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Could S.C. decide Democratic nominee? State politicians say black vote is key BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com After U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ narrow miss of an upset in the Iowa Caucuses and his predicted easy victory

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in the New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday, pundits are pointing to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s support among the black community in South Carolina as being critical to her regaining momentum.

On the other hand, any gains Sanders makes among blacks in the Palmetto State could be crucial to the Vermont senator’s chances of toppling the formidable Clinton juggernaut. With state Rep. Joe Neal declaring his support for Sanders at a press conference Tuesday, political junkies

are looking for signs that Clinton’s support among black South Carolinians is beginning to waver. “My support for Bernie Sanders is about the future and what it holds for us and our children,” Neal said. “A Sanders presidency will lead to access

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‘It’s a nightmare whenever it rains’ BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Fred Segee lives in one of three houses on Carlos Court, a cul-de-sac on a dirt road in Sumter County. When the 1,000-year flood hit in October 2015, Segee and his wife needed to be transported out of their neighborhood by boat. By the time heavy rains began to fall again in December, the Segees were almost done repairing the damage caused two months earlier. The family had the heating ducts under their home professionally cleaned and had fans under the house to remove moisture again. When Segee bought his home, he was told it was not in a flood zone so he was not required to get flood insurance and purchased hazard insurance instead. He is now being told that the water table on his property is very high because of the large ditches that were dug around the cul-de-sac after Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Segee said the ditches were meant to collect and flow water to a canal, but the ditch behind his home has gotten so overgrown with vegetation that the water is not

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Sumter firefighters work to contain an afternoon fire which destroyed this vacant mobile home on Collins Street. No one was injured. Firefighters from the Manning Road, Headquarters and Stadium Road stations worked to contain the Wednesday afternoon blaze.

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com While the new sign for Sumter Mall reportedly generated some controversy on Facebook, nobody The Sumter Item spoke to Tuesday in the vicinity of the mall had anything but compliments for the new edifice. “I think it’s killer,” said Rene Bell. “It is a little large, but I don’t think it will cause any traffic problems.” Kevin Welch said it is “nice.” “It is an improvement over what they had,” he said. The mail requested and was granted a variance for the sign in 2014, said Sumter City Planner George McGregor. According to city codes, the mall would normally be allowed two 350-square-foot signs on Broad Street, but instead the mall asked for a replacement reader board sign

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The Sumter Mall added a new digital sign on Broad Street that is being met with mostly positive reactions. of 529 square feet and a second sign of 81 square feet. The total square footage requested is less than the two combined 350 square foot

signs would be, McGregor said. Citing the special needs of

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DEATHS, B4 Nettie S. Tindal Rebecca J. Belle Elizabeth A. Richardson Phillip Wade Yates Rodney G. Hayden

COLUMBIA — The chief judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals is the newest justice on the state Supreme Court. In a joint session, legislators elected Judge John Few on Wednesday to fill the vacancy left by December’s retirement of Chief Justice Jean Toal. “It’s a big moment,” Few, of Greenville, said after the vote, adding he felt “relief, excitement. I understand the responsibility that comes with winning the seat.” It’s Few’s third attempt at a seat on the high court. First elected as a Circuit Court judge in 2000, Few has been chief judge of the Court of Appeals since 2010. The 52-year-old Greenville resident received 92 votes to appeals court Judge Bruce Williams’ 73 votes. Williams, 59, of Columbia, declined to comment after the vote. Toal, who sat beside Few in the House gallery during the voting, praised Few as highly qualified. “He will be a wonderful addition to the Supreme Court,” she said. Few is a graduate of Duke University and University of South Carolina School of Law, where he teaches.

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Young Professionals host seventh Chili Cook-off BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Young Professionals of Sumter will host its seventh Chili Cook-off and Beer Tasting from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Heath Pavilion at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens. YPS chair Jake Cline said the organization is looking forward to good weather during the event despite Wednesday’s rains. Cline said the community can expect to get a taste of good chili, festive beers and upcoming events YPS has to offer the year.

He said the event was created in order to get the community together in late winter when it is still cool enough outside to eat chili. There is 4th Fridays during the summer but no large community events in February, he said. Cline said the competition location moved from the downtown area this year because of streetscape renovations and other events scheduled to go on this weekend. YPS wanted to keep the focus on the chili competition and beer tasting, he said.

He said YPS anticipates a similar turnout to last year with 200 to 250 people coming out on Friday. Ten teams, including last year’s champion, will compete for first and second place as well as people’s choice, spiciest chili, most unique chili and best decorated booth. Cline said the teams put a lot of effort in decorating the booths last year and looks forward to more interesting displays this year. First and second place will receive special winner’s packages as well as $300 and $200, respectively. Guests will also have the opportu-

nity to test 30 different kinds of beers. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the event. Military, law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services personnel pay $25 for tickets at any time. Tickets are available at Swan Lake Visitor’s Center, 822 W. Liberty St., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, 32 E. Calhoun St., or contact at YPS member for tickets. For more information about YPS and the Chili Cook-off and Beer Tasting, call YPS secretary Tyler Gibbs at (803) 983-4371 or go to ypsumter.org

Groundhog Shadow Day at The Sumter Item Children of The Sumter Item employees spent a day working at the newspaper for Sumter School District’s Groundhog Shadow Day on Tuesday. The students were, left to right: Allison Cave, daughter of Karen Cave; Brook Belk, daughter of Denise Belk; Piper Gordy, daughter of Angela Gordy; Wesley McCrady, nephew of Denise Belk; and Ashton Barr, grandson of Michele Barr. The students are standing with Hubert D. Osteen Jr., far left, chairman and editor-in-chief of Osteen Publishing Co., and Kyle Osteen, far right, co-president of Osteen Publishing Co. KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM

Summerton resident opens Decorating Den Interiors FROM STAFF REPORTS Local interior designer Sherry Compton has opened a local franchise of Decorating Den Interiors in Summerton from which she will serve clients in Berkeley, Clarendon, Dorchester, Orangeburg and Sumter counties, according to information provided COMPTON in a news release from Decorating Den Interiors. Decorating Den Interiors offers furniture, case goods, accessories, lighting, floor and wall coverings, draper-

ies and other hard and soft window treatments. Compton said she works with clients in their homes or businesses. “We take samples directly to the client, provide complimentary consultations, design services and personally see projects through to completion,” Compton said in a news release. “Our extensive choices enable us to work within a wide range of budgets and lifestyles.” Compton became a Decorating Den Interiors franchise owner after progressing through a qualifying process and completing the company’s Professional Decorating and Sales School.

She has a bachelor’s degree in business management. “I love creating beautiful spaces,” Compton said in the release. “I love the process of coordinating textured fabrics, furniture and accessory pieces together to create warm and inviting rooms that draw people in. I enjoy finding that unique piece to use as the inspiration or to simply coordinate it into the space. I am extremely passionate about the creative process of decorating.” Compton can be contacted at scompton@decoratingden. com or (803) 478-8898. Her website is www.sherrycompton.decoratingden.com.

S.C. House to take 3 weeks off COLUMBIA (AP) — Both chambers of the South Carolina Legislature are taking a break the week after Easter, and the House is taking two additional weeks off. House Speaker Jay Lucas said Wednesday the House won’t meet the week leading up to the state’s Republican presidential primary on Feb. 20. The House already planned to furlough itself the two weeks after Easter, which is the last week of March and first week of April. “We can do that without missing a beat or falling behind whatsoever,” said Lucas, R-Hartsville. Taking time off mid-session supports the House’s decades-long call for a shorter session, he said. “We can get the same amount of work done,” he said.

A bill shaving a month off the end of the session advanced to the Senate floor last week. The Legislature normally meets Tuesdays through Thursdays from January through June. Shortening that calendar saves taxpayers money, Lucas said. Legislators’ base salary is $10,400 no matter how many days they meet. But their supplements include a $192 per diem for food and lodging every day they’re at the Statehouse, as well as mileage reimbursement for one round trip a week. That translates to about $115,200 weekly if all 170 legislators attend that three-day span — though in reality it’s something less than that, depending on absences. The House portion of that is $83,700.

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Master Gardener classes come to Sumter BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com What does it take to become a Sumter Master Gardener? It takes desire and four hours for four days a month for four months of classroom and hands-on instruction. In addition, once classes are completed, the Master Gardeners must provide community service; much of this is at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, where Master Gardeners maintain several “specialty gardens,” said Amanda McNulty, who is in charge of the program. McNulty, a Clemson Extension horticulturist who is the host of the popular SC ETV program, “Making It Grow,” is also teaching five of the classes. Experts in various horticultural areas, many of them Master Gardeners themselves, will teach the remainder, which include such topics as botany and physiology; lawns and weeds; plant pathology; entomology and Integrated Pest Management, fire ants, composting/lasagna gardening; worms, plant material, landscaping; and organic vegetable gardening. Once they complete their training, Master Gardeners are required to participate in activities that provide a service for their communities. Instruction is split between the classroom and the outdoors, much of it at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, but some in the homes and yards of some of their expert instructors such as Betsy Acken, Paul Smith, Stan Wilk and Stan McKenzie. The group will also have a tour of the (Darla) Moore Gardens in Lake City in May. McNulty said to become a Master Gardener, each student must contribute 40 hours of service to the community after classes are complete, but most of them continue to volunteer. “Master Gardeners give so much to the city,” she said.“Some of the community service is working outside, and some is in the office, RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM maybe answering questions for callers, doing Dirt isn’t just for gardens. Clemson horticulturist Amanda McNulty research on horticultural issues.” wears a mud facial mask as she looks through gardening catalogs and She said that much of the information on the magazines, illustrating what Master Gardeners do in the winter, when Internet is not accurate, while the Clemson Exthey can’t really plant. They relax in their jammies and fuzzy slippers tension-trained Master Gardeners have up-toand plan for the spring planting season. date and legitimate knowledge of horticulture,

37 public directors receive combined raises of $215K COLUMBIA (AP) — The leaders of 37 public agencies and colleges in South Carolina are getting combined raises of $215,000. The state’s Agency Head Salary Commission voted Tuesday to boost the directors’ pay by either 2 percent or 5 percent, depending on whether their evaluations showed they met or exceeded expectations. Amounts ranged from nearly $1,900 to $15,000. The raises take effect immediately. Senate President Pro Tem

Hugh Leatherman, who chairs the salary-setting commission, said state government can’t adequately serve the people if it can’t keep talented directors at the top. “If we don’t pay to keep that talent — and we see this happen all the time — people leave state government to go either to another agency locally or the private sector,” said Leatherman, R-Florence. The 21 directors who received the higher marks are receiving raises totaling $174,000.

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Sumter Master Gardeners Jo Ellen Miller and Sheryn LaVanish are shown potting sweet basil plants at Swan Lake. especially that pertaining to this area. “People who move down here from other parts of the country often tell us it’s like going to another planet,” McNulty said. “If they have a favorite plant that won’t grow here, for example, we can help them find one that’s similar that will.” Because the class size is limited, the students get to know each other well, and many friendships are made, McNulty said. “We cook, and we have dishes from different parts of the country that are new to some of us,” she said.“It really is fun.” Garden chairs McNulty and Jo Ellen Miller will present the orientation at the first class meeting on Monday, Feb. 8. The course meets on each succeeding Monday for a total of 16 weeks, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a one-hour break for lunch. The first 10 classes will be held at the Clemson Extension office on the 5th floor of the Sumter County Administration Building beside the Sumter County Library. The final session on May 23 will meet at Swan Lake’s Garden Street shelter; Master Gardener candidates will learn about butterfly and habitat gardening with native plants from instructors Carmen Jones and McNulty. The fee for the course is $300, which includes a Master Gardener manual. For more information or to register, call McNulty or Pat McDaniel at (803) 773-5561.

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Trump calls for Iowa do-over NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is accusing rival Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucuses and is demanding a do-over. On his official Twitter account Wednesday, Trump said: “Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified.” He based his claim of fraud largely on developments that had been known for days and had not stopped him from congratulating Cruz on his victory Monday night. The Cruz campaign had no immediate response. Trump tweeted earlier: “Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated.” The inflammatory accusation marked a reversal for Trump, who on Monday night delivered a concession speech thanking Iowans for his secondplace finish and congratulating Cruz. On Tuesday night in New Hampshire, he told reporters he was “very happy with what happened in Iowa.” But by Wednesday, Trump was laying out a list of accusations. He said Cruz had told Iowans that “Trump was strongly in favor of ObamaCare and ‘choice’ — a total lie!” Trump says he would repeal President Obama’s health care law if he’s elected. He used to support abortion rights but changed. He pointed to a mailer sent by the Cruz campaign that was headlined “voting violation” and resembled an official notice. The mailer showed recipients their history of voting or not in past caucuses, along with the turnout record of their neighbors, and drew complaints from Iowa’s secretary of state. And Trump called out Cruz backers for circulating a false rumor Monday night that Ben Carson was dropping out of the race as caucusing was underway. “Many people voted for Cruz over Carson because of this Cruz fraud,” Trump wrote, suggesting the efforts may have given Cruz a winning edge. Iowa Rep. Steve King, a national co-chairman of Cruz’s campaign, wrote on Twitter Monday evening: “Looks like (Carson) is out. ... Skipping NH & SC is the equivalent of sus-

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A Norfolk Southern locomotive moves along the tracks in Norfolk, Virgnia. Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t make a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last May.

