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New cars, trucks moving fast Local dealers seeing stronger-than-usual January numbers BY HAMLET FORT hamlet@theitem.com

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Auto sales across the U.S. are experiencing increased numbers for the month of January as they did in the calendar year 2014, according to multiple industry reports released Tuesday. According to forecasters, January 2015 saw an approximately 14 percent increase in new car purchases from January of last year. Overall, yearlong sales from 2013 to 2014 in-

creased about 5.9 percent, from 15.6 million to 16.52 million new cars, according to industry statistics collector Autodata. Local car dealerships say they’re experiencing the same increases. Keith Hamm, general sales manager of McLaughlin Ford on Main Street in Sumter, says 2014 was a good year. “We had a lot of growth over the previous year,” said Hamm. “We had a good month in January, too,” he said, despite Janu-

ary’s typical slowness relative to other months. Hamm attributes the increases to a number of factors, including tax season and slashed gas prices. Gas prices are down significantly over the last eight months, dipping below $2 per gallon in South Carolina and many other states. Hamm said cheaper gas has a positive impact on a family’s budget, not only for cars, but across the board. More than any specific

factor, auto sales are up because of a gradual improving of the economy in recent years. Ford Motor Co. reported its highest December sales numbers since 2005. Honda, based in Japan, reported a 1.5 percent volume increase in December, capping 2014 as the company’s second-best year ever in America. Honda and Ford are not alone — most major auto companies are adding to the reported increases in 2014.

Sumter Street wreck cuts power to nearly 900 Sumter Utilities workers remove broken pieces of a power pole at the corner of Sumter and Bartlette Streets on Tuesday. The wreck knocked out power to nearly 900 people. Sumter Police Department spokeswoman Tonyia McGirt said the wreck involved a tractor-trailer, which struck two power lines and knocked them down just after 12:40 p.m. Duke Energy estimated power would be restored by 5:30 p.m. today. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, about 160 residents remained blacked out. The driver of the tractortrailer was cited in connection with the incident, McGirt said.

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Post 15 honors first responders BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com It was a night when a legion of supporters turned out to say “thank you” to the efforts of the county’s emergency service personnel. In a room filled with everything from deputies to EMS technicians, five officers emerged as bastions of service and excellence. The American Legion Post 15 recognized top emergency service men and women from each of the county’s five agencies during its annual Law and Order Night banquet. It’s a ceremony that brings together military veterans and public safety service men and women, with the legionnaires expressing gratitude for the work that local police officers, deputies, paramedics, corrections officers and firefighters do day in and day out. The highlight of the night

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Sumter policeman Quintin Eley, left, listens on with his wife, Amanda, during an annual awards banquet Monday night hosted by American Legion Post 15. Eley was named Police Officer of the Year. is the Sumter County Outstanding Public Safety Officers awards, which honor top agents from EMS, Sumter Police Department, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center and

Sumter Fire Department. “I think it’s come to mean primarily that the people in Sumter County appreciate them and want to honor them for their dedication and commitment to the job,”

said Robert Baker, chairman of Post 15’s law and order committee. “Because they’re not the best paid people, and that makes it even more impressive for them to put their lives on the line on a daily basis.” Organizers said the annual event has been going on at least 30 years. Nearly 170 people turned out for the awards ceremony Monday night at the Post 15 banquet hall along Artillery Drive. First-term Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, delivered the keynote address, speaking to the crowd about public safety in the state and the notion of service pertaining to law enforcement officials and first responders. He told the emergency service men and women on hand that they were ordained by God to serve the men and

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S.C. unemployment agency seeking $15M for initiative BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s unemployment agency is seeking $15 million for a workforce initiative that officials say will train thousands of people annually for existing jobs. Details of the initiative Gov. Nikki Haley announced

during last month’s State of the State address are still being worked out. But officials say it will help those who don’t qualify for the state’s decades-old ReadySC training program, which is tied to job-recruitment efforts. The new initiative, dubbed “Succeed South Carolina,” has two parts:

Businesses having trouble finding skilled workers could get a state grant to partner with a local technical college; and eligible people can have their training paid for by the state, according to the Department of Employment and Workforce, which made its budget requests Tuesday to a House panel.

The worker, however, would have to pay the money back. “If that single mom wants to get started, we’ll pay for her training. And when she gets the job we’ve trained her for, which she will, she’ll pay us back and pay it forward,” Haley said in her State of the State. The Republican governor

has pledged to focus on workforce training in her second term. How that “pay it forward” provision would work is not yet known, but agency officials insist it’s a training program, not a loan. “It’s designed around

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Henderson to perform at Pizza Lane tonight Sumter’s YouTube sensation Kimberly Henderson will perform tonight at Pizza Lane. Henderson’s iPhone recording of herself singing Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” to her restless young daughter went viral on YouTube in January, and she has since written and performed a song that was released on iTunes; in addition, she has had several meetings with music industry executives and producers. Pizza Lane has been hosting Wings & Strings, a stage for local musicians to perform each Wednesday night, for about 16 years, event founder Billy Lane said. Henderson has been performing there for several years, “so it’s a sort of homecoming,” he said. Wings & Strings begins at 7 p.m. at Pizza Lane on Broad Street. Admission is free.

Opera House presents fiery violin-guitar duo A few tickets are still available for Thursday’s concert by violinist Alex DePue and guitarist Miguel De Hoyos at Sumter Opera House. The Grammy-nominated duo plays a wide variety of music, from rock and classical to pop, bluegrass and jazz. Reserved seating for the 7:30 p.m. performance is $25 for floor and box seats, $20 for balcony seats and $10 for students. Call (803) 4362616, go by the Opera House box office at 21 N. Main St., or visit the website www.sumtersc.gov/alex-depue-with-migeulde-hoyos.aspx for reservations. You may also get tickets at the door, if any remain available. This concert is sponsored by the Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association.

Woman gets 6 years in food-stamp scheme A Sumter woman pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud last month and was sentenced to six years behind bars, according to a statement from the S.C. Department of Social Services. Jacqueline Woods pleaded guilty to fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps during a Jan. 16 hearing in Sumter County general sessions court. Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Young issued Woods a 10year sentence, suspended to six, and ordered her to serve four years of probation as well as pay more than $47,000 in restitution fees.

CORRECTION In an article published on page A2 of Tuesday’s edition, 18-year-old female crash victim Ashlyn Turner was misidentified. In the Tuesday article “Get to know your local lawmakers,” former South Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell was incorrectly identified as Bill McConnell.

CCTC seeks more money College needs more for training center BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Central Carolina Technical College is seeking additional funding from Sumter County Council for the operation and maintenance of the school’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center. The training center is at the former site of Walmart and Steve & Barry’s retail store on the corner of Broad Street and Bultman Drive. Construction on the $950,000 property began late July 2014 and is expected to be finished in June or July this year, just in time for the fall semester. The $13.2 million construction project was financed by state and college funds and the federal economic development administration. CCTC President Tim Hardee plans to request county council provide the college with $350,000 in addition to a recurring fund of $950,000 already provided by council. The college’s mechatronics, engineering graphics and machine tools computer numerical control programs will be relocated to the center. Also, students who study at the center will receive training for positions with Continental Tire and other industrial businesses in the area. Hardee said the additional funding

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Central Carolina Technical College President Tim Hardee plans to ask Sumter County Council for $350,000 in addition to a recurring fund of $950,000 already provided by council for operation and maintenance of the school’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center. will pay for utilities, security, telephone and Internet services, customer services and grounds keeping for the training center. Council has previously appropriated $86,000 to CCTC for the operation and maintenance of the building this year but that was a one-time fund, Hardee said. He said he hopes the additional $350,000 will become a recurring fund provided by the county. However, the funding request will be

placed on hold until county council begins structuring its budget for fiscal year 2015-16. Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon said county council is already considering providing additional recurring funds for CCTC in its next budget cycle. Mixon said the county is certainly supportive of the college’s expansion and recognizes the importance of the college and its programs for the Sumter community.

Militants’ video shows Jordanian burned alive AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Islamic State militants put to death a captured Jordanian fighter pilot by burning him alive in a cage, according to a video the group released Tuesday. The kingdom vowed a swift and lethal response to what it called a “barbaric” act. The military confirmed the death of Lt. Muath AlKaseasbeh, who was captured by the extremists in December when his F-16 crashed while he was flying a mission as part of the U.S.led air campaign against Islamic State. Jordanian TV said the pilot was killed as long ago as Jan. 3. In the past week, the militants had not responded to demands by Jordanian authorities to deliver proof the airman was alive so a prisoner swap could be made. The killing of the 26-yearold pilot appeared aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan — a close U.S. ally — to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq. But the extremists’ brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanize other Sunni Muslims in the region against them. King Abdullah II, who has portrayed the campaign against the extremists as a

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This still image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. The death of the 26-year-old pilot, who fell into the hands of the militants in December when his Jordanian F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, followed a weeklong drama about a possible prisoner exchange. battle about values, was in Washington on a previously scheduled trip. He added a stop at the White House with President Obama. The monarch broadcast a speech on Jordanian TV on Tuesday evening, confirming the pilot’s death “with sorrow and anger,” and urging his countrymen to unite. “It’s the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships,” Abdullah said. The official Petra news agency said he would be cutting short his

Washington trip. Obama said the Islamic State group’s video, if authentic, showed “the viciousness and barbarity of this organization.” “And it, I think, will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated,” he told reporters during an event at the White House. Obama later issued a statement offering condolences, saying the pilot’s “dedication, courage, and

service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe.” The Islamic State group is known variously by the acronyms ISIL, ISIS and, in Arabic, Daesh. Dozens of people chanting slogans against Islamic State marched toward the royal palace to express their anger. Waving a Jordanian flag, they chanted, “Damn you, Daesh!” and “We will avenge, we will avenge our son’s blood.” Jordanian officials said the country would respond swiftly and decisively. “Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians,” said the spokesman of the armed forces, Mamdouh al-Ameri. One option is to move forward with the execution of Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaida prisoner whom Jordan had offered to trade for the pilot. Al-Rishawi, 44, faces death by hanging for her role in the bombings of three Amman hotels in 2005. AlRishawi’s suicide belt did not detonate at the time and she fled the scene but was quickly arrested. After a televised confession, she recanted, but her appeal was turned down.

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Blood donations critical for sickle-cell patients BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com As Americans celebrate Black History Month, the American Red Cross is trying to reach out to the black community and encourage more to make donating blood a regular part of their lives. The Red Cross has dedicated their effort to Dr. Charles Drew, a black surgeon who was the first medical director of the American Red Cross and a modern blood-banking pioneer. The need for more blood from the black community, however, goes much deeper than recognizing Drew or designating February as a time to honor the black community. Among those who are most in need of frequent blood transfusions are those who have sickle-cell anemia, an inherited blood disorder that primarily affects blacks. “The blood type you have inherited is affected by race and ethnic background,” said Krystal Overmyer, external communications manager with the American Red Cross in Columbia. “The frequency of blood types varies depending on the ethnic population.” Black, Asian and Latin American populations have a higher percentage of type O and B blood types that are in high demand – and some very rare types of blood proteins are found exclusively in the black population, she said. In addition, she said patients who need a lot of blood transfusions, such as sicklecell patients, can develop complications when the transfusions aren’t a very close match. While there are four main blood types, there are more than 240 proteins that can bind with the blood cell walls, Overmyer said. “What we find is that for some of our very sickest patients, blood from donors from a similar ethnic background might be the best product for them,” she said. “They are less likely to have complications with blood from someone with a similar ethnicity.” Yvonne Donald, assistant director of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation, said having access to blood of the right

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Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” smiles during a ceremony in 2007 honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Publisher Harper recently announced that “Go Set a Watchman,” a novel Lee completed in the 1950s and put aside, will come out July 14.

Harper Lee novel to be published this summer NEW YORK (AP) — “To Kill a Mockingbird” will not be Harper Lee’s only published book after all. Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that “Go Set a Watchman,” a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14. Rediscovered last fall, it is essentially a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird,” although it was finished earlier. The 304-page book will be Lee’s first new work in more than 50 years. “It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort,” said the 88-year-old Lee in a statement issued by Harper. “My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout’s childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’) from the point of view of the young Scout. “I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer, Tonja Carter, discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years.” The new book is set in Lee’s famed Maycomb, Alabama, during the mid-1950s, 20 years after “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The civil rights movement was taking hold in her home state. The Supreme Court had ruled unanimously in 1954 that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 led to the yearlong Montgomery bus boycott. Lee herself is a Monroeville, Alabama, native who lived in New York in the 1950s and returned to her hometown. According to the publisher, the book will be released as she first wrote it, with no revisions. The new book also will be available in an electronic edition. Lee has openly stated her preference for paper but surprised fans last year by agreeing to allow “Mockingbird” to be released as an e-book.

LONDON (AP) — Britain moved Tuesday toward allowing scientists to create humans from the DNA of three people. The technology aims to liberate future generations from inherited diseases, but critics say it crosses a fundamental scientific boundary and could lead to “designer babies.” The U.K.’s House of Commons voted 382-178 in favor of legislation to license these experiments. If approved in the House of Lords, Britain would become the world’s first nation to allow genetic modifications in human embryos. “This is a bold step to take, but it is a considered and informed step,” Health Minister Jane Ellison told the Commons. But critics say it crosses a red line since changes made to embryos will be passed on to future generations with the potential for unforeseen consequences. The protests are “about protecting children from the severe health risks of these unnecessary techniques and protecting everyone from the eugenic designer-baby future that will follow from this,” said David King, director of the secular watchdog group Human Genetics Alert. The technology altering a human egg or embryo before transferring it into a mother with defects in her mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus. These genetic defects can result in diseases such as muscular dystrophy; heart, kidney and liver failure; and severe muscle weakness. Scientists would remove the nucleus DNA from the egg of the prospective mother and insert it into a donor egg from which the nucleus DNA has been removed. The resulting embryo would have the nucleus DNA from its parents but the mitochondrial DNA of the donor.

