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Roof found competent Accused Charleston church shooter gets extra day to prep CHARLESTON (AP) — After a judge ruled Monday that Dylann Roof is competent to represent himself, the same jury that last month unanimously found him guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will return to court to begin contemplating his punishment.

With the 22-year-old representing himself, the process is ROOF sure to be unconventional. But even if Roof is sentenced to death, it’s highly unlikely he’d be executed anytime soon.

While prosecutors plan to call up to 38 people related to the nine people killed and three who survived the June 2015 slaughter during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, Roof said last week he plans on calling no witnesses and presenting no evidence.

Roof was found guilty last month on 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion. A jury took less than three hours to return its verdict, and a judge dismissed the jury for a break during the holidays. That same jury returns to court today.

Typically in what’s known as the sentencing phase, defense attorneys call relatives and other witnesses to testify about their client’s unsteady state of mind before and during the crimes. Given that background, the defense hopes, a jury might be more likely to spare the defendant’s life and opt against the death penalty.

But Roof, who is acting as his own attorney, has said he plans to do no such thing.

In his journal, which was read in court during his trial, Roof said he doesn’t believe in psychology, which he called “a Jewish invention” that “does nothing but invent diseases and tell people they have problems when they don’t.”

Roof also seems determined to try to keep evidence embarrassing to him or his family out. Not only did he take over his own defense, but he also asked the judge at a hearing last week if he could file a motion limiting what prosecutors can introduce.

Roof also was adamant that a transcript of a hearing where he was found mentally competent not be released to the public.

“I know this is not a legal argument, but the unsealing of the competency hearing defeats the purpose of me representing myself,” Roof said at last week’s hearing.

Neither Roof, nor U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel nor prosecutors have given specifics on the evidence Roof is objecting to.

On Thursday, Gergel ordered another competency evaluation of Roof “in an abundance of caution,” after his standby counsel filed a sealed motion again questioning Roof’s mental ability to proceed.

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Accounting for the homeless Volunteers expected to provide accurate numbers for Sumter

BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com Sumter County’s coordinator for an annual homeless count held at the end of January believes more and better-trained volunteers this year will provide a more accurate count of the homeless living in the county.

Dennis Wormsley, director of Any Length Recovery Community — an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center on Broad Street Extension — is Sumter County’s count coordinator for the federally mandated annual Point-In-Time Count, which is an unduplicated census of people experiencing home-

lessness on a given night in January in each county in the U.S. The PIT Count is federally mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for all communities receiving federal funds through a homeless assistance grants program.

Using HUD’s definition of homeless, the PIT Count con-

sists of two components: a count of how many people are staying in a shelter on the night, and a count of unsheltered people actually living on the street or in a place unfit for human habitation, such as in cars, in the woods or abandoned housing.

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Hannah Adams, left, reacts with disbelief Friday as she is presented a car she was awarded by the Eckerds Foundation to allow the determined young mother from Clarendon County to get to her new hands-on training as a welder at a Caterpillar plant in Sumter. She is congratulated by Cathy Williams-Rose, her career coach at Palmetto Youth Connections.

Young mother awarded car to allow her to complete job training

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Caseworkers at the New Horizons Family Center at Camp Bob Cooper and several other agencies were concerned even though they had done all they could to help Hannah Adams. They had seen the young mother

make remarkable progress, but they had exhausted their resources, and she needed additional help to make the next step.

Adams had come to the New Horizons Family Center for pregnant and parenting girls living in foster care in September 2014. Her mother had struggled with

drug addiction, and Adams had dropped out of school to help care for her siblings.

She was taken out of a dangerous situation by the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

“She was six months pregnant, angry, depressed and full of resentment,” said Pamela Hall, the home’s direc-

tor. “Hannah struggled for several months to get settled and adjust to being a mother, a student and not in a family home.”

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Former Coroner Bullock glad to have served community

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com After serving eight years as Sumter County Coroner, Harvin Bullock was prepared to move on from the position following the results of the November 2016 election.

Bullock lost the coroner’s race to Sumter native Robbie Baker, a former Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

BULLOCK Bullock said his career began about in 1995 when he started Bullock Funeral Home because of his desire to care for people in their time of need.

He said at the time, local funeral homes served predominately white or black families and he was encouraged to open his business to families of all races.

Bullock said he first decided to run for coroner in 2008 because there needed to be changes in the office.

There needed to be more professionalism and compassion in the office, he said.

Bullock also wanted to bring the same level of care he provided through his funeral home service to more families in the county.

“I wanted to serve the community I grew up in,” he said.

Bullock said adjusting to the demanding hours of the job was not difficult be-

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cause he had some of the same experiences as a funeral home director.

“It’s a seven-day-a-week, 24-hour job,” he said. “The day never really ends.”

In 2016 the coroner’s office opened more than 800 files regarding deaths in Sumter County, Bullock said.

Bullock said the coroner does not respond to every death in the county but will be called if a physician is not present to sign a death certificate; if a person dies at home; or if a death is under investigation.

Depending on the conditions of a death, the coroner may be warranted to request an autopsy, he said.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS

School board finance committee meets today Sumter School District Board of Trustees’ Finance Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 8:30 a.m. today at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road. According to its agenda, the committee will have an overview and discussion of the 2015-16 audit report. At the Dec. 12 board meeting, the audit report was initially released showing the district had gone over budget by $6.2 million in the fiscal year ending June 30.

In today’s committee meeting, the board of trustees in attendance will also provide an update on its response to the audit report. Additionally, finance committee members are expected to discuss possible recommendations to the board to alleviate the shortfall, according to the agenda.

The finance committee will also enter executive session to discuss negotiations of a contract related to a building project before returning to open session.

Board member Johnny Hilton serves as chair of the committee.

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Residents angered by discolored water

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Residents who have been experiencing problems with discolored water in southwestern Sumter neighborhoods came to the Sumter City Council meeting Tuesday night to make one thing clear.

They are fed up with the city’s inability to solve their water problems.

An emotional Brianna Carter, who lives on Sun Valley Drive, west of Kolb Road, said her water is discolored more often than not.

“My water has been red, yellow, orange and brown,” she said.

“I will not cook, drink or wash clothes in it,” Carter said. “I have four children, and I have to drive 23 minutes to bathe my children.”

She said it has been going on for a long time despite calls to the city’s water department.

“All they do is drain hydrants, and within days it’s the same color,” she said.

“We want to know what is being done,” Carter said.

Rose Stewart, another resident on Sun Valley Drive, said the problem is not recent and has been happening

more often.

“The frequency that this is happening is unacceptable,” she said. “We should not have to go out and buy bottled water, new clothes and new appliances.”

Jean Coggins, a retired teacher who lives on Pipkin Road, said she moved from the Greenville area to be with her daughter.

“If it is not cleared up, I am not going to live here,” she said.

Mayor McElveen tried MCELVEEN to reassure those in attendance that it is an important issue for council and city employees.

“All of us are committed,” he said.

“We want everybody to have clean pure water.”

He urged people who have discolored water to call the public works department at (803) 436-2558.

“We are committed to staying on this to find out what the problem is,” he said. “If you have discolored water, call us — if we don’t get a call, we don’t know about it.”

McElveen said the city has fine people working on the problem.

“If they can’t get to the bottom of this, we will get people who do,” he said.

In earlier action, council approved the final reading of the Community Development Block Grant Budget and the final reading of an ordinance providing for the sale of 1.06 acres of land at 2510 Tahoe Drive.

Council also passed a procurement resolution authorizing a contract for site work for the new Public Safety Complex on Lafayette Drive.

In addition, council passed a resolution requested by national municipal organizations opposing any proposal to “limit, eliminate or replace” the tax exemption for municipal bonds.

“There is great concern (Donald) Trump will be tinkering around with municipal bonds that are essential to local government,” McElveen said.

City Attorney Eric Shytle said the tax exemption makes it easier for municipalities to attract investors because they can accept a lower return if the proceeds are not taxed.

Shytle said Trump has indicated he wants to eliminate the exemption.

“It would cost us more to borrow,” he said. “Construction would cost us more.”

Council passed the resolution unanimously.

Reciting the oath of office Sumter Sheriff’s deputies recite the oath of office during the county’s swearing in ceremony Tuesday evening at Patriot Hall.

WebsterRogers LLP, a leading South Carolina-based accounting and consulting firm with nine offices across the state, recently announced the addition of a new partner, Jennifer L. Miller, CPA. Miller has worked with WebsterRogers since 2005 in the firm’s Audit Group out MILLER of its Sumter office and has 15 years of public accounting experience with extensive involvement with audits of colleges and universities, governmental, not-for-profit and commercial entities.

Miller, a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, has been active with the Young Professionals of Sumter, The Forum and Sumter Junior Welfare League.

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School bus rear-ended during morning route A Sumter School District school bus was struck in the rear by a vehicle during its route on Pinewood Road about 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones said a Dodge Ram pickup truck collided with the rear of the school bus, which was en route to Manchester Elementary School, as the bus slowed down because of traffic.

He said no students on the bus were injured, but the driver and passenger of the truck were transported to an area hospital for unspecified injuries.

Jones said the driver of the truck will be charged for driving too fast for conditions.

Pesticide, chemical disposal available at farm expo FROM STAFF REPORTS South Carolina Department of Agriculture is offering South Carolina residents the opportunity to safely dispose of outdated, unusable or unwanted pesticides. The collection will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 12, in conjunction with the S.C. AgriBiz and Farm Expo at the Florence Civic Center, 3300 West Radio Drive, Florence.

The pesticide and chemical program is open to all private, commercial and non-commercial pesticide applicators

in the state, as well as homeowners.

SCDA staff will be on site to monitor pesticide collection and disposal, and will have final authority on acceptance of products.

Chemical and pesticide quantities accepted will be limited to 2,500 pounds of solid and 300 gallons of liquid at no charge. Pesticide products accepted include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides and similar products used in agricultural production or around the home.

Rinsate will not be accepted.

Fertilizer will not be accepted unless it is combined or co-packed with a pesticide such as weed and feed.

No compressed gas cylinders (metal cylinder with a valve) or empty pesticide containers will be collected.

For more information, contact SCDA’s John Stokes at (803) 737-9696 or jstokes@scda.sc.gov or Ken Webb with ECOFLO Inc., the company handling the disposal, at (336) 617-2733 or kwebb@ecoflo.com. For more information about the SC AgriBiz and Farm Expo, visit scagribiz.com/expo/.

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Congress ushers in era of all-GOP rule WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress ushers in a new era of all-Republican rule.

On Tuesday at noon, with plenty of pomp and pageantry, members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in, with an emboldened GOP intent on unraveling eight years of President Obama’s Democratic agenda and targeting massive legacy programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

In the election, Republicans kept their tight grip on the House and outmaneuvered the Democrats for a slim majority in the Senate. In less than three weeks, on the West Front of the Capitol, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the presidential oath to Donald Trump, the GOP’s newfound ally.

First up for Republicans is repeal and delay of the health care law, expediting the process for scrapping Obama’s major overhaul but holding off on some changes for up to four years. The tax code is in the cross-hairs. Conservatives want to scuttle rules on the environment and undo financial regulations created in the aftermath of the 2008 economic meltdown.

The only obstacle to the farreaching conservative agenda will be Senate Democrats who hold the power to filibuster legislation.

Here are a few things to know about Congress:

BY THE NUMBERS Vice President Joe Biden, in one of his final official acts, will administer the oath to 27 returning senators and seven new ones. Republicans will have a 52-48 advantage in the Senate. There will be 21 women, of whom 16 are Democrats and five, Republicans.

