December 2, 2014

1 dies in shooting Police searching for suspects

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com

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City of Sumter police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead late Monday afternoon.

Witnesses reported the incident to authorities about 4:45 p.m., indicating shots rang out just off Miller Road about one block north of

Broad Street. Officers arrived and found the victim, Lance Lynell Myers, 25, of 4585 Spencer Road in Rembert, on the ground beside a Sumter School District maintenance building along Shop Road suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body.

ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT AT SWAN LAKE

Time for hoops Sumter High boys, girls host Lower Richland in home opener B1

DEATHS, B5 and B6 James W. Moree Tammy Lee J. Williams Francis L. Copeland James Bradford III Elizabeth S. Josey Ernest Century

A gathering of young and old were delighted Monday evening as the annual Fantasy of Lights at Swan Lake was lit for the 27th year.

Christmas lights illuminate gardens “This is a time when families are important,” said Col. Stephen F. Jost, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, before he threw the switch

Tuesday evening to turn Swan Lake-Iris Gardens into a fantasy of holiday lights as his wife and children stood nearby.

An ample gathering of young and old sighed with delight as suddenly

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Vehicles converge at the scene of a fatal shooting near Miller Road SEE SHOOTING, PAGE A7 late Monday afternoon.

December is here and with it, the Sumter Poinsettia Festival. Following the opening of the Fantasy of Lights, which lit up Swan Lake-Iris Gardens for the first time last evening, the fabulous display of thousands and thousands of lighted trees and various characters can be seen through Dec. 31.

Meanwhile, other activities start this week, including an exclusive opportunity for kids to write and send their letters directly to Santa at his “village” at Swan Lake starting Friday. Myriad events are upcoming all month long. Here’s what you can see through next Monday: Today through Dec. 31: • Fantasy of Lights, dusk to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 3: • Wreath Workshop, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sumter

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County Museum, (803) 7750908 Thursday, Dec. 4: • Festival of Trees, Circle of Lights, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, through Jan. 2 Friday, Dec. 5: • Christmas Tree Lighting, Sumter County Courthouse, 4:30 p.m.

• Walk with St. Nick, Courthouse to library, after tree lighting • Singing Christmas Tree, First Baptist Church, through Sunday; call (803) 773-3732 for tickets

• Santa’s Village, Santa’s Express, Swan Lake, weekends Saturday, Dec. 6: • Silver Bells Arts & Crafts Show, American Legion Building, also Sunday afternoon • Holiday House Tea & Tour, noon-6 p.m., (803) 494-3420 Sunday, Dec. 7: • Christmas Parade, Main Street, 2 p.m.

• Morris College Chorale concert, Neal-Jones Auditorium, 6 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 8: • Festival of Trees, Circle of Lights, Tuomey campus

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when an F-16 crashed late Sunday night while returning to its base in the Middle East.

Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the jet developed a problem related to maintenance shortly after takeoff, turned around and crashed before landing.

Warren said the pilot apparently turned around before engaging in any combat mission.

The crash is being investigated. Warren said it was too early to say why the pilot was unable to eject.

The U.S. Central Command, which is in charge of American military operations in the Mideast, did not disclose the identity of the pilot, but it said it did not occur in either Iraq or Syria where a U.S.-led coalition has been bombing Islamic State extremists.

Citing sensitivities of host nations, Warren would not identify where the incident occurred. Shaw Air Force Base recently joined the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, deploying one of its three squadrons of F-16 Fighting Falcons to the Middle East. At full strength, the base holds 82 F-16 fighter jets and comprises three squadrons: the 55th, 77th and 79th.

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Fireside Fund raises $3,451 in 1st week this season FROM STAFF REPORTS The 2014-15 Fireside Fund is off to a good start.

The $3,451 raised this week will go to help families in need of help with heating costs, said Christy Lamb, social worker with The Salvation Army. Lamb said a woman requested money on Monday to help heat her home with propane for her family of seven.

The Fireside Fund is a program started by The Sumter Item in 1969. The newspaper collects money from readers

and gives it to The Salvation Army to hand out to people who need help heating their homes in winter. The assistance may come in the form of vouchers for past-due electric bills, kerosene or wood.

The largest requests this year have been to assist with electric and propane heating bills.

This year’s fund is named in honor of retired Maj. Gen. Tom Olsen, a man well-known for his service to the Sumter community as well as the state of South Carolina and his country.

Contact The Salvation Army at (803) 775-9336 if you need help with heating costs.

Contributions may be mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151 or dropped off at the office, 20 N. Magnolia St. Spell out acronyms and names correctly. When making a donation in someone’s honor or memory, please include a full name. Names will be printed as given.

Donations received as of Monday include: After close out in March, $100; Dalzell United Methodist

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Church, $100; Mount Zion United Methodist Church, $100; Sowers & Reapers, $200; Porters Fabrications of Sumter PC, $100; Willing Workers Sunday School Class, Wise Drive Baptist Church, in honor of Sunday School members who are in care facilities, $50; Joy Circle, St. John UMC, $40; R Powell Black, $100; Vila & Michael Cipov, $25; Church

of the Ascension DCW Ellen Ellerbe Chapter, $50; Love in Action Sunday School Class, $100; Sumter County Master Gardeners Association, $500; Dan and Dotty Lyles, $250; Christian Golfers Association Inc., Sumter, $500; Jackie Olsen in memory of Tom Olsen, $25; and Radman and Patricia Ali, $50.

Total Combined Anonymous: $351.

Total This Week: $3,451.

Total This Year: $3,451.

Total Last Year: $62,869.17.

Total Since 1969: $1,387,884.19

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USC Sumter athletics collects, donates canned goods

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com ’Tis the season of giving, and the University of South Carolina Sumter’s athletic department got a start on their charitable deeds before the Thanksgiving holiday. More than 120 students, including baseball and softball players, collected more than 400 canned goods and nonperishable items for the homeless this year.

According to softball coach Age Cataldo, the Fire Ants

Food Harvest started about four years ago when a softball player came up with the idea.

When it first started, the project was just a softball community service event but since then, it has grown to include baseball players and two University 101 classes that participate each year. With the growing number of students helping out, Cataldo said they were able to reach more people and neighborhoods in Sumter to help those in need.

“So many people are busy this time of year, and they

want to help but don’t have the time,” Cataldo said.

To help those who want to give but don’t know how or don’t have the time, the athletics department and other students created a flier to place on doors in different neighborhoods in Sumter.

The flier informs Sumter residents about the Fire Ants Food Harvest and what day they should set out canned goods and nonperishable items to be picked up and donated.

This year, Cataldo said they

donated items to the YWCA and at Emmanuel’s Soup Kitchen.

“We had a lot of canned goods, toiletries and other items donated. We’re hoping those will really help people who need them this year,” Cataldo said.

The athletics department will continue its charitable work throughout the holiday season with participation in local events as well as the baseball team providing its services to fix bikes for the holidays. The team is also

USC botanist discovers new species

BY STEVEN POWELL USC, Special to The Sumter Item A rare plant found only in South Carolina makes its debut on the scientific stage next week. University of South Carolina professorJohn Nelson and alumnus Douglas Rayner have published the details needed to establish a news species of hedge-nettle, Stachys caroliniana, in the current issue of Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.

The exclusive club of explorers who have discovered a rare new species of life isn’t restricted to globetrotters traveling to remote locations such as the Amazon rain forests, Madagascar or the woodlands of the Congo River basin. Just ask Nelson and Rayner — they’re having their membership cards stamped with a long-hidden plant found nowhere but in South Carolina.

Stachys caroliniana makes its debut on the international botanical stage next week with a peer-reviewed publication describing its unique characteristics. It has taken some time for S. caroliniana to get its due, but that’s not surprising given the rarity of this new example of what is commonly called a hedgenettle or woundwort.

And rarity is unusual among S. caroliniana’s closest relatives. There are about 300 species in the genus Stachys, according to Nelson, the curator of the University of South Carolina’s A.C. Moore Herbarium. He calls it a “cosmopolitan genus.”

“You can find it in central and western Asia, eastern Africa, Europe, North America and in Central and South America,” Nelson says. “We have a lot of it in this part of the world, here in the southeastern U.S.” After graduating from Carolina in 1973, Nelson began to study the numerous species of Stachys in graduate school because he perceived a number of shortcomings in their taxonomy. The established botanical reference work for the region at the time, and still used to this day, was the “Manual of the Vascular

The new plant species Stachys caroliniana was discovered recently by USC Professor John Nelson.

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John Nelson, a USC botany professor and curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the school, who also writes the Mystery Plant columns for The Sumter Item, recently discovered a new plant found only in South Carolina.

Flora of the Carolinas,” published by Albert Radford, Harry Ahles and C. Ritchie Bell in 1968.

Annotations within the manual suggesting further studies that might improve the classification scheme convinced Nelson that the genus Stachys needed some help.

“This particular genus — oh, boy — it just looked like it was kind of a mess,” Nelson says. “I picked them to study as a taxonomic problem for my master’s study at Clemson, and I’ve been playing around with them ever since, for 40 years now.”

Rayner, who earned both master’s and doctoral degrees at Carolina in the mid1970s, collected the first specimen of what is now known as S. caroliniana in 1977 in the northernmost reaches of Charleston County, south of the Santee River.

It was from a population of plants that has not been relocated since. Nelson first ex-

amined Rayner’s dried and mounted specimen in 1984, when they both worked at the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, now part of the Department of Natural Resources.

Nelson knew it was something different from the Stachys species he was familiar with, but without more to work with he couldn’t make the case that it was a new species. Years later, though, he came across some seemingly familiar plants on Cat Island, which is on the north side of the Santee River in Georgetown County.

“I was just wandering along, the absent-minded botanist, and I thought, ‘Well, that’s a hedge-nettle, it’s definitely Stachys, no doubt about it,’” Nelson says. “And since it’s a Stachys and I’m here at the edge of this pond, it must be Stachys floridana, which is a very common weed that grows in people’s backyards, including mine

up here in Columbia.”

But closer inspection showed that it was none of the established species in the botanical literature, and he realized he had discovered another example of what Rayner first found in 1977.

With a couple of dozen plants to examine, he was able to gather the information to make the case to the scientific community that this was a new species altogether.

The International Botanical Congress has a set of rules by which a new plant name can be established. Nelson and Rayner, now a professor at Wofford College, published their results in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas on Nov. 25.

Reflecting on the experience, Nelson is particularly pleased to bring such a rare species to the light of day.

“It’s one of the most creative things you could ever do. I mean, I didn’t make the species, but I guess I’m introducing it to humankind,” Nelson says. “It’s actually very sobering.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: Nelson is the writer of the Mystery Plant series that runs regularly in the Panorama section of The Sumter Item.

scheduled to ring the local Salvation Army bell this year, according to Cataldo.

With the number of people who showed interest in helping them collect the items, the students were able to pick up items from two neighborhoods near Alice Drive and a few neighborhoods near Miller Road. Each year, the Fire Ants Food Harvest continues to grow in numbers of those volunteering to help as well as the amount of goods they’re able to donate to help the homeless.

LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS

County will accept e-waste on Saturday Just about everybody has some type of non-working electronic contraption sitting in the garage or house collecting dust and taking up space — maybe two, three or more. Not only are those old electronics unsightly, they can also be a hazard to the environment and to public health. Because of the amount of toxic materials included in electronic waste, it is important they be disposed of properly.

Anyone looking for a chance to get rid of their electronic waste will have an opportunity from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Sumter County Public Works, 1289 N. Main St. There is no fee for county residents.

The county will accept most types of electronic items including computers and computer components (CPUs, monitors, mice, keyboards, printers and laptops), radios, stereos, VCRs, TVs, PDAs, CDs, DVDs, fax machines, desktop copiers, cameras, microwave ovens, hand-held video game machines, cellphones and Christmas tree lights.

Electronic waste may also be taken from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mondays through Saturdays to the E-waste collection facility at Sumter County Landfill, 2185 E. Brewington Road.

For more information, call Sumter County Public Works at (803) 436-2241.

City to perform water line maintenance The City of Sumter will be performing maintenance on the water lines at Pitts and Wedgefield roads in preparation for an upcoming SCDOT project. This work will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. There will be minor service interruptions to customers, as well as short traffic delays and detours during construction.

For more information, contact the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

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Cotton, soybean farmers get good yields

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Most of the cotton crop has been harvested, said Clemson Extension Agronomist David DeWitt, but a good crop means farmers may have to wait in line for their cotton to be ginned.

However, he said he doesn’t expect that to create any problems.

“Once the cotton is rolled up in those yellow modules, it will keep alright,” he said.

DeWitt said there are not that many gins around, so during the peak harvest sea-

son, they can’t always keep up.

“They are now catching up, and you’ll be seeing those yellow modules disappearing,” he said.

Farmers who did not have their cotton harvested by last week’s rains probably will lose a little of the cotton’s weight and it may degrade slightly, he said, but a return to sunny, dry weather should fluff the cotton back up and prevent any major damage.

He said cotton was selling for about 64 cents per pound, down from about $1 a couple of years ago.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Angel Lee, 31, of Sumter, was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature after reports that she bit the victim and used a knife to cut him in the palm of the hand.

Calvert Archie, 47, of 410 Highland Ave., was arrested Nov. 25 and charged with possession of a stolen pistol after a 9 mm Ruger handgun, documented as stolen, was reportedly found inside his residence on Nov. 6.

