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Charity’s plea for turkeys leads to record donations Food collection is most received in short time for United Ministries TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com The turkeys are nearly overflowing from Sumter United Ministries’ headquarters now after a simple

email last week caused an unprecedented outpouring of community support. Six days ago — with today’s Thanksgiving food box giveaway fast approaching — United Ministries had collected only 41 turkeys or hams for 150 designated families it had committed to provide meals for. “I just didn’t get a sense this year that people knew about it,” said Executive Director Mark Cham-

pagne, who sent out an urgent email newsletter for help at the close of business on Wednesday to supporters and others in the Sumter community. Fast-forward two days, and by Friday afternoon, every refrigerator and cooler that could be found were filled with frozen turkeys and hams at United Ministries’ facility

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Firefighters Jason Dollard and Troy Lamontagne portion out barbecue for the Graham station entry at the Capt. Tom Garrity Firefighters BBQ Challenge on Saturday at Sumter County Fairgrounds. Below, the grand champion trophy is ready to be awarded.

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Fire and rescue volunteers, employees and enthusiasts from Sumter and nearby municipalities enjoyed four hours of everything firefighter as they tasted barbecue and other treats during the seventh-annual Capt. Tom Garrity Firefighters BBQ Challenge on Saturday. Twenty-one teams — 13 firefighter teams and eight professional teams — competed in the challenge this year. When the smoke cleared, the winners were announced and the trophies awarded; it was Wedgefield Fire Department that won the judges’ Pitmaster Award, and Beech Creek Fire Department received the Peoples’ Choice award, both in the firefighters competition. In the professional, or non-firefighter, competition, Carter-Queing was grand champion, with Ultimate Tailgaters taking second and Razorback third. John Kendall of

Manning won for best ribs. Each person who purchased a ticket for the challenge was entered into a drawing for a stainless steel grill made by Fort Roofing Co. Joey Duggan took home this prize. Nancy Cataldo, American Red Cross Service to Armed Forces director, said Saturday was the larg-

S.C. releases state report cards for school districts BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com The South Carolina Department of Education released statewide report cards on Tuesday for all school districts containing results from various assessments in spring 2016, including district high school graduation rates, the new South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments, ACT WorkKeys, the SC Palmetto Assessment of State

est the competition has ever been with the addition of more events such as the second-annual Fire Apparatus Show and the first Firefighter Muster Skills Competition. More than 2,000 people attended the event, she said. All money collected during the challenge will go to the local Red Cross office. Saturday’s event was a cause to celebrate many things, including the life of Capt. Tom Garrity, who spearheaded the idea for the barbecue challenge. Garrity died in 2012. Garrity was a firefighter and the owner and president of G&G Metal Fabrication and Fire Equipment Services in Sumter. He is also known for his efforts in restoring the 1920s firetruck that is installed in the playground at Swan LakeIris Gardens. This competition keeps Tom’s memory alive, said Laurine Garrity, Capt. Garrity’s wife. “We are just honored to see all of this,” she said. Garrity said the fire service was her husband’s second family, and for them to honor him like

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Forestry commission: Burning ban statewide BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Doug Wood, public information officer for the South Carolina Forestry Commission, said the commission issued a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all South Carolina counties effective Nov. 19. The ban had been in place since Nov. 9 for only the 19 counties in the state’s Piedmont region. “It was originally on the Piedmont counties only, and then we extended it when we got a rip-roaring fire going up here,” Wood said.

“We expanded the burning ban originally for the weather conditions associated with a cold front that really presented an elevated risk of wildfire; now that the Pinnacle Mountain Fire has grown to what it has, it has become a resource issue,” Wood said. During the weekend, however, foresters have become more convinced dry conditions require a ban statewide. "We had 21 fires around the state Saturday," he said. "It's really evident the ban is necessary." Forecasts for most of the state during the next week include gusting winds and very low relative humidity,

which combine with dry fuels on the ground to create the potential for outdoor fires escaping easily and spreading rapidly according to a Forestry Commission news release. Naturally, the commission has received complaints about the ban, he said. "Some people complain about not being able to burn, and some people complain we waited too long," he said. Wood said he cannot emphasize enough for people to respect the ban. "I am not sure what part of the ban people don't understand," he said. "If

you are burning you are going to get a ticket, and you may start a wildfire." A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits outdoor burning, which includes yard debris burning and burning for forestry, wildlife or agricultural purposes. Campfires and open-fire cooking are not included in the ban, according to the release. The ban will stay in effect until further notice, which will come in the form of an official announcement from the Forestry Commission, according to the release.

Local veterans deliver Thanksgiving meals to families Mike Bradley and John Greene roll carts of food for Thanksgiving out to their cars Saturday morning. The boxes of food items were delivered to widows of veterans, families in need and senior citizens as part of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church’s annual food giveaway.

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com On Saturday, about 15 Sumter County veterans helped purchase, pack and deliver Thanksgiving dinner items for 30 families during New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Veterans Ministry's annual holiday meal donation. Calvin Hastie, Sumter city councilman and chairman of the veterans ministry, said the group has delivered food to families in the community for about 20 years. The boxes included a turkey, collard greens, stuffing and sweet potatoes. It's a full turkey dinner, Hastie said. Everything was paid for by the members of the ministry and church members who donated money for the dinners, he said. Hastie said more than $1,500 was raised for this project. He said some of the money was even used to host a Veterans Day dinner for the entire church on Nov. 13. The ministry looks forward to this every year, he said. Hastie said the ministry is represented by all branches of the military

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as well as veterans of past and more recent conflicts. And a few of the group's volunteers were not veterans but just individuals who wanted to help others in need. He said the group starts by delivering food to the widows of veterans,

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The runoff election for Sumter City Council Ward 4 is today, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Randolph “Randy” Black and Steve Corley are on the ballot for the Sumter City Council seat. Ward 4 includes Shaw, Morris College, Magnolia-Harmony, Loring, Crosswell, South Liberty, Swan Lake, Folsom Park, Hampton Park and Mulberry precincts. Voters will vote in their normal location. For more information, call the Sumter County Voter Registration Office at (803) 4362312.

Sumter residents received food, clothes and a sermon during The Today's Ladies Club annual Thanksgiving dinner at South Sumter Gym on Sunday. The dinner started at noon, and by about 1:15 p.m., most of the seats in the gym were filled, and volunteers were making good headway on their deliveries. Geraldine Singleton said there were about 20 volunteers for the day making plates, handing out food at the gym and delivering food to people in the community. She said she did not receive as many food donations as she needed and hoped that there would be enough to feed everyone who came by for a meal. She said it's sometimes difficult to coordinate everything for the Thanksgiving dinner, but her desire to help people in the community is what keeps her going. A lot of seniors call about the dinner, and some of them live by themselves and don't have family to bring them food, she said.

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then senior members of the church and finally needy families in the community. Hastie mentioned a mother of four who lives in his neighborhood he planned to deliver food to. The dinner packages usually in-

clude collard greens from the church's garden, but Hastie said the collards were not ready by Saturday. He said the greens will instead be given out for Christmas dinner this year. Hastie said the leftover vegetables that were purchased for Saturday's delivery would be given out to church members after Sunday's service. The Rev. Leroy Blanding, vice chairman of the veterans ministry, said the project is a good opportunity to give back to the widows of veterans who are continuing to serve although their husbands are deceased. Charlie Wright Jr., another member of the ministry, said Saturday was a chance for local veterans to serve their community after already serving their country.

Even with the worry of possibly not having enough food, she was still happy to see the project come to fruition for another year. "I thank everyone who donated and volunteered," Singleton said. "Without them, I would not be able to do what I'm doing." One volunteer on Sunday was Sumter County Councilman James McCain. Sunday was McCain's first time volunteering for the dinner. He said he had made his fourth delivery by shortly after 1 p.m., and there were still many to go. He said he usually sees Singleton at Cut Rate Soda Fountain on Tuesdays and finally talked to her about the project. McCain said he thinks the people of the South Sumter area, part of his district, really appreciate what Singleton and volunteers do every year. Also, clothes were available for anyone who needed them, and a sermon was given by the Rev. Joshua Dupree. "We try to give them the word too," Singleton said. Dupree preached about the importance of being thankful, giving thanks and serving the community.

"Thanksgiving is required of all of us," he said. Dupree, who has spoken during the Thanksgiving dinner for three years now, said he wanted to share the perspective of being thankful for all that God has done. Kaiser Ingram, a Sumter native, has attended the dinner with his mother and brother every year since it started. He said Singleton is his cousin, and his family has been happy to partake in the dinner ever since she invited them. It really does help a lot of people, Ingram said. Even though it seems small, when you think about other needs in the community, it is good for the people in the area to know that there are others who care about them, he said. Ingram said he hopes that the dinner will continue to be supported in the future. Singleton and The Today's Ladies Club will also host a Christmas dinner on Dec. 18, and Singleton is asking for donations of meat and desserts. But whatever can be donated will be appreciated, she said. For questions about the Christmas dinner, contact Singleton at (803) 7752047.

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Authorities: Texas, Missouri officers shot in ambushes BY JAMIE STENGLE AND JIM SALTER The Associated Press A police officer has been fatally shot in Texas, and another in Missouri was shot in the face but is expected to survive, in what authorities are calling the latest in a series of MARCONI targeted attacks on law enforcement. The detective in San Antonio, Texas, was writing out a traffic ticket when he was shot to death in his squad car late Sunday morning outside police headquarters, authorities said. In St. Louis, Missouri, a police sergeant was hospitalized in critical

condition Sunday evening after he was shot twice while he sat in traffic in a marked police vehicle. The attacks come less than five months after a gunman killed five officers at a protest in Dallas — the deadliest day for American law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001. Race was a factor in that attack. Police have not said if race played a part in any of the attacks on Sunday. In San Antonio, police say the suspect is black and the officer was white. In St. Louis, the suspect was black. Police have not released the race of the officer he shot. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus identified the officer killed Sunday as Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20year veteran of the force.

Police investigate a scene after a St. Louis police officer was shot in what the police chief called an “ambush” on Sunday in St. Louis. Police Chief Sam Dotson said the 46-year-old officer was shot in the face. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police said the search for a male suspect was still underway early Monday and that no arrest has been made. McManus said he doesn't think the suspect has any relationship to the original motorist who was pulled over and that no motive has been identified. At a news conference late Monday morning, McManus said Marconi was killed because he was a police officer. "I feel we were targeted," he told reporters, adding later: "I think the uniform was the target." St. Louis Police Chief Sam

Dotson declined to name the 46-year-old officer on his force who was shot in the face but said he is a married father of three who has been with the department for about 20 years. "This officer was driving down the road and was ambushed by an individual who pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot out the police officer's window," Dotson said during a news conference. "Fortunately, for the blessing of God, the officer's going to survive," he said. Police reported early Mon-

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Some federal refunds delayed to Feb. 15 for S.C. taxpayers FROM STAFF REPORTS South Carolina taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit should plan on a refund delay until Feb. 15, according to an IRS news release. A recent federal law change aimed at making it easier for the IRS to detect and prevent refund fraud requires the IRS to hold the refund of any tax return claiming either of the two credits until Feb. 15. By law, the IRS must hold the entire refund, not just the portion related to these credits. IRS spokesman Matt Leas said, “I want to remind folks that as we move into the holiday season, some refunds will be delayed next year, so they

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Fingers make handy but not foolproof digital keys SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It sounds like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It’s a convenient form of security — though it’s also perhaps not as safe as you’d think. In their rush to do away with problematic passwords, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies are nudging consumers to use their own fingerprints, faces and eyes as digital keys. Smartphones and other devices increasingly feature scanners that can verify your identity via these “biometric” signatures in order to unlock a gadget, sign into web accounts and authorize electronic payments. “We may expect too much from biometrics. No security systems are perfect,” said Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University who helped police unlock a smartphone by using a digitally enhanced ink copy of the owner’s fingerprints.

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Protesters, law enforcement face off at Dakota Access pipeline Tear gas, water, rocks and burning logs used BY JAMES MACPHERSON The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — Tension flared anew on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway, only to be turned back by a line of law enforcement using a water cannon and what appeared to be tear gas. Sunday's skirmishes began about 6 p.m. after protesters removed a burned-out truck on what's known as the Backwater Bridge, not far from the encampment where they've been for weeks as they demonstrate against the pipeline. The Morton County Sheriff's Department estimated 400 protesters sought to cross the bridge on state Highway 1806. A live stream early Monday showed a continued standoff, with large lights illuminating smoke wafting across the scene. The sheriff's department said in a statement around 1 a.m. Monday that approximately 100 to 200 protesters were on the bridge or in the vicinity. It said law enforcement officers "had rocks thrown at them, burning logs and rocks shot from slingshots," and that one officer had been hit on the head by a thrown rock. At least one person was arrested. Protesters said a gym in Cannon Ball was opened to aid demonstrators who were soaked on a night the temperature dipped into the low 20s or were hit with tear gas. Rema Loeb told The Associated Press he was forced to retreat from the bridge because he feared being doused with water on the freezing night. Others, he said, needed medical treatment after being hit with tear gas. "It's been just horrible," said the 83-year-old Loeb, who traveled from Massachusetts about two weeks ago to join the protests. The 1,200-mile, four-state pipeline is being built to carry oil from western North Dakota to a shipping point in Illinois. But construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline has been protested for months by the Standing Rock Sioux, whose reservation lies near the pipeline route, and the tribe's allies, who fear a leak could contaminate their drinking water. They also worry that construction could threaten sacred sites. Energy Transfer Partners has said no sites have been disturbed and that the pipeline will have safeguards against leaks and is a safer method of transport for oil than rail or truck. The company has said the pipeline is largely complete except for the section under Lake Oahe. The bridge lies near where protesters had set up camp on private property owned by the pipeline developer, Energy Transfer Partners, before they were forcibly removed by law enforcement Oct. 27. It's also about a mile from an uncompleted section under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir, where work has been on hold by order of federal agencies. Tara Houska, an organizer with Honor the Earth, told the Bismarck Tribune that the Cannon Ball gym was opened to aid people who had been doused with water or tear gas. Phone calls to the sheriff's department late Sunday went to an answering machine. On Friday, Kelcy Warren, the chief executive of Dallasbased Energy Transfer Partners, said the company is unwilling to reroute the pipeline. Associated Press writer Mike Stewart contributed to this report from New York.

