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Bynum to get $182,070 Settlement equal to 1 year’s salary for ex-superintendent board of trustees, the district announced Tuesday.

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BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com Former Sumter School District Superintendent Randolph Bynum will receive more than $180,000 as part of the settlement agreement reached between the former administrator and the district’s

make his tenure with the district officially end on Friday. In return, the settlement calls for Bynum to “cooperate fully with reasonable requests for information and assistance from Board members and Acting/ Interim Superintendent Dr. J. Frank Baker, as may be necessary or desirable,” ac-

cording to a statement from Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for the district.

The finalization of the settlement came during a 75-minute executive session of the board during Monday night’s workshop session, a meeting which

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‘We’ve come a long way’ King’s influence can still be seen throughout community

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item Fifty years ago today, roughly a quarter of a million people marched on Washington, D.C., in a show of solidarity of their support of civil rights. The rally, officially named the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was the stage for civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, which is counted among the greatest speeches of all time.

The 1963 event became the historical touchstone of the civil rights movement. Fifty years later, some Sumter residents still feel the resonance of the event and wonder if King’s dream of having one

“not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” has been or will be fulfilled.

The Rev. James Blassingame, pastor at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, was 13 in 1963 and remembers the event being the topic in his home, at school and at church.

“There was a lot of excitement and a lot of enthusiasm,” he said.

“The march had a great significance because it spotlighted the importance of race relations.”

In 1970, Blassingame said he, along with six of his black classmates, were integrated into a BERNARD SIMON / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM white high school in Oconee County.

Tourists gather at night around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in “I dealt with a lot of April during a school trip to Washington, D.C. The memorial was dedicated in 2011 on the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington for SEE MARCH, PAGE A4 Jobs and Freedom.

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Whether it’s football season or not, one of the growing frustrations pastors have is church attendance. Certainly, there are some concerned only with bolstering their church rosters, but I would say there is a fair percentage that are focused on building both the spiritual quality and quantity of their flock. Clergymen and -women plan for a certain number each week with resources and materials. The good ones plan their sermons and church programming based on what they feel their congregation is dealing with.

So when numbers begin to fluctuate, pastors bemoan the inconsistencies. Most begin to scramble to compete with other distractions.

Sunday — the day most of us attend a weekly service — was off limits for a good while. There were virtually no meetings, no practices, no sanctioned events.

Now there seems to be myriad activities encroaching on Sunday worship. Sports tournaments, events and practices; work schedules; and other activities that others prioritize over weekly worship get top billing on our to-do lists.

The sad thing is we in the faith community think we are powerless to stop it. When a secular event is scheduled at a time when we are usually in church, we back down quickly.

We look at each other and say, “Well, what are you going to do?

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Sheheen brings message of unity to S.C.

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Most people, with 14 months to go before Election Day 2014, aren’t focused yet on how they plan to vote in next year’s governor’s race, if they have thought about it at all.

But Sen. Vincent Sheheen is hoping to get the process started. The Camden Democrat is planning a second try at defeating Nikki Haley for the state’s top office after a narrow deSHEHEEN feat in 2010. On Tuesday, Sheheen made several stops in Sumter, including at The Item, during one of several appearances he plans to make across the state before voters cast their ballots.

“I’ve got a lot of stops every week,” he said in a sit-down interview with The Item. “Yesterday I was in Columbia and went through Lexington for some meetings. I’m heading over to Greenville in a day or two, and then I’m going down

to the Lowcountry.”

Sheheen thinks his best chance of reversing the election results of four years earlier is in selling his message face to face with voters in every corner of the state. He talked with patrons at Sumter Cut Rate Drugs for breakfast about improving state government, funding public education and infrastructure improvements.

He visited Morris College to talk about the high cost of college tuition, and he spoke with local business owners about improving the economy by growing small businesses.

The last point, in particular, Sheheen stresses as different from his opponent’s economic development strategy.

“I’m very thankful that we can recruit businesses from out of state, and that’s important, but we know every state does that,” Sheheen said. “So successful states are putting in place the infrastructure and environment to allow small business and locally owned businesses to grow. That way, the profits that come from those businesses stay in our

local communities.”

The one-time Democratic nominee wants to wage a local campaign for the governor’s office, which he contrasts with Haley’s trips out of state and presence on the national stage. He mentioned the governor’s campaign announcement Monday in the Upstate that featured three other Republican governors offering their support.

“My opponent talks about Washington, D.C., a lot, and her friends from out of state. I think this campaign is about South Carolina,” he said. “(South Carolinians) want someone who will spend more time in their communities and less time in New York or Los Angeles or D.C. or Paris.”

Sheheen hammered Haley for administrative failings such as the theft of 3 million tax records from the state Department of Revenue and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control’s handling of a tuberculosis outbreak in a Greenwood County school.

“They allowed kids to go to

school for two months with a tuberculosis infection raging without telling the parents, which is shocking to me as a parent of public school kids,” he said. “This administration has a well-documented pattern of keeping things secret.

They’ve really bred a culture of incompetence.”

A detail-oriented administration would also focus on solving problems with the state Department of Employment and Workforce, which Sheheen said has paid out tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent claims, while the S.C. Department of Social Services faces millions in fines “because they can’t track down deadbeat parents in compliance with national standards.”

Instead, Sheheen wants to lead a “practical, not ideological,” administration that can work across the aisle with Republicans to get things done, like a recent effort Sheheen sponsored to increase access to 4-year-old kindergarten in counties that don’t already offer the program.

Third Army serves community by keeping 2 miles of highway clean

BY STAFF SGT. TAIKEILA CHANCEY Third Army/ARCENT Public Affairs Motorists traveling on U.S. 76/378, on a two-mile stretch of highway running directly in front of Shaw Air Force Base, may see a familiar name on the sign just outside the base, “Adopt-A-Highway Program …

Third Army/U.S. Army Central.”

You might even say “Team Shaw” owns this stretch of highway. However, Third Army recently teamed up with state Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program for the very first time since its move to Sumter.

On Aug. 24, more than 35

soldiers and civilians of Third Army volunteered their time to help keep the Sumter community a clean place to live, work and play.

“We’re here to demonstrate our commitment to the community, as well as our commitment to Shaw Air Force Base,” said Brig. Gen. Rex A. Spitler, Third Army/ARCENT chief of staff. “The Adopt-A-Highway Program was established for individuals, community, civic organizations, private businesses and industries to contribute to the effort of maintaining cleaner highways.”

“It’s a good program, and the way I see it, we signed up to serve the United States and

our community, and this is just one more way to do that,” said 1st Lt. Nathaneal Ramos, Headquarters Service Company Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear officerin-charge.

“We want to show the community we’re not just war fighters; we’re here to help everyone by any means possible.”

As a result of the program, litter has been reduced by 59 percent in South Carolina during the past 10 years, according to the PalmettoPride webpage, a state Anti-Litter and Beautification Non-profit organization.

“The program is a great

“One of my strengths is that I’m known as a bridge builder.

I’m known as someone who can work with members of both parties,” he said. “I’m elected in a very Republican area, and I like to believe it’s because people trust me and believe I can get the job done.

When I sponsor legislation, I sponsor it with a Republican and a Democrat.”

That’s the message that Sheheen wants to get out to everyone he encounters on his trips around the state. Visiting places such as Sumter, he said, gives him the energy to tackle problems in the state government.

“It’s frustrating in state government because it’s so broken. It’s easy to get pessimistic about the future,” he said. “But when you get out on the road, you see so many people accomplishing things, regardless of whether they’re a Republican or a Democrat or an independent, together in local communities. It gives you hope again that we can have a government again that’s not dysfunctional.”

Third Army/ARCENT soldiers have begun to pick up litter along U.S. 76/378 in Sumter as part of the Sumter County AdoptA-Highway Program. This is Third Army’s first time participating in the program since arriving in Sumter.

More than 35 soldiers and civilians volunteered their time to help keep the Shaw-Sumter community clean.

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idea; it shows how much the Army loves the community, as well as what the Army is willing to do for its community,” said Staff Sgt. Latroy Butler, HSC supply sergeant.

“We strive to be good neighbors and teammates within our community,” said

Maj. Fred Williams, Third Army/ARCENT chief of media and community relations.

“The Adopt-A-Highway program contributes to Third Army/ARCENT being seen as good role models and shows the citizens of Sumter we care about our community.”

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The American Diabetes Association is making preparations for the 2014 S.C. Tour de Cure set to take place May 3, 2014, and the S.C. Tour de Cure is seeking local sponsors for the event as well as participants.

The cycling event raises money to help stop diabetes and offers routes for beginning riders through experienced cyclists.

Sumter High student charged after pellet handgun found

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principal regarding an assault that took place Thursday morning at Sumter High School. The incident was confirmed on the school’s camera system, said Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for Sumter School District.

While in the assistant principal’s office, the student was found to be in possession of an airsoft pellet handgun.

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Sumter School District has a zero-tolerance policy for weapons, and the student will receive disciplinary action in accordance with the Sumter School District Code of Conduct, she said.

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Popular health tour event for women will stop in Lee

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item BISHOPVILLE — Lee County will be the first of three stops for the 12th Annual Health Ministry Empowerment Tour.

The free health enrichment event featuring health screenings, educational workshops and fun activities will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at Lee Central Middle School.

Sponsored by IMARA Woman magazine, Select Health of South Carolina and AmericHealth Caritas Partnership, the South Carolina tour is designed to educate and inspire and serve as a catalyst for healthy living, said Cindy Helling, executive director of Select Health, which offers First Choice, the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid health plan.

“It aligns perfectly with our mission to help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities,”

Helling said.

Elease Lloyd, director of day services at the Gibbs Activity Center, is serving as the local co-chairwoman of the program’s steering committee. She said the event is designed for women.

“We are telling the women to leave the kids at home,” said Lloyd, “and come out to have a good time, fellowship with others, and take advantage of the health screenings.

This is an opportunity to grow spiritually, mentally and physically.”

The program will include a fashion show, door prizes and entertainment. A complimentary lunch will be highlighted by featured speaker Ernestine Pringle, who will deliver a message about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

Pringle, a wife, mother, grandmother, entrepreneur and South Carolina pastor, will speak on the importance of “one small change,” the theme of

POLICE BLOTTER PUBLIC URINATION:

When told the bathrooms in a store in the 300 block of West Wesmark Boulevard were closed, a 60-year-old man reportedly unzipped his pants and urinated on the floor of the store at 6:45 p.m.

Monday. The man was located by police and placed on trespass notice for the store.

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A woman in the first block of Sawgrass Court reported that an unknown man sent a photo of his genitals to her cellphone at 1:42 p.m. Monday.

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On Monday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 42 calls. Thirty-six were medical calls, two were motor vehicle wrecks, and four were listed as “other trauma.”

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this year’s tour. She will share her personal perspective as a diabetes survivor and relay how an open mind can lead to positive change and make a significant difference in a person’s health and overall happiness.

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In response to the announcement Tuesday, Bynum issued a statement saying the mutual decision will allow all the parties to move ahead.

“The announced settlement closes, hopefully, a chapter that will allow the Sumter School District to move forward, as well as myself, and benefit the most important people in the district, which are the students,” Bynum said. “I also want to make it clear that I initiated the resignation process. I was never asked to resign or threatened with termination by the board. But, to quote an old saying by Nelson Mandela, ‘when the elephants fight, the grass suffers,’ and I didn’t want the children to suffer because of adult issues. The children are what is most important with me, and if my moving on will help the children, then that’s what I’m about, and that’s what I’m for.”

“I wish nothing but the best with all the great people that I worked with in and out of the school district, because Sumter, despite some of the negative people that I encountered, is truly a great place to be, and I wish them nothing but the best,” the former superintendent concluded.

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“We have to get comfortable with the uncomfortable,” she said.

“We have to get rid of our assumptions (about one another).”

Montgomery said while each person in Sumter County might not be completely unbiased, the community as a whole seems to be steadily improving.

“The color line seems to be fading,” he said.

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“I talk to a lot of people who don’t like what either side is saying,” he said. “More progress can be made if we walk in each other’s shoes.”

Trevin Montgomery and VonGretchen Nelson weren’t born at the time of the march but said they certainly feel the social ramifications of the event. Three years ago, the two started an organization titled People, Community, and Culture, which Nelson said aims at “fostering closer bonds in the community.”

Montgomery said the influence of King’s speech was woven into his childhood.

“The way my parents talked about him, I thought they were personal friends with him,” Montgomery said. “He knew how to step up and be a leader.”

It was King and other leaders in the civil rights movement that enabled young kids to aspire to greatness, he said.

“These people are heroes because they fought for what was right,” Montgomery said.

Nelson, who does diversity training for businesses, said the key to improving race relations today lies in working on our un-

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“We need to sit down at the table of brotherhood and have serious discussions on race in Sumter,” Blassingame said, borrowing a term from King’s 1963 speech.

Mayor Joe McElveen said any success Sumter has had in improving race relations should not only be credited to the 1963 march, but also to local leaders who stood up for equality.

“There were a number of leaders who made people recognize the raw wrong of what was being done,” he said.

McElveen said he was fortunate to have been raised by parents who were advocates for racial equality. He mentioned the fact that Sumter currently has a diverse government as both Sumter City Council and Sumter County Council are racially diverse.

“Sumter has the opportunity to show what a diverse community can do,” he said.

McElveen said those most vocal in their opinion on another race would do well to view things from a different perspective.

im superintendent. As part of that decision, the board also decided that Baker could not be considered when they begin the process of selecting a permanent replacement.

Schultz said the board is now focused on moving past the recent developments.

“I look forward to what the future holds for Sumter School District, and I’m excited about that,” Schultz said, adding that an official search to find a permanent superintendent has not started.

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FORT JACKSON — The new commander of the Army’s largest training post said Tuesday he hopes to keep recruits focused on their combat training, rather than worrying about looming budget cuts or troop reductions.

Those are headaches the Army’s senior leaders have to worry about, said Brig. Gen. Bradley Becker, speaking with reporters just before assuming command at Fort Jackson, outside Columbia.

