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YWCA Executive Director Debra Wilson holds a candle during a vigil for domestic violence victims in October in Sumter. The YWCA’s shelter offers 18 beds and four baby cribs for victims of battery. It is a safe haven established in 1981 as a resource for those trying to escape the prison of abuse.

After years in an abusive relationship, mother of 6 gets back on her feet with help from YWCA BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com When Shakia Spears married her military sweetheart one year after joining the U.S. Air Force, it appeared she was destined for the charmed life. She and her husband spent several years stationed overseas together, they lived in nice homes and were financially stable. From the outside looking in, they had a picture perfect union. But soon after marrying her beau, Spears began to notice that he was not the man he presented himself to be during their courtship. Not long into their marriage, she said he began verbally abusing her. And it was much longer before physical abuse began. “The physical part of the abuse was short-lived,” she recalled. “The emotional and the mental, that went on for a long time. And the best thing I really could have done was get away from him.

way. I’m not defined by what my husband thinks of me.” Advocates say some women stay because of fear or shame. For others, it’s a financial decision. Many are not aware of resources available to battered women — such as crisis centers or legal counseling — and feel trapped as prisoners in their own homes. In 2013, 50 women did not get the chance to escape because they lost their lives to domestic violence in South Carolina. Spears grew up with a strong sense of family after watching her

With the extensive industrial growth coming to Sumter County, a problem has surfaced. Companies such as Continental Tires the Americas, Apex Tool, King Machine, Caterpillar and many others are either arriving or expanding, creating a need for employees. Central Carolina Technical College is aiming to meet that need with a $1 million project through the penny tax renewal. The renovation of the college’s Industrial Engineering building offers a way to expand the enrollment and train the trade workers of tomorrow. “The reality is, I view this as an economic development project,” said Tim Hardee, president of Central Carolina. “It’s geared toward providing jobs for the Sumter community.” The college, home to roughly 4,000 students with a median age of 27, offers 50 different programs of study. It has shown a solid placement rate of 93 percent of graduates entering the workforce and aims to increase enrollment in high-demand fields such as welding and heating, ventilating and air conditioning. Under the planned project, the mechatronics, machine tool and engineering graphics programs will be moved into the college’s new Manufacturing Technology Training Center on Broad Street, located in the old Walmart building. With the extra space, the welding and HVAC programs will be able to stretch its training space in the M400 building on the

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Shakia Spears spent time at the YWCA of the Upper Lowlands domestic violence emergency shelter in Sumter after fleeing an abusive marriage. The center helped her get a job and get back on her feet. Every day away I was able to see, ‘Oh my God, this was my normal.’ You don’t talk to someone this

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories examining $75 million worth of new construction needs in Sumter County, as identified in the proposal for a renewed penny sales tax. Sumter County voters will be asked to approve the tax in November, and funds raised by the tax, should it pass, will go toward a series of building, infrastructure and other projects throughout the county.

Festival celebrates the arts BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, a small number of art lovers took the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of arts at Sumter Cultural Center during the Sumter County Cultural Commission’s Fall for the Arts festival. Admission was free to enjoy music indoors and out, artistic workshops, art installations and exhibits. “The festival is a celebration of all forms or art,” said Carmela Bryan, the

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cultural commission’s executive director, “from the visual arts to the performing arts to literary art, we really try to cover everything.” The celebration began Friday night with theater and a variety show including drag queens and an art show at Patriot Hall Gallery. Saturday’s events included a poetry workshop and a drama workshop involving children and storytelling. Bryan said this is the second year

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Jehovah Missionary, Chamber to have Minority Business Expo BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church will bring to the public this November the opportunity to learn from and speak with local business owners about starting and maintaining a business. Partnering with the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, the church will have a 2-Day Minority Business Expo on Nov. 14-15 to encourage entrepreneurship among minorities and women in the Sumter, Clarendon and Lee county areas. The Rev. Marion Newton said they hosted an event on a smaller scale last year for their church members but wanted to also open it up for other members

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of the community who may be interested in starting a business. “We’re doing this to try to help our community. A lot of people can do the work but need help on the business side,” Newton said. “They have great ideas and skills, and they just need help accomplishing their goals.” Napoleon Bradford with Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church said there are a lot of businesses that are owned and operated by women and minorities, and people need to know about it and have the opportunity to learn from them. At Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, many of the church members are business owners, and they have just as many members who are interested in the possibility of

starting a business, so Newton said they spoke with the Greater Chamber of Commerce and scheduled the event at the Sumter County Civic Center. The business expo will take place on Nov. 14-15 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Bradford explained that they’ll have business owners from Sumter and surrounding areas who will have classes and seminars to talk to people about starting a business, how to maintain a business and other topics regarding entrepreneurship and being your own boss. Bradford said that the public should also know that the expo is for those who already own businesses and are

interested in getting more information about being better business owners and to get new ideas. Newton said they’re also accepting more vendors to be a part of the event to help encourage minority and women business owners in the community. Professional vendors will be charged $100 to set up a booth with information about their businesses, and vendors who have been in business for less than a year will be charged $50 for booth setup during the event. For more information on the Minority Business Expo or about vendor information, call (803) 775-4032, extension 101 or extension 109 to speak with Bradford or Linda Speed.

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Alleged peeping Tom arrested Police report that a registered sex offender is in jail on larceny and voyeurism charges after he was linked to separate incidents at two Broad Street businesses this month. Roosevelt Ford, 50, of 1023 Bass St. was arrested Oct. 20 after a woman reported she saw someone looking at FORD her from under a dressing room stall on Oct. 18 as she tried on a garment at Goodwill, 1028 Broad St. Ford is also alleged to have taken money from a cash drawer at Colonial Family Practice, 325 Broad St. on Oct. 14. According to the Sex Offender Registry for Sumter County, Ford was convicted of criminal sexual conduct, first degree, in 1982. His criminal history reportedly includes a number of burglary and larceny arrests and convictions. Ford is being held at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center pending a $30,000 bond.

Arrest made in YMCA burglaries An officer patrolling in the Willow Drive area spotted a man walking through the area late at night who matched the description of a man seen in video surveillance breaking into the YMCA on Oct. 4 and Oct. 16. As the officer turned around to question the man, he allegedly jumped off the sidePRESCOTT walk but was soon detained. Detectives were called, and during a follow-up interview, police report they were able to link the suspect to the break-ins. Shawn Prescott, 37, 45 Willow Drive, is being held at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center pending bond. He is charged with three counts of burglary, second degree. One of three laptop computers reported stolen during the break-ins was recovered after the arrest. The investigation is ongoing.

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Simpson Hardware Stores have announced the donation of more than $600 to the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital — Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital in Columbia. “We are committed to offering a more personal kind of helpful inside and outside our store walls,” said Molly Matthews of Simpson Hardware. “The Children’s Miracle Network is an organization that is close to our hearts with so many of our own associates’ children and friends having been personally touched by the care of our local CMN hospital. We’re happy that we can do our part in supporting this great cause.” All four Simpson Hardware stores participated in a bucket sale in August which raised more than $2,000 for CMN. The Simpson Hardware stores on Wesmark Boulevard and Pinewood Road held bake sales Oct. 18 in conjunction with a Fall Festival event. All the baked goods were reportedly made and donated by store staff, and the proceeds from the bake sale will be donated to Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.

Historical society to tour Wedgefield church IVY MOORE ivy@theim.com The Sumter County Historical Society will meet at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, at Wedgefield Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1881, the church has a rich history. Church members Hugh McLaurin, John Duffie and John Hugh Ryan will be the featured speakers, offering remarks about the history of the church and cemetery. McLaurin will speak about the church history, Duffie will provide a tour and information about the building and cemetery, and Ryan will lead a tour of the cemetery. While the meeting is for members only, membership applications will be available so attendees can join on the spot. To join the Sumter County Historical Society before the meeting, contact

UPCOMING EVENTS • The public is also invited to attend the dedication of a historical marker denoting the Britton Community and Britton Siding at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. The site of the ceremony will be the intersection of U.S. 521 South and Britton Road, approximately 4.4 miles from the intersection of U.S. 521 South and U.S. 15 South. • March 2015 – Student Recognition Program • April 2015 – Memorial Park Tour • May 2015 – Annual Members Only Business Meeting

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Wedgefield Presbyterian Church will be the site and the subject of the Nov. 2 meeting of the Sumter County Historical Society. Pat DuBose at (803) 775-1091. Directions: Plan on about 20-25 minutes travel time. To reach the church from Sumter, travel west on the Wedgefield Road (Highway 763), approximately 8 miles from the Bi-Lo Supermarket. Turn left onto Presbyte-

rian Drive, which is the first street after the Wedgefield Baptist Church. Wedgefield Presbyterian Church is located approximately 1 block on the left. Ample parking is available near the church. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. The public is also invited to attend the dedication of

SUMTER COUNTY MUSEUM UPCOMING EVENTS • Thursday, Nov. 6 – Girls’ Night Out at the Museum 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Featuring readings and book signing at a wine and cheese reception Tickets $5-Members; $10 Public • Nov. 8 – Keeping Traditions Alive — Sumter Tribe Cheraw Indians Meet & Greet – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. • Thursday, Nov. 21 – Carolina Backcountry Oyster Roast Reach the Sumter County Museum at (803) 775-0908

a historical marker denoting the Britton Community and Britton Siding at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. The site of the ceremony will be the intersection of U.S. 521 South and Britton Road, approximately 4.4 miles from the intersection of U.S. 521 South and U.S. 15 South.

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Sheheen talks jobs, DSS, Medicaid, education BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com

Vincent Sheheen, Democratic candidate for South Carolina governor in the Nov. 4 election, sits down with The Sumter Item to discuss his views on issues such as jobs and Medicaid.

Vincent Sheheen is the Democratic candidate for South Carolina state governor in the upcoming Nov. 4 election. He previously ran in 2010, losing to Gov. Nikki Haley in the general election by a 51-47 margin. Along with this run for governor, Sheheen serves as the state senator for District 27, covering Chesterfield, Kershaw and Lancaster counties since 2004 and was in the House of Representatives from 2001-04. The Sumter Item: You’re a native of the Midlands. How do you plan on helping to grow Sumter County and the Santee-Lynches areas? Vincent Sheheen: I live in rural South Carolina, just 30 miles up the road in Camden. I’ve spent lots of time here, and I think we need to have a governor who knows these areas. I think especially for rural South Carolina and small communities, they understand that we need a governor that’s honest with them. Here in Sumter, you have a mayor who is an upstanding and outstanding person, who has been honest and works hard, and that’s the type of leadership we need in the governor’s office, and that’s the type of leadership that comes from Sumter and Camden and those towns that might be smaller, but people have to work together regardless of party.

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We have a little over a billion worth in bonds that we’re currently paying for that are about to expire. I’m saying we should continue that. I’m not saying we should go and raise taxes to do it, we can fit it in the existing budget. Those bonds right now have gone to building new schools. Those schools have all been built. The question is if we can continue to issue bonds, what should they be used for, and my proposal is to issue it for roads.

Many communities have resorted to “penny” taxes to try to fix their roads and infrastructure, but it never seems to be enough. How can you help fix this? We need to have a “fix-it first” policy, which means that 85 percent of the money spent on roads should go to improving the existing roadways. We need more funding. I proposed issuing $1.2 billion in bonds to jump start the road building. Then I have proposed to put $400 to $500 million in recurring money every year into roads that we don’t now. That would essentially double the road funding. It’s unfortunate that local communities have had to do it (penny taxes). What’s developing is a patchwork across the state; counties can’t keep up so you have areas that are falling apart.

One of Gov. Haley’s biggest platforms has been the creation of jobs. How do you propose to continue that development if elected? She (Haley) shows up to cut the ribbons when something opens, but we’ve seen dozens of facilities close and leave the state. We have to change our economic development strategy. It is wonderful to recruit businesses to open up a branch in this state. We need to do that. I helped to recruit Amazon when Gov. Haley was against it. But that is not enough to stem the backward momentum that we have seen the last four years. Local businesses keep their profits in the state. I’ve laid out a platform on how we can help small local businesses, and that’s important in rural South Carolina. A couple things I’ve laid out are the lower commercial property tax and small business property tax rates. We need to treat our local businesses just as well as the businesses that we bring in from out of state.

$1.2 billion is a lot of money in the eyes of taxpayers across the state. How are we going to be able to afford that budget?

Domestic violence is a growing problem in the state. How should it be combated? She (Haley) vetoed funding

for rape crisis centers. She vetoed funding for domestic abuse shelters. She called them special interests and said they need to go raise their own money, and that is absurd and insulting, and I was proud to lead the charge to override that. I released a plan to expand our domestic violence plan to teenagers to make sure that even if someone is 16 or 17, the protections will be there for them. The controversy with the Department of Social Services has been a black eye for the state, how would you fix that? This is where leadership makes the most difference. The governor runs the Department of Social Services in the state. The governor appoints the director, and she or he is responsible for how it works or doesn’t work. Gov. Haley de-

serves to be fired simply for allowing and manipulating the agency to falsify numbers, implement policies that are not in the best interest of the children, then covered it up. My first goal would be to fire the top leadership. Right now the employees are scared; they believe they can’t speak truthfully because they’ll be fired. When a kid in Richland County dies after 18 calls go to the department and nothing happens, you know there’s a problem. You’ve been critical of Gov. Haley’s stance on Medicaid expansion. Can you simplify the issue, and how do you think expansion would benefit South Carolina? It is insanity that Gov. Haley is blocking our own tax dollars from South Carolina. We know that we’re being taxed, those taxes are being sent to other

states. If we kept them here it would create 44,000 jobs. Our hospitals in rural South Carolina are in bad shape because that money is supposed to cover the indigent care. My own hospital in Chesterfield County is slated to close this spring because Gov. Haley is blocking the funds. It’s clear she’s doing this for political reasons. Nine Republican governors have kept their own money, and they did because they said they were going to put their own people above partisanship. There is always a concern over education at all levels. What do you see as the issue that needs to be addressed first and foremost? Standardized testing is a total disaster. It’s an obsession, and I want to move away from it. Focus on what works: getting kids early, 4-year-old kindergarten across the state. That’s my top priority. We are paying some of the lowest salaries in America. We need to attract really high-quality teachers, and we lose so many in the first five years. Part of that is we don’t pay competitively. I want to have a teachers council where teachers advise us on how they should be evaluated and how policy should be set. They’re all too often excluded.

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SPEARS FROM PAGE A1 grandmother remain faithful to her husband for decades. Despite the abuse, she spent 15 years fighting to make her marriage work because she was determined to save her family. After spending the first eight years of their marriage in foreign nations, the couple returned to the U.S. in 2010, moving to North Carolina. Things fell apart when they relocated to Sumter later that year, in the heart of one of the nation’s most violent states against women. Spears’ husband began working nearly four days a week away from home and grew distant from the family. In a last-ditch effort to save her marriage, Spears began attending a local church after being told its pastor could help counsel her and her husband. The religious group turned out to be what Spears described as a cult-like intrusion into her home. After confiding in members of its congregation about her marriage for two years and establishing close ties, she said she began to see the group for what it was. When she decided to leave the church in September 2012, her marriage took a drastic turn for the worse. She said the group began teaming with her husband to try to control her actions, leaving her to feel outnumbered. After a particularly violent spat with her spouse at their home, she decided to take the couple’s children to her family home in Alabama. Weeks later, Spears’ husband showed up at her family’s home with the pastor of the religious group armed with an order to take the couple’s six children from her. That was the low point for Spears, who spent the next few months going through court proceedings to get her children back. In the midst of rebuilding her life, Spears spent time living at the YWCA domestic vio-

lence emergency shelter in Sumter. The crisis center helped her obtain a job and get back on her feet. In December 2012, a judge ordered her to have primary custody of the couple’s six children and awarded their house and car to her. “I didn’t give up. I didn’t fall for it or succumb to the accusations. I fought. You’re not going to take my children from me with no just cause,” Spears said. “They lied and took my kids, and I went through that. That is devastating to a parent. Unjustly. And this is my husband. That was a tough thing.” Spears is a success story for the YWCA of the Upper Lowlands. She was able to start over after taking the monumental step of leaving an abusive relationship. She’s now raising her children as a single parent and has hopes of becoming an advocate speaking out against domestic violence. The YWCA’s shelter offers 18 beds and four baby cribs for victims of battery. It is a safe haven established in 1981 as a resource for those trying to escape the prison of abuse. The nonprofit, which operates in Lee and Clarendon counties as well, offers a variety of support services as part of its domestic violence program, including parenting classes, job finding skills, transitional housing and a 26week batterers program for first-time offenders. Staffers understand that it takes victims up to seven escapes to finally flee an abusive relationship for good. “What our key thing is to provide education and resources,” YWCA Executive Director Debra Wilson said. “It’s not to blame the victim every time they come or make them feel like it’s their fault, asking why did they stay. But we just want to encourage them every time. And eventually, they will get what they need to be strong enough to leave that situation because they’ll feel they have that outside support.”

the event has been held after a yearslong interlude. “There was a fall festival for the arts several years ago. It was a really successful event. Then they stopped doing it for at least 10 years, and we are starting to bring it back up,” she said. She said it was very low key last year, and this year the group is trying to “step it up a bit.” The Sumter community seems to be responding slowly, she said. “We had a great response from all the school district teachers and private school teachers,” she said. “We have done an art installation project called ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’ and the children from all the different schools have created flowers to fill up all of our pots outside. Judging from the number of flowers, I

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Coast Guard plans to close S.C. helicopter station BY BO PETERSEN The Post and Courier CHARLESTON — A man and his daughter were clinging to the hull of their flooded kayak in vast St. Helena Sound in August when they heard the chirring rotor blades and saw the familiar orange fuselage of the U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter. Boaters in straits like that won’t have that copter nearby much longer. The U.S. Coast Guard is closing the Johns Island remote air facility that houses one of five SAR helicopters assigned to its Savannah, Georgia station, even as the state’s congressional delegation and local officials fight to save it. The closing date is Nov. 30. The copter would move back to the Georgia station and eventually on to somewhere else. The Georgia sta-

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From left, Coast Guard helicopter crew members Jeff Jacobs, Corey Braddock, Mike Conell and Jason Booher have a meeting before a training flight over Charleston Harbor in Johns Island in 2008. The U.S. Coast Guard is closing the Johns Island remote air facility that houses one of five SAR helicopters assigned to its Savannah, Georgia station. tion, 80 miles from Charleston, will be cut back to three helicopters for rescue missions ranging from mid-Florida to the North Carolina line — a move that piles critical

minutes onto response times to emergency calls. Rescues also would continue to be undertaken by boats moored in Charleston and other Coast Guard ports.

demonstrably, where most of the containership traffic runs. It could end up to be a big loss in lives as well as property,” said Denver Merrill, Maritime Association of South Carolina vice president. “I think most people understand an air resource is going to be the quickest to a boat. It would seem to be a no-brainer to continue (running the facility).” The closing is a cost-cutting move, the service’s pointed response to a federal budget sequestration compromise that calls for mandatory spending cuts each year. The other Coast Guard air facility being closed is in Newport, Oregon, near the busy and treacherous Columbia River delta. The Coast Guard defended the Charleston facility closure by citing a 43 percent drop in search and rescue missions, from 153 in 2011 to 86 in 2014.

Other support would include fixed wing aircraft from an air station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, more than 300 miles away. State, local agencies and nearby “good Samaritan” mariners also would be called on, according to the Coast Guard. The maritime community was stunned to hear that a port where tens of thousands of pleasure and commercial craft travel each year would be left without a vital SAR helicopter. “Wow, I can’t believe that. We’ve got a ton of boats in and out of Charleston Harbor. Knowing you have a local helicopter that can come immediately — response time is so important,” said Steve Leasure, a Charleston-based deep sea sport fisherman. “If you take away the Charleston helicopter, then the whole north half of this region is going to be impacted

Teacher tried to stop Washington state shooting TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero on Saturday after a deadly shooting rampage in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union president Randy Davis said. The teacher intercepted the gunman as he paused, possibly to reload, student Erick Cervantes told KIRO-TV. “I’m completely amazed by her actions, and I feel for her,” Davis told The Associated Press. “I don’t know why she was in the cafeteria, but I’m just grateful she was there.” The attacker killed one girl on Friday and seriously wounded four others — including two of his cousins — before he died of what police said was a self-inflicted wound. However, it wasn’t clear if the shooter committed suicide or if he accidentally shot himself in the struggle with the teacher. A school resource officer also ran to the scene, Davis said. The shooter was Jaylen Fryberg, a popular freshman at the school, a government official with direct knowledge of the shooting told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Students and parents said Fryberg was a member of a prominent family from the nearby Tulalip Indian tribes and a freshman who played on the high school football team. He was introduced at a football game as a prince in the 2014 Homecoming court. Fryberg left months of troubling messages on social media, and friends said he’d recently been in a fight over a girl. One of his tweets said, “It breaks me ... It actually does.” The tight-knit Native American community on scenic Puget Sound struggled to cope with the tragedy. Davis said he had spoken briefly with Silberberger, who was traumatized. The Marysville School District released a statement from her. “While I am thankful and grateful for the support from everyone, at this time I am requesting privacy for myself and my family,” Silberberger said. Students said the gunman stared at his victims as he fired. The shootings set off chaos as students ran outside in a frantic dash to safety, while others huddled inside classrooms. Lucas Thorington, 14, had known the victims and the shooter since middle school. “He had a good life. He was very well known,” Thorington said Saturday. “I don’t know what happened.” Authorities said a .40-caliber handgun was recovered at the shooting scene. Three of the victims had head wounds and were in critical condition Saturday. Two 14-year-old girls were at Providence Everett Medical Center, and were identified by the facility as Shaylee

Chucklenaskit and Gia Soriano. Andrew Fryberg, 15, was at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a hospital official said. Providence said the next three days will be key in the girls’ treatment. Soriano’s family released a statement, saying they appreciated “your thoughts and prayers. Our hearts go out to the other victims and their families.” Another victim, 14-year-old Nate Hatch, was listed in serious condition at Harborview,

the hospital said. Family members told KIRO that Andrew Fryberg, Hatch and Jaylen Fryberg were cousins. Two other students were treated at the high school for minor wounds, authorities said. Witnesses described the shooter as methodical inside the cafeteria. “I heard six shots go off, and I turned and saw people diving under the tables,” said 18-yearold Isabella MacKeige. “I thought, ‘Run!’” Marysville-Pilchuck High

School has a number of students from the Tulalip Indian tribes. The reservation juts into the eastern rim of Puget Sound, where a series of rocky beaches form its border. State Sen. John McCoy, a tribal member, said the community met in private Friday night, and a prayer service happened Saturday. McCoy said the shooter’s grandmother was his secretary for about 15 years. “The family, both sides, are very religious,” he said. “If I were to walk into their homes

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A propeller and engine of a B-29 bomber is reflected in sunlight before its flight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to New Orleans on Thursday.

out of the glass-covered nose where the bombardier sat during missions. He moved the bombsight from side to side. “I was thinking about my bombardier ... and how vulnerable he was. He was wide open to flak,” Thomasian said of runs they often made through a barrage of antiaircraft fire. Charles Chauncey was also on board. He flew 22 firebomb raids, including three on Tokyo in what he called the “blitz” of March 1945. Although official estimates put the death toll at 125,000 from the bombings, Chauncey said he thinks many more died. “Most countries would have capitulated at that point,” he said. “The Japanese didn’t. So we actually

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The bomber best known for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan also flew countless other raids. Karnig Thomasian’s final mission on a B-29 Superfortress ended in flames when bombs collided and exploded in the air over Burma in 1945. He parachuted out and spent six months in a Japanese prison camp. On Thursday, he was once again in a B-29, flying from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. He and other veterans will be on hand at the WWII AirPower Expo in New Orleans this weekend. As the bomber named Fifi took off in Baton Rouge, the 90-year-old Pompton Plains, New Jersey, native peered

bombed something like 70 cities.” David Fisher, of Lafayette, Louisiana, also took part in the flight. The last time the 89-year-old Fisher was in the big bomber, he was a radioman on a mission dropping supplies to American prisoners at a Japanese POW camp after World War II ended in September 1945. Like the atomic bombings, the firebomb raids were widely criticized, but Fisher and Chauncey said they had no qualms about the civilian death toll nearly 70 years later. “I don’t care if you ran a hamburger stand feeding factory workers,” Chauncey said. “They’re as much a part of the war effort as anybody else.”

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Patient Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital, is free of the virus.

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they understand Ebola transmission. We fear what we can’t control. People often fear the far less deadly plane travel than driving because they aren’t in control. Seeing trained medical professionals catch the disease despite protective gear only adds to the fear, Zald said. Instead of using dry statistics such as 1 in 150 million, comparing your chances of contracting Ebola in America to that of marrying Kim Kardashian helps people understand and visualize risk better, Zald and Schuster said.

