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Sumter, Beaufort propose alliance for development of our military assets, and in support of our bases, to look at sharing things like strateSumter County economic gies,” Schwedler said. developers are attempting While the Sumter econoto form an alliance with de- my is strongly impacted by velopers in Beaufort County Shaw Air Force Base, Beauin hopes the joint effort will fort County’s economy is bring more companies and greatly affected by the Mamore state funding to both rine Corps Air Station Beaucounties for their recruitfort, Marine Corps Recruit ment efforts.

Depot Parris Island and The proposed two-coun- Naval Hospital Beaufort. ty alliance, named the Sumter County Council Beaufort and Sumter EcoChairman Larry Blanding, nomic Alliance — or BASE who also chairs the coun— became public after cil’s fiscal committee, said Beaufort County Council he sees the alliance as a popassed a resolution of suptential benefit to Sumter. port for the idea on Tues“It’s beneficial to us, day. since it’s two military comA similar measure remunities coming together,” questing Blanding support for said. “The the effort is ‘This is an Department expected to of Comcome before opportunity for merce wants Sumter each of the County us to be mutually counties to Council at be in an alliits meeting supportive of one ance, so this next Tueswould be a day. The resanother, primarily benefit for olution does us as we not appear from the standpoint would be on the agensearching for da. However, of our military defense-rethe council’s lated indusFiscal, Tax assets, and in tries.” and Property AdditionCommittee, support of our al state which meets funding directly bebases ... ’ could also fore the full come to the council area with meeting, has the creation scheduled of the allian executive ance. For session for the current an “update 2012-13 fison two ecocal year, $5 nomic demillion was velopment Jay Schwedler, executive allocated in matters.” the South Jay director, Sumter County Carolina Schwedler, Department executive diDevelopment Board of Comrector of the merce’s Sumter budget to be County Deshared bevelopment Board, said the tween the state’s various proposal is in its infancy. economic development al“We’re exploring it right liances. now. There’s still a lot of Despite the fact the alliwork to be done,” Schwedler ance’s actual organization said. “We don’t even have has yet to be finalized, the guts of the organization some official steps have structured yet.” been taken toward the efThe effort to join forces fort. The nonprofit corporawith Beaufort came after tion was registered with the developers from both coun- South Carolina Secretary of ties — neither of which is State’s office on Jan. 22 by currently operating in a reKim Statler, executive direcgional alliance — noted the tor of the Lowcountry Ecosimilarities they have in renomic Alliance. Statler’s cruitment efforts. agency currently represents “This is an opportunity Beaufort County in its ecofor us to be mutually supnomic development efforts. portive of one another, primarily from the standpoint SEE DEVELOPMENT, PAGE A7

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Local celebrity Virginia Kolb, left, and Grace Dibble Boyle watch Wednesday’s episode of “Big Rich Atlanta,” the reality TV show starring Kolb and her daughters, on TVs at Sports and Wings.

Diners meet for viewing party

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Diners at the Sports and Wings bar and grill Wednesday night might have thought they spotted a local celebrity.

Virginia Kolb, the Sumter native who stars along with her two daughters in the Style series “Big Rich Atlanta,” joined friends for a viewing party at the Broad Street restaurant to watch

the latest episode of the reality show.

Kolb just happened to be in town for this week’s show, but those who grew up with the newest TV star have become loyal watchers of the show that follows the personal and business exploits of Kolb and her two jewelry designer daughters, Harvin and Meyer.

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Kolb, left, and friend Paula McCollough talk at a viewing party Wednesday night for Kolb’s reality TV series “Big Rich Atlanta.”

Friends of the Sumter native gather weekly to watch her and her daughters on the Style channel series.

Living with HIV/AIDS Residents discuss disease as part of awareness day

BY COREY DAVIS cdavis@theitem.com Bonetta Spratley, Wesley Durant and Patricia Wilder all have one thing in common.

All three are blacks living in Sumter County who are either HIV positive or have AIDS. They all say Thursday’s 13th annual National Black HIV/AIDS awareness day is a good way of urging people who are sexually active to get tested and find out about their status.

“I think it helps as far as continuously educating the

black community about the disease,” Spratley said. “In addition, if someone finds out they are (HIV) positive, then they can start to get the treatment they need.

You need to find out your status and protect your loved ones. People need to understand that living with HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence.”

Durant, 63, has been HIV positive since he was 41. Wilder, 50, learned she had AIDS at 29.

Durant said his three children and Wilder said

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Heart attack kills man after wreck RICHLAND COUNTY — A Summerton man died of a heart attack after wrecking his logging truck Wednesday morning in Richland County, according to the coroner’s office.

Louis F. Grabowski, 48, crashed his logging truck into a Honda subcompact car on McCords Ferry Road in Richland County about 11 a.m. Wednesday, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said.

Both Grabowski and the Honda’s driver were able to safely get out of the cars, which caught fire as a result of the wreck, but the 48-year-old had a heart attack and died at the scene.

The wreck occurred after Grabowski’s truck struck a barrier on the right side of the road, overcorrected and overturned into the left lane, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The Honda’s driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Police warn of potential loan fraud

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com The possibility of fraudulent claim forms for a federal anti-discrimination program circulating in Sumter has led police to warn potential fraudsters against trying to claim compensation they aren’t entitled to.

The Sumter Police Department is advising people not to fraudulently apply for farm loan discrimination compensation if they do not meet the required eligibility, the department said in a statement released Thursday.

Local police were alerted to the situation after officers received complaints that a local business has been assisting in distributing claim packets to individuals who possibly do not qualify and are attempting to defraud the government.

“We are looking into these allegations and forwarding this information to the appropriate federal authorities,” said Police Chief Russell Roark.

Anyone attempting to file a fraudulent claim or who abets in a fraudulent claim is subject to federal prosecution, police said. Sumter police have contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which monitors the claim process, about the allegations and will provide assistance in any investigation.

“We take any allegation of fraud and abuse very seriously and will support efforts by relevant law enforcement agencies to review this situation,” said a USDA spokesperson.

The U.S. government is establishing a claims process of up to $1.33 billion for historic discrimination by the USDA against women and Hispanic farmers in making or servicing farm loans between 1981 and 2000. The Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers claims process will be overseen by an independent, neutral third-party administrator, who will make all determinations on whether claimants have met their burden of proof to receive an award.

While Sumter police don’t want to stop anyone from filing a legitimate claim for compensation, a department spokesman said law enforcement looked into the issue after receiving questions about the documents being circulated.

“If you’re going to help fill out these documents, you need to make sure they’re being filled out truthfully,” said Deputy Police Chief Alvin Holston. “The federal government will take this very seriously if they feel you’ve helped someone fill out a fraudulent claim.”

Potentially fraudulent claims will be referred by federal authorities to the USDA Inspector General, the Justice Department, FBI or the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Justice Department or the local U.S. attorney can also take their own initiative and investigate claims against the U.S. government that appear fraudulent or refer them to law enforcement.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 7741272.

CITYWIDE DAY OF PRAYER

LWV to host program on voter ID laws The League of Women Voters of Sumter will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Central Carolina Technical College Health Sciences Center, 133 S. Main St., Sumter.

Election Commission Director Patricia Jefferson will present a program on the new voter identification laws that will go into effect this year. She will provide information on what citizens will need in order to vote and how they can get the new voter ID cards.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

ABOVE: Believers take part in Saturday’s day of prayer service at the Beacon Theatre. The revival-style event called for a sense of thankfulness and turning toward God in response to violence. The event was held in a movie theater so different church groups from across the Sumter area could attend.

RIGHT: Speakers fired up a crowd during Shubach Deliverance World Ministries’ citywide day of prayer. The event was organized to seek divine help in the wake of recent violence, including December’s school shooting in Connecticut.

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Girl Scouts recognize community contributions of Lee woman

BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item A Lee County resident is one of seven women in the Pee Dee honored by the Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina.

Kay Farmer is the recipient of the Mary Dean Brewer Woman of Distinction Award, given to women in the Pee Dee who are making a difference in their local communities. Farmer has demonstrated significant achievement in her professional career as an administrator at South Atlantic Canners and as a participant in numerous community projects which have benefited education, the environment and the community.

Farmer said it was a huge honor for her to be recognized by Girl Scouts.

“What an honor,” Farmer said. “I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout in Bishopville.

Some of my best childhood

memories involve Girl Scouts.

It was a wonderful time in my life. This award came out of nowhere. It is such an honor to be recognized by an organization that I respect so much.”

Lee County’s Doris Winstead, who has been a Girl Scout leader for 30 years and is a 2010 recipient of the FARMER Brewer Woman of Distinction Award, said Farmer is “much deserving.”

“Kay Farmer is the kind of person who would do anything in the world for you and then some,” Winstead said.

“She has always been there to help us with Girl Scouts. She has just been a blessing.”

Farmer is always quick to credit her former employer — South Atlantic Canners — any time she is recognized for community service.

“I worked for a company

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that was always involved in reaching out and supporting community programs,” she said. “I would not have been as involved if it were not for South Atlantic Canners.”

Farmer, now retired, spent 27 years as an administrator with the Coca-Cola plant in Bishopville, where she represented the company on the Lee County Chamber of Commerce and the Lee County Pride Task Force, a group dedicated to picking up litter and making the community more attractive. She served as president of the Lee County Chamber of Commerce and served as chairwoman of the anti-littering task force for several years.

A graduate of Robert E. Lee Academy, Farmer served on the school’s board of directors and as president of the athletic booster club. She was a recipient of the Lee Academy Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

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Farmer also was an active supporter of public education, served as a volunteer for Lee Communities in Schools and was involved with South Atlantic Canners in implementing several programs to reward student behavior and attendance.

She was also a volunteer with the Lee County Soil and Water Conservation and the American Red Cross. She served as the chairwoman of the Lee County Red Cross Fundraising Campaign in 2011 and 2012, helping to raise more than $10,000 annually for Red Cross.

She also served on the Lee County Economic Alliance.

She has also been active in her support of Pearl Fryar Topiary Gardens and was instrumental in community efforts to add restroom facilities to the gardens in 2011.

Farmer was named the Lee County Benevolent Citizen of the Year in 2011 for her com-

munity outreach efforts.

She is married to Warren Farmer, and they have two daughters and two grandchildren. They are members of Cedar Creek Baptist Church.

Other women receiving the honor are Patricia W. Chapman of Florence, Sue Leon of Myrtle Beach, Margaret C. “Peggy” Kamp of Surfside Beach, Ruth A. Metzger of Charleston and Janice Rozier of Bennettsville. The late Vera Graham of Florence was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Girl Scouts award program recognizes women living and working in the eastern South Carolina area who have demonstrated qualities of outstanding leadership and excellence in their personal and professional endeavors.

Previous Brewer Award Winners include Winstead, Dot Smith and Ruby GibbsWilliams — all of Lee County.

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Jhmal Cole, right, a senior early education major at Morris College, talks to students during the college’s Middle School Visitation Day on Wednesday.

Middle school students visit Morris College

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Some middle school students got a glimpse of college life Wednesday. “I enjoy informing the public,� said Jhmal Cole, a Morris College ambassador. “I also want all kids to know that college is what you make it. I’ve been the class president all four years. I’ve worked with student leadership. I’ve done a lot of service for the community. What better way to change the world than to start with children?�

As part of the Middle School Visitation Day Early Start Awareness Program, sixth- through eighth-graders from Sumter, Clarendon and Lee county schools toured the college. Cole, a senior early education major who has served as an ambassador the last four years, was the college student showing Furman Middle School students around the

various buildings, talking about major areas of study and even giving them guidance on financial aid. “I like it,� said Kevin Miller, lab instructor and head football and basketball coach at the Sumter middle school. “It gives kids exposure and early awareness.�

Roosevelt Nelson,

Cole, left, tells Furman students about the Wilson-Booker science and math building before walking them through it.

Cole has served as an ambassador the last four years.

Furman’s career counselor, selected the 40 students from the girls and boys basketball team and ProTeam. “It’s a diverse group of honor students and athletes,� he said. “In college you have valedictorians to average students.�

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Horse expo offers activities for children, adults Saturday

BY STAFF REPORTS The S.C. Horsemen’s Council Expo promises horse activities for backyard riders to professionals to children.

Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at S.C. Equine Park in Camden, the Expo has four presentations scheduled in the main arena with a host of other demonstrations besides. A horse health pavilion, children’s activities, a tag sale, silent auction and top vendors are also featured.

A jousting team, The Knights of the Guild-East, will bring to life the pageantry and skills of long-ago knights on horseback. A “body awareness� demonstration by wellknown three-day event rider Lellie Ward is sure to open the eyes of many skilled riders to a new method of communication with horses.

Preparing for endurance riding — one of the fastest-growing equine sports in the country — will be showcased, as well as a demonstration of therapeutic riding for the handicapped. A special chil-

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dren’s area will feature a carousel horse for children to ride, plus games and fun activities.

