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North Carolina, early Saturday morning. Sumter Police Department officers are investigating a single-vehicle wreck that resulted in the death of two people and left another person injured early Sunday, according to Tonyia McGirt, spokeswoman for the department.
Police and Sumter Fire Department personnel responded to the crash at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday on Guignard Drive, just south of Liberty Street, McGirt said. The crash involved a 1995 Nissan Maxima. Calvin Leneau, 34, of Sumter, the driver of the vehicle, died on the scene from multiple blunt-force trauma, ac-
cording to Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock. Darius Jaquez Leroy Ford, 22, one of the passengers, also died on the scene from multiple bluntforce trauma, smoke inhalation and thermal burns, Bullock said. A third passenger, Terence J. King,
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Evening Optimist Club of Sumter gave bicycles to 290 children during the 20th Cycles for Christmas project at Westside Baptist Church on Saturday. Les Perkins, a member of Evening Optimist Club of Sumter, said he and his wife have been volunteering for the project for the 10 years they have been members of the club. Community service aside, it’s nice to give to children who may not get anything else for Christmas, he said. Perkins said he does not need to know the children personally to know that they are happy to receive the bikes. He said the program not only acknowledges the excellence of kids, but also reaches out to needy children to let them know they are also important. “Every child is important,” he said. It’s a pleasure to be able to do this, Perkins said. This is something they’ll never forget and something the club will never forget, he said. The children are nominated
BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com An election to replace South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-Rock Hill, who has reportedly been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, will be called by whoever is governor of South Carolina if Mulvaney’s nomination is confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Mulvaney represents South Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes the eastern half of Sumter County and parts MULVANEY of the City of Sumter. According to the U.S. Constitution, empty seats in the House of Representatives must be filled by a special election called by the governor. Whether that will be current Gov. Nikki Haley, who Trump reportedly will nominate as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, or current Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, will apparently depend on the order in which nominations are confirmed. “I think it will be an interesting election,” South Carolina state Rep. Murrell Smith, RSumter, said Monday. Smith said he did not know of anyone from the Sumter area interested in running for the seat. “I know one thing — it won’t be me,” he said. Smith noted the population of the district is primarily in the York-Lancaster area. “It is a very expensive seat to run for
Volunteer Fred Marshall helps Isaiah Nelson, 5, adjust his new bike to fit him during the Evening Optimist Club of Sumter’s Cycles for Christmas at Westside Baptist Church on Saturday. The club, along with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office’s C.O.P.S. program, sponsored the event during which nearly 300 bikes were given to children in the community.
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Woman risks life by using oven to try to stay warm BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Sumter philanthropist Phil Edwards, in whose honor this year’s Fireside Fund is dedicated, established the Williams-Brice-Edwards Charitable Trust along with his wife, Flora McLeod Edwards, ensuring that his generosity would continue after his passing. During his life, his philanthropy
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Russell Kropp, a retired United States Air Force master sergeant, salutes during the playing of the national anthem during a practice for the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday morning at Sumter Cemetery. Sumter Civil Air Patrol holds the annual event to remember, honor and teach about our fallen heroes, those currently serving and U.S. military veterans.
Karen White's fifth book in her popular Tradd Street mystery series will be released Jan. 10, but area readers needn't rush to get their copies that very day — White will be in Sumter two days later to speak at a luncheon at the Sumter County Museum. Tickets are already WHITE on sale, and the price includes both a signed copy of "The Guests on South Battery" and the catered luncheon. If you've been on a Charleston ghost walk — or always wanted to — you'll appreciate the premise of five books in White's Tradd Street series. Based in the historic downtown area, where ghost sightings are an everyday occurrence, if you believe the tour guides, the Tradd Street books reflect a reality held by many Charleston residents. "The Guests on South Battery" continues protagonist Melanie Middleton Trenholm's encounter with troubled spirits inhabiting homes she's renovating. In this case, her client wants to sell the home she recently inherited as soon as possible, so Melanie is looking forward to a generous, quick commission. But then, the spirits come back to complicate the psychic Realtor's plans. Melanie and her family and friends are among
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The fifth in Karen White’s Tradd Street mystery series will be released in January, and she’ll visit the Sumter County Museum on Jan. 12 to speak at a luncheon in honor of the release. Tickets are now on sale. White's favorite characters in her 22 books. "Maybe it's because I've been with these characters for eight years, but I love writing the series more than any of my other books," she said. "The setting, the everexpanding cast of characters and the paranormal happenings make these books my favorites to write. They also give me the opportunity to inject more humor than I do in my standalone books. Every time I start a new Tradd Street novel, it's like visiting old friends." White’s books have been nominated for numerous national prizes including the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Fiction
Book of the Year, and she has twice won the National Readers’ Choice Award. Many of her novels have appeared on various bestseller lists, including that of the New York Times. It was a day off — she played hooky — from school when she was in seventh grade that convinced White she wanted to be a writer. After having spent the day reading Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," she said, White wanted to be either Mitchell or her famous character Scarlett O'Hara. Ten years after graduating cum laude in business management from Tulane, she published her first book in 2000 and has followed it with 21 more in the ensuing 16 years. While she writes about Charleston, perhaps because it's considered one of the most haunted cities in the U.S., White lives in Atlanta. She classifies her style and subject matter as "grit lit," also known as Southern women's fiction. Tickets are now on sale for White's appearance at noon on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Sumter County Museum. They are $30 for museum members, $35 for nonmembers and include a signed copy of "The Guests on South Battery" and a catered lunch. Copies of several of White's other novels will also be on sale. For more information, call the museum at (803) 775-0908 or visit the website www. sumtercountymuseum.org. For more on Karen White, visit www.karen-white.com.
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Christmas meal served to more than 900 people BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com More than 900 people are estimated to have received a meal during the annual Christmas dinner at South Sumter Gym on Sunday. Geraldine Singleton, who started the holiday dinner, said members of Alice Drive Baptist Church and staff from Turbeville Correctional Institution, along with other volunteers, helped out to speed up the cooking and deliveries. "It's going really, really well," Singleton said on Sunday. Singleton said although she did not receive the ideal amount of donations for the dinner, maybe because many people donated for the Thanksgiving dinner, it was still a success. Everything worked out really well, she said. Before receiving their meals, guests heard a sermon from the Rev. Joshua Dupree and sang Christmas carols.
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Members of the Lakewood High School Choir sing and dance for the crowd attending their performance at the school Tuesday evening. Members of the Crestwood High School Singing Knights perform their annual Christmas concert Thursday night in the school’s auditorium. The group performed traditional as well as contemporary Christmas songs.
In new business, council will adopt a meeting schedule for 2017 and adopt a Municipal Court jury list from the State Election Commission for 2017. Council will consider the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the CDBG budget for 2017-18 and consider resolutions authorizing the purchase of six trash trailers for the Public Services Department and a shuttle truck for the Public Services Department. Council will also consider the first reading of an ordinance authorizing the sale of a 1.06-acre portion of property located at 2510 Tahoe Drive. Reports from council members concerning activity of any organizations or committees on which they serve will be taken. In addition, council will receive updates from the city manager and will review any pending legislation pertinent to local government. Public comment will be accepted. Council may meet in executive session to discuss contractual matters and appointments to boards and commissions, if necessary. For more information, call City Clerk Linda Hammett at (803) 4362578.
Sumter City Council will meet in a special called meeting at 4:30 p.m. today in City Council Chambers on the fourth floor of the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. During the meeting, council will conduct a workshop to discuss the Community Development Block Grant budget for 2017-18. Following the workshop at 5:30 p.m., council will meet in regular session. According to a published agenda, council will recognize employees for 20, 25 and 30 years of service and will receive a briefing from a representative of Duke Energy Progress regarding the Neighborhood Energy Saver Program. In old business, council will also consider appointments due to expire Dec. 31 and other vacancies. The final reading of an ordinance rezoning three parcels totaling 1.56 acres at 351 Pinewood Road, 1981 and 1983 McCrays Mill Road from Planned Development to General Commercial will be considered as well as the final reading of an ordinance authorizing the lease of South Sumter Gym to Salvation Army for a boys and girls club.
