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BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com A school board member who voted against a Sumter School District financial plan says the district’s finance committee will propose an alternative stipend payment plan to the board Monday at the board’s regularly scheduled meeting. After Thursday’s finance committee meeting, held mostly behind closed doors, board member and finance committee chairman HILTON Johnny Hilton said he was not at liberty to identify that recommendation. Hilton cast one of the two dissenting votes last week against Superintendent Frank Baker’s emergency financial plan. Thursday he said he cast that vote as “a matter of conscience” because cuts impacted classroom instruction too much. After the finance committee meeting at the district office Thursday, Hilton explained his reasons for voting against Baker’s cash preservation plan to The Sumter Item.

SEE STIPEND, PAGE A4 RALLY SET FOR SATURDAY A rally in support of better funding for Sumter School District teachers and students will be held at noon on Saturday at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 N. Main St. The Rally for Better Funding will be held in response to the school board’s decision to eliminate 47 jobs and end overtime pay and stipends in an effort to end the 2016-17 fiscal year with a balanced budget.

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President Obama honored his commitment to return to the Palmetto State on March 6, 2015, at Benedict College.

President optimistic about the future as he leaves White House WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight tumultuous years at the helm of American power have come and gone, and for President Obama, this is finally the end. The president spent his last full day Thursday at the White House before becoming an ex-president. The big decisions and grand pronouncements are all behind him, but Obama is still in charge until President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath at noon today. The White House left Obama’s schedule mostly empty for the day, saying he would use the time to pack up the home he and his family have lived in for most of a decade. The only events on

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his public calendar were his presidential daily briefing and his final weekly lunch with Vice President Joe Biden in the president’s private dining room. Only a skeleton staff remained Thursday at the White House, creating an eerily quiet feeling in the normally bustling West Wing. Photos of Obama and his family that for years have lined the walls of corridors in the West Wing were being taken down, with some to be transferred to Obama’s per-

Bishopville Post Office fire is suspected arson BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com At 4:43 a.m. Thursday a Bishopville Sheriff’s Office deputy on night patrol noticed smoke coming from the U.S. Post Office at 451 N. Main St., in Bishopville, said Bishopville Police Department Capt. Leroy Solomon. At about the same time, a man attempting to put mail in an outside receptacle noticed smoke coming from it and called the fire department, said Bishopville Fire Chief Mike Bedenbaugh. “He turned around and said, ‘Hey, there’s smoke coming from the building, too,’” Bedenbaugh said. When firefighters arrived at the scene at 4:52 a.m., heavy smoke was coming out to the top of the building, he said. Bedenbaugh said firefighters entered though the back of the building, and it appeared the fire had been burning for some time. He said it appeared to him that some mail suffered fire damage as well. Firefighters did their best not to cause water damage, he said, and used only 250 gallons on the fire.

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has long sought to assist through clemency. In his final news conference on Wednesday, Obama sought to end his chapter in history on an optimistic note. He said that despite his party’s devastating losses in the election, he was confident in the country’s future, adding, “this is not just a matter of ‘no-drama Obama,’ this is what I really believe.” “It is true that behind closed doors, I curse more than I do publicly, and sometimes I get mad and frustrated like everybody else does,” Obama said. “But at my core, I think we’re going to be OK. We just have to fight for it, we have to work for it and not take it for granted.”

sonal office, leaving big white spaces on the walls. Many desks and offices were already empty, having been vacated by staffers who departed in recent weeks. Those staffers still left were packing up their desks, handing in their phones and saying teary farewells to their colleagues. In what may be his last act as president, Obama was planning to grant one final round of clemency on Thursday, following hundreds of commutations and pardons he issued earlier in the week. Officials said the last batch would focus on nonviolent drug offenders serving lengthy prison sentences, a population Obama

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A fire truck is parked in front of the U.S. Post Office in Bishopville on Thursday morning after a fire caused heavy smoke and water damage to the building. Additional manpower was called in from the Hartsville and Darlington County fire departments, as well as the Sumter Fire Department, but the Sumter crew was not needed and was turned back, Bedenbaugh said.

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The building suffered heavy smoke and water damage, and Bedenbaugh said he expects the post office to be “down for a while.”

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South Carolina’s House leaders have introduced a road-funding bill that would reportedly raise more than $600 million a year to maintain and improve South Carolina’s highways, roads and bridges. Beginning on July 1, the legislation would increase the state’s “user fee” on gasoline and other motor vehicle fuel by 2 cents per gallon each year for five years. The current 16 cent user fee would be 26 cents per gallon in 2021. In addition, the bill would

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Fire at Boyle Pond contained to waterway Sumter Fire Department Battalion Chief Joey Duggan said firefighters left the scene at Boyle Pond, off of South Saint Paul Church Road, about 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday after the fire was extinguished. He said the cause of the fire is still undetermined. Although the houses around the pond were threatened by the fire, firefighters and crews with South Carolina Forestry Commission were able to quickly prevent the flames from spreading onto people’s yards, Duggan said. No structural damage was reported, he said. Duggan said it was probably a good thing that the undergrowth in the pond caught fire because it will prevent future fires in that area.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized 6 grams of marijuana and $13,600 in cash and arrested two men during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 95 about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officers arrested Trumaine Nelson, NELSON 26, of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Marvis D. Jackson, 26, of Greencastle, Maryland, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Nelson is charged with

possession of marijuana and traveling with an open container. Jackson is charged with manufacturing or possessing drugs; possession of marijuana; and traveling with an open container. The arresting deputy initiated the traffic stop after watching a vehicle travel less than one car length beJACKSON hind a tractortrailer while driving about 70 mph on I-95. When the deputy approached the vehicle, he saw four beer bottles at the passenger’s feet as well as what

appeared to be marijuana residue on his pants. The officer also reported a strong smell of marijuana emitting from the vehicle, states the release. The deputy informed Nelson of his observation and asked if there was any money inside the vehicle. Nelson said he had $5,000 in cash in the vehicle that he planned to go shopping with while visiting family in Florida. Nelson later admitted that he had $10,000 after his parole officer in Maryland was notified of his arrest. When the deputy searched Jackson, he found $3,634 in cash in multiple bundles and a clear bag with four bluishcolored pills thought to be

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DOT’s priority making deadliest stretches safer COLUMBIA — State transportation officials say their top priority for additional money is making South Carolina’s deadliest stretches of highway safer. Transportation Secretary Christy Hall said Thursday it will take $50 million a year over a decade just to make safety improvements to the state’s “worst of the worst” stretches. She says nearly 30 percent of the state’s crash fatalities and serious injuries occur along those 1,900 miles. Officials say 2015 was the state’s deadliest year on record, with 979 traffic deaths. Hall says most of those happen in the state’s rural areas, and half involve vehicles running off the road. Safety improvements would include guard rails, rumble strips, wider road shoulders, paving shoulders and better pavement markings. A House road-funding plan introduced Wednesday designates money for those improvements.

30mg Oxycodone. A search of the vehicle revealed a marijuana grinder in the console, marijuana residue in the front of the car and a glass jar containing 6 grams of suspected marijuana on the rear floor of the vehicle. The release states that a large bundle of currency was also found in the pocket of a jacket on the back seat, and a K-9 unit dog later indicated that drugs were in the jacket. Officers seized a total of $13,614 in cash in addition to the marijuana and pills. Nelson and Jackson were transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

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Wilson Hall fifth-grade student Rhayne Owens places decals on a rocket during her science class’s study of aerodynamics and propulsion. The entire grade participated in the Science Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation Space Exploration Swamp Fox program, a Department of Defense-sponsored activity hosted by the Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base.

The City of Sumter will not be able to accept utility payments Monday, Jan. 23, including inperson payments, at drive-through payment locations or online due to a planned software upgrade, according to a city news release. The city will resume accepting payments at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the release said. Customers are encouraged to plan utility bill payments accordingly. “The new system will provide the city with a better customer account management,” said Candi Quiroz, director of Utility Billing Department. “Our old system has been around since the 1990s, so we are ready to launch the new program and gain more functionality.” After the upgrade, customers will be given an updated account number. The updated account number will drop the first dash and add a zero after the second dash. As an example: If your account number is currently 012-345678, your updated account number will now be 0123456-078. Quiroz said customers may use the stubs from their current bill when paying, and city employees will credit the correct account. Customers already enrolled in the city’s online pay system will automatically be enrolled in the new system. However, customers who pay with their own personal online banking system will need to update their account number to make sure payments are applied correctly after Jan. 23. For more information, call the Utility Finance Office at (803) 436-2541 or email water@ sumter-sc.com.

Community hosts motorcycle rally for father and son’s medical expenses BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com The Rogers Family Benefit Ride, hosted by Rock Hill Hooligans and CCXII, to benefit a father and son, William and Michael Rogers, who were injured during a wreck in December will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, starting at Sumter Shriners Club, 1865 Highway 15 South. Motorcycles will leave the Sumter Shriners Club at 3:15 p.m. and end the ride at Chuckwagon, 1090 Broad St. There is a $10 cover to attend the benefit and all proceeds will be given to the Rogers to assist with

medical expenses. The main event, featuring a live performance by Billy Creason and the Dam-Fi-No Band, food and a raffle, will start at 4 p.m. at the Chuckwagon. William and Michael Rogers were struck by a vehicle at the intersection of McCrays Mill and Pinewood roads while riding their motorcycles home after visiting a family member at Palmetto Health Tuomey on Dec. 14, said Beth Rogers, wife to William and mother of Michael. Both men were transported to MUSC in Charleston where they underwent surgery for their injuries. Beth Rogers, said Michael had re-

turned to work three weeks before the wreck after recovering from pneumonia and months of dealing with congestive heart failure and battling a life-threatening skin infection. She said William is receiving care at Sumter Health and Rehab while Michael is back at home receiving care. Beth said she wants to push for more motorcycle awareness, especially in driver’s education classes, and change the public’s perception of motorcyclists. She said the 17-year-old driver who hit her husband and son had gotten his license before the wreck. Some

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FIRE FROM PAGE A1 Coincidentally, someone apparently set fire to a pile of debris from the cleanup of Hurricane Matthew on West Cedar Lane, Bedenbaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody went into one of the piles and set a fire,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would think it is probably related.â&#x20AC;? Because it may be an arson fire and it is a federal building, agents from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the state Fire Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office carried out an investigation, along with U.S. Postal Inspectors and agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Bishopville Postmaster John McClean assured residents mail delivery will continue, but he said it might be delayed. Postal workers on the scene said they would resume the

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Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Postal Service inspectors investigate a fire at the Bishopville Post Office on Thursday morning. Arson is expected in the blaze, which caused heave smoke and water damage to the building.

work at another â&#x20AC;&#x153;secureâ&#x20AC;? location, but did not know where it would be. Bedenbaugh said he was told the U.S. Postal Service will bring in a mobile unit for customers who had boxes in the building and will sort mail for home delivery at a nearby post office. The Bishopville fire chief said he was impressed by the response of state and federal officials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were four ATF officials there, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen that many,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people I have never seen before.â&#x20AC;? Bedenbaugh said that if somebody thought setting the fires was some kind of a joke, they may be surprised to learn it is a serious federal offense. He said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whether an accelerant was used, but investigators from another agency brought in a dog to conduct a search.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Sentron W. Scott, 19, of 1914 W. Oakland Ave., was arrested on Friday and charged with third degree domestic violence for allegedly spitting in the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face, punching her on the left side of her face and slapping the right side of her face while in the 2500 block of Highway 15 South on Jan. 3.

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STIPEND FROM PAGE A1 “I felt the measures were having too much of a negative impact on instruction with the cuts to substitutes, stipends, supply budgets and other items,” Hilton said. The 5-2 vote to approve Baker’s recommendations included stopping payments on all stipends for the remainder of the fiscal year, through June 30, representing a 50 percent cut in the line item, and 50 percent reductions in both substitute and supply budgets for the remainder of the school year. Forty-seven positions in the district will also be eliminated effective Jan. 31, according to district Public Information and Partnerships Coordinator Shelly Galloway. Galloway said Baker is personally notifying affected personnel and that process wasn’t complete as of Thursday. Baker plans to finish meeting with those personnel today, she said. Thirteen of those 47 jobs are already vacant at this time. Additionally, Hilton said he believes the wrong personnel are being punished with the budget cuts. “I also voted as a matter of conscience because I felt the innocent were being punished, and the guilty are not being held accountable at this time,” Hilton said. “The guilty — we don’t know who they are yet — but, it’s business as usual for them.”

The other dissenting vote to Baker’s budget recommendations came from the Rev. Ralph Canty. Canty blamed Baker in a public statement Jan. 13 for the district’s financial crisis, saying the superintendent accelerated personnel costs and other expenditures during his term as superintendent. He also said a $4.3 million deficit between total revenues and total expenditures in the 2014-15 audit report should have been a “wake-up call” for him to prevent this year’s deficit from occurring. (To read Canty’s full statement, go to www.theitem.com and search for “Canty public statement.”) The 2015-16 audit report was released last month and showed the district had gone over budget by $6.2 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. The audit also revealed the district had $106,449 in its general fund balance — a critically low level, according to auditor Robin Poston. In Thursday’s finance committee meeting, committee members met in executive session behind closed doors with board members, school board attorney William “Bick” Halligan and outside financial consultant Scott Allan for more than an hour. When Baker’s recommendations were approved last week, Halligan said the cuts were made to preserve $6.8 million in cash so the district could pay other bills and could end this fiscal year with as close to a balanced budget as possible.

lar measure in 2016, but it died in the Senate. Current Gov. Nikki Haley said she would not accept a gas-tax increase without a substantial income tax reduction, but with Haley apparently becoming U.S. Ambassador to the United Na-

TAX FROM PAGE A1 increase biennial registration fees for private motor vehicles by $16, resulting in biennial fees of from $36 to $46, depending on the age of the owner and the type of vehicle. The $16 increase would be credited to the State Highway Fund. Residents who first register a vehicle would pay an “infrastructure maintenance fee,” equal to 5 percent of the sales price or market value of the vehicle, not to exceed $500. All vehicles would be required to register in calendar year 2019. The proposal would also increase the sales tax cap on vehicles, impose fees on hybrid and electric vehicles, and create a fee on out-ofstate truckers, based on the miles they drive while passing through South Carolina. House Speaker Jay Lucas says the legislation ensures every driver who uses South Carolina’s roadways helps pay for them. Other co-sponsors include House Majority Leader

Gary Simrill, R-Rock Hill, and Ways and Means Chairman Brian White, R-Anderson, as well as Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter. The House passed a simi-

Charleston parking space goes on sale for $74K CHARLESTON (AP) — A reserved parking space in downtown Charleston is on the market for $74,000. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Domicile Real Estate Brokerage is trying to sell the space on Burns Lane. It went on sale Tuesday. The firm’s founder, Jennifer Davis, says the costly price tag can be attributed to limited land and high demand for spaces. “It’s actually becoming more and more rare to find a space list this downtown,” Davis said. For a business, the need for parking spaces can be particularly important. According to Charleston zoning codes, a minimum number of parking spaces are required based on land use. Businesses aren’t the only

ones. Davis says those looking to bring value to a house can also see the benefit of the parking spots. She says her firm began selling parking spaces about six or seven years ago, but has seen a dramatic increase in the last few years. The firm has even more expensive parking spaces for sale, including four on East Bay Street going for $98,000 each. The city of Charleston operates more than a dozen garages. Paying the maximum daily rate of $16 for a full year would total nearly $5,500, meaning it would take more than a dozen years to reach the cost of the parking space on Burns Lane. “The parking space absolutely is worth more than most people’s cars,” Davis said.

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Health care legacy: Coverage, conflict and more questions BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press

ASHINGTON — Although his signature law is in jeopardy, President Obama’s work reshaping health care in America is certain to

endure in the broad public support for many of its underlying principles, along with conflicts about how to secure them. The belief that people with medical problems should be able to get health insurance is no longer challenged. The issue seems to be how to guarantee that. The idea that government should help those who can’t afford their premiums has gained acceptance. The question is how much, and for what kind of coverage. “The American people have now set new standards for access to health care based on the Affordable Care Act,” former Surgeon General David Satcher says. “I don’t believe it will ever be acceptable again to have 50 million people without access to health care.” Obama’s influence will continue in other ways, less visible and hardly divisive: • Medicare is shifting to paying for value, not just volume. • The importance of prevention and front-line primary care is more widely recognized. • Doctors and hospitals have computerized their records systems, even if connectivity remains elusive. • The government has opened up massive files of health care billing data, enabling independent analysts to look for patterns of questionable spending. But conflict is part of Obama’s legacy, too. He leaves the country deeply divided about the government’s role in health care. Passed with no Republican votes, the 2010 health care law broke the pattern of major

safety net programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which had bipartisan backing. Social Security has stood for more than 80 years and Medicare and Medicaid for more than 50. “If Medicare had been repealed, stories about Lyndon Johnson would have been different,” said Robert Blendon, professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “A legacy is whether you did something that was sustained.” Johnson was the Democratic president who won approval of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Already, the Republican-led Congress, taking its lead from President-elect Donald Trump, has started the process of repealing and replacing the health law. “Approaches that partisan are difficult to sustain as lasting, permanent features of the health care system,” said Mark McClellan, Medicare administrator under Republican President George W. Bush. Obama also failed to deliver on early promises to cut premiums. From 2009-16, the amount employees pay in premiums for workplace coverage rose by hundreds of dollars, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. And the average deductible — the annual amount patients pay before insurance kicks in — went from $533 to $1,221, an increase of nearly 130 percent. The achievements and diffi-

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The HealthCare.gov website is seen in 2016. President Obama’s health law is in jeopardy, but his health care legacy is certain to endure because of broad public support for many of the underlying principles. culties of the Obama years are reflected in people such as Karen Rezny. “I really do credit Obamacare with saving my life,” said Rezny, a massage therapist from Austin, Texas. The health care law, or ACA, enabled her to get better treatment for advanced breast cancer. She was uninsured when diagnosed. Before the law, insurers would have rejected her because of her medical condition. Even with a subsidized premium, Rezny said she still struggles with cost. “What I would hope is that we would look back and say (Obama) got the ball rolling, and then we continue,” said Rezny. “He took health care off the House and Senate floor — out of theoretical talk by people who are guaranteed lifetime health care — and actually allowed the people to experience it and have it.” When the law passed, 48.6 million people were uninsured, according to the government. Through the first six months of last year, that dropped to 28.4 million. While employer coverage also grew as the economy strengthened, experts credit the ACA for most of the progress. The law provides subsidized private insurance along with a Medicaid expansion for low-income people.

