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Special to The item popular fitness quote states “it takes four weeks for you to see your body changing, eight weeks for friends to see your changes and 12 weeks for the rest of the world to see it.”

If so, then those of you who began your 2013 resolution to lose weight should be seeing some changes and not just on the scale. If you are exercising and eating healthier foods to support your weight loss efforts, you should be feeling more energetic, getting stronger and those CORRIGAN pants should be fitting a little looser. If you are seeing these changes, keep going. You are on the right track.

If you have yet to see these changes, keep going as well, but it may be time to reassess your plan and make sure you have developed a plan to succeed.

Consistency is the key to results.

Results come from your everyday choices and actions. So if it is what we do consistently that counts, we need to make sure that our everyday choices are the right ones. Be honest in your evaluation.

Are you trying to take shortcuts for faster results? Diet pills, gimmicks and gadgets might give you immediate results, but the results are short lived.

Are you eating the right foods? Fast food, fried foods, processed foods — even eating less of them — is a poor choice.

Eat more fresh and nature-made foods that are packed with nutrients to fuel your body.

Are you exercising regularly?

Lack of exercise and even excessive exercise can produce negative effects. Stick to a regularly scheduled exercise routine. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 150 minutes of exercise during a three- to five-day period each week.

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From left, Sumter School District trustees Larry Addison, the Rev. Ralph Canty and Karen Michalik and Ken Childs, the district’s attorney, respond to a scenario at Thursday’s board retreat.

While the retreat for the Sumter School District Board of Trustees covered a number of topics Thursday, the focus was on improvement.

“I’m excited we’re having an open conversation on topics related to education,” said Chairman Keith Schultz. “It’s more discussion than we’ve had in quite some time. It’s why we have these types of functions. We

need them. I’m hoping for some consensus building on the part of our board.”

The facilitator, Wayne “Dempsey” Worner, agreed.

“They are actively involved, talking and sharing their views,” he said. “Hopefully, this will help them move forward.”

Worner is the president and owner of the Virginiabased of Educational Programs and Services LLC. His areas of interest and SEE RETREAT, PAGE A7

Team works in poverty-stricken village

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Dr. Gee Rabon and his assistant, Debbie Van Metre, work on patients at the medical clinic in Maraita, Honduras, during a recent mission trip to the village. While there, the team saw more than 200 patients and extracted nearly 400 teeth.

5 participate in mission trip to Honduras

BY JAMIE H. WILSON Special to The Item When the pastor of his church preached on using one’s talents to meet the spiritual needs of others, Gee Rabon — a local dentist — was listening.

“I started praying for the opportu-

nity,” said Rabon.

His prayers were answered the next morning when Condy Richardson, Alice Drive Baptist Church’s outreach pastor, proposed a mission trip that would send him, Richardson and three others to a poverty-stricken village in Honduras.

“It was unreal,” said Rabon.

The five-person team consisted of Rabon, Richardson, wife-and-husband pair Dan and Aliza Tindall and Rabon’s longtime dental assistant, Debbie Van Metre. They departed Jan. 19 and spent a little more than four

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days serving among a 45-person group sponsored by Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International, a Christian organization that aims to provide aid to Honduras and Nicaragua. While there, the team provided medical, dental and optical care to the people of the village of Maraita.

They also gave out food, treated animals, distributed literature and provided physical labor when it was needed. It was four days they said they’ll never forget.

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Man charged in kidnapping of missing Columbia teen COLUMBIA — A man has officially been charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of a Columbia teen.

Freddie Grant had been set to have a hearing on that charge Friday but opted to waive his right to that appearance.

In January, a federal jury found Grant guilty of being a felon in possession of ammunition. Authorities found the bullets when they searched Grant’s home for Gabbiee Swainson.

The girl was 15 when her mother reported her missing from their home early on Aug. 18. Authorities say Grant had dated the girl’s mother and that Gabbiee’s blood was found on duct tape near Grant’s property.

From left, writer William Baldwin, photographer Selden “Bud” Hill and Dr. Walter Edgar are seen during the taping of SCETV Radio’s “Walter Edgar’s Journal,” which can be heard at 4 p.m. Sunday. Baldwin and Hill will join Sammy Way and Holly Holladay on Tuesday for a live panel discussion of the book “The Unpainted South: Carolina’s Vanishing World.” Admission to the 5 to 7 p.m. event at Patriot Hall is free.

University remembers Orangeburg Massacre ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University commemorated the anniversary of a shooting with a panel discussion on the impact the event had on college campuses.

Friday marked 45 years since the event that became known as the Orangeburg massacre. Three S.C. State students were killed on Feb. 8, 1968, after state troopers opened fire on protesters at the campus who were angry about a local bowling alley which was segregated.

The commemoration also included a ceremony honoring the victims.

Proposed bill would restrict aerial drone usage COLUMBIA — A South Carolina lawmaker wants to make it more difficult for law enforcement agencies to use unmanned aircraft to gather criminal evidence in the state.

Rep. Dan Hamilton introduced a bill Thursday that would prohibit the use of drones without a warrant. It would also require that photographs of people that are taken by drones be destroyed unless they’re part of an authorized investigation.

The Greenville Republican’s proposal would also allow public colleges and universities to use drones for research.

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A story published in the Oct. 10, 2012, edition of The Item provided incorrect information about one of two defendants sentenced last year for a criminal conspiracy to blackmail a family at their Haynsworth Street home on Feb. 3, 2011.

The story said 23-year-old Matthew Hodge wrote a letter to the McDuffies demanding $10,000 based on erroneous information provided during a hearing held for the guilty plea of Hodge’s co-defendant, John McCoy III, and also that Hodge was sentenced to six years in prison under the Youthful Offender Act. Hodge’s attorney, Patrick M. Killen of McGowan, Hood and Felder LLC, said Hodge, however, was sentenced under the YOA to three years’ incarceration and that his client admitted only to making a vague phone call during the conspiracy.

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‘Unpainted South’ authors at Tuesday forum

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com The exhibition of photographs by Selden “Bud” Hill and accompanying poems and songs by William “Billy” Baldwin has been open at Gallery 135-Patriot Hall since Jan. 28, but there is an associated event Tuesday in Sumter’s Patriot Hall. From 5 to 7 p.m., Hill and Baldwin will participate in a panel with local historian and Item archivist Sammy Way at HOLLADAY Patriot Hall. During the forum, they’ll discuss the making of their book, “The Unpainted South: Carolina’s Vanishing World.”

Also joining the discussion will be Holly Holladay, editor in chief/division director of Evening Post Books. A native of Clarendon County, Holladay

graduated from Laurence Manning Academy and Wofford College. She has worked in all aspects of production and publishing for Evening Post Books since January 2011.

Holladay is building the book division’s prominence through marketing and the active pursuit of new writing talent. She is an active participant in the Charleston area’s literary scene and is a member of several writing organizations in the Lowcountry. She will address the publishing asWAY pects of “The Unpainted South” and will offer advice for unpublished writers.

Way’s research and writings, like that of Hill and Baldwin, are also based in the state’s rich history and tradition, especially Sumter and Clarendon and their surrounding counties;

he shares this history with readers of his Reflections column each Sunday in the Panorama section of The Item.

Before and after the panel discussion, attendees can view the Gallery 135 exhibition, which includes not only the work of Hill and Baldwin, but also that of the winners of the associated photography competition, Shannan Dault for Clarendon County and Clayton Thomas Cantrell for Sumter County.

In addition, at 4 p.m. Sunday, a repeat of Friday’s “Walter Edgar’s Journal” featuring an hourlong interview with Baldwin and Hill can be heard on SCETV Radio, 88.1 FM. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Call Mary Ellen Fuller at (803) 473-5511 to reserve a seat. The forum is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. in the Booth Room at Patriot Hall, 135 Haynsworth St.

SATURDAY SNAPSHOT

Leigh Carraway, licensed practical nurse It doesn’t take long talking with Leigh Carraway to see she loves the Lord.

“A nurse can be one of the best servants of God to help heal the broken hearted spiritually through promoting the proper healing qualities of life for them mentally and physically through compassion, love and providing the best care possible always with a smile,” she said. “A nurse may not be able to heal her or his own heart but can be an angel to another to heal another’s heart CARRAWAY and transform lives through quality care with kindness and a loving touch.”

The licensed practical nurse started with Nightingale’s Nursing & Attendants in July 2011, and she won the organization’s Nurse of the Year Award for 2012.

“She is always putting me and everyone before her own needs, and I really want her to know how loved and appreciated she is for all she does,” said Kristen Stringer, Carraway’s

16-year-old daughter and a sophomore at Sumter High School. “She didn’t miss a day of work and even worked on a lot of her days off when she was sick with bronchitis. She truly deserved Nurse of the Year Award through her job. She is my mom of the year every year of my life.”

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE?

My favorite Bible verse and daily prayer is Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV) “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A NURSE?

When I was 4 years old, I was diagnosed with throat cancer, and the doctors thought I would never be able talk again after surgery. But God had different plans for me. When the incision was made, the mass removed itself and popped out. The surgeons said they have never seen anything

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happen like that before.

The mass was a benign cyst, not cancer. I knew in my heart that God had a special plan for Him to use me to help others in the medical field.

WHAT DUTIES DO YOU PERFORM AND HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM NURSES IN OTHER SETTINGS?

Since I am an LPN and work as a home-health nurse in the private setting, it is much more intimate care involving the client, family, client’s physicians, pharmacy and other care providers that may be involved.

I perform all tasks and care for my client that meet LPN and CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) standards of care, such as medication administration, bath and (other) activities of daily living. I do my best to go a step beyond to maintain a safe, healthy and happy environment for my client and the client’s family. I go to a client’s appointments with the client via transport or ambulance, call in medication refills and keep up supplies and

maintenance of client’s equipment. (I also) care, counsel and teach family.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?

It’s truly more than just a job to me. It’s a ministry.

I’ve worked other jobs as an LPN and have been reprimanded for sharing the message of Jesus Christ, but Nightingale’s Nursing & Attendants encourages us to pray with the family and the client and bring our Bibles into the home.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OUTSIDE OF WORK?

My hobbies are cake decorating, reading (and attending) Christian music concerts. My favorite authors are Nicholas Sparks and Joanne Fluke.

Writing is another hobby but more God led. Several years back, I was working on a book of Christian poetry — (kind of an) anthology and life testimony. It would be titled “His Life I Breathe.” I was hoping to publish in 2007, but it never came together.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Anthony Alston, 48, of 4024 Furman Field Road, Rembert, was arrested Tuesday and charged with three counts of pointing and presenting a firearm.

On Sunday, Alston allegedly pointed a firearm at an adult and two juveniles walking near the 4000 block of Furman Field Road and reportedly fired shots in an unknown direction while the victims were in the area.

CAR CHASE:

At 9:45 a.m. Thursday, police attempted to stop a blue 1986 Honda Hatchback driving on Carolina Avenue toward Broad Street for a seatbelt violation. When the patrol car activated its lights on Brunson Street, the Hatchback turned onto Milton Street and pulled into the yard of a home near the intersection with Jackson Street.

The driver then fled from the vehicle on foot, and as the patrol car pulled alongside the vehicle, the stillmoving Hatchback hit the passenger’s side of the patrol car. The license tag on the Hatchback was reportedly found to be stolen from another vehicle and returned to its owner, and a search reportedly uncovered a digital scale with a white powder on it and three boxes of plastic baggies.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

Two coils were reportedly removed from the outside airconditioning unit of a vacant home in the 4000 block of Dubose Siding Road at 1:36 p.m. Wednesday. The coils are valued at $9,000.