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Beijing denies U.S. claim that China is synthetic drug king BY ERIKA KINETZ AND GILLIAN WONG The Associated Press BEIJING — U.S. assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press. Both the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy point to China as North America's main source of fentanyl, related drugs and the chemicals used to make them. Such statements "lack the support of sufficient numbers of actual, confirmed cases," China's National Narcotics Control Commission told DEA's Beijing field office in a fax dated Friday. In its letter to the DEA, which the commission also sent to AP, Chinese officials urged the U.S. to provide more evidence about China's role as a source country. It's a point the state-run China Daily newspaper drove home publicly in an article this month stating that madein-China carfentanil was not the cause of overdose deaths in the U.S. DEA officials said their casework and investigations consistently lead back to China. DEA data also shows that when China regulates synthetic drugs, U.S. seizures plunge. "China is not the only source of the problem, but they are the dominant source for fentanyls along with precursor chemicals and pill presses that are being export-
ed from China to the U.S., Canada and Mexico," said Russell Baer, a DEA special agent in Washington. Beijing is concerned enough about international perceptions of China's role in the opioid trade that after AP published investigations highlighting the easy availability of fentanyls online from Chinese suppliers, the narcotics commission made a rare invitation to a team of AP journalists to discuss the issue at the powerful Ministry of Public Security, a leafy complex just off Tiananmen Square at the historic and political heart of Beijing. They also provided responses, in writing, to AP's questions. U.S.-China cooperation is essential for mounting an effective global response to an epidemic of opioid abuse that has killed more than 300,000 Americans since 2000. The presence of fentanyl, a prescription painkiller up to 50 times stronger than heroin, and related compounds in the U.S. drug supply began to rise in 2013, after dealers learned they could multiply profits by cutting the potent chemicals into heroin, cocaine and counterfeit prescription pills. Even as the U.S. Congress considers legislation that would punish opioid source countries, no government agency has produced comprehensive data on seizures of fentanyl-related substances by country of origin. The national database on drug seizures overseen by DEA does not require reporting by source country and may not accurately reflect seizures of all fentanyl-related compounds. Baer said it didn't
even have a "fentanyl" category until about two years ago. It also takes time for forensic chemists to identify drugs seized from the field, which means fentanyl-related samples may get initially logged incorrectly as other drugs. "In those cases, the field agent may not, and I think it's fair to say usually does not, revise or amend the initial seizure," Baer said. He added that DEA is trying to improve its datacollection methods. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy declined to comment or to provide data that would back up the U.S. assertions. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it had data on fentanyl seizures by country of origin only for 2015: Nearly two-thirds of the 134 pounds of fentanyl seized last year came from Mexico. The rest, 35 percent, came from China. DEA officials say Mexican cartels are key bulk suppliers of fentanyl to the U.S. but portray Mexico primarily as a transshipment point. U.S. authorities have tracked shipments of fentanyl precursors from China to Mexico and the U.S., but many appear legitimate and are diverted to the black market upon arrival,
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This photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows printer ink bottles containing carfentanil imported from China in Vancouver. Baer said. Mexican officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be quoted, said fentanyl and its precursors were coming from China. Only two labs trying to produce fentanyl from scratch have been located in Mexico in recent years, with others apparently taking simpler steps to turn precursors into fentanyl, the officials said. Mexican authorities did not immediately respond to requests for data on fentanyl and fentanyl precursor seizures by country of origin. Still, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence indicating that China plays an important role in the fentanyls trade and, despite disagreements about data, Chinese authorities have been proactive in trying to
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Medicare outpatients charged more for some procedures BY RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON — You pay less for outpatient treatment than for a hospital admission, right? Not necessarily in the topsy-turvy world of Medicare billing, according to a government report. People entitled to benefits under Medicare who had heart stents inserted as outpatients faced hospital bills that were $645 higher on average than those who had the same kind of procedure as inpatients, the Health and Human Services inspector general has found. Stents are tiny mesh cages that prop open narrow or weakened arteries. They usually are inserted through a tube that's threaded through an artery in either the groin or the arm. The beneficiary's share of costs averaged $1,667 for an outpatient stent, compared with $1,022 for an inpatient stent, the report found. Investi-
gators looked at hospital billing for 2013-14. In a formal response to the report being released Monday, Medicare said it has taken steps to protect people from such disparities. Nonetheless, the inspector general is recommending that Medicare take another look at how its billing rules distinguish between inpatient and outpatient hospital stays. Overall, there's a gray area between short inpatient stays and long outpatient stays, a problem that the agency has been working on for years, with mixed results. Not only do hospital billing decisions affect how much people pay for a procedure, but they can also determine whether patients get Medicare coverage for inpatient rehabilitation. Generally, Medicare beneficiaries must stay in a hospital for at least three nights to qualify for inpatient rehab coverage. The report says Medicare should consider also counting
the length of time someone spends as an outpatient. "An increased number of beneficiaries in outpatient stays pay more and have limited access to (inpatient rehab) services than they would as inpatients," the report concluded. "Medicare — and beneficiaries — may be paying differently for similar care," investigators added. Advocates say beneficiaries should be aware that how their hospital stay is classified can affect what they pay and also their access to coverage for inpatient rehabilitation. But patients and families may not be able to do much to influence such clinical decisions. As the government's premier health insurance program, Medicare serves an estimated 57 million older and disabled people. Most of the cases covered by the inspector general's report stemmed from emergency-room visits.
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BIKES FROM PAGE A1 to participate in the project by their teachers, guidance counselors and other school officials. After enjoying a hot breakfast at the church, the children picked out bicycles for themselves. And before leaving, the children received helmets from Safe Kids Sumter County provided by The Tuomey Foundation. Tisha Halley brought her son Tyler Pouge, 5, to pick out a bike. “I’m really enjoying the experience,” she said. Next year, she hopes to be able to help out with the project. Throughout the year, members of the club and KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM other volunteers collect and Kel’vay McCoy, 2, and her twin brother Kelvin McCoy pose with Santa during the Evening Optimist Club of repair bicycles for the projSumter’s annual Cycles for Christmas bike giveaway Saturday morning at Westside Baptist Church. ect.
And each year club member Tom Lawrence hosts repair workshops at his home. Lawrence said he has tried to turn Cycles for Christmas into a family project by involving his wife and children. One of Tom Lawrence’s sons, Andrew Lawrence, 16, said he has been involved with the 20-year-old project for most of his life, and he has repaired bikes with his father since he was a child. “I love this project,” he said. It’s really cool to watch kids with smiles on their faces, Andrew said. “It’s heart-warming.” Volunteers with Evening Optimist Club of Sumter, Palmetto Optimist Club, Westside Baptist Church, Safe Kids and Church of the Holy Comforter came out to make Saturday a special day for local children.
FIRESIDE FROM PAGE A1 with an electric heater, and the fire department was called in to address a shortage in her main box. “She was encouraged to use kerosene instead for heat,” Howell said. “We provided her with ample kerosene for an extended time and encouraged her to use safe practices in heating her home.” Howell said the woman lives on less than $800 a month in income and cannot afford kerosene on a regular basis, which is why she used her oven in the first place. “It was a rewarding experience to assist her with her greatest need along with food and referrals,” he said. Fireside Fund was established in 1969 to help needy families and individuals pay heating bills, buy firewood or heating fuels and stay warm during the winter months. Since its founding, Fireside Fund has brought in more than $1.5 million in donations from generous readers. Anyone in need of assistance with heating costs may call Sumter United Ministries at (803) 775-0757. Donations can be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151 or dropped off at the office, 36 W. Liberty St. Names, including groups, should be spelled completely. When making a donation in someone’s honor, the names will be printed as given. From Dec. 12-15, the Sumter United Ministries Crisis Relief Ministry financially assisted 24 families with utilities and heating, for a total of $2,601.04. Donations received through Monday, Dec. 19: Williams-Brice-Edwards Charitable Trust, $10,000; in memory of Henry Fienning by Sue and Chuck Fienning, $500; Bethel United Methodist Church, $500; Circle I Mayesville Presbyterian Church, $200; in honor of The Keith Harvin Family, The Lawson Family, Mrs. Judy Truitt, Mr. Paul Weber, our city trash workers and Mrs. Melissa Lynch, $200; in honor of our parents T.L. Luke and Mary Helen Rogers by Thomas and Helen Rogers, $200; Social Responsibility, $200; Warren and Nancy Smith, $100; in memory of James (Jim) Riel and in honor of Eloise Riel (100 years old) by Daniel and Lucielle Owens, $100; in memory of Dick Barron by Laura Barron, $100; Gene and Shirley Patterson, $100; James and Frances McIntosh, $100; in memory of Lynda and Billy Dabbs, $100; St. Paul AME Church, $50; in memory of Mike Alexander by Anita Alexander, $50; Ronald and Patricia Wilson, $50; Gus and Sarah Williams, $25; Hodge Sunday School Class, $25; and in memory of Mrs. J.C. Pate, $20. Total combined anonymous: $220 Total this week: $12,840 Total this year: $32,228.18 Total last year: $52,959.60 Total since 1969: $1,525,216.24
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MULVANEY FROM PAGE A1 Congress,” Smith said. “You have to deal with three media markets. You have the Charlotte television market, you have the Greenville-Spartanburg market, and you have the Columbia television market.” He said a successful candidate for the District 5 seat would have to be well funded and would most likely come from the Rock Hill-Lancaster area. Smith, who said he has known Mulvaney since the Rock Hill Republican was
first elected to the South Carolina House in 2006, praised Trump’s choice of Mulvaney for the budget position. “I think he is the perfect choice for the president-elect to assist with the budget,” he said. “He is very detail oriented, he is a hard worker, and he is a strong fiscal conservative.” Smith said he thinks having Mulvaney in that position will be an asset to South Carolina and to Shaw Air Force Base. “I think any time you have someone who is assisting in crafting the executive budget, I think that is a benefit
to this area as a whole in addition to Shaw Air Force Base,” Smith said. “He has first-hand knowledge of the importance of Shaw as it relates to our Air Force and to the state.” Before his name appeared as a nominee for the position, Mulvaney said at a Nov. 28 Rotary Club luncheon in Sumter that he had “no idea” of what Trump would do as president. “You can look at some things he said on the campaign trail and find instances where he said the exact opposite,” Mulvaney said at the luncheon. Mulvaney said at the time
Great white sharks congregate off coasts HILTON HEAD ISLAND (AP) — Look out, Lowcountry, there’s another great white shark party forming off the coast, led of course by Mary Lee, the Internet’s most popular shark. Yeti, a young 960-pound, 11-foot female great white shark, has moved closer to shore, pinging her location just east of Hilton Head Island on Dec. 11, according to OCEARCH’s tracking. South of the Savannah coastline, another young great white shark was spotted cruising through the Atlantic recently. Grey Lady, a 1,372-pound, 12.5-foot female shark, pinged her location off shore between Savannah and Brunswick the morning of Dec. 11. Grey Lady was named after Nantucket, Massachusetts, where she was tagged by OCEARCH researchers in late September. Like Yeti, Grey Lady has made a fast track south, traveling more than 900 miles since she was tagged two months ago. Yeti and Grey Lady could be chasing after Mary Lee, OCEARCH’s most famous shark
WRECKS FROM PAGE A1 33, of Sumter, was transported to Palmetto Health Tuomey and later to Palmetto Health Richland for treatment, McGirt said. He remains in stable condition and is expected to recuperate, according to the police department. The cause of the wreck has not been determined and is being investigated by the de-
with more than 102,000 Twitter followers, who has been hanging out in the area since September. All three sharks pinged their location in the Savannah area Dec. 11. Mary Lee might not want company, though. The 16-foot great white shark, who weighs in at 3,500 pounds, moved out to sea on Dec. 13, just after Yeti entered the local waters. Every year like clockwork Mary Lee has made her way to the South Carolina coast in the fall and winter, according to OCEARCH’s tracking. Chip Michalove, Hilton Head Island charter boat captain who has studied great white sharks and their behaviors for more than a decade, recently told the Island Packet that it’s normal behavior for great white sharks to visit the South Carolina coastal area as the weather gets cooler. “Great whites are here in the winter,” Michalove said. “The water gets hot, and then (they) move out in the spring and head to Massachusetts.”
partment with assistance from South Carolina Highway Patrol. Two Sumter residents died in an incident in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Saturday morning. Johnathan Cruse, 28, and Noelle Kannise Bradford, 12, were killed in a single-vehicle wreck in North Carolina on Interstate 95 North near mile marker 177 about 6 a.m. Saturday. The wreck occurred when the vehicle the two victims
were in slid off the roadway and went down an embankment, according to a report from Rocky Mount Police Department via a local newspaper, the Rocky Mount Telegram. It was unclear who was the driver of the vehicle. Three other victims were in the vehicle. Their status has not been released. According to the report, weather might have been a factor in the incident. The wreck remains under investigation.