Across the Capitol, the House is expected to re-elect Rep. Paul Ryan as Speaker, with all the campaign-season recriminations involving the Wisconsin Republican and Trump largely erased by GOP wins.

Once sworn in, Ryan will then administer the oath to the House members.

The GOP will hold a hefty 241-194 majority in the House, including 52 freshmen — 27 Republicans, including Wyoming’s Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and 25 Democrats.

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CONFIRMING THE CABINET The Senate will exercise its advice and consent role and consider nominations of 15 department secretaries and six people tapped by Trump to lead agencies or serve in roles with Cabinet-level status, such as the EPA and U.N. ambassador.

Democrats won’t make it easy. Several in the party have been highly critical of several of Trump’s choices, from Rick Perry to Treasury pick Steve Mnuchin, the former Goldman Sachs executive.

Others nominees, such as retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary, should easily win confirmation. First, though, Congress must pass a law allowing the former military man to serve in a civilian post.

There is a limit to what Democrats can do. Rules changes in 2013 allow some nominees, including Cabinet picks, to be confirmed with a simple majority, preventing Democrats from demanding 60 votes to move forward.

SUPREME COURT VACANCY Adding to the drama of the new Congress will be highprofile confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court.

Justice Antonin Scalia died last February, and Republicans refused to consider Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, insisting that the next president should fill the high court vacancy that’s now lasted more than 10 months.

Trump released a list of potential choices during the campaign. Trump has said he wants to nominate a justice who would help overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.

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Fireworks explode over a neighborhood in Sumter on New Year’s Eve.

Twins born in different years GLENDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — Twins delivered 10 minutes apart at an Arizona hospital during the New Year’s weekend have different birth years.

Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reported that parents Holly and Brandon Shay welcomed their first son, Sawyer, into the world at 11:51 p.m. Saturday at Banner Hospital.

Their second son, Everett, arrived a minute after midnight on Sunday.

The father joked that Sawyer will tease his brother about being the older sibling.

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People attend Mass officiated by Bishop Thomas L. Dupre, third from right, at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during the flood of abuse accusations against church officials, has died at 83.

1st bishop indicted in U.S. on sexual-abuse claim dies at 83 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former Bishop Thomas Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexualabuse claim during the flood of abuse accusations against church officials, has died. He was 83.

Dupre died Friday, the Diocese of Springfield said.

Dupre died outside the diocese, but the location and the cause of his death weren’t disclosed.

Dupre, who became bishop in the mid-1990s, cited health reasons for his sudden retirement in 2004. Months later he was indicted on charges he raped two boys in the 1970s, but the case was dropped because prosecutors determined the statute of limitations had expired.

Before Dupre became bishop he had been an aide of Bishop Joseph Maguire, who led the diocese from 1977 to 1992 and faced allegations after retirement that clergy sex abuse and a cover-up of that abuse had happened on his watch.

Dupre was defrocked by the Vatican in 2006. Maguire died in 2014 at age 95.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, which covers western Massachusetts and has more than 200,000 members, has paid more than $12 million to sex-abuse victims since 2004. The diocese said in 2008 it had paid $4.5 million to 59 victims in a settlement that included a personal donation from Dupre.

Dupre’s funeral arrangements will be private.

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We make ’em, we break ’em. New Year’s diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us. Metabolism, too. But a food behavior researcher has tested a bunch of little ways to tip the scale toward success.

His advice: Put it on autopilot. Make small changes in the kitchen, at the table and at the grocery store to help you make good choices without thinking.

“As much as we all want to believe that we’re master and commander of all our food decisions, that’s just not true for most of us,” said the researcher, Brian Wansink.

“We’re influenced by the things around us — the size of the plate, the things people are doing ... the lighting.”

He heads the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, has written books on taking control of food choices and has had government and industry funding.

Some tips from Wansink and research to support them:

IN THE KITCHEN Redo the pantry to put healthy stuff in front. You’re three times more likely to eat the first food you see than the fifth one.

Tidy your kitchen before eating. Women asked to wait in a messy kitchen ate twice as many cookies as women in the same kitchen did when it was organized and quiet.

Redo the fridge. Even though it shortens shelf life, move fruits and vegetables out of crisper drawers, and put them at eye level.

Keep good foods in clear bags or containers and less healthy things such as leftover pizza in aluminum foil. In one study, people who put fruits and vegetables on the top shelf ate nearly three times more of them than they did the week before.

Keep no food out except a fruit bowl.

Those with a fruit bowl weighed 13 pounds less.

Beware the glassware. Use narrower glasses, pour wine when the glass is on the table rather than in your hand, and use a glass that doesn’t match the color of the wine. A study found that people poured 12 percent more wine when using a wide glass, 12 percent more when holding the glass, and 9 percent more when pouring white wine into a clear glass versus a colored or opaque one. Pour any glass only half full — this cuts the average pour by 18 percent.

Use smaller plates, and pay attention to color. Big plates make portions look small.

In one study, people given larger bowls took 16 percent more cereal than those given smaller bowls, yet thought they ate less.

People also take more food if it matches the color of their plate. But they eat less when the tablecloth or placemat matches the plate; it makes the food stand out more.

Keep the TV off, and eat at a table. A study of dinner habits of 190 parents and 148 children found that the higher the parents’ body mass index (a ratio of height and weight), the more likely they were to eat with the TV on. Eating at a table was linked to lower BMI.

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Be careful when buying in bulk. A study found that people who bought big containers of chips, juice boxes, cookies, crackers and granola bars ate half of it within the first week — twice as fast as they normally would. Tip: Repackage into single-serve bags or containers, or store it out of reach, such as the basement.

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Video shows man thought to be nightclub attacker ISIS claims responsibility for mass shooting ISTANBUL (AP) — An eerie video emerged Tuesday of a man thought to be the attacker who killed 39 people in a mass shooting at a nightclub, showing him taking a selfie as he silently THE ASSOCIATED PRESS toured Istanbul’s most faThe man thought to be the gunmous square. man who killed dozens at an IsThe camera never leaves tanbul nightclub films himself as the man’s unsmiling face as he walked through Taksim he wanders nearby Istanbul’s Square during the 44-second crowded Taksim Square. No declip that was broadcast on tails have been released as to state-run Anadolu TV and why the authorities might think other Turkish media. the man in this selfie photo is a It wasn’t immediately clear suspect in the New Year’s attack.

COUNT FROM PAGE A1 According to Wormsley, many homeless people are difficult to count because they are very suspicious of people asking for their personal information. Also, there is a negative stigma with homelessness and many homeless people consider themselves only in transition or without a house and not “homeless.”

Wormsley said the PIT Count for Sumter County the past two years has not been as comprehensive as it should have been, generating lower homeless counts than reality.

The unsheltered count in Sumter both years only included individuals who were visibly homeless on the street, Wormsley said.

if the video was made before or after the New Year’s massacre at the Reina nightclub or how it was obtained. The gunman, who hasn’t been publicly identified, is still at large.

On Monday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, which also wounded nearly 70 people. The extremists said a “soldier of the caliphate” had carried out the mass shooting to avenge Turkish military operations against IS in northern Syria.

This year, he thinks a higher volunteer count, more effective training of those volunteers in conducting the surveys of the homeless, and better communication and coordination with the larger administrative agency in the 12-county region will help provide a more realistic and accurate count of the county’s homeless population.

This year’s PIT Count will be based on the night of Wednesday, Jan. 25. Volunteers will count and survey the homeless in shelters and also those who are unsheltered that night. To fully canvas various areas, volunteers will continue to survey unsheltered individuals daily through at least Saturday, Jan. 28, asking the question: “Where did you spend the night of Jan. 25th?”

Homeless individuals fre-

quent two local churches — Mt. Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St. and Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 401 S. Main St. — daily for breakfast and lunch, respectively. Volunteers will attempt to survey individuals at those locations each day.

Homeless counts in rural areas, such as Sumter, are generally smaller than in more metropolitan hub cities, such as Columbia and Myrtle Beach, Wormsley said.

“A lot of homeless in Sumter go over to Columbia because there are more shelters and service options,” Wormsley said.

Wormsley still believes the homeless count in Sumter is higher now than in previous years.

“I believe the flooding in 2015 and Hurricane Matthew a few months ago has exas-

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what you’re supposed to do, he said. “That’s what I was elected to do,” he said.

“I am very proud of my term in office and I’m humbled that folks allowed me to serve for eight years.”

On Tuesday night, newly elected coroner Robbie Baker was sworn into office during a county ceremony at Patriot Hall.

“I wish him good luck,” Bullock said.

He said he hopes Baker will continue the coroner’s office’s level of care and compassion going forward.

As for Bullock, he will continue to serve the community through his work at Bullock Funeral Home.

“I might even take a vacation,” he said.

FROM PAGE A1 Bullock said he also made sure the body of the deceased was delivered to a funeral home of the family’s choosing.

For many people, its the first time they’ve lost someone, he said. That’s part of the compassion offered through the coroner’s office, he said.

The most difficult part of the job is dealing with the loss of children because some people don’t take care of them the way they should, he said.

But despite the difficulties, Bullock said he and his staff had to keep going.

It’s a stressful job but you have to get up and do

perated homeless issues in Sumter,” Wormsley said.

He also thinks this year, the volunteer group will get a more accurate count of homeless individuals in encampments, such as wooded areas.

One of his volunteers this year has a cordial relationship with some unsheltered homeless people who will assist in this effort.

In the long run, a more accurate count of the homeless in Sumter will help the community overall, according to Wormsley.

“If we can identify people who are experiencing homelessness, then we can offer

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“Research shows when you can get people off the street and into permanent housing, then emergency expenses — such as emergency rooms (in hospitals) — goes down.

HOW TO VOLUNTEER: If anyone is interested in helping with Sumter’s annual Point-InTime Count on Jan. 25, please contact Dennis Wormsley, Sumter County’s count coordinator, at (803) 968-0244.

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MOTHER FROM PAGE A1 assistance through education and workforce training, the center helped Adams enroll in Palmetto Youth Connection classes to earn a GED diploma.

“When I first started classes at adult education for my GED, I was one of the youngest people in the class, and I followed the crowd. I didn’t take class seriously,” Adams said.

Adams’ career coach at Palmetto Youth Connections, Cathy Williams-Rose, said Adams was facing many barriers, including having only a seventh-grade education.

“Hannah’s efforts were initially unhurried,” she remembered.

Adams later told WilliamsRose she didn’t have confidence she could complete the program.

The young mother’s attitude needed a change, and it came from a surprising direction.

“When Adams watched her daughter, Khloe, blow out her birthday candles on her first birthday, she had a sudden realization that time was flying by too quickly,” said Amanda Wagner, region manager for Palmetto Youth Center. “Adams knew if she didn’t get serious with her goals, her daughter could have a difficult childhood like she did.”

“I didn’t take the class seriously,” Adams told Wagner.

“It wasn’t until Khloe turned 1 that I really turned things around.”

Wagner said Hannah began to apply herself in class, and in one month she told her teachers she was ready to take the GED test.

“Hannah cried when she

got the results,” Wagner wrote. “She had passed the test and earned her GED. The future was starting to look bright for this tenacious young lady.”

Though Adams had been working part time at a fastfood restaurant, her next step was to earn the skills to land a job in which she could earn enough to support herself and her child, Wagner said.

Adams looked up to her older brother, and she learned about welding through him, Wagner said.

