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President says people who want to love U.S. welcome MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — President Trump on Monday vowed to allow into the United States people who “want to love our country,” defending his immigration and refugee restrictions as he made his first visit to the headquarters Monday for U.S. Central Command. Trump reaffirmed his support for NATO before military leaders and troops and laced his speech with references to homeland security amid a court battle over his travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries. He did not directly mention the case now before a federal appeals court after a lower court

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No arrests from 7 nations in travel ban? Not quite WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who halted President Trump’s travel ban was wrong in stating that no one from the seven countries targeted in Trump’s order has been arrested for extremism in the United States since the 2001 terrorist attacks. Just last October, an Iraqi refugee living in Texas pleaded guilty to attempting to provide support to the Islamic State group, accused of taking tactical training and wanting to blow himself up in an act of martyrdom. In November, a Somali refugee injured 11 in a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University, and he surely would have been arrested had he not been killed by an officer.

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Penny Greer, left, and Mary Bailey enjoy their lunch Saturday at Golden Corral for the 300th meeting of Campbell’s Soup Friends’ Lunch Group. Kathryn Godwin has been organizing the meetings since the year after the plant closed in 1991.

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Campbell’s Soup Friends’ Lunch Group wasn’t one to be missed. Twenty-six years nearly to the day after the closing of Campbell’s Soup in Sumter, about 100 former employees showed their dedication to their former workplace for the 25th anniversary of Campbell’s Soup Friends’ Lunch Group’s monthly meetings at Golden Corral on Saturday. That’s 300 monthly meetings exactly by Kathryn “Kathy” Godwin’s count. Godwin has been solely organizing the monthly meetings since the one-year anniversary of the plant’s closing in 1991. “I’m glad to see everybody, and I hope we remain friends,” Godwin said.

Del Royer, the first supervisor in place at Campbell’s Soup in Sumter, greets one of his former co-workers, Dorothy Mitchell, during the meeting. last four years, they’ve been gathering at Golden Corral at 11:30 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month. “We’re still going strong,” Godwin said. “Many churches cannot keep their group together for that long.”

That camaraderie seemed to echo through the voices of other former Campbell’s employees. Many attendees spoke fondly of their time at Campbell’s and said that it was a great place to work. The monthly meetings initially started as breakfast gatherings, but soon the group got too big. For the

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Fund helps family of 6 stay warm after mother’s job loss BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Fireside Fund continues to help Sumter folks stay warm, Sumter United Ministries Crisis Relief Director Kevin Howell said. He said a single mother of five children was doing just fine until a car wreck put her out of work. “As we all know, transportation is critical for continuous employment,”

he said. Howell said the woman’s injuries and lack of transportation made it difficult for her to keep her job, and very soon, she was in financial difficulty.

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All of her children, ranging from 8 to 16, are doing well in school, and the mother is a student at one of Sumter’s colleges. However, with very limited income, the mother was not able to pay her winter electric bill, which meant the family would lose its lighting and heating resources, Howell said. It was essential to keep the power on to keep the house warm because electricity was the family’s only source of

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len from seven vehicles — three Ford Expeditions, two Ford F-250s and two Ford F-150s — totaling about $20,000, sometime during the weekend. The vehicles were left on blocks, he said. Craven said he does not know the day nor the time when the thefts happened but officers are working to figure that out. There is surveillance footage of the incidents, he said. He said suspects drove onto the lot after cutting a chain at the entrance with bolt cutters. Craven said this is the second time wheels and tires were stolen from vehicles at the dealership in two weeks. On Jan. 26, wheels and tires valued at about $6,000 were removed from two vehicles. Craven said Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Information can be given anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (803) 4362718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372). In Sumter County, more than $17,000 in wheels and tires were removed from

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Area law enforcement agencies are asking for the public's help in trying to identify people behind a rash of wheel and tire thefts at local dealerships since the beginning of the year. Vandals have now stolen wheels and tires from dealerships in Manning and Sumter. Most have been taken from car lots by putting vehicles on blocks and stealing the wheels and tires. About $26,000 in wheels and tires were reportedly stolen from Santee Automotive in Manning during a two-week period, adding the dealership to the list of businesses where truck tires have been stolen since the beginning of the year. Dennis Craven, owner of Santee Automotive, said all four wheels were sto-

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Toy gun taken from Kingsbury student A fifth-grader at Kingsbury Elementary School faces disciplinary action in accordance with Sumter School District’s code of conduct after the student showed a toy gun to another student, according to Shelly Galloway, Sumter School District public information partnerships coordinator. According to Galloway, at dismissal on Monday, the student showed a small plastic toy gun to another student, which was then taken by a teacher.

Board of zoning appeals meeting Wednesday Sumter City-County Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Sumter City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider: • A special exception request to allow a liquor store to be located at 3350 N. Main St.; • A variance request from the maximum sign size permitted for general commercial zoning districts to allow for 473.26 square feet of additional signage at the front of the building located at 343 Pinewood Road; and • A variance request of 1,300 square feet from the maximum of 1,100-square-foot requirement for residential accessory structures in order to allow a 2,400-square-foot detached structure on a parcel in the 4300 block of Camden Highway.

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trucks between mid-January and the first week of February. On Jan. 16, eight wheels and tires valued at $6,000 were reportedly stolen from three GMC Sierra 1500 trucks that were parked at Jones Buick GMC on Broad Street; four tires valued at $2,500 were reportedly stolen from a Dodge Ram 1500 truck parked at Sumter Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Broad Street, on Jan. 23; and eight wheels and tires valued at $800 were reportedly stolen from two Dodge Ram 1500 trucks parked at Sumter Chrysler Jeep Dodge on Feb. 1. Three similar incidents were also reported to Sumter Police Department in January. Rear wheels and tires were reportedly stolen from two F-150s that were parked at McLaughlin Ford auto dealership on North Main Street between 7 and 7:20 a.m. on Jan. 25; and rear rims and tires were reportedly stolen from a Toyota Tundra that was parked at Scott Will Toyota auto dealership on Broad Street between 6 and 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 28. The total value of the items is estimated at

nearly $8,000, according to a news release from the police department. Tonyia McGirt, public information officer at Sumter Police Department, suggests that all businesses maintain adequate lighting inside and outside, as well as keep shrubbery trimmed and remove items that could be hiding places for suspicious activity to prevent other incidents elsewhere. The public should also report any odd activity observed outside of or near a business after normal business hours and, if possible, provide a detailed description of the incident and suspects, she said. Information can be given by calling Manning Police Department at (803) 4358859; Clarendon County Sheriff's Office (803) 435-4414; Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2100; or Sumter County sheriff's office at (803) 436-2000. The public can also give information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2218 or 1-888-CRIME-SC. A monetary reward may be given for tips that lead to an arrest.

Bad golf day turns into business angle for Sumter native BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Gerald Enter hopes to cash in from a bad golf day in 2014. After playing a terrible round of golf, he went home frustrated because he couldn't hold a consistent swing between clubs. Instead of the proverbial breaking or throwing his clubs, he started tinkering with a device that would help him control his swing while hitting on the practice range. He points out the golfer's challenge of hitting 14 clubs with heads tilted at different angles. The challenge was hitting the ball at the angle manufacturers built into the head of the club. Enter went to his shop with protractors, compasses and his 38 years of expertise that had helped him keep manufacturing plants operational. The retired Millwright Union worker who even helped build some of the first robotic welding machinery for automobile welding went to work creating a metal contraption that would set the angle of the club, then allow him to take a few steps back and practice hitting balls on the practice range. Pieces of the device allowed him to alter and hold angles for each club while lining up the ball on lines drawn on the device platform. And it has holes drilled into each of the four corners to anchor it to the ground with golf tees. Once he perfected it, his

wife, Johnnie Ann, used it to improve her swing. Soon, other club members who had watched him win club championships were borrowing the device to perfect their swings. He loaned it to a few club members who suggested he needed to patent his technology. The decorated Vietnam veteran and Mayewood High School graduate who now lives in Yulee, Florida, received his patent in time to set up a booth at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando Civic Center in January. The show placed his booth in the Inventor's Spotlight Pavilion. At 70, he said he wants to enlist help from others to manufacture and market the Loft & Lie. At the show with thousands of visitors, he talked to potential manufacturers from China and other countries, but one potential manufacturer interested in his product came from Columbia, South Carolina. By getting someone else to manufacture and market his in-

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Sumter native Gerald Enter recently received a patent on his device to make his golf swing better. Now, he hopes to get it manufactured. vention, Enter said he will make money off his bad golf day more than two years

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William Henry Jones, 41, of 1920 Mason Road, Apt. 30-B, Dalzell, was arrested on Thursday and charged with second-degree domestic violence for allegedly ripping the shirt off his wife after she refused to give him money while in the 1900 block of Mason Road. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff's Office, the victim told officers that Jones entered the residence "grossly high and intoxicated," asking for money.

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Deputy charged with seeking naked photos COLUMBIA — Federal investigators said a South Carolina deputy coerced an 11-year-old girl into sending him a nude picture, then told her to send more naked photographs or he would show the first one to others. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said in a statement he fired sheriff's Sgt. Chris Wilbanks, who was charged Friday with production of child pornography. Wilbanks had been a deputy for 18 years. Homeland Security Special Agent Steven Miles said in a sworn statement that Wilbanks posed as a 14-yearold boy nicknamed "Redneck Rick" on social media and talked to the girl, who said she was 12. Wilbanks' age wasn't immediately available. Miles said the girl sent about a dozen pornographic images to Wilbanks and was

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Being a president’s child is especially tough BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press WASHINGTON — If it's tough being a kid, try being a "first kid" — the child of an American president. Just ask President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea. Or President George W. Bush's twins, Jenna and Barbara. And now, President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron, is finding out. Ten-year-old Barron was the target of a poorly received joke tweeted by a "Saturday Night Live" writer on Jan. 20 as the new first family reveled in Inauguration Day events. Separately in Chicago, comedian Shannon Noll played the title character in "Barron Trump: Up Past Bedtime," which had a recent run at a theater in Hyde Park. Both instances have revived age-old questions about the sometimes less-than-kid-glove treatment of presidential kids. "I think the children are offlimits," said Lisa Caputo, who was White House press secretary when "Saturday Night Live" made fun of then-13year-old Chelsea Clinton. "They didn't run for public office; they don't hold an official role." "SNL" cast member Mike Meyers sent the Clintons a letter of apology after the incident. The teenage Chelsea Clinton also was mocked by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who called her a dog. Katie Rich, the "SNL" writer who tweeted about Barron,

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Barron Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20 for the inauguration ceremony of his father, Donald J. Trump, as the 45th president of the United States. was suspended indefinitely. After deleting the tweet and deactivating her Twitter account, she reactivated the account, saying she wanted to "sincerely apologize" for the "insensitive" tweet and that she deeply regretted her actions. "It was inexcusable, and I'm so sorry," Rich said. Fellow comedians have risen to her defense, but Noll told the Chicago Reader that she has been the subject of a social media backlash, including death threats, as well as homophobic, transphobic, anti-Semitic and racist comments directed at her. The theater also has been harassed. All presidents and first ladies seek a life outside the spotlight for minor children who live in the 132-room mansion, except when they them-

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UN: More than 900 children killed in Afghanistan in 2016 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than 900 children were killed in Afghanistan's conflict last year, the United Nations said Monday, calling it the most violent year for children since it started keeping records. The U.N. mission said the nearly 25 percent increase in child deaths from the previous year was largely caused by mines and munitions left over from decades of conflict. It documented a 66 percent increase in such deaths in 2016. "Conflict-related violence exacted a heavy toll on Afghanistan in 2016, with an overall deterioration in civilian protection and the highest-total civilian casualties recorded since 2009, when UNAMA began systematic documentation of civilian casualties," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in its annual report. It said 3,498 people were killed in 2016, including 923 children and that

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an additional 7,920 people were wounded. The overall casualty toll was slightly higher than the previous year. "I am deeply saddened to report, for

yet another year, another increase in civilian casualties, another all-time high figure," Tadamichi Yamamoto, the U.N. envoy to Afghanistan, told a

press conference. The aid group Save the Children said the latest figures were "extremely concerning" and called on all parties to do more to protect civilians. The Taliban, who have been waging an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul for more than 15 years, advanced on a number of fronts in 2016. Afghan forces have struggled to combat the militants since the U.S. and NATO formally concluded their combat mission at the end of 2014. "The humanitarian situation across much of Afghanistan has deteriorated significantly in the past 12 months," Save the Children's country director, Ana Locsin, said in a statement. "With the start of the traditional fighting season not far away with the end of winter, it could get even worse in the coming months," she said.