“It would have never been done without the focus and insistence of this president that we go big,” said Kathleen Sebelius, Obama’s first secretary of Health and Human Services. Obama set his sights high, but execution was a problem. When HealthCare.gov went live in 2013, the computer system quickly froze. It took a hightech rescue effort to get things working for consumers. The law’s complexity also tripped people up. It uses the income tax system to subsidize premiums. Some HealthCare. gov customers saw their tax refunds reduced because they underestimated their incomes when applying for subsidies. Fines on those who remained uninsured hit people in their 30s trying to get traction in life. Officials in many states were alarmed by rising Medicaid spending. When Republicans won control of the House in 2010, Obama was effectively blocked from legislating fixes. The administration used regulations to try to smooth out the law’s rough edges, while successfully fighting off two Supreme Court cases that would have gutted it. In the face of problems, the White House ceaselessly talked up the benefits of the law. Among the controversial

claims was that the law deserved much credit for a historic slowdown in national health care spending from 2009-2013. “Just nonsense,” said Rick Foster, formerly Medicare’s chief actuary, in charge of long-range estimates. “Far and away the biggest cause of the slowdown was the Great Recession. That is not to say that the Affordable Care Act didn’t have some impact, but I think that was small compared to the effect of the recession and the weak recovery.” History shows that America’s social programs got built in stages. Automatic cost-of-living increases weren’t part of Social Security originally. Medicare didn’t get a prescription benefit for nearly 40 years. Kris Case of Denver hopes that somehow, something like that can happen with Obama’s overhaul. She works in customer relations for a technology company and buys coverage through the Colorado insurance marketplace. “Think of all the work that has gone into this imperfect thing,” said Case, “and to just tear it down to make a point, rather than say it’s flawed but we can fix it. “Just because you need to do the top floor doesn’t mean you level the entire complex.”

LGBT activists view Obama as staunch champion of their cause BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer It was a new look for the White House, bathed in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide. President Obama, who was inside, felt the glow on that June night in 2015. “To see people gathered in the evening outside on a beautiful summer night, and to feel whole and to feel accepted, and to feel that they had a right to love — that was pretty cool,” he said a few days later. “Pretty cool.” That might be a fair description of how Obama himself is viewed by legions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans who consider him — among all U.S. presidents — the greatest champion of their rights and well-being. The relationship was slow in developing. Obama took office in 2009 as a selfdescribed “fierce advocate” for gay rights. Yet for much of his first term, he drew flak from impatient, skeptical activists who viewed him as too cautious, too politically expedient. They were frustrated he wouldn’t endorse same-sex marriage — Obama cagily said he was “evolving” — and wanted him to move faster on several other issues. But the pace of Obama’s actions steadily accelerated. In December 2010, he signed legislation enabling gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. In 2011, he directed government agencies to combat LGBT rights abuses internationally. By May 2012, soon after Vice President Joe Biden set the example, Obama endorsed gay marriage. His administration also stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal recognition to same-sex couples. That move helped clear the way for the Supreme Court’s historic same-sex marriage ruling in 2015. In the nationwide marriage debate, Obama was not a pace-setter. A Gallup poll showed a majority of Americans supporting same-sex marriage a

sary culture war,” wrote Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, in a recent column. He urged President-elect Donald Trump to make clear that his incoming administration “will never penalize any individual or institution because they believe and act on the belief that marriage is the union of husband and wife.” Professor and author Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College, recalled how Obama had reached out to evangelicals during his first presidential campaign in 2008 — an outreach that troubled LGBT activists. But Stetzer said many evangelicals became disenchanted by Obama’s later advocacy of same-sex marriage. “He has tried to wade through some of the issues, but many evanAP FILE PHOTO gelicals feel he didn’t strike the right The “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal legislation that allowed gays to serve openly in the mil- balance,” Stetzer said. “They genuinely feel that their religious liberty itary sits on a desk at the Interior Department in Washington in 2010. is in jeopardy because of a shift on LGBT rights.” “This was an attack on the LGBT year before he did. But the president Since Trump’s election victory, LGcommunity,” Obama said. “Amerididn’t pause at the stage. He continBT-rights activists have expressed ued throughout his two terms to find cans were targeted because we’re a fears that the new Republican adminways to support the LGBT communi- country that has learned to welcome istration will reverse some of everyone, no matter who you are or ty even when Congress was in partiObama’s supportive executive orders who you love.” san deadlock. Eight days later, Obama designated and back legislation allowing some According to a tally by the Human forms of discrimination against the first national monument honorRights Campaign, Obama’s adminisLGBT people if it’s based on religious ing LGBT rights: the site of the tration has made more than 125 beliefs. changes to regulations and policies to Stonewall Inn in New York City. A Among those unsettled by the prescommunity uprising there in 1969, in expand LGBT rights, and Obama apidential transition is Cari Searcy of response to a police raid, had helped pointed more than 250 openly LGBT Mobile, Alabama, who along with her people to federal positions, including energize LGBT activism nationwide. wife waged years of litigation seekIn November, Obama gave a warm 15 judicial appointments and nine ing joint parental rights to their son. embrace to comedian Ellen DeGehigh-level diplomatic posts. Their lawsuit overturned Alabama’s neres while awarding her the PresiKate Kendell, executive director of ban on same-sex marriage. dential Medal of Freedom. She had the National Center for Lesbian “After fighting such a long, hard come out as a lesbian in 1997, and the Rights, said the policy achievements White House citation said, “Her cour- battle for equal protections for our tell only part of the story. family, it is a very real concern that age and candor helped change the “More than all of this, he honestly those rights could now be taken hearts and minds of millions of and without reservation embraced Americans,” said the White House ci- away,” Searcy said. and celebrated our community as As for Obama, Searcy said he “revtation. part of the human family,” she said. olutionized the way America sees While supporters of LGBT rights “He was not perfect, but he leaves a us.” are extolling Obama’s record, some legacy that will be hard to beat.” “The policies and protections that religious conservatives say the presiIn the past year alone, there were our community gained under his addent went too far in some cases, inseveral telling moments. ministration changed our daily lives fringing on the religious liberties of On June 16, Obama traveled to Orand included us in the national conlando, Florida, to meet with the fami- Americans whose faiths disapprove versation,” she said. “We have come of same-sex marriage. lies of the 49 people killed four days so far under his leadership, and for “The Obama administration has earlier by a rampaging gunman at an that, I will forever be grateful.” waged an aggressive and unnecesLGBT nightclub.

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First Lady Michelle Obama christens the USS Illinois with a bottle of sparkling wine at Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics, in Groton, Connecticut. The submarine officially joined the U.S. Navy fleet in a fall 2016 ceremony.

Michelle Obama: A first lady who charted her own course BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press

“What she did was she sort of listened to herself and allowed her own inner voice and strength and direction to lead her in the way that felt most authentic to WASHINGTON — When Michelle Obama considered the daunting prospect her,” Oprah Winfrey told The Associated Press. “And I think watching somebody of becoming first lady, she avoided turning to books by her predecessors for guid- makes you want to do that for yourself.” ••• ance. At the White House, she decided to Instead, she turned inward. share her experience with the country “I didn’t want to be influenced by how and started by planting the first vegetathey defined the role,” Mrs. Obama once ble garden there in more than 60 years. said. She instinctively knew she had to define the job “very uniquely and specifi- That led the following year, in 2010, to the launch of her anti-childhood-obesity inically to me and who I was.” tiative, “Let’s Move.” That meant doing it her way: shaping The first lady appealed to elected offithe role around her family, specifically her two young daughters, and not letting cials, food makers, sellers, restaurant chains and others to try to make healthy her new responsibilities consume her. food more accessible. She lobbied lawThroughout her eight years, Mrs. Obama has been a powerful, if somewhat makers to add more fruit, vegetables and whole grains, and limit fat, sugar and soenigmatic, force in her husband’s White dium in the federal school lunch proHouse. She chose her moments in the gram. often unforgiving spotlight with great That led to the first update to the procare and resisted pressure to become more engaged in the mudslinging of par- gram in decades, and for Mrs. Obama the process was akin to a crash course in tisan politics. Washington sausage making. Mrs. At times, she’s been more traditional Obama’s effort was not universally welthan some expected — or wanted from comed. Republicans in Congress wanted this first lady. At other times, she’s been eager to update stuffy conventions associ- to reverse the rules. Others said Mrs. Obama was acting like the “food police.” ated with the office. As she navigated her way through, the Even the kids she wanted to help added to the backlash. Some students posted woman who grew up on the South Side of Chicago discovered a talent for TV and photos of lunches they found unappealing on Twitter with the hashtag a comfort with Hollywood A-listers, haute couture and social media. And she #ThanksMichelleObama or simply used all of those elements to promote her tossed the food into the trash. Mrs. Obama had won. But she would causes — childhood obesity, support for military families, girls’ education — with never again try to work closely with Congress on an issue. She chose instead to at least some success. When she leaves the White House, Mrs. use her platform to press industry to change its ways. Obama will do so not just as a political ••• figure, but also as a luminary with interMrs. Obama’s push to put the country national influence. on a health kick extended to exercise — Friends say she charted that path and she made herself exhibit A. largely on her own.

To promote “Let’s Move,” the first lady often donned athletic wear and ran around with kids at sports clinics, some on the South Lawn. She twirled a HulaHoop around her waist 142 times and kick-boxed in a video of the gym workout that helped tone the upper arms she showed off regularly, as in her official White House photo. She did push-ups with Ellen DeGeneres, raced in a potato sack against latenight TV’s Jimmy Fallon in the East Room and shimmied with a turnip in a brief video popular on social media — all to show that exercise can be fun. “I’m pretty much willing to make a complete fool of myself to get our kids moving,” she once said. Instead of going the fool’s route, Mrs. Obama turned herself into a fitness guru and a figure significantly more popular than her husband. ••• First lady was never a position Mrs. Obama imagined for herself, given her modest upbringing and having never seen her skin color on a U.S. president and first lady. Mrs. Obama didn’t really begin to open up about the historic nature of her service as the first black woman to become first lady until the end of the presidency was in sight. She mostly addressed the subject in interviews when she was asked to reflect about it and discussed how important it was for children to see a black president and first lady. Longtime friend and White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said Mrs. Obama was often reluctant to talk about such matters earlier because she wanted her legacy to be more than just her place in history. “Her goal is not what she is, but what she does,” Jarrett said.

WASHINGTON — When President Obama urged fellow leaders at the United Nations to do more for the world’s refugees, his mention of a young boy named Alex could have been just a footnote, unnoticed or quickly forgotten. The White House had other plans. Its social media specialists sent a video crew to the boy’s home in New York. There they recorded an adorable Alex reading aloud a letter he had written asking Obama to bring to his house a 5-year-old bloodied boy the world had seen sitting in an ambulance in Aleppo, Syria. Young Alex promised: “We will give him a family, and he will be our brother.” When the White House posted the video on the president’s Facebook page it was watched 27 million times. It also generated a wave of news stories across the country — drawing attention to the boy’s compassion and, by association, Obama’s desire to persuade the United States and the rest of the world to embrace more Syrian refugees. The Alex video demonstrates how the Obama administration has increasingly turned to a new menu of options to engage the public. The first American president of the social media age, Obama has for years been breaking ground on how politicians connect with a digitally savvy electorate. He has used social media as a tool to educate, to amuse, to spin and, undoubtedly, to shape his legacy. And judging by his successor’s Twitter account, it’s one of the few legacies he’s leaving that President-elect Donald Trump has embraced. The year Obama came into office, the White House joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, iTunes and MySpace. In 2013, the first lady posted her first photo to Instagram. In 2015, the president sent his first tweet from @POTUS, an account that now has 11 million followers. This year, the White House posted its first official story on Snapchat, a promotion of the president’s State of the Union address. White House officials say the focus on social media is simply a strategy of going to where people get their news. It’s an add-on, not a replacement, they say, for press conferences and interviews with journalists. They say presidents, with very rare exceptions, can no longer rely on a single method for communicating their message. “The biggest lesson that we’ve learned is that the bully pulpit is dead,” White House Communications Director Jen Psaki said. “So we have a responsibility as a government and as his staff to come up with a range of ways and levers to communicate information.”

‘Obama Out’: President ending reign as pop culture king BY NANCY BENAC The Associated Press WASHINGTON — From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president. His two terms played out like a running chronicle of the trends of our times: slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon, reading mean tweets with Jimmy Kimmel, filling out his NCAA basketball bracket on ESPN, cruising with Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” “I’m appreciably cooler than I was two minutes ago,” Obama declared after taking the wheel of a 1963 Corvette Stingray with Seinfeld in 2015. And, months before the end of his term, he delivered what could be his with-it farewell line as he ended his remarks at the correspondents’ dinner by embracing a gesture popu-

larized by rappers and comedians. “Obama out,” he deadpanned, as he dropped his microphone and left the lectern. Michelle Obama matched the president on-trend moment for on-trend moment: She strapped on a seatbelt for “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden, beat Ellen DeGeneres in a push-up contest and rapped with a turnip. It wasn’t just frivolity. In an increasingly fragmented media world, the Obamas turned niche pop culture platforms to serious ends. There he was in Alaska, warning about the dangers of climate change on “Running Wild with Bear Grylls.” There she was on the “Tonight Show,” pushing exercise by challenging Fallon to a sack race in the East Room. The president turned up on “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” to get millennials to sign up for his health care law.

between men and women — and Twitter went wild. He paid a 2015 house call to comic Marc Maron’s garage in California to talk terrorism, racial politics and gun control on Maron’s “WTF” podcast. For all the fascination with Obama’s pop culture finesse, there was a downside. Eric Dezenhall, a Washington crisis management consultant and former Reagan adAP FILE PHOTO ministration official, contends that Donald Trump’s election President Obama does push-ups April 9, 2012, during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll at the White House in Washington. From “can be traced almost solely to the domination of the popular his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White culture that Obama and House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop Obama-ism had.” Obama’s culture president. cultural identity was intertwined with a liberal agenda that was a turnoff to many “OK, let’s get this out of the that appearance undignified. voters. But within days, it had way, what did you come here “A lot of Trump’s supportto plug?” Galifianakis groused. snagged 18 million views, on ers said, ‘I’m tired of hearing “I think it’s fair to say that I par with Justin Bieber. And health care signups ticked up- about this,’” says Dezenhall. wouldn’t be with you here People “got sick and tired of ward. today if I didn’t have someThe president tossed a “Mad hearing that Islam is a peacething to plug,” Obama shot loving religion and that there’s Men” reference into his 2014 back. “Have you heard of the nobody braver than Kaitlyn State of the Union address — Affordable Care Act?” Jenner.” Some conservatives called calling out wage disparities

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HICAGO — He entered the White House a living symbol, breaking a color line

that stood for 220 years.

Barack Obama took office, and race immediately became a focal point in a way that was unprecedented in American history. No matter his accomplishments, he seemed destined to be remembered foremost as the first black man to lead the world’s most powerful nation. But eight years later, Obama’s racial legacy is as complicated as the president himself. To many, his election was a step toward realizing the dream of a post-racial society. He was dubbed the Jackie Robinson of politics. Blacks, along with Latinos and Asians, voted for him in record numbers in 2008, flush with expectations that he’d deliver on hope and change for people of color. Some say he did, ushering in criminal justice reforms that helped minorities, protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants from deportation and appointing racially diverse leaders to key jobs, including the first two black attorneys general. These supporters say he deserves more credit than he gets for bringing America back from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the killing of Osama bin Laden and a major expansion of health care that secured insurance for millions of minorities. They celebrate his family as a sterling symbol of black success. But Obama also frustrated some who think he didn’t speak out quickly or forcefully enough on race or push aggressively enough for immigration reform. And his presidency did not usher in racial harmony. Rather, both blacks and whites think race relations have deteriorated, according to polls. Mounting tensions about police shootings of blacks prompted protests in several cities and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement. Perhaps most strikingly, the president’s successor, Donald Trump, is seen by many as the antithesis of a colorblind society, a one-time leader of the “birther” movement that spread the falsehood that Obama was born in Africa. Trump’s strong reliance on white voters was in sharp contrast to the multiracial coalition that gave Obama his two victories. “President Obama represents the face of the future — multicultural America. Donald Trump represents the old racial order of the black-white divide,” says Fredrick Cornelius Harris, director of the Center on African American Politics and Society at Columbia University. “And for the next decades to come, there will be a battle between those two viewpoints of what America is.” It took more than two centuries for America to elect a black president. It will take many years after he leaves office to sort out what it all meant. ••• Two iconic images of the Obama presidency: The president patiently bends over as a 5-year-old black boy touches his head after the child asked Obama if they had the same kind of hair. A 106-year-old black woman joyfully dances with the president and first lady, beaming as she declares: “I am so happy. A black president. Yay!” Born a century apart, these two visitors to the White House convey the potent symbolism of Obama’s presidency, a luster that hasn’t dimmed. For many black Americans, it’s not so much what policies Obama proposed but his mere presence in the Oval Of-

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Khaliyah Davis, a student at Dixon Elementary School in Chicago, listens to the national anthem before celebrations for the inauguration of President Obama on Jan. 20, 2009. fice that has mattered most. “You can’t put a price tag on that,” says Loretta Augustine-Herron, a former community activist who worked with Obama in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens in the 1980s. “If he never did anything else for African-Americans, just the fact that he occupies the White House, it lets us see ourselves in a different light. ... We see a chance for us to fit into the United States society in a way we’ve never fit in. Just knowing that opportunity is not everybody else’s, it’s our, too. ... The sky is the limit. And it was never that feeling before.” Perhaps nowhere are those sentiments stronger than at Altgeld Gardens, where a 20-something Obama honed his political skills as a community organizer. It was there, in the shadow of rusted steel mills, where Obama had his first up-close exposure to a black community mired in poverty. In his memoir, “Dreams from My Father,” Obama describes the sprawling housing project in “a perpetual state of disrepair” with crumbling ceilings, backed-up toilets and burst pipes. He helped residents agitate, rally and fight City Hall to improve their lives. Three decades later, Altgeld is in the middle of a massive renovation. Crime and poverty persist, but there’s also a sense of hope, especially for kids who, for the first time, see a president who looks like them when they walk by Obama’s photo on their schoolroom walls. Cheryl Johnson is among the few remaining residents who remember Obama’s organizing days. He plotted strategies with her mother, Hazel, a well-known environmental activist. Johnson, who followed in her foot-

steps, sees Obama as an inspiration. His presidency, she explains, allowed people to say: “If he can do it, I can do it, too.” Many black supporters are proud of how he weathered the birther movement, racial slurs, photos depicting him, among other things, as an African bone-through-the-nose witch doctor or an ape, and other indignities such as a Southern congressman interrupting the president’s health care address by yelling, “You lie!” “One of the sayings we have down in Alabama is when you wrestle with a pig, the pig enjoys it, and you’re the one that gets muddy,” says Glennon Threatt, an assistant federal public defender in Birmingham, Alabama. “The president has not gotten in the mud. “What he has done is shown that a black man can be a successful president and a successful husband and a successful father,” he adds. “I think that’s an extraordinary thing.” ••• At the beginning, Americans of color looked forward to seeing what action would come from having one of their own in the White House. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri congressman and former head of the Congressional Black Caucus, remembers one first-term meeting during which caucus members appealed to Obama to seek money for a program to reduce unemployment among black youth. The president’s response reflected his governing style: He said he’d advocate for a program for all youth. It’s consistent with how Obama has always described himself — the first black president, not the president of black America. Dyson once noted

Obama’s preference for a universal approach, pointing to something the president told him in a 2010 interview: “I’ve got to look out for all Americans and do things based on what will help people across the board ...” Lorenzo Morris, a Howard University professor, notes some Republicans publicly announced they’d oppose his programs even if they agreed with them. “So if you start off with such intense hostility that if you don’t call it racial, it’s hard to know what to call it except stupid,” he says. “I would think it’s reasonable for African-Americans to say he should have done more ... but they are still wrong because there’s very little he could do. Probably the biggest mistake was if he thought he could do more.” Obama and his supporters do offer a list of accomplishments, pointing to policies they say helped all Americans and, in doing so, improved the lives of minorities. The Affordable Care Act led to health care coverage for some 20 million Americans, including about 4 million Hispanics and 3 million blacks, according to federal statistics. However, its fate is uncertain because of Trump’s vow to repeal and replace it. On criminal justice, Obama pushed for the law that reduced disparities between mandatory crack and powder cocaine sentences that had put blacks behind bars longer than whites. And he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,200 federal inmates, almost all of whom were incarcerated for nonviolent drug crimes. Obama focused a “very bright light on how unfair, systematically, the criminal justice system is,” says Threatt, the public defender. “He doesn’t need to beat a drum and say those people are there because of institutional racism. ... He did something about it.” The Justice Department, under Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, also focused on civil rights violations in law enforcement, leading to agreements with 18 agencies that resulted in reforms. Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court. And more than 100 minority judges were added to the federal bench, according to the Pew Research Center. The president also created “My Brother’s Keeper” to expand opportunity for young boys and men of color, a program in some 250 communities. There have been disappointments, as well. The House refused to consider immigration reform, and so Obama used his executive power to temporarily halt the deportation of 1.5 million people brought here illegally as children. A lawsuit prevented him from expanding that to others. Says Gaby Castillo, an immigration lawyer in New York: “I had these unrealistic expectations that all these changes would come and there would be no opposition to it and it was going to be this glorious initial first four years.” Others point to the yawning income gap that has left some blacks at the bottom of the economic ladder. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates argued in a 2013 piece in The Atlantic that the Obama administration wasn’t aggressive enough in dealing with the foreclosure crisis, which devastated blacks. He characterized the president’s work on housing segregation as “run of the mill.” Harris, the professor at Columbia University, says Obama didn’t sufficiently address the persistence of racial inequality and championed the causes of other key constituencies, such as the LGBT community, more than blacks. “In eight years,” he asks, “this is the best you can do?”