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there’s a reason those electors who violate their pledge are called “faithless,” their names and number recorded in history: The system only works if voters have confidence that their ballots will matter, and voters can only have confidence that their ballots will matter if electors remain faithful. After successfully campaigning for the job of Republican elector when Donald Trump was the lone remaining GOP presidential candidate, Texas’ Chris Suprun now says he won’t vote for Trump because he’s decided the GOP nominee is unqualified. He has indicated in past interviews an interest in casting a ballot for Ohio governor John Kasich. In Washington, Democratic elector Robert Satiacum said before the election he would vote for Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton no matter what. The prospect of a Trump presidency has triggered other electors to violate their pledges or contemplate doing so, as well. Two of Satiacum’s fellow Washington Democratic electors, Bret Chiafalo and Levi Guerra, announced an interest in voting for a Republican alternative to Trump. Three Democratic electors in Colorado filed an emergency request to suspend a state law that requires electors to vote for the candidate who won the state. A federal appeals court denied the request. For the last week, American pol-
itics has been entirely preoccupied with the apparent fact that Russian hackers, under orders from the Kremlin, engaged in a criminal campaign to undermine public faith in America’s system of elections and possibly to help Trump win the White House. Just what will happen when those such as Sanders and Kasich, who didn’t win their parties’ nominations and weren’t even on the ballot, get electoral votes because they’re more appealing to individual electors? How much faith do Hillary-backing Maine Democrats have in the system right now? Our elections run on trust. These faithless electors have publicly pledged to support a nominee and in some cases signed written pledges. Once the election results were in and it was too late for them to be removed from their positions as electors, they announced that they intended to vote for someone different. If this phenomenon becomes more common every four years, people will justifiably ask whether their vote matters at all. There will be efforts to increase the punishment of faithless electors, but that’s an afterthe-fact consequence unlikely to deter someone sufficiently narcissistic that they take relish in ignoring the will of their states’ voters.
and school leadership. One final question: Who is going to hold Frank Baker, superintendent, accountable for this $6.2 million deficit? Residents of Sumter county need to know! JEREMY WILSON Sumter
fortunately, the millage rate was already set by the Department of Revenue at 151 mills. This restriction forced Mr. Bynum to make unpopular but necessary fiscal adjustments. During Mr. Bynum’s second budget presentation to county council in 2012, he requested a 13mill increase to cover a $2.1 million deficit. Mr. Steve Mann, chief financial officer for the school district, said to raise mills from 151 to 164 would be an incremental step toward balancing the budget. After heated debates and opposition from the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Board as well as opposition letters to The Sumter Item, county council awarded the school district a 5-mill increase. By law, this was the maximum increase that the four Democrats could approve since the three Republicans voted against any increases. Before Mr. Bynum resigned from Sumter School District, the school district’s budget was balanced. Due to his sound fiscal decisions, coupled with the help of county council, he overcame a $5 million deficit in two years. I am committed to helping Sumter School District during this current budget crisis. Public school students need a quality education to be successful in the new global economy. EUGENE R. BATEN Sumter County Council, District 7
Jim Geraghty is National Review’s senior political correspondent.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WHO’S HOLDING BAKER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFICIT? The finance director, Frank Baker, the finance committee and five members of the school board failed the citizens of Sumter County. I have more questions than answers after reading recent articles. First, does the finance director understand how to budget and not spend money that is not there? Second, does Frank Baker know that it is grounds for immediate termination for not informing the board members of budget problems? Not only that, but to mention that he found out about the deficit in October when the auditor was there is clearly a neglect of duty. So, where was Frank Baker on July 1, 2016 — October 2016? Was he on his farm or at the schools micromanaging as he did when he was superintendent of the defunct Sumter 2 schools, which was another failure under his leadership? Third, did the finance committee members not ask the appropriate questions during committee meetings? Lastly, does the board only consist of two members who ask questions? Dr. Hilton and the Rev. Canty seem to be the only two members questioning the budget and audit report based on the article. I do have the answer to the last question. The other five members have specific ties to Frank Baker. They were a part of the Sumter 2 regime that was ineffective and consisted of poor district
BYNUM OVERCAME $5M DEFICIT IN 2 YEARS After reading The Sumter Item’s front page story titled “Sumter School District flunks audit: Ended 2015-16 fiscal year $6M in the red,” I was not surprised. Since the consolidation of Sumter School Districts 17 and 2, there were budgetary problems. However, the new superintendent and school board did not create these problems. It’s not my intent to blame anyone for the current budget deficit. My desire is to provide an overview of the school district’s budget presentations to Sumter County Council during my chairmanship from January 2011 to January 2013. When Mr. Randolph Bynum became superintendent of Sumter School District, he inherited a $5 million deficit. This deficit was the result of inadequate fiscal oversight during the period of transition to one school district. During Mr. Bynum’s first budget presentation before county council in 2011, he asked for a millage increase. This increase was critical to provide funds to operate the school district. Un-
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BY TYLER WALDREP The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Shelton Mitchell scored a careerhigh 18 points and grabbed five rebounds Sunday as Clemson defeated Alabama 67-54. Alabama (5-5) narrowed Clemson’s lead to 11 points or less three times over the final 12 minutes. Clemson’s Gabe Devoe responded by sinking 3-pointers the first two times to maintain the double-digit advantage for the Tigers (8-2). Fellow Tiger, Avry Holmes’ only points in the second half came on a BROWNELL 3-pointer that followed Devoe’s, a sequence that both coaches felt was critical in the game. “It was big. That’s what you got to do in road games,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. “Make big shots, you know the home team’s going to make a run or two.” That big shot didn’t fall the third time Devoe took one from behind the arc to secure Clemson’s double-digit lead, and Alabama cut the lead down to nine points for the first time during the second half. Clemson held on, responding to the Crimson Tide’s late 7-0 run with a layup from Mitchell who also sank four free throws over the final minute of the game. Devoe finished with 11 points to join Mitchell in double figures for Clemson. Brownell said his team’s defense wasn’t up to his expectations in Clemson’s game on Tuesday against SC State, but he thought it was a difference maker today, especially in the first half.
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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson acknowledges things have not been as free and easy at returning to the Heisman Trophy stage as it was getting there a year ago, when he finished third in the balloting.
BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson believes he is the best player in the country no matter what the Heisman Trophy voters say. Watson finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Louisville QB Lamar Jackson. Jackson’s rise also meant Watson did not repeat even as first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agrees with Watson that he should have won the Heisman Trophy.
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ASHBURN, Va. — Josh Norman doesn’t want to kick the Carolina Panthers when they’re down, even if they’re down in part because they let him go. An All-Pro cornerback for the NFC champions, Norman was cut loose from the $13.9 million franchise tag in April and signed for $75 million over five years with the Washington Redskins days later. While Norman and the Redskins are still in the playoff hunt at 7-5-1, his old team is a disappointing 5-8 and is third-worst in the league against the pass. Norman faces the Pan-
edric Rembert is starting for the Cowley College men’s basketball team in
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Kansas. The freshman out of Sumter High School started 11 of the first 13 games for the 7-6 Tigers. He had the second most starts among the 15 Tigers. The point guard averaged 7.5 points, fourth on the team. He reached double figures five times Barbara with a seasonBoxleitner high 15 points KEEPING UP against Butler Community College. The 6-foot-2-inch Rembert averaged 4.2 rebounds, fifth on the squad, and twice had a season-high eight rebounds. He led the team in steals and was second in assists per game. His season highs of five steals and five assists came in the win over Butler.
“I’m the best player in the country. That’s how I think. That’s how I feel. People have their own way of voting,” Watson said Monday as Clemson wraps up its first week of practice before playing Ohio State. Watson finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting this year, one spot better than 2015. But Jackson won the award, and knocked Watson out of first-team Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback as well — two disappointing blows to a driven competitor like Watson.
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Swinney said Heisman voters likely were numbed by Watson’s amazing play over three years. The quarterback is excited that his chief goal in college — winning the national championship — is still out there. The Tigers (12-1, No. 2 CFP) play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. Watson, his coach and his teammates think the voters for the Heisman and the all-conference teams got it wrong when it comes to the Clemons QB.
thers on Monday night for the first time since the breakup and understands their shortcomings even as he’s reluctant to revel in their failures. “I don’t get up because people fail,” Norman said this week. “That’s on them. I don’t have anything to do with that. My success is determined by where I’m at and what I do for the team or organization that I’m with.” Norman has enjoyed mixed success as Washington’s No. 1 cornerback as Carolina has gone through understandable growing pains with rookie replacements James Bradberry and Daryl Worley.
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Early in the season Atlanta’s Matt Ryan blitzed the Panthers for 503 yards and four touchdowns, and two weeks later Drew Brees of New Orleans threw for 465 yards and four touchdowns. Predictably, moving on from Norman wasn’t a smooth process. Saying he was taught not to kick people when they’re down, the 29-year-old is self-aware about the aftermath of his departure. “You come up in a system and you know the guys and you build that bond and everyone knew where you were at that very moment in time,” Norman said. “Then one of those cogs from the system absolutely, abruptly departs and then you try to fill that void and that hole, I mean, shoot, just like anything else, it’s going to take time. It’s not just going to pick up and go like you did before.” While the Panthers have allowed 362.5 yards a game, the work-in-progress Redskins defense has allowed an average of 370.6. Norman was brought in to be a difference maker, and he has been with 13 passes defensed, an interception and two forced fumbles.
