma City Thun-der host the Houston Rockets in NBA action (8 p.m., TNT).
• Bull sees a chance to set a wrongful conviction right on
“Bull” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).• Randall and Beth play host
on “This Is Us” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
• Anissa tries to adjust to her new status on “Black Lightning” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).
• A congressman’s assistant vanishes on “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
• An old suspect gets a sec-ond look on “Bellevue” (10 p.m., WGN, TV-14).
• Choi investigates a local stabbing attack on “Chicago Med” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).
SERIES NOTESPlanted evidence on “NCIS” (8
p.m., CBS, TV-14) * “The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Death at a construction site on “Lethal Weapon” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A nuclear blast rearranges Cen-tral City on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Stuck in Vegas on “LA to Vegas” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Ben’s dampened spir-its on “The Mick” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
LATE NIGHTMalcolm Jenkins is booked
on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Cen-tral) * Martin Short, Natalie Zea and Michael Longfellow appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes John Oliver and Lucy Hale on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Oprah Winfrey and Justin Hartley are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Col-bert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Luke Bryan, Eric Garcetti and Zach Danziger visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Eric Bana, Padma Lakshmi and Anders Holm appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).
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Land & Lotsfor SaleEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT
For Sale. Lots approved for Mobilehomes. City water/sewer. Ownerfinancing. Zero down payment.$15,995 Call Century 21 Hawkins &Kolb 803-773-1477
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IN THE FAMILYCOURT
SECOND JUDICIALCIRCUIT
Docket No. 17-DR-02-1879
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF AIKEN
RACHEL E. MADDENPlaintiff,
vs.JERMAINE GIBSON & TRACEYMURRAY
Defendant.
T O T H E D E F E N D A N TA B O V E - N A M E D : T R A C E YMURRAYYOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONEDand notified that, an action has.beenfiled against· you in this court.Within thirty (30) days of the day youreceive this Summons, you mustrespond in writing to this Complaintby filing an Answer with this court.You must also serve a copy of yourAnswer to this Complaint upon thePlaintiff or the Plaintiff's Attorney atthe· address shown below. If you failto answer the Complaint, judgmentby default could be rendered againstyou for the relief requested in theComplaint.
Rachel Madden101 Fairway Ridge, Aiken, SC
Antique Stuff BIG week longtrash to treasure sale. Up to 75%off most items. Furniture,Collectibles, lots of Variety.Mar.1st-10th 10:30-4:30 Tues-Sat2726 Cleveland St Elloree SCYour treasure is waiting!
3BR/2BA DW mobile home on 4.38acres (half cleared & half wooded),paved road, Wedgefield area, 5minutes to Shaw. Call 803-481-8314
Summons &Notice
New & used Heat pumps & A/C.Will install/repair, Call 803-968-9549or 843-992-2364
For Saleor Trade
For Sale by Owner 3BR 2BA Sitebuilt, 1400 sq.ft. .68 Acre gr withfireplace/gas logs, kitchen, screenedin back porch, deck w/pool & privacyfence 803-469-3884 or 968-5429
For Sale: 128 Plowden Mill Rd.3BR/2BA, big deck on back, Kit.cabinets upgraded. Realtor owned.803-840-5239MERCHANDISEMERCHANDISE
Homes for SaleA Notch Above Tree Care Fullquality service low rates, lic./ins., freeest BBB accredited 983-9721
REALREALESTATEESTATE
STATE TREE SERVICEFree Estimates
Tree Service, Stump Grindingand Land Clearing
803-773-1320
Office space for rent, 1500 Sq Ft.Ready to move in. Bultman Dr803-775-8371
Tree Service
Office Rentals
All Types of Roofing & Repairs Allwork guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic.Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.
American MHP, 2 & 3/BR, lotrentals, water/sewer/garbage pkupinc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.
