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Kubala’s murderer denied appeal Man killed Sumter County sheriff ’s deputy 21 years ago

BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com The state’s highest court has denied an appeal of a man who killed a Sumter County sheriff’s deputy 21 years ago, according to a release Wednesday from the state attorney general’s office.

In the release, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a public opinion Wednesday affirming a previous court order dismissing Bobby Wayne Stone’s application for post-conviction relief. Stone was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Charlie

Kubala. Kubala was 32 at the time of his death and left behind a wife and two children.

Stone was originally convicted of murder, first-degree burglary and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in January KUBALA 1997 for the Feb. 26, 1996, killing of Kubala.

He received a death sentence for the murder conviction and other sentences for the burglary and weapons convictions.

Since the early 2000s, Stone’s case has been going around in both state and federal courts on different appeals based on the effectiveness of his lawyer and other issues, according to the news release. In 2002, in the direct appeal, Stone’s death sentence was reSTONE versed by the state Supreme Court, even though the issue of guilt was never overturned by the court.

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This photo appeared on the March 1, 1996, front page of The Item. Sumter Police Chief Harold Johnson, right, and fellow officers salute slain Sumter County Sheriff’s SEE KILLER, PAGE A9 Office Deputy Sgt. Charlie Kubala at his funeral.

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In the Senate, where men are referred to as “gentleman” and women are called “gentle lady,” the rule stems from a notorious 1902 incident in which two South Carolina lawmakers got into a fistfight on the Senate floor. According to the Senate historian’s office, Sen. John McLaurin raced into the Senate chamber and said fellow Democrat Ben Tillman was guilty of “a willful, malicious, and deliberate lie.”

Tillman — a fiery populist who had earned the nickname “Pitchfork Ben” for

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — National Weather Service teams were studying scenes of severe weather damage in Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday to determine where tornadoes struck and just how powerful they were.

At least four confirmed tornadoes hit Louisiana and one hit Mississippi on Tuesday, meteorologists said. There may have been more still in Louisiana, but it could take several days to find the evidence, Christopher Bannan said.

“Confirmation teams look for a concentrated, focused path” and check whether tree trunks and other large pieces of debris in that path cross each other, he said.

That differs from other wind damage, he said: Damage from a downburst radiates outward from a central point, and straight-line wind damage is widespread, without a set path, with downed trees and other debris pointing in the same direction.

One of the tornados lifted the trailer home of Brittany Ross’s family into the air and slammed it back down moments after she was savoring the smell of her aunt’s simmering white beans.

“The place started shaking, kind of twisting,” she said amid the wreckage at a small trailer park in eastern New Orleans, which got the worst of the weather that injured about 40 people in southeastern Louisiana.

Ross, 26, her aunt and two others crawled out of the wreckage as debris was still flying around them — uninjured, but suddenly homeless.

The Louisiana tornadoes destroyed homes and businesses on Tuesday, flipped cars and trucks and left thousands without power, but no deaths were reported, Gov. John Bel Edwards said.

The governor took an aerial tour and made a disaster declaration before meeting with officials in New Orleans.

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Sumter Fire Department firefighters hose down a tanker truck from the front as fuel continues to burn on the back side of the tanker late Wednesday afternoon on Cains Mill Road about a mile southeast of St. Pauls Church Road. The wreck happened about 4:30 p.m., and a portion of the woods near the wreck caught fire during the blaze. The driver of the truck was reportedly taken by ambulance to Palmetto Health Tuomey. There was no word on his condition at the time of our deadline. The Sumter Item website, www.theitem.com, will have more information as it becomes available.

Fistfight gave rise to rule that silenced Warren WASHINGTON (AP) — A fistfight on the Senate floor involving two Southern “gentlemen” gave rise to Rule 19, the arcane Senate directive that Republicans used more than a century later to silence Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. GOP lawmakers rebuked Warren Tuesday night for speaking WARREN against colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions.

She was silenced for reading the letter that Coretta Scott King wrote three decades ago criticizing the Alabama senator’s record on race.

Senators barred Warren from speaking on the Senate floor until Sessions’ confirmation vote.

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opinion of the presiding officer, a senator violates that decorum, the presiding officer “shall call him to order and ... he shall take his seat.”

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The statue honoring former South Carolina governor and U.S. senator “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman is shown on the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbia. Rule 19 stems from a notorious 1902 incident in which two South Carolina senators got into a fistfight on the Senate floor.

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Balcony’s open for romantic evening at Opera House

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com If you’re looking for a nice, romantic night out with your Valentine, Sumter Opera House suggests champagne and a classic romantic movie.

Part of the Opera House’s Cinema Series, Champagne & Cinema has been specially tailored for the Feb. 14 holiday, when the big screen in the auditorium will show the 1982 romantic — some say “tear jerker” — film, “An Officer and a Gentleman.”

Ellen Jansen, Community Improvement Coordinator for the city of Sumter, said the film is a good choice for the evening, which begins at 7 p.m. with “champagne and desserts” for those who have purchased their tickets in advance. In order to be guaranteed champagne and dessert, tickets must be purchased by 10 a.m. Monday.”

The desserts furnished by Perfection Bakery will likely be “a selection of cookies, petit four cakes and eclairs,” she said.

The film begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Opera House auditorium. Admission for “the full Champagne & Cinema experi-

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Sumter Opera House will present the romantic film, “An Officer and a Gentleman,” on Tuesday night, which is Valentine’s Day. The evening for adults only begins at 7 p.m. with champagne and desserts.

ence” is $15 per person, which includes the film, drinks and desserts. Only those 21 and older will be admitted.

To purchase tickets, visit the website SumterOperaHouse.com and click on the Special Events tab, or call (803) 436-2616.

Those who only want to see “An Officer and a Gentleman,” which begins at 7:30 p.m., do not need reservations.

Admission to the movie only will be $5. Popcorn and water will be available for $1 each.

In “An Officer and a Gentleman,” Richard Gere in his prime stars as Zack Mayo, who’s training to be a Navy pilot. Very self-involved, he clashes continually with his drill instructor, Louis Gossett Jr., and begins seeing the working-class Paula, played by Debra Winger. Meanwhile, Zack’s best friend Sid falls deeply in love, while Zack keeps an emotional distance from Paula, who loves him. A deeply affecting event occurs to change the circumstances, leading to one of the most memorable endings ever.

Get your Champagne & Cinema tickets soon to guarantee admission — and bring your hankies.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS Central Carolina Technical College will hold a seven-week course, sponsored by South Carolina Bar, to inform the public about the state’s legal system and give insight into common legal issues.

The course, Law School for NonLawyers, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday, starting on March 7 and ending on April 18, at CCTC Legal Studies Center, 111 S. Main St. Course topics include: • March 7 — Overview of state courts and alternative dispute resolution; • March 14 — Juvenile justice and overview of child protection hearings; • March 21 — Family law, real estate and landlord-tenant law; • March 28 — Wills, estates and probate, health care and elder law; • April 4 — South Carolina workers’ compensation and employment law; • April 11 — Bankruptcy law, consumer law and debt collection; and • April 18 — Criminal law and torts law.

There is a $45 registration fee, and all course materials are included.

The deadline to register for the course is March 2.

Those who are interested can register by calling CCTC at (803) 778-6656 or by going to www.cctech.edu.

Participants are not required to attend each class and can choose to only attend classes that interest them.

“Law School for Non-Lawyers is a wonderful opportunity for the public to learn about the law and the judicial system in South Carolina,” said Cindy Coker, S.C. Bar Public Services Director in a news release. “The program is designed to provide the public with the information needed to empower them to make better, more informed decisions and to better understand how the legal system works.”

For specific questions about the course, contact South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program at (803) 799-6653, extension 158.

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Reginald Robinson, who says he does just about everything at Shoney’s, was taking advantage of the 70-degree weather to trim shrubs in front of the restaurant Wednesday.

Look up — Friday’s ‘subtle’ eclipse will darken moon

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Friday’s lunar eclipse is being called a “subtle” one by astronomers. That’s because it’s a penumbral eclipse, which means that only the outer shadow of Earth — the umbra — falls on the moon.

Deborah Byrd, astronomer and editor-in-chief of earthsky.com, writes that the moon will be only slightly darkened by the event and that some people may not even notice.

“There is never a dark bite taken out of the moon, as in a partial

eclipse,” Byrd explained in “Astronomy Essentials” on Tuesday. “The eclipse never progresses to reach the dramatic minutes of totality.”

The penumbral eclipse will be visible to some extent in most of the world; in South Carolina, it begins at 5:34 p.m. Friday, but its subtlety means the best time to see it here will be 7:44 p.m. It ends completely at 9:53 p.m.

Byrd says we shouldn’t be too disappointed by Friday’s anemic eclipse; Earth passes between the sun and moon two to five times a year, creating total eclipses, partial eclipses — when it seems to take a

bite out of the moon — or the penumbral eclipse. Our next opportunity to observe a lunar eclipse is Aug. 7, when a partial eclipse will begin at 1:25 a.m. in South Carolina.

A much rarer total solar eclipse follows two weeks later on Aug. 21, with Sumter in the path of totality.

The eclipse begins in the northwest of the state and moves steadily toward the coast, reaching Sumter at 1:15 p.m.; at 2:44 p.m., the sun will be totally eclipsed by the moon’s shadow passing between it and Earth.

For more information on eclipses, lunar and solar, visit earthsky.org.

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Dozens falsely told they had Alzheimer’s TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Shawn Blazsek would go days without sleeping and was forgetting how to tie his shoes.

He knew a string of concussions from high school football and boxing was catching up with him. Still, at age 33, he was stunned when told he had Alzheimer’s disease.

He started planning out who would take care of his four kids if something happened to his wife, and thought about how hard it would be for them when he could no longer recognize his family.

So he stuffed fistfuls of sleeping pills into a bottle and wrote himself a note, vowing to swallow all of them when he wasn’t able to remember the names of his children.

That day never came. Nine months later, he learned that the memory-loss center director who diagnosed him didn’t have a medical or psychology license needed to do so. Then another test confirmed he did not have Alzheimer’s.

He is one of more than 50 people suing the now-closed clinic’s former director and its owner, saying they, too, were told they had Alzheimer’s or another form of de-

mentia. Most now know it’s not true, while a few are awaiting confirmation.

Some say they spent months undergoing treatment while planning out their final years. Some quit their jobs, sold possessions or took one last special trip. One killed himself.

Blazsek crammed years of fatherly advice into a matter of months, showing his son how to check the oil on a car and teaching his wife about the household finances. “I was preparing her to be a single mom,� he said.

The couple figured he had no more than 10 years to live and even less time before his memory was gone. “Here I am, thinking I’m going to be a widow at 43. What am I going to do?� said his wife, Jennifer. “Who’s going to teach my boys how to shave? Who’s going to play ball with them?�

So far, the case has yet to result in any charges against Sherry-Ann Jenkins, who opened the Toledo Clinic Cognitive Center in early 2015 through the Toledo Clinic, a multi-specialty medical center with more than 150 doctors.

Attorneys on both sides

Boy Scouts welcome first transgender boy MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization. “I am accepted,� Joe Maldonado said Tuesday night as he put on a Cub Scouts uniform.