Though his losses weren’t caused as much by a slide in his own play as Jackson’s remarkable season. Watson’s 2016 stats are similar to his 2015 numbers in almost every category. He has thrown two more interceptions in two fewer games, but he also has thrown just four fewer passes so far this year than in 2015 for the Tigers (12-1, No. 2 CFP) Swinney said the Heisman Trophy has been watered down as voters get swayed by the player who suddenly bursts on the scene and misses out on players like Watson, who are consistently good over a career. “I think Deshaun is so good, people are numb to it,” Swinney said. Both Watson and Swinney say they aren’t knocking Jackson’s talent and they understand how he won. But unlike Jackson, who only has the Citrus Bowl against LSU left before his season ends, Watson hopes to be play two more games and achieve the ultimate goal he had when arriving Clemson from Gainesville, Georgia. “You could put the national championship trophy and the Heisman, he wouldn’t think twice about which one to pick, Swinney said The championship is what Watson would talk about when he used his key to unlock Clemson’s indoor practice facility late at night and throw balls to rehabilitating receiver Mike Williams during the offsea-
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“I just think we kept them to one shot was a big thing, and I thought our guys were locked in,” Brownell said. “We had some time to get ready from our last game so we prepared very well. I thought our individual defense was pretty good.” Avery Johnson Jr. came off the bench for the Crimson Tide to score a career-high 17 points. He was the only Alabama player to finish in double figures. “We told our guys he’s a great layup maker and that’s a skill a lot of guards don’t have, being able to make shots over top of shot-blockers and big guys when you make penetration,” Brownell said. The Crimson Tide outrebounded the Tigers 37-32 thanks in large part to the efforts of Donta Hall and Dazon Ingram who grabbed seven and six respectively.
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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks to pass as Clemson offensive lineman Mitch Hyatt (75) blocks Wofford defensive lineman Steven Cornellier. son. “He knows he is the best player in the country. He doesn’t need a trophy to say that,” Williams said. And while the voters might have rejected Watson, the people who know football will validate his talent when he enters the NFL draft, Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “As soon as this season is over, the scouts, GMs, head coaches and offensive coordinators will start speaking with Deshaun and he is going to go straight back to the top,” Scott said.
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HE SAID IT Alabama coach Avery Johnson on taking care of the basketball: “Like I tell our guys all the time. Think about your closest family member. You’re not going to throw them away because you love them right? Just think about this, so value that ball just like you value your closest family member.”
QUICK COMPARE: Alabama: The Crimson Tide finished the night 3-of-20 beyond the arc and only made one of seven attempts taken in the final three minutes. Clemson: The Tigers finished the night 9-of-22 shooting 3’s and made three of six shots taken behind the arc in the final 11 minutes of the game and attempted none in the final three minutes.
Swinney said Watson showed his leadership by taking full advantage of the experience of being a two time Heisman Trophy finalist without letting the third place finish in 2015 and the second place finish in 2016 get to him. “I’m sure he’s disappointed. But he hasn’t expressed that at all,” Swinney said. Watson said he is proud of his career no matter how the next game (or two) turns out. He wore this year’s ACC championship hat to during interviews on Monday and is aware of how he took a Clemson
team on the cusp of being a national contender to join Alabama as the only backto-back playoff teams. The Tigers also won two straight ACC titles for the first time in 28 seasons. Watson has the same cool demeanor responding to questions about what his college career will mean without a national title as he has had about not winning the Heisman. But his quiet words point out how much a fourth loss of his college career will hurt. “I’ve already experienced not getting it — felt how big that was,” Watson said.
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BIG PICTURE Alabama: The Crimson Tide was unable to overcome a first half that saw the team miss 11 straight shots from the floor and must now win one of the team’s next two games to avoid starting Southeastern conference play under .500. Clemson: The Tigers overcame a sluggish start of their own to get revenge for last year’s 51-50 loss to the Crimson Tide and extended the team’s current winning streak to six games with the victory.
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Singleton scores 22 as Gators top Camden CAMDEN – Lakewood High School’s varsity boys basketball team improved to 5-2 on the season with a 61-49 victory over Camden on Friday at the CHS gymnasium. Grant Singleton led the Gators with 22 points. Juwan Perdue added 14 points and Tyrell Still had 12.
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don Hall, but the Saints still lost to Carolina Academy 56-41 on Friday at the CH gymnasium. Jordan Self added 10 points for Clarendon Hall while Thomas Stukes added nine.
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Maryville College senior offensive lineman Horace Lee Scott was named to the all-USA South Athletic Conference first team. He competed for Wilson Hall. The Citadel defensive back Khafari Buffalo was named to the Southern Conference all-freshman defense. The Lakewood graduate had eight tackles and one fumble recovery in 12 games. He returned four kickoffs for 73 yards.
WRESTLING Freshman Majid Corbett has earned a spot in the starting lineup for Limestone College. The former Gamecock finished sixth at 125 pounds in the season opener, during which Corbett had a 2-3 record. In his most recent match entering last weekend’s Midwest Classic, he won a 11-3 major decision to help the team defeat Huntingdon College.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Crestwood product Shannon Martin made her first start Dec. 10 for Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte. The freshman scored two points and added one rebound and one assist. She played in six of the
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first nine games. Cape Fear Community College freshman Shanekia Jackson had a season-high nine rebounds in a win on Thursday. The Lakewood alumna had two points. Another from Lakewood, sophomore Sonora Dengokl, had a season-high 12 points for University of North Carolina-Asheville against Warren Wilson.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Spartanburg Methodist College freshman Andrea Liddell was named to the All Region team after placing fourth among the Pioneers at the Region X Championship. The Manning graduate finished fifth on the team at the national championship in Kansas. Send updates about area athletes to Barbara Boxleitner at bboxleitner@outlook.com.
Whitney Avins led the Lady Saints with 10 points. Mallory McIntosh added seven.
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MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Thomas Sumter Academy 31-21 on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Breanna Boykin led the 4-1 Lady Swampcats with nine
SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall lost to Carolina Academy 59-22 on Friday at the CH gymnasium.
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SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall lost to Carolina Academy 30-19 on Friday at the CH gymnasium. Amberly Way led the Lady Saints with six points and 10 rebounds. Sarah Henning and Hadleigh McIntosh both had five points.
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Furman tabs Hendrix as new head football coach GREENVILLE -- Clay Hendrix was introduced as Furman’s new head football coach by director of athletics Mike Buddie on Monday at the Pearce-Horton Football Complex at Paladin Stadium. Hendrix, a former Paladin offensive guard and assistant coach who returns to his alma mater following a decade as an assistant coach at the United States Air Force Academy, is the 23rd head coach in the history of Furman football. He succeeds Bruce Fowler, who resigned his head coaching duties on Dec. 2. In 10 years at the Air Force Academy, where he coached the offensive line and served as offensive co-
ordinator for five seasons, as well as associate head coach over the last seven campaigns, Hendrix played a pivotal role in the Falcons producing some of the top rushing attacks in the Football Bowl Subdivision. That productivity translated into a 76-53 record, nine bowl game appearances, and four Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies.
COATES LEADS NO. 6 USC WOMEN OVER UCLA, 66-57 COLUMBIA — Dawn Staley wasn’t disappointed or angry that No. 6 South Carolina was tied with ninth-ranked UCLA at half. She believed she had the Bruins right where her
team wanted. The Gamecocks backed her up in a big way Sunday, running past UCLA with a third-quarter surge for a 66-57 victory and their third win over a Top 10 opponent this season.
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NFL STANDINGS
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AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 2 0 .857 365 233 Miami 9 5 0 .643 315 314 Buffalo 7 7 0 .500 358 314 N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 242 358 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 6 0 .571 250 294 Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 340 323 Indianapolis 7 7 0 .500 362 339 Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 260 359 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 341 276 Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 306 263 Cincinnati 5 8 1 .393 288 293 Cleveland 0 14 0 .000 220 408 WEST W L T Pct PF PA x-Oakland 11 3 0 .786 377 336 Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 319 274 Denver 8 6 0 .571 299 258
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct PF PA x-Dallas 12 2 0 .857 366 258 N.Y. Giants 10 4 0 .714 272 250 Washington 7 5 1 .577 330 317 Philadelphia 5 9 0 .357 316 299 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 469 358 Tampa Bay 8 6 0 .571 313 322 New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 406 392 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 311 337 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 9 5 0 .643 301 285 Green Bay 8 6 0 .571 363 339 Minnesota 7 7 0 .500 264 259 Chicago 3 11 0 .214 248 320 WEST W L T Pct PF PA y-Seattle 9 4 1 .679 298 235 Arizona 5 8 1 .393 340 325 Los Angeles 4 10 0 .286 197 328 San Francisco 1 13 0 .071 264 434 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Indianapolis 34, Minnesota 6 N.Y. Giants 17, Detroit 6 Buffalo 33, Cleveland 13 Tennessee 19, Kansas City 17 Baltimore 27, Philadelphia 26 Green Bay 30, Chicago 27 Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 20 Houston 21, Jacksonville 20 Atlanta 41, San Francisco 13 New England 16, Denver 3 New Orleans 48, Arizona 41 Oakland 19, San Diego 16 Dallas 26, Tampa Bay 20
MONDAY’S GAMES
Carolina at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
NBA STANDINGS
By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Toronto 19 8 Boston 15 12 New York 14 13 Brooklyn 7 19 Philadelphia 7 20 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Charlotte 15 13 Atlanta 13 14 Washington 12 14 Orlando 12 17 Miami 9 19 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Cleveland 19 6 Milwaukee 13 12 Indiana 14 14
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WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L San Antonio 22 5 Houston 21 7 Memphis 18 11 New Orleans 9 20 Dallas 7 20 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Utah 18 10 Oklahoma City 16 11 Portland 13 16 Denver 11 16 Minnesota 7 19 PACIFIC DIVISION W L Golden State 24 4 L.A. Clippers 20 8 Sacramento 10 17 L.A. Lakers 11 19 Phoenix 8 19
Pct GB .815 — .750 1½ .621 5 .310 14 .259 15 Pct GB .643 — .593 1½ .448 5½ .407 6½ .269 10 Pct GB .857 — .714 4 .370 13½ .367 14 .296 15½
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Washington 117, L.A. Clippers 110 Dallas 99, Sacramento 79 Boston 105, Miami 95 Philadelphia 108, Brooklyn 107 Toronto 109, Orlando 79 Utah 82, Memphis 73 San Antonio 113, New Orleans 100
Pittsburgh 32 20 7 Columbus 29 20 5 Washington 30 19 8 Philadelphia 33 19 11 Carolina 31 13 11 New Jersey 31 12 12 N.Y. Islanders 31 11 14
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WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 34 22 8 4 48 98 80 Minnesota 30 18 8 4 40 89 60 St. Louis 32 17 11 4 38 91 93 Winnipeg 34 15 16 3 33 90 100 Dallas 33 13 14 6 32 84 101 Nashville 30 13 12 5 31 87 88 Colorado 30 11 18 1 23 65 97 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 32 19 12 1 39 80 72 Anaheim 32 16 11 5 37 91 90 Edmonton 33 16 12 5 37 97 90 Los Angeles 31 16 13 2 34 79 78 Calgary 33 16 15 2 34 85 96 Vancouver 32 13 16 3 29 80 100 Arizona 31 11 15 5 27 70 97 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
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TUESDAY’S GAMES
Nashville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Calgary at Arizona, 9 p.m.
