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Mistrial declared in motorist’s shooting CHARLESTON (AP) — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white, former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Monday that she will retry the case against 35-year-old Michael Slager, who was being prosecuted in the death of Walter Scott. Jurors were also considering a lesser charge of volun-
tary manslaughter. A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict on Friday, with apparently only one holdout — said Monday they were unable to reach a unanimous decision
after deliberating more than 22 hours in four days. “We as a jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all parties we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” said Circuit Judge Clifton New-
man, reading a note from the jury before declaring a mistrial. Former patrolman Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015, shooting
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Teacher serving R.E. Davis for 37 years is a bridge to community BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Faculty and staff at R.E. Davis Elementary School describe Icybell Lowery as a “bridge from the school to the community.” Lowery manages the school’s computer lab, drives a Sumter School District bus and, for 37 years, has called the school her home. Her passion and work ethic for the school and children go “above and beyond” her official job duties, said Michelle McBride, school principal. “She is an extremely dedicated, hardworking and unbelievable person,” McBride said. “She knows the name of nearly each student at the school, knows where most of the students live on the bus routes and has a positive relationship with the children’s parents as well. She also makes decorations for the school during many special events.” The school has an enrollment of about 290 students, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and Lowery teaches most of
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Dancing reindeer accompany the Lakewood High School band during the Sumter Christmas Parade on Sunday on Main Street. Sumterites braved a chilly afternoon to watch the annual parade.
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Icybell Lowery is known as a bridge to the community at R.E. Davis Elementary School. She manages the school’s computer lab and drives a bus for Sumter School District.
Dreamworks Dance Academy dancers, above, show their skills during the parade in Sumter. A lot of spectators at the parade, right, stay bundled up to ward off the chill in the air.
Ministry helps local seniors who struggle to stay warm BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Having heat in cold and potentially dangerous temperatures is a necessity, and a lack of heat can be a crisis, said Kevin Howell, director of crisis relief ministry for Sumter United Ministries. For many, it is not a monthly bill,
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“Sarah” is in her 70s and lives on less than $1,000 a month. She uses propane for heat and has a tank in her yard, but a fill-up costs as much as $300. “Sometimes I just stay cold so I will not use all the propane I have left,” Sarah said. It would be virtually impossible for her to pay the fill-up invoice in one
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Public shotgun range set for January opening BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Shotgun facilities at Wateree Shooting Range are expected to open to the public by mid-January, according to South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Capt. Billy Downer. The shooting range is north of U.S. 378, a mile or two west of the Wateree River in what used to be the Indigo Shooting Club. Meanwhile, school shooting clubs are taking advantage of the opportunity to use the range for practice. “We installed the machines last month, and we opened up the opportunity for youth club teams to come in
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and practice and allow us to make sure the machines are set right,” Downer said. On Friday, young shooters from Wilson Hall Academy were doing their best to hit targets from the “five stand.” It is called that because five machines can hurtle clays in front of the stand, which can hold three shooters at a time. Haile McElveen, a ninth-grader at Wilson Hall, said getting in the practice felt good. “I think it is nice for the DNR to let us come and practice before they open it to the public,” he said. Molly Moss, also a ninth-grader at Wilson Hall, said she took up the sport because she thought it would be fun.
"I just wanted to try it," she said. Downer said work is complete on the skeet houses as well as a new skeet-trap overlay. “We are going to complete the installation of the sporting clay course by the end of the year,” Downer said. “We will open up with a full shotgun sports facility.” The renovation of the rifle and pistol ranges is still in the planning stages, he said. “The pistol and rifle range have got to be renovated,” Downer said. “We are working with the state on that because it is going to be a rather expensive renovation process.” Downer said there will be a 100-
yard, 16-station rifle range and a 25yard, 18-station pistol range, both meeting National Rifle Association standards. It will be a 100-yard rifle range with side berms, back berms and baffles. Purchasing clays will be based on a card system, he said. Customers will pay with a credit or debit card, which will give them a card to put in machines at the stands. “It’s $5 for 25 clays,” Downer said. “We are not trying to make money; we are just trying to pay for the clays.” While work on the clubhouse continues, a portable building will be put up to check people into the facility, Downer said.
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BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com The Boykin Christmas Parade is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. in the village of Boykin. The 2016 edition will be the 23rd annual event and the first without its founder — Alice Boykin — who died in August. "This is a community-wide effort, and we wanted to keep in good tradition to what she started years ago," said Wayne Belger, an organizer of this year's event and son-in-law to Boykin. Applications are still being accepted for floats and other parade participants and can be downloaded and submitted via the parade's website, www.theboykinchristmasparade.com. A committee reviews each application and will respond to potential participants. The event — which is often described as one of the funniest and most unique parades you'll see in this area during the Christmas season or at any other time of the year — has a country Christmas theme. The parade features fatback and collard queens, and Santa Claus will again make a surprise appearance at this year's parade. Area restaurants, including the Boykin Grille and Mill Pond Steak House, and vendors will be open for business. Given historically large crowds, a trolley will be used this year for the first time to help shuttle spectators from an overflow parking area to the parade site, according to Belger. Boykin is on S.C. 261 in Kershaw County just north of the Sumter County line. The parade route is along state road S-28-2, and parking is accessible from U.S. 521 via Old Boykin Mill Road. Parade-goers begin arriving as early as 10 a.m. S.C. 261, Boykin Mill Road and Swift Creek Road will close at 1 p.m.
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ABOVE: Kim, left, and Craig Hatchell visit with Eliza Buxton during the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce annual Holiday Social at The O’Donnell House on Thursday evening. Craig obviously donned his nutcracker blazer for the event. LEFT: Shannon Nichols, left, and Leslie Horton visit while tasting the food offerings at the social.
City council to recognize Yates at today’s meeting FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter City Council will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. today in City Council Chambers on the fourth floor of Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Council will consider appointments and other vacancies. Council will recognize outgoing Ward 4 Councilor Colleen Yates. Council will consider the final reading of an ordinance to allow amending the permitted uses in Sumter West Planned Development to permit miniwarehouse storage as a use on a spe-
cific 7.9-acre parcel on the south side of Patriot Parkway and consider an ordinance to permit a change in tower setbacks to the certified fall zone for all non-residentially zoned properties. Council will also consider the final reading of an ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of Tax Increment Revenue Bonds. In new business, council will receive an update from planning department regarding the Sumter Pride Program, the Neighborhood Initiative Program and demolition enforcement activities in addition to considering an ordi-
nance authorizing a contract for the Elevated Water Tank Maintenance Project. Council will receive reports from members of their recent activity on organizations, a report from City Manager Deron McCormick and a legislative update report. A period for public comment will also be taken before council will meet in executive session. Council may take action after the executive session. For more information, call Sumter City Clerk Linda Hammett at (803) 4362578.
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Roof allowed to hire lawyers back, for now Gergel agreed Monday but warned Roof that he can't change his mind again. Last Monday, Roof fired his highpowered legal team and handled the selection of a pool of 67 potential jurors himself, a decision the judge called "very unwise" but within Roof's constitutional rights. Ever since then, his highpowered legal team has sought to play a larger role in his defense, saying late last week they feared Roof wouldn't introduce evidence that could possibly spare his life. Authorities have said Roof killed the parishioners in a racially motivated attack at the Emanuel AME Church in June 2015. After an hour of
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Jason L. Gainey, 44, of 115 Anne Park, was arrested on Sunday and charged with second-degree domestic violence for allegedly attacking his mother and girlfriend. According to an incident report from Sumter Police Department, Gainey's girlfriend said he attacked her because he could not find his phone. The responding officer reported that the girlfriend had a black eye, cuts to the right side of her head and a busted bottom lip. The officer also wrote that Gainey smelled of alcohol. The report states Gainey attacked his mother, causing cuts on both of her arms, after she pepper sprayed him in an attempt to get him off the other victim. Gainey sustained multiple small scratches to his face. He was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
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North Dakota pipeline protesters vow to stay despite victory BY JAMES MACPHERSON The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway, despite Monday's government deadline to leave. Hundreds of people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, encampment cheered and chanted "mni wichoni" — "water is life" in Lakota Sioux — after the Army Corps of Engineers refused Sunday to grant the company permission to extend the pipeline beneath a Missouri River reservoir. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters argue that extending the project beneath Lake Oahe would threaten the tribe's water source and cultural sites. The segment is the last major sticking point for the four-state, $3.8 billion project. "The whole world is watching," said Miles Allard, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux. "I'm telling all our people to stand up and not to leave until this is over." Despite the deadline, authorities say they won't forcibly remove the protesters. The company constructing the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, released a statement Sunday night slamming the Army Corps' decision as politically motivated and alleging that
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Trump’s Taiwan call, tweets point to flashpoints with China BEIJING (AP) — Donald Trump's unprecedented phone conversation with Taiwan's president and tweets criticizing China point to the possibility of major friction between the world's two largest economies. Trump's talk with Tsai Ingwen diverged sharply from U.S. practice since Washington switched diplomatic relations from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. Especially noteworthy were his direct reference to Tsai as "president" and to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan — a practice that particularly infuriates Beijing. That could dampen Chinese expectations that his election would benefit China through a less confrontational approach and reduced attention to the Asia Pacific region, where China sees itself as eventually supplanting the U.S. as the dominant power. Here are six areas that could develop into flashpoints. THE ISSUE: Taiwan. THE STICKING POINT: China and Taiwan split during a civil war in 1949 and China threatens to reunite with the island by force if necessary. Although China grudgingly accepts unofficial ties with Taiwan, it objects vociferously to arms sales and any official recognition of the island's government — both of which Trump referenced in his tweets. THE POSSIBLE IMPACT: A leading Chinese scholar says Beijing will take a wait-andsee approach, but one possible response is to punish Taiwan, perhaps by further reducing its scope for participation in
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Children who lived through Pearl Harbor attack remember BY AUDREY MCAVOY The Associated Press
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2,300 people, nearly half of them on the battleship USS Arizona. More than 1,100 were injured. After the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech before Congress, calling Dec. 7 a "date which will live in infamy." The U.S. declared war against Japan. Veary, Seto and Rodby suddenly found themselves living in a war zone, as an ever-present worry about a Japanese invasion permeated life in their island home. ••• About a month or two after the attack, Rodby and her class-
mates were issued gas masks. Rodby, who was 10 at the time, remembers being tested on how quickly she could don the mask. If an air raid siren went off, they had to be able to put the masks on in seconds. The children put their gas masks around the backs of their chairs while in class. When playing outside, they kept them in a set spot so they could grab them right away. "It was like an extra arm we had to have all the time," Rodby said. At home, her father, who worked at Honolulu Iron Works, built an air raid shelter
in their yard. They didn't know how long the war would last or how long they would need it, so they stocked it with pillows, blankets, dishes and a kerosene lamp to make it comfortable. "We would have food down there and artificial lighting and the more we needed the air raid shelters, the fancier they got inside. I mean, people would have beds, and they put flooring in," she said. Her school had air raid trenches dug by parents and volunteers. They were covered with grass, tin or wood so any airplanes flying overhead wouldn't be able to spot them. Many of Rodby's war memories are happy ones, though. She recalls walking and skipping the four blocks or so from her home to the school, meeting friends along the way. They'd be a big group by the time they reached campus. ••• Seto said the only scary part of the entire war was when military police, carrying guns with fixed bayonets, showed up at her house looking for her father. Her neighbors, who served in the Navy, suspected he was hoarding food and reported
him after he used his painting business truck to load up on Vienna sausage, Spam and rice for friends. Seto's immigrant parents had trouble communicating with the police. Her brothers explained what their father was doing and gave the police the names of families they were helping. The military police apologized and left, she said. The families who called the police were good friends of the Setos. Their children played with Seto and her siblings. "They were just afraid. It was a scary time," she said. Government authorities detained 1,330 Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals from Hawaii, particularly community leaders like Shinto priests and teachers. Seto said her father was investigated, but she thinks he was spared because a business associate vouched for his trustworthiness. But a family friend, a restaurant owner, was deported. "We didn't know any details except my mother and father would talk about it and then hush up when we would come close by," she said.
