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Deputies find pot-growing operation Detectives stumble upon plants while investigating Christmas Eve killing

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Sumter County detectives investigating a Christmas Eve killing stumbled upon an apparent marijuana manufacturing operation Tuesday, leading to the arrest of a Dalzell man and his son.

Clarence “Mack” McLaughlin Jr., 58, and Clarence “Tray”

McLaughlin III, both of 4910 McPhail St., were both charged with manufacturing marijuana, manufacturMcLAUGHLIN Jr. ing marijuana in proximity to a school and possession of a stolen firearm in connection with the arrest.

According to a release from

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, deputies searched the suspects’ house Tuesday and disMcLAUGHLIN III covered an “extensive” potgrowing operation headquartered there. Officers found six apparent marijuana plants incubating in the back closet of a

garage and a pot-processing center set up in a shed behind the home. Deputies also found drug paraphernalia and several firearms scattered throughout the residence, including one gun that was reportedly stolen from a different county.

The sheriff’s office was led to the McPhail Street house by officers investigating the death of Robert “Bobby”

Troublefield, a 61-year-old Dalzell man found dead in his home Dec. 24. Investigators located clues in the victim’s residence along Live Oak Road which raised the possibility of a connection with the McLaughlins’ home.

Sheriff’s office spokesman Braden Bunch said deputies

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Sumterites visit lawmakers at Statehouse Group wants college head out S.C. Black Caucus calls for S.C. State University president’s resignation

BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — The Legislative Black Caucus called Wednesday for the resignation of Thomas Elzey as president of financially troubled South Carolina State University, saying it has no confidence in Elzey and that he has proven he can’t lead the school past its fiscal woes.

The caucus’ no-confidence vote came one day after a Republican-dominated House panel proposed temporarily closing the state’s only public historically black college for a massive overhaul. Leaders of the 39-member caucus would not give the vote breakdown.

Its chairman, Rep. Carl Anderson, D-Georgetown, said caucus members were devastated by the closure idea and will work to kill it. But the proposal itself damaged the school’s ability to move forward, he said.

The university’s accreditation has been on probation since last year because of its fiscal problems, and its student population continues to decline, to 3,000 students this semester.

In a written statement, Elzey said he won’t resign and accused legislators of putting politics above students’ best interests. At a university assembly Wednesday, he told students he’s not going anywhere and

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Reps. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville; Murrell Smith, R-Sumter; and David Weeks, D-Sumter, speak during the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Day on Wednesday at the Palmetto Club in Columbia.

Local, state legislators discuss economy, roads with constituents

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A large contingent of Sumter’s business and political leaders took in a day of listening to speakers, visiting the South Carolina Statehouse and enjoying lunch at the Palmetto Club during the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Day in Columbia on Wednesday.

The list of speakers included State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman, Attorney General Alan Wilson and Speaker of the House Jay Lucas.

The event began in the Rotunda Auditorium. Spearman outlined the state’s efforts to teach students the skills they need to provide a skilled workforce for companies locating to South Carolina.

“We have to continue to evolve and strengthen our career programs,” she said, noting that young people must be

ready for jobs that may not exist yet.

Asked about discipline problems in schools, she said she thinks discipline problems are reduced when students become involved in their education.

“If students are engaged in learning, if they feel like they know why they are there, they will behave,” she said. “If they are learning and doing hands-on activities, they are loving it.”

Allison Skipper, director of marketing and communications for the Department of Commerce, said the state is continuing to see success stories in attracting industry to the area, such as Continental Tire the Americas. “(Today) we are breaking ground on a similar project in Chester County,” she said.

She said the state’s economic development efforts are gaining momentum each year.

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Skipper complimented the work done by the Sumter County Development Board.

“Economic development is a team sport,” she said.

Many members of the group then paid a visit to the gallery of the House of Representatives, and the local delegation of Grady Brown, D-Bishopville; Murrell Smith, R-Sumter; Robert Ridgeway, D-Manning; and David Weeks, D-Sumter, along with Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, led the Chamber in saluting the visitors from Sumter on the House floor.

The luncheon was at Palmetto Club, where South Carolina Chamber of Commerce CEO and president Todd Pitts spoke of his admiration as a former

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Santee-Lynches needs ‘Friendly Visitors’ soon The Santee-Lynches Area Agency on Aging is recruiting volunteers for the Friendly Visitor Program. Sixty percent of the residents in long-term care have no visitors.

Volunteer “Friendly Visitors” go to facilities on a regular basis to visit with residents and diminish the sense of isolation. They provide encouragement and assist the resident in achieving a sense of self-determination.

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Find out if you have unclaimed property The South Carolina General Assembly will recognize the Office of State Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Program by proclaiming Wednesday as Unclaimed Property Day. South Carolinians have more than $462 million in unclaimed property.

“The General Assembly and I want every South Carolinian to know about our unclaimed property program, so we can give their funds back to them,” said State Treasurer Curtis Loftis. “There are more than a million accounts waiting to be claimed, and it takes about two minutes to see if one belongs to you.”

Last fiscal year, nearly 27,000 accounts worth $16 million were paid to South Carolina individuals and businesses by the Palmetto Payback unclaimed property staff.

Examples of unclaimed property include dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks (including paychecks), unclaimed insurance proceeds, forgotten utility deposits, uncashed dividend checks and unexchanged shares of stock. The State Treasurer’s Office serves as custodian of unclaimed funds and holds them until claimed by the rightful owners.

The Palmetto Payback staff will provide free unclaimed property searches in the lobby of the S.C. Statehouse from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.

For those unable to attend, a free online search is available at any time.

Visit www.treasurer.sc.gov and click on the Palmetto Payback logo or email the staff at payback@sto.sc.gov.

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County council discusses pot, revenue and U.S. 76 litterbugs

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council’s regular meeting was filled with concerns about potential losses in the industrial workforce, possible decreases in county revenue and excessive litter on U.S. 76.

There has been a lot of industrial growth in Sumter County in recent years, but according to councilman Eugene Baten, that growth is not met with a matching workforce.

“One of the major problems that companies are having is the fact that many people are being eliminated from employment because of drug use,” he said.

Baten said he spoke with local industry representatives and employers who have said potential employees are successful during all aspects of the application process except for the drug test.

“What they are finding

out is that a lot of people are flunking the drug test for marijuana,” he said.

“We cannot keep asking companies to come here if we cannot provide a drugfree workforce for them,” Baten said. “As a community, as a county, as a government, I’m wondering just what we can do to help in this problem.”

Council suggested providing information to the public and working with Sumter Behavioral Health Services as possible ways to drive down drug use in the county.

During the administrator’s report, County Administrator Gary Mixon said the county could lose a significant amount of its general fund revenues if a bill to eliminate the business license tax is passed.

“In most municipalities, it represents about a third of the general fund revenues,” he said. “In Sumter County, that would mean a drop in

our revenues about $800,000.”

According to Mixon, the county is not supportive of state legislation proposing that Sumter County take over some state roads.

“We have a difficult enough time providing revenues to support our own county road system without taking on all these additional roads,” he said.

Mixon also said there is legislation that could provide a third of the county’s local government fund during the next three years if passed.

The county is closely following those items because of the potential local impact according to Mixon.

Council also addressed the issue of an abundance of litter on U.S. Highway 76 near the Lazy Acre Subdivision and Sumter County Landfill.

Councilman Jimmy Byrd said he was asked by a county resident to take a look at

the area that morning.

“It is horrible,” he said.

Byrd said he and Mixon have been looking into the issue for more than a week.

Sid Singleton, a resident of the Florence Highway area, said the litter causes problems for himself and his neighbors when it blows onto their property. “Nobody picks it up,” he said.

“It blows out into the fields.

It gets into the ditches.”

Singleton also said he has photographs of a city vehicle carrying garbage with part of its tarp covering pulled back, exposing the garbage, and a photo of a mattress in the ditch at the end of his driveway.

“I could spend days picking up trash each month,” said Singleton.

Vice Chairwoman Vivian Fleming-McGhaney suggested council take that issue to the Public Works Committee and establish a trash pick-up crew to help clean up the area.

Playing in the park Abigail Goodwin, 8, and her father, Jonathan, explore a stream running along the ruins of Singleton’s Mill in Poinsett Park on Saturday.

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Manning expands fire department

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning Fire Department is expanding its facility to provide more space for its fire department and to serve as an emergency operational headquarters for city leaders.

“The city’s fire and police departments have shared the same building for many years and have always had a great working relationship,” said Manning Fire Department Chief Mitch

McElveen. “Both departments have grown, and there has been a need to expand our facility.”

The $935,000 project, funded through a USDA loan, is scheduled to be completed by June or July.

The current facility has two offices, three bedrooms, a day room and a kitchen, with no storage space. The new one-story addition will include seven bedrooms that could house as many as two firefighters each, three offices, a day room/dining area, a

kitchen, a workout area and an evidence room.

The department has seven full-time firefighters, six part-time firefighters and 38 volunteers.

“We’re excited about this project as we have many volunteers who would like to stay and assist our full-time firefighters at night but cannot due to our limited space,” said McElveen.

“This would be a benefit to us, as we’d have more manpower responding directly from the station.”

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Were 3 slain for their religion or their parking space?

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Police are trying to determine whether hate played any role in the killing of three Muslims, a crime they said was sparked by a neighbor’s long-simmering anger about parking and noise inside their condominium complex.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, describes himself as a “gun-toting” atheist. Neighbors say he always seemed angry and confrontational. His ex-wife said he was

obsessed with the shooting-rampage movie “Falling Down” and showed “no compassion at all” for other people.

His current wife, Karen Hicks, said he “champions the rights of others” and said the killings “had nothing do with religion or the victims’ faith.” Later Wednesday, she issued another statement, saying she’s divorcing him.

Hicks appeared in court Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder in the

deaths Tuesday of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21; and her sister Razan Mohammad AbuSalha, 19. He pleaded indigence and was appointed a public defender.

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Jeremie Richardson, 31, of Sumter, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with his seventh offense of driving under suspension after a short car and foot chase along U.S. 15 near Nandina Street.

Kristel Robertson, 27, of 20 Thelma St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with petit larceny after reportedly stealing $400 in jewelry from a business in the 4200 block of Broad Street on Dec. 20.

Robert Watford, 41, of 2630 Highview St., was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree burglary after he reportedly tried to break into a home in the 2200 block of Swallow Drive on Jan. 17.

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“The media here bombards the American citizen with Islamic, Islamic, Islamic terrorism and makes people here scared of us and hate us and want us out. So if somebody has any conflict with you, and they already hate you, you get a bullet in the head,” said AbuSalha, who is a psychiatrist.

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Brain stents show promise for some stroke patients MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer

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Stroke experts are reporting a major advance: Stents similar to the ones used to open clogged heart arteries also can be used to clear a blood clot in the brain, greatly lowering the risk a patient will end up disabled.

Patients treated with these brain stents were far more likely to be alive and able to live independently three months after their stroke, doctors said Wednesday at an American Stroke Association conference in Nashville.

The treatment was so successful that three studies testing it were stopped early, so it could be offered to more patients.

One study also found the death rate was cut almost in half for those given the treatment.

“This is a once-in-a-generation advance in stroke care,” said the head of one study, Dr. Jeffrey Saver, stroke chief at the University of California, Los Angeles.

An independent expert, Dr. Lee Schwamm of Massachusetts General Hospital, called it “a real turning point in the field.”

For many patients, “this is the difference between returning home and not returning home,” although only certain types of patients can be offered it, he said.

Stroke care “needs to be completely changed” to make the treatment more widely available, said Dr. Walter Koroshetz, acting director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

“This has taken stroke therapy to the same place that heart attack therapy is now,” he said.

Most of the 800,000 strokes in the U.S. each year are caused by a blood clot lodged in the brain.

The usual treatment is clot-dissolving medicine called tPA. When that doesn’t

Unlike heart stents, which stay in place to prop the artery open, the new brain stents flatten the clot, trap it and are removed with it.

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work, doctors sometimes try devices pushed through blood vessels to pluck out the clot, but several studies found they didn’t help.

However, newer devices — metal mesh cages called stent retrievers — open an artery much faster and with less damage to the blood vessel.

Unlike heart stents, which stay in place to prop the artery open, the brain stents flatten the clot, trap it and are removed with it.

Two brands are sold in the U.S. — Trevo, made by Stryker Corp. of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Solitaire, made

by Covidien, now part of Minneapolis-

CT scans. based Medtronic Inc. Highlights of the study include: They won approval in 2012 based on • A study Saver led in the U.S. and Eutheir ability to remove a clot — not because there was evidence they made pa- rope on 196 patients found 60 percent of those treated with a tients better.

Solitaire stent were free Some people who of major disability vergot them had dramatsus 35 percent of those ic results.

STROKE INFO ONLINE given just tPA. Covidien Don Sadoway, 64, a sponsored the trial. chemistry professor • A study led by Ausat Massachusetts Instroke.nih.gov tralian researchers of stitute of Technology, strokeassociation.org 70 patients found 71 was having a holiday percent of those given a lunch on Dec. 23, 2012, Solitaire stent were free at a Boston restaurant of major disability verwhen he suddenly sus 40 percent of those given tPA alone. found he couldn’t lift his wine glass for The Australian National Health and a toast.

Medical Research Council and others His wife was perplexed. paid for the trial.

“I said something unintelligible to • A study led by Canadian doctors of her and all of a sudden my right side 316 patients found 53 percent treated collapsed,” he said. with a stent or other clot-removing deDoctors at Massachusetts General vices were free of major disability vergave him tPA but it didn’t work, so they sus 29 percent of those given just tPA. tried a Solitaire stent.

Ten percent of patients given both “Two hours later I was sitting up, treatments died versus 19 percent of talking to my kids,” said Sadoway, who those given just tPA. Covidien and othis fine now except for small problems ers paid for the study, and some study with memory and fine motor skills. leaders have financial ties to the compaLast fall, the first solid evidence that nies. these devices helped patients arrived.

• The Canadian and Australian studA study in the Netherlands that testies were published online Wednesday ed a variety of clot removers, mostly by the New England Journal of Medistents, found these treatments greatly lowered the risk of disability in patients cine.

• Stent treatment is not for everyone, whose clots were not dissolved by tPA. and it won’t help people who had a Stroke experts said more studies stroke some time ago. It is not known if were needed to confirm the success. stents would help people not given tPA The three new studies do that; all first or those who seek help too late to were stopped early because indepenget it. The key to surviving a stroke is dent monitors saw better results three getting help fast — tPA must be given months later in those treated with dewithin four and a half hours after vices after tPA failed to dissolve their symptoms start. clots.