“Down at the soldier level, it’s our responsibility to make sure they don’t see that as an issue and that they can focus on training and doing their job, and that BECKER they have what they need to do that,” said the 49-year-old one-star general from Sacramento, Calif.

Fort Jackson puts more than 50,000 new soldiers through basic combat training every year and is the center of several top Army schools.

Becker comes to Jackson as a veteran of three deployments to Iraq; a posting in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf conflict; and assignments in Germany; Korea; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Hawaii and the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.

The general said the military is well aware that with the war winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan, such issues as budget cuts and forced furloughs might be on many people’s minds, and that only heightens the importance of leadership in tough times.

“It is our responsibility as leaders to make sure they are challenged, that they are trained and equipped,” Becker said of young soldiers.

A law enacted two years ago ordered the government to come up with $1.2 trillion in savings over a decade. The law included the threat of annual automatic cuts as a way of forcing lawmakers to reach a deal, but they have been unable to do so.

The Pentagon, as a result, is facing $500 billion in cuts over the next decade. For the 2014 budget year, that will mean a reduction of up to $54 billion from current spending totals.

The Army is planning to go from a wartime high of about 570,000 troops to 490,000 soldiers by 2017. Pentagon leaders have warned that if the automatic cuts continue, tens of thousands more could be slashed from the ranks.

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Enforcement Division investigation into the exit exam testing practices at Sumter High School, widespread disapproval within the teaching community of the SWEET 16 evaluation system installed by Bynum’s administration and concerns about a standards-based report card system put into place for the district’s lower grades seemingly without proper staff training and grading protocols.

In a meeting after his resignation announcement, the trustees announced they were going to allow Bynum to take the remainder of his vacation time and installed Frank Baker as the inter-

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saw very little open session activity.

By paying Bynum a full year’s salary, the board has agreed to compensate Bynum more than they would have had to if the board had simply terminated his contract. Under the severance agreement he would have received nine months of his salary, about $131,000.

Chairman Keith Schultz remained tight-lipped regarding the rationale for the settlement amount on Wednesday, saying only “that amount was reached upon in agreement with our legal counsel and our entire board, and as far as why that amount was done, that was a negotiated amount.”

Bynum announced his plan to resign last month after public pressure against the superintendent had been building for some time. His position with the district began to appear very tenuous in early July when, after a six-hour executive session at a specially called meeting of the board, trustees called for Bynum to address several issues facing the district. These included a potential South Carolina Law

racism, and we were called names and such,” he said. “We’ve come a long way from that.”

Blassingame, who has been pastor at the area church for almost 30 years, said the key to better relationships between whites and blacks is continuing an open dialogue.

“We have the people here in Sumter who can do that,” he said. “It’s not where you come from but where you are going.”

Blassingame said that while things are much better than they were decades ago, there remains room for improvement.

“There still seems to be somewhat of a disconnect,” he said.

“Some people have not accepted that we are the same.”

As of 2012 U.S. Census estimates, the racial makeup of Sumter County is almost split by its white and black demographics at 49.4 and 47 percent, respectively. Recently, the Opinion section of The Item has been brimming with a letters to the editor, lobbing accusations of racism at one another.

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Developing drugs in S.C. is $4.2B industry CHARLESTON (AP) — Developing and testing new drugs in South Carolina pumps $4.2 billion a year into the state economy, according to a new report issued Tuesday by an industry trade group.

The report released by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said that since 1999, there have been more than 3,200 clinical trials of new medicines in collaboration with research centers, university medical schools and hospitals across South Carolina.

Presently, there are nearly 300 active trials focusing on drugs developed to treat asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental illness and stroke.

The report was released at the Medical University of South Carolina at an event attended by U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., and top clinical researchers.

The event was held in a research building bearing Clyburn’s name.

“We want to educate South Carolinians about the importance of participating in clinical trials,” Clyburn said.

“These trials provide hope for patients with chronic or critical illnesses.”

The report, “Research in Your Backyard,” also found that the biopharmaceutical industry supports 18,000 jobs in South Carolina.

Clyburn and other speakers stressed the importance of getting minorities into clinical trials so tests reflect the entire population. About a third of the state’s population is black.

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Clyburn to run for 12th term CHARLESTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn said Tuesday he is healthy and fit at 73 and plans to seek a 12th term in Washington next year.

“I just had my physical; my numbers are better than they have been, and I can still play 36 CLYBURN holes of golf a day,” the Sumter native said after a presentation at the Medical University of South Carolina on the impact of drug development and testing in South Carolina.

“I try to keep my blood pressure down. I try to keep my cholesterol count down,” he said, adding he takes cholesterol medication but “other than that, I’m fine, and I have every plan to run next year.” health sciences at the university’s Hollings Cancer Center, is working with minority leaders across the state to increase minority participation in clinical trials. Often minorities don’t participate, she said.

“There are many reasons why this is so. Lack of awareness of clinical trials and fear and mistrust of the institu-

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Marvella Ford, a professor of public health services at the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, discusses how the center works to bring more minorities into drug trials during a presentation at the university in Charleston on Tuesday.

During the presentation, an industry trade group released a report showing that developing drugs and testing them is a more than $4 billion industry in South Carolina.

tions and investigators conducting clinical trials,” she said.

Blacks in South Carolina have the highest rate of kidney cancer in the nation and are second in the nation in mortality from stomach cancer, said Dr. Andrew Kraft, the director of the Hollings Cancer Center.

Nationally, while blacks represent

12 percent of the population, they represent only 5 percent of clinical trial participants. Hispanics represent 16 percent of the population but only 1 percent of clinical trial participants.

The trade group is working with the National Minority Quality Forum and Microsoft to encourage more minorities to participate in trials.

States experimenting to lower health care costs SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials are concentrating on coordinating services and preventing hospital stays. New Jersey medical centers are rewarding doctors who can save money without jeopardizing patient care. And Massachusetts is expanding the role of physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

As states work on implementing the complex federal health care reforms, some have begun tackling an issue that has vexed employers, individuals and governments at all levels for years — the rapidly rising costs of health care. The success of models that are beginning to emerge across the country ultimately will determine whether President Obama’s Affordable Care Act can make good on its name.

It’s too early to tell what will work and what won’t, but states, insurers and medical groups are experimenting with a variety of programs to contain costs without undermining care. These test runs come as millions of new patients will gain eligibility for health insurance under the fed-

eral law, putting additional pressure on the system.

“Look at any of the long-term projections for the federal budget or for state budgets,” said Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. “If we don’t bring down health care costs, we’re either going to be paying a whole lot more in taxes, or we’re going to stop spending money on

other things we care about.”

The Affordable Care Act is expected to extend coverage to many of the roughly 50 million Americans who lack insurance by expanding Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for low-income people, and requiring most others to purchase insurance or pay a fine.

Often overlooked are the law’s efforts to stabi-

lize constantly rising costs.

U.S. health care spending reached $2.7 trillion in 2011, or $8,700 per person, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency said those numbers are climbing and predicts spending will reach $14,000 per person by 2021.

The higher costs mean higher premiums for businesses, which

are passing on more of those expenses to their employees, and for individuals, who are seeing a rise in out-ofpocket costs.

In the Portland area, spiking costs have forced Steve Ferree to reduce the benefits he offers his 32 employees at the Mr. Rooter Plumbing franchise he owns.

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his week begins my 34th year serving on George Mason University’s distinguished economics faculty. You might imagine my surprise when I received a letter from its Office of Equity and Diversity Services notifying me that I was required to “complete the in-person Equal Opportunity and Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policies and Procedures training.”

This is a leftist agenda for indoctrination, thought control and free speech suppression to which I shall refuse to submit.

Let’s look at it.

Ideas such as equity Walter and equal WILLIAMS opportunity, while having high emotional value, are vacuous analytical concepts.

For example, I’ve asked students whether they plan to give every employer an equal opportunity to hire them when they graduate. To a person, they always answer no. If they aren’t going to give every employer an equal opportunity to hire them, what’s fair about forcing employers to give them an equal opportunity to be hired?

I’m guilty of gross violation of equality of opportunity, racism and possibly sexism. Back in 1960, when interviewing people to establish a marital contract, every woman wasn’t given an equal opportunity. I discriminated against not only white, Indian, Asian, Mexican and handicapped women but men of any race. My choices were confined to goodlooking black women.

You say, “Williams, that kind of discrimination doesn’t harm anyone!”

Nonsense! When I married Mrs. Williams, other women were harmed by having a reduced opportunity set.

George Mason’s Office of Equity and Diversity Services has far more challenging equity and diversity work than worrying about the re-education of Professor Williams. They must know that courts have long held that gross racial disparities are probative of a pattern and practice of discrimination. The most notable gross racial disparity on campus, and hence probative of discrimination, can be found on GMU’s fabulous men’s basketball team.

Blacks are less than 9 percent of student enrollment but are 85 percent of our varsity basketball team and dominate its starting five. It’s not just GMU. Watch any Saturday afternoon college basketball game and ask

yourself the question fixated in the minds of equity, diversity and inclusion hunters: Does this look like America?

Among the 10 players on the court, at best there might be two white players. In 2010, 61 percent of Division I basketball players were black, and only 31 percent were white.

Allied with the purveyors of equity, diversity and inclusion are the multiculturalists, who call for the celebration of cultures. For them, all cultures are morally equivalent and to deem otherwise is Eurocentrism. That’s unbridled nonsense. Ask your multiculturalist: Is forcible female genital mutilation, as practiced in nearly 30 sub-Saharan Africa and Middle Eastern countries, a morally equivalent cultural value? Slavery is practiced in Sudan and Niger; is that a cultural equivalent? In most of the Middle East, there are numerous limits on women -- such as prohibitions on driving, employment, voting and education. Under Islamic law, in some countries, female adulterers face death by stoning, and thieves face the punishment of having their hand severed. Are these cultural values morally equivalent, superior or inferior to those of the West?

Western values are superior to all others. Why? The greatest achievement of the West was the concept of individual rights.

The Western transition from barbarism to civility didn’t happen overnight.

It emerged feebly — mainly in England, starting with the Magna Carta of 1215 — and took centuries to get where it is today.

One need not be a Westerner to hold Western values. A person can be Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, African or Arab and hold Western values.

It’s no accident that Western values of reason and individual rights have produced unprecedented health, life expectancy, wealth and comfort for the ordinary person.

Western values are under ruthless attack by the academic elite on college campuses across America. They want to replace personal liberty with government control and replace equality before the law with entitlement. The multiculturalism and diversity agenda is a cancer on our society, and our tax dollars and charitable donations are supporting it.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2013 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR King’s dream lives on 50 years later Today is the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin L. King’s famous speech on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Gosh, I remember the time vividly as well as my surroundings. I was a young military brat who had just moved into the area. We moved into an older brick home next to the railroad tracks in Camden. Goodness gracious it was great for a 14-year-old.

Horse racing and watermelon fields were just on the other side of those two twin rails.

After living for four years in Puerto Rico and two years in Okinawa, and then back to the hills of Tennessee, South Carolina was like a fresh air blowing onto my face, until my first day of school and my first ride on a

school bus in the States. I don’t remember the young girl’s name, but what happened when she boarded that bus was way beyond my comprehension.

See, my daddy had raised me to never look at the color of a person’s skin, but rather look at the person. I remember when we lived in Washington state at Fort Lewis at the age of five and a young black couple moved into the house next to us and their daughter was so fantastic. She liked all the things I did and we just hit it off. So when I asked daddy about her, he told me to remember all the kids we had met in Puerto Rico and in Okinawa. Then he had me close my eyes and feel his skin and then fell mine. Although his was much more coarse than mine, with my eyes closed I

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could not answer his question.

A simple question, can you tell if my skin is darker than yours or lighter in color?

Now back to the first day on the school bus. It was full and we only had one more stop. At that stop, the young black girl climbed up the steps to an overly full bus. Setting about halfway on the bus, I politely rose and offered her my seat. At the time I didn’t understand, but the relief that came over her face was one of bursting hope.

WINFRED WILLIAMS Sumter Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: AUG. 27

The Post and Courier of Charleston on Affordable Care Act deal: Conservatives are no longer the only Americans sounding rising alarms about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And even the Obama administration has been busy granting waivers and delays from the massive law’s confusing maze of regulations.

But as assorted private enterprises, government entities, unions and educational institutions keep struggling to figure out how to afford the Affordable Care Act, the television industry appears primed to reap a prime-time windfall from it.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that TV networks and stations are “anticipating an advertising bonanza related to the rollout of the federal health overhaul, with as much as $1 billion expected to be spent on ads by insurers alone.”

That boost in ad revenue stems not just from insurance commercials aimed at convincing viewers of the best buys under Obamacare, but from TV spots by several state governments (though not South Carolina’s) promoting their Oct. 1 launches of the insurance exchanges required by the law in 2014. ...

Monica Lindeen, Montana’s Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, told CNBC: “There are fake exchanges already up and running on the Internet. If you do a search and type in ‘ex-

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change,’ you’ll find all sorts of websites that claim to be in the exchange when they are not.”

So take sales pitches with more than a few grains of skeptical salt.

After all, that shoddy “health reform” bill of goods that the president signed in 2010 reconfirms the ancient wisdom of this maxim: Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware).

Clearly there’s an increasing level of wariness, with more than 1,500 exemptions already granted from the ACA. And counting.

AUG. 25

The Morning News of Florence on talk about problem violence is needed in U.S., but must be the right one: The White House didn’t know about it when asked this week. The Rev. Jesse Jackson tweeted it was “frowned upon.”

The American mainstream media hasn’t yet seized upon it with relentless coverage.

Last week Australian baseball player, Christopher Lane, was brutally murdered, gunned down arbitrarily by three teens looking to break up the tedium of the dog days in Duncan, Okla. Lane, playing collegiately in the States, was jogging through an affluent neighborhood when his attackers drove up behind him and shot him fatally in the back. He likely never saw his assailants coming, and they left his body in the gutter.