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HONOLULU — In some ways, it could be any class photo from the 1940s. The sepia-toned image shows 30 fifthgraders — 26 girls and four boys — at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Waikiki. Most are smiling, some look stern. A few have no shoes. Yet this picture is different in one striking way: Each child is holding a bag containing a gas mask, a sign of how war had suddenly broke apart the routines of their adolescence on Dec. 7, 1941. Three of the students, now in their mid-80s and all friends who have kept in touch over the years, reflected recently on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago and the mark it left on their childhoods. Joan Martin Rodby remembered the carefree walks to school and her family building an air raid shelter in their yard. Florence Seto, who is Japanese-American, recalled sharing ice cream with Rodby and being worried that her family would be taken away. Emma Veary reminisced about her days singing and her family covering the windows at night so Japanese pilots couldn't use the light of homes to guide them. ••• On the morning of Dec. 7, a Sunday, Japanese bombers flew across Oahu and began their assault. Some children climbed onto the roofs of homes to see what was happening. The planes were so close to the ground in some cases that they could make out the Rising Sun insignia. Soon, smoke rose over the water, about 10 miles from Veary's home near Waikiki. Veary, then 11, climbed atop a neighbor's house. Back then, Waikiki didn't have any highrise hotels and condominiums to block the view, so she could see all the way to the naval base. Her parents yelled at her to get down as soon as they heard about the attack. Seto, who lived a few blocks away near homes belonging to Navy families, remembered a neighbor rushing out of her home, screaming about how the Japanese, using an epithet common at the time, had attacked Pearl Harbor. The young Seto ran home, and, using the same word, told her parents, both immigrants from Japan. "That didn't go over too well," she said. The attack killed more than
In this May 22, 1942, photo, students are fitted for gas masks at Kapalama School in Honolulu. For children after the Pearl Harbor attack, their schools required them to carry gas masks with them at all times, even when posing for their class photo.
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1969 to help needy families and individuals pay heating bills, buy firewood or heating fuels and stay warm during the winter months. Since its founding, Fireside Fund has brought in more than $1.4 million in donations from generous readers. Anyone who needs assistance with heating costs may call Sumter United Ministries at (803) 775-0757. Donations can be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151 or dropped off at the office, 20 N. Magnolia St. Names, including groups, should be spelled completely. When making a donation in someone’s honor, the names will be printed as given.
FROM PAGE A1 Along with the financial assistance, the ministry was also able to provide food and counsel her on areas that she could reduce costs and find assistance with other programs and agencies and also gave her advice on energy conservation, Howell said. Once again, what happens here goes far beyond “paying a bill;” it is a comprehensive attempt to address issues that will allow for the highest quality of life for the person and some muchneeded encouragement, Howell said. Fireside Fund was established in
FROM PAGE A1 them once a week in her computer lab class. Through the years, Lowery, a Lynchburg native, has taught children who are now adults, their children and their grandchildren. She has served under nine principals and four superintendents. She describes herself as an energetic person who likes to keep moving. “If you love doing something, the money doesn’t matter as much,” she said. “Whether it’s driving the bus or motivating the children in the computer lab, I’m hoping to make a difference in a child’s life and value the relationship we build.” Lowery said she typically wakes up at 4 a.m. and by 5:30 a.m. starts her school bus route. She greets each child and asks the children how their morning is going. When she drops the children off the bus in the afternoon, she makes sure each child gets a high five. “She is the bridge from the school to the community,” said Latanya Ravenell, school counselor. “Many people in the community know her and admire the way she cares for the children.” Lowery said she fell into the education field accidentally. She is the daughter of Luella and the late Robert Dickey and grew up on a farm, the second-oldest of five brothers and four sisters. She attended Morris College and Coker College, where she majored in education. She was working with her parents, who were sharecroppers on a farm, when a family friend told her about an opening at R.E. Davis. Lowery took the job, starting out as a part-time study hall assistant. Through the years, she has also served as an attendance clerk and in-school suspension clerk, filled in as a school nurse and as an aide to a disabled student, among other roles. In the early days of her career, she also coached boys’ recreational basketball at the school and her church, St. Peter AME Church in Mayesville. She would often drive students to compete in tournaments throughout the state. “I feel that you have to put energy into something you enjoy and keep moving,” she said. “I’m here to hopefully have an impact on the students. I really enjoy working with children both in the schools and in the community.” Zavion Brailey, a thirdgrade student at the school, said Lowery always makes sure the students are doing their best. “She’s intelligent and confident,” Zavion said. Joe Bostick, another thirdgrade student, said she is always willing to help the students. Lowery said there have been many changes since she began working in the school in 1976, but the school atmosphere has remained the same. What today is an elementary and middle school back then was one school, with the elementary school serving students in grades first through eighth. There were no computers back then, all work was done on typewriters, and typewriting classes were only available at the high school level. Today, many elementary school stu-
dents have laptops in the classroom. Lowery said she’s not planning to retire any time soon. “Everyone should have a job that they love,” she said. Lowery has also served as a role model for others. Ethel Brailey first met Lowery when she was a seventh-grade student at R.E. Davis. Lowery served as her study hall teacher. Brailey later served with her as a fellow school bus driver. “She was honest, dependable and very punctual,” Brailey said. “I looked up to her as a role model.” Angela Tomlin-Hart, instructional coach, said Lowery has always been helpful and supportive. “She knows everything about the school and will assist in pointing you to the right resources,” TomlinHart said. Marlee Wells, school nurse, said Lowery loves the students and will do everything she can to make them feel welcome. Frank Baker, Sumter
The Sumter United Ministries Crisis Relief provided the following services for the days of Nov. 28 through Nov. 30: Financially assisted 14 families with utilities and heating, for a total of $1,687.69. In a previous donation story, we failed to note that a $465 donation from the Presbyterian Women of Concord was given in honor of Marguerite Porter’s 96th birthday. Fireside 2016–17 donations the week ending Monday Dec. 5 included: In memory of John T. Jones Sr. from Marsha and Jim Jones, $1,000; Happy Circle of Northside Senior Adult Group of Northside Memorial Baptist Church, $600; retired Col. and Mrs. Donald Adee,
School District superintendent, said Lowery is a great asset to the district. “At R.E. Davis, she works so well with students and teachers. The students look forward to going to her computer lab. Besides driving her own bus route, she is always willing to help with routing, finding substitute drivers and covering routes when other drivers are out,” Baker said. “She also deals very well with parents. She will do anything she can to contribute to the district. Mrs. Lowery is just a sweet person and a great ambassador for the district.” Marcela Rodriguez, school attendance clerk, said Lowery loves the students and staff and treats them all the same. “She is always willing to help and is respectful to everyone,” she said. Lowery is married to Reynold Lowery, and they have four children, Dwayne Dickey, Kendrick Geddis, Lamont Geddis and Gloria Geddis, and 19 grandchildren.
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public, Slager was fired by the police department and charged with murder. Scott’s family called for peace in the North Charleston community. Their calls for calm are thought to have helped prevent the kind of violence that erupted elsewhere when black men were killed in encounters with law enforcement.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR POLICE OFFICERS’ LIVES MATTER, TOO In regard to Joan J. Davis’ letter of Nov. 30, I had to read her letter several times to make sure I understood exactly what point she was trying to make. And all I could garner was she is putting the blame on cops. They need retraining, they need psych exams, etc. My reply to her, in the words of Col. Potter, of MASH fame, is “bull-cookies.” Miss Davis, you apparently think that they hire police officers right off the street, put a gun on their hip and give them “on-the-job” training. While there are some things learned out in the field, the bulk of their training is done at the SC Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia. And they are given psychological tests before they are considered for employment. They are screened heavily. To blame the cops for these shootings is hogwash. Yes, on occasion, the cop screws up, but what you fail to realize (or refuse to) is that a majority of these shootings are what they call “good shoots.” Meaning the cop was justified in shooting the suspect. Also meaning that if the suspect wasn’t acting in “thug mode,” he might still be alive today. People go around stating things like “pigs should be fried like bacon” and “how do you want them? DEAD,” and, well, it sickens me to believe people actually think like that. There was even a woman on TV who said “he didn’t do nothing wrong, he just shot a cop.” Unbelievable. Yes, ma’am, I totally agree with your statement “all lives matter.” My life matters. Your life matters. Sisters Evelyn and Jessie, their lives matter. But don’t blame the cops. Their lives matter, too. DENNIS VICKERS Wedgefield
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ASHINGTON — On the first stop of his “thank you” tour in Ohio on Thursday, presidentelect Donald Trump hit replay on several of his campaign tropes. Among the crowd pleasers, he heckled the “crooked media,” prompting boos from the audience, and reiterated his pledge to criminalize flag burning. And he’s not even president yet. More than a month and a half away from Inauguration Day, Trump’s only discipline seems to be making good on bad faith. His attacks Kathleen both on the media Parker and on those who, rather rarely, burn an American flag, are fundamentally assaults on the Constitution and the First Amendment. Do Trump followers really not care about these founding documents and their bearing on all the freedoms we take for granted? Or, could they really not know any better? Most disturbing is the absence of objections from the right. Where are the Republicans when the leader of their party speaks so dismissively toward our principles of freedom and the journalists, many of whom they know personally, who practice in good faith the spirit of the law? How long before Trump’s words convince some off-balanced Second Amendment “patriot” to take out a “crooked” media person, fully expecting to be applauded by the president-elect? We the people believe in free speech and a free press not so that we can burn flags but so that we can expose government corruption, protest oppression and ex-
COMMENTARY press opinions that others may find disagreeable without fear of repercussion. As offensive as flag burning is to patriotic Americans, it can also be an act of patriotism, a proposition I offer as argument, not endorsement. If you love your country and fear that it’s being led toward tyranny, you might well burn a flag to demonstrate such concerns. To the extent that the flag is a symbol of freedom, burning it is also a symbolic act. I would argue that many if not most veterans, including those in my family, fought, suffered and died for the right of all Americans to speak freely. Indeed, it is the objectionable expression that is the true test of the strength of our freedoms. We don’t need a First Amendment to protect get well cards or love letters. We don’t need it to protect Christmas carols. But should someone challenge the latter, given its religious content, wouldn’t many of those Ohioans cheering Trump’s demagogic illogic be grateful that free speech protects their right to stroll the streets singing songs of praise? Understanding the crucial importance of free speech and a free press to all other freedoms compelled the Supreme Court to rule that even flag burning is protected. And this is why Trump, a man who professes to love freedom and has presented himself as the best person to lead the free world, should be roundly condemned for suggesting that anyone who burns a flag should be punished by imprisonment or even loss of citizenship. Or why his persistent attacks on the media, threatening to restrict press freedom, are so misplaced, potentially dangerous and, not least, impossible for him to do con-
stitutionally. Either Trump knows this, which makes his crowd-baiting not only offensive but irresponsible, or he’s unfamiliar with the Constitution, the defense of which is one of the primary functions of the presidency. As to the crooked media, Trump’s gibes are patently ludicrous. Was he over-covered? Perhaps, but he was early on the Republican frontrunner and subsequently the nominee. The media could hardly ignore him, much as many of us would have liked to. Yes, some members of the media are biased, but not most, and they’re usually drummed out through peer review. It should be obvious that without the so-called mainstream media, especially newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, no one would know anything that has any basis in objective fact — and yes there is such a thing. We will rue the day we forgot that newsgathering is a profession with demanding standards regarding performance and ethics. Notwithstanding the billion-member global newsroom, it’s nice to have smart, well-educated, experienced reporters and editors to pluck the pearls from the muck. Therefore, the highest service the president of the United States could perform would be to actively engage the media in the national interest of nurturing an informed populace, without which a democratic Republic cannot long survive. To do otherwise is the first act of the dictator. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group
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Trump’s narrow win isn’t a landslide but an opportunity BY ANDREW C. McCARTHY
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to the game’s handful of decisive plays, the losing team came up small. That is the kind of game Donald Trump just won over Hillary Clinton. For Democrats to belittle the outcome as illegitimate is absurd. For one thing, it is laughably dishonest. Take the Electoral College. As experience teaches, social-justice warriors hail from the heads-we-win-tailsyou-lose school. They don’t care how they win, just that they win. Plus, Mrs. Clinton didn’t win a majority. Had she managed to prevail in the Electoral College, she would have been a president that most of the country voted against. As her husband can tell her, having won twice without ever capturing 50 percent of the vote, legitimacy does not hinge on raw vote totals. That is why, with just 43 percent of the vote in 1992, Bill Clinton garnered 370 electoral votes, significantly more than Donald Trump’s 306. There are lessons from Bill Clinton’s wins that President-elect Trump might take to heart. The first is how
e’ve all seen these kinds of games. The team gets pushed around all over the gridiron ... but it wins anyway. The opposing squad marches up and down the field with apparent ease, piling up yardage, chewing up clock. But each time, something goes wrong at the critical moment: here a fumble near the goal line, there a tipped pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown. At the end of the game, you stare at the stat sheet in disbelief: Your guys have been outgained by a whopping 150 yards, the other team has held the ball almost 40 minutes out of 60. Yet, somehow, you won, 10–3. Now, let’s be clear. A win is a win. It’s totally legit, and no one can take it away from you. And while not an every-Sunday occurrence, such contests happen often enough that they can’t be thought of as flukes. Could you say the winning team got outplayed? Maybe. It is equally fair, though, to say that at crunch time, when it got down
silly it sounds for someone who lost the popular vote by 2.5 million to be braying about winning a “landslide” — in the Electoral College or anywhere else. Comparatively, Bill Clinton’s electoral vote haul dwarfs Trump’s. Yet Clinton’s plurality wins could hardly be called landslides. Of the 58 presidential elections in our history, Bill Clinton’s two Electoral College majorities rank smack in the middle: the 370 electoral votes (68.77 percent of the total) he scored in 1992 rank 30th, and the 379 (70.45 percent) in 1996 rank 28th. Of course, politics is prone to hyperbole. You won’t actually become delusional unless you start taking your rhetoric too seriously. The Democrats may be there. Camp Clinton continues dismissing the nearly 63 million Trump voters as irredeemably racist alt-righters. Socialjustice warriors don’t do introspection. They’ve learned nothing from Hillary’s calamitous campaign smear of half the electorate as a “basket of deplorables.” The most valuable lesson Trump
might draw from Bill Clinton’s plurality wins is that his 46 percent of the popular vote has won him 100 percent of the presidency. That’s not a landslide, but it is an opportunity. Most of what ails the country is cultural, not political; it can be exacerbated by Washington, but it cannot be fixed there. And debt aside, most of what will challenge President-elect Trump has not happened yet — he will be judged less by his campaign banter than by how he handles the now unknown. So ... want to make America great again? Then let us be America. Preside over a government that stops telling us how to do it, that pretends its “progressive” pieties are “our values.” Preside over a government that does well the few things we need it to do and gets reacquainted with its limitations. Do that and there will be no need in 2020 to explain how you can eke an electoral victory out of a popular minority. Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior policy fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.
