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BY JACK BARNES Special to The Sumter Item The Sumter Item asked Sumter attorney Jack Barnes to give us a daily account of his experience of the National Championship game on Monday.

Jack’s son, James Barnes, is a sophomore backup quarterback at Clemson.

He was the quarterback for Sumter High School for three years and led the Gamecocks to the state runner-up in class 4A. The Sumter Item will have each column online through Wednesday, and each will also publish in the print edition.

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positive yard as the Tigers managed just 50 yards on the ground.

That was not the case for the Tide, who struck early thanks to Bo Scarbrough. With 9:23 left in the opening quarter, he found a seam for 25 yards and a score to put Alabama up 7-0. The TD came on the heels of Clemson turning the ball over on downs at the UA 41.

He added another big run early in the second, this time from 37 yards out as the Tide took a 14-0 lead. Scarbrough had 76 of ’Bama’s 143 rushing yards in the first half.

The CU offense finally found its footing midway through the second quarter. A 43-yard strike to Deon Cain breathed new life into the Tigers as

ame day. Time for redemption for the Tigers. Sunday the Clemson football team was all business. Meetings in the morning, some free time midday to visit with family and friends, and after 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the players were off limits. Even with my inside connections, I couldn’t get any real information. The Tigers are here to win. I do know the quarterbacks met early because Deshaun Watson had to leave to accept the 2016 Bobby Bowden Award, BARNES given to the player who epitomizes the player athlete. That’s a well-deserved honor.

Deshaun has been good to my son, James, the last two years. He is a real leader and a heck of a football player. No. 18 will miss him next year.

Fan Fest was great fun for the travel team. The Tampa Convention Center was the location with games and fun for all including dance parties for kids, a real football field to pass and play and Fiesta and Peach Bowl trophies for picture taking.

Most importantly “the big numbers” were there, and the travel team, or part of it, got to take some photos.

The travel team got a little fractured yesterday. Forty-eight hours of bonding time is a lot. Sarah and I took time away to have a quiet dinner only to be seated next to 20

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Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Shaq Smith (5) celebrate a last second touchdown during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida.

Last-second score lifts Tigers over ’Bama for sweet redemption FROM STAFF REPORTS TAMPA, Fla. — Another Clemson — Alabama College Football Playoff National Championship game, another wild finish.

Only this time, it was the Tigers who pulled off the late-game magic.

Trailing by three with 2:01 remaining, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson drove his team 68 yards and found Hunter Renfrow from 2 yards out with six seconds to go as the Tigers earned a 35-31 victory on Monday at Raymond James Stadium — earning a measure of redemption for last year’s championship loss while also giving Clemson its second national title in school history.

CU finishes the year 14-1 while the Tide fall to 14-1 after missing out on

winning back-to-back titles.

Watson finished 36 of 56 for 420 yards and three scores — none bigger than the last one to Renfrow. The lastsecond score came on the heels of a late Alabama touchdown run by quarterback Jalen Hurts that gave the Tide the lead after just relinquishing it to the Tigers the series before.

Hurts threw for 131 yards, but the Tide offense was negated for most of the second half.

The first half was a defensive struggle as neither offense found any kind of consistency. The Tide had to punt five times and the passing attack was near non-existent as quarterback Hurts threw for just 40 yards.

Watson and the Tigers had a rough half as well. The CU quarterback was sacked twice and only rushed for one

Fireside Fund boosts ministry’s ability to aid clients across area

81-year-old man dies in house fire

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Sumter United Ministries, the recipient of Fireside Fund, has always had the flexibility to evaluate the needs of clients, said Kevin Howell, crisis relief director for the ministry.

The generous donations coming to the ministry through Fireside Fund, Howell said, has made it possible for the ministry to assist clients to increase the quantity of assistance it can provide Sumter’s

needy individuals and families.

The majority of clients in Sumter County use electric for heating, often heat pumps, Howell said.

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Committee to consider Rembert incorporation effort

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A group of residents in the Rembert area has submitted a petition asking the state to allow the community to have a referendum on incorporating into a municipality.

Chairwoman of the Rembert Area Community Coalition Juanita Britton said advocates are seeking to incorporate an area of about a mile radius that contains about 300 people.

“We would be able to apply for state and federal funding and grants and be able to get some of the things most people take for granted,” she said. “We don't have a doctor’s office, we don’t have jobs, a drug store, we don’t have a public sewer (system)."

She said lack of public infrastructure keeps a lot of businesses from investing in the community.

Britton said attracting businesses to Rembert would have benefits for residents in

LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS

Lee County Council meets this morning Lee County Council will meet at 9:30 a.m. today in the main courtroom of Lee County Courthouse, 123 S. Main St., Bishopville.

Councilmen will make nominations for chairman and vice chairman and will make a proclamation honoring Drink Small for his 84th birthday.

Council will also consider first reading of an ordinance to approve a waste-tire processing facility for permitted conditional use in a rural district.

An ordinance approving an incentive and conveyance of property agreement among the county, the City of Bishopville and “Project Tide,” an unidentified private company, will receive a first reading. The agreement includes a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes, the transfer of real property to “Project Tide,” the provision of certain other incentives for “Project Tide” and the inclusion of real property to “Project Tide” in a multi-county industrial park with Sumter County, the conveyance of necessary documents related to the ordinance and other related matters.

Council will also consider the third reading of an ordinance amending the Lee County Zoning Ordinance to approve an outdoor shooting range as a permitted use in a rural district and an amendment to regulate such facilities.

Reports from councilmen as well as the county manager will be heard, and council will listen to public comments.

For more information, call Julie Atkinson at (803) 4845341, extension 323.

‘We would be able to apply for state and federal funding and grants and be able to get some of the things most people take for granted. We don’t have a doctor’s office, we don’t have jobs, a drug store, we don’t have a public sewer (system).’

JUANITA BRITTON Chairwoman of Rembert Area Community Coalition

surrounding areas as well.

The Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation will meet at 8:30 a.m.

Thursday in the Gressette Building, Room 207, 1101 Pendleton St., on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia, to consider Rembert's application.

Scott Slatton, legislative and public policy advocate for the South Carolina Mu-

nicipal Association, said proponents of incorporation have consulted with SCMA Field Services Manager Bill Taylor concerning the application process.

“He's had several conversations with the folks there; he’s shared materials and answered questions they have raised,” Slatton said.

“In terms of preparing the packet, we have not been in-

volved in that."

Taylor said among concerns advocates of incorporation hope to address are providing better street lighting, recreational facilities and supplying water and sewer to area residents.

He said there are three private water systems in the area, including one which took over a service area from Sumter, when it proved to be impractical for the city to operate it.

Slatton said the first step in the process was submitting the application to the South Carolina Secretary of State’s Office.

“They will follow up and if they feel the application is ready for the committee, they will ask the committee chairman to convene a meeting, and they have done that,” Slatton said.

The chairman is Sen. Floyd Nicholson, D-Greenwood.

Also on the committee agenda posted at www.scstatehouse.gov is an incorpo-

County council to hold executive session Sumter County Council will hold a special called meeting at 5 p.m. today in County Council Conference Room, Sumter County Administration Building, 13 E. Canal St., to hold an executive session to discuss multiple economic development matters and take action if necessary.

Council will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. today in County Council Chambers to consider first reading of a request to amend the county zoning and development ordinance to allow temporary concrete/ asphalt batch plants as permitted uses in general commercial, light-industrial warehouse and agricultural conservation districts.

County council will also elect its chairman and vice chairman for the 2017-18 term.

City to perform fire hydrant tests The City of Sumter will perform fire hydrant flow tests on North Guignard Drive, Bultman Drive, Queen Chapel Road, North Main Street, West Hampton Avenue and Liberty Street from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Water customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water.

Direct any questions or concerns to City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

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ration application from Van Wyck in Lancaster County.

Shannon Wiley, general counsel for the Secretary of State’s Office, said Rembert’s application was first submitted last year.

She said the committee scheduled a hearing last year at about the same time, but it was continued.

Slatton said the committee will review the application, ask questions and decide whether the plan is viable and if enough evidence has been completed to put the question before the potential voters.

“If they deem it so, they will have them the go ahead to start setting up a referendum on incorporation,” he said.

Slatton said the committee will not necessarily make a decision at the hearing.

Britton said Rembert has never had any kind of municipal government.

“It was mapped out, but they never took it past that point,” she said.

Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME Church in June 2015 after a memorial for the nine people killed

by Dylann Roof in Charleston. A federal jury will consider whether Roof should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the racially motivated attack.

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BY MEG KINNARD The Associated Press CHARLESTON — In a courtroom a mile from the church slayings, wounds reopened as nearly two dozen friends and relatives of the nine victims shared cherished memories and opined about a future without a mother, father, sister or brother.

They shed SANDERS tears and their voices shook, but none of them said whether Dylann Roof should face the death penalty or life in prison for gunning down the church members during a Bible study at Emanuel AME. That will be left up to the jury, which will begin its deliberations today after hearing a closing argument from prosecutors and perhaps Roof. He has represented himself during sentencing but has not put up any fight for his life. He

didn't call any witnesses, present any evidence and so far has not asked for mercy.

He did try to limit the amount of heart-wrenching testimony the jurors heard but with only little success.

Survivor Jennifer Pinckney talked about the life of her husband, church pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney.

She spoke about the harrowing minutes she spent huddled underneath a desk with her youngest daughter as shots rang out in the next room, unsure if the shooter was coming her way.

In the hours that followed, the mother had to somehow explain the death to her two daughters.

"I sat in front of the girls, and I basically told them that something had happened," she said. "I think that that's the hardest thing that I've ever had to do."

The Rev. Anthony Thompson cried as he described a conversation with his wife, Myra, about their future plans to move and pursue

studies and careers in the church.

"She was my world, and she was gone," he said.

Survivor Felicia Sanders, who gave powerful testimony during the guilt phase of Roof's trial, wrapped up prosecutors' case Wednesday, talking about her creative, 26-year-old son, the youngest victim, and his commitment to his faith and Emanuel.

"That night they were getting basic instruction before leaving Earth," Sanders said.

"I did not know that was going to be the life of them."

Law officers took the stand, too, reading from a journal found in Roof's cell. In pencil, on lined paper, six weeks after his arrest, the then-21-yearold Roof wrote that he had "not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed," scribbling white supremacy symbols and writing his thoughts about other races' inferiority.

The jury's decision must be unanimous. If they are unable to agree, a life sentence is automatically imposed.

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Frigid temps grip Europe BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Snow and frigid temperatures have gripped large parts of Europe, leading to dozens of deaths, freezing rivers, the grounding of planes and wrecks:

POLAND The government says that 10 people died Sunday of cold as the country has been gripped by low temperatures. The deaths bring to 65 the number of fatalities since Nov. 1 when temperatures, especially at night, started falling to freezing levels.

RUSSIA In Moscow, two people have died and 190 people with hypothermia have sought medical help in the Russian capital between New Year’s Eve and Jan. 8, the last day of the holiday period in Russia, according to Russian news agencies quoting emergency medical official Sergei Gumenyuk.

BELARUS The emergency situations ministry reported five people dead during the past nine days.

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A person crosses the pedestrian bridge in the Public Garden during a winter storm in Boston on Saturday.

East Coast in deep freeze; West preps for flooding versity also canceled classes. more than a day in the frigid When the thaw does come North Carolina mountains later in the week, it will be without food and water and quick. Highs in the South are only a small fire for warmth were rescued from waist-high forecast in the 70s on Friday.

As the East Coast waits to In the West, forecasters said snow. A helicopter using a thaw out from a weekend icy flooding from the storm movtool that can detect heat mess, another storm is bringing onshore and a second prefound the hikers about 5 p.m. ing rain and the potential of dicted bout of heavy rain Saturday in the Shining Rock the worst flooding in more Tuesday could cause flooding Wilderness area about 25 than a decade to the West in northern California and Nemiles southwest of Asheville. coast. vada similar to problems in Cooper said rescuers got to At least four deaths have 2005 and 2006 that sent 5 feet been blamed on the East Coast the men about two hours of water into warehouses in later, just in time to save storm, which dropped more Sparks, Nevada, and hazardthem. than a foot of snow in southSchool systems across North ous waste barrels floating ern New England, caused a away.

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In Mississippi, a family of bitter cold temperatures Out West, forecasters are spokesman said 93-year-old making it dangerous for chilwarning of heavy rains in former Gov. William Winter dren without proper clothes to northern California and Newas expected to recover and vada through the middle of the wait for buses and difficult to was in fair condition after sufkeep buildings warm. week along with an ice storm fering a concussion when he Many schools and governin Oregon. fell on the steep, icy driveway In the East, the worst, linger- ment offices were closed Monof his Jackson home. ing problems were expected in day. North Carolina State UniNorth Carolina, where up to 10 inches of snow and sleet fell in places Saturday. The deep freeze followed. Forecasters predict temperatures won’t get above freezing in much of the state before this afternoon, a big problem in a place where officials depend on usually mild weather to melt away the ice and snow on less-traveled routes. One person died in Montgomery County when a car slid off icy Interstate 73/74 into a tree Sunday morning, Arrangements for Gov. Roy Cooper said. all occasions...

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SERBIA Serbian authorities have declared emergency measures in 10 municipalities in central and southern parts of the country as fresh snow and extremely low temperatures have blocked roads and cut off villages. Despite -18 F, residents in remote villages on the rough Golija mountain have refused offers from authorities to evacuate their homes during the deep freeze because they won’t abandon their animals.

SWITZERLAND Police in the southern Swiss region of Valais say a Russian couple were killed and their two children aged 11 and 15 were gravely injured during the weekend after the vehicle they were traveling in tumbled about 740 feet along a snow-covered Alpine road.

TURKEY Turkish Airlines on Monday canceled 277 domestic and international flights to and from Istanbul’s two airports because of snow. Schools across Istanbul were declared closed on Monday, and the Istanbul governor’s office said civil servants in the city would be able to go home at 3:30 p.m. local time.

