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What can you expect in the next session? Legislative breakfast gives you chance to ask delegation questions BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

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The City of Sumter’s Fantasy of Lights opened Monday night. See more photos from the event on page A3.

Fantasy of Lights means holiday season is here BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Christmas season is in full swing in Sumter after the lighting ceremony for Fantasy of Lights at Swan LakeIris Gardens on Monday evening. Mayor Joe McElveen said about 100,000 people drive through the park every year to see the lights. He said it was tough for city employees to set up the lights this year because of

storm damage. Much of the garden has been wiped out by the flood, but public works employees have done a great job working around the problems, McElveen said. City Public Works Director Al Harris said it was a bit difficult for the department to complete the lighting displays while also working on other projects across the city. “I applaud them for their

Mayor Joe McElveen’s granddaughter, Adelaide, 2, crawled up on the stage to be with him during the SEE LIGHTS, PAGE A3 Fantasy of Lights official opening.

After a year of unexpected turbulence in the Palmetto State, the next session of the South Carolina General Assembly will begin Jan. 12, and members of Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce can get an early look at what local legislators are expecting from the session at the Chamber’s annual Legislative Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Central Carolina Technical College Health Sciences Building, 111 S. Main St. HARDY The General Assembly will have a lot on its plate when it returns to Columbia. The last session ended in June with many issues unresolved, including how to pay to maintain the state’s crumbling road system and comply with an S.C. Supreme Court order to improve funding for poor, rural school districts. Since the assembly adjourned, South Carolina has seen the death of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine church members gunned down in Charleston on June 17; the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds; a summer of drought; and a 1,000-year flood. Legislators will also reportedly attempt to wrangle up a plan on whether to spend an expected $1.2 billion surplus or refund it to taxpayers. Chamber President Chris Hardy said all of the area’s legislators are expected to attend. “There will be a panel discussion as well as a question-and-answer period for attendees,” he said. “Obviously they will be talking about some of the successes

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Annual fundraiser begins season with strong start BY JACK OSTEEN jack@theitem.com Salvation Army Social Worker Christy Lamb started off her Monday morning after the Thanksgiving weekend with a “ton of phone calls.” Lamb said she’s been inundated with phone calls from folks wanting to know when they can go to see about assistance.

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Now that she has a number of how much is in the fund, she should be able to start seeing clients this week. This year’s Fireside Fund, in honor of Charles R. “Pap” Propst, is official-

ly underway and off to an excellent start thanks to $3,300 already given this year. With near-freezing temperatures expected by the end of the week, the donations will be a huge help to many families. Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst died on May 20, 2015, at the age of 90. He founded Sumter Pediatrics with Dr. Ted Young in 1954, where he practiced until 1986. Propst became a prominent

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Man charged with attempted murder Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 50-year-old man Monday after he allegedly tried to strike another man with a hatchet. Charlie Sumter III, of 312 Wright St., allegedly began throwing and swinging the weapon at the victim while in the 400 SUMTER block of Walker Lane on Monday, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. According to an incident report, the victim told law enforcement Sumter “had been up all night smoking crack and drinking” and suddenly picked up the hatchet and tried to hit him with it. The victim told law enforcement he did not need medical treatment. Sumter has been transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center and is charged with attempted murder.

Sumter couple arrested on child neglect charges BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a local couple Monday for the alleged neglect of a 12-year-old boy in their care. Andrew Floyd Sr., 34, and Amanda Floyd, 29, both of 2480 Montgomery St., are charged with unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person by a legal custodian. According to a news release from the

sheriff’s office, the couple deprived the child of food, issued extreme punishment of activity for hours, restricted the child from using the bathroom at the home and forced the child ANDREW to wear an adult diaper FLOYD SR. during the day at school. The abuse took place on or between May 1 and Nov. 3, according to the release. Braden Bunch, public information

officer for the sheriff’s office, said law enforcement began its investigation after receiving a report from Sumter School District that included information from teachers who AMANDA thought the boy was poFLOYD tentially the victim of neglect at home. Andrew and Amanda Floyd have been transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

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VIP meeting will be held Wednesday The final 2015 meeting of Sumter Community Vision in Progress will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at James E. Clyburn Intermodal Transportation Center on South Harvin Street.

Bishopville council will meet tonight Bishopville City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Colclough Building on East Council Street. The agenda includes reports from the administrator, the police chief, committees and public comments. Public comments are limited to two minutes. Individuals who need assistance to attend the meeting should contact ADA Compliance Coordinator Gregg McCutchen at (803) 484-5948.

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CORRECTION Sumter Little Theatre’s production of “A Miracle on 34th Street, The Play” will begin at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 through 12 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13. The theater is at 14 Mood Ave. in Sumter County Cultural Center. Call (803) 775-2150 for reservations or more information.

A vehicle collided with a train on Pitts Road near Wedgefield Road on Monday afternoon. Details of the collision were still under investigation Monday afternoon.

City council will consider land transfer to area hotel company FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider: • First reading of an ordinance to authorize the transfer of .75 acres extending from 10 N. Main St. to 22 N. Main St. to Sumter Hotel Venture LLC; • First reading of an ordinance regarding amendments to the city’s code of ordinances to add certain exemptions to the section detailing prohibition against drinking on

streets and in other public areas; • First reading of an ordinance regarding amendments to the city’s code of ordinances to change the appeal process for general demolition procedures; • Final reading of an ordinance amending the city’s code of ordinances to remove term limits for members of the Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Appeals Board; • A procurement resolution authorizing the purchase of a knuckle boom loader;

• A procurement resolution authorizing the purchase of sewer camera equipment; • A procurement resolution authorizing contracts for the New and Finished Water Mains project and the New Deep Wells project for Water Plant No. 6; and • A procurement resolution authorizing a contract for professional architectural design services for the Public Safety Complex Site that will be the location of the new fire station, police department and water department.

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LIGHTS FROM PAGE A1 hard work,” Harris said about his employees. And, during the past few years, the city has been investing in a cost-effective plan that will make the lighting displays even better. Harris said the city has replaced the old lights with LED lighting, which will last four to five times longer. He said the old lights needed to be replaced just about every year. Not only will LED lights help the city save on electrical costs, but the lights will also shine a little brighter, Harris said. Despite the damage to the gardens as a result of the Oct. 4 flood, the display still brought smiles to numerous families. Sumter native Heather Bass and her three sons, Jamie, 10; Alex, 4; and Mason, 3, made an unexpected stop at the lighting ceremony after seeing the parked cars at Swan Lake. Although this is the first year the Bass family has attended the lighting ceremony, the family is very familiar with the lighting displays. “They make us drive through the lights every day,” Bass said about her three children. Before the lights came on, the Rev. Julia Sims-Owens led the crowd as they sang “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” and the big man himself walked out to greet the children and their families for the first time this holiday season. McElveen said Fantasy of Lights would not happen if not for the people of Sumter. The taxpayers provide the lights every year, and it’s great to know that the people of Sumter think the lights are worthwhile, he said. Fantasy of Lights is free and open to the public from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, through Dec. 31. Santa’s Village will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday through Dec. 19 at the Heath Pavilion.

As the Rev. Julia Sims-Owens sings “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” a light display in the background illustrates the song.

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Lauryn Fenner, 5, performs with Miss Libby’s School of Dance during the official opening of the Fantasy of Lights on Monday night at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens. Chief Master Sgt. Christopher McKinney, commander chief of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, gave the opening ceremonies speech, highlighting the city’s motto, “Uncommon Patriotism.”

An area across the street from the main entrance to Swan Lake-Iris Gardens also has a light display.

