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BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 Sumter School District trustees will soon start getting a little more money to travel.

In a 4-to-3 vote, the board voted to

increase meal and incidental expenses from $75 to $125 per day for both instate and out-of-state meetings. Chairman Keith Schultz, clerk of the board the Rev. Daryl McGhaney, trustee Larry Addison and trustee Barbara Jackson voted in favor of the change.

Vice Chairwoman Patty Wilson, trustee Karen Michalik and trustee the Rev. Ralph Canty voted nay.

“Right now I’m the chairperson of the budget committee, and I kind of

look at every spending like I’m controlling my own personal checkbook,” Wilson said. “I think it’s (the amount of money) adequate for me as an individual, and it’s a personal preference of mine to leave it where it is until it’s a burden for somebody. My concern was getting all the other people paid adequately such as retirees and bus drivers long before we started looking at our money, and we’re just now doing that.”

At the Aug. 11 board meeting, the board did unanimously approve an adjustment to retiree compensation as well as a 7 percent increase in bus driver pay.

“I support the decision of the board, but it didn’t pass my personal litmus test,” Michalik said. “Every time I go to vote, I always ask myself, ‘What will it do for the classroom? How will

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SUMTER’S K-9 UNITS AND THEIR HANDLERS

Man’s protector at work, best friend at home

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Cpl. Cameron Prescott, left, and Cpl. William Self, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies, exercise a K-9 named Dina recently by provoking her before sending her on a search for hidden drugs around the training grounds at the office. The dogs are trained to bite but also to protect their deputy companions. The dogs and deputies are family. At the end of the day, the dogs go home with the deputies and eat, sleep and play at the same homes. See more photos of the office’s K-9 deputies and their family life on page A3.

Gaza truce open ended but puts off tough issues

Diquandre Rhabb leaves a hearing room at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center after being denied bond Tuesday afternoon.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended cease fire after seven weeks of fighting — an uneasy deal that halts the deadliest war the sides have fought in years, with more than 2,200 killed, but puts off the most difficult issues.

In the end, both sides settled for an ambiguous interim agreement in exchange for a period of calm. Hamas, though badly battered, remains in control of Gaza with part of its military arsenal intact.

Israel and Egypt will continue to control access to blockaded Gaza, despite Hamas’ long-running demand that the border closures imposed in 2007 be lifted.

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Hamas declared victory, even though it had little to show for a war that killed 2,143 Palestinians, wounded more than 11,000 and left some 100,000 homeless.

On the Israeli side, 64 soldiers and five civilians were killed, the last a man killed

by Palestinian mortar fire shortly before the cease fire was announced.

Large crowds gathered in Gaza City after the truce took effect at dusk, some waving the green flags of Hamas, while celebratory gunfire and fireworks erupted across the territory.

Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, promised to rebuild homes destroyed in the war and said Hamas

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Suspect remains behind bars in ‘disturbing’ shootout case Bond denied for man Tuesday

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211 Citing the “disturbing” nature of the case, Magistrate Judge George Gibson denied bond to Diquandre Lionell Rhabb, 25,

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on Tuesday at a hearing at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Rhabb is charged with attempted murder, shooting into a vehicle, unlawful carrying of a pistol and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime and will remain at the detention center.

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Sewage leaks into tributary

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About 35,000 gallons of untreated wastewater flowed into creek

Hydrant tests set for today, Thursday

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com (803) 774-1211

The City of Sumter will perform fire hydrant flow tests on East Newberry Avenue, South Lafayette Drive, East Red Bay Road, Murphy Street and Brent Street between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. today and Thursday.

Water customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water.

Direct questions or concerns to the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

A separated sewer line near Valleybrook Court north of Shaw Air Force Base has been repaired, but it is unclear how much sewage could have leaked into a tributary of Beech Creek.

A customer reported the leak to Carolina Water Service Inc., the private company which services the area.

“The location was back in the woods behind a customer’s property, and the customer let us know,” said Tom Oakley, communication director for the utility company. “It can’t be seen from anywhere else other than there.”

According to a public notice sent out by the utility, approximately 35,000 gallons of wastewater flowed into the tributary.

“That is definitely an approximation,” Oakley said. “We use a rule of thumb. The customers indicated when they first saw it, and seven days later, they let us know.”

Free boat inspections at Lake Marion landing In an effort to keep waterways safe during the Labor Day holiday weekend, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division will conduct free safety inspections at boat ramps across the state during the holiday weekend, including from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Alex Harvin Landing on S.C. 260, south of Manning.

Boating safety and enforcement officers will perform quick inspections for items such as required safety equipment and proper boat and motor registration. Boaters who are not in compliance with safety regulations or registration requirements will not be ticketed during the free inspections. Instead, they will be given an opportunity to correct the problem before they launch their boats.

DNR officers will also be available to answer questions and give boaters tips on how to stay safe on the water.

For more information, call (800) 277-4301 or visit www.dnr. sc.gov/boating.

How long the sewage may have been leaking from the gravity-fed line before the problem was discovered is unclear.

“It was untreated sewage headed to our plant, and because it only serves such a small number of homes, there was nothing noticed at the plant,” Oakley said. “If it had been on a major line, we would have noticed a flow change at the plant.”

He said a manhole cleanout where the line is elevated across the tributary was eroded underneath, and it toppled over, and that’s what pulled the line apart.

It is difficult to tell how far the contamination may have affected Beech Creek, he said, but the utility is advising the public to stay away from the creek in Oakland Plantation between Valleybrook Court and King’s Highway.

The public notice said the advisory would continue until Department of Health and Environmental Control determines bacteria levels have returned to normal.

“We notified DHEC, and we worked with them because it’s such a remote area. Simply posting signs doesn’t really do much, and the likelihood of someone encountering it is pretty slim.

DHEC encouraged us, and it is our internal policy regardless to notify local media.”

Oakley said his company serves approximately 20,000 customers in South Carolina.

Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said Carolina Water Service is one of two private systems that service the area north of the base, while Dalzell is serviced by the City of Sumter.

He said his office was not notified of the leak.

“For some things, for instance if they have an ammonia leak, they must notify DHEC immediately and our office within 24 hours,” Hayes said. In the case of a sewage leak, he said his office does not need to be notified unless the leakage is more than a certain amount.

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Rising seas expected to affect lower coast BEAUFORT — Experts predict that rising seas will bring floods threatening nearly $6 billion worth of property in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Rising seas will also mean routinely flooded roads and less salt marsh.

Area media outlets report that staffers with South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium discussed the issue Monday with government officials in Beaufort County where the county is working on a plan to deal with rising seas.

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Mya, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Steven Dagnan, 337th Recruiting Squadron recruiter, eats an ice cream cone during Shaw Air Force Base’s family fun night at the base Aug. 21. During the event, members from the 20th Operational Support Squadron, First Sergeant Council and 337th RCS sold snacks, drinks and T-shirts.

College of Charleston receives OK to offer doctorates COLUMBIA (AP) — The College of Charleston might be allowed to sidestep a state law and offer doctoral degrees that align with area business’ needs, following a vote Tuesday by a key committee, months after legislators tried and failed to make the college a research university.

The Commission on Higher Education’s committee on academic affairs voted unanimously to change the college’s mission statement so that it can offer doctorate programs.

The vote sends the recommendation to the full commission next month.

Commission members

called the change part of a two-step process in eventually allowing other four-year universities to do the same.

College of Charleston Provost Brian McGee said South Carolina’s oldest college is likely still years away from offering the programs. A “yes” vote from the full commission

would start the planning process. Proposals to offer specific degrees would then need approval from the commission and the accreditation board for Southern colleges.

“This is not a move for tomorrow but for this generation and future generations to come,” McGee said.

State law allows only research universities to offer doctoral degrees, limiting that ability to the University of South Carolina’s main campus in Columbia, Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina.

MUSC offers only medical degrees.

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Kaos bites an officer, below, acting as a perpetrator during a training exercise. The K-9 was trained to follow his scent to hunt him down.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGE Jarel K. Jack, 43, of 852 Classon Ave., Apt 7, Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and charged with trafficking heroine about 1:31 p.m. Monday after a traffic stop at the 136 mile marker on Interstate 95 South. When the suspect was searched, about 73 grams of suspected heroin were found, and the heroin field test proved positive.

Location will help students improve their literacy skills

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com (803) 774-1214 The S.C. Department of Education recently announced a Read to Succeed office has been created in compliance with the recently passed literacy law.

According to the new law, a Read to Succeed office needs to be established to provide necessary definitions and to provide a comprehensive state plan to improve reading achievement in public schools in South Carolina by assessing readiness and reading proficiency of students progressing from pre-K through third grade.

The new legislation also states that the office will provide appropriate interventions and other assistance to students.

“As we work to ensure the Read to Succeed legislation is implemented correctly, we want to make sure this is a team effort,” said S.C. Superintendent of Education Mick Zais.

“The creation of this new office, housed in the Office of School Transformation, shows a commitment on our state’s part to focus on improved literacy outcomes for our

ARMED ROBBERY A man was reportedly robbed at gunpoint at 11:27 p.m. Sunday on Charlotte Avenue. The suspect reportedly stole the man’s phone and flashlight and is described as having a dark complexion and wearing a black-and-gray hat, a black vest, jeans and a light-colored shirt.

STOLEN PROPERTY Tools valued at $600 were reported stolen at 5:20 a.m. Friday from a shed in the 500 block of Black River Road in Rembert.

A Stihl F565 weed trimmer valued at $400, Echo HC-1500 hedge trimmers valued at $400 and a blue Fuji bicycle valued at $200 were reported stolen at 3:55 p.m. Friday from the 100 block of West Sumter Street in Mayesville.

A green-and-gray mo-ped with “VIP Champions” inscribed on the front, an identification card and a Samsung tablet, valued at a total of $1,070, were reported stolen at 1 p.m.

Sunday from the 900 block of Miller Road.

A .32-caliber silver Cobra pistol valued at $192 was reportedly stolen about 3:11 p.m.

Monday from the 3000 block of Third Street, Mayesville.

A lawn mower valued at $1,900 was reportedly stolen about 6:26 p.m. Monday from the 10000 block of Lynches River Road.

Two 70-inch flat-screen TVs valued at $1,500 each; a PlayStation3 valued at $300; a PlayStation4 valued at $750; one 15-inch Toshiba laptop computer valued at $800; a second 15-inch Toshiba laptop computer valued at $500; a front-load stackable washer and dryer set valued at $1,500; one white glass-top stove valued at $900; one black TV stand valued at $25; one gold child’s bracelet valued at $75; one gold child’s necklace valued at $300; and one 14-carat gold ring with three diamonds valued at $3,500 were reportedly stolen about 9:20 p.m.

Monday from the 5000 block of Dubose Siding Road.

A 62-inch Mitsubishi TV and a 32-inch Emerson TV valued at $2,100 were reportedly stolen about 11:31 p.m. Monday from the 8000 block of St. Johns Road.

‘The creation of this new office ... shows a commitment on our state’s part to focus on improved literacy outcomes for our children.’

MICK ZAIS S.C. Superintendent of Education children. I am pleased that we are now making progress that can be measured.”

According to the state education department, the mission of the Read to Succeed Office in Columbia will be to offer a comprehensive approach to reading that ensures all students develop reading and writing skills to be college and career ready.

Other functions of the office will include supporting summer reading camps; encouraging family and community partnerships; working with higher education teacher training programs to increase reading proficiency; developing a state reading plan; and creating a statewide system supporting reading coaches.

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Candice Walsh, who has worked with many of the literacy initiatives outlined in the R2S legislation, will lead this Reading and Early Learning team. Walsh completed a bachelor of science degree in elementary education at Lander University and went on to earn a master of education degree in middle-level literacy from Cambridge College.

The creation of Read to Succeed is one of many steps that have been taken to improve education in South Carolina public schools. Gov. Nikki Haley’s K-12 Education Reform Initiative also passed this year and focuses on improving technology in schools and providing more resources, such as reading coaches, to improve literacy.

In line with promoting the improvement of students’ reading and writing skills as well as organizational skills, Sumter High School recently implemented AVID — Advancement Via Individual Determination — a program Principal Dana Fall previously explained to the board of trustees also caters to the literacy component on which the state has been focusing in the past few years.

The R2S Office will have various functions, which are outlined in more detail on its website at http:// ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Read-to-Succeed/.

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Sen. McElveen honored for perfect conservation score Sen. Thomas McElveen is recently recognized by the Conservation Voters of South Carolina for having a perfect conservation score on the organization’s most recent legislative scorecard.

Seen at Guignard Diner from left to right are Mayor Joe McElveen and his wife, Kathy; Rebecca Haynes, director of Government Relations for CVSC; Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter; and Shawn Drury, field director for CVSC. PHOTO PROVIDED

Survey: Economists fear Fed’s won’t raise interest rates soon enough WASHINGTON (AP) — Economists appear to be of two minds about the Federal Reserve.

They agree with the Fed that the job market still isn’t healthy. Yet the latest Associated Press survey of economists finds that most fear the Fed will wait too long to raise interest rates and thereby risk stoking inflation or creating asset bubbles.

The duality of their views underscores the perils of the Fed’s policymaking. Most economists accept that there’s still “significant” slack in the job market. By that they mean that millions of people — the unemployed as well as part-time workers and people who’ve stopped looking for work and aren’t counted as unemployed — would likely take jobs or work more hours if they could.

Still, they’re concerned that Janet Yellen’s Fed won’t raise rates soon enough.

“I agree with her diagnosis; I even like what she has in mind,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “But I’m skeptical that she’ll be able to pull it off.”

The AP surveyed three dozen private, corporate and academic economists from Aug. 13 to Aug. 19. In follow-up interviews, several said they feared that by waiting too long to raise rates, the Fed could ignite inflation or may already be feeding speculative bubbles in assets such as stocks or high-yield bonds.

“Yellen’s much more con-

cerned about the Fed’s employment mandate than inflation,” said David Shulman, an economist at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, referring to the Fed’s drive to lower unemployment. “They’ll risk financial bubbles.”

Lynn Reaser, a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, agrees with Yellen that if the economy were nearing full health, workers’ pay would be rising faster, fewer people would be unemployed for more than six months, and many part-timers who want full-time jobs would manage to find them.

But “by the time we hit that situation, there may already be pressures on the inflation front or significant bubbles in various asset markets,” Reaser said. “To play catch-up at that point may require large increases in interest rates, which could be very damaging to the economy.”

Strikingly, while economists worry that the Fed won’t get out of the way of the strengthening U.S. recovery soon

enough, they fear the opposite about Europe: That its economy may have entered a “lost decade” similar to Japan’s long-standing stagnation.

Some, such as Allen Sinai, chief global economist at Decision Economics, think the European Central Bank has been too cautious and should launch a bond-buying program akin to what the Fed had done. The idea would be to keep rates low, boost stock prices and shrink the euro’s value, which would make European exports more affordable.

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But if those fail, “it is reasonable to have a conversation” about e-cigarettes, said the Heart Association’s president, Dr. Elliott Antman. The Cancer Society said e-cigarettes “may be a reasonable option” for people who could not quit after trying counseling and approved methods, such as nicotine patches.

Neither group recommends e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, and makers of the devices do not market them that way.

E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that vaporize nicotine. They’ve been sold in the U.S. since 2007 and now have millions of users worldwide and nearly $2 billion in annual sales. They contain fewer toxic substances than traditional cigarettes do, but little is known about their health effects.

Whether they help or hurt anti-smoking efforts is hotly debated. Some say they encourage smoking by letting people maintain their habit in places where cigarettes are banned. Others say they are a less risky way to satisfy a nicotine craving for people who want to quit, similar to how methadone is used to curb heroin abuse.

This concept, called harm reduction, “is probably the most important and the most contentious issue that the tobacco community is dealing with right now,” said Tom Glynn, who recently retired as the Cancer Society’s top scientist on the e-cigarette issue.

No solid evidence shows that e-cigarettes aid smoking cessation, unlike the nicotine patches, gums and medications approved now.