• The warning signs of a stroke are Two tested just the Solitaire stent and sudden onset of any of these symptoms: the third tested a mix of devices, but numbness or weakness on one side, semostly stents.

Patients all sought help fast, had clots vere headache with no known cause, confusion and trouble walking, speakthat were not opened by tPA, and no eving or seeing. idence of irreversible brain damage on

Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds, taunts them with stories about Chibok girls YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. pledged to help find them, and the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag was born.

Some 10 months later, most are still missing. The Boko Haram extremist group sees the mass kidnapping as a shining symbol of success and has abducted hundreds of other girls, boys and women. The militants brag to their new captives about the surrender of the Chibok girls, their conversion to Islam and their marriage to fighters.

“They told me the Chibok girls have a new life where they learn to fight,” says Abigail John, 15, who was held by Boko Haram for more than four weeks before escaping.

“They said we should be like them and accept Islam.”

The kidnappings reflect the growing ambition and brazenness of Boko Haram, which seeks to impose an Islamic state across Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. Some 10,000 people have died in the Islamic uprising during the past year, compared to 2,000 in the previous four years, according to the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.

“It’s devastating,” said Bukky Shonibare, an activist in Abuja, of the kidnappings.

“It makes you wonder, what is being done?”

John was among three girls interviewed by The Associated Press who recently escaped from Boko Haram. While their stories could not be independently verified, they were strikingly similar, and all spoke of their captors’ obsession with the Chibok girls.

The girls had no idea whether the militants were telling the truth or making up stories to taunt their victims. John says the fighters enjoyed relating how they had whipped and slapped the Chibok girls until they submitted.

When the Nigerian air force dropped a bomb on the house where John was confined, she tried to escape, she says. She wrestled with the fighters, but they broke her am and hauled her off to another house.

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Clarendon group thankful for help in feeding needy

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com United Ministries of Clarendon County receives about 50 percent of its food from Harvest Hope Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that works with local agencies throughout the state to provide food for the hungry and those with low income.

United Ministries is one of 14 local nonprofit organizations that partner with Harvest Hope in coordinating efforts to provide food to Clarendon residents.

“It would be very difficult for our food bank to function without Harvest Hope,” said Desmond DeSilva, president of the board of directors and volunteer at United Ministries of Clarendon County.

In January, United Ministries fed 325 households. Clients are eligible to receive food from the organization every three months. DeSilva said on the two days they are open each week, they receive be-

tween 40 to 50 clients.

“From what many of our clients tell us, we are a lifeline for them,” he said.

The organization also provides $100 per year as a co-pay for prescription medication as well as glasses donated through the Manning Lions Club. During the winters, local stores donate portable heaters to the organization, and during the summers they donate portable fans.

DeSilva said the organization is able to function because of the overwhelming support from the community, including stores, various organizations, schools and fundraisers.

They are also thankful to the support they receive from Harvest Hope.

“Harvest Hope provides many of the staple foods that we use each month at a very small cost that we have to pay per pound,” he said. “It is also convenient to be able to choose the foods that we need from their warehouse.”

Harvest Hope has worked with national hunger relief partner Feeding America to

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Desmond DeSilva, president of the board of directors and volunteer at United Ministries of Clarendon County, selects one of the canned goods at the food bank in Manning for a client on Tuesday. assess hunger needs across the state and has determined that to reach everyone, the organization must provide 26.7 million meals every year across

the state’s 20 county service areas by 2018. This is about 1.3 million meals for Clarendon County, according to Skot Garrick, Harvest Hope communi-

cations manager. In December 2014, Harvest Hope delivered meals to Clarendon County to feed more than 1,884 families struggling with hunger.

JOSEPHINE BELL ‘JONNIE’ CALVERT • 1928 - 2015

Turbeville’s 1st female mayor remembered as kind, tough Josephine Bell “Jonnie” Calvert, a former mayor of Turbeville, was remembered as a kind and loving lady but also one who was tough when she needed to be in her political career. Calvert died on Feb. 3 at her home in Turbeville at the age of 86.

Calvert was both the first woman to run for town council in Turbeville and the first woman mayor, a position she held for 12 years.

“She loved people, loved Turbeville and was really involved with everything that was going on in the town,” said Kim Troutman, Calvert’s youngest daughter. “She felt like she can be a voice for the people of Turbeville; that is why I think she decided to run for office.”

Troutman said Calvert was a single mother in the 1950s and 1960s, during a time when being a single mother was a rare situation.

“She was also very independent and strong-willed,” said Troutman.

“She was a lot of fun, very caring,” said her daughter, Jo Myers.

Myers said when they moved to Turbeville in 1966, they did not know many

people in the town.

“Everyone was always warm and friendly here; everyone was a friend,” she said.

Myers also said her mother loved Turbeville and its feeling of family.

“I think that what she did at the time was very brave of her,” she said. “She was 38 years old with two young daughters, who left all of her family and hometown to come to a new place where she did not know anyone. I think that coming to Turbeville CALVERT was the best thing for all of us.”

Calvert was the daughter of the late William Parker Bell, a textile mill worker and carpenter, and Mabel Blalock Bell of Union. After graduating from Union High School in 1949, she attended Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing. After nursing school, she was employed at Spartanburg General, working her way up to acting director of nursing.

That is where she met Dr. Kate Smith, a Turbeville native whom she be-

friended and worked with for 34 years.

“We met in the emergency room. Jonnie would come to help out at night after her day shift was over,” said Smith. “Finishing up my internship, I learned that Turbeville needed a doctor. I was planning to come for one year but ended up staying permanently.”

Smith said several doctors at Spartanburg had told her she would be lucky to have Calvert join her practice in Turbeville.

“They were right. I was lucky to have her practice with me, and so was the town,” she said.

Smith said they had many nurses come through her practice at Turbeville Family Medicine (today East Clarendon Medical Center) and Calvert was a great teacher to them.

“She had a very positive influence on a lot of the young nurses,” Smith said.

“She loved her job, worked a lot of overtime and would help me on night calls.”

She described Calvert as a happy person, who was a pleasure to be around.

“She had a happy personality,” Smith said. “She would always give everyone a hug upon greeting them. She could be

tough when it was required, but she also knew when to be soft. You couldn’t ask for a better person. She became family to me.”

Smith said Calvert was in the first class to graduate from Medical University of South Carolina’s Physician Assistant School in 1975, after which she continued to work at Turbeville Family Medicine.

Wright Turbeville, a retired judge, was the town attorney during Calvert’s term as mayor.

“Jonnie was a real leader,” said Turbeville. “She believed in getting things done and had the ability to get people to follow her. She knew which kind of leadership was needed.”

Turbeville said some of the major projects Calvert had been involved with included extending the water and sewer systems and bringing Turbeville Correctional Center to the area. The correctional center brought job opportunities to some of the town’s residents.

“Jonnie spent her life caring for and serving others in both her role as mayor and as a nurse,” said Turbeville.

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Sugar comes in many forms, has many names H

are white and can be used like granulated sugar.

umans seem to have a “sweet tooth.” This desire for sweet tastes may be a part of an evolutionary design that encourages infants to accept life-sustaining milk with its slight sweetness (human breast milk is quite sweet).

As we get older and begin to seek out other basic tastes (such as salty, bitter and sour), many adults Nancy still retain Harrison their sweet RETIRED CLEMSON tooth. Not only does EXTENSION AGENT sugar add sweetness to foods and beverages, it has culinary applications as well, adding tenderness to dough, stability to baking mixtures and contributing to the preservation of some foods.

Now, the only problem with eating too many sugary foods is that they tend to leave little room for more nutritious foods. Much of the sugar you consume is added to processed foods, such as sodas, cookies and candy, accounting for about 16 percent of all calories.

When shopping in the market you will find such sugars as:

BROWN SUGAR This moist sugar is granulated cane sugar that has molasses added to it. It comes in both light and dark forms.

Dark brown sugar has more molasses than the light and has a stronger flavor. Light brown sugar has less molasses and less of a molasses flavor; it is also a little less moist. They can be used interchangeably. Dry, granulated brown sugar is also available.

CANE SUGAR Sugar is made from sugarcane that is chopped, has some water added and is then heated, clarified with the addition of lime and evaporated.

The resulting syrup is then centrifuged to extract the sugar crystals. The liquid byproduct of this process is called molasses. The two main categories of cane sugar are white refined sugar and brown sugar.

DATE SUGAR Made from ground, dehydrated dates, this very sweet sugar does not dissolve when added to liquids.

DEMERARA SUGAR This “raw,” pale brown, coarse-textured cane sugar is from Demerara, an area in Guyana where the cane grows in rich, volcanic soil. It is often used as coffee sugar.

BEET SUGAR Sugar beets are sliced, then the liquid is extracted, partially evaporated and boiled off.

The resulting sugar crystals

FRUCTOSE Fruit sugar, twice as sweet

as refined cane sugar, provides moisture in baked goods. It’s sold in both a granular and liquid form. Commercial fructose is not extracted from fruits but is created by treating glucose with enzymes.

for the fact that it is very expensive, this is a good substitute for refined sugar because the mouth perceives it as much sweeter than white sugar, and it has fewer calories.

ing of sugarcane, are steamcleaned, but not bleached, to produce a blond, delicate, molasses-flavored sugar that is similar to Demerara, but with smaller crystals.

PILONCILLO (PANELA, PANOCHA)

BARLEY MALT SYRUP

FRUIT SWEETENER

Raw sugarcane is crushed to extract the juice, then boiled to evaporate the liquid. It is poured into cone-shaped molds and sold in cone shapes in Hispanic markets.

Made from grape juice concentrate blended with rice syrup, this sweetener is about 80 percent as sweet as white sugar. It is sold in both granular and liquid form.

JAGGERY (AKA PALM SUGAR, GUR) Made from the reduced sap of either the sugar palm or the palmyra palm, this sugar is dark brown and crumbly.

The two most common forms of jaggery are the solid cake form and a soft type with a spreadable texture. Sometimes the syrup is smoked, giving the jaggery a black color and smoky flavor. It is generally found in East Indian markets. It is available in both granular and liquid forms.

MUSCOVADO (BARBADOS) SUGAR This “raw” cane sugar is similar to brown sugar, but with a richer, more complex flavor. It comes both light and dark.

MAPLE SUGAR This is maple syrup with all the liquid evaporated, leaving behind a dry sugar. It comes both in pressed cakes as well as in a granulated form. Except

RAW SUGAR True raw, unrefined sugar is not allowed to be sold in the United States because of the presence of dirt, insect fragments and other unknown particles. Sugar sold as “raw” in this country has actually gone through at least 50 percent of the refining steps. Examples of “raw” sugar are: Demerara, Muscovado and Turbinado.

ROCK SUGAR (CHINESE ROCK SUGAR) This lightly caramelized cane sugar is amber in color and not quite as sweet as regular granulated sugar. It is used in many Chinese dishes.

SUCANAT Juice from organically grown sugar cane is turned into granular sugar by a process that does not involve any chemical additives. It is light brown and has a mild molasses taste.

TURBINADO SUGAR Raw cane sugar crystals, derived from the first press-

Roasted, sprouted whole barley is combined with water and cooked down to produce this brown liquid. It has a flavor similar to light molasses.

CORN SYRUP Corn syrup is made by converting the starches in corn to sugar. Light corn syrup is clarified, removing any particles. Dark corn syrup has caramel coloring added and has a stronger flavor than light.

HONEY This thick, sweet liquid is made by bees from flower nectar. The honey’s color and flavor come from the source of the nectar. There are hundreds of different honeys and, in general, the darker the honey, the stronger the flavor.

In addition to the standard liquid honey, it comes in a few other forms: In comb honey, the liquid honey is sold still in the chewy, edible comb.

Chunk-style honey has bits of chewy honeycomb included in the jar along with the honey. Whipped honey is honey that has been processed by controlled crystallization to give it a thick, smooth, spreadable consistency. It is sometimes called honey butter or creamed honey.

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day!

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Clarendon Chapter 1770 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at the Council on Aging Building on Church Street in Manning on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

The UDC is open to any female descendant of Confederate soldiers. Members will assist interested persons with applications and processing genealogy.

Harvin Clarendon County Library will close for a mural installation Friday and Saturday and President’s Day on Monday. The library will reopen on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

No fines will be charged on items due on days the library will be closed. The book drop will be available for return of unrestricted materials.

For more information, call (803) 435-8633.

RELAY FOR LIFE BAKE SALE SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY There will be a Relay For Life bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Clarendon County Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning.

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Clergy provide vans for shopping after store closes

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A somewhat temporary solution to help residents of Summerton face the aftermath of its only grocery store’s closing last month may have been found by the town’s church leaders.

About 10 clergymen and clergywomen from local churches in Clarendon County and surrounding counties attended the town council meeting in Summerton on Tuesday.

“We’re concerned with God’s people more than just on Sunday morning,” said the Rev. Robert China of Liberty Hill AME Church in Summerton.

Local church leaders have banded together to create a method of transportation for those who do not have the

means to travel to another town’s grocery store.

They are planning to use church vans and buses to transport people to supermarkets in Manning and Santee.

The first van ran Feb. 4 from Liberty Hill AME Church in Summerton. Church leaders are planning to continue this route every Wednesday, with the van leaving from St. Mark AME Church, 1st Street in Summerton, at 9 a.m. and returning at 11:30 a.m. They are considering adding more buses and a weekend route as well.

“We cannot have buses sitting in our church parking lots while people are struggling to get to a store to buy food,” said China.

He said church leaders are working on a needs assessment to see how many people in the area require transpor-

tation to a store and when.

The problem, he said, is that the date residents receive their benefits and food stamps is staggered throughout the month; that is why a needs assessment is necessary.

“Our local pastors are united in this effort,” China said.

“We want to express our concerns and to let the town know that we are here to help in any way that we can.”

Summerton Mayor Mac Bagnal said the only information he has received regarding the chain grocery store that closed last month was that the owner of the store has a three-year lease on the now vacant building.

“As long as the owner pays the lease, there is nothing that the town can do about the building,” said Bagnal. “Our hands are tied.”

Bagnal said he has not

heard of any other supermarkets planning to come to the town.

Two other major issues that Bagnal addressed were stray dogs and the need to stop crime.

Clarendon County councilman Billy Richardson, who represents the Summerton area, was invited to speak at the meeting.

Richardson said there were discussions between him and Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett on bringing a substation of the sheriff’s office to Summerton. Details of that plan are ongoing, he said.

“It will not be a 24/7 station but a place where residents can come in and report any illegal activities,” he said. “We can clean up the crime in this area.”

Bagnal thanked Richardson for attending and then

addressed the stray dogs issue.

He said council is considering setting dog traps in different parts of town.