President Obama, center, greets supporters at a campaign event for U.S. Senate candidate Gary Peters and gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer at Wayne State University in 2014 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Scientists have come up with a complex theory involving termites and plants to explain what’s happening to cause mysterious “fairy circles” in the Namib desert that dot the area with circular barren patches.

‘Fairy circles’ finally explained in desert WASHINGTON (AP) — The forces behind the mysterious “fairy circles” that dot a desert in southern Africa do not appear to be supernatural, but they are intricate and complex. The formations are circles of land dozens of feet wide that create a stunning pattern in the Namib desert and have mystified locals and scientists for ages. Inside the circles it looks like nothing is growing, while plants grow well on the land surrounding them. Similar patterns have also been seen in Australia. Paranormal powers like fairies and even dragon breath have been credited with creating them. But Princeton University ecologists have come up with a much less shadowy — and maybe less charming — explanation for what’s afoot. Using computer simulations, they say an intricate combination of animals and plants cooperating and competing help explain the unusual patterns, according to a study in the journal Nature Wednesday. Corina Tarnita, the study’s lead author, calls it “simple and elegant geometry on such enormous scale.” Until this study, there were two competing explanations: Termites created the pattern or plants surrounding the cir-

cles did it. Tarnita’s theory borrows from both. The giant circles — from six to 100 feet in diameter — are mostly from termites that cooperate with others in their colony, but compete against other colonies, she said. The unusual patterns seen between circles are plants that establish an orderly root system so they don’t compete too much for limited water. “Out of all these processes, where each is doing what they need to, emerges this large scale pattern,” Tarnita said. The circular shape is a result of termites venturing as far as possible from their own colony’s nest without encroaching on a competing colony. It’s not quite a conspiracy, says co-author Robert Pringle, because the creatures aren’t trying to make the patterns. “There’s no master plan, there’s no kind of blueprint for what’s supposed to emerge,” he said. Several outside experts contacted by The Associated Press weren’t convinced by the study, because they weren’t comfortable with the author’s assumptions about rainfall and especially termite colony lifespans. They did not, however, argue that it was fairies at work.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On average, Earth will have 10 fewer days of mild and mostly dry weather by the end of the century, the researchers estimate. Some places will get more days perfect for picnics or outdoor weddings, while other places will lose a lot. Rio de Janeiro, Miami and much of Africa are big losers, while Europe and Seattle will gain nicer weather. “It’s the type of weather where you can go outside and do something fun,” said study lead author Karin van der Wiel, a meteorology researcher at Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “It’s not too cold. It’s not too hot. It’s not too humid.” For the past three decades, the world has averaged 74 mild days a year. But by 2035 that will shrink to 70 and then 64 by the last two decades of the century, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal Climatic Change . Mild weather was defined as between 68 and 86 degrees with low humidity and no more than a trace of rain. Any change depends on where you live and the time of year. For example, on average, the U.S. will lose nine mild summer days by the end of the century, although most is gained back with more mild days in the winter, spring and fall. The report estimates that

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A new study says global warming is going to steal some pleasant weather days from our future. The map shows the climate change effects on patterns of mild weather. On average, Earth will have four fewer days of mild and mostly dry weather by 2035 and 10 fewer of them by the end of the century, according to a first-ofits-kind projection of nice weather. Washington, Chicago, New York and Dallas will lose two weeks of pleasant summer weather but some is gained back. On average, Washington loses 13 mild days; Atlanta, 12; Chicago, 9; Denver and New York, 6; and Dallas, 1. The biggest losers will be the tropics and nearly all of Africa, eastern South America, South Asia and northern Australia. Rio de Janeiro, on average, will see 40 mild days disappear. Miami will lose its only mild summer day and nearly a month of spring and fall mild days by 2100. Other places, especially northern developed ones, will gain some of what the tropics lost. England and northern Europe are big winners. Seattle should pick up nine mild days and Los Angeles, which already has a lot of nice weather, gets six extra by the end of the century.

Climate scientists usually focus on extreme weather — record heat, tropical cyclones, droughts, floods — and how they could get worse as the world warms. Kapnick said she wanted to look at nice weather because her friends kept asking her what day to choose for good wedding weather. The team used a middle ground scenario for global warming — not worst-case runaway carbon pollution and not dramatic cuts in emissions of heat-trapping gases — and ran different computer simulations to see what would happen. It’s not just fewer nice days to enjoy. Fewer mild days will also harm agricultural production and allow disease carrying insects to thrive more in more places, said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd.

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Netflix’s ‘Frontier’ is entertaining adventure story BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Good stories need villains. And three new series have cast huge, globe-spanning, soulcrushing corporations in the part. Set in the future, Syfy’s “Incorporated” follows rebels against a vast business entity out to control, well, everything. In FX’s “Taboo,” Tom Hardy’s character takes on the East India Company, a corporate arm of the British Empire that controlled wide swaths of the globe with money, spies and private armies. Streaming today on Netflix, the six-part 18th-century period drama “Frontier” (TV-MA) stars Jason Momoa as Declan Harp, a larger-than-life rebel who challenges the Hudson Bay Company’s monopoly on trade with Northern trappers. Born of Irish and Native American parents, Harp projects authority and menace in equal measure. He’s first seen slitting the throats of two British Redcoats and then releasing a third, so he will return home to terrorize his confederates with tales of savagery. The setting of “Frontier” may seem like a Western, but the strategizing of rival, violent men over control of territories is straight out of gangster movies. While neither as violent nor as opulent and weird as “Taboo,” “Frontier” presents an entertaining, easy-to-follow adventure story about a rebel and the mercenary agents of a faceless business out to destroy him. And both series offer dark histories of large trading companies responsible for the settling and colonization of territories as far-flung as Canada and India. In many ways these corporate entities created the British Empire that the queen, now seen on Sunday nights on PBS’ “Victoria,” inherited. But it’s not all history and

• CIA chiefs Dar (F. Murray Abraham) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) can’t believe what they’re hearing from the president-elect on the repeat of the sixth season premiere of “Homeland” (10 p.m., Showtime 2, TV-MA).

SERIES NOTES Mike and Vanessa ask Mandy and Kyle to get a room on “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Stefan joins Sybil in search of history on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A film crew documents a day at the clinic on “Dr. Ken” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TVPG) * A violent outcast seeks strange asylum on “Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

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Landon Liboiron, left, stars as stowaway Michael Smyth and Jason Momoa as Declan Harp in “Frontier,” which begins streaming today on Netflix. intrigue. “Frontier” packs in many familiar elements of adventure stories. There’s a teenage stowaway (Landon Liboiron), a drunken priest (Christian McKay), a fawning trapper middleman out to play both sides, and the tough-asnails saloon owner (Diana Bentley) who seems to know everything and everyone west of Halifax. It’s easy to wheedle information out of drunken soldiers and adventurers when your assistant, a fetching-yetinnocent bar wench (Lyla Porter-Follows), wears such revealing outfits.

CULT CHOICE Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal star in the satire “A Face in the Crowd” (5:45 p.m., TCM), about a populist performer turned political demagogue who defies his media handlers

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TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett and Don Lemon attend the Inaugural Ball (7 p.m., CNN). • The CBS News special “Change and Challenge: The Inauguration of Donald Trump” (8 p.m., CBS) reflects on the day’s events and the new administration. • Nick has a plan for Capt. Renard on “Grimm” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • An escape artist cannot evade death on “Rosewood” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Dorothy and Lucas meet another lost girl on “Emerald City” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • Crane’s nemesis threatens national security on “Sleepy Hollow” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Prevailing desert winds bring a change in mood on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14). • “Great Performances” presents “Alicia Keys: Landmarks Live in Concert” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). • A question of diplomacy on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV14). • “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC) presents “The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.”

Joy Reid is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jim Gaffigan, Cristela Alonzo and The Avett Brothers are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes James Spader, JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Kevin Delaney on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Ruby Rose appears on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Ken Jeong, Kellyanne Conway and Mike Schur visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * John Lithgow, Kyra Sedgwick and Ryan Phillippe on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r). Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate

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Trying to stay off the grid on reality series ‘Hunted’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH What exactly can a guy my age bring to a review of the 2017 remake of “Beaches” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime, TVPG)? Idina Menzel and Nia Long reprise the roles played by Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in the 1988 original. A tale of female friendship told in extended flashbacks, the first “Beaches” was a nine-hanky affair that popularized “Wind Beneath My Wings,” arguably the most over-covered ballad until the advent of Josh Groban and his particular brand of sentimental treacle. But, as noted above, I really have nothing to bring to this review, as I dwell pretty far outside the orbit of the film’s intended audience; I never saw the original and can easily think of about 12,000 other films or series I’d rather watch or write about before getting my critical flip-flops sandy with either. But if this reboot brings a renewed popularity and saturation of “Wind Beneath My Wings,” I may have to return to the subject with a sharpened pen, or other blunt instruments. Speaking of popular, horrible, inescapable songs, has it really been 20 years since the 1997 release of “Titanic” (7 p.m. Saturday, AMC) and the attendant world domination of Celine Dion’s cloying theme “My Heart Will Go On”? Smithsonian returns to the well-covered story with “Titanic: The New Evidence” (8 p.m. Saturday). Newly discovered and examined photographs of the ship’s construction point toward cost-cutting and shoddy workmanship under unrealistic deadlines as the real culprits that doomed the unsinkable ship. And here we have been pinning the rap on an iceberg for the last 105 years! • Life under constant surveillance in a national security state is the subject of two TV series on Sunday, one thoughtful and acclaimed, the other absurd, perhaps unintentionally so. CBS launches “Hunted” (10 p.m., TV-PG) right after the AFC Championship Game, so expect a large audience for this reality TV manhunt featuring nine teams of two ordinary Americans trying to stay off

the grid and off the radar of a highly professional team of investigators and hunters. The contestants have an area of more than 100,000 square miles in the American southeast to evade authorities. If they do that for 28 days, the teams will win a grand prize of $250,000. Not unlike “The Amazing Race,” this series introduces tandems from all strata of American society, including a model and her handsome boyfriend, two Muslim Americans, a couple who have fallen on hard times, a pair of women who describe themselves as “Thelma and Louise” and/or “Bonnie and Clyde,” and an ex con-turned-defense attorney who married one of his clients. Curiously, some of these players seem to care more about leaving their mobile devices and phones behind than separating from their families and children. The investigators hail from the highest levels of security and law enforcement, including the FBI and the White House. They describe their mission with utmost seriousness. “This is what we do for a living,” says one gung-ho “hunter.” Only he seemed to forget the last part of his job description. That is what he does for a living — on television. The presence of TV crews and cameras also adds a silly

element to the plight of the “Hunted” quarry. More than 40 years ago, heiress and fugitive Patty Hearst evaded capture for nearly two years. How? She laid low in rather humble abodes located in some of the least glamorous corners of Pennsylvania’s Poconos and New York’s Catskills. Then again, she didn’t have technology to tempt her and wasn’t pursued by a reality TV crew. It’s curious that while real veterans of America’s national security establishment participate in this glorified game, professional actors offer a thoughtful meditation on the meaning of life in a national security state where war is never declared yet never quite concludes. We’re talking, of course, about the sixth season of “Homeland” (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime, TV-MA), which began last week. So far we’ve seen Carrie (Claire Danes) drop out of the spy game to open a Brooklyn clinic for victims of judicial overreach in the war on terror. This puts her in the strange predicament of defending the rights of a homegrown might-be terrorist, exactly the kind of person she used to terminate back when she worked for “the company.” Meanwhile, her old confederate Quinn (Rupert Friend) has survived a nerve gas attack only to wander in a hellish dream state, on and off his

meds, reduced to turning up a talk radio conspiracy show when the noises in his head become too unbearable. Carrie’s old boss, Saul (Mandy Patinkin), and his frenemy, Dar (F. Murray Abraham), now have to debrief a president-elect who shares some of Carrie’s own doubts about the wisdom of the war on terror’s motives, execution and unending nature. So now, when reality TV stars have never been more influential, we have a fictional series giving the war on terror some deep consideration, while another series features actual veteran intelligence officers engaged in a trumped-up game of hide-and-seek.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • “The Guardians” (10 p.m., Animal Planet) rescue dogs from incarceration and abuse. • Aziz Ansari hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV14), featuring musical guest Big Sean.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • The New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game (6:30 p.m., CBS), pre-empting “60 Minutes.” • “Mercy Street” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings) enters its second season. • Mark Wahlberg and Mila

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Couple’s happy marriage based on three principles DEAR ABBY: Many of your published letters come from unhappy married women. Some of them seem Dear Abby unable to get ABIGAIL objective adVAN BUREN vice that would make themselves and their marriages happier. I’m fortunate to be happily married (33 years) to a wonderful woman who has a clear perspective. Three pearls of wisdom she could share: 1. Don’t sulk because your husband can’t read your mind. Trust him; he’d like to help. And listen to your tone as you point out how he can. 2. The way you talk about

him to your friends is an expression of your fidelity. Talk about him honestly, but with respect. If you do, he’ll admire and encourage your close friendships and take a sincere interest in your friends as people. If your MO is to grouse and complain about him, in his mind and heart he will feel you’re abandoning him. 3. Be clear that while your husband might say he’d like to treat you like a queen, you’re both better off being equals — partners, side-byside. In our marriage, there is no “better half.” There are two halves. It’s amazing how much joy we have experienced during our years together, based on this simple foundation. My esteem for my wife only grows each year — something that seems impossible, but then

again, fantastic things usually do. Peter, a grateful husband DEAR PETER: Thank you for sharing those words of wisdom because they apply to husbands as well as wives. There’s a saying: The higher the pedestal, the longer the fall. Partners who treat each other as equals and with respect — and the key word is “respect” — usually have long-lasting and happy unions. Those who complain behind a spouse’s back, who denigrate rather than elevate, do not make themselves look better or their marriages healthier. I’m glad you wrote. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

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1/20/17 49 Lunchbox container 51 “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” airer 52 Small creek 53 Meet at the poker table 55 Hound sound 59 Downwind 60 Reached the 2016 Olympics the hard way? 63 Joker, for one 64 Continental divide 65 “Buffy” spin-off 66 Superhero symbol 67 They’re fixed shortly after being intentionally broken 68 Crystalline stone DOWN 1 Bench mates? 2 Bump up against 3 Little, to Luis 4 Rubber stamp partner 5 Highlight provider 6 Barnyard regular 7 2001 Apple debut 8 Lab coat 9 Welcomes warmly, as a visitor

10 Ready in a big way 11 Cupcake cover 12 Uses a fireplace tool 15 Online workshop 17 The Platters’ genre 22 x or y follower 24 Senior, to Junior 25 Amulet 26 Emulates Eminem 27 Meter or liter 28 Revelations 29 Plants used to make tequila 30 Cashed, as a forged check 34 “... happily __ after” 35 Say no to 37 Tangled

