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Former Special Needs head takes plea deal Man was charged in 2008 sexual assault, kidnapping

abilities and Special Needs director was settled this week after a plea deal between his attorneys and the Third Judicial Circuit Solici-

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A 7-year old sexual assault and kidnapping case against a former Sumter County Dis-

tor’s Office. The deal for Sherill Holder included him agreeing to plead

guilty to a lesser charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, which keeps him from holding an administrative position, according to Assistant Solicitor John Meadors who represented the state on the case. Meadors said he met with all victims involved in the case and attorneys representing Holder. He said they

agreed that it was the best deal for the state and the victims to keep him out of a position of trust. The plea does not put Holder on a sex offenders’ list. Meadors said by agreeing to the plea deal the state could assure the victims that Holder would plead guilty, possibly serve time and not be able to serve in an administrative

S.C. DOT: Major road projects expected to be done by year end Lafayette bridge, Alice Drive near completion Sumterites can expect two special New Year’s gifts from South Carolina Department of Transportation with the projected completion of the Alice Drive and Lafayette Drive bridge by the end of the year. Though all four lanes of Alice Drive are now open to traffic, SCDOT Resident Construction Engineer Jeffrey Wilkes said drivers will continue to see crews working for the next few weeks. He said crews are paving and connecting neighborhood and business driveways to the road and later will start clean up. Regarding the bridge, Wilkes said the contractors made a big push and were able to get more done than originally scheduled to be completed at this time. A lot of people are getting excited about the blacktop on the bridge, he said. Wilkes said some of the work is temperature restrictive and the crews have had to wait for the right weather to start on or continue some of the work. He said finishing both projects by January depends on the weather but he does not predict the weather, to be a factor during the next few weeks. Wilkes said everyone — citizens, SCDOT staff and road construction crews — are excited for the work to be completed. He said a final inspection of Alice Drive and Lafayette Drive bridge will be conducted once all work is finished. “We appreciate the public’s patience,” he said.

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Construction workers build the guardrail for the Layafette Street Bridge on Thursday afternoon.

Burglars hit Salvation Army office FROM STAFF REPORTS At the time of year when people are giving graciously to the Salvation Army at bell ringing locations across the city, burglars broke into the Sumter nonprofit’s Kendrick Street office and stole more than $4,000 of merchandise and caused about $1,000 in damage. A Sumter Police Department inci-

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role in the future. He said the deal would be better than risking a loss in court. Holder was charged in Sumter County in February 2008 on one count of third-degree sexual assault and in Clarendon County in March 2008 on three third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count

dent report indicates burglars broke into the office sometime between 8 p.m. Monday and 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. In the report, Maj. Robbie Robbins, commander of the Sumter Salvation Army, said someone used a tire iron to break a front window to make entry into the business. The burglars stole more than $3,500 worth of food items, a 42-inch screen television, blankets and trash cans. They also broke into

an adjoining building, a trailer and the back hatch of a utility truck. The Salvation Army has been providing food and water to flood victims and, through a partnership with The Sumter Item’s Fireside Fund, has been assisting the needy by helping pay for their heating bills. No cash or checks were reported

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Evening Pilot Club of Sumter is on the forefront in giving and working closely with organizations across Sumter such as Camp Burnt Gin, Sumter County Disabilities Special Needs Board, Friends of Swan Lake and local schools, according to a news release from the organization. The club’s projects include BrainMinders Safety Awareness programs for schools, providing support to caregivers of children with autism and family members with Alzheimer or dementia and assisting with the library at Camp Burnt Gin. Recently, the club provided $3,000 to SCDSNB to refurbish its all-purpose room, autistic room and one intermediate resident facility. One of the club’s ongoing endeavors has been awarding the Judy H. Rorick Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, to a Central Carolina Technical College student in the nursing program. Rorick was a loyal club member who passed away in 2005. Since the scholarship was established, more than 10 students have benefited from the generosity of club members. On Nov. 16, the recipient of the award for this academic year, Sandra Geddings, met the Rorick family at the pilot club’s monthly meeting. Geddings is a second-year student at Central Carolina Technical College who plans to receive an associate degree in applied science in May 2016. One of Rorick’s sister, Lynn Moon, said she was proud of what the recipients have achieved because of the scholarship. She encouraged her family members and others to honor Judy by making contributions to the scholarship fund. From its volunteer work at the Health Pavilion to its special day with Santa for children with autism, the club provides cheer and joy during the holiday season, the release states. The club has arranged private visits with Santa for children with autism Sunday at Swan Lake-Iris Garden. This year, Santa is expecting to greet more than 25 children. Evening Pilot Club of Sumter can be found every Friday and Saturday selling hot chocolate, hog dogs, cupcakes and other snacks at the Heath Pavilion until Dec. 19.

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City receives positive audit for 2014-15 BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter City Council received a positive audit report for the fiscal year that ended ended June 30, during a special called meeting Friday. The city’s audit report was completed by Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin LLP of Camden. This is the fourth year Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin

LLP has worked with the city, said Marc Wood with the certified accountant’s firm. The city’s total revenues for the fiscal period were $2.6 million more than the final budgeted revenues of $30.5 million and total expenditures were $245,000 less than the $35.2 million final budgeted amount. Sumter Finance Director Beth Reames commended the city’s department heads for

planning financially responsible budgets and sticking to them. Mayor Joe McElveen said this audit shows the city’s fiscal responsibility and restraint, especially when observing the projects that are taking place around Sumter. He said audits from several years ago were not as good as the city’s most recent reports. Wood said Sheheen, Han-

cock & Godwin LLP discovered several issues in the city’s financial reports when the firm first began working with the city. He said no findings were discovered during this and more recent audit reports but not for a lack of searching. He said this is a testament to how the city is progressing. City Manager Deron McCormick said the city has

found success in its audit reports because its staff never ceases to learn. “If we ever stop learning,” he said, “we’ll be in bad shape.” Also, the city received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from Government Finance Officers Association for its comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.

Students learn engineering with battling ’bots BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com About 17 teams from across the state and more than 150 students, will compete in a battle of the robots at Sumter High School today starting at 9 a.m. The Bot Squad Icicle Open, a VEX Robotics Competition, is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math activity for high school students. Each year, VEX Robotics presents an engineering challenge in the form of a game for teams of high school students. Students, with guidance from their teachers and mentors, use the VEX Robotics Design System to build innovative robots designed to score the most points possible in qualification matches, elimination matches and skills challenges, according to the website www.robotevents.com. This year’s competition is called “Nothing But Net,” and will take place at various schools throughout the world. Sumter High School has two academic teams consisting of about 10 people each in the competition, said Tammy Vaught, the teams’ coach and career and technology teacher at the school. Matches are played on a 12-inch by 12-inch square field. Two alliances — one “red” and one “blue” — composed of two teams each, compete in matches consisting of 15-second autonomous periods followed by 1 minute, 45 seconds of driver-controlled play.

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Sumter High School robotics team students from left Katie Guo, Jordan Ali, Denzyl Lastimoso, MacKeegan Songer and Ethan Witt assemble robot parts. About 17 teams representing schools from across the state will compete in the VEX Robotics Competition at the school today. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing team by scoring the balls in the net. The competition is best-of-two elimination tournament, and rounds will be played throughout the day on Saturday.

Vaught said by being involved in the program, students have the opportunity to participate in project-based learning. “For many of the students it is an opportunity to see that they can do things they never imagined possible,

including pursuing a degree in a technical field such as engineering or computer programming,” Vaught said. “These students have tremendous desire and dedication, spending many hours after school learning how to build and program the robots.”

Tuomey hosts GriefShare program for widows, widowers BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Mayesville resident George Mason lost his wife to cancer in July. Each Tuesday, for the last seven weeks, Mason has been attending Tuomey Hospice’s GriefShare program, a support group for widows or widowers who have recently lost a spouse. “It’s comforting to be able to express my feelings among people who are going through a similar loss,” Mason said. “We face some common grief.”

Mason’s wife, Jane Frances Mason, passed away on July 22, from third-stage lung cancer that had also spread to her lymph nodes and brain. The couple had been married for 37 years and had five children and eight grandchildren. “When Jane passed, she had a tear in her left eye and a tear in her right eye,” he said. “One was a tear of love, and one was a tear of joy.” Mason said the support group, which consists of eight widows and widowers, has helped him cope. There’s no specific topic for the weekly group sessions.

Instead, the spouses of lost loved ones are encouraged to follow the flow of the discussion. “We want our participants to know that grieving is a natural process,” said Linda Windley, the support’s group coordinator. “Once they hear someone else’s story they realize that they may be going through a similar experience and that is comforting for them.” Windley said she encourages recent widows and widowers to allow themselves to grieve. “It’s OK to feel the pain, to feel the sadness,” she said.

“And it’s also OK to smile, to laugh. You don’t have to feel guilty for anything.” Windley said getting through the holiday season may be the toughest time for those grieving. But it also may be a good time to establish a new holiday tradition. “Do things you want to do but not feel obligated to do,” she said. Participants can attend the group session for as long as they feel necessary. “There’s no time period for grief,” Windley said. “Do not allow anyone to push you through the grieving process;

it’s your process.” Before coming into the group setting, those grieving go through an individual session to see if they are ready for group counseling. Counselors are also available one-on-one after a participant has joined a group. “It’s very nice to know they are always there if you need someone to talk to,” Mason said. The group meets every Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at 500 Pinewood Road, Suite 2, Sumter. For more information, contact Linda Windley at (803) 773-4663.