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WASHINGTON — Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear. Yet, they’re incredibly less likely to get the disease than to get sick worrying about it. First, the reality check: More Americans have married Kim Kardashian — three — than contracted Ebola in the U.S. The two Dallas nurses who came down with Ebola were infected while treating a Liberian man, who became infected in West Africa. The New York doctor who has tested positive for Ebola had been treating people in West Africa. Still, schools have been closed, people shunned and members of Congress have demanded travel bans and other dramatic action — even though health officials keep stressing that the disease is only spread through direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person, and the risk to Americans is extremely low. That’s because Ebola pushes every fear button in our instincts, making us react more emotionally than rationally, experts say. “The worry that people are being subjected to as a result of the hysteria around this is probably doing more damage than the actual disease,” said E. Alison Holman, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who studied the health effects of populations worried after watching coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing and Iraq war. “Frankly, flu is more serious.”

is that the public doesn’t understand how at risk they are from worry, not disease. “It’ll do far more damage than the disease,” said David Ropeik, who teaches risk perception and communication and has written two books on risk. Doctors and government officials tell us not to worry and how hard it is to get Ebola, which is reassuring, Ropeik said. But “all the alarms are filling up on our radar screens,” and we give more weight to the alarms because of the fear of death, he said. Ebola pushes “all those fear buttons” because it is new and foreign, said George Gray, director of the Center for Risk Science and Public Health at George Washington University. Part of it is just the fear of the unknown, said Mark Schuster, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. “It’s not a name that’s familiar. It doesn’t sound like an English word. It comes from another continent.” Americans who say they don’t quite understand how Ebola is transmitted report being more worried than those who say they do, according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll conducted in the past week and released Wednesday. Overall, 58 percent of those who acknowledge they don’t understand Ebola very well say they are concerned it will spread widely in the U.S., compared to 46 percent of those who say

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From job to job to job, a life lived â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and lost Woman mourned after dying in car while trying to catch up on sleep BY ADAM GELLER AP National Writer ELIZABETH, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fumes poured from the Kia SUV as soon as an emergency medical technician broke one of the rear windows. Inside, the body of a dark-haired young woman reclined in the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat, keys dangling from the ignition. But who was she? How was it that her life had ended here, in a convenience store parking lot? Waiting for the vapors to clear so they could search her belongings, police noted the most obvious clue: She was wearing a familiar white-andbrown uniform. By that night, friends had identified her as Maria Fernandes, 32 and single, who worked minimum-wage jobs at three nearby Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts shops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; often sleeping in her car between shifts. Within days, Fernandes was being mourned online as a tragic heroine and a casualty of modern economics. By the time friends filed past the open casket, some had had enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Society has a way of looking down at people who try to make ends meet,â&#x20AC;? friend Rochelle Sylvestre eulogized. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maria won that battle! She is still winning!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Maria Fernandes worked most days from 2 to 9 p.m. at a Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kiosk inside Newarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main train station. Then she headed to a second shop in Linden, where she worked from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. On weekends, she added an 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. shift at a third shop in Harrison, picking up additional hours when asked. She often appeared exhausted, co-worker Alaaddin Abuawada said. She slumped on cartons in the Harrison storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen for 15-minute naps. When co-workers called her name for help, she jokingly answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No.â&#x20AC;? This was not the life Fernandes had expected. More than a decade ago, she told friends she wanted to be an actress. She talked about going to school to be a beautician. Fernandes had traveled far to pursue those dreams. She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Portuguese immigrant parents. When she was 11 her father, a welder, retired and moved the family to his hometown on Portugalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Atlantic coast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was kind of lost in this small town which was not hers,â&#x20AC;? half-sister Olinda Moreira said. In 1995, Fernandes spotted a Volkswagen with New Jersey license plates and introduced herself to owner Jose Ribau, visiting his hometown. That seeded friendships with Ribauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughters. Six years later, Fernandes ap-

peared unexpectedly at the Ribausâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; house in Newark, lugging a suitcase. She was 19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She always talked about coming to the U.S.,â&#x20AC;? Cristina Ribau Orama recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just a matter of time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Eventually, Fernandes found a job at Calandraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bakery. In 2010, managers noticed when she talked about needing money to support a new boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children and took on a second job at a Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts shop. She had met the boyfriend, Richard Culhane, online. When he lost his construction job months later, Fernandes urged him to move to Newark, though theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never met, and paid his first monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rent. Eventually they moved in together. Culhane still sounds perplexed by her generosity. She bought a tent for a homeless man she saw near work. After they broke up last year she continued stopping by with videogames for the boys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before she left, she was paying almost all of it,â&#x20AC;? Culhane said of the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take care of you,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. Culhane said Fernandes was fond of his boys, but was overwhelmed by the noise they caused. In 2011, the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landlord filed eviction papers when Fernandes fell behind, although she was able to work out a restitution plan. After quitting the bakery, she picked up hours at a second Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts, then a third. Co-workers said all paid at or just above the minimum wage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which New Jersey recently raised by $1 to $8.25 an hour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told her over and over, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Quit one. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working too much,â&#x20AC;? Culhane said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But she said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m used to it now.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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This photo provided by Cristina Ribau Orama shows Maria Fernandes, right, and Jose Ribau, whose family took Fernandes in after she moved to the U.S. in late 2001 from Portugal. Fernandes died while napping in her car between two of her three jobs. it. This past June, she told the other women she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to make it to California, then surprised them by showing up at the cemetery before vanishing at dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She knew what she was working for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to get to California, to see Michael,â&#x20AC;? friend Dar â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shay White said. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ This spring Fernandesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; profile on a dating website caught the eye of Glen Carter, a 33-year-old Army veteran. Carter said he encouraged Fernandes to consider moving to Pennsylvania. But the idea was cemented when Fernandes

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Inside the vehicle, police found the gas can Fernandes kept behind the back seat, tipped over and leaking. Her death was caused by inhaling gas vapors and was accidental, the Union County Medical Examiner would determine. At the cemetery, mourners lay roses on her cream-colored casket. Beside the grave, Fernandesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; co-worker, Armando Gonzalez, glanced at his watch. There was just enough time, he said, to run home, change into his familiar white-and-brown uniform and report for a 3 p.m. shift. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to keep living, you know?â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Some of Fernandesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expenses reflected choices. Friends recall many times she helped pay for their food or travel. Fernandes was one of eight or nine women bound together by their love for Michael Jackson. After Jackson died, they ventured to California each June to visit his burial site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, when you say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not alone, it literally means Michael is always there,â&#x20AC;? Fernandes said, in a video filmed outside Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mausoleum this past June. Fernandesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; paychecks made the trips possible. While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear exactly how much she earned, she worked at least 87 hours each week; friends say even more. That equates to yearly income of $36,000, assuming two weeks off. But work increasingly limited the time she had to spend

took three days off early August and they met for the first time, taking Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter to Hersheypark. White said she encouraged Fernandes to move, but Fernandes worried about leaving the doughnut shops shorthanded. Fifteen minutes before sunrise on Monday, Aug. 25, Fernandes finished her overnight shift. Halfway home, she pulled in to the parking lot of a Wawa convenience store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;U can call if you like,â&#x20AC;? she texted Carter, and they discussed the day ahead. Then Fernandes tilted back the seat to catch up on sleep. She never woke up.

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Mood was a friend, mentor to young carriers

he Sumter Item passed a milestone on Oct. 15 when it turned 120. How time flies. What kept The Sumter Item going for more than 100 years was not just the Osteens, but also a fine supporting cast. The most memorable ones are deceased, but memories remain of their contributions, which were considerable. We still remember them and miss them. Having said that, we are using some space every Sunday to give recognition to what The Sumter Item considers its Hall of Fame. Many of those who we recognize will be remembered by some of our readers of a certain age. And younger readers might enjoy meeting members of The Sumter Item family from years gone by. It’s our way of putting human faces on people who were much more than just “employees.” Let’s start with one of my all-time favorites: Richard Mood Dollard. Mood was with us for 47 years as pressman and circuSUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO lation manager. Mood was Richard Mood Dollard, seen here grabbing papers off the press with born near Manning and would move with his family to pressman James “Knucklehead” Boseman, worked with The Sumter Sumter at an early age. He Item for 47 years as pressman and circulation manager.

COMMENTARY began working in The Item’s mechanical department as a teenager, learning how to operate a press as well as other equipment in those hot-metal days. He would eventually be put in charge of both the pressroom and the circulation department. It was as circulation manager that he found his true calling Hubert D. when he was Osteen Jr. relieved of his pressroom responsibilities as the paper began to grow and his full attention was needed in selling and distributing The Item through its carriers (All the carriers in those days were young boys, with few older than 12.) He became a friend and mentor to them. H.D. Osteen wrote of him following his death in 1957 at the age of 62: “Hardly a week passed without some boy who had served as a carrier and gone on to achieve success in business or professional life coming by the office to see Mr.

Dollard. He was loved and respected by his boys.” I remember Mood from early childhood until I entered college. He was a delightful character with a great sense of humor. He addressed my mother as “Miss Margaret” (Her given name). He had one shortcoming: He smoked all the time. Take a look on this page of the photo of him and pressman James “Knucklehead” Boseman grabbing papers off the press and you can see a cigarette in his mouth. He smoked a cigarette until the ashes burned his lips. Maybe that was why he died of lung cancer. He was a widower when I knew him and never remarried. But he had two beautiful daughters, Lois Ann and Betty, both deceased. Mood was loyal to the paper and devoted to his carriers. He taught them responsibility and customer service. Most used the lessons they learned from him to grow into responsible and hardworking adults. He played a big role in making this newspaper better. Reach Hubert D. Osteen Jr. at hubert@theitem.com.

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Alcohol sales on Sundays will level the playing field

was born and have lived my entire life in Sumter. This is a great community in which to live, work and raise a family. My passion is to be involved in the things that will help Sumter to prosper and provide a better quality of life for our residents. Through our existing industry program at Sumter Development Board, we routinely hear from local industries about the challenges they have in recruiting skilled workers and professionals to Sumter. Even when these businesses have success, too many of their recruits choose to live in Camden or Columbia. It has become a necessity to offer more choices in restaurants and retail to attract the talented individuals that it takes to support our local industry. For Sumter to continue to grow, we must level the playing field with our competition. We are Greg the eighth-largest city in Thompson South Carolina, yet the only city of the top nineteen that prohibits the sale of alcohol in restaurants on Sundays. If this referendum passes, there will be an immediate positive economic impact realized by our community. This simple act will enhance revenue for existing businesses, create jobs, increase our tax base and provide more choices for our residents. Commercial developers are currently taking a wait-and-see approach before they make decisions to invest up to $30 million in our town. Have you ever wondered why Florence has restaurant chains and retail establishments that Sumter does not have? The Sunday restaurant sale prohibition is one of the reasons why. It is time to show Buffalo Wild Wings, Longhorn Steak House, Olive Garden, Target and Publix that Sumter is serious about growth and progress. It is time to provide the choices that will enhance industry recruitment and keep our home-grown talent in Sumter. We need to level the playing field so that Sumter can continue to grow and be competitive. This is why I ask you to vote “yes” for Sunday restaurant sales in Sumter. Greg Thompson is the chairman of Sumter Development Board.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR NO OTHER SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE IS AS EXPERIENCED AS HILTON Dr. Johnny Hilton is simply the best choice to be made in the upcoming school board election. Having experienced Dr. Hilton’s teaching in the classroom coupled with his leadership throughout a host of student activities of which I was involved, I know Dr. Hilton will bring all of his many gifts to fully bear upon any task to which he is assigned. Looking across the slate of candidates county-wide there is simply no other candidate which would bring the same level of real-world experience to the position.

Need I remind you that Dr. Hilton’s opponent in this race (Mr. Schultz) chaired a school board which renewed a certain former superintendent’s contract while that same superintendent’s actions, plans, ideas and leadership were all being called into question by the greater Sumter community. To the contrary, there are no unknowns with Dr. Hilton. Dr. Hilton’s proven record working with and for the faculty and students in our district bears strong endorsement, which I freely give today without hesitation or reservation. TRIPP LEE Sumter

ELECTION 2014 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DEADLINE Letters to the editor pertaining to the Nov. 4 election must be received by The Sumter Item no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, whether by regular mail, email or hand-delivered to the newspaper’s office at 20 N. Magnolia St. The mailing address for The Sumter Item is: 20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, 29150, or P.O. Box 1677, 29151. The email address for letters to the editor is letters@theitem.com. All letters must contain the full name plus address and telephone number of the writer for verification purposes only. Letters that exceed 350 words will be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their entirety online at http://www.theitem.com/opinion/letters_to_editor. The deadline will be strictly enforced — no exceptions.

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PENNY TAX FROM PAGE A1 main campus on North Guignard Drive and meet the demand of Central Carolina’s four-county region: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties. Currently the welding program has 95 students, and HVAC has 63. As it stands now, the two classrooms are packed with more than just students. Most of all the HVAC room which is stockpiled with seemingly every make and model of heating and air-conditioning

units, and the welding room has spilled outside of the building where a makeshift structure serves as a “realworld” training tool. Just inside, the students work out of training pens that resemble an industrial, steampunk version of a voting booth. Aside from space concerns, the project will also renovate the building to update the electrical needs of the expanding programs and the machines needed to operate. Also, the building, which was built in 1975, has only one male and one female restroom within its 67,000 square feet.

Along with simple needs such as restrooms, a new sprinkler systems and energy-efficient lighting will be added as well as a new ceiling and walls to meet the new electrical wiring of the building to facilitate the machinery. “Right now we don’t have the space in that building to expand those two programs, but with the three programs moving out we’ll have more square footage to expand. We just need to renovate the building to allow us to address safety issues,” Hardee said. “The bottom line is we have high demand for those pro-

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014 grams (welding and HVAC), beyond what our capacity is right now.” Hardee added that the $1 million is a major piece of a large fundraising effort to get the project rolling as soon as possible, saying that the total cost of the project is around $2.5 million. Without the penny tax funding, the project’s timeline could be put off for several years as other funding sources fill in the gap. None of the money will be used for hiring new staff to meet the increased student population that would come with expansion,

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the penny funds would only be used for changes to the building. “This isn’t ‘here’s a 1,500-square-foot classroom;’ it’s really geared toward the lab space,” Hardee said of what the funding will go toward. “Classroom time is a part of our training, but a large part of our training is lab time where they’re learning the specific skills it takes to go out and get those high-paying jobs. I would hope that the voters of Sumter would view this as a good investment for the community.”

Money from 5k helps fight polio Runners make their way down Church Street during the sixth-annual Sumter Sunrise Rotary 5K Run/Walk on Saturday. The event raised money for efforts to eradicate polio. MATT WALSH / THE SUMTER ITEM

OBITUARIES DANIEL “DIGGER” BARNETT Daniel Eric “Digger” Barnett, 66, a longtime resident of Manning, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Medina, Ohio. Dan was born April 3, 1948, in Akron, Ohio, to Phyllis Barnett and the late Charles Barnett. BARNETT Dan grew up on a farm in Granger, Ohio, but spent the last 15 years in South Carolina as an excavator clearing land. He loved to make people laugh and always had a joke to tell. He also was an avid sportsman who loved to fish and hunt. Dan graduated from Highland High School in 1967, where he lettered in football and wrestling. Dan proudly served two terms in the United States Army in the 1st Air Calvary as a door gunner in the Vietnam War. Dan is survived by his loving daughter, Jessica (David) Ihrig; dear granddaughters, Samantha and Katelyn Ihrig; mother, Phyllis Barnett; brothers, David (Maxine) Barnett and Dirk (Debbie) Barnett; and sisters, Dianne (Dennis) Gerspacher and Darla Barnett-Ott. Dan was preceded in death by his father, Charles Barnett; grandparents, Ohlen and Ora Kuhn, and Andrew and Ruby O’ Dear; and most recently, his companion and faithful dog “Minnie.” It was Dan’s wish for no calling hours. A celebration of Dan’s life will take place at

2 p.m. today at Granger United Methodist Church, 1235 Granger Road, Medina, Ohio, 44256. A private memorial service will take place at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Granger United Methodist Church, Medina County SPCA or Medina Parks District in Dan’s name. Online condolences may be left at www.waitefuneralhome. com

JEAN “JEANNIE” KELLY Ms. Jean “Jeannie” Vermell Kelly, 57, entered eternal rest on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. She was born June 26, 1957, in Clarendon County, the daughter of Blease (Bettie) White and the late Minnie James Sinkler. She was the adKELLY opted daughter of the late Edward and Annie McKnight Kelly. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Furman High School in 1975 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of South Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. She was a member of St. Thomas Apostle Catholic Church, Charleston. She retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs at Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Med-

ical Center in Charleston as supervisor of the Cardiographics Department. She was also employed at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning, Strand General Hospital in Myrtle Beach and Williamsburg County Memorial Hospital in Kingstree. She was a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American Cardiology Technologists Association. Survivors are her son, Aden Kelly; father, Blease “BJ” (Bettie) White; six brothers, Blease White Jr., Clease White, Christen White; Moses Sinker Jr., Coleman White and Jason White; two sisters, Eunice Ingram and Lavela Montgomery; mother-in-law, Angeline Nelson; and other relatives and friends. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. The family will gather from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday in North Charleston at St. Thomas Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 6650 Dorchester Road, with Father Marreddy Allam. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park, Sumter. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 132 Mansfield Blvd., North Charleston. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

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57, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1957, in Manning, he was a son of Adela Virginia Gladden Ridgeway and the late William Ervin Ridgeway Sr. He was a painter and he RIDGEWAY was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his mother of Manning; four sisters, June Ard, Sandra Ridgeway and Pinky Justice (Ken), all of Manning, and Linda Thames (Sparky) of Sumter; and a number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. A graveside service will be

held at 3:30 p.m. today in Manning Cemetery with the Rev. David Carlson officiating. Pallbearers will be Joey Ard, Michael Ard, Jamie Ridgeway, Jeremy Ridgeway, Mac Bagnal and Kenneth Justice Jr. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and at other times at the home of his sister, June Ard, 609 Pine Court, Manning. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Stephens Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Connect with EUGENIA LAST someone you love, trust or want to rekindle a partnership with. An emotional talk will end in a commitment or coming to terms with how best to progress. A money matter needs to be revamped to fit your budget. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An update or personal overhaul will do you good and make your professional look more appealing. It’s best to invest in your future, not in purchases that you don’t really need. Forward thinking will get you where you want to go. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before you get your hopes up, ask for proof of whatever is being offered in writing. A change is heading your way with regard to position, but first make sure it’s what you want before you take a leap of faith.

risk may seem unnerving to you, but sometimes you need to do just that. You will be pleasantly surprised by the outcome of an event, discussion or encounter with someone you find interesting and informative. Opportunity awaits. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stick to unique plans or pastimes that allow you to use your imagination and interact with people you find interesting. A moment of inspiration will lead to truth, happiness and the acceptance of what you should do next. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotions will take over, leaving you in a vulnerable position. You are best to put your energy into travel or physical challenges that will keep you occupied until you feel equipped to make a personal promise, commitment or expenditure.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Act on your gut feeling, not on what someone tells you. False CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get information is apparent, along with involved in a physical challenge ulterior motives. Don’t make that is sure to stimulate you physically and get you motivated to unnecessary changes to please others. Protect your position, assets strive for a healthier lifestyle. and your future. Don’t divulge Getting away from your regular routine will help you make a choice personal secrets. and see your options clearly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Use your head when it comes to money LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep life and health matters. It’s important simple and refrain from not to take on more than you can exaggerating. Someone you are handle. Focus on working as a team close to will question your loyalty player and you will avoid discord or your feelings. Be prepared to have a heart-to-heart or take off to with someone you love and avoid getting into a discussion you respect. aren’t ready to have. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nothing VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can make your life easier by checking out more efficient ways of working. An interest you have in someone will help you expand your knowledge of unconventional philosophies or lifestyles. Make a personal change. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Taking a

will be too difficult or impossible for you. Choose your course of action and follow through with your plans. You will impress everyone with your insightful, unique way of handling and mastering whatever comes your way. Alternative health regimens will be beneficial.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD TEST RUNS: All running Across By Gail Grabowski

ACROSS 1 Elevations: Abbr. 4 Do a voice-over 7 Actor Sharif 11 iPhone downloads 15 Dinghy tool 18 Sushi-bar tuna 19 Small bill 20 Roped-off pool area 21 Avoid a pothole, perhaps 22 Hoop group 23 Backslide 25 Demolition piece 28 Emporium of yore 30 Exhaust 31 Table d’__ 32 Ph.D. candidate 35 Letter carrier: Abbr. 36 PD alert 37 Leave speechless 38 Central Flori-

da attraction 41 Kennel tenants 44 Racing circuit 46 Contractor’s calculation 52 Metal-in-therough 53 Look for again 55 Films, in Variety 56 Solid alcohol 57 Family member 59 Far from cordial 60 Join the chorus 61 Opening remarks 62 Difficult situation 67 Thesaurus entry: Abbr. 68 Designer Cassini 69 Mai __ cocktail 70 Earth-friendly coll. course 73 Tennis official 76 2014 GM reintroduction 84 Goes to great

heights 87 Isn’t feeling well 88 Tourist rental 89 Ben Stiller’s mom 90 Pink shades 92 Hair product 93 Calder creation 95 Martini liquor 96 New Hampshire nickname 99 Troop group: Abbr. 100 High point 101 Evenings, on marquees 102 Real-estate measure 104 Not yet scheduled: Abbr. 106 Business partner, perhaps 107 Quest in a Stevenson novel 115 Smart-alecky 116 Copier chemical 117 Football helmet part 118 Motorist’s

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73° / 51°

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Chance of rain: 60%

Winds: VAR 2-4 mph

Winds: SSE 3-6 mph

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Winds: WSW 6-12 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 80/46 Spartanburg 81/49

Greenville 81/50

Columbia 84/51

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

Sumter 82/51

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 84/49

Charleston 83/55

Today: Brilliant sunshine and pleasant. High 77 to 81. Monday: Delightful with a full day of sunshine. High 76 to 83.

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Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

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24-hr chg -0.04 -0.03 none +0.16

Sunrise 7:36 a.m. Moonrise 10:07 a.m.

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

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REGIONAL CITIES

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

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 85/59/s 74/54/pc 85/66/s 69/58/r 86/65/pc 77/60/pc 83/67/pc 61/53/s 85/64/s 64/51/s 87/62/s 72/57/pc 69/54/s

Myrtle Beach 78/54

Manning 82/49

ON THE COAST

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Florence 81/49

Bishopville 81/48

Today Hi/Lo/W 74/45/s 83/51/s 86/47/s 81/55/s 70/56/s 83/55/s 79/46/s 83/52/s 84/51/s 80/46/s 74/45/s 78/47/s 78/46/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 78/50/s 84/54/s 87/51/s 83/59/s 69/59/s 84/59/s 79/53/s 82/55/s 84/56/s 80/53/s 71/51/s 78/54/s 77/55/s

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Mon. Hi/Lo/W 81/56/s 84/56/s 79/52/s 75/54/s 84/58/s 77/52/s 80/53/s 76/51/s 78/62/s 84/56/s 87/54/s 87/51/s 83/56/s

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Low 5:34 a.m. 6:19 p.m. 6:17 a.m. 7:06 p.m.

Today Hi/Lo/W 77/43/s 81/56/s 78/54/s 83/51/s 80/56/s 75/42/s 79/45/s 79/42/s 83/54/s 81/49/s 78/58/s 77/49/s 75/44/s

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THURSDAY

Winds: NW 4-8 mph

Today: Pleasantly warm with plenty of sunshine. Winds west 4-8 mph. Monday: Sunny and pleasant. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.

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SATURDAY’S ANSWERS CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

43 Pro-shop supply 45 Italian cheese 47 Enthusiasm 48 Fey of 30 Rock 49 WWII vet, e.g. 50 British conservative 51 Tesla Motors head Musk 53 Film spool 54 Look at 58 Naval noncom: Abbr. 60 Sports data 63 DVR button 64 Streetcar . . . role 65 ‘80s blockbuster video game 66 Biol. or chem. 71 “I’ve got the check” 72 Sweater size: Abbr. 73 SOS responder

74 Tie up, as a ship 75 Supernatural 77 Dustcloths 78 From Hanoi 79 Author Umberto 80 Day of rest 81 Intense anger 82 Oratorio solo 83 Sharp pull 85 Met by chance 86 Narrow gap 91 Fr. holy woman 93 Paltry 94 11 p.m. broadcast 97 Wives, in Spain 98 Body art, briefly 100 Angel hair or elbows 103 Real-estate account 105 Keeps moist

106 Summons from a supervisor 108 Bisected 109 Irish actor Stephen 110 Impressive assortment 111 Takes the bus 112 Dickensian clerk

113 Grazing land 114 Seiko’s printer company 115 Hyde Park carriage 116 Relate 119 Homeland Security agcy. 120 Three, in Rome 121 Personality component

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PALMETTO CASH 5 SATURDAY 21-23-27-30-35 PowerUp: 3

3-7-9 and 4-6-8

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PICK 4 SATURDAY

2-14-21-28-55 Megaball: 3 Megaplier: 3

2-3-1-2 and 9-5-0-5

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Bulldogs hold off Kentucky to stay atop SEC West B4

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014

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CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Tigers winning ugly Despite turnovers, Clemson holds off Syracuse to stay in thick of ACC race FROM STAFF REPORTS CLEMSON – Rarely does a team turn the ball over four times – three in the first half – and still go on to celebrate. But three field goals, a 209yard passing game from quarterback Cole Stoudt and a late touchdown helped Clemson do just that on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Despite two fumbles and two interceptions, Stoudt and the offense did just enough while the defense held Syracuse to 155 yards of total offense in a 16-6 victory by the Tigers that helped them keep pace with Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Atlantic Division. Clemson improved to 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC. Clemson travels to Wake Forest on Nov. 6 for its next game. Syracuse fell to 3-5 and 1-3 and had three turnovers of its own on a rough night for both offenses. The first half was marred by Tigers turnovers, two of which Syracuse turned into points. It was tough sledding for both teams offensively early on. Clemson recorded just one first down on 14 offensive plays in the first quarter, and had just 31 yards of offense.

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SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4 Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams fights for yardage against Syracuse defensive back Brandon Reddish during the Tigers’ 16-6 victory on Saturday at Clemson.

WORLD SERIES

USC FOOTBALL

Infante gives Royals 4-2 early lead in Game 4

Auburn outlasts Gamecocks 42-35

BY BEN WALKER The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Omar Infante and the Kansas City Royals took advantage of a botched grounder that prompted Giants manager Bruce Bochy to throw his hat, and led San Francisco 4-2 Saturday after three innings in Game 4 of the World Series. It was lightly raining on and off at AT&T Park as pitcher Jason Vargas and the Royals tried to extend their 2-1 edge. The wet conditions, though, didn’t cause San Francisco’s most costly slip. Game 5 is Sunday, with postseaINFANTE son ace Madison Bumgarner starting for the Giants against James Shields. It’s a rematch from the opener, when San Francisco rolled 7-1. The Royals trailed 1-0 when they put runners at the corners with two outs in the third against Ryan Vogelsong. The veteran right-hander got the start when Bochy decided it wasn’t prudent to bring back Bumgarner on short rest. Eric Hosmer hit a slow tapper to the right side. First baseman Brandon Belt ranged far off the bag — second baseman Joe Panik was playing back against the lefty-hitting cleanup man — and quickly looked to see if he could get a forceout at second. With no play there, Belt whirled around and tried to toss to Vogelsong. But the pitcher didn’t get to the bag cleanly, messed up his footwork and had no chance to prevent Hosmer from reaching with a tying single.

SEE WORLD SERIES, PAGE B4

FROM STAFF REPORTS AUBURN, Ala. – The University of South Carolina found itself in an offensive shootout with No. 5 Auburn on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but the Tigers previaled 42-35. After TIGHT ONE Gamecock quarterback For more on Dylan USC and Thompson Auburn visit was interwww.theitem.com cepted in the end zone early in the fourth quarter with the game tied at 35-35, Auburn drove 80 yards in six plays with quarterback Nick Marshall going the final nine yards for a rushing touchdown to make it 42-35 with 11:22 remaining in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the game. South Carolina wide receiver Pharoh Cooper (11) catches a Auburn, which came into touchdown pass in the Gamecocks’ 42-35 loss to No. 5 Auburn the game with a 5-1 overall reon Saturday in Auburn, Ala. cord and a 2-1 mark in the

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Lady Wolverines set to host 2nd round match BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com With going back to school and other things on her plate, longtime East Clarendon High School head volleyball coach Judy Coker decided last year was a good time to step down from the program. Circumstances didn’t keep her away for long though. “I was really more of a fillin coach this year,” Coker said. “But I’m glad I got to come back. I’ve gotten to coach six seniors in their final

season and that’s been something I’ve really enjoyed.” Those six seniors look to finish off their careers on top as the Lady Wolverines get set to host Cross on Monday at 6 p.m. at the ECHS gymnasium in the second round of the 1A state playoffs. EC is officially 19-4-2 on the season, having won its last 11 matches. With just a 4-team region, the Lady Wolverines easily swept through the competition to earn the region

SEE WOLVERINES, PAGE B6

Southeastern Conference and the Gamecocks, 4-3 and 2-3, were in an offensive shootout from the beginning of the game until thend. The Gamecocks were able to move the football up and down the field in the first half. USC took the opening kickoff and went 75 yards in seven plays for a touchdown. Thompson threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Shaq Roland. Placekicker Elliott Fry added the extra point to make it 7-0 with 12:34 left in the first quarter. The USC defense forced Auburn to punt after getting a first down, and the offense was on the march again. Carolina started at its 25 and drove to a first down at the Tigers 11-yard line. However, on second and 11 yards to go, Thompson threw an errant

SEE SHOOTOUT, PAGE B4

East Clarendon senior Taylor Cusaac and the Lady Wolverines will host Cross on Monday at 6 p.m. in the second round of the 1A state playoffs MATT WALSH/ THE SUMTER ITEM

SPORTS

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

6:30 a.m. - Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Perth International Final Round from Perth, Australia (GOLF). 7 a.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: WTA Championships Final Match from Singapore (ESPN2). 9:25 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from London – Newcastle vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. – NFL Football: Detroit vs. Atlanta from London (WACH 57). Noon – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Manchester, England – Chelsea vs. Manchester United (WIS 10). Noon – Women’s College Volleyball: Kentucky at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Seattle at Carolina (WLTX 19, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Houston at Tennessee (WACH 57). 1 p.m. - Amateur Golf: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Final-Round Highlights from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2). 1 p.m. – Professional Basketball: Euroleague Game from Munich – Panathinaikos Athens vs. Bayern Munich (NBA TV). 1:30 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 from Martinsville, Va. (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9). 2 p.m. - PGA Golf: McGladrey Classic Final Round from St. Simons Island, Ga. (GOLF). 2 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Arkansas at Alabama (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: CONCACAF Championship/Women’s World Cup Third-Place Match from Chester, Pa. (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. – Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix from Chicago -- Skate America (WIS 10). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Missouri at Tennessee (ESPNU). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Alabama at Auburn (SEC NETWORK). 4:25 p.m. – NFL Football: Indianapolis at Pittsburgh (WLTX 19). 5 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Nebraska at Wisconsin (ESPN2). 5 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour AT&T Championship Final Round from San Antonio (GOLF). 6 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: CONCACAF Championship/Women’s World Cup Championship Match from Chester, Pa. (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: World Series Game Five -- Kansas City at San Francisco (WACH 57). 8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: Green Bay at New Orleans (WIS 10, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8:30 p.m. – Major League Soccer: New York at Kansas City (ESPN2).

