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Bill could slice city, county revenue Passage of legislation could cause tax burden to Sumter residents

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Rep. Rick Quinn, R-Lexington, has introduced an extreme reform bill that he hopes will encourage state municipalities to act on changing regulations for the business license tax.

Quinn’s bill, H3490, proposes that counties impose a uniform tax of $100 on all businesses within a county but outside of the corporate limits of the local government. In the legislation, individuals in education and religious professions and utility businesses regulated by the Public Service Commission are exempt from the tax.

Quinn said he was influenced to create the bill because he has seen how small businesses have to pay what he calls unfair business taxes, which are based on a business’ annual gross income. “It’s not a good way to develop a rate,” he said. “You cannot use gross income and calculate a fair tax.

“I’ll admit it, the bill is more aggressive than it should be,” Quinn said. He also admitted that the aggressiveness of the bill is meant to grab attention and get others in on the conversation because he does not want to take on the issue alone.

He said he is counting on municipalities to step in and propose better changes to his bill. “I’m not tied to this approach,” Quinn said. “If municipalities adjust for fairness of how the tax is collected, I’ll put it in and make their bill my bill.”

Another issue that Quinn hopes to tackle is the adjustment taxes for larger, more influential businesses. “Municipalities set up new classifications described in a narrow way so that they only include one or a couple businesses,” he said.

“Some of the smaller businesses don’t have enough influence to stop it,” he said. “They need to adjust for the little guy.

We need equal protection.”

If the business license tax reform bill passes, it will mean

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Defenders of justice These attorneys will protect you from unjust arrests

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Elaine Cooke knows her way around a courtroom, and she’s comfortable arguing cases from either side. She spent the first seven years of her career as a prosecutor in Florence County before transferring to the 3rd Circuit in 2010 to litigate more cases for the state.

But in September 2011, the 43-yearold Pee Dee native made a fundamental switch in her career. She took a job as a public defender and no longer spent hours devising plans to lock bad guys

away. Now, it was her job to defend those who stood accused of all variety of criminal offenses — from shoplifting to murder and everything in between. Cooke admits she harbored some lessthan-stellar thoughts about the role of public defenders during her days as an assistant solicitor and said such stereotypiCOOKE cal sentiments toward her colleagues are shared among most prosecutors, law enforcement officials and the general public at large.

“When I was a prosecutor, I was guilty of seeing the defense attorneys as the ‘dark side,’” she said. “But after working on this side for a year, it’s really opened my eyes to the fact of how noble what we do is and how important it is to stand up for the person that doesn’t know their rights.”

Cooke is one of the most seasoned veterans amid a crew of defense attorneys that serves as the crux of the 3rd Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office in Sumter County.

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3-D printing lets students hold their ideas

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Brandon Swick sets up a 3-D printer at Central Carolina Technical College to create a bracelet.

CCTC students are able to design, print parts in program

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com According to Central Carolina Technical College program manager David Tuders, engineering graphics technology is unlike other programs, not because of the obvious differences in course materials, but because his students can see their lessons created before them.

“I get to watch ideas become reality. I

Central Carolina Technical College’s 3-D printers can be used to replicate existing items or create new ones. get to hold ideas in my hand,” Tuders said. “And that’s not something a lot of people can say.”

Thursday morning, a refrigerator in the heating and air department stopped working and one of Tuders’ students designed and printed a re-

placement part that same day.

“Earlier today I drew a model, and now that model is being printed,” said Brandon Swick. “And soon we’ll be able to use it.”

There are four 3-D printers in Tuders’ classroom: two MakerBots, a Mojo printer and a Zprinter 650 which creates full color models. Tuders said although the Mojo printer creates highquality models “watching it print is like watching grass grow.”

A single model takes hours to print.

“We did one on the Mojo printer last semester, and it took 55 hours,” said Tuders.

The 3-D printers heat and melt materials and then lay one layer of the

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Gifts to Fireside Fund help pay extreme electric bills

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com It might have been a short week for Fireside, but it wasn’t a bad one.

Readers gave $800, only about $100 more than one electric bill.

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granddaughter came into The Salvation Army with a utility charge of a little more than $700, said Christy Lamb, social worker. He had some health concerns and was unable to pay the total.

“He came up with half, and we helped with the other half to avoid disconnection,” she said.

Started in 1969, Fireside Fund is an initiative of The Sumter Item where the newspaper collects money and pro-

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vides it to The Salvation Army in Sumter to help people warm their homes during some of the coldest months of the year. The charity then gives vouchers for various fuels or bills.

So far, the partnership has raised more than $1.4 million.

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been dedicated to the memory of late retired Maj. Gen. Tom Olsen.

While kerosene continues to be in high demand, Lamb said they are getting more requests for assistance like the grandfather’s.

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Travelers should avoid upstate, North Carolina

Passers-by save family from submerged vehicle

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com As people in the Midlands climb out of bed this morning they shouldn’t need to dig around for that ice scraper, but if they are planning to travel upstate or to North Carolina today, they might want to reconsider.

Meteorologist Dan Miller of the National Weather Service at the Columbia Airport said there shouldn’t be any winter weather issues in this area, only rain and cold temperatures.

Call it a near miss.

“It’s looking like a major ice storm for the Charlotte area and over towards a good chunk of North Carolina and the upstate South Carolina area,” he said.

“A good section of North Carolina is going to get an accumulation of ice. On up towards Virginia and West Virginia there will be snow.”

“People would probably be advised to avoid traveling up to North Carolina and that area,” Miller said.

The local area was expected to get up to two-thirds of an inch of rain overnight Monday night, with showers tapering off by early afternoon today.

While rains will be ending today, cold temperatures will hang around for most of the week, he said.

“We have a colder air mass that is going to be coming in and we have some pretty cold temperatures coming in for the middle of the week,” Miller said. “We are talking about highs only in the lower 40s on Wednesday, in the mid-30s on Thursday and only in the upper 30s on Friday. Lows Wednesday night and Thursday nights will be in the upper teens.”

It should be sunny, but cold, Wednesday through Friday, he said.

“The next chance of precipitation is a slight chance Saturday, Saturday night and into Sunday,” Miller said.

Any precipitation in that time period is expected to be rain, he said, as it will begin to warm up during the weekend.

“Temperatures will be rebounding on Saturday to the upper 40s,” he said. “We may be pushing 60 by Sunday, with low temperatures in the mid-30s.”

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Two passers-by helped a woman and two young children escape to safety after the female motorist inadvertently drove her car into Shot Pouch Creek along North Guignard Drive on Monday afternoon. According to Sumter Police Department authorities, the 29-year-old driver had passengers aged 3 and 4 in her backseat when she came out of a parking lot near Stanley Welch Clothiers and overcorrected her vehicle, consequently veering into the roadside creek. A pair of motorists who witnessed the vehicle drive off the bridge jumped into the water to rescue the three passengers to safety. Authorities indicated the trio were not in life-threatening danger and were transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center to be checked out after the crash, which remains under investigation.

Housing market shows slow improvement

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Reflecting what is happening across the country, the local and state real estate markets continue to improve, said Darlene Hebert of the Sumter Real Estate Board.

“Early indications point to more sales, more listings, more new construction and more excitement,” she said. “It’s not expected to be the overblown land grab of the early 2000s, but it should feel like a healthy market.”

In Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, residential sales increased from 65 in January 2014 to 78 in January 2015, a 20 percent increase. For the fourth quarter of 2014, sales were 323, up from 268 in the fourth quarter or 2013, for a 20.3 percent increase.

Statewide sales in January 2015 were up from January 2014 as well, with 4,062 closed this January as opposed to 3,648 in January 2014.

New listings in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties increased from 142 in December 2014 to 212 in January 2015, while days on the market in

January was 193, up two weeks from 179 days one year ago.

Days on the market in December 2014 in the tri-county area were 168, Hebert said.

“January is generally a slower month for sales due to the holiday season, travel and other interests,” she said.

The median sold price dropped in the local market in January as compared to a year ago, from a reported $120,000 to $115,889, however the average sold price increased from $117,111 to $133,000. Total sales in the local market for January 2015 compared to January 2014 jumped by more than $2.8 million, from $7.6 to $10.4 million.

“The trend for 2015 still appears to be more sales and a moderate rise in home prices,” said Sumter Real Estate Board President Kim Tabor.

“The price range that tended to sell the quickest at the end of 2014 was the $100,000 price range. Your upper $200,000 to $300,000 range is still moving slower.”

Hebert and Tabor agreed lending rates should stay low but probably

will start to rise.

“Most brokers feel that at sometime this year the mortgage rates will likely increase somewhat,” Tabor said. “We have enjoyed several years of extremely low rates and with an improving housing market we are likely at or near bottom rates.”

Hebert said Realtors are keeping a close eye on the lending and regulatory climate.

“It’s already evident that 2015 will be marked by talk of changing mortgage rates and regulations,” she said.

The South Carolina Realtors reported that interest rates remained lower in 2014 that expected.

“That trend snowballed with solid and accelerating private job growth to empower more consumers to buy homes,” SCR reported. However it warned that student loan debt, sluggish wage growth and lack of mortgage liquidity remained as market dampeners.

“Bottom line,” Tabor said. “With an improving real estate market, we are looking towards a favorable year in 2015.”

6-year-old Sumter boy needs kidney transplant, fundraisers planned FROM STAFF REPORTS The family of 6-year-old Nathan Martin is asking their neighbors in Sumter County for help with expenses related to a kidney transplant for the Sumter youngster. With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, the family needs the community’s assistance to help cover the financial burden of the life-saving procedure.

A “Spirit Week” fundraiser is

planned from Monday, Feb. 23, through Saturday, Feb. 28, at Baker’s Sweets, 1089 Alice Drive. The eatery is selling meal tickets for $12, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Team Nathan M with the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses.

The tickets are for a choice of

shrimp and grits or a 5-ounce grilled chicken dinner with wild rice, tossed greens and a 16-ounce soda or tea.

To purchase tickets, ask any COTA volunteer, or call Paula Hill at (803) 499-4074 and leave a message.

Any individual or group wanting to assist with fundraising activities is asked to contact community coordinator Sherryl Linkous at (803) 9835769 or sherryl.linkous@gmail.com.

Donations may be mailed to the

Children’s Organ Transplant Association, 2501 W. COTA Drive, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403. Checks or money orders should be made payable to COTA, with “In Honor of Team Nathan M” written on the memo line of the check. Secure credit card donations are also accepted online at www.COTAforTeamNathanM.com.

For more information, contact teamnathanm@gmail.com, or Nater Tot’s Update Spot on Facebook.

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com The public is invited to join the students, faculty and staff of Morris College for its Religious Emphasis Week today through Friday. Senior pastor Charles B. Jackson Sr. of Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia will provide morning and evening sermons Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Morning services will feature musical performances by the Morris College Gospel Choir, Morris College Chorale and solo performances from students.

Religious Emphasis Week will conclude Friday with the Mid-Winter Banquet and Rally at 7:30 p.m. in Garrick-Boykin Human Development Center during which senior pastor J. L. Carter of Ark Church in Baltimore will provide the sermon for the evening. There is a $45 entrance fee for the banquet.

The sermon series, “God’s Greater for You!,” will be held in the NealJones Auditorium at the following times: • Tuesday — A Greater Relationship, 10 a.m.; A Greater Faith, 7 p.m.

• Wednesday — A Greater Understanding, 10 a.m.; A Greater Hope, 7 p.m.

• Thursday — A Greater Encouragement, 10 a.m.; A Greater Love, 7 p.m., and • Friday — A Greater Authority, 10 a.m.

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Comedian’s observations regale large audience

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item

A REVIEW

If laughter is the best medicine, there are about 500 people who should be well for a very long time after Saturday night’s performances by Don Mengini and James Gregory. Part of the Sumter Opera House series, the evening featured the two comedians and their infectious comedy made even funnier by their delivery and avoidance of potty mouth humor.

Megini’s routine centered on his personal experiences, relying on his opening gambit: Usually there are three comedians — one not so good first guy, a second who shows great promise and the headliner. Tonight, the first guy did not show up.

Megini’s delivery was fast, imaginative and witty.

He regaled the audience with a commentary on his early years when he, dressed in a Superman cape, happened to meet an Asian boy and took him home to meet his family. His brother’s response: “How far did you fly?”

Headliner James Gregory proved why he has been to Sumter several times. Although this was my first encounter with the comedian, hopefully it will not be my last. Much of his material centered on profound observations about human behavior, patterns made delightfully laughable by his wellpaced delivery, creative use of pauses and excellent over dramatization.

Gregory rarely, but appropriately, used a few four letter words to make a point.

His opening salvo about having hurt his foot at Golden Corral here, seeing a bus load of fat Christians pull into the restaurant and his

concern about getting into the line before the hordes descended was done tastefully and not offensively. He revealed that he did not fly, citing the plane that crashed into the Hudson River (Captain Sully) because of a bird problem and his own driving the car from venue to venue because one car against a bird spells the end for the bird, not the car.

In discussing those who believe in UFOs, Gregory reminded the audience that if aliens arrive in space ships that come all the way to earth — without refueling — they don’t bother to visit Disney World or even stop and see a Broadway play in New York, choosing instead to “land in a field in Arkansas.” How smart can they be?