They were reportedly “bored” and wanted to kill someone, anyone, “for the fun of it,” one suspect told Duncan Police Chief Dan Ford. Authorities said

the suspects were arrested that evening, apparently while stalking another victim.

Australians are outraged, as the country’s former deputy prime minister has called for people there to rethink travel plans to the U.S. because of America’s “murder mayhem on Main Street.”

Maybe, like the Trayvon Martin case, the constituents of guns, race (Lane was white, while two the accused teens are black) and the sheer senselessness of the whole ordeal will coalesce into another national firestorm that momentarily jars us from our daily routines and ignites emotional fervor until it doesn’t anymore. ...

Lane’s slaying has exposed a rotted fault line, a decay of structure in American culture where three teens without apparent conscience would murder an innocent without reason.

Perhaps it was a gang initiation, as has been suggested, or perhaps that is giving the three accused too much credit. ...

When and if the conversation takes places, there will be voices calling for condemnation of guns, some will pin the blame on race relations in this country — on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation no less — that have yet to be acquiesced while others will cite a combination of those two and other issues as well.

There may be shreds of truth in all of that, but this should not be a conversation that suits to merely serve political agendas.

To do so would be to debase the larger context, a far more dangerous outcome for this country’s future.

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FAITH MATTERS from Page A1 This is when they planned it.”

It’s as if we don’t have the power to attend. It’s as if we don’t have the power to pull our kid from practice.

It’s as if we are somehow drawn, against our will, to attend that event instead of weekly worship.

The conundrum is the fact that these secular events can be good, character-building events, such as softball tournaments or family activities. We think that if we miss a particular activity, our kids won’t be given an extra opportunity or we will miss a beneficial promotion.

If this is your feeling then a couple of things are wrong: Either you value the offerings of this world over spiritual understanding, or you are not worshipping in your current congregation. Either will make you eventually feel spiritually bankrupt.

Now I’m not talking about the occasional skipped Sunday for the person who is physically unable to attend church because of either a chronic illness or a bout with the flu. I’m not talking about the family who goes on vacation and misses church. Those families who skip church on a Sunday here and there in an effort to spend time with one another are to be applauded.

Spiritual understanding should start in the home with parents as the first and primary instructors of faith.

However, parents can be huge deterrents in their children’s journey to faith if they make a regular activity paramount to going to church. They set the standard which their children will follow. If Mom and Dad skip church on a regular basis, then they will believe this is acceptable.

Sadly, a very small percentage of children attend church more than their parents did.

There is a distinct difference between the people who miss their weekly worship service because they must and

those who miss because their priorities are elsewhere.

There is an ebb and flow in church attendance. There is a drop off at the beginning of summer and an influx around Easter and Christmas holidays.

People come less often in inclement weather and, oddly enough, less in really pleasant weather. A good, partly cloudy day when nothing else is going on is perfect church-attending climate.

In a strange way, I think a little competition between the world and a particular ministry is good. A little competition makes those of us in the ministry step up our game.

I think it is our responsibility to find new ways to reach people, and the ever-changing world presents us with new opportunities daily. As believers, we know that the message of our faith does not change, and the vehicle by which it is administered does not. God is the same, but the way people understand him is a constantly evolving process. I know that Scripture is applicable to every circumstance in life. It is not a trend or fad but instead a way we can successfully live our lives.

Scripture tells us that we need to be in a weekly worship service: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another …” (Hebrew 10:24-25a).

Stand up, believer.

The Almighty created Sunday as a time of rest and rejuvenation.

Every time you acquiesce to that organization’s Sunday requirement of you, you give them further license to call on you again.

You have the power to prioritize your spiritual learning over that alternative Sunday event. You can practice your religion freely. It may cost you a worldly gain, but what is that to the incomparable knowledge that your Creator is glorified through your sacrifice?

Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

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Sumter through 4 p.m. yesterday High ............................................... 87° Low ................................................ 63° Normal high ................................... 88° Normal low ..................................... 67° Record high ..................... 103° in 1954 Record low ......................... 57° in 1966

Greenville 90/71

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before you make a move ARIES (March 21-April 19): the last word in astrology that may have a negative Get out, enjoy your effect on your financial friends and new eugenia LAST future. activities. Visiting a destination you’ve never LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): been to will open up new Your emotions won’t lead possibilities. Romance will enhance your life. you astray. Someone you’re dealing with will overreact, giving you the opportunity to make TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t allow anger to a move that will put you in a positive position. come between you and a workable solution.

Reverse psychology will help you gain SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let anyone approval with someone who can persuade bait you into an argument. Listen to what’s others to see things your way. being said and take time to absorb what’s happened and what works best for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Hold back on allowing others to voice opinions. Once you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stick close to know where everyone stands, you’ll be in a home. Dealing with institutions or people who better position to make suggestions that will are quick to manipulate or twist your words have a positive influence and bring about will create problems when you travel or try to interesting options. take care of paperwork.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Networking will CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look over deals, result in suggestions that can lead to travel or contracts and investments. A problem with a experience that will enable you to move in a friend, relative or neighbor can affect your better direction. Ask questions and share relationship with someone you love. thoughts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Talks will not help LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Compromise to avoid a you solve a problem you have with someone. rift with someone who can cause personal Do your own thing and follow a path that will problems. Pick up knowledge that will make it ensure your happiness and satisfaction. easier to deal with those set in their ways and PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions will likely to cause problems. escalate and confusion will set in with regard VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your feelings to a partnership you thought you could count and emotions under control. Emotional on. Look over your finances and make sure deception is apparent and must be considered you’ve protected your possessions and assets.

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From Associated Press reports

‘Call-it’ man at famed Beacon Drive-In dies SPARTANBURG — J.C. Stroble, known as the “call-it” man at Spartanburg’s famed Beacon Drive-In restaurant, has died at the age of 71.

Co-owner Sam Maw said Stroble died Monday after a fall at his home earlier this month.

Stroble worked at the Beacon for almost

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58 years, taking customers’ orders and yelling instructions to the cooks.

Part of a street near the Beacon was named for Stroble in 2011. Diagnosed with glaucoma decades ago, a foundation also bears his name.

Funeral arrangements for Stroble have not been announced.

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Spurrier, Gamecocks looking for SEC title

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — It’s easy to tell that South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier believes this is his best chance in nine seasons to win the Southeastern Conference SPURRIER title: He’s upped the wisecracks and toned down the hype for the Gamecocks and All-American Jadeveon Clowney.

AT WHAT: N. Carolina at (6) S. Carolina WHEN: THURSDAY, 6 p.m.

TV/RADIO: ESPN

Spurrier has rarely missed a chance to take a jab at in-state rival Clemson this offseason.

He also abruptly closed fall camp to the public after three days because of what he decided was too many cellphone snoops and autograph hounds fixated on the SEC’s reigning defensive player of the year.

The clincher was when video went viral of Clowney flipping a twoman tackling sled with Gerald Dixon at the team’s opening workout Aug. 2. Spurrier quipped it’s time to focus on all the Gamecocks and not just Clowney.

Clowney is “tired of it, and I think I am tired of it,” Spurrier said.

“We’re just trying to get more into team stuff.”

And from Spurrier’s PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ITEM view, this may be the South Carolina players take to the field at Williams-Brice Stadium as “2001” plays before group that breaks the Garnet & Black Game. USC is looking to earn its first Southeastern Conference title SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B4 and perhaps contend for a national title.

Swinney: Just an opener for ranked Tigers

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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The Lakewood Gators hope to snap a 9-game losing streak as they open the high school football season against Keenan on Thursday at Bolden Stadium in Columbia.

Gators ready for opener Lakewood hopes to snap skid with triumph over Keenan PREP SCHEDULE

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com The Lakewood High School football team gets to kick off its season a day earlier as the Gators open Week 1 at Bolden Stadium in Columbia against Keenan on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

“It’s exciting for everyone – you sort of get a PARKS chance to kickoff and play a day earlier than everyone else,” Lakewood head coach Perry Parks said. “But the kids are excited to go out there and play and try to execute what we’ve been working on these last couple of weeks.”

The Gators are also looking to get back in the win column after a 9-game

TODAY Varsity Cross Country Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter at Hammond, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Football Keenan at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Pinewood Prep, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall (at Sunset Country Club), 4 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 5:45 p.m.

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

losing to close out 2012 left them at 1-9.

Lakewood’s lone win came against Keenan, however, in a 48-14 drubbing.

Like last season, the Raiders already have one game under their belts after a

27-12 victory over Eau Claire in Week Zero.

“They have a new coaching staff from last season,” Parks said. “Offensively, they’ll probably be about the same, but defensively they’ve changed their identity a little bit.”

The Raiders’ identity on offense is no secret, Parks said. He expects Keenan to run the ball right at the teeth of the Gators defense.

“We were not a very good tackling team last year,” Parks said. “We think we’ve addressed that issue and become a little bit more physical up front and in our linebacking corps, even though we’ve still got a lot of sophomores and freshmen there.

CLEMSON — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has played and coached in numerous openers and plans to treat Saturday night’s game against No. 5 Georgia as just the latest one, nothing more and nothing less.

But that’s difficult when top-10 teams meet to kick off the season.

Swinney said Tuesday that his eighth-ranked Tigers can’t SWINNEY get too caught up in what happens against the Bulldogs at Death Valley, win or lose.

There’s a long season remaining and even a defeat won’t derail Clemson from its championship goals.

“So what?” Swinney said about a potential Tigers’ win. “You’ve got to be careful. It’s not a one-all, end-all deal. It’s a long season.”

Swinney said if you need proof, take a look at Alabama, which lost games in November each of the past two seasons, yet rallied to win the national championships. The coach said it’s much more important for Clemson to compete hard, even if the Tigers come up short on the SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4

AT WHAT: (5) Georgia at (8) Clemson WHEN: SATURDAY, 8 p.m.

TV/RADIO: WOLO 25

SEE GATORS, PAGE B3

Johnson, Felder looking for first victory as new head coach Eagles want defensive improvement PREP FOOTBALL

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com Jesse Johnson had no lofty expectations entering his first game as the head football coach at Scott’s Branch High School last Friday JOHNSON against Allendale-Fairfax.

He was not shocked then when the Eagles fell to A-F 62-6.

“I felt like it could be a difficult game for us,” Johnson said. “We’d been together just a couple of weeks working together and practicing against a team that’s been together a couple of years and had all summer together.

“We were thrown into a game where we were not expecting a whole lot,” he added. “We had not 7-on-7 (practice), no SEE EAGLES, PAGE B3

SCHEDULE THURSDAY Lakewood at Keenan (at Bolden Stadium in Columbia), 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Sumter at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

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

East Clarendon at Latta, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Augusta Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Dorchester, 7:30 p.m.

St. John’s Christian at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monarchs hope finishing games leads to wins

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com The Manning High School football team had its share of chances to win head coach Tony Felder’s debut, but were unable to finish off the game with a big score in last Friday’s 18-13 loss to 2A power Timberland.

Making sure they finFELDER ish games is what Felder has been harping on this week, as the Monarchs get set to host Scott’s Branch on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Ramsey Stadium.

“We had our opportunities and we had put ourselves in position to possibly win the game, so you feel good about that,” Felder said. “We just have to finish. I’m not saying we need to learn how to finish, because I think we can. We just have to execute in those situations.”

Manning and Timberland nearly went score-for-score in the first half, with the Wolves holding on to a slim 15-13 advantage at the break.

The second half was a defensive struggle on both sides, however, as a Timberland field goal in the third SEE MONARCHS, PAGE B3

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 1 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s First-Round Matches and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Glasgow, Scotland -- Shaktar Karagandy vs. Celtic (FOX SOCCER).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Milan -- PSV Eindhoven vs. AC Milan (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Maribor, Slovenia-- Viktoria Plzen vs. Maribor (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Boston (ESPN).

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

7 p.m. -- WNBA Basketball: Washington at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, NBA TV).

7 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Cleveland at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH).

MLB STANDINGS American League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Boston 77 55 .583 – Tampa Bay 74 55 .574 11/2 Baltimore 70 59 .543 51/2 New York 69 62 .527 71/2 Toronto 59 73 .447 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 77 54 .588 – Cleveland 71 59 .546 51/2 Kansas City 66 64 .508 101/2 Minnesota 57 72 .442 19 Chicago 54 76 .415 221/2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 76 55 .580 – Oakland 73 57 .562 21/2 Seattle 59 71 .454 161/2 Los Angeles 58 71 .450 17 Houston 44 86 .338 311/2 Monday’s Games Kansas City 11, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Oakland 8, Detroit 6 Houston 10, Chicago White Sox 8 Texas 8, Seattle 3 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 1 Atlanta 2, Cleveland 0 Boston 13, Baltimore 2 Oakland 6, Detroit 3 L.A. Angels 7, Tampa Bay 6 Houston at Chicago White Sox, late Kansas City at Minnesota, late Texas at Seattle, late Today’s Games Texas (M.Perez 7-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-7), 3:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-9) at Toronto (Redmond 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 6-7) at Detroit (Fister 11-6), 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 9-10) at Boston (Lackey 8-11), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 14-9) at Atlanta (Maholm 9-10), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Archer 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Cosart 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-12), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (B.Chen 5-2) at Minnesota (A.Albers 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Oakland at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