Summerton Police Chief Ray Perdue said if residents see a stray dog in the town, they should dial 911, instead of reporting it to Summerton Police Department.

“This is beneficial in several ways,” Perdue said. “We can dispatch one of our officers who may already be in that area quicker, making it easier to catch the dog. We can also document it through the county’s 911 system, which will help us track the frequency of these calls.”

For more information on the current bus route that leaves from St. Mark AME Church, 1st Street in Summerton, contact the Rev. Melissa Harvin at (803) 460-6522.

Clarendon County’s budget on track; road money expected

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County CFO Lynden Anthony said General Fund expenses were on track at $11.2 million at Clarendon County Council’s monthly meeting on Feb. 9 at Clarendon County Administration building.

Anthony said the major categories the council had budgeted for were on track with expectations. Security costs for Clarendon County Courthouse and costs of collecting and disposing of ewaste and household trash were high-

er than anticipated. However, these overages were balanced by other areas he anticipates will be under budget.

Anthony said he anticipates receiving $1.3 million this fiscal year from the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s C Program. The C Program is an established partnership between DOT and the 46 counties of South Carolina to fund the improvements for state roads, county roads, city streets and other local transportation projects.

He said the requirement is that 25 percent of the C Program funds must be spent on the state system and as-

sured council the county is making every attempt to meet the state requirement. Roads in C fund improvement include Commerce Drive and Richbourg Street in Manning and Joseph Rogers Boulevard and Ram Bay Road in Clarendon County Industrial Park.

Anthony said Weldon Auditorium had $48,000 in revenue and $88,000 in expenses at the end of January’s financial statement. That statement did not include Travis Tritt’s performance on Feb. 5. That concert was one of Weldon’s most successful so far, according to Anthony,

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Clarendon County Administrator David Epperson gave council an update on construction projects. He said the $5.3 million renovation of the courthouse was on schedule, with an estimated completion date of July. He also said he was looking into more cost-saving measures on the construction of the new Department of Social Services building in Manning.

Epperson said the Clarendon County Development Board is continuing its search for a permanent director.

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PETS OF THE WEEK Tuffy is a male, 4-year, 10-monthold, black Lab mix. He doesn’t like cats but is OK with other dogs. A locked, fenced yard is a must because he knows how to open a gate. He is up to date on his shots and has been neutered. Meet Tuffy and other dogs and cats at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301). All dogs 2 years and older are half price this month. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 4737075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol.webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

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Charlie is a male 1-year, 10-month-old brown-and-white hound mix who was housetrained when he came to the shelter in April. He knows some commands. He is good with kids, other dogs and cats. He is up to date on his shots and has been neutered.

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Estate Notice Clarendon County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and 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 claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Audrey Lee Mitchell James #2015ES1400019 Personal Representative: Richard Allen James 101 Borden Avenue Neptune, NJ 07753 02/5/15 - 02/19/15 Estate: William N. Gamble #2015ES1400034 Personal Representative: Chars G. Kennedy 2479 Walker Gamble Road New Zion, SC 29111 C/O J. Cabot Seth PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151 02/12/15 - 02/26/15

Summons & Notice SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 14-CP-14-341 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Enoch McKinney, Plaintiff, vs.

Annie C. Murphy, Joyce DeVane, Llewellyn McKinney, Tyrone McKinney, Nokeima Ramirez, Rickey McKinney, Edward B. McKinney, Susie Blanding, Ernestine Gamble, Clara L. Canty, Marllina Outterbridge, Alma R. Canty, Lucille Billups, James Canty, Teretha Bennett, Melvin Youngs aka Melvin Young, Joe Ann Nyamweya, Booker T. Youngs aka Booker T. Young, Veola Mack, Charles L. Mack, Kimberly Walker, Vertell Wright, Sharon Soles, Carnell Mack, Ulysses Mack, Charles McKinney, and if any of the above named Defendants or other heirs at law of Moses P. McKinney be deceased, JOHN DOE, a fictitious name constituting and representing all unknown heirs at law, legatees, devisees, grantees, assignees, and lien creditors, said Defendants and unknown heirs at law of Moses P. McKinney, and RICHARD ROE, a fictitious name constituting and representing all unknown parties who may be minors or suffering under any legal disability or persons in the Armed Services of the United States and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint, and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles.

Defendants.

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DEFENDANTS

Summons & Notice

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at his office, Townsend Building, 210 West Laurens Street, Laurens, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Special Referee for the aforesaid County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. Any appeal from the final judgment entered by the Special Referee shall be made directly to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in this action, together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were duly filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, South Carolina, on the 31st day of July, 2014.

NOTICE TO THE MINOR DEFENDANTS, and to the persons with whom they reside, and to all Defendants laboring under any legal disability, or persons in the military service herein designated by the names of John Doe and Richard Roe and to the general or testamentary guardian or guardians, if any:

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RACCOON ROAD STORAGE 7875 Raccoon Rd & Hwy 260 Check out our web site for updates

ALSO one (1) 1994 Fleetwood mobile home, Serial No. 31053 Tax Map No.: 194-05-00-001 Location Address: 1105 Stateburg Lane, Jordan, SC TOWNSEND & THOMPSON Registered Limited Liability Partnership Attorneys for the Plaintiff Thomas J. Thompson 210 West Laurens Street Post Office Box 215 Laurens, SC 29360 Telephone: 864-984-6554 Fax: 864-984-8000

LIS PENDENS EXHIBIT A All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, containing 25.4 acres, more or less, as shown on Plat of Survey of the Estate of Jams McKinney, a copy of said plat being attached hereto and designated as Exhibit 1A.

Notice of Sale

County, South Carolina delineated on plat prepared by Duvalle W; Elliott, PLS, dated August 23, 1997, and recorded in Plat Book A-0026 at Page 4 in the RMC Office for Clarendon County and designated thereon as Lot 7 containing 1.00 acres, more or less, of Paxville West Subdivision and having such measurements and boundaries as shown on said plat.

bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee for Clarendon County may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-14-240

Together with that certain 2000 General Manufactured HSG Manufactured Home (VIN: GMHGA1160026936AB).

All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Paxville Section of Clarendon

Notice is hereby given that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court upon the Complaint of the above named Plaintiff, against the above named Defendant, for the purpose of a cause of action for partition of the real estate hereinafter described, which, at the time of the commencement of this action, and at the time of filing of this Notice, was situated in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Said real estate being described as follows, to wit:

Notice of Sale

This being the identical property conveyed to Moses T. Jackson, III and Cassandra N. Jackson by deed of M.M. Weinberg, Jr. and W. R. Sanford, dated May 3, 2000 and recorded on May 5, 2000 in Book A406 at Page 44 with the Clarendon County Register of Deeds Office.

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee for GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-4 v. Moses T. Jackson, III, a/k/a Moses Jackson a/k/a Moses T. Jackson, Cassandra N. Jackson, Dixie Auto Parts, CFNA Receivables (SC), Inc. f/k/a Citifinacial, The South Carolina Department of Revenue, The United States of America acting by and through the Internal Revenue Service, and The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I, the undersigned Special Referee for Clarendon County, will sell on March 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Clarendon County Admin Building, 411 Sunset Dr., Manning, South Carolina to the highest bidder:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that you, and each of you, are hereby required to have a Guardian Ad Litem appointed to represent your interest in the above entitled action within thirty (30) days after the services of this Notice upon you, exclusive of the day of service.

TMS No.: 086-00-01-036 (Land) & 086-00-01-036-01 (MH) SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CLARENDON AD VALOREM TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee for Clarendon County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to cost and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the

Clarendon School District Two Vacancy Position

Reading & Math Interventionist (3 positions available)

Description

Part-time, Temporary Position. 15 Hours per week. February - June Location: Manning Primary School Purpose: To Provide Enrichment to Students in Reading and Math

Qualifications

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Pay

$12.50 per hour ($25.00 per hour for Employees with SC Teacher License)

Deadline

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Send Application

Clarendon School District Two Daniel McCathern P.O. Box 1252, Manning, SC 29102 803-435-4435 Clarendon School District Two is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications are available online at www.clarendon2.k12.sc.us or in the District Office.

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A personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open after the date of sale for a period of thirty (30) days pursuant to South Carolina Code §15-39-720 (1976, as amended), unless the deficiency is waived. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.860% per annum. However, the plaintiff reserves its right to waive deficiency up to the time of the sale.

This property will be sold subject to a 120 day right of redemption of the United States of America, pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code.

Should the Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney or agent fail to appear on sales day, the property shall not be sold, but shall be readvertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when the Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney or agent is present.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Purchaser is responsible for the preparation and filing of their deed.

William T. Geddings, Jr. Special Referee for Clarendon County January 26, 2015.

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Clarendon School District Two Vacancy Position

Bus Monitor

Description

Part-time Position. Monday - Friday 4 Hours per Day - Monitor Bus Students to and from School

Qualifications

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Pay

$7.25 per hour

Deadline

February 13, 2015 or Until Position Filled

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Clarendon School District Two is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications are available online at www.clarendon2.k12.sc.us or in the District Office.

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Obama asks for fresh war powers, says IS group ‘going to lose’

BY DAVID ESPO AND NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vowing that Islamic State forces are “going to lose,” President Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize military action against terrorists who are cutting a swath across the Middle East. Yet he ruled out large-scale U.S. ground combat operations reminiscent of Iraq and Afghanistan.

“I’m convinced that the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war,” the president said at the White House as he set Congress on a path to its first war-powers vote in 13 years.

Despite his words of reassurance, initial reaction in Congress amounted to bipartisan skepticism, with much of the dissatisfaction centered on his attempt to find a political middle ground with respect to ground forces.

Republicans expressed unhappiness that he had chosen to exclude any long-term commitment of ground forces, while some Democrats voiced dismay that he had opened the door to deployment at all.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also said Obama had ruled out air support for U.S.-trained rebels battling Syrian President Bashar Assad, adding, “That’s immoral.”

Under Obama’s proposal, the use of military force against Islamic State fighters would be authorized for three years, unbounded by national borders. The fight could be extended to any “closely related successor entity” to the Islamic State organization that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria, imposed a stern form of Sharia law and killed several hostages it has taken,

Americans among them.

“Make no mistake. This is a difficult mission,” Obama said in seeking action against a group that he said threatens America’s own security. He said it will take time to dislodge the terrorists, especially from urban areas. “But our coalition is on the offensive.

ISIL is on the defensive, and ISIL is going to lose.”

The 2002 congressional authorization that preceded the American-led invasion of Iraq would be repealed under the White House proposal, a step some Republicans were unhappy to see. But a separate authorization that was approved by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks would remain in force, to the consternation of some Democrats.

At the heart of the debate, the struggle to define any role for American ground forces is likely to determine the outcome of the administration’s request for legislation. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the proposal was intentionally ambiguous on that point to give the president flexibility, although the approach also was an attempt to bridge a deep divide in Congress.

While asking lawmakers to bar long-term, large-scale ground combat operations like those in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama said he wants the flexibility for ground combat operations “in other more limited circumstances.” Those include rescue missions, intelligence collection and the use of special operations forces in possible military action against Islamic State leaders.

While he proposed legislation to terminate in three years, Obama said, “It is not a timetable. It is not announcing that the mission is completed at any given period.

What it is saying is that Congress should revisit the issue

at the beginning of the next president’s term.”

Whatever the outcome, Obama’s request puts Congress on the path toward a

vote that could reverberate unpredictably for years.

A post-9/11 request from then-President George W. Bush for authorization to use

military force against Iraq was intensely controversial, and it played a role in Obama’s successful campaign for the White House in 2008.

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Methodist Advocate offers scholarship FROM STAFF REPORTS The S.C. United Methodist Advocate newspaper is offering a $1,000 scholarship for students planning to attend, or already attending, one of the state’s UMC colleges: Claflin University, Columbia College, Spartanburg Methodist College or Wofford College. The scholarship is available to students interested in business, communi-

high school transcript for rising freshmen; and • A letter from the applicant’s pastor, local church or a college chaplain confirming that he or she is a United Methodist and describing applicant’s contributions to church and/or campus ministry.

Send applications to Jessica Brodie, editor, at jbrodie@ umcsc.org or Advocate, Attn: Scholarship, 4908 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203.

cations or journalism.

Applications are due March 16 and must include: • A letter of application addressing the applicant’s background, how the scholarship would help him or her pursue a college degree and his or her view of the role of journalism in ministry. Information about any specific financial need should also be included.

• College transcript or

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A MAN OF FAILURES

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

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

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ears ago, someone catalogued the following failures: failed in business; defeated for legislature; failed in business again; defeated for speaker, elector, Congress, Senate, Vice President, and Senate. Who was this man? Abraham Lincoln, elected twice as President of the United States! Failures do not make a failure, they make a person. Failures hurt, but they do not stop God. He has a way of taking the tangled failures of our lives and weaving a tapestry that has strength, and is a body of beauty and bringer of joy. Give thanks to God at your house of worship this week. Let your failures make you stronger.

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

Baptist - Missionary

John 6:25-71

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

1 John 1:1-10

Weekly Scripture Reading 1 John 1 John 1 John 2:1-29 3:1-24 4:1-21

1 John 5:1-21

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am

Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com Rev. Brian Benenhaley Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm

Baptist - Southern

Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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

Catholic - Roman

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

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

Church of Christ Methodist - United

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

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City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

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

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

Calvary Christian Outreach Ministry “Multi-Cultural” 220 Hasel Street, Sumter, SC (Sumter School District Annex Building) Sunday Worship 11:00 am LaShonda McElveen, Pastor

Lutheran - NALC

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

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

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

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

Lutheran - ELCA Non-Denominational

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.

Hospitality/Fellowship 10:10 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Night Church Schedule: 4:45 p.m. Children & Youth 5:00 p.m. Adults 6:30 p.m. Supper (all ages)

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

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

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

Presbyterian USA

Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

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

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

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very day, and, especially on Valentine’s Day, there are thousands upon thousands of people, companies and organizations trying to finish this open-ended statement: Love is …

The answers will always vary. Some will say love is nothing more than an evolutionary response that ensures the future of the human race.

Others say love is man’s greatest pursuit. Advertisers will try to convince us that love will ensue after you find that perfect gift. Songwriters will try to capture the essence of love so we can download it on iTunes.

This Saturday, one film production company will even try to convince us love can happen as the result of sexual violence.

The world’s proverbial mar-

ketplace on the topic will roll out its wares as the day of love approaches.

Most will offer cheap imitaFaith Matters tions, but that’s not too JAMIE H. far off our tarWILSON get as a lot of us practice a shallow, selfserving, disposable love. I’m not trying to point the finger here. I know that I’ve been guilty of loving someone only when it’s convenient.