On the growing concern about obesity, particularly in children, he reminded everyone that in the past, parents, particularly the mothers, were in charge of three things: buying the groceries, driving the car and providing the money. “Have you ever seen a small child drive a minivan to McDonald’s?,” he asked. Through humor, Gregory made observant and critical observations about responsibility in parenting and the growing tendency to let technology turn us into a country of worriers. He cited an article warning Americans that this August will be 5 degrees hotter than last year and it’s only February and that last year’s temperature was colder one place than this year. So???? What can we do about last year’s temperatures? He accu-

rately pointed out how we look forward to the sevenday weather forecast when we should be more concerned about living in the moment.

All of these issues may seem like heavy topics, but under Gregory’s effortless and clever presentation, they came across as great moments for laughing about our own foibles, weaknesses which were filled with truisms. Admittedly a Baptist, Gregory commented on funeral behavior, citing people’s proclivity to “spend more time talking about the food than the poor fellow who passed away.” For example, Mary brought potato salad, but if the funeral had been on her side of the family, she would have fixed some kind of meat. Alarmists continue to attack the four letter word — FOOD. The historic progression of the Oreo cookie, labeled in an article as addictive as cocaine, highlights the problem. He has had a vision, not a dream, because he was totally awake when he had this inkling of how to handle people who lecture to us, adding words like global warming and vortex to frighten us even more.

In a riotously dramatic sketch, Gregory introduced

the audience to a familiar character, an overly large aunt or grandmother who has over-eaten a big meal.

As she struggles into a chair, belches, passes wind and comments on her sweaty seat, she calls into the kitchen, “If you are coming this way, I’ll have another piece of cake, but just a small one.”

There is much truth in his observations and even more laughter to soften the blow.

Gregory is a careful observer, turning timely material into provocative topics worth considering. His success stems from his casual delivery, rapport with the audience and an uncanny ability to help us laugh at ourselves.

If you missed his performance, hopefully you will not miss him the next time.

I know I plan to put him on my list of events worth seeing again.

Still to come in the Opera House series: Feb. 20 The Blind Boys of Alabama March 7 Comedian Julie Scoggins March 13 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band March 20 Galleria Seasons April 18 Heritage Blues Orchestra For times and ticket prices, contact the box office (803) 436-2616 or sumteroperahouse.com.

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Vietnam War veteran Odell Price stands on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant.

10 percent of population of Liberty Hill served in Vietnam NORTH CHARLESTON (AP) — A half century ago, a tiny black enclave in South Carolina sent 10 percent of its population to fight in the Vietnam War — and now there are efforts to make sure the contributions of the fighters from Liberty Hill are never forgotten.

Liberty Hill, now part of North Charleston, was first settled by free blacks and freed slaves in the waning days of the Civil War and formally established as a community in 1871.

A century later, 64 men from the community of only 600 went to fight in Vietnam. Some did so to give back to their country — even if they were treated by that country as second-class citizens.

“I don’t think there is another community in the land that can make the boast of such a high number from such a small community,” said Henry Darby, author of “Liberty Hills Vietnam Fighting Men” and a Charleston County councilman. “There may be someplace out there but I just don’t know of it.”

Put another way, 2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Had 10 percent of the population served at the time, that figure would have been 18 million.

Darby’s 2013 book focuses on the eight men from Liberty Hill who never returned from the war. The story of the black fighters was also the subject of a seminar this month aboard the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.

Odell Price was one of the first blacks to desegregate North Charleston High School, graduating in 1967 and then volunteering for the Marines.

He said the GI Bill would allow him to further his education, but said he also welcomed the chance to give back to his country.

“We were brought up in this country and people wanted to do what they could,” said Price, now 65. “You’re going to be patriotic even though there are people who are going to do some wrong to you. Where you can you right those wrongs and try to make a difference.”

Alfreda Levaine’s brother, Marine Pvt. Nathan White, was 19 when he was killed in Vietnam as he attempted to save a buddy as his unit crossed a river.

“It was a dark time,” said Levaine, 69, recalling the era when Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. She herself marched through downtown Charleston with Coretta Scott King as hospital workers, most of them black and most of them women, struck for higher wages.

As for those who went to Vietnam from the neighborhood where she still lives, “Those boys were too young to get into trouble. They were just 17 and 18 and never had any problems.”

She said her brother was determined to serve his nation.

“He said if I don’t go, then you guys can’t live well,” she recalled. “My brother didn’t die for nothing. He died for a cause.”

While Vietnam vets were often ostracized after the war, Price had a different experience in Liberty Hill.

“When I came home I was celebrated,” he said. “You saw guys at that time wearing their uniforms in the community and it was something to be proud of.”

COLUMBIA (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest university libraries is moving its millions of documents, mementoes and art works to other sites so South Carolina’s treasures may be protected from fire and the ravages of time.

Library Director Henry Fulmer says the refurbishment of the South Caroliniana Library may take several years.

In the meantime, staff and librarians are trying to make sure the state’s citizens and scholars have access to its vast collections.

“The renovation allows us to more capably care for these documents, these treasures of our state,” Fulmer said in an interview.

“We have items that aren’t just treasures for South Carolina, but historical treasures for the entire nation,” Fulmer said.

The main building of the library was constructed in 1840 with large white columns in front and a facade of handmade brick. It served as the university’s college library for 100 years. In 1940 its mission was transferred to caring for the state’s documents and treasures so they wouldn’t be sold out of state, said the director.

Fulmer said improvements include updating the building’s ability to detect fires and suppress them should one break out. Climate-controlled storage shelves will increase storage for delicate documents and papers. The library’s “stacks” will be placed on rollers so they may be pushed together and then moved apart, enhancing access, he said.

Rarities being transferred include a 1683 handwritten manuscript composed to entice Huguenot colonists to the region. Other documents trace the history of the state through the Revolutionary

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This document signed by U.S. President Andrew Jackson is stored at the 175-year-old South Caroliniana Library in Columbia. Workers at the library are packing up its treasured documents, artworks and mementoes while it is being renovated.

War, the Civil War and up to modern times.

Papers from individuals include letters from U.S. President Andrew Jackson attesting to his birthplace in South Carolina. Other papers include those from Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, the journals of Civil War-era diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut and the papers of Vietnam-era U.S. Gen. William Westmoreland.

The library maintains the largest collection of South Carolina newspapers gathered anywhere, as well as archives for the University of South Carolina, dating to its founding in 1801. It also holds oral history recordings compiled by members of the Works Progress Administration during the Depression.

Fulmer said the library holds “a very significant collection” of maps drawn prior to the 1500s, which were collected and donated by a South Carolina textile family. Other visual materials include photographs, postcards, engravings, lithographs, and hundreds of portraits. The library also

houses architectural drawings of the state’s towns and cities, as well as original artworks that include sculptures, posters and landscapes.

A firm that specializes in moving archives and libraries is helping package, crate and move the collections.

They are being shifted to several different locations at the University of South Carolina, including the university’s main Thomas Cooper Library on the Columbia campus.

The library closed in midFebruary for the packing, and its reading room will reopen in March.

Librarians can procure items for study if people provide enough notice, said Beth Bilderback, the library’s visual materials archivist.

“We are visited by some 5,000 to 6,000 researchers every year,” the archivist said. “Lots of people come in to do their family’s genealogical research.”

The library is open to the public and there is no charge for people to do their research, she said.

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Democrats seek relief from health law penalties icans avoid making an even larger payment next year, but, more importantly, it will help them gain quality health insurance for 2015,” the lawmakers added.

So far, administration officials have deflected questions about whether an extension will be granted. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has authority to grant special enrollment periods under certain circumstances.

Supporters of the law say an extension would mainly help low- to middle-income uninsured people, the same group that Obama’s coverage expansion was intended to serve.

But Republicans may criticize it as another tweak to what they see as unworkable “Obamacare.”

The health care law imposes fines on uninsured people whose incomes are deemed high enough to enable them to afford coverage. The goal is to broaden the pool of insured people, helping to keep premiums in check for everybody.

The law also offers subsidies to lower the cost of private coverage for people who don’t have job-based health care.

That financial assistance is provided through a new tax credit.

Although the tax credit subsidies cover most of the premiums for many people, the coverage requirement and the fines that enforce it remain deeply unpopular.

And the cost of being uninsured in America is going up significantly.

For 2014, the fine was the greater of $95 per person or 1 percent of household income above the threshold for filing taxes. That fine will be collected when taxpayers file their 2014 returns.

But this year the fine will jump to the greater of 2 percent of income or $325. By 2016, the average fine will be about $1,100, based on government figures.

Polls show that many taxpayers are unaware of the potential financial exposure.

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More than half of kids aged 15 and older would need to sleep at least two hours more each night to meet recommendations for adequate rest, heightening concerns about the impact on their health and academic performance. That’s according to researchers who analyzed the University of Michigan’s annual “Monitoring the Future” national surveys of youth behavior.

The study involved nearly 300,000 teens asked in 19912012 surveys if they regularly got at least seven hours of sleep nightly and enough sleep.

Experts generally recommend nine or 10 hours of sleep for teens; over half of the 15- to 19-year-olds surveyed in 2012 said they didn’t even get seven hours each night.

Declines in nightly sleep

were seen in teens of all ages during the two decades. The biggest drop was among 15-year-olds — just over half the kids this age reported at least seven hours nightly in 1991, versus less than 43 percent in 2012. Also, about 30 percent of 15-year-olds reported getting what they considered enough sleep in 1991, versus 24 percent in 2012. Reports were slightly better for younger teens and worse for the oldest teens.

In most surveys, girls and non-whites were the least likely to report seven hours of sleep.

Reasons for the trend are uncertain but lead author Katherine Keyes, a Columbia University public health researcher, said factors that might have contributed include increasing use of social media, smartphones and other electronics, and rising rates of obesity.

Other research has suggested that early school start times play a role and advocates have been pushing for later times for teens.

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Three senior House members strongly urged the administration Monday to grant a special sign-up opportunity for uninsured taxpayers who will be facing fines under the law for the first time this year.

The three are Michigan’s Sander Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, and Lloyd Doggett of Texas. All worked to help steer Obama’s law through rancorous congressional debates from 2009-2010.

The lawmakers say they are concerned that many of their constituents will find out about the penalties after it’s already too late for them to sign up for coverage, since open enrollment ended Sunday.

That means they could wind up uninsured for another year, only to owe substantially higher fines in 2016. The fines are collected through the income tax system.

“For the many families who may now be about to pay a penalty, there should be an opportunity to avoid both further penalties and to obtain affordable health insurance,” said Doggett.

This year is the first time ordinary Americans will experience the complicated interactions between the health care law and taxes. Based on congressional analysis, tax preparation giant H&R Block says roughly 4 million uninsured people will pay penalties.

The IRS has warned that health-care related issues will make its job harder this filing season and taxpayers should be prepared for long call-center hold times, particularly since the GOP-led Congress has been loath to approve more money for the agency.

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BY HAMZA HENDAWI AND MAGGIE MICHAEL The Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt carried out airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in neighboring Libya on Monday and began a push for international military intervention in the chaotic North African state after extremists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians.

The airstrikes bring Egypt overtly into Libya’s turmoil, showing Cairo’s alarm over the growing stronghold of radicals on its western border as it also fights a militant insurgency of Islamic State allies on its eastern flank in the Sinai Peninsula.

Libya is where the extremist group has built up its strongest presence outside Syria and Iraq, and the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is lobbying in Europe and the United States for a coordinated international response similar to the coalition air campaign in those countries.

“Leaving things in Libya as they are without decisive intervention to suppress these terror groups constitutes a clear danger to international peace and security,” Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said.

Egypt launched U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets from bases near its border several hours apart and struck targets in the eastern Libyan city of Darna, according to Egyptian and Libyan security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

Egypt’s military announced the first round of strikes on state radio — the first public acknowledgement of military action in post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya.

The military’s statement said weapons caches and training camps were destroyed “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers.”

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A man mourns over Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, inside the Virgin Mary Church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. that cuts off terrorism,” it said.

The strikes came hours after the Islamic State group issued a grisly video of the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians — mainly young men from impoverished families — who had travelled to Libya for work.

They were kidnapped in two groups in December and January from the coastal city of Sirte.

In the video, the hostages are marched onto what is purported to be a Libyan beach before masked militants with knives carve off their heads. At least a dozen killings are visible, but it isn’t clear in the video whether all 21 were killed.

Inside the church in the tiny Christian-majority village of el-Aour, home to 13 of the 21, relatives wept Monday and shouted the names of the dead

in shock.

Babawi Walham, his eyes swollen from crying and barely able to speak, recounted how he and his extended family saw news of the video’s release on Egyptian TV Sunday night. His brother, a 30-year-old plumber named Samuel, was one of the men in the video.

“Each one of us was filled with grief, some collapsed or passed out. Our life has been turned upside down,” he told The Associated Press. “I watched the video. I saw my brother. My heart stopped beating. I felt what he felt.”

“I want the bodies back.

These are good people. These are martyrs,” he said.

With almost no state control in much of Libya, extremists loyal to the Islamic State have seized control Darna and the

central city of Sirte and have built up a powerful presence in the capital of Tripoli and the second-largest city, Benghazi.

Libyan Interior Minister Omar al-Sinki has said some 400 militants from Yemen and Tunisia have joined up with Libyan militias vowing allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Without publicly acknowledging it, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates carried out airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias last year, according to U.S. officials. Egypt and the Gulf are backing Libya’s internationally recognized government, which was driven into the far east of Libya after Islamist militias took control of the capital, Tripoli.