Replacing DNA to prevent disease This technique is proposed for women with faulty mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus. To fix this scientists remove the nucleus DNA from the egg of a prospective mother. How one of the techniques works: Nucleus is removed...

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Scientists say more than 99 percent of the DNA in the resulting child would come from its parents, with a tiny fraction coming from the donor egg. Britain’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sally Davies, said the law would give women with mitochondrial disease “the opportunity to have children without passing on devastating genetic disorders.” Britain has long been a leader in reproductive technology; the world’s first baby from in vitro fertilization, Louise Brown, was born in the U.K. in 1978. U.S. regulators are moving more slowly: Scientists at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting on the techniques last year warned it could take decades to determine if they are safe.

A spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said he was a “strong supporter” of the legislation. Cameron’s severely disabled son, Ivan, died at age 6 in 2009 from a rare form of epilepsy. No date has been set for debate in the House of Lords, but it is expected to be in the next few weeks. It would be unusual for it to reject legislation that has passed overwhelmingly in the Commons. The techniques would likely be used about a dozen times a year in British women with faulty mitochondria. Each case would be closely scrutinized, and doctors would track the health of any children born as well as their future offspring, said Lisa Jardine, who chaired a review by Britain’s fertility regulator.

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Islamic State fighters choose between death, jail Recruits prevented from leaving group TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — In Tunis, Ghaith stands furtively on a street corner, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes scanning the crowd for any hint of Islamic State militants. He chain smokes as he describes the indiscriminate killing, the abuse of female recruits, the discomfort of a life where meals were little more than bread and cheese or oil. He recounts the knife held to his throat by fellow fighters who demanded he recite a particular Quranic verse on Islamic warfare to prove himself. “It was totally different from what they said jihad would be like,” said Ghaith, who asked to be identified by his first name only for fear of being killed. Ghaith eventually surrendered to Syrian soldiers. While foreigners from across the world have joined the Islamic State militant group, some find day-to-day life in Iraq or Syria much more austere and violent than they had expected. These disillusioned new recruits also soon discover that it is a lot harder to leave than to join. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the Islamic State group has killed 120 of its own members in the past six months, most of them foreign fighters hoping to return home. Even if they manage to get out, former fighters are considered terrorists and security risks in their own countries. Thousands are under surveillance or in jail in North Africa and Europe, where former militants massacred 17 people last month in terror attacks in Paris. “Not everyone who returns is a budding criminal. Not everyone is going to kill — far from it,” said France’s top anti-terror judge, Marc Trevidic. “But it’s probable that there is a small fringe that is capable of just about anything.” The number of French returnees has recently increased, their enthusiasm dented by the reality of militant life and by the allied bombing campaign, according to a top French security official who spoke anonymously because the issue is sensitive. Some foreign recruits have written home to say they are being held against their will, the official said. The Associated Press talked to more than a dozen former fighters, their families and lawyers about life in and escape from Islamic State, many of whom spoke only on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Youssef Akkari used to spend hours in his room in Tunisia listening to religious chants and reading, according to his brother, Mehdi Akkari. One day the family received a message that he was going to Syria. But he lost his glasses and couldn’t fight, his brother said, so he was put in charge of preaching jihad to new recruits instead. After seven months he began to plot his escape, along with two brothers. The brothers were discovered and killed. Youssef turned himself in to Kurdish fighters and made his

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Mehdi “DJ Costa” Akkari, a Tunisian rapper, looks at an image of his brother Youssef, who fought with extremists in Syria and was killed by a U.S. airstrike on Dec. 4. Youssef Akkari preached jihad to new recruits, and his brothers were killed when their plot to escape was discovered. Ibrahim Doghri smokes a cigarette on Dec. 5 in his low-income neighborhood of Mhamdiya near Tunis, Tunisia, as he talks about how his friends went to fight in Syria. Disillusioned new recruits soon discover that it is a lot harder to leave Islamic State than to join.

way back to Tunisia, where he felt trapped between police harassment and his terror of the vengeful militants. He returned to Syria and died in an airstrike in October. The Islamic State group works to prevent recruits from

leaving from the time they join. The first step is removing their passports and identity documents. Hamad AbdulRahman, an 18-year-old Saudi, said he was met at the Syrian border last summer by militants who escorted him to a

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training camp in Tabaqa, Syria. “They took all my documents and asked me if I want to be a fighter or a suicide bomber,” Abdul-Rahman told AP from prison in Baghdad, where he was shackled, handcuffed and hooded.

He chose to fight. In early September, he surrendered to Iraqi forces. An Iraqi defense ministry video shows Abdul-Rahman minutes after his arrest, identifying himself to soldiers. Another Tunisian recruit, Ali, escaped after he was made a courier in the winter of 2013. He made four courier trips between Syria and Tunisia in three weeks, taking back news, money and propaganda videos. On the last trip to Tunisia, he simply stayed. “I feel like I was a terrorist; I was shocked by what I did,” said Ali, dropping his voice low and moving when people approached. His advice for would-be jihadis: “Go have a drink. Don’t pray. It’s not Islam. Don’t give your life up for nothing.”

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women of their community through their efforts. “Those of you here with us tonight do what you do, in large part, because you have felt a higher calling to service,” he said. “And every time you put on that uniform, you step out on faith.” Quintin Eley, a 26-year-old Ohio native, literally dove out on his faith last January when he rescued a 38-year-old man whose vehicle veered into Second Mill Pond. The daring and life-saving feat came less than two weeks after he was out of training. Eley, who was named Police Officer of the Year, jumped into the pond after encountering the vehicle, which he spotted floating in the water. He weathered frigid temperatures and even suffered a minor case of hypothermia during the rescue but said he never hesitated because he saw someone in need and knew he was backed up by his teammates in EMS, the fire department and fellow officers. “I knew I had a great team behind me. Basically the city of Sumter was coming to help me,” he said of his thought process the night of the rescue. “I love the job. There’s always a chance pretty much every day where you’re going to have an opportunity to help somebody out. So this is an honor and a great motivator to keep trying to improve and do good work.” Lt. Ken Wixey, a 19-year veteran of Sumter Fire Department, earned Firefighter of the Year honors. He, too, emerged a hero during a life-saving rescue, saving a woman from an early morning house fire on West Williams Street in December. Wixey found the woman not breathing inside the burning house and started the CPR process, which saved her life. He expressed humility even in garnering recognition after Monday’s ceremony. “It wasn’t just me; there were several others with me,” he said. “It’s an honor, but it’s really just kind of part of our job. I’m not really looking for any awards. We were just trying to find her, and we knew she was in there somewhere.” Sgt. Marilyn Neal, who has worked 15 years at the detention center, took home Correction-

creating a skilled workforce for high-demand jobs,” said Darrell Scott, chief of staff for the unemployment agency. The 54-year-old ReadySC, a division of the Technical College System, trains workers for new jobs created by businesses recruited to or expanding in the state. The program is offered as part of businesses’ negotiations with Commerce and local economic development groups, involving job and investment commitments. Last fiscal year, the state’s technical colleges trained 4,700 workers for jobs at 81 companies through ReadySC, said system spokeswoman Kelly Steinhilper. “We have always offered training programs through ReadySC to train people who want to work in places like BMW, Boeing, and Continental. It’s

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American Legion Post 15 Commander Charles Clanton, right, presents Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center Sgt. Marilyn Neal with the Correctional Officer of the Year award Monday night during an annual awards banquet. al Officer of the Year honors, acknowledged for her work ethic even through a recent bout of medical challenges. Longtime first responder Allen Wise worked his way up from intermediate-level paramedic to captain and was touted for his leadership skills and teamwork through the years. He was named Emergency Medical Technician of the Year. “It does feel good to be recognized by people other than your peers,” he said. “The biggest thanks that we get is when we do help somebody. That’s better than any vocal ‘thank you.’ Or when someone is able to tell you ‘thank you’ at the end of the day when they wouldn’t have been.” Cpl. Michael Buchanan was called a “topnotch” officer and regarded as a “peacemaker” in being awarded Deputy Sheriff of the Year. The five-year Sumter County veteran has been instrumental in several major investigations and is responsible for training new officers on his shift. The New York City native said he always dreamed of working in law enforcement. “This is a career that I’ve been passionate about my whole life,” he said. “So it’s really rewarding to be recognized for your hard work and dedication serving the citizens of Sumter County.”

been tremendously successful, but we’re going to expand it,” Haley said in her speech. ReadySC is not limited by size or industry. Of the 81 companies helped last year, 22 involved training fewer than 51 workers. Generally, half of the businesses that participate in ReadySC involve expansions of companies already in the state, Steinhilper said. But it is limited to providing the initial workforce of either a company new to South Carolina or an existing company’s new product line. Succeed South Carolina won’t be limited by Commerce’s negotiations, and the individual help is a completely new component, Scott said. The range of certificates people could earn through the program is still being decided, but examples include welding and commercial driving. “We want to target the growth industries,” Scott said.

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The joys of ‘Baby Daddy Drama Day’ D

ear readers, there may be some days when you are feeling low. The weight of the world bears down on your shoulders, and you feel as though you are the lowest form of life existing on the planet. Clear those thoughts from your minds, friends, as there is hope for all of us who suffer the occasional dip into the doldrums of depression. No matter what you do or how bad you think your life is, your troubles will never be as bad as anyone who appears on “Baby Daddy Drama Day” on the “Maury Povich Show.” It’s better than “I Can’t Control My Teen So Send Them to Boot Camp Day.” Cliff It’s less vexMcCollum ing than “Tranny or Not Day.” No, those paternity Maury shows are just good, ol’ fashioned “Who The Daddy” -isms. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been flipping through the channels only to find a “Baby Daddy Drama” episode on that I knew would immediately lift my spirits. Each one is different, but repeated viewing studies conducted by the McCollum Research Institute have found some key parts that find their way into each segment. • The mother brought on stage by Povich will be certain to a mathematical impossibility that the man she has brought to the studio with her is the father of her child. Example: “I am 3,012 percent sure that he the father, Maury. I know it in my heart. That baby his.” • At least one participant in the paternity dispute will call Maury “Murray” or some such variant of his name. Example: “Murray, that ain’t my baby, Moray. Tell her I ain’t doin’ nothing with that baby, Murrace.” • The father will always offer some explanation as to why he

could not be the child’s dad that only makes logical sense to him and perhaps his relatives watching with horror back home. Example: “Murray, that ain’t my baby – that baby got a fat forehead and all the people in my family are having small, skinny foreheads. Also, that baby has a freckle, and I don’t have no freckle, Murrace.” • At least one chair will be overturned when the 99.9 percent-sure paternity test is finally announced. The four subcategories for chair overturning include: a) Mother jumps up to yell “I told you so!” b) Mother jumps up to run backstage crying because he was “not the father.” c) Father jumps up in celebratory “I’m Not the Daddy” dance. d) Father runs backstage to avoid scorn of Maury’s audience members upon learning he is, in fact, the dad. “Baby Daddy Drama Day” is a bastion of repeat offenders, including one woman who was featured on the show no fewer than five times and failed to find the father of the child, who, by the end of her search, was well into 3-year-old territory. There was also the woman who somehow managed to have a set of twins that each had a different father. I didn’t think that was scientifically possible, but all bets are off in the Povichian realm. It might be schadenfreude to indulge in such a show. I know this. But, on a bad day, isn’t it nice to be able to say “Well, my life might not be the best, but at least I’m not on Maury...”? Yes. Yes it is. 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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ew York’s schools are the most segregated in the nation, and the state needs remedies right away. That was Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch’s message to New York’s governor and Legislature. She said that minority children are disproportionately trapped in schools that lack teaching talent, course offerings and resources needed to prepare them for college and success. Simply calling for more school resources will produce disappointing results. There are several minimum requirements that must be met for any child to do well in school. Someone must make the youngster do his homework, ensure that he gets eight to nine hours of sleep, feed him breakfast and make sure that he behaves Walter in school and respects the teachers. None of these reWilliams quirements can be satisfied by larger education budgets. They must be accomplished by families, or all else is for naught. Linda Ball, a public high-school history and government teacher in Cincinnati, has written an engaging book about her experiences, titled “185 Days: School Stories.” Let’s look at a few of her days. On Day 167, Mrs. Ball ordered a student to the in-school discipline room for disruption and being in her class without permission. When the student finally decided to leave the room, he told her, “F--- you,” and then he swatted her on the head with some papers. In her Day 10 section, there’s a brief story about how respect is earned. Wesley, a student with an IQ of 140, did an outstanding job on a paper about the Enlightenment but completed only half his assignment and earned an F. Jake, a student repeating her class, told Wesley, “I have newfound respect for you today.” Failure earns respect. Here’s one result of Mrs. Ball’s assignment to propose a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, written by a high-school senior: “I think the 28th Amendment should be about a choice weather (sic) to join school or not. I think it should be a choice not something you have to do. Because school just ain’t for someone like me.