The 9-year-old joined Pack 20 in Maplewood after the organization’s decision to allow transgender scouts. Maldonado had been banned from a Cub Scouts group in Secaucus before the policy change. “This is fun; I’m so proud,� he said during the meeting.

Scout leader Kyle Hackler taught Maldonado the Cub Scouts salute and oath. The scout’s mother, Kristie, said she was “proud of the fight� she had put up after the Northern New Jersey Council of Boy Scouts last year told her Joe would not be allowed to continue to be a member of Pack 87 in Secaucus.

The Boy Scouts changed their policy of referring to the gender on birth certificates to determine eligibility last week after Maldonado’s story gained national attention.

The Boy Scouts of America decided in 2013 — after heated debate — to allow openly gay youth as scouts.

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Shawn Blazsek, who was stunned after being told he had Alzheimer’s disease and later learned that the memory-loss center director who diagnosed him didn’t have a medical or psychology license needed to do so, stands in his home on Jan. 26 in Toledo, Ohio. Another test confirmed he did not have Alzheimer’s. would not say whether there is a criminal investigation, although court records indicate the Ohio Medical Board has talked with some of the patients.

The lawsuits say that Jenkins, who has a doctorate degree in physiological science, wasn’t authorized to order medical tests and that her husband, a licensed doctor who is a partner in the Toledo Clinic, signed off on the tests

and was sometimes listed as the referring physician on billing even though he did not see any of the patients.

An attorney for the couple would not answer questions about the cognitive clinic, which abruptly shut down after about a year in early 2016. Jenkins and her husband did not respond to messages seeking comment.

In court filings responding to the lawsuits, each of which

seeks more than $1 million in damages, their attorney did not dispute that Jenkins was unlicensed but denied most of the other allegations.

The former patients have sued the Toledo Clinic, as well, saying it should have known Jenkins lacked the training and credentials to treat and diagnose patients. Michael D’Eramo, chief administrative officer of the Toledo Clinic, said he could not comment.

Some describe her as compassionate and easy to talk with, saying she ended therapy sessions by telling them to give her a hug. At her suggestion, a few patients appeared in articles touting the benefits of her holistic treatments, which included memory games and daily doses of coconut oil. But they also say she fought hard against medication and getting a second opinion.

Nearly all of those diagnosed by Jenkins began seeing her after suffering traumatic brain injuries or worsening cognitive issue. Some, like Blazsek, are continuing treatment with other doctors.

More than 30 people added their names to the lawsuits late last month.

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Diverse religious groups oppose Trump’s restrictions on refugees

BY RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer Rabbi Joel Mosbacher had just finished the morning’s Shabbat service when he got an urgent message: Rabbis were needed at New York’s Kennedy Airport. People were being detained under President Trump’s sharp travel restrictions on refugees. Would he come pray?

By sundown, Mosbacher was part a group of rabbis at the airport, playing guitar and conducting a Havdalah service marking the end of the Sabbath.

About 2,000 people gathered to rally against the new policy.

“We know what it’s like to be the stranger,” said Mosbacher, a Reform rabbi at Temple Shaaray Tefila, noting that Jewish refugees were at times turned away from the U.S. “As a person of faith, it was so important

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Protesters carry signs and chant in Lafayette Park near the White House during a demonstration to denounce President Trump’s executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. in January 2017 in Washington. to be there.”

From pulpits to sidewalk vigils, clergy have been part of a religious outpouring against Trump’s plan to suspend refugee entry from seven majority Muslim countries. Faith leaders who

CHURCH NEWS Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring Believers Quartet and the Sims Family. A love offering will be received.

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Dinkins St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 26 — Black history program at 11 a.m. Dr. John Lesaine will speak.

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — Black history program and worship. Keith Britton will speak. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m., followed by 10 a.m. worship.

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Black history worship service at 4 p.m.

Pastor Napoleon Bradford will speak.

High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Annual “200 Men in Black” program will be held at 4:30 p.m. The Rev. Anthony Taylor will speak.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday-Sunday — The second annual “Go Red for Women” weekend as follows: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, health fair; and 10:15 a.m. Sunday, worship. Elder Beverly Richbow will speak. * Sunday, Feb. 19 — The YWA anniversary will be celebrated during the 10:15 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Feb. 26 — Black history observance day and the male chorus anniversary celebration will be held during the 10:15 a.m. worship.

Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 19 — The YWA black history program will be held at 4 p.m. The Rev. Reginald Floyd will speak. Music will be provided by Jerusalem

Baptist Church, Mt. Olive AME Church and Crestwood High School choirs. The youth department will present a black history fact skit.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The 18th annual junior brotherhood anniversary will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Minister Jonté McFadden will speak.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts will meet from 10 a.m. to noon.

Michelle Murray, of Fort Mill, will speak on “The Power of Your Words.” Light breakfast included. A love offering will be received. Visit knittingheartsministry.wordpress.com Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Youth black heritage worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Trustee ministry anniversary and black heritage worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 26 — Golden Age ministry anniversary and black heritage worship celebration at 10:45 a.m.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday — Widows / widowers annual luncheon at 2 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 18 — Senior citizens ball at 3:30 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 25 — Doris H. Fulwood Scholarship luncheon at noon. * Sunday, Feb. 26 — Senior citizens day will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Sunday — Friends and family day at 10 a.m. Sheriff Anthony Dennis will speak.

Reid Chapel AME Church, 1008 Dibert St., announces: * Saturday — Community yard sale 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

support the president’s executive order as a way to fight terrorism have been far less vocal, ceding the religious discussion to those overwhelmingly opposed to the president’s sweeping immigration order, which suspends refu-

* Sunday — Family and friends worship service at 3:30 p.m.

The Rev. John Taylor will speak.

Spring Hill AME Church, 4309 Bill Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Family and friends day at 3 p.m. The Rev. Bobby McDonald will speak.

St. Anne - St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 26 — St. Peter Claver Knights and Ladies black history program at 3 p.m.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn will speak. Music will be provided by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department Gospel Choir, Benevolence Ensemble and the High Hills AME Church choir.

St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: * Sunday-Tuesday, Feb. 19-21 — Black history revival as follows: 6 p.m. Sunday, Brother Troy Cato will speak; 7 p.m.

Monday, the Rev. Raymond Cook will speak; and 7 p.m.

Tuesday, the Rev. Lee M. Johnson will speak.

gee admissions for four months and indefinitely bars refugees from Syria.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which runs the largest refugee resettlement network in the country, said it “strongly disagreed” with the prohibitions and pledged to work “vigorously to ensure refugees are humanely welcomed.” The Orthodox Union, the largest association for American Orthodox synagogues, acknowledged the complexities of fighting terror, but said “discrimination against any group based solely upon religion is wrong and anathema to the great traditions of religious and personal freedoms upon which this country was founded.”

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or the Rev. Alphonsa Barker at (803) 983-8905.

Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Youth program at 11 a.m. Associate Minister Sandra Moss will speak.

Triumph Ministries, 3632 Broad St. Ext., announces: * Friday, Feb. 17, and Sunday, Feb. 19 — Pastor appreciation, honoring Prophetess Stephanie Mathis, will be held as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, Bishop H. Bennett will speak; and 5 p.m.

Sunday, Prophetess Stephanie Genwright will speak. * Friday, Feb. 24 — An ignite service (formerly known as one night of glory) will be held at 7 p.m. Evangelist Sherri Allgood will speak.

Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 A/B Sumter Landing Road, Horatio, announces: * Saturday — Valentine banquet at 6 p.m. for singles or couples. Games, food and fellowship. * Sunday — Lay organization’s annual worship. Church school begins at 8:45 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship.

Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Wise Drive, announces: * Friday — Benefit singing for Pam Nolan-Parisi at 6:30 p.m.

Concessions will be available for purchase. On the program: Cindy Ward, His Calling, Next Chapter and more.

Truly Committed Missionary Baptist Church, 705 Oswego Road, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Mary Smiling will deliver her initial sermon at 5 p.m. at Greater Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road.

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St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday, March 5 — The pastor’s 10th anniversary will be celebrated. G.K. Carter will speak.

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 18 — Brotherhood recruiting breakfast 9-11 a.m. The Rev. Lee Timmons will speak. * Sunday, Feb. 19 — Black history program at 3 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 25 — Boys to men conference at 2:30 p.m.

The Rev. Stukes will speak.

Sumter Baptist Missionary and Educational Association, 508 W. Liberty St, announces: * Monday-Friday, March 6-10 — Congress Spring Institute Classes will be held 7-9 nightly at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St. Pastor M.H. Newton, Pastor W.T. Johnson and Pastor Sammie Simmons will speak. Call Ella Mathis James at (803) 305-1165

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ext week many will celebrate Valentine’s Day. Many people will continue to show love and appreciation to special people in their lives, as they always do. On the other hand, some who do not normally express love will take the time to buy flowers, send a card, maybe buy chocolates for that special person in their lives.

Unfortunately, on Feb. 15 these same people will go back to their normal way of living.

What if our normal way of living is practicing true love every day?

The good news for everyone reading this article is that this can be the normal way of living and loving if we would practice tips given to us by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.

It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

True love begins with being patient with those we love and care for.

When we are patient we do not yell at our child when he spills milk on the floor, instead we help him clean it up.

When our spouse leaves us with an

automobile on empty, we don’t call them to complain about the tank being empty again, we drive to the gas station, get gas, and thank God for the good qualities our Family Encouragement spouse has.

When we are paRICHARD tient we do not let HOLMES the minor things in our relationships cause a big blow up in our families. When we have true love and patience, we work on strengthening our relationships, building them to last a lifetime.

This is practicing true love every day.

During the next few weeks we will focus on 1 Corinthians 13 to discover the art of true love every day of the year, not just Valentine’s Day. Family Encouragement Corner is a weekly inspirational thought from Richard Holmes. Holmes serves as a chaplain at Shaw Air Force Base. The opinions expressed in this article do not express the views of Shaw Air Force Base or United States Air Force.

For more information regarding Family Encouragement Corner or to offer your suggestions or comments please feel free to email familyencouragement2016@gmail.com.

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A chapel made of snow on Wednesday in Sosnovka, Russia, Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church in his village in Siberia made entirely of snow.

Russian man builds church of snow for village without chapel SOSNOVKA, Russia (AP) — A village in Siberia that did not have a church until this winter is getting a lesson in faith and life’s ephemeral nature.

Sosnovka resident Alexander Batyokhtin spent nearly two months building a village church entirely out of snow. Batyokhtin worked on the chapel every day, even when temperatures plunged below minus 22 Fahrenheit. He used 424 cubic feet of

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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

African Methodist - Missionary Episcopal Baptist Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N Kings Hwy • 803-494-3686 www.waymanchapelame.com Reverend Dr. Dennis W. Broughton, Jr. Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm

Salem Missionary Baptist Church The Catholic Community of 320 West Fulton Street Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 803-775-8054 www.stjudesumtersc.org Reverend Dr. Cartrell Woods, Jr. Pastor Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Sun. School 9:00 am Parochial Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Praise Worship 9:55 am Saturday: 6:00 pm Worship 10:00 am Sun. 9:15 - 12:00 Noon, 5:00 pm (in Spanish) Confession: Sat. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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If asked, they might tell you that each still sees the other as the handsome young man and the beautiful young woman who they fell in love with so long ago. Lasting love is forever young.

