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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is possibly being considered for secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s lieutenant governor says a member of Donald Trump’s transition team has asked if he’s interested in being attorney general.

Henry McMaster also says he’s been told that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is being considered for secretary of state.

McMaster tells The Associated Press he was contacted Wednesday. The former U.S. attorney and two-term state attorney general declined to specify who on the team called him.

In January, McMaster became the first statewide officeholder to back Trump. His endorsement split with Haley, who endorsed and campaigned with Marco Rubio for South Carolina’s first-in-the-South presidential primary. When Rubio dropped out, she backed Ted Cruz.

Haley criticized Trump throughout the contest.

Trump won South Carolina’s primary by 10 percentage points.

McMaster says that primary victory gave Trump a “stamp of approval” and was pivotal in getting him elected.

Program eye-opening experience PRINCIPALS FOR THE DAY PARTICIPANTS Alice Drive Elementary: David Merchant, Sumter City Council and Merchant Iron Works Cherryvale Elementary: Chief Russell Roark, Sumter Police Department Crosswell Drive Elementary: Rick Jones, Logic2Performance F. J. DeLaine Elementary: Keith Ivey, Fatherhood Coalition High Hills Elementary: Capt. Michael Evans, Sumter Police Department; & John Kennedy, Shaw Air Force Base Family Liaison Kingsbury Elementary: Detra Mardis, Eaton Corp.

Lemira Elementary: Kimberly L. Rauschenbach, Palmetto Health Tuomey Manchester Elementary: Penny Pratt, SAFE Federal Credit Union Millwood Elementary: Jamie Glasscock, Glasscock Co., Inc. Oakland Primary: S.C. Sen. Thomas McElveen (DSumter) Pocalla Springs Elementary: Bob Smith, First Citizens Bank R.E. Davis Elementary: André McBride, International Paper Rafting Creek Elementary: The Rev. George P. Windley, Jr., First Baptist Missionary Church Shaw Heights Elementary: Rick Carpenter, The Sumter Item Wilder Elementary: Kevin Johnson, BD Willow Drive Elementary: Derek Burress, Community Broadcasters Alice Drive Middle: S.C. Rep. David Weeks (DSumter) Bates Middle: Janice Poplin, Thompson Construction Group, Inc. Chestnut Oaks Middle: Joe Jimenez, McAlister’s Deli Ebenezer Middle: Chuck Fienning, Sumter Packaging Furman Middle: Jimmy Byrd, Sumter County Council Hillcrest Middle: Chip Chase, FTC Mayewood Middle: Solicitor Ernest A. Finney, III Crestwood High: Lorenza Bowen, Zebra Custom Designs Lakewood High: Dusty Rhodes, Rhodes Graduation Services Sumter High: Thomas Rhodes, Rhodes Graduation Services Brewington Academy: Chief Dep. Hampton Gardner, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Sumter Career and Technology Center: Deon Guillory, WLTX News

Principal for the Day offers inside look at local schools

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Councilman David Merchant listens as Cathy Toburen gives an art lesson at Alice Drive Elementary School on Wednesday. Merchant toured the school as part of the Principal for the Day program.

BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com Sumter School District hosted its sixth annual Principal for the Day program on Wednesday at its 28 schools, and for several community leaders who participated, it was an eye-opening experience and, for one in particular, it was touching and hit

close to home.

A total of 29 community leaders — including business and industry representatives, public officials, pastors, the military, media and law enforcement — had the opportunity to walk alongside a Sumter school principal during the half-day event, visiting classrooms, talking with students and listening to student

choirs. The program concluded at noon with lunch at Crestwood High School’s Fine Arts Center, where the participants had the opportunity to share their experiences.

Detra Mardis was Principal for the Day at Kingsbury Elementary

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Relentless smoke spreads fear at edge of southern wildfires TIGER, Ga. (AP) — Thick smoke has settled over a wide area of the southern Appalachians, where dozens of uncontrolled wildfires are burning through decades of leaf litter, making people breathe in tiny bits of the forest with every gulp of air.

It’s a constant reminder of the threat to many small mountain communities, where relentless drought and now persistent fires and smoke make people feel under siege.

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“A lot of the ladies just went to tears and said this happens in other places, it doesn’t happen here,” pastor Scott Cates said as townspeople donated water, cough drops and other supplies for the firefighters at the Liberty Baptist church in the town of Tiger.

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Shaw Heights assistant principal dies FROM STAFF REPORTS Teachers at Shaw Heights Elementary School received word Wednesday that assistant principal Angela Edwards, 48, died from a sudden illness Wednesday morning.

Sumter School District did not release the cause of her death.

Counselors and social workers will be available today to assist students and staff members who need help coping with her loss, according to information from the district.

Edwards began her teaching career in Clarendon School District 2 in 1991.

From August 2001, she worked for Sumter School District as a teacher specialist, a teacher and literacy coach at Pocalla Springs Elementary School; a teacher and lead English/language arts teacher at Mayewood Middle School; a teacher, curriculum coach and assistant principal at High Hills Elementary School; and most recently as an assistant principal at Shaw Heights.

Sumter School District Superintendent J. Frank Baker said Edwards was a “treasured and respected” staff member for 15 years.

“She was extremely dedicated to the education profession and aspired to becoming a principal,” Baker said. “Angela also had an excellent rapport with her students, parents and colleagues. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are extended to her family during this very difficult time.”

Funeral arrangements are pending.

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It’s time again to ‘Shower Shaw with Cookies’ Sumter Volunteers Executive Director Jo Anne Morris reminds local volunteers that it’s time to “Shower Shaw with Cookies” for the 24th year. The purpose of the annual event, which sends hundreds of dozens of cookies to servicemen and servicewomen stationed at Shaw Air Force Base each December, is to “help spread holiday cheer.” Schools, churches and individuals bake cookies and make candy for that purpose.

Morris said the cookies should be packaged in boxes or tins and labeled with the number of cookies inside, then delivered to the Swan Lake Visitors Center between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7. They will be picked up by Shaw AFB personnel for distribution.

For more information, call Morris at (803) 775-7423.

Man sentenced to 20 years for criminal sexual conduct with minor after plea

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com On Monday, Third Judicial Circuit Judge Jeffrey Young sentenced a Sumter man to 20 years in prison after the man plead guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor for abusing his step daughter while she was under the age of 11.

According to an incident report filed in December 2015 from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the BROWN victim told a friend’s mother that her stepfather, 33-yearold Matthew R. Brown, of 1721 Ethan Stone Road in

Manning, had been forcing her to have sex with him for approximately three years.

Third Judicial Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III said in order to secure a guilty plea and conviction, the state of South Carolina reduced the charge against Brown from first to second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

If Brown were convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, he would have faced a life sentence but Judge Young gave him the maximum sentence for second degree, he said.

Brown will also have to stay on the sexual registry for the rest of his life when he is released, Finney added.

Guild donates quilts to sheriff ’s office for victims

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com On Wednesday, Swan Lake Quilt Guild donated 27 quilts created by the guild’s 35 members to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office to be given to victims when officers respond to calls.

It means a lot for the guild to think of the sheriff’s office in this way, said Sheriff Anthony Dennis.

Unfortunately, officers sometimes have to take children from their homes in different emotional states, so the blankets can be used for comfort or to cover up, Dennis said. The quilts will certainly be used, he said.

The agency usually has to purchase blankets from stores, he said. “I can’t thank the guild enough,” he said.

Dennis said the donations also show the relationship between residents and the sheriff’s office.

Pat McPhillips, secretary of Swan Lake Quilt Guild, said the group, started in 2001, donates quilts and other handmade items to local organizations every year. The guild tries to identify groups with different needs for the donations, she said.

She said the guild started on the quilts for the sheriff’s office in April.

These are not designed to be bed quilts; they’re designed to be a hug, McPhillips said. The quilts will give comfort to a child who is scared or be something an adult can hold onto, she said.

She said the guild chose bright colors and fabrics for the quilts to try to bring

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Betsy Stewart and Pat McPhillips, of the Swan Lake Quilt Guild, talk with Sheriff Anthony Dennis on Wednesday about the 27 quilts the club made for the sheriff’s office to give to people in need. some good feelings to whatever situation the receiver may be in.

If a child is taken from an emergency situation, it would be nice to be wrapped up in something pretty, something comforting, McPhillips said.

Also, the quilts are made small so that they will not take up too much room in the trunk of the officers’ vehicles, she said.

Betsy Stewart, guild presi-

dent, said some of the members donated materials while others put the quilts together. Everyone participated in one way or another, she said.

Stewart said she and the other guild members recognize that the quilts may only be used once by victims, and that’s OK. In past years, the guild has donated quilts and other items to the department of social services, the communi-

ty residential center and other organizations, she said.

Stewart said the guild will also donate larger, bed-sized quilts to another organization before the end of the year but an organization has not been chosen yet.

She said the guild meets once a month at Alice Drive Baptist Church and is always looking for new members. For more information, visit the Swan Lake Quilt Guild page on Facebook.

Settlement comment on teen’s death gets judge suspended COLUMBIA (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has suspended a judge who wrote on his Facebook page that a family’s $2 million settlement after an officer fatally shot their son was “all about the money.”

Justices unanimously accepted a sixmonth suspension for Oconee County Probate Judge Kenneth Johns. But Wednesday’s filing is retroactive to Johns’ interim suspension, meaning his disciplinary period ended last month.

Attorney Eric Bland called Johns’ ac-

tions a “stain on the justice system.”

Bland represents the family of 19-yearold Zachary Hammond, who was shot to death in July 2015 as he tried to drive away during a drug sting in a fast-food restaurant parking lot in Seneca.

Bland said the light discipline surprised him.

“This goes to the very fabric of our justice system, which has to be unbiased, free from personal opinions,” Bland said. “You should never know what a judge’s beliefs are.”

Johns did not immediately return email and voicemail messages from The AP. Justices placed Johns on interim suspension April 12 without explanation.

That decision came two weeks after Hammond’s family settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Seneca for $2.15 million.

Despite Johns’ court handling Hammond’s estate, Johns posted his opinion about the settlement, justices said in the latest filing.

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Restaurant owner: Confederate flag bad for business COLUMBIA (AP) — Tommy Daras had planned on a small ceremony Wednesday to remove the Confederate flag flying from the edge of the parking lot at his South Carolina restaurant. Then he encountered a hitch.

Two members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans showed up at the flagpole and advised Daras the group owns a small tract of land where the flag flies, deeded to them in 2005 by a former restaurant operator who kept literature supporting slavery in his barbecue joints.

Warned they could have him arrested for trespassing, Daras is now rethinking his options in his bid to replace the Confederate flag with an American flag outside his restaurant.

“I wanted to compromise. I tried to work with them,” Daras said of months of negotiations. “But I realized today they are racists, and they are bringing down my business with them.”

Daras said he had talked to the group about putting up a different Confederate flag than the current Stars and Bars, which has been embraced by racial hate groups. He said the flag flying so close to his Edisto River Creamery and Kitchen is bad for his business.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans said they fly the flag and maintain a monument to an 1865 Civil War skirmish on the tiny piece of land to honor their ancestors who fought for the South. They bristle at any suggestions of being racist, noting they can’t control what others choose to use the Confederate battle flag for elsewhere.

If Daras brings down the flag, the group plans to bring him to court, said member Carl Platts.

He stood by the flagpole for nearly an hour Wednesday until Daras gave up. In the event of legal action, he warned, “We’ll take the whole damn place” on a video broadcast live by The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg.

About a dozen police officers stood by, but there was no violence.

Daras bought the restaurant building and opened his eatery

in May 2015 at a major intersection about 50 miles south of Columbia, the state capital.

He knew the flag was there and thought nothing of it.

Then a month later, authorities say, nine African-Americans at a Charleston church were gunned down by a white man who put pictures of himself with the Confederate battle flag and writings where he said he thought blacks were inferior to whites on his website. South Carolina lawmakers pulled down the Confederate flag in front of the Statehouse within weeks, but Daras said the Sons of Confederate Veterans put a larger flag on its pole.

“That’s when it all started. I have black groups boycotting me. I have white groups angry.

I’m thinking about bringing the flag down,” Daras said.

Daras then studied his deed.

It does not mention the sliver of land at all. He bought title insurance and paid for an inspection, so he thinks legally the land is his.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans disagree.

They also have a deed showing the restaurant’s previous owner, barbecue baron Maurice Bessinger, gave 0.003 acres — or about 130 square feet of land — to the group in 2005, according to Orangeburg County’s online records.

That’s about the size of an average master bathroom in a U.S. home, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

The organization also has paid taxes on the land, according to online records.

“Until you prove this flag belongs to you, we don’t want you to mess with it,” Sons of Confederate Veterans member Buzz Braxton told Daras outside his restaurant Wednesday.

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Shown is Columbia City Ballet’s entire ensemble from the Spanish hot chocolate to red-striped candy canes, the gingerbread baker, sugar plum fairy and more in the company’s production coming to Sumter’s Patriot Hall on Saturday.

Nutcracker back at Patriot Hall

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Columbia City Ballet will open its annual tour of the Nutcracker ballet in Sumter. Performances at 3 and 7:30 p.m. will be presented Saturday at Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. The performance marks more than 30 years of CCB’s performing the popular Christmas ballet and 16 years of presenting it in Sumter.

Libby Singleton of Miss Libby’s School of Dance said more than 115 local children from several different dance schools have been rehearsing their roles as mice, cherubs, bon bons, angels, gingerbread girls, sugar plum fairy attendants and cinnamon swirls every Sunday for weeks.

“They’re really looking forward to dancing in Nutcracker for their families,” she said.

The principal roles in Nutcracker will be danced by 31 members of the CCB. CCB’s executive and artistic director William Starrett is the choreographer and also stages the ballet.

Each year he brings something new to Nutcracker, and Sumter residents will have two opportunities to witness the new additions and changes.

As Starrett always observes, “My job as the artistic director is to surpass the standards already set by the previous seasons and keep the production fresh, magical and with enough new surprises that audiences look forward to returning to Patriot Hall to see our ‘Nutcracker’ every season.

“This is an award-winning, huge production that has been evolving for over 30 years. This isn’t just a ‘go to it because your neighbor’s child is in it’ kind of thing — it’s a full professional, once-in-a-lifetime holiday experience.”

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Columbia City Ballet’s Nutcracker at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. Tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets. com, from Miss Libby’s School of Dance at 155 W. Wesmark Blvd, or at the door before each performance.

The plot of Nutcracker is quite fantastical and suspenseful. The story begins as little Clara Stahlbaum falls asleep after a family party at which her beloved godfather had given her a nutcracker. Having immediately fallen in love with the gift, it’s no wonder that in her sleeping imagination, it turns into a handsome soldier who comes to her rescue when Clara is menaced by the evil Rat King.

The amazing dream doesn’t end with her rescue; however; the Nutcracker then leads Clara to the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, where they have numerous adventures.