COMMENTARY For example school just ain’t for me.” Then there’s “Day 44: The Graduate.” David, a senior, hasn’t learned much since the third grade, but he has been passed along and is about to graduate. Mrs. Ball says that not everyone needs to be able to analyze a literary character’s motives or whether the U.S. motives in the Spanish-American War were justified. David should have been spared the torture and given suitable activities. He could surely wash cafeteria tables, run errands and change oil and tires. She asks why educators try to force square pegs into round holes year after year, kid after kid. The grossly poor education that so many blacks receive exacerbates racial problems. During last year’s disturbances in Ferguson, Missouri, some people complained that of the city’s 53 police officers, only four were black. Such an observation typically leads to suggestions of racial discrimination but never leads to a question about the ability of black highschool graduates to pass a civil service exam. It’s natural for a black man with a highschool diploma to see himself as equal to a white man with a high-school diploma. In his eyes, differences in employer treatment are ascribed to racial discrimination. It dawns on few that the average black high-school graduate has the level of academic achievement of a white seventh- or eighth-grader or lower. The black high-school graduates who have unearned diplomas have no knowledge of their being fraudulent. If black politicians and civil rights leaders know it, they refuse to publicly acknowledge it. The bottom line is that if nothing is done to affect the home life and cultural values that produce the non-learning attitudes and climate that are the subject of Linda Ball’s “185 Days: School Stories,” there’s little that can be done to improve black education. The best that politicians can do is to give parents and children who are serious about education a mechanism to opt out of rotten schools. That option is something the education establishment fights tooth and nail against. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © creators.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR YOU’RE MISSING OUT IF YOU’RE NOT AT THE OPERA HOUSE Sumter’s Opera House is a cultural landmark of eloquence and beauty. The programming has never been better and offers a range of entertainment. For example, in the music genre, programs range from traditional music such as bluegrass and country to symphonic classical, from pop to gospel, from big band to sounds of the ’60s. But its programming is not limited by music. There is magic and comedy, as well as theatre and ballets. What isn’t there is a sold-out house for every event, and I don’t understand why. It is obvious to me that much thought is put into programming. The Sumter Opera House staff and its director, Seth Reimer, consider Sumter’s cultural demographics and its varied tastes. Everyone should find something to enjoy. I’ve been giving thought to the benefits of my supporting the Sumter Opera House, even programs outside of my personal taste. If I attend what I like, it’s a great evening for me — dinner and maybe even a cocktail before or after or both. But what if there is something I

don’t like? For example, let’s say I like bluegrass music (I do) but not particularly crazy about classical music (I like classical, but I’ll pretend I don’t). My attendance at the classical music performance, for me, has the following benefits: it helps to get the Opera House on the map as a cool place; it potentially draws people from outside of Sumter; it strengthens Sumter’s economy; it broadens my horizons; it feeds a new part of my brain; and it gives me something new to talk about. I fear that if more people do not support this establishment, we will lose a beautiful venue for wonderfully creative programming. See you at the next show. MICHELLE ROSS Sumter

TECHNOLOGY IS REPLACING HUMAN INTERACTION I have been pondering the kind of world that we are living in today. Some examples: 1. When we call any business, we are answered by a machine. 2. Donate your time, donate your money.

3. Give to every organization that’s out there. 4. We get phone calls from organizations that in my years of life I’ve never heard of. 5. Feed the hungry. 6. Give to the poor. 7. But, if you notice, most of the calls are robo calls. In other words, they are trying to call everyone that has a phone. Pay close attention to these calls when they’re answered, and you will hear a bull-pen sound — in other words, a call center with maybe one or two people working. Or maybe lots of folks. 8. Remember when we had to learn how to read and write well? Now we don’t because businesses have made it easy for their workers. 9. I’m told by workers we get what is shipped to us, not what we the customer wants. 10. Where did the 40-hour work week go? 11. Now get this one: our menu has changed, and calls may be used for quality assurance and training purposes or improvement of service. 12. I don’t think any higher-up listens to those calls where customers are tell-

ing their workers what lousy service we’re getting. 13. Oh, and where is management when customers would like to speak with them. It could be a compliment. Or you’re saying it’s just someone fussing. 14. I have passed along compliments of workers from time to time, and I will later ask said worker did management let you know. It’s always no. 15. Management needs to inform their workers that the shopper pays their salary, because without shoppers why would said stores need workers? 16. And you folks who still have a living, breathing human being answering your business phone, keep it up. When we moved to Sumter, I tried to get a volunteer job in several places but because I could not find my shot record from 50 years ago they did not want my help. My free time no less. So I did the next best thing — I now stop in some of the nursing homes and just visit with those folks, and I’m told they love it, they tell me I bring a little bit of the real world in to them. LILLI J. KALIE Sumter

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Gaﬀney 56/36 Spartanburg 57/37

Greenville 56/36

Columbia 60/42

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Sumter 57/42

Aiken 57/39

ON THE COAST

Charleston 58/43

Today: Mostly cloudy; warmer. High 54 to 58. Thursday: Showers around in the morning. High 55 to 59.

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Myrtle Beach 55/46

Manning 57/43

Today: Intervals of clouds and sun. Winds southwest 4-8 mph. Thursday: Clouds yielding to some sun. Winds north-northeast 7-14 mph.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Unexpected problems will develop. Refuse to give in to someone trying to force you to make a decision. You have to feel confident about your plans before moving forward. If something sounds too good to be true, take a pass. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your curiosity will result in an extraordinary conversation with someone quite different from you. Find out as much as you can, but don’t believe everything you hear. Make changes based on your life, not on what works for someone else.

needed to protect against heartache. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Stop procrastinating and worrying and have a little fun. You can turn an ordinary day into one of love, romance, creativity and getting down to business if you avoid disputes with pushy people. Talks will lead to positive plans. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t pay attention to petty individuals. Surround yourself with good friends who will help you reach your goals instead of criticizing everything you do. Be brave and follow your intuition and your heart, not someone trying to lead you astray. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be inclined to brag, and with good reason, but do so knowing that someone will try to make you look bad by twisting your words. If you have a secret, keep it to yourself until sharing personal information is more appropriate.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Give your very best no matter what everyone around you does. Someone will recognize your contribution and suggest a partnership. Don’t let flattery cost you. Negotiate a deal that keeps whatever arrangement you come up with equal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your timing will be accurate, allowing you to put your plans in motion. A tempting investment will develop, but before you agree, make sure it’s the right fit for you. If it jeopardizes your stability or security, take a pass.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t waste energy fighting over a trivial matter. Consider how you should move forward and whether a difficult relationship is worth the trouble. An honest assessment and serious talk will help you change the dynamics or help you move on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The more you do to improve an important arrangement, the better. Share ideas and make plans to move forward. This is a day for change and positive action. Take the initiative and make things happen.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll be faced with demands if you let someone manipulate you. A relationship with someone you thought you could trust will be costly. A practical approach to the way you move forward will be

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Learn from those with more experience than you, and you will find a way to get ahead. Offering a helping hand will instill the know-how necessary to develop a style that will separate you from the competition.

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Wilson Hall’s Hannah Jordan (5) puts up a shot between Savannah Barker (15) and Grace Carroll, right, during the Lady Barons’ 53-47 victory on Tuesday at Nash Student Center. The Lady Barons assured themselves at least a share of the SCISA Region II-3A title with the win.

Lady Barons hit 20 of 22 from free throw line for 53-47 win over Calhoun BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com At the end of Tuesday’s contest against Calhoun Academy, the Wilson Hall girls basketball team found itself in a very good place after clinching at least a tie for the SCISA Region II-3A crown. Throughout most of the

game, however, the Lady Barons found themselves in a dogfight – one they eventually won at the free throw line. Calhoun trailed by just a single basket with under 30 seconds remaining, but a turnover and subsequent fast break layup from Lauren Goodson gave the Lady Barons the cushion they needed

to hold on for a 53-47 victory at Nash Student Center. But it was WH’s 20-for-22 night from the charity stripe that paved the way, head coach Glen Rector said. “The girls did a really nice job of hitting their free throws, especially when we needed them,” Rector said. “Calhoun’s a very good team,

and they came out and played hard, but I felt like our free throw shooting made the difference.” The win increases the Lady Barons’ overall mark to 16-4 and 6-0 in the region with two games remaining. Calhoun fell to 7-9 overall and 1-4 in the region. “It puts us in a good posi-

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

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SEE BARONS, PAGE B5

Gamecocks top Bruins to keep pace in region race

LHS enjoys Senior Night sweep of Manning After struggling offensively in its 42-22 victory Tuesday over Darlington, Lakewood High School’s varsity girls basketball team rediscovered its offensive groove just in time to record a dominating 69-38 Senior Night win over Manning on Tuesday at The Swamp. With the win the Lady Gators, ranked No. 6 in the just released 3A state poll, remain unbeaten in Region VI play, improving to 8-0 and 17-3 overall heading into a Friday showdown at Crestwood. Meanwhile, Lakewood’s boys overcame a staggeringly slow start to rally from a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit for a 48-45 overtime win over the Monarchs. The win clinched a playoff spot for the Gators, who improved to 4-4 and 9-12. After trailing 6-4 early, Lakewood’s girls took charge with a 22-4 run that carried over into the second quarter. Sonora Dengokl scored eight of her gamehigh 18 points during the

tion heading forward,” Rector said of the victory. “We got a couple of big baskets there at the end and throughout the game we were able to come up with big shots when we needed them. “We just gave up too many easy ones on the other end.”

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Lakewood’s Robert Grant (5) puts up a shot as Manning’s Greg Canty (21) attempts to draw a charge during the Gators’ 48-45 overtime victory on Tuesday at The Swamp.

FLORENCE — Sumter High School boys basketball head coach JoJo English got what he wanted for his team in the fourth quarter on Tuesday. The Gamecocks were aggressive on defense and senior Brandon Parker delivered as they defeated South Florence 61-50 in a key Region 6-4A matchup. With the win, the Gamecocks are in a 3-way tie ENGLISH for the region lead with South and West Florence with three games remaining. “South Florence is a big and talented team and we got a lot of respect for them,” English said. “But we knew it was for positioning in the region, and our guys refused to lose. They were aggressive and sat down and played defense and were able to come out there with the win. Parker poured in a gamehigh 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Sumter used a 16-5 run to sweep the season

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Cleveland wide receiver Josh Gordon (12) was suspended for at least one year without pay by the National Football League for violating the league’s substance abuse program. Gordon, who has already served two league suspensions, will have to apply for reinstatement. A league spokesman said his one-year ban begins immediately, meaning he will miss the 2015 season.

NFL suspends Browns WR Gordon for 1 year CLEVELAND— The NFL suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon for at least one year without pay on Monday for violating the league’s substance-abuse program. Gordon, who has already served two league suspensions, will have to apply for reinstatement. A league spokesman said his one-year ban begins immediately, meaning he will miss the 2015 season. The former Pro Bowler has been a repeat offender of the league’s drug policy, and his latest offense has jeopardized his once promising career. Last week, Gordon said his failed test was for alcohol. He was prohibited from drinking for the 2014 season because of previous violations. Gordon said in an open letter posted online that he erroneously thought the season was over when he drank on a flight to Las Vegas with teammates a few days after the Browns lost in their season finale to Baltimore.

successfully sued the NCAA for keeping college players from selling their marketing rights.

PGA TOUR CADDIES SUE OVER WEARING BIBS WITH LOGOS

DENVER — Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong hit two parked cars after a night of partying in Aspen but agreed to let his longtime girlfriend take the blame to avoid national attention, police reports show. Aspen police cited Armstrong with failing to report an accident and speeding weeks after the Dec. 28 accident, but only after his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, admitted to lying for him.

SAN DIEGO — A group of PGA Tour caddies sued the PGA Tour in federal court Tuesday for making them wear bibs that have the logo of the tournament sponsors without sharing in what it estimates as $50 million in endorsement revenue. The class-action suit on behalf of 81 caddies was filed in San Francisco, where former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon

RAFTERY, GRANT HILL TO CALL FINAL FOUR IN PLACE OF ANTHONY

NEW YORK — Bill Raftery called the regional final when Grant Hill led Duke to the 1994 Final Four. The All-American couldn’t help but greet him with one of the announcer’s signature phrases — simply because it’s fun to say “with a kiss” even when no bank shot is involved. More than two decades later, Raftery and Hill are going back to the Final Four together. The popular veteran and the promising rookie are taking the place of the suspended Greg Anthony for the broadcasts of the NCAA semifinals and national championship game. POLICE: LANCE ARMSTRONG HIT PARKED CARS, BLAMED GIRLFRIEND

From wire reports

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Kentucky survives stubborn Georgia 69-58 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andrew Harrison and KarlAnthony Towns combined for 38 points and scored key baskets down the stretch to help top-ranked Kentucky survive pesky Georgia 69-58 on Tuesday night. Harrison’s layup with 3:58 remaining provided a 62-54 lead that proved critical as Yante Maten and Nemanja Djurisic scored baskets to get Georgia within 63-58 with 2:06 left. Towns’ short jumper with 1:33 left got the lead to seven, and Tyler Ulis and Andrew Harrison each added two free throws in the final minute to keep the Wildcats (22-0, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) unbeaten. Harrison scored a seasonhigh 23 points and Towns 15 with 13 rebounds. (5) WISCONSIN 92 INDIANA 78

MADISON, Wis. — Frank Kaminsky scored 23 points and No. 5 Wisconsin’s athletic frontcourt overwhelmed Indiana in a 92-78 win on Tuesday. (14) NORTHERN IOWA 61 INDIANA STATE 51

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— Seth Tuttle had 15 points and eight rebounds and Jeremy Morgan added 12 points as No. 14 Northern Iowa ran away from Indiana State 61-51 on Tuesday. (22) BUTLER 85 ST. JOHN’S 62

INDIANAPOLIS — Kellen Dunham had 21 points

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Kentucky’s Dominique Hawkins (25) shoots while being defended by Georgia’s Cameron Forte (11) during the Wildcats’ 69-58 victory on Tuesday in Lexington, Ky. and seven rebounds to lead No. 22 Butler to an 85-62 victory over St. John’s on Tuesday. NBA PISTONS 108 HEAT 91 AUBURN HILLS, Mich.— D.J. Augustin had 25 points and 13 assists and the Detroit Pistons closed the first quarter on a 25-1 run, going on to beat the Miami Heat

108-91 on Tuesday. CELTICS 108 KNICKS 97

NEW YORK — Avery Bradley scored 26 points, Jared Sullinger added 22 and the Boston Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-97 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday. From wire reports

