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Sumter High gets unique award from Special Olympics BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

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Universal Benefits Inc. employees Janiece English, left, and LaTeshia Thames were wrapping gifts Thursday for the Lou-Von Foundation’s Christmas giveaway.

Lou-Von Foundation provides gifts for families, donation for church BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Lou-Von Foundation is on a mission to raise holiday spirits this month with two projects to provide much-needed gifts to local families and a financial donation to a church in Fort Lawn. The foundation, created by Ted Wilson Sr., CEO of Universal Benefits Inc., provided money to purchase gifts for 12 local families as well as present $100,000 to Union Ezell AME Zion Church in Fort Lawn for a new fellowship hall. Fran Geddis, chief operating officer of Universal Benefits Inc., said Wilson used to provide all of the money for the project in previous years. He was a private Santa of sorts, she said. Now, money for the gift-giving project is provided through Lou-Von Foundation. The foundation created a list of families along with a list of gifts for each family member and UBI employees who are also volunteers for Lou-Von purchased the gifts. The gifts included clothes, toys and items for babies and small children. "We try to provide what the families asked for," Geddis said. She said some of the recipients are victims of the 1,000-year flood in October 2015 who still need assistance. LaTeshia Thames, a conservation department manager at UBI, said it took three days and multiple shopping trips to purchase all of the gifts. "I don't mind shopping and wrapping gifts," she said. "We're like Santa's secret helpers." Each gift was wrapped and labeled on Thursday and delivered to more than 60 people from 12 families on Friday. Volunteers purchased gifts for children and adults a few days before the delivery and wrapped gifts on Thursday. The second Christmas gift, the donation of $100,000 to Union Ezell in Fort Lawn, the church Ted Wilson's mother used to attend, will be delivered today. Erin Wilson James, Ted Wilson's daughter, said the church plans to use the money to construct a fellowship hall. The church has been in need of a fellowship hall for a long

Special Olympics South Carolina has named Sumter High School as a Banner Unified Champion School for its efforts to provide inclusive sports and activities for students with disabilities to participate alongside students without disabilities. The school is one of eight schools in South Carolina to receive the national honor out of 214 schools that are involved with Special Olympics South Carolina, said Barbara Oswald, the organization's senior director of programs. The school is also one of about 5,000 schools across the nation to receive the honor. The announcement was made earlier this month, and the award presentation will take place in spring 2017, she said. The school will be presented with a banner to hang in its gymnasium and be included on a list of other schools that have received the award. National standards of excellence had to be met in the areas of inclusion, advocacy and respect in order for the school to receive the award, as well as 10 national standards of excellence created by Special Olympics leaders and the education community, Oswald said. "A Banner Unified Champion School has an inclusive

school climate and displays a sense of collaboration and engagement for all members of the student body and staff," Oswald said. "Sumter High School exemplifies those qualities." Sumter High School has a unique program that brings special-needs and high school students together through a year-round physical education class called Unified Sports, she said. Through the program, high school students and specialneeds students spend time together participating in different sports and even compete in state and national competitions. Besides Unified Sports, the school also has an inclusive youth leadership, meaning students with disabilities are in leadership roles within programs at the school and there is whole-school engagement, meaning support from all faculty, staff and students. Cylisa Quarles, a specialneeds teacher at Sumter High School who applied for the award, said it was a great honor to receive it. Quarles said the application included a data-driven report detailing the school's programs. "The lasting friendships that develop between our students and the impact they have on each other is very unique," she said. "This means a great deal to the school to receive this award."

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Universal Benefits Inc. employee Kisha Brown stuffs a sack full of goodies for a child as part of the gift giveaway. time, she said. The donation was made possible by a LouVon Foundation benefit concert that was held on Dec. 16 at The Imperial Restaurant on Broad Street. Performers for the concert included singer Angie Stone and Tank. Wilson James said the event was a success, and she hopes to work with those artists for other projects. About $20,000 was raised during the concert, and Ted Wilson provided a match to assist with making a donation to the church, she said. The rest of the money came from the foundation. Wilson James said she is excited to see the foundation help others in the future.

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MENOMONIE, Wis. — A Wisconsin police officer who stopped a speeding college student who was late for a presentation ended up tying his necktie for him. WBAY-TV reported the Menomonie Police Department posted dash-cam video of the Nov. 30 traffic stop exchange on its Facebook page Tuesday. The video shows Officer Martin Folczyk pulling up behind the University of Wisconsin-Stout student in a parking lot. The student explained he was speeding because he was late to give a presentation and was trying to find a friend who could tie his necktie. Folczyk asked for the tie and made a knot for the student. He even adjusted it after the student put it on. The officer sent the student on his way with a warning to slow down.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich found at the scene led Wyoming police to arrest a burglary suspect. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that Zachery Munoz has pleaded not guilty to three counts of burglary. Cheyenne police say someone on three separate occasions in September stole power tools and equipment from a business. In the first case, police say they found a half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the scene. They dubbed the suspect the "PB&J burglar." Police say subsequent DNA testing done at the Wyoming State Crime Lab linked 26-year-old Munoz to the sandwich. He entered a plea earlier this month, and his trial is scheduled for February.

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Heroin deaths on the rise in South Carolina 8 at Cleveland Park. “I want people to understand how big of a problem drug addiction is here,” Gilbert said. SPARTANBURG — Miranda Before Wenk’s death, Gilbert Gilbert always hoped her fiannever knew the extent of his ce would get better. addiction. He never used Despite 10 weeks of rehab around her or kept parapherand several months of sobriety, Zachary Wenk couldn’t get nalia with him. The track marks on his arms he would the better of his heroin addicexplain as scratches from his tion. The 30-year-old Spartanburg dog, Slash. “He told me he man died Nov. 19 didn’t do it anyof an overdose more,” she said. inside his home. “I could tell he “He always was still doing it. made everybody I was always laugh. ... He was afraid that his just so much fun body just to be around,” couldn’t handle Gilbert said. it anymore.” Wenk’s death He worked at is one of a growMellow Mushing number room in downacross the countown Spartantry linked to burg, Gilbert drug overdoses. said, and never Since 2010, herogave the impresin-related oversion that anydoses have more thing was wrong. than quadrupled The only way in the United she could tell he States, according MIRANDA GILBERT was high was to data from the when his eyes Centers for Disappeared different and his ease Control and Prevention. usual boisterous laugh was In South Carolina alone, herosofter and slower. in deaths were up 57.1 percent He had a glowing personalifrom 2014-15, according to the ty with an infectious sense of CDC. humor, something that drew Wenk’s toxicology report is still being completed, but there have already been five other fatal heroin overdoses in Spartanburg County this year, said Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger. There was just one fatal heroin overdose in 2015. Nationally, heroin overdose death rates increased by 26 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to the CDC data. Gilbert, who is still struggling to cope with the loss, has channeled her grief into action by planning a candlelight vigil to remember overdose victims and raise awareness about drug addiction. The event is planned for Jan.

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‘I feel like it’s getting harder. Maybe because my birthday is coming up, and it’s around Christmas. I feel like he should be here.’

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Miranda Gilbert of Spartanburg, seen on Dec. 13, is grieving the loss of her fiance, Zachary Wenk, who died from a heroin overdose on Nov. 19. She is hosting a vigil in January to raise awareness about the crippling effects of drug addiction. Gilbert to him during the two years they were together. “This is really the only grief that I’ve had to deal with. I don’t know what is the right way to feel,” she said. “I feel like it’s getting harder. Maybe because my birthday is coming up, and it’s around Christmas. I feel like he should be here.” Gilbert said Sheriff Chuck Wright has been invited to speak at the vigil, along with a pastor from a Gaffney church who dealt with drug addiction earlier in his life. She said names of overdose victims in Spartanburg County will be read during the vigil. The Forrester Center for Be-

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havioral Health holds treatment programs and counseling sessions for those recovering from drug addiction. Between Nov. 1, 2015, and Nov. 30, 52 individuals identified heroin as the primary, secondary or tertiary reason for seeking treatment, said Joe Pinilla, the director of prevention services at the Forrester Center.

There were 204 additional individuals that identified “other opioids” as the reason for seeking treatment. In terms of enforcement, the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office has arrested seven people so far this year on heroin possession or heroin trafficking charges. There were nine arrests in 2015 and just one in 2014, according to arrest data from the sheriff’s office. The Spartanburg Police Department made 23 heroin possession-related arrests in 2015 and 19 in 2014. Clevenger said awareness and education are the keys to helping more users get treatment. He said many incidents involve heroin that’s been laced with other drugs such as fentanyl, an opioid that’s 20 times more potent than heroin, and users don’t know what they’re taking. Six overdose deaths were attributed to fentanyl so far this year, and there were 12 fentanyl-related overdose deaths last year, Clevenger said. “The drug user culture is living on the edge anyway. If we can get them to seek counseling, the info is passed on,” Clevenger said. “I have been to the jail and taught in inmate classes on the dangers associated now with heroin use.”

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ANSWERS 1. e — Luke 2:1-20 reads in part: “the angel said to them, ‘today in the city of David, a savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ... You will find the baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.’” Matthew 1:20 — “ ... the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.’” 2. c — Godspell was originally a college thesis that became a popular musical. The only two named characters are Jesus and John the Baptist (also plays Judas). 3. b — Zuzu, the young daughter of George Bailey, played by James Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” hears a bell ring on the family’s Christmas tree and tells her father it means an angel (Clarence, in this case) has gotten his wings. This signifies that Clarence has done well in helping a person on earth. 4. d — Irving Berlin wrote “White Christmas,” which was first performed on the radio program Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941, just 18 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was first sung on film in “Holiday Inn.” 5. c — Judy Garland sings “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to cheer up her younger sister Tootie, unhappy because their father planned to move the family from St. Louis to New York City. 6. e — Tiny Tim, the youngest and most sickly, yet most optimistic and loving character in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” says this line as a blessing at Christmas dinner. 7. a — Rosemary Clooney was 26 when she played the 51-year-old Bing Crosby’s love interest.

The Christmas tree originated in the 16th century by: The service of Nine Lessons and Carols traditionally begins with:

8. c — The lyrics by (Miss) Cecil Frances Alexander include: Once in royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle shed, where a mother laid her baby in a cradle for his bed. Mary, loving mother mild, Jesus Christ, her little child.

BONUS: What is the significance of Jan. 6 to Christians? a Pere Noel in France and Belgium a. b b. Babbo Natale in Italy cc. Father Christmas in the United Kingdom K d. Papao Noel in Brazil d e. All of the above e

other name is 10. What Santa known by? a. Vikings b. Swiss shepherds c. devout Christians in Germany d. Saint Nicholas, who tied his reindeer to a fir e. lumberjacks who refused to cut down a beautiful evergreen

9. c — The modern Christmas tree developed in Germany in the late 15th or early 16th century by Christians who brought decorated trees into their homes. It was likely modified from a pagan tradition and is a symbol of eternal life. 10. e — Today, Santa Claus is known by many, mostly similar names, but in Sweden, he’s called Jultomten (Christmas brownie).

Bing Crosby’s love interest in the film “White Christmas” is:

Bonus question: Jan. 6, also known as Epiphany or Twelfth Night, is celebrated by many Christians as the day the Magi, or wise men, reached the manger where the Christ Child lay. The Magi are mentioned only in Matthew.

a. The Lord’s Prayer b. a reading of Matthew 1:18 c. the hymn “Once in royal David’s city” d. The First Noel e. Ave Maria

a. Rosemary Clooney b. Vera-Ellen c. Peggy Lee d. Veronica Lake e. Julie London

a. Ghost of Christmas Past b. Bob Marley c. Bob Cratchit d. Ghost of Christmas Future e. Tiny Tim

Peter Paul Rubens painted his “Birth of Christ” in 1634.

Dickens character says 6. Which “God bless us, every one!” a. White Christmas b. Babes in Toyland c. Meet Me in St. Louis d. Easter Parade e. A Christmas Carol

Judy Garland introduces the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the film: a. White Christmas b. Elf c. How the Grinch Stole Christmas d. Holiday Inn e. Scrooged

The song “White Christmas” first appears on film in: a. a baby laughs b. a bell rings c. a good deed is done d. a good person dies e. a child is born

signals that an angel got its wings: the film “It’s a 3. InWonderful Life,” this a. Jesus Christ Superstar b. Annie c. Godspell d. Cats e. None of the above

In which musical does the song “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” appear? a. Matthew b. Mark c. Luke d. John e. Matthew and Luke

The Christmas story is told in the New Testament book of:

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It’s very rare that there’s a Sumter Item published on Christmas Day. For weeks we think about the day and all its trappings, both sacred and secular. Often bits of trivia come up, and we’re surprised about how much we know — or don’t know — about

Christmas. Here’s a little quiz to test your knowledge while you’re waiting for the kids to wake up or just relaxing in between dinner and football. Have a family contest: The loser gets to clean up the kitchen.

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Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson Whitaker II (Anne Byrn) of Nashville, Tennessee, and Mr. Thomas Catherall of Atlanta announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen Anne Catherall, to Hubert Graham Osteen III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Graham Osteen II (Julia Richmond) of Georgetown. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Flowerree P. Oakes of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Allen Byrn, Dr. Lawson Spires Whitaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Catherall. A graduate of The Harpeth Hall School in Nashville and Sewanee: University of the South, Miss Catherall is the marketing and operations manager for Culivino Restaurant Group in Jacksonville, Florida. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Duvall Osteen of Sumter, and Mrs. Emmy Sparks Richmond of Georgetown and the late Dr. Marion Dickenson Richmond. He graduated from Salisbury School in Connecticut and Sewanee: University

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of the South. As digital coordinator for Osteen Publishing Co., Mr. Osteen represents the sixth generation of the family's 122-year-old media company. The couple celebrated their engagement with family and friends in Nashville at a party given by Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker. The wedding is planned for May 6, 2017, in Nashville.

Faw-Cline Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Hansford Faw of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Larsen Meredith Faw of Sumter, to Jake Scott Cline of Sumter, son of Ms. Diane Merck Cline of Sumter and Mr. Scott Willard Cline of Tucson, Arizona. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Phyllis Faw and the late Mr. Jethro Hansford Faw, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison Hensley, all of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of arts degree in visual communications. She is employed by Continental Tire the Americas in Sumter. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Leroy Merck of Sumter, the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Moll of Hubert, North Carolina, and the late Mr. Ronald Leroy Cline of New York. He graduated from Central Carolina Technical College with an associate of science degree in graphic engineering and from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of science degree in business administra-

cousin of the bridegroom, chimed the hour with hand bells and performed the opening solo of "Holy Spirit." Guitarist and brother of the bride, Mr. Grant Burdette, played "Can't Help Falling in Love" as the bride entered. Mrs. Carrie Herlong, cousin of the bridegroom, sang "Good Good Father" for the wedding prayer as the first act of the newly married couple. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a designer gown by Stella York featuring illusion lace detailing on the bodice, back and sleeves, with a skirt of fine French tulle over satin accentuated at the waist with a thin band and finished with pearl buttons. She carried a bouquet by Harvey Designs of Savannah of white Ohara garden roses, Sahara roses, Vendela roses and blush spray roses with eucalyptus and Italian ruscus. Miss Hunter Burdette, sister of the bride, served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Candace Mathews, Miss Clara Kinnison, Miss Mary Kate Korpita, Miss Shelby Tilley, Miss Shannon Wells, Miss Nicole Bulding, Miss Dana Hurtik and Miss Taylor Yellman. Miss Molly Anne Burdette and Miss Emma Katherine Tyner served as flower girls. The bridegroom's father served as best man.

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Groomsmen were Mr. Spencer Brabham, Mr. Zachary Sherrill, Mr. Trent Pannell, Mr. Wesley Newsom, Mr. Grant Burdette, Mr. Chad Bowman, Mr. Tanner James and Mr. Matthew VanDyne. Mr. William Burdette and Mr. Jackson Connor served as ring bearers. The engagement ring is a family heirloom from the bridegroom's mother; the bridegroom's band is a family heirloom from his grandfather. The cocktail social and wedding reception were given by the bride's parents at The Beaufort Inn. The rehearsal party and oyster shucking were given by the bridegroom's parents at the Lucy Creek Dock House, Lady's Island, Beaufort. Following a wedding trip to Turks and Caicos, the Caribbean, the couple resides in Columbia.

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tion. He is employed by Thompson Construction Group Inc. in Sumter. The wedding is planned for Feb. 11, 2017, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter. ••• The couple is registered at Naomi and Warner, 13 N. Main St.; Silverpaper, 662 Bultman Drive; Nicole Norris Design Studio, 466 N. Guignard Drive; Belk, 1057 Broad St., www.belk.com; and Sumter Lighting and Home, 135 W. Wesmark Blvd.

DEAR ABBY — I go to the gym regularly. Part of my membership includes a free guest pass. Working out with others can be much more fun and a really good motivator. I have a friend who has taken me up on my offer to join me Dear Abby at the gym. She goes with ABIGAIL me two to four times a VAN BUREN week. Initially, I made the offer to get her going. Never in a million years did I think she'd still be piggybacking off my membership all these months later. Now that it has become routine, I feel bad saying anything to her. Should I suggest she get her own membership? Or must I just own this since I invited her along in the first place without clear and obvious boundaries? Working out at the gym DEAR WORKING — You have a right to draw the line. Tell your friend how pleased you are that she now works out regularly, and that because she seems to enjoy it, she should get a gym membership of her own. If she asks why, tell her it's so you can bring other people with you if you wish. If she objects, then she has been taking advantage of your generosity, and that's not how "friends" treat each other. P.S. If money is an issue for her, you could always suggest she split the cost of your annual membership with you.