A gold 2005 Chevrolet Malibu with a flat tire was reportedly stolen from a parking lot in the first block of Miller Road between 8:30 a.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. The car is valued at $5,000.

An air-conditioning unit, a stove and a washing machine were reportedly stolen from the 3300 block of Black River Road in Dalzell at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. The items are valued at $4,800.

An outside air-conditioning unit was reportedly stolen from the 1700 block of Condor Drive in Wedgefield between Saturday and 10:33 a.m.

Wednesday. The unit is valued at $3,000.

A light brown 2001 four-door Nissan Maxima was reportedly stolen from the first block of Grier Street

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between 1 p.m. Dec. 10 and 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. The car is valued at $2,500.

A riding lawn mower and carry-on trailer were reportedly stolen from the 400 block of East Brewington Road at 2:46 p.m.

Tuesday. The items are valued at $2,273.

Three window airconditioning units were reportedly stolen from a mobile home in the 4400 block of Broad Street at 2:48 p.m. Wednesday. The interior of the home was also reportedly vandalized, with the walls covered in grease and graffiti, the carpet torn up, a door torn off the hinges, holes put in the ceiling, and trash and animal feces spread throughout the house.

The home’s previous occupant had recently been evicted. The airconditioning units are valued at $1,170, and the damage is estimated at $2,125.

An Xbox 360 Kinect and a PlayStation2 were reportedly stolen from the 100 block of South Lafayette Drive between 6:30 and 9 a.m. Wednesday. The items are valued at $550.

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Probation denied in burglary case

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com BISHOPVILLE — Third Circuit Judge George C. James said Tuesday he can count on one hand the times he’s given probation to a defendant who had already received probation more than three times.

He declined that same day to grant probation, or even house arrest, for William Albert Harrison, 45, of 1010 Featherwood Road in Turbeville, who pleaded guilty on Monday at the Lee County Courthouse to third-degree burglary and failure to stop for a blue light. Harrison received 20 months to run concurrently on each charge, while James revoked 20 months of probation Harrison was serving on a prior second-degree burglary conviction from 2011.

Harrison was the county’s first planned trial in general sessions court in 2013 but pleaded guilty shortly after 12 jurors were chosen to hear 3rd Circuit Assistant Solicitor Cliff Scott’s case against him.

Scott said Harrison had been granted probation for prior property crimes on “at

least six occasions.�

Harrison’s run from the police — his third since 2001, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department — began on July 29, 2011, shortly after the owner of a home in the 800 block of Woodrow Road in Bishopville told police that Harrison and another male attempted to enter his home while his 17-year-old daughter was inside. The young woman told police she noticed two men trying to get into the home and that she fled through a window.

The homeowner later saw the men flee in a Dodge Caravan and later discovered he was missing a Troy Bilt garden tiller valued at $300. About three hours after the owner called police, another deputy spotted a similar vehicle driving on Coopers Mill Road in Bishopville.

The deputy was eventually able to get a facial description that matched that of Harrison’s.

After a chase that included speeds that topped 100 mph, the deputy saw the van “(break) into a skid and (travel) sideways across the intersection (of

Trinity Road and S.C. 56).�

Deputies lost Harrison but were able to identify him from fingerprints lifted from the van.

Harrison was charged about a month later with failure to stop, second-degree burglary and third-degree burglary, though reports do not indicate how deputies located him.

Scott said Tuesday that his office will be dropping the second-degree burglary charge in exchange for Harrison’s plea.

Scott told James that Harrison’s record included convictions for grand larceny in 1991, 2006 and 2011; forgery in 1992; and receiving stolen goods in 2005. “He’s been under probation five or six times that I can see, and he’s requesting probation again,� James said before sentencing. “I don’t like sending people to prison. But there comes a point where you have to make the decision. This incident occurred in broad daylight in the county on a two-lane highway in the summer when kids could be out. It’s got to stop somewhere.�

Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211.

VANDALISM:

The front windshield, driver’s side window and sun roof were reportedly broken out of a car parked in the 5300 block of Family Court in Rembert. A black touchscreen CD player, valued at $300, was also reportedly taken out of the car. Total damage is estimated at $3,000.

All four tires on two cars were reportedly slashed in the 800 block of Gordonia Drive between 8 p.m.

Tuesday and 7:15 a.m.

Wednesday. The damage is estimated at $1,500.

EMS CALLS:

On Tuesday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 36 calls.

Thirty-four were medical calls, and two were listed as “other trauma.�

On Wednesday, Sumter County EMS responded to 58 calls.

Fifty-four were medical calls, and four were listed as “other trauma.�

On Thursday, Sumter EMS responded to 56 calls. Thirty-nine were medical calls, eight related to motor vehicle wreck, three were standbys for the fire department, two were cardiac arrests, two were listed as “other trauma,� and one each was an assault and a fall.

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U.S. Postal Service letter carrier of 19 years Michael McDonald gathers his belongings in the East Atlanta post office before making his delivery run on Thursday in Atlanta. The U.S. Postal Service wants to stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year.

Postal Service lost $1.3B over quarter WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.3 billion in the final three months of last year despite a blizzard of campaign advertising for the fall political elections and a big holiday mail and shipping season.

The loss announced Friday was far less than the $3.3 billion in the comparable quarter the previous fiscal year but still showed the effects of a continued decline in first-class mailing as customers continue to flock to the Internet for emailing, bill paying and the like.

In releasing their financial report, postal officials pleaded anew with Congress to give them the flexibility to

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better manage the agency — including to free it from a mandate that they prepay for expected retiree health care costs.

Considering its operations alone, the agency actually made $100 million delivering the mail — earning $17.7 billion in revenue against $17.6 billion in operating expenses. But the health care funding and some other expenses pushed it to a net loss. “We can’t continue to operate on a precipice,� the service’s Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett said in a conference call for the press.

In a move to cut costs, the Postal Service

had announced Wednesday that it plans to end Saturday mail deliveries in August, although it will continue six-day-aweek package delivery — setting up a possible run-in with some members of Congress who don’t want the Saturday cutback.

In October through December, the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Postal Service said: • Its operating revenue of $17.7 billion was a decrease of less than 1 percent from the same quarter in fiscal year 2012. • Total expenses of $18.9 billion were a 9.8 percent decrease from the year-earlier

$20.9 billion. • First class mail declined 4.5 percent. • Standard mail such as advertising increased 3.6 percent with help from the elections. • Shipping and package volume increased 4 percent. • Total mail volume was 43.5 billion pieces compared to 43.6 billion the previous year.

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N.Y. attorney general looks at ratings agencies ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun examining the nation’s biggest credit rating agencies’ compliance with agreements reached by his predecessor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, that ended an investigation into mortgage-backed securities.

The mid-2008 agreements, imposing no financial penalties, required Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Inc. to publicly disclose due diligence and evaluation criteria. They also required partial

upfront payments to prevent banks from simply buying the better ratings for those securities.

With that market already collapsed, the agencies say they weren’t rating new mortgage-backed securities. The 42-month agreements have expired.

An official with knowledge of the investigation, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said a subpoena this week went to S&P and information requests to Moody’s and Fitch. Under the agreement, then-At-

torney General Cuomo agreed to “terminate all current investigation� and “not institute any action� against the agencies. They admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to cooperate with the attorney general’s ongoing probe into the mortgage industry and adopt reforms.

The official noted there appeared to be little effort to monitor compliance and they are looking into whether violations would enable the office now to take another look at alleged misconduct in securities ratings

that contributed to the collapse of financial markets.

S&P spokesman Edward Sweeney declined to comment Friday.

At an earnings conference call Friday, when asked about the New York probe, Moody’s chief executive Raymond McDaniel said that the company from time to time gets requests for information from parties that include state attorneys general and that they cooperate with them.

Fitch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Experts say storm isn’t hype but call it the real thing

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Lilah Watt gets some interference from her 6-month-old puppy, Willa, as she shovels out from the snowstorm on Friday in Montpelier, Vt. Danny Martinez of Detroit wears a wool face mask while salting the sidewalk along Fort Street on Friday in Detroit. Cars drive across the nearly empty Zakim Bridge in Boston prior to a mandatory statewide driving ban Friday. Andre Tranchemantague, left, and Will Guerette ski on a snow-covered road as they make their way to a bar during the early stages of the storm Friday in Portland, Maine.

NYC, New England brace for feet of snow

BY BRIDGET MURPHY Associated Press Writer BOSTON — Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. The storm could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond.

Even before the first snowflake had fallen, Boston, Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., and other towns and cities in New England and upstate New York towns canceled school Friday, and airlines scratched more than 3,700 flights through Saturday, with the disruptions certain to ripple across the U.S. “This one doesn’t come along every day.

This is going to be a dangerous winter storm,� said Alan Dunham, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. “Wherever you need to get to, get there

by Friday afternoon, and don’t plan on leaving.�

The heaviest snowfall was expected Friday night and into Saturday.

Wind gusts could reach 75 mph. Widespread power failures were feared, along with flooding in coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy in October.

Boston could get 2 to 3 feet of snow, while New York City was expecting 10 to 14 inches.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said plows and

250,000 tons of salt were being put on standby. To the south, Philadelphia was looking at a possible 2 to 5 inches.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick banned all traffic from roads after 4 p.m., thought to be the state’s first such ban since the blizzard of 1978.

In the southeastern Massachusetts town of Whitman, where up to 2½ feet of snow was forecast, public works crews were clearing crosswalk signs, trash barrels and anything else that might impede plows later in the day. “We’ve had instances where they have predicted something big, and it’s petered out,â€? said Dennis Smith, a public works employee. “I don’t think this is going to be one of those times.â€?

Smith’s partner, Bob Trumbull, sounded a note of optimism, saying the relative lack of snow earlier this winter would make this storm easier

to clean up. “At least there is room for this snow. There are no snowbanks so we will have a place to put it,�

Trumbull said.

Snow was being blamed for a 19-car pileup in Maine on Friday morning in Cumberland, as 6 inches blanketed the area.

A New Jersey town hit hard by Superstorm Sandy issued a voluntary evacuation order for areas that are still recovering from that storm.

Residents in flood-prone sections of Brick Township were also urged to move their cars to higher ground by 5 p.m.

Amtrak suspended train service between New York and Boston in the afternoon.

The organizers of New York’s Fashion Week — a closely watched series of fashion shows held under a big tent — said they will have extra crews to help with snow removal and will turn up the heat and add an extra layer

to the venue.

Airlines canceled at least 3,775 flights ahead of the storm, according to airline tracking website FlightAware. At New York City’s three main airports, most U.S. airlines planned to suspend operations between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., resuming after noon on Saturday, FlightAware said. At Boston’s Logan and other New England airports, most airlines were to cease operations between noon and 4 p.m. “This is a storm of major proportions,� Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Friday. “Stay off the roads. Stay home.�

Blizzard warnings were posted for parts of New Jersey and New York’s Long Island, as well as portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, including Hartford, New Haven, Conn., and Providence. The warnings extended into New Hampshire and Maine.

WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England’s blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. And you can even call it Nemo.

But don’t call it hype.

The new director of the National Weather Service said some may be getting carried away in describing the winter storm bearing down on the Northeast. But he said the science is simple and chilling.

Louis Uccellini is an expert on snowstorms.