Perhaps it’s a gross generalization but I think most modern expressions of love leave something to be desired. This passive love will be our legacy if we don’t do something

about it now.

But it’s a complex issue, right? One that couldn’t even be broached in the span of a 600-word column, not even by Pablo Neruda himself. So, in an effort at brevity, I offer this simple, succinct advice: Married people, gross out your kids.

Hold hands. Kiss each other in public. Flirt with each other. Build up your significant other in conversation.

Extol your wife or husband for their good qualities. Compliment his or her physical appearance. Date each other on a regular basis.

Why married folks? It’s important that kids have romantic love modeled in front of them on a regular basis. Show them that, despite the fact that you sometimes fight or have

disagreements, you are still in love with one another. Show them that love is the undercurrent in your relationship.

Of course, I don’t mean you should act indecently in front of your children. Certainly there is a difference between showing affection to one another and acting inappropriately in public, like that one couple in the deep end of the hotel’s pool (you know the ones).

If you want your kids to know true love, then live before them the type of love outlined in Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not selfseeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight

in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

According to those verses, true love requires maintenance. Contrary to some beliefs, true love is not a series of impulses or emotions. It’s a choice; and it takes work.

I think it’s so easy to look at the state of our world and blame others for our tainted understanding of love. To this I say, yes, love is often misrepresented; but rather than spend our energies on defending our homes from degradation, let’s launch an offense where love is first demonstrated in our homes.

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

and afternoon speaker will be Kristy Byers, Christian comedian from Columbia. Worship will be led by the Women of FCG Praise Team. Tickets are $20 and available at the church office from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. T-shirts will be available for $20 and merchandise from various vendors will also be available.

there will be reflections for Black History Month. Morning glory will be held at 10:30 a.m. with worship at 11 a.m. * Saturday, Feb. 21 — The Icebreaker will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at New Beginning Banquet Hall for youth age 12-25.

Theme: A New Perspective. Dr. Alec Bradley Jr. will serve as host. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Pack the pews (friends and family) at 11 a.m.

ing Black History Month observance and family and friends day at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Nate Brock will speak.

226 N. Washington St., announces: * Thursday, Feb. 26 — Prophetic Outpour 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The Lord’s Supper will be administered at 1 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black History observance at 1 p.m.

Sheppard Ministries announces: * Saturday, Feb. 28 — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring the Believer’s Quartet and the Singing Sheppards.

CHURCH NEWS Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Each Sunday during the month of February, the young people’s department will present a moment in black history at 10 a.m. * Saturday — “A Celebration of Love,” presented by the Sisters of Faith, at 3 p.m. at Jasmine Hall, 155 Haynsworth St. * Sunday — Heart awareness / red dress Sunday at 10 a.m.

Briggs Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 7135 Wash Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black history program “The Underground Railroad” at 2 p.m.

Friendship AME Church, 6156 Furse Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Family and friends day at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Albert Thompson will speak.

Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 21 — Sunday school ministry’s annual music and talent service at 6 p.m.

Green Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1260 Green Hill Church Road, Alcolu, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Family and friends day at 4 p.m. The Erskine College Gospel Choir, of Due West, will provide music.

Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday — The Lord’s Supper will be administered at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black history observance will be held at 10 a.m.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — YWA anniversary program during 10:15 a.m. worship.

Church of God of Prophecy, 140 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday — Second anniversary of resurrection program at 4 p.m. On the program: Heavenly Stars; Palmetto Gospel Singers; Justified; and others.

Community Church of Praise, 565 S. Pike Road, announces: * Sunday — Friends and family day at 10 a.m. Pastor Dorothy Maple will speak.

Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Church anniversary celebration at 11 a.m. * Sunday, March 1 — Communion worship. The Lord’s Supper will be observed.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Friday-Saturday, Feb. 27-28 — “Shop til You Drop ... Dead” dinner theatre will be presented. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person or $25 per couple. Funds raised benefit Relay for Life. Call Wava at (803) 499-5190 or (803) 2361041.

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — African American history tea at 4 p.m.

Faith Missionary Baptist Church No. 1, 115 Laurel St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — “Healing Service” at 3 p.m. Elder Thomas Davis, pastor of Church of God By Faith, Davis, Station, will speak.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Wednesday, Feb. 18 — The health ministry will present “Be Heart Smart” at 11:30 a.m. featuring Well Care representative Yaira Orellana.

First Church of God, 1835 Camden Highway, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 28 — Revival of the Heart Women’s Winter Conference 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Morning speaker will be Brenda Blankenship, director of women’s ministry at Milestone Church in Spartanburg,

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The 20th pastoral anniversary celebration of Pastor Eugene G. Dennis.

Church school will be held at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. The Rev. Marion H. Newton, pastor of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, will speak. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black History program will be held during morning worship.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. Meredith Mateer will speak. Visit www.knittingheartsministry.org for details.

Land Flowing with Milk & Honey Ministry, meets at Econo Lodge, 226 N. Washington St., announces: * Each Sunday in February,

Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black history program during 11:15 a.m. worship.

Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., announces: * Saturday — Gospel concert at 1 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 21 — Fitness through Christ / health and fitness day 10 a.m.-noon. at the Mt. Pisgah Adult Learning Center, 35 Council St. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Family and friends day at 4 p.m.

Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Decorating / Hospitality Annual Day service at 9:30 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black History program at 9:30 a.m. Sen. Kay Patterson will speak.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Trustee ministry’s anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Saturday, Feb. 28 — Health Fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interested vendors should call Delores Nickelson at (803) 972-3034.

Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday — Morris College Day at 10:45 a.m. Dr. Luns C. Richardson, president of Morris College, will speak. The male chorus will celebrate its 53rd anniversary at 5 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Culminat-

New Zion AME Church, 78 Elliott Highway, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 21 — Black heritage festival concert at 6 p.m. On the program: Pastor H.E. Dixon; Justin Rufus & Peculiar People; the Lee Central High School Singing Stallions; and the New Zion choir.

Olden Chapel UME, 189 Hoyt St., announces: * Sunday — Gospel singing at 4 p.m. On the program: the Duncan Family of Georgetown; Sumter Violinares; the Melonyaires; and many others.

One Step Christian Ministries, 125 S. Nettles St., Bishopville, announces: * Saturday — Valentine’s Day youth gathering at noon.

Theme: “What’s love got to do with it?” Lunch will be served after the workshops. Minister Bryan Jones, the Rev. Carolyn Vaughn, the Rev. Sheila Neal and Florine Boyd will speak.

Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black history observance at 10 a.m. The Rev. Herman Holland, associate pastor of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church of Manning, will speak.

Pine Hill AME Church, 1505 U.S. 521 S., announces: * Saturday — WMS prayer breakfast at 8:30 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black history program at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Clarence Hunter will speak.

Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach, meets at Econo Lodge,

St. Mark AME Church, corner of First Street and Larry King Jr. Highway, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — The Rev. Eartha B. Carter, pastor of Prayer House Mission, will speak at 3 p.m. Dinner will be served immediately after the service.

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — Black History program at 3 p.m.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Black History service at 10 a.m. Dr. Marc David, associate vice president of Arts and Sciences at Florence-Darlington Technical College, will speak.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., announces: * Sunday — Poverty simulation worship service at 10:30 a.m. * Wednesday, Feb. 18 — Ash Wednesday service of ashes at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 22 — Annual youth day program at 11 a.m.

Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 A/B Sumter Landing Road, Horatio, announces: * Sunday — Lay couples program and WMS Red Dress day.

Church school begins at 8:45 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Saturday, Feb. 21 — Male choir’s anniversary program at 4 p.m.

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BIZARRO

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ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

ZITS

MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

DILBERT

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Older brother worries about younger brother DEAR ABBY — My younger brother is 25.

Three or four months ago he got out of a six-year relationship.

He is now Dear Abby dating his former boss, ABIGAIL a woman VAN BUREN who is at least 15 years older than he is. As far as I know, I’m the only one he’s told.

I recently asked him how the romance was going and he told me things are great.

He also said he’s worried about how to let the rest of our family know about this new relationship. Do you have any advice I could give him about revealing something that’s sure to shock

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some members of our family?

Worried older brother in Kansas City DEAR WORRIED — Yes. Tell him all he has to do is bring his new love interest to the next family gathering. (You can be in charge of supplying the smelling salts.)

DEAR ABBY — My husband and I completed construction on our retirement home five years ago. Even though we’re not retired, we were able to move in. We are now 3 1/2 hours away from family.

We have repeatedly invited family members to enjoy our hospitality at holiday or vacation time. Some of them have taken us up on the invitation at least once. However, one of my brothers has never been here.

We have a lovely log cabin

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on a lake, and it can accommodate ALL family members for a gathering. Our relatives cite the long drive as the reason for staying away, while they think nothing of taking a hunting or fishing trip nearby.

I have stopped asking. My mom thinks I should continue extending invitations. Truthfully, it is a lot less work and expense to NOT host. Who’s right?

Enough already in Michigan DEAR ENOUGH — You are. By now your relatives are well aware that they are welcome.

Continue to invite those who have accepted and reciprocated your hospitality, because it should be apparent that the ones who have declined are not interested. And explain that to your mother, who long ago should have stopped telling you what to do.

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

ACROSS 1 Word with cake or meal 4 Doctrinal suffix 7 Pat Nixon’s real first name 13 Classic sci-fi play 14 Tres equivalent 15 Clinton’s birth name 16 Bush spokesman Fleischer 17 Part of DAR: Abbr.

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Will the face of NBC News survive?

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he Brian Williams drama continues its long shelf life, thanks to Williams himself who was transformed into a serial liar when he kept repeating whoppers such as the one that got things boiling when he admitted to fabricating his account of being under fire in a helicopter and forced to land when he was covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The NBC News anchor is now in full damage control along with his bosses at the network.

He admitted he told a whopper when the pilot of said Chinook chopper came forward

EDITORIAL to deny being forced to land and another soldier aboard the chopper said they never took enemy fire.

Now Williams has been placed on a six-month suspension with no pay by his bosses at NBC, who should bear some responsibility since they looked the other way for years as Williams’ nose grew longer with each fib. They put up with it for so long because NBC News is a cash cow for the network and the suits in the executive suites didn’t want to imperil the company’s profits.

Whether Williams will survive being outed as a liar remains problematical. The ridicule being heaped on him throughout the Internet and on social media will continue for the foreseeable future.

Imagine seeing himself online portrayed by a clever graphic artist as George Washington crossing the Delaware with his face superimposed on the body of the Father of our Country. Or attending the Last Supper as a guest of Jesus.

Williams is likely to get a pass from the mainstream media, which is common when popular leftists take

pratfalls. Bill Clinton was and is a master at surviving scandals. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, while running for the U.S. Senate of his state in 2008, stood up at a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas and spoke of a earlier time in his life “since the days that I served in Vietnam.”

Blumenthal never served in Vietnam, plus he managed to obtain at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records. A

Democrat, he went on to defeat a weak opponent.

Will Williams survive? Not as long as NBC doesn’t exhaust what little credibility it has left (remember, NBC rewarded Al Sharpton with his own program on its cable network, MSNBC, where he continues his demagoguery).

Most reporters on a lower rung of news programs would have been canned for lying. Celebrity journalists such as Williams will more than likely serve time and eventually be resurrected by friends in high places. After all, he’s the face of NBC News.

COMMENTARY

We must address persistent poverty

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ne of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s great books was titled “Where do we go from here, Chaos or Community?” Today, 50 years after Selma, that question is still in need of an answer. One area in need of attention is persistent poverty, and I want to thank President Obama for proposing a budget that equalizes the tax code and, if substantially enacted, will move us closer to what Dr. King often referred to as the “Beloved Community.”

Statistics show that there are nearly 500 counties and thousands of communities in the United States that the Census Bureau has classified as persistent poverty areas. They are so defined because 20 percent of their populations have lived below the poverty line for the past 30 years or more.

These communities are diverse and bipartisan.

They include white communities in states such as West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee; Native American communities in states such as South Dakota, Alaska and Oklahoma; Latino communities in states such as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas; and black communities in states such as South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. More than Jim two-thirds of them are represented Clyburn

by Republicans, and nearly onethird are represented by Democrats. Several of them are split between both parties.

In early 2009, as we were putting together the Recovery Act, I proposed language to require at least 10 percent of funds in three rural development accounts to be directed to efforts in these persistent poverty counties. This requirement was enacted into law. In light of the definition of persistent poverty counties as having at least 20 percent poverty rates over 30 years, this provision became known as the 10-20-30 initiative.

Using the 10-20-30 formula, the Recovery Act funded 4,655 projects in persistent poverty counties, totaling nearly $1.7 billion. I saw firsthand the positive effects of these projects in my district; we were able to undertake projects and create jobs that would have otherwise languished. Among these investments were a $5.8 million grant and a $2 million loan to construct 51 miles of water lines in the little community of Britton’s Neck in Marion County, South Carolina. There are many other success stories.

In Lowndes County, Mississippi, $17.5 million was spent to install a water line, elevated tank, and two wastewater pump stations, providing potable water to rural Mississippians and creating badly needed construction jobs.

I want to make one thing clear about the 10-20-30 approach. It does not add one dime to the deficit. It simply targets resources from funds already authorized or appropriated.

During the past 30 years, the national economy has risen and fallen multiple times. During each economic downturn, while we have been rightly focused on getting the economy as a whole back on track, we have not given adequate attention to these communities that are suffering from chronic distress and Depression-era levels of joblessness.

These communities suffer even in good economic times. The 10-20-30 approach would provide a mechanism to equitably address this deprivation.

Last year, the Harvard Journal on Legislation published my essay on 10-20-30. It fully lays out the case for broadly implementing 10-20-30 in a bipartisan fashion.

As we begin work on the 2016 budget, I look forward to working with my colleagues to eliminate the scourge of persistent poverty in these distressed communities. It would honor the legacy of Selma, further Dr. King’s dream of a “Beloved Community” and continue our “pursuit of a more perfect Union.”

Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., is a Sumter native who represents the 6th District of South Carolina.

COMMENTARY

Credibility, public trust are what matters

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hese are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams — and tougher times for journalism.

The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges that he misremembered or conflated wartime incidents he reported on from Iraq and Israel. He has also come under scrutiny for possible conflations in reporting from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Williams told stories that, among other things, misrepresented his proximity to danger or death. Some have called his reportage “humble-bragging,” trying to enhance his reputation by focusing on supposed duress.

Others saw Williams’s false reports as outright lies for self-aggrandizement, while still others conceded that sometimes stories change in the retelling. Over time, don’t we all conflate incidents and mess up details to some degree?