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COMMENTARY

Obama’s revealing, shocking final acts

ASHINGTON — Barack Obama did not go out quietly. His unquiet final acts were, in part, overshadowed by a successor who refused to come in quietly and, in part, by Obama’s own endless, sentimental farewell tour. But there was nothing nostalgic or sentimental about Obama’s last acts. Two of them were simply shocking. Perhaps we should have known. At the 2015 White House correspondents dinner, he joked about whether he had a bucket list: “Well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list.” Turns out, he wasn’t kidding. Commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning, one of the great traitors of our time, is finger-in-the-eye willfulness. Obama took 28 years off the sentence of a soldier who stole and then released through WikiLeaks almost half a million military reports plus another quarter-million State Department documents. The cables were embarrassing; the military secrets were almost certainly deadly. They jeopardized the lives not just of American soldiers on two active fronts — Iraq and Afghanistan — but of locals who were, at great peril, secretly aiding and abetting us. After Manning’s documents release, the Taliban “went on a killing spree” (according to intelligence sources quoted by Fox News) of those who fit the description of individuals working with the United States. Moreover, we will be involved in many shadowy conflicts throughout the world. Locals will have to choose between us or our enemies. Would you choose a side that is so forgiving of a leaker who betrays her country — and you? Even the word “leaker” is misleading. Leak makes it sound like a piece of information a whistleblower gives Woodward and Bernstein to expose misdeeds in high office. This was nothing of the sort. It was the indiscriminate dumping of a mountain of national security secrets certain to bring harm to American troops, allies and interests. Obama considered Manning’s 35-year sentence excessive. On the contrary. It was lenient. Manning could have been — and in previous ages, might well have been — hanged for such treason. Now she walks after seven years. What makes this commutation so spectacularly in-yourface is its hypocrisy. Here is a president who spent weeks banging the drums over the harm inflicted by WikiLeaks with its release of stolen materials and emails during the election campaign. He demanded a report immediately. He imposed sanctions on Russia. He preened about the sanctity of the American political process. Over what? What exactly

was released? A campaign chairman’s private emails and Democratic National Committee chatter, i.e. Charles campaign Krauthammer gossip, backbiting, indiscretions and cynicism. The usual stuff, embarrassing but not dangerous. No national security secrets, no classified material, no exposure of anyone to harm, just to ridicule and opprobrium. The other last-minute Obama bombshell occurred four weeks earlier when, for the first time in nearly a halfcentury, the United States abandoned Israel on a crucial Security Council resolution, allowing the passage of a condemnation that will plague both Israel and its citizens for years to come. After eight years of reassurance, Obama seized the chance — free of political accountability for himself and his potential Democratic successor — to do permanent damage to Israel. (The U.S. has no power to reverse the Security Council resolution.) Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who went on to be a great Democratic senator, once argued passionately that in the anti-American, anti-democratic swamp of the U.N., America should act unwaveringly in opposition and never give in to the jackals. Obama joined the jackals. Why? To curry favor with the international left? After all, Obama leaves office as a relatively young man of 55. His next chapter could very well be as a leader on the international stage, perhaps at the U.N. (secretary-general?) or some transnational (ostensibly) human rights organization. What better demonstration of bona fides than a gratuitous attack on Israel? Or the about-face on Manning and WikiLeaks? Or the freeing of a still unrepentant Puerto Rican terrorist, Oscar Lopez Rivera, also pulled off with three days remaining in his presidency. A more likely explanation, however, is that these are acts not of calculation but of authenticity. This is Obama being Obama. He leaves office as he came in: a man of the left, but possessing the intelligence and discipline to suppress his more radical instincts. As of Nov. 9, 2016, suppression was no longer necessary. We’ve just gotten a glimpse of his real self. From now on, we shall see much more of it. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2017, The Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT BEING HONEST WITH PARENTS Sumter parents, you are being lied to! If you really believe that what the Sumter School District has done to make budget cuts will not impact instruction then I have ocean front property in Sumter to sell you right now. First, this look at no subs. This means one of two things. Teachers will have to go cover other classes during their planning periods, meaning they have no time during the day

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Peniel Joseph writing in the Guardian, Jan. 7:

he Obamas leave the White House, if not the world stage, having accomplished, through sheer force of will, something entirely unprecedented in American history: humanizing the black experience by simply being themselves. In the process they normalized black excellence, codified graceful resistance to white supremacy and illustrated the profundity of black romantic and familial love. And they looked great doing it. The Obamas will be missed by millions — but no one will miss them more than black Americans. We found in Obama a president who justified the faith of generations who persisted in loving America—even when the nation refused to love us back. ••• In “The Trump Question,” The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger asks, “Will his presidency produce a new order or merely more disorder?” Will the Trump presidency produce order or merely more disorder? It is said that the Trump electorate wanted to blow up the status quo. And so it did. The passed-over truth, however, is that the most destabilizing force in our politics wasn’t Donald Trump. It was that political status quo. The belief that Hillary Clinton would have produced a more reliable presidency is wrong. Mrs. Clinton represented an extension of the administrative state, the century-old idea that elites can devise public policies, administered by centralized public bureaucracies, that deliver the greatest good to the greatest number. Future Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, in a 2001 article titled “Presidential Administration,” justified what soon would become President Obama’s broad use of executive authority as promoting “the

to plan and improve upon lessons for their own students, or the classes will be “distributed,” meaning the students will be sent to other classes for teachers to babysit. So that class of 25 now has an additional 5 to 10 students. Ask your children what is already occurring. You may be shocked. All accounts have been frozen and supply money has been cut. Say goodbye to any hands-on engagement and this new STEM initiative. Also say goodbye to copy paper, dry erase markers, ink cartridges, etc. Oh, and just so you know, all that fund raising money you helped with is gone as

values of administrative accountability and effectiveness.” This has been the lodestar idea of governments here and in Europe since World War II. Today, that administrative state, like an old dying star, is in destructive decay. Government failures are causing global political instability. This is the real legitimacy problem and is the reason many national populations are in revolt. Some call that populism. Others would call it a democratic awakening. Two case studies: Chicago’s crime rate and ObamaCare. After decades of state-administered benefits and services being poured into Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, the Obama administration, in a consent decree, formally blamed the current anarchy on the police. This is a tacit admission of public failure. ObamaCare is the climactic event in the history of the modern administrative state. It was going to provide health care for millions, delivered through a complex policy labyrinth. Its academic architects say now, as so often in the past, that it would work if given more time. That is what Hillary Clinton said. Time’s up. ••• “Teachers are becoming a hot commodity as South Carolina’s teacher shortfall worsens,” according to The Charleston Post and Courier. Ten thousand dollars will buy you a lot in Gaffney. It’s a down payment on a house. It’s half of the percapita income in the area. And it’s what the Cherokee County School District is willing to pay as a signing bonus for a certified teacher. “We face the same problem every other district faces with math and science teachers. I mean, you can’t keep them,” said Johnny Sarratt Jr., chairman of the Cherokee County School Board. “It’s a way we’re trying to move teachers and maybe get some good teachers, maybe to get a fresh

well. But don’t worry. I am sure this will not impact instruction … All conferences, classes and workshops for teachers have been stopped. Teachers must recertify every five years. Don’t you want your child to have the best teacher available that is accomplished in best educational practices? Well, good luck with that. Even the middle school instructional coaches, which every district in the state has, have been cut. No more professional development for teachers, no more assistance in their craft, no more learning about technology usage in the classrooms. Ask a teacher how important that instructional coach is.

start in a new district. Why not Cherokee County?” Faced with a persistent and worsening teacher shortage, school districts around South Carolina have been ratcheting up recruitment efforts in recent years. Cherokee County’s singing bonus of up to $10,000, which applies to new hires in specific high-demand positions and requires a twoyear commitment, is one of the more aggressive recruiting tactics in a state that ranks 38th in average teacher salary. A study out this month from the state-funded Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement at Winthrop University brings more bad news for schools around South Carolina, particularly in high-poverty and rural areas, such as Cherokee County. The Fall 2016 Supply and Demand Survey found that nearly 6,500 teachers did not return to their current jobs for the 2016-17 school year. That figure is up 21 percent compared with the year before. The most common reasons that teachers gave for leaving their jobs were taking a teaching position in another South Carolina school (25 percent), personal choice (23 percent) and retirement (18 percent). Even when teachers move around within the state, the report found the damage can be “extreme” for districts that consistently lose teachers to “more preferred districts.” The study also looked at classroom job vacancies that remained open at the start of the 2016-17 school year, expressed in full-time equivalents. Just over half of the 481 reported vacancies in the state were in two regions: The Pee Dee and the Lowcountry. “Both regions have districts that experience excessive teacher turnover as well as high levels of poverty,” the report said. Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@ theitem.com.

Really, you need to be asking questions. All stipends have been cut. This means all coaches of sports, all band and choral directors, all clubs that compete in competitions across the state (FBLA, Quiz Bowl, etc.), all grade level chairs, and all department heads. And guess what? Instruction is not where the major budget overage is. Almost 5 million is in support services and maintenance, but all the cuts are in instruction! If you still think all this will not impact instruction, I still have that property to sell you CHARLES DOSSER Atlanta, formerly of Sumter

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AROUND TOWN 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, The Lincoln High School Preserat 245 Oswego Highway. For vation Alumni Association will Lincoln High Alumni hold dinner fund-call (803) information, hold a dinner fundraiser from 11 more 775-5416 or visit theruach.org. a.m. toraiser 5 p.m. today at the Lincoln High School cafeteria, McElveen Manor Assisted Living Council Street. Cost is $8 per and Memory Care Community person and menu will consist will host an American Red Cross of fried fish or fried chicken, blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 red rice, lima beans, peach p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, in cobbler, roll and a drink. Call the conference room of James L. Green at (803) 968McElveen Manor, 2065 Mc4173. Crays Mill Road. Walk-ins are welcome or you may reserve VFW Post 10813 will hold a “Wine, Cheese, Music & more ...” a time slot by calling Danielle event from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sun- Welch at (803) 651-0144. day, Jan. 22, at 610 Manning Area residents are invited to parAve. Call (803) 773-6700. ticipate in a three-day public workshop and discussion about Edmunds High School Class of the Shot Pouch Greenway, a 3.51967 will hold a meeting at 7 mile trail stretching from Dilp.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at lon Park to Swan Lake. The 729 Creekside Drive, to form public events are scheduled committees for decorating, food, set up, clean up, etc. for to be held at the Swan Lake Visitors Center as follows: 6 the 50th reunion that is p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Public planned for April 21-22. If you have not received a “save the Visioning Presentation; 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, Propdate,” contact mplayer@ erty Owner Drop-In; and 6 gmail.com or call Meg at p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, Final (803) 905-8095. Public Workshop PresentaThe Sumter County Education Association — Retired will meet tion. For more information about the Shot Pouch Greenat noon on Wednesday, Jan. way, contact Adams-Racz25, at the North HOPE Center. kowski at the Planning DeContact Brenda Felder Betpartment, 12 W. Liberty St., hune at (803) 469-6588. (803) 774-1639, or email jadThe Ruach Bridal and Special ams-raczkowski@sumter-sc. Events Show will be held from com.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 75/57

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stick to EUGENIA LAST familiarity. Spend time with the people you know and trust. Avoid situations that will put you in jeopardy or lead to dealings with institutions or authority figures. Explore what is possible and alleviate guesswork about what to do next. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Share your feelings, discuss plans and get involved in events that are important to you. A day trip or attending a retreat will be uplifting and help you make decisions that will alter your life and your relationships. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Play the game if necessary when it comes to negotiating or dealing with money matters. Listen and derive what works for you and what doesn’t, and carry on in the direction that will help you maintain a secure position and future. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your feelings and you will get a good response. Dealing with children, your partner or even someone you do business with will be much easier if you are honest and offer reasonable solutions to existing dilemmas. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look at your options. Making a change that will influence your financial life will need special consideration. Don’t base decisions on your emotional needs. Make choices because they will have long-term positive effects. Self-improvement is a good place to begin. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A partnership will give you the boost you need to make your dreams come true. Dealing with peers, children or your lover will help you get a clear picture of how you can accomplish your goals. Romance is

Myrtle Beach 72/58

Manning 75/59

Today: Warm with a thunderstorm in spots. Winds southwest 4-8 mph. Saturday: Warm with occasional rain. Winds south-southwest 4-8 mph.

Aiken 73/57

ON THE COAST

Charleston 77/59

Today: A shower or thunderstorm in the area in the afternoon. High 70 to 78. Saturday: Rain and a thunderstorm. High 68 to 72.

The last word in astrology

Florence 75/57

Bishopville 72/57

featured. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take care of unfinished business to avoid complaints. It’s important to find out what’s important to others before you make choices that will affect the lives of others. An emotional reaction, indulgence and excessive spending or behavior will be your downfall. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotions will surface. Channel this energy into love, romance and making your personal life better. Working on a creative project will bring stellar results that will inspire you to expand your interests and share your joy with someone you love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Work on creative endeavors or toward improvements that will help your community or a cause that concerns you. It’s what you put out that will count when you tally up what you have and haven’t achieved. Give your all. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An emotional plea will work wonders. Your ability to manipulate a situation will help you get ahead. A change in the way you do things will draw positive attention. Romance is on the rise and will improve your personal life. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for a new and diverse way to utilize your talents in order to get ahead. You’ll gain insight if you take a course or set up a meeting with someone who is heading down the same path as you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Use your imagination and creativity to get what you want. Negotiating a deal or contract or discussing joint ventures looks promising. Make personal changes that will encourage more confidence to follow your heart and your dream. Romance is highlighted.

LOCAL ALMANAC SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

67° 42° 55° 32° 75° in 1951 9° in 1994 0.00" 3.21" 2.47" 3.21" 0.97" 2.47"

NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi/Lo/W 74/57/pc 44/41/r 72/48/s 43/39/r 77/59/c 60/49/r 76/64/t 46/42/r 83/60/pc 47/42/r 57/49/r 56/47/sh 51/45/r

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 356.05 74.37 74.42 98.28

24-hr chg +0.02 +0.01 +0.09 +0.09

Sunrise 7:25 a.m. Moonrise 12:59 a.m.

RIVER STAGES

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

LAKE LEVELS

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 69/58/r 54/40/c 70/46/c 53/44/c 73/56/c 62/52/pc 77/56/t 53/45/pc 83/64/pc 56/46/pc 61/44/pc 57/50/sh 59/49/pc

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

Sunset 5:41 p.m. Moonset 12:28 p.m.

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Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 10.01 -0.24 19 3.30 none 14 7.82 -0.54 14 2.56 -1.20 80 75.98 +0.03 24 4.26 -0.37

AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Sat.

High 3:00 a.m. 3:03 p.m. 3:55 a.m. 3:57 p.m.

Ht. 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.4

Low 9:49 a.m. 10:01 p.m. 10:46 a.m. 10:53 p.m.

Ht. 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 66/48/pc 74/54/pc 78/57/pc 78/60/pc 63/53/r 77/59/pc 67/53/r 71/57/pc 78/56/pc 72/57/c 57/48/r 73/56/r 70/55/r

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 62/51/r 71/57/r 72/60/r 72/60/r 61/56/pc 73/61/r 68/56/r 66/59/r 71/60/r 71/61/r 62/51/pc 72/61/r 73/60/r

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 75/57/c Gainesville 80/60/pc Gastonia 67/56/r Goldsboro 67/52/r Goose Creek 78/60/pc Greensboro 59/50/r Greenville 70/55/pc Hickory 62/50/r Hilton Head 72/61/pc Jacksonville, FL 79/60/r La Grange 75/59/pc Macon 76/59/pc Marietta 72/54/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 72/61/r 79/61/t 67/58/r 71/59/r 73/62/r 65/55/r 66/58/r 62/53/r 70/63/r 78/61/t 71/59/r 69/61/r 68/56/r

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 63/49/pc Mt. Pleasant 74/61/pc Myrtle Beach 72/58/pc Orangeburg 75/59/c Port Royal 75/62/pc Raleigh 63/51/r Rock Hill 68/55/pc Rockingham 69/54/r Savannah 80/62/c Spartanburg 68/56/pc Summerville 78/60/pc Wilmington 73/54/r Winston-Salem 59/49/r

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 63/53/r 72/62/r 70/60/r 70/61/r 72/61/r 68/58/r 68/58/r 69/59/r 73/61/r 67/58/r 73/62/r 72/58/r 64/54/r

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow ﬂurries, sn–snow, i–ice

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

PREP BASKETBALL

No. 5 South Carolina women blow past Mississippi 65-46

Free throws help WFHS rally past Sumter girls

BY PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA — Mississippi coach Matt Insell took a bit of comfort in his team’s latest loss to No. 5 South Carolina — that he’ll never have to face senior powerhouse Alaina Coates again. Coates had 15 points and 15 rebounds — her 54th career doubledouble and fifth in as many games against the Rebels — to lead the Gamecocks to a 65-46 victory Thursday night. South Carolina (16-1, 6-0) remained perfect in Southeastern Conference play ahead of Monday’s showdown for first place with No. 4 Mississippi State. Insell said he told Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley he is glad Coates’ college career will soon be over. “Four years of just misery having to prepare to play her,” he said with a smile. Coates has averaged 15 points and 13 rebounds in five games against the Rebels (13-6, 2-4). In this one, she got a boost from the return of her post partner in 6-foot-5 preseason AllAmerica forward A’ja Wilson, who missed the previous two games with a sprained ankle. Insell thinks the 6-4 Coates gets overlooked nationally. “At the end of the day, I want success, we all want success,” Coates said. “Whether I’m recognized or not, I’m just going to do what I do and continue this successful streak we’ve been on.” Coates and Wilson fueled a 13-3 closing run in the second quarter as the Gamecocks took control. Coates scored six points and Wilson four during the spurt to help South Carolina open a 37-22 lead at halftime. Ole Miss never got within single digits the rest of the way in losing its ninth straight to the Gamecocks. Taylor Manuel led the Rebels with 13 points, all in the final two quarters. Kaela Davis had 14 points and Allisha Gray 11 for South Carolina.

THE BIG PICTURE Mississippi: The Rebels concluded their toughest stretch of the SEC sea-

BY PATRICK ENZOR Special To The Sumter Item

against the Gamecocks in the second quarter. Ole Miss had nine turnovers in the first half, more than halfway to its average of 16 per game. The Rebels finished with 18.

While the future looks bright for Sumter High School’s varsity girls basketball team, the Lady Gamecocks had more growing pains against West Florence on Thursday at the SHS Gymnasium. The Lady Gamecocks led for all but one minute and 28 seconds of game action, but couldn’t keep the Lady Knights off the foul line as WF rallied for a 51-50 victory. West Florence shot 17 free throws in the final stanza and made just six -- but it was enough for the win. WF made 18 of 35 free throws in the game; Sumter only shot 13 and made five. “Execution was our main goal tonight,” said SHS head coach Frances Fields, whose team fell to 1-12 overall and 0-4 in Region VI-5A. “We just have to keep going at it. “It’s the little things. They keep fighting to do the little things. Hopefully, as a team it clicks.” Sumter looked like it was going to pick up its first region win of the season, leading 10-5 after one quarter and 24-19 at halftime. It stretched the lead to 31-24 with 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. However, WF went on a 9-1 run to take it’s first lead of the game. The Lady Gamecocks answered and led 39-37 heading into the fourth quarter. “It’s not the first half, it’s about finishing,” said Fields. “Once it gets tough, they are in more of a rush, their heart starts beating a little faster. They just have to understand, the end of the game is about executing more and relaxing.”