He said meteorologists are telling people that this is a dangerous storm because it is.

He said he’s ‘People sort of like confident that this storm is “a very it. It’s the weather dangerous situation, and people porn phenomena. need to take proper action.�

There are people Jeff Masters, meteorology diglued to the rector of the private Weather UnWeather Channel.’ derground, said the storm deserves the attention it’s getting.

Kerry Emanuel, MIT “This is a serious, life-threatening meteorology professor storm if you’re trying to travel in it and getting stuck.�

One of the big differences between this one and the 1978 blizzard is that the one 35 years ago surprised people and stranded them on the roads, said Keith Seitter of the Boston-based American Meteorological Society. This time, preventive steps, such as closing schools and an early order for people to be off Massachusetts roads before dark, should save lives and make roads easier to clear, experts said.

For more than a week, forecasters have seen it coming. New Englanders compare it to the 1978 storm that hit that region so hard. Meteorologists put it in the category of those that earned nicknames such as the even bigger East Coast blizzard of 1993 dubbed the “storm of the century.�

Snowbound MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel agreed that forecasters are telling it like it is. But he added that extreme weather like this fascinates not just weather geeks but the media and everyone. “People sort of like it,� said Emanuel, who is stuck in his Lexington, Mass., home. “It’s the weather porn phenomena. There are people glued to The Weather Channel.�

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Church Directory Adventist

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

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei F. Washington Sun. Worship 10:00am Sun School 6:00pm Tue. Prayer Service 5:30pm Wed. Fellowship Dinner 6:00pm

Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00, 6:30 Wed. Meal-Choir-Missions: 5:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45am Worship 10:55am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com James R. Allen Sun School 10:00am Worship 11:00am Sun Evening Worship 6:00pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm Midway Baptist Church 1210 Plowden Mill Rd 803-481-5064 Raymond Tobias, Pastor Mickey Lloyd Assoc. Pastor Sun. School 10am Worship 11am Tues. 6:30pm Pine Grove Baptist Church 433 Old Manning Road * 481-2041 Rev. Don Riner, Pastor Sunday School 10:00am Worship 10:50am Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Walt Phillips Interim Pastor Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Worship 11:00am & 6:00pm

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But, the waves always return to the shore. he way of love is much like that of the sea. It is beautiful, yet unpredictable - storms may brew, but calm always returns to make way for loving and happy moments. Like the love of God, true love never fails. As Valentine’s Day approaches let us meditate on the way of true love and rededicate our love to that special one in our life, with God’s help. Happy Valentine’s Day.

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

The Catholic Community of Sumter/ St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St * 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.Ss.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5pm Sun. 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave * 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.Ss.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 The Rev. Daniel Lee Clarke Jr Christian Education 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Morning Prayer Tues-Thurs 7:30am Holy Communion Wed. 12:00 pm

St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30pm Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St * 773-9393 Rev. Kevin Gorry Contemporary Worship 8:45 Traditional Worship 11:00 Sunday school 9:45 trinityumcsumter.org

Love Covenant Church 245 Oswego Hwy * 775-7605 Apostle Tommy Fredrick Prophet Angela Frederick Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St * 773-3814 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School - All Ages 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening programs

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Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext * 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd * 773-7074 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Bible Study 6:00 pm

Bible Fellowship Church 227 Broad St *773-7101 Pastor Jim Ketchum Sunday Worship: 11 am Worship 6:00pm Sunday School: 9:45 am Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:00pm

Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd * 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study/Respect Monday: 7pm

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

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

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

Lutheran - NALC

Miracle Deliverance Temple COSC (Church Of A Second Chance) 1010 North Guignard Drive*934-1444 Apostle Larry DeRant, Bishop Sunday School 10:30am & worship 11:30am

Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive * 803-883-1049 Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Nursery provided Wed Bible Class: 6:30 pm

Swan Lake Presbyterian Church 912 Haynsworth St Sumter 803-775-3146 Pastor Chuck Staggs Sunday School 9:45 Worship 11:00

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The Salvation Army 16 Kendrick St * 775-9336 Major Robbie Robbins Sunday School: 9:45 am Worship Service: 11 am Wednesday Mid Week Lift: 7 pm Wednesday Men Fellowship & Woman’s Home League: 7:30 pm

Methodist - Southern First Southern Methodist Church 321 Miller Rd * 773-9723 Ellison Evans III, Reverend Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship: 11:00 am, 6:30 pm Wed. Sevs: 6:30pm, Epworth League Mtg: 6:30pm

Word International Ministries 1010 North Guignard Drive * 934-1444 Apostle Larry DuRant Pastor Woship - 8:00am & 11:15am Sunday: School - 10:30am

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

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

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd * 469-2452 Rev. Curtis Wells Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.BethelUMCoswego.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net

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

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RIGHT: Wayne â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dempseyâ&#x20AC;?

Worner, facilitator of the Sumter School District Board of Trustees retreat, groups board membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; answers. They were responding to qualities they hope to have in three years that will attract businesses.

BELOW: Keith Schultz, front, chairman of the Sumter School District Board of Trustees, and Lt. Col. Robert Snodgrass answer questions during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board retreat held at the University of South Carolina Sumterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts and Letters Building.

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RETREAT from Page A1 consulting include school board development; school system merger and consolidation; evaluating and enhancing public school and university climate, morale and communication; and team building/climate and morale studies. He was recommended by the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal counsel, Childs and Halligan P.A., a Columbiabased law firm specializing in school law.

Worner used various scenarios to get the trustees and the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Ken Childs, thinking about the roles of board members as well as the superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, where they might overlap and how they communicate with each other. He also pointed out that the way Superintendent Randolph Bynum communicates with the board is not going to be the same as how he communicates with the public and that most people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like surprises. He said what trustees want to know often has to do with the size of the district; a large one might want to know anything that will make the news, whereas a smaller one might want to know â&#x20AC;&#x153;the PE teacher pinned a kid up against the lockers for mouthing off.â&#x20AC;? As an example of something she found surprising and would have liked to have known about before reading it in the paper, Trustee Karen Michalik brought up the recent expulsion of a kindergartner at Alice Drive Elementary School.

Worner also sparked

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some discussion by encouraging each person to think about what he or she means by equity. There is a difference between equity and access, said Larry Addison, and Bynum differentiated between equity and equality.

Other trustees talked about all students having the same opportunities.

The facilitator also got them talking about ways to close the achievement gap.

Addison talked about reaching preschoolers through Early Head Start programs or by partnering with day cares, and Vice Chairwoman Patty Wilson talked about singlegender classes. Trustee Barbara Jackson and Daryl McGhaney, clerk of the board, talked about looking at feeder schools for low-performing schools. The students might need help earlier in their academic careers or

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changes may have occurred between the two schools.

Worner also discussed how strategic planning involves a vision from the board, whereas operations have more to do with how the superintendent implements the vision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But there is still this notion that Dr. (Ralph) Canty touched on about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we approved stuff, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re immune to people saying weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone too far, too fast,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Worner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need a mechanism in place to talk to the superintendent.

We need to help constituents understand.â&#x20AC;?

This led to discussions of the SWEET 16 instructional audit and standards-based report cards.

He also talked about how vision is different from benchmarks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Benchmarks are what we

measure to see if we are making progress toward the vision,â&#x20AC;? Worner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But again, I urge the board to be reasonable about outcomes.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t set outcomes that are impossible to meet.â&#x20AC;?

Schultz said it was also good for the relatively new board members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Barbara Jackson and Lt. Col. Robert Snodgrass â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to see where the district currently stands and get their input moving forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From here, I think some good points were brought up,â&#x20AC;? F.D. Schmidt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it will solve anything. I hope so.â&#x20AC;?

She was also interested in single-gender education, a topic Wilson brought up. She and her friend, Shirley Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quinn, were the only two members of the public in attendance.

The district is a work in progress, Worner said, but over all, the board has done a good job getting it up and running. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased with the dialogue weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had and the areas weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked about,â&#x20AC;?

Bynum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope the whole thing will bring clarity to how we work together and communicate with each other and clarity to the role and responsibility of the superintendent and the board. Lastly, I hope (the retreat) enhances an atmosphere of transparency and candor. I have a personal commitment to ratchet up the quality and timeliness of my communications with the board members and the public.â&#x20AC;?

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NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The worst of the flu season appears to be over.

The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.

The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four weeks in much of the country. Flu and pneumonia deaths also dropped the last two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely that the worst of the current flu season is over,â&#x20AC;?

CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said.

But flu is hard to predict, he and others stressed, and there have been spikes late in the season in the past.

For now, states such as Georgia and New York â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices were jammed a few weeks ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are reporting low flu activity.

The hot spots are now the West Coast and the Southwest.

Among the places that have seen a drop: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pa., which put up a tent outside its emergency room last month to help deal with the steady stream of patients.

There were about 100 patients each day back then. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down to 25 and the hospital may pack up its tent next week, said Terry Burger, director of infection control and prevention for the hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a decline,â&#x20AC;? she said.

In early December, CDC officials announced flu season had arrived, a month earlier than usual. They were worried, saying it had been nine years since a winter flu season started like this one. That was 200304 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the deadliest seasons in the past 35 years, with more than 48,000 deaths.

Like this year, the major flu strain was one that tends to make people sicker, especially the elderly, who are most vulnerable to flu and its complications.

But back then, that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flu vaccine wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made to protect against that bug, and fewer people got flu shots. The vaccine is reformulated almost every year, and the CDC has said this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vaccine is a good match to the types that are circulating. A preliminary CDC study showed it is about 60 percent effective, which is close to the average.

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HONDURAS from Page A1 It was Richardson’s seventh visit to Honduras, but he said each experience leaves a new impression on him.

“You do the same things each day of the week, but you can’t do enough explaining,” he said.

The average age of the Honduran people is relatively young, he said, bearing testimony to both the number of children born each year as well as the life expectancy of most.

Richardson was among two other pastors who traveled to the remote homes in the mountainous terrain to deliver food and speak to the people. It was one family that made a particular impression on him. As Richardson approached a home, he noticed a father carrying his toddler son. The men of the village normally worked during the day, Richardson said, so it was rare to see a man around the home. Later, they found out the boy had encephalitis, a disease that causes swelling and inflammation of the brain, and would most likely have a short life span.

“I told him, ‘You’re a good dad to be out here holding your son,’” he said.

Richardson said most temporary missionaries find it hard to cope with the feeling that they can’t help more.

“What can you do for these people whose needs are so profound?” he asked. “We can help today and hope someone will help down the road.”

Dan Tindall helped build furniture for the local Bible school that helps educate local pastors.

“The overall trip ... itself is something I won’t forget,” he said. “That we made a difference made the trip worthwhile.”

Although the Honduran people lacked many of the creature comforts Americans take for granted, they were happy, Tindall said.

“We were told it would change our lives

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more than it changed (the Honduran people), and I think that is true,” he said.

Rabon quickly found use of his experience as a dentist, seeing more than 200 patients over little more than four days. The makeshift clinic — normally a school — did not have electricity, which limited the extent of dental care that Rabon could safely provide.

“We basically tried to get people out of pain,” he said. “Some people had walked a day or two just to see us.”

The most common dental infirmities were those common with people who did not have proper dental care. The bulk of Rabon’s service was tooth extractions — nearly 400. However, one of Rabon’s most memorable experiences came as a result of a patient who didn’t need one. One young man came into the clinic, anxious to get one of the bags of basic toiletries the workers were giving out to patients.