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Trump brings measured hope to coal country BY MICHAEL VIRTANEN AND MATTHEW BROWN The Associated Press WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely — not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work. But for the first time in years, coal towns are seeing a commodity that had grown scarcer than the coal trains that used to rumble through around the clock: hope. Around here, that hope is measured. Still, most voters saw Trump as the only choice for president. He vowed to undo looming federal rules and said President Obama had been "ridiculous" to the industry. Trump told miners in Charleston: "We're going to take care of years of horrible abuse. I guarantee it." West Virginians went all in, backing Trump and electing a coal mine-owning billionaire, Democrat Jim Justice, as governor. But a lot of people had gone under already. "Lost my home, vehicle, everything," said Roger Prater. Wearing the miner's telltale blue pants with reflective strips on the legs, Prater would be heading underground that night. He'd been laid off for 20 months but now benefits from a small hiring surge that started before the election. At 31, Prater said he can get everything back, but he's uncertain for how long. "In Trump's term, I feel we'll do good, but after that who's to say?" he said. That skepticism is supported by industry analysts, who say any recovery won't be centered in the eastern coalfields of Kentucky and West Virginia and will never bring U.S.

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Did academia in U.S. help elect Donald Trump?

ASHINGTON — Many undergraduates, their fawnlike eyes wide with astonishment, are wondering: Why didn’t the dean of students prevent the election from disrupting the serenity to which my school has taught me that I am entitled? Campuses create “safe spaces” where students can shelter from discombobulating thoughts and receive spiritual balm for the trauma of microaggressions. Yet the presidential election came without trigger warnings? The morning after the election, normal people rose — some elated, some despondent — and went off to actual work. But at Yale, that incubator of late-adolescent infants, a professor responded to “heartfelt notes” from students “in shock” by making that day’s exam optional. Academia should consider how it contributed to, and reGeorge flects Americans’ Will judgments pertinent to, Donald Trump’s election. The compound of childishness and condescension radiating from campuses is a constant reminder to normal Americans of the decay of protected classes — in this case, tenured faculty and cosseted students. As “bias-response teams” fanned out across campuses, an incident report was filed about a University of Northern Colorado student who wrote “free speech matters” on one of 680 “#languagematters” posters that cautioned against politically incorrect speech. Catholic DePaul University denounced as “bigotry” a poster proclaiming “Unborn Lives Matter.” Bowdoin College provided counseling to students traumatized by the cultural appropriation committed by a sombreroand-tequila party. Oberlin College students said they were suffering breakdowns because schoolwork was interfering with their political activism. Cal State University, Los Angeles established “healing” spaces for students to cope with the pain caused by a political speech delivered three months earlier. Indiana University experienced socialmedia panic (“Please PLEASE PLEASE be careful out there tonight”) because a priest in a white robe, with a rope-like belt and rosary beads, was identified as someone “in a KKK outfit holding a whip.” A doctoral dissertation at the University of California, Santa Barbara uses “feminist methodologies” to understand how Girl Scout cookie sales “reproduce hegemonic gender roles.” The journal GeoHumanities explores how pumpkins reveal “racial and class coding of rural versus urban places.” Another journal’s article analyzes “the relationships among gender, science and glaciers.” A Vassar lecture “theorizes oscillating relations between disciplinary, pre-emptive and increasingly prehensive forms of power that shape human and non-human materialities in Palestine.” Even professors’ books from serious publishers are

clotted with pretentious jargon. To pick just one from innumerable examples, a recent history of the Spanish Civil War, published by the Oxford University Press, says that Franco’s Spain was as “hierarchizing” as Hitler’s Germany, that Catholicism “problematized” relations between Spain and the Third Reich, and that liberalism and democracy are concepts that must be “interrogated.” Only the highly educated write so badly. Indeed, the point of such ludicrous prose is to signal membership in a closed clerisy that possesses a private language. An American Council of Trustees and Alumni study — “No U.S. History? How College History Departments Leave the United States out of the Major,” based on requirements and course offerings at 75 leading colleges and universities — found that “the overwhelming majority of America’s most prestigious institutions do not require even the students who major in history to take a single course on United States history or government.” Often “microhistories” are offered to history majors at schools that require these majors to take no U.S. history course: “Modern Addiction: Cigarette Smoking in the 20th Century” (Swarthmore College), “Lawn Boy Meets Valley Girl” (Bowdoin College), “Witchcraft and Possession” (University of Pennsylvania). At some schools that require history majors to take at least one U.S. history course, the requirement can be fulfilled with courses like “Mad Men and Mad Women” (Middlebury College), “HipHop, Politics and Youth Culture in America” (University of Connecticut) and “Jews in American Entertainment” (University of Texas). Constitutional history is an afterthought. Small wonder, then, that a recent ACTA-commissioned survey found that less than half of college graduates knew that George Washington was the commanding general at Yorktown; that nearly half did not know that Theodore Roosevelt was important to the construction of the Panama Canal; that more than one-third could not place the Civil War in a correct 20year span or identify Franklin Roosevelt as the architect of the New Deal; that 58 percent did not know that the Battle of the Bulge occurred in World War II; and that nearly half did not know the lengths of the terms of U.S. senators and representatives. Institutions of supposedly higher education are awash with hysteria, authoritarianism, obscurantism, philistinism and charlatanry. Which must have something to do with the tone and substance of the presidential election, which took the nation’s temperature. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE The Washington Post reports: “For the ‘new yellow journalists,’ opportunity comes in clicks and bucks.” LONG BEACH, Calif. — Fewer than 2,000 readers are on his website when Paris Wade, 26, awakens from a nap, reaches for his laptop and thinks he needs to, as he puts it, “feed” his audience. “Man, no one is covering this TPP thing,” he says after seeing an article suggesting that President Obama wants to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership before he leaves office. Wade, a modern-day digital opportunist, sees an opportunity. He begins typing a story. “CAN’T TRUST OBAMA,” he writes as the headline, then pauses. His audience hates Obama and loves President-elect Donald Trump, and he wants to capture that disgust and cast it as a drama between good and evil. He resumes typing: “Look At Sick Thing He Just Did To STAB Trump In The Back… .” Ten minutes and nearly 200 words later, he is done with a story that is all opinion, innuendo and rumor. He types at the bottom, “Comment ‘DOWN WITH THE GLOBALISTS!’ below if you love this country,” publishes the story to his website, LibertyWritersNews.com, and then pulls up the Facebook page he uses to promote the site, which in six months has collected 805,000 followers and brought in tens of millions of page views. “WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN!” he writes, posting the article. “#SHARE this 1 million times, patriots!” Then he looks at a nearby monitor that shows the site’s analytics and watches as the readers pour in. ••• In The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan explores “What to Tell Your Children About Trump.” This big, burly country can take it either way. The proper attitude now? Give him a chance, watch close, wish well. Cheer what’s sound, criticize what isn’t. And this: Trust America. Five days after the election I met an Ethiopian immigrant on a street in Washington. We got to talking. He spoke of how bad it was in his old country, all the killing. He’d been here 15 years. “I love America,” he said. “It gave everything to me.” But he was deeply concerned by the election.

He has two sons, 8 and 6. The younger got up Wednesday morning, saw the TV and burst into tears. Trump won! The boy calls Trump “the mouth man.” How could a bully be president? “He wept,” said the Ethiopian. “How do I explain it to him?” I thought. Finally I said, “Tell him to trust America.” Tell him that we are the world’s oldest democracy, that we are a good people, that we’ve been through shocks and surprises and that we have checks and balances. “If it turns out good,” I said, “we’ll be happy. If it turns out really bad, America has a way of making your stay in the White House not too long. But tell him to trust America as you did, and it gave you everything.” He said he’d tell his son that. We warmly shook hands. This isn’t the first story of frightened children I’ve heard since the election. It’s the third. When I told it to a friend, also foreignborn and so America-loving that he chokes up when he quotes past presidents, he told me that his 5-yearold woke up after the election and sobbed at the news. Trump supporters feel that the left did this, demonizing Mr. Trump and making him monstrous. There’s some truth in that. But even truer is that Mr. Trump himself scared the children of America for a solid year with his loud ways and rough manner— “the mouth man.” What a great thing it would be if Donald Trump would take a day off from the presidential transition, go to a series of schools, bring the press and speak to children, telling them that he has nothing in his heart but the desire to do good and help people. “I have children and even grandchildren,” he might say. “I love them. I will do my best, and I love you.” ••• The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Henninger writes, “Trump voters have become journalism’s biggest archaeological excavation site.” Will the donkey lie down with the elephant? Two days after the election, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the AFL-CIO executive council, “I will work with” Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders: “I and other progressives are pre-

pared to work with him.” The Washington Post: “Pelosi says Democrats are willing to work with Trump.” That was easy. Someone should tweet the news to the Occupy Trump Tower mobs on Fifth Avenue. “If Republicans want to force through massive tax cuts,” thundered Sen. Warren, “we will fight them every step of the way.” Even by the normal standards of postelection schadenfreude, it is hard not to be agog at the spectacle of Democrats trying to figure out what hit them and what to do about it. A personal favorite is that Democrats must now distance themselves from “wealthy donors.” Party check-writers from Barbra Streisand to Jay Z put it all out there for Hillary, and this is the thanks they get — Bernie Sanders denouncing them to Stephen Colbert as “the liberal elite.” A conclusion has emerged that the party forgot the forgotten man. In the past week, Trump voters have become the biggest archaeological dig in journalism, with the New York Times last weekend outputting three reports on lost tribes in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. President Obama paused during his trip to Greece to admit Mr. Trump won because of voter “anxiety” over the economy. That is the emerging Democratic consensus: The party needs to rediscover the economic well-being of the kind of people who voted Democratic from FDR to Bill Clinton. It is a good question how a party could forget an 80-year constituency. Will the progressive websites publish their annual advice column, “How to talk to your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner”? Maybe this year they should just listen. Somewhere inside this Democratic mess may be the beginning of wisdom. But for all the commitment to rediscovering the lives of blue-collar Americans, Tiger Woods is more likely to figure out his golf swing before the party relearns the realities of the American economy. This generation of Democrats doesn’t even know what the economy is anymore. Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@ theitem.com.

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CHARITY FROM PAGE A1 at 36 S. Artillery Drive. Champagne explained the agency received about 60 turkeys or hams on Thursday to give them about 100 total. Then, on Friday, more than 200 turkeys or hams were collected. “On Friday, the floodgates more than threw open,” Champagne said. There were two drop-off sites this year for the popular Thanksgiving Day entree that will go to help those in need: United Ministries’ fairgrounds location and Bynum Insurance on Wilson Hall Road. The annual food project for the agency is known as “Giving Thanks.”

REPORT CARDS FROM PAGE A1 2016 in comparison to the state average was: Four-year graduation rate: 83.1 percent; STATE: 82.6 percent.

SC READY The South Carolina Collegeand Career-Ready assessment is given to students in grades three through eight. Students are assessed in the subject areas of reading, English and writing for a composition for English/Language Arts score and math. The SC READY assessment was given for the first time in spring 2016 and, according to the state education department, comparisons cannot be drawn between the new assessment and its predecessor, ACT Aspire. The percentage of Sumter School District students, by grade level, who met or exceeded standards in comparison to state percentages were: • Third grade: 33.5 percent (ELA), 46.5 percent (math); STATE: 43.7 percent (ELA), 53.6 percent (math); • Fourth grade: 25.6 percent (ELA), 29.7 percent (math); STATE: 43.4 percent (ELA), 46.7 percent (math); • Fifth grade: 24 percent (ELA), 29.1 percent (math); STATE: 41.2 percent (ELA), 44.3 percent (math); • Sixth grade: 25.9 percent (ELA), 24.4 percent (math); STATE: 41 percent (ELA), 39.5

percent (math); • Seventh grade: 24 percent (ELA), 16.5 percent (math); STATE: 40.7 percent (ELA), 34.7 percent (math); and • Eighth grade: 26.3 percent (ELA), 13 percent (math); STATE: 44.7 percent (ELA), 32.4 percent (math).

ACT WORKKEYS ACT WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring “real-world” skills that employers think are critical in the workplace, according to the state department of education. The assessment is given to every South Carolina 11thgrade student with the exception of those eligible for alternative assessments. The assessment consists of three subtests: applied mathematics, reading for information and locating information. The percentage of Sumter School District students who met the criteria to receive a National Career Readiness Certificate in comparison to state percentages were: • 11th grade: 80.1 percent; STATE: 86.8 percent.