Chappell-Rouse Mr. and Mrs. M. Dennis Chappell of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Parker Margaret Chappell of Columbia, to Michael Lovell Rouse of Columbia, son of the Rev. Michael Ellis Rouse of Moncks Corner and Ms. Julia Carolyn Lovell of Sunset Beach, North Carolina. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Margaret Parker and the late Mr. Adrian Parker, Mrs. Carolyn Bradley, and the late Mr. Robert Chappell, all of Sumter. She graduated in 2011 from the University of South Carolina. She is employed as the catering manager at Ruth's Chris Steak House. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Lovell of Conway and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Rouse of Bennettsville. He graduated in 2011 from the University of South

BEAUFORT — Brooks Christine Burdette of Columbia and Candler Grady Mathews III of Columbia, formerly of Sumter, were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at The Beaufort Inn. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Allen Ray of Columbia, and the granddaughter of Mr. Nate Rhodes and the late Mrs. Winona Rhodes of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ezell of Irmo. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of arts in public health. She is employed as an elementary school teacher with the S.C. Public Charter School District in Columbia. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Candler Grady Mathews Jr. of Columbia, formerly of Sumter, and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Raymond Avin of Sumter, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Candler Grady Mathews of Saluda. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of science in exercise science and is pursuing a doctor of medicine at USC School of Medicine. The Rev. Josh Squires of The First Presbyterian Church in Columbia officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. Amanda Tyner,

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Carolina. He is employed as the inventory manager for Capitol Chevrolet. The wedding is planned for April 15, 2017, at The Lace House in Columbia.

DEAR ABBY — I have been married to my wife for four years, but we have been together for 11. She has three children whom I love and treat as my own. My problem is that my wife is a baker and lets the kids eat whatever, whenever, and as much as they want. My older daughter has graduated from college, where she worked out regularly and lost weight. However, my son and younger daughter have ballooned to obese. I have tried to talk to my wife about instilling better eating habits, but it never materializes. Food with no nutritional value is consumed each school night, along with bowls of my wife's homemade ice cream. I know being obese will have lifelong consequences for them. How can I fix the problem and help them change how they eat?

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Study: U.S. women increasingly use pot during pregnancy CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. women are increasingly using marijuana during pregnancy, sometimes to treat morning sickness, new reports suggest. Though the actual numbers are small, the trend raises concerns because of evidence linking the drug with low birth weights and other problems. In 2014, almost 4 percent of pregnant women said they'd recently used marijuana, up from 2.4 percent in 2002, according to an analysis of annual drug use surveys.

Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said the results raise concerns and urged doctors and other health care providers to avoid recommending the drug for pregnant women. Volkow commented in an editorial published online with the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A separate study in the same journal found that almost 10 percent of adult marijuana users in the United States — 3 million people — have used

it at least partly for medical reasons; 20 percent of these users live in states where medical marijuana isn't legal. Volkow noted that laws legalizing medical marijuana in 29 states and Washington, D.C., do not list pregnancyrelated conditions among allowed uses. But the laws also don't prohibit that use and don't include warnings about possible harms to the fetus, she said. Strong evidence of harms is limited, but besides low birth weights, newborns whose mothers used marijuana

while pregnant may face increased risks for anemia and other problems requiring intensive care. Memory and attention problems also have been found in older children whose moms used marijuana in pregnancy, Volkow noted. How marijuana might lead to those problems is unclear, but Volkow said one theory is that it might interfere with formation of nerve cells and circuits in the brain during fetal development.

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Holiday splurges not an option for many workers scraping by BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer ELIZABETH, N.J. — At the brightly lit mall, clothing stores highlight holiday sweaters and big signs tout the sales, while Duquan Allen keeps his expectations in check. Allen, who works full time cleaning planes at Newark Airport, says his mother doesn’t expect anything big, and he usually gets a hooded sweatshirt. He plans to spend about $150 on presents for his grandmother, mother and 21-year-old sister. “I’m good at budgeting,” says Allen, who makes $10.10 an hour. Heading into this holiday season, with gas and food costs down, unemployment at its lowest point since 2007 and clothing prices on the decline, economists and retail executives declared it a great time to be a consumer. But seven years into the recovery, there’s a stubborn divide that hourly workers see more starkly during the holidays, between themselves and better-off consumers who have benefited more as the economy improved. “I see people traveling. I wish I could afford it,” Allen said. Many workers are indeed earning more. Average hourly earnings have picked up

2.5 percent over the past year, and major retailers have raised wages as competition for workers has increased. Thanksgiving weekend featured crowds of shoppers at stores and malls, snapping up new TVs and clothing. Luxury stores have promoted “feel-good” gifts such as $1,000 silk pajamas. Americans spent $3.45 billion online on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Digital Insights, and nearly that much on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The National Retail Federation trade group expects holiday sales for the November and December period to rise 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion. From the data, people seem very able to buy. Overall, people plan to spend about $935 per person this holiday season, according to an NRF survey. Behind that figure, though, there’s a split. Consumers with income under $50,000 plan to spend a little more than $362 on gifts for their family and friends, while for those with income of $50,000 and higher, that number is about $768. Throwing in decorations, greeting cards, flowers and food, the difference is even larger — about $512, compared to about $1,020. That divide also hasn’t budged since the recession.

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sition to make a major impact on the heroin and opioid epidemic," said Frederick Ryan, police chief in the Boston suburb of Arlington. The Angel program has been replicated in some form by more than 150 police departments in 28 states since it was launched in June 2015. It gained notoriety after the then-police chief promised heroin addicts they could turn in their drugs at the police station without fear of arrest, so long as they agreed to start treatment. As part of the program, officers personally reach out to treatment centers on behalf of addicts, arrange their transportation to the facilities and, if needed, pair them with a volunteer "angel" for emotional support. David Rosenbloom, a professor at Boston University's School of Public Health who helped write the report, suggested the program's success underscores the difficulty of accessing drug-treatment services. Roughly half of the participants in the program had prior drug-related arrests, he noted. "It says something when addicts are going to the police station for treatment," said Rosenbloom, a founding board member of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that supports the Angel program and partly financed the research. "It's a real condemnation of how the whole treatment system faces the public." The next step for researchers is following up with firstyear participants to see how they fared in treatment and beyond, he said. The researchers also hope to study similar programs nationally.

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WWII on www Thousands of oral histories going online In this undated photo provided by The National WWII Museum, Harold E. Ward smiles in a service era image. The National World War II Museum and its historians are seeking to storm the internet and move thousands of first-person accounts of the fighting online including four videos spanning two hours of interviews with Ward, a Navy lookout on the cruiser San Francisco when Japanese warplanes struck Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus EDITOR’S NOTE: In keeping with many years’ custom, we present the famous editorial, “Is There a Santa Claus?” written by the editor of the New York Sun, Francis Pharcellus Church, in 1897. The question of the editor was asked by Virginia O’Hanlon. His reply was the memorable “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” which has been quoted ever since by newspaper editors who agree with the sentiments of Mr. Church. ••• We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety Fifth St. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her. Nothing that might be construed to pollute. Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot. Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise. Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys. Nothing that claimed to be gender specific. Nothing that’s warlike or non-pacific. No candy or sweets ... they were bad for the tooth. Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth. And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden, Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden. For they raised the hackles of those psychological Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological. No baseball, no football ... someone could get hurt; Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt. Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe; And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away. So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed; He just could not figure out what to do next. He tried to be merry, tried to be gay, But you’ve got to be careful with that word today. His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground; Nothing fully acceptable was to be found. Something special was needed, a gift that he might Give to all without angering the left or the right. A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision, Each group of people, every religion; Every ethnicity, every hue, Everyone, everywhere ... even you. So here is that gift, its price beyond worth, May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR THANKS TO ALL WHO SHOWERED SHAW WITH COOKIES Thanks community cookie bakers! You “Showered Shaw” with 3,825 dozen cookies in our 24th endeavor to sweeten up the holidays for our friends at Shaw Air Force Base. That’s 45,900 cookies from a caring Sumter community. More than 5,100 cards accompanied the sweet treats delivered again this year to the Visitors Center at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens. We are grateful to the City of Sumter for its use. Shiloh UMC is the 2016 Cookie Champion with 379 dozen, followed by Bethany Baptist (337 dozen), Crestwood High School (300 dozen), Lakewood High School (224 dozen), F.J. DeLaine Elementary School (175 dozen), Career and Technology Center (158

dozen), Willow Drive Elementary School (156 dozen), Sumter High School (120 dozen), First Presbyterian Church (115 dozen), Mayewood Middle School (105 dozen), Oakland Primary School (104 dozen), Crosswell Elementary School (100 dozen), Kingsbury Elementary School (97 dozen), Shaw Heights Elementary School (92 dozen), Cherryvale Elementary School (89 dozen), Ebenezer Middle School (85 dozen), Millwood Elementary School (82 dozen), Pocalla Springs Elementary School (75 dozen), Goodwill Presbyterian Church (72 dozen), Lemira Elementary School (71 dozen), Bates Middle School (70 dozen), Dalzell UMC Church (63 dozen), Chestnut Oaks Middle School (60 dozen), R.E. Davis Elementary School (58 dozen), Alice Drive Elementary School (55 dozen), Wilder Elementary School (54 dozen),

Furman Middle School (54 dozen), Hillcrest Middle School (53 dozen), Manchester Elementary School (53 dozen), Westminster Presbyterian Church (53 dozen), Alice Drive Middle School (52 dozen), High Hills Elementary School (51 dozen), Cherryvale (51 dozen), Grace Baptist Church (50 dozen), St. Anne/St. Jude (50 dozen). Thanks to these leaders! Other schools providing cookies were: Rafting Creek Elementary School and St. James Lutheran School. Other churches providing cookies were: First Baptist and Harmony. The remaining cookies were provided by DAR and individuals. Thanks to each of you! Special thanks to Lakewood National Honor Society members, Christian Compton, Naomi Duran, Sydney Gonzales, Madison Harris, Shenia Ingram,

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MINNIE BRYANT GARDNER Minnie “Mindy” Bryant Gardner, 52, wife of Robert Gardner, went to be with her Lord and savior on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. GARDNER Born Sept. 21, 1964, she was a daughter of the late Bobby Jordan Bryant Sr. and Alethia Jonell Scurry. Mindy had a strong Christian faith and was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include her husband of Dalzell; a daughter, Ashley Goodwin (Johnathon) of Dalzell; two grandchildren, Abigail Lee and Nova Goodwin; four brothers, Bobby J. Bryant (Elizabeth) of Jackson, Joseph Bryant of Buford, Georgia, William Bryant and Steve Scurry (Angie), both of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Northside Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153 or to Samaritan’s Purse-Operation Christmas Child, PO Box 3000, Boone, North Carolina 28607. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

IDA M. TRAMMELL Dr. Ida Mae McBride Trammell, 72, wife of Jimmie L. Trammell, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Funeral services for Mrs. Trammell will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at TRAMMELL Liberty Hill AME Church, Summerton, the Rev. Robert China, pastor, presiding, Pastor Devon Coker, officiating, Minister John Nelson and Minister Gregory D. Wilson assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 406 Drayton St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

SCOTT L. DUKE MANNING — Scott Laverne “Pete” Duke, 87, husband of Willadean Brunson Duke, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at his residence. Born June 27, 1929, in Manning, he was a DUKE son of the late David Presley Duke and Teresa Evans Duke. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of the American Legion and a member of the Steering Committee at Laurence Manning Academy. He was a founding member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder for more than 24 years. He is survived by his wife of Manning; a son, Scott L. Duke Jr. of Manning; two daughters, Carol Dean Eaddy (Cecil) of Manning and Barbara J. Allen (Raymond) of Kingstree; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at New Covenant Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jon Beane officiating. Burial will follow in Clarendon Memorial Gardens. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be past and present deacons and elders. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2 to 3 p.m. in the church fellowship hall and at other times at the residence, 6903 Raccoon Road, Manning. Memorials may be made to New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2833 Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, SC

29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 4352179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

EDNA JOSEPHINE DOWDY Edna Josephine Dowdy, better known by family and friends as “Dooda,” 87, transitioned to her final rest on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospital. Born on April 14, 1929, in the Colclough area of Sumter County, she was the daughter of the late Fred Dow and Gertrude Dowdy. She was a longtime resident of Green’s Residential Care in Sumter. She was a devoted Christian and a lifetime member of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church. She leaves to cherish her memories: a great nephew and niece, Aaron Deas Dowdy of Atlanta and Gertrude Dowdy of Sumter; and a host of other relatives and friends. Homegoing services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. from Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Woodrow, with the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, pastor, eulogist. Viewing will be after 2 p.m. Monday in John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St. The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. The family procession will leave from Williams Funeral Home at 10:20 a.m. Burial will be in Colclough Cemetery, Dubose Siding Road These services have been entrusted to the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

CURTIS MCKENZIE MANNING — Curtis McKenzie, 58, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at his residence, 109 Walnut Village. He was born Nov. 11, 1958, in Clarendon County, a son of the late George McKenzie and Catherine Kennedy McKenzie. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, Mary McKenzie, 1953 Black River Road, Gable. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

THEODOCIOUS E. SMITH Theodocious “Theo” Eliza Pogue-Moore Smith was born Nov. 17, 1919. She departed this earthly life on Dec. 15, 2016. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Frank Pogue Sr. and Robina Emma McDuffie Pogue. Theo, as she was fondly called by family members and friends, was educated in the schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Lincoln High School. She attended Morris College and Sumter Technical College. She was employed for many years by Sumter School District 17, retiring in 1982. She later worked for Sumter County Council on Aging, Neal’s Restaurant and Jehovah Child Development Center. Theo was united in marriage in 1949 to Wesley Moore Jr. To this union, six children were born. In 1997, God saw fit to put someone else in her life, and she married Henry Smith. In her youth, Theo joined Second Presbyterian Church, where she served faithfully in several ministries including the Chancel Choir, the Willing Workers, Presbyterian Women and the Trustee Board and as a Sunday Church School teacher. Upon her second marriage, she joined Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, where she ordained as a deaconess. After the passing of her husband, she reunited with Second Presbyterian Church. In earlier years, Theo was very actively involved with

Sumter Chapter Women United and served on the Sumter YWCA Board of Directors when it was planning the Dignity Village Housing Project. Theo will be forever cherished by her children: one son, Jeffert Moore, and three daughters, Cheryl M. Coleman, Nadine C. Moore and Loretta M. Walker, all of Sumter; four grandchildren, Nikki C. Moore of Manassas, Virginia, Alex (Kenya) Walker of Atlanta, Alicia (Demarius) Gaither of Columbia and Renata L. Walker of Hopkins; five great-grandchildren, Michael Gaither, Savannah Gaither, Alyssa Walker, Wesley Walker and Alexa Walker; one brother, Frank A. Pogue of St. Albans, New York; five stepchildren, the Rev. Jonathan (Bertha) Smith and Retha Thompson of Summerton, Willie Mae Montgomery and Odether Peguese of Thomasville, North Carolina, and Stella (Hoise) Brown of Newport, Alabama; one goddaughter, Kim (Vick) Wilson of Sumter; two special friends that she talked to daily, her cousin Mazola Asie and the Rev. Emma W. Thompson (honorably retired), both of Sumter; along with a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Public viewing was held on Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Moore-Smith was placed in the church on Saturday at noon for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service was held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church (USA), 1125 Old Pocalla Road, with Rev. Ella F. Busby officiating and the Rev. Jonathan Smith, eulogist. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

CALVIN L. LENEAU Calvin Leon (Always Smiling) Leneau, son of Evette Leneau, was born on Feb. 25, 1982, in Sumter County. He departed his life on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. He later received his General Educational Development diploma. He held a certificate in welding from Central Carolina Technical College, brick masonry and was a forklift operator. He recently received his commercial driver’s license permit to pursue his career as a business owner in the trucking industry. He was employed by Thompson Industrial Services in Sumter as an operator/CDL driver. In addition, he has held various titles to include crew leader, salesperson, lead inventory control personnel, manufacturing assembler and many more. He was a loving and self-driven individual with dreams of becoming a homeowner, business owner and above all owning his own trucking company. He took pride in his experiences (good and bad) and accomplishments, using them for motivation to help uplift and inspire others around the world. During his 34 years of life, Calvin has left behind an enduring and permanent legacy of selfless service to his family, friends and all of whom he met or came into contact with. He loved to travel the world while gaining new perspectives on life. Calvin was an incredible person who enjoyed life and spending time with family and friends. He leaves to cherish his precious memories: his mother, Evette Leneau of Sumter; two stepfathers, Harold C. Tindal of Sumter and Calvin Johnson of North Little Rock, Arkansas; two brothers, Eric Leneau and Isaiah Hannah, of Sumter; three sisters, Gwendolyn Leneau of North Little Rock, Kimberly Leneau of Charleston and Monique Smith (Tramaine) of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; four stepbrothers, Fred Mitchell, Harold C. Tindal Jr., Calvin Butler and Harris Tindal; three stepsisters, Kimberly Mitchell, Takela Butler and

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016 Ramonalethia Jackson (Chase); and a host of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and a very close friend of the family, Terry Wiley. Memorial services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Greater Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road, with the Rev. Marvin Hodge, pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the family home, 455 Allen Drive. The procession will leave the home at 2:20 p.m. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.WilliamsFuneralHomeInc.com.