A Marsh Tacky filly — an endangered breed of horse native to S.C. — which is being auctioned in a special fundraiser will be on site.

Saddle fitters, massage therapists, nutritionists, farriers and vets will be sharing their knowledge at the health pavilion. A variety of breeds will demonstrate their specialties under saddle and in harness.

Gates open at 10 a.m. with concessions available all day. A general membership meeting and election of officers will be held at 4 p.m. The horse council is celebrating its 20th year with presentations and recognition of special guests.

Admission is $10 with special rates for S.C. Horse Council members, and memberships are available on site. For more information about the expo, call expo chairman Trisha Dingle at (803) 428-5656.

The S.C. Equine Park is located at Exit 101 off I-20 between Columbia and Florence.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Tanner Alan Rodonis, 17, of 175 Cotton Tail Lane, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree burglary and pointing and presenting a firearm.

About 6:12 p.m., Rodonis allegedly went to a home in the 2800 block of Stratford Drive and, after arguing with the resident in the doorway, reportedly broke down the front door and entered the home.

The victim then left the home in his truck, and Rodonis reportedly followed him in his truck.

While stopped at the intersection of Pitts Road and Wedgefield Road, Rodonis allegedly pointed a shotgun at the driver and attempted to break his window with the butt of the gun. The two vehicles then continued to a home in the 3100 block of South Wise Drive, where Rodonis allegedly pointed the shotgun at the other man’s father as well before going inside a nearby home. Law enforcement responded to the scene and took Rodonis into custody, transporting him to the SumterLee Regional Detention Center.

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Call Obama’s sequester bluff WASHINGTON — For the first time since Election Day, President Obama is on the defensive. That’s because on March 1, automatic spending cuts (“sequestration”) go into effect — $1.2 trillion over 10 years, half from domestic (discretionary) programs, half from defense.

The idea had been proposed and promoted by the White House during the July 2011 debt-ceiling negotiations. The political calculation was that such draconian defense cuts would drive the GOP to offer concessions.

It backfired. The Republicans have offered no concessions.

Obama’s bluff is being called and he’s the Charles desperate KRAUTHAMMER party. He abhors the domestic cuts. And as commander in chief he must worry about indiscriminate Pentagon cuts that his own defense secretary calls catastrophic.

So Tuesday, Obama urgently called on Congress to head off the sequester with a short-term fix. But instead of offering an alternative $1.2 trillion in cuts, Obama demanded a “balanced approach,” coupling any cuts with new tax increases.

What should the Republicans do? Nothing.

Republicans should explain — message No. 1 — that in the fiscal-cliff deal the president already got major tax hikes with no corresponding spending cuts.

Now it is time for a nation $16 trillion in debt to cut spending. That’s balance.

The Republicans finally have leverage. They should use it. Obama capitalized on the automaticity of the expiring Bush tax cuts to get what he wanted at the fiscal cliff — higher tax rates. Republicans now have automaticity on their side.

If they do nothing, the $1.2 trillion in cuts go into effect. This is the one time Republicans can get cuts under an administration that has no intent of cutting anything. Get them while you can.

Of course, the sequester is terrible policy. The domestic cuts will be crude and the Pentagon cuts damaging. This is why the Republican House has twice passed bills offering more rationally allocated cuts.

(They curb, for example, entitlement spending as well.)

Naturally, the Democratic Senate, which hasn’t passed a budget since before the iPad, has done nothing. Nor has the president — until his Tuesday plea.

The GOP should reject it out of hand and plainly explain (message No. 2): We

are quite prepared to cut elsewhere. But we already raised taxes last month. If the president wants to avoid the sequester -- as we do — he must offer a substitute set of cuts.

Otherwise, Mr. President, there is nothing to discuss.

Your sequester — Republicans need to reiterate that the sequester was the president’s idea in the first place — will go ahead.

Obama is trying to sell his “balanced” approach with a linguistic sleight-of-hand.

He insists on calling his proposed tax hikes — through eliminating deductions and exemptions — “tax reform.”

It’s not. Tax reform, as defined even by the White House’s own webpage on the subject, begins with lowering tax rates. It then makes up the lost revenue by closing loopholes.

Real tax reform is revenue neutral. It’s a way to clean the tax code by eliminating unfair, inefficient and market-distorting loopholes on the one hand while lowering rates to stimulate economic growth on the other.

Obama has zero interest in lowering tax rates. He just got through raising them at the fiscal cliff and has made perfectly clear ever since that he fully intends to keep raising taxes. His only interest in eliminating loopholes is to raise more cash for the Treasury — not to use them to lower rates.

That’s not tax reform.

That’s a naked, old-fashioned tax increase.

Hence Republican message No. 3: The sequester is one thing, real tax reform quite another. The sequester is for cutting. The only question is whether it will be done automatically and indiscriminately — or whether the president will offer an alternative set of cuts.

Then we can take up real tax reform. Reprise the landmark Reagan-Tip O’Neill-Bill Bradley tax reform of 1986, a revenue-neutral spur to economic growth and efficiency, and to fairness for those not powerful enough to manipulate the tax code.

The country needs tax reform. But first it needs to rein in out-of-control spending. To succeed in doing that, Republicans must remain united under one demand: cuts with no taxes — or we will let the sequester go into effect.

The morning after, they should sit down with Obama for negotiations on real tax reform as recommended by the president’s own Simpson-Bowles commission: broaden the base, lower the rates.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com.

A recent editorial from a South Carolina newspaper: FEB. 2

The Greenville News on state government restructuring: South Carolina’s state government needs to move into the 21st century, but to do that it first must move into the 20th century. That means our state must adopt the sleeker, more accountable form of government that was the model in every other state during the last century.

It is time the state Legislature get its act together, stop playing political games and pass a restructuring bill that overhauls our state’s antiquated system of government. In particular though, the state Senate must stop delaying this restructuring bill, and if the entire body cannot get on board, reform-minded senators must work together — regardless of their political party — to stop the neverending delaying tactics of

powerful senators who simply do not want reform to happen.

A restructuring bill once again is moving through the state Senate. As with previous ones it will abolish that dinosaur-like creature known as the state Budget and Control Board and replace it with something more practical and reasonable known as the Department of Administration.

This should have been done last year, or the year before, or the year before that. It absolutely should be done this year.

The Budget and Control Board is an innocent-sounding name for a device that squeezes executive power from the duly elected governor of South Carolina. Most governors have executive powers in other states that allow them to do what a chief executive should, and that includes overseeing administrative functions. ...

The bill now in the state Senate would fix this mess.

Whether it makes it out is the

Taxpayers need answers from school district I think the time has come for the board of trustees of Sumter School District to answer some questions for the taxpayers of Sumter County.

In mid-year, Sumter High School has lost four certified teachers —one in special education, one in the area of English, and two in the area of social studies. Are you concerned? How much is the district paying Reggie Kennedy, the new football coach, for his 90 days of service this semester? Are we paying him half of what he will make next year or approximately $44,500? Or is he making what a first-year teacher or second-year teacher would make because in Sumter School District, remember the pay scale is a year behind, which would mean $30,999 for 190 days of work? What are his responsibilities at the current time? Is he helping in the classes that are missing teachers? It seems like classrooms would be a great place to find “recruits.” Just some questions to ponder, as we all

Students’ science fair work exceptional It was refreshing to read the article about Furman Middle School participating in the “Annual science fair recognizing students’ achievements.”

Our parents, students, teachers, principals, superintendent and the entire staff should be applauded for their achievements. The students of Furman Middle School worked very hard to complete their projects and present them at the fair.

Not only did Furman participate at the annual projects and science fair but they had some winners. The overall winner this year was a sixth-

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grade student by the name of Jonathan “Paul” Jones. He wanted to see if the temperature of the water had any effect on the length of time it takes Alka Seltzer to dissolve.

Emily McDonald placed first of the seventh grade. She examined whether listening to music can affect blood pressure. It has been proven that we have some brilliant minds in our public schools. They have the potential of becoming our future scientists.

Congratulations to our students and staff for their outstanding accomplishment. Let us support our schools and help make them a safe and happy environment for our children’s growth and development.

We must encourage our students to continue to work hard, stay in school and don’t give up until they reach their goal. Let’s give a shout out to the principal of Furman Middle School, Marie NewtonTa’Bon and the science department chair, Karen Laverdiere for a job well done.

EARTHA ENGLISH Sumter

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chief concern. Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, chairs the Finance Committee and he is not recognized as a fan of this restructuring.

Recently he prevailed in getting a good bill that had already passed the Senate Judiciary Committee sent to his Senate Finance Committee. ...

A restructuring bill almost passed last year. Weak state senators allowed the governor’s nemesis, Jake Knotts, to block the final vote by running out the clock as the last minutes evaporated for the legislative session. Those senators refused to use their power to make Knotts shut up and sit down. He was the only incumbent senator defeated in the 2012 general election.

Our state deserves more responsible government. Taxpayers deserve to know who is in charge so they can hold that person accountable. Voters must make sure their senator and representative help get this bill through this year.

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pay our tax bills. Also, remind the board of trustees that the principal, two assistant principals and the new football coach at Sumter High School are not paying taxes in Sumter County because they do not live here, but that we the citizens of Sumter County are paying.

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Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Today — Joy Night service at 7 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 16 — Sunday school ministry’s music and talent service at 6 p.m. featuring soloist Clara Pringle, the male choir, pianist Loutelia Parham and others.

Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Sunday — Black history program at 2 p.m. The Rev. Jerome McCray will speak.

Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday — Gospel singing at 6 p.m. featuring Believers Quartet and Centurions. Love offering will be collected.

Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday morning service time has changed. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by worship service at 11:30 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Youth Sunday service honoring black history. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship. African-American history program and tea at 4 p.m. Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter, will speak.

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Today — Prayer and deliverance worship service at 7 p.m. * Wednesday, Feb. 13 — Midday Lent worship service noon-1 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 16 — Community health fair and clothes giveaway 8-10 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Black history program at 3:30 p.m.

Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church, 705 Oswego Road, announces: * Sunday — Black history

worship service at 3 p.m. * Saturday, Feb. 23 — Gospel choir concert at 3 p.m.

Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Sunday school teacher recognition day.

Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Family and friends day celebration. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 17 — YWA anniversary during 10:15 a.m. service. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Black history observance day and male chorus anniversary during 10:15 a.m. worship.

Howard Chapel AME Church, 6338 Old Manning Road, New Zion, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Sons of Allen annual day at 3:30 p.m.

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Feb. 13-March 31 — Lent observance with 40 days of prayer and fasting as follows: 6 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tuesdays, fasting; and 7-7:30 a.m. Sundays, corporate prayer. Visit www.jehovahbaptist.org for specific instructions. * Saturday, Feb. 16 — Pastor’s support workshop at 9 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Soul Stirrers concert at 4 p.m. at M.H. Newton Family Life Center. Call (803) 7754032 for ticket information.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Junior Brotherhood anniversary celebration during

morning service. * Sunday, Feb. 17 — 18th pastoral anniversary celebration of Pastor Eugene G. Dennis. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Saturday, Feb. 23 — Youth choir anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Black history program during morning worship.

Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Cafe 10 a.m.-noon.

Regenia Owens will speak.

First Glimpse will provide music and guest vocalist will be Lisa Blair. Drama presentation by Shelica Daniels. Continental breakfast included.

Knitting Hearts is a community-wide interdenominational women’s ministry and all ladies are invited.

Lake Marion Christian Church, 1326 Morello Road, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 16 — Sweetheart banquet at 6 p.m. Cost: $25 per couple due by Feb. 10. Includes dinner with your choice of prime rib or chicken cordon bleu and fixings.

Call (803) 472-0049.

Macedonia Fire Baptized Holiness Church, 9788 Silver Road, Silver community, Manning, announces: * Saturday — Joy night service at 7 p.m. featuring Antioch Praise Team of Jordan, Elder Johnny Robinson and the House of Praise of Conway and others.

Ministry of Reconciliation announces: * Friday, Feb. 15 — Healing Miracles Conference at 7 p.m. at Econo Lodge of Sumter, 226 N. Washington St. Bishop Samuel J. Hughes will speak. Conference will continue every third Friday.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 history service during 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services.

Dr. Maggie Glover will speak.

* Friday, Feb. 15 — Gospel singing at 7 p.m. at Freedom Worship Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1490 Florence Highway. On the program: Danny O’Neal, the Singing Sheppards, Todd Sims and others.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Black history worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Sam McMahand III, associate minister of Beaverdam Baptist Church, Enoree, and a pastoral ministry student at Morris College, will speak. Sumter Baptist M&E Association usher’s ministry annual ways and means worship at 4 p.m.

Pastor James Hudley, of Green Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Alcolu, will speak. * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Trustee ministry anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Saturday, Feb. 23 — Health fair 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Golden Age fellowship ministry anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m.

Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church, 601 Pitts Road, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Pastor’s Aide fellowship tea at 5 p.m. at the M.H. Newton Family Life Center, Manning Avenue.

St. Mark United Methodist Church, 129 N. Main St., Mayesville, announces: * Saturday — 100 women in red and white program at 2 p.m. The Rev. Brendt Thomas will speak.

Wayman Chapel AME Church, 160 N. Kings Highway, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Opening of the Seven Seals at 4 p.m.

St. Paul United Methodist Church, 16 Clarence McFadden Road, Elliott, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 17 — “March on Elliott� at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate black history.

Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Wise Drive, announces: * Saturday — Benefit gospel singing for Debbie Saunders at 7 p.m. featuring Higher Calling, Cedar Creek Quartet and Heavenly Tones. Free will offering will be received.

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Deacon’s ministry special appreciation service at 4 p.m. for Deacons Leon Benbow, B.O. Butler, John Canty, John Carter, Preston Johnson and Simen Pearson and their wives.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday, Feb. 16 — Clothes giveaway 8 a.m.noon. * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Missionary Circle No. 2 annual black history program at 11 a.m. * Saturday, Feb. 23 — Senior citizens ball at 4 p.m.

World End Time Harvest Ministries, 10 N. Lafayette St., Mayesville, announces: * Friday-Sunday, Feb. 15-17 — Well Springs & Living Waters Prophetic Prayer Conference as follows: 7 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday; and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

Speakers vary.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 24 — Black

Pine Grove Baptist Church, 433 Old Manning Road, announces: * Wednesday, Feb. 13 — Food bank hours 4:30-7 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 17 — Revival Sunday at 10:50 a.m. * Wednesday, Feb. 27 — Food bank hours 4:30-7 p.m.

Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — The Spiritual Caravans will celebrate the musical memories of Mom and Pop Caravan at 5 p.m.

On the program: Sumter Violinaires, the Helen Geter Singers, Majestic Gospel Singers and more.

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Eating Southern diet may raise stroke risk

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks such as sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.

It’s the first big look at diet and strokes, and researchers say it might help explain why blacks in the Southeast — the nation’s “stroke belt� — suffer more of them.

Blacks were five times more likely than whites to have the Southern dietary pattern linked with the highest stroke risk.

And blacks and whites who live in the South were more likely to eat this way than people in other parts of the country were. Diet might explain as much as twothirds of the excess

stroke risk seen in blacks versus whites, researchers concluded. “We’re talking about fried foods, french fries, hamburgers, processed meats, hot dogs,� bacon, ham, liver, gizzards and sugary drinks, said the study’s leader, Suzanne Judd of the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

People who ate about six meals a week featuring these sorts of foods had a 41 percent higher stroke risk than people who ate that way about once a month, researchers found.

In contrast, people whose diets were high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish had a 29 percent lower stroke risk. “It’s a very big difference,� Judd said. “The message for people in the middle is there’s a graded risk� — the likelihood of suffering a

DEVELOPMENT from Page A1 “Beaufort and Sumter have always had a relationship because of our military bases and our relationships over time, whether they be BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) related or F-35 related. So a positive relationship has always been there. We just know we have the opportunity to take that to a different place from an economic development perspective,� Statler said, who added discussions

about BASE have only been under way for a few months.

Schwedler stressed the creation of BASE would not replace his current office’s efforts. “The two organizations are not dismantling or joining. We’re just partnering up to create a third entity,�

Schwedler said. The staffing and funding requirements for BASE have yet to be finalized, but Schwedler said he

stroke rises in proportion to each Southern meal in a week.

Results were reported Thursday at an American Stroke Association conference in Honolulu.

The federally funded study was launched in 2002 to explore regional variations in stroke risks and reasons for them.

More than 20,000 people 45 or older — half of them black — from all 48 mainland states filled out food surveys and were sorted into one of five diet styles: • Southern: Fried foods, processed meats (lunchmeat, jerky), red meat, eggs, sweet drinks and whole milk. • Convenience: Mexican and Chinese food, pizza, pasta. • Plant-based: Fruits, vegetables, juice, cereal, fish, poultry, yogurt, nuts and whole-grain bread. • Sweets: Added fats,

expects economic recruitment efforts for Sumter County to remain within his current office. Schwedler also said there are no plans to expand the alliance to include other counties.

Statler agreed, saying the relationship the two counties have is a very unique one. “The strengths that we have in the military and how we market that is very unified,� Statler said. “We will continue

breads, chocolate, desserts, sweet breakfast foods. • Alcohol: Beer, wine, liquor, green leafy vegetables, salad dressings, nuts and seeds, coffee. “They’re not mutually exclusiveâ€? — for example, hamburgers fall into both convenience and Southern diets, Judd said. Each person got a score for each diet, depending on how many meals leaned that way.

Over more than five years of follow-up, nearly 500 strokes occurred.

Researchers saw clear patterns with the Southern and plant-based diets; the other three didn’t seem to affect stroke risk.

There were 138 strokes among the 4,977 who ate the most Southern food, compared to 109 strokes among the 5,156 people eating the least of it.

to work our own prospect activity but won’t be in each other’s sand box.�

If created, this will not be the first time Sumter County has been involved in a regional alliance. Both Sumter County and the city of Sumter were once members of the Central SC Alliance, based out of Columbia, from 2003 until 2010.

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KOLB from Page A1 “We get together every week to watch it,� said friend Paula McCollough, one of a group of viewers who gathered to watch the Style channel series, although not all of them wanted to be identified in The Item.

Sitting at the head of a table in a corner of the restaurant with TVs at dueling angles set to the correct channel, Kolb said she’s heard plenty of comments since the show premiered, not all of them positive. But she said some of the show’s critics take the family’s on-screen exploits too seriously and don’t understand how a modern reality show works. “Nobody ever said ‘Big Rich Atlanta’ was going to be ‘Downton Abbey,’� she said with a laugh. “It’s a docudrama. It’s not just somebody following us around with a camera.

There are a lot of producers on the set who have little pieces coming out of their ears like Secret Service agents ... they might pull you aside and say there’s something they want you to say in a scene, but you never know what’s coming.�

Kolb wore a necklace designed for her daughters’ jewelry line, called She Blames Me. She said the message behind the jewelry line isn’t meant to be negative. Her daughters hope to spread a positive message. “It’s not about pointing fingers,� Kolb said. “We’ve all felt like somebody’s put us down or we’re having a hard time. It’s about how you handle that, and that can build someone’s self-confidence.�

Cathy Rabon, owner of Sports and Wings, said she was happy to host Wednesday’s viewing party. The restaurant even offers a drink in Kolb’s honor, the Virginiatini, served with a mix of vodka and orange juice. “I don’t know Virginia personally, but I did grow up with a lot of them,� she said of the women watching the corner TV. “I’m glad to have them here anytime.�

Anyone who missed this week’s local appearance still has a chance to catch up with the cast of characters on the show. “Big Rich Atlanta� airs at 8 p.m. Wednesdays on the Style network, channel 357 on Time Warner Cable and on channel 235 on DirecTV. Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 7741272.

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AWARE from Page A1 her four children have all been found to be negative for the disease. Wilder said she is blessed to see her children grow up after thinking she was going to die shortly after finding out her status 21 years ago in New Jersey.

“There were so many people that were preparing my funeral that I’ve outlived,” Wilder said. “My strong faith in God is what has allowed me to be here today. I also have a couple of grandchildren, and I’m so happy that I’ve been able to see them continue to grow up.”

Spratley works as the medical case manager at Sandhills Medical Foundation specializing in HIV/AIDS counseling. Spratley found out she was HIV-positive in 1990.

Spratley said both her ex-husband and current husband have tested negative.

Durant, Wilder and Spratley all agree going to their doctors’ appointments every three months, getting their lab work done and taking their medication regularly has allowed them to keep on living in spite of the disease.

Spratley said the advances in modern medicine have made life better for people with HIV/AIDS. “I remembered during my earlier days of having to take 32 pills a day, and I now take only three pills daily,” Spratley said. “It has been reported that people taking HIV/ AIDS medication consistently are 96 percent less infectious. People with the disease can have long, loving relationships.”

The South Carolina Department of Health and Control says while blacks represent 28 percent of South Carolina’s population, they account for more than three-quarters of the state’s recently diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases.

Kevin Johnson, chief executive officer of the Santee Wateree AIDS Task Force, said some of the primary reasons blacks are associated with increased risk of HIV/AIDS infections are lower education, lower socio-economic status, stigma, discrimination, limited access to health care and housing and the lack of resources to educate the community about the disease.

Durant said another problem in the black community is the stigma of HIV/AIDS as a gay disease. He expressed how many are reluctant to find out the truth for fear of exile and not receiving support from family

and close friends.

A couple Morris College students who went around the Sumter area to inform and promote National Black AIDS Awareness Day said they were rejected by several young black men about coming to get tested.

“So many people are scared to find out that they’re positive and may have been living with it for a while,” Durant said. “They feel like their families are going to turn their backs on them, and I know stories of that happening to people.

But you need to know your right status so you can get help for yourself.”

Johnson said the highest demographics in the black community involve men having sex with other men. He said the highest cases are among black men between 20 and 29 years old.

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, blacks make up 88 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw counties. In addition, 79 percent of blacks in the four counties living with HIV/AIDS are men having sex with men.

Of the newly reported cases of men having sex with men from 2009-11, 82 percent were black.

“One of the biggest issues are guys going to jail, having sex with other men, but coming out and having unprotected sex with their wives, woman or significant other,” Durant said. “This is something that has been going on for too long.

You need to find out your status and protect that person that you say that you care about.”

With children exposed to sexually oriented messages daily, both Wilder and Durant said it is so important for parents to educate their children or allow them to learn the right information about sex, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

“There are a lot of young kids now curious about sex,” Durant said. “They need to have the proper information to make the right choices. I think with them knowing the right information at a young age, it will help in regards to peer pressure. They will be better equipped to handle that pressure because they have the right knowledge.”

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first. Loved ones will need ARIES (March 21-April 19): the last word in astrology your help, but in the end Take note of and greater what you gain from the interest in what everyone eugenia LAST experience will be else is doing. You will worthwhile. A lifestyle learn from what you see, change looks appealing. giving you the edge when it comes to your own projects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your actions may be misconstrued. Explain what you’re trying to do TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can make and you’ll get more support. Make unusual everyone take notice with your actions. Find a alterations to your home and you’ll establish a way to improve a situation or a project and position among friends and family that carries you will be given more responsibility. more clout.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Temptation is the SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Choose your enemy. You may feel the need to make words wisely and avoid letting someone changes, but you are best to sit tight until your disrupt your plans. Stick close to home and to thinking is clear. your lover. Overindulgence must be avoided.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Travel and getting CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotions will together with interesting people should be cloud your view. Step back and collect your your focus. A closer look at your financial thoughts. Use the outcome of similar situation will lead to an idea that can help turn situations you’ve faced and you will find a way a loss into a gain. to get past anyone acting erratic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll thrive on adventure AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Limitations are and excitement. Making changes that will lead apparent if you haven’t stuck to the rules and to professional opportunity should be your regulations. Consider the changes you can intent. A geographical change will improve make to improve your life and relationships your prospects. with the people you love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Reassess your PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Too much of relationships and you’ll come up with anything will lead to trouble. Keep a low interesting thoughts and decisions as to how profile and focus on making headway you should move forward. Distance yourself financially. Secure your position by networking from those who offer nothing in return. with people able to contribute to your plans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put home and family

PICK 3 THURSDAY: 4-1-6 AND 3-5-6 PICK 4 THURSDAY: 9-1-0-9 AND 0-4-3-6 PALMETTO CASH 5 THURSDAY: 13-16-26-36-38 POWERUP: 2 MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY: 2-5-10-26-44 MEGABALL: 46 MEGAPLIER: 4

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spca pet of the week Crosby, a 4-year-old male boxer, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is playful, protective, active and lazy. Crosby can sit and do a “high five” on command. He is neutered and housebroken. Crosby likes some other dogs but would do best in a home without children. The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 7739292, and is open 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

Enjoy an evening of dancing and music at the SPCA Valentine’s Dance.

Shag the night away with music provided by The Footnotes 7-11 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive (next to the SPCA). Cost is $20 per person (must be 21 or older). Call (803) 773-9292. All proceeds benefit the Sumter SPCA.

SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

THE ITEM To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

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Lattimore’s goal is to play this fall

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Marcus Lattimore is confident he’ll be ready to play NFL football this fall.

The former South Carolina star tailback has spent the past two months in Pensacola, Fla., rehabbing his right knee which he shredded THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Oct. 27 against TenSouth Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore (21) said nessee. Lattimore sushis goal is to play in the NFL this fall despite suffering a tained a dislocation and gruesome knee injury this past season. tore several ligaments in

WHEN: April 25-27 WHERE: New York City TV: ESPN

the gruesome injury.