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Teach your pet to help take care of you as you age

Gayle Krigel is seen Sept. 11 with her dogs Mousse, left, and Shammy in Kansas City, Missouri. She wants to teach Shammy to fetch the newspaper in the winter and to find the remote. The idea of training pets to help out aging baby boomers is relatively new. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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LOS ANGELES — Teach your dog or cat a few tricks, and your golden years will be better for it. The movement to improve care for older pets has been going on for some time. But the idea of training pets to help out aging baby boomers is relatively new. Between 1946 and 1964, 76.4 million baby boomers were born. By this time next year, about a third of them will be between 65 and 70. Millennials will outnumber their predecessors, but boomers were the generation that made cats and dogs part of the family. Gayle Krigel of Kansas City, Missouri, just turned 65 and doesn’t need help now, but she’s training her dogs so that when the time comes, they’ll be ready. She has two rescues, a very intelligent husky mix named Shammy and a slightly less brilliant St. Bernard mix named Mousse. After Shammy learns how to fetch the newspaper from the yard during the winter, the dog will start learning to find the remote, which is always lost. And then, because they live in a three-story house, Shammy will learn some “upstairs, downstairs, fetch” commands. Krigel also drills the dogs twice a day on “sit and stay.” Those commands and a few others are crucial to keeping you and your pet safe, especially for older owners who may have a harder time physically restraining an active animal. “Sit and stay” will keep dogs from jumping on you or a visitor, from darting out the door and from straying, said Krigel’s trainer, Geralynn Cada. If you drop your medicine, “leave it” or “wait” will stop your dog from taking it. “Off” will warn him off a table, chair or even you. Teach your dog or cat to

come immediately if you call, in case you need help or the pet is in danger. Then throw in some fun commands such as “shake,” “give me five” or “roll over,” Cada said. A well-trained dog should walk on a leash without pulling so he doesn’t jar achy old bones or pull you down on an icy street. A short leash with a fat handle works best, Cada added. Treats and/or praise are key to reinforcing the learning. (Treats work better than praise for cats because feline attention spans are shorter, only minutes at a time, while dogs can pay attention for 20 or 25 minutes.) Some retirement homes offer training classes for seniors with pets, Cada said, and some veterinarians and trainers have training videos online. Cada’s are free to watch at http://www.petcha. com, a site owned by Dogster and Catster magazine. You can mentally challenge your dog if you go through a series of commands — sit, stay, lie down, shake, off, roll over, speak, come — in random order at least once a day, Cada says. Dr. Janet Cohn treats cats

at her Purrfect Care Feline Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She already makes house calls and in January will open a hospital to allow longer visits for clients who can’t come and go easily. She recently visited a sick cat owned by a 93-year-old.

The owner told Cohn how she only left the cat alone once a week — on Fridays to play chess. “For a lot of older people, a huge part of life is having another living being in the house,” Cohn said. “Their routine, cats or dogs, give a

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HIV-positive doctor: My dog saved my life

more stable life for himself and his newly adopted dog. “I would be in bed and not want to get up, but this little doggy was whining, licking my neck and needed to get outside. I had to get up,” says Lynnea Garbutt, the young mom. She says her wirehaired fox terrier, “I had this little bundle of, BY MARTHA IRVINE Coconut, eventually helped her like, pure joy,” Garofalo says. AP National Writer muster the courage to leave an “He made me re-engage with abusive relationship and also the world.” CHICAGO — Rob Garofalo prepared her to care for her The doctor, who’s helped was devastated. He’d built his daughter, who recently turned save many an AIDS patient, medical and research career 1. The child is not HIV-positive knows it sounds a little crazy on helping young AIDS pathanks to medical interventhat the companionship and tients. Then he learned that tions that can now prevent the simple needs of a pet could he, too, was HIV-positive. The spread of the virus from mothhelp him cope with his disease news came after he’d already er to infant. and pull him out of depression. survived kidney cancer and a Though many participants’ “But I’m not exaggerating breakup with his longtime stories have difficult elements, when I say that he saved my partner. Freidin, the photographer, said life,” says Garofalo, who’d conTry as he might, the doctor the exhibit also shows “somecould not heal himself, at least sidered suicide after his HIV thing joyful.” diagnosis. not emotionally. Daniel Cardenas, an HIV-posHis journey back to life start“I couldn’t afford myself the itive Chicagoan who’ll appear same compassion that I’d spent ed with simple things. He had in the upcoming exhibit with to leave the apartment where a career teaching other people his dog, Loki, certainly sees he’d isolated himself to buy to have,” says Garofalo, who that in his dog. food for Fred. He had to talk to heads the adolescent medicine “He’s really a symbol for the many people who wanted division at Lurie Children’s me,” Cardenas says, “a symbol Hospital of Chicago. At first, he to stop and pet the little dog. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of hope, of promise, of a fuGarofalo also found comfort told almost no one about his Dr. Rob Garofalo is seen in a portrait with his dog, a Yorkshire terrier ture.” HIV status — not even his own when he’d awaken with one of named Fred, on Nov. 14 in Chicago. The portrait is part of the “When Hope is a relatively new his frequent night terrors and elderly mother, who sensed Dogs Heal” project, a photo exhibit of HIV-positive people and their chapter in the AIDS fight. In have Fred to snuggle. that her son was struggling dogs that opens today in Chicago and Thursday in New York City. Ga- decades past, doctors, includEventually, Garofalo sought mightily during a Christmas ing Garofalo, were desperate to counseling and told his mother rofalo is a co-founder of the project, which is raising money for provisit in 2010. grams that serve HIV-positive youth. save people with HIV. Now, and friends about his HIV sta“You can tell me that everywith new, less-complicated tus. As his energy level grew, thing is OK, but it’s not,” she treatments, many people are and an HIV-positive man in “When Dogs Heal,” with the he also started a charity using said, cupping her hands San Francisco who quit dealing living healthy, productive lives help of a dog photographer Fred’s image to raise money around her son’s face at the with the AIDS virus. named Jesse Freidin and a Chi- drugs so he could provide a for programs that help HIVend of his trip to his native cago-based writer named Zach positive teens. New Jersey. Stafford. It tells the stories of He continued to share his Garofalo recalls crying on HIV-positive people and their much of the flight home to Chi- story, even with strangers on cago in a catharsis that led him Fred’s charity website. And Ga- dogs in an exhibit launching in Chicago today, which is World to an unexpected decision, one rofalo began to realize that he AIDS Day, and also in New was far from the only person that helped him in ways no York City two days later. with HIV — or any number of human could and ultimately Participants whose images other diseases — who’d been led him to a new role in the are in the show include a helped by a dog. And in that HIV community. young mother from Los Angehuman-canine bond, he saw He got a dog. It was a little Yorkshire terri- new purpose and an opportuni- les who was born with HIV, a Chicago man who tested posity to grow his charity’s reach. er he named Fred. And everytive after he was gang raped He began a project called thing changed.

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A Democratic state representative asked GOP Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday to increase security at the three clinics in South Carolina that provide abortions after last week’s deadly shootings at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado. “It doesn’t matter whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice; our focus right now should be to make sure what happened in Colorado Springs doesn’t happen” in South Carolina, said Rep. Mia McLeod of Columbia, a three-term House member who’s running for an open Senate seat in 2016. “We need increased security at South Carolina clinics now,” she added, without being specific. McLeod called on the governor to coordinate with state and local law enforcement to monitor clinics in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. Haley’s office said the governor’s already doing that. Officials with the State Law Enforcement Division and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have told Haley there are “no known threats” to Planned Parenthood in the Southeast, said her spokeswoman, Chaney Adams. “The governor will continue to communicate with law enforcement to make sure we do everything we can to keep all South Carolinians safe, as violence is never acceptable in our state,” Adams said. Robert Dear, a 57-year-old former South Carolina resident, is accused of

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People attend a vigil Saturday on University of Colorado-Colorado Springs’ campus for those killed in Friday’s deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. S.C. Rep. Mia McLeod of Columbia has called on Gov. Nikki Haley to increase security at the state’s three abortion clinics in response to the Colorado shootings. opening fire Friday at a clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing three people and injuring nine others. Colorado Springs police have declined to disclose any information on his motive. “I’m afraid some of the rhetoric being tossed around by some South Carolina politicians may motivate someone here at home to try the same thing,” McLeod said.

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The Left’s illogical logic of diversity “From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia ... could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.” — Abraham Lincoln

he winning streak enjoyed by campus activists this fall was violently interrupted by the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. Some activists were sufficiently annoyed by their ejection from the limelight that they took to Twitter to complain under the hashtag “F***Paris.” The most obvious irony stemmed from the fact that some of the same protesters who griped about media coverage of their antics — even declaring First Amendment-free zones — suddenly whined when the cameras turned to bloodshed in the heart of Jonah Europe. Goldberg But there’s a deeper irony. In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, fueled by a cynical media strategy directed by the president himself, the national conversation turned quickly from Barack Obama’s foreign-policy failures to the bigotry and insensitivity of the Republican party. There’s no denying that Donald Trump made this an easy pivot for the Beltway Brahmins. But left unnoticed in the clamor is the dismaying disconnect between the conversation elite liberals want to have and the one being pushed by their left-wing shock troops on the ground. For instance, on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Keith Ellison, D.-Minn., ripped into Republican rhetoric about Syrian refugees, saying that we must have “confidence in who we are as a nation. ... We need to be adhering to the values that have made this country strong.” Ellison was hardly alone. Everyone seems to be talking about those American “values” of tolerance, diversity, and pluralism. Obama has been on a tear about how rejecting refugees is “not American” and how those refugees are akin to the pilgrims who arrived on our shores. He pays rote lip service to denouncing murderers in Paris. Meanwhile, back on our campuses, those very values are routinely denounced as little more than “white privilege.” Needless to say, the people who want to see Columbus Day banned and call for an accounting of America’s crimes against Native Americans don’t think too highly of those Pilgrims. As for our values, student protesters and their enablers on and off campus offer a full-throated rejection of America’s (classical) liberal principles and, at times, America itself. By now you’ve heard it said that “free speech” is just code for “white privilege” or even