DARIUS J. FORD Darius JaQuez Leroy Ford “Peedee” was born on Jan. 3, 1994, to Leroy Dixon and the late Teresa Ford. He entered into eternal rest on Dec. 18, 2016. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. Memories of Darius “Peedee” will live forever with his father, Leroy (Latanya) Dixon of Sumter; sisters, Victoria (Twuan) Wright, Amanda (Rashan) Ramsey, Yvette Green, Yvonne Blair and Sandra Green; stepsisters, Shidrae Myers and Shakeema Myers, both of Sumter; an additional sister, Kalendra (Trenton) Peterson; brothers, Leroy Dixon Jr., Devonte Ford and Darkus Ford; stepbrothers Thomas Myers and Tyrease Myers; additional brothers, Juan Tindal, Andre Tindal and Isiah Tindal, all of Sumter; special caregiver, Charlotte Walters; aunt, Beverly (Isaac) Peterson, who raised him; paternal grandmother, Ernestine Goodman; maternal grandmother, Carolyn Wells of Sumter; godmother, Glenda Scott of Wilmington, Delaware; godsister, Vakiema R. Dunham; the love of his life, London McBride of Charleston; favorite nephew, Treshaun Wilson; aunts, Carolyn Dixon and Kenyardetta Ford; uncles, Jasmine (Ronnita) Williams, Wesley (Geneva) Williams, Lamont (Kia) Ford, Quintez (Yolanda) Ford and Antonio Ford, all of Sumter; and a host of grandaunts, granduncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother; brother, Antonio Dixon; grandmother, Juanita Ford; grandfather, Sammie L. Ford; greatgrandmother, Sarah Frierson; great-grandfather, Simon Leneau; and uncles, Markeith Ford and Vernell Jackson. Funeral service will be held on Monday at 1 p.m. at Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the home, 902 Manning Ave., and at the home of his grandmother, 116A King St. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com, or visit us on the web at www. jobsmortuary.net.

CARRIE L. HILTON On Monday Dec. 19, 2016, Carrie Lucille Bethune Hilton, widow of the late Louis Hilton Sr., heard her master’s call at Medical University Hospital in Charleston. Born on May 28, 1941, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Mirah Bethune and Johnny Lee Thompson Sr. Service of remembrance shall take place on Monday at 1 p.m. at Williams Chapel Christian Church, 1072 Forest Trail, Manning, where the Rev. Emanuel Evans serves as pastor. Elder Kenneth Murray, pastor of Holy Rock Holiness Church, Foreston, shall preside. Words of consolation shall come from Rev. Elton Hilton Sr., associate pastor of

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St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, Foreston, and son of the deceased. The service of committal shall follow in the Hilton family plot in Society Hill A.M.E. Church, Jordan Community of Manning. The family is receiving relatives and friends from 3 to 8 p.m. at the residence of her son and daughter-inlaw Pastor Louis Hilton Jr. and the Rev. Linda Whack Hilton of 3943 Kingstree Highway, Manning. Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel of Manning is in charge of these services. Online condolences for the family may be sent to www.flemingdelaine.com or flemingdelaine@aol.com.

ELIZABETH BOLDEN Ms. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bolden, formerly of Camden, entered eternal rest on Dec. 24, 2016, at Cottonwood Villa, Bishopville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

JAMES L. HOLLOMAN SR. James L. Holloman Sr. entered eternal rest on Dec. 19, 2016, at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 520 Davis St., Bishopville. Visitation will be held today from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church, Woodrow, with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Memorial Garden. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

ETHEL M. STINNEY Ethel Mae James Stinney, 78, departed this earthly life on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Born in Clarendon County on Nov. 23, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Willie James and Lizzle Gibson James. The family will receive friends at the home, 1047 Hall St., Summerton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton. (803) 485-3755

KING CHARLES ROBINSON King Charles Robinson, infant son of Charlie Robinson and Nakeya Spann, was born on Dec. 21, 2016, in Sumter. He departed this life on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements.

JANNIE L. DOZIER MANNING — Jannie Lee Mouzon Dozier, 83, widow of the Rev. Hayes William Dozier, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at National Health Care. She was born May 3, 1933, in the Foreston Community of Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Sam James Mouzon and Mollie Samuels Mouzon. The family will receive friends beginning Monday at her residence, 1128 Yellow Bank Lane, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

JOSEPH FORTUNE LYNCHBURG — Joseph Fortune died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. The family is receiving friends at 1200 Sandy Grove Church Road in Lamar. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

HARRY LAMAR SPIGNER SR. Harry Lamar Spigner Sr., 89, husband of the late Grace Dellaney Derrenbacher Spigner, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at NHC Healthcare in Sumter. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

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DAILY PLANNER

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.Schedule: Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016 Christmas GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Monday and Tuesday: 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. 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. and Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed Monday. OTHER — The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will be closed the week of Dec. 26-30. Clemson Extension Service will be closed the week of Dec. 26-30. The Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed Monday and Tuesday. The Sumter County Library will be closed Monday. All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed Monday.

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

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ENE 4-8 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 42/61 Spartanburg 43/62

Greenville 42/62

Columbia 45/67

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Sumter 44/68

ARIES (March 21-April 19): An emotional EUGENIA LAST moment will turn into a lifetime of joy. A chance to venture down a path you never thought about before will open up, giving you plenty to think about. A gesture of friendliness will make someone’s day. Romance is highlighted. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put your differences aside and opt to get along with everyone. Sharing intelligent conversations will far exceed getting into an argument with someone who believes differently than you. Family feuds are best put on the back burner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take the high road and refuse to let anyone goad you into a disagreement. Your contribution to any celebratory function should be physical rather than financial. Offering help and being pleasant will far outweigh indulgence and discord. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your feelings, concerns and your plans for the future. Take a moment to listen to what others have to say. The contributions made will alter the way you think and how you move forward. Children will offer unusual insight. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Family dynamics can sometimes be difficult. Take a backseat if heavy discussions break out. Instead, try to enjoy eating good food, playing games and sharing fond memories with your loved ones. The choice is yours. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Avoid confrontations and be careful while traveling or doing anything physically challenging. Choose safety over showing off and peace over conflict. Don’t get angry at

family members when you should be affectionate instead. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Stay out of family feuds. Focus on trying new things. Throw a few compliments out there and refuse to let anything negative get to you. Tis the season to be jolly, so head into get-togethers with a positive attitude.

Today: Mostly cloudy. Winds southwest 4-8 mph. Partly cloudy. Sunday: Times of sun and clouds. Winds east-northeast 4-8 mph.

Aiken 43/66

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A personal change will have a lasting effect. Use your skills to bring about positive changes. An interesting conversation with someone will spark an idea that could lead to a prosperous endeavor. Keep an open mind and a positive attitude. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Offering to help others will result in being taken advantage of. Make suggestions or offer referrals instead of being judgmental of someone. It may be the season to give, but first consider the cost. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take care of unfinished business. Don’t feel pressured to do things just because someone else is. Do whatever brings you the most joy. Stay put if you don’t feel up to traveling. Keep your life simple and live within your means. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t let the past lead to an emotional frenzy. Look to the future with optimism. Don’t give in to those trying to dictate what you should do. You have to make plans that suit you and your own lifestyle. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Value your relationships with friends and relatives. Sharing memories and participating in the spirit of the season will bring you closer to the people who care most about you. You’ll receive something unexpected from someone special. Show appreciation.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD CHRISTMAS CAROLS: And Karol, Caroline, etc. By S.N.

ACROSS 1 Ethereal instruments 6 Minor fallingout 10 Very cold 15 Statistical collection 19 Second word of Gone With the Wind 20 Cantina order 21 In unison 22 Uttered 23 Carole who cowrote “Nobody Does It Better” 25 What the Carolina Hurricanes won in 2006 27 Something in the way 28 Command to a canine 30 Robin Hood beverage 31 Mideast airline 32 Jurassic World menaces

33 Sunset Boulevard star 37 Wrongdoer 40 Keel over 41 As compared to 42 Distinctive period 43 Lasso loop 44 Two-time honor for Joyce Carol Oates 46 Pal of Frodo 47 Concerning 48 One of Canada’s First Nations 49 A bit 50 Social outing 51 Barbecue spot 52 Sitcom where Carroll O’Connor was Helen Hunt’s dad 56 Bit of hearsay 57 Vessel to sail on or drink from 59 Dress carefully 60 Ones in a hurry 61 One of a carol’s 11 62 Tilted

63 Job bonuses 64 Not as fresh 66 The Very Hungry Caterpillar author 67 Evade 70 Steps off 71 Singer of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” 73 Old-school cheer 74 In the course of 75 __ en scène (stage setting) 76 Golf course teachers 77 Kilo- times 1,000 78 UK defence arm 79 A Christmas Carol clerk 83 Bakers’ implements 84 Yale student 85 Brainchild 86 Educator Montessori 87 Chin adornment 88 Slices of a century 90 Gave seconds

Charleston 51/74

Today: Times of clouds and sun; warmer. High 66 to 73. Sunday: Times of clouds and sun; pleasant. High 64 to 72.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

69° 36° 55° 33° 80° in 2013 13° in 1985

Precipitation Yesterday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 354.26 73.99 74.04 98.40

24-hr chg none -0.02 none -0.10

RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 3.87" 2.28" 49.12" 60.72" 46.01"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 67/49/c Chicago 36/29/c Dallas 72/63/c Detroit 39/27/c Houston 77/65/c Los Angeles 57/41/pc New Orleans 74/61/pc New York 47/37/r Orlando 84/65/pc Philadelphia 48/33/r Phoenix 57/41/r San Francisco 52/41/pc Wash., DC 51/37/r

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 71/55/pc 40/35/r 73/56/t 36/35/c 78/68/c 56/46/s 74/62/sh 46/31/s 82/66/pc 46/32/s 55/39/s 52/39/pc 49/37/s

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 60/44/sh 64/47/c 72/49/c 73/52/pc 66/50/sh 74/52/pc 59/47/c 64/51/c 67/50/c 66/48/c 60/41/r 65/48/c 63/47/c

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 9.45 none 19 3.00 -0.30 14 9.12 +0.44 14 2.69 -0.62 80 75.37 +0.09 24 4.91 +0.45

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 61/49/pc 69/53/pc 73/52/pc 72/54/pc 58/50/pc 72/53/c 65/47/pc 69/55/pc 70/49/pc 68/47/pc 54/40/s 66/46/pc 64/42/pc

Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Florence 68/49/pc Gainesville 82/61/pc Gastonia 63/49/c Goldsboro 61/45/c Goose Creek 73/51/pc Greensboro 54/44/r Greenville 62/48/c Hickory 56/45/c Hilton Head 70/54/pc Jacksonville, FL 78/56/pc La Grange 71/51/c Macon 73/50/pc Marietta 63/47/c

Sunrise 7:25 a.m. Moonrise 3:08 a.m.

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High 5:29 a.m. 5:31 p.m. 6:17 a.m. 6:19 p.m.

Ht. 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.6

Low 12:20 p.m. --12:26 a.m. 1:08 p.m.

Sat. City Hi/Lo/W Marion 59/46/c Mt. Pleasant 72/53/pc Myrtle Beach 69/52/pc Orangeburg 69/50/pc Port Royal 70/52/pc Raleigh 56/44/c Rock Hill 62/47/c Rockingham 62/45/c Savannah 76/51/pc Spartanburg 62/48/c Summerville 72/50/pc Wilmington 68/48/c Winston-Salem 53/44/r

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been a Bird and a Grouch 35 Spellbinding speaker 36 Finger pointers 37 Uses scissors 38 Greek column type 39 Where the Caroline Islands are 40 Use scissors 41 __ the aisle (theater ticket request) 44 Purchase authorization 45 Up to now 48 Weaver in rattan 50 Stoops suddenly 52 Is downcast 53 __ citato (footnote phrase) 54 Range of Russia 55 Religious doctrine

56 Not as prevalent 58 No longer squeaking 60 Second attempts 62 Debussy piece 63 Tom Hanks, in Sully 64 Didn’t mind donating 65 Burrito alternative 66 Julius Caesar conspirator 67 Aleppo’s land 68 Bird on the back of a buck 69 Transitional period 71 Conforms (with) 72 Greenhouse pest 75 Become less intense 77 Have good intentions 79 Raise the price

of, at auction 80 User-friendly feature 81 Ex-president who swore in Hoover 82 Roddenberry, re Star Trek 83 Some balloon animals 87 “I approve!” 89 Seven-Emmy actor 90 Move higher 91 Attendees 93 Speak unclearly 94 Shed tears 95 At leisure 96 Can’t do without 97 Cozy retreats 98 Fast punch 99 World Cup cheer 100 Cultivating tool 101 Web page ID 103 St. since 1863

The O. HENRY AWARD (44 Across) is presented annually to honor short stories of exceptional merit. Published in 1969, Eric CARLE’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (66 Across) has been translated into 60+ languages and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (34 Down) has performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since SESAME STREET’s inaugural season.

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Sun. Hi/Lo/W 63/49/pc 70/56/pc 65/50/pc 72/52/pc 70/57/pc 61/41/pc 67/49/pc 65/43/pc 74/54/pc 66/51/pc 72/54/pc 64/45/pc 60/46/pc

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to 91 Hoodlum 92 Direction opposite norte 93 Christmas VIP 94 Flute, for instance 98 Karol Wojtyla’s better-known name 102 Half of a Lewis Carroll twosome 104 Desert plant 105 Believe in 106 No longer happening 107 Pompeo of Grey’s Anatomy 108 Keg contents 109 Felipe VI, to his subjects 110 Performs hiphop 111 Classic Christmas gifts for kids DOWN 1 “Knight of the road” 2 Ishmael’s captain 3 Tampa Bay baseballers 4 False show 5 Mrs. Smith’s rival 6 Procrastinate 7 Signal via beeper 8 One-spot 9 Act of twisting 10 Historical French region 11 Bass-baritone Simon 12 Rich soil 13 Cozy retreat 14 Where Biden was senator 15 Senior member 16 Shape of a rainbow 17 Sigma follower 18 Chalet spot 24 Lasting mark 26 Spiral-horned antelope 29 “Coming __ going out?” 32 Twerp 33 SeaWorld orca 34 Where Caroll Spinney has

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Benching sparks big season for Lammons BY JOSH KENDALL The State

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Atlanta’s Matt Ryan, right, looks to pass under pressure from Carolina’s Wes Horton during the Falcons’ 33-16 victory on Saturday in Charlotte.

Ryan, Coleman lead Falcons past Panthers

Carolina officially eliminated from playoff contention BY STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE — Matt Ryan threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns, Tevin Coleman had 135 yards from scrimmage, including a pivotal 55-yard fourth-quarter TD run, and the Atlanta Falcons moved a step closer to wrapping up a postseason berth with a 33-16 win over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday. The Falcons (10-5) can clinch their first NFC South title since 2012 if Tampa Bay loses or ties New Orleans on Saturday. Atlanta can also clinch a playoff berth with a

Detroit loss or tie against Dallas on Monday night. A few straggling Falcons fans chanted “MVP!” at Ryan in the game’s closing minutes while most Panthers fans had already headed for the exits. The Panthers (6-9) were officially eliminated from playoff contention after making the Super Bowl last season. Ryan torched the Panthers for the second time this season. He threw for 503 yards and four TDs in Atlanta’s win over Carolina earlier this season at the Georgia Dome, a victory that set the stage for the Falcons’ playoff

push. After piling up 300 yards receiving in the last meeting with Carolina, Julio Jones had a relatively quiet day in his return from a toe injury — four catches for 60 yards. But Ryan spread the ball around effectively, throwing touchdown passes to backup tight ends Joshua Perkins and D.J. Tialavea, who was signed from the practice squad earlier in the week. The Panthers had battled back to cut Atlanta’s lead to 23-13 and had Ryan backed up to his own 14 on thirdand-21 early in the fourth quarter. But Ryan completed a 31-yard swing pass in the

left flat to Coleman, who raced past Thomas Davis for a 31-yard gain. On the next play, Coleman broke through a big hole up front and raced 55 yards for a touchdown to push Atlanta’s lead safely back to 17. Cam Newton, last year’s league MVP, struggled with accuracy throughout the day, completing 18 of 43 passes for 198 yards with two interceptions. His only highlight came on a 26-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin in the back of the end zone on the final play of the third quarter.