The Foreign Ministry in Cairo called Monday for political and material support from the U.S.-led coalition staging airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

But Egyptian security officials said Cairo does not want to be drawn into a costly ground war, and for now, wants any foreign military intervention restricted to airstrikes.

In support of this campaign, they said, Egypt has been amassing intelligence on extremists in Libya in a joint effort with the Libyan armed forces and West European nations, including France.

“We will not fight there on the ground on behalf of anyone, but we will not allow the danger to come any closer to us,” said one Egyptian official, who claimed that intelligence recently gathered in Libya suggested advanced preparations

by Islamic State militants to cross the border into Egypt. He

did not elaborate.

Egypt is already battling an Islamist insurgency in the strategic Sinai Peninsula, where militants recently declared their allegiance to the Islamic State. Those fighters rely heavily on arms smuggled from Libya, which has slid into chaos since the 2011 uprising that toppled Gadhafi’s 41-year rule.

El-Sissi spoke with France’s president and Italy’s prime minister Monday about Libya, and sent his foreign minister, Sameh Shukri, to New York to consult with U.N. officials and Security Council members ahead of a terrorism conference opening Wednesday in Washington.

“What is happening in Libya is a threat to international peace and security,” el-Sissi said.

The idea of a wider intervention has gained traction with Italy, whose southern tip is less than 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the Libyan coast. One of the militants in the video of the beheaded Egyptians boasted the group plans to “conquer Rome.”

Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said in an interview published Sunday in the Il Messaggero daily that her country is ready to lead a coalition of countries — European and North African — to stop the militants’ advance.

“If in Afghanistan we sent 5,000 men, in a country like Libya which is much closer to home, and where the risk of deterioration is much more worrisome for Italy, our mission and commitment could be significant, even numerically,” she was quoted as saying.

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BY JAN M. OLSEN AND KARL RITTER The Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail just two weeks ago and might have become radicalized there last summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday.

Two Danish sources close to the investigation confirmed to the AP that the slain gunman was named Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein. They spoke on condition of anonymity because Copenhagen police have not named the gunman, who they said was a 22-year-old Dane with a history of violence and gang connections. Several Danish media have already named him.

One source told the AP that El-Hussein had been in pre-trial detention for a long time but was released two weeks ago. He also said the corrections authority had alerted Danish security service PET last year after they noticed worrisome changes in El-Hussein’s behavior last summer.

He wouldn’t give specifics but said such alerts are issued when inmates change their attitude or behavior in a way that “sets off alarm bells.”

PET spokeswoman Lotte Holmstrup declined to comment on the report, saying “we are working on finding out what has happened.”

PET director Jens Madsen on Sunday confirmed that the gunman was known to the agency before the weekend attacks in Copenhagen that killed two people and wounded five police officers. He said the gunman may have been inspired by last month’s terror attacks

by Islamic extremists in Paris that killed 17 people, but did not elaborate on when his agency began tracking him.

The news about the suspected gunman came as Danes mourned the victims of the country’s first fatal terror attacks in 30 years — and, in an unusual development, some also put flowers on the street at the spot where police killed ElHussein. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening.

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The slain gunman Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists — and possibly the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Danish authorities said Sunday. there were no signs the gunman had any links to a wider terror cell.

“But we will, of course, in the coming time evaluate our fight against radicalization. We are already doing a lot,” she said.

In November 2013, police distributed photos of El-Hussein because he was wanted for a stabbing on a subway train in Copenhagen. At the time, police said he stabbed a 19-yearold man in his left thigh with a large knife.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was in pre-trial detention for that crime.

Investigators on Monday released more information about the gunman’s movements between the attacks, one Saturday afternoon at a cultural center and another early Sunday outside a synagogue, both in Copenhagen.

Police spokesman Joergen Skov said the gunman visited an Internet cafe late Saturday,

about six-and-a-half hours after the first attack. Police raided the facility on Sunday and detained four people, including the two men arraigned on Monday, Skov said. The other two were released.

Investigators released new images of El-Hussein and asked witnesses who had seen him enter or leave the Internet cafe to contact police.

“We are of course interested in whether he was alone and whether he was carrying anything and in which direction he went,” Skov said.

Denmark’s red-and-white flag flew at half-staff from official buildings across the capital Monday. Mourners placed flowers and candles at the cultural center where documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard, 55, was killed and at the synagogue where Dan Uzan, a 37-year-old security guard, was gunned down.

There was also a smaller mound of flowers where the

gunman was slain, which critics said was an insult to his victims. Ozlem Cekic, lawmaker of the left-wing Socialist People’s Party, called it “a huge assault on the Danish population.”

Denmark has been targeted by a series of foiled terror plots since the 2005 publication of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. The cartoons triggered riots in many Muslim countries and militant Islamists called for vengeance.

“I want to underline that this is not a conflict between Islam and the West,” ThorningSchmidt said. “This is a conflict between the core values of our society and violent extremists.”

One of the participants in the free speech event targeted Saturday was Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who caricatured the prophet in 2007. Vilks, who was

whisked away unharmed by his bodyguards, told the AP he thought he was the intended target of that attack.

Other participants said they dropped to the floor, looking for places to hide as the shooting started. The gunman never entered the center but sprayed it with bullets from outside in a gun battle with police.

World leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon, condemned the Copenhagen attacks.

“The terrorist attacks have the same causes in Paris and Copenhagen,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Monday as she visited Copenhagen in a show of solidarity. “Our cities are symbols of democracy, Paris and Copenhagen. We are here and we are not afraid.”

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Social media kicks up sales of bronzed baby shoes

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panies still providing a service that many assumed had gone the way of record players and COLUMBUS, Ohio — During black-and-white TVs. Just about anything solid the Depression, former kindercan be bronzed. The company garten teacher Violet Shinhas plated baby pacifiers, bach canvassed Ohio neightrack cleats, golf balls, dog colborhoods looking for yards lars, ballet slippers, cowboy with wading pools, tricycles boots, military drill-instructor and toys strewn about. She hats, football helmets, even a knew the young mothers who lived in those houses were pro- pile of elephant dung for a man who wanted a souvenir of spective customers for her an African safari. Last year, fledgling entrepreneurial enterprise: bronzing baby shoes. they dipped a New York Yankees cap that was presented to Despite the hard times, the business took off and endured. retiring star Derek Jeter.

“We did a giant clove of garBy the early 1970s, the Bronlic for a reputed Mafia boss,” Shoe Co. in Columbus was bronzing 2,000 shoes a day and Kaynes recalls with a chuckle.

“It was really cool. We plated sending them all over the it about seven times, and it country. still smelled.”

Eventually the company But baby shoes of all modstruggled with ways to market ern-day styles remain the comthe specialized service. Like many quaint traditions of ear- pany’s bread and butter: tiny colorful Nike sneakers, oxlier generations, preserving fords, sandals, Mary Janes, that first pair of tiny shoes in copper alloy as a forever keep- christening slippers, moccasins and Crocs. Thirty employsake fell out of favor. ees ship about 100 bronzed But also as popular comshoes a day. Prices start at modities sometimes do, $79.95 per pair. bronzed baby shoes are makChristine Whylings, a ing a comeback among a new 34-year-old mom who lives in generation of parents and Audubon, New Jersey, recentgrandparents, thanks in part ly sent off the first pairs of to an aggressive social media shoes worn by her sons, now marketing strategy. ages 1 and 3. She’s now preg“It’s a visibility thing, and our visibility just went away,” nant with a girl and plans to preserve her daughter’s first says CEO Robert Kaynes Jr., pair of kicks, too. the 58-year-old grandson of “I love having them,” she the company’s founder. “We pretty much lost a generation. says. “I’m kind of a sap anyway. Even though my kids are I don’t think it’s because it little, I worry about them went out of style. I think it’s growing up too fast. I cheered because it went out of sight.

Nobody knew we were there.” up when I saw them.”

After relying on door-toNow known as the Ameridoor sales then retail stores can Bronzing Co., it’s the oldest and largest of the few com- and direct mail, the company’s

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Robert Kaynes, CEO of American Bronzing Co., shows some of the approximately 100 pairs of baby shoes his company bronzes each day, in Columbus, Ohio. business bottomed out by the late 1990s. Kaynes said online marketing has helped bring it back, especially being able to place ads prominently on the Facebook pages of moms with toddlers and other aggressive strategies to keep the ads visible. Shipments have surged 25 percent in the past six months.

A company Facebook page with nearly 80,000 “likes” is stuffed with product pitches and photos of customers’ cute little kids and grandkids.

“When you look at their posts, you start seeing ones

that say ‘I had my baby shoes bronzed 40 years ago. I didn’t know (the company) was still around,’” says Jason Parks, a Columbus digital marketing consultant Kaynes hired last year. “That shows the brand recognition is out there.”

Annie Mitchell, president of The Bronzery in Escondido, California, thinks better visibility, social media advertising and a better economy have contributed to a 25 percent boost in her company’s babyshoe business since mid to late 2013.

“Mainly I think it’s cyclical — what’s old is new again,” Mitchell said.

Georgeanne Berg, 64, of Trumbull, Connecticut, got the idea to bronze her twin grandchildren’s christening shoes as Christmas ornaments last year, inspired by her own baby shoes that had been bronzed and mounted in the 1950s.

“It’s like a throwback to my generation,” Berg said. “It’s so nice to keep the tradition, and these shoes are just special now, that my grandchildren will have forever.”

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PUBLIC DEFENDERS FROM PAGE A1 The 3rd judicial circuit is comprised of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties. Five assistant public defenders, each handling a workload of about 200 pending cases, work full-time for the Sumter County office, serving under a lead public defender and 3rd Circuit Chief Public Defender Jack D. Howle Jr. The office serves as defense counsel, serving residents who cannot afford legal representaSMITH tion in the courtroom. Their court-appointed service is a staple of the U.S. criminal justice system and one that Cooke and her counterparts feel is integral to protecting Americans from unjust arrests.

“We’re that line of defense — TIMMONS that’s the way I think a lot of us go into it,” said Jacob Smith, who joined the office in August 2013. “We are the line of defense between an arrest making you guilty and the actual facts coming to light. And that’s our job is to bring the facts of a case to STORY light.”

Katarzyna “Kasia” Timmons grew up on the Baltic coast of northern Poland smitten by the idea of being an attorney because she was interested in knowing her natural rights. She graduated from a university in MCFADDEN her native city with a Master in Law in 2009 and came to the United States after meeting her husband. She joined the 3rd Circuit in November 2013, doing contract work in Lee and Clarendon counties. Then, in September, she began her

BILL FROM PAGE A1 significant revenue cuts for the county and city.

“The county government depends heavily on those revenues,” said Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon.

Mixon said it is too early for the county to contemplate ways to offset the potential loss in revenues, which is estimated to be about $800,000.

“We’ll have to wait and see the details,” he said.

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stint as a full-time assistant public defender in Sumter County.

“I think a lot of people think criminal defense attorneys just get guilty people off the hook because of technicalities,” she said. “I don’t think that’s true. Sometimes you get somebody that’s wrongly accused. Sometimes you see somebody whose constitutional rights are violated, fundamental rights like the Fourth or Sixth Amendment rights. And I think they’re just as important as freedom of speech.”

Public defenders often argue the veracity of charges their clients face, provide counseling as to what consequences they face and make sure court administrators don’t infringe upon their clients’ rights.

Stephen Story began working at the public defenders office nearly two years ago and said he is intrigued by the unpredictability of being a criminal defense attorney. He noted civil attorneys often know every answer to their questions before they enter the courtroom, and criminal prosecutors usually have a good idea of what people are going to say on the witness stand.

“But as a defense attorney, you’re going to go cross examine people, and you’re trying to get the truth out,” he said. “You are trying to catch them in lies, problems with their memory or something like that. ... I always come up with my own theory first. So on cross examination, I always have an idea of what I’m going to bring out based on my overall theory of the case.”

Jacob McFadden, a 27-year-old Clemson undergraduate, earned his legal stripes from Charleston School of Law in May. He is the new kid on the block, as he began his tenure at the public defenders office Feb. 2.

“It’s fast paced, but I’m really excited,” he said. “There’s definitely a learning curve. It’s a big difference between law school, where you’re learning about the law, and practicing the law. So I’m beginning that second half, and I’ve been learning a lot.”

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According to City Administrator Deron McCormick, the city receives about $5.1 million of its $34 million general revenue fund from the business license tax.

“It’s quite significant for us,” McCormick said. “It’s a little less that 20 percent, and you can’t replace that.”

McCormick said the city takes the possible erosion of revenues very seriously.

“We always stand ready if there is a better way to do something or if we want to make something happen,” he said.

gene Baten said the loss in county revenues will most likely cause a tax burden on Sumter residents.

“Where is the county going to get the money to offset the expense?” he asked.

“When you take money to help someone, you have to take it from something else to give it,” Baten said.

Baten said the city will be most affected if the bill is passed because it is the location of the majority of businesses.

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Before the models can be printed, they must be drawn first. “Everything in this world that gets built gets drawn first,” Tuders said. “We’re the ones who make the drawings.”

Students must first create blueprints, or mechanical drawings, of an object and later will convert that blueprint into a orthographic projection, which are 2-D representations of 3-D objects.

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For the love of Farmville I

used to love my e-farm.