“We need hard-nosed regulation for e-cigarettes, and we need more research,” Glynn said, but mostly, “we need to have people stop smoking combustible cigarettes.”

The Heart Association stressed the toll — 20 million deaths in the U.S. alone from tobacco use during the last 50 years.

“We are fiercely committed to preventing the tobacco industry from addicting another generation of smokers,” says a statement from the association’s chief executive, Nancy Brown.

Besides nicotine — “a highly addictive chemical no matter what form it comes in” — some e-cigarettes form other products such as formaldehyde, a carcinogen, Antman said.

“There are many things we see as dark clouds on the horizon” about e-cigarettes’ effects on blood vessels and secondhand exposure, especially to pregnant women, he said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline, according to a surprising new survey by the Pew Research Center.

The study, done in conjunction with Rutgers University in New Jersey, challenges the view of social media as a vehicle for debate by suggesting that sites like Facebook and Twitter might actually encourage self-censorship. Researchers said they detect what they call the “spiral of silence” phenomenon: Unless people know their audience agrees, they are likely to shy away from discussing anything controversial.

In other words, most of us are more comfortable with ice-bucket challenges than political banter.

“People do not tend to be using social media for this type of important political discussion. And if anything, it may actually be removing conversation from the public sphere,” said Keith Hampton, a communications professor at Rutgers University who helped conduct the study.

The survey was conducted shortly after Edward Snowden acknowledged leaking classified intelligence that exposed widespread government surveillance of Americans’ phone and email records. Hampton said the Snowden case provided researchers with a concrete example of a major national issue that divided Americans and dominated news coverage.

Of the 1,801 adults surveyed, 86 percent they would be willing to discuss their views about government surveillance if it came up at various in-person scenarios, such as at a public meeting, at work or at a restaurant with friends. But just 42 percent of Facebook or Twitter users said they would be willing to post online about it.

What’s more, the typical Facebook user — someone who logs onto the site a few times per day — was actually half as likely to discuss the Snowden case at a public meeting as a non-Facebook user. Someone who goes on Twitter a few times per day was one-quarter as likely to share opinions in the workplace compared with those who never use Twitter.

Only when people felt that their Facebook network agreed with their opinion were they twice as likely to join a site discussion on the issue, the survey found.

Another finding was that social media didn’t make it easier for people to share opinions they wouldn’t otherwise share. Of the 14 percent of Americans unwilling to discuss the Snowden case with others in person, fewer than one-half of 1 percent were willing to discuss it on social media.

Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center Internet Project, said it’s possible that social media actually sensitize people to different opinions.

“Because they use social media, they may know more about the depth of disagreement over the issue in their wide circle of contacts,” he said. “This might make them hesitant to speak up either online or offline for fear of starting an argument, offending or even losing a friend.”

While many people might say keeping political debate off Facebook is a matter of tact, Hampton said there is a concern that a person’s fear of offending someone on social media stifles debate.

“A society where people aren’t able to share their opinions openly and gain from understanding alternative perspectives is a polarized society,” he said.

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Analyst at Columbia police drug lab resigns COLUMBIA (AP) — A drug analyst at Columbia Police Department has resigned amid concerns about some of the work she did on cases while working for the agency, officials said Monday.

During a news conference at his agency’s headquarters, Columbia Police Chief William Holbrook told reporters that Brenda Frazier had submitted her resignation after an audit by Richland County Sheriff’s Department found inconsistencies in her work and raised concerns about her training and methodology.

A report found several problems with the lab, including failing to keeping samples at proper temperatures or using quality controls when weighing evidence. Holbrook closed the lab last week, and State Law Enforcement Division is now handling drugcase testing for the city.

Frazier was hired in late 2011 and handled nearly 750 cases during the past three years. Holbrook said more than 180 of those are being reviewed, and local prosecutors said they haven’t determined how many of those cases might have been compromised.

The cases under review are all in the pre-trial phase and can’t move forward until they are peer reviewed by another chemist, Holbrook said.

Department officials said that it had been the lab’s practice to have all its cases peer reviewed by other departments. But, when a veteran chemist left the lab in 2012, Frazier was there alone. The reviews stopped, and a backlog piled up, according to Deputy Police Chief Melron Kelly.

Criminal defense lawyers said they are glad the cases are under review.

“This is serious — her job is important. Her drug tests can put people away for five, 10, 15 years,” said Jack Swerling, a Columbia defense lawyer who has handled numerous high-profile drug and murder cases. “This is going to open up the door for people to challenge all her old cases, too.”

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Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, left, announces plans to build a Fisher House in the city during a news conference in Charleston on Tuesday.

A Fisher House is a place where the families of veterans can stay for free while their loved ones are receiving medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Standing beside the mayor are Durbin and Truxtun Emerson, the founders of Charleston Fisher House, which will serve the families of tens of thousands of veterans from coastal South Carolina and Georgia.

Fisher House to help families of veterans coming to S.C. CHARLESTON (AP) — The families of tens of thousands of veterans in coastal South Carolina and Georgia will one day be able to be near their loved ones receiving Veterans Affairs medical care without having to pay pricey Charleston hotel rates.

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. and the founders of a local nonprofit announced plans Tuesday to build a Fisher House in the city’s historic district near the Ralph Johnson VA Medical Center.

Fisher Houses are lodgings where families of vets or active duty service members stay for free while their loved ones receive care. They are named for the real estate developer who built the first two houses almost a quarter century ago.

There are now 64 in the United States and Germany serving 22,000 military families each year. The Charleston Fisher House will be the first in South Carolina.

The Charleston VA Medical Center serves more than 4,500 in-patient veterans each year from Myrtle Beach to Savannah.

A building in Charleston’s historic district with an acre of land has been purchased with the help of the national Fisher House Foundation. Now $3.5 million must be raised to pay off the debt, deed the property to the VA, demolish the building and begin construction.

The house will have 16 suites for families and a common kitchen. With average hotel costs in Charleston of about $200 a night, the Fisher House is expected to save the families of veterans a

combined $1 million a year in lodging costs. The nonprofit hopes to begin construction in 2016.

Truxtun Emerson, who with his wife, Durbin, founded Fisher House Charleston, said the facility will ease the minds of veterans’ families.

“The purpose is so military and veterans’ families can be near their loved ones when a medical crisis arises and focus on what is most important, and that is the healing process,” he said.

Riley said many of the veteran patients come from miles away.

“Most veteran families can’t afford costly accommodations, and they miss dreadfully their loved ones, and the veterans miss the love and the comfort and the healing benefit of having family nearby,” he said.

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TRAVEL FROM PAGE A1 it affect teachers? How will it affect students?’ And the second question I ask is, ‘How would the people who elected me vote?’ I don’t believe the public would support giving us a bonus at this time.�

She and Wilson both voted against the increase for travel expenses at the previous meeting as well as an increase to the monthly stipend board members receive. It went from $450 to $650 for trustees and $550 to $700 for the board chairman.

Canty abstained during the first reading of the travel increase as well as the monthly increase at the last

meeting, but he voted against the meal and incidental raise this time. “I thought the action was ill timed and inappropriate,� he said. “We just approved a budget, and if we were going to consider an increase in compensation and per diem, it should have been done during the budget process.

At this point, we’re servants of the people. We should be looking for money to provide supplemental income for teachers rather than making ourselves a priority.�

In other news, the board unanimously approved the following Monday: • An $18 million tax anticipation note. Like many businesses, the school district’s revenue cycle is not even throughout the year, said Steve Mann,

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executive director of finance. This note allows the district to continue to meet payroll and pay bills when the bulk of money is not coming in, which is usually in December and January, he said. • Second and final reading of policy changes to board agendas, organization of instructions, teaching about religion and driver training. • First reading of a change to the use of electronic communication devices in school. Whereas the previous language stated students should not share them with others inside or outside of the instructional setting, the editing clarifies that if a student does not have such a device, he or she may share with another student while in the classroom.

‘I thought the action was ill timed and inappropriate. ...

We should be looking for money to provide supplemental income for teachers rather than making ourselves a priority.’ THE REV. RALPH CANTY Sumter School District board trustee

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A Palestinian family flashes victory signs as they celebrate the cease fire between Palestinians and Israelis at the main road in Gaza in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel and Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended cease fire, halting a seven-week war that killed more than 2,200 people.

TRUCE FROM PAGE A1 would rearm. “We will build and upgrade our arsenal to be ready for the coming battle, the battle of full liberation,� he declared, surrounded by Hamas gunmen.

The Israeli response was more subdued. “This time we hope the cease fire will stick,� said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev. He portrayed the deal as one Hamas had rejected in previous rounds of negotiations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced some criticism from hardline critics and residents of Israeli communities near Gaza who said the deal failed to defuse the threat from Gaza militants.

Since July 8, Hamas and its allies have fired some 4,000 rockets and mortars at Israel, and tens of thousands of Israelis evacuated areas near Gaza in recent weeks.

Under the Egyptian-brokered deal, Israel is to ease imports to Gaza, including aid and material for reconstruction. It also agreed to a largely symbolic gesture, expanding a fishing zone for Gaza fishermen from three to six nautical miles into the Mediterranean.

In a month, talks are to begin on more complex issues, including Hamas’ demand to start building a seaport and airport in Gaza. Israel has said it would only agree if Hamas disarms, a demand the militant group has rejected.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the agreement offers “an opportunity, not a certainty.� “Today’s agreement comes after many hours and days of negotiations and discussions. But certainly there’s a long road ahead. ... We’re going into this eyes wide open,� she said. Early on in the war, U.N. chief Ban Kimoon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had tried in vain to broker a truce.

The cease fire went into effect at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and violence persisted until the last minute.

About an hour before the cease fire, 12 mortar shells hit an Israeli communal farm near Gaza, killing an Israeli man and wounding seven other people, two of them critically, the Israeli military said. Between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., Gaza militants fired 83 rockets, of which 13 were intercepted.

In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike minutes before the start of the cease fire toppled a five-story building in the

town of Beit Lahiya, witnesses said. Twelve Palestinians, including two children, were killed in several Israeli airstrikes before the truce took hold, Gaza police said.

In Gaza City, a 20-year-old woman was killed, and several dozen people were wounded by celebratory gunfire after the truce was announced.

Despite the bond denial, Rhabb smiled and greeted several family members as he was led out of the courtroom.

According to public records, an additional charge of attempted murder and a charge of grand larceny more than $10,000 were filed against Rhabb on Tuesday.

Additional charges are pending.

Sumter Police Department Public Information Officer Tonyia McGirt said the grand larceny charge stems from a May 16 incident on South Lafayette Drive that involved Rhabb and Witherspoon.

Rhabb was allegedly involved in a shootout at Chatman’s Car Wash on North Main Street on Friday. Two men, including a bystander, were injured in the incident.

Police said Rhabb has been arrested for a number of drug- and weapons-related charges in the past two years,

including a weapons-related charge in January.

One of the injured men, Arterrell Marques Witherspoon, remains hospitalized and reportedly returned fire during the incident. Police said they have not ruled out filing charges against Witherspoon.

Police are still looking for a third man who they think was involved in the shooting.

He is described as a 17- to 25-year-old black man about 6 feet tall, with a light complexion and a goatee.

Police said they think the incident was drug related and may be connected to a rash of shooting incidents in the South Sumter area.

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few years ago, I was inadvertently introduced to a series of sentence fragments that would forever alter the course of my life.

I was going through the drive-thru at Burger King with my friend Bobby, eagerly awaiting our order of fries and Coke-flavored Icees.

As we pulled up to the window to pay for our purchases, we were met by a heavy-set woman with long DayGlo-colored fingernails who mumbled the price incoherently and grabbed the $20 from my hand the minute I stuck it out of the window.

She quickly tapped several buttons on the register, eventually hitting the magic one that allowed the register to open to produce our change.

As she handed me my change and our order, she uttered those life-changing and mystifying fragments: “’Preciate it. Have a day.”

Bobby and I thanked her Cliff and I rolled up my window as we started to speed out McCollum of the parking lot.

“What did she just say?” I asked Bobby. “Did she really just say...” “’Preciate it. Have a day,’” Bobby replied.

“That’s what she said.”

I hardly knew where to begin.

As an undergraduate English major, I have to watch myself to keep my inner pedantic grammarian in check.

I’m a threat to take the trusty red pen and correct copy mistakes I see out in the world.

When presented with such a lovely example of authentic sentence fragments as a part of real world dialogue, my inner English teacher jumped for joy.

“Have a day,” I repeated, trailing off as I reached the end. “What kind of day am I supposed to have? There’s no adjective there.”

Was I supposed to have a good day filled with joy, happiness and gratuitous action scenes filled with explosions?

Was I fated to have a horrible day filled with enough angst and grief to make 19thcentury German literature seem exuberant and buoyant by comparison?

Where was my adjective, that delightful, necessary word to give that noun “day” a sense of direction and purpose?

“Maybe that’s just it,” Bobby said. “Maybe she just means have a day. Make your own day, you know?”

When Bob’s right, he’s right. “’Preciate it.

Have a day,” has become a bit of a personal mantra, a way to bolster my spirits and prepare myself for whatever day may lie ahead of me.

Good or bad, I should “’preciate” the life I have, the living I’m allowed to continue.

There is no adjective there because we are empowered to adjectivize our own days.

We have to take power of our own lives and mold our actions to create the world in which we want to live.

If you want to have a happy day, choose to be happy. Make choices and decisions you think will make you happy.

If you are determined to have a bad day, go all out and wallow in self pity and sorrow

‘We have to take power of our own lives and mold our actions to create the world in which we want to live.

If you want to have a happy day, choose to be happy. Make choices and decisions you think will make you happy.

If you are determined to have a bad day, go all out and wallow in self pity and sorrow until you’ve created your own Sylvia Plath scenario. Just don’t put your head in that oven — it’s not worth it.’ until you’ve created your own Sylvia Plath scenario. Just don’t put your head in that oven — it’s not worth it.

You can’t be passive when it comes to you; You must be an advocate and lobbyist for your own best interests.

I don’t know what sort of life experiences led that noble Burger King employee to impart that wisdom to Bobby and me, but we will be forever indebted to her.

To this day, we generally end our phone conversations and meetings with those two simple sentence fragments, reminding ourselves we can have whatever kind of day we want to have.

In life, there will always be what I like to call “peripheral people,” the random background actors that will occasionally bless you with words of hope or wisdom.

These peripheral people can be anyone or everyone, so you must have constant vigilance in looking for them.

If you don’t wake up and pay attention, you may miss the unadorned brilliance of an error-laced non sequitur or throw-away factoid.

Keep an eye out and an ear open for your peripheral people. You’ll appreciate it and have a day.

Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways. As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

hough racial discrimination exists, it is nowhere near the barrier it once was. The relevant question is: How much of what we see today can be explained by racial discrimination? This is an important question because if we conclude that racial discrimination is the major cause of black problems when it isn’t, then effective solutions will be elusive forever. To begin to get a handle on the answer, let’s pull up a few historical facts about black Americans.

In 1950, female-headed households Walter were 18 perWilliams cent of the black population. Today it’s close to 70 percent. One study of 19thcentury slave families found that in up to three-fourths of the families, all the children lived with the biological mother and father. In 1925 New York City, 85 percent of black households were twoparent households. Herbert Gutman, author of “The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925,” reports, “Five in six children under the age of six lived with both parents.” Also, both during slavery and as late as 1920, a teenage girl raising a child without a man present was rare among blacks.

A study of 1880 family structure in Philadelphia found that three-quarters of black families were nuclear families (composed of two parents and children). What is significant, given today’s arguments that slavery and discrimination decimated the black family structure, is the fact that years ago, there were only slight differences in family structure among racial groups.

Coupled with the dramatic breakdown in the black family structure has been an astonishing growth in the rate of illegitimacy. The black illegitimacy rate in 1940 was about 14 percent; black illegitimacy today is over 70 percent, and in some cities, it is over 80 percent.