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NBA BASKETBALL

James, Wade looking to join 300-point Christmas club BY TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Only Kobe Bryant and Oscar Robertson have scored more than 300 points on Christmas in their NBA careers. Cleveland’s LeBron James and Chicago’s Dwyane Wade might join the club Sunday. Wade enters this year’s Christmas Day quintupleheader as the league’s leading active scorer, with 277 points. It’s unlikely he’ll still have that designation when his game starts in San Antonio, given that James and the Cavaliers host Golden State immediately before that matchup — and James enters with 270 points in his Christmas career. Bryant is the all-time Christmas leader with 395 points. Robertson scored 377, Wade is third for now, followed by Shaquille O’Neal (272) and James rounding out the top five. The schedule starts at noon, with the Boston Celtics visit-

ing the New York Knicks. The rest of the schedule (all times Eastern): Golden State at Cleveland at 2:30 p.m., Chicago at San Antonio at 5 p.m., Minnesota at Oklahoma City at 8 p.m., and an all-Los Angeles matchup with the Clippers at the Lakers at 10:30 p.m. It’s the ninth consecutive year that the NBA features five games on Christmas. Here’s more of what to know going into the NBA’s big slate of Christmas games:

BY THE DOZEN Assuming he plays Sunday, Wade will become the eighth player to appear in at least 12 Christmas games. Bryant played in 16, O’Neal, Dolph Schayes and Earl Monroe played in 13 and Robertson, Dick Van Arsdale and Johnny Green are the others in the NBA’s 12-timers club for Dec. 25. Wade still can’t believe he got to play on Christmas even once. “It means a lot about what the NBA thinks of me in

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Chicago’s Dwyane Wade, right, and Cleveland’s LeBron James SEE NBA, PAGE B2 look to join the 300-point Christmas club today.

COLUMBIA -- Chris Lammons is one of eight South Carolina players who started every game during the regular season. Finishing games was another matter. The junior cornerback was on the sideline or in the locker room at the end of games three times this season. Once he was ejected for throwing a punch; once he was ejected for targeting, and once he was LAMMONS benched by head coach Will Muschamp. It was that benching that sparked a season in which Lammons had 46 tackles, five pass breakups, four tacklesfor-loss, three interceptions, a sack and a forced fumble. “He responded the right way, instead of going into a shell or not responding and not practicing the right way or blaming the coach, he took it on himself, which is what good players do,” Muschamp said. Muschamp wasn’t happy with his team’s tackling in a 27-14 loss to Mississippi State on Sept. 10. He was the least happy with Lammons, who found himself on the bench for most of the second half. “To play defense, you’ve got to tackle,” Muschamp said. “The Mississippi State game, there were some missed tack-

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YOUTH FENCING

Wilson Hall’s Reuwer qualifies for Junior Olympics BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com It was a big step in his fencing career when Luke Reuwer qualified for the Junior Olympics last year. A previous commitment kept the now Wilson Hall sophomore from attending the competition, however. Fortunately, that won’t be the case this year. After earning his way into the Junior Olympics REUWER in one event a year ago, Reuwer outdid himself this time around by earning gold in three events at the South Carolina Division Junior Olympic Qualifier in Columbia on Dec. 11. Reuwer took first in the Men’s Cadet Foil, the Men’s Junior Foil and the Cadet Men’s Epee. The 16-year-old will now get the chance to face some of the best under-20 competition in the country at the Junior Olympics, which are being held in Kansas City, Mo., from Feb. 17-20. “I’m just really excited and hope greatly to do well,” Reuwer said. “I’m honored to represent South Carolina in a such an amazing sport and event like the Junior Olympics.” While he was hoping to qualify in both foil events, the

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SPORTS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

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Atlanta and Carolina players form a prayer circle after Atlanta’s 33-16 victory on Saturday in Charlotte.

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Carolina will finish with its fourth losing season in six years under coach Ron Rivera. Rivera was named NFL coach of the year in the two seasons in which the Panthers had winning records.

OLSEN SETS RECORD Carolina’s Greg Olsen has become the first tight end in NFL history to record three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. Olsen did it with a 17-yard reception from Newton in the second quarter.

RYAN BREAKS MARK Ryan broke his own franchise record with his 33rd TD pass of the season when he fired a dart to Perkins in between double coverage for a 26-yard firstquarter score.

SPREADING IT AROUND Ryan set an NFL singleseason record by throwing TD passes to 13 different receivers. Taylor Gabriel has six TD receptions, while Julio Jones (5), Muhammad Sanu (3), Jacob Tamme (3), Austin Hooper (3), Justin Hardy (3), Devonta Freeman (2), Tevin Coleman (2), Aldrick Robinson (2), Levin Toilolo (2), Patrick DiMarco (1), Perkins (1) and Tialavea (1) also caught TD passes.

INTERESTING CALL Down 17 and facing a crucial third-down situation with 10 minutes left, the Panthers left their top two receivers Benjamin and Olsen on the sideline and inserted backup quarterback Joe Webb for the injured Devin Funchess (knee). Newton threw to Webb near the goal line and he couldn’t handle the pass, forcing the Panthers to settle for a third Graham Gano field goal.

Noon – NBA Basketball: Boston at New York (ESPN). 12:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic Seventh-Place Game from Honolulu (ESPNU). 2:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at Cleveland (WOLO 25). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic Fifth-Place Game from Honolulu (ESPNU). 4:30 p.m. – NFL Football: Baltimore at Pittsburgh (NFL NETWORK, WWFNFM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 5 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at San Antonio (WOLO 25). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic Third-Place Game from Honolulu (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tigres vs. America (UNIVISION). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Minnesota at Oklahoma City (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic Championship Game from Honolulu (ESPN2). 8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: Denver at Kansas City (WIS 10, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN).

MONDAY

7:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Crystal Palace vs. Watford (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Sunderland vs. Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Brom vs. Arsenal (CNBC). 11 a.m. – College Football: St. Petersburg Bowl from St. Petersburg, Fla. – Mississippi State vs. Miami (Ohio) (ESPN). 12:10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester City vs. Hull (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 2:30 p.m. – College Football: Quick Lane Bowl from Detroit – Boston College vs. Maryland (ESPN). 3:30 p.m. – High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic from Myrtle Beach – Jonesboro (Ga.) vs. Westchester (Calif.) (TIME WARNER 1250). 5 p.m. – College Football: Independence Bowl from Shreveport, La. – Vanderbilt vs. North Carolina State (ESPN2). 5:15 p.m. – High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic from Myrtle Beach – McQuaid Jesuit (N.Y.) vs. Pace Academy (Ga.) (TIME WARNER 1250). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic from Myrtle Beach – Providence (Fla.) vs. Evanston Township (Ill.) (TIME WARNER 1250). 7:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Brooklyn (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Indiana at Chicago (NBA TV). 8:15 p.m. – NFL Football: Detroit at Dallas (ESPN, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKTFM 107.5). 8:45 p.m. – High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic from Myrtle Beach – Scott County (Ky.) vs. Myrtle Beach (TIMER WARNER 1250). 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Taras Shelestyuk vs. Jaime Herrera in a Welterweight Bout from Corona, Calif. (SHOWTIME). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Denver at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV).

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

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Carolina’s Cam Newton (1) runs as Atlanta’s Deion Jones chases during the second half of Saturday’s game in Charlotte. Mike McCarn)

EAST W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 13 2 0 .867 406 236 Miami 10 5 0 .667 349 345 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 389 348 N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 245 399 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 6 0 .571 250 294 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 357 361 Indianapolis 7 7 0 .500 362 339 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 298 376 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 1 14 0 .067 240 425 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 San Diego 5 10 0 .333 383 386

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Cleveland’s LeBron James (23) needs 30 points to join the NBA’s 300-point club for Christmas Day games.

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1977. Other long droughts: Atlanta (since 1989), Utah (1997), Toronto (2001), Philadelphia (2001), Sacramento (2003), Indiana (2004) and Detroit (2005).

FIRST-TIMERS

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Minnesota will play on Christmas for the first time, visiting Oklahoma City. “We’re all young kids, and no matter, young, old, we all love Christmas and we love spending it with our families — but for an opportunity like we have, we’re more than willing to play on Christmas,” Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns said.

No fewer than 23 countries are represented on the rosters of this year’s Christmas-game teams. Of the countries outside the U.S. who have players in these games, Spain leads the way with five.

STILL WAITING Charlotte and Memphis haven’t played on Christmas. Boston is in the lineup for the first time since 2012, but the Celtics waited much less time than other franchises to get an invite to the league’s holiday party. Milwaukee hasn’t played on Christmas since

TRIPLE DOUBLES Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook is the NBA’s triple-double king this season. He already has one of those in his Christmas career as well, and he and James have a chance to become the first players with two such statlines on Dec. 25. There’s only been five in NBA history. Those who did it: James, Robertson, Westbrook, Billy Cunningham and John Havlicek.

EAST W L T Pct PF PA y-Dallas 12 2 0 .857 366 258 N.Y. Giants 10 5 0 .667 291 274 Washington 8 6 1 .567 386 364 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 340 318 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 10 5 0 .667 502 374 Tampa Bay 8 6 0 .571 313 322 New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 406 392 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 353 385 NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 9 5 0 .643 301 285 Green Bay 9 6 0 .600 401 364 Minnesota 7 8 0 .467 289 297 Chicago 3 12 0 .200 269 361 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

THURSDAY’S GAME

Philadelphia 24, N.Y. Giants 19

CENTRAL DIVISION Cleveland Milwaukee Indiana Chicago Detroit

W L 22 6 14 14 15 16 14 15 14 18

Pct GB .786 — .500 8 .484 8½ .483 8½ .438 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L San Antonio 24 6 Houston 22 9 Memphis 20 12 New Orleans 11 21 Dallas 9 21 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Oklahoma City 18 12 Utah 18 13 Portland 13 19 Denver 12 18 Minnesota 9 20 PACIFIC DIVISION W L Golden State 27 4 L.A. Clippers 22 9 Sacramento 13 17 L.A. Lakers 11 22 Phoenix 9 21

Pct GB .800 — .710 2½ .625 5 .344 14 .300 15 Pct GB .600 — .581 ½ .406 6 .400 6 .310 8½ Pct GB .871 — .710 5 .433 13½ .333 17 .300 17½

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Charlotte 103, Chicago 91 Orlando 109, L.A. Lakers 90 Cleveland 119, Brooklyn 99 Golden State 119, Detroit 113 Oklahoma City 117, Boston 112 Memphis 115, Houston 109 Milwaukee 123, Washington 96 New Orleans 91, Miami 87 Sacramento 109, Minnesota 105 Atlanta 109, Denver 108 Phoenix 123, Philadelphia 116 Toronto 104, Utah 98 San Antonio 110, Portland 90 Dallas 90, L.A. Clippers 88

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Boston at New York, 12 p.m. Golden State at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Memphis at Orlando, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Memphis at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 34 21 9 4 46 104 76 Ottawa 34 20 11 3 43 88 89 Boston 36 18 14 4 40 85 87 Tampa Bay 35 17 15 3 37 100 98 Florida 35 15 14 6 36 85 97 Toronto 33 14 12 7 35 97 95 Detroit 34 15 15 4 34 83 96 Buffalo 33 12 13 8 32 71 91 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 32 23 5 4 50 110 65 Pittsburgh 35 22 8 5 49 121 100 N.Y. Rangers 36 23 12 1 47 119 89 Washington 32 20 8 4 44 87 69 Philadelphia 36 20 12 4 44 110 108 Carolina 33 15 11 7 37 88 90 New Jersey 34 13 14 7 33 80 102 N.Y. Islanders 33 13 14 6 32 90 102

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 36 22 9 5 49 102 86 Minnesota 33 21 8 4 46 102 66 St. Louis 35 18 12 5 41 98 103 Nashville 33 15 13 5 35 94 94 Dallas 35 14 14 7 35 89 106 Winnipeg 36 16 17 3 35 95 105 Colorado 33 12 20 1 25 67 106 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 34 21 12 1 43 87 75 Edmonton 36 18 12 6 42 105 97 Anaheim 35 17 12 6 40 96 99 Los Angeles 34 17 13 4 38 87 84 Calgary 36 18 16 2 38 94 103 Vancouver 35 14 18 3 31 86 109 Arizona 34 11 18 5 27 75 108

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Buffalo 1 Columbus 2, Montreal 1 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 7, N.Y. Rangers 4 Carolina 3, Boston 2, OT Detroit 4, Florida 3, SO Colorado 2, Chicago 1, OT Dallas 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Calgary 4, Vancouver 1 Toronto 4, Arizona 1 San Jose 3, Edmonton 2, OT

SATURDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

SUNDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boston at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

COLLEGE BOWL SCHEDULE By The Associated Press

SATURDAY, DEC. 24

New England 41, N.Y. Jets 3 Jacksonville 38, Tennessee 17 Washington 41, Chicago 21 Green Bay 38, Minnesota 25 Cleveland 20, San Diego 17 Atlanta 33, Carolina 16 Miami 34, Buffalo 31, OT Indianapolis at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. San Francisco at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 8:25 p.m.

DEC. 17

MONDAY, DEC. 26

CELEBRATION BOWL Grambling State 10, NC Central 9 NEW MEXICO BOWL New Mexico 23, UTSA 20 LAS VEGAS BOWL San Diego State 34, Houston 10 CAMELLIA BOWL Appalachian State 31, Toledo 28 CURE BOWL Arkansas State 31, UCF 13 NEW ORLEANS BOWL Southern Miss. 28, Louisiana-Lafayette 21

Detroit at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

DEC. 19

NBA STANDINGS

MIAMI BEACH BOWL Tulsa 55, Central Michigan 10

SUNDAY, DEC. 25

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

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DEC. 20

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Toronto 21 8 Boston 17 13 New York 16 13 Philadelphia 7 22 Brooklyn 7 22 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Charlotte 17 13 Atlanta 15 15 Washington 13 16 Orlando 14 18 Miami 10 21

Pct GB .724 — .567 4½ .552 5 .241 14 .241 14 Pct GB .567 — .500 2 .448 3½ .438 4 .323 7½

BOCA RATON BOWL Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31

DEC. 21 POINSETTIA BOWL BYU 24, Wyoming 21

DEC. 22 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL Idaho 61, Colorado State 51

DEC. 23 BAHAMAS BOWL Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20

ARMED FORCES BOWL Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45 DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL Troy 28, Ohio 23

SATURDAY HAWAII BOWL Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Hawaii (6-7), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

DEC. 26 ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) BOWL Mississippi State (5-7) vs. Miami (Ohio) (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) QUICK LANE BOWL Boston College (6-6) vs. Maryland (66), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) INDEPENDENCE BOWL NC State (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

DEC. 27 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL Army (7-5) vs. North Texas (5-7), Noon (ESPN) MILITARY BOWL Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Temple (10-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) HOLIDAY BOWL Minnesota (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) CACTUS BOWL Boise State (10-2) vs. Baylor (6-6), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

DEC. 28 PINSTRIPE BOWL Northwestern (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (84), 2 p.m. (ESPN) RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL Miami (8-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) FOSTER FARMS BOWL Indiana (6-6) vs. Utah (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (FOX) TEXAS BOWL Kansas State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (84), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

DEC. 29 BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) BOWL South Florida (10-2) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) BELK BOWL Virginia Tech (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) ALAMO BOWL Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Colorado (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

DEC. 30 LIBERTY BOWL Ga. (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), Noon (ESPN) SUN BOWL North Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (93), 2 p.m. (CBS) MUSIC CITY BOWL Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) ARIZONA BOWL Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama (66), 5:30 p.m. (ASN) ORANGE BOWL Florida State (9-3) vs. Michigan (102), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

DEC. 31 CITRUS BOWL LSU (7-4) vs. Louisville (9-3), 11 a.m. (ABC) TAXSLAYER BOWL Kentucky (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) CFP Semifinals PEACH BOWL Alabama (13-0) vs. Washington (121), 3 p.m. (ESPN) FIESTA BOWL Clemson (12-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

JAN. 2 OUTBACK BOWL Florida (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 1 p.m. (ABC) COTTON BOWL Western Michigan (13-0) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) ROSE BOWL Penn State (11-2) vs. Southern Cal (93), 5 p.m. (ESPN) SUGAR BOWL Oklahoma (10-2) vs. Auburn (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Angel Nesbitt for assignment. Agreed to terms with C Alex Avila on a one-year contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Designated INF Ji-Man Choi for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Ben Revere on a one-year contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Norge Ruiz on a minor league contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Shane Peterson, 2B Ryan Brett, C Michael McKendry, RHP Diego Moreno and LHPs Justin Marks and Dana Eveland on minor league contracts. TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed RHP Brady Dragmire off waivers from Pittsburgh, RHP Tyrell Jenkins off waivers from Cincinnati and LHP David Rollins off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with OF Ender Inciarte on a five-year contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with 3B Justin Turner on a four-year contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Designated LHP Elvis Araujo for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Brad Ziegler on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed RHP Nefi Ogando off waivers from Miami. Designated INF Jason Rogers for assignment. Named Andy Barkett manager of Indianapolis (IL), Michael Ryan manager and Bryan Hickerson pitching coach of Altoona (EL), Gera Alvarez manager of Bradenton (FSL), Brian Esposito manager of West Virginia (SAL) and minor league catching coordinator, Bob Herold manager of the GCL Pirates and Kieran Mattison manager of the Dominican Academy Pirates.