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Drug price hikes put sex beyond reach of many BY LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer TRENTON, N.J. — Imagine not being able to afford one of life's great pleasures — sex. That's true for many older couples, doctors say. Soaring prices for prescription medicines for impotence and other problems have put the remedies out of reach for some. Without insurance coverage, Viagra and Cialis cost about $50 a pill, triple their 2010 list prices. The new "female Viagra," a daily pill for low sex drive called Addyi, costs $800 per month. Older products for women also have seen huge price run-ups, Truven Health Analytics data show. "Many of them don't get past the pharmacy counter once they see the price," says Sheryl Kingsberg, a University Hospitals-Cleveland Medical Center behavioral psychologist and researcher who counsels men and women. What people actually pay out of pocket varies. Some insurance prescription plans, including Medicare, cover some of the medicines. Some plans don't cover any, arguing they're not medically necessary. Many require steep copayments or limit the number of impotence pills per prescription. "Once you get to a certain price point, sex becomes a financial decision," says Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler, a sexual dysfunction specialist at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital. "It takes a lot of the joy out of this." Five of six specialists interviewed by The Associated Press say patients have told them they've given up sex because of the cost. Now, a little relief is coming. Late next year, Viagra and Cialis will get at least one generic competitor costing slightly less; prices will plunge later when more generics reach the market. For women, an Addyi rival is in late-stage testing. A few other products now have generic versions, and other options are in development. A generation ago, long-married couples accepted their sex lives trailing off with age, Kavaler says. Key hormone levels drop with age, reducing sex drive and causing problems such as impotence and vaginal dryness, which often makes intercourse painful. Today, midlife divorce is more common, divorced or widowed men and women often seek new partners, and sex becomes important again. Meanwhile, they're bombarded by ads for impotence remedies and other treatments. "Couples in their 50s, 60s and 70s are more sexual than they've ever been," says Kavaler. Until Pfizer launched the first impotence pill, Viagra, in 1998, there were few options for men besides penile implants and injections. Viagra and Cialis each quickly topped $1 billion in global annual sales, and products for women's symptoms eventually followed. However, price hikes appear to be limiting usage for some products in the U.S., where prices aren't regulated. Since 2010, the number of Viagra prescriptions filled in the U.S. has fallen 42 percent to about 5 million a year. Meanwhile, prescriptions for Cialis, which now has a popular daily pill option, have gone up slightly, according to health data firm QuintilesIMS. Popular women's estrogen products such as Vagifem vaginal tablets and Estrace cream also have seen prescriptions decline in recent years. Addyi, only on the market for a year, has had dismal sales. Dr. Lauren Streicher offers women four treatment options, and most pick Vagifem. A month's supply costs $170 and insurance coverage is limited. A generic version, Yuvafem, just launched at a slightly cheaper price. "They go to their pharmacy and see how much it costs, and then they call me up and say, 'I can't do it,'" says Streicher, director of the Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause at Northwestern University's
medical school in Chicago. But not being able to have sex "is a deal-breaker in a lot of relationships," she adds. The drugs' makers insist list prices far exceed the negotiated prices insurers pay them and say they price products based on their value. According to the companies, nearly all their customers are insured. Pfizer says most insured Viagra users pay $6 to $8 per pill, for instance. Patients unwilling to forego sex, doctors say, split pills or otherwise ration medicines, beg for scarce samples or seek copay discount coupons. Men with enlarged prostates can request Cialis because it's also ap-
proved for that condition, usually with insurance coverage. Some women make do with over-the-counter lubricants. Many shop for price, which can vary widely by pharmacy. Others take a big risk, buying "herbal Viagra" at gas stations or ordering Viagra online from "Canadian pharmacies" that likely sell counterfeit drugs made in poor countries, says Dr. Irwin Goldstein, director of San Diego Sexual Medicine. Dr. Nachum Katlowitz, head of urology at New York's Staten Island University Hospital, offers an alternative costing about $1 per pill at some pharmacies. The active ingredient
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AROUND TOWN national board of directors Santa’s Village will be held election will be conducted. from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Be sure to visit Santa’s Village this Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. The Ebenezer Alumni Associaweekend 10, at the Swan Lake Heath tion will hold its annual scholPavilion, 822 W. Liberty St. arship banquet at 7 p.m. on Enjoy holiday entertainFriday, Dec. 23, at Ebenezer ment, photos with Santa, Middle School, 3440 Ebenerefreshments and more. zer Road. Call (803) 494The Santa Express will be 2900 for more information. there to deliver letters “Chemo with Style” Support straight to the North Pole Group will hold its first so children should bring meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. their letters for Santa. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, The Sumter Branch NAACP at Hospice Care of Triwill hold its annual memberCounty, 2560 Tahoe Drive, ship meeting at 5 p.m. on and will continue to meet Sunday, Dec. 11, at Mulberevery other third Tuesday ry Baptist Church, 1400 of every other month Mulberry Church Road. The thereafter.
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WEATHER
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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY
TONIGHT
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Colder with plenty of sunshine
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WNW 3-6 mph
NE 4-8 mph
W 7-14 mph
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ENE 4-8 mph
TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER
Gaffney 50/38 Spartanburg 50/40
Greenville 52/41
Columbia 64/46
Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Sumter 64/45
IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 64/46
ON THE COAST
Charleston 75/52
Today: Periods of rain and a thunderstorm. High 68 to 76. Wednesday: Partly sunny; not as warm in southern parts. High 61 to 67.
SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY
Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low
59° 45° 60° 36° 77° in 1982 20° in 1969
LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100
Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree
SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 353.96 73.60 73.75 98.06
24-hr chg -0.03 +0.01 +0.12 +0.03
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. Moonrise 12:18 p.m.
RIVER STAGES
Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date
0.71" 0.73" 0.51" 45.98" 57.72" 44.24"
River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River
NATIONAL CITIES
REGIONAL CITIES
Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 68/44/t Chicago 37/21/c Dallas 56/40/pc Detroit 43/29/r Houston 70/48/s Los Angeles 64/49/pc New Orleans 64/50/s New York 47/42/r Orlando 82/60/t Philadelphia 47/43/r Phoenix 67/50/pc San Francisco 56/42/pc Wash., DC 45/40/r
City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 60/41/pc 31/16/c 56/33/c 38/26/c 67/51/c 66/49/pc 67/52/pc 49/37/c 78/54/s 51/35/c 66/46/pc 53/48/pc 53/37/c
Myrtle Beach 70/50
Manning 66/48
Today: Heavy rain and a storm in the morning. Winds east 6-12 mph. Wednesday: Pleasant with some sun. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph.
LOCAL ALMANAC
Florence 62/44
Bishopville 59/44
Today Hi/Lo/W 52/36/r 62/43/r 72/46/r 76/52/r 66/51/r 75/52/r 52/38/r 56/45/r 64/46/r 57/42/r 62/44/r 60/44/r 55/41/r
Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 5.60 19 3.80 14 4.85 14 2.32 80 75.24 24 4.17
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 56/40/pc 63/40/pc 66/42/pc 66/49/pc 58/48/pc 67/48/pc 59/41/pc 60/47/pc 63/43/pc 60/45/pc 57/40/pc 60/45/pc 60/42/pc
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Sunset 5:13 p.m. Moonset 11:56 p.m.
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High 12:56 a.m. 1:28 p.m. 1:55 a.m. 2:28 p.m.
Ht. 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.0
Low 7:51 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 8:53 a.m. 9:36 p.m.
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Today Hi/Lo/W 49/38/r 73/54/r 70/50/r 68/50/r 76/55/r 51/38/r 51/40/r 53/40/r 79/52/r 50/40/r 74/52/r 68/45/r 47/37/r
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Speak the EUGENIA LAST truth and keep your emotions tucked away. Don’t share your beliefs or personal information with those looking for a way to make you feel bad. Stay focused in your thoughts and moderate in your actions.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Identify the individuals and organizations that you believe you can assist. Don’t give up when you have so much to offer. Speak your mind and help those less fortunate than you. Romance is encouraged. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be careful who you trust or what you believe. If someone is pressuring you to take on more responsibility, keep an open mind but make sure you don’t overlook your own personal projects. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Reach out and share your story. Speaking with emotion and examining what you’ve learned from past experience will help others as well as give your reputation a boost. Proper health care and good nutrition is encouraged.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Consider the big picture, but refrain from signing up for more than you can handle. Physical activity will help you get in shape and give you the energy and enthusiasm to follow your dreams. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Interact, engage in meetings and discuss plans to improve your surroundings. Refuse to let the actions of others deter you from doing what’s best for you. Romance is highlighted.
PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Frank Doyle comments on his photo submission, “Our cat, Oreo, asking the lady from ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,’ ‘May I have this dance?’”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look at your options and consider any consequences before you make a move. Don’t be fooled by what others say or do. Gather facts and take action based on your own findings. Ulterior motives and emotional manipulation will be apparent. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Draw on your emotions and use your insight and intuition to help figure out what your next move should be. Let past experience guide you now and you won’t waste time on people or situations that aren’t worth your while.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Step up your strategy a notch and show everyone what you are capable of doing. Commit to your plan and strive to reach your goals. Success is based on what you do, not what you say you will do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take action, make things happen and secure your position. A firm and established plan will help you reach your goal. Integrate whatever change is necessary and you will have no regrets. Push hard and excel.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Problems at home or within important partnerships can be expected if you give in to pressure or demands made by others. Use your intelligence and make your position perfectly clear. Keep the peace using diplomacy, but stick to your guns.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions will develop due to unexpected situations. Expect to be put on the spot by someone looking for a handout. Use your intelligence along with diplomacy to make suggestions that will discourage others from leaning on you.
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PREP BASKETBALL
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TSA girls outscore Wilson Hall 18-5 in decisive third quarter to hand Lady Barons first loss, 48-35
Watson Heisman finalist for 2nd year
Turning points
Joined by Jackson, Peppers, 2 Sooners BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press NEW YORK — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson is a Heisman Trophy finalist for the second consecutive season, joining Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers and Oklahoma teammates Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook. WATSON The finalists were announced Monday on ESPN and the award will be presented Saturday in New York. Watson finished third in last year’s JACKSON voting, won by Alabama running back Derrick Henry. Just like last year, he heads to New York not as the favorite but as the contender coming on strong at the end.