The point of bringing up these historical facts is to ask this question, with a bit of sarcasm: Is the reason the black family was far healthier in the late 1800s and 1900s that back then there was far less racial discrimination and there were greater opportunities? Or did what experts call the “legacy of slavery” wait several generations to victimize today’s blacks?

The Census Bureau pegs the poverty rate among blacks at 28.1 percent. A statistic that one never hears about is that the poverty rate among intact married black families has been in the single digits for more than two decades, currently at 8.4 percent. Weak family structures not only spell poverty and dependency but also contribute to the social pathology seen in many black communities — for example, violence and predatory sex. Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. Though blacks are 13 percent of the

‘The Census Bureau pegs the poverty rate among blacks at 28.1 percent. A statistic that one never hears about is that the poverty rate among intact married black families has been in the single digits for more than two decades, currently at 8.4 percent. Weak family structures not only spell poverty and dependency but also contribute to the social pathology seen in many black communities — for example, violence and predatory sex. nation’s population, they account for more than 50 percent of homicide victims. Nationally, the black homicide victimization rate is six times that of whites, and in some cities, it’s 22 times that of whites. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Coupled with being most of the nation’s homicide victims, blacks are also major victims of violent personal crimes, such as assault, rape and robbery.

To put this violence in perspective, black fatalities during the Korean War (3,075), Vietnam War (7,243) and all wars since 1980 (about 8,200) come to about 18,500, a number that pales in comparison with black loss of life at home. Young black males had a greater chance of reaching maturity on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan than on the streets of Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, Newark and other cities.

The black academic achievement gap is a disaster.

Often, black 12th-graders can read, write and deal with scientific and math problems at only the level of white sixthgraders. This doesn’t bode well for success in college or passing civil service exams.

If it is assumed that problems that have a devastating impact on black well-being are a result of racial discrimination and a “legacy of slavery” when they are not, resources spent pursuing a civil rights strategy will yield disappointing results.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2014 creators.com

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LABOR DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.

GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; and Lee County offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Lee County Public Schools; St. Anne Catholic School; Laurence Manning Academy; Clarendon Hall; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3;

Sumter Christian School; Wilson Hall; William Thomas Academy; Robert E. Lee Academy; Morris College; Central Carolina Technical College; and USC Sumter.

OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Clemson Extension Service; Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; Harvin Clarendon County Library; Black River Electric Coop.; and Farmers Telephone Coop.

The Sumter County Library will be closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Monday.

AROUND TOWN Anyone interested in learnThe Sumter County Education Are you a retired ing more about any phase of Association-Retired will educator? meet parliamentary law is welat noon today at the North come to attend. Meetings HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. are open to the public. Call Members are encouraged to (803) 775-0830 for details. bring new retired educators to join the association. Call An American Red Cross blood Brenda Bethune at (803) 469- drive will be held 9 a.m.-2 6588. p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Trinity Missionary Baptist Clarendon School District One Church, 155 Wall St. Each will conduct free vision, heardonor will receive a free box ing, speech and developmental of Girl Scout Cookies and all screenings as part of a child donors are eligible for a find effort to identify studrawing for a free massage. dents with special needs.

Screenings will be held from The American Red Cross will 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumoffer an Emergency Operations merton Early Childhood Cen- Center / Incident Command Liter on the following Thursaison class 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on days: Sept. 11; Oct. 9; Nov. Saturday, Aug. 30, at 1155 N. 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. Guignard Drive. Call (803) 12, 2015; March 12, 2015; 775-2363 for information or April 9, 2015; and May 14, to register for a class.

2015. For more information, Give the gift of life by joining call Sadie Williams or Authe 3rd Annual Battle of the drey Walters at (803) 485Badges Blood Drive Competi2325, extension 221. tion. Donor week will be held The Sumter Branch NAACP will 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondaysponsor a candidates forum for Wednesday, Sept. 1-3, and 9 U.S. 5th and 6th Congressioa.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, nal Districts of South Caroliat the Sumter Donation Cenna and U.S. Senate District ter, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thurs- Call (803) 775-2364 to schedday, Aug. 28, at Central Caro- ule an appointment. On Frilina Technical College, day, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to Health Science Center, 133 S. 4 p.m., the Battle of the Main St. Badges Blood Drive will be held at the Sumter County The Shannon Town Community Library, 111 N. Harvin St. Call Neighborhood Association will Joey Duggan at (803) 436meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 2721 to schedule a donation Aug. 28, at South HOPE Centime. Appointments/donater, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive.

Call Ms. Watson at (803) 316- tion times can also be made at redcrossblood.org and 9461 or Ms. Witherspoon at enter sponsor code “Bat(803) 773-4730.

The Sumter Unit of the National tleBadgesSumter.” All doAssociation of Parliamentarians nors will receive a free Red Cross T-shirt and a coupon will meet at 6:30 p.m. on by email for a free haircut at Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Sumter School District build- participating Sport Clips locations. ing on Wilson Hall Road.

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Sumter 90/64

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Today: Mostly sunny; watch for rough surf and rip currents. High 85 to 89.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a good EUGENIA LAST look at your career path. A practical change of plans will help you boost your confidence and reputation. An opportunity to network will play in your favor. Put love and romance high on your list.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do what makes you happy. Get involved in an event or attend a trade show or conference, and you will expand your knowledge and get some worthwhile information that will help you make an important decision.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be careful when it comes to making promises. If you aren’t going to be able to follow through, you will jeopardize your reputation.

Honesty will be a factor when dealing with someone who wants something from you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Bide your time and make practical plans that you’re confident will work out well for you. Use your imagination and creative insight to capture interest. Don’t feel you have to make an impulsive move because someone puts pressure on you.

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will lead to future gains.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your genuine desire to help and to make a difference to your community, a cause or a friend will add to your popularity. A change in your current status or within an important relationship must be allowed to unfold naturally.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Express your thoughts and desires openly.

Once you let others know what you want, you will be able to separate those willing to help from those who are not in a position to do so.

Problems will result if you make a drastic personal change.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep life simple, truthful and positive. An optimistic approach to change followed by hands-on hard work will help you bring about a happier and healthier lifestyle.

Romance is on the rise.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Hazel Evenich shares a photo of Duchess on her way home from being groomed. Evenich comments, “She is a happy dog.” Duchess was adopted by Charles and Hazel Evenich from the Sumter SPCA.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t be daunted by the changes going on around you or by what others do. Focus on your life and the things that will bring you greater security. Money, legal and medical issues dealt with tenaciously will turn out favorably.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Being adaptable and willing to compromise will help you win favors and get your way in the end.

Working hard to satisfy everyone around you will pay off. Step up your game and do whatever it takes to get ahead professionally.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take advantage of any opportunities that comes your way. Focus on personal improvements, love, romance and making professional decisions that will help you reach your financial goals. Don’t let a partnership hold you back or stifle your imagination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Efficiency will be your strength and will help ensure that you accomplish what you set out to do while giving others a chance to see you in action. You can expect to be offered interesting proposals that

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Selfdeception can lead you down a slippery path. Look at whatever you are dealing with realistically.

You can make progress, but only if your vision is clear. Try to make the best choices for the right reasons.

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LOCAL GOLF

Amick Jr. captures second Sunset CC championship

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Brian Amick Jr. won his second, and possibly final, Sunset Country Club golf championship.

“It really means something because I’ve been a part of Sunset Country Club since I started around golf and was around eight

years old,” Amick said of winning the 2-day event held on Aug. 16-17. “To win it twice – for some reason it feels like my last time I’ll really be playing it, so to win it my second time and my last time, really means a lot to me.”

As a redshirt senior and member of the University of South Carolina Aiken

golf team, who graduates in May of 2015, Amick said he doesn’t know what the future holds for him.

Competing in his sixth tournament of the summer, Amick shot a 68 in the first round and a 78 in the final round for a 6-over par 146 to capture the club

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Brian Amick Jr., center, holds the Sunset Country Club golf championship trophy beside SCC professional Nick Rogers, right, and Sunset board chairman Will Holmes after recently winning his second title.

USC FOOTBALL

NASCAR

What might have been

Labor Day weekend race returns to Darlington Southern 500 set for prime time in 2015

BY LOU BEZJAK Morning News

ny Football in the No. No. 21 Aggies’ huddle. Hill passed for 183 yards and a TD in four games last fall.

The 6-foot-6 English got a chance to start against Kentucky when Clowney, also 6-6, pulled himself from the game shortly before kickoff. English finished the season with 19 tackles and a forced fumble against North Carolina.

DARLINGTON — Chip Wile finally has an answer to the question he’s been asked many times since he took over as Darlington Raceway President more than a year ago: Will the Southern 500 ever return to Labor Day weekend?

Wile can finally answer yes as NASCAR officially announced what had been rumored for the last couple weeks that Darlington’s race date will be moved back to its traditional Labor Day weekend. Darlington’s race weekend will be Sept. 4-6, 2015, with the VFW Sport Clips 200 Nationwide Series race run in the afternoon Sept. 5.

The Bojangles’ Southern 500 will run in prime time Sunday, Sept. 6 and be televised by NBC, which is returning to the sport next season.

“This means everything,” Wile said. “This is one of the cornerstones of the NASCAR schedule and for us to get it back is such big news for the community. Everybody has a touch point with the racetrack whether good bad or indifferent … For us to be able to bring something back them is truly special and honor for everyone that works at Darlington Raceway.”

Fans and drivers have been clamoring for Darlington to get this date back since NASCAR moved it in 2003. In 2004, Darlington’s fall race date was moved from Labor Day weekend to November and the track lost one of its two dates in 2005. Its lone date was held on Mother’s Day weekend from 2005-13 and moved to

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AP PHOTOS

South Carolina and Texas A&M square off for the first time on Thursday, a year after the marquee matchup would have been Gamecocks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, left, against Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel, right.

USC, Texas A&M meet with new players taking over for transcendent stars like Clowney and Manziel

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina and Texas A&M find out this week what life’s like minus two of college football’s most transcendent, attention-grabbing stars of recent years.

There will no Jadeveon Clowney-Johnny Manziel matchup in this one.

Had this game been played

last year fans would’ve clear their schedules to watch the helmet-popping defensive end chase the reigning Heisman Trophy winner around Williams-Brice Stadium.

With Clowney and Manziel in the NFL, those viewing the SEC Network’s first football broadcast might need rosters and slo-mo replays Thursday night to catch all the new faces.

“They are probably a little

bit like us that they haven’t had a bunch of superstars to talk about this preseason,’’ said Steve Spurrier, the Gamecocks’ 10th-year head coach. “Their players are anxious to earn their way, just like our guys.’’

Sophomore Darius English takes over Clowney’s starting spot for No. 9 South Carolina after backup duty last season. Kenny Hill, also a sophomore, replaces John-

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Georgia, Clemson look to make splash in big early-season test Winner gets leg up in race for playoff spot

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — College football’s inaugural playoff is more than four months away.

Still, it’s never too early to start impressing the selection committee.

For No. 12 Georgia and No.

16 Clemson, that opportunity comes the very first week of the season.

In a game that looks a bit like the Iowa caucuses during a presidential election year, two powerhouse teams about 80 miles apart will try to establish themselves as championship contenders before the calendar flips to September.

“You always want to (win) the beauty contest,’’ Georgia cornerback Damian Swann said Tuesday. “That will be a

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help later on down the line.’’

While the possible playoff ramifications won’t be known for months, everyone seems thrilled that a four-team postseason is finally a reality.

There will be semifinals at the

Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, followed by the national championship game in suburban Dallas on Jan. 12.

“I’m very excited,’’ Bulldogs receiver Michael Bennett said.

“It’s just a matter of getting into that top four. It sounds so easy,’’ he added, chuckling. “I guess it is easier than getting into the top two. It’s real cool.

I like it.’’

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney doesn’t even want to

talk about the playoff. He certainly doesn’t want to put too much emphasis on the very first game of the season.

“God forbid we go down there and lose the game,’’ he said. “But if we do, Georgia’s not in the playoffs and we’re not out of it. It’s a long season, it’s a long way to go. And vice versa, if we win the game, let’s not punch our ticket to Dallas just yet. We’ve got

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014

AREA ROUNDUP

Lady Barons tennis wins pair of matches Wilson Hall’s varsity girls tennis team opened its season with a pair of victories.

The Lady Barons defeated Cardinal Newman 7-2 on Monday and Ben Lippen 9-0 on Tuesday to improve to 2-0 on the season.

WH’s next match will Tuesday, Sept. 2 against A.C. Flora in Columbia at 4:30 p.m.

WILSON HALL 7, CARDINAL NEWMAN 2 SINGLES Beasley (WH) def. Maddock 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 Segars (WH) def. Weiland 6-2, 6-2 Gervasi (CN) def. Spencer 6-7, 7-3, 6-2, 10-6 Lecher (WH) def. Egan 6-1, 6-1 Munn (WH) def. Bumgartner 6-3, 6-3 Gillespie (CN) def. Clifton 7-6, 7-4, 4-6, 10-5 DOUBLES Beasley/Munn (WH) def. Maddock/Gervasi 8-5 Segars/Lecher (WH) def. Weiland/Gillespie 8-2 Spencer/Clifton (WH) def. Egan/ Bumgartner 8-1 WILSON HALL 9, BEN LIPPEN 0 SINGLES Beasley (WH) def. Mitchell 6-0, 6-2 Segars (WH) def. Twitty 6-0, 6-3 Spencer (WH) def. Metteze 6-3, 6-2 Lecher (WH) def. Cagle 6-2, 6-0 Munn (WH) def. Hanners 6-0, 6-0 Clifton (WH) def. Cook 6-1, 6-0 DOUBLES Beasley/Munn (WH) def. Mitchell/Twitty 8-3 Lecher/Clifton (WH) def. Metteze/Cagle 8-6 Brunson/Bell (WH) def. Hanners/Cook 8-1

THOMAS SUMTER 9 HOLLY HILL 0 Thomas Sumter Academy defeated Holly Hill 9-0 on Tuesday.

The Lady Generals will host Carolina Academy on Thursday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

THOMAS SUMTER 9, HOLLY HILL 0 SINGLES H. Jenkins (TSA) def. O’Connell 6-0, 6-6 (5-7) 10-6 B. Jenkins (TSA) Breeland 6-1, 6-1 Townsend (TSA) def. McQueen 6-4, 6-1 Decker (TSA) def. Bogard 6-1, 6-2 Hood (TSA) def. Becker 6-0, 6-2 Chappell (TSA) def. Haley 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES H. Jenkins/Townsend (TSA) def. O’Connell/ Breeland 8-1 B. Jenkins/Chappel (TSA) def. McQueen/ Becker 8-1 TSA No. 3 doubles def. Bogard/Myers 8-0

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS WILSON HALL 8 CARDINAL NEWMAN 1

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall’s junior varsity girls tennis team earned an 8-1 victory over Cardinal Newman on Monday.

WILSON HALL 8, CARDINAL NEWMAN 1 SINGLES Davis (WH) def. Michelle 6-2, 6-2 Beasley (WH) def. Hamm 6-1, 6-3 Goulden (WH) def. Hammond 6-3, 6-1 Hoover (CN) def. Allred 6-1, 6-1 Land (WH) def. Mims 7-6, 7-2, 6-1 Wingate (WH) def. Woodcock 6-1, 6-2 DOUBLES Davis/Allred (WH) def. Michelle/Hammond 8-4 Wingate/Dowland (WH) def. Magna/ Wadsworth 8-1 Welch/Coker (WH) def. Sikes/Kinard 8-0

VARSITY GIRLS GOLF BLYTHEWOOD 190 A.C. FLORA 208 SUMTER 245 KEENAN 256

COLUMBIA — Sumter High finished third in a four-team match at Columbia Country Club on Tuesday.

SHS shot a 245 as a team and Kathleen Kirlis shot a team low of 55.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL SHS GOES 3-3 IN TRI-MATCH

LEXINGTON — Sumter High School went 3-3 in a tri-match on Tuesday at River Bluff High School.