Yet, with each weight he lifts and every time he jogs in the pool, Lattimore knows he’s getting closer to returning to the football field.

Lattimore had surgery in November. He declared for the NFL draft in December instead of rehabilitating and possibly playing one final season for the Gamecocks. At the time, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said it might take more than a year to recover and return to the field. Lattimore has plunged himself into speeding up that timetable.

He said well-known sports surgeon James

Andrews, part of the team who performed the operation, has told him several times he’s going to shock the world with his complete comeback.

“That’s my goal as long as I stay strong and keep progressing,” Lattimore told The Associated Press by phone.

He’s worked at the rehab center at the Andrews Institute for Orthopedics & Sports SEE LATTIMORE, PAGE B3

Furman sweeps title games Girls hold on to beat Chestnut Oaks 30-24

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com No matter who won Thursday’s Sumter Middle School Conference tournament championship game it was going to be a special moment for either coach.

Championship teams Furman and Chestnut Oaks were led by firstyear coaches; the Lady Falcons, the regular-season champions by conference coach of the year and Chestnut Oaks alum Lillian McGill, and Furman by Erica Jefferson.

Chestnut Oaks fell behind 5-0 early and never recovered as the Lady Indians took home the tournament title with a 30-24 victory at the Alice Drive gymnasium.

“I’m a first-year coach so that means the world to me,” Jefferson said of the victory. “This group of girls works hard, is dedicated and they didn’t give up – that was the big thing.”

The Lady Indians never trailed, but things got close in the fourth quarter after Furman saw its 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, 21-11, shrink thanks to an 8-0 run by Chestnut Oaks.

That’s as close as the Lady Falcons would get as Furman’s Kamryn Lemon closed with seven of her game-high 17 points to stave off the rally.

Lemon was the only scorer in double figures for either team. Kianna SEE GIRLS, PAGE B3

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Furman’s Latheron Rogers-Anderson (22) puts up a layup as Chestnut Oaks’ Antwan McKnight looks on during the Indians’ 64-23 rout in Thursday’s Sumter Middle School Conference tournament championship game at the Alice Drive gymnasium. Anderson scored seven points.

Boys roll past Falcons 64-23

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Furman Middle School’s boys basketball team came into Thursday’s Sumter Middle School Conference tournament championship game with a bit of a chip on its shoulder.

The Indians had won the regular-season titles the last two years and were led by conference coach of the year Kevin Miller, so when Chestnut Oaks took a 10-6 lead after the first quarter how did they respond?

“I think what changed was I told them to believe in our sys-

tem, just run what you’ve been taught since November and settle down,” Miller said in what turned out to be his team’s 64-23 rout at the Alice Drive Middle School gymnasium. “Middle school kids are full of emotion, they get caught up in it and once they settled down and started doing what we do, everything came easy.”

The Indians found their composure, ran their system and ended up with a blowout win. Leading just 26-13 at halftime, Furman outscored the Falcons 36-10 in the remaining two quarters.

Furman’s Jalen White scored eight of his game-high 16 points in the third while teammate Devonte Pack added 13 of his 15 points in the second half.

Malik Wilson added eight and Latheron Rogers-Anderson and Wayne Ragin each contributed seven for the Indians in the win. Nine Indians managed to get their name in the scorebook.

Ty’Lik Fordham scored six of his team-high eight points in the third quarter, accounting for all of Chestnut Oaks points SEE BOYS, PAGE B3

Wright signs with Newberry

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Not every high school football player has his dream of playing at the next level come to fruition. While Steven Wright has seen that dream come true, the journey has been almost important as reaching the destination.

According to Wright, he was one of 28 football players that graduated in the 2009 class of Lakewood High School; now he is one of just two players still playing.

“A lot of guys stopped playing or gave up and we all hit that same road where we felt football was going to end, but me and my dreams are bigger than just giving us because that’s not what I wanted,” said Wright, who signed with Newberry College on Wednesday. “My brother SEE WRIGHT, PAGE B3

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Furman’s Serena Choice takes a shot over a Chestnut Oaks player in the Lady Indians’ 30-24 victory in the Sumter Middle School Conference tournament title game at the Alice Drive gymnasium on Thursday.

Harris leads Virginia past Clemson 78-41

BY HANK KURZ JR. The Associated Press

GREENVILLE TITANS

Former Lakewood High School player Steven Wright (9), seen here playing for the Greenville Titans, signed with Newberry College on Wednesday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia coach Tony Bennett was looking for a little more strength and a little more energy when HARRIS he inserted freshman Justin Anderson into the starting lineup against

Clemson in place of fellow freshman Evan Nolte, who has been prone to foul trouble and has been struggling with his shot.

Anderson made the move look brilliant Thursday night with 14 points, two assists, three steals and a highlight reel dunk on a night when everything went Virginia’s way.

The Cavaliers led Clemson 38-10 at halftime and SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B2

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Lakewood girls’ season ends Lakewood High School’s varsity girls basketball team saw its season come to an end on Thursday with a 41-30 loss to Darlington at The Swamp.

Sonora Dengokl had a double-double for the Lady Gators of 11 points and 11 rebounds. Shalexia Pack had seven points and De’Ja Richardson added six.

Taja Randolph grabbed 12 rebounds.

AREA ROUNDUP B TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL LAURENCE MANNING CALHOUN

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MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy closed out its regular season with a 38-24 victory over Calhoun Academy on Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Buddy Bleasdale led LMA with 13 points. Mark Dinkins added eight.

LMA finished the year

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

B TEAM GIRLS BASKETBALL LAURENCE MANNING 27 CALHOUN 18

MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy finished its season with a 5-5 record after beating Calhoun Academy 27-18 on Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Sarah Herbert had 10 points to lead LMA, while Brooke Ward had six.

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USC women cruise; No. 1 Indiana falls TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Aleighsa Welch and Ashley Bruner posted double-doubles as No. 15 South Carolina led wire-to-wire in a 65-53 win over Alabama on Thursday night, giving the Gamecocks their second straight 20-win season and 12th in school history.

Welch scored 16 points with 10 rebounds while Bruner had 15 points and 11 boards — surpassing 600 career rebounds — for South STALEY Carolina (20-3), which is 8-2 in Southeastern Conference play for the first time since 2001-02.

The Gamecocks dominated inside, outrebounding the Crimson Tide 53-24 and taking a 42-22 advantage in the paint.

South Carolina, which ranks No. 3 nationally in scoring defense, led by 10 in the first half, but Alabama (12-11, 2-8) closed to 31-27 at intermission.

Welch scored the first six points of the second half to push the Gamecocks’ lead into double digits for good.

MEN ILLINOIS (1) INDIANA

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tyler Griffey made an uncontested layup at the buzzer off a baseline inbounds pass and Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana 74-72 on Thursday night, the fifth straight week the nation’s topranked team has lost.

The Illini (16-8, 3-7 Big Ten) trailed 41-29 at halftime and by double digits for most of the second half before closing the game on a 13-2 run over the final 3:36.

With the score tied, Indiana’s Victor Oladipo turned the ball over and recovered to block a breakaway layup by D.J. Richardson out of bounds with less than a second to play.

Griffey, who was open after setting a screen, took the inbounds pass from Brandon Paul with .9 seconds left and gently laid the ball into the basket.

figures in UNC Greensboro’s 88-65 victory over Furman in a Southern Conference game on Thursday night.

Derrell Armstrong, Kayel Locke and Nick Paulos had 11 points each, with Armstrong adding five rebounds and five assists for the Spartans (7-15, 5-6), who snapped a two-game road losing streak.

Furman pulled to within 27-18 on Colin Reddick’s layup with 6:44 left in the first half, but UNC Greensboro closed the half with a 21-8 run for a 48-26 advantage at the break. Simpson had eight points during the spurt.

WOFFORD ELON

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SPARTANSBURG — Spencer Collins scored six of his 16 points during a key second-half run and Wofford defeated Elon 60-50 Thursday night in Southern Conference play.

Karl Cochran joined Collins in double figures with 13 points and Lee Skinner had 10 for Wofford, which snapped Elon’s seven-game winning streak.

Wofford (9-15, 3-8), which had lost three straight, trailed 22-21 at halftime but opened the second half with a 12-5 run.

Collins capped the run with a dunk as the Terriers took a 33-27 advantage with 15:41 left to play.

CHATTANOOGA THE CITADEL

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Gee McGhee scored 22 points to lead five players in double figures in Chattanooga’s 89-76 victory over The Citadel in a Southern Conference game Thursday.

Ronrico White had 19 points, Drazen Zlovaric scored 18, Z. Mason 14 and Martynas Bareika 12 for the Mocs (9-14, 4-6), who snapped a four-game losing streak.

They had lost five of their previous six games.

P.J. Horgan had a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Mike Groselle scored 19 for the Bulldogs (6-16, 3-9), who had won two in a row. They lost to the Mocs 70-65 on Jan. 10.

GREENVILLE — Trevis Simpson scored 29 points to lead four players in double

From wire reports

UNC GREENSBORO FURMAN

CLEMSON from Page B1 never let up in its record 13th consecutive victory at John Paul Jones Arena.

“He brings energy on the court, in the locker room, on the bus, everywhere. The kid’s nonstop,’’ junior forward Akil Mitchell said. “It’s good for our team.’’

Anderson scored Virginia’s first basket with a finger-roll layup, later had a block on Jordan Roper and gave the fans the kind of play they have come to expect in the second half with a reverse alley-oop slam off a pass from Jontel Evans. On the next possession, he fed Nolte cross court for an open 3-pointer.

“That was a great bounce-back from going out there and losing to those guys,’’ Anderson said, referencing a 59-44 loss at Clemson on Jan. 12.

The Tigers (12-10, 4-6), who shot 77 percent in the second half of that game against the nation’s 10thbest field goal percentage defense (37.3 percent), had no such success on the Cavaliers’ home floor. Not until Devin Booker’s putback with 12:04 left made it 55-22 did they have more points than Harris.

In the rematch, Joe Har-

ris scored 21 points, Mitchell had 16 and Virginia had one of its best all-around efforts of the year.

“I think that was certainly our most unselfish game we’ve played all year,’’ Bennett said.

The Cavaliers (16-6, 6-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) are 5-0 at home in the ACC for the first time since 2006-07.

“Those guys were not only really ready to play, but when they got off to the great start, they didn’t let up on the gas,’’ Clemson coach Brad Brownell said.

“They didn’t let up in any way on either end. We were clearly on our heels from the outset.’’

Virginia has had a tendency to let leads slip away, and was coming off a loss at Georgia Tech in a game it led by nine in the second half before folding.

“We talked about how we wanted to beat them by 50 at halftime,’’ Harris said, “so we really didn’t want to let up.’’

The Tigers’ 10-point half was the lowest against Virginia since Maryland did it in 1981, and Clemson became the eighth team to fail to score 20 points in a half against the Cavaliers this season. Virginia ranks

third nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 52 points, and the Tigers didn’t even get close.

K.J. McDaniels led the Tigers with 10 points while scoring leader Devin Booker had seven and Milton Jennings, who had a thencareer best 21 in the victory in January, managed just two on 1-for-7 shooting.

Clemson shot 30.8 percent overall (16 of 52) and Virginia shot 55.6 percent (30 of 56).

The game was essentially over by halftime as Virginia used an early 12-0 run to open a 14-2 lead and then closed the half with a 15-0 burst. The lead could have been significantly higher with Virginia forcing 13 turnovers in the half, but Cavaliers missed nine 3-point tries before hitting three straight.

Virginia made 10 of its last 15 attempts from behind the arc.

“There’s just something about this building,’’ Mitchell said. “When we get energized and get going, we’re a complete different team.’’

McDaniels opened the second half with a 3-pointer for Clemson, the only one the Tigers made in 17 tries, but Harris answered with one of his own shortly thereafter and the Cavaliers never let up.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 11 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Joburg Open Second Round from Johannesburg (GOLF).

1 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Los Angeles at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

5 p.m. -- College Lacrosse: Siena at Johns Hopkins (ESPNU).

5:45 p.m. -- Girls and Boys High School Basketball: Irmo at Lugoff-Elgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

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

6:30 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: Maryland at Wake Forest (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6:30 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Allianz Championship First Round from Boca Raton, Fla. (GOLF).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: North Carolina Asheville at Virginia Military Institute (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Charlotte (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. -- College Hockey: North Dakota at Nebraska (Omaha) (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony from Charlotte (SPEED).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Miami (ESPN).

8:30 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. -- Women’s College Gymnastics: Southeast Missouri State at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Kevin Bizier vs. Nate Campbell in a Welterweight Bout from Montreal (ESPN2).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Siena at Loyola Marymount (ESPNU).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Chicago at Utah (ESPN).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity and JV Basketball Florence Christian at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Today EAST Dartmouth at Columbia, 7 p.m.

Harvard at Cornell, 7 p.m.