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Batyokhtin says the work wasn’t difficult. His biggest challenges were fashioning the altar and a cross for the roof.

“The main thing is to say a prayer and keep a fast for some time, then just go and do it,” he says.

Sosnovka administrator Yuriy Kirsh says the church “means a lot to our hearts and souls” despite being temporary.

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First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Rev. Nick Cheek Sunday School (classes for all ages) 9:30 a.m.

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Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Service 10:30 am trinityumcsumter.org

Non-Denominational Calvary Bible Church 770 N. Wise Dr., Sumter 803-774-2341 Pastor Richard Harris Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:00 PM Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sunday Worship 10:00 am First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am

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Choosy thief takes mower from Manning dealership

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Whoever clipped a $23,000 riding lawn mower from Sparrow & Kennedy Tractor Company early Monday morning didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry.

Dan Darby, manager of Sparrow & Kennedy Tractor Company, 305 E. Boyce St. in Manning, said a security camera captured video of the thief spending about 45 minutes inside the company fence before taking a Z997R mower — the most expensive noncommercial mower the company sells.

According to a police report, a patrolman on duty first noticed something was amiss when he found a gold and white Cub Cadet lawn mower in the parking lot near the Corner Diner Restaurant, directly across Boyce Street from Sparrow & Kennedy. The patrolman reported the mower had an orange ratchet strap around it that appeared to have been cut.

When more investigators arrived, they noticed the front gate of Sparrow & Kennedy was open.

The gate had been opened by a Sparrow & Kennedy employee as usual, they were told, but Darby informed the officers somebody had cut the fence and taken a mower.

At about the same time, Manning police were investigating a trailer and mower had been reported missing at the Hampton Inn, 2822 Paxville Highway. George Hale, of Bristol, Tennessee, who owns the missing trailer, said the trailer had a Cub Cadet lawn mower on it he uses to mow his property in Greeleyville. He later went to East Boyce Street and confirmed the mower found there was the one missing.

Apparently, the suspect first took the trailer and mower at the Hampton Inn, drove to the diner and unloaded the mower there.

He also walked across the street and cut the 7-foot chain link fence to get into the Sparrow & Kennedy lot.

Darby said the video shows the

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Sparrow & Kennedy Tractor Company Manager Dan Darby shows where a thief made off with a $23,000 riding mower Monday night in Manning after trying out most of the mowers sitting near by. man taking his time to pick which mower to steal.

“He tried sitting on eight of them to figure out which one he wanted and could move,” Darby said.

Finding some ramps nearby, the thief attempted to move the mower across a ditch just outside the fence, Darby said.

“He realized the ramps weren’t wide enough for the mower he picked,” Darby said.

The suspect then went through two unlocked doors and retrieved some large boards to use as a ramp from behind the store, he said.

“He sure seemed mighty comfortable,” Darby said.

The suspect then drove his dark colored dually pickup to Barfield Street, on the west side of the dealership,

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Lions Club pancake breakfast Saturday The Manning Lions Club will hold a pancake breakfast

where he loaded the stolen mower on the stolen trailer and left the scene, heading west on Boyce, according to the police report.

Sparrow & Kennedy had been broken into in a similar fashion two months ago, Darby said.

On Dec. 10, 2016, someone had cut the fence near the same spot, according to a police report, and using a sheet of three-quarter inch plywood to bridge the ditch, made off with a John Deere model Z535 mower, valued at $5,000.

“Losing a $5,000 trailer is hard enough,” Darby said. “Losing a $23,000 (mower) is tough.”

The December incident was not caught on video, but the incident Monday morning was.

“We can watch him for 45 minutes

from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Manning Restaurant, 486 N. Brooks St., Manning. Cost is $6 for adults. No charge for children under 12 years of age.

The breakfast will include pancakes and sausages, as well as coffee, tea, juice or milk, said club secretary Joe McNeil.

“This is a good way to get a head start on Valentine’s

on video, but it just isn’t clear enough to give us a facial ID,” Darby said.

The suspect even used a flashlight at one point, but nobody passing by on Boyce Street, which is also U.S. Highway 521, noticed anything unusual.

Darby said Sparrow & Kennedy allowed Hale to leave his Cadet mower at the dealership until he retrieved it using a rented trailer.

A frustrated Darby said he is looking into ways to prevent similar thefts from occurring.

“I don’t just want to prevent it, I want to catch them in the act,” he said.

Manning police continue to investigate both incidents.

Anyone with information on these cases is asked to call the Manning Police Department at (803) 435-8859.

Day,” McNeil said. “Take your sweetheart for breakfast.”

The club will also be doing vision screening during the event.

“Vision screening is one of our primary activities,” McNeil said.

He said the club’s goal is to help 65 individuals with vision problems this year.

Proceeds will benefit the

Lions Club vision and hearing programs as well as other community services.

The Manning Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at the Manning Restaurant. Anyone interested is welcome to attend, McNeil said.

For more information, call McNeil at (803) 478-9811.

Manning Junior High observes National No One Eats Alone Day FROM STAFF REPORTS Manning Junior High School will join hundreds of schools across the country from 10:50 a.m. to 12:47 p.m.

Friday to participate in National No One Eats Alone Day, a program that encourages students not only to sit with classmates they don’t know and get to know them, but also to spot others who might feel left out and include them.

The initiative is student-led and will be championed by students in The Original Six Foundation’s after-school program. Students have decorated the halls with No One Eats Alone Day posters and they will take charge the day of the event by separating students into groups when they enter the lunchroom. They will also provide wristbands and pass out interactive cards to generate discussion.

Beyond Differences provided a backpack to schools filled

with everything needed to hold a No One Eats Alone event, including original curriculum for teachers for inclass discussions, icebreaker games to engage students, balloons, wristbands and posters.

“Students in our after-school program are excited about leading No One Eats Alone Day at their school,” said Victoria Halydier, executive director of The Original Six Foundation. “I want to thank the Centene Charitable Foundation and Be-

yond Differences for its tireless efforts to tackle social isolation, an issue which has been ignored for too long.”

“Social isolation is a preventable public health crisis affecting millions of children every day who suffer in silence,” says Laura Talmus, co-founder and executive director of Beyond Differences. “We’ve learned through teachers and families that No One Eats Alone is a powerful step and positive initiative that can change the

culture in schools to be a more welcoming place for all.”

No One Eats Alone Day is sponsored by the Centene Charitable Foundation.

The Original Six Foundation is a nonprofit organization started by former Gov. Nikki Haley in 2011, as a way for

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any of you have made your resolutions for the New Year focusing on weight loss, weight gain and your health. Being obese can have serious health consequences. These include an increased risk of heart disease, stock, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallstones and some forms of cancer.

Losing weight can help reduce these risks. Here are some general points to keep in mind: Any claims that you can lose weight effortlessly are false. The only proven way to lose weight is either to reduce the number of calories you eat or to increase the number of calories you burn off through exercise. Most experts recommend a combination of both.

Very low-calorie diets are not without risk and should be pursued only under medical supervision. Unsupervised very low-calorie diets can deprive you of important nutrients and are potentially dangerous. Fad diets rarely have any permanent effect. Sudden and radical changes in your eating patterns are difficult to sustain over time. In addition, so-called “crash” diets often send dieters into a cycle of quick weight loss, followed by a “rebound” weight gain once normal eating resumes and even more difficulty reducing when the next diet is attempted. To lose weight safely and keep it off requires long-term changes in daily eating and exercise habits.

Our genes affect our tendency to gain weight. A tendency to gain weight is increased when food is plentiful and when we use equipment and vehicles to save time and energy. Being overweight or obese increases your risk for high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, certain types of cancer, arthritis and breathing problems. A healthy weight is key to a long, healthy life. However, it is possible to manage your weight through balancing the calories you eat with your physical activity

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Choose a healthful assortment of foods that includes vegetables, fruits, grains (especially whole grains), skim milk, and fish, lean meat, poultry, or beans. Choose foods that are low in fat and added sugars most of the time.

Whatever the food, eat a sensible portion size. If you’re eating out, choose small portion sizes, share an entrée with a friend, or take part of the food home (if you can chill it right away). Check product labels to learn how much food is considered to be a serving and how many calories, grams of fat and so forth are in the food. Many items sold as single portions actually provide two servings or more. Examples include a 20ounce container of soft drink, a 12-ounce steak, a 3-ounce bag of chips, and a large bagel. Be especially careful to limit portion size of foods high in calories, such as cookies, cakes, other sweets, French fries, and fats, oils and spreads.

Children need enough food for proper growth, but too many calories and too little physical activity lead to overweight. The number of overweight U.S. children has risen dramatically in recent years.

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CNN launches docuseries ‘History of Comedy’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Even the title “The History of Comedy” (10 p.m., CNN) sounds a bit absurd. How do you cover a subject so broad in eight episodes? And how do you define “comedy” as something limited to the television era? Or to the United States?

And what is this doing on CNN? “Comedy” begins with “Going Blue,” a look at comics’ battles with censors over the decades. Each installment includes vintage performance and TV interview footage as well as commentary from contemporary comics, authors and experts.

It surveys the expressive breakthroughs from Lenny Bruce and Redd Foxx to George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. Most of the contemporary comics interviewed here, from Sarah Silverman to Marc Maron, see the progression as healthy and natural, a blow against the absurdity of censorship.

Yet distinctions emerge.

Bruce was censored, jailed and harassed, more for attacking organized religion (and its links to the police, political machines and judges) than his use of “dirty” words. He was a troublemaker. As was Pryor, whose language echoed the rage of the civil rights era.

Did Murphy’s routines have the same edge? Or did he merely make the casual use of profanity immensely popular?

Bobcat Goldthwait is alone here in suggesting that there might be a very important distinction between Lenny Bruce using shock value to needle the powerful and Andrew Dice Clay, whose bad taste routines appeared to be validating the attitudes of would-be wife beaters.

“The History of Comedy” obviously takes its subject seriously. It could use a few more divergent and dissenting voices. Or at least the thoughts of comics who have made the artistic choice to

avoid Carlin’s seven dirty words.

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COMMENTARY

The new Party of No

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owerful people, especially in politics, often get into trouble when they pay too much attention to the people who are blindly devoted to them and not enough to their critics. They wind up in a bubble believing they’re as wonderful as their admirers think and they learn nothing from those who oppose them.

Donald Trump may be guilty of that. He often plays to his most loyal fans while tweeting trash about his critics. If you thought the presidency was going to somehow change him, think again.

Hardly a day goes by when he doesn’t give his progressive opponents ammunition to fire at him. And many of them have decided that the only way to deal with a president they believe is illegitimate is to oppose everything he tries to do.

And because they live in their own comfortable bubble, they think they’re not only right, but that their views are far more popular than they actually are.

Let’s start with what passes for the mainstream media.

Mr. Trump detests a lot of reporters, and many of them detest him. And if he’s trying to delegitimize them, they’re trying to delegitimize him.

Here’s Michael Wolff in an essay he wrote for Newsweek: “The media believes that it speaks for Hillary Clinton’s national ballot box majority, for the millions who have now marched against Trump … and, as well, for obvious common sense. And the media believes that everybody believes what it believes.