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BY JACK BARNES Clemson player parent columnist The Sumter Item asked Sumter attorney Jack Barnes to give us a daily account of his experience of the National Championship game on Monday. Jack's son, James Barnes, is a sophomore backup quarterback at Clemson. He was the quarterback for Sumter High School for three years and led the Gamecocks to the state runnerup in class 4A. The Item will have each column online through Wednesday and each will also publish in the print edition. This column ran online on Monday.

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Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay is ground zero for the Clemson Football Team while in Florida. The hotel has been redecorated complete with Clemson artwork on every wall. The player lounge has foosball, pool and videogames, among other sources of BARNES entertainment.

At night, the lounge is lit with the glow of orange and purple lights. It sits directly on Tampa Bay. The view is magnificent. I hope it will prove to be a source of strength and inspiration for the Tigers.

Our travel team visited No. 18 at the Grand Hyatt after checking into our bayside suite across the street and enjoying a couple of “painkillers” with lunch at Bahama Breeze. The ride down wasn’t really stressful, but the beauty of vacations

The travel team poses with Clemson quarterback James Barnes in the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. is you get to drink with lunch without judgment. Stress not necessary. My boys were impressed to learn that their mother and I previously enjoyed “painkillers” at the source of their invention, the Soggy Dollar, on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands and paid for them with soggy dollars. Every now and then they are reminded their parents are — or were — cool.

No. 18 had been busy all day with meetings and press but managed to squeeze in a few minutes with the travel team.

Interestingly, there was a prominently posted sign in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt that said no autographs and no photos were to be requested or taken. We didn’t need an autograph, but the idea of no photos was out of the question. We

Snowy footprints lead police to suspected home burglar SPARTANBURG (AP) — Police said footprints in the snow helped them nab a man suspected of breaking into a home in Spartanburg.

Local media outlets report that arrest documents show 31-year-old Drew Lamb of Spartanburg was arrested on burglary and other charges in connection with the incident Saturday night.

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ignored that. No. 18’s stay in Tampa would be memorialized in photos in the lobby. Dabo has the boys on lockdown, so James cannot leave with us. I suspect the no-photo rule will be broken many times during the next few days.

We ended our first day in Florida at the oldest restaurant in Florida at a dinner hosted

by Sumter’s own Dr. Eddie Duffy and 35 of his closest Sumter friends. Columbia Restaurant is a Cuban restaurant complete with Flamenco dancers and tiled walls at every turn. Of the large group, I was the only one who had eaten at Columbia before (on some lawyer boondoggle trip), and I assured the group the food was good. As my good friend Dr. Richard Patrick likes to say “when it comes to food, always

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Our dinner party was not disappointed. There was a large contingent of Clemson folks in the house too. We did break out into Clemson cadence count three times, the first one led by Reid Schwartz and his new bride, Katherine.

Both are still not too far away from their Clemson days themselves and still basking in the glow of being honeymooners.

It was great fun. Clemson folks know how to have a good time.

The Alabama fans eating at Columbia pretended to be unfazed. I saw some nervous grins though.

My deadline each day is noon, so I am writing this early while enjoying coffee and looking at Tampa Bay. We are off to “Fan Fest” and the free Usher concert today (Sunday). Yes, I know who Usher is! I’m sure there will be more good food too. I’m inspired by the view as I write, and I’m feeling good about things! Go Tigers! More from Tampa tomorrow.

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Opera, jazz, dance and more highlight Spoleto Festival USA COLUMBIA — Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky's sumptuous opera "Eugene Onegin," a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Maria Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring's 2017 Spoleto Festival USA. The internationally renowned Charleston-based array of music, theater and dance is set to run from May 26 to June 11, organizers announced Sunday.

The lineup for the event's 41st year includes the Irish Druid theater company's performance of Samuel Becket's "Waiting for Godot," the choral masterpiece of Mozart's "Great Mass" and dance performances ranging from hip hop to tap.

In a statement, festival general director Nigel Redden pledged the 2017 program offers "even more dance and theater performances than in previous years."

In all, 160 ticketed events are being held at 12 sites across Charleston, organizers said.

The Spoleto Festival USA was founded in Charleston in 1977 by Gian Carlo Menotti and is modeled after his Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.

Grammy award-winning jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater kicks off the festivities with his performances May 25 and May 26 at the College of Charleston's Cistern Yard.

And in the wake of its $142 million renovation, Charleston's Gaillard Center will again host the event's featured opera.

"Eugene Onegin" begins on May 26 and runs June 1, 4 and 8. Conductor Evan Rogister is leading the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, joined by soprano Natalia Pavlova in the role of Tatyana and baritone Franco Pomponi as One-

gin. The opera will be sung in Russian with English subtitles provided.

The Dock Street Theatre hosts the Druid production of "Waiting for Godot," beginning May 25, while the American premier of Antonio Vivaldi's opera "Farnace," is set for May 27 at the same site.

Acclaimed flamenco artist Maria Pages will perform her work, "Yo, Carmen," at the Gaillard Center on May 27 and May 28.

The Israeli dance company L-E-V will perform at the College of Charleston's Sottile Theater on June 2, 3 and 4, while the French circus-arts group Compagnie XY brings its family friendly feats to the Memminger Auditorium starting June 6.

The Westminster Choir, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Spoleto Festival USC Orchestra will combine forces on June 6 to present works including Mozart's "Great Mass," which has captivated audiences for more than 200 years.

The New Orleans-based band The Revivalists wrap up the festival finale at Middleton Place outside Charleston followed by a post-concert fireworks display on June 11.

BEAUFORT (AP) — A newspaper analysis shows the South Carolina attorney general has initiated no prosecutions involving about 400 complaints of price gouging by businesses during Hurricane Matthew.

Records obtained by The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette show the office of Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson has received the complaints for the period of Oct. 4 through Nov. 3 when the state's price-gouging law was in effect because of the storm.

Wilson's spokeswoman said the office has ongoing investigations; she declined to release any details on those cases.

Meanwhile, officials in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina say they're citing several businesses with price gouging.

In one case, the Florida Attorney General's Office said it is pursuing a civil case against a franchise hotel chain that several S.C. consumers also accused of price gouging.

Wilson's office provided some details about the complaints such as the town where the business is located and the reported price, but the office declined to release the names and addresses of businesses being investigated.

But Wilson's spokeswoman, Hayley Thrift Bledsoe, wouldn't say how many of the complaints were determined to be unsubstantiated or still under investigation. Further,

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At least four people alerted the S.C. Attorney General's Office Twitter account of potential price gouging at the Red Roof Inn-Santee near Orangeburg, the newspapers' review found. Their tweets included photos of rates ranging from $522 to $530.

"We cannot control the Expedia site," said Peter Patel, general manager of Red Roof Inn-Santee. "They made a mistake. We didn't charge anyone $500."

An Expedia representative disagreed. "Hotels are responsible for putting in their rates into Expedia's Marketplace," wrote Expedia senior manager Amanda Graham in an email.

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A representative from Red Roof's corporate office cited the incident as "the result of a technical mapping issue" that "was almost immediately resolved."

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Under South Carolina law, price gouging is considered a "gross disparity" between the quoted price and the average price for a good or service in the 30 days immediately prior to an official state-of-emergency declaration. But the statue doesn't define "gross disparity."

"The problem there is how do we define what that means?" said Geoffrey Rapp, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Toledo College of Law, who has written about price-gouging laws. A vague definition makes it less likely for a state to prosecute, Rapp said.

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Sumter Fire Department Battalion Chief Joey Duggan said the call came in at 8:18 p.m., and firefighters arrived at the scene at 8:23 p.m. The fire was under control by 9:21 p.m., he said.

There was heavy smoke and visible fire at the rear of the residence when firefighters arrived, Duggan said.

He said firefighters found Francis near the front of the residence, and he was

transported to Palmetto Health Tuomey.

It appeared that he lived alone, Duggan said.

He said damage to the 1,400-square-foot structure is estimated at $60,000, and approximately $10,000 in contents were lost. About $20,000 of the structure and $2,000 in contents were saved, he said.

After a preliminary investigation, Duggan said investigators think the fire was electrical.

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The challenge was the amount due, Howell said.

“When an account is disconnected, the amount due typically ranges from $400 to $600,” Howell said.

Often it becomes too costly for the ministry to assist with the entire amount.

“Knowing that the Fireside Fund has supplied us with additional resources this winter, we were able to offer a substantial amount to assist this hardworking mother, more than two-and-a-half times the average amount offered for electric requests,” Howell said. “She was able to restore service the same day she interviewed here and was relieved to have what her family needed,” he said.

Howell said the feeling of relief volunteers felt after being able to assist clients with their hearts’ desire is only made possible by Sumter’s gracious donations.

“Thanks to all who helped keep one more family warm during cold days,” he said.

Fireside Fund was established in 1969 to help needy families and individuals pay

FROM PAGE A1 the home,” he said.

A young, single mother visited the ministry last week asking for help with an electric account that had recently been disconnected.

She explained that she works in a fast-food restaurant and makes a decent income.

However, she would most certainly be considered below poverty guidelines, Howell said. The job does not provide benefits or paid leave.

Her caseworker at the ministry learned that she was out with a minor surgery in late December and missed about a week of work. In a 10-day span, she went through two weeks of no paychecks, and her power was disconnected.

“It was an understandable crisis and a necessary reason to be out of work temporarily,” Howell said. “She had no heat as a result, and her two young children were suffering along with her.”

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The younger members of the travel team are moving slowly this morning. They had a big night out and about in Tampa. All their friends had finally arrived in town, and it was time to spread their wings. I had to remind my wife that we give them roots and wings. She wasn’t big on the wings part and spent most of the evening watching

heating bills, buy firewood or heating fuels and stay warm during the winter months.

Since its founding, Fireside Fund has brought in more than $1.4 million in donations from generous readers.

This winter’s Fireside Fund is dedicated to Phil Edwards, perhaps the greatest Sumter philanthropist, who passed away in 2016. His giving lives on, however, through the Williams-Brice-Edwards Charitable Trust, set up by Edwards and his wife, Flora.

This charitable trust funded all or a portion of charitable endeavors throughout Sumter County, including the Recovery Wing at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, the Williams-BriceEdwards Administration Building at University of South Carolina Sumter and conference rooms at Palmetto Health Tuomey and Sumter County Library.

Anyone in need of assistance with heating costs may call Sumter United Ministries at (803) 775-0757.

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their every move on her iPhone. She doesn’t understand that when you “share your location,” it sometimes takes a moment for everyone’s location to update. She envisioned girlfriends and boyfriends fighting and memories of Natalie Holloway as their little circles periodically get separated on her phone. Why is Sydne in the bay now?

Why is Sally in Macy’s parking lot? Charlie, Holly and Jack are at a casino? It was exhausting.

Time now for me to get my tailgate together. There is lots of fun to be had today, and I plan to be right in the middle of it. I certainly hope I get to write about a win in tomorrow’s article. Danny Ford is named to the College Football Hall of Fame today. I must believe that is a good omen. Spot the damn ball, Tom Cuttino!

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When making a donation in someone’s honor, the names will be printed as given.

From Jan. 3-5, Sumter United Ministries Crisis Relief Ministry financially assisted 21 families with $2,739 in assistance.

Donations ending the week of Monday, Jan. 9: In memory of D. Gene Rickenbaker by Mary Kay Rickenbaker, $250; in memory of Phil Edwards and Dr. M. Kenneth Rosefield Jr. by Barbara and Harry Burchstead, $250; Paul and Monica Gober, $150; in honor of Pam Zeich by Tammy and Scott Mickey, $120; in honor of Al Zeich by Tammy and Scott Mickey, $120; Jeanne and Tracy Miller, $100; in memory of Ingrid Newman by Judy

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Hearts, intestines ripped out in Brazil prison killing spree

BY PETER PRENGAMAN AND MAURICIO SAVARESE The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Thirtyone inmates were slain Friday in northern Brazil, some with their hearts and intestines ripped out, during a prison killing spree led by the country's largest gang, authorities said.

The bloodshed comes just days after 60 inmates were killed during rioting at two prisons in a neighboring state, and it increases fears that violence could spread, including to the streets of major cities, as gangs vie for influence and territory both inside prisons and in slums where trafficking operations are often based.

It's also becoming a flashpoint for the government of President Michel Temer, whose administration is already struggling with an economic crisis and mounting corruption allegations. Authorities of the state of Roraima, on the border with Venezuela, said they requested help from Brazil's federal government more than once to deal with its prison crisis, but no support was sent.

"This is a national crisis," said Uziel Castro, security secretary of the state where the latest massacre happened.

Castro said the slaying spree began about 2:30 a.m. Friday at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo in the town of Boa Vista. He said it was led by members of Sao Paulo-based First Command, Brazil's biggest criminal organization.

He said First Command members did not attack members of a rival gang, but rather other prisoners, for motives that were not yet clear.

"There was no confrontation; this was a killing spree," said Castro. "It was barbaric. Some were beheaded, others had their hearts or intestines ripped out."

Castro said firearms were not involved, and none of the 1,500 inmates in the prison built for about 700 had escaped.

It wasn't immediately clear whether there was a connection to the gruesome rioting earlier this week in the neighboring state of Amazonas, which officials blamed on a gang war between the First Command and Family of the North, which fight over control of prisons and drug routes in northern Brazil along the borders of Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and the Guianas.

Brazil's justice secretary lowered the death toll to 31 later Friday after authorities said throughout the day that 33 had been killed.

A police statement said officers, including a heavily armed military-like riot squad, had been deployed to the prison.

Just as details about the latest disturbance were emerging, Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes announced measures to curb the violence.

Moraes said federal police would be more integrated in state capitals and that special task forces would be created to more quickly process criminal charges, a measure aimed at reducing overcrowding. Moraes offered no deadlines for the initiatives but said they would "be realistic" given the recession in Latin America's largest economy.

"The situation isn't out of control," said Moraes. "It's (just) another difficult situation."

The rioting last Sunday and Monday in Amazonas included the country's worst prison massacre since 1992, with half of the 56 slain at one institution beheaded and several others also dismembered. In another of the riots in the state, four prisoners died.

A total of 184 inmates escaped from Amazonas prisons in the disturbances. As of Thursday afternoon, only 65 had been recaptured.