Some mixture of all this may have been at play in Williams’s case, though one persistent thought nags like a rude kid yanking on your coat sleeve: “Hey, lady, that guy’s a 10-million-buck newsman; he ain’t supposed to get the facts mixed up!”

The first misremembrance, for which Williams apologized last week, pertains to a 2003 incident in Iraq. Williams said that the Army Chinook he was riding in was forced down by a rocket-propelled grenade — except that his helicopter wasn’t the one that was hit.

Then in 2006, while covering the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, Williams initially reported on MSNBC that he was flying at about 1,500 feet and could see two rockets launched from about six miles away.

A month later, the story changed when he told Comedy

Central’s Jon Stewart that rockets passed 1,500 feet below his helicopter. Then in 2007, he told an audience at Fairfield University that the rockets sailed just beneath him.

These are conflicting statements, to be sure, but were they malicious or intentionally misleading? Or, are they just stories that get better in the retelling, as humans tend to do? Our recollection of traumatic events is often flawed in some part beKathleen cause fear alters Parker the brain and memory. Whether one is hit or not, surely the terror of flying where rockets are near can magnify and distort events.

This is not to make excuses for Williams but to put into perspective this particular chapter. He wasn’t officially reporting in subsequent renditions but was entertaining an audience with war stories. Is an anchor always an anchor, or does Brian Williams get to be just Brian on occasion?

Less easily understood or justified is how one could recall being brought down by a grenade when one was not.

More embarrassing than contemptible, these stories can be seen as attempting to add a little sweat and grime rather than egoistic sheen to Williams’s squeakyclean profile. It is hard to imagine why Williams would falsely report events from his perch in one of broadcast journalism’s most coveted jobs in exchange for slightly louder applause.

Pure ego? Extravagant insecurity? The loss of perspective that often accompanies wealth and celebrity? Were these retellings merely overembellished anec-

dotes or evidence of something more pathological in nature?

Williams and his therapist will have to soldier through that one.

In the New Orleans incident, Williams reported that he saw a corpse floating down the street from his hotel window. But Williams was in the Ritz-Carlton on the edge of the French Quarter, where there was little to no flooding.

Unlike so many who are backstroking in schadenfreude, I’m torn between feeling sorry for Williams and wanting to see him step aside out of respect for what remains of journalistic principle.

It must be unbearable waking up each day and cringing with despair upon remembering correctly that the nightmare is real.

However.

At the end of the newscast — or the story or column — what matters most in journalism is credibility and public trust, both of which have suffered in recent years. It isn’t only that news delivery has become more slanted as partisanship displaces objectivity but that high-profile individuals and institutions have squandered trust in pursuit of something other than truth.

Williams likely fell into the trap of trying to be part of a story of heroism. His sin was reckless, but is it cause for ending a career?

Many wager that money will determine the answer — Williams makes a bunch for the network — but the bottom line depends entirely on one crucial question: Will people ever trust Williams again?

At the very least, Williams deserves to find out.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

DAILY PLANNER

PRESIDENT’S DAY SCHEDULE

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BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.

GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Thomas Sumter Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; and Laurence Manning Academy.

The following will observe teacher in-service with no student attendance on Monday: Sumter School District; St. Anne Catholic School; and William Thomas Academy.

OTHER — The Harvin Clarendon County Library and the Sumter County Library will be closed on Monday.

The Sumter Item will be open on Monday.

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ville, (803) 484-4040. Call The Stroke Support Group (803) 240-8355.

(Overcomers) will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Alice Drive The American Red Cross will Baptist Stroke ChurchSupport library. Those offer Newtoday Volunteer OrientaGroup to meet who have had a stroke or tion / Disaster Services Overheart attack, their caregivview for new Red Cross voluners or encouragers are invit- teers from 9 a.m. to noon on ed to attend. Call (803) 464Saturday, Feb. 14, at 1155 N. 7865.

Guignard Drive. This class is for anyone who would like Clarendon School District One to volunteer in any capacity will conduct free vision, hearwith the Red Cross. Call ing, speech and developmental (803) 775-2363 to register. screenings as part of a child find effort to identify stuThe 2015 SPCA Valentine Dance dents with special needs. will be held 7-11 p.m. SaturScreenings will be held from day, Feb. 14, at the Elaine D. 9 a.m. to noon at the SumKorn Memorial Center, 1100 merton Early Childhood Cen- S. Guignard Drive. Music will ter on the following Thursbe provided by The Footdays: today; March 12; April notes. Cost is $20 per person 9; and May 14. Call (803) 485- (must be 21 years or older).

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Call (803) 773-9292.

The AARP Foundation Volunteer The MLK Riders of S.C. will host Tax-Aide Program will offer a black history month parade free income tax assistance for at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. low-income or elderly taxpay15. The parade will begin at ers. You will need: all tax Riley Ball Park and end at forms and information; govAtlantic Street on Manning ernment-issued ID; Social Avenue. Contact Jacob DenSecurity card; all W-2’s, nis Sr. at (803) 840-4784 or 1099s and 1098s; and supMr. Harry at (803) 983-5289. porting documents if you The Lincoln High School Alumni plan to itemize. Assistance Association will meet at 4 will be available 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, at p.m. on Mondays and the Lincoln High School cafWednesdays through April eteria, Council Street. Call 13 at The Spectrum senior James Green at (803) 968center, 1989 Durant Lane.

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Call (803) 316-0772.

The Salterstown Neighborhood Free income tax filing services and FAFSA applications will be Watch will hold its monthly provided through April 15 as meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Salterstown follows: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Community Center, 800 SaltWednesdays, SC Works — ertown Road. All community Santee Lynches, 31 E. Calhoun St., (803) 774-1300; 9:30 residents are encouraged to attend and get involved to a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. build a safer, crime-free Saturdays, appointments only on Sundays, Goodwill — community. Call Raymond Mack at (803) 795-3193 or Job Link Center, 1028 Broad Corp. Gene Hobbs, Sumter St., (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 County Sheriff’s Office, at a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays and (803) 436-2010. The Improve9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, ment Council Committee Lee County Adult Education, meeting will follow.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Try not to overreact or take on too much. If you allow your emotions to lead the way, you will make a costly mistake.

You may be able to persuade those working under you to do things your way, but superiors will push back.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Expect to face opposition if you get involved in a cause involving people from different walks of life. Listen carefully, but don’t agree to do something if the boundaries are not set. Demands coupled with insincere gestures of friendliness are apparent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put in the time required to get the results you’re looking for. Someone you care about will reciprocate if you send the right signals. Share your thoughts and make plans for the future. An idea you have will help you excel.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make the changes that will position you for advancement, and don’t lose sight of your goals. Get involved with people who share your positions on worldly matters, and it will boost your plans to bring about worthwhile changes.

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a decision. Follow the rules and move forward cautiously.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Approach domestic matters with a serious tone. Offer solid solutions. A change in the pecking order at home will take place if you’re adamant about your position and what you are prepared to do in order to get your way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stick to your game plan and don’t allow yourself to fold under pressure. Love is highlighted, and you should be able to find common ground with the right partner. Ask pointed questions and you’ll uncover important information.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Jarecki: ‘Right time’ for WH move

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Adam Jarecki and the administration of Wilson Hall are not strangers. When Wilson Hall has had openings for its head football job over the years, Jarecki and the Sumter school have shown mutual interest.

Jarecki, the longtime baseball and football head coach at Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews, had never seen it as the right time though,

The decision to leave Calhoun for the 46-year-old Jarecki wasn’t an easy one beJARECKI cause of the length of time he has been at the school. He first started working at the school in 1991. He is serving as the school’s athletic director and assistant headmaster as well as its baseball and football coach.

Jarecki said he has always

until last week that is. Jarecki decided to accept the football and baseball jobs at Wilson Hall.

“We had talked other times before, but everything fell into place this time,” said Jarecki, who chose not to divulge which circumstances were different on this occasion. “There was a lot of prayer involved in this decision. My wife said, ‘The Lord has a plan for us, and this might be the plan He has for us.’”

been impressed with Wilson Hall’s reputation.

“It’s always been a well respected, great place in the (South Carolina Independent School) association,” he said.

Jarecki, who graduated from both Spartanburg High School and Wofford College, playing football for the Terriers, won a state championship in both sports with Calhoun. The 2004 Calhoun football team won the 2A state title, while the baseball team won a state championship in

USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

‘08. His football teams played for four state titles and the baseball teams played for three titles.

Jarecki is taking over the football program for Bruce Lane, who retired after three years with the Barons. Lane guided the Barons to a 29-8 overall record with three straight appearances in the 3A state playoffs, including a 13-0 state championship season in ‘13.

SEE JARECKI, PAGE B3

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LCMS squads win titles

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina’s Bianca Cuevas, center, shoots between Connecticut’s Kiah Stokes, left, and Breanna Stewart, right, during the Huskies’ 87-62 victory on Monday in Storrs, Conn. The top-ranked Gamecocks remain loose after dropping their first game of the season. USC will host LSU today at Colonial Life Arena.

No. 1 USC still loose despite loss Carolina ready to put UConn defeat behind it, shift focus to LSU

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina players broke from a meeting after practice with smiles, laughs and goofy poses.

Bothered by their rout at Connecticut? Not this group.

Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said her top-ranked team returned to the court in good spirits following its first defeat of the season, a nationally televised 87-62 loss to the second-ranked

Huskies on Monday night.

South Carolina (22-1, 10-0 Southeastern Conference takes on LSU (14-9, 8-3) at the Colonial Life Arena tonight.

Staley said players generally can respond two ways after such a loss — letting it fester and spiral, or putting it behind and concentrating on what’s next.

She said the Gamecocks were active and attentive in workouts, good signs the loss to Connecticut won’t lead to additional problems.

“I think we’re in a really good place right now,” Staley said Wednesday. “The team is always focused on the task at hand and the task at hand is LSU.” South Carolina has been at the top of the rankings for past 12 weeks, a run that will very likely end with No. 2 Connecticut taking back the spot it opened the season with.

Do the Gamecocks slip back into No. 2 or will they fall further down the rankings behind traditional pow-

ers such as No. 3 Baylor and No. 4 Notre Dame?

Those haven’t been concerns for South Carolina all season and Khadijah Sessions said the team won’t worry about that now.

“What we do is try and get better every day in everything that we do,” Sessions said. “UConn, obviously, showed us a little bit more things that we have to work on. But we’re going to work on trying to find that

Even in the midst of all the festivities on Monday in Bishopville, Lee Central Middle School boys basketball head coach James Price couldn’t help but think back to the 2011-12 season.

“We went 0-14 that year,” Price said.

My, how times have changed.

With a 56-45 win over Spauld- PRICE ing at the Lee Central gymnasium, the Stallions captured their third straight Upper Pee Dee Conference tourMCDOWELL nament championship.

They were not alone in their celebration, though, as the LCMS girls capped off a perfect 16-0 season with a 50-24 victory over Hannah-Pamplico for the Lady Stallions’ first conference tournament title.

SEE LCMS, PAGE B3

Location for title games changed FROM STAFF REPORTS The site for today’s Sumter Middle School Conference basketball tournament championship games has been switched from the Alice Drive Middle gymnasium to the Chestnut Oaks gymnasium.

The girls game will feature Furman taking on Alice Drive beginning at 5 p.m.

The boys game will pit Alice Drive against Bates at approximately 6:30.

Admission is $3 per person.

SEE USC, PAGE B4

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Deep, talented SEC squads attempt to continue baseball dominance

BY DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press The Southeastern Conference’s depth and dominance in college baseball shows no sign of ending any time soon.

Vanderbilt is coming off its first national championship after beating Virginia in the College World Series in June.

LSU won a national title in 2009 while South Carolina took home back-to-back

championships in 2010 and 2011.

Florida, Georgia and Mississippi State have all played for the national championship in the past decade. Eleven of the league’s 14 teams have advanced to the CWS at least once since 1999.

“There’s just so little difference in this league from the top to the bottom,” Mississippi State coach John Cohen said.

“That’s why our teams do so well in the postseason. By the time you get through 30 games in our league, there’s nothing you haven’t seen.”

The SEC once again figures to be a dominant force when regular season play opens on Friday across the country.

The Commodores return several top players from the

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South Carolina second baseman Max Schrock, left, is just one of several returning stars hoping to lead the Gamecocks in the 2015 season which begins on Friday at 4 p.m. against College of Charleston at CarSEE SEC, PAGE B5 olina Stadium.

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SCOREBOARD

Charlotte Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION

TV, RADIO

Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Indiana

TODAY

6 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Thailand Classic First Round from Hua Hin, Thailand (GOLF).

9 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Daytona 500 Media Day from Daytona Beach, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am First Round from Pebble Beach, Calif. (GOLF).

5 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Rising Stars Practice from Brooklyn, N.Y. (NBA TV).

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

7 p.m. – College Basketball: American at Lehigh (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Mississippi at Florida (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Tulsa at Connecticut (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Purdue at Rutgers (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Florida State at North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Northeastern at Hofstra (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Mississippi State at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Louisiana State at South Carolina (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Chicago (TNT).

8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Louisiana State at South Carolina (Joined In Progress) (WNKT-FM 107.5).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee-Martin at Southeast Missouri State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Michigan at Illinois (ESPN).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: St. Mary’s (Calif.) at Brigham Young (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Southern Methodist at Houston (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: California at Colorado (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Florida International at Southern Mississippi (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Arkansas at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Missouri at Alabama (SPORTSOUTH).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: Santa Clara at San Francisco (ESPNU).

11 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Anaheim at Carolina (SPORTSOUTH).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity and JV Basketball Scott’s Branch at East Clarendon (No JV Girls), 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Basketball Sumter at Socastee, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball Socastee at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity and JV Basketball Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TODAY

EAST Bryant at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.

Northeastern at Hofstra, 7 p.m.

American U. at Lehigh, 7 p.m.

Sacred Heart at Mount St. Mary’s, 7 p.m.

LIU Brooklyn at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Purdue at Rutgers, 7 p.m.

Wagner at St. Francis (NY), 7 p.m.

CCSU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m.

Tulsa vs. UConn at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 7 p.m.

Siena at Marist, 8 p.m.

SOUTH E. Illinois at Austin Peay, 6:15 p.m.

Mississippi at Florida, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at Kennesaw St., 7 p.m.

W. Carolina at Mercer, 7 p.m.

Florida Gulf Coast at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m.

North Florida at SC-Upstate, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.

ETSU at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m.

Furman at VMI, 7 p.m.

Chattanooga at Wofford, 7 p.m.

UALR at Appalachian St., 7:30 p.m.

Arkansas St. at Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.

Stetson at Lipscomb, 7:30 p.m.