Honestly, I’m only about two generations removed from an agrarian family history, so my former interest in tilling online dirt on Farmville was some inborn trait manifesting itself because I can’t actually muster the ability to grow real plants.

Farmville made me have psychological meltdowns. A game on a social networking site shouldn’t be allowed to do that to me.

Then, I would see articles in the New York Times and other publications on how Cliff people are McCollum planning their lives around Farmville, and I think not “Wow, are those people nutjobs?” but “Huh, maybe I can find some tips.” That scared me.

I’d gladly wander onto neighboring farms to fertilize seedlings for them or to help feed their chickens or cows.

Considering the general public’s backlash about clogging up newsfeeds with adverts, I chose not to have the gaming app post to my newsfeed.

I liked Farmville, but I would always worry about what can happen to a game when it gets noteworthy popularity.

Will real-world agribusiness problems start to pop up within that realm?

Will there be a push to allow users to grow medicinal marijuana in states that have legalized that practice?

Can users be allowed to have their farms go organic, being offered more coins for choosing to be safer?

Will there be a Farmville EPA to swoop in for possible contaminations for having too many animals in a pen or having cows too close to the soybean crop?

Where were all of these coins coming from? Were we selling them to some sort of invisible consumer or are we getting government subsidies?

Should I have grown e-corn so I could get an online ethanol kickback to buy some Internet carbon credits from Al Gore’s Interweb?

For that matter, why were we being paid in coins? I thought that sort of thing went out with the freeing of the Serfs. I mean, I don’t want to throw around the word “sharecropping,” but … it makes you wonder.

If we’re allowed to join forces with other farmers, could we form large agribusiness conglomerates (or, hippy-dippy communes … I suppose)?

Could we have lobbied our Farmville designers to put higher tariffs on Farmville crops coming in from overseas?

Of course, if tariffs are raised, we could see a vast amount of e-migration to get IP addresses on this side of the border. Get ready for some angry letters, Facebook.

Now that Facebook is popping up with memorial pages, I suppose I have to have an e-will put on the record on how to divvy up my farm after the Farmville government takes out the estate tax.

(For that matter, in the event of my untimely demise, anyone who attempts to create a memorial page on Facebook and anyone who would write on the wall of said page will be haunted by me for the rest of their natural days. You’ve been warned, readers.)

Are these legitimate concerns? No, probably not at all.

I’m well-established for being slightly insane, so take that into account.

But, all of this is what came into my head every time my online flannel-clad self harvests soybeans.

Well, that and how to taint those virtual soybeans to further my hatred for all things vegan. (Vegans, you’ve been warned, too.)

Maybe it’s a good thing I’ve stopped playing.

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

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A new service opportunity for vets

BY JOSH BELL AND TIMOTHY ERVOLINA

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OLUMBIA — Many of us look for ways to give back and help our communities. For military veterans, commitment to service is ingrained. More than 400,000 veterans call South Carolina home, and many of them are choosing national service, through the state’s 13 AmeriCorps programs, as a means to strengthen the Palmetto State.

At Teach For America and the United Way Association of South Carolina, we witness every day the tremendous work of veterans who did not hang up their boots when their military careers came to a close. They have within them the will to serve, to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

These warriors are finding new opportunities to strengthen and defend their country through national service.

About 100 Teach For America AmeriCorps members have a military background. Part of You Served For America, Now Teach For America — the initiative to put the power of transitioning military veterans and spouses to work in our nation’s highest-need schools — these educators bring with them unique leadership skills gained in military training.

Skills such as being entrepreneurial and adept in discontinuous environments, exhibiting high levels of resiliency and teambuilding, and assuming high levels of trust make veterans powerful classroom leaders and colleagues.

Donald Petty II is a veteran of the S.C. Army National Guard and serves in the U.S. Army Reserves. He is also a sixth-grade social studies teacher through Teach For America. Coming from a low-income background, Donald is motivated by a desire to help students like himself achieve. Donald draws upon his experience with planning training for his soldiers to write lesson plans and develop long-term goals for his students.

As he explains: “In my classroom I imple-

ment the Army values of honor, selfless service and integrity. In addition to wanting my students to be successful in school, I want them to be positive members of society.”

Teaching isn’t the only way veterans continue to give back. The United Way Association, which serves as South Carolina’s governor-appointed AmeriCorps Commission, partners with the Sustainability Institute to work with veterans who are trained to rehabilitate aging and low-income households in Charleston County. Through this program, the Energy Conservation Corps, veterans help to stabilize budgets and reduce monthly utility costs for low-income families with advanced weatherization and energy-efficient upgrades to older homes. They also restore historic homes using specialized techniques that are increasing energy efficiency while preserving their historic integrity. Their work is making a positive impact on the environment and economy in a community with increasing energy-efficiency needs.

It’s critical that we remember that military veterans and families continue to serve long after their discharge papers are given.

Communities across our state and country continue to benefit from those who work with National Service organizations. Let’s not confine our “thank you’s” to just Veterans Day and Memorial Day, but recognize the continued contributions of our military year-round.

If you are or you know veterans who are looking for opportunities to serve South Carolina in other ways, please reach out to the United Way Association at (803) 608-1824 or Teach For America-South Carolina at (843) 432-4600.

Mr. Bell is executive director of Teach For America-South Carolina; Mr. Ervolina is CEO of the United Way Association of South Carolina and the S.C. AmeriCorps Commission. Contact them at josh.bell@teachforamerica.org or timothy.ervolina@uwasc.org.

‘Blue wall’ not impregnable to Republicans — if they’re smart

D

o Republicans have a realistic chance to win the next presidential election? Some analysts suggest the answer is no. They argue that there is a 240-electoral-vote “blue wall” of 18 states and D.C. that have gone Democratic in the last six presidential elections.

A Democratic nominee needs only 30 more electoral votes to win the presidency, they note accurately. A Republican nominee, they suggest, has little chance of breaking through the blue wall. He (or she) would have to win 270 of the 298 other electoral votes.

Democrats do have an advantage in the electoral vote, because heavily Democratic clusters clinch about 170 electoral votes for them, while Republicans have a lock on only about 105. But the blue wall theory, like all political rules of thumb, is true only till it’s not.

And this one could easily prove inoperative in a competitive 2016 race.

To see why, go back and put yourself in the shoes of a Democratic strategist following the 2004 presidential race. Assume that a stronger 2008 Democratic nominee will win all of John Kerry’s 252 electoral votes (which happened). Then take a look at the states in which Kerry won 43 per-

COMMENTARY cent or more of the popular vote.

The four states in which Kerry won 48 percent or more — Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio, Nevada — were obvious targets, seriously contested in three or four of the previous four elections. Add Florida (47 percent for Kerry and obviously closely contested) and you have 318 electoral votes easily accessible in a good Democratic year.

What states should Michael you target beyond that?

Barone It depends on who your nominee is. If it’s Hillary Clinton, you might look at Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona, Tennessee and West Virginia. Bill Clinton won Arizona once and the other four twice, and Hillary Clinton won all but Missouri in the 2008 primaries. These states’ 43 electoral votes raise the potential win to 361.

If your nominee is Barack Obama, your targets are different. You might look at Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina, plus Missouri. All but Colorado have large minority populations,

and all but Missouri have large blocs of upscale whites — groups among which Obama demonstrated strong appeal in 2008 primaries.

These states had 48 electoral votes in 2008. Obama won all but Missouri’s 11 and made up for that by winning 11 in Indiana, a 39 percent Kerry state.

The lesson here is that in a favorable opinion climate, a party can successfully target previously unwinnable states containing voting blocs that can be moved or just mobilized. It helps greatly if, like Obama, they increase their turnout in primaries.

Likewise, a Republican strategist looking ahead to 2016 has 12 states where Mitt Romney won 43 to 49 percent of the vote in 2012. Add some significant share of their 146 electoral votes to the 206 Romney won, and you get well above the 270 majority.

At the top of the list are perennial targets Florida and Ohio. Just below, at 47 percent in favor of Romney, are Virginia and — part of the supposedly immoveable blue wall — Pennsylvania.

Republicans nearly beat a popular Democratic senator in Virginia last year and have been making steady gains in blue-collar Western Pennsylvania. Those four states added to Rom-

ney’s would give Republicans 286 electoral votes — George W. Bush’s winning total in 2004.

What states could Republicans target beyond that? A nominee with Midwestern appeal might go after Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota (42 electoral votes). One with Hispanic appeal could target Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico (20 electoral votes). One with appeal to upscale whites could target Colorado, New Hampshire and Minnesota (23 electoral votes). One with working-class appeal might choose Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan (32 electoral votes).

Critics might ask whether a 2016 Republican nominee can count on all the Romney states. Certainly not, if the party is as unpopular as it was in 2008.

And North Carolina, a 48 percent Obama state, certainly looks like a realistic Democratic target in a close race.

Republicans looking to 2016 can learn from Democrats’ 2008 success.

Target wisely, and think of states you haven’t carried in years.

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst at the Washington Examiner. © 2015 creators.com

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BY KEVIN M C DONOUGH You know the Oscars are on their way when a mere TV show uses the word “cinema” in its title. Robin Roberts hosts “Countdown to the Oscars: 15 Movies That Changed American Cinema” (10 p.m., ABC).

There are three, maybe four nouns that are commonly used when discussing what we used to call “motion pictures.” Decades ago, I was lucky enough to once work with an older editor who was a real character, a man with vast memories of old New York, Hollywood and Broadway. When discussing the movies he devoured with the passion of somebody five decades his junior, he always employed the word “picture.”

It didn’t matter if it were an art-house movie or a blockbuster, it was a “picture,” pronounced “pik-chah.” We shall not see his kind again.

Even as a kid, I knew the difference between somebody discussing a “film” and a mere “movie.” A foreign movie was a “film.” A popular film is a “movie.”

Somehow discussing the “films” of Pauly Shore sounds slightly academic, if not pretentious or ridiculous.

But “cinema” — that really implies something scholarly, worth studying. Over the years we’ve carved up old movie palaces into cookie cutter “cineplexes.” But the word “cinema” has never rolled easily off the tongue. You might be going to the local Cinema Six to see “American Sniper,” but if you told your friends you were “off to the cinema,” you’d be putting on some serious Grey Poupon airs.

So what are the 15 movies that changed American cinema? ABC isn’t saying, but they say the list is full of surprises, and even includes a 1980s teen romp. In the end, this is a puff piece promotion for Sunday’s Oscar telecast. Get the picture?

• Stanley Tucci narrates the two-part, four-hour series “The Italian Americans” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings).

Part one, “La Famiglia,” examines the arrival of mil-

shakes things up on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Family matters on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Identity theft on “Marry Me” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Kaitlin Olson guest stars on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Leviathan strikes on “Marvel’s Agent Carter” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Cain returns on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Marcus is less than a ladies’ man on “About a Boy” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * An epic road trip on “The Mindy Project” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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Actor John Turturro speaks about his Italian family on “The Italian Americans.” Part one of this two-part, four-hour series airs at 9 p.m. today on PBS.

lions of immigrants, mostly from Southern Italy and Sicily, between the 1880s and the close of Ellis Island in the 1920s. Filled with period film footage and observations by writers including Gay Talese and actor John Turturro, “La Famiglia” teems with family stories of the immigrant strivers who literally built the sidewalks, subways and brownstones of America’s great cities while facing the hostility of nativist Americans and other immigrant groups. It concludes next Tuesday.

• David Frei, Mary Carillo and Kelli Stavast bring us the paw-by-paw action of “The 139th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show” (8 p.m., USA). May the best pug win!

CULT CHOICE Richard Brooks directed the 1967 documentary style adaptation of Truman Capote’s true crime classic “In Cold Blood” (1:45 p.m., TCM). Robert Blake plays a killer.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • On two helpings of “Parks and Recreation” (NBC, TV-PG), Andy’s swan song (8 p.m.), a funeral (8:30 p.m.).

• Four finalists prepare

dessert on “MasterChef Junior” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

• Professional advice on “Fresh off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• A segment from Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk show is embroidered into a half-hour reality series “Repeat After Me” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Jane’s leap of faith frightens Maura on the season premiere of “Rizzoli & Isles” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• Reese protects a software genius with several

identities on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Boden needs some personal space on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Pierce’s dad faces a big decision on “Perception” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• Ava makes desperate moves on “Justified” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

Jack McBrayer, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Lauren Cohan appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Twin Shadow appears on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Matthew Perry, Taraji P. Henson and Anders Holm visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Thomas Lennon hosts Kal Penn and Lindsay Sloane on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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TV-themed DVDs available today include “Game of Thrones, Season 4.”

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

AROUND TOWN follows: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

The Salterstown Neighborhood Wednesdays, SC Works — Watch will meet at 6 p.m.

Santee Lynches, 31 E. Caltoday at the Salterstown houn St., (803) 774-1300; 9:30 Community Center, 800 SaltNeighborhood a.m.-4 p.m.Watch Fridays,to3-8 p.m. ertown Road. Salterstown All community Saturdays, appointments residents are encouraged to meet only on Sundays, Goodwill — attend this meeting and get Job Link Center, 1028 Broad involved to build a safer, St., (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 crime-free community. Cona.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays and tact Raymond Mack at (803) 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, 795-3193 or Corp. Gene Lee County Adult Education, Hobbs, Sumter County Sher123 E. College St., Bishopville, iff’s Office, at (803) 436-2010.