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boxes around to different people each year.” Each box includes a turkey or ham, dinner rolls, sweet potatoes, stuffing and other food items. The extra turkeys and hams will go to help provide complete food boxes for about 90 families the agency is adopting for Christmas. “In the past, we have been able to provide some adopted families with a turkey at Christmas but not everyone,” Champagne said. “This year, everyone will get a turkey.” United Ministries provides food boxes to identified families in need on a year-round basis. Champagne said the agency has enough turkeys for into next year.

grade level, who had “Met” standards or were “Exemplary” on the SCPASS in comparison to state percentages were: • Fourth grade: 54.5 percent (science), 72.1 percent (social studies); STATE: 65.0 percent (science), 81.3 percent (social studies); • Fifth grade: 52.9 percent (science), 59.4 percent (social studies); STATE: 65.7 percent (science), 71.5 percent (social studies); • Sixth grade: 49.0 percent (science), 69.0 percent (social studies); STATE: 62.1 percent (science), 76.3 percent (social studies); • Seventh grade: 56.6 percent

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“Turkey is really a great food item,” Champagne said. “You can serve it as a meal, in soups and sandwiches. This is the most we have ever collected. I’ve been amazed at the community outpouring. The collection is the most we have received in such a short period of time. It’s on par with the giving by the community during the flood of 2015.” Volunteers are also invited to come out today to United Ministries to help distribute the food to the families. “We’ve made it where the volunteers can interact more with the families during the distribution process,” Champagne said. “We invite volunteers to attend (today) to help from 1 to 3 p.m.,” Champagne said. “It’s a lot of fun.”

(science), 55.4 percent (social studies); STATE: 70.6 percent (science), 68.4 percent (social studies); and • Eighth grade: 48.0 percent (science), 56.7 percent (social studies); STATE: 66.2 percent (science), 69.5 percent (social studies).

EOCEP The End-of-Course Examination Program (EOCEP) provides tests in high school core courses and for courses taken in middle school for high school credit. The EOCEP tests in the following subject areas: Algebra 1/math for the technologies 2;

English 1; U.S. history and the Constitution; and biology 1/ applied biology 2. The percentage of Sumter School District students, by subject area, who had passing rates in each subject area on the EOCEP in comparison to state averages were: • Algebra 1/math for the technologies 2: 60.7 percent; STATE: 81.9 percent; • Biology 1/applied biology 2: 59.7 percent; STATE: 75.7 percent; • English 1: 62.4 percent; STATE: 78.6 percent; and • U.S. history and the Constitution: 54.7 percent; STATE: 71 percent.

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SUMTER CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 3 p.m., fourth floor, Sumter Opera House, Council Chambers

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The 7th Annual Town of PineHospice Care of Tri-County is wood Christmas Parade will be collecting gifts for its annual Didwhich you attend Greenheld Elementary on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Santa Shoppe, benefits School? parade will begin at 10 a.m. residents of local nursing faat Manchester Elementary cilities. The Santa Shoppe is School and proceed down set up in local facilities so Main Street, Pinewood. Parresidents can shop for gifts ticipants and vendors are for family, friends, nursing fawelcome and should call cility staff or themselves. (803) 452-5878. Drop off your gift donations 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday The Evening Optimist Club’s anthrough Dec. 1 at 2560 Tahoe nual Sumter Christmas Parade Drive. Suggested items inwill be held at 2 p.m. on Sunclude: soaps, lotions, socks, day, Dec. 4, on Main Street. hats, gloves, books, toys, The theme for this year is blankets, handmade crafts, “Christmas Miracles.” The vases, jewelry and more. parade will begin at the corMonetary donations and doner of North Main and Dunations of gift wrap, boxes bose streets and proceed and bows are also appreciatsouth on Main to Bartlette. ed. The parade will include colorful floats, dance teams, A Green Elementary School rebeauty queens, marching union will be held noon-4 p.m. bands and more. Spectators on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the should plan to arrive early as Sumter Recreation & Parks all streets that intersect with Department building, 155 Main between Dubose and Haynsworth St. Call Linwood Bartlette will be closed at at (803) 883-5349 or Shirley at 1:45 p.m. (803) 481-0587.

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Back on track No. 4 Clemson keeps focus on shot at ACC, national titles

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Richardson, Edwards Jr. highlight USCS dinner BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson’s Mark Fields (2) tries to intercept a pass intended for Wake Forest’s Steven Claude (81) during the Tigers’ 35-13 win on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C. Clemson put itself back on track to win the ACC title and put itself in line for a national championship.

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won’t lose focus now that the fourthranked Tigers have achieved their goal of reaching the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. He’s aware any misstep the next two weeks could cost them a national championship. Clemson (10-1; No. 4 College Football Playoff ) clinched its spot in the league title game in Orlando,

Florida on Dec. 3 with a 35-13 win at Wake Forest last Saturday. The next step toward the national crown comes this weekend against revived rival South Carolina (6-5), which has already doubled its win total from last season with first-year coach Will Muschamp. Watson is primed for the final, playoff push “Last week, we were focusing on our second goal, that was to win the Atlantic Division,” Watson said Monday. “Our third goal is winning a state championship. We’ll just

take to it this week, take it one day at a time, don’t rush it and let everything take care of itself. “Once the ACC championship comes, we’ll take care of that,” Watson said. That strategy means focusing on South Carolina, which shouldn’t be too hard. A scrappy Gamecocks team in 2015 gave undefeated, No. 1-ranked Clemson all it could handle in 37-32 Tigers’ win.

SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B3

PREP FOOTBALL

Corbett’s resiliency highlighted by final Cavs game BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com COLUMBIA -- It was not the way William Corbett nor any of the 12 Robert E. Lee Academy seniors wanted to end their careers -- watching another team celebrate a state title. However, despite Saturday’s 28-21 loss to First Baptist in the SCISA 2A championship game at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium, Corbett not only helped the Cavaliers have a chance to go back-to-back, but arguably had the best all-around game of anyone. And that would have been unheard of given his status just a few weeks ago. Corbett broke his hand during region play and the prognosis was he was likely done for the year. “He had screws put in his hand,” Cavs head coach David Rankin said. “We didn’t think he was going to play these last three games, but he bounced back and made things happen. “I wouldn’t trade him for any other wideout in SCISA.”

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Robert E. Lee Academy’s William Corbett (21) just misses a potential game-tying touchdown pass as First Baptist’s Ahmad Green (6) defends during the Cavaliers’ 28-21 loss in the SCISA 2A SEE CORBETT, PAGE B3 state championship on Saturday at Benedict College’s Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia.

The University of South Carolina Sumter’s “Legends Dinner & Silent Auction” fundraiser was a success in its debut last season, Fire Ants head coach Tim Medlin said. He’s hoping for even more this year, and he believes he has a guest list that will provide a memorable night for baseball fans on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Nettles Auditorium at 6 p.m. MEDLIN “We want to raise scholarship money -- that’s what this is about,” Medlin said. “That’s the No. 1 thing this goes to. Secondly, it’s a wonderful chance for baseball fans to really rub elbows with some super, super people who have had a lot of success in the game and in the world.” That list includes Sumter native, former University of South Carolina head coach and New York Yankee great Bobby Richardson returning as the keynote speaker for the event. He’s joined by Carl Edwards Jr., a product of Mid-Carolina High School in Prosperity who helped the Chicago Cubs win their first World Series since 1908 this past season and who’s brother plays for the Fire Ants. Also on the docket are a pair of former Clemson University standouts. Billy O’Dell was an AllAmerican with the Tigers and a 13-year MLB veteran.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

The Citadel gets FCS bye, to face Wofford or CSU FROM STAFF REPORTS The Citadel has earned the No. 6 seed and a first-round bye in the FCS Playoffs, but it will face a familiar foe in the second round, even though it won’t know who it is until after Saturday. The Bulldogs will play the winner of the first-round game between the other two South Carolina teams in the FCS playoffs – Big South Conference champion Charlesotn Southern and Southern Conference foe Wofford. CSU and the Terriers play in Spartanburg at 2 p.m. The Citadel earned a national seed for the first time under the current 24-team format and for the second time in program history. The Bulldogs were the No. 2 seed in the 1992 playoffs that featured 16 teams with the top four earning seeds. The Citadel enters the playoffs 10-1 overall after losing at North Carolina in the regular season finale. The Bulldogs earned their second straight Southern Conference championship and tied the record for most SoCon wins in a season by completing only the seventh 8-0 conference season in SoCon history. The Citadel broke the program’s single-season record with six road wins, the most in FCS in 2016, and is one win away from tying the single-season program record of 11 victories set in 1992.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Johnson snatches 7th title at Homestead BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson walked across the stage after driver introductions to find his car inexplicably missing from pit road. In a dramatic start to his race for a record-tying seventh championship, Johnson learned NASCAR’s inspectors had yanked his Chevrolet off the pre-race grid and sent it back through tech. The Hendrick Motorsports team had been accused of manipulating a JOHNSON body panel, and Johnson had to start last in the field. In less than 30 laps, he was sniffing the top-10. “He come from last doing that?” Joey Logano asked him team, “Wow.” The best was yet to come. For most of the day, Johnson was the worst of the championship contenders in a winner-take-all season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He needed only to beat three other drivers to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with a record seven titles, but he was clearly not in the same league as the other finalists Sunday night. Johnson, who seemed to have sensed the last 10 weeks that he was finally going to grab that special seventh title, never panicked.

FORD ECOBOOST 400 The Associated Press Sunday At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla. Lap length: 1.500 miles Driver PTS 1. Jimmie Johnson 40 2. Kyle Larson 41 3. Kevin Harvick 39 4. Joey Logano 37 5. Jamie McMurray 36 6. Kyle Busch 35 7. Matt Kenseth 34 8. AJ Allmendinger 33 9. Denny Hamlin 32 10. Michael McDowell 31 11. Chase Elliott 30 12. Austin Dillon 29 13. Kurt Busch 28 14. Paul Menard 27 15. Brian Scott 26 16. Alex Bowman 0 17. Greg Biffle 24 18. Casey Mears 23 19. Danica Patrick 22 20. Trevor Bayne 21 21. Landon Cassill 20 22. Tony Stewart 19 23. Clint Bowyer 18 24. Chris Buescher 17 25. Ryan Newman 16 26. Ryan Blaney 15 27. Matt DiBenedetto 14 28. Michael Annett 13 29. David Ragan 12 30. Ricky Stenhouse 11 31. Jeffrey Earnhardt 10 32. Reed Sorenson 9 33. Ty Dillon 0 34. Carl Edwards 7 35. Brad Keselowski 6 36. Martin Truex Jr. 5 37. Kasey Kahne 4 38. Regan Smith 3 39. Dylan Lupton 0 40. Aric Almirola 1 Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 128.867 mph Time of Race 3 hours, 7 minutes, 10 seconds Margin of Victory: seconds. Caution Flags 7 for 33 laps Lead Changes 20 among 6 drivers Lap Leaders K.Harvick 1-31; C.Edwards 3234; K.Harvick 35-67; C.Edwards 68-70; K.Harvick 71-85; J.Logano 86-91; C.Edwards 92-117; K.Larson 118-121; C.Edwards 122-125; K.Larson 126-135; C.Edwards 136-143; K.Larson 144-154; C.Edwards 155; K.Larson 156-172; C. Edwards 173; K.Larson 174-208; C.Edwards 209; K.Larson 210253; Ky.Busch 254; K.Larson 255265; J.Johnson 266-268 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led) K.Larson, 7 times for 125 laps; K.Harvick, 3 times for 76 laps; C.Edwards, 8 times for 39 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 5 laps; J. Johnson, 1 time for 2 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 0 laps. Wins J.Johnson, 5; Ky.Busch, 4; K.Harvick, 4; B.Keselowski, 4; M.Truex, 4; C.Edwards, 3; D.Hamlin, 3; J. Logano, 3; M.Kenseth, 2; C.Buescher, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; K.Larson, 1; T.Stewart, 1. Top 16 in Points 1. J.Johnson, 5040; 2. J.Logano, 5037; 3. Ky.Busch, 5035; 4. C.Edwards, 5007; 5. M.Kenseth, 2330; 6. D.Hamlin, 2320; 7. Ku.Busch, 2296; 8. K.Harvick, 2289; 9. K.Larson, 2288; 10. C.Elliott, 2285; 11. M.Truex, 2271; 12. B.Keselowski, 2267; 13. J.McMurray, 2231; 14. A.Dillon, 2223; 15. T.Stewart, 2211; 16. C.Buescher, 2169. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

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1:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Maui Invitational Game (ESPN2). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Tottenham vs. Monaco (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Real Madrid vs. Sporting Clube de Portugal (FOX SPORTS 2). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Legia Waraw vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 3:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Legends Classic Third-Place Game from Brooklyn, N.Y. (ESPNU). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: Maui Invitational Consolation Game (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Cancun Challenge from Cancun, Mexico – Texas Tech vs. Auburn (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Legends Classic Third-Place Game from Brooklyn, N.Y. (ESPN2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Football: Akron at Ohio (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Toronto (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Grambling State at Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: St. Louis at Boston (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Basketball: IUPUI at Marquette (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Eastern Conference Playoffs Championship Leg 1 – Toronto at Montreal (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Maui Invitational Semifinal Game (ESPN2). 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Cancun Challenge from Cancun, Mexico – Utah State vs. Purdue (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon State at Tulsa (ESPNEWS). 10 p.m. – College Basketball: CBE Hall of Fame Classic Championship Game from Kansas City, Mo. (ESPN2). 10 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Western Conference Playoffs Championship Leg 1 – Colorado at Seattle (ESPN). 10:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Maui Invitational Semifinal Game (ESPN). 11 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Brigham Young at Loyola Marymount (ESPNU).