“He was willing to have a tooth pulled just to get one of those bags,” Rabon said.

Richardson, Tindall and Rabon said they would love to go back, but in the meantime, they find joy in the fact that they have helped start a better life for the people of Maraita.

“We are planting the seeds,” said Richardson.

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Aliza Tindall cuddles one of the village children as a part of the children’s ministry performed by the 45-member mission team that recently traveled to Maraita, Honduras.

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WH boys win region title

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com After subpar performances in each of its last two games, the Wilson Hall varsity boys basketball team needed a win against Florence Christian School on Friday to have any kind of shot at the SCISA Region II-3A crown.

“It was Senior Night, and I was hoping my seniors and the rest of the team would respond,” WH head coach Eddie TallTALLEY ey said. “I was very pleased that they did.”

The Barons found their offenRECTOR sive groove early and often, hitting nine 3-point baskets en route to a 76-51 victory over FCS at Nash Student Center to give Wilson Hall the region title with a 4-2 region mark.

Wilson Hall gained the top spot after Laurence Manning Academy lost to Orangeburg Prep 49-47 on Friday.

The Barons will be the top seed for the region tournament which begins Monday at the Sumter County Civic Center.

“This is the team that I’ve been looking for the last few games,” Talley said of his now 13-9 Barons. “They played a great game. They made shots and really took over the game early.”

Pastides praises new AD Tanner

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

The Barons got off to a hot start behind the 3-point line to grab an early lead. WH hit five shots from beyond the arc by four different players, including a fade away shot by Kyle Duffy at the buzzer to put the Barons up 19-12 at the end of one. Duffy finished with 21 points to lead the Barons.

The second quarter was more about the inside game for Wilson Hall. After the Eagles pulled within 23-20, the

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TOP: Wilson Hall’s Sharp Turner puts up a shot over Florence Christian’s Luke Sterling (23) as teammate Micah Gold l(10) ooks on during the Barons’ 76-51 victory on Friday at Nash Student Center. LEFT: Wilson Hall’s Lucion Hall (12) drives past a Lady Eagle defender during Wilson Hall’s 48-39 victoryr. The Lady Barons are co-champions of the region with Orangeburg Prep while the Wilson Hall boys won the region title outright.

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Newcomers enter NASCAR Hall of Fame

COLUMBIA — University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides had confidence former Gamecocks baseball coach Ray Tanner would make a successful switch from the dugout to the board PASTIDES room as athletic director.

But even Pastides has been amazed with the quick and seamless transition TANNER since Tanner’s appointment last July.

“It was beyond my own expectations,” Pastides told The Associated Press on Friday.

Tanner was named AD after 16 successful seasons leading the baseball team.

The Gamecocks won College World Series titles in 2010 and 2011 and were runners-up to Arizona last year. Tanner was a popular candidate when longtime AD Eric Hyman left for a similar job at Texas A&M. Yet, there were questions whether Tanner have the savvy and ability to administrate a department that had an operating budget of $83 million in 2011.

Pastides has found that he does — and more. The president is also getting positive reviews on Tanner’s SEE TANNER, PAGE B2

Indiana becomes latest No. 1 to fall

BY JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — It was only fitting that Cotton Owens was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame by David Pearson, the driver who won him a championship and was a devoted friend long after their racing careers ended.

Pearson, a member of the second class for the Hall, inducted former driver and car

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Leonard Wood, left, grabs the hand of his brother, Glen before the start of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies on Friday in Charlotte.

owner Owens in Friday night’s ceremony.

Owens died at 88 in June, weeks after learning he had been voted into the Hall’s fourth class.

His inclusion was pushed for by both

Pearson and Bud Moore, a member of the inaugural class. The two were among Owens’ closest friends and the three were nearly inseparable SEE NASCAR, PAGE B3

Sue Paterno defends late husband

BY GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Breaking more than a year of silence, Sue Paterno is defending her late husband as a “moral, disciplined” man who never twisted the truth to avoid bad publicity.

The wife of the former Penn State coach is fighting back against PATERNO the accusations against Joe Paterno that followed the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Her campaign started with a letter sent Friday to former Penn State players.

She wrote that the family’s exhaustive response to former FBI director Louis Freeh’s report for the university on the Sandusky child sex abuse case will officially be released to the public at 9 a.m. Sunday on paterno.com.

Freeh in July accused Joe Paterno and three university officials of covering up allegations against Sandusky, a retired defensive coordinator. Less than two weeks later, the NCAA levied unprecedented sanctions on the program that Joe Paterno built into one of the most wellknown in college football.

“When the Freeh report was released last July, I was as shocked as SEE PATERNO, PAGE B3

Indiana’s latest run as No. 1 didn’t last long, abruptly halted by a loss to unranked Illinois. Duke was bumped from the top spot twice in three weeks. Michigan and Louisville went one and done when their turns came.

It’s not lonely at the top, it’s getting crowded.

With the Hoosiers’ expected tumble in the next poll, that’ll be six straight weeks with a new No. 1, the secondlongest streak since the first Associated Press poll in 1949.

The way things have gone this season, coaches might start lobbying voters to not put their teams atop the ballot.

“I do think there will be a revolving door or chairs that we will have a new No. 1 or new top fives moving forward because anyone can beat anyone,” Kansas coach Bill Self said Friday. “There is no dominant team, but there are a lot of really good ones.”

Oddly enough, this season of jumbling started with stability at the top.

Indiana was the preseason No. 1 and held there for the first five weeks before a 5-foot-

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Illinois’ D.J. Richardson (1) goes up for a 3-point shot over Indiana’s Kevin Ferrell during the Illni’s 74-72 upset victory at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill., on Thursday.

11 walk-on from Butler — named Alex, not David — knocked Goliath from the top spot with a floater in overtime.

Duke got the bump to No. 1 after that and stayed in place for four polls until North Carolina State’s fans stormed the court after a Blue

Devil dumping in Raleigh on Jan. 12.

Since then, No. 1 teams have perched on a precarious pedestal.

After Duke’s first loss, Louisville moved to No. 1. The Cardinals responded to prosperity with not just one loss, SEE FALL, PAGE B2

OBITUARIES

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2013

ILA CRIBB CRIBB Ila Cribb Cribb, age 93, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Willard Cribb.

Born Dec. 14, 1919, in Hemingway, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Anderson Cribb and Nettie Baxley Cribb. Mrs. Cribb was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed taking care of her grandchildren and working in her yard. Over the years, she served as a Sunday school teacher, Sunbeam leader, choir member, Golden Circle Sunday school class member, WMU member, and member of the Young at Heart group.

Survivors include her children, Norton (Vera) Cribb, Walt (Sylvia) Cribb, Maxine (Milton) Ortiz-Velez, Jeanette (Charlie) Berry and Pansy

(Larry) Ard; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; sister, Carnell (Kenneth) Gladden; and sister-in-law, Margaret Cribb.

Mrs. Cribb was predeceased by an infant son, Gerald Cribb; brothers, Jetty Cribb and L.A. Cribb; and sisters, Mable Owens and Bertha Mae Altman.

Funeral services, conducted by Morris Funeral Home of Hemingway, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Family Life Center.

Memorial donations may be made to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 11914 Pleasant Hill Drive, Hemingway, SC, 29554, or to Tidelands Community Hospice, 2591 N. Fraser St.,

Georgetown, SC 29440.

Please sign the guestbook at www.morris-funeralhome. com.

ROBERTHA O. DOW SUMMERTON — Robertha Oliver Dow was born on Saturday, March 15, 1930, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Annie Liza Oliver Dow. She was the widow of Leroy Dow. She entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

The family is receiving friends at the family home, 1061 Evening Shade Drive, Summerton, and at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Minister Jacqueline and John D. Jackson, 2782 Browning Ridge Drive, Sumter.

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

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SALLIE PHILLIPS Sallie Phillips was born Oct. 20, 1944, in Sumter, to the late Arthur and Mattie Richardson McBride in Sumter. She departed this life on Feb. 5, 2013.

She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and attended Eastern High School. Her early religious training began at Trinity Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Lewis Walker.

Precious memories will be cherished by her husband, Elijah Phillips; three children, Charles Singleton, Dena Trina (Freddie) Peterson and Patrick Singleton, all of Sumter; one stepdaughter, Katherine Geter of Sumter; two sisters, Gloria Jean Butler and Mattie Carter of Sumter; brothers-inlaw, James Phillips, Robert Phillips and David Phillips of Philadelphia, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchil-

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dren; nieces, nephews, a host of other close family and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Phillips will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Sunday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., Lynchburg, with Pastor Larry C. Weston officiating. Interment will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 9 Kent St., Sumter.

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

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

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Bears advance to second round of SCACS playoffs

around Spartanburg, S.C. “He was a good guy, and my friend, and one of the best friends I had,” Pearson said. “Every Sunday after church I’d go pick him up, been that way for years. Everybody thought when we were split up we were mad at each other.”

Pearson won 27 races driving for Owens, as well as the 1966 championship.

Owens won nine races as a driver, then transitioned into ownership. He finished second in points in 1959 to Hall of Famer Lee Petty, and won more than 100 races in NASCAR’s modified division.

He was named one of NASCAR’s 50 greatest drivers in 1998.

“In our family book, there was no better racer than Cotton Owens,” grandson Kyle Davis said in accepting Owens’ induction.

“He took great pride in the fact he could build a car from the ground up. ... He was a wizard turning wenches and behind the wheel.”

Herb Thomas was remembered as a hard worker who never forgot his farming roots during his induction.

Thomas was the first of the five inductees honored in a class that also included former champions Buck Baker, Rusty Wallace and innovative mechanic and crew chief Leonard Wood.

Thomas’ induction was opened by current NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, and was accepted by Thomas’ son, Joel.

Thomas, the first driver to win two NASCAR championships, died in 2000. A two-time champion at NASCAR’s top level, he also finished second in points twice and ended the year in the top two in four consecutive seasons from 1951-54.

Thomas won 48 races and ranks 13th on the career wins list.

Joel Thomas said his father returned to working on the family tobacco farm in Olivia after his retirement.

“He was always kind and fair to everyone, and wasn’t afraid of hard work,” Joel Thomas said.

“He operated his own saw mill and almost 50 years later was excited to teach me how to run it.

When dad finally retired from racing in 1962, he worked on the farm with his family for many years. Those were wonderful years.”

Sumter Christian School’s varsity boys basketball team defeated South Pointe Christian 47-36 in the first round of the SCACS 2A state tournament on Friday.

The Bears trailed 25-18 at halftime before outscoring South Pointe 22-11 in the second half.

T.J. Barron led Sumter Christian with 12 points. Josh McGranahan added 11 and David Broughton had 10.

SCS will go on the road to face Calvary Christian of Myrtle Beach on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.

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WALTERBORO — Sixthseeded Clarendon Hall defeated No. 3 seed Colleton Prep 31-21 on Thursday in the opening round of the SCISA Region I-1A tournament on Thursday at the CP gymnasium.

Collyn Bates led the Saints, who improved to 2-18 on the season, with 12 points.

Kevin Bennett added eight points and 11 rebounds, while Dustin Way had five points and five steals and David Lookabill had 10 rebounds.

The Saints will face St. Francis Xavier High School today at 3:30 p.m. at Colleton Prep.

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ORANGEBURG — Laurence Manning Academy lost to Orangeburg Prep 60-49 on Friday.