"The federal government needs to prepare for a worstcase scenario, and that means accelerating measures to keep the situation from getting worse," said Col. Jose Vicente, a former national security adviser and risk consultant.

In October, a riot at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo, the same where disturbances were reported on Friday, left 10 dead. Authorities said that clash involved the First Command and Red Command, which has its base in Rio de Janeiro. On the same day, eight others were killed in a prison in the state of Rondonia, which borders Bolivia.

After that clash, Roraima state's Castro asked the federal government for help with the prison, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

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BY MICHELLE FAUL The Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria — She was found wandering in a forest, the first of the nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped

by Boko Haram to escape on her own and reach freedom.

That was in May. Since then, Amina Ali Nkeki has been sequestered by Nigeria's intelligence agency, embraced just once by her family months ago.

Some say Nigeria's government is keeping the young woman silent because it doesn't want her telling the world about military blunders in the fight against the Islamic extremist group, or about her desire to be reunited with the father of her child — a detained former Boko Haram commander.

"I worry, sometimes, that I don't know if she is alive or dead," her mother, Binta Ali Nkeki, sobbed during an exclusive telephone interview with The Associated Press from her remote northeastern village of Mbalala. She said she hasn't seen her daughter since July.

Sunday marks 1,000 days since the Chibok schoolgirls were abducted together from a government boarding school in April 2014. Most of them remain in captivity. The few who have been freed, like Amina, have found themselves not completely free.

The mass kidnapping horrified the world and brought Boko Haram international attention. The failure of Nigeria's former government to act quickly to free the girls sparked a global Bring Back Our Girls movement; even U.S. first lady Michelle Obama posted a photo with its logo on social media.

Amina was the first of the kidnapped girls to escape on her own. Months later, in October, the government negotiated the release of 21 Chibok girls.

Another girl was freed in November in an army raid on an extremist camp in the Sambisa Forest.

On Thursday, one more was found during military interrogations of Boko Haram suspects, along with the baby she had given birth to in captivity.

When Amina's mother heard last month that "freed" girls would be allowed to come home for Christmas, she borrowed money to reach Chibok, the town where their former boarding school is located.

She was welcomed by the 21 girls, who tried to reassure her that her daughter was "fine, in good health," even though she had not been allowed to accompany them.

Human rights groups and lawyers have criticized Nigeria's treatment of the freed girls, who are held in Abuja, the capital, nearly 560 miles from Chibok. The government says the girls are getting medical attention, trauma counseling and rehabilitation.

Officials in the government and the presidency did not respond to requests for comment, following a familiar pattern.

People who have spoken to the freed girls say they have stories the government does not want told, including that three Chibok girls were killed during Nigerian Air Force bombings of Boko Haram camps.

Amina, who is believed to be at least 20 though her uneducated mother says she has no idea, has insisted that her child's father is a victim, like herself, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram and forced to fight for the insurgents.

Binta says that when her daughter was rescued — hunters found Amina, her 4-monthold baby girl and the father in a

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Amina Ali Nkeki, the first of the rescued Chibok schoolgirls, attends a meeting in May 2016 with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential palace in Abuja, Nigeria. She was found wandering in a forest, the first of the nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to escape on her own and reach freedom. forest — she said she didn't want to go back to school. But her mother and brother, Noah, persuaded her to take up Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's promise to give her the best education possible.

"They told her that soon she will be starting school," Noah Ali Nkeki told the AP in an interview. He got the news in a rare phone call from his sister on Thursday, the first time he had heard from her in three months.

He cannot call her. Officials call him using a blocked number and then put Amina on the line. The girl's mother doesn't get to speak to her because she doesn't own a cellphone, and reception in her village is poor.

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ernment is trying to do. They have had her now for seven months," Noah said.

Binta, a gaunt woman whose eyes mirror the pain of a hard life and whose hands are rough from farming, was widowed five years ago. Eleven of her children have died, in childbirth or soon afterward. Abina and Noah are all she has.

"I wonder how my only grandchild is doing," she said of Amina's daughter, Safia. "Do you think she's walking by now?"

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Chibok is a Christian enclave in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria.

Binta rallied after she got a message from Amina in 2015.

In Chibok, two male Boko Haram fighters accompanied by a teenage girl carrying ammunition came across an elderly woman too feeble to flee.

The girl, speaking the Chibok language that the fighters could not understand, told the woman, "I am Amina. My mother's name is Binta in the village of Mbalala. Please tell her you saw me."

The elderly woman described the encounter to community leaders, who worried that the "proof of life" message might be too much for Binta to bear.

Human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogede stepped in.

"If I had a daughter who was missing, and she tried to send a message to me, l'd be very upset if someone withheld it.

Amina tried to reach out; let's help her complete the effort," he counseled.

When Amina was freed, she and her family were flown to Abuja, where TV cameras and photographers documented Buhari welcoming her at the presidential mansion. That happened again with the 21 freed girls.

The girls needed trauma counseling and medical care, not exposure to the media, Human Rights Watch said at the time.

On Christmas Day, the freed girls visiting Chibok did not get to see their parents. They were kept in the house of a local legislator until Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima arrived to "present" them to their parents the next day. Witnesses said the girls were angry that they were prevented from going home and to their church's Christmas service.

Shettima's spokesman, Isa Gusau, denied that account, which came from some of the parents.

"I am not sure they were denied access to their parents because that was the essence of them being taken to Chibok in the first place," he told the AP. "If you say their movements were restricted for security reasons and for their safety, I think that makes sense."

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ASHINGTON — When Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to 2446 Belmont Road in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood, he will live half a mile from 2340 S St., where Woodrow Wilson spent his three post-presidential years. Wilson’s embittering foreign policy failure was the Senate’s rejection of the U.S. participation in the embodiment of Wilsonian aspirations, the League of Nations.

George Obama leaves Will office serene because “almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago.”

Two seemingly unimpressed nations are Russia, which is dismembering a European nation (Ukraine), and China, which is shredding international law by turning the world’s most important waterway, the South China Sea, into militarized Chinese territory.

Obama’s policies that brought America to a pinnacle of admiration, as he sees it, were an amalgam of Wilsonian and antiWilsonian elements. Wilson’s grand ambition for America was to reorder the world in a way that would make it unnecessary for America to have grand ambitions. He thought America could lead a restful life after strenuous diplomacy had written rules for the game of nations.

Many progressives believe — they take this from the Founders’ favorite philosopher, John Locke, while rejecting his natural rights teaching — in humanity’s natural sociability.

This disposes them to believe that peace among nations is natural and spontaneous, or it would be if other nations would cleanse their minds of the superstitions that prevent them from recognizing the universal validity and demonstrable utility of American principles. These, said Wilson, are shared by “forward-looking men and women everywhere” and “every modern nation.”

He also said, inconsistently, that “every nation of the world needs to be drawn into the tutelage of America.”

Obama seemed to doubt that America has much to teach the world, beyond post-Iraq modesty — herewith his Wilsonian dimension — and the power of diplomacy’s soft power to tame the world. Although neither the English nor the American nor the Russian nor the Spanish nor the Chinese civil war was ended by negotiations, Obama thought the especially vicious and complex civil war in Syria’s sectarian and tribal society could be ended diplomatically. Russian President Vladimir Putin picked a side

and helped it win.

The fact that the world is more disorderly and less lawful than when Obama became president is less his fault than the fault of something about which progressives are skeptical — powerful, unchanging human nature. Humans are, as Job knew, born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward: They are desirous and competitive and hence are prone to conflict.

And to causing progressives to furrow their brows in puzzlement. In 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, Secretary of State John Kerry was disappointed with Putin, saying, more in sorrow than in anger: “You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th-century fashion.” If you do, you place yourself on (in one of Obama’s favorite phrases) “the wrong side of history.”

Make that History, which, in progressives’ lexicon, is a proper noun, an autonomous thing with a mind, or at least a logic, of its own. Kerry’s reprimand of Putin expressed a progressive’s certitude about progress: The passage of time should ineluctably improve the comportment of nations.

Which is why in 1911, the renowned 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, in its entry on torture, said “the whole subject is one of only historical interest as far as Europe is concerned.”

The Dachau concentration camp was opened in March 1933.

Obama’s foreign policy presumed the existence of “the community of nations.” But that phrase is worse than hackneyed and sentimental; it is oxymoronic: Different nations affirm different notions of justice; a community consists of people made cohesive by a consensus about the nature of justice.

Obama’s second-worst unforced error, second to declaring and then abandoning a “red line” about Syrian chemical weapons, was involving the U.S. military in regime change in Libya. Perhaps this venture appealed to him because it was untainted by any discernible connection with American national interest. He conducted it by “leading from behind,” which he described as U.S. forces “being volunteered by others to carry out missions” in Libya. As George Orwell said, “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.”

Soon, foreign policy will be conducted by a man who, although in 2010 he said WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange deserves the death penalty, now seems to trust Assange on the subject of Russian hacking more than he trusts the consensus of the nation’s $53 billion civilian intelligence institutions. Time passes and, we are told, brings progress.

“Obama leaves office serene because ‘almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago.’”

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2017, Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Sportswriter Sally Jenkins in The Washington Post: “It’s crazy to think the boat had nothing to do with Odell Beckham Jr.’s showing.”

When Odell Beckham Jr. got hit in the hands with the ball, his arms flew open. It could have been the effects of sunburn.

Yachting is good preparation for many things, namely the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Miami Sea Fair. It’s not good prep, however, for an ice fight in Green Bay. Of course it mattered that Beckham and his fellow New York Giants receivers ditched their shirts and cleats for boat shoes a week before the NFL playoffs. Of course it had an effect on their NFC first-round game.

To say otherwise is just making excuses for them.

Otherwise we’d see more practices held in Portofino.

If you don’t want scolds in the bleachers and the media to question your performance, don’t go boating and nightclubbing in Miami Beach the week before the biggest game of your career.

That’s one obvious takeaway from the 38-13 stomping the New York Giants absorbed at the hands of the Green Bay Packers in one-degree temperatures. But it’s not really the relevant one. More important: Don’t do it if you don’t want to question yourself when it counts. Understand that every little seed or grain of doubt you put into your competitive psyche will show up in your performance under pressure.

That’s the real lesson for young athletes.

In “Policy Purity Is Bad Politics,” author and radio host Hugh Hewitt writes, “The home-mortgage deduction is a bad idea in theory.

People don’t live in theory.”

Read it www.wsj.com: Capping the (home mortgage) deduction would hurt every homeowner — even those whose interest payments fall below the cap —

because housing is one market, and by reducing the value of the most expensive homes, you reduce the value of every home. Economist Richard McKenzie has estimated that the value of every home in America would decline by 10 percent to 15 percent the day after the deduction is capped.

That’s fundamentally unfair, as are limits on the deductibility of charitable contributions and state taxes. Generations of Americans have relied on these deductions in making enormously consequential decisions: which house, and in which state, to make a home. “Reliance” is a concept fundamental to the common law and to every American’s sense of fair play. Changing the rules in the middle of a life is deeply wrong — and an invitation to political retribution.

A tax reform that gouges every homeowner — why?

Who ran on the platform of devaluing homes? Who gave a campaign speech that said “I will eliminate the home mortgage deduction”? No one did. Instead they rightly campaigned on tax reform and simplification. That is not a mandate to strike at the heart of the American dream, or to play in halftruths about “capping” it only for the wealthiest, when the real effect would be a trickle-down markdown of home values.

It would be fair to announce the end of the mortgage-interest deduction in 30 years. It would be fair to phase out the deductibility of state taxes by, say, 2050.

But not overnight. Not unless you want to give the gavel back to Nancy Pelosi.

Nat Hentoff, who died Saturday at 91, in a 2003 column for The Wall Street Journal: “You don’t understand,” Lenny Bruce once told his mother, Sally Marr, herself a comic. “I’m not a comedian. Do comedians get arrested all the time?”

The last time the stand-up piercer of what later became known as political correctness was busted and convicted of obscenity was on Nov. 4, 1964, for a gig at New York City’s Cafe Au Go Go. As he told me during his trial, an arrest in New York, of all cities, would practically destroy his chances of working anywhere else. He was right, and his accelerating disintegration led to his death from a drug overdose on Aug. 3, 1966.

On May 20, a petition for a posthumous pardon was sent to New York Gov. George Pataki. ... Floyd Abrams spoke for the signers, including this writer, when he told me: “As we look back on the prosecution of Lenny Bruce, it was less about ‘bad language’ than about supposedly bad thoughts about religion, culture and sex that must be protected in a free society.” ...

As for his use of words that at the time were not allowed even in the urbane pages of The New Yorker (where I then was a staff writer), Bruce’s comedic as well as insistent semantic point was that if people didn’t use language to cover up, from themselves, what they actually do, life would be much more open and honest. “I want to take the covers off,” he said. “Whatever you do, you should say the words.” ...

No court would convict Lenny Bruce today, but the speech codes at many politically correct colleges and universities would preclude his being invited to pull the covers off there. The resistance on most campuses to these politically correct regulations is being led by conservative students in their independent newspapers, which are often challenged by purportedly liberal administrations. Lenny Bruce would certainly dig the exposure of these college officials’ hypocrisy.

Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen.

Contact him at graham@ theitem.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DISTRICT SPENDING MORE TO SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS Sumter School District was over budget by $6,200,000 for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2016.

This was just recently revealed by an independent audit report.

So what does the Sumter School Board of Trustees do? They plan on spending more money by hiring additional personnel to assist the District Finance Department. The proper response should be to replace the district superintendent and re-

place or transfer the personnel in the finance department. Only government spends more money to try to solve an over expenditure of taxpayers’ monies. Is anyone ever held accountable?

DON DAMM Sumter

OBAMA’S LEGACY WILL WAIT ON SCHOLARS Mr. Osteen (Hubert D. Jr.), I would have thought a man of your age and standing would be concerned with your own legacy at this

stage of life. The Sumter Item move completed, the election “won” and a new U.S. administration being nominated or named, I would have thought you might find yourself reflecting constructively on your own life’s work as the new year unfolds.

President Obama’s legacy will wait on scholarship and insight, neither of which will come from the contributions of your editorial page.