The Lady Gamecocks went 2-1 against River Bluff, falling by game scores of 18-25 and 10-15 and winning 25-22. Sumter’s Zuri Smith had seven kills, Aubbrey Rickard had 10 assists and Holly Richardson had eight digs.

SHS then took two of three from Chapin, winning 25-20 and 25-21 to improve to 1-1 on the season. Rickard contributed five kills and 10 assists. McLean Achziger and Smith each had four kills and Courtney Price added four digs.

Sumter’s next match will be at Johnsonville on Thursday.s

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL RIVER BLUFF 2 SUMTER HIGH 0 LEXINGTON — Sumter High went 0-2 against River Bluff High School on Tuesday at River Bluff, losing by scores of 15-25 and 23-25.

Sumter will travel to Johnsonville on Thursday.

SPORTS ITEMS

Gamecocks LB Moore won’t start opener COLUMBIA — South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore, the team’s leading tackler last season, won’t start the season opener against Texas A&M on Thursday night after missing a treatment session for a shoulder injury.

Gamecocks defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said sophomore Jonathan Walton would start over Moore, who led No. 9 South Carolina with 56 tackles and four interceptions as a freshman. Ward said the move was to make sure that Moore does what he’s supposed to in the future.

Ward said Moore’s injury would not keep him from playing early on in the season opener against the 21st-ranked Aggies.

Moore was a member of the Southeastern Conference’s allfreshman team a year ago.

This is the first meeting between South Carolina and Texas A&M. UNC PROBING REPORT OF ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina is investigating a report of an alleged hazing altercation that left a walk-on receiver with a possible concussion.

Team spokesman Kevin Best said in statement Tuesday that the school is conducting “a thorough review’’ but did not discuss specifics.

The statement was released in response to a Yahoo Sports report which stated that the alleged hazing involved several players and resulted in redshirt freshman Jackson Boyer being injured.

Yahoo Sports reported the incident occurred in Boyer’s room at the hotel where the team stayed for preseason camp.

Boyer is a redshirt freshman from Chapel Hill.

MLB ROUNDUP METS 3 BRAVES 2 NEW YORK — Juan Lagares hit a two-run homer and ran down one ball after another in center field, sending Dillon Gee and the New York Mets to a 3-2 victory

over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.

Lagares, rated one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball, scurried from gap to gap and finished with seven putouts.

One of them was spectacular — he robbed Alex Wood of a base hit with a diving, tumbling grab in shallow center to end the third inning. Lagares also began the game by running a long way to track down consecutive fly balls, and he made all three putouts in the sixth.

PIRATES 5 CARDINALS 2

PITTSBURGH — Pinch-hitter Ike Davis launched a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Seth Maness in the eighth inning, lifting Pittsburgh over St. Louis 5-2.

The Pirates won after reigning NL MVP Andrew McCutchen left in the fifth inning because of discomfort in his left ribs. Recently on the disabled list because of a rib problem, the center fielder ran into the wall earlier in the game.

Davis sent a 2-2 pitch from Maness (5-3) deep over the fence in right-center for his ninth home run of the season and his third as a pinch-hitter.

Tony Watson (9-1) couldn’t protect an early lead after six-plus dominant innings by starter Gerrit Cole, but picked up the win. Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his 23rd save.

PHILLIES 4 NATIONALS 3

PHILADELPHIA — Freddy Galvis and Darin Ruf homered and Carlos Ruiz drove in go-ahead run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly to lead Philadelphia to a 4-3 victory over Washington.

Ken Giles (3-1) struck out the side in a scoreless eighth to help the Phillies to their fifth win in six games.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered for the Nationals, who lost consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 4-5.

From wire reports

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MONDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

12:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Pittsburgh (MLB NETWORK).

1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Arsenal vs. Besiktas (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Copenhagen (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

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

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: New York Yankees at Detroit (ESPN).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Abilene Christian at Georgia State (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at New York Mets (SPORTSOUTH).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity Swimming Sumter in Florence Invitational (at Francis Marion University), 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Marlboro Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball South Florence at Crestwood, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Wilson Hall at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m.

Varsity Cross Country Sumter in 2-Mile Relay (at West Florence High), 5:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Football Sumter at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Lake City at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m.

B Team Football Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Manning at Wilson, 5 p.m.

Holly Hill at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at Johnsonville, 5:30 p.m.

Lakewood at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Football Crestwood at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Lake City, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Scott’s Branch, 7:30 p.m.

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

Green Sea-Floyds at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Augusta Christian at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Lake Pointe Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter, Thomas Sumter in Skyhawk Invitational (at Hammond), TBA

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

By The Associated Press TODAY

SOUTH Abilene Christian at Georgia St., 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

EAST E. Kentucky at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Bryant at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

SOUTH Texas A&M at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Campbell, 7 p.m.

Wake Forest at Louisiana-Monroe, 7 p.m.

Reinhardt at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Missouri St. at Northwestern St., 7 p.m.

Point (Ga.) at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.

Boise St. vs. Mississippi at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Union (NY) at Murray St., 8 p.m.

Kentucky Christian at Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.

Temple at Vanderbilt, 9:15 p.m.

MIDWEST Howard at Akron, 7 p.m.

Chattanooga at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.

E. Illinois at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Missouri Baptist at SE Missouri, 7 p.m.

Valparaiso at W. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Taylor at S. Illinois, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Idaho St. at Utah, 7:30 p.m.

North Dakota at San Jose St., 10 p.m.

Rutgers at Washington St., 10 p.m.

Weber St. at Arizona St., 10:30 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

Kansas City Detroit Cleveland Chicago Minnesota WEST DIVISION Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Houston Texas

W 74 68 66 64 57

L 55 61 65 67 74

Pct .574 .527 .504 .489 .435

GB – 6 9 11 18

W 72 70 66 59 58

L 58 59 63 71 72

Pct .554 .543 .512 .454 .446

GB – 1 1/2 5 1/2 13 14

W 77 77 71 55 51

L 53 53 59 77 79

Pct .592 .592 .546 .417 .392

GB – – 6 23 26

MONDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 1 Oakland 8, Houston 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 2, Seattle 0

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Texas (Lewis 8-11) at Seattle (Undecided), 3:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Smyly 8-10) at Baltimore (Gausman 7-5), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 0-1) at Toronto (Stroman 7-5), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Detroit (Price 12-9), 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 7-9), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 14-8) at Kansas City (Ventura 10-9), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 5-4) at Houston (Peacock 3-8), 8:10 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago WEST DIVISION Los Angeles

62 70 76 77

.523 .462 .420 .408

5 13 18 1/2 20

St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Milwaukee 10, San Diego 1 Colorado 3, San Francisco 2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Miami at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

St. Louis (Wainwright 15-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-3), 12:35 p.m.

Washington (Fister 12-4) at Philadelphia (K. Kendrick 6-11), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 12-9) at N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 9-8), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Ja.Turner 4-7) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-5), 9:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-3) at Arizona (Miley 7-9), 9:40 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 10:05 p.m.

Colorado (F.Morales 5-7) at San Francisco (Hudson 9-9), 10:15 p.m.

NFL PRESEASON

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

THURSDAY

Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

68 60 55 53

W 75 68 65 61 59

L 55 63 65 70 72

Pct .577 .519 .500 .466 .450

GB – 7 1/2 10 14 1/2 16 1/2

W 73 71 67 63 58

L 58 59 64 68 72

Pct .557 .546 .511 .481 .446

GB – 1 1/2 6 10 14 1/2

W 74

L 58

Pct .561

GB –

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

W 2 2 2 1

L 1 1 1 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .667 .250

PF 55 78 62 63

PA 50 65 62 81

W 2 2 1 0

L 1 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .333 .000

PF 50 68 47 53

PA 56 64 43 63

W 3 1 1 0

L 0 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .333 .333 .000

PF 83 75 56 49

PA 50 79 67 70

W 2 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333

PF 72 69 54 48

PA 34 97 67 69

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia Dallas SOUTH New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay NORTH Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay WEST Seattle Arizona San Francisco St. Louis

W 4 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .333 .000

PF 99 64 94 57

PA 79 52 97 89

W 3 1 1 1

L 0 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .333 .333 .333

PF 80 40 53 51

PA 65 66 66 50

W 3 2 2 2

L 0 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .667 .667

PF 70 60 52 68

PA 46 81 51 48

W 2 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333

PF 91 73 24 64

PA 41 49 64 61

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Miami, 7 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.

TENNIS

By The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (28), Spain, def. Yenhsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Lukas Rosol (29), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Gilles Simon (26), France, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Roberto Bautista Agut (17), Spain, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Gael Monfils (20), France, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Women First Round Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Zhang Shuai (32), China, 6-1, 6-2.

Ana Ivanovic (8), Serbia, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Sam Stosur (24), Australia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Casey Dellacqua (29), Australia, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 7-5, 6-3.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (20), Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (30), Czech Republic, def. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.

Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (11), Italy, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-1, 6-0.

CiCi Bellis, United States, def. Dominika Cibulkova (12), Slovakia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Madison Keys (27), United States, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-0, 6-3.

Carla Suarez Navarro (15), Spain, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), Russia, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 6-0.

WNBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press (x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-3) Eastern Conference Chicago 1, Atlanta 1 Friday: Chicago 80, Atlanta 77 Sunday: Atlanta 92, Chicago 83 Tuesday: Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday: Indiana 78, Washington 73 Saturday: Indiana 81, Washington 76, OT

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-3) Western Conference Phoenix vs. Minnesota Aug. 29: Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Aug. 31: Phoenix at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. x-Sept. 1: Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

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Sumlin tabs Hill to replace Manziel

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Myrtle Beach High School standout Everett Golson returns to quarterback Notre Dame after missing all of last season due to academic suspension. Golson led the Fighting Irish to the BCS Championship game in 2012.

Irish want to be back in ‘national conversation’

BY TOM COYNE The Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame has four straight winning seasons for the first time this century, played a key role in deciding the national championship for two straight seasons and reclaimed the title of winningest football program it lost to Michigan in 2003.

That’s still not enough to satisfy Fighting Irish fans who measure success by national championships and have been waiting since 1988 for the school to win another. The Irish slipped to 9-4 last season and finished the season ranked No. 21.

They went 12-0 in the regular season in 2012 before an embarrassing 42-14 loss to Alabama in the title game. The highlight of last season was a 17-13 victory over Michigan State, a lone loss that cost the Spartans a shot at the national championship.

Coach Brian Kelly acknowledges that isn’t good enough.

“You don’t want to have an undefeated season and then have just winning seasons. You want to be

USC FROM PAGE B1 “Darius has had a really great camp and a great spring,’’ defensive line coach Deke Adams said. “Hopefully, he’ll get a chance to show it on Thursday night.’’

English was named a Georgia state defensive player of the year after notching 21 sacks his senior season at McEachern High in Powder Springs, Georgiaa But he was a lanky, easily pushed around 205 pounds when he arrived on campus. English has added about 40 pounds since and feels like he’s able to hold his ground and push back when challenged.

English has a quick firststep and a wing span of 7 feet that helps sweep past offensive lineman, according to Adams.

“I can get in there and

part of the national conversation,” he said. “At Notre Dame, that’s where we want to be.”

Kelly enters this season in a position like few Irish coaches — without a national championship after four seasons and without his job in jeopardy. The only Notre Dame coach who lasted more than five seasons without winning a national championship was Elmer Layden, who coached the Irish for seven seasons from 1934-40.

The 2014 season brings artificial turf for the first time at Notre Dame Stadium, new Under Armour uniforms, four games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and a fan base eager for some old-style success.

SCORING POINTS Kelly arrived at Notre Dame with a reputation as an offensive-minded coach, keeping defenses off-balance with a no-huddle, hurry-up spread attack. In his final season at Cincinnati in 2009, the Bearcats finished fourth in the nation in scoring at 38.6 points a game. In four seasons at Notre Dame the Irish haven’t av-

bang with those guys,’’ English said.

The good news for Gamecocks’ fans is he won’t be chasing Manziel.

The guy with the target on his back will be Hill, who won the Texas A&M quarterback competition over fivestar freshman Kyle Allen.

The two competed after longtime backup Matt Joeckel transferred to TCU in April.

Hill, the son of long time major leaguer Ken Hill Sr., showed more polish and experience and will start against the Gamecocks, offensive coordinator Jake Spavital said.

“The experience of being here and watching how we do (things) offensively and seeing Johnny play has helped him,’’ Texas A&M offensive coordinator Jake Spavital said. “He’s seen more than Kyle (Allen) has

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eraged better than 26.3 points a game. Kelly hopes having an experienced, mobile quarterback in Everett Golson, who is back after serving a semester academic suspension, will allow the Irish to score more points by using the read option and running a no-huddle, hurry-up spread attack.

ATTACKING DEFENSE The Irish enjoyed a lot of success using former defensive coordinator Bob Diaco’s read-and-react style, finishing in the top 27 in scoring defense nationally four straight years. Diaco is head coach at Connecticut now, replaced by Brian VanGorder, who prefers a more attacking scheme. The Irish are inexperienced up in the front seven, with former walk-on Joe Schmidt expected to start at middle linebacker. The Irish have a difference-maker in linebacker Jaylon Smith, though, and a lot of experience in the backfield, especially at corner with KeiVarae Russell and Cody Riggs, a transfer from Florida who was fourth on the Gators in tackles last season.

right now and that was important. He’s our guy and we’re putting all our eggs in that basket.’’

Hill passed for 183 yards and a touchdown in four games last season.

He told team officials he wanted to wait until after playing South Carolina before discussing his starting status.

That focus on the field has offensive coordinator Jake Spavital smiling. “There’ll be a lot less repeating myself than last year with Johnny,’’ the coach said.

English and Hill won’t be the only newcomers on the field.

South Carolina will have several new faces on defense, and a new quarterback in Dylan Thompson. He was the backup the past three years as Connor Shaw led the team to a 33-6 record.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Johnny Manziel has left Texas A&M for the National Football League, and while it took awhile, Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin knows who will replace the Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback.

Sumlin picked sophomore Kenny Hill over freshman Kyle Allen to start for A&M in its opener against South Carolina on Thursday in Columbia.

There are big shoes to fill, but Sumlin isn’t expecting anyone to be Johnny Football and has talked to his veterans about helping Hill adjust.

“It’s incumbent on the other 10 guys who are on the field to make the ofSUMLIN fense quarterback-friendly,” Sumlin said. “Our guys understand that because whoever that is, is going to be a young guy going into a very hostile situation in Columbia the first game of the year.”

Hill had very limited action last season, appearing in four games and finishing with 183 yards passing. Allen was one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation after throwing for more than 8,000 yards and 86 touchdowns in his career at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Ariz.

DEFENSIVE QUESTIONS The Aggies have some questions on defense after several players were dismissed or left the team following off-the-field issues this offseason. The biggest loss was linebacker Darian Claiborne, who was named to the SEC All-Freshman team after piling up 89 tackles. He and lineman Isaiah Golden were dismissed from the team after being arrested on drug charges. Golden had 32 tackles. Defensive lineman Gavin Stansbury left the team after being arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. He started 10 games and had 47 tackles and three QB sacks.

STRONG OFFENSIVE LINE Texas A&M has had an offensive lineman chosen in the top 10 of the NFL draft for the past two years after the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Luke Joeckel second overall in ‘13 and Jake Matthews was taken by the Atlanta Falcons with the sixth pick this year. Despite these big losses, the unit should continue to be a strength of the team.

The leader of the group is Cedric Ogbuehi, a 3-year starter who will move into the left tackle spot left open with the departure of Matthews. He is expected to be a first-round pick in ‘15.

The unit also features Jake’s younger brother, Mike Matthews, who started 13 games at center last season.

CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 a long way to go in a long season. Every game is critical.’’

There’s no denying this game is especially important for Georgia, which follows up its home opener with a road trip two weeks later to No. 9 South Carolina.