Alternating in the principal roles are Autumn Hill and Claire Richards as Sugar Plum Fairy; Reinaldo Vergara Soto and Camilo Herrera as Sugar Plum Cavalier; Annie Ruiz and Regina Willoughby as the Snow Queen; and Christopher Miro and Bo Busby as the Snow King.

With Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music and colorful sets and costumes, Nutcracker audiences — adults and children — always look forward to seeing the Land of Snow, the Kingdom of Sweets and all manner of unusual characters — a nutcracker who comes to life as a handsome prince, the Snow Queen, the Rat King, Spanish Hot Chocolate and more.

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Believers’ mission to shine light in dark world

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here is a sort of heat generated in the afterglow of a presidential election, and this election seems to have lit a fire in many across our nation.

I’m not only speaking about the protestors voicing their displeasure with our president-elect or those who have reacted in violence toward one another, whose political leanings stand in contrast to their own. There are also those who are completely pleased with the results and are warming to the idea of change.

There are also those with a simmering anxiety about what will happen over the course of the next several years.

But regardless of what side you find yourself on, dear believer, what should fuel your next steps should be an abiding devotion to see God’s will done through your — yes, you the individual — actions.

Each of us has the responsibility to seek the perfect will of our Heavenly Father, and to allow His guidance to order our steps.

If we wait for the culture or political climate or even leadership to change, we miss so many meaningful opportunities to be lights in a dark world (Phil. 2:15).

Far too many of us take our first cues from culture and not Scripture. This has been especially apparent as I’ve

witnessed many of my Christian friends drawn into heated arguments about their political decisions.

They allowed themselves to be baited by the rushed judgements of some newsmakers, and they rein a Faith Matters sponded less than lovJAMIE H. ing way. My WILSON prayer is that you and I can avoid these and similar actions that would singe our testimony of a loving and merciful God. I recently read a bit of

Scripture that perfectly encapsulates what should be the attitude of the believers as we navigate our current political situation. Here it is in its entirety: “Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.” (2 Tim. 2:23-25, ESV) Truth is our goal, but it’s important that it is delivered in a God-honoring way. We shouldn’t have to leave this

grand discussion, but we should stand as representatives of our faith, our God, in the way we participate.

In last week’s Faith Matters column, I advocated for a specific prayer: for a group of wise advisors to surround the president-elect as he takes office in January. I’m now extending that same prayer request to believers around the world — that we would surround ourselves with wisdom, so that even in the heat of the moment, we can bear witness to the all-consuming love of our God. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.

Catholic bishops seeking humane immigration policies BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Monday urged President-elect Donald Trump to adopt humane policies toward immigrants and refugees, as church leaders begin navigating what will likely be a complex relationship with the new administration.

Meeting just days after the election, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said serving people fleeing violence and conflict “is part of our identity as Catholics” and pledged to continue this ministry.

“We stand ready to work with a new administration to continue to ensure that refugees are humanely welcomed without sacrificing our security or our core values as Americans. A duty to welcome and protect newcomers, particularly refugees, is an integral part of our mission to help our neighbors in need,” the bishops said.

Trump had said during the campaign that he would build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and immediately deport all 11 million people in the country illegally, though he later distanced himself from that position.

In an interview that aired last Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” he said he would focus on deporting people with criminal records beyond their immigrant status, “probably two million, it could even be three million.”

Trump also told “60 Minutes” that his promised solid border wall might look more like a fence in spots. House Speaker Paul Ryan rejected any “deportation force” targeting people in the country illegally.

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Members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops attend the USCCB’s annual fall meeting Monday in Baltimore. The bishops opened their meeting by urging President-elect Donald Trump to adopt humane policies toward immigrants and refugees.

In a speech at the Baltimore assembly, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the bishops’ conference, underscored that protecting refugees would remain a priority. He also highlighted an area where the bishops may find more common ground with Trump.

Kurtz noted the importance of conscience rights for people who do not want to recognize same-sex marriage or comply with other laws they consider immoral. Trump has pledged to appoint anti-abortion justices to the U.S. Supreme Court and protect religious liberty.

“Don’t allow government to define what integrity of faith means,” Kurtz

CHURCH NEWS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph LemonDingle Road, Jordan community, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 11 — Mass choir anniversary program at 10 a.m.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — The 11th pastoral anniversary celebration of Pastor Daniel Bennett Jr. at 11 a.m. The Rev. Leroy Blanding will speak.

Community Church of Praise, 562 S. Pike Road, announces: * Friday — Glory night at 7:30 p.m. Minister Jowers, of McBee, will speak.

Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St., announces: * Sunday — The 10th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

Bishop Sylvester Francis will speak.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Please note correction in date for Coats for Christ giveaway 8-11 a.m. in the fellowship hall.

Anyone in need may get one gently used coat per family

member. No application or qualifications. Also offering gently used blankets, sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, and jackets. Call (803) 469-0160.

Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1981 Florence Highway, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Evangelist prophetess Ella Ingram will speak at 3 p.m.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Sunday — The 148th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 10:45 a.m.

The Rev. Aaron Vaughn, pastor of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, will speak.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Today-Friday — Women’s revival at 7 nightly. Various speakers. * Sunday — Deacon and deaconess anniversary program during morning worship. The Rev. Dr. Katie Roach will speak.

Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The 10th pastoral anniversary of Pastor and Mrs. Richard Addison

said. Dozens of dioceses and Catholic charities sued President Obama over the Affordable Care Act requirement that employers provide coverage for birth control.

After being on the defensive with Obama over abortion, LGBT rights and other issues, some conservative Catholics are optimistic about the chances for a rollback on some policies, such as the birth-control rule.

Still, they are deeply concerned about the plight of immigrants after a brutal election in which Trump called Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals and urged a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., although he later watered down that proposal.

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Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Sunday — The 142nd anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Adult choir anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. The Rev. Eugene G. Dennis will speak.

New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday — The ninth anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Pastor Linda M. Speed, of Kingdom Impact Worship Center, will speak.

Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Mass choir anniversary program at 3 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 4 — Steward’s annual day will be observed during 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Dec. 25 — Christmas morning worship at 9 a.m. featuring a Christmas concert. * Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017 — New Year’s worship at 9 a.m. * Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 — Gospel fest at 3 p.m. featuring the Singing Cousins and others.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Widows / widowers ministry anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Angela Edwards will speak.

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Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday — Thanksgiving service at 6:30 p.m. Dinner to follow. * Monday — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m.

Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Tuesday, Nov. 29 — Healthy living 11 a.m.-noon with Selena R. Smith of the Sumter Fire Department.

Shabach Ministries, 526 W. Boyce St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Consecration service at 3:30 p.m.

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Triumph Ministries, 3632 Broad St. Ext., announces: * Friday — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Apostle Frankie Perry will speak.

Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Homecoming celebration at 11 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Gloria S. Robinson, retired pastor of First Church of God of Darlington, will speak.

Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 A/B Sumter Landing Road, Horatio, announces: * Sunday — Class of 1961, former Ebenezer High School, will visit. Also, Thanksgiving celebration and dinner. Church school begins at 8:45 a.m., followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Male choir will provide music.

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About four in 10 U.S. Catholics are Latino, and Hispanics are already a majority in several dioceses.

Archbishop Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis had opposed a request from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, now the vice-president elect, that the Catholic church stop settling Syrian refugees in the state. Tobin will be made a cardinal Sunday by the pope.

“We’ve just begun a conversation about how we’re going to move forward,” under Trump, said Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington, Vermont. Coyne said the bishops have known how to deal with Democrats and Republicans previously in the White House, but “this election has thrown all that out the window.”

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami has tried to reassure local Catholics by pointing back to the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan was first elected, and panic spread through the Haitian community.

Reagan eventually signed immigration reform that enhanced border security, but also created an opening for some immigrants to stay in the U.S. who had entered the country illegally.

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Civics getting renewed attention in schools HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The incumbent governor ran on a kindness platform and is just finishing up a year of public appearances and speeches. The candidates vying to succeed her are focusing their campaigns on issues, including homelessness, recycling and bullying prevention.

Welcome to politics, elementaryschool style.

Seven candidates are running to be the fifth-grade “kid governor” of Connecticut in an election that seeks to spark deeper interest for all students in government and civics, subjects getting less attention in American schools today than in earlier decades.

Similar efforts have sprouted as education-focused nonprofits and schools aim to prepare better-engaged citizens.

Advocates say a need for more civic instruction has been apparent for years but was highlighted by the low voter turnout and acrid tone in the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

“Effective civics learning promotes civil discourse. Effective civics learning helps students develop the ability to discuss controversial issues respectfully. That seemed to be in very short supply in the election we’ve just gone through,” said Ted McConnell, executive director of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. “Basic civics knowledge is wanting throughout our country.”

After years of decline, many efforts are underway to restore the role advocates say schools were intended to play in teaching students their rights and responsibilities as citizens.

The decline in schools began in the 1950s and accelerated in the 2000s as schools emphasized courses with more bearing on testing under No Child Left Behind, McConnell said.

Where high schools once taught three civics courses, he said, it is generally down to one.

• Illinois, which had been among less than a dozen states without a civics requirement, required at least a semester of instruction for students to graduate beginning this year.

• Nonprofit groups such as Generation Citizen and Discovering Justice have mobilized volunteers to help high school teachers run action-oriented civics projects and teach the importance of good citizenship.

• States including California, Connecticut and New York have updated their social studies frameworks to put more emphasis on civics and participatory skills.

In Connecticut, 4,400 fifth-graders from 45 cities and towns voted to choose the kid governor. The program, which also includes in-class lessons about government and engaging with community issues, was launched last year by the Connecticut Public Affairs Network, with sponsorship by the state Department of Education.

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Elena Tipton, of East Hartford, Connecticut, is seen in the former governor’s office at the Old State House in Hartford. Tipton, 11, was elected as Connecticut’s kid governor in 2015. Seven candidates have been campaigning for the votes of their fellow fifth-graders across Connecticut to succeed Tipton in the November 2016 election. The program’s goal is to spark deeper interest for all students in government and civics.

The winner serves a one-year term.

Responsibilities include developing a plan to deliver on campaign promises, keeping up a blog highlighting other students’ efforts to make a difference,

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Lutheran - ELCA St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 David W. Day, Pastor Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary Service 11:15 am 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 St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study 11:00 am 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 Abundant Life Kingdom Ministries 301 Crosswell Drive, Sumter Pastor Dion E. Price 803-468-1567 Sunday Morning 10:00 am 1st & 3rd Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am Intercessory Prayer Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street

and making public appearances and speeches.

The current kid governor, Elena Tipton, 11, of East Hartford, was elected last year on a kindness platform.

She said she originally planned a campaign focused on bullying prevention, but said that would be giving bullies the attention that they want.

“The best part about it is that I get to go around and meet all these different people and learn what they do to be kind,” Elena said.

Research has shown that civics education, including discussions of current events, increases the likelihood young people will vote, said Peter Levine, an associate dean at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. There also is evidence, he said, that when children are engaged, their parents are more likely to vote.

The framework adopted last year in Connecticut urges schools to teach civics throughout the curriculum, and not just in high school. A new initiative with the secretary of the state’s office will recognize schools that taught the 2016 elections in innovative ways.

Brian Cofrancesco, who runs the kid governor program, said it helps children understand the democratic process and the value of their own voice.

“Kids are realizing,” he said, “every vote really does matter.”

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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

Westminster Presbyterian Church 230 Alice Dr., Sumter • 803-773-7235 Pastor Stuart Mizelle Sunday School 9:15 am Worship Service 10:30 am

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

Presbyterian USA 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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Children learn about careers at SECC Center gives students role models from community

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — From firefighting to law enforcement, to nursing and dental assisting, Summerton Early Childhood Center students learned about various career fields on Wednesday at the school.

The goal of the annual event is for students to get exposed to careers while also learning the importance of those jobs, said Malqueen Bellinger, school guidance counselor.

The effort was part of National Career Education Week, she said.

“By exposing the children to different career fields, it gives them an insight on what they need to do to prepare themselves,” said Ann Blackmon, the school’s 201617 Teacher of the Year. “It also gives them an opportunity to see positive role models from the community.”

Clarendon County Fire Department firefighters Paul Shipp, Narongsak Saengjunt and Capt. Michael Johnson, spoke with the children about their profession as well as fire safety and what to do during a fire.

Shipp practiced a drill with the children, saying “when smoke goes up,” and the children would say “you go down,” while they crouched down. He also gave them a tour of a fire truck and spoke on what the use of each equipment piece was for.

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Above, Clarendon County Fire Department firefighter Paul Shipp gives a hand to Sincere Dixon after the kindergarten student finishes exploring the department’s fire truck. Shipp spoke at Career Day at Summerton Early Childhood Center on Wednesday. Below, Tegan Raymond, 6, a student at the center, tries out the Manning Police Department Lt. Donell Dixon’s driver’s seat at Career Day. ed about the career of a police officer. He also spoke on the importance of school and the consequences of bullying.

“We also want children to not be afraid of police officers, to let them know that we’re always there to help,” Dixon said.

Chelsea Davis, a dental assistant, talked about her job at Smiles for a Lifetime in Clarendon County. The organization offers low-income children access to free dental care. This is a school-based dental clinic for students in Clarendon School District 1 and Clarendon School District 2. Clarendon School District 1 is located behind

Scott’s Branch Middle-High School in Summerton, and Clarendon School District 2’s location is at Manning Primary School in Manning.

“I just want to encourage each child to to go see a dentist,” she said. “There are many parents who do not send their child to the dentist, in some cases due to the cost. Well, with us, we’re a free service, we’re here to help.”

Davis also spoke with the children on the importance of brushing their teeth, changing their toothbrush and other dental hygiene.

Princess Lang, deputy director of Clarendon County Voter Registration and Elec-

tions, spoke with the children on how the voting process works and explained the roles of political leaders.

Lang also did a mock election in which the students voted on their pizza of choice, cheese or pepperoni.

New industry coming to Clarendon; announcement Tuesday

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County Council approved third and final reading of a fee-in-lieu agreement at Monday’s meeting for two separate projects of an industry that will be coming to the county in the near future.

The name of the company, location, number of jobs and other details will be disclosed by the South Carolina Department of Commerce on Tuesday, said George Kosinski, Clarendon County Development Board executive director. Kosinki said another company, with plans to come to the county, would also be disclosed Dec. 15.

First reading of the fee-in-lieu agreement was held in September and second reading and a public hearing was held in October. Companies must invest at least $2.5 million in South Carolina to negotiate for fee-in-lieu of property taxes, according to the South Carolina Department of Revenue website, www. dor.sc.gov. The company must make the $2.5 million investment within a five-year period to qualify, according to the website. During that period, all property that is placed in ser-

vice pursuant to the agreement is subject to a fee instead of ad valorem property taxes.