Car payments have become expected part of people’s monthly budget BY LIZ WESTON NerdWallet via Associated Press Car payments have morphed from a temporary nuisance into a permanent part of many people's budgets. One-third of millennial car buyers chose a lease last year, which helped push auto lease volume to a record of 4.3 million and 31 percent of all new auto purchases, according to market research by Edmunds. com. "There is a greater percentage of people who view car ownership as a monthly payment like their cellphone or cable or Wi-Fi," says Jessica Caldwell, executive director of strategic analytics at Edmunds. com. "It's just the way we live our lives." Lease payments are typically lower than monthly loan payments for the same car, and

leasing is less expensive than buying new cars every two or three years. But leasing is far from frugal, especially compared with paying off a car within five years and owning it for a few more. People who lease don't get a break from payments or build equity toward the next purchase. But younger buyers in particular are more likely to view cars as technology that needs to be continually upgraded, Caldwell says. "It used to be cars didn't change that much in five years. Now they do," she says. (Even “Consumer Reports,” which typically recommends buying over leasing, suggests leasing electric cars because the technology is changing so fast.) Fear of repair bills contributes to the leasing trend as well. Many people would rath-

er have constant payments and continually drive newer cars than be surprised by repair costs — especially in an era when 46 percent of households don't have $400 in savings to cover an emergency, according to the Federal Reserve. "Your costs with a lease, while higher, are also more predictable," says Alex Klein, vice president for data science for Autolist, a new and used car search engine. Younger buyers also are less convinced they'll need a car five years from now, Klein says. "There's more flexibility about the idea of car ownership," Klein says. "In two or three years, I may get around

in an autonomous Uber." Millennial car owners plan to own their cars for less time than their Generation X predecessors, an Autolist study of 3,383 vehicle owners found. Forty-seven percent of those aged 25 to 39 in 2016 said they'd keep their cars five years or less, compared to 41 percent of those 40 to 54. One-third of the older crowd intended to keep their vehicles for 10 years or more, compared with just onequarter of millennials. Leasing certainly can be a better financial choice than some other financing options. Auto loans that stretch six years or more mean buyers often face big repair bills while

they're still making payments. Buyers often owe more on the loan than the car is worth for most of the loan term, and interest rates tend to be higher than for shorter loans. Too many of these buyers wind up trading in their cars before they've paid off their loans, rolling their negative equity into their next vehicle at even higher interest rates. Among car buyers who traded in a vehicle last year, 29.9 percent rolled an average of $5,193.79 in unpaid debt into their new loans, Edmunds.com found. A decade earlier, the comparable figures were 26.4 percent and $3,997.36 of negative equity.

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THE SUMTER ITEM Migrants sew blankets into coats at the workshop charity Naomi. The blankets, which are mostly army-issue gray with red stitching and are distributed as aid at the sprawling refugee and migrant encampments, are being recycled into practical coats for the vulnerable refugees who are facing a harsh winter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A woman cries as she and her children are covered with a blanket near the northern Greek village of Idomeni on Feb. 21, 2016. A tiny workshop charity called Naomi in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki is working long hours to collect and wash discarded blankets and turn them into wearable coats.

Charity turns old blankets into winter coats for refugees THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — It's been a miserable winter in Greece, especially for the many thousands of refugees staying in tents in old factories and warehouses. At a tiny workshop in the northern city of Thessaloniki, they're trying to make a little bit of a difference. Volunteers are working long hours to try to keep the refugees warm, with bursts of noise from sewing machines revealing their mission: To turn discarded blankets into jackets, overcoats and other winter wearables. There's an almost endless supply: The blankets — mostly army issue, gray with red stitching — came from the

sprawling refugee and migrant encampment at Idomeni on the Macedonian border that is now closed. As many as 14,000 people lived in tents at the site last year after European countries closed borders to refugees streaming into the continent. Greek police cleared the camp last May, leaving hundreds of tents and thousands of blankets behind. A Greek-German charity called Naomi collected them by the vanload to be washed and reused. Project organizer Elke Wollschlaeger helps make and even model the coats, which have the label "Remember Idomeni" stitched inside. "We're trying to keep it in

people's minds what happened in Idomeni last year and what Europe did to refugees and the Greek people, just leaving the borders closed and thousands of people stranded," she said. Greece's government says more than 60,000 refugees and migrants remain stuck in the country following the border closures. It has struggled to shelter camp dwellers from freezing overnight temperatures. Authorities on the island of Lesbos are investigating three recent deaths at a refugee camp there, possibly caused by fumes from makeshift heaters. For Syrian refugee Hasan Al

Kodsy, helping out at the coat workshop in Thessaloniki was a natural fit. The 30-year-old used to run a family textile business in Damascus that employed about 100 workers. His journey to Europe stopped at Idomeni, but he's still hoping to join his wife and 2-year-old daughter in Munich, Germany, through the European Union's slowmoving relocation scheme. "I saw women (in Idomeni) shivering in blankets, and that was not a nice thing to see," he said. "So we started making clothes with the blankets." The charity doesn't distrib-

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She tries to keep the meetings interesting by inviting guest speakers and giving away door prizes. This time the speakers were the Rev. Theodora Black and Wally Jones, a former local dentist and coach of the P-15’s American Legion baseball team. The door prizes were four gift certificates to Golden Corral. Not only does she organize the monthly lunches, but the group also takes tours together, such as to Charleston Tea Plantation and even a Campbell’s plant operation in North Carolina. “I try to keep things interesting,” Godwin said. Some children of Campbell’s workers in attendance spoke about how Campbell’s instilled values and work ethic in their parents that were ultimately passed on to themselves. That was something Jones emphasized in his speech, that Campbell’s workers were a hardworking bunch. One former employee stood up and said she didn’t miss a day of work for 10 years. At its height, Campbell’s had more than 1,000 employees working at the Sumter plant. So it wasn’t unusual when Del Royer, 86, said he could not remember everyone’s names, but he knows all of their faces. It’s a good thing Godwin had already thought of that, giving out name tags at the beginning of the meetings. Many of Saturday’s attendees hadn’t attended a meeting for 10 to 15 years. Royer himself hadn’t attended in five years. He was the first supervisor hired at Campbell’s in Sumter in 1966, relocating from a sister plant in Minnesota and staying on for 23 years. “It really was a close-working group,” Royer said. About a dozen others in addition to Royer in attendance Saturday were at the plant for the 1966 startup. While everyone won’t be able to attend the meetings monthly, Godwin, Royer and many of the former employees were happy to see some familiar faces they hadn’t seen in years. “I invite everyone and — if you can’t come — say a prayer so we keep our friendship alive,” Godwin said.

FIRESIDE FROM PAGE A1 “What a privilege it is to help our Sumter people from the hearts of our Sumter people,” he said. Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 2, Fireside Fund assisted 13 families with utilities and heating expenses, totaling nearly $2,400. This winter’s Fireside Fund is dedicated to the memory of Sumter philanthropist Phil Edwards, who died in 2016. Edwards’ generosity can be seen across Sumter and the South Carolina Midlands. From Sumter County Museum to the expansion of Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, the WilliamsBrice-Edwards Charitable Trust, set up by Edwards and his wife, Flora, continues to enhance our community. The recipient of this year’s Fireside Fund contributions is Sumter United Ministries. Fireside Fund was established in 1969 to help needy families and individuals pay heating bills, buy firewood or heating fuels and stay warm during the winter months. Since its founding, Fireside Fund has brought in more than $1.4 million in donations from generous readers. Anyone in need of assistance with heating costs may call Sumter United Ministries at (803) 775-0757. Donations can be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151 or dropped off at the office, 36 W. Liberty St. Names, including groups, should be spelled completely. When making a donation in someone’s honor, the

temporarily suspended the ban. “We need strong programs” so that “people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in” and those who “want to destroy us and destroy our country” are kept out, Trump said. “Freedom, security and justice will prevail,” Trump added. “We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism, and we will not allow it to take root in our country. We’re not going to allow it.” Trump touched upon various alliances in his remarks, noting, “we strongly support NATO.” He spoke Sunday with NATO Secretary Gen. Jens Stoltenberg. A White House statement said the two “discussed how to encourage all NATO allies to meet

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ARRESTS FROM PAGE A1 The judge, James Robart, was correct in his larger point that the deadliest and most high-profile terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11 — like the Boston Marathon bombings and the shootings in Orlando, Florida, and San Bernardino, California — were committed either by U.S. citizens or by people from countries other than the seven majorityMuslim nations named in Trump’s order. But he went a step too far at a hearing in Seattle on Friday. He asked a Justice Department lawyer how many arrests of foreign nationals from the countries have occurred since 9/11. When the lawyer said she didn’t know, Robart answered his own question: “Let me tell you, the answer to that is none, as best I can tell. You’re here arguing on behalf of someone that says we have to protect the

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United States from these individuals coming from these countries, and there’s no support for that.” Charles Kurzman, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, said his research shows no Americans have been killed in the U.S. at the hands of people from the seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen — since Sept. 11. But it’s not quite right to say no one from those nations has been arrested or accused in an extremist-related plot while living in the U.S. In addition to the cases from last fall, for instance, two men from Iraq were arrested in Kentucky in 2011 and convicted on charges that they plotted to send money and weapons to al-Qaida. They were never accused, though, of plotting attacks on the U.S. Last week, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway wrongly cited their case as a “Bowling Green massacre,” which never happened.

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I write in response to Robert Colby’s letter in The Sumter Item of Feb. 1. In it, he is critical of Graham Osteen’s column of Jan. 29. Unlike Mr. Colby, I find Osteen’s column reasoned and informative. Colby accused Osteen of “adding” religion to the Trump travel ban, while it is obvious it applies to mainly Muslim countries. I haven’t heard of any Christian refugees being denied entry to the U.S., but Muslims even with legal entry documents were turned away or detained. Mr. Colby said “mainstream media declared Trump was so bad that normal reporting criteria does not apply.” I would like to know his source, as I have never heard or read this. And I see no relevance in Mr. Colby’s argument in the comment about shouting “fire” in a crowded venue. Mr. Osteen’s language was that of introspection, not provocation. News coverage is a human enterprise and subject to some bias, reporting mistakes and inaccuracy. Sometimes there is no coverage at all. But there have always been reporters, journalists and researchers who do their best to deliver news that is timely, fact-based and fair. President Trump has been denigrating, insulting and dismissive of the media since before he became president. He questioned the reported size of the crowd at his inauguration and blamed Hillary Clinton’s win of the popular vote on voter fraud. There is no evidence for either assertion. I recommend that Mr. Colby watch, listen to and read a variety of news sources, including public TV and radio, The Sumter Item and others, and to do so with a reasoning attitude. Unlike Mr. Trump, he should not question, decry or dismiss news reports or comments just because he does not agree with them. JANICE ROGERS Sumter