SEE USC, PAGE B4

SEE SHS, PAGE B4

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina forward A’ja Wilson (22) attempts a shot against Mississippi forward Shequila Joseph (11) during the first half of a game Thursday in Columbia. The Lady Gamecocks won 65-46. son with games against Tennessee, No. 4 Mississippi State and No. 5 South Carolina. After upsetting the Lady Vols 67-62 last Thursday night, Ole Miss hung tough with its state rival before falling 72-63. The Rebels’ legs might have finally worn down

PREP WRESTLING

Gamecock Duals set for Saturday at SHS gym BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Josh Williams’ first experience with the Gamecock Duals didn’t go exactly as planned. The now second-year Sumter High wrestling head coach was expecting 10 teams a year ago, but winter weather caused several school districts to forbid teams SPURLING from traveling, so the number of participants was dropped to five. “I was hoping to get that number back up this year,” Williams said.”We were ac-

tually at six (schools) when that snow storm hit two weeks ago and caused a bunch of teams to lose (matches). Now we’re back up to 12. “So this time the weather played in our favor.” The 12-team tournament begins on Saturday at the Sumter High School gymnasium with weigh-ins scheduled for 8:30 a.m. The first three rounds of pool play are set to begin at 9:30 a.m. and end around 12:30 p.m. for a lunch break. The next four rounds will begin at 1:15 p.m. with the first- through eighth-place final matches slated to start

Sumter High School’s Alex Perales will be wrestling in the Gamecock Duals on Saturday at the SHS gymnasium. Perales has advanced to the past two 4A state tournaments, finishing fourth last year. He is currently ranked third in 5A. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

SEE DUALS, PAGE B5

AUTO RACING

Benny Parsons’ son reflects on father’s Hall of Fame NASCAR career BY KEITH PARSONS For The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Benny Parsons made it to the NASCAR Hall of Fame because of his victories on the track and his work as a broadcaster after he retired. He is there also because of one other factor - the kindness of his competitors. Don’t misunderstand, he wasn’t voted in simply because people liked my father. During his 19-year driving career, the man most everyone called “BP” won 21 races, including the 1975 Daytona 500, and the 1973 NASCAR championship. In fact, he was the only

Hall of Fame-eligible driver who had accomplished those two feats who had yet to be selected. He’ll be inducted Friday night, along with Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress, Mark Martin and Raymond Parks, and he’s included in that group on merit. Yet the way he treated others in PARSONS the sport over the years ended up helping him as much as it did them. His championship is a great example. The 1973 season ended with a race at Rockingham, about 10 miles from

where BP’s underfunded team was based. All he needed to do to clinch the title was to finish the race, thanks to the convoluted points system used at the time. His crew had everything it needed to fix nearly anything that could go wrong during a race. As fate would have it, no one could have anticipated one item that would be needed: a replacement roll cage. On the 13th lap, my dad hit a car which had spun in Turn 2, ripping the entire right side away from his car. The damage included the steel bars used to reinforce the driver’s cockpit, which were peeled away from the

chassis and laying on the track. The car was towed back to the garage, where BP and his crew dejectedly pondered what they could do. Suddenly, Ralph Moody, a founder of the famed Holman & Moody organization that dominated NASCAR for much of the 1960s, had a solution. For some reason, the car of Bobby Musgrover still was sitting in the garage after failing to qualify. Moody had done some work for Musgrover, as he had for my dad’s L.G. DeWitt Racing Team, so he told everyone to use the parts from the idle car.

SEE PARSONS, PAGE B

SPORTS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

12:30 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Salt Lake City vs. Iowa (ESPNU). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Bayern Munich vs. Freiburg (FOX SPORTS 1). 3 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Greensboro vs. Delaware (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: CareerBuilder Challenge Second Round from La Quinta, Calif. (GOLF). 4 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa Centroamericana Match – Belice vs. Nicaragua (UNIVISION). 6 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Northern Iowa vs. Austin (ESPNU). 6 p.m. – Figure Skating: U.S. Championships from Kansas City, Mo. – Short Dance Competition (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Hockey: Connecticut at Vermont (TIME WARNER 1250). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Eastern Michigan at Akron (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa Centroamericana Match – Costa Rica vs. Honduras (UNIVISION). 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Toronto at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Providence at Seton Hall (FOX SPORTS 2). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Championship Second Round from Kona, Hawaii (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Gymnastics: Arkansas at Georgia (SEC NETWORK). 7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s ThirdRound Matches from Melbourne, Australia (TENNIS). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at Houston (ESPN). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Georgetown at Xavier (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony from Charlotte (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – College Hockey: Minnesota (Duluth) at North Dakota (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Long Island vs. Raptor 905 (ESPNU). 8:30 p.m. – Women’s College Gymnastics: Alabama at Missouri (SEC NETWORK) 8:30 p.m. –College Hockey: Bentley at Sacred Heart (TIME WARNER 1250). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Gymnastics: Utah State at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 9 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s ThirdRound Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2). 9 p.m. – International Soccer: Copa Centroamericana Match – Panama vs. El Salvador (UNIVISION). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Indiana at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN). 12:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Singapore Open Third Round from Singapore (GOLF). 3 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s ThirdRound Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2). 3:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Third Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

SATURDAY

7:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Swansea vs. Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bermen (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hoffenheim vs. Augsburg (FOX SPORTS 2). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester United vs. Stoke City (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Everton vs. Crystal Palace (CNBC). 10:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Rio Ave vs. Porto (UNIVISION). 11 a.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Navy at Army (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Noon – College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Florida (WLTX 19). Noon – College Basketball: Providence at Villanova (WACH 57). Noon – College Basketball: Syracuse at Notre Dame (ESPN). Noon –College Basketball: Georgia at Texas A&M (ESPN2). Noon –College Basketball: Nebraska at Rutgers (ESPNU). Noon – College Basketball: Tennessee at Belmont (TIME WARNER 1250). 12:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Leipzig (FOX SPORTS 2). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Tottenham vs. Manchester City (WIS 10). 12:30 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Maine vs. Fort Wayne (NBA TV). 12:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Fordham at Massachusetts (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – College Basketball: Tulsa at South Florida (ESPNEWS). 1:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Navy at Army (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas at Kansas (WLTX 19). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisville at Florida State (ESPN). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Iowa State at Oklahoma (ESPN2). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (ESPNU). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Butler at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1). 2 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: West Virginia at Baylor (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Boston University at Bucknell (TIME WARNER 1250). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Marquette at Creighton (WACH 57). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Rhode Island at Duquesne (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3 p.m. – Figure Skating: U.S. Championships from Kansas City, Mo. – Pairs and Dance Finals (WIS 10). 3 p.m. –PGA Golf: CareerBuilder Challenge Third Round from La Quinta, Calif. (GOLF). 3 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Rio Grande Valley vs. Iowa (NBA TV). 3 p.m. –College Football: East-West Shrine Game from St. Petersburg, Fla. (NFL NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Mississippi at Missouri (SEC NETWORK). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: Arizona State at UCLA (WLTX 19). 4 p.m. –College Basketball: WinstonSalem State at Fayetteville State (ASPIRE). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Baskteball: Pacific at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: Cincinnati at Tulane (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: Michigan State at Indiana (ESPN). 4 p.m. –College Basketball: Alabama at Auburn (ESPN2). 4 p.m. –College Football: NFLPA Colle-

giate Bowl from Carson, Calif. (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: Drexel at North Carolina-Wilmington (TIME WARNER 1250). 5 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Columbus (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 5:45 p.m. – Girls and Boys High School Basketball: Lugoff-Elgin at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7). 5:50 p.m. – International Soccer; Mexican League Match – Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul (UNIVISION). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Fresno State at Nevada (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: South Carolina at Kentucky (ESPN, WDXYFM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: West Virginia at Kansas State (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Houston at Southern Methodist (ESPNU). 6 p.m. – College Hockey: Minnesota at Wisconsin (FOX SPORTS 2). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Mississippi State at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Western Kentucky at Marshall (TIME WARNER 1250). 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Brooklyn at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 7 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Championship Third Round from Kona, Hawaii (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Round-of-16 Matches from Melbourne, Australia (TENNIS). 7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Tigres (UNIVISION). 8 p.m. – Figure Skating: U.S. Championships from Kansas City, Mo. – Women’s Free Skate (WIS 10). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Wyoming at New Mexico (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Baylor at Texas Christian (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Utah Valley at Cal State-Bakersfield (TIME WARNER 1250). 8:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Miami at Duke (ESPN2). 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Cleveland (WOLO 25). 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana State at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 9 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Round-of-16 Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2). 10 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tijuana vs. Guadalajara (UNIVISION). 10 p.m. – College Basketball: Long Beach State at Cal Poly (ESPNU). 12:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Holy Names at Brigham Young-Hawaii (BYUTV). 12:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Singapore Open Final Round from Singapore (GOLF). 1 a.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Pachuca vs. Necaxa (UNIVISION). 3 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Round-of-16 Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2). 3:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Final Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

NFL PLAYOFFS The Associated Press WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sunday, Jan. 22 Green Bay at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at New England, 6:40 p.m.

PRO BOWL

Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SUPER BOWL LI

Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston Green Bay-Atlanta winner vs. Pittsburgh-New England winner, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA STANDINGS The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee Chicago Detroit

W 28 26 19 14 8

L 14 16 24 26 33

Pct .667 .619 .442 .350 .195

GB — 2 9½ 13 19½

W 24 22 21 17 12

L 18 19 21 27 30

Pct .571 .537 .500 .386 .286

GB — 1½ 3 8 12

W 29 22 20 21 20

L 11 19 21 22 24

Pct .725 .537 .488 .488 .455

GB — 7½ 9½ 9½ 11

L 9 12 19 26 27

Pct .780 .733 .568 .395 .341

GB — 1 8½ 16 18

L 16 19 23 26 28

Pct .628 .568 .425 .409 .333

GB — 2½ 8½ 9½ 12½

L 6 14 25 28 31

Pct .857 .674 .390 .317 .326

GB — 7½ 19½ 22½ 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W San Antonio 32 Houston 33 Memphis 25 New Orleans 17 Dallas 14 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Utah 27 Oklahoma City 25 Denver 17 Portland 18 Minnesota 14 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 36 L.A. Clippers 29 Sacramento 16 Phoenix 13 L.A. Lakers 15

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Charlotte 107, Portland 85 Philadelphia 94, Toronto 89 Washington 104, Memphis 101 New York 117, Boston 106 Detroit 118, Atlanta 95 Houston 111, Milwaukee 92 New Orleans 118, Orlando 98 Golden State 121, Oklahoma City 100 Indiana 106, Sacramento 100

THURSDAY’S GAMES Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 8 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES Golden State at Orlando, 12 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. Phoenix at Toronto, 6 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L

OT Pts GF

Montreal Boston Ottawa Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo

6 6 4 8 9 5 6 9

139 122 111 132 111 126 118 104

117 123 111 123 131 135 132 124

METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L

OT Pts GF

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

4 6 5 1 6 7 9 8

145 138 157 158 132 122 105 120

96 94 132 123 148 121 132 128

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L

OT Pts GF

Minnesota Chicago St. Louis Nashville Dallas Winnipeg Colorado

5 5 5 7 8 4 1

96 120 135 115 144 148 143

46 48 42 42 47 46 45 44

43 44 44 45 46 44 46 42

27 23 23 21 20 21 20 17

30 29 28 28 22 21 19 17

13 19 15 13 18 20 19 18

9 9 11 16 18 16 18 17

60 52 50 50 49 47 46 43

64 64 61 57 50 49 47 42

WESTERN CONFERENCE 43 47 45 44 46 48 42

28 28 23 20 19 21 13

10 14 17 17 19 23 28

61 61 51 47 46 46 27

141 132 128 119 126 135 86

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OT Pts GF

Anaheim Edmonton San Jose Calgary Los Angeles Vancouver Arizona

9 7 2 3 4 6 6

117 125 104 127 113 130 143

47 47 45 47 45 46 44

25 25 27 24 22 21 13

13 15 16 20 19 19 25

59 57 56 51 48 48 32

125 135 120 124 113 112 94

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Winnipeg 6, Arizona 3 Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 1 Detroit 6, Boston 5, SO Edmonton 4, Florida 3, OT San Jose 3, Los Angeles 2

THURSDAY’S GAMES Ottawa at Columbus, 7 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. Montreal at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Florida at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Carolina at Columbus, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Arizona, 8 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday Atlanta 36, Seattle 20 New England 34, Houston 16 Sunday Green Bay 34, Dallas 31 Pittsburgh 18, Kansas City 16

Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando Miami CENTRAL DIVISION

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SATURDAY’S GAMES Portland at Boston, 5 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at New York, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 9 p.m.

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Jan. 7 Houston 27, Oakland 14 Seattle 26, Detroit 6 Jan. 8 Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12 Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 13

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TRANSACTIONS The Associated Press BASEBALL American League TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Eric Wedge field coordinator, Ben Freakley Jr. mental performance coach, Pat Chasse Rehab Coordinator, Devon White hitting coach with Buffalo (IL), Luis Hurtado manager of the Gulf Coast Blue Jays, Chris Schaeffer position coach at Lansing (MWL), Ronnie Ortegon hitting coach at New Hampshire (EL), Michel Abreu position coach at Dunedin (FSL) and John Tamargo Jr. manager the DSL Blue Jays. Promoted Mike Mordecai to assistant field coordinator, Jeff Ware to pitching coordinator, Ken Huckaby to catching coordinator, and Danny Solano to infield coordinator, and Jeremy Trach to minor league strength and conditioning coordinator. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signed OF Giant Gregor Blanco to a minor league contract. CINCINNATI REDS — Designated OF Steve Selsky for assignment. MIAMI MARLINS — Acquired RHP Dan Straily from Cincinnati for RHPs Luis Castillo and Austin Brice and OF Isaiah White. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Neftali Feliz on a oneyear contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terns with OF Michael Saunders on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Severino Gonzalez for assignment. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Joe D’Alessandris offensive line coach. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Jerod Kruse assistant defensive backs coach, Clyde Simmons defensive line coach, DeWayne Walker defensive backs coach, Blake Williams linebackers coach and Bob Wylie offensive line coach) have joined the 2017 coaching staff. Simmons replaces Robert Nunn, who has been relieved of his duties. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Named Wade Phillips defensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled G Michael Leighton from Charlotte (AHL). Reassigned G Alex Nedeljkovic to Charlotte. ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Announced G Jason Kasdorf was recalled by Rochester (AHL). MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Announced G Sam Brittain was recalled by Springfield (AHL). Announced F Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman has left the team to pursue an opportunity with MODO Hockey (Sweden). SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed D Steve Weinstein to a professional tryout contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed M Joao Pedro Almeida Machado. North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed D Carlos Mendes. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Signed M Daphne Corboz. COLLEGE EVANGEL — Named Sara Underwood administrative assistant to the director of athletics. LSU — Dismissed sophomore football NG Travonte Valentine for violating team rules. SAN DIEGO STATE — Agreed to terms with football coach Rocky Long on a five-year contract extension through 2021. TCU — Announced women’s freshman basketball G Jayde Woods has transferred from Oregon.

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Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tries to grab multiple footballs Wednesday during practice in Pittsburgh. The Steelers face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship on Sunday in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Steelers’ Roethlisberger hoping to play up to Brady’s ‘gold standard’ PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger intended for the moment to be private. The camera following him to midfield and the microphone tucked inside Tom Brady’s shoulder pads ended up making that impossible. Their brief exchange before Brady and the New England Patriots visited the Pittsburgh Steelers in October provided a snapshot into a rivalry that never was. They bro-hugged. They lamented the left knee injury that forced Roethlisberger out the lineup on that warm late fall afternoon. And then Roethlisberger made an uncharacteristic request: a signed Brady jersey to hang on the wall in Roethlisberger’s home office next to Hall of Famers Dan Marino, John Elway and Jim Kelly. “I consider him one, if not the best of all-time,” Roethlisberger said. A group Roethlisberger does not include himself in. Not even with as many championships as Brady’s longtime friend and occasional foil Peyton Manning. Not even with a spot in the top 10 in just about every major statistical category out there on Roethlisberger’s still growing resume. Not even with a bust in Canton one day alongside Brady and the rest of the guys whose jerseys adorn the walls of his home almost assured regardless of what happens in Sunday’s AFC title game. The reason is simple: rings. Brady has four, including two he earned while carving a path through the playoffs that included victories in Pittsburgh in 2001 and 2004. Roethlisberger has two, neither of which required Roethlisberger or the Steelers to take out Brady along the way. It’s why Roethlisberger just shakes his head when asked if he’s part of the “gold standard” label that he so eagerly attaches to Brady. “Not as (his) level,” Roethlisberger said. “Obviously, with all the Super Bowls he has.” This weekend provides Roethlisberger his best — and maybe his last — chance to do to Brady what Brady has done to so many others during the past 16 years. Even if the last thing Roethlisberger wants to do is get pulled into the “star quarterback vs. star quarterback” narrative that fueled so many showdowns between Brady and Manning through the years. “It’s obviously bigger than the two of us,” Roethlisberger said. “I know he is used to it, with the Peyton Manning and Tom thing. This is two football teams that have won championships. Us going against each other is more than just one man. We aren’t playing tennis. We are going out there to play a football game with 11 guys at a time.” Maybe, but the outcome will be attached to Roethlis-

berger’s legacy more than any other player. The list of opposing quarterbacks Roethlisberger has beaten with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line doesn’t exactly roll right off the tongue: Jake Plummer, Mark Sanchez and Joe Flacco. Brady and the Patriots they are not. The two first met in the postseason at frigid Heinz Field in the 2004 AFC championship, Roethlisberger the rookie came in a perfect 14-0 as a starter against Brady and the defending Super Bowl champions. The clinic lasted 3:06. Brady threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns while New England’s defense forced Roethlisberger into three interceptions, including an 87-yard interception return by Rodney Harrison late in the first half that gave the Patriots a 21-point lead they never came close to relinquishing on their way to a third crown in four years. “They got after me,” Roethlisberger said. “They made me make some mistakes. I just realized kind of what it was going to take to get over that hump.” Roethlisberger was all of 22 at the time. And while the sting of the first defeat of his NFL career was eased the next season when the Steelers won three postseason games on the road — including an upset of Manning and the Indianapolis Colts — to help the Steelers claim their fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy, the opportunity to even things against Brady when it really mattered never materialized. At least until now, when the 34-yearold Roethlisberger and the 39-year-old Brady are “two old guys that have been playing in this game for a long time,” as Roethlisberger put it. Just not that often against each other. Pittsburgh’s lone breakthrough in Foxborough since Brady broke into the league came in 2008, a season Brady missed all but a handful of plays due to a torn ACL in his left knee. Roethlisberger has only beaten Brady twice in eight head-to-head meetings, the last a 25-17 victory in 2011 that was perhaps the last stand by the Pittsburgh defense that propelled the team to three Super Bowl appearances in six seasons. The team Roethlisberger will lead onto the field this time around is far different. The Steelers have perhaps the best running back, wide receiver and offensive line in the league. And they have a quarterback who has largely abandoned the freewheeling “Ben being Ben” of his younger days for a far more disciplined approach. It’s a style Brady has long since mastered, and he’s taken notice of Roethlisberger’s evolution. “To play at his level for as long as he has, and his style of play, has been remarkable,” Brady said.