“hate speech.” Tolerance itself has become a dirty word for many. Many campuses have announced a zero-tolerance policy for “hate speech” and “racial insensitivity,” and countless more campuses have students demanding that such policies be implemented at their schools. In principle, that doesn’t sound so bad. The problem is that the definitions of hate speech and insensitivity have become entirely elastic and subjective. Disagreement with the mob of right-thinkers is now deemed unacceptable. There’s a vaguely Maoist flavor to demands that liberal white professors and administrators confess and atone for their “white privilege.” It’s gotten to the point where even admiration for non-European culture is denounced as bigoted if that admiration blossoms into socalled “cultural appropriation.” Ethnic food fads are denounced for their insensitivity; the website Everydayfeminism.com recently offered “The Feminist Guide to Being a Foodie without Being Culturally Appropriative.” For generations, we’ve heard that “diversity makes us stronger.” I’ll leave it to another day to question whether this premise can withstand the test of reality. The relevant point is that many of the chief beneficiaries — or at least their selfproclaimed leaders — of what was once called “Diversity Inc.” now reject the logic of diversity at the most fundamental level. The famous “melting pot” is now derided as a kind of cultural genocide. Nothing is more comfortable for the Sunday-morning talk-show elites than taking on the alleged forces of intolerance to their right. Ohio governor John Kasich recently argued for promoting America’s “Judeo-Christian” values of tolerance, equality, free speech and pluralism. NBC’s Chuck Todd fretted that such rhetoric sounded “anti-Islam.” Meanwhile, the campus Left is openly rejecting those core American values, and the response from media elites has run the gamut from condescending tolerance to abject encouragement. By all means, we need more civilizational confidence. But demonstrating it only to denounce partisan opponents isn’t confidence at all. It’s a recipe for suicide. Jonah Goldberg is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor of National Review. He can be reached by e-mail at goldbergcolumn@gmail.com or via Twitter @JonahNRO. © 2015 Tribune Content Agency

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd occasionally lets her brother, Kevin, share his views with readers. Here are excerpts from Kevin Dowd’s Thanksgiving guest column. Read it online at www.nytimes.com: Here’s how I see the Republican contest and the Democratic coronation: Donald Trump: With all his bombast and incivility, Trump has joyfully debunked political correctness for the complete fraud that it is. We are tired of apologies for America’s exceptionalism. Ben Carson: Not since Eisenhower has a complete novice politician been so legitimate a contender. Can he avoid the traps set for him by the media? Marco Rubio: Young, whip smart and self-assured, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of foreign affairs and is a stunning contrast to Hillary Clinton both in generation and vision. Wait until he starts delivering his speeches in Spanish. Ted Cruz: The Hispanic heir apparent to Barry Goldwater had the best moment in the third debate, calling out an obscure cable TV host looking for his 10 minutes of fame. Jeb Bush: I like the Bushes, all of them. Jeb would have been the perfect Republican candidate from 1988 to 2000. In this age of instant gratification, his wonkish grasp of policy does not move the needle. Too bad. Chris Christie: Trump with better manners. A certain pick for attorney general if this gig does not work out. Contrast our informed candidates with the Democratic lineup of Queen Cersei, the socialist Doc Brown from “Back to the Future” and the lead singer of O’Malley’s March. I keep waiting for Martin O’Malley during debates to whip out his guitar for a few Irish songs. It would be more entertaining. Clinton: She’s seeking the highest office in the land even though 60 percent of the country does not trust her and her emails are currently under F.B.I. review for potential national security breaches. Bernie Sanders: His proposals for free health care, free college and expanded Social Security have a price tag of $18 trillion with no way to pay for it. Not even a candidate for budget director. The next president will have to deal with a severely weakened hand, at home and abroad. The bill for “leading from behind” has come due. Note to Hillary: Any enemy with beheading as a menu item does not deserve empathy. So, ask yourself three questions: Do you want a president who refuses to name the enemy? Who do you want to appoint the next three Supreme Court justices? And who will protect the homeland and honor the Constitution? Then pray that you got it right. Happy Thanksgiving. Kevin ••• In “Understanding what makes Trump supporters so angry,” E.J. Dionne writes, “With election year a month away, American politics is caught up in tensions, ironies and a certain amount

of sheer madness.” Read it online at www.washingtonpost.com: If reality is so contradictory, we shouldn’t be surprised that different groups choose to see it differently. We are divided evenly, 49 percent to 49 percent, on the question of whether “America’s best days are ahead of us or behind us,” according to the PRRI poll. Among liberal Democrats, 67 percent think our best days are yet to come; only 40 percent of conservative Republicans share this confidence. One of the tasks of political analysis is to make sense of conflicting information, and a new book by Stanley Greenberg, who was a political scientist before he became a Democratic pollster, does not shy away from the messiness of our social and electoral landscape. My Dickensian “best of times, worst of times” analysis is drawn partly from Greenberg’s new book, “America Ascendant.” In it Greenberg sees Republicans in a long-term demographic “death spiral.” But the book is also unsparing in acknowledging that Democratic weaknesses among older white and rural voters leave the GOP “almost unopposed in nearly half of the states.” The sorts of voters who rally to Trump have reason to be upset, he says, because the very economic and social changes that contribute to growth also create “stark problems for people and the country that leave the public seething, frustrated, and pessimistic about the future . . . .” Paul Greenberg is open to changes in our mores and insists that progressive policies on family leave, pay, taxes and prekindergarten programs are more plausible responses to these problems than sermonizing. But if his book provides Democrats with good news about their national political advantages, it pointedly challenges them to address rather than ignore or dismiss the reasons for the thunder on the right. A dialogue I would like to see would be between Greenberg and Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who is working for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign and whose own book, “2016 and Beyond,” is unstinting in facing up to the profound demographic problems the GOP confronts. ••• In “This might be the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS,” Jim Tankersley discusses economist Thomas Picketty’s new theory of income inequality. Read it online at www. washingtonpost.com: Piketty writes that the Middle East’s political and social system has been made fragile by the high concentration of oil wealth into a few countries with relatively little population. If you look at the region between Egypt and Iran — which includes Syria — you find several oil monarchies controlling between 60 and 70 percent of wealth, while housing just a bit more than 10 percent of the 300 million people living in that area. Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@ theitem.com.

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Cyber Monday sales still on top but losing luster BY MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — Retailers are rolling out online deals on socalled “Cyber Monday.” But now that shoppers are online all the time anyway, the 10-year-old shopping holiday is losing some of its luster. Still, Monday was expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, with estimates that it will rack up more than $3 billion in sales. There were some outages, including Target’s site briefly midmorning. An alert said high traffic was causing delays. “It’s no longer about one day but a season of digital deals,” said Matthew Shay, president of retail trade group The National Retail Federation. Online shopping is taking its toll on brick-and-mortar shopping. Frenzied crowds seemed to be a thing of the past on Black Friday — the busy shopping day after Thanksgiving — and sales fell to $10.4 billion this year, down from $11.6 billion in 2014, according to preliminary figures from research firm ShopperTrak. But as online shopping grows more popular on

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pressed by deals he was seeing. “Nothing standing out so far,” he said. Research firm Comscore expects online sales to rise 14 percent to $70.06 billion during the November and December shopping period, slowing slightly from last year’s 15 percent rise. Online sales make up 10 percent of overall retail sales, but that increases to 15 percent during the holidays as online shoppers snap up Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, according to research firm Forrester. Cyber Monday itself was expected to be the biggest online sales day of the season and ever, surpassing $3 billion in sales.

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday, that’s causing less of a frenzy on Cyber Monday, too. “Consumers are recognizing the Internet is the place to go for a deal any time, any day,” said Gene Alvarez, managing vice president of research firm Gartner. Retailers have been touting online deals since the beginning of November. And they no longer wait for Monday to roll out Cyber Monday deals, either. Amazon started “Lighting Deals” on Saturday, and Wal-Mart began all of its Cyber offers on 8 p.m. Sunday.