Roofing
Street803-774-1258
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Int/Ext Painting, Pressure wash-ing. 30 yrs exp. References. Qualitywork/free est. Bennie 803-468-7592
PaintingFor Rent: 405 Deschamp Rd.3BR/2BA, LR, Kit & DR. $650 permonth. Call 803-840-5239
Estate:/James A. Precott#2018ES4300114
Personal RepresentativeHelen H. Prescott
3269 E. Brewington RoadSumter, SC 29153
Project Name: GM Duramax 6.6Lrunning complete "new" dieselengine.Project Number: SWRTA 17/18-11Project Location: Sumter, SC
Description of Project: Acquire a GMDuramax 6.6L running complete newengine
Delivered Location: Attn: LarryJennings, 121 Holmes Gardner Road,Sumter, SC 29153
Submit Quote by: March 21, 2018 @2:00PM
Agency/Owner: Santee WatereeRegional Transportation Authority
For Copy of Solicitation, please visitour website - www.swrta.com, clickthe more tab, use link procurements/solicitations
Name & Title of Agency Coordinator:Patricia DrakefordAddress: 129 South Harvin Street,P.O. Box 2462, Sumter, SC 29151Telephone: (803) 934-0396Fax: (803) 938-9867E-Mail: [email protected]
Hand Deliver/Fed Ex/UPS Quote to:Compliance Officer, SWRTA, 129South Harvin Street, Sumter, SC29150, Solicitation: SWRTA 17/18-11
Mail Quote to: Compliance Officer,SWRTA, P.O. Box 2462, Sumter, SC29151, Solicitation: SWRTA 17/18-11
Estate:/Alma W Murray#2018ES4300101
Personal RepresentativeClara Byas
C/O J Cabot SethAttorney At Law
P O BOX 1268Sumter, SC 29151
UnfurnishedHomes
Attorney Timothy L. Griffith803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury
Bid Notices
Legal Service
Estate:/James Chatman#2018ES4300097
Personal RepresentativeValeria Scott
2009 Roof StreetColumbia, SC 29223
Estate:/Thomas M. Dabbs#2018ES4300106
Personal RepresentativeRichard F Dabbs
C/O Jack W Erter JrAttorney At Law
PO BOX 580Sumter, SC 29151
3BR/1BA new paint, new floors$600mo+Dep. Contact Lewis Ram-sey 803-983-3401 or Tina Wallace803-840-4968
Jan's Lawn ServiceCut grass, shrubs, planting, pinestraw. Call 803-491-5375
Estate:/Benjamin Peterson#2018ES4300102
Personal RepresentativeSharon Peterson
PO BOX 97Fishkill, NY 12524
Estate:/Cecil Young Brogdon#2018ES4300103
Personal RepresentativeLee B Wise
935 Oak Brooke BlvdSumter, SC 29150
Lawn Service
H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodelpaint roofs gutters drywall blownceilings ect. 773-9904
Estate:/Alvin C. Neal#2018ES4300112
Personal RepresentativeKay Neal Fort
719 Reynolds RoadSumter, SC 29150
HUNTINGTON PLACEAPARTMENTS
RENTS FROM $625 PER MO.
LEASING OFFICE LOCATED ATASHTON MILL
APARTMENT HOMES595 ASHTON MILL DRIVE
803-773-3600
OFFICE HOURS: MON-FRI 9-5
HomeImprovements
Estate:/Estelle Shiren Goodwin#2018ES4300105
Personal RepresentativeKent Goodwin
C/O Charles T Brooks, IIIAttorney At Law309 Broad Street
Sumter, SC 29150
UnfurnishedApartments
Estate:/Naomi S Hinnant#2018ES4300088
Personal RepresentativeLarry Smith
1019 Nathaniel StreetSumter, SC 29150
KNOPSNIDER HAULING& LAWN SERVICES, LLCCall Larry at 803-869-4570
20% off first mowing
Estate:/Barbara B Mcinnis#2018ES4300098
Personal RepresentativeDavid F Mcinnis
738 Reynolds RoadSumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Scott W Rumph JR#2018ES4300107
Personal RepresentativeEmily R Bourgeois
757 Providence RoadCharlotte, NC 28207
RENTALSRENTALS
BusinessServices
Estate:/Bonnie B Campbell#2018ES4300099
Personal RepresentativeJoan F Truett
220 Macy StreetSumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Evelyn L Burdick#2018ES4300104
Personal RepresentativeKenneth BurdickC/O J Cabot SethAttorney At Law
PO BOX 1268Sumter, SC 29151
Estate:/Paige C Wright#2018ES4300091
Personal RepresentativeFrank Wright
210 Armstrong BlvdSumter, SC 29150
BUSINESSBUSINESSSERVICESSERVICES
Estate:/Angus L Carruth Jr#2018ES4300110
Personal RepresentativeBo Dakota
2182 Santee DriveSumter, SC 29153
Estate:/David L Mcknight#2018ES4300090
Personal RepresentativeDavid L Mcknight II
6029 Urswick TerraceDouglasville, GA 30135
Estate:/Samuel Witherspoon#2018ES4300096
Personal RepresentativeChristopher WitherspoonC/O William A W Buxton
Attorney At Law325 W Calhoun Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Elma Belser#2018ES4300115