“She was interested in learning welding, but the only school that offered the training was about an hour away from New Horizons,” Wagner said.

The residential facility could not provide transportation, so Adams’ caseworker turned to Palmetto Youth Connections. For 13 weeks, she used a local transportation provider to make the hour-long trip each way.

“At first, the class was a challenge,” Adams said. “I was the only female, and I had to set boundaries with my classmates so they knew I was serious.”

Adams passed the class

and earned her welding certificate, but transportation continued to be a barrier for her, Wagner said.

Adams was accepted to a hands-on training program at a Caterpillar plant in Sumter, but making the commute from Clarendon County remained an obstacle.

There was a bone-chilling breeze at Jones Nissan in Sumter on Friday afternoon as Hannah Adams looked at the set of keys placed into her hands like they were something from another planet. Two-year old Khloe squirmed in one of Adams’ mentor’s arms, trying to escape the chill.

Surrounded by the people who had helped her come so far in the last two years, she may have thought it was all a big practical joke. Perhaps because of an abundance of caution learned from growing up too fast, she put on the brakes on celebrating.

The group, uncomfortable in the cold, waited for a reaction.

“The key works to this car,” said Cathy WilliamsRose, Adams’ career coach at Palmetto Youth Connections gesturing at the nearby 2008 Pontiac Vibe. “Your car.”

Wanting to do something else to help Adams, and to reward her determination,

Adams’ caseworkers applied for a Success Award from Eckerd Kids for $5,000 to buy a car.

Nobody in South Carolina had ever received the award, Wagner said. Letters submitted with the application tell the story of Adams’ perseverance.

“She worked diligently to take and excel on each portion of the exam,” said Lisa Justice of Clarendon County Adult Education. “Hannah has gracefully handled the demands of motherhood and working part time.”

Hall, the New Horizons Family Center’s director, who had watched Adams’ initial struggles, said it was a pleasure to work on the young woman’s behalf.

“If there ever has been a young adult who has worked to further their education and embark on a new career with determination and

commitment, it is Hannah,” she wrote.

Among the requirements for the award is a commitment the recipient must sign to remain drug and alcohol free and not become involved in criminal or delinquent behavior.

Slowly, it seemed to dawn on Adams that it was all real. She smiled and hugged the women who had helped her along the way.

“I feel great,” she said. “I am just in shock.”

She carried her daughter around and sat in the car.

On Thursday, the determined young woman will take the next step, as she reports to the Caterpillar plant to begin her training there.

Because of her commitment to improve herself and the help of a lot of caring people along the way, she won’t have to ask anyone for a ride.

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COMMENTARY

Liberal struggle against reality

W

e will never understand liberals and progressives until we recognize that they often see reality as a social construct subject to being challenged and changed.

For example, throughout the world, boys and girls have different toy preferences.

Typically, boys like to play with cars and trucks, whereas girls prefer dolls. Liberals explain this with the assertion that boys and girls are socialized and encouraged to play with different types of toys by their parents, peers and “society.”

Growing scientific eviWalter dence sugWilliams gests that toy preferences have a biological origin. Even studies of male and female primates find that they exhibit similar toy preferences. Despite the growing evidence of biological determinism, liberals have managed to intimidate toy sellers into getting rid of the labels “toys for boys” and “toys for girls.”

Another reality issue that’s extremely annoying to liberals and progressives is chromosomal sex determination.

The XX/XY sex determination system is found in humans. Females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), whereas males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY).

This chromosomal reality is seen as limiting, annoying and an artifact of a patriarchal, chauvinistic society. So liberals and progressives want to change it. Say you are an XY (male) individual but would like to conduct your affairs in a facility designated for XX (female) individuals, such as a ladies’ room. You can satisfy your desire by claiming that you are transgender — that is, you’ve switched from one gender to another. Therefore, if one has XY chromosomes, he can behave as if he were an XXer. Plus, there is the expectation of being addressed according to one’s chosen gender. The Minneapolis Police Department has a new rule that requires officers to address transgender people using their preferred names and pronouns. When an XYer is arrested but claims he is a woman, I wonder whether the police will place him in a cell with XXers. Just how far the Minneapolis authorities will go is in question; maybe they, too, believe that reality is optional.

Another part of reality that liberals and progressives find difficult to accept

‘Somehow liberals and progressives manage to cope with some realities but go ballistic with others.’ is the fact that equality among humans is the exception and inequality the norm. If one were to list the world’s top 30 violinists of the 20th century, at least 20 of them would be of Jewish ancestry.

Jews constitute no more than 3 percent of the U.S. population but 35 percent of American Nobel Prize winners. One wonders what liberals would propose to promote equality in violin excellence and winning a Nobel Prize. By the way, liberals and progressives love to attend classical concerts, where there is a virtual absence of racial diversity.

Year after year, blacks of West African descent walk away with all of the prizes in the Olympic 100-meter run.

The probability of such an outcome by chance is all but zero. It must be a reality — namely, genetic physiological and biomechanical characteristics — that causes blacks to excel in certain sports (e.g., basketball, football and track) and spells disaster for those who have aspirations to be Olympic-class swimmers.

Somehow liberals and progressives manage to cope with some realities but go ballistic with others. They cope well with black domination of basketball, football and track and with the near absence of black performers in classical concerts. They also accept the complete absence of women in the NFL and NBA. They even accept geographical disparities. For example, not a single player in the NHL’s history can boast of having been born and raised in Hawaii, Louisiana or Mississippi.

The reality that they go ballistic on is the reality that we are not all equally intelligent. There are many more male geniuses than female, and median male IQ is higher. Liberals might argue bias in the testing. Men are taller on average than women. If liberals don’t like that, would they accuse the height-measuring device of being biased?

The lesson liberals need to learn is that despite their arrogance, they do not have the power to alter reality.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2017 creators.com

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Can Trump and Putin avert Cold War II? I n retaliation for the hacking of John Podesta and the DNC, Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats and ordered closure of their country houses on Long Island and Maryland’s Eastern shore.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that 35 U.S. diplomats would be expelled. But Vladimir Putin stepped in, declined to retaliate at all, and invited the U.S. diplomats in Moscow and their children to the Christmas and New Year’s party at the Kremlin. ‘’A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger,’’ reads Proverbs 15:1. ‘’Great move,’’ tweeted Presidentelect Trump, ‘’I always knew he was very smart!’’

Among our Russophobes, one can almost hear the gnashing of teeth.

Clearly, Putin believes the Trump presidency offers Russia the prospect of a better relationship with the United States. He appears to want this, and most Americans seem to want the same. After all, Hillary Clinton, who accused Trump of being ‘’Putin’s puppet,’’ lost.

Is then a Cold War II between Russia and the U.S. avoidable?

That question raises several others.

Who is more responsible for both great powers having reached this level of animosity and acrimony, 25 years after Ronald Reagan walked arm-in-arm with Mikhail Gorbachev through Red Square? And what are the causes of the emerging Cold War II? Comes the retort: Putin has put nuclear-capable missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave between Poland and Lithuania.

True, but who began this escalation?

George W. Bush was the one who trashed Richard Nixon’s ABM Treaty and Obama put anti-missile missiles in Poland. After invading Iraq, George W. Bush moved NATO into the Baltic States in violation of a commitment given to Gorbachev by his father to not move NATO into Eastern Europe if the Red Army withdrew.

Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, says John McCain.

Russia did, after Georgia

invaded its breakaway province of South Ossetia and killed Russian peacekeepers.

Putin Pat threw the Buchanan Georgians out, occupied part of Georgia, and then withdrew.

Russia, it is said, has supported Syria’s Bashar Assad, bombed U.S.-backed rebels and participated in the Aleppo slaughter.

But who started this horrific civil war in Syria?

Was it not our Gulf allies, Turkey, and ourselves by backing an insurgency against a regime that had been Russia’s ally for decades and hosts Russia’s only naval base in the Mediterranean?

Did we not exercise the same right of assisting a beleaguered ally when we sent 500,000 troops to aid South Vietnam against a Viet Cong insurgency supported by Hanoi, Beijing and Moscow?

That’s what allies do.

The unanswered question: Why did we support the overthrow of Assad when the likely successor regime would have been Islamist and murderously hostile toward Syria’s Christians?

Russia, we are told, committed aggression against Ukraine by invading Crimea.

But Russia did not invade Crimea. To secure their Black Sea naval base, Russia executed a bloodless coup, but only after the U.S. backed the overthrow of the pro-Russian elected government in Kiev.

Crimea had belonged to Moscow from the time of Catherine the Great in the 18th century, and the Russia-Ukraine relationship dates back to before the Crusades. When did this become a vital interest of the USA? As for Putin’s backing of secessionists in Donetsk and Luhansk, he is standing by kinfolk left behind when his country broke apart. Russians live in many of the 14 former Soviet republics that are now independent nations.

Has Putin no right to be

concerned about his lost countrymen?

Unlike America’s elites, Putin is an ethnonationalist in a time when tribalism is shoving aside transnationalism as the force of the future.

Russia, it is said, is supporting right-wing and anti-EU parties. But has not our National Endowment for Democracy backed regime change in the Balkans as well as in former Soviet republics?

We appear to be denouncing Putin for what we did first.

Moreover, the populist, nationalist, anti-EU and secessionist parties in Europe have arisen on their own and are advancing through free elections.

Sovereignty, independence, a restoration of national identity, all appear to be more important to these parties than what they regard as an excessively supervised existence in the soft-dictatorship of the EU. In the Cold War between Communism and capitalism, the single-party dictatorship and the free society, we prevailed.

But in the new struggle we are in, the ethnonational state seems ascendant over the multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial, multilingual ‘’universal nation’’ whose avatar is Barack Obama.

Putin does not seek to destroy or conquer us or Europe. He wants Russia, and her interests, and her rights as a great power to be respected.

He is not mucking around in our front yard; we are in his.

The worst mistake President Trump could make would be to let the Russophobes grab the wheel and steer us into another Cold War that could be as costly as the first, and might not end as peacefully.

Reagan’s outstretched hand to Gorbachev worked. Trump has nothing to lose by extending his to Vladimir Putin, and much perhaps to win.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book ‘’The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.’’ © 2016 creators.com

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll face EUGENIA LAST opposition if you challenge someone. Make sure you have your facts straight and that you are diplomatic in the way you handle people and situations. The impressions you make will have an impact on your future.

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your thoughts and plans with someone you love. Changes can be made if they are well thought-out and likely to be an improvement for everyone involved. Know what you want and what you are willing to offer before you negotiate.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make travel plans or get together with friends or relatives and enjoy the banter. Playful action will inspire creative ideas that will improve your relationships and your home environment. Romance is in the stars.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Pick up information that will eliminate the uncertainty you have about someone or something you want to pursue. A money or health issue can be resolved if you go directly to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): the root of the problem.

Do everything in your power to secure your position and to make GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t positive changes to your lifestyle. wait around if you feel confident Physical problems will develop due about something you want to to injury or illness if you are pursue. Someone you think has careless. Think before you take your best interests at heart will misrepresent you. Take care of any action. sensitive matters quickly. Be CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): upfront about the way you feel.

Express your interests and you will CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep be offered insight from someone your emotions toned down until with experience. Knowing what you get all the facts. There is no you are up against will encourage point making a fuss or a snap you to take the right precautions decision based on an assumption. and avoid making a mistake. Plan Concentrate on the things you something special with someone enjoy doing and mastering skills you love. that can help you excel.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Expand your change to the way you do your job knowledge, interests and or offer help to others will make it friendships. Secure your position easier for you to clear time and and show more discipline when it space for what’s important to you. comes to taking care of your Don’t neglect your needs. personal affairs. You can make a Strengthen your position by difference if you share your ideas and carry through with your plans. expanding your qualifications.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll have decisions to make that can hinge on emotional situations.