An 0-2 start would not ruin all of the Bulldogs’ goals — just three years ago, they reached the Southeastern Conference title game after losing their first two — but it might be impossible to get back in the mix for the playoff.

“I can’t imagine the AP poll and the coaches poll won’t have some effect on the panel,’’ Georgia head coach Mark Richt said. “I’m sure that will have some kind of weight, even though it’s not

part of the formula. Humans look at those things.’’

To have any chance of playing for the national title, Georgia must do better against the tougher teams on its schedule. Over the last five years, the Bulldogs are 7-15 against ranked teams.

“That’s why you come to a program like this,’’ Swann said. “If guys wanted to play small-time schools and get stat games, that’s kind of where you need to go. When you come to an elite program like Georgia, what we have here, you always want to compete against the best.’’

In recent seasons, Georgia has top-loaded its schedule with some of its most difficult games. In addition to the traditional SEC opener against South Carolina, the Bulldogs have played non-conference contests against Oklahoma State, Boise State and Clemson.

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Concerns start to mount for Panthers QB Newton, LB Kuechly among growing list of injuries for Carolina

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The concerns are mounting for the Carolina Panthers with the regular season opener less than two weeks away.

Quarterback Cam Newton is still walking gingerly after suffering a hairline fracture in his ribs. Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, last year’s AP defensive player of the year, is likely to will start the season with a cast on his sprained right thumb. And starting defensive ends Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson, who combined for 26 sacks last season, remain sidelined with injuries.

The Panthers are also trying to figure out what went wrong in a 30-7 loss to New England Patriots on Friday night.

But coach Ron Rivera downplayed those issues on Monday.

“That’s the nature of the game,’’ said Rivera, the NFL Coach of the Year in 2013.

“This could happen in the regular season and we have to adapt. It’s basically the next man up.’’

Newton won’t play in Carolina’s preseason finale Thursday night against Pittsburgh.

Rivera offered no update Monday on Newton’s status, reiterating that the Pro Bowl quarterback will be reevaluated at the end of the week.

It’s still unclear if Newton will play in Carolina’s Sept. 7 regular season opener against

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Carolina has growing concerns as the season approaches with injuries to quarterback Cam Newton (1) and linebacker Luke Kuechly.

Tampa Bay. Rivera had said Sunday he expected Newton to play.

Newton was not made available to reporters on Monday.

With backup quarterback Derek Anderson’s wife expecting a baby — she was due on Saturday — and fourth-string quarterback Matt Blanchard out with a concussion, it is possible Joe Webb could be the only quarterback available to play Thursday night.

“We’ll play it by ear,’’ Anderson said of his plans for Thursday night. “I’m not 100

percent sure what’s going to happen. There’s nothing that we can control. ... Hopefully I can be there for both.’’

Of course, the preseason is the least of Carolina’s concerns.

The Panthers are already looking ahead to Tampa Bay, spending the two last days game planning for their NFC South rivals behind closed door practices.

Anderson has been working with the starters with Newton looking on closely and taking “mental reps,’’ according to

Rivera.

The Panthers could have worse options at quarterback if Newton can’t play.

Anderson has started 43 career games during his nine NFL seasons and even went to a Pro Bowl with the Cleveland Browns in 2007 when he threw for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns.

But he might need to shake off some rust first.

Newton has not missed a game in three seasons, and Anderson has only thrown four passes for the Panthers

during that span.

Anderson’s last start came in 2010.

“I’m putting in the same preparation I go through every year for the last 10 years,’’ Anderson said. “I’m preparing to get ready to play and know my opponents and their tendencies. ... If I’ve got to (play), I’ve got to play — and try and win a football game.’’

Rivera said the Panthers game plan for Week 1 will be the same regardless of who’ll start at quarterback.

49ers prepare for possible Smith suspension

BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press

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Six-time Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins (70) was traded from New England to Tampa Bay on Tuesday for tight end Tim Wright and a draft pick.

Bucs trade for Patriots Pro Bowl G Mankins

BY FRED GOODALL The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers upgraded their struggling offensive line, trading for six-time Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins instead of offering a contract to free agent Richie Incognito.

That doesn’t mean, however, that the Bucs have closed the door on the prospect of giving one of the players at the center of the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal a chance to resume his career.

After acquiring Mankins in exchange for second-year tight end Tim Wright and an undisclosed draft pick on Tuesday, head coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht said Incognito remains an “option’’ if they decide to make more changes to an overhauled line that will begin the regular season with four new starters.

“We try to not to talk about putting a period behind many things. Everything is ongoing.

If a player is available out there, there’s still possibili-

ties,’’ Smith said. “But we like our football team where we are right now. We’ve made a lot of improvements. We feel like we’re in pretty good shape going into the season.’’

The deal came less than 24 hours after the Bucs met with Incognito to try to determine if the 31-year-old who’s coming off serving a suspension for his role in last season’s bullying scandal might be an answer to their problems at guard.

While it’s unclear what will happen with Incognito moving forward, Smith and Licht stressed they felt fortunate to be able to add a player the caliber of Mankins.

Mankins was a first-round draft pick of the Patriots in 2005 and has been selected for the Pro Bowl each of the past five seasons. He appeared in two Super Bowls and started all 130 regular season games and 17 postseason games he’s played in during a nine-year stay with New England.

“It’s very sad. He’s been here for a long time,’’ Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis said.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Linebacker Aldon Smith still has no indication from the NFL about a possible suspension for his off-field legal issues.

Everybody around the San Francisco 49ers is bracing for the news.

Smith said Tuesday he would hope to hear something soon, and a decision by the end of the week seems likely regarding the star pass rusher ahead of the regular season’s Week 1.

49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio also has no idea how long the team might be without Smith, and coach Jim Harbaugh has said the same.

A multi-game suspension is conceivable, and Fangio is preparing the rest of the linebacking unit as if Smith might be gone for a prolonged period. These play-

ers have done it before: Smith missed five games last season to undergo treatment at an in-patient faciliSMITH ty following his DUI arrest Sept. 20.

Dan Skuta and Corey Lemonier were called upon to fill in during that stretch from late September until Smith rejoined the team Nov. 5 determined to better himself both on the field and off.

“Because you have a feeling that something may happen at this point in the season, everybody’s getting reps now,’’ Fangio said. All the guys that may play for him — Skuta, Lemonier, Lynch, Thomas — all those guys have been getting a lot of reps. They’re all ready to go. It’s more of an issue when it happens in the middle of the season, just thrown at you like it happened last year. Then

there’s no time to adjust, you just go.’’

Just before training camp began last month, the 24-year-old Smith was sentenced to serve three years of probation and to spend 11 days with a work crew after he pleaded no contest to drunken driving and weapons charges.

He has repeatedly said he has been sober since his DUI arrest last September.

In his latest run-in with the law, Smith was arrested April 13 at Los Angeles International Airport. Police said Smith was randomly selected for a secondary screening and became uncooperative with the process, telling a TSA agent that he had a bomb. No charges were filed.

In November, he pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a June 2012 party at his home.

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Catherine Bellis returns a shot against Dominika Cibulkova, during her 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 first-round victory on Tuesday at the U.S. Open in New York. At 15, Bellis became the youngest player to win at the Open since 1996.

Bellis youngest winner since ’96

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — While 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was in the process of stunning a Grand Slam finalist to become the youngest player to win a U.S. Open match since 1996, her father did his best to conceal his emotions courtside.

Like many a teen, CiCi has strict rules for Dad in public — even if his 1,208th-ranked daughter is pulling out a backand-forth 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory Tuesday over 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in the first round at Flushing Meadows.

“I’m told I cannot sigh and I cannot move or say anything (because) that distracts her, so I just have to sit there like a Sphinx and just smile and pray,’’ the elder Bellis, Gordon, explained with a deadpan delivery. “She hears me when I sigh. So I can’t sigh.’’

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AMICK FROM PAGE B1 championship out of a field of around 40 participants. The 68 was a career low for Amick.

“I really wanted to establish a good number and then after I found out the rest of the scores I had a pretty large lead so the second day I was concentrating, but I was a little more relaxed to the point where I almost lost it,” he explained.

Guessing it would take a 4-under score to win the event, Amick said he lightened up on Day 2, which resulted in a higher score. He said he didn’t feel like he played his best, but instead played well enough to win.

“What I ended up doing is missing a lot of greens and I had to get up and down quite a bit on the front nine, and I just made a lot of great putts for pars,” he explained of his

kids. And make no mistake, Bellis is a kid. She is homeschooled and about to start 10th grade. Her first memory of the U.S. Open is watching on TV while Maria Sharapova played. She likes to hang out at the mall with friends back home in California. Asked whether she’s a fan of pop star Justin Bieber, Bellis answered, “I used to like him when I was younger, a couple years ago.’’

Her victory was the most surprising of the afternoon session on Day 2 of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.

Another American teen, Taylor Townsend, was set to face two-time defending champion Serena Williams at night, after Roger Federer played Marinko Matosevic.

Aside from the Williams sisters, American tennis fans have not had much reason to cheer for their own in the latter stages of major tournaments in recent years. That’s why the occasional run by a

young U.S. player — think Melanie Oudin, wearing “Believe’’ on her sneakers in 2009 — stirs interest at Flushing Meadows.

“Believing was the No. 1 thing that I had to do today,’’ said Bellis, whose nickname CiCi is derived from the initials of her first and middle names, Catherine Cartan.

“That’s what my coach told me before the match also: Just go out there and believe that you can win.’’

Bellis is still young enough that she plans on playing in the junior tournament in New York. She lost in the third round of that event a year ago; she lost in the first round of the Wimbledon girls’ tournament last month.

Next up for Bellis is a second-round match against 48th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. And Gordon Bellis said Lori might decide to attend that one. No word on what sort of rules Mom will have to follow.

first-day success.

“I didn’t really play that well, I just scored well.”

The result was good enough for his second title, DWIGHT and one he said he felt was more fun than the first because of the closeness of his competition with his friends.

“If you win it one time that’s great; that’s a good accomplishment for anybody,” he said. “And then, to win it a second time kind of solidifies you winning it.”

Other champions include Mens 1st Flight Champion Danny Ford, who won for his second straight time, Men’s Senior champion Ray Huggins, Super Senior champion Rut Dingle and Junior Club champion Jenkins Dwight.

“That’s a significant accomplishment because we have a lot of younger players out

there that are more than capable of winning,” Sunset Country Club Head Golf Professional Nick Rogers said of Amick’s victory. “For him to have won (the club championship) twice it shows his ability to play the game of golf. As a young kid himself, he’s a got a bright future in the game.”

Rogers, who has been with the club since February, said he was pleased with the turnout of the event and expects it to be more competitive moving forward due to the number of younger players.

The Sumter Touchdown Club will begin its 25th season on Friday at the Quality Inn located at 2390 Broad Street Extension.

The club will meet each Friday for 13 straight weeks from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

The weekly program features a guest speaker, a devotional, a high school coaches corner, the recognition of The Item Players of the Week, a catered breakfast and a pick’em contest.

The first week will feature several local high school coaches talking about their respective teams and the start of their seasons. After that, the speakers will include people involved in different aspects of football on the high school, college and professional levels.

The club is accepting members at a price of $100 per membership. It is also looking for sponsorships at a cost of $200.

Sponsorship and membership forms are on the club’s website, www.sumtertdclub.com.

BASEBALL ALI WILLIAMS SHOWCASE CAMP

The Ali Williams Showcase Camp will be held Sept. 20-21 at Crestwood High School located at 2000 Oswego Highway.

Williams is a former Crestwood baseball player now pitching in the Kansas City Royals organization.

The Sept. 20 session will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., while the Sept. 21 session will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Food will be served on Sept. 20 and there will be a showcase event for players ages 14 and up with college and professional scouts in attendance on Sept. 21.

Also on Sept. 20 there will be an autograph session with former Major Leaguer Tony Womack, former Sumter High standouts and professional players Travis Witherspoon and Matt Price and professional players C.J. Edwards and Devon Lowery.

The cost is $100 for players between the ages of 8-13 and $125 for players 14 and older.

For more information, contact Williams at (803) 565-2453.

BASKETBALL OFFICIALS TRAINING CLASSES

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Meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held on Monday of each week with the exception of a meeting on Tuesday, Sept.

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The classes are held to prepare officials to call games for the South Carolina High School League Basketball Officials Association. Each training class will cover National Federation rules for high school basketball, South Carolina Basketball Official Association mechanics and SCBOA exam preparation. The statewide clinic and exam will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15, at River Buff High School in Lexington.

For more information, call Granderson James, at (803) 968-2391 or e-mail him at grandersj@aol.com.

FREE SPIRIT LEAGUE REGISTRATION

The Free Spirit Church League is accepting player and team registration for its fall basketball league.

The league is open to boys and girls ages 5-12 based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. There will be leagues for age 6-and-under, 7-9 and 10-12. The registration deadline is Saturday.

For more information, contact Deacon David Glover at (803) 983-1309 or Burnell Ransom at (803) 425-5118.

GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT

The Par 4 Pets 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The format for the tournament is 4-Man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The tournament is limited to the first 20 teams. Prizes will go to the top three teams and prizes will be given to closest to pin on all par 3 holes.

The last day to register is Sept. 5.

Money raised from the tournament goes to K.A.T.’s Special Kneads.

For more information on the organization, check it out on Facebook or go to katsspecialkneads@yahoo. com.

For more information on the tournament, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 9174710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday.

The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble.

Call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up.

SUNSET COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Club Champion Brian Amick Mens 1st Flight Champion Danny Ford Men’s Senior Champion Ray Huggins Super Senior Champion Rut Dingle Junior Club Champion Jenkins Dwight

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oes Clemson have a legitimate reason to be concerned about holding on to side receiver Ray-Ray McCloud of Tampa, Fla., one of the highest regarded players in its 2015 football recruiting class? It depends on who you want to believe.

Last week, Josh Newburg of 247Sports, based on his sources, guaranteed McCloud will not sign with Clemson.

“Based on recent conversations, I feel McCloud will sign with either UF (Florida) or UCLA,” Newburg reported.

“McCloud committed to Clemson last month, but was rushed into a decision because agreed to do it on live TV on a certain date. A lot will ride on UF’s season and how the offense comes together under (new offensive coordinator) Kurt Roper. I’ve also been told that if McCloud does indeed flip to UF then there is a good chance Deon Cain (another Clemson commitment) comes with him. I do not believe that would be the case if he chose UCLA. A source with direct knowledge tells me UCLA and UF are even heading into the season. He has high interest in each school.

The only prediction I’m prepared to make at this time is that I don’t see McCloud signing with Clemson.”

In response to this story, McCloud’s father told Tigernet. com that Newburg’s report is hogwash.

“He is planning on enrolling at Clemson in January and he has already submitted his application and all of his paperwork,” Ray-Ray McCloud Jr. said. “He is good to go on everything with Clemson. Y’all don’t listen to what people say; some people just don’t have anything better to do.”

McCloud Jr. explained that he takes a lot of prospects on trips to schools and people see him and start to speculate. Of course, Clemson fans suffered through the Robert Nkemdiche saga (a defensive end who committed to Clemson before signing with Mississippi) in ‘13 so they know better than to trust anything other than the signed, sealed and delivered letter of intent.

WR Tyron Johnson of New Orleans reported his top 10 schools as Clemson, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Louisiana State, Georgia, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, UF and Tennessee last week. He did not list them in order, but in a subsequent interview he called Clemson his favorite.

USC University of South Carolina ‘14 signee defensive lineman Dexter Wideman of Saluda High School told his head coach earlier in the month he was going to attend Fork Union Prep in Virginia this semester and then enroll at USC in January. However, Wideman posted new plans on his Facebook page over the weekend “I will be leaving for school Sunday. Will be going to prep school at Camden military for 4 months. Then in January one of my dreams will come true…

Playing for South Carolina GameCocks, God please be with me,” Wideman said in the post.