National League

By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 78 52 .600 – Washington 65 65 .500 13 Philadelphia 60 71 .458 181/2 New York 58 71 .450 191/2 Miami 49 80 .380 281/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 77 54 .588 – Pittsburgh 76 54 .585 1/2 Cincinnati 74 58 .561 31/2 Milwaukee 57 73 .438 191/2 Chicago 55 76 .420 22 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 77 54 .588 – Arizona 67 63 .515 91/2 Colorado 62 71 .466 16 San Diego 59 72 .450 18 San Francisco 58 73 .443 19 Monday’s Games St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Colorado 6, San Francisco 1 Arizona 6, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 2 Tuesday’s Games Washington 2, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta 2, Cleveland 0 Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, late Cincinnati at St. Louis, late San Francisco at Colorado, late San Diego at Arizona, late Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, late Today’s Games Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 7-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 10-9), 3:10 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3) at Washington (Strasburg 6-9), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 3-5) at Pittsburgh (Morton 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 14-9) at Atlanta (Maholm 9-10), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 5-13) at N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 8-10) at St. Louis (Wainwright 15-7), 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-8) at Colorado (Chacin 12-7), 8:40 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 1-2) at Arizona (Miley 9-8), 9:40 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 71 New England 2 1 0 .667 65 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 78 Miami 1 3 0 .250 80 South W L T Pct PF Houston 2 1 0 .667 74 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 67 Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 67 Jacksonville 0 3 0 .000 40 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 98 Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 79 Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 57 Pittsburgh 0 3 0 .000 46 West W L T Pct PF Denver 2 1 0 .667 47 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 52 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 65 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 62 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

PA 66 83 60 68 PA 61 62 65 95 PA 73 53 52 68 PA 72 52 79 71

| East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 3 0 0 1.000 76 41 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 67 64 Dallas 2 2 0 .500 72 69 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 51 57 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 76 56 Carolina 2 1 0 .667 67 58 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 54 85 Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 49 88 North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 2 1 0 .667 84 78 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 72 50 Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 29 41 Minnesota 0 3 0 .000 43 81 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 88 30 Arizona 2 1 0 .667 36 31 San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 55 37 St. Louis 0 3 0 .000 52 73 Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, New England 9 Carolina 34, Baltimore 27 Friday’s Games Seattle 17, Green Bay 10 Chicago 34, Oakland 26 Saturday’s Games Washington 30, Buffalo 7 Indianapolis 27, Cleveland 6 N.Y. Jets 24, N.Y. Giants 21, OT Kansas City 26, Pittsburgh 20, OT Philadelphia 31, Jacksonville 24 Tampa Bay 17, Miami 16 Denver 27, St. Louis 26 Dallas 24, Cincinnati 18 Tennessee 27, Atlanta 16 San Diego 24, Arizona 7 Sunday’s Games New Orleans 31, Houston 23 San Francisco 34, Minnesota 14 Thursday Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

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

New Orleans at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

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

Jacksonville at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Chicago 20 8 .714 – Atlanta 14 11 .560 41/2 Washington 13 15 .464 7 Indiana 12 15 .444 71/2 New York 11 16 .407 81/2 Connecticut 7 19 .269 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 20 7 .741 – x-Los Angeles 19 8 .704 1 Phoenix 14 13 .519 6 Seattle 13 14 .481 7 San Antonio 10 17 .370 10 Tulsa 9 19 .321 111/2 x-clinched playoff spot Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at New York, 7 p.m.

Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Connecticut at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Connecticut at Seattle, 10 p.m.

TENNIS U.S. Open Results The Associated Press Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $34.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Philipp Kohlschreiber (22), Germany, def.

Collin Altamirano, United States, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

Milos Raonic (10), Canada, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Julien Benneteau (31), France, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2.

Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, def. Jerzy Janowicz (14), Poland, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.

Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Grigor Dimitrov (25), Bulgaria, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.

Gael Monfils, France, def. Adrian Ungur, Romania, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3.

Sam Querrey (26), United States, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2.

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Rogerio Dutra Silva, Brazil, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10).

Roger Federer (7), Switzerland, def. Grega Zemlja, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Nicolas Almagro (15), Spain, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Daniel GimenoTraver, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Donald Young, United States, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.

Tommy Haas (12), Germany, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, def.

Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1.

Jack Sock, United States, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 5-2, retired.

Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Juan Monaco (28), Argentina, 6-4, 6-2, 3-0, retired.

Denis Kudla, United States, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-5.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Women First Round Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-2, 6-0.

Maria Kirilenko (14), Russia, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-1, 6-1.

Roberta Vinci (10), Italy, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 6-2.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Klara Zakopalova (31), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.

Elena Vesnina (22), Russia, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 6-4, 6-3.

Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Christina McHale, United States, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013

TSA tennis team opens with victory ORANGEBURG – The Thomas Sumter Academy varsity girls tennis team opened its 2013 season with an 8-1 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday at the OP courts.

TSA swept all six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches en route to the victory.

The Lady Generals will travel to Trinity-Byrnes on Thursday.

SINGLES 1 – H. Jenkins (TSA) defeated Whisnant 6-3, 7-6 (9-7).

2 –Green (TSA) defeated Summers 6-2, 4-6, 13-11.

3 – B. Jenkins (TSA) defeated Bamberg 6-2, 6-0.

4 –Chappell (TSA) defeated Bozardt 7-5, 6-0.

5 –Townsend (TSA) defeated Waters 6-0, 6-1.

6 –Decker (TSA) defeated Terry 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 – Whisnant/Summers (OP) defeated H. Jenkins/Townsend 8-4.

2 – Green/Chappell (TSA) defeated Bamberg/Bozardt 8-4.

3 –Houde/Patterson (TSA) defeated Robinson/Bramlett 8-3.

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Defending SCISA Class 2A state champion Carolina Academy handed Wilson Hall a 7-2 defeat on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The Lady Barons will travel to Columbia on Tuesday to face Ben Lippen.

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SINGLES 1 -- R. Weaver (CA) defeated Hendrix 6-0, 6-0.

2 -- H. Weaver (CA) defeated Leckher 6-4, 6-2.

3 – Brown (CA) defeated Segars 6-4, 6-2.

4 – Hancock (CA) defeated Stewart 6-2, 2-6, 10-2.

5 – Beasley (WH) defeated Parrott 6-3, 6-1.

6 – Paraschos (CA) defeated Spencer 6-1, 2-6, 10-7.

DOUBLES 1 – R. Weaver/H. Weaver (CA) defeated Hendrix/Leckher 8-0.

2 – Brown/Hancock (CA) defeated Segars/Beal 8-1 3 – Beasley/Munn (WH) defeated Parrott/Parker 8-4.

JV/B TEAM FOOTBALL LMA WINS PAIR

COLUMBIA – Laurence Manning Academy won a pair of football games against Cardinal Newman on Tuesday with the Swampcats’ junior varsity squad earning a 14-7 victory and the B team prevailing 48-30.

Mark Dinkins and Morgan Morris scored the touchdowns for the JV squad. Garrison Gamble and Noah Fenters led the Swampcats on defense.

JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS THOMAS SUMTER WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY

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burg Academy on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

SINGLES 1 -- Cyr (TSA) defeated Davis 8-3.

2 -- Kistler (TSA) defeated Wilson 8-6.

3 -- Edenfield (TSA) defeated Brown 8-5.

4 -- Mouzan (TSA) defeated Baxley 8-1.

5 -- Vice (TSA) defeated Arnau 8-2.

6 -- Townsend (TSA) defeated Osean 8-2.

DOUBLES 1 – Cyr/Kistler (TSA) defeated Davis/Wilson 10-8.

2 – Brown/Baxley (WA) defeated Edenfield/Mouzan 8-6.

3 – Arnau/Osean (WA) defeated Vice/Townsend 8-0.

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Pee Dee Academy defeated Wilson Hall 5-4 on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

Wilson Hall will travel to Heathwood Hall today for a 4 p.m. match at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center.

SINGLES 1 -- Eskridge (PD) defeated DuBose 8-6.

2 -- Webster (PD) defeated Barnes 8-6.

3 -- Segars (WH) defeated Kirkley 8-5.

4 -- Garris (PD) defeated McCreight 8-2.

5 -- Guldan (WH) defeated Neidermyer 8-2.

6 -- Brunson (WH) defeated Smoak 8-5.

DOUBLES 1 -- Eskridge/Webster (PD) defeated DuBose/Segars 8-6.

2 -- Kirkley/Garrison (PD) defeated Barnes/McCreight 8-3.

3 -- Brunson/Guldan (WH) defeated Neidermyer/Smoak 8-4

During rough year, Federer starts well at U.S. Open

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — At this point in his career, Roger Federer recognizes the importance of a little extra work.

That’s why the owner of a record 17 Grand Slam titles, and the man who spent more weeks ranked No. 1 than any other, was out there on a U.S. Open practice court late Tuesday afternoon, putting in some training time shortly after finishing off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 victory over 62nd-ranked Grega Zemlja of Slovenia in the first round.

At 32, at his lowest ranking, No. 7, in more than a decade, and coming off a stunningly early exit at the previous major tournament — one of a series of newsworthy losses lately — Federer is OK with making some concessions.

He insists his passion for tennis is still there.

“I’m in a good spot right now,” Federer said.

“I want to enjoy it as long as it lasts.”

He made it sound, though, as if it isn’t as easy to enjoy things the way his results have been going.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Roger Federer returns a shot to Grega Zemlja during the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday in New York. Federer defeated Zemlja 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.

Federer entered Tuesday 32-11, a .744 winning percentage that doesn’t sound too bad, until you consider his career mark at the start of this season was .816, and he’s had years where he went 81-4 (.953). and 92-5 (.948).

He’s only won one tournament in 2013, which would be great for some guys, but Federer

topped 10 titles three times, and hasn’t won fewer than three in any season since 2001.

“Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun.

That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more. You just like winning, being on the front page, lifting trophies, doing comfortable press conferences. It’s nice.

But that doesn’t mean you really, actually love it, love it,” said Federer, whose streak of 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals ended with a second-round defeat at Wimbledon against an opponent ranked 116th. “That

maybe shines through maybe more in times when you don’t play that well. For me, I knew it — winning or losing, practice court or match court — that I love it.”

As fan favorite Federer took the first step toward a possible quarterfinal meeting with nemesis Rafael Nadal, an unknown teen from the United States made a Grand Slam breakthrough Tuesday. Victoria Duval, a 17-year-old qualifier who is ranked 296th, pulled off quite an upset, eliminating 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

MLB ROUNDUP

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Braves stay hot at home with 2-0 win over Indians ATLANTA — Rookie Alex Wood pitched fiveplus strong innings, Elliot Johnson had a tworun triple and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians 2-0 on Tuesday night.

The Braves have won two straight, improving the majors’ best record to 79-52. They have won 14 of 17 at Turner Field and own baseball’s home mark at 45-18.

Closer Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 42nd save, most in the majors, in 45 chances.

He struck out Drew Stubbs and retired pinchhitter Lonnie Chisenhall and Michael Bourn on groundouts.

Atlanta took a 2-0 lead in the second inning.

Brian McCann walked with one out, advanced to third on Joey Terdoslavich’s single to right field, and both runners scored when Johnson tripled over Stubbs near the wall in right.

Wood (3-2) allowed five hits, a career-high four walks and struck out five in 5 2-3 innings.

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NEW YORK— Jonathon Niese pitched a threehitter and lined a game-breaking three-run double Tuesday night as the New York Mets ended a five-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0.

NATIONALS MARLINS

WASHINGTON — Ross Ohlendorf pitched

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Atlanta rookie pitcher Alex Wood delivers a pitch during the Braves’ 2-0 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday at Turner Field in Atlanta.

neatly into the sixth inning, Ian Desmond had three hits and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Tuesday night.

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TORONTO — Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs, Andy Pettitte pitched seven shutout innings, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Tuesday night after losing Robinson Cano in the first inning.

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BOSTON— Shane Victorino homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 13-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

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PREP SCHEDULE THURSDAY Junior Varsity Football Crestwood at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 6 p.m.

Williamsburg at Thomas Sumter, 6:30 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon hall, 6 p.m.

B Team Football Sumter at Irmo, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Sumter, Airport at Blythewood (at Charwood Country Club), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 6 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Conway Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Conway Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

GATORS from Page B1 “But we want to control the line of scrimmage on both offense and defense.�

Another key for Lakewood will be shutting down Raiders running back Peter Easaw. “He’s a dynamic player,� Parks said. “The only two touchdowns they scored on us last year came from him. He’s a good runner and a dangerous return man.�

For Lakewood, Parks is looking for more consistency out of an offense that scored seven points for or seven times last season. “We’re just looking to become more consistent in our execution,� Parks said. “No mental mistakes. We made way too many penalties in the (Sumter Sertoma Football Jamboree) last Friday.

We moved the ball well; we just kept hurting ourselves with penalties.�

Lakewood will play Thursday’s game without two of its starters. Because of the brawl with Timmonsville last Friday, the South Carolina High School League suspended one player from both Lakewood and Timmonsville and Parks said he has suspended another. He declined to name who. “They were in the wrong and they know that,�

Parks said. “We’re viewing it as a teaching moment and making sure it doesn’t happen again.

We’re addressing it and moving on.�

EAGLES from Page B1 spring practice; the players are having to learn a new program, a new system.�

Things don’t get any easier for the Eagles this week. After playing fellow 1A school Allendale-Farifax, Scott’s Branch plays at Clarendon County rival Manning, a 3A school.

While Johnson obviously understood some of the problems facing his team, there were parts of his players’ performance on which he didn’t give them a pass. “I thought we would have given a better effort on defense, especially up front,� Johnson said. “Our defensive backs did a good job against the pass; I don’t think they allowed any completions. “The front seven was just giving up too much yardage on the ground. They (A-F) had over 300 yards rushing, so they had that pound-and-ground thing going. We’ve just got to do a better job defensively.�

Even though Scott’s Branch is going to be a decided underdog on Friday, Johnson isn’t ruling anything out. What he hopes to see from the Eagles is a better effort from last week. “I want to see us play a better all-around game this week than we did last week,� Johnson said. “My goal is four weeks down the road when we it’s time to start region (VII) play. I want it to be where by the time we get to that game we will be playing good football and have a good idea of what we’re trying to do where we can compete with the teams in our region.�

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Rankin expects improvement from Cavaliers against Dorchester

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Turnovers doomed the Robert E. Lee Academy football team’s chance to end a 20-game losing streak in Friday’s season opener with a 51-16 loss to Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A school from Mooresboro, N.C. It was an unfortunate start to David Rankin’s return as the Cavaliers head coach as REL falls to 0-1 and the winless streak moves to 21 RANKIN games. “We’re heading in the right direction, we’ve just got a lot of work to do,� Rankin said. “The first game wasn’t bad. Most of the time your best improvement comes from your first to your second game.�

The Cavaliers will travel to St. George on Friday to take on Dorchester Academy. Dorchester will be playing its season opener; the Raiders went 3-7 last season.

