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Manning mayor to receive kidney BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Manning Mayor Julia Nelson, who is also director of the Sumter County First Steps program, will be receiving a special Christmas gift. A suitable donor has been located in Indiana, and she is scheduled to receive a kidney transplant at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston as early as this afternoon. Nelson anNELSON nounced in November 2013 she had been diagnosed four years earlier with polycystic kidney disease, a disorder in which cysts form in a person’s body — most commonly in the kidneys — which can result in kidney failure. Nelson learned a year ago her condition had reached a critical stage. She has been on a kidney waiting list since that time. “I’ve known about the donor since around Thanksgiving,” Nelson said. “I did not want to put it out there too early because it involves four people.” Nelson’s transplant involves a Sumter woman, Arlene Anderson McCloud, who was tested to see if she could donate a kidney to Nelson; however, it was not a match. “I am in awe of the multiple acts of kindness and the number of individuals that attempted to be donors,” Nelson said. “After multiple attempts, God favored me with an angel from Sumter.” Unfortunately, McCloud’s kidney was a perfect match for Nelson except for the antibodies. But because McCloud was willing to help, she agreed to donate a kidney on Nelson’s behalf. That allowed MUSC to

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Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter, addresses questions asked by moderator Jack Osteen, left, during the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast on Wednesday morning.

Local delegation addresses Sumter Chamber at annual breakfast BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Bumpy roads may lie ahead for the South Carolina General Assembly, local delegates said Wednesday at the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast. About 100 chamber members attended the annual breakfast, which was also broadcast live on a local radio station. With the state facing costs to maintain roads and bridges that will exceed revenues by an estimated $1.5 billion a year for the next 26 years, five members of the local delegation agreed additional revenue will be needed to fix South Carolina’s roads. “We have to accept the fact that we need revenue,” said Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Manning. “$1.5 billion is a lot of money. It is an economic development issue and a public safety issue. We can’t kick the can down the road. I think it is irresponsible not to raise revenue. It should be one of our top priorities this year. I think the people of South Carolina will be willing to pay more in taxes.”

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State Rep. Grady A. Brown, D-Bishopville, answers questions about state funding for road construction. Several members of the delegation gave qualified support to the idea of raising gasoline taxes to reduce the funding shortfall.

“People on the street ask me, ‘When are you going to increase the gas tax to get our roads fixed?’ I think the people want this,” said Rep. Robert Ridgeway, D-Manning. Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, said Gov. Nikki Haley has promised to veto any increase in the gasoline tax. “The governor said she will not allow a gas tax, and she more than likely has the votes to sustain a veto,” he said. “Everything should be on the table,” said Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter. “If gas tax is not part of the equation, then how are we going to do it? The governor said she has a plan, but where is it?” “The governor has said over and over she is going to get the money,” said Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville. “I am in favor of a small gasoline tax if the big counties don’t get all the money.” The local delegation lashed out at how state money is distributed, all of them agreeing Sumter County and surrounding rural areas don’t get the resources

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County starts dialogue on purchase of new 911 system BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Sumter County Council unanimously approved a resolution that supports going into a lease agreement with Motorola for the purchase of a new emergency radio system — one of 28 penny sales tax projects in the county.

The improvement to the emergency communication infrastructure for the county is at the top of the list of projects, along with a new City of Sumter Police Department headquarters and a new downtown fire station headquarters for the city and county. Sumter County residents voted “yes” for the bal-

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lot referendum in November, which will continue the tax started in 2009 and raise $75 million to go toward the projects that range from infrastructure to public safety. County Administrator Gary Mixon said the lease agreement includes the purchase of 941 radios for city and county emergency communication.

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The needed equipment has a contract price of a little more than $3.8 million. Mixon explained that the county was interested in entering an equipment lease-purchase agreement with Motorola, which would allow the county to receive a two-year warranty along with the equipment and make the first payment

for the purchase due in January 2016. The company is working with Sumter County administration to come to reasonable terms for the leasing of the equipment. According to the lease provided as an attachment on the county website, the county

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Forum raises thousands for scholarships BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com After selling cookbooks, dinners and organizing a number of fundraisers to encourage people to donate, Sumter School District Teacher Forum has raised more than $8,500 for the organization’s working fund and its annual scholarships. As advocates for public education in the county and in South Carolina, Teacher Forum will award four scholarships this school year to Sumter School District seniors who intend to study education at a South Carolina school. This will be the second year for the organization to award the Teacher Forum Scholarship for Future Educators. This year, Teacher Forum members are making a unique effort to honor a former student. Chairwoman Tina Sorrells and forum members added

the Hailey Bordeaux Memorial Scholarship for Future Educators to honor the 2011 Sumter High School graduate who died in a boating wreck last summer. The organization arranged separate funding events, including a dinner sale, to raise money for the inaugural scholarship they hope to make an annual award in coming years. According to Shelly Galloway, liaison for Teacher Forum and Sumter School District public information coordinator, the group was able to raise $3,000 in dinner sales and more than $1,000 in individual donations to fund the memorial scholarship. To help fund other events and ideas to support the organization and its efforts to impact public education in the county, the group compiled recipes for a 90-page cookbook called “Let’s Get Cooking” that includes main dishes, desserts and other meals and is selling them for $10 each to raise money.

MONEY RAISED SO FAR Hailey Bordeaux Scholarship — $4,087 raised ($3,000 in dinner sales, $1,087 in individual donations) General Scholarships — $1,453.04 Teacher Forum Working Fund — $3,000 To purchase a Teacher Forum cookbook, contact Tina Sorrells at tina.sorrells@ sumterschools.net. So far, the organization has raised about $3,000 in cookbook sales and has about 100 copies left. To donate to the Teacher Forum Scholarship for Future Educators, contact the school district at (803) 469-6900, visit the website at sumterschools.net for more information or mail in your donation to 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

Sorrells previously said money raised during forum events and fundraisers will go toward the scholarships

as well as a working fund for the organization’s future events such as the annual Celebration of Excellence, normally scheduled during the spring semester. Members have also encouraged students, parents, faculty and staff at their individual schools by having small fundraisers to help fund the scholarships. The organization accepts individual donations from community leaders and supporters. Last year was the first year Teacher Forum awarded scholarships to high school seniors interested in studying education at a South Carolina college or university, and the group raised about $7,500. Applications for this year’s scholarships will become available on the Sumter School District website early in the spring semester. Teacher Forum asks students to have their completed applications turned in to their school guidance counselors by Feb. 23.

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Mark Neil, director of Auxiliary Services at Central Carolina Technical College, serves up his homemade chili. The local chapter of Phi Theta Kappa served lunch to Central Carolina Technical College faculty and staff on Nov. 19 on the main campus. The luncheon was hosted by advisers Mark Neil and Elizabeth Bastedo and PTK student members and featured Neil’s homemade chili, salads and desserts. PTK is the international honor society of two-year colleges.

Check out foundation’s launch today at drop-in The Lou-Von Family Foundation will host a drop-in for its launch starting at 4 p.m. today at The Imperial Restaurant, 451 Broad St. Created by James Wilson Sr., the nonprofit’s name memorializes his mother and sister, Louzetha Moore Wilson and Voncile Wilson, respectively. It’s his way of “giving back,” Wilson said. For more information, visit the dropin or email Lou_VonFamFound@ gmail.com.

Have Breakfast with Santa to benefit statewide charity The Apple Gold Group, a franchisee of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, invites the public to have Breakfast with Santa on Saturday at Sumter’s Applebee’s, 2497 Broad St. “Each year our team looks forward to inviting Santa to breakfast,” said David Petersen, area director of Apple Gold Group. “We invite our community to join us as we share the joy of the holiday season while raising funds for Make-A-Wish South Carolina, a charity that is dear to our hearts.” Breakfast with Santa will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased in advance at any of the participating Applebee’s restaurants. Cameras are welcome, and pictures with Santa are encouraged. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage and beverage. Make-A-Wish South Carolina grants the wishes of children with lifethreatening medical conditions. MakeA-Wish South Carolina has never turned a qualified child away and granted 134 wishes last year. Make-A-Wish South Carolina receives funding through private donations, individuals, companies and special events. For more information about Make-A-Wish South Carolina, visit www.sc.wish.org.

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USC researchers: State hitting its economic stride FROM STAFF REPORTS

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A pair of University of South Carolina economists are predicting continued growth across most industries and regions of the state for 2015. Doug Woodward and Joseph Von Nessen, economists in the USC Darla Moore School of Business division of research, released their annual forecast Wednesday that calls for stable economic growth and employment gains. Continued stable growth and employment gains translate into more personal income for South Carolinians, they said. Woodward and Von Nessen said they expect job creation to grow at a rate of 1.9 percent in 2015, just below the 2 percent growth they expect by the end of 2014. They said job creation represents the single best indicator of overall economic performance. “If you liked 2014, then you’ll like 2015,” Von Nessen said in a news release. “South Carolina’s economy hit

• In 2014, employment growth was positive in every major region of the state (October 2014 employment compared against October 2013). The largest gains occurred in Myrtle Beach at 4 percent, while Sumter’s employment grew by 1.8 percent. • South Carolina had gains in retail trade across most regions, though gains were smaller this year (+0.9 percent in October 2014 over October 2013 versus +2.6 percent in October 2013 over October 2012). Moderate gains happened in Sumter with .5 percent. • Unemployment rates in October 2014 declined across all metropolitan areas compared to October 2013. The largest decline occurred in Myrtle Beach by .9 percent. Sumter’s declined by .7 percent.

its stride this year, and we expect that trend to continue.” While manufacturing continues to drive the state’s economy, some jobs are shifting to the leisure and hospi-

tality sector and employment services sector. “Households are carrying less debt, and their net worth has increased,” Von Nessen said. “This means that consumers have more disposable income, which is increasing demand for tourism-related industries, especially in South Carolina’s coastal regions.” Declining energy prices have created a virtual tax cut for consumers, which generates further economic activity, he says. The Moore School forecast calls for the unemployment rate to decline to 6.3 percent during the next 12 months. The economists warn that the moderate forecasts for global economic growth as well as the recent slowdown of the European economy could impede South Carolina’s growth in 2015. “As a percentage of total economic activity, South Carolina exports more goods and services to Europe than most other states,” Von Nessen said. “This means that we are more vulnerable to a European recession than other parts of the country.”

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Clay Wire Metal Glass exhibit at USC Gallery FROM STAFF REPORTS University of South Carolina Sumter will feature Marjorie Hooks’ Clay Wire Metal Glass through Jan. 30 in the Upstairs Gallery. Hooks was born in McPherson, Kansas, in 1946. Raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas, she attended and studied art at the university there. She is mostly selftaught in a variety of nontraditional media but has studied painting under local artists Jay Bardin, Rose Metz and Bobbi Adams and pottery with Marcia Bugg. After moving to Mayesville in 1968, she taught art at Hillcrest High School as well as private art lessons. She was instrumental in developing the lower school art program in a local private school and has taught Art Camp through the Sumter County Gallery of Art. “Traveling and having opportunities to experience art venues around the country have inspired me to experiment in new and challenging

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mediums,” Hooks said. “I am always looking for subject matter in nature, publications, movies, but very often ideas come to me in sleepless nights. My artwork is meant to be thought provoking but not taken too seriously; engaging but mostly entertaining. I have no deep philosophy to present. I only want to record and share my interpretation of some ‘thing’ that has intrigued me. I hope each piece I create will give a smile or an ‘aha’ moment.” USC Sumter has five art galleries on campus that are free and open to the public. The Upstairs Gallery is located on the second floor of the Williams-Brice-Edwards Administration Building. Viewing hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visit www.uscsumter.edu for more information on current and upcoming displays, or contact Laura Cardello, USC Sumter’s curator of exhibits, at (803) 938-3858.

Emergency crews direct traffic that snarled at the intersection of Eagle Road and Patriot Parkway late Wednesday afternoon after a crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian. The collision reportedly left a 50-year-old man hospitalized with severe head trauma, according to preliminary reports.

POLICE BLOTTER STOLEN PROPERTY A queen-size bedroom set valued at $1,000 was reported stolen from a trailer in the front yard of a Dalzell home in the 2400 block of Equinox Avenue about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. A four-wheeler valued at $3,000 was reported stolen from a Mayesville yard in the 4100 block of East Brewington Road about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Two trailers were reported stolen from the 3200 block of Broad Street about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. A briefcase containing a laptop valued at $1,500, a wireless computer mouse,

computer charger and phone charger was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 600 block of Pittman Drive just before 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. A Smith & Wesson pistol valued at $350 and Ruger P95 357 Magnum valued at $300 were reported stolen from a Mayesville home in the 4100 block of East Brewington Road about 8:10 a.m. Tuesday. A 220-watt generator valued at $500 and adjustable angle table-top circular saw valued at $150 were reportedly stolen from a 1995 Ford van in the first block of Branch Street between midnight

and 8 a.m. Tuesday. Managers at a restaurant in the 800 block of Broad Street reportedly lost $1,463 in an alleged scam Tuesday afternoon involving someone claiming to be a Duke Energy representative, who demanded $736 on reloadable money cards or power to the business would be cut. DAMAGED PROPERTY A 2013 Hyundai Accent was reportedly vandalized and sustained an estimated $800 in damage in the 100 block of Anderson Street between 11 p.m. Monday and 9:17 a.m. Tuesday.

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Debt, hunger at birthplace of Ebola in Guinea On Nov. 22, villagers thresh rice in the Guinean village of Meliandou, some 400 miles southeast of Conakry, Guinea, thought to be Ebola’s ground zero. In Meliandou, as in many other villages across Ebola country, the disease is shrouded in mystery, surrounded by suspicion and rumors.

BY MICHELLE FAUL The Associated Press MELIANDOU, Guinea — When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why. Nor did anyone really ask. Life is unforgiving in this part of the world, and people often lose their children to cholera, malaria, measles, typhoid, Lassa fever and a host of other illnesses that have no name. Now Emile is widely recognized by researchers as Patient Zero, the first person to have died in the latest Ebola outbreak back on Dec. 28 last year. And Meliandou, a small village at the top of a forested hill reached by a rutted red earth track, is notorious as the birthplace and crucible of the most deadly incarnation of the virus to date. Today villagers here are in debt, stigmatized, hungry and still angry and deeply suspicious about who or what brought the disease that has devastated their lives. It is a question scientists have yet to answer conclusively, although they have come to Meliandou to test great apes and bats as possible sources. In the meantime, Ebola has left Emile’s grandfather, 85-year-old Kissy Dembadouno, without hope. Dembadouno has locked the room in his house where the child died. “Eight people died in that room. It must remain closed,” he said. “All that is left for me is to wonder why God gives me any more days on this Earth.”