Wideman likely is the most highly touted high school recruit to attend Camden Military, though in ‘03 USC brought in WR D’von Hill, who spent a semester at Camden Military after not qualifying for USC. Wideman, DL Dante Sawyer

and defensive back Darin Smalls are the three non-enrolling carryovers from the ‘14 class for USC. Sawyer is at East Mississippi Junior College, and Smalls will remain home in Summerville and will enroll at USC in January if he gets a qualifying test score. Sawyer hopes to get into USC next summer.

That gives USC 15 initial counters for the ‘14 class (including former walk-on Carlton Heard), in which its limit was 22. That means seven of its ‘15 commitments can count back on the ‘14 class if they enroll early. Subtract those from the 30 commitments USC has for ‘15 and that leaves it with 23 initial counters for the class, which can max out at 25.

The Gamecocks have 16 scholarship seniors and go back to 85 for ‘15, so right now they project to be well over the 85 limit after National Signing Day. Of course, they’ll lose some juniors to the National Football League after this season and that will open up more scholarships for the class, and some walk-ons may not have their scholarships renewed.

Junior linebacker JaCorey Morris (6-feet-2-inches, 215 pounds) of Grove Hill, Ala., visited USC in June after being contacted by Gamecock LB coach Kirk Botkin and he decided last week he’d seen enough and committed to the Gamecocks. He’s USC’s second commitment for the ‘16 class.

Botkin learned about Morris from a friend who lives not far from Clarke County High School. Morris’ head coach, Keith Kelley, contacted Botkin and sent him film. Kelley and Morris then went in for a visit in June after first attending a camp at Clemson.

“Coach Botkin did a really good job coming in and was laid back and did a really good job of making him feel at home,” Kelley said. “He likes to hunt and play ball. Coach Botkin did a really good job of making him feel at home and he really liked the atmosphere there.

“And, of course, the program. They are a heck of a program. (Head) Coach (Steve) Spurrier, I told him, ‘Man, you’ll be playing for a man who will going into the (College Football) Hall of Fame and one of the best coaches ever.”

Of course, the question is will this commitment hold up over time if Alabama and Auburn make a big push? “It will really, really surprise me if he changed his mind,” Kelley said.

“He definitely loves South Carolina. He likes the place and he likes the school. Coach Botkin has made a really, really big impression on him. It would really, really be tough to get him to sway away from South Carolina.” Morris plays outside LB and is just a playmaker, according to Kelley.

“He has a knack for the football, he’s always around the football,” Kelley said. “He does a lot of stuff you can’t teach.

He just has a knack for the ball.

He likes to hit. I’ll just be straight up with you. He does a great job covering guys in the flats and running down the field with them.”

Kelley said Morris also had offers from Clemson, Southern Mississippi, Alabama-Birmingham, West Florida and some other NCAA Division II schools. Auburn and Mississippi State also were recruiting him.

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commitment DB Rashard Causey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., still has USC among his top three. Causey Phil Kornblut camped at USC, but said RECRUITING the communiCORNER cation with USC coaches has been limited. He does plan to take an official visit.

“I’m pumped up about South Carolina this season,” Causey said. “I really think they’re going to win the SEC (Southeastern Conference) this year. I can’t wait to see them play (in person).”

He named USC, FAU and Miami as his top three schools in no order. Causey plans to take official visits to each with Wisconsin and Michigan possible destinations for his final two. Asked if USC had a chance to flip his commitment, he responded, “Very much so.”

USC commitment DE Quandeski Whitlow was offered by Mississippi State last week.

OTHERS DB Jaquan Johnson of Miami committed to Miami last week.

He visited USC earlier this month.

JUNIORS CLEMSON The success of previous WRs Tavares Chase (6-2, 175) of Bradenton, Fla., interested in Clemson. The Tigers have offered and Chase indicated that the Tigers are appealing to him.

“They told me I could be a playmaker there,” he said.

“They want to get the ball in my hands and let me work.

Clemson produces top wide receivers and I’m looking for that. I want to get noticed.”

USC also has offered and has given him the same impression though his interest level in the Gamecocks is not as strong right now. Chase wants to see both Palmetto State schools and is thinking of checking them out after the season. His other offers include FSU, Auburn, UGA, UF, Miami, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Virginia Tech. Chase caught 26 passes for 406 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore and on defense had 43 total tackles and four interceptions.

Junior athlete Korey Charles (5-11, 164) of Tallahassee, Fla., visited Clemson earlier in the summer and is intrigued by the Tigers. Clemson is one of several schools to offer Charles and see him filling the roll of a former Florida native that wore the orange. “(Tiger assistant) Coach (Jeff) Scott and I have talked some about where they see me,” Charles said. “He told me they see me at wide receiver... sort of in that playmaker role like (Sammy) Watkins.”

Charles, who spent most of his time on defense as a sophomore, does not mind switching sides of the ball.

“It doesn’t really matter to me that much,” he said. “If that’s where they want me to play, I’m fine with that.

“I really liked Clemson a lot.

I liked their campus and the vibe. I could see myself playing there.”

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Charles had 89 total tackles, one for loss, one INT and a forced fumble last season. He had over 100 yards rushing on just three attempts and matched the feat in receiving yards with just three receptions. He does not have any favorites.

Clemson has extended an early offer to quarterback Zerrick Cooper (6-3, 195) of Jonesboro, Ga. Cooper is building a strong relationship with the Tiger coaching staff and is very interested in the program.

“I’ve already visited twice and I like it a lot,” he said. “I love the atmosphere and what they have to offer.”

The Tigers join Miami, UK, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Tennessee, North Carolina State, VT, Nebraska and West Virginia as his offers. His other visits have been to UGA, UK, UNC and Tennessee. He plans to attend the Georgia-Clemson game on Saturday.

Last season, Cooper complete 81 of 153 passes for over 1,200 yards passing and seven TDs against three INTs.

USC DL Christian Colon (6-4, 292) of Charlotte has early offers from Wake Forest, UNC and NCSU is showing some interest in USC. Colon expects several more offers early in the season.

“A lot of schools just want to see my first three games this year before they offer (me),” he said. “I’ve dropped some weight and gotten stronger, I think they will like what they see.”

He named WVU, Notre Dame, Tennessee and Ohio State as some of the programs watching his progress. Clemson and USC have also shown interest in Colon.

“I like Clemson a lot, but they don’t have my major,” he said. “I want to study kinesiology so I don’t think I would go there.

“I went to South Carolina’s spring game and loved the atmosphere. I liked the facilities and I thought the campus was beautiful. They’re SEC football, so that’s big time. If they offered me, they would probably move up my list.”

Colon named WF and UNC as his early leaders.

USC is in an early battle with UGA and VT for DB Marlon Character Jr. (6-0, 175) of Atlanta.

“Yeah, I definitely want to visit there,” he said. “I honestly don’t know much about South Carolina other than they’re awesome (at football).”

His other offers are UGA, VT, UK and Ole Miss, but three stand out with him early in the process. “I’m definitely looking at Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia Tech,” Character said.

As a sophomore, he totaled 30 tackles, three INTs and two TDs. Character did not name a favorite.

CLEMSON AND USC Offensive lineman Sean Pol-

lard of Spruce Pines, N.C., had planned to announce a commitment last week, then he announced that he is going to wait until next year to make a commitment. He has offers from Clemson and USC.

BASKETBALL Point guard PJ Dozier of Spring Valley High in Columbia has updated the schedule for his official visits. He will go to Michigan on Sept. 26, Louisville on Oct. 3, Georgetown on Oct. 17, UNC on Oct. 24 and USC on Oct. 31.

USC target 6-8 Chris Silva has set his official visit to Seton Hall for today. He will visit USC on Sept. 12.

“They’ve been very active,” Dave Broff, Silva’s head coach at Roselle Catholic in New Jersey, said of the Gamecocks’ recruiting efforts. “(USC assistant coach) Matt Figger and (head) Coach (Frank) Martin have done a great job recruiting him and we hear from them quite often.”

Silva averaged 13 points and nine rebounds per game last season. Silva also will take official visits to Villanova, Rhode Island and Kansas State.

Tevin Mack, a 6-5 player for Dreher High in Columbia, has added WF to his final list, joining Clemson, USC, Virginia Commonwealth and UGA. Mack has scheduled three of his official visits -- UGA on Sept. 20, VCU on Sept. 27 and Clemson on Oct. 14.

Clemson head coach Brad Brownell is going hard after 6-8 Luke Maye of Cornelius, N.C., and Maye is responding in kind with strong interest in the Tigers. Maye, the son of former UNC QB Mark Maye, has the Tigers high up on his list.

“Coach Brownell has been great,” Maye said. “I like the way he coaches. I just like the atmosphere in Clemson. It’s becoming more of a basketball school I feel like. Coach Brownell is moving the program in the right direction.”

Maye attended Clemson’s home basketball game with Virginia last season and also visited for a football game. And Brownell took in a lot of Maye’s games this summer.

That did not go unnoticed by Maye. “He wants me to have success and he wants me to succeed and that’s what I want in a coach, someone who believes in me,” Maye said.

Maye said he also likes Davidson and Charlotte and “hasn’t figured out much past that.” Of course, UNC always looms large in the background and should the Tar Heels decide to make a push, they would likely become a factor.

Maye does not have a favorite and has not decided on his official visits. He does plan to sign early.

CJ Williamson, a 6-6 PG from Orlando, Fla., has set his Clemson official visit for Sept. 22. He will visit VT on Sept. 12 and Texas Tech on Oct. 18. Those are his three finalists.

Matthew Pegram, a 6-10 player from Wando High in Mount Pleasant, committed to Wofford.

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FREDDIE JAMES JR. Deacon Freddie James Jr., 70, husband of Pauline Skinner James, departed this earthly life on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at his home.

Born on Jan. 1, 1944, in Swansea, he was a son of the late Freddie Sr. and Rebecca Favor James. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Ebenezer High School Class of 1963. He JAMES was employed as a professional painting contractor with Philips National Co. He later established and was the owner of James Painting Co. He was a great employer and was affectionately known as “Big Daddy” by his employees. Deacon James was always willing to help anyone who was in need and for this he was tremendously blessed. Deacon James was a very active and devoted member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, where he served on the trustee board, gospel choir, senior choir and as assistant chairman of the deacon board, until his health began to fail. He loved his church family.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his loving and devoted wife, Pauline Skinner James of the home; one son, Fred James III of Asbury Park, New Jersey; five daughters, Judith (Ernest) McCollom of Camden, Franzenia Cowans of Arlington, Virginia, Talana (Kawan) Glover, Kendra James and Tisha Johnson, all of Rembert; five grandchildren, Tomeash Jenkins of Spartanburg, Dequan Glover and Miracle Johnson of Rembert, and Arkell and Arie Johnson of Columbia; two brothers, Wallace (Matasha) James of Rembert and Julius (Rosavell) James of Columbia; one sister, Linder (Thomas) Graham of Rembert; a very special niece, Tracy (Michael) Werfele of San Antonio, Texas; three brothers-in-law; six sisters-in-

law; a special son-in-law, Evangeline Johnson of Dalzell; a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Preceding him in death was two brothers, Daniel and Leroy James; and one sister, Martha Singleton.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 9250 Camden Highway, Rembert, with the Rev. Freddie Thomas, pastor, eulogist, Bishop A.D. Givens, presiding, assisted by the Rev. Mamie Addison, the Rev. Lelia Stewart and Lay Pastor Thoyd Warren.

The family will be receiving friends and relatives at the home, 3275 Merlene Nixon Road, Rembert.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.

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

Floral bearers will be family and friends.

Pallbearers will be nephews.

Burial will be in Mt. Bethel Baptist Churchyard cemetery.

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

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

nedy Cousar, 88, widow of James Cousar, died on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at Palmetto Health Baptist hospital, Columbia.

She was born on April 10, 1926, in Turbeville, a daughter of the late Downing and Katie Gamble Kennedy.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 639 Frazier St., Manning.

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

DIANE FELDER BISHOPVILLE — Diane Felder entered eternal rest on Aug. 23, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital System, Florence.

She was a daughter of the late Edward Cooper Sr. and Mabel Cooper Boyd.

She is survived by four sons, 15 grandchildren, five sisters, three brothers and many other relatives and friends.

Visitations will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Gum Spring Baptist Church, Bishopville, with her pastor, the Rev. Johnny Blyther, officiating. Burial will follow in Corbett Cemetery.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

DAVID MCLEOD JR. ELOUISE MYERS CAMDEN — Elouise Myers entered eternal rest on Aug. 21, 2014, at her residence, 220 Lila D. Lane, Camden.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Mt. Calvary Holiness Church, Rembert, with the pastor, the Rev. James W. Epps Sr., officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

OPHELIA K. COUSAR MANNING — Ophelia Ken-

David McLeod Jr. departed this earthly life on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, after a brief illness.

He was born on Jan. 5, 1952, in Sumter, to the late Dave Sr. and Carrie Mouzone McLeod.

David, affectionately known as “Junior,” was formally educated through the public school system of Sumter. He enlisted in the United States Army and honorably served a tour of duty in Germany.

Upon his return to the United States, David enrolled in Columbia Commercial College in South Carolina, where he

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 earned an associate’s degree in business management.

David retired from the federal government after 39 years of employment, of which 27 of those years were professionally completed at the United States Postal Service. Prior to his retirement, David fulfilled his lifelong entrepreneurial dream by opening his own construction and repair business, David’s Handyman Service.

He is survived by his devoted and loving mother, Carrie Mouzone McLeod; his children, Edwin (Angela) Kinard of Phenix City, Alabama, Latonya Williams of Sumter and twins, David McLeod III of New York, New York, and Devin McLeod of Columbia; six children; and a loving and devoted fiancée, LaShun McDonald. David also leaves his sisters to cherish his love and memory, Blanche McLeod Johnson and Barbara McLeod Mack, both of Sumter; special sisters, Kimberely (Alvis) Mouzone Best of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Shaunya (Terrence Sr.) Mouzone Murrill of Columbia; two uncles, Albert (Alma) Mouzone and Freddie McLeod, both of Sumter; three aunts, Thelma Mouzone of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Henrietta Bowman and Blanche Cooper, both of Sumter; a special niece, TaShawn Mack Wilson; a host of loving relatives and caring friends who will miss him dearly.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dave McLeod Sr.; paternal grandparents, Dave and Lillie Harriet Evans McLeod; his maternal grandparents, John and Carrie Burgess Mouzone; uncles, Nathaniel Mouzone, Ben Mouzone, George Mouzone and John C. Mouzone; an aunt, Annie Mae McLeod; and a special sister, Carrie Anginia Mouzone Thomas.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Thursday at Union Station AME Church, 945 S. Main St., with the Rev. Dr. John R. Black, pastor, Apostle Jamie Pleasant offici-

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ating, assisted by the Rev. Clarence Hunter, the Rev. Joshua Dupree and the Rev. Joann Murrill.

The body will be placed in the sanctuary one hour before the service.

Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

Public viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

Online memorials and condolences can be sent to sumterfuneralsvs@sc.rr.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the management and staff of Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

MARY BARTLETTE Mary Edora Davis Bartlette, 88, widow of Ervin Phillips Bartlette, died on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at her home.

Services will be announced

by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

H. TOMMY FULTON Hoyt Thomas “Tommy” Fulton, 67, husband of Beulah Mae Floyd Fulton, died on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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

ARLENA W. SPANN MANNING — Arlena Wilson Spann, devoted wife of 62 years to Willie Lee Spann Sr., exchanged time for eternity on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born on Nov. 30, 1936, in Bordeau, Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late Rev. James Maylon and Willie Mae Tucker Wilson.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 200 Collins St., Manning.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced

by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home and Chapel.

PRO BASKETBALL

Love pledges commitment to Cavs

BY TOM WITHERS The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kevin Love holds his new Cleveland jersey on Tuesday at the Cavaliers’ practice facility in Independence, Ohio. Love was acquired from Minnesota in a three-team trade that was finalized over the weekend.