BAKER SURROUNDED BY INCOMPETENT STAFF Ms. Debbie Miller is obviously one who has been convinced by Dr. Baker and his clan that Dr. Baker is the victim. Ma’am, Dr. Baker is not equipped to manage or lead a school district the size of Sumter School District. He only survived in the former Sumter 2 district because the board members then, like most are now, are oblivious to board management procedures. It was apparent at Monday’s board meeting that Lucille McQuilla and Linda Alston are dumbfounded by the report they received. They don’t have the skills needed to understand the complexities of board operations and procedures. It was apparent by their facial expressions. But then again, they worked for Dr. Baker in the former Sumter 2 district. The other board members who are staunch supporters of Dr. Baker have a subpar intellectual knowledge of what board members do. Dr. Baker has always surrounded himself with incompetent people so that he can appear to be knowledgeable. Not! It is time for some of the board members, Dr. Baker and some of his staff to leave. Anyone in the Sumter community who has driven its company in the hole by the tune of $6.2 million would be in the unemployment line. It is ridiculous that Dr. Baker, board members, Nancy McMillan (finance) and Denise Nixon (personnel) are

still employed. All of them have a hand in this mess that is affecting my children’s education. Mr. Allen made this clear in his statement Monday that finance and personnel did not contact one another when hiring these extra people. Again, these are all of Dr. Baker’s incompetent staff he surrounds himself with. I hope to see some resignations within the next few weeks or my voice will be heard during public participation at the Feb. 13 board meeting at Wilder Elementary School. TINA WRIGHT Sumter

THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE’S BLESSED US WITH On Jan. 18, 2017, for the first time in several years, I felt relief and joy. When Donald Trump was sworn in as our (and this time I use our) 45th president of the United States of America, I felt a burden had been lifted. For a number of years, this country has been beneath a cloud of oppression. This election was “a God thing.” People were praying, and God answered. Remember, Donald Trump was not predicted to win this election. However, the people prayed, and they touched God, and he answered. Little is much when God is in it. Demonstrations, jokes, mocking and making fun of our president does not help our country. The people have spoken, and thus it is. We have entertainers who seem to have forgotten how they got to where they are. By “We the people.” We have never had a president with an IQ higher than Donald Trump. He is no dummy. He graduated from West Point, for crying out loud. He is very intelligent. Eight years ago, we as a people were asked, “Give him a chance and wait and see what he will do.” Well! For eight long, long years we waited. Things only seemed to get worse. The only thing I can really remember that our ex-president was really good at was golf and vacations. However, he was our leader, and we had to respect that even if we did not agree. Donald Trump said, “I am giving the power back to the people.” We are the people. We see what unity and one mind and one accord can and will do. We do not need conflict, confusion, controversy, unrest, friend against friend or neighbor against neighbor. It is time to grow up and put on our big boy pants and get over it, and move forward to bigger and better times. It is past time for better times. To grow as a nation and a people. Stop the violence, get a job and move on — we are better than what we were. If you still want to move because Donald Trump has been elected president of this great nation, call the moving company and hit the road. We as a people trust and believe “In God We Trust” will be restored to this great nation. We are the most blessed nation in the world. We are rich in every aspect of our being. So, take time to smell the roses while they are in bloom and thank our one true and living God for all he has blessed us with and also for our blessings to come. I do every day. SHERIAN MATTHEWS Manning

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ther than writing about the best Super Bowl ever played, there’s not much left at the start of the week to write about. The sports writers and sports commentators have already pulled out all the stops in reporting on the heroics of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in their miraculous comeback victory on Sunday night over the Atlanta Falcons. Both those teams are so good we might see them having another go at each other a year from now. So what’s left, a resumption of President Donald Trump’s food fight with the American left as it continues its quest to delegitimize his improbable ascension to the White House? Frankly, I’m beginning to suffer from Trump fatigue, much as I did in trying to overcome the vapors connected to the godawful

Obama regime which will continue to surface in the person of the ex-president, who will certainly show up from time to time to lecture the nation and extol himself. That and the rancorous Hollywood crowd that Hubert D. has been in Osteen Jr. denial since CHAIRMAN Hillary AND EDITORClinton IN-CHIEF tanked. We can likely expect more protests and hysteria from the likes of has-been actress Ashley Judd, who unleashed a torrent of invective aimed at Trump at one of the infantile left’s rallies, during which she screeched and screamed her way through a gibbering tirade. That was

surely pleasing to her cohorts in the land of fruits and nuts. (If only she could sing like her mama and sister.) And speaking of Hollywood — please ... Here is the best description I have ever heard of the Left Coast’s crown jewel, spoken by the late comedian Fred Allen: “You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” Or this from director Michelangelo Antonioni: “ Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.” The last word I’ll leave to Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn: “Why should people pay good money to go out and see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?” As Bugs Bunny would say, “th..th…th..th…that’s all, folks.”

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The distortion of Count Gorsuch

ASHINGTON — To review the left’s reaction to Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is to infer he’s the spawn of Dracula — a cruel and bloodless beast who shrinks from the light and plays havoc with history. Among the many distortions: Gorsuch is against clean water, consumers, women’s health, dying people and workers. The liberal Alliance for Justice declares him worse in some ways than Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat Gorsuch Kathleen would assume if confirmed. People for the American Parker Way claims he’s an ideologue “far outside of the judicial mainstream who has a record of warping the law to serve the powerful over the interests and constitutional rights of ordinary Americans.” Or, one could argue that he is courageous in protecting the people and the Constitution by adhering to text and original intent without concern for his popularity. As background, Gorsuch has served since 2006 on the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where his reputation as a brilliant jurist and writer gained national attention. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he also earned a doctorate from Oxford in legal philosophy. His dissertation was on euthanasia, which has raised flags among those fighting for death-with-dignity laws. If Gorsuch opposes assisted suicide for the terminally ill, goes the thinking, then he must also oppose a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Gorsuch has said that human life has intrinsic value and that no other human has a right to destroy another’s, which seems on its face to be manifest. He has never written or ruled specifically on abortion, so this remains a hazy correlative. He is, indeed, an originalist, as was Scalia, and his rulings might not differ much from his conservative predecessor’s. Fundamental to his approach is the understanding that legislatures, and not courts, should create laws. This position also extends to administrators and bureaucrats. Liberals have sometimes preferred to fashion

law through the courts, rather than navigate the legislative process, which is burdensome, stubborn and slow. It’s so much easier to create law in the courts and let people adapt. This view would seem almost Trumpian but for his selection of Gorsuch, who is of the opposite inclination. After two dizzying weeks of confounding (Mexico), outrageous (travel ban) and absurd (Australia) first acts, Trump’s naming of Gorsuch brought a welcome pause. Yes, it was showmanship — prime time and all that — but, seriously, who cares? It was far and away the most presidential performance we’ve thus far witnessed, notwithstanding Trump’s nearly separating Gorsuch’s arm from its socket during a handshake. Should Gorsuch be approved, the court’s composition obviously doesn’t really change. The balance would remain the same, with Justice Kennedy, for whom Gorsuch clerked, as the swing vote. It’s the next seat for which Democrats should save their fire, lest they be viewed as intractable as the Republicans were the past eight years. No one wins this war. Democrats are entitled to their indignation over Republicans’ refusal to consider Merrick Garland, President Obama’s choice for Scalia’s seat. But their energies will be spent for naught — and they could do far worse. Besides, there’s no real knowing how a justice will rule. Philosophical temperament is a factor, but it’s not the only one. Individual cases present facts and circumstances that can lead to unexpected conclusions. The upcoming debate should be scintillating theater as it strikes at the heart of a judge’s role. Gorsuch has made himself clear on this. In a 2016 concurrence, he wrote: “Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn’t some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams for a new and perfected tort law, but a carefully drafted text judges are charged with applying according to its original public meaning.” I wouldn’t wish on anyone the task of proving that wrong. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2017, Washington Post Writers Group

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SUPPORT GROUPS dered Children (POMC) — Third AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie AA — Monday-Friday, noon Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 Support Groups: HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 Open to anyone who has lost p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and a loved one to murder in a vio7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775lent way. 1852. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group AA Women’s Meeting — — Third Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren Carolinas Rehabilitation HosSt. (803) 775-1852. pital, 121 E. Cedar St., FlorAA Spanish Speaking — Sunence. Call (843) 661-3746. days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. EFMP Parent Exchange Group — (803) 775-1852. Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, AA “How it Works” Group — Airman and Family Readiness Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., Center. For service members 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494who have a dependent with a 5180. disability or illness. Call Dorcus at (803) 895-1252 / 1253 or 441 AA Support Group — MonSue at (803) 847-2377. days, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: S.C. 441. Sickle Cell Support Group — Last AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall. South Sumter Resource CenManning Al-Anon Family Group ter, 337 Manning Ave. Call — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Be(803) 774-6181. havioral Health Building, 14 Divorce Care — Wednesdays, Church St., Manning. Call (803) 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist 435-8085. Church, 2401 Bethel Church C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Road. Call (803) 481-2160. Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Grief Share — Wednesdays, Ronda St. Call (803) 607-4543. 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church MONDAY MEETINGS: Road. Call (803) 481-2160. Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 THURSDAY MEETINGS: p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off N. Main St. Call (803) 316-6763. Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, The group is also on Face9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Cenbook. ter,1989 Durant Lane. Call (803) 775-3926 or (803) 469TUESDAY MEETINGS: 4789. Heroin Anonymous — Tuesdays, Alzheimer’s Support Group 9:30-10:30 p.m., 4742 Broad St. through S.C. Alzheimer’s AssociaCall (803) 494-5180. tion — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Sumter Connective Tissue SupNational Health Care, 1018 N. port Group — First Tuesday of Guignard Drive. Call (803) 905January, March, May, July, 7720 or (800) 636-3346. September and November, 7 Journey of Hope (for family memp.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call bers of the mentally ill), Journey (803) 773-0869. to Recovery (for the mentally ill) Mothers of Angels (for mothers and Survivors of Suicide Support who have lost a child) — First Group — Each group meets Tuesday at noon and third every first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive John United Methodist Baptist Church. Call (803) 469Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. 6059, (803) 979-4498, (803) 469Call (803) 905-5620. 4506 or (803) 938-8544. Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Sumter Combat Veterans Group Group — Fourth Thursday, 10Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 11:30 a.m., Palmetto Health a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 Tuomey Hospice, 500 PineS. Lafayette Drive. Veterans wood Road, Suite 2. Call (803) helping veterans with PTSD, 773-4663. coping skills, claims and benefits. FRIDAY MEETINGS: “The Gathering” — Second Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., North p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Salt & Light Church, Miller For teens and adults with speRoad (across from Food Lion). cial needs. Call (803) 972-0051 For help with struggles of alor (803) 468-5745 or email thecohol, drugs, family problems, gathering23@aol.com. smoking, etc. Parkinson’s Support Group — Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Group — Third Friday, 11:30 Carolinas Rehabilitation Hosa.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call pital, 121 E. Cedar St., Flor(803) 778-0303. ence. Call (843) 661-3746. SATURDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Sumter Prosthetics & OrthotComplex Regional Pain Syndrome ics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) Support Group — Third Satur883-4356. day, 1:30 p.m., 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call (803) 481-7521. Sumter Chapter Parents of Mur-

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Times of clouds and sun

A shower and t-storm around

Periods of clouds and sunshine

Occasional morning rain

Partly sunny

Near-record warmth

77°

56°

76° / 56°

69° / 31°

59° / 41°

76° / 53°

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 65%

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 5%

S 8-16 mph

SSW 10-20 mph

W 7-14 mph

NW 8-16 mph

S 4-8 mph

SW 8-16 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 69/53 Spartanburg 69/54

Greenville 69/53

Columbia 78/56

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 77/56

Aiken 75/54

ON THE COAST

Charleston 76/58

Today: Partial sunshine; a shower in spots in southern parts. High 68 to 76. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy; a thunderstorm in the area. High 69 to 76.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

69° 38° 57° 34° 79° in 2008 14° in 1996

LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 356.79 75.12 75.03 98.27

24-hr chg -0.01 -0.02 -0.13 +0.03

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

0.00" 0.11" 0.72" 4.65" 5.14" 4.66"

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

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 68/57/t Chicago 51/22/r Dallas 81/54/pc Detroit 54/31/r Houston 84/63/pc Los Angeles 67/57/r New Orleans 77/63/t New York 48/48/r Orlando 83/63/sh Philadelphia 59/54/r Phoenix 73/54/pc San Francisco 64/58/r Wash., DC 67/57/r

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

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 73/49/c 30/13/c 78/43/s 36/19/c 85/57/pc 70/58/pc 80/58/c 62/35/pc 83/64/pc 63/35/pc 76/56/s 63/56/c 67/39/pc

Myrtle Beach 70/59

Manning 76/58

Today: A shower and thunderstorm around. Winds southwest 7-14 mph. Wednesday: Warm with a thunderstorm in spots. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

LOCAL ALMANAC

Florence 76/58

Bishopville 74/56

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/47/t 72/54/t 78/56/sh 76/59/s 66/58/c 76/58/s 71/53/c 67/57/t 78/56/sh 74/55/pc 68/55/c 73/58/pc 76/58/c

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 8.82 -0.17 19 3.40 -0.20 14 5.92 -0.21 14 2.13 -0.35 80 76.49 -0.08 24 4.80 +0.06

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 67/41/t 74/50/pc 78/58/pc 76/61/c 66/55/pc 76/61/c 72/51/pc 74/53/pc 76/58/pc 73/58/pc 70/49/r 75/56/pc 76/56/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 76/58/pc Gainesville 82/58/sh Gastonia 70/55/c Goldsboro 74/57/c Goose Creek 76/58/pc Greensboro 70/52/c Greenville 69/53/t Hickory 68/50/t Hilton Head 75/58/s Jacksonville, FL 80/58/t La Grange 72/59/pc Macon 74/56/pc Marietta 68/55/t

Sunrise 7:14 a.m. Moonrise 2:49 p.m.