8 a.m. -- High School Football: National Signing Day Special from Charlotte (ESPNU). 11:30 a.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: Iowa State at Oklahoma (SPORTSOUTH). 2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: FA Cup Round 4 Match -- Bolton vs. Liverpool (FOX SPORTS 1). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: Temple at South Florida (ESPNEWS). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Virginia Commonwealth at George Mason (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPN2). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: East Carolina at Connecticut (ESPNU). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Marquette at Villanova (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Boston College at Notre Dame (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Texas A&M at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK). 8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Chicago at Houston (ESPN). 8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Boston at New York Rangers (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: Texas Christian at Baylor (ESPNEWS). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Providence at Georgetown (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Washington at Oregon (ESPN2). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Kansas State at Texas Tech (ESPNU). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Creighton at Xavier (FOX SPORTS 1). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Clemson at Florida State (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWBD-FM 94.7). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Missouri at Alabama (SEC NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Dallas at Golden State (ESPN). Midnight -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Malaysian Open First Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). 2 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Malaysian Open First Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity Basketball Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Pinewood Prep at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. B Team Basketball Sumter at Marlboro County (Boys Only), 5:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Varsity and JV Basketball Carolina Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Carolina Forest at Sumter, 6 p.m. Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Manning at Marlboro County, 6 p.m. B Team Basketball Laurence Manning at Calhoun Academy, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Marlboro County at Manning, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Lee Central at Kingstree (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. C.E. Murray at Scott’s Branch (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in 4A State Playoffs (at Goose Creek High School), TBA

SE Missouri at Murray St., 8 p.m. North Texas at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m. Appalachian St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8:15 p.m. UT-Martin at Austin Peay, 8:30 p.m. Belmont at E. Kentucky, 9 p.m. Louisiana Tech at UAB, 9 p.m. MIDWEST S. Dakota St. at IPFW, 7 p.m. Iowa at Michigan, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Oral Roberts at IUPUI, 8 p.m. Nebraska-Omaha at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m. W. Illinois at South Dakota, 8 p.m. New Mexico St. at Chicago St., 8:05 p.m. Texas-Pan American at UMKC, 8:05 p.m. SOUTHWEST Tulsa at Houston, 7 p.m. Troy at Arkansas St., 8:30 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at UALR, 8:30 p.m. Cincinnati at SMU, 9 p.m. FAR WEST N. Colorado at N. Arizona, 8:30 p.m. E. Washington at Montana, 9 p.m. North Dakota at S. Utah, 9 p.m. Portland at San Francisco, 9 p.m. UCLA at Stanford, 9 p.m. Idaho at Montana St., 9:05 p.m. Utah Valley at CS Bakersfield, 10 p.m. Hawaii at Cal Poly, 10 p.m. CS Northridge at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. UC Riverside at Long Beach St., 10 p.m. San Diego at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m. Washington St. at Oregon St., 10 p.m. Grand Canyon at Seattle, 10 p.m. UC Davis at UC Irvine, 10 p.m. Southern Cal at California, 11 p.m. BYU at Pepperdine, 11 p.m. Gonzaga at Santa Clara, 11 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W Toronto 33 Brooklyn 19 Boston 16 New York 10 Philadelphia 10 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Atlanta 40 Washington 31 Miami 21 Charlotte 21 Orlando 15 CENTRAL DIVISION W Chicago 30 Cleveland 30 Milwaukee 26 Detroit 18 Indiana 17

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WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W Memphis 36 Houston 33 Dallas 33 San Antonio 30 New Orleans 26 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Portland 32 Oklahoma City 24 Denver 19 Utah 17 Minnesota 8 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 37 L.A. Clippers 33 Phoenix 28 Sacramento 17 L.A. Lakers 13

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MONDAY’S GAMES

Charlotte 92, Washington 88 Cleveland 97, Philadelphia 84 Milwaukee 82, Toronto 75 Brooklyn 102, L.A. Clippers 100 New Orleans 115, Atlanta 100 Oklahoma City 104, Orlando 97 Dallas 100, Minnesota 94 Memphis 102, Phoenix 101

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

COLLEGE BASKETBALL The Associated Press

Schedule Today EAST New Hampshire at Albany (NY), 7 p.m. Navy at Boston U., 7 p.m. Hofstra at Delaware, 7 p.m. UMass at Fordham, 7 p.m. Bucknell at Lafayette, 7 p.m. Army at Lehigh, 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 7 p.m. East Carolina at UConn, 7 p.m. Marquette at Villanova, 7 p.m. Loyola (Md.) at American U., 8 p.m. Providence at Georgetown, 9 p.m. SOUTH Temple at South Florida, 6:30 p.m. NC A&T at Charlotte, 7 p.m. St. Bonaventure at Davidson, 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Duke, 7 p.m. VCU at George Mason, 7 p.m. UNC Wilmington at James Madison, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at Mississippi, 7 p.m. St. Andrews at SC State, 7 p.m. Liberty at Winthrop, 7 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Memphis, 8 p.m. Texas St. at South Alabama, 8:05 p.m. Penn St. at Maryland, 8:30 p.m. Missouri at Alabama, 9 p.m. Clemson at Florida St., 9 p.m. MIDWEST Ohio St. at Purdue, 6:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ball St., 7 p.m. Bowling Green at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m. Youngstown St. at Cleveland St., 7 p.m. N. Illinois at Miami (Ohio), 7 p.m. Boston College at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. Akron at Ohio, 7 p.m. E. Michigan at Toledo, 7 p.m. Kent St. at W. Michigan, 7 p.m. Wichita St. at Bradley, 8 p.m. Oakland at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m. S. Illinois at Drake, 8:05 p.m. Detroit at Valparaiso, 8:05 p.m. Loyola of Chicago at Missouri St., 9 p.m. Creighton at Xavier, 9 p.m. SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. at Texas, 8 p.m. TCU at Baylor, 8:30 p.m. Kansas St. at Texas Tech, 9 p.m. FAR WEST New Mexico at Air Force, 9 p.m. Washington at Oregon, 9 p.m. Colorado St. at Wyoming, 9 p.m. San Jose St. at Fresno St., 10 p.m. San Diego St. at Nevada, 10 p.m. Thursday EAST Richmond at La Salle, 6:30 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at Bryant, 7 p.m. St. Francis (NY) at CCSU, 7 p.m. Colgate at Holy Cross, 7 p.m. Robert Morris at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. UMBC at Mass.-Lowell, 7 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. Wagner at Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. Fairfield at Rider, 8 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at Fairleigh Dickinson, 9 p.m. SOUTH Mercer at The Citadel, 6 p.m. Wofford at ETSU, 7 p.m. Drexel at Elon, 7 p.m. Chattanooga at Furman, 7 p.m. Auburn at LSU, 7 p.m. Rice at Marshall, 7 p.m. Tennessee St. at Morehead St., 7 p.m. Samford at W. Carolina, 7 p.m. William & Mary at Coll. of Charleston, 7:30 p.m. UTSA at FIU, 7:30 p.m. Georgia St. at Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m. UTEP at FAU, 8 p.m. Southern Miss. at Middle Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Tampa Bay 51 32 Montreal 49 32 Detroit 50 29 Boston 50 27 Florida 48 21 Ottawa 48 20 Toronto 51 22 Buffalo 50 14 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W N.Y. Islanders 49 32 Pittsburgh 50 28 N.Y. Rangers 48 29 Washington 50 25 Philadelphia 51 22 New Jersey 50 19 Columbus 48 21 Carolina 49 17

L OT Pts GF GA 15 4 68 166 133 14 3 67 130 111 12 9 67 149 129 16 7 61 134 124 17 10 52 118 138 19 9 49 136 136 25 4 48 144 156 33 3 31 94 179 L OT Pts GF GA 16 1 65 158 139 14 8 64 145 129 15 4 62 145 115 15 10 60 147 129 22 7 51 140 151 22 9 47 113 138 24 3 45 120 151 26 6 40 105 129

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Nashville St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg Dallas Colorado Minnesota PACIFIC DIVISION Anaheim San Jose Calgary Vancouver Los Angeles Arizona Edmonton

GP W 49 32 49 32 50 31 52 26 49 23 50 21 49 23 GP 50 51 51 48 49 50 51

W 32 27 28 27 21 18 14

L OT Pts GF GA 11 6 70 149 115 13 4 68 160 120 17 2 64 155 115 18 8 60 144 137 19 7 53 157 159 18 11 53 131 141 20 6 52 135 140 L OT Pts GF GA 12 6 70 147 134 17 7 61 143 140 20 3 59 149 131 18 3 57 131 124 16 12 54 134 132 26 6 42 116 170 28 9 37 120 170

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Edmonton 5, San Jose 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 6, Florida 3 Calgary 5, Winnipeg 2

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Washington, 7 p.m. Arizona at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 8 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 10 p.m.

ENDURO RACING

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PHOTOS BY KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

he Sumter National Enduro, a national Enduro event sponsored by Sumter Enduro Riders Motorcycle Association, was held on Sunday and included riders from 35 states, Canada and Australia traversing the 65-mile course in Manchester State Forest. This year’s field of 768 riders was the largest in national history. There were several classes of competition, but the overall winner was

determined by the lowest total time through six sections along the course. Virginia was the most-represented state with 114 entries, followed by North Carolina with 106 and South Carolina with 97. There were 13 women competing in the event and 11 local riders. For more information about the local dirt bike racing group, visit http://sermaclub.com/.

Sumter sees record numbers for 2015 Enduro

Brad Bakken of Pennsylvania, front, passes Jimmy Lynch of South Carolina in a turn during Sunday’s event. Andrew Delong of Pennsylvania rides the trail.

Former Sumter resident Steward Baylor Jr., above, won Sunday’s event. Baylor Jr. was the last Palmetto state native to win the race. More than 700 participants gathered for this year’s competition on Sunday. The race was the first of 10 races for the 2015 Kenda AMA National Enduro Championship Series circuit.

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Seattle head coach Pete Carroll, left, and Seahawks safety Earl Thomas (29) walk off the field following Seattle’s 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. Seahawk fans have struggled with the ending that kept Seattle from defending its Super Bowl crown.

Sulking in Seattle Days later, fans struggle with Seahawks’ Super Bowl XLIX loss to Patriots BY GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE — As shocking as it was, the Seattle Seahawks’ last-minute loss to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl Sunday was probably not even the worst loss in the city’s sports history. Seattle did lose an entire NBA franchise, after all, when the SuperSonics up and moved to Oklahoma City. At least the Seahawks will be playing again next season. But the grief, anger and bewilderment felt by many Seahawks fans nevertheless shows only mild signs of abating, even days later. Many say

Brady: ‘I would love to’ give Butler MVP truck BOSTON (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he “would love to” give the truck he got for winning his third Super Bowl MVP to defensive back Malcolm Butler. BRADY Butler made the game-saving interception at the goal line in the final

minute of Sunday night’s 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Butler was an undrafted rookie free agent. Brady is a two-time NFL MVP and fourtime Super Bowl champion. Brady said on WEEI radio in Boston on Tuesday he wants to see that Butler gets the truck. Said Brady: “I’m going to figure out how to make that work.”

they’re certain the decision to pass from the 1-yard line — instead of handing off to bruising running back Mar-

shawn Lynch — will forever haunt the Northwest the way previous sporting gaffes defined other cities.

Blank says Atlanta ‘wrong’ to add fake crowd noise to games BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.— Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Tuesday he has seen enough of the NFL’s investigation of fake crowd noise at Atlanta’s home games to acknowledge wrongdoing. The NFL is trying to determine if the Falcons pumped artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome for home games the last two years. Apparently, the answer is yes. Blank had a quick response when asked if BLANK there was a fine line for crowd noise not allowed by the league. “It’s not really a fine line,” Blank told The Associated Press. “I think what we’ve done in 2013 and 2014 was wrong. Anything that affects the competitive balance and fairness on the field, we’re opposed to, as a league, as a club and as an owner. It’s obviously embarrassing but beyond embarrassing it doesn’t represent our culture and what we’re about.” Blank said he expects the league to report its findings in two to three weeks. The Falcons could be fined

or penalized with the loss of a draft pick if found to have added fake crowd noise during the opposing team’s huddles when they were trying to call a play. “We’ve got some information internally,” Blank said of the investigation. “Not all, clearly, until we see the full report. But we’ve dealt with it internally the best we can, which was limited because we haven’t seen the report. “We’ve gotten some information from the league but until we read the full report and until they publish their findings, we can’t be totally clear. We’ve talked to a lot of people and we’ve cooperated and we’ll be anxious to read the report.” The Falcons say 101 of 103 games have been sellouts since Blank bought the team in 2002. Actual turnouts declined during losing seasons the last two years. Atlanta ranked 10th among the 32 NFL teams with its average home attendance of 72,130 in 2014. Construction is underway for a new $1.4 billion stadium which will replace the Georgia Dome in 2017. The new stadium will have a similar seating capacity. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello on Monday said the league had no comment on the investigation.

“I’ll be 90 years old and still thinking about this game,” said Norb Caoili, a longtime season-ticket holder from Renton. “The history of sports is defined by moments like this, where heroes rise and save the day, or where teams collapse on the biggest stages. It’s always going to be a part of the fabric of Seattle, and that’s tough to swallow.” Caoili, 45, is the force behind Norb-Cam, a YouTube channel that features videos of himself — wearing a green wig, Seahawks headband, and blue-and-green face paint — reacting to the action during Seahawks games. The videos have been viewed an improba-

ble number of times, making him a prominent voice among Hawks fans. For him, the way the Seahawks lost is what makes it so tough: Moments earlier, the team seemed on the brink of a miraculous victory, with receiver Jermaine Kearse making an inconceivable, bobbling, falling catch despite great coverage from Patriots rookie Malcolm Butler. It was a gift from the football gods, “divine intervention” that signaled a certain Seahawks victory, he said. Lynch’s subsequent run, bringing the ball to the 1 with the clock ticking down, only fortified that impression.