DARLINGTON FROM PAGE B1 April this year for the first time.

“I’m glad they came back.

Don’t know why they ever left,” former driver and South Carolina native David Pearson told the Associated Press.

Wile said the track and International Speedway Corporation, Darlington’s parent company, have been discussions with NASCAR over the past several months about possibly moving the date back to Labor Day weekend. And the Darlington president said it was a “total team effort” to get the track’s date back to Labor Day weekend.

The race date change works with Darlington’s marketing campaign to highlight its history going forward into next year’s Bojangles’ Southern 500

weekend. Wile said the track will be unveiling its various marketing campaigns over the next year.

The move back to Labor Day weekend also gives Wile and his staff more than a year to get ready for next year’s race.

“This just made sense,” Wile said. “The timing was perfect. We knew NASCAR wanted to make changes to the schedule, and we were all open to it. And I feel like we won. You know the tradition returns to Darlington Raceway in 2015.”

The only obstacle of having the race move backed to Labor Day is having to compete with college football.

Both Clemson and South Carolina, along with the state’s other college football pro-

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kevin Love’s phone rang in July and LeBron James asked the All-Star forward if he wanted to play with him in Cleveland.

“I’m in,’’ Love told James.

For the long haul.

Getting used to a new city and new team after being acquired by the Cavaliers on Saturday, Love said he’s committed to winning an NBA title with the Cavaliers — however long it takes.

Love, who didn’t make the playoffs during six sometimes rocky seasons with Minnesota, can opt out of his contract and become a free agent next summer. But 25-year-old Love, regarded as the game’s top “spacing’’ forward, said he intends to stay with James and the Cavs.

“I’m committed to this team, committed long term to the end goal and that’s to win championships,’’ he said.

grams, have games scheduled on the Saturday of race weekend.

Wile, however, is confident they will be able to work around that.

“We need to figure out how to get them to bring their tailgate to Darlington on Sunday after they cheer on Clemson and South Carolina. Because it will be a great way to end the Labor Day weekend on a high note,” he said.

Cleveland is smitten with its newest superstar.

Love was introduced Tuesday by the Cavs, who acquired him in a blockbuster, threeteam trade that instantly turned Cleveland, which won just 33 games last season, into an NBA championship favorite. The deal also gives the team a star-powered trio in Love, James and Kyrie Irving.

Love and James became friends two summers ago as U.S. Olympic teammates in London. It was there, while chasing a gold medal together, that James began recruiting Love, who wasn’t sure what to make of the four-time league MVP’s overtures.

“Sitting next to me, a locker really close to me and he

would always tell me how good he thought I was,’’ Love said. “For me I would just kind of brush it off and shake it off because I was standoffish because I didn’t know him well.’’

James persisted and after more conversations, Love realized there could be a time when their careers could intersect again.

“I thought that one day maybe I could play with LeBron James,’’ he said.

And now that Love is gone, the Timberwolves are left to rebuild around No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and last year’s top pick, Anthony Bennett, two young players they were able to pry from Cleveland.

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The Thomas Sumter Academy football team accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, drenching each other after they had poured icy water on Gwyn Ellis-Todd and Marion Weaver.

Along with the two women, the Generals have issued a challenge to the other football teams in the area.

Will you take the dare?

Raise awareness with ALS deep freeze challenge

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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f you have to have ice-cold water dumped on your head, you couldn’t have picked a better day, weatherwise, than Aug. 21, Marion Weaver and Gwyn Ellis-Todd agreed. The two women took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at 4 p.m. that day, shortly after the end of football practice at Thomas Sumter Academy.

The sun was shining, and the temperature was around 100 when members of the Generals’ football team simultaneously emptied buckets of ice and water over the two women.

After the initial shock, “It felt pretty good,” Weaver said.

“I was determined not to act like a baby in front of those football players, but I’m pretty sure I screamed.”

“There was no hesitation,” Ellis-Todd said.

On Ellis-Todd’s Facebook page, you can witness both women screaming, then laughing along with the football players, who then took the challenge themselves.

But the purpose of their accepting the challenge is serious. Both women lost their husbands to ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a form of muscular dystrophy that is always fatal, but perhaps even worse, robs those who have it of the control of their bodies.

In fact, at one point, EllisTodd’s husband, John Ellis, told her, “I’m a prisoner in my own body.”

As of Monday morning, almost $80 million had been donated to the ALS Association.

During the same period last year — July 29 through Aug. 25 — $2.4 million was raised.

So far, there are 1.7 million new donors. And that gives Ellis-Todd and Weaver renewed hope that a cure will be found.

Ellis was diagnosed in 2001, and Weaver’s husband Mark was diagnosed in 1998, when few people had heard of ALS; often called Lou Gehrig’s Disease for the famous baseball player who died from ALS in 1939. Awareness had been lacking for 75 years. Both men were also talented athletes. Weaver was a professional golfer, while Ellis excelled in football, basketball, track and tennis at TSA and attended Presbyterian College on a football scholarship.

At the present time, there is no treatment for ALS, Ellis-

PHOTOS BY MATT WALSH/THE SUMTER ITEM

Marion Weaver and Gwyn Ellis-Todd brace themselves to have 5-gallon buckets of ice-cold water poured over their heads last Thursday on the Thomas Sumter Academy football practice field. Next, Weaver and Ellis-Todd are completely drenched with ice water by the TSA Generals football team. Finally, the women were shocked by the freezing water, but soon recovered in Thursday’s 100-degree heat.

Degenerative disease attacks the nerves Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost.

With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.

ALS was first found in Todd noted, “just medication for the symptoms,” which can include twitches, gradual loss of motor skills, muscle weakness and atrophy, difficulty swallowing and talking.

Breathing becomes extremely difficult or impossible without a ventilator.

Ellis lived only about five years after he was first diagnosed; Weaver died Aug. 21, 2012, two years ago to the day that his wife and Ellis-Todd accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Despite the total loss of

1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, but it wasn’t until 1939 that Lou Gehrig brought national and international attention to the disease. Ending the career of one of the most beloved baseball players of all time, the disease is still most closely associated with his name.

The ALS Association is the only national non-profit organization fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease on every front.

By leading the way in global research, providing assistance for people with ALS through a nationwide network of chapters, coordinating multidisciplinary care through Certified Treatment Centers of Excellence, and control of their bodies, both men remained upbeat throughout the time they had ALS. Even though those with ALS often become totally paralyzed, their minds almost always remain active.

Both Ellis and Mark Weaver continued to keep up with research and treatment options, both for themselves and others with ALS. Ellis started a 501c3 non-profit organization, the Sumter Muscular Dystrophy Fund, which provided information, a support group and financial aid

fostering government partnerships, The Association builds hope and enhances quality of life while aggressively searching for new treatments and a cure. For more information about The ALS Association, visit www. alsa.org. Donate to the fund by mail at: The ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56007. You can also donate through the website.

The Alexa R. Good ALS Foundation in Rock Hill assists persons living with ALS in South Carolina and North Carolina. Reach the foundation at: P.O. Box 12248 Rock Hill, SC 29731-2248 Telephone: (803) 327-2871 to families affected by the disease.

In 1998, Mark Weaver volunteered to be the first patient to try an experimental drug, which unfortunately did not work, and Ellis was also part of a trial study.

“John was very smart,” Ellis-Todd said. “All he could do was to think and figure things out. He would come up with a lot of ideas, and he tried to take the stress off of me, sometimes asking others to help out. There was a lot of decision making he had to do.

• Participants must accept or decline the challenge within 24 hours of being called out.

• If they accept, they make a donation of $10 or more to the ALS Association, and they have to record a video of themselves being drenched.

• Those who decline generally donate $100 to the ALS Association.

• Following the ice bucket challenge, participants are allowed to challenge others.

“He would say, ‘I’m being given a second chance, time to get it right.’ He was at peace.”

Weaver said of Mark, who lived 15 years after being diagnosed, “I think the reason he lived that long was his attitude; he had not one moment of self pity. Every day he said to me, ‘Thank you so much for taking care of me.’

I said, ‘This is what I want to do. You are my life.’”

Marion Weaver said, “The way we survived, we just looked at each other every morning and prayed for the strength to get through this day.

“I love the ALS Association; they were wonderful to Mark and me, and that’s who will fund the research for a cure. I’m so grateful so many people are bringing awareness to ALS.” During an interview with The Item in 1998, Weaver expressed his philosophy of his fight against ALS in golf terms: “It’s like when you hit the ball behind a tree. You have to hit it from there, you have to deal with the lie as it is. You can’t pick it up and move it; you just have to get on with your game.”

Marion Weaver and Gwyn Ellis-Todd have both issued challenges, as has the TSA football team, which has challenged other athletic teams at the school and to all the high school teams in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties.

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Turn zucchini abundance into no-fry fries

BY SARA MOULTON Associated Press Writer Those darn zucchini! There’s an army of them occupying your garden right now and each one is as big as a blimp.

What if I told you there’s a way to transform the whole lot of them into a delicious dish resembling french fries, but without all the calories? The secret involves cutting your zucchini into fry-like sticks, then cooking them in a way that delivers that signature crunch, but without the deep-frying.

To start, you toast up some panko breadcrumbs in a dry skillet, which ensures that the finished product — the breaded zucchini — has the toasted taste and color that everyone loves. Then you mix them with freshly-grated Parmesan cheese, which not only contributes to that golden hue, it also makes everything taste better.

By the way, the amount of cheese you’ll end up with depends on which tool you use to grate it. Cheese grated on a fine wand-style grater has twothirds more volume than cheese grated on the fine side of a box grater. I used a wand grater, which is how I came up with the 5 tablespoons of grated cheese used in this recipe.

Using a box grater, you’ll only need 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons.

The crumb mixture is glued to the zucchini sticks using a basic breading technique. You THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dip them first in flour, then egg, Cutting a zucchini into fry-like sticks, then cooking them delivers that signature crunch without the deep-frying. then the breadcrumbs. If you skip the flour, the crumbs have a tendency to fall off. Happily, you can do the breading an CHEESY ZUCCHINI FRIES WITH SMOKED PAPRIKA DIPPING SAUCE hour ahead of time, then park Start to finish: 35 minutes the breaded zucchini on a coolServings: 4 ing rack until just before din1 cup panko breadcrumbs ner. This keeps the air circulat5 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese ing around the sticks so that 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil they don’t get soggy. Then just 1/3 cup all-purpose flour transfer them to a rimmed bak1 teaspoon garlic powder ing sheet and pop them into the Salt and ground black pepper oven for 8 minutes.

1 large egg, beaten lightly with 1 tablespoon water The dipping sauce is gussied3/4 pound zucchini, peeled and cut into 16 equal sticks up aioli. In truth, even basic 1/4 cup light mayonnaise aioli — or garlic mayonnaise — 1 teaspoon lemon juice is just fine. But here I’ve added 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic some lemon juice to cut the 1/2 teaspoon hot smoked paprika sweetness of the commercial Heat the oven to 450 F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray. mayonnaise, as well as some In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the panko, stirring frequently, until toasted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a shallow bowl and stir in the smoked paprika, one my favorParmigiano-Reggiano and the oil. ite cupboard ingredients.

In another shallow bowl, combine the flour with the garlic powder, then season it with salt and pepper. In a third shallow bowl place the egg Paprika of all kinds is widely available. You’ll likely be able to mixture. find excellent Hungarian and Working with several zucchini sticks at a time, toss them in the flour, shaking off the excess. Add the flour-coated zucchini to the egg mixture Spanish versions, both in varyand toss to coat well, letting the excess egg drip off. Finally, place them in the panko mixture, tossing to make sure they are coated well on all ing degrees of heat, at your sides. Arrange the fully coated zucchini sticks in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. local supermarket. UndoubtedBake, turning once, until golden and tender, about 8 minutes. ly, that ready availability exWhile the zucchini is baking, in a small bowl stir together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic and paprika. Season with and salt and pepper. plains why it’s not unusual to Sprinkle the cooked zucchini lightly with salt and pepper, then transfer to a platter and serve immediately with the sauce. find paprika gracing our Nutrition information per serving: 290 calories; 120 calories from fat (41 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 55 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrate; 2 g French fries these days. Believe fiber; 3 g sugar; 10 g protein; 500 mg sodium. me, it’s just as wonderful here.

Japanese rice updates tired old stuffed pepper

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer Here’s the thing about baked stuffed peppers... Plenty of people hate them.

And when you consider the classic approach to this dish, it’s hard to argue.

Tasteless ground beef mixed with white rice and some sort of tomato product? Not particularly exciting.

So we decided to create a version with plenty more appeal. We started by ditching the ground beef in favor of chicken, then replaced the flavorless white rice with the more robust japonica, a colorful Japanese variety. Now add shiitake mushrooms, fresh herbs and goat cheese, and you’ve got a stuffed pepper worth getting excited about.

JAPONICA, SHIITAKE AND CHICKEN STUFFED PEPPERS Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 6 6 large red bell peppers 1 cup japonica rice 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth 2 tablespoons butter 5 ounces shiitake mushroom caps, thinly sliced Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1/4 cup chopped shallots 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 ribs celery, diced 1 small yellow onion, diced 2 cups chopped or shredded cooked chicken 2 tablespoons chopped fresh marjoram or oregano 4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-by-9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Slice 1/2 inch off the top of each pepper, then scoop out and discard any seeds and ribs. Set aside.

In a medium saucepan, combine the rice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 35 to 45 minutes, or until all the broth is absorbed.

While the rice cooks, in a large skillet over medium-high melt the butter. Add the mushrooms and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until most of the water has been released from the mushroom and has evaporated, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the shallots, garlic, celery and onion and continue to cook until the onion and celery are tender, another 5 to 6 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine the rice, mushroom mixture, chicken, marjoram and goat cheese. Season with salt and black pepper. Spoon the mixture into the peppers and place in the prepared baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the peppers are tender.

Nutrition information per serving: 360 calories; 100 calories from fat (28 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 43 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 24 g protein; 320 mg sodium.

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Banish the blues with healthy blueberry muffins

BY SARA MOULTON Associated Press Writer Ripe, plentiful blueberries are such a highlight of summer that some of us are prone to getting the blueberry blues during the rest of the year.

Happily, imported and frozen blueberries make it easy to enjoy them all the time. In fact, if you’re really on your game, you can pick extra now and freeze them for later. And when later comes around, those frozen hand-picked berries make for some pretty awesome muffins.

But before you get out the muffin pan, let’s tackle some of the issues we often run into when making muffins. Typically, the batter is made with white flour and a ton of fat and sugar. It’s a delicious combination, but one that makes blueberry muffins more an indulgence than a healthy choice.

It was easy to swap some of the white flour with whole wheat, but I also added oat flour to the mix. I worried oat flour might be hard to find, but that’s when I discovered that making your own easy; just pulverize the oats in a blender until smooth. I loved what the oats brought to the recipe besides lots of fiber and nutrients, principally a sweeter and heartier flavor than wheat flour. They also made the muffins moister.

Thanks to the mashed banana, which contributed moisture of its own, this recipe for a dozen muffins required only 3 tablespoons of butter. Just make sure the banana is very ripe to get the most out of its flavor and natural sugars. I also substituted low-fat — and big-flavored — buttermilk for the full-fat milk usually called for.

Finally, I jacked up the pleasure quotient by adding lemon and cinnamon — which always pair up beautifully with blueberries — and conjured some crunch by topping the muffins with a little extra sugar.

Considering that this recipe requires only 25 minutes of hands-on time, you might frequently find yourself whipping up batches of blueberry muffins in the dead of winter.

They are sure to banish those blueberry blues.

HEARTY BLUEBERRYBANANA MUFFINS Start to finish: 50 minutes (25 minutes active) Makes 12 muffins 1 cup oat flour (made by pulverizing 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons old fashioned oatmeal in a blender or processor until smooth) 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons allpurpose flour, divided 1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon table salt 2 teaspoons lemon zest 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 small very ripe banana, mashed (about 1/4 cup) 3/4 cup buttermilk 1 large egg, lightly beaten 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 1/4 cups frozen blueberries 2 tablespoons granulated sugar Heat the oven to 350 F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners or coat it with baking spray.