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USC FOOTBALL
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Wilson Hall’s Susanna Hutson (20) dribbles around Thomas Sumter’s Caetlyn Martin (23) during TSA’s 48-35 victory on Monday at Edens Gymnasium in Dalzell.
BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com DALZELL – Thomas Sumter Academy girls basketball head coach BJ Reed knew her team was going to have to “weather the storm” defensively against Wilson Hall in Monday’s matchup at Edens Gymnasium. She just didn’t know the storm was
going to come from the outside. A barrage of 3-point baskets in the first half put the Lady Generals in a hole, but the third quarter proved to be the turning point as TSA outscored the Lady Barons 18-5 en route to a 48-35 victory. Thomas Sumter improved to 2-1 on the year and will host Richard Winn today. WH fell to 4-1 and will travel to
Heathwood Hall today. “They came out shooting the ball very, very well from the outside,” Reed said of Wilson Hall, which hit six 3s in the first half. “So defensively we had to know where the shooters were, who was hot, and just continue to stay in their face and not give up easy shots.
SEE TSA, PAGE B2
PRO FOOTBALL
Rivera not worried about losing team after benching Newton
BY STEVE REED The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers coach Ron Rivera is not worried about losing the faith of his players in the locker room after his decision to bench Cam Newton for the start of Sunday night’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Rivera said Monday in hindsight he’s “very comfortable” with his decision to keep the reigning league MVP on the sideline after he failed to wear a tie on the team flight Saturday, as required by team rules. Derek Anderson replaced Newton in the starting lineup and threw an interception on Carolina’s first play from scrimmage. Newton entered the game on the second series, but things continued to spiral downhill and the injury-riddled and struggling Panthers (4-8) lost 40-7.
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Carolina quarterback Cam Newton, left, looks from the bench in the Panthers’ 40-7 loss to Seattle on Sunday in Seattle. Newton didn’t start the game due to breaking team rules.
Carolina to face South Florida in Brimingham BY JOSH KENDALL The State COLUMBIA -- South Carolina’s football team will play in the Birmingham Bowl, it learned Sunday, but the specifics of the postseason aren’t the most important thing for the Gamecocks, their coach said. “We were picked to finish last in the Southeastern Conference. You guys did a really good job with that. We didn’t,” Will Muschamp said. “We’re going bowling, so that’s exciting. As a program, we are not where we want to be. No one is satisfied with 6-6, I can assure you that, but thank goodness we’re MUSCHAMP not where we used to be.” South Carolina finished 3-9 last year, missing a bowl game for the first time after a school-record seven consecutive trips. This year’s team won four of its final six regular-season games to achieve bowl eligibility. The Birmingham Bowl will be played on Dec. 29 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. The Gamecocks will play a 10-2 South Florida team that finished second in the Eastern Division of the American Athletic Conference this year. The Bulls are seventh in the nation in scoring offense with 43.6 points per game. They are led by junior quarterback Quinton Flowers, who averages 118.8 yards per game on the ground and 212.2 yards per game through the air.
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11 a.m. — Women’s Professional Golf: The Queens Final Round from Nagoya, Japan (GOLF). 2:30 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match — Atletico Madrid vs. Bayern Munich (ESPN2). 2:30 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match — Celtic vs. Manchester City (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match — Borussia Dortmund vs. Barcelona (FOX SPORTS 2). 2:30 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match — Arsenal vs. Basel (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Jimmy V Classic from New York -- Purdue vs. Arizona State (ESPN). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Villanova vs. La Salle (ESPN2). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Youngstown State at Michigan State (ESPNU). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Pearl Harbor Invitational from Honolulu — Princeton vs. California (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Brown at Providence (FOX SPORTS 2). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: East Carolina at Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Houston at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Fresno State at Marquette (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Texas State at Baylor (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Minnesota (NBA TV). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Jimmy V Classic from New York -- Florida vs. Duke (ESPN). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas at Michigan (ESPN2). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: IPFW at Notre Dame (ESPNU). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Lamar at DePaul (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Pearl Harbor Invitational from Honolulu — Seton Hall vs. Hawaii (FOX SPORTS 1). 3 a.m. — Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Dubai Ladies Masters First Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).
NFL STANDINGS
AREA ROUNDUP W L Pct GB San Antonio 16 4 .800 — Houston 13 7 .650 3 Memphis 13 8 .619 3½ New Orleans 7 14 .333 9½ Dallas 4 15 .211 11½ NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 13 8 .619 — Utah 12 9 .571 1 Portland 11 10 .524 2 Denver 7 13 .350 5½ Minnesota 6 14 .300 6½ PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 17 3 .850 — L.A. Clippers 16 6 .727 2 L.A. Lakers 10 12 .455 8 Sacramento 7 13 .350 10 Phoenix 6 14 .300 11
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Orlando 98, Detroit 92 Oklahoma City 101, New Orleans 92 New York 106, Sacramento 98 Indiana 111, L.A. Clippers 102
MONDAY’S GAMES
Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New York at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New York, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Denver at Washington, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
By The Associated Press
NHL STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
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EAST W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 2 0 .833 319 207 Miami 7 5 0 .583 255 278 Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 305 274 N.Y. Jets 3 8 0 .273 196 266 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Houston 6 6 0 .500 207 257 Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296 Indianapolis 5 6 0 .455 270 301 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 224 313 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 256 207 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 290 236 Cincinnati 4 7 1 .375 245 259 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352 WEST W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 10 2 0 .833 345 299 Kansas City 9 3 0 .750 281 242 Denver 8 4 0 .667 286 229 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 334 319
NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct PF PA x-Dallas 11 1 0 .917 333 228 N.Y. Giants 8 4 0 .667 245 237 Washington 6 5 1 .542 303 295 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 268 245 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 386 331 Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 277 285 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 347 335 Carolina 4 8 0 .333 283 321 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 8 4 0 .667 275 251 Green Bay 6 6 0 .500 295 302 Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 233 209 Chicago 3 9 0 .250 204 270 WEST W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 8 3 1 .708 264 194 Arizona 5 6 1 .458 276 251 Los Angeles 4 8 0 .333 180 262 San Francisco 1 11 0 .083 234 370 x-clinched playoff spot
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Dallas 17, Minnesota 15
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Baltimore 38, Miami 6 Chicago 26, San Francisco 6 New England 26, Los Angeles 10 Kansas City 29, Atlanta 28 Cincinnati 32, Philadelphia 14 Denver 20, Jacksonville 10 Detroit 28, New Orleans 13 Green Bay 21, Houston 13 Oakland 38, Buffalo 24 Tampa Bay 28, San Diego 21 Pittsburgh 24, N.Y. Giants 14 Arizona 31, Washington 23 Seattle 40, Carolina 7 Open: Tennessee, Cleveland
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Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 Oakland at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.
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Denver at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Diego at Carolina, 1 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.
Lane scores 23 points to lead Alice Drive past Bates, 40-31 Marcus Lane scored 23 points to lead the Alice Drive Middle School boys basketball team to a 40-31 victory over Bates on Monday at the AD gymnasium. Lane also had seven rebounds and six assists for the Hawks, who improved to 3-0 on the season. Trevonte Brunson had eight points and 11 rebounds.
EBENEZER 37 MAYEWOOD 27 Tony Raymond scored 13 points to lead Ebenezer Middle School to a 37-27 victory over Mayewood on Monday at the Mayewood gymnasium. Jeremiah Benjamin added 10 for the Tigers.
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SUNDAY’S GAMES
MONDAY’S GAMES
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Florida at Boston, 7 p.m. Arizona at Columbus, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Vancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Montreal at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Minnesota at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 8 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
THURSDAY’S GAMES
St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Colorado at Boston, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Calgary at Arizona, 9 p.m. Carolina at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press
SECOND ROUND SATURDAY, DEC. 3 James Madison 55, New Hampshire 22 Youngstown State 40, Jacksonville State 24 South Dakota State 10, Villanova 7 Sam Houston State 41, Chattanooga 36 North Dakota State 45, San Diego 7 Eastern Washington 31, Central Arkansas 14 Wofford 17, The Citadel 3 Richmond 27, North Dakota 24
QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY, DEC. 9 Sam Houston State (12-0) at James Madison (11-1), 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 10 South Dakota State (9-3) at North Dakota State (11-1), Noon Wofford (10-3) at Youngstown State (10-3), 2 p.m. Richmond (10-3) at Eastern Washington (11-1), 4 p.m.
SEMIFINALS FRIDAY, DEC. 16 Pairings TBD, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 17 Pairings TBD, 6:30 p.m.
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Lakewood High School defeated Lee Central 31-27 on Monday at The Swamp.
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“We knew we had to focus on (their inside game), but they came out and hits some big shots and forced us to come out more. But we made some adjustments and played really well. It was not my coaching; it was all the girls on the floor.” It took a while to turn things around offensively, though. The Lady Generals recorded no assists in the first half, but that started to change after the break. TSA turned an 8-point deficit in the second quarter into a 10point lead by the end of the third. North Greenville University signee Bree Stoddard led the charge, finishing with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but she wasn’t the only one as seven players finished with four points or more. Logan Morris had seven points, Carmen Silvester six and both Sydney Daniel and Aubrey Stoddard finished with five apiece. “We got composure and we attacked seams and we were able to dish to people,” Reed said. “We were able to create some opportunities. We brought the intensity level in the second half and I was very proud of them.” It was the opposite story for the Lady Barons. Maddie Elmore, Susanna Hutson and Courtney Clark all hit treys in the first half, including three by Hutson, but con-
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Wilson Hall’s Chandler Scott (4) goes up for a shot against Thomas Sumter in the Barons’ 54-31 victory on Monday at Edens Gymnasium in Dalzell.
nected on just one in the second half. “First half we shot 44 percent from the field and pretty well from the 3-point arc,” WH head coach Glenn Rector said. “Second half we shot 22 percent, so that was a big difference. Defensive intensity also wasn’t quite as strong in the second half, especially in the third quarter.” The Lady Barons only got as close as eight points the rest of the way. Hutson led the team with 13 points followed by Elmore and Clark with six each. “We couldn’t quite back enough,” Rector said. “They were able to spread the floor out and run a delay and get some easy baskets on that. But this will make us better. We haven’t really worked on close-game situations, even though we’ve won a couple
Ebenezer Middle School defeated Mayewood 33-29 on Monday at the Mayewood gymnasium. Shania Davis led the Lady Tigers with 22 points. Joy Goodley led Mayewood with 12 points.
MANNING 21 FURMAN 12 MANNING -- Manning Junior High School picked up its first win of the season with a 21-12 victory over Furman on Monday at the MJHS gymnasium. Quantisha Billups led the 1-2 Lady Monarchs with 13 points. From staff reports of close games. “But this will remind us what we need to work on.” In the boys game, Wilson Hall built an 11-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back in a 54-31 victory. The Barons improved to 5-1 while TSA fell to 0-3. “Defensively, I thought first and third quarters we played very well,” WH head coach Eddie Talley said. “Our offensive execution wasn’t great, but we played well enough defensively that we could make some mistakes and still score. “We got to play everybody tonight and a lot of them scored. We’re starting to look for each other more now so that’s good. I’m happy with the effort. We’re gaining experience every game.” Drew Talley led the Barons with 13 points. Grant DeVarona was next with 12 followed by Easton Ward with seven. The Generals were led by Eli Kessinger with nine points followed by Zach Fugate with eight. The first and third quarters doomed TSA as it scored a combined nine points in the two frames. “It wasn’t one of our best showings, but we still fought hard,” first-year TSA head coach Morgan Whalen said. “The press didn’t give us too much trouble, but we just couldn’t get the ball in the basket. “We’re building a team concept. We’re encouraging each other to play well and learning from our mistakes.”
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points to lead Alice Drive to a 33-19 victory over Bates on Monday at the AD gymnasium. Tajanique Johnson and Inga Colclough each had eight points for the Lady Hawks.