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‘Married at First Sight’ celebrates arranged nuptials BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH In a delicious irony, the reality series “Married at First Sight” (9 p.m., A&E and FYI, TV-14) premieres on the same night as the second season premiere of “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” (10 p.m., Bravo, TV-14). It’s kismet! “First Sight” throws away the contrived notions of choice and attraction celebrated on phony series like “The Bachelor.” Here, the six contestants seeking their one true love and soul mate for life submit to the machinations of four complete strangers who happen to be relationship specialists. In a twist that may seem entertaining to some and horrifying to the rest of us, the identities of both halves of each lucky couple will remain a mystery until their wedding day. It’s a little like “The Dating Game” crossed with a medieval arranged marriage. Isn’t that romantic? For the uninitiated, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” stars Lisa Edelstein (“House”) as a relationship expert and successful author whose marriage goes south, threatening her publishing deals and selfesteem while sending her into the unfamiliar waters of singledom among a self-centered crowd in Los Angeles. “Divorce” debuted last year as Bravo’s very first scripted series. Like almost everything on Bravo, it’s not as clever as it thinks it is. But it’s Shakespeare compared to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” (9 p.m., TV-14). • To mark World AIDS Day, the “VICE Special Report: Countdown to Zero” (9 p.m., HBO) looks at research into an AIDS vaccine and interviews AIDS activists around the world. • Who hasn’t felt like they lived, or worked, on the Island of Misfit Toys? Created in 1964, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (8 p.m., CBS) managed to fit a celebration of non-conformity into its Christmas message, featuring a freakish sledpuller, an elf dreaming of dentistry and even an abominable snowman with an ache to belong. • ABC Family kicks off its “25 Days of Christmas” marathon of holiday movies and specials. Prime time commences with “The Polar Express” (7 p.m.), the 2004 picture book adaptation starring Tom

mined rural backwoods antics for comedy. The 1950 sequel “Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town” (9:30 p.m.) follows.

SERIES NOTES Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays along on “The Muppets” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Arrow crosses over to “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Eddie starts a new job on “Fresh Off the Boat” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Ward hits a bull’s-eye on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (9 p.m., ABC) * A wedding planner’s time of death wasn’t on her schedule on “iZombie” (9 p.m., CW, TV14).

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From left, Dr. Joseph Cilona, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein and Dr. Logan Levkoff serve as relationship experts on “Married at First Sight” airing at 9 p.m. today on A&E and FYI. Hanks. When the history of digital animation is written, this film may be seen as an interim effort at best. The blend of photography and digital animation is more ghastly than enchanting. But some still love it, having read the book. Among the forthcoming chestnuts of the “25 Days” are remastered versions of Christmas specials of yore, including “The Bells of Fraggle Rock” from 1984 and “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” from 1977. These Jim Henson productions are both airing Dec. 12. So all of you nostalgic GenXers had better set the timers on your VCRs. I mean, your DVRs!

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Artists face live eliminations on “The Voice” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • A surprising new hire on

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SUPPORT GROUPS AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 7751852. AA Women’s Meeting — Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852. AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852. AA “How it Works” Group — Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 4945180. 441 AA Support Group — Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441. AA Summerton Group — Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall. Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 4358085. C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763. Find them on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869. Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First and third Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at (803) 469-9426. Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits. Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746. Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. For those who have lost a loved one to murder in a violent way. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

Amputee Support Group — Fourth Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746. EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday each month, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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WEDNESDAY

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Warm with clouds and sun

Cloudy with a few showers late

A shower; fog in the morning

Cooler with clouds breaking

Sunshine

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Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 45%

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Chance of rain: 10%

E 3-6 mph

SSE 3-6 mph

SW 7-14 mph

NNE 7-14 mph

NE 7-14 mph

Gaﬀney 59/56 Spartanburg 59/56

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha at (803) 7746181.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789. Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346. Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620. Great Goodness the Grief Support Group — Third Thursday, 6-8 p.m., “AYS” Home Care, 1250 Wilson Hall Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc. Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call Kevin Johnson at (803) 778-0303.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 481-7521.

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Greenville 61/55

Columbia 72/58

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 70/58

Aiken 70/58

ON THE COAST

Charleston 77/60

Today: Clouds and sun; a couple of showers in northern parts. High 71 to 75. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy; humid in southern parts. High 73 to 78.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 71/59/sh 42/32/c 54/37/pc 53/31/r 57/48/c 71/48/s 74/60/c 53/50/r 84/66/pc 58/52/r 65/39/s 59/45/pc 54/50/r

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 356.35 76.55 75.26 96.74

24-hr chg +0.05 -0.05 +0.02 -0.14

Sunrise 7:09 a.m. Moonrise 11:04 p.m.

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Manning 72/60

Today: Showers; patchy morning fog. Winds light and variable. Wednesday: Periods of rain. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 69/58/pc Gainesville 82/63/pc Gastonia 60/57/sh Goldsboro 63/55/c Goose Creek 75/60/pc Greensboro 58/54/sh Greenville 61/55/sh Hickory 57/53/r Hilton Head 73/63/c Jacksonville, FL 80/63/pc La Grange 72/60/sh Macon 76/58/pc Marietta 67/57/sh

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LOTTERY NUMBERS The last word ARIES (March 21-April 19): in astrology Take on a new EUGENIA LAST challenge or interest. Travel plans will give you an incentive to get things in order financially. Changing your look will turn out well, and romance is heating up. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Broaden your outlook by engaging in events or taking courses that will expose you to different philosophies or ways of doing things. Socializing with people from different backgrounds will inspire you to embrace new beginnings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take on unreasonable responsibilities. You may want to help others, but you will end up being taken advantage of. Find out what’s expected of you before you take on other people’s problems.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Check out what’s happening in your neighborhood or consider where you’d like to go on your next vacation. Build friendships and join forces with people who share your interests and concerns. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put your brainpower to use when it comes to your work, reputation and getting ahead. Change can be good if you go about it the right way. Don’t stick to a format that doesn’t make good use of your abilities. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your need for adventure and excitement will work against you. Indulgence will be at the root of a series of escalating problems. Take a moment to rethink your desires and reconstruct your game plan. Make peace and love a priority.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look out for your interests. Expect to be CANCER (June 21-July 22): A heated called upon to deal with situations that are spinning out of control. argument with someone close to you will result in unwanted changes Stay calm and do what you can, but don’t get in so deep that you will at home. Keep the peace until you regret offering to help. have a better view of the situation. Patience will be required. Protect AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share against poor health or minor injury. your emotions and discuss your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your dramatic approach to life, love and bringing about positive changes will attract attention and enhance your reputation. Self-improvement projects will bring you that much closer to being your very best. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Problems will surface at home and in your personal relationships if you overreact or are uncertain about what you want. Do some soulsearching. Make choices that will clear up a misunderstanding.

plans with the ones you love. A change based on how you earn your living will be satisfying and could bring in more money. A promise will lead to greater security. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Problems with partnerships will be apparent. Be careful how you word what you say or you’ll be misinterpreted. Proceed with caution when dealing with authority figures or institutions. Focus on creative endeavors and helping a cause you believe in.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Lilian Peter comments on her photo submission, “I took this picture of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument, which is located in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge is a beautiful and most popular sight in England. The massive stones, which predate 4,000 or more years, are arranged in a circular order.”

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Clemson Football

college baseball

Swinney: No. 1 Clemson won’t be awed by title game

EC’s Ard to follow brother

Ready to rumble

Standout pitcher signs with USC Aiken bY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney reacts in the closing minutes of the Tigers’ 37-32 victory over South Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. Swinney insists the top-ranked Tigers are focused on the ACC championship game against North Carolina in Charlotte on Saturday.

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press Bigger stakes, same attitude. Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney knows his No. 1 Tigers are ready for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in Charlotte on Saturday after grinding out a 12-0 season. “We’ve embraced the opportunity,” Swinney said. “There’s no pressure. Pressure comes when you’re not prepared. We’re prepared. We prepare every week.” Next up, North Carolina, which has won 11 straight games since an opening loss to South Carolina and moved up three spots to No. 8 on Sunday.

The Tar Heels (11-1) figure to be Clemson’s toughest test in a month after several weeks of muddling through games against struggling opponents Syracuse, Wake Forest and USC this past Saturday. All were wins — and all exposed potential problems Clemson better shore up before this weekend. “Sometimes we may not play great,” Swinney acknowledged. If it happens again vs. North Carolina, the Tigers try at a second national title — their last 12-0 season was 1981’s championship season — will be over. Swinney said his team has overcome problems throughout the season and succeeded, tying the program’s record streak of 15 straight wins by defeating

the Gamecocks. Clemson had three fumbles against South Carolina. “At the end of the day, we still find a way to win the game,” Swinney said. “That speaks to the resolve of this team, the overall talent of our team, the poise of our team, the mental toughness. “ North Carolina, behind quarterback Marquise Williams, has had plenty of fun this season, too. Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora said his players have steadily built up confidence with each victory, something he expects to peak against the Tigers even with the odds stacked heavily against them.

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usc Football

Could Richt be a possibility for Gamecocks? By Willie T. Smith III The Greenville News COLUMBIA — Despite the rumors and predictions, it came as somewhat of a shock when Mark Richt resigned Sunday as the University of Georgia’s football coach. During his 15-year stint in Athens, Richt has had incredible success. The Bulldogs are 136-48 during his tenure. That includes an 80-37 mark against Southeastern Conference competition. Richt has led Georgia to two SEC Championships and led it to the conference title game five times. During a Monday news conference featuring Richt and Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity, Richt made it known he would love to coach again. If he does, he will do it a bit differently. “I’ll say this — if and when I do coach again, I’m looking

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With Marc Richt stepping down as the head coach at Georgia, does that open the door for him posSee richt, Page B5 sibly coming to South Carolina?