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a place of death, not healing. Those left here are gaunt, skin stretched tightly over their bones, with the only false signs of fat being the cruelly bloated stomachs of malnourished children. Families crowd into two-roomed houses built from homemade mud bricks. Their “kitchens” are open fires outside marked by

Meliandou is a village of about 400 people — down from 600 last year, after dozens of young men abandoned it in the belief that the Ouamouno family or the entire village was cursed, according to the village chief. The village doctor, Augustin Mamadouno, was among the first to flee, and the clinic is shuttered and shunned as

three blackened stones. Etienne Ouamouno, Emile’s father, hugs his arms to his chest, as if for comfort, when he talks about the many deaths in his family, especially that of his only son. “I was so traumatized by the deaths,” said Ouamouno. “I think we still are.”

Top UN officials demand prosecutions for torture GENEVA (AP) — All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized or carried out torture such as waterboarding as part of former President George W. Bush’s national security policy must be prosecuted, top U.N. officials said Wednesday. It’s not clear, however, how human rights officials think these prosecutions will take place because the Justice Department has declined to prosecute and the U.S. is not a member of International Criminal Court. Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said it’s “crystal clear” under international law that the United States, which ratified the U.N. Convention Against Torture in 1994, now has an obligation to ensure accountability. “In all countries, if someone commits murder, they are prosecuted and jailed. If they commit rape or armed robbery, they

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Local residents gather May 3, 2011, outside a house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Senate report shows harsh tactics didn’t net bin Laden gence obtained, as well as the information the CIA identified as the most critical or the most valuable on Abu Ahmad al-Kuwaiti, was not related to the use of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Senate investigation found. CIA officials disagree and maintain that detainees subjected to coercive tactics provided crucial details. “It is impossible to know in hindsight whether we could have obtained ... the same information that helped us find bin Laden without using enhanced techniques,” the agency said in its written response.

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are prosecuted and jailed. If they order, enable or commit torture — recognized as a serious international crime — they cannot simply be granted impunity because of political expediency,” he said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities is the “start of a process” toward prosecutions because the “prohibition against torture is absolute,” his spokesman said. Ben Emmerson, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, said the report released Tuesday shows “there was a clear policy orchestrated at a high level within the Bush administration, which allowed (it) to commit systematic crimes and gross violations of international human rights law.”

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NELSON FROM PAGE A1 register both Nelson and McCloud in the national living donor program. In Indiana, a daughter was tested to see if she could donate a kidney for her father, but that was not a match, either. However,

McCloud’s kidney was found to be suitable for the father in Indiana, and the Indiana woman’s kidney was found to be suitable for Nelson. McCloud’s kidney will be removed and flown to Indiana by courier while the donor in Indiana will have her kidney removed and flown to Charleston, Nelson said. She said she will be in

COUNTY FROM PAGE A1 has to make a decision and return the lease-purchase agreement to Motorola by the end of the year to confirm an agreement before receiving the needed equipment. The county has delegated $10 million of penny sales tax funds for improvement to the county’s emergency communication infrastructure and a new 911 emergency services facility. “It’s a great deal for Sumter County, and we’re certainly excited to purchase these, get them programmed and into use,” Mixon said during Tuesday’s regular council meeting.

The new communications infrastructure will provide the updated technology to meet mandated digital radio service, allowing county-wide coverage, and will replace an obsolete analog system. Council also unanimously approved the first reading of a request to rezone three parcels totaling about seven acres along Broad Street a little west of Wilson Hall Road from split zoned general residential and general commercial to just general commercial. Sumter Planning Director George McGregor said the space is the remaining undeveloped parcels located near the new Spring Hill Suites and is adja-

LAWMAKERS FROM PAGE A1 they need. “There are fundamentally two issues,” Smith said. “How the Department of Transportation is managed and operated is equally important. Sumter County and other areas of the state are not getting the benefits.” The South Carolina Department of Transportation is governed by a board representing congressional districts. “Our highway commissioner (Chairman W.B. Cook) lives in Gaffney,” Smith said. Gaffney is 127 miles from Sumter, or more than two-and-one-half hours, near Spartanburg. McElveen said he planned to introduce a bill to change the highway commission so that commissioners will be chosen based on judicial districts. He said he would oppose raising revenue unless the distribution problems are addressed. “Right now, Sumter is cut in half,” he said. “Gaffney is concerned about I-85, not I-95, Shaw or Highway 521.” He said his bill would also allow commissioners to serve two terms. “When I see more accountability, then I can support a fee increase,” he said. The delegates also addressed the issue of the governor’s decision not to expand Medicaid and how that impacts rural hospitals. Ridgeway, a practicing phy-

surgery at MUSC at that time, awaiting the arrival of her new kidney. “God is good,” Nelson said. Anyone interested in making a monetary donation to the Nelson Transplant Fund can at any National Bank of South Carolina branch or by sending donations to: Nelson Transplant Fund, c/o

sician, said federal reimbursements are important to small hospitals. “Most hospitals in South Carolina are not Palmetto Richland or USMC; they are more like Tuomey or Clarendon,” he said. “The smaller hospitals in South Carolina depend heavily on Medicare and Medicaid. ... Medicare and Medicaid is a big part of what they deal with.” He said costs are going up for hospitals. “A lot of government regulations are requiring hospitals to do more stuff that costs money. It is a losing proposition unless you expand Medicaid, because you have increased costs and (have) less income,” Ridgeway said. “This is a subject where we will agree to disagree,” Smith said. “The governor announced hospitals would be reimbursed 100 percent for uncompensated care.”

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 NBSC, 111 W. Boyce St., Manning, SC 29102. Nelson said she has incurred about $20,000 in debt because of her condition and the transplant fund has offset about $7,000 of that. “I will forever be grateful to everyone who has shown their support during my transition. This experience has truly taught me about

cent to the space approved for the soonto-be Buffalo Wild Wings location. He informed council that the planning department doesn’t anticipate the proposed area will be used for general residential space. Council also approved the third reading of a request to amend the Sumter County Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance on cell-tower height in residentially zoned districts. The current regulations state that the maximum height of cell towers in residential areas is 100 feet. Farmers Telephone Co-op made the request in October, and Sumter CityCounty Planning Commission passed the request.

He said Medicaid expansion would have an impact of $900 million to $1 billion. “It is not sustainable,” he said. “The majority of South Carolinians don’t agree with that.” Smith said it involves much larger issues. “Everybody has their talking points. There are studies which show it has had no impact on jobs. Hospitals continue to expand and increase jobs,” he said. Johnson called the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid a “disappointment.” “There are a lot of benefits to people if we expand Medicaid,” he said. “I think it is a way to really help the people of South Carolina. Hospitals are treating these folks and not getting paid for it.” Johnson said the costs should not be the only consideration. “It comes down to more than just dollars,” he said. “The one thing that can’t be disputed is the result. People will die with-

God’s will for my life, and it has shown me the true spirit of my hometown and of the many people who saw fit to pour a blessing into my life. To God be the glory for this miracle.” For more information regarding the transplant process, call Helen Adams, MUSC Office of Public Relations, at (843) 817-5301.

McGregor explained in a previous council meeting that the amendment would give people the opportunity to come before the planning commission with a request and ask for the change to be considered. The current ordinance restricts cell-tower height in commercial areas to 180 feet and to 300 feet on agricultural and industrial land. McGregor explained to council that in residential areas, they also considered aesthetics of the areas, but as economic development in Sumter County improves, council may also consider changes in commercial cell-tower height requirements as businesses move into the county.

out access to health care. I think it is something we need to debate.” The delegates also discussed the South Carolina Supreme Court’s recent order for the state to improve public school funding in poor districts. “This is going to be part of a larger discussion with the department of education, the school districts and the new superintendent of education (Molly Spearman),” Smith said. “We have to work with the school districts. We have to look at the number of school districts.” The delegates were asked if

they could give any assurances about the toxic waste dump near Lake Marion. “There is no assurance,” McElveen said. “That is four million tons of toxic waste on the shores of Lake Marion. That is something that we are stuck with.” He called for public hearings on the problem. “This is not just a Pinewood issue; this is a statewide issue, it is an issue for everybody downstream, and what is downstream? Charleston,” he said. “The people who made the money are gone, and the money is gone with them.”

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City’s federal building hoisted signs reading “Black Lives Matter” and chanted for justice before wading into downtown traffic. In the historic Boston suburb of Lexington, Massachusetts, protesters with children in tow stood alongside others in their 80s. Across the country, protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers have turned out in recent days, many in cities far removed from where the most highly publicized cases have played out. They are students and grandmothers, experienced protesters as well as novices, often as many white as black. But while marchers speak emotionally about being galvanized by this cause, both they and experts on the fiery history of U.S. social protest are hard-pressed to figure where the demands for change will lead. “Is this a movement or a moment?” said Marshall Ganz, a Harvard University lecturer whose perspective was shaped by participation in the 1964 Freedom Summer civil rights drive in Mississippi and then by 16 years working to organize migrant farm workers. Following grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the killing of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York, he said the widespread protests are “kind of remarkable, all the different cities involved.” But “social movements ... are a combination of opportunity and intentionality,” he said. They’re about issues people were “already concerned about. But there are moments when they kind of shift.” Will marches keep going and growing? That will turn on organizers’ ability to funnel frustration about deaths into a push for concrete demands, said David S. Meyer, author of “The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America,” and a professor at the University of California, Irvine. That is a path some individual protesters struggle to visualize. But their accounts of how they came to join protests show how an issue that for many was important, but abstract, has turned into something deeply personal. ••• Through the fall, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum read about Brown’s and Garner’s deaths and was reminded of friends he knew growing up in a mixed-race neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. But his

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Protesters rallying against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner stage a “die-in” at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York on Dec. 5. schedule teaching English at the University of Colorado and touring to promote a book of poems left little time to do more than ponder. Then, on Thanksgiving, someone texted him about a march the NAACP planned 800 miles away in Missouri to protest the grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for Brown’s death. “I was just feeling like, man, I need to do something,” said McFadyen-Ketchum, who is 33 and white. He had a little money in the bank from book royalties, so “I looked for flights to St. Louis and they were, like, less than $200 round-trip for the next day, and I grabbed them.” That night over dinner, when he hesitated, his wife encouraged him to go. In Ferguson, he joined a crowd that would march from that city into rural towns, the protesters spending days walking along highways and sleeping on church floors. His was one of the few white faces, but other protesters embraced him. Used to hiking in thin Colorado air, he became the group’s designated pacesetter. Years before, McFadyen-Ketchum had volunteered to work on a U.S. Senate campaign and gone to Ukraine as an elections observer. But joining the march was decidedly different, a chance for honest conversation and camaraderie across races. “It’s been the greatest week of my life,” he said, recalling how, when the marchers had their feet washed and their shoes anointed at a church, he had wept. “Are you OK?” fellow marchers asked him. “I’m just so overwhelmed with joy,” he answered. ••• At 26, Rachel Tuszynski is hardly new to protest. She marched against the Iraq war in 2007 and, more recently,

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demonstrated in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. Then, last Thursday, Tuszynski and her girlfriend drove into downtown Chicago on an errand and, motivated by spontaneous curiosity, went looking for a march against police brutality that they’d heard about on the radio. “We drove down Michigan Avenue until we couldn’t,” said Tuszynski. “I was in slippers ... and I heard helicopters and police, and I just hopped out of the car,” joining protesters shouting “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot.” When someone handed her a sign with the message, “Ferguson is Everywhere,” she grabbed it. “It’s like I have an internal fire, and I am deeply, deeply upset by injustice. To me, this is injustice,” she said. Tuszynski, who works as a cook in a restaurant and who shares Puerto Rican, Italian and Polish ancestry, acknowledges that it’s not injustice that victimizes her directly. And yet, with short-cropped hair that draws attention to her identity as a lesbian, she said she is often stared at by passers-by and sometimes hassled. She has heard from black, male friends about being pulled over by police and ordered out of their cars for little if any apparent reason. While their experiences are different, it is easy to relate, she said. So much so that in the days since Tuszynski has grown hoarse from shouting at pro-

tests and taken time off from work to participate. “I want someone to hear us; that’s all I want. I want people to know that Chicago stands with Ferguson and stands with every black person in America who feels afraid.” ••• Yvorn Aswad’s family moved out of mostly black and Hispanic neighborhoods in South Central Los Angeles years ago for the suburbs. But gathering around the Thanksgiving table at an uncle’s home in Azusa, somber conversation about the Brown and Garner killings served as a reminder of how their lives remain framed by race. “My mother, who is the mother of three black sons, was devastated” by video of Garner, flailing against a police officer’s chokehold, he said. It was “profoundly heartbreaking,” he added. Holiday plans had called for a movie after dinner. Instead, Aswad, a brother and his girlfriend and a cousin went to bed early so they could wake up for a protest in Los Angeles. Aswad, who is 25 and works as a health and wellness coordinator for a nonprofit organization, already knew the value of protest — having demonstrated through the years on local issues such as the planned closing of a hospital. And he has closely followed reports about the killing of unarmed black men. But the Garner video trig-

gered something much more visceral, something shared by his family and by the protesters he joined, first in front of the Los Angeles Police Department and then in suburban Riverside. “We’ve grown up in an era where we elected Barack Obama and of being told we live in a post-racial America, and yet we see black men and black women mistreated,” he said. But protesting alongside other black men, as well as others who came in solidarity, countered that narrative. “For me, it has been an entirely uplifting situation,” he said. “We’re going to do all that we can to make sure it doesn’t fade.” ••• Sarah Morton is white, 45 years old, and a playwright, maybe not the first person you’d expect to see in a protest to mark police confrontations with young, black men. But she’s also a native Clevelander, who was horrified last spring when city police officers chased two unarmed suspects into a schoolyard and fired more than 100 shots into their car, killing both. She worries about the students, most of them black, that she knows from her work as an artist-inresidence at Cleveland School of the Arts. After a Cleveland police officer shot and killed a 12-yearold holding a pellet gun in a playground last month, just as the country was fixated by the killings in Missouri and New York, she felt the need to speak out. “For me, protesting is a kind of antidote to despair,” said Morton, who organized antiwar marches in the lead up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. “I could’ve just sat here ... but you have to be with other people. You have to go out and collectively express yourself or otherwise it can be too much,” she said. Last Friday, Morton, who lives just outside the city in Cleveland Heights, joined a crowd in Public Square in the center of downtown, carrying a homemade sign: “Enough!” The mix of races and ages in the crowd gave the march an energy that Morton hopes will be transformed into action. “What people in Cleveland are trying to brainstorm about is how to really put pressure on our city officials to do more, to create real reform,” she said. “But this is not going to go away, at least until things change.”

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Scott’s Branch student repeats as statewide golf champion FROM STAFF REPORTS Savior Seaberry, a student at Scott’s Branch Middle School, has earned the title of state champion once again at the golf tournament during the Special Olympics of South Carolina Fall Games held Oct. 10-12 in Greenville. There were more than 1,600 athletes competing in a wide range of sports from across South Carolina. The tournament consisted of three teams playing 18 holes of golf each. Seaberry, along with his mentor

Albert Thomas, prepared for the tournament by practicing on Scott’s Branch Middle/High School’s football field. The fact that he practiced on the school’s football field, while his competitors practiced on golf courses, makes his accomplishment even more special. Thomas stated that preparing for the games and working with Seaberry is always a great experience. He also said that competing in the tournament gives Savior an opportunity to interact with athletes from all walks of life.