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Curry, Durant, LeBron to start NBA All-Star Game BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK — Stephen Curry won a tiebreaker to join Golden State teammate Kevin Durant in the lineup, while LeBron James and Kyrie Irving also gave Cleveland two starters in the NBA All-Star Game. Curry and Houston’s James Harden beat out Russell Westbrook for the two Western Conference backcourt spots Thursday in the new voting system that included players and media for the first time this season. They will join frontcourt choices Durant, Anthony Davis of New Orleans and Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio. The rest of the East lineup for the Feb. 19 game in New Orleans is Giannis Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee and Jimmy Butler of Chicago in the frontcourt and DeMar DeRozan of Toronto in the backcourt. He beat out Boston’s Isaiah Thomas in another tiebreaker. Fan voting accounted for 50 percent in the new system, while current players and a media panel each made up 25 percent. James is the leading scorer in All-Star Game history and is set to become just the fifth player to start at least 13 games. He said it meant something extra being the leading vote-getter among fans with nearly 1.9 million votes. “I think from the standpoint of people enjoy the way I play the game, they respect

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Golden State’s Kevin Durant, left, defends against Cleveland’s LeBron James during the first half of a game Monday in Oakland, California. Both Durant and James were selected as starters for the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. the way I play the game and at this point in my career I’m still doing something right,” he said earlier Thursday. “Makes me proud, makes my family proud and my support system so it’s cool in that sense.” He and Durant had the highest possible scores across all three voting groups, but the new process eliminated Chicago’s Dwyane Wade, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid

and Golden State’s Zaza Pachulia, who would have been elected by fans under the old format. But they didn’t rank high enough to hold onto spots when player and media votes were counted, though Curry did. Fan voting served as the tiebreaker, and the two-time MVP’s 1.8 million votes trailed only James. So even though he ranked third behind MVP can-

didates Harden and Westbrook in the other categories and ended up with the same weighted score as them, he got one spot and Harden the other after earning nearly 200,000 more fan votes than his former teammate. DeRozan edged Thomas by about 41,000 votes among fans, which gave him the tiebreaker to join Irving, the MVP of the 2014 All-Star Game, which was also in

New Orleans. Perennial East starters such as Wade and Carmelo Anthony missed out, leaving James surrounded by four players voted as starters for the first time. Antetokounmpo became Milwaukee’s first All-Star since Michael Redd in 2003-04. The reserves will be announced next Thursday after voting by head coaches in each conference.

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Different era, different drug question for Rodriguez, Raines BY RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK — Moments after Tim Raines spoke openly about overcoming cocaine abuse, Ivan Rodriguez tried to avoid discussing whether he had used steroids. Different era. Different drug. An unavoidable topic when discussing Hall of Famers. Raines, Rodriguez and Jeff Bagwell sat together for a news conference Thursday, a day after they were elected to baseball’s Hall. Raines testified before a grand jury investigating drug distribution in 1985. Jose Canseco wrote in a 2005 book that he showed Rodriguez how to inject steroids. And Bagwell has endured speculation about whether he used performance-enhancing drugs, in part because he totaled 30 home runs in three minor league seasons and then hit 449 with Houston from 1991-2005. Asked whether he used steroids, Rodriguez responded: “Basically what I did was work very, very hard physical-

ly and mentally to play 21 years, and I think that is the key to my career.” In a follow-up question, he was asked if he would address what happened and whether he did or didn’t use. “No, I didn’t,” he responded. Pushed whether that meant he didn’t use or he wouldn’t respond, Rodriguez said: “I always played the game the right way.” With the rise of performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and the decline following the start of drug testing with penalties in 2004, Steroids Era players know the legitimacy of their accomplishments is questioned by certain fans and reporters, including the members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America who vote for the Hall. “Whether you all think me or you think whoever, I mean, we played in the era that we played in and it was fun,” Bagwell told a scrum of reporters after the news conference. “Obviously, things got a little out of control there for a little bit. But fortunately for me that’s not my decision.” Mark McGwire, 11th on the career home run list with 583, was dropped

PARSONS FROM PAGE B1 Pit crew members from other teams pitched in, joining a large group of mechanics around the battered car. And 136 laps later, it rolled back on the track to complete enough laps to secure the title. Something such as this would be unheard of now. Rival teams providing manpower to help someone else win the championship? Not a chance. But they did it for Benny Parsons, largely because they knew he would have done it for them. The generosity of others also helped my dad to his greatest victory: the Daytona 500. He wasn’t quite fast enough that day in 1975 to keep up with David Pearson, and as the race wound toward conclusion, he found himself about 5 seconds behind in second place. But Richard Petty, laps behind after some troubles earlier in the race, jumped in front of BP and waved to him to join up in a draft. Soon enough, they began to track down Pearson, and with three laps remaining, the margin was only 2 seconds. Perhaps it was the pressure

Pearson felt from behind, or perhaps it was just racing circumstances. Whatever the reason, Pearson bumped into the lapped car of Cale Yarborough and spun on the backstretch, effectively ending his race. My dad — still running in Petty’s wake— motored past, and since there were no overtime rules at the time, he went on to win. Petty certainly didn’t have to do that, and part of his motivation might have been to keep Pearson, his top rival at the time, from winning. Regardless, it was another life-altering moment for BP, and it came about partly with the help of others. I’ve thought about that a lot

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Newly elected baseball Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez take part in a news conference on Thursday in New York. from the Hall ballot after 10 tries and never got more than 24 percent — less than one-third of the 75 percent needed. Sammy Sosa, eighth with 609 homers, has peaked at 12.5 percent in five appearances. Some attitudes are changing. Mike Piazza, suspected of using steroids by some, was elected last year. Support for Barry Bonds, the career leader with 762 home runs, has risen from 36.2 percent in 2013 to 53.8 percent this

in the past few months, since my dad’s selection for the NASCAR Hall of Fame . For years, I thought maybe he had been too nice when he was a driver, that perhaps he could have had more success if he had been a little more selfish. Yes, maybe he would have won a race or two more. But at what cost? He had the respect of everyone in the garage, people who readily jumped in to help him when he needed it most. My dad, who died 10 years ago after complications from lung cancer, would say that was worth more than a couple more trophies and checkered flags, worth even more than an earlier induction to the Hall of Fame. He would say it means everything.

year. Roger Clemens, the most renowned pitcher implicated, has made a similar climb, getting a boost this year following the election of former Commissioner Bud Selig — who presided over the Steroids Era — by a veterans committee. McGwire admitted using steroids while Clemens denied taking them and Bonds said he never knowingly used. Sosa was linked to PEDs in a New York Times report.

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SCBCA TOP 10 POLLS BOYS 5A 1. Dorman 2. West Florence 3. Goose Creek 4. Wade Hampton 5. Dutch Fork 6. Irmo 7. Sumter 8. Conway 9. Lexington 10. Fort Mill

4A 1. Wilson 2. Crestwood 3. Lower Richland 4. Lakewood 5. Wren 6. Ridge View 7. North Augusta 8. Greenville 9. Aiken 10. Eastside

USC FROM PAGE B1 South Carolina: Wilson leads the team in scoring (16.9 points a game) and blocks (31). She’s second in rebounds with 7.6 per game. South Carolina will need a productive Wilson to make it through a difficult portion of the schedule starting Monday night against No. 4 Mississippi State. The Gamecocks also play Tennessee and Kentucky before the month is out and will need to stay sharp before the season’s highlight, Feb. 13 at No. 1 UConn, where South Carolina could be on the losing end of Connecticut’s 100th straight victory.

1. Southside 2. Seneca 3. Lake City 4. Clinton 5. Brookland-Cayce 6. Emerald 7. Berea 8. Bishop England 9. Wade Hampton 10. Pendleton

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The final stanza saw three ties and three lead changes, with the Lady Knights taking the lead for good on a free throw from Danielle Rainey at 49-48 with 1:02 left. Alexis Jeffery, who led all scorers with 18 points, made it 51-48 with another pair of

1. Gray Collegiate 2. Keenan 3. Burke 4. Marion 5. Lee Central 6. Whale Branch 7. Andrew Jackson 8. Fox Creek 9. Central 10. Landrum

1. Hemingway 2. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 3. Williston-Elko 4. Lewisville 5. Calhoun Falls 6. Great Falls 7. McCormick 8. Bethune-Bowman 9. Scott’s Branch 10. Timmonsville

GIRLS 5A

1. Goose Creek 2. Wando 3. Spring Valley 4. Rock Hill 5. T.L. Hanna 6. Wade Hampton 7. Carolina Forest 8. Mauldin 9. Nation Ford 10. Dorman

1. North Augusta 2. Myrtle Beach 3. Greenville 4. Ridge View 5. Crestwood 6. Greer 7. Richland Northeast 8. Wilson 9. Westwood 10. Hartsville

1. Swansea 2. Manning 3. Bishop England 4. Emerald 5. Pendleton 6. Newberry 7. Battery Creek 8. Dillion 9. Mid-Carolina 10. Brookland-Cayce

1. Landrum 2. Christ Church 3. Mullins 4. Academic Magnet 5. Southside Christian 6. Andrew Jackson 7. Burke 8. Keenan 9. Allendale-Fairfax 10. Batesburg-Leesville

1A 1. McCormick 2. Timmonsville 3. Ridge Spring-Monetta 4. Denmark-Olar 5. Green Sea Floyds 6. Lamar 7. Estill 8. Calhoun Falls Charter 9. Palmetto Scholars Academy 10. Charleston Math & Science

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Basketball Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Buford, 6 p.m. East Clarendon at Green SeaFloyds, 6 p.m.

Varsity and JV Basketball Sumter at West Florence (Boys Only), 6 p.m. Timberland at Manning, 4 p.m. C.E. Murray at Scott’s Branch, 4 p.m. Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. St. John’s Christian at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Sporting Clays Wilson Hall in SCDNR Youth 50 Shot Trap Open (at Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield), TBA

SATURDAY B Team Basketball Orangeburg Prep at Thomas Sumter, 2 p.m.

Varsity Sporting Clays Wilson Hall in SCDNR Youth 50 Shot Trap Open (at Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield), TBA

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Gamecock Duals, 9:30 a.m.

Staley said Wilson was

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itching to return since she injured herself at Florida on Jan. 8 and did as much as she could to rehab strongly and get back on the court. Wilson finished with six points and four rebounds in 15 minutes, a performance Staley thought primed her for the Mississippi State showcase coming up on Monday. “She looked like she missed playing the game,” Staley said.

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World Series champion Carl Edwards Jr., a slick, hard-throwing pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, sat courtside at the game. Edwards, who grew up about 30 minutes away in Newberry, was cheered loudly when announced to the crowd and received a commemorative

free throws with 53 seconds left. Sumter freshman Tamerah Brown, who had 16 points on the night, answered with a pair of her own from the charity stripe with 44 seconds left to cut the lead to 51-50. The teams traded turnovers on the ensuing possessions and SHS was forced to send Jemeyshia

South Carolina guard Bianca Cuevas-Moore, right, drives to the hoop against Mississippi guard Erika Sisk (5) during the first half of Thursday’s game in Columbia. The Lady Gamecocks won 65-46. ball. He then spent the next half-hour or so signing autographs and taking selfies. Mississippi returns home

to play Alabama on Sunday night. South Carolina faces No. 4 Mississippi State in a showdown of the SEC’s top two teams Monday night.

Jones to the free throw line to shoot two with 7.5-seconds left. Jones missed both and Latrice Lyons, the starting point guard for SHS, got the rebound and dribbled the length of the court. Sumter had two chances before the buzzer, but the ball ultimately was lost in the havoc under the rim as time expired.

“Three of the girls that started tonight were freshmen,” said Fields. “The future is very bright at Sumter High and I’m looking forward to it.” Dynasia Jackson, another freshman, led Sumter with 17 points. Kiara Jones had 10 rebounds. Rainey had 13 points for the Lady Knights. Jeffery added nine rebounds.

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Swampcats win back-to-back bowling titles Laurence Manning Academy boys bowling team defended its 3A state championship in the SCISA Team State Championship Tournament on Thursday at Gamecock Lanes. The Swampcats won the championship match with a score of 507. Heathwood Hall was the runner-up. For the second straight year, Cardinal Newman won the girls state title and Thomas Sumter Academy finished second. In the first ever coed state championship, Wilson Hall was the runner-up to Spartanburg Christian.

VARSITY BASKETBALL SUMTER 54 SOCASTEE 39 MYRTLE BEACH – Sumter High School remained undefeated in Region VI-5A with a 54-39 victory over Socastee on Wednesday at the Socastee gymnasium. The Gamecocks, 12-5 overall and 4-0 in region play, travel to Florence today to take on West Florence. Isaiah Moore and Andrew Tiller both scored 10 points to lead Sumter.

Jaiven Lowery-Isaac added eight points for the Hawks and Joseph Durant finished with six. ADMS will travel to Hillcrest on Monday.

B TEAM BASKETBALL SUMTER 49 KEENAN 26 COLUMBIA -- Justice Wells scored 12 points and had four steals as the Sumter B Team earned a 49-26 victory over Keenan on Wednesday at the Keenan gymnasium. Jackson Hoshour had 11 points and three rebounds for the Gamecocks, who improved to 6-2 overall. Tyleek Craft added seven points and Kendall Houck finished with six.

CARDINAL NEWMAN 37 LAURENCE MANNING 27 MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Cardinal Newman 37-27 on Thursday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Davis Campbell and Mickey Jordan both scored eight points to lead LMA. Clayton Lee added seven.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL ALICE DRIVE 48 EBENEZER 31

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Marcus Lane scored 14 points to help lead Alice Drive past Ebenezer 48-31 on Thursday at the EMS gymnasium.

MAYEWOOD 27 BATES 23 Joy Goodley had 10 points to help

led Mayewood Middle School past Bates 27-23 on Thursday at the MMS gymnasium. Trelaija Dennis added nine points for the Lady Vikings,who improved to 8-4 and will play Manning on Monday.

ALICE DRIVE 40 EBENEZER 6 Markia Wilson had 11 points, three rebounds and three steals as Alice Drive earned a 40-6 victory over Ebenezer on Thursday at the EMS gymnasium. Stevye Sinkler added seven points, two rebounds and two steals for the Lady Hawks while Jalyn Matthews finished with six points and six rebounds. Tajanique Johnson and Jada Sawyer each had five points while Sawyer finished with 10 rebounds. Inga Colclough pulled down nine rebounds for ADMS as well. The Lady Hawks will travel to Hillcrest on Monday.

JV BASKETBALL CRESTWOOD 25 LAKEWOOD 11 Jayden Stokes scored 11 points and Destiny Dyer added 10 as Crestwood earned a 25-11 victory over Lakewood on Thursday at The Castle. On Wednesday, the JV Lady Knights fell to Hartsville 42-23 at the HHS gymnasium. Crestwood improved to 4-7 overall and 2-2 in region play.

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Raiders file papers to move from Oakland to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Raiders have filed paperwork to move to Las Vegas. Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak told The Associated Press on Thursday that he spoke with the Raiders. Sisolak is part of an 11-member panel that was appointed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to study plans for a proposal backed by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., to build a domed stadium to lure the Raiders to town. The proposed 65,000-seat domed stadium is expected to cost $1.9 billion, including $750 million in hotel tax revenue, $650 million from Adelson, and $500 million from the Raiders and the NFL. Any relocation to Las Vegas

must be approved by three-fourths of NFL team owners.

turn long to give Istomin a 7-6 (8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win.

DJOKOVIC OUT IN UPSET LOSS AT AUSTRALIA OPEN

MICKELSON RETURNS WITH SCRAMBLING 68 AT LA QUINTA

MELBOURNE, Australia — Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has been upset in a shocking second-round loss to Uzbek wild card Denis Istomin. Djokovic was aiming to be the first man to win the Australian title seven times, and had won all his previous six head-to-head meetings against Istomin. It was destined to be a long afternoon on Rod Laver Arena for Djokovic, though, when he needed 24 serves and a quarter of an hour to hold in the first game on Thursday. After 4 hours and 48 minutes, he sent a service re-

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Phil Mickelson shot a scrambling 4-under 68 on Thursday in the CareerBuilder Challenge, leaving him four strokes back in his return from two sports hernia surgeries. Tour rookie Dominic Bozzelli shot a 64 on the Stadium Course at PGA West — the most difficult of the three courses — to top the leaderboard. He holed out from 115 yards for eagle on the par-4 14th. Jhonattan Vegas, the 2011 champion, was a stroke back at 65 along with Harold Varner III, Hudson Swafford and Patton Kizzire.

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(25) MARYLAND 84 IOWA 76 IOWA CITY, Iowa — Melo Trimble scored 20 points and 25th-ranked Maryland rallied after blowing a 15-point lead to outlast Iowa 84-76 on Thursday night for its fourth straight victory. Trimble hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the final three minutes to key the Terrapins (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten), who have also won three in a row on the road. Maryland was threatening to blow out the Hawkeyes (11-9, 3-4) before Iowa went on a 10-0 run midway through the second half. The Hawkeyes went ahead 72-69, but an 8-0 spurt fueled by Trimble’s 3s gave Maryland a lead it did not relinquish. From wire reports

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DUALS FROM PAGE B1 at 4 p.m. Trophy presentations will follow. Williams is hoping the increased competition will play in the Gamecocks’ favor. The are a number of ranked teams involved from all classifications across the state, including the defending 2A state champ in Marion. Keenan is also ranked in 3A and Dutch Fork, Goose Creek and Stratford are all in the top 15 in 5A,

Williams said. “There’s only two or three teams that aren’t ranked, so it’s going to be really good competition,” Williams said. “I know the 2A and 3A teams are looking forward to competing against the 5As. Marion’s got some really good kids.” Williams is also looking for the Duals to continue to bring his squad together. SHS earned its first region victory this week after suffering through a bit of a team-victory drought for most of January.

OBITUARIES WILLIAM H. SORY SALISBURY, North Carolina — William “Bill” Hodges Sory passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Bill was born on June 8, 1922, in Atlanta, to the late Eugene Gilbert Sory and Aline Reynolds Sory. After high school graduaSORY tion, Bill attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, prior to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Bill was a sergeant and served in radio communications in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. Upon leaving the service, he resided in Washington, D.C., and was employed by Phillips Television Co. as a television technician. The company threw a thank you banquet for all their employees and at that party Bill met Marie Blair. Bill started his own television repair company and invited Marie to be his receptionist. Bill and Marie married in July of 1968. Bill is survived by one nephew, Everett Anderson Jr.; three nieces, Julia Grundmeier, Phyllis Nash and Linda Luth; and stepdaughters, Dorothy Bostian and Joan Ripley. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Marie; one sister and brother-in-law, Jean Sory Anderson and Everett G. Anderson; stepdaughter, Barbara Lauderdale; and stepson, Theodore Walker. Of interest, Bill made the front page of The Charlotte News on July 18, 1937. The header was “Boy Is Saved From Death In Sand,” “Bill Sory Well Again After Being Taken From Six Feet of Sand At Cherry Grove, Near Myrtle Beach – Result of Digging Cave.” He was saved by his 75-year-old grandfather, W.S. Reynolds Sr. and Uncle W.S. Reynolds Jr. after his 11-yearold cousin, Edwin Wilson, ran for help. A special thanks to all the caregivers at North Carolina Veteran’s Nursing Home in Salisbury. Carolina Cremation of Salisbury is serving the family. Bill’s remains will be returned to join his parents in Sumter.