James Bell Jr., 31, of 14 W. Williams St., was arrested Nov. 25 and charged with accessory after the fact to felony E after reports that he entered a recently burglarized business along West Liberty Street on Nov. 6 with some of the stolen items in his possession. Warrants also indicate the getaway vehicle used during the alleged burglary was spotted at Bell’s home moments after it occurred.

STOLEN PROPERTY A 50-inch flat-screen TV, 42-inch flat-screen TV, iPod, iPad, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and miscellaneous jewelry were reportedly stolen from a Dalzell home in the 2800 block of Frierson Road on Nov. 23 at 8:45 a.m.

A 2007 GMC Acadia valued at $25,000 was reportedly stolen from the

200 block of Tullah Drive after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A 2012 Yamaha R1 motorcycle valued at $8,000 was reportedly stolen from a Park N Ride parking lot in the 6700 block of Broad Street between 2:20 and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

A 32-inch flat-screen TV valued at $225, 32-inch flat-screen TV valued at $200 and two remote controls valued at $40 were reportedly stolen from a home in the 900 block of Harvin Street about 9:50 p.m. Friday.

Several dirt bikes were reportedly stolen from a yard in the 1400 block of Florence Highway between 10 p.m. Saturday and 5:40 a.m. Sunday.

Various tools valued at $8,500 were reportedly stolen from a commercial storage facility in the 300 block of Vesper Court about 4:15 p.m. Sunday.

A 55-inch Magnavox TV valued at $1,340, Blue-ray DVD player valued at $120 and gold-plated necklace valued at $100 were reportedly stolen from a Wedgefield apartment in the 200 block of South S.C. 261 between Wednesday and 5 p.m. Sunday.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A 2006 Mercedes Benz was reportedly vandalized and sustained $4,000 in estimated damages in the 200 block of East Red Bay Road after 8:20 a.m.

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“You have to expect that with the world supply of cotton at an all-time high right now,” he said.

In other local farm news, fewer farmers are choosing to plant winter wheat this year, he said, a decision that is driven by market prices.

“Most of the local wheat goes to the feed crop, for poultry plants and feed mills,” he said. “That market is set by corn prices, so the price for wheat is low.”

Dewitt said farmers who plant winter wheat and rotate with other crops probably won’t get their summer crops

planted until June, and that affects the crop.

“With the price of wheat being low, the farmers just don’t want to take that risk,” he said.

He said soybean yields have been good.

“We have some recordtype yields near the Florence-Sumter county line,” DeWitt said. “We had a yield content of 109 bushels per acre — that is as high as I have ever heard. We have had several people cutting 60 or 70 and a lot of people cutting in the 30s and 40s.

Most years, people are cut-

ting in the 20s and 30s.”

The soybean price has fallen off, but not as much as corn and cotton have, he said.

“Three years ago soybeans were about $15, a bushel and now they are around $10,” he said.

DeWitt also reminded farmers to stay abreast of changes brought about by the new farm bill.

He said the sign up for the new farm bill is the middle of next year, but right now farmers need to be updating their base acres and yield acres at their local Farm Services Agency office.

Armed robbery suspect shoots above victim’s head when asked about handgun

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Sumter County deputies are investigating a weekend armed robbery at a local grocery store.

According to a report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the incident took place at Rifty’s Grocery, 1101 Waynick Drive, shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. An unidentified masked gunman walked into the store as a clerk was removing cash

from the register to store in an office.

The victim told officers the gunman demanded the money and ordered her to lay face down as he held her at gunpoint. When the clerk remarked that the gun, which she described as a silver-andblack pistol, wasn’t real, the suspect fired a single shot just above her head into a back wall of the store. He then grabbed the $800 in cash and fled the shop on foot.

The victim described the

robber as a skinny, 6-foot-1inch black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. She noted he also wore a bandanna covering his face.

Investigators have spoken with several people and the investigation remains ongoing, sheriff’s office spokespeople said Monday. Authorities urge those with information about the robbery to contact the sheriff’s office at 4362000, or call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

Raid leads to arrest of wanted drug suspect

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com

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Sumter County deputies arrested a wanted drug suspect after a raid at his home last week.

Jimmy Lee Jenkins, 30, of

90 Bowen Court, was charged with possession of cocaine in connection with the search and seizure. He was also booked on previous warrants for distribution of crack cocaine, which stemmed from previous incidents.

According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies executed a search warrant at the sus-

pect’s residence Wednesday morning, finding Jenkins in the master bedroom. The Sumter man admitted to having cocaine and marijuana in the home and told officers he’d recently disposed of a large amount of cocaine before they arrived. Deputies searched the residence and found cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside.

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Lend someone a helping hand this holiday season. The following are just a few of the needs in our community. If your nonprofit organization would like to be included on this list, email needs to rhonda@theitem.com.

Sumter United Ministries has the following needs: • Electric heaters for those in the community who otherwise would go without heat; • Soups, canned meats, canned fruit, canned meals, loaves of bread, Ensure and diapers (size 4 and 5); and • Volunteers (especially college-age) for the first SAM Winter Restore Project Jan. 5-9, 2015, hosted by Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, and persons interested in helping with weekend projects such as building wheelchair ramps and doing small home repairs.

Call (803) 775-0757 or email dennis@unitedministriessumter.org.

Donate a new toy during the Sumter Police Department’s Cram-A-Cruiser drive. The department, in partnership with the Salvation Army and the help of local Walmart, Walgreens and Dollar General locations, will collect toys to be distributed to local children in need. Residents are asked to help fill a police cruiser with new, unwrapped toys each Saturday through Dec. 20. An officer and police cruiser will be waiting for donations at the following times and locations: • Dec. 6 – Walgreens, 201 N. Lafayette Drive; • Dec. 13 – Walgreens, 1990 McCray’s Mill Road; and • Dec. 20 – Walgreens, 1000 Broad St. Donation boxes also will be located inside these businesses so that toys can be dropped off during their normal business hours through Dec. 20. Boxes also will be located at Dollar General stores at Savannah Plaza and U.S. 15 South and at the Law Enforcement Center, 107 E. Hampton Ave. For more information or to make a donation, contact the Sumter Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit at (803) 436-2721 or (803) 436-2723.

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Hands Canned Food Drive in honor of the 45-year-old senior corporal and mother of five who died last December. Donations of canned goods and other nonperishable food items are being collected through 5 p.m. Dec. 20 at the sheriff’s office, 1281 N. Main St. The goal is 1,600 cans to feed 200 families at eight cans a bag, she said. Most of the staff is asked to bring in 20 or more cans each. For information, contact Lt. Petrina Wiley at (803) 436-2026 The Salvation Army is seeking people to provide Christmas gifts to local children in need by symbolically adopting boys and girls through its annual Angel Tree Program. The easiest way to pick out one of the infants through 12-year-olds is to drop by the office, 16 Kendrick St., between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The trees are also set up with the tell-tale angel tags at two businesses in Sumter: Golden Corral, 2385 Walmart Blvd., and Shoney’s, 226 S. Pike W.; and three companies in Manning: NBSC, 111 W. Boyce St.; Shoney’s, 2742 Paxville Highway; and IGA, 600 S. Mill St. A Stuff-A-Bus campaign will also be held Dec. 12 at the Sumter Walmart, 1283 Broad St., as well as the one in Manning, 2010 Paxville Highway.

These toy drives help fill out the wish lists of children not adopted, to make sure no one is left out. The Salvation Army is also collecting nonperishable food and grocery store gift cards to supply senior citizens in need with a Christmas meal.For more information, call (803) 775-9336 between 9

a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

John K. Crosswell Home for Children, 11 Crosswell Drive, is licensed to provide care for as many as 40 children. Children live in cottages based on their age and gender and are supervised at all times by cottage parents. All cottages are in need of the following: • Gift cards to help purchase clothing and toys at stores such as Walmart, JCPenney, Kmart, TJMaxx, Burke’s, etc.; gift cards, passes or financial sponsorships to pay for activities during Christmas break such as movies, roller skating, bowling, McDonald’s, Chickfil-a, Chuck-e-Cheese, Monkey Joe’s, Riverbanks Zoo Christmas Lights, EdVenture Kids Museum, etc.

Cottage A (4- to 7-year-old girls and boys): 10 twin boy and/or girl comforter sets and sheets; two queen-size comforter sets and sheets; 10 children’s throw blankets; eight door mirrors; set of pots and pans; oven mitts; adult cups and plates; flatware; coffee maker; heavy-duty commercial vacuum cleaner; large toy chest; educational games; large toy trucks; CD player; music CDs such as Kids Bop, contemporary Christian, etc.; room decorations for young boys and girls; 10 non-pushpin fabric picture boards for rooms; children’s picture frames; two large area rugs; throw pillows; hair bows/ clips/ties; 10 bedside lamps; 10 night lights; six window toppers with curtain rods; two sets of two matching window toppers with curtain rods.

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Campus general needs: AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt batteries; Christmas boxes; life-size manger scene; DVDs (G and PG movies); disposable cameras; large umbrellas; bicycle helmets; photo albums; picture frames; kitchen and bathroom mats; towels; children’s throw blankets; and photo albums.

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BY ADAM BEAM The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — Public school students in 13 districts across Kentucky will be home schooled — mainly via the Internet — during some snow days this year as part of an experiment aimed at keeping students learning amid the growing number of weatherrelated closings.

The state’s solution has caused a new set of challenges for some districts in one of the country’s most impoverished areas. Some students don’t have computers or home Internet access. And the school district might lose some state and federal aid.

Nonetheless, the snow-day problem is too significant for Kentucky to ignore. Schools across the state had nearly four times as many snow days last year as they did the previous year. Some districts canceled school for more than a month.

To make that time up,

schools had to cancel spring breaks and shorten summer vacations, creating low attendance days that hurt their state funding. The legislature had to pass an emergency law letting five districts cut their school years short.

Educators fear they might face a similar problem this year. Some schools have already used snow days.

Coping with fierce winter weather by teaching over the Internet has become more common in recent years, but it’s harder in states such as Kentucky, which ranks 46th out of 50 states for availability of high speed Internet. The problem is most pronounced in rural counties, which is why the state is moving forward with a $200 million plan to lay 3,000 miles of fiber-optic cables.

Still, Kentucky appears to be the first state to tackle the problem on a statewide basis, said Kris Amundson, executive director of the National Association of State Boards of

Education.

“Everybody in the world is struggling with the same issue ... and the early cold weather here now is, I think, making people feel even more of a sense of urgency about it,” Amundson said. “I think people will be really happy to let Kentucky go first and see how it works.”

Thirteen school districts are part of an expanded program allowing students to complete assignments from home either by downloading them or working from packets prepared and sent home ahead of time. In exchange, the state will forgive up to 10 makeup days.

“If you could make this work, you would never have a snow day,” said David Cook, director of innovation and quality management for the Kentucky Department of Education. “You would just have kids doing this kind of instruction and learning anytime you have snow.”

Schools in Owsley County,

Bobrowski hopes to keep some of that aid. Though school buses might not be able to ply all the county’s side roads to bring kids to school on snow days, education officials might still be able to deliver meals to the students at some central locations, such as community centers, he said. He has asked the federal government for permission to be a bit flexible with the meals.

“Instead of doing a breakfast and a lunch, we may do a lunch and a supper,” he said.

Christian County Public Schools missed 17 days last year because of snow, but Superintendent Mary Ann Gemmill said she opted not to participate in the snowbound program because not enough students in the district had access to the Internet.

“We just felt like that would best be done through technology, and quite honestly we don’t have the capacity at this point to offer that to all of our families,” she said.

where 90 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch, missed 30 days because of snow last year.

Owsley officials said they embraced the program because interrupting schooling takes a disproportionate toll on highrisk students.

“It is going to impact us more if we don’t do something.” said Tim Bobrowski, the county’s school superintendent.

As part of a pilot program last year, Owsley schools did not have to make up 10 of its 30 snow days because its students worked from home. But there is a tradeoff.

Districts that opt to use the home school option would lose state transportation dollars and federal money for free and reduced lunches.

Losing those dollars would hurt in a state that the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says has cut K-12 education funding by 11.4 percent since 2008, among the deepest cuts in the nation.

‘12 Days of Christmas’ items cost more than $116K PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The cost of six geese-a-laying spiked considerably this year, while most of the items in the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” saw little to no increase, according to the 31st annual PNC Wealth Management Christmas Price Index.

A set of gifts in each verse of the song would set you back $27,673 in stores, an increase of less than $300 — or 1 percent — from last year. But shoppers turning to the Internet would see a bigger bump of about 8

percent over last year’s online prices, bringing the set of gifts in each verse to $42,959. Buyers looking to purchase all the items each time they were mentioned in the song — 364 that is — would spend $116,273, a modest 1.4 percent increase from a year ago.

PNC’s sources for the Christmas Price Index include retailers, the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia-based PHILADANCO and the Pennsylvania Ballet Company.

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es from PNC Wealth Management: • Partridge, $20; last year: $15 • Pear tree, $188; last year: $184 • Two turtle doves, $125; last year: same • Three French hens, $181; last year: $165 • Four calling birds (canaries), $600; last year: same • Five gold rings, $750; last year: same • Six geese-a-laying, $360; last year: $210

• Seven swans a-swimming, $7,000; last year: same • Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same • Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $7,553; last year: same • 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $5,348; last year: $5,243 • 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,635; last year: same • 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,855; last year: same

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Girl Scouts byting into digital for cookie sales Bria and Shirell practice selling cookies on one of two new digital platforms. It’s the first time Girls Scouts of the USA has allowed the sale of cookies using a mobile app and personalized websites.