JODY P. FOSTER Sumter

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AROUND TOWN County, 2560 Tahoe Drive, The Sumter Chapter of the and will continue to meet National Federation of the Sumter Chapter Federation of the Blind every other third Tuesday Blind of South Carolina to meet of every other month will meet at 7 p.m. today thereafter. at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette The Sumter Amateur Radio St. All members are reAssociation (SARA) will quired to join before or at meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesthis meeting for 2017. The day, Jan. 17, at the Sumspotlight will shine on ter Elks Lodge on PineSarah Bracey and the aswood Road at Second Mill sociate member is Judy L. Pond. Open to all area Simon, membership hams and anyone interchairperson. Transportaested in amateur radio. tion provided within the Visit http://www.sumtermileage area. If you know hamradio.org/ or find the a blind person, contact group on Facebook.

Debra Canty, chapter The Lincoln High School president, at (803) 775Preservation Alumni Associ5792 or debra.canty@ ation will hold a dinner funfrontier.com. Donations draiser from 11 a.m. to 5 and memberships are p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at welcome. Donations the Lincoln High School should be mailed to NFB cafeteria, Council Street.

Sumter Chapter, P.O. Box Cost is $8 per person and 641, Sumter, SC 29151. menu will consist of fried The adult education and fish or fried chicken, red leadership development rice, lima beans, peach course will begin at 6 p.m. cobbler, roll and a drink. on Thursday, Jan. 12, at Call James L. Green at the Veterans of Foreign (803) 968-4173.

Wars Post 10813, 610 ManThe Ruach Bridal and Spening Ave. This class will cial Events Show will be give students an underheld from 2 to 6 p.m. on standing of the ConstituSunday, Jan. 29, at 245 tion and the individuals Oswego Highway. For who wrote it. The course more information, call is free and those who (803) 775-5416 or visit complete the course will theruach.org. receive a certificate from Area residents are invited Webster University. Call Dr. Davis at (386) 697-4002 to participate in a three-day public workshop and disor Cmdr. Al Spencer at cussion about the Shot (803) 406-0748 for details.

Pouch Greenway, a 3.5The Lincoln High School mile trail stretching from Preservation Alumni AssociDillon Park to Swan Lake. ation will meet at 4 p.m.

The public events are on Sunday, Jan. 15, at the scheduled to be held at Lincoln High School cafethe Swan Lake Visitors teria, Council Street. Call Center as follows: 6 p.m.

James L. Green at (803) Tuesday, Jan. 31, Public 968-4173.

Visioning Presentation; The Sumter Branch NAACP’s 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, annual Martin Luther King Feb. 1, Property Owner program will be held at 3 Drop-In; and 6 p.m. p.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, Thursday, Feb. 2, Final at Jehovah Missionary Public Workshop PresenBaptist Church, 805 S. tation. For more informaHarvin St. Rep. Joe Neal tion about the Shot will serve as keynote Pouch Greenway, contact speaker.

Adams-Raczkowski at the Planning Department, 12 “Chemo with Style” Support W. Liberty St., (803) 774Group will hold its first 1639, or email jadamsmeeting from 5:30 to 7 raczkowski@sumter-sc. p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, com. at Hospice Care of Tri-

PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 9 a.m., council chambers

PINEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall

SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club

TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall

SUMMERTON TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., town hall LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg

MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stick to the EUGENIA LAST rules and regulations before you bring about changes to the way or where you live. Aiming for a lifestyle that eases your stress and encourages a better relationship with the people you love should be your goal.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be foolish when it comes to financial matters. Follow the rules and do what’s best for you. Trust in your ability to get things done by calling in favors owed or by offering incentives. Romance is encouraged.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A problem with someone older will arise if you don’t take the time to listen to his or her complaints.

You’ll end up in a compromising position if you don’t take care of your responsibilities. Don’t take part in a joint venture.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stay on top of your goals. Look for interesting new ways to apply your skills and knowledge. A chance to develop a new way to get things done more quickly will make a lasting impression on someone who counts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t fold under pressure. If someone is too demanding or unreasonable, walk away. Protect your assets, possessions and your emotional well-being. Make alterations based on past experiences and facts, not what someone else wants you to do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Work on improving your personal and professional relationships. Don’t limit what you can accomplish because you are too stubborn to listen to the opinions or advice of

others. Romance is encouraged.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotional matters will be costly if you react too quickly. Take your time and let things settle down before you make a move. Gathering information and taking a disciplined approach to whatever you face will pay off.

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

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Chance of rain: 10%

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Chance of rain: 40%

SE 3-6 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 48/38 Spartanburg 50/38

Greenville 44/37

Columbia 54/39

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 51/37

Aiken 57/40

ON THE COAST

Charleston 61/45

Today: Milder with sunshine and some clouds. High 55 to 62.

Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine; pleasant. High 64 to 71.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

39° 17° 54° 32° 77° in 1949 8° in 1970

LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

355.86 74.26 73.73 98.60

24-hr chg +0.05 -0.12 -0.13 +0.02

RIVER STAGES

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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0.00" 3.21" 1.17" 3.21" 0.07" 1.17"

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 53/46/s Chicago 45/29/r Dallas 75/57/c Detroit 40/31/sn Houston 77/64/c Los Angeles 62/54/c New Orleans 73/61/pc New York 39/38/r Orlando 71/53/pc Philadelphia 38/37/c Phoenix 69/49/s San Francisco 59/50/r Wash., DC 38/36/c

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 64/49/c 42/31/sh 78/63/pc 44/39/sh 79/68/pc 63/52/r 76/62/pc 49/43/c 77/57/pc 51/41/c 66/49/pc 56/45/c 52/46/c

Myrtle Beach 57/47

Manning 56/40

Today: Mostly sunny and warmer. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Wednesday: Cloudy with a shower in spots. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph.

LOCAL ALMANAC

Florence 52/38

Bishopville 54/37

Today Hi/Lo/W 43/38/s 52/40/s 57/40/s 62/45/pc 57/53/pc 61/45/pc 44/38/pc 51/40/s 54/39/pc 53/36/pc 47/43/pc 56/41/pc 48/39/pc

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 10.23 +0.58 19 4.00 -0.10 14 10.71 +0.14 14 4.07 -1.01 80 78.39 -0.10 24 10.06 +4.66

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 54/47/c 63/46/c 70/49/pc 71/53/pc 62/54/c 71/53/pc 57/46/c 59/45/c 67/49/c 63/45/c 57/45/c 65/47/c 60/45/c

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 52/38/pc Gainesville 71/47/s Gastonia 44/35/pc Goldsboro 47/41/pc Goose Creek 62/45/pc Greensboro 39/34/pc Greenville 44/37/s Hickory 40/35/pc Hilton Head 62/47/pc Jacksonville, FL 68/46/pc La Grange 61/46/s Macon 60/44/s Marietta 50/44/s

Sunrise 7:28 a.m.

Moonrise 4:03 p.m.

Sunset Moonset

5:31 p.m.

5:20 a.m.

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High 6:53 a.m.

7:19 p.m.

7:50 a.m.

8:15 p.m.

Ht. 3.5 2.9 3.6 3.0

Low 1:09 a.m.

1:59 p.m.

2:05 a.m.

2:53 p.m.

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 48/34/pc Mt. Pleasant 62/46/pc Myrtle Beach 57/47/s Orangeburg 57/40/pc Port Royal 63/47/pc Raleigh 43/37/pc Rock Hill 52/38/pc Rockingham 52/36/pc Savannah 64/46/s Spartanburg 50/38/pc Summerville 61/44/pc Wilmington 56/46/pc Winston-Salem 38/36/pc

Ht. -0.8 -0.5 -1.0 -0.6

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 56/41/c 70/52/pc 65/53/pc 67/48/c 70/53/pc 54/47/c 60/45/c 62/42/c 72/52/pc 58/44/c 71/50/pc 66/50/c 50/46/c

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Changes at work or to the way you earn your living will turn out well.

Don’t disregard your ability to negotiate on your own behalf. Look for a unique way to present what you want and you will succeed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Set ground rules when dealing with personal or business partnerships. Discuss who is responsible for what before you commit to a plan. Joint ventures will only work if you are up front and strive for equality.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put greater emphasis on how you look and the way you present who you are and what you have to offer. It will make a difference and draw interest from someone whose help you need in order to get ahead.

Romance is highlighted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Show a little discipline when it comes to work-related matters and you will impress someone who can help you advance. Sharing emotional moments with someone you love will encourage you to make an important decision.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Added responsibilities will surface. Try not to take on more than you can handle. Neglecting what’s expected of you will cause stress that can be avoided if you are organized and prepared to honor promises.

An A-10 Warthog makes a “show of force” pass for a U.S. Congressional Delegation during the East Coast Air Power Demonstration held recently at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. Photo taken and submitted by Jim Olsen.

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PREP BASKETBALL

Late surge helps Gamecocks crush Conway 54-37

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter High School varsity boys basketball team never trailed in its game against Conway on Monday at the SHS gymnasium, and the game was tied just once.

Still, the Tigers were hanging around with 3:50 left in the third quarter, trailing just

What pleased SHS coach Shawn Jones with the dominating stretch was who did it.

“That was our second unit that did that,” said Jones, whose team improved to 10-5 overall and 2-0 in Region VI-5A. “We’re finally getting everyone healthy, and one of our strengths is our depth.

Our second unit is as good as our first unit.

33-24. Then, just over two minutes later, the Gamecocks had put them away.

Sumter exploded with a 12-1 run JONES to open a 45-25 lead and rolled to a 54-37 victory, handing CHS just its second loss of the season.

“I really think our second unit was the better matchup for us tonight.”

The Gamecocks’ Calvin Felder converted a 3-point play and followed it with an acrobatic tip-in to quickly make it 38-24. Jaylenn Corbett converted a 3-point play as well to push the lead to 41-24 with 2:21 remaining in the third quarter.

After Conway broke the run with a free throw, Darius Williams hit a reverse layup and Corbett came up with a steal and a slam dunk to push the lead to 20 with 1:26 to go.

Sumter led 46-27 after three quarters and pushed the lead to 50-27 early in the fourth quarter.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

From rivals to classmates Spurrier, Manning among 13 new members of College Football Hall of Fame along with former Clemson coach Danny Ford

ultimate teammate, the ultimate greatest guy you could possibly want to coach.”

But Manning never did beat Spurrier’s Gators, going 0-3. Spurrier built Florida into an SEC powerhouse from 1990-2001, winning six conference titles and the school’s first national championship in 1996. He also was never shy about

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SEE WOLFORD, PAGE B3

FILE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAMPA, Fla. — Peyton Manning and his Southeastern Conference nemesis, former Florida coach Steve Spurrier, will go into the College Football Hall of Fame together.

The rest of the new Hall of Fame class of 13 players and coaches announced Monday includes Southern

California Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk and FORD Danny Ford, who coached Clemson to its only national championship.

Manning started for four seasons at Tennessee and set school records for yards

passing (11,201) and touchdown passes (89). He led the Volunteers to four consecutive bowl games and was Heisman Trophy runner-up as a senior in 1997.

“His stats were incredible ... but as we all know his legacy goes much, much further than that,” former Tennessee coach and Hall of Famer Philip Fulmer said.

“He was absolutely the ultimate team player, the

BY JOSH KENDALL The State COLUMBIA — Eric Wolford is coming back to South Carolina.

The Gamecocks’ offensive line coach in 2009, Wolford was hired Monday to fill the job again in 2017 and beyond, South Carolina coach Will Muschamp announced in a statement released by the school.

“I’m excited to have Eric come back to South Carolina and join our staff,” Muschamp said. “He has a long history as an WOLFORD excellent offensive line coach and has the added experiences of being a head coach and being in the NFL, both of which make him even more of an asset to our staff moving forward.”

Wolford has been an assistant offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers for the past two years. Before that, he spent 19 seasons as a college coach, including working as the Gamecocks’ run game coordinator and offensive line coach. USC was last in the SEC in rushing (averaging 121.2 yards per game) in 2009.

“My family and I are excited about our return to the University of South Carolina,” Wolford said in USC’s statement. “It is a privilege to be a part of the Gamecock family again. With such supportive, loyal fans and Coach Muschamp’s guidance, I am confident that this program is moving in an explosive and positive direction. We are honored to be a part of the Gamecock family.”

Wolford left South Carolina and became head coach at Youngstown State, where he was 31-26 in four years. During Wolford’s tenure, the Penguins were ranked in the FCS top 10 three times, beat an FBS team for the first time (Pitt 31-17) and beat FCS No. 1 North Dakota State.

Former Florida and South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier will lead the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame class with 12 others, including former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning and former Clemson head coach Danny Ford.

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Wolford returns as offensive line coach for USC

PRO FOOTBALL

All four NFL divisional games rematches

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

There will be a familiar feel to the NFL playoffs next weekend: Every divisional-round game will be a rematch from the regular season, the first time that’s happened in six years.

In the NFC, it’s the Green Bay Packers at the Dallas Cowboys, and the Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta. In the AFC, it’s the Houston Texans playing as huge underdogs at New England, and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City.

The first times around, Dallas beat Green Bay 30-16 in Week 6 , Seattle beat Atlanta 26-24 in Week 6 , New England

beat Houston 27-0 in Week 3 with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback, and Pittsburgh beat Kansas City 43-14 in Week 4 .

Not that those results necessarily mean much now, especially because none was more recent than October.

The Steelers know how much things can change.

After all, they lost to the Dolphins by 15 points during the regular season, then advanced Sunday with a 30-12 victory over Miami in the wild-card round, their eighth victory in a row.

“We’re not trying to settle vendettas and things of that nature. They beat us fair and square in Week 6. You tip your cap to them for that perfor-

mance,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. “Today was today. And it’s going to be the same going forward. What happened during the regular season is of little importance.”

Here’s a closer look at next weekend, when each game features one starting QB who has won the Super Bowl (Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, Seattle’s Russell Wilson, New England’s Tom Brady, Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger):

PACKERS AT COWBOYS, SUNDAY, 4:40 P.M., FOX That loss to Dallas nearly three months ago was part of Green Bay’s 4-6 start. But ever

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, right, and the Packers travel to SEE REMATCHES, PAGE B3 Dallas on Sunday in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

1:30 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Apia International Sydney Early-Round Matches from Sydney (TENNIS).