JAMES KENDRICK A memorial service for James Kendrick, husband of Darnella Mcknight Kendrick, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meetinghouse Road, Dalzell, with the Rev. Donald Amis officiating. KENDRICK Mr. Kendrick transitioned on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at Cottonwood Villa in Bishopville. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Henry and Janie Osborne Kendrick. Condolences may be made on his tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com.

RUBY W. MCQUILLAR BISHOPVILLE — Ruby Wilson McQuillar, 79, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville. Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of Charlie Sr. and Hattie Porter Wilson. Funeral services will be held at noon at Barnettsville Baptist Church, 106 ManvilleSt. Charles Road, Bishopville, with the Rev. Wayne Mont-

gomery, pastor/eulogist. Interment will follow at the Barnettsville Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at the Square Deal Funeral Home Chapel. Online condolences can be sent to the family at esquaredealfun@sc.rr.com. These services have been entrusted to Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville.

JOYCE FRAZIER Joyce Frazier, 69, of 6770 Fish Road, Dalzell, died on Jan. 17, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Pine Grove Baptist Church, Cordova, with the Rev. FRAZIER H.L. Prince, pastor, officiating. The casket will be placed in church at noon. Burial will be in Belleville Memorial Gardens. Viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Glover’s Funeral Home.

JULIETTE W. JOHNS Juliette Williams Johns, known affectionately to family members as “Baba,” was surrounded by hearts overflowing with love as she transitioned to be with our Lord on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Oct. JOHNS 13, 1955, in Hagood, she was a daughter of Lillian Williams Reynolds and the late Julius Williams Sr. She accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of Rafting Creek Baptist Church, Rembert, where she attended services. She attended school in Rembert and Sumter and graduated from Sumter High School Class of 1975. After high school, Juliette married and had four children. She worked full time in industrial plants of Sumter. In the early 1990’s, she attended and graduated from Chris Logan Career College in Sumter, after which she began a lifelong career as a cosmetologist. She attended classes during the day or evening, all while working 12-hour morning or night shifts at different plants and caring for her husband and children. Juliette loved her family very dearly and it showed in all she sacrificed for her children and in the close bond she had with her mother, siblings and family throughout her 61 years on this Earth. She participated in several outreach groups and activities for breast cancer survivors in Sumter and was an associate member of the National Federation of the Blind Sumter Chapter. She leaves to cherish her beautiful spirit: her husband, Lucious Johns (Sonny Hill) of Sumter; four children, Dwayne Williams (Tihara) and Durod Williams of Atlanta, Donica Johns (Dera) of Capitol Heights, Maryland, and DeAndrea Johns (Tiffany) of Greenville; two grandchildren, Wesley White and Devin Williams; her mother, the Rev. Lillian Williams Reynolds of Sumter; three sisters, Dianne W. Herrington (Stan) and Marian W. Brown (Neicy) of Sumter, and Connie E. Turner of Greenville; two brothers, Horace Williams (Roy) of Atlanta and Julius Williams Jr. (Junnie) of Charlotte, North Carolina; two uncles; five aunts; two brothers-in-law; five sisters-in-law; nieces

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“Hopefully we’ll be able to continue to gel,” Williams said. “If we can earn a spot in the top five our six, that would be a big victory for us.” The Gamecocks are a mostly young squad this year with some highly-ranked upperclassmen as well. Seniors Alex Perales and Michael Spurling are ranked third and fifth at heavyweight and the 220pound weight class in 5A, respectively, and Perales is a state qualifier each of the last two seasons. He

and nephews that were like her own children; a special friend, Laura Colclough James; and a host of grandnieces, grandnephews, cousins, friends and a very large extended family. Homegoing services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 4 Brand St., Sumter. The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. The procession will leave at 10:20 a.m. from the home. Floral bearers will be family and friends. Pallbearers will be nephews and friends. Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery. 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.

ESTHER BLACKMON MANNING — Esther Yvonne Shaw Blackmon, 79, wife of Harry M. Blackmon, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at her residence. Born on Dec. 25, 1937, in Rembert, she was a daughter of the late Willie BLACKMON Dwight Shaw and Mamie Baker Shaw. She was a member of Clarendon Baptist Church and she was retired from Campbell Foods. She is survived by her husband of 35 years; two sons, Steve Blackmon (Sherry) of Manning and John L. Payne (Patty) of Alcolu; six daughters, Lynn Walton of Nashville, Sherry York (Kerry) of Franklin, Kentucky, Jerrie Payne of Sumter, Teresa Rowland of Florence, Liz Touchberry of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Robin Floyd (Rocky) of Manning; 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Jehua A. “Joey” Payne. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike DeCosta officiating. Burial will follow in St. John United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rembert. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 6193 U.S. 301, Alcolu. Memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church, 3480 Leach Drive, Sumter, SC 29154. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

GLADYS SCARBOROUGH & BLANCHE MAY WILLIAMS On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, sisters Gladys Mildred P. Gilmore Scarborough and Blanche May Williams were called to be with the Lord. Gladys Gilmore-Scarborough was born on Jan. 14, 1928, in Sumter, a daughter of the late John Henry Patterson Sr. and Margaret L. Williams. Blanche M. Williams was born on Oct. 4, 1934, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Malachi and Margaret L. Williams. Gladys Gilmore-Scarborough attended Lincoln High School and did further studies at the University of South Carolina before entering the

placed fourth overall at state a year ago. Steven Little is the other senior, wrestling at 132 pounds. “We’ve got two juniors, who are first-year wrestlers, and a lot of younger guys who have been gaining experience,” Williams said. “Hopefully they can put it all together this weekend. For a lot of them, it will be their first home matches, but we’ve got other guys who have been through it before and can lead the way.”

United States Army. She retired after 24 years of service as a sergeant first class. Gladys was united in marriage to the late Mr. Gilmore and later married the late Claude Scarborough. Gladys and Blanche were members of Mt. Pisgah AME Church, where they served faithfully until their passing. Blanche was a member of the elite birthday club, lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary and a DAV Auxiliary Diva. Gladys was a member of the sanctuary choir, women’s missionary society, new horizon ministry and the lay organization. She was class leader number 11 and president of the Daughters of Allen. She was post commander and lifetime member of the VFW, Sumter Post 10813, and also the DAV Association and the elite birthday club. They leave to cherish their memories: two brothers, Dr. John Henry Patterson Jr. (Alice) of Springfield, Massachusetts, and retired Sgt. 1st Class Ollie C. Patterson Sr. of El Paso, Texas; her best friend of 55 years, Dorothy Spencer of Thornburg, Virginia; caregiver and friend, Mae Bell Farmer; her driver and helper, Charles Washington; helpers, Randy Bass and Ervin Major; and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Pisgah AME Church with the pastor, the Rev. Laddie Howard, officiating. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. The funeral cortege will leave at 12:20 p.m. from the chapel of Sumter Funeral Service Inc. Sumter Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of arrangements.

JOHN KENNEDY John “Kent” Kennedy was born on March 27, 1927, in Sumter to the late Hayward Kennedy Sr. and Levicey Brown Kennedy. He passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Sumter Health and Rehab, after an extended illness. At an early age, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. His Christian life began at Bethel AME Church and, after being married, he joined and was an active member of Goodwill Presbyterian Church. At Goodwill, he served faithfully with the Presbyterian Men, sang with the men’s choir and served as a member of the trustee board. Affectionately known as Kent, he was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and had fond memories of his school days at Lincoln High School. As a youngster, he developed a strong work ethic and would often share stories of working at the local black movie theater near his family home. As a young adult, he worked at Tuomey hospital as an attendant and was later employed by the City of Sumter with the maintenance department, where he worked for more than 20 years. A professional concrete finisher, he was often tasked with helping to pour grave tops for those in the community, a job he enjoyed and did well. A sports fan throughout his entire life, he was the first black baseball team manager to integrate Riley Ball Park in the 1940s with a local team, the North Main Runners. He also enjoyed watching football and was a fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks. He loved gospel music and would often hum or sing his favorite tunes from the Mighty Clouds of Joy, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and the Dixie Hummingbirds. Perhaps the only thing he loved more than his work,

watching sports and old westerns, and listening to gospel music was his family. He was a devoted husband and sonin-law, faithfully and lovingly caring for both his mother-inlaw and his wife, even as he aged himself. He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife of 54 years, Mary Elizabeth Benjamin Kennedy of Sumter; six children, three daughters and three sons, Alberta Benjamin of Woodbridge, Virginia, Glendora Benjamin of Gable, Miranda (Morris) Sparks of Sumter, Eddie (Eliza) Benjamin of Alcolu, Robert Kennedy of Sumter and Lorenzo (Denise) Kennedy of Sumter; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Carrie Kennedy of Jefferson and Anna L. Kennedy of Atlanta; one brother-in-law, Leo Benjamin of Hyattsville, Maryland; a special cousin he loved like a daughter, Annette Benjamin Wheeler of Gable; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hayward and Levicey Kennedy; his brothers, Hayward, Andrew, Abraham and Lucius; and his sisters, Wilamena Hampton and Lillie Mae Kennedy. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Kennedy will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Goodwill Presbyterian Church, 295 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville, with the Rev. Dr. Richard Dozier and the Rev. Dr. Ella Busby officiating. Interment will follow in Goodwill Presbyterian Church cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at 1750 Canberra Drive, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

RONALD L. MCELVEEN THOMSON, Georgia — Ronald L. McElveen, 71, entered into rest on Jan. 19, 2017. Mr. McElveen was born in Florence and lived in Sumter for many years before moving to Thomson 29 years ago. He was a son of the late Jesse David McElveen and Meredith Hatchell McElveen. He worked for CSX Railroad for 42 years and retired as a road master. Mr. McElveen was Baptist by faith and attended Sweetwater Baptist Church. Survivors include his beloved wife of 48 years, Theresa Nunnery McElveen; son, Ron McElveen Jr. (Stacey) of Fate, Texas; daughters, Rhonda Alexander (Jimmy) of Greenville and Nikki Smith (Jamie) of Harlem, Georgia; brother, Frank McElveen of Palm Harbor, Florida; sisters, Marty Nebel of Hay Market, Virginia, Ann Matthews of Florence and Linda Ruffin of Columbia; and five grandchildren, Jacob Smith, Carson Smith, Jamison Alexander, Bennett Alexander and Riley McElveen. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1725, Augusta, GA 30903-1725. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Beggs Funeral Home, 799 Cobbham Road, Thomson, is in charge of arrangements.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2016-CP-43-01542 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO HOME EQUITY OF AMERICA, INC., Cross-Plaintiff, vs. MAE CATHERINE JONES SAMUEL; AND ANY OTHER HEIRS Or DEVISEES OF AZALEE RICHARDSON, DECEASED, INCLUDING ALL OTHER HEIRS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SPOUSES, CREDITORS, AND ALL OTHER CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS 59 WILDER STREET, SUMTER, SC 29150, ANY ADULTS OR PERSONS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE, AND ANY MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER LEGAL DISABILITY, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE, Cross-Defendants.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Cross-Claim in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Cross-Claim upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street (29201), 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 Cross-Claim in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Cross-Claim. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Cross-Claim in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on November 23, 2016.

LIS PENDENS (By Cross-Claim) TO THE CROSS-DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Cross-Claim of the above-named Cross-Plaintiff against the above-named Cross-Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by Azalee Richardson to Home Equity of America, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated March 27, 2006, and recorded on April 4, 2006, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1023 at Page 242 (the "Mortgage"). 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 piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and designated as Lot No. 9 on Plat of F.H. Murray, CE dated June 3, 1961 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-18 at Page 26. Reference to said plat is craved for a more complete and accurate description of said lot. This being the same property conveyed to Curtis Richardson and Azalee Richardson for and during their joint lives, and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs or assigns by deed of Curtis Richardson dated August 8, 2003 and recorded on August 20, 2003 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 904 at Page 361. Thereafter, Curtis Richardson died on September 7, 2005 thereby vesting title to the property in Azalee Richardson.

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the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Stateburg, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #115, containing 0.69 acre of Oakland North Subdivision, Section 3, as shown on that certain plat prepared for David J. Larche and Mary M. Larche, by Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated April 13, 1994, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 94 at Page 544, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

Company, Inc.; , C/A No. 2015CP4300183, The following property will be sold on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder

at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC vs. Paula B. Richardson a/k/a Paula Bonnette Richardson, et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, with the dwelling and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, shown as Lot No. 33, Block K, on a plat of a portion of Sherwood Forest Subdivision and shown on that certain plat of McMillan Engineering Company, dated September 16, 1959 and revised October 16, 1961, and recorded in Plat Book Z-18 at Page 126, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the property known as 1062 Marian Lane. Represented by Sumter County Parcel No. 268-09-04-021. This being the same property conveyed to Paula B. Richardson by deed of Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificate CWABS, Inc. Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-8, dated September 10, 2007 and recorded September 21, 2007 in Book 1092 at Page 1555 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

TMS No. 268-09-04-021 Property address: 1062 Marian Lane, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.000% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-00438 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association vs. Jacqueline Robinson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Wayne Johnson, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Ronald Sowell, Individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Polly J. Berry, Deceased; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Polly J. Berry, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; et.al., I,

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 85 on plat of Section 2 of the Village Subdivision, prepared by H. S. Willson, RLS, dated October 22, 1975 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-37 at page 271; This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 487 Alpine Drive, Sumter, South Carolina and represented by Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 206-11-01-031. This being the same property conveyed unto Jerome G. Berry and Polly J. Berry, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by virtue of a Deed from Mona Diaz dated March 23, 2011 and recorded April 11, 2011 in Book 1153 at Page 220 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Jerome G. Berry died on May 19, 2011, leaving Polly J. Berry as the sole owner of the subject property. Subsequently, Polly J. Berry died intestate on July 2, 2015, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely Jacqueline Robinson, Wayne Johnson and Ronald Sowell, per public record.

TMS No. 206-11-01-031 Property address: 487 Alpine Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.750% per annum.

This is the property known as 5625 Cold Stream Drive, Dalzell, South Carolina 29040 bearing tax map number: 135-16-01-013. This is the property conveyed to Jason Vernon Scott by deed of Regis L. McClain and Ranisha J. McClain dated February 14, 2007 and recorded simultaneously herewith. TMS #: 135-16-01-013 SUBJECT TO SUMTER COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master In Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.25% per annum. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Quicken Loans Inc. vs. Teal Eargle Rogers; Coley Eargle Cline; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Frances Hunter a/k/a Frances H. Hunter a/k/a Frances H. McKinley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Tudor Place Homeowners Association; Cotten Construction

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Derivation: Book 1016 at Page 335

2170 Tudor St, Sumter, SC 29150 2040309026 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.75% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #2015CP4300183. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 016426-00533 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-01601 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Benefit of The Certificateholders of The CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-BC5 vs. Melanie B. Miles; et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017

This being the same property conveyed to William H. Miles, II and Melanie B. Miles, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of Lewis M. Oakcrum and Gloria H. Oakcrum dated January 16, 2004 and recorded January 22, 2004 in Book 923 at Page 1031 in the ROD Office for Sumter County. Subsequently, William H. Miles, II died on January 22, 2015 and by operation of law his interest in the subject property went to Melanie B. Miles.

TMS No. 093-05-02-001 Property address: 5964 Fish Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.750% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01377 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Ditech Financial LLC fka Green Tree Servicing LLC Plaintiff, -vsCedric Rembert, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Ditech Financial LLC fka Green Tree Servicing LLC vs. Cedric Rembert, I, Richard L. Booth, as Master In Equity for Sumter County, will sell on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon, at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township of Stateburg, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 13, Block B, of Oakland Plantation Subdivision as shown on that certain plat prepared by Julian B. Allen, dated February 6, 1987 and recorded in Plat Book 87 at Page 166 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and referenced in craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This being the property known as 5424 Plantation Drive. TMS No: 134-15-02-022 This being the same property conveyed to the mortgagor herein by deed of Darlene Staton, recorded December 21, 2006 in Vol. 1058 at

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NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01235 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC Plaintiff, -vsJason V. Scott aka Jason Vernon Scott, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC vs. Jason V. Scott aka Jason Vernon Scott, I, Richard L. Booth, as Master In Equity for Sumter County, will sell on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon, at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot Number 56A, Phase I, of Tudor Subdivisions as shown on that certain plat prepared for Frances H. McKinley, by Edmunds Land Surveyors, RLS, dated February 26, 1991, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 209, and having such metes and bounds are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Law of South Carolina.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being more particularly shown as Lot No. 4 in General Sumter Estates on a plat of Julian B. Allen dated March 20, 1985 and revised July 31, 1986 of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 86 at Page 1095; Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), reference to said plat is hereby craved for the particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and/or distance of the property delineated thereon.

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TMS #: 134-15-02-022 SUBJECT TO SUMTER COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master In Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.50%% per annum. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-6, Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-6 vs. Antoinette Cain;, C/A No. 2015-CP-43-00766, The following property will be sold on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 25 "Haywood Subdivision", containing 0.36 acres, more or less, as shown on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated September 9, 1997 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 97 at page 1081. The said lot has such metes, boundaries, and distances as are shown on said plat which is incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250, South Carolina Code, as amended. This conveyance is made subject to any and all existing reservations, easements, right-of-way, zoning ordinances, and restrictive or protective covenants that may appear of record or on the premises. Derivation: Book 986 at Page 974.