The program is intended to enhance, not replace, traditional use of paper spreadsheets.

BY LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK — Watch out world, the Girl Scouts are going digital to sell you cookies.

For the first time since sales began nearly 100 years, Girl Scouts of the USA will allow its young go-getters to push their wares using a mobile app or personalized websites.

But only if their scout councils and guardians say OK. “Girls have been telling us that they want to go into this space,” said Sarah AngelJohnson, chief digital cookie executive for the organization covering about 2 million girls.

“Online is where entrepreneurship is going.”

And the best news for these digital natives: They can have cookies shipped directly to your doorstep.

More than 1 million scouts, from kindergarten-age Daisies to teens, were expected to opt in as cookie-selling season cranks up this month and the scouting organization gets digital sales underway.

But the tactic is intended to enhance, not replace, the paper spreadsheets used to generate an estimated $800 million in cookie sales a year — at anywhere from $3.50 to $5 a box, depending on scout council.

There are important e-lessons here, scout officials said, such as better articulating and tracking goals, learning to handle customers and money in a new way and more efficiently processing credit card information.

“A lot of people have asked, ‘What took you so long to get online?’ We spend a lot of time thinking how do we make this safe, scalable and smart,” Kelly

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M. Parisi, chief communications executive for Girl Scouts of the USA, said at a recent demonstration for select media.

Councils were offered one of the two platforms but not both. For web-based sales, scouts customize their pages, using their first names only, and email prospective customers with links to click on for orders.

They can also put up videos explaining who they are and what they plan to do with their proceeds.

The mobile platform offers tabs for tracking sales and allows for the sale of bundles of different kinds of cookies.

It can be used on a phone or tablet.

“They can get them quicker than waiting for me to deliver them because sometimes it takes me a long time to deliver,” said 11-year-old Priscilla at the preview. The adults at the event asked that only first

names of scouts be used.

Added 7-year-old Anna: “My favorite part is that now I can sell more Girl Scout Cookies.” She pulled down about 200 boxes last year and has upped her goal to 600.

Girl Scouts use their cookie money to pay for community service work or troop activities such as camping and other trips.

The websites will not be accessible without an email invitation, requiring the girls to build client lists. And personal information is as protected as any digits out there, for both the scouts and customers, using encryption in some cases.

Much of the responsibility to limit identifying details about scouts online falls on parents.

Troop Leader Karen Porcher of the Bronx has an 11-year-old scout and is particularly psyched about the digital options. They live in a

house rather than an apartment, and she and her husband work at home, eliminat-

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“During cookie season my daughter is wearing her (scout) vest on the subway and people are so excited to see a Girl Scout,” Porcher explained. “Strangers actually will buy a case of cookies and wait for her to call. This is going to be amazing because now she can just say ‘Give me your business card,’ or ‘I’ll take your email address,’ send the email and they can be delivered. This is gonna be sweet.”

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Police were seen questioning neighbors in the subdivision near Shop Road and Brunhill Street. Several K-9 units were also on scene, apparently trying to trace an escape route.

A spokesperson from Sumter Police DeMYERS partment said investigators are looking for two or three suspects who may have been involved.

Those with information about the shooting are urged to call the Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700 or anonymously report it to CrimeStoppers at (803) 4362718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC. Officials said a cash reward may be offered for information leading to an arrest.

First Lt. Keavy Rake with Shaw Air Force Base, which has a number of F-16 pilots, said Monday afternoon that they will be unable to provide information regarding the crash and any possible connections to the local base until this morning.

See The Sumter Item’s website, www.theitem.com, for additional information as it is released.

LIGHTS FROM PAGE A1 trees turned into glowing shapes and Christmas and cartoon characters magically sprang to life all around the park.

“This is our 27th Fantasy of Lights,” said City of Sumter Communications and

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN KENNY HOLSTON / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Several U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the Shaw runway after being prepped and launched during an Operational Readiness Exercise on Jan. 31, 2012, at Shaw Air Force Base. A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when an F-16 crashed Sunday night while returning to its base in the Middle East. The identity of the pilot has not been disclosed.

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The Kingsbury Elementary Knights Choir entertained the crowd with energetic renditions of several songs.

After the lights came on, Santa paid a visit, posing with families and adding to

the holiday atmosphere.

The Fantasy of Lights at Swan Lake will be open from dusk to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from dusk to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through December.

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handed out at the event, it is one of the largest light displays in South Carolina.

“We have some new characters, but I don’t even know what they are,” she said.

Before the switch was thrown, an eager crowd listened to a welcome from Mayor Joseph McElveen and watched the Presentation of the Colors by the Lakewood High School

Tourism Director Shelly Kile. “But it is the 35th year of the Floating Christmas Tree.”

The tree was first created by the Pilot Club of Sumter as a fundraiser to support the group’s charities.

Kile said the display contains more than a million lights and 450 characters.

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GOP senator: Streamline DSS, transfer its duties COLUMBIA (AP) — The Department of Social Services needs to be transformed into an agency that focuses entirely on protecting abused and neglected South Carolinians, state Sen. Katrina Shealy said Monday.

The agency is failing some of the state’s most vulnerable children and adults and needs its responsibilities narrowed, said Shealy, R-Lexington.

She plans to introduce a

bill Wednesday that would shrink the duties of DSS and rename it the Department of Family Protective Services by July 2016.

All of DSS’ other responsibilities, including food stamps and welfare, would shift to the state’s Medicaid agency.

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Hashtagging my way into the Communist resistance

Rank has its privileges

S

ome of you might be surprised to learn that I am a rather staunch anti-Communist.

You won’t find me testifying before a Congressional committee on the matter, nor will I try to pull a Whittaker Chambers by trying to hide damning evidence in my pumpkin patch.

My fight against the Reds has been almost entirely accidental, the odd offshoot results of a wayward Twitter hashtag and a beautiful young woman.

Years ago, my friend Tess Hollis sent me a tweet about some random memory from our time working together at Auburn University’s student newspaper, “The Auburn Plainsman.”

Hollis took advantage of Twitter’s commonly used hashtag system and used the phrase “#pman” to Cliff get her point McCollum across.

Any of our friends or any Auburn people who happened to see our tweets would likely be able to infer her meaning, bolstered by my return usage of the same “#pman” hashtag in my response to her.

However, a few hours later, I received notification that my Plainsman tweet had been retweeted and favorited by some Twitter user in the tiny nation of Moldova.

Using the powers of Google, I was able to surmise that what we thought of as a simple abbreviation for our newspaper was actually a rallying cry for cadres of young radicals in Moldova who were attempting to free their country from the yoke of Communist rule.

After the country held elections that were widely seen as unfair and rigged, the Communist party attempted to form a government, but the small nation’s liberal and progressive youth took to the streets in angry protests, tired of the same old Communistic status quo.

To them, “#PMAN” was an abbreviation of “Piata Marii Adunari Nationale,” the name for the biggest public square in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova — a public forum to express their extreme displeasure with falsified elections and corrupt elected officials, as well as a symbolic place where the tree of liberty can bloom.

Unfortunately, the Moldovan progressive protests of early 2009 were unsuccessful. The fraudulently-elected Communist leadership ran roughshod over the Moldovan people and their rights.

Some protestors ultimately lost their lives.

In 2010 I was in Destin, Florida, with a group of friends, celebrating the upcoming wedding of one of the guys in the group.

At some point in that evening, I came into contact with Yuliana — a gorgeous young lady who had an accent which vaguely sounded like she was trying to help Boris Badenov look for “moose and squirrel.”

I asked her where in Eastern Europe she was from, and she quickly replied “Moldova.”

My ears perked up, but I set myself to “Red Alert” status — what was the agen-

‘What originally was, to us, a non-sensical abbreviation for an inside joke was a rallying cry for freedom and liberty to a group of young people roughly the same age as we are, trying diligently just to try to gain some basic rights we Americans take for granted. I hope they keep fighting on — ever to conquer, never to yield.’ da of this lithe young creature before me?

Was she a freedom fighter who came to America to escape possible retribution and oppression for standing up for free and fair elections?

Could she be a covert Communist plant, sent to our country as some sort of spy here to stir up trouble?

I made her say “shibboleth” by asking her directly about the Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, and, to my surprise, her eyes immediately sparked with recognition as she talked about her life and experiences in the still Communist country.

Yuliana hated the Commies, and she and her brother were both involved in protests against their corrupt late-2000s election.

One ill-fated protest almost cost Yuliana and her brother their lives, as the police sent to disperse the protestors used force and weapons – her brother was shot in the spine and lost the use of the lower half of his body. Yuliana’s parents thought it best she leave the country for fear the state police would try to find and punish her, so they moved her to Florida to stay with relatives.

To this day, I remain touched and somewhat haunted by her harrowing personal experiences.

What originally was, to us, a non-sensical abbreviation for an inside joke was a rallying cry for freedom and liberty to a group of young people roughly the same age as we are, trying diligently just to try to gain some basic rights we Americans take for granted.

I hope they keep fighting on — ever to conquer, never to yield.

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

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he Bill and Hillary Clinton moneymaking machine continues its upward trajectory. According to a surprising story in The Washington Post (once a card-carrying member of the Democratic Party), the junior partner in the Clinton Inc. firm is knocking down speaking fees that rival the take-home pay of her lovable lug of a husband.

The Post reports that Hillary, presumably the front-runner in her party to become its nominee for president in 2016 isn’t wasting any time in following in the footsteps of Bill when it comes to having a lucrative speaking career while awaiting anointment by her adoring disciples two years hence.

Recent example: The University of California at Los Angeles coughed up a $300,000 fee on March 5 of this year — for giving a 20- to 30-minute speech. The Post goes on to report that her agents secured other accommodations in keeping with her status as a political potentate, such as a request for lemon wedges and water on stage to a computer, scanner and a spread of

hummus and crudite’ in the green-room backstage. The fee supposedly went to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the family’s nonprofit group. As for the little people who wanted to attend Hillary’s presentation, all they had to cough up was $250 per seat up to $2,000 for two seats, a photo with Clinton and access to a post-lecture reception, which received criticism from a UCLA graduate, lawyer Charles McKenna, who said he was concerned that the university was charging so much for a ticket to hear a public official speak. “In effect this is a campaign appearance as Ms. Clinton is undeniably looking into a presidential run in 2016,” he wrote in an email, adding, “Why is a public university charging the public for the pleasure of providing Ms. Clinton the benefit of a high profile platform?”

Good question. When an event involves the Clintons, rank has its privileges, including exposure to a captive audience at an institution funded by taxpayers.

So, what’s in your wallet?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR SUMTER ROTARY’S CART FUND FIGHTS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Every 66 seconds in America someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease; that calculates to over 500,000 Americans every year, and it will only get worse unless through research we can find a prevention/ cure. Starting in 1995, Sumter Rotary Club initiated a project to support cutting edge research by providing the start up or “seed” money so badly needed by dedicated scientists. We call it The CART Fund or Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust. What started out as pocket change has now become major dollars and is being supported in the two Carolinas and Georgia by Rotarians and friends in a tax-exempt effort. We now

have funded 26 research grants totaling $4,750,000 to outstanding scientists. In recent years some of our biggest contributions have come from those not affiliated with a Rotary Club. They are impressed that we guarantee that 100 percent of every dollar donated will go to research. Please visit our website www.cartfund.org or call one of us for more details. If you would like to help, please mail your checks to The CART Fund, P.O. Box 1916, Sumter, S.C. 29151 or give your contribution to some Rotarian you know. The life you save from this horrific disease could be you or your loved ones.

ROGER ACKERMAN AND JOHNNY HILTON Sumter

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 Jimmy R. Byrd Jr. 1084 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 775-2726 (Fax) countycouncil3@ftc-i.net DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) DISTRICT 6 Larry Blanding Chairman P.O. Box 1446 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 775-8518 (home)

DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten Vice chairman P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home)

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Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 SUMTER CITY COUNCIL (803) 484-6832 Columbia: (803) 734-2934 MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins 20 Buford St. District 70 Sumter, SC 29150 P.O. Box 5 803-773-0382 Hopkins, SC 29061 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com (803) 776-0353 Fax: (803) 734-9142 WARD 1 Columbia: (803) 734-2804 Thomas J. Lowery jn@schouse.org 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, (803) 773-9298 D-Clarendon WARD 2 District 64 Ione Dwyer 117 N. Brooks St. P.O. Box 1492 Manning, SC 29102 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 938-3087 (803) 481-4284 Columbia: (803) 212-6929 WARD 3 Rep. Ronnie A. Sabb, Calvin K. Hastie Sr. D-Greeleyville 810 S. Main St. District 101 Sumter, SC 29150 P.O. Box 311, Greeleyville, 29056 (803) 774-7776 (843) 355-5349 WARD 4 Columbia: (803) 212-6926 Colleen Yates WARD 5 Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., Robert Galiano R-Sumter 608 Antlers Drive District 67 Sumter, SC 29150 P.O. Box 580 (803) 469-0005 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 WARD 6 Fax: (803) 778-1643 David Merchant Columbia: (803) 734-3042 26 Paisley Park murrellsmith@schouse.gov Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086

Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 Columbia: (803) 734-3102 Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 Columbia: (803) 212-6148 Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 Columbia: (803) 212-6108 Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 Columbia: (803) 212-6132 NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114

Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-1100 jclyburn@hr.house.gov Sen. Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Midlands Regional Office 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Columbia, SC 29201 Main: (803) 933-0112 Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “American Masters” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) tries to rescue the artist from his Christmas sweater. “Bing Crosby Rediscovered” recalls young Bing’s extraordinary sex appeal and his emergence as a nonchalant male role model during Prohibition, Depression and war. Artie Shaw once dubbed him, “The first hip white person born in the United States.”