3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Bahamas Great Exhuma Classic Third Round from Great Exuma, Bahamas (GOLF).

6 p.m. – Men’s Professional Tennis: ASB Classic Early-Round Matches and Australian Open Qualifiers (TENNIS).

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

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: South Florida at Connecticut (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Kentucky at Vanderbilt (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Baylor at West Virginia (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Syracuse at Virginia Tech (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Xavier at Villanova (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Columbus at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green (TIME WARNER 1250).

7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Boston at Toronto (NBA TV).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Houston (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at St. Louis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Football: Coach of the Year Award (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Indiana at Maryland (ESPN).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Florida at Alabama (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Providence at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Mississippi State at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK).

9:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas State at Texas Tech (ESPNEWS).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Miami at Golden State (NBA TV).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: San Jose State at San Diego State (ESPNU).

Midnight – Professional Tennis: ASB Classic Early-Round Matches and Australian Open Qualifiers (TENNIS).

NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE

By The Associated Press

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS SATURDAY’S GAMES Houston 27, Oakland 14 Seattle 26, Detroit 6 TODAY’S GAMES Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12 Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 13

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JAN. 14 Seattle at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 8:15 p.m.

(CBS) SUNDAY, JAN. 15 Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:05 p.m.

(NBC) Green Bay at Dallas, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY, JAN. 22 TBD

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, 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 24 13 .649 — Boston 23 14 .622 1 New York 17 20 .459 7 Philadelphia 10 25 .286 13 Brooklyn 8 28 .222 15½ SOUTHEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GB Atlanta 21 16 .568 — Charlotte 20 18 .526 1½ Washington 18 18 .500 2½ Orlando 16 23 .410 6 Miami 11 28 .282 11 CENTRAL DIVISION

W L Pct GB Cleveland 28 8 .778 — Indiana 20 18 .526 9 Chicago 19 18 .514 9½ Milwaukee 18 18 .500 10 Detroit 18 21 .462 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB San Antonio 30 7 .811 — Houston 30 9 .769 1 Memphis 24 16 .600 7½ New Orleans 14 24 .368 16½ Dallas 11 26 .297 19 NORTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GB Utah 23 16 .590 — Oklahoma City 22 16 .579 ½ Portland 16 23 .410 7 Denver 14 23 .378 8 Minnesota 11 26 .297 11 PACIFIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB Golden State 32 6 .842 — L.A. Clippers 26 14 .650 7 Sacramento 15 22 .405 16½ L.A. Lakers 15 26 .366 18½ Phoenix 12 26 .316 20

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 105, Brooklyn 95 Washington 107, Milwaukee 101 L.A. Clippers 98, Miami 86 Houston 129, Toronto 122 Memphis 88, Utah 79 Cleveland 120, Phoenix 116 Detroit 125, Portland 124, 2OT Golden State 117, Sacramento 106 L.A. Lakers 111, Orlando 95

MONDAY’S GAMES

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

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Chicago, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 8 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

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

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

AREA ROUNDUP Columbus Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Washington Philadelphia Carolina New Jersey N.Y. Islanders

39 28 7 4 39 26 8 5 42 28 13 1 39 25 9 5 42 21 15 6 40 18 15 7 41 16 17 8 38 15 15 8

60 57 57 55 48 43 40 38

132 85 139 109 146 107 111 83 123 129 104 108 95 121 106 117

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 43 26 12 5 57 120 104 Minnesota 39 25 9 5 55 123 85 St. Louis 40 21 14 5 47 114 118 Nashville 40 17 16 7 41 112 110 Winnipeg 42 19 20 3 41 116 126 Dallas 40 16 16 8 40 103 121 Colorado 39 13 25 1 27 79 130 PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 40 24 14 2 50 105 90 Anaheim 42 21 13 8 50 113 113 Edmonton 42 21 14 7 49 120 113 Calgary 42 22 18 2 46 114 117 Los Angeles 40 20 16 4 44 98 99 Vancouver 42 20 19 3 43 105 121 Arizona 40 12 22 6 30 86 128 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 2 Carolina 4, Boston 3, OT Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1, OT Ottawa 5, Edmonton 3 Chicago 5, Nashville 2 Minnesota 2, Anaheim 1

MONDAY’S GAMES

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

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

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

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

Boston at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE AP TOP 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (55) 15-0 1608 2 2. Kansas (8) 14-1 1517 3 3. Villanova (1) 15-1 1499 1 4. UCLA (1) 16-1 1433 4 5. Gonzaga 15-0 1366 5 6. Kentucky 13-2 1327 6 7. Duke 14-2 1173 8 8. Creighton 15-1 1111 10 9. Florida State 15-1 1071 12 10. West Virginia 13-2 972 7 11. North Carolina 14-3 902 14 12. Butler 14-2 880 18 13. Oregon 15-2 869 15 14. Louisville 13-3 744 9 15. Xavier 13-2 651 16 16. Arizona 15-2 634 17 17. Purdue 14-3 584 20 18. Wisconsin 13-3 581 13 19. Virginia 12-3 580 11 20. Notre Dame 14-2 468 23 21. St. Mary’s (Cal) 14-1 377 19 22. Cincinnati 13-2 256 22 23. Florida 12-3 252 24 24. Minnesota 15-2 167 — 25. Kansas State 13-2 20 — 25. Southern Cal 15-2 20 25 Others receiving votes: Seton Hall 11, South Carolina 7, Iowa State 7, Indiana 6, Virginia Tech 6, Maryland 5, SMU 5, Clemson 4, UNC-Wilmington 3, VCU 3, Nevada 2, Dayton 2, Wichita State 2.

Monarchs hand Hawks 1st loss Manning Junior High School’s boys basketball team earned a 60-49 victory over Alice Drive Middle School on Monday at the ADMS gymnasium to hand the Hawks their first loss of the season.

Gerkedez Sharpe had 18 points to lead the Monarchs followed by Corey Graham with 13.

Marcus Lane had 22 points and four steals to lead ADMS, Trevonte Brunson added 12 points and five rebounds while Javien Lowery-Isaac finished with eight points and five rebounds as well.

The Hawks return to action Thursday when they travel to Bates Middle School.

MAYEWOOD 38 FURMAN 18

Ray’Quan Duran scored seven points and had four assists to help lead Mayewood past Furman 38-18 on Monday.

Josh Mack, Quintion Harrison and Derrick Prince each added six points for the Vikings, who travel to Ebenezer on Thursday.

GAMECOCKS

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Conway came into the game ranked fourth among 5A schools in the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association poll. The Tigers fell to 11-2 overall and 1-1 in region play.

“This was easily the worst game we’ve played all year,” said CHS head coach Michael Hopkins. “We didn’t play well and Sumter played great. It was a combination of both (for the poor performance). We’re trying to get

THE WOMEN’S AP TOP 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 8, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 14-0 825 1 2. Baylor 15-1 783 2 3. Maryland 15-1 745 3 4. Mississippi St. 17-0 726 4 5. South Carolina 13-1 699 5 6. Notre Dame 15-2 670 7 7. Florida St. 15-2 595 6 8. Washington 16-2 544 12 9. Louisville 15-3 540 8 10. Oregon St. 15-1 509 16 11. Ohio St. 14-4 488 11 12. Duke 14-2 436 13 13. Stanford 13-3 429 10 14. Miami 13-3 388 14 15. Virginia Tech 15-0 347 18 16. Texas 10-4 346 15 17. UCLA 11-4 326 9 18. West Virginia 14-2 269 17 19. Arizona St. 12-3 263 19 20. South Florida 13-1 181 22 21. DePaul 13-4 142 23 22. Oklahoma 12-4 139 20 23. N.C. State 13-4 104 — 24. California 13-3 50 20 25. Kansas St. 12-4 46 25 Others receiving votes: Syracuse 37, Tennessee 33, Colorado 15, Green Bay 14, Texas A&M 11, Kentucky 9, Southern Cal 6, LSU 4, Oregon 3, Alabama 2, Charlotte 1.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 40 25 9 6 56 124 93 Boston 43 21 17 5 47 105 105 Ottawa 39 21 14 4 46 99 102 Toronto 39 18 13 8 44 120 116 Florida 41 17 16 8 42 95 113 Tampa Bay 42 19 19 4 42 118 127 Buffalo 39 15 15 9 39 89 109 Detroit 40 17 18 5 39 100 115 METROPOLITAN DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

BATES 49 HILLCREST 20 Justus Boone’s doubledouble of 16 points and 10 rebounds helped power Bates past Hillcrest 49-20 on Monday.

Jaymar Ludd added 10 points for the Bantams, who improved to 7-2. Umar Lawson and Justice Singletary had three points each.

Trenton York led the Wildcats with six points.

BMS will host Alice Drive on Thursday.

CHESTNUT OAKS 47 EBENEZER 39

Daytreon Mack scored 25 points and had five steals to lead Chestnut Oaks to a 47-39 victory over Ebenezer on Monday at the CO gymnasium.

Jamie Golden added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Falcons. Montel McCoy had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Chestnut Oaks plays at Hillcrest on Thursday.

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our players to see how they have to play when they go on the road in this region.”

Conway was 7-for-21 from the floor in the first half, but was just 3-for-23 in the second half to finish 10-for44. Jimmy Nichols was the only Tiger in double figures with 14 points.

“We’ve been playing pretty good defense all year,” Jones said. “We did a good job of contesting shots tonight.”

Sumter also had just one player in double figures, Corbett with 13 points. However, the Gamecocks had 10

TODAY

THURSDAY

VARSITY BASKETBALL Crestwood at Lugoff-Elgin, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Lee Central at Cheraw, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Lake View, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at North Myrtle Beach Christian, 5 p.m.

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Sumter at Conway (Girls Only), 6 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Cross, 4 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Step of Faith Christian at Sumter Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4:30 p.m.

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Carolina Forest at Sumter (Boys Only), 6 p.m.

Trinity-Byrnes at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Crestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m.

Lugoff-Elgin at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Lee Central at Andrew Jackson, 6 p.m.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Alice Drive at Bates, 5 p.m.

Chestnut Oaks at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

Manning at Furman, 5 p.m.

Spaulding at Lee Central, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL MAYEWOOD 20 FURMAN 16

Trelaija Dennis had 12 points to help lead Mayewood Middle School past Furman 20-16 on Monday.

The Lady Vikings travel to Ebenezer on Thursday.

HILLCREST 29 BATES 28

Kayla Williams scored 11 points for the Lady Bantams, but Hillcrest earned a 29-28 victory over Bates in overtime on Monday.

players score, all of them scoring in the first half as well.

Ryan Missildine added eight points, while Felder had seven and Raymond Johnson and Isaih Moore both had six.

SHS led 15-8 after one quarter. Conway was trailing 25-21 with 46 seconds left in the first half. Tylik Sibblies-Simon drained a jumper to push the SHS lead to six before Moore got free in the left corner and banged home a 3-point shot with four seconds left to make the halftime score 30-21.

FRIDAY VARSITY BASKETBALL Darlington at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Lugoff-Elgin, 6 p.m.

Andrew Jackson at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

Creek Bridge at East Clarendon, 6 p.m.

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL

Carolina Forest at Sumter (Girls Only), 6 p.m.

Manning at Lake Marion, 4 p.m.

Branchville at Scott’s Branch, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Camden Military (Boys Only), 5 p.m.

Palmetto Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Jefferson Davis, 4 p.m.

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

B TEAM BASKETBALL Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

VARSITY WRESTLING Sumter in Coach Trapp Duels (at Battery Creek High in Beaufort), 6 p.m.

SATURDAY VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Northwood at Thomas Sumter (Girls Only), 4 p.m.

VARSITY SPORTING CLAYS Wilson Hall in SCYSF Tournament (at Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield), TBA VARSITY WRESTLING Sumter in Coach Trapp Duels (at Battery Creek High in Beaufort), TBA

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taking verbal jabs at his rivals such as Tennessee (“You can’t spell Citrus without U-T”) and Florida State (“Free Shoes University”).

“Steve and I, people think we’re bitter enemies, we really aren’t,” Fulmer said. “We’re actually pretty good friends. I’ve said FAULK this before — until somebody puts a microphone in front of him, he’s a pretty good guy.”

Also to be inducted in December at the National Football Foundation banquet are: —Notre Dame linebacker Bob Crable (1978-81) —Michigan State wide receiver Kirk Gibson (1975-78) —Texas offensive tackle Bob McKay (1968-69) —Texas A&M linebacker Dat Nguyen (1995-98) —Georgia Southern running back Adrian Peterson (1998-2001) —Boston College nose guard Mike Ruth (1982-85) —New Mexico defensive back Brian Urlacher (1996-99) —Mount Union coach Larry Kehres, who won 93 percent of

his games and 11 Division III national championships from 1986-2012.

Leinart won the Heisman in 2004 and led Southern California to two national championships and a BCS national title game.

Faulk was the first freshman to lead the nation in rushing and scoring in 1991.

He won back-to-back rushing titles and was a three-time Heisman finalist. He went on to have a Hall of Fame NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams.

Ford was 33 when he led Clemson to the national title in 1981 and is still the youngest coach to win a national championship. He spent 12 seasons at Clemson and five at Arkansas and is second in career victories for the Tigers with 96.

Gibson’s greatest fame came as a baseball player. He played for World Series winners in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers and in 1988 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the National League MVP in ‘88 and hit one of the most famous World Series home runs, against Oakland Athletics reliever Dennis Eckersley.

FILE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For the Spartans, Gibson Former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning was elected to the averaged 21.0 yards on 112 reCollege Football Hall of Fame on Monday along with 12 others. ceptions with 24 touchdowns.

REMATCHES

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since Rodgers spoke about trying to “run the table,” NFC North champion Green Bay has won seven consecutive games, including 38-13 over the New York Giants in the wild-card round.

Rodgers has 19 TD passes and zero interceptions during the unbeaten run, but one question now is whether favorite target Jordy Nelson, hurt against New York, will be available.