Hayley Hatfield led LMA with 16 points while Grace Beatson had 11.

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WALTERBORO — Fifthseeded Clarendon Hall defeated No. 4 seed Jefferson Davis Academy 30-23 on Thursday in the opening round of the SCISA Region I-1A tournament on Thursday.

Kaitlyn Sawyer had a

double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Saints, who improved to 5-13 on the season.

Sonam Knuber added six points.

Clarendon Hall will face Colleton Prep today at 5 p.m. in the next round at CP. JV BOYS BASKETBALL WILSON HALL FLORENCE CHRISTIAN

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Wilson Hall won the SCISA Region II-3A title with a 48-42 victory over Florence Christian on Friday.

The Barons improved to 15-4 on the season and was 5-1 in region play. Robert james had 11 points to lead Wilson Hall and John Wells Baker added 10.

Wilson Hall will play Laurence Manning Academy in the semifinals of the region tournament today at 4:45 p.m. at Nash Student Center. The other boys game will have Florence Christian meeting Orangeburg Prep at 2:15.

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Barons rattled off 11 straight points to close out the quarter for a 34-20 halftime lead.

The Eagles never got any closer than 12 points the rest of the way.

“We’re probably more of an inside team, but tonight, other than maybe one shot from the outside, we took open shots,” Talley said. “We took open shots and we made them. That was the difference in the game.

“We shot them with confidence and that forced (FCS) to come out to us more and opened up the inside.”

Sharp Turner had 18 points for WH, including 11 in the fourth quarter. William Kinney added eight and Spencer Brabham had seven.

Alan Parnell led the Eagles with 13 points.

The family directed its attorney, Washington lawyer Wick Sollers, to assemble experts to review Freeh’s findings and Joe Paterno’s actions, Sue Paterno wrote.

She did not offer details on findings in the letter, “except to say that they unreservedly and forcefully confirm my beliefs about Joe’s conduct.

“In addition, they present

“Hopefully this will be a jumping off point for the playoffs,” Talley said. “I think we secured a berth in the state tournament tonight, but I’m not sure.

But I hope we can continue to play like this next week in the region tournament.”

In the girls game, Lucion Hall’s 15 points helped the Lady Barons hold off a secondhalf charge from FCS for a 48-39 victory.

Hall scored six points in the decisive fourth quarter in which Wilson Hall rebuilt a double-digit lead and held on to improve to 15-7 overall and 5-1 in the region.

By virtue of Orangeburg Prep’s 60-49 win over Laurence Manning on Friday, the Lady Barons and Lady Indians are cochampions of the re-

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WALTERBORO — Clarendon Hall saw its season come to an end on Thursday with a 36-30 loss to Andrew Jackson Academy in the opening round of the SCISA Region I-1A tournament on Thursday.

Raj Patel led the Saints, who finish with a 4-13 record, with 11 points. Will Corbett added eight points and eight rebounds.

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ORANGEBURG -- Laurence Manning Academy lost to Orangeburg Prep 56-21 on Friday at the OP gymnasium.

Courtney Beatson led LMA with 11 points.

LMA and OP will play again today at 1 p.m. in the semifinals of the SCISA Region II-3A tournament at Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center. Wilson Hall and Florence Christian will meet at 3:30.

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PATERNO from Page B1 anyone by the findings and

by Mr. Freeh’s extraordinary attack on Joe’s character and integrity. I did not recognize the man Mr. Freeh described,” Sue Paterno wrote.

“I am here to tell you as definitively and forcefully as I know how that Mr. Freeh could not have been more wrong in his assessment of Joe.”

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Wilson Hall’s Alex Wells (23) goes up for a shot as Florence Christian’s Elizabeth Stone (10) defends during the Lady Barons’ 48-39 victory on Friday at Nash Student Center.

tor said. “They also changed defenses on us, which threw us off a little until the fourth quarter.

“We also missed a lot of easy chances at the basket.”

Hannah Jordan had nine points for Wilson Hall followed by Elizabeth Munn, Alex Wells and Holly Scott with six each.

FCS’ Elizabeth Stone paced all scorers with 17 points followed by Kacey Medlin with 13.

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gion. OP won the coin toss and will be the top overall seed for the region tournament.

Wilson Hall will face Laurence Manning on Monday at 3:30 as the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds, respectively.

“I thought we did a really nice job of moving the ball around in the first half,” WH head coach Glen Rector said of his team’s effort. “We were able

a passionate and persuasive critique of the Freeh report as a total disservice to the victims of Sandusky and the cause of preventing child sex offenses,” Sue Paterno wrote.

Sue Paterno said neither Freeh’s report, nor the NCAA’s actions, should “close the book” on the scandal.

“This cannot happen,” she wrote. “The Freeh report failed and if it is not challenged and corrected, nothing worthwhile will have

to get through their zone defense and score, which we had trouble with at their place.”

WH held an 8-point lead at the half before the Lady Eagles chipped away in the third to pull within three points before the Lady Barons recovered.

“We had some lapses defensively in the third quarter,” Rec-

come from these tragic events.”

In a statement released through a spokesman, Penn State called Sue Paterno “an important and valued member of the Penn State community.

“We have and continue to appreciate all of her work on behalf of the university,” the school said. “She has touched many lives and continues to be an inspiration to many Penn Staters.”

WILSON HALL 48, FCS 39 FCS 12 10 9 8 – 39 WH 15 15 6 12 – 48 FLORENCE CHRISTIAN Stone 17, Medlin 13, Mansy 5, Garris 4.

WILSON HALL Hall 15, Jordan 9, Munn 6, Wells 6, Scott 6, Alderman 4, Catoe 2.

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WILSON HALL 76, FCS 51 FCS 12 8 12 19 –51 WH 19 15 16 26-76 FLORENCE CHRISTIAN Johnson 8, Parnell 13, Gold 11, Washington 2, Sterling 11, Cooper 4.

WILSON HALL Turner 18, Brabham 7, Duffy 21, W. Kinney 8, Bochette 5, Clinkscales 4, Holstein 6, Pannell 6.

The Associated Press left messages Friday for representatives for Freeh.

Sandusky’s arrest in November 2011, triggered the sweeping scandal, including the firing of Paterno and the departure under pressure of Graham Spanier as president days later. Prosecutors filed perjury and failure to report charges against former athletic director Tim Curley and retired vice president Gary Schultz.

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OBITUARIES

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MARY C. KOLB Mary Elizabeth Carter Kolb, 47, beloved wife of Russell “Rusty” Eugene Kolb, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at her home.

Born April 16, 1965, in Columbus, Ohio, she was a daughter of Robert Homer Carter Sr., and Lois June Kirk Mills. Mrs. Kolb was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She was an active mem- KOLB ber of the youth and children’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 “Nena,” 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-inlaw, Jennifer T. Kolb; one sister-in-law, Terri Floyd (Wylie); two brothers-inlaw, Richard Kolb (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, Wylie LeGrande Floyd III, Richard Dwayne Kolb Jr. and Daniel Rhett Kolb.

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. today at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

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

HARRISON CAIN MANNING — Harrison Cain, 57, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at his residence, 6743 Moses Dingle Road, Manning.

He was born Feb. 23, 1955, a son of Harriet Mack Cain and the late Melvin Cain. He was a CAIN 1973 graduate of Scott’s Branch High School, Summerton. In his youth, he attended Antioch Missionary Baptist. He served in the U.S. Army for four years. He was employed with Clarendon Memorial Hospital and Camp Bob Cooper.

Survivors are his mother, Harriet Cain; one brother, Louis (Janie) Cain; eight aunts; and three uncles.

The celebratory services for Mr. Cain will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. Jerial Dingle officiating and the Rev. Eliose Pompey presiding. Burial will follow in Antioch Memorial Gardens.

The family is receiving friends at 6743 Moses Dingle Road, Manning.

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

TERRANCE L. SCOTT Sr. Terrance “Fatz” Latrell Scott Sr. was born on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1979, in Manning, a son of Lester Sheard and Minister Rebecca Scott Fogle. He was the stepson of Minister David Fogle. He was educated in the public schools of Clarendon County. In his youth, Terrance attended The Healing Temple in Santee.

He departed this earthly life on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memories: his parents, Lester (Hannah) Sheard and Minister Rebecca SCOTT Scott Fogle and his stepfather, Minister David Fogle; six children, Symerah Scott, Tierra Scott, Tavashia Scott, Naijah Becton, Tamaria Scott and Terrance Latrell Scott Jr.; two brothers, Alexander T. Scott of Atlanta and Kenneth (Tara) Sheard of Kentucky; four sisters, Cynthia (Eric) Dingle of Summerton, Lakeshia Scott of Atlanta, Shalonda (Aaron) Kennerly and Lanesha Sheard, both of South Carolina; and a host of other close relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m Sunday at the Old Scott’s Branch High School, Summerton, with Apostle Lillie Gadson, eulogist. Final resting place will be Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Fort Motte.

Visitation for Mr. Scott will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Dyson’s Home for Funerals.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother and stepfather, Minister Rebecca and Minister David Fogle, 224 Cecelia Drive, and the home of his sister, Cynthia S. Dingle, 1428 House Street, Summerton.

Online condolences can be sent to www.dysonshomeforfunerals.com.

Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

HAROLD JONES AMERICUS, Ga. — Harold “Monkey” Jones, age 80, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of the funeral home with Pastor Steve Golden officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the residence, 720 Felder St., Americus.

Serving as active pallbearers will be the grandsons, Chase Bean, John Wilder, Shaun Yates, Lester Jones, Wiley Jones, Thomas Moore, Tyler Bean, Jordan Bean, Josh Worth, and Austin Brown.

Mr. Jones was born in Mayesville, a son of the late Robert Lester and Leah Evans Jones. He was a master electrician and, even though retired, he maintained his license. He came to Americus in 1963 as a member of the electrical team that wired Magnolia Manor. He decided to stay and work for Thiers Electrical and, in 1968, went into business for himself. He wired many of the homes and businesses in and around Americus. He also mentored and taught several “Greenhorns,” who are master electricians today.

Monkey not only raised his six children, but fed and mentored many more.

Mr. Jones is survived by his beloved wife, Mildred McCutcheon Jones of Ameri-

cus; five daughters and sonsin-law, Donna Jones Drake (Charles) and Sherryl Jones Wilder (Bruce), both of Americus, Valerie Jones Bean (Mike) and Cereto Jones Bean (late husband Brad), both of Peachtree City, Ga., and Freda Jo Jones Moore of Salisbury, Md.; son, Harold Duane Jones of West Columbia; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Margaret Harris of Augusta, Ga., Naomi Elmore (Alford) of Bishopville and Teresa Thigpen (Bobby) of Florence; brother and sister-in-law, Calvin Jones (Doris) of Sumter; sisters-inlaw, Thelma Jones and Ima Lee Jones; other children that he raised as his own, Danny Howell and Billie Jean of Oglethorpe, Ga., and Laura Little and Ron of Ellaville, Ga. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren, April Yates, Tara Harris, Shaun Yates, John Wilder, Jami Wilder, Lester Jones, Wiley Jones, Penny Jones, Jordan Bean, Tyler Bean, Casey Bean, Chase Bean, Anna Yates, Austin Brown, Logan Brown, Samantha Moore, Josh Worth, Whitney Worth and Jake Little; 11 greatgrandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews and several in-laws on his wife’s side, whom he loved like his own family.