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‘The Lord will open up doors in every direction’ Bishopville-based charity provides 23rd Christmas for those in need BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com As he lay in a hospital bed recovering from wounds suffered in Vietnam, Eddie Thomas heard the calling that would change his life forever. Serving with the Army’s 82nd Airborne, Thomas was shot in a battle near the border with North Vietnam. “I had a messed up knee and a hole in my back,” he said. Besides his wounds, he returned with a Purple Star and two Bronze Stars. “I helped save another soldier,” he explained as if it was a natural, everyday occurrence. He was sent home to recover at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. “I got in the spirit,” he said. “ Two of the nurses at the hospital were very religious, and they helped calm Thomas down. “It was the Lord getting me ready to do his work,” he said. That work began by going to seminary, attending Coker College and studying theology at Duke University. He eventually became a minister for nearly 40 years with the United Methodist Church before he retired. “It’s been hard on this journey,” Thomas said. “Sometimes you think you will not get help, and the Lord will open up doors in every direction.” In the early 1990s, Thomas served as pastor at churches in Murrells Inlet and Bennettsville. One day a few days before Christmas, he and his wife, Corine, were approached by a single parent with three young children who asked for their help. “They didn’t have any presents, and it was three days before Christmas,” he said. He and his wife prayed, and decided to use some of the church’s Christmas money to buy the family some food and toys. A few weeks later, they decided to

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Ashley Baker, 25, of 1956 Gion St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with seconddegree domestic violence after she allegedly held a 12-inch kitchen knife during an argument with her boyfriend while at her residence at about 8:30 p.m. According to the incident report, Baker’s boyfriend Robert Gadson, 25, of the same address, was also arrested and was charged with breach of peace. James G. Lesesne, 45, of 1025 Plowden Mill Road, was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving under suspension, second offense; providing false information to police; and reckless driving for allegedly driving at 68 mph in a 35 mph zone on Alice Drive and passing another vehicle in a no passing zone on Wise Drive at about 11: 40 p.m. An incident report states Lesesne gave a false name after telling officers he did not have a driver’s license nor registration and proof of insurance for the vehicle. STOLEN PROPERTY Miscellaneous food items with a combined valued of $3,500; a 42-inch Toshiba flat-screen TV valued at $500; two 55-gallon trash cans with a combined value of $60; a cooler valued at $50; and several blankets valued at $100 were reportedly stolen from a business on Kendrick Street between 8 p.m. Monday and 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. Also, approximately $800 worth of damage was caused during the incident when a rear window of the building, the windows of two doors and the window

form an organization. The Good Samaritans for All People was born. “This will be our 23rd Christmas helping people in need,” he said. “I think it is just great to be able to help people,” Corine said. “This is the time and the season we want to show our love for people — and we do love people.” The giveaways began in Murrells Inlet, and then moved to Bennetsville the next year as Thomas was transferred to new ministries. Now they are a fixture in Bishopville, Corine’s hometown. The reverend said that in Bishopville they have partnered with the local fire department, the Department of Social Services, the Red Cross and emergency services to continue the tradition. They have helped people from 12 counties in North and South Carolina. “We help everyone,” he said. “He works really hard to give to people,” Corine said. She thanked the people that have donated and contributed. “We could not do it without them,” she said. Each year the events seem to get bigger. “Last year, we served about 2,200 people in 860 families,” Thomas said. “We have 28 volunteers from four counties who help us out.” Each year they give out between 300 and 400 bicycles and a variety of clothing, fruit, candy and furniture, he said. “Anything to help people get started,” he said. The couple is rewarded by seeing the people’s joy. “It is so good to see when parents wait in line, and they put on that smile,” Corine said. One year, as they were about to close, they noticed a little girl in the corner. “There was an old doll with one leg and one arm,” Thomas said. “She picked it up and hugged it; we thought that was so sweet. We told her she

of a trailer were broken. A white PlayStation 4, along with one white controller and one red controller, with a combined value of $520; three gold rings with a combined value of $900; and a pair of white, black and purple Air Jordan Nike shoes valued at $120 were reportedly stolen from an apartment on Bama Lane between 2:40 and 7:25 p.m. Tuesday. A black 40-inch Vizio flatscreen TV valued at $400; a black PlayStation console valued at $300; and approximately 20 video games with a combined value of $1,000 were stolen from a residence in the 200 block of Loring Drive, between 5:45 a.m. Tuesday and 1 a.m. Wednesday. DAMAGED PROPERTY A silver 2011 Ford Fusion sustained approximately $1,250 in damage when the driver’s side panels were scratched while it was parked in a lot in the 500 block of North Guignard Drive between 10:45 and 11:15 a.m. Monday.

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The Rev. Eddie Thomas and his wife, Corine, show some of the gifts prepared for the annual Good Samaritans for All People Christmas Giveaway set for Dec. 19. could have anything she wanted. The family was so joyous, it made me feel so good,” he said. Eddie said they try to make sure everyone who comes gets something to help their children. “When I get discouraged, I feel kind of like David,” he said. “People were mocking him, but he said, ‘I am doing what I am doing for the Lord, and I am going in the name of the Lord.’” He said he is determined to “Keep on keeping on for the Lord,” he said.

This year’s Good Samaritans for all People Christmas Giveaway will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Lee Central High School Gymnasium, 1800 Wisacky Highway, in Bishopville. The organization will give out food, clothing, toys and other items for all in need. For more information, call the Rev. Eddie Thomas at (803) 428-4448 or (803) 459-4989 or Rev. Raymond Cook at (803) 469-6294.

Gallery offers 2 holiday workshops for kids BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Sumter County Gallery of Art’s December Second Saturday and Holiday Crafty Camp will feature art activities designed for children who’d like to create seasonal artworks. From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, young people from 4- to 12-years-old can “paint a whimsical holiday-themed painting on a stretched canvas” under the guidance of gallery staff. According to a postcard sent by the Gallery, “Students will get the full painting experience using acrylic paints, working at easels and learning to use palettes and mix colors. Students should be ready to get messy and make a masterpiece.”

The fee for this workshop is $20 for gallery members, $25 for non-members. The Holiday Crafty Camp will meet from 9 a.m. to noon on two days, Monday, Dec. 21, and Tuesday, Dec. 22. Crafts to be created by children from 4 to 12 will include “clay ornaments (and) traditional holiday crafts with a contemporary flair.” They will also paint, make

cookies and candles among other things in this two-day holiday camp. Fee for the Holiday Crafty Camp is $50 for members, $60 for non-members. Both events will be held at Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St., in the Sumter County Cultural Center. For more information or to register, call (803) 7750908.

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‘Becoming Santa’ suffers from saccharine overload BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH What in the name of Meredith Baxter-Birney is going on with Lifetime? Last year the network aired “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever,” a sardonic sendup of the holiday movie genre. This summer, it debuted “UnREAL,” a savage, behind-the-scenes takedown of the inane “Bachelor” reality franchise. Hip and smart, they were refreshing and daring departures for the “women in peril” network. This weekend, we have “Becoming Santa” (8 p.m. Saturday), everything but daring and, sadly, anything but watchable. Laura Bell Bundy (“Hart of Dixie”) plays Holly, a perky veterinarian with a handsome, hunky boyfriend, Connor (Jesse Hutch, “Cedar Cove”), who’s eager to pop the question. But as an old-fashioned guy, he wants to ask her dad’s permission first. And that’s a bit complicated because her dad (Michael Gross, “Family Ties”) is Santa Claus and lives at the North Pole. Gross’ “Family Ties” castmate, Meredith Baxter, plays Mrs. Claus. Subplots include Connor’s employment at a soulless toy company churning out products for spoiled children addicted to tablets and video games. And not to give too much away, but once Connor does make it to the North Pole to meet the folks, he runs up against Mama Claus’ desires for Holly to settle for a more suitable beau, namely Jack Frost, her old flame. Nobody should complain about the contrivances of a Christmas movie, particularly one involving the modern offspring of old Saint Nick. But there are limits. From its cloying, “jolly” musical score to the strenuous overacting, “Becoming Santa” reeks of the frantic. The least saccharine moments are when Holly baby-talks to her animal patients. Christmas is known for its excess, but there’s a difference between celebrating childlike wonder and foisting childish drivel on viewers. It’s curious that the Lifetime Network, a place for grownups, would broadcast something so aggressively juvenile. • The sweet spot between childish and enchanting can be difficult to determine. That’s why so many holiday movies and movies aimed at children

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Meredith Baxter, left, and Laura Bell Bundy star in “Becoming Santa,” a new holiday movie premiering at 8 p.m. today on Lifetime. are utterly forgettable. ABC celebrates two memorable classics this weekend, films that have entranced generations. The network dusts off its “Wonderful World of Disney” (8 p.m. Saturday, TV-G) franchise to air “Mary Poppins.” This marks the first network airing of the 1964 musical in more than 13 years. With its innovative blend of animation and live-action, “Mary Poppins” transcended the kids’ market to earn 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture. On Sunday night, ABC reaches back 80 years in entertainment history to present “Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” (8 p.m. Sunday, TV-PG). More than three years in the making, “Snow White” nearly destroyed Walt Disney and the studio that bore his name. While millions laughed at Mickey Mouse, nobody knew if audiences would sit still for a 90-minute animated feature. And nobody outside of the studio expected that a mere cartoon could be such a staggering and moving work of art, a visual masterpiece blending comedy and pathos, beauty and terror in equal measure. Disney had amused audiences, but when he saw that “Snow White” reduced grown viewers to tears, he knew he had creat-

ed something astounding. • “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m. Sunday, CBS, TV-14) heads into winter hiatus with a cliffhanger. Nails are bitten as tensions with the Russians escalate to military conflict. The death of the Russian leader and the ascension of his widow, former beauty queen Maria Ostrov (Angela Gots), to head of state leaves Elizabeth (Tea Leoni) at a loss. How do you negotiate with a mystery? This semi-season finale is a good example of why “Madam” has not risen to the top tier of smart TV dramas. Its attempts to shift between statecraft and intimate family scenes are awkward and forced at best. Never has a scene involving decorating the Christmas tree seemed less believable. And ratcheting up the tension to DEFCON-5 is a clear sign of desperation. Where do you go after negotiating your way out of World War III? And why do you think you have to take your viewers to the brink in order to maintain their interest?

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • HBO repeats the four-hour 2015 documentary “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All” (noon) with another airing later (7 p.m.,

HBO2). Today marks Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday. • The 1964 special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (8 p.m., CBS) put a special spin on individualism and non-conformity. • Premier Boxing Champions fights (8:30 p.m., NBC), live from San Antonio, Texas. • Reindeer receive lessons in aviation from a squirrel in the 2008 special “The Flight Before Christmas” (9 p.m., CBS). • Stuck in the survivalist camp on “Ash vs Evil Dead” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). • A family reunion begins to feel forced on “The Returned” (10 p.m., Sundance, TV-MA). • Chris Hemsworth hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring Chance the Rapper.