How could they not? It’s Donald Trump!”

His most partisan left-wing critics paint a picture of a coming Armageddon now that Donald Trump is president. There are many versions of this doomsday scenario but usually it comes down to the fear that the United States of America will become the Fourth Reich with Donald J. Trump playing the role of you know who, reincarnated.

But if you live between the coasts, and even if you’re not a big fan of the new president, this comes off, I think, as a more than a tad paranoid, not something they spend too much time worrying about.

And it’s not just the protestors in the streets with their Trump is Hitler signs who form what is known as the “resistance.” It’s also mainstream Democrats pushed by their progressive constituents — Democrats who, whether they realize it or not, are becoming the Party of No, a title once ignominiously held by the GOP. If they’re not slow-walking or trying to kill off several of his cabinet nominees they’re putting his nominee to the Supreme Court in their crosshairs.

Everyone in Washington

knows that Neil Gorsuch is eminently qualified for the job. But that won’t stop Democrats from doing everyBernard thing they Goldberg can to portray him as a right-wing radical.

And any Democrat who is prepared to work with the new president, on his nominations or anything else, runs the risk of facing a primary opponent put up by progressive activists who see any compromise with President Trump as a betrayal of principle, as a sign of weakness, practically as a crime against humanity — and they won’t tolerate it.

This is what passes for wisdom in the confines of the progressive bubble — the belief that the problem with Democrats is that they’re just too moderate. Crazy, I know. But if you don’t believe me, just ask Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren or Corey Booker or Keith Ellison who, unchecked, will lead their party right over the cliff.

In the bubble, it’s easy to believe that most Americans think the way supposedly sophisticated liberals think. But most Americans don’t oppose Judge Gorsuch, who comes across as smart, reasonable and decent. Nor do they think the temporary ban on travelers from a few Muslim countries — as amateurish as the rollout was — is a crazy idea.

And there’s no liberal consensus that “the wall” is a horrible racist idea put forth by a horrible racist president.

Polls indicate about half the country wants the wall to go up.

Donald Trump, of course, isn’t about to win over his critics in the liberal press or the ones who take to the streets every time he says or does something they don’t like. They’re not going to vote for Republicans in 2018 or 2020. But if moderate Americans grow weary of hyperpartisan Democrats in Washington and angry protestors in the streets, Donald Trump and other Republicans up for re-election may look pretty good in a few years.

The wise, conservative opinion writer John Fund recently wrote a piece about how “Permanent outrage and hysterical doom-mongering do not attract moderate voters.”

His point was that Donald J. Trump’s biggest asset might turn out to be his “unhinged opponents.”

Stay tuned.

Bernie Goldberg is an opinion writer and a news and media analyst for Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the school’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR WRITER PRAYS FOR AND THANKS DR. BAKER To Dr. Baker: After working with you for many years and observing how you go about your job in our schools, I felt I must write you, especially in light of what is going on in our district now, and say thank you for all you have done and are doing in our schools. You have consistently supported our teachers. You have worked diligently to see that each child receives a good ed-

ucation. You have given over and above in time and energy to your work and have done it with a wonderful Christian spirit. Not only are you competent for the job of superintendent, but you have a heart of love for it.

I want to thank you again and I am praying that God will continue to give you the wisdom and strength to guide Sumter School District.

LOIS M. HASELDEN retired teacher Sumter

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Former Sumter District finance officer weighs in on school district’s problems Taxpayers, employees should not bear blame for money crisis

BY BILL MABRY Special to The Sumter Item

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was fortunate to work for Sumter District 17 from 1998 until 2008, and I have followed the school district’s current financial problems closely. I also own property and still pay taxes there so I have a vested interest. I consider Sumter my second home although I no longer live there, and am now quite happily retired after 31 years in school district finance in five different school districts.

Here are a few thoughts (and facts): • A February 2 report concerning a meeting with NAACP leaders stated that Superintendent Frank Baker said that “he has personally already gone through district documents and identified the nearly 60 unbudgeted, or in some cases under-budgeted, positions, most of which he said were school-level administrative positions.”

To check this, I reviewed the school district’s 2016 financial report that is available to the public on the district’s website (see Finance Department section). Page 67 of that report shows a budget overage for School Administration Salaries of only $38,489. Obviously, there could not be 60 extra positions paid from that category. However, immediately below that line, Employee Benefits for those salaries are $819,566 over budget. A reasonable person would simply ask “why?”

Both salaries and benefits should be close to budget or both should be over or under by proportionately similar amounts.

• The same report also quoted Superintendent Baker as saying “We are overstaffed when it comes to school administration,” and “Principals don’t want to give up anything. They hide people. They’ll do anything they can for their school.” Hmmmmmm.

In my experience, ONLY the Board may approve and fund new positions and then ONLY upon rec-

ommendation of the district superintendent. I believe the district’s attorney can validate that is the ONLY way new employees can be put on any governmental (or school district) payroll.

Simply put, any blame for this cannot be shifted to principals. The school administrative salary budget was on target. There are NOT 60 extra employees in school administrative positions. Principals are not at fault in this budget area.

Additionally, the financial report shows the following significant expenditure overages: Page 60 — High School Instruction Salaries and Benefits — $1,070,000; Page 60 — Primary (grades 1-3) Instruction Salaries and Benefits — $300,000; Page 63 — Homebound Expenditures — $252,000; Page 65 — Improvement of Instruction Salaries and Benefits — $270,000; Page 67 — Maintenance Salaries and Benefits — $1,832,000, Page 67 — Student Transportation (Bus Drivers) — $1,642,000; Page 69 — Pupil Services (sports and bands, etc.) — $544,000; and Page 69 — Debt Service — $274,000.

I believe this totals approximately $6,184,000 over budgeted expenditures.

There are many other lines with smaller variances but examination and correction of these few areas would go far in explaining this financial “mystery.”

One local opinion writer even suggested that the real problem was not overspending but a shortfall of local funding. While I agree that K-12 public education could and should be better funded at local, state, and national levels, Sumter School District received $1,677,207 MORE than budgeted revenue in Fiscal Year 2016. Any school finance professional (and experienced superintendent) knows that you work with the revenue available and do not simply spend until all the cash is gone. Lack of revenue was NOT the problem.

Another point regarding the “discovery” of this crisis should be mentioned. In a well-managed school dis-

trict, at a minimum, a detailed written General Fund and Building Fund financial report should be presented to the Board and public each month. With today’s technology, this report can easily be prepared and presented by one competent chief financial officer. It doesn’t take a village of finance wizards to monitor, manage, and present basic financial data accurately. In this case, the district was at least a year late in diagnosing the problem.

That brings me to my final point, Tax Anticipation Notes.

It is true that many districts use short term loans (TAN’s) to carry them through the low-cash months, generally September through December, until the majority of local taxes are paid in December and January. It is also true that any district that needs a TAN before June 30 is in very, very, serious financial trouble. Why? Because all revenue (cash) has already been received by June 30; however, summer teacher salaries and benefits will not be paid until July and possibly August for the year ended June 30.

Normally, there is cash available in year end Fund Balance for these deferred costs. I would label the district’s 2017 TAN as an emergency TAN since borrowed cash will be needed much sooner than normal.

Should there be consequences for this colossal financial failure? Absolutely. But the consequences should not fall on the backs of Sumter County taxpayers or businesses through a huge tax increase next year or on the innocent employees of the district through pay cuts, furloughs, or other punitive measures.

I am confident that all of these facts and more will be reported by Mr. Scott Allan in much more detail.

His report may reveal some very inconvenient truths but it should also provide the who, what, when, where, and why of this financial fiasco as well as serving as a starting point for the district’s financial recovery.

Editor’s note: Bill Mabry can be reached at bmabry@ aol.com. He lives in Union.

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AROUND TOWN vided within their coverVolunteers from AARP will age area. Contact Debra offer free tax preparation Mary McLeod Bethune NCNW to Canty, chapter president, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on hold black history meeting at (803) 775-5792 or debra.

Mondays and Wednesdays canty@frontier.com. Donathrough April 12 at the tions are welcome and can Shepherd’s Center, 24 be mailed to NFB Sumter Council St. Applicants are Chapter, P.O. Box 641, Sumadvised to bring the folter, SC 29151. lowing with them: photo ID; Social Security cards The Sumter County Chapter for all household members of AARP will meet at 3 p.m. being claimed; tax docuon Thursday, Feb. 16, at ments — W-2 forms, 1099R, Sumter Senior Services 1099SSA, interest income Center, 119 S. Sumter St. and all other income state- All persons age 55 or older ments; 2015 tax returns are invited. Call Johnny and power of attorney Jones at (803) 773-9681. forms if filing for someone The American Red Cross is in other than yourself. For urgent need of blood donamore information, call tions and will hold blood Henry Dinkins at (803) 499drives as follows: 2-7 p.m.

4990 or Lula King at (803) Thursday, Feb. 23, Grace 316-0772.

Baptist Church, 219 W. CalThe Mary McLeod Bethune houn St.; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. SatSection of the National Counurday, Feb. 25, High Hills cil of Negro Women will hold AME Church, 6780 Meeting its annual commemorative House Road, Dalzell; and 9 black history meeting at 5 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, at Feb. 27, Thomas Sumter the South Sumter Resource Academy, 5365 Camden Center, 337 Manning Ave. Highway, Dalzell. DownCall Miranda Choice at load the Red Cross Blood (803) 651-8540.

Donor App, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call “A Night to Remember” Val1-800-RED CROSS (1-800entine gala will be held at 5 733-2767). p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Taw Caw Outreach Com- The Sumter Branch NAACP’s munity Center, 1126 Granannual black history program

by Lane, Summerton. will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Trinity The Sumter SPCA Valentine Dance will be held from 7 to Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St. The Rev. Napo11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. leon A. Bradford will 11, at the Elaine D. Korn speak.

Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive. Music will The 17th Annual Cavalier be provided by Terence Pride Auction will be held Lonon & the Untouchables. on Saturday, March 18, at Cost is $25 per person Robert E. Lee Academy in (must be 21 years or older) Bishopville. Food will be and all proceeds benefit served from 5 to 7 p.m. the Sumter SPCA. Call Bidding will begin at 5:30 (803) 773-9292. p.m. with the first table closing at 7 p.m. Tickets Adults, did you attend Cathoare $15 in advance or $20 lic school in Sumter? All former St. Joseph, St. Jude, St. at the door. Call the school office at (803) 484-5532 for Anne, Sumter Catholic and more information.

St. Francis Xavier students are invited to an adult The Rembert Area Communimeet and greet from 2 to 5 ty Coalition’s 5th Annual p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, in the Spring Parade will be held Iris Room at Central Caroli- from 10 a.m. to noon on na Health Sciences Center, Saturday, April 8. The pa133 S. Main St., Sumter. Rerade will begin at the Remfreshments will be served. bert Community Car Wash Please R.S.V.P to catholicand continue onto Lee schoolsofsumter@gmail.