Don’t spend money just to please someone else. Live within your means. Change should come from within. Using charm will help you win favors and acceptance.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An emotional situation will leave you in a position that will require your undivided attention. Listen to complaints and consider how you can offset delays. A unique approach to an ongoing problem will work. Romance looks promising.

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CLEMSON BASKETBALL

Overtime escape Berry, Meeks help No. 14 North Carolina edge Clemson 89-86

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

PREP BASKETBALL

Turn out the lights Blown transformer causes postponement of boys’ Lakewood-Camden game

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

CLEMSON — Joel Berry II was angry with his play in North Carolina’s loss to Georgia Tech last Saturday. He made up for that with a career night at Clemson.

Berry had career highs with 31 points and seven 3-pointers as the 14th-ranked Tar Heels bounced back from their Atlantic Coast Conference opening loss with an 89-86 overtime victory Tuesday night.

Kennedy Meeks’ basket with 1:12 left in overtime put North Carolina (13-3, 1-1) ahead for good.

“I was very disappointed with my shooting the other night,” said Berry, who was 3 of 13 for eight points in the loss to the Yellow Jackets. “I just went back and put up a lot of shots. I know my team depends on me and I want to be a big-time player to help us win.”

Berry was certainly that against Clemson (11-3, 1-1). He hit 12 of 19 shots, was seven of 10 from 3-point range and played all but 4 of the 45 minutes.

“I kept asking Joel if he was all right,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “It’s been a long time since I had someone play 41 minutes.”

The Tar Heels needed all of them to hold off the Tigers, who came in having won nine straight.

After Meeks’ go-ahead basket, Justin Jackson followed with a bucket and Clemson lost its ninth straight — and 19th of the past 20 games — to North Carolina.

Berry scored 23 points after halftime and appeared to have North Carolina on the way to a victory, ahead 75-67 with less than 4 minutes left. Clemson, though, closed the period with a 10-2 run, capped by Marcquise Reed’s tying 3-pointer with 29 seconds to go.

Meeks finished with 14 points and tied his career best with 16 rebounds. It was his fifth double-double this season.

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North Carolina’s Kennedy Meeks (3) dunks during the Tar Heels’ 89-86 victory on Tuesday at LittleSEE UNC, PAGE B4 john Coliseum in Clemson.

The term “lights-out basketball” took on a whole new meaning on Tuesday as a blown transformer darkened the entire Lakewood High School campus and surrounding neighborhood, bringing a sudden stop to the varsity boys game between Lakewood and Camden less than a minute shy of the end of the opening quarter.

The delay began shortly after 7:30 p.m., with the lights going out then briefly coming back up before the arena darkened once again. School and game officials huddled multiple times during the outage, with a determination that the game would be suspended if electricity was not restored by 8:15, which was the case.

As coaches from both schools talked during the outage, it was decided that the game, which was a non-region contest, would not be resumed.

Play was halted with the Gators holding a 9-5 lead and Devante Pack about to go the free-throw line. Both teams struggled from the field early as Lakewood held a 6-2 lead with two minutes on the clock before Camden’s Devin Martin and Lakewood’s Grant Singleton trading 3-point baskets to close the scoring. Singleton’s trey came at the 1:18 mark, just seconds before the power outage.

Lakewood head coach Bryan Brown was disappointed that his team was not able to get its full tuneup in for Friday’s home Region VI-4A opener against Darlington.

“We’re going to try to just stay positive,” said Brown, whose team entered play on Tuesday with a 9-4 record.

“We’ve been concentrating on overcoming adversity all season. That’s what we’ve been talking about and preaching, so this is another adverse moment that we’ll try to use to grow and build off of. It’s unfortunate because I know the guys really want to play. We

SEE LAKEWOOD, PAGE B4

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Swinney: Tigers have ‘more juice’ this time around

Saban gambling again with early purge of Kiffin

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — No long stretches of games. More depth on defense.

All in all, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney believes he has a fresher, steadier group heading into this year’s national championship game with No. 1 Alabama.

Swinney said his Tigers were impacted in 2015 by 10 consecutive weeks of grueling football from late September until the Atlantic Coast Conference title game in early December. On top of that, Swinney’s defense was chock full of front line stars, yet had little experienced depth behind them.

That’s not the case this time around, at least not in Swinney’s eyes when No. 3 Clemson (13-1) looks to take down the Crimson Tide (14-0) on Monday night in Tampa, Florida.

“I feel like we have more juice” than when the Tigers faced Alabama a season ago, Swinney said Tuesday.

Clemson’s certainly playing with more confidence.

The Tigers turned an expected

depth. We were going to have more guys functionally ready to play winning football.”

That’s apparent on the defensive line where Clemson has lost seven starters over the last two years, yet is permitting just 123 yards rushing per game this season.

Younger players like defensive end Clelin Ferrell, Austin Bryant

You can only poke the bear so much.

Lane Kiffin kept running his mouth , and it may have cost him a chance to stay at Alabama for one more week.

But Nick Saban is taking a real gamble here, even more than the onside kick that helped turn the tide in last year’s national championship game.

If Alabama’s offense performs well against Clemson and helps deSABAN liver a fifth national championship in eight years, then Saban will be vindicated in his decision to switch up offensive coordinators a week before the big game.

If the Crimson Tide falters — and, frankly, they didn’t look all that impressive offensively in what turned out to be Kiffin’s farewell at SARKISIAN the Peach Bowl — then Saban is sure to face plenty of questions about the wisdom of carrying out what has all the looks of a Soviet-style purge.

Kiffin, of course, was already set to leave Tuscaloosa at the end of the College Football Playoff to take the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic . He was supposed to stay through the end of the Crimson Tide’s season, and indeed was on the sideline last Saturday, flip card in hand, for a 24-7 semifinal victory over Washington.

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3

SEE SABAN, PAGE B3

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has the Tigers in the national championship game against Alabama for the second straight season. tight game with No. 2 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl into a 31-0 runaway , the third shutout of the season for a defense that lost six starters with college eligibility left to the NFL draft.

“We were top heavy, especially defensively. We were one deep on the line and that took a toll on us,” Swinney said. “The biggest difference in our team was we kind of had more competitive

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Carolina quarterback Cam Newton threw just 19 touchdown passes this year after throwing 35 last season when he was selected as the NFL’s Most Valuable Player. The Panthers finished 6-10 this season after going 15-1 last year.

Panthers’ Rivera: Offense must evolve behind Newton

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Coach Ron Rivera said the Panthers need to evolve as an offense and find new and different ways to use versatile quarterback Cam Newton following a disappointing 6-10 season.

Newton struggled in 2016, one year after being named the league’s MVP. He threw just 19 touchdown passes — after tossing 35 in 2015 — and had 14 interceptions and a league-low 52.9 completion percentage. He wasn’t as effective as a runner either, averaging a career-low 4 yards per carry while playing behind an injury-riddled offensive line.

“He still has a unique skillset,” Rivera said. “We just have to find the best way to utilize it now.”

Carolina dropped from No. 1 in scoring in the league in 2015 to 15th in 2016.

While the Panthers have relied heavily upon Newton as a rusher during his first six seasons, that could change. He’s carried the ball 689 times during the span — by far the most of any quar-

terback in the league — and has run for more TDs (48) than any QB in league history. Rivera sounded like the team will be veering away from the read option which the Panthers ran so effectively early in Newton’s career in order to prevent further wear and tear on his body.

The 27-year-old Newton missed one game with a concussion in 2016 and struggled through a shoulder injury late in the season.

“He’s not as young and nimble as he used to be,” Rivera said. “We have to be smart about that and think about other ways to use him.”

Rivera made it clear that he believes offensive coordinator Mike Shula is the right man to help the offense evolve. And he also thinks Newton will be up for any change in philosophy, regardless of what it entails.

“Cam is always all in,” Rivera said.

The Panthers finished last in the NFC South, one year after going 15-1 and reaching the Super Bowl. They’re the 13th team to lose a Super Bowl and not make it back to the postseason the

following season.

“The Carolina Panthers are not going away,” general manager Dave Gettleman said. “We will get this corrected.”

CAM’S SHOULDER Newton will not need surgery in the offseason despite playing the final month of the season in obvious pain.

“Rest,” Newton said on Sunday. “Lots of rest.”

Rivera said he appreciates Newton giving it all he had for the team and playing through pain, adding “I thought Cam Newton was about as courageous as it gets.”

SHORT TIMER? The Panthers will have to make a decision on whether to use the franchise tag on soon-to-be free agent defensive tackle Kawann Short.

The franchise tag hasn’t worked out well for the Panthers the past few seasons with Josh Norman and Greg Hardy, but Gettleman wouldn’t rule out using it on Short.

Unlike Norman, Short said he would “probably” sign the franchise tag offer if the Panthers used it on him.

Osweiler to start at QB for Texans

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN The Associated Press HOUSTON — Brock Osweiler will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Saturday in their wild-card game against the Oakland Raiders.

Coach Bill O’Brien announced the decision on Tuesday with Tom Savage, who had started the past two games, still recovering from a concussion he suffered on Sunday.

Osweiler started the first 14 games this season before being benched on Dec. 18 against Jacksonville after throwing interceptions on consecutive drives in the second quarter.

But Osweiler got another chance after Savage got a concussion early in the second quarter of a loss to Tennessee on Sunday .

Osweiler had struggled with inconsistency and turnovers before being benched, but was better on Sunday when he threw for 253 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score.

“I thought Brock did some really good things on Sunday with his teammates and almost brought us all the way back,” O’Brien said.

“Did a nice job and we have a lot of confidence in him that he’s going to go out there and play well on Saturday.”

Veteran left tackle Duane Brown was also impressed with Osweiler’s work on

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Houston will turn to former starting quarterback Brock Osweiler in the Texans’ wild-card playoff game against the Oakland Raiders since Tom Savage is sidelined by a concussion.

Sunday.

“I thought he played loose,” Brown said. “I thought he communicated well recognizing the front, getting us into the right plays, made some good throws. Had the touchdown run there, so I thought he played tough.”

Savage remains in the concussion protocol and O’Brien said if he is cleared he will be the backup on Saturday. If not, Brandon Weeden, who hasn’t played since last season, will back up Osweiler.

This game will be an opportunity for Osweiler to redeem himself after failing to live up to expectations in his first season in Houston after

signing a $72 million contract in the offseason.

O’Brien thinks Osweiler benefited from taking a step back to observe things after he was benched and said he played more “freely” than he had in the past on Sunday.

“I’m sure that in some ways it’s painful to go through that, but in some ways the backup position may have helped him,” he said.

Osweiler has thrown for 2,957 yards with 15 touchdowns and 16 interceptions this season. This will be his first postseason start after he was benched in favor of Peyton Manning before the playoffs last season with the Denver Broncos.

Savage played well when he took over for Osweiler against Jacksonville, throwing for 260 yards to help Houston rally for the win.

But he failed to move the offense consistently last week against Cincinnati and couldn’t do much on Sunday before he was injured. He had just 25 yards passing.

While Houston has decided on its starter, the Raiders are still dealing with questions at quarterback after Matt McGloin left with a shoulder injury in his first start since Derek Carr broke his leg the previous week.

Rookie Connor Cook took over and could have to make his first NFL start on Saturday if McGloin can’t go.