NHL STANDINGS
N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m. Nashville at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
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WOMEN’S TOP 25
ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 31 20 7 4 44 96 69 Ottawa 32 18 11 3 39 82 85 Boston 33 17 13 3 37 78 79 Tampa Bay 32 15 14 3 33 91 91 Florida 32 14 13 5 33 77 87 Detroit 32 14 14 4 32 78 89 Toronto 30 12 11 7 31 85 91 Buffalo 30 12 11 7 31 66 79 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 34 23 10 1 47 113 75
By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 9-0 825 1 2. Notre Dame 10-1 768 2 3. Baylor 11-1 759 3 4. Maryland 11-0 740 4
Memorials may be made to Feed the Children, 333 N. Meridian, Oklahoma City, OK 73107. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.
1943, in Bronx, New York, a daughter of the late Amanda Ellison. The family will receive friends at the home, 4615 Starks Ferry Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.
5. Mississippi St. 12-0 678 5 6. South Carolina 9-1 664 6 7. Florida St. 10-1 629 7 8. Louisville 11-2 598 8 9. Washington 11-1 523 11 10. UCLA 8-2 508 9 11. Miami 9-1 459 13 12. Ohio St. 9-3 441 12 13. West Virginia 11-0 435 14 14. Stanford 8-2 388 10 15. Colorado 10-0 313 15 16. Texas 5-4 261 16 17. Duke 10-1 252 18 18. Kentucky 8-3 210 19 19. Syracuse 8-3 201 21 20. Oklahoma 7-2 188 20 21. Arizona St. 8-2 180 23 21. South Florida 8-0 180 22 23. Virginia Tech 11-0 163 24 24. Kansas St. 10-1 71 — 25. Oregon St. 7-1 69 — Others receiving votes: DePaul 63, California 34, Florida 28, Northwestern 24, Oregon 18, Oklahoma St. 16, Southern Cal 12, UNLV 6, Texas A&M 6, Tennessee 4, Auburn 3, Vanderbilt 3, Gonzaga 2, Mississippi 2, Green Bay 1.
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By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Villanova (56) 11-0 1614 1 2. UCLA (3) 12-0 1514 2 3. Kansas 10-1 1450 3 4. Baylor (6) 11-0 1439 4 5. Duke 10-1 1385 5 6. Kentucky 10-1 1337 6 7. Gonzaga 11-0 1211 8 8. North Carolina 10-2 1170 7 9. Creighton 11-0 1058 10 10. Louisville 10-1 1044 11 11. West Virginia 9-1 937 12 12. Virginia 9-1 886 13 13. Butler 10-1 821 18 14. Wisconsin 10-2 781 14 15. Purdue 9-2 754 15 16. Indiana 8-2 719 9 17. Xavier 9-2 542 17 18. Arizona 10-2 501 19 19. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8-1 389 20 20. Oregon 10-2 299 22 21. Florida St. 11-1 290 23 22. South Carolina 9-1 218 16 23. Southern Cal 10-0 212 24 24. Cincinnati 9-2 202 25 25. Notre Dame 9-2 188 21 Others receiving votes: Florida 48, Virginia Tech 40, Maryland 27, Seton Hall 15, Oklahoma St. 8, Valparaiso 7, Minnesota 6, Miami 5, Northwestern 4, Clemson 1, Iowa St. 1, Kansas St 1, Loyola of Chicago 1.
OBITUARIES JOHN L. NICHOLS JR. CHARLOTTE — John L. “Nick” Nichols Jr., 79, of Charlotte and Brevard, North Carolina, passed away on Dec. 13, 2016, at Southminster. He was born on Oct. 12, 1937, in Columbia, a son NICHOLS of the late John and Elizabeth Brogdon Nichols. Nick grew up in Sumter and attended Edmunds High School. As a child, Nick and his family loved spending summers in Rocky Bottom. Nick attended college at Clemson University prior to entering the military, where he served in the United States Army Security Agency (ASA). After serving his country with a three-year tour in Germany, Nick returned to the United States and graduated from the University of Georgia. Following graduation, Nick moved to Columbia, where he served as manager of First Commercial National Bank. While living in Columbia, Nick met and married the love of his life, Isabel Sloan Heinitsh. They were married for more than 50 years, until Isabel passed away on Dec. 1, 2011. Nick and his family moved to Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, in 1968, where he built a number of successful businesses, two of which are still operating as Lake Toxaway Realty Co. and Holbrook Nichols Construction. Nick proudly served for decades as a board member and chairman of the Transylvania Regional Hospital. He is survived by a son, John LeRoy Nichols III; daughter, Isabel Nichols Roberts; daughter-in-law, Mish Boland Nichols; son-in-law, A. Des Roberts III; and his five grandchildren, Sloan, Shea, Whaley, Isabel and Ellen, all of Charlotte; brother, James Brogdon Nichols and wife, Gail; nephews, Jim and Hugh Nichols; and his aunt, Betty Brogdon. A prayer service was held for Nick at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte. There was a gathering after the service at son John’s home, 2209 Sherwood Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207. This spring, there will be a graveside service followed by a Celebration of Life for Nick at Lake Toxaway. Memorial contributions may be made to Lake Toxaway Community Center at http://www.toxawaycc.com/ and H3 Healthcare at http:// h3healthcare.com/.
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PATSY L. HOPKINS DALZELL — Patsy Lyons Hopkins, age 70, beloved wife of Leonard E. Hopkins, died on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland. Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, she was a daughter of the late WilHOPKINS liam Johnny Lyons and Marie Lyons Smith. Pat loved collecting antiques and enjoyed gardening. She worked for several years at Estate Antiques in Sumter. She also spent many years working in the nursing field. She loved all animals, especially her cats. She was a very religious woman and was not ashamed to serve her Lord. She was a member of High Hills of Santee Baptist Church. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren. She will be remembered as a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Scotty Eugene Westfall and his wife, Sharon, of Camden and Leon Anthony Sparks Jr. and his wife, Casandra, of McAlester; two daughters, Patty Ann Sparks Phillips of McAlester and Kristie Marie Presler of Camden; four brothers, James Bruce Lyons and his wife, Sharalyn, of Kershaw, Tommy Joe Lyons and his wife, Jane, of Pittsburg, Oklahoma, William Johnny Lyons Jr. and his wife, Cindy, of Belton and Darrell Wayne Lyons and his wife, Shelly, of McAlester; seven grandchildren, Austin Presler, Eric Westfall, Alex Westfall, Savannah Presler, Emily Westfall, Angelina Phillips Fisk and Mathew Phillips; and four great-grandchildren, Khole Westfall, Lillian Westfall, E.J. Westfall and Weston Williamson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Daniels; and one granddaughter, Melissa Phillips. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at High Hills of Santee Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Underwood officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Bullock Funeral Home.
Ferrelli Glasscock, died on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 7759386.
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JOSEPH J. TINDAL Joseph J. Tindal, son of the late Mattie M. Smith and Julius Daniels Sr., died on Dec. 3, 2016. He was born in Sumter. At age 10, he relocated to Leckrone, Pennsylvania, and resided with his “Aunt Mutt,” Edith Tuck. He was an educator. During his 38 years with the Wilkinsburg Borough School District, he held various positions: teacher, assistant principal, principal, director of personnel, acting superintendent and, finally, superintendent. He leaves to cherish his memories: his son, Joseph Jay Tindal; four sisters, Debra Ann Smith, Mary B. Glisson and Carrie M. (Charles) Goodman, all of Sumter, and Yvonne (Ricky) Stuckey of Bishopville; two brothers, Mack Daniels and Roosevelt Daniels of Sumter; two grandchildren, Kelcei Jorden Edmonds and Joseph Brannon Tindal, both of Pittsburgh; a daughter-in-law, Joi Edmonds-Tindal of Pittsburgh; adopted granddaughter, Sidney Wooten; one uncle, Moses Daniels Sr.; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Julius Daniels Jr., Sandy Daniels and Robert Lee Smith. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at South Avenue Methodist Church. Pastor Rita Platt officiated and the Rev. Rubin R. Bailey served as eulogist. D’Alessandro Funeral Home & Crematory Ltd. of Pittsburgh was in charge of the arrangements. Courtesy announcement by Sumter Funeral Service Inc.
AMANDA W. GRINNELL Amanda W. Grinnell, 73, widow of Arthur Grinnell Jr., departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at her residence. She was born on June 5,
Johnathan B. Cruse, 28, departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He was born on March 17, 1988, in Columbia, a son of the late John and Rosalind Kelley Cruse. The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, 485 N. St. Paul Church Road. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.
NOELLE K. BRADFORD Noelle Kannise Bradford, 12, departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She was born on Sept. 30, 2004, in Maumee, Ohio, a daughter of Pastor Napoleon Bradford and Karen Hilton Bradford. The family will receive friends at the home, 2575 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29154. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.