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Seaberry said he enjoyed going to Greenville and winning the gold medal for the second time. Seaberry first won the gold medal at the 2013 games. In addition to winning back-to-back gold medals in golf, he was a member of the 2013 gold medal winning basketball team and was the champion in the 100-meter dash at the 2013 Summer Games. Next for Seaberry is the 2014 basketball tournament in Lexington on April 11, 2015, and Summer Games on May 8-10 in Columbia.

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Savior Seaberry, a student at Scott’s Branch Middle School, earned the title of state champion in the golf tournament of the Special Olympics of South Carolina Fall Games held Oct. 10-12 in Greenville. Albert Thomas, right, helped Savior prepare for the tournament on the school’s football field.

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Clarendon County’s chances of attracting Spirit Pharmaceutical to the area may have taken a hit when the Clarendon County Council announced after an executive session that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) had asked the county to de-commit some federal economic development funding from the project. “We received a note from the DOC that time is about to lapse on the money set aside, and we have not had a response from them (Spirit Pharmaceutical),” Commission Chairman Dwight Steward said. He said there is still a possibility of getting Spirit Pharmaceutical to come to the county but noted that former Development Director John Truluck had been showing the former Federal Mogul building in Summerton to other interested companies. He said that even if the funds are decommitted, they could be recommitted at a later date. Afterwards, the commission voted to de-commit the DOC funds. Epperson said Tuesday the money involved was “a pretty substantial grant,” that could be used for building renovation and refurbishing, Earlier in the meeting, County Manager David Epperson said the county has published the development director’s position in numerous trade magazines nationwide and was waiting to receive enough applications to begin the process of selecting finalists. Epperson also reported that in light of recent events he wanted to point out that the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Department has had a lapel camera program for more than two years. “We don’t have enough for everybody, but we try to get them on the officers who are most likely to interact with the public,” he said. Stewart reported on his recent attendance at the South Carolina Association of Counties Conference. He said the counties want to send a strong message to legislators who have proposed turning some state roads over to the counties to maintain as a solution to the state’s problems

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The star of Saturday’s parade was Santa Claus, shown here arriving in Manning on top of a fire truck.

Young dancers with The Dancers Workshop, above, wave to the crowd watching Sunday’s parade in Manning. Beauty queens and princesses were also an integral part of the parade.

The Manning High ROTC, left, demonstrates its precision drills as it marches along Brooks Street. Children enjoyed greeting friends and family from their float in the Manning Christmas parade.

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Emergency responder Scott Dunlap adds some fake blood to “victims” Sarah Catone and Virginia Anderson, both students from Central Carolina Technical College.

More than 30 law enforcement officers and personnel from emergency response agencies in Clarendon County participated in an active shooter drill Wednesday at the US Army National Guard Armory in Manning. Also participating were the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, SC Emergency Preparedness and Palmetto Ambulance Service. CCSO Investigator Eric Rosdail briefed law enforcement and students playing victims,

telling them that no live weapons would be used during the drill or allowed on scene. Participants were given an outline of what would take place and familiarized with some of the drill procedures. Rosdail fired blank rounds from a handgun and a rifle, asking participants if the noise was more than they could handle. “We want everybody to be comfortable,” he said. With students from Central Carolina Technical College posing as victims, the armory was set up as a mock hurricane

shelter operated by the Red Cross, with cots and tables and a registration/intake area. The scenario began with a “shooter” gunning down the law enforcement officer assigned to the shelter. After the downed officer was able to radio for assistance, a SWAT team entered the building, located and eliminated the shooter. Afterwards they moved bystanders to the side, searched for weapons and posted additional officers to secure doors and exits.

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DRILL, Sue Jordan, Carolyn Rearick and Jane Benton arrange decorations on Manning City Councilman Clayton Pack installs candy canes. the Clarendon Courthouse Square.

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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS LIBRARY CLOSING The Harvin Clarendon County Library will close for Staff Development Day on Friday, Dec. 19 and reopen on Saturday, Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The book drop will be available for return of unrestricted materials. For more information, call (803) 435-8633.

MANNING YOUTH COUNCIL The Manning Youth Council is now accepting applications. Applicants must be Clarendon County residents attending Laurence Manning Academy or Manning High School, or home-schooled students in grades 9 through 12. The Youth Council will serve

Manning by planning and implementing social, educational, recreational and other activities for the youth and community. Students will also learn about the city government in a fun environment. For more information and to obtain an application, contact City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for atrisk youths in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus on students at Summerton

Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary School. The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors. For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

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CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 8:20 p.m. Dec. 6: An officer responded to a reported domestic incident in the 100 block of Hillcrest Street. Complainant said her live-in boyfriend bought new cell phones and they had an argument while he was setting them up. Complainant said the boyfriend pushed her hard to the floor causing her to injure her left side and back. The man reportedly said they were arguing and he shoved her down. Ike A. Brewster, 42, was arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence, first offense. MULTIPLE OFFENSES 10:44 p.m. Dec. 6: An officer patrolling on Boyce Street observed a red pickup without license plate illumination. He stopped the vehicle and came in contact with the driver. The officer reportedly observed something yellow in her mouth and told her to spit it out. The driver spit out three pills believed to be pain medication. The driver reportedly gave the officer a false name. Daisy Miller Wil-

son, 33, 173 Old Foreston Road, was booked on charges of driving under suspension, providing false information to a police officer, possession of a controlled substance and being a habitual offender. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 6:17 p.m. Dec. 7: An officer reportedly observed a vehicle driving east of Boyce Street. The officer said the vehicle music was very loud, and he initiated a stop of the vehicle for violating the City of Manning noise ordinance. The officer said he could smell alcohol. He asked the driver to exit the vehicle, and the officer found an open can of beer under the seat. The driver reportedly showed impairment during field sobriety tests. He was arrested and taken to Clarendon County Detention Center where he reportedly had a blood alcohol level of .31 during a breath test. Jimmy Weeks Jr., 36, 1135 Rev. J.W. Carter Road, was charged with driving under the influence, second offense, open container and noise ordinance violation.

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have fallen 17 percent in two weeks and are now 43 percent below the $107.26 that a barrel fetched at its peak this year. Brent crude, an international benchmark used to price oil that ends up in many U.S. refineries, fell $2.50 to $64.34 in London. OPEC said Wednesday it expects demand for its crude to fall to 28.9 million barrels per day, 400,000 barrels per day less than 2014. The cartel’s official production target is 30 million barrels a day, which would mean far more oil on the world market than is being used.

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Hitler image appears in Thai video to promote ‘values’ BANGKOK (AP) — The short propaganda film commissioned by Thailand’s military rulers was supposed to promote the “12 core values” every Thai student must now learn. But there was one scene the junta has had trouble explaining: a grinning schoolboy painting an image of Adolf Hitler while his smiling classmate

applauds. The video, which has been screened before movies in major theaters since Saturday, has been met with ridicule on social media and condemned by the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok. On Wednesday, a senior official in the prime minister’s office, Panadda Diskul, called the

uproar a “misunderstanding” but said the Nazi imagery in the cartoon scene would soon be replaced. The 11-minute film tells the story of two young kids learning about life and loyalty, and Panadda told The Associated Press that the boy shown merrily painting an image of Hitler saluting beside a swastika was

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Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

Baptist - Independent Cherryvale Baptist Church 1502 Cherryvale Dr. * 494-8655 Edward Bowen Sr. Pastor Sun. School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Evening Service 7:00 pm

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

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ur children seem to be increasingly intelligent at an earlier age, yet they do not have the wisdom and learned logic they need to know ‘what it’s all about’. Those of us who are older have learned from experience that curiosity and immaturity can be dangerous partners…even more so in today’s culture of instant access. How can we help our youngsters make sense of it all? Parents can begin early to teach their children right from wrong and show them by example the basic principles of responsibility and faithful living. Use the most reliable resource available to give your children the future they deserve; visit your house of worship each week. Zeph. 1.1-18

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Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm

Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com Rev. Brian Benenhaley

Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

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City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive • 803-883-1049 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study/Respect Monday: 7 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School - All Ages 9:30 a.m. Hospitality/Fellowship 10:10 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18 Service of Comfort and Hope (Chapel) featuring Kipper Ackerman on harp

Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net

Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Worship 8:45 am Traditional Worship 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am trinityumcsumter.org

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Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street 803-778-1355 Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 7:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm

exercising on a karate mat. It lasts just a few seconds and runs with a cheery tune playing in the background. “The film is good, but it has caused a slight misunderstanding in our society,” Panadda said. “We won’t stop the project, but we will replace that problematic picture with another, more proper one.”

1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am

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Anglican Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

trying to compare his mother to a dictator, in essence a rebellious jest. In the video, however, there is no such explanation. It is part of a sequence without dialogue that depicts an otherwise normal day at school — the boys catching butterflies at a playground, doing experiments in a chemistry class and

Presbyterian Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Bible Study 6:00 pm

Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

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St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am

Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) First Church of God

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very year, the critics of Christmas — the religious aspect of the holiday, anyway — plod out their annual detractions which, in one way or another, seek to diminish the specific religious connotations of the holiday. It could be something simple such as saying “Happy Holidays” in place of “Merry Christmas” or the more direct campaign of the American Atheists National Convention, which posts annual billboards decrying the religious foundation of Christmas. This year’s offering, supposedly aimed at “closeted atheists,” reads “Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to skip church! I’m too old for fairy tales.” In spite of attempts by those proponents of political correctness and those in the op-

posing views camps, Christmas is still celebrated because of its foundation on the event of Jesus’ birth. Buried deep behind the tinsel and trappings is the core sentiment of Christmas: that Jesus was born. It’s meant to be a of joy Faith Matters time and merriJAMIE H. ment, but that WILSON doesn’t mean that the actions of the vocal minority can’t take a little bit of merry from our Christmas. This so-called “war on Christmas” will inevitably end the same way it has for years; Christmas will win. About 90

percent of Americans celebrate the Christmas holiday, according to a recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Most of us will put out our Nativity scenes and sing carols about the Christ child, as is our tradition, and the words of naysayers will fade into the background of the holiday revelry. Unfortunately, that same research revealed that only about half of those people view Christmas as a mostly religious holiday. It’s a cultural event, some say, which is a very convenient way to trim the faith parts of the Christmas story away from the day’s celebration. As a person of faith, specifically one whose faith relies on the spiritual connotations of Jesus’ birth, it’s important that the spiritual element of

the holiday remains the foundation of my celebration. This is a statement that is easily said but often horribly executed in its practice. Too many times we miss acknowledging the impetus of the celebration. Joy, peace and love are admirable sentiments, but they mean little if they aren’t founded in the true meaning of Christmas. That joy is celebrated all year, not just at Christmas. The true war on Christmas comes from an unlikely source. Perhaps the most formidable enemy is not the homogenization of various faiths or even the voice of the adamant nonbeliever. It’s the notion that we can only be filled with seasonal joy and temporary good will toward our fellow man. Our affinity for the souls of mankind should en-

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New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — The annual Christmas program will be held at 1 p.m. The Lord’s Supper will be observed. * Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 — Pastor Grant will be installed and consecrated as the 12th Moderator of the Jerusalem Baptist Association at 10 a.m. at the Jerusalem Association Convention Center, 613 Jones Ave., Andrews. Dr. James B. Blassingame will speak.

dure past Christmas. My young son is at the age where he is able to recognize the trapping of the holiday season. In every store we patron, there are great glittering ornaments, flickering lights, animatronic reindeer, reds, greens, golds. He is fascinated by it all, and who could blame him? I think we all enjoy the glitz of Christmas. We made a conscious decision as a family to teach our young children about why we celebrate Christmas, and it’s been a little difficult. We want him to understand the love that God gave that night. We want him to celebrate that fact. It’s the same thing I wish for you during this Christmas season. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.

Christ the Savior is born The Wilson Hall Music Department recently presented A Christmas Concert at Wise Drive Baptist Church. The middle and high school choruses directed by Dr. Laura Ballard, the lower school chorus directed by Frankie Eldridge and the instrumental ensemble directed by Scott Warren performed traditional hymns and contemporary Christmas music. At right, freshman Chandler Curtis sings “Silent Night” with the choir by candlelight. PHOTO PROVIDED

CHURCH NEWS EARLY DEADLINE: The Sumter Item will not publish on Thursday, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day). Therefore, Church News will publish on Friday, Dec. 26, instead. Deadline for Dec. 26 Church News is noon on Thursday, Dec. 18. Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday — Healing and miracle service at 11 a.m. Pastor Wanda Barnett will speak. Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Saturday — Christmas Extravaganza noon to 4 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Christmas program will immediately follow the 10 a.m. worship. Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — Missionary ministry’s annual platform service at 4 p.m. Evangelist Carrie McFadden and Evangelist Tonia Mack will speak. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Watch Night service at 10:30 p.m. Chapel AME Church, McLeod Road, Paxville, announces: * Saturday, Dec. 20 — Adopt a family for Christmas at 6 p.m. On the program: Calvary Male Chorus; Sumter Violinaires; The Cousinaires of Manning; The Majestic; and many others. Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — The Lord’s Supper will be observed at 10 a.m. * Thursday, Dec. 25 — Christmas Day worship at 10 a.m. The Rev. Fredrick Wilson will speak. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Watchnight worship at 10 p.m. The Rev. Darrell Frasier will speak. Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Saturday — Family and friends night, hosted by the China and Harvin families, at 6 p.m. The Rev. Tommy L. China Sr. will speak. Music will be provided by the Spiritual Gospel Singers, Palmettos, Corinthians and others. Clark United Methodist Church,

Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Musician’s appreciation worship at 11 a.m. All visiting musicians are asked to sign in. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve worship experience at 10:30 p.m. The Rev. Robert Galloway will speak. * Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 — Holy Communion 2015 will be observed at 11 a.m. All worshippers are asked to wear white and/or black attire. Greater Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 609 Miller Road, announces: * Sunday — Gospel singing at 5 p.m. On the program: Mary Myers and the Team of Joy; Singing Angels; Burgess Sisters; and many others. High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 — “Keeping the Dream Alive” 200 men in black program at 5 p.m. The Rev. Ronnie Brailsford will speak. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday, Dec. 20 — Christmas program and fellowship dinner at noon. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Watch Night service at 10:30 p.m. Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Friday, Dec. 19 — Music and worship arts Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Criminal domestic violence seminar at 2 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Christmas program. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Watch Night service beginning at 10:30 p.m. * Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 — Male

Kingdom M-Pact Worship Center, 24 Council St., announces: * Saturday — The Kingdom Voices concert at 5 p.m. featuring Nneka Joyner. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. Derrek and Sabrina Fort will speak. Husbands are invited to attend the December gathering. Knitting Hearts is a community-wide, multidenominational women’s ministry. Visit www.knittingheartsministry.org. Land Flowing with Milk & Honey Ministry, 1335 Peach Orchard Road, announces: * Saturday — Prophetess Stephanie Mathis will be honoree for the Social Justice Consortium (Women of Excellence) at the Holy Comforter Parish room. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Christmas program at 11 a.m. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Watch Night worship at 10 p.m. Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., announces: * Saturday, Dec. 20 — Gospel Explosion 2014 at 6 p.m. On the program: Calvary Baptist Adult Choir; Devine Harmony; Justified; and others. Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Christmas drama presentation at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 — Gospel fest featuring the Singing Cousins at 3 p.m. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Hospitality Ministry’s anniversary / new member fellowship at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Christmas presentation at 4 p.m. sponsored by the church school ministry. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — Joint Watch Night service with Salem Missionary Baptist Church at 10 p.m. at Mount Zion. Pastor Lei Washington will speak.