FAU at Louisiana Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at LouisianaMonroe, 8 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Murray St., 8 p.m.

The Citadel at Samford, 8 p.m.

Tennessee St. at Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.

South Alabama at Troy, 8:30 p.m.

FIU at Southern Miss., 9 p.m.

MIDWEST Minnesota at Iowa, 7 p.m.

Ill.-Chicago at Wright St., 7 p.m.

South Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha, 8 p.m.

Montana at North Dakota, 8 p.m.

Michigan at Illinois, 9 p.m.

UT-Martin at SE Missouri, 9 p.m.

SOUTHWEST UAB at North Texas, 8 p.m.

W. Illinois at Oral Roberts, 8 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Rice, 8 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Texas-Pan American, 8 p.m.

Old Dominion at UTSA, 8 p.m.

Texas-Arlington at Texas St., 8:30 p.m.

SMU at Houston, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at UTEP, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST Saint Mary’s (Cal) at BYU, 9 p.m.

California at Colorado, 9 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at Denver, 9 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 9 p.m.

Montana St. at N. Colorado, 9 p.m.

Seattle at New Mexico St., 9 p.m.

Stanford at Utah, 9 p.m.

S. Utah at Weber St., 9 p.m.

Sacramento St. at E. Washington, 9:05 p.m.

N. Arizona at Idaho St., 9:05 p.m.

CS Northridge at Cal Poly, 10 p.m.

Portland St. at Idaho, 10 p.m.

Pepperdine at Portland, 10 p.m.

Pacific at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Cal St.-Fullerton at UC Davis, 10 p.m.

Long Beach St. at UC Santa Barbara, 10:30 p.m.

Santa Clara at San Francisco, 11 p.m.

UC Riverside at Hawaii, Mid Friday EAST Columbia at Harvard, 6 p.m.

Rider at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Cornell at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Albany (NY) at NJIT, 7 p.m.

St. Peter’s at Niagara, 7 p.m.

Yale at Penn, 7 p.m.

Brown at Princeton, 7 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Fairfield, 8 p.m.

Iona at Manhattan, 10 p.m.

MIDWEST Kent St. at Toledo, 6 p.m.

Green Bay at Valparaiso, 7 p.m.

Cleveland St. at Detroit, 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Incarnate Word at Cent. Arkansas, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Arizona at Washington, 9 p.m.

Arizona St. at Washington St., 11 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W Toronto 35 Brooklyn 21 Boston 19 Philadelphia 12 New York 10 Southeast Division W Atlanta 43 Washington 33 Miami 22

L 17 31 31 41 42

Pct .673 .404 .380 .226 .192

GB – 14 15 231/2 25

L 10 20 29

Pct .811 .623 .431

GB – 10 20

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22 16

30 .423 201/2 39 .291 28

GIRLS ROUNDUP

W 33 32 29 21 20

L 20 21 23 32 33

SCS opens playoffs today

Pct .623 .604 .558 .396 .377

GB – 1 31/2 12 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W Memphis 39 Houston 36 Dallas 35 San Antonio 33 New Orleans 27 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Portland 35 Oklahoma City 27 Denver 20 Utah 19 Minnesota 11 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 41 L.A. Clippers 34 Phoenix 29 Sacramento 18 L.A. Lakers 13

L 13 16 19 19 25

Pct .750 .692 .648 .635 .519

GB – 3 5 6 12

L 17 25 33 33 41

Pct .673 .519 .377 .365 .212

GB – 8 151/2 16 24

L 9 19 25 33 39

Pct .820 .642 .537 .353 .250

GB – 81/2 14 231/2 29

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Detroit 106, Charlotte 78 Houston 127, Phoenix 118 Chicago 104, Sacramento 86 Memphis 95, Brooklyn 86 Denver 106, L.A. Lakers 96

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Tampa Bay 56 34 Montreal 53 35 Detroit 52 31 Boston 54 28 Florida 52 24 Ottawa 52 21 Toronto 55 23 Buffalo 55 16 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W N.Y. Islanders 54 35 Pittsburgh 53 30 N.Y. Rangers 52 31 Washington 54 28 Philadelphia 54 23 New Jersey 54 21 Columbus 52 23 Carolina 52 19

L OT Pts GF GA 16 6 74 181 148 15 3 73 143 118 12 9 71 155 130 19 7 63 142 136 17 11 59 133 147 22 9 51 141 145 28 4 50 157 170 36 3 35 103 191 L OT Pts GF GA 18 1 71 170 151 15 8 68 151 134 16 5 67 157 127 16 10 66 157 135 22 9 55 146 157 24 9 51 122 148 26 3 49 135 161 26 7 45 116 139

WESTERN CONFERENCE

The Sumter Christian School varsity girls basketball team will play host to Grace Christian today at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the SCACS 2A state tournament.

The Lady Bears lost Emmanuel Christian 34-33 on Tuesday at the SCS gymnasium. Susanna Hutson led Sumter Christian, which is 11-8 overall and finished 6-2 in Coastal Region Region 2 play, with 20 points. Dixie Jones added eight.

Emily Howell and Emily Beisecker both had 14 to lead Emmanuel.

WILSON HALL 40 BEN LIPPEN 33

COLUMBIA – Holly Scott scored 11 points and Hannah Jordan added nine as Wilson Hall earned a 40-33 non-region victory over Ben Lippen on Wednesday at the BL gymnasium.

The Lady Barons, who improved to 19-4 overall, will host Laurence Manning Academy on Friday in their final regular season game of the year.

WILSON HALL Scott 11, Jordan 9, Sannella 6, Cunningham 5, Goodson 5, Smoak 3, Fisher 3.

BEN LIPPEN Carter 17, Hester 9, Rew 3, Trawick 2, Montgomery 2.

LEE CENTRAL 46 ANDREWS 43

ANDREWS – Lee Cen-

tral High School improved to 6-3 in Region VII-2A with a 46-43 victory over Andrews on Tuesday at the Andrews gymnasium.

Alexus McMillian led the Lady Stallions with 14 points. Asia Wright had a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL WILSON HALL 34 THOMAS SUMTER 18

DALZELL – Thomas Sumter Academy lost to Wilson Hall 34-18 on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium.

Victoria Bundy led TSA with six points.

BOYS ROUNDUP

Bears go unbeaten in region Sumter Christian School finished an undefeated season in SCACS 2A Coastal Region Region 2 with a 77-53 varsity boys basketball victory over Emmanuel Christian on Tuesday at the SCS gymnasium.

The Bears, who are 18-2 overall and finished 8-0 in region play, will play at home on Tuesday in a quarterfinal game in the state tournament.

Desmond Sigler led the Bears with 24 points, while TJ Barron had 20. Lamel Sanders added 15.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SUMTER CHRISTIAN 56 EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 42

Sumter Christian School defeated Emmanuel Christian 56-42 on Tuesday at the SCS gymnasium.

The Bears, who improved to 18-2 on the season, were led by Desmond Sigler with 20 points. Grayson Dennis added 16 and Donzell Metz had 14.

SCS will play in the state tournament on Feb. 27.

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

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

GP 54 54 54 56 53 54 54

W 36 35 33 28 26 25 22

L OT Pts GF GA 12 6 78 164 129 15 4 74 170 133 18 3 69 163 124 18 10 66 154 146 20 7 59 145 145 21 8 58 172 175 21 11 55 137 152

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 55 34 14 7 75 164 154 Calgary 54 30 21 3 63 156 137 San Jose 55 28 20 7 63 154 153 Vancouver 52 29 20 3 61 143 136 Los Angeles 53 23 18 12 58 144 144 Arizona 55 20 28 7 47 126 180 Edmonton 55 15 31 9 39 125 181 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Dallas 5, Boston 3 Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Edmonton 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 4 Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1, OT Florida 6, Anaheim 2 St. Louis 2, Arizona 1 Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 1, OT

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

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

Anaheim at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.

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

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m.

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

Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with 1B Cody Daily on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with 2B Nicolas Miranda, 3B Anthony Rodriguez, OF Jose Hernandez and RHPs Luidin Toribio and Luis Castro on minor league contracts.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Derek Gordon on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Oliver Ortega on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Named James Vilade coach of Frisco (TL), Alberto Puello coach of High Desert (Cal), Francisco Matos hitting coach and Chad Comer coach of Hickory (SAL) and Chase Lambin coach of Spokane (NWL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with LHP Oscar Abreu, OF Frank Polanco and RHP Diony Rodriguez on minor league contracts.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with LHP Omar Camilo, C William Contreras, SS Luis Mejia and RHP Carlos Lopez on minor league contracts.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with INF Chris Dominguez on a minor league contract.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Released 1B Kyle Nichols.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released INF Ron Bourquin.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed LHP Derek Loera and RHP Fernando Hernandez.

Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Named Marty Janzen pitching coach.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed INF Peter Mooney.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS— Signed OF Reggie Abercrombie.

Frontier League WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Traded OF Kyle Robinson to Kansas City (AA) for a player to be named.

FOOTBALL

National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named Cameron Turner assistant wide receivers coach.

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Ben Wilkerson assistant offensive line coach.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released S LaRon Landry.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Virginia Commonwealth guard JeQuan Lewis, right, looks to pass as La Salle forward Jerrell Wright defends during the Explorers’ 74-69 double overtime victory on Wednesday in Richmond, Va.

Price leads La Salle past VCU in 2 OTs RICHMOND, Va. — Jordan Price scored 34 points, including 12 in the second overtime, and grabbed 17 rebounds and La Salle beat No. 20 VCU 74-69 on Wednesday night.

Price, who also had five assists, hit a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left PRICE in regulation that forced overtime. The Explorers (1410, 6-5 Atlantic 10) also got 12 points each from Jerrell Wright and Cleon Roberts in winning for the fourth time in five games.

JeQuan Lewis scored a career-high 26 points, including 14 of his team’s 15 points in the two overtimes, for the Rams (18-6, 8-3).

VCU played again without scoring leader Treveon Graham because of a high left ankle sprain and struggled offensively.

Melvin Johnson added 13 points for the Rams, but VCU shot just 30 percent.

(21) WEST VIRGINIA 76 K-STATE 72

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.— Reserve Brandon Watkins scored a career-high 14 points and No. 21 West Virginia surrendered a doubledigit lead before recovering for a 76-72 win over Kansas State on Wednesday night.

(23) OHIO STATE 75 PENN ST 55

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sam Thompson scored a careerhigh 22 points and D’Angelo Russell flirted with his second straight triple-double to lead No. 23 Ohio State past Penn State 75-55 on Wednesday night.

ACC WAKE FOREST 72 MIAMI 70 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Dinos Mitoglou scored 21 points and Wake Forest held on to beat Miami 72-70 on Wednesday night.

SYRACUSE 70 BOSTON COLLEGE 56

BOSTON — Michael Gbinije scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Trevor Cooney had 15 points and Syracuse pulled away for a 70-56 victory over

Boston College on Wednesday night.

SEC GEORGIA 62 TEXAS A&M 53 COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kenny Gaines scored 15 points, on 6-of-12 shooting, and Charles Mann added 14 to help Georgia beat Texas A&M 62-53 on Wednesday night.

STATE HIGH POINT 73 WINTHROP 72 HIGH POINT, N.C. — John Brown tied a career high with 34 points, including a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining, to lift High Point over Winthrop 73-72 on Wednesday night.

NBA MAGIC 89 KNICKS 83 ORLANDO, Fla. — Nik Vucevic had 28 points and 18 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the New York Knicks 89-83 on Wednesday night.

From wire reports

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The Lee Central Middle School boys basketball team went 12-4 and captured its third straight Upper Pee Dee Conference tournament championship with a 56-45 victory over Spaulding on Monday at the LC gymnasium. Team members are, first row, left to right: Darryl Stuckey, Kentavious Reed, Deondraye Moses, Amir Jackson, Kentrell Holloman and Jalen Johnson. Second row: Derrick Joye, Javonte McCloud, Naquan Peeples and Techaun Mixon. Third row: Travis Hickson, Deablo Halley and Jalen Atkinson.

LCMS FROM PAGE B1 “It’s been a tremendous three years for us and it was a tremendous year for both Lee Central teams this year,” said Price, who was also named the conference’s coach of the year for the third straight time. “I think it speaks to all of the kids working hard and buying into the program and the tradition that we’ve tried to establish.”

That tradition came about for the Stallions right after the winless ’11-12 campaign, he said.

“That was really the starting point,” Price said. “That team was just as important as any other because they sparked the turnaround. We as coaches developed a plan to put our kids in the best position possible and really worked on building the program.”

The results were evident by the next season. Returning four players from the 0-14 team, LCMS had a great influx of talent at the seventh-grade level, Price said, and the result was a 13-3 record and championship season after the Stallions got hot down the stretch.

The next year proved even more remarkable as LC returned 11 players from that championship squad and rolled past everyone en route to a 16-0 record and a second straight title.

“The only thing that could have stopped us last year was if I over-coached them and messed things up,” Price said laughing. “Sometimes you just have a special group and that was it. They knew the system, they had the championship experience and they just played very well together.”

The Stallions brought back five players again this year, but really didn’t hit their stride until the end of the season and the tournament, Price said.

“We had a couple of kids who started on the team not finish the year on the team, so that meant we had to have some players step in and fill key roles,” he said.

LCMS was led this season by point guard Deondraye Moses and leading scorer Javonte McCloud. Moses averaged around eight assists per game and was the floor general, Price said, while McCloud capped off his stellar offensive year with 22 points in the championship game.

Derrick Joye had 10 points in the title game and Deablo Halley led the defense with 18 rebounds. Halley led the Stallions with 13 boards per game this season while Joye stepped into a starting role late in the year.

Lee Central also had a strong combo at center in Jalen Atkinson and Travis Hickson while Jalen Johnson and Techaun Mixon contributed greatly off the bench.

The girls squad was also predicated on defense, head coach Shameaka McDowell said, and the big key was playing it as a team.

“They just played team ball,” said McDowell, who also won the conference coach of the year award.

“They played unselfishly as a team and worked hard from the first scrimmage.”

McDowell didn’t know it was going to be a championship season at that first scrimmage, however.

“I think they were a little nervous to begin with,” she said. “But once we got to that first game and I saw how hard they played, I knew they had a chance to do something special.”

Robionne Myers led the Lady Stallions in scoring all season long and posted 27 points in the title game. Keoshia Evins added seven points.

Brynasia Wesley was another offensive force for LCMS this year, McDowell said, while Tashanna Harris and Nicah Johnson led the charge defensively and in rebounding.

“They really ran the court and hustled from the beginning of the game to the end of the game,” McDowell said. “You could see they really wanted to win every game and they really wanted to win the conference.”