NFL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE W 8 6 5 3

L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .800 271 180 4 0 .600 218 216 5 0 .500 253 215 7 0 .300 179 244

W 6 5 5 2

L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .667 161 188 5 0 .500 263 273 6 0 .455 281 275 8 0 .200 193 265

W L T Pct PF PA 5 5 0 .500 199 187 5 5 0 .500 238 215 3 6 1 .350 199 226 0 11 0 .000 184 325 W 7 7 7 4

L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 245 223 3 0 .700 222 187 3 0 .700 239 189 6 0 .400 292 278

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W Dallas 9 N.Y. Giants 7 Washington 6 Philadelphia 5 SOUTH W Atlanta 6 Tampa Bay 5 New Orleans 4 Carolina 4 NORTH W Detroit 6 Minnesota 6 Green Bay 4 Chicago 2 WEST W Seattle 7 Arizona 4 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 1

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

NBA STANDINGS

L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .900 285 187 3 0 .700 204 200 3 1 .650 254 233 5 0 .500 241 186 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .600 320 283 5 0 .500 235 259 6 0 .400 285 286 6 0 .400 244 246 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .600 231 225 4 0 .600 205 176 6 0 .400 247 276 8 0 .200 157 237 L T Pct PF PA 2 1 .750 219 173 5 1 .450 226 190 6 0 .400 149 187 9 0 .100 204 313

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Carolina 23, New Orleans 20

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay 19, Kansas City 17 Dallas 27, Baltimore 17 Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 9 Buffalo 16, Cincinnati 12 N.Y. Giants 22, Chicago 16 Indianapolis 24, Tennessee 17 Detroit 26, Jacksonville 19 Minnesota 30, Arizona 24 Miami 14, Los Angeles 10 New England 30, San Francisco 17 Seattle 26, Philadelphia 15 Washington 42, Green Bay 24 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.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia SOUTHEAST DIVISION Atlanta Charlotte Orlando Miami Washington Central Division Cleveland Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 8 5 .615 — 7 6 .538 1 6 7 .462 2 4 9 .308 4 3 10 .231 5 W L Pct GB 9 4 .692 — 8 4 .667 ½ 6 7 .462 3 4 8 .333 4½ 3 9 .250 5½ W L Pct GB 10 2 .833 — 9 5 .643 2 7 7 .500 4 6 8 .429 5 5 7 .417 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION San Antonio Memphis Houston New Orleans Dallas NORTHWEST DIVISION Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota Pacific Division L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix

W L Pct GB 10 3 .769 — 8 5 .615 2 8 5 .615 2 4 10 .286 6½ 2 10 .167 7½ W L Pct GB 8 6 .571 — 8 7 .533 ½ 7 8 .467 1½ 5 8 .385 2½ 4 8 .333 3 W L Pct GB 12 2 .857 — 11 2 .846 ½ 7 7 .500 5 5 9 .357 7 4 10 .286 8

SUNDAY’S GAMES

New York 104, Atlanta 94 Portland 129, Brooklyn 109 Indiana 115, Oklahoma City 111, OT Denver 105, Utah 91 Sacramento 102, Toronto 99 Chicago 118, L.A. Lakers 110 Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m. Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m. Memphis at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Orlando, 7 p.m. Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 9 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

San Antonio at Boston, 1 p.m. Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at Indiana, 8 p.m. Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 19 14 3 2 30 60 42 Tampa Bay 19 12 6 1 25 61 46 Boston 18 11 7 0 22 45 40 Ottawa 18 10 7 1 21 40 46 Florida 19 10 8 1 21 52 51 Toronto 18 8 7 3 19 57 60 Detroit 19 8 10 1 17 46 51 Buffalo 18 6 8 4 16 33 46 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 19 13 5 1 27 76 45 Pittsburgh 18 11 4 3 25 52 50 Washington 18 11 5 2 24 48 40 Columbus 16 10 4 2 22 54 37 New Jersey 17 9 5 3 21 41 38 Philadelphia 19 8 8 3 19 62 67 Carolina 17 7 6 4 18 45 49 N.Y. Islanders 17 5 8 4 14 42 54

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 19 13 4 2 28 61 48 St. Louis 19 10 6 3 23 47 51 Winnipeg 21 9 10 2 20 58 62 Minnesota 17 9 7 1 19 44 32 Dallas 19 7 7 5 19 50 64 Nashville 17 7 7 3 17 47 47 Colorado 17 8 9 0 16 36 47

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

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MONDAY’S GAMES

By The Associated Press EAST New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland WEST Oakland Kansas City Denver San Diego

PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 19 10 8 1 21 54 51 Anaheim 19 9 7 3 21 50 46 Los Angeles 20 10 9 1 21 51 51 San Jose 18 9 8 1 19 41 42 Calgary 20 8 11 1 17 47 65 Vancouver 19 7 10 2 16 41 61 Arizona 17 6 9 2 14 44 56 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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.

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Columbus 3, Washington 2 Carolina 3, Winnipeg 1 Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO Calgary 3, Detroit 2 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Colorado at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 9 p.m. New Jersey at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m. Carolina at Toronto, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Washington, 7 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 10 p.m. Vancouver at Arizona, 10 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

By The Associated Press First Round Saturday, Nov. 19 Indiana (Pa.) 62, Fairmont State 13 LIU Post 48, Winston-Salem 41 Shepherd 48, Assumption 31 North Carolina-Pembroke 24, Valdosta State 21 Tuskegee 35, Newberry 33 North Greenville 27, Florida Tech 13 Ferris State 65, Midwestern State (Texas) 34 Emporia State 59, Minnesota-Duluth 26 Sioux Falls 34, Azusa Pacific 21 Harding 48, Central Missouri 31 Texas A&M-Commerce 34, Colorado Mesa 23 Colorado School of Mines 63, Southwest Baptist 35 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 26 Indiana (Pa.) (10-1) at California (Pa.) (10-0), Noon Texas A&M-Commerce (11-1) at Grand Valley State (11-0), Noon Shepherd (11-0) at LIU-Post (12-0), Noon Tuskegee (9-2) at North Greenville (8-4), Noon Colorado School of Mines (10-2) at Ferris State (10-2), Noon Emporia State (11-1) at Northwest Missouri State (11-0), 1 p.m. Harding (12-0) at Sioux Falls (12-0), 1 p.m. North Carolina-Pembroke (10-1) at North Alabama (8-1), 1 p.m. Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 3 Indiana (Pa.)-California (Pa.) winner vs. Shepherd-LIU-Post winner Emporia State-Northwest Missouri State winner vs. Harding-Sioux Falls winner North Carolina-Pembroke-North Alabama winner vs. Tuskegee-North Greenville winner Texas A&M-Commerce-Grand Valley State winner vs. Colorado School of Mines-Ferris State winner Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 10 Pairings TBD Championship Saturday, Dec. 17 Kansas City, Kan. Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) â The top 25 teams in the Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 20, points and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. S.H. State (22) 11-0 639 1 2. Jacksonville State (2) 10-1 616 2 3. N.D. State (1) 10-1 581 3 4. Eastern Wash. (1) 10-1 575 3 5. James Madison 10-1 531 5 6. The Citadel 10-1 501 6 7. S.D. State 8-3 483 10 8. North Dakota 9-2 474 8 9. Chattanooga 8-3 403 11 10. Chas. Southern 7-3 373 13 11. Villanova 8-3 361 15 12. Youngstown State 8-3 353 7 12. Richmond 7-3 353 16 14. Grambling State 9-1 297 16 15. Lehigh 9-2 271 17 16. Central Arkansas 9-2 246 12 17. N.C. A&T 9-2 232 9 18. N.C. Central 9-2 227 20 19. Wofford 7-4 210 19 20. Cal Poly 7-4 157 23 21. N.H. 7-4 91 NR 22. Montana 6-5 81 21 23. Weber State 7-4 77 NR 24. Samford 7-4 63 18 25. San Diego 9-1 58 NR Others receiving votes: Illinois State 53, Kennesaw State 926, Princeton 22, Penn 14, Saint Francis Pa.) 14, Southern 10, Western Illinois 9, Albany 9, Southern Utah 9, Southeastern Louisiana 7, Fordham 7, UT-Martin 5, Northern Colorado 4, Tennessee State 4, Northern Iowa 2, William & Mary 2.

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The Associated Press Monday At Sea Island, Ga. First, Third and Fourth Round: Seaside Course: 7,005 yards, par-70 Second Round: Plantation Course: 7,058 yards, par-72 Third and Fourth Round played on Seaside Course Purse: $6 million M. Hughes $1.08M 61-67-68-69—265 B. Barber $396K 63-68-68-66—265 Billy Horschel $396K 66-66-65-68—265 H. Norlander $396K 67-67-66-65—265 C. Villegas $396K 66-67-64-68—265 J. Furyk $194,250 64-69-68-67—268 J. Lovemark $194,250 67-66-70-65—268 C.T. Pan $194,250 66-64-67-71—268 O. S. $194,250 66-68-66-68—268 S. Cink $150K 62-71-67-69—269 R. Henley $150,000 67-65-70-67—269 P. Rodgers $150K 69-65-65-70—269 C. Campbell $99,750 66-65-70-69—270 Bill Haas $99,750 69-66-66-69—270 J. Herman $99,750 69-66-66-69—270 C. Howell III $99,750 67-65-67-71—270 A. Lahiri $99,750 68-67-70-65—270 L. List $99,750 69-64-68-69—270 C. Stroud $99,750 69-67-68-66—270 M. Thompson $99,750 66-70-66-68—270 J. Byrd $60K 62-70-70-69—271 K. Kraft $60K 67-66-73-65—271 C. Percy $60K 69-66-68-68—271 K. Stanley $60K 65-67-70-69—271 B. Stegmaier $60K 68-67-68-68—271 T. Wilkinson $60K 67-67-69-68—271 John Huh $41,700 68-69-67-68—272 M. Kim $41,700 64-70-69-69—272 Whee Kim $41,700 70-65-70-67—272 W. McGirt $41,700 67-67-71-67—272 A. Romero $41,700 64-72-67-69—272 C. Tringale $41,700 65-69-68-70—272 R. Garrigus $33,900 67-68-70-68—273 Sung Kang $33,900 73-64-67-69—273 C. Langley $33,900 65-69-69-70—273 R. Armour $25,833 68-69-66-71—274 H. Iwata $25,833 65-67-71-71—274 W. Simpson $25,833 70-66-67-71—274 L. Donald $25,833 67-69-70-68—274 L. Glover $25,833 66-67-70-71—274 I. Poulter $25,833 67-67-71-69—274 Tag Ridings $25,833 68-67-71-68—274 K. Streelman $25,833 67-69-66-72—274 H. Swafford $25,833 64-67-73-70—274 T. Aldridge $16,253 66-67-69-73—275 J. Kokrak $16,253 67-65-69-74—275 Josh Teater, $16,253 66-66-74-69—275 M. Flores $16,253 65-72-70-68—275 C. Hadley $16,253 65-66-67-77—275 D.A. Points $16,253 69-67-71-68—275 R. Sabbatini $ 16,253 67-70-69-69—275 B. Snedeker $16,253 66-71-70-68—275 S. Wheatcroft $16,253 70-67-70-68—275 Steven Alker $13,800 64-71-71-70—276 N. Lindheim $13,800 67-70-67-72—276 B. Molder $13,800 67-65-72-72—276 Z. Blair $13,200 68-69-71-69—277 J. Bohn $13,200 69-66-73-69—277 A. Gonzales $13,200 65-72-68-72—277 S.Y. Noh $13,200 66-66-71-74—277 S. Saunders $13,200 67-70-70-70—277 J.J. Spaun $13,200 68-65-73-71—277 Robert Streb $ 13,200 71-65-72-69—277 Ben Crane $12,720 66-70-71-71—278 Jon Curran $12,540 69-68-67-75—279 M. Hoffmann $12,540 70-66-65-78—279 Brett Drewitt $12,240 67-68-71-74—280 S. Levin $12,240 69-68-71-72—280 W. MacKenzie $ 12,240 66-69-71-74—280 S. Stallings $12,000 68-67-72-75—282 Made Cut Did Not Finish Ryan Blaum $11,760 67-70-72—209 Julian Etulain $11,760 71-66-72—209 Kevin Tway $11,760 66-68-75—209 A. Albertson, $11,280 68-68-74—210 Brad Fritsch $11,280 72-64-74—210 Seamus Power $11,280 67-70-73—210 Chase Seiffert, $11,280 71-65-74—210 Nick Taylor $11,280 66-71-73—210 Mark Hubbard $10,920 70-65-76—211 Roberto Castro $ 10,800 70-67-75—212

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Record Pts Pvs 1. S.H. State (11) 11-0 3676 1 2. J’ville State (15) 10-1 3531 2 3. Eastern Wash. (14) 10-1 3468 3 4. N.D. State (10) 10-1 3415 4 5. James Madison (1) 10-1 3185 6 6. The Citadel 10-1 2990 5 7. South Dakota State 8-3 2739 8 8. North Dakota 9-2 2598 10 9. Villanova 8-3 2270 13 10. Chas. Southern 7-3 2124 14 11. Chattanooga 8-3 2093 12 12. Richmond 8-3 2033 7 13. Youngstown State 8-3 1938 15 14. Central Arkansas 9-2 1805 11 15. Coastal Carolina 9-2 1602 16 16. Grambling State 8-1 1434 17 17. N.C. A&T 9-2 1328 9 18. Lehigh 9-2 1252 19 19. Wofford 8-3 1186 20 20. N.C. Central 9-2 1147 24 21. Cal Poly 7-4 778 21 22. New Hampshire 7-4 574 NR 23. Samford 7-4 497 18 24. San Diego 9-1 300 NR 25. Weber State 7-4 280 NR Others: Illinois State 117, Albany 114, Princeton 106, Montana 94, UT Martin 82, Penn 59, Western Illinois 48, Fordham 36, Saint Francis U 30, Southeastern Louisiana 27, UNI 23, Maine 20, Southern Utah 17, Southern University 17, Duquesne 9, Northern Arizona 5, Tennessee State 5, McNeese 5, Kennesaw State 4, Nicholls 3, Liberty 3, Northern Colorado 3, Harvard 2, Stony Brook 2, Dayton 1.