Quinn lays out plan to bring winner to Falcons BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Two days after a startling Super Bowl loss, Dan Quinn is off to a new start with the Atlanta Falcons. It happened quickly. The former Seattle defensive coordinator was introduced as the team’s coach Tuesday, a day after he was hired and less than 48 hours after a Super Bowl loss to New England. Quinn beamed as he discussed plans for the Falcons. But he’s still trying to process the Patriots’ 28-24 win, sealed when Malcolm Butler intercepted a pass at the goal line with 20 seconds left. “For me it was such an emotional time in the game,” Quinn said. “So I didn’t really have time to put it into a place you would want it to get to.” Surely, Quinn would like to put it in the past. “I can’t wait to build a similar championship environment here in Atlanta,” Quinn said. “There are all sorts of challenges ahead, lots of hard work to do. I can’t wait to get started.” Quinn’s defenses helped lead Seattle to two straight Super Bowls. The Seahawks beat Denver to win last year’s championship. The new coach is looking for defense that plays “fast

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Former Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, second from right, poses with members of the Atlanta front office after he was announced as the Falcons’ new head coach on Tuesday. and physical” and an offense with balance. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said he chose Quinn “to provide leadership in all three phases of the game and add additional leadership in the building of our franchise.” Quinn, 44, replaces Mike Smith, who was fired following two straight losing seasons. Quinn’s coaching staff will include offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and defensive coordinator Richard Smith. Shanahan had the same job with the Cleveland Browns last year after four seasons directing the Washington Redskins’ offense. “The way he can attack an offense, he’s one of the hardest guys to coach against

when you’re coaching defense,” Quinn said. Smith was Denver’s linebackers coach the past four years. Quinn will have a prominent role in shaping the defense. “My kind of guy is somebody who plays fast and physical,” Quinn said. “That style starts with effort first. That’s where we’ll start. There are a number of guys already here who are going to be a part of it.” Quinn, in his first head coaching job, takes over a team led by quarterback Matt Ryan and wide receivers Julio Jones and Roddy White. The running game has struggled with Steven Jackson and a rebuilt offensive line.

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LCMS boys win Lady Knights improve conference title for to 7-1 in region play 3rd straight season PAMPLICO – Lee Central Middle School’s boys basketball team won the Upper Pee Dee Conference title for the third straight season with a 47-36 victory over HannahPamplico on Tuesday at the H-P gymnasium. Javonte McLoud led Lee Central, 10-4 on the season, with 21 points. Deablo Halley had a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds and Deondaye Moses had six steals and seven assists.

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HARTSVILLE – Crestwood High School’s varsity girls basketball team improved to 7-1 in Region VI-3A with a 70-42 victory over Hartsville on Tuesday at the Hartsville gymnasium. Cawasha Ceasar led the Lady Knights, now 15-4 overall, in scoring with 17 points. Shaquanda MillerMcCray had a double-double of 14 points and 16 rebounds to go along with five blocked shots. Tyana Saunders added 12 points, six assists and five rebounds. Crestwood plays host to 7-0 region leader Lakewood on Friday.

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Wilson Hall improved to 7-9 on the season with a 47-5 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at Nash Student Center. Easton Ward led the Barons with nine points and Charlton Commander added eight.

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13 points and Terrell Houston added nine.

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ORANGEBURG – Thomas Sumter Academy improved to 9-6 on the season with a 32-31 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday at the OP gymnasium. Eric Lisenby led TSA with 10 points and Zach Fugate added nine.

ORANGEBURG CHRISTIAN 38 SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall defeated Orangeburg Christian 50-38 on Monday at the CH gymnasium. Dustin Way led the Saints with 18 points while coming up with six steals. Matthew Corbett had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. NORTHWOOD 79

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NORTH CHARLESTON – Laurence Manning Academy fell to 11-10 with a 79-45 loss to Northwood on Monday at the Northwood gymnasium. Jerrell Kelley led LMA with

SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall lost to Orangeburg Christian 30-21 on Monday at the CH gymnasium. Kameron Earles led the Saints with nine points.

Girls portion of Sumter Middle School Conference tournament begins today FROM STAFF REPORTS The girls portion of the Sumter Middle School Conference basketball tournament will begin today with three first-round games followed by three first-round boys games on Thursday. The girls games will have No. 5 Hillcrest visiting No. 4 Chestnut Oaks, No. 3 Bates playing host to No. 6 Mayewood and second seed Alice Drive at home against No. 7 Ebenezer. Undefeated and No. 1 seed Furman gets a bye into the

semifinals. On Thursday in the boys tournament, No. 2 Mayewood will play host to No. 7 Ebenezer, No. 3 Alice Drive will be at home against No. 6 Hillcrest and No. 5 Furman will visit No. 4 Chestnut Oaks. Top seed Bates will begin play in the semifinals. The girls semifinals will be played on Monday with the boys semis set for Tuesday. The championship games are scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12, beginning at 5 p.m. at the AD gymnasium.

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FROM PAGE B1 series from the Bruins. The Gamecocks won 57-43 on Jan. 13. Cedric Rembert added 13 for the Gamecocks and gave Sumter a 38-36 lead as he hit a layup just before the buzzer to end the third quarter. The Bruins regained the lead early in the fourth quarter on a Justin Ford 3-point basket with 7:11 left, but that was the last time they led. The Gamecocks went on a 9-2 run and Micah McBride banked a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give Sumter a 49-41 advantage with 3:58 left. Ford led South Florence with 18, and Jaylen Quick had 11. The loss snapped the Bruins’ season high 5-game winning streak. In the girls game, Jessica Harris scored 25 points and D’erika Hamilton added 19 as top-ranked Sumter used a 15-1 spurt in the first quarter to stay atop the Region VI standings with a 56-32 victory. Sumter, 19-2 and 7-0, leads West Florence by one game

FROM STAFF REPORTS The varsity and junior varsity boys and girls basketball games between Sumter and Carolina Forest have been changed. Sumter’s varsity teams were originally scheduled to travel to Myrtle Beach on Friday to face Carolina Forest. Instead, they will travel to the Grand Strand on Thursday for a 6 p.m. start. The schools’ junior varsity teams will now play today in Sumter instead of the originally scheduled Thursday. The games will begin at 6. with three left. The two teams meet Tuesday in Sumter. The Lady Gamecocks hit seven 3-point shots, including four by Hamilton. Quiana Hodge led South Florence with nine points and 11 rebounds. The Bruins trailed just 30-23 going into the fourth quarter but were outscored 26-9 in final period. South hit just four of 18 free throws, while Sumter was 15 of 22 including 12 of 12 in the fourth quarter.

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BISHOPVILLE – Lee Central improved to 5-2 in Region VII-2A with a 55-42 victory over Timberland on Tuesday at the LC gymnasium. Asia Wright led the Lady Stallions with 17 points. Davante Mathis added 10. THOMAS SUMTER 28 ORANGEBURG PREP 25

ORANGEBURG – Mary Kathryn Ross hit the game-winning 3-point shot to lead Thomas Sumter

LHS FROM PAGE B1 rally as the Lady Gators led 22-8 after one quarter. Kamryn Lemon got hot in the second quarter, hitting threes from both corners and scoring 10 of her 12 points, as the Lakewood lead swelled to 26, 42-16, at the break. Dengokl returned at the start of the second half and scored six points in an 8-4 run that pushed the lead to 30, 50-20, with 4:14 to go in the third. A Taja Randolph follow after a missed Deja Richardson free throw as time expired, pushed the lead to 55-24 heading to the fourth. Dengokl’s last basket of the game came on a rebound and follow with 5:12 on the clock as Lakewood head coach Frances Fields got her reserves plenty of playing time against the Lady Monarchs. A Weldon basket following Dengokl’s final two gave the Lady Gators their largest lead, 62-27, with 4:44 to go. Manning’s Keyshaunna Walker scored seven of her team’s final nine points, including a right corner three as time expired. Shalexia Pack and Richardson joined Dengokl and Lemon, who also had five steals and four rebounds, in double figures for Lakewood, with Pack adding 12 points,

Academy to a 28-25 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday at the OP gymnasium. Taylor Knudson had eight points, eight rebounds and four steals to lead TSA. Ross finished with six points. NORTHWOOD 63 LAURENCE MANNING 36

NORTH CHARLESTON – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Northwood 63-6 on Monday at the Northwood gymnasium. Courtney Beatson led LMA with 14 points and Brooke Bennett added eight.

JV BASKETBALL WILSON HALL 37 CALHOUN 24 Wilson Hall improved to 13-0 on the season with a 37-24 victory over Calhoun Academy on Monday at Nash Student Center. Zan Beasley had 12 points to lead the Lady Baronas and Courtney Clark had nine. Clark also had seven rebounds and four blocked shots.

NORTH CHARLESTON – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Northwood 33-29 on Monday at the Northwood gymnasium. Sarah Knight Nalley led LMA with 13 points and Tolley Horton grabbed 13 rebounds.

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PAMPLICO – Lee Central Middle School improved to 14-0 and won its second straight Upper Pee Dee Conference regularseason title with a 27-23 victory over Hannah-Pamplico on Tuesday at the H-P gymnasium. Tashanna Harris led LC with 14 points and Robionne Myers added nine. CHESTNUT OAKS 37 HILLCREST 25

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DALZELL – Carneshie Wells scored 21 points to lead Chestnut Oaks to a 37-25 victory over Hillcrest on Monday at the Hillcrest gymnasium. Amari Singleton and Danashia Jackson both had eight.

five rebounds and three assists and Richardson closing with 11 points and three steals. Randolph ended with seven points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. Fields was proud of the way her seniors were able to keep their focus amidst the Senior Night distractions. “I thought it was going to be a very emotional game,” she said. “All of them pretty much came through Furman (Middle School, playing under Fields) and it’s kind of sad to know that this is our last regular-season home game. I thought they tackled the first half pretty good, and I wanted to challenge them a little bit with playing a different defense. I think they did pretty well, but there’s still a little bit of stuff we need to work on, things like making your free throws and defensive rotation.” Dengokl, a 4-year starter for Lakewood, said the emotions were high for she and her fellow seniors heading into their last regular season game at The Swamp. “It was really emotional, but it was a great feeling,” said Dengokl, who also had six rebounds, two assists and a steal against Manning. “I try to keep my emotions in check, but I got a little tearyeyed. The bond that we have is more like a sisterhood than a team, and I love them so much.”

While she didn’t play her customary workload, Dengokl appreciated the opportunity to reflect on the night and her Lakewood playing career while watching her teammates contribute. Manning head coach Darren Mazyck knew his team was headed into a difficult situation being the Senior Night opponent for Dengokl and the Lady Gators. Walker and Mahogany Green both had 11 points for Manning, now 11-10 and 1-7, while Makeba Harvin contributed 10. Green added 10 rebounds to close with a double-double while Walker grabbed three boards. Harvin and Kayla Goldsmith both collected five boards. Manning’s boys led 5-2 after one quarter and 14-12 at the half. Lakewood managed just two points in the third quarter and trailed 25-14 heading into the final eight minutes of regulation. A mad rally in the final minutes forced a 36-36 tie, with the Gators just missing out on an opportunity to win it in the fourth. There were three lead changes in the four-minute overtime period, with the last coming at the 1:15 mark as Andre Washington’s only basket of the night put Lakewood up 42-41. Tyrell Still hit a three and three of rour free throws down the stretch to clinch the win for the Gators.

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BARONS FROM PAGE B1 The game was a back-and-forth affair from the opening whistle. Neither side gained more than a 4-point advantage until late, and the score was actually knotted at 27-all at halftime. Despite a well-rounded scoring effort from the Lady Barons in the first half, Calhoun kept pace behind Grace Carroll and leading scorer Savannah Barker. The duo combined for 15 points in the opening half, including six from Carroll in the second quarter. “We didn’t do a very good job stopping dribble penetration,” Rector said. “We needed to do a better job of closing down on them and knowing they were going to try and drive on us.” In the meantime, Nicolette Fisher scored eight of her 11 points in the opening half and the Lady Barons went 11-for-12 from the free throw line, including 6-for-6 in the second frame. Fisher also finished with 10 rebounds. It was Goodson’s time to shine in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter. Goodson had 10 of her team-high 18 points during the final 16 minutes, and WH was 9-for-10 on free throws. That combination was enough to negate Barker’s big night. She finished with 25

points, including four 3-point baskets – three in the second half that kept the Lady Cavs within striking distance. Holly Scott added nine points for WH, which will host Cardinal Newman today in an out-of-region contest. On the boys side, the Barons took advantage of good defense and a rough first quarter of shooting by Calhoun to go up 12-0 at the end of the first quarter en route to a dominant 64-33 victory. Wilson Hall kept pace in the region, improving to 5-1 and 8-10 overall. Calhoun fell to 6-10 and 0-5. “We knew they were missing their big guy inside, but it really didn’t change what we wanted to do,” WH head coach Eddie Talley said. “We played very good defense in the first quarter and we were able to get minutes from a lot of guys. We got a lot of contributions tonight and the effort was there all game. “We have to fine-tune some things still, but our effort will carry us a long way.” The Barons had no players in double figures, but hit 8 3-pointers and got contributions from everyone on the roster. Sam Watford, Drew Talley and Clayton Lowder led the Barons with nine points each while Grier Schwartz added eight. Calhoun’s Jackson Fleming led all scorers with 12.

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After 19-game streak, Hawks get used to being targeted team PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — The streak is over. The way opposing teams approach the Atlanta Hawks isn’t likely to change anytime soon. For the first time in more than a month, the Hawks practiced Tuesday looking to bounce back from a loss. Defense was the main focus, after New Orleans romped to a 115-110 victory the previous night to snap Atlanta’s 19game winning streak. “I was bummed about the loss,” center Al Horford said, having finished up an hourlong workout on the Philips Arena practice court. “I’m not going to lie.” The Hawks equaled the fifth-longest single-season winning streak in NBA history, a run that began two days after Christmas and included a 17-0 mark in January. Along the way, Atlanta built a double-digit lead in every victory but one, knocked off the other five Eastern Conference teams with winning records, swept the season series with Western powerhouse Portland, and went 9-0 on the road. The streak carried the

Hawks (40-9) to the best record in the NBA, though they again dropped percentage points behind Golden State with the loss to the Pelicans. There was a raucous celebration in the Big Easy after the horn sounded. “It was fun to see them celebrating like they won the championship. I couldn’t believe it,” Hawks guard Jeff Teague said with a smile. “Now we know we’ve got a target on our backs. We’ve got to come out and play hard every night.” That’s taken some getting used to. “A lot of our guys probably haven’t been in this position before,” Horford said. “People are coming after us. We’re very aware that everyone is bringing their ‘A’ game. It’s an adjustment. But that’s the good thing about the NBA. It’s a long season. You’ve got time to build good habits and know how to handle different situations.” The streak was special, but it really wasn’t an anomaly. The Hawks have won 33 of their last 36 games after a 7-6 start, building a comfortable lead in the East and landing three players (Horford, Teague and Paul Millsap) in the All-Star Game.