In a large bowl, combine the oat flour, 3/4 cup of the all-purpose flour, the white whole-wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, lemon zest and cinnamon.

In a medium bowl, combine the banana with the buttermilk, egg and butter. Mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until they are just combined.

In a medium bowl toss the blueberries with the remaining 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, then transfer them to a strainer and shake off the excess flour. Add the blueberries to the batter and gently fold them in.

Spoon the batter into the pre-

pared muffin pan. The batter should be slightly mounded above the edge. Sprinkle the granulated sugar evenly over the tops of the batter, then bake the muffins on the oven’s middle shelf for 20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted at the center of the muffins comes out clean. Let the muffins rest, in the pan, for 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition information per serving: 170 calories; 40 calories from fat (24 percent of total calories); 4.5 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 29 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 4 g protein; 210 mg sodium.

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Hearty Blueberry Banana Muffins are a whole-grain, fruit-packed start to the morning.

evi Strauss came to California during the Gold Rush to find his fortune. He planned to sell canvas cloth to the miners for tents and wagon covers. But the gold miners needed something else ‌ pants.

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His canvas pants sold as quickly as they were made. Levi gave up the idea of gold mining and ordered more cloth.

He had found his fortune.

The students at Yale University loved Joseph Frisbee’s pies. They even loved his pie tins!

Tossing empty pie tins became a favorite way to pass time between classes. With a firm flick of the wrist, the tin would sort of float through the air.

The idea literally bounced into his head. He loved watching the trapeze artists and tightrope walkers drop into the safety net and then bounce up and down doing twists, spins and somersaults.

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Frisbee Memories

Draw the other half of each bouncing kid.

In the 1940s, a man named Walter Morrison remembered the fun he had throwing FrisbeeÂŽ pie tins while a student at Yale. He invented a way to make a similar throwing toy out of plastic. He called it a FrisbeeÂŽ disc in memory of the pie tins turned into toys.

That’s what gave him the idea of a “bouncing table� that could be used in a backyard or gym. He worked on his idea for more than 12 years, but finally he came up with a contraption that worked. He called it trampoline, from the Spanish word trampolin, meaning “springboard.�

Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Students recognize the origins and meanings of foreign words used in English.

Help the student catch the pie tin.

Mix and match news stories to create silly stories. Select a who, what, when, where, why and how from different stories. Write a silly news story with this assortment of facts. Use quotes from other news stories.

hen scientists at General Electric Company were looking for a way to make synthetic (man-made) rubber, they made a gooey mess. The scientists thought the goo was useless.

19 - 6 = Y

6+3=L

Solve the math problems to discover the name he gave the goo.

TRAMPOLINE Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop INVENTION stories and activities.

FRISBEE E X P E R I M E N T PANTS N N A T A I D O I I GOLD U A O E N R I E N N CAMERA EXPERIMENT T A M E E T E I A S MINERS R O R E N B V M T L FORTUNE O S Y E D E S N A E NAMED F I V S L N A I L C LEVI E N I L O P M A R T IDEA TINS I V E N G T Y O R F TOYS Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognizing identical YALE words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Invent a Silly News Story

Standards Link: Social Science: Students explore the stories of actual people who have made a difference in their everyday lives and whose contributions have touched them, directly or indirectly.

An ad man from Connecticut had another idea. He saw that the goo could be molded like clay, stretched like taffy and bounced like a rubber ball. He decided to make the goo into a toy.

Standards Link: Social Science: Students understand the role and interdependence of buyers and sellers of goods.

When 11-year-old George Nissen went to see the circus, he had a brainstorm. An invention brainstorm!

But the metal pie tins hurt when they hit someone. As a safety measure, students started yelling “Frisbee!� to alert others that they were tossing a tin to a pal.

6+5=T

14 - 9 = I

6+8=P 16 - 9 = S

12 - 6 = U

Look through the newspaper for two items that don’t seem to go together. Think of ways the two things could be combined to invent something new. Example: A camera and sunglasses.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension. Follow simple written directions.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write expository essays using newspaper format.

Send your story to:

What do you do instead of taking drugs?

Deadline: September 21 Published: Week of Oct. 19

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension. Follow simple directions.

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DEAR ABBY — Five years ago, my husband got drunk and physically attacked me in front of his family. It was horrible. I was in shock, and our relationship never

recovered.

The next four years were a series of court visits for custody of our child and eventually a divorce. Last year, his mother began requesting visits with our son. I was happy about it because I have tried to be accommodating to my ex and his family regarding our son.

Finally, late last year, I called my ex to ask if we could sit down and discuss our son (something we had never done). We have met twice during the last two weeks, and each time had long conversations about everything. (Our son, our past, our relationship.) Many misconceptions were cleared up, and it’s obvious that we both have made many necessary changes within ourselves.

Now I’m confused about what comes next. Speaking with him has brought back so many feelings. Prior to the attack, our stress levels had been high and our communication was terrible, but there had been no physical violence. I’m not sure if this is the universe giving us an opportunity to give the family

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we started another chance.

Should we start over?

Wavering in New York DEAR WAVERING — What comes next might be that you and your ex can become good friends and parent your son in a congenial, cooperative fashion. What comes next might be that you rekindle your romance. Or it might be that you get back together and he assaults you again.

If your ex has sought help for his drinking and anger management issues, a reconciliation could work out beautifully. However, if he hasn’t, I certainly wouldn’t recommend it. Sometimes people can care deeply about each other, but shouldn’t be married.

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‘Girlfriend Intervention’ dusts off ‘Queer Eye’ template

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Lifetime introduces the new makeover series, “Girlfriend Intervention” (10 p.m., TV-14). In this show, four professionals in the fields of health and beauty, home decor, fashion and lifecoaching try to teach dowdy women how to perk up their wardrobes, attitudes and self-esteem.

What sets “Girlfriend” apart from the dozens of shows just like it is that the experts are black women and the needy self-improvement projects are white. Produced by the company behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Million Dollar Listing,” “Girlfriend” trades in commonly assumed cliches about race, gender and the role of shopping in fostering happiness.

This follows a trend of sorts for Lifetime. Ever since it poached “Project Runway” from its original network, the network has been blatantly imitating Bravo.

It’s interesting to note that Bravo began its long migration away from its original identity as an arts-related network (“Inside the Actor’s Studio”) and toward an unabashed celebration of materialism with the 2003 debut of the reality-comedy “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” In many ways, that series established the template for “Girlfriend Intervention.” In both series, the subjects to be improved are presented as devoid of color, vivacity, creativity and spark. On both series, these bland subjects require the magical/ mystical intercession of sassy gay men or black women to turn them into fully functioning human beings.

The premise remains highly condescending to both

• Marco’s dirty laundry is exposed on “The Bridge” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• Briggs frets that his cover has been blown on “Graceland” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE How have I spent the past 30 years without ever having seen “Footloose” (8:30 p.m., VH1), starring Kevin Bacon?

I wish I could say the same of “Flashdance.”

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Beauty pro Tracy Balan, fashion maven Tiffiny Dixon, home / sanctuary guru Nikki Chu and soul coach Tanisha Thomas host the new series “Girlfriend Intervention,” premiering at 10 p.m. today on Lifetime.

sides of the equation.

On “Queer Eye,” the talented gay men seemed to be putting their own lives on hold while helping some dud get ready to entertain or go on a date.

Like “Queer Eye,” “Girlfriend” is not without its amusing moments. But here the stereotypes are even more ancient — and troubling. While presented as hip and extroverted, how different are these “Girlfriends” from the maids and kitchen hands featured in old movies from the 1930s and ‘40s?

They are larger-than-life characters, but they are also comic types whose essential role is defined by the needs of the white lady. And they seem to be working for free.

• Speaking of Bravo, Shailene Woodley gueststars on “Top Chef Duels” (10

p.m., TV-14).

• “Man v. the Universe” (10 p.m., Science) explores the realistic possibility of trips to Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk sees our distant neighbor as a possible life raft in case Earth becomes uninhabitable. He believes a Mars mission is perhaps two decades away. A rival group, Mars One, envisions a trip in just 10 years. There is one catch however: It will have to be a one-way voyage.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The top four perform on “So You Think You Can Dance” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Tara Lipinski guest-judges.

• “Unsung” (8 p.m., TV One) charts the career of Troop, a Pasadena-based R&B group whose name is an acronym

for “Total Respect of Other People.”

• On two helpings of “Extant” (CBS, TV-14): Sparks relocates the baby (9 p.m.) and protects its life at all costs (10 p.m.).

• Six acts move forward on “America’s Got Talent” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

• On two helpings of “Modern Family” (ABC, r, TV-PG): Phil drops the ball (9 p.m.), a family challenge (9:30 p.m.).

• Martin assumes the role of an arms dealer on “Legends” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• A power failure darkens the borough on “Taxi Brooklyn” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Some past issues return for Flynn and Cross on the season finale of “Motive” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• “The Divide” (9 p.m., WE) ends its first season with a surprise.

“Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS) * Frankie limits access on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * Illusions on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Murray’s habits irk Beverly on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Murphy returns on “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT Kevin Hart, Rhona Mitra and Atmosphere appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Michael Sheen sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * The Last Internationale appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Chris Rock, Chris Christie and Kacey Musgraves on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * Carson Daly, Penn & Teller and Christina Perri visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Craig Ferguson hosts Maria Bello and Bradley Trevor Greive on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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airy and breakfast go hand in hand. With so many types of milk, cheeses and yogurts available, it’s easy to find breakfast combinations that set the curve for success as the kids head back to school this fall.

Children who eat a morning meal perform better in the classroom and have better overall nutrition. Research shows that kids who eat breakfast have better memory, attention and behavior, and score higher on tests.

In addition to the wide variety of dairy foods that make school day breakfasts easy, dairy also gets an Aplus for nutritional and economic value. Dairy delivers a unique package of nine essential nutrients in a variety of tasty and affordable options. For example, one 8-ounce glass of milk delivers calcium, potassium and vitamin D and costs only about 25 cents.

Recognizing the important role breakfast and dairy foods play for school children and their success in the classroom, dairy farmers and milk processors nationwide have organized the Great American Milk

2 peeled and chopped cinnamon kiwis 1/4 teaspoon ground 1 cup chopped ginger strawberries 1 carton (32 ounces) non2 tablespoons brown sugar fat vanilla yogurt 1/4 teaspoon ground

Drain peach slices, discarding juice. Drain pineapple chunks, reserving juice. Chop peaches and pineapple.

Toss peaches, pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, brown sugar, spices and reserved pineapple juice in medium bowl.

Layer 1/2 cup yogurt with 6 tablespoons of fruit salsa in each of eight parfait glasses or dessert dishes. Serve immediately.

Drive, a Feeding America program to deliver gallons of milk to hungry families who need it most. To donate, text “Milk” to 27722 or visit milklife. com/give.

Meanwhile, to boost breakfast success for your family this school year, consider these tips: • Keep breakfast foods on hand such as ready-to-eat cereals, yogurts, white and flavored milks, and fruit.

• Build a breakfast burrito bar.

Prepare toppings such as shredded cheese, diced ham, tomatoes and olives the night before. In the morning, just scramble eggs, warm tortillas

and fill with your favorite toppings.

• Save money on dairy foods by buying milk by the gallon, cheese in block form and shredding it yourself, and plain, low-fat yogurt by the quart and stirring in your own flavorings, such as honey or fresh fruit.

• Whip up a yogurt smoothie or build a yogurt parfait, such as this recipe for a Fruit Salsa Yogurt Parfait provided by the Midwest Dairy Council. Or, bring more smiles to the table with the Fruity Splash Smoothie.

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Note: For frozen fruit pops, pour leftover smoothie into small plastic cups. Cover cups with plastic wrap, insert stick and freeze.

Back to school also means back to lunch duty

BY J.M. HIRSCH Associated Press Food Editor

whatever veggies or meat you have handy become an easy pasta salad.

Ready for another 180?

Sure, you’ve braced your kids for the early mornings. You’ve bought them their shoes and shirts and binders and book covers. You’ve even scheduled their haircuts and made sure their backpacks can handle another year of abuse. But have you prepared yourself for another 180 school days of packed lunches?

And what about your own lunches? We always say we’ll pack our own because it’s so much cheaper and healthier, yet somehow...

Fact is, there’s not a lot you can do to change the fact that lunch duty is a chore. But a little information — as well as the right gear — can keep it from turning into a dreaded chore. So let’s start with some basics:

COMPARTMENTALIZE

THINK AHEAD I don’t mean plan out a week’s worth of lunches. That’s just crazy talk. Rather, at dinner the night before, cook a little too much. How much too much? It depends on how many lunches you need to pack the next day. Either way, those leftovers are your easy building blocks for lunch the next day.

Grilling steak or roasting a chicken? Make a little extra and turn it into sandwiches or wraps or a robust salad in the morning. Pasta night? Boil up a little extra. The next day, cold leftovers plus some bottled vinaigrette and

Ditch the idea of structuring lunch around a main-with-sides model. That’s fine when it works, but often it just puts extra pressure on us. Most people — and particularly kids — are just as happy with a bunch of small items to munch on.

Assemble some fruit, fresh veggies, cheese, crackers or bread, a little cold meat, maybe a yogurt and you have a pretty satisfying meal.

And to make packing all those bits and pieces easier, get bento-style lunch containers. These containers generally have multiple small compartments, making it easy to pack chips and salsa and veggies and meat and cheese and a treat and whatever else inspires you.

KNOW YOUR NUMBERS Safe lunch packing all comes down to numbers. Cold food needs to stay below 40 F. Hot food needs to stay above 140 F. Once food falls outside those ranges, it’s safe to eat for another two hours.

How do you use this information? Start by figuring out what time a packed lunch will be eaten. Now count backward to the time of day it will be packed. That’s how long you need to maintain the food at a safe temperature. So when you shop for lunch gear — insulated lunch bags, thermoses, water bottles, etc. — only buy products with thermal ratings. These ratings tell you how long they can keep items hot or cold.

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Start by deciding the types of lunches you’ll pack most often.

Lots of little nibbles? Bento boxes are for you. Plenty of soups, chili and hot items? Multiple thermosstyle wide-mouth food jars need to be on your shopping list. Go through a lot of dips and hummus and condiments? Be sure your containers are water tight.

As a general rule, I like to get two of every container. This way there is less pressure to make sure the lunch gear from the day before is washed before morning. I also prefer stainless steel because it holds up to the dishwasher (and my destructive 10-year-old) better.

But it’s also costlier, and if you’re buying multiples that can add up fast.

Every year I watch for new lunch gear to add to my arsenal. This summer, I found three items that were worth my money.

Dressing-2-Go These tiny silicone squeeze bottles are just shy of genius. Each one holds 2 ounces, perfect for salad dressings, ketchup, sour cream or anything else you might need to squeeze or squirt over a lunch. The soft silicone bottle is easy for kids to hold and squeeze, and the flip cap won’t leak and is easy to open. A set of two costs $9 on Amazon.

The Hydro Flask 21-ounce Insulated Water Bottle keeps liquids cold for 24 hours and hot for up to 12 hours.

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ECOlunchbox Blue Water Bento Splash Box I love stainless steel lunch containers. I hate that most of them aren’t water tight. The Blue Water Bento Splash Box solves this by pairing a stainless rectangular food container with a tight-fitting silicone lid that is easy to open but won’t leak. At $22.50, it isn’t cheap.

But its versatility and rugged build make it a worthy investment.

Hydro Flask 21-ounce Insulated Water Bottle Built like a stainless steel tank and sporting double wall vacuum insulation, this beauty keeps liquids cold for 24 hours and hot for up to 12 hours. They are available in numerous colors and sell for $27.99. Younger children might prefer the 18-ounce version fitted with the optional straw lid.