Newlight Baptist Church, 4390 Moses Dingle Road, Summerton, announces: * Wednesday, Dec. 17 — Christmas program at 7 p.m. featuring plays and skits. The Rev. Patrick Stephens will also speak. The Outreach Ministry will provide food for the repast immediately following the service. Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday — Associate pastor appreciation service for the Rev. Matthew Kelley Jr. at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Dunham will speak. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish announces: * Christmas Mass schedule as follows: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, St. Ann, 2205 State Park Road, Santee; 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, Our Lady of Hope, 2529 Raccoon Road, Manning; 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, St. Mary, 14 N. Cantey St., Summerton; 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, Our Lady of Hope; and 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, St. Ann. * New Year’s Mass schedule as follows: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, St. Ann; 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, Our Lady of Hope; 7 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, St. Mary; 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, Our Lady of Hope; and 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, St. Ann. Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — The adult choir will present the musical “My Heart Longs for Christmas” at 6 p.m. Refreshments will follow. * Wednesday, Dec. 17 — Annual Christmas tree gift exchange at 7 p.m. and a visit from Santa. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — The adult

choir will present the musical “My Heart Longs for Christmas” at 11 a.m. The children’s Christmas program will be held at 7 p.m. * Nursery provided for all events. Call (803) 452-5373 or visit www.pinewoodbaptist.org. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday — Presentation of “Emmanuel” Christmas cantata at 11 a.m. * Monday — Widow’s Christmas luncheon at 11 a.m. * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Children / youth Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. St. Mark AME Church, corner of First Street and Larry King Jr. Highway, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — 33rd Annual Christmas Concert and Tea. The tea will begin at 3:30 p.m. followed by the concert at 5 p.m. Linzy and Karen Washington will provide music with many additional surprises. St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 Broad St., announces: * Wednesday, Dec. 24 — Gathering music of Christmas at 5:30 p.m. followed by 6 p.m. Christmas Eve service with Christmas carols, Bible readings and Christmas pageant. Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Dec. 21 — Annual Christmas concert at 6 p.m. Jeffrey Lampkin, host of the Jeffrey Lampkin Show, will serve as master of ceremonies. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Saturday — Caring and sharing event 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with distribution of clothes, food and toys. * Saturday, Dec. 20 — Drama Ministry’s Christmas production “A Journey to Bethlehem” at 4 p.m. * Wednesday, Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve service at 9 p.m. Westend Community Church, 101 S. Salem St., announces: * Saturday, Dec. 20 — Family Christmas breakfast 9-10:30 a.m.

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‘Dinosaur 13’ cries out for dramatic adaptation BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Some documentaries cry out for dramatic adaptation. Featuring a story fit for Frank Capra or Steven Spielberg, the 2014 documentary “Dinosaur 13” (9 p.m., CNN) offers a tale of old-fashioned American pluck and a David-and-Goliath struggle in which the little guy doesn’t exactly triumph. Filmmaker Todd Douglas Miller records a momentous discovery by amateur paleontologist Susan Hendrickson. While waiting for her team leader, Peter Larson, to fix a flat on their rusty truck, she stumbled upon an outcropping of strange material that turned out to be the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. Working in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, Larson’s team excavated the dinosaur it named “Sue” (after Hendrickson), and transported it to Larson’s private museum in South Dakota. It was the achievement of a lifetime — and the beginning of a nightmare. Before Larson’s team had a chance to unpack Sue, it was set upon by dozens of federal agents, National Guard and even military units. The government contended that Sue was property stolen from Native American and government land. “Dinosaur 13” follows the torturous case and the eruption of public support for Larson in the small South Dakota town that would have benefited from dinosaur tourism. It also explores the government’s contention that Larson’s actions were quite similar to the looting of ancient artifacts from tribal lands and that he should be singled out as an example. It even touches on the seemingly arcane philosophical battles between private commercial paleontologists like Larson and some in the academic world who hold them in low esteem. “Dinosaur 13” contains all of the elements of a grand saga, mixing elements of dumb luck, perseverance, vision and the hard fate of a man who sets off forces beyond his control and inherits a world of woe at the very moment of his greatest triumph.

HOLIDAY EPISODES AND SPECIALS • Sheldon plays Scrooge on

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In 1990, amateur paleontologist Susan Hendrickson stumbled upon what turned out to be the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. The film “Dinosaur 13” documents this momentous discovery and the legal fight that immediately followed between the federal government and the paleontology team that handled the excavation. “Dinosaur 13” airs at 9 p.m. today on CNN. “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • On TLC, the holidays set the theme for “A Very Merry Gypsy Christmas” (8 p.m., TV-14), “Gypsy Sisters” (9 p.m., TV-PG) and “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” (10 p.m., TV-PG). • Tempers and temperatures rise around the holidays on “Bad Judge” (9 p.m., NBC, TV14). • Unhappy clients scuttle the holidays on “A to Z” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • NBC repeats the 2012 holiday special “Blake Shelton’s NotSo-Family Christmas” (10 p.m., TV-PG) featuring appearances by Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert, Larry the Cable Guy, Jay Leno and Reba McEntire.

on the series finale of “Gracepoint” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Another fall disappointment for Fox comes to an end. • Bored, Holmes condescends to help Watson on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • An inside trader needs help on “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., r, ABC, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Scenes of Raquel Welch filling out her animal pelts attracted audiences to the 1966 caveman adventure “One Million Years B.C.” (6:15 p.m., TCM). It’s the final film in a daylong salute to exploitation movies about strong women in the wild.

SERIES NOTES TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • The 200th episode of “Bones” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-PG) is shot in the style of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Gee, that’s never been done before. • Danny’s killer is revealed

Participants compete individually on “The Biggest Loser” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Bonnie returns to traditions on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Acts of contrition on “Mom” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) *

An awkward flirtation on “Two and a Half Men” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Francis exacts revenge on “Reign” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A good deed punished on “The McCarthys” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT Mick Foley is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Rosario Dawson, Joel Edgerton and Bahamas appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Chris Rock and Sting appear on “Late Show With David Letterman”

(11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Dwayne Johnson, Barbara Walters and Rick Ross on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Blake Shelton and Laura Dern appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Mark Wahlberg, Diane Von Furstenberg, Kyle Dunnigan and Bob Mould visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Kunal Nayyar and Sarah Chalke on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate

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Feminism sees the right W

ASHINGTON — It is probably too soon to declare a feminist reformation, but a few signs here and there give one hope. Hold it, sirs, don’t stop reading yet. I realize that seeing the F-word in the first paragraph is like discovering that your bride is wearing pantyhose, but bear with me. This week in the nation’s capital, where female leaders in government, business and media gathered for the second annual “Women Rule” summit, one panel (moderated by yours truly) was composed entirely of conservative women under the title “Conservative Feminists: Why It’s Not an Oxymoron.” Only in Washington would anyone ask this question: Can a woman be both feminist and conservative? Why, yes, she can! But the question does deserve a more serious answer so that Kathleen women can Parker stop fussing over labels and litmus tests to determine whether a woman who doesn’t fall in line with feminist ideology can be useful to society. Specifically, is a female politician worthy of women’s support in public office even though she may be pro-life or might have spent her younger years at home raising her children? This may seem an absurd question on its face — because it is. But in reality, conservative women face far greater obstacles to public service than their more-liberal counterparts primarily because of reproductive issues. EMILY’s List, for example, anoints women candidates for public office (Translation: Are they pro-choice?) and has clout in the political realm. Conservative women needn’t apply. The three women panelists — Reps. Marsha Blackburn and Susan Brooks and Rep.-elect Barbara Comstock — spoke of their experiences dealing with media bias and facing down Democratic opponents who seemed only to want to talk about reproductive issues. These are important, obviously, but abortion doesn’t define every woman’s life, nor is it necessarily paramount to Republican women’s interest in public service. Why should smart conservative women essentially be blackballed by liberals based on whether they are liberal or conservative enough on this single issue? Please, this is a purely rhetorical question. Bottom line: As a litmus test, whether one is pro-choice is ultimately counterproductive. With women at each other’s

throats, the patriarchy can pop another brew and hang on to the remote. This fact was pointed out to me by the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, Jean Toal, whom I had the honor of interviewing at a gathering of the state’s women lawyers. Toal was the first female Supreme Court justice in the state and the first female chief justice. She is a lifelong Democrat and fits no Southern stereotype. Tough, feisty, outspoken and usually the smartest person in the room, she is a tiny package of intellect and energy. She is also kind, motherly and firmly grounded in reality. The mother of two grown daughters, Toal, 71, has been an activist all her life, including as a civil rights worker registering black voters and later as a successful legislator. No shrinking violet, in other words. When I called her for a pre-interview, Toal opened the conversation by saying, “I loved that column you wrote about that Com-something woman in Virginia. I stood up in my office and cheered!” She was referring to a column about none other than Comstock, whose Democratic opponent suggested during the campaign that she had never held a real job. Comstock is a lawyer, small-business owner and mother who also has served in the Virginia Legislature. But the larger point of the column, which dovetailed with Tuesday’s panel discussion, was that only certain women are deemed acceptable for public office. Comstock would never make the cut because she is, alas, pro-life. So is Toal. “I was one of the few right-tolife Democrats that there ever has been, but nobody ever held it against me,” Toal told me. “My colleagues and even my constituents respected me for those views, and they didn’t punish me for those views. Now being pro-choice is a litmus test for women, and we’ve got to get over it. We need to not be ashamed that we are who we are. We are different. We need to honor difference of opinion. That’s the only way we’ll ever reach critical mass.” Yes, women are different — as different as men are from one another. And until women accept those differences, they will remain minority players in a world that pats them on the head and sponsors summits where women rule, if only for a day. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost. com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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Help improve your child’s educational performance Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series by Johnny Hilton on how parents can get involved and make a difference in their children’s academic achievement.

ll parental involvement will have some positive impact on our children’s school work. However, the literature on the subject does indicate that some forms of involvement are more effective than others in improving educational performance of our children. So what kinds of parental involvement will have the most positive impact on the academic achievement of a student? The research indicates that consistent encouragement, high educational expectations and actions that enhance the learning opportunities of children provide the best results. Everyone needs encouragement, especially young people. If we consistently Johnny tell our kids they are speHilton cial and smart, and can “do it” they will believe us, and they will start acting that way. There are plenty of “slings and arrows” out there in the world to bring them down. As parents we need to build our kids up and help them believe they can be successful. Encouragement is powerful and goes a long way toward helping our children do better in all aspects. In life and in school, we generally get what we expect from people. The expectations we have for our children are no exception. If we expect the honor roll, we are more likely to get it. If we expect them to complete their assignments, it’s more likely to happen. If we expect the best from our kids, they will try to provide. Our expectations of our kids often become a selffulfilling prophecy. We all fall short, we all make mistakes, but if we expect our kids to learn from their mistakes and shortcomings and to rebound trying to do their best, we have taught them a valuable lesson. An expectation that our children should always do their best will make winners of them, even when they come up short. Lastly, let’s talk about enhancing learn-

‘Raising children is a challenging but awesomely rewarding endeavor.’ ing opportunities for our children. That doesn’t mean we have to spend a lot of money or send them off to Harvard. Quite the contrary. The first and most important learning opportunity we can provide is to read to our infants, toddlers and young children right in our own homes. Even if you aren’t a good reader, that doesn’t matter, just read to your kid anyway. The list of homegrown educational opportunities is endless. You can turn every day activities, such as cooking or shopping, into learning experiences if you just make it into a game. The trick is to interact as much as possible with your children. Parents are a child’s first and most important teachers. The learning opportunities that you provide personally for your children are the most powerful. Of course, children benefit immensely from activities such as athletics; the arts, including music, dance, drama and visual arts; and other extra-curricular activities. Parents should encourage their children to become involved in as many activities as possible. As parents, we should offer our kids opportunities that will help them experience success. The experience of being successful and overcoming adversity can lead to “earned self-esteem” which is a gift that will keep on giving. Earned self-esteem should work in tandem with the encouragement we give our children, but it is actually more powerful because earned self-esteem is something they gain as a result of their own accomplishments. Later in life when they are faced with challenges, they can draw on their earlier experiences of overcoming adversity and achieving success to help them through tough times. Raising children is a challenging but awesomely rewarding endeavor. I look forward to sharing more thought with you later on. Johnny Hilton is a parent and former public school teacher and principal. He serves as the area 4 representative on Sumter School Board.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DENNIS, ROARK DO EXCELLENT JOB AT MAINTAINING LAW, ORDER Recently, across the nation, police forces have been maligned by many groups. I want to talk about our local police force. I think Sheriff Anthony Dennis and his force with Chief Russell Roark and his force are doing an outstanding and professional job maintaining law and order in our community. I hate to think what our community would do without their assistance. I am particularly glad that policemen are and will be wearing body cameras. It will reveal (like major league umpire replays) how good these police officers are and

what kind of disrespect, verbal and physical abuse they endure as “part of the job.” If I were walking in the mall and approached a policemen who told me to stand against a wall, I may not understand why, but you’d better believe I would stand against the wall. When I am stopped by a road block traffic stop, sure it is an inconvenience, but I can deal with a short inconvenience if it may get one lawbreaker off of our public roads. I can’t imagine being a policeman with so many people under the influence of drugs and alcohol compounded by the fact that many are carrying guns now. If an apprehended person reached into his pocket, would you want to

wait to see whether he pulls out a cigarette lighter or a pistol? I wouldn’t. New York City has a 25,000-person police force. Could you ever imagine if they decided to go on strike for a week? What would be left? They stand between us and a state of anarchy and chaos. When you see a police officer, thank him or her for your safety. WALLIE JONES Sumter

THANKS FOR SUPPORT DURING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION I would like to thank everyone who supported me in the past election on Nov. 4. Running for the school board was an experience I am glad I was able

to participate in, as I learned many valuable lessons during my campaign. Even though I did not get elected, several opportunities for me to get involved in the community have arose, and I plan on capitalizing on these experiences. I would also like to congratulate Mrs. Linda Alston on her victory and wish her well. I had the pleasure of getting to get to know Mrs. Alston during the campaign. Without a doubt she is dedicated to ensuring the children, parents and employees of the Sumter School District are well taken care of. We need to get behind her and support her as our School Board Trustee for Area 1. DANIEL COOK Rembert