Green Bay’s pass defense, shaky and beset by injuries, might not have an easy time against Dallas QB Dak Prescott, a preternaturally poised rookie who threw for three TDs in the October matchup. The No. 1-seeded Cowboys’ other first-year sensation, Ezekiel Elliott, gained 157 yards in his first game against the NFL’s eighth-best run defense.

SEAHAWKS AT FALCONS, SATURDAY, 4:35 P.M., FOX All-Pro quarterback Matt Ryan, a leading MVP contender, and wideout Julio Jones put up NFC South champion Atlanta’s highpowered offense against NFC West champion Seattle’s “Legion of Boom” defense, which is missing injured safety Earl Thomas but still features Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor.

In the first meeting, Ryan threw for three TDs, while Jones finished with seven catches for 139 yards and a score. But most memorable was an incompletion on fourth down with 90 seconds left, when Sherman grabbed Jones’ arm on a deep pass.

Definitely a 1-on-1 matchup to keep an eye on this time.

Also worth monitoring: How Atlanta’s so-so defense deals with Seattle’s offense, which seemed reborn as Thomas Rawls ran for 161 yards in a 26-6 win over Detroit in the wild-card round.

Falcons head coach Dan Quinn used to be Seattle’s defensive coordinator.

TEXANS AT PATRIOTS, SATURDAY, 8:15 P.M., CBS New England is one of the biggest betting favorites in a playoff game, and here’s why: Bill Belichick’s Patriots have outscored protege Bill O’Brien’s Texans by a combined 54-6 in their past two head-to-head games.

As good as Houston’s topranked defense has been — Jadeveon Clowney’s interception set the tone for a 27-14 win over Oakland in the wild-card round — there is a world of difference between facing a rookie QB making his first NFL start (Oakland’s Connor Cook) and a threetime Super Bowl MVP (Brady). And Belichick will surely dream up some schemes to bedevil Texans QB Brock Osweiler.

What might matter and might not: Steelers QB Roethlisberger needed a walking boot after hurting his right foot against Miami. If he’s fine next week, it will be fun to watch him, WR Antonio Brown and RB Le’Veon Bell take on Marcus Peters, Eric

Berry and the rest of Kansas City’s formidable defense.

On the other side of the ball, Steelers linebacker James Harrison and Co. should be able to handle Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, but the question is how Pittsburgh’s defense and special teams will corral rookie speedster Tyreek Hill.

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“He’s an excellent coach,” former South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier told The State. “I think he’ll do a super job. He’s got a lot of energy.”

Spurrier hired Wolford in 2009, and then hired Shawn Elliott when Wolford took the Youngstown State job.

Wolford now replaces Elliott, who coached South Carolina’s offensive line for seven seasons before being named head coach at Georgia State in December.

South Carolina didn’t release salary information for Wolford. Elliott was making $500,000.

“Great hire by South Carolina to bring back Coach Wolford. His fire and intensity will have a great impact!” former South Carolina offensive lineman and current Jacksonville Jaguar A.J. Cann tweeted Monday.

Wolford played for Bill Snyder at Kansas State and then worked as a graduate assistant under Snyder in 1995. He has also coached offensive line at Arizona, North Texas, Houston, South Florida and Emporia State.

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PEGGY MCLENDON GASTON — Peggy Rae Weathersby McLendon, wife of Fredrick Levonne McLendon, entered heaven’s gates on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017.

She was born on May 18, 1938, in Winnsboro, to Oscar and Lois Weathersby.

In addition to her husband of 57 years, she is survived by son, Kevin (Ruby) McLendon of MCLENDON Sumter; daughter, Pamela (Buckley) Lightfoot of Lexington; son, Christopher McLendon of Houston, Texas; and son, Brian McLendon of Gaston. She is also survived by grandchildren, Rebekah McLendon, Mic Collins, Taylor McLendon, Daniel Lightfoot, Elaine (Ron) Freed and the Rev. Michael (Kathy) Bowman; and greatgrandchildren, Samuel and Cameron Bowman and Kaiden Bennett.

She is also survived by sister, Carole Sarvis; and brothers, Richard Weathersby, Dan Weathersby and James Weathersby; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents and brothers, Harry Lee, Michael and Terry Weathersby.

Peggy was a loving and devoted wife and mother who doted on her family, even until her final moments. She loved to read and do word puzzles and was a marvelous cook. She loved the Lord and set a wonderful Christian example for her family.

When Peggy was 18, she, her brother and sister went to live with their maternal grandmother in Winnsboro. Her grandmother lived on a limited income, so Peggy found a job to contribute $10 per week for groceries. She then found all the stores in town that would take a dollar down and a dollar a week for clothes and school supplies for her brother and sister.

For much of her married life, Peggy concentrated on raising her children. After her youngest child went to college, she went back to work at Rapha Residential Care for 10 years, where her cooking was very popular among the residents.

Visitation will be held at 11 a.m. today at Thompson Funeral Home, 200 State St., West Columbia. Services, officiated by her grandson, the Rev. Michael Bowman, will follow at noon. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Fort Jackson National Cemetery.

Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www. thompsonsfuneral.com

MARJORIE P. NETTLES Marjorie Brunk Phillips Nettles, 97, died peacefully on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in her home at Covenant Place.

Born on Nov. 2, 1919, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Ida Louise and C.D. NETTLES Brunk. Marjorie was first married to Logan Lang Phillips and from this union she had three loving daughters. They did many fun things together, including gatherings at their homes at Santee and Myrtle Beach and traveling together with their many friends in their AirStream camper, until his death in 1980.

She was the longest living member of First Baptist Church (1931) and the longest living resident at Covenant Place (1994).

After her move to Covenant Place, she married longtime friend, Robert M. Nettles, who predeceased her.

Surviving are two daughters, Carol Kirven (Larry) and Virginia (Ginger) Nasipak of Delray Beach, Florida; and one sister, Virginia B. Shirley. She is also survived by six grandchildren, David Alderman of Columbia, Chris Alderman of Sumter, Travis McEwen (Francine) of Coral Springs, Florida, Kim McEwen (John) of Atlanta, Philip Clavier (Erin) of Hellertown, Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Dr. Mark Clavier of Oxford, England; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husbands, she was predeceased by a daughter, Patricia

Phillips McEwen, who was married to Howard D. “Tappy” McEwen.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery beside her first husband with the Rev. Charles Clanton officiating. A memorial service and reception will follow at 4 p.m. at the Life Enrichment Center at Covenant Place.

The family would like to extend thanks to Amedisys Hospice and to her many caregivers, especially Jamee Childress, for their kind and compassionate care.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Mission Funds, P. O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151; to Covenant Place, 2825 Carter Road, Sumter, SC 29150; or to United Ministries of Sumter, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

RUFUS GAYMON MANNING — The Rev. Rufus Gaymon, 78, husband of Laura Bradley Gaymon, died on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016, at McLeod Health Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born on Oct. 20, 1938, in the Panola section GAYMON of Manning, a son of the late Rev. Wallace Gaymon Sr. and Marie Thompson Gaymon.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his wife of 42 years, Laura B. Bradley Gaymon; two sons, Gregory (Lawreen) Holliday of Pinewood and Leander Gaymon of Charlotte; one daughter, Letitia Marcia (Jeremy) Plowden of Florence; four grandchildren, Shateka Holliday, Shanetra Holliday, Janiya Plowden and Gabrielle Gaymon, who were the apples of his eyes; one great-grandson, Ayden Gregory Lyles; one inducted daughter, Sherial (Bobby) Pearson; one inducted grandson, Bobby Javon Pearson; four sisters, Camilla Washington of Thomasville, North Carolina, Maggie Durant of Pinewood, Susan Holmes of Newport News, Virginia, and Mary Jackson of Newport News; two brothers, James (Lorena) Gaymon of Pinewood and Robert (Virgil) Gaymon of Pinewood; five sisters-in-law, Thelma (General Lee) Benbow, of Manning, Mary Willis of Baltimore, Maryland, Martha (EJ) Johnson of Baltimore, Seretha Bradley of Sumter and Delthenia (Harold) Hicks of Sumter; one brother-in-law, Matthew (Edith) Bradley of Baltimore; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

The celebratory services for the Rev. Gaymon will be held at noon on Thursday at Brown Chapel AME Church, 195 Brown Chapel Road, Elloree, with the Rev. Harold Wilson, pastor, and Bishop Samuel L. Green II officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mark AME Church cemetery, Alderman Camp Road, Alcolu.

Wake services with Masonic Rites, Royal Arch and Hiram of Jericho Rites will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Trinity AME Church, 39 Rigby St., Manning, with the Rev. Courtney Colleton, pastor.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 119 Gregory St., Manning.

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

OBITUARIES The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 211 St. Charles Road, Bishopville.

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

ROSE MARIE DAVIS Rose Marie Davis, 63, departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on May 19, 1953, in Sumter, she was a daughter of Naham McBride and the late Vashti Johnson McBride.

The family will receive friends at the home, 3273 U.S. 15 South, Sumter, SC 29150.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

KEVIN G. FLOYD Kevin Gerald Floyd, 55, husband of Ann Wilson Floyd, died on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on July 16, 1961, in Reno, Nevada, he was a son of Ken and Daisy Carol Floyd.

Kevin was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the concert, symphonic, jazz and marching bands. He was an accomplished saxophone player and had been a member of many bands including Generation, Joyful Noise, the Sumter Community Concert Band, Southwinds and Brandy. He worked along with his father at Ken’s Auto Service on Thomas Sumter Highway. He was a member of Wise Drive Baptist Church, where he was currently serving as chairman of the deacons. He was a member and past exalted ruler of the Sumter Elks Lodge No. 855.

Survivors include his wife and companion of 36 years; his parents of Dalzell; and two children, Megan Dee Floyd and Richard Kenneth Floyd, both of Sumter.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Millie Dee Floyd Boyce.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Wise Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Dearld Sterling and the Rev. F. Joel Osborne officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

JEFFREY A. ROUTCH Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Allen Routch, 69, died on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence.

Born in Munich, Germany, he was a son of the late retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Samuel W. Routch and Elizabeth B. McKernan Routch. Col. Routch was a veteran of Vietnam.

Surviving are two brothers, Greg Routch (Ingrid) of Florida and Tim Routch of Charleston; a sister, Betsy Miller (Jack) of Ohio; and special friends, Pat and Michelle Vance and family of Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with full military honors.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and also from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.

LOUISE SHERIDAN Louise Sheridan, of Sumter, passed on Jan. 8, 2017.

Plans will be announced by JP Holley Funeral Home, Columbia Chapel.

LUCILLE A. SCOTT BISHOPVILLE — Lucille Addison Scott, 96, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at her residence.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Frank and Pauline Mack Addison.

ELLIOTT L. WILDER Elliott L. Wilder, 53, transitioned on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of Melvin and Mary Canty Wilder.

The family will receive friends at the residence of his parents, 2510 Elliott Lane, Pinewood, SC 29125.

Funeral plans are incom-

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JAMES A. LAWSON James A. Lawson, son of the late Jesse James and Lillian Gibbs Lawson, died on Jan. 6, 2017, at his residence.

He was born on Jan. 13, 1931, in Kinston, North Carolina. At a young age, James was baptized and received the gift of the holy ghost at his home church, The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, under the tutelage of the late Bishop S.C. Johnson. He was employed by Zeiland and Chine Asphalt Co. of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and later moved to Washington, D.C., and continued working as an asphalt paver for the Department of Public Works.

He was an avid baseball fan and enjoyed country and western and gospel music. His favorite song was “Pass me not Oh Gentle Savior.” He spent his Sundays listening to and watching TV ministries. He enjoyed reading the Bible and quoting the word.

He leaves to cherish his memories: seven sisters, Pearline Williams, Myrdest Avent, Mary Johnson, Louise Seegars, Martha Brown, Hilda James and Alice Hall (Edward); and two brothers, Jesse Lawson (Iona) and Willie Lawson (Hilda); and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. John Holiness Church, 869 Weeks St., Sumter, with Dorothy Taylor, pastor, Minister Reginald James officiating and Minister Stephen T. James, eulogist.

The body will lie in repose from 10 a.m. until the hour of service.

Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The funeral cortege will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home, 1058 Manning Road.

Sumter Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of arrangements.

SHIRLEY ANN P. WHEELER Shirley Ann Perry Wheeler, 47, wife of Willie James Wheeler, departed this life on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on Sept. 22, 1969, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Robert and Amanda Perry Dinkins.

The family will receive friends at the home, 1430 Salterstown Road, Sumter, SC 29153.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

FRANKLIN ADAMS JR. SUMMERTON — Franklin “Frank” Adams Jr., 75, widower of Mary Ida Adams, died on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at his residence.

He was born on Aug. 27, 1941, a son of the late Franklin Adams Sr. and Mary Watson Adams.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 1996 Jack Touchberry Road, Summerton.

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

NANCY D. WEBSTER Nancy Dixon Webster, 72, wife of Robin Clark Webster, died on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Services will be announced

by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

ANNIE S. OAKS Annie Frances Scott Oaks, 56, affectionately known as “PaJoe,” departed this life on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Sumter Health and Rehab Center.

Born on June 21, 1960, in Marion County, she was a daughter of Archie Gilchrist and the late Louella Scott Thomas.

She leaves to cherish her memory: her husband, Legrand Oaks Jr. of Sumter; her children, Tonya Scott, Andre (Jamyra) Scott, Eric (Felicia) Scott, Linda Scott, Vermonica (Moses) Singleton and Desiree Johnson, all of Sumter; 23 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; her father, Archie Gilchrist; her stepfather, Kenneth (Hattie) Thomas; grandmother, Betsy Simmons; seven brothers, Kenneth (Sandra) Scott, James Scott, Michael (Georgia) Scott, Charles

Scott, Leonard Scott and Kentrell (Chiquia) Thomas, all of Sumter, and Joey (Nyime) Gilchrist of Las Vegas, Nevada; six sisters, Vernell Wilson of Bishopville, Sarah (Johnny) Kinlaw and Linda Scott, both of Sumter, Johnnerly (David) Johnson of Laurinburg, North Carolina, Dannerlyn of Hopewell, Virginia, and Samantha Pittman of Durham, North Carolina; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Homegoing services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Mt. Calvary Holiness Church, 771 Central School Road, Rembert, with Pastor Maggie Williams, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 350 Harmony Court, Apartment 37, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 1:45 p.m. from the family home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in the Mt. Calvary Holiness Churchyard cemetery.