The county also approved first reading of an ordinance authorizing an amendment to the master agreement governing the Clarendon-Sumter Industrial Park. If the ordinance passes another two readings and a public hearing, it would authorize the county to set up an infrastructure fund funded by a portion of certain fee-in-lieu of tax revenues, said Clarendon County Administrator David Epperson. The ordinance would authorize the county to use the fund for general infrastructure of the county and other related matters, Epperson said.

“This is a revision to the distribution method we have now dealing with multi-county parks,” he said.

“Currently, when we enter into a multi-county park agreement, 1 percent of any fee-in-lieu of taxes generated in Clarendon County goes to Sumter County. What we’re asking to do is to amend that fee to also have 20 percent of the fee-in-lieu go to an infrastructural fund created for infrastructure projects within Clarendon County.”

Epperson said this money could

be used by county administration and for economic development purposes, he said.

Council also approved third and final reading of an ordinance authorizing the county to finance and purchase four new patrol vehicles for the Clarendon County Sheriff ’s Office and related equipment in an amount not exceeding $250,000.

Epperson also spoke on the Sunday alcohol sales referendum, which citizens voted for in the Nov. 8 election. Epperson said 7,435 voted in favor of the referendum, and 4,465 were opposed to it.

He said he would forward the information to the S.C. Dept. of Revenue.

The referendum would apply to businesses that already sell alcohol. The businesses will be able to apply for a permit to sell alcohol on Sunday.

In other news, Jamie Welch, chairman of the Harvin Clarendon County Library Board, asked the county for an increase in funding for the library.

“We’ve seen an increase in health insurance and retirement costs since 2010,” Welch said.

That increase has been about $42,000 per year, he said.

Welch said the increase has been

absorbed by replacing three retiring employees with one full-time and one part-time employee and the use of library sharing programs.

He said the library could be potentially out of compliance with state regulations for state funding in the next fiscal year.

Areas of noncompliance could include an imbalance in personnel, largely due to increases in insurance and retirement expenses, he said. The second area of noncompliance would be having the director also serve as the librarian.

“We need at least another parttime librarian,” he said.

Welch said what is at risk is losing $75,000 from the state and uncollected lottery money.

“Without that funding, we could be in a situation where we would potentially have to cut our staff, cut the bookmobile or potentially cut hours at the library,” he said. “Instead of that drastic measure, we’re asking for an annual increase of $50,000 per year from the county.”

The funding also would give opportunities to add additional services, he said.

The library receives more than 60,000 visits per year, he said.

Alcolu’s Mary Ellen Fuller elected to S.C. Humanities Board FROM STAFF REPORTS Alcolu resident Mary Ellen Fuller has been elected to a three-year term on the South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors.

Fuller was elected at the September board meeting in Columbia and began her term Nov. 1.

In her new position, she represents the entire state, with concentration on Lee,

Clarendon and Sumter counties.

Fuller has lived in South Carolina for more than 20 FULLER years. She first moved to Fort Mill as design director for Springs Industries.

It was her career in home furnishings that immersed her within the arts commu-

nity by guiding world-wide artists and recognizing and promoting their talents, she said.

Her travels have led her to create concepts for clients in the United States and other countries.

She won the industry’s “Oscar” for those efforts.

Fuller spearheaded the S.C. Humanities Festival for Sumter County in 2011. She has also curated a sculpture

exhibit and a photography/ poetry exhibit at Patriot Hall in Sumter.

Fuller is the daughter of a Cold War-era attorney and negotiator James B. Donovan, whose role in the trial and exchange of spies is the subject of the 2015 Steven Spielberg film “Bridge of Spies.” Donovan’s book “Strangers on a Bridge,” is a first-hand account of the same historical events, and a

No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

S.C. Humanities is the state-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Governed by 23 volunteer public and academic members, the organization awards more than $200,000 annually in grants for statewide programs and sponsors the annual South Carolina Humanities Festival.

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Southern-style greens tasty and nutritious

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at your greens!”

Momma, maybe even Grandma, told you when you were just a little tyke being a bit picky about what was on your plate.

If you are one of the lucky ones, you tasted those greens and got hooked because Momma was a good cook.

If you have made it to adulthood and sadly deprived yourself of greens, maybe it’s time to pay them a visit. Your immune system and your taste buds will appreciate this health food.

Greens such as mustard, collards and turnips belong to a family of plants called crucifers. Others relatives include broccoli, cabbage and endive, to name a few. Lettuces are also crucifers, but are not as nutritious as their cousins.

Greens are good sources of vitamins C, A and E, which are antioxidants known to fight cancer. Antioxidants protect the body by neutralizing free radicals.

Most leafy greens are excellent sources of calcium, which is good news for those who

have trouble consuming dairy products. A half cup of cooked collards has only 18 calories and turnip greens Nancy have approximately the Harrison same. Greens RETIRED also contribCLEMSON ute iron and EXTENSION fiber to the AGENT diet.

Reaping your rewards from leafy greens means looking for the darkest greens (and reds). Many types of colored leafy plants — especially kale, collards and others in the cabbage family — are rich in beta carotene, vitamin C, folate and other substances that may protect against cancer, heart disease and a host of other conditions. Cooking greens are also good sources of fiber and of various minerals, particularly iron and calcium: collards and turnip greens top the charts for calcium. In some countries, such as China, whose populations eat primarily vegetarian

diets, greens can supply their total calcium needs. Although beet greens, spinach and Swiss chard contain calcium, it should be noted that they also contain substances called oxalates, which prevent calcium from being properly absorbed.

This is no reason to throw away these greens; they are rich sources of beta carotene, which is an important healthpromoting antioxidant carotenoid.

When selecting turnip greens, pick those that are about the size of your hand and are bright green and crisp.

Collards are considerably larger of course, but shoppers should still look for signs of freshness, including crisp stems and pliable but not droopy leaves. Avoid all greens that are wilted or have brown spots or are slick in any way.

Wash greens in cool water by filling a clean kitchen sink and then submerging the leaves several times. This will loosen any dirt hiding in the leaf crinkles. Empty the sink and repeat the process a couple of times.

Remove stems and any bad places and then you can either

store the greens or cook them.

To store greens, simply wrap the leaves in damp paper towels and place them in a perforated plastic bag in the refrigerator. Greens should keep in good condition like this for up to five days.

After you’ve cleaned your greens, you could also freeze then for later use. Blanch them for two minutes to stop the enzyme action (this action is what causes any fruit or vegetable to mature, ripen and eventually deteriorate.) Drain and cool, then package the greens in a freezer container, leaving a half inch of head space. Seal and freeze. They will keep for several months when stored in this manner.

When it comes to cooking greens, less is more. The longer the greens cook, the more the water soluble vitamins are lost in the cooking liquid.

That’s not a problem if you plan to eat the pot liquor along with the greens, but if you’re not, be aware that you’re leaving a lot of nutrition behind in the pot.

Greens will cook down considerably and lose up to at least a quarter of their origi-

nal volume, so plan accordingly when you’re cooking for your family.

Mild-flavored greens like spinach can be steamed or stir-fried in a few minutes with just the water that clings to the leaves. Stronger-flavored greens like collards, mustard or turnip greens benefit from longer cooking with a seasoned broth. They should also be blanched before adding to soups or stews, otherwise a bitter flavor will predominate.

A traditional Southern cook would add huge portions of fatback or salt pork to their greens, but this is falling out of favor for more nutritious cooking techniques. Seasoned broths, like chicken stock, chunks of lean ham, a ham bone, or bouillion cubes are good ways to add flavor without adding fat and calories to greens.

Traditionally, greens have been served with some variety of dried bean (pinto, blackeye, navy beans), and a pan of cornbread. This makes a low cost meal that offers good nutrition for a family as well as a taste of Southern cooking.

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Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-14-00556 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as trustee for Green Tree 2008-MH1 Plaintiff, -vsThe Estate of Carrie Wells a/k/a Carrie L. Wells, by and through its Personal Representative, whose name is unknown, and all Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a case designated as John Doe; and any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe; The Estate of Richard Canty Sr., by and through its Personal Representative, whose name is unknown, and all Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a case designated as John Doe; and any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe; Regina Wells-Colclough,Heir-at-Law Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as trustee for Green Tree 2008-MH1 vs. The Estate of Carrie Wells a/k/a Carrie L. Wells, by and through its Personal Representative, whose name is unknown, and all Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a case

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designated as John Doe; and any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe; The Estate of Richard Canty Sr., by and through its Personal Representative, whose name is unknown, and all Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a case designated as John Doe; and any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe; Regina Wells-Colclough,Heir-a t-Law., I, Frances Ricci Land Welch, as Special Referee for Clarendon County, will sell on December 5, 2016, at 11:00 am, at the Clarendon County Courthouse, 3 West Keitt St, Manning, SC 29102, to the highest bidder:

and will be treated as a fixture.

Borrower also declares that the wheels, axles, and hitches have been removed and that the mobile home is connected to utilities. It is expressly agreed that the Lender reserves an interest in the mobile home both under the real property laws and the laws relating to motor vehicles and personal property.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, of St. Marks Road Subdivision, Section II, and bounding, now or formerly as follows: On the North by Lot No. 5 on that plat referred to; on the East by property of Thomas Boyd Rhame; on the South by Lot No. 3 on that Plat hereinafter referred to; and on the West by St. Marks Road.

Said property being Lot No. 4 on that Plat by R.G. Mathis Land Surveying dated October 28, 1991 and recorded in Clarendon County Plat Book S-48, at Page 309.

TMS: 053-00-01-110 ALSO: All that certain piece, parcel of Lot of land lying, being and situate in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina and bounding now or formerly as follows: On the North by property of Thomas Boyd Rhame; On the East by property of Thomas Boyd Rhame; on the South by Lot No. 4 above described; and on the West by St. Marks Road.

Said Lot being Lot No. 5 on that Plat

by R.G. Mathis Land Surveying dated October 28, 1991 and recorded in Clarendon County Plat Book S-48 at Page 307.

TMS: 053-00-01-109 Being the same property conveyed to Richard Canty herein by deed of Emma Lee S. Rhames, dated May 13, 1996, and recorded May 14, 1996, in Book A292, Page 214, in the RMC Office for Clarendon County, SC. Also, being the same property conveyed to Richard Canty, Sr. and Carrie Wells by deed of Richard Canty, dated August 4, 1998, and recorded on 8-11-1998 in Book A353, at Page 171, in the RMC Office for Clarendon County.

Note: The lien of this mortgage shall attach to a 1986 Guerdon Mobile Home currently located on the property. Borrower and Lender intend that the mobile home lose its nature as personal property and become real property. Borrower declares that the above described mobile home will remain permanently affixed to the property

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GDWVGA118642385A&B 1986 Guerdon Mobile Home

TMS #: 053-00-01-110 and 053-00-01-109 Physical Address: 1066 St. Marks Rd., Pinewood, SC 29125

not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 12.24% per annum.

Frances Ricci Land Welch Special Referee for Clarendon County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

Mobile Home: GDWVGA118642385A&B 1986 Guerdon Mobile Home SUBJECT TO CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will

Estate Notice Clarendon County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Patricia Marie Truluck Flowers #2016ES1400238 Personal Representative: Steven Darrell Flowers 1319 Peggy Lane Manning, SC 29102 11/03/16-11/17/16

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As human resources manager at Eaton Corp., a leading manufacturer in Sumter, she sees the end product of the local school system every day.

Wednesday she was able to get a view from the front side, shadowing Kingsbury Principal Phillip Jackson and visiting students.

“Kingsbury Elementary really knows how to roll out the red carpet,” Mardis said. “I was able to see a lot of focus on science and technology, which was interesting for me considering my work at Eaton. It was great to see the students so excited to be doing their assignments.”

For International Paper Plant Manager André McBride, he was also impressed with the students during his visit to R.E. Davis Elementary.

“It was an awesome and refreshing experience for me,” McBride said. “The most memorable part was seeing the kids have such proper manners — ‘Yes, sir,’ ‘No, sir’ — at such a young age. I visited every classroom. The high-

light for me was seeing the first graders go to the Promethean board and reading along with their teachers.”

For David Merchant, president of Merchant Iron Works Inc. and also a Sumter City Council member, he was able to visit Alice Drive Elementary, where two of his children attend school.

“What I will remember the most was visiting the Reading Recovery Program,” Merchant said. “My child went into first grade at Alice Drive and couldn’t read but just a few words and came out and could read. It was because of this program.”

Merchant was overwhelmed Wednesday by the time and effort put in by the teachers and staff to get the students up to grade level in the program.

“The teachers were telling me how much they work with the children in the program,” Merchant said. “I told them, ‘It worked for my child. You don’t have to tell me.’ The work they do at addressing each child’s needs is really amazing. The event today really exceeded my expectations.”

Prosecution rests its case in black motorist’s death CHARLESTON (AP) — The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the murder trial of a white former South Carolina patrolman after showing jurors an animation of the shooting of a black motorist and a 3-D computerized scan of the scene.

Fired North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager is charged in the April 2015 shooting of 50-year-old Walter Scott, who ran unarmed from a traffic stop.

Cellphone video of the shooting recorded by a bystander shows Scott being shot five times in the back by Slager from yards away. It stunned the nation and was seen worldwide on the internet.

The animation of the shooting was compiled by government witness Bill Williams, who recreates crime scenes.

The animation was created by melding cellphone and dashcam video, police radio chatter and drone footage of the scene. Williams testified that he spent 500 hours putting it together and was SLAGER paid $15,000 by the state.

Prosecutors had said that Williams would be their last witness but then, before resting, called South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Agent James Tallon, who showed the jury of 11 whites and one black a 3-D scan of the crime scene.

The shooting animation opens with dashcam video from Slager’s cruiser showing Slager pulling over Scott’s 1990 Mercedes for a broken tail light.

After Scott is seen running from the car, the animation switches to aerial drone footage of the path into a vacant lot down in which Slager chased Scott, and locations where evidence was found and Slager fired his Taser.

Those locations are noted on the screen and subtitles are shown when there are police calls. The animation closes with the bystander’s cellphone video of Scott being shot.

The state called 32 witnesses during nine days in the trial, which is expected to continue into next week.

After the prosecution rested, defense attorney Andy Savage asked Circuit Judge Clifton Newman to dismiss the case.

Savage argued that the prosecution had not shown there was malice on Slager’s part as required by South Carolina law to convict on a murder charge.

But the judge ruled that the jury could infer malice from the fact that a deadly weapon was used, and that Scott was shot in the back.

The first defense witness was David Hallimore, an audio expert who played enhanced audio from Slager’s uniform microphone taken at the time of the incident. Slager can be heard shouting “Taser! Taser!

Taser!” as he ran after Scott.

The defense contends that Slager fired his weapon after the two men wrestled on the ground, and Scott got a hold of Slager’s stun gun.

The Slager trial continues against a backdrop of other highly publicized cases involving blacks kill by police officers.

On Wednesday a police officer from St. Anthony, Minnesota was charged with seconddegree manslaughter in the killing of a black motorist during a traffic stop last July. The aftermath was streamed live on Facebook by the victim’s girlfriend who was with him.