England Patriots on “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC). • A surgeon faces grave charges on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Billy faces a big decision on the series finale of “Blood & Oil” (9 p.m., ABC). • Carrie finds a new lead on “Homeland” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA). • Parents who choose their children’s dates on “Married by Mom and Dad” (9:30 p.m., TLC, TV-PG). • A hacker’s tangled path leads to the morgue on “CSI: Cyber” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • The revelation of the bombers presents more questions than answers on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC). • Quinn has his doubts about Sunny on “Into the Badlands” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14). • DiDi sparks a demonstration to save the ward on the series finale of “Getting On” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). • It’s time for Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken Christmas Special” (midnight, Cartoon Network).

CULT CHOICE After evading the Angel of Death, a doomed aviator (David Niven) fights for his life before a heavenly court in the 1946 fantasy “A Matter of Life and Death” (midnight Saturday, TCM), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Visually stunning.

SATURDAY SERIES “Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon” (8 p.m., NBC, r) * Gordon contends with a prison break on “Gotham” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * An ex-con’s murder is a mystery on “Rosewood” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

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• Designer Genevieve Gorder hosts a room-by-room tour of the executive mansion’s holiday transformation on “White House Christmas 2015” (6 p.m., HGTV, TV-G). • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): profiles of National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli, director J.J. Abrams and Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. • The Houston Texans host the no-longer-invincible New

Bart’s biography reveals his family’s influence on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * A mishap disturbs Terry’s holidays on “Brooklyn NineNine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Peter the vigilante on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Gail goes overboard on “The Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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Hometown celebrates Sinatra ‘his way’ Hoboken museum tells crooner’s story BY SHAWN MARSH The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady, and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a lovehate relationship, the milesquare New Jersey city where Frank Sinatra was born is finding the centennial of his birth to be a very good year. Throughout 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son, who died in 1998 at age 82, with outdoor screenings of his movies, a “Sinatra Idol” competition and concerts that was capped by a centennial birthday bash on Dec. 12 at the Stevens Institute of Technology, which awarded the high school dropout an honorary degree in 1985. The small-scale event did not generate the same buzz as “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star Grammy Concert” on Dec. 2

in Las Vegas, that featured Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and other performers. Even so, the Hoboken Historical Museum has seen a 300 percent jump in visitors since opening a Sinatra exhibit in early August and hired extra staff, director Robert Foster said. “Whenever we do something on Sinatra, people come out of the woodwork,” Foster said. “We enjoy the fans because they are so loyal and he means so much to them.” Lacking any major items that belonged to Sinatra, the museum tells his story through media displays, and visitors receive a map with their $4 admission that features Sinatra sites. Greta Wilson, who was born and raised in Hoboken, said Sinatra is “always the first thing” people ask her about when they learn where she is from.

“They always wanted to know if I had seen him in a store or a movie theater or some other place in town, and if he was like a regular person or if he acted like a stuckup movie star,” she said. A plaque marks the former building at 415 Monroe St. where Sinatra was born in 1915 to middle-class parents. “He had a nice life,” said Chuck Granata, who co-produces and engineers the “Nancy for Frank” satellite radio program with Sinatra’s oldest daughter, Nancy. “Frank was not poor and was probably one of the more fortunate kids growing up.” His mother made sure her son had nice clothes and even a car, which helped him gain a spot in 1935 with the singing group the Hoboken Four. They won first prize on a national radio program for amateur entertainers, and Sinatra started along a path that led

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Frank Sinatra, the best known of the 20th-century crooners, would have turned 100 today. His hometown of Hoboken, New Jersey, is celebrating with several events. to big bands, bobby soxers and fame. However, some Hoboken residents felt Sinatra had forgotten them, reflected in the reception he got when he rode on a float in a 1947 parade and was pelted with tomatoes, according to biographer Ed Shirak. Sinatra later called Hoboken a sewer. Urban blight plagued the

city until the 1970s, when New Yorkers started crossing the Hudson River to renovate brownstones and build condominiums. The icy relationship began to thaw in 1979 when the city changed River Road to Sinatra Drive. A park and the city’s main post office would also bear his name. Hoboken these days reflects Sinatra cool, where fashionable young hipsters roam the city’s bars and restaurants after spending the day working in Manhattan. Wilson, 68, who now lives on Long Beach Island, said she thought Sinatra was a great representative for Hoboken. “People unfamiliar with Hoboken seem to think of it as a dumpy small Jersey town, filled with people who really want to live in New York City,” she said. “Frank helped put Hoboken on the map, and people still come there to this day just to see ‘his town’ and learn more about him. Hoboken owes Sinatra a lot.”

Ron Howard’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ is adrift LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” is a curious beast. The ambitions are as big as a whale; the results are an earnest wreck. It could possibly work if you think of the movie as a metaphor for the story it’s trying to tell, but that’s a little too meta for something that should be fairly straightforward. It’s ostensibly about the real expedition that inspired Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” that Nathaniel Philbrick wrote about in his nonfiction book. But despite a promising start, something is lost in the spectacle and the framing device, which ultimately undermines its own story. Howard uses Melville as a character (played by Ben Whishaw) and his curiosity about the mysterious circumstances of how the whaleship Essex sank as the audience’s entry into the story. He’s looking for big answers about the unknown. So, he finds Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), the ship’s only remaining survivor, who’s drinking his life away. At his wife’s pleading, and Melville’s promise of generous payment for one night’s conversation, Tom starts to spill about the events of 30 years ago, when he was 14

REVIEW (played by Tom Holland). It’s best not to do the math. This is the story of two men, he says: A Captain, George Pollard (Benjamin Walker), and his first mate, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth). Pollard is the son of the expedition’s proprietor. He’s wealthy, arrogant, entitled and inexperienced. Chase is the real seaman — a working-class Adonis with a classist chip on his broad shoulders. He’s also arrogant, but has the skills to back it up. Chase flexes his hero muscles early, bounding up a ladder to cut free a tangled sail, and the Captain responds with ill-advised bravado in leading the men full-speed into a squall. But the “who leads” question is abandoned quickly and without much resolution once the whaling starts. Perhaps the most striking scenes are those that deal with the process of catching a whale, from spearing to the gory disemboweling. But whales are scarce on the ship’s normal route and they must sail on to get enough oil for their bosses. It’s thousands of miles off

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Chris Hemsworth, right, as Owen Chase, and Sam Keeley as Ramsdell, left, act in a scene from the film, “In the Heart of the Sea.” the coast of South America where they encounter the big one, which locks on the Essex with a Terminator’s resolve. Hemsworth is best when he’s by himself — either barking orders or doing something physical. Of all the actors he shares scenes with, it’s Cil-

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Officers on the beat see changes as tension rises BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press LEXINGTON — Police feel their job has changed after more than a year of high-profile deadly confrontations between police and unarmed black men in cities from Ferguson, Missouri, to Baltimore. Officers on the beat said there is more tension on the streets. Their supervisors worry officers, concerned about public perception, might overthink what should be splitsecond decisions in dangerous situations, putting themselves or others at risk. Police shootings that have led to charges against officers such as the one in Chicago where a black teen with a knife was shot by a white officer 16 times or in South Carolina this past April where an unarmed black motorist running from a traffic stop was shot several times in the back by a white North Charleston police officer strengthen calls for body cameras. But beat cops across the country worry that the greater use of cameras — as well as the easy spread of clips filmed by bystanders over social media — leaves them vulnerable to being judged by an out of context moment. Here are ways some frontline officers across the United States view the way their jobs have changed:

UNDER THREAT Sgt. Jeff Weed used to do paperwork on his 12-hour shift while parked in an empty lot in his Lexington County Sheriff’s Department patrol car. But, with the recent tensions, that common practice just seems too dangerous as police officers fear an ambush, he said. Weed has been a beat cop in this South Carolina county that ranges from the Columbia suburbs to rolling fields

and peach orchards for his entire 26-year law enforcement career. “I’ve got to be more vigilant,” Weed said, not long after authorities said an officer near Houston was killed as he pumped gas. He has been a police officer long enough that he said he doesn’t obsess over each specific incident and whether it will put police in danger. But he said his wife and three kids do.

EXTRA SCRUTINY In the past few years, Greenville County deputy Shane Reece moved from an undercover job back out on the road patrolling. The first thing the South Carolina deputy noticed is the instant attention he draws when he goes somewhere like a nightclub to investigate a problem or arrest someone. Some people yell insults and question everything he does. Others praise him. But he knows he is being watched and likely filmed. “Both sides are more vocal. You don’t get to go in quietly many places anymore,” Reece said. Reece said the attention just seems to build and build after each high-profile incident involving police.

OFFERING THANKS Lexington County Sheriff’s Sgt. Terry Govan said he is taking the positive out of the extra attention paid to police officers. Govan rarely goes more than a week without someone paying for coffee or a meal to thank him for his work. But the 17-year patrol veteran said it felt strange at first. “The other day, they told me, ‘Hey, somebody paid for your food.’ At first, I was like OK,’” Govan said. “But it’s nice to have people appreciate what you do.”

PLEA DEAL FROM PAGE A1 of kidnapping charges. The Sumter Item reported in 2008 that those Clarendon County charges stemmed from separate incidents involving three individuals during a 13-year period. One of the three victims was assaulted in both Sumter and Clarendon counties, which is why he was charged in both counties. Holder originally faced a

minimum of 130 years in prison if convicted of all charges. Under the guilty plea for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, Holder faced a maximum of 10 years in prison. Third Judicial Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran Jr. sentenced Holder to three years in prison, and he began serving the sentence this week.

BURGLARY FROM PAGE A1 missing from the burglary. The Sumter Corps of the Salvation Army provides character building programs at the Boys and Girls Club, shelter for families in need of

transitional housing and safe and affordable housing for seniors, according to its website. Robbins did not return phone and email requests for more information.