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FYI The International Festival Com- Fridays of each month at the VFW on Gion Street. Call mittee is seeking participants Available programs, volunteers opportuSarah Shorter at (803) 847to showcase their culture. nities, reunions and 3288. Deadline for participants is more March 14, 2015. Contact Rec- Sumter Area Toastmasters reation and Parks at (803) meets at 7 p.m. each Tues436-2248. day at the Sumter Mall community room, 1057 Broad St. The Rembert Area Community The group helps in developCoalition (RACC) is accepting ing speaking and leadership applications for the 2014-15 after school program. Applica- skills. Call Douglas Wilson at tions can be obtained at the (803) 778-0197 or Rebecca Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271. main office, 8455 Camden Highway, Rembert, SC 29128. Navy and Marine Corps shipFor information, call (803) mates who served on the USS 432-2001. Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1944 through 1976 and the Having cancer is hard. Finding USS Columbus (SSN-762) help shouldn’t be. Free help for cancer patients from the past and present, to share memories and camaraderie American Cancer Society. Transportation to treatment, with old friends and make new ones, contact Allen R. help for appearance related Hope, president, 3828 Hobside effects of treatment, son Road, Fort Wayne, IN nutrition help, one-on-one 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221 8 breast cancer support, free a.m.-5 p.m.; fax (260) 492housing away from home 9771; or email at hope4391@ during treatment, help findverizon.net. ing clinical trials, someone to talk to — all free from Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is your American Cancer Sociin need of volunteers in Sumety. Call (800) 227-2345. ter and surrounding counties. Opportunities available The Rembert Area Community Coalition (RACC) offers a senior for you to use your time and citizens program 10 a.m.-noon talents to be of assistance include reading, musical taleach Monday and Wednesents, companionship, light day at 6785 Bradley St. (behousekeeping, etc. Contact hind community car wash), Joyce Blanding at (803) 883Rembert, SC 29128. Trans5606 or hospicecareofsumportation is available. For ter@yahoo.com. details, call (803) 432-2001. Agape Hospice is in need of Sumter High School Class of 1975 will hold a 40-year class volunteers. Whether your passion is baking, knitting, reunion celebration May 29reading, singing, etc., Agape 31, 2015. Send all addresses Hospice can find a place for to cindyd27@juno.com. you. Contact Thandi BlandAre you a breast cancer survivor? Maggie L. Richardson is ing at (803) 774-1075, (803) 260-3876 or tblanding@ seeking other survivors to form a music group and give agapsenior.com. Hospice Care of South Carolina back to the community. If you are interested in joining, is in need of volunteers in Sumter County. Do you have contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail.com or (803) one extra hour a week? Opportunities are available for 236-9086. patient/family companionBelly dancing classes are held ship, administrative support, at 6 p.m. every Monday at meal preparation, light the Parks and Recreation household projects, student Department, 155 Hayneducation and various other sworth St. Only $20 per tasks. Contact Whitney Rogmonth. ers, regional volunteer coorThe Second (Indianhead) Dividinator, at (843) 409-7991 or sion Association is searching whitney.rogers@hospicecfor anyone/everyone who are.net. served in the 2nd Infantry Division. Visit the website at Amedisys Hospice is in need of volunteers. Volunteer opporwww.2ida.org or contact tunities include 1) special Mike Davino at MDavino@ yahoo.com or (919) 498-1910. projects of baking, sewing, knitting, crafts, carpentry Zumba classes will be held at and yard work; 2) adminis6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and trative/office duties of copyWednesdays at the Parks ing, light filing and answerand Recreation building on ing phones; and 3) patient Haynsworth Street. Classes companionship — develop are $5 each and no registraone-on-one relationships tion is required. Contact with hospice patients (trainDeanne Lewis at zuming provided free of charge). badeanne@gmail.com. Contact Rhoda Keefe, volunteer coordinator, at (803) The Palmetto Singles Club 469-3047 or rhonda.keefe@ holds a dance from 7 to 10 amedisys.com. p.m. on the first and third

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Aiken 54/25

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Inexperienced Lady ’Cats still high on expectations BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com

KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Laurence Manning Academy freshman Brooke Bennett (25) is one of a handful of new players the Lady Swampcats have this season to go along with three returning players and just one returning starter.

One of last year’s goals for the Laurence Manning Academy varsity girls basketball team was to win the SCISA Region II-3A tournament. The Lady Swampcats did just that and expect to do the same this year despite graduating four starters. Off to a 1-2 start entering this weekend’s Baron Classic, LMA will play Palmetto Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Friday then face First Baptist at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The Lady Swampcats may not have the same

height or experience as last year, but they will have a winning mentality, according to lone senior and the only returning starter Maggie Eppley. “Four seniors graduated last year that actually started so our experience is low, but I still think we have a really positive team, and if we work hard every day in practice we can reach our goal, which is to win conference,” Eppley said. The Lady Swampcats finished second in Region II in the regular season before winning the tournament. Eppley, along with juniors Courtney Beatson

and Olivia Wilson, are the only players returning with playing experience. The team also includes juniors Julia Morris, Kaela Johnson and transfer Bailey Connors, sophomores Brooke Ward, Taylor Lea and Cora Lee Downer and freshman Brooke Bennett. “It’s basically a new group of girls working together, but they’re making progress and have some athletic ability, speed, and most of all, we’ve got heart,” LMA head coach Kendra Rowland said. “I enjoy coaching them and being

SEE LADY ‘CATS, PAGE B4

Start from scratch

KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Laurence Manning’s Shakeel Robinson (3) is one of five new starters on the Swampcats this season as LMA looks to compete for another SCISA Region II-3A title despite a lack of experience.

LMA boys keep eyes on region crown despite having to rely on completely new lineup BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com It’s been awhile since the Laurence Manning Academy boys basketball program has gone through a transition like this. The Swampcats, who are off to a 0-3 start this season, lost all five of its starters from last year and have only junior Rashad Robinson and senior J.T. Eppley returning. “We’ve got used to winning here at Laurence Manning and have been spoiled by our success the last four or five years,” LMA head coach Will Epps said. Nothing has changed as far as expectations and despite its lack of experience, the Swampcats head coach expects his team to compete come time for SCISA Region II-3A play. “We’ve got a long list of talented players here who’ve been working really hard,” Epps said. “Our job as coaches is to find the right chemistry and the right guys that play the best together at the same time. We need to get those guys on the court at the same time and get them playing as hard as we can.” LMA will play in the Baron Classic this weekend at Wilson Hall. They will play First Baptist at 7 p.m. on Friday

SEE SCRATCH, PAGE B4

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

ACC COACHES AWARDS

QB Watson to have surgery on Friday

Tigers DE Beasley voted defensive player of year

COLUMBIA (AP) — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney says freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson will have surgery Friday and miss the Tigers’ upcoming bowl game. Watson played with a torn knee ligament in Clemson’s 35-17 victory over rival South Carolina on Nov. 29. Swimney said then Watson would be available for the postseason.

The coach changed that stance Sunday, saying Watson could get a jump on the rehabilitation process if he had surgery before the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29. This will be Watson’s second operation this season. He broke a bone in his throwing hand against Louisville in October and missed his next three starts. He returned

SEE WATSON, PAGE B3

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said that quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) will have surgery on Friday and the miss the Tigers’ upcoming bowl game.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference coaches have selected Pittsburgh running back James Conner as their league player of the year and Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson as coach of the year. The coaches released their all-conference teams and individual award winners Wednesday. The list included: Clem-

son’s Vic Beasley as defensive player of the year; Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya as league and offensive rookie of the year; and Virginia safety Quin Blanding as defensive rookie of the year. Conner, a sophomore also named offensive player of the year, was the league’s top rusher at 1,675

SEE BEASLEY, PAGE B3

SPORTS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

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SCOREBOARD

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Miami at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

TV, RADIO

FRIDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

5:30 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship First Round from Mpumalanga, South Africa (GOLF). 7:30 a.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match -- Schalke 04 vs. Maribor (FOX SPORTS 2). 10:30 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Dubai Masters Second Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF). 11:50 a.m. -- International Soccer: Europa League Match -- Inter vs. Qarabag (FOX SPORTS 2). 1 p.m. -- International Soccer: Europa League Match from Istanbul -- Tottenham vs. Besiktas (FOX SPORTS 1). 1 p.m. -- Professional Golf: Franklin Templeton Shootout First Round from Naples, Fla. (GOLF). 2:55 p.m. -- International Soccer: Europa League Match -- Rijeka vs. Sevilla (FOX SPORTS 2). 3 p.m. -- International Soccer: Europa League Match -- Krasnodar vs. Everton (FOX SPORTS 1). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. -- College Football: College Football Awards from Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (ESPN). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Elon at Missouri (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Carolina at Tampa Bay (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – Professional Golf: PGA Tour Australasia Australian PGA Championship Second Round from Benowa, Australia (GOLF). 8 p.m. -- NFL Football: Arizona at St. Louis (NFL NETWORK, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Oklahoma City (TNT). 9 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: Nebraska at Creighton (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Austin Trout vs. Luis Grajeda in a Junior Middleweight Bout from Temecula, Calif. (ESPN2). 10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Houston at Sacramento (TNT). 1 a.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Thailand Championship Second Round from Chanburi, Thailand (GOLF).

TODAY

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UK outlasts Columbia LEXINGTON, Ky. — Top-ranked Kentucky gave up the first 11 points, still trailed at halftime and finally shook off a slow start to beat pesky Columbia 56-46 on Wednesday night. In a college basketball season already marked by several big upsets, the Wildcats (10-0) got their toughest challenge yet from the Ivy League Lions. Columbia led for nearly 27 minutes before Aaron Harrison and the Wildcats took control. Set to face North Carolina, UCLA and Louisville in their next three games, the Wildcats had trouble from the outset against Columbia (5-3). Coach John Calipari called a timeout as the Lions took an 11-0 lead. The Wildcats clamped down on defense to make several stops in the second half and took the lead for good at 36-34 on Derek Willis’ two free throws with 13:18 remaining. Harrison scored 14 points and Willie Cauley-Stein added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Kentucky. Injured freshman guards Tyler Ulis and Devin Booker didn’t play.

(12) OHIO ST. 97 HIGH POINT 43 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kam Williams scored a career-high 23 points, including 13 in a row for Ohio State in the first half, to lead the 12th-ranked Buckeyes to a 97-43 victory over High Point. D’Angelo Russell had 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Buckeyes (7-1), who hit 35 of 56 shots from the field for 63 percent. Jae’Sean Tate scored 12, Shannon Scott added 11 points and seven assists, and Sam Thompson scored 10. (19) MARYLAND 67 N.C. CENTRAL 56

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Richaud Pack scored 17 points, Jake Layman added 15 and No. 19 Maryland took control in the first half before coasting past North Carolina Central 67-56. The Terrapins (9-1) led 14-12 before using a 21-2 run to go up by 21. Maryland connected on five 3-pointers during the surge, including two apiece by Layman and freshman Jared Nickens. From wire reports

SPORTS ITEMS

Injured OSU QB Barrett, ex-girlfriend allege abuse COLUMBUS, Ohio — Injured Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett and his ex-girlfriend made 911 calls on Tuesday alleging each attacked the other. Barrett and Alexandria Barrett-Clark were referred to prosecutors, according to a police report. It indicated there were no obvious signs of injuBARRETT ry and both declined to file charges. According to the report, Barrett said Barrett-Clark refused to leave his off-campus apartment in Columbus, Ohio, and struck him. Barrett-Clark said he choked her and threw her across the room. On the 911 tape, she told the dispatcher she’s pregnant. “(There is) no investigation. Both parties have the ability to file a charge against one another if they choose to at a later time through the prosecutor’s office,’’ Columbus Police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said Wednesday in a text message to The Associated Press. “Both parties stated they did not want to file charges at the scene.’’ Ohio has a policy of “preferred arrest,’’ which means an officer can make an arrest if there’s reasonable grounds to believe a crime has been committed, said Nancy Neylon, executive director of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network. Other states have mandatory arrest standards.

head coach at Oregon State. Andersen, Wisconsin’s coach for the past two seasons, informed the team of his decision on Wednesday afternoon, the school announced. Andersen replaces Mike Riley, who left the Pac-12’s Beavers to accept the head coaching job at Nebraska after the dismissal of Bo Pelini. Oregon State finished this season 5-7 and had two conference wins, but one came at home against then-No. 7 Arizona State.

NLF OWNERS APPROVE NEW PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY

OREGON STATE HIRES WISCONSIN’S ANDERSEN

IRVING, Texas — NFL owners unanimously approved changes to the league personal conduct policy Wednesday, but Commissioner Roger Goodell will retain authority to rule on appeals. A special counsel for investigations and conduct will oversee initial discipline, Goodell said. The commissioner also may appoint a panel of independent experts to participate in appeals. After the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson cases, a more extensive list of prohibited conduct will be included in the policy, as well as specific criteria for paid leave for anyone charged with a violent crime. A suspension of six games without pay for violations involving assault, sexual assault, battery, domestic violence, child abuse and other forms of family violence will be in effect, but with consideration given to mitigating or aggravating circumstances.

Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen has stepped down to become the

From wire reports

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets SOUTH

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L 3 6 6 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .538 .538 .154

PF 401 314 281 214

PA 267 260 241 349

W 9 7 2 2

L 4 6 11 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .692 .538 .154 .154

PF 407 314 220 199

PA 307 260 374 356

W 8 8 8 7

L 4 5 5 6

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .654 .615 .615 .538

PF 281 362 356 276

PA 289 319 255 270

W 10 8 7 2

L 3 5 6 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .615 .538 .154

PF 385 293 291 200

PA 293 272 241 350

Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland WEST Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST

PREP SCHEDULE

Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns (12) shoots over Columbia’s Chris McComber during the Wildcats’ 56-46 victory on Wednesday in Lexington, Ky.