William Ard has seen a lot of the University of South Carolina Aiken baseball program over the last year or so. His older brother Douglas joined the Pacers last season and the younger Ard has already been to a handful of games. ARD “I met the coaches and I met the players and saw the campus,” William said, “And I really liked it. I thought if they ever offered, this would be the place for me.” The East Clarendon High standout starting pitcher will see a lot more of USC Aiken in the upcoming years after signing with the Pacers last week to ensure that USCA will have an Ard on the roster for a few more seasons. “That’s obviously the dream of everybody who picks up a baseball is to one day play it at the college level,” William said. “It’s rewarding to know that all of the hard work I’ve put into it is paying off.” The Pacers were, for the most part, his lone offer, but that was just fine with the Wolverines right-hander. “I really liked the facilities they have there and the direction the program is headed in,” he said. “It’s a little bit of a smaller (enrollment) which was something I was looking for too,” The younger Ard was ECHS’ ace this past season, posting a 6-3 record and a 1.95 earned run average. He helped guide the Wolverines to the 1A District VII crown and a berth in the lower state tournament. “I love pitching; I love being on the mound,” William said. “Right now I’m just working to get better and hopefully help lead my team to a state championship.”

prep basketball

Jones to make debut as SHS boys coach By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com While some schools opened their seasons last week, the high school basketball season begins in earnest today. There will be some new faces, plenty of old faces and some old faces that weren’t supposed to be back this year. The Sumter High boys basketball team will begin defense of its 4A state championship today at the Diamond Mine in Hopkins against Lower Richland. It will also be the debut of new head coach Shawn Jones, who was hired in October after Jo Jo English resigned in Septemember. The Gamecocks were 20-6 last season in winning the school’s first state crown in 30 years. The SHS girls actually have three games under their belt, including one against LR. That came last week in the championship game of the A.C. Flora Tip Off Classic in Columbia, a

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Gamecocks improve to 7-0 with 76-53 win over WCU COLUMBIA — Mindaugas Kacinas had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Michael Carrera scored 16 to lead South Carolina to a 76-53 victory over Western Carolina on Monday night. Kacinas made 8 of 11 field goals while Sindarius Thornwell scored 10 and Christ Silva added nine with 11 boards for South Carolina (70). It’s the best start for the Gamecocks since 2003-04, the last time they’ve made the NCAA Tournament. Carrera was instrumental in two big runs that gave South Carolina (7-0) control. First, he highlighted a 19-0 first half run that gave the Gamecocks the lead for good. Carrera started the spurt with a 3-pointer and scored nine points while Silva came off the bench to provide six points and five rebounds. Rhett Harrelson scored 14 points and Mike Brown added 10 for Western Carolina. College of Charleston 70

TV, RADIO

TODAY 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Villanova at St. Joseph’s (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Ten/ ACC Challenge – Michigan at North Carolina State (ESPN2). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Ten/ ACC Challenge – Northwestern at Virginia Tech (ESPNU). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Maryland-Eastern Shore at Georgetown (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Texas Christian at Butler (FOX SPORTS 2). 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Washington at Cleveland (NBA TV). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Richmond at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Tenn/ACC Challenge -- Virginia at Ohio State (ESPN). 8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Minnesota at Chicago (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Louisiana Tech at Memphis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Ten/ ACC Challenge – Purdue at Pittsburgh (ESPN2). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Ten/ ACC Challenge – Miami at Nebraska (ESPNU). 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Arkansas State at Missouri (SEC NETWORK). 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Big Tenn/ACC Challenge – Maryland at North Carolina (ESPN). 10 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Dallas at Portland (NBA TV). 10:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Mic Smith/The Associated Press

LSU’s Ben Simmons (25) gets his shot blocked by College of Charleston’s Nick Harris in the Cougars’ 70-58 win on Monday.

he’ll retire after this season in his hometown today against the winless Philadelphia 76ers (0-18). The 5-time NBA champion’s relationship with Philly LSU 58 fans has been turbulent CHARLESTON — Canyon throughout his 20-year NBA Barry had 19 points and Col- career in Los Angeles. Some lege of Charleston used a big love him. Some hate him. Refirst-half charge to hand LSU gardless, nearly everyone reits third consecutive loss, 70- spects his superstar talent. With the 76ers, Eagles and 58, on Monday night. The Tigers (3-3) were look- Flyers all struggling, Brying for a soft place to recover ant’s return was a hot topic on sports radio on Monday. after falling to Marquette “I always enjoyed watching and North Carolina State last Kobe play and consider him week. The Cougars (4-2) one of the greatest ever, but proved they were not about to concede anything to LSU’s he didn’t want to play for the Sixers so I held that against dynamic freshman tandem of Ben Simmons and Antonio him,” said longtime Philadelphia sports fan John Passero. Blakeney. “But if the Sixers couldn’t Barry scored 12 of his points in the opening half as win it all, I rooted for Kobe.” Charleston pulled in front 41-17 on Payton Hulsey’s foul Jones wins Australian SYDNEY — Matt Jones shots to start the second half. talked about the “stress and LSU sliced things to 63-56 on Jalyn Patterson’s 3-pointer anxious moments” during with 1:08 to play. That was as his final round at the Australian Open on Sunday. close as the Tigers could get. He wasn’t exaggerating. Lakers’ Bryant to retire Jones overcame a bogey, PHILADELPHIA — Kobe double-bogey and triple-boBryant’s farewell tour begins gey on the front nine Sunday in the city that loves and to escape with a one-stroke hates him. victory in the 100th AustraBryant will play his first lian Open after shooting a road game since announcing 2-over 73. Jones, who led de-

NFL STANDINGS

fending champion Jordan Spieth by three strokes to begin the day, finished with a 72-hole total of 8-under 276. Adam Scott, who shot 65 on The Australian Golf Club course Sunday, and Spieth, who had a 71 and missed an eagle attempt on the 18th that could have forced a playoff, were tied for second.

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 1 0 .909 347 212 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 272 228 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 266 257 Miami 4 7 0 .364 225 287 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 249 260 Houston 6 5 0 .545 232 234 Jacksonville 4 7 0 .364 236 299 Tennessee 2 9 0 .182 203 257 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 2 0 .818 297 193 Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 230 Baltimore 3 7 0 .300 226 249 Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 186 277 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 9 2 0 .818 252 207 Kansas City 6 5 0 .545 287 220 Oakland 5 6 0 .455 264 280 San Diego 3 8 0 .273 244 307

Helton gets Trojan job LOS ANGELES — Clay Helton has twice taken charge of the Southern California football program in moments of crisis and steadied the Trojans with calm leadership. Athletic director Pat Haden decided Helton has earned the chance to be much more than his backup plan. USC hired Helton as its permanent coach on Monday, removing the interim tag five days before the Trojans face Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game. Helton guided the troubled Trojans (8-4, 5-3 Pac-12) to five victories and a Pac-12 South title in his seven-week tenure after taking over for Steve Sarkisian, making him 6-2 in two interim stints at USC over the past three years.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 5 6 0 .455 241 267 N.Y. Giants 5 6 0 .455 287 273 Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 243 274 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 204 261 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 11 0 0 1.000 332 205 Atlanta 6 5 0 .545 260 234 Tampa Bay 5 6 0 .455 248 279 New Orleans 4 7 0 .364 261 339 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 231 194 Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 262 215 Chicago 5 6 0 .455 231 264 Detroit 4 7 0 .364 230 288 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 9 2 0 .818 355 229 Seattle 6 5 0 .545 267 222 St. Louis 4 7 0 .364 186 230 San Francisco 3 8 0 .273 152 271

Sunday’s Games

From wire reports

Cooper, Fortune lead Hawks past Ebenezer 42-26 Carldelle Cooper scored 11 points and O’Donnell Fortune added 10 to help power Alice Drive past Ebenezer 42-26 on Monday at the Ebenezer gymnasium. Landon Smith had eight points for the Hawks, who will host Furman on Thursday.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Northwood Academy 59 Laurence Manning 40

MANNING -- Naquan Mickens and Wyatt Rowland scored eight and seven points respectively for the JV Swampcats, but it was not enough as LMA fell to Northwood 59-40 on Monday at the Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL

FRANK’S

Northwood Academy 80 Laurence Manning 20

MANNING -- Northwood Academy handed Laurence Manning Academy an 80-20 defeat on Monday at the Bubba Davis gymnasium.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Laurence Manning 22 Northwood Academy 18

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54-32 LR victory. Sumter won its first two games, beating preseason 4A No. 1 and defending state champion Spring Valley 60-46 and Flora 57-32. Wilson Hall’s boys opened their season last week with a pair of easy victories. The competition level steps up a bit today when they travel to Columbia to take on Hammond and its star player Seventh Woods. Woods signed with North Carolina in November. Crestwood and Lakewood will start their seasons on Wednesday in road games, Crestwood taking on Mullins and Lakewood meeting Camden. Dwayne Edwards returns as the Crestwood boys head coach for one final season. The Associated Press

Denver running back C.J. Anderson (22) breaks free for the game-winning touchdown against New England on Sunday in a 30-24 overtime victory in Denver, handing the Patriots their first loss of the season.