Street, along Young Street, com or the St. Anne and St. down McLeod Chapel Jude Catholic School office Road, down Pisgah Road, at (803) 775-3632. onto U.S. 521 and end at 8420 Camden Highway. The The Sumter Chapter of the parade will be followed by National Federation of the a family and friends event Blind of South Carolina will until 3 p.m. There will be meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, food, beverages, live music Feb. 14, at Shiloh-Randolph and entertainment and Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. more. Participation, sponThe presiders for the “Valsorship and vendor forms entine’s Evening of Eleare available on the RACC gance Date Night” will be website under “News & Lee and Laura ColcloughEvents.”

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DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

FRIDAY

Cooler with clearing

A moonlit sky and much colder

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 50/23 Spartanburg 52/25

Greenville 53/26

Columbia 61/30

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 60/29

Aiken 59/29

ON THE COAST

Charleston 64/33

Today: Cloudy in the morning, then some sun in the afternoon. High 58 to 65.

Friday: Mostly sunny; cooler. High 50 to 59.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotions will surface along with unpredictable situations at home and at work. Take a moment to recap what’s happened and consider your position before you respond. At times like this, it’s best to let things play out naturally.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a trip or do some research online.

You will discover valuable information that will help you achieve your dreams, hopes and wishes. Focus on looking and offering your best as well as engaging in a romantic adventure.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Too much of anything will lead to trouble. You’ll find peace and enlightenment if you explore different cultures or lifestyles that can offer you the type of tranquility that helps to stabilize and keep you calm and stress-free.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve got everything going for you, so don’t sit back when you should be moving forward. Put your plans into motion and make your ideas and solutions heard. Take a position of leadership and show everyone what you have to offer.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t take a risk. Before engaging in a financial scheme, research the possibilities and make the necessary adjustments. Your high expectations will be reached if you rely on past experiences to make

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 59/28/pc Gainesville 74/39/pc Gastonia 52/27/pc Goldsboro 57/26/pc Goose Creek 63/33/pc Greensboro 49/23/pc Greenville 53/26/pc Hickory 48/24/pc Hilton Head 63/34/pc Jacksonville, FL 69/38/pc La Grange 58/31/pc Macon 57/31/pc Marietta 51/27/pc

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Live in the present, not the past. Once you start moving forward, you will find it much easier to achieve your goals. Thoughts and ideas combined with diligent action will lead to the results you’ve been dreaming about.

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Moonrise 4:53 p.m.

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Myrtle Beach 60/32

Manning 59/31

Today: Cloudy, then some afternoon sun.

Winds northwest 10-20 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 59/28

Bishopville 60/29

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get involved EUGENIA LAST in physical activities that will give you an outlet for pent-up energy. Turn your angst into something constructive and you’ll avoid putting yourself in a vulnerable position. Personal improvements and romance will alleviate trouble.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Travel or educational plans will give you the push you need to take on a creative venture. The mental and physical stimulation you get from being a participant will inspire you to trust your own instincts instead of following others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Someone will use emotional tactics to try to get you to take on too much or to change the way you do things. Listen to your instincts and do what you believe is in your best interests. Use charm to get your way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick close to home and don’t get into situations that require you to deal with institutions, government agencies or educational facilities.

Problems with friends or relatives will surface. Keep a close eye on your health.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your passionate and exciting way of handling whatever comes your way will intrigue onlookers. Polish whatever you are working on and you will bring about positive changes. Personal improvements are encouraged.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be tempted to cut corners. There will be no way to bypass the details required in order to be successful.

Slow down and do your best to aim for perfection. Don’t get confused when choosing between quantity and quality.

Lilian Peter comments on a picture she took of Catalina Island, which is located 22 miles from Los Angeles, “In the foreground is the Catalina Casino, which has the largest circular ballroom. There is no gambling on the island. William Wrigley, the chewing gum magnet, had a major control of the island, but his family deeded it to the Conservancy, which protects the island’s unique plant, animal and insect species.”

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PREP BASKETBALL

Lee Central boys finish region 12-0, girls clinch playoff spot

BY PATRICK ENZOR Special To The Sumter Item BISHOPVILLE — There’s a mystique at the Lee Central High School gymnasium that sometimes seems to take over games for the host Stallions.

The crowd seemingly knows when the game is about to break its way with a big shot, steal, rebound or — really — any play that needs to be made.

In a tight fourth quarter game against Pageland Central on Wednesday, that mystique made another appearance as the fourth-ranked Stallions shook off a sluggish start to run away from the Eagles 60-46 to complete an undefeated Region IV-2A run.

“We still have some improving to do,” said LC head coach LaVerne Knox, whose team improves to 18-3 overall and 12-0 in the region. “We’re not

their yet, but glad we went undefeated in the region.

“Our guys have some fight in them and they showed it tonight,” he added. “They didn’t want to lose.”

The LCHS varsity girls team also took care of business to secure a playoff spot with a suffocating 38-18 win.

Clinging to a 3-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, Lee Central’s Amadric Mixon hit his 5th three-

point basket of the game for a little breathing room at 47-42.

After a CP putback, LC hit three free throws as the crowd’s murmur grew.

After the Stallions’ Shykeem Cooper grabbed his 14th rebound of the night and hit Daemah Thomas on an outlet pass before converting an uncontested layup, Lee Central led 52-44 with 2:15 left in the game. After being up 44-42, the Stallions closed the game

out on a 16-4 run.

“We got down by 15 to (Andrew Jackson) last night (Tuesday),” said Knox. “I don’t like to get down. We might not overcome that deficit next time.”

Things didn’t start great for the Stallions as the Eagles’ Kevon Wall hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter to push his team out to a 19-10 lead. Lee

SEE LEE CENTRAL, PAGE B4

PREP FOOTBALL

Right scheme, right fit Defensive alignment leads Gamecocks DE Johnson to choose Georgia Southern

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Sumter High School defensive end Raymond Johnson admits he was having a difficult time deciding where he wanted to play college football for the next four years. Georgia Southern and Georgia State.

There were things he liked about both of the Football Bowl Subdivision schools, similarities that made a choice very difficult for him.

So what finally made the difference for the 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pound Johnson picking Georgia Southern last week on National Signing Day? Defensive alignment.

Georgia Southern uses a 4-3 front on defense while Georgia State operates out of a 3-4.

“I wanted to be able to play defensive end in a 4-3,” Johnson said. He said Georgia State was considering using him as an outside linebacker.

Johnson said he had offers from Miami (Ohio) and Appalachian State and received interest from Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. He is excited to have the opportunity to play college football at the highest level.

“It’s huge,” Johnson said.

“I’ve always dreamed about the opportunity to play at the college level. I’m looking forward to taking this next step in my career.”

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Sumter High School defensive end Raymond Johnson (6) signed to play college football with Georgia Southern last week on National Signing Day. Johnson said he picked the Eagles over Georgia State because the Eagles run a 4-3 front.

Johnson had tremendous junior and senior seasons for the Gamecocks under head coach Mark Barnes. As a junior, Johnson had 72 total tackles, 27 1/2 tackles for loss,

six quarterback sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

Those numbers began to draw in the offers for Johnson, and he did nothing to dis-

appoint in his senior season.

He had 62 tackles, including 20 1/2 for loss. He had 9 1/2 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

“He’s been a great player

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Former Tiger great Tuttle would take do-over in Christian walk

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Perry Tuttle no longer has the most famous touchdown reception in Clemson football history.

That fell by the wayside last month when Tiger wide receiver Hunter Renfrow hauled in a 2-yard scoring pass from quarterback Deshaun Watson to give Clemson a 35-31 victory over Alabama and the school’s second national championship.

Of course, that first national title came in 1981 when the Tigers beat Nebraska 22-15 and Tuttle’s scoring catch from quarterback Homer Jordan became emblazoned in history when it made the front cover of Sports Illustrated.

While speaking in Sumter last week to close to 200 men at Christ Community Church’s Men’s Steak Night, Tuttle said he’s been asked by many people if he’d like a do-over in his career. “People have asked me if I

DENNIS BRUNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM

Former Clemson standout wide receiver Perry Tuttle interacts with the crowd while speaking on his Christian faith at Men’s Steak Night at Christ Community Church last week. would like to be part of the offense on this (2016) team,” Tuttle said. “They say since they are so explosive wouldn’t it be fun to play in that.”

Tuttle admits he would like a do-over in his life, but not when it comes to his football career.

SEE TUTTLE, PAGE B2

for us for two years,” Barnes said of Johnson, who played in the Touchstone Energy North-South all-star game. He

SEE JOHNSON, PAGE B2

Crestwood’s Sharper inks with Highland

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Kevin Sharper already has a career as a game warden in mind.

He believes Highland Community College in Kansas can be a stepping stone in that direction.

“I want to go to school and then go to another 2-year college or a 4-year college and finish my degree,” the Crestwood High School defensive tackle said. “But I love playing football, too. I love the game and I love the fundamentals. Hopefully, I can continue doing that, too.”

Whether his future path is on or off the gridiron, Sharper is ready for it to begin in Kansas after signing with the Scotties last week at Crestwood High.

Highland CC was the perfect size and provided the perfect environment

for his college career, he said.

“I wanted to go to a smaller college in a SHARPER rural area,” Sharper said. “I love going places -- being off from home and meeting new people.

I liked the coaches and the fact that the team is very good.

“They also have a good base around my major, so it was a good fit for me.”

Newberry, Hutchinson Community College and Georgia Military College were a few of the other places Sharper was considering, but the combination of athletics and academics at Highland finally drew him there.

Wednesday marked the culmination of a dream for the 6-foot-4-inch, 318-

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

8 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Open Sud de France Early-Round Matches from Montpellier, France (TENNIS).

Noon – Professional Tennis: Ecuador Open Quito Early-Round Matches from Quito, Ecuador (TENNIS).

2 p.m. – College Softball: Puerto Vallarta College Softball Challenge from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Auburn vs. Oklahoma (ESPNU).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from Pebble Beach, Calif. (GOLF).

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

6:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Clemson at Pittsburgh (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Belmont at Jacksonville State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Purdue at Indiana (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Winthrop at North Carolina-Asheville (ESPNU).

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

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

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Missouri at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: WisconsinMilwaukee at Wright State (TIME WARNER 1250).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: North Carolina at Duke (ESPN).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Oklahoma City (TNT).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Pepperdine at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Missouri State at Wichita State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Southern Methodist at Temple (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: New Hampshire at Vermont (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin (TIME WARNER 1250).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon at UCLA (ESPN).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Washington at Colorado (FOX SPORTS 1).

10 p.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Maybank Championship Second Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Boston at Portland (TNT).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: Brigham Young at Pepperdine (ESPNU).

2 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Maybank Championship Second Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

By The Associated Press TUESDAY’S SCORES

EAST Buffalo 65, N. Illinois 45 Penn St. 70, Maryland 64 Princeton 64, Penn 49 Rhode Island 70, UMass 62 Siena 81, Iona 79 Villanova 75, Georgetown 64 SOUTH Alabama 90, South Carolina 86, 4OT Auburn 98, Mississippi St. 92 Florida 72, Georgia 60 Georgia Tech 96, Tusculum 58 Kentucky 92, LSU 85 Memphis 66, Tulsa 44 NC A&T 86, Allen 78 Syracuse 82, Clemson 81 MIDWEST Akron 65, Ball St. 63 Bowling Green 84, Kent St. 83, OT Butler 68, Marquette 65 Cent. Michigan 97, Ohio 87 Dayton 77, Saint Joseph’s 70 Illinois 68, Northwestern 61 Illinois St. 82, Drake 53 Michigan 86, Michigan St. 57 Notre Dame 88, Wake Forest 81 Toledo 73, E. Michigan 57 W. Michigan 72, Miami (Ohio) 55 SOUTHWEST TCU 62, Texas Tech 61 Texas 67, Iowa St. 65 Vanderbilt 72, Arkansas 59 FAR WEST Colorado St. 69, Utah St. 52 San Jose St. 76, San Diego St. 71

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

EAST William & Mary at Drexel, 7 p.m.