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State’s craft distilleries take product to new market BY JEFF WILKINSON The State of Columbia COLUMBIA — Jessica Dowd Crouch’s history with whiskey-making runs deep. Her grandfather, Mitchell Dowd, was a moonshiner in Gaston during the Great Depression, making illegal whiskey to support his large farm family at a time when a crop of corn didn’t make ends meet any other way. Today, Jessica — along with her husband, Phil Crouch — are the Palmetto State’s newest craft distillers, running their Crouch Distilling operation in a light industrial bay just down the road from Williams-Brice Stadium. And while her grandfather’s illegal moonshining sparked Jessica’s interest in distillation and history, she doesn’t romanticize his trade. He made whiskey solely so his family could survive. “We don’t say moonshine,” she said, leaning on the bar in the distillery’s tasting room. “Moonshine means illegal whiskey. We’re paying a boatload of taxes to be legal. So we call it bourbon, rye, sour mash and Carolina white.” The Crouches, who started the business seven months ago, are the fourth micro-distillery to open in the Midlands. They are part of a statewide trend that promises to do for spirits what the micro-brewing industry has done for craft beer. No economic impact figures are available for the state’s micro-distilling industry, which began in 2011 and now boasts 31 licensed distillers from the Upstate to the Lowcountry. But South Carolina’s craft beer industry now has 40 micro-breweries and brew pubs that pump $443 million into the state’s economy annually, according to a study by the national Brewers Association, and has created 3,000 jobs. “Craft distilling is now where craft brewing was in the 1990s,” Phil Crouch said. For hundreds of years in South Carolina and the nation, local distillers plied their trade free of federal or state regulation. If you could make it, you could sell it. Even before Columbia was founded, distilleries dotted the Midlands, turning out liquor from rum to corn whiskey. All that changed in 1920 with Prohibition, when drinking alcohol was declared illegal. Upon its repeal in 1933, the federal government began licensing and taxing beer, wine and liquor, and states set up individual laws regulating its sale. Recent changes in South Carolina’s liquor laws have made it possible for small distillers to exist once again. In

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Crouch Distilling owners Phil and Jessica Crouch smile with some of their products in Columbia on Dec. 2. The Crouches, who started the business seven months ago, are the fourth micro-distillery to open in the Midlands. Phil Crouch, left, speaks at their distillery in Columbia. The Couch’s bring a distinctive approach to small batch craft whiskeys, and they are part of a statewide trend that promises to do for spirits what the micro-brewing industry has done for craft beer.

2009, the General Assembly approved less restrictive regulations for small, local distillers — most importantly allowing tasting rooms and lowering the state licensing fee from $50,000 every two years to $5,000. As a result, distilleries started to pop up — despite the hard work it takes to make liquor, the high taxes and limited outlets for marketing the product. “It’s a heavy-duty manufacturing operation,” said Ken Allen, a Columbia attorney who for 30 years was chairman of the now-defunct Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. He now represents brewers and distillers. “It’s heavy and wet and hot, and you have to deal with all that,” he said. “But I’m seeing a steady growth. It’s definitely evolving.” Distillers hope the laws regulating

their industry continue to evolve as well, much as laws governing microbreweries have changed. In 2013, the General Assembly passed the “pint law,” which increased the amount of beer customers can consume in craft brewery tasting rooms to 48 ounces or three pints — from four 4-ounce samples. It also allows patrons to purchase up to 288 ounces (the equivalent of a case of beer) that patrons can buy in large jugs called growlers. Since then, three craft breweries have opened in the area, all in Columbia and all within walking distance of Williams-Brice Stadium. Crouch Distilling decided to open in that area as well to create a synergy. “It’s the drinking circle,” Jessica Crouch said. Richard Baker, owner and distiller at Copper Horse distillery, the Midland’s first and largest, which opened

in August 2014, said some modification in the laws would make the industry more solvent. He would like to see a distinction made between craft distilleries and liquor stores, which have to close at 7 p.m. and can’t open on Sunday. It would be nice to be able to sell mixed drinks in the tasting rooms, much as breweries can sell pints. And he would like to market directly to restaurants, instead of being forced by the “three-tier system” of producer, distributor and retailer to go through mandatory distributors. Oh, and he would like to see the $13.50 a gallon federal tax lowered. “That’s a big number to overcome,” he said. “And if people could come in and enjoy a cocktail, that would be great.” The San Francisco-based American Distillers Institute rates South Carolina’s craft distilling laws a little better than average in that the state allows distillers and it allows tasting rooms. “It’s a mixed bag of nuts around the country,” the institute’s vice president, Andrew Faulkner, told The State newspaper. Faulkner predicts that South Carolina’s fledgling craft distilling industry and the industry nationally will go through an evolution. It will continue to grow, he said. There will be a thinning out process. And then it will start climbing again.

OBITUARIES TERESA BROWDER Teresa Elizabeth Thames Browder, 45, wife of Douglas Wayne Browder, died on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Harold Van Thames Sr. and Jean McIntosh Thames. She was a registered nurse at Clarendon Memorial BROWDER Hospital. Survivors include her husband of 20 years; three daughters, Lyncoln Browder, Abigail Browder and Carmen Browder, all of Sumter; a brother, Harold Van Thames (Jennifer) of Summerton; and her grandfather, Raymond E. McIntosh (Margaret) of Pinewood. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Gernell M. McIntosh; and her paternal grandparents, John D. and Lois Thames. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. B.P. Boyle officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joseph McIntosh, Travis McIntosh, Chris Lamb, Benny McIntosh, Patrick Thames and Chris Thames. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to the Teresa T. Browder Angel on Earth Memorial Fund (donations may be made at any First Citizens Bank); the Teresa Browder Nursing Scholarship Fund through the Cypress Foundation of Clarendon Health System, 10 E. Hos-

pital St., Manning, SC 29102; or to Westside Christian Academy, 554 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154.Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ISAAC HOUSE JR. SUMMERTON — Isaac House Jr., 65, died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at his residence in Summerton. Born on Jan. 28, 1950, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Isaac Albert and Rosa Lee Glover House. The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, Dorothy Mae House, 1861 House Road, Summerton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC.

EDWARD DAVIS JR. LYNCHBURG — Funeral service for Edward Davis Jr. will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Mt. Pleasant AME Church with the Rev. Ernest Brown, pastor, and Pastor Elroy Davis, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, directed by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. Mr. Davis, 82, was a son of the late Edward and Harriet Davis. He passed on Dec. 8, 2015.

He was a truck driver and also owned a tire business. He accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. Survivors are his loving and devoted wife, Margaret; four sons; two daughters; eight stepchildren; 16 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two brothers; five sisters; an uncle; other relatives and friends. The family is receiving guests at the home, 4362 Elliott Highway.

JAMES LAW James Law, 68, husband of Charlotte Holiday Law, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. He was born on April 20, 1947, in Sumter, to the late Stephen and Laura James Law. The family will receive rela-

tives and friends at the home, 2260 Brenda Road, Wedgefield. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

TONY JENNINGS Tony Jennings entered eternal rest on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Born on March 21, 1946, he was a son of the late Isaac and Jessie Anderson Jennings. Memorial services will be held at noon today in the chapel of Community Funeral Home with Bishop Frances. The family is receiving visitors at 518 S. Harvin St. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

loved husband of the late Dorothy Chatmon Pass, died on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will take place at a later date in Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Tucker, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday at Bullock Funeral Home. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

CECIL J. POSS Cecil James Poss, 94, be-

FREE SPEAKING PROGRAMS Glenn Givens is an Attorney and Experienced Speaker who is offering free speaking programs to local social, civic, religious, school and business organizations with 15 or more meeting attendees. Are you an organization looking for an upcoming speaker? Are you an employer or administrator who wants to reward your employees by offering an informative program? Glenn is offering speaking programs for Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties on the following separate topics from which to select: 1. Wills and Dying without a Will; 2. Trusts and Avoiding Probate and Distribution Planning; 3. Health and Financial Powers of Attorney and Living Wills. The programs allow for audience participation and questions during and after the program. If you are interested and have at least 15 meeting attendees, contact Glenn at (803) 418-0800; ext. 108.

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AROUND TOWN Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Sumter Little Theatre will present the Christmas classic New Beginnings restaurant, 1335 Peach Orchard “Miracle on 34th Street” toWreaths Across Road.ceremony Call Brenda Bethune day-Sunday, Dec. 13, at 14America to beShow held times today are at (803) 469-6588. Mood Ave. 7:30 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Manning High School Concert on Sunday. Tickets: $20 for Band and Chorus will present adults; $15 for students / “Sounds of the Season” at 6 senior citizens / military. p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, Call (803) 775-2150. in the commons area of Manning High School, 2155 The Town of Mayesville will hold its annual Christmas pa- Paxville Highway. Call Jeffery Gaines at (803) 435rade today in downtown Mayesville. The parade will 4417 for more information. begin with the lineup at 10 The Sumter Combat Veterans a.m. followed by the fesGroup will meet at 10 a.m. tivities at 11 a.m. Call on Friday, Dec. 18, at the Katherina Caroline at (803) South HOPE Center, 1125 S. 453-5974 or Jeannie JefferLafayette Drive. All area son at (803) 495-8181. veterans are invited. The Sumter Civil Air Patrol’s The Sumterites Association Wreaths Across America cer- will hold its annual Christemony will be held at noon mas Dance at 8 p.m. on Fritoday at Sumter Cemetery. day, Dec. 18, at the Lincoln Former U.S. Marine and re- High School gym, 26 Countired Army Reserve Master cil St. For more informaSgt. Jackie Hughes will tion, call (803) 773-6700, speak. After the ceremony, (803) 840-3794 or (803) 775attendees may assist in 6518. hanging the wreaths along The Mayewood High School the cemetery fence. For Class of 1977 will hold an more information about organizational meeting at the WAA organization, 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. contact Denise Owen at 19, at Mayewood Middle owenmom@aol.com or visit www.wreathsacrossa- School. If you are a member of this class, your help merica.org. is needed in planning the The Scotts Branch High 40th class reunion. Come School Alumni will meet and with ideas and suggeshold its Christmas fellowtions to make the reunion ship at 3 p.m. on Sunday, special in 2017. Dec. 13, at Eagle’s Nest headquarters, 1 Larry King Heartz 2 Soulz will hold its annual “Giving Back to the Highway, Summerton. Community Christmas Dinner The Sumter Branch NAACP and Gift Giving Event” for will conduct the national local homeless, addicts, board of directors election boarding houses, nursing during the annual meeting homes, battered women, at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. and runaway kids, from 1 13, at First Baptist Misto 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. sionary Church, 219 S. 21, at CJ’s Café & Catering, Washington St. 226 N. Washington St. (inThe Lincoln High School Class side Econo Lodge). Donations of hats, scarfs, of 1963 will hold its meetgloves, blankets and toileting and Christmas lunries are being accepted for cheon at 5 p.m. on Monthis event and can be day, Dec. 14, at Golden dropped off at CJ’s Café or Corral, 2385 Walmart Blvd. at the Guardian ad Litem Call Ferdinand Burns at office, 410 W. Liberty St. (803) 968-4464. Call Cheryl at (803) 316Are you looking for informa5678. tion about the Affordable The Ebenezer Alumni AssociCare Act? The Harvin Claration’s Annual Scholarship endon County Library will Banquet will be held at 7 hold a free program at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14. at Ebenezer Middle School, Carrie Sinkler-Parker will 3440 Ebenezer Road. Call speak. Registration is not (803) 494-2900. required. Call (803) 4358633 for details. Clarendon School District The League of Women Voters One will conduct free vision, hearing, speech and developSumter County will hold its holiday social membership mental screenings as part of meeting at 6 p.m. on Tues- a child find effort to identify students with special day, Dec. 15, at Logan’s needs. Screenings will be Roadhouse, 2531 Broad St. The meal will be Dutch. We held from 9 a.m. to noon at are inviting all members or the Summerton Early Childhood Center, 8 South those who would like to St., Summerton, on the folbecome a member. Call lowing Thursdays: Jan. 14, Dee Woodward at (803) 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; March 469-3485. The Sumter County Education 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; and Association-Retired will hold May 12, 2016. Call Sadie its meeting and Christmas Williams at (803) 485-2325, extension 116. luncheon at noon on