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Throughout his first two years at Washington, wide receiver Dante Pettis was regularly regarded as having the potential to be great. At times that potential would emerge and the Huskies would be teased by what Pettis might become

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Washington’s Pettis realizing his potential SEATTLE — Throughout his first two years at Washington, Dante Pettis was regularly regarded as a player with the potential to be great. At times the Huskies would be teased by what Pettis might become. Then the wide receiver would disappear for long stretches and remain invisible while standing on the field. “I think maybe it was a little bit of confidence,” Washington quarterback Jake Browning said. “I think he’s done a good job. Last year people would get kind of physical with him and he was kind of having to work to get off that. Now I think the confidence part, going into his third year of playing — he played a lot as a freshman and then last year as a sophomore — you know just taking that next step.” That next step has come for Pettis this season as he has grown into an invaluable part of Washington’s offense and one of the reasons the Huskies find themselves in the Peach Bowl opposite topranked Alabama. While teammate John Ross has gotten plenty of headlines for finding the end zone 19 total times this season, Pettis isn’t far behind with 14 touchdown receptions and perhaps the biggest special teams play of the year when he returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to give Washington a 31-24 win at Utah . “I knew that (my) numbers would increase,” Pettis said. “I wasn’t sure by how much.” Pettis has regularly been praised as one the most improved offensive players from the end of the 2015 season along with running back Lavon Coleman. Pettis said that bump in productivity and success came from fully buying into coach Chris Petersen’s program. “Coming to workouts, coming to practice every day fully prepared,” Pettis said. “Not like, ‘Oh, we have another workout. Oh, we have to do squats today, or we got a 24-period practice.’ It’s we’re here to work and get better.” Browning framed it differently. The Huskies quarterback believes Pettis has gotten better at many of the little things that ultimately make a difference. Browning, a sopho-

Alabama’s Evans hopes to shine on big stage again

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

more, hopes he can make a similar jump between his second and third seasons. “I think he’s always worked hard but you kind of get over that curve where you have these little things you need to work on,” Browning said. “I’ll probably have the same thing. You’ve got this curve you have to get over and once you get over that curve then you start playing a lot better. I’ve thought he always worked hard, always was a very productive receiver. Last year he showed up on third down and in the red zone a ton and I think he’s done that this year and obviously playing really well.” Pettis had 47 combined catches between his freshman and sophomore seasons, but just two receiving touchdowns. He has surpassed that total this season, finishing with 50 catches and his 14 touchdowns receptions were tied for seventh in the country. The reception numbers were low compared to Ross, but Pettis isn’t often used on wide receiver screens the same way as Ross. “Jake’s obviously doing a lot better. Ross coming back helped a lot. He cleared a lot of stuff up for everyone else on the offense,” Pettis said. “We switched up some of the plays we were calling. There was a lot of stuff that went into it. I wouldn’t say there was one thing I’ve done that made me better this year.” Like a number of others on the offensive side of the ball, Pettis has benefited from the return of Ross. The speed and big-play ability of Ross have forced defenses to base much of their coverage on where he is on the field. Pettis has been the biggest beneficiary. And it’s why he could play such a key role against Alabama. Ross is likely to get plenty of attention from the Crimson Tide secondary, meaning Pettis, Chico McClatcher, Darrell Daniels and others must win their matchups to provide Browning with the options he needs. Pettis will likely be one of Washington’s most important players on the field on Dec. 31. And that’s saying something. “He’s special,” Ross said. “Everything about him, his work ethic, just his mental game, everything that he’s been working for is showing up.”

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Rashaan Evans has had some of his biggest moments in Alabama’s most important games. Now, he has a chance to create some more. The junior is likely to make his first career start against Washington in the Peach Bowl semifinal game on Dec. 31. Evans was the backup to middle linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton, who’s out for the rest of the season with a knee injury sustained in the Southeastern Conference championship game. Evans, one of the topranked Tide’s most heralded recruits three years ago, quickly allowed a touchdown pass after relieving Hamilton against Florida but also made a pivotal goal line stop in the third quarter that coach Nick Saban called “the turning point in the game.” He had his best performance last season with two sacks in the national championship game against Clemson. “I’m embracing this moment a lot,” Evans said. “Whenever I get out on the

field anytime — regardless if it’s the championship game or not, man — I try to do my best. Just with this game upcoming, I’m going to try to do the same thing I’ve been doing.” Evans moved to inside linebacker this fall after two seasons on the outside. The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder is a prime example of the luxury of Alabama’s string of top-rated recruiting class. One guy goes down, a fivestar prospect replaces him. It happened with All-American Minkah Fitzpatrick moving over from cornerback earlier this season to replace injured safety Eddie Jackson. Now, it’s Evans’ turn. He has played in 39 games over the past three seasons without a start, recording 2.5 sacks and 35 tackles so far this year. “He’s embracing it well, getting in extra film (work), working hard,” said fellow inside linebacker Reuben Foster, the Butkus Award winner. “The toughness is already there. I ought to know, I play with him. It’s comfortable, I like it. It’s bad news for Shaun Hamilton but he got the rest of his college career to get back out there.” Both Evans and Foster

were highly rated recruits from Auburn High School, who left for Tuscaloosa instead of staying at their hometown school. Evans was rated a top 20 recruit out of high school but has had to wait his turn in a loaded linebacker corps led by Foster, Hamilton, Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson. Even Foster, now a unanimous All-American, only started nine games his first three seasons. Evans admits it’s been difficult waiting his turn. “As a player, you just really have to think of the bigger picture,” he said. “This whole thing is a lot bigger than just you and any other player that feels the same way I do. So that’s kind of the mentality that I have to have. Once I had that, as you can see, your chances will come, you’ve just got to wait your turn.” Evans’ role had already changed. He has 10 more tackles than his first two seasons combined. Saban has said the coaches viewed Evans as akin to a starter all season, and that he was the first guy off the bench if anything happened to either Foster or Hamilton.

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La. Tech beats Navy on last-second FG Louisiana Tech senior quarterback Ryan Higgins was bawling like a baby even before Jonathan Barnes’ game-ending kick went through the uprights to win the Armed Forces Bowl. “As soon as (the holder) put the ball down, I felt like the kick was money,” Higgins said. “Each person that I hugged after that, it was just getting worse and worse. .... I just couldn’t be happier to send my class and this team out on a high note.” Higgins threw for 409 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Trent Taylor and Carlos Henderson, and Barnes’ 32-yard field goal broke the game’s fourth tie as the Bulldogs beat Navy 48-45 on Friday. “Excellent win would be an understatement,” coach Skip Holtz said. “If you want to be a kicker, you live for that,” Barnes said. “I’m lucky to be able to share it with a bunch of guys that are like my brothers.” The Bulldogs (9-5) drove for the winning score after Navy freshman quarterback Malcolm Perry ran 30 yards for a touchdown on his only play. Higgins was then 4 -for 4 for 58 yards on the final drive. Navy (9-5), which was trying for its first consecutive 10-win seasons, instead ended with its third straight loss. The Midshipmen lost the American Athletic Conference title

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MOBILE, Ala. — The Troy Trojans polished off their best season as an FBS program thanks largely to a defense that kept taking the ball away. Jordan Chunn had three short touchdown runs and the Trojans intercepted four passes and recovered a fumble in a victory over Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl on Friday night. The Trojans (10-3) finished off their first 10-win season since moving up to the FBS in 2001, thanks largely to a defense that came up with three big fourth-quarter stops. The first Sun Belt Conference team to crack the Top 25, Troy forced 18 turnovers in its last five games. The Bobcats (8-6) settled for field goal attempts twice in the fourth quarter, making one, and got one more chance from their own 15 with 2:20 left and no time-

EASTERN MICHIGAN 20 NASSAU, Bahamas — David Washington threw three touchdowns passes, Ray Lawry ran for 133 yards and Old Dominion beat Eastern Michigan 24-20 on Friday in the Bahamas Bowl. Old Dominion (10-3) didn’t play football for 69 years before restarting the program in 2009. The Monarchs started at the FCS level and made the transition to the FBS in 2013, where they play in Conference USA. Eastern Michigan (7-6) lost in its first bowl appearance since 1987. The Eagles were led by Brogan Roback, who completed 26 of 46 passes for 300 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Roback threw for at least 300 yards in six of his final seven games. From wire reports

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Playoffs start early for Steelers, Ravens today BY WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — When safety Mike Mitchell arrived in Pittsburgh in 2014, it didn’t take long to get indoctrinated into his new team’s particular distaste for the Baltimore Ravens. “It was just you don’t like Baltimore,” Mitchell said. “It was like growing up in the Cold War, you don’t like Russia.” Call it the byproduct of a decade-plus of trying to wrest the AFC North title from the other (save for the occasional intrusion by Cincinnati). The two teams that have claimed 10 of the 14 division crowns since the AFC North was formed in 2002 meet at Heinz Field on Christmas night. The winner earns a very direct path to the playoffs. The loser is almost certainly out. “I’m assuming this is what the NFL wanted,” Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. Considering the occasionally wayward paths Pittsburgh (9-5) and Baltimore (8-6) took to get here, they’ll take it, too. Both teams have endured four-game losing streaks that evaporated their early-season momentum. Both have rebounded late in the year. The Steelers have won five straight while Baltimore is 5-2 since its bye week, the two setbacks coming in competitive losses on the road to New England and Dallas. Baltimore is 6-1 in its last seven meetings with Pittsburgh, including a playoff win at Heinz Field in 2014. In a 21-14 victory at home on Nov. 6, the Ravens completely shut down Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown for three quarters in Roethlisberger’s first game back from knee surgery. The Steelers insist they’re far better than they were six weeks ago. Then again, so is Baltimore, a team that seems to thrive when playing in front of a sea of yellow Terrible Towels.

“It is not about being comfortable there or not being comfortable there,” said quarterback Joe Flacco, who is a respectable 5-6 in Pittsburgh. “It is just about the fact that it is a big game in a high-pressure situation. They don’t like us, and that is what it is all about.” The Steelers can lock up the division and earn a third straight playoff berth with a win. Baltimore needs to top Pittsburgh, then win in Cincinnati on New Year’s Day to return to the postseason after missing out in 2015. Just another layer to add to a combustible mix on a day designed to celebrate peace and joy. “There is a professional hate with each other,” Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith said. “It is also (that) the Pittsburgh and Ravens rivalry is pretty fierce, pretty intense, hard hitting. It has been that way for a long time. Our fans hate them. Their fans hate us. It is a great divorce.” Merry Christmas.

GROWING UP Pittsburgh’s defense found itself ranked 30th in October, but has risen all the way to eighth in yards allowed after limiting the Bengals to 222 yards in a 24-20 comeback win last week. While some of the credit goes to a weak stretch in the schedule (Cleveland and Buffalo), the Steelers are also benefiting from the rapid maturation of rookie defensive backs Artie Burns and Sean Davis and rookie nose tackle Javon Hargrave. “They’re finding their rhythm,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “They’re finding what works for them. I think when they do that, and as they continue to do that, it’s reasonable to expect a more consistent floor in their performance, and a higher ceiling in their performance. And we’ve been increasingly getting that from him.”

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Broncos, Chiefs have postseason hopes on line BY DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs could have their playoff berth assured before kickoff against the Broncos on Sunday night, provided the Pittsburgh Steelers knock off the Baltimore Ravens earlier in the day. That hardly diminishes the importance of the game. Kansas City would need to beat its bitter AFC West rival to clinch its postseason spot if the Ravens win. But more importantly, the Chiefs (10-4) could move atop the AFC West, position themselves for a firstround bye and earn some level of home-field advantage if Oakland loses to Indianapolis on Saturday, and then they beat the Broncos (8-6) at what should be a festive Arrowhead Stadium. Got all those scenarios straight? If not, the Chiefs’ Dontari Poe can help you out. “We have to win. It’s pretty much that simple,” the big defensive tackle said. “They’re coming into our place and it’s the Broncos. It’s no more intense than that. We have to be ready.” The Chiefs have won nine straight within the division, including their dramatic win in Denver last month. They scored on

their final possession to force overtime that night, then got two field goals from Cairo Santos in overtime — the second ricocheting off the upright — to escape with a 30-27 victory that has proven to be massive in the playoff chase. Without the win, the Chiefs would be in a much more dire situation Sunday night. In other words, they would be in Denver’s situation. The Broncos’ best chance of making the playoffs and defending their Super Bowl title is to beat Kansas City and Oakland in the final two weeks. If they split and finish 9-7, their chances of earning a wild card become slim, and would require help from a whole bunch of other teams. “We have to win out,” Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders said. “We have to win out.” So, both teams believe their divisional showdown is a must-win game. Here are some of the key points that will determine which team is successful:

WIN THE SECOND HALF The Chiefs’ offense has become anemic in the second half the last three weeks, averaging 124 yards over that span. They also haven’t scored an offensive touchdown in any of those games, and that proved to

be debilitating in a 19-17 loss to Tennessee last Sunday. Tight end Travis Kelce blamed overly conservative play calling afterward, though he later backtracked. But he may have been right: The Chiefs rarely push downfield in the second half of games. “I look at all of that,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said when asked whether he needs to be more aggressive. “I go through and look at all that.”

LOCKER ROOM RIFF The Broncos downplayed disharmony in their locker room this week, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Their dynamics became a hot topic after last week’s 16-3 loss to New England when squabbling began between cornerback Aqib Talib and left tackle Russell Okung. That led to a shouting match between defensive players who have held some of the NFL’s best offenses in check, and a line that’s been blamed for the Broncos’ ugly offense. “There’s no division. That’s battling and that’s part of football,” Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said. “Defensively, we should feel really good about ourselves and how we played. Offensively, we should look at it and say, ‘We did some good things, but we should have scored some points.’”

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San Diego running back Ronnie Hillman (36) is tackled by Cleveland free safety Ed Reynolds, left, and defensive back Joe Haden in the first half on Saturday in Cleveland. The Browns won their first game of the year 20-17.

Christmas present: Browns get 1st win CLEVELAND — The Browns are winless no more. Cleveland avoided that fate Saturday by beating the San Diego Chargers 20-17 for their first victory in more than a year. San Diego’s Josh Lambo missed a 45-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Browns (1-14) their first win in 377 days. When the kick sailed right, Cleveland’s small crowd erupted in celebration and Browns players poured off their sideline as if they had just won the Super Bowl. The Browns avoided becoming the second team to go 0-15, and no longer have to worry about joining the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams to lose all 16 games. Cleveland built 10-point lead in the third quarter and hung on — defensive tackle Jamie Meder blocked a potential tying field goal with 3:49 left — to give coach Hue Jackson his first win with the Browns. The Chargers (5-10) lost their fourth straight and one that could sting for a while.

PACKERS 38 VIKINGS 25 GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns, Jordy Nelson shredded Minnesota’s secondary for 154 yards and two scores, and resurgent Green Bay beat Minnesota 38-25 on Saturday. The Packers’ fifth straight win set up a winner-take-all showdown next week with Detroit for the NFC North title, while extinguishing the Vikings’ faint postseason hopes. Green Bay (9-6) built a 28-13 lead at halftime, with Rodgers accounting for all four scores in the half. He finished 28 of 38, and shrugged off his right calf injury after scrambling for a 6-yard touchdown late in the second quarter and making a rare Lambeau Leap . Playing again without running back Adrian Peterson, the Vikings (7-8) had success through the air after Sam Bradford threw for 382 yards and three touchdowns, including a 71-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen in the second quarter.

REDSKINS 41 BEARS 21 CHICAGO — Kirk Cousins threw for a touchdown and ran for two more, and the Washington Redskins gave their fading playoff hopes a boost with a victory over Chicago. DeSean Jackson added 114 yards receiving, and Washington (8-6-1) intercepted Matt Barkley five times. It added up to an easy win for the Redskins after they relinquished control of the second wild card with a loss to Carolina on Monday night. Eighth in the NFC behind Green Bay and Tampa Bay

coming in, Washington scored 14 points in the first quarter after struggling early in recent games and never really was threatened by the struggling Bears (3-12).

DOLPHINS 34 BILLS 31 (OT) ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Jay Ajayi ran for 206 yards and broke loose for a 53-yarder in overtime to set up Andrew Franks’ 27-yard field goal with 47 seconds left to lead Miami over Buffalo. In winning for the ninth time in 10 games, the Dolphins (10-5) inched closer to their first playoff berth since 2008. Miami can secure the AFC’s final wild-card berth as early as Sunday if Denver loses to Kansas City. The Bills (7-8) were eliminated from contention and extended the NFL’s longest active playoff drought to 17 seasons.

JAGUARS 38 TITANS 17 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Blake Bortles’ best game of the season helped Jacksonville and end a nine-game losing streak. Bortles threw for 325 yards and a touchdown, and was on the receiving end of a 20-yard trick play that sealed the win with 5:25 remaining. Rookie Jalen Ramsey returned an interception 30 yards on the ensuring play to set off a raucous — and long-awaited — celebration in Jacksonville. Bortles and the Jaguars (312) played inspired football from the opening kick and won for the first time this season at EverBank Field. Their last victory at home came Dec. 13, 2015, against Indianapolis. Maybe they rallied around interim coach Doug Marrone. Maybe they played for ultrapopular ex-coach Gus Bradley, who was fired six days earlier . Maybe they just wanted to avenge an embarrassing loss to the Titans (8-7) on national television in late October.