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Dutch Fork running back Matt Colburn (31) found out on Monday that Louisville did not have a scholarship for him after being committed to the Cardinals for eight months.

‘Mr. Football’ turned away by Louisville BY PHIL KORNBLUT Special To The Sumter Item Louisville coach Bobby Petrino Monday morning did what few defenders around South Carolina could do the past three years to Dutch Fork RB Matt Colburn, stop him cold in his tracks. Actually, it was Cardinals recruiter Todd Grantham who contacted Colburn and Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts at 10:00 AM Monday morning with the news they no longer had room for Colburn in this class and want him to wait until January to enroll. In other words, here’s a grayshirt for you Mr. Football. Knotts said Monday night Grantham told him they had three junior defensive backs declare early for the NFL draft and they had made a real push for defensive backs and had landed

several commitments, thus they needed to use te scholarship for Colburn for one of those defensive backs. “Needless to say that’s not what we though the deal was,” a perturbed Knotts said. “We are talking to any and everybody. Wake Forest, Navy, Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern and Kent State, that’s kind of where we are right now.” Knotts said the news has not gone over well with his star running back. “Not good, not good,” he said. “I tell my players when you commit, you commit. That’s what a commitment is. Matt’s been committed for eight months. It’s irritating that men can do this. He’s just a boy, a young man. He doesn’t know how to understand it. He’s very upset. Some things have opened up but that’s not the way it should be. It’s not

right. Louisville is only going to hurt themselves doing this. Everybody knows not just what a good player Matt is but what a good person he is. That is not the way to do business and if that’s the way to do business we don’t want to deal with them. He (Petrino) won’t be able to recruit my school anymore and I imagine there will be some other coaches that will say the same thing. Trust factor is just not there. They’ve known about these three DBs wanting to go to the NFL for weeks now. To use that as an excuse doesn’t hold water with me.” As for some of his other players, Knotts said DB Lane Ecton will sign with Georgia Southern, DB Jeremy Addison with Catawba and PK Tyler Bass is considering walking on at Clemson or Georgia Southern.

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Tiger Woods now a subject of sympathy BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — No one can recall these kinds of odds for Tiger Woods at any tournament, certainly not one at Torrey Pines. He is listed at 50-to-1, which prompted a question that was even more shocking than the odds. Was that to win? Or to make the cut? Perhaps even more telling was an observation from PadWOODS raig Harrington. “Did you ever think you would hear a professional golfer genuinely and sincerely say, ‘I hope Tiger Woods plays better,’” Harrington said over the weekend. No one ever imagined him playing worse. Woods didn’t just miss the cut in the Phoe-

nix Open last week. He missed it by 12 shots. More than posting an 82 — the highest score of his professional career — was how lost he looked on the golf course, especially around the greens. Yes, this was a really bad day at the office. But this was Tiger Woods, the guy with a short game that had no rival. The biggest break for Woods during his second round at the TPC Scottsdale was on the 17th hole, when Woods and Jordan Spieth drove it just short of the green. The hole was back and to the right, requiring a pitch that had to be struck close to perfect. Woods had no chance. His golf ball was partially sunken in a divot, a shot so impossible that he stood over it for nearly a minute with his hands on his hips instead of around a club, probably because he had no idea what club could get him out of this trouble.

Top-ranked Gamecocks focused on Georgia with No. 2 UConn looming BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — The countdown to Connecticut is on — and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley realizes there’s little she or her top-ranked Gamecocks can do to squelch the anticipation of next week’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown. But the Huskies don’t have next on the Gamecocks’ slate, that would be No. 22 Georgia on Thursday night. Staley and South Carolina (21-0, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) are STALEY not looking past Georgia, but they are constantly being reminded of their Feb. 9 matchup with the defending national champions. Staley felt the rising excitement about the Connecticut game and asked her players if they were thinking about the high-profile matchup. Some said they were, but nonetheless the coach said her group has done well staying in the moment and will be ready to pay Georgia. “A lot of them said they were thinking about it,” Staley said Tuesday. “But they’re also focused on the task at hand.” Staley, the three-time gold medalist and basketball Hall of Famer, has played in enough big games to understand she can’t put the Gamecocks in a bubble, shutting out all distractions. Senior forward Aleighsa Welch said the Gamecocks take pride in their level-headed approach, something that hasn’t changed all year and won’t now. South Carolina has more than doubled its previous best start (10-0) in school history and has won 18 straight in the 11 weeks it has spent atop the national rankings. “You have to challenge yourself individually just to stay focused,” said Welch, averaging 9.3 points and 5.5 rebounds this season. “Because if you look too far ahead, that’s the moment you’re most vulnerable.”

The Gamecocks have shown very few cracks during their run. Since a 51-50 win at No. 15 Duke in early December, South Carolina has only had one victory of fewer than 10 points in a 68-60 defeat of No. 11 Kentucky on Jan. 10. Welch said Thursday night will be a big game against Georgia, which is 12-0 at home this season. Win or lose at Connecticut, “We’ve still got the SEC ahead of us,” she said. Staley has complimented her team’s ability to thrive when the pressures of maintaining a perfect record — No. 19 Princeton (19-0) is the only other undefeated team in major women’s college basketball — might break apart a group with less focus. “Our team is a team that is staying in the moment,” Staley said. “We had great practice today, great preparing. We’ve got one more day to work on Georgia and that’s what we’ll do.” South Carolina has struggled at Georgia with a 2-15 overall record. Staley is just 1-3 in Athens in seven seasons as South Carolina’s coach. Despite the challenge Georgia presents, the Gamecocks can’t escape the UConn chatter. Friends, family and classmates bring the game up all the time, both to congratulate Welch on what the Gamecocks have accomplished this season and as a motivational reminder that the one-loss Huskies still receive several No. 1 votes in the rankings each week. “You embrace it because you know people are excited” to talk about Connecticut, she said. “But in your mind, you’re like, ‘OK, we’re talking about it, but we’re still focusing on this other game.” The contest is even harder to ignore for South Carolina freshman A’ja Wilson, the 6-foot-5 forward who turned down Connecticut among others to play for the Gamecocks. Wilson has averaged 13.7 points and seven rebounds a game this season, earning her fourth SEC freshman of the week honor for her efforts in South Carolina’s wins over No. 14 Texas A&M, Alabama and Ole Miss last week.

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Braves embracing new underdog role BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — The Braves are trying to be optimistic after a flurry of offseason moves signaled the franchise going into rebuilding mode. Three pitchers were at Turner Field on Monday for voluntary workouts leading up to spring training, all looking to put a positive spin on the dealing of sluggers Justin WOOD Upton, Jason Heyward and Evan Gattis. “We have a group of guys who kind of have a chip on their shoulder,” said left-handed pitcher Alex Wood, expected to be one of the few holdovers on this year’s roster. “Guys that want to come out and show what they can still do and show what they’re going to do for us younger guys down the road. It’s exciting to go in with a chip on your shoulder. I think it’s going to bring a lot of guys on this team together.” Wood was joined by newcomers Shelby Miller and Michael Kohn on a cold, blustery day that hardly seemed indicative

of spring training being just a few weeks away. The first workout for Atlanta’s pitchers and catchers is scheduled for Feb. 21 at the Disney World complex near Orlando, Florida; the full squad gets started on Feb. 26. Miller was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in the deal for Heyward, one of the few major league-ready players acquired in Atlanta’s plethora of trades. Upton and Gattis were both dealt for prospects, part of the team’s goal to rebuild a once-mighty farm system that has fallen on hard times. While those moves could pay huge dividends a few years down the road, they’ve stripped away the perception of the Braves as a perennial contender, a team that has been to the playoffs 17 times in the last 24 years. Atlanta, which captured the NL East with 96 wins just two seasons ago, is now cast in the role of underdog. Wood said the team plans to embrace it. “That’s the great thing about baseball. You don’t have to have to have nine superstars,” Wood said. “We’re going to play a different brand of baseball. We’ll probably play a closer brand of real baseball. I guess I’m kind

of old school — I guess it’s the coaches I had growing up — but I think we’re going to be a team that really does the small things right. Partially, because we’re going to have to. But partially, because I think that’s the way this team has been put together.” Miller and Kohn are hardly the only new faces heading into spring. There’s a chance that as few as eight players who started last season with the team will be there for opening day this year. In the clubhouse at Turner Field, only a handful of lockers contained gear from last season, the most striking sign that this will be a vastly different roster in 2015. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering the Braves slumped to a 79-83 record, finished a whopping 17 games behind the Washington Nationals and had one of the lowest-scoring offenses in baseball — even with Upton, Heyward and Gattis. Also, Wood and others have indicated there was a bit of discord in the clubhouse, players splitting off into cliques and unable to muster any sense of camaraderie to help pull out of a late-season slide.

and Ronnie and Gail Wilson; 23 grandchildren; 23 greatgrandchildren; brothers-inlaw, Sam Pierson and Baxter Pierson; and sisters-in-law, Marguerite Morris and Fran Kolar. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Eddie Wilson; one grandson, Jewl Bryant; four brothers; one sister; and a niece, Helen Journagin. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. H. Albert Sims officiating. Interment will follow in Sumter Cemetery with military honors. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Bullock Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Project Josiah Restoration Ministry, 601 Polo Road, Columbia, SC 29223 or to Gideon’s, 5106 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC 29204. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

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Smoltz: Becoming a Hall of Famer “just incredible” BY JOHN KEKIS The Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — When John Smoltz plopped down in a director’s chair inside the Baseball Hall of Fame and stared at all the bronze plaques on the walls, the moment was both magical and a bit overwhelmSMOLTZ ing. “This is a pretty incredible place. Some elite people,” the 47-year-old Smoltz, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, said Tuesday after his pre-induction tour. “To know that I’ll be a part of it is something that still hasn’t set in yet.” The former hard-throwing right-hander of the Atlanta Braves is a member of the class of 2015 to be inducted July 26. He was elected a month ago with fellow pitchers Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez, and Craig Biggio.

Smoltz, Johnson and Martinez easily made the 75 percent voting threshold on their first tries. They are the first trio of pitchers voted in together by the baseball writers. Biggio, an all-star at both catcher and second base for the Houston Astros, made it on his third try. The awkwardness Smoltz felt at last summer’s induction ceremony was fresh on his mind Tuesday after glancing at a display featuring former Atlanta teammates Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and manager Bobby Cox. They were enshrined last July, and Smoltz worked the broadcast for MLB Network. “Last year, in an awkward way, it was like, ‘We’ll see you next year.’ I said, ‘One way or another you will. I’ll either be covering it, or I’ll never cover it again.’ It looks like I’ll never cover it again,” he said. “I’m glad the process is the way it is. I never dreamed that this would be even a reality, let alone a possibility.”

OBITUARIES FRANK B. WILSON JR. Frank Berrian Wilson Jr., age 94, beloved husband of 41 years to Hazel Ernestine Pierson Wilson, died on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland. Born in Gainsville, Florida, he was a son of the late Frank BerriWILSON an Wilson Sr. and Lena Sutton Wilson. He served his country in the Navy during World War II. Mr. Wilson retired as a chief petty officer after 21 years of service. One of his highlights during his service was when he was able to observe the surrender of Japan while standing on the USS Vicksburg, which was anchored port side of the USS Missouri. Mr. Wilson accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as a young man. He prayed over his family, friends, church and country daily, often spending hours at a time calling each out by name. Frank especially prayed diligently for friends Harvey and Julie during all of their travels and missions. He was a member of and loved Bethesda Church of God, where he served selflessly for many years in many different capacities. Frank’s biggest desire in life was for everyone that he touched to know the same love for God that he knew and for all to accept him as their personal savior. In 2014 Frank was named the Citizen of the Year by Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and was made to be an honorary member of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at that time. He was also named an honorary lifetime member of the Sumter Chapter of Combat Veterans Group. Frank loved his family, especially his wife of nearly 42 years of marriage, Hazel. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend. He leaves a legacy of 56 and will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, Richard “Rick” Wilson of Florida, Steve Bramlette and his wife, Joyce, of Summerville and Andy Bramlette and his wife, Sandi, of Sumter; two daughters, Elaine Faulling and her husband, Everett, of Sumter and Nancy Wilson Werner and her husband, Chuck, of Florida; special nephews, Howard and Mary Jane Wilson, Art and Lucille Wilson, Richard and Delores Wilson

CORENE L. DAVIS Corene Lowder Davis, 94, of 575 Crescent St., Brooklyn, New York, widow of Romeo Davis, entered into eternal rest on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, at Brooklyn Medical Center. She was born on April 23, 1920, in Sumter. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

DOUGLAS C. BRITTON Douglas Cornelius Britton, 66, husband of Minnie “Handful” Wilson Britton, entered eternal rest on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, in Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. Born on March 14, 1948, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Birch and Easter Britton. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1034 Spaulding Ave., Sumter. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

NEW ZION — Annie Lou Beard Morris, 90, widow of Arthur Moody Morris, died on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www. stephensfuneralhome.org

EDDIE STUCKEY SR. Eddie Stuckey Sr., 51, departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at his home, after a long illness. Born on Dec. 31, 1963, in Lee County, he was a son of the late John Conor and Pearl Shaw Stuckey. He attended the public schools of Lee County and was a graduate of Ashwood Central High School Class of 1982. He was employed with UTI in Camden and South Carolina Department of Transportation for many years. He leaves to cherish his memories: two sons, Eddie Stuckey Jr. and Mikell Stuckey of Hartsville; two brothers, Jimmy (Rosamae) Stuckey of Dalzell and retired 1st Sgt. Bobby Lee (Betty) Stuckey of Hinesville, Georgia; four sisters, Latisha Stuckey of Bishopville, Tasha McCants of Florence, Johnnie Mae (Albert) Stuckey of Spring Hill and Mary Martin of Dalzell; eight aunts; four uncles; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Lillie Mae and Frances. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Mt. Olive AME Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Woodrow, with the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, pastor, presiding, the Rev. Joe David Shaw Jr., eulogist, assisted by Bishop M.L. Jackson, Elder Charles E. Thomas, Minister Bobby Jernigan and the Rev. Rickey Stuckey Sr. The family is receiving family and friends at the home, 903 Lightwood Knott Road, Dalzell. The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. The procession will leave at 10:20 a.m. from the home. Floral bearers will be Class of 1982 and friends. Pallbearers will be Class of 1982 and nephews. Burial will be in Cooksfield Cemetery, James D. Herriott Road, Dalzell. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com.