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take an EUGENIA LAST aggressive approach if you want to get things done. Refuse to let emotional incidents take you down a path that will lead to regret. Don’t say anything in anger. Keep busy and focus on learning, not criticizing. Make personal changes.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put in the time and don’t stop until you reach the finish line. A mini trip will enlighten you and help you figure out future improvements you want to make. Discuss your plans and start the ball rolling. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look over your personal papers and update whatever needs to be altered before the year comes to a close. Staying on top of your financial responsibilities will help ease your stress and position you well for future endeavors and adventures.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Join in and enjoy seasonal activities, but don’t let fast-talking salespeople railroad you into purchases that will lead to debt. Avoid buying useless products that will end up sitting in the corner collecting dust. Give gifts made with love. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take part in events and activities, and take advantage of the opportunity to speak with influential people about your ideas for the coming year. Your ability to mix business with pleasure will pay off and ensure future advancement. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stop before it’s too late. Emotional, financial and physical indulgence is the enemy. Take a step back and realize what you can and cannot handle. Focus on your home and putting your energy into securing what you have worked so hard to acquire.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Be secretive if you want to avoid CANCER (June 21-July 22): Listen trouble. Someone will make lastto your heart and let your emotions minute changes or pick a fight with guide you. Speaking out can help you if you are too open. Take care you resolve issues that have been of unfinished personal business. bothering you. Romance is in the Love and affection will work stars, and making a point to spend wonders to improve a relationship. time with someone special will AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep bring positive results. your money safe, and refrain from LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Challenge making unnecessary purchases. yourself to make improvements Get involved in a charity event by that will help you bring about the lending a helping hand, not by changes you’ve been making a cash donation. Your kind contemplating. A trip will open your eyes to the pros and cons you gesture will lead to innovative ideas that you can implement next face at work. Learn from past year. experience. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Socializing, attending festive events and doing things with children and loved ones will improve your relationships as long as you don’t go over budget. Come up with fun and inexpensive ways to enjoy the end of the year.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Work on something creative that will save you money and bring you recognition. Your insightful way of knowing how to please others will help you gain respect and greater confidence. Romance is on the rise, and a commitment can be made.

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Sumter 77/52

Aiken 75/50

ON THE COAST

Charleston 78/55

Today: Partly sunny and pleasant. High 71 to 76. Sunday: Some sun with a shower; warm. High 71 to 76.

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Winning ugly Lady Gamecocks knock off Crestwood 53-39 despite not playing well

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Looking ahead to 2016 field Watson, other top vote getters likely to return By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press NEW YORK — Even before the Heisman Trophy is handed out Saturday night, it is tempting to look ahead to 2016 and what could be a doozy of a race for college football’s most famous bronze statue. While Alabama’s Derrick Henry is likely to both win the Heisman and head to the NFL after the Crimson Tide’s playoff run, the other two finalists, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and Stanford scat back Christian McCaffrey, are sophomores who will return. Add Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, Florida State’s Dalvin Cook and LSU’s Leonard Fournette and there is a strong chance five of the top eight Heisman vote-getters from this year will be back in 2016. “It’s a monster class,” said Chris Huston, a Heisman historian and editor-in-chief of Heisman.com. Henry, Watson and McCaffrey arrived Friday in New York from Atlanta, where they attended the ESPN awards show at the College Football Hall of Fame. They were greeted in the Big Apple by a traffic jam that turned a 7-mile trip from LaGuardia Airport to the Times Square into a 2-hour journey. The delay cost them lunch at an Italian restaurant, but otherwise all was well.

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Sumter’s Kyra Wilson (5) drives against the defense of Crestwood’s Shaquanda Miller-McCray during the Lady Gamecocks’ 53-39 victory on Friday at The Castle.

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two teams will meet again at Sumter High. Crestwood fell to 2-1 and will travel to Lee Central on TuesJason Loudenslager admitted day. Friday’s rivalry game against The Lady Gamecocks entered Crestwood High School might Friday coming off an impressive have been the worst his Sumter victory against Lower Richland High School girls basketball team on Tuesday, another ranked team has played this season. in 3A, and were facing their third “But it says a lot,” Loudenslager ranked team in the last week and added quickly, “that we were still a half. up by 15 or 20 late and managed to “We got off to a slow start and win by double digits against a honestly didn’t play very well tovery good basketball team.” night,” Loudenslager said. “I Both the Lady Gamecocks and think this is one of those games Lady Knights were ranked in the you can attribute to the strength preseason top 10 of their respecof schedule we play. It says a lot tive classes, but it was Sumter about our locker room that we which came away with a decisive didn’t play our best game and 53-39 victory at The Castle behind were still able to win.” Jessica Harris’ 20 points and a It was two big runs in the midsolid night from the free throw dle quarters and hot free throw line. shooting down the stretch that SHS improved to 6-1 overall and carried SHS to this win. An 8-2 is off until next Friday when the run in the second quarter helped

Sumter open up a 10-point lead at the half and a 9-0 run in the third increased the lead to 15. The Lady Gamecocks also went 19-for-32 at the charity stripe, including 13-for-17 in the second half to hold off any comeback attempts. “We got to the double bonus early in the first quarter, but I didn’t feel like we were able to take advantage of it,” Loudenslager said. “We were much better in the second half and hit a couple big free throws in the third when they made a little run and cut the lead to 11.” It was the opposite case for the Lady Knights, who struggled at the line and from the floor. CHS went just 9-for-26 in free throw attempts and was just 12 of 54 from the floor.

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Gators’ Singletons happy to be in Touchstone By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com When Lakewood High School suffered a 40-3 loss to Crestwood on Oct. 30, that closed out its football season, and seemingly the playing careers of Terry Singleton and Ralph Singleton. The Gator seniors had not been selected to either the Shrine Bowl or the Touchstone Energy Bowl North-South AllStar Game.

“I thought it was over,” Terry said. Ralph was a bit more positive. “I was hoping I would get a chance,” he said. And both Ralph and Terry — who are not related — got that opportunity to play one final game at the high school level. They were both added to the roster of the South squad in the Touchstone Energy Bowl last week. They’ve been in Myrtle Beach all week practicing for today’s

game which begins at 12:30 p.m. at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium. Terry, who played running back, quarterback and wide receiver for the Gators, found out early last week he was going to get to play in the game. Ralph, an offensive and defensive lineman, didn’t get the invitation until last Saturday. It didn’t come until then because it had to be seen who

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RALPH TERRY SINGLETON SINGLETON

TOUCHSTONE ENERGY BOWL When: Today, 12:30 p.m. Where: Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium (Myrtle Beach) Radio: WPUB-FM 102.7

Clemson’s Deshaun Watson answers questions from the media on Friday in New York. Watson, along with Alabama’s Derrick Henry and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.

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Perfect start for Gamecocks men, women a rarity By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner had quick answer ready the past few weeks when supporters asked about the school’s poor football season. “Hey,” Tanner told them, “How about those basketball teams?” The Gamecocks have plenty to shout about in that regard with the men at 8-0 — off to their best start in 12 years — and the women ranked No. 2 nationally, also at 8-0. South Carolina is the only DiviMartin sion I school left with a pair of undefeated programs, a mark that will stay unchallenged for a few more days. The men next play on Dec. 15 against Drexel. The women take on Winthrop on Sunday. Frank Martin, coach of the Staley Gamecocks men, is happy for the strong start, yet knows the true challenges are still to come once Southeastern Conference play start. “I didn’t speak to them about it when we were 1-7 in league play two years in a row,” he said. “I’m not going to speak about it when it’s the other way.” The Gamecocks’ strength appears to be the hard-forged experience of the upperclassmen

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South Carolina forward A’ja Wilson (22) is a big reason why the No. 2 Gamecocks are off to an 8-0 start this season. South Carolina is the only school in the country that still has undefeated men’s and women’s teams..