PATRIOTS 41 JETS 3 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady passed for 214 yards and three touchdowns , and the Patriots moved a step closer to securing home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. A loss or tie by the Raiders against the Colts later Saturday would officially give New England the AFC’s top seed. Malcolm Butler added two interceptions and a fumble recovery, and LeGarrette Blount had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. New England (13-2) took advantage of New York miscues all day, scoring on three of its first four possessions. From wire reports

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DISTRICT 9 OFFICIALS TOURNAMENT The 20th Annual District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament will be held Tuesday through Thursday at Crestwood High School’s The Castle and the Chestnut Oaks Middle School Gymnasium. The 16-team event will have games on Tuesday and Wednesday at both sites beginning at 10 a.m. with the last games slated for 6:30 p.m. The championship games are scheduled for Thursday at Crestwood with the girls starting at 6 p.m. followed by the boys at 7:30. Admission is $6 for students and $8 for adults on each day. Tickets are good for both sites and last all day.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE TUESDAY At Crestwood High School Crestwood vs. Spring Valley (Girls), 11 a.m. Blythewood vs. Manning (Girls), 12:30 p.m. Lamar vs. Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate (Boys), 2 p.m. Lakewood vs. Spring Valley (Girls), 3:30 p.m. Crestwood vs. Newberry (Girls), 5 p.m. Lee Central vs. Manning (Boys), 6:30 p.m. At Chestnut Oaks Middle School Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate vs. Lee Central (Boys), 10 a.m. Newberry vs. Lee Central (Girls), 12:30 p.m. Hammond vs. C.E. Murray (Boys), 2 p.m. Hartsville vs. Kingstree (Girls), 3:30 p.m. Manning vs. CA Johnson (Girls), 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY At Crestwood High School Hartsville vs. CA Johnson (Girls), 11 a.m. Manning vs. Newberry (Girls), 12:30 p.m. Manning vs. Hammond (Boys), 2 p.m. CA Johnson vs. Lee Central (Girls), 3:30 p.m. Crestwood vs. Kingstree

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epee gold medal came as a little bit of a surprise, Reuwer said. “I was kind of doing the epee as just a warmup, kind of a ‘just have fun’ event,” he said. “But doing so well in that was really exciting. I don’t know. I was just really on my game and didn’t make a lot of mistakes.” Even so, the Men’s Cadet Foil event will be Reuwer’s major focal point going forward.

(Girls), 5 p.m. Hammond vs. Lee Central (Boys), 6:30 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate vs. C.E. Murray (Boys), 8 p.m. At Chestnut Oaks Middle School Lee Central vs. Blythewood (Girls), 11 a.m. Kingstree vs. Lakewood (Girls), 12:30 p.m. C.E. Murray vs. Lamar (Boys), 2 p.m. Spring Valley vs. Hartsville (Girls), 3:30 p.m. Lakewood vs. Blythewood (Girls), 5 p.m. Lamar vs. Manning (Boys), 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY At Crestwood High School Girls Championship, 6 p.m. Boys Championship, 7:30 p.m.

BASEBALL P-15’S BRICKS The Sumter P-15’s American Legion baseball program will be placing bricks for former players at the front of Riley Park in January. The cost is $50 per brick. For more information, contact Post 15 athletic director Billy Lyons at (803) 968-5115.

UMPIRES NEEDED The Sumter County Recreation Department is in search of umpires for its spring youth league baseball season. For more information, contact Glenn Button at (803) 9839934.

U.S BASEBALL ACADEMY SPRING TRAINING U.S. Baseball Academy’s Spring Training 2017 will be held at the University of South Carolina Sumter’s Nettles Gymnasium beginning in January. The camps, which are open to children in grades 1-12, will be held on Jan. 7, Jan. 14, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28. USC Sumter head coach Tim Medlin will be the program director. With the player-to-coach ratio at 7 to 1, space is limited. Students can register at www. USBaseballAcademy.com or

“That’s the one I’m going to focus on,” he said. “I’m going to train for all of them, but that’s where my main focus is going to be. That’s the age group for 17-and-under, so that’s more around my age.” Reuwer will get some good practice time in as the Men’s Junior Foil and Cadet Epee events will take place before the Men’s Cadet Foil one, giving him two days of good preparation. Aside from good competition, Reuwer is also hoping the Junior Olympics will help catch the eyes of some college coaches as well. “I’m hoping to fence in col-

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DOCUMENTATION To avoid a wasted trip, arrive armed with ID, your receipt or packing slip and all packaging and parts of the product. Sometimes tags must be attached, too. Most stores require a gift receipt and/or order number to

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process the return. Macy’s, for instance, sends back gifts returned by mail that are missing an invoice or gift receipt.

REIMBURSEMENTS If you’re returning a gift you purchased, you might receive a refund to your card, a store credit or cash. For instance, Best Buy will reimburse you for most returned items the same way you paid. But if you paid more than $800 in cash or more than $250 by check or a debit card without a major credit card logo, you’ll be mailed a refund check within 10 business days.

WARRANTY LOOPHOLES The Better Business Bureau warns that warranties sometimes exempt stores from liability for damaged products. Send those items directly to the manufacturer for a replacement.

FINAL SALE ITEMS Some products can’t be returned at all. At Wet Seal, lingerie, swimwear, jewelry and clearance purchases aren’t eligible for return or exchange. At Steve Madden, purchases of clearance items and jewelry are ﬁnal. Tory Burch won’t accept anything that has been worn, altered or washed. If you’re unsure of a retailer’s return policy, call customer service or look it up online before you make a trip to the store or post office in vain.

Whatever your plan, the simple act of making any financial resolution is a good sign you’re on the path to more secure finances, said Ken Hevert, senior vice president of retirement at Fidelity. “Sometimes, a financial resolution doesn’t require a cash outlay,” Hevert said, pointing to things like learning more about your 401(k) and rebalancing your portfolio. The survey found 75% of respondents said seeing tangible progress toward their goals was a big motivator that helped them stick with their plans. Resolutions to consider: uSave 100% of bonuses and raises: “While it’s easy to see this increase in pay as extra money to spend, it should be set aside and put toward reaching your savings goals,” said Travis Sollinger, director of financial planning at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. uCompare quotes: Many people don’t think about insurance if they’re not filing a claim, but it’s worth comparing rates in 2017 to see if you can save on your monthly premiums. uReview documents: If you haven’t made a will or medical power of attorney, make this the year you craft them. If they exist but you haven’t reviewed them in a decade, then take the time to ensure they reflect your present situation. uMeet with an expert: If you are intimidated by retirement planning or have a complicated situation, seek help from a licensed professional.

Courtney Jespersen is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal ﬁnance website. Email: courtney@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @CourtneyNerd. NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.

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use this technique for the 2016 tax year because the year isn’t over yet. If you sell your money-losing stocks or bonds, you can use those losses to offset capital gains you might have generated during the year if you sold proﬁtable stocks. Even if you don’t have any capital gains, it can still be lucrative to sell losers. You can deduct up to $3,000 a year in capital losses against your ordinary income. If you have more than $3,000 in capital losses, you can use those to offset gains and income in the future. There are additional rules to be aware of, the biggest one being that if you sell a loser, you must

wait more than 30 days before buying it back or the tax loss is invalidated. Funding a traditional individual retirement account, or IRA, might be an excellent way to further reduce your taxable income. You will need to pay taxes on the money when you take it out, but that could be decades away, giving you an excellent tax break now. USA TODAY markets reporter Matt Krantz answers a different reader question twice a week. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at mkrantz@usatoday.com or on Twitter @mattkrantz.

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· THE SUMTER ITEM

USA TODAY PERSONAL FINANCE PETE THE PLANNER

Peter Dunn Special for USA TODAY

DEAR TOM: somehow you strike

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Don’t use Roth IRAs to cover expenses, with this exception ... DEAR PETE: Married in March, ﬁred in September, and ex-

pecting our first baby in March 2017. I have $45k in credit card debt ($35k of which is 0% until July 2017), I own a property with a tenant, which cash flows $30/month. I have $121K in a Roth account that I recently rolled over. Finally, I’m starting a new career as a 100% commissioned real estate agent this month. Do I make a withdrawal to cover expenses for the first six months of my real estate career? A $37,500 distribution would net $30K. Our monthly expenses shortfall is $5K a month.

Peter Dunn is an author, speaker and radio host, and he has a free podcast: Million Dollar Plan. Have a question about money for Pete the Planner? Email him atAskPete@pete theplanner.com

— TOM, PITTSBURGH

DIGITAL DOLLARS

me as a man of action — maybe it’s your writing style. You also have a somewhat reasonable plan on the table, although you have a pretty significant detail wrong. But first, we must tackle the realities of beginning a 100% commission income career. If you stay disciplined and work your plan, you can rebuild your financial life. However, if you make too many false steps early in the game, you will make your problems worse. Over the years, I’ve found true financial emergencies don’t really come in events such as a job loss. Instead, they come with people’s reaction to unsettling events. Sure, losing your job six months after getting married stinks, but overreacting will make the situation much worse. Your job is to not overreact. Back in high school physics, of which I paid partial attention, I remember Newton’s Third Law of Motion — for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. You need to look through a similar lens when evaluating your financial emergency. Clearly, I don’t know all the details of your job loss. But you’ve either survived over the last three months because of a severance package or you had an emergency fund. My gut tells me it was a severance because you are just now emailing me. No matter how you survived the last three months without a job, you survived. And better yet, you know exactly how much money you need each month to survive. It’s worth noting that it seems as though you lost a pretty high-paying job, around $85,000$90,000 a year (my guess). Allow me to oversimplify your reality for a moment. All you need to do is to sell roughly $3 million worth of real estate (calculated at a 3% net commission) to replace your previous income. The $30,000 nut you’re considering withdrawing from your IRA is equivalent to $1 million in real es-

tate sales. Like you, I’d rather you sell $3 million worth of real estate instead of $2 million. Neither of us want you to take money out of your Roth IRA right now. I’m almost always opposed to robbing from your future to provide for your present, but if it’s truly your only chance to survive, then it’s your only chance to survive. Now for the major detail you got wrong. You can withdraw deposits you’ve made to a Roth IRA without tax consequences. You just can’t withdraw the earnings prior to age 591⁄2 without getting taxed and penalized. In other words, you don’t need to withdraw $37,500 to net $30,000. You only need to withdraw $30,000. As long as you’ve contributed $30,000 to your Roth IRA and you can document it, you can withdraw $30,000 from your Roth IRA without worrying about taxes. The best plan of attack, if you’re going to supplement your current income with Roth withdrawals, is to only withdraw what you need each month. Don’t take a giant withdrawal at the beginning. Let’s make a visit to the truth tree. You might not make a dime in real estate sales in your ﬁrst two months. If this possibility turns into your reality, withdraw the ﬁrst two month’s worth of expenses ($10,000) now. If you happen to earn $4,000 in commissions in your third month, set money aside for taxes and then take the rest as income. At this point, you can supplement your commission income with a withdrawal from your Roth. It might look like this: $4,000 commission turns into $3,200 after setting aside 20% for taxes, and then you would supplement your income with $1,800 from your IRA. And just like that, you’d have the $5,000 you need to survive. If your real estate career takes off quickly, once you create a degree of stability consider replacing your Roth IRA withdrawals to help preserve your future. Talk to a tax accountant about the specific rules surrounding replacing your Roth withdrawal. Finally, don’t forget the three cardinal rules of real estate: location, location — and replace your Roth IRA withdrawals.

THE WEEK AHEAD

DirecTV Now is newest option for cord cutters Mike Snider @mikesnider USA TODAY

AT&T is making its play for cord cutters and mobile video junkies with DirecTV Now, a Net TV service that has been live more than three weeks now. Many consumers are likely wondering whether this video streaming service is a ﬁt for them. The answer so far? Maybe. During its introductory launch period, DirecTV Now is letting newcomers check out more than 100 channels for free for seven days and after that for $35 monthly. You can keep that monthly price as long as you remain a customer — no word yet on when that deal ends. What channels are we talking about? Popular networks such as AMC, CNBC, CNN, Discovery, Disney, ESPN, ESPNU, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC Sports, Nickelodeon and TBS, as well as some local broadcast channels and regional sports networks in certain markets. Eventually, that package will cost $60 monthly, with others ranging from $35 to $70 monthly. You can add HBO and Cinemax for $5 each monthly. In addition to linear livestreaming channels, DirecTV Now has on-demand programming, too. For instance, all eight episodes from this season of The Walking Dead were available to watch on demand. Among the major pluses: There’s no annual contract and you don’t need a satellite dish, as with standard DirecTV, or a payTV set-top box. But there are some nits, too. If you are a Roku devotee, you will have to wait. So far, the service is available on Apple TV, iPhones and iPads, Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecasts, Android phones and tablets, computers

Is AT&T’s new streaming service a ﬁt for you? Maybe

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AT&T’s DirecTV Now streaming video service on a smartphone.

“Cutting the Cord” is a regular column covering Net TV and ways to get it. If you have suggestions or questions, contact Mike Snider at msnider@usa today.com.

and Google Cast TVs from China’s LeEco. Roku TVs and set-top boxes will come later. Watching recently, I encountered little of the freezing video and error messages some viewers have reported. I watched on a tablet and smartphone connected via Wi-Fi at home and at work, and on an Ethernet cable connected to my router to an Apple TV to watch on a big screen. With the free seven-day trial you can see if DirecTV Now is a ﬁt for you. A few takeaways: uFeatures you might like: Your account allows two users to watch different programs at the same time. If you are an AT&T wireless customer looking for both a home cord-cutting option and mobile video service, DirecTV Now makes sense because your video use doesn’t count against your data limit. And if you were in the market for an Apple TV, you can get a free one if you prepay for three months of DirecTV Now ($105). uPossible dealbreakers: For now, CBS, as well as CBS-owned premium network Showtime, are not on the service, although talks are ongoing. And if you need a DVR, you may want to wait for DirecTV Now to add that functionality, something it has in the works. However, its on-demand library is stocked with 15,000 titles already. If you like your pay-TV remote, you may miss some features such as a Recent or Previous Channel button. Sports fans, take note: DirecTV Now doesn’t gain you access to the satellite service’s popular NFL Sunday Ticket service. uThe bottom line: If you are a TV viewer looking to reduce your monthly bills, you might want to try DirecTV Now. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of DirecTV or other top pay-TV systems. What it does have? Fewer strings.

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Are consumers still feeling buoyant as new year dawns? Paul Davidson @Pdavidsonusat USA TODAY

This week brings some illuminating data as the country heads into 2017 on the mood of consumers and the state of the housing market. Both recently hit post-recession milestones. A closely watched index of consumer confidence surged to 107.1 in November, the highest level since July 2007, five months before the Great Recession began. Americans are enjoying solid job and income growth, still-cheap gas despite a recent uptick, and record stock and home prices. In the November survey, most consumers responded before the election. At the least, Donald Trump’s win did nothing to ding optimism despite pre-election fears. And the stunning post-election stock market rally stoked by soaring business confidence has further lifted spirits. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index reached a 12-year high in December. Economists estimate the Conference Board on Tuesday will report that its confidence index, which can foretell future spending, also remained in rarefied territory this month. One reason consumers are content is record home prices. In September, the S&P CoreLogic

Consumer conﬁdence has been strong recently.

One reason consumers are content is record home prices.

Case-Shiller national home price index exceeded its pre-recession high, marking a symbolic recovery from the housing crash. But the aggregate numbers don’t tell the whole story. After accounting for inﬂation, home prices are still about 20% below their peak, notes Ralph McLaughlin of real estate research ﬁrm Trulia. While rising prices have created challenges for homebuyers, whose incomes generally have not kept pace, the trend has been good news for homeowners. Many were burdened by mortgage debts that exceeded their home values. The S&P index for October should show continued advances in housing prices. Much of the rise in home prices has been fueled by limited inventories, which have constrained sales. Still, the National Association of Realtors reported last week existing home sales rose 0.7% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.6 million, the fastest pace in nearly a decade. Rising mortgage rates, which climbed from 3.47% in late October to 4.3% recently, may have nudged some fence-sitters into buying before rates increase further. But higher borrowing costs eventually may crimp sales. The Realtor group’s pending home sales index for November, which tracks contract signings and foreshadows closings, is out Wednesday and could reveal if a slowdown is on the way.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

USA TODAY PERSONAL FINANCE

Don’t ‘anchor’ yourself to minimum credit card payments Research shows it’s costing U.S. consumers millions of dollars in needless interest

Robert Powell Special to USA TODAY

Do you carry a balance on your credit cards from month to month? Do you pay just the minimum or near-minimum due on your monthly statement? You’re not alone. In fact, three in 10 card holders (113 million credit card accounts) do just that, and it’s costing them millions of dollars in needless interest payments, according to new research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jialan Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, is one of the research co-authors along with ....

WHAT’S GOING ON?

For starters, something called “anchoring” is to blame for card holders paying just the minimum, according to the co-authors of the research, Benjamin Keys, an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Jialan Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois. In the world of behavioral ﬁnance, anchoring is a bias toward salient — but sometimes irrelevant — cues, Keys and Wang say. And in the case of credit card statements, the big cue is the “minimum amount due.” According to Keys and Want, the minimum payment — which typically represents 1% to 2% of the outstanding credit card balance — is

... Benjamin Keys, an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, “The Wall Street Journal” and MarketWatch. Got questions about money? Email Bob at rpowell@ allthingsretirement.com.