A bundle of contradictions, he was a lifelong Republican who had a huge hit with his recording of “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime,” a Depressionera song with a decidedly proletarian bent. He refused to have his picture taken with politicians.

He mastered three mediums.

Crosby remains the most popular recording artist of all time.

His “Road” movies with Bob Hope were the most successful Hollywood franchise until James Bond arrived, and Crosby’s show all but launched the CBS radio network.

“Rediscovered” does not shy away from tales of domestic violence and Crosby’s failures as a father. It also accentuates his generosity to troubled peers, notably Judy Garland and Rosemary Clooney.

So why has Crosby been largely overlooked since his death in 1977? Unlike Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, Crosby did not live long enough to appeal to a younger genera-

tion as they discovered the American songbook. Furthermore, they probably associated Crosby with his TV holiday specials.

Showcasing the limited talents of Crosby’s second brood of children, these efforts — but for a memorable duet with David Bowie — were decidedly second-rate affairs. Crosby clearly succeeded in a fourth medium, but television may have been his reputation’s undoing.

• Bravo launches its first scripted series with “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” (10 p.m., TV14), an impressive departure.

The always-engaging Lisa Edelstein (“House”) stars as Abby McCarthy, the author of the series of feel-good self-help books that gives the series its name. She’s praised for writing in an accessible style about marriage and motherhood.

Unfortunately, Abby’s husband, Jake (Paul Adelstein), has checked out of their marriage and only sleeps at home for the kids’ sake. Abby also maintains a married front, but she’s not fooling anybody.

She starts confiding more in her divorced friends, including the embittered Lyla (Janeane Garofalo). Jake tells her that this is a mistake and that misery just loves company. I might find Abby and her entourage more sympathetic if they weren’t from an affluent Hollywood clique obsessed with plastic surgeons.

on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Jody Mills returns on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Double dating on “About a Boy” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Distractions on “The Mindy Project” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Reese’s exit fizzles on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

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TONIGHT’S HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS • The gang contends with some delusional playthings on the new special “Toy Story That Time Forgot” (8 p.m., ABC, TVG).

• Linus explains the meaning of the holiday in the 1965 special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-G).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A house fire spreads confusion on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A posh aristocrat becomes a grim statistic on “Forever” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Jax must face the music on “Sons of Anarchy” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

SERIES NOTES Death by drone on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Arrow arrives on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Prison break on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Two dads too many on “Marry Me” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Jess and Cece tangle on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * The city’s secrets

Dave Grohl is booked on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kellan Lutz and Gavin DeGraw appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga sit down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jennifer Lawrence and Boris Johnson are on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., r, CBS) * Elijah Wood, Cecily Strong and Ella Henderson visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., r, NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Kristen Bell and Henry Winkler on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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AROUND TOWN For more information, call The Dalzell-Shaw American Sadie Williams or Audrey Legion Post 175 will hold an Walters at (803) 485-2325, oratorical contest for high Make sure student extension 221. school students at 7your p.m.high on school meets the9,deadline Tuesday, Dec. at 3625 The Civil Air Patrol Sumter Camden Highway, Dalzell.

Composite Squadron’s For details and registraWreaths Across America certion forms, visit p175.org. emony will be held at noon Deadline for entries is today. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. A home buyer’s seminar will Oakland Ave. The public, be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on especially active duty and Thursday, Dec. 4, at the North HOPE Center. Free to retired military members and their families, are inpublic. Find out how to vited to attend this event. buy a home and what is Perry Moses III, former floneeded. RSVP to Sonia tilla commander of the U.S. Shaw at (803) 236-3230.

Coast Guard Auxiliary, will The Pinewood Christmas Parade will be held at 10 a.m. speak. After the brief ceremony, attendees are welon Saturday, Dec. 6, on come to help hang the Clark Street. For entry information, call Tom Moore wreaths along the cemetery fence. at (803) 464-4662 or Gary Heartz 2 Soulz will hold its Graham at (803) 686-0077. annual “Giving Back to the The Campbell Soup friends Community Christmas Dinner lunch group will meet at and Gift-Giving Event” for 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, local homeless, addicts, Dec. 6, at Golden Corral. prostitutes, battered Manning High School Class of women, etc., from noon to 1971 will hold its Christ3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. mas gathering at 5:30 p.m. 13, at CJS Café N Catering, on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the 226 N. Washington St. (innew Manning Restaurant, side Econo Lodge). Dona476 N. Brooks St., Manning. tions of hats, scarfs, For more information, call gloves, coats, blankets (803) 236- 8049. and toiletries are being The annual Evening Optimist accepted for this event.

Christmas Parade will be Call (803) 774-2233 or (803) held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 406-2446.

Dec. 7, on Main Street. The The Sumter Branch NAACP parade will feature march- will hold its annual meming bands, beauty queens, bership meeting at 5 p.m. festive holiday floats and on Sunday, Dec. 14, at High more. The theme for this Hills Baptist Church, 6750 year’s parade is “What Meeting House Road, DalChristmas Means to Me.” zell.

The 10th Annual Christmas The One Sumter Community Luminary Memorial Service meeting will be held at 6 presented by Evergreen p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at and Hillside Memorial Mount Zion Missionary Parks will be held at 5:30 Baptist Church. p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 802 N. Guignard Drive. Rain The Sumter County Educators Association — Retired will date will be Tuesday, Dec. hold its Christmas pro16. gram and luncheon at Clarendon School District noon on Wednesday, Dec. One will conduct free vision, 17, at New Beginnings Reshearing, speech and develop- taurant, 1335 Peach Ormental screenings as part of chard Road. Call Brenda a child find effort to idenBethune at (803) 469-6588 tify students with special for additional information. needs. Screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. the Summerton Early on Friday, Dec. 19, at the Childhood Center on the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. following Thursdays: Dec. Lafayette Drive. All area 11; Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. 12, veterans are invited.

2015; March 12, 2015; April 9, 2015; and May 14, 2015.

PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall CLARENDON COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, Dec. 8, 6 p.m., Administration Building, Council

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get together EUGENIA LAST with people you find mentally stimulating. Enjoy sharing information and you will find a way to make positive changes to the way you live. Don’t let someone you work with bully you. Use your intelligence to outsmart an aggressor.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Tie up loose ends. Financial gains can be made if you invest in yourself. Add to your skills or knowledge and you will be able to apply for a better position. Talking with someone you respect will lead to a new opportunity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Strive to reach personal goals. Selfimprovement will result in compliments. Stand up to anyone who gets in your way. Your knowledge and expressive way of dealing with others will buy you time. Romance looks promising.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Refuse to let your emotions take over.

Listen carefully and take care of your responsibilities. Someone will take advantage of you if you don’t clearly state what you will and won’t do. Put yourself on the line and be consistent.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Add a little excitement to your life. Plan a trip or indulge in something you’ve never done before. Open your mind to learning new skills that can be incorporated into your resume. Stop dreaming and start doing. Love is beckoning you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Hold on to what you’ve got. Don’t give in to someone pressuring you to spend your money. You can make an investment, but stay within your means. Do what feels right and

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 47/46 Spartanburg 53/47

Greenville 54/47

Columbia 70/50

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Charleston 74/54

Today: Partly sunny, except more clouds in northern parts. High 67 to 74.

Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun. High 69 to 74.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 71/53/pc 35/25/pc 51/44/c 37/29/pc 59/49/c 65/61/r 73/52/pc 41/40/i 78/63/pc 42/40/sn 73/60/c 63/56/r 41/41/i

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

356.76 74.59 74.00 96.75

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 0.00" 0.10" 35.01" 45.64" 43.70"

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 69/52/pc 34/18/s 63/51/c 39/23/pc 70/56/c 72/60/sh 72/57/pc 52/37/c 80/62/s 54/36/c 76/60/pc 65/56/r 61/40/c

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Mull over any suggestions without feeling the need to make hasty decisions. Don’t fall for the tactics used by someone who wants to manipulate you emotionally. It’s OK to waffle if the cost is high and uncertainty prevails.

Sunset Moonset

5:13 p.m.

3:01 a.m.

Full

Last

New

First

Dec. 6

Dec. 14

Dec. 21

Dec. 28

TIDES

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.10 +0.13 19 3.70 -0.40 14 7.58 +0.34 14 3.60 -1.83 80 78.69 -0.47 24 8.30 -1.17

AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Wed.

High 5:10 a.m.

5:36 p.m.

6:07 a.m.

6:31 p.m.

Ht. 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.1

Low Ht. 12:10 p.m. 0.1 ----12:24 a.m. -0.4 1:07 p.m. 0.0

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 47/44/r 71/47/pc 73/48/pc 74/55/pc 59/49/c 74/54/pc 47/46/c 64/50/c 70/50/pc 67/47/c 58/42/c 65/48/c 62/47/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 66/43/pc 67/47/pc 70/47/pc 72/53/pc 63/53/pc 75/53/pc 66/47/pc 68/49/pc 70/48/pc 69/49/pc 67/52/pc 70/52/pc 69/50/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 68/48/c Gainesville 78/55/s Gastonia 48/46/c Goldsboro 59/45/c Goose Creek 74/53/pc Greensboro 47/42/c Greenville 54/47/c Hickory 42/41/r Hilton Head 69/56/pc Jacksonville, FL 75/54/s La Grange 76/49/pc Macon 73/48/pc Marietta 69/49/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 70/50/pc 78/54/s 66/48/pc 69/50/pc 74/52/pc 63/46/pc 65/49/pc 64/45/pc 69/54/pc 75/54/pc 74/47/pc 70/47/pc 67/48/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 43/42/r Mt. Pleasant 72/55/pc Myrtle Beach 68/52/c Orangeburg 72/51/pc Port Royal 71/56/pc Raleigh 46/43/c Rock Hill 50/46/c Rockingham 56/45/c Savannah 75/56/pc Spartanburg 53/47/c Summerville 70/54/pc Wilmington 66/49/c Winston-Salem 43/42/r

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 65/45/pc 74/54/pc 69/53/pc 71/50/pc 71/55/pc 65/47/pc 66/47/pc 66/48/pc 76/55/pc 66/49/pc 69/54/pc 71/52/pc 62/46/pc

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Improve your surroundings and start getting ready for the holiday season. You can make financial gains if you take care of unfinished business. Concentrate on new beginnings. Love and romance are on the rise.

Sunrise 7:10 a.m.

Moonrise 2:43 p.m.

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Monday, Dec. 8, 6:45 p.m., Wilder Elementary School, 975 S. Main St.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Change can be good if it’s built on solid ground. Don’t be a follower or you will have regrets. Take your own unique path and develop what works best for you. Recognition is heading your way, along with new opportunities.

24-hr chg +0.06 +0.02 -0.39 none

RIVER STAGES

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

74° 38° 61° 37° 79° in 1991 20° in 1964

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Myrtle Beach 68/52

Aiken 71/49

ON THE COAST

SANTEE WATEREE RTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monday, Dec. 8, 6 p.m., 129 S. Harvin St. For special accommodations, call (803) 9340396, extension 103.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get out and meet new people. A partnership will lead to new possibilities. Sharing ideas and space with someone looks favorable, as long as you iron out any kinks at the very beginning.

Sumter 70/49 Manning 70/50

Today: Mostly cloudy with a brief shower.

Winds east 3-6 mph.

Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds.

Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 68/48

Bishopville 65/48

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 MONDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

15-18-23-33-38 PowerUp: 2

13-24-30-42-48 Powerball: 27 Powerplay: 2

8-26-29-36-47 Megaball: 10 Megaplier: 3

PICK 3 MONDAY

PICK 4 MONDAY

2-9-1 and 3-3-1

8-7-1-5 and 1-5-8-3

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Nancy Byer comments on her photo submission, “This was taken along a pathway to the beach at Oak Island in North Carolina.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Give whatever you do your best shot and head for the finish line. You have more going for you than you realize. A promotion, change of status or recognition will give you the confidence you need to forge ahead. Embrace change.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Work on creative endeavors that can bring in extra cash or help you save during the upcoming months.

Striving for greater stability or financial security will pay off. Good fortune can be yours if you make the right choices.

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PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lady Gamecocks poised to make home debut

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Anna McBride, left, is one of several returning experienced players for the Sumter Lady Gamecocks, who played their home opener today against 3A powerhouse Lower Richland under new head coach Jason Loudenslager.

Loudenslager has squad off to 2-1 start

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter High School varsity girls basketball team has three games under its belt, but plays its home opener today against Lower Richland.

LR is one of top girls pro-

grams in the state on a yearin, year-out basis under head coach Debbie Stroman.

“Coach Stroman has been doing what she does for a long time,” said first-year Lady Gamecocks head coach Jason Loudenslager. “I think Sumter might have the toughest non region schedule

in the state. We play No. 3 Spring Valley (in the preseason 4A poll), No. 2 Crestwood (in 3A) and then there’s Lower Richland.”

SHS went 2-1 in the Lady Falcons Tip-Off Classic at A.C. Flora in Columbia last

SEE DEBUT, PAGE B5

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL

SHS preps for next step Four veteran players to lead team in season opener vs. LR

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The first season with Jo Jo English as head coach of the Sumter High School varsity boys basketball team ended the same way as the final season under head coach Sam Fuller — with the Gamecocks losing in the 4A lower state championship game.