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yet shown last year’s dominance — they outscored opponents by almost 22 points a game in 2014-15 — Staley From Page B1 said her team is adjusting to several playing in Martin’s fourth season. new faces and new roles. Forward Mindaugas Kacinas and Bench stars A’ja Wilson and Alaicenter Laimonas Chatkevicius, both na Coates are in the starting lineup seniors, are 1-2 in scoring average this season and working through this season, each hitting double fig- handling the added responsibility. ures for the first time in their caThe two have looked strong early reers. on, the 6-foot-5 Wilson averaging Senior Michael Carrera and ju18.4 points and 9.3 rebounds a game niors Duane Notice and Sindarius — both team highs. She earned SEC Thornwell are averaging double fig- player of the week honors for the ures through the first quarter of third time this past Monday. the season. Coates has averaged 10.3 points South Carolina matched its best and 7.1 rebounds so far this season. men’s start since 2003-04, also the Staley said the team is still devellast time the Gamecocks were in the oping an identity after the deparNCAA tournament. ture of Aleighsa Welch, last year’s South Carolina broke through senior leader who was the team’s with its first winning record in six soul and perhaps, hardest worker. seasons last year and came into fall Welch’s relentless play and tough camp confident things would imdefense allowed two-time defending prove. SEC player of the year Tiffany “I would say this is probably Mitchell to thrive as a scorer. going to the best year that we’ve Without Welch to clear things out, had” under Martin, Carrera said. Mitchell has gotten off to a someSouth Carolina’s women are also what sluggish start. She’s averaging trying to outdo what they’ve accom- 13 points a game, but has not had plished last season — although that that explosive showing yet for the team’s bar is set much higher. Gamecocks. Coach Dawn Staley and the Mitchell missed several weeks of Gamecock won a school record 34 preseason practice after needing games and reached the Final Four summer surgery on her foot. for the first time in program histo“Tiff’s getting back into shape,” ry. Staley said. “She’ll be OK.” The team’s focus is set clearly on None of it has cost the Gamethe national championship and cocks, who are off to their fourththey’ve gotten off to another strong straight season going 8-0 or better. start. A year ago, South Carolina started Their season includes wins over 22-0 before losing to national chamthree ranked opponents in No. 10 pion Connecticut. Ohio State, No. 23 Arizona State Both groups of basketball Gameand, this past Sunday, No. 13 Duke. cocks will see how long the winning While the Gamecocks have not can last this season.

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USC Sumter dinner, auction fundraiser set for Sunday The University of South Carolina Sumter will host its Legends Dinner & Silent Auction on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 5 p.m. The event will feature former Major League Baseball players Bobby Richardson, Billy O’Dell and Billy McMillon and former University of South Carolina standouts and current minor leaguers Jordan Montgomery and Grayson Greiner. The event will be held at the USC Sumter gymnasium at a cost of $40 a person. Children age 12 and under will receive free admission. There will be a “Hot Stove” discussion and fundraiser as well as recognition of former USC Sumter head coach Tom Fleenor. There will also be a corn hole tournament, door prizes and beverages. For ticket information, call (803) 938-3904 or go to www.uscsumter. edu.

‘Hot Rod’ Williams dies NEW ORLEANS — John “Hot Rod” Williams, who spent 13 years in the NBA and was a popular and tough defensive sixth man on Cleveland Cavaliers playoff teams, has died. He was 53. He died Friday in a Baton Rouge hospital from complications related to prostate cancer, Williams’ agent, Mark Bartelstein, said. The Cavaliers called Williams “the humble embodiment and unsung hero of one of the most memorable and successful eras of Cavaliers basketball.” The 6-foot-11 Williams was a key player for the 1988-89 Cavs, who went 57-25 during the regular season, only to be eliminated by Michael Jordan’s last-second jump shot in Game 5 of the first-round series. Williams averaged 11 points and 6.8 rebounds for his career. During the 1989-90 season, he averaged 16.8 points and 8.1 rebounds. The Cavs made the playoffs in seven of Williams’ seasons in Cleveland, advanc-

ing as far as the Eastern Conference finals in 1992, when his team again lost to the Jordan’s Bulls.

Women (1) UConn 73 (11) FSU 49 UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Morgan Tuck scored 18 points to lead a balanced offense and help No. 1 UConn beat 11th-ranked Florida State 73-49 on Friday night in the Hall of Fame Showcase for their 45th straight victory. Breanna Stewart added 16 points, seven assists, six blocks and five steals for the Huskies (8-0), who led by two early on before slowly pulling away from Florida State. Freshman Napheesa Collier, who was making her first start of the season, scored six points in the first quarter as the Huskies went up 22-14 at the end of the period.

NBA Cleveland 111 Orlando 76 ORLANDO, Fla. — LeBron James had 25 points and eight assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled past the Orlando Magic 111-76 on Friday night. Timofey Mozgov added 17 points as Cleveland claimed its 12th straight win over the Orlando. Detroit 107 PHILADELPHIA 95

PHILADELPHIA — Andre Drummond had 18 points and 16 rebounds and Marcus Morris scored 21 points to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-95 on Friday night. The Pistons opened the game on an 11-0 run, built a 24-point lead in the first half and led 89-66 after three quarters. Staff and wire reports

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Everton vs. Norwich (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Ingoldstadt vs. Bayern Munich (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hannover 96 vs. Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 2). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Brom vs. Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – Youth Football: Pop Warner D1 Midget Super Bowl from Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (ESPNU). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Southampton vs. Crystal Palace (USA). 11 a.m. – Professional Golf: Father/Son Challenge First Round from Orlando, Fla. (GOLF). Noon – College Basketball: Ohio State at Connecticut (WLTX 19). Noon – College Football: Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs Semifinal Game – Northern Iowa at North Dakota State (ESPN). Noon – College Basketball: Delaware State at Michigan (ESPNU). Noon – College Basketball: Bryant at Providence (FOX SPORTS 1). Noon – Women’s College Basketball: Notre Dame at Texas Christian (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Noon – High School Football: Touchstone Energy Bowl North-South All-Star Football Game from Myrtle Beach (WPUB-FM 102.7). 12:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Bayer Leverkusen (FOX SPORTS 2). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester United vs. Bournemouth (WIS 10). 1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Franklin Templeton Shootout Third Round from Naples, Fla. (WACH 57). 1 p.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Dubai Masters Final Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Georgetown at Alabama (SEC NETWORK). 1:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Marquette at Wisconsin (ESPN2). 1:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Dutch League Match – Roda JC vs. PSV Eindhoven (UNIVISION). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Oral Roberts at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 2 p.m. – College Basketball: Eastern Michigan at Louisville (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: North CarolinaWlimington at Georgetown (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee at Butler (FOX SPORTS 1). 2:30 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Florida Gulf Coast at Providence (FOX SPORTS 2). 3 p.m. – College Football: Army vs. Navy from Philadelphia (WLTX 19). 3 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: DePaul at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 3:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Arizona State at Kentucky (ESPN). 3:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Utah at Wichita State (ESPN2). 3:40 p.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Benfica vs. Vitoria de Setubal (UNIVISION). 4 p.m. – Professional Golf: Father/Son Challenge First Round from Orlando, Fla. (WIS 10). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Utah at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Tournament Regional Final Match from Lexington, Ky. (ESPNU). 4:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Rutgers at George Washington (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 5 p.m. – College Basketball: IUPUI at Creighton (FOX SPORTS 1). 5:15 p.m. – College Basketball: North Carolina at Texas (ESPN). 5:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Cincinnati at Xavier (WACH 57). 5:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas State at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Florida at Michigan State (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Matches to Be Announced from San Antonio (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Tournament Regional Final Match from Des Moines, Iowa (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon at Boise State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Boston at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 8 p.m. – College Football: Heisman Trophy Presentation from New York (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon State vs. Kansas from Kansas City, Mo. (ESPN2). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Atlanta (NBA TV). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee Tech at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Omar Figueroa Jr. vs. Antonio DeMarco in a Super Lightweight Bout from San Antonio (WIS 10). 8:30 p.m. – College Hockey: Minnesota at Michigan (ESPNEWS). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Tournament Regional Final Match from Austin, Texas (ESPNU). 9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Phoenix (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 10 p.m. – College Basketball: UCLA at Gonzaga (ESPN2). 10 p.m. – College Basketball: Arkansas-Little Rock at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1). 11 p.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Thailand Championship Final Round from Chonburi, Thailand (GOLF). 11 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Matches to Be Announced from San Antonio (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: NCAA Tournament Regional Final Match from San Diego (ESPNU). 1:50 a.m. – International Soccer: FIFA Club World Cup Japan Quarterfinal Match from Osaka, Japan – Guangzhou Evergrande vs. America (FOX SPORTS 2).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami South Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee North Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland West Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Washington Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas South y-Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta New Orleans North Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit West x-Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

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Sunday’s Games

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

Monday’s Game

N.Y. Giants at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division Charlotte Miami Atlanta Orlando Washington Central Division Cleveland Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans Northwest Division Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota Portland Denver Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

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Friday’s Games

Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 30 19 8 3 41 97 69 Detroit 29 16 8 5 37 76 74 Ottawa 29 15 9 5 35 91 87 Boston 27 15 9 3 33 88 76 Florida 29 14 11 4 32 75 71 Tampa Bay 29 14 12 3 31 70 66 Toronto 28 10 13 5 25 64 76 Buffalo 29 11 15 3 25 70 82 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 27 19 6 2 40 83 61 N.Y. Rangers 29 18 8 3 39 81 60 N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37 82 70 Pittsburgh 27 15 10 2 32 65 64 New Jersey 28 14 10 4 32 71 69 Philadelphia 29 12 11 6 30 61 80 Carolina 28 10 14 4 24 64 87 Columbus 30 11 17 2 24 72 90

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 28 21 5 2 44 99 75 St. Louis 29 16 9 4 36 74 72 Nashville 29 15 9 5 35 78 76 Chicago 29 15 10 4 34 79 75 Minnesota 26 14 7 5 33 70 64 Winnipeg 29 14 13 2 30 82 89 Colorado 29 12 16 1 25 79 85 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 27 18 8 1 37 71 57 Vancouver 30 11 11 8 30 79 82 San Jose 28 14 13 1 29 75 76 Arizona 28 13 14 1 27 75 89 Anaheim 28 11 12 5 27 55 68 Calgary 28 12 14 2 26 73 99 Edmonton 29 12 15 2 26 75 85

Friday’s Games

Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Arizona, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Florida at Boston, 1 p.m. Los Angeles at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 10 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA FCS Playoffs

By The Associated Press

First Round

Saturday, Nov. 28 Western Illinois 24, Dayton 7 Chattanooga 50, Fordham 20 The Citadel 41, Coastal Carolina 38 Sam Houston State 42, Southern Utah 39 Montana 24, South Dakota State 17 Colgate 27, New Hampshire 20 William & Mary 52, Duquesne 49 Northern Iowa 53, Eastern Illinois 17

Second Round

Saturday, Dec. 5 Richmond 48, William & Mary 13 Charleston Southern 14, The Citadel 6 Colgate 44, James Madison 38 Illinois State 36, Western Illinois 19 Jacksonville State 41, Chattanooga 35, OT North Dakota State 37, Montana 6 Sam Houston State 34, McNeese State 29 Northern Iowa 29, Portland State 17

Quarterfinals

Friday, Dec. 11 Richmond (9-3) at Illinois State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. Charleston Southern (10-2) at Jacksonville State (11-1), 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Northern Iowa (9-4) at North Dakota State (102), Noon Colgate (9-4) at Sam Houston State (10-3), 8 p.m.