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.

JASON C. CLARK SR. MANNING — On Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, Jason Christian Clark Sr., devoted husband of 71 years to Sarah Jane Anderson Clark, heard his master’s call at McLeod Health Clarendon.

Born on Sept. 1, 1925, in Manning, he was a son of the late Rev. James C. and Elizabeth Middleton Clark.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 1199 Endeavor Drive, Wyboo community of Manning.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

JAMES B. ENOCH BISHOPVILLE — James Barlow Enoch entered eternal rest on Dec. 29, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Funeral service will be held at 3:45 p.m. today at Lee Central Middle School, Charlene Lane, Bishopville. Interment will follow in Boone Memorial Garden in the Browntown community of Lee County.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

MARTHA B. BENNETT Martha Blanding Bennett, 103, was called from labor to reward on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at Sumter Health and Rehab Center.

Born on March 16, 1913, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Renetta Johnson Blanding. She was the widow of Wade Bennett and mother to the son, the late Bishop Luther Dingle.

Her church affiliation in her early life was with Mt. Olive AME Church. After she married, it was St. Phillips AME Church and, later in her life, she joined Emmanuel United Methodist Church.

Those left to cherish her memories are Senior Pastor Gwendolyn Dingle of Pentecostal House of Prayer, Brooklyn, New York; her caregiver, Susan Martin of Sumter; three nieces; one nephew; a host of other relatives and special friends.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 401 S. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Alexander Baker, pastor, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1012 Jan Ave., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m.

The procession will leave at 10 a.m. from the home.

Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter.

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.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

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BY KEVIN M CDONOUGH FX sets sail with an ambitious costume drama and period piece, “Taboo” (10 p.m., TV-MA). Tom Hardy stars as James Keziah Delaney, a menacing mystery man who shows up at his father’s funeral, years after his family had given him up for dead. According to respectable folk, both his mother and father had died mad and James had gone savage after decades at sea and in Africa, where he was presumed to have lost his soul before going down to the bottom of the ocean with a slave ship.

His father’s will leaves him with only one possession, a plot of land on an obscure point on the Pacific coast of North America.

First informed that it is a “poisoned chalice,” a worthless inheritance fraught with danger, James discovers that it is an essential property coveted by the East India Trading Company and perhaps pivotal to the negotiations to end the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.

Not to give too much away, but the pilot establishes James’ intentions to challenge the company for his inheritance and hints at dark secrets in his past and, perhaps, supernatural talents for communicating with his parents beyond the seas and the grave.

“Taboo” is as peculiar as it is compelling, and the pilot is as interesting for what it lacks as what it shows us. Hardy (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) presents a threatening figure, but the first episode is devoid of much overt violence. Darkly lit and meticulously art-directed set pieces unfold with a pace more befitting “Masterpiece Theater” than a pirate action series. It’s a curious hybrid so far. A game cast includes Jonathan Pryce and a striking-looking Oona Chaplin as James’ half-sister, with whom he shares many secrets, buried and otherwise.

• “Being Mary Jane” (9 p.m., BET, TV-14) enters its fourth season with the title character (Gabrielle Union), an ambitious Atlanta-based TV news anchor, moving to New

Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Aliens attack on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Ben’s birthday on “The Mick” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Katie resists roughing it on “American Housewife” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * A political big shot has much riding on a guilty verdict on “Bull” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Artificial intelligence can be murder on “Bones” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Carpe diem on “No Tomorrow” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Cats are out of the bag on “The Real O’Neals” (9:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14) * Murder at a funeral on “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Severide OKs a bone marrow donation on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * May targets Coulson on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

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From left, Jake Johnson, guest star Megan Fox and Zooey Deschanel star in the “Cubicle” episode of “New Girl,” airing at 8 p.m. today on FOX. York and enjoying all of the opportunities of living in a media capital. She hardly leaves her baggage behind.

Once in the Big Apple, she promptly hires a matchmaker to the tune of $20,000, so eager is she to “have it all” as well as climb the corporate ladder.

“Mary Jane” has won wide acclaim for respecting its character and audience enough to portray a single black female deeply conflicted about men, marriage, family and ambition. While the show deserves kudos for an honest portrayal of the phony cheerfulness of morning television, the back-office melodrama is the least interesting aspect to a show that is at its most engaging when Mary Jane is all alone with the mess she’s made of her love life. If you can call it love.

• President Barack Obama’s farewell address (9 p.m., ABC).

• “American Experience” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presents “Command and Control,” recalling a near catastrophe involving nuclear weapons in 1980.

CULT CHOICE Tom Hardy (“Taboo”) is

probably the closest contemporary equivalent to Steve McQueen, star of the 1973 adventure “Papillon” (9 p.m., TCM), along with Dustin Hoffman.

SERIES NOTES A bomber threatens Quantico on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Medical bills on “New Girl” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14) * Domestic bliss on “The

LATE NIGHT Andrew Garfield, Erin Andrews and Cage the Elephant are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Ken Jeong, Kellyanne Conway and Mike Schur visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Mark Wahlberg appears on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

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SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, Vs. CHARLOTTE ELLIS, AND IF SHE BE DECEASED, THEN HER HEIRS AT LAW, AND ANY OTHER H E I R S - A T - L A W O R DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL OF THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE and CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Defendants.

TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS,

DEFENDANTS

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street, Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 8, 2016.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS DEFENDANTS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by the Defendant Charlotte Ellis to Preferred Mortgage Co., LLC, its successors and assigns, dated January 31, 2008, and recorded on February 1, 2008, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1099 at Page 2715 (the "Mortgage").

By Mortgage Assignment (the "Assignment"), Preferred Mortgage Co., LLC assigned the Mortgage to the Plaintiff, and the Assignment was recorded February 1, 2008, in Book 1099 at Page 2730 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 1, as shown on that certain Plat of Joseph R. Edwards, P.L.S., dated September 7, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2007 at Page 438, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in § 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This property is known as 113 King Street, Sumter, SC. This being the same property conveyed to Charlotte Ellis by deed of City of Sumter Housing and Economic Development Corporation dated January 25, 2008 and recorded February 1, 2008 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1099 at Page 2712.

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IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES PETITIONER IN THE MATTER OF: KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON, DOB: 06/29/99 FILE NO. 2012-JV-590 A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

SERVICE

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It appearing to the Court from the allegations of the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, Motion for Service by Publication and the Affidavit of Diligent Search that the whereabouts of the Respondent, TAMIKO ROBINSON, Mother of KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON, is unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent search, therefore, the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Respondent, TAMIKO ROBINSON, Mother of KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON. It is, therefore, ORDERED that said TAMIKO ROBINSON, Mother of KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON be served by publication of the following notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in THE SUMTER ITEM, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed in the State of South Carolina and distributed throughout Sumter County, South Carolina and by publication of the following notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in The Sumter Item, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed in the State of South Carolina.

It is further ORDERED that if the TAMIKO ROBINSON, Mother of KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON does not enter an appearance or otherwise Answer the Petition, further personal service or service by further publication shall be dispensed with and service of any future notices, motions, orders or other legal documents in this matter may be made upon the TAMIKO ROBINSON, Mother of KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON, by filing same with the Juvenile Court Clerk of Sumner County, Tennessee.

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT, TAMIKO ROBINSON The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights to KEYSHON ROBINSON NELSON, who was born to TAMIKO ROBINSON on June 29, 1999 in Charleston County, South Carolina.

The birth certificate is silent as to the identity of the biological father.

It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown.

You are hereby ORDERED to appear in the Juvenile Court of Sumner County, Tennessee in Gallatin, Tennessee on the 21st day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., to personally to answer the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights.

Failing to appear for the hearing on this date and time, without good cause, pursuant to Rule 39(c)(3) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P. will result in the loss of your right to contest the petition to terminate your parental rights to the child listed above. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Sumner County Juvenile Court Clerk's Office, 225 East Main Street, Gallatin, TN 37066.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Entered this 18th day of October, 2016.

BARRY BROWN, JUDGE APPROVED FOR ENTRY: STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES Robyn L. Taylor, BPR#026922 Assistant General Counsel 393 Maple Street, Suite 201 Gallatin, TN 37066 (615) 451-5818

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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L. Robinson, Sr. #2016ES4300712

Personal Representative Annette Robinson 240 Lois Lane Sumter, SC 29150

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Edward Weissmann #2016ES4300711

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Estate:/David Douglas Hickman #2016ES4300706 Personal Representative Gayle O. Hickman 1370 Pudding Swamp Rd. Lynchburg, SC 29080

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De'Quan Garland #2016ES4300295

Personal Representative Gwendolyn Garland C/O Robert G. Rikard Attorney at Law 1329 Blanding Street Columbia, SC 29201

Estate:/Gladys Carter Clark #2016ES4300709 Personal Representative Larry Carter 207 Adams Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:/Joshua Neal, Jr. #2016ES4300702 Personal Representative Eula Mae Neal 4680 Highway 15 South Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:/Angela Edwards #2016ES4300696 Personal Representative Michael A. Conyers 870 Manchester Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:/James Cuttino Eldridge #2016ES4300716 Personal Representative Lynn T. Eldridge 2135 Hobbit Way Sumter, SC 29153

Estate:/William D. McJunkin #2016ES4300701 Personal Representative Kelly McJunkin 1590 Judy Drive Wedgefield, SC 29168

Estate:/Helen M. Burke #2016ES4300694 Personal Representative Glenn F. Reese 2079 Gion Street Sumter, SC 29150

Estate:/Charles Roswell Bovee #2016ES4300700 Personal Representative Michael J. Riddick 4365 Brabham Drive Dalzell, SC 29040

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GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC P. O. Box 11682 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-1177 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

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Asserting that anti-nepotism laws do not apply to the executive branch of government, Presidentelect Donald Trump plans to appoint son-in-law Jared Kushner to a White House advisory posi-

tion, aides said Monday.

In a short question-and-answer session with reporters, Trump said, “We’ll talk about that on Wednesday” at a scheduled news conference.

Aides said the husband of Ivanka Trump is working to wrap up his own business affairs in preparation for a move to Washington.

Kushner “is spending a lot of money on lawyers and compli-

ance lawyers and has a real interest in bringing what has been tremendous business acumen and political instincts during the campaign into the White House as a senior adviser to his fatherin-law the president,” incoming presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway told USA TODAY. Though federal law prevents a public official from appointing relatives “to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction,” Trump officials said that prohibition does not apply to

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NEW YORK Kellyanne Conway, one of Donald Trump’s top advisers, questioned on Monday whether additional investigations are needed into reports of Russian hacking during the campaign and indicated the incoming president would consider rolling back some of the punitive actions President Obama ordered in response.

“I predict that President Trump will want to make sure that our actions are proportionate to what occurred, based on what we know,” she told Capital Download.

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leged Russian spies, were harsher than those he ordered after reported hacking by China and North Korea and suggested the reason for the difference was political.

Conway ridiculed a proposal

by House and Senate Democrats on Monday to establish a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the allegations against Russia. U.S. intelligence agencies reported last week that Moscow, under the direction of President Vladimir Putin, hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, then leaked them in an effort to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton and elect Trump.

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The two brothers, known as “Odie” and “Doogie,” were indicted together, tried together, given the same sentence and, until recently, served their sentences at the same minimumsecurity prison.

When President Obama announced a clemency initiative to give drug dealers like them a second chance, both applied for presidential clemency.

Dewayne received a commutation and was released to a halfway house last week. Harold’s case was denied. He’s still in prison.

The Damper case illustrates a central challenge in the clemency initiative as the Justice Department has tried to evaluate the record 32,551 commutation petitions it’s received during the Obama presidency.

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Trump plans to make Kushner a White House employee, meaning he is subject to federal conflict-of-interest laws.

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On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. Its all-touch interface and sleek design marked a very different approach to the smartphone.

Ten years later, it’s perhaps the most important device launched this century, transforming how we work and live.

Here’s a look at the 10 most important moments in the iPhone’s history:

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1A 4GB model sold for $499, and the 8GB model sold for $599 when they launched in the USA in June 2007.

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Though the details of his White House appointment are being worked out, Gorelick said Trump’s son-in-law would resign from Kushner Companies and divest his “substantial assets” in compliance with federal law.

“He would recuse from particular matters that would have a direct and predictable effect on his remaining financial interests,” said Gorelick, a deputy attorney general for President Clinton who is partner at the WilmerHale law firm and chairman of its Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. “He would also abide by federal rules requiring impartiality in particular matters involving specific parties.”

Kushner, who turns 36 years old this week, has served as a close adviser to Trump, before and after his victory.

When Trump visited the White House two days after the election to meet with President Obama, Kushner accompanied him and spoke with outgoing White House chief of staff Denis McDonough.

Relatives have worked in previous presidential administrations. uPresident Woodrow Wilson’s first secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo, became his son-in-law during that administration. uJohn Eisenhower, son of President Dwight Eisenhower,

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Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, walk through the lobby of Trump Tower. worked for a top White House aide. uPerhaps most famously, President John Kennedy made brother Robert Kennedy his attorney general.

In 1967, Congress passed a law banning employment of relatives: “A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the

public official.”

Trump aides cited legal rulings saying Congress cannot apply that law to executive branch appointments, including a case involving Hillary Clinton’s work as chair of a health care task force created by President Bill Clinton.

Richard Painter, a chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, said that on its face, the law applies to all officials, including presidents. Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, also said, “A good argument could be made the other way.”

Painter said, “The upshot is it’s unclear.”

In his brief appearances before reporters Monday, Trump predicted the Senate would confirm all of his Cabinet nominees.

“Confirmation is going great,” the president-elect said at Trump Tower in New York. “They’re all at the highest level.”

Asked about attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, Trump said, “I think he’s going to do great. High-quality man.”

Trump declined to answer questions about an intelligence report that Russia interfered in

last year’s election by hacking Democratic campaign officials.

“We’ll talk about that at another time,” he said.

Wednesday’s news conference is likely to include discussion of what he will do with his business interests, Trump said.