The Cavs offense suffered five total turnovers – two interceptions and three lost fumbles — against Thomas Jefferson. Four of those turnovers came in the first half as REL had the ball in the

red zone three times, but couldn’t capitalize.

Two Gryphons quarterbacks combined to complete 8 of 11 passes for 168 yards with no interceptions, while six combined rushers totaled 257 yards. “We put our defense in a hole several times,�

Rankin said. “We did not tackle well, but I feel like we adjusted to their speed as the game went on, and we got better as the game went on.�

Rankin said REL managed about 300 total yards of offense — nearly 200 rushing and 100 passing. After getting a safety and leading the game 2-0 early, the Cavs only managed to score twice offensively, both coming in the third quarter. Zach Grantham threw a touchdown pass to Denton Lee and Ethan Holland added the 2-point conversion. Nic Stokes had a 9-yard TD run, and that’s all the offense REL could muster. “Offensively, other than executing in the red zone, we played a pretty decent game,� Rankin said. “Defensively (for REL), they were just better than us. I don’t know how else to put it.�

Overall, Rankin said he was pleased with his team’s effort, but felt it needed to tackle better and eliminate careless penalties moving forward.

While the turnovers hurt, he said he felt the offensive line play was much improved from a jamboree REL played in the previous week.

MONARCHS from Page B1 quarter accounted for the only remaining points. “We were able to move the ball,� Felder said. “The number of plays and time of possession for each team was about the same.

We just weren’t able to get it in the end zone. “When you’re playing a good team like Timberland, there’s very little room for error.�

For the most part, though, Felder was pleased with the offense. Manning rushed for 209 yards overall and running back John Maddox had 102 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown. “We ran well, the offensive line played a good, solid game,�

Felder said. “There were some good things I saw, but also some things we still need to work on.�

The Monarchs’ passing attack was also effective in its brief showcase.

Manning threw only three passes, but completed all of them – including a 5-yard TD pass from Donny Baker to Cam Darley for MHS’ second score.

Manning looks to get back on track this week against the

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Manning running back Raquan Bennett, back, gets ready to take a handoff. Bennett and the Monarchs will face Scott’s Branch on Friday, looking for their first win of the season.

Eagles, who are also 0-1 after a 62-6 loss to Allendale-Fairfax in Week Zero.

The Monarchs shut out SBHS 61-0 last season, adding to the Eagles’ losing streak which

now stands at 13 games.

Like Manning, Scott’s Branch is also under the direction of a new coach – the third head coach in as many seasons. “Coming off a loss, we have to be ready to

play,� Felder said. “We’ve been focusing a lot on us this week and trying to improve the things we do. “If we play up to our capabilities, I think we’ll be successful.�

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GAMECOCKS from Page B1 through for South Carolina’s first-ever SEC crown and gives Spurrier his seventh league title overall.

Clowney gives the Gamecocks a great start.

South Carolina is 22-4 since the 6-foot-6, 274pound junior signed two years ago. He posted 13 sacks a year ago and closed the season with the hit that’s been talked about ever since — a helmet-dislodging stop of Michigan’s Vincent Smith in South Carolina’s Outback Bowl victory last New Year’s Day. Clowney’s only increased the frenzy with his work ethic and developing talent (he was clocked running a 4.4-second 40-yard dash this summer). “If I get in shape, then I’m not worried about my game,� said Clowney, considered the top prospect in next spring’s NFL draft. “Because my game was pretty good last year.�

Still, it’s going to take more than Clowney to succeed in the rugged SEC. “Football is the ultimate team sport. It takes a lot of guys,� Spurrier said. “Jadeveon is going to do his part, but the rest of us, we have to do our part, too.�

Here are five things to watch during the Gamecocks’ upcoming season: 1. START WITH CLOWNEY:

He’s been an impact player since arriving on campus, forcing a crucial, late-game fumble when he caught Georgia’s Aaron Murray in South Carolina’s win between the hedges his freshman year. Even in games when Clowney is held mostly in check, he changes games. That happened twice last year when Clowney blew past Tennessee’s Antonio Richardson, sacked quarterback Tyler Bray and forced a fumble with the Vols driving for a go-ahead score. In the Outback Bowl, Michigan’s Taylor Lewan kept Clowney out of the spotlight until “The Hit.� Clowney recovered the fumble and the Gamecocks went onto a 33-28 win.

2. CLOWNEY’S FRIENDS UP FRONT:

The Gamecocks’ deepest and most skilled spot may be defensive line. 6-5 Chaz Sutton, the other defensive end, had 25 tackles and five sacks last season and is almost as quick as Clowney. DT Kelcy Quarles is a massive run stopper Spurrier compared to alltime great Warren Sapp, although mostly for making plays despite carrying a bit of a belly.

3. RUNNING GAME:

It’s the first time in three years South Carolina’s offense starts without Marcus Lattimore in the backfield. He led the Gamecocks in rushing his three seasons, despite missing the last half of his sophomore and junior years because of injuries. Also gone is Kenny Miles, the team’s leading rusher in 2009 before Lattimore arrived. Left behind are sophomores in Mike Davis and Brandon Wilds with a combined 159 career carries.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday State (6) South Carolina vs. North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.

SEC Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Top 25 (11) Southern Cal at Hawaii, 11 p.m.

Friday ACC Florida Atlantic at Miami, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Saturday State (5) Georgia at (8) Clemson, 8 p.m. (WOLO 25) Charleston Southern at Citadel, 6 p.m.

Furman at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Wofford at Baylor, 7:30 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH) Coastal Carolina at South Carolina State, 6 p.m.

ACC Elon at Georgia Tech, noon

Villanova at Boston College, noon (ESPNEWS) Florida International at Maryland, 12:30 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Louisiana Tech at North Carolina State, 12:30 p.m.

(WACH 57) Brigham Young at Virginia, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Penn State vs. Syracuse, 3:30 p.m.

North Carolina Central at Duke, 4 p.m.

SEC (1) Alabama vs. Virginia Tech, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) (7) Texas A&M vs. Rice, 1 p.m. (ESPN) (10) Florida vs. Toledo, 12:21 p.m. (WOLO 25) (12) LSU vs. (20) TCU at Arlington, Texas, 9 p.m. (ESPN) (13) Oklahoma St. vs. Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m.

Louisiana Lafayette at Arkansas, 4 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH) Austin Peay at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Washington State at Auburn, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) Western Kentucky at Kentucky, 7 p.m. (ESPNEWS) Murray State at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Top 25 (2) Ohio St. vs. Buffalo, noon (ESPN2) (3) Oregon vs. Nicholls St., 4 p.m.

(14) Notre Dame vs. Temple, 3:30 p.m. (WIS 10) (15) Texas vs. New Mexico St., 8 p.m.

(16) Oklahoma vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 7 p.m.

(17) Michigan vs. Central Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

(18) Nebraska vs. Wyoming, 8 p.m.

(19) Boise St. at Washington, 10 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (21) UCLA vs. Nevada, 10 p.m.

(22) Northwestern at California, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (23) Wisconsin vs. Massachusetts, noon (24) Southern Cal at Hawaii, 11 p.m.

(25) Oregon St. vs. Eastern Washington, 6 p.m.

Sunday Top 25 (9) Louisville vs. Ohio, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday ACC (11) Florida State at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Norman: Dogs’ new DBs will ‘prove ourselves’

BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Connor Norman said Tuesday he understands if fans are nervous about No. 5 Georgia’s secondary.

Georgia is listing two freshmen and Norman, a former walk-on, with junior Damian Swann as the starting defensive backs against No. 8 Clemson on Saturday night.

Georgia had seven NFL draft picks on its 2012 defense, leaving little returning experience. That makes for a scary opener for a mostly untested secondary against Clemson, which returns star quarterback Tajh Boyd and receiver Sammy Watkins.

Free safety Tray Matthews and cornerback Brendan Langley will start as freshmen.

Scary? “I’m not surprised about that just because of all the great players we lost to the NFL,� Norman said when asked about the perception of the secondary. “I know people are looking at us, but we’ve been working hard just like everybody else and we’re ready to prove ourselves.�

Norman is a senior strong safety. The projected starter, Josh Harvey-Clemons, is suspended for the game for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Another candidate to fill in for Harvey-Clemons was junior Corey Moore, who has been held out of practice with a sprained knee. Coach Mark Richt said Tuesday he doesn’t expect Moore to play against Clemson.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday he’s not buying the reports of Georgia’s depleted defense.

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Georgia flanker Blake Tibbs (8) makes a catch against cornerback Blake Sailors (7) during a preseason practice. UGA strong safety Connor Norman said the UGA defensive backs will prove themselves in Saturday’s opener at Clemson.

“Don’t buy the lie or feel sorry for Georgia,� Swinney said. “They’ve got a lot of great players.�

Georgia players agree with the Clemson coach.

They also say no sympathy is necessary, because the defense will be fine.

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray said he is “very confident� in the defense. “Coach (Todd) Grantham has done a great job over the last few years of recruiting guys that fit his scheme,� Murray said of the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator. “I think we have a lot of great players, just young guys that no one has seen or know about and guys who have made plays all summer long and all camp long and have gotten better every day.

4. THE LINEBACKERS:

5. TWO QUARTERBACKS:

Despite Spurrier’s penchant for shuffling quarterbacks, he says the job belongs to senior Connor Shaw, who missed spring workouts because of a foot injury. Shaw, 17-3 as a starter, says he’s back at 100 percent and doesn’t plan to change his go-for-broke running style that’s accounted for 960 yards and 11 touchdowns the past two years. Backup Dylan Thompson threw for more than 300 yards in both his starts last season, including a victory at Clemson last fall.

Predicted order of finish in the SEC East: Second.

TIGERS from Page B1 scoreboard. “We’ve got 12 games on the schedule. Every opponent is critical.

We’ve got much bigger goals than an opening game,� he said.

Still, Swinney’s excited about the buzz around campus, the activity at Memorial Stadium or the prime spot this game carries in college football. ESPN’s “College GameDay� will be at Clemson for the first time in seven years.

On Monday night, Swinney was swarmed by well-wishers at a local grocery store where he did an appearance. “I think that’s great.

They’ll be people rolling in probably (Wednesday) night just to smell the campus,� Swinney said.

Clemson is coming off an 11-2 season, its most victories in a year since the school’s lone, 12-0 national championship season in 1981.

The school plans to honor the coach of that achievement, Tigers folk-hero Danny Ford, at

a pregame ceremony where his name will be etched into the facing of the stadium.

But Swinney’s had the Tigers focused on bigger things from almost the moment they defeated LSU 25-24 on a last-second field goal in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl last New Year’s Eve in Atlanta.

The next step for Clemson in Swinney’s eyes is playing well consistently against strong opponents like Georgia.

Should the Tigers fall short, they are still favorites to win the ACC and still in contention for the BCS crown. “Both teams have very little room for error and from that standpoint, it’s a big challenge,� Swinney said. “But we’re going to grow over these first few weeks and we’ve got a lot to prove as a football team.�

Reigning ACC player of the year Tajh Boyd has tried to keep expecations in check leading up to Georgia.

UNC’s Fedora wants 12 TDs from Ebron

BY AARON BEARD The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Eric Ebron has the strength to block up front for North Carolina, the speed to sprint by defenders after the catch and the versatility to be an all-over-the-field threat. It’s why coach Larry Fedora is pushing his tight end for a big season in the Tar Heels’ no-huddle offense.

The 6-foot-4 junior set a program record for catches and yards receiving for a tight end last year. Now Fedora wants his preseason all-Atlantic Coast Conference pick aiming for more — a dozen touchdowns, in fact — in a season that begins with Thursday’s trip to No. 6 South Carolina. “How many tight ends in college football ever score 12 touchdowns?� Ebron said. “So in order to be different, you have to set goals that are different. To me, that’s a goal that rarely anyone has accomplished and it’ll separate me from others.�

Ebron started 11 games and finished with

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North Carolina tight end Eric Ebron (85) breaks a tackle against East Carolina defenders in a game last season.

UNC head coach Larry Fedora wants more from Ebron, talking openly of his goal for Ebron to score a dozen touchdowns. UNC opens the season on Thursday with trip to No. 6 South Carolina.

40 catches for 625 yards and four touchdowns in 2012. He was the team’s fourth-leading receiver as a first-time starter in a no-huddle spread offense that set program single-season records for total yardage and scoring average. And he’s athletic enough that he even saw spot duty on the defensive line in a win against rival North Carolina State last season.

Ebron and sophomore receiver Quinshad Davis, who had 38 catches in the final

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four games, are the go-to guys for senior quarterback Bryn Renner in an offense that averaged nearly 41 points and 486 yards per game.

Fedora compared Ebron’s talent to Detroit

Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew, whom Fedora coached as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State before his first head coaching stop at Southern Mississippi. Fedora and tight ends coach Walt Bell spent training camp pushing Ebron to do even more than last year.

The 12-touchdown goal would tie the program’s single-season receiving record, regardless of position. “I’m wanting him to push himself beyond what he thinks he can go and understand we’re going to try to push him beyond where he thinks he can go,� Fedora said. “Always in every kid you’re dealing with, when you’re pushing them higher and farther than they think they can go, they get frustrated.�

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The biggest question for South Carolina’s defense will be when players get past the talented front. The Gamecocks lost five senior linebackers from last year, including two of its top three tacklers from last year in Shaq Wilson and Reginald Bowens. There’s little returning experience and expected starter Cedrick Cooper is coming off a knee injury that kept him out of spring ball.

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Meriweather, like RG3, aiming for Week 1

BY JOSEPH WHITE The Associated Press

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Washington quarterback coach, Matt LaFleur, center, talks with quarterbacks Robert Griffin III, left, and Kirk Cousins, right. The Redskins are still deciding whether or not to start Griffin in their season opener.