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Firefighters walk down a dirt road a wildfire burns a hillside Tuesday in Clayton, Ga. Thick smoke has settled over a wide area of the southern Appalachians, where dozens of uncontrolled wildfires are burning through decades of leaf litter.

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contain the blazes in the forests, where Keener said a burning ember fell into one firefighter’s eye.

“Anybody that’s outside of their homes is going to have to have something that will basically lubricate their throats — cough drops, lozenges or even a stick of peppermint,” Free said. “Just to get a little lubricant in your eyes is something that’s needed daily because of the smoke.”

Tom Stokesberry, an emergency medical technician from Six Rivers National Forest in California, arrived in north Georgia on Veterans Day. “The goal is to keep this line intact,” Stokesberry said, pointing to a narrow, winding dirt road between a burning mountainside and a pasture that, so far, has been untouched by the fire. Just beyond it is a farmhouse. It wasn’t clear whether the property had been evacuated.

The smoke is hiding the sun in town, but out at the fire’s edge, it appears in the sky, and it is blood red.

“We call that the red eye of the dragon,” Collum says.

but these fires are clinging to the ground and actively burning 24 hours a day, said firefighter Chad Cullum of Billings, Montana.

Cullum spoke briefly, as flames rolled down a mountainside behind him. Then he ordered everyone to get out. “We need to leave,” he said sternly, ushering people to move down a rocky dirt road.

Tim Free, a lifelong resident, broke down with emotion as he described how elderly neighbors are struggling with relentless smoke, so thick it blocks the sun.

“Everybody is pulling together,” Free said as more donations arrived at the church. “That’s where you see your community pull together, and that’s what we’re fortunate to have here is people who care about people.”

Inside the church, where several women were assembling care packages, Brittany Keener said “we really need lubricating eye drops!”

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH A full week before Thanksgiving, the Thursday night schedule has been completely reshuffled. Two ABC dramas are going into winter hibernation.

The prospect of prison offers Alex a moment of clarity on the midseason finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC). And revelations about the house fire offer more than smoke on the midseason finale of “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC).

CBS has concluded its run of “Thursday Night Football.” Now it’s NBC’s turn. First up, the Carolina Panthers host the New Orleans Saints (8:20 p.m.). Games will air on both NBC and the NFL Network and stream on Twitter through Dec. 22. For whatever reason, next week’s Thanksgiving night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts is not listed on the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football” schedule.

But rest assured, it’s a game

airing on NBC on a Thursday night. These NFL-network agreements have a logic all their own.

A recent column about declining prime-time NFL ratings received any number of thoughtful replies, suggestions and conversations. People seem to think there is simply too much football on TV, too much officiating within games and too many prime-time games that feature subpar teams. People have cited the distraction of a major election and the proliferation of streaming. But there were probably just as many chances to stream programming last year.

Curiously, against all of this football, Fox continues to air its flawed but entertaining melodrama about baseball. Tonight on “Pitch” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14), tedium leads to tension during a prolonged rain delay.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Praise for a rival irks Shel-

don on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• A murdered food truck vendor had links to Slade on “Rosewood” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14).

• Jack’s clutter proves revealing on “The Great Indoors” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• Jake works tirelessly to clear the daughter of a former news anchor on “Notorious” (9 p.m., ABC).

• Sent to an idyllic small town to shut down a cookie company, a corporate honcho’s Scrooge-like resolve crumbles when she becomes smitten with the factory’s owner in the high fructose 2016 holiday bauble “Christmas Cookies” (8 p.m., Hallmark), starring Jill Wagner and Wes Brown.

• The multipart mystery “Undercover” (8 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14) airs three consecutive episodes.

• “True Life” (9 p.m., MTV, TV14) profiles people transitioning from one gender to another. Followed by “Transformation”

(10 p.m., MTV, TV-PG), a look at homeless transgender youth in Los Angeles.

• A cancer case becomes very personal on “Pure Genius” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Tess tiptoes into her mother’s dreams on “Falling Water” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE High school students (Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson) form an odd bond with a record-collecting loner (Steve Buscemi) in the 2001 adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel “Ghost World” (7:05 p.m., HBO Signature).

SERIES NOTES Time travel in the Wild West on “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Worries about Roscoe’s habits on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A demon sharpshooter takes aim on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Lessons in thrift prove

arousing on “Life in Pieces” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

LATE NIGHT Adam Sandler, David Spade, Nick Swardson, Norm Macdonald and Rob Schneider are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Amy Adams, Simone Biles and Jeff “the Bear Man” Watson on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon and Miranda Lambert on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Billy Crystal, Jeezy and French Montana appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Rebecca Romijn and Michael Che visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain and Iliza Shlesinger appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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Guess who’s coming to the White House W ASHINGTON — If you’d never heard of Steve Bannon before Tuesday, you have now.

All the world is suddenly abuzz with news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Bannon, formerly executive chairman at the right-wing website Breitbart News, as his chief White House strategist and senior counselor.

Alt-right “conservatives” and white supremacists are jubilant; the rest of the world, inKathleen cluding Parker many Republicans, is nearly apoplectic. Even Glenn Beck, who seems finally to have found the right meds, says Bannon is a “nightmare” and once compared him to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Suffice it to say, there’s no love lost between Beck and the Breitbart Boys.

Between such virulent reactions and selective quotes from Bannon’s body of work, including a Sirius XM radio show that immediately preceded Beck’s, a Bannon narrative has emerged: He’s a racist, xenophobic, misogynist, anti-Semitic nationalist — very much, in other words, like his boss, the soon-to-be president of the United States.

If true.

Already, some reporters seem to be backing away from such specific and explicit characterizations, noting that it’s unclear whether Bannon himself is all of these things or whether his

association with those who are via Breitbart postings inferentially makes him so.

It’s an interesting difference with a possible distinction.

I’ve never met Bannon. If he’s charming, his apparent efforts to conceal it are effective. Photos of him show a disheveled, shaggy-haired man in need of a shave who appears to have slept in his clothes, possibly on a sidewalk grate.

Not that we should judge people by their looks, but we do — until there’s reason not to. Thus far, except for a few narrative-affirming anecdotes by people who claim bad experiences with him -and resume items that provoke cognitive dissonance — Bannon is inscrutable.

The operative question for any thinking person is: If Bannon is any of those things mentioned above, what would it mean for the country, our policies, the nation’s temperament and that most sacred of American pursuits — unity?

As children walk out of schools and protesters stage daily rallies, while women plot to march on Washington the day after Inauguration Day, unity seems an improbable goal.

But what if Bannon isn’t all those things? Are we even allowed to wonder? Once a narrative is launched, it’s nearly heretical to question it.

I’m not defending; I’m just asking. Is it possible to allow white supremacists and woman-haters to traffic on your website and still be considered something less awful? I asked a few people who have known him well for some time if there’s more to Bannon than meets the eye.

There usually is, isn’t there?

A few words used to describe him, irrespective of his website’s fan club or the virtual company he keeps, include: “gentleman,” “strategist,” “always polite,” “brilliant,” “fighter,” “activist,” “articulate,” as well as “I don’t trust him.”

One person who has known and worked with him the past 15 years said that when she reads about Bannon in the newspaper, she thinks she must be reading about someone else. “He was never like that with me. I only knew him to be a passionate fighter. He’s all about freedom.” Constitutionally speaking, according to original intent, she clarified.

In the resume column, Bannon is a former Goldman Sachs banker who holds an MBA from Harvard. He’s also a documentarian with

eight films — some would say right-wing propaganda movies — to his credit, including one about Ronald Reagan confronting communism, “In the Face of Evil,” that highlights the markers of totalitarian states, chiefly the repression of free speech (he should know?) and religion. Another was produced in partnership with its subject, Sarah Palin, to rebrand her following her tragic experience in the national spotlight.

Bannon, who is Catholic, is ardent about religious liberty, as Trump has promised to be. But Trump has also promised to clamp down on the media, which would have to include Breitbart, which invites the worst sorts of expression. One recent headline that has women ripping their hair out: “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive

and Crazy.” They should probably have read the story, which was a cheeky dissertation by British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, a selfproclaimed “dangerous faggot,” who, among other things, is never to be taken seriously.

Bannon may or may not be like “Breitbart people,” but he has been willing to strategically encourage people’s hate as a way of inciting them to action. How these methods will manifest themselves in the White House remains to be seen. But we can uncomfortably imagine that Trump under Bannon’s direction will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.

Good luck, everybody.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

Draw the curtain on the Democrats’ theater of pointless gestures

W

ASHINGTON — Seventeen days before President Donald Trump, his spoken oath of office still lingering in the wintry air, lifts his left hand from Scripture (a leather-bound edition of “The Art of the Deal”), the Republicancontrolled Congress will begin working.

Fittingly, on Jan. 3 the First Branch of government will go first, flexing its somewhat atrophied Article I muscles.

When Trump reaches his desk on the morning of Jan. 21, he should find there two congressional measures emblematic of how quickly elections can have consequences. One should be the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act. The other should be legislation mandating construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. As president, Trump will have the authority and intent to proceed with construction, but Congress should make the point that this concerns national policy, which Congress should set.

The REINS Act would begin Congress’s retrieval from the executive branch of responsibilities the Founders vested in the legislative branch. The act would sharply slow the growth of regulations that are suffocating economic growth. REINS would require Congress to vote on — to have its fingerprints on — all “major” regulations, understood as those with an annual economic impact of at least $100 mil-

COMMENTARY lion. Congress would thus take responsibility for, and be held accountable for, the substance that executive agencies’ rule making pours into the almostempty vessels that Congress imprecisely George calls “laws.”

Will After the preamble, the Constitution’s first substantive word is “all”: “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.” But the more than 170,000 pages of the Code of Federal Regulations contain tens of thousands of rules promulgated by largely unaccountable agencies. The agencies fill voids in congressional “laws” such as the Dodd-Frank financial reform, which mandates, but does not define -that is left to executive rule makers — “fair, transparent and competitive” financial products and services. As of five years ago — it is substantially worse now — the government itself estimated that regulations cost the economy more than $1.75 trillion, almost twice the sum of income tax receipts then.

Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has illustrated environmentalism’s, and the Democratic Party’s, de-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS SHOULD GET BACK TO CLASS Well, it’s been a week since the presidential election. And I, along with millions of others, have been celebrating the victory of Donald Trump as president. While I predicted this, I find it funny that there are numerous “protests” going

on around the country, especially since there was “outrage” when Trump said something to the effect of “we shall see about the outcome of the election.” And now all of these millennials are out protesting the very same thing. Colleges cancelling mid-terms, bringing in counselors, puppies, etc.

Even high schools are having

scent into the theater of pointless gestures. The nation is crisscrossed with more than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines and 175,000 miles of pipelines carrying hazardous liquids. Yet our theatrically thoughtful current president wasted seven years pretending to ponder the weighty question of whether Keystone’s 1,179 miles -- bringing oil from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska -- might somehow menace the nation and planet.

Some of the oil would be from Canada’s tar sands. Keystone opponents say such oil is especially “dirty,” so the pipeline, by enabling the oil to get to market, would injure the climate. But even if the opponents’ allegations about the tar sands oil can be trusted, the allegations are irrelevant: The opponents evidently believe that if the pipeline is not built, Canada will simply say “Oh, dang!” and leave the world’s third-largest proven crude oil reserve -- larger than Iran’s -locked up in the tar sands. The opponents evidently think that if they block the pipeline, this vast wealth will not find another way into the international oil market.

Furthermore, without Keystone XL, more oil will be transported by trains, which have notable carbon footprints and sometimes spectacular spills.

Hence legislation mandating the pipeline’s construction will not only create jobs, which once upon a time was a

walkouts. Most, if not all, of these kids do not have any idea what this world is all about, except under the Obama administration. Nothing else to compare it to. But yet, they think they have all the answers to our problems. You know, like who can and can’t go into the ladies room.

I’ve seen some photos of the “protests.” Tears flowing. People hugging. Store fronts bro-

Democratic priority, it should soothe climate anxieties.

So, Congress should call this Keystone XL legislation the “Zach, We Feel Your Pain Act.” After the election, someone reportedly named Zach, a Democratic National Committee staffer, suffered a hilarious eruption of hysteria. In the process of blaming DNC interim Chair Donna Brazile for the lost election (wrong woman, Zach), he said, according to The Huffington Post: “You and your friends will die of old age and I’m going to die from climate change. You and your friends let this happen, which is going to cut 40 years off my life expectancy.”

Well. Suppose Zach is 30 and expects that, although he appears to be unhealthily excitable, his life expectancy is 90. If climate change subtracts 40 of Zach’s years, it is going to kill him within 20 years. Perhaps Zach can take grim pleasure from the fact that Brazile, a vigorous and cheerful 56, probably will still be spry when the Grim Climate Reaper swings his deadly scythe. Be that as it may, consider that Zach’s scary arithmetic probably represents commonplace thinking within the Democratic Party, aka “the party of science.”

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

ken. Cars torched. You know, back when I was a kid, when I didn’t get my way, I would go to my room and protest. It was my “safe place.” Another description would be “a temper tantrum.” But then a miracle happened. I had parents who taught me the right things, and I GREW UP. I have said the following on social media, and am going to say it here. To my millennial

friends: wait your turn. We baby boomers waited until it was ours. And as this election showed, we put our collective feet down, and said “we have had enough.” So buckle up, use those safety pins to tighten up the waistband on your panties, get back to class and complete those liberal arts degrees!

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AROUND TOWN Hospice Care of Tri-County is wood at (803) 883-5349 or Shirley at (803) 481-0587. collecting gifts for its annual Help end hunger by donating to Santa Shoppe, which beneThe 7th Annual Town of local food drive fits residents of local Pinewood Christmas Parade nursing facilities. The will be held on Saturday, Santa Shoppe is set up in Dec. 3. The parade will local facilities so resibegin at 10 a.m. at Mandents can shop for gifts chester Elementary for family, friends, nursing School and proceed down facility staff or themMain Street, Pinewood. selves. Drop off your gift Participants and vendors donations from 9 a.m. to 5 are welcome and should p.m. Monday-Friday contact Pinewood Town through Dec. 1 at 2560 Hall at (803) 452-5878.

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CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Today, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

FREE FARE FRIDAYS ARIES (March 21-April 19): Proceed with EUGENIA LAST caution when dealing with matters that can affect your personal or professional world.