As SHS prepares to open its season today at home against Lower Richland, English has a group of veteran players that began working on taking that next step — reaching the state championship contest — as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

“The older crew, they were dedicated to preparing themselves for this season,” said English, who guided Sumter to a 17-6 record and the Region VI title last season. “The week after the state championship game they were at work, in the weight room, doing what they could do to make this year better than what they did last year.”

The Gamecocks have four players who will be in their third year on the varsity in senior guard Micah McBride, senior small forward Brandon Parker and senior post player Quentin Kershaw and junior point guard Cedric Rembert.

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Sumter post player Quentin Kershaw (44) is one of four players returning to the Gamecocks this season who will be in their third year with the program. SHS will look to progress in Jo Jo English’s second season as head coach after losing to Wando in the 4A lower state title game last SEE SHS, PAGE B5 season. Sumter opens its season today at home against Lower Richland.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

USC FOOTBALL

Clemson OC Morris new SMU head coach

Spurrier will coach USC next season

BY SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press DALLAS — Chad Morris knew he wanted the SMU job the minute it opened.

Maybe it was because Clemson’s offensive coordinator from the past four seasons is a Dallas native. Or maybe because he used to ride school buses to old Texas Stadium and watch the Mustangs play when he was growing up.

“This is the opportunity I thought, ‘This is it,’” Morris said Monday at an introductory news conference on campus, surrounded in a rotunda by administrators, players and SMU’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, Larry Brown. “This could be the one.”

The 45-year-old Morris spent 16 years as a high school in Texas, going 32-0 and winning consecutive state championship at Lake Travis in the Austin area be-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New SMU football head coach Chad Morris claps after being introduced during a news conference on Monday in Dallas. Morris, the Clemson offensive coordinator for the past four seasons, replaces June Jones. fore going to Tulsa as offensive coordinator.

He spent the last four seasons at Clemson, helping the Tigers to a 41-11 record, the 2011 ACC championship and four bowl berths with an up-

tempo spread offense that previously produced some of the top high school quarterbacks in Texas.

“I’ve learned over my career every place is different and here the connection to

Texas high school is more important than anywhere else I’ve ever been,” SMU athletic director Rick Hart said. “It was certainly something we were looking for.”

Morris has a major rebuilding job in front of him, with the Mustangs (0-11) a loss at Connecticut away from their second winless season since 2003. While June Jones quickly turned SMU into a bowl team, he quit two weeks into this season with the program in disarray again.

“You’re going to see an exciting brand of football,” said Morris, whose high school record as a head coach was 169-38 at five schools. “We’re going to be one of the biggest turnarounds in college football before this is over with. But it’s going to take a lot of work.”

Morris coached former

SEE MORRIS, PAGE B3

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News COLUMBIA— Steve Spurrier never thought he would be coaching football into his 70s.

Heck, The Head Ball Coach did not believe he would be on the sidelines much into his 60s.

But, after leaving some doubt about his future during what was probably his most SPURRIER disappointing season at the University of South Carolina Spurrier, who turns 70 in April, said today he will return for the 2015 season.

“Nothing has ever changed

SEE SPURRIER, PAGE B3

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014

SCOREBOARD

Miami 86, New York 79 Orlando 93, Phoenix 90 Portland 107, Minnesota 93 L.A. Lakers 129, Toronto 122, OT

TV, RADIO 2:40 p.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Manchester, England -- Stoke vs.

Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5:45 p.m. -- Girls and Boys High School Basketball: North Central at LugoffElgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

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

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Stephen F. Austin at Memphis (ESPNEWS).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game -- Pittsburgh at Indiana (ESPN2).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game -- Minnesota at Wake Forest (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Niagara at St. John’s (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Mount St. Mary’s at Seton Hall (FOX SPORTS 2).

7 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Nashville at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Massachusetts at Seton Hall (SEC NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Game -- Syracuse at Michigan (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Tampa Bay at Buffalo (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- College Basketball: Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas State (SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Brigham Young at Utah State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game -- Illinois at Miami (ESPN2).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game -- North Carolina State at Purdue (ESPNU).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Northern Illinois at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: South Florida at Alabama (SEC NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Game -- Ohio State at Louisville (ESPN).

10 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

GOLF The Associated Press

Emirates Australian Open Scores Sunday At The Australian Golf Club Sydney Purse: $1.07 million Yardage: 7,208; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Jordan Spieth, United States 67-72-69-63—271 Rod Pampling, Australia 73-67-69-68—277 Brett Rumford, Australia 70-69-69-70—278 Greg Chalmers, Australia 71-66-71-71—279 Adam Scott, Australia 74-66-69-71—280 Jake Higginbottom, Australia 71-69-72-69—281 Robert Allenby, Australia 71-69-73-70—283 Ryan Fox, New Zealand 72-72-69-70—283 Daniel Nisbet, Australia 74-72-67-71—284 Nathan Holman, Australia 73-72-73-67—285 Kang Sung-Hoon, South Korea 73-70-72-70—285 Aaron Townsend, Australia 73-70-71-71—285 Josh Younger, Australia 71-72-70-72—285 Aron Price, Australia 68-75-69-73—285 Stephen Dartnall, Australia 72-71-74-69—286 Stephen Allan, Australia 75-71-70-70—286 Steven Bowditch, Australia 70-74-71-71—286 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 69-69-76-72—286 Richard Green, Australia 69-71-74-72—286 Boo Weekley, United States 72-71-71-72—286 Alistair Presnell, Australia 74-72-68-72—286 David Bransdon, Australia 72-70-71-73—286 Conrad Shindler, United States 70-68-81-68—287 a-Lucas Herbert, Australia 75-71-72-69—287 John Senden, Australia 73-69-75-70—287 Adam Crawford, Australia 69-69-76-73—287 James Nitties, Australia 71-73-70-73—287 Nick Cullen, Australia 73-69-76-70—288 Josh Geary, New Zealand 76-68-73-71—288 a-Ryan Ruffels, Australia 71-74-70-73—288 Patrick Rodgers, United States 70-74-77-68—289 Choi Jin-ho, South Korea 74-68-75-72—289 Matthew Griffin, Australia 72-69-73-75—289 a-Todd Sinnott, Australia 71-67-73-78—289 Geoff Drakeford, Australia 69-70-81-70—290 Choi Joon-woo, South Korea 72-71-73-74—290 Jason Norris, Australia 73-69-72-76—290 Aaron Pike, Australia 75-71-75-70—291 David McKenzie, Australia 70-76-74-71—291

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Toronto at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Orlando at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

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

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .583 .545 .182

PF PA 378 253 264 217 285 219 177 303

WL 8 4 6 6 2 10 2 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .500 .167 .167

PF PA 382 283 287 247 213 338 186 329

W 8 7 7 7

L 3 5 5 5

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .708 .583 .583 .583

PF PA 260 247 328 242 320 298 252 245

WL 9 3 8 4 7 5 1 11

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .667 .583 .083

PF PA 361 276 279 249 277 224 176 337

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W 9 8 3 3

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

L 3 4 9 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .667 .250 .250

PF PA 375 285 302 273 257 319 244 322

WL 5 7 5 7 3 8 2 10

T 0 0 1 0

Pct .417 .417 .292 .167

PF PA 291 299 323 318 228 331 220 314

W 9 8 5 5

L 3 4 7 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .667 .417 .417

PF PA 380 267 231 207 253 337 233 257

W 9 8 7 5

L 3 4 5 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .667 .583 .417

PF PA 258 224 298 221 231 244 261 285

SUNDAY’S GAMES

THURSDAY

Dallas at Chicago, 8:25 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Pts 34 34 33 29 27 24 24 18

GF 85 65 74 61 76 45 61 43

GA 64 63 61 58 69 53 63 76

Pts 34 34 26 24 22 19 17 14

GF 81 77 68 65 58 61 54 52

GA 55 65 64 65 71 74 68 83

Pts 34 34 31 28 27 23 23

GF 64 66 74 52 65 70 64

GA 46 51 48 56 55 84 75

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION W L OT 16 5 2 16 6 2 15 8 1 12 9 4 13 9 1 9 10 5 9 10 5

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 24 16 7 1 33 75 66 Anaheim 25 14 6 5 33 68 66 Calgary 25 15 8 2 32 78 64 Los Angeles 24 12 7 5 29 65 57 San Jose 25 11 10 4 26 68 70 Arizona 24 9 12 3 21 57 74 Edmonton 24 6 14 4 16 54 82 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

L 4 9 10 14 16

Pct .765 .400 .286 .222 .000

GB – 6 71/2 91/2 121/2

L 5 6 7 12 14

Pct .667 .600 .563 .368 .222

GB – 1 11/2 5 71/2

L 6 8 7 10 14

Pct .647 .556 .533 .412 .176

GB – 11/2 2 4 8

Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Washington, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.

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

Dallas at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 10 p.m.

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

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L 2 4 4 5 8

Pct .882 .765 .750 .722 .467

GB – 2 21/2 21/2 7

L 4 8 12 12 11

Pct .765 .500 .294 .294 .267

GB – 41/2 8 8 8

L 2 5 8 8 13

Pct .875 .688 .556 .529 .235

GB – 3 5 51/2 101/2

San Antonio 111, Boston 89 Chicago 102, Brooklyn 84 Golden State 104, Detroit 93 Memphis 97, Sacramento 85

DALZELL – Bates defeated Hillcrest 25-20 on Monday at the Hillcrest gymnasium in the season opener for both teams.

Khamaya Hilton led the Lady Bantams with nine points, 13 rebounds and eight steals. Sedaha Rembert had 17 to pace Hillcrest.

ALICE DRIVE 30 MAYEWOOD 8

Alice Drive defeated Mayewood 30-8 in the season opener for both teams on Monday at the AD gymnasium.

CAMDEN 49

Lakewood High School opened its season with a 66-49 victory over Camden

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

Perdue, Clark have big games as Furman routs Ebenezer 50-17 Juwan Perdue had a triple-double and Alan Clark had a double-double to lead Furman Middle School to a 50-17 boys basketball victory over Ebenezer on Monday at the Ebenezer gymnasium.

Perdue had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for the Indians, while Clark had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Calvin Felder led the Bantams with 11 points, while Kareem Wells added nine.

Imari Hurte had 13 to lead Hillcrest.

ALICE DRIVE 52 MAYEWOOD 44

Keonte’ Gregg scored 19 points and had five assists to lead Alice Drive to a 52-44 victory over Mayewood on Monday at the AD gymnasium.

Kwaleek Jones had eight points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Hawks. NaQuan Mickens added nine points.

BATES 46

COLUMBIA — Freshman A’ja Wilson scored 16 points, reigning Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell had 14 and South Carolina showed off its No. 1 ranking at home for the first time in a WILSON 90-26 victory over North Carolina Central on Monday night.

The Gamecocks (6-0) were already on their way to the Bahamas for the Junkanoo Jam tournament last Monday when they took over the top spot. After winning twice on Grand Bahama Island to retain No. 1 for a second week, South Carolina returned home and quickly put away the overmatched Eagles (2-4).

The Gamecocks led 14-3 in the first five minutes and went on to win their 22nd straight home game.

Wilson added eight rebounds, although her shooting touch was off as she made just four of 12 shots.

Mitchell had a career-high seven steals, surpassing the six she had in a win over Auburn last season.

Morgan Jones had seven points for the Eagles.

Asia Dozier had 14 points for South Carolina, including three of its five 3-pointers. Aleighsa Welch had 11 points and Elem Ibiam 10 to give the Gamecocks five

players with double-figure scoring.

SOUTH CAROLINA 77 MARSHALL 59

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Duane Notice scored a career-high 27 points to lead South Carolina to a 77-59 win over Marshall on Monday night.

Notice bettered his previous career high of 23 points set against Auburn last March.

Laimonas Chatkevicius added 15 points for the Gamecocks (4-3). Justin McKie scored 12 and Sindarius Thornwell had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

South Carolina built a big early lead and didn’t let Marshall (3-4) get closer than 15 points in the second half.

RUTGERS 69 CLEMSON 64

CLEMSON — Junior Etou scored 20 points and Myles Mack added 12 points and eight assists to lead Rutgers to a 69-64 win over Clemson on Monday night in the Scarlet Knights first ever game in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Rutgers (4-3) used a 16-2 run to overcome Clemson’s biggest lead in the game after Jaron Blossomgame’s layup with 7:42 left put the Tigers (4-3) up 55-48.

The Tigers missed seven of eight shots during the decisive run.

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BATES 25

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GP 23 24 24 25 23 24 24

LAKEWOOD 66

Tamerah Brown led the Lady Hawks with 14 points.

Tanesha Taylor added seven and Stariana Roach had six.

on Tuesday at The Swamp.

Sonora Dengokl led the Lady Gators in scoring with 19 points. Shanekia Jackson added 14 and Kamryn Lemon had 11.

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

MONDAY’S GAME

Nashville St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg Minnesota Dallas Colorado PACIFIC DIVISION

Defending 3A girls basketball lower state champion Crestwood High School opened its season with a 57-43 victory over Timmonsville on Monday at The Castle.

Cawasha Ceasar led the Lady Knights with 12 points.

Shaquanda McCray had eight points, 19 rebounds and five blocked shots.

DALZELL — Bates defeated Hillcrest 46-26 in the season opener for both teams on Monday at the Hillcrest gymnasium.