BRIAN S. PRIVETT Brian Scott Privett, 49, died on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. Born in Webster City, Iowa, he was a son of James Eugene Privett and the late Patricia Eileen Nichols Privett. He was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include his father; five siblings, John Nelson Privett, James Edward Privett, Juliana Bea Touihri (Mongi), Dominique Laurent Privett and Shirley Privett; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother; and a sister, Cindy Privett. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK JR. William Ellis Glasscock Jr., 82, widower of Gloria Ann
CINDY J. COWARD Cindy Jane Coward, 64, wife of John W. Coward, died on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on May 29, 1952, in Warwick, Virginia, she was a daughter of Bob and Betty Warner. She was a member of New Calvary Baptist Church and was very active in the Golden Age Club. She loved sports, especially the University of South Carolina and Sumter High School Gamecocks, the Sumter P-15’s, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Survivors include her husband of 31 years; parents of Wedgefield; a daughter, Lori Ann Coward of Sumter; a son, Mark Allen Coward (Kim) of Sumter; three grandchildren, Christopher Coward, Hayden Coward and Parker Coward; and two sisters, Vickie Niccum and Rachael Andrews both of Indiana. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at New Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. David Richardson and the Rev. Eddie Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Lynchburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at New Calvary Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Calvary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 848, Sumter, SC 29151. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
MARTHA DAVIS Martha Davis died on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Nimrod and Martha Singleton Dargon. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
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Generations gather to celebrate a musical legend BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Television honors that rare artist who has been in the public spotlight nearly as long as TV itself. “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) lauds the singer who turned 90 on Aug. 3. Look for performances by Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright and Stevie Wonder, among others. Even before he had a hit record, Bennett, a native New Yorker born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, was recognized as a major talent. In 1949, singer Pearl Bailey invited him to open for her in a Greenwich Village club that just happened to have Bob Hope in the audience. The popular entertainer hired the crooner to join his tour and advised him to shorten his name. Producer and popular 1950s television personality Mitch Miller signed him to a Columbia records deal, where he had many hits in the pre-rock era. Bennett’s 1953 version of “Rags to Riches” was used in the title sequence to Martin Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece “Goodfellas.” When I interviewed Bennett some years back, he expressed disappointment that the song had become associated with gangster culture. Bennett would be a staple of television variety shows through the 1950s and would perform on the very first broadcast of “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson” in 1962, the same year he would release his signature hit, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” The rock era saw the eclipse of the American songbook standards that Bennett preferred. The next few decades were not kind to the performer. Curiously, Bennett’s later comeback in the 1990s and beyond was made possible by his adroit use of television. Bennett would appear with David Letterman and Conan O’Brien, and sing on MTV, “The Muppets” and “The Simpsons” for a younger generation of fans who would warm to his collaborations with Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Amy Winehouse and
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Lady Gaga, left, and Stevie Wonder perform together on the NBC special “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come,” airing at 9 p.m. today. Lady Gaga, among others. Born in 1926, Bennett is old enough to have served in World War II. His infantry experience would have a profound impact. Bennett chafed at the Army’s official segregation. Twenty years later, he would perform at a concert in Selma, Alabama, organized by Dr. Martin Luther King. As a soldier he would help liberate a concentration camp, an experience that turned him into a lifelong pacifist and anti-war activist. • Retrospectives loom large as the year dwindles down to its final two weeks. “The Year: 2016” (9 p.m., ABC) glances back at the year’s major events and makes time for the cast of Netflix series “Stranger Things” and “Fuller House.” “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO) concludes its season with a discussion of the major sports events of 2016.
CULT CHOICE Don Cheadle portrays jazz
giant Miles Davis at rather loose ends in the late 1970s in the 2015 drama “Miles Ahead” (9 p.m., Starz).
TV ON DVD TV-themed DVDs available today include “Doctor Who: The Eighth Series, Part Two.”
TONIGHT’S HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS • “Michael Buble Sings and Swings” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) offers jazz standards, in a performance from Manchester, England. • The voice of Ray Romano animates the 2011 special “Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG). • The gang embarks on a special mission on “Toy Story That Time Forgot” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-G). • A Yuletide-loving comedian helps ordinary folk plan for the holidays on “Terry Crews Saves Christmas” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG).
• An ogre’s entourage upsets his quiet holiday plans on “Shrek the Halls” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight host “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2016” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG).
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The Green Meanie plans revenge on the season finale of “Scream Queens” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • A repeat “Frontline” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) special “From Jesus to Christ” looks at the early days of Christianity.
SERIES NOTES A missing officer goes out with a blast on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Jess returns from jury duty on “New Girl” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * On two helpings of “Bull” (CBS, r, TV-14), marrying too well (9 p.m.), a surgeon’s arrogance hurts his case (10 p.m.).
LATE NIGHT “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) is pre-empted * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Matthew McConaughey, Janelle Monae and Sylvan Esso on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Michael Fassbender, David Remnick and Craig Finn visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Aaron Paul, Piper Perabo and Jack Hanna appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate
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Gunman kills Russian envoy A gunman gestures after fatally shooting Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, during Karlov’s speech at a photography exhibition in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish authorities identified the shooter as Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, who had been serving in Ankara’s riot police unit for 21⁄2 years. Altintas was later killed by police. Karlov had served in Turkey since 2013. The leaders of Turkey and Russia said that the assassination was intended to ruin Russia-Turkey ties and that Russia would help with the ensuing investigation. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported four people had been detained in the case. IN NEWS
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A truck slammed into a Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night, killing at least nine people and injuring many others in what police said was a deliberate attack. The incident took place at an outdoor market near Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. A suspect, believed to be the driver, was arrested at the scene and a passenger was found dead in the passenger seat, according to the Associated Press and German media. The scene was laced with chaos. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside the church, and police were letting just a few news media outlets through to the scene at a time. At least one woman could be seen getting treatment in the back of an ambulance. A large Christmas tree with a gold star on top was toppled over nearby in the street.
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Hedge-fund execs charged in $1B scam Not since Madoff’s time has such a ‘brazen’ scheme been alleged
Kevin McCoy @kmccoynyc USA TODAY NEW YORK Platinum Partners hedge-fund founder Mark Nordlicht and four others with ties to the New York City-based hedge fund were charged Monday in a $1 billion securities fraud indictment, one of the largest alleged scams since Bernard Madoff’s notorious Ponzi scheme. Brooklyn federal prosecutors who announced the eight-count indictment said two additional suspects were indicted for their alleged roles in a $50 million bond fraud involving Black Elk Energy, one of Platinum Partners’ largest portfolio companies. The hedge fund’s management companies “projected stability and confidence” to current and prospective investors, reporting positive average returns of 17% from 2003 to 2015, according to a
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parallel civil lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Inside, however, the management firms faced a worsening liquidity crisis at times referred to in company documents as “Hail Mary time,” along with “relentless” redemption requests from investors seeking their money back, federal prosecutors and the SEC said. Nordlicht and his alleged co-
U.S. Attorney Robert Capers details charges in an indictment against Platinum Partners hedge-fund executive Mark Nordlicht and others.
conspirators knew that one of the company’s chief funds faced financial trouble in 2012, the indictment charged. As the situation turned desperate, the suspects allegedly defrauded investors by overvaluing the company’s largest assets, concealing cash-flow problems at Platinum’s signature fund and making preferential repayments to some customers. “Nordlicht and his cohorts engaged in one of the largest and most brazen investment frauds perpetrated on the investing public, earning Platinum more than $100 million in fees during the charged conspiracy,” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said in a statement announcing the charges. The secret financial implosion “eventually led to Nordlicht and his co-conspirators operating Platinum like a Ponzi scheme, where they used loans and new investor funds to pay off STORY CONTINUES ONON C22B v STORY CONTINUES
Don’t want to die before your time? Try a female doctor Under women’s care, patients fared better Kim Painter @KimPainter Special for USA TODAY
If you are sick, elderly and in a hospital, you are more likely to survive when your primary doctor during that hospitalization is a woman, a new study shows. The patients of female doctors are also less likely to be re-hospitalized in the month after discharge, according to the study
published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. “We found a modest but, I think, clinically important difference in outcomes for patients cared for by female physicians as opposed to male physicians,” said the study’s senior author, Ashish Jha, a professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers estimated that if male physicians could achieve the same results as their female colleagues they would save an extra 32,000 lives among Medicare patients alone each year — a feat that would rival wiping out motor vehicle accident deaths
nationwide. Previous studies have found that female physicians are more likely to follow practice guidelines based on scientific evidence. They also spend more time with patients, talk with them in more reassuring and positive ways and ask more questions about their emotional and social well-being. The Harvard team wanted to find out if such differences translated to better outcomes. So they looked at the records of more than 1.5 million Medicare patients, ages 65 and over, hospitalized for non-surgical care between 2011 and 2014. The average age of the patients was 80.
Women make up about one-third of practicing physicians and half of recent medical school graduates. After adjusting for factors such as each patient’s age, gender and income and the doctors’ ages, training and hospital location, they found that 11.07% of patients treated by female internists died within a month, while 11.49% of those treated by male internists did. Repeat hospitalizations, which can be signs of poorer care, were
reported for 15.02% of patients treated by women and 15.57% of those treated by men. For patients treated by a female doctor, that translated to a 4% lower relative risk of dying prematurely and a 5% lower relative risk of being readmitted to a hospital within 30 days, the researchers found. The study does not prove that women are better doctors than men, but it does suggest many have professional habits that all doctors could learn from, Jha said. “As a male physician, I find that reassuring, because it means there’s something we can do about it,” he said.