Big freight railroads to miss safety technology deadline BY JOAN LOWY The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline to start using safety technology intended to prevent accidents like the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last May. Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say they won’t be ready until 2020, according to a list provided to The Associated Press by the Federal Railroad Administration. Four commuter railroads — SunRail in Florida, Metra in Illinois, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Trinity Railway Express in Texas — also say they’ll miss the deadline. The technology, called positive train control or PTC, relies on GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor train positions and automatically slow or stop trains that are in danger of colliding, derailing because of excessive speed or about to enter track where crews are working or that is otherwise off limits. The other four other Class I freight railroads that operate in the U.S. — Union Pacific, BNSF, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — and more than a dozen commuter railroads have told the agency they will meet the 2018 deadline. Railroads were required to inform the government of their plans by last week.

Amtrak, the nation’s only longdistance Federal Railroad passenger Administration carrier, https://www.fra.dot. began opergov/Page/P0628 ating a version of the technology on all tracks that it owns in its Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston and in some other parts of the country in December. But most of Amtrak’s operations outside the Northeast take place on tracks belonging to freight railroads, making it dependent on them to install the technology. Many commuter railroads are in the same position. After a 2008 collision between a commuter train and a freight train in Chatsworth, California, killed 25 people, Congress passed a law requiring railroads to start using the expensive technology on all tracks that carry passenger trains or that are used to haul liquids that emit toxic gas if spilled. The deadline for the change was Dec. 31, 2015. But after it became clear nearly all railroads would miss the deadline, Congress passed another law in October extending it to Dec. 31, 2018. That law also permits the government to grant waivers through Dec. 31, 2020, to railroads that meet certain criteria. “We are encouraged that many railroads have submitted plans to meet, some even to beat 2018,” FRA administration Sarah Feinberg told

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The AP. “But we remain concerned that several other freight and passenger railroads are aiming for 2020.” The agency plans to publish quarterly reports beginning later this year that detail each railroad’s progress in implementing the technology. The National Transportation Safety Board says that since 1969 it has investigated 145 rail accidents, in which 288 people were killed and 6,574 others injured, that could have been prevented by positive train control. Board officials said adoption of PTC is the most effective safety improvement railroads can make. The board has been pushing for installation of such technology for more than four decades. The most recent fatal and preventable crash was Amtrak 188, which was traveling at twice the speed limit as it entered a curve in Philadelphia and derailed on May 12. Eight people were killed and more than 200 injured. Freight railroads will ultimately be required to install PTC on an estimated 60,000 miles of track. Railroads say the process is extraordinarily complex, in part because the law requires that whatever PTC system they adopt be compatible with the systems adopted by other railroads that use their tracks. Most large freight railroads operate on the tracks of other freight companies as well as their own. Amtrak and commuter railroads often operate on freight tracks as well.

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VOTE FROM PAGE A1 to quality health care, tuition-free higher education, expanding and securing Social Security, putting controls on Wall Street and securing a $15 minimum wage that will strengthen the middle class. I also share Sen. Sanders’ commitment to ending mass incarceration and reforming our broken criminal justice system.” Neal’s colleague in the S.C. House, Rep. David Weeks, said the majority of senators and representatives remain Clinton supporters. “It’s always been like

that,” Weeks said. “I have not seen a shift or any movement from one side or the other among leadership, but what’s happening on the ground, we’ll see when the time comes.” Weeks said Clinton’s claim to overwhelming black support may be overstated because of Sanders’ strong appeal to younger voters. “I think the African American support is pretty split like it was from the beginning, and that’s how it is now,” Weeks said. Sumter County Councilor James McCain Jr. said Sanders’ visit to Sumter in August 2014 peeled away some

of Clinton’s local support. “My breakfast group, which is very politically astute, is kind of split,” he said. “Of course, they were all Obama supporters, but when this year’s campaign started and Bernie came to Sumter, a lot of us went to see him, and a lot of them changed their opinion. I am a Hillary supporter, but part of that group is now Bernie supporters.” McCain said some of his friends have a negative opinion of Clinton. “When Bernie came along it was natural for them to turn to Bernie,” he said. Fellow county councilor

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 Eugene Baten said he will be voting and supporting Clinton and thinks she still has strong support. “I think the reason why the black community is willing to support Clinton is she has always had a history of supporting the black community, and at the same time, her husband, former president Bill Clinton, was a very good advocate for equal rights and justice, and a lot of black people support Bill Clinton and see Hillary as carryover on the things that he has done,” Baten said. McCain and Baten said Clinton’s experience is her strength.

WATER FROM PAGE A1 going anywhere. “It’s a nightmare whenever it rains,” he said. The water was a few inches from the top of the ditch before Wednesday’s rainfall, he said. Segee reached out to South Carolina Department of Transportation for assistance with cleaning the ditch behind his house and was told that he would be trespassing if he cleaned it. Running out of options, Segee decided to take his shovel and dig a ditch from his yard along Carlos Court to Susan Street. Segee said he would rather be proactive and do something before things get worse. He also set up electric pumps to remove water from his yard and plans to have rain gutters installed with a pipe that will lead water into the woods behind his house to keep water from pooling around his home. Segee said he and his wife spent last summer fixing up their front yard and planned to work on the back yard this winter, but all the flooding changed their plans. In January, Segee met with person-

SIGN FROM PAGE A1 the mall, the Sumter CityCounty Board of Appeals approved the request on Nov. 12, 2014, without any opposition from the community.

JUSTICE FROM PAGE A1 From 2008 to 2012, he taught at the Charleston School of Law. The election became a twoway race after the chief judge of the Administrative Law Court dropped out within an hour of the voting. Judge Ralph “Tripp” Anderson III, 56, also of Columbia, said he will run again for a

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Fred Segee talks about the issues he has with flooding around his Carlos Court home. nel from South Carolina Department of Transportation and Sumter County Stormwater Utility Department, but both said the individual agencies could not work on the ditch behind his house or Carlos Court because the land is privately owned. “Our hands are tied,” said Sumter

The sign the mall eventually put up is actually only 450 square feet, according to material provided by McGregor. People on the street seemed to like it. “I think it looks attractive,”

Supreme Court seat. He’ll get another chance soon. Toal’s retirement was mandatory under state law because she turned 72 last year. Costa Pleicones was sworn in last month as chief justice, becoming the high court’s first new leader since 2000. But Pleicones turns 72 later this month, so he can spend only a year as South Carolina’s top judge.

$4.2B in industrial investment recruited in state during 2015 COLUMBIA (AP) — More than $4.2 billion in business investment was recruited in South Carolina during 2015 — investment expected to create more than 17,000 jobs. South Carolina Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that 150 capital investment projects were recruited across the state. The numbers include both new plants locating in the state and the expansion of existing facilities. More than half of the new jobs are in manufacturing. Manufacturing represented investments of $3.6 billion, approaching 90 percent of the total investment. The largest manufacturing projects recruited during the year were both in the Lowcountry near Charleston where Volvo is building a new auto manufacturing plant and Mercedes-Benz is building a plant to make vans. Both companies are investing a half billion dollars in the facilities.

“While South Carolina continues to be a leader in the manufacturing renaissance, our economy truly is thriving in multiple sectors,” Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt said in a news release. “Cultivating a healthy, diverse economy in all communities across South Carolina is critical.” Service-sector jobs, including warehouse and distribution operations, comprised 44 percent of jobs recruited last year. More than 5,000 jobs, representing almost 30 percent of the total, were recruited for rural areas of the state. Of the total new jobs announced, 9,800 are being created by existing companies. The Volvo plant being built in Berkeley County is not only one of two of the largest investments, it is also the largest in terms of jobs being created. The company announced the plant expects to employ 2,000 workers during the next decade.

County Stormwater Manager Alfred Conyers. He said Segee and his neighbors can dig ditches themselves or hire somone to dig ditches along Carlos Court because it is a private road used by the homeowners. Conyers said Segee already has everything he

Wayne Gainey said. Bill Lanon said he didn’t think the sign would cause any traffic problems for most people. “It might be a hazard for some people,” he said.

“I think one of the advantages she has over Sanders and even the Republican candidates is her experience in foreign affairs,” Baten said. “I also like the fact that she is supporting Obamacare, which has shown that it is needed by the people.” McCain said he would like to see the Democratic candidates have more face-to-face encounters. “I wish we would have more debates so we can get to know the candidates better,” he said. The two candidates were scheduled to speak at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Wednesday night.

needs in place with his hand-dug ditch. The best thing is to have the water drain to a public right-of-way, he said. But before Segee can do any work with the ditch behind his house, Conyers said he would need to get permission from the property owner. Segee said he spoke with the land owner who said he would be more than glad to clean out the ditches, but his saturated yard and the multiple trees behind his house are going to push back the project. SCDOT Resident Maintenance Engineer Sandra Riley said the ditch behind Segee’s house is not in the department’s jurisdiction because it does not extend from a public road. She said the department put out a work order to clear the vegetation in the ditches on Susan Street. Segee said SCDOT personnel did come out to clean the ditch on Susan Street but did not clear the pipe inside of the ditch. He said he would call Sandra Riley and ask that personnel come back out to finish the job. Meanwhile, Segee remains frustrated yet diligent in his repairs, wondering when he will get his property to the way it was before the 1,000-year flood.

Gene Jenkins said he liked the sign. “It might bring in more customers,” he said. Not everyone was a fan of the sign, however. Former Sumter resident

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Pilot lands plane rocked by explosion Captain describes horrific ‘first bomb’ MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The pilot of a passenger plane that was damaged in an explosion from a suspected bomb over Somalia described on Wednesday how the crew jumped into action to fly the plane back to Mogadishu airport and keep the passengers calm as smoke enveloped the passenger cabin. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Serbian captain Vlatko Vodopivec said he and others were told the explosion that created a hole in the passenger cabin was caused by a bomb, though civil aviation authority officials said Wednesday they had found no evidence so far of a criminal act in Tuesday’s blast aboard the Airbus 321 jetliner. “It was my first bomb; I hope it will be the last,” the pilot said. He said the blast happened when the plane was at about 11,000 feet. “It would have been much worse if we were higher,” he said. Mohamed Hassan, a police officer in Balad, an agricultural town about 18 miles north of Mogadishu, said residents had

and I took over the commands as the procedure demands,” the pilot told AP, adding that the engines and hydraulics functioned normally so he had no problem flying the aircraft back to Mogadishu. “Smoke came into the cockpit, but it was mostly concentrated in the back of the aircraft,” he said in a telephone interview from a U.N. military base in Mogadishu before he was to fly to Athens, Greece. “The stewardesses did a great job calming down the passengers and following the emergency procedure.” He said the crew included an Italian co-pilot and two Greek, two Kenyan and one Bosnian flight attendant. Investigators moved the plane from the runway to a private hangar. Foreign technical experts were involved in the inquiry, said Ali Mohamoud, an aviation official at the Mogadishu airport. Two passengers on board the flight that was headed to Djibouti said they heard a loud bang that left a hole in the passenger cabin. Kullane, who shot the video aboard the plane, said on Facebook that he “heard a loud noise and couldn’t see anything but smoke for a few seconds.”

found the dead body of a man who might have fallen from the plane. Daallo Airlines said all passengers except one got off the plane safely but did not elaborate. It previously said the plane carried 74 passengers. Abdiwahid Omar, the director of Somalia’s civil aviation authority, told state-run Radio Mogadishu that authorities were not sure if the body found in Balad was the missing passenger. Cellphone video taken aboard the plane pans from passengers, some wearing oxygen masks, in seats toward the back of the airliner in flight, and then swivels to the empty front area with a hole in the side of the cabin. There is a loud sound of rushing air. The video was taken by Awale Kullane, Somalia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations. The passengers bunched in the back appear calm. A child wearing an oxygen mask attached to the overhead compartment sits quietly, a blanket covering the legs. Near the hole, oxygen masks dangle and sway from overhead compartments. “When we heard a loud bang, the co-pilot went back to the cabin to inspect the damage,

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The hole blown open in the fuselage of a plane operated by Daallo Airlines is seen as the plane sits on the runway after an emergency landing at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday. Officials at Somalia’s civil aviation authority said Wednesday that they had found no evidence so far of a criminal act in an explosion in an airliner which took off from Mogadishu’s airport and returned for an emergency landing.