Houston 45, Tennessee 21 St. Louis 52, Oakland 0 Minnesota 31, Carolina 13 Indianapolis 49, Washington 27 Buffalo 26, Cleveland 10 San Diego 34, Baltimore 33 Jacksonville 25, N.Y. Giants 24 Cincinnati 14, Tampa Bay 13 New Orleans 35, Pittsburgh 32 Atlanta 29, Arizona 18 Green Bay 26, New England 21 Denver 29, Kansas City 16

GP W L OT Tampa Bay 24 16 6 2 Montreal 25 16 7 2 Detroit 24 14 5 5 Boston 24 14 9 1 Toronto 23 12 8 3 Florida 21 9 6 6 Ottawa 23 10 9 4 Buffalo 24 8 14 2 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pittsburgh 23 16 5 2 N.Y. Islanders 24 17 7 0 N.Y. Rangers 23 11 8 4 Washington 23 10 9 4 New Jersey 24 9 11 4 Philadelphia 23 8 12 3 Carolina 23 7 13 3 Columbus 23 6 15 2

Crestwood girls open season with 57-43 win

HILCREST 26

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 34, Chicago 17 Philadelphia 33, Dallas 10 Seattle 19, San Francisco 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

SUNDAY’S GAMES

L 3 5 5 9

SUNDAY’S GAMES

ATLANTIC DIVISION

SOUTHWEST DIVISION W Memphis 15 Houston 13 San Antonio 12 Dallas 13 New Orleans 7 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Portland 13 Denver 8 Oklahoma City 5 Utah 5 Minnesota 4 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 14 L.A. Clippers 11 Phoenix 10 Sacramento 9 L.A. Lakers 4

W 9 7 6 2

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH

Detroit 5, Vancouver 3

EASTERN CONFERENCE W Toronto 13 Brooklyn 6 Boston 4 New York 4 Philadelphia 0 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Washington 10 Atlanta 9 Miami 9 Orlando 7 Charlotte 4 CENTRAL DIVISION W Chicago 11 Milwaukee 10 Cleveland 8 Indiana 7 Detroit 3

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

TODAY’S GAMES

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FURMAN 52 LYNCHBURG, Va. — David Andoh scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Liberty to a come-from-behind 66-52 victory over Furman on Monday night.

WINTHROP 68 SAVANNAH STATE 47

ROCK HILL — Jarad Scott made 3 of 4 from long range and finished with 15 points to lead Winthrop to a 68-47 victory over Savannah State on Monday night.

NBA WIZARDS 107 HEAT 86 WASHINGTON — Washington made its first seven 3-pointers while holding Miami to 2 for 22 from beyond the arc for the game, and John Wall finished with 18 points and 13 assists to lead the Wizards past the Heat 107-86 on Monday night.

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Offense QB_Jameis Winston, Florida State (142) RB_James Conner, Pittsburgh (164) RB_Duke Johnson, Miami (159) WR_Rashad Greene, Florida State (157) WR_Jamison Crowder, Duke (150) WR_Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (149) TE_Nick O’Leary, Florida State (131) OT_Cameron Erving, Florida State (133) OT_T.J. Clemmings, Pittsburgh (90) OG_Tre Jackson, Florida State (121) OG_Laken Tomlinson, Duke (114) C_Andy Gallik, Boston College (105) K_Roberto Aguayo, Florida State (153) Spec._Jamison Crowder, Duke (86) Defense DE_Vic Beasley, Clemson (159) DE_Mario Edwards, Florida State (112) DT_Eddie Goldman, Florida State (129) DT_Grady Jarrett, Clemson (127) LB_Denzel Perryman, Miami (145) LB_David Helton, Duke (104) LB_Stephone Anthony, Clemson (101) CB_Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech (119) CB_P.J. Williams, Virginia Tech (105) S_Gerrod Holliman, Louisville (132) S_Jalen Ramsey, Florida State (92) P_Will Baumann, N.C. State (108)

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE QB_Marquise Williams, North Carolina (89) RB_Zach Laskey, Georgia Tech (69) RB_Dalvin Cook, Florida State 63) WR_Phillip Dorsett, Miami (96) WR_Mike Williams, Clemson (84) WR_Artavis Scott, Clemson (80) TE_Clive Walford, Miami (101) OT_Ereck Flowers, Miami (69) OT_Jamon Brown, Louisville (50) OG_Shaq Mason, Georgia Tech (102) OG_Josue Matias, Florida State (48) C_Cameron Erving, Florida State (71) K_Ian Frye, Virginia (67)

Spec._Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (58) DEFENSE DE_Dadi Nicolas, Virginia Tech (101) DE_Eli Harold, Virginia (65) DT_Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech (48) DT_Tylor Harris, Wake Forest (43) LB_Terrence Smith, Florida State (82) LB_Lorenzo Maudlin, Louisville (79) LB_Henry Coley, Virginia (68) LB_Quayshawn Nealy, Georgia Tech (68) CB_Gary Peters, Clemson (63) CB_Maurice Canady, Virginia (56) S_Jeremy Cash, Duke (83) S_Quin Blanding, Virginia (71) P_Alex Kinal, Wake Forest (86)

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — This is already a season to remember at Georgia Tech.

Victories over Georgia and Clemson made sure of that.

Now, the No. 12 Yellow Jackets have a chance to claim their biggest prize yet — defending national champion Florida State, which has won 28 games in a row.

“We definitely want to go out and show the nation that Georgia Tech is back,” running back Synjyn Days said Monday.

The Yellow Jackets (10-2) will face No. 2 Florida State (12-0) in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday night at Charlotte, North Carolina, a rematch of the 2012 title

THIRD TEAM

OFFENSE QB_Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech (35) RB_Kevin Parks, Virginia (60) RB_Jon Hilliman, Boston College (51) WR_DeAndre Smelter, Georgia Tech (72) WR_DeVante Parker, Louisville (62) WR_Ryan Switzer, North Carolina (54) TE_Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech (38) OT_Sean Hickey, Syracuse (48) OT_Bobby Hart, Florida State (42) OT_Seth Betancourt, Boston College (42) OT_Takoby Cofield, Duke (42) OG_Landon Turner, North Carolina (42) OG_Matt Rotheram, Pittsburgh (42) C_Matt Skura, Duke (44) K_Ross Martin, Duke (48) Spec._DeVon Edwards, Duke (40) DEFENSE DE_Sheldon Rankins, Louisville (45) DE_Ken Ekanem, Virginia Tech (40) DT_Corey Marshall, Virginia Tech (41) DT_Connor Wujciak, Boston College (41) LB_Reggie Northrup, Florida State (54) LB_Cameron Lynch, Syracuse (45) LB_Max Valles, Virginia (45) CB_Ronald Darby, Florida State (51) CB_Charles Gaines, Louisville (47) S_Anthony Harris, Virginia (56) S_Jamal Golden, Georgia Tech (43) P_Justin Vogel, Miami (40)

MORRIS FROM PAGE B1 SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert at Lake Travis, and 2012 ACC Player of the Year Tajh Boyd at Clemson. The Tigers have had the top three scoring seasons in school history since Morris arrived.

Finding a quarterback will be Morris’ first priority. The Mustangs have had four different starters this season in

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won by the Seminoles 21-15.

That game, in an interesting twist, was the start of Florida State’s winning streak, which has since grown to the 15th longest in NCAA history among Division I schools.

“It would be nice to end their streak in Charlotte, considering they started it there with us,” said Georgia Tech offensive lineman Shaquille Mason. “We’re definitely looking forward for the opportunity to play them again.”

This is certainly a different Georgia Tech team than the one that faced the Seminoles two years ago. That group really had no business playing for the championship of anything, coming in with a mediocre 6-6 record that included a 42-10 loss to

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn fired defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson a day after giving up 55 points to rival Alabama.

Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announced the firing Sunday following a late-season slide that ended with a 55-44 loss in the Iron Bowl.

The 20th-ranked Tigers gave up 539 yards to the top-ranked Crimson Tide on Saturday night in the highest-scoring Iron Bowl. They allowed an average of 483 yards and 39 JOHNSON points over their last six SEC games, losing four of them.

“At this time I felt it was best for our program to make a change with our defensive coordinator,” Malzahn said. “Ellis is a true professional and I would like to thank him for his contributions at Auburn.”

Auburn’s defense made several key stands in close games en route to a South-

State made the first team.

The Seminoles’ opponent in the ACC championship game, No. 12 Georgia Tech, had none.

Winston’s total of 142 points was fewer than six other offensive players, including teammates Rashad Greene (157) and kicker Roberto Aguayo (153).

In all, Florida State had five offensive linemen picked to the three all-conference teams, with tackle Cameron Erving and guard Tre Jackson making the first team.

Three players from Clemson’s defense made the first team. Joining Beasley were fellow defensive lineman Grady Jarrett and linebacker Stephone Anthony.

In addition to Conner, Pitt placed receiver Tyler Boyd and offensive tackle T.J. Clemmings on the first team.

Duke had four selections to the first team, with Jamison Crowder making it as both a receiver and a specialist. He was joined by offensive guard Laken Tomlinson and linebacker David Helton, the ACC’s leader with 125 tackles.

Garrett Krstich, Matt Davis, Neal Burcham and Kolney Cassel.

“That’s top on our list in recruiting,” Morris said.

“That’s top on our list in development in the spring. And that’ll be the same thing next year as we talk.”

Morris graduated from Texas A&M in 1992, the same he started his high school coaching career at tiny Eustace, about 60 miles southeast of Dallas.

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Georgia the previous week.

The Yellow Jackets got in only because both Miami and North Carolina were banned from the postseason for NCAA rules violations.

As expected, Florida State dominated the first half, racing to a 21-6 lead. The Yellow Jackets made a game of it over the final two quarters, forcing the Seminoles to hang on for a triumph that resembled many of their close calls this season.

“We went into that game not as confident, I would say, until after the first half when he realized we could play with those guys,” Mason said. “As opposed to this game, where we’re going in very confident.

They’re going to get our best shot from the first snap to the final whistle.”

Auburn fires defensive coordinator Johnson

Conner, Beasley lead all-ACC team GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Pittsburgh running back James Conner and Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley lead the all-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.

The ACC announced the teams Monday CONNER following a vote of 55 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

Players received three BEASLEY points for a firstteam vote, two for a second-team selection and one for a third-team pick.

Conner, the nation’s sixthleading rusher with an average of 139.6 yards, had the most points with 164. Beasley led all defensive players with 159 points.

Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston of No. 2 Florida State was the first-team quarterback for the second straight year.

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ALL-ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE TEAMS GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the AllACC football team Monday following a vote of 55 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014

SPURRIER FROM PAGE B1 for me,” Spurrier said. “I hope to coach for several more years so we can get this program back headed in the right direction.

That’s the plan.”

Spurrier’s comments did not come as a surprise.

There was never a lot of doubt he would retire, at least not following a season that ended the way this one did. Spurrier is an intensely competitive person, and this is not the way he would want to go out.

He returned to his office at Williams-Brice Stadium early this morning ready to work to get the program going in the right direction.

After leading the Gamecocks to the most success-

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eastern Conference title and the BCS championship game last season, but couldn’t duplicate that feat.

Johnson was fired after going 0-12 in his lone season as head coach at Southern Miss. But he had successful stints running the defenses at Clemson, Alabama, Mississippi State and South Carolina during a four-decade coaching career. He has spent 18 seasons in the SEC. “This is part of the business and I totally understand,” Johnson said. “I did think we were good in several areas, but overall it wasn’t good enough. I’m disappointed for our players, but this is a results business. I want to thank Coach Malzahn and Auburn for the opportunity the last two years.”

The Tigers were especially weak against the pass and didn’t have a consistent pass rusher with defensive end Carl Lawson out for the season with a knee injury.

ful period in the school’s football history, Spurrier was stung with the mediocrity of a team that began the 2014 season ranked No. 9 nationally but ended the regular season with a 6-6 mark. The team also had its first losing season in SEC play since 2009, finishing 3-5.

That was a big drop-off for the team, which finished the 2013 season ranked No. 4 nationally as it completed its third consecutive 11-2 season.

That led Spurrier to evade questions concerning his coaching future, until today.

“Right now we’re working on recruiting and getting ready to win a bowl game,” Spurrier said. “We’ve got a good class coming in. We’ve got some good players here at South Carolina. I think

we can get this turned around quickly. Hopefully, we can.”

Following a 35-17 loss to archrival Clemson on Saturday, Spurrier owns an 83-45 record at USC and is 225-852 as a college coach.

Spurrier said his assistant coaches are on the road recruiting, although he left the door open that there could be staff changes if assistants receive and accept offers from other teams.

He has repeatedly said the USC assistant coaches are the same ones who have helped the team climb in the national rankings prior to this season.

“There is a possibility we could add someone down the road to the coaching staff,” Spurrier said, “but right now we’re recruiting and hoping we can do a lot better next year.”

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Denver running back C.J. Anderson (22) breaks a tackle by Kansas City outside linebacker Justin Houston (50) in Denver’s 29-16 victory in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday.

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Anderson boosts Broncos to 29-16 win over Chiefs

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — C.J. Anderson proved that his performance against Miami wasn’t a fluke.

The unheralded running back got the start because of injuries to Montee Ball and Ronnie Hillman and ran for 168 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs, pulling in one of two touchdown passes from Peyton Manning and leading the Denver Broncos to a 29-16 victory on Sunday night.

“I don’t like getting tackled, especially by one guy,” said Anderson, who had 167 yards rushing against the Dolphins. “It’s just a mentality I have when I run the ball. If I’m being that nasty running back and the O-line is picking me up every play and telling me we’re going to do it again, it’s just great to hear that.”

Connor Barth was also perfect on five field-goal attempts for the Broncos (9-3), who remained a game up on San Diego in the bunchedup AFC West with their sixth straight win over the Chiefs.