Yale at Penn, 7 p.m.

Brown at Princeton, 7 p.m.

Siena at Loyola (Md.), 9 p.m.

SOUTH N. Kentucky at Lipscomb, 7 p.m.

UNC Asheville at VMI, 7 p.m.

FAR WEST Utah St. at San Jose St., 10 p.m.

Saturday EAST Georgetown at Rutgers, Noon N. Illinois at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Manhattan at Fairfield, 1 p.m.

Butler at George Washington, 2 p.m.

Fordham at La Salle, 2 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Rhode Island, 2 p.m.

Saint Joseph’s at UMass, 2 p.m.

Colgate at American U., 3 p.m.

Albany (NY) at Maine, 3 p.m.

South Florida at Villanova, 3 p.m.

Vermont at UMBC, 3:30 p.m.

Bucknell at Army, 4 p.m.

Sacred Heart at Bryant, 4 p.m.

Quinnipiac at CCSU, 4 p.m.

Lehigh at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.

Monmouth (NJ) at Fairleigh Dickinson, 4:30 p.m.

Yale at Princeton, 6 p.m.

Boston U. at Binghamton, 7 p.m.

Harvard at Columbia, 7 p.m.

Dartmouth at Cornell, 7 p.m.

Xavier vs. Duquesne at CONSOL Energy Center, 7 p.m.

Stony Brook at Hartford, 7 p.m.

Rider at Iona, 7 p.m.

Lafayette at Navy, 7 p.m.

Brown at Penn, 7 p.m.

Wagner at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m.

SOUTH Hofstra at UNC Wilmington, Noon Florida St. at Wake Forest, Noon Houston Baptist at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at UT-Martin, 1 p.m.

Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

Arkansas at Vanderbilt, 1:30 p.m.

Delaware at George Mason, 2 p.m.

Towson at Georgia St., 2 p.m.

North Carolina at Miami, 2 p.m.

Presbyterian at Radford, 2 p.m.

Jacksonville at Kennesaw St., 2:30 p.m.

SE Louisiana at Nicholls St., 3 p.m.

Marshall at UAB, 3 p.m.

ETSU at Stetson, 3:15 p.m.

Morgan St. at Coppin St., 4 p.m.

Elon at Furman, 4 p.m.

Md.-Eastern Shore at Howard, 4 p.m.

Auburn at Kentucky, 4 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at NC A&T, 4 p.m.

Florida A&M at NC Central, 4 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas at Northwestern St., 4 p.m.

Northeastern at Old Dominion, 4 p.m.

Memphis at Southern Miss., 4 p.m.

East Carolina at UCF, 4 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 4 p.m.

North Florida at Mercer, 4:30 p.m.

Mississippi St. at Florida, 5 p.m.

Texas A&M at Georgia, 5 p.m.

SC-Upstate at Florida Gulf Coast, 5:15 p.m.

Campbell at Charleston Southern, 5:30 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Alabama St., 6 p.m.

Troy at Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Delaware St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m.

Saint Louis at Richmond, 6 p.m.

SC State at Savannah St., 6 p.m.

Texas Southern at Jackson St., 6:30 p.m.

VCU at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Liberty at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at High Point, 7 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wofford, 7 p.m.

Coll. of Charleston at Chattanooga, 7:30 p.m.

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

W. Carolina at Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.

LSU at Alabama, 8 p.m.

Texas St. at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.

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

The Citadel at Samford, 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Michigan at Wisconsin, Noon Akron at Miami (Ohio), 1 p.m.

Mississippi at Missouri, 1 p.m.

DePaul at Marquette, 2 p.m.

Northwestern at Iowa, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

Iowa St. at Kansas St., 6 p.m.

Michigan St. at Purdue, 7 p.m.

Penn St. at Nebraska, 9 p.m.

Louisville at Notre Dame, 9 p.m.

Illinois St. at Creighton, 10 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. at Texas, 1:45 p.m.

Tulane at Houston, 2 p.m.

Texas Tech at Baylor, 4 p.m.

Kansas at Oklahoma, 4 p.m.

West Virginia at TCU, 4 p.m.

SMU at Rice, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Air Force at Nevada, 6 p.m.

Fresno St. at San Diego St., 6 p.m.

Stanford at Arizona St., 7 p.m.

Wyoming at Boise St., 8 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 8 p.m.

Utah at Oregon, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at BYU, 9 p.m.

New Mexico at UNLV, 9 p.m.

Washington St. at UCLA, 10 p.m.

UC Irvine at Hawaii, Mid

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 31 16 .660 – Brooklyn 29 20 .592 3 Boston 25 23 .521 61/2 Philadelphia 21 27 .438 101/2 Toronto 17 32 .347 15 Southeast Division

| W L Pct GB 32 14 .696 – 27 21 .563 6 14 35 .286 191/2 13 35 .271 20 11 37 .229 22 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 31 19 .620 – Chicago 29 19 .604 1 Milwaukee 25 23 .521 5 Detroit 18 32 .360 13 Cleveland 15 34 .306 151/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 39 11 .780 – Memphis 30 18 .625 8 Houston 27 24 .529 121/2 Dallas 21 28 .429 171/2 New Orleans 16 33 .327 221/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 37 12 .755 – Denver 31 18 .633 6 Utah 28 22 .560 91/2 Portland 25 24 .510 12 Minnesota 18 28 .391 171/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 35 16 .686 – Golden State 30 19 .612 4 L.A. Lakers 23 26 .469 11 Phoenix 17 33 .340 171/2 Sacramento 17 33 .340 171/2 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 122, Charlotte 95 Indiana 88, Philadelphia 69 Boston 99, Toronto 95 L.A. Clippers 86, Orlando 76 Washington 106, New York 96 Atlanta 103, Memphis 92 Brooklyn 93, Detroit 90 Miami 114, Houston 108 New Orleans 93, Phoenix 84 Oklahoma City 119, Golden State 98 Dallas 105, Portland 99 Utah 100, Milwaukee 86 San Antonio 104, Minnesota 94 Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

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

Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Miami, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Miami Atlanta Orlando Washington Charlotte

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 10 7 3 0 14 34 24 New Jersey 9 5 1 3 13 23 20 N.Y. Islanders 9 4 4 1 9 29 30 N.Y. Rangers 9 4 5 0 8 20 25 Philadelphia 10 4 6 0 8 23 27 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 9 7 1 1 15 26 20 Ottawa 10 6 3 1 13 29 19 Montreal 9 6 3 0 12 27 19 Toronto 10 5 5 0 10 25 29 Buffalo 10 3 6 1 7 30 37 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 9 6 3 0 12 40 23 Winnipeg 9 4 4 1 9 27 34 Carolina 8 4 4 0 8 22 24 Florida 9 3 5 1 7 22 33 Washington 10 2 7 1 5 23 36 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 10 8 0 2 18 33 23 St. Louis 9 6 3 0 12 32 25 Nashville 9 4 2 3 11 20 21 Detroit 9 4 4 1 9 23 28 Columbus 10 3 6 1 7 20 32 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 9 5 2 2 12 24 22 Edmonton 10 4 3 3 11 24 27 Minnesota 9 4 4 1 9 21 24 Colorado 10 4 6 0 8 21 26 Calgary 7 2 3 2 6 20 25 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 9 7 1 1 15 32 23 San Jose 10 7 2 1 15 34 21 Dallas 11 5 5 1 11 23 27 Phoenix 10 4 4 2 10 29 27 Los Angeles 8 3 3 2 8 20 25 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Boston 2, Montreal 1 Anaheim 3, Colorado 0 Dallas 3, Edmonton 2, OT Thursday’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Friday’s Games Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at Detroit, 2 p.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Phoenix at San Jose, 4 p.m.

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

Florida at Washington, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

GOLF Pebble Beach Par Scores The Associated Press Thursday Pebble Beach, Calif.

Purse: $6.5 million p-Pebble Beach GL; 6,816 yards; par 72 m-Monterey Peninsula CC, Shore Course; 6,838 yards; par 70 s-Spyglass Hill GC; 6,953 yards; par 72 First Round Russell Knox 31-33—64 -6m Hunter Mahan 31-35—66 -6p Matt Every 32-35—67 -5p Seung-Yul Noh 34-33—67 -5s Ted Potter, Jr. 32-35—67 -5p Greg Owen 31-34—65 -5m Ryuji Imada 31-34—65 -5m Scott Langley 32-33—65 -5m OTHER Tommy Gainey 36-35—71 -1s

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is an athlete at Sumter High and I have to be a role model for him, so getting my life together was very important for me because I didn’t want him to make the same mistakes I did. “I want other kids and people to know that just because you hit rock bottom it doesn’t mean you can’t come up. It’s not how many times you get knocked down; it’s how many times you get back up.�

Wright signed with Pikeville College in Kentucky out of high school, but things didn’t work out for him there. He stayed just one semester at Pikeville after what Wright said was issues with his scholarship.

He took the next semester off and later enrolled at Central Carolina Technical College.

The following summer he began working out with some friends who told him about a combine for the Greenville Titans, an organization that allowed Wright to play football while attending the junior college of his choice in the Greenville area.

The 6-foot 2-inch, 295-pound Wright made the most of his tryout.

He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.89 seconds and the next day the Titans asked him to sign. With offers still in the balance, Wright said he narrowed his choice between a junior college in Minnesota and the Greenville program. He won out because staying close to home was a priority.

In his first year with the Titans in 2011, Wright accumulated 11.5 quarterback sacks, 35 tackles and 14 tackles for loss while this past season he accounted for eight sacks, 15 tackles for loss and 47 tackles playing both defensive end and defensive tackle.

Those two seasons brought Wright looks from South Carolina State University and Newberry College. “Steven came here from Pikeville College and was not satisfied with that opportunity there,� said Titans head coach Richard Schrader. “He worked hard on earning his associates degree here with us over the last two years and matured into a good solid (NCAA) Division II football player. “Steven will play right away,� Schrader said. “He won’t be a guy they’ll have to develop.

He got good coaching here and he’ll step in and do a good job and play right away.�

WRight credits the Titans program for preparing him for the challenges of life and football. “The Greenville program is a Christian program from the beginning because you don’t bring that type of negativity and those types of people,� Wright said. “It’s a second chance, I’m not going to say a second chance at life, but it’s there for helping you get better at what you do.

Coach Schrader is one of the most stand-up men I have ever met in playing football and ever being around in the game.�

This past season, Greenville went 12-0 and had nine players sign on National Signing Day.

in the quarter, while Henry Witherspoon and Kavon Hoskins managed the only two scores in the fourth quarter.

Miller said winning backto-back conference titles both in the regular season and tournament is extremely rare.

He said felt his team left a mark, but explained that it was the team that excelled and accomplished this feat together. “The first thing I do is take away identity and make them believe in a team concept,�

Miller said. “They are a very unselfish group, they believe in each other and they’re hard to get down. They pick each other up and (to finish) 20-2, they believe in each other.�

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Furman’s Malik Wilson (25) grabs a rebound during the Indians’ 64-23 rout of Chestnut Oaks in Thursday’s Sumter Middle School Conference tournament championship game at the Alice Drive gymnasium.

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The Indians coach knew it was going to be a special season this year because he had worked with a lot of the kids since they were in the sixth grade. “Jalen White is our all-time leading scorer at Furman with over 500 points scored, Wayne Ragin has the school record of six 3s (point baskets) he scored in the semifinal and Devonte Pack was nine assists away from obtaining the all-time school record for assists,� Miller said. “This is a very special group of kids. It looks like I had them forever, and I’ve been with them since the sixth grade, but they’re truly special.�

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CHESTNUT OAKS McKnight 4, Fordham 8, Witherspoon 2, Hoskins 2, Singletary 3, Bradley 4.

GIRLS from Page B1 Riley led the Lady Falcons with nine points while Taylor Miles had seven and Keonna McElveen contributed six in the loss.

The championship for Furman proved that hard work and dedication paid off, Jefferson said. She also credited assistant coach Marie Ingram for helping with the team. “I learned that fundamentals are key, keep encouraging the girls, never give up on them and you’ve got to have a rapport with the kids on the court,� Jefferson said. “Being middle school girls, they’re going to make mistakes, everyone makes mistakes.�

McGill said she was hired by Chestnut Oaks principal David Law to take over the team. When she did so, she admitted the team needed a lot of work and she applied her own basketball talents to teaching the girls how to hustle and play as a team. “All I know is winning, all I know is play hard,� the former Sumter High School University of District of Columbia standout said. “All of these girls never played organized basketball, ever. It took us time to learn the basics on up and we had to start from the basics to work our way up. “I believe they had a record of 5-7 or 5-9 last year, so no one thought they would be here,� McGill said. “All I did was teach them how to work hard because you’ve got to teach them basketball before you teach them plays. If you don’t teach them the fundamentals of the game they’re not going to win.�

LATTIMORE from Page B1 Medicine, gradually improving the strength in his knee. He lifts weights three times a week, jogs lightly in the water and says he walks around as easily as if he turned an ankle instead of severely damaging a knee.