1040 Lewis Rd, Sumter, SC 29154-7308 226-08-06-006 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #2015-CP-43-00766. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-06566 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-01897 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs. Delbert S. Knotts, Jr.; et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township of Privateer, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot 5 on a plat prepared by H. S. Willson, R.L.S., dated November 15, 1961 and recorded with the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-25 at Page 92. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended), reference to said plat is hereby made for the metes, bounds, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is known as 2451 Tindal Road, Sumter, SC 29150 and is shown on the Auditor`s Tax Map of Sumter County as Parcel# 223-03-02-007. This being the same property conveyed unto Delbert S. Knotts, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from ORC, LLC, dated April 19, 2007 and recorded April 20, 2007 in Book 1074 at Page 989 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 223-03-02-007 Property address: 2451 Tindal Road, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at

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conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.660% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, as Trustee for GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Pass-Through Certificate, Series 2000-4 Plaintiff, -vsTiffany L. Dowden n/k/a Tiffany D. Kidd, The Estate of Phillip T. Hawkins, Sr., by and through its Personal Representative, David W. Siddons, Esquire; Linda S. Hawkins, Heir -at- Law, Phillip T. Hawkins, Jr., Heir -at- Law, Cynthia H.Vickers n/k/a Cynthia H. Brown, Heir -atLaw and SC Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, as Trustee for GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Pass-Through Certificate, Series 2000-4 vs. Tiffany L. Dowden n/k/a Tiffany D. Kidd, The Estate of Phillip T. Hawkins, Sr., by and through its Personal Representative, David W. Siddons, Esquire; Linda S. Hawkins, Heir -atLaw, Phillip T. Hawkins, Jr., Heir -at- Law, Cynthia H.Vickers n/k/a Cynthia H. Brown, Heir -at- Law and SC Department of Motor Vehicles, I, Richard L. Booth, as Master In Equity for Sumter County, will sell on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon, at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in the Town of Pinewood, Township of Fulton, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot Nos. 8 and 9 on plat prepared by M.K. Millard, CE, dated November 7, 1953, recorded April 28, 1954, in Plat Book Z-12, at page 36, Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Said Lots 8 and 9 having such shapes, metes, courses, distances, boundaries and measurements as will more fully appear by reference to the aforesaid plat. This being the same property conveyed to Phillip T. Hawkins, Sr. by deed of W. Bernard Jones, Jr., dated April 26, 2000, filed for record in said register's office on April 28, 2000 in Volume 770, at page 1086. Subsequently, a Contract of Sale between Phillip T. Hawkins, Sr. and Tiffany L. Dowden n/k/a Tiffany D. Kidd dated May 31, 2000 and recorded on May 31, 2000 in the Office of RMC for Sumter county in Real Estate Volume 773 at page 750. Linda S. Hawkins, Cynthia H. Vickers n/k/a Cynthia H. Brown and Phillip T. Hawkins, Jr. all heirs-at-law, signed a Quit Claim Deed unto Tiffany L. Dowden n/k/a Tiffany D. Kidd dated June 30, 2015 and recorded July 2, 2015 in the Office of RMC for Sumter County in Book 1212 at Page 4770. TMS #: p/o 168-15-02-015

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Gadsden by operation of law.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2280 Beach Forest Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 202-07-04-005 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.625% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016-CP-43-00360 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR CIM T R U S T 2 0 1 5 - 4 A G MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015-4AG, against William K. Newman a/k/a William Karl Newman; Republic Finance, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain property situated in the County of SUMTER, and State of SOUTH CAROLINA, about 7 miles south east of the City of Sumter, containing eleven and seven-tenths (11.7) acres, more or less, and being

bounded on the north by land of Prescott; on the east by land of Prescott; and on the south and west by other lands of F. A. Newman and W. T. Newman, said tract being more full described and delineated on plat thereof made by Palmer & Malone, C.E. dated October 27, 1955 and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County in plat book Z-13 at Page 70. Less & Except that certain piece of the property, located in the Southwestern corner, bounded on the north by Betty E. Newman; on the East by a Canal and Betty Newman; and on the West by lands now or formerly of F.A. Newman and measuring 100 feet, no more or no less, on this line, as is more fully shown in deed recorded June 14, 2010 in Book 1140at Page 2442. This being the same property conveyed to William R. Newman by deed of Betty B. Newman Welch, dated April 16, 2007 and recorded October 9, 2007 in Book 1093 at Page 1917 and re-recorded June 6, 2008 in Book 1107 at Page 871 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS Number: 298-00-01-009 (land) & 400-00-33-499 (mh)

Plaintiff does not warrant title to purchasers at the foreclosure sale or other third parties; prior to bidding, third-parties should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Phyllis Carmon a/k/a Phyllis Smith Carmon a/k/a Phyllis Gayle Smith, Individually; Phyllis Gayle Smith, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Robert W. Carmon a/k/a Robert Wayne Carmon;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-02596, The following property will be sold on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being more particularly shown as Lot 65 on a plat of Hunting Hills Subdivision by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated February 3, 1993 and recorded in the Recorder's Office for the above named county in Plat Book 93, Page 196. Derivation: Book 667 at Page 1138.

2885 Ithica Rd, Sumter, SC 29154-8978

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2900 Wellman Circle, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. At the conclusion of bidding, the successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, as evidence of good faith, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at 9.48% shall be paid to the day of compliance. If the successful bidder should fail to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within Thirty (30) days after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to first to the costs and expenses of this action, and then to the Plaintiff's judgment debt, and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment being demanded; the bidding will remain open thirty (30) days after the date of sale. The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency sale any time prior to the sale. Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

This includes a 1987, Champion mobile home with VIN# VIN# 337172N6211AB. The property herein described includes the right, title and interest of the defendant(s) n/a in, of and to any mobile home, currently situated thereon. The interest(s), if any, of said defendant(s) in the mobile home will be transferred to the successful purchaser "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE or otherwise by a non-warranty deed (AND NOT BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE).

179-05-03-003 (land), 400-00-20-686 (mobile home) SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.35% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the

Mobile Home: 1999 IMPER VID# SEHNC079906513AB SUBJECT TO SUMTER COUNTY TAXES

Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2016-CP-43-01592 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Anthony Jenkins Plaintiff, vs. Lora Frasher Defendant. By virtue of a Decree of Foreclosure entered in an action entitled, Anthony Jenkins vs. Lora Frasher, Civil Action Case No. 2016-CP-43-01592, the undersigned Master In Equity will sell at public auction to be conducted in Room 1A of the Sumter County Judicial Center in Sumter, South Carolina, on February 6, 2016 at 12:00 noon, the following property will be sold to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as a lot containing 0.45 acres, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated May 11, 1988 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB88 at page 508; more recently shown on that certain plat prepared by Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated February 6, 1992, and recorded in Plat Book PB92 at page 219. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 3780 Barkley Road and is shown on the Auditors map of Sumter County as Tax Parcel 212-03-02-028.

TERMS OF SALE: At the conclusion of the bidding, the successful purchaser, other than the plaintiff, must deposit with the Master five (5%) per cent of the bid in cash or equivalent. Credit will be allowed for this against the purchase price. Personal/deficiency judgment having been demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days and compliance with the bid must be made within twenty (20) days thereafter. Interest will accrue on the amount of the bid until date of compliance at the rate of five (5%) per annum. If the successful bidder fails to comply, his deposit will be forfeited and applied in the manner prescribed by law; and the property will be re-advertised and sold on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent sales day at his risk. The sale will be subject to all accrued and/or delinquent Sumter County ad valorem property taxes and all visible and recorded easements, covenants and rights of way and any senior liens. The purchaser is to pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps and recording. Richard L. Booth Master-In-Equity

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01201

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master In Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.0% per annum. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016-CP-43-02014 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Paulo M. Gadsden, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Mozell Lenora Gadsden a/k/a Mozell L. Gadsden; Paulo M. Gadsden; Andried M. Gadsden; Mozell L. Gadsden, Jr.; Beach Forest Village Property Owners Assn., Inc., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 6, 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 138 of Beach Forest Subdivision Phase I and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, R.L.S. dated October 18, 2003 and recorded in Plat Book 2004 at page 10, records of Sumter County. This property is known as 2280 Beach Forest Drive. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bound, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 17976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. Be all measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plat. This being the same property conveyed to Mozell L. Gadsden by Deed of Davis & Ross Const. Co., Inc. dated March 2, 2005 and recorded March 2, 2005 in Book 971 at Page 1508 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Mozell L. Gadsden conveyed said property to Mozell L. Gadsden and Cedric M. Gadsden, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, dated May 10, 2008 and recorded May 13, 2008 in Book 1105 at Page 2499 in said Records. Thereafter, Cedric M. Gadsden passed away on July 4, 2009 and the subject property passed to Mozell L.

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at the rate of Two and 0/1000 (2.000%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-07728 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01501 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Matthew R. Marquess and Leticia R. Marquess, I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 18, Section 1 of Oakland North Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat of Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated April 2, 1993 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 93 at Page 465. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 5601 Cold Stream Drive, Dalzell, South Carolina and represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel 135-16-01-011. This being the same property conveyed to Matthew R. Marquess and Leticia R. Marquess by deed of Brenda Kaye Whaley dated July 25, 2011 and recorded July 26, 2011 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1157 at Page 2715.

TMS#: 135-16-01-011 Property Address: 5601 Cold Stream Drive Dalzell, S.C. 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

Benjamin E. Grimsley S.C. Bar No. 70335 Attorney for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-1177 bgrimsley@grimsleylaw.com

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2016-CP-43-01694 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association vs. Anthony Marra aka Anthony J. Marra, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Diane Lee Hodgson aka Diane L. Hodgson aka Diane Hodgson; Derek Hodgson; Shelly Swann; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Synchrony Bank; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Department Stores National Bank; Safe Federal Credit Union; Discover Bank; Springleaf Financial Services of South Carolina, Inc.; Midland Funding LLC, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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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 designated as Lot No. 13 and a strip of land 5.67 feet in width off the northern portion of Lot No. 14 on that certain plat prepared by Harmon D. Moise, Surveyor, dated February 4, 1920 and recorded Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book O-4, page 232. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This is the same property known as 115 Winn Street, Sumter, SC. Represented by Sumter County Parcel No. 228-10-03-060. THIS BEING the identical property conveyed to Warren T. Hodgson and Diane L. Hodgson by deed of Laurie Steven Choate, Ann Stevens Edwards and Emmanuel Nicholas Stevens dated July 30, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1088, page 1930 on August 1, 2007. Thereafter, Warren T. Hodgson died December 21, 2015 leaving Diane L. Hodgson the sole owner of subject property.

115 Winn Street Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 228-10-03-060

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust vs. Gwendolyn Wells a/k/a Gwendolyn P. Wells; Martha Stokes a/k/a Martha Ann Stokes a/k/a Marthan S. Stokes a/k/a Marthan Shirley Stokes as Personal Represntative and heir of the Estate of Katie Mae Heyward Carr; Michael Farmer; Crystal Monyell Conway a/k/a Crystal Monyett Fowell a/k/a Crystal Sowell; Crystal Alexis Crowder; Kawana Dajor Crowder; Audrey Davis; John Crowder, and if John Crowder be deceased, then any and all children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any of the same be deceased, any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them, and also all other person unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described hereinAny unknown adults being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard RoeLisa Stokes; , C/A No. 08-CP-43-2609, The following property will be sold on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Concord Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as the combination of Lot Nos. 9 and 10 in the Sammie A. Jones Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat by D.D. Edmunds, R.L.S., dated February 22, 1990, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Sumter County in Plat Book 90 at Page 442, the exact boundaries and measurements of which can be determined by reference to said plat. Said Lot Nos. 9 and 10 being bounded and measuring as a whole according to said plat as follows: On the Northeast by Britton Brogdon Road, said plat, and measuring thereon 240.08 feet; On the Southeast by Lot No. 8, said plat, and measuring 250.12 feet; On the Southwest by lands of Sammie A. Jones, said plat, and measuring thereon 249.95 feet. Be all of said measurements a little more less, and according to said plat. This being the property known as 3560 Britton Brogdon Road. This being the same property conveyed unto Louis Carr and Katie Carr by deed of Hardee Construction Co., Inc., dated March 30, 1990, and recorded April 3, 1990, in Book 504 at Page 661, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Louis Carr died testate on November 2, 2002 leaving his interest in the subject property to Katie Carr as detailed in probate case number 2002-ES-43-541. Subsequently, Katie Mae Heyward a/k/a Katie Carr died testate on or about April 18, 2008, leaving her interest in the subject property to her devisees, namely, Martha Stokes a/k/a Martha Ann Stokes a/k/a Marthan S. Stokes a/k/a Marthan Shirley Stoke, Gwendolyn Wells a/k/a Gwendolyn P. Wells, Michael Farmer, Crystal Monyett Conway a/k/a Crystal Monyett Fowell, Crystal Alexis Crowder, Kawana Dajor Crowder, Audrey Davis, Lisa Stokes and the unknown heirs of John Crowder, as is more fully shown in the Probate Records for Sumter County bearing Case No. 2008-ES-43-273. And Also: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Concord, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as 0.42 acre, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Julian B. Allen, RLS, dated May 24, 1991, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at Page 833, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina. This being the same property conveyed to Louis Carr and Katie Carr by deed of Cotten Construction Company, Inc., dated December 30, 1994, and recorded January 12, 1995, in Book 616 at Page 665, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Louis Carr died testate on November 2, 2002 leaving his interest in the subject property to Katie Carr as detailed in probate case number 2002-ES-43-541. Subsequently, Katie Mae Heyward a/k/a Katie Carr died testate on or about April 18, 2008, leaving her interest in the subject property to her devisees, namely, Martha Stokes a/k/a Martha Ann Stokes a/k/a Marthan S. Stokes a/k/a Marthan Shirley Stokes, Gwendolyn Wells a/k/a Gwendolyn P. Wells, Michael Farmer, Crystal Monyett Conway a/k/a Crystal Monyett Fowell, Crystal Alexis Crowder, Kawana Dajor Crowder, Audrey Davis, Lisa Stokes and the unknown heirs of John Crowder, as is more fully shown in the Probate Records for Sumter County bearing Case No. 2008-ES-43-273. Derivation: Book 616 at Page 665

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest

Notice of Sale

3560 Britton Brogdon Rd Sumter, SC 29153 291-00-01-043 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. ยง15-39-720 (1976). The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #08-CP-43-2609. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Martin Banks for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 016426-00509 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016-CP-43-01316 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Dorothy E. Brice; Perry A. Brice; Robin W. Brice, the undersigned Special Referee for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 6, 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Waxhaw, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as 4.8 acres (exclusive of Highway Right of Way) on that plat prepared by H. S. Willson, RLS, dated April 11, 1960 and recorded in Plat Book Z-17 at page 69 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under ร ยง 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended. LESS, HOWEVER, the following parcels: (1) That 0.94 acre parcel conveyed to Kenneth M. Brice and K. Carlleen Lewis by deed recorded September 30, 1977 in Deed Book G-10 at page 1364; (2) That 0.88 acre parcel conveyed to William R. Brice by deed recorded October 6, 1978 in Deed Book J-10 at page 476. (3) Tract B-1 containing 0.36 acre conveyed to Jessie F. Tucker by deed recorded May 10, 2004 in Deed Book 937 at page 479, and confirmed by quitclaim deed recorded January 25, 2010 in Deed Book 1134 at page 3211. This being the same property conveyed to Dorothy E. Brice and William Eldredge Brice, as tenants in common jointly with rights of survivorship, by deed of William Eldredge Brice, dated September 17, 2002 and recorded September 23, 2002 in Book 857 at Page 905, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, William Eldredge Brice passed away and full title to the subject property passed to Dorothy E. Brice by operation of law. Subsequently, Dorothy E. Price conveyed subject property to Perry A. Brice and Robin W. Brice, reserving a life estate unto herself, by deed dated April 10, 2013 and recorded April 16, 2013 in Deed Book 1185 at page 4317, in the Register of Deeds Office, Sumter County, South Carolina.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 595 Bell Road, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 245-14-01-017 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Special Referee may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.75% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Clyde N. Davis Special Referee for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017

Notice of Sale

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-01379

Sumter, SC 29154

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs. Scott N. Sproul a/k/a Scott Sproul; et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the residence and other improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing .44 acre, more or less, and being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 286, Meadowcroft Subdivision Section 3, as shown on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, PLS, dated November 29, 1999, and recorded in the RMC Office for Sumter County in Plat Book 99, at Page 1085, 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 Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This being the same property conveyed to Scott N. Sproul by Deed of Van M. Purvis and Stacy E. Purvis dated June 8, 2007 and recorded June 21, 2007 in Book 1083 at Page 188 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 182-12-04-003 Property address: 3030 Kari Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.500% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: American Advisors Group vs. Garland Nettles a/k/a Garland G. Nettles; Larry Nettles a/k/a Larry T. Nettles; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; The Citizens Bank; Mid Carolina Exteriors, Inc.; Sol Stein; , C/A No. 2016CP4301005, The following property will be sold on February 6, 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN SUMTER TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 8 ON PLAT BY H. S. WILLSON, RLS, DATED DECEMBER 2, 1969, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-27, AT PAGE 127, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY AND BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST BY LOT NUMBER 9, AND MEASURING THEREON IN 240.50 FEET; ON THE EAST BY THE INTERSECTION OF CLUB LANE AND LEWIS ROAD AND MEASURING THEREON IN A CURVE LINE 26 FEET; ON THE SOUTHEAST BY CLUB LANE AND MEASURING THEREON 175 FEET; ON A CURVE LINE 26 FEET; ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LOT NUMBER 7 AND MEASURING THEREON 200.80 FEET; AND ON THE NORTHWEST BY LOT NUMBER 6 AND MEASURING THEREON 69.20 FEET; BE THE SAID MEASUREMENTS MORE OR LESS. Derivation: Deed Book 1204 at Page 1771.

909 Club Ln,

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TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.022% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #2016CP4301005. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 017108-00237 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-00733 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs. Robert W. Wazney, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Providence Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot W on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated June 19, 2001 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2001 at Page 591. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended) reference to said plat is hereby made for the mtes, bounds, courses and/or ditances of the property delineated thereon. The property is known as 2040 Hideaway Drive and is shown on the Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 180-00-03-016(P). This being the same property conveyed unto Robert W. Wazney by virtue of a Deed from Pauline J. Shuler dated July 27, 2001 and recorded September 12, 2001 in Book 815 at Page 1970 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 180-13-01-015 Property address: 2040 Hideaway Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.500% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

Notice of Sale

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-01682 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae") vs. Rosemary Geerer, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Sumter, County and State aforesaid, more fully shown on a portion of Lot 21 on plat recorded in Plat Book 87 Page 341 containing .990 acres said lot being divided into lots 21-A and 21-B. Lot 21-B is bounded and measured as follows according to plat of Michael Turbeville recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 2003 at Page 237, and being bounded and measured on the North by Lot 21-A and measuring thereon 234.94 feet. On the East by Lot 22 of the plat recorded at Plat Book 87 page 341 and measuring thereon 199.32 feet. On the South by the right of way of Hidden Oaks Drive and measuring thereon from the Houston boundary to the radius of the curve of Hidden Valley Oaks at a distance of 138.95 feet. On the Southwest by the radius of the curve of Hidden Oaks Drive and measuring thereon in accordance with said plat 155.16 feet. On the West by the right of way Hidden Oaks Drive and measuring from the radius of the curve to the Northern boundary line at a distance of 87.52 feet. All said measurements being recorded in said plats. The Mobile Home located on the subject property has been permanently de-titled according to the laws of the State of South Carolina by virtue of that certain Manufactured Home Affidavit for Retirement of Title Certificate, dated June 20, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Book 953 at Page 1649. This being a portion of the property conveyed to Rosemary Geerer by deed of First Family Financial Services, Inc., dated March 5, 2003 and recorded March 5, 2003 in Book 953 at Page 1652 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Subsequently, Kenneth C. Geerer died intestate on or about 2013, leaving the subject property to his heirs, namely Rosemary Geerer, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2013-ES-43-00364.

TMS No. 100-00-06-005 Property address: 1540 Hidden Oaks Dr, Wedgefield, SC 29168 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.125% per annum. The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given. The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

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