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Dangers of concussions hit home in Panthers locker room BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Now more than ever, Carolina Panthers players are being forced to confront the omnipresent dangers of repeated hits to the head amid a rash of concussions to key players. Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly was carted off the field with a head injury last Thursday night, a disturbing sight as the 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year stared blankly ahead as he wept uncontrollably while heading to the locker room. It was a scary moment some teammates — as well players across the league — likely won’t soon forget. Left tackle Michael Oher still hasn’t returned to practice nearly two months after sustaining a concussion. Even reigning league MVP Cam Newton, with his seemingly invincible 6-foot-5, 245-pound muscular physique, missed a game with a concussion and later talked about his concern over long-term effects. In all, seven Carolina players have found their way into the league’s concussion protocol since the start of the pre-

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Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly (59) lies on the turf after getting hit hard in the Panthers’ 23-20 win over New Orleans on Thursday. season. “When you see it, it always comes across your mind that it could be you one day,” Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short said. Short acknowledged the violent nature of some hits is a scary to watch. “It’s like a car crash,” Short

said. “You never know what the outcome may be. You hope for the best and pray that those guys come back.” Kuechly did not practice Monday and Panthers coach Ron Rivera offered no update on his status, just reiterating he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol. He said

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The Citadel is making its fifth postseason appearance and has advanced to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time. Last season, the Bulldogs made the program’s first postseason appearance since 1992 and won a road playoff game for the first time in school history with a 41-38 victory at Coastal Carolina in the first round. CSU, which is 7-3 on the season, repeated as Big South champion and is making its second consecutive playoff appearance. The Buccaneers and The Citadel did not face each other this season, but they played twice last year. CSU won both, winning in the regular season 33-20 and in the second round of the playoffs 14-6. Wofford, which is 8-3, finished tied for second in the Southern Conference and is making its seventh playoff appearance and first since 2012. The Citadel edged the Terriers 24-21 during the regular season.

Tailback Wayne Gallman the Tigers can’t let things come down to the wire this time, not with the playoffs at stake. “We can’t let go of what we’re trying to finish,” he said. Watson, the junior Heisman Trophy contender, has faced South Carolina’s experienced defense before, but is wary about the tweaks Muschamp has brought to the group. “Those guys are going to have pride in what they do and prepare very well,” Watson said. “Muschamp is a great guy, great coach and they’re going to be very confident coming in here. They should be.” The Tigers will be pretty confident, too, given Watson’s history against the Gamecocks. As a freshman in 2014 he played with a torn ACL in his left knee, yet threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more in 35-17 victory that ended South Carolina’s unprecedented five-game win streak in the rivalry.

FCS PLAYOFF SCHEDULE All Times EST Saturday, Nov. 26 San Diego (9-1) at Cal Poly (7-4), 7 p.m. Saint Francis (Pa.) (7-4) at Villanova (8-3), 2 p.m. Weber State (7-4) at Chattanooga (8-3), 2 p.m. Lehigh (9-2) at New Hampshire (7-4), 2 p.m. Samford (7-4) at Youngstown State (8-3), 5 p.m. Charleston Southern (7-3) at Wofford (8-3), 2 p.m. N.C. A&T (9-2) at Richmond (83), 2 p.m. Illinois State (6-5) at Central Arkansas (9-2), 3 p.m. Second Round Saturday, Dec. 3 San Diego-Cal Poly winner at North Dakota State (10-1), 3:30 p.m. Saint Francis (Pa.)-Villanova winner at South Dakota State (8-3), 3 p.m. Weber State-Chattanooga winner at Sam Houston State (11-0), 3 p.m. Lehigh-New Hampshire winner at James Madison (10-1), 2 p.m. Samford-Youngstown State winner at Jacksonville State (10-1), 2 p.m. Charleston Southern-Wofford winner at The Citadel (10-1), 6 p.m. N.C. A&T-Richmond winner at North Dakota (9-2), 6 p.m. Illinois State-Central Arkansas winner at Eastern Washington (10-1), 4 p.m. Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 9-Saturday, Dec. 10 San Diego-Cal Poly_North Dakota State winner vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)-Villanova_South Dakota State (8-3) winner Weber State-Chattanooga_Sam Houston State winner vs. Lehigh-New Hampshire_James Madison winner Samford-Youngstown State_ Jacksonville State winner vs. Charleston Southern-Wofford_ The Citadel winner N.C. A&T-Richmond_North Dakota winner vs. Illinois StateCentral Arkansas_Eastern Washington winner Semifinals Friday, Dec. 16 Pairings TBD, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 Pairings TBD, 6:30 p.m. Championship Saturday, Jan. 7 At Toyota Stadium Houston Semifinal winners, noon

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Even with a cast on, Corbett has been REL’s go-to receiver in the playoffs, and he was again against the Hurricanes. Of the 160 passing yards, 103 went to Corbett -- along with two of the three touchdowns. “We knew it was going to be there,” Corbett said of some of the Cavs’ big pass plays. “It’s been there the whole time. We just focused and tried to get it done.” Of his eight catches, five went for 15 yards or more, including the two scores. He and junior quarterback Bryce Barrett found plenty of open spots in the defense for most of the game. “It was a matter of trying to get what we could on every play and then roll with it,” Corbett said. His 18-yard grab in the first quarter gave the Cavs a 7-0 lead. He also had a 15-yard catch in the third that made it 21-20 REL at the time. Had it not been for the cast, Rankin said he would have a third TD in the game as well as another one slipped out of his grasp in the end zone. “We knew we had to be able to spread them out

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The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (61) 11-0 1525 1 2. Ohio St. 10-1 1455 2 3. Michigan 10-1 1370 4 4. Clemson 10-1 1347 5 5. Wisconsin 9-2 1255 6 6. Washington 10-1 1220 7 7. Oklahoma 9-2 1169 8 8. Penn St. 9-2 1091 9 9. Colorado 9-2 997 12 10. Oklahoma St. 9-2 868 13 11. Louisville 9-2 830 3 12. Southern Cal 8-3 811 15 13. Florida 8-2 703 21 14. W. Michigan 11-0 701 14 15. Florida St. 8-3 661 17 16. Auburn 8-3 613 18 17. Nebraska 9-2 593 19 18. Houston 9-2 490 NR 19. West Virginia 8-2 448 10 20. Boise St. 10-1 389 22 21. Utah 8-3 280 11 22. Texas A&M 8-3 253 23 23. Washington St. 8-3 186 20 24. Tennessee 8-3 133 NR 25. LSU 6-4 84 16 Others receiving votes: Stanford 81, Virginia Tech 77, Navy 62, North Carolina 55, Pittsburgh 24, South Florida 24, Arkansas 10, Iowa 7, Troy 6, Minnesota 5, Temple 1, Wyoming 1.

there is no timetable for Kuechly’s return. Still, the Panthers (4-6) must forge on and play six more games without their top defensive player beginning Sunday at Oakland. One of those trying to move on is safety Colin Jones. He missed Carolina’s 23-20

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The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 19, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (63) 11-0 1575 1 2. Ohio State 10-1 1482 2 3. Clemson 10-1 1420 5 4. Michigan 10-1 1404 4 5. Washington 10-1 1297 7 6. Wisconsin 9-2 1279 6 7. Oklahoma 9-2 1215 8 8. Penn State 9-2 1077 10 9. Colorado 9-2 1052 12 10. Okla. State 9-2 947 13 11. Louisville 9-2 864 3 12. S. Calif. 8-3 774 19 13. Florida 8-2 744 18 14. Florida State 8-3 735 15 15. Nebraska 9-2 719 17 16. Auburn 8-3 663 16 17. W. Va. 8-2 489 9 18. W. Mich. 11-0 448 21 19. Boise State 10-1 414 23 20. Utah 8-3 374 11 21. Houston 9-2 349 NR 22. Texas A&M 8-3 315 22 23. Wash. State 8-3 132 20 24. Tennessee 8-3 129 NR 25. North Carolina 8-3 118 24 Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech 101; Stanford 96; LSU 90; Navy 82; South Florida 46; Minnesota 11; Arkansas 10; Pittsburgh 8; San Diego State 7; Wyoming 6; Iowa 1; Miami (Fla.) 1; Tulsa 1.

Last year, Watson ran for three scores and passed for a fourth in the Tigers win. Watson would like to finish things out with a win. Two weeks ago, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Watson was

among several offensive playmakers headed to the NFL after this season. Watson has been coy about the pro talk, wanting to concentrate on his college career instead of where he’ll be next year.

and throw it,” Corbett said. “When we couldn’t run it, we were able to pass it.” He also shined on defense and special teams. The 5-foot-9-inch cornerback was involved in a handful of tackles as the Cavaliers kept the prolific ‘Canes offense in check for most of the first 2 1/2 quarters and held it well below its season averages in most categories overall. “Just stop No. 2 (Michel Dukes) and No. 6 (Ahmad Green),” Corbett said. “That’s what we were concentrating on doing.” Another big play came after First Baptist had scored to take a 20-14 lead in the third quarter. Corbett got through in time to block the PAT, forcing the ‘Canes to go for two later in the game. “I came off the edge and got to it,” he said. “That was big. We were able to go up by one after that instead of just tying it.” In spite of the outcome, it was a performance Rankin had come to expect from both Corbett and a special group of seniors, he said. “William had a great game. If you throw it out there, he’s gonna catch it,” Rankin said. “We were 0-21 four years ago and this group of freshmen bought in and we’ve gone

23-3 the last two years. We played for two state titles and won one. “I’m extremely proud of this group.”

win Thursday night over New Orleans with a concussion — the second of his career. “We are trained since we are young to fight through anything... but with a head injury it’s just a different situation because 70 percent isn’t good enough,” Jones said. “Because if there are any side effects at all then you can just really hurt yourself down the road if you come back too quick.” But Jones said when he does get back on the field it won’t change the way he plays. He’s not alone. Cornerback Leonard Johnson said Monday he was taken the hospital after the Saints game when he had trouble breathing after taking a cleat to his sternum. He said you can’t go into a game thinking about not getting hurt. “I don’t think it changes the way you play, it just brings more awareness to the game from a physicality standpoint,” Johnson said of concussions. “Once you roll the ball out there you forget all about the injuries and the possibility that (a concussion) can happen. When people focus more on those things they play timid and that’s when injuries do happen.”

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FROM PAGE B1 Bishopville native Billy McMillon is a also a Clemson All-American, a 6-year MLB vet and current Boston Red Sox outfield coordinator. After Richardson speaks, there will be an autograph session and a question and answer segment with the guests. “These guys have all won World Series rings and played at the highest possible level you can,” Medlin said. “It’s really going to be an enjoyable evening with them.” The panel is just one part of what Medlin hopes to be an event that will feature something for everyone. There will be five big cash door prizes handed out -one for $1,000 and four for $500 each. A meal will be provided by the Bar-B-Que Hut and there will be a cornhole tournament. There will also be a silent auction with some local-interest items available for bid as well as other sports-related memorabilia provided by the Sports and More company out of Charlotte, Medlin said. The cost is $100 per person and no charge for children age 12 and under. For more information or to purchase tickets, interested parties can call Medlin at (803) 938-3904 or (803) 944-0612.

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No. 3 South Carolina blows past Maine 79-42 COLUMBIA — A’ja Wilson had 14 points and Alaina Coates had 12 points and 14 rebounds as No. 3 South Carolina used its height advantage to blow past Maine 79-42 on Monday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge. The 6-foot-5 Wilson and 6-4 Coates did about whatever they wanted against the undersized Black Bears (2-3). Wilson hit seven of her eight shots while Coates, who notched her second double-double of the season by halftime, hit six of seven shots. The Gamecocks (3-0) used some strong defense to open up the lead, using a 15-0 run to start the game and a 13-0 charge coming into the third quarter. Wilson had four of the team’s five blocks with Coates swatting the other. The Gamecocks outrebounded Maine 42-27.

CLEMSON 70 OKLAHOMA 64 ORLANDO, Fla. — Jordan Woodard scored 21 points

OBITUARIES JOHN F. THAMES MANNING — Coach John Franklin Thames, 82, died on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at his home. Born on May 20, 1934, in Alcolu, he was a son of the late Charles Franklin and Katherine THAMES Harvin Thames. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served as a tank platoon leader in 1958 and 1959 in Korea. He was a teacher and coach at Manning High School for more than 55 years, where he is best remembered as the winningest girls basketball coach in South Carolina history. He was inducted into the S.C. Coaches Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame in its inaugural class. He was awarded the Order of the Silver Crescent on his 70th birthday by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. He was a member of Manning First Baptist Church, where he taught the youth Sunday school class for many years. He is survived by a number of cousins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the John F. Thames Arena at Manning High School. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery in Alcolu. Pallbearers will be Glenn Ardis, John Lesaine, Preston Threatt, Michael Haynes, Brian Joyner, Robbie Briggs, Shayne Stephens and Todd English. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at the John F. Thames Arena. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the John Franklin Thames Scholarship, presented by the Clarendon School District 2 Education Foundation, c/o Barry Ham, P.O. Drawer 520, Manning, SC 29102 or to Manning First Baptist Church, 49 W. Boyce St., Manning, SC 29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

C. WARREN PRESCOTT C. Warren Prescott, 71, husband of Judy Austin Prescott, died on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, at his home. Born on Aug. 1, 1945, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Cleveland Montague “C.M.” Prescott Jr. and PRESCOTT Minnie Rebecca Wood Prescott. He attended Green Acres Assembly of God and was coowner of Fort Heating and Air. He served in the S.C. Na-

and handed out nine assists Sunday to help Oklahoma hold off Clemson 70-64 in the third-place game of the Tire Pros Invitational. Christian James had 17 points, including three critical 3-pointers late in the game, and Kameron McGusty added 14 points for Oklahoma (3-1). Jaron Blossomgame had 19 points for Clemson (2-2), while Sidy Djitte scored 14 to go with 14 rebounds and Marquise Reed added 10 points.