Elon at Delaware, 7 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

SMU at Temple, 9 p.m.

SOUTH Kennesaw St. at Stetson, 7 p.m.

Samford at Wofford, 7 p.m.

North Texas at FAU, 7 p.m.

James Madison at UNC-Wilmington, 7 p.m.

High Point at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.

Liberty at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

Northeastern at Coll. of Charleston, 7 p.m.

USC Upstate at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Radford, 7 p.m.

Winthrop at UNC-Asheville, 7 p.m.

Tennessee St. at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.

Chattanooga at Furman, 7 p.m.

Lipscomb at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.

Longwood at Campbell, 7 p.m.

Rice at FIU, 7 p.m.

The Citadel at ETSU, 7 p.m.

NJIT at North Florida, 7 p.m.

Belmont at Jacksonville St., 7 p.m.

Mercer at VMI, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at UAB, 8 p.m.

North Carolina at Duke, 8 p.m.

Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee, 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Purdue at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Wright St., 7 p.m.

E. Washington at North Dakota, 8 p.m.

Missouri St. at Wichita St., 9 p.m.

Wisconsin at Nebraska, 9 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Southern Miss. at UTSA, 8 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at UTEP, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST Washington St. at Utah, 9 p.m.

Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 10 p.m.

Portland at Saint Mary’s (Cal), 10 p.m.

Oregon at UCLA, 10 p.m.

Idaho St. at Portland St., 10:05 p.m.

BYU at Pepperdine, 11 p.m.

Oregon St. at Southern Cal, 11 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

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L 8 21 32 36 36

Pct .843 .596 .385 .333 .308

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Charlotte 111, Brooklyn 107 Houston 128, Orlando 104 Portland 114, Dallas 113

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.

TODAY’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.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

Miami at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Washington, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The drama seems to have finally stopped for No. 18 Duke and head coach Mike Krzyzewski, center. Maybe the struggles have too, and that would be a critical step forward with top rival North Carolina up next.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 9 p.m.

Boston at Utah, 10 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 55 30 Ottawa 51 27 Toronto 52 25 Boston 55 26 Florida 52 23 Buffalo 53 22 Detroit 53 22 Tampa Bay 54 24 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Washington 54 37 Columbus 52 34 Pittsburgh 52 33 N.Y. Rangers 53 34 Philadelphia 54 26 N.Y. Islanders 51 23 New Jersey 54 23 Carolina 52 24

L 17 18 17 23 19 21 21 24

OT 8 6 10 6 10 10 10 6

Pts 68 60 60 58 56 54 54 54

GF 158 137 163 143 124 131 134 149

GA 138 141 156 149 143 149 155 157

L OT Pts GF GA 11 6 80 180 114 13 5 73 173 129 13 6 72 186 150 18 1 69 181 140 21 7 59 144 164 18 10 56 153 153 21 10 56 127 153 21 7 55 138 151

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP Minnesota 52 Chicago 54 Nashville 53 St. Louis 54 Winnipeg 56 Dallas 54 Colorado 50 PACIFIC DIVISION GP San Jose 54 Edmonton 55 Anaheim 55 Calgary 56 Los Angeles 54 Vancouver 53 Arizona 51 NOTE: Two points overtime loss.

W 35 32 26 27 25 21 15

L OT Pts GF GA 12 5 75 176 121 17 5 69 152 141 19 8 60 146 137 22 5 59 155 162 27 4 54 163 176 23 10 52 148 172 33 2 32 103 168

W 33 29 28 28 27 23 17 for

L OT 17 4 18 8 17 10 25 3 23 4 24 6 28 6 a win,

Pts 70 66 66 59 58 52 40 one

GF GA 148 126 156 141 142 139 149 159 132 133 125 154 116 161 point for

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Calgary 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Washington 5, Carolina 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Anaheim 1 Buffalo 5, San Jose 4, OT St. Louis 6, Ottawa 0 Toronto 3, Dallas 1 Columbus 3, Detroit 2, OT Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 0 Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2 Nashville 4, Vancouver 2 Colorado 4, Montreal 0

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

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

Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m.

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

Dallas at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Arizona, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

San Jose at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Boston, 1 p.m.

Florida at Nashville, 2 p.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 5 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press

L 18 21 31 33 43

Pct .647 .604 .415 .353 .173

GB — 2 12 15 24½

L 21 22 28 30 34

Pct .588 .577 .462 .423 .370

GB — ½ 6½ 8½ 11½

L 15 22 26 28 28

Pct .700 .569 .500 .462 .440

GB — 6½ 10 12 13

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National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Fired defensive coordinator Richard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Re-signed LB Ben Jacobs to a two-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named David Lee quarterbacks coach.

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National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned F Dylan Sadowy from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned F Carter Verhaeghe from Missouri (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled F Zach Sanford from Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE

WESTERN CONFERENCE L 12 17 22 32 32

Pct .765 .691 .593 .385 .385

GB — 3 8½ 19½ 19½

L 19 23 28 30

Pct .635 .566 .451 .434

GB — 3½ 9½ 10½

After months of drama, has Duke finally turned a corner?

BY JOEDY MCCREARY The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — The drama looming around No. 18 Duke seems to have finally stopped.

Maybe the struggles have, too.

For the team picked No. 1 in the preseason, the past three months included plenty of bumps — their Hall of Fame coach was sidelined, key players missed games, access to their locker room was denied, and they lost more games than expected.

But with No. 8 North Carolina in town tonight for the renewal of one of college basketball’s fiercest rivalries, the Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) hope they’ve got everyone and everything back — including their confidence.

TUTTLE FROM PAGE B1 “If the Lord would give me a do-over, give me a second chance, I would start my Christian walk over,” Tuttle said.

Tuttle, who became a Christian in his mid 20s while playing in the National Football League, would simply have liked the opportunity to share his Christian faith for a longer time and with the knowledge he now possesses.

Tuttle said he became a Christian just after buying a house while playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I was standing there by myself and I said, ‘Is this all?’” Tuttle said. “I got down on my knees and I said, ‘Lord, will You help me?’ I felt empty before that, but not afterward.”

Tuttle based the majority of his message around Paul’s letter to the Corinthians in I Corinthians 13:4-8, when

“They are coming together, and we’ll see if they come together at a high enough level to compete at the level we would like to compete at,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said Wednesday.

That’s been a challenge for a team that entered the season as the favorite to win it all, largely on the strength of one of the nation’s best recruiting classes, a strong core of returning players and a Hall of Fame coach in charge.

The big problem: For most of the season, they haven’t been available at the same time.

Krzyzewski left the team in early January to have back surgery, and returned for last week’s victory over Pittsburgh.

Guard Grayson Allen was suspended indefinitely — which turned out to be

for one game — and was stripped of his team captaincy after tripping an opponent for the third time in a calendar year.

Freshmen Harry Giles, Marques Bolden and Jayson Tatum missed the start of the season due to injuries, and forward Amile Jefferson — arguably the most important player on the roster — was out for two weeks after bruising a bone in the same foot he broke last year.

Duke lost four of seven games from Dec. 31-Jan. 23. Things bottomed out when, after a home loss to North Carolina State, Krzyzewski summoned the team to his house for a meeting, kicked them out of their locker room and banned them from wearing Duke gear in public.

Paul states what love is and what it does and doesn’t do. And all of that revolved around how Christians are loved

by God and how Christians are to share that love with those in the world around them.

Tuttle spoke of a time he was on Interstate 85 heading to Atlanta from Charlotte. He got off at an exit and when he was going to get back on the interstate, he saw a young white man wearing a jacket with Confederate flags on it. “He was trying to get a ride, and when he saw me he put his head down, and I was happy to go on,” Tuttle said.

It was a few exits down the interstate though when Tuttle said he heard the voice of God telling him he needed to turn around and see if the man still needed a ride. Tuttle admits he wasn’t too excited, but he turned around and the man was there. Tuttle asked if he needed a ride, the man said he did and

climbed in the automobile.

“I asked him where he was going, and he said Tampa (Fla.),” Tuttle said with a laugh. Of course, Tampa isn’t anywhere close to I-85 and Atlanta, so Tuttle knew he had a passenger for his ride to Atlanta. As one might expect, the topic of conversation eventually turned to the jacket and why the man wore it. He said the jacket had belonged to his grandfather.

“He started talking about his grandfather and the love he had for his grandfather,” Tuttle said. “The more I rode with this young man, you could tell he didn’t have a racist bone in his body.

“When we got to Atlanta, I told him, ‘God loves you and he has a plan for your life,’” Tuttle said. “I suggested that he go to church, and he said he hadn’t been in a long time.” Tuttle said he gave the man a contact number and that he had started going to church.

BASEBALL

American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Zagurski and OF David Lough on minor league contracts.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded C Jesus Sucre to Tampa Bay for a player to be named or cash.

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SOUTHWEST DIVISION W San Antonio 39 Houston 38 Memphis 32 New Orleans 20 Dallas 20 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Utah 33 Oklahoma City 30 Denver 23 Portland 23

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National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Lance Stephenson to a 10-day contract.

ATLANTIC DIVISION W Boston 33 Toronto 32 New York 22 Philadelphia 18 Brooklyn 9 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Washington 30 Atlanta 30 Charlotte 24 Miami 22 Orlando 20 CENTRAL DIVISION W Cleveland 35 Indiana 29 Chicago 26 Detroit 24 Milwaukee 22

Minnesota 19 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 43 L.A. Clippers 31 Sacramento 20 L.A. Lakers 18 Phoenix 16

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BIG 12 CONFERENCE — Announced it will withhold 25 percent of future revenue distribution payments to Baylor until an outside review determines the university and athletic department are complying with Title IX guidelines and other regulations in the wake of a campus sexual assault scandal.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN — Named Zane Vance assistant head football coach, defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach.

FURMAN — Named Ken Lamendola inside linebackers coach.

SOUTHERN CAL — Suspended PK Matt Boermeester from the football team.

JOHNSON FROM PAGE B1 had seven tackles for the South in a 21-14 loss, but six of them were for loss and he had two sacks.

“I think Georgia Southern is getting a great player in Raymond.”

Barnes said that one of the good things about Johnson is that while he’s a tremendous pass rusher, he’s also good against the run.

“It’s different when you get to that level,” Barnes said. “But Raymond’s already shown the ability to defend the run. He’s a very physical player.”

Georgia Southern recently moved up to the FBS level after a long run as a Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse. The Eagles are a member of the Sun Belt Conference. They were 5-7 overall this past season and 4-4 in conference play.

SHARPER FROM PAGE B1 pound Sharper, who until just recently didn’t know if playing college ball was a possibility.