Portland at Chicago, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m. Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Miami at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Varsity Basketball East Clarendon at Latta, 6 p.m. Providence Athletic Club at St. Francis Xavier (Boys Only), 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Williamsburg, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Lee Central at Lakewood, 6 p.m. JV and B Team Basketball Crestwood at Sumter (No B Team Girls), 5 p.m. Middle School Basketball Bates at Furman, 5 p.m. Chestnut Oaks at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Hillcrest at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball Sumter at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Varsity Boys Basketball Wilson Hall vs. Pinewood Prep (in Baron Classic), 8:30 p.m. Laurence Manning vs. First Baptist (in Baron Classic), 7 p.m. East Clarendon at St. Francis Xavier, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls Basketball Wilson Hall vs. Pinewood Prep (in Baron Classic), 7 p.m. Laurence Manning vs. Palmetto Christian (in Baron Classic), 5:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Thomas Sumter at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Jefferson Davis, 4 p.m. Sumter Christian at South Pointe Christian, 4 p.m. B Team Basketball Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Silver Fox Invitational (at Dutch Fork High), TBA

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L 4 4 9 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .692 .692 .308 .231

PF 389 343 293 244

PA 309 301 326 346

W 5 5 4 2

L 8 8 8 11

T 0 0 1 0

Pct .385 .385 .346 .154

PF 328 333 269 237

PA 342 359 341 348

W 10 9 6 5

L 3 4 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .692 .462 .385

PF 423 265 263 281

PA 304 224 281 378

W 10 9 7 6

L 3 4 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .769 .692 .538 .462

PF 275 322 244 285

PA 238 235 268 285

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

TODAY’S GAME

Arizona at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAME

New Orleans at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity and JV Basketball Sumter at Lakewood, 3 p.m. Manning at Scott’s Branch (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. Varsity Boys Basketball Wilson Hall vs. First Baptist (in Baron Classic), 4 p.m. Laurence Manning vs. Palmetto Christian (in Baron Classic), 2:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Basketball Wilson Hall vs. Northwood (in Baron Classic), 2:30 p.m. Laurence Manning vs. First Baptist (in Baron Classic), 4 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Silver Fox Invitational (at Dutch Fork High), TBA

THURSDAY, DEC. 18

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 20

Philadelphia at Washington, 4:30 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 21

COLLEGE FOOTBALL By The Associated Press

Baltimore at Houston, 1 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Carolina, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m. Buffalo at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

FCS PLAYOFFS

MONDAY, DEC. 22

Quarterfinals Friday Chattanooga (10-3) at New Hampshire (11-1), 8 p.m. Saturday Coastal Carolina (12-1) vs. North Dakota State (12-1), Noon Sam Houston State (10-4) at Villanova (11-2), 1 p.m. Illinois State (11-1) at Eastern Washington (112), 4 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Toronto Brooklyn Boston New York Philadelphia SOUTHEAST DIVISION Atlanta Washington Miami Orlando Charlotte CENTRAL DIVISION Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

W 16 8 7 4 2

L 6 11 12 19 18

Pct .727 .421 .368 .174 .100

GB – 6 1/2 7 1/2 12 1/2 13

W 14 14 10 9 5

L 6 6 11 14 15

Pct .700 .700 .476 .391 .250

GB – – 4 1/2 6 1/2 9

W 13 12 11 7 3

L 7 8 12 14 19

Pct .650 .600 .478 .333 .136

GB – 1 3 1/2 6 1/2 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION Memphis Houston San Antonio Dallas New Orleans NORTHWEST DIVISION Portland Denver Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota PACIFIC DIVISION Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

W 17 16 15 16 10

L 4 4 6 7 10

Pct .810 .800 .714 .696 .500

GB – 1/2 2 2 6 1/2

W 17 9 8 6 4

L 4 12 13 16 16

Pct .810 .429 .381 .273 .200

GB – 8 9 11 1/2 12 1/2

W 18 15 12 11 6

L 2 5 11 11 16

Pct .900 .750 .522 .500 .273

GB – 3 7 1/2 8 13

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 105, Toronto 101 Portland 98, Detroit 86 New Orleans 104, New York 93 Oklahoma City 114, Milwaukee 101 Memphis 114, Dallas 105 Miami 103, Phoenix 97 Utah 100, San Antonio 96 L.A. Lakers 98, Sacramento 95

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 8 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Denver at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Detroit 28 17 Tampa Bay 29 18 Montreal 30 18 Toronto 27 15 Boston 28 15 Florida 26 11 Ottawa 27 11 Buffalo 28 10 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Pittsburgh 27 18 N.Y. Islanders 28 19 Washington 27 13 N.Y. Rangers 26 12 New Jersey 29 11 Philadelphia 27 9 Columbus 27 10 Carolina 27 8

L OT 6 5 8 3 10 2 9 3 12 1 8 7 11 5 16 2

Pts 39 39 38 33 31 29 27 22

GF 88 101 77 93 72 58 70 48

GA 70 77 77 80 72 68 74 85

L OT 6 3 9 0 10 4 10 4 13 5 13 5 15 2 16 3

Pts 39 38 30 28 27 23 22 19

GF 88 90 79 77 68 70 64 59

GA 64 79 74 76 83 85 90 76

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Chicago Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg Minnesota Dallas 100 Colorado PACIFIC DIVISION

GP 28 27 28 29 26 28

W 19 18 18 15 15 10

L OT 8 1 7 2 8 2 9 5 10 1 13 5

Pts 39 38 38 35 31 25

GF 88 73 80 69 76 8 1

GA 55 54 65 66 65

GP W Anaheim 29 18 Vancouver 29 18 Calgary 29 17 San Jose 30 15 Los Angeles 28 14 Arizona 28 10 Edmonton 28 7 NOTE: Two points for a time loss.

L 6 9 10 11 9 15 16 win,

6 OT 5 2 2 4 5 3 5 one

Pts 41 38 36 34 33 23 19 point

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 3, New Jersey 2, SO Columbus 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Buffalo 1, Los Angeles 0 Toronto 4, Calgary 1 Montreal 3, Vancouver 1 Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Winnipeg 5, Dallas 2 Nashville 3, Colorado 0 San Jose 5, Edmonton 2

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Detroit, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. Calgary at Buffalo, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m. Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

GF GA 85 79 88 81 90 76 86 81 72 60 66 90 62 96 for over-

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WATSON FROM PAGE B1 against Georgia Tech in No-

vember, but played less than a quarter before injuring his knee. The 18th ranked Tigers (9-3) face Oklahoma (8-4) in the bowl.

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BEASLEY FROM PAGE B1 yards and set an ACC and school single-season record with 24 rushing touchdowns. He was named league player of the year by media members last week. Conner earned six votes, outdistancing two Florida State players — reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and receiver Rashad Greene — who each had two votes. Johnson, who led the Yellow Jackets to the ACC title game, earned 10 votes. FSU’s Jimbo Fisher and Duke’s David Cutcliffe earning two each. The league champion Seminoles had a league-best 18 se-

lections to the coaches’ allconference teams, with Winston and Greene among nine first-team picks. Virginia was second with nine selections despite failing to qualify for a bowl, while Miami had eight. Duke and Georgia Tech each had seven. The 14 coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players for the all-ACC teams. (Previous versions of this story incorrectly said how many FSU players earned allACC honors. The Seminoles had a total of 18 all-ACC picks from the coaches, not 18 players selected.)

ACC AWARDS LIST OVERALL PLAYER OF YEAR VOTING

James Conner, rb, Pittsburgh (6) Jameis Winston, qb, Florida State (2) Rashad Greene, wr, Florida State (2) Vic Beasley, de, Clemson (1) Jamison Crowder, wr, Duke (1) Gerod Holliman, s, Louisville, (1) Duke Johnson, rb, Miami (1)

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR

James Conner, rb, Pittsburgh (8) Jameis Winston, qb, Florida State (3) Rashad Greene, wr, Florida State (2) Jamison Crowder, wr, Duke (1)

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR

Vic Beasley, de, Clemson (7) Gerod Holliman, s, Louisville (5) Denzel Perryman, lb, Miami, (2) COACH OF THE YEAR VOTING Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech (10) Jimbo Fisher, Florida State (2) David Cutcliffe, Duke (2)

OVERALL ROOKIE OF YEAR VOTING

Brad Kaaya, qb, Miami (7) Quin Blanding, s, Virginia (4) Dalvin Cook, rb, Florida State (2) Shaun Wilson, rb, Duke (1)

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF YEAR

Brad Kaaya, qb, Miami (10) Jon Hilliman, rb, Boston College (1) Shaun Wilson, rb, Duke (1) Dalvin Cook, rb, Florida State (1) Deshaun Watson, qb, Clemson (1)

DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF YEAR

Quin Blanding, s, Virginia (8) Mackensie Alexander, cb, Clemson (6)

ALL-ACC

FIRST TEAM Offense QB — Jameis Winston, Florida State (39) RB — James Conner, Pittsburgh (39) RB — Duke Johnson, Miami (38) WR — Rashad Greene, Florida State (39) WR — Jamison Crowder, Duke (35) WR — Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (31) TE — Nick O’Leary, Florida State (36) OT — Cameron Erving, Florida State (38) OT — T.J. Clemmings, Pittsburgh (34) OG — Laken Tomlinson, Duke (30) OG — Tre’ Jackson, Florida State (28) C — Shane McDermott, Miami (22) K — Roberto Aguayo, Florida State (39) Spec.— Jamison Crowder, Sr., Duke (25) Defense DE — Vic Beasley, Clemson (39) DE — Mario Edwards Jr., Florida State (29) DT — Grady Jarrett, Clemson (38) DT — Eddie Goldman, Florida State (30) LB — Denzel Perryman, Miami (36) LB — Stephone Anthony, Clemson (31) LB — Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville (25) CB — Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech (35) CB — Garry Peters, Clemson (24) S — Gerod Holliman, Louisville (37) S — Jalen Ramsey, Florida State (25) P — Wil Baumann, N.C. State (30) SECOND TEAM Offense QB — Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech (18) RB — Kevin Parks, Virginia (18) RB — Zach Laskey, Georgia Tech (16) WR — DeVante Parker, Louisville (28) WR — Phillip Dorsett, Miami (24) WR — DeAndre Smelter, Georgia Tech (22) TE — Clive Walford, Miami (25) OT — Ereck Flowers, Miami (21) OT — Jamon Brown, Louisville (18) OG — Shaquille Mason, Georgia

Tech (21) OG — Matt Rotheram, Pittsburgh (19) C — Andy Gallik, Boston College (21) K — Ian Frye, Virginia (17) Spec. — Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (19) Defense DE — Dadi Nicolas, Virginia Tech (25) DE — Eli Harold, Virginia (20) DT — Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech (16) DT — Corey Marshall, Virginia Tech (13) LB — David Helton, Duke (22) LB — Terrance Smith, Florida State (20) LB — Henry Coley, Virginia (15) CB — P.J. Williams, Florida State (23) CB — Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest (21) S — Quin Blanding, Virginia (21) S — Jeremy Cash, Duke (17) P — Alex Kinal, Wake Forest (21) THIRD TEAM Offense QB — Marquise Williams, North Carolina (8) RB — Dalvin Cook, Florida State (15) RB — Jon Hilliman, Boston College (10) WR — Mike Williams, Clemson (21) WR — Artavis Scott, Clemson (15) WR — Ryan Switzer, North Carolina (11) TE — Gerald Christian, Louisville (9) OT — Bobby Hart, Florida State (13) OT — Sean Hickey, Syracuse (11) OG — Bobby Vardaro, Boston College (15) OG — Josue Matias, Florida State (15) C — Cameron Erving, Florida State (16) K — Ross Martin, Duke (14) Spec. — Rashad Greene, Florida State (17) Defense DE — Sheldon Rankins, Louisville (17) DE — Anthony Chickillo, Miami (12) DT — David Dean, Virginia (12) DT — Connor Wujciak, Boston College (12) LB — Max Valles, Virginia (13) LB — Quayshawn Nealy, Georgia Tech (12) LB — Josh Keyes, Boston College (10) LB — Reggie Northrup, Florida State (10) LB — Cameron Lynch, Syracuse (10) LB — Brandon Chubb, Wake Forest (10) CB — Maurice Canady, Virginia (12) CB — Merrill Noel, Wake Forest (11) CB — Ronald Darby, Florida State (11) S — Jamal Golden, Georgia Tech (16) S — Anthony Harris, Virginia (10) P — Justin Vogel, Miami (12) P — Will Monday, Duke (12)

HONORABLE MENTION

Offense Anthony Boone, qb, Duke (7); Shadrach Thornton, rb, N.C. State (9); Karlos Williams, rb, Florida State (8); Synjyn Days, rb, Georgia Tech (7); Mack Hollins, wr, North Carolina (7); Isaiah Ford, wr, Virginia Tech (7); Ian Silberman, ot, Boston College (9); Rob Crisp, ot, N.C. State (7); Jon Feliciano, og, Miami (13); David Beasley, og, Clemson (11); John Miller, og, Louisville (7); Matt Skura, c, Duke; Ammon Lakip, k, Clemson (9); Darius Jennings, spec., Virginia (7). Defense Tylor Harris, dt, Wake Forest (11); Luther Maddy, dt, Virginia Tech (11); Olsen Pierre, dt, Miami (7); Anthony Gonzalez, lb, Pittsburgh (9); Charles Gaines, cb, Louisville (10); Artie Burns, cb, Miami (9); Mackensie Alexander, cb, Clemson (7); Robert Smith, s, Clemson (8); Deon Bush, s, Miami (7).

Heisman trio headlines college awards show BY KYLE HIGHTOWER The Associated Press

Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley, right, was selected as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday by the conference’s coaches.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Alabama and Oregon are the top two seeds in the inaugural College Football Playoff. But first, their star players are up for several major awards. Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota and Crimson Tide wide receiver Amari Cooper are finalists for three of the 10 prizes that will be handed out during Thursday night’s College Football Awards Show at Disney. “It’s an opportunity to kind of relax and really reflect a little bit about the season,” Mariota said Wednesday. “For the most part it’s just taking a couple of days away to get ready for the long haul ... an opportunity to get away and enjoy it.” Alabama and Oregon lead all schools with three and two players nominated, respectively. Mariota, Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) and Dak Prescott (Mississippi State) are each finalists for two awards. Mariota is considered the front-runner to win the Heisman Trophy on Satur-

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Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) and the rest of the Heisman Trophy finalists highlight the list of potential winners for tonight’s college football awards show. day. Thursday he’s a finalist for both the Maxwell Award, given to the player of the year, and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. The past four winners of the O’Brien Award (Jameis Winston, Johnny Manziel,

Robert Griffin III and Cam Newton) each won the Heisman as well. Mariota said he isn’t concerned about the effect that travel and various media obligations could have on his preparations for Oregon’s semifinal matchup in the Rose Bowl with defending national champion Florida State on Jan. 1. “I’ll just take it like I have been, not focusing much on the distractions,” Mariota said. “If I need a break, I have so many people around me that have been my support system and who have helped me. If I ever need their input, I can take it.” Cooper also said he’s staying focused during this short respite away from the football field. Cooper is up for the Biletnikoff Award on Thursday, given to the nation’s top receiver. No Alabama player has ever won that trophy. Then he’ll join Mariota in New York as one of three Heisman finalists, along with Gordon. Cooper couldn’t recall watching any of the previous Heisman presentations, and said no one at Alabama has approached him with advice about what to expect.