ASHBURN, Va. — During lunchtime Tuesday in the Washington Redskins locker room, a computer tablet lay on the floor, plugged into a nearby socket to get charged. It bore the team’s logo and the No. 31, the jersey that belongs to safety Brandon Meriweather.

How appropriate. It’s time to charge up Meriweather and get him out the field, time to see if he is truly the missing piece in the Redskins secondary. “I’m just happy,� Meriweather said as he walked off the practice field, “to still be relevant.�

Robert Griffin III doesn’t have a monopoly on major knee surgery rehab. Meriweather is returning from a torn right ACL, an injury that cut short a frustrating 2012 in which he played a little more than half of one game — and still made

quite an impact.

To recap: Meriweather’s only action came in the Week 11 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. In just 41 plays on defense, he had one interception, broke up two passes and made seven tackles before his knee buckled while pursuing a running play early in the third quarter. “The guy was all over the field making plays,� linebacker Brian Orakpo said.

The Redskins went on to win the NFC East, but they ranked 30th against the pass for the season.

They surely need a better effort this year from the back end of the defense if they’re to repeat as champs, and much of that hope hinges on Meriweather. If his knee isn’t ready, the starting tandem on opening day will likely be promising-but-raw sixth-round draft pick Bacarri Rambo and veteran backup Reed Doughty, who has gamely filled in many times over the years

but is more valuable on special teams.

Orakpo said when Meriweather’s presence creates a chain reaction throughout the defense, allowing those up front to play more aggressively. “It makes me a lot more confident in what I’m doing,� Orakpo said. “Because I know he’s going to be back there to make plays.�

Meriweather was a two-time Pro Bowl safety with the New England Patriots, but he’s been jinxed from the moment he joined the Redskins last year. He sprained two ligaments in his left knee in a preseason game, reinjured the knee during practice just before the regular season opener, then reinjured it again when he collided with teammate Aldrick Robinson during pregame warmups in Week 4.

When the left knee finally healed enough for him to play, he wowed the Redskins for half-agame — then hurt the right knee.

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Carolina running back Jonathan Stewart (28) is treated by a member of the Panthers training staff during training camp in Spartanburg. Stewart was put on the physically unable to performance list on Tuesday due to an ankle injury and will miss the first six weeks of he season.

Panthers’ RB Jonathan Stewart to miss 6 weeks

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart will miss at least the first six weeks of the season while he recovers from an ankle injury.

Coach Ron Rivera said after practice Tuesday that Stewart was placed on the physically unable to perform list.

The team also put guard Edmund Kugbila, its fourth-round draft pick, on injured reserve with a knee injury and waived injured defensive tackle Frank Kearse and wide receiver Joe Adams, Carolina’s fourth-round pick in 2012. Adams and Kearse will go back on injured reserve if they clear waivers.

NFL rules stipulate Stewart can’t practice or play for six weeks.

Since the Panthers have a bye in week four, Stewart is eligible to play Oct. 20 against the St. Louis Rams, which would be Week 7 on the NFL calendar but would be Carolina’s sixth game of the season. “I’m just taking it day by day

and trying to be there for my teammates and bring as much positive energy as I can,� Stewart said. “We have a long season ahead of us and I plan to be back in week six.�

Rivera is “very optimistic�

Stewart could make it back for St. Louis game. “Some real good things have happened but they aren’t going to happen soon enough,� Rivera said, adding doctors now believe the right ankle will take longer to heal. Rivera classified the injury as a sprain. Stewart hasn’t practiced since offseason surgery on both ankles.

The decision likely means more playing time for DeAngelo Williams, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, and opens a roster spot for young running backs in Tauren Poole and Armond Smith. Carolina also drafted Kenjon Barner from Oregon in the sixth round and he’s expected to contribute as a scat back.

Stewart is coming off a disappointing season a year ago, rushing for 336 yards and one touchdown, both career lows. He missed seven games in all, in-

cluding the final five with a sprained ankle. “I can spend all of my energy being disappointed or I can spend all of my energy getting ready for week six,� Stewart said.

Stewart said the decision came after he met Tuesday with Dr. James Anderson, the team’s physician.

Now the Panthers are awaiting word on fullback Mike Tolbert, who has yet to play in the preseason because of a hamstring injury. His status for the season opener against Seattle remains in question.

Rivera said despite the injuries to Stewart and Tolbert the team has no plans to bring in any running backs. “We feel good about young guys that we have,� Rivera said. “They’ll see a dose of action in this last preseason game and we’ll see what they’re capable of.�

The Panthers drafted Kugbila with the 108th overall pick, but he’s rarely practiced because of knee and hamstring issues. But Rivera isn’t writing him off as a draft-day bust.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Johnny Football was the elephant in the room Tuesday at Texas A&M. The seventh-ranked Aggies head into Saturday’s home opener against Rice with questions still swirling about whether Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel will play against the MANZIEL Owls. The NCAA is investigating whether he was paid for his autograph, a potential violation of amateurism rules that could threaten his eligibility.

It was the only thing anyone really wanted to talk about on Tuesday when the Aggies addressed the media. The topic, however, was off limits.

Athletic director Eric Hyman said Monday night that he’d instructed everyone in the program not to talk about Manziel. And if that wasn’t clear enough, a member of the sports information department slowly and sternly read the statement, not once, but twice during the session.

TEBOW SURVIVES PATRIOTS CUT

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tim Tebow has one game left to improve his chances of staying with the New England Patriots after surviving the mandatory roster cut

to 75 players on Tuesday.

Tebow is expected to see considerable playing time Thursday night against the New York Giants in the Patriots’ final exhibition game. He played poorly in the first two games and did not play in the third.

NFLPA FILES GRIEVANCE

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The NFL Players Association has filed a grievance to help former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez collect an $82,000 workout bonus.

Hernandez’s contract provided for him to receive that amount if he participated in 90 percent of the team’s voluntary offseason workouts.

HARVEY EYES APRIL RETURN

NEW YORK — Injured Mets third baseman David Wright is set to begin his rehabilitation this week while ace Matt Harvey tweets he will be back from an elbow tear by next April.

The team says Wright will head to Florida on Thursday to keep up the recovery on his right hamstring. New York manager Terry Collins said Wright might play in a minor league game this weekend.

CRUZ EXPECTS TO PLAY

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz expects to play in the regular-season opener against the Dallas Cowboys.

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GREGORY McFADDEN Gregory McFadden, 52, died Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Born March 30, 1961, in Philadelphia, Pa., he was a son of Willie and Theola Evans McFadden.

The family will receive friends and relatives at his home, 18 W. Moore St., Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

GENEVA E. WILSON LYNCHBURG — Geneva Epps Wilson, 93, widow of Henry Wilson, died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at the home of

her daughter.

Born July 11, 1920, in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Ike and Queen McKnight Epps.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy Mae and Harry “TBone� Brayboy, 1415 Puddin Swamp Road, Lynchburg.

These services are entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

FREDERICK C. GREEN Frederick C. Green, 49, husband of Stephany Thames Green, died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at his home.

Born June 16, 1964, in Elizabeth, N.J., he was a

son of George Green Jr. and the late Bertha Spann Green.

The family will receive friends and relatives at his home, 1072 Porter St., Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

MATTIE BELL WYNN Mattie Bell Wynn, 86, died Aug. 22, 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., and raised in Pinewood, she was a daughter of the late Robert Fairy and Clara Brown. In June of 1938, she moved to New York City and there received her formal education. While in New York, Mattie was em-

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ployed as a home health aide. She was also an active member of New Hope AME Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. After relocating to Raleigh in 2006, she dedicated her life to the care of her two sons and enjoyed her latter days at South Eastern Wake Adult Day Health Center.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Daisy Murdock; brother, Bishop Robert Bey; and a longtime companion, Lee Monroe Sr. Surviving are two sons, Nathaniel Wynn Jr. and Charles Wynn; one daughter, Eneta McAlister; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a host of

great-nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Zion Hill AME Church, Pinewood, with Pastor Portia Alexander, eulogist. Interment will follow at Elizabeth Cemetery in Wedgefield.

Ms. Wynn will be placed in the church at 9 a.m. for public viewing until the hour of service.

Please leave a condolence for the family on their memorial website at palmermemorialchapel.com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.

CLIFTON G. RICKARD Clifton Glen Rickard, 65, died Tuesday, Aug.

27, 2013, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Services will be announced by ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

ARNOLD V. LAWSON NEW YORK, N.Y. — Arnold V. Lawson, 61, died on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in New York.

He was born Saturday, Jan. 12, 1952, in Summerton, to Henry and Faye Smith Lawson.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his parents, 2 Hill St., Summerton, SC 29148.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by KingFields Mortuary, Summerton.

AREA SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL SUMTER TOUCHDOWN CLUB

The Sumter Touchdown Club will be holding its first meeting of the season on Friday at the Quality Inn on Broad Street beginning at 7:15 a.m.

There will be a catered breakfast, players of the week, guest speakers, a devotional and a coaches corner. The meeting will conclude by 8:30 a.m.

Friday’s meeting will feature local high school coaches participating in a roundtable discussion about prospects for the upcoming season.

Lide Huggins, a former University of South Carolina football player and the former Director of Football Operations for the Denver Broncos, will speak on Sept. 6 and former USC quarterback and current Carolina play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis will speak on Sept.

13.

The rest of the lineup includes Carolina running backs coach Everette Sands on Sept.

20, former Clemson and National Football League linebacker and current Tigers sideline reporter Patrick Sapp on Sept. 27, longtime college football referee and the director of officials for the Southeastern Conference Penn Wagers on Oct. 4, Presbyterian College head coach Harold Nichols on Oct. 11, The Citadel head coach Kevin Higgins on Oct. 18, a

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speaker to be confirmed for Oct. 25, Wofford College head coach Mike Ayers on Nov. 1, Clemson offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell on Nov. 8 and radio talk show host and recruiting guru Phil Kornblut on Nov. 15.

Membership in the TD Club is $100. Non-member guests can attend a maximum of two times per season at a cost of $10 for adults and $7 for students for each visit.

The clubs board of directors is soliciting sponsorships for $200 each, which will provide recognition in the Players of the Week, in all programs on the day of the sponsorship and in all promotional materials.

For more information, contact Lee Glaze at (803) 9680773, visit www.sumtertdclub. com or send an email to sumtertdclub@gmail.com.

Pop Warner Registration The Sumter Pop Warner Football & Cheer Association and Youth Athletics of Sumter is still taking registration for the upcoming season.

The football and cheer teams are open to children ages 5-13 years old. The fee is $80 for both football and cheerleading.

The fee for football will cover insurance, ID Badge, use of shoulder pads, use of helmet, use of practice clothes and a mouthpiece. Parents will be responsible for buying game jersey, game pants, cleats, cup,

and socks.

The fee for cheer will cover insurance, ID badge, use of uniform, use of pom-poms, socks and undergarment. Parents will be responsible for buying shoes.

For more Information, call (803) 464-8453, (803) 201-4531 (803) 720-6242 or (813) 7869265 or send an email to youthathleticsofsumteryas@ yahoo.com.

GOLF CLARENDON GOLF TOURNAMENT

The Clarendon County Recreation Department will be hosting the first Clarendon County Golf Program Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Wyboo Golf Club in Manning.

The tournament is a fundraiser for its youth golf program.

The tournament format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice.

The cost to register is $200 per team or $50 per person. There will be a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

Registration and sign-ins will begin at 11 a.m. Food and drink will be provided.

Registration forms need to be submitted to the recreation department by Sept. 18.

For more information or to get a registration form, call Wyboo Golf Club at (803) 4787899 or golf program director Donald Hardy at (803) 4736652). You can also call the recreation department at (803) 473-3543 or visit it at 3057 Raccoon Road in Manning.

CHARLIE KUBALA MEMORIAL TOURNEY

Registration is now open for the Charlie Kubala Memorial Golf Tournament, which is set for Oct. 14 at Beech Creek Golf Club.

For more information or to register, go to www.sumtersheriff.org where online registration and payments are available or call Lt. Lee Monahan (803) 4362161.

PAR 4 PETS

The 2nd Annual Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course.

The format is 4-man Captain’s Choice with an entry fee of $160 per team or $40 per player. Entry is limited to the first 20 teams.

Registration is at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30.

There will be $5 per mulligan available at registration with a maximum of two per player.

The event is a fundraiser for KAT’s Special Kneads small animal shelter.

For more information, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 4693906, Julie Wilkins at (803) 9685176, Melissa Brunson at (803) 983-0038, Gail McLeod at (803) 840-4519 or Crystal Lakes manager Mike Ardis at (803) 7751902.

BASKETBALL OFFICIATING CLASSES

The Wateree Basketball Officials Association will be holding

South Carolina High School League Basketball Officials Association training classes for prospective officials beginning on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Sumter County Recreation Department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

After the initial class, all other classes will be held on Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the recreation department.

The classes are necessary to officiate middle school, junior varsity and varsity high school games. Each training class will cover National Federation rules for high school basketball, South Carolina Basketball Official Association mechanics, and SCBOA exam preparation.

The state wide clinic and exam will be held on Nov. 16, at Lexington High School.

For more information, contact Granderson James, at (803) 968-2391 or by email at grandersj@aol.com.

FREE SPIRIT FALL REGISTRATION

The Free Spirit Church League is accepting registration for its fall basketball league through Friday.

The league is open to both boys and girls ages 5-12. The registration fee is $10 per player. The season begins on Sept. 7.

To register a player, contact David Glover at (803) 983-1309.