Listen carefully, be smart and be wary of anyone who may be trying to disrupt your life. Act responsibly and with compassion.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Live and learn. Observation will be a good method when trying to make a decision. Let your intuition guide you when dealing with partnerships. A clear view of a given situation will be necessary to avoid poor choices.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Networking, travel and setting up meetings will encourage positive change. Making suggestions and initiating changes will be looked upon cautiously. Follow through with actions and you will prove your point. Your charismatic approach to life will attract followers.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make emotional moves that will help boost your current position or lifestyle. Don’t let overreacting be your demise. Think matters through carefully and act with foresight. A mistake will end up being costly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t neglect your responsibilities or your relationships. Try to recognize and address situations that have the potential to hold you back and deal with them head-on. Emotional matters will escalate if you aren’t quick to respond.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Home investments and making your life more satisfying and convenient should be your goal. Making personal alterations to the way you live or look will give you the boost you need to collect your thoughts and gain ground. Love is featured.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money matters shouldn’t be influenced by your emotions. Set a high standard and refuse to go into debt for someone else’s gains.

Bring about positive changes by acting on your own behalf.

Opportunities will be apparent if you take action and seize the moment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speak up and explain your personal plans to someone you love. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. Look for the right opportunity and make your move.

Refuse to let what others do deter you from following through with your plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The changes going on around you will influence the way you move forward.

Whether it is a personal or professional change, don’t let anyone push you in a direction you don’t want to go. Plan your actions and take control.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Listen and learn, but don’t let anyone convince you to do things that don’t fit your lifestyle or schedule.

Use your intelligence and put your unique ideas into play. There is money to be made and personal opportunities available.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put more time and effort into selfimprovement instead of trying to change others. Complaints are likely to be lodged if you aren’t specific about your plans. Observe the situation and weigh the pros and cons before you proceed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take control and start the ball rolling.

You can make personal and professional gains if you stay focused on what needs to be done.

Don’t let anyone sidetrack you.

Trust in your ability to get things done. Romance is in the stars.

Dennis Selvig shares a photo that he took of a scarecrow in a Sumter church yard. Selvig comments, “When it gets near to Thanksgiving, pumpkins appear around town and scarecrows show up to guard the pumpkins!”

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PREP FOOTBALL

The next challenge After two-year absence, Knights back in playoffs ready to face Cane Bay’s prolific rushing attack

PREP FOOTBALL

Revamped Cavs’ offense rounds into playoff form

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com BISHOPVILLE -- With so many seniors and with so many starters returning, there were very few question marks for the Robert E. Lee Academy football team entering the season.

There were a few though, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

Of the four offensive starters not returning, three were along the offensive line as Travis Christmas, Heath Smith and Caleb Watson all graduated -leaving big shoes to fill for a team that won in large part because it dominated the line of scrimmage last season.

On top of that, the Cavaliers’ two returning starters had to shift from the positions they had played for the majority of the last three seasons.

“It’s been a learning process again,” said senior Kody McCutchen, who moved from guard to tackle. “I had to learn the tackle position. It’s been new, but I think everybody’s learned the positions now and we’ve been pretty solid the last few games.”

After a few early-season growing pains, the REL line has returned to form and so has the Cavs’ offense en route to Saturday’s noon 2A state championship game against First Baptist at Benedict College’s Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia.

SEE CAVS, PAGE B3 SUTMER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Crestwood quarterback Tylas Green (3) and the rest of the Knights are back in the state playoffs after a 2-year absence.

They’ll travel to Summerville on Friday to take on Cane Bay at 7:30 p.m.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com It was a big step, but it was only the first one.

After two seasons on the outside looking in, Crestwood High School secured a playoff berth this year with a

5-5 overall record and a 2-2 mark in Region VI-4A -- good enough for a third-place finish.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to be in the playoffs,” Knights head coach Roosevelt Nelson said. “This year we took a big step getting there and now it’s a new season. It’s a one-

game season and that’s what it comes down to.

“But I’ve seen a lot of growth with my team. It hasn’t been perfect, but we’ve improved in all three phases of the game since the start of the year.”

SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B4

PREP BASKETBALL

Crestwood’s Morant chosen as one of state’s elite players

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Crestwood High School point guard Ja Morant is one of the eight preseason elite boys basketball players in the state as selected by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.

His selection was announced on Wednesday at the SCBCA’s preseason banquet in Columbia as were the top five seniors in each classification, which included Lee Central boys player Kendrick Holloman and LC girl Alexis McMillan at the 2A level.

The preseason polls were also announced and the boys teams from Sumter, Crestwood, Lakewood and Lee Central and the girls teams from Crestwood and Lee Central are in the top 10 in their respective classifications.

Morant, who signed with Murray State last week, had a tremendous junior season for the Knights. The 2-time 3A all-state performer averaged 26.6 points a contest to go along with 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 4.7 assists.

As a sophomore, he averaged 18 points.

Crestwood is ranked No. 3 in the 4A boys poll, trailing No. 1 A.C. Flora and No. 2 Wilson.

Lower Richland is No. 4 while Lakewood is fifth.

Sumter is ranked No. 4 in the first ever 5A preseason poll.

Dorman is ranked No. 1 followed

by Dutch Fork and Blythewood.

Sumter’s Region VI foe West Florence is No. 5.

SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B4

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Crestwood High School point guard Ja Morant has been selected as one of the eight preseason elite boys basketball players in the state by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.

PREP BASEBALL

Gamecocks’ Price signs with North Greenville

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Dawson Price admits he was hoping a baseball scholarship offer from an NCAA Division I school would be coming his way.

He had schools showing interest, but it never did happen for him.

“I talked to Clemson, Coastal (Carolina) and (College of) Charleston,” said Price, who calls himself a lifelong Clemson fan.

“For whatever reason it didn’t work out.”

That hasn’t left the Sumter High School senior feelPRICE ing dismayed; in fact, far from it.

Price signed with North Greenville University, a Division II school in Tigerville, and he is quite satisfied with his choice.

“I went up there for a visit and the campus is really nice,” said Price, one of four SHS players to sign on Monday. “Having always been a Clemson fan, I’m not far from their campus so that’s a good thing. But it’s just a really nice campus and has a great family atmosphere.”

Price is particularly impressed with the Crusaders coaching staff, even though it has a trio of former University of South Carolina players on it. The head coach is former USC All-American catcher Landon Powell while the pitching coach is former Gamecock Jon Coutlangus and Carolina College World Series hero Scott Wingo is an assistant.

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THE SUMTER ITEM

PRO BASEBALL

Nationals’ Scherzer, Boston’s Porcello win Cy Young Awards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox has won the AL Cy Young Award by a narrow margin and Max Scherzer of the Wash-

PRO FOOTBALL

Panthers hope defense slows down Saints QB

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Panthers coach Ron Rivera admits he’s hoping for some bad weather on Thursday night.

He figures maybe that might help slow down Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Well, that and a seemingly much-improved defense.

Brees pounded the Panthers secondary on Oct. 16, throwing for 465 yards and RIVERA four touchdowns as the Saints built a 21-0 lead and held on to win 41-38 on the Louisiana Superdome turf.

In the three games since, Carolina’s defense has clamped down, allowing only four combined offensive touchdowns while getting 15 sacks with four takeaways.

Carolina’s young secondary, which was racked by injuries in the previous meeting, has gotten healthy and is starting to mesh.

“Drew is a great quarterback and he was able to find those holes, find those mismatches, find the mistakes that were being made on our defense last time,” Panthers safety Kurt Coleman said.

“But we have been able to correct those things over these last few weeks.

I feel like our chemistry, the communication aspect that you need as a defense as a whole has been much better.”

Added Panthers defensive end Kony Ealy: “What we had last year was a swagger, and we’re getting our swagger back.”

Saints coach Sean Payton said he can see on tape the Panthers are playing with renewed confidence.

“They’re playing outstanding defense,” Payton said. “Their pressure on the quarterback has increased.”

Said Brees: “They thrive on giving you a lot of different looks at times and they have a pressure package, and try to force turnovers.”

But stopping Brees won’t be easy.

He is completing nearly 70 percent of passes and has thrown 24 touchdown passes with only seven interceptions. His QB rating is second in the league behind Atlanta’s Matt Ryan.

DOUBTING THOMAS Saints second-round draft choice Michael Thomas has emerged as the NFL’s leading rookie receiver, but is coming off one of his worst games as a pro. He fumbled twice in the fourth quarter — both resulting in Denver points — and had a pass ripped from his grasp for an interception in the Saints’ 25-23 loss to Denver last Sunday.

ington Nationals has taken the NL prize.

Porcello led the majors with 22 wins, and beat out Detroit’s Justin Verlander and Cleveland’s Corey Kluber in results announced

Wednesday.

Porcello got just eight first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America while Verlander drew 14. But Porcello drew more support

across the board and was listed by all 30 voters — Verlander was left off two ballots.

Scherzer becomes the sixth pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues, earning the NL

honor by a wide margin.

He led the majors with 284 strikeouts and topped the league with 20 wins, and beat out Chicago Cubs teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks.

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7 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Doubles RoundRobin Matches from London (TENNIS).

9 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Singles RoundRobin Matches from London (TENNIS).

11 a.m. – College Basketball: Tire Pros Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. – Clemson vs. Davidson (ESPNU, WWBD-FM 94.7).

11:30 a.m. – College Basketball: Charleston Classic Quarterfinal Game from Charleston – Western Michigan vs. Villanova (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East from Dover, Del. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Doubles RoundRobin Matches from London (TENNIS).

1:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Tire Pros Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. – Xavier vs. Missouri (ESPNU).

1:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: RSM Classic First Round from Sea Island, Ga. (GOLF).

2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series West from Roseville, Calif.

(NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Singles RoundRobin Matches from London (ESPN2).

3 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Whelen Modified Tour from Thompson, Conn.

(NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

4:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Tire Pros Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. – Northern Iowa vs. Arizona State (ESPNU).

4:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: CME Group Tour Championship First Round from Naples, Fla. (GOLF).

5 p.m. – College Basketball: Charleston Classic Quarterfinal Game from Charleston – Mississippi State vs.

Central Florida (ESPN2).

6 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baseball Writers’ Association of America Most Valuable Player Awards (MLB NETWORK).

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

6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Arkansas State at Georgetown (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – College Football: Liberty at Coastal Carolina (ESPNEWS, WWFNFM 100.1).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: 2K Classic Semifinal Game from New York – Pittsburgh vs. Southern Methodist (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Tire Pros Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. – Tulane vs. Oklahoma (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Furman at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Football: Louisville at Houston (ESPN).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Philadelphia at Minnesota (TNT).

8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: New Orleans at Carolina (WIS 10, NFL NETWORK, WPUB-FM 102.7).

8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Rutgers at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Coppin State at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. – Professional Golf: PGA Tour of Australasia Australian Open Second Round from Sydney (GOLF).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Eastern Kentucky at Auburn (SEC NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. – College Basketball: 2K Classic Semifinal Game from New York – Michigan vs. Marquette (ESPN2).

9:30 p.m. – College Football: Arkansas State at Troy (ESPNU).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Utah (TNT).

3 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour DP World Tour Championship Second Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets SOUTH

Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville NORTH

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland WEST

Kansas City Oakland Denver San Diego

W 7 5 4 3

L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 241 163 4 0 .556 204 206 5 0 .444 237 203 7 0 .300 179 244

W 6 5 4 2

L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .667 161 188 5 0 .500 264 251 5 0 .444 239 256 7 0 .222 174 239

W L T Pct PF PA 5 4 0 .556 182 160 4 5 0 .444 214 206 3 5 1 .389 187 210 0 10 0 .000 175 301 W 7 7 7 4

L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 205 168 2 0 .778 245 223 3 0 .700 239 189 6 0 .400 292 278

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST

W Dallas 8 N.Y. Giants 6 Washington 5 Philadelphia 5 SOUTH

W Atlanta 6 Tampa Bay 4 New Orleans 4 Carolina 3 NORTH

W Detroit 5 Minnesota 5 Green Bay 4 Chicago 2 WEST

W Seattle 6 Arizona 4 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 1

L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .889 258 170 3 0 .667 182 184 3 1 .611 212 209 4 0 .556 226 160 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .600 320 283 5 0 .444 216 242 5 0 .444 265 263 6 0 .333 221 226 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .556 205 206 4 0 .556 175 152 5 0 .444 223 234 7 0 .222 141 215 L T Pct PF PA 2 1 .722 193 158 4 1 .500 202 160 5 0 .444 139 173 8 0 .111 187 283

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m.

New England at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

Open: San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, N.Y. Jets

MONDAY’S GAMES

Houston at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 24

Minnesota at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 27

San Diego at Houston, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Miami, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.

Carolina at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 4:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 28

Green Bay at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

W L Toronto 7 3 Boston 5 5 New York 4 6 Brooklyn 4 7 Philadelphia 1 9 SOUTHEAST DIVISION

W L Atlanta 8 2 Charlotte 7 3 Orlando 4 7 Washington 2 7 Miami 2 8 CENTRAL DIVISION

W L Cleveland 9 1 Chicago 7 4 Milwaukee 5 4 Detroit 6 5 Indiana 5 6

Pct GB .700 — .500 2 .400 3 .364 3½ .100 6 Pct GB .800 — .700 1 .364 4½ .222 5½ .200 6 Pct GB .900 — .636 2½ .556 3½ .545 3½ .455 4½

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L San Antonio 8 3 Houston 6 4 Memphis 5 5 Dallas 2 7 New Orleans 2 9 NORTHWEST DIVISION

W L Portland 7 5 Utah 7 5 Oklahoma City 6 5 Denver 3 7 Minnesota 3 7 PACIFIC DIVISION

W L L.A. Clippers 10 1 Golden State 8 2 L.A. Lakers 7 5 Sacramento 4 7 Phoenix 3 8

Pct GB .727 — .600 1½ .500 2½ .222 5 .182 6 Pct GB .583 — .583 — .545 ½ .300 3 .300 3 Pct GB .909 — .800 1½ .583 3½ .364 6 .273 7

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 121, Toronto 117 Atlanta 93, Miami 90 Charlotte 115, Minnesota 108 Chicago 113, Portland 88 L.A. Lakers 125, Brooklyn 118

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m.

Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

New York at Washington, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Boston, 8 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Utah at Houston, 5 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

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

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 17 13 2 2 28 56 38 Ottawa 16 10 5 1 21 38 37 Tampa Bay 17 10 6 1 21 54 45 Boston 16 10 6 0 20 41 38 Florida 16 8 7 1 17 44 42 Toronto 16 7 6 3 17 50 57 Detroit 17 8 8 1 17 44 47 Buffalo 16 5 7 4 14 30 41 METROPOLITAN DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 17 13 4 0 26 72 38 Pittsburgh 15 10 3 2 22 47 39 New Jersey 15 9 3 3 21 37 31 Washington 15 9 4 2 20 38 36 Columbus 14 8 4 2 18 47 33 Philadelphia 17 7 7 3 17 57 62 Carolina 15 5 6 4 14 39 46 N.Y. Islanders 16 5 8 3 13 40 51

New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

SUNDAY’S GAMES

CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 17 11 4 2 24 54 43 Winnipeg 18 9 7 2 20 54 50 St. Louis 17 8 6 3 19 41 48 Minnesota 15 8 6 1 17 41 29 Dallas 17 6 6 5 17 45 57 Nashville 15 6 6 3 15 41 43 Colorado 15 7 8 0 14 31 42

Baltimore at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 17 9 7 1 19 47 45 Anaheim 17 8 6 3 19 45 41 San Jose 16 9 7 0 18 37 36 Los Angeles 17 7 9 1 15 40 45 Calgary 17 6 10 1 13 40 59 Vancouver 17 6 10 1 13 35 55 Arizona 14 5 9 0 10 38 49 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Ottawa 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Columbus 2, Washington 1, OT Carolina 1, San Jose 0 Toronto 6, Nashville 2 Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 3 Florida 4, Montreal 3, OT St. Louis 4, Buffalo 1 Calgary 1, Minnesota 0 Winnipeg 4, Chicago 0 New Jersey 2, Dallas 1, OT Colorado 4, Los Angeles 1 N.Y. Rangers 7, Vancouver 2 Anaheim 4, Edmonton 1

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

New Jersey at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

FRIDAY’S GAMES

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

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

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

New Jersey at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Boston, 7 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FIRST ROUND SATURDAY, NOV. 19 Indiana (Pa.) (9-1) at Fairmont State (10-1), Noon Winston-Salem (9-2) at LIU-Post (110), Noon Assumption (9-2) at Shepherd (10-0), Noon North Carolina-Pembroke (9-1) at Valdosta State (8-2), Noon Tuskegee (8-2) at Newberry (10-1), Noon North Greenville (7-4) at Florida Tech (8-2), Noon Midwestern St. (Texas) (8-2) at Ferris State (9-2), Noon Minnesota-Duluth (10-1) at Emporia State (10-1), 1 p.m.

Azusa Pacific (9-2) at Sioux Falls (110), 1 p.m.

Central Missouri (9-2) at Harding (110), 1 p.m.

Colorado Mesa (9-2) at Texas A&MCommerce (10-1), 1 p.m.

Colorado School of Mines (9-2) at Southwest Baptist (10-1), 1 p.m.

SECOND ROUND SATURDAY, NOV. 26 Indiana (Pa.)-Fairmont State winner at California (Pa.) (10-0), Noon Winston-Salem/LIU-Post winner vs.

Assumption-Shepherd winner, TBA Minnesota-Duluth-Emporia State winner at Northwest Missouri State (11-0), 1 p.m.

Azusa Pacific-Sioux Falls winner vs.

Central Missouri-Harding winner, TBA North Carolina-Pembroke/Valdosta State winner at North Alabama (8-1), 1 p.m.

Tuskegee-Newberry winner vs. North Greenville-Florida Tech winner, TBA Colorado Mesa/Texas A&M-Commerce winner at Grand Valley State (11-0). Noon Midwestern St. (Texas)-Ferris State winner vs. Colorado School of MinesSouthwest Baptist winner, TBA

QUARTERFINALS SATURDAY, DEC. 3 TBD

SEMIFINALS SATURDAY, DEC. 10 TBD

CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, DEC. 17 Kansas City, Kan. Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES

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Army 91, Mount St. Mary (NY) 53 Baruch 76, Birmingham-Southern 72 Boston College 73, Md.-Eastern Shore 57 Bryant 88, Salve Regina 61 Fairfield 79, Dartmouth 62 Fairleigh Dickinson 96, FDU-Florham 48 George Washington 77, Siena 75 Hartford 82, Niagara 78, OT Hartwick 101, Union (NY) 85 Hobart 75, Keuka 63 La Salle 74, Delaware 68 Maryland 76, Georgetown 75 Penn St. 85, Grand Canyon 76 Sacred Heart 90, Hofstra 86 Shenandoah 68, Washington (Md.) 61 Skidmore 77, Castleton 61 Syracuse 90, Holy Cross 46 William Paterson 82, Brooklyn 67 Winthrop 94, Manhattan 81 Yeshiva 92, CCNY 66

SOUTH

Berea 99, Johnson (Tenn.) 68 Campbell 101, Bridgewater (Va.) 45 Charleston Southern 90, Columbia International 53 Cleveland St. 67, Canisius 64 Cumberlands 84, Kentucky St. 67 Dayton 77, Alabama 72 Emory & Henry 83, Sewanee 57 Florida A&M 94, Trinity (Fla.) 62

Florida St. 99, Iona 78 George Mason 90, Lebanon Valley 65 Guilford 62, Greensboro 59 Johnson C. Smith 64, Benedict 45 Kansas 77, Duke 75 LSU 78, Southern Miss. 61 Lipscomb 99, Piedmont 70 Louisiana 83, McNeese St. 75 Middle Tennessee 87, Murray St. 81 Norfolk St. 91, Elizabeth City St. 55 North Carolina 93, Long Beach St. 67 South Carolina 70, Monmouth (NJ) 69 Tennessee 103, Appalachian St. 94 The Citadel 119, Truett McConnell 90 Towson 78, Morgan St. 72 UT Martin 95, Cumberland (Tenn.) 64 VCU 64, Liberty 59 VMI 76, S. Virginia 45 Vanderbilt 80, Belmont 66 Virginia 72, St. Francis Brooklyn 32 Virginia Tech 99, High Point 73 Wofford 117, Allen 77

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Alma 80, Ohio Northern 72 Beloit 74, Marian (Wis.) 54 Creighton 79, Wisconsin 67 E. Michigan 78, Rochester 63 Hamline 88, Northwestern (Minn.) 78 Hannibal-LaGrange 66, Culver-Stockton 55 Illinois 112, McKendree 65 Indiana St. 80, Ball St. 74, OT Kansas St. 81, Nebraska-Omaha 68 Kentucky 69, Michigan St. 48 Macalester 92, North Central (Minn.)

70 Marian, Ind. 90, Indiana-East 73 Minot St. 82, Jamestown 73 Nebraska 70, St. Mary (Neb.) 38 North Dakota 94, Mayville St. 66 Northland 85, Lakeland 79 Quincy 86, Upper Iowa 78 SW Minnesota St. 83, Northern St. (SD) 82 Sioux Falls 87, Presentation 56 St. John’s (Minn.) 89, Wis.-Superior 79 St. Olaf 63, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 55 Toledo 103, Youngstown St. 98, OT UMKC 68, Drake 62 Wis.-Eau Claire 68, St. Norbert 67 Wis.-Platteville 69, Luther 39 Wis.-River Falls 74, St. Thomas (Minn.) 65 Wis.-Stout 81, Minn.-Crookston 73 Wright St. 89, Miami (Ohio) 87

SOUTHWEST

Baylor 66, Oregon 49 Incarnate Word 93, St. Edward’s 90 Texas Tech 70, North Texas 43

FAR WEST

Air Force 105, Johnson & Wales (Col.) 62 Arizona 78, CS Bakersfield 66 Hawaii 64, Furman 63 Lewis-Clark St. 103, Walla Walla 56 Pacific 76, Green Bay 58 Pepperdine 69, Weber St. 68 Portland 79, San Jose St. 66 Stephen F. Austin 66, Longwood 60 Utah 96, Concordia (Ore.) 53 Washington St. 81, Cent. Washington 76

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Castleton 62, Elms 28 Fairfield 58, Loyola (Md.) 57 George Mason 64, LIU Brooklyn 48 Harvard 69, Maine 62 Hood 62, Washington (Md.) 56 Manhattan 63, Yale 57 Montclair St. 56, Haverford 43 Morrisville St. 71, Utica 67 Mount St. Mary’s 65, Morgan St. 50 NJIT 87, St. Joseph’s (NY) 53 Rochester 74, William Smith 59 Seton Hall 76, Marist 63 Stockton 71, Baruch 65 Union (NY) 64, Hartwick 48 Wagner 62, Staten Island 60 West Virginia 95, Howard 49

SOUTH

Averett 97, Emory & Henry 90 Berea 79, Mount St. Joseph 45 Charleston Southern 80, Southern Wesleyan 57 Coastal Carolina 66, NC Central 50 Duke 105, Longwood 48 Florida Gulf Coast 89, FIU 42 Grambling St. 59, Louisiana-Monroe 54 Guilford 70, Greensboro 56 Indiana-Southeast 67, Kentucky Christian 53 Jackson St. 57, Lane 52 James Madison 62, Liberty 48 Lincoln Memorial 69, Cumberlands 52 Marshall 77, Florida A&M 67 Miami (Ohio) 60, N. Kentucky 50 Minnesota 79, VCU 69 Morehead St. 92, Alice Lloyd 42 New Orleans 75, Blue Mountain 37 Norfolk St. 99, St. Augustine’s 59 Paine 82, Shaw 80 Savannah St. 54, Alabama St. 39 South Florida 76, North Florida 42 Tennessee 83, ETSU 58 Thomas More 69, Centre 36

MIDWEST

Albion 67, Anderson (Ind.) 54 Alma 79, Rochester (Mich.) 66 Augsburg 79, Wis.-Stout 77 Augustana (SD) 96, Buena Vista 53 Bethel (Minn.) 87, Northland 47 Calvin 118, Great Lakes Christian 18 Cincinnati 68, Bowling Green 58 Concordia (Moor.) 59, Minn.-Morris 47 Concordia (Wis.) 66, Wis.-Platteville 63 Gustavus 82, Martin Luther 50 Hope 99, Wheaton (Ill.) 97 Iowa St. 76, N. Iowa 68 Lake Superior St. 112, Grace Bible 53 Macalester 61, Crown (Minn.) 34 Marquette 104, St. Francis (Pa.) 91 Michigan St. 70, Southern U. 55 Mount Mary 75, Marian (Wis.) 61 Northern St. (SD) 56, Black Hills St. 40 Sioux Falls 74, Presentation 57 St. Catherine 52, Wis.-Eau Claire 39 St. Mary’s (Minn.) 76, Dubuque 64 St. Olaf 67, Bethany Lutheran 61 Toledo 65, Rhode Island 50 UMKC 56, Wichita St. 54 Wis.-LaCrosse 73, Luther 63 Wis.-Oshkosh 69, Edgewood 28 Wis.-River Falls 71, Carleton 58 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 64, Alverno 42 Wis.-Whitewater 70, Lakeland 56

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 87, Howard Payne 52 Oklahoma St. 86, Tennessee St. 48 Prairie View 69, Nicholls St. 67 TCU 81, Sam Houston St. 37 Texas St. 67, Incarnate Word 50

FAR WEST

Montana 66, Great Falls 55 New Mexico 84, New Mexico St. 55 S. Utah 65, CS Bakersfield 59 San Francisco 73, Seattle 59 UC Santa Barbara 66, Pepperdine 57 UNLV 64, Houstonv

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Porzingis scores career-high 35, as Knicks top Pistons, 105-102 NEW YORK — Kristaps Porzingis scored a careerhigh 35 points and the New York Knicks held on for a 105-102 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

The 7-foot-3 forward from Latvia hit three 3-pointers and converted a dazzling three-point play in the first half after dunking a lob pass on the fast break in the first 30-point performance of his two-year career.

the Indiana Pacers took advantage off the resting LeBron James’ absence to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 10393 on Wednesday night.

Jeff Teague added 20 points and eight assists, and Thaddeus Young had 16 points to help the Pacers improve to 6-1 at home and 6-6 overall.

James sat out for the first time this season. Averaging 23.4 points and 8.9 rebounds, he rested after playing Tuesday night in a home victory over Toronto. Guard J.R. Smith also missed the game because of a sprained right ankle.

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a tough loss this season, falling in overtime to Indiana in Honolulu.

On Tuesday night the Jayhawks went from looking like easy winners to facing another excruciating loss.

But a short jumper by Frank Mason III with 1.8 seconds to go gave the Jayhawks a 77-75 victory over top-ranked Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden.

“The play was to iso (isolate) me, and my teammates did a good job of spacing the floor,” Mason said. “It felt good when it left my hand. “

UMASS LOWELL 78

(21) RHODE ISLAND 79 BROWN 72

ORLANDO, Fla. — Serge Ibaka scored 16 points and Nikola Vucevic broke out of his shooting slump with 10 points and 14 rebounds to help lift the Orlando Magic to an 89-82 win over New Orleans on Wednesday night.

Evan Fournier also finished with 16 points, while D.J. Augustin and Damjan Rudez scored 11 each and Aaron Gordon added 10.

BLOOMINGTON, IND. — James Blackmon Jr. made five 3-pointers, scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Robert Johnson added 16 points, as No. 6 Indiana sailed to a 10078 victory over UMass Lowell on Wednesday night.

Blackmon made four 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half of Indiana’s regular season home opener.

The Hoosiers (2-0) were playing their first game since beating No. 3 Kansas in the Armed Forces Classic and had to overcome a slow, sloppy start. Indiana outscored UMass Lowell (1-2) 32-15 over the final 8:24 of the first half. Indiana shot 60 percent from the field (21 of 35) in the first half. The Hoosiers found scoring opportunities with sound passing, scoring 23 of their field goals off an assist.

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(7) KANSAS 77

CAVALIERS 93

(1) DUKE 75

INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored 21 points and

NEW YORK — Kansas had already gone through

76ERS 109 WIZARDS 102 PHILADELPHIA — Jahlil Okafor scored 19 points on 8-for-11 shooting to lead the struggling Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-102 victory over the injury-plagued Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Ersan Ilyasova had 16 points, Nik Stauskas scored 15 points, and Gerald Henerson 14 to help the 76ers win for just the second time in 11 games this season. Dario Saric added 13 points and 12 rebounds.

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CHS will face a new challenge in second-seeded Cane Bay as the Knights travel to Summerville to face the 9-1 Cobras on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the opening round of the state playoffs.

The winner will take on the North Myrtle Beach/ Dreher victor in the second round.

Cane Bay’s only loss of the year came against Berkeley in a game that decided the Region VIII-4A champion. The Cobras are averaging 39.5 points a game while giving up 23.5.

They’ve scored at least 35 points in five of their last six games.

“They’re a very explosive and powerful flex-bone type of offense,” Nelson said.

“Their quarterback is very good. He can run the ball and has a good arm and all three backs in the backfield are quick and run tremendously hard. They under-

LOCAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE Friday Lexington at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Cane Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Georgetown at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Abbeville, 7:30 p.m.

Hemingway at Scott’s Branch, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Cross, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday SCISA 2A State Championship at Charlie W.Johnson Stadium Benedict College in Columbia Robert E. Lee vs. First Baptist, noon

stand what they want to do and do it well.”

Ronald Roderick, a junior, has thrown for 563 yards and five touchdowns for CBHS, but his biggest impact has been in the running game. He leads the team with 1,492 yards and 21 TDs on 176 carries.

Senior running back Damon Deford is second with 1,074 yards and nine scores and Kris Copeland has amassed 832 yards and 13 TDs. As a team, the Cobras have rushed for 3,816

KINGSTON, R.I. — Jared Terrell scored 18 points and E.C Matthews added 17 as No. 21 Rhode Island held off upset-minded Brown in Round Two of the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off on Wednesday night.