Lattimore had worked his way back from a left knee injury that cost him the final six games of the 2011 season and said he was finally feeling like himself when the Gamecocks faced Tennessee in late October. “I was running loose and feeling strong,� he said.

That changed in the second quarter when Lattimore was hit by two defenders, his right leg flopping to the ground. “I really thought I was dreaming when it happened,� Lattimore said. “I took over a thousand hits and I’ve

been hit that way over half the time. It happened for a reason; it made me appreciate everything I do have.�

Tennessee’s players joined Lattimore’s South Carolina teammates at midfield to show support for one of the Southeastern Conference’s top players.

There was a rally on campus the Monday after the injury to wish Lattimore well and stars like Miami Heat forward LeBron James, New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow and Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker offering support.

The good wishes continued last weekend in New Orleans at the Super Bowl, where standouts like Matt Forte and Charles Tillman of the Chicago Bears and Darnell

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Chestnut Oaks’ Keonna McElveen, middle, shoots over Furman’s Alicia Williams (20) and Serena Choice (14) and Brittany Ann Lilly (5) during Furman’s 30-24 victory on Thursday.

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CHESTNUT OAKS Myles 7, Riley 9, McElveen 6, Cooper 2.

Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals offered their prayers. “Every single one of them that saw me said, ‘I’m praying for you,’�

Lattimore said. “For them to even know who I am, that’s inspiring.�

Lattimore’s NFL future still has some hurdles to leap before becoming reality. He’s will take part in the NFL combine at Indianapolis later this month where he’ll go through extensive medical exams. Andrews, a physician for the Washington Redskins, will also be there to share his views on Lattimore’s health.

Lattimore won’t take part in the physical tests at the combine.

While he plans to attend South Carolina’s pro day workouts in March, Lattimore’s not certain if do any drills in front of scouts before the NFL draft begins

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April 25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep teams apprised of where he is from a physical standpoint,â&#x20AC;? said Lattimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative, Michael Parrett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These teams know what kind of a football player he is.â&#x20AC;?

It remains unclear where Lattimore might go in the draft, or if he will even be selected.

He was considered a first-round talent before the latest injury, but in December, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper said he just â&#x20AC;&#x153;puts wildcard next to his name.â&#x20AC;?

Parrett said he knows Lattimore will be selected by an NFL team. Spurrier has few doubts either, knowing

how hard Lattimore worked to return to the field after the 2011 injury.

Spurrierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen video of Lattimore doing some high-stepping drills without any hitches or hesitations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way ahead of schedule,â&#x20AC;? the coach said.

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Baltimore president Dick Cass, head coach John Harbaugh, general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome and owner Steve Bisciotti, left to right, speak alongside the Vince Lombardi Trophy at a news conference on Thursday in Owings Mills, Md.

Ravens wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sacrifice future to repeat

BY DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The last time the Baltimore Ravens won a Super Bowl, they mounted an all-out charge to pull off an encore.

That wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to make sure that the excitement of the day doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cloud what we promised to build, and that was a consistent winner,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just proud for Baltimore, and there is a great pressure off of us.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Although the Ravens have placed a high priority on signing quarterback Joe Flacco to a long-term deal, the team has no intention of overpaying potential free agents or having several players restructure their

contracts in order to keep the current roster intact.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what happened 12 years ago, when general manager Ozzie Newsome sacrificed the future to mount another run at a championship. The Ravens backed up their 34-7 Super Bowl win over the New York Giants by returning to the playoffs, but they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get back to the Super Bowl.

And then, after the season, they suffered the salary-cap blues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to get caught up in the moment and do things to our salary cap and make decisions in the euphoria of winning that could hurt us in 2014 and 2015, like we did in 2001,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bisciotti said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every single veteran (in 2001) was restructured so that, I think, every single veteran

could stay, then we ended up losing so many people the next year. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do that.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Newsome feels the same way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will not repeat what we did in 2001,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to build where we can win Super Bowls more than just one more time. I think our team is structured differently this time, also. We do have some veterans that will probably be retiring (linebacker Ray Lewis and possibly center Matt Birk) but we have a great nucleus of young players and players that are just heading into their prime that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to build this team around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to be restricting contracts, do all of those different things just to be able to maintain

this team just to make another run. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing that. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to try and go and repeat.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The first step in that process is getting Flacco on board. The Super Bowl MVPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract expired after Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seasonending 34-31 win over San Francisco last Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m coming away today thinking that we can get a deal done,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Newsome said, noting that in similar situations the team signed Haloti Ngata, Jonathan Ogden, Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a very good owner who understands the business, who understands the importance of certain positions,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Newsome said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m optimistic.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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AP Source: Hernandez on verge of new deal with Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never let on just how much it was bothering him. On Thursday, the Vikings disclosed he had undergone surgery in Philadelphia to repair the hernia.

SEATTLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners are working on a $175 million, seven-year contract that would make him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball, according to a person with knowledge of the dealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s details.

Seattle would add $134.5 million of guaranteed money over five years to the contract of the 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner, whose current agreement calls for him to receive $40.5 million over the next two seasons.

MUG NAME Hernandezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total dollars would top CC Sabathiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original $161 million, 7-year contract with the New York Yankees and his $25 million average would surpass Zack Greinkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $24.5 million under his new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hernandezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new money would average $26.9 million over five years.

AUSTIN, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Dallas promotions company sued Lance Armstrong on Thursday, demanding he repay $12 million it paid him for winning the Tour de France.

SCA Promotions had tried in a 2005 legal dispute to prove Armstrong cheated to win before it ultimately settled and paid him.

Armstrong recently acknowledged using performanceenhancing drugs, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in 2012 detailed a sophisticated doping program by his Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and given a lifetime ban from sports.

PETERSON HAS SPORTS HERNIA SURGERY

MAHAN SHARES THE LEAD AT PEBBLE BEACH

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adrian Peterson had surgery on Thursday to repair a sports hernia in his abdomen, an injury that bothered him for much of the last month of the season while he came up just eight yards short of Eric Dickersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single-season rushing record.

In the final few weeks of the season, Peterson acknowledged playing through an abdominal injury, but

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The rain stayed away Thursday and Hunter Mahan took advantage of gorgeous conditions for a 6-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead to par with Russell Knox in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Knox had a 6-under 64 at Monterey Peninsula.

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The Clarendon County Athletic Hall of Fame will add eight new members when it inducts its third class on Saturday, March 16, at the Manning Junior High School gymnasium beginning at 6 p.m.

Three Manning High School football and college football standouts - Robbie Briggs, Brian Mance and Fred Bennett - Clarendon Hall standout athlete Carl Martin, local dirt track automobile racing legend Slick Gibbons, mid 1930s Major League Baseball pitcher George Turbeville, Manning High girls basketball standout Jessica Ridgill and East Clarendon High baseball standout Donald Hardy will be inducted in the ceremony.

Former New York Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson will be the speaker.

Tickets, which will include a meal, are $20 per person.

Tickets can be purchased at The Item Manning office located at 40 North Mill Street, the Clarendon Citizen at 8 North Brooks Street in Manning and the Manning Times located at 416 West Boyce Street in Manning.

BASEBALL SPRING LEAGUES REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its spring baseball leagues.

The registration deadline for children ages 4-12 is Feb. 14 and March 21 for the 13-14 league.

Children will be placed in the leagues based on their age as of April 30, 2013. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

The registration fee is $35 for 4-6 year olds, $40 for 7-8 year olds, $45 for 9-10 year olds, $45 for the 11-12 traditional league, $50 for the 11-12 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Zone league and $50 for the 13-14 league.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching.

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

SOFTBALL SPRING LEAGUES REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its spring girls softball leagues.

The registration deadline for girls ages 5-12 is Feb. 14 and March 28 for the 13-15 year olds.

Children will be placed in the leagues based on their age as of Dec. 31, 2012. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

The registration fee is $35 for the 5-6 league, $40 for the 7-8 league and $45 for ages 9-15.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching.

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

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MARGARET THOMPSON Margaret Thompson, longtime companion of Marion Pinckney, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at her residence.

She was a daughter of the late Fate and Louise Thompson.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 2342 Alston Road, Rembert, SC 29128.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced

by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

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Rusty Wallace, left, hugs crew chief Barry Dodson in Victory Lane after winning the Oakwood Homes 500 in 1988 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Wallace, a winner of 55 races and the 1989 points championship, will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame today along with drivers Buck Baker and Herb Thomas; car owner Cotton Owens and crew chief, mechanic and engine builder Leonard Wood.

Wallace headlines Hall class

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Rusty Wallace will headline the fourth class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and his famed car “Midnight’’ will be part of his induction.

Wallace, winner of 55 races and the 1989 Cup championship will be inducted Friday night along with champions Buck Baker and Herb Thomas; championship car owner Cotton Owens; and innovative crew chief, mechanic and engine builder Leonard Wood.

Part of Wallace’s display in the Hall of Fame will be the car he dubbed Midnight and drove to 13 victories from 1992-94. Wallace led for more than 5,000 laps in the car, which was raced as both a Pontiac Grand Prix and a Ford Thunderbird out of Penske Racing

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“Back then, it was Dale Earnhardt and I racing for the win all the time,’’ Wallace said. “I remember every week when we got to the track, he’d come up and ask me, “What car you got?

It’s not that darn Midnight is it?’’ If it was, he knew he had his work cut out for him.’’

Wallace drove Midnight in 38 races, notching 30 top-fives with the car. He led nearly one-third of all possible laps in the events he raced with the car, and Midnight’s 13 wins comprise nearly 20 percent of Penske Racing total.

Midnight was restored last year by former Penske Racing fabricator Chuck Gafrarar and other team members, and the car will go into the Hall in raceready condition as a 1994 Ford Thunderbird featuring the noted black and gold

up to

Miller Genuine Draft paint scheme.

“I’m really excited to have Midnight in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, that car was such a huge part of my career,’’ Wallace said.

“Every time I sat in it, it just felt right; it fit like a glove.

I’ll tell you what, if we had Midnight at the race track, everyone else there knew that they had a long day ahead of them — Midnight was just that good. The black and gold MGD paint scheme was the coolest one we ever had too. It just looked mean and the fans really loved it.’’

Wallace is a fan favorite heading into the Hall as part of a class with only one other living inductee, Wood, who enters a year after older brother Glenn’s induction. Owens died just weeks after he was voted into the hall last June at the age of 88.

MELVIN KENNEDY Jr. Melvin “Monkey” Kennedy Jr., 61, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at his residence, 217 Wilson St., Sumter.

He was born Aug. 6, 1951, in Manning, a son of Marie Fulton Kennedy and the late Melvin Kennedy Sr. He is a 1968 graduate of Walker Gamble High School and further studied at Morris College, Sumter. He was employed by Justice Family Farms as a truck driver. He was a member of Melina Presbyterian Church, where he served on the trustee board, adult choir, male chorus, and was an active member of the Presbyterian men.

Survivors are his mother, Marie Fulton Kennedy; his sister, Marcia Kennedy; two sons, Eric D. Kennedy and Derrick D. (Danielle) Kennedy; four grandchildren; and one aunt, Ruth Fulton Singleton.

The celebratory services for Mr. Kennedy will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Melina Presbyterian Church, USA, Gable, with the Rev. Samuel Sparks officiating, the Rev. Carnell Hampton presiding, the Rev. Mary Hagen and the Rev. Ella Busby assisting.

Mr. Kennedy will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, Marie Fulton Kennedy, 14064 U.S. 301 North, Sardinia.

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

ETHEL M. GENTRY Ethel McCleary Gentry, 91, widow of James Gentry, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Sam and Bina Bradford McCleary.

Mrs. Gentry was reared and educated in the public schools of Sumter County. She later relocated to New York and was employed with the garment industry in New York City. In 2006, she returned to the Sumter community and joined St. Luke AME Church.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at St. Luke AME Church, St. Paul Church Road, with the Rev. E. Robert Thomas officiating.

The public may view from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Mrs. Gentry will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at the home of Julia Benjamin, 868 Club Lane, Sumter.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

PAUL C. LEWIS Paul C. Lewis, 66, widower of Rebecca Madeline Smith Lewis, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at his home.

Services will be announced

by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH It had to happen. In fact, why did it take so long for network television to turn chronic unemployment and widespread misery into an excuse for a game show?

Produced by Michael Davies (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who Wants to Be a Millionaireâ&#x20AC;?) and Mark Burnett (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survivorâ&#x20AC;?) and hosted by Lisa Ling (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Viewâ&#x20AC;?), â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jobâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., CBS, TVPG) invites five hopefuls to apply for a dream job.

The company offering the job is represented by three honchos and receives lavish product placement.