2:30 p.m. – College Hockey: Miami (Ohio) at Western Michigan (TIME WARNER 1250).

2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Chelsea vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Villanova at Butler (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgetown at Providence (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: South Carolina at Georgia (ESPNU, WDXYFM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Baylor at West Virginia (FOX SPORTS 2).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Miami at Syracuse (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Auburn at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia Commonwealth at Duquesne (TIME WARNER 1250).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Cleveland (ESPN).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Iowa State at Baylor (ESPNEWS).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: New York Rangers at Philadelphia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Creighton at St. John’s FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Temple at Southern Methodist (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon at Washington (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Tulsa at Houston (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia at Pittsburgh (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana State at Missouri (SEC NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at Golden State (ESPN).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: Boise State at Nevada-Las Vegas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: San Diego State at Nevada (ESPN2).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: New Mexico at Utah State (ESPNU).

NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE

By The Associated Press

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS SATURDAY Oakland at Houston, 4:35 p.m. (ESPN) Detroit at Seattle, 8:15 p.m. (NBC) SUNDAY Miami at Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:40 p.m.

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PRO BOWL JAN. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SUPER BOWL

Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB Toronto 23 10 .697 — Boston 20 14 .588 3½ New York 16 18 .471 7½ Philadelphia 8 24 .250 14½ Brooklyn 8 25 .242 15 SOUTHEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GB Charlotte 19 16 .543 — Atlanta 18 16 .529 ½ Washington 16 17 .485 2 Orlando 16 20 .444 3½ Miami 10 25 .286 9 CENTRAL DIVISION

W L Pct GB Cleveland 26 7 .788 — Milwaukee 17 16 .515 9 Indiana 17 18 .486 10 Chicago 17 18 .486 10 Detroit 16 20 .444 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 7 .794 — Houston 27 9 .750 1 Memphis 22 14 .611 6 New Orleans 14 22 .389 14 Dallas 10 24 .294 17 NORTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB Utah 22 13 .629 — Oklahoma City 21 14 .600 1 Portland 15 21 .417 7½ Denver 14 20 .412 7½ Minnesota 11 23 .324 10½ PACIFIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB Golden State 30 5 .857 — L.A. Clippers 23 14 .622 8 Sacramento 14 19 .424 15 L.A. Lakers 12 25 .324 19 Phoenix 10 25 .286 20

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 90, New Orleans 82 Milwaukee 98, Oklahoma City 94 Orlando 115, New York 103 Utah 101, Brooklyn 89 Chicago 118, Charlotte 111 Houston 101, Washington 91 Golden State 127, Denver 119 L.A. Clippers 109, Phoenix 98

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Brooklyn at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 37 22 9 6 50 113 86 Ottawa 37 20 13 4 44 94 98 Boston 40 20 16 4 44 95 97 Tampa Bay 38 19 15 4 42 109 105 Toronto 36 17 12 7 41 108 103 Florida 38 16 14 8 40 92 104 Detroit 37 16 16 5 37 93 107 Buffalo 36 13 15 8 34 78 101 METROPOLITAN DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 35 26 5 4 56 123 73 Pittsburgh 38 25 8 5 55 133 107 N.Y. Rangers 39 26 12 1 53 135 97 Washington 36 22 9 5 49 99 78 Philadelphia 39 20 14 5 45 116 120 Carolina 36 16 13 7 39 94 98 New Jersey 38 15 16 7 37 89 114 N.Y. Islanders 36 15 15 6 36 104 113

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 40 23 12 5 51 109 98 Minnesota 36 23 9 4 50 113 76 St. Louis 38 20 13 5 45 108 111 Dallas 38 16 15 7 39 97 113 Nashville 36 16 14 6 38 102 100 Winnipeg 39 17 19 3 37 103 117 Colorado 37 12 24 1 25 76 125 PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 37 23 13 1 47 94 80 Anaheim 39 19 12 8 46 107 109 Edmonton 38 19 12 7 45 110 101 Calgary 39 20 17 2 42 105 111 Los Angeles 37 18 15 4 40 92 91 Vancouver 39 18 18 3 39 97 116 Arizona 37 11 21 5 27 82 121 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

MONDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis 4, Chicago 1 New Jersey 3, Boston 0 Vancouver 3, Colorado 2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Winnipeg at Florida, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Dallas, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Boston, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Nashville at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE

By The Associated Press

MEN WEDNESDAY’S GAMES No. 1 Villanova at No. 18 Butler, 6:30 p.m.

No. 2 Baylor vs. Iowa State, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Duke vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

No. 9 Louisville at No. 23 Notre Dame, 9 p.m.

No. 10 Creighton at St. John’s, 8:30 p.m.

No. 11 Virginia at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

No. 15 Oregon at Washington, 9 p.m.

No. 21 Virginia Tech at N.C. State, 9 p.m.

WOMEN WEDNESDAY’S GAMES No. 1 UConn vs. East Carolina at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 7 p.m.

No. 2 Baylor at No. 17 West Virginia, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Maryland at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

No. 15 Texas at Kansas, 8 p.m.

No. 20 Oklahoma vs. Kansas State, 8 p.m.

No. 22 South Florida at Tulane, 8 p.m.

No. 23 DePaul vs. Creighton, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHP Drew Storen on a one-year contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed RHP Tyrell Jenkins off waivers from Cincinnati.

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed LB Cap Capi, WR Marvin Hall, WR Chris Hubert, G Kaleb Johnson, C-G Daniel Munyer, RB Elijhaa Penny and CB Ronald Zamort to reserve/futures contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Dres Anderson, CB De’Vante Basuby, RB David Cobb, C Cornelius Edison, CB Jacoby Glenn, OT William Poehls, CB Rashaad Reynolds and G Cyril Richardson to reserve/futures contracts.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed OT Reid Fragel, K Marshall Koehn and P Taylor Symmank to reserve/futures contracts.

NEW YORK JETS — Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. Fired quarterbacks coach Kevin Patullo, running backs coach Marcel Shipp, defensive line coach Pepper Johnson, outside linebackers coach Mark Collins and defensive backs coach Joe Danna.

HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Taylor Fedun from Rochester (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled G Daniel Altshuller from Charlotte (AHL).

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OKLAHOMA — Announced RB Samaje Perine will enter the NFL draft.

TCU — Announced men’s junior basketball G Malique Trent has left the team for personal reasons.

TENNESSEE — Announced DE Derek Barnett and WR Josh Malone will enter the NFL draft.

TEXAS TECH — Announced QB Patrick Mahomes will enter the NFL draft.

WAGNER — Named Phil Casella women’s soccer coach.

WAKE FOREST — Signed football coach Dave Clawson to an eight-year contract extension through the 2024 season. Announced tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Adam Scheier is leaving the staff.

WASHINGTON — Announced WR John Ross, S Budda Baker, DT Elijah Qualls and CB Sidney Jones will enter the NFL draft.

WISCONSIN — Announced LB T.J. Watt will enter the NFL draft.

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BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press

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Clemson defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell (99) pressures Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett in the Tigers’ 31-0 win in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The Tigers will face Alabama for the national title on Monday.

Can Clemson’s defensive line match Alabama’s?

BY JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alabama’s defensive line often gets credited with being the best in college football. The way the Crimson Tide’s big guys have overpowered opponents the past few years, it would be tough to argue against.

After manhandling Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, it seems Clemson may have a defensive front just as good as the Crimson Tide’s. The two face off in a rematch of last season’s national title game on Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida.

“Just good discipline; disciplined football,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “We’re not tricking anybody.”

Nor do they need to.

The second-ranked Tigers are young, but they’re big, quick and aggressive.

The Buckeyes certainly had no answer for them.

Clemson’s defense seemed to spend as much time in Ohio State’s backfield as the Buckeyes did Saturday night in the desert, leading to a 31-0 Fiesta Bowl annihilation . It was the first shutout of the Buckeyes since 1993 and the first of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s career.

No one saw this coming, not even the Tigers.

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and Albert Huggins spent last season finding their way and getting little playing time behind dominant starters Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd, both high round NFL draft picks who were one-two nationally in tackles for loss.

The work paid off this season when Ferrell led a strong group that knew it couldn’t be the ones who let Clemson’s tradition defensive excellence — the Tigers have finished in the top 10 nationally on defense each of the past three seasons — falter with them.

The line was boosted by five-star freshman Dexter Lawrence, a nimble 340-pounder who controls the middle and allows the rest of Clemson’s defenders to harass quarterbacks and take down tailbacks. Defensive tackle Carlos Watkins, a senior, led the Tigers with 10 1-2 sacks after getting just 3 1-2 his first three seasons.

“We didn’t really have any illusions they wouldn’t score a point,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We just wanted to have one more than them.”

Ohio State entered the semifinal 12th in rushing offense with 245.2 yards per game during the regular season. The Buckeyes were dominated so badly up front they attempted just 23 rushes, gaining 88 yards. That’s 3.8 yards per carry, nearly two full yards less than Ohio State’s average during the regular season.

Mike Weber, the Buckeyes’ 1,000-yard rusher, was a nonfactor, finishing with 24 yards on five carries. He didn’t get his first touch until 8:23 of the second quarter.

“That was not our game plan at all,” Meyer said of abandoning the running game. “I think we kind of got taken out of the game plan a little bit. But no, that was our plan, to be balanced. We didn’t follow it.”

The Tigers (13-1) had a lot to do with it, holding Ohio State to 215 total yards, less than half of its season average (459.5).

Clemson finished with 11 tackles for loss, including two sacks for 17 yards. Freshman defensive Clelin Ferrell had three tackles for loss and senior defensive tackle Carlos Watkins had both sacks.

“We really just put our trust in the D-line,” Clemson safety Jadar Johnson said. “We’ve got excellent athletes in the Dline and we just trusted them to be able to limit those guys in the backfield. We trusted them and they did their thing.”

Heading into the season, no one was really sure what to expect from Clemson’s defense.

The Tigers lost eight starters from last year’s national runner-up team, including five who left early for the NFL draft. Two of those players, defensive ends Shaw Lawson and Kevin Dodd, were selected in the first two rounds of the NFL draft.

The younger Tigers made it a seamless transition.

Watson was a second-team All-American and massive freshman Dexter Lawrence — 6-foot-5, 340 pounds — played like one this season.

Clemson finished the regular season ninth in total defense, 12th in scoring defense, third in sacks and tackles for loss. The Tigers were even more dominating against Ohio State.

“Just indescribable,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “That’s a credit to our staff and great preparation.

Guys buying in. Extra film time. Guys just getting their tails prepared to go play and then winning the matchups.”

“We couldn’t let the moment get too big for us,” said Ferrell, who had three tackles behind the line in the Ohio State rout.

Next up is a much bigger moment against Alabama, which outlasted the Tigers 45-40 in last year’s national championship game.

Clemson’s defense gave up just 138 yards rushing to Alabama last year, but Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry ran for three scores including a 50-yard TD for the Crimson Tide’s opening score.

More crushing were the 53 and 51 yard touchdown passes from Jake Coker to tight end O.J. Howard that stung Clemson’s secondary, a unit that had three of last year’s four starters selected in the 2016 NFL draft.

Swinney said the names might not be as familiar to fans, but this year’s players are just as effective. They are also infused with the belief they deserve to match up with Alabama for the game’s top prize.

“The biggest thing from last year is that they know they belong,” Swinney said.

“They know they’re good enough.”

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lane Kiffin says he could have remained at Alabama as offensive coordinator through the national championship game if he had wanted to.

Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban, meanwhile, got testy on Tuesday when asked several times about how the Kiffin-to-Steve Sarkisian KIFFIN move would change preparation.

“We’re in the planning stages right now, so I don’t know why y’all keep asking me what changes we’re going to make,” he said in response to the first question asked on a media teleconference. “Dabo’s a good friend of mine. Maybe I’ll just call him up and tell him what we’re going to do.”

Saban also dismissed Kiffin’s talk of possibly helping the Tide in some capacity from the press box on Monday. He made it clear that’s not happening.

“It’s really not even possible from a legal standpoint for him to do those things,” he said. “That’s not something that we’re interested in pursuing.”

Kiffin told ESPN’s Mike & Mike show Tuesday that the decision to leave was mutual, even though the Tide’s offense could have performed better in the 24-7 semifinal win over Washington.

“I know this was a decision that I came up with, and it was very difficult to do,” said Kiffin, who’s taking over as Florida Atlan-

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Two days later, Saban stunningly announced that Kiffin wouldn’t be around for the championship game, giving way immediately to offensive coordinator-in-waiting Steve Sarkisian.

The head coach issued a vague statement that created more questions than it answered, something about the “time demands of managing both jobs” being too much for Kiffin to handle even though this has become a familiar arrangement for assistants moving on to head coaching jobs.

Kirby Smart stayed on as Saban’s defensive coordinator through the national championship game last season after being hired by Georgia.

Kiffin may have sealed his fate at Alabama with some inflammatory comments in the days leading up to the Peach Bowl.

When asked about the happiest moments of his threeyear tenure, Kiffin said he only remembered the

tic’s head coach. “This was not something that Nick Saban forced me to do by any means.

“If I wanted to coach this game, I would have coached this game, and I just thought that it wasn’t the best thing for the players.”

Kiffin and Saban announced Monday that incoming offensive coordinator Sarkisian, who has worked as an analyst this season, would run the offense and call plays against Clemson. Both described it as a mutual decision.

Alabama had just 57 passing yards against the Huskies. Backup tailback Bo Scarbrough accounted for 180 yards, or 55 percent of the Tide’s total offense.

Saban said he didn’t think leading up to the Peach Bowl that letting Kiffin juggle two jobs would be a problem. Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart did it last season before leaving for Georgia and offensive coordinator Jim McElwain finished the 2011 season after taking the Colorado State head job.

“I try to make the decisions based on what’s best for helping our players be successful,” Saban said.

“At the time there was no anticipation or thought that there would be any kind of problem relative to managing to jobs at once.

When we sort of saw, and agreed, that that was a little bit of a tough team, then we decided to move in a different direction.”

It’s unclear how well Alabama players know Sarkisian. He was involved in coaches meetings and planning, but Saban said analysts aren’t “really allowed to be involved with the team.”

many times he was chewed out by his boss. Kiffin also said that he thought Sarkisian’s personality would be a better fit with the demanding Saban.

Given that Saban extended a coaching lifeline to Kiffin after he was unceremoniously fired at the airport by Southern Cal, those comments surely didn’t go over well.

Considering the way Alabama played in the Peach Bowl, passing for 57 yards and getting just 17 points from the offense, Saban had further reason to push up Sarkisian’s start date, even if that meant ditching a coach the offensive players are much more familiar with — some for as many as three seasons.

As an analyst, Sarkisian wasn’t permitted to have that sort of relationship.

“They’re involved in the planning. They’re involved in the organization. That’s where they make their contribution, in the coaching meetings,” Saban said.

It will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out next Monday night in Tampa.

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Swampcats top Hammond 59-57 in overtime thriller

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North Carolina’s Joel Berry II, right, drives against Clemson’s Donte Grantham during the Tar Heels’ 89-86 overtime win on Tuesday in Clemson.

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FROM PAGE B1 Jaron Blossomgame had 24 points to lead the Tigers and Avry Holmes had 20 points.

Berry made nine of 13 shots after halftime, surpassing his career best of 24 points set against Oklahoma State this past November.

Clemson coach Brad Brownell said he was encouraged at how his team hung with the Tar Heels.

“We had a chance to win, but just didn’t finish the job,” he said.

THE BIG PICTURE North Carolina: The Tar Heels had a huge edge underneath the boards on Clemson — they outrebounded Clemson 51-32 — but they kept shooting and missing outside shots. North Carolina hit just three of 10 shots from behind the arc and several times had the ball stolen when attempting cross-court passes. The Tar Heels shot just 33 percent (19.2 percent from 3) in their loss to Georgia Tech last Saturday. Berry’s talent, though, pushed them through in the second half.

Clemson: The Tigers showed patience and poise when dealing with North Carolina. Each time the Tar Heels would slice into Clemson’s lead, the Tigers would use

much of the shot clock and make the extra pass to find the open shot. Clemson hit six 3-pointers in the first half after averaging seven makes a game this season.

ANGRY BROWNELL Brownell appeared angry with Williams in the postgame handshake. Both coaches, though, declined to discuss the matter with the media. “It was something between Brad and myself. I took care of it,” Williams said.

ANYONE FOR FOOTBALL What’s a Clemson basketball halftime without an appearance by Tigers football coach Dabo Swinney? He and several players came out to cheers from fans eager for Monday’s national championship rematch with No. 1 Alabama. “Just wanted to wish everyone Happy New Year,” Swinney told the crowd. “I hope you had a good New Year’s Eve.” Clemson topped Ohio State 31-0 on Dec. 31 in the Fiesta Bowl to advance to the finals.

UP NEXT North Carolina opens ACC play at home on Saturday night against North Carolina State.

Clemson faces another ranked team when it travels to No. 23 Notre Dame on Saturday.

COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity boys basketball team had three players score in double figures as it defeated Hammond 59-57 in overtime on Tuesday at the Skyhawks’ gymnasium.

Jerrell Kelly led the Swampcats with 18 points.

Terrell Houston added 15 and Cam Singleton had 11.

Lucas Prickett led Hammond with 22 points and Jack Theodore had 21.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL LEE CENTRAL 53 NORTH CENTRAL 38 BISHOPVILLE — A’Yanah Lucas had a double-double of 24 points and 17 rebounds to lead Lee Central High School to a 53-38 victory over North Central on Tuesday at the LC gymnasium.

Samone Holloman and Keionya Dennis both had 10 points for the Lady Stallions, who improved to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in Region IV-2A. Lee Central plays host to Pageland Central on Friday.

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COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning lost to Hammond 36-33 on Tuesday at the Hammond gymnasium.

Chase Lee led LMA with 15 points.

B TEAM BASKETBALL CARDINAL NEWMAN 38 LAURENCE MANNING 16 COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning Academy lost to Cardinal Newman 38-16 on Tuesday at the CN gymnasium.

Bryce Accord led LMA with 10 points.

nasium. Liza Segars and Becca Noyes both had seven points for the Lady Barons.

Susanna Hutson added five.

COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning Academy lost to Hammond 54-40 on Tuesday at the Hammond gymnasium.

Brooke Bennett and Lexi Bennett both scored 10 points to lead LMA. Cora Lee Downer added eight.

The Lady Swampcats play host to Palmetto Christian on Friday.

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ST. MATTHEWS — Wilson Hall fell to 7-4 as it lost to Calhoun Academy 40-27 on Tuesday at the CA gym-

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ST. MATTHEWS — Wilson Hall improved to 7-0 as it defeated Calhoun Academy 34-9 on Tuesday at the CA gymnasium. Owings Holler led the Lady Barons with eight points. Gracyn Coker and Emily Reynolds both had six points.

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COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning fell to 4-2 with a 29-25 loss to Hammond on Tuesday at the Hammond gymnasium. Aubrey Bennett led the Lady Swampcats with eight points. Breanna Boykin added five.

B TEAM BASKETBALL CARDINAL NEWMAN 26 LAURENCE MANNING 17 COLUMBIA — Laurence Manning lost to Cardinal Newman 26-17 on Tuesday at the CN gymnasium.

Randi Lynn Holcombe led LMA with 11 points.

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B TEAM BASKETBALL Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m.

Heathwood Hall at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Chestnut Oaks at Alice Drive, 5 p.m.

Furman at Bates, 5 p.m.

Ebenezer at Manning, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Lee Central at Hannah-Pamplico, 5:30 p.m.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Sumter at Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Boys Only), 6 p.m.

Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m.

Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Kingstree at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

VARSITY BOWLING Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall (at Gamecock Lanes) 5 p.m.

VARSITY WRESTLING Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY VARSITY BASKETBALL Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m.

Darlington at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Timmonsville, 6 p.m.

Bethune Bowman at Scott’s Branch, 6 p.m.

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Manning at Hanahan, 4 p.m.

Pageland Central at Lee Central (No JV Girls), 5 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 4 p.m.

Palmetto Christian at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Dorchester, 4 p.m.

Sumter Christian at South Pointe Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m.

SATURDAY VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Crestwood at Lower Richland, 3 p.m.

Manning at Scott’s Branch, 4 p.m.

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Wisconsin grinds out another win at Indiana BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Ethan Happ scored 19 points and Bronson Koenig added 17 on Tuesday night to lead No. 13 Wisconsin past No. 25 Indiana 75-68.

The Badgers (13-2, 2-0 Big Ten) have won nine straight.

De’Ron Davis, Juwan Morgan and Robert Johnson each finished with 12 points to lead the Hoosiers (10-5, 0-2). Indiana has lost three in a row overall, consecutive games on their home court and 16 of the last 18 in this series.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Canyon Barry tied a season high with 20 points, KeVaughn Allen added 14 and No. 24 Florida beat Mississippi 70-63 on Tuesday night.

Deandre Burnett’s 3-pointer cut Florida’s big lead to 42-34 with 14:18 remaining. The Gators (11-3, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) responded with an 11-0 spurt that essentially put the game away.

Also making the finals are Morten Andersen, Tony Boselli, Isaac Bruce, Don Coryell, Terrell Davis, Alan Faneca, Joe Jacoby, Ty Law, John Lynch, Kevin Mawae, Terrell Owens and Kurt Warner.

Previously selected as a finalist by the veterans committee is former Seattle safety Kenny Easley. In the contributors’ category, the nominees are former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

The class of 2017 will be elected on Feb. 4, the day before the Super Bowl in Houston. Inductions will be Aug. 5 in Canton, Ohio.

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PHILADELPHIA — Robert Covington made a fall-away shot off an inbounds pass with 0.2 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 93-91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.

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BENGALS’ JONES ARRESTED CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was jailed Tuesday on charges he headbutted police and spit on a nurse after being arrested for disorderly conduct in his latest brush with the law. Authorities said he was so combative that he had to be placed in a restraint chair.

TOMLINSON, DAWKINS AMONG HALL FINALISTS First-year eligibles LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor and Brian Dawkins are among 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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had a real good practice yesterday and they were excited, so I know that’s probably the reason that we started off slow. I felt like we were kind of going to build some momentum there, and we were just getting ready to build it. It’s a blow, but things happen and we’ve just got to move past it.”

Brown expects a “tough game” against Darlington on Friday, which could make the missed game time tonight even more important.

“It’s our first region game, and there’s going to be a lot of pressure behind it,” Brown said. “We’ve been gearing up for this part of the season all year, since the summer. I think Darlington may be a little down this year, but they’re still Darlington. They have a real good coach, he’s going to

have a good system and program and his kids are going to play hard for him. I definitely think it’s going to be a tough game for us. We’re just going to have to come ready to play, and hopefully the outcome is going to be us on top.”