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Clemson, Ohio State to face off in Fiesta Bowl BY MATT CONNOLLY The State CLEMSON -- The College Football Playoff rankings were released Sunday afternoon and as expected, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington were selected as the top four teams in the country. No. 1 Alabama will face No. 4 Washington in a semifinal at 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, while No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Ohio State will meet at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Clemson’s 2015-16 season ended in Glendale as the Crimson Tide knocked off Clemson 45-40 in the national championship game. The Tigers are hoping to come out on top at University of Phoenix Stadium this time around as they attempt to win their first national title since 1981. “Last year we went into the playoff No. 1 and we finished No. 2,” Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney told fans at Littlejohn Coliseum on Sunday. “This year our goal is to go in No. 2 and finish No. 1.” For the second consecutive year, Clemson enters the playoff as an underdog, despite being ranked higher than its opponent. Oklahoma was favored by 3.5 points as the No. 4 seed prior to last year’s Orange Bowl, before the top-seeded Tigers earned a blowout win over the Sooners. This season, the Buckeyes are favored by 3 over Clemson, while Alabama is favored by two touchdowns
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Rivera said there was no underlying message to Newton because he has enforced similar dress code violations in the past. “It’s not the first time and it probably won’t be the last time,” Rivera said. “At the end of the day everybody gets treated the same.” Rivera made the decision to bench Newton on Saturday night when he was unable to come up with a shirt and tie for the team flight to Seattle. The sixth-year coach was well aware his decision would get a lot of media attention — and generate some criticism — because of his quarterback’s high profile, but felt like he had to enforce the team’s long-standing rule. “I knew it was going to be a feeding frenzy — that’s just the way it is,” Rivera said. “I’ve addressed it and (Cam) has addressed it. So I’m done with it.” Carolina players were off on Monday following an early morning flight back from the West coast and were not available for interviews. Players for the most part steered clear of addressing Rivera’s decision after the game. Newton took accountability for the mistake after the game, telling reporters, “Long story short, he has rules in place. In my opinion, it was a lack of communication on my part, especially as a team captain, a person that I feel has his ear. I should have just cleared it first.” Rivera said the team has five core values set by owner Jerry Richardson — hard work, harmony, teamwork, listen and respect. “You can be who you are and keep your personality, but you have to try to keep them within the parameters,” Rivera said. Carolina, which hosts the Chargers on Sunday, can finish no better than 8-8 this season, meaning its streak of
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“You just don’t have a lot of two-time Heisman finalists over the history of your program. He is our first, and he’s very deserving,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said in a statement. “I’ve said it before; I believe he is the best player in the nation and has been a great representative of our University.” Mayfield finished fourth last season, but did not get an invite to Heisman presentation in New York. Westbrook and Mayfield are the first teammates to be finalists since Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart from Southern California finished
Muschamp, his staff and the players for getting us back into the postseason. I’m especially happy for the seniors, who struck together through the coaching transition and showed tremendous leadership throughout the season.” The Gamecocks will begin bowl practice on Dec. 15, said Muschamp, who is 1-1 in his career in bowl games. “At the end of the day, the fun is in winning and that’s what you need to be able to focus in on and to be able to have a mature team handle a little time off and coming back,” Muschamp said. “There is a time to have fun as far as bowl games are concerned and there’s a time to focus. That’s going to be my emphasis with them.”
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over the Huskies. Swinney, who is 4-1 in his past five bowl/national title games, doesn’t view Clemson or Washington as underdogs entering the playoff. “I hate to tell you, but there are no underdogs in this playoff,” Swinney said. “These are four teams that all could win the national championship, without a doubt. … Somebody may pick a side, but there’s no underdog. These are four great football teams.” While most analysts felt Clemson would play Ohio State and Washington would face Alabama in the semifinals, there was talk
that Penn State or even Michigan could sneak into the final four. That wasn’t the case, but Swinney said he has sympathy for some of the schools left out. “There were five or six probably very deserving teams, and they selected these four. That’s all that mattered to me is that we were one of them,” Swinney said. “My heart breaks for a couple of those teams that didn’t have an opportunity. I think it’s four great teams, and four teams that are very capable of winning the national championship. There’s no doubt about it. I’m glad we’re one of them.”
never having put back-toback winning seasons together since entering the league in 1995 will continue. Tight end Greg Olsen said Sunday night that this season has been filled with “humbling experiences” after a year in which the Panthers bolted to a 14-0 start and reached the Super Bowl before losing to the Denver Broncos. “We just aren’t very good right now, that’s just the reality,” Olsen said. “That’s all anyone should care about. Just win one time, one game. Prepare that way, play that way, play smart, execute, and win one game.” The Panthers have been ravaged by injuries. Against Seattle they played without middle linebacker
Luke Kuechly, defensive end Mario Addison and safety Kurt Coleman on defense and center Ryan Kalil and left tackle Michael Oher on offense. Kalil and Oher are both on injured reserve and the Panthers are down to the fourth center. “We all had grand expectations,” Rivera said of the season. “Shoot, I really wanted to get back to the Super Bowl and win it. I’m not going to back off that. We still had opportunities but we just didn’t capitalize.” Still, Rivera said the remaining games will be important in terms of evaluating for the future. “This is a good opportunity to see who we are, see what our character is and see what we can build on,” Rivera said.
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first and third, respectively in 2005. Peppers is the first defensive player to be a Heisman finalists since Notre Dame linebacker Manti Teo was a distant runner-up to Johnny Manziel in 2012. Finalists are determined by the margins between vote-getters. The ballots of more than 900 voters, which included former Heisman winners, were due Monday. Watson entered as the preseason favorite in what looked like a strong field of contenders, but Jackson quickly swept past them all to be front-runner. He was brilliant for the first two months of the season and Louisville was looking like a College Football Playoff contender.
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Clemson tight end Jordan Leggett (16) celebrates after he scored a touchdown in the Tigers’ 42-35 victory over Virginia Tech in the ACC championship on Saturday in Orlando, Fla. Clemson will face Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 in a national semifinal game.
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“We would have a hard time tackling him in a phone booth,” said Muschamp, who recruited Flowers out of Miami. “He’s really good. He’s a slippery guy.” This is South Carolina’s third appearance in Birmingham for a bowl game. Their most recent trip was Jan. 2, 2010, when Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks lost 20-7 in Connecticut in the Papajohns.com Bowl. South Carolina is 8-12 all-time in bowl games. “We are excited to be back in a bowl game after missing out last year,” athletics director Ray Tanner said. “It’s a testament to Coach
Keeping Sumter Beautiful By Katie Altman-Goff, Water Resources Extention Agent Clean Out Those Medicine Cabinets This week I have a piece of household cleaning advice that may help keep your family and our water safer. It’s not exactly the right season for springcleaning, but any time is a good time to empty your medicine cabinet of unused prescription medications. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the proper disposal of medications can: • Avoid accidental poisoning of children and pets • Avoid misuse by teens or adults • Avoid health risks caused by taking the wrong medication, taking an incorrect dose, or taking medication that has expired and no longer works properly • Keep medications from entering streams and rivers when disposed of improperly In the past, many people have disposed of prescription medications by flushing them down the toilet or drain to keep them out of the wrong hands. The Environmental Protection Agency and South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control do not recommend flushing medicines down the toilet or pouring them down the sink. In houses with a septic system, prescription and over-the-county drugs that are flushed can leach into the ground and end up in ground water.
Even homes connected to wastewater treatment plants should not flush medications. Wastewater treatment facilities are not equipped to remove medicines, so they may end up in our water supply. This can lead to adverse effects in aquatic wildlife or exposure to humans. In Sumter, you can easily dispose of solid prescription medications by taking them to the Sumter Police Department at 107 East Hampton Street. They accept drop offs MondayFriday from 8:30am to 5:00pm. The Sumter County Sherriff ’s Office also holds occasional drug take-back events. Some pharmacies offer a mail-back program for prescription and over-thecounter medications, which requires a small fee for packaging and shipping. Check with your local pharmacy to see if they offer this program. If you would like to learn more about the proper disposal of prescription medications please visit: www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/collectingand-disposing-unwanted-medicines And to learn more about contaminates of emerging concern in soil and water, including pharmaceuticals, visit: toxics. usgs.gov/investigations/cec/index.php Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or family status and is an equal opportunity employer.
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Notice, Dozier lead No. 20 USC past FIU, 70-54 COLUMBIA — With leading scorer and rebounder Sindarius Thornwell out indefinitely, No. 20 South Carolina turned to Duane Notice and P.J. Dozier to fill the void on Sunday. Notice tied his career high with 27 points and Dozier added 20 as the Gamecocks beat Florida International 7054. The Gamecocks (8-0) announced before the game that Thornwell had been suspended indefinitely for violating an athletic department policy. Notice matched his scoring high, which he set in 2014 against Marshall. He made six of 10 3-point attempts. FIU scored 20 points for the Panthers (3-6), while Michael Kessens had 12 and Anthony Bowell added 10. The Panthers were playing without their leading scorer, Donte McGill, who is averaging 19.1 points per game, and never led. South Carolina was outrebounded 35-34 but connected on eight of 21 3-point shots (38.1 percent). The Gamecocks dished out 16 assists and forced 23 turnovers while committing only nine.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv 1. Villanova (57) 8-0 1613 2 2. UCLA (2) 9-0 1478 11 3. Kansas 7-1 1458 4 4. Baylor (6) 8-0 1437 9 5. Duke 8-1 1389 5 6. Kentucky 7-1 1274 1 7. North Carolina 8-1 1234 3 8. Gonzaga 8-0 1198 8 9. Indiana 7-1 1103 13 10. Creighton 8-0 1003 10 11. Louisville 7-1 901 14 12. Saint Mary’s 6-0 899 12 13. Xavier 7-1 784 7 14. Virginia 7-1 758 6 15. West Virginia 6-1 729 25 16. Butler 8-0 691 18 17. Wisconsin 7-2 655 17 18. Purdue 6-2 485 15 19. South Carolina 8-0 476 20 20. Arizona 6-2 320 16 21. Florida 7-1 285 24 22. Cincinnati 7-1 258 — 23. Notre Dame 8-0 197 — 24. Oregon 7-2 175 23 25. Iowa St. 5-2 95 19
Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (18) 7-0 809 2 2. Notre Dame (15) 8-0 807 1 3. Baylor 9-1 750 4 4. Maryland 8-0 732 5 5. Mississippi St. 8-0 668 6 6. South Carolina 6-1 660 3 7. Florida St. 8-1 613 8 8. Louisville 7-2 574 7 9. UCLA 6-1 564 10 10. Stanford 8-1 525 11 11. Washington 8-1 487 13 12. Ohio St. 6-3 403 9 13. West Virginia 9-0 401 16 14. Miami 7-1 398 18 15. Kentucky 6-2 338 17 16. DePaul 5-2 252 15 17. Texas 2-4 249 14 18. Colorado 8-0 231 21 19. Oklahoma 5-2 187 12 20. Syracuse 6-3 161 20 21. Duke 9-1 158 — 22. South Florida 6-0 109 — 23. Florida 6-2 105 19 24. Oregon St. 5-1 70 24 25. Virginia Tech 7-0 66 —
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 45, Southern Cal 43, Ohio St. 40, TCU 33, Florida St. 18, Virginia Tech 11, California 10, Maryland 9, Valparaiso 7, Wichita St. 5, Temple 3, Michigan St. 3, Minnesota 1, IPFW 1, UNC Wilmington 1.
Others receiving votes: Oregon 65, Arizona St. 48, Kansas St 48, Michigan 48, Tennessee 31, California 30, Auburn 28, Green Bay 22, Texas A&M 22, Northwestern 17, Marquette 15, Gonzaga 8, Oklahoma St. 8, Michigan St. 6, Boise St. 6, Southern Cal 5, Vanderbilt 1.
fought, last-second victory against a Power Five opponent, Clemson head coach Brad Brownell wasn’t sure how focused his players might
be for winless Coppin State. The Tigers took about 10 minutes to ease his concerns. Jaron Blossomgame had 15 points and 11 rebounds and
Clemson used an 20-5 early burst to pound the Eagles 85-43 on Sunday. After Terry Harris Jr.’s three-point play drew Coppin State (0-10) within 12-7, the Tigers took off on their gamebreaking run. Marcquise Reed had a three-point play while Gabe DeVoe and Avry Holmes each hit 3s. By the time Blossomgame hit a short turnaround jumper, Clemson led 32-12 and were seldom pushed the rest of the way. Blossomgame had 10 points in the opening half for the Tigers (5-2), who built a 30-point lead and cruised to their third straight win and sent Coppin State to its 11th consecutive loss dating back to last season. Holmes finished with 13 points off three 3-pointers. Vanderbilt transfer Shelton Mitchell, making his first start, had 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting for Clemson while Reed added 11 points. Sidy Djitte had a game-high 13 rebounds to along with six points for the Tigers.