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

HERBERT MCCOY LYNCHBURG — Herbert McCoy, husband of Audrey Evans McCoy, died on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. He was born on April 9, 1946, in Charleston, a son of the late Herbert Nathaniel and Naomi McCoy Wise. The family is receiving friends at his residence, 2855 Rush St., Lynchburg. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ASHLYN TURNER Ashlyn Breanon-Kay Turner, 18, died on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of Samuel Turner and Jane Nashatka. Survivors include her father and mother; a sister, Samantha Turner; two brothers, Stanley Turner and Troy Turner; grandparents, Gloria Jenkins and Troy and Mary Turner; a nephew, Noah Turner; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at New Start Community Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Dale Turner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Quincy Dubose, Mancel Gass, Brannon Ison, Jay Johnson, Ricky Aguilar, Christopher Laux and Cody Laux. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday at New Start Community Church of the Nazarene and other times at the home of her grandmother, 1660 Bar Zee Drive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ashlyn Turner Go Fund Me Account on Jane Nashatka’s Facebook page. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

JOSEPHINE J. CALVERT TURBEVILLE — Josephine Joyce “Bell” Calvert, age 86, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at her residence after an illness. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Floyd Funeral Home of Olanta.

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Memory program is ‘Heartfelt’ Covenant Place stresses ‘gentler path’ BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com ften those with memory-

impairing dementias live out their later years by

other people’s rules, kept to rigid schedules for meals, bedtimes, baths and so on. At Covenant Place of Sumter, a new program inaugurated on Feb. 1 will allow residents more autonomy and will offer stimulating activities to provide “those suffering from memory-impairing dementias ... the promise of a kinder, gentler path through the turbulent journey of their disease.” It’s a program that has the staff excited, said Melissa Colvin Linville, director of sales and marketing for Covenant Place, a continuing care retirement community on Carter Road. Heartfelt Connections™ Memory Care Program also encompasses the iN2L (It’s Never Too Late) Computer System, and the program is exclusive to Covenant Place, Linville said. In a release, she explained that Heartfelt Connections™ was inspired by the actress Diane Keaton, who when speaking to her son about her mother’s Alzheimer’s Disease, said “memories are pictures you take with your heart.” With that in mind, the Connections program “focuses on each resident’s unique remaining abilities because with a memory-impairing illness what remains is far more important than what is lost.” And because the program is offered in a newly secured area in the assisted living area of Covenant Place, Linville said, “This environment will offer the safety and reassurance those with dementia need to combat wandering, sundowning and other behaviors associated with memory loss.” Linville said the entire staff has undergone training for the new program, which emphasizes that care often comes from the heart, not necessarily the mind. Elaine Fox, director of activities, and Lorie Kesler, assistant director of activities, will be working most closely with the residents. Last week, Kesler dem-

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Aline McIntosh, a resident of Covenant Place of Sumter, tries out one of the games on the new iN2L (It’s Never Too Late) computer. The system is at the heart of Covenant Place’s Heartfelt Connections Memory Care Program that was implemented on Feb. 1. onstrated the iN2L portion of the program. A touch screen computer is set up in a large room dedicated to its use. The features on the screen are specially designed for use with and/or by residents to evoke past memories and keep their minds more active. Resident Aline McIntosh agreed to be the guinea pig for a brief demonstration. Kesler set up the computer and demonstrated several of its programs. Among them were several slide shows, a list of classic movies, TV shows and commercials that can be accessed, an “armchair travel” program, trivia quizzes and other games. McIntosh decided to try the “ladybug” game, in which the image of a ladybug appeared on the screen, and she was challenged to touch it within a few seconds, at which point it would disappear and then reappear in a different spot. Having never used a computer, she took a brief time to get used to the game, and then her speed quickly improved. Several levels of this and other games are available. McIntosh agreed, “It was fun” and said she’d be interested in the other computer programs, many of which can be used by several residents at once, as the computer monitor image

can also be viewed on the large screen TV in the room. For example, the Spirit Window can be used to view sermons from many different denominations, play Bible trivia and listen to hymns and readings from religious books. Audio books should be popular with residents who are or were avid readers; a food program engages with viewers on different levels, including mixing ingredients, stirring and tasting. Among the numerous computer programs, it seems, there is something for almost every interest. Other features allow residents to set up programs that are essentially “scrapbooks” they can share online with family members and friends; they can also see and talk with loved ones through Skype. Linville said this will “allow them to keep in touch on a regular basis with family who might not be able to visit often. Each resident can also set up a story about herself or himself that’s a ‘virtual book.’ Families can log in and see it, and they can also upload information, pictures and up to 12 minutes of video. Residents can keep up with their grandchildren’s growth, for example. Residents can even write their

own biographies. It’s very therapeutic.” Another especially useful part of Heartfelt Connections™ that will help ensure residents have a say in their day-to-day routines, or activities of daily living, will result in a booklet for each titled “What You Need to Know About Me.” “It’s another step in letting them have the dignity they deserve,” Linville said. “Everything is very individualized.” “It’s all about engaging residents,” Kesler agreed. Linville summed up the benefits of the system, among them “activities adapted to one’s unique abilities and interests, improvement of socialization and quality of life, increased cognitive stimulation, enhanced independence and enriched communication with others.” “Programming for those with memory-impairing dementias in a safe, secure environment has been much needed in the Sumter community for years. “Our residents are worth it.” For more information, contact Melissa Colvin Linville at mlinville@covenantplace.org or (803) 469-7007.

Leslie Caron dazzled Hollywood with glamour, dancing BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talk Only a handful of actresses danced in feature films with both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. One was Leslie Caron. Although her last feature film was a decade ago, she hasn’t been exactly idle since. “I won an Emmy in 2007 for a guest role on ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ which was a grand moment for me,” said Ms. Caron from London, where she moved in 2013 from her native France to be near family. Her autobiography, “Thank Heaven,” was published in 2010, and in 2013 she appeared in an episode of the French TV crime series “Jo.” “So I’m not retired and would love to do more television or a movie,” she emphasized. Shortly before her 82nd birthday last year, Caron even tackled a demanding stage role. “I traveled to California for a play – ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’ at the Laguna Playhouse – which was one of the best parts I’ve ever had,” she recalled. “It was a twocharacter play with six dance numbers and seven costume changes. A person of 50 would

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Leslie Caron dances with Gene Kelly in a scene from “An American in Paris.” have found it a bit difficult. I would love to have continued with it to Broadway, but that would have been too strenuous.” Although she was trained as a dancer, Caron’s film career took off after Gene Kelly discovered the teenager performing in the Ballets des Champ Elysees in Paris in the late 1940s. “The husband of a dancer I shared my dressing room with somehow knew Gene,

who had seen me and wanted me to do a screen test for a movie,” Caron said. The film turned out to be “An American in Paris.” “I met Gene in a local hotel and read a little scene for him, and he arranged for me to be photographed,” she said. “To my surprise, I got a phone call telling me to pack a suitcase because I was leaving for Hollywood in three days.” In true ballerina style, she leapt at the opportunity: “You

don’t refuse an offer like that!” Caron says rehearsing for “An American in Paris” proved difficult. “I wasn’t used to dancing in ballet shoes for six to eight hours a day,” she said. “And when I arrived in America I had mononucleosis and was undernourished, having lived through World War II and food shortages. So I was very anemic.” Kelly convinced the studio to let young Leslie work every other day. “They pumped me full of vitamins and it was hard work, but I became very excited about acting,” she said. “After filming, I took acting classes, English lessons and more dance instruction.” Throughout the ‘50s, Caron appeared in other musicals, including “Daddy Long Legs” with Fred Astaire. “Fred and Gene came from different eras,” she noted. “Fred danced on his toes and barely touched the ground – an elegant, fluid dancer. Gene’s dancing was very athletic.” Astaire’s wife – ill from lung cancer – died during production. “He kept hoping she would pull through and would bury his head in a towel and cry,”

Caron remembered. “We stopped working for about two weeks and when he came back were told not to say a word about his loss. Fred loved the film, which had a lot of youth and joy, so I think it helped him through a very bad time.” Three years later, Caron starred in the title role of “Gigi” with Maurice Chevalier who she says was “remarkably professional, but could get a bit grumpy.” She continued to work in film and TV into the ‘90s but said “I was hitting 60 and beginning to think my career was over, so embarked on a new venture.” She purchased and renovated an old building by the river just outside Paris, turning it into a successful bed and breakfast. “I managed it for about 15 years until the economy crashed,” she said. Today, Caron hopes for more roles, but remains realistic. “I’m not aiming for any Academy Awards,” she said. “It just gives me a great deal of pleasure to keep working.” Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 500 magazines and newspapers.

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Roasted rack of lamb looks fancy but is easy BY SARA MOULTON The Associated Press Want to wow your sweetie on Valentine’s Day? One of the ways I spell romance is with a roasted rack of lamb for two. Most of us never get to enjoy this wonderful dish outside fine restaurants, but there’s no reason not to make it at home. In fact, this recipe — adapted from one we used to make at Gourmet magazine all the time — is hard to mess up. A single rack of lamb comprises eight chops, or half of the rib cage. At the supermarket these days you’ll usually find a choice of New Zealand or American racks. The former are smaller than the latter and taste slightly more lamb-y. Either kind will work here, but in both cases you have to make sure that the chine bone has been removed by the butcher. Otherwise you’ll be unable to cut the rack into chops. The butcher also can trim the rack for you, though you’re welcome to do that at home. If I were going to roast the rack without a crumb layer, I’d protect the meat from drying out by leaving the layer of fat on the top of the meat.

But this recipe’s crumb layer performs the same function as the layer of fat, so off it goes, along with the tough silver skin beneath it. The best way to remove the silver skin is with a sharp boning or paring knife. Slide it under the skin at a 20 degree angle and slice it first one way, then the other, along the length of the rack. Then — if it hasn’t already been done for you — you’ll want to “French” the bones. This is an American term for a French technique, in which the meat and fat are removed from the top few inches of the end of each chop. What’s left is the succulent heart of the chop, from which a long spare bone extends like an elegantly curved handle. Now you’re ready to sear the meat, then top it with a mustard-mayonnaise mix, then finally the crumbs. You can prep the roast to this stage earlier in the day, then park it for an hour. When dinner is about 30 minutes away, just pop it in the oven. Be sure to let it rest afterward to ensure that the chops are every bit as juicy as Cupid meant them to be.

RACK OF LAMB FOR TWO WITH ROSEMARY CRUMB CRUST Many racks of lamb come already Frenched, with the fatty layer trimmed, and with the silver skin (a tough membrane that lines the meat) removed. If not, follow these instructions: To remove the silver skin, using a very sharp paring or boning knife and starting in the middle of the top of the roast, insert the tip of the knife beneath the membrane and slice in one direction, holding the knife at a 20 degree angle until you reach the end of the roast. Turn the knife around and work in the opposite direction until you reach the other end of the roast. Discard the strip of silver skin. Repeat the procedure until you have removed all the silver skin from the meat side of the roast. To French the bones, trim and discard the fat and meat along the top couple inches of the bones, scraping the bones with the knife until they are completely clean. Start to finish: 55 minutes (30 minutes active) Servings: 2 2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional) 1 teaspoon minced garlic 3 medium scallions, white and 1 inch of the green parts, thinly sliced (about 1/4 cup) 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 3/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs (made by pulsing 1 large slice rustic white bread in a food processor) Salt and ground black pepper One trimmed and Frenched rack of lamb, (7 to 8

ribs, about 1 1/4 pounds) 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard In a medium skillet over medium-high, heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the pepper flakes, if using, and garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Stir in the scallions and rosemary and cook, stirring, until the scallions are slightly softened, about 30 seconds. Stir in the breadcrumbs and remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then transfer to a bowl and set aside. Wipe out the skillet. Heat the oven to 400 F. Return the skillet to medium-high heat and add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Season the lamb with salt and pepper, then add it to the skillet, meat side down. Sear until well browned on the meat side and the ends, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet with the lamb from the heat and pour off the fat. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise and mustard. Spread the mixture evenly over the meat side of the lamb, then press the rosemary crumbs into it. Transfer the skillet to the middle shelf of the oven and roast until it reaches 120 F at the center for medium-rare, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the meat to a cutting board and let it rest for 10 minutes before slicing into chops. Arrange on 2 plates, overlapping the rib bones. If some of the crumbs fall off, just sprinkle them over the plated chops. Nutrition information per serving: 650 calories; 360 calories from fat (55 percent of total calories); 41 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 105 mg cholesterol; 32 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 37 g protein; 760 mg sodium.