Sunset Moonset

5:58 p.m. 4:09 a.m.

Full

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Feb. 18

Feb. 26

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Today Wed.

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 76/57/pc 80/62/t 71/51/pc 75/55/pc 76/60/c 69/49/pc 71/50/pc 68/48/pc 75/59/c 80/61/c 75/50/c 74/56/pc 72/46/c

High 5:40 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 6:42 a.m. 7:07 p.m.

Ht. 3.2 2.8 3.3 2.9

Low Ht. 12:46 p.m. -0.2 ----12:55 a.m. -0.7 1:43 p.m. -0.4

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 68/50/t Mt. Pleasant 76/58/s Myrtle Beach 70/59/pc Orangeburg 76/57/sh Port Royal 74/58/s Raleigh 72/54/c Rock Hill 70/51/c Rockingham 72/55/pc Savannah 78/59/s Spartanburg 69/54/c Summerville 76/58/pc Wilmington 73/57/pc Winston-Salem 70/53/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 69/47/t 76/60/c 71/58/c 76/57/pc 74/59/c 71/51/pc 71/48/pc 73/53/pc 78/61/c 70/50/pc 76/60/c 74/56/pc 68/48/pc

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PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take your time EUGENIA LAST if emotional situations flare up. Try to be optimistic and offer unique solutions instead of getting upset. Learn from past mistakes and you’ll avoid making an unnecessary mistake.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Travel plans or visiting someone who can feed you information about current trends or changes going on in the workplace will lead you into an interesting project. Think big, but don’t overdo it. Moderation will keep you out of debt. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take strides that will help you bypass any negativity or deceptive rhetoric with people who may be trying to take advantage of you. Stick close to those you trust. Love and romance are featured. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotions will surface if you let what others do get to you. Avoid attempting anything that may result in minor injuries or poor health. Look for opportunities to use your skills to get ahead instead of wasting your time arguing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Aim to stabilize your life. Don’t let emotional issues come between you and your goals. Take pride in what you do and live within your means. Having a plan in place and following each step with precision and detail will pay off. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Children or people you’ve helped in the past will offer an interesting perspective on a situation you currently face. Listen to advice, and if necessary, ask for assistance in order to make changes that will improve your life.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let emotions stand in your way. Think big and follow through with your plans regardless of the obstacles you face. Positive changes will unfold if you’re ready to do what’s necessary to make things happen.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Friends and relatives will be happy to pitch in and help if you ask. Offer incentives if they will make it easier to reach out for assistance. Ask questions and listen to those with more experience and you’ll get ahead. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t neglect the ones you love. You’ll be so intent on getting ahead you may lose sight of why you’re working so hard in the first place. Get your priorities straight before someone complains or does something you don’t like. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional matters will cause you to rethink your relationships with some of your peers. Trust is important if you want to feel comfortable sharing your ideas. Move forward with caution and avoid indulgence, excess and exaggeration. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your thoughts and look for ways to use your skills, talents and knowledge to get ahead. Take action and see what unfolds. Express who you are, what you have to offer and what you want. Romance is highlighted. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Turn your home into a place of comfort. Aim to lower stress by engaging in something that brings you happiness or satisfaction. Time spent with children or someone you love will improve your disposition. Aim to please.

Ellie McLeod remarks that it’s as if the swan is saying, “Well, I’ve had my nap, now for a swim.” Ms. McLeod’s granddaughter, Amanda Clark, took this picture at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens while visiting from Chesapeake, Virginia.

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SUPER BOWL

Tom Terrific

Falcons head back to Atlanta with heavy hearts

5 wins for New England are all about Brady

HOUSTON (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons headed home Monday, still in a bit of shock after blowing a 25-point lead in the Super Bowl. HOUSTON — With a record While the future looks five Super Bowl rings, Tom bright for a team with MVP Brady certainly has estabquarterback Matt Ryan and a lished himself as the measurpromising young defense, let’s ing stick for quarterbacks, not forget the psychological NFL players and, just maybe, impact of what happened in for all team-sport athletes. Houston. The difference in the PatriThat could take a while to ots being 5-2 or even 0-7 in the get over. big game is infinitesimal. That The Falcons were ready to difference is the guy wearing celebrate the first championNo. 12. ship in their 51-year history Brady proved that again when they built a 28-3 lead on Sunday with an epic comeback the New England Patriots. that, at 39, some might think Alas, Tom Brady led the greatputs a capper on a Hall of est comeback in Super Bowl Fame career. Except that he history — and, really, nothing plans to return to at work soon else comes close — to pull out preparing for another NFL a 34-28 overtime victory . season, with probably a few “I was thinking what anyone more to follow. would be thinking — we had “I don’t feel 39. I hang out the game,” Atlanta receiver with a bunch of 20-year-olds,” he joked Monday morning beTaylor Gabriel said after the fore walking out of the Super first overtime game in Super Bowl MVP news conference Bowl history. “At the same with the silver football that time, it’s Tom Brady. If you serves as the award for the give him chances to come back honor. “That makes you feel and win the game, he’s going pretty young.” to do that.” That Brady might be around No one seemed to take it for a while could make the rest harder than running back of the NFL feel pretty down, Devonta Freeman, who fought and at least when it comes to back tears and could barely the playoffs and Super Bowl, it speak above a whisper. should. Consider that he’s won “I’ll always remember this 25 postseason games; there are game,” he said, “for the rest of pro baseball, basketball and my life.” hockey players who would The Falcons flew back to a take that for a career. gloomy city that has only one Brady will be remembered major sports championship in most not for deflated footballs 169 combined seasons for its THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NFL team, Major League but for the way he has pumped New England quarterback Tom Brady hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Patriots’ 34-28 overtime up the Patriots in the most Baseball’s Braves, the NBA’s

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

Super Bowl victory over Atlanta on Sunday in Houston. It was Brady’s fifth Super Bowl victory as he led SEE BRADY, PAGE B4 New England back from a 25-point deficit.

PREP BASKETBALL

SEE FALCONS, PAGE B4

USC MEN’S BASKETBALL

Gamecocks go for region title No. 19 South Carolina leads SEC, but not against Socastee, 7-1 Cudd celebrating just yet BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

Now it’s time for the Sumter High School varsity boys basketball team to seal the deal. The Gamecocks took sole possession of first place in Region VI-5A with a 61-52 overtime victory over West Florence on Friday. SHS can wrap up the region title with a victory over Socastee, which it plays host to today after the completion of the junior varsity boys game between the schools that starts at 6 p.m. Should Sumter lose to Socastee and West Florence beat South Florence today, then the teams will both own 8-2 region records. First place would then be determined with a special playoff game between the two teams. Whoever secures the top seed from Region VI puts itself in an enviable position. The predetermined brackets are set up where the Region VI champ has three home games leading to the lower state title game, which will be played at Florence Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 25. The Gamecocks, who are 16-6 overall, defeated Socastee 54-39 in Myrtle Beach in the middle of January. The Braves are 12-10 overall and 4-5 in region action. Sumter will have to find a way to contain Socastee’s 7-foot-1-inch center, Jason

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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Sumter’s Ahmad Peoples (23) and the rest of the Gamecocks will look to wrap up the Region VI-5A title today when they play host to Socastee beginning at 7:15 p.m. The Braves are led by 7-1 University of South Carolina signee Jason Cudd. Cudd. A University of South Carolina signee who was selected to play for South Carolina in the Carolinas All-Star Basketball Classic, Cudd is averaging 19 points and seven rebounds a contest. Crestwood can wrap up second place in Region VI-4A and a home game in the first

round of the state playoffs that goes with it with a road win at Darlington today. The Knights are 4-3 in region play, good for second. Darlington and Lugoff-Elgin are both 2-4 and would need to win their final two games to have a chance to pull into a tie for second

COLUMBIA — PJ Dozier watched the KentuckyFlorida game with South Carolina teammates in their dorm Saturday, understanding both the excitement and challenge ahead for the first-place Gamecocks. Dozier’s proud that 19thranked South Carolina (194, 9-1 Southeastern Conference) is alone atop the SEC. He also understands that the Gamecocks must continue playing with the same fervor and attention to detail or see it all vanish far more quickly than it arrived. “It’s tough climbing the ladder,” said Dozier, a sophomore guard averaging 14.1 points a game. “But it’s real easy to fall off.” With a month left in the season, South Carolina holds a slim one-game lead over No. 15 Kentucky and No. 17 Florida, both 8-2 in league play. The Gamecocks lost to Kentucky, 8569, at Rupp Arena last month in the team’s only meeting this season. South Carolina defeated the Gators, 57-53 with the teams scheduled for a potential

SEC showdown in Gainesville, Florida on Feb. 21. It’s a heady spot for the Gamecocks, who figured to be too busy melding young players (nine of the 16 players who have played are in their first seasons) to challenge their first SEC crown in 20 years. But behind a senior corps of Sindarius Thornwell, Duane Notice and Justin McKie, South Carolina looks poised for strong stretch run. “We can’t be complacent,” said Notice, who leads the Gamecocks with 47 3-pointers. If South Carolina needed a reality check, it had to look no further than the latest rankings. Florida zoomed from 24th to 17th with the win over Kentucky. The Gamecocks, who went 2-0 last week including their second win this season over Georgia, stayed locked at No. 19 like they were a week ago. Notice said the players aren’t worried about what outsiders think. “At the end of the day, the rankings don’t define us,” he said. The wins, though, have fired up South Carolina

SEE USC, PAGE B2

SPORTS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Gonzaga, Villanova, Kansas on top of AP poll after wild week BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gonzaga is No. 1 for a second straight week in The Associated Press college basketball poll following a week in which all but four of the top 10 teams lost at least one game. The Bulldogs (24-0), the only remaining unbeaten team in Division I, received 59 firstplace votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Villanova (22-2) moved from fourth to second after receiving the other six No. 1 votes. Kansas, which saw its 51game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse end over the weekend, held at third while Louisville jumped from sixth to

MEN’S TOP 25 By The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Gonzaga (59) 24-0 1619 1 2. Villanova (6) 22-2 1565 4 3. Kansas 20-3 1446 3 4. Louisville 19-4 1411 6 5. Oregon 21-3 1263 13 6. Baylor 20-3 1255 2 7. Wisconsin 20-3 1232 10 8. North Carolina 21-4 1145 12 9. Arizona 21-3 1136 5 10. UCLA 21-3 1115 11 11. Cincinnati 21-2 876 14 12. Virginia 17-5 875 9 13. West Virginia 18-5 861 7 14. Florida State 20-4 839 15 15. Kentucky 18-5 741 8 16. Purdue 19-5 537 23 17. Florida 18-5 530 24 18. Duke 18-5 514 21 19. South Carolina 19-4 493 19 20. Saint Mary’s 21-2 468 18 21. Maryland 20-3 326 17 22. Butler 18-5 285 16 23. Creighton 20-4 207 22 24. Xavier 17-6 144 — 25. SMU 20-4 107 — Others receiving votes: Wichita State 38, Southern Cal 35, Notre Dame 33, Northwestern 11, California 3, Iowa State 3, Monmouth (N.J.) 3, New Mexico State 3, VCU 3, Kansas State 1, Oklahoma State 1, Vermont 1.

fourth. Oregon, coming off its impressive win over Arizona, went from 13th to fifth. Baylor, which lost twice last week, dropped from second to sixth. Wisconsin was seventh followed by North Carolina, Arizona and UCLA. Xavier and SMU are the week’s newcomers, replacing Notre Dame and Northwestern. Cincinnati, riding a 14-game winning streak, went from 14th to No. 11 and was followed by Virginia, West Virginia, Florida State, Kentucky, Purdue, Florida, Duke, South Carolina and Saint Mary’s. The last five ranked teams are Maryland, Butler, Creighton, Xavier and SMU.