Osweiler gets first comeback win, Broncos beat Pats 30-24 By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press

(10-1) to the tying field goal, but after winning the coin toss to start overtime, New EngDENVER — Brock Osweiler land went three-and-out, and engineered his first comeback Osweiler and Anderson won win in only his second NFL the game. start. Osweiler finished with 270 If his career stays on this yards, one touchdown and one track, the 76,970 fans at Suninterception. He’s now 2-0 as a day’s game will have a nice lit- replacement for Manning, tle keepsake — a soggy ticket whose return is now about stub from a snowy night in more than only his aching left Denver when the quarterback foot. first showed he could play “I’m not surprised at all,” with the very best in the said receiver Bubba Caldwell, league. who caught the go-ahead Starting for Peyton Mantouchdown in the fourth quarning, Osweiler drove the Bron- ter. “We’ve got one of the top cos 83 yards to give the Brondefenses and he goes against cos a brief lead in the fourth those guys and doesn’t flinch. quarter, then called the perfect To go out there and do it every play in overtime to set up the Sunday is no surprise to us.” win. Osweiler and the Broncos STANDINGS WATCH overcame a 14-point, fourthThis was the toughest test quarter deficit for a 30-24 victory over none other than Tom left on New England’s schedule. The final five opponents Brady and the previously unhave a combined record of 22defeated New England Patri33. Now, instead of worrying ots. how chasing a perfect record “Something I was told very might affect their run at a secyoung in my football career ond straight title, the Patriots was that the game is not over until zeros are up there on the can focus solely on keeping the No. 1 seed. They have a clock,” Osweiler said. one-game lead over Denver Denver (9-2) won it with 12:32 left in overtime, after Os- and Cincinnati but Denver owns the tiebreaker against weiler changed running plays the Pats. The Broncos, meanat the line of scrimmage and while, have followed a twogave it to C.J. Anderson, who game losing streak with two ran around left end for a 48straight wins. They play the yard touchdown and the win. Bengals at home on Dec. 28 in It wouldn’t have come to that had Osweiler not connect- a game that could be for a first-round bye. ed with Demaryius Thomas for 36 yards, then Emmanuel MORE PLAYMAKERS Sanders for 39, as part of an New England’s latest injury 83-yard march for a 24-21 lead came to tight end Rob with 1:09 left in regulation. Denver had trailed 21-7 earlier Gronkowski, who took a hit to his right knee late in the in the quarter. fourth quarter and was carted Brady (280 yards, three off the field. He limped from touchdowns) led the Patriots

the training room to the team bus. The Patriots were already without top receivers Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola but Brady keeps finding new targets. Backup tight end Scott Chandler had five catches for 58 yards and a score, and running back Brandon Bolden caught a 63-yard touchdown for New England’s 21-7 lead. New England also lost linebacker Dont’a Hightower, who left in the first half with a knee injury. “I think if you sit there and dwell on it, it might be overwhelming, but we can’t do that,” Chandler said. “We don’t have a choice. We’ve got to move on.”

He became the athletic director last year and was planning on stepping down as head coach. However, he decided to return for one more year. The Lakewood girls, who played for the 3A state title last year, will have a new head coach in Demetress Adams-Fludd. She’s the former standout player at Lee Central High and the University of South Carolina. Thomas Sumter Academy will open at home against Florence Christian School today. Manning is scheduled to play at C.E. Murray. East Clarendon will be at home against Lake City, Scott’s Branch will travel to the Governor’s School in Hartsville, Robert E. Lee Academy will play at Dillon Christian and Clarendon Hall will be at home against Williamsburg.

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UNC defense prepares for Clemson test BY AARON BEARD The Associated Press

ble without the resurrection of a defense that was historically awful only a year earlier. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The North Carolina surrendered defensive turnaround at North program records of 6,472 yards Carolina is one of the major (497.8) and 507 points (39 per reasons the No. 8 Tar Heels game) in a 4-2-5 scheme in have their highest ranking in 2014, leading to an overhaul of nearly two decades and the defensive staff that includreached the Atlantic Coast ed the arrival of former AuConference championship burn head coach Gene Chizik game. as coordinator. With Chizik Still, that unit has had a few taking a “less is more philosohiccups in recent weeks, and it phy,” that unit has moved to a hasn’t faced an offense quite 4-3 base scheme with multiple like the one it will see in Satlooks while allowing 394.9 urday’s matchup with topyards this year. ranked Clemson. The Tar Heels also ranked “I think our defense can tied for 19th nationally by alplay well enough to put us in a lowing 20.8 points per game in position to win,” coach Larry what has amounted to a bendFedora said simply Monday. but-don’t-break approach. The season has been full of “The more you do, the less historic accomplishments for you get reps at certain things the Coastal Division champion because you’ve got to work Tar Heels (11-1, 8-0 ACC, No. 14 them against all these differCFP). They are only the fourth ent thing that (offenses) do,” team in program history and Chizik said last week. “The first since 1997 to win 11 more complicated and the games. They had never gone more moving parts to an of8-0 in ACC play and had never fense, the less we do. I’ve algone unbeaten in league play ways been that way.” since winning their last ACC The Tigers (12-0, 8-0, No. 1 title in 1980. CFP) took advantage of UNC’s And while the offense ranks struggles last year, with Deamong the nation’s best, none shaun Watson throwing for 435 of that would have been possi- yards and a school-record six

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“Our goal is to win the conference championship,” he said. “We can’t control whether we’re in the playoffs.”

LOOKING BACK Clemson won it all in 1981, defeating Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that season for the program’s signature moment.

Nov. 7, led 31-0 at halftime and 45-0 in the third quarter of a 59-21 win against Miami the next week, then jumped to a 35-7 lead in the first quarter of Saturday’s 45-34 win at rival North Carolina State. The Tar Heels surrendered 533 yards to Duke in a performance that Chizik said wasn’t good enough. They failed to protect a 24-10 lead in the final 4½ minutes of regulation before winning in overtime at Virginia Tech, then surrendered 514 yards and allowed N.C. State to convert 12 of 21 third downs (57 percent). Gerry Broome/The Associated press Fedora took the blame for North Carolina’s Andre Smith (56) and his defensive teammates have that Monday, saying he told paved the way for the Tar Heels reaching the ACC championship game Chizik to play more conservaon Saturday against Clemson. The Tigers will provide a major test. tively to avoid surrendering any big plays to get the Wolftouchdown passes in a 50-35 them, and that’s probably the pack back in it. win. Four of those TD throws biggest thing, is they’ve been Either way, the Tar Heels were at least 30 yards. very sound in what they’ve figure they can do more. This year’s Tigers rank No. done.” “I really do think we gave up 14 nationally in total offense That unit has spent much of too many points this past (502.5 yards per game) and November in an unusual posi- week, gave up too many 15th in scoring (37.9 points). tion: playing entire second yards,” UNC linebacker Sha“I think the biggest thing is halves against ACC opponents keel Rashad said. “And we they just have not given up in what amounted to garbage have to go back and fix that. near (the amount of ) big time with the outcome long But at the same time, it’s not plays,” Clemson coach Dabo since decided by the Tar Heels’ like we’re losing confidence Swinney said. “They gave up a overwhelming starts. over it, because everything lot of big plays on them. We UNC led 38-10 by halftime of that we’re messing up is very had a bunch of big plays on its 66-31 win against Duke on fixable.”

Their last ACC crown came in 2011, which the Tigers followed up with a 70-33 Orange Bowl debacle to West Virginia.

North Carolina was No. 1 for a week in 1948 when it finished 9-1-1 and ended No. 3. Its last ACC title came in 1980 when NFL great Lawrence Taylor

led the way for the Tar Heels. The last time they won 11 games was in 1997, the year coach Mack Brown left the Tar Heels for Texas.

THE COMMITTEE IS WATCHING A Clemson win makes this an uncomplicated process. The Tigers have been No. 1 in the playoff rankings all season and would slide into the final four with a win over the Tar Heels. A North Carolina victory could generate more discussion in the committee room. However, the Tar Heels haven’t beaten any team currently in the top 25 and even taking down No. 1 might not be enough to push them into the final four.