MONDAY

3:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from London – Aston Villa vs. Queens Park Rangers (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Kentucky Blue-White Game from Lexington, Ky. (SEC NETWORK). 8:15 p.m. – NFL Football: Washington at Dallas (ESPN).

GOLF By The Associated Press MCGLADREY CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Saturday At Sea Island Resort, Seaside Course St. Simons Island, Ga. Purse: $5.6 million Yardage: 7,005; Par: 70 Third Round Andrew Svoboda 66-66-66—198-12 Will MacKenzie 65-68-65—198-12 Russell Henley 68-63-68—199-11 Stewart Cink 69-69-63—201 -9 Andrew Putnam 68-67-66—201 -9 Chris Kirk 68-67-66—201 -9 Fabian Gomez 67-66-68—201 -9 Brendon de Jonge 68-64-69—201 -9 Ken Duke 67-69-66—202 -8 Scott Piercy 67-67-68—202 -8 Mark Wilson 67-66-69—202 -8 Ben Martin 70-68-65—203 -7 Kevin Kisner 69-68-66—203 -7 Hudson Swafford 70-67-66—203 -7 Rory Sabbatini 67-70-66—203 -7 Michael Thompson 65-71-67—203 -7 Cameron Tringale 68-68-67—203 -7 William McGirt 68-67-68—203 -7 Robert Streb 69-66-68—203 -7 Stuart Appleby 71-67-66—204 -6 Brendon Todd 67-70-67—204 -6 Daniel Summerhays 68-68-68—204 -6 Bill Haas 69-66-69—204 -6 Carl Pettersson 68-67-69—204 -6 Kevin Chappell 67-67-70—204 -6 Sean O’Hair 69-71-64—204 -6 Tony Finau 71-67-67—205 -5 Jason Bohn 71-67-67—205 -5 Sung Joon Park 66-71-68—205 -5 Eric Axley 67-70-68—205 -5 Matt Kuchar 67-70-68—205 -5 Nicholas Thompson 70-69-66—205 -5 James Hahn 71-69-65—205 -5 Erik Compton 65-70-70—205 -5 Derek Ernst 68-67-70—205 -5 David Lingmerth 68-67-70—205 -5 Brian Harman 65-67-73—205 -5 Tom Hoge 70-68-68—206 -4 Daniel Berger 68-69-69—206 -4 Webb Simpson 67-70-69—206 -4 David Toms 73-66-67—206 -4 Chesson Hadley 66-70-70—206 -4 D.A. Points 70-70-66—206 -4 Shawn Stefani 66-69-71—206 -4 Cory Whitsett 70-70-66—206 -4 Mark Hubbard 68-67-71—206 -4 Aaron Baddeley 67-73-66—206 -4 Patton Kizzire 66-71-70—207 -3 Jerry Kelly 70-68-69—207 -3 Jason Kokrak 66-72-69—207 -3 Zachary Blair 71-68-68—207 -3 Steven Alker 69-67-71—207 -3 Chad Campbell 68-68-71—207 -3 Andrew Loupe 71-69-67—207 -3 Justin Thomas 74-66-67—207 -3 Mark Anderson 70-70-67—207 -3 Bill Lunde 71-69-67—207 -3 Andy Pope 72-66-70—208 -2 Cameron Percy 68-70-70—208 -2 Jeff Overton 70-69-69—208 -2 Camilo Villegas 67-72-69—208 -2 Kyle Reifers 71-68-69—208 -2 OTHER: Tommy Gainey 67-73-68—208 -2 Made Cut-Did Not Finish Martin Laird 68-71-71—210 E Charles Howell III 72-66-73—211+1 Brian Davis 71-68-72—211+1 John Rollins 70-67-74—211+1 Scott Pinckney 68-71-72—211+1 Lucas Glover 73-67-71—211+1 Brice Garnett 73-67-71—211+1 Andres Gonzales 70-70-71—211+1 Steve Wheatcroft 67-73-71—211+1 Johnson Wagner 70-69-73—212+2 Adam Hadwin 70-69-73—212+2 Ryan Armour 67-72-73—212+2 Jim Renner 66-74-72—212+2 Nick Watney 71-69-73—213+3 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 70-69-75—214+4 Nick Taylor 73-66-75—214+4 Whee Kim 71-69-74—214+4

BLUE BAY LPGA PAR SCORES SATURDAY

At Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course Hainan Island, China Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,760; Par: 72 Second Round (a-amateur) Lee-Anne Pace 67-66–133 -11 Jessica Korda 66-67–133 -11 Chella Choi 68-66–134 -10 Shanshan Feng 67-68–135 -9 Brittany Lang 67-68–135 -9 Michelle Wie 67-68–135 -9 Danielle Kang 68-68–136 -8 Caroline Masson 67-69–136 -8 Austin Ernst 71-66–137 -7 a-Wanyao Lu 69-68–137 -7 Beatriz Recari 70-68–138 -6 Belen Mozo 72-67—139 -5 Jennifer Johnson 70-69—139 -5 Lydia Ko 69-70—139 -5 Mariajo Uribe 69-70—139 -5

AT&T CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Saturday At TPC San Antonio, AT&T Canyons Course San Antonio Purse: $1.95 million Yardage: 6,923; Par 72 Second Round Marco Dawson 65-67—132 -12 Woody Austin 68-65—133 -11 Wes Short, Jr. 67-67—134 -10 Michael Allen 70-65—135 -9 Scott Hoch 68-67—135 -9 Jay Haas 67-68—135 -9 Kirk Triplett 67-69—136 -8 Bernhard Langer 71-66—137 -7 Fred Funk 70-67—137 -7 John Cook 65-72—137 -7 Tom Pernice Jr. 72-66—138 -6 Kenny Perry 68-70—138 -6 David Frost 68-70—138 -6 Jeff Maggert 74-65—139 -5 Jeff Hart 72-67—139 -5 Doug Garwood 69-70—139 -5 Tom Lehman 67-72—139 -5 Tommy Armour III 73-67—140 -4 Steve Pate 73-67—140 -4 Rod Spittle 73-67—140 -4 John Inman 71-69—140 -4

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH

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PA 154 142 138 185

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PA 136 150 172 191

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PA 142 149 121 158

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland WEST Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota WEST Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

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PA 119 165 141 176

THURSDAY’S GAME

Denver 35, San Diego 21

TODAY’S GAMES

Detroit vs. Atlanta at London, 9:30 a.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Chicago at New England, 1 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Open: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco

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WORLD SERIES FOLLOWUP

Finnegan passes test as Royals top Giants BY BEN WALKER The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Summoned in a tough spot, Royals rookie Brandon Finnegan trotted in from the bullpen, threw his warmup pitches and then did something curious. He walked behind the mound, took off his hat, rubbed his hair and looked at the right-field foul pole. Nervous about being in the World Series? Naw. “That’s just what I do,” he said. With a rollicking crowd at AT&T Park ready to erupt, Finnegan made it all look routine. Only four months after he pitched in the College World Series, the 21-year-old lefty got two key outs in the seventh inning and helped Kansas City hold off the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 edge. Just like that, the Royals were halfway to the championship, boosted by a dominant bullpen, several nice defensive plays and barely enough hitting. Credit manager Ned Yost, too, for a series of moves that paid off. Even when he let reliever Kelvin Herrera bat for the first time in his major league career, it all came out OK. “54 outs to go,” Herrera tweeted later. Game 4 is Saturday night, with Jason Vargas set to start for Kansas City against Ryan Vogelsong. Rain is forecast for most of the day in the Bay Area. Yet nothing could dampen what Finnegan accomplished. Back in June, he threw for TCU in the College World Series. This time, it was a little

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Kansas City’s Brandon Finnegan got two key outs in the seventh inning of Game 3 of the World Series in a 3-2 Royals’ victory on Friday against the Giants in San Francisco. bigger. He became the first to play in both events in the same year. “I feel like I’m still in college,” Finnegan said. “It’s no different. It’s still baseball.” Of course, no one from the Hall of Fame ever asked for his hat when he was in school. Finnegan agreed to donate the cap he wore on this night to Cooperstown. “My time came, and luckily I got the job done,” Finnegan said. “This is the real deal, y’know?” His parents knew. Outside the Kansas City clubhouse, surrounded by a bevy of Royals rooters, Betty and Gary Finnegan tried to absorb what they’d witnessed.

“It is a dream ...” she said, some of her makeup washed away by tears. Without a pause, her husband finished the sentence, adding, “... that you don’t want to wake up from.” Ah, youth. Finnegan was called on to replace Herrera with a runner on first, one out and the Royals clinging to a one-run lead over the rallying Giants. All of Kansas City infielders huddled behind the mound as Finnegan loosened up, realizing the most important point of their season was being entrusted to someone who recently was taking tests in a college classroom.

MONDAY’S GAME

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 30

New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2

Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Open: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee

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Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 7 6 Tampa Bay 8 5 Detroit 7 4 Ottawa 5 4 Boston 9 4 Toronto 7 3 Florida 6 2 Buffalo 8 1 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W N.Y. Islanders 7 5 Washington 6 3 Columbus 7 4 New Jersey 7 3 N.Y. Rangers 7 4 Pittsburgh 6 3 Philadelphia 7 2 Carolina 7 0

L OT Pts GF GA 1 0 12 22 21 2 1 11 25 16 1 2 10 16 13 1 0 8 14 10 5 0 8 22 23 3 1 7 20 21 2 2 6 9 14 7 0 2 9 28 L OT Pts GF GA 2 0 10 25 22 1 2 8 20 14 3 0 8 21 20 2 2 8 22 23 3 0 8 21 23 2 1 7 22 19 3 2 6 22 28 5 2 2 14 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 7 5 0 2 12 19 13 Dallas 7 4 1 2 10 24 22 Chicago 6 4 1 1 9 18 10 Minnesota 5 3 2 0 6 12 4 Colorado 8 2 4 2 6 19 27 St. Louis 6 2 3 1 5 13 13 Winnipeg 7 2 5 0 4 13 20 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 8 7 1 0 14 29 15 Los Angeles 7 5 1 1 11 17 10 Calgary 9 5 3 1 11 25 19 San Jose 8 4 3 1 9 27 25 Vancouver 7 4 3 0 8 23 24 Edmonton 8 3 4 1 7 23 32 Arizona 6 2 3 1 5 16 24 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Dallas 3, New Jersey 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Winnipeg 2 Colorado 7, Vancouver 3 Edmonton 6, Carolina 3 Anaheim 4, Columbus 1

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Buffalo at San Jose, 4 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Florida at Arizona, 9 p.m. Washington at Calgary, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Colorado at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Chicago, 7 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Washington at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Montreal at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

WORLD SERIES FROM PAGE B1 Bochy slammed his cap to the dugout floor, seeing an opportunity to end the inning get away. Giants fans started to grow uneasy when Mike Moustakas walked to load the bases, and there was good reason for concern. Infante followed with a hard, two-run single up the middle and began clapping on his way to first. The hit made him 10 for 15 lifetime against Vargas, and put the Royals ahead 3-1. After Salvador Perez blooped an RBI single, Bochy had seen enough. He went to the mound to pull Vogelsong, and Belt dropped his head during the pitching change. Jean Machi walked Jarrod Dyson, bringing up Vargas. Earlier in the inning, Vargas hit the Royals’ best ball to that point. In his first at-bat since June 2012, the career .262 hitter fouled off a pair of full-count pitches before sending a long drive that center fielder Gregor Blanco caught. A couple of Royals applaud-

ed in the dugout for Vargas’ solid effort. This time, with the bases loaded, Vargas ran the count to 2-2. He took another ball, tossed his bat aside and began to jog to first. After several steps, he realized that it was only ball three, froze in a playful stance and returned to the plate. Leadoff man Alcides Escobar laughed as he handed the bat back to Vargas, who then looked at strike three in making his second out of the inning. Vargas became the first AL pitcher to bat twice in one inning in a World Series game since Luis Tiant for the Boston Red Sox in 1975. Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum did it during the 2010 Series. The Giants closed to 4-2 in the bottom half on a two-out single by Buster Posey. Blanco drew a leadoff walk in the first and hustled to advance when Vargas bounced a wild pitch. Blanco stole third and, after Posey walked, scored as Hunter Pence barely beat out a double-play relay.

KEEPING UP

Cannonier, Wheaton celebrating fast start

or the second consecutive year, Wes Cannonier is part of a football team opening

6-0. The junior is a starting strong safety for Wheaton College, which last year went 6-0 before a loss and finished 8-2. Wheaton entered Saturday’s game ranked 11th in CANNONIER the latest American Football Coaches Association Division III Top 25 poll and 17th in the D3football. com Top 25 poll. “I knew we’d have a good team,” the Thomas Sumter Academy graduate said Monday. “I was excited to see what we were going to do.” He said Saturday’s game against North Central College, No. 12 in the AFCA and D3football.com polls, and this coming Saturday’s

one against Elmhurst College were going to be tough tests. Wheaton and those schools are Barbara at the top Boxleitner in offensive and defensive categories within the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. Cannonier stayed on campus during the summer as he rehabbed from a torn shoulder labrum diagnosed after last season. He said he suffered the injury during the second game. He reached the quarterback when he pitched the ball on an option play and said “my hand got stuck in his jersey.” Not knowing the seriousness of the injury, he played eight games and finished with 20 tackles. A MRI in January showed the tear, he

said, and surgery forced him to miss spring camp. He completed his physical therapy this summer. Through six games, Cannonier had 18 tackles, one interception and two fumble recoveries. He had five tackles in the Oct. 18 game and four tackles and a fumble recovery the game prior. “I’ve kind of exceeded expectations of myself coming off that surgery,” he said. “I feel my play has been a good spark for us.” “I’m a lot more responsible for what we do,” he said. “I’m kind of the brains to the operation. I’ve got to make sure we’re all in the right spot.” He said the shoulder feels 100 percent healthy, and he isn’t playing with any protective padding there. “It feels fine, which has been a real blessing,” he said. Send updates about area athletes to Barbara Boxleitner at BKLE3@aol.com.

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Trubisky, UNC stun Virginia 28-27 with late touchdown

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TCU wide receiver Deante’ Gray (20) comes down with a touchdown reception against Texas Tech defensive back Austin Stewart (8) in the Horned Frogs’ 82-27 victory on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU gets record-setting 82-27 rout of Texas Tech FORT WORTH, Texas — Trevone Boykin threw a school-record seven touchdown passes and No. 10 TCU showcased a new fast-paced offense by scoring the most points in its history in an 82-27 rout of Texas Tech on Saturday. The Horned Frogs (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) beat their previous scoring high of 69 in the spread attack directed in part by co-offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie, a former Texas Tech quarterback who spent the past four seasons as an assistant with the Red Raiders. Texas Tech (3-5, 1-4) rolled up 287 of the combined 512 total yards in the first quarter before fading with turnovers and special teams mistakes. (8) MICHIGAN STATE 35 MICHIGAN 11

Jeremy Langford ran for 177 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 8 Michigan State trounced rival Michigan again, 35-11 on Saturday. (11) KANSAS STATE 23 TEXAS 0

MANHATTAN, Kan. — No. 11 Kansas State’s rapidly improving defense pitched the first shutout of Texas in more than a decade in a 23-0 victory Saturday that kept the Wildcats unbeaten in Big 12 play. (16) NEBRASKA 42 RUTGERS 24

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ameer Abdullah nudged his way back into the Heisman Trophy conversation Saturday by running for 225 yards and three touchdowns and setting a school record with 341 allpurpose yards in the No. 16 Cornhuskers’ 42-24 victory.

(22) WEST VIRGINIA 34 OKLAHOMA STATE 10 STILLWATER, Okla. — Wendell Smallwood ran for a career-high 132 yards to help No. 22 West Virginia defeat Oklahoma State 34-10 Saturday. (23) MARSHALL 35 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 16

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Devon Johnson rushed for a school-record 272 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 23 Marshall to a 35-16 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mitch Trubisky threw a 16-yard touchdown pass on his only play of the game, giving North Carolina its first lead with 4:05 remaining, and the Tar Heels stunned Virginia 28-27 on Saturday. Trubisky, who had been sharing the job with Marquise Williams until the last two games, was called into action when Williams was sacked and his helmet came off, setting up a third-and-15 from the 16. Trubisky hit a wide open T.J. Thorpe to give North Carolina (4-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead. Virginia (4-4, 2-2), which had kept the explosive Williams and North Carolina scoreless to that point in the second half, then was surprised when the Tar Heels tried, and recovered, an onside kick. BOSTON COLLEGE 23 WAKE FOREST 17

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Jon Hilliman rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns, and Boston College held on to beat Wake Forest 23-17 on Saturday. Tyler Murphy finished 11 of 15 for 165 yards with a 37yard touchdown pass to Shakim Phillips while Hilli-

man had touchdown runs of 1 and 33 yards for the Eagles (5-3, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). They nearly blew a 23-3 lead in the fourth quarter and didn’t completely put the pesky Demon Deacons away until Justin Simmons’ late interception. GEORGIA TECH 56 PITT 28

PITTSBURGH — Broderick Snoddy ran for 82 yards and three touchdowns and Georgia Tech took advantage of six Pittsburgh turnovers in a 56-28 win on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets (6-2, 3-2 ACC) ended a two-game losing streak by racing to a quick 28-0 lead, with each touchdown following a Panther fumble. Pitt (4-4, 2-2) gave the ball away on each of its first five possessions. Justin Thomas passed for 147 yards and a touchdown and added 92 yards rushing and a score. Georgia Tech rolled up 615 total yards against the Panthers, who came in with the nation’s fourth-ranked defense. The 56 points put up by the Yellow Jackets are the most ever by an opponent at Heinz Field. From wire reports

(25) UCLA 40 COLORADO 37

BOULDER, Colo. — Quarterback Brett Hundley had an 8-yard touchdown run in double overtime to give No. 25 UCLA a 40-37 victory over Colorado on Saturday. From wire reports

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S.C. State defeats Bethune-Cookman 20-14 ORANGEBURG — Adrian Kollock Jr. hit Austin Smith in stride on a 49-yard touchdown pass with 33 seconds remaining to give South Carolina State a 20-14 victory over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday. The Bulldog defense then sacked Quentin Williams for the eighth time to end the game. Antonio Hamilton gave SCSU (5-3, 3-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) a 14-7 lead with 7:29 remaining in the third when he returned a punt 91 yards for the score. The Wildcats (6-2, 3-1) tied the game with :50 remaining when Donald Smith grabbed a fumbled snap and returned it 3 yards for the score. Just 17 seconds later Smith hauled in the pass and broke three tackles to get into the end zone for the victory. This was the first conference road loss for BethuneCookman since 2011.

urday. PRESBYTERIAN 18 MONMOUTH 12

CLINTON — Heys McMath ran 15 yards on a quarterback keeper with 53 seconds remaining and Presbyterian beat Monmouth 18-12 on Saturday. WESTERN CAROLINA 29 THE CITADEL 15

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Troy Mitchell threw for a touchdown and Detrez Newsome ran for two more Saturday and Western Carolina beat The Citadel 29-15.

Darius Ramsey’s 20-yard TD run in the fourth quarter put the game out of reach for the Catamounts (6-2, 4-0 Southern). COASTAL CAROLINA 43 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 22

CONWAY — Alex Ross threw touchdown passes of 74 and 51 yards to John Israel, De’Angelo Henderson ran for three touchdowns, and Coastal Carolina remained undefeated with a 43-22 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday. From wire reports

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(5) Auburn 42, South Carolina 35 (21) Clemson 16, Syracuse 6 Samford 45, Furman 0 Wofford 38, VMI 3 Western Carolina 29, Citadel 15 Presbyterian 18, Monmouth 12 Coastal Carolina 43, Charleston Southern 22 South Carolina State 20, BethuneCookman 14 Newberry 13, UNC Pembroke 6 Carson-Newman 35, North Greenville 34 Benedict 33, Morehouse 15 Jacksonville 61, Limestone 10

ACC THURSDAY

Miami 30, Virginia Tech 6

SATURDAY

North Carolina 28, Virginia 27 Georgia Tech 56, Pittsburgh 28 Boston College 23, Wake Forest 17

(1) Mississippi State 45, Kentucky 31 (2) Mississippi at (24) LSU (late) (4) Alabama at Tennessee (late) Arkansas 45, Alabama-Birmingham 17 Missouri, Vanderbilt

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(6) Oregon 59, California 41

SATURDAY

(8) Michigan State 35, Michigan 11 (10) TCU vs. Texas Tech (11) Kansas State 23, Texas 0 (13) Ohio State at Penn State (late) (14) Arizona State at Washington (late) (15) Arizona at Washington State (late) (16) Nebraska 42, Rutgers 24 (19) Utah vs. (20) Southern Cal (late) (22) West Virginia 34, Okla. State 10 (23) Marshall 35, FAU 16 (25) UCLA 40, Colorado 37

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Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the Bulldogs’ 45-31 victory over Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday.

Mississippi State survives Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. — Dak Prescott accounted for three touchdowns, Josh Robinson rushed for two TDs and top-ranked Mississippi State beat Kentucky 45-31 on Saturday. Playing for the first time atop the rankings, the Bulldogs (7-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) showed no rust coming off a bye. That was a good thing in a game that resembled a shootout at times, which Mississippi State won with timely touchdowns that held off the stubborn Wildcats (5-3, 2-3). Kentucky got within a touchdown four times, and Heisman Trophy hopeful Prescott and Robinson answered with TDs on three occasions. Prescott ran for TDs of 2 and 11 yards and hit Brandon Hill for an 8-yard TD. ARKANSAS 45 UAB 17

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas made sure to get everyone, even its offensive linemen, in on the fun on Saturday. Jonathan Williams rushed for a careerhigh 153 yards and had two touchdowns, and 350-pound offensive guard Sebastian

Tretola had a touchdown pass as Arkansas rolled to a 45-17 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday. The win snaps a three-game losing streak for the Razorbacks (4-4), who led 35-0 at halftime and outgained the Blazers 484-195. MISSOURI 24 VANDERBILT 14

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Bud Sasser scored two touchdowns and Russell Hansbrough added another to lead Missouri past Vanderbilt 24-14 Saturday and end a twogame home losing streak. After scoring twice apiece on special teams and defense last week at Florida, the Tigers (6-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) used three touchdowns by their offense against the Commodores (2-6, 0-5). Missouri gained 385 total yards, easily eclipsing its combined total of 266 yards in its last two games. Maty Mauk completed 11 of 23 passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns while Marcus Murphy added 93 rushing yards on 16 carries. From wire reports

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 The defense held Syracuse at bay though as the Orange were held out of Tigers territory until a costly mistake by Stoudt. On first and 10 at the SU 48, Stoudt was picked off by Brandon Reddish to negate the good field position. The Orange quickly took advantage, driving to the CU 25 behind quarterback AJ Long’s arm and legs. Long completed a third-down pass to keep the drive alive and running back Ervin Phillips converted a fourth-down run as well. The drive stalled at the 25, however, as the Tiger D forced a 43-yard field goal from Cole Murphy. Clemson’s up tempo offense started to gain traction in the second quarter. A drive to the Orange 38-yard line stalled, but the next Tigers possession resulted in a game-tying field goal. Stoudt was 5-for-5 on the drive and C.J. Davidson had 22 yards rushing prior to Ammon Lakip’s 38-yard boot. The momentum swung in Clemson’s favor again on Syracuse’s next drive as Long was picked off by Robert Smith at the Syracuse 31. But after making it to the Orange 10-yard line, Davidson fumbled a pitch from Stoudt and SU regained control. The final Clemson turnover of the half came with 1:22 left in the half. After a Syracuse punt, Stoudt fumbled after a 1-yard run and Dyshawn Davis fell on it at the CU 25. Despite a 9-yard sack of Long, the Orange still managed to get on the board as Murphy booted one between the uprights from 50 yards out as Syracuse took a 6-3 lead into the break. The roles reversed early in the third quarter as Clemson’s Mackensie Alexander recovered a fumble from Prince-Tyson Gulley at the SU 31 on a play that was overturned on video review. But a high snap three plays

later pushed Clemson out of field goal range. Stoudt threw his second interception of the game – the Tigers’ fourth turnover of the game – on the next drive, but was saved on the very next play when Stephone Anthony put his right hand up and grabbed Long’s pass out of the air for a one-handed INT. Wayne Gallman then rushed twice for 30 yards as the Tigers drove to the Syracuse 2. Adam Humphries’ 6-yard TD catch was negated after he was ruled to have stepped out of bounds at the 2, and the Orange D stepped

up again to hold Lakim to an 18-yard field goal to knot the score at 6-6. It was all Clemson from then on. Lakim kicked a 41yard field goal to make it 9-6 next possession and the Tigers finally found the end zone the drive after that. Scoring just the second touchdown in the last eight trips to the red zone, Stoudt found Stanton Seckinger streaking up the left side of the field for a 19-yard strike and a 16-6 Tigers lead. The Orange’s only drive deep in Clemson territory the rest of the game was stopped at the CU 24. Murphy missed a 42-yarder and the Tigers in turn ran out the clock to seal the victory.

pass across the middle that was intercepted by linebacker Cassanova McKinzy at the 8. All Auburn did was go 92 yards in 11 plays for the touchdown. It was at midfield in two plays as Ricardo Louis went 19 yards on the first play and Cameron Artis-Payne followed with a 23-yard run. The Tigers drove to a first down at USC 4, but faced third down at the 3. Quarterback Nick Marshall threw a TD pass to tight end Brandon Fulse and placekicker Daniel Carlson added the PAT to tie the game at 7-7 with 6:28 left. South Carolina responded with another 75-yard scoring drive, taking 10 plays this time. The Gamecocks faced fourth and two at its 33 when head coach Steve Spurrier decided to go for it. Thompson threw a shuttle pass to Davis for an 18yard pickup to the Auburn 49. The drive ended with Thompson throwing a 16yard TD pass to wide receiver Pharoh Cooper to make it 14-7 with 1:33 to go. A holding penalty forced Auburn to start its next drive at its seven, but all that meant is it got to drive 93 yards for a score in 10 plays. Artis-Payne scored on a 2-yard run at the 12:08 mark of the second quarter to tie the game at 14-14. The Tigers stopped USC on its next possession, meaning Tyler Hull came into punt. He got off a 47-yarder that Quan Bray pulled in at his 14 and made two Carolina defenders miss. He returned it 28 yards, but had the pass stripped from him with USC recovering at the Auburn 42. USC needed three plays to get in the end zone as Thompson hit Davis coming out of the backfield on a wheel route for a 27-yard TD pass to make it 21-14 with 5:05 to go in the first half. Auburn responded with a 7-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Marshall going

up the middle for a 37-yard scoring run with 2:35 left to make the halftime score 2121. Both teams had 14 first downs in the first half, with Auburn picking up 277 yards of total offense and Carolina 267. South Carolina had 211 yards through the air, while Auburn rambled for 203 yards on the ground. Thompson completed 12 of 19 passes for 197 yards and three scores in the first half. Cooper had five catches for 67 yards, while Davis had 40 yards rushing on nine carries and three catches for 69 yards. Artis-Payne had 86 yards and a score on 12 carries in the first half, while Marshall ran for 66 yards and a score on seven carries. He also completed 6 of 8 passes for 57 yards and a TD pass. The Tigers received the second-half kickoff and went 88 yards in 13 plays for the score. Marshall scored the touchdown on a 4-yard run. The Gamecocks bounced back with Thompson hitting Cooper on a slant over the middle for a 51-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 28-28 with 9:24 left in the third quarter. The Tigers went 75 yards in one play when it got the ball back as Louis went around his left end on a sweep for the score. USC answered with an 11play, 75-yard drive. Spurrier went for it on fourth and six from its 40 and Thompson went to Cooper for a 9-yard gain. Davis darted 23 yards to the Auburn 28 before Thompson connected with Roland for an 18-yard pass. Thompson then hit wide receiver Nick Jones for a 10-yard TD pass to make it 35-35. Spurrier continued to gamble, going for an onside kick on the ensuing kick, which Skai Moore recovered at the Carolina 45. The Gamecocks drove to the Auburn 18 where they were facing third and eight. Thompson underthrew Roland and was intercepted by cornerback Jonathan Jones.