Lakewood’s girls got the confidence boost that they needed, coming away with a dominant 47-23 victory over Camden to move to 7-6 overall heading into region play.

The Lady Gators led 9-8 after the opening quarter, with Rahteisha Burgess scoring five of her 14 points, including a 3-pointer. After a 13-0 edge in the second quarter, Lakewood carried a 22-8 lead into the break.

Camden’s scoring drought was finally broken with a Victoria Brice trey as both teams found quick offense early. A lane drive by Ki’Ari Cain put the Lady Gators up 30-15 with 4:35 on the clock before the teams traded baskets late, leaving Lakewood

with a 32-17 lead heading into the final quarter.

Another Cain basket to open the fourth made it 34-17 before a 3-point play Tiyana Peterson cut the lead back to 14. That would be as close as the Lady Bulldogs would get as Cain answered with a trey. The final 24-point margin was Lakewood’s largest lead of the night.

Cain paced the Lady Gators with 19 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists. Burgess added five steals while Valencia Groom grabbed five boards and Serena Choice cleaned up the glass with 14 rebounds to accompany six points and three steals.

“They are big pieces to what we do and they work very hard, so this is, I guess, the reward everyone is seeing of the hard work they’ve put in,” Lakewood head coach Demetress AdamsLudd said of the efforts of Cain, Burgess and Choice.

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Questions remain for Woods as season tees off

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — The new year in golf is consumed by an old topic, this time with a twist.

Instead of wondering when (or if) Tiger Woods will play, the question now is how will

he play?

And here’s another question: Who ever imagined a time when the guys he beat for so many years would be rooting for him to play better?

“I think we’ve proved that golf does not need Tiger to be successful,” Brandt Snedeker said last month in the Baha-

OBITUARIES HENRY S. FLOWERS WINCHESTER, Virginia — Henry S. Flowers, 95, of Sturgeon Bay and formerly of Winchester, passed away on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at home with his family at his side.

He was born on Oct. 24, 1921, in Sumter, a son of Wade Hampton and Carrie (Watts) Flowers. Upon graduation from high school, Henry attended Clemson University, but his studies were interrupted during World War II. He served our country in the U.S. Army Air Corps FLOWERS as a radio operator with the 8th Air Force, 96th Bomb Group, No. 413 Squadron. He was the last survivor of his plane crew who was shot down during a bombing run to Berlin. He was captured by the German Army and he spent more than a year in a POW Camp, until being liberated in 1945.

Henry returned to Clemson to complete his engineering degree. He worked as chief mechanical engineer with Ashworth Brothers, designing and manufacturing conveyor belts for industry throughout the United States and abroad.

On Dec. 21, 1946, he married Peggy Lee Anderson of Winchester. She preceded him in death in 2010.

He was very active in the community. He credited his survival in POW camp to the American Red Cross and vowed to volunteer at least one hour for every hour he spent as a POW. He exceeded that goal and received numerous awards from the American Red Cross, including the highest volunteer honor, the Clara Barton Award. He was instrumental in developing the water safety program across the tri-state area and taught at the National Aquatic School for several decades.

He continued to teach swimming in Winchester until age 85. Henry was active in the local Kiwanis, where he established the Circle K Club service organization for high school students and received the Kiwanian of the Year. He was also a member of the Loyal Order of Elks, Lodge 64, Sumter. He was a member of WWII Ex-POW’s organization and was president of the Shenandoah Chapter until moving away from the area.

He was also a lifetime member of the Free Masons, serving 72 years with the Claremont Masonic Lodge 64 in Sumter, until his passing.

Henry flew his final mission on the Old Glory Honor Flight Mission 38 in Oct. 2016.

He was accompanied to Washington, D.C., on this flight honoring our veterans by his grandson, Brandon Powell.

The flight came just two days after his 95th birthday and he was thrilled to complete this mission.

Henry loved swimming, fishing and gardening. He loved his pets, having both dogs and cats throughout his life. He also enjoyed his weekly poker night with his “poker buddies.”

Surviving are his two daughters, Cynthia (Allen) Powell and Lindsay Flowers, both of Sturgeon Bay; two sisters, Carolynn Flowers Ramsey and Tillie Flowers Keer, both of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Whitney Racey of Melbourne, Florida, Christopher (Tracey) Powell of Palatine, Illinois, D.J. (Sarah) Racey of Huntsville,

Alabama, Brandon (Niki) Powell of Mason, Ohio, Craig (Karen) Powell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Barry (Kim) Powell of Syracuse, New York, and Justin Bentz (Kristi) of Toms Brook, Virginia; son-inlaw, David Racey of Melbourne; 16 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death was his parents, Wade Hampton and Carrie Flowers; his wife, Peggy Anderson Flowers; and his daughter, Barbara Racey.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the veterans organization of your choice.

Please view obituaries and tribute wall at www.ompsfuneralhome.com.

COURTNEY R. BARRETT SUMMERTON — Courtney Renee Barrett, 29, died on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, from injuries received in an automobile accident.

Born on June 28, 1987, in Manning, she was a daughter of Alvin Randolph Barrett and Debra Hatfield Barrett. She was a nurse practitioner with Providence Hospital.

She is survived by her fiBARRETT ancé, Michael Osteen of Summerton; her father and mother, both of Sumter; paternal grandmother, Mary Lee Barrett of Manning; her beloved fur babies, Lily Grace, Reese and Chloe; a brother, Randolph Corey Barrett (Angel) of Sumter; two nephews, Blake and Dylan Childers; a niece, Alexia Childers; special friends, Amy Geddings, Courtney Ives and Ali Shirah; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Sammy Thompson and Bill Cockerill Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Manning Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Blase Cockerill, Tazz Cockerill, Troy Turner, Casey Osteen, Phillip Cadena and John Ives.

Jacob Geddings will serve as an honorary pallbearer.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2 to 3 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her cousin, Laken Wetherington, 3165 Beulah Cuttino Road, Sumter.

Memorials may be made to the Jacob Geddings Memorial Fund, c/o Safe Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 2008, Sumter, SC 29151.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

CLEVELAND CHINA SR. Cleveland China Sr., 69, affectionately known as “Tommy,” entered his eternal resting place on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, at Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia.

Born on Aug. 9, 1947, in

mas. “That being said, golf is better when Tiger is around. I don’t think we need Tiger necessarily any more. We all want Tiger. I think golf is a better product, it’s better TV and I want to see Tiger play again. It’s fun. You see the crowds he brings and he still has an innate ability to do

something only a couple of guys can do.”

No one commands attention like Woods. The biggest problem for golf might be battling the perception that it matters only when Woods is playing.

Compared with last year, that’s a nice problem to have.

There remains a battle for supremacy, minus any talk about a “Big Three.” Two of the majors are going to courses that have never held one — Erin Hills for the U.S. Open, Quail Hollow for the PGA Championship.

The first tee shot of the year is Thursday.

Sumter County, he was a son of the late Lawson China Sr. and Doretha Jackson China.

He attended the public schools of Sumter County. In his young adult life, he joined Mulberry Baptist Church, where he passionately served in various capacities: trustee, senior usher board, adult men CHINA Sunday school, and 30 faithful years on the O.S. Scott Choir.

Later, Cleveland joined Agape Outreach Ministries, where he faithfully and willingly served as a deacon, served on the senior usher board, finance committee, Men of Faith in Action (MOFIA), as church landscaper and saxton. Cleveland loved to sing and never missed an opportunity to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. He sang with the Agape Unity Choir and Men Chorus.

He was married to his childhood sweetheart, Annietti McCray China for 47 years. To this union four children were born.

He leaves to mourn his passing: his wife, Annietti McCray China; his children, Pastor Sonji C. Benjamin (Theodore), Evangelist Tanjo C. Lonon (Terence) and Evangelist Gwen L. China, all of Sumter, and Capt.

Cleveland Levar China of Pooler, Georgia; 10 grandchildren; four brothers, Willie China (Belma) of Manning, Johnny China (Gloria), Jerome Ricky China and Larry China (Melinda), all of Sumter; five sisters, Willie Mae Choice (Raffield), Delares Vaughn (Joe Lowis), Mary Frances Sumpter (Joseph), Barbara Conyers and Lessie Mae Brunson (Stanley), all of Sumter; six sisters-in-law, Rosa China and Tracey China of Newark, New Jersey, and Annie Mae Graves, Deacon Jeanette McFadden and Carrie Dell Hinnant, all of Sumter; one brother-inlaw, Jimmy McFadden Sr. of Sumter; two uncles, Arthur Jackson and Seger Jackson (Audrey), both of Newark; three aunts, Eva Mae Lawson and Ruby Phillips, both of Sumter, and Sara Bell Sims of Newark; 52 nieces and nephews; and a host of grandnieces and grandnephews, other relatives and friends.

Homegoing celebration will be held at 1 p.m. today at Mulberry Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Nate Brock, pastor, and Pastor Sonji Benjamin, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the family home, 1266 Manning Road, Sumter.

The funeral procession will leave at 12:20 p.m. from the family home.

Burial will be in Mulberry Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.WilliamsFuneralHomeInc.com.

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tives and friends at her home, 302 Elliott Highway, Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

BISHOPVILLE — Jesse James Stuckey, 77, beloved husband of Sarah J. Stuckey, passed on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at his residence.

Born on Nov. 5, 1939, in Lee County, he was a son of the late Henry and Lydia Hickman Stuckey.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 108 S. Heyward St., Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville, SC 29010.

ROOSEVELT MILLER COLUMBIA — It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Roosevelt “Bubba / Rosie” Miller, widower of Rachel Johnson Miller, on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Providence Hospital (Forest Drive) in Columbia.

He was born on Aug. 23, 1939, in Clarendon County, to the late Elgvan and Bertha Walker Miller.

The family will be receiving friends at his residence, 136 Green Springs Court, Columbia.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

HENRY LEE HARRIS BISHOPVILLE — Henry Lee Harris of Bishopville died on Jan. 1, 2017.

Arrangements are incomplete.

Services entrusted to Boatwright’s Chapel on Main of Darlington.

WILLIAM E. HILTON William Edward Hilton, 56, died on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Clarendon County.

Born on May 6, 1960, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Willie Edward and Earline Mack Hilton.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 356 Curtis Drive.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

RAMONA N. WRIGHT Ramona N. Wright, 31, entered eternal rest on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016.

She was born on Oct. 14, 1985, in Sumter County.

Survivors include her parents, Raymond (Veronica) Wright and Jaqueline (James) Williams; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Mt. Zion MBC, Fulton Street, Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at First Baptist Missionary Church with Pastor George Windley Jr. The family is receiving relatives and friends daily from 4 to 8 p.m. at the home, 1410 Jimmie St., Sumter.

JP Holley Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.

MAXINE FRANKLIN Maxine Franklin, 80, died on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at her home.

Born on July 23, 1936, in Santee, she was a daughter of the late Mack and Nancy Bell Frazier Shinglar.

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RUBY B. WILLIAMS Late on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, God reached down to select his prized possession, our gem that we lovingly called Ruby Butler Williams, at Sumter Health and Rehab Center.

Born on June 13, 1933, in Lee County, she was one of 17 children born to the late Willie and Lougenia Herriot Butler. She was educated in the public schools of Lee County and received her high school diploma from Lee County Adult Education at Mt. Pleasant High School. At an early age, Ruby joined Mt. Olive AME Church, where she served in several capacities until her health declined. She was a member of the Women’s Missionary Society (Woodrow Unit), Stewardess Board No. 4, and served as a probationary class leader for new members.