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

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Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N. Kings Hwy. • 803-494-3686 www.waymanchapelame.com Reverened Laddie N. Howard Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm

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hen faced with a distasteful situation there is often no choice but to take a deep breath and swallow hard. It takes a lot of strength to meet life’s challenges. We can do so with hope and faith if we have God’s wisdom to guide us. “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” (Psalm 31.24) Grow in strength as you worship each week and be prepared for whatever comes your way.

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

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

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

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

Assembly of God Baptist - Southern Catholic - Roman First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterﬁrstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

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

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

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org FPastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM

City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

Lutheran - ELCA St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

Lutheran - NALC Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

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

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

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

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

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

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 The Rock Church of Sumter Rev. Jeremy Howell 365 N. Saint Pauls Ch. Rd. • 803-494-7625 Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Pastor Gwendolyn Credle Sunday School: 10 am Sunday School 9:30 am www.yourbethel.org Worship Service 11:00 am BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study 11:00 am Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Service 8:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am trinityumcsumter.org

Non-Denominational Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street

The Salvation Army 16 Kendrick St. • 803-775-9336 Major Robbie Robbins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am Monday Youth Night 6:30 pm Wednesday Mid Week Lift 6:30 pm Wednesday Men Fellowship & Woman’s Home League 6:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Jim Burton Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (classes for all ages) Hospitality/Fellowship Hall 10:10 a.m. Children/Youth Gather 4:45 p.m. W. Bldg. Night Church 5:00 p.m. (classes for all ages) Supper 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall

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

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In faith and politics, change starts in the mirror

he first votes of the 2016 election season have been cast, and the candidates are off and running, making those last minute pushes. Now their respective aims turn toward the constituency of those states with primary elections in the coming weeks. South Carolina voters, you are on deck, which means some candidates are likely stopping by in the next weeks to personally deliver their political promises. I recently read in a Christian-based magazine that candidates, whether purposefully or not, tend to cultivate a sort of religious-like fervor in their campaign stops, often resembling a church service. It makes sense. A single figure stands behind a podium, elevated above a congregation of likeminded people, giving a speech that both condemns poor morals and extols wise choices. There are dramatic pauses and sometimes, preliminary songs or prayers. There will be cheer-

ing and clapping when a point in strongly emphasized. Behind the candidate or preacher is a group of people singing praises to one entity or another, deon the event. Faith Matters pending While reporting at JAMIE H. a John McCain event WILSON in 2008, I recall hearing a couple of spirited “Amens” when the then presidential candidate spoke. So if political campaign stops are a lot like church, can we learn something about our worship services in this season of campaigns? I think so. Like church, I think a lot of us want the person behind the lectern to tell us what we want to hear. We want to hear our closely held convictions affirmed by the man or woman up front. Unfortunately, the applica-

tion of an idea or policy is a secondary concern. In other words, we don’t care if the candidate has a feasible plan as long as his message is eloquently stated. So it is in a typical worship service; we love a sermon about righteousness or grace and mercy, but few of us are concerned as to how to implement those truths. Scripture says we are to not only hear truths but also participate in the application of them (James 1:22). You can whoop and holler at the mention of higher educational standards or anti-abortion initiatives, but if you aren’t personally taking action toward these ends, then your expressed support is really a hollow echo in a sea of similar voices. By the way, the first step in activism for the believer: prayer. Though some of us treat the office of president with skepticism, we all hope the candidate can deliver on those promises for a better life. In a similar vein, a pastor offers the same

type of speech, only their promises are mined from the Scriptures. God always delivers on his promises, but we have to rely on him and recognize his authority in our world (John 16:33). Since the beginning of time, people have looked everywhere but to God for answers to everyday problems. No candidate, Congress or other earthly entity will ever be able to fix it all. It is foolish and unfair to expect one person to shoulder this weight. Further, one person (read: candidate or pastor) will never be able to affect widespread change. That responsibility lies with each individual. Governments and church officials can give us the tools and equip us for success, but we have to be the ones to embody those changes especially as believers who found our political decisions based on spiritual convictions. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

President Obama visits Baltimore mosque

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President Obama speaks to members of the Muslim-American community at the Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland.

CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a “hugely distorted impression” of MuslimAmericans as he made his first visit to a U.S. mosque. He said those who demonize all Muslims for the acts of a few are playing into extremists’ hands. Inserting himself into a debate that has ricocheted in the presidential campaign, Obama told parishioners at a mosque outside Baltimore that he’d heard from young Muslims worried they’ll be rounded up and kicked out of the country. He said Muslims, too, are concerned about the threat of terrorism but are too often blamed as a group “for the violent acts of the very few.” “We’ve seen children bullied; we’ve seen mosques vandalized,” Obama said,

CHURCH NEWS Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. 261, Wedgefield, announces: * In honor of Black History month, each Sunday during the month of February a hero or heroine will be presented during the 10:15 a.m. service. The Black History month celebration will come to a close with a soul food dinner on Sunday, Feb. 28. * Sunday, Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day celebration at 12:30 p.m. featuring door prizes, food and entertainment. The L.D. Clark Singers will provide music.

First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Sunday — Morris College day will be observed at 11 a.m.

Calvary Baptist Church, 495 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday — Mid-Carolina Singing at 6 p.m. featuring King’s Cause of Lancaster and Cedar Creek Quartet

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Holy communion will follow the 10:15 a.m. worship service. * Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 13-14 — “Go Red for Women Weekend” / “Defeat Heart Disease — Health Fair” as follows: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, various speakers from the community; and 10:15 a.m. Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Katie Roach will speak. * Sunday, Feb. 21 — YWA anniversary program during 10:15 a.m. worship service.

Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 27 — An appreciation program for the Palmetto Gospel Singers of Sumter will be held at 5 p.m. On the program: St. Matthew B.C. Choir; Sumter Violinaires; The Hill Boys; and many others.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Feb. 13 — Knitting Hearts Café will be held 10 a.m.-noon. Debbie Dyches of Fort Mill will speak. Nursery provided for children age 5 and under. www.knittingheartsministry.org

Church of God of Prophecy, 140 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday — Gospel singing for the third anniversary of Resurrection at 4 p.m.

Mount Glory Missionary Baptist Church, 841 N. Main St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 14 — Pastoral anniversary celebration for the Rev. Dr. Mary Lowery Harvin and Brother Roosevelt Harvin. The Rev. Gerome Sumter will speak at 11 a.m. and the Rev. Dr. Sammie Simmons will speak at 3 p.m.

Clarendon Ministerial Alliance, P.O. Box 811, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 13 — Meeting at 9 a.m. at The Zone, Manning. Elder Albert Thomas will speak. Call (803) 4101726. Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 20 — Kevin Plott, gospel soloist, will provide music at 6 p.m. A love offering will be received. Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1891 Florence Highway, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 28 — An appreciation service for Mrs. V. Jackson will be held at 4 p.m. Prophetess Talitha Martin Harrison, of Sumter House of Worship, will speak.

Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Holy communion will be observed during regular service. * Sunday, Feb. 14 — Morris College day will be observed. The Rev. James A. Jamison will speak. * Friday, Feb. 19 — Youth movie night at 6:30 p.m. featuring “In and Out.” * Sunday, Feb. 21 — Decoration and hospitality annual day will be observed. * Sunday, Feb. 28 — Black history program. Dr. Twianna Mayo will speak.

warning that such unequal treatment for certain groups in society tears at the nation’s fabric. “That’s not who we are.” For Muslim advocates, Obama’s visit was a longawaited gesture to a community that has warned of escalating vitriol against them that has accompanied the public’s concern about the Islamic State and other extremist groups. Although Obama has visited mosques overseas, he waited until his final year in office to make such a visit at home, reflecting the issue’s sensitive political implications. In this year’s Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump has called for banning Muslims from the U.S. temporarily, and Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio warned of “radical Islamic terrorism.” Muslim-Ameri-

Mount Zero Missionary Baptist Church, 7827 S.C. 261, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 13 — Valentine banquet at 5 p.m. at Manning Junior High School gymnasium, 1101 WL Hamilton Road, Manning. Tickets are $35 per couple or $20 per individual and can be purchased by call (803) 348-2506 or (803) 506-2028. Dress is formal attire. The Rev. Aretha Gibson Johnson will speak. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Evangelist Savitrus McFadden will speak at 6 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 21 — Trustee Ministry anniversary program and black history celebration at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 28 — Golden Age Ministry anniversary program and black history celebration at 10:45 a.m.

can advocacy groups have warned of growing antagonism that has followed recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, by those purporting to act in the name of Islam. “We have to understand: An attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths,” Obama said. He said it fell on all Americans to speak up. For Obama, the visit reflected a willingness to wade into touchy social issues that often eluded him earlier in his presidency. For years, Obama has fought incorrect claims that he’s actually a Muslim and was born in Kenya, beliefs that polls suggest remain prevalent among many Republicans. Obama, a Christian, was born in Hawaii. Obama, acknowledging that uncomfortable chapter

* Sunday, Feb. 21 — Pack-apew program at 4 p.m. The Rev. Ethel Lemon, of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church of Manning, will speak. * Sunday, March 6 — Pastor’s ninth anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. Pastor Jonathan Anderson, of Fellowship Baptist Church of Manning, will speak. St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — The male chorus will sponsor a flea market beginning at 6:30 a.m. Call Deacon Robert Oliver at (803) 4525223. * Saturday, March 12 — The play “A Long Way Home,” written, produced and directed by Deacon Anthony G.Q. Canty, will be presented at 6 p.m. at Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and can be purchased by calling Azalee

New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday, Feb. 13 — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free snacks will also be given. Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday — Sweetheart banquet at 6 p.m. Pastor Minton from Clark United Methodist will speak. For tickets, call Elizabeth Martin at (803) 7782079. Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine Grove Road, Rembert, announces: * Saturday-Sunday — Women’s Missionary Society and the Young People’s Devotion will sponsor a “Souper Bowl” weekend “Feeding the Hunger” as follows: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, lunch with a variety of soups to eat in or take out; 11 a.m. Sunday, the Young People’s Devotion will collect a benevolent offering to be given to a local soup kitchen and Harvest Hope. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Saturday — Russell Elmore prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m. St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces:

in his own story, noted that Thomas Jefferson had also been accused of being a Muslim. “So I was not the first,” Obama said to laughter from a hundred or so Muslims who gathered for his speech. “No, it’s true. Look it up.” Obama challenged Hollywood to start casting Muslims in roles “that are unrelated to national security.” Drawing a parallel with African-Americans’ struggle for broad societal acceptance, he noted, “there was a time when there were no black people on television.” With no plans to ever again appear on a ballot, Obama faces less pressure to avoid political controversy and seemed to relish the possibility that his visit would raise eyebrows among some of his most entrenched critics.

Williams-Kinard at (803) 2366451. St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, 1715 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 14 — Annual Black History program during morning worship. The Rev. Dr. Gloria Lee, of Fourth Crossroad Baptist Church of Manning, will speak. Triumph Ministries, 562 Pike Road, announces: * Friday — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Bishop Harold Bennett will speak. * Friday and Sunday, Feb. 19 and 21 — Pastor appreciation for Prophetess Stephanie Mathis as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, Prophetess Rose Clark Summers of Greensboro, North Carolina, will speak; and 4 p.m. Sunday, Pastor Dorothy Maple will speak. These services will be held at Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St.

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tep into the Chat n’ Chew, and you’ll step back in time to a 1950s-era restaurant that has preserved its smalltown feel while offering friendly service, country cooking and the news of the day. The restaurant has been a landmark in the Turbeville community since opening its doors in 1952. “To me it’s like a second home,” said Juanita Hardy, who’s been eating at the establishment from its beginning. “They take care of you. It’s like a big family.” Hardy served as a waitress at the restaurant in the 1950s, under the original owners, Dalma and Hassie Gibbons. The restaurant opened when U.S. 301/U.S. 378 was a traffic jam for travelers heading to the beach before the construction of I-95. Today, some of those tourists and even their children and grandchildren make an effort to get off I-95 and drive the 4.5 miles from the exit just to eat at the restaurant and feel a bit of nostalgia, said owner Bernard “Bernie” Blackmon. He and his wife, Willodene “Willie” Blackmon, have been owners of the establishment since 2009. Many of the customers are locals, some who eat at the restaurant every day, twice a day. “The community really has been a big supporter of the restaurant,” Blackmon said. Ronnie Buddin said the establishment has not changed much from when he would visit it as child in the 1960s. “Great people who you can just talk to and great service,” Buddin said. “It’s been that way since it opened.” Chat n’ Chew also has a bit of history in the founding of Coastal Carolina University in Conway. Located midway between Columbia and Conway, university founders met in the restaurant several times to draw up plans for the university, said Blackmon. “The idea for the college was born here,” said Blackmon. Brooks Robinson, a frequent customer, dines at the restaurant with his wife, Melissa Robinson, and their two

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Above, the Chat n’ Chew restaurant, at 1155 Main St., has been a landmark in Turbeville since opening its doors in 1952. At right, Brooks Robinson dines at the restaurant on Tuesday with his wife, Melissa Robinson, right, and their two children, Henry, 2, and Maddie, 6. Below right, Sharon Neely, right, a waitress at the Chat ‘n Chew, serves food to customer Don Cusaac on Tuesday.

children, Maddie, 6, and Henry, 2. “I’ve been coming here for as long as I can remember,” Robinson said. “Everyone’s really friendly and you’re bound to run into someone you know.” Denise Welch, who’s been a customer for about 25 years, described the restaurant as having a feeling of home. She said she enjoys the good food and friendly service. “I don’t know what I would do without it,” she said. The restaurant offers an

abundance of country cooking for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Meals on the menu include everything from fried chicken to bacon Swiss hot dogs and Hawaiian burgers to homemade chicken salad. Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant is closed from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Chat n’ Chew is located at 1155 Main St., Turbeville. The phone number is (843) 659-2843.