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BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE— Cam Newton is staying positive — and productive — even though the obstacles seem to keep piling up in front of him. Newton is on a quest to lead the Panthers to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history, but things haven’t gone quite as planned. NEWTON His year began with offseason ankle surgery, followed by fractured ribs in the preseason. The team’s front office parted ways with his top four wide receivers and some veteran linemen, making his job a little tougher. And Carolina’s running game — as well as its defense — has been almost non-existent entering Sunday’s game against the defending champion Seahawks. Still, the fourth-year quarterback smiles when asked about his year. “It’s been great,” Newton said. “We’re number one in our division.” True. The Panthers (3-3-1) remain alone in first, but the reality is they haven’t played well as a whole and their hold on the division lead appears anything but secure. The defense has allowed 37 or more points in four of the last five games, putting more pressure on

Newton to produce points. Newton and veteran tight end Greg Olsen have been the two constants amid a topsyturvy season. Despite the obstacles, Newton’s quarterback rating is at an all-time career-high at 89.3 and he’s only thrown three interceptions in six starts. His rushing numbers are way down, largely because he wasn’t asked to run as much early in the season while hobbled by injuries. But those around him say that has allowed him to improve as a passer. Newton has completed 60.7 percent of his passes for 1,472 yards and eight touchdowns. And he’s not yet healthy. His ankle, which was operated on in March and kept him out nearly four months, still bothers him and he’s not nearly as mobile as he was the last three seasons. He continues to wear a thick flak jacket to protect his ribs, which he broke in a preseason game at New England. Obstacles, for sure. But coach Ron Rivera said Newton is handling things — and flourishing — despite it all. “It’s another step in his growth,” Rivera said. “The thing that he’s had to do is adapt his style of play because of his injuries, and then develop a new rapport with his receivers.” The talk of Newton’s lack of leadership skills — which haunted him early in his NFL

career — have subsided. He handles losing better. He handles mistakes better. “Every year he has progressed and gotten better and better, and done a really good job growing not only as a quarterback but as a leader,” center Ryan Kalil said. “He got criticized early on, and some of it rightfully so, but he’s his own biggest critic. He’s the first guy to raise his hand and say ‘I’m not doing a good enough job at this or that.’ I think that’s huge at this level. I’ve played with a lot of guys who are like ‘Take or leave it, this is who I am.’ And he’s never been like that.” At some point, the Panthers will need to find out if Newton is good enough to take over and lead a team to the playoffs amid a host of distractions and challenges. This might be the year. But Rivera said the last thing he wants is Newton trying to do too much. “It’s not time for him to carry this team, but rather to lead this team like he’s been doing,” Rivera said. “There are other people that need to step more so than anything. Playmakers have to step up and make plays and we’re not getting enough of them.” Newton knows that. “I’m not saying ‘Give me the ball coach and let me run it because I will do it right,’” Newton said. “I’m not saying that. I can’t do it without the other 10 guys.”

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WH cross country teams place 4th at state COLUMBIA— The Wilson Hall’s boys and girls cross country teams both placed fourth in the SCISA 3A state meet on Saturday at Heathwood Hall. The Barons finished with a score of 90 points, 15 behind third place Porter-Gaud. Pinewood Prep won with 42 and Ben Lippen was second with 67 Andrik Rivera led WH by finishing eighth overall with a time of 17 minutes, 13 seconds, which placed him on the All-State team. Drew Reynolds was second for the Barons at 17:23, 12th overall, barely missing out for the final spot on the All State team. Thomas Sumter Academy’s Jacob Crotts took that, finishing 10th in 17:20. Matthew Taveraz was third for Wilson Hall (15th), Brayden Fidler fourth (24), and Rhett Howell fifth (31). TSA finished eighth with 224 while Laurence Manning Academy was 11th with 387. In the girls race, Wilson Hall finished with 116. Pinewood Prep won with 49, while Heathwood Hall had 55 and Ashley Hall 58. Anna Lyles placed eighth overall in 19:49 to lead the Lady Barons, followed by Madison Elmore in ninth at 19:55. Both made the All-State team. Julia Ladson was 12th over-

all, Amanda Dotseth 33rd and Aubrey Yarbrough 54th to complete the WH scoring. MA finished ninth with a score of 258 and was paced by Sara Knight, who finished 40th. TSA placed 10th with a score of 277 and was led by Bella Crowe, who was 21st.

VARSITY FOOTBALL CLARENDON HALL 44 JEFFERSON DAVIS 0 BLACKVILLE – Clarendon Hall clinched the No. 2 spot from Region II in the 8-man state playoffs with a 44-0 victory over Jefferson Davis Academy on Friday at the JDA field. Clarendon Hall had 334 yards of total offense while holding JDA to just 85. Dustin Way completed nine of 12 passes for 147 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for a 2-point conversion. Gavin Allan rushed 10 times for 83 yards and a TD, while catching four passes for 115 yards and three scores. He also caught a pass for a 2-point conversion. Matthew Corbett had TD receptions of 34 and 2 yards. The defense was led by Cody Armstrong with 15 tackles. MACKENZIE, SVOBODA TIED FOR LEAD AT SEA ISLAND

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Will MacKenzie made a holein-one and finished with a birdie for a 5-under 65 and a share of the lead Saturday with Andrew Svoboda in the McGladrey Classic. Svoboda overcame a double bogey for a 66 and will have his best chance for his first PGA Tour win. They were at 12-under 198, though the final round at Sea Island still has the trappings of a shootout. Bishopville native Tommy Gainey shot a 68 and is now 2-under par for the tournament tied for 58th place. Russell Henley, the 36-hole leader, made only one big mistake in the third round and it cost him. He hit his approach into the water on the par-5 15th for a bogey. Henley had a 68 and was one shot behind. KORDA, PACE SHARE LEAD I IN BLUE BAY LPGA

HAINAN ISLAND, China — American Jessica Korda rebounded from an opening double bogey for a share of the second-round lead Saturday in the Blue Bay LPGA. Korda made seven birdies in a 14-hole stretch — the last three on Nos. 14-16 — and shot a 5-under 67 to match South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace at 11under 133 at Jian Lake Blue Bay. From staff, wire reports

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kevin Harvick has picked his way through traffic before at Martinsville Speedway, never when the stakes were so high. A poor qualifying effort has Harvick starting 33rd, behind all the other title contenders, in Sunday’s race on the Virginia short track. Because the rest of the Chase for the HARVICK Sprint Cup championship field is starting in the top 13, Harvick won’t have much time to avoid being lapped. His Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet was considerably faster on Saturday — he was fastest in the final practice of the weekend — so crew chief Rodney Childers didn’t seem too concerned about race day. “Just gotta roll with it at this point,” said Childers. “In the spring we went back to 30th three different times and drove back to the top-five like it wasn’t nothing, so you’ve just got to have a good car and drive up there.” There’s no margin for error as the third round of the Chase begins Sunday. There are eight drivers remaining from a field that started with 16 but has gone through two rounds of cuts after every three races. Now the Chase hits the

critical stretch — races at Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix — and winners earn an automatic berth into the finale. NASCAR will crown the champion on Nov. 16 at Homestead, where the final four will race for the title. The winner will be the highest finisher of the four eligible drivers. It will take either victories or consistency to make it to Homestead, and Harvick will have to hustle on Sunday. Although he drove from 36th to third in 2010, this marks just the seventh time in 27 career starts he has started outside the top 20 at Martinsville. Qualifying had really been a strong point for the No. 4 team all season, too, as fast cars had led Harvick to a series-best eight poles. But Childers said he was off Friday with the car, and sent Harvick out too early in the first round of qualifying. “I just screwed up. I thought maybe the track would be good early, and it was horrible,” Childers said. On Harvick’s second attempt, he hit the wall, but Childers said the car sustained minimal damage. Harvick won at Martinsville in April 2011 and has driven from the back of the field at various times. Still, in 131 Cup races at Martinsville, drivers who have started outside the top 20 have won just six times. Kurt Busch won in March from 22nd, and only one Martinsville winner has ever started worse than 24th.

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WOLVERINES FROM PAGE B1 crown. But Coker believes EC’s earlier schedule prepared the squad for what lies ahead. “I wanted to make sure we played a tough non-region schedule,” Coker said. “So we played a lot of 3A and 4A teams.” Among those were West Florence, Lakewood, Crestwood, Sumter, Marlboro County and OrangeburgWilkinson. Coker’s squad went 10-4-2 in non-region play while earning a few big wins along the way. “We finished third at the (O-W Bruin Classic Tournament) in Orangeburg,” she said. “So I think that showed us that we can play with anybody. “We also had a match later on in the season against Carvers Bay. They pushed us (during a 3-1 win) and I think the team really came together after that and started to really play well.” Experience and size has been a factor. The Lady Wolverines have established a presence at the net behind 5-foot-9-inch senior TyQuasha Kennedy and 5-8 senior LaDiamond Shaw. Kennedy leads the team with 112 blocks while Shaw is second with 67. Likewise, Shaw leads the team with 83 kills while Kennedy ranks second with 58. Shaw is also tops on the team with 66 digs. “They’re known for what they do at the net,” Coker said. “They’re strong players there and they’re really going MATT WALSH/ THE SUMTER ITEM to be missed next year.” East Clarendon’s Ansley McElveen prepares to serve during the Lady Wolverines’ 3-0 victory over HemingWhile serving and receivway on Thursday in Turbeville in the first round of the 1A state playoffs. EC will host Cross on Monday at 6 ing have not been EC’s stronp.m. in a second-round match. gest points this year, seniors

‘I think as long as our serving and receiving goes well (on Monday), we’ll have a strong change to win.’ JUDY COKER EC volleyball head coach on her team’s chances on Monday in 1A state playoffs match Jesse Beasley and Taylor Cusaac have shined in those roles. Beasley, a setter, is a 95 percent server while Cusaac is at 89 percent. Beasley has 76 aces and 41 kills as a primary server, and also leads the squad with 131 assists. Sophomores Jessica Welch (91 percent) and Makayla Anderson (90 percent) also provide serving depth. Sabrina Welch serves as the Libero and Jordan Welch is back after a 2-year hiatus as an outside hitter, Coker said. Junior Ansley McElveen has been the secondary setter, chiming in with an 87 serving percentage and ranks second on the team with 81 assists. “I’ve really enjoyed working with all of them – it’s been a year without drama,” Coker said. “They play as a team and don’t really care who does what as long as they win. They’ve been a good group to coach. “I think as long as our serving and receiving goes well (on Monday), we’ll have a strong chance to win.”

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Melissa Reed of Greenville’s Warehouse Theatre will play Puck, Hermia and Snug in the production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Sumter Opera House.

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hether you believe William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him or not, there’s little argument about the greatness of the work attributed to him. He wrote 16 comedies, 10 histories and 12 tragedies, not to mention 154 sonnets. His staying power is remarkable, considering the age of his body of work. It is believed that at any hour of any day, there is a Shakespeare play — or several — being performed somewhere. On Thursday, Oct. 30, that will include Sumter. The Warehouse Theatre of Greenville will present its production of the comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 7:30 p.m. that day on the Sumter Opera House stage. As the play opens, Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing to marry Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons. Meanwhile, a

member of the Duke’s court requests his help in making his daughter Hermia marry Demetrius, whom she does not love — but Helena does; Hermia’s in love with Lysander. Adding to the convoluted scenario is that Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, are in the midst of a quarrel themselves. Oberon orders his servant Puck to handle the Helena-Demetrius-Hermia-Lysander situation, and the mischievous Puck further confuses matters. And that’s just for starters. Anne Kelly Tromsness, the education director for the Warehouse Theatre, said “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is the most popular of Shakespeare’s comedies. “It’s hilarious, accessible, a lot of fun and addresses the issues of love, rebellion, mistaken identities and more,” she said. That makes it perfect for Warehouse’s contemporary setting and costuming, Tromsness said.

The fantastical Shakespeare comedy has long been a subject for artists. This painting titled “The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania” was painted by Joseph Noel Paton around 1849. The company will present the comedy with the actors in contemporary dress “with a sort of hipster motif,” she said, but because Shakespeare’s language is so classic and beautiful, “We have not touched it.” “We’re really excited about sharing our love of

Shakespeare with Sumter audiences,” Tromsness continued. In addition to their Thursday night performance, the Warehouse Theatre will conduct workshops at Sumter High School with drama and language arts students from both Sumter and Crest-

wood high schools. The company has a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts’ Shakespeare in American Communities. “Only 40 theaters in the country received this grant,” Tromsness said, “and Warehouse is the only

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Jail director speaks at Rotary Club meeting; Measures require vehicle inspections 25 YEARS AGO October 20-26, 1989 • “The Sumter Disaster Application Center is closing Saturday afternoon, 23 days and more than 5,000 applications after first offering federal assistance to local hurricane victims. The crowds that once swelled the Sumter County Exhibition Center, which for a while also housed the Department of Yesteryear Social Servicin Sumter es’ emergency SAMMY WAY food stamp program, are gone. An average of only 80 to 90 people each day have visited the DAC in the past week, although DAC Manager John Morrison said the number jumped to 107 Thursday following news that the center would be closing soon… • The multi-county area suffered a tremendous loss to its forest industry from Hugo. In

Sumter County along over $80 million worth of timber hit the ground Sept. 22. Woodland owners suffered the greatest economic loss. They also have the least amount of assistance in recovering part of their losses. Funds for reforestation, which is handled by the ASCS office, and tax deductions offer limited assistance. Reforestation is fairly easy to understand, but tax deductions can be complicated… • Lake Marion is navigable and the fish are biting. But not everyone knows that, and local marina owners say the misconception is causing their businesses to suffer. Hurricane Hugo’s thrashing, coupled with flooding that followed the storm, left the lake full of floating timber. And since, fishermen have been more scarce than their elusive prey. The floating logs are still in the water, but according to Santee Cooper officials, the lake is safe as long as boaters exercise caution… • Don’t look for Morris College President Luns C. Richardson at his elegant on-cam-

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1989 — With a jet engine looming behind them, Wayne “Hawk” Nutt stands with Crew Chief Bill Dimsdale. pus home. He’s not living there right now, but 20 coeds who were staying at a dormitory damaged by the hurricane are making themselves at home. Richardson, president of the Sumter College since 1974, said he moved to a motel to allow the students to remain on campus…

• The game plan was simple. Dives by diminutive fullback Martin Burns alternated with slashes off tackle by halfback Derrick Witherspoon. And, though Sumter High School’s 204 yards of total offense might not have been overly impressive, there was a much more important statistic. The

Gamecocks controlled the ball, running off 56 plays to Eau Claire’s 41 in a 10-6 homecoming victory at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon that snapped a four-game losing streak… • Maj. Wayne “Hawk” Nutt of Sumter spent the first two weeks of October strapped to the nose of a screaming rocket engine, bombing enemy tanks and letting loose with ground hugging machine gun fire. In the end, he and four other pilots from the McEntire Air National Guard Base near Sumter proved themselves the best airborne warriors in the world. And Nutt, a member of 169th Tactical Fighter Group, came 7/100ths of a second from being “Top Gun,” the premier fighter pilot in the country… • The Sumter County Athletic Department has struggled to get all of its programs going in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, but somehow it all came together, including the football program this week. “Youth

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Floyd-DuBose Megan Blanche Floyd and Robert Freer DuBose Jr., both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at Circle A Farms in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Joseph Michael Floyd Sr. of Camden and Mary Frances Floyd of Sumter, and the granddaughter of Mrs. Blanche G. Odom and the late Mr. E.W. Odom of Alcolu, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Carlysle Floyd of New Zion. She received a bachelor of social work from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a doctorate of occupational therapy from Belmont University in Nashville. She is employed by Kindred Rehab at Tuomey ARU (Acute Rehab Unit). The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. DuBose Sr. of Sumter, and the grandson of Mrs. Joyce McCall of Troy, North Carolina, and the late Mr. S.H. McCall Sr., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Freer DuBose of Sumter. He graduated from Wilson Hall and received a bachelor of science in biology from The Citadel, Charleston. He is employed as general manager of Dixie Products, Inc. The Rev. Lee Brown, the Rev. Cheryl Kammermann, and the Rev. Vilma Horne officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Kipper Ackerman, harpist; and Brenda Hiner, vocalist. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a formal one-shoulder gown of champagne and ivory alencon lace with tulle featuring a fitted bodice accented with beaded lace, covered buttons at the back, and a trumpet flare skirt that flowed into a semi-cathedral train. She carried a bouquet created by her aunt, Suzette Floyd, of hydrangeas and Bells of Ireland with one yellow rose in memory of her late aunt, Jane Odom Geddings, and wrapped in her late Sara Floyd’s handkerchief. Serving as matron of honor was Andrea Floyd Beard. Bridesmaids were Savannah Grace DuBose, Beth M. Flor-

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ence, Sandy Hankins, Mamta M. Khanna, Charity W. Long, Emily St. Amant and Jamie Hudson Wilson. Serving as junior bridesmaids were the bride’s cousins, Jade Bullock, Caroline Pittman, Savanna Pittman and Bailey Crowe. Serving as flower girls were the bride’s cousins, Emmeri Poston, Iris Bullock, Kelsie Smith and Kate Jellison. The bridegroom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Caleb Freer DuBose, Steven M. Coleman, Leslie Whit Gibbons Jr., Henry Goza, George Kurzenberger, William H. Johnson and Grover Edens Rabon. Walker Kirby, cousin of the bride, served as ring bearer. Also participating were Ann Gamble Geddings, Mr. and Mrs. George Crowe, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Atkinson, Dr. Amanda Woodall and Mrs. Gretchen Floyd. The reception was given by the bride’s parents at Circle A Farms. The rehearsal party was given by the bridegroom’s parents at Heath Pavilion, Swan Lake-Iris Gardens. Following a Yellowstone road trip, the couple will reside in Sumter. ••• The couple is registered at Creative Cookery and Simpson Hardware.

EARLY DEADLINES FOR WEDDINGS / ENGAGEMENTS Nov. 9 edition, deadline is noon on Oct. 29 Nov. 30 edition, deadline is noon on Nov. 19 Dec. 7 edition, deadline is noon on Nov. 26 Dec. 28 edition, deadline is noon on Dec. 17 Jan. 4, 2015 edition, deadline is noon on Dec. 23 Engagement and wedding announcements of local interest are published on Sundays. The usual deadline is noon on the preceding Monday. Engagement and wedding forms may be obtained at The Sumter Item or downloaded from www.theitem.com. Please type or print all information, paying particular attention to names. Do not print in all capital letters. Photographs must be vertical and of reproduction quality. To have your photo returned, provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Photos may also be e-mailed to rhonda@theitem.com. All photographs must be received by the Monday deadline. For additional information, call (803) 774-1264. ANNOUNCEMENT FEES: $95: Standard wedding announcement with photo $90: Standard wedding announcement without photo $75: Standard engagement announcement with photo $70: Standard engagement announcement without photo If you would like your announcement to include information that is not on The Sumter Item’s form, there will be an additional $50 charge.

DEBUTANTE DEADLINE The Sumter Item will publish debutantes on Nov. 30. Photos of individual debutantes will run at this time with club information. Copy will include only that requested on the form, which can be picked up at 20 N. Magnolia St. Photos must be supplied. We will run only one photo of each debutante, regardless of the number of balls she is attending, so each girl will pay only $50. Deadline is Nov. 1. They can be mailed or brought to the office. Please be sure all spellings are correct. No changes can be made for errors in spelling, names of escorts, etc., after Nov. 15. The Sumter Item will not accept information from individual debutantes; all forms and photos should come from a club representative. For questions, call (803) 7741221. Information may also be emailed to ivy@theitem.com, provided it follows exactly the format of the form. To mail photographs and forms: The Sumter Item, Attn: Ivy Moore P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151 Group photos of debutantes and their escorts will be published on a space-available basis after the balls have taken place. A fee of $100 per group photo will cover publication of the photo, along with name of club, date and location of ball, names of debutantes and escorts. All information must be typed. Include a daytime phone number for contact person.

DEAR ABBY — A wonderful man, “Frank,” said he was interested in developing a relationship. Dear Abby The problem? He is ABIGAIL a super VAN BUREN neat freak. A person could live in his garage — it’s THAT clean. The floor is spotless and everything is in its place. Frank washes and shines his car every second day. When there is a delivery to his house, he makes the delivery people remove their shoes before entering. I’m neat, but not to that extreme. When I’m at Frank’s house, I am on pins and needles if I leave a glass on a table that might leave a ring and terrified I’ll drop something on his carpet. Frank has never said anything, but I wonder what he’s thinking. I like Frank a lot, but when he comes to my apartment, I notice his 360-degree gaze around the rooms. Another possible problem — he has no interest in culture or the arts. Am I right in seeing more minuses than pluses in such a relationship? Neat enough in Pennsylvania

DEAR NEAT ENOUGH — If what you want from the relationship is just friendship, I don’t see a problem. However, if you’re looking for more than that, then I’m afraid my answer is yes — to which I’ll add one more “minus”: your inability to discuss your misgivings with HIM.

there may be individuals who may be unable to attend. It could be that the airfare is more than some relatives can afford, or that health problems make travel difficult. In some cases, streaming the service or memorial is a practical solution so that everyone can be included.

DEAR ABBY — Recently, I went to the funeral of a family member. As we were leaving the chapel, a relative asked me if I was aware that the funeral had been live streamed. I was appalled. After all, going to a funeral allows us a chance to say goodbye to the deceased and to be there to support the surviving family and friends. I don’t believe that live streaming can accomplish either of those missions. Am I wrong to think that this was really inappropriate? Baffled in Boston

DEAR ABBY — A new family moved down the street. They have two young kids who take the bus with my son. What is annoying to me is their daughters are always late for the bus, which makes the bus late to school. Should I say something or let it go? In all the years my son has taken the bus, this is the first time this has happened. Thanks for the advice. Late for school in Ohio

DEAR BAFFLED —You may be passing judgment too quickly. These days many funerals and memorials are live streamed, but are not available to the general public. To view them, one needs an access code. While I agree that the purpose of a funeral is to comfort the living (as well as pay respects to the deceased), what you haven’t taken into account is that

DEAR LATE — Talk to your son’s teacher, because his tardiness to class could reflect poorly on his grades. The teacher — or school principal — might send a note to the parents “reminding” them that children must be in their classrooms by a certain time, that the bus schedule is fixed and cannot be adjusted to accommodate each student, and if it continues to happen, the driver will have to leave without their daughters.

Fans go crackers for crazy Cheez-It creations BY MICHELLE LOCKE The Associated Press

the Cheez-Its and once they try it they realize it’s not that weird and they want to have more,” says Rice. Turns out, Chicago may be a hub of Cheez-It creativity. A dare by another bartender is credited with inspiring Matty Colston, beverage director for Parachute restaurant, known for its Korean-American cuisine, to come up with a Cheez-It inspired cocktail. Colston tried some of the restaurant’s house-made kimchi (traditional Korean pickled cabbage) on a Cheez-It and found the combination delicious. Then he pureed the two to make a paste for a cocktail that ultimately included gin, kimchi broth

and pilsner and was, cleverly, called the Kimcheez-It. Snappy and memorable, the Cheez-It name goes back to the early days of the last century; it was first registered to Green & Green Co. in Dayton, Ohio, in 1921. The company has changed hands several times since then and today Cheez-It Crackers are part of Kellogg’s. Cheez-It is the nation’s best-selling cracker, enjoying 15 years of growth and “much of that growth has coincided with our focus on the real cheese that we use in our crackers,” Podiak said via email. “We spend a lot of time thinking about cheese and talking about cheese.”