(803) 484-4040. For details The Improvement Council and appointments, call Ms. Committee meeting will folSamuels at (803) 240-8355. low.

The Pinedale Neighborhood AsThe Carolina Coin Club will sociation will meet at 4 p.m. meet at 7 p.m. today at the Parks and Recreation Depart- on Thursday, Feb. 19, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. ment, 155 Haynsworth St. Lafayette Drive. Call FerdiThe club meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Visi- nand Burns at (803) 968-4464. tors are welcome. Call (803) The General George L. Mabry Jr. 775-8840.

Chapter 817, Military Order of The Shepherd’s Center, 24 Coun- the Purple Heart, will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, at cil St., will offer public informathe Elks Lodge, 1100 W. Libertion sessions from 11 to 11:50 ty St. All Purple Heart recipia.m. on Thursdays as follows: Feb. 19, estate planning ents are invited. Call (803) 506-3120. with Amanda Miller of Edward Jones; Feb. 26, planning The Sumter Combat Veterans your spring garden with a Group will meet at 10 a.m. on Clemson Extension Service Friday, Feb. 20, at the South representative; March 5, tips, HOPE Center. All area vetertricks and troubleshooting ans are invited. iPad and PCs. The Lincoln High School Class of Clarendon School District One 1965 will meet at 11 a.m. on will conduct free vision, hearing, Friday, Feb. 20, at the Lincoln speech and developmental High School gymnasium. screenings as part of a child Plans will be made for the find effort to identify stuclass reunion. Call Betty Milldents with special needs. er at (803) 775-1616.

Screenings will be held from The Lincoln High School Alumni 9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- Association will hold a dinner fundraiser 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on ter on the following ThursFriday, Feb. 20, at the Lincoln days: March 12; April 9; and High School gymnasium. DinMay 14. Call Sadie Williams ners are $7 each and will or Audrey Walters at (803) consist of fried chicken, mac485-2325, extension 221. aroni salad or seasoned rice, The AARP Foundation Volunteer green beans, roll and a drink.

Tax-Aide Program will offer free Dine in or take out. Call income tax assistance for lowJames L. Green at (803) 968income or elderly taxpayers.

4173.

You will need: all tax forms The Lee County Branch of the and information; governNAACP’s annual “Freedom Fund ment-issued ID; Social Security card; all W-2’s, 1099s and Banquet” will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, at Lee Cen1098s; and supporting docutral High School, 1800 Wiments if you plan to itemize.

Assistance will be available 9 sacky Highway, Bishopville.

Rep. David Weeks, D-Sumter, a.m.-2 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays through April 13 will speak. Bobby Wilson and the Chosen Ones will provide at The Spectrum senior cenmusic. Tickets are $20 and ter, 1989 Durant Lane. Call must be purchased in ad(803) 316-0772. vance. Contact Mattie WesFree income tax filing services try at (803) 459-7033 or Patriand FAFSA applications will be cia Carter at (803) 486-5080. provided through April 15 as

PUBLIC AGENDA TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Today, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center SUMTER COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD INC. CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS INC. INDEPENDENT LIVING INC. ABILITIES UNLIMITED INC. ADAPTIVE LIFESTYLES INC. MAGNOLIA MANOR INC. FIRST FLIGHT INC. Today, 5 p.m., 750 Electric Drive.

Call (803) 778-1669, Ext. 119.

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Today, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

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Cold with plenty of clouds

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Brilliant sunshine and colder

Times of clouds and sun

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Chance of rain: 55%

NNW 7-14 mph

NNE 4-8 mph

W 10-20 mph

WNW 8-16 mph

ENE 7-14 mph

NE 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 45/22 Spartanburg 46/25

Greenville 46/27

Columbia 50/30

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

Sumter 49/28

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 51/26

ON THE COAST

Charleston 57/31

Today: Rain in the morning, but any time in central parts. High 50 to 58.

Wednesday: Clouds yielding to sun, except sunny in southern parts. High 47 to 51.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 45/26/c 18/1/c 54/33/pc 21/6/sf 53/33/pc 74/56/pc 51/35/c 28/18/sn 79/52/t 28/14/sn 77/51/s 63/49/pc 33/19/sn

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

357.67 74.70 74.60 96.54

24-hr chg -0.01 none +0.01 -0.11

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

trace 2.24" 1.91" 7.04" 5.03" 5.85"

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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

40° 28° 59° 35° 82° in 1989 16° in 1991

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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Wed. Hi/Lo/W 41/14/pc 10/-7/pc 57/33/s 16/-3/sf 65/37/s 76/56/pc 59/35/s 30/12/sf 61/36/s 31/12/sf 80/53/s 65/50/pc 34/11/sf

Myrtle Beach 53/30

Manning 50/26

Today: Rather cloudy and warmer. Winds light and variable.

Wednesday: Sunshine, breezy and colder.

Winds west 10-20 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 47/28

Bishopville 48/25

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.61 -0.03 19 5.02 +1.25 14 6.86 +0.08 14 2.81 +0.03 80 77.08 -0.52 24 6.64 -0.59

Sunrise 7:05 a.m.

Moonrise 5:45 a.m.

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4:57 p.m.

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High 7:29 a.m.

7:40 p.m.

8:22 a.m.

8:35 p.m.

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Low 1:41 a.m.

2:23 p.m.

2:37 a.m.

3:14 p.m.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 37/15/c 51/25/c 53/28/c 58/33/sh 42/27/r 57/31/sh 43/24/c 49/27/c 50/30/c 45/26/c 32/21/i 41/25/r 41/23/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 28/1/sf 42/12/pc 48/17/s 51/25/s 37/20/c 51/23/s 38/9/pc 40/15/pc 48/18/pc 44/17/pc 36/12/pc 44/18/pc 42/15/pc

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 47/28/c 67/37/t 44/24/c 38/23/i 57/30/r 39/17/c 46/27/c 41/18/c 58/34/sh 65/37/sh 51/26/c 52/26/c 43/24/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 48/19/pc 57/29/s 38/8/pc 39/14/pc 50/23/s 33/4/pc 40/10/pc 34/5/pc 50/25/s 55/29/s 46/19/s 47/19/s 39/12/pc

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Today Hi/Lo/W 41/11/c 57/32/sh 53/30/r 52/31/r 58/33/sh 36/19/c 44/22/c 44/20/c 59/34/sh 46/25/c 58/33/sh 51/26/r 38/18/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 31/1/pc 50/23/s 49/22/pc 48/21/s 50/23/s 36/8/pc 40/9/pc 37/11/pc 52/24/s 39/10/pc 51/25/s 46/20/pc 33/5/pc

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

CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Today, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning

For Comfort You Can Count On, Better Make It Boykin!

CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Today, 6:30 p.m., district office CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

803-795-4257 www.boykinacs.com License #M4217

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keeping a low EUGENIA LAST profile will make it easier for you to implement the changes you want to make. Reconnecting with someone you have worked with in the past will lead to an interesting opportunity. Don’t settle for less than what you are worth.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Problems will result if you let your emotions take over, leading to indulgence and poor financial and emotional choices. You are best to take a conservative approach to both work and partnerships. Safety must be maintained in all aspects of life.

greater stability.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have knowledge and good ideas, but if you become lazy, scattered and confused, you will make little progress. Focus on whatever will bring you the greatest returns. Use your insight and past experience to guide you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look in the mirror and size up your situation. Don’t let anyone manipulate you by making you feel guilty. It’s important to follow your dreams. Re-evaluate a love affair.

Don’t lead anyone on. Approaching your job differently will pay off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be careful what you say and how you react. A misunderstanding of a personal nature will unfold, leaving GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Share you with a dispute to deal with. your ideas and plans. Don’t just Make positive personal think about what it is you want to improvements instead of trying to do -- take action. Consider a trip if it will help resolve an issue you face change or criticize someone else.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): or bring you closer to an answer Limit what you are willing to spend you are searching for. or do when it comes to joint CANCER (June 21-July 22): Legal, ventures or endeavors. You have to medical and financial matters will have a cutoff if you don’t want to surface. Don’t be too quick to end up in a compromising position. invest in someone else’s venture.

Don’t feel you have to pay Offer advice and your time, not your cash. An idea you have should someone else’s way. be developed, put into play and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Ease marketed. in to any situation that develops.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do your own Listen, observe and consider all options before you make a move. thing, but don’t expect everyone Use your head, collect information else to pitch in and help. The and summarize the facts carefully. changes you make may not be A false sense of security will lead to welcome by everyone, but those overspending or overdoing. who oppose you will eventually recognize your reasoning.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have plenty to offer, but you are VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): best to channel your energy into Concentrate on your health, diet something that will benefit you, and monetary gains. A good not someone else. Working quietly healthy lifestyle coupled with a less-stressful financial situation will on your own until you have mastered what you want to ward off future problems. Don’t present will have the biggest look for a quick fix when you should be striving for security and impact.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY MONDAY 5-9-19-25-33 PowerUp: 2

4-6-32-42-46 Lucky Ball: 2

PICK 3 MONDAY

PICK 4 MONDAY

2-5-5 and 0-1-0

8-0-7-0 and 8-6-0-1

POWERBALL SATURDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

1-24-44-45-51 4-20-44-65-74 Powerball: 28 Powerplay: 2 Megaball: 14 Megaplier: 3

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

Emelia Jenkins, granddaughter of Eddie and Linda Mungia of Sumter, takes the controls as she and her dad, Mike Jenkins, fly from Covington, Georgia, to Woodruff to attend the second annual CHILLY CHILI FLY-IN on Feb. 7. The event was held at Triple Tree Aerodrome near Woodruff, which is often referred to as the “Augusta National” of grass runways. At 7,000 feet by 400 feet, it is the largest grass runway in the country. The 400-acre facility is home to numerous general aviation type fly-ins and radio control events throughout the year. This year’s luncheon tallied nearly 200 aircraft of all types.

HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to sandrah@theitem.com, or mail to Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

PREP BASKETBALL

Gators ‘D’ swallows Stags Lakewood pressure turns into 61-23 rout of Berkeley

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item It would have been appropriate for announcer/DJ Derrick Rhems to drop a dose of Heavy D at halftime of the 3A girls basketball first-round stage playoff game between Lakewood and Berkeley on Monday because that was the theme of the night for the Lady Gators.

Kamryn Lemon, Sonora Dengokl and Shalexia Pack combined for 23 steals and a smothering Lakewood defense forced 11 additional turnovers as the Region VI No. 1 seeded Lady Gators turned an early 5-3 deficit into a 61-23 drubbing of the Lady Stags at The Swamp.

“It was a very good team effort, and I’m telling them it’s the playoffs now,” said Lakewood head coach Frances Fields. “You only have five games, and every game is a step forward, step forward, step forward. So tonight I feel like everybody pulled together as individuals to make a team goal. One game is off and now we’ve got to prepare for the next.”

Dengokl and Lemon both finished with double-doubles as Dengokl poured in 29 points

MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

SEE GATORS, PAGE B3 Lakewood’s Sonora Dengkol (15) puts up a shot as Berkley’s Jonnay Anthony (3) attempts to defend during the Lady Gators’ 61-23 victory on Monday at The Swamp in the first round of the 3A state playoffs. Lakewood improved to 19-4 on the season.

PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE p.m.

WEDNESDAY SCHSL JV Boys Championship Boys TODAY

Girls 4A River Bluff at Sumter, 6 p.m.

2A Lee Central at Mullins, 7 p.m.

Boys 3A Beaufort at Crestwood, 7 p.m.

Lakewood at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 7 p.m.

1A Hemingway at Scott’s Branch, 7 p.m.

4A South Aiken at Sumter, 7 p.m.

2A Waccamaw at Lee Central, 7 p.m.

SCISA REGION II-3A At Sumter County Civic Center

TODAY JV Girls Championship — Wilson Hall vs.

Thomas Sumter, 3:30

— Wilson Hall vs. Laurence Manning, 4:45 p.m.

Varsity Girls Championship – Wilson Hall vs. TSA, 6 p.m.

Varsity Boys Championship –LMA vs. WH, 7:30 p.m.

SCACS TODAY Boys Maranatha Christian at Sumter Christian, 5:30 p.m.

Knights pull away late for 67-37 victory

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com It took 2 ½ quarters, but the Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team finally showed on Monday in its 3A state playoff opener why it shared the Region VI title.

The Lady Knights led Hilton Head WILSON just 28-24 with 4 minutes, 31 seconds, remaining in the third quarter when they went on a 31-1 run over the next eight minutes to go on to a 67-37 victory at The Castle.

Crestwood, the defending lower state champion, will go on the road Thursday to face Aiken, a 62-50 winner over North Myrtle Beach in a first-round game on Monday.

“The biggest difference

was we started making shots,” said Lady Knights head coach Tony Wilson. “ We weren’t getting shots to go down through much of the first half and then we missed some easy shots to start the second half.

“That’s why I called a timeout (less than a minute into the third quarter). We talk to the girls about getting off to a good start in the first three minutes of the second half and I wanted to remind them of that.”

It still took some time for his reminder to take hold.

Crestwood, which improved to 19-4 on the season, led the Lady Seahawks 25-20 at halftime. The Lady Knights stumbled out the block to start the second half and a basket by HH’s Americal Jenkins pulled her team to within four.