BOWL SCHEDULE The Associated Press

SATURDAY, DEC. 20

New Orleans Bowl Nevada (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque UTEP (7-5) vs. Utah State (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Colorado State (10-2) vs. Utah (84), 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Air Force (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Camelia Bowl At Montgomery, Ala. Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)

MONDAY, DEC. 22

Miami Beach Bowl BYU (8-4) vs. Memphis (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

TUESDAY, DEC. 23

Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Navy (6-5) vs. San Diego State (75), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24

Bahamas Bowl At Nassau Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice (7-5) vs. Fresno State (6-7), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

FRIDAY, DEC. 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (84), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl UCF (9-3) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, DEC. 27

Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona State (9-3),

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MONDAY, DEC. 29

Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl At Houston Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

TUESDAY, DEC. 30

Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fosters Farm Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif. Stanford (7-5) vs. Maryland (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31

Peach Bowl At Atlanta Mississippi (9-3) vs. TCU (11-1), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Boise State (11-2) vs. Arizona (103), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Mississippi State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

THURSDAY, JAN. 1

Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Michigan State (10-2) vs. Baylor (11-1), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Citrus Bowl

At Orlando, Fla. Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (103), 1 p.m. (ABC) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Playoff semifinal: Oregon (12-1) vs. Florida State (13-0), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Playoff semifinal: Alabama (121) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

FRIDAY, JAN. 2

Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5), Noon (ESPN) TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio UCLA (9-3) vs. Kansas State (9-3), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, JAN. 3

Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (84), 1 p.m. (ESPN2) GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, JAN. 10

Medal of Honor Bowl At Charleston, S.C. American vs. National, 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 12

College Football Championship At Arlington, Texas Sugar Bowl winner vs. Rose Bowl winner, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, JAN. 17

East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

SATURDAY, JAN. 24

Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

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BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

Spring Valley edges Sumter 58-57 COLUMBIA — Sumter High School’s varsity boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday, falling to Spring Valley 58-57 at the Spring Valley gymnasium. Micah McBride led the Gamecocks, 2-1 on the season, with 17 points. Brandon Parker added 13 and Cedric Rembert had eight. Noah Harper led the 3-0 Vikings with 16 points. Brian Dunbar added 13 and Jaylon Robertson finished with 10. SUMTER Parker 13, Patton 5, Richardson 7, Kershaw 7, McBride 17, Rembert 8. SPRING VALLEY Harper 16, Dozier 7, Holloway 2, Dunbar 13, Robertson 10, K. Wall 4, J. Wall 5.

CRESTWOOD 76 SCOTT’S BRANCH 40

SUMMERTON — Crestwood improved to 5-1 with a 76-40 victory over Scott’s Branch on Tuesday at the Ea-

gles’ gymnasium. Darnell Robateau led the Knights with 20 points. Jae Morant and James Brailsford both added 11. CARDINAL NEWMAN 52 WILSON HALL 48

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall lost to Cardinal Newman 52-48 on Tuesday at the CN gym. Sam Watford led the 1-4 Barons with 16 points. John Ballard added 11 and Grier Schwartz had eight. John Ragin led the 3-1 Cardinals with 13. WILSON HALL Watford 16, Talley 3, Ballard 11, Carraway 6, Croft 4, Schwartz 8. CARDINAL NEWMAN Martin 7, Mack 5, Tyler 8, Hemming 3, Dunlap 4, Ragin 13, Cunning 2, McLean 8.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN 58 CALVARY CHRISTIAN 41

MYRTLE BEACH — Desmond Sigler scored 22 points

to lead Sumter Christian School to a 58-41 victory over Calvary Christian on Tuesday at the Calvary gymnasium. TJ Barron added 10 points for the Bears and Lamel Sanders had nine. HOLLY HILL 52 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER 49

HOLLY HILL — St. Francis Xavier High School lost its SCISA Region III-1A opener on Tuesday, falling to Holly Hill Academy 52-49 in overtime at the HHA gymnasium. Jay McFadden had a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Padres (4-3). Justin Lyons had 12 points and Dalton Foreman led all Padres scorers with 19 points. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Foreman 19, McFadden 16, Lyons 12, Harp 2. HOLLY HILL Huston 20, Kays 10, Woller 9, Brunson 7, James 6.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SUMTER CHRISTIAN 40 CALVARY CHRISTIAN 38 MYRTLE BEACH — Sumter Christian School remained undefeated on the season with a 40-38 victory over Calvary Christian on Tuesday at the Calvary gymnasium. Grayson Dennis led 7-0 Bears with 13, while Lawrence Fraser had nine and Donzell Metz had eight.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL ALICE DRIVE 55 LEE CENTRAL 52

Alice Drive improved its record to 4-0 on the season after defeating Lee Central Middle School 55-52 at the Hawks gymnasium on Wednesday. Keonte Gregg led AD with

19 points and seven assists. Naqwan Mickens added 11 points, four rebounds and three assists. O’Donnell Fortune had nine points and three rebounds. Kwaleek Jones contributed six points and 10 rebounds. The Hawks will host Ebenezer on Monday.

B TEAM BASKETBALL WILSON HALL 31 CAMDEN MILITARY 13 CAMDEN—The Wilson Hall B team improved to 3-1 on the season with a 31-13 victory over Camden Military on Wednesday at the Spartans gymnasium. Chandler Scott led the Barons with 13 points. Mills Herlong contributed eight points and six rebounds in the win. WH will travel to Ben Lippen on Friday for a 5 p.m. contest.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

Lakewood tops RNE 47-41 to stay unbeaten COLUMBIA — Lakewood High School remained undefeated on the season with a 47-41 varsity girls basketball victory over Richland Northeast on Tuesday at the RNE gymnasium. Kamryn Lemon led the Lady Gators, who improved to 4-0, with 23 points while grabbing six rebounds and coming up with five steals. Sonora Dengokl added 17 points. LAURENCE MANNING 55 HEATHWOOD HALL 47

MANNING — Brooke Bennett scored 14 points to Laurence Manning Academy to a 55-47 victory over Heathwood Hall on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Maggie Eppley added 13 for LMA. SPRING VALLEY 52 SUMTER 34

COLUMBIA — Spring Valley High School jumped out to a 17-6 lead after one quarter and went on to a 52-34 vic-

tory over Sumter on Tuesday at the SV gymnasium. The Lady Gamecocks fell to 4-2, while the Lady Vikings improved to 3-2.

JV BASKETBALL HEATHWOOD HALL 26 LAURENCE MANNING 19 MANNING – Laurence Manning fell to Heathwood Hall 26-19 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Sara Knight Nalley led the Lady Swampcats in scoring with six points. SUMTER CHRISTIAN 31 CALVARY CHRISTIAN 26

MYRTLE BEACH — Sumter Christian School evened its record at 3-3 with a 31-26 victory over Calvary Christian on Tuesday at the Calvary gymnasium. Susanna Hutson led SCS with 21 points. Nahdea Wiley added eight.

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Laurence Manning Academy’s Malik Cokley (20) looks to help lead a young group of inexperienced players as the Swampcats try to contend for another region crown.

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Laurence Manning Academy’s Maggie Eppley (4) is the lone returning starter from a season ago for the Lady Swampcats.

LADY ‘CATS FROM PAGE B1 SCRATCH FROM PAGE B1 then face Palmetto Christian at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. “Our first goal is to win conference, and that’s been our goal every year that I’ve been here,” Epps said. “This year is no different and it’s not going to be easy.” The Swampcats are basing their play around a 4-guard system with one player in the post. “We’re going to do the same things offensively as last year; we want to push the pace offensively and cause people to defend us in transition at our pace and play more defensively in the half court,” Epps said. This year’s squad is lacking presence in the middle, but expects se-

nior Tillman Tumbleston and sophomore Jalil Robinson to play that role. Freshman Terrell Houston, sophomore Malik Cokely and Rashad Robinson have seemed to establish themselves offensively. Houston and Robinson are averaging around 14 points per game with Cokely around 11. Other players hoping to contribute this season are Jesse Joslin, Shakeel Robinson, Deric Rush, Aaron Kruger, Justin Alsbrook and Seth Green. “It’s just another season for us to compete,” Epps said of his young squad. “We’ve got to start from scratch as coaches in our teachings. Everything is new and we need to make sure these guys know how to play together and understand each other’s strengths and weakness.”

around them; they’ve got a lot of heart. And, as a coach, when they get out and work hard it’s hard to fault people that are working hard and constantly trying to do their best.” Connors, who transferred from Clarendon Hall, is expected to contribute at the guard position along with Eppley and Downer. In the post, Beatson will be a veteran presence alongside Ward and Bennett. “I’ve got some new girls who’ve moved up

from JV who get on the court and can do some good things to help the team,” Rowland said. “I think that our strengths will come from the defense. They’re very scrappy, they hustle and work together and get along very well.” As soon as Connors was added to the team she instantly made an impact, according to Eppley. “Bailey is a really fast learner,” Eppley said. “The second day of practice she knew all the drills we do,

knew all the plays. She’s also a great hustler, she runs fast, she has a good shot, she’s great on defense. I’m just glad she came because she’s a great asset to the team.” “She’s a guard so I expect her to handle the basketball and she’s a good defender,” Rowland said of Connors’ role. “She’s definitely a hustler.” Fair or not, Eppley is the team leader as the lone senior. “I want to try to be a great leader for them because they’re a great group,” she said. “I don’t feel like I have any pressure (on me to lead the team).”

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Scherzer eyes Kershaw-type deal; Dodgers get Rollins, trade Gordon

Rivera: Anderson replacing Newton at QB vs. Tampa Bay

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw is considered the top pitcher in baseball, with three Cy Young Awards in four years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, an NL Most Valuable Player award and a $215 million, seven-year contract. Max Scherzer may be seeking an even bigger deal as his talks on the freeagent market move forward. “I’m not sure Kershaw is relevant,’’ agent Scott Boras said Wednesday at the winter meetings, “because he’s not a free agent.’’ Jon Lester became the first top-level, free-agent starting pitcher to reach an agreement this offseason, a $155 million, six-year deal with the Chicago Cubs that came together late Tuesday night. Scherzer turned down an offer from Detroit last March that would have paid $144 million from 2015-

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20. Kershaw has the largest contract for a pitcher in both total dollars has the sport’s highest average salary at $30.7 million. “The prominent pitchers that have signed, (Justin) Verlander or (Felix) Hernandez or Kershaw, were not free-agent players,’’ Boras said. “And certainly if you put a performance like Kershaw into a free-agent market, you’re going to get a much, much different calibration of value.’’ Scherzer’s negotiations figure to stretch on for weeks or even into next year. But other players were on the move or close to switching teams. In trade talks, the Dodgers acquired shortstop Jimmy Rollins from Phila-

delphia and sent All-Star second baseman Dee Gordon and right-hander Dan Haren to Miami. The Phillies started retooling by dealing left-handed reliever Antonio Bastardo to Pittsburgh for minor league lefty Joely Rodriguez. Among free agents, Houston agreed to an $18.5 million, three-year contract with Luke Gregerson and a $12.5 million, twoyear deal with Pat Neshek, people familiar with the negotiations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deals with the right-handed relievers were subject to physicals. And the Chicago White Sox finalized a $46 million, four-year contract with closer David Robertson. Lester’s deal could open up the marketplace for other free agents and for players who may be available in trades, such as Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels, Detroit’s David Price and Washington’s Jordan Zimmermann.

CHARLOTTE — Panthers coach Ron Rivera wants Cam Newton to get some rest and not worry about football. Rivera said Wednesday that his fourth-year quarterback will not play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, allowing him a chance to begin recovering from an automobile crash that left him with two fractures in his lower back. “I won’t expose him,’’ Rivera said. “I don’t want to put him in a bad position.’’ Rivera confirmed Wednesday that Derek Anderson will start and Joe Webb will be his backup, and joked that Newton would be mad when he finds out he’s not playing. Newton was discharged from the hospital earlier Wednesday, a day after he was injured when his truck crashed and overturned in a two-car accident. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police issued no citations for the accident. Newton was not at the team’s facility, though Rivera said he is expected to be in on Thurs-

day and his playing status will be reevaluated next week. The coach said he met with NewANDERSON ton on Tuesday at the hospital and “in true Cam fashion, he was disappointed for his teammates. He feels like he is letting us all down.’’ With Newton sidelined, Rivera will turn to Anderson, now in his 10th season. Anderson started against Tampa Bay in the season opener and threw two touchdown passes, leading the Panthers to a 20-14 victory. “He’s had some success in this league,’’ Rivera said. Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said Wednesday that Newton is stiff and sore, but otherwise “his spirits were high’’ when he left the hospital. A police report states that Newton was driving when a car driven by Nestor Pellot Jr., 46, of Fort Mill pulled out in front of the fourth-year quarterback, causing his vehicle to flip. The report said Pellot didn’t see Newton’s truck at first and when he did, he tried to avoid a collision.

OBITUARIES RUTH R. RICHARDSON PINEWOOD — Ruth Ragin Richardson, 90, widow of Charlie Buster Richardson, died on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at her residence, 4384 Old River Road, Pinewood. She was born on Dec. 18, 1923, in the St. Paul community of Summerton, a daughter of the RICHARDlate Edward Hol- SON lomon Johnson and Laura Ragin. She received her formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County School District 1. She graduated from Morris College and taught school for 35 years in District 1. She was a member of Oaks AME Church. Later, she moved her membership to Greater St. Phillip RUME Church. She was a member of the choir and served in many capacities. Survivors are Dian Gitters of the home; Carolyn (Herk) Ragin of Columbia; one brother, Leon Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Lila Mae JHone of Baltimore, Maryland, and Lillian Bethel of Miami, Florida; three sisters-in-law, Nancy Ragin of Miami, Dorothy Richardson of Pinewood and Ida Richardson of Summerton; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Celebratory services for Mrs. Richardson will be held at noon today at St. Philip RUME Church, 4574 Old River Road, Pinewood, with Elder Amos Hatcher presiding, the Rev. Powell Hampton officiating, and Theola Parker, the Rev. Earnest Brunson and the Rev. Ransom Coard assisting. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Richardson will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time. The family is receiving friends at her residence. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

DAVID R. WEASNER David Richard Weasner, age 62, husband of 26 years to Debra Ann Blakley Weasner, died on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. He was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Amos Tomlinson Weasner and WEASNER Myrtle Utzy Weasner. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a metrologist for FN Manufacturing. He was of the Methodist faith. Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Carrie Polge and her husband, Ben, of Murrells Inlet; a sister, Susan Hodge and her hus-

band, Hunter, of Sumter; a brother-in-law, Steve Zupkusky; and four grandchildren, Elijah, Carrie Ann, Ari and David, all of Murrells Inlet. He was predeceased by a sister, Candice Jean Weasner. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tommy McDonald officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday at Bullock Funeral Home. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

E. CLIFTON WINKLES JR. MANNING — E. Clifton Winkles Jr., 73, husband of Faye Bryant Winkles, died on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, at his home. Born on Sept. 18, 1941, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Elbert Clifton Sr. and Thelma Louise Wilson Winkles. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired WINKLES quality supervisor with Campbell Soup Co. He was an avid fisherman and a charter member of Cross Roads Bible Fellowship Church. He is survived by his wife of Manning; a son, Robert Clifton Winkles of Sumter; two daughters, Wendy Ali (Basset) of Sumter and Michelle Leigh Winkles of Manning; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Larry Melvin Winkles. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Cross Roads Bible Fellowship Church with Pastor John Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Pat Tisdale, Michael Gibson, Douglas Gibson, David Guthrie, Jim Smith and Bill Simpson. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Cross Roads Bible Fellowship Church, P.O. Box 449, Manning, SC 29102; the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150; or the National Parkinson Foundation, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 5018 Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179.