(16) WISCONSIN 74 TENNESSEE 62 LAHAINA, Hawaii — Wisconsin jumped out to a big early lead, only to see Tennessee put together two runs to take the lead. The Badgers are a veteran team, though, and they managed to keep their calm during the Vols’ storm. Bronson Koenig scored 21 points, Nigel Hayes had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 16 Wisconsin opened the Maui Invitational with a 74-62 win over Tennessee on Monday.

tional Guard. He was an avid gardener and had the best tomatoes in town. Survivors include his wife of 29 years; four children, Kevin W. Prescott of Sumter, Mitch Prescott (Nicole) of Sumter, Lesley Kelly (Richard) of Greenville and Kevin Huggins (Elpi) of Sumter; two grandchildren, Richie Kelly and Brice Barkley; a brother, Kenny Prescott (Carol) of Fernandina Beach, Florida; and a sister-in-law, Loretta Prescott of Alcolu. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dianne White Prescott; an infant son; and a brother, Andy Prescott. Funeral services will be held at noon on Wednesday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Michael Bowman officiating. Burial will be in Brunson Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chris Prescott, Mark Gibson, Cleve Lancaster, L.D. Smith, David McCullar and Jeff Brogdon. Honorary pallbearers will be Myron Sommerset, Leon Holladay, Don Brunson and Jeff Davis. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephen Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Green Acres Assembly of God, 537 Lewis Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

GEORGETOWN 65 (13) OREGON 61 LAHAINA, Hawaii — Rodney Pryor had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Georgetown withstood a furious secondhalf rally to hold on for a 65-61 victory over No. 13 Oregon on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational. Georgetown (1-2) led by 17 after a superb first half, capped by Pryor’s running 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Ducks (2-2) swarmed their way back, using pressure defense to create turnovers and easy baskets in transition. Unlike their loss to Maryland last week, the Hoyas weathered the Duck storm and will advance to the second round against No. 16 Wisconsin.

PRESBYTERIAN COACH RESIGNS AFTER 8 SEASONS CLINTON — Presbyterian coach Harold Nichols resigned Sunday, acknowledging that a change was necessary for the Football Championship Subdivision program to move forward. The Blue Hose finished a 2-9 season with a 31-7 loss at South Alabama on Saturday.

SAMMIE LEE DINGLE MANNING — Sammie Lee Dingle, 63, widower of Annie Mae Dingle, died on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Funeral services for Mr. Dingle will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Silver community, Clarendon County, with the Rev. Ranzy McFadden, pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Public viewing will be held from noon until 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning. The family is receiving friends at his residence, 2323 George Harvin Road, Manning. Samuels Funeral Home of Manning is in charge of arrangements.

JOE HOUSE SUMMERTON — Joe House, 63, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at his residence in Summerton. Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Lawson House. He was the husband of Beatrice Green House. The family will receive friends at the home, 15 Mazyck St., Summerton. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

LOTTIE R. MCCLARY Lottie R. McClary, 69, died on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

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Presbyterian athletic director Brian Reese said Sunday that he met with Nichols and the two decided the resignation was in the best interest of the team. Nichols went 22-67 in his eight seasons. His team’s best year came in 2014 at 6-5, his lone winning record during his tenure. Nichols, a Presbyterian graduate, said he enjoyed his time as coach and believes the program is stronger now than when he arrived. The Blue Hose play in the Big South Conference in the FCS.

HORNETS 90 CHARLOTTE — Mike Conley had 31 points, Marc Gasol flirted with a triple-double and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Charlotte Hornets 105-90 on Monday night for their fifth straight win. Conley had five 3-pointers and shot 11 of 21 from the field, including a long-range 3 with 4 minutes left that thwarted Charlotte’s fourth-quarter rally and sent the crowd streaming toward the exits. Gasol was dominant in the first half and finished with 13 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. The Grizzlies controlled the tempo from the start, jumping out to a 16-4 lead. They pushed their advantage to 24 at halftime, shooting 58 percent from the field, including 10 of 16 from 3-point range. Frank Kaminsky turned in perhaps his best game as a pro for Charlotte, tying a career high with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting. Kemba Walker had 17 points, snapping a string of 11 straight games with 20 or more.

KENTUCKY TAKES OVER NO. 1 SPOT FROM DUKE IN POLL Kentucky moves into the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college basketball poll, replacing Duke, which dropped to sixth following its final-seconds loss to Kansas in the Champions Classic. The Wildcats (4-0), who also beat then-No. 13 Michigan State in the Champions Classic, received 42 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel in the poll released Monday . Kentucky was ranked No. 1 for two weeks last season.

Born on May 21, 1947, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Lida Glover Rembert and the late Harmon Rembert Sr. The family will receive relatives and friends at the

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Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent learned that South Carolina had an annual rainfall of nearly 50 inches; Johnny Stowe is the prescribed burn enough to almost qualify us as a temperate rain forest. Those days are expert for DNR; at the SC Native gone. Plant Conference in Clemson, the The US Drought Monitor index week of Hurricane Matthews, which states that over one and one-half milwas the only rain I saw in over forty lion South Carolinians are currently days until recently, he explained how the Smokey the Bear campaign actual- living in an area classified as in a ly set back fire-fighting campaigns. By drought. At that same Native Plant Conference, we heard that Clemson associating any fires with death and professor Patrick McMillan believes destruction, the Smokey the Bear that one-third of the oaks in the Blue campaign reduced the acceptance of Ridge Mountain region of North and using fire as a management tool. South Carolina are dying due to In the course of time, natural fires from lighting strikes would periodical- drought stress that has occurred over the past ten years. ly start fires which would clear the Fire as a management tool is more woods of underbrush and dead debris critical now as the South can no lonlittering the ground. Native American ger count on bountiful annual rainfall people continued this practice which improved hunting and made places for to keep our wooded areas moist and less likely to erupt in massive conflafood plots. When the fire load – the material ready to combust and burn – grations when natural or man-made (accidental or intentional) unplanned was small; the fires moved quickly through the forests. Most of the larger fires occur. Learn how setting fires on trees, and the fire adapted species like purpose can promote healthier forests, increase the habitat for wildlife, and long-leaf pine, were unharmed. The prevent the loss of thousands of acres small sweet gums, oaks, and trash of carbon-sequestering trees. Here is a pines would be killed. Grasses and good place to start getting information herbaceous species often flourished http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/manageafter fires as the more open canopy ment/ allowed sunlight to reach the ground and their presence provided more seeds and browse for wildlife. Clemson University Cooperative Extension We are in the midst of a terrible fire Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regime in the upper reaches of our regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orienstate and in the North Carolina and tation, marital or family status and is an equal Georgia mountains. During my studopportunity employer. ies at Clemson, forty years ago, we

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Eartha Robinson Thompson, 85, entered eternal rest on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at her home. Born on Aug. 11, 1931, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Lespy and Elizabeth Porter Robinson. She attended the public schools of Sumter County and Morris College before moving briefly to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to live. She moved back to Sumter 1955, where she was employed for several years with Sumter School District 17 as a paraprofessional and for many years as an occupational therapist assistant for Wateree Mental Health Center, until her retirement. She also was an Avon representative for more than 40 years and a beautician for Today’s Beauty Salon of Sumter. She leaves to cherish her memories: her husband since June 1956, the Rev. Robert Thompson; her children, the Rev. Gwendolyn (Johnny) White of Sumter, retired Col. Robert A. (Latonya) Thompson of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Deacon Wayne (Mary) Thompson of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Sheron (Anthony) Deas, Apostle Charles (Evangelist Lillian) Thompson and Susan (John) Pringle, all of Sumter; 18 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother, David L. Robinson of Lexington; two sisters, Rosalie Wilson of Sumter and Annette (Willie) Council of Stafford, Virginia; two sisters-in-law; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Homegoing celebration will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 1093 Oswego Highway – U.S. 401, Sumter, with the Rev. Geneva Stafford, pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 929 Oswego Highway, Sumter. The remains will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. for viewing until time of services. The procession will leave at 2 p.m. from the home. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Evergreen Memorial Park, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter. These services have been entrusted to the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

John Henry Jackson Jr., 80, husband of Suzanne Chapman Jackson, died on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at his home. Born in August of 1936 in Columbia, he was a son of the late John Henry Jackson Sr. and Ruby Crossland Jackson. Mr. Jackson grew up in Sumter, where he graduated from Edmunds High School in 1954. His love for the outdoors led to a forestry certificate from Clemson College, followed by a bachelor of science in forest management from the University of Georgia, where he was also a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Returning to Sumter in 1964, Mr. Jackson served our community through the Sertoma and Elks Clubs, Sumter County Game and Fish Association, and Sumter Sheriff’s Association. As an avid outdoorsman and “swamper,” he served to promote sportsmanship as a member and office holder in the Riverside, Columbia-Sumter, Sumter-Lee County and Milford Hunt Clubs. Mr. Jackson was the retired owner and operator of Knight Brothers Inc. and J & J Bail Bond Co. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Naomi & Warner’s Coffee Club, and a U.S. Army veteran. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; two sons, John Henry “Jay” Jackson III (Tammy) of Moncks Corner and Cecil Kelly Jackson (Jana) of Sumter; a brother, Dr. Jerry Eugene Jackson (Jean) of Sumter; a sister, Pauline “Polly” Jackson Williams (Tom) of Blythewood; four grandchildren, Melissa Anne Jackson Primm (John), Lauren Cecilia Jackson, Cecil Kelly “Jack” Jackson Jr. and Mary Caroline Jackson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, followed by burial in the Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be E.W. “Billy” Nettles Jr., J.T. “Bubba” James, J.M. “Johnny” Mahon, Col. W.S. “Bill” Gardenhire, C.A. “YaYa” Segars, C.K. “Jack” Jackson, E. Rogers Reynolds and V.C. “Vic” Jones. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Milford Hunt and Columbia-Sumter Hunt Clubs. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home on White’s Mill Pond. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Thornwell Home for Children, P.O. Box 60, Clinton, SC 29325 or to the MUSC Foundation for Kidney Disease Research, 18 Bee St., MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 7759386.

MAEBELL R. JONES Maebell Ramsey Jones, 86, departed this earth on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at Providence Hospital, Columbia. Born on Feb. 22, 1930, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. David and Elmeta Alston Ramsey. She received her formal education in the Sumter County public school system. She later relocated to Bronx, New York, where she worked in the garment district in Manhattan. After she became ill, she returned back home to South Carolina. In her early years, she became a member of Wayman Chapel AME Church. She leaves to cherish her memories: three sisters, Mary Ellen Fries of Bowie, Maryland, Juanita (Elbert) Deas and Amelia (Dennis) Nickens, both of Sumter; two brothers, Lewis Ramsey and Leroy (Marie) Ramsey, both of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends who will miss her tremendously. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Roosevelt L. Williams officiating, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 860 Mayfield Drive, Sumter. The procession will leave at 10:20 a.m. from the home. Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park, 3001 Cains Mill Road, Sumter. 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.

BESSIE M. LEWIS Bessie M. Lewis was born on Nov. 23, 1924, in Apalachicola, Florida, a daughter of the late Robert and Rebecca Dingle Boyd. She departed this life on Nov. 16, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. She was an active member of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church before relocating to New York City. After marriage, she and her family moved to Rahway, New Jersey, and she became a member of Second Baptist Church for a number of years. She became a licensed practical nurse in Chicago, Illinois, and she served faithfully in the nursing profession for more than 40 years. She leaves to cherish her memory: a loving husband of 61 years, James Lewis; one son, James (Patricia) Lewis Jr.; one granddaughter, Jada Lewis; nieces, Barbara Hicks, Dorothy Burton, Elsie Brown, Ramonia Spencer, Sandra Thower, Cynthia Mitchell and Thelma Bradley, whom she took as her daughter; nephews, Isham Tomlin, Peter and Raymond Boyd; sisters-in-law,

Doris Miller, Dale (John) Ellerbe, Virginia Lewis, Mazie Lewis, Alberta Hood and Loretta Newkirk; and brothersin-law, John H. Lewis and Joe Lewis. She was preceded in death by one brother, Moultrie Boyd; and four sisters, Rosa Bell Washington, Theola Brailsford, Mamie Conyers and Louise Mitchell. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Ms. Lewis will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. on Wednesday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at noon on Wednesday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with the Rev. Marion H. Newton officiating. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. The family will be receiving friends at 2625 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter. Job’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements, 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

MARY LUCIA E. LEE BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Mary Lucia Elmore Lee, 78, who died peacefully at home on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Chapel of Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Pastor Tim Lee will officiate. A private burial will follow in Red Hill Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in her honor to Hephzibah Bible Church Cemetery Fund, 960 Egypt Road, Camden, SC 29020. Mrs. Lee, widow of Warren Shiver “Buck” Lee, was born in Sumter, a daughter of the late Lucius and Mary Lee Hancock Elmore. On Nov. 20th, God called home Mary Lucia Lee, better known to most folks as “The Bean Lady” of Bishopville. Mary Lucia spent her life at the service of her Lord and her family. She especially enjoyed her summers working at the Bean Shed, where she never met a stranger. She leaves a legacy of warmth and love that will spread down through generations to come. She is survived by her daughter, Melesia Walden (Craig) Mason of Folly Beach; sons, Warren “Wally” (Charles Ann) Lee of Bishopville and Tim (Laurie) Lee of Irmo; brother, Harry L. (Barbara) Elmore of Bishopville; sister, Carlene (Alan) Black of Lilburn, Georgia; sister-in-law,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 Kay Elmore of Bishopville; grandchildren, Ashley Walden (Garret) Ryan of Charleston, Robert Andrew (Rachel) Walden of Charleston, Warren Lee Jr. of Bishopville, Lindsey Lee of Bishopville, Bryant (Angela) Lee of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mason Putnam of Irmo and Faith Putnam of Irmo; and great-grandchild, John Samuel Ryan of Charleston. She was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Robert D. Walden Jr.; daughter-in-law, Julie Lee; and brother, Lucius N. Elmore Jr.