Cawasha Ceasar buried a 3-point shot to push the

SEE KNIGHTS, PAGE B3

CLEMSON BASKETBALL

NASCAR

Heath, Cox help Georgia Tech earn rare win over Tigers

‘Big game hunter’ McMurray looks for more major Sprint Cup wins

BY GEORGE HENRY The Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jamie McMurray’s first full day at Daytona International Speedway included a photo opportunity of the driver standing amid the track’s famed trophies.

On his wrist was the Rolex MCMURRAY he’d won two weeks earlier in the prestigious 24-hour sports car race.

McMurray, with just seven career Sprint Cup wins, certainly knows how to pick the right time to win. So much so that team owner Chip Ganassi deemed him “a big game hunter.”

With last month’s Rolex victory, McMurray joined Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt as the only three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the sports car race.

When asked why he seems to only win the big races — among his other victories are the Brickyard 400, the CocaCola 600 and NASCAR’s allstar race — McMurray said because “they pay the most.”

The reality is that McMurray doesn’t know why he seems to shine in some of the big races. He saw a picture that had been created to show him with Andretti and Foyt and was blown away at his accomplishment.

“That was mindboggling to see that and it be real, not something you made at the carnival,” he’s said. “That was really cool and it was really special to be in that group. I look at five years ago, I wouldn’t have thought I would be here.”

ATLANTA — Josh Heath scored a careerhigh 14 points, Demarco Cox added 12 and Georgia Tech snapped a 10game series losing streak with a 63-52 victory over Clemson on Monday night.

The Yellow Jackets (1214, 3-11 Atlantic Coast Conference) had lost four of five and began the night leading the league in losses.

Jaron Blossomgame and Austin Ajukwa each finished with 10 points for Clemson (15-11, 7-7).

The Tigers have dropped three of four.

In a matchup of offensively challenged teams — Clemson was ranked No. 295 nationally and Georgia Tech No. 237 in scoring — the Tigers began the game 1 for 9 on 3-pointers before Damarcus Harrison’s trey made it 32-all with 12:14 remaining.

Less than 8 minutes later, the Jackets led by 18 after Marcus Georges-

HEATH

COX

Hunt hit a 3.

Clemson cut the lead to nine points three times over the next 3 minutes, but after Travis Jorgenson’s free throw made it 59-49 with 1:12 remaining, the Tigers trailed by double digits the rest of the game.

Jordan Roper, who scored in double figures in six of last seven games for Clemson, finished with six points and went 0 for 4 beyond the arc.

Georges-Hunt had 11 points and Robert Sampson pulled down 10 rebounds for the Jackets, who outscored the Tigers 40-20 in the paint.

Heath, a reserve guard, hit a layup high off the backboard to make it 56-45 and hit a pair of free throws in the final minute to help secure the victory.

GEORGIA TECH 63, CLEMSON 52 CLEMSON (15-11)

Blossomgame 5-11 0-0 10, Hall 2-6 4-5 8, Grantham 1-6 0-0 3, Roper 3-9 0-0 6, Nnoko 3-10 2-2 8, Ajukwa 4-6 1-3 10, DeVoe 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 2-7 1-2 7, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Djitte 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 8-12 52.

GEORGIA TECH (12-14)

Jackson 2-8 0-2 4, Georges-Hunt 5-8 0-0 11, Cox 6-8 0-2 12, Jorgenson 0-3 1-2 1, Sampson 3-7 0-0 7, Mitchell 2-7 2-2 6, Heyward 1-2 0-0 2, Heath 4-5 6-6 14, Stephens 2-6 0-0 6, Lammers 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 25-54 9-16 63.

Halftime_Georgia Tech 23-21. 3-Point Goals_Clemson 4-15 (Harrison 2-4, Ajukwa 1-2, Grantham 1-2, Blossomgame 0-1, Hall 0-2, Roper 0-4), Georgia Tech 4-11 (Stephens 2-5, Georges-Hunt 1-2, Sampson 1-2, Jackson 0-1, Jorgenson 0-1). Fouled Out_Ajukwa. Rebounds_ Clemson 29 (Blossomgame 7), Georgia Tech 38 (Sampson 10). Assists_Clemson 7 (Hall 3), Georgia Tech 15 (Jackson 5). Total Fouls_ Clemson 16, Georgia Tech 13. A_5,653.

SEE MCMURRAY, PAGE B4

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 First Leg Match – Chelsea vs. Paris-Saint Germain (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 First Leg Match – Shakhtar Donetski vs.

Bayern Munich (FOX SPORTS 2).

4 p.m. – College Baseball: Furman at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5).

6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sport Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Kentucky at Tennessee (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Houston at South Florida (ESPNEWS).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Baylor at Texas Tech (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Wake Forest at Notre Dame (ESPNU).

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

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: New York Rangers at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: South Carolina at Georgia (SEC NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).

7:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Saint Louis at Virginia Commonwealth (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Buffalo at New Jersey (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Guadalajara vs.

Lobos (UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Kansas at Texas Tech (SPORTSOUTH).

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

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas at Oklahoma (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Alabama at Auburn (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Oklahoma at Iowa State (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana State at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. – College Basketball: San Diego State at New Mexico State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Irapuato vs. Dorados (UNIVISION).

2 a.m. – NHL Hockey: San Jose at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

GOLF

By The Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH PAR SCORES

Sunday At p-Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,816 yards, par 72) At m-Monterey Peninsula CC, Shore Course (6,838 yards, par 71) At s-Spyglass Hill Golf Club (6,953 yards, par 72) Pebble Beach, Calif.

Purse: $6.8 million Final Brandt Snedeker (500), $1,224,000 64m-67s-67p-67–265 -22 Nick Watney (300), $734,400 65m-69s-65p-69–268 -19 Charlie Beljan (190), $462,400 70p-63m-70s-66–269 -18 Dustin Johnson (115), $281,067 69m-67s-68p-66–270 -17 Jason Day (115), $281,067 72p-62m-69s-67–270 -17 Pat Perez (115), $281,067 66p-68m-68s-68–270 -17 Jordan Spieth (85), $211,933 68m-67s-68p-68–271 -16 Jim Furyk (85), $211,933 64m-70s-63p-74–271 -16 Matt Jones (85), $211,933 65m-66s-67p-73–271 -16 Chesson Hadley (62), $141,100 64m-69s-71p-68–272 -15 Vaughn Taylor (62), $141,100 70s-67p-67m-68–272 -15 Alex Prugh (62), $141,100 66s-68p-69m-69–272 -15 J.B. Holmes (62), $141,100 64p-73m-70s-65–272 -15 Brendon Todd (62), $141,100 68m-71s-68p-65–272 -15 Daniel Berger (62), $141,100 67p-66m-69s-70–272 -15 Jon Curran (62), $141,100 69m-64s-69p-70–272 -15 Andres Gonzales (62), $141,100 68s-70p-64m-70–272 -15 Will Wilcox (52), $95,200 66m-67s-73p-67–273 -14 Marcel Siem (0), $95,200 67m-73s-63p-70–273 -14 Kevin Chappell (52), $95,200 66m-69s-66p-72–273 -14 Jimmy Walker (47), $63,835 72s-67p-66m-69–274 -13 Michael Putnam (47), $63,835 69p-64m-72s-69–274 -13 Kyle Reifers (47), $63,835 70s-68p-67m-69–274 -13 William McGirt (47), $63,835 68p-72m-66s-68–274 -13 Whee Kim (47), $63,835 67s-70p-67m-70–274 -13 Brian Stuard (47), $63,835 67s-70p-66m-71–274 -13 David Hearn (47), $63,835 67p-66m-71s-70–274 -13 Shane Lowry (0), $63,835 69p-67m-67s-71–274 -13 Sean O’Hair (40), $44,200 70m-70s-66p-69–275 -12 Patrick Reed (40), $44,200 70p-67m-71s-67–275 -12 Ryan Armour (40), $44,200 68m-73s-67p-67–275 -12 James Hahn (40), $44,200 73p-65m-70s-67–275 -12 Max Homa (40), $44,200 66p-71m-71s-67–275 -12

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Sunday At TwinEagles Golf Club (Talon Course) Naples, Fla. Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 Final (x-won on 1st playoff hole) x-Lee Janzen (240), $240,000 68-65-67–200 -16 Bart Bryant (141), $140,800 70-68-62–200 -16 Esteban Toledo (115), $115,200 69-67-66–202 -14 Scott Dunlap (95), $95,200 69-67-67–203 -13 Colin Montgomerie (76), $76,000 66-66-72–204 -12 Kevin Sutherland (64), $64,000 72-67-66–205 -11 Olin Browne (54), $54,400 71-66-70–207 -9 Marco Dawson (54), $54,400 69-71-67–207 -9 Michael Allen (45), $44,800 69-70-69–208 -8 Tom Byrum (37), $36,800 74-67-68–209 -7 Paul Goydos (37), $36,800 69-70-70–209 -7 Jeff Maggert (37), $36,800 72-65-72–209 -7 Jeff Sluman (37), $36,800 73-69-67–209 -7 Brad Bryant (0), $29,600 71-69-70–210 -6

NASCAR The Associated Press SPRINT UNLIMITED RESULTS

Saturday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 75 laps, 118.9 rating, 0 points, $198,475.

2. (10) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 75, 125.6, 0, $84,475.

3. (14) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 75, 73.4, 0, $44,450.

4. (23) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 75, 80.2, 0, $38,450.

5. (25) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 75, 75, 0, $37,450.

6. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 75, 85.4, 0, $35,450.

7. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 75, 76.4, 0, $34,950.

8. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 75, 48.4, 0, $32,950.

9. (24) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 75, 86.1, 0, $30,950.

10. (15) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 75, 61.3, 0, $29,450.

11. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 75, 85.8, 0, $28,950.

12. (12) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 75, 41.9, 0, $28,450.

13. (22) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, accident, 67, 90.3, 0, $27,950.

14. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, accident, 67, 55.9, 0, $27,450.

15. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 67, 65, 0, $26,950.

16. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 61, 44.2, 0, $26,700.

17. (6) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 61, 43.6, 0, $26,450.

18. (19) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 55, 51.9, 0, $25,950.

19. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 45, 65.5, 0, $25,450.

20. (18) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, accident, 45, 37.5, 0, $25,200.

21. (1) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, accident, 45, 77.8, 0, $24,950.

22. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 45, 54.3, 0, $24,710.

23. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, accident, 45, 44.2, 0, $24,450.

24. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, accident, 45, 75.9, 0, $23,950.

25. (4) Brad Keselowski, Ford, accident, 22, 65.1, 0, $23,450.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Indiana

W 36 21 20 12 10

L 17 31 31 41 43

Pct .679 .404 .392 .226 .189

GB – 141/2 15 24 26

W 43 33 22 22 17

L 11 21 30 30 39

Pct .796 .611 .423 .423 .304

GB – 10 20 20 27

W 34 33 30 21 21

L 20 22 23 33 33

Pct .630 .600 .566 .389 .389

GB – 11/2 31/2 13 13

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

W 39 36 36 34 27

L 14 17 19 19 26

Pct .736 .679 .655 .642 .509

GB – 3 4 5 12

W 36 28 20 19 11

L 17 25 33 34 42

Pct .679 .528 .377 .358 .208

GB – 8 16 17 25

W 42 35 29 18 13

L 9 19 25 34 40

Pct .824 .648 .537 .346 .245

GB – 81/2 141/2 241/2 30

SUNDAY’S GAMES

West 163, East 158

TUESDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 55 36 15 4 76 148 123 Tampa Bay 58 35 17 6 76 189 156 Detroit 54 31 13 10 72 160 139 Boston 55 28 20 7 63 144 141 Florida 55 24 19 12 60 135 153 Ottawa 54 22 22 10 54 152 152 Toronto 57 23 29 5 51 160 175 Buffalo 56 16 37 3 35 104 193 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 56 37 18 1 75 179 156 Pittsburgh 56 32 15 9 73 161 141 N.Y. Rangers 54 33 16 5 71 168 131 Washington 57 30 17 10 70 168 145 Philadelphia 56 24 22 10 58 151 162 Columbus 54 24 27 3 51 142 170 New Jersey 56 21 26 9 51 124 154 Carolina 54 19 28 7 45 120 147

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

GP 56 56 57 58 55 56 56

W L OT Pts GF GA 38 12 6 82 170 131 37 15 4 78 178 137 35 18 4 74 172 131 29 19 10 68 160 153 28 20 7 63 153 149 26 22 8 60 175 179 23 22 11 57 144 159

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 57 35 15 7 77 169 160 San Jose 58 29 21 8 66 164 165 Vancouver 55 31 21 3 65 155 145 Calgary 56 31 22 3 65 162 144 Los Angeles 55 25 18 12 62 152 148 Arizona 57 20 30 7 47 129 189 Edmonton 57 16 32 9 41 131 191 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO St. Louis 2, Florida 1, SO Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 1 Washington 5, Anaheim 3 Tampa Bay 5, San Jose 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

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

Carolina at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Virginia routs Pittsburgh CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Malcolm Brogdon scored 18 points and No. 2 Virginia used a late 8-0 scoring run to beat Pittsburgh 61-49 on Monday night.

The Cavaliers (24-1, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) three times held Pittsburgh scoreless for more than 5 minutes, and they needed all three to overcome their own problems putting points on the board. The victory allowed Virginia to tie the best start to a season in program history, first accomplished in the 1981-82 season.

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Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

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

Buffalo at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Darrun Hilliard scored 18 points, Daniel Ochefu had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 6 Villanova cruised to an 80-54 victory over Seton Hall on Monday night.