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the amount needed to stay in good standing with the lender and avoid any late fees or trigger higher interest rates. And what’s interesting to note, Keys and Wang say, is that the minimum payment is based on a formula which is applied to millions of accounts that might not be related to how much a customer can afford to pay or how much they would need to pay to get out of debt. In fact, the researchers estimate that some 9% to 20% of credit card holders could afford to make higher payments on their credit card debt. By way of history, in the 1970s, the minimum amount due on credit card balances was much more like 5% of the balance, which, the authors say, led borrowers to pay off their debts much faster. And this change in the minimum amount due on balances from 5% then to 1% or 2% now has had “important implications for how much outstanding debt households have,” the authors say. Of note, credit card debt in the U.S. totaled $665 billion in 2015. To be fair, some consumers may be making near-minimum payments because they are struggling with financial difficulties and cannot afford to pay more. However, the researchers say a significant number of consumers aren’t sure how much to pay, are strongly influenced by the required minimum and could save a significant amount of money by paying more each month. “Paying more would speed up the repayment period and sharply reduce the cumulative interest paid,” Keys and Wang say. The researchers also say a sizable fraction of credit card holders — young and old, rich and poor — make relatively small payments and thus incur interest each month. “This behavior isn’t isolated to a small part of the credit card population,” Keys and Wang say. “It’s surprisingly universal.” THE CHALLENGE OF CREDIT CARD DEBT

To be fair, it’s somewhat understandable that consumers anchor to the minimum amount due on their monthly credit card statement. “Credit card debt is challenging for households because there’s no set schedule for how to pay it back in a timely fashion,” Keys and Wang say. “This makes it very different from a mortgage, auto loan or student loan, which tend to have a ﬁxed amortization schedule — a 30-year mortgage or 10-year student loan, for example — and a predictable repayment date.” In contrast, the researchers say it would take more than a decade for a consumer with just $2,000 in credit card debt to pay it off by making only the typical minimum payment, and that would

entail thousands of dollars in interest costs. What’s more, most consumers continue to spend on their cards, making it even more difficult to ﬁgure out how much they should repay, Keys and Wang say. “Our research suggests that many consumers could be paying down more on their credit card debt,” they say. “Tools and techniques that help them set and achieve repayment goals could save consumers billions of dollars per year in interest costs.” So, what are some of the tools and techniques that you can use to save money each year in interest costs?

Researchers say it would take more than a decade for a consumer with just $2,000 in credit card debt to pay it off by making only the typical minimum payment, and that would entail thousands of dollars in interest costs. uAnchors away. According to Keys and Wang, credit card holders should resist, when making ﬁnancial decisions, the urge to “anchor” to an easily-available benchmark and instead carefully choose the repayment amount that best meets their goals. “Instead of anchoring to the minimum payment on their credit cards, consumers should pay down as much as they can on high-interest debts given their budgets to minimize their interest costs.” uTry the 36-month plan. Credit card holders — thanks to the CARD Act of 2009 — also learn on their statements what payment is required to pay off their balance in 36 months. According to Keys and Wang, 1% of credit card holders adopted this alternative suggested payment, and that resulted in $62 million in interest savings per year. However, the savings could have been $2 billion per year if all anchoring consumers had adopted the new suggested 36-month payment. uCreate a monthly budget. Keys and Wang say consumers ought to create a monthly budget and allocate any money that isn’t being used for immediate needs, 401(k) matching contributions, or their emergency fund toward paying down their debt. Tools such as Mint, Chase Blueprint and ReadyForZero can help consumers create a budget, pay down debt faster and reduce interest costs. “For many households, the interest rate on the credit card is their highest-cost debt, so they should make it a priority to pay it back,” Keys and Wang say.

10 SMART INSURANCE RESOLUTIONS Insurance is a ﬁnancial safety net for when life just doesn’t go your way, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it when things are going well. Here are 10 things you can do in 2017 to strengthen your net and avoid common insurance claims. Lacie Glover @LacieWrites NerdWallet

MAKE A HOME INVENTORY

Making a list of items in your home before a disaster occurs helps guarantee you won’t forget to claim anything, but 48% of homeowners say they don’t have an inventory, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

READ YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES

The key to making a claim is understanding your policy. For auto and home insurance, look for the policy’s declarations page. For health insurance, look for the summary of beneﬁts. Make sure you understand the limits and deductibles of each policy, along with the co-payments and co-insurance for health insurance.

QUIT SMOKING

If you smoke, your insurers want you to quit. Both health and life insurance typically cost less for nonsmokers, and your health plan might even help by paying for counseling and medication to help you quit. If you’re shopping for life in-

surance, you need to be smokefree for at least a year to get nonsmoking rates, says Robert Wolfe, managing director of United Capital, a ﬁnancial advising ﬁrm.

make a claim; they only need to know which insurer you bought from.

If you plan to get in shape after the New Year, ease into your routine slowly. “Unintentional overexertion” is one of the top three causes of injuries that land adults in the emergency room, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ER visits are rarely cheap, so don’t let getting ﬁt lead to extra bills.

IMPROVE YOUR CREDIT

Bad credit may be having a bigger impact on your car insurance bill than you realize. Credit history can impact your rates more than your driving record, according to Consumer Reports. Only California, Hawaii and Massachusetts ban the practice. The worse your credit, “the higher the risk your insurer sees you as,” Wolfe says.

STOP LEAVING THE KEYS IN YOUR CAR

One in eight stolen cars is a “freebie” for the thief, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Auto theft with the keys or an electronic fob inside the car is up 31% since 2013, with a car stolen this way every 61⁄2 minutes. If you don’t have comprehensive coverage and your car is stolen, you’ll have to buy another car with your own money.

STAY IN THE KITCHEN WHILE YOU’RE COOKING

You can help avoid the time loss and frustration of a common in-

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surance claim by staying in the kitchen when you cook. Cooking fires are the No. 1 cause of home fires, according to the National Fire Protection Agency. Out of all cooking fires, unattended cooking was by far the leading cause.

FIND OUT THE REAL PRICE OF LIFE INSURANCE

The biggest reason 64% of consumers with some or no life insurance don’t purchase more is because they think it costs too much, according to industry research group LIMRA . If someone depends on you ﬁnancially, consider getting life in-

surance quotes. A policy might be cheaper than you think. TELL YOUR LIFE INSURANCE BENEFICIARIES ABOUT YOUR POLICY

Letting your life insurance beneficiaries know where to claim money if you die seems simple enough. But $8.8 billion in life insurance benefits are unclaimed nationwide, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Part of the reason is that those who are owed money don’t know about the policies or where to find them. Your beneficiaries don’t need a policy in hand to

DOWNLOAD YOUR INSURERS’ APPS

Currently, 46 states allow drivers to provide electronic proof of car insurance during a traffic stop, according to Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. That means you no longer have to remember where you put your paper insurance card. Some auto insurers will even let you start a claim and see your policies on their apps. Lacie Glover is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal ﬁnance website. Email: lacie@nerdwallet.com. NerdWallet is a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

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How To Read The Market in Review The list includes the most active stocks in each exchange, as well as stocks of local interest. Stock Footnotes: cc – PE greater than 99. cld - Issue has been called for redemption by company. d - New 52-week low. dd – Loss in last 12 mos. ec - Company formerly listed on the American Exchange's Emerging Company Marketplace. g - Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h - temporary exmpt from Nasdaq capital and surplus listing qualification. n - Stock was a new issue in the last year. The 52-week high and low figures date only from the beginning of trading. pf - Preferred stock issue. pr - Preferences. pp - Holder owes installments of purchase price. q – Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated. rt - Right to buy security at a specified price. s - Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. wi - Trades will be settled when the stock is issued. wd - When distributed. wt - Warrant, allowing a purchase of a stock. u - New 52-week high. un - Unit,, including more than one security. vj - Company in bankruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized under the bankruptcy law. Appears in front of the name. Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Ex-capital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n - No-load fund. p – Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or contingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex-cash dividend. Source: The Associated Press and Morningstar. Sales figures are unofficial. InvSrInco InvRlEst IronMtn iShItaly rs iShJapan rs iShSing rs iSTaiwn rs iSh UK rs iShCorEM iSCHeafe iShCHJpn ItauUnibH

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A Christmas morning hunt

hristmas morning has always been a special time. I grew up in a large family, and Christmas morning was family time. If my Dad, brothers and I managed to slip in a hunt, it would be a short, midday foray. Then off to Grandma’s house for a Christmas night gathering. During my time in the military, I wasn’t always able to do the family thing. I even spent one Christmas Day on a recon patrol in the DMZ, along the border between North Korea Dan and South Geddings Korea. It was just another day over there. I’m sure some of our soldiers will be doing the same thing this year there — and in other parts of the world. When my kids were small, their mother and I divorced. Christmas turned into a little bit of a challenge. We tried alternating Christmas mornings with the kids from year to year, but they usually spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with their mom. Then one year I ran into my friend Donnie Brown while I was out doing some last-minute shopping. As we talked, we both realized we’d be alone on Christmas morning. Donnie’s kids were with his exwife in North Carolina. Mine would be with their mom in Orangeburg. The duck hunting had been very good that year in Sparkleberry Swamp. Work commitments had caused our days in the swamp to be precious few. So, we decided to go. The forecast was for a cold, clear day. Excellent! Donnie picked me up at 4 o’clock in the morning, and we headed out to Packs Landing. There was no one at the boat landing or in the parking lot. We had the place to ourselves. The stars were sparkling in a jet-black sky as we loaded our gear and launched the boat. Our destination was Indigo Flats at the upper end of Broadwater. Broadwater is a long boat ride from Packs. The water was up, and we had to watch for logs and debris floating in the Santee River current. Broadwater Creek is a slow and bumpy ride because of

the stumps and logs encountered in the narrow, twisting waterway. It empties out into Broadwater Lake, where you can wind out the motor for a little ways. Then back into the winding, narrow creek. In the predawn darkness, we passed the cut to Little Creek and passed Broughton’s Mound. Indigo Flats loomed ahead. Instead of making the righthand turn around Indigo Flats, we went straight ahead to where the main creek seems to dead end. I knew of a little cut through the brush into a smaller, unnamed creek. There were some small flats and potholes along that little creek that the ducks favored when the water was up. Just as we turned into the creek we hit a stump, and the boat glided to a stop. Donnie went to work on the motor while I paddled the boat on ahead. We were almost to our spot when Donnie said, “This motor’s busted.” We were miles and miles from Packs Landing. We hadn’t seen another boat or even a distant spotlight. I didn’t think we would see very many people in the swamp on Christmas morning, but I was surprised that we hadn’t seen a soul. “What are we going to do now?” Donnie asked. “Hunt ducks” was my answer. We were sitting in a pretty little spot, so I started tossing out decoys. Daylight wasn’t very far away. By the time we got the decoys out and the boat covered, it was getting light. Ducks were flying, and we had the entire swamp to ourselves. Flocks of mallards drifted by and turned to our calling. They circled lower and lower, set their wings and pitched into the decoys. There was no one else around to mess us up. No competing callers, no sky busters, not another shot in the entire swamp. Soon we had

hulls and feathers all over that small pothole. We limited out on mallards and blacks. It was one of those rare days that you live for. Now, we had to think about getting home. We retrieved the boat, picked up the decoys and paddled out to Broadwater Creek. There was a pretty good current, and it was downstream all the way. I was sure there would be other people in the swamp and we would eventually get a tow or some kind of assistance. In the meantime, we drifted along on the current, paddled a little to keep on course and worked on solving all the world’s problems. I kept an ear cocked for the sound of distant motors. It was a long way out and was nearly noon when we slipped into the river’s stronger current. We had to work harder on the paddles to keep the boat straight and headed downstream away from the banks, littered with overhanging trees. It was mid-afternoon when I heard the distant sound. A boat was coming from downstream toward us. It’s hard to believe how far you can hear the sounds of civilization, and it can be a relief to hear sometimes. When the boat rounded a bend in the river, we waved until he turned our way. It was a fisherman, and he was glad to help. We weren’t that far up, and he offered to pull us back to Packs. We were worn out from wrestling with the river’s current and ready to go. We thanked him and offered to pay him for his trouble, but he would have none of that. If he told us his name I don’t remember, but I do remember that day. Spent with a good friend, on a hunt, on Christmas morning.

‘No competing callers, no sky busters, not another shot in the entire swamp. Soon we had hulls and feathers all over that small pothole. We limited out on mallards and blacks. It was one of those rare days that you live for.’

Dan Geddings is a weekly columnist for The Sumter Item. Email Dan at cdgeddings@ gmail.com.

FISHING REPORTS Information on fishing trends provided courtesy of www.AnglersHeadquarters.com, South Carolina’s premier fishing report source. Customers of the Angler’s Headquarters online tackle store have access to daily updates and full-length reports on its site. DHEC Fish Consumption Advisories: www. scdhec.gov/environment/water/fish. Freshwater Fishing Report: Santee Cooper (12/4) Santee Cooper water levels are down to 73.7 in Lake Marion (full pool is 76.8) and 73.5 in Lake Moultrie (full pool is 75.5). Main lake surface temperatures range from about 60-61 degrees. Catfish: The bite for numbers of catfish continues to be good, but Captain Jim Glenn (843-825-4239) suspects that the big fish bite is about to be wide open. On recent trips Jim’s boat has continued to catch tons of 1-6 pound fish, with the biggest fish recently in the 15-19 pound range. There have been some trips where barely any fish broke 10 pounds, but anglers still got their line pulled plenty. However, with the cold weather coming the big fish should turn on soon. This week last year Jim’s boat caught two 50 plus pound fish, and the 10th they boated an 82-pound catfish. At times there have been severe winds which have made fishing a challenge, while at other times there has been so little wind that drifting without a motor was impossible. Overall the best action has come either drifting when there is wind or down-rodding when it is calm (dropping baits vertically over fish, without an anchor) in the mid-20s to about 30 feet of water. Most any fresh cut bait will catch fish. Crappie fishing has not been wide open according to Captain Steve English (843-729-

4044), but they have caught some very nice fish including the 17-incher pictured below. Brush in about 18-25 feet of water has been the most productive, and they have been fishing about 12-20 feet down over that brush. Excellent numbers of bream have been caught over the same depth brush, and on a recent trip they kept 160 bream (and threw back at least that many) fishing 10-15 feet down with crickets. Some brush has more bream, while some has more crappie. If both are present the bream are usually more aggressive at getting to baits. There are still a lot of bluegill and white perch in the canal, but soon English says that they will leave and then the shellcracker will take over. Lake Wateree (12/2) Lake Wateree is at 98.1 percent of full pool, and water temperatures continue to range widely from the upper 50s to mid-60s. Bass are acting peculiarly on Lake Wateree, and CATT owner Brett Collins and tournament angler Dearal Rodgers both concur that the fish just aren’t in the grass. Dearal says that the only way he has been able to catch fish has been around docks, but they have generally been smaller bass. They caught a bunch of 14-inch fish his last time out but just couldn’t find the big ones. Brett and his partner did find the big ones — at least relatively speaking — in the last Wateree Open tournament on Saturday. They finished in first place with 14.59 pounds, and Brett says they also couldn’t find anything in the grass. Even though water levels were high and there was good water around the grass the fish just weren’t in it, and they found everything off main lake points in 2-6 feet of water. They caught all their fish flipping a jig. Lake Murray (11/30) Lake Murray water levels are down to 353.97

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A young elk caused a stir earlier this year, appearing in back yards in northern Pickens County after wandering across the mountains from North Carolina, where the species was reintroduced in 2001. The elk seen was moved to Charles Towne Landing in Charleston, a historical park that features flora and fauna originally native to South Carolina but which may have disappeared from the state centuries ago.