King Kat Tournament returns to Santee-Cooper BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com The Cabela’s King Kat Tournament will return to the Santee Cooper reservoirs, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie on Feb. 20-21, with a grand prize of about $3,000. The total cash prize is about $10,000, and will be split among the top 15 percent of the winners, according to Darrell Van Vactor, general manager of the tournament. The Santee Cooper lakes were recently ranked second among cat fishing in the United States, according to the Catfish Insider rankings in In-Fisherman magazine, said Van Vactor. “It has been a tremendous catfishery in the entire U.S. for many years,” Van Vactor said. About 150 participants from as far away as Nebraska are expected to participate in the two-day event, he said. Teams will be made up of two people, a third person is permitted, however, only if they are under 16 or more than 65 years old. Teams will compete all day on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21

and will be judged on a maximum of five fish caught each day, or a total of 10 for both days. Van Vactor said the tournament, considered to be a locals super event, is estimated to bring in about $250,000 in revenue to the local economy including income from hotel rooms, restaurants, fuel and other expenses. Tournament weigh-in will be held at John C. Land III Landing, 4404 Greenall Road, Summerton. Tournament hours each day are from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All anglers must be in the weigh-in line by 4 p.m. Only live fish will be weighed in, and all fish will be released after the tournament, Van Vactor said. Late registration for the event will be held Feb. 19, the day before the competition, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway. A captains’ meeting and seminar will take place afterward at 7 p.m. Participants must be members of the King Kat Association to fish in the event. A one-year membership costs $25. To preregister, go online to: www.king-

katusa.com or call (502) 3845924. Cabela’s King Kat Kids, a free kids fishing rodeo event, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20, at John C. Land III Landing. The event is free of charge and open to all children 12 years old and younger. Registration is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. with the children’s fishing event to be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Children will have an opportunity to win one of six $1,000 scholarships to be awarded in October. Participants in the tournament will have a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat North and South Championship. The North Championship will be held Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 on the

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Tim Walsh, left, and Tom Walsh Jr. of Danvers, Illinois, won the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament held at the Santee-Cooper Lakes in February 2015. Ohio River, Henderson, Kentucky. The South Championship will be held Sept.

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enough for you, ABC airs a postscript, “Madoff: After the Fall” (10 p.m.). Not for every taste, “Baskets” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA) invites the audience to endure the painful pretenses of Chip Baskets (Zach Galifianakis), a French-trained clown devoted to his artistry while forced to work at a rodeo in Bakersfield, California. “Baskets” asks us to identify with our hero’s hifalutin’ delusions while providing plenty of lowbrow sight gags, often in the form of Baskets getting knocked over by a steer in front of a roaring cowboy audience. Fans of the excruciating should not miss this peculiar gem.

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p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG). • A morgue explosion destroys evidence on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Wozniak is squeezed on “Shades of Blue” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • An attack on his home and family leaves Will suspicious of everybody on “Colony” (10 p.m., USA, TV-14). • Danny fears he’s being framed on “London Spy” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

• Feeling unfulfilled, Fred moves to Austin on “Portlandia” (10 p.m., IFC, TV-14). • Nina Dobrev and Tim Tebow compete on “Lip Sync Battle” (10 p.m., Spike).

SERIES NOTES A glimpse at Sheldon’s Meemaw on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Rip targets Savage’s bank account on “DC’s Legends of To-

Lilly Singh is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Michael Moore and Andrew Bird appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Paul F. Tompkins is scheduled on “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Michael Strahan, Samantha Bee and Wilco are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jonah Hill, Megyn Kelly and Wiz Khalifa on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Jason Sudeikis, Lionel Richie and Elton John appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * L.A. Reid and JoJo visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Eva Longoria, Tom Ellis and 5 Seconds of Summer appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2016, United Feature Syndicate

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In Iowa, signs of civil health W

ASHINGTON — When Huck Finn asked Tom Sawyer what a Moslem is, Tom said a Moslem is someone who is not a Presbyterian, which is true, but not the whole truth. Donald Trump says he is a Presbyterian (“I drink my little wine ... and have my little cracker”), which apparently was not good enough for enough of Iowa’s evangelicals. One person who left Iowa having earned the nation’s gratitude is NeGeorge braska Sen. Will Ben Sasse. He campaigned with three Republican aspirants (Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina) in order to advance this year’s most urgent task, which is to elevate the Republican race by removing the Trump distraction. Given Trump’s sexual boasts (“If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller”), Sasse tweeted: “You brag abt many affairs w/ married women. Have you repented? To harmed children & spouses? Do you think it matters?” Noting Trump’s evident intention to replicate Barack Obama’s anti-constitutional executive authoritarianism, Sasse tweeted “You talk A LOT about ‘running the country’ as tho 1 man shld ‘run America.’ Will you commit to rolling back Exec power & undoing Obama unilateral habit?” Finally: “These r sincere questions & I sincerely hope u answer rather than insult.” Trump responded: “@BenSasse looks more like a gym rat than a U.S. Senator. How the hell did he ever get elected?” Iowans who made up their minds in the last month broke heavily against Trump, perhaps a harbinger of voters everywhere recoiling from the prospect of this arrested-development adolescent sitting in Lincoln’s chair. Cruz’s theory of the race, including the general election, is that he can locate and motivate voters who, having concluded that voting is futile, have turned away from politics. The 2008 and 2012 presidential elections were momentous because they empowered a progressive president to vastly expand the administrative state, often by unilateral executive actions. But the 2010 and 2014 off-year elections also were momentous. Although they substantially expanded the congressional strength of Republicans pledged to resist progressivism, subsequent events convinced a significant portion of the Republican electorate that those pledges were pointless — that only presidential elections are sig-

nificant, because congressional power is insignificant. Monday’s record turnout for the Iowa Republican caucuses may be a sign of civic health. Or not. Lincoln’s 39.9 percent of the 1860 popular vote is the lowest in history for an electoral vote winner, but the 81.2 percent turnout of eligible voters in 1860 is the secondhighest in history: High turnouts can coincide with high anxiety about irrepressible conflicts. Distributional conflict is written in the arithmetic of economic sluggishness. Monday’s beginning of the 2016 nomination process came one week after the Congressional Budget Office issued its 10year outlook, projecting cumulative deficits over the next decade at $8.5 trillion, resulting in a 2025 debt-service cost of $772 billion. And Iowans voted three days after the government announced the economy’s fourth-quarter growth rate of 0.7 percent, completing a lost decade — 10 years without a year of even 3 percent growth. Time was, Republicans preached realism about the demographic pressures on the entitlement state as every day 10,000 more baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. This year, the subject rarely enters the political conversation. Time was, the Democratic Party was at least thoughtful about its Keynesian economics. Today, the intellectual tone of the world’s oldest political party is set by Bernie Sanders, who thinks America has one problem, or perhaps 536: That, according to Forbes magazine, is the number of Americans in what Sanders calls “the billionaire class.” Sanders, a sandbox socialist, promises a “revolution” but actually represents dreary continuity with the current president, who has said ATMs and airport ticket kiosks cause unemployment. Sanders has similar economic sophistication: “You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers when children are hungry in this country.” The connection between childhood poverty and multiple deodorants is as unclear as the reasons Americans should be unhappy that Steve Jobs became a billionaire by producing Apple products that make Americans happy. It probably is too late for the Democratic Party to get what it needs, which is a third candidate, someone somewhat likable and somewhat plausible. It is not too soon to hope that Republicans will soon get what they need, which is a contest without Trump, who is a negative illustration of Emerson’s axiom that “the force of character is cumulative.”

‘Iowans who made up their minds in the last month broke heavily against Trump, perhaps a harbinger of voters everywhere recoiling from the prospect of this arrested-development adolescent sitting in Lincoln’s chair.’

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Democrats might rue their attempt to coronate Hillary BY IAN TUTTLE The National Review

f Hillary Clinton were in an actual horse race, she’d be at the glue factory today. Consider: In an effectively two-way race for the Democratic nomination, the former first lady, U.S. senator, and secretary of state — vanquisher of the patriarchy, shatterer of glass ceilings, modeler of pants suits — earned less than half the vote against a 74-year-old, Marxist incarnation of Waldorf from The Muppets, who, when he’s not wondering where penguins buy their tuxedos, is pitching a package of free stuff so outlandish that it would cost every American taxpayer at least 11 percent of his income. Joe Biden is ripping out his hair plugs. The Democrats could learn a lesson from all this. Iowa was supposed to be about the Republicans, of course. Hormonal conservatives were supposed to go head-over-heels for Donald Trump’s perpetual pucker, proving once and for all that they are paranoid racists who believe that we should round up and deport anyone who eats an empanada. That didn’t happen. Instead, Iowa conservatives turned out in record numbers to vote against Trump, putting Ted Cruz in first place and Marco Rubio in a very close third. Trump is now, as he himself would say, a loser, sandwiched between the two wings of tea-party conservatism. His candidacy is far from over (assuming he doesn’t drop out), but Tuesday night’s results revise the Republican-primary plotline and restore to the spectacle a patina of sanity. Meanwhile, the Democratic primary is evenly split between Lady Macbeth of Chappaqua and Larry David. How did this happen? It’s

simple: On the right, there was a contest; on the left, there was a coronation. Republicans gave their voters options; Democrats gave their voters an order. For the last three years, the entire work of the Democratic party has been to ensure the smooth, graceful ascension of Hillary Clinton to the presidency. It’s “her turn.” Toward this end, the party machine has trudged, unenthusiastically but inexorably, grinding down every obstacle in its path by force of sheer inertia. Those obstacles included viable primary challengers: Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo. For Democrats the tensions in the party have never been more obvious or more alarming. Yet, over that same period, the Democratic coalition has fractured and the center of gravity has moved decidedly leftward, thanks largely to a younger generation of liberals animated by the impulses of the Occupy movement rather than the Vietnam protest movement. The Clinton-style rapprochement with free markets is noxious to young Democrats. They want to skin some fat cats. Bernie Sanders might not be the most compelling candidate, but he’s been hating the rich since Hillary was a Goldwater Girl. Still, the Democratic party has made clear throughout the primary season that it is not interested in giving this wing of its

own electorate a hearing (see: the DNC debate schedule, if you can find it). In the short term, this may not be a problem. It’s unlikely that Sanders will secure the nomination, even if he handily wins next week’s contest in New Hampshire, and many of his voters are sure to fall in line for Hillary. But in the long term, much of the party’s base will seethe with resentment. Republicans might deal better with their intraparty insurgency. Assuming that Trump does not win the nomination, his candidacy will have diminished the intensity of his constituency by giving them an outlet for their frustrations. And the party, not eager to see another Trump-style candidate take hold, will probably take seriously the several legitimate grievances that his rise has highlighted. Tuesday night’s caucus suggests that conservatives could absorb the best of this populist uprising and temper its worst excesses. For Democrats, though, the tensions in the party have never been more obvious or more alarming. The most dedicated primary voters are rebellious and will support Hillary in the general election only begrudgingly, if at all. Hillary Clinton won last night. Technically.

‘On the right, there was a contest; on the left, there was a coronation. Republicans gave their voters options; Democrats gave their voters an order.’

Ian Tuttle is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism at the National Review Institute.