On July 28, 1948, she was joined in holy matrimony to the late James “Sambo” Williams Sr., with whom she shared 51 years of marital bliss.

Those that will cherish her memory include her children, James (Lillie) Williams, Eartha (James) Bradshaw, Abraham (Carol) Williams, Edward (Denise) Williams, John (Emma) Williams, Diann (Otis) Benjamin, Patricia (the Rev. Raymond) Cook, Geraldine (James) Stuckey, Debbie (Ronnie) Wilson and Beverly (Michael) Toney; her siblings, Winnie Wilson, John Butler and Emma James; eight sisters-in-law; 26 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild; a very special and devoted caretaker, Mary Wiley; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Celebration of Life services will be held at noon on Thursday at Mt. Olive AME Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Woodrow, with the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, pastor, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1897 Rembert Church Road, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 11 a.m.

The procession will leave at 11:30 a.m. from the home.

Burial will be in Mt. Olive Memorial Garden, Pear Street, Woodrow.

These services have been entrusted to the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com.

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Epiphany service ends 12 Days of Christmas Area Anglican churches celebrate Christ as King

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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on't be embarrassed if your Christmas tree is still up.

Christmas isn't over until

after Friday, which is Twelfth Night, also called King's Night, Epiphany

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Father Marcus Kaiser, recor the 12th tor of the Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter, with day of clergy from several other Christmas. area Anglican churches, Tradition will conduct an Epiphany service at 6 p.m. Friday. It has it that will be followed by a King the Magi, Cake reception and a chili cookoff.

or Kings,

arrived at the manger with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh on that day. Local Anglican churches focus on Christ as King on this date.

Twelfth Night begins officially at sunset on Jan. 5, according to the church calendar, which has the 12 Days of Christmas beginning at sunset on Dec. 25 and ending on Epiphany, Jan. 6.

Confusion about how to count the 12 days was common during the 20th cen-

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El Greco’s painting “Adoration of the Magi” depicts the arrival of the Wise Men on the 12th day after Jesus’ birth. The occasion is observed by Christians as Epiphany, King’s Night or Twelfth Night. tury, as it remains today. One popular explanation is that Dec. 25 is not the first day of Christmas and that what we actually celebrate are the 12 days after Christmas. In the early decades of the 20th century, days and nights were counted separately, so the significant night often occurred the night before, rather than the night of the celebration; e.g., Christmas Eve or Halloween (All Hallow's Eve).

So if you start your count on Christmas Eve, Dec. 25 is the first day of Christmas, Dec. 26 is the second night, and so on.

Once the date and time for the celebration are set, it's time to find a way to do so.

The occasion used to be celebrated mightily — Shakespeare even wrote a

play about a Twelfth Night revel. It's titled "Twelfth Night," and it's a comedy.

He incorporated many of the customs — and pranks — still found in today's Twelfth Night celebrations. Among the Bard's plot elements are unrequited love, cross-dressing, overindulgence in food and drink, dancing, mistaken identities and hard partying.

During the Middle Ages, many Christians spent the period enjoying a nonstop party, climaxing on Twelfth Night, since it marked the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Carnival season, which terminates on Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Feb. 28 in 2017.

Locally, for the third year, Sumter's Church of the Holy Comforter will host an Epiphany service on Twelfth Night,

Jan. 6. Father Marcus Kaiser, rector of Holy Comforter, said the service will involve several other Anglican churches in the area. The Rev. Charlie Walton, interim rector of St. Matthias Anglican Church in Summerton, will give the sermon, and clergy and congregations from St. Mary Magdalene in Camden, Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg and Epiphany in Eutawville will participate. The public is invited to attend.

Kaiser said the Feast of the Epiphany was once a bigger observance than Christmas.

"The main focus of the service, first of all, is about recognizing the divinity of Jesus Christ and him as king," he said.

Kaiser said the hour-long service will include Holy Communion and several "Epiphany carols," including "We Three Kings."

The 6 p.m. Friday service will be followed by a King Cake reception and a chili cookoff. The Rev. Joe Rhodes, priest associate, Kaiser said, has spent time in New Orleans and is particularly involved in this aspect of the Epiphany observance.

Baking special pastries is part of the Feast of Epiphany in many countries, and it's a very popular custom in New Orleans. The King Cake has a small figure of a plastic baby baked inside, and whoever gets it will receive a special blessing, Kaiser said.

Many parishioners, Kaiser and some others will enter their chili in the cookoff. Judges, including Capt. Eddie Newman of the Sumter Fire Dept., clergy who are not in the competition and a couple of community members will judge the contest, and those tasting the chilis can vote for their favorite by making a donation for Holy Comforter's outreach missions.

The Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter, on the southeast corner of Sumter's Main and West Calhoun streets, invites the public to attend its 6 p.m. Friday Epiphany service. For more information, call the church at (803) 773-3823.

60-year Hollywood publicist shares fascinating facts

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks In an age when tawdry Hollywood reporting runs rampant, it’s almost inconceivable that a contemporary 650-plus page biography covering Hollywood’s Golden Age wouldn’t resurrect salacious gossip and sensational scandals about long-dead stars in order to boost sales.

Yet in his still popular 2015 book, “Starflacker: Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood,” veteran Hollywood publicist Dick Guttman shunned tacky titillating tales in favor of deliciously funny and fascinating stories that classic film fans can dive into without disappointment (see www. starflacker.com).

While the author doesn’t paint celebrities as saints, there is clearly no desire to malign the hands that fed the 83-year-old publicist for some 60 years.

“Throughout my career, I tried to never do anything that would cause angst to anyone,” said Guttman from his Los Angeles office. “I wanted the book to reflect that.”

However, a quick initial flip through the pages of “Starflacker” may leave readers with one question: Why no photos of Dick rubbing

PHOTO COURTESY DICK GUTTMAN

This rare photo shows Hollywood publicist Dick Guttman with Uggie, co-star of the 2011 Academy Award-winning film, “The Artist.” shoulders with his legendary clients such as Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, or Tony Curtis?

His explanation is simple: none exist.

“When I started working for (Henry) Rogers & (Warren) Cowan in 1954, I asked what’s the cardinal rule of publicity and was told ‘Get the hell out of the shot!’ The book is my photo album in words.”

Guttman fell into the publicity business when, as a college student, he began work-

ing for Rogers & Cowan – which remains a major public relations agency today.

“They wanted an office boy and someone to deliver messages to clients,” Guttman recalled. “But I initially thought they were involved in the art world because there were lots on the office walls.”

After delivering a message to a house where Kirk Douglas opened the door, Dick began reading the memos he was conveying and “for the first time I learned about a thing called public relations.”

He credits Jack Webb, of “Dragnet” fame, for his "big break."

“Jack was a huge star in the mid-1950s, and the biggest our company handled at the time. He was also a big jazz and blues fan and directed, produced, and starred in Pete Kelly's Blues,' which had Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald in it. But the film seemed destined to flop.”

That’s when office boy Guttman proposed a clever plan to save the film.

“I called the UCLA music department and asked if they would like Jack to visit the campus and give a seminar,” he said. “They loved the idea and it was a huge success.

The 600-seat auditorium was packed with 800 people, so either the fire marshals had gone home or they were big Jack Webb fans, too!”

After the event, Guttman recalls Webb turning to Warren Cowan and remarking “I never thought I’d say this to anyone other than a woman, but you just gave me the greatest night of my life!”

Cowan had words for young Dick, too.

“He said ‘I guess you’re a press agent now,’” laughed Guttman.

“Starflacker” is filled with hundreds of fascinating experiences Guttman shared with

the biggest names in Hollywood.

“I worked with Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov in ‘Spartacus’ and visited the set several times,” he recalled. “I remember once when Peter was filming with Laurence Olivier, who was milking every line trying to steal the scene.

But Peter stole it right back – two great hams! That take wasn’t used and had to be repeated, but it was one of the greatest battle of egos I ever saw.”

In 1972, Guttman started his own publicity company, and today Guttman Associates still boasts veteran clients such as Barbra Streisand.

“I enjoyed the most incredible life at the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” he said.

“It took five years to write the book, but I wanted to share stories of these remarkable people I worked with to help preserve their memory. They were characters with glamour and mystique, from an era of great creativity with a special aura that we’ll never see again.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. See www.tinseltowntalks.com.

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I stood by her when she absolutely needed my support, but when the time came to give a little back, I was abandoned. I’m worried I will never trust anyone again, and I don’t know how to get “myself” back. Can you help?

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DEAR ABANDONED: It might help if you consider that there are more than physical changes when making the kind of transition Eve was undergoing, and she may have felt that her trans friend was better able to relate to what she was experiencing than you were. It was cowardly of her to just dump you rather than tell you she had doubts about your relationship, and it was selfish of her to pressure you to hang around as “just a friend” afterward. It also wasn’t realistic.

What you are feeling is normal. However, it might help you to move forward if you keep in mind that all women are not the same, that building trust takes time, and give yourself time to heal before trying to replace Eve.

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Have we reached a state of too much television?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH On a night of all-new network episodes, a new year brings new seasons for cable series, good, bad and, well, created by Tyler Perry, a TV genre all its own. Perry’s “Too Close to Home” (10 p.m., TLC, TV-14) enters its second season.

For the uninitiated, “Close” involves Anna (Danielle Savre), who becomes embroiled in a scandal bigger than anything on ABC’s “Scandal” after her affair with the president is revealed. Feeling threatened, she retreats to her humble hometown of Happy, Alabama, a place that seems anything but.

Don’t go looking for subtlety here, or stellar acting performances. But you do get to see Heather Locklear as the first lady of the United States!

“Too Close to Home” is TLC’s very first scripted drama, and debuted last August. It’s perhaps a sign that the network intends to move beyond series like “My 600-Lb. Life” (8 p.m., TV-14).

TLC’s entrance into the scripted series department contributes to a major television trend. The number of series to follow, watch, avoid or review has simply exploded.

The folks at FX recently released a graphic chart that illustrated that growth.

In 2002 there were 182 original series on broadcast TV, basic cable and pay cable.

While the number of network series has only grown by 7 percent (from 135 shows to 145), the total number of original series reached 455 in 2016.

While streaming services like Netflix and Hulu contributed 93 new series, the real explosive growth was on basic cable, where the number rose from 30 in 2002 to 181 last year — a staggering 500 percent increase!

There has been talk lately of “peak TV,” which is a fancy way of saying “too much TV.” It’s become very difficult for new series like “Incorporated” (10 p.m., Syfy, TV-14) to get much attention, or traction.

But when the folks at FX suggest there may be too many shows to follow, I’m sure they’re not talking about their own product. They have two season premieres tonight, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” (10 p.m., FXX, TV-MA) and “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30

p.m., FXX, TV-MA). And those are on FXX, a network that didn’t exist that long ago.

Maybe somebody can make a chart about the explosive growth of the number of TV networks!

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ID adds to its block of nonfiction crime series with “I, Witness” (9 p.m., TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A designer drug dealer is found murdered on “Lethal Weapon” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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Year’s Day on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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LATE NIGHT Ryan Reynolds and Rory Scovel appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Kate Beckinsale, Chris Messina and Jen Kirkman are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Annette Bening, Steve Harvey

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In medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, pepper, oregano, ricotta, Parmesan and basil.

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2 cups fresh blueberries, plus additional for topping (optional) syrup (optional) In large bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In small bowl, beat eggs, then add milk, oil and vanilla; mix well. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, and mix to combine.

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