JARECKI FROM PAGE B1 Jarecki talked with his future players last week and stressed everyone needs to come together.

“I told the players we want to come together as one big family and to love one another,” Jarecki said. “The rest of it will take care of itself.

“I want to keep this going, what they’ve had here for so long,” Jarecki said of Wilson Hall’s football program, which has played in the 3A state semifinals for 16 consecutive years. “They’ve had a lot of great coaches, a lot of well respected coaches.”

Jarecki said he is not set in stone when it comes to what his football teams do on ei-

ther side of the ball.

“We’re going to see what we have and then we’ll go from there,” he said.

Jarecki will take over the baseball program from Tommy Jones, who recently announced he was retiring from his second tenure with Wilson Hall at the completion of the 2015 season. The Barons are the defending 3A state champions, the fourth time they’ve won the title under Jones’ guidance.

“I’m privileged to come in behind Tommy Jones as the baseball coach,” Jarecki said.

“He’s one of the most well-respected coaches in the association.”

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The Lee Central Middle School girls basketball team went 16-0 and captured its first Upper Pee Dee Conference Tournament championship with a 50-24 victory over Hannah-Pamplico on Monday at the LC gymnasium. Team members are, first row, left to right: La’Vea Burrough, Nicah Johnson, Desiree Holmes, Robionne Myers, Nijeria Reddick and Tashanna Harris. Second row: Miya Gokey, Brynasia Wesley, Sakaisha Evans, Keosha Evins and Keonna Evans.

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Woods says he’ll return when his game is ready PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tiger Woods said Wednesday his game is “not acceptable” to compete in tournaments and he will return when he thinks it is.

Hopeful of having injuries behind him, Woods made a horrific start to the new year.

He shot a career-high 82 in the second round of the Phoenix Open to miss the cut by 12 shots. And then he withdrew after 11 holes of ordinary golf at Torrey Pines because of tightness in his back from a fog delay.

Woods said on his website the last two weeks have been disappointing, especially at Torrey Pines, where he is an eight-time winner. He said he never wants to withdraw, but recent injuries have allowed that to happen too often.

Woods said his latest injury was not related to the back surgery he had last spring, and that he is feeling better every day with physical therapy.

Woods is not playing Pebble Beach or Riviera, and said he would practice next week at his home and at The Medalist “getting ready for the rest of the year.”

CHICAGO’S LITTLE LEAGUE TITLE TEAM STRIPPED OF CROWN

CHICAGO — Little League International has stripped Jackie Robinson West of the national title that the Chicago team won last summer after an investigation revealed it had falsified boundaries to field ineligible players.

In a stunning Wednesday announcement that came months after the all-black team, whose ages ranged from 11 to 13 years, captured the attention of the country and the hearts of its hometown, the baseball organization said it also found that after the league had changed the boundaries, some team officials went to surrounding leagues to convince them to go along with what they’d done.

The team has been suspended from Little League tournament privileges until new leadership is found. The team’s manager, Darold Butler, is also suspended, and an administrator from the district that includes Jackie Robinson West has been removed from his position, according to the statement.

KARL TO COACH KINGS AFTER ALL-STAR BREAK

The Sacramento Kings and George Karl have agreed to the framework of a deal for him to take over as coach, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private. The plan is for Karl to coach the Kings in their first game following the All-Star break Feb. 20 at home against Boston, meaning Tyrone Corbin will be coaching his final game for Sacramento on Wednesday night at Milwaukee.

Karl is attending funeral services for former North Carolina coach Dean Smith this week. The Kings are expected to announce the deal in the coming days after final terms have been agreed upon and the contract has been signed.

Karl will be Sacramento’s third coach this season.

RECRUIT COLBURN SIGNS WITH WAKE AFTER LOUISVILLE SNUB

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The recruit who says Louisville asked him to delay his enrollment shortly before signing day is headed to Wake Forest.

Coach Dave Clawson said Wednesday that running back Matt Colburn has signed.

Colburn was “Mr. Football” in South Carolina and told The State newspaper in Columbia that he committed to Louisville last June.

BRAVES SIGN VERAS, CAPPS TO JOIN BULLPEN BATTLE IN SPRING

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have signed two more veteran right-handed relievers to minor league deals, giving Jose Veras and Matt Capps a chance to audition for bullpen jobs in spring training.

MILWAUKEE’S LUCROY TO MISS 4-TO-6 WEEKS OF SPRING TRAINING

MILWAUKEE — All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy will miss four to six weeks of spring training for the Milwaukee Brewers because of a strained right hamstring.

The injury is near the top of Lucroy’s hamstring, close to the hip. Assistant general manager Gord Ash said Wednesday that area had given Lucroy a little trouble at the end of last season.

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Tigers Woods reacts after missing a putt on the fourth hole during the second round of the Phoenix Open tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Woods said Wednesday he is taking some time away from golf and will return when he thinks his game is acceptable.

USC FROM PAGE B1 togetherness as one.”

Connecticut certainly showed what happens when its gets its offense going. South Carolina allowed opponent season highs in points, field goal shooting (55.4 percent), field goals (31), 3-pointers (eight) and free throws made (17).

The Gamecocks depend on bench players such as 6-foot-5 A’ja Wilson and 6-4 Alaina Coates to push whatever advantage is usually built by its

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Jerry Tarkanian, center, and his players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Duke for the 1990 NCAA men’s national championship in Denver. The Hall of Fame coach, who built a basketball dynasty at UNLV but was defined more by his decades-long battle with the NCAA, died on Wednesday in Las Vegas after several years of health issues. He was 84.

Hall of Fame coach Tarkanian dies at 84

BY TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — He couldn’t stop fighting the NCAA any more than he could give up chewing towels courtside.

Jerry Tarkanian built a basketball dynasty in the desert, but it was his decades-long battle with the NCAA that defined him far more than the wins and losses.

The coach who won a national title at UNLV and made the school synonymous with basketball died Wednesday after several years of health issues. He was 84.

Tarkanian put the run in the Runnin’ Rebels, taking them to four Final Fours and winning a national championship in 1990 with one of the most dominant college teams ever. His teams were as flamboyant as the city, with light shows and fireworks for pregame introductions and celebrities jockeying for position on the socalled Gucci Row courtside.

He ended up beating the NCAA, too, collecting a $2.5 million settlement after suing the organization for trying to run him out of college basketball. But he was bitter to the end about the way the NCAA treated him while coaching.

“They’ve been my tormentors my whole life,” Tarkanian said at his retirement news conference in 2002. “It will never stop.”

The night before he died, fans attending UNLV’s game against Fresno State draped towels over the statue of Tarkanian outside the campus arena that depicts Tarkanian chewing on one of his famous towels.

Tarkanian’s wife, Lois, said

starting five. But Wilson and Coates combined for 16 points and nine rebounds — well off their season averages of 24 points and 15 rebounds.

Staley picked apart the game film after the team returned home in Tuesday’s early morning hours, uncovering how to close the gap should the Gamecocks get another chance at the Huskies in the NCAA tournament.

“I felt like we got beat by a really good basketball team,” Staley said.

“But I also felt I saw some things we could capitalize on what they were doing to put them back on their heels

her husband — hospitalized Monday with an infection and breathing difficulties — fought health problems for the last six years with the same “courage and tenacity” he showed throughout his life. His death came just days after the death of another Hall of Fame coach, North Carolina’s Dean Smith.

“Our hearts are broken but filled with incredible memories,” Lois Tarkanian said in a family statement. “You will be missed Tark.”

Tarkanian was an innovator who preached defense yet loved to watch his teams run.

And run they did, beginning with his first Final Four team in 1976-77, which scored more than 100 points in 23 games in an era before both the shot clock and the 3-point shot.

He was a winner in a city built on losers, putting a small commuter school on the national sporting map and making UNLV sweatshirts a hot item around the country. His teams helped revolutionize the way the college game was played, with relentless defense forcing turnovers that were quickly converted into baskets at the other end.

He recruited players other coaches often wouldn’t touch, building teams with junior college transfers and kids from checkered backgrounds. His teams at UNLV were national powerhouses almost every year, yet Tarkanian never seemed to get his due when the discussion turned to the all-time coaching greats.

That changed in 2013 when the man popularly referred to as Tark the Shark was elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, an

a little bit.”

Staley said you’ve got to match Connecticut basket for basket some times and the Gamecocks didn’t do that.

South Carolina coaches, Staley acknowledged, needed to do a better job freeing up their players to score.

Now, the Gamecocks’ focus is on the SEC and defending their regular-season championship.

South Carolina won at LSU 75-51 last month, but those Tigers didn’t have Danielle Ballard. The junior guard returned the next game and has scored in double digits in six of LSU’s

honor his fellow coaches argued for years was long overdue. Though hospitalized in the summer for heart problems and weakened by a variety of ills, he went on stage with a walker at the induction ceremony.

“I knew right from day one I wanted to be a coach,” Tarkanian said. “Coaching has been my entire life.”

Tarkanian’s career spanned 31 years with three Division I schools, beginning at Long Beach State and ending at Fresno State, where Tarkanian himself played in 1954 and 1955. Only twice did his teams fail to win at least 20 games in a season.

But it was at UNLV where his reputation was made, both as a coach of teams that often scored in the triple digits and as an outlaw not afraid to stand up to the powerful NCAA. He went 509-105 in 19 seasons with the Runnin’ Rebels before finally being forced out by the university after a picture was published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal showing some of his players in a hot tub with a convicted game fixer.

UNLV was already on probation at the time, just two years after winning the national title and a year after the Runnin’ Rebels — led by Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony — went undefeated into the Final Four before being upset in the semifinals by the same Duke team they beat by 30 points for the championship the year before. Even after losing four of his starters off that team and being on probation, Tarkanian went 26-2 in his final year at UNLV.

past seven games.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said Ballard is a difference maker. “You’ve got to recognize how good she is as a basketball player,” Caldwell said. “More importantly, she’s a player that gives us calmness.”

South Carolina understands the importance of remaining calm after its loss.

“Just like we’ve got to regroup from wins, we’ve got to regroup from losses,” said Sessions, South Carolina’s junior point guard. “We’re not going to let that one game define us.”

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Several of the league’s elite teams from the past few seasons expect to be good again. Vanderbilt returns plenty of talent from last season’s national championship team. LSU has a deep, experienced lineup. South Carolina and Florida are especially talented on the mound. All four programs are ranked in D1baseball. com’s preseason top 10.

OLE MISS ENCORE

The Rebels made it to the College World Series last season for the first time since 1972. Ole Miss lost quite a bit of talent from

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SEC FROM PAGE B1 team that won the national title a year ago — including pitcher Walker Buehler and shortstop Dansby Swanson — and have aspirations of another trip to Omaha.

“All the way around, I don’t look at our team and say ‘That’s a strength’ or ‘That’s the best we’ve ever had’ — it’s just pretty good across the line,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said. “Our lineup is decent and our pitching is decent. Now it’s about who can attain that confidence as the season progresses.”

Vanderbilt will have plenty of competition. Eight SEC teams are ranked in D1baseball.com’s preseason top 25.

LSU returns several of its top hitters from a year ago, including shortstop Alex Bregman. Ole Miss is coming off its first College World Series since 1972 and returns power hitting first baseman Sikes Orvis, along with veteran pitcher Christian Trent.

Florida has talented sophomore pitchers Logan Shore and A.J. Puk. South Carolina also has a deep pitching staff led by Wil Crowe and Jack Wynkoop.

Here are some things to watch this spring in the Southeastern Conference during baseball season, which begins on Friday:

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Today is the final day the Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring baseball program for children ages 4-12.

The last day to register for ages 13-14 will be March 20.

Players will be placed in leagues bases on their ages as of April 30, 2015.

The cost to register will be $35 for ages 4-6, $40 for 7-8, $45 for 9-10, $45 for 11-12 Traditional, $50 for 11-12 O-Zone and $50 for 13-14.

A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held today at 6 p.m. at the recreation department, which is located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit its website at www.sumtercountysc. org.

SOFTBALL SPRING REGISTRATION

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South Carolina pitcher Jack Wynkoop and a slew of young arms hope to be a strength for the Gamecocks this season as they begin the 2015 campaign on Friday at 4 p.m. against the College of Charleston at Carolina Stadium in Columbia. that team, but does return a solid core, including pitcher Christian Trent, shortstop Errol Robinson and first baseman Sikes Orvis.

“When I look around I see a lot of good things,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. “I am also excited to see some of the new guys step out on the field for the first time and contribute.

RISING TENNESSEE

Tennessee baseball has slowly improved under fourth-year coach Dave Serrano. This is the year the Volunteers hope to take another step and make the

NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. Said Serrano: “We may not win every game because that’s not how baseball works, but there’s not many teams that we’re going to look across the field and feel we’re outtalented anymore.”

UNDER THE RADAR

The SEC has so many quality programs, even perennial powerhouses like Arkansas and Mississippi State can get lost in the preseason shuffle. The Razorbacks aren’t getting much early-season hype, but return an impressive pitching

staff led by Trey Killian.

The Bulldogs also have several veteran pitchers and a lineup that includes holdovers like Wes Rea and Gavin Collins.

BUILDING MISSOURI

The Tigers have a proud tradition in baseball and have recently had several alumni go on to Major League Baseball — including Ian Kinsler, Aaron Crow and Kyle Gibson. But Missouri has struggled during its first season since moving to the SEC from the Big 12, with a 16-44 record in conference play over two seasons.

Today is the final day the Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring softball program for children ages 5-12..

The last day to register for ages 13-18 will be March 27.

Players will placed in leagues based on their ages as of Dec. 31, 2014.

The cost to register will be $35 for ages 5-6, $40 for 7-8 and $45 for 9-18.

A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held today at 6 p.m. at the recreation department, which is located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit its website at www.sumtercountysc. org.

OBITUARIES SAM PETERSON JR. BALTIMORE — Sam Peterson Jr., husband of Patricia House Peterson, died on Feb. 8, 2014, at University Hospital, Baltimore.

He was born on Feb. 14, 1947, in Manning, a son of the late Deacon Sam Sr. and Clara “Sing” Hilton Peterson.

PETERSON He was a 1965 graduate of Manning Training School.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Percy Peterson.

In his youth, he was a member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Manning.

Survivors are his wife, Patricia House Peterson of the home; two sons, Dwayne Peterson of Baltimore and David (Monique) Peterson of Huntsville, Alabama; three sisters, Pastor Annie Lou (Don) Riley of Paxville, and Shirley (Willie) Lloyd and Nancy Leon, both of Manning; three brothers, Johnny Peterson and Arthur Peterson, both of Manning, and Frank Lee (Charlotte) of Sumter; two uncles, Bishop Chappell Peterson and Frank Peterson, both of Baltimore; one aunt, Helen Peterson of Manning; five grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Peterson will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Liberty Seventhday Adventist Church, 3301 Milford Mill Road, Baltimore.