Trump’s Q&A with reporters came after a meeting with a key figure in his forthcoming presidency — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. — who had little to say afterward.

“The president-elect and I had a good meeting about the Senate’s agenda, which, of course, includes confirming the Cabinet appointments (and) getting further down the road towards repealing and replacing Obamacare,” McConnell said at Trump Tower.

He said, “We simply talked about the Senate agenda and how we’re ready to get going once he gets down there.”

McConnell didn’t answer questions about the intelligence report that Russia interfered in last year’s election, but he did respond to queries about ethics reviews of Trump Cabinet nominees.

“Everybody will be properly vetted as they have been in the past, and I’m hopeful that we’ll get up to six or seven — particularly national security team in place — on Day One,” McConnell said.

Trump will be sworn in as the nation’s 45th president Jan. 20.

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CONTINUED FROM C1 and not that guy? It’s the process.

When you have a process that is vertical and goes through seven layers of review, you’re going to get aberrational results,” said Mark Osler, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and a leading advocate of changing the clemency system.

“The problem is the process, not the president.”

Those layers of review include staff attorneys and the heads of the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the Deputy Attorney General’s Office and the White House Counsel’s Office. Only then do the recommendations go to the president. The Constitution gives the president alone the power to “grant pardons and reprieves for offenses against the United States.” Commutations are a lesser form of pardon that releases convicted criminals from prison but otherwise leaves the conviction intact.

The brothers appear to have been treated differently even before their petitions were filed.

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Harold Damper pendent coalition of defense attorneys that agreed to take on clemency initiative cases for free.

Dewayne received a free attorney.

Harold did not and filed his petition himself.

“I didn’t get no feedback from them or nothing. I didn’t get looked at, really,” Harold said in an interview from the low-security prison in Lompoc, Calif. “To me, it’s the luck of the draw who gets a lawyer. That’s all it is.”

Osler said the clemency process has inadvertently perpetuated injustices in the criminal justice system. “If you have a good lawyer, you’re most likely to get a shorter sentence in the first place. And now with clemency, if you have a good lawyer for that, that helps you, too.”

The Clemency Project would not discuss individual cases. Project Manager Cynthia Roseberry said each case is reviewed on its own merits.

“I will say this generally: Not only during this project but in my 20 years of practice, I’ve never found two identical defendants, not even in the same case,” said Roseberry, a former federal public defender. “Each defendant has their own privacy issues and their own particular circumstances, regardless of being related to each other or not. So the lawyers would have looked at them independently.”

Under the clemency initiative, the president would consider releasing federal prisoners who: uWere serving a sentence that would be substantially lower if convicted of the same crimes today. uWere non-violent, low-level offenders without significant ties to gangs. uServed at least 10 years of their sentence. uHad no “significant” criminal history. uHad a record of good conduct in prison. uHad no history of violence.

“The clemency initiative boils down to two basic things: Would the person have a shorter sen-

tence if they were sentenced today? And secondly, would they be a threat to public safety if they were released?” said Dena Iverson, a Justice Department spokeswoman. “These public safety factors often differentiate two cases that ostensibly look very similar.”

The public safety test considers the inmate’s offense, his or her criminal history and conduct while in prison — which is not part of the public record, Iverson CHIP SOMODEVILLA, GETTY IMAGES said.

Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway shop for snack food at a Though they were convicted of the same crime, there were differ- Wawa gas station Nov. 1 in Valley Forge, Pa. ences in their involvement. Harold was involved in the operation beginning in 1990. Dewayne was in a California prison serving time for a previous drug offense and didn’t join until 1994. Prosecutors said both Harold and Dewayne supervised the operation, but Harold had a more significant likely to draw thousands of prorole in the drug conspiracy. v CONTINUED FROM CONTINUED FROM C11B testers to the National Mall the A pre-sentence report, not normally public but obtained by USA would talk about anything bipar- day after Trump is sworn in.

“Every single issue and critiTODAY, showed that the judge tisan ... given how they have considered that leadership role in vowed to obstruct everything we cism was fully vetted and explored many times over in this sentencing despite the objections do,” she said. of Harold’s attorney. It also reThere already was “a great deal election,” she said. Though she vealed that Harold has one juve- of information out there” about said she respected their right to nile assault conviction, for the hacking, she said. “I do find it protest, “I would like them to rethrowing an object at a vehicle to be very ironic that the uptick consider and perhaps just try to when he was 12, injuring a baby and the hue-and-cry of ‘investiga- sit down and figure out how to inside. He served three months in tion’ and ‘information’ has oc- work with their president and a juvenile rehabilitation camp. curred after the election results their vice president, because he is When the brothers were sen- are in. ... The fact is, the Demo- their president and their vice tenced in Hattiesburg, Miss., in crats became super-duper inter- president, no matter what their 1999, the judge noted that De- ested in this entire issue after the hashtags say.”

Some hashtags on Twitter dewayne had the more serious rec- election did not go the way they, ord. He had two prior felony drug quote, wanted and the way they clare #notmypresident.

In discussing the outgoing convictions; Harold had one. “Al- expected.” though Mr. Harold Damper’s recRepublicans also have raised president, Conway said she “abord is less serious than Mr. concerns about Russia’s actions. solutely” would watch Obama’s Dewayne Damper’s, it’s still pret- Senate Armed Services Chairman farewell address in Chicago on ty serious,” Judge Charles Picker- John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Tuesday — but she gave what ing said, according to the Lindsey Graham of South Caroli- sounded like a warning.

“It’s a great idea for him to do transcript. He gave them both the na have called for the imposition this because he knows that a same mandatory minimum sen- of tougher sanctions. tence: 30 years in prison and a Conway, 49, was campaign great deal of what he did is not $4,500 fine. manager last year for candidate going to survive this next presidency, or maybe even this next It’s those mandatory minimum Trump. sentences Obama is trying to reShe became the first woman to month, in some cases,” she said. verse through his clemency pow- run a winning presidential bid “You build a legacy not just by er. Obama views the pardon and is slated to be a senior White checking a box and passing legispower as a case-by-case determi- House adviser for President lation without a single vote from nation, reserving the right to Trump after he is inaugurated the other side. Legacies have to be sustained over time; they have make judgments such as those in Jan. 20. the Damper case.

A veteran Republican pollster to endure.”

She questioned whether ObaHarold’s petition was denied and strategist, she has emerged as Jan. 5, 2016, and Department of one of Trump’s most combative ma, once he leaves the Oval Office, should lead Democrats in Justice rules require him to wait and public defenders. one year to file again. Obama’s She spoke with USA TODAY’s critiquing his successor.

“It’s appropriate for any past term ends in less than two weeks, video newsmaker series at the beso Harold’s fate will probably be ginning of a crucial week. Obama president to weigh in as they feel left to President-elect Donald is scheduled to deliver a farewell comfortable and as appropriate,” Trump, who hasn’t indicated address in Chicago on Tuesday. she said, then added, “I do recall what his clemency policy will be.

Trump is slated to hold his first that President George W. Bush Harold, 49 and a grandfather, news conference as president- gave a great deal of latitude and is scheduled to be released on elect Wednesday. The Senate courtesy to President Obama and Christmas 2024 with credit for plans confirmation hearings for basically said, ‘I’m not the presigood behavior. as many as nine of his Cabinet ap- dent anymore; give him his “We’re all really happy for De- pointees this week, including at- chance to run the country.’ We’d wayne,” said Harold’s wife, Dona- torney general-designate Jeff like the same.” lene, who dated Harold in high Sessions and secretary of Stateschool and married him in prison designate Rex Tillerson.

NOW SHOWING AT USATODAY.COM in 2011 after Dewayne played the Conway said she had “hardly role of matchmaker. “We just thought about” the Women’s See the full interview with adviser want them both to come home.” March on Washington, which is Kellyanne Conway.

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MAKING WAVES French police have arrested 17 people in connection with the Paris robbery of reality star Kim Kardashian West last year. RobAP bers threatened the reality star with a gun, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom at her hotel in October, before fleeing with jewelry worth an estimated $11 million.

Jean Veil, the French lawyer for Kardashian West, told the Associated Press the news of arrests is “a great satisfaction.”

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY U2 FANS The band announced plans for a North American stadium tour this summer, including a stop at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. They’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album, ‘The Joshua Tree,’ and each show will feature a full performance of the album.

After the show, the real parties were just starting THE INSTYLE / WARNER BROS. PARTY

THE WEINSTEIN CO. / NETFLIX PARTY 6. IT’S ALL FRIENDS IN VIP If there was a party MVP, it went to The People v. O.J. Simpson star Cuba Gooding Jr., who celebrated deep into the night with friends.

Gooding shed his jacket and partied in his white shirt and black suspenders, hugging pals and well-wishers and taking selfies with fans.

1. GOLDEN GLOBES MEETS ‘GOSSIP GIRL’ The extravagant InStyle/WB party felt like something out of the teen soap Gossip Girl. So it made sense that both Serena and Blair (aka actresses Blake Lively and Leighton Meester) were there, talking with their respective husbands (Ryan Reynolds and Adam Brody) at opposite ends of the room.

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Liam Cunningham, sat together at a central table. Cunningham offered USA TODAY some broad detail on the upcoming season of Thrones, where plot specifics are under lock and key. “It’s going to be much different and it’s going to be bigger. The vistas. It’s going to look absolutely extraordinary,” he said.

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2. TRACEE ELLIS ROSS MATCHES HER TROPHY After winning her first Globe for Black-ish, Ross changed out of a structured white dress and into a slinky gown that was as golden as her Globe. The matching “wasn’t on purpose, but it worked,” she said from a VIP couch at the soiree. “I’m gonna sleep with (the Globe) tonight. I’ll wrap it in a towel so I don’t hurt myself.”

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What went down after Jimmy Fallon signed off the Golden Globes telecast Sunday night? Only a multitude of A-list after-parties. USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell, Bryan Alexander, Bill Keveney and Carly Mallenbaum take you inside the best bashes.

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THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “If I offended people I am deeply sorry. It was a mistake, because y’all know I am not perfect. I am authentic, but a human, and what I didn’t want to do is make anybody feel lesser than who they are.”

— Jenna Bush Hager on the ‘Today’ show, apologizing Monday after referring to ‘Hidden Figures’ as ‘Hidden Fences’ during an interview with Pharrell Williams on the Golden Globes red carpet.

Tracee Ellis Ross’ luck continued, as the gown she’d chosen for the after-party matched her Golden Globe trophy.

3. WINTER IS HERE … AT LEAST FOR ONE NIGHT At the HBO party, those in need of a Game of Thrones fix could enjoy a one-night-only confab of Brienne of Tarth, Jaime Lannister and Davos Seaworth, as the actors who play them, Gwendoline Christie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and

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If you were looking for insanely good live music, the Amazon Studios party was the place to be. The Roots took the stage at 10:05 and played for more than an hour to a large crowd that included Jason Schwartzman, Billy Bob Thornton, Jeffrey Tambor and Lily Collins.

7. NO REST FOR THIS ‘LION’ Dev Patel might not have taken home the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in Lion, but he partied like a champion long into the evening. While director Garth Davis drank from a special champagne goblet nearby, Patel group-danced with friends to Pitbull’s I Know You Want Me with his long hair unkempt. He hung in an elevated VIP area with a three female admirers, finally taking a group photograph.

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5. THE BROTHERS AFFLECK Ben Affleck celebrated his brother Casey’s best-actor Globes win for Manchester by the Sea at this bash. The elder Affleck hung out in a back room for bit, then made his way to the front of the party. “Where’s Matt?” he asked, walking by a crowded dance floor in search of Matt Damon. Found him! His longtime pal was tucked in a corner with his wife, Luciana.

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You can hardly blame cable networks if they seem a little crazed these days.

Everywhere they turn, they face new competitors. On one hand, those that have been producing high-quality scripted programming for years, like FX, face TV an ever-growing PREVIEW ROBERT array of smaller caBIANCO ble channels chipping away at their business. On the other, they face a burgeoning world of streaming services, one more profligate than the next.

Is it any wonder that even FX, an outlet with as fine an array of scripted offerings as any you’ll find, seems desperate to get our attention? In The Americans and Atlanta, it has TV’s two best series, and yet neither can match the ratings of Game of Thrones or the pop-culture buzz of Stranger Things.

And so FX brings us Taboo (Tuesday, 10 ET/PT, eeEE out of four), a decidedly odd and generally unpleasant big swing that marks the network’s

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James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy) returns to 1814 London to find he now owns property others desperately want. attempt to enter the dark fantasy epic territory occupied by Thrones — with a little Thrones incest thrown in for good measure. What it lacks, unfortunately, is Thrones’ sweep, moments of playfulness and narrative drive — or any drive at all.

Created by Steven Knight with Chips Hardy and star Tom Hardy (who worked with Knight on Peaky Blinders), Taboo is set in London in 1814 — a fetid mess so dank, you can practically smell it.

Clearly, this is not Jane Austen’s Georgian England, as evidenced by a showy, self-conscious use of profanity that ranges from offensive to distracting.

Hardy is James Keziah Delaney, a man of few words and facial expressions, all of them intense. Long thought dead, James returns for his father’s funeral to find dad has left him everything — including the rights to a plot of land outside Vancouver that is much desired by the East

India Company and its evil president, Sir Stuart Strange (a typecast Jonathan Pryce).

Strange assumes Delaney will be an easy mark. Little does he know that time away has sharpened Delaney’s instincts and given him strange powers to commune with the dead. Unless, of course, he’s just insane — a possibility that for now is left on the table.

There’s no doubt Hardy knows how to hold the camera (which is a good thing, because it’s usually focused on him in tight closeup).

But in its early going, Knight gives him little to do but scowl and threaten — so little, that those few moments of over-thetop violence are almost welcome as a change of pace.

Indeed, to say Taboo starts slowly would be unfair to slow things: It barely starts at all. It’s mostly all portent — scene after scene of somber looks, eerie music and cloudy skies, occasionally interrupted by a profane outburst or a lustful look. Perhaps more and better is coming, but in this era of abundance, it’s hard to imagine anyone but the most devoted fans of Hardy, Knight or FX having the patience to wait for it.

And expecting them to do so just seems crazy.

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