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Cardinals seal playoff spot, set bigger goals By BOB BAUM The Associated Press

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Clemson defender Aaron Jones (11) and Syracuse defender Liam Callahan (4) battle for control of the ball in the first half of the Tigers’ College Cup semifinal victory on Friday in Kansas City, Kan.

Tigers beat Syracuse on PKs in semifinal By AMIE JUST Associated Press

version. The Orange had eight shots in the second half, reKANSAS CITY, Kan. — quiring four saves from TarGoalkeeper Andrew Tarbell bell. He made a season-high made eight saves between seven saves in regulation regulation and overtime and and had one more during T.J. Casner scored Clemson’s the two 10-minue overtime fourth-straight penalty kick sessions. to outlast sixth-seeded SyraIn the 86th minute, Tarbell cuse 4-1 on penalty kicks grabbed his sixth save off a Friday night in the NCAA booming kick from SyraCollege Cup semifinals. cuse’s Ben Polk. Despite After the teams finished Syracuse’s offensive power, overtime tied 0-0, Clemson the Orange couldn’t get one scored on each of its penal- to fall in the net and it was ty kick attempts, getting sent into overtime. goals from Imam Mafi, MiClemson put up two shots chael Melvin and Thales in the first overtime, but one Moreno before Casner was saved and the other atended it. Julian Buescher tempt was blocked. Syracuse had Syracuse’s only conattempted three shots in the

second overtime, but two were off frame while Tarbell saved the other. In the first half, Syracuse had four shots, including three on goal, and Tarbell made impressive saves on all three. Clemson had one shot on goal, but Syracuse goalkeeper Hendrick Hilpert came up with the save. The ACC rivals squared off twice during the regular season. Clemson (19-2-4) edged out Syracuse (16-5-4) 1-0 in the first match in the Orange’s only home loss of the season. Syracuse came away with the second match, winning 2-0, giving Clemson its only home loss of the season.

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Arians said his team focused too much on stopping Adrian Peterson, leaving Bridgewater TEMPE, Ariz. — A shaky to throw for big gains. win over Minnesota clinched a “We wanted to make Teddy playoff berth for the Arizona beat us and he almost did,” the Cardinals. Now, they’re lookcoach said. ing to fly much higher. There has been much discus“Somebody texted me, ‘Hey, sion of how Arizona Michael you punched your ticket,”’ Floyd and Larry Fitzgerald coach Bruce Arians said Fricame to be side by side on the day. “I said, ‘Yeah, we’re trying pass play that wound up going to upgrade to first class.”’ 42 yards for a touchdown. At 11-2 and winner of seven Floyd caught the pass and straight, Arizona has its eye Fitzgerald threw a crunching on the No. 2 seed in the NFC block that freed his teammate and the first-round playoff bye to race down the sideline. that goes with it. “I didn’t know who to throw The Cardinals are 3½ games it to,” Carson Palmer said up on second-place Seattle in after the game. “Both guys the NFC West and 2 ½ ahead were open and they are both of their closest competitor for so close together. I kind of just that No. 2 seed, the Green Bay threw it in between them and Packers. The Carolina Panhoped that one of them would thers (12-0) are undefeated and catch it.” hold the top spot. Arians said Floyd switched A Seattle loss and an Arizopositions because John Brown na victory in its next game, at was out with a minor injury Philadelphia on Dec. 20, would and ran the wrong route. clinch the NFC West for the Short-yardage failures conCardinals. tinued to bedevil the Cardi“I don’t think we could get nals. They failed on a crucial much better than winning third-and-1 and had first and seven in a row, but we can play goal at the 2 and couldn’t get better,” Arians said. in the end zone. The players have four days “The goal line situation, we off after the 23-20 win over the didn’t block it correctly,” Arivisiting Vikings and won’t reans said. group for practice until TuesIn addition to his fumble reday. The extra time off is a covery, Campbell had a sack, benefit of playing Thursday. three tackles for loss and four “We’ve been having really quarterback hurries. The big good practices,” Arians said. lineman had been the target of “We will probably go back out criticism by Arians in recent in pads one more time (next) weeks. week, with the extra day, and “Calais played the way he’s work on some fundamentals, supposed to play,” Arians said. especially with some younger “That’s what I expect every players.” week. He had some tackles for Arians said the Cardinals loss. He had a sack. That’s were “very fortunate in winwhat he’s supposed to do. ning the ballgame with the That’s what he gets paid to do. way we played, especially in So, do I think it’s a good game? the fourth quarter.” No. It’s the way he’s supposed Minnesota, led by Teddy to play — finally.” Bridgewater’s career-best Notes passing performance, rallied Arians said he hopes to have from a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit to tie it. After John Cat- tight end Jermaine Gresham (knee), cornerback Jerraud anzaro ‘s 47-yard field goal gave Arizona the lead, Bridge- Powers (calf) and defensive tackle Frostee Rucker (ankle) water directed a drive to the back for the Eagles. He was Arizona 31-yard line. Trying to get closer to make less optimistic about running back Andre Ellington (turf the game-tying field goal, Bridgewater went back to pass toe), saying it comes down to and was stripped of the ball by pain tolerance. ... Arizona is Dwight Freeney. Calais Camp- 4-0 in prime time games this bell recovered for Arizona and season. The Philadelphia game the Cardinals ran out the final has been flexed to Sunday night. five seconds.

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Combined with 30 turnovers, it spelled a rough night for head coach Tony Wilson and company. “They got us out of rhythm offensively in the first half (with their pressure defense),” Wilson said. “We were pushing too much instead of relaxing and working on our press-break. We were rushing the ball too much. “But give them credit because they came out and did what they wanted to do.” Wilson also thought his squad took too many long shots instead of working the ball inside, he said. CHS was 5-for-19 from beyond the 3-point line. “I felt like we didn’t execute the offense like we know how to,” Wilson said. “We have Shaquanda (Miller-McCray) in the middle and good post players. I felt like we should have moved the ball around and gotten it down and in more.” Miller-McCray finished with just six points for the Lady Knights, but she did have 17 rebounds and five blocked shots. Cawasha Ceasar led the team with 14 points, including a trio of 3-pointers. Harris’ points all came after the first quarter for Sumter. She also had four rebounds and six steals. Kyra Wilson was next with 15 points and also had 11 rebounds for a double-double. Kiara Jones had seven rebounds for the Lady Gamecocks. In the boys contest, Sum-

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been working at offensive tackle this week. He graded From Page B1 out at 80 percent and had 24 knockdown blocks on offense would play in this weekend’s and had 42 tackles, including state championship games 21 solo stops on defense. He that were pushed back a week had five tackles for loss and because of the historic floodtwo QB sacks. ing in early October. Both players hope a good “I was shocked,” Terry said. performance today will draw “It’s an honor to be here.” more interest from colleges. “I got a call from (Lakewood Ralph had offers from Presbyhead) Coach (Brian) jackson terian and North Greenville last Saturday,” Ralph said. “He before going to Myrtle Beach. told me to pack my bags beHe hasn’t picked up any more cause I was going to Myrtle offers, but Coastal Carolina, Beach.” Charlotte, Furman, Campbell Terry rushed for 1,025 yards and Hutchinson Community and 10 touchdowns on 122 car- College in Kansas have talked ries for the Gators, who were to him. just 1-9 on the season. He had Terry has no offers on the seven catches for 153 yards table as of yet, but he has been and returned five kickoffs for hearing from South Carolina 218 yards. He has been practic- State, The Citadel and Guiling as a slot receiver all week, ford. and he expects to see a good Ralph said the week of allbit of action come his way. star practice gives the players “We’ve been throwing the a taste of what is to come at football a lot during practice,” the next level. Terry said. “We should be “It really shows us what colthrowing it a lot.” lege is going to be like,” he Ralph, who is 6-feet-4-inches said. “We’re playing against tall and weighs 245 pounds, other great players and that started on both sides of the just let’s us know what it’s ball for Lakewood, but he’s going to be like.”

Crestwood’s Ja Morant, center, goes up for a shot against Sumter’s Ahmad Peoples, left, and Calvin Felder, right, in the Gamecocks’ 89-84 double-overtime victory on Friday at The Castle.

Prep Schedule today

Varsity Basketball Manning at Scott’s Branch, 6:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Lee Central at Lakewood, 3 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Robert E. Lee in JV Tournament, TBA Varsity Wrestling Sumter in FCA Duals (at Greenwood), TBA

ter came away with an 89-84 double-overtime victory. The Gamecocks, who improved to 3-1, had five play-

ers score in double figures. Andrew Tiller had 11 points for SHS, eight of them coming in the second-overtime period. The contest was sent into overtime as the Knights’ Ja Morant scored the tying basket with no time left on the clock to make it 60-60. Morant had a huge game, finishing with 43 points for Crestwood, which dropped to 2-1. The game was tied 71-71 after the first overtime.