HEISMAN POTENTIAL Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson looks to be a lock to get an invite to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony with his play the past two months. He’ll likely need a monster game to supplant Alabama runner Derrick Henry as the leading contender. Watson’s done about everything for the Tigers after a slow September start. He leads the ACC in total offense at 331 yards a game and touchdown passes with 27. Watson ran for three touchdowns and a career-best 114 yards in the win over South Carolina.

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By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Pressr After a bad season on the field for Mike Riley’s first Nebraska team, some good work in the classroom by the Huskers when Bo Pelini was coach will keep Big Red playing football this season. Missouri, however, will pass on a chance to play in a bowl game with a 5-7 record. The NCAA Division I council approved a plan Monday that will make teams with 5-7 records eligible for at least two bowl bids — and as many as five — based on their Academic Progress Rates. The council approved a recommendation made by the football oversight committee that was necessary to fill the record 40 bowls after not enough teams met the standard bowl-eligibility requirements. There are 75 teams with at least six victories and a .500 record going into the final weekend of the regular season. Eighty are needed. Only three more — Kansas State, Georgia State and South Alabama — can get to six wins. All three are underdogs in their games. Based on 2013-14 scores, the

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From Page B1 forward to coaching again in terms of being more handson,” Richt said. “I miss coaching quarterbacks, I miss calling plays, I miss that part of it. Whether it’s in the role of head coach, coordinator, quarterbacks coach, whatever it is. If in fact I choose to do that, I’d be really excited about coaching QBs again and getting in the middle of coaching offensive strategy. Not that I wasn’t in it, but I wasn’t calling it. And I think I’d be more apt to do that again.” Considered an outstanding offensive mind, Richt was selected the Bulldogs coach because of his adept handling of the Florida State offense as the school’s offensive coordinator. Set to celebrate his 56th birthday in February, he is still young enough to serve another stint somewhere else. Most colleges would be lucky to have him. If he wants to get back into coaching immediately, he will have opportunities. There was even some lobbying for Richt to return to Miami, his alma mater, before he and Georgia went their separate ways. Is there a possibility South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner might have an interest in speaking to him? Never say never. Ray Tanner has played his cards close to the vest since Steve Spurrier resigned as the Gamecocks’ coach. While no one knows exactly what Tanner and others involved in the search are looking for, it was reported Monday that the man believed to be the No. 1 target, Houston coach Tom Herman, has agreed in principle to stay at the school. Another believed to be a USC candidate is Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby

latest available, Nebraska has the best APR among 5-7 teams at 985. Pelini, who was fired after last season, was the Huskers coach back then. The Cornhuskers finished their first season under Riley last Friday with a loss to Iowa, but Nebraska has indicated it will accept a bid if invited. Missouri is next on the list

with an APR of 976, but moments after the NCAA announced that the Tigers would have a chance to play in the postseason athletic director Mack Rhoades released a statement saying the team will not participate. “Our focus remains on identifying the right leader for our program and moving forward

with the transition process,” Rhoades said. Missouri is in the process of trying to find a replacement for retiring coach Gary Pinkel, who announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down at the end of the season because he has lymphoma. Kansas State can become bowl eligible Saturday at West

Virginia, but with a 976 APR, the Wildcats could get in either way. Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said earlier in the day that he would let the players decide if they wanted to participate in a bowl game at 5-7 after playing West Virginia. The next four teams are Minnesota (975), San Jose State (975), Illinois (973) and Rice (973). In a statement, San Jose State University interim president Dr. Susan Martin and athletic director Gene Bleymaier said they would “support an opportunity to participate in a bowl game if invited.” The other three schools they were still unsure if the teams would play in a bowl if invited. “Illinois will continue to monitor the situation and, when appropriate, talk with the Big Ten Conference office and Illinois staff before making a decision,” the school said in a statement. The selection process will be market driven and allow the bowls with spots to fill to invite the 5-7 team that makes the most sense for its game — as long as the selection is made in order of best available APR. So Illinois can’t be invited until San Jose State is invited.

Smart. As a UGA alumnus, he is probably high on the Bulldogs’ list to replace Richt. If that happens, it’s anyone’s guess who might receive a

Gamecocks offer. Whether or not Richt is on Tanner’s radar is unknown. USC’s past two coaches, Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier, were

62 and 60, respectively, when they debuted as the Gamecocks’ coach. The choice this time could be younger. Whether at USC or some-

where else, Richt still has a place in the coaching profession. Chances are, if that is what he wants, he will get it.

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Quarterback Drew Lock (3) and athe Missouri Tigers will not accept a bowl bid despite being in line for one as the NCAA fills the bowl field with 5-7 teams.

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OBITUARIES

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015

CAROLINE HARRINGTON Caroline Harrington, beloved wife and mother, artist, botany enthusiast and benefactor of the arts, passed away peacefully on Nov. 23, 2015, at her home in Darien, Georgia. She was 76. Caroline was born in 1939 in HARRINGTON Raleigh, North Carolina. During her early childhood there, she and a close-knit group of girls formed a long-lasting alliance known as the “Raleigh Girls.” Her family moved to Sumter in the early 1950s, where Caroline attended Edmunds High School and met her dear friend Lucy Gordon. Upon graduation, she, like her mother and daughters, attended Saint Mary’s College in Raleigh. In 1958, she made her debut in Sumter. Caroline transferred to the University of Georgia in 1959, pledged Pi Beta Phi and earned degrees in art history and art education. While at the University, she met and married her sweetheart, Terry Harrington. In 1963, the young couple moved to Savannah, where Caroline taught art at Savannah High School. Living for a brief period in Florida and North Carolina in the early 1970s, Caroline and Terry, with daughters Susan and Julia, returned to Georgia in 1976. During the 1980s and 90s Caroline was able to pursue her two great passions, art and flowers. Working mainly in the medium of watercolors, she focused on plants and landscapes. Her artwork was exhibited in Georgia, South Carolina and Rhode Island. Plant interests included the hybridization of daylilies and growing camellias. Her love of botany led her to serve on the board of directors of Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville. She was invited to become a novice judge for the Savannah Camellia Society and, more recently, she served on the board of LeConte-Woodsmanston Plantation and Botanical Gardens in Riceboro, Georgia. She was instrumental in bringing LeConte-Woodsmanston to the list of sites recognized and visited by the Southern Garden Historical Society in 2014. Caroline’s parents were Doyle L. and Katherine Coker Cannon of Sumter. Her maternal grandparents were David R. and Jessie Richardson Coker of Hartsville. Paternal grandparents were Louis S. and Caroline Forrest Cannon of North Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Terry; daughters, Susan Elizabeth Harrington of Saint Simons Island, Georgia, and Julia Harrington Conrad of Santa Fe, New Mexico; a brother, David Cannon and wife, Patsy, of Edisto Island; and loving family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Darien. All are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Kalmia Gardens of Coker College. Low Country Cremation & Burial Services is serving the Harrington family.

HERBERT S. BROWN ALCOLU — Herbert Scott Brown, 82, beloved husband of Jewell Spigner Brown, died on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at his home. Born on March 29, 1933, in Alcolu, he was a son of the

late George Ardee Brown and Sudie Hancock Brown. He was a retired U.S. Navy master chief petty officer and was a veteran BROWN of the Korean conflict. He was a member of Clarendon Baptist Church. He enjoyed carpentry, gardening and traveling with his wife. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He is survived by his wife of 61 years of Alcolu; a son, Len Brown (Erie) of Alcolu; two daughters, Susie McDowell and Kathy Thompson (Tommy), both of Manning; 10 grandchildren, Scott Jones (Bambi) of Manning, Brant Brown (Virginia) of Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, Bethany Cochran (Stuart) of Manning, Leslie Horton (Scott) of Sumter, Brandi Dennis (Jason) of Manning, Les Thompson of Greeleyville, Maggie Brown of Phenix City, Alabama, Andrea McDowell of Rising Fawn, Georgia, and Lyndsey McDowell and Michael McDowell, both of Manning; 15 great-grandchildren, Allison Justice (Brad), Hallie Harrington, Kayleigh McDowell, Michael Cochran, Brantson Brown, Helms Horton, Victoria Brown, Connor Cochran, Kynzleigh McDowell, Cayden Dennis, Kylayah Brown, Camden Reese Horton, Sadie Cochran, Field Horton and Kristin-Grace Brown; two brothers-in-law, Ray Hodge (Diane) of Alcolu and Mills Hodge of Seven Lakes, North Carolina; a sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Brown of Sumter; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Timothy Scott. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Clarendon Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike DeCosta officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the men’s Sunday school class of Clarendon Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the fellowship hall of the church and at other times at the residence, 3944 Alderman Camp Road, Alcolu. Memorials may be made to the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, 810 Maxwell Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646; Clarendon Christian Learning Center, P.O. Box 911, Manning, SC 29102; or to Clarendon Baptist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 307, Alcolu, SC 29001. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

PETER T. HALEY Peter Timothy Haley, 65, died on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on April 22, 1950, in

Sumter, he was the youngest son of the late Archie I. Sr. and Pearl Berry Haley. He is survived by his daughter, Melissa Haley of Lexington; two brothers, Ingram (Bridget) Haley of Thomaston, Georgia, and Marvin (Becky) Haley of Sumter; and two sisters, Linda Sutherland of Sumter and Judy (Bob) Speer of Simpsonville. He was predeceased by his brother, Ray Haley of Sumter. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the home of his brother, Marvin Haley, 3025 Long Leaf Drive, Sumter. A private service is planned for a later date.