Wandering S.C. elk moved to wildlife exhibit in Charleston COLUMBIA (AP) — An elk that wandered into South Carolina’s mountains and wouldn’t go home has been moved to a wildlife exhibit in Charleston. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday the 500pound elk has a new home at Charles Towne Landing, a state historic site that includes a natural habitat zoo. The elk was first spotted roaming the woodlands of Pickens County in October. State wildlife biologists think larger bulls pushed the young bull from its home territory in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Biologists tranquilized the animal Dec. 16 and moved it to remote Oconee County, hoping it would keep moving north and rejoin its herd. But it didn’t, and photos and video posted on social media showed people continuing to disregard biolo-

(full pool is 360.00) and water temperatures at the dam are ranging between 62 and 63 degrees. Clarity remains pretty good. Bass: It continues to be a pretty tough fall for bass fishing on Murray, and veteran tournament angler Captain Doug Lown reports that it’s been hard to establish a consistent pattern for catching fish. Even when anglers find numbers of fish it has been hard to find good ones — a 4 ½ pounder has been a big bass in most recent tournaments. For the most part Doug says that the fish that he and his tournament partner have been catching have been fairly shallow, and they haven’t caught much in more than 10 feet of water. Most of the fish they are catching have been in less than 4 feet, but deeper water has been close by. Fish are not scattered out in certain depth ranges but instead are holding to certain little spots, and it has been hard to locate them as they move around a lot. Doug suspects that constantly dropping water levels have forced the fish to constantly reposition. At times rock has been the best cover, and with water levels low a lot of docks don’t have any decent water. Most of the fish they are catching are coming on shakey head worms and jigs, and Doug believes that if water levels will stabilize fishing could get more consistent. Channel and blue catfish bite is still pretty strong, although Captain Chris Simpson (864992-2352) warns that the recent warm weather has scattered fish out and slowed the bite just a little. The best action is still coming drifting cut herring across main lake humps and points in 20-40 feet of water, as well as exploring certain feeder creeks which are holding good numbers of fish. With weather fluctuations anglers need to assess where the fish are holding on a particular day and then cater their game plan accordingly. Lake Monticello (11/28) Bass: Good. Andy Wicker reports that bass are starting to group up (with the white perch) in their winter holes, and vertically fishing a jig

gists’ warnings not to approach or feed it. So biologists decided the move to Charleston was best for the elk and public safety. “It has become accustomed to people, so it will allow people to approach it, but it is unpredictable, and this behavior can create dangerous situations,” state wildlife biologist Tammy Wactor said in a release. It’s unclear when visitors to Charles Towne Landing will be able to see the elk. The release says it will be quarantined until biologists determine it’s ready to join other animals behind the open fencing. The animals once were native to the Lowcountry but were wiped out in the Carolinas in the 1700s. The species was reintroduced to North Carolina in 2001. Charles Towne Landing conserves the site where English settlers arrived in 1670 to start the Carolina colony.

has been very effective. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the big fish bite is improving on Lake Monticello as temperatures drop. Fishing on the bottom in deep water with cut gizzard shad or white perch is the best option for catching big fish. Lake Wylie (12/4) Lake Wylie is at 95 percent of full pool, and water temperatures are in the upper 50 to lower 60s. Bass: It was a rough fall for bass fishing on Lake Wylie, but Guide and FLW Angler Bryan New (704-421-5868) reports that things are finally improving. In a recent tournament Bryan and tournament partner Todd Auten managed a 13- or 14-pound bag, which would have made for an easy win a month or so ago. Instead there were a couple of 16pound bags ahead of them, a sure sign that things are improving. Bryan says it’s now pretty easy to catch 10-15 fish (including small ones) and have a fun day of fishing again. Right now the bite is all about the bait, and in order to catch fish you have to be around schools of shad. That means that Bryan is leaning very heavily on his electronics during this part of the fall. There is one group of shad that is in the very backs of creeks, and then there is another group of shad out on the main lake. They could be around drop-offs, other structure, or frankly anywhere else, and so following your graph is crucial. Bryan is also spending some time running windblown pockets. The best baits right now include Alabama rigs, jerkbaits, crankbaits and jigs. Fish can be found from a few feet of water out to 25 or 30 feet, but over the deeper depths they are more likely to be suspended than hugging the bottom right now. South Carolina freshwater recreational fishing regulations: (Pdf file): www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/ pdf/freshfishing.pdf .

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Shaw service members dine on Christmas dinner.

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he first Christmas dinner held at Shaw Field was on Dec. 25,

1941, in honor of the hundreds of young cadets, many of whom were away from family and friends for the first time. The young reporters who wrote the article were biased against military food and did not relish dining at the Shaw facility. Their preconceived ideas were dashed as they were treated to a sumptuous meal prepared by the young military cooks. The gourmet meal helped establish Shaw as one the leading Sammy Way military mess REFLECTIONS facilities in the armed forces. The first Christmas dinner was designed to also help the soldiers deal with homesickness and anxiety created by being away from home. This article has been edited for length. “They told us to go down to the Consolidated Mess Hall and talk with Captain Carl D. Stier, mess officer. We groaned a little, because we didn’t like the idea of even talking about Christmas dinner in the army, but in the past fifteen minutes we’ve changed our minds. You couldn’t hire us to eat off post. “Instead of the usually drablooking mess hall, we walked into the large consolidated mess and sighed a breath of amazement. You see, the place was all shined up; there was a Christmas tree in the center, all the centers had been brightly painted and the walls and ceilings were all decorated. “Heck” we thought, “This is the wrong place. This must be the officers mess.” But no, there was Capt. Stier himself, flanked by interior

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CHRISTMAS SCENE, 1941: Soldiers and civilians join voices in welcoming the yuletide at the Army’s Basic Flying School at Shaw Field. Gathered in front of one of the squadron dayrooms to sing out their greetings are the Misses Pansy Howell, Mary Elizabeth Rigby, Sherry Hook, Margarita Baldwin and Claire Gregg, all post HQ employees; and Staff Sgt. Jack Lewis, Cprl. Vincent Sherwin, Cpl. Bill Jones, and Pvt. Buster G. Thornton, members of the 454th Flying Training Squadron.

A service member purchases snacks from the base canteen. decorators, asking questions, cooks asking questions, and us asking questions. Capt. Stier says that 800 pounds of turkey, 1,500 pounds of apples and oranges, and 1,000 pounds of nuts will be served in the enlisted men’s mess hall in addition to the regular menu. The daily allowance of ra-

tion has been increased for the Air Corps to the tune of 50 percent to satisfy our unbelievable appetites. “The menu for Christmas dinner: Fruit juice cocktail, beet salad, spiced whole peaches and crabapples, assorted preserves, choice of roast turkey with oys-

ter dressing, roast beef, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, rice, asparagus au gratin with mushrooms, assorted fruit and nut bars, cigars, cigarettes, mincemeat pie, chocolate cake, fruit cake, pumpkin pie, coconut cake, hot rolls, graham and white bread and butter, and of course, coffee, tea and milk. “Twenty cooks and mess sergeants are to work steadily from Wednesday noon through the night Thursday noon to prepare the food. “All bread and rolls are to be handmade by our own cooks and bakers. The fruit cake was made in November and weighs approximately 125 pounds. The turkeys, to get back to the meaty proposition, weighed approximately 35 to 40 pounds on the hoof, and dressed are to weigh 17 to 25 pounds. The mess sergeant, Staff Sgt. Thomas LaPoint of Portland, Maine, reports that it will be the finest Christmas dinner he has ever sacrificed: Capt. Carl D. Stier, the mess officer, says that if anyone goes away hungry it will be his own fault, and we are inclined to agree. “There is to be a stuffed pig with an apple in his mouth on either side of the mess hall, and Capt. Stier added jovially that there would be nothing left out, even to the inevitable apple in his mouth. The decorations are being supervised by Private DeCourcey of Boston and two newly arrived selectees, Pvt. Howar Adler of Baltimore, who before his induction was employed as a commercial artist, and Pvt. George W. Crocker of southeastern Virginia, who worked as commercial artist and sign painter for Colonial Stores Co. So, all in all, we guess the Christmas dinner proposition doesn’t look too dull after all; as a matter of fact, we can hardly wait!” Information from Sumter Item archives. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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‘Calfeteria’ set up on farm; Tuomey begins recycling plan 75 YEARS AGO — 1942 June 12–18 Eighteen cadets, all citizens of the U.S. but trained in the Royal Canadian Air Force, recently returned to Shaw Field. They are the first group of RCAF cadets to be assigned to flying school in this country. Anxious to fight with the Allies, these cadets enlisted in the RCAF several months before the U.S. entered the war. • During the last week in April 1942, the Sumter chapter of the Game and Fish Association obtained from the Orangeburg hatchery approximately 38,000 largemouth bass fry and placed these in the rearing pools at Burnt Gin branch. The game wardens of Sumter County had prepared the pools for the rearing of these fry, and they have grown amazingly. These fry were approximately one-half inch in length when they were placed in the rearing pools and now will average 2 inches. • William David Yesteryear Bernshouse, who arin Sumter rived upon the scene SAMMY WAY at Tuomey Hospital at 3:05 p.m., found himself financially stable and already with a hand in the war effort, thanks to Boy Scout Troop 38. The baby’s father, Wilbert Bernshouse, is Scoutmaster of the group. When his son arrived, they were prepared to present him with a fat defense savings bond, for which all of them had sold papers and done various other odd jobs to earn money. Mrs. Bernshouse is the former Virginia Reardon. • W.N. Offley, navigation instructor at Shaw Field since February, has been appointed a civil service pilot and will begin training immediately at the army’s basic flying school. Upon completion of the intensive course which consolidates primary and basic training, he will be commissioned a service pilot. Offley is former president of Sumter Aviation Service Inc., operators of the municipal airport.

50 YEARS AGO — 1967 March 13–18 • Marion Myers, prominent Sumter County native, died at Tuomey Hospital. He was born in Sumter County on July 17, 1887, a son of the late Jerry David and Mary Elizabeth Bradford Myers. A devoted member of First Baptist Church, Myers served many years on the Board of Deacons. He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Old School District No. 34 and was elected to serve as a trustee of the reorganized School District No. 17, a position he held for many years. • The coast-to-coast Associated Press Wirephoto Network — the world’s greatest system for picture transmission — will be extended directly into the offices of the Sumter Daily Item by means of a remarkable development in news picture reception — AP Photofax. AP Photofax is a facsimile machine which receives pictures, ready for immediate use, directly from any part of the United States and from most nations in the world. The machine eliminates the time lag of developing a negative and making a photographic print. • Sumter has its new YMCA secretary. He is Jack B. Harvie, 37, a YMCA professional, ex-Marine and a native of Richmond, Virginia. He is leaving a position as executive secretary of the Arlington Branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. • Sumter County School District Two is under court order to integrate school buses, faculty and staff positions and all school activities and vocational programs. The order came from federal Judge Robert W. Hemphill in Columbia after he ruled the school district’s latest integration plan was inadequate. • A new furniture store, Phoenix Furniture Store, located on Broad Street extension adjacent to Wesmark Plaza shopping center, opens its doors

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1967 — Furman High School’s three senior baseball players talk about the coming season with Indian diamond coach Joe Davis. From left are shortstop Larry Avins, catcher Tommy Jones, first baseman Calhoun Aycock and Davis. Furman opens its campaign Tuesday against Hillcrest. to the public. It is one of 33 Phoenix stores in the South and the ninth to open in South Carolina. • Operation BAM — That will be the key to Sumter’s baseball fortunes this spring. BAM just happens to represent the Gamecock pitching trio of Eddie Belken, Billy Ardis and Cleve Marsh. If these three come through, Sumter coach Bob Matthews can entertain thoughts of improving last season’s 7-5 record. • There were no records snapped, but Sumter’s track team had an easy time of it as the Gamecocks breezed to a 104-19 win over Camden at the Alice Drive track. It was the second-straight track victory of the season for Sumter, which defeated Manning 40-0. Highpoint man for the Gamecocks was senior Jimmy Scales, who captured the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard dash, ran a leg of the winning 880-yard relay team and placed second in the high jump. • Coffee Day for Crippled Children will be observed on Good Friday, sponsored for the 15th year by the South Carolina Restaurant Association, assisted for the ninth year by the S.C. Law Enforcement Officers’ Association. Local chairmen of “Coffee Day” is Vince Sutter for the Restaurant Association and Sheriff Byrd Parnell for the Law Association. • “No one is going to be able to count us as a pushover,” says coach Joe Davis about his prospects for the 1967 Furman High School baseball quad. The Indians face the coming campaign with little experience but a group of guys “that will battle you all the way,” according to Davis. “Our hitting is going to be weak, but the boys are looking pretty good, and after they gain some experience, we should do alright.” • The Shaw Air Force Base Food Services organization received the “Best in TAC” food service award in ceremonies held in the office of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing commander, Col. Victor N. Cabas. • A “New Look” in raising prime veal calves has come to this part of the country. The “Calfeteria,” housing 120 calves — the first of its kind for South Carolina — has been set up in the DuBose section by Jerry Page on his dairy farm. The calf-raising project is operated on a parallel basis with broiler production; that is, the calves are kept in confinement, and the environment is under strict control. • Officers for the coming year of the Gay Gardeners Club were installed at a luncheon meeting at Wongreys’ restaurant. Outgoing president Mrs. Perry Randle Jr. turned the gavel over to Mrs. Leslie Boney Jr., who will serve as president during the coming year. Other officers are Mrs. John Chappell, vice president; Mrs. W.P. Betchman, first vice president; Mrs. David Colquitt, secretary; Mrs. James Munn, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. R.J. Mathis, treasurer.

• When Sumter Raceway opens its 1967 season, a field of veteran drivers will be on hand, which should delight local racing fans. Clinnie Hyatt, manager of the Sumter track, reports that the enthusiasm is really growing as registration pours in for the Late Model division. Leading the returnees will be Jimmy Allsbrook, a 10-year veteran of limited and late-model sportsman competition. Allsbrook, who will be steering a 1955 Chevrolet, is a former track champion. • Sumter grabbed 10 first places and romped to its third-straight track win of the season with a 71-52 victory over A.C. Flora here. The Birds, who swept all three relays, have now outscored their opponents in three meets, 224-71. Sammy Way was the winner in the 880, with a time of 2:08.7. Eddie Connor continued his winning ways for the Birds in the mile run by doing the four laps in a time of 4:46 while also running a leg on the winning mile relay team. Sam Tindal captured two prizes in the field events by winning the shot put and placing first in the discus. • Bishop Paul Harden of the S.C. Conference of the Methodist Church was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club meeting. His topic was “The American Way of Life.” The Support of Churches Committee, Barnes Boyle, chairman, arranged the program. Although the term “American Way of Life” has been used too much, misused, and is almost hackneyed, the Bishop pointed out that there is a real “American Way of Life.”

25 YEARS AGO — 1991 Dec. 12–18 Sumter County is making plans to rebuild a dam that broke during torrential rains. Sumter County Administrator Bill Noonan said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has received approval to spend more than $250,000 to rebuild the Second Mill Pond dam. Sumter County Council Chairman Ruben Gray said the grant will cover the cost of rebuilding the dam. “It will have to because there will not be any local tax funding available for the project,” Gray said. • While many Sumterites worry about a rising crime rate in the city and the bored youths in part responsible for that rise, at least one man has set out to do something about his fears. Norman China, director of the recreation center at South Sumter Park, on Saturday celebrated the successful conclusion of the fifth year in a program he helped create — the Sumter County Youth Football League. China and the 25 players on the team he sponsors, the South Sumter Park Bulldogs, celebrated the fifth year of the program at an awards banquet in peerless fashion — as 1991 Sumter County champions. • Sumter’s Tuomey Regional Medical Center has started a recycling program that is expected to reduce the amount

of waste it sends to the Sumter County landfill by 50 percent, a hospital official said. The hospital currently sends about 12 tons of waste per week to the landfill. “We had to do something,” said Isabel Berry, a Tuomey engineer who works in environmental control. “We are sending everything to the landfill.” Products being recycled include cardboard boxes, computer paper, newspapers, aluminum cans and other paper products. • The Air Force said goodbye today to a longtime friend. A noon ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base attended by Air Force and Sumter officials commemorated the deactivation of the OV-10 Bronco aircraft, which has been a part of the U.S. military since 1967. The planes were first flown at Shaw in 1988, said Dave McMahon, chief public relations officer at Shaw. • When publisher Horace Greeley said, “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country” more than 140 years ago, he couldn’t have known he was offering sound advice to John M. Brabham Sr. While Brabham may seem to have taken stock in the adage, he didn’t appear to pay much attention to the direction — John Brabham went east. As a representative on the state Development Board, Brabham recently accompanied Gov. Carroll Campbell and an economic development delegation on a tour of the Far East. Brabham represents the 3rd Circuit on the Development Board, which includes Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties. • The Sumter County 7- and 8-yearold All Stars won the South Carolina State Soccer Championship on Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Lancaster. Lancaster dominated the first 10 minutes of play, but Sumter began to take the momentum in the second period and controlled the game’s tempo after that. The only score of the contest came early in the fourth quarter as left wing Jim Morrison passed to forward Ben McGaw in front of the Lancaster net. McGaw’s shot was stopped, but forward Billy Stemberger got the rebound and pumped a shot past Lancaster’s goalie. • It may seem like only yesterday that USC Sumter welcomed its first group of Peace Scholars, when in fact two years have passed since their arrival in the country. The time has come to say goodbye. Having completed their coursework toward an associate degree with emphasis on small business management, the 21 Caribbean and Central American students will be recognized for their accomplishments in a special ceremony to be held in Nettles Auditorium. • Senior tailback Steve Davis, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards and led Spartanburg to the Division I 4-A state title, was a unanimous choice as The Associated Press high school football player of the year. Sumter Coach Tom Lewis earned a share of the AP’s coach-of-the-year honor. He and Jerry Stoots of Stall share the award, each receiving three votes. • A derelict pickup received some free bodywork, and some defenseless parachutes were turned into wideguage cheesecloth at the Poinsett Weapons Range, courtesy of Shaw Air Force Base’s 3363rd Fighter Wing. The awesome power of the F-16 fighter jet’s M-61A1 20mm, multi-barrel cannons came to light as members of the 33rd and 17th fighter squadrons spread a little daylight throughout outstretched aircraft drag parachutes that serve as targets at the range. • Sumter School District 17 finished its 1990-91 fiscal year with a general fund budget surplus of $68,244. In the board of trustees meeting, district finance director Joe Klein presented the board with its annual audit report. The surplus was a “dramatic change” over last year’s figure, said Klein. The district ended last year with a deficit of $152,190. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com.

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