RICHARD NEWMAN BISHOPVILLE — Richard Newman entered eternal rest on Nov. 21, 2016, at his residence, 98 Freedom Ave, Elliott. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Kathleen and Charles King, 35 China Hill Road, Elliott. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

JOE WILLIAMS Joe Williams, 70, died on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at his home. Born on Sept. 13, 1946, in Lee County, he was a son of Susie Mae Williams. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 234 Casual Branch Road, Bishopville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

DONTRELL CARTER Dontrell Carter, 23, died on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in Hinesville, Georgia. Born on July 12, 1993, in Sumter County, he was a son of Kenneth Green and Candie Carter. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home of his grandfather, Nathan Carter, 126 Thelma Drive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

ARLEN W. ROHL EUTAWVILLE — Arlen Wayne Rohl, 78, of Eutawville, widower of Arlene Smith Rohl, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in a Manning nursing home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Manning with the Rev. John Beane officiating. Burial with military honors will be held at noon on Friday in Andersonville National

Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill. Arlen was born on Aug. 22, 1938, in Scotia, California, to the late Ernest N. Rohl Sr. and Sarah Pullen Rohl. He grew up in Crannell, California, and on a small cattle ranch in Dow’s Prairie, California. He attended Crannell and Trinidad Elementary Schools, Arcata Union High School and Humboldt State College. He entered the U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadet Class 59-15N in September of 1958. He was tendered a commission as a second lieutenant with an aeronautical rating of navigator on Aug. 19, 1959, and graduated from Electronic Warfare Officer School in July 1959. He retired on Oct. 1, 1978, as a master navigator. Arlen was presented the Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Commendation Medal, The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, the Air Force Combat Crew Medal, 3 Air Force Commendation Medals, The National Defense Service Medal, 5 Air Medals, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Arlen was assistant chief of the USAF Europe Tactical Air Control Center’s Combat Intelligence Division at Sembach Air Force Base, Germany, for two years. He flew in the B-52G, the B-58 (hustler), the EB-66 Electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft and the RF-4C photo reconnaissance aircraft. He was an instructor in the B-58 and RF-4. He was the assistant chief of the 363rd TRW Weapons and Tactics Division as well as a com at crew member in an operational RF-4C Squadron. After retirement from the Air Force, he was employed by Lloyd Moore land surveyor as a party chief and instrument man; G.L. Smith Inc. in Santee; and Holly Hill Country Club as golf course superintendent. Arlen was a past master councilor of the Arcata, California, Order of DeMolay Chapter and past master of Vance Masonic Lodge of Vance. He was a member and serving deacon of New Covenant Presbyterian Church of Manning. He was predeceased by siblings, Ernest N. Rohl Jr., Lillian Swope and Emma Dahlberg Carlson. Surviving are a son, Jeff Rohl; a granddaughter, Katie of Holly Hill; daughter, Jennifer (Charlie) Barrett; granddaughter, Faythe of Manning; and a number of nieces and nephews. www.avingerfh.com

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being. The Gosselins received much criticism for exploiting their children and exposing them in ways that could result in emotional damage. Among their critics were surviving members of the Dionne Quintuplets, who chastised the Gosselins as well as the parents of the similarly exposed McCaughey septuplets for confusing multiple births with entertainment and opportunities for product placement. It should be interesting to see how the “10-Year Anniversary” acknowledges these travails. And will time permit a discussion of Kate’s seemingly indefatigable efforts to promote her own “brand”? Over the years, she’s authored three books, appeared on “Dancing With the Stars,” and dragged the kids to “Celebrity Wife Swap.” In 2009, she was developing a syndicated talk show with Paula Deen, only to be dropped for being too “controversial.” Deen’s own controversies would emerge years later. I wonder if she’s going to get a 10th anniversary special? • Speaking of children’s health, “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO) follows up its extensive examinations of the NFL concussion scandals with a look at youth football and how some of the youngest and most vulnerable players may be subject to head injuries and brain damage. • “Billion Dollar Buyer” (10 p.m., CNBC) enters its second season with proposals for exotic bikinis as well as a product to shake up the shower drain business.

CULT CHOICE Newlyweds (Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz) honeymoon in the national parks in the 1954 comedy “The Long, Long Trailer” (10:30 p.m., TCM).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • An influential politician may benefit from a guilty verdict on “Bull” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14). • A funny thing happened on the way to Thanksgiving on “This Is Us” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • Letty joins Javier in a cover-up on “Good Behavior” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14). • A sailor dies during a biker rally on “NCIS: New Or-

leans” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • While driving the ambulance, Dawson hits a pedestrian on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • Behind bars, Bob Lee works to help his family on “Shooter” (10 p.m., USA, TV14).

SERIES NOTES Bishop questions an intelligence agency on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Jake tries too hard on “Brooklyn NineNine” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Frankie disapproves of April on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Killer Frost arrives on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TVPG) * Peter Gallagher appears on “New Girl” (8:30 p.m., Fox,

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LATE NIGHT Jimmy Fallon welcomes Sarah Jessica Parker and Frank Pellegrino Jr. on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) welcomes Gayle King, Ben Platt and a performance from Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen.” Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate

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

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

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Personal Representative Stacy L. Bagwell C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney at Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152

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Estate:/Mary Alice Harvin #2016ES4300610 Personal Representative Ellaree Hampton 805 North Brick Road Mayesville, SC 29104

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Estate:/Johnnie Lee Davis #2016ES4300620 Personal Representative Richardine H. Davis 2341 Old Whites Mill Road Sumter, SC 29150

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Langley Bagwell #2016ES4300629

Personal Representative Stacy L. Bagwell C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney at Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152

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Personal Representative James Sargent, Jr. 1048 Hudder Field Dr. Sumter, SC 29154

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Personal Representative Barbara Harris 3100 Avin Road Sumter, SC 29154

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Electric vehicles face uncertainty

‘Moana’ co-stars ‘like family’ on and offscreen

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AULI'I CRAVALHO AND “THE ROCK” BY DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY

6 killed in school bus crash Chattanooga emergency crews work at the scene of a serious school bus accident Monday in Chattanooga, Tenn. At least six people were killed and at least 23 were taken to the hospital after a school bus crashed into a tree Monday afternoon in Chattanooga, authorities said.

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All four major players see major gains for ﬁrst time in 17 years Adam Shell @adamshell USA TODAY

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Is it really over? Answers to some election questions Some states still counting, but results not likely to reverse Richard Wolf @richardjwolf USA TODAY

The presidential election is over. Or is it? Two weeks after Election Day, Donald Trump is assembling his Cabinet while votes in many states are still being counted. Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote continues to grow. Michigan’s 16 electoral votes remain up for grabs. And so the question: How conﬁdent can Americans be in the results announced in the wee hours of Nov. 9, given the problems that continue to beset our election system? Here are some answers: Q: Who won the electoral vote? A: As of Monday, Trump has

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People stand in line outside a polling station at Trump Place on Election Day this month in New York. 290 votes to Clinton’s 232, with Michigan outstanding. Even if Clinton wins there — a possibility despite Trump’s lead since election night — she still would trail, 290-248. Among other states where the vote was close, only Florida could ﬂip the election. But Clinton

trails there and in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by too many votes to trigger an automatic recount. Q: Who won the popular vote? A: Clinton’s lead of about 1.7 milSTORY CONTINUES ON C2

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Wall Street didn’t get just one winner Monday, or a daily double, or even a trifecta. It notched a stock market-style superfecta, with all four major U.S. stock indexes — representing blue chip names, technology stocks, small caps and large-company stocks — all closing at record highs on the same day for the first time in 17 years. The post-election rally began two weeks ago when “Red Stocks” ripped higher after Republican Donald Trump’s win Nov. 8. The rally, which has been fueled by hopes that the president-elect’s growth-friendly policies will finally jolt the U.S. economy out of its multiyear doldrums, has spread to virtually every corner of the stock market. All-time highs were in abundance to start the week: Blue chips in the Dow Jones in- MONDAY’S dustrial average closed up NUMBERS 89 points to a Dow Jones record 18,956.69 18,956.69, extending its Standard & 2016 gain to Poor 500 nearly 9%. 2198.18 The benchmark Stan- Nasdaq dard & Poor’s 5368.86 500 finished 0.8% higher at Russell 2000 2198.18, its 1322.23 highest close ever. The tech-packed Nasdaq composite rallied 0.9% to a record 5368.86. And the Russell 2000, a stock index filled with the market’s smallest companies, extended its winning streak to 12 sessions on its way to an all-time record close of 1322.23 and a 16.4% gain for the year. That is the Russell 2000’s longest winning streak since June 2003. “It is the first time the S&P 500, Dow, Russell 2000 and Nasdaq all closed at a new high on the same day since Dec. 31, 1999,” says Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at LPL Financial. The surge in stock prices is driven by hopes that Trump’s plans to slash taxes, rid businesses of costly rules and regulations and spend billions to fix the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges will produce a spike in STORY CONTINUES ON C2

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Squabble, squabble: Political bile threatens Thanksgiving Election ire gets some booted from table Mary Bowerman USA TODAY Network

Sarah-Jane Cunningham knew her Facebook posts about the election rubbed her family the wrong way, but she didn’t realize the posts would get her uninvited from Thanksgiving dinner. The 19-year-old said her mother called a week before Thanksgiving and confronted her about the Facebook posts regarding President-elect Donald Trump.

“She asked me if I was going to be disrespectful to my family, and I told her that it could work either way,” Cunningham said. “If the things I am saying are disrespectful to Trump supporters, the things they are saying are also disrespectful to me.” Cunningham’s response got her uninvited to her family’s Thanksgiving dinner in Maine. She said that although her mom called later and tried to make things right, it was too late, and she plans to hang out with her two cats in Boston on Thanksgiving. She won’t be the only one whose political views earned

them a spot on the uninvited list at family Thanksgiving. On Twitter, Trump and Clinton supporters alike shared their stories about getting uninvited from Thanksgiving. Others, who may have wanted a reason to skip dinner, simply said they dreaded the inevitable alcohol-fueled political discussions. Katelyn Crist, a writer based in Charlotte, who recently faced criticism after writing about her decision to vote for Trump, tweeted that Trump supporters uninvited to Thanksgiving are welcome at her house. “We need to get back to a place

“We need to get back to a place where we can have civil discourse.” Katelyn Crist

where we can have civil discourse over a variety of subjects because that’s the way we learn and grow,” Crist said. For those who are trying to repair relationships with family members they don’t agree with, the best strategy may be to avoid hot-button political topics during the holidays, according to Jamie M. Howard, a clinical psycholo-

gist at the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Center of the Child Mind Institute in New York City. “People do get heated on things they feel passionately about,” she said. “When you enter the conversation, don’t enter it trying to change someone’s mind or prove why you are right and they are wrong. At this point, you aren’t going to change anyone’s mind.” If you get yourself back on the invite list to dinner, try to use humor to defuse tense political discussions, but set boundaries and try to keep the conversation from getting personal. Or you can choose to just keep your mouth shut.

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Markets Dementia rates drop as conﬁdent education, heart health rise in Trump Alzheimer’s still will be ‘public health

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economic growth sizable enough to put even more Americans to work, put more cash in their pockets and boost the profitability of U.S. companies of all shapes, sizes and specialties. “The stock market is viewing the new (Trump) administration as friendly toward business,” says Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Baird. “This is 180 degrees from what markets have experienced the past eight years. It is a vote of confidence for the new administration.” Bittles says stocks are also getting a boost from a massive shift of investors’ cash from bonds to stocks and a tailwind from the seasonally bullish part of the year. Ironically, the stock rally comes when headwinds that would normally spook markets have popped up. The Federal Reserve, for example, has all but said it will increase short-term interest rates for the first time this year when it meets in mid-December. The prospect of a Fed hike is already causing bond investors to bail out of long-term U.S. government bonds, pushing yields on the 10-year Treausry note back above 2.3% to a nearly one-year high. Trump’s plans to cut taxes and spend billions on infrastructure could nudge inflation and the U.S. budget deficit higher. That expected reaction caused traders to push the value of the U.S. dollar up vs. a basket of foreign currencies for 10 straight sessions before the greenback retreated Monday. A stronger dollar hurts U.S. multinationals as it makes products sold abroad more expensive, pressuring their sales and profits. What’s more, all of the gains have come before a single one of Trump’s policies has been implemented. Trump won’t even take over the White House until after Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. At some point, the so-called Trump rally will need to move from “hope” to real policies that move the economic needle in a positive direction, says Michael Cuggino, president and portfolio manager at Permanent Portfolio Funds. “We don’t know anything factually about Trump’s policies,” Cuggino says. “The stock rally is based on hope and optimism.” For the rally to stick, Cuggino says, investors “will need to see the (hoped-for improvement in) business translate into both economic and earnings growth.” Corrections & Clarifications

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crisis of our time’ Liz Szabo Kaiser Health News