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GUNMAN KILLS RUSSIAN ENVOY John Bacon @jmbacon USA TODAY
A well-dressed Turkish police officer opened fire at an art event in Ankara on Monday, killing the Russian ambassador to Turkey and shouting “God is great” as panicked witnesses scrambled for cover. Andrei Karlov was shot multiple times while making a speech at the opening of a photo exhibit, “Russia Through the Eyes of Turks.” Three others were wounded in the attack, Turkish authorities said. Police shot and killed the gunman, identified as 22year-old police officer Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria ZakharoGunman was va described identified as the attack as an Mevlüt Mert “act of Altintas. terrorism.” “This is a tragic day in the history of Russian diplomacy,” Zahharova said. The attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar,” Arabic for “God is great.” He also shouted other phrases, mostly in Turkish, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News: “Don’t forget Aleppo! Don’t forget Syria! As long as our brothers are not safe, you will not enjoy safety. ... Whoever has a share in this oppression will pay for it one-by-one. ... Only death will take me away from here.” Russia and Turkey have been key players in Syria’s civil war that has raged for nearly six years. Russia has provided support for Syrian troops that bombarded rebel-held sections of Aleppo for months, creating a hu-
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The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, speaks at gallery in Ankara on Monday, moments before a gunman, rear left, shot him multiple times, killing him. The gunman, a Turkish police officer, was fatally shot by special forces. manitarian crisis in the city. Both nations have worked on a plan to allow for evacuation of rebel neighborhoods. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Altıntaş had spent more than two years with a riot police unit in Ankara, the Turkish capital. Chilling photographs from the scene show Karlov lying on the ground while the gunman — dressed in a suit, gun drawn — stands over him. Moments later the killer was fatally shot by Turkish special forces. “We are currently in contact with Turkish authorities who are
“This heinous attack on a member of the diplomatic corps is unacceptable, and we stand united with Russia and Turkey in our determination to confront terrorism in all of its forms.” Ned Price, National Security Council spokesman
assuring us that a thorough, comprehensive investigation will be conducted,” Zakharova said. Karlov, 62, was a longtime diplomat dating back to Soviet days. He began his career in 1976, and spent most of the next quartercentury representing his country in North Korea or South Korea. He was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 2013. The White House and State Department condemned the attack and extended condolences to Karlov’s family, the Russian government and the Russian people. “This heinous attack on a member of the diplomatic corps
is unacceptable, and we stand united with Russia and Turkey in our determination to confront terrorism in all of its forms,” National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said. Secretary of State John Kerry offered U.S. assistance to Russia and Turkey “as they investigate this despicable attack, which was also an assault on the right of all diplomats to safely and securely advance and represent their nations around the world.” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also extended condolences, adding there was “no justification for such a heinous act.”
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existing investors,” said Capers. Platinum declined to comment on the allegations. Founded in 2003, Platinum Partners is an investment management group that as recently as March reported to the SEC and other regulators that it had $1.7 billion in assets under management. The firm manages multiple funds, but most assets were invested through Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund and Platinum Partners Credit Opportunities Master Fund. Defendants charged with Nordlicht, 48, of New Rochelle, N.Y.: David Levy, 31, a New York City resident and the company’s cochief investment officer; Uri Landesman, 55, of New Rochelle, the former president of Platinum’s signature fund; Joseph SanFilippo, 38, of Freehold, N.J., the CFO of the signature fund; Joseph Mann, 24, of Brooklyn, an investor and finance official; Daniel Small, 47, of New York City, a former managing director; and Jeffrey Shulse, 44, of Houston, the former CEO of Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations.
While Beijing smothered Monday under a cloud of smog and a reputation for horrible air, other cities in the world quietly vied for the tarnished crown of world’s most polluted city. This year’s winner: Zabol, Iran. Beijing and much of northeastern China are currently shrouded in a smog red alert, causing some factories to shut down, highways to close and airlines to cancel flights. But the World Health Organization ranks the world’s cities based on air pollution, and the worst Chinese city, Xingtai, ranks only ninth on the 2016 list. WHO’s ranking, released in May, is based on the amount of PM 2.5 — particle matter smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter common to dust, soot and smoke. FROM C11B v CONTINUED FROM PM 2.5 is nasty because it can get CONTINUED stuck in the lungs and cause or The attack shattered the preaggravate asthma and other longChristmas calm in Germany, a term health problems. WHO guidelines call for no time when thousands of locals more than 10 micrograms of PM and tourists spend their early 2.5 per cubic meter of air. Dusty evenings at markets, drinking Zabol averages a whopping 217. Gluck (mulled wine), and eating Other cities cracking the dubious sausages and pastries. The marlist’s top five include Gwalior, In- kets were due to finish Friday. It remained too early to deterdia, at 176; Allahabad, India at 170; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at 156; mine whether the incident was and Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, at an act of terror. But U.S. officials suggested that was the most like152. Beijing suffered Monday with ly explanation. “The United States condemns levels hovering above 200; other Chinese cities have pushed close in the strongest terms what appears to have been a terrorist atto 1,000 in recent days. The tide can be turned, with ef- tack on a Christmas Market in fort. 2015’s most polluted city, Berlin, Germany, which has killed New Delhi, slid to 11 in 2016 after and wounded dozens,” U.S. Naa crackdown that included bans tional Security Council spokeson the most polluting cars and man Ned Price said in a trucks and fines for burning statement. “We send our thoughts and prayers to the famtrash. Breathe easier, America. The ilies and loved ones of those worst U.S. city didn’t crack killed, just as we wish a speedy reWHO’s top 1,000. Visalia, Calif., covery to all of those wounded. ... We have been in touch with Gerchecked in at 1,080. man officials, and we stand ready to provide assistance as they recover from and investigate this horrific incident.” Burkard Dregger was at a Christmas party when he heard news of the incident and rushed to the scene. “It is a terrible thing, but we AFP/GETTY IMAGES need to keep cool heads and work A pedestrian gets lost in the out what has happened before we smog in Lianyungang, China. draw any conclusions,” he said.
Prosecutors cited company records that documented a financial crisis hidden from investors. In a November 2012 email exchange with Landesman, Nordlicht wrote: “It’s just very daunting. It seems like we make some progress and then (redemptions) are relentless almost.” The following month, Nordlicht forwarded an email to Lan-
Suspects ran firm “like a Ponzi scheme, where they used loans and new investor funds to pay off existing investors.” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Robert Capers
desman showing he had informed a co-conspirator that he wife was urging him to leave for Israel. Many of Platinum’s investors are observant members of the Jewish religious community, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Platinum’s management hid the red ink in part by claiming a position in Golden Gate Oil LLC was valued at roughly $170 mil-
lion. In reality, it was worth a fraction of that total, the SEC complaint said. The executives also allegedly misled investors about the cash crunch. Records of a January 2015 conference call with investors show Nordlicht said: “If we look historically, we’ve been very very fortunate ... we’re running about a billion four between all our different entities ... I think we’ve returned about double that in cash to investors, so that is really an indication of ... being very liquid and nimble.” By 2016, however, the financial crisis had emerged in public view. In June, former Platinum executive Murray Huberfeld was indicted on alleged conspiracy charges with Norman Seabrook, head of the New York City corrections officers union. They have pleaded not guilty. In July, Platinum told investors it had hired an independent monitor to oversee liquidation of its two principal hedge funds. Platinum Partners also said that month it would likely return the assets of its largest and oldest fund to clients as the result of the arrest of a longtime associate on
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charges he arranged a $60,000 bribe in an effort to land a crucial investment from the New York City corrections officers union. In August, Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund (International) Limited and Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P. were placed into liquidation and provisional liquidation, respectively, under orders issued by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, according to the company’s website. Though the alleged securities fraud is large, it’s well below the as much as $20 billion investment scam Madoff ran for decades until his operation collapsed in December 2008. Corrections & Clarifications
A story Saturday about Japan surpassing China as the No. 1 holder of U.S. bonds misstated dollar amounts when describing how much China’s holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell from September to October of 2016. The dollar figure was also incorrect for how much securities fell since October 2015. Treasury data show $41.4 billion and $139.1 billion, respectively. USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.
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Emergency crews throng after a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday. Any motive remained unclear. Dregger is head of security for parliamentarians attached to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party. He was briefed by investigators, but they had not yet come to any conclusions. “Happiness and freedom in Germany has been destroyed tonight,” Dregger said. Some survivors took to social media to describe the horror and panic. “People crushed. I am safe. I am safe,” tweeted an apparent witness, Emma Rushton. Video footage from the scene shows stalls knocked over and people lying injured.
Truck attacks in Europe have been on government radar screens as possible ways that terrorists might try and carry out simple and cost-effective attacks. In July, 86 people were killed in Nice, France, when a truck slammed into a large crowd during Bastille Day celebrations. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. State Department issued a warning last month that Americans in Europe should be vigilant to the threat of terrorist attacks during the holiday season. The alert specifically mentioned Christmas markets.
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children. She’s an alcoholic who mentally, verbally and physically abuses him. He recently left her and came to stay at my house. He told Mom and me that he wanted a fresh start. Abby, he was here for less than 48 hours and went back to the girlfriend! I am convinced that he either has a drug problem or he’s sick. He has lost an extreme amount of weight. I have no idea how to help him and I’m terrified that he is going to die. Now he won’t talk to me. He left while I was at work so he wouldn’t have to face me. I don’t understand why he would come here only to turn right around and leave. I am disgusted, disappointed and angry. Should I
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SUDOKU HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.