The first episode is an extended commercial for restaurant chain the Palm. Like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undercover Boss,â&#x20AC;? these folks appear to promote their businesses and themselves.

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Dayâ&#x20AC;? series. One woman is a widowed mother of six, and another has just beaten a cancer diagnosis. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need clairvoyance to pick the winner within the first two minutes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Job.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ You could be forgiven for having never heard of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Touchâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). This new age mystery of synchronicity has migrated all over the schedule since debuting in January of last year.

Kiefer Sutherland stars as Martin, a former journalist and widower whose wife died on 9/11, leaving him in sole custody of their mute son, Jake (David Mazouz). Although he has never spoken a word, Jake obsesses about patterns found in numbers. In a flashback tonight, a religious authority explains that the boy might be among the dozen or so holy seers who keep the world from divine intervention.

Golly!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Touchâ&#x20AC;? is more than a handful. It expects us to swallow a remarkable dose of mystic Hollywood hooey and see it through the eyes of a character who too often is a barely housetrained version of Jack Bauer on â&#x20AC;&#x153;24.â&#x20AC;? When not coughing up breathless empathy for his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cryptic discoveries, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kicking down doors and punching bad guys in the face.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little hard to reconcile the two sides of his nature.

Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Other Highlights â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alpha Dogsâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., Nat Geo Wild, TV14) profiles K-9 units in the military and Secret Service. â&#x20AC;˘ Mac and Russell collaborate to save Christine on â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSI: NYâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). â&#x20AC;˘ An unlikely source of supplies emerges on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spartacus: War of the

Damnedâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). â&#x20AC;˘ Arthur sets out to rescue Gwen on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Merlinâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., Syfy, TVPG). â&#x20AC;˘ Deadly fumes hurt the Edgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bering Sea Goldâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., Discovery, TV-14). â&#x20AC;˘ Bikers crash a local festival on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bansheeâ&#x20AC;?

(10 p.m., Cinemax, TVMA). â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jenny McCarthy Showâ&#x20AC;? (10:30 p.m., VH1) debuts.

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(11:35 p.m., NBC) * â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmy Kimmel Liveâ&#x20AC;?

(11:35 p.m., ABC) glances back at the last four nights * Jason Schwartzman, Keri Russell and Night Bed visit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Night With Jimmy Fallonâ&#x20AC;? (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Alfred Molina on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Late Late Showâ&#x20AC;? (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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OBITUARIES

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

MARY C. KOLB Mary Elizabeth Carter Kolb, 47, beloved wife of Russell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rustyâ&#x20AC;? Eugene Kolb, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at her home.

Born April 16, 1965, in Columbus, Ohio, she was a daughter KOLB of Robert Homer Carter Sr. and Lois June Kirk Mills.

Mrs. Kolb was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was an active member of the youth and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, vacation Bible school, and a former employee of the Bethel Daycare.

Survivors besides her husband and parents include two children, Katelyn Kolb and John Russell Kolb, both of the home; two stepdaughters, Brittany Sims and Laura Kolb, both of Sumter; three grandchildren who affectionately called her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nena,â&#x20AC;?

Landon Sims, Aaron Sims and Caleb Sims; five brothers, Gary Lee Kirk (Ruth), Robert Homer Carter Jr. (Bonnie), Henry Everett Carter (Gloria), Jerry Douglas Carter and Johnny Michael Carter; one sister, Tonetta Nichols (Robert); her mother-in-law, Jennifer T. Kolb; one sister-in-law, Terri Floyd (Wylie); two brothers-in-law, Richard Kolb Jr. (Joann) and Gregg Kolb (Margaret); and many loved nieces and nephews of South Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Hendricks and the Rev. Arthur Sharpe officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be her brother, Jerry Carter, and nephews, Jeff Kirk, John Ball, Darrell Jude, John William Floyd and Wylie LeGrande Floyd III. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of TriCounty Hospice, other caregivers from Bethel Baptist Church, and her family.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

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

MARY R. BILLIE Mary Sumpter R. Billlie, wife of Roland Billie, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at her residence in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie BILLIE and Oline Webb Sumpter. Mary attended the Sumter County public schools of Lincoln High School and Sumter Adult Education, from which she later graduated. Mary was employed with Madison Industries of Sumter. She was a faithful member of Beulah AME Church and served on the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missionary society, the ladies club, the lay organization, the senior trustee board, the mass choir, the former gospel

choir, the inspirational and senior choirs, and the sunshine catering service.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Marcus Ragin; and father-inlaw, Jasper Billie.

Surviving are her husband, Roland Billie of Sumter; 12 children, Fabian Leroy (Gena) Ray, Joyce Ann Ray, Marshall R. Jackson, Marilyn R. Hudson, Pamela Ray and her fiance, Kenneth Simon, Shirl (Keith) Williams, and Melissa Rouse-Butler, and their father, Truman Rouse, Tawaina Billie (Earnest) Miller, Latrell Billie, Latrice Billie, and Deno Wright, and their father, Roland Billie, Gary Bracey and an adopted daughter, Theresa Rhodes; four brothers, Josh (Geneva) Sumpter, Charlie Sumpter, Herbert (Beatrice) Sumpter and Robert (Linda) Sumpter; three sisters, Geneva Sumpter, Hattie (Willie James) McKenzie and Jessie Mae Galloway; 27 grandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Beulah AME Church, 3175 Florence Highway, Sumter, with the Rev. Dwayne Bruce officiating.

The public may view from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel.

Memorials in loving memory of Mary R. Billie may be made to the special needs and disability organizations of your choice.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 920 Utah Circle, Sumter.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

EDWARD JEFFERSON Edward Jefferson, affectionately known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeff,â&#x20AC;? was born on Jan. 4, 1939, in Sumter County, to Trifenia Elie and the late John Henry Jefferson. He JEFFERSON was the devoted husband of Rebecca R. Fant Jefferson.

He departed this life on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

He attended the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Sumter Area Technical College, now Central Carolina Technical College. He dutifully served his country in the United States Army and obtained the rank of sergeant first class E7.

He was a member of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Rebecca R. Jefferson; mother, Trifenia Elie; two daughters, Shedaricka Jefferson and Kimberley (Charles) Hughes; a son, Edward Jefferson; sisters, Elizabeth Simon, Alveta James, Gardenia Davis and Mildred Byrden; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Papa Jâ&#x20AC;? to his three grandchildren, Jeremy (Katherine) Leslie, Celena (Clayton) Robichaud and Shelby Hughes; seven great-grandchildren; one great-greatgranddaughter; and a host of neices, nephews and other relatives.

Public viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m.

Mr. Jefferson will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with Pastor Marion H. Newton officiating, assisted by Minister Napoleon Bradford. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park The family is receiving friends at the home, 50 Heyward Drive, Sumter.

Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

DEANIE R. BLANDING MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Deanie Richard Blanding, 57, husband of Felisha Ann Frierson Blanding, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at his residence, 1240 Archer Ave., Manning.

He was born May 21, 1955, in the Home BLANDING Branch section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Silas Sr. and Susie Mae Butler Blanding. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County and was a 1973 graduate of Manning High School. After graduating, he entered the U.S. Army and served until he was honorably discharged. He also attended Central Carolina Technical College of Sumter and was certified as a welder. He was employed at Marshall Air of Charlotte, N.C., as well as Starflo of Manning, until his health declined.

He accepted Christ and was a former member of Mt. Zero Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors are his wife, Felisha Blanding; three sons, Morarji Blanding, Richard L. Blanding and Brenton Blanding; six grandchildren; five brothers, Christopher A. Blanding, Levaughn Blanding, Willie (Louise) Blanding, Josiah Blanding and Harry (Nichelle) Blanding; two sisters, Cynthia (Gregory) Jackson and Brenda (Kevin) Gist; five aunts;

stepmother-in-law, Hulean Kinder; two brothers-in-law; and three sisters-in-law.

The celebratory service for Mr. Blanding will be held at 3 p.m.

Saturday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. Major Lloyd officiating, the Rev. Lillian Wright presiding, and the Rev. Jimmy McFadden, the Rev. Lucious Dixon, Elder C. Nichole Blanding and the Rev. Robert Gibson assisting. Burial will follow in Grace Memorial Garden, Manning.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1240 Archer Ave., Manning.

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

ELMER H. BROWN Sr. Elmer Howard Brown Sr., age 74, died on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at his residence.

Services will be private.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

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

MAX JOHN THARP Max John Tharp, infant son of Andrew and Kathryn Tharp and twin brother of Annabelle Kathryn Tharp, died on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

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

JAMES D. RICHARDSON James Duke Richardson, 86, husband of Ruby Mae Sanders Richardson, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born July 24, 1936, in Sumter County, he was a son of Henry Woodrow and Hattie Phillips Richardson.

The family will receive friends at the home, 3790 Ardis Pond Road, Dalzell.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

WANDA F. FOGLE COLUMBIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wanda Felder Fogle, 41, wife of

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Born Oct. 25, 1972, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Mary Gillard Felder.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Edna and Cornell Walters, 1045 Daphne Lane, Summerton, and the home, 14 Wild Iris Court, Columbia.

Professional services entrusted to Dysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

EARL ROY DANEY ALCOLU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Earl Roy Daney, 60, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at his residence, 6439 N. Brewington Road, Alcolu.

He was born July 7, 1952, in the Cypress Fork section of Clarendon County, a son of the late Flagler and Carrie Mae Hilton Daney.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 6439 N. Brewington Road, Cypress Fork, Alcolu.

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

DAVID C. PANNILL David Charles Pannill, 83, departed this life on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Grand Bay Convalescent Home, Mobile, Ala. Born Sept. 18, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was a son of the late David and May Pannill.

David accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized. He attended church regularly as long as his health was good. He was a happy, loving person who made friends wherever he went. He always had a smile on his face. David was a professional tailor, making repairs on menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garments. He always took pride in his work.

He leaves to mourn and cherish his memory: one son, Martin (Margaret) Jackson of Sumter; one daughter, Delana Pannill of Pittsburgh; one brother, Arthur Pannill of Mobile; two sisters, Carrie Thomas of Pittsburgh and Shirley Snyder of Cave Creek, Ariz.; one daughter-in-law, Zuelda Williams Smith; eight grandchildren, Devin and Desmond Smith, and Anthony, Josh, Martina, Terrance, Jade and Edward Jackson Jr.;

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two great-grandchildren, Desmonae and Zanyla Smith; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

David was loved by all and will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his loving companion, Elsie Lowery; and his son, David Smith.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Cathedral Ministries, 60 Oswego Highway, Sumter, with Associate Pastor Marlin J. Clemons officiating, eulogist.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Viewing of the remains will be from 10 to 11 a.m. only.

The funeral procession will leave at 10:30 a.m. from Country Inns and Suites, 2491 Broad St., Sumter.

Floral bearers will be females of the church.

Pallbearers will be men of the church.

Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter.

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

Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

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

MARK H. SENTER Jr. LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mark Houston Senter Jr., 97, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, in Lexington.

Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

ALBERT J. DRNJEVIC Albert J. Drnjevic, 93, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Covenant Place.

Services will be announced by Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) 775-9386.

WILLIE LEE HARRISON HARTSVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Willie Lee Harrison, 59, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at the Saleeby Center, 714 Lewellen Ave., Hartsville.

He was born Feb. 21, 1953, in New Zion, a son of the late Henry Burgess and Sarah Jane Harrison Jackson.

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

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, Plaintiff, v.

WALTER LEE ANDREWS; TAWAINA TENESE ANDREWS; ARTIA D. BURRUS; CARL T. BURRUS, Defendants.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Amended Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on 10/11/2012. The original Lis Pendens, Summons and Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on 11/30/2009.

Genevieve S. Johnson, SC Bar No. 78480 Butler and Hosch, P.A. 1201 Main Street, Ste. 1110 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: 803-252-7370 Fax: 803-771-7768 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the persons whose names are subscribed below, at 107 Westpark Blvd., Suite 130, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days (except that the United States of America, or any Agency or Department thereof, shall Answer the Complaint in this action within sixty (60) days) after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. S.C. Code Ann. c 29-3-100 (2007). In the alternative, Butler and Hosch, P.A., will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day of service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage and the Complaint attached hereto.

MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY TREETOP LANE, FRONTING THEREON 110, FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT NO. 32, SAID PLAT, MEASURING THEREON 159.94 FEET; ONE THE SOUTH BY LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MCELVEEN AND MEASURING THEREON 109.97 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY LOT NO. 30, SAID PLAT, AND MEASURING THEREON 159.94 FEET. BE ALL OF SAID MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS AND ALL AS WILL MORE FULLY APPEAR BY REFERENCE TO THE AFORESAID PLAT.