Kansas City (7-5) is now

two games back after losing to Oakland a week ago.

“There’s really not a phase I can point to that was a positive in this game,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We all have to do better. We’re all in it together.”

It certainly wasn’t the kind of performance expected of the Chiefs, who emerged in a frenzy before the game wearing all-red uniforms for the third time in franchise history.

The Chiefs were honoring veteran safety Eric Berry, who will miss the rest of the season after a mass suspected to be lymphoma was found in his chest. Berry has professed his love for the red-on-red look, which the Chiefs wore last year against Dallas and this year versus New England.

While the Chiefs won both of those games, they hardly gave themselves a chance on Sunday.

Manning capped an effortless 74-yard drive with a 23-yard third-down pass to Thomas in the first quarter.

Then, after the Broncos forced a second consecutive three-and-out, Manning found Anderson out of the backfield on third down for

a 15-yard touchdown strike to make it 14-0.

Even when the Chiefs’ porous defense stopped the Broncos, they were usually within range for Barth, who was signed to replace ineffective kicker Brandon McManus.

Meanwhile, very little was going right for the Chiefs.

They had minus-10 yards in the first quarter and were still at 66 yards through the third quarter.

After recovering a fumble deep in Denver territory early in the second half, they managed three yards before kicking a field goal.

On their next possession, Smith had a pass batted at the line and intercepted by Ware, the first pick he had thrown in 179 attempts. On the Chiefs’ next possession, Smith was sacked by Ware on third-and-1 to force another punt.

“We have to do a better job putting players in the right position and we have to do a better job executing when we’re in that position,” Reid said. “We get that fixed, we’ll be back on track, but we’ve stalled the last two weeks.

We have to get this thing turned around.”

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AP sources: Mariners, Cruz nearing contract SEATTLE — The Mariners are on the verge of landing the right-handed slugger they were seeking for the middle of their batting order Free agent slugger Nelson Cruz and Seattle are nearing agreement on a contract, two CRUZ people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The pair spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized and was still pending a physical.

El Caribe in the Dominican Republic first reported the agreement, saying it was worth $57 million over for four years.

for hours Monday in response to reports that officials will shut down the football program.

RAYS TRADE UTILITYMAN SEAN RODRIGUEZ TO PIRATES

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have traded utilityman Sean Rodriguez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named and cash.

SPIETH WINS AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN 1ST TRIP DOWN UNDER

SYDNEY — Jordan Spieth

played the best round of an already impressive career with an 8-under 63 on Sunday to win the Australian Open by six strokes, making his first trip Down Under a successful one.

Spieth’s 72-hole total of 13-under 271 on the tough, windy Australian Golf Club made him the first American to win the Australian Open since Brad Faxon in 1993, when the 21-year-old Spieth was four months old.

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CHARLOTTE — Panthers coach Ron Rivera doesn’t foresee any changes to the coaching staff or roster following his team’s latest lopsided loss.

“The answers are in the locker room, in the classroom and on the coaching staff,” the coach said.

However, while the Panthers continue searching for those soRIVERA lutions time is running out on a forgettable season.

Carolina (3-8-1) entered Sunday’s game at Minnesota in control of its own playoff destiny in the NFC South, but played uninspired football in the cold and allowed the Vikings to return two blocked punts for touchdowns in a 31-13 loss.

Rivera’s preseason goal of posting back-to-back winning season for the first time in franchise history won’t happen.

And while the Panthers remain mathematically alive in the weak NFC South, a sevengame winless streak suggests the chances of running the table in December are highly unlikely.

Carolina ranks 27th in the league in points scored, while allowing the third-most points in the league. Its special teams rank near the bottom of nearly every statistical category in the NFL and has allowed three returns for touchdowns.

Struggling quarterback Cam Newton said after Sunday’s loss he was concerned the Panthers are losing their “swagger.”

“When we keep trying to point and find excuses, we’re going to keep getting those types of results,” Newton said. “It will start by all 11 guys on that field taking full responsibility and accepting coaching and getting better.”

Linebacker A.J. Klein said the only thing the Panthers can do now is look ahead.

“If we dwell on this and don’t move forward that’s just going to eat away at the team and grow like a cancer — so you just try and stay positive,” Klein said.

It might help too if the Panthers start faster.

Carolina has been outscored 178-85 in the first half, and has held a lead for only 140 minutes, 54 seconds of the 735 minutes it has played this season, per STATS.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — The number of wins and losses didn’t get Bo Pelini fired. It was the way some of those losses happened.

Pelini was dismissed as Nebraska’s coach Sunday after a seven-year stint marked by an inability to restore the football team to national prominence and too many embarrassing defeats.

Pelini never won a conference championship and his teams lost four games in every season he completed.

Pelini was 66-27 and led the Cornhuskers to three league championship games in the Big 12 and Big Ten.

Rivera continues to call Newton the team’s quarterback of the future, even though he’s in a massive slump that includes at least one interception in eight straight games. Newton hasn’t had much help from a young offensive line assigned to protect him. He’s been under siege in the pocket, sacked 25 times in the last six games.

Rivera said Monday there are “various reasons” for the team’s demise following a 12-4 season last year, but said he didn’t want to dwell on the negative. He said the goal is finish strong and win the final four games.

The Panthers travel to New Orleans on Sunday, return home to face Tampa Bay and Cleveland, and finish the season the road at Atlanta.

“It will test our character,” Rivera said.

Rivera seems content to ride out the schedule with the coaches and players he has rather than making any changes.

“We’re not going to doing anything kneejerk,” Rivera said. “We’re going to go through the process. A year ago it was good enough, and now it’s not. We have to find out why, and what happened.

We believe we know and now we have to correct it. It’s not like we don’t know what happening. ... (But) you don’t give up on something just because something negative happens.

If we did we would be a nation of quitters. And I ain’t quitting on us.”

In the meantime, the Panthers are turning more and more to young players like cornerback Bene Benwikere, safety Tre Boston, offensive tackle Mike Remmers and wide receivers Philly Brown and De’Andre Presley.

Rivera insisted that isn’t about playing for next season, but rather putting the best players on the field that give the team the best chance to win.

“If it happens that we’re putting a younger guy on the field then so be it,” Rivera said.

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SHS FROM PAGE B1 Parker led the team in scoring, assists and rebounding, averaging around 13 points, 4.7 assissts and 5.5 rebounds per game. McBride was the second leading scorer at 10.3.

SHS did lose three members of its rotation, Sterling Ta’Bon, Sonny Butler and all-state performer Erick White. White averaged over 9 points, over 3 rebounds and assists and almost five steals a game.

“Replacing Erick defensively will be impossible,” English said. “He just had so much quickness. We’re going to use the same pressure; we’ve just modified and adapted it to our personnel.

“We’re going to be a lot taller than we were last year. While we won’t be as quick, we’ll use the length and athleticism of the players to limit the vision of the opposition.

Along with Kershaw and Parker, who are both 6-feet4-inches tall, English plans on using 6-5 senior Tyler Johnson, 6-4 junior newcomer Charles Patton, 6-4 senior Cameron Thompson and 6-4 junior Akeem Lawson.

Senior Charlie Richardson will also be part of the rotation, but English said there are no set starters and, as of yet, no set number of players who will be in the rotation.

“We’ve got a roster of 12 players that can play,” English said. “We could play anywhere from 5 to 12 players. We are a lot deeper than we were last year, but we’ll

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Basketball Lower Richland at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Lee Central at Andrew Jackson, 6 p.m.

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Heathwood Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Trinity-Byrnes at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

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Lake Pointe Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

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JV and Boys B Team Basketball Sumter at Crestwood, 5 p.m.

Middle School Basketball Alice Drive at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Furman at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

‘While we won’t be as quick, we’ll use the length and athleticism of the players to limit the vision of the opposition.’

JO JO ENGLISH Sumter High boys basketball coach let the players work out who does and doesn’t play with their play.”

In Lower Richland, English will be going against his alma mater in which he first gained fame as a basketball player before going on to the University of South Carolina and a short career in the National Basketball Association. He believes his players will be ready for the game for reasons other than that,

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Tammy Lee Jones Williams, 54, wife of Scott R. Williams, died on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Groton, Connecticut, she was a daughter of Curtis and Shirley Moreash Jones. She was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church and was employed as a paralegal at Shaw Air Force Base for 33 years.

Survivors include her husband of Sumter; her parents of Sumter; a daughter, Alexandra S. Williams of Clemson; two sisters, Tangy Jones of Sumter and Tonya Fort of Sumter; three nieces, Cassy Jones, Nicolette Merifield and Nicole Campbell, all of Sumter; a nephew, Curtis Ray Jr. of Sumter; her mother-in-law, Catherine E. Williams; and a brother-in-law, Steven M. Williams.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Clay Smith officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 107 Westpark Blvd., Suite 150, Columbia, SC 29210.

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“My parents still live in the community, and I coached a lot of those kids in camps I had over there,” English said. “Our guys should be ready to play them since they beat us at LR (55-51 before SHS won the rematch in Sumter 5340), and our guys are ready to play someone else after playing each other the last few weeks.”

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OBITUARIES HAVELOCK, North Carolina — James William “Bill” Moree, 49, died on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, in Havelock.

Born in Lancaster, he was a son of Frances Elizabeth Mobley Fobes and the late White James Moree.

Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Floyd “Butch” Fobes of Horatio; two children, Vickie Ann Moree and Daniel Moree; a grandson; and three sisters, Elizabeth Ann Woodruff, Barbara Ellen Smith and Carolyn Sue Moree.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his mother and stepfather in Horatio.

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Varsity Bowling Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman (at Royal Z Lanes) , 5 p.m.

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DEBUT FROM PAGE B1 week. After beating Chapin 46-33 and Chester 57-29 in its first two games, SHS lost to 4A No. 5 Irmo, 49-39 in the championship game.

Sumter has started leading scorer and senior wing Cydanisha Cooper, guards and captains junior Jessica Harris and senior Kadejuhua Kennedy and forward and captain senior Nijah Davis in each game.

Freshman Kiara Jones will start at center today, but she and first-year junior player Zuri Smith are battling for the position. Smith, who is 6-feet-3-inches tall, had 13 rebounds and seven blocked shots in the win over Chapin and nine boards against Chester.

“She has not played before, so we are trying to teach her the game,” Loudenslager said of Smith. “If nothing else she can be a huge defensive presence for us.”

Also, the rotation will include 6-3 senior center Anna McBride, who is working her way back from a knee injury, senior wing Kyra Wilson and junior wing Bre Tyler.

“We thought we were going to have depth, but now that the season started we have more than we thought we would have,” Loudenslager said. “Now we have to get the girls where we’re getting that all-out effort game in and game out. When we do that, mixed with the talent we have, I think we can be very good.”

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‘We thought we were going to have depth, but now that the season started we have more than we thought we would have. Now we have to get the girls where we’re getting that allout effort game in and game out. When we do that, mixed with the talent we have, I think we can be very good.’

JASON LOUDENSLAGER New Sumter High head girls varsity basketball coach thoughts on his team this season title.

Loudenslager was at Colleton County from the 2006-07 season through the ‘10-11 season, compiling a 104-25 record. Colleton County won three straight region titles from ‘07 through ‘09 and reached the lower state semifinals in the first two of those season. The Lady Cougars made the state playoffs each season.

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By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent Taking Stock of What’s Good Last week I was preparing for Thanksgiving and an influx of friends.

I moved a bed out of storage and into my bedroom, making it officially a “dormitory;” a long-wished for goal after a touring old houses in Eutawville where three beds per room was the norm. If you live in a house built in 1880, as we do, you need to embrace the possibilities that come with it.

One first time holiday visitor was actually horrified that we don’t have central heat. The downstairs space heaters are economical and efficient. If you aren’t using part of the house, why try (and try is the operative word on really cold days) to heat it? Sleeping in cold bedrooms is a luxury; you snuggle next to your sweetie and, in no time at all, those down comforters have you warm and toasty.

We had one disaster during our preparations, however, that really, really made me grateful for modern conveniences. The refrigerator froze up and stopped working! We had to put every single item into coolers, blow the open appliance with a fan all night, and then try to put everything back together the next morning.

There was washing galore.

Although I had to make a coconut cake for Lovable Lill’s birthday and

change three beds for guests, I was not so foolish as to not take advantage of a completely empty refrigerator/freezer, and I washed it to within an inch of its life. Gallons of Clorox water and a dozen rags helped me wipe away an accumulation of crude and grunge.

Then the coolers had to be disinfected and wiped down before I could tackle that cake.

All I had to do was turn on the tap to get all the clean (and hot) water I needed. When I finished with all the wiping and drying, all those towels went into the washing machine to be returned to their pristine condition and ready for our guests.

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FRANCIS L. COPELAND Francis Leon Copeland, age 81, beloved husband of 36 years to Virginia Sylvia Melgosa Copeland, died on Nov. 30, 2014, at Providence Hospital.

Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late Jiles P. and Frances Prescott Copeland. Mr. COPELAND Copeland joined the United States Navy shortly after high school. After serving his country, he began working for Dupont, where he worked and retired after 40 years. After retirement, he and his wife Virginia purchased an RV and traveled the country for three years.