Mr. Jones was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert Edward “Peanut” Jones and Eugene Jones.

Memorial contributions may be made to Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation Inc., 5582 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Ga. 30341.

Aldridge Funeral Services, 612 Rees Park, Americus, is in charge of these arrangements.

To sign the online guest book and express your own special thoughts and memories to the family, go to www.aldridgefuneralservices.com.

STEVEN T. CUTLER Sr. Steven Thomas Cutler Sr., 74, husband of Elsie P. Cutler, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born Sept. 8, 1938, in Providence, R.I., a son of the late Charles S. and Helen K. Donahue Cutler. He attended Northside Baptist Church and retired after 15 years with Bosch.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Steven T. Cutler Jr., Eric R. Cutler (Bonnie) and DeWayne M. Steele (Michelle); three daughters, Diana Cutler Robitaille (Lucien), Teresa S. Barwick (Larry) and Cynthia Renee Steele Lackie (Robert); 16 grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Allen L. Cutler and Steven T. Cutler III. Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating.

Following the service, the family will receive friends at his home.

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

Brunson Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 15 E. Hospital St., Manning, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 433-2273.

CHARLES L. HETRICK Charles Leroy Hetrick, age 79, died on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

PATRICIA DALY LUGOFF — A memorial service to celebrate the life of Patricia Ann Daly, 62, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Powers Funeral Home.

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friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Ms. Daly died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.

Born in Birmingham, Ala., she was a daughter of the late Ralph Harden and Vivian Mae Thomas Daly.

She retired from Bellsouth after 32 years. She enjoyed bowling, reading, cross stitching, fishing and camping.

Surviving are her partner of 31 years, Evelyn Rabon; twin daughter and son, Ralph Patrick Daly of Lugoff and Vivian Leigh Daly of Rembert; sister, Martha McMahon of Sumter; brothers, Bobby Ray Daly (Elsie) of Las Vegas, Nev., and Billy Daly (Kathy) of Sumter; a grandson, Jackson Daly Sumner; and a special family, the Rabons.

Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net.

ETHEL GENTRY Funeral services for Ethel Gentry, who died Feb. 4, 2013, will be held at noon today at St. Luke AME Church, Sumter.

Mrs. Gentry is survived by her sisters, Julia M. Benjamin and Lucille Battle, both of Sumter; a special nephew, Gerard K. Benjamin and his wife, Beverly; and a niece, Leola Session, all of Sumter.

Palmer Memorial Chapel of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.

STANLEY O. SCHAETZLE Stanley Otto Schaetzle, age 78, died on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

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

Mr. Lewis was born May 25, 1946, in Clinton, Ind. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a master sergeant.

He was employed at the Sumter County Exhibition Center.

Survivors include two sons, Paul C. Lewis Jr. and Christopher “Scotty” Lewis, both of Sumter; a brother, Fred Lewis of Indiana; two sisters, Doris and Debbie; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park.

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

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

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

FRANKLIN E. WEEKS Franklin Eugene Weeks, 79, husband of Cleo Gelena Weeks, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at a local nursing center.

Born in Ideal, Ga., he was a son of the late John H. and Berta Jones Weeks. Mr. Weeks was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church at Springhill. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and was a retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant with 22 years of service. He was later employed as a Civil Service traffic manager with 20 years of service. He served as commander of the Bishopville VFW for 11 years and was a former president of the Lions Club in Bishopville. He was a member of

Mt. Holyoke Masonic Lodge in Massachusetts for 50 years.

Surviving are his wife of Ashwood; two daughters, Dr. Denise A. Weeks of Sumter and Dr. Darlene W. Anderson and husband, Dr. Mac Anderson, of Summerville; two sisters, Helen Greene and Sarah McCommon, both of Marshallville, Ga.; and four grandchildren, Anna and husband John, Frankie, Kemp and Georgia.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Watson Weeks; and a sister, Juanita Weeks.

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Pat Amick officiating.

The family will receive friends following the memorial service at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church, 3919 Springhill Road, Rembert, SC 29128.

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

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

ROSA LEE M. GIBBS Rosa Lee McBride Gibbs, 82, widow of Deacon Roy Gibbs, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at her home.

She was born Nov. 21, 1930, in Sumter County, where she attended the public schools. She was a daughter of the late Hammie and Mattie Robinson McBride. She was a faithful member of Church of God

by Faith, where she was a member of the missionary society, member of the senior and gospel choirs, an usher, and member of the Sunday school ministries.

She leaves to cherish her memory: seven sons, Leroy McBride, David Johnson, Hammie (Varlene) Johnson, Elder James S. Gibbs, Elder Thomas (Cassandra) Gibbs, Cliff Gibbs and Danny (Crystal) Gibbs, all of Sumter; seven daughters, Essie Kennedy of Philadelphia, Pa., Julia Billups, Ester Anderson and Mildred (Albert) Washington, all of Sumter, Vickie (Kenny) Dixon and Brenda Garrett, both of Conway, and Jackie (Elder Antonio) Mackey of Columbia; one sister, Bertha Singleton; a host of grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Viewing for Mrs. Gibbs will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Church of God by Faith, Sumter, with Elder James Lucas, pastor, assisting, Elder James Taylor, Minister Rossi Ramsey, Minister D.Y. McBride and Evangelist Sharon Turner. Burial will follow in Hillside.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 312 Foxworth St., Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

REBECCA BRADLEY Rebecca Bradley, 57, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Odyssey Hospice House, Decatur, Ga. Born Feb. 25, 1955, she was a daughter of the late James and Pearlie Epps Preston.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of Louis Ramsey, 243 Poulas St., Sumter.

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

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The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will offer free income tax assistance and electronic filing for taxpayers with low to middle incomes. Assistance will be available 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through April 10 at the Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St. You will need: picture ID; Social Security card for all dependents; all W-2s, 1099s and 1098s; all supporting documents if you itemize; and a check for refund to be direct deposited. Call Lynda at (803) 4698322 or Sandra at (803) 469-2052.

Do you need help with your resume?

The Sumter County Library will offer free resume assistance as follows: 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the South Sumter branch, 337 Manning Ave.; 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the main branch, 111 N. Harvin St.; and 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the Wesmark branch, 180 W. Wesmark Blvd. Visit or call to register for one-onone assistance.

The Ashwood Central High School Classes of 1976 and 1977 will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at McDonald’s in Bishopville. Plans for the Aug. 2-4 class reunion will be discussed. Call Debra Martin Mickens at (803) 229-2979 or Barbara Mathis Wactor at (803) 983-5132.

The Sumter County Registration / Election Commission will conduct a photo ID seminar at 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 11, at the Central Carolina Health Science Building, 133 S. Main St. The public is invited.

The National Federation of the Blind (Sumter Chapter) will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Laura Colclough will serve as mistress of ceremony for the Valentine’s king and queen contest.

Transportation provided within the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or DebraCanC2@frontier.com. Call the 24hour recorded message line at (206) 376-5992 for information.

The Delaine Community Coalition will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Delaine Community Center, Eagle and Cane Savannah roads.

The Lee County Elections and Registration Office will hold two seminars about the new voter identification law. The seminars will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the large courtroom, the second floor of the Lee County Courthouse. Call (803) 4841832 or visit www. scvotes.org.

The Regional Transit Council will meet 10-11 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 14, at 36 W. Liberty St.

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Did NBC forget that February is sweeps month?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH I’m worried about NBC. Like a mixed-up teenager who won’t come out of his room, the once proud network seems to want to disappear. Or just give up. I’m almost expecting to find the NBC Peacock on the back of milk cartons.

The network had a pretty healthy fall. Much of that was due to “Sunday Night Football” and the popularity of talent contest “The Voice.” Now that those shows are over, the pickings on NBC are slim. It did broadcast the finale of critical darling “30 Rock” and brought back the ambitious, if frequently ridiculous, “Smash.” But when you take away reality fluff, phony “news” magazines and repeats, NBC is down to about 2 1/2 nights of entertainment broadcasting.

The week has seven nights.

On Friday, the network aired a two-hour “Dateline NBC,” followed by “Rock Center With Brian Williams.”

Saturday brings us “American Ninja Warrior” (8 p.m., TV-PG, NBC), a sports competition series better suited to cheap syndication, followed by a repeat of “Chicago Fire” (9 p.m., TV-14) and a rare repeat of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., TV-14) in prime time.

Sunday arrives with a repeat of “Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday Special” (8 p.m., TVPG), a rehash in itself. It’s followed by a repeat of the 2005 special “Saturday Night Live in the ‘80s: Lost and Found” (9 p.m., TV-14).

Has anybody told NBC that this is February? As in sweeps month — the period when the

Nielsen folks measure ratings? Sweeps used to bring big, ambitious projects: miniseries, specials, movies, cliffhangers, weddings. Seriously, a repeat of a remake of Betty White’s birthday party? That would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

Monday doesn’t get much better, with the pathetic and boring spectacle of “The Biggest Loser.”

OK, there’s also an original “Deception.” That means that over the course of four nights, NBC will broadcast exactly one hour of original drama or comedy in prime time during sweeps.

On reflection, make that five nights. Tuesday brings us the State of the Union address, preceded on NBC by two helpings of the candid-camera time-waster “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.” NBC will then resume broadcasting original series on Wednesday and Thursday.

Not everything on CBS, ABC or Fox is stellar.

But you still get the sense that those networks are at least showing up. Not NBC. • The approach of Valentine’s Day brings made-for-TV romances both obvious and unusual. William Baldwin (“Dirty Sexy Money”) stars in “Be My Valentine” (9 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark), a film that leaves no cliche unturned. Baldwin plays a nice widowed firefighter whose role in a charity bachelor auction leads him to a lovelorn florist (Natalie Brown), who gets a chance to invest in his beefcake.

• The single widower theme gets a slightly more complicated makeover in the 2013 romance “Twist of Faith” (8 p.m.

Saturday, Lifetime), star-

ring Toni Braxton as a devout Christian mother drawn to an Orthodox Jewish man through their shared love of music.

David Julian Hirsh and Mykelti Williamson costar.

• Viewers in search of relief from flowers and chocolates can exult in the ridiculous “Heebie Jeebies” (9 p.m. Saturday, Syfy), starring Robert Belushi and Marion Ross (“Happy Days”).

Apparently, miners lost for centuries return as monsters capable of scaring their victims to death. Sounds reasonable.

• The 2013 movie prequel “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” (8 p.m. Sunday, Syfy, TV-14) goes back to the early stages of the Cylon War, the battle between humans and robots that set this epic series in motion. Luke Pasqualino (“The Borgias”), Ben Cotton (“Stargate Atlantis”) and Lili Bordan (“Silent Witness”) star.

Gee, an ambitious movie based on a hit series. That’s the kind of February sweeps programming that used to show up on networks.

Oddly enough, Syfy is a cable cousin of NBC. • AMC offers new episodes of “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA), the gory zombie Western that has emerged as one of the most watched dramas on cable. Tonight, a new arrival at the prison compound sparks concerns.

“Talking Dead” (10 p.m.

Sunday, AMC, TV-14), the chatty recap show that helps make sense of the brain-splattering action, also returns and expands to one hour. Help yourself.

• The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (8 p.m. Sunday, CBS, TV-

PG) will have a hard time topping the 54th. Last year, it reached more than 39 million viewers, its second-largest audience ever and the most since Michael Jackson moonwalked away with most of the awards at the 1984 ceremony.