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BEING THE SAME LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND WHICH BY DEED DATED JANUARY 22, 2007 AND RECORDED JANUARY 24, 2007 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1062 PAGE 00628, WAS GRANTED AND CONVEYED BY ARTIA D. BURRUS AND CARL T. BURRUS, UNTO WALTER LEE ANDREWS AND TAWAINA TENESE ANDREWS, A JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP, AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON, FOR AND DURING THE TERM OF THEIR JOINT LIVES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage (the "Mortgage") of Real Estate given by Walter Lee Andrews and Tawaina Tenese Andrews, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR USA HOME LOANS, INC., dated 1/31/2008, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on 2/7/2008, in Mortgage Book 1100 at Page 436.

By an Assignment of Mortgage (the "Assignment") dated 12/1/2008, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting as nominee for USA Home Loans, Inc. assigned the Mortgage to Chase Home Finance, LLC, and the Assignment was recorded on 12/5/2008, in Book 1115 at Page 3786 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. By virtue of the First Assignment, the Plaintiff is the owner and holder of the Mortgage.

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN "CHANCY FARMS" SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 31 ON PLAT ON BEN J. MAKELA, RLS DATED APRIL 23, 1997 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 97 AT PAGE 459. ACCORDING TO PLAT SAID LOT IS BOUNDED AND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY TREETOP LANE, FRONTING THEREON 110, FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT NO. 32, SAID PLAT, MEASURING THEREON 259.94 FEET; ONE THE SOUTH BY LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MCELVEEN AND MEASURING THEREON 109.97 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY LOT NO. 30, SAID PLAT, AND MEASURING THEREON 159.94 FEET. BE ALL OF SAID MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS AND ALL AS WILL MORE FULLY APPEAR BY REFERENCE TO THE AFORESAID PLAT. BEING THE SAME LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND WHICH BY DEED DATED JANUARY 22, 2007 AND RECORDED JANUARY 24, 2007 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1062 PAGE 00628, WAS GRANTED AND CONVEYED BY ARTIA D. BURRUS AND CARL T. BURRUS, UNTO WALTER LEE ANDREWS AND TAWAINA TENESE ANDREWS, A JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP, AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON, FOR AND DURING THE TERM OF THEIR JOINT LIVES.

TMS#: 208-02-01-015 REFORM TO: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN "CHANCY FARMS" SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 31 ON PLAT ON BEN J. MAKELA, RLS DATED APRIL 23, 1997 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 97 AT PAGE 459. ACCORDING TO PLAT SAID LOT IS BOUNDED AND

TMS#: 208-02-01-015 For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Genevieve S. Johnson, SC Bar No. 78480 Butler and Hosch, P.A. 107 Westpark Blvd. Suite 130 Columbia, SC 29210 Telephone: 803-798-2112 Fax: 803-798-2175 Attorneys for Plaintiff

MOTION AND ORDER FOR PUBLICATION It appearing to my satisfaction from the Affidavit of Genevieve S. Johnson, attorney for Plaintiff, that a cause of action exists in favor of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants affecting title to real estate in the State of South Carolina, the same being shown by the Complaint filed herein; that the whereabouts of Defendant ARTIA D. BURRUS cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence by Plaintiff's attorney; and that the said named Defendant is a proper party to the action.

THEREFORE, on motion of Genevieve S. Johnson, attorney for the Plaintiff, IT IS ORDERED that the Amended Summons in the above entitled action, together with the Amended Lis Pendens and Notice of Filing the Complaint, be served upon Defendant ARTIA D. BURRUS by Publication of the same in the The Item, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

I find the The Item is the newspaper most likely to give notice to the Defendant sufficiently.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Amended Complaint be deposited in the U.S. Mail as provided in c15-9-740 of the S.C. Code Ann. (1976) to the last known address of Defendant ARTIA D. BURRUS. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Genevieve S. Johnson, SC Bar No. 78480 Butler and Hosch, P.A. 1201 Main Street, Suite 1110 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 252-7370 Fax: (803) 771-7768 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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NAMED: Chenika M. Jones YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina, 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of South Carolina Code 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the attached mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original note and mortgage and Complaint attached hereto.

bounds, courses and distances, being a little more or less, as by this reference to said plat will more fully appear. This being the same property conveyed to Chenika Jones

by Deed of Firstar Homes, Inc. dated April 11, 2007 and recorded April 17, 2007 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Volume 1074 at Page 64.

Property Address: 1779 Polaris Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

TMS No. 187-12-01-022 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on September 7, 2012 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Suzanne E. Brown, SC Bar No. 76440 J. Marshall Swails, SC Bar No. 79067 J. Martin Page, SC Bar No. 100200, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina 29210 (888) 726-9953 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1016130

SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2012-CP-43-2305 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Sumter Habitat for Humanity, Inc., Plaintiff, v.

Ravy, Cynthia Ann and American General Finance, Defendant.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Chenika M. Jones to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Homeowners Mortgage Enterprises, Inc. dated April 13, 2007 and recorded on April 17, 2007 in Book 1074 at Page 66, in the Sumter County Registry, hereinafter Mortgage. Thereafter the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and being shown and designated as Lot 151 of Hunters Crossing Subdivision, Phase 1, Section 2 as more fully shown on a plat thereof prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, RLS, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on June 13, 2006 in Plat Book 2006 at Page 282; which plat is incorporated herein by this reference and having such metes,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendant, for the foreclosure of notes and mortgages dated January 27, 2005, executed by Cynthia A. Ravy to Sumter Habitat for Humanity, Inc., and which mortgages are recorded February 11, 2005, in Book 969 at Pages 553 and 557 and in the ROD Office for Sumter County. The description of the property being foreclosed and that is the subject of this action is as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sumter County, State of South Carolina delineated as Lot 53 on a plat of Fuller Garden, Phase I, Section I, on plat prepared by Louis White Tisdale recorded October 14, 2002 in Plat Book 2002 at Page 589 in the RMC Office for Sumter County and known as 1035 Habitat Drive, Sumter, South Carolina and bears Tax Map Number: 251-06-02-068.

Summons & Notice Supreme Court. The pleadings in this case are on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County.

A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 418-5700

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2012-CP-43-01681 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER The Bank of New York Mellon formerly known as The Bank of New York as successor Trustee to JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2003-3, Plaintiff, vs.

Ernest Toney a/k/a Earnest Toney; Cynthia Hill; The Mortgage Group, Inc.; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: The Mortgage Group, Inc.; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, South Carolina, 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of South Carolina Code 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the

Summons & Notice

attached mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original note and mortgage and Complaint attached hereto.

LIS PENDENS: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Ernest Toney (a/k/a Earnest Toney) and Cynthia Hill, to The Mortgage Group, Inc. dated May 22, 1997 and recorded on June 18, 1997 in Book 677 at Page 1341, in the Sumter County Registry, hereinafter Mortgage Thereafter the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the county of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and being fully shown and delineated as Lot Numbers 5 and 6, Block D, on a plat

by R.F. McLellan, C.E. dated September 18, 1941 and recorded in the RMC Office for Sumter County in Plat Book S-5 at page 108. Also included herewith is that certain 1995 Peachstate Manufactured Home bearing serial number PSHGA16747A&B. Derivation: This being the same property conveyed to Earnest Toney and Cynthia Hill by Deed of Jack Brody, Jacquline G. Brody and Ruth B. Greenberg, as Trustees for the H. Brody Trust Fund, dated May 21, 1997 and recorded June 18, 1997 in the RMC office for Sumter County in Deed Book 677 at Page 1337. Thereafter, Cynthia Hill conveyed her interest in the property to Ernest Toney by Deed recorded on June 14, 2012 in Book 1172 at Page 1111.

Property Address: 61 Dollard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

TMS No. 251-09-02-040 (land) and 400-00-21-313 (MH) NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on August 23, 2012

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NOTICE OF FILING Please take notice that an action has been commenced and is now pending to foreclose mortgages on property as described above.

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For Sale Lazy Boy Queen size sleeper sofa, Non smoker and no pets. Good condition also 2 end tables w drawers fair condition $300.00 call 803-473-2499

We will arrange financing even if you have been turned down before.

Loans available for no credit, bad credit, 1st Time Buyers & Bankruptcy buyers. No co-signers needed. Call Mr. Ashley Brown at 803-926-3235

2001 Toyota Tundra, Ext Cab, Excellent condition. New tires. $5,400. Call 803-720-6325 On the lot financing No credit check Free warranty Hair's Auto Sales Inc. 4835 Pinewood Rd. 803-452-6020

Campers / RV's/ Motorhomes Camp Sites available at Randolph's Landing by the week or month. Call 803-478-2152.

TRANSPORTATION

Autos For Sale

Mobile Home Lot Rentals

BAD CREDIT, NO CREDIT Tax Season is here. We have 2-3-4-5 bedroom homes. We have a layaway program & in home financing so you BUY HERE AND PAY HERE! CALL 843-389-4215

OPEN Ernest Baker Auto Sales & Equip. Located 3349 N. Main St 5.5 miles from 378 overpass at N. Main., on Hwy 15 N. next to Baker Mini Warehouse. Remember Cars are like Eggs, Cheaper in the Country!!!

803-469-9294

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Extra large Lots for sale or rent 1008 Booker St. & 119 Murphy St. 840-3904 or after 7pm 778-1083.

FOR SALE IN MANNING 1465 Herod $350/mo. 1356 Herod Dr. $350/mo. Owner Financing.

803-460-3787

2001 Honda Accord LX, 4 cyl.

191k miles, Sunroof, runs good. $3,500 OBO. Call 803-720-6325

(803) 774-1234

Scenic Lake. 2 Br/2Ba. & 3BR /2BA. No pets. Call between 9am 5pm: (803) 499-1500.

Completely Renov. Homes 3BR/1.5BA, Den, LR, DR, lg fcd yd, C/H/A, Stove fridge. MUST SEE! Carolina Ave. $585/mo + $585/dep. Neal St. $700/mo + $700/dep. 773-1838, Sect. 8 Ok.

Farms & Acreage

1998 14x50, 2 br, 1 ba, $6500 OBO. 1987 14x70 2BR//2BA, all appliances, C//H//A. Both in Windsor City or can move. $6,500 OBO. 469-6973.

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Freshly Painted Duplex,2BR /2BA, W/D hook-up. Walk to mall. $600/mo + dep. 494-4220 or 565-0056.

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P7337

P7375

P7398

125029A

WAS $16,995 2008 VW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

WAS $15,995 2009 HONDA CIVIC LX

WAS $19,995 2009 FORD TAURUS X LTD

WAS $33,995 2010 FORD F150 LARIAT

NOW

$

13,915

NOW

14,312

$

NOW

18,783

$

NOW

$

30,878

P7384

P7385

P7370

P7379

WAS $17,995 2012 CHEVY IMPALA LT

WAS $16,995 2012 FORD FOCUS SEL

WAS $14,995 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SE

WAS $21,995 2008 FORD F150 XL

NOW

15,462

$

NOW

$

14,977

NOW

$

13,684

NOW

$

18,924

P7393

P7395

P7400

135372B

WAS $14,995 2006 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE

WAS $25,995 2010 FORD EDGE LIMITED

WAS $17,495 2010 FORD RANGER XL

WAS $34,995 2011 FORD F150 LARIAT

NOW

$

13,467

NOW

23,760

$

NOW

15,998

$

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$

31,782

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1 Monte Carlo Court Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9904

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OVER 32 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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Jimmy Mathis

Rose Mary Bjork HAIRSTYLIST

Shades Studio 1180 Old West Liberty Street Sumter, SC 29150 Cell: 803-468-2679

Salon: 803-778-0789

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#3471A

1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS

1995

$ #3412A

1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS

2995

$ #T3416C

1997 FORD EXPEDITION XLT 4X4

4495

$

#T3900A

2001 CHEVY BLAZER

$

4995

#T3898A

7995

$ #T3693A

8995

$

10995

$

#3488

#T3294A

#M1459A

2006 HONDA PILOT

11995

$

2995

11995

$

#3493

$

4995

#3461A

$

9995

6995

$

2004 FORD EXPEDITION XLT

10995

$

#T2984B

2006 TOYOTA SIENNA

2008 KIA SPORTAGE

10995

$

2011 HYUNDAI ACCENT

$

10995

$

#T3775A

11995

#T3476A

12995

2006 SATURN ION

#T3908A

2007 SUZUKI XL7

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA LE

$

$

12995

11995

#3496

2008 TOYOTA CAMRY

2008 CHEBY IMPALA LT

$

3995

$ #T3817A

#3456

2009 TOYOTA COROLLA

2003 TOYOTA CAMRY

2002 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

2011 CHEVY AVEO

$

11995

$

#T3687B

2008 KIA SPORTAGE

2007 MAZDA 6

2000 TOYOTA ECHO

2005 TOYOTA PRIUS

#1171

10995

#T3848A

#T3588A

2002 NISSAN FRONTIER

$

#T3461B

2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA

13995

$

ALL PRICES PLUS TAX & TAGS

2540 Broad Street Sumter 803.469.9500