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wants to show it once again belongs among the elite teams in women’s basketball. Beating No. 3 South Carolina is a good way to prove it. Rebecca Greenwell scored seven of her 29 points in the final 5½ minutes, leading the Blue Devils past the Game-
cocks 74-63 on Sunday. Oderah Chidom added 15 points to help the Blue Devils (9-1) earn their first victory over a top-three opponent since they knocked off No. 3 Ohio State in 2009. Duke shot 50 percent and forced the Gamecocks (6-1) into a season-worst 19 turnovers, turning them into 28 points. A’ja Wilson scored 18 points and Kaela Davis added 14 for South Carolina, which pulled to 66-60 on Bianca CuevasMoore’s 3-pointer with 1:41 left and immediately called timeout. But the Gamecocks came out of that break and put six players on the court, earning them a technical foul. Greenwell hit two free throws with 1:40 remaining, and after Duke forced a stop, Kyra Lambert added two foul shots to push the Blue Devils’ lead to 70-60 with 1:05 remaining. From wire report
OBITUARIES JAMES M. CUBBAGE JR. James Mack Cubbage Jr. died on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, in Rock Hill. He was born on June 11, 1954, in Sumter. Jim graduated from Wofford College in 1976. He is survived CUBBAGE by his wife, Elizabeth Stroupe Cubbage; his daughters, Katie Shapleigh and her husband, Tim, of Roswell, Georgia, and Caroline Rogerson and her husband, Evan, of Sumter. He is also survived by a brother, Billy Cubbage of Boston, Massachusetts; and a sister, Marsha Somheil and her husband, Chris, of Sumter. A private memorial service will be held for the family. The family will receive friends in the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Saint John’s United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 149, Rock Hill, SC 29731 or American Cancer Society, 1901 Brunswick Ave., Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28207. Condolences may be made to the family at www.greenefuneralhome.net.
RAY JACKSON SUMMERTON — Deacon Ray Jackson, 76, died on Dec. 2, 2016. Funeral services for Deacon Jackson will be held at noon on Wednesday at Fellowship Missionary Baptist JACKSON Church, Manning, with the Rev. Jonathan Anderson, pastor. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. The family is receiving friends from noon until 10 p.m. today at the home of his daughter, Jennie White, 1121 Starks Drive, Summerton. Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning is in charge of arrangements.
ELIZABETH WATCHER Elizabeth “Betty” Watcher, 83, of Sumter, went to her heavenly home on Dec. 3, 2016, joyful to meet her Lord and Savior. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family, music and WATCHER the spirit of Christmas. Betty was the consummate mother and grandmother. She loved her family and made her home the happy place where her 20 grandchildren learned to cook, play ball, swim in the backyard pool, sew doll clothes and play the violin. Her home became known as “Mom’s House,” a
place where family gathered, ate and learned to love one another. Betty was born in Primrose, Pennsylvania, to immigrant parents and she often spoke fondly of the life and lessons learned of a coal mining family during the challenging times of the Depression. She lived her life with the strength and fortitude learned during those years. She followed her calling to serve others and pursued a career as a nurse, graduating from The Pottsville School of Nursing in 1956. She then married her high school sweetheart, Pete Watcher, on June 15, 1957, upon his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy. They were married for 59 happy years and traveled around the country during his Air Force career, until they settled in Sumter in 1971. Betty and Pete raised six children together and several times she handled the young family single-handedly while her husband was stationed in Southeast Asia. When her children were older, she resumed her career as a registered nurse and worked at Tuomey Hospital and then as a public health nurse. Betty was an active member of St. Anne Catholic Church, where she attended daily Mass for years and felt that there was nothing more beautiful than the celebration of Christ’s death and resurrection. When she became too ill to attend, she watched it every day on television. She also developed and took charge of the funeral meals at the parish for many years, finding joy and satisfaction in ministering to others. Betty was an excellent cook and enjoyed preparing meals for her family and friends, especially Sunday dinners. She loved to entertain and hosted many events over the years from Officers’ Wives Club luncheons to dinners for her supper club known as “The Dirty Dozen.” An avid sports fan, Betty rarely missed a baseball game in which her sons and, then later, her grandsons played. She could often be seen at the ball park with Pete, cheering the boys on. She loved college football and was a passionate armchair coach. If you wanted to call Betty on a Saturday, you had better know when the commercials were airing. Once she even delivered the Sunday meal to her daughter’s house so she could watch the games in peace. Betty’s favorite saying was, “If you do not have anything nice to say, then don’t say it at all.” This defines so well how Betty lived. She was a positive person who always emphasized the good in others. Betty is survived by her loving husband, Pete; three
daughters and a son, Mary (David) Swain of Woodruff, Ann (Richard) Blum of Charlotte, North Carolina, Amy Manweiler of Houston, Texas, and Michael (Beth) Watcher of Sumter; 20 grandchildren, Kathryn (Matthew) Dilleshaw of Charleston, Heather (Brandon) Scarborough of Woodruff, Charlotte (William) Korn of Charleston, David Eric, Anna and Cara Swain, all of Woodruff, Kayla (Nate) Stewart of Sumter, Lindsey Breitwieser of Bloomington, Indiana, Andrew, Katey, Joseph, Jacob and Phillip Watcher, all of Sumter, Mary Bennett (Colton) Hinson, stationed in Yokosuka, Japan, Gabrielle and Jared Blum of Charlotte, and Alex, Allison and Caroline Manweiler, all of Houston, Texas; three great-granddaughters; and one greatgrandson. Betty was predeceased by her sons, Tony Michael Watcher in 2005, and Robert Stephen Watcher in 2016. A Rosary Service will be held from 5:30 to 6 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home, followed by visitation from 6 to 8 p.m., also at Bullock Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Anne and St. Jude Catholic School, 11 S. Magnolia St., Sumter, SC 29150. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.
WILLIS D. ARDIS SR. Willis Dayton Ardis Sr., 87, husband of Barbara Boykin Ardis, died on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Pinewood, he was a son of the late Henry Cornelius Ardis and Eva Ardis. He was a member of Crosswell Baptist Church and American Legion Post 17. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife of 63 years; two sons, Willis D. Ardis Jr. (Desi) of Mandeville, Louisiana, and A. Wendell Ardis (Carol) of Sumter; a granddaughter, Ashley Ardis Ferguson (Chase) of Sumter; and grandsons, Willis D. Ardis III (Cristina) of Austin, Texas, Brett Ardis of Mandeville and Spencer Ardis of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was preceded in death
by seven brothers, Leslie Ardis, Russell Ardis, William Ardis, Wilbur Ardis, Melvin Ardis, Louie Ardis and McBeth Ardis; and one sister, Annie Laurie Ardis Tobias. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Charles Owens officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Willis D. Ardis III, Brett Ardis, Spencer Ardis, Chase Ferguson, Mack McLeod and Stan Ardis. Honorary pallbearers will be member of the Steadfast Sunday School Class of Crosswell Baptist Church and the breakfast group from McDonald’s on Broad Street. The family received friends on Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and will receive friends at other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Crosswell Baptist Church, 604 Mathis St., Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
loved dog, Pharoah. No public viewing will be held. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hillside Memorial Park with Bishop Willie Green officiating. The family will be receiving friends at the home of her sister, Linda Montgomery, 21 C Althea Circle, Sumter. If it is raining, services will be held at Westend Community Church, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.
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Gloria Jean Glisson, “Jean,” as she was affectionately called, received her call from her heavenly father and took wings to be with him in paradise on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Born on Feb. 4, 1957, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Clifton Sr. and Mildred Glisson. Jean graduated from Sumter High School Class of 1975 and furthered her education at Bennett College, where she majored in psychology. She was employed by Gifford County Department of Social Service for more than 30 years. She was also employed by Bell House as a supervisor. She is survived by two brothers, Clifton Glisson Jr. (Ruby) and Nathaniel Glisson (Karen) of Sumter; four sisters, Linda Montgomery and Patricia Wells (Robert), both of Sumter, Wanda Kirby (Elbert) of Olanta and Amelia Glisson of Columbia; two godchildren, Mikalia and Cameron Milton of Greensboro, North Carolina; a special niece, NyAsia Wells of Sumter; her Greensboro family, Gwendolyn Jones, Kara Milton, Butch Fryer, Cindy, Robert and Margaret Ferguson and Camille Segers; Denise Page of Fayetteville, North Carolina; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifton Sr. and Mildred Glisson; two brothers, Frank Glisson and Primus Glisson; a nephew, Tyrone Glisson; a niece, Nykhia Wells; and her be-
Nettie A. Dennis, 54, died on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on May 31, 1962, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Ned and Virginia Diggs Wade. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her son, Frederick Wade, 5085 Dennis Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
AGNES M. EVANS MANNING — Agnes Rovena Miller Evans, 79, widow of Charlie Evans, died on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at McLeod Health Clarendon, Manning. She was born on Nov. 20, 1937, a daughter of the late Richard and Carrie Servance Miller. The family is receiving friends at her residence, 1096 Travis Lane, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
MARY D. TINDAL FLORENCE — On Thursday, Nov. 30, 2016, Mary Ruth Dingle Tindal departed this life at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. Born on March 27, 1974, in Manning, she was a daughter of Ruth Lee Davis Dingle “Honey” and John Elliott Dingle Sr. Service of remembrance will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1158 Driggers Lane, Manning, where the pastor, the Rev. Lucretia Pugh, will bring words of hope. The service of committal will follow in the family plot, located in Manning Cemetery. The family is receiving relatives and friends from 4 to 8 p.m. at The Marion House, 1079 Capital Way, Manning. Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel of Manning is in charge of these services. Online condolences for the family may be sent to www. flemingdelaine.com or flemingdelaine@aol.com.
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of the wild from destruction. But this was no “Green Acres.” His neighbors included illegal loggers, miners and cattle ranchers who did not cotton to his idealism. • During the darkest days of the Cultural Revolution, Chinese intellectuals considered less than enthusiastic about Chairman Mao’s flavor of Communism were sent to the countryside for hard labor in “re-education” camps. A kinder, gentler variation on this theme emerges in most Hallmark movies. Lori Loughlin and Colin Ferguson star in the 2016 romance “Every Christmas Has a Story” (8 p.m., Hallmark, TV-PG). After a hot mic moment catches her blurting out disdain for the holiday’s cheap sentiment, a TV personality is sent out to the hinterlands to produce a Christmas special and mend fences with her audience. Naturally, this move changes her attitude and her life. You can’t deviate from the holiday party line. On Hallmark at least.
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TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Results and eliminations on “The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, TVPG). • Remaining contestants must create a cupcake-themed display on “Window Warriors” (9 p.m., GSN, TV-PG). • A child eyewitness needs
“Fresh Off the Boat” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Xavier unravels on “No Tomorrow” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Kenny returns to the wrestling mat on “The Real O’Neals” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV14).
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Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Barry needs help on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Boosting Schmidt’s image on “New Girl” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Dance lessons on “American Housewife” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * The dean’s past resurfaces on “Scream Queens” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Romance fades on
Molly Shannon, Joe Buck and Dinosaur Jr. appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Vice President Joe Biden and DJ Khaled are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Chris Pratt, Katie Holmes and John Mayer on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Shaquille O’Neal, Abbi Jacobson, Miranda Lambert and Abe Cunningham visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Billy Crystal, Taron Egerton and CRX appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate
CULT CHOICE Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele star as mild men posing as gangsters to retrieve their stolen kitten in the 2016 comedy “Keanu” (9 p.m., HBO2), a film that seemed to affirm suspicions that Key and Peele work best in short-form sketches.
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Summons and Notice Publication Family Court of Sumter, South Carolina Third Judicial Circuit STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER, COUNTY (Plaintiff) Vs. Andres Blanding (Defendant) IN THE INTEREST OF Ny' Ajah Elmore (12/30/2003) TO DEFENDANT: Andre Blanding YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED And required to answer the complaint In the above referenced concerning the minor child above and that you have failed to contact the agency in regards to your whereabouts in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for James C. Campbell, Sumter County, on September 28, 2016 a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at Steven B. Suchomski, 105 N. Magnolia Street, Sumter, SC 29150 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the statutory time allotted, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint. A hearing has been scheduled for January 5, 2017 at at 9:00 a.m. S. C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Steven B. Suchomski, Esquire P.O. Box 68 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-5531
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim. Estate:/Darlene Espada #2016ES4300659 Personal Representative Felix Espada 5531 Oakcrest Road Sumter, SC 29154
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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.
Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate:/Ronald Lee Sanders #2016ES4300650 Personal Representative Loretta Sanders 5220 Florist Lane Rembert, SC 29128
Estate:/Harley James Huggins #2016ES4300665 Personal Representative Donald Ray Huggins 1775 Jefferson Rd. Sumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Arabella Boyd #2016ES4300634 Personal Representative Theresa Boyd 133 Webster St. NW #1 Washington, DC 20011
Estate:/James D. Skinner #2016ES4300624 Personal Representative Meta S. Liuzzo 223 Penfolds Court Lexington, SC 29072
Estate:/Betty Pritchard #2016ES4300643 Personal Representative Richard F. Pritchard III 546 Godwin Street Sumter, SC 29153
Pierson Morris #2016ES4300657
Estate:/Raleigh W Mccoy #2016ES4300647 Personal Representative Linda McCoy Kumi 8512 Leonard Drive Silver Springs, MD 20910
Estate:/Marguerite
Personal Representative Carol Edward Morris, III and George M. Morris 5901 Johnson Road Clover, SC 29710
Estate:/John Harold Turbeville #2016ES4300631 Personal Representative Kathleen G. Blevins C/O Elbert K. Turbeville Attorney at Law PO Box 699 Lake City, SC 29560
Estate:/Marjorie
Harrison Montalbano #2016ES4300666
Personal Representative Carol L.H. Christian 4912 Staley Dr. Summerville, SC 29485
Estate:/Robert Wayne Hood #2016ES4300637 Personal Representative Vicki C. Hood 1335 Pepperidge Drive Sumter, SC 29154
Estate:/Gussie D. Wilson #2016ES4300625 Personal Representative Willie E. Davis 11 Lakewood Street Mary Esther, FL 32569
Estate:/Heidi Harris Jordan #2016ES4300633 Personal Representative Barbara Harris 3100 Avin Road Sumter, SC 29154
Estate:/Charles
Langley Bagwell #2016ES4300629
Estate:/Cody Mcleod #2016ES4300642 Personal Representative E. Glenn Mcleod 2970 Bruce Circle Ext. Sumter, SC 29154
Estate:/Constance S. Weatherly A/K/A Joan Constance Shoemaker Weatherly #2016ES4300651 Personal Representative Mary S. Cockerill 655 Henderson Street Sumter, SC 29150
Personal Representative Stacy L. Bagwell C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney at Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152
Estate:/Celeste
Turbeville Rivers #2016ES4300656
Personal Representative Porter Rivers, III 4741 Reamer Avenue Columbia, SC 29206
Estate:/Helen
Elizabeth Stevenson #2016ES4300654
Personal Representative David M Stevenson C/O William A W Buxton Attorney at Law P O Box 3220 Sumter, SC 29151
Estate:/James Sargent Sr. #2016ES4300623 Personal Representative James Sargent, Jr. 1048 Hudder Field Dr. Sumter, SC 29154
Estate:/Evelyn Vera Cato #2016ES4300646 Personal Representative Michael Wayne Cato 47614 Comer Square Sterling, VA 20165
Estate:/Claire Jenkins Moise #2016ES4300630 Personal Representative Arthur J. Dwight and R. Coles Dwight 60 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150
Estate:/Malachi Canty #2016ES4300641 Personal Representative Jarnell Dubose 4236 Elliott Road Pinewood, SC 29125
Estate:/Lucille McTillman #2016ES4300525 Personal Representative Leatriz Covington C/O A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151
Estate:/Christopher W. Gainey #2016ES4300645 Personal Representative Kristain P. Gainey and Kimblery P. Compton 3885 Peach Orchard Road Dalzell, SC 29040
Estate:/Willie L. Johnson #2016ES4300667 Personal Representative Leontyne Johnson 90 Cardington Ct. Wedgefield, SC 29168
Estate:/Jean S. Bogdany #2016ES4300627 Personal Representative John R. Bogdany C/O Kenneth Hamilton Attorney at Law PO Box 52359 Sumter, SC 29152
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Check it out: Amazon’s no-line grocery Pilot store in Seattle lets customers grab items and just go Elizabeth Weise @eweise USA TODAY
Amazon is testing a grocery store in Seattle that lets customers walk in, grab food from the shelves and walk out without going through a checkout line. Instead, customers tap their
cellphones on a turnstile as they walk into the store. That logs them into the store’s network and connects to their Amazon Prime account through an app. The service, Amazon Go, uses machine learning, sensors and artificial intelligence to track items customers pick up. They are then added to the virtual cart on their app. If customers pick up an item but put it back on the shelf, it is removed from their cart. When customers leave, the app adds up everything they took and charges their Amazon account.
Amazon calls it “Just walk out technology.” The Seattle-based company, which began working on the project in 2012, is testing the system with Amazon employees. It will open to the public in early 2017, the company said. The technology “is amazing,” said Phil Lempert, a food marketing expert based in Los Angeles. He’s even more intrigued by the multiple images of “meal kits” shown in Amazon’s video. These “everything you need to cook a quick, high-quality dinner” kits
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Amazon announced its checkout-free Amazon Go “just walk out” store Monday.
have become popular, but the economics of delivering them has meant they’re difficult to make viable. Stores such as Amazon Go may provide a sweet spot for them. “When you look at the store itself in the video, they have done a great job of merchandising, and having ‘meal kits’ available is simply brilliant,” Lempert said. “As the ‘meal kit’ industry struggles due to the shipping/logistics aspect,” Amazon Go could be a venue where it could succeed, Lempert said.
A rock to some, a millstone to others Pedestrians pass the final resting place of Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba on Monday, the day after his funeral. Sunday's interment of Castro’s ashes completed an emotional, conflicted nine-day period in which Cubans lamented the loss of their revolutionary icon, and Cuban Americans 90 miles away in Florida celebrated the long-awaited death of the dictator who forced them into exile. JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY
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predicted that a GOP strategy of quickly voting to repeal the program but delaying its effective end date would create chaos and disruption for the people in it. Ryan rejected that idea, saying, “Obamacare is failing and failing quickly,” and “there is nowhere to go but up with respect to Obamacare.” Ryan addressed other issues:
Republican leader expects long process to make sure ‘no one is worse off’ in changes
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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday he envisions an extended transition from Obamacare that ensures “no one is worse off” after Congress votes to repeal the program. The speaker declined to say how long it would take Republicans to design a replacement so the millions of people covered by the Affordable Care Act could be transitioned off it. “It will clearly take time. It took them about six years to
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stand up Obamacare. It’s not going to be replaced come next football season,” he said in an interview with the Journal Sentinel. Ryan said there will be an early repeal vote next year, but after that, “clearly there will be a transition and a bridge so that no one is left out in the cold, so that no one is worse off. The purpose here is to bring relief to people who are suffering from Obamacare so that they can get something better.” Some Republicans have suggested it would take years to replace the health care law. Critics and some analysts have
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“It took them about six years to stand up Obamacare. It’s not going to be replaced come next football season.” House Speaker Paul Ryan
No decisions have been made on Republican plans for a Medicare overhaul, he said. “We haven’t addressed that. That’s an unresolved issue. I haven’t even spoke with the president-elect about that,” Ryan said. Ryan has long advocated huge changes to Medicare for people 55 and under, converting the entitlement program into a system where beneficiaries use government subsidies to help them buy private health insurance. “We have a future of insolvency with Medicare that needs to be addressed. How and when we adCONTINUES v STORY STORY CONTINUES ON 2B ON C2
Tony Blair sees dangerous times ahead for democracies
Former British prime minister Tony Blair warned that political upheaval from Great Britain’s Brexit vote in June to the collapse of the Italian government Sunday signals the most dangerous time for Western democracies in decades. “It does feel perilous, actually, because I think there are decisions that are being taken of vast
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ty founded by former moment in circumNazis lost — but after stances where systems are fragile,” he told Capicommanding 46% of the tal Download on Monday. vote. “And that is troubling.” Blair, who was in It has been a year of Washington to address a unexpected victories by conference sponsored populist and nationalistic by the bipartisan group forces challenging the esNo Labels, announced USA TODAY tablishment: passage of last week the launch of the referendum pulling Tony Blair an organization that will try to help build a more Britain from the European Union, the election of Don- muscular policy agenda for cenald Trump as president in the trists and encourage networking USA, defeat of a measure in Italy among them across Europe, in that prompted the prime minis- the USA and elsewhere. Given the rise of extreme voices on the left ter to announce his resignation. In an Austrian election Sunday, and right, he said, “I’m not sure the candidate representing a par- we’re asking the right questions
right now, never mind giving the right answers.” Of particular concern to him is a “longing” for an authoritarian leader. “It’s amazing how many people you will find who will reference a style of leadership of (Russian) President Putin in a positive way,” he said. “I think people want their country moving, and they think that if the present system is not moving it and not making the changes that they want to see, then maybe someone who just says, ‘I don’t care what anyone thinks; I’m just going to go for it, and this is what I’m going to do’ — that has a certain attraction.
“If the center isn’t a place of strength and vitality, and it looks kind of flabby and just managing the status quo, then you’re at risk of someone ... doing that.” In his speech to the No Labels conference, he faulted some centrist political leaders for failing to improve the economic prospects for workers disrupted by globalization and to ensure a sense of personal safety. “People will only put aside prejudices if they think there are rules,” he said. NOW SHOWING AT USATODAY.COM
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dress that is something we will decide later,” Ryan said. President-elect Donald Trump has expressed resistance to big entitlement changes. The speaker said, “I have no doubt that he wants to save Medicare for future seniors.” FIRMS THAT MOVE JOBS
Asked whether he had any concerns about Trump’s threats of retribution and tariffs against U.S. companies that move production to other countries, Ryan declined to comment directly. “We can get at what he’s talking about through smart tax reform. What his concern is is legitimate — American companies are moving overseas, are shifting headquarters and factories overseas,” said Ryan, who blamed “our terrible tax code” for much of that. Asked about Trump’s talk of tariffs and penalties, Ryan indicated he supported a different approach: “Like I said, I think we can get at the goal here, which is to keep American businesses American, build things in America and sell them overseas — that can be properly addressed with comprehensive tax reform.” VOTER FRAUD CLAIMS
In an interview Sunday on 60 Minutes, Ryan was asked about the president-elect’s claim on Twitter that he would have won the national popular vote if it weren’t for the “millions of people who voted illegally.” Ryan declined on 60 Minutes to either endorse or repudiate Trump’s claim, saying, “I have no knowledge of such things … it doesn’t matter to me.” Asked Monday about the impact of Trump’s claims on the public’s faith in elections, Ryan said, “I’m not going to spend my time commenting on the latest tweets. I can’t back up that claim. I’m not focused on it. He won the election. I’m focused on getting things done.”
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Navy secretary recommends upgraded Medals of Honor Review reflects how warfare has changed in Iraq, Afghanistan Tom Vanden Brook @tvandenbrook USA TODAY
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is recommending that two sailors be awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, an upgrade from their current awards and the result of a nearly year-long review of military valor since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The two sailors, whose names have not been made public, have been awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest medal. In February, the Pentagon announced plans to review more than 1,000 of the top military’s top commendations issued since 9/11. Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the review amid concerns that criteria had changed during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and had left some troops deserving greater recognition. “I put in two upgrade requests to the Medal of Honor,” Mabus said in an interview. “Both cases I think are richly deserved.” Mabus declined to offer any further details. There have been 18 Medals of Honor awarded since 9/11, 14 for bravery in Afghanistan and four for Iraq. The Navy and Marine Corps have awarded 47 Navy Crosses to sailors and Marines in public cer-
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus made a request for upgrades.