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Swampcats whip Palmetto Christian in Baron Classic Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity boys basketball team had three players score in double figures in a 62-18 victory over Palmetto Christian on Friday in the Baron Classic as Nash Student Center. Grayson Dennis led the Swampcats with 17 points. Lamel Sanders added 11 and Nazir Andino had 10. Lakewood 70 Scott’s Branch 57

SUMMERTON -— Davante Pack and Grant Singleton combined for 43 points to lead Lakewood High School to a 70-57 victory over Scott’s Branch on Thursday at the Scott’s Branch gymnasium. Pack led the Gators with 23 points and Singleton had 20. Dontrea Osborne added

10 points for Lakewood, which improved to 6-1. Williamsburg 64 Clarendon Hall 29

KINGSTREE — Clarendon Hall lost to Williamsburg Academy 64-29 on Thursday at the WA gymnasium. Dylan Way led the Saints with 11 points and Kameron Earles added six.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Cardinal Newman 33 Wilson Hall 20 COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall dropped to 3-2 with a 33-20 loss to Cardinal Newman on Friday at the CN gymnasium. Graham Van Patten led the Barons with nine points and eight rebounds. Emery Moore added seven points.

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Clarendon Hall 31 Williamsburg 9

KINGSTREE — Clarendon Hall improved to 2-2 with a 31-9 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Thursday at the WA gymnasium. Josh Black led the Saints with 10 points. Wells Robinson had nine points and Thomas Stukes grabbed 13 rebounds while scoring five points.

MIDDLE SCHOOL Alice Drive 46 Bates 34 Bates Middle School lost to Alice Drive 46-34 on Thursday at the AD gymnasium. Vance Ragin led the Bantams with nine points while Tylee Craft had seven.

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Wilson Hall girls fall to First Baptist 36-35 Wilson Hall’s varsity girls basketball team fell to 5-2 on the season with a 36-35 loss to First Baptist on Friday in the Baron Classic at Nash Student Center. Catherine Kelley had eight points for the Lady Barons. Lauren Goodson added six points, six steals and fiv rebounds. Laurence Manning 45

Branch gymnasium. Jackson had 15 points and 11 rebounds while Randolph had 12 points and 10 rebounds. She has had a double-double in each game for the 3-1 Lady Gators. Tatyana Weldon had 13 points and six steals while Ki’Ari Cain had 12 points and seven steals. Clarendon Hall 28

Palmetto Christian 44

Williamsburg 21

Courtney Beatson scored 19 points to lead Laurence Manning Academy to a 45-44 victory over Palmetto Christian on Friday in the Baron Classic at Nash Student Center. Sarah Fraser added 11 for LMA.

KINGSTREE — Shannon Corbett had a double-double to lead Clarendon Hall to a 28-21 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Thursday at the WA gymnaisum. Corbett had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Saints, who fell to 3-1. Sydney Wells grabbed 10 rebounds while scoring four points.

Lakewood 57 Scott’s Branch 23

SUMMERTON — Taja Randolph and Shanekia Jackson both had doubledoubles to lead Lakewood High School to a 57-23 victory over Scott’s Branch on Thursday at the Scott’s

B TEAM BASKETBALL Wilson Hall 29 Cardinal Newman 10 COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall defeated Cardinal New-

man 29-10 on Friday at the CN gymnasium. Graycyn Coker led the Lady Barons with nine points, while Rebecca Cromer had nine assists. Abby Beatson finished with six points.

JUNIOR VARSITY Sumter 24 Crestwood 21 Crestwood High School suffered its first loss of the sesaon, falling to Sumter 24-21 on Thursday at the SHS gymnasium. Sedejah Rembert led the Lady Knights, who fell to 2-1, with nine points. Hydia Fullard added six. Williamsburg 23 Clarndon hall 6

KINGSTREE — Clarendon Hall lost to Williamsburg Academy 23-6 on Thursday at the WA gymnasium. Brynne Baxley had two points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Saints.

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Heisman Trophy finalists Derrick Henry of Alabama, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, left to right, pose with the Heisman Trophy on Friday in New York.

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finishing fourth in the 2014 voting, but that back-loaded From Page B1 Big 12 schedule didn’t do him any favors. Then he threw four “I’m just enjoying the mointerceptions in his first really ment and happy to be here,” big game, a loss to Oklahoma Henry said. State on Nov. 7. Being a finalist is a once-inFournette was rolling along lifetime event for most players, as the favorite heading into often the culmination of a that Saturday, but the race great career. For Watson and flipped in Tuscaloosa, AlaMcCaffrey, maybe this is just a bama. The Tide stuffed Fourtest run. nette and Henry ran for 210 “Of course, next year I want yards and three touchdowns to be back. And if I happen to on 38 carries, assuming the stay my senior year I want to role of front-runner. be back then,” Watson said. McCaffrey, Watson and Only twice (2008 and ‘10) in Mayfield made late pushes, the previous 10 seasons have but Henry just kept chugging at least two of the top three along. Conventional wisdom finishers in the Heisman votis the voting for the 80th ing returned to school the next Heisman will be relatively year. Only twice in the last 10 close, but Henry is the oddsseasons (2012 and ‘06) have five makers’ choice to become the of the top eight returned the second Alabama player to next season. win the Heisman and the The contenders in 2016 first running back to win it aren’t confined to just those since the Tide’s Mark Ingram players whose names will in 2009. show up in the final voting Seniors have won 56 HeisSaturday night. man trophies, but this will be Georgia’s Nick Chubb, one the ninth consecutive season of the preseason favorites this with a non-senior winner — year, will return from an inju- the last was Ohio State quarry, as well as Washington terback Troy Smith in 2006 — State’s Luke Falk and Baylor’s and everything is lined up for Seth Russell. Though maybe 2016 to be more of the same. Jarrett Stidham will be the Top players are arriving on Baylor quarterback with the campus more prepared to play Heisman hype? than ever before, with an eye Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett toward jumping to the NFL should be the Buckeyes startafter three years. For college ing quarterback from Day 1 coaches, there is no sense tryand there is a good chance ing to save that talent. people will start noticing that “If you’re in a program like Oregon’s Royce Freeman is as Texas, for example, and good as all those stud running you’re going to have NFL backs down South. players, I don’t think you can Notre Dame’s DeShone redshirt them anymore,” said Kizer and Houston’s Greg former Longhorns coach Ward Jr. will be trying to build Mack Brown, who is now an upon breakout seasons. analyst for ESPN. “You just UCLA’s Josh Rosen and got to play them. You’re not Penn State’s Saquon Barkley going to get more than three are primed for fantastic follow- years out of a great player, ups to their fabulous freshman most likely.” seasons. Like Watson and McCaffrey, The Heisman race should Cook, Fournette, Chubb, Freehave a very different feel from man and Barrett will be juthis season, when none of last niors next season. year’s finalists were back. “Now I know what it takes,” “The race was kind of a slow McCaffrey said about becomburn,” Huston said. ing a finalist, “following with TCU’s Trevone Boykin was anything less than that is unthe presumptive favorite after acceptable for me.”

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Lewis, Derrick Lewis, John Lewis, Tanya Lewis, a/k/a Tanya L. Burgess, Wayne Lewis, and the Heirs of Elizabeth Lewis, all of whom are interested owners of the subject Real Estate, Defendants.

pursuant to South Carolina Code Â§44-53-530, as amended. 6. Multiple controlled buys of marijuana have been made by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office and/or search warrants executed on the premises of the subject Real Estate. Such incidents are more fully set forth on the "Affidavit of Seizure Warrant" which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A and incorporated herein by reference. One or more of the Defendants/Interested Owners were present and/or arrested in conjunction with or as a result of each of the incidents described on EXHIBIT A. Each of the Defendants/Interested Owners charged in connection with the incidents set forth in EXHIBIT A was subsequently convicted or pled guilty to one or more of the drug charges described therein. 7. Upon information and belief, the Defendant Real Estate has been knowingly used to facilitate production, manufacturing, distribution, sale, importation, exportation, or trafficking in controlled substances as defined in this article; manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, purchase, aid, abet, attempt, or conspire to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase, or possess with the intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense, deliver, or purchase a controlled substance; and/or used, or was used to facilitate in any manner a violation of Â§44-53-370(b). Therefore, the Defendant property is subject to seizure and forfeiture

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Summons & Notice SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A NO.: 2015-CP-43-__________ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Ernest A. Finney, III, Solicitor, Third Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff, vs. Real Estate situate at 675 Bernice Ct., Sumter, SC, Sumter County Tax Map #1560001050, and Matthew

TO: THE DEFENDANTS AND INTERESTED OWNERS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this proceeding, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the undersigned at 1281 North Main St., P.O. Box 430, Sumter, South Carolina 29151-0430 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

COMPLAINT The Plaintiff respectfully asserts the following: 1. The Plaintiff is the Solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, and is authorized by South Carolina Code Â§44-53-530 (1976), as amended, to initiate this Complaint for the forfeiture of the Defendant property. 2. The Defendant Real Estate is further described as that lot of land in Stateburg Township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina, shown as Lot 2-B on a plat by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated March 1, 1991 and recorded in the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 1383, and having such shapes, metes, bounds and measurements as shown on said plat. This being the same property conveyed to the above captioned interested owners by deed of Wayne Lewis, Sr. dated October 26, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1050 at Page 1865 on October 26, 2006. 3. On information and belief, the Defendants/Interested Owners all have an ownership interest in the Defendant Real Estate based on a review of the public records of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

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under the provisions of Â§44-53-520, et seq. 8.By reason of these premises, the Defendant property is and should be forfeited to the State of South Carolina. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays that this Court issue its Order confirming the forfeiture of the Defendant Real Estate to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Third Circuit Solicitor's Office and such other agencies entitled to any portion of such forfeiture pursuant to South Carolina Code Â§44-53-520, et. seq., and such other relief as is deemed proper.

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Kathy L. Ward, General Counsel Sumter County Sheriff's Office 1281 North Main Street Post Office Box 430

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3. The Defendant Real Estate was seized by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office on or about May 8, 2014 pursuant to a Seizure Warrant issued by The Honorable R. Ferrell Cothran, Judge for the Third Judicial Circuit. 4. The Defendant Real Estate is subject to seizure and forfeiture pursuant to South Carolina Code Â§44-53-520(a)(4)(1976, as amended), as the Defendant Real Estate falls within the statutory category of "All property, both real and personal, which in any manner is knowingly used to facilitate production, manufacturing, distribution, sale, importation, exportation, or trafficking in various controlled substances as defined in this article."

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