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FYI Group holds weekly peer to The Purple Heart Chapter of Sumter is sponsoring a project peer meetings at 11 a.m. Are you a Purple Heart recipient or every Tuesday at the South to have all Purple Heart know someone who is? HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafaymedal recipients inducted ette Drive. These meetings into the National Purple are designed for veterans to Heart Hall of Honor located help other veterans with in New York. An enrollment PTSD, coping skills, claims application must be comand benefits. Open to all pleted by the medal recipiarea veterans. ent or next of kin if the veteran is deceased. Proof of Having cancer is hard. Finding the award of the medal is help shouldn’t be. Free help required and, if possible, a for cancer patients from the photograph of the recipient. American Cancer Society. Call Willie Washington at Transportation to treat(720) 203-2112 for details ment, help for appearance and assistance. related side effects of treatment, nutrition help, oneSumter High School Class of on-one breast cancer sup1976 is in the process of port, free housing away planning its 40th class refrom home during treatunion. To celebrate this event in a manner that only ment, help finding clinical the Class of 1976 can, funds trials, someone to talk to — all free from your American are needed to assist in getCancer Society. Call (800) ting started with the plans. 227-2345. We are asking for a $20 donation from each classmate. The Rembert Area Community An account has been estab- Coalition (RACC) offers a selished with First Citizens nior citizens program 10 a.m.Bank, 201 N. Washington St., noon each Monday and Sumter, SC 29150. You can Wednesday at 6785 Bradley deposit funds directly or St. (behind community car you may contact Ruthie wash), Rembert, SC 29128. Dow at (803) 406-8874, Ella Transportation is available. Johnson at (404) 435-4971, For details, call (803) 432Bobby Cook at (803) 8402001. 3151 or Glenn Carpenter at Are you a breast cancer survi(704) 621-0869 for further vor? Maggie L. Richardson is details. seeking other survivors to The Single Parent Institute form a music group and meets from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. give back to the community. on the second Monday of If you are interested in joineach month at the Birnie ing, contact her at mlrminHOPE Center. Meetings are stry2012@gmail.com or open to teenage single par(803) 236-9086. ents, custodial and non-cusThe Second (Indianhead) Divitodial single parents. You sion Association is searching are welcome to bring your for anyone/everyone who children as the Single Parent Institute is for the entire served in the 2nd Infantry Division. Visit the website at family. Contact Dr. L. Quawww.2ida.org or contact neck Walkes at (803) 2239408 or lqwalkes@sctechthi- Mike Davino at MDavino@ yahoo.com or (919) 498sout.com. 1910. The Rembert Area Community Coalition offers an after school Zumba classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and program for students from Wednesdays at the Parks kindergarten to sixth grade and Recreation building on at the youth center in Rembert. Children receive assis- Haynsworth Street. Classes are $5 each and no registratance with homework, school projects, etc. A nutrition is required. Contact Deanne Lewis at zumtious snack is served daily. badeanne@gmail.com. There is a small monthly Sumter Area Toastmasters fee. Registrations are accepted 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 8455 meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the Sumter Mall comCamden Highway, U.S. 521, munity room, 1057 Broad St. Rembert, in front of the car The group helps in developwash. Contact Dr. Juanita ing speaking and leadership Britton at (803) 432-2001. Make-A-Wish South Carolina is skills. Call Douglas Wilson at (803) 778-0197 or Rebecca seeking volunteers to help Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271. make wishes come true for Navy and Marine Corps shipchildren across the state. mates who served on the Bilingual volunteers are esUSS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 pecially needed. Interest webinars are offered at 6:30 from 1944 through 1976 and p.m. on the second Wednes- the USS Columbus (SSN-762) past and present, to share day of each month. Preregmemories and camaraderie istration is required. Conwith old friends and make tact Brennan Brown at new ones, contact Allen R. bbrown@sc.wish.org or (864) 250-0702 extension 112 Hope, president, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN to register for the webinar 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221 8 or begin the application a.m.-5 p.m.; fax (260) 492process. 9771; or email at hope4391@ The Sumter Combat Veterans verizon.net.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Participate in EUGENIA LAST the cause you feel most passionate about. Emotions will mount, encouraging you to make a move you’ve been contemplating. Don’t overreact if a friend, colleague or sibling makes a negative comment or does something you don’t like.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Try something new and you’ll discover a talent you didn’t know you had. You will be enlightened by the experience you have and the people you encounter. A journey will lead to a new beginning and a fresh way of doing things. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do whatever it takes to reflect and find solutions to situations that have the potential to leave you in a vulnerable position. Stick to a strict budget and refuse to be enticed by someone who wants you to be reckless with your spending. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let your imagination take over. Follow your heart and trust your intuition to take you on a magical journey. A partnership that allows you to follow a dream or explore your creativity will develop. Romance is encouraged. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Address what you are dissatisfied with in your life. It’s up to you to make the effort if you want to change your life or your direction. A day trip will lead to the information you require to initiate positive changes. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of your responsibilities so that you can get on with your day and do the things you want. Participating in a function that is geared toward children or socializing can be fun, but be careful not to overspend. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen to

complaints, but don’t let anyone make you feel guilty. It’s important to focus on making personal changes that will lead to greater happiness and less stress. You may want to consider a move or a change of friends. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make concrete moves that allow you the freedom to follow your dreams and do as you please. Someone you meet along the way will offer encouragement and might want to tag along with you as well. Romance is highlighted. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An emotional or indulgent streak will lead to disaster. Before things get out of hand, take a step back and consider what you can do to avoid mishaps. Don’t venture too far from home. Problems while traveling are likely. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll attract positive attention with your forthright attitude and your keen sense of perception. Make the most of your day by taking care of business and investing your time in what you do best. Celebrate your victory with someone you love.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Gaﬀney 56/32 Spartanburg 56/32

Greenville 57/31

Columbia 60/37

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 58/37

Aiken 55/34

ON THE COAST

Charleston 62/41

Today: Heavy rain; cooler. Watch for ﬂooding. High 59 to 63. Friday: Cooler. High 49 to 53.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 52/30/pc 32/22/pc 55/34/s 37/25/pc 59/33/s 69/48/s 57/39/s 54/36/c 80/49/t 52/35/c 64/41/s 58/45/pc 51/34/c

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 355.75 76.24 75.22 94.82

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trace trace 0.36" 2.30" 5.48" 4.30"

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

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Manning 60/38

Today: Clouds and sun. Winds north-northeast 3-6 mph. Colder. Friday: Plenty of sunshine. Winds east 4-8 mph.

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 57/37/r Gainesville 69/39/r Gastonia 56/32/c Goldsboro 63/39/r Goose Creek 62/40/r Greensboro 52/32/c Greenville 57/31/pc Hickory 56/29/pc Hilton Head 60/41/r Jacksonville, FL 66/37/r La Grange 54/30/pc Macon 55/31/c Marietta 52/28/pc

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 54/27/pc Mt. Pleasant 61/41/r Myrtle Beach 63/40/r Orangeburg 58/38/r Port Royal 59/40/r Raleigh 56/35/r Rock Hill 56/33/c Rockingham 57/34/r Savannah 59/40/r Spartanburg 56/32/c Summerville 61/39/r Wilmington 66/39/r Winston-Salem 53/32/c

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Korean woman raises 200 rescue dogs ASAN, South Korea (AP) — Puppies bark and wag their tails as they follow a grayhaired woman through a hillside compound that shelters more than 200 dogs. “Hey, my babies. Give your mom a kiss,” says Jung Myoung Sook, 61. She lowers her face and one puppy near a snow-covered kennel licks her lips; another gently paws her cheek. In South Korea, where dogs are considered a traditional delicacy and have only recently become popular as pets, Jung’s love for her canine friends is viewed by some as odd. But others see her as a

champion of animal rights. Rescuing and caring for dogs for 26 years, Jung has moved seven times because of neighbors’ complaints about noise. She often stops to pick up dogs roaming the streets and has bought others in danger of being sold to dog meat farms or restaurants. Some question whether someone as poor as Jung, who ekes out a living cleaning a store and collecting recyclable boxes, can feed and care for so many dogs. While Jung’s dogs looked healthy and well-fed during a recent visit by The Associated Press, their condition couldn’t be independently confirmed.

Authorities in the central city of Asan know about Jung’s shelter, which she opened in 2014, but have no legal responsibility to inspect it, according to an official who refused to give his name because he wasn’t authorized to speak to media on the matter. While pets have grown in popularity, one in five households has a cat or dog, but activists say public attitudes toward pets lag those in the West. Supporters of Jung see her as a heroine, saving stray or lost dogs from being killed for food or euthanized at public shelters if not adopted or found by their owners.

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Dennis Selvig shares a picture he took of the USC Sumter Fire Ants car.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll attract attention and offers that you won’t want to refuse. Good fortune is heading your way, and the opportunity to use your imagination will result in a new and exciting project. Embrace change, but refrain from overspending. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Get involved in a worthy cause or reconnect with the people you have worked with in the past and good things will transpire. You will advance if you do the legwork required to put your creative plans in motion. Romance is recommended.

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Ink to paper national SIGNING DAY

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Four Sumter High School football players, Quentin Anderson, Charlie Miranda, Bradley Watkins and Xzavion Burson, left to right, signed national letters of intent to play college football during a National Signing Day ceremony at the SHS auditorium on Wednesday. Nine local football players and and one cross country runner signed on Wednesday.

Lakewood’s Singleton glad to be at Presbyterian bY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Ralph Singleton had more than a few options available to him. The Touchstone Energy Cooperative North/South standout offensive and defensive lineman from Lakewood High School was being pursued by Charlotte University, Furman, SINGLETON North Greenville, Presbyterian College, Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern. However, only one school could offer Singleton something he really wanted. “Presbyterian was the only school to offer me a full scholarship,” he said. “Everyone else wanted me to walk on. So that was a big plus and I really

see SINGLETON, Page B2

Sumter’s Miranda signs SHS’ Burson headed to with Gardner-Webb By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

Signees List

When Charlie Miranda finished his eighth-grade year at Chestnut Oaks Middle School, there was one sport on which he had his focus. “I was all about basketball,” Miranda said. “I played football, but basketball was what I loved.” Fast forward four years and it is football that Miranda will be playing at the collegiate level. He was one of four Gamecocks to sign letters of intent on Wednesday, National Signing Day, signing with Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C. Miranda “I didn’t want to play football (in high school) my eighth-grade year,” said Miranda, who played defensive back. “I came here and (longtime Sumter High) Coach Ike (Pearson) said make sure I went out for B Team football. I did and it’s been a blessing.” First-year Sumter head coach Mark Barnes made the Gardner-Webb coaching staff aware of Miranda, a 6-foot, 183-pounder. Barnes had come to Sumter from Crest High School in Shelby,

FOOTBALL

Sumter Quintein Anderson, Limestone Xzavion Burson, South Carolina State Charlie Miranda, Gardner-Webb Bradley Watkins, Coastal Carolina Lakewood Ralph Singleton, Presbyterian Daquan Tindal, Coffeyville CC Crestwood Christopher Rembert, Hutchinson CC Scott’s Branch Melquan House, Limestone Maliq Green, Limestone

CROSS COUNTRY

Andrea Liddell, Spartanburg Methodist

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Quintein Anderson Christopher Rembert Daquan Tindal Bradley Watkins

just a few miles from the G-W campus. “Charlie just stood out when I got here,” Barnes said. “You could see his athleticism, his leadership and how he did academically,” said Barnes, who led

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S.C. State By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

Sumter High School’s Xzavion Burson signed to play college football with South Carolina State University on Wednesday, one of four Gamecocks to sign letters of intent on National Signing Day. SHS head coach Mark Barnes, who had one year in which to coach Burson, thinks the future is very, very bright for the BURSON standout athlete. “I’ve been coaching for 27 years, and Zay is as athletic a player as I’ve ever coached,” Barnes said. “About 40 percent of the players in the NFL (National Football League) are from schools that aren’t in Power 5 conferences. Zay has that ability, the athleticism, where he could make that

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Muschamp pleased with first recruiting class at South Carolina By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

Muschamp had to scramble shore up the Gamecocks’ fading recruiting efforts after South Carolina coach Will Steve Spurrier walked away Muschamp said he had a high from the team in midwinning percentage in October. recruiting this year. He hopes Interim coach Shawn that translates to success on Elliott tried to hold things the football field. together, but several Muschamp said he visited committed players changed with about 36 players since their minds after Spurrier’s taking the job in early departure and the December. Gamecocks 3-9 season. “And only six guys we Muschamp said he and the offered didn’t come,” he said. new staff he’s assembled did “So we did a good job when a strong job of turning things we got them here on around in a short time campus.” period.

The centerpiece is quarterback Brandon McIlwain, who was considered a certain firstround selection in next spring’s Major League Baseball draft. But Muschamp got McIlwain to enroll last month and he’s set to play both sports this fall. “We think he’s got a tremendous future in both sports at South Carolina,” Muschamp said. “We’re extremely pleased with his work ethic.”

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New South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp said out of 36 players see USC, Page B2 he visited in early December, only six didn’t sign with USC.

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McIlwain will try and break free from a pack this spring that includes three players who started games at quarterback last year in Perry Orth, Lorenzo Nunez and Connor Mitch. South Carolina signed 24 players, the majority on offense. Along with McIlwain, the Gamecocks brought in five wide receivers to spark up an attack that sunk near the bottom of the Southeastern Conference last year. Receiver Bryan Edwards highlights that group. He was a longtime commitment who backed off after Spurrier left — even visiting rival Clemson — before deciding he belonged with Muschamp and the Gamecocks.