Chocolate-covered CheezIts, wedding cake Cheez-Its, even a Cheez-It cocktail... They’re all out there. Ditto for Cheez-It jewelry and even Cheez-It tattoos (would that be Cheez-tats?). There’s a legion of cracker hackers out there and they’re clearly thinking outside the box. If it can be done with a Cheez-It, it probably has been. But why? As Dick Podiak, senior director of marketing of Cheez-It Crackers, puts it, “We know that people who love Cheez-It crackers tend to be rather fanatical.” And again, but why? “I think the reason why I like them so much — why most people like them so much — is they satisfy the things people crave, “ says Eric Huang, who blogs about snacks on his website junkfoodguy.com. That would be things like salt, cheese and crunchy carbs. “It’s hard for me not to eat an entire box of Cheez-Its. They hit those pleasure centers so directly,” confesses Huang, an attorney in Washington, D.C., by day. The snacking trifecta of sweet plus salty plus crunch was an equation Mathew Rice followed when coming up with a wedding cake for Stephanie Izard, winner of Shakespeare’s most season four of Bravo beloved comedy examines TV’s “Top Chef.” Rice, pastry chef at Izthe complexities of what ard’s Girl & the Goat we do for love. Join Puck restaurant in Chicago, knew Izard liked the and the other indelible crackers — there’s usucharacters in a fastally a box of them open in the kitchen for snackpaced race to untangle ing. Inspired by recipes Cupid’s knots… substituting ground graProduced by The Warehouse Theatre ham crackers for flour, he added some ground 1/2 PRICE Cheez-Its in place of part of the flour. Then Seating for he layered in more Fine Arts Teachers! Cheez-Its in the filling along with chocolate ganache. It was enough of a hit that recently he created some Cheez-It cupcakes, topped with chocolatecovered Cheez-Its, for the restaurant’s Little Goat Diner across the street. “People are a litwww.sumteroperahouse.com tle shocked at first, but 803-436-2616 we give out samples of

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YESTERYEAR, FROM PAGE C1 football is underway,” Sumter County athletic director Danny Miller said. “We didn’t feel like after Hugo that we were going to be able to get a football program off the ground. The kids were registering, so we wanted to give a 100 percent try.”… • Debris cleanup by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors is nearly in full swing, according to Corps and local government officials. Two debris-removal companies began work in the city Friday under a 30-day contract. Public Works Director Ed Davis said Tuesday afternoon. Davis said the contractors, under the guiding eye of the Corps and with the help of 21 pieces of equipment, are clearing about one mile of road a day in each of the city’s three debris-collection sectors… • Sumter County jail director Jerry Hyatt said he was speaking as a salesman in this week’s meeting of the Sumter Rotary Club. He’s trying to sell the community on a new jail to replace an overcrowded facility that he says is poorly designed and understaffed. The need for a new jail is necessitated, he says, by a U.S. Supreme Court that since 1971 has taken a keen interest in inmate rights. Prior to the Attica Prison riots, in which 43 people (including 11 guards) were killed, the courts had a hands-off attitude toward corrections, he said. But the bloody Attica riots prompted the court to take an active role in the regulation of inmates, and Hyatt noted that the courts now have a hand in about 47 areas of an inmate’s life… • The lights went out at Baron Stadium 11 seconds early Friday night while the Barons led undefeated Hammond 6-3 with 4:24 left to play only to see the Seahawks come back to claim a 10-6 victory on a one-yard quarterback sneak by John Jenkins with 39 seconds left to play… 50 YEARS AGO January 17 – 23, 1965 • Hugh McLaurin III has joined Harvin Packing Co. as assistant to the president, S.A. Harvin. McLaurin, who is a native and lives in Wedgefield, is a graduate of Edmunds High School and Clemson University, finishing in 1958 with a BS degree. He is married to the former Virginia Anne Harvin and has one daughter, Mary Louise, 2… • The Lincoln High School Bulldogs came to life in the second quarter Friday night and rolled over the Roberts High Panthers 88-45. The Roberts team held the Bulldogs to 14 points in the first quarter and only trailed by four points, but the Bulldogs poured in 26 points in the second quarter to show the fans what to expect for the rest of the night. Allen Hargrove led the Bulldogs with 22 points, Phenis Brockington had 7, Griffin Kemp 13, and William Washington along with James Chandler scored 12 points each… • Firemen, hampered by a lack of water, were unable to save Belk’s Upholstery Co. and

the Swap Shop, 1093 Broad St. extension, which were destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Both of the concerns were housed in a one-story brick building located about two miles outside the city limits in an area without fire hydrants… • A resolution calling for the State Legislature to pass measures requiring periodic mechanical inspection of all licensed motor vehicles and reexamination of all licensed drivers in the state was unanimously adopted by members of the Sumter Kiwanis Club at their luncheon meeting Friday. It points out that the state’s automobile accident rate is near the top in the nation and that more highway deaths occurred in vehicular accidents on South Carolina highways in 1964 than ever before in the state’s history… • Ramon Schwartz, prominent Sumter attorney, last night was elected chairman of the board of the Sunset Country Club at the annual meeting of the membership at the Legion Hut. Three new directors were elected to succeed three whose terms expired. The new members are Deuward Bultman, Dick Harvin and Frank McLeod… • Fourteen members of the Optimist sponsored boxing team – ranging in age from 9 through 15 – have been entered in the Cooper River Amateur Boxing Tournament in North Charleston. The annual event, for boys 15 and under, opens a three-night stand Thursday at the Park Circle Community Center. Local boxers entered by Coach Burke Watson are Donnie Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins, Hugh Hodge, Phil Hyatt, Alva Locklair, Joe McGee Jr., Walter McRackan, Frankie Miller, Dusty Powers, Ronnie Powers, Joe Stanton, Freddie Truesdale, Ronnie Truesdale and Mike Watson. • Two budding recording artists of Manning, Johnny Eagle and Michael Epperson, have a new record on the market. The record is “Teach Me the Secret” and “Not in Front of Him” featuring Johnny Eagle as soloist. Eagle, who works at Radio Station WYMB in Manning, and Epperson, who is employed by the National Bank of South Carolina in Manning, wrote and recorded the songs together… • Bettie Brown, a senior at Limestone College, has been named maid of honor for the annual May Day festivities. Bettie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown of 410 Haynsworth St., Sumter. Vera Jones of Asheville, N.C., has been selected as May Queen… • Rearing and training bloodhounds can be a very interesting occupation according to Warden J. J. Thames of the Wateree Correctional Institution in Sumter County. There are nine bloodhounds at present in the kennels of the correctional institution, not including seven recent young newcomers. “Some of the dogs we have here will be moved to Colum-

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1965 — Johnny Eagle, left, and Michael Epperson, both of Manning are shown with a new record they wrote and that is doing great on the national market. The team has formed a recording company in Manning is planning other releases soon. This recording, their latest, features Eagle as soloist. bia when kennels are built for them at the institution here,” explained Thames. “Meanwhile the dogs we have are being put through a rigid training program… • Sumter’s Golden Age Club will soon have a new club house: a 100-year-old structure now being moved to make way for the fast-rising First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. building at Main and Calhoun. The one story wood frame house was donated to the Golden Age Club by First Federal after officials there heard of the organization’s need of a club house… • Some three miles south of Manning on busy U.S. Highway 301 is one of South Carolina’s largest egg factories. The McLeod Egg Farm might be compared in many respects to a modern factory maintaining a steady production – line schedule. A total of 30,000 caged Leghorn layers represent the primary source of supply at the farm. Raw materials in the egg manufacture consist of approximately 300,000 pounds of feed per year, an ample supply of which is always kept within reach of each individual egg producer on the production line… • Sumter High Coach Charlie Hodgin watched his Gamecocks lose a disheartening 44-42 overtime decision to Brookland – Cayce’s stubborn Bearcats last night. Making the loss more bitter was the fact Sumter led most of the game and had such a large lead after the first period that B-C seemed out of it. But the visitors kept plugging away and tied the score as the fourth quarter began… 75 YEARS AGO March19—March 25 , 1940 • “The new dial telephone system planned for Sumter incorporates many unique details which should be of great interest to telephone users. While the company has announced that it will cost ap-

proximately $250,000 to install the dial system. It is difficult for the average layman to visualize the tremendous task and amount of work that will be involved in replacing the present system with the dial system… • “Twelve cadets from Sumter and vicinity were listed in recent orders from the department of military science and tactics at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, announcing appointments in rank for the second semester. The cadets and their present rank include H. Moise, 33 Warren Street, First Lieutenant in Co. A; J. S. Wilson, 101 Anne Park, Second Lieutenant in Co. L; J. Z. Hearon, 206 Washington Street, Sergeant Major on the 1st Battalion Staff; L. S. Evans, 25 Calhoun Street, Platoon Sergeant in Co. D; R. F. Dabbs Mayesville, Platoon Sergeant in Co. D; M. A. Monsen, 11 Anne Park, Platoon Sergeant in Co. M; C. P. Palmer, 405 Hampton Street, Sergeant in Co. F; D. R. Plowden, 308 Salem Avenue, Sergeant in Co. D; H. D. Barnett, 24 Warren Street, Sergeant in B Co. R. F. Haynsworth, 210 Haynsworth Street, color corporal on the Regimental Staff; W. M. Reynolds, 345 Calhoun Street, corporal in Co. E; and R. A. Moses, corporal in Co. B. • “Work on the new annex to the agricultural building on the Court House square is rapidly progressing and it is expected to be ready for use in a short while. The upstairs of this two story building will be used for different farm and rural meetings which were formerly held in the court house. This part of the building is built on the order of a small auditorium with no petitions built in but one large room with plenty of space for seating. The bottom floor will be used for the branch offices of the Federal Land Bank and the Federal Land Bank and the Sumter Production Credit Association. All of the offices will be spa-

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cious and there will be plenty of much needed room for the workers. The annex opens on Law Range although a small back entrance has been built which leads to Canal Street. • “John Reames was high scorer in judging hogs and beef cattle at the South Carolina Fat Stock Show in Florence. He competed with 20 other picked 4-H boys from various counties. He made the remarkable score of 545 points out of a possible 600. In this contest they were required to judge two rings of pigs and two of cattle, each with four animals in it. They placed them first, second, third and fourth…He has been an active 4-H Club member for several years and received his training for this judging work under Assistant County Agent T. O. Bowen. “An announcement was made today by Mayor F. B. Creech that the contract has been awarded to the Westinghouse Manufacturing Company for a floodlight system for the Sumter Municipal Baseball Park. The contract was awarded this morning at a special meeting of city council. W. H. Horne Jr., of Sumter, representing the Westinghouse Company was present at the meeting and will have charge of erecting the system… • “Austin M. Francis, secretary of the Sumter YMCA, received a painful shock Saturday night at about 6:30 when he came in contact with two high powered wires. He will be confined to his bed for a few days. Mr. Francis was in the scorer’s box in the Y gymnasium during the Carolinas volleyball tournament and was adjusting the loud-speaking system. With the microphone wires became crossed. He could not break away from the current so he threw himself forward and pulled the wires out of their sockets. Mr. Francis was knocked unconscious momentarily, but was able to walk upstairs to his office… • “With four teams entered representing Kannapolis, Canton and Greensboro from North Carolina and Sumter from South Carolina, the Carolinas Y Volleyball tournament will start Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. and play will be almost continuous until late Saturday night. Playing two out of three matches the teams may find it necessary to use both of the volleyball courts at the Sumter YMCA…Presenting a powerful team, the Kannapolis, N.C., YMCA aggregation won the Carolinas Y volleyball championship Saturday night in the finals of the tournament by defeating the Canton, N.C., team in two games, 15-9 and 15-8.

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Crowds gather to watch the local fire department battle the blaze at Hampton Apartments. Headlines, below, appeared in The Daily Item.

The Hampton Apartments burn in 1928 R

eflections visits the site of the once popular Hampton Apartments which

were destroyed by fire on Jan. 21, 1928. This two-part episode discusses the destruction and rebuilding of one of Sumter’s most recognizable landmarks. The fire attracted the attention of the Sumter community and remains one of the

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most disastrous events to occur in the city’s history. The information

for this story was obtained from an article taken from The Sumter Item archives and is being reprinted with a minimum of editing. “Fire of undetermined origin broke out about 11:30 a.m. and practically destroyed the Hampton Apartment building at the corner of Washington Street and Hampton Avenue. At two o’clock in the afternoon, Fire Chief Wilder stated that there was little hope of saving the building as the high wind coupled with the nature of the interior construction, made it practically impossible for the department to fight the fire with any degree of success. The blaze, which the janitor said started on the second floor of the center section of the building, quickly ate its way up through fire flues to the top floor, and the roof of the center and east sections of the building was soon a mass of flames. The fire department, responding to a still alarm, was quickly on the scene and five streams of water were directed on the burning building from the front and rear. The fire gained considerable headway within a few minutes, the high wind whipping the flames from west to east with great rapidity. Scores of volunteers jumped in and aided the firemen to fight the blaze while citizens generally turned in and helped carry out the furniture from the apartments on the first and second floors. In this way a great quantity of the furniture was removed from the building undamaged, although several families suffered considerable loss through breakage and damage by water.

This advertisement was placed in the local newspaper for apartments for rent. The fire department used the “pumper,” right, to fight the blaze.

By 12:30 the fire had worked it’s was through the center and east end of the top floor and despite the hard work of the firemen, it was gaining headway and although tons of water were pouring into the building from the front and rear, the blaze kept spreading through the interior walls. Portions of the roof caved in shortly after one o’clock while the coping (the capping or covering of a wall) on the front kept falling to the pavement from time to time. Fighting the fire became more and more dangerous for Chief Wilder and his men as time went on as ceilings were caving in all

over the center part of the building while the west wall of the center front was swaying dangerously with the wind and threatened to tumble in at any minute. But despite the fact that practically every apartment in the building was occupied at the time the fire broke out, there was no one injured up to time of going to press. Irregular water pressure also played a considerable part in hampering the work of the firemen, the pressure being so low at times that the water would hardly reach the roof of the building. Then it would get better for a few minutes and drop again despite the fact that the pumper was

used continuously. Officials of the gas company shut off the gas flow to the building soon after the fire started and all meters were removed from the basement of the building as quickly as possible. The Hampton Apartments were built circa 1920 by H.J. Harby at a cost of approximately $75,000 and consisted of 12 five-room apartments”… At the time of the fire every apartment in the building was rented and there was no estimate of the probable damage to household goods and personal belongings could be secured. This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the Hampton Apartments.

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Thomas Sumter Academy SENIORS CLEAN UP CAMPUS The Thomas Sumter Academy campus recently received some much-needed tender loving care thanks to the class of 2015. The senior class took on campus beautification as part of a community service project. More than 40 seniors spent the morning doing everything from picking up trash outside to cleaning the cafeteria and auditorium. The campus beautification effort is only one of the many service projects seniors participate in throughout the school year.

INTRUDER DRILL CONDUCTED TSA held an active intruder drill on Oct. 14. A Sumter County Sheriff’s deputy was on hand during the drill to monitor school procedures and make any suggestions for modifications. Debbie Nix, head of the school, said the implementation of an intruder drill more than five years ago was an important safety measure that ensures the administration, teachers, staff and students are prepared in the event of a real emergency.

A TASTE OF INDIAN CULTURE Have you ever heard someone play the harmonium? TSA students in Shelley Salas’ world history class recently did as part of a study of India. A harmonium is an instrument that looks like a cross between a piano and an accordion. It is widely used in India. The harmonium was only one of the items introduced to students during the presentation. Students had the chance to sample traditional Indian dishes, examine authentic attire and ask questions about life in India. — Kim Roedl

Wilson Hall DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS PRESENTED Sen. Thomas McElveen and Dr. Sara Finley Lindsey received the 22nd annual Distinguished Alumni Awards at a presentation on Spencer Field during half time of the varsity football game Oct. 17. Fred Moulton, headmaster; Chip McMillan, chairman of the board of trustees; and Mrs. John S. Wilson presented the awards. McElveen, a 1996 graduate, is a partner and practicing attorney with Bryan Law Firm in Sumter. Representing District 35, he is the youngest currently serving member of the South Carolina Senate. He graduated from Davidson College with a bachelor of arts in history and from University of South Carolina School of Law with a juris doctor. Lindsey, a 1994 graduate, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia and is also the assistant director of pediatric clerkship for thirdyear medical students at USC. She provides general pediatric care and consultation at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital as well as the Children’s Hospital Outpatient Clinic. Lindsey graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor of arts in biology and from USC School of Medicine with a doctor of medicine.

SENIOR SERVICE PROJECT The 60 members of the senior class spent the school day on Oct. 15 — while the rest of the high school was taking the PSAT — performing community service in Sumter. With the cooperation of Clemson Extension Service, the class was divided into four work groups to pick up trash in four areas of town. Each year, the seniors set a class goal of community service hours that they would like to complete before graduation, and the class of 2015 has set a goal of 3,400 service hours. While the school sponsors two service days for the seniors, the students will perform community service hours on their own in order to meet the goal of 55 hours per person.

The project was coordinated by Elizabeth Hyatt, school counselor, and Glen Rector is in charge of the senior community service program.

FALL FESTIVAL The PTO’s annual Fall Festival will be held Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. on Spencer Field and in Nash Student Center. In addition to the traditional game booths sponsored by the lower school classes, there will be a haunted house, an inflatable bouncy house, an inflatable rock climb and slide, a DJ booth and a mad scientist table. There will also be a costume contest, a country store featuring homemade baked goods and frozen casseroles, a dunking booth, pony rides and concessions. — Sean Hoskins

Clarendon School District 1 SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Summerton Early Childhood Center’s continuous emphasis on literacy was highlighted at the school’s Literacy Night on Oct. 16. This annual event sponsored by Summerton’s Rotary Club allowed parents to interact with their children while doing literacy-related activities at each grade level. Tips regarding how to provide meaningful activities that motivate children to read were offered for all parents and students. After attending grade-level sponsored activities, everyone was served a delicious spaghetti supper by the Rotarians.

ST. PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL October is known as International Walk to School Month. St. Paul Elementary School participated in this event on Oct. 8. The walk was headed by nurse Stephanie Salley, who promotes health to both the staff and students.

SCOTT’S BRANCH MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL The Scott’s Branch Middle/ High School’s Athletics Department is now under the leadership of Coach Wayne Farmer. As the new director of athletics, head football coach and head boys track and field coach, Farmer brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the programs. Farmer was the assistant director of athletics at former Elloree High School, where he led the varsity football team, girls basketball team and track and field teams. He was also director of athletics at Allendale-Fairfax High School. During his tenure at Allendale-Fairfax, he served as head football and track and field coach. Farmer has also coached at Lower Richland, DenmarkOlar, Bamberg-Ehrhardt and West Florence high schools. Farmer is a native of Florence. He earned a bachelor of science degree from South Carolina State College and a master of education from Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is married and has two children, Destinee Ariel and Wayne Aaron. Farmer states that the football program is in a rebuilding phase, and he and his coaching staff are in the process of teaching the student athletes that winning takes sacrifice, commitment and hard work. His slogan is “Pain is Temporary; Pride is Forever.” Tommy Hall, a social studies teacher at Scott’s Branch Middle/High School, has implemented the Hero of the Week. This concept acknowledges students who have succeeded in the classroom during the previous week and serves as an incentive for students in the future. Hero of the Week is designed to give students positive reinforcement and recognition. Heroes are selected based upon the student’s class average, participation, behavior in and outside of the classroom, as well as their individual and group projects. Major consideration is given to the students who

make the biggest positive improvements in class. Depending on the size of the class, Hall will select the top three students for the week and present them to the class, allowing their peers to make the final selection. This selection process makes it possible for the widest range of students to be chosen for this recognition during the year. It also spreads the message that their peers approve of and support positive behavior. As an added incentive, each Hero of the Week will be awarded five points on their lowest test score during the semester and will be appointed as the class ambassador for the following week. The hero will also have his or her name read by Dr. Gwendolyn Harris during final announcements on Fridays. Heroes’ names and pictures are also posted on Hall’s Wall of Fame in his classroom. — Beverly Spry

Lee County School District KING, QUEEN CROWNED Homecoming festivities were held Oct. 17 at Lee Central High School. N’Dejah Wright and Kanisha Temoney were crowned. Lee Central Stallions defeated Kingstree with a score of 38-28.

REPORT CARDS Report cards will go out on Wednesday.

GRANT AWARDED Lee County School District was awarded $50,000 for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act grant. The purpose of the McKinneyVento Homeless Education Act is to ensure that homeless students have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education provided to all children in South Carolina. The law requires that state and local educational agencies develop, review and revise policies to remove barriers to the enrollment, attendance and success in school that homeless children and youth may experience.

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN The United Way Campaign began Oct. 20 and will end on Nov. 15. — Jonita Pearson

Sumter School District SOLES4SOULS Bates Middle School teacher and coach Mark Gillard and Mayewood Middle School teacher and coach Ronnie Brown had a desire to do a joint service learning project and decided to support the community with the Sumter Hometown Challenge for Soles4Soles. The two men decided to create what they called a Country versus City competition between the male mentoring groups at their respective schools. Bates’ program is called the Bates Men of Purpose, and Mayewood’s program is called GQ. Founded in 2006, Soles4Souls is a global not-forprofit institution dedicated to fighting the impact and perpetuation of poverty through the distribution of shoes and clothing. The shoes and clothes are collected and distributed in two ways. Many corporations and retailers give directly, but the organization also receives millions of used shoes and clothing collected by individuals, schools, faith-based entities, civic organizations and corporate partners. The male students involved in these mentoring programs were charged with collecting as many pairs of shoes as they possibly could, and Coach Brown agreed to host a culminating event which he called a Tally Cookout on a Saturday at Mayewood. The program was held on Oct. 18, the shoe count was tallied, and the winner was announced there. The Mayewood GQ group won with 300 shoes, and the Bates Men of Purpose group brought in 200. The combined total of 500 was an impressive total to add to the Sumter community goal. For more information on Soles4Souls, visit the organization’s website at souls-

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All Sumter School District second-grade students will participate in a statewide gifted screening assessment Monday through Thursday. This assessment will help identify potential students for academically gifted and talented programs. It will include the administration of the Cognitive Abilities Test and Iowa Assessments. These assessments are mandated by the South Carolina State Department of Education in accordance with South Carolina State Board of Education regulations. The district encourages all parents to ensure that their children are in attendance during the testing period.

LEMIRA INVITES MEN TO READ Last month, Lemira Elementary School sent a letter to fraternities and churches asking for men to read to their students. According to Principal Delcia Harper-Baxter, the elementary school receives and welcomes readers of all races to read to its students; however, the initiative began after she attended a leadership conference this past summer. Participants were asked to reflect on the number of black males reading to students in their schools and showing the joy of the written language through literature. Harper-Baxter’s letter stated, “As we continue to close the achievement gap of African-American students, we again look to the community as a valuable resource. This year, we have adopted a reading challenge to have 100 African-American males share the joy of literacy with our students.” Those interested in helping reach the goal were asked to call the school and schedule a time to read. Participants could bring their own book, or the teacher selected one. For more information on the program or to volunteer to read, interested men are asked to call the school at (803) 775-0658.

“A BITE OF SCIENCE” PROGRAM Sumter School District was selected to take part in “A Bite of Science” by the National Center for Excellence in Education, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The district is one of only two groups in South Carolina selected. The other group was at Clemson University. The cost of the program is covered by the center and brings high school teachers together with leading scientists and/or engineers from industry, academia or government. Teachers have the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and innovation, find out how to connect the research to the high school classroom and discover ways to inspire and guide their students toward academic opportunities and STEM careers. Attendees ask questions, network with peers and interface with the scientist and/or engineer during the informal dinner. The Sumter event took place on Thursday evening at Crestwood High School. There were two speakers at the event. Associate professor John J. Lavigne from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of South Carolina spoke about his research. A representative from Continental Tire the Americas also spoke. Employees hired by Continental need to be strong in science and other high-tech disciplines, and therefore, the company is interested in programs at local high schools and technical colleges. The evening included a catered dinner for the science teachers, hence the “bite of science.” About 24 Sumter School District high school science teachers were in attendance as well as a few guest teachers from neighboring districts. Science coordinator Lori Smith coordinated the event for Sumter School District. For more information on the national program, visit the website at http://www.cee.

The Sumter Career and Technology Center will host a Fall Festival on Friday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5, and persons 60 and over will be admitted free. Fall food and treats will be for sale, and there will be a costume contest with categories for contestants 3 to 5, 6 to 10, and 11 and over. In addition to the food and costume contests, there will be games appropriate for children ages 3 and up, a bouncy house, face painting and a photo booth. A disc jockey will provide the entertainment. All proceeds will go to the FCCLA. The Career and Technology Center is located at 2612 McCrays Mill Road.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULED The Sumter School District Board of Trustees will have its monthly workshop meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road. There will be no public participation at the workshop meeting, but the public is invited to attend.

REPORT CARDS ISSUED First-quarter report cards will be issued Thursday in Sumter School District. Grades will reflect progress made during the first onefourth of the 2014-15 school year. Parents who are concerned with their student’s progress or who would like to consult with their child’s teacher(s) are asked to call the school to schedule a parent-teacher conference. — Mary Sheridan

Sumter Christian School STUDENTS LEARN AT FAIR Carol Rollings took her physics and pre-calculus students to the S.C. State Fair in Columbia on Oct. 14 for a physics exhibition. The students not only gained a deeper understanding of practical physics by hands-on experiments, but also got to enjoy the fair with their classmates and teacher. The class has not yet studied some of the concepts that were demonstrated, but they now have a reference point to look back on. Students could either watch or perform individual experiments with liquid nitrogen, friction, guitar sound waves and polar lenses. Senior Victoria Rollings recalled, “Apart from the physics part, we had fun eating fair food, walking around the art exhibit and riding a ‘scary ride.’”

2ND QUARTER LOOKS BUSY On Oct. 11, SCS had the gymnasium lines repainted in order to prepare for a very busy second quarter that will include the school’s annual Fall Fest on Nov. 7, several junior varsity and varsity basketball games, and a new SCS tradition — the Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 13.

PSAT COMPLETED On Oct. 15, sophomores and juniors spent the morning taxing their brains with the PSAT. Although they felt overwhelmed at times, this will allow them to take a comprehensive look at their education and further their preparation for college. — Miriam Marritt

University of South Carolina Sumter RECOGNIZING SCHOLARSHIP More than 100 University of South Carolina Sumter students will be recognized as scholarship recipients on Friday, Oct. 31, at a luncheon in their honor. USC Sumter provides more than $80,000 in annual and endowed scholarships for students. At the luncheon, the university recognizes those students who have distinguished themselves academically and as a result are the recipients of merit scholarships. USC Sumter also acknowledges the generous philanthropy of those individuals and organizations that make the meritbased scholarship awards possible. Misty Hatfield

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Mystery plant is mysterious — and maybe magical BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium Here’s a spooky little mystery plant for Halloween. This is actually one of the most common wildflowers in eastern North America. It grows in all the eastern states, including Florida (maybe not the Keys), all the way out to the upper part of California and the Pacific Northwest, mostly skipping the southwestern states. You could also find it in parts of South America and Asia. It is fond of very shady forests. Here in South Carolina, it occurs commonly in every county, blooming in humusrich soil or in sandy places, early in the autumn. It is a member of a very specialized family called the Monotropaceae, but has been traditionally considered as a relative of the rhododendrons and blueberries, and thus made a member of the family Ericaceae, to which they belong. Such a mysterious plant! It’s the cause of a lot of double-takes and lively discussion. It might look more like some sort of fungus than a flowering herb. In fact, hikers sometimes think that they’ve discovered an unusual mushroom when they stumble upon this little wildflower. Its stems are pale and waxy, usually white, but sometime pink or even bluish, and the plants themselves feel a bit cool and clammy. If you pick one of these ghostly plants in the forest, it will soon turn black. Of course, picking wildflowers is never a good idea, due to diminution of population size, and habitat loss. Rather than picking them, consider photography as a good way of taking them home with you.

There are only non-functional, scale-like leaves up and down the stem, which may be up to 10 inches or so tall. At the top of each stem is a single flower, and despite the weird nature of this species, its flowers are rather straightforward, bearing 10 or so stamens and a single pistil within. The flower itself, though, droops when young, and so the entire plant looks a bit like a dropped pipe, standing on end. Following pollination, the flower develops a capsule, and during this process, erects itself until it is sticking straight up. The species name, which means “once-turning,” alludes to this peculiar movement. The capsule will contain a good many small seeds. As the winter comes on, and the tops of the plants dry out, they turn black, and remain that way until falling apart. As you might expect, this bizarre little thing has enjoyed a reputation as a medicinal plant, even featuring some magic qualities — especially on a moonlit night with a hoot-owl nearby. Our amazing little friend contains no chlorophyll, so it cannot produce its own food. That is certainly odd for most plants, but in this very specialized case, it is par for the course: This species is probably parasitic on the roots of nearby trees for its nourishment. Its roots are also closely associated with various fungi which, in a complicated manner, probably make food absorption easier. Answer: “Indian pipes,” “Corpse plant,” Monotropa uniflora John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department

of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herPHOTO PROVIDED barium.org or call (803) 777One of the most common wildflowers in the country, this mystery 8196, or email nelson@sc.edu. plant is often mistaken for a fungus.

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This engraving of William Shakespeare made by Martin Droeshout around 1622 is generally recognized as a good likeness of the bard.

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COMEDY, FROM PAGE C1 one in South Carolina to present plays to communities ... and present these educational programs. “It’s often hard for a lot of schools to get one day to go to the theater, so we will be going to them and performing the play at (Sumter High School). This reinforces the idea that theater is a great event and that what you enjoy in the theater can be applied in the classroom. The text is good for critical thinking, and the tools that help you appreciate theater also provide a sense of empowerment.” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Tromsness said, “has a convoluted plot, and we’ve geared it toward middle and high school students, but Shakespeare’s text will appeal to people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond.” Warehouse is a professional theatre in its 40th season of producing what it calls “Intense, Intimate and Unexpected productions of live theatre.” Its company comprises professional actors, who live mainly in the Southeast. “We have a cast of great, young actors, some of whom play multiple roles (in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’),”

Tromsness said. “We find so much joy in producing (Shakespeare) with them. They are so energetic and youthful, really good and wonderful to work with.” The company’s mission describes its commitment to “theatre as a serious art form; to high-quality, diverse and challenging productions; to the training of theatre professionals; to community outreach; and to student education. ... to stretch the imagination ... ; (to) energize and excite the community with ... performances that explore and celebrate the complexities of our time. The Warehouse Theatre does this to encourage a spirit of adventure, and to develop a hunger for the visceral impact of theatre, in the mind, heart and soul.” The Sumter Opera House presents Warehouse Theatre’s production of the Shakespeare comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. Reserved seat tickets are available for $20 on the floor, $18 for the balcony and $10 for students. For tickets, visit www.sumteroperahouse.com, call (803) 436-2616, or stop by the Sumter Opera House box office, 21 N. Main St.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Chamber plans to hold ‘HR Fear Factor’ seminar The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce is hosting a workshop titled “HR Fear Factor — Responding to Investigations” starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Chamber, 32 E. Calhoun St. The cost is $10 per person, and seating is limited. David Dubberly of Nexsen Pruet Employment and Labor Law Group is scheduled to be the presenter. For more information or to reserve a seat, call (803) 775-1231 or email Barbara@sumterchamber.com by Tuesday.