But he started to thrive the last two seasons for the Knights, winding up with 30 tackles, four sacks and five tackles for a loss his senior year.

“My coaches really helped me out,” Sharper said. “We worked on staying low and we worked on running and tackling drills that really helped me out during games.

“They coached me hard and I knew they wouldn’t let me give up during games.”

Sharper’s improve-

ment is a testament to his staff’s ability to develop players, head coach Roosevelt Nelson said.

“He’s come a long way and the coaches have really helped him grow these last two years,” he said.

“He’s got tremendous upside and he became a tremendous leader for us these last two years.

That’s probably what we’re going to miss the most.

“He really worked himself into good shape this year. He’s going to junior college to develop more and he’ll get the opportunity to move on to an even bigger school.”

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Tigers fall 82-81 to Orange thanks to Battle’s 3 at buzzer

BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press CLEMSON — Syracuse so far this season has overcome big deficits to win and rise toward the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.

Clemson has lost heartbreakers to free fall toward the bottom.

The script didn’t change Tuesday night as Tyus Battle hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Orange an 82-81 win over the Tigers.

Tyler Lydon drove the lane and the Tigers collapsed, allowing Lydon to find the freshman wide open in the right corner to give Syracuse (16-9, 8-4 ACC) its fifth win in a row — with the last three coming in games the Orange were down at least 12.

Clemson didn’t realize Battle was in the game, a mistake Clemson head coach Brad Brownell said happened when either the scorer’s table erred or his staff missed that Syracuse big man Tyler Roberson was on the bench. Center Sidy Djitte stayed to stop a possible tip in against the Tigers (13-10, 3-8) “We’re in trouble because he isn’t use to guarding perimeter players that often,” Brownell said. “He leaves the shooter and we lose on a last second shot.”

Battle had made just one of six shots before the winning 3, including missing a wide open layup with Syracuse down 76-74 with under two minutes to go.

“I thought it looked good. I didn’t make a lot of shots the whole entire game. So I was like I have to make that one for all this stuff to be forgotten,” Battle said.

Andrew White led the Orange with 23 points. Lydon added 17 points and nine rebounds.

Jaron Blosssomgame scored 20 points, leading five Tigers in double-figures.

But it was another heartbreaking loss for the Tigers

(13-10, 3-8) who have now lost a pair of 1-point games in the ACC, a 3-point game in overtime and a 4-point game, all at home.

BIG PICTURE Syracuse: The Orange have put themselves back in NCAA tournament consideration by winning five in a row in the ACC. The schedule down the stretch is tricky with ranked Louisville twice and Duke as well as better than expected Georgia Tech and last place Pittsburgh.

White came into the game tied for the scoring lead in ACC games with Pittsburgh’s Jamel Artis at 20.5 points a game.

Clemson: Non-conference wins over South Carolina, Alabama and UNC-Wilmington have kept the Tigers on the NCAA tournament bubble despite a 3-8 ACC record. Clemson shot 53.7 percent (29-of-54) — its best percentage this season in an ACC game.

“Clemson is a good team.

But they’re not a 54 percent shooting team,” Boeheim said.

“We’re just letting people score.”

CLEMSON’S WOES Six of the Tigers eight ACC losses have come by five points or less, causing some soul searching in the Tigers locker room.

“We’ve just got to know basic basketball principles.

We’re up two points We can give up a layup. We can take the game into overtime. We can’t allow any 3s,” said Donte Grantham who was nearly the hero after his jumper from the foul line put Clemson up two with 6.2 seconds left. “We’ve got to get tough. We’ve got to find some way to grit out these close games.”

UP NEXT Syracuse: The Orange travel to last-place Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Clemson: The Tigers travel to No. 18 Duke on Saturday.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Syracuse guard Tyus Battle (25) shoots a 3-pointer over Clemson guard Marcquise Reed (2) as time expires to give Syracuse an 82-81 victory on Tuesday in Clemson.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Despite guard Sindarius Thornwell’s (0) career-high 44 points, South Carolina fell to Riley Norris (1) and Alabama 90-86 in four overtimes on Tuesday in Columbia.

Thornwell scores 44, but Tide outlast USC in 4 OTs

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Alabama coach Avery Johnson couldn’t help but gush a bit about his team’s dramafilled, four-overtime victory over No. 19 South Carolina.

“We’ll probably be watching this game 10 years from now,” an exhausted Johnson said with a grin across his face.

Riley Norris scored six of his 11 points in the final overtime, including the go-ahead free throws with 56 seconds left, as Alabama finally put away the Gamecocks, 90-86, on Tuesday night.

The Crimson Tide (14-9, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) overcame a career night by Gamecocks star Sindarius Thornwell, who had career bests of 44 points and 21 rebounds. He also made a South Carolina record 25 free throws, a number that surpassed the late,

great “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s mark of 21 made free throws in an SEC game.

Thornwell, though, will probably ponder his missed shots — he was 9 of 25 from the field, 1 of 7 from 3 — including a foul shot at regulation’s end that could have had the Gamecocks up 58-57 with 13 seconds left and could have been the difference.

“We had open shots, good shots,” said Thornwell, who topped his previous high of 34 set in a loss to Kentucky last month.

Alabama built a 17-point lead in the first half and a 12-point edge with less than 5 minutes to go, watching the Gamecocks rally to force the extra periods.

Johnson said his players didn’t hang their heads, instead digging in to go as long as they had to.

“When you’re in these situations, you want to learn from it,” said Norris, who

had 27 points and eight 3-pointers to beat the 15-0 Gamecocks a year ago.

“Coach kept us together, kept us focused.”

Norris led Alabama with 14 rebounds.

The Crimson Tide trailed 70-63 with 2:12 left in the second overtime, yet outscored South Carolina 11-4 to tie things once more. It was the Gamecocks who rallied in the final 90 seconds of the third overtime after trailing 82-77.

South Carolina, though, ran out of gas at the end and missed its last eight field goal attempts to fall into a three-way tie for the SEC lead with No. 15 Kentucky and No. 17 Florida.

Avery Johnson Jr. and Ar’Mond Davis had career highs of 23 points and 19 points for Alabama, which beat a ranked SEC. PJ Dozier scored 21 points for South Carolina before fouling out in the final OT.

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Following collapse, Falcons shake up defensive staff FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — After squandering a 25-point lead in the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Falcons are shaking up their defensive staff.

The team said Wednesday that coach Dan Quinn has dismissed coordinator Richard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox, though there’s a chance Smith could stay with the Falcons in an advisory role.

The changes mean the NFC champions will have two new coordinators next season.

Kyle Shanahan left to become head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and was replaced as offensive coordinator by Steve Sarkisian .

Also, the Falcons will need a new quarterbacks coach.

Matt LaFleur is expected to be named offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams.

Smith will likely be replaced by a coach already on staff. The Falcons are considering defensive backs coach Marquand Manuel, linebackers coach Jeff Ulbrich and defensive passing game coordinator Jerome Henderson.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

After squandering a 25-point lead in the Super Bowl, Atlanta is shaking up its defensive staff. The team said Wednesday that head coach Dan Quinn has dismissed coordinator Richard Smith, right, and defensive line coach Bryan Cox, though there’s a chance Smith could stay with the Falcons in an advisory role.

Manuel interviewed for the defensive coordinator post in Jacksonville last season.

The 61-year-old Smith

served as defensive coordinator during Quinn’s first two seasons in Atlanta, after previously working as a lineback-

ers coach in Denver. He has more than a quarter-century of NFL coaching experience.

Under Smith, the Falcons

showed significant improvement over the second half of the season and two playoff victories with a unit that often started as many four rookies and four second-year players.

But in the Super Bowl, Atlanta couldn’t protect a 28-3 lead midway through the third quarter. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots scored 31 consecutive points for the greatest comeback in title game history, winning 34-28 in overtime .

The Patriots piled up 546 yards and a staggering 37 first downs while running more than twice as many plays as Atlanta, 93-46. Brady, the game’s MVP, completed 43 of 62 passes for 466 yards and two TDs. In addition, New England made two straight 2-point conversions to force the first overtime game in Super Bowl history.

The 48-year-old Cox had been with the Falcons for three seasons. He was a holdover from Mike Smith’s staff when Quinn took over in 2015.

Cox played in the NFL for 12 years, earning three trips to the Pro Bowl.

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Stoddard’s double-double leads Lady Generals past REL 68-23

Korver, James lead Cavs past Pacers

DALZELL – Bree Stoddard had a double-double to lead Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity girls basketball team to a 68-23 victory over Robert E. Lee Academy on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium.

Stoddard scored 25 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and handed out eight assists to lead the Lady Generals. Logan Morris scored seven points to go along with five assists and five steals.

Caetlyn Martin added 10 points, Taja Hunley had seven points and eight rebounds and Carmen Silvester had six points and nine rebounds.

Josie Reed had six assists.

Reghann Griffin led REL with 10 points and Rebecca Dinkins had eight.

ROBERT E. LEE Griffin 10, R. Dinkins 8, E. Dinkins 3, Watson 2, Shannon 1.

THOMAS SUMTER B. Stoddard 25, Morris 7, Martin 10, Hunley 7, Silvester 6, A. Stoddard 5, White 4, Reed 2, Daniel 2.

JV BASKETBALL ROBERT E. LEE 23 THOMAS SUMTER 20

DALZELL – Robert E. Lee Academy defeated Thomas Sumter Academy 23-20 on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium.

Caleigh Barrett led REL with 12 points and MJ Logan

LEE CENTRAL FROM PAGE B1 Central came right back in the second quarter and an 8-0 run

by Mixon - two treys and a jumper - put the Stallions on top 23-21 with 3:40 left in the second stanza.

Central Pageland, which was ranked No. 10 by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association last week before falling out earlier on Wednesday, was able to hang with the Stallions over the next 15 minutes of game action - never trailing by more than six. But the region champs and that mystique weighed too heavily in the end.

“We had to step up defensively,” said Knox. “We always preach to them. Sometimes kids just want to outscore everybody, but you have to try and stop people.”

Mixon led LC with 20 points, while Kendrick Holloman had 14 and Torian Bolden added 11.

The Lady Stallions were never threatened, leading 14-4 after one quarter and 31-8 after three. In fact, CP was shutout in the third quarter after scoring just four points

had nine.

Karleigh Young led TSA with six points and 12 rebounds. Lindsay Daniel added four points and six rebounds and Clara Burnette had four assists.

BOYS JV BASKETBALL LEE CENTRAL 58 PAGELAND CENTRAL 32

BISHOPVILLE – Lee Central High School closed its season with a 14-2 record with a 58-32 victory over Pageland Central on Wednesday at the LC gymnasium.

Javontae McCloud led the Stallions with 21 points. Derrick Joye had 10 points and six steals and Travis Hickson had eight points.

B TEAM BASKETBALL THOMAS SUMTER 28 ROBERT E. LEE 13 DALZELL – Thomas Sumter Academy closed its season with a 6-5 record following a 28-13 victory over Robert E. Lee Academy on Wednesday at Edens Gymnasium.

Sammy Kessinger scored 10 points to lead TSA. Landon DeLavan and Logan Long both scored six points.

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Varsity Basketball Darlington at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Hemingway, 6 p.m.