As CBS recalls on “The Grammys Will Go On: A Death in the Family” (9 p.m. Saturday), last year’s show was held in the wake of singer Whitney Houston’s sudden death, which sparked viewer curiosity.

Even without such tragic inspiration, the Grammys telecast promises to be the biggest TV event of the week, attracting the largest audience between the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards. LL Cool J hosts.

Saturday’s Highlights • The kids wax romantic in the 1994 special “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-G).

• Hardy and the FBI anticipate the new disciple’s next move on “The Following” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews and Will Arnett voice the 2010 animated comedy “Despicable Me” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• “Monster Squid: It Lives” (9 p.m., Discovery) sets the record straight about a mysteri-

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• Urban renewal reveals a murder site on “Ripper Street” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

• Helen Mirren, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann and Little Mix appear on “The Graham Norton Show” (10:15 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

Sunday’s Highlights • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): rating the credit-rating agencies; interviews with the five American survivors of the Algerian terror attack; Daniel DayLewis and Doris Kearns Goodwin.

• Cora hatches plussized revenge on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Molesley brags about his cricket prowess on “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece Classic” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• Saloon renovation returns on the third season opener of “Bar Rescue” (10 p.m., Spike, TVPG).

• Hannah finds herself attracted to an older man on “Girls” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• The gang butters up the CEO’s assistant (Molly Shannon) on “Enlightened” (9:30 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• “Revenge for Real” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14) recalls a Miami murder.

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EAR ABBY — I Can you give me some have enjoyed a suggestions to show my good life. I have appreciation? served my community. I ON THE WAY OUT have a wonderful wife, great children and good DEAR ON THE WAY friends. However, it now OUT — While goodbyes appears that the disease can be sad, your farewell that has been party need not be kept at bay has morbid — particuprogressed, and larly if you and your soon my days will wife make it a celeend. I have acbration of life and cepted my imlet your guests pending death as know it in advance. best one can, and If you’re afraid that Abigail let few people saying what’s in VAN BUREN know of it. your heart to each I would like to person individually thank all the will be emotionally wonderful people who draining, then deliver a have been an important speech or videotape one part of my life over the to be played at the event. years, and I’m wondering While reading your lethow that might be accom- ter, I am reminded of a plished. I do not want to friend, Judith, whom I lost make them sad or receive several years ago. Judith condolences. I simply had battled cancer for 12 want them to know they years. After she had comwere an important part of pleted yet another round my life. of chemo, some of her I considered a party, women friends gathered but wondered if that for a potluck luncheon at might seem morbid. Lether place. The wine was ters seem too distant, and poured and we all glanced phone calls would be at each other, worried that hard on me. toasting “health” might While my death senseem inappropriate. Senstence is firm, and it will be ing the hesitation, Judy soon. Few of these people raised her glass and anare aware that I am serinounced, “To LIFE!” And ously ill, although I have that, my friend, is exactly been hospitalized many what your party should be times. all about.

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The Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program provides capital assistance for transportation options, and services for seniors, and individuals with disabilities operating in Sumter County, Santee Lynches Region.

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Card of Thanks We the family, of the Late Mary E. Hilton would like to express our gratitude to everyone for their acts of kindness shown during the passing of our loved one. We greatly appreciate everything that was done; from the calls, visits, cards, prayers, etc., we'd like to say thank you. Words cannot express the pain felt during this time, but with the help of the greater one, we will continue to make it through the days ahead.

Heaven has truly gained an Angel.

All acts of kindness and concern will never be forgotten.

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CKC Shih-tzu 7 wks $400, CKC Carinoodles 16 wks, $250. All UTD on S/D. Raised in home. Happy and playful.

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Timberland Wolf/Black Lab, P.O.P. $50 to good adoptive parents.

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MERCHANDISE Want to Buy Lafayette Gold & Silver, Buying Gold Jewelry, Diamonds, Silver 925 Jewelry, Silver Coins, Sterling, Open 6 days. 773-8022 143 S. Lafayette Dr.

Mover's Helper, Rubbish removal, light hauling, tree trimmimg.

You call, we haul. 316-5919.

Auctions AUCTION 523 Benton Drive 5 BR,2.5 BA, LR, DR, Den, Sunroom, Carport.

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Roofing Robert's Metal Roofing 29 years exp. 18 colors & 45 year warranty. Call 803-837-1549.

Hodge Roofing Solutions, LLC, Lic.& Bonded. Free Estimates.

Also do Vinyl Siding & Seamless Gutters. 803-840-4542 All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp.

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STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net

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Tree Doctor Call us for an appt. Free est. 7 days/week. Prune trees, remove trees, grind stumps, proper limbing & treatment. 803-773-8402.

Moving/Salon/Clothing Sale: 661 Mattison Ave. Sat., 6am-1pm.

Lots of furn, electronics, too much to list. Cash/Credit Card accepted.

Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Hshld goods, Cherry bdrm set, mattress set, antiques, glassware & clothing (8, 12 & 14) Sat. 8am to 4pm, Sun 1 to 4. 329 Church St. No sale will be made prior to Sat.

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Lost & Found Found: small female puppy in Calhoun area. Wearing collar.

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Lot in Evergreen Cemetary. military Sect. Call 803-983-4870

Huge Yard Sale: 2355 Mims Rd. Sat. 7AM. -12PM. Hunting/fishing, furn., odds/ends, misc items, all sorts of good items. .

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

Early Spring Cleaning, 607 N. Magnolia St. Sat. 7AM. Hshld items, lots of misc items.

Multi Family Sale Fri 11-4 & Sat 7-12 @ 1973 Forrest Dr. Kids clothes, Hshld Items & more

For Sale or Trade Hickory & Oak firewood. Seasoned/Green $60 Delivered. Notch Above Tree Service. 983-9721 Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439 **CASH** FOR JUNK CARS OR USED Call Gene 803 934-6734 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

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Firewood For Sale, $60/truck load delivered.

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Firewood For Sale $50/Sm load, $100/Lrg load. Call Quinn McLeod 452-5874 lv msg if no answer.

Musical Instruments Piano For Sale: Upright, Story and Clark, Wooden Maple cabinet, with bench $950 OBO. Call 481-7314 for more Details.

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Split Oak Firewood, $60/dump, $65/stacked. Darrell Newman 803-316-0128. Tree Service also available.

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Call 803-773-2611 ext-21 or apply at FCI, 132 Myrtle Beach Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153.

Experienced Carpenters, electricians, & electrical superintendent needed. Min of 5 yrs govern//commercial//industrial construction exp. Fed gov project exp a plus. Background checks required for access to gov facilities. Regional travel to job sites may be required. Valid Driver's License. EEO and Drug Free Workplace. Email resumes to HR@windamir.com, fax 770-436-9020 or apply at www.wi ndamir.com

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

W. Calhoun 2BR/1.5BA, newly renovated. Full kit, C/H/A. water incl, $495. Prudential 774-7368.

Unfurnished Homes 3BR/2 full bath, brick home with carport. $750/mo + $700/dep.

803-968-1163 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. 2 & 3/BR's Trailers for rent , Cherryvale Dr., $250 & up. (803) 651-9926 304 Haynsworth 3BR/2BA , Hrdwd flrs, fenced yard. $895/mo + $1,000/dep. Good credit needed. Agent owned 468-1612 385 Rogers Ave., 3BR/1BA. $575 mo + $450 dep. Sect. 8 accepted. Call 803-983-6965.

Tastefully, refurbished, nice 2BR rental in safe neighborhood with heat pump & new flooring. Close Shaw AFB. February rent pro-rated reduction of $65 for good credit. We furnish, stove, refrigerator, dumpster, water & security lights. Security dep reduced by $50. No H/A or PETS! $485/mo + $300/dep. 803-968-5329 940 Parsons Ln. 3BR/2.5BA. No Sec 8. Avail. Now! $875/mo + dep. (917) 822-0809

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803-427-3888.

2001 Toyota Tundra, Ext Cab, Excellent condition. New tires. $5,400. Call 803-720-6325

American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

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REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale Invest your tax refund, Must sell!

1387 Raccoon (Extra Bldg) 411 N. Magnolia (Workshop) 141 Anderson 2BR 1102 Manning Rd. 3BR 22 Larkin St 3BR/2BA All C/H/A, 775-4391 464-5960 3BR/1.5BA, 4th BR or office.

Utility Rm, Screened porch, carport. Approx 1400 sq ft.heated area. 1840 Georgianna $79,900.

Day 491-4026, after 3pm 983-2271

Manufactured Housing 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.

Pre-owned Manufactured Homes for sale. 2, 3, 4 & 5 Bedroom homes at wholesale prices. Call 803-614-1165.

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

803-460-3787 Iris Winds MHP,Sumter Immediate occupancy. 3BR MH. $25,900.

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On the lot financing No credit check Free warranty Hair's Auto Sales Inc. 4835 Pinewood Rd. 803-452-6020

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Snedeker in contention again PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Brandt Snedeker goes into the weekend at Pebble Beach with another chance to win, this time without golf’s biggest stars in his way.

Snedeker played bogey-free at tough Spyglass Hill on Friday for a 4-under 68, giving him a share of the lead with Ted Potter Jr. SNEDEKER in the Pebble Beach National ProAm. Potter three-putted his final hole at Monterey Peninsula for a 67.

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JOHANNESBURG — Trevor Fisher Jr. shot a 9-under 62 and Richard Sterne had a 65 Friday to share the lead after the second round of the Joburg Open.

Fisher had an eagle and seven birdies, including a run of three straight in his back nine on the West Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. Sterne went bogey-free for the second consecutive round on the East Course.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer and Tom Pernice Jr. each shot 6-under 66 to tie for the first-round lead at the Allianz Championship on Friday.

DEVICE SETTING CAUSED OUTAGE

NEW ORLEANS — An electrical device that had been installed expressly to prevent a power outage caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as it took the blame for the outage that brought the game to a halt for more than a half-hour.

Following the announcement, the manufacturer of the device, known as a relay, released a statement implying that the

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problem was not with the part but with how it was used.

BOA STADIUM MAY GET UPGRADES

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte’s City Council is backing a plan to give the Carolina Panthers nearly $144 million from a food and beverage tax hike to pay for upgrades to its stadium.

GRANTHAM SAYS NO TO SAINTS

ATLANTA — Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham has withdrawn from consideration for the same job with the New Orleans Saints.

He announced his decision in a statement Friday night, one day after interviewing with Saints coach Sean Payton.

From wire reports

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Bryant leads Lakers over Bobcats 100-93 CHARLOTTE — Kobe Bryant shrugged off a scoreless first half to finish with 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers overcome a 20point second-half deficit to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 100-93 Friday night.

The Lakers avoided a costly defeat to the NBA’s worst team and pulled within three games of .500.

Bryant attempted only two shots in the first half and didn’t come out for warm-ups to start the second half.

But he provided the jolt the Lakers needed in the third quarter and scored 14 points in the final period, including a driving layup with 40 seconds left to push the lead to five.

WIZARDS NETS

89 74

WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards held the Brooklyn Nets without a field goal for nearly nine minutes during the first half, survived a second-half slump and held on for an 89-74 victory Friday night in their latest win over a team near the top of the standings.

FALL from Page B1 but three in a row and tumbled out of the top 10 within two weeks.

The Blue Devils reclaimed the top spot in the Jan. 21 poll and promptly made Louisville’s lapse forgettable with a 90-63 crushing by Miami, the third-worst loss by a No. 1 ever.