Children can trade their Halloween candy for toys For the third year in a row, Kool Smiles is offering to give children toys in exchange for their Halloween candy between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5. Every child who donates at a Kool Smiles office will receive one toy for every 25 pieces of unopened candy in its original packaging. There is a limit of three toys per child, and toys will be distributed on a first come, first-serve basis. The donated candy will then be sent in care packages to troops overseas. In addition to the candy collected, Kool Smiles is donating 100 dental care packages for troops as well as the money to cover the assembly and shipment of 200 care packages. In 2013, children and families donated more than two tons of candy for troops through Operation Troop Treats. Kool Smiles is encouraging area families to help exceed last year’s contribution. For more information, call (803) 883-0155 or visit the Sumter office at 1121 Broad St. You may also visit mykoolsmiles.com/trooptreats.

Amazon hiring seasonal workers at 2 state sites To meet the increase in customer demand during the upcoming holiday season, Amazon is creating 80,000 seasonal positions across the country for its fulfillment and sorting centers, according to a news release. Thousands of those jobs will be available at the two South Carolina sites, said Kelly Cheeseman with the Internet-based company. Last year, Amazon converted thousands of seasonal employee jobs into regular, full-time roles after the holidays and expects to do the same this year. Apply online at workatamazonfulfillment.com.

Businesses to honor veterans for service Great Clips is offering veterans a free haircut between Nov. 11 and Dec. 31, and Golden Corral is offering such heroes a free beverage and buffet meal between 5 and 9 p.m. Nov. 17. This is the second year Great Clips has offered this promotion. In the 2013 “Thank a Veteran” program, American Great Clips salons provided more than 130,000 free haircuts to veterans, and this year they expect to give away even more. Customers can come into any Great Clips salon on Nov. 11 and, with the purchase of a service, receive a free haircut card to give to a veteran. Limit one card per customer. The free haircut cards are redeemable by veterans at any U.S. Great Clips from Nov. 11 to December 31 with proof of service. Veterans who visit Great Clips on Nov. 11 receive either a free haircut that day or a free haircut card to redeem by Dec. 31. After Nov. 11, veterans must have a free haircut card to get the free haircut. For more information, visit GreatClips.com. This will be the 14th year for Golden Corral’s Military Appreciation Monday where the restaurant chain not only serves military personnel, but also collects donations for Disabled American Veterans. It has served more than 4 million complimentary meals to military personnel and generated more than $8 million in customer contributions for state and local DAV chapters. The Golden Corral promotion is for any person who has served or is serving in any branch of the United States military including the National Guard and Reserves. Identification is not required. For more information, visit goldencorral.com.

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The new Springhill Suites by Marriott at 2645 Broad St. is a 91-room hotel that features an indoor pool, a full-service Starbucks and bar, free laundry service and an outdoor fire pit lounge.

New Sumter hotel is owner’s ‘American dream come true’ BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com After a lengthy wait, the Springhill Suites by Marriott is up and ready for business. The brand new four-story building celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting on Oct. 3 after nearly two years of construction and more than three years since the project was first unveiled. It now stands as the crown jewel in the collection of the Patel family and Ambelal Hotel Group Inc. Initial ideas for the project started in 2011, construction started in October 2012, and the final touches were put in place by the start of October. There are 91 rooms, all suites. The 47 king suites and 44 double queen suites are spread out over four floors. There is free laundry service, a full-service Starbucks and bar, an indoor pool and an outdoor fire pit on the patio. A big attraction that isn’t found in most hotels is the sense of style and art that went into the design of the common areas. Spearheaded by Ambelal owner Rasik Patel, who was an architect from India with an eye for design, the front lobby features hand-picked art pieces and custom artistic light design that is carried throughout the lobby. “This one was the mother of all projects,” Rasik’s son Raj Patel said. Raj Patel, who will serve as the hotel’s managing director, did not want to divulge the cost but said 30 new jobs were created along with the new building. In a 2011 article by The Sumter Item which announced the future construction of the hotel, an estimated cost of $7 million to $9 million was cited. Since the initial announcement more than three years ago, the city has experienced considerable growth, making the hotel’s completion even more prescient. “We chose this location because Sumter is a growing market. The Air Force is here, the Army expanded, Continental is coming in, Caterpillar expanded,” Raj Patel said. “Sumter didn’t have an upscale hotel, there wasn’t a Marriott here, and this was a good opportunity to put a good product here that is global. If the CEO of Continental wants to come to town ... they want to stay at a nice place.” At the ribbon cutting, Raj Patel stood in front of his family and said the experience was “the American dream come true.” He and his family have worked hard for more than 30 years to make sure their dream would become reality. Rasik Patel is a 68-year-old entrepreneur hailing from India. He moved to the United States in November 1981 with three-year-old Raj and his wife, Hansa, leaving his sis-

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The hotel offers an outdoor fire pit on the patio, among other amenities. ters back in India. “The whole reason for coming was opportunity,” Raj Patel, now 36 years old, said. Today, two of his sisters are in the hotel industry in Asheville, North Carolina, and Kentucky. After working maintenance and laundry in various hotels, the Patels moved to Sumter from Pensacola, Florida, in 1984 and bought the 14-room Sharolyn hotel the same year, beginning a fruitful career as a hotel magnate in the area. Raj Patel has since been following in his father’s footsteps, despite considering a different path early on. He graduated from University of South Carolina with a biology degree and was accepted into pharmacy school but was encouraged by his father to join him in the hotel industry instead. Despite the change in career, Raj Patel was anything but thrown by joining in with the family business. It was almost literally all he’s known. His decades of helping his family earn a living were really extended on-the-job training, and it still serves him today in his managing role. From handling everything from making the bed to the floors of his family’s hotels, Raj Patel and his family learned how to succeed together and now are using that experience to build a strong company. “It puts you in everyone else’s shoes,” he said of his experience working in hotels. “I think with them (his parents), they’ve always treated their employees like family, and that’s

why they’ve stayed with them.” Joining the family at the new location is general manager Chelsea Curtis and sales director Kayla Foster. Both are married to members of the Air Force just up the road at Shaw Air Force Base and are serving in hotel management capacities for the first time. Curtis went to school for hospitality management, while Foster comes from a former dental sales position. She was convinced by Curtis, her friend outside of the job, to give hotels a try. Now with the massive project finally completed, the group anticipates steady growth heading into the holiday season. The hotel recently drew a number of college tennis teams that were in town for the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships and has already seen strong patronage from the business community. The Patel family now owns four franchise-owned hotels in Sumter, with Springhill Suites joining Days Inn (opened in 1999), Holiday Inn Express (opened in 2004) and Candlewood Suites (opened in 2009). The family sold the Eagle Inn in 2001, the Sharolyn Motel in 1986 and the Sunset Motel in 1988. Today, Raj and his wife are proud parents of a five-year-old daughter with another child due next month, sharing the same roof as his parents. When asked if his daughter would carry on the family tradition in the same way he has, he laughed. “She’s the boss.”

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014

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MONEY versus MORALS Sunday alcohol sales is a hot-button topic voters will decide on when they head to the polls Nov. 4. This lot could become home to a multi-million dollar business if voters decide to allow restaurants to sell alcohol to patrons. But some are concerned that allowing alcohol sales on Sunday will only lead to more crime and family problems. For more on the economic and moral sides of the issue, turn to page D7.

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Sumter School District board of trustees candidates Lucille McQuilla, left, and Lamar Atkins participate in the Sumter Teacher Forum Meet the Candidates event at Sumter High School.

Meet Sumter’s school board candidates

n Sumter, the more interesting election race has been the race for

Sumter School District Board of Trustees. Four seats are up for election and with current Area 1 board member Larry Addison deciding not to run for re-election, it’s pretty much open season for the seat. Incumbents Karen Michalik, Keith Schultz

relationship with the board. If I’m elected, I’ll be the first social worker on the board, and I’ll do what I can because I’m a committed and hard worker. Now the children are our valuable resource. Also, if you don’t pay attention to the parents and make sure you have everything for the parents, then the children will not survive. That’s why you need to focus on the whole family and make sure they have everything they need, such as doctor’s appointments, clothing and food, and then the children will be able to do well in school.”

and Patty Wilson are all running for re-election for

DANIEL COOK

Area 2, 3 and 4, respective-

• A nurse at Tuomey Regional Medical Center • A Crestwood High School graduate (2000) • An advocate for quality education for all students and wants to help continue the work the district has done in the previous COOK year to better serve students On Maintaining Quality Education: “I would like to reiterate that I am focused on the well being of the student. I believe a good quality education is an integral part of ensuring success in life. I will do everything that I can to ensure that students are afforded a quality education. I will also do everything that I can to make sure that policies and procedures are set forth and maintained to ensure that the district is able to meet the needs of students, parents and teachers. I am eager to speak with anyone who would like to discuss topics concerning the school district.”

ly, but not without opposition. In total, 13 candidates are running in hopes of being elected to the school board this year and all with ambitions of continuing to improve Sumter School District and move on after years of controversy and consolidation issues. You’ve seen the road signs and you may have even heard some of their platforms and ideas during the many local forums during the past couple of months. They have discussed their stances on everything from Common Core to teacher pay. But here’s a little more about the candidates running for school board in hopes of representing your areas. Make sure you’re in the know before you go to the booths to vote on Nov. 4.

AREA 1 BRIAN ALSTON • Advocates for equal educational opportunities for all students at every school in Sumter School District • Emphasized that because of his age, he has personal experience to contribute to improving B. ALSTON education in the school district • Continuously says the district no longer needs “narrowminded board members” On Improving Education: “I believe in pledging myself as an advocate for local public schools. I want to fulfill our obligations and prepare our students for the workforce and the demands of the 21st century,” Alston said. “We must invest in our students’ education because they are the future. I am a part of that future.”

• Has five children and is a product of Sumter School District • Advocates for equal education opportunities for all schools • Often volunteers in his community and wants to be a KERSHAW voice for his area On Running for School Board: “I’m interested in contributing to the school board and to public education in Sumter because I’m a father of five,” Kershaw said. “I volunteer a lot in the Rembert area, and I really want to see an acrossthe-board school system for every child to have a fair chance.”

LINDA ALSTON

PHILIP MARLOWE

• Has years of experience with children and families as a social worker • Advocates for finding funding for more social workers to serve in Sumter School District • Is for Common Core, alL. ALSTON though she says there are some pros and cons to the standards On Serving the Whole Child: “I would like to get a good

• Local businessman and 1983 graduate of Sumter High School • Advocate for updating technology and preparing students for jobs in the industries moving to the region in the coming years MARLOWE • Has emphasized the need to support teachers and be sure they have proper materials needed to prepare students for college

CALEB KERSHAW Jr.

and careers On Excellence in Education: “I believe that it is essential that we set a standard of excellence in our schools so that every student leaves us equipped and fully prepared for the next step in their lives. We will achieve this goal several ways. First, we need to support and encourage our teachers. We must make sure that they are equipped with the tools necessary to teach and prepare our children. They need access to the latest advancements in technology. In doing this, we are able to hire the best-qualified teachers.”

AREA 2 KAREN MICHALIK • Running for re-election for Area 2 • Previously served on committee addressing attendance lines during consolidation • Continues to advocate for teacher pay, improving technolMICHALIK ogy and recently voted against an increase in compensation for board members On Running for Re-election and District’s Potential: “I think the people I represent deserve to keep their voice. Under Dr. (Frank) Baker I think we’re going to see great things, and I hope to contribute to that. I thank the people for their support, and I hope they consider the job I’ve done and elect me for a second term.” On Why She Voted Against Increase in Compensation: “I support the decision of the board, but it didn’t pass my personal litmus test. Every time I go to vote, I always ask myself, ‘What will it do for the classroom? How will it affect teachers? How will it affect students?’ And the second question I ask is, ‘How would the people who elected me vote?’ I don’t believe the public would support giving us a bonus at this time.”

JEREMIAH SUMPTER • Promotes his knowledge in technology as one of key reasons he can help improve the district’s use of technology for educational purposes • Has nine years of experience in training and development SUMPTER • Interested in being elected for school board to help the school district come up with innovative ways to use technology to reduced cost and as a result, share the reduce cost with the teachers by improving their salaries. On Common Core: “In the past, my mother sent me to Ebenezer for about six months, and then when I transferred back to Brooklyn, they tried to put me a grade behind,” Sumpter said. “So the only thing that was able to save me is that I was able to test into the correct grade. So yes, I’m all for Common Core.”

On Teacher Retention: “I want to keep the good teachers from leaving our school districts. Currently our community is lacking on role models as a result; a good teacher can become your child’s next best thing to a role model. This can make a huge impact on a child’s development. I take this serious because I know how it feels to lose your favorite teacher due to a poor mismanaged school system.”

AREA 3 LAMAR ATKINS • Worked in Sumter School District 17 before consolidation for more than 40 years • Is an advocate for the best for children in Sumter • Wants to give back “for all of the history because I have three daughters, one who graduated Sumter High in ’89, one in ’93 and the last one in 2000.” On Common Core: “We have to make sure that when our kids leave and they move to Maryland or Texas or Tennessee, no matter where they’re coming from, they’re able to meet the standards,” said Area 3 candidate Lamar Atkins. The longtime educator also took the time to state that it’s important to “get the legislation out of it.”

LUCILLE McQUILLA • Was a teacher and then a principal for many years in Sumter • Spent all of her life in Sumter County • Advocates for improvements in teacher pay On Common Core: “Common Core has its pros and cons but Sumter County’s students, especially those who are a part of military families, can go to other states and not fall behind.”

PATTY WILSON • Currently serves on board of trustees for Sumter School District • Recently voted against increase in compensation for district board members • Like all curWILSON rent board members, made huge contribution to decisions made while consolidating On Why She Voted Against Increase in Compensation: “Right now I’m the chairperson of the budget committee, and I kind of look at every spending like I’m controlling my own personal checkbook. I think it’s (the amount of money) adequate for me as an individual, and it’s a personal preference of mine to leave it where it is until it’s a burden for somebody. My concern was getting all the other people paid adequately such as retirees and bus drivers long before we started looking at our money, and we’re just now doing that.”

MICHELE REESE • An associate professor of English at USC Sumter • Wants to take a look at bus routes and attendance lines;

also interested in reviewing high school class schedules • Concerned about teacherpupil ratio in Sumter County On High School Block Schedules and Classroom Size: “One of the things I’m conREESE cerned about is the high school block schedule. I don’t think students retain the knowledge when there are gaps, and I don’t think it’s preparing them at the college level. I would suggest a more traditional school schedule. Little things I worry about, bus schedule changes. They changed at the last minute this year, and also looking at if there could be a way to reduce classroom sizes.”

AREA 4 JOHNNY HILTON • Recently retired after 34 years as an educator in Sumter County, 25 of which were spent as principal at Millwood Elementary School • Speaks very strongly about his concerns with teacherpupil ratios in the school district HILTON • Also sings and plays saxophone with The Footnotes, a Sumter band that’s in the Beach Music Hall of Fame On His Reason for Running: “My main reason for running is my desire to contribute to the education system.” On Teacher-Pupil Ratio: “Regarding my goals, I would like to focus on instruction, student learning and reducing teacher-pupil ratios. By reducing teacherpupil ratios, we can provide more teachers, and there will be fewer students in the classes so they can receive more attention from the teachers.”

KEITH SCHULTZ • Served on board during consolidation period • Advocates for technology improvements in classrooms • Gives back a percentage of his chairman of the board compensation to the Sumter Education Foundation On Technology SCHULTZ Improvements and Mechatronics Program: “I’m proud of the improvements, especially with technology. The mechatronics program now has 24 students, and I am very happy about the collaborative effort with Central Carolina (Technical College) and Sumter School District.” On SSD’s Current Status and Future: “The first two years of consolidation, we accomplished nothing. In the past year and a half, this district has advanced by leaps and bounds. I point out to the newspaper’s headline about the SATs at Sumter High School, and we can do that throughout our district.”

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Familiarize yourself with proposed penny tax referendum bound to never vary in description or cost after being voted on. In-depth information on the projects were covered in past Sunday editions of The Sumter Item.

BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com The Capital Projects Sales Tax, or penny sales tax, was first voted in to Sumter County in the 2009 election by a margin of just 821 votes. The original tax aimed to raise $75 million for 16 projects through a onecent tax on goods and services in the community during a seven-year period. That period is now in its final years, as it is set to expire in May 2016. The new ballot referendum will not add another penny on to the current tax but rather continue the tax started in 2009 and raise $75 million to go toward 28 new projects that range from infrastructure and public safety to quality of life. The 153-word question that will be posed to voters Nov. 4 explains that the new penny tax would begin at the “sunset,” or expiration, of the original tax and authorizes the county to purchase bonds worth up to but not exceeding $40 million. Rather than putting off construction while waiting for the tax revenue, the bonds purchased would allow for projects to begin as soon

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Renovating the Animal Control building is one of the projects that would be paid for by a renewed penny sales tax if approved by voters in November. The project would dedicate $300,000 to making the building a safer environment for both the dogs and the people who take care of them. as possible. Also included in the referendum is a brief summary of all 28 projects.

The referendum is a yes or no question involving all 28 projects. The projects will not be voted on individually, and they are legally

Must a special One Percent Sales And Use Tax be imposed in Sumter County (the “County”) for not more than seven (7) years, to begin when the current Capital Projects Sales Tax ends on or before May 1, 2016, to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes and in order to pay the costs (including rightsof-way acquisition and architectural, engineering, legal, administrative costs, and related fees) of the projects described below; pending the receipt of such sales and use tax, must the County also be authorized to issue and sell, either as a single issue or as several separate issues, General Obligation Bonds (the “Bonds”) of the County in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000.00 to be paid from the Sales And Use Tax to be received and to pledge The Sales And Use Tax to be received to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds?

PROPOSED PENNY TAX PROJECTS INCLUDED ON REFERENDUM 1. $10,000,000 — New E911 Emergency Services Facility. New communications infrastructure will provide the updated technology to meet mandated digital radio service, allowing county-wide coverage, and will replace the obsolete analog system. 2. $5,000,000 — Police Station. A new City of Sumter Police Department Headquarters. 3. $5,600,000 — Headquarters Fire Station. A new downtown Headquarters Fire Station to serve the City of Sumter and County Fire Departments. 4. $2,000,000 — Industrial Infrastructure. Roads, water, and sewer for industrial parks to attract new industry. 5. $2,500,000 — Manning Avenue Bridge. Renovation of the Manning Avenue Bridge. 6. $4,000,000 — Manning Avenue Corridor. Pedestrian, streetscape, intersection, traffic calming, lighting, access, and landscaping improvements to the Manning Avenue Corridor and connections to the Southern Gateway project. 7. $ 1,000,000 — North Main Street Corridor. Pedestrian, streetscape, intersection, traffic calming, lighting, access, and landscaping improvements to the Main Street Corridor and connections to the Lafayette intersection projects. (The proceeds of the Capital Project Sales Tax attributable to Projects 5, 6, and 7 may be used as a full or partial match for any one or more federal, state, or local grants with similar purposes, and the timing and priority of these items may be adjusted to allow and maximize such matching.) 8. $600,000 — Wilson Hall Road and Wise Drive Intersection. Improvements to the existing right-ofway to relieve congestion at busy

entrance near intersection and to improve traffic flow during peak traffic hours. 9. $900,000 — Wilson Hall Road at Carter Road and Wesmark Boulevard. Improvements to existing right-of-way to improve traffic flow during peak traffic hours. 10. $2,800,000 — Administration Building Renovations. Renovations will provide a secure access point and will enhance the security and operations for the Treasurer’s Office and other administrative operations in the building. 11. $2,750,000 — Dillon Park Renovations. Renovations will include a new football complex, paved parking, an enhanced walking track, and other improvements. 12. $200,000 — Pinewood Sports and Wellness Complex/ Recreational Park. Develop “Sports and Wellness Complex/ Recreational Park” with a multi-sports field, playground equipment, picnic area, restrooms and parking. 13. $875,000 — Mayesville Downtown Revitalization. Leverage existing grants to renovate downtown buildings for public purpose. Renovations include, as a minimum, repairs or replacement of roofs, front façade, location signage, interior public bathrooms, and interior floor and walls. 14. $4,000,000 — Shot Pouch Greenway. A pedestrian greenway will connect the City and County vertically from Dillon Park on the north to Swan Lake on the South, crossing over several major corridors including the 76/378 By-pass, Broad Street, and Guignard Drive. 15. $8,900,000 — County Paving. New paving road projects on 18 miles of dirt roads to ease public travel and emergency vehicle accessibility and to improve maintenance service on other Sumter County roads. Roads to be paved include: Alma Drive, Amberwood

Drive, Amonn Road, Antrim Court, Bar Zee Drive, Bennett Drive, Birch Court, Bob White Drive, Brentwood Drive, Brighton Court, Caroland Drive, Cedarwood Drive, Cessna Street, Charles Miller Road, Clash Lane, Daniel Taylor Lane, Evergreen Court, Fourth Street, Gaddy Street, Goodman Road, Hagan Street, Hialeah Parkway, Inverness Court, Jennifer Court, Killdee Drive, Leeds Court, Lesane Pressley Lane, Livingston Street, Mallory Court, Mallory Drive, Mayrant Road, Old Camden Road, Paige Drive, Peacock Drive, Prairie Road, Pridgen Lane, Quail Run, Regency Court, River Birch Drive, Robert Perry Road, Rosemary Court, Ross Farm Road, S. Haven Drive, Saxton Road, Sheffield Court, Shetland Street, Slip Road, Swallow Drive, Sycamore Drive, Thatcher Court, Timber Sand Road, Timmerman Street, Vixon Loop, Whipporwill Drive, Winston Road (both ends), Woodfield Court, Woodfield Lane, Yorkridge Drive and Zachary Road. 16. $3,100,000 — County Resurfacing. Resurfacing road projects on 19 miles of roads to ease public travel and to improve maintenance service on the other Sumter County Roads. Roads to be resurfaced include: Amherst Court, Annie Court, Annie Street, Arabian Street, Avalon Court, Avalon Drive, Bush Court, Bush Lane, Carnegie Street, Carriage Drive, Chanson Court, Chanson Lane, Cherry Hill Court, Chris Drive, Cobb Court, Contour Court, Daly Street, Danville Lane, Derek Drive, Drake Street, Edmunds Drive, Expedition Drive, Firestone Court, Green View Parkway, Indigo Court, Indigo Drive, Innisbrook Court, Killarney Lane, Kim Street, Kiwi Court, Lacosta Court, Lakewood Circle, Lakewood Court, Lakewood Drive, Lancaster Drive, Lantern Lane, Lee Altman Road, Lemacks Street, Lorentz Drive, Mana Drive, Marwood Drive, McLaughlin Road, McPhail Street, Mona Court, Morris Way Drive, Moye Street, Nicholson Drive, Oak Haven Court, Pinecrest Drive, Potts Lane, Prestwick Court, Ridge Street, Royal Colwood

Court, Sandspur Drive, Sheridan Drive, Sunflower Court, Sylvan Way, Tidewater Drive, Torrey Pines Drive, Trent Street, Turnberry Court, Warwick Court, Warwick Drive, Waterway Drive, Waverly Circle, and Waverly Drive. 17. $1,500,000 — Downtown Building Renovations. Renovation to the City Centre Offices (12 W. Liberty St.) and other downtown properties. Renovations include, as a minimum, repairs or replacement of roofs, front façade, location signage, interior public bathrooms, and interior floor and walls. 18. $3,000,000 — Downtown Sumter Intersections and Infrastructure. Infrastructure and building improvements in the historic central business district will include as a minimum pedestrian crosswalks, utilities, streets and sidewalks, lighting, landscaping to address safety, quality of life and investment in the central business district for economic development. 19. $6,000,000 — Recreation Renovations/Additions and Cultural Center/Recreation Parking Enhancements. Construction of a new gymnasium and renovations to the Recreation Department facility including a new paved parking lot to service Patriot Hall. 20. $1,000,000 — Renovation of the Industrial Engineering Building at Central Carolina Technical College. The renovation of the 400 building will allow expansion of current programs and provide enhanced training for workforce development. 21. $2,200,000 — Property and Building Acquisition/ Renovation of Building. Purchase and renovate property to provide new workspaces for five (5) state agencies providing services for the Sumter Community. 22. $275,000 — Millcreek Renovations. Clubhouse renovations of the 1940

Smith seeks District 67 seat again BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Rep. Murrell Smith, RSumter, is unopposed in his re-election bid to represent District 67 in the state House of Representatives. The 46-year-old Republican is a Sumter attorney whose platform includes “improving the economy for the citizens of Sumter County.” “Our economy has been improving tremendously in Sumter over the past few SMITH years. This improvement is due, in no small part, to the team approach of our government officials in creating our economic infrastructure,” he said. Smith also sees a need to drastically reform the S.C. Department of Transportation, “adequately fund our roads and infrastructure ... (with) careful balance between maintaining a steady source of funding to our roads and infrastructures

while not placing unnecessary burdens on the taxpayers.” Smith also emphasized protecting local military bases. “We need to recognize (military) installations as having the same importance as some of our top industries in our state. We need to continue to pass legislation that makes South Carolina strong when we have another base re-alignment commission. We also need to make South Carolina attractive to military retirees by exempting military retirement income from state income taxes. This provides us a ready trained workforce pipeline as well as an added economic benefit to this state,” he said. Smith said his qualifications for the District 67 seat are exemplified by the fact that his “focus has been to serve the citizens of Sumter County in the South Carolina House of Representatives.” “Over the past 14 years, we have truly built a bipartisan team approach with our legislative delegation,” he said.

He took office in 2001, and he said, “My record of serving the citizens of Sumter County demonstrates my commitment to ensuring that we have an effective voice in the political process ... in Columbia, as well as championing the causes that our citizens truly care about. I feel I have demonstrated qualified leadership in the House as evidenced by being entrusted with being named chairman on the two ad hoc committees and that I have and will continue to take these responsibilities seriously.” Smith said, “I am seeking re-election to continue the progress we have made with Sumter County’s economy over the past few years. Sumter has been recognized as a leader in economic activity, as well as creating jobs and expanding the workforce. I would like to continue to be a part of the team that is enabling Sumter County to enjoy these successes and to continue to work to give our citizens a voice and a well-deserved place at the table in Columbia.”

Lodge will include energy efficient upgrades and will make the facility ADA compliant. 23. $300,000 — Renovations to Animal Control Building. Renovations to the building will provide necessary upgrades and repairs to improve countywide Animal Control services. 24. $500,000 — Palmetto Park Renovations. New lighting system to improve safety for the youth athletes and to increase sports tourism events. 25. $3,000,000 — Courthouse Restoration. Restoration of historic County landmark with handicap accessibility to improve functionality and to upgrade technological work space while providing an energy efficient environment. 26. $300,000 — Carnegie Library Renovations. Restore building to house a permanent Sumter County Military Museum. 27. $2,300,000 — Community Sidewalks. The project expands the community sidewalk network, providing safe walking connections to neighborhoods, schools, parks, and commercial areas to include: North Columbia Drive, Crestwood Drive, North Guignard Drive, Highland Avenue, North Lafayette Drive, Lewis Road, Lynam Road, West Oakland Avenue and West Red Bay Road. 28. $1,000,000 — CommunityWide Demolition of Distressed Structures for Open Space. Acquire and/or demolish vacant, abandoned and/or distressed properties and return land to open space, recreation, park, other natural uses, or return to commercial use. Funds will be used to identify nuisances and engage in a process of removing those structures from our community.