Hassan Martin added 12 points and Kuran Iverson had 11 as the Rams (3-0) defeated the Bears (1-2) for the 19th time in their last 21 meetings.

Rhode Island built a 36-21 lead late in the first half but Steven Spieth keyed a rally that enabled the Bears to pull within 41-33 at halftime.

The Rams scored 20 points off 13 Brown turnovers which offset the fact the Bears outrebounded Rhode Island 38-31.

Brandon Anderson had 16 points for Brown while Tavon Blackmon and Travis Fuller chipped in with 11 apiece.

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yards and 48 scores.

“We’ve got to tackle and we’ve got to tackle for four quarters,” Nelson said. “It’s assignment football this Friday night. We’ve got to make sure we know where we’re supposed to be and who we’re supposed to tackle.

“That’s going to be what decides our fate.”

But the Knights are no slouches on offense -- averaging 35 points a game so far this year while giving up 24.8. Senior quarterback Tylas Green has thrown for over 1,400 yards and a has a trio of playmakers in Josh Simon, Julius Pearson and Tyrese Felder on the outside.

Green and Tre’Shawn Scarborough give CHS added weapons in the run game as the Knights have aimed to be 2-dimensional for most of the season.

“We spent most of the off week really just working on ourselves and making sure we’re sound fundamentally,” Nelson said. “We were able to get a lot of extra reps in, so I think that will help us going forward.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE STATE

Today Liberty at Coastal Carolina (ESPNEWS, WWFN-FM 100.1) Saturday (5) Clemson at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

(ESPN, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7) Western Carolina at South Carolina, 4 p.m. (SEC NETWORK-A, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5) Citadel at North Carolina (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

Furman at Mercer, 3 p.m. (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST) VMI at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.

Kennesaw State at Charleston Southern, 11:45 a.m.

Presbyterian at South Alabama, 7 p.m.

Savannah State at South Carolina State, 1:30 p.m. (WSSB-FM 90.3) Tuskegee at Newberry, noon North Greenville at Florida Tech, noon

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Today (3) Louisville at Houston, 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday (17) Florida State at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. (WOLO 25)

Miami at North Carolina State, 12:30 p.m. (WACH 57) Virginia Tech at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. (WIS 10) Duke at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Virginia at Georgia Tech, 12:30 p.m.

Connecticut at Boston College, 1 p.m.

SEC

Saturday Chattanooga at (1) Alabama, 7 p.m.

(ESPN2) (21) at (16) LSU, 1 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Alabama A&M at (18) Auburn, 7:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK-A) UTSA at (23) Texas A&M, noon (ESPNU) Missouri at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.

(WLTX 19) Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia, noon (SEC NETWORK-A) Austin Peay at Kentucky, 4:30 p.m.

(SEC NETWORK) Arkansas at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

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Today

Arkansas State at (25) Troy, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Friday UNLV at (22) Boise State, 9 p.m.

(ESPN2) Saturday (2) Ohio State at Michigan State, noon (ESPN) Indiana at (4) Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) (6) Wisconsin at Purdue, noon (WOLO 25) Arizona State at (7) Washington, 7:30 p.m. (WACH 57) (8) Oklahoma at (10) West Virginia, 8 p.m. (WOLO 25) (9) Penn State at Rutgers, 8 p.m.

Oregon at (11) Utah, 2 p.m.

(20) Washington State at (12) Colorado, 3:30 p.m. (WACH 57) (13) Oklahoma State at TCU, noon (FOX SPORTS 1) Buffalo at (14) Western Michigan, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (15) Southern Cal at UCLA, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) Maryland at (19) Nebraska, noon (ESPNEWS) (24) San Diego State at Wyoming, 3:30 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK)

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FROM PAGE B1 Also, former Robert E. Lee Academy and College of Charleston standout Tyler Jackson is the hitting coach.

“They’ve got one of the best coaching staffs I’ve ever been around,” Price said. “Coach Powell and Coach Coutlangus have 10 years of Major League experience between them and Scott Wingo and Tyler Jackson are great coaches.

I’m looking forward to it.”

Price’s first season at Sumter was his junior year. He batted only .221, going 15-for-68. However, he had 11 runs, drove in 12 runs and had two doubles and two home runs. He drew 11 walks, stole five bases and had five sacrifice bunts.

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FROM PAGE B1 Bolstered by a dualthreat quarterback, a solid corps of running backs and receivers and an offensive line that has rounded into shape, Robert E. Lee picked up pretty much right where it left off -- scoring a lot of points.

The Cavs are averaging 36.8 points a game through 13 contests this season, which is actually ahead of the 34.4 average they had in 12 games a year ago.

Last week’s 28-7 win over St. Andrew’s was their lowest point total since scoring 20 against Dillon Christian -- the last time REL lost before rattling off 10 straight victories.

The revamped line has been key. Along with McCutchen, senior Sidney Arledge is the other line captain and he switched from center to guard. Evin McKenzie took over at center while Christian DuBose and Billy Jackson round out the starting five.

“I really think by the third game of camp this year, we started gelling,” Arledge said. “Everybody knew they had to step up this year to get where we wanted to be.

“After the third game, we gelled together even more and really started playing as a whole team and a whole offense. Not just one player, but the whole team.”

That started to open things up in the REL rushing attack. Despite the absence of Weston Green, who both ran for and caught numerous touchdowns last year, the trio of Nick Stokes, Nick Laney and Hunter McGee have shared the load with tremendous success.

Stokes has 94 carries for 678 yards and 14 touchdowns; Laney has 74 carries for 570 yards and four scores and McGee has rushed the ball 101 times

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He had a much stronger season for the Sumter P-15’s American Legion team. He batted .339 with two homers and a slugging percentage of .458. As a pitcher, was 5-1 with a 2.44 earned run average in 48 innings.

“Dawson has a lot of potential,” said Sumter head coach Brooks Shumake. “He has really quick hands and he has a really good work ethic.

He’s one that we’re going to be counting on this year.”

Price is just happy to be getting the chance to play baseball at the next level.

“College baseball – it doesn’t matter if it’s Division I, Division II or junior college – baseball is baseball,” Price said.

“Baseball is what I love doing and it is what I want to do for the next four or five years here.”

for 552 yards and four TDs as well.

“All three of them start on defense, so they rotate on offense as well,” head coach David Rankin said.

“Both Hunter and Nick Laney have done a good job stepping up and sort of picking up a lot of slack from what Weston Green had last year.

“Nick Stokes has also been injured some this year, so he hasn’t carried as much. We use him a lot in goal line situations as the big back.”

However, the Cavs are not one-dimensional.

Junior quarterback Bryce Barrett is actually the team’s leading rusher and passer. He’s carried the ball 165 times for 1,429 yards and 18 touchdowns while also completing 95 of 148 passes for 1,651 yards and 22 scores compared to just three picks (none in the last 10 games).

“Last year, I might have tucked the ball and run it more than I should have,” Barrett said. “I didn’t keep my eyes up the field as much as I should have. I feel like I’ve done a better job of that this year. I’m doing my best to go through my progressions.

“But I still have the mentality that if the first down is there and there’s grass in front of me, I can run it.”

It helps to have a solid group of receivers.

Matthew Tidwell has caught 16 passes for 552 yards and five touchdowns while William Corbett has 37 catches for 628 yards and 4 TDs despite missing significant time with a broken hand. Mark Dinkins has seven catches for 137 yards and three scores while Laney has 18 catches for 170 yards and one TD. The offense will be tested against 9-2 First Baptist as the Hurricanes are only allowing an average of 14.8 points a game and have not lost against a 1A or 2A opponent this year.

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The Sumter girls, despite playing for the 4A state title last year, are not ranked. Goose Creek is No. 1.

The Crestwood girls are ranked ninth in the 4A poll.

Dreher is ranked No. 1.

The Lee Central girls are ranked third in the 2A poll with Mullins are No. 1 and Keenan at No. 2.

The LC boys are ranked ninth. Gray Collegiate is ranked No. 1.

Timberland is the topranked 3A boys team and Bishop England the No. 1 3A girls teams. Both are Region VII members along with Manning.

Hemingway is the No. 1 1A boys team and Timmonsville is the No. 1 1A girls squad.

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1. Dorman 2. Dutch Fork 3. Blythewood 4. Sumter 5. West Florence 6. Irmo 7. James Island 8. Byrnes 9. West Ashley 10. Wade Hampton/Westside 4A 1. A.C. Flora 2. Wilson 3. Crestwood 4. Lower Richland 5. Lakewood 6. Wren 7. Ridge View 8. Beaufort 9. Eastside 10. North Augusta 3A 1. Timberland 2. Berea 3. Brookland-Cayce 4. Newberry 5. Ridgeland-Hardeeville 6. Bishop England 7. Seneca 8. Southside 9. Fairfield Central 10. Bluffton 2A 1. Gray Collegiate 2. Calhoun County 3. Keenan

OBITUARIES CHRISTINE B. RUSSELL Christine Brooks Russell, 88, widow of Guy Russell, died on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at her home.

Born on Dec. 9, 1927, in Lindsey, Oklahoma, she was a daughter of the late Boss B. and Martha Skiles Brooks.

She retired from Wal-Mart in 1991 and was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church.

RUSSELL Survivors include children, Daniel Gene Russell (Liz) of Madisonville, Tennessee, Benjamin Lester Russell of Sumter and James LeBron Thompson (Denise) of Sumter; grandchildren, Sandra Russell of Madisonville, Tennessee, Steven Russell (Kelly) of Knoxville, Tennessee, Melissa Thompson of Sumter, James Russell of Jackson, Georgia, Sarah Russell (Donnie) of Sumter and Karin Thompson Westhead (David) of Charleston; six greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ave Brooks and Lester Brooks.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be David Westhead, Jamie Russell, Donnie Smith, D.J. Mathis, Tommy Welch and Aaron Connelly.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 3867 Barfield Road.

The family would like to express their appreciation to her caregivers, Marie Knox, Allison Ridgeway, Stephanie Mitchell, David Richardson, Diane Sargent, Bridget Lemmon and Kewanna Davis for all of her loving care and compassion.

Memorials may be made to Amedisys Hospice, 198 Wesmark Blvd. No. 2, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

JOSEPH F. OSBORNE Joseph F. “Duke” Osborne, 51, entered eternal rest on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Sumter County, Joseph was a son of Joseph E. Osborne and the late Christine Ellerbee Osborne. He became a member of Rafting Creek Baptist Church many years ago.

He was a member of Catchall OSBORNE Masonic Lodge No. 425, Dalzell.

Joseph graduated from Hillcrest High School, Dalzell, Class of 1983. He was employed at HBD Thermoid for a number of years and later employed at International Paper, Eastover.

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He is survived by his wife, Eula “Lee” Osborne; children, Joneshia, Jasmin and Christine of the home; one grandson, Josiah; his father, Joseph E. Osborne and stepmother, Janie Osborne; two brothers, John Osborne (Beverly) of Rembert and Samuel Richardson (Sabrina) of Dalzell; four sisters, Sandra Williams (Robert) of Rembert, Barbara White of Orange Park, Florida, Samantha Taylor (Tony) of Eastover and Jacobia Richardson Solomond (Tyrell) of Rembert; four brothers-inlaw; two sisters-in-law; his father-in-law, Marshall Dinkins Sr. of Rembert; special family friend, Derrick Loney of Rembert; Michael Workman of Camden, who shared a bond of friendship as strong as a brother; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends who will miss him dearly.

Celebration of life services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 3265 Deer Track Circle, Dalzell.

The remains will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. for viewing until time of services.

The procession will leave at 2:20 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers will be Hillcrest High School Class of 1983.

Pallbearers will be friends.

Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery.

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

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

ABE MCCAIN BISHOPVILLE — Abe McCain, 91, passed on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center, Bishopville.

Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late Abe Sr. and Maggie Brown McCain.

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

JUDY A. LARKINS Judy Delores Arrants Larkins, 57, wife of Michael Hoffman, died on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Whitney Arrants Sr. and Inez Johnson Arrants.

Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two brothers, Jerry Arrants and Ralph Arrants Jr.; four sisters, Juanita Weatherly, Shirley Ward, Mary Griswold and Debbie Bolden; and a number of nieces and nephews, including Rhonda Evans.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev.

4. Andrew Jackson 5. Marion 6. Burke 7. Landrum 8. Abbeville3 9. Lee Central 10. Blacksburg 1A 1. Hemingway 2. Lewisville 3. C.E. Murray 4. Timmonsville 5. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 6. Williston-Elko 7. Bethune-Bowman 8. North 9. Lamar 10. Wagener-Salley

GIRLS 1. Goose Creek 2. Rock Hill 3. Spring Valley 4. Mauldin 5. Dorman 6. T.L. Hanna 7. Conway 8. Fort Mill 9. Woodmont 10. Wando 1. Dreher 2. Ridge View 3. Myrtle Beach 4. North Augusta 5. Wilson 6. Greenville 7. Greer

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Larry Brown officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

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

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

ROSA LEE RAY Rosa Lee Ray departed this life and entered into eternal rest on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on Sept. 10, 1927, in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Gertrude Preston.

Rosa Lee attended Dicks School in Sumter County. At an early age, she joined Mt. Olive AME Church of Woodrow, where she was a faithful member until her health began to fail. Rosa was a faithful member of the Colclough Missionary Unit. She was a member of class number one.

Rosa enjoyed cooking, cleaning, shopping and reading her Bible.

She leaves to cherish her fond memories: seven daughters, Elizabeth Ray, Lillie (Leroy) Richardson, Rosetta Ray, Mary (Henry) Brisbon and Betty J. Ray, all of Sumter, Earlene (John) Graves of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Gloria (James) Diggs of Duncan; five sons, Freddie (Johnnie Mae) Ray of Newark, New Jersey, Johnnie (Francis) Ray of Woodrow, James (Zinta) Ray of Hopkins, Michael (Leigh) Ray of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Willie N. Ray Sr. of Sumter; 35 grandchildren; 63 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; one adopted daughter, Julia Jenkins; one adopted son, William “Slim” Jenkins; a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother; grandmother, Lydia Ray; daughter, Eva Gallishaw; and son, Frank Jr. Ray. There will be no public viewing at the mortuary.

Ms. Ray will be placed in the church at noon on Friday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Mt. Olive AME Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Sumter, with the Rev. H.J. Murray officiating and the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, eulogist. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 5640 Dubose Siding Road, Sumter.

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

HENRY M. HODGE MANNING — Henry McDonald Hodge, 67, died on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at McLeod Hospice House.