Next up, Michigan. The Wolverines actually managed to win a game as No. 1, beating Northwestern. The downward pull of parity punched Michigan in its next game, a road loss to Indiana that sent the Hoosiers back to the top.

Indiana followed by getting caught up in the top-ranked turmoil in Champaign, inexplicably leaving Tyler Griffey open for an uncontested layup at the buzzer that sent hundreds of Illini fans streaming onto the floor and the Hoosiers toward a likely tumble down the poll.

“That’s a hard question. I’m not sure,” Indiana coach Tom Crean said of No. 1 teams struggling

TANNER from Page B1 early performance from others, including Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive.

“He’s been a sharp and clever administrator,” Pastides said. “He’s been a quick study.”

Pastides acknowledged he worries, at times, about Tanner’s reputation once the blowback from an unpopular decision tarnishes the luster of a championship coach.

But he noted that Tanner came into the job with eyes wide open.

But right now, that’s not a problem. South Carolina’s athletic programs seem to be in good hands.

The football team, under coach Steve Spurrier, has won 11 games

in back-to-back seasons for the first time ever.

The floundering men’s basketball program has a steadying hand in firstyear coach Frank Martin and coach Dawn Staley’s women’s basketball team has reached the 20-win plateau for a second consecutive season.

Still, criticism is likely on the horizon. Tanner is backing the first increase in football season tickets since 2008, saying the time is right to raise prices.

Tanner said his new job has been a shot in the arm after a lifetime spent in uniform.

“It’s really invigorated me,” he said.

Pastides said he, Tanner and Spurrier have a solid working relationship and the ability to

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Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant (24) shoots over Charlotte’s Kemba Walker during the Lakers’ 100-93 victory in Charlotte on Friday.

SPURS PISTONS

119 109

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Greg Monroe had 26 points and 16 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons snapped

San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak with a 119-109 victory over the short-handed Spurs on Friday night.

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to stay on top. “We played at a high level most of the game.”

The current string of No. 1 swapping is the longest since 1994, when Arkansas, North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA and Duke alternated at the top seven straight weeks — the longest streak since Saint Louis debuted as No. 1 in the initial AP poll.

Top-ranked teams have lost six times this season overall, which isn’t quite as rare; No. 1s lost nine times in 2008-09 and at least six times in a season since 1996-97, according to STATS INC. The top-ranked team also has lost to an unranked team twice this season, which has happened 10 times in that span.

But it isn’t just the teams at the top that are having trouble. Top 25 teams all over the country are getting knocked off by unranked opponents.

According to STATS, Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams 36 times from Jan. 17 to Feb. 6 this season, most in at least 17 years.

discuss difficult issues with understanding and perspective.

“Maybe there’s a better three-way relationship out there” among a university president, athletic director and football coach, Pastides said. “But I’m not aware of it.”

The school will continue its $200 million face lift of athletic facilities begun during Hyman’s seven years.

South Carolina created a $30 million tailgating area across from Williams-Brice Stadium that opened this fall, along with a $6.5 million video board for inside the arena. A renovated softball stadium will come on line this season and plans for an indoor football practice facility are also on the front burner, Pastides said.

Tanner hopes to get approval to bring a beach volleyball team — called sand volleyball in NCAA parlance — to the campus soon.

Pastides also addressed conference expansion, saying he’s hopes the SEC would stay away from any additional moves.

The president was comfortable with the SEC’s 14-team format and the additions of Missouri and Texas A&M. But he is concerned that further expansion would cause the SEC to lose some of its common aspects among members. Pastides, citing the Big Ten Conference’s pending additions of Maryland and Rutgers, questions whether expanding a conference’s footprint is the best model for college athletics.

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 7:30 a.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match -- Tottenham vs.

Newcastle (FOX SOCCER).

9 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Joburg Open Third Round from Johannesburg (GOLF).

10 a.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match -- Chelsea vs. Wigan (FOX SOCCER).

11 a.m. -- College Basketball: Temple at Dayton (ESPNU).

Noon -- College Basketball: Michigan at Wisconsin (ESPN).

Noon -- College Basketball: Florida State at Wake Forest (ESPN2).

12:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: English Premier League Match -- Southampton vs.

Manchester City (FOX SOCCER).

1 p.m. -- College Basketball: Mississippi at Missouri (WBTW 13, WLTX 19).

1 p.m. -- College Basketball: Akron at Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU).

1 p.m. -- College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

1:30 p.m. -- College Basketball: Arkansas at Vanderbilt (WOLO 25).

2 p.m. -- College Basketball: North Carolina at Miami (ESPN).

2 p.m. -- College Basketball: St. Joseph’s at Massachusetts (ESPN2).

3 p.m. -- College Basketball: South Florida at Villanova (ESPNU).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Third Round from Pebble Beach, Calif. (WBTW 13, WLTX 19).

3 p.m. -- Professional Baseball: Australian League Championship Series Game -- Perth at Canberra (MLB NETWORK).

3 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: West Virginia at Kansas (SPORTSOUTH).

4 p.m. -- College Basketball: Auburn at Kentucky (WOLO 25).

4 p.m. -- College Basketball: Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN).

4 p.m. -- College Basketball: Valparaiso at Cleveland State (ESPN2).

4 p.m. -- Women’s College Gymnastics: Alabama at Georgia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

5 p.m. -- College Basketball: Texas A&M at Georgia (ESPNU).

5 p.m. -- College Basketball: Mississippi State at Florida (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6 p.m. -- College Basketball: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (ESPN).

6 p.m. -- College Basketball: Iowa State at Kansas State (ESPN2).

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

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Stanford at Arizona State (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Denver at Cleveland (NBA TV).

8 p.m. -- College Basketball: Louisiana State at Alabama (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Philadelphia (SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: San Francisco at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Louisville at Notre Dame (ESPN).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: New Mexico at UNLV (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Penn State at Nebraska (ESPNU).

10 p.m. -- College Basketball: Illinois State at Creighton (ESPN2).

11 p.m. -- College Basketball: St. Mary’s (Calif.) at San Diego (ESPNU).

1 a.m. -- International Soccer: Australian League Match -- Sydney vs. Brisbane (FOX SOCCER).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

By The Associated Press TODAY EAST Quinnipiac at CCSU, ppd., weather 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.

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.

Prairie View at Grambling St., 6 p.m.

Alcorn St. at MVSU, 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.

E. Kentucky at Morehead St., 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.

Arkansas St. at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.

Belmont at Austin Peay, 8:30 p.m.

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

Jacksonville St. at Tennessee Tech, 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Temple at Dayton, 11 a.m.

Michigan at Wisconsin, Noon

| Akron at Miami (Ohio), 1 p.m.

Mississippi at Missouri, 1 p.m.

S. Illinois at Indiana St., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 2 p.m.

DePaul at Marquette, 2 p.m.

Bowling Green at Ohio, 2 p.m.

Nebraska-Omaha at IUPUI, 3 p.m.

Valparaiso at Cleveland St., 4 p.m.

Northwestern at Iowa, 4:30 p.m.

S. Dakota St. at Oakland, 5 p.m.

W. Michigan at Ball St., 6 p.m.

NJIT at Chicago St., 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

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

South Dakota at UMKC, 6:15 p.m.

E. Illinois at SE Missouri, 6:30 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at IPFW, 7 p.m.

Cent. Michigan at Kent St., 7 p.m.

Michigan St. at Purdue, 7 p.m.

E. Michigan at Toledo, 7 p.m.

Missouri St. at Wichita St., 7:30 p.m.

Wright St. at Milwaukee, 8 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.

Lamar at Sam Houston St., 4:45 p.m.

Oral Roberts at Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.

FIU at North Texas, 8 p.m.

SMU at Rice, 8 p.m.

McNeese St. at Texas A&M-CC, 8 p.m.

UTSA at Texas-Arlington, 8 p.m.

Southern U. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 8:30 p.m.

Tulsa at UTEP, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST E. Washington at N. Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Pepperdine at Portland, 4 p.m.

Idaho at Denver, 6 p.m.

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.

North Dakota at Montana, 9 p.m.

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

New Mexico at UNLV, 9 p.m.

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

N. Colorado at Montana St., 9:05 p.m.

Texas-Pan American at Utah Valley, 9:05 p.m.

CS San Marcos at CS Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

UC Davis at Cal Poly, 10 p.m.

Pacific at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.

Washington St. at UCLA, 10 p.m.

Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10:05 p.m.

Portland St. at Sacramento St., 10:05 p.m.

Saint Mary’s (Cal) at San Diego, 11 p.m.

Cal St.-Fullerton at UC Riverside, 11 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 26 23 .531 6 Philadelphia 21 27 .438 101/2 Toronto 17 32 .347 15 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 32 14 .696 – Atlanta 27 21 .563 6 Orlando 14 35 .286 191/2 Washington 13 35 .271 20 Charlotte 11 37 .229 22 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 31 19 .620 – Chicago 29 20 .592 11/2 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 32 18 .640 51/2 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 27 .460 111/2 Phoenix 17 33 .340 171/2 Sacramento 17 33 .340 171/2 Thursday’s Games Boston 116, L.A. Lakers 95 Denver 128, Chicago 96 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.

Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers at New York, 1 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Miami, 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Portland at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

GOLF Pebble Beach Par Scores The Associated Press Friday 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 Second Round Ted Potter, Jr. 67p-67m—134 -8 Brandt Snedeker 66m-68s—134 -8 Fredrik Jacobson 71s-66p—137 -7 John Merrick 68p-67m—135 -7 Hunter Mahan 66p-69m—135 -7 Patrick Reed 68s-69p—137 -7 Patrick Cantlay 66m-70s—136 -6 Nick O’Hern 70p-66m—136 -6 James Hahn 71p-65m—136 -6 Jason Day 68m-68s—136 -6 Russell Knox 64m-73s—137 -5 Chris Kirk 71s-68p—139 -5 Justin Hicks 71s-68p—139 -5 Retief Goosen 71s-68p—139 -5 Sean O’Hair 70p-67m—137 -5 Matt Every 67p-70m—137 -5 Pat Perez 69m-69s—138 -4 Ryuji Imada 65m-73s—138 -4 Kevin Streelman 69p-69m—138 -4 Aaron Baddeley 69s-71p—140 -4 Kevin Sutherland 70p-68m—138 -4 Alistair Presnell 68s-72p—140 -4 Luke Guthrie 68p-70m—138 -4 Bob Estes 69s-71p—140 -4 Kevin Stadler 69p-69m—138 -4 Lee Westwood 68p-70m—138 -4 Kevin Na 68s-72p—140 -4 Brendon de Jonge 67m-71s—138 -4 Seung-Yul Noh 67s-73p—140 -4 Matt Jones 69s-72p—141 -3 James Driscoll 72m-67s—139 -3 Tommy Gainey 71s-70p—141 -3 Jimmy Walker 68m-71s—139 -3 Billy Horschel 70s-71p—141 -3 Jim Herman 71s-70p—141 -3 Richard H. Lee 68m-71s—139 -3 Bill Lunde 71s-70p—141 -3 William McGirt 72s-69p—141 -3 Scott Brown 72p-68m—140 -2 Joe Durant 71p-69m—140 -2 Heath Slocum 69p-71m—140 -2 Mike Weir 75p-65m—140 -2 Greg Owen 65m-75s—140 -2 Scott Gardiner 73s-69p—142 -2 Kelly Kraft 69m-71s—140 -2