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ACROSS 1 Prepare for a bodybuilding competition 6 Online discussion venue 11 Freon or neon 14 Capital of Bangladesh 15 Maureen known as Hollywood’s “Queen of Technicolor” 16 LP’s 33 1/3 17 Began without hesitation 19 Copy 20 Place for a massage 21 Texas A&M athlete 22 Disney’s Little Mermaid 24 Take from the top 26 Without a musical key 27 Was heedless behind the wheel 32 Seal-hunting swimmers 33 Actor Ving of “Pulp Fiction” 34 Scolding sound 35 Showers or drizzles 36 Small amount 39 Irish playwright Sean 41 Low card
43 Mentioned earlier 47 Unruffled 48 Run __: go wild 49 Careful types take them 50 Bring about 53 Showy accessory 56 Previous to, to Dickinson 57 Unseemly disclosure of personal details ... as seen in 17-, 27- and 43-Across? 60 Inmate 61 Amusement park thrills 62 Nick of “Cape Fear” 63 Explosive letters 64 Makeup mishap 65 Recital pieces DOWN 1 Gambler’s concern 2 “Eat up every moment” breakfast chain 3 Geological Hawaiian souvenir 4 Musical Hawaiian souvenir 5 Mardi Gras events
12/20/16 6 “Around the World ...” hero Phileas 7 “Well, howdy” 8 Mortgage figure 9 Sch. with a Providence campus 10 Sea cow 11 Bits of sand 12 Losing lawyer’s recourse 13 Like Limburger cheese 18 Composer Stravinsky 23 Flag maker Betsy 25 A Gabor sister 26 Gift for the poor 27 Web address part 28 Cos. with Xings 29 Wipe out 30 Tribal leader 31 Rapper West 35 Prized by collectors
36 Platypus feature 37 Card that may be high or low 38 Place to retire 39 Baking spot 40 Keeps from being blue? 41 Humbles 42 Brian of ambient music 43 Characteristic 44 Affect 45 Prepare, as new students 46 Like too-quick decisions 50 Surrender 51 Neighborhood 52 KGB country 54 Clued in about 55 Grows older 58 Vigor’s partner 59 Outback hopper, for short
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE BANKS — SAFE Federal Credit Union and All South Credit Union will be closedschedule: on Saturday, Christmas holiday Dec.Dec. 20, 24, and Monday, 2016Dec. 26. The following will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26: Bank of Clarendon; BB&T; First Citizens; The Citizens Bank; Wells Fargo; NBSC; and Bank of America. GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed FridayTuesday, Dec. 23-27: state government offices; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices. Federal government offices and the U.S. Postal Service will be closed Monday, Dec. 26. SCHOOLS — The following will be closed through Friday, Dec. 30, with students returning on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017: Sumter School District; Clarendon School District 3; Lee County Public Schools; Robert E. Lee Academy; and St. Anne & St. Jude Catholic School. The following will be closed through Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, with students returning on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017: Clarendon School Districts 1 and 2; Thomas Sumter Academy; Wilson Hall; St. Francis Xavier High School; Laurence Manning Academy; Clarendon Hall; and Sumter Christian School. UTILITIES — Black River Electric Coop. will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26. Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed Monday, Dec. 26. OTHER — The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Clemson Extension Service will be closed the week of Dec. 26-30. The Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed Friday-Tuesday, Dec. 23-27. The Sumter County Library will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26. All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26.
DAILY PLANNER
WEATHER TODAY
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy and chilly
Patchy clouds
Mostly sunny and warmer
Times of clouds and sun
Sunny to partly cloudy
Mostly cloudy and warmer
48°
30°
58° / 35°
62° / 32°
53° / 35°
62° / 48°
Chance of rain: 5%
Chance of rain: 5%
Chance of rain: 0%
Chance of rain: 10%
Chance of rain: 0%
Chance of rain: 5%
NNE 6-12 mph
NW 3-6 mph
NNE 3-6 mph
SW 6-12 mph
ENE 6-12 mph
NE 3-6 mph
TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER
PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.
CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Today, 6:30 p.m., district office SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.
CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning
Gaffney 49/26 Spartanburg 48/27
Greenville 49/29
Columbia 49/30
Sumter 48/30
IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 47/28
ON THE COAST
Charleston 51/34
Today: A shower in the morning; cooler in central parts. High 45 to 52. Wednesday: Partly sunny and milder. High 55 to 61.
60° 38° 56° 33° 79° in 1967 15° in 1975
LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100
Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree
SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 353.94 73.98 74.01 98.48
24-hr chg -0.24 +0.02 +0.03 +0.03
1.59" 3.79" 1.94" 49.04" 58.18" 45.67"
River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River
NATIONAL CITIES
REGIONAL CITIES
Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 53/35/pc Chicago 28/19/pc Dallas 50/34/pc Detroit 26/15/s Houston 54/40/pc Los Angeles 75/49/s New Orleans 53/44/pc New York 35/29/s Orlando 75/58/c Philadelphia 37/27/s Phoenix 74/54/pc San Francisco 56/45/pc Wash., DC 41/29/s
City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 61/44/s 33/26/c 62/38/pc 29/28/c 66/48/pc 76/54/s 64/52/pc 44/35/pc 74/58/pc 43/30/pc 73/55/pc 59/43/s 48/35/s
Today Hi/Lo/W 51/27/s 51/29/c 53/30/c 51/38/c 54/42/c 51/34/c 48/28/pc 53/32/pc 49/30/c 46/30/c 47/29/c 42/29/c 44/29/c
Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 9.48 19 3.00 14 7.83 14 2.85 80 75.18 24 4.54
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 56/32/s 60/37/s 62/34/s 61/40/pc 54/44/pc 61/38/pc 55/35/s 59/39/s 59/35/s 58/34/s 53/33/pc 56/32/s 56/33/s
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Dec. 20
Dec. 29
Jan. 5
Jan. 12
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Today Wed.
Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 46/29/c Gainesville 65/47/c Gastonia 49/26/s Goldsboro 42/29/c Goose Creek 49/34/c Greensboro 47/28/s Greenville 49/29/pc Hickory 48/27/s Hilton Head 51/39/c Jacksonville, FL 57/44/c La Grange 56/33/pc Macon 55/33/c Marietta 52/33/pc
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 57/34/s 69/46/pc 57/33/s 55/33/s 59/36/pc 56/33/s 58/37/s 55/33/s 59/41/pc 64/43/pc 62/43/s 62/38/s 59/43/s
High 1:54 a.m. 2:05 p.m. 2:50 a.m. 2:57 p.m.
Ht. 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7
Low 8:33 a.m. 9:07 p.m. 9:32 a.m. 10:00 p.m.
Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 50/25/s Mt. Pleasant 50/37/c Myrtle Beach 47/34/c Orangeburg 47/32/c Port Royal 51/40/c Raleigh 46/27/pc Rock Hill 47/26/pc Rockingham 45/25/c Savannah 52/37/c Spartanburg 48/27/pc Summerville 49/33/c Wilmington 43/31/sh Winston-Salem 47/27/s
Ht. 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4
Wed. Hi/Lo/W 57/31/pc 59/39/pc 56/39/pc 59/35/s 59/41/pc 56/32/s 57/33/s 56/30/s 62/39/pc 57/35/s 59/36/pc 57/34/pc 54/34/s
BATHROOMS • WINDSHIELDS • DOORS • Insulated Glass/ Fogged Units • Window/Patio Doors Repair • Shower/Bath Enclosures • Tabletops/Mirrors
• Commercial Glass Replacement • Commercial Door Service • 24-Hour Emergency Service • Scratch Repair
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An emotional misunderstanding with someone you work with can cause tension. Do your best to share facts promptly. A surprise will be difficult to keep. Someone is likely to feel neglected, suspicious or left out if you are too secretive.
Sunset 5:16 p.m. Moonset 12:17 p.m.
TIDES
24-hr chg +0.04 +0.07 +0.53 +0.69 -0.17 +0.11
$XWR • Mobile Service • 12-Month Breakage Guarantee • Convenient, Expert Installation • Windshield/Chip Repairs
The last word ARIES (March 21-April 19): in astrology Learn from EUGENIA LAST past experiences and don’t go overboard. Problems with institutions will arise if you have overspent or failed to pay off your debt. Look over your personal papers and make sure you are upto-date before year-end.
Sunrise 7:23 a.m. Moonrise none
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
Myrtle Beach 47/34
Manning 47/30
Today: Times of clouds and sun. Winds southeast 4-8 mph. Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.
Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low
Florence 46/29
Bishopville 46/29
Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY
meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, The Carolina Coin Club will Jan. 10, 2017, at Shiloh-Ranhold a special Christmas Carolina Coin Club to meet today dolph Manor, 125 W. meeting with double door Bartlette St. All members prizes and double raffle items at 2 p.m. today at the are required to join before or at this meeting for 2017. Parks and Recreation DeThe spotlight will shine on partment building, 155 Sarah Bracey and the assoHaynsworth St. The group ciate member is Judy L. meets on the third Tuesday Simon, membership chairof each month and visitors person. Transportation proare always welcome. Call vided within the mileage (803) 775-8840. area. If you know a blind The Ebenezer Alumni Associaperson, contact Debra tion will hold its annual scholCanty, chapter president, arship banquet at 7 p.m. on at (803) 775-5792 or debra. Friday, Dec. 23, at Ebenezer canty@frontier.com. DonaMiddle School, 3440 Ebenetions and memberships are zer Road. Call (803) 494welcome. Donations should 2900 for more information. be mailed to NFB Sumter The Sumter Chapter of the Chapter, P.O. Box 641, SumNational Federation of the ter, SC 29151. Blind of South Carolina will
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Helping others, making donations and reconnecting with people you haven’t seen in a while will make this an eventful day. Old debts and favors can be collected. An emotional situation will bring back memories that require words of wisdom.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Express restraint when faced with money matters. A bonus you were expecting may not live up to your expectations. Don’t overreact or make a fuss. Use your intelligence to help you make up the difference. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Learn from past mistakes and back Don’t spend what you don’t have. away from anyone who tries to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll push you in a direction you don’t progress slowly but surely if you want to go. Stay focused on what work diligently to tidy up loose you can do without going into ends in preparation for new debt. Make reasonable deals that endeavors. An opportunity to make promise a high return. personal changes to your lifestyle CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): or look will boost your morale. Emotional spending on CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t unnecessary items will be your worry about what others do or downfall. Look for alternative ways think. You don’t have to spend a to cut corners and save money. bundle if you don’t want to. Stay Don’t fall for sales pitches that focused on what’s important to you promise the impossible. Offer and use your intelligence to deal genuine kindness instead of trying with any seasonal pressures. to buy love. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A shopping AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t spree will end in delays and poor lend, borrow or donate. Live within decisions if you aren’t careful. Don’t your means and refuse to let let your emotions take over and anyone guilt you into spending result in overspending. A romantic what you cannot afford to part gesture doesn’t have to be with. If you feel the need to give expensive. Offer your assistance something, offer your time or skills and affection. rather than cash. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look Emotional spending will get you in for bargains. Sticking to your trouble. Offer less material gifts but budget will help ease the stress more affection, attention and, most that accompanies debt. Say “no” to of all, time. Mix business with the things you don’t need, and look pleasure, but refrain from any sort for cheap ways to please those you of indulgence that may make you want to surprise. Don’t offer a false impression. look bad.
Kim Reisenauer took this picture of her sons, Jonah and Adam Reisenauer, on top of Chimney Rock in North Carolina on a windy day in October. Reisenauer comments, “We stopped taking pictures after a strong gust almost blew them over!”
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