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JOHNNY LEE BOONE Johnny Lee Boone entered eternal rest on Dec. 8, 2014, at his residence. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Francena and Leman Anderson, 39 Ella Lane, Rembert. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

ALMENA A. GAINEY BISHOPVILLE — Almena Arledge Gainey, lifelong resident of Bishopville, passed on Dec. 8, 2014, at Lexington Medical Center with her daughters, Betty and Lola, by her side. Almena Gainey was 90. She was a daughter of the late Frances Viola Johnson and John S. “Jack” Arledge. She was the wife of the late J.W. “Buck” Gainey. Mrs. Gainey was the mother of Betty Hopkins of Bishopville and Lola Belk of Lugoff. Almena was proud of her granddaughter, Myra B. Roberts of Florida; grandson, Marcus B. Roberts of Hong Kong, China; and also her great-grandson, David Roberts of Florida. She was very proud of her doll collection and enjoyed gardening, especially irises. Almena was predeceased by her brother, Charlie Arledge. She had several other siblings by her father “Jack Arledge,” John T. Arledge (Janice) Camden, Sybil Brown (Billy) and Nancy Brown. Almena was also preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph “Joe” Arledge and Willis Arledge; and three sisters, Elizabeth A. Smith, Frances A. Truesdale and Alberta A. O’Neal. “Gran” was loved and will be missed. Memorials may be made to Mizpah Baptist Church, 3659 Jamestown Road, Camden, SC 29020. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Mizpah Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

CHARLES R. HOLMES JR. Charles Rutledge Holmes Jr., 67, passed away on Dec. 8, 2014, in Sumter. Charlie was born on Sept. 15, 1947, in Charleston, a son of the late Charles R. Holmes, MD and Lucille Overstreet Holmes. He was raised in Columbia and graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1965. He at-

tended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1969. Charlie had a varied career ranging from cameraman at SCETV, chef, business owner, and horticulturist. In 1995, Charlie went to work for the City of Sumter, first as the city arborist and then as transportation coordinator with the Sumter CityCounty Planning Department, until his retirement in 2011. Charlie was a voracious reader and intellect with an ability to discuss a range of topics with an erudition that was a constant source of amazement. He was an inveterate explorer whose travels took him across America, Europe, Mexico, South America and Africa. Of Charlie’s many accomplishments in life, his greatest was that of a devoted father and teacher to his beloved son, John “Perre” Holmes. In addition to Perre, Charlie is survived by sisters, Lucy H. Little (Tommy) of Columbia and Melissa “Boo” H. White (Tommy) of Sumter; brothers, Christopher McG. Holmes (Trish) of Mount Pleasant and Thomas C. Holmes (Florence) of Highlands, North Carolina; his aunt, Helen S. Overstreet; ex-wife, Karen Watson; and many beloved nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Salt and Light Church, 360 Miller Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Rodney Howard officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to United Ministries of Sumter, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

IDA COOKE Ida Cooke, 84, died on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born on June 16, 1930, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Nathaniel and Nettie Albert Cooke. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Mary Cooke, 2819 August

Drive, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

OTIS SMITH Otis Smith, 59, died on Nov. 27, 2014, at his residence. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Robert Johnson and Mary Jane Crosby. The family will receive friends at the Bethel home, 585 Sierra Drive, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

MARY JANE MURRAY FORESTON — Mary Jane Murray, 92, widow of Leo Murray, died on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. She was born on Sept. 3, 1922, in Greeleyville, a daughter of the late George and Janie Keels Green. She attended the public schools of Clarendon County. She was a member of Holy Rock Holiness Church, where she was the mother of the church. She was employed with Richburg Farms. Survivors are four daughters, Ethel Lee Murray of Richmond, Virginia, Etta (Sammy) Washington of New York, New York, Martha Sabb of Greeleyville and Virginia (Woodrow) Ragin of Manning; five sons, Alfred Murray, Ernest (Lelia Margaret) Murray, Minister Kenneth (Ethel) Murray and John Allen (Everlena) Murray, all of Manning, and Minister Solomon (Gail) Murray of New Orleans, Louisiana; a special daughter-in-law, Martha W. Murray of Manning; an additional son-in-law, Roman (Cynthia) Hilton of Timmonsville; one sister, Wilhelmenia Jenkins of Richmond; three sisters-in-law, Connie (Rigby) Conyers of New Haven, Connecticut, Illa Murray of Forreston and Fannie Murray of Kingstree; 24 grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild. Celebratory services for Mrs. Murray will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with Prophet Harry Robinson presiding, Overseer Early Singletary officiating, the Rev. Elton Hilton, Elder Nathaniel Murray, Minister Solomon Murray, Minister Kenneth Murray and the Rev. Annette Ragin assisting. Burial will follow in Junky Yard Cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 4777 S. Brewington Road, Foreston. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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A person doesn’t have to be a performer; these groups need people to build sets, make costumes, locate props, run the backstage operations during a performance, etc. In the front of the house, they need people for promotion, selling tickets, ushering and soliciting donations from sponsors. I met my husband of 30-plus years through a community theater group, and know of several other long-term marriages that came about the same way. I’m a seamstress, so I have made my share of costumes. But I have also learned how to frame a wall and build a staircase while working on set construction. Even if you don’t find that special someone, you will make dozens of new friends and have the satisfaction of

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THIS MATTER being brought before the Court by Agostino & Associates P.C., attorneys for plaintiff, Frank Agostino, Esq., seeking relief by way of summary action based upon the facts set forth in the verified complaint filed herewith; and the Court having determined that this matter may be commenced by order to show cause as a summary proceeding pursuant to R.4:831 and for good cause shown.

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IT IS on this 26 day of Nov., 2014, ORDERED that the parties in interest named in the verified complaint appear and show cause on the 30th day of Jan., 2015 before the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part Robert P. Contillo, P.J. Ch. at the Bergen County Courthouse 10 Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey at 9 o'clock in the fore noon, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why judgment should not be entered granting the relief requested in the Verified Complaint, including but not limited to: A. Appointing Frank Agostino as administrator for the estate of RHONDO ROBINSON, deceased and setting bond; B. Ordering New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Health to produce two certified copies of RHONDO ROBINSON's death certificate; C. Compelling Volk Leber Funeral Home a.k.a. Volk Funeral Homes' production of such information as is available to them as to RHONDO ROBINSON's next of kin including but not limited to their names and addresses. D. Appointment of a guardian ad litem for any and all minor children of RHONDO ROBINSON. E. Granting such other relief as the court deems equitable and just.

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Georgia - for Service to Rhondo Robinson Jr. b. The Gwinnett Citizen - 719 Scenic Highway S., Lawrenceville, Georgia for Service to Rhondo Robinson Jr. c. The Manning Times - P.O. Box 190 Manning, SC 29102 - for service to Dariq Robinson. d. The Sumter Daily Item - 20 North Magnolia Street, Sumter, SC 29150 for Service to Dariq Robinson. e. The Bergen Record - North Jersey Media Group, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, Woodland Park, NJ 07424 - for Service to Idalia Robinson, Darrian Robinson, Leland Robinson, and Joseph Robinson. f. The Star Ledger - 1 Star-Ledger Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102-1200 - for Service to Idalia Robinson, Darrian Robinson, Leland Robinson, and Joseph Robinson. g. The Charlotte Observer - 600 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 for Service to Connie Smith, presumed mother of Dariq Robinson. h. The Mecklenburg Times - 1611 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204 - for Service to Connie Smith, presumed mother of Dariq Robinson.

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12. The Court may entertain argument, but not testimony, on the return date of the order to show cause.

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2. Any party in interest who fails to timely file and serve a response in the manner provided in paragraph 1 of this order to show cause shall be deemed in default, the matter may proceed to judgment without any further notice to or participation by such defaulting party in interest, and the judgment shall be binding upon such defaulting party in interest. 3. Parties in interest are hereby advised that a telephone call to the plaintiff, to the plaintiff's attorney, to the Surrogate, or to the Court will not protect your rights; you must file and serve your answer, answering affidavit, motion or other response with the filing fee $110 required by statute. The check or money order for the filing fee shall be made payable to the Surrogate of the County where this matter is being heard. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may call the Legal Services office in the county in which you live. A list of these offices is provided. If you do not have an attorney or are not eligible for free legal assistance through the Legal Services office (or such office does not provide services for this particular type of proceeding), you may obtain a referral to an attorney by calling one of the Lawyer Referral Services. A list of these office numbers is also provided. 4. If no party in interest timely files and serves a response to this order to show cause as provided for above, the application may be decided by the Court on or after the date this matter is scheduled to be heard, and may be decided on the papers without a hearing, provided that the plaintiff has filed a proof of service and a proposed form of judgment as required by paragraphs 7 and 11 of this order to show cause. 5. If a party in interest timely files a response as provided for above, the court may entertain argument but will not take testimony on the date this matter is scheduled to be heard. 6. The plaintiff must file and serve any written reply to the response of a party in interest by *, 2014. The reply papers together with a proof of service must be filed with the Surrogate in the county listed above. *-ALL ANSWERING PAPERS ARE TO BE FILED AND SERVED AT LEAST 11 DAYS BEFORE THE RETURN DATE AND ANY REPLY THERETO AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE RETURN DATE. 7. Plaintiff shall submit to the Surrogate an original and two copies of a proposed form of judgment addressing the relief sought on the date this matter is scheduled to be heard (along with a postage paid return envelope) no later than 8 days before the date this matter is scheduled to be heard. 8. A copy of this order to show cause, the verified complaint, affidavit of diligent search, and all other affidavits submitted in support of this application, all of which shall be certified thereon by plaintiff's attorney to be true copies, shall be served upon the parties in interest listed in the complaint, at their present addresses, last known addresses and/or possible addresses by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail within 7 days of the date hereof, in accordance with R. 4:67-3, R. 4:4-3 and R. 4:4-4, this order to show cause being original process. 9. Plaintiff shall provide service on the New Jersey Attorney General and Mary E. O'Dowd, the New Jersey Health Commissioner as per paragraph 8 above, and file certification of same with the Surrogate of Bergen County as required by paragraph 11. 10. Plaintiff shall publish legal notice of this action (a copy of this OTSC) once in the following newspapers within 10 days of the date hereof and file certification of same with the Surrogate of Bergen County as required by paragraph 11: a. Gwinnett Daily Report - 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville,

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ESSEX COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (973) 622-6207 LEGAL SERVICES: (973) 624-4500 Gloucester County Surrogate Surrogate Building 17 North Broad Street, 1st flr. P.O. Box 177, Woodbury, NJ 08096-7177 GLOUCESTER COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (856) 848-4589 LEGAL SERVICES: (856) 848-5360

Hudson County Surrogate Administration Bldg. 595 Newark Ave., Room 107 Jersey City, NJ 07306 HUDSON COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (201) 798-2727 LEGAL SERVICES: (201) 792-6363

HUNTERDON COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (908) 263-6109 LEGAL SERVICES: (908) 782-7979 Mercer County Surrogate Mercer County Courthouse 175 So. Broad Street P.O. Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650-0068

Middlesex County Surrogate Administration Building 75 Bayard Street, PO Box 790 New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0790

SHARON A. BORYS DEPUTY SURROGATE Atlantic County Surrogate Atlantic County Civil Courthouse 1201 Bacharach Blvd. Atlantic City, NJ 08401 ATLANTIC COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (609) 345-3444 LEGAL SERVICES: (609) 348-4200 Bergen County Surrogate Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street, Room 211, P.O. Box 600, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7691

BERGEN COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL (201) 488-0044 LEGAL SERVICES (201) 487-2166 Burlington County Surrogate Burlington County Court Complex 49 Rancocas Road, 1st floor PO Box 6000, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060-1827

BURLINGTON COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL (609) 261-4862 LEGAL SERVICES (800) 496-4570

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Ocean County Courthouse 118 Washington Street P.O. Box 2191, Toms River, NJ 08754-2191 OCEAN COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (732) 240-3666 LEGAL SERVICES: (732) 341-2727 Passaic County Surrogate Passaic County Courthouse 77 Hamilton Street Paterson, NJ 07505 PASSAIC COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (973) 278-9223 LEGAL SERVICES: (973) 523-2900

Salem County Surrogate Salem County Surrogate's Court 92 Market Street Salem, NJ 08079 SALEM COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (856) 678-8363 LEGAL SERVICES: (856) 451-0003 Somerset County Surrogate Somerset Co. Surrogate's Office 20 Grove Street P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876

SOMERSET COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (908) 685-2323 LEGAL SERVICES: (908) 231-0840 Sussex County Surrogate Sussex County Surrogate's Court 4 Park Place, 2nd flr., Newton, NJ 07860 SUSSEX COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (973) 267-5882 LEGAL SERVICES: (973) 383-7400 Union County Surrogate Union County Courthouse 2 Broad Street, 2nd flr. Elizabeth, NJ 07207-6001

MIDDLESEX COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (732) 828-0053 LEGAL SERVICES: (732) 249-7600

UNION COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (908) 353-4715 LEGAL SERVICES: (908) 354-4340

Monmouth County Surrogate Hall of Records 1 East Main Street P.O. Box 1265, Freehold, NJ 07728-1265

Warren County Surrogate Warren County Courthouse 413 Second Street Belvidere, NJ 07823-1500

MONMOUTH COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (732) 431-5544 LEGAL SERVICES: (732) 866-0020

WARREN COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (908) 387-1835 LEGAL SERVICES: (908) 475-2010

Morris County Surrogate Administrative & Records Bldg, 5th Fl. Court Street P.O. Box 900 Morristown, NJ 07963-0900 MORRIS COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (973) 267-5882 LEGAL SERVICES: (973) 285-6911 Ocean County Surrogate

Camden County Surrogate Camden County Surrogate Office 415 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08103-1122 CAMDEN COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (856) 964-4520 LEGAL SERVICES: (856) 964-2010 Cape May County Surrogate 4 Moore Rd., POB 207 Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 CAPE MAY COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (609) 463-0313 LEGAL SERVICES :(609) 465-3001

Cumberland County Surrogate Cumberland County Courthouse 60 West Broad Street, Suite A111 Bridgeton, NJ 08302 CUMBERLAND COUNTY: LAWYER REFERRAL: (856) 692-6207 LEGAL SERVICES: (856) 451-0003 Essex County Surrogate

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