Want Valentine’s Day ease that still impresses? Try fondue BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press Worried your kitchen skills may not be up to pulling together something impressively decadent for Valentine’s Day? Fear not. A pricy restaurant meal isn’t your only option. We created this delicious, yet simple pair of fondue sauces to be easy for even the most clueless cook. But we didn’t sacrifice the wow-factor in the process. Warm chocolate-mango and fivespice caramel sauces are anything but ordinary. For ease, we pair them with purchased items for

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Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 4 For the chocolate fondue: 1/2 cup mango puree 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped 3 tablespoons honey For the caramel fondue: 1/2 cup half-and-half 5 ounces caramels (about 17 to 18 pieces) 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder For dunking: Wafer cookies Fresh berries Biscotti Marshmallows Pound cake, cut into cubes or sticks Angel food cake, cut into cubes or sticks In a small saucepan over medium, heat the mango puree and butter until simmering and the butter has

dipping — biscotti, pound cake, fresh berries, whatever inspires you. And while fondue pots are nice, they aren’t essential. You also can offer these sauces in small serving dishes. If they get too cool, just pop them in the microwave for a few seconds. The only slightly unusual ingredient on this menu is the mango puree. It’s usually sold in the grocer’s freezer section alongside the Hispanic ingredients. If you can’t find it, it’s easy to make your own. Add about 1 cup of fresh or frozen (thawed) mango chunks to the blender and puree. Strain the puree, then proceed with the recipe.

melted. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate and honey. Allow to sit for 2 minutes, then stir with a rubber spatula until smooth. Set aside, but keep warm. In another small saucepan over medium, heat the half-and-half until it simmers. Add the caramels and five-spice powder, then cook, stirring constantly, until the caramels are melted and the mixture is smooth. Transfer the two mixtures to 2 small serving bowls. Set on a platter surrounded by the various items for dunking. Alternatively, set up 2 heated fondue pots according to product directions and pour the dipping sauces into those. Serve immediately. Chocolate sauce nutrition information per serving (based on 4 servings): 260 calories; 140 calories from fat (54 percent of total calories); 16 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 33 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 28 g sugar; 2 g protein; 0 mg sodium. Caramel sauce nutrition information per serving (based on 4 servings): 170 calories; 60 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 29 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 25 g sugar; 3 g protein; 100 mg sodium.

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BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor This is the chicken breast recipe you’ve been searching for. Because it will taste nothing like those flavorless, dry breasts you’ve grown to tolerate. The gist is simple — chicken breasts are sliced thin, then pounded even thinner. Sure, this is a process that by way of violence renders the meat pretty tender. But the real magic is in the cooking. Chicken this thin — about 1/4 inch — cooks so fast it barely needs heat. And that means the breasts stay moist. But we’re not done yet. These chicken cutlets also get a sweet-spicy-crunchy coating thanks to a quick dredge through breadcrumbs seasoned with paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, kosher salt, black pepper and — ready for the secret ingredient? — sugar. While you could quickly pan-fry these breaded cutlets, I like to ease of the oven. Very fast and no mess. What happens next is up to you. I like to eat them just as is, but you also could slap the cutlets between slices of sourdough bread with a bit of mayo. They also are terrific sliced and tossed with a Caesar salad, or mounded over a pile of barley.

SWEET-AND-SPICY PANKO-CRUSTED CHICKEN Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1 cup panko breadcrumbs 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon chili powder 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 eggs 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts Heat the oven to 450 F. Line a baking sheet with foil and coat it with cooking spray. In a pie pan or a large, shallow bowl, mix together the breadcrumbs, sugar, garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, salt, chili powder and black pepper. Set aside. Crack the eggs into a similar bowl, then lightly beat them with the flour. Carefully slice each chicken breast in half horizontally to create 2 thin cutlets. To do this, place each breast on a cutting board. Hold the breast in place with the palm of one hand while using a knife to carefully slice across the length of the breast horizontally. One at a time, place each cutlet between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Use a meat mallet or rolling pin to gently pound each cutlet until uniformly about 1/4 inch thick. One at a time, dredge each cutlet through the egg-flour mixture until lightly coated. Shake off any excess, then dredge the cutlet through the seasoned breadcrumbs. Set the cutlet on the prepared baking sheet, then repeat the process with the remaining chicken. Mist the tops of the cutlets with cooking spray. Bake for 7 minutes, then flip the cutlets and bake for another 5 to 7 minutes, or until lightly browned and cooked through. Nutrition information per serving: 310 calories; 50 calories from fat (16 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 190 mg cholesterol; 32 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 32 g protein; 620 mg sodium.

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‘Fresh Off the Boat:’ assimilation, race, hip-hop BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH As a viewer, I did not find the new sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” (8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) terribly funny. After all, a coming-of-age story set in Orlando in 1995, “Boat” is aimed at an audience slightly younger than yours truly. But as a columnist, I find it too fascinating to dismiss. “Boat” is based on a memoir of the same name by chef Eddie Huang. Hudson Yang stars as Eddie. At 11, he’s the oldest of three boys of Louis (Randall Park) and Jessica (Constance Wu), Taiwaneseborn immigrants. Jessica feels cut off from her own community. Louis hopes to make a fortune with his Westernthemed steak restaurant, an enterprise he promotes with awkward gimmicks and commercials shot through with his shaky comprehension of American culture. And by “American,” Louis means “white.” From his cowboy-themed restaurant to his choice of greeter (Paul Scheer), Louis wants to embrace a Wonder Bread world in the worst way. But not Jessica. She finds the Rollerblading neighbors with their “Clueless”-inflected speech, light-rock mix-tapes and dairy-clogged casseroles rather alienating. She’s appalled by the hospital-like feel of American supermarkets and longs for the tumult of Chinatown. Young Eddie has his own take on the dominant culture, one that he doesn’t see as white at all. He’s marinated in hip-hop music, language and style and sees it as his ticket to both fitting in and standing out. After “Cristela,” this is the second brand-new ABC sitcom to explore immigrant family life. And, with “black-ish,” the third to mine comedy from a minority perspective. As new and fresh as that sounds, “Boat” explores issues of Americanization (and music as a means of assimilation) that are at least as old as “The Jazz Singer” from 1927, the very first talking picture Hollywood ever made. Of the three, “Boat” is the most strident in its estimation of white culture. The women Jessica has to contend with on her block seem straight out of the canceled ABC series “The

on “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30 p.m., FXX, TV-MA).

SERIES NOTES An armored car heist goes wrong on “The Mentalist” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Malcolm’s proposal is considered on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A bombing rocks a Hoosier coffee shop on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * The approach to Mt. Weather has consequences on “The 100” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * A coach claims to have been attacked on “Stalker” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Lindsay reconsiders on “Chicago PD” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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From left, Hudson Yang, Ian Chen, Constance Wu, Randall Park and Forrest Wheeler star in the new ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” premiering at 8:30 p.m. today. Neighbors,” a comedy about space aliens impersonating human behavior. In his efforts to “pass,” Eddie’s dad also speaks in a flat, unemotional tone — an affect that bathes his punch lines in painful discomfort, to say the least. The show’s depiction of hiphop music may seem the most controversial of all. Like jazz in the 1920s and rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, Eddie’s 1990s rap remains “the devil’s music” to older listeners. And just as “Boat” mines humor from a story as old as Ellis Island, a resistance to such cultural “impurity” still holds sway. • A pastor oversees the shenanigans at a “Bachelor”-style contrivance on the new series “Match Made in Heaven” (8 p.m., WE, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • An athlete’s death puts a prep school under the microscope on “The Mysteries of Laura” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • A trip to Aunt Edie’s funeral on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • A father turns vigilante on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m.,

NBC, TV-14). • Mixed messages on “Empire” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Phil feels a big chill from Luke on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • “Earth: A New Wild” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) examines the increasing

frequent collision of humans and the wilderness. • Jilted, Luke fumes on “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TVPG). • A messy mission needs tidying up on “The Americans” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). • Josh’s parents disapprove

Wes Moore is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Mila Kunis, Josh Hopkins and Cage the Elephant appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Ryan Reynolds and Dierks Bentley appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Vin Diesel and Carl Reiner on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Brian Williams, Gabrielle Union and J. Mascis visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * John Mayer guest-hosts Andy Cohen on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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Date night-friendly chicken won’t tie you to the stove BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press

ifteen years ago, I made the first of what would become thousands of meals for my husband, Philippe.

Back then, it was our fifth date, and he was visiting my tiny Parisian apartment for the first time, where we planned an evening of binging on episodes of “Friends” on the VCR. For our date, I wanted to make something special, but also simple. I didn’t want to be stuck in the kitchen, worried about executing a complicated, unforgiving dish. I needed something that oozed effortless culinary prowess, but that didn’t look like I was trying too hard to impress quite yet. In the words of that show’s Monica Geller, I wanted a meal that said, “I’m breezy.” I made a tried-and-true dish I knew I could

do with my eyes closed — my 4-step chicken. Four-step chicken is a versatile recipe that can be made with whatever you have in the pantry. First, you dredge and saute the chicken. Next, you saute some veggies. Then you deglaze the pan with some liquid. Finally, you finish up the sauce. Done. The chicken I made that night was a lemony piccata-style dish, with some added items like mushrooms and artichoke hearts. It was the perfect balance of something a little special, but super easy to manage after a long day of work. This also happens to be a great date night dish because it packs lots of flavor without using onions or garlic. The version I’m sharing today has an extra ingredient: tangy, creamy low-fat Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt is a staple in the healthy kitchen because it is full of protein, yet is relatively low in calories. It’s a great stand-in for sour cream and heavy cream, and even just a spoonful of it added to dressings, sauces and soups adds a luscious creaminess that makes me forget I’m eating healthy. And this chicken dish will do just that, for you and your date.

CHICKEN WITH TANGY ARTICHOKE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE Canned or frozen artichoke hearts are fine in this recipe. Just avoid the marinated variety. Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1 pound thinly-sliced chicken cutlets platter and cover with foil. Salt and ground black pepper Return the saute pan to the heat and add the 1/4 cup all-purpose flour remaining oil and butter. When the butter has 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided melted, add the mushrooms and a pinch of salt. 2 tablespoons butter, divided Cook until the mushrooms start to soften, about 8 ounces mixed or button mushrooms, sliced 3 minutes, then add the artichoke hearts. Contin14-ounce can quartered artichoke hearts, ue cooking until the mushrooms are tender, andrained other 5 to 6 minutes. 1/4 cup dry white wine Add the wine, broth and lemon juice and stir 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth to deglaze the pan, scraping up any brown bits 3 tablespoons lemon juice stuck to the pan. Let the sauce bubble, stirring, 1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek yogurt for 1 to 2 minutes. 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley Remove the pan from the heat, then adjust Season both sides of the chicken cutlets with seasoning. Place the yogurt in a small bowl and salt and pepper. Place the flour in a bowl, then whisk in about 1/3 cup of the mushroom sauce. dredge each cutlet through to lightly coat. Whisk the yogurt back into the sauce in the pan. In a heavy saute pan over medium-high, heat Pour the sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1 tablespoon of the parsley and serve. butter. When the butter has melted, add the Nutrition information per serving: 370 calories; 150 calories chicken cutlets and cook until golden and crusty from fat (41 percent of total calories); 16 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 100 mg cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 4 on both sides and just cooked through, about 2 g sugar; 33 g protein; 630 mg sodium. to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the cutlets to a

When it comes to romance, there can be no better floral answer than the rose. The bold red petals entice the eyes from across the room, while that intoxicating fragrance draws you closer... closer... just a little closer until you find yourself burying your nose in the lush petals, ignorant to the thorns piercing your skin because your eyes are closed and your heart is going pitter-patter. But, ah, to taste a rose. This is the flavor of love. And it’s waiting patiently for you in the international aisle of your supermarket in a small bottle of rosewater. Made from distilling real rose petals, rosewater is an easy way to add a touch of the exotic to your cooking. A few drops in whipped cream or rice pudding transform the mundane to the sublime. Any strawberry, raspberry or rhubarb dessert bursts with the essence of springtime when sprinkled with a little rosewater. Another classic combination is rosewater, cardamom and pistachio, which flavors many Persian ice creams. Try adding the trio to readymade vanilla ice cream at home! And if that sounds too exotic, try it paired with another more familiar soul mate, lemon, as I do in these easy shortbread cookies.

ROSEWATER SHORTBREAD COOKIES If you opt to decorate these cookies with rose petals, be sure to only use those labeled as edible (available online and at most Middle Eastern markets). Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours Makes 18 cookies 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4 cup (1 ounce) powdered sugar 2 teaspoons lemon zest 2 teaspoons rosewater 1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) allpurpose flour Generous pinch of salt 7 ounces white chocolate chips 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening 1/4 cup minced raw, unsalted pistachios 2 tablespoons finely chopped dried edible rose petals (optional) In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest and rosewater until smooth and creamy. Add the flour and salt, then beat gently until just combined. Tumble the dough onto a large piece of plastic wrap and form into a disc. Cover with another large piece of plastic wrap and use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Transfer the dough to a baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes. Heat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with kitchen parchment. Remove the top sheet of plastic wrap from the dough. Using a 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out as many hearts as possible from the dough. Re-roll the dough scraps to cut additional cookies. Transfer the hearts to the parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving 1 inch between them. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown on the bottoms and lightly browned around the edges. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. To decorate the cookies, bring a medium saucepan filled with about 1 inch of water to a simmer. Set a medium bowl over it. Add the white chocolate chips and vegetable shortening to the bowl and melt, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove from the heat. In a small bowl, mix together the pistachios and rose petals. One at a time, dip one side of each cookie into the melted chocolate, allowing any excess to drip off. Before the chocolate on the cookie has time to cool and set, sprinkle it with the pistachio-rose petal mixture. Pause for a few seconds to let it cool off, then place on a wire rack to cool. Store cookies in a single layer in a paper towel-lined airtight container at room temperature. Nutrition information per serving: 150 calories; 90 calories from fat (60 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 14 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 2 g protein; 25 mg sodium.