WOMEN’S TOP 25 By The Associated Press

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SCOREBOARD

Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

TV SPORTS 8 a.m. — Professional Tennis: Open Sud de France Early-Round

TODAY’S GAMES

Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Orlando at Houston, 8 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Matches from Montpellier, France (TENNIS). Noon — Professional Tennis: Ecuador Open Quito Early-Round Matches (TENNIS). 5 p.m. — College Lacrosse: Navy at Johns Hopkins (ESPNU). 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Ball State at Akron (TIME WARNER 1250). 6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Alabama at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Rhode island at Massachusetts (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Louisiana State at Kentucky (ESPN). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Wake Forest at Notre Dame (ESPNEWS). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Florida at Georgia (ESPN2). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Tulsa at Memphis (ESPNU). 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Brooklyn at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 7 pm. — College Basketball: Georgetown at Villanova (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Washington (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Los Angeles at Tampa Bay (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Orlando at Houston (NBA TV). 8 p.m. — College Basketball: St. Joseph’s at Dayton (TIME WARNER 1250). 8 p.m. — College Basketball: Syracuse at Clemson (WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 8:55 p.m. — International Soccer: Mexican League Match — America vs. Jaguares (UNIVISION). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Butler at Marquette (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Michigan State at Michigan (ESPN). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas Tech at Texas Christian (ESPNEWS). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Iowa State at Texas (ESPN2). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Mississippi State at Auburn (ESPNU). 11 p.m. — College Basketball: San Diego State at San Jose State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Denver at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 8 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Memphis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Houston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Boston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OTPts GF Montreal 54 30 16 8 Ottawa 50 27 17 6 Boston 55 26 23 6 Toronto 50 24 17 9 Florida 52 23 19 10 Detroit 52 22 21 9 Buffalo 51 21 20 10 Tampa Bay 53 23 24 6 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Washington 53 36 11 6 Pittsburgh 51 33 13 5 Columbus 51 33 13 5 N.Y. Rangers 52 33 18 1 Philadelphia 53 26 20 7 Carolina 51 24 20 7 N.Y. Islanders 50 22 18 10 New Jersey 53 22 21 10

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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 22-0 825 1 2. Baylor 23-1 790 2 3. Maryland 23-1 758 3 4. Mississippi State 23-1 709 5 5. Florida State 21-2 682 6 6. South Carolina 20-2 680 4 7. Notre Dame 21-3 606 7 8. Stanford 20-3 593 8 9. Oregon State 22-2 547 11 10. Washington 22-3 540 10 11. Texas 18-4 489 12 12. Louisville 20-5 458 9 13. Ohio State 21-5 423 14 14. Duke 20-4 407 15 15. UCLA 17-5 341 13 16. Miami 17-5 331 16 17. N.C. State 17-6 294 19 18. DePaul 20-5 276 17 19. Oklahoma 18-6 237 18 20. Syracuse 17-7 190 24 21. Michigan 19-5 122 — 22. South Florida 18-4 95 20 23. Arizona State 15-8 72 23 24. Tennessee 15-8 67 — 25. Kansas State 17-7 48 — Others receiving votes: Drake 43, Texas A&M 22, Kentucky 14, Green Bay 12, West Virginia 12, Creighton 10, Temple 9, California 7, Gonzaga 7, Colorado State 4, Missouri 4, Dayton 1.

VARSITY BASKETBALL

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W Minnesota 51 34 Chicago 54 32 Nashville 52 25 St. Louis 52 25 Winnipeg 55 25 Dallas 53 21 Colorado 49 14 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W San Jose 53 33 Anaheim 54 28 Edmonton 55 29 Los Angeles 53 27 Calgary 55 27 Vancouver 52 23 Arizona 51 17

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL

Socastee at Sumter (Boys Only), 6 p.m. Manning at Timberland, 4 p.m. Wilson Hall at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Andrew Jackson Academy at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

B TEAM BASKETBALL

Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL

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

B TEAM BASKETBALL FRIDAY

VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL

Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Carolina Academy, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

L 18 21 30 32 42

Pct .647 .596 .423 .360 .176

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fans eager to plug into the school’s basketball roots. The late Frank McGuire built a basketball power in the late 1960s and early 1970s, featuring South Carolina program greats like John Roche, Alex English and Mike Dunleavy, reaching the NCAA Tournament four straight seasons from 1971-74. South Carolina has only been the NCAAs four times since, losing its first game each time. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin, in his fifth season, said he team got a taste of battling for the top last season, one that he hopes will serve it well in February and March this time around. South Carolina faced Kentucky a year ago with firstplace in the SEC at stake. The Gamecocks were beaten 89-6 2, the start a 3-5 finish that spoiled any shot at an SEC crown or the NCAA Tournament. Martin said his older leaders recall too well what went wrong and have worked to make sure it won’t happen again. “I like their demeanor. I like their commitment to one another,” Martin said. “I don’t think the moment is too big for them.” The moment continues Tuesday night with a home game against Alabama (13-9, 6-4). The Crimson Tide stopped South Carolina’s 15-0 start to the season in 2015-16, something the Gamecocks haven’t forgotten. “Not that we need any extra motivation,” Notice said. Notice believes the most im-

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portant thing for his team going forward is remaining level-headed, bringing the same strong ethic to each practice and film session as they do in games. That’s why he was pleased with how they handled leaping into first place. The Gamecocks held on for a 77-75, down to the wire win over Georgia on Saturday afternoon, then dispassionately viewed the Kentucky-Florida game without hoopla or joyous outbursts as things went the Gators’ way. “I don’t think we allowed ourselves to celebrate,” Dozier said. “It was moreso a drive to continue to play well and continue to win the games we know we need to win.”

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Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Southwest Division W San Antonio 39 Houston 37 Memphis 31 Dallas 20 New Orleans 19

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hits in the Game 2 loss. Price had a triple and an RBI while scoring a run. Cottingham had a hit and a run and Carter Boswell had the other RBI. Harrison Merck took the loss. He allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one while allowing 11 hits.

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FLORENCE — The University of South Carolina Sumter softball team was swept by Florence-Darlington Technical College on Friday at the FDTC field, losing the opener 10-1 and the second game 8-7. The Fire Ants managed just three hits in the opener. Kristen McKenzie had a double and an RBI while Bailee Watts scored the run. Heidi Matthews and Ellen Dennis had the other hits. Sumter managed eight hits in the second game, four of them going for extra bases. Emily Nevels hit a 3-run homer and scored twice. Kaylee Corbin had a hit and drove in three runs. Matthews had two doubles and scored twice while Alex Walker had two hits, including a double, and scored once. (12) VIRGINIA 71 (4) LOUISVILLE 55

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — London Perrantes scored 18 points and No. 12 Virginia used a 22-5 run to begin the second half and beat short-handed No. 4 Louisville 71-55 Monday night.

don Ingram added 14 points apiece for the struggling Lakers, who won for only the third time in 13 games overall. They had dropped 17 of their previous 18 away from home, with the only road victory during that stretch coming on Dec. 16 in Philadelphia. It was Los Angeles’ first victory over New York at Madison Square Garden in six years. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 26 points. Kristaps Porzingis and Brandon Jennings each had 16. New York crept to within 15 early in the third quarter, but the Lakers again went up by a game-high 27 points, 83-56, on Young’s jumper with 4:45 left. They settled for a 97-73 lead after three.

USC Sumter opens season with split at Catawba Valley CC HICKORY, N.C. — The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team opened its season by splitting a pair of doubleheaders with Catawba Valley Community College over the weekend at the CVCC field. On Saturday, the Fire Ants lost to Catawba 14-2 in the opener before rallying to win the second game 11-2. Sumter won Sunday’s opener 9-7 before dropping the nightcap 4-2. In Saturday’s opener Eric McGirt had two hits, including a 2-run home run, to lead USCS. Gage Taylor added a double. In the second game, USC Sumter pounded out nine hits. McGirt again led the way, going 3-for-3 with another homer, three runs batted, two runs scored and two walks. DJ Neal was 2-for-3 with a solo HR. Blake Robinson allowed just two runs in six innings of work for the victory. He allowed seven hits and walked none while striking out four. In Sunday’s opener the Fire Ants used an 8-run fifth inning to get the victory. Lakewood High School product Lenny Gonzalez had a hit and two RBI, while Patrick Price and Chris Edwards both had two hits and two RBI. Grayson Cottingham also had two hits. Lindsey Robinson worked five innings to get the win. He allowed five runs, but only two were earned. He struck out five while walking four and allowing seven hits. Sumter managed just five

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Louisville forward Anas Mahmoud (14) drives to the basket as Virginia forward Jarred Reuter (31) defends during the first half of Virginia’s 71-55 victory in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Monday. Isaiah Wilkins added 13 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Cavaliers 18-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). The victory gave Virginia four consecutive victories against the Cardinals, including a sweep of the season series, and moved them into a tie with No. 14 Florida State for second place in the conference. Freshman V.J. King scored a career-high 24 points for the Cardinals (19-5, 7-4), whose three-game winning streak was snapped. Donovan Mitchell added 16. The Cardinals were without their second- and thirdleading scorers, with guard Quentin Snider (12.1 ppg) out with a hip flexor and forward Deng Adel (11.1 ppg) and center Mangok Mathiang (7.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg) suspended for missing curfew

Saturday. Reserve guard Tony Hicks also missed the game with a broken bone in his hand. LAKERS 121 KNICKS 107

NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Williams scored 22 points, Nick Young had 17 and the Los Angeles Lakers handed the New York Knicks an embarrassing 121-107 defeat on Monday night to stop a 12game losing streak on the road. Julius Randle and Bran-

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George had 21 points and eight rebounds, Jeff Teague scored 17 points and the Indiana Pacers rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 93-90 on Monday night. Indiana has won seven straight games — its longest winning streak in almost two years. Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City with 27 points, a season-high 18 rebounds and nine assists, falling just short of his 26th triple-double this season. The Thunder struggled mightily in the second half, giving away a 52-41 halftime lead by midway through the third quarter. The Pacers then went on a 12-4 run to take a 79-72 advantage early in the fourth and never trailed again.

Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent fills in South Carolina. For that reason, it is not collected in the City of Sumter’s regular pickups. I keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol in my car and after going out I liber- Fortunately, the Sumter County Department of Public Works has ally pour it over my hands. It isn’t developed a safe and easy way for guaranteed to keep my healthy, but citizens to get rid of obsolete or simI’m trying my best to not catch a cold. Avoiding other people’s germs ply no-longer valued items. The Sumter County Landfill on is becoming a national obsession. Brewington Road takes this type of From grocery stores offering us waste Monday through Saturday wipes to clean the handles of our carts, from wall-mounted dispensers from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. To make in office buildings and medical facil- it even easier to dispose of this ities, to pocket-sized bottles of hand material which can leak toxic metals into the environment if improperly sanitizer, we are certainly given thrown away, you can bring e-waste opportunities to at least keep our to the County Public Works office hands clean. at 1289 North Main Street the first There is another kind of sanitizing that we can practice when we get rid Saturday of every month from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm. of mobile phones or computers or tablets. Just sending files to the recy- Here are some of the most comcling bin and emptying that doesn’t mon e-waste items: computers (CPUs, monitors, mice, keyboards, prevent some super-duper cyber thief from getting sensitive informa- printers, laptops, components), radios, stereos, VCRs, TVs, PDAs, tion off a discarded electronic CDs, DVDs, Fax machines, desk top device. You can search for how to sanitize your device and find pretty copiers, cameras, microwave ovens, easy to follow directions on making handheld video games players, cell certain that no one can disrupt your phones --- even Christmas tree lights! For directions to the Landfill life by delving into what you and for more information, please thought were discarded files. E-waste or techno-trash is the fast- call Sumter County Public Works at 436-2241. est growing category of waste we produce. Not only should certain Clemson University Cooperative Extension types of e-waste be wiped clean of Service offers its programs to people of all ages, information, but they also need to regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national be disposed of in specially-designed origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orienfacilities. tation, marital or family status and is an equal It is illegal and potentially danger- opportunity employer. ous to the environment to put e-waste in regular household land-

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Lee Central Middle wins conference tournament for fifth straight year BISHOPVILLE – Lee Central Middle School’s boys basketball team won the Upper Pee Dee Conference tournament championship for the fifth straight season on Monday, beating Timmonsville 62-57 at the LC gymnasium. The Stallions finished the season with a 15-0 record, their second straight undefeated season. Daveon Thomas led Lee Central with 20 points. Daurrion Kelly had 14 points and Lebron Thomas 11. Javontae Price grabbed 15 rebounds and had six points. LC head coach James Price was named the conference’s coach of the year.

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BISHOPVILLE — LEE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL defeated Andrew Jackson High 45-33 on Monday at the LC gymnasium to win the Region IV-2A title. De’Ablo Halley had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds for Lee Central and also had seven steals. Javontae McCloud had 12 points, five steals and four assists, Kentrell Holloman had eight points and five assists and Travis Hickson had seven points and 11 rebounds. The Stallions are 13-2.

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Sumter High School defeated the Scott’s Branch junior varsity team 53-31 to win the Sumter B Team/JV tournament on Saturday at the SHS gymnasium. Justice Wells led the Gamecocks, who finished 11-3, with 13 points while getting three steals. O’Donnell Fortune had nine points while Caldrelle Cooper had eight points and seven assists.

Earlier on Saturday, SHS beat the Columbia High JV 57-24. Tyleek Craft had 14 points, three blocked shots and seven rebounds to lead Sumter. Kendall Houck had 10 points and Jackson Hoshour had eight points and seven boards.

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Northwood Academy 58-42 on Saturday at the NA gymnasium. Bree Stoddard led the Lady Generals in scoring 17 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Logan Morris had a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds to go along with five steals and six assists. On Friday in Mt. Pleasant, TSA defeated Palmetto Christian 45-34. Stoddard had 19 points and seven rebounds, Morris had six points and six steals and Catelyn Martin had six points.

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FROM PAGE B1 That Brady might be around for a while could make the rest of the NFL feel pretty down, and at least when it comes to the playoffs and Super Bowl, it should. Consider that he’s won 25 postseason games; there are pro baseball, basketball and hockey players who would take that for a career. Brady will be remembered most not for deflated footballs but for the way he has pumped up the Patriots in the most stress-filled circumstances. Sunday’s 34-28 win over Atlanta in the first Super Bowl to go to overtime is the latest, and perhaps the most emphatic, example. But it’s educational to look at all seven of his performances in the NFL championship game. And you can compare his work to that of New England’s coaching staff, which, it can be argued, has not come through nearly as well over the course of those seven contests and five titles. — When the Patriots edged the favored Rams 20-17 in the 2002 Super Bowl, that was Bill Belichick and his staff’s most impressive showing. Spurred on by cornerback Ty Law insisting he could cover St. Louis game-breaking receiver Isaac Bruce alone, New England came up with a super-aggressive, hit-’em-at-all-costs coverage scheme that derailed the Greatest Show on Turf. Yet, Kurt Warner and the Rams found a way to tie the game in the final minutes. That’s when Brady, in just his second pro season and first as a starter, led his team to Adam Vinatieri’s winning field goal. It was the first major sign that Brady in the clutch was something special, and he won his first Super Bowl MVP. • In New England’s victories over the Panthers and the Eagles, both by three points, the Patriots benefited from key mistakes by the opposition. After Carolina tied the score 29-29 in 2004, John Kasey’s kickoff went out of bounds. Soon, Brady had the Patriots in position for another Vinatieri winner. Oh yeah, he was MVP for that game, too. Philadelphia melted down in the final quarter of the 2005 match. But there’s a case to be made that both the Panthers’ John Fox and the Eagles’ Andy Reid were at least Belichick’s equal until Brady turned things New England’s way. • The two upset defeats at the hands of the Giants, particularly in 2008 when the Patriots were seeking an undefeated season, could have gone New England’s way, of course. But Tom Coughlin and his assistants, particularly defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo in ‘08, outwitted the Patriots. The only way to beat

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ABOVE: New England wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) gets his hands underneath the basketball as Atlanta’s Ricardo Allen and Keanu Neal defend during the second half of the Patriots’ 34-28 victory in the Super Bowl on Sunday in Houston. BELOW: New England running back James White scores the winning touchdown in overtime on Sunday, the first NFL championship game determined in overtime.

Brady is to make him uncomfortable with pressure, forcing him to throw from awkward spots or before he wants to. Atlanta did a nice job of that for almost three full quarters this time. New York managed it pretty much from beginning to end. • The most unfathomable of New England’s five titles have been the last two. When Brady took charge against Seattle’s superb defense in 2015, the fourth quarter belonged to him as he grabbed another MVP award. But if not for what many believe is the worst play call in NFL championship game history — no, Marshawn, we’re going to throw from the Patriots 1-yard line — Pete Carroll’s Seahawks would likely have won a second straight Super Bowl.

Then there is Sunday night’s “miraculous” comeback, to use Brady’s word. And the stunning collapse by Atlanta, which had a first down at the New England 22 and a chance to, at the very least, move an 8-point lead to 11 late in the fourth period. It’s almost never wise to play for a field goal against Brady, but that was one time to do so. The Falcons didn’t. So Brady, helped by a stunning reception by Julian Edelman, guided the Patriots to the tying scores. And then to the winning TD in overtime. No one is saying the Patriots didn’t earn each of their Super Bowl wins — and losses. It’s an absolute, however, that when praise for everyone in the organization is handed out, Brady must be far in front of the rest of the line.

her belief in Jesus Christ and was baptized into faith at the Church of Christ, where she was a dedicated member. She was united in holy matrimony to Parish Temoney Sr. in February of 1966. This union was blessed with nine children. Mrs. Temoney was a mother and inspiration to many. As a result of her generous spirit, she became a beacon of hope that was loved by many. Her Christian life was as beautiful as the flowers that she loved so well. The wisdom she imparted into the lives of those she encountered will stand as a permanent monument in their hearts. Her beautiful life and legacy will forever be cherished in the lives of her husband and children: Parish Temoney Sr. of the home, Parish (Peggy) Temoney Jr. of Lumberton, North Carolina, Pastor Robert (Sabrina) Temoney of Sumter, Donna Temoney of Sumter, Maggie (Michael) Fullwood of Lamar, Diane (TyBerius) Woods of Sumter, Chad (LaTina) Temoney of Bishopville, James Temoney Sr. of Pensacola, Florida, Jessie Temoney of Sumter and Minister Teresa Temoney of Emporia, Virginia; her in-laws, Jerry (Lucy) Temoney, Toby Temoney,

Annie Mae (Robert) Brailsford, the Rev. Abraham (Agnes) Temoney, the Rev. Archie (Henrietta) Temoney, the Rev. Dr. H.L. (Kimberly) Temoney and Mary Brunson; 19 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; brothers, Leon Brunson, Jessie (Kayla) Brunson, Odell Brunson and Herman (Ella) Brunson; a host of devoted nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Harry, John, James and Thomas Brunson; and her best friend, Doretha Brunson. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Temoney will be placed in the church at noon on Wednesday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Church of Christ — Sumter, 490 S. Pike Road, Sumter, SC 29150 with Brother Sylvester McCray officiating. Interment will follow in Church of Christ Cemetery, Lamar. The family will be receiving friends at the home of her son, Robert Temoney, 1035 Tupelo Lane, Sumter, SC 29153. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Hawks and two now-departed NHL teams, the Flames and the Thrashers. Instead of returning to a massive celebration, the Falcons will face an offseason filled with questions about how they let a title slip away, overshadowing a year when so many things went right. “We have to learn from this,” safety Ricardo Allen said. “It’s a tough learning lesson. This is one of the worst learning lessons you can get in this world, but we’re just going to keep building. We have something good going here.” The most immediate issue facing the team will be finding a new offensive coordinator. Kyle Shanahan is leaving to become head coach of San Francisco 49ers, and his replacement will take over a unit that led the league in scoring, has two of the game’s elite players in Ryan and receiver Julio Jones, and showed enormous versatility with 1,000-yard rusher Freeman and a record 13 players catching touchdown passes. For coach Dan Quinn, it will be important to bring in someone who meshes well with Ryan and carries on the wide zone blocking scheme that worked so well this season. As for Shanahan, he moves on to a new job with some emotional scars. “This is the first time I’ve had this feeling,” he said. “It’s as tough as it gets. It’s not just me, it’s everybody in this organization.” Defensively, the Falcons made major strides over the second half of the season with a unit that started as many as four rookies and four second-year players. Right out of college, safety Keanu Neal and linebackers Deion Jones and De’Vondre Campbell claimed starting roles. After a disappointing rookie season, Vic Beasley Jr. emerged as one of the game’s most fearsome pass rushers, leading the league with 15.5 sacks and earning All Pro honors. Second-year tackle Grady Jarrett had a breakout performance in the Super Bowl with three sacks of Brady. “It’s not over for this franchise,” said Dwight Freeney, who turns 37 in a couple of weeks and is one of the few greybeards on defense. “This is a young team, a very young team.” Freeney hasn’t decided whether he will return for a 16th season , saying he will take a couple of months to weigh his options. The only player with significant experience on that side of that side of the line is 35-year-old tackle Jonathan Babineaux, the longest-tenured member of the team. As with all teams that have success, the Falcons can expect to face those pesky financial issues that always make it hard to keep a winning roster together. Freeman already created a bit of a stir early in Super Bowl week by saying he wants a lucrative contract extension that will make him one of the game’s highest-paid running backs. Otherwise, this is a team that likely will make only minor tweaks heading into its first season at MercedesBenz Stadium , a $1.5 billion, retractable-roof facility that replaces the Georgia Dome. The Falcons were hoping to open the new place by hanging a championship banner. Instead, they’ll be trying to forget a monumental meltdown. “There’s a lot of be proud about,” Freeney said. “It’s just tough right now.”

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Atl_Freeman 5 run (Bryant kick), 12:15. Atl_Hooper 19 pass from M.Ryan (Bryant kick), 8:48. Atl_Alford 82 interception return (Bryant kick), 2:21. NE_FG Gostkowski 41, :02.