South Carolina signees NAME POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN Korey Banks Jr. WR 5-11 173 Tyrone, Ga. T.J. Brunson LB 6-1 225 Columbia Akeem Cooperwood OL 6-7 359 Knoxville, Tenn. Randrecous Davis WR 5-10 173 Atlanta, Ga. Chavis Dawkins WR 6-2 200 Duncan Rico Dowdle RB 5-11 208 Asheville, N.C. Bryan Edwards* WR 6-3 200 Conway C.J. Freeman* RB 5-11 196 Greensboro, N.C. Griffin Gentry DL 6-1 246 Birmingham, Ala. Evan Hinson TE 6-4 228 Deltona, Fla. Sadarius Hutcherson OL 6-4 230 Huntingdon, Tenn. Jamarcus King DB 6-1 170 Mobile, Ala. Pika Leota OL 6-5 305 Asheville, N.C. Brandon McIlwain QB 6-0 198 Newtown, Pa. Kiel Pollard WR 6-0 232 Moultrie, Ga. Will Putnam OL 6-5 282 Harrisburg, N.C. Chris Smith* DB 5-10 168 Rock Hill, Kobe Smith* DL 6-3 295 Lawrenceville, Ga. Stephon Taylor DL 6-4 285 New Orleans, La. Keir Thomas* DL 6-1 245 Miami, Fla. Aaron Thompson DL 6-3 269 Fort Lauderdale Robert Tucker Jr. TE 6-3 238 Atlanta, Ga. Darius Whitfield DL 6-2 281 Mobile, Ala. Dennis Wonnum Jr. DL 6-5 227 Stone Mountain *Enrolled in January 2016

Other things to know Top 25 Class: No. Best in class: McIlwain, QB, Newton, Pennsylvania. He turned down first-round MLB money to go to college and is already scrimmaging with the Gamecocks baseball team. Best of the rest: Bryan Edwards, WR, Conway, South Carolina; Jamarcus King, DB, Mobile, Alabama Late addition: WR Kiel Pollard of Moultrie, Georgia, was pledged to Arkansas before turning to the Gamecocks

last week. One that got away: DT Karamo Dioubate of Philadelphia. Was considered a strong lean to South Carolina. No word yet on where he signed. How they’ll fit in: McIlwain should get a chance to show if he can start. Edwards and Pollard will see early playing with receiver Pharoh Cooper off to the NFL. King is expected to bulk up the secondary.

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back at the collegiate level, according to Barnes. “I think that’s why they really like him so From Page B1 much,” Barnes said. “They see the versatility of Charlie being able to play either safety SHS to a 10-3 record and the Region VI-4A or cornerback.” title this past season. “I’m friends with the Miranda was receiving interest from people on that staff -- you can’t help but be Army, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, when they’re four miles away -- but I just South Carolina State and Hampton. Gardtold them about Charlie. He took care of the ner-Webb was the only one to offer. rest.” Barnes thinks Miranda is the perfect rep“After he told them about me, he let me resentative for Sumter as the school’s first take it from there,” Miranda said of Barnes. player to ever play at Gardner-Webb. “He let me prove to them what type of play“Everything about Charlie makes a great er I can be.” impression,” Barnes said. “He will go there Miranda had one interception and 57 and be successful and that will lead to them tackles, including 26 solo stops, from his coming back to Sumter for more players. So safety position. He had 4 1/2 tackles for loss, he’s the kind of kid you want as your first broke up four passes, had two fumble recov- player to attend there.” eries, one caused fumble and one blocked Gardner-Webb is a Football Championpunt. He also returned six kickoffs for 115 ship Subdivision school and a member of yards. the Big South Conference. The Bulldogs finWhile he pretty much spent all of his sea- ished in a 2-way tie for fifth in the 7-team son at safety for Sumter, Miranda has the conference this past season, going 4-7 overability to handle either safety or cornerall and 2-4 in conference play.

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“It honestly doesn’t matter to me as long as I’m on the field,” Singleton said. “I just From Page B1 love hitting people.” Singleton was recruited as a tackle, but might move to defensive end, he said. loved the school, both for football and for Still, Lakewood head coach Brian Jackacademics. son believes his future lies along the O-line. “It’s where I want to be.” “PC’s a spread-based team and his pass The 6-foot-4-inch, 250-pound senior will blocking is awesome,” Jackson said. “He’ll continue his gridiron career after signing be able to go there with a lot more knowlwith the Blue Hose on Wednesday at the edge than just attacking for the ball on deLakewood Fine Arts Center. Singleton not fense. He’s a very smart player and very only gets a scholarship, but will join a Foot- coachable. You tell him something once and ball Championship Subdivision program he’s got it. that competes in the Big South Conference “He was one of the best offensive linemen along with Coastal Carolina and Charleston at the North/South game regardless of Southern. size.” “It’s the best feeling of my life so far,” Singleton has spent time in the weight Singleton said. “It’s the biggest stage I could room since the start of the season to bulk play on, and it’s great to be able to play for up in preparation for the transition to cola school that I really wanted to be at. As lege, he said. soon as I walked on campus, they treated “I’ve added about 15-20 pounds,” he said. me like family.” “It’s something I’ve tried to work on for the Singleton has a new football family, but last few years.” he’s still not entirely sure which side of it Going to college wasn’t always on Singlehe’s going to line up on just yet. He played ton’s radar, but a good junior season tackle on both sides of the ball for the Gachanged all that, he said. tors -- grading out at 80 percent with 25 “I really wasn’t that good my (freshman) knockdown blocks on the offensive line year,” he said. “But last year I really started while registering 62 tackles, five tackles for believing in myself and turned things loss and two quarterback sacks on the dearound. I started to believe I could play colfensive side. lege ball, so this is a great day for me.”

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TODAY Junior Varsity Basketball Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Marlboro County at Manning, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Kingstree, 6:30 p.m. B Team Basketball Sumter at Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Boys Only), 5 p.m. Middle School Basketball Bates at Alice Drive (Boys Only), 5 p.m. Mayewood at Manning (Boys Only), 5 p.m. FRIDAY Varsity Basketball Carolina Forest at Sumter, 6 p.m. Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Manning at Marlboro County, 6 p.m. Kingstree at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m. Scott’s Branch at C.E. Murray, 6:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4 p.m. Sumter Christian at Emmanuel Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m. SATURDAY Varsity and JV Basketball Thomas Sumter at Northwood, 2 p.m. B Team Basketball Thomas Sumter at Calhoun Academy, 10 a.m.

NFL Playoffs By The Associated Press

Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9

Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16

Sunday, Jan. 10

Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16

New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT

Sunday, Jan. 17

Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC

Denver 20, New England 18

NFC

Carolina 49, Arizona 15

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next step.” First things first though. After playing several different positions during his three years on the Sumter varsity, Burson is going to the Football Championship Subdivision school in Orangeburg as a defensive back and return specialist. “South Carolina State has stuck with me since the spring,” Burson said. “(Assistant) Coach (Jonathan) Saxon has done a great job recruiting me.” Burson played defensive back and outside linebacker for the Gamecocks this past season, but missed a few games due to a concussion. He had 35 tackles, including three tackles for loss. He had one interception, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. He returned seven kickoffs for 169 yards and six punts for 73 yards. Burson was the all-purpose player on The Sumter Item All-Area football team during both is sophomore and junior seasons. During his sophomore campaign when SHS played in the 2013 4A Division I state championship game, Burson had 44 catches for 492 yards and three touchdowns as a wide receiver while rushing for 72 yards and another score on 10 attempts. He returned 14

At Honolulu Team Irvin 49, Team Rice 27

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7

At Santa Clara, Calif. Denver vs. Carolina, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB 33 16 .673 — 28 22 .560 5½ 23 28 .451 11 12 37 .245 21 7 41 .146 25½ W L Pct GB 28 22 .560 — 27 22 .551 ½ 23 25 .479 4 21 25 .457 5 21 26 .447 5½ W L Pct GB 35 12 .745 — 26 21 .553 9 26 23 .531 10 25 23 .521 10½ 20 31 .392 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans Northwest Division Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

Thursday’s Games

New York at Detroit, 7 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

NHL Standings By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 50 30 15 5 65 140 110 Tampa Bay 49 27 18 4 58 130 117 Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124 Boston 50 26 18 6 58 150 135 Montreal 51 24 23 4 52 138 138 Ottawa 51 23 22 6 52 144 161 Toronto 49 18 22 9 45 118 137 Buffalo 50 20 26 4 44 114 136 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 48 35 9 4 74 160 109 N.Y. Rangers 50 27 18 5 59 144 132 N.Y. Islanders 48 26 16 6 58 135 121 Pittsburgh 49 25 17 7 57 127 125 New Jersey 51 26 20 5 57 117 120 Carolina 51 23 20 8 54 123 135 Philadelphia 48 22 18 8 52 113 129 Columbus 52 19 28 5 43 134 168

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 54 34 16 4 72 149 123 Dallas 51 32 14 5 69 167 136 St. Louis 53 29 16 8 66 130 128 Colorado 53 27 23 3 57 144 144 Nashville 51 24 19 8 56 129 132 Minnesota 50 23 18 9 55 124 120 Winnipeg 50 22 25 3 47 129 145 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 50 31 16 3 65 135 115 San Jose 49 26 19 4 56 144 132 Anaheim 48 23 18 7 53 104 113 Arizona 50 24 21 5 53 133 152 Vancouver 50 20 19 11 51 122 139 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 126 146 Edmonton 51 20 26 5 45 127 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games

Toronto 4, Boston 3, OT New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Minnesota 3 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 5 Florida 5, Washington 2 St. Louis 1, Nashville 0 Dallas 5, Winnipeg 3 Chicago 2, Colorado 1 Edmonton 5, Columbus 1 Los Angeles 6, Arizona 2 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2

Wednesday’s Games

Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 9 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m. Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Men’s College Scores

TUESDAY

By The Associated Press Manhattan 65, Rider 57 Syracuse 68, Virginia Tech 60, OT UMass 61, Rhode Island 56, OT

Sunday, Jan. 31

Atlantic Division Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Division Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 8 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 9 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

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kickoffs for 322 yards and a touchdown and six punts for 120 yards and another TD. As a defensive back, Burson had 34 tackles, an interception and broke up two passes. In ‘14, Burson had 22 catches for 278 and a touchdown while rushing 13 times for 81 yards. He returned six punts for 128 yards, a 21.3 average, and a score and one kickoff return for 62 yards. As a defensive back, Burson had two interceptions for 65 return yards, one going for a touchdown. He had 17 tackles and broke up three passes. Burson likes the idea of being able to focus his attention on one position at the collegiate level. “I’m looking forward to the chance to work at just one position,” said Burson, who also had an offer from Coffeyville Community College in Kansas. “I think being able to do that will help me to be a better player at the next level.” “I think the sky is the limit for Zay,” Barnes said. Burson said he is just happy to get this opportunity. “This is truly a blessing,” he said. “Not everybody gets the opportunity to do what I’m going to be able to do.” S.C. State is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs went 7-4 last season, 6-2 in the MEAC.

Houston 115, Miami 102 Toronto 104, Phoenix 97 Portland 107, Milwaukee 95 L.A. Lakers 119, Minnesota 115

W L Pct GB 40 8 .833 — 29 20 .592 11½ 28 23 .549 13½ 26 25 .510 15½ 18 29 .383 21½ W L Pct GB 37 13 .740 — 24 26 .480 13 22 25 .468 13½ 19 30 .388 17½ 14 36 .280 23 W L Pct GB 44 4 .917 — 32 16 .667 12 21 27 .438 23 14 36 .280 31 10 41 .196 35½

Tuesday’s Games

Boston 97, New York 89

SOUTH

Alabama 82, Mississippi St. 80, OT Bethune-Cookman 62, Savannah St. 59 Clemson 76, Wake Forest 62 Duke 80, Georgia Tech 71 Georgia 69, South Carolina 56 LSU 80, Auburn 68 Liberty 88, Winthrop 77 Louisiana-Lafayette 72, LouisianaMonroe 65, OT Northwestern St. 91, Cent. Arkansas 75 Tennessee 84, Kentucky 77

MIDWEST

Akron 80, Ohio 68 Ball St. 72, Bowling Green 64 Buffalo 90, N. Illinois 78 Butler 87, Georgetown 76 Cent. Michigan 88, Kent St. 61 DePaul 77, Providence 70 E. Michigan 94, Miami (Ohio) 69 Indiana 80, Michigan 67 Indiana St. 63, Drake 56 Missouri St. 77, Bradley 71 Toledo 89, W. Michigan 62 West Virginia 81, Iowa St. 76

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 79, Houston Baptist 72 Incarnate Word 70, Texas A&M-CC 65 Oklahoma 95, TCU 72

FAR WEST

Air Force 70, Wyoming 62 Boise St. 70, Utah St. 67 New Mexico 87, UNLV 83 San Diego St. 69, Colorado St. 67 San Francisco 100, Menlo 68

EXHIBITION

UT Martin 122, Boyce 60

TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press

BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Andrew Brown on a minor league contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with 1B Dae-Ho Lee and C Steve Lerud on minor league contracts. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded LHP Jesse Biddle to Pittsburgh for RHP Yoervis Medina. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed INF Richard Lucas and RHP Richie Mirowski.