Weeks unopposed for District 51 seat BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Rep. J. David Weeks is unopposed in his bid for re-election to the District 51 seat in the S.C. House of Representatives. The 61-year-old Democrat practices law in Sumter. Weeks said he “want(s) to WEEKS continue representing the interests of all the citizens of Sumter County with emphasis on matters that directly impact our community, including economic development, support for public education, higher education, health care, anticrime measures and community betterment. We, the members of our local dele-

gation, are a team. I also want to influence the passage of good laws and work diligently to defeat the passage of bad laws.” As for his qualifications for the House, he cites “my sincere personal commitment, my understanding of legislative issues and my love for the community.” Weeks’ reasons for running for his eighth term in the House, he said, are that “I wish to continue the team-oriented representation that is evident from the successes of our legislative delegation in the past. It is rewarding to see all facets of our community working together to make our community better for all of our citizens.” “I also want to influence positive laws to better our state,” he said.

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Race for Ward 1 seat is rematch for 2 candidates BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com A rematch of the 2010 race is in the works, as the Rev. Charles Joe is again challenging incumbent Thomas “Bubba” Lowery for a seat on city council representing Ward 1. The two competed for the spot four years ago, with Lowery receiving 63 percent of the vote. The ward consists of the northern part of town along the upper portion of Broad Street and the U.S. 378 bypass. Joe is a retired educator, working as a professor at Trident Technical College and as a teacher in Sumter School District 17 before consolidation. Before a career as an educator, he was an architectural designer for the U.S. Treasury. Politically, he was a four-term president of the Northside Neighborhood Association from 200513 and has also served as a member of the Downtown Sumter Board of Directors from 2002-05. “It is time for a change,” Joe said of his reasons for running. “I see the needs of the people and I want to answer their cries.” “I see a need for equal growth all over the city of Sumter,” Joe said. I want to work hard with others to move Sumter forward in its infrastructure, crime reduction, more paved streets, more sidewalks, and more jobs and job training.” Lowery is seeking a fourth term representing Ward 1 after taking over the position in 2002. He has lived in Sumter all his life graduating from Lincoln High School in 1964 and carrying a degree in political science from Morris College. He is a retired Sumter police officer and probations officer, and served for 23 years as the Agent in Charge of Probation and Parole. Along with his work on the council, Lowery is also a board member on the Santee Lynches Regional Council of Governments. “I feel like some of the things I have done on the past need to be continued to help my community revitalize Ward 1,” Lowery said of his decision to seek a fourth term. “Keeping the flame burning for revitalizing our community, streets and sewers, and trying to renovate or tear down dilapidated houses in the area.”

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Winner of 3-person city council race will serve last 2 years of term for Ward 4 seat BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com The race for the Ward 4 seat on Sumter city council is a three-person race, with the candidates carrying different levels of experience and distinctly different backgrounds. The winner of this special election will finish out the final two years of Charlie Burns’ term. The first-term councilman announced in July he would be moving just down the road, but the new home is legally outside of his ward, which includes the downtown business and historic districts. The candidates to replace Burns are Alan Cannon, Edsel “Whit” Whitaker and Colleen Yates. Cannon is one of the co-owners of Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and is serving as president of The Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise. He is a graduate of Sumter High School and has been a resident since 1985. “As a business person in the city, I feel a responsibility to give back to the citizens,” Cannon said. “The city of Sumter has made great advances over the past several years. The approval of my constituents will afford me the opportunity to join the mayor and current council members who, I believe, share a common vision for our community and contribute to the continued improvement of city services and quality of life in Sumter.” He has no previous experience in local government, but

two years ago, he unsuccessfully challenged the Rev. Ralph Canty for a position on Sumter School District board of trustees. “Too often people dwell on negative events and rely on other influences to develop their opinion of Sumter,” Cannon said. “I do not allow negativity to blind me of the many great things that are going on in our city, nor is my vision blurred of future potential.” That sentiment is echoed by Whit Whitaker, a real estate developer who has lived in his neighborhood since he was eight years old. His roots in the community provide the platform and reason for his candidacy: “to bring positive change for our community and make the city of Sumter a better place to live, work and play.” “I am running in this election because I care about the direction of our city and how the Sumter community is perceived,” Whitaker said. “Recently, a business developer from out of town was in Sumter looking at a project with me. As we were riding to lunch, he asked me if Sumter has a serious crime problem. Before I could answer, he pointed out the sign, ‘Stop the Violence,’ displayed in a yard. I am tired of the negative light in which some media and the excited attention seekers portray of the city I have lived in my whole life.” Whitaker is a former officio member of Sumter County Development Board and served on the Historic Design Review

Board. He was named the Sumter Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the year and has also been honored with Governor’s Award for Economic Development and is a Tuomey Fellow Graduate. He previously ran for Sumter mayor in 2004, receiving 31 percent of the vote in his unsuccessful bid against Mayor Joe McElveen. Colleen Yates comes into this year’s election with prior experience in this role, last serving on city council 30 years ago, when she served for 12 years and was a three-term mayor pro tem. Yates said she was encouraged to run by her neighbors, who “felt I had knowledge of the job and the maturity to be effective for anything that needs to be dealt with.” She is a retired dietician and school teacher who is running with various experience in local government affairs, including 12 years as an Elections Commissioner before her time on council. She also sat on boards at the S.C. Municipal Association, Sumter County Museum, Santee Lynches Regional Council of Governments, Wateree AIDS Task Force and Sumter Family Health Center. “My platform is anything and everything that would make us a better place to live,” Yates said. “I am particularly concerned about neighborhoods — especially older ones. We need to work harder at keeping them more attractive, cleaner and safer. Our appearance can say a lot about who we are.”

CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL SEATS WARD 1 CHARLES JOE Age: 63 Occupation: I am a former professor from Trident Technical College and have taught in Sumter School District 17 before consolidation. Years prior, I worked for the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., as an architectural designer. Platform: I see a need for JOE equal growth all over the city of Sumter. I want to work hard with others to move Sumter forward in its infrastructure, crime reduction, paving of streets and sidewalks, jobs and job training. I want to help make Sumter an “allAmerican city.” What qualifies you for this position? I am over 18, a registered voter, and I live in Ward 1. I am a people person, and I know how to face and address the needs of the people. Past experience in local government? I served on the Downtown Sumter Board of Directors from 2002-05 and was proud to serve four terms as president of the Northside Neighborhood Association from 200513. Have you run for an election in the past? Yes, Sumter City Council in 2010. Why are you seeking election? It is time for a change. I see the needs of the people, and I want to answer their cries.

THOMAS “BUBBA” LOWERY Age: 67 Occupation: Retired police and probation Platform: Keeping the flame burning for revitalizing our community, streets and sewers and trying to renovate or tear LOWERY down dilapidated houses in the area Past experience in local government? Was the agent in charge of Probation and Parole in Sumter for 23 years.

Why are you seeking re-election? I feel like some of the things I have done in the past need to be continued to help my community revitalize Ward 1. How long have you served on city council? Since 2002.

WARD 3 CALVIN HASTIE — UNOPPOSED Age: 64 Occupation: Attorney Platform: Crime, a sense of community and creating jobs for people young and old. My three C’s. That was my platform in 2010, and I want to continue with that. HASTIE Past experience in local government? Just city council Why are you seeking re-election? There’s a lot more to do. The job is not yet done, and I’m going to continue to work on these things. How long have you served on city council? Since 2010.

WARD 4 ALAN CANNON Age: 45 Occupation: Funeral home owner and S.C. licensed funeral director and embalmer Platform: My platform can be summed up as rebuilding the reputation of CANNON our city. I believe we have a community we should be proud of. Too often people dwell on negative events and rely on other influences to develop their opinion of Sumter. I do not allow negativity to blind me of the many great things that are going on in our city, nor is my vision blurred of future potential. We need leaders who are proud to represent our city, leaders that will promote and advocate to outside parties as well as within this very community. I am committed to working along-

side the citizens of Sumter to provide an environment we are all happy to call home. What qualifies you for this position? I have been a resident of this community since June 1985. I am a 1987 graduate of Sumter High School. I also graduated from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service. I have served this community in the funeral industry for more than 20 years. For the past 11 years, my partners and I have built and developed a successful business from the ground up. I understand business principles. Just as important, I understand people. My profession allows me the opportunity to be a part of and work with a broad spectrum of our community. Past experience in local government? I have no previous experience in local government. Have you run for an election in the past? In 2012, I ran for the Sumter School District board of trustees. Why are you seeking election? As a business person in the city, I feel a responsibility to give back to the citizens. I am not entering this race with any fore drawn agenda. The city of Sumter has made great advances over the past several years. The approval of my constituents will afford me the opportunity to join the mayor and current council members who, I believe, share a common vision for our community and contribute to the continued improvement of city services and quality of life in Sumter.

EDSEL “WHIT” WHITAKER Age: 57 Occupation: Real estate developer, manufacturer and sales Platform: Bring positive change for our community; make the city of Sumter a better place to live, work and play. What qualifies you for this position? WHITAKER I have experience in running a business, bringing in jobs in manufacturing and serving in our community, working on service projects like trimming trees and

shrubs in our neighborhood walkways to keep our sidewalks safe for those who walk, run and ride bikes. I am in my 45th year working with the Boy Scouts of America. I am an Eagle Scout. I work as a mentor to young men working on their Eagle Projects. Past experience in local government? Former officio member of Sumter County Development Board, Ambassador of Economic Development for Sumter County, served on the Historic Design Review Board. Sumter Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the year, Governor’s Award for Economic Development, Tuomey Fellow Graduate. Have you run for an election in the past? Ran for the office of mayor, city of Sumter, in November 2004. Why are you seeking election? I am running in this election because I care about the direction of our city and how the Sumter community is perceived. Recently, a business developer from out of town was in Sumter looking at a project with me. As we were riding to lunch, he asked me if Sumter has a serious a crime problem, as has been reported. Before I could answer, he pointed out the sign, “Stop the Violence,” displayed in a yard. I am tired of the negative light in which some media and the “excited attention seekers” portray the city I have lived in my whole life. My children have been raised here, and they are now raising their children here. I am proud to live in Sumter. I will work to change this negativity.

COLLEEN YATES Age: 84 Occupation: Retired dietician and school teacher Platform: My platform is anything and everything that would make us a better place to live. I am particularly concerned YATES about neighborhoods — especially older ones. We need to work hard at keeping them more attractive, cleaner and

safer. Empty houses and unkempt yards have a bad effect on our property value. Our visitors need to know we care. Our appearance can say a lot about who we are. What qualifies you for this position? I am a longtime resident of the city. I have been involved in local government and civic activities for years. I have served on city council for three terms, beginning in 1970. Past experience in local government? Served on city council for 12 years and was a three-term mayor pro tem. Before that, I was an election commissioner for 12 years. Why are you seeking election? I was asked to run for Burns’ last two years by my neighbors. I felt I had the knowledge of the job and the maturity to be effective for anything that needed to be dealt with.

WARD 5 ROBERT GALIANO — UNOPPOSED Age: 70 Occupation: Real estate broker and owner of Palmetto Subs franchises Platform: Continuing the progress of the city that we have made in the last 10 years both with commercial and industrial deGALIANO velopment as well as quality-of-life issues. Past experience in local government? Before serving on city council, I volunteered on various committees. Why are you seeking re-election? The importance of continuity and having the history to know the city. It’s nice to have that experience to look back on. How long have you served on city council? I served an unexpired term for two years starting in 1992, then served four full terms since. I was honored to be chosen by my peers two years ago to serve as mayor pro tem.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014

Here’s more information on unopposed candidates BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com DALE ATKINSON Dale Atkinson is running opposed to be re-elected to his post as Sumter County’s Probate Judge, which he’s held for the past three terms. What is your age? 59 What is your political affiliation? Democratic What is your occupaATKINSON tion? Probate judge for Sumter County What platform are you running on? To continue to be of service to the citizens of Sumter County and to maintain the integrity of the Probate Court What qualifies you for this position? Having already served in this position for the past 12 years as well as having a master’s degree in public administration Do you have any experience in a local government? If yes, where and when? Served 27 years with Sumter Police Department from 1975 to 2002 Have you run for an election in the past? If yes, when and for what position? Ran in 2002, 2006, 2010 elections for probate judge and began serving on Jan. 3, 2003. Why are you seeking re-election? I have enjoyed serving the residents of Sumter County and wish to continue that service How long have you been serving in your elected position? I have been serving as the probate judge of Sumter County for the past 12 years.

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a fair and efficient manner. We make sure the case meets the legal requirements and that the accused is given all rights afforded by the constitution. We work closely with victims and their families to seek justice and compensation for their injuries. What qualifies you for this position? I am qualified by my 33 years as a practicing lawyer and community advocate. I have served as president or chairman of several groups which taught me to consider other points of view and establish goals for achieving success. I am an experienced trial lawyer, which helps me prepare and present cases in the courtroom. Do you have any experience in a local government? If yes, where and when? I grew up in this community and am involved in many projects seeking to solve problems with our youth, our schools and our senior citizens. Have you run for election in the past? If yes, when and for what position? I ran for this position unsuccessfully in 1986 and in 1990. Why are you seeking re-election? I love Sumter and her people. We have always worked together to solve problems. I am seeking reelection to offer my time and talents to finding solutions and create a safer community in which to live and work. How long have you been serving in your elected position? I am now completing my first four-year term and look forward to serving my second term so that we can continue to implement the changes we have put in place. In 2015, we have a new court schedule which will help us move cases through the legal system more efficiently. We also have added a case manager and support staff to process our case files so that our staff attorneys can get the 1,200 new indictments from 2014 ready for court or diversion programs.

James McCain Jr. is entering the political realm for the first time and appears poised to take over the District 6 Sumter County Council seat. He is slated to run opposed Nov. 6 after defeating Charlie Jones in the June CHARLES EDENS Democratic primaDistrict 4 Sumter County ry. Councilman Charles Edens is McCAIN What is your age? 63 running unopposed to be reWhat is your political elected to his post, affiliation? Democrat which he’s held for What is your occupation? Retired the past four terms. What platform are you running on? What is your age? 62 Increase funding for our What is your political schools. Improve our infrastrucaffiliation? Republiture. Revitalize our neighborcan EDENS hoods. What is your occupaWhat qualifies you for this position? Retired tion? I had 35 years of manageWhat platform are you running on? ment experience with UPS, a Conservative and fiscally reFortune 500 company in Atlansponsible ta. I currently serve on the City/ What qualifies you for this posiCounty Planning Commission. I tion? Experience am president of the Westside Do you have any experience in a Neighborhood Association. I local government? If yes, where serve on the board of directors and when? Planning commission of Sumter County Gallery of Have you run for an election in the Art, and I am chairman of the past? If yes, when and for what potrustee board of my church, sition? County Council Westend Community Church. Why are you seeking re-election? All of these positions require To continue to work for the citithree qualities that I will bring zens of Sumter County in conto county council: humility, tinuing to create new jobs and character and integrity. improve the quality of life for all Do you have any experience in a our citizens. local government? No past politi- How long have you been serving in cal experience your elected position? 16 years Have you run for election in the past? No ROWLAND ALSTON Why did you choose to run? Rowland Alston is an incumThrough my involvement and bent running un-opposed in his participation within the 6th Dis- bid to be re-elected to his second trict and in Sumter County as a term to the five-person Soil and whole, I am able to see the needs Water District Commission. of the community. I felt that What is your age? 66 being elected would provide the What is your political opportunity to, in some way, affiliation? Non-afbring change and help to make a filiated difference to the families of this What is your occupacommunity. tion? Retired real estate agent with Johnson Company ERNEST “CHIP” FINNEY III ALSTON in Sumter Ernest A. “Chip” Finney III What platform are you running on? will be seeking his first re-elecConservation of our natural retion as 3rd Circuit Solicitor, a sources seat to which the Sumter native was What qualifies you for this position? I’ve had four years experioriginally voted in 2010. Finney is run- ence serving on the commission. ning unopposed in And also I had 42 years working the race, which will in agriculture as part of the decide the top pros- Clemson Extension Service. Do you have any experience in a ecutor in the fourFINNEY local government? No county Lee, SumHave you run for an election in the ter, Clarendon and Williamspast? No burg area. Why are you seeking re-election? I What is your age? 58 enjoy the work, and I plan to What is your political affiliation? I stay as long as I feel active am a lifelong member of the enough to do it. Democratic Party. How long have you been serving in What is your occupation? I have your elected position? 4 years been an attorney since 1981, practicing civil and criminal law. What platform are you running on? NOTE: Soil and Water District Commissioner candidate Betty I believe the office of solicitor C. Martin and District 2 Sumter has a special responsibility to oversee the preparation and pre- County Councilman Artie Baker sentation of criminal matters in did not return questionnaires.

To drink on Sunday or not? You decide BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com

ne of the questions people who live within the city limits will see on their ballot concerns the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The question is worded as follows: “Shall the South Carolina Department of Revenue be autho-

rized to issue temporary permits in this municipality for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-onpremises sales S.C. Code § 61-6-2010(C)(l)(a)?” People in favor of the question talk about economic development and point out it would be limited to restaurants. You would still be banned from buying alcohol in grocery or convenience stores on Sundays, and liquor stores would not be open. Those who oppose the question cite concern about a rise in crime and the destruction of family.

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The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce is the group that first approached city council about putting it on the ballot. “It’s purely economic development,” said President Grier Blackwelder. “It means more jobs, more dining choices and more of a tax base.” Whether it’s Sunday lunch or a Sunday night sporting event, people sometimes like an alcoholic beverage with their meal, he said. Right now they’re going to Columbia and Florence to get that. “That money is going out of town,” Blackwelder said. “Business people who have an early morning meeting will not come to Sumter Sunday night. They choose to stay in Columbia or Florence.” Eddie Farmer, general manager of Wikked Buffalo Wings LLC, agreed. “First and foremost, it keeps revenue here in Sumter instead of people traveling out of town to Columbia or Camden,” he said. “Even Camden is doing it now. You still have Sunday alcohol sales in private establishments. I think everybody should be able to get a little piece of the pie. Sunday is a big sports day, and Sumter is a big military town. They like to sit, watch a good game and have a cold beer. Why not have access to do that here in their own town?” Not only does it keep Sumter dollars in this community, but it also might draw more businesses. “I engage in commercial real estate, and I am the broker of pending sales with Buffalo Wild Wings to be located east of the new Spring Hill Suites conditioned on this referendum passing in November,” said Mack Kolb of Century 21 Hawkins & Kolb. “Sumter is a very diverse community. It’s not a small town anymore. We have people come from all over the world to live here now, and they do not understand for a large part our antiquated blue laws.” He has talked to other restaurant owners who say if the law was changed, they would consider coming to Sumter. As for those who say the passage of such a referendum would lead to an increase in crime, the chamber committee he’s on has not been able to find any evidence of such in its research, Kolb said. “We’ve seen information in articles and studies that have been done on Sunday alcohol sales in restaurants that indicate it does not cause the DUI rates to go up or other major crimes to go up,” Blackwelder said. Farmer agreed such a move would not lead to more crime. “We’re doing it six days a week now,” he said. “It’s just one more day a week.”

As an attorney, Calvin Hastie has seen the danger and damage of alcohol abuse. “I’ve had five CDVs — criminal domestic violence — cases in the last two days, and in every one of the five, alcohol was involved in the violence in one way or another,” he said recently. That is why the city councilman is opposed to Sunday alcohol sales, a view he shares with many in the religious community. “My opposition to Sunday alcohol sales is an extension of my opposition to the sale of alcohol any time,” said Ron Davis, pastor of Sumter Bible Church and administrator of Sumter Christian School. “My reasons are twofold. First, I am against the sale of alcohol from a Biblical conviction. Proverbs 20:1 says, ‘Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.’ “Secondly, I am opposed to the sale of alcohol from a family perspective. Homes are wrecked from abusive alcoholics, and homes are destroyed when drunk drivers kill someone in the family. The statistics are staggering; but yet the statistics are ignored by society while alcohol continues to mock and deceive as Proverbs 20:1 says it would.” The Rev. M.H. Newton of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church agreed. “When I look at all the damage that has been done by alcohol and drugs in our community, I just can’t feel right supporting something like this,” he said. “Alcohol has caused a lot of damage and taken life from murder to people driving and having accidents because of their drinking. And of course, from a Biblical point of view and a spiritual background, I can’t support anything that takes the lives of people.” People’s lives are worth more than the economic benefits such a move might bring to Sumter, Newton said. “What is my reply to those who say it would help the economy? 1 Timothy 6:10 says, ‘For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows,’” Davis said. “Do we place money — the economy — above the families that are destroyed from alcohol? When we as a society have our priorities wrong, we ‘pierce ourselves through with many sorrows’ as this verse predicts. Sunday alcohol sales will only add more sorrow that comes from more crime.” Hastie said such a move creates an obvious DUI situation. “We’re asking people to go out and have a few drinks, then drive home,” he said. “Some say they have a designated driver, but the majority don’t. People talk economic cost, but let’s weigh human cost versus economic cost. Let’s be more progressive in our thought process. Let us be the leader in the state for growing our economy and not on Sunday alcohol sales.”

ABSENTEE VOTING The Sumter County Voter Registration Election Office will be open for absentee voting Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon.

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SUMTER COUNTY precincts Rembert — Rembert Fire Station, 7045 Post Of-

Burns-Downs — Alice Drive Middle School, 40

fice St., Rembert

Miller Road, Sumter

Horatio — Horatio Fire Station, 7720 Sumter Landing Road, Horatio

Second Mill — Elks Lodge,1100 W. Liberty St.,

Hillcrest — Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell

Swan Lake — Willow Drive Elementary School, 26 Willow Drive, Sumter

Delaine — Delaine Elementary School, 5355 Cane

Oakland Plantation 1 — Oakland Primary School,

Morris College — North Hope Center, 904 N. Main

5415 Oakland Drive, Sumter

St., Sumter

Cherryvale — Cherryvale Community Center, 4340 Confederate Road, Sumter

Dalzell 1 — Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach

Hampton Park — Santee Senior Resource Center,

Orchard Road, Dalzell

110 N. Salem Ave., Sumter

Manchester Forest — Wedgefield Fire Station, 2035 S.C. 261 S., Wedgefield

Dalzell 2 — Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach

Crosswell — Crosswell Elementary School, 301

Pinewood — Manchester Elementary School, 200

Orchard Road, Dalzell

Crosswell Drive, Sumter

Clark St., Pinewood

Oswego — Crestwood High School, 2000 Oswego Road, Sumter

Loring — Grace Cathedral Ministries, 60 Oswego Road, Sumter

Pocotaligo 2 — Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Road, Sumter

Mayesville — Mayesville Fire Station, 20 S. Main

Lemira — Lemira Elementary School, 952 Fulton St., Sumter

Privateer — Pocalla Springs Elementary School, 2060 Bethel Church Road, Sumter

Salem — Rural Fire Station, 6090 Myrtle Beach Highway, Gable

Magnolia-Harmony — South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave., Sumter

Ebenezer 1 — Ebenezer Middle School, 3440 Ebenezer Road, Sumter

Oakland Plantation 2 — Oakland Primary School, 5415 Oakland Drive, Sumter

Stone Hill — Jehovah Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter

Wilson Hall — Wilson Hall School, 520 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter

McCrays Mill 1 — Sumter County Career Center, 2612 McCray’s Mill Road, Sumter

South Red Bay — South Hope Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive, Sumter

Furman — Furman Middle School, 3400 Bethel

St. John — St. John Elementary School, 4515 Nar-

Wilder — Wilder Elementary School, 900 Floral

row Paved Road, Lynchburg

Ave., Sumter

Spectrum — Fire Training Center, 470 Greenswamp Road, Sumter

Mayewood — Mayewood Middle School, 4300 E.

Pocotaligo 1 — Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Road, Sumter

St. Paul — Cherryvale Elementary School, 1420

Brewington Road, Sumter

Turkey Creek — Lemira Elementary School, 952

Savage-Glover — South Sumter Park Gym, 630 S.

Shaw — Shaw Heights Elementary School, 5121

Fulton St., Sumter

Sumter St., Sumter

Frierson Road, Sumter

Mulberry — County Training Center, 1273 N. Main

Bates — Bates Middle School, 715 Estate St., Sumter

Thomas Sumter — Hillcrest Middle School, 4355

St., Sumter

Birnie — Birnie Hope Center, 210 S. Purdy St.,

Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell

Salterstown — Chestnut Oaks Middle School,

Sumter

1200 Oswego Road, Sumter

Folsom Park — Willow Drive Elementary School,

South Liberty — American Legion Home Building, 28 Artillery Drive, Sumter

Sumter High 2 — Sumter High School, 2580 McCrays Mill Road, Sumter

26 Willow Drive, Sumter

Millwood — Millwood Elementary School, 24

enezer Road, Sumter

Green Swamp 1 — School District Office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter

Pinewood Road, Sumter

Causeway Branch 1 — Millwood Elementary

Green Swamp 2 — School District Office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter

Palmetto Park — Central Carolina Technical Col-

School, 24 Pinewood Road, Sumter

Causeway Branch 2 — Millwood Elementary

lege, 506 N, Guignard Drive, Building 700, Sumter

McCrays Mill 2 — Sumter County Career Center,

School, 24 Pinewood Road, Sumter

St., Mayesville

Sumter

Sumter High 1 — Sumter High School2, 580 McCrays Mill Road, Sumter Sunset — Kingsbury Elementary School, 825 Kingsbury Road, Sumter Savannah Road, Wedgefield

Church Road, Sumter

Furman Drive, Sumter

Ebenezer 2 — Ebenezer Middle School, 3440 Eb-

2612 McCrays Mill Road, Sumter

LEE COUNTY precincts Ashland/Stokes Bridge — Ashland / Una Road Fire Station, 3018 Una Road, Bishopville

Bishopville

Elliott — St. Paul United Methodist Church, 16

Schrocks Mill/Lucknow — Concord Methodist Church, 354 Old Camden Road, Bishopville

Ashwood — Ashwood Fire Station, 15 Williamson Road, Bishopville

Clarence McFadden Road, Lynchburg

Bishopville 1 — Rural Fire Station, 1122 E. Church St., Bishopville

Jamestown Road, Bishopville

Ionia — Red Hill Fire Station No. 5, 763 McCaskill

Spring Hill — Masonic Lodge, 3980 Springhill Road, Rembert

Bishopville 2 — Old Fire Department, 113 E. Council St., Bishopville

Road, Camden

St. Charles — Lower Lee School, 26 Lower Lee

Lynchburg — Ryanne’s Catering Hall 154 Main St.,

School Road, Mayesville

Bishopville 3 — Pilot Club Home, 120 Barnett Drive, Bishopville

Lynchburg

St. Matthews — St. Matthews Church Education

Manville — St. Mark Church Education Building,

Building, 2144 Stokes Bridge Road W., Bishopville

510 Manville-Wisacky, Bishopville

Hickory Hill — Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1407

South Lynchburg — Warren Chapel United Methodist Church, 24 Back Swamp Road, Lynchburg

Bishopville 4 — Vocational School, 310 Roland Ave., Bishopville

Mt. Clio — New Zion AME Church, 789 Coopers

Turkey Creek — Fire Station No. 6, 2386 Hubb Kelley Road, Bishopville

Cedar Creek — Cedar Creek Baptist Church Fel-

Mill Road, Bishopville

Woodrow — Mount Olive AME Church Education

lowship Hall, 3002 Camden Highway, Bishopville

Rattlesnake Springs — St. Andrew Church Of

Building, 2738 Woodrow Road, Sumter

Cypress — Alcott Fire Station, 2346 U.S. 15 N.,

God, 4238 Red Hill Road, Camden

CLARENDON COUNTY precincts Alcolu — Alcolu School, 1423 Hotel St., Alcolu

Home Branch — W.R. Simpson Farm Office, 2526 W.R. Simpson Road, Manning

Oakdale — Friendship Presbyterian Church, S.C. 527, New Zion

Jordan — Wyboo Fire Station, 1101 Herring Drive, Manning

Panola — Mount Pleasant RUME Church, 14076

Barrineau — Fire Station, 3802 St . James Road,

Barrier Free — Voter Registration Office, 3 W. Keith St., Room 101, Manning

Panola Road, Pinewood

Lake City

Manning No. 1 — Weldon Auditorium Lobby,

Paxville — Town Hall, 10279 Lewis Road, Manning

Barrows Mill — Union-Oakdale Fire Station, Fire

North Brooks Street, Manning

Sardinia-Gable — Sardinia Fire Station, 12878 U.S.