NE First downs 37 Total Net Yards 546 Rushes-yards 25-104 Passing 442 Punt Returns 4-39 Kickoff Returns 1-20 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 43-63-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-24 Punts 4-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-23 Time of Possession 40:31

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PATRIOTS 34, FALCONS 28 New England 0 3 6 19 6 —34 Atlanta 0 21 7 0 0 —28

Atl_T.Coleman 6 pass from M.Ryan (Bryant kick), 8:31. NE_White 5 pass from Brady (kick failed), 2:06.

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NE_FG Gostkowski 33, 9:44. NE_Amendola 6 pass from Brady (White run), 5:56. NE_White 1 run (Amendola pass from Brady), :57.

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NE_White 2 run, 11:02. A_70,807.

Atl 17 344 18-104 240 1-0 5-42 1-82 17-23-0 5-44 6-47.0 1-1 9-65 23:27

RUSHING_New England, Blount 1131, White 6-29, Lewis 6-27, Brady 1-15, Edelman 1-2. Atlanta, Freeman 11-75, T.Coleman 7-29. PASSING_New England, Brady 4362-1-466, Edelman 0-1-0-0. Atlanta, M.Ryan 17-23-0-284. RECEIVING_New England, White 14-110, Amendola 8-78, Mitchell 6-70, Edelman 5-87, Bennett 5-62, Hogan 4-57, Lewis 1-2. Atlanta, Ju.Jones 4-87, Gabriel 3-76, Hooper 3-32, Freeman 2-46, Sanu 2-25, DiMarco 2-12, T.Coleman 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

OBITUARIES ISAAC BOYD SR. SUMMERTON — Isaac Boyd Sr., husband of Angela R. Boyd, died on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. He was born on Dec. 27, 1975, in Charleston, a son of Isaac Wilson Sr. and Eyvonne Boyd. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

JUSTIN MEDLIN BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Justin Anthony Medlin, 36, who died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Pastor Steven Sanderson will officiate with burial to follow in Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

CARRIE TEMONEY Carrie “Sister” Temoney quietly departed this life on Feb. 2, 2017, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. She was born on Dec. 26, 1944, in Sumter, a daughter of the late James Brunson and Hannah Benjamin-Brunson. She attended the public schools of Sumter County. At an early age, she professed

HARRIETT RICHARDSON Harriett Richardson, 85, died on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Oct. 10, 1931, she was a daughter of Alexander and Alma Jenkins Cooks Richardson. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 34 Gable Court. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

DELORIS SCOTT LAKE CITY — Deloris Scott, 77, died on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital, Kingstree. She was born on June 5, 1939, in Williamsburg County, a daughter of the late Daniel Webster B. Cooper and Mary Bertha Washington Cooper. The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Connie Gamble, 426 Laurel St., Lake City. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

RACHEL BROWN GREELEYVILLE — Rachel “Oddie” Brown, 93, died on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at McLeod Medical Center-Dillon. She was born on Sept. 14,

1923, in Williamsburg County, a daughter of the late Leah Cohen Bradshaw and stepdaughter of the late Sam Bradshaw. The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Shelia and Otto Williams, 370 Society St., Greeleyville. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SARA D. PARNELL Sara Dickerson Parnell, 95, widow of Archie William Parnell, died on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

CLARENCE W. EADDY Clarence William Eaddy, 48, husband of Nicole Spiner, departed this life on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at his residence. He was born on July 1, 1968, in Florence, a son of the late Conrad and Doris McCoy Eaddy. The family will receive friends at the home, 20 Althea Circle, Sumter, SC 29150. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

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

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim. Estate:/Willie James Johnson. #2017ES4300062 Personal Representative Wilhelmenia Johnson 535 Duffie Drive Wedgefield, SC 29168

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President Trump’s executive order temporarily suspending the U.S. refugee program and banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries faced a Monday deadline for lawyers on both sides to make their case to a federal appeals court, which will decide if the order is legal. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco gave attorneys until 6 p.m. ET to ﬁle their arguments. The court could

then rule or schedule a hearing in the coming days. Trump’s Jan. 27 order remains on hold three days after U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ordered the departments of State and Homeland Security to stop enforcing the ban. That prompted a weekend rush from foreigners who held valid visas to ﬂy into the U.S. The U.S. government estimates 60,000 to 100,000 visas were canceled while the ban was in effect. The appeals court, among the most liberal in the country, received a ﬂurry of legal briefs from opponents of the ban, including two state attorneys general, two

Somali-born U.S. citizen Mohamed Iye is reunited with his two daughters at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Sunday.

former secretaries of State, three former CIA directors, 284 law professors and the heads of 97 tech companies that depend on foreign workers for specialized jobs. They argue that restoring the order would “unleash chaos” by stranding foreign students registered to attend U.S. colleges, splitting families, disrupting the economy and interrupting travel. “We view the order as one that ultimately undermines the national security of the United States, rather than making us safer,” said a brief co-authored by former Democratic secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and John Kerry, along with eight former intelligence and homeland CONTINUES v STORYSTORY CONTINUES ON 2BON C2

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IN THIS UKRAINE CITY, WAR IS ‘ENDLESS’ For those who have nowhere else to go, hope is hard to ﬁnd in a conﬂict that feels forgotten

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Residents of this eastern n Ukraine city were restoring basic services Monday after suffering some of the worst ﬁghting in recent months since the outbreak of a Russian-backed rebellion in 2014. “I laid on the couch at home, without water, just shaking,” says Valeria Apatova, 32, mimicking how she trembled during artillery barrages as separatists battled Ukrainian national troops. For much of the past week, parts of the city were pounded with heavy shelling. The strikes killed more than a dozen Ukrai-

nian soldiers and civilians, according to Ukraine’s government. The violence was the latest escalation in nearlyy three years of on-and-off shelling that has ravaged this industrial community and forced thousands from their homes in a war with no end in sight. It has claimed nearly 10,000 lives. The shelling was the worst in months in a conﬂict that has largely slipped out of the international spotlight of late. It comes as President Trump has made overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin about working more closely in ﬁghting the Islamic State in Syria. Trump also has hinted he might lift sanctions imposedd on Russia

Loved ones and friends gather Monday for the funeral of Elena Volkova, one of at least 36 people killed by artillery ﬁre in the past week in Avdiivka, Ukraine.

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‘Dripping’ may be a dangerous trend for kids who vape 25% of high school users try new method Ryan W. Miller @MILLERdfillmore USA TODAY

One in four high school teens who have used e-cigarettes have also tried a potentially dangerous new vaping method called “dripping” — dropping e-cigarette liquid directly onto the hot coils of the device to produce thicker, more ﬂavorful smoke — a new study has found. “Dripping,” which differs from

normal e-cigarette use that slowly releases the liquid from a wick onto a hot atomizer, may expose users to higher levels of nicotine and to harmful non-nicotine toxins, such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, which are known carcinogens. Sixty-four percent of the surveyed teens said they dripped for the thicker smoke, 39% for the better ﬂavor and 28% for the stronger throat hit or sensation, according to the study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. “When people smoke cigarettes, they say they smoke it for, for lack of a better word, a tingling in the backk of the throat,” says Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, the

study’s lead author and a Yale professor of psychiatry who studies substance abuse behaviors. Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat liquid and turn itt into vapor — instead of smoke — which a person inhales. One of the primary concerns about e-cigarette use is increased exposure to nicotine, Krishnan-Sarin says. While not all e-cigarette products contain nicotine, those thatt do can contain varying levels. Dripping could expose teens to higher levels of the drug, the study reports. “The teen brain has been shown especially sensitive to nicotine,” Krishnan-Sarin says. As e-cigs have increased in

E-cig users may be exposed to increased levels of nicotine. popularity, so have alternative uses for the devices, such as smoke tricks and competitions. Krishnan-Sarin says a variety of

vapor patterns can be produced with thicker clouds, such as “tornadoes and rings.” Ray Story, CEO of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, says the segment of e-cig users who drip is just a sliver of users, and he discouraged people from turning to dripping as a vaping method. “At the end of the day, I don’t think they serve any kind of purpose. It’s for monster clouds, and these individuals are manufacturing their own hardware,” Story says. “Many of them really don’t have the background or ability to really put these things together. It’s a lot of the ‘do-it-yourself’ type guys that are into this.”

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Travel ban reveals legal clash Presidential power vs. constitutional precedent is at issue Alan Gomez and Richard Wolf USA TODAY

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The legal battle over President Trump’s temporary travel ban targeting seven majority-Muslim countries likely will take weeks to resolve and could require the Supreme Court to make the final decision. But the arguments challenging and defending the executive order have become clear. The Justice Department argues that a president has broad powers to act unilaterally on questions of immigration and national security. It says judges have limited powers to second-guess such decisions and are urging the court to allow Trump’s immigration order to go back into effect. Opponents concede that a president has some power on his own, but they say Trump overstepped by banning people from specific countries and those who follow a specific religion. They contend he violated core principles of the Constitution and ignored laws passed by Congress. Trump’s order instituted a 120day ban on refugees entering the U.S. and a 90-day ban for most citizens of Libya, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The order also indefinitely barred Syrians from entering the USA. He said his goal was to improve background checks to make sure terrorists are not admitted inadvertently. The order was blocked by U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle on Friday and is before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. A three-judge panel could decide as early as Monday night whether to

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U.S. District Judge James Robart listens at a hearing in Seattle debating President Trump's travel ban targeting seven majority-Muslim countries. He blocked Trump’s order nationwide. maintain Robart’s order or allow the ban to go forward. GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENT

The Justice Department’s pitch, is that Trump has both constitutional and legal authority in matters of national security dating back at least to 1952. Justice Department lawyers cite passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act under President Truman, which gave the president the power to suspend or impose restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals if he determines their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.” And to back up their claim, they list eight instances dating back to President Reagan in 1986 when presidents blocked residents of certain nations — such as Cuba, Libya, Russia, Somalia and Yemen — from being granted admission to the U.S. Robart’s order, they argue, “second-guesses the president’s

national security judgment about the quantum of risk posed by the admission of certain classes of aliens and the best means of minimizing that risk.” Beyond the constitutional and legal arguments, the administration also maintains that states such as Washington, Minnesota and Hawaii lack standing to bring their challenge because they are not subject to the travel ban. BAN OPPONENTS’ ARGUMENT

The challenge to Trump’s order is being led by the attorneys general from Washington State and Minnesota, with help from arguments ﬁled by other groups, including two former secretaries of State, three former CIA directors, 97 tech companies and 284 law professors. In a joint ﬁling, the attorneys general concede that the 1952 law does give broad powers to a president to enforce immigration laws in the U.S. But they say Trump’s executive order goes far beyond

the legal limitations originally enshrined in the Constitution and later enacted by Congress. They say Trump’s national security arguments are undercut because no one from the countries listed in the ban has committed terrorist acts on U.S. soil. Even though the White House has repeatedly said the order does not constitute a “Muslim ban,” the attorneys general argue that his repeated call for such a ban on the campaign trail shows the true intent of his order. That allegation is bolstered, they say, by Trump’s order that includes a section giving immigration preference to people who practice a “minority religion” and fear “religious-based persecution” in their countries. The seven countries listed in Trump’s ban are 97% Muslim. “The sham of a secular purpose is exposed both by the language of the order and defendants’ expressions of anti-Muslim intent,” they maintain.