Personal RepresentativeKiyana Belser
9715 Stukes RoadPinewood, SC 29125
Estate:/Barbara A Bryant#2018ES4300100
Personal RepresentativeHugh J Bryant
2585 Redwood DriveDalzell, SC 29040
Truck / Trailer ServiceTechnician / Welder
Immediate opening for a generalservice technician to perform generalmaintenance and PM services.Experience with general repair,brakes, lights along with weld-ing/fabricating experience preferred.Benefit package includes medical,dental, life, prescription and 401Kplan available. Company supplieduniforms and accrued PTO time.Applicants can apply in person atFreehold Cartage 132 Myrtle BeachHwy Sumter, SC 29153 orcall803-773-2611ext 25. Resumescan bee-mailed to [email protected]. Hourly ratecommensurate with experience.
Estate:/Catherine G Brown#2018ES4300089
Personal RepresentativeJohnnie Gore
101 Vining StreetSumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Lula Mae Thompson#2018ES4300730
Personal RepresentativeBelinda Thompson
C/O Thomas E Player JRPO Drawer 3690
Sumter, SC 29151
TruckingOpportunities
Caregiver needed for home health.Must pass background check. Call803-236-3603.
Exp. Trailer switcher needed inSumter to move trailers in yard. Dowashouts & minor repairs. Thurs.,Fri. & Sun. 7 am - 5 pm. Must have 2yrs exp. CDL & clean driving record.803-938-2708 M-F 9am-3pm lv msg.
Public Storage/PS Orangeco, Inc.LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLICSALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that theundersigned will sell to satisfy thelien of owner at public sale bycompetitive bidding on March 15,2018 personal and/or businessproperty including but not limited tofurniture, clothing, tools and otherhousehold / business items located atthe properties listed.
The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1143N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC29153.
The personal goods stored therein bybelow named occupant(s);
1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC29150103 McDaniel, Raven219 Robertson, Reshanena335 Jenkins, Jami405 Lewin, Roy407 Mccabe, Ashley445 Davis, Chris449 Fulwood, Martin455 Smith, Maurice725 Murray, Tracey
1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153A013 Redden, CharlieA015 Evans, AquiaA031 Hayward, CarlosB010 Jones, LarryB022 Dennis, MaryB046 Parkinson, ZekeilC065 Tumbleston, NormaE034 Covington, MartinF033 Brown, DelvlynF045 Jones, EddieG024 Shaw, TimiaG026 Nelson, JohanesJ012 Brailsford, ArnoldJ017 Washington, Desmond
3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 291540220 Blackmon, Ciera0339 Rebstad, Shyenne0410 Ohue, Willy0531 Tomlin, Cheryl0719 Ohue, Mary0746 Roberts, Heather0749 King, Kacynthia
Purchase must be made with cashonly and paid for at the time of sale.All goods are sold as is and must beremoved at the time of the sale. Saleis subject to adjournment.
In Loving Memory ofEaster Mae Ladson03/05/65 - 04/08/03
Happy BirthdayMae Mae we are celebrating you onthis day, it will be 15 years on April8th that you left us to be with theLord. We love and miss you! Lovealways Your Brothers Julius andSammy Rembert, and Sister FrancesMoses and Family.
Legal NoticeIn Memory
New Bethel Missionary BaptistChurch is seeking a Full timeMusician. Please call 803-481-4501to obtain an application or email yourcontact information to [email protected] and an application will bemailed to you. A background checkwill be required.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to fi le their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the fi rst publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate NoticeSumter County
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to fi le their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the fi rst publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate NoticeSumter County
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to fi le their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the fi rst publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate NoticeSumter County
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