Kurt Busch joining Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Kurt Busch said Monday he has signed with StewartHaas Racing, which is rapidly developing into a super-team and will have four cars next season with the addition of the 2004 NASCAR champion. “This is the kind of situation every driver wants to be in and I’m grateful to Gene Haas and Haas Automation for providing me this opportunity,�

Busch told The Associated Press. “Gene wants to win, and wants me to go out there and perform to the best of my abilities.�

The deal was first reported by Fox Sports and ESPN. A news conference was scheduled for Tuesday by SHR. Busch recently received an offer from SHR co-owner Haas to leave Furniture Row Racing to join a team that will now expand next season to four cars. He’ll be teammates with co-owner Tony Stewart, who is out the rest of this year with a broken leg, Danica Patrick and Kevin Harvick, who is leaving Richard Childress Racing to join SHR. Once Stewart returns

— the team has said he’ll be back in time for next year’s Daytona 500 — SHR will have three drivers with a combined 96 Cup victories and four championships. They also have a combined 675 top-10 finishes. Patrick is in her first full season of Cup. Harvick is replacing Ryan Newman in the lineup, and Stewart said last month that Newman was being let go because SHR did not have the capability to expand to four cars. But Haas stepped in and courted Busch on his own, and will fund Busch’s ride out of his own pocket with sponsorship from his CNC machine company.

Furniture Row tried desperately to keep Busch, who joined the team with six races remaining last year and has the No. 78 Chevrolet in contention for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in team history.

Furniture Row had just one win, three top-five finishes, eight top-10s and 48 laps led in almost 200 races before Busch. Since Busch came aboard, the car has six top-five finishes, 14 top-10s, 368 laps

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Team co-owner Gene Haas, right, shakes the hand of driver Kurt Busch, left, after Tuesday’s news conference in Kannapolis, N.C., announcing Busch will be the driver of Stewart-Haas Racing’s fourth Sprint Cup Series team in 2014.

led and has qualified on the front row seven times. “It was always our intention to extend Kurt’s contract with Furniture Row Racing,� general manager Joe Garone said. “We made him an offer last week. Though he did not accept our offer we respect his decision and wish him future success.

His driving skill and being a dedicated team player will always be appreciated at Furniture Row Racing. But for right now the main focus for Kurt and the team is to qualify for the Chase and contend for the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.�

Busch was ninth in points before Saturday

night’s 31st-place finish dropped him to 12th in the standings with two

races remaining to set the Chase field.

Stewart left Joe Gibbs Racing to become coowner of Haas’ lowly team in 2009, bringing Newman with him and immediately making it a legitimate and winning organization. Stewart won the championship in 2011, and brought Patrick aboard in 2012 for 10 Sprint Cup races in preparation for her full-time addition this season.

Harvick was signed in November of last year, a full season before he’d join the team, and now Busch is inked, giving SHR an aggressive driver lineup and doubling its

car count in just two seasons.

As for Furniture Row, Garone said progress this season has been shown by the “consistently fast race cars that we have brought to the track week in and week out.� “We, along with our technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, are deeply committed to continuing the work in progress,� he said. “We are currently in a search process for a new driver in 2014, one who shares the same commitment and winning attitude that we all do at Furniture Row Racing.�

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Abandon Vehicle / Boat Abandoned Vehicle Notice The following vehicle was abandoned at 1405 Willie G Richburg Road, Summerton, SC 29148. Described as a 1987 Mazda RX7, VIN #JM1FC3313H0538940.

Total due for storage and repairs is $5000.00 as of August 26, 2013 plus $25 per day thereafter; . Owner is asked to call (803) 476-5175. If not claimed in 30 days, it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

Abandoned Vehicle Notice The following vehicle was abandoned at 1405 Willie G Richburg Road, Summerton, SC 29148. Described as a 2001 Dodge, VIN #3B7HC13Y71M523015. Total due for storage and repairs is $5000.00 as of August 26, 2013 plus $25 per day thereafter; . Owner is asked to call (803) 476-5175. If not claimed in 30 days, it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

Abandoned Vehicle Notice The following vehicle was abandoned at 1405 Willie G Richburg Road, Summerton, SC 29148. Described as a 1996 Ford T a u r u s , V I N #1FALP52UBVA144424. Total due for storage and repairs is $5000.00 as of August 26, 2013 plus $25 per day thereafter; . Owner is asked to call (803) 476-5175. If not claimed in 30 days, it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2013-CP-43-1389 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for AFC Trust Series 1999-2 Plaintiff(s), vs.

Roger A. Weatherly, The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

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hen the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood to speak to the thousands of people gathered at the Washington Monument on Aug. 28, 1963, he began with an assessment of the importance of the event.

“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,” King said.

And today, on the 50th anniversary of that historic event, its importance is undeniable.

Fifty years ago, a century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans’ civil rights were still being repressed. The so-called “Jim Crow” laws kept schools, the voting booth, public facilities and many other areas off limits to blacks. Those local laws were largely enforced, often violently and certainly unjustly, while civil rights laws seemed to have no teeth.

But times were changing, albeit very slowly.The Civil Rights Movement gained what was perhaps its greatest impetus with the March on Washington. Movement leaders called for a big turnout on that date, but until then, no one knew how many would be present for the demonstration; however, there was a significant police presence, expecting that a large group would necessarily become troublesome.

Despite harassment and threats, demonstrators made their way to Washington in cars, on buses and trains. Estimates put the attendance at more than 250,000, about one-quarter of which was white, a fact that King acknowledged in his famous “I have a dream speech.”

The large police presence was not needed, as the march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial was a peaceful protest, in line with King’s philosophy of non-violence.

King, who had been jailed earlier in the year for violation of a court order against “parading, demonstrating, boycotting, trespassing and picketing” in Alabama, wrote in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” “I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”

He also said, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not

on Washington

a turning point

RIGHT: Eva Mouzon talks about her experiences attending the Aug. 28, 1963 March on Washington as she looks over some the materials she was given at that time.

One is a long-playing album with recordings from the event, including Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

BELOW: Rep. John Lewis speaks to a group at Patriot Hall in 2008. A renowned civil rights leader, he was present at the 1963 March on Washington, where he gave a memorable speech second only to that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

ed” the Sistine Chapel. “’If you’re a street sweeper, be the best street sweeper that ever was,” Mouzon recalled King saying.

Once he got into the “I Have a Dream” portion, she said, “We were all so moved. I looked around and saw my new neighbors all around me, black and white, crying. It was awesome.”

“We had a feeling,” she continued, “that was joyful and that we felt like we had accomplished something. We felt like this was a turning point in the civil rights movement, that America had awakened.”

IVY MOORE/THE ITEM She doesn’t know if King’s dream will be realized in her lifetime or that of her children, Mouzon said.

“I believe that unless the people know Jesus, the dream can’t come true.”

MANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS

Mouzon heard several speeches at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963, as all but one of the “Big Six” civil rights leaders were present: James Farmer was in prison in Louisiana, but King, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young all spoke.

American expatriate Josephine Baker was the sole female speaker.

In addition to King’s powerful message was that of (now Georgia representative) John Lewis, who also presented a moving message at Patriot Hall in September 2008. At that time, he reminded the Sumter audience that our ancestors “all came to this country in ships; even ITEM FILE PHOTO though they may have been different allow our creative protest to degenerate working for a plastic company in Jersey kinds of ships, we’re all in the same boat now.”

City, where she “cut out the ear from into physical violence.”

At the Lincoln Memorial 45 years the handles of Clorox bottles as they And it was so.

SUMTERITE REMEMBERS THE MARCH earlier, he ended his dynamic speech came down the line.” While there, she A young Sumter native then working was given the opportunity to attend the with these prescient words: in New Jersey was offered the opportu- historic March on Washington in 1963.

“We will not stop. If we do not get nity to attend the march, having no idea The retail wholesale and department meaningful legislation out of this Conhow historic the event would be, nor store union encouraged all members to gress, the time will come when we will how many people would be there. Eva not confine our marching to Washingattend the march, which was officially Mouzon, then 27, paid $5 for a roundton. We will march through the South, titled “March on Washington for Jobs trip ticket to Washington. through the streets of Jackson, through and Freedom.”

It was a short trip that day, but a long “They wanted us to know this wasn’t the streets of Danville, through the journey from her childhood home in St. just for African Americans, but for evstreets of Cambridge, through the Charles. erybody, because we were all intercon- streets of Birmingham. But we will Mouzon said she’d gone from pickmarch with the spirit of love and with nected. Because this was America,” ing cotton at 7, to helping her grandthe spirit of dignity that we have shown Mouzon remembered. mother, who took in laundry in Sumter. here today.

“My husband and my family were She’d seen her elderly grandmother “By the force of our demands, our afraid for me to go. It was very violent at have to give up her seat on the bus for a that time,” Mouzon said, “but I wasn’t determination and our numbers, we much younger white man, been denied afraid. My grandmother always taught shall splinter the desegregated South entry to restaurants and businesses, me fear was not a spirit of God. She said into a thousand pieces and put them forced to drink from water fountains back together in the image of God and fear freezes you and you can’t do what marked “colored” and generally regard- God wants you to do if you are afraid.” democracy. ed as less a human being than her white “We must say, ‘Wake up, America.

She remembers the bus stopping at counterparts.

Wake up!!! For we cannot stop, and we Penn Station in Washington, where Her first involvement with any civil will not be patient.’” church representatives prayed with rights activity was when she was very Marian Anderson, who had been them and gave them box lunches. young, she said. barred by the Daughters of the AmeriWhen Mouzon and her co-workers “My grandmother and I boycotted can Revolution from performing at got off their bus, King and the Rev. the buses in Sumter,” she said, “after a Ralph Abernathy were waiting for them. Constitution Hall in 1939, sang on the young man had been lynched for offer“They encouraged us and shook our steps of the Lincoln Memorial, slightly ing to give up his seat on a Greyhound changing the lyrics of “My Country ‘tis hands,” she said, “then we marched to bus instead of an older black woman of Thee,” from “Of thee I sing” to “Of the Lincoln Memorial.” the bus driver had ordered to move for The crowd was very respectful, even thee we sing,” her way of noting the siga young white man to sit down. We nificance of the largest interracial gathin awe, Mouzon said. walked from Manning Avenue down“The seven of us in my group leaned ering in the country up to that time. town to pay bills, to the A&P to buy gro- against a tree not far from the front,” she Also present, many of them speaking ceries. I remember crossing the overor performing, were such noted entersaid. “We could see Dr. King and the head bridge (then a symbol of a segretainers and civil rights advocates as Maother speakers clearly. Rabbi Joachim gated and separated city).” halia Jackson, Josh White, Lena Horne, Prinz (then chairman of the American A few years after graduation from Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Harry Jewish Congress) inspired us, we were Lincoln High School, Mouzon joined cheering and clapping. I fell in love with Belafonte, Joan Baez and Ossie Davis. some family in New Jersey and began what he said. He said, ‘We are all neigh- Baker introduced Rosa Parks as one of the “Negro Women Fighters for Freebors, and God charges us to love our dom.” neighbors as ourselves. ’ AP FILE PHOTO It is King’s speech, however, that still “When Dr. King got up to speak, he Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a large talked about a lot of other things before resonates as one of the greatest in the crowd of followers. His speech at the Aug. country’s history, drawing its inspirahe went into the speech of ‘I Have a 28, 1963, March on Washington is retion partly from King’s Christian reliDream.’” garded as one of the most influential gion, the Declaration of Independence Mouzon remembers in history. and the American Dream. him talking about the Mouzon keeps her 33 1/3 rpm value of work, urging dedication to doing one’s album containing that speech on her job as well as “Mi- turntable.

“It still inspires me,” she said. chelangelo paint-

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Beer-can chicken is based on science

BY W. WAYT GIBBS Associated Press Writer You may not find too many restaurant chefs plopping their poultry on cans of PBR, but all those tailgaters and beachside grillers are on to something.

There are solid scientific reasons that chicken really does roast better in a more upright, lifelike pose than when it is flat on its soggy back. And by adding a couple of extra prep steps to the technique and taking your care with the temperature, you can get the best of both worlds: succulent, juicy meat and crispy, golden brown skin.

On top of all that, you get to drink the beer! The chicken doesn’t actually need it.

Beer-can chicken recipes are everywhere on the Internet, but most of them don’t address the two biggest challenges of roasting poultry.

The first is to avoid overcooking the meat. Nothing is more disappointing at a Labor Day cookout than to bite into a beautiful-looking chicken breast only to end up with a mouthful of woody fiber that seems to suck the saliva right out of your glands.

The solution to this first challenge is simple: take your time, measure the temperature correctly and frequently, and choose the right target for the core temperature (as measured at the deepest, densest part of the thigh).

When you cook the bird slowly, the heat has more time to kill any nasty bacteria living in the food, so you don’t have to cook the heck the out of thing.

The federal government recommends bringing the meat to 165 degrees for at least 15 seconds. But guidelines issued by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service show that 35 minutes at 140 degrees achieves the same degree of pasteurization, even in the fattiest chicken.

The recipe below calls for several hours in the oven and a core temperature of 145 to 150 degrees, which will meet those guidelines as long as you slow-cook the bird at a low temperature. But be sure you use a reliable, oven-safe thermometer and place it properly as directed in the

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When done right, beer-can chicken will be tender and flavorful.

recipe. The tip shouldn’t be touching or near any bone.

The second challenge that most beer-can chicken recipes fail to overcome is crisping the skin. Here, liquid is the enemy, and adding additional liquid in the form of a can full of beer is the wrong approach. So empty the can first — the specifics of that will be left as an exercise for the reader— and use the empty can merely as a way to prop up the bird and to block airflow in its interior so that the meat doesn’t dry out.

Also, give the skin some breathing room by running your (carefully washed) fingers underneath it before roasting. As the subdermal fat melts away, it will trickle downward; a few well-placed punctures provide exits without compromising the balloon-like ability of the skin to puff outward under steam

pressure. Held apart from the juicy meat, the loose skin will dry as it browns, especially during a final short blast of high heat in a hot oven.

Done right, each slice of tender meat will be capped with a strip of wonderfully flavored skin, which will be at its crispiest when it emerges from the oven. So have your table ready, and don’t be slow with the carving knife. But do take a moment to remove the can before you tuck in.

SLOW-ROASTED CHICKEN ON A BEER CAN

Start to finish: 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours (30 minutes active) Servings: 4 1 medium roaster chicken 12-ounce can of cold beer (any variety you like to drink) Set an oven rack in the lowest position in the oven.