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national SIGNING DAY

Gators’ Tindal thankful for Coffeyville opportunity bY jUSTIN dRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Daquan Tindal just wanted to play college football. For the most part, it really didn’t matter where -- he just wanted a chance to compete at the next level. “I love football; I love everything about it and I just wanted to TINDAL keep playing,” Tindal said. “I didn’t want this to be my last year.” A solid final season at linebacker for Lakewood High School made sure the 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound senior will be playing a little longer. Tindal made his childhood dream official on Wednesday by inking with Coffeyville Community College in Kansas at LHS’ Fine Arts Center. “It’s a good school and I really appreciate the coaches and the opportunity to play,” Tindal said. “I could tell they really wanted me to come play there and that was a big factor for me.” Tindal admitted he didn’t know much about Coffeyville prior to his initial contact, but he soon grew to love what the coaches had to offer. The Red Ravens saw the LHS standout on tape and made a strong push from the get-go, he said. Though Coffeyville was his only offer, the coaches still came to visit Tindal on three separate occasions this past season. That left a big impression on him, he said. “They showed me a lot and showed that they really wanted me,” Tindal said. Probably even more so after watching his senior season unfold. Tindal had 87 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, two quarterback sacks and two interceptions. He also scored two defensive touchdowns. “They’re going to play him at outside linebacker and let him do what he does best,” Lakewood head coach Brian Jackson said. “He’s very physical and very fast. He has great lateral speed and very good instincts for the ball. He seems to sense when the ball is coming to his side and he knows when to cut across the field with the proper angle.” Tindal also has some family pedigree in terms of football. His uncle, Kelton Tindal, played wide receiver at Newberry College and was signed by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League in 2010. “Football’s in my blood,” he said. “I’m just glad I was able to play to my potential this season and never quit.”

CLEMSON SIGNEES NAME Tremayne Anchrum LaSamuel Davis Tre Lamar Dexter Lawrence Nyles Pinckney Sean Pollard Rahshaun Smith Zerrick Cooper Cornell Powell Jamie Skalski Chandler Reeves J.C. Chalk

POS. HT. OL 6-3 DE 6-4 LB 6-4 DT 6-4 DT 6-2 OG 6-5 LB 6-3 QB 6-3 WR 6-1 LB 6-1 OT 6-6 TE 6-4

WT. HOMETOWN 268 Powder Springs* 218 Bamberg* 240 Roswell, Ga.* 335 Wake Forest* 288 Seabrook* 295 Southern Pines* 240 Bradenton, Fla.* 195 Jonesboro, Ga. 200 Greenville, N.C. 225 Newnan, Ga. 255 McDonough, Ga. 230 Argyle, Texas

NAME POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN Isaiah Simmons CB 6-3 205 Olathe, Kan. Tavien Feaster RB 5-11 195 Spartanburg Trayvon Mullen CB 6-1 170 Pompano Beach Nolan Turner S 6-2 190 Vestavia Hills, Ala. Diondre Overton WR 6-5 195 Greensboro, N.C. K’Von Wallace S 5-11 180 Highland Springs T.J. Chase WR 6-2 180 Plant City, Fla. Brian Dawkins Jr. CB 5-8 170 Fork Union, Va. Xavier Kelly DE 6-5 255 Wichita, Kan. John Simpson OG 6-4 290 North Charleston Cade Stewart* OT 6-4 300 Central *Enrolled January 2016

Tigers try to replace DBs bound for NFL By PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press

CLEMSON — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney thought his team was filled up on defensive backs for next fall — until NFL dreams got involved. Three of last year’s starting secondary declared for the NFL draft shortly after the Tigers 45-40 loss to Alabama in the national championship game. “We had to start making calls,” Swinney said. Whatever Tiger coaches said was persuasive as Clemson pulled in five Swinney defensive backs in a class of 23 signed Wednesday, including late pickups in K’von Wallace, Trayvon Mullen and Isaiah Simmons. That trio should get long looks in fall camp with so many open spots in the defensive backfield. Wallace picked Clemson over Ohio State and Michigan State among others. Mullen had offers from LSU and Florida State while Simmons’ offers included

Michigan and Nebraska. Clemson’s class ranked eighth overall in rankings by ESPN.com. Swinney was not sure when the Tigers headed out to Arizona he’d have any turnover in the secondary. He said junior safety Jayron Kearse told him two days before the title game he would leave. Cornerback Mackensie Alexander and safety T.J. Green both decided after Clemson’s loss. The coach expected to concentrate on 2017 recruiting. Instead, the Tigers staff had to contact players they hadn’t in some time. Swinney said Mullen, Simmons and Wallace were all eager to listen, even late in the process. “The strength of our brand allowed us to finish strong in the DB spot,” Swinney said.

Other things to know Top 25 Class: No. 8 Best in class: Dexter Lawrence, DE, Wake Forest, North Carolina. Lawrence picked Clemson over Florida State, Florida, Georgia and Notre Dame.

Sumter High RB Anderson headed to Limestone College By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com As Quintein Anderson prepared for a photograph to celebrate his signing to play college football with Limestone University on Wednesday, he made sure longtime SHS athletic trainer Gary Nelson was in the photo with him. “You had a lot to do with me being up here,” said Anderson, the standout running back for the Gamecocks, one of four to sign in ANDERSON the SHS auditorium on National Signing Day. Anderson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the opening game of his junior season, practically missing the entire season. After going through months of rehabilitation with Nelson and his staff, Anderson returned and spearheaded the Gamecock offense, being named The Sumter Item Area Player of the Year in the process. “Coach Nelson and his staff did a great job in helping Quintein come back,” said SHS head coach Mark Barnes. “It says a lot about the kind of person that Quintein is, that he wanted Coach Nelson to be in the photo with him, knowing how he helped him.” It was Anderson though who did it on the field. Anderson rushed for 1,277 yards and 23 touchdowns on 187 carries in helping the Gamecocks to a 10-3 record and the Region VI-4A title. He caught fie passes for 102 yards and three TDs and completed all three of his pass attempts for 34 yards and two more scores. He scored 156 points.

A lot of Anderson’s carries came in Sumter’s heavy formation, in which Anderson would take the direct snap from center and run behind his offensive line as well as a defensive lineman masquerading as a fullback. “It was great just to be able to get back out there this year,” Anderson said. “I was happy to be a part of the team, helping them get yards however I could.” Limestone, an NCAA Division II school in Gaffney that just completed its second season, was Anderson’s only offer. He said the coaching staff contacted him a couple of weeks after the completion of the 2015 season. He went on an official visit and he liked what he saw. Anderson likes the idea of being with a fledgling program. “It’s really good because it gives you a chance to make a legacy for yourself,” Anderson said. “You get to be a part of helping it become a better program.” Barnes believes Limestone got a steal in Anderson. While acknowleding Anderson had a tremendous senior year, he doesn’t’ think he had the speed he had before the injury. You can look at film of his sophomore year and he had more speed,” Barnes said of Anderson, who rushed for 565 and two touchdowns on 99 carries on Sumter’s 2013 4A Division I state runner-up team. “He was a better running back this year, more patient and more physical, but he didn’t have the speed back. He should have that this year. Limestone went 2-8 last season. It is an independent school, but plays a full schedule in the South Atlantic Conference.

SHS’ Watkins banking on Coastal Carolina opportunity By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Call it what you will, but Bradley Watkins knows when the right thing happened at the right time. The Sumter High School long snapper sent some videos of himself to Coastal Carolina University special teams coach Curt Baldus. On the day Watkins sent them, Baldus had just found out a graduate student long snapper who had said he was coming to the Conway school changed his mind. “Two days later, they offered me,” Watkins said. And, on Wednesday, Watkins signed a letter of intent to become a Chanticleer. He was one of four Gamecocks

who were part of a ceremony in the SHS auditorium on National Signing Day. Watkins had hoped to earn a walk-on opportunity at Clemson or the University of South Carolina. When that didn’t hapWATKINS pen, that’s when he started taking matters into his own hands. As is the case with most niche special teams performers at the collegiate level, Watkins didn’t get a scholarship, instead going to Coastal as a preferred walk-on. The scholarship opportunity is there though.

“If you earn a starting job then you get the scholarship,” Watkins said. Watkins handled the snapping duties for the Gamecocks on punts, field goal and extra points. He didn’t have a bad snap in 109 attempts. “He’s one of the most important parts of our team that no one knows anything about,” Gamecocks head coach Mark Barnes said. “This is the first time in my coaching career I didn’t have to worry about that. You knew the snaps were going to be good. “I’m looking forward to seeing him get the opportunity to compete for the job at Coastal,” Barnes added.

Watkins said he became a long snapper through a natural course. His older brother, Vincent, was a placekicker for the Gamecocks through the 2014 season. “I just decided I want to do it since my brother was a kicker,” Bradley said. “I really started getting serious about it my sophomore season.” Coastal is a member of the Big South Conference, a Football Championship Subdivision league. The Chanticleers were ranked No. 1 in the country in the FCS polls for part of the season before finishing 9-3 and losing in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

Knights’ Rembert inks with Hutchinson bY eDDIE liTAKER Special To The Sumter Item Crestwood High School middle linebacker Chris Rembert will go from being a Knight to being a Blue Dragon after inking with Hutchinson Community College during a National Signing Day ceremony held on Wednesday at the CHS Fine Arts Center. CHS head coach Roosevelt Nelson lifted Rembert up as a role model of what some of his underclassman teammates could accomplish by adopting a work REMBERt ethic similar to Rembert’s. Nelson also said playing at Hutchinson offers a great opportunity for Rembert to improve his stock and eventually make a move up, possibly to a Football Bowl Subdivision school. “Hutchinson is probably one of the better community colleges that you can get into,” Nelson said. “It’s a pipeline for the SEC (Southeastern Conference) and Big 12 Conference, so I definitely think he’s a (NCAA) Division I player, FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) at the least. So I definitely expect big things from him in the next year or two.” Nelson has been with Rembert for the past four years, beginning at Lakewood High School and then following Nelson to Crestwood before Rembert’s junior season. Nelson said Rembert’s family has played a major role in his development as a football player and as a person. “He comes from a good family,” Nelson said. “He’s a high character kid. He’s the type of kid that puts team first always, never puts himself out there and he always works hard on the field. He’s the type of kid that loves the game of football and doesn’t just play it to play.” Nelson said Rembert has steadily improved as a linebacker, going from 80 tackles as a sophomore to 120 as a junior and 140 in his senior season. Rembert, who weighs in at about 200 pounds, benches 310 pounds and squats close to 500 pounds. Rembert led the Knights with 140 tackles, including 10 for loss. He also had three interceptions, three quarterback sacks and two caused fumbles. Rembert’s goals as both a middle linebacker and a student have revolved around consistent improvement. “I’ve strived to do better, always trying to go to the next level and get better at everything,” Rembert said. “Whether it was schoolwork, on the field, at practice, weight room, whatever, get better at something. Always be better at something every day, actually go up and level yourself. That way you can prepare for life and go better.” Rembert will carry those goals with him to the Kansas school with the hopes of bettering himself both as a person and a higher-skilled linebacker, and potentially earning a spot in the starting lineup. Though he has no definite schools in mind at this point, Rembert looks forward to the opportunity to work his way up to a higher level school. “I do want to go to a DI school, so hopefully it does happens,” Rembert said. “As far as where I want to go, I have no specific idea, but hopefully it will be somewhere close to home. That way I can get the parents to come out and my family to come out and see me.” Nelson said Rembert also received an offer from Highland Community College in Illinois and interest from Catawba College and Johnson C. Smith University.

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Alice Drive, Chestnut Oaks girls to meet for title Alice Drive defeated Manning Junior High 62-25 on Wednesday to advance to the Sumter Middle School Conference championship game against Chestnut Oaks on Feb. 11 at Sumter High School at 5 p.m.. Tamerah Brown had 18 points to lead the Lady Hawks followed by Taniesha Taylor with 16 and Margaret McMahon with 10. Chestnut Oaks 31 Bates 24

Chestnut Oaks advanced to the championship game of the Sumter Middle School Conference playoffs with a 31-24 victory over Bates on Wednesday at the Falcons gymnasium, Kanasia Wells scored 15 points to lead COMS followed by Danasia Jackson with nine points. The Lady Falcons will face Alice Drive on Feb. 11 at Sumter High School at 5 p.m. for the title.