GORDON WINS POLE FOR FINAL DAYTONA 500 OF HIS CAREER

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The qualifying session for NASCAR’s biggest race of the year was lambasted

by Tony Stewart as “a complete embarrassment” and called a “cute show” by Clint Bowyer.

The frenetic knockout format ended with Jeff Gordon on the pole for the final Daytona 500 of his career.

Indeed, Gordon had no qualms with qualifying after he and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson outsmarted the field Sunday to sweep the front row for the Daytona 500.

STOUDEMIRE’S TIME IN N.Y. DONE AFTER KNICKS BUYOUT

NEW YORK — Amare Stoudemire started the New York Knicks moving for-

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Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon (15) shoots in front of Pittsburgh guard Cameron Wright (3) during the Cavaliers’ 61-49 win on Monday in Charlottesville, Va. ward, before his injuries hastened their return to the bottom.

The veteran forward was waived Monday after requesting the Knicks buy out the remainder of his contract that was set to expire after this season. He will be free to sign with another team once he clears waivers.

SNEDEKER BREAKS OWN RECORD AND WINS PEBBLE BEACH

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.

— Coming off the worst season of his career, Brandt Snedeker’s mission was to become relevant again.

Snedeker polished off a week that was close to perfect on the Monterey Peninsula by closing with 5-under 67 for a three-shot

victory over Nick Watney.

JANZEN EDGES BRYANT IN PLAYOFF ON CHAMPIONS TOUR

NAPLES, Fla. — Lee Janzen had a good feeling about his 8-foot putt on the No. 18 hole.

Janzen made the putt, then topped Bart Bryant in a playoff to win the ACE Group Classic on Sunday at TwinEagles Golf Club.

TEENAGER OH WINS AUSTRALIAN MASTERS

GOLD COAST, Australia — South Korean-born Australian teenager Su Oh shot a 4-under 69 Sunday to win the Australian Ladies Masters by three strokes in only her second start as a professional.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UConn back at No. 1 in women’s poll THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A 25-point win over then-top-ranked South Carolina vaulted the Huskies unanimously back to the top spot. They spent two weeks to start the season at No. 1 before a loss to Stanford in November.

The Gamecocks fell to No. 2 after spending the last 12 weeks atop The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. They are followed by Baylor, Notre Dame and Maryland. The Irish host No. 10 Duke on Monday night, while the Terrapins visit Michigan State.

Tennessee, Oregon State, Louisville and Florida State round out the first 10 teams.

Florida Gulf Coast enters the poll for the first time in school history at No. 22. James Madison also came into the Top 25 at No. 23. It’s the first ranking in six years for the Dukes.

South Florida and Georgia fell out.

WOMEN’S TOP 25 POLL The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (35) 24-1 875 2 2. South Carolina 24-1 831 1 3. Baylor 24-1 809 3 4. Notre Dame 23-2 772 4 5. Maryland 22-2 719 5 6. Tennessee 22-3 712 6 7. Oregon St. 23-2 639 8 8. Louisville 22-3 624 9 9. Florida St. 23-3 571 7 10. Duke 19-6 527 11 11. Kentucky 19-6 526 10 12. Arizona St. 22-4 468 12

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21-4 453 14 24-4 421 13 19-6 361 15 23-0 350 16 20-6 344 17 19-7 296 19 19-6 274 18 22-3 209 21 18-7 122 22 22. Florida Gulf Coast 23-2 74 — 23. James Madison 22-2 62 — 24. George Washington22-3 59 20 25. Syracuse 18-8 41 23 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 38, California 36, Seton Hall 20, South Florida 19, Northwestern 18, Gonzaga 16, DePaul 12, Green Bay 12, Texas 12, Dayton 11, LSU 9, Oklahoma St. 8, Washington 6, Miami 5, Georgia 4, Minnesota 4, UALR 2, Pittsburgh 1, Quinnipiac 1, W. Kentucky 1, Wichita St. 1.

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South Carolina’s Khadijah Sessions dribbles the ball up the court during a recent game.

The Gamecocks dropped to No. 2 in the women’s poll after their loss to the now top-ranked Connecticut Huskies.

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Lakewood’s Shalexia Pack (20) dribbles up the court during the Lady Gators’ 61-23 victory over Berkeley on Monday in the first round of the 3A state playoffs at The Swamp. Deja Richardson (5) puts up a layup as Berkley’s Essance Bryant (2) looks on during the Lady Gators’ victory.

GATORS FROM PAGE B1 and grabbed 10 rebounds to go with eight steals while Lemon added 14 points to her 10 steals. Pack closed with five steals and three points while Taja Randolph just missed a double-double, finishing with nine points and 11 boards for the 19-4 Lady Gators. Lakewood will play host to St. James, a 40-37 winner over Airport, on Thursday in the second round.

The game started off slowly, with both teams committing three turnovers in the first three minutes.

Dengokl scored on the low post for the game’s first points before Jamia Gads-

den hit a 3-point basket for the Lady Stags’ first lead of the night. Lemon hit the front end of a 2-shot foul to tie the score before Alayah Jones scored on a rebound and follow to put Berkeley up 5-3 with 5:22 left in the opening quarter. The Lady Gators closed the quarter on a 14-0 run and stretched the advantage to 28, 38-10, at the half.

“That’s what I was harping on at practice — defense, defense, defense,” Fields said. “They started off just a little slow and then picked up two offensive rebounds back to back, and then I called that timeout and from there they got at it. I’m very proud of them tonight, and hopefully we’ll continue (to play good

‘That’s what I was harping on at practice-defense, defense, defense... I’m very proud of them (tonight), and hopefully we’ll continue (to play good defense).’

nine in the first quarter, eight in the second, 10 in the third and two in the fourth. The senior guard went to the line 15 times, connecting on nine of her attempts, and had one 3-point play among her 29 points.

“The only reason I put her back in the fourth was to get that (10th) rebound,” Fields said. “Then I took her back out. I think all the girls focused in tonight and tuned in, and they have a goal in mind. Hopefully they’ll come prepared every night.”

FRANCES FIELDS Lakewood head girls coach after a 61-23 opening-round victory over Berkeley on Monday. defense).”

Lakewood’s lead was 50-12 heading to the fourth quarter, with Berkeley managing just three field goals over the first three quarters. Two of those were 3s, with Chole Harris hitting from long range in the second quarter. Harris closed

with seven to top the Lady Stags, who end the season with an 11-12 record, while Jonnay Anthony hit two 3s in the final quarter to finish with six.

Dengokl did her damage in the equivalent of about three quarters of play. Her point distribution included

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Local squads advance to SCISA Region II-3A tournament finals Laurence Manning Academy and Wilson Hall will face off in the boys championship game of the SCISA Region II-3A basketball tournament, and Wilson Hall will meet Thomas Sumter Academy in the girls title game after each won semifinal games on Monday at Sumter County Civic Center.

In the boys semifinals, No. 1 LMA defeated TSA 63-52 on Monday, while the second-seeded Barons knocked off Orangeburg Prep 78-51. Drew Talley led Wilson Hall with 15 points,

while John Ballard had 13 and Jake Croft 10.

Wilson Hall’s top seeded girls rolled to a 61-32 victory over LMA after losing to the Lady Swampcats 55-53 on Friday.

Holly Scott led the Lady Barons, who improved to 20-5 on the season, with 15 points, while Lauren Goodson had 14 and eight rebounds. Logan Lee Alderman scored eight points and Nicolette Fisher had seven points and nine rebounds.

Courtney Beatson led LMA with 13 points, while Maggie

KNIGHTS FROM PAGE B1 Lady Knights out to a 31-24 lead with 4:17 left and that seemed to awaken them.

Ladazha Cole hit a running jump shot to make it 33-24 before Jenkins hit a free throw with 3:30 to go to make it 33-25.

Hilton Head wouldn’t score for the next 7:03.

Meanwhile, Tyanna Saunders scored five straight points and Cole followed with a trey to make it 41-25. Ceasar hit another 3 with 29 seconds to go and topped the quarter off with a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make it 47-25.

Saunders thought she and her teammates were too excited about the contest.

“We just had to come together and play as a team,” Saunders said. “Once we settled down and started to do that,

we got things going. One person hit a shot and then others started to hit shots.”

Crestwood scored the first 12 points of the fourth quarter to push the string to 26 unanswered points. A basket by the Lady Seahawks’ Mariah Mervin with 3:27 remaining in the contest ended the run.

Crestwood got a big portion of its scoring from its guards.

Cole led the way with 18 points, hitting on four of five 3-point attempts. Ceasar finished with 14 and Saunders had nine.

“We knew Hilton Head wasn’t that quick of a team,” Wilson said. “We felt our guards were quicker and could take advantage of that. We did a lot of pick-and-rolls with them in our offense.”

Eppley had seven.

TSA’s second-seeded girls team defeated OP 48-37. Taylor Knudson led the Lady Generals with 17 points and Logan Morris had 10. Victoria Williams led OP with 15 points.

The varsity girls championship game is set for 6 p.m. today followed by the varsity boys title game at 7:30.

The junior varsity girls title game will begin at 3:30 with Wilson Hall meeting TSA followed by the boys game at 4:45 between LMA and Wilson Hall.

Shaquanda Miller-McCray also had nine points, but she blocked 12 shots, six of them coming in the pivotal third quarter. She had eight rebounds.

“Shaquanda does such a good job in there,” Wilson said.

“We know she’s going to get her blocks and that really helps us defensively.”

Jenkins led Hilton Head, which finishes at 11-15, with 11 points. Savannah Reier added 10 and Lauryn Bush had nine.

Cole hit three treys in the first half to keep Crestwood in front. She scored the Lady Knights’ first five points. In the second quarter, Crestwood pushed out to a 19-10 lead before HH scored seven straight to make it 19-17 with 3:32 left in the first half. Cole responded with consecutive treys for the Lady Knights’ final points of the first half.

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Westbrook leads West past East

BY BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press NEW YORK — Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.

Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163-158 on Sunday night in the highest-scoring All-Star Game ever.

The Oklahoma City speedster had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game’s MVP at Madison Square Garden.

The NBA’s return to New York showed off everything about the Big Apple, and by the time Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” played after the game, it was clear Westbrook was king of the hill.

“It’s amazing. It’s a blessing to be here in New York City,” Westbrook said during the MVP ceremony.

James Harden added 29

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Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook goes in for a dunk for two of his 41 points to lead the West to a 163-158 victory over the East in the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday in New York. in the first half and then pulled away after it was tied at 148 with a little more

points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the West, which built a 20-point lead

than 4 minutes remaining.

The combined 321 points surpassed the 318 scored last season, and the 48 3-pointers smashed last year’s record of 30.

LeBron James finished with 30 points, but couldn’t lead the East to the victory in his favorite NBA arena.

“Don’t get no better, man.

You play in the Garden in front of these fans,” James said.

Harden’s 3-pointer snapped the final tie with 4:02 to play and Chris Paul followed with consecutive baskets. Westbrook’s fifth 3-pointer put it away at 158149 with 2:22 to go.

“We just talk about having fun all game long and then at a certain point in the fourth quarter it’s time to win,” Paul said.

Atlanta’s Kyle Korver made seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the East, while Washington’s John Wall had 19.

But right from the start, the players were sharing the stage.

Christina Aguilera appeared from behind a giant big apple, and belted out some New York-inspired numbers to start the show, joined by the Rockettes.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Flat-seam ball brings upswing in offense in college openers

BY ERIC OLSON The Associated Press UCLA hit just eight home runs in 2014, and it took until the 13th game for the Bruins to get their first. Three games into this season, they’ve hit five.

UCLA was not alone in drawing on a power surge that jolted college baseball during the season’s opening weekend. Weather and pitching, of course, are important variables, but the new flatseam ball appears to be doing what was intended in a sport starved for offense.

Southeastern Conference teams accounted for 34 homers in 43 games compared with 18 in the first 43 games last year. Florida and Georgia each hit six in three games, with Gators cleanup man Harrison Bader’s three homers surpassing his total of two in 44 games last season.

The Atlantic Coast Conference had 27 homers on the opening weekend, compared with 11 last year, and the Pac12 had 20, compared with 10 in 2014.

The increases did not occur in the Big 12 and Big Ten. The Big 12, with 17 homers, and the Big Ten, with 14, each had one fewer than it did the first weekend of 2014.

Scoring was up by more than a run a game, according to D1Baseball.com. Games averaged 11.52 runs this past weekend, compared with 10.4 on opening weekend last year.

The ball used this season is more like the one used at the professional level. Research-

ers found that the flat-seam ball could travel as much as 20 feet farther than the previous raised-seam ball.

A look around the nation: CHAMPS WIN 2 OF 3

Defending national champion and top-ranked Vanderbilt won its series against Santa Barbara, with Ro Coleman’s bases-loaded infield grounder giving the Commodores a 6-5, 10-inning victory in the finale. All-American Carson Fulmer and freshman reliever Jordan Sheffield earned wins.

Sheffield worked the last 3 2-3 innings of the series in temperatures that dropped into the 20s in Nashville.

MIGHTY MATUELLA

Projected high first-round draft pick Michael Matuella struck out eight in six shutout innings in Duke’s 7-1 road win over California. The 6-foot-7, 220-pounder didn’t pitch last summer because of injury. He struck out the first four Cal batters.