Arrangements entrusted to March Funeral Home, 4300 Walbash Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215; (410) 542-2400.

Courtesy announcement by Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

LYNWOOD H. HODGE Lynwood Harmon Hodge, age 82, beloved husband of 58 years to Jo Ellen Poston Hodge, died on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.

He was born in Sumter, a

son of the late Harmon Patrick and Camilla Susan Stone Hodge. He graduated from Edmunds High School and then joined the U.S. Air Force, where he worked mainly in the Strategic Air Command. He proudly served for more than 26 years and retired as a master serHODGE geant in 1979.

After his career in the Air Force, he started a long career as a farmer in Sumter. Mr. Hodge loved spending time with his family and will always be remembered as a very loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

He was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Lynwood Harmon Hodge Jr. and his wife, Carolyn, of Lilburn, Georgia, and Norman Hodge of Atlanta; a brother, Ollie Hodge and his wife, Mary, of Sumter; a sister, Sarah Moore and her husband David of Hurst, Texas; and a grandchild, Jamie Hodge Bubb and her husband, Richard, of Atlanta.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Leslie “Dickie” Hodge; and a sister, Annette Hurst.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Webb Belangia officiating.

Burial with full military honors will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

The family has chosen Bull-

ock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

SHARON RIGDON MANNING — Sharon Marie Stevens Rigdon, 71, wife of James Edward Rigdon, died on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 29, 1943, in Blanchard, Oklahoma, she was a RIGDON daughter of the late Shelby Conrad Stevens and Ranell McCullough Pierce.

She is survived by her husband of Manning; two sons, David Keith Lake of Manning and Tony Rigdon (Jennifer) of Hopedale, Massachusetts; two daughters, Danette Lake of Graniteville and Tammi O’Cain (Ed) of Marshfield, Massachusetts; a brother, Shelby Stevens of Oklahoma; a half brother, Shannon Stevens of Blanchard; eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Lynn Lake.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. John O’Cain officiating.

The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service and at other times at the residence, 3457 Silver Road, Manning.

Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ROSA SUBER Rosa Suber, 76, wife of James R. Suber, died on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at her home.

Born on Dec. 25, 1938, in Bronx, New York, she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Sarah Lance Green.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 6485 U.S. 521 North, Rembert.

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

JAMES ROBINSON JR. James Robinson Jr., husband of Sadie Harvin Robinson, departed this life on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at his residence.

He was born on July 28, 1956, in Sumter, a son of the late James Sr. and Azalee Robinson. He was a graduate of Sumter High School Class of 1976.

He leaves to cherish his memories: two daughters, Marlena Robinson and Tamara R. Robinson; two sons, Brian Shad and James T. Robinson; four grandchildren; two aunts; nieces; nephews; cousins; a special friend, Dita Sanders and her son, Antwan Sanders; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Wake service will held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Job’s Mortuary.

Mr. Robinson will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Friday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with the pastor, the Rev. Marion H. Newton, officiating. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at 130 W. Williams St., Sumter.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.

jobsmortuary.net.

ETHEL H. ANDERSON DORCHESTER, Mass. — Ethel “Susie” Holiday Anderson, 70, wife of James Anderson, died on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at her residence, 33 Nelson St., Dorchester.

She was born on Oct. 28, 1944, in the Live Oak section of Manning, a daughter of the late Sept “Preacher” Holiday and Effie Cummings Holiday.

The family will receive friends beginning Saturday evening at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and David Wigfall, Manning Lane Apartment 3, 300 South St., Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

RAYMOND W. MILLER AUSTELL, Ga. — Raymond W. Miller, husband of Joann Johnson Miller, entered eternal rest on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at WellStar at Cobb Hospital, Austell.

Born on April 1, 1958, in New York, New York, he was a son of the late Governor Miller and Delores Gethers Nelson.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his aunt, Zenia Jackson, 1156 Briar Bend St., Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

BARBARA MCCALL Barbara McCall, 56, died on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Born on July 2, 1958, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Willie James McCall Sr. and Emma Grey McCall.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 3425 Valencia Drive, Dalzell.

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

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‘The Slap’ is sure to inspire debate among viewers

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Blessed with an excellent cast and production team, “The Slap” (8 p.m., NBC, TV14) feels more like a very grown-up movie. Think “American Beauty” meets “The Kids Are All Right” by way of “Juno.”

Set in Brooklyn’s multicultural bourgeois bohemia, “The Slap” stars Peter Sarsgaard as Hector, a city official on the rise who has just learned that he’s been passed over for promotion. The implication is that he won’t get the job because he’s neither a woman nor a minority. His wife, Aisha (Thandie Newton), is both. They have two rambunctious kids in a comfortable-looking brownstone.

The pilot episode brings together his entire family for Hector’s 40th birthday party and does an efficient and entertaining job of establishing a dynamic cast of characters as well as the emotional fault lines that divide them. An overworked doctor, Aisha feels ambushed by Hector’s effusive Greek family, which includes his abrasive nouveau riche cousin (Zachary Quinto).

Quinto’s character provides the “slap” in the show’s title when he strikes the seemingly disturbed child of a pretentious artist with whom he had been arguing. This incident sets in motion a series of events that will embroil Hector’s circle and occupy the next seven installments. It should also spark debate among members of its audience about their own reaction to events and characters’ behavior and attitudes.

Speaking of behavior, much of the pilot is devoted to Hector’s midlife longings for Connie (Makenzie Leigh), a young woman who apparently works in Aisha’s clinic. While physically unconsummated, their interactions include many of the hallmarks of flirtation and courtship. Mooning over Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” they seem on the precipice of seduction.

I’m no expert, but I don’t think that’s going to go over well with the adult female audience that tunes into shows like “Parenthood.”

“The Slap” in the title may set things in motion, but Hector’s habit of hitting on Con-

Jeremy prepares to depart on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A promotion leads to new troubles on “Mom” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Monkey business on “Two and a Half Men” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Mary and Francis look into the king’s poisoning on “Reign” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and a zither score star in the 1949 drama “The Third Man” (9:30 p.m., TCM), directed by Carol Reed.

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Rosie (Melissa George) comforts Hugo (Dylan Schombing) as Aisha (Thandie Newton) looks on in “The Slap” premiering at 8 p.m. today on NBC. nie could repel many. Or is that merely a reflection of my values? That’s the kind of conversation (or argument) “The Slap” is sure to inspire.

This eight-part miniseries would feel right at home on HBO, FX or any number of streaming services. It just feels weird on NBC. Particularly at 8 p.m., a time slot that NBC’s old chief, Jeff Zucker, once dismissed as only good for game shows.

It will probably boost Hulu’s business because it just makes more sense to stream it there. It’s definitely “bingeworthy.” Speaking of binging, all eight episodes of the 2011 Australian version of “The Slap” can be streamed on Netflix.

• For those keeping score, the terrible CBS comedy “The McCarthys” has been removed from the schedule. Repeats of “The Big Bang Theory” will air in its place.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Cuts are made on “American Idol” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-PG).

• Geena Davis and Debbie Allen guest-star on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV14).

• A professional kidnapper strikes on “The Blacklist” (9

p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A possible bias crime on “Backstrom” (9 p.m., Fox, TV14).

• Fitz reaches his limit on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• “Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man” (9 p.m., CNN) looks at dating services.

• An old face resurfaces on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Katya’s alibi disturbs Alex

on “Allegiance” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A new discovery roils the campus on “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

SERIES NOTES On two helpings of “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS, TV-PG, r): sudden surgery (8 p.m.), Amy asserts herself (9:30 p.m.) *

Daniel Radcliffe, Andrea Martin, The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Tom Hanks and Sturgill Simpson on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Colin Firth, Jack McBrayer, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and The Weeknd on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Keira Knightley and Incubus appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Kevin Costner, Portia de Rossi and David Frei with Westminster Dogs visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Wayne Brady guest-hosts “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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COMICS

THE SUMTER ITEM

BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

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JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE

Couple pretends all is well for daughter’s sake DEAR ABBY — My husband, “Mason,” and I have been married for 10 years. We have a beautiful 7-yearDear Abby old daughter and have just ABIGAIL found out we VAN BUREN are having another girl.

The day we learned her gender, Mason dropped a bomb on me. He said he’s not in love with me anymore, and it has been eating at him for a while.

He said he was too scared to tell me sooner.

He won’t talk to anyone and doesn’t seem to want to fix it.

We both came from broken homes and had always agreed not to do that to our kids. But

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I can’t act like everything is normal under the same roof.

He says he’ll stay at his brother’s place at night after our daughter goes to sleep.

He’s at work before she’s up for school anyway. We agreed that if she wakes up at night and calls out for him, I should tell her he got “called in to work.” Please give me some advice.

Broken in Nevada DEAR BROKEN — By the age of 7, your daughter is old enough to recognize tension between her parents. She is also aware enough to comprehend that her father is no longer living there if he’s spending his nights elsewhere, particularly if he intends to carry on this charade for any length of time.

You say your husband

“won’t talk to anyone,” but he owes YOU some straight answers. If he hasn’t been in love with you “for a while,” he shouldn’t have fathered a second child with you.

Would his feelings be different if the baby you’re carrying was a boy? Could there be another woman involved?

Your husband owes it to you and those children to act responsibly and at least try to save his marriage. Running away is not the answer.

In the meantime, my advice is to talk to a lawyer and take your cues from her or him about protecting yourself and your children financially.

Doing so does not mean you “must” file divorce papers, but you will have someone who isn’t emotionally involved looking out for your interests.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Popular 6 Scale syllables 9 Drives away 14 Simple-living sect 15 Guitar attachment?

16 Pope John Paul II’s given name 17 Warm-water ray 18 Ziegfeld with follies 19 Donald Jr.’s mom 20 One of the deadly sins 21 What a flap may cover 22 Four-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series 23 Longtime Lehrer partner 26 __ spoon 29 Coniferous secretions 33 “The imperious __ breed monsters”: Shakespeare 34 New England food fish 36 Goes bad 38 Edible pockets 40 Sign before Virgo 41 Canadian bottle size 42 Computer text code 43 Sturdy tree 44 Bond’s car

starter?

45 Pi-sigma link 46 “Life Is Good” rapper 48 Pig’s digs 50 Lacking a mate 51 Broadway songwriting team __ and Ebb 53 Starts from scratch 55 Urban centers, and what this puzzle’s circles represent 59 Start of a spell 61 Dome openings 62 Melville’s Billy 65 China neighbor 66 Fabric information spot 67 Ruse 68 1953 Caron film 69 Helps with the dishes 70 Michaelmas mo.

DOWN 1 Priest from the East 2 Mogadishuborn model 3 Wenceslaus, e.g.

4 Acapulco-toOaxaca direcci—n 5 Greg’s sitcom wife 6 Series of bio-

logical stages 7 C.S. Lewis lion 8 Shelf-restocking sources 9 RŽsumŽ essentials 10 “__ Nagila” 11 Unwritten 12 Chaplin granddaughter 13 Diner side 24 Animal in some of Aesop’s fables 25 Mil. roadside hazard 26 Teahouse hostess 27 Certain exterminator’s concern 28 Morales of “La Bamba” 30 Pupil controller 31 Having second thoughts 32 Took steps

33 Bit of inspiration 35 Baha’i, e.g.: Abbr.

37 Ships 39 Strength 41 Cake section 47 Composer Schoenberg 49 Gets behind 52 “__ say!”: parental warning 54 Results of getting behind 56 Dueling memento 57 Android media console brand 58 1997 Fonda role 59 The whole lot 60 Chinese-born actress __ Ling 63 Fist bump 64 Combo vaccine, for short

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street, Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on June 17, 2014 and the amended Complaint was filed on November 17, 2014.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND ATTORNEY TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, and as Attorney for said parties who may be in the military service, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by Gladys

By Mortgage Assignment (the "Assignment"), Emergent Mortgage Corp. assigned the Mortgage to the Plaintiff, and the Assignment was recorded September 27, 2004, in Book 954 at Page 757 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, containing 5 acres, more or less, together with any and all improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in Middleton Township, the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated on that certain plat by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated August 26, 1993, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book 93 at Page 1535.

Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Law of South Carolina (1976), reference to said plat is hereby craved for particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon.

This property is represented as Tax Map Parcel No. (a portion of) 159-00-01-017 upon the records of the Sumter County Auditor, and is known as 1040 Farmers Circle, Sumter, SC 29150.

This being the same property conveyed to Gladys Rembert by deed of John Rembert and Mary Rembert dated January 16, 1991 and recorded January 16, 1991 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 519 at Page 595. Thereafter, Gladys Rembert conveyed a 5.00 acre parcel to Gladys Rembert by deed dated January 25, 2008 and recorded January 28, 2008 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1099 at Page 1631.

TMS#:

159-00-01-123

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Judgment against Gladys Rembert to the Plaintiff, its successors and assigns and recorded on July 7, 2008 in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina in Judgment Roll# 2008-CP-43-938 (the "Judgment").

LESS AND EXCEPT: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, containing 5 acres, more or less, together with any and all improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in Middleton Township, the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated on that certain plat by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated August 26, 1993, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book 93 at Page 1535.

LESS AND EXCEPT: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Middleton Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, shown as one acre on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated June 18, 2001 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book 2001 at Page 419, reference to which is craved for the exact metes, boundaries and distances pursuant to authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. This is the property known as 1090 Farmers Circle, Tax Map 159-00-01-017 (p).

This being a portion of the property conveyed to Gladys Rembert by deed of John Rembert and Mary Rembert dated January 16, 1991 and recorded January 16, 1991 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 519 at Page 595.

TMS No.: 159-00-01-017 For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC P. O. Box 11682 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-0797 By: Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: All that piece, parcel or tract of land shown as a 53.4 acre tract on that certain plat prepared by H.S. Willson, R.L.S., on October 16, 1990, and filed for record in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County in Plat Book 91, Page 53. According to said plat, said tract of land is shown as Tax Parcel No. 159-00-01-017 and is bounded and measured as shown thereon, reference thereunto being hereby craved for a more complete

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2014-CP-43-1255 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER NEW FALLS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs.

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description. The property hereby conveyed is the remaining portion of a tract of land containing 76 acres (being the easternmost portion of Tract No. 12 shown on plat filed in Plat Book Z-5, Page 14) conveyed to John Rembert and Mary Rembert by Arthur Harvin and Rachel Harvin by deed filed for record in the office of said register in Deed Book K-7, Page 193.

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