Services will be announced

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3A 1. Bishop England 2. Pendleton 3. Dillon 4. Newberry 5. Emerald 6. Swansea 7. Ridgeland-Hardeeville 8. Indian Land 9. Fairfield Central 10. Woodruff 2A 1. Mullins 2. Keenan 3. Lee Central 4. Burke 5. Christ Church 6. Saluda 7. Southside Christian 8. Whale Branch 9. Ninety Six 10. Carvers Bay 1A 1. Timmonsville 2. McCormick 3. Cross 4. Ridge Spring-Monetta 5. Green Sea-Floyds 6. Lamar 7. Estill 8. Hemingway 9. Denmark-Olar 10. Baptist Hill

Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www. stephensfuneralhome.org

MARK ROBINSON Mark Robinson, 32, died on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 488 3rd Loop Road, Florence.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at St. Matthew AME Church in Summerton, where the Rev. Benjamin Dwight serves as pastor.

Viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Prayer House Mission Mother Queen E. Bennett Building.

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

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 4853755.

ANGELA C. EDWARDS Angela Conyers Edwards, 48, widow of Michael Edwards Jr., died on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on Feb. 20, 1968, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Arthur Eli and Rozenia Parker Conyers.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 715 Orlando Circle, Sumter.

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

JODELL Y. PRINCE MANNING — Jodell York Prince, 60, died on Nov. 11, 2016.

Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 322 Canal St., Manning.

Samuels Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

RILLA M. FORTUNE Rilla M. Fortune, 96, departed her life on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at her residence.

Born on March 10, 1920, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Annie Copeland McCutcheon. She attended the public schools of Lee County.

She leaves to cherish her memories: six children, Ann Fortune, Sadie (Buddy) Glover of Jersey City, New Jersey, Vivian Fortune of the home, Lucious (Betty) Fortune of St. Charles, Tina (Nick) Wilson of Lynchburg and Carol Wilson of Sumter; one granddaughter, Chantae Fortune; four grandsons, Reginald Fortune, Cornelius (Carolyn) Wilson, Dwayne (Ann) Wilson and Kevin (Yalonda) Wilson; 15 great-grandchildren; an adopted daughter, Ella Mae Benjamin; one sister-in-law, Janniebell Fortune of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; one brother-in-law, William Fortune of Jersey City; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with Apostle Herbert

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T. Henry officiating, eulogist.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 44 Collins Lee Road, Mayesville.

The procession will leave at 1:20 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers will be family and friends.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Burial will be in Broad Branch Cemetery, Bishopville.

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

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

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

MATTIE J. PARKER SUMMERTON — Mattie J. Gregg Parker, 84, widow of Ernest Parker, died on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at her residence, 2503 Furse Road, Summerton.

She was born on July 26, 1932, in Mayesville, a daughter of the late George and Florine McBride Gregg.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

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

ROLAND SCURRY SR. BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Roland Scurry Sr., age 85, will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at the chapel of Norton Funeral Home, Bishopville chapel. The Rev. Mike Watson will officiate.

Burial will be in the Ashwood Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Scurry passed away on Nov. 15, 2016, at his residence.

He was born in Alcolu, a son of the late James Henry and Geneva Weaver Scurry.

He was a member of the Ashwood Baptist Church and retired from GTE. He was an avid deer hunter and a man who loved and cared deeply for his family.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Mary A. Scurry of Bishopville; children, Beth (Mike) Watson of Bishopville, Brenda Geddings of Bishopville, Johnny (Denise) Scurry of Bishopville, Kathy (Larry) Nelson of Lugoff, Angel (Jon) Brannon of Bishopville and Gabe (April) Scurry of Orangeburg; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Lewis Scurry of Columbia, Ernest (Judy) Scurry of Darlington and Allen Scurry of Rocky Mount.

He was preceded in death by numerous siblings.

Norton Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Scurry family. www.nortonfh. net

JACOB WILSON Jacob Wilson, son of the late Bertha Wilson of Sumter, died on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Sumter Funeral Service Inc. The family will receive friends at the home of Bertha L. Wilkes, 5 3rd Ave., Sumter.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

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Both live on their own and have Dear Abby decent jobs.

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child support. My dilemma is that my children feel that because their father is having financial problems (finances were always his issue), I should give the money back to him because I am financially secure.

Abby, they are ignoring everything I had to do to support them while they were still dependents and my responsibility. Add into that their health care, extracurricular activities, Christmases and birthdays, etc., when he said he didn't have money.

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DEAR FLUSTERED — You were divorced from this man for good reason. Your responsibility to him ended when the divorce was finalized.

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Good advice for everyone -- teens to seniors -- is in "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It." To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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

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SHIRTS, TIES, PANTS & SHOES

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7

Buy 1, Get a 2nd “like” item at HALF PRICE!

ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcements Sumter Ghost Finders, for a limited time period, will pay $50 to investigate haunted places more than 50 years old. Privacy assured.

803-481-8826 & on the web.

BUSINESS SERVICES Home Improvements

For Sale or Trade

Unfurnished Apartments

For sale: GE Side by Side Fridge, Range, Dishwasher,washer & Dryer porcelain sink -new faucet. Call 803-983-6262

2BR/1.5BA townhouse, water & basic cable included. $625 Call 803-481-2787

2012 Bowflex Treadclimber. Org. $2600 Asking $1100.

Call 803-494-8090 Heaven on a Hill PECANS (Paper Shell ) $6.50 per lb shelled, $2.50 per lb unshelled, Johnny Hilton 803-468-4054 2691 Wedgefield Rd. 2016 Apache car trailer, 16ft with 6ft ramps. $3100 OBO Call 909-728-1740 For Sale exercise bike & grill in great condition. New/like brand name shoes size 8-8.5B, shoe rack, clothes like new, coats & Christmas decor. Call 803-481-3754

All out Home Improvements We beat everybody's price Licensed & Bonded 803-316-8969

For sale just in time for the holidays. Oak table & 4 oak chairs, leather seats, Area Rug, "Kashmir Octagon". Call 803-506-2286 for info.

H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904

New & used Heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

Legal Service

Complete 90 Gal Aquarium set up with accessories and 7 discus fish. $300 Call 803-340-1250

Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark.

Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

Roofing Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing avail. Expert installation. Long list of satisfied customers. 803-837-1549.

Septic Tank Cleaning

Golden Kernel Pecan Co. 1200 C Pocalla Rd 968-9432 We buy pecans, sell Pecan halves, Chocolate & all flavors. Gift Pkgs avail. M-F 9-5 Sat 9-1 Split Oak Firewood, $55/fullsize truckload delivered/stacked.

843-536-6050

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time

Septic Tank Cleaning Call the pros for all of your septic pumping needs. 803-316-0429 Proline Utilities, LLC

Tree Service A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128

MERCHANDISE Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Yard Sale at 2032 Charleston Ave. Sat. 7-2.

Will buy furniture by piece or bulk, tools, trailers, lawn mowers, 4 wheelers, or almost anything of value. Call 803-983-5364 Huge Yard Sale 5 Family. 879 Watts Dr Fri & Sat 8-?. Something for everyone!

Fri. & Sat. 8am-8pm at 1500 Brabham Blvd. off Florence Hwy. Earnhardt collection and other items, everything must go.

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend. Call 803-494-5500 Garage Sale Nov 19th 7a-11a 2860 Porcher Dr furn., hshld, scrubs, electronics HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW Sat Nov. 19th, 9am -3pm First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Dr. Sumter, 773-3817 Venders for Initials Inc., Sentsy Candles, Plexus, Tupperware, Jamberry Nails, Hand made Christmas deco., wood work items and much more.

Multi family yard sale Sat Nov 19th 7am-12pm Lewis Circle Moving Sale 922 Sassafras Dr Sat Nov 19th Gun & file cabinets, desk, sports & yard equip, clothes, furn., glassware, lots of misc.

2 Family yard sale Sat. 8-12 407 Haynsworth St. Chairs, antiques, glassware, toys & boys clothes.

Pinewood Super Sale & Fundraiser 17 S. Sumter St. across from Youngs Mkt. Sat. 7am-? Furn., welders, generators, utility trailers, tractors and equp., appl. & much more!

The #1 Furniture Retail Company in the U.S. is seeking highly motivated individuals with outgoing personalities to join our Sales Team.

Candidates must have a working knowledge of computers. They will be required to build sales volume by providing superior customer service and knowledge of product and finance options. This full time position is based on a flexible work schedule that includes evenings, Saturdays and some holidays. Offering unlimited income potential based on commission and bonuses. Guaranteed salary during training process. Send resume to 2850 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150 or email to sperkins@ashleysumter.com Seeking an Exp HVAC installer.

Needs to be experienced with duct fabrication and installation of duct work with residential and some light commercial equipment.

Salary based upon experience, up to $20/hour. Paid vacation and benefits. Call Lowery Heating and Air 803-778-2942 Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.

Full-time HVAC Tech & HVAC Duct Installer wanted for busy Heating & Cooling Co. in Sumter. Minimum 5 yrs exp. & strong job references required. Paid holidays vacations.

Please call 803-968-2272 Cashier needed full time. Must have some computer knowledge, be self-motivated, dependable & energetic. Apply at Wally's Hardware, 1291 Broad St. SEEKING A HIGHLY MOTIVATED RESIDENTIAL PLUMBER WITH A STRONG PROFESSIONAL WORK HABIT. Must have at least 5 years of experience and a valid driver's license. HILL PLUMBING offers competitive pay, incentives and health insurance. Come join Sumter's leading plumbing contractor by filling out an application at: 438 N. Main St., Sumter SC EOE

Help Wanted Part-Time

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes 3BR 2BA Alice Dr Schools $930 Mo+ Dep Call M-F 8:30-5:30 803-775-1281.

3 & 4 Br homes & MH, in Sumter County & Manning area. No Sect. 8.

Rent + dep. req. Call 803-460-6216 3BR/1BA Large fenced yard & screened porch, Millwood Elementary. Call 303-751-1460 7 Gerald St 3BR 1BA $525 mo + $350 Dep. 11 Creed St 2BR 1BA $400 mo. +$300 Dep Crosswell Area. Avail. in Dec. 803-775-2590

Mobile Home Rentals Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water//sewer//garbage pk-up incl'd.

RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926

Commercial Rentals 1012 Pocalla Rd 4900 sq ft. 2000' office/showroom, heat/cool; 2900' warehouse $1200mo/$1200 deposit Call 803-775-2344

REAL ESTATE Manufactured Housing M & M Mobile Homes, Inc. Now selling New Wind Zone II Champion and Clayton Homes. Lots of floor plans available to custom design your home. Nice used refurbished homes still available also. Bank and Owner financing with ALL CREDIT SCORES accepted.

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Land & Lots for Sale 2 Residential lots for sale on Ootie Court near Concord Presbyterian Church. 1.5 acres each. Ideal for new house in quiet country setting. $30,000 each. Call 803-934-6191 Beautiful waterfront corner lot, across from the 17th green at Lakewood Links.

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TRANSPORTATION

Possible classes on how to do paranormal investigations. If interested call 803-481-8826 or 803-406-8888

RENTALS

INVITATION TO BID The Sumter County Public Works Department is soliciting separate sealed bids from qualified vendors for the following project:

1996 Chev. Blazer AT, AC, PW, PL, Excellent transportation. $2395 Call 803-607-8134 2001 Toyota Camry in very good cond, runs excellent, 150k, asking $3200 OBO. Call 803-305-7091 99' Dodge Dakota extended cab, runs excellent, 160k. Asking $3200 OBO. Call 803-486-9254

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Refurbished batteries as low as $45. New batteries as low as $59.95. Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd Rd. 803-773-4381

Summons & Notice have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

Furman Cove Repairs - Sumter, SC Bids will be received until 10:00 A.M., Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Sumter County Public Works Conference Room, 1289 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29153.

Plans and bid documents may be obtained from: Sumter County Public Works 1289 North Main Street Sumter, South Carolina 29153 khyatt@sumtercountysc.org Telephone inquiries should be made to (803) 436-2241.

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING There will be a mandatory pre-bid meeting on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 9:00 am at site on Furman Cove.

The County of Sumter reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The County of Sumter reserves the right to waive any or all technicalities.

•Bidders must comply with the President's Executive Order No. 11246 and 11375, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin.

•Bidder must certify that he does not and will not maintain or provide for his employees any facilities that are segregated on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin.

•Bidder must comply with the following Acts: i) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ii) Anti-Kickback Act (44 CFR 13.36(i)(3)) iii) Davis-Bacon Act (29 CFR Part 5) iv) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act v) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (49 CFR Part 26)

Summons & Notice IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2016CP4301128 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), Plaintiff, v.

Linda Ann Pack; Melissa Rodgers; Rebecca Boykin; Malcolm Pack, Jr.; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s). (016477-01452)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived

LPN/RN Partime 7a-7p. Please apply in person at: NHC HealthCare Sumter, 1018 North Guignard Dr., Sumter, SC. EOE

Schools / Instructional

Bid Notices

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PT floral designer / assistant.

Includes Saturdays. Must have floral shop exp. Also PT driver/shop assistant. Accepting applications at The Daisy Shop 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

Full Time and Part Time CNA's positions available in a skilled nursing facility for a 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 10pm shift. PRN positions are available for all shifts. Apply in person to: Covenant Place 2825 Carter Road Sumter, SC 29150

LEGAL NOTICES

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe;

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute. Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016 FN

FIRST AMENDED LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Malcolm E. Pack to Axton, Inc. DBA Action Mortgage dated February 2, 2002, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on February 20, 2002, in Mortgage Book 833 at Page 142.

This Mortgage was assigned to Guaranty Residential Lending, Inc. by assignment dated February 2, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Book 833 at Page 155; Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Mortgage Electronic Systems, Inc. by assignment dated April 20, 2002 and recorded April 29, 2002 in Book 840 at Page 610.

Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, NA by assignment dated January 21, 2015 and recorded January 30, 2015 in Book 1208 at Page 3028; Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association by assignment dated December 14, 2015 and recorded December 30, 2015 in Book 1217 at Page 1727. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 4 of Pond Acres, Section No. 6 on that certain plat by Joseph R. Edwards, R.L.S., dated September 4, 1990 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 90 at page 1181. This being the same subject property conveyed to Malcom E. Pack from J.D. Grubb and Arline Grubb by deed dated February 11, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Deed Book 833 at Page 138 in the Office of Register Deeds for Sumter County; Subsequently, Malcom E. Pack, Sr. died on May 21, 2015, leaving the subject property to his heirs, Linda Ann Pack, Melissa Rodgers, Rebecca Boykin, and Malcom Pack, Jr. Property Address: 3350 Pinewood Road Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 16300-01-098 Columbia, South Carolina August 29, 2016 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the

Summons & Notice

Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on September 1, 2016.

Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 3350 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

Andrew William Montgomery Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030), Robert.Davis@rtt-law.com Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rtt-law.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rtt-law.com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@rtt-law.com Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271), Jason.Wyman@rtt-law.com Andrew M. Wilson (SC Bar# 72553), Andrew.Wilson@rtt-law.com 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Post Office Box 100200(29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 James S. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina (016477-01452) 10/24/2016 , 2016 A-4597521 11/03/2016, 11/10/2016, 11/17/2016

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 3350 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 16300-01-098, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall

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