Remove the upper racks.

Heat the oven to 175 F, or as

low as your oven will allow if its controls do not go this low.

Wash your hands well with soap. Remove the neck and bag of giblets, if included, from inside the chicken. Slide your fingertips underneath the skin at the neck opening and gently work the skin away from the meat. Use care to avoid tearing the skin as you pull it loose from the body; continue as far as you can reach on both the front and the back. Turn the chicken over, and repeat from the cavity opening at the base of the bird, making sure to loosen the skin on the drumsticks so that it is attached only at the wings and the ends of the legs.

Use a knife to pierce the skin at the foot end of each leg and at the tail end of the front and back. These small incisions will allow the cooking juices to drain away so

that they don’t soak into the skin.

Pour the contents of the beer can into a glass, and enjoy it at your leisure. Push the empty can into the tail end of the bird far enough that the chicken can stand upright as it rests on the can.

If the neck was included with the chicken, use it like a stopper to close up the opening at the top of the bird. Otherwise you can use a bulldog clip to pinch the skin closed so that steam inflates the loose skin like a balloon and holds it away from the damp meat as the chicken roasts.

Set a baking sheet in the oven. Insert the probe of an oven-safe thermometer into the deepest part of the chicken’s thigh. Stand the chicken upright (on the can) on the baking sheet and roast until the core temperature reaches 145 F if you want the white meat to be juicy and tender; for more succulent dark meat, continue roasting to a core temperature of 150 F. A medium-size roaster will need 3 to 4 hours.

After the first 30 minutes of roasting, check the effective baking temperature by inserting a digital thermometer through the skin to a depth of 3/8 inch. The temperature there should be within 5 F of the target core temperature (either 145 F or 150 F). If it is too high, open the oven door for several minutes; if too cool, increase the oven setting slightly. Repeat this check of the near-surface temperature every half hour or so.

When the core temperature hits the target, take the chicken out and let it rest, uncovered, for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, increase the oven temperature to its hottest baking setting. Don’t use the broiler, but do select a convection baking mode if your oven has one.

Return the bird to the hot oven, turn on the light, and watch it carefully as it browns. The goal is crisp, golden brown skin. The skin will start to brown quickly, and browning will accelerate once it starts. So keep your eye on it. Once the chicken is browned, remove the can, carve the bird, and serve immediately, while the skin is still crispy.

9 ways to great flavor — marinades made easy

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer Marinades are one of the simplest ways to add fast and easy flavor to your meals.

Combine a few ingredients in a zip-close plastic bag, add your meat, seafood or veggies, then walk away for a while.

We’ve outlined some basic marinades below to help get you started, as well as some suggestions of what you can use them for. But the truth is, marinades are so versatile and easy to use, you can substitute whatever your favorite ingredients are or anything you happen to have on hand.

These marinades are enough to cover 1 1/2 pounds of food. Double up as needed, but keep in mind that you don’t need the food to swim in the marinade, just be thoroughly coated. Once the food has soaked up the flavor, you can pan-fry it, grill it or broil it.

CITRUS MARINADES

Citrus juices are fairly acidic, which means they permeate and tenderize food quickly. They work great as a base for marinades that you want to throw together just before dinner. These mari-

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Clockwise from top right: Marinades of orange-ginger, white wine-mustard, lemon-herb and garlic-balsamic. At center is maple-soy. On the meat, from top: Chipotle-lime, red wine-rosemary and spicy hoisin.

nades work equally well for seafood as they do chicken or steak. For seafood, marinate for up to 30 minutes; chicken and steak can handle up to 2 hours.

• CHIPOTLE-LIME: Juice and zest of 2 limes, 2 tablespoons adobo sauce and 1 minced chipotle chili from a can of chipotles in adobo sauce, 2 cloves minced garlic,

a hefty pinch of salt. Great on flank steak or shrimp.

• ORANGE-CUMIN: Juice and zest of 1 orange, 1 tablespoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, a hefty pinch of salt. Try with haddock or chicken breasts.

• LEMON-HERB: Juice and zest of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon Italian herb blend, 1 teaspoon

ground black pepper, hefty pinch of salt. Good on salmon or chicken thighs.

VINAIGRETTE MARINADES

Because vinegar is so aggressive, you’ll want to temper it with oil. This helps carry the flavor into the food, as well as prevent the flavors from becoming too jarring.

Adding oil to vinegar also

gives you a bit of leeway in your timing. For fish, seafood and vegetables, marinate for 30 minutes and to up to 2 hours. For chicken, steak and pork, you can go for up to 8 hours.

• GARLIC-BALSAMIC: 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, 4 cloves minced garlic, hefty pinch salt. Try with pork loin or steak tips.

• SPICY HOISIN: 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon five-spice powder.

Try on chicken tenders or scallops.

• MAPLE-SOY: 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Try with pork tenderloin medallions or cod.

WINE MARINADES

Wine is a great base for subtle marinades. Because they have a softer flavor than citrus or vinegar, you can use them to highlight other flavors. Like the vinaigrette marinades, use a little oil to help carry flavors, and prevent food from sticking to the SEE MARINADES, PAGE C3

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10 fresh ways to dress your hot dog

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer Remember when all it took to dress a dog was a squiggle of neon yellow mustard and a splash of ketchup?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long way.

These days, dogs are dressed to the nines.

Never mind all the geographic differences (it seems like every major city now has to claim its own distinct way of doing up a hot dog).

Chefs and food trucks are getting in on pushing limits, too, topping hot dogs with everything from kimchee to mango chutney.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exciting time to eat a hot dog. To help you create your own delicious masterpiece, we came up with some creative ways to adorn your dog. â&#x20AC;˘ REUBEN DOG: Sauerkraut, Thousand Island dressing, Swiss cheese, caraway seeds â&#x20AC;˘ HAWAIIAN: Thin slices of fresh pineapple, jalapeno peppers, bacon â&#x20AC;˘ FRENCH PICNIC: Whole-grain mustard, chopped cornichons, aioli (garlic mayonnaise), served on baguette â&#x20AC;˘ THE ITALIAN: Wrap the hotdog in salami before grilling.

Top with garlic pickled peppers and sharp provolone â&#x20AC;˘ SWEET PEACH: Chopped fresh or frozen peaches, shaved red onion, barbecue sauce, fresh cilantro â&#x20AC;˘ CAPRESE: Sliced tomatoes, miniature fresh mozzarella balls, torn fresh basil, drizzle of balsamic glaze

â&#x20AC;˘ GREEN GARDEN: Scallion mayonnaise, thinly sliced cucumber, fresh tarragon, arugula â&#x20AC;˘ MIDWESTERN: Pepper jack cheese, fresh corn kernels, pickled jalapenos, diced red bell pepper â&#x20AC;˘ BETTY: Grape jelly mixed with brown mustard, topped with crushed kettle-cooked potato chips â&#x20AC;˘ LUMBERJACK: Baked beans, bacon, caramelized onions EDITORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTE: Alison Ladman is a recipe developer for the AP. Follow her on Twitter at https://twitter. com/CrustAndCrumbCo

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FROM TOP: The Italian, Sweet Peach and Hawaiian hot dogs.

Š 2013 by Vicki Whiting, Editor

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Dawn needs a score of 17 to win this computer game. What is the largest number of tools she can capture?

Put a blue ring around these.

What is the least number of objects she can capture? Put a red ring around these.

very year, on the first Monday in September, the U.S. and Canada observe a holiday. Many get the day off from their jobs.

Children get the day off from school.

On Labor Day, (Labour Day in Canada) we honor working people and the dignity of labor.

Standards Link: Mathematics: Combining numbers to compare sums.

The first Labor Day was held just over 100 years ago in New York City.

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

To labor means to work. In 1882, many kinds of workers lived in New York City. There were carpenters, bricklayers, furniture-makers, jewelers, printers and more. hile they were proud of their work and what they made, many laborers were unhappy with their long hours, unsafe workplaces and low pay. Many worked seven days a week and 12 or 14 hours a day. Pay was so low that even young children had to work.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Labor Day parade is off to a strange start. Find at least 10 things wrong in this picture.

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In the 1880s, New York workers formed groups called craft unions. Bricklayers had their own union. The carpenters had theirs and so did the printers. After a while, these small unions formed a larger union called the Knights of Labor.

The Knights of Labor fought for workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights. Their â&#x20AC;&#x153;weaponsâ&#x20AC;? were words and votes. They fought to get children out of the factories and the mines. They fought for better pay and safer working environments.

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In 1882, a New York City union called the Central Labor Union (C.L.U.) decided to hold a parade and picnic for workers on September 5. The parade would be a chance for workers to show off their work. More than 10,000 marchers showed up that day.

Thousands more watched the parade. Many of the people carried signs that told what the workers wanted to change.

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Workers all over the country liked the idea of a workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; holiday. By the 1930s every state in the U.S. celebrated Labor Day. Today we celebrate Labor Day to remember that working people help make our country strong. All workers are important!

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Drive-thru registration will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at First Baptist Church, 107 E. Liberty St. Dues are $55 for the year or $35 per semester and include MOPS National membership and child care during meetings. Scholarships available. Call (803) 464-7027.

Give the gift of life by joining in on the 2nd Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Competition.

Donor week will be held 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

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Call (803) 775-2364 to schedule a center appointment. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive will be held at the Sumter County Library, 111 N. Harvin St. Call Joey Duggan at (803) 436-2721 and enter sponsor code BattleBadgesSumter to schedule a donation time. You can also visit redcrossblood.org to schedule a donation appointment time.

Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will hold a class reunion meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) 773-3804, (803) 775-9088 or (803) 775-9660.

Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center — Haven of Rest will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the fellowship hall of New Covenant Presbyterian Church. Call Ann Driggers at (803) 3098085.

The Clarendon County Democratic Party will meet on Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Manning Restaurant, 476 N. Brooks St., Manning. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association (British Wives) will meet at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at The Spectrum, Pinewood Road. All British ex-pats are welcome. Call Josie at (803) 775-8052.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH As the tabloid title implies, “Evil Kin” (9 p.m., ID, TV-14) will explore criminal siblings and families with more than their fair share of black sheep.

In six episodes, “Kin” examines families with rotten roots to their family trees, dark pasts and horrific presents.

The theme continues with “Surviving Evil” (10 p.m., ID, TV14). This 10-part series offers first-person accounts from victims of horrific attacks, assaults, near-murders and kidnappings.

Actress Charisma Carpenter hosts the series. She’s best known for her role as Cordelia Chase on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spinoff, “Angel.” Chase is also the survivor of a nearfatal incident when she was only 22 years old.

• On a slightly more redemptive note, “Bulloch Family Ranch” (10 p.m., UP) ends its first season, which started with an old-fashioned barn raising. It ends with kids, some of them foster kids, cleaning out the garage — and that means tearful departures with defunct pickup trucks.

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the swamp of the paranormal with “The Unexplained Files” (9 p.m.). Look for investigations of UFOs, fanged creatures and alleged curses.

• As predicted here last week, the new docu-comedy “Modern Dads” (10:30 p.m., A&E, TV-PG) got a big lead-in from cable ratings champ “Duck Dynasty” (10 p.m., TV-PG). The good news is that “Dads” was the second-most watched cable show of the night, with an audience of just less than 4 million. The bad news is that it lost more than 6 million of the 10 million “Duck” viewers. Of those 10 million “Duck” fans, fewer than half of them were younger than 50.

And that ratio doesn’t just apply to the grizzled guys on “Duck.” More than 2 million fans watched a new episode of “Robot Chicken” on “Adult Swim” late last Wednesday. And according to tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com, just about half of them were beyond the 18-49 demographic. Personally, I’m thrilled that more than a million people 50 and older stayed up past midnight to watch “Robot Chicken.”

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article about television I’ve read in a while. It had nothing to do with television — and maybe everything.

A recent New York Times business story concerned Chevrolet’s no-frills subcompact called the Spark. Apparently, the rather spartan Spark is selling better than expected, particularly to the 35-and-younger crowd, a demographic that Chevrolet has had a hard time reaching.

According to the article, Chevrolet isn’t advertising the Spark on television. Instead, the company says it can reach car buyers on social media and at public events popular with so-called “millennials” because “a lot of these younger buyers are not watching TV.”

Tonight’s Other Highlights • The top five compete on “MasterChef ” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• The Count returns on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).

• Every day is Arbor Day on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

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Makes 24 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 egg 3 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract, divided 1 package (2 cups) miniature

chocolate chips, 12 ounces 1 package (family-size) fudge brownie mix 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Peppermint Extract

Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and 2 teaspoons of the vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside.

Prepare brownie mix as directed on package, adding remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and peppermint extract.

Pour brownie batter into greased a 13x9 pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 15 minutes.

Drop cookie dough by tablespoonfuls on brownie, covering the top evenly. (Batter will spread during baking) Bake additional 20 to 25 minutes or until cookie top is golden brown. Cool completely in pans on wire rack.

CINNAMON CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHUNK MINT COOKIES

Makes 5 dozen or 30 (2 cookie) servings 3 1/4 cups flour 1 tablespoon McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups butter, softened 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract 1 package (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts Mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.

Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.

Preheat oven to 375 degress. Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute.

Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Makes 4 dozen or 24 (2 cookie) servings 2 cups flour 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Peppermint Extract 6 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.

Set aside. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Stir in chocolate.

Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets sprayed with no stick cooking spray.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until cookies are set. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Test Kitchen Tip: Prepare as directed, using 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chocolate chips in place of the baking chocolate. Add 1 cup chopped walnuts, if desired.

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

CHOCOLATE CHUNK MOCHA COOKIES Makes 4 dozen or 24 (2 cookie) servings 2 cups flour 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar

Chocolate Chunk Mocha Cookies

2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 4 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Coffee Extract 6 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs and coffee extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Stir in chocolate and walnuts.

Drop by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets sprayed with no stick cooking spray.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until cookies are set. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Test Kitchen Tip: Prepare as directed, using 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chocolate chips in place of the baking chocolate.