INDIANA WINS REMATCH

It won’t make up for the stinging NCAA tournament loss to Stanford, but Indiana

went on the road and won two of three against the Cardinal. The teams met three times in the Bloomington (Indiana) Regional last year, and Stanford won the final on a walk-off home run. It was a promising weekend for the Hoosiers, who lost their top three hitters and have a new coach in Chris Lemonis. Nick Ramos batted .429, Casey Rodrigue drove in four runs and Ryan Halstead had two saves after missing most of last season with a torn ACL. THE GUY’S A BULLDOG

Mississippi State’s Jacob Robson reached base in 16 of his first 17 plate appearances against Cincinnati and Miami (Ohio) and has a .765 on-base percentage through four games.

GRAND OPENING

Chad De La Guerra, the 2014 Western Athletic Conference batting champion, led Grand Canyon to a 3-0 start with three home runs and 12 RBIs. His greatest output came Sunday in a 30-7 win over Bradley. He went 5 for 6 with two homers, nine RBIs and five runs scored.

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By Breann Liebermann, Clemson Extension - Water Resources Agent Sumter Stormwater Solutions 3rd Annual Rain Barrel Art Contest Sumter Stormwater Solutions will be hosting their 3rd annual Rain Barrel Art Contest this spring. The contest is intended to expose students, teachers, and Earth Day festival-goers to the practice of using rain barrels to harvest rainwater. Rain barrels have been used for centuries to harvest water that can be used later in times of drought. Harvesting rainwater lowers water bills, reduces stormwater runoff, and conserves water. Simple rain barrels are placed near a roof or downspout and rely on gravity to deliver water. More complex rain barrels can use pumps and flow controls to deliver water throughout a yard or garden.

SSS had great success at last year’s Rain Barrel Art Contest with twelve classes participating and over 350 votes cast. Dr. Davis’s art class from Lakewood High School won first place for the second year in a row.

This year’s contest is open to all public and private elementary, middle, and high schools in Sumter County. Individual classes can enter only one barrel, but multiple classes per school can compete. Each participating classroom will receive a pre-assembled white or blue plastic

55 gallon rain barrel, two cans of primer, and two cans of sealant.

Schools will be responsible for providing all other paint and materials to decorate the barrel. The theme this year is “Earth Day.” All completed barrels will be judged at the Sumter Earth Day Festival on April 18th held at Swan Lake Iris Gardens.

Schools will be responsible for delivering the barrels the morning of the festival. There will be three categories: elementary, middle, and high school. Winners of each category will win a class pizza party. After the festival, barrels can be installed on school grounds, at a public location such as a church or library, or donated back to SSS to be auctioned at a silent auction at the festival. All proceeds from the auction will be used for stormwater education in Sumter County and the City of Sumter. If you have any questions or would like to participate, please contact Breann Liebermann at blieber@ clemson.edu or 803-773-5561.

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Ultrasound baby photo gets a negative reaction DEAR ABBY — Do you know why people nowadays feel the need to announce their pregnancies via ultrasound Dear Abby pictures? I’m sorry, but I ABIGAIL really don’t VAN BUREN want to see all that. I guess some folks think the image of a blurry, black-andwhite fetus is “darling.” But to me, all I see is an up-closeand-personal snapshot of a stranger’s uterus. Even if we’re best friends, I don’t need all that detail. TMI, right?

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BISHOPVILLE — Olin Daniel Price Sr., 68, husband of Shirley Branham Price, died on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Camden, he was a son of the late Joe K. and Mae Keller Price. Mr. Price was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. He owned and operated Bishopville PRICE Parts Inc. for 46 years. He was a volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years.

He was 1999 Fireman of the Year; served on Bishopville City Council; served four years as president of the board for Robert E. Lee Academy; and served in the National Guard. Mr. Price was a devoted husband, daddy, papa, and friend.

Survivors include his wife of Bishopville; one daughter, Lynn Price Daniels of Bishopville; one son, Danny Price (Kim) of Sumter; four grandsons, Cody Daniels, Chase Daniels, Dawson Price and Keaton Price; two sisters, Ellen Lee (Carl) and Donna Galloway, both of Camden; and two brothers, Leo Price (Susie) of McBee and Lewis Price (Pat) of Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Antioch Baptist Church with the Rev. David Robinson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Benny Laney, Ronnie Williams, Jerry Price, Derrick Brown, Junior Holland, Carl Whetsel, Russell Reeder and Ran Reeder.

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

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

James Richard Allen, 81, widower of Lilla Newman Jones Allen, died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was a son of the late Roger and Jeanne Plouf Boucher Allen. Mr. Allen was a member of Graham Baptist Church, the American Legion and the VFW. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and received the Korean Service Medal with two Silver Stars, UN Service Medal, Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Air Crew Member’s Badge. He was the retired owner and operator of J.R. Allen Process Co. Surviving are two sons, Michael Allen of Atlanta and Timothy Allen of Sumter; a daughter, Teresa Allen Maxwell (the Rev. Roger Maxwell) of Lexington; two sisters, Susie Greene and Nona Allen, both of California; eight grandchildren; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Kris Allen; a brother, Dennis Allen; and two sisters, Donna Freeman and Beverly Allen.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. John Patrick and the Rev. Roger Maxwell officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

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

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

MCNEAL FULTON MANNING — McNeal Fulton, 69, died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born on Dec. 26, 1945, in Manning, a son of the late Louis and Hester Martin Fulton.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 1286 Jerro Road, Manning.

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

GARY J. MITCHELL FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — Gary James Mitchell, 59, died on Feb. 12, 2015, at his residence, 6808 Cherryfield Road, Fort Washington.

He was born on June 10, 1955, in Summerton, a son of the late Johnny and Rachel Singleton Mitchell.

The family will receive friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Marie and Robert Cousar, 1175 Edna Road, Manning.

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

MARY E. BRAMLETT BISHOPVILLE — Mary Ellen Bramlett, 83, died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at NHC Healthcare in Sumter.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Roderick H. and Olive Elmore Bramlett. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and retired from Shealy Electrical Wholesalers and Modern Exterminating Co. Survivors include a sister,

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Dorothy B. Arnold (Leon) of Ashwood; a brother, Robert H. “Bobby” Bramlett of Ashwood; a sister-in-law, Bessie Bramlett of Lakewood, Washington; a nephew, Martin Arnold (Cathy); nieces, Carol Murphy (Doug), Debbie Anderson (Andy) and Linda Hoss (Rob); great-nieces, Stacy Arnold, Crissy Hoss, Ashlyn Anderson and Kyla Anderson; and great-nephews, Justin Arnold, Matt Hoss and Dylan Anderson.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Bethany Baptist Church with Dr. James Chandler and Chaplain Nathan Falco officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Justin Arnold, Russ McLeod, Perry McCutchen, Ricky McCutchen, Ryan McCutchen and Jimmy Tidwell.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home and other times at the home of Bobby Bramlett.

Memorials may be made to Bethany Baptist Church, c/o Fred Sandy, 2600 Racoon Road, Mayesville, SC 29104 or to Caris Hospice, 105 Wesmark Blvd., Suite 4, Sumter, SC 29154.

The family wishes to thank Caris Hospice, Dr. Mayes DuBose, and the staffs of McElveen Manor and NHC Healthcare for all their love and support.

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

RACHEL BOSEMAN Rachel Wiggins Hodge Boseman, widow of Bennie Hodge Sr. and Edward Boseman, died on Feb. 14, 2015, at National Health Care.

She was born on Oct. 15, 1915, in Berkeley County, to the late Charlie and Mary Wiggins. Rachel lived in Alcolu and Manning for many years and worked at Sacony Manufacturing. She was the oldest member of Crosswell Baptist Church.

Surviving are a son, Benny Hodge Jr. (Jean) of Sumter; two daughters, Dean Hodge Morgan of Lexington and Rita Hodge Weaner (Lowell) of Salem; six grandchildren, Cindy H. Timmons, Mike Weaver, Nick Stancil, Tim Stancil, Kim Adams and Ken Poston; 13 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Huel Wiggins; and three sisters, Glen Schneider, Vivian Dempsey and Cleo Smith.

Rachel was predeceased by

a daughter, Dorothy Vasteen Hodge; four brothers, Eddie Wiggins, Claude Wiggins, Hilbert Wiggins and JD Wiggins; and a sister, Shirley Korn.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Monday at Crosswell Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Owens officiated.

Burial was in Manning Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Kinchen Adams, Tony Hogue, Hunter Poston, Ken Poston, Nick Stancil and Rich Timmons.

Memorials may be made to Crosswell Baptist Church, 604 Mathis St., Sumter.

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

FREDERICK E. SOLOMON BISHOPVILLE — We regret to announce the passing of Frederick E. Solomon, who passed on Monday, Feb. 17, 2015, at his residence.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date.

The family will be receiving friends at 3473 Lynchburg Highway, Lynchburg.

Wilson Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of arrangements.

TERRANCE O. SINGLETON Terrance Owens Singleton, 53, died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at West Palm Beach, Florida.

Born on Oct. 14, 1961, in Sumter County, he was a son of Charlie and Thomasena Sanders Singleton.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 5335 Long Branch Drive, Dalzell.

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

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

DORIS L. OSTEEN Doris Luton Osteen, 87, widow of Charles Porter Osteen, died on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Lila Gardner Luton. Mrs. Osteen was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and was a retired receptionist with Coca-Cola Bottling Co. with more than 20 years of service.

Surviving are two daughters, Anne Graham Osteen of Williamston and Elizabeth Osteen Bultman of Sumter; two grandchildren, AnneKathryn B. Flanagan (Tim) and Mary Elizabeth Bultman, both of Columbia; two greatgrandchildren, Emma Clark Flanagan and Thomas James Flanagan, with a third greatgrandchild expected in August; and a brother, James Guignard Luton (Hazel) of Virginia.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Angela Marshall officiating.

The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter, 731 Covington St. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

ROGIE LEE C. MAYHEW FLORENCE — Rogie Lee Cooper Mayhew, 78, of Florence, passed away on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Arrangements will be announced by StoudenmireDowling Funeral Home of Florence.

HAROLD SPENCER Harold Spencer, 72, died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Sumter Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born on July 29, 1942, in Sumter County, he was a son of Josephine Halley Spencer.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 6905 Camden Highway,

WILLIE L. WHACK SR. MANNING — Willie L. Whack Sr., 67, died on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born on Oct. 16, 1948, in the Foreston section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Jack Sr. and Mary McFadden Whack.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 204 E. Hospital St., Apartment 5-C, Manning.

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

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803-773-9292

ton BilLINCOLN 773-7339

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My name is Andy and I’m an 8 month old black and brindle male Chow mix.

My name is LADY and I’m a 5 year old black and white female Pug/Cocker Spaniel mix.

My name is MAX and I’m a 10 month old white and tan male Cocker Spaniel/Pit Bull Terrier mix.

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773-2501

VISIT US ONLINE AT:

www.sumterscspca.com Fiona

Daisy

Catherine M. Zyback, D.M.D.

Max

Joon

S.P.C.A. • 1140 S. Guignard Dr., Sumter 11AM - 5PM Daily, Closed Wed & Sun Animal Receiving: 11AM - 4PM M, T, Th, F & 11AM - 2PM Sat

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, aka SPCA SPCA,, has an abundance of friendly pets looking for nice, warm homes with lots of love to share. Shown are just a few of the adoptable pets now available at the shelter.

Andy

Lady

2007

2006 grand Prix. very nice car. looks and drives great. Makes a great school car. $3500 OBO. 803-983-1294

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My name is JOON and I’m a 1 year old gray tabby female American shorthair.

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My name is DAISY and I’m a 2 year old black and white female Pug mix.

Olive Oyl

803-905-5280 My name is FIONA and I’m a 1 year PLEASE ADOPT A FRIEND! old black and tan 2565 Lindo Ct. • Sumter, SC 29150 female Dachshund mix.

Sampson

Zuzu

Finnick

My name is OLIVE My name is My name is SAMPSON OYL and I’m a 7 ZUZU and I’m a and I’m a 1 year old month old red and chocolate male Labrador 2 year old female brown female Husky/ Retriever/Chesapeake Australian Cattle Dog mix.

Shepherd mix.

Bay Retriever mix.

Lady Marmalade

Crazzini

Puss Puss

My name is My name is LADY My name is PUSS CRAZZINI and I’m MARMALADE and I’m a PUSS and I’m a 4 1 year old gray tabby/ a 8 month old black year old gray tabby and white male orange tabby and and brown female American shorthair. American shorthair. white female American Shorthair/Manx mix.

Victoria My name is VICTORIA and I’m a 2 year old tortoiseshell female American shorthair.

My name is FINNICK and I’m a 1 year old orange tabby male Americn shorthair.

Xena

Sylvester

My name is XENA and I’m a 2 year old tortoiseshell/ tabby female American shorthair.

My name is SYLVESTER and I’m a 8 month old black and white male American shorthair.

Other things you can do to help!

Though not everyone can take a pet home, the SPCA is always accepting donations.

Monetary Donations • Collars • Animal Food • Leashes Cat Litter • Treats • Beds • Clean Newspapers Blankets • Trash Bags • Towels • Paper Towels Adoption Fee: $100.00 This includes the first vaccinations, first deworming and a voucher towards the spaying or neutering of the animal.

Hours of Operation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed Wednesday and Sunday

1140 S. GUIGNARD DR.

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