Brad Carson helped oversee the review of military valor.
emonies since 9/11. In addition, two Navy Crosses were awarded in secret, records obtained by USA TODAY show. A Marine was awarded the Navy Cross for evacuating Americans after the attack in Benghazi in September 2012 that killed four, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. The other was awarded to a Navy SEAL who, while being shot at, tossed burning explosives from a compound, and prevented an explosion that saved the lives of U.S. troops and Afghan civilians. The records also showed more than 112 Silver Star citations issued for secret missions by Navy SEALs since 9/11. The Army also issued about 100 Silver Stars and one Distinguished Service Cross
for covert operations. Mabus also said he plans to upgrade a small, unspecified number of Silver Stars to the Navy Cross, a move he can make unilaterally. Medal of Honor recommendations must be approved by the Defense secretary and the White House. The review was prompted by concerns raised in 2014 by thensecretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that criteria for the awards had evolved during wartime. Lack of combat experience, particularly early in the wars, “may have led to an initial reluctance to recommend members” for the Medal of Honor, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. From 2001 to 2010, each Medal of Honor award was made posthumously. The last one was awarded to
Special Warfare Chief Edward Byers for the dramatic rescue of an American hostage held by the Taliban in 2012. President Obama presented Byers with the medal in February. Mabus acknowledged that heroism, and how it was understood by battlefield commanders, has changed since the wars began in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I think the process is pretty stringent,” Mabus said. “I think it may have been a little too stringent early in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Brad Carson, who helped oversee the review as the top Pentagon personnel official, said the upgraded medals likely will be awarded to Navy SEALs who have been at the forefront of dangerous missions in the post-9/11 world. “It is extraordinarily important to properly recognize the valor of our service members,” Carson said. “Sometimes, in the heat of battle, we don’t always get it quite right. I’m proud that the review I directed has led to these changes, and I can’t speak highly enough of Secretary Mabus for making these changes that will mark forever the heroism of these sailors.” Carter is almost certain to accept Mabus’ recommendation, Carson said. The Air Force review of its top medals is not yet complete, said Ann Stefanek, an Air Force spokeswoman. The Army was still reviewing its commendations for possible upgrades, said Lt. Col. Randy Taylor, an Army spokesman.
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Ryan said he is convinced, based on lengthy conversations with the president-elect, that Trump agrees with the view of Republicans in Congress that “Obama overreached dramatically with executive power, and we want to restore the separation of powers.” Asked whether he expects Trump to take a less expansive view of executive power than President Obama, Ryan said, “I do.” Ryan suggested that critics who fear an “authoritarian” Trump presidency are reacting to his “effective use of the bully pulpit” and overlooking his shared concern with GOP lawmakers over “Obama’s abuse of executive privilege and power.”
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Dimitri Ford from North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign supporting the Scott family during a prayer vigil in front of the Charleston County Courthouse. Walter Scott was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.
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Police shooting case ends in mistrial Jurors fail to reach verdict in murder trial of former officer who shot S.C. driver
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A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case of a white former North Charleston police officer charged with murder in the death of black motorist Walter Scott. The mistrial came a few hours after Circuit Judge Clifton Newman ordered jurors to continue deliberating. The jurors reported later that they were hopelessly unable to reach a consensus. The panel of one black and 11 white jurors deliberated about 22 hours over four days. Lawyers for Michael Slager sought a mistrial after jurors told Newman on Friday they were deadlocked because one holdout juror was unwilling to convict Slager. Jurors sent the judge a note Monday, saying most of the jurors were undecided. The jurors asked the judge several questions, including why Slager was charged with voluntary manslaughter in addition to murder. Slager could have spent the rest of his life in prison if convicted of murder. A voluntary manslaughter conviction could have
brought a sentence of two years to 30 years. Slager’s wife, Jamie, cried after the jurors were dismissed and briefly put her head on the bench in front of her. She said “thank you for everything” to the defense lawyers as they left the courtroom. She did not respond when reporters asked whether she wanted to comment. One female juror wiped away tears with her hands and a tissue as the attorneys addressed them and thanked them for their hours of work. Scott’s mother and brother said outside the courthouse that justice will eventually prevail. “I’m not sad because I know justice will be served,” Judy Scott said. Scott’s family called for peaceful protests. “We’re not going to tear up this city,” said Scott’s brother, Anthony. “We’re not happy. But we’re not sad.” Asked whether he could forgive Slager, Anthony Scott said he could “find the peace” to forgive the ex-officer but not before justice is served. “He gets to spend Christmas with his family,” he said of Slager. The jury asked whether the self-defense standard is the same for a police officer as it is for other people. Slager, 35, was near tears last
“We’re not going to tear up this city. We’re not happy. But we’re not sad.” Anthony Scott, brother of motorist who was killed
week when he testified that he pulled over Scott’s 1991 Mercedes for a broken taillight April 4, 2015. Scott, 50, ran away, and Slager said a scuffle ensued after he pursued Scott on foot. Slager said Scott attempted to wrest away the officer’s Taser, and he shot Scott out of fear for his own life. A bystander’s cellphone video, which begins seconds before Slager started shooting, shows Scott fleeing as Slager fires eight shots. Scott was hit three times in the back, once in the buttocks and once on the ear. Outside the courthouse, pastors conducted a prayer vigil while they awaited a verdict in the trial. One man held a sign that read, “Justice for Walter Scott and his family NOW!” Slager was fired from the police force and charged with murder within days of the release of the cellphone video. He has been free since January on a $500,000 bond. Slager also awaits trial in federal court, charged with violating Scott’s rights, obstruction of justice and a gun violation. The city of North Charleston agreed to pay a $6.5 million settlement to the Scott family. Contributing: The Associated Press
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MAKING WAVES It’s official. For the first time, Jimmy Kimmel will host the Academy Awards. Kimmel confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday, writing: “Yes, I am hosting the Oscars. This is not a prank. And if it is, my revenge on @TheAcademy will be terrible & sweet.” The 2017 Academy Awards airs Feb. 26.
‘La La Land’ and ‘Star’ put the kick back into musicals From small to big screens, genre gets a retrofit with pointed humor — and toes
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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY BIEBER FANS Beliebers, rejoice! Justin Bieber visited Ellen on Monday and announced his first-ever U.S. stadium tour, which kicks off Aug. 5 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET at aeglive.com.
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GOOD DAY THE WEEKND Look what he has done: The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s album charts, selling 348,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 1, according to Nielsen. The debut rocketed ‘Starboy’ to the thirdlargest debut of 2016, behind Drake’s ‘Views’ (1.04 million units) and Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ (653,000).
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Theater geeks have plenty of reasons to sing this winter. While there has been no shortage of Broadway adaptations (Into the Woods, Les Misérables) and “jukebox” musicals (Pitch Perfect, Glee) this decade, rarely have so many projects with original songs hoofed it to the screen at once. Rachel Bloom’s musical dark comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend returned to CW in October, and Fox’s showbiz drama Star, created by Empire’s Lee Daniels, and Oscar hopeful La La Land are set to launch this month. La La Land (in theaters Friday in New York and Los Angeles, expands to additional cities Dec. 16) stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as young lovers struggling to achieve their artistic dreams in present-day L.A. Its joyous songand-dance numbers were cowritten by Justin Hurwitz, who tips his hat to old Hollywood musicals including An American In Paris and West Side Story. The biggest challenge was, “How can you be inspired by all these great things that you love, and try to do something new that feels modern and like its own thing?” Hurwitz says. Director Damien Chazelle “and I are students of these older movies and musicals, but I was personally not trying to watch those movies or listen to (their songs). I didn’t want to be emulating them.” On Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Fridays, 9 p.m. ET/PT), sending up classic musicals and music videos is one of the primary goals of Bloom, who writes and stars as a lovesick lawyer who follows her ex to California. So far in Season 2, she has lovingly — and raunchily — spoofed the Spice Girls (Friendtopia), Singin’ In the Rain (We Tapped That A - - ), Marilyn Monroe (The Math of Love Triangles) and R. Kelly’s Trapped In the Closet (Stuck In the Bathroom). Some numbers are performed by characters who break into song midscene; others are shown as fantasy sequences or inner monologues. Songwriting begins two weeks before an episode films, during which
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Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling drip with romance in the throwback La La Land. Jude Demorest, left, Ryan Destiny and Brittany O’Grady make up the aspiring girl group in Star, a cross between Dreamgirls and Valley of the Dolls, says creator Lee Daniels.
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Crazy’s Rachel Bloom is in a musical mood.
Bloom and her team go through multiple drafts, learn choreography, record the songs and stage them. “From a writing perspective, the hardest thing to nail is the chorus of the song: What’s the joke?” Bloom says. “You’re trying to do songs that are earned from the moment and from the character, but they also have to be comedic. And just filming these musical numbers within a seven-day network (shooting schedule) is ambitious. It’s hard.” It’s a reality Daniels knows well from his soapy hip-hop drama Empire (Fox, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT), whose original music in Season 3 has been overseen
by famed songwriters Rodney Jenkins and Ester Dean. With Star (premiering Dec. 14, 9 p.m. ET/PT), Daniels wanted a soundtrack “completely different” from Empire’s. “Music today is so synthesized and overproduced. I wanted it to sound like when I grew up, where the imperfections made them perfection.” To accomplish that, he hired Grammy-winning songwriter Johntá Austin to supervise the pop- and R&B-leaning music, performed by the fictitious aspiring girl group at the series’ heart. Tonally, Daniels compares the drama to Dreamgirls and Valley of the Dolls and believes it has the key ingredient of every successful modern musical: honest, multifaceted characters. “You have to see yourself in one of these girls,” he says. “Hopefully, (viewers) will.”
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PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE ACT Welcome home! Bob Saget, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Dave Coulier attend the Season 2 premiere for ‘Fuller House’ Monday in Tokyo.
How (bitter)sweet it is for the Obamas Their final Kennedy Center Honors wraps with a medley of wit Cindy Clark @byCindyClark USA TODAY
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Grammy record Hungarian-born conductor Georg Solti, who died in 1997, still holds the record for Grammys won:
31 NOTE Quincy Jones and Alison Krauss are tied for second place, with 27 each. SOURCE Grammy.com TERRY BYRNE AND JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Al Pacino, James Taylor and The Eagles were saluted Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors gala, but it was also quite a memorable evening for the Obamas. The evening marked the final Kennedy Center Honors they would attend as president and first lady, a tradition the couple has upheld annually throughout their eight years in office. The pair were seated in the balcony with the five recipients of the 39th annual national celebration of the arts: Academy Awardwinning actor Pacino, rock band The Eagles, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and musician Taylor. Each honoree sported Kennedy Center Honors medallions, which they received Saturday at a State Department dinner hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry. Sean Penn, Garth Brooks, Aretha Franklin, David Letterman, Diana Ross, Kevin Spacey
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James Taylor, left, and The Eagles’ Don Henley were among the honorees Sunday night in Washington, D.C. and Ringo Starr were a handful of the stars on hand to toast the honorees and see the Obamas sing their arts gala swan song. “We are going to miss him so much,” singer Juanes said of Obama on the red carpet. There to perform for The Eagles’ tribute, he also performed two years ago when Carlos Santana was honored. Will he come back when Donald Trump will be filling the president’s seat in the balcony? “No,” he said, “I don’t think so.” It wasn’t long before the political jokes commenced. In his opening line, host Stephen Colbert welcomed distinguished
guests, politicians, diplomats and “endangered swamp dwellers.” Colbert said the country has been lucky to have a leader who is “passionate, intelligent and dignified,” which drew cheers and a standing ovation from the crowd. Colbert joked: “Sir, I don’t know why you stood up, I was talking about Michelle.” Taylor’s tribute was up first, with a surprise guest: Bill Clinton, who spoke fondly of “my friend of many years.” “The wisdom behind that unbelievable voice is hard-earned,” noted Clinton, referring to Taylor’s previous struggles with addiction.
Darius Rucker performed a medley of Taylor classics, including Sweet Baby James and Carolina in My Mind. Sheryl Crow took to the stage to sing his hit Fire and Rain — and Obama could be seen singing along. Garth Brooks, who is such a fan of the singer that he named his daughter Taylor, sang Shower the People and How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You). Crow and Rucker joined in on the latter, drawing the crowd to its feet. Calling Pacino a “cultural icon,” Kevin Spacey did his best impression of the actor and tried to teach the audience to do the same. The reason, Spacey said, people do impressions of Pacino is because “he has created characters that are unforgettable.” Finally, it was time to honor The Eagles, including Glenn Frey, who died Jan. 18. The group was set to receive the honor in 2015 but delayed it because of Frey’s declining health. “Well done, boys, and peace and love to everybody,” said Ringo Starr. He introduced the Kings of Leon, who played Take It Easy. Bob Seger rocked out to Heartache Tonight, and Juanes nailed a rendition of Hotel California. The Honors Gala will air as a two-hour special Dec. 27 on CBS at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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