The prevalence of dementia has fallen sharply in recent years, most likely because Americans’ rising educational levels and better heart health have boosted brain health, a new study finds. Dementia rates in people older than age 65 fell from 11.6% in 2000 to 8.8% in 2012, a decline of 24%, according to a study of more than 21,000 people across the USA published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. “It’s definitely good news,” said Kenneth Langa, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan and a co-author of the study. “Even without a cure for Alzheimer’s disease or a new medication, there are things that we can do socially and medically and behaviorally that can significantly reduce the risk.” As many as 5 million Americans today suffer from dementia, MATT ROURKE, AP a number that is expected to triDecima Assise, who has Alzheimer’s disease, walks the halls with Harry Lomping at The Easton ple by 2050, as people live longer and the elderly population Home in Easton, Pa. Dementia in people older than age 65 fell from 11.6% in 2000 to 8.8% in 2012. increases. ied in 2000 had about 12 years of The decline in dementia rates was 75. education, according to the study. translates to about 1 million fewThe study, which began in That’s significant, because er Americans suffering from the 1992, focuses on people older DEMENTIA RATES DECLINE many studies have found a strong condition, said John Haaga, di- than age 50, collecting data every Percentage of Americans age link between higher educational rector of behavioral and social re- two years. Researchers conduct 65 and older who have been levels and lower risk of disease, search at the National Institute detailed interviews with partici- diagnosed with dementia: including dementia, Lang said. on Aging, part of the National In- pants about their health, income, The reasons may be complex. stitutes of Health, which funded cognitive ability and life circum11.6% People with more education tend the study. stances. 8.8% to earn more and have better acDementia is a general term for While advocates for people cess to health care. They’re less a loss of memory or other mental with dementia welcomed the likely to smoke, more likely to exabilities that is senews, they noted ercise and less likely to be oververe enough to interthat Alzheimer’s dis“Even weight. They also may live in fere with daily life. ease and other forms without a of memory loss resafer neighborhoods and have Alzheimer’s disease, 2000 2012 less stress. People who are better which is believed to main a serious burSOURCE Journal of the American Medical cure for educated may have more intellecbe caused by a buildden for the nation Association, Internal Medicine GEORGE PETRAS, USA TODAY tually stimulating jobs and hobup of plaques and Alzheimer’s and the world. bies that help exercise their tangles in the brain, The number of disease ... Americans older rates,” Fargo said. brains, Langa said. is the most common there are than 65 is expected Although researchers can’t de- It’s also possible that people type of dementia. Vascular dementia is nearly double by finitively explain why dementia with more education can better things that to the second most 2050, reaching rates decreased, Langa said doc- compensate for memory probwe can do 84 million, accord- tors may be doing a better job lems as they age, finding ways to common type of dementia and occurs socially and ing to the U.S. Cen- controlling high blood pressure work around their impairments, after a stroke. sus. So even if the and diabetes, which can both according to an accompanying medically percentage of elder- boost the risk of age-related editorial by Ozioma Okonkwo The new research confirms the results ly people who devel- memory problems. High blood and Sanjay Asthana of the Uniand of several other studop dementia is pressure and diabetes both in- versity of Wisconsin School of ies that also have behaviorally smaller than previ- crease the risk of strokes, which Medicine and Public Health. Yet Americans shouldn’t exfound steady deously estimated, the kill brain cells, increasing the risk that can pect dementia rates to continue clines in dementia total number of of vascular dementia. “We’ve been saying now for falling indefinitely, Haaga said. rates in the United significantly Americans suffering several years that what’s good for Although educational levels inStates and Europe. from the condition reduce the will continue to in- your heart is good for your head,” creased sharply after World War The findings provide risk.” some of the strongcrease, said Keith Fargo said. “There are several II, those gains have leveled off, est evidence yet for a Fargo, director of things you can do to reduce your Haaga said. Kenneth Langa, study “We have widening inequality decline in dementia scientific programs risk for dementia.” co-author Authors of the study found in health outcomes in the U.S.,” rates because of its and outreach, medibroad scope and diverse ranges of cal and scientific relations at the that senior citizens today are bet- Haaga said. “For people without ter educated than even half a gen- much education, we’ve had very incomes and ethnic groups, Haa- Alzheimer’s Association. “Alzheimer’s is going to remain eration ago. The population little improvement in health. The ga said. The average age of participants in the study, called the the public health crisis of our studied in 2012 stayed in school benefits really have gone to those Health and Retirement Study, time, even with modestly reduced 13 years, while the seniors stud- with better educations.”

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A: Yes, but it’s unlikely. Despite changes in voting laws in some states that civil rights groups claim unfairly restrict minorities, the poor and elderly, provisional votes that are accepted usually don’t alter the results. “The chances of changing tens of thousands of votes? That’s just not going to happen,” says Hans von Spakovsky, a former Federal Election Commission member at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

lion votes continues to increase, largely from an inﬂux of absentee and provisional ballots being counted in California. She has about 63.7 million votes to Trump’s 62 million; her margin in California alone is about 3.5 million. Q: Where are votes still being counted? A: Most states have yet to report official results, meaning they are counting absentee or mail ballots or, more likely, deciding whether to count provisional ballots. Those often are cast by voters whose names did not appear on registration lists or who may have voted in the wrong place or lacked proper identiﬁcation. Q: Why does it take so long? A: Millions of ballots come in at the last second — or, in states that allow it, several days after the election with the proper postmarks. It takes money, manpower and accurate voting machines to get every vote counted correctly. “We vastly underfund the way in which we run our elections,” says Michael McDonald, a University of Florida associate professor who maintains a website on the electoral system. “The bottom line is that you want to get the count right.” Q: How close are the two candidates in key battleground states?

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Donald Trump supporters gather to watch early results during the election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown. A: Three thousand votes are all that separate Clinton and Trump in New Hampshire. The margin is about 12,000 in Michigan, 27,000 in Wisconsin, 68,000 in Pennsylvania and 113,000 in Florida — close, but nothing compared with the 537 votes that separated George W. Bush and Al Gore in Florida 16 years ago. Q: Can the votes be recounted? A: Several states, including Pennsylvania and Florida, require the vote difference between the two candidates to be less than one-half of 1 percentage point. In Michigan, a recount is triggered automatically if the margin is less

“The chances of changing tens of thousands of votes? That’s just not going to happen.” Hans von Spakovsky, a former Federal Election Commission member

than 2,000 votes. None of those states is close enough at the moment. Q: Is it possible that provisional and absentee voting results vary signiﬁcantly from Election Day?

Q: What’s the deal in California? A: It’s the largest state, and it has some of the most permissive voting procedures. More than half the state’s votes are cast by absentee ballot, since no excuses are necessary to avoid going to a polling place on Election Day. Provisional ballots are treated more leniently than in many other states, requiring time to correct mistakes that otherwise would cause votes to be rejected. Q: When will the results be official? A: Eight states have certiﬁed their results; an additional four are due to do so Tuesday. Nearly all will complete their counts by Dec. 13, in time for the meeting Dec. 19 of the Electoral College — the 538 individuals who, usually without exception, vote according to the results in each state. In some states, the ﬁnal count may come even later.

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Prince Harry received a royal welcome Monday on his official visit to the Caribbean, a trip commemorating the 35th anniversary of independence in Antigua and Barbuda and the 50th anniversary of independence in Barbados and Guyana. Harry attended a youth sports festival at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, meeting with local children and showing off his sporty side.

‘Moana’ co-stars embrace their uncommon chemistry Even off the screen, it’s ‘like family’ for The Rock and Auli’i Cravalho

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? BAD DAY KANYE WEST FANS West has canceled the 21 remaining tour dates of his Saint Pablo Tour after two controversial concerts, according to a source familiar with the situation but unauthorized to speak publicly. Tickets for the canceled shows will be refunded at the point of sale.

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MAKING WAVES Gigi Hadid waded into controversy during Sunday’s American Music Awards, launching into a Melania Trump impression that created ripples in the Twittersphere. “I love my husband, President Barack Obama, and our children, Sasha and Malia,” Hadid riffed in allusion to the plagiarism controversy surrounding the future first lady’s speech at the GOP convention. Trump supporters flooded Twitter, calling the joke disrespectful and demanding an apology.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho acknowledge there are some big-time similarities between themselves and the characters they voice in Disney’s animated Moana (in theaters Wednesday). Johnson’s playful, massively built demigod Maui does have an ego. That’s something Cravalho, who voices the determined title heroine, doesn’t mind bringing up in front of her playful, massively built co-star. “Dwayne is larger than life, both in real life as well as in our film. He’s incredibly funny, with a slight ego,” Cravalho says. She quickly adds: “I should say that last part softer.” Too late. “Go ahead,” Johnson says, laughing. “Please tell USA TODAY how I have a slight ego.” “He’s also a big softie,” Cravalho offers. “That’s a better thing to tell.” “I’m not a softie,” Johnson says. “Don’t print that.” Sorry about that, Rock. But the banter does illustrate the true connection between 6-foot-5 Johnson, 44, the busiest guy in Hollywood and People’s newly anointed Sexiest Man Alive, and 5-foot-3 Cravalho, who turns 16 on Tuesday. The Hawaiian teen makes her screen debut as a Disney heroine willing to give a demigod a straight talk. “The chemistry onscreen is real. This is where we really lucked out,” Johnson says. “Onscreen, it works. And offscreen, it’s like … family.” The duo bring the sparks and Polynesian power (The Rock is halfSamoan) to the South Pacific adventure. Though they recorded their roles separately, their characters’ interactions are so natural, “it seems like we’re on the couch talking to each other,” Cravalho says. When they are actually sitting on a couch talking to each other, reunited at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Johnson and Cravalho take a few minutes to catch up after months apart. Johnson insists that his co-star take time to “super-hydrate” to fight off a cold, pulling out a backpack he carries that’s filled with Voss bottled water. “It’s literally all drinks, drinks, water, water,” he says. The water-themed tale brought

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“Dwayne is larger than life, both in real life as well as in our ﬁlm,” Auli’i Cravalho says.

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Tenacious teen Moana (Cravalho) bonds with demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on the high seas.

the duo together, with Johnson a natural embodiment of the often-goofy hero — with the exception of Maui’s long silky hair (“We can always dream,” Johnson says). Maui was molded around Johnson’s personality, right down to the showcase song You’re Welcome, written by Hamilton creator LinManuel Miranda, in which the demigod asks the world’s thanks for his glorious deeds. “The key thing Lin told me was: ‘Own the song. I wrote it for you. There’s no one else on this planet who can sing You’re Welcome with

a smile and make people feel good,’ ” Johnson says. “That’s going to be my life theme song.” Cravalho, who grew up with the mythologies of Maui at school and in bedtime stories, says she relates to her character’s bold adventure. “I have connected Moana’s journey with the one I have been on this past year. And this Maui is a wonderful role model,” says Cravalho, who goes in for one more Rock zinger: “Even if he’s a little difficult to work with at times.” “Wait, difficult to work with? I’m so not difficult to work with,” Johnson retorts. “But I will say this: Auli’i really, truly embodies Moana.”

Fisher looks back on affair with ‘her Achilles heart’ Ford PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES

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Most of us have a romantic relationship (or something like it) we look back upon fondly, and questioningly, years later. Carrie Fisher just happened to have hers 40 years BOOK REVIEW ago while making arBRIAN guably the biggest TRUITT movie of all time. In her funny and frequently touching new memoirs, The Princess Diarist (Blue Rider Press, 272 pp., eeeE out of four), the iconic Star Wars actress and author (Postcards From the Edge) reveals the diaries she kept as a 19year-old starring in the blockbuster sci-ﬁ ﬁlm. She writes at length about her three-month affair with co-star Harrison Ford, who was 15 years older. It’s an eye-opener for fans, but it also shows a gifted writer even at a young age. There was a lot going on between Princess Leia’s hair buns. Fisher has never had a problem speaking her mind, and she’s extremely honest in discussing her love/hate dynamic with fan

interactions, her place as a geek goddess and that slave bikini she had to wear in Return of the Jedi. From the start, she lays bare her mind-set as a teenage actress who had a small role in Warren Beatty’s 1975 comedy Shampoo before blasting off into a galaxy far, far away in May 1976 in London. That’s where she met and worked with Mark Hamill and Ford, a laconic, handsome dude who could “take the hill, win the duel, be leader of the glutenfree world, all without breaking a sweat.” When they began their affair, he was a married man with kids. So there seems to be some guilt, especially as Fisher considers the effect adultery had on her parents (Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher). Those looking for a tell-all won’t ﬁnd one here — Fisher, now 60, keeps it pretty PG-13, so there’s no discussion of, say, Han Solo’s light saber. What she does instead in her signature style (with tangents and asides aplenty) when recollecting the “Carri-

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, young and destined for stardom in 1977’s original Star Wars.

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son” era is come clean about her emotions. She was pretty much in love at the time, but Ford’s unreadable, quiet, guy’s-guy persona drove her a bit crazy. Fisher called him “my Achilles heart” in her angsty, stream-ofconsciousness journals. In one entry she writes, “I’m sorry it’s not Mark — it could’ve been. It should’ve been. It might’ve meant something.” She unleashes bits of trivia, such as the time she tried (and failed) to lose 10 pounds at a Texas “fat farm” before the original Star Wars began production. Fisher doesn’t mention her feelings ﬁlming Han and Leia’s

signature kiss in The Empire Strikes Back or how she felt working with Ford on Jedi, perhaps saving those nuggets for a future tome. The best stuff here, though, are the chapters in which Fisher talks about her and Ford’s friendship now, four decades after their “very long one-night stand,” as well as their and Hamill’s perspectives on fame, fans and this massive franchise. She gives one of the best lines to Ford, recalling how ﬂying home together from London he said, “You have the eyes of a doe and the balls of a samurai.” It’s so true not only of Leia, but her diarist alter ego.

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BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

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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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ACROSS 1 Took a powder 5 Wake-up call alternative 10 Real estate ad abbr. after 2 or 3, commonly 14 Golfer Aoki 15 Blender button 16 “Wonderfilled” cookie 17 One of a daily three at the table 19 __ colada: cocktail 20 Heart rate 21 Tempo 22 Tar Heel State university 23 Hunting dog 25 Israeli currency 27 __ out a living 29 Fiber-__ cable 32 Temperate 35 Jinx 39 Tokyo, long ago 40 Drink cooler 41 Ten-spot 42 Ga. neighbor 43 Voting mo. 44 Ditching class, say 45 Visa rival, for short 46 Mournful toll 48 Former OTC market regulator

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