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ary ban — 120 days for refugees, 90 days for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, and indeﬁnitely for Syrians — on national security grounds. He said his goal was to improve background checks to make sure terrorists are not admitted inadvertently. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook signed a joint brief in opposition to the ban n that lauded the drive and creativity of immigrants. It said protecting the nation through increased background checks was important, but maintaining America’s fundamental commitment to welcoming immigrants was also critical. “The experience and energy of people who come to our country to seek a better life for themselves and their children — to pursue the ‘American Dream’ — are woven throughout the social, political, and economic fabric of the Nation,” it said. The Justice Department,

which argued its case Saturday during an initial appeal in San Francisco, accused Judge Robart of “judicial second-guessing of the president” that constitutes an “impermissible intrusion” into Trump’s authority over who can enter the country. Justice lawyers are also highlighting a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts who found that foreigners living abroad have limited legal rights under the U.S. Constitution. In a case involving several Iranians affected by Trump’s order, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton ruled that the judiciary branch has limited powerr to question the national security decisions made by a president or Congress. “The rich immigrant history of the United States has long been a source of strength and pride in this country,” Gorton wrote. “The individual plaintiffs in this case provide particularly compelling examples of the value that immi-

grants add to our society. Conversely, the public interest in safety and security in this ever-more dangerous world is strong as well.” Trump weighed in throughout the weekend, saying the U.S. would still screen foreigners “VERY CAREFULLY” and calling Robart a “so-called judge” who put U.S. lives at risk by halting his immigration ban. “If something happens blame him and court system,” Trump tweeted. “People pouring in. Bad!” His personal attack on Robart drew condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Trump noted in signing the order that persecuted Christians overseas who apply for asylum should be given preference, but the White House said the order was not a “Muslim ban,” and that the countries selected are terrorism-prone.

As an appeals court reviews his travel ban from seven Muslim countries, President Trump claimed Monday that the public is with him, despite polls indicating otherwise. “Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election,” Trump tweeted. “Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.” Polls are more equivocal on Trump’s move, though many showed slight opposition to the order that blocked travel to the U.S. from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, causing delays, long lines and general chaos at airports nationwide last month. After a federal judge in Seattle struck down the order, the Trump administration has appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; the case may well be en route to the Supreme Court. Most surveys show public opinion divided sharply along partisan lines. A CNN/ORC poll late last week said 53% oppose the Trump travel order, while 47% support it — with 88% of Republicans backing it and 88% of the Democrats opposing it. (The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.) A CBS News poll last week showed 51%-45% disapproval of the travel ban, with 85% of Democrats opposing and 85% of Republicans supporting. The margin of error for that survey was plus or minus 4 percentage points. In other tweets, Trump appeared to push back on news reports that some of his aides — notably senior adviser Steve Bannon — are wielding undue influence on administration decisions and policies. “I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it,” Trump said. “Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!” Trump later took aim at a specific New York Times story by tweeting: “The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories & sources!”

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for its support of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. Putin denies helping the rebels, but people here wonder if Trump’s move toward better ties with Russia might be connected to the increased fighting. “Let them come to an agreement with their words instead of with their ammunition,” says an exasperated Nadezhda Vladimirovna, whose home was struck by artillery last week. By Monday, fighting had ebbed, and workers were busy restoring electricity and water supplies that had been cut. The Ukrainian government said 231 tons of food had been shipped into the city from neighboring regions. The Ukrainian military said the pro-Russian forces fired nearly 7,500 shells at military and civilian targets. Each side accused the other of provoking the fight. Avdiivka is like other settlements in the war-torn Donbass region, a vast rust belt of crumbling factories and poverty. The city, a strategic asset because of its massive coke fuel plant, sits on the front line, where opposing troops regularly exchange fire. Residents have adjusted to the depressing sound of constant artillery fire in the background — or close to home. About 300 people were evacuated from the cityy in the past week, but many more had already

Children bid farewell to their families through a bus window in Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, as they wait to be evacuated to Sviatohirsk, a town about 90 miles away from the ﬁghting.

“This is an endless conﬂict. ... If anyone can become too used to this, they’re simply not normal.” Ilya Yevgeniyevich, 30

left on their own. The city’s prewar population of 35,000 has shrunk by about half, according to various estimates.

Residents such as Vladimirovna stayed behind because they have nowhere else to go or simply because they refuse to abandon their homes. “You leave the house not knowing whether you’ll ever return,” Vladimirovna says, watching her neighbors rebuild her roof. Despite international efforts to end the conﬂict, which the United Nations says has displaced more than 1.5 million people, little progress has been made. The Minsk agreement signed in February 2015 outlines a peace settlement, but both sides regularly

violate its cease-fire terms. “It’s impossible (for both sides) to come to an agreement,” says Ilya Yevgeniyevich, 30, who came to Avdiivka in 2015 to live with his mother after his two apartments in a neighboring village were destroyed. “This is an endless conflict.” While residents have become embittered by the sporadic fighting that has disrupted their lives, the Ukrainian forces holding the city seem motivated and battlehardened, if exhausted. Yevhen Marfyuk, a military anesthesiologist, says Ukraine has a “completely new army” compared with the underequipped and ill-prepared forces in 2014 who were overwhelmed by the speed and intensity of the separatist revolt. “They’re much better prepared mentally,” says Marfyuk, visibly tired as he tends to the injured at the city’s central hospital. For most residents, there is no way to prepare for the physical and mental toll from the outbursts of fighting. Even as the power, heating and water return to this bleak city dominated by decrepit, Soviet-era apartment blocks, no one knows when the the fighting will resume again. “If anyone can become too used to this,” Yevgeniyevich says as he huddles over a cup of tea at an aid station, “they’re simply not normal.”

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY LADY DY GAGA A FANS Add this to the ‘Million Reasons’ fans love Gaga: Following her breathtaking Super Bowl LI halftime show, the pop star teased the Joanne world tour,r starting Aug. 1 in Vancouver,r British Columbia, and wrapping Dec. 14 in Salt Lake City.

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GOOD DAY JOHN LEGEND FFANS Legend has seen the ‘Light.’ On Monday, the singer announced his Darkness and Light tour with special guest, singer/ songwriter Gallant. The tour is slated to open May 12 in Miami and end June 30 in New Orleans. THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ R BESTT QUOT O ES perience with my close female friends and family is that the struggle is real for everybody. Everyone has been discriminated against or harassed. Sexism is real.” — Scarlett Johansson to ‘Marie Claire’ about sexism PAUL MORIGI in Hollyw y ood ROYALS REPORT TALKING MENTAL HEALTH L In recognition of Children’s Mental Health Week, which London-based mental health charity Place2Be kicked off on Monday, Prince William and Duchess Kate visited Mitchell Brook Primary School in London. During the special assembly, they discussed mental health, encouraging students to speak openly about their feelings and support one another.

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Story of an African king is at heart a love story for BritishNigerian actor

Andrea Mandell @andreamandell USA TODAY LOS ANGELES With politics railing against you, can love conquer all? In A United Kingdom, history leans toward “yes.” The drama (in theaters Friday) from director Amma Asante chronicles a Botswana-born prince (David Oyelowo) who falls for a white British woman (Rosamund Pike) while studying in the U U.K. in 1947 and, after marrying her, must choose between relinquishing his crown or fighting for a way forward in Africa. It’s a true story, and a personal one for the actor. “My father was a prince and he’s a wonderful man. He taught me most of what I know about love,” says Oyelowo, 40, who learned that his father, Stephen Oyelowo, of the Yoruba tribe, was royal when the family moved back to Nigeriaa during his childhood. “When I happened upon the story of Seretse Khama and Ruth (Williams), what I was so compelled by, is how their love for each other truly changed that nation and won over countries, politics, tribalism and family.” Pressured by the U.K. and nearby South Africa, the latter of which had recently introduced apartheid, Khama was forced into exile as a result of his marriage. He launched a parliamentary fight to return home. (Botswana was a protectorate of Britain at the time.) Like Khama, Oyelowo’s father chose a non-traditional path, marrying an African commoner and eloping to Britain, where David was born. “They did that for love and I’m the byproduct of that love. So the story really speaks to me,” says Oyelowo, who lived in Nigeria from ages 6 to 13. Following the actor’s critically acclaimed turn as Martin King Luther Jr. in 2014’s Selma and his role as a mentor in 2016’s Queen of Katwe, which chronicled the rise of a chess prodigy born in the slums of Uganda, A United Kingdom is the next cinematic stop in Oyelowo’s focus on expanding black representation in film. “So often in cinematic representations of Africa that make their way over to America, what you see is the worst: child soldiers, genocide, corrupt leaders, disease, poverty,” he says. “It’s almost always a white male who is the center of the narrative while we watch Africans suffer or behave badly in the background.”

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A United Kingdom stars Rosamund Pike as Ruth Williams and David Oyelowo as Seretse Khama.

Oyelowo recently became a U.S. citizen, having lived in L.A. for 10 years with h his wife, Jessica and their four children, ages 15, 12, 8 and 5. The actor calls President Trump’s immigration ban “disquieting.” “This nation is a nation of immigrants,” he says, “and the Constitution is pretty clear as it pertains to freedom of religion, as it pertains to the basis on which you cannot discriminate against

people.” With a threat of return to such tactics as stop-and-frisk (Trump voiced support for the controversial policy during his campaign), “you have to talk to your black sons about how to interact with the police in a way that if I were a white man with white sons, I don’t think I would (have to) think about doing that.” Seventy years later, A United Kingdom’s story remains relevant. “When I traverse the country, my wife (who is white) and I are ﬁne. (But) there have been places we’ve been that there’s a discernible level of distaste around the fact that we are married. So these stories are very relevant,” he says. “They are both timely and timeless, unfortunately.” A smile crosses his face. “But, in my life, all I have to do is look at my children to know that this is right; to know that this is good.”

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It is difficult to imagine a more auspicious arrival than Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, A Book of American Martyrs. The provocative portrait of two families on opposite sides of America’s abortion debate is beﬁtting the times in more ways than one. BOOK REVIEW Oates’ carefully ALIA E. orchestrated tale DASTAGIR (Ecco, 752 pp., eeee out of four) lands not only as President Trump’s inauguration revives uncertainty over a woman’s right to choose, but also as the country navigates a virulent cultural divide that has rendered many incapable of empathy for those across the rift. Luther Dunphy, a zealous evangelical Christian, believes he is acting out God’s will when he murders Gus Voorhees, an abortion doctor in his Ohio town and a ﬁerce champion of women’s reproductive rights. To capture each man’s righ-

teous complexity, Oates’ story shifts back and forth in time and among several narrators, the most absorbing of whom are Naomi Voorhees and Dawn Dunphy, the men’s eldest daughters. Before the assassination, the clans could not appear more different. The Dunphys are devout, working-class and pro-life. The Voorheeses are secular, highly educated and pro-choice. But Oates’ story reveals how the anguished families, linked by trage-

dy, parallel one another in the tumultuous years after the murder. Both mothers are ravaged by grief, their children plump with vengeance. In each family, some members withdraw, repelled by their kin, while others grasp desperately for connection. Neither Jenna Voorhees nor Edna Mae Dunphy is emotionally accessible to her children. Both families grapple with how Luther, the supplicant, and Gus, the idealist, sealed their DUSTIN COHEN fates in pursuit of Author noble lives. Joyce Oates’ American Carol saga captivates beOates. cause it exists within a drama playing out across the country. Morality has never felt less fixed, the martyr never more subjective. Oates’ prose is imbued with tumbling sentences and wandering constructions, a style that naturally fits with the narrative’s ethical entanglements. (Though some may find her penchant for the parenthetical disorienting.)

Naomi is a perceptive protagonist as she struggles to piece together filaments of her father’s life, but the novel’s best passages follow Dawn: plain-faced, “defiantly sexless” with feet that “held the grip of the earth firm as hooves.” Wounded and awkward and an inveterate under-performer, Dawn charms through naiveté. Thrilling pages chronicle her journey to becoming a professional boxer, and vivid fight scenes of the oafish novice, who anoints herself “The Hammer of Jesus,” are as tense as the assassination itself. “Cries of the crowd like the shrieks of rapacious birds,” Oates writes of Dawn’s first fight. Martyrs is a graceful and excruciating story of two families who do not live very far apart, but exist in different realities. The tragedy is not the gruesome death of Gus Voorhees, but the ease with which the families brand one another as enemies. The saga ends neatly, which may seem incompatible with the moral ambiguity of the previous 700 pages, but it appears, to this reader at least, a gesture of kindness. Hope amid horror.

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