VARSITY BASKETBALL Lee Central 37 Timberland 30 ST. STEPHEN -- Alexis McMillan and Ayanna Lucas each scored 12 points to help Lee Central remain in first place in its region with a

37-30 victory over Timberland on Tuesday at the THS gymnasium. McMillan had eight rebounds for the Lady Stallions while Lucas had six. LCHS, now 6-1 in region play, hosts Kingstree on Friday.

gymnasium. The Lady Cavaliers improved to 13-3 overall and 8-0 in the region and will travel to Calhoun Academy on Tuesday.

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The Lady Barons improved to 13-1 overall and 5-1 in the region with a 34-14 victory over Porter-Gaud on Wednesday at Nash Student Center. Emily Reynolds scored 12 points to lead WH followed by Becka Noyes with 10 and Haley Roon McCaffrey with eight. The Lady Barons travel to Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday

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BISHOPVILLE -- Reghann Griffin had a game-high 24 points to help power Robert E. Lee Academy to a 59-32 victory over The King’s Academy on Tuesday at the REL gymnasium. Ivy Watts added a doubledouble of 10 points and 13 rebounds while Meg Gaskins finished with 14 points. The Lady Cavaliers travel to Calhoun Academy on Tuesday.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Robert E. Lee 43 The King’s Academy 20

BISHOPVILLE -- Rebecca Dinkins had a stellar tripledouble, finishing with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 17 steals to lead Robert E. Lee Academy to a 43-20 victory over The King’s Academy on Tuesday at the REL

Wilson Hall 34 Porter-Gaud 14

Wilson Hall 33 Thomas Sumter 30

Wilson Hall 46 Thomas Sumter 11

Wilson Hall finished off an 11-3 season on Tuesday with a 46-11 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy at Nash Student Center. Gracyn Coker led the Lady Barons with 16 points followed by Becca Cromer with nine and Owings Holler with five.

BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Mayewood 56 Ebenezer 36

Mitchell Pollard scored 20 points and had four rebounds to help lead Mayewood Middle School to a 56-36 victory over Ebenezer on Tuesday in the first round of the playoffs at the Vikings gymnasium. Dorien Glover added 17 points and three steals for Mayewood. Montrell White finished with 11 points. The Vikings will travel to Manning on Thursday for a 5 p.m. semifinal game.

The Lady Generals dropped their first game of the season on Tuesday at Nash Student Center, 33-30 to Wilson Hall. Caetlyn Martin led TSA with 10 points followed by Aubrey Stoddard with six. Sydney Daniel added five points and 11 rebounds. The Lady Generals, now 14-1 overall, travel to Calhoun Academy on Friday. Manning 63

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Junior High School had three players score in double figures as it defeated Furman 63-26 in the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday at the Manning Junior High gymnasium. Xephen Richardson scored 24 points followed by Ja’Quan House with 11 and Xavier Hicks with 10. Manning will host Mayewood in a semifinal matchup today at 5 p.m. at the MJHS gym.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Porter-Gaud 45 Wilson Hall 31

Walker James scored 11 points in a losing effort as Wilson Hall fell to PorterGaud 45-31 on Wednesday at Nash Student Center. The Barons fell to 9-9 overall and are 3-3 in the region. They will travel to Orangeburg Prep on Feb. 9 in their next contest. On Tuesday. Thomas Sumter Academy defeated the Barons 40-38. Josh Gallaway led the Generals with 10 points while Wilson Hall was led by Chandler Scott’s 15-point night.

OBITUARIES NETTIE S. TINDAL SUMMERTON — Nettie Sabb Tindal, 93, widow of the Rev. Lawrence Tindal, died on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at Lake Marion Nursing Facility, Summerton. She was born on Nov. 1, 1922, in Summerton, a TINDAL daughter of the late Nero and Eddie Thames Sabb. She received her formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County. At an early age, she joined Taw Caw Baptist Church. She was a member of Eastern Stars Queen of the South Chapter 304 for 56 years. Survivors are one son, the Rev. Dr. James Tindal Sr. of Bowman; two daughters, Willlie Mae Gamble of Manning and Dorothy McFadden (Prince Smalls) of Summerton; one grandson she reared as her own, Taurean (Crystal) Johnson of Sumter; a granddaughter and grandson who cared for her, Evangelist Diana and Minister Joe Green; one sister, Bertha Royster; one brother, Edward Sabb; two sisters-in-law; 15 additional grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Celebratory services for Mrs. Tindal will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, with the Rev. W.T. Johnson, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Dr. Leroy Green, Elder Willie Starks and Evangelist Betty Johnson assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the home of her granddaughter, Dianna (Joe) Green, 3194 St. Paul Road, Summerton. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

REBECCA J. BELLE Rebecca Junious Belle, 58, widow of Charles Jerome Belle, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at her residence in Summerton. Born on Feb. 2, 1958, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Alex “Sonny” and Alice Green Junious. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1199 Detwilder Road, Summerton. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

ELIZABETH A. RICHARDSON Elizabeth Anderson Richardson was born on April 10, 1938, in Lynchburg, a daugh-

ter of the late Marion and Louise Anderson. She entered peacefully into eternal rest on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at Palmetto Heath Tuomey. She was educated in the public schools of Lee County. She was a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School. At an early age, Elizabeth accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church (USA) in Mayesville. She later met and married the love of her life, James Richardson, on Feb. 7, 1958 and to this union two children were born. She was a lover of children and her motherhood responsibilities swiftly expanded including raising her grandson, Michael Richardson Jr. of Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina; and her nieces, Cynthia Anderson and Roberta Jones, both of Jersey City, New Jersey. She later moved to New Jersey, where she was employed by West New Your Laundry for several years. She then retired and relocated back to Sumter. She leaves to cherish her memories and regret her passing: her husband of 58 years, James Richardson; one son, Michael Richardson of Charlotte; four grandchildren, Michael Richardson Jr. of Fort Bragg, Darya Ann Harding and Shaquille Richardson of Rockingham, North Carolina, and Jordan Richardson of Charlotte; one great-grandchild, Mychail Tyler Richardson; five sisters, Geneva Scarborough of Bishopville, Everlena (Willie) Green of Mayesville, Mary (Henry) Robert of Florida, Rosa (Walter) Scott of Darlington and Patricia (Henry) Allen of Lamar; two brothers, Marion (Jacqueline) Anderson of Lamar and Odell Anderson of Bishopville; two brothers-in-law, Robert Lee (Margie) Richardson of Mayesville and Otis (Hennie) Richardson of Jersey City; two sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Nedd and Mary Lee Lawson, both of Mayesville; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Albert Richardson; three sisters, Annie Lee Anderson Glover, Maggie Mae Anderson Johnson and Margaret Anderson McDuffie; one brother, Leon Anderson; and a daughter-inlaw, Regina Richardson. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Richardson will be placed in the church at noon on Friday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held

at 1 p.m. on Friday at Trinity Presbyterian Church (USA), Mayesville, with Pastor Elder Othan Franklin officiating. Interment will follow in Mayesville Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 305 Sandy Run Drive, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

PHILLIP WADE YATES CHARLESTON — Phillip Wade Yates, 58, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at his home in Charleston. Born on April 20, 1957, in Sumter, he was a son of the late James Willard Yates Sr. and Nell Browder Yates. Phil was a graduate of Sumter High School and received his master’s degree from the College of Charleston. He was a research specialist with the Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina and was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Sumter. He was a loving brother and friend. Survivors include two sisters, Nancy Bradley (Robert) and Janice Griffin (Eddie), both of Sumter; nieces, Shea Minoughan of Sumter, Robin Bradley of Irmo and Natalie Barwick (Richie) of Sumter; nephew, Lee Bradley (Charlie) of Sumter; great-nephew, Gage Bradley of Montgomery, Alabama; great-nieces, Daphni Barwick and Cameron Minoughan, both of Sumter; and a very special great-niece, Madison Minoughan of Sumter. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Paul Howell officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Janice and Eddie Griffin, 875 Griffin St. Memorials may be made to First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2609 McCrays Mill Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

RODNEY G. HAYDEN Rodney Glenn Hayden, 55, husband of Pam Norton Hayden, died on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Nov. 11, 1960, in Hartsville, he was a son of

Neta Mae Brown Hayden and the late Garls Harley Hayden. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife and mother, both of Sumter; two sons, R.J. Hayden Jr. and David A. Hayden, both of Sumter; three brothers, Garls H. “Buck” Hayden Jr. (Barbara), M. Steve Hayden (Donna) and W. Phillip Hayden, all of Sumter; six sisters, Pamela D. Hayden of Sumter, D. Teresa Hayden of Virginia, Sharon Hayden of North Carolina, Joye Miller of Virginia, Marie Hodge (Greg) of Colorado and Rhonda Hodge (Ronnie) of Sumter; and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday at New Testament Lighthouse Church with the Rev. Mary Watford and the Rev. Mark Huggins officiating. The family will receive friends at the home. Memorials may be made to New Testament Lighthouse Church, 114 Boulevard Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

WILLIAM G. ATCHLEY William G. “Bill” Atchley, 67, husband of Sylvia Buckner Atchley, died on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on July 5, 1948, in Placerville, California, he was a son of the late William H. and Vera S. Murphy Atchley. He retired from the Department of Defense and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He attended Springbank Baptist Church. Bill was an avid golfer and member of Beech Creek Golf Club. He was a volunteer instructor for Mid-State Jr. Golf League. Survivors include his wife of 47 years; a daughter, Lisa Puccinelli (Joseph) of Dalzell; a granddaughter, Jessica Puccinelli; two sisters, Brenda Densberger (Roy) of Oregon and Jean Wawak (Jerry) of California; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Brink. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Springbank Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Miller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ross Sauerhafer, Bob Bartlett, John Marinko, Larry Hood, Gene Kelly and William Dickerson. Honorary pallbearers will be his weekend golf buddies from Beech Creek Golf Club.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Springbank Baptist Church and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Springbank Baptist Church, P.O. Box 159, Dalzell, SC 29040 or to Mid-State Jr. Golf League, c/o Roberta Martin, 20 Frances Kinlock Circle, Sumter, SC 29154. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

PEARL L. WELCH BROOKLYN, New York — Pearl L. Victoria Nelson Welch, 71, of 165 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, wife of Robert Lewis, died on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at New York Community Hospital, Brooklyn. She was born on April 9, 1944, in Gable, a daughter of the late David Sr. and Annie Rhodes Nelson. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

MILDRED SMITH Mildred Mary Shaw Smith, 96, beloved wife of the late Frank M. Smith, died on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at McElveen Manor. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

SUSAN CANTY On Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, Susan Annette McCray Canty, wife of Will Roger Canty, exchanged time for eternity at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born on April 14, 1959, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Robert Alexander Sr. and Lillian Virginia Lee Hicks. A service of remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at Cypress Fork AME Church, 5594 Brewington Road, Alcolu, with the Rev. Eddie Gatson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence of her husband, 4857 Wilson Road, Alcolu. Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel of Manning is in charge of services. Online condolences may be sent to www.flemingdelaine. com or flemingdelaine@aol. com.

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punch me? In the 20-plus years I have known Harriet, she has always been a bully. She strikes out at me because I stood up to her. Apprehensive in Louisiana DEAR APPREHENSIVE — Because this has gone on for 20 years, I’m inclined to agree with your suspicion that these “mishaps” haven’t been accidental. An effective way to prevent further injury would be to avoid being in the same town with Harriet. The next time your husband decides to visit her, take a detour and let him deal with his mother. She sounds like a handful. DEAR ABBY — I just think that as a child, I have too many responsibilities to take care of. My mother thinks I am stubborn and not able to take care of myself. What do you think?

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Help Wanted Part-Time Book keeper wanted approx. 15 hrs a week, experienced only. Apply in person at Polar Bear Cleaners 1087 B Alice Dr.

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend. Call 803-494-5500 Will buy furniture by piece or bulk, tools, trailers, lawn mowers, 4 wheelers, or almost anything of value. Call 803-983-5364

CONTRACTOR WANTED! LAKEWOOD & HWY 15 SOUTH

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Must have RELIABLE transportation and a phone in your home. 6 Days a week CALL LORI RABON at 774-1216 or come in to fill out an application. 20 N. Magnolia Street

I love you more than words can say. Love, Amy Double (20 words) - $17.50

Deadline:

February 8, 2016

To the best wife in the world! I love you! Love, Eric Single (10 words) - $12.50

Publish: February 14, 2016

Submitted By_______________________ Phone _______________ Address _______________________________________________ City_____________________ State________ Zip_______________ Message______________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope for your picture to be returned or picture will be thrown away.

Stop by our office Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm 20 N. Magnolia Street • Sumter,SC 29150 or call Mary at 803-774-1263

MAYO’S “FABULOUS FEBRUARY SALE”

WHERE $1.00 CAN BUY YOU A SUIT!

Choose ONE suit at our REGULAR PRICE Get SECOND suit of equal or less value for ONLY $1.00! Because it’s FABULOUS FEBRUARY

If your suits aren’t becoming to you, It’s a good time to be coming to Mayo’s!

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com