After their travels, Mr. Copeland went to work with H&R Block as a tax preparer for 15 years. He also owned and operated a mobile home rental business. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and friend. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons, Russell Copeland of Charleston, Phillip Copeland and his wife, Rhonda, of Charleston, David W. Cotton and his wife, Jo Ann, of New Mexico and Gerald A. Cotton of North Carolina; four daughters, Deborah Copeland Wald of Isle of Palms, Karen Copeland Vazquez and her husband, Tony, of Blythewood, Karen J. Cassey of Colorado and Cheryl Cox of Virginia; three sisters, Myrna Tarasjewich and her husband, Edward, Gwen Copeland and Sara Copeland and her husband, Roy; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Copeland was preceded in death by two brothers, Langford Copeland and Marion Copeland; and two sisters, Mary Darr and Myrtle G. Copeland.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with military honors.

Pallbearers will be Phil Copeland, Phillip F. Copeland, Sam Copeland, Gerald Cotton, Christopher Cox, Steven Cox and Matthew Vazquez.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Bullock Funeral Home.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

JAMES BRADFORD III James Bradford III, 68, departed this earthly life on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Jan. 16, 1946, in Lee County, he was a son of the late James II and Elease Gallishaw Bradford. He was educated in the public schools of Lee County and BRADFORD was a graduate of Ebenezer High School Class of 1965.

“Brad,” as he was affectionately called, was raised in a Christian home. He was a lifelong member of Mt. Olive AME Church, where as a teenager he was a Sunday school teacher and later a class leader, member of the male chorus and inspirational choir. He was also a member of the Woodrow Elite Cub. He was employed with Barnay Inc. for many years, prior to his retirement.

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Brad was generally a quiet person and the times that he did engage in conversations he provided comedy that everyone under the sound of his voice enjoyed and will never forget.

He leaves to cherish his precious memories: three children, Debra Bradford of Irvington, New Jersey, James Edward Bradford IV (Jennifer) of Newark, New Jersey, and DeAndre Prescott of Dalzell; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Elijah (Geneva) Bradford and Warren (Dorothy) Bradford, both of Sumter, and Samuel (Stephanie) Bradford of Charlotte; three sisters, Ella Mae (Rochelle) Martin of Dalzell, Carolyn Mickens of East Orange, New Jersey, and Sadie Bradford of Sumter; Shantrell Prescott with whom he shared a special relationship; 10 nieces; eight nephews; a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Hammitte Bradford; one niece, Barbara Martin Isaac; and one grandniece, Sophie Jenkins.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Timothy A. Johnson Sr. officiating, eulogist.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his sister, Sadie Bradford, 6210 Dubose Siding Road, Sumter.

The funeral procession will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the home of his sister.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in the family plot at Colclough Cemetery, Sumter.

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

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

ELIZABETH S. JOSEY LYNCHBURG — Elizabeth “Betsy” Spencer Josey, 69, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Walker Gaither Spencer and Ethel Meacham Spencer. Betsy’s involvement in her community and church impacted all whom were fortunate enough to be a part of her life. Upon graduation from Columbia College, she began her educational career at Mayewood School, followed by 33 years of teaching first grade at Thomas Sumter Academy.

She was instrumental in molding the lives of many generations of young children. Betsy was a lifelong member of Mayesville Presbyterian Church, having served as president of the Women of

the Church and as a Sunday school teacher for many years. In addition to her school and church involvement, one of her greatest joys was serving as a board member for the Sounds of Grace Music Ministry.

Survivors include four children, Rainey Josey (Shand) of Lynchburg, Spencer Josey (Tara) of Conway, Courtney Gamble (Steven) of Gable and Elizabeth Ann Geddings (Tommy) of Manning; eight grandchildren, Ann Collins Josey, Wilson Josey, Lane Josey, Cale Gamble, Walker Gamble, Pierson Gamble, Sarah Elizabeth Geddings and Cecil Geddings; and an eagerly anticipated grandchild, Capers Josey.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil L. Josey; a brother, Gaither Spencer; and a sister, Melly McElveen.

A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the Mayesville Black River Cemetery with the Rev. Chuck Owens and the Rev. Gordon Reed officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials in Betsy’s honor may be made to the Sounds of Grace Music Ministry, 3 Crowson St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to a charity of one’s choice.

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

Mattie Montgomery, Clotell Way and Patricia (William) Jefferson, all of Sumter, Ethel Jones of Orangeburg, Willie (Gladys) Grant of Sumter, Donald Ray Grant of Dalzell and Timothy (Carbia) Grant of Nashville, Tennessee.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Willow Grove AME Church with the pastor, the Rev. Wallace Preston, officiating. Internment will follow in the church cemetery.

Mr. Yates will be placed in the church for public viewing from 1 p.m. until the hour of service.

The public may view Mr. Yates from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel.

The family will receive friends at the Yates residence, 4491 Lynnay Drive, Rembert.

The family requests that all memorials and condolences be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com.

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BISHOPVILLE — Ernest Century, affectionately known as Charlie, entered eternal rest on Nov. 29, 2014, at the McCoy Memorial Nursing Center, Bishopville.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, Lucy Hickmon, 117 McIntosh St., Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

Rufus Bennett, 60, husband of Debbie Watson Bennett, died on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Orangeburg Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

Born on Sept. 8, 1954, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Charles “Mann” and Mary Rivers Bennett.

The family will receive friends at the home, 1968 Jim Ross Road, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC, (803) 485-3755.

TALLIS D. YATES III Tallis D. “Tee” Yates III, 48, husband of Terry Williams Yates, died on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of Corine Nickens Yates and the late Tallis Yates Jr. He was a member of Willow Grove AME Church and a graduate of Hillcrest High School Class of 1986. Mr. Yates was employed by Becton Dickinson Co. for 28 years.

Surviving are his wife, Terry Yates of the home; two children, Shayla G. Yates of Sumter and Tallis (Stephanie) Yates IV of Dallas, Texas; one granddaughter, Michaela G. Yates; his mother, Corine Nickens Grant of Dalzell; four brothers, Harold Dawson, Roosevelt (Tracy) Nelson Jr. and Travis Yates, all of Rembert, and Tony (Shantae) Yates of Dalzell; one sister, Teresa (Jerry) Washington of Sumter; seven stepsiblings,

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MARY WILDER Mary Wilder, age 56, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia.

Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of Louise Adger Wilder and the late Pinckney Wilder.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her mother, Louise Adger Wilder, 1143 Coard Road, Panola community of Pinewood.

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HELENE P. LIVELY Helene Pendleton “Miss Penny” Lively, 71, died on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at NHC Healthcare.

Born in Alexandria, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late George Pendleton Lively and Sarah Katherine Jones Lively.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Lawrence (Tom) of Sumter and Debra Welch (Bill) of Rembert; eight grandchildren, Sarah Hannon (Richard), Thomas Lawrence, Michael Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence, Daniel Lawrence, William Welch III and Heather WelchSoto (Juan); and three greatgrandchildren, Natalie Hannon, Haley Hannon and Zariella Soto-Welch.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, David Huckabee Lawrence.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. Marcus Kaiser, Rector Church of the Holy Comforter, and the Rev. Charles F. Walton Jr., Associate Rector Church of the Holy Comforter officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the home of her daughter, 926 Club Lane.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 or to Hospice Care of Sumter, 100 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of NHC Healthcare, the staff of Hospice Care of Sumter, and especially to Carol Hatcher for all of their care and compassion.

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

CHARLES A. FRANKLIN Charles Anthony Franklin, 58, husband of Mary Peeples Franklin, departed this life on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Augustine, Florida.

He was born on April 16, 1956, in Sumter, a son of Vivian Brown Franklin and the late Bennie Lee Franklin.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

EMMA DARGAN Emma Louise McClam Dargan, 59, was called home to rest on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, following an extended illness.

Born on July 19, 1955, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Mitchell and Icybell McClam.

Louise leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Lewis Dargan of the home; one daughter, Audrianna Dargan of Sumter; one son, Darrell (Cindy) Wendell McClam of Sumter; seven grandchildren; three sisters; three brothers; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Jeannette Jenkins officiating, eulogist.

The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 134 Carolina Ave., Sumter.

The procession will leave at 3 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in the Joshua Baptist Churchyard cemetery, Dalzell.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice Public Storage/ PS Orangeco, Inc. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on December 10, 2014 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household/business items located at the properties listed.

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Estate Notice Sumter County

Beer & Wine License

The sale will begin at 1:00 pm at 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153.

Bid Notices

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s);

PUBLIC NOTICE

1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 305 - Charles, Recarsha 319 - Charles, Ladorri 321 - Still, Judith 412 - Williams, Arthur 463 - Swinton, Dale 527 - Bumpers, Tonia 710 - Lesane-Guin, Della 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 A017 - Belton, Sharon A020 - Carter, Kimberly A025 - Cook, Natashia A029 - Rouse, Latonya A036 - Medina, Laracha A037 - Dennis, Wanda B020 - Mcmillian, Brittany B068 - Johnson, Tinika C007 - Montgomery, Nancy C026 - Rose, Terrance C051 - Holmes, Latimore C059 - Starnes, Lateka C062 - Sigler, Frederick F012 - Merchant, Shakeema F046 - Mitchell, Monica G016 - Jones Jr., Darrick G020 - Hayes, Toray G036 - Holland, Donna H008 - Brunson, Tansey J015 - Dixon, Kendrick K003 - Dais, Thomas 3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29154 0141 - Rogers, Laqueshia 0222 - Johnson, Tiffany 0316 - Cruz, Allen 0318 - Holliday, Eddie 0332 - Clawson, James 0420 - Cogdell, Yolanda 0422 - Hilton, Omar 0448 - Worrell, Shelia 0452 - Hilton, Karen 0518 - Holliday, Sandol 0521 - Edwards, Matthew 0543 - Stuckey, Sheila B 0545 - Farmer, Charlene 0620 - Hanna, Amelia 0738 - Walker, Kayla-Nicole Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of sale.

All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to adjournment.

Beer & Wine License

Estate:

Mary Helen Tilford #2014ES4300642

Personal Representative

Estate Notice Sumter County

Personal Representative

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Marian Althea Grimm Rucker #2014ES4300636

Personal Representative

Janet L. Geig C/O William A. W. Buxton Attorney at Law 325 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Willie Jackson #2014ES4300656

Personal Representative

Barbara Jackson 1501 Radical Road Sumter, SC 29153 Estate:

Judy Miles 1010 Mabe Drive Summerton, SC 29148 Estate:

Bryan Douglas Williamson 108 Turkey Creek Court Lexington, SC 29073 Estate:

Estate:

Philip Lee Williams 590 Adger Lane Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Barbara Bolden King C/O Ruben L. Gray Attorney at Law PO Box 2636 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Carol Burr #2014ES4300660

Estate:

Jacqueline R. Moore 316 Downs Drive Columbia, SC 29209 Estate:

John Frederick Criss #2014ES4300650

Personal Representative

John F. Criss, Jr. 710 Merriwether Drive North Augusta, SC 29841 Estate:

Willie L. Dupree #2014ES4300668

Personal Representative

Doris J. Dupree 224 Wildwood Avenue Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

John M. Norwood #2014ES4300637

Personal Representative

Linda S. Norwood 2396 Tolliver Hills Lane Ellenwood, GA 30294 Estate:

Henry A. Gee #2014ES4300574-2

Personal Representative

Beth Brown C/O Paul M. Fata Attorney at Law PO Box 568 Bishopville, SC 29010 Estate: Martha Holloway Steen #2014ES4300648 Personal Representative

Stanley K. Steen, Jr. C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Holmes Smith #2014ES4300667

Personal Representative

Tonia Smith C/O John C. Land, III Attorney at Law PO Box 138 Manning, SC 29102 Estate:

Paula Price Welch #2014ES4300661

Personal Representative

Martha Loretta Burr C/O Kenneth R. Young, Jr. Attorney at Law 23 West Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 Susan Ward Smith #2014ES4300644

Personal Representative

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Laura B. Moore #2014ES4300641

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

Estate:

Erma Viola Dwyer #2014ES4300634 Mary L. Dwyer 526 S. Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

Personal Representative

Estate:

James W. Singleton #2014ES4300658

Personal Representative

Rosa Hatfield #2014ES4300654 Ernest Hatfield, Jr. 3870 Mountain Way Cove Snellville, GA 30039

Warren M. Williams #2014ES4300659

Personal Representative

Elizabeth M. Brown #2014ES4300647 Candace Brown 2985 Trent Street Dalzell, SC 29040

Hursel Bruce Williamson, Sr. #2014ES4300653

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that John Irick intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer & Wine or Liquor at 1581 Britton Rd. Sumter, SC 29153. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than Dec. 17,

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

This is to notify you that effective December 1, 2014 Lakeside Orthopaedic Center, LLC will sell/transfer certain assets owned by Lakeside Orthopaedic Center, LLC, including medical records, to McLeod Physician Associates II. David M. Woodbury, M.D. will become an employee of McLeod Physician Associates II as of that date. After that date, David M. Woodbury, M.D. WILL CONTINUE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO HIS PATIENTS IN AN OFFICE LOCATION AT 3440 DECLARATION BOULEVARD, SUMTER, SC 29154 AND AT A FUTURE NEW LOCATION IN MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA. If you do not want your medical records included in this transfer, you may make arrangements to pick up a copy of your medical records during normal business hours at the office of Dr. Woodbury located at 3440 DECLARATION BOULEVARD, SUMTER, SC 29154, by calling 803-433-5633.

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Trupti LLC DBA: Short Trip #17 intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 404 S. Lafayette Dr. Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 17, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

C. Furman Smith, Jr. 109 Horseshoe Cove Sumter, SC 29150

Dianna Welch 1070 Rockdale Blvd.

Sumter, SC 29154

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