EMMA MAE SPENCER Emma Mae Spencer, 65, departed this life on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at her residence. She was born on April 9, 1950, in Rembert, a daughter of the late Harold Dewey Spencer and Josephine Halley Spencer. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

JOHN JOHNSON John Johnson, 61, died on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg. Born on March 27, 1954, in Sumter County, he was a son of Verlie Mae Jenkins Johnson and the late Hezekiah “Doube” Johnson. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his mother, 5225 Cotton Acres Road, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

RACHEL KEELS CHAPIN — Rachel Joyce Farmer Keels, 93, widow of Thomas D. Keels Sr., died on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

EDITH PRESSLEY Edith Vertell Ricks Pressley, 94, departed this life on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 25, 1921, in Sumter a daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Ann Peterson Ricks. The family will be receiving friends at the home of her son, 3200 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, SC 29080. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

MOSES GREEN JR. Moses Green Jr., son of the late Moses Sr. and Janie Mae Harvin Green, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at his residence in Sumter. He was born on Aug. 5, 1955, in Sumter. Moses received his education from the

THE SUMTER ITEM public schools of Sumter County and was a 1973 graduate of Sumter High School. After graduating, he enlisted into the United States Army and completed four years of service as a military policeman. During his military tenure, he served a tour in Germany. Moses was also employed with Santee Print Works and Korn Industries in Sumter for many years. Moses was a modest family man. He loved his children, grandchildren, siblings, nieces and nephews. He had a mind that was photographical. There was nothing that he would forget and he was great with mathematical calculations. He loved sports, westerns, action movies, and Sunday’s Best gospel show. Moses was a member of Beulah African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sumter. He was a member of the Sons of Allen and Lay Organization. Moses leaves to cherish his precious memories: one daughter, Lashaun China Williams (Terrance) of Lawrenceville, Georgia; three sons, Michael Williams (Tonya) of Columbia, Jamal Rosenburg and Moses Chandler, both of Sumter; four siblings, Bertha G. Jeter (Henry), Shirley G. Tomlin (Eugene), Ronnie Green (Carla) and the Rev. Carolyn G. Vaughn (the Rev. Ashley), all of Sumter; four grandchildren, Kiana, Michael Jr. and Ethan Williams and Trinity Chandler; two nieces, Toni McDuffie of Sumter and Shenika T. Waring (Kingsley) Lexington; three nephews, Demetrius and Brandon Vaughn and Ryan Tomlin; two grandnieces, Niara and Janiya Waring; eight aunts, Bertha Peoples, Edith Connor, Mary Lou Brinkley, Annette Smith, Hattie Profit (Henry), Helen Howard (Freddie), Janie Mae Morris and Louise Cooks; two uncles, Jack and Sammie Cooks; one grandaunt, Inez Richardson; and a host of other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Green will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Wednesday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Beulah AME Church, Sumter, with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Dwayne Bruce, officiating. Interment will follow in Beulah AME Church cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the home of his sister, 1210 Fallingwater Lane, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

ANNE CONNELLY MATTHEWS, North Carolina — Anne Billy Warren Connelly, widow of Frank Jeremiah Connelly Jr., died

on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, in Matthews. Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 7759386.

JOSEPH L. WILSON ELLIOTT — Joseph L. Wilson entered eternal rest on Nov. 25, 2015, at his residence, 99 Freedom Ave., Elliott. The family is receiving friends at the residence. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Elliott, with the Rev. Betty Graham officiating. Interment will follow in the Pentecostal Temple Holiness Church Cemetery, Wisacky. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

ORILEE TURNER Orilee Turner, 90, died on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Bronx, New York. She was born on Monday, Jan. 26, 1925, in Clarendon County, to the late Dewey and Bertha Mivens. Services have been entrusted to the professional care of King-Fields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

WILLIAM O. ATKINSON LYNCHBURG — William O’Dell “Bill” Atkinson, 73, died on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Florence County, he was a son of the late William O’Dell Atkinson Sr. and Blonnie Amerson Kinlaw. He was a member of Lynchburg Baptist Church and was a retired farmer. Survivors include three brothers, Thomas Wayne Kinlaw, Allen W. Kinlaw and Kenneth W. Kinlaw, all of Lynchburg; a sister, Martha Ann Effler of Sumter; a brother-in-law, Woodrow Lawhon of Olanta; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Linda K. Lawhon; and his stepfather, Junius Woodrow Kinlaw. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the Tabernacle Cemetery near Lynchburg with the Rev. Dr. Rusty Wilson and the Rev. Jim Ridenhour officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the graveside. Memorial may be made to Lynchburg Baptist Church, P.O. Box 188, Lynchburg, SC 29080. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

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HIV is treatable if you know you’re positive DEAR ABBY — Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. With effective treatment, people with HIV can live as Dear Abby long as those ABIGAIL without HIV. VAN BUREN Fear, shame and ignorance remain barriers to testing and treatment, which can be more deadly than HIV itself. People with HIV who are in treatment need never develop advanced HIV (formerly fullblown AIDS). Please encourage your readers, regardless of age, gender or sexual orientation, to get tested, and if positive, to get treatment. HIV can affect anyone.

Mary in Frederick, Maryland DEAR MARY — I’m glad you wrote. Knowing one’s HIV status is extremely important because, unlike in years past, the disease can be controlled. But in order to do that and not spread it to others, it is essential that sexually active individuals get tested. Readers, you can be a healthy HIV-positive person and control it IF you know you have it AND get treatment. Ask your doctor about being tested, if you have one. If you don’t have a doctor, contact your county health department about how to find testing and treatment in your community, or visit www.freehivtest.net for information about free tests in many areas across the nation and abroad.

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DEAR ABBY — Besides the usual snoring most wives tolerate, I have had to endure something worse. At least once a week for the last few years, my husband will make a fist while asleep and swing it across the bed, striking me. The last time, it caused a tooth to chip, and frankly, it scares me to death. He is by no means violent when awake. Other than sleeping on the couch, what can I do? Black and Blue in New Jersey DEAR B AND B — Before your husband causes you any more physical harm, schedule an appointment for him with a sleep disorder specialist. For both your sakes, please don’t put it off. Your doctor or medical insurance carrier should be able to refer you to one.

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HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS 1 With 69-Across, filmmaker born 12/1/1935 who directed and wrote five films in this puzzle 6 Apparel 10 Sacramento's state, briefly 13 "Most certainly!" 15 Language that gave us "khaki" 16 Spanish she-bear 17 Look that way 18 With 59-Across, 1980 film by 1-/69-Across 20 Suffers from 21 Sneaky tactic 23 Kosher 24 Diagnostic machine 26 Make __ for: argue in favor of 27 2011 film by 1-/69-Across 31 Being kept cold 32 Sardinian six 33 1971 film by 1-/69-Across 36 1973 film by 1-/69-Across 42 Junio, por ejemplo 44 Low voice 45 1995 film by 1-/69-Across 52 Like a softly blowing fan

53 Nincompoops 54 Windy City airport 55 One of the deadly sins 56 Camp bed 59 See 18-Across 61 Camden Yards ballplayer 64 Spanish gold 65 Sit for an artist 66 Have a place to call home 67 "__ the ramparts ... " 68 Figure (out) 69 See 1-Across DOWN 1 Genie's offer 2 Most fit for service 3 Keats works 4 __ Bums: Brooklyn Dodgers nickname 5 "Despite that ... " 6 Tailor's inserts 7 Major thoroughfares 8 Nutritional meas. 9 Sack material 10 Mountain lion 11 Birthplace of St. Francis 12 Coffee drinks with steamed milk 14 Hip-hop headgear

12/1/15 19 Prefix meaning "ten" 22 "That's awful!" 24 Ancient Peruvian 25 Personal bearing 27 Unruly group 28 Words before flash or jiffy 29 Cacophony 30 Zip, in soccer scores 34 Novelist Tan 35 Smooth, as a transition 37 Black, to a bard 38 "CSI" actor George 39 Tire pressure meas. 40 S.C. clock setting 41 Fish eggs 43 Husbands and wives

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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on December 17, 2015 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household / business items located at the properties listed.

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s); 1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 B073 - Grant, Vermica B075 - Hilton, Latoya

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