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

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Varsity and JV Basketball Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

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in each of the first two quarters.

LC head coach Dorothy Fortune is just happy to be healthy at the right time and to just be in the playoffs.

“I’m just elated to make the playoffs,” said Fortune, who lost four players to knee injuries this season. “I always tell the kids to play hard and something will work out. I tell them that all the time.

“If we keep working hard, something good will happen.”

A’yannah Lucas led LC with 15 points.

Lee Central boys will host a team from Region II on Wednesday. The Lady Stallions will be on the road Tuesday.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Korver scored a season-high 29 points and LeBron James gave the Cleveland Cavaliers a second-half energy boost, lifting the defending champs over the Indiana Pacers 132-117 on Wednesday night.

Cleveland has won the first three games on its fourgame road trip and six of its last seven overall.

James had 25 points, six rebounds and nine assists and Korver hit 8 of 9 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving had 29 points.

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Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving (2) shoots over Indiana center Myles Turner (33) during the Cavaliers’ 132-117 victory on Wednesday in Indianapolis.

SPURS 111 76ERS 103

PHILADELPHIA — Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points, Tony Parker added 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Philadelphia 76ers 111-103 on Wednesday night.

Jahlil Okafor had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Dario Saric also scored 20 for Philadelphia, which has lost five straight games.

Atlantic Coast Conference) led throughout. It is the 6-foot-10 freshman forward’s third game of 20 points or more this season.

(6) BAYLOR 72

(24) XAVIER 72

OKLAHOMA ST. 69

DEPAUL 61

STILLWATER, Okla. — Johnathan Motley scored 24 points to help No. 6 Baylor hold off Oklahoma State 72-69 on Wednesday night The Cowboys could have taken the lead in the final minute, but Baylor’s Jo LualAcuil blocked Jawun Evans’ layup. After Baylor’s Manu Lecomte made two free throws with 14 seconds to play, Evans and Phil Forte missed 3-point attempts that could have tied the game for Oklahoma State.

CINCINNATI — Trevon Bluiett scored 20 points, and No. 24 Xavier overcame its sloppy passing and pulled away to its fourth straight victory, 72-61 over DePaul on Wednesday night.

The Musketeers (18-6, 8-3 Big East) kept it close with 19 turnovers, a symptom of their lack of depth at point guard. RaShid Gaston dominated the closing minutes of the first half as Xavier finally gained control. Gaston tied his season high with 14 points overall.

(14) FLORIDA STATE 95 N.C. STATE 71

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jonathan Isaac scored 21 points and No. 14 Florida State defeated North Carolina State 95-71 on Wednesday night.

Isaac, who had only two points in last Sunday’s 48point win over Clemson, scored the first seven points as the Seminoles (21-4, 9-3

BIG 12 TO WITHHOLD REVENUE FROM BAYLOR The Big 12 says it will withhold 25 percent of Baylor’s share of conference revenue until an outside review of the athletic department determines whether the school is in compliance with conference regulations and Title IX guidelines following its sexual assault

scandal that has rocked the school.

The sanctions against Baylor are the first by the Big 12 since the school and athletic department were hit by allegations of mishandling assault cases.

The Big 12 paid out about $30 million to each conference member last year.

STANTON, JONES HEADLINE U.S. ROSTER FOR WBC LOS ANGELES — Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton and Baltimore’s Adam Jones are among the returnees on the 28-man U.S. World Baseball Classic roster, which also includes Colorado’s Nolan Arenado, Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt, San Francisco’s Buster Posey and Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen.

Cleveland reliever Andrew Miller is part of a 13man pitching staff that includes Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer, Kansas City’s Danny Duffy, Detroit’s Michael Fulmer, Oakland’s Sonny Gray, Toronto’s J.A. Happ and Marcus Stroman and Seattle’s Drew Smyly, From wire reports

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NASCAR won’t allow damaged cars to return to track

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR will not permit damaged race cars to return to the track this season unless the repairs can be made on pit road within a tight window.

The ban on wrecked race cars continuing to compete was announced Wednesday in a series of a rule updates for the 2017 season.

Beginning later this month at Daytona, if a car receives enough damage during an on-track incident that it must go to the garage for repairs, the team will not be allowed to repair it in an effort to get back on track. Damaged vehicles can be repaired on pit road during a five-minute cumulative time limit.

Under the new process: • Body repairs are limited to the removal or reattachment of original parts with fasteners and tape.

• Rods and supports may be used to reinforce original panels.

• New or previously unused body panels are prohibited.

NASCAR said the new rule prevents severely damaged race cars from returning to the track and creating a safety hazard for other teams. Under NASCAR’s new format of running

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NASCAR will have a traveling safety crew starting this season, creating a consistent medical staff that drivers have been pushing for the last several years. Also, damaged cars such as Denny Hamlin’s, above, will not be permitted back on the track. races in stages, it also means a car that wrecks in an early stage won’t be eligible to return for the final racewinning stage.

Not allowing teams to repair cars in the garage should be a significant saving on costs for teams.

It also could have cost Jimmie Johnson the 2009 title. He was involved in

OBITUARIES ARNIC J. WASHINGTON SUMMERVILLE — Arnic J. Washington, age 82, husband of Rosalee Williams Washington, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Colleton Medical Center, Walterboro.

Born in Charleston County, he was a son of the late Wallace Washington Sr. and Lucille Harley Washington.

The family will receive friends at the home, 758 E. Randolph St., Summerville.

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, Summerton.

MELVIN C. DOZIER MANNING — Melvin Carlos Dozier, 47, died on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

He was born on May 10, 1969, in Manning, a son of Charles L. and Eula Smiling Dozier.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 1292 Forest Trail, Manning.

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

MARGARET R. STURKIE Margaret R. Sturkie, 98, of Sumter, passed away on Feb. 3, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on July 21, 1918, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, to the late Cleveland Grover Rhyne and Eula Mae Broyles Rhyne. She was an active member of Shandon United Methodist Church, Columbia, before moving to Sumter, and was currently a member at Trinity United Methodist Church, Sumter. She graduated from Appalachian State University, where she played basketball and cheered. After graduation, she taught school for a number of years. She was also an avid golfer and volunteer in her community.

She is survived by her daughter, Ann Snead; granddaughter, Allison Patrick (Richard); great-granddaughter, Chandler Patrick; greatgrandson, Walker Patrick; and one sister, Lou Rhyne Beal (Elliott).

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

INEZ E. FLEMING Inez Emma Fleming, 91, widow of William R. Fleming, died on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Phillip Ward and Ila McLeod Ward. Mrs. Fleming was a member of Providence Baptist Church. She retired from

Crescent Tools with 31 years of service.

Surviving are one son, Clint Roger Fleming of Sumter; five grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Rudolph Fleming and Roy Fleming; and eight brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Harold P. Greene Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her granddaughter, 2708 Cains Mill Road.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

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

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

MIYOKO S. TEDDER Miyoko Shibata Tedder, beloved wife of the late Elmer Clifton Tedder, died on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at her residence.

Born and raised in Oshima, Japan, she was a daughter of the late Takehito Shibata and Sue Kato. Miyoko met her husband Elmer in Japan while he was stationed with the U.S. Air Force. She worked for 19 years and retired from the dining facility at Shaw Air Force Base. She enjoyed karaoke, gardening, planting flowers and spending time outside.

She was a member of a Japanese karaoke singing group for many years. Her true joy in life was spending time with her family. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Surviving are two sons, George W. Tedder and his wife, Kim, of Dalzell, and Billy J. Tedder of Sumter; one daughter, Lisa A. Logan and her husband, Jeff, of Lincoln, Nebraska; two sisters, Mitsue Kato of Okinawa, Japan, and Misako Oka of Oshima, Japan; and four grandchildren, Derek, Tanner, Stacie and Aaron.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Kazuo Kato.

A funeral service will be held at noon on Saturday at

an early accident at Texas Motor Speedway, and his crew worked feverishly in the garage to make enough repairs to get Johnson back on the track. That effort by the Hendrick Motorsports crew is widely considered to have saved his title chances.

NASCAR also announced that it will have a traveling safety crew starting

the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour before the service from 11 a.m. to noon at Bullock Funeral Home.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

SARA D. PARNELL Sara Dickerson Parnell, 95, widow of Archie William Parnell, died on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on March 30, 1921, in Darlington County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Tully Dickerson and Emma Brooks Dickerson. She went to school in Darlington and also in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mrs. Parnell was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Wesley Fellowship Class. She greatly enjoyed time there with her friends. She was a homemaker and also worked as an accountant for several small businesses in Darlington and Sumter. For a short time, she worked at the local Taxpayer Assistance Office of the Internal Revenue Service.

She is survived by her sons, Robert T. “Bobby” Parnell and Archie W. “Butch” Par-

this season, creating a consistent medical staff that drivers have been pushing for the last several years.

The safety crew will come from American Medical Response and ensure that a physician and paramedics are in the safety vehicle at all Monster Energy Cup events. AMR will also provide a small group that will travel to each race, and a physician who will serve as NASCAR’s primary doctor.

NASCAR had long relied on local emergency crews to treat drivers while rival series have dedicated teams. IndyCar’s team is lauded as the best in the business, and is credited with saving James Hinchcliffe’s life when he crashed during a 2015 practice for the Indianapolis 500. That accident raised another round of calls from NASCAR drivers for a consistent and regular crew.

“This partnership further strengthens NASCAR’s medical response capability, making our well-established, medical response system even better,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer. “AMR is a leader in the emergency services sector, and its doctors and paramedics add another layer of expertise to the immediate response team.”

nell Jr.; by her daughter-inlaw, Sarah H. Parnell; two granddaughters, Lydia Lee Parnell and Julia Emmons Parnell; and also by her niece, Irene Carrigan of Darlington.

Mrs. Parnell was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and three sisters.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Day officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospice and the caring people there.

Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

DELORIS SCOTT LAKE CITY — Deloris Scott died on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at St. John UME Church, Lake City, with the Rev. Amiri B. Hooker, pastor, officiating.

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

EVA BELL M. MAGAZINE Eva Bell McDuffie Magazine, 99, widow of the Rev. Henry Magazine Sr., departed this life on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on July 3, 1917, in Lee County, a daughter of the late Ed and Mattie Blythers McDuffie.

The family will receive friends at the home, 30 Mag

Drive, Bishopville, SC 29010.

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

ELEASE S. GRANT REMBERT — Funeral service for Elease S. Grant, 78, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Powers Funeral Home.

Ms. Grant passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

Born in Camden, she was a daughter of the late James and Gertrude Pollard Grant.

She enjoyed cooking and singing.

Surviving are her children, Daniel Grant, Dorothy Grant, Jennifer Robinson, Ricky Grant (Caroline) and Juliet Stukes (Douglas); brother, James Grant (Sonya); sisters, Nelia M. Stewart (James) and Mary Stukes (James); 11 grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; and her loving caregivers, Cathy Pollard and Clara McLeod.

She was predeceased by son, Michael Grant.

Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net.

CURTIS WILSON Curtis Wilson entered eternal rest on Feb. 8, 2017, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

The family is receiving friends at the residence of his sister, Mary Lowery, 2064 Pleasant Grove Road, Lynchburg.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

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