Tower Road, New Zion

Manning No. 2 — Cypress Center Complex, 50

301, Gable

Bloomville — Liberty Fire Station, 5119 Brewer

Hospital St., Manning

Summerton No. 1 — Town Hall, 10 Main St., Sum-

Road, Manning

Manning No. 3 — Woodmen of World building,

merton

Calvary — Panola Fire Station, 1984 Elliot Road,

419 Rudy Road, Manning

Summerton No. 2 — District 1 School Office, 1

Pinewood

Manning No. 4 — Manning Fire Station, 42 W.

Larry King Highway, Summerton

Davis Station — Davis Station Fire Station, 2684

Boyce St., Manning

Summerton No. 3 — Scotts Branch Elementary

MW Rickenbaker Road, Manning

Manning No. 5 — Manning United Methodist

Middle School, 154 4th St., Summerton

Harmony — Harmony Presbyterian Church, 8629

Church, 17 Rigby St., Manning

Turbeville — Town Hall, 1292 Green St., Turbeville

U.S. 301, Alcolu

New Zion — EMS building, 15677 U.S. 301, New

Hicks — Pinedale Pentecostal Church, 4456 Tur-

Zion

Wilson-Foreston — Wilson-Foreston Fire Station, 1015 N. Brewington Road, Manning

beville Highway, Turbeville

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S.C. Superintendent of Education candidates Ed Murray (of the American Party), Rut Dingle as proxy for Republican candidate Molly Spearman and Democrat Tom Thompson participate in the Sumter School District Teacher Forum Meet the Candidates event at Crestwood High School recently.

3 state education superintendent candidates share their ideas, plans BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Earlier this year, as many as 10 candidates had thrown their hats into the race in hopes of being elected S.C. Superintendent of Education. Since then, the numbers have dwindled to three: American Party candidate Ed Murray, Republican candidate Molly Spearman and Democratic candidate Dr. Tom Thompson. Throughout the year, the three candidates have campaigned across the state and participated in debates and forums — including a forum hosted by Sumter School District Teacher Forum in mid-October. Locally, educators and administrators have been closely following as legislation attempts to address some major controversial concerns in education in South Carolina including Common Core, teacher pay and teacher evaluations. This year alone, state politicians have passed legislation regarding education reform, and that excludes the exit exam as a requirement for high school graduation. This election, parents, teachers and administrators have serious concerns about the statewide plans for improving education for South Carolina youth and better preparing them for college and lucrative careers. And as Alice Drive Middle School Assistant Principal Trevor Ivey has constantly said, “We’re at a critical junction in education in South Carolina.” With current S.C. Superintendent of Education Mick Zais deciding not run for re-election, South Carolinians have a huge decision to make with even more changes to education coming down the pipeline. Here’s what you need to know about each candidate for superintendent of education before you step into the booth Nov. 4.

Ed Murray WWW.EDMURRAYFOREDUCATION. COM • Graduated from Airport High School in 1975

MURRAY

• Has two master’s degrees and a Bachelor of Arts degree • More than 25 years’ experience in academics as a teacher and administrator • Served in the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power

Program • Has consistently pledged to fight to increase student accountability, improve student preparation for college and more successful careers, create a system that encourages our best teachers to stay in the classroom and create a public education system that offers choice at every level • Believes in putting an end to career politicians by passing term limits, governing more from the center instead of the political extremes, holding elected officials accountable to higher ethical standards and greater transparency and increasing economic global competitiveness On moving education forward in SC: “We can no longer seek incremental changes in education and expect to significantly improve results. We must create a model of what a 21st Century education should look like and then identify the steps we need to take to move education forward throughout the state of South Carolina.” On Common Core: “Whenever we’re designing something new, we must use all existing resources as models. It would be silly to take any resource and take it off the table. So there are some good things that we need to pull out of Common Core and put into our new standards. Has the era of Common Core ended? Yes, I believe it has because we must move on. We must shift our focus back to teaching subjects rather than worrying about standards. But within those standards that we do develop, we need to have three things. We need to have knowledge acquisitions, what do we need to know; knowledge application or how do we apply what we know; and most important is knowledge fluency or the depth and breadth of understanding those standards. Our students really need to get back to really

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knowing the subject matter that we’re teaching them in schools.”

Molly Spearman WWW.MOLLYSPEARMAN.COM • Grew up in Saluda County • Majored in music education at Lander College (now university) • Received a master’s of education supervision degree from George Washington University and an education specialist degree from University of South Carolina • Was a music teacher for more than 18 years • Elected to the South SPEARMAN Carolina House of Representatives in 1993 • Appointed deputy superintendent of education for Governmental Relations at the South Carolina Department of Education in 1998 and has served as executive director of the South Carolina Association of School Administrators for the past 10 years On Common Core: “Any time there is so much controversy that is surrounding one particular issue, we must come up with a resolution. I believe the legislation’s decision to immediately review our current standards was the right one to make. I am hoping and have faith that our South Carolina teachers will produce a set of high, rigorous, college- and careerready standards that we can sign off on. It could be put into place to put this controversy to rest once and for all.” On teacher evaluations: “I do think student progress should be a part of teacher evaluation. However, the method for doing this must be fair and accountable. I have watched the review of the evaluation system very closely, the percentage weight of test scores in particular, and will continue to do so once in office.”

Dr. Tom Thompson WWW.TOMTHOMPSON2014.COM • Grew up in Chicago and was the first in his family to go to college and the only one to receive a doctorate degree

• Started his teaching career in an inner-city Chicago school before becoming principal of Winnsboro High School in South Carolina • Has experience THOMPSON working for the S.C. State Department of Education and 16 years as a professor at University of South Carolina • Served as dean of graduate studies for South Carolina State University • Has previously trained principals and administrators • Now works at Walden University, which has academic programs online On Common Core: “Common Core has some components that have been very beneficial for our schools. One, it was going to increase the rigor of the standards, which we need to do anyway. Two, it was going to change the way we do testing, moving from memorization of facts to where students can solve problems by identifying the information they need, where that information can be located and how that information can be used to solve the problems. One aspect of Common Core that hasn’t received a lot of attention is that the testing is going to be taken online, which would mean that every school would have to be outfitted technology wise to make that possible, which I think is going to be a wonderful thing for all schools in the state. Has Common Core era ended? No. I think that Common Core will be used as a model for what we have. I think the standards we have coming out will look a lot like Common Core; it just won’t be called Common Core.” On charter schools in S.C.: “Charter schools can help transform the public education system. I think charter schools can do amazing jobs with specific sets of students or specific interests of students, but those charter schools should be different than the regular schools that are available to students. Public school choice is an important option for children and families and can contribute to moving the public school system in South Carolina forward.”

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Who’s running McFadden aims to unseat Ridgeway in Clarendon for what in Lee T T BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

he nine candidates

running for positions

in Lee County are un-

opposed, and all but one are Democrats. Valarie Duren

Haywood is a petition candidate for a seat on Lee County School District board of trustees. Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville, Dist. 50, is a barber, business man and radio-show host who said he’s “old enough to know better.” “My entire legislative career is based on constituent service,” he said. “I believe in taking care BROWN of people’s issues. I have thoroughly enjoyed helping people, doing for people and cutting through bureaucratic tape to answer their problems.” He has now served 30 years in the South Carolina House.

Johnette McCutchen Caughman is hoping to win a seat held by her father for many years. “I wanted to make sure that his good work continued,” she said. “The safety and welfare of the people of District 7 has meant a lot to my father and to my family. I wanted to ensure that we had a dedicated advocate that would work hard to CAUGHMAN help this district.” The 61-year-old is a farmer and has served on Lee County Election Commission for 26 years, but this is her first time running for an office. “I have lived in the district all my life, and I care deeply for the families who live here,” Caughman said. “By working together, all of our families can prosper here in Lee County.”

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Sylvia A. Scott is seeking the Lee County School District board of trustees District 4 seat. The 56-year-old is a retired educator. “I made the decision to run for Cecil LaVear Stevens this position many is running for Lee years before I even County auditor. This retired because of is the 74-year-old’s my love and passion 11th shot at a fourand deep concern for year term. He also our children, our fuhas seven years of ture,” she said. “It is STEVENS military experience. my desire to use my SCOTT educational backH. Wayne Capell is seeking re-elec- ground and experiences to become tion as Lee County treasurer. For an integral part of the school the last 23 years, the 62-year-old board. I want to work cooperativehas been a treasurer ly with the school board and curand tax collector. rent administration to make sig“I’ve been account- nificant strides and continued able, having had an progress so our children will be open-door policy,” he able to meet the challenges of this said. “I’m in good global society via the age of techhealth, and I enjoy nology.” CAPELL my job.” She is a product of the Lee Before election to his position as County school system and was emcounty treasurer, he worked in the ployed with the district for 32 banking industry. years.

Valarie Duren Haywood is running for Lee County School District board of trustees District 5 seat. David Addison is Like Scott, she grew up in Lee running for Lee County and attended County Council DisLee County schools. trict 3. Attempts to “I am an advocate reach him by time of for the children and publication were unfamilies in Lee Counsuccessful. ADDISON ty,” said the 54-yearold. “I am committed Gordon W. Eckley is up for the Lee to fostering an enviCounty Council District 4 seat. The HAYWOOD ronment of high edu62-year-old is a railroad contractor cation achievement for the chiland has been on dren of Lee County while providcouncil for 20 years. “I wish to continue ing continued support and training for our teachers and all school to serve,” he said. “I personnel as well.” was born and raised She is an English for Speakers in Lee County. I love this county and want of Other Languages teacher with Sumter Adult Education and has to see it prosper. I ECKLEY been a member of the school enjoy serving and work hard to make it a better place board for four years. “I am running again because to live and work for its citizens.” there is still work to be done,” HayCharles Arthur Beasley is running wood said. “I want to do my part to make sure the children of Lee for Lee County Council District 6. County receive a high quality of edThe 67-year-old farmer and conucation and have access to the tools struction-company owner has served on council for they need to be successful.” 26 years, 18 of those Nathaniel Brunson is seeking a as chairman. “I want to help Lee third term for his District 6 seat on Lee County School District board County reach its growth and job devel- of trustees. The 67-year-old is a reopment potential,” he tired DuPont employee. “I want to make a difference,” said. “I have a desire BEASLEY he said. to be part of the fuWhen his two children were in ture growth and development of school, Brunson served on the ParLee County. I thank the people of ent Teacher Organization and was District 6 for their continued supeven president for a time. He also port and look forward to serving worked on the school improvement and representing them for four plan and a mentoring program. more years.”

he only contested legislative race of concern to most

Clarendon County voters is

the contest for South Carolina

House of Representatives District 64. Robert L. Ridgeway is the Democratic incumbent in the race. If he is re-elected, it will be his second term in office.

ROBERT L. RIDGEWAY Age: 56 Party: Democrat Occupation: Physician/firefighter What platform are you running on? I think education is the most important thing we need to address. I think we need to provide a proper education to make sure we have an educated workforce. In turn, that will draw more industry to the area, which will in turn put more people to work and lessen our unemployment. That will increase RIDGEWAY our tax base and allow us to increase our services to the people of this district. You’ve got to start somewhere, and I think education is where to start. What qualifies you for this position? I have two years of experience already. I have a background of owning my own business for twenty-something years, even though it was a medical practice. So, I know a little bit about economics and budgets and stuff of that nature. I feel that to get anything accomplished in Columbia, seniority is one of the most important things. At least we have started back with some seniority in Columbia with Sen. Kevin Johnson and myself. That is something we are going to have to build back up so we can continue to have good representation and get things done. Do you have any past experience in local government? In local government, no past experience.

Have you run for election in the past? Other than two years ago, no. Why are you seeking re-election? In order to be productive and get anything done, you have to be around for a little while. How long have you been in office? Two years

ROBERT A. MCFADDEN SR. Age: 62 Party: Republican Occupation: Self-employed What platform are you running on? We have several issues here in Clarendon County that I will be addressing, but my basic synopsis would be to implement changes in our local government to move forward, bring more jobs and improve economic condiMcFADDEN tions in the district. What qualifies you for this position? I have a lot of experience in leadership. I am a former U.S. Army officer; I obtained the rank of major in the Reserves. I have a lot of corporate experience from companies like Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Corp. and Pepsico Corp. I am currently president of the Clarendon County branch NAACP. I have a master’s degree from Shorter University out of Rome, Georgia. Do you have any past experience in local government? I have been involved with the county government here for the last six years. I understand the government. My undergraduate degree is in political science. I feel like I am more than capable and qualified for the position. Have you run for election in the past? I ran for Clarendon County Council (2010) and Clarendon County School District 1 school board (2012). Why are you seeking election? I’ve been working as the president of the local NAACP. I’ve been working with county government to implement some changes and to do things that will improve Clarendon County, and they have refused to do anything. With improvement, you have to have change, and I feel that when I win, I can present bills to the House to make changes in the district to improve the economic and education conditions that we have in the district.

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Clarendon County school board has 3 open seats FROM STAFF REPORTS Candidates for Clarendon County School District 1 board of trustees are: Tony Junious (incumbent), James Parson, Cynthia Risher and Keith Bowman. John Bonaparte, also an incumbent, has announced his candidacy as a write-in candidate. The top three JUNIOUS vote recipients will be elected. The board of trustees is com-

prised of nine members who are residents of the district. Four members are appointed, and five are elected from the school district at large. The term of office for elected trustees is four years. Terms for appointed members are two years. BONAPARTE Successful candidates will take office at the first official board of trustees meeting in January 2015.

Haley’s focus on jobs helped her weather past problems BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Nikki Haley, who became South Carolina’s first female governor in 2011, is widely favored to win reelection after sidestepping several firstterm blunders and focusing on job gains that have burnished her image nationally as a Republican star. Polls suggest the 42-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants will capture a second term, four years after voters also chose her to become the state’s first minority governor. A convincing victory in November is likely needed to help boost any political asHALEY pirations she has beyond the governor’s office. Already she has become a familiar figure on the national stage, speaking at the 2012 Republican National Convention and campaigning for others including past GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. She’s also has a 2012 memoir and book tour behind her. “I asked people four years ago to take a chance on me and they did,” she said. “I’ve spent every day trying to prove to them they made a good decision, and that’s what I plan on doing the next four.” In 2010, Haley was a three-term state House member from Lexington who came from behind to win a four-way GOP primary. She then beat her Democratic challenger, state Sen. Vincent Sheehan, by 4.5 percentage points. Sheheen is her Democratic opponent again in an election seen as a rematch in the conservative Southern state that has generally favored Republicans by wide margins. An independent, Tom Ervin, and two thirdparty candidates are also running. “In a state everybody sees as deeply red ... she wants to make sure she wins by a larger margin this time to solidify herself,” political science professor and pollster Scott Huffmon at Winthrop University said. The latest Winthrop Poll puts Haley 10 points ahead of Sheheen among likely voters. The poll, conducted Sept. 21-28, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The poll showed Haley leading with 44 percent, followed

by Sheheen with 34 percent, Ervin with 4 percent, Libertarian Steve French at 2 percent, United Citizens candidate Morgan Bruce Reeves at 1 percent, 12 percent undecided and 3 percent refused to answer. The same poll indicates why: Voters rated jobs the state’s top issue, and most said South Carolina’s economy is in at least fairly good shape — and getting better — even while most think the national economy is doing badly. Huffmon and other political observers believe Haley will easily win. “It would be extremely difficult for an upset absent a dramatic event,” Huffmon said. Sheheen and Ervin have sought to remind voters of problems in Haley’s administration. That includes the 2012 cyber-theft of 6.4 million residents’ and businesses’ personal data from tax returns and hearings and reports this year into the failures of the Department of Social Services to protect abused and neglected children. Both the Department of Revenue and DSS are Cabinet agencies that answer to the governor. Voters, however, seem willing to look past those issues while giving Haley credit for creating new jobs. She frequently touts the number of jobs announced by her administration, giving the latest tally at 57,000 in 45 of the state’s 46 counties, and a state unemployment rate that’s fallen from 10.5 percent when she took office to 6.4 percent last month. Major announcements during her tenure include Boeing’s expansion in North Charleston. The aerospace giant announced in April 2013 plans to invest another $1 billion and create 2,000 new jobs — in addition to the 6,000 then employed — over eight years in North Charleston, after legislators passed a $120 million incentives package. The first of the company’s 787 Dreamliners built in South Carolina rolled off the assembly line in 2012. Sheheen points out Haley, then a legislator, did not attend a special legislative session in October 2009, when the Legislature passed Boeing’s initial incentives package that brought the company to South Carolina. Michelin, Bridgestone, Continental, Trelleborg and Giti Tire also have announced new or expanded facilities in recent years, bolstering South Carolina’s reputation as the nation’s tire capital.

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Where there are does, the bucks will surely follow W

hat a difference a few days can make! So far this deer season, I have been right on the edge of frustration. I had one group of four deer — two fawns and two does — showing up every afternoon on the small property and Earle nothing showing up Woodward on the larger AFIELD & plot. Even the AFLOAT four deer dried up and starting moving only at night. I was seeing plenty of deer on the trail cameras and some of them were pretty good deer. They were just making their presence known between midnight and 4 a.m. When a person leaves the house and knows in his heart he is pretty much wasting his time, it’s really hard to have any confidence at all in what you’re doing. I had gone to the small plot over the weekend, climbed up

into the tree stand and sat there until dark. I saw nothing, heard nothing and pretty much felt like I had wasted my time. However, you can’t have story material if you sit in the house, so I was compelled to go. You can’t eat cube steaks and hamburger if you spend your day in front of the TV. You gotta try! My lovely bride, Sherri, was having the “church ladies” over on Monday night for their monthly prayer meeting, which meant that I was banned from entering the house. Might as well hit the woods. I stopped by the house long enough to gather my belongings, take a shower and head out. The air finally had a bit of a crispness to it that had been missing since last year, and as I sat on the tailgate of the truck slipping on my hunting clothes, I was really happy to be there, deer or not. I grabbed the bow and my pack of “possibles” and walked to the tree stand. I suppose because my confidence was so low, I really

didn’t pay much attention to my surroundings on the way in and just kind of blundered through the woods. I hooked up to the life line and climbed the ladder to the seat in the tree. After hooking up to the safety harness in the tree, I pulled out my can of Nose Jammer, a product that claims to jam the olfactory senses of deer, rendering them useless in detecting human odor, and sprayed down the trees surrounding my stand as indicated by the instructions on the can. As soon as I turned around and took my seat I knew something was different. At the 10 position was a pine tree the size of my wrist that was rubbed from ground level to about three feet up; behind me, about 20 yards at the 8 position was a scrape under an overhanging oak limb. Neither the scrape nor the rub was there over the weekend. What that tells me is the bucks were beginning to move around in search of a secret love and the opportunity of seeing deer had just increased. I was wired from that point on.

Just about sunset, I noticed a squirrel coming down a tree about 50 yards away, and while studying that situation, movement just past the squirrel caught my eye. It was a deer, the first one I’d seen in a month. Not only was it one, but four others were with it, a total of five deer. The whole herd worked from the woods in front of the stand to my left, then back to my right, gathering acorns along the way. Then the herd split, one half going left, the other right, and they both went by the tree, one at less than three feet. They were all around and under me for better than 20 minutes! On multiple occasions I had broadside shots at the larger does, but after looking them over for an extended period of time, I just didn’t feel like they were big enough to warrant the cost of processing. Now, that being said, if nothing bigger presents itself in the next three to four weeks, then they’ll look a lot bigger. These five deer had no idea

I was anywhere close to them. They sparred with each other, scratched their ears with their hooves, meandered here and there and didn’t have a clue they were being watched. I’ve got to give credit where I think it’s due; I think the Scent-Lokt clothing and the Nose Jammer were a large part of the equation. These deer were literally moving in a 360-degree circle around my stand. They were downwind as much as they were upwind and never showed the first sign of distress. They wandered off, downwind, just about the time it got too dark to see. I could only hear footsteps fading into the darkness. Yep, a few days can make a lot of difference. A week ago, I was despondent and ready to call it quits; now I’ve got a renewed spirit and am ready to go. One thing I know for sure: this time of year, where there are does, there will most assuredly be bucks, and I hope they show up during daylight hours. Without taking a shot, it was a fantastic hunt!

FISHING REPORT

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is offering a new shooting team sport to South Carolina schools.

Shooting sports offered to interested S.C. schools S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES The S.C. Department of Natural Resources announces a new shooting sports opportunity for Palmetto State schools. The DNR Scholastic Clay Target Sports is a team-based youth development program that uses the shotgun sports of trap, skeet and sporting clays to in-

stil life skills such as discipline, safety, teamwork, ethics, selfconfidence and other life values. Following the proven scholastic approach used in the National Archery in the Schools program, DNR is offering new school team packages that will include free head coach training and team practices. To be a school team you must be a

sanctioned private, public or home school in South Carolina. Home school teams must be a part of a recognized home school association. For more information please visit the SCTS webpage. If you are interested in starting a DNR team, contact the DNR State Shooting Sports Coordinator Ryan Bass at 1-800-277-4301 or email bassr@dnr.sc.gov.

Youth hunts qualifiers for state championship S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES A youth coon hunt will be held in Edgefield Saturday, Nov. 1, sponsored by the Red Hill Houndsmen Association. It’s part of a series of nine youth coon hunts being held around South Carolina through February 2015, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the S.C. Coon Hunters Association. For more information on the Edgefield youth coon hunt, contact Wayne Agner at (803) 6376219. These youth coon hunts will serve as regional qualifying events for the State Youth Hunt Championship. The youth hunts are designed to teach ethics and sportsmanship through low-intensity competitive events. The top two hunters in each age bracket (6-12 and 13-17) and Sportsmanship winners will qualify for the annual South Carolina Youth Raccoon Hunting Championship at the Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County in February 2015. Youth can hunt in as many

YOUTH COON HUNTS * Nov. 15 – Fountain Inn, sponsored by Upper Carolina Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Mike Holcombe at (864) 505-3976. Limited to 24 entries. * Dec. 6 – Georgetown, sponsored by Hell Hole Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Floyd Lambert, at (843) 2648093. UKC Youth Hunt. * Dec. 13 – Heath Springs, sponsored by Lancaster County Coon Hunters Association. Contact Ross Mullis at (704) 207-6319. * Jan. 10, 2015 – Bowman, sponsored by Orangeburg County Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Elliott Shuler at (803) 759-0089. AKC Youth Hunt. * Jan. 24, 2015 – Norway, sponsored by Norway Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Mark Whetstone at (803) 6823011. * Jan. 31, 2015 – Ridgeville, sponsored by Summerville Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Ed Kimmons at

(843) 619-5265. Limited to 24 entries. * Feb. 7, 2015 – Newberry, sponsored by Whitmire Coon Hunters Association. Contact: Roger Enlow at (864) 923-5431. * February 2014 – State Championship Hunt, Webb Wildlife Center, Hampton County, S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Date to be announced. Contact: Jay Butfiloski or Patty Castine at (803) 734-3609. Hunters must qualify at one of the regional hunts to participate. For more information on the youth coon hunting series, call (803) 7343609

youth coon hunts as they want, and all events are free of charge. These are non-harvest events, and guns will not be allowed. Each potential participant should contact the sponsoring

club for information regarding specific hunts. Each applicant is also responsible for bringing a coon dog to the hunt and should be able to tell when his or her dog strikes and trees with minimal help from the adult.

Santee Cooper System Catfish: Slow to fair. Fish are scattered. Best approach for now is drifting fresh cut baits in 10 to 25 feet in Marion. Some areas of Marion may be more productive anchoring in shallow water when wind is blowing into trees or points in 3 to 6 feet of water. No reports of any one catching more than 4 to 8 blue cats during a regular day time trip. Even night time fishing is slow. Looking for improvement with a temperature drop into November. Lake Murray Catfish: Fair. Captain Chris Simpson reports that this is a transition period on Lake Murray, which means the fish are scattered out and unpredictable. Some fish are starting to move deeper while some are still holding in very shallow water. Particularly on the upper half of the lake the thermocline is a significant factor, and up there not much life can be found below 25-28 feet so fishing there is virtually useless in that part of Murray. Largemouth bass: Fair. Lake World reports that bass fishing has still not really picked up on the lake, but some good fish have been caught on buzzbaits fished around the bank first thing. During the day throwing Carolina rigs off points has been the best pattern. Crappie: Fair. Lake World reports that from the mid-lake on up crappie are biting pretty well around brush in 10-15 feet of water. Lake Wateree Largemouth Bass: Slow to fair. FLW Angler Dearal Rodgers reports that fishing has been pretty tough on Lake Wateree. Shad have moved into the creeks, and the best pattern is to fish topwater lures such as buzzbaits and Zara Spooks first thing. Later in the day the best pattern is to look for suspended fish under docks on flats, throwing spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfish: No new report from Captain Rodger Taylor. Try drifting the midlake flats in 5-12 feet of water with small pieces of cut shad and white perch. Look for catfish in the same areas where shad can be seen schooling and follow the baitfish. Lake Greenwood Catfish: Fair. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the Lake Greenwood catfish bite is very inconsistent. One day the fishing will be very good, but the next day the bite will be poor. Anchoring with stinkbait is catching a few fish, as is drifting with cut herring and shrimp. 15-20 feet has been the most productive depth range. Lake Monticello Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the big fish bite is still inconsistent, but as we come into the fall it should get much more consistent. In contrast, the small fish “numbers” bite has been very good. For both big and little fish the best action has come in the 40-60 foot range. Free-line drifting is traditionally a method for targeting smaller fish, while anchoring on points and humps in the key depth range will catch both bigger and smaller fish.

Lake Russell Catfish: Fair to good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that catfish are still being caught in pretty good numbers. Anchor on main lake points and fish cut herring on the bottom in approximately 10-15 feet of water. Striped bass: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that this can be a tricky time to locate striped bass as they can be very scattered out at this stage of the fall. Traditionally fish should be leaving the tailrace at the top of the lake and the dam at the lower end of the lake and converging in the middle; once temperatures drop further they will become more predictable to locate. Free-lining live herring is the best way to locate fish right now. Lake Thurmond Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that crappie are beginning to turn on in a traditional fall bite. More accurately, fish are beginning to move into a fall “spring pattern” where they start to move shallower and towards the backs of creeks. For right now fish can be found in about 20 feet of water on the bottom Lake Wylie Catfish: Slow. Try starting relatively shallow in the creeks early in the day, moving out from the back of the creek into deeper water as the day progresses. If the creek bite is not productive then try fishing around offshore structure in 10-25 feet of water when the sun is higher. Drifting or anchoring with cut white perch or cut shad is a good option. . Lake Jocassee Trout: Fair. Captain Steve Pietrykowski reports that trout are still very deep on Jocassee. The best depth range is now 80-100 feet of water, and both spoons and live bait will still catch fish. However, spoons and particularly Apex spoons have been working a bit better than shiners. Whether using live bait or hardware it is important to fish very slowly right now. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Fair to good. Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass fishing has improved on Lake Keowee and there is a pretty good bite. Typical for this time of year, there is a lot of schooling activity found on the lake and topwater lures are working well. There is also a good drop shot bite in the 25-35 foot range. Lake Hartwell Black bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass fishing had really been picking up, but in the last few days the water has started to turn over and the fishing has slowed down. The whole lake is not turning over yet, but it has started to turn over in certain areas. Apart from the turnover, topwater fishing over deep points has been pretty good over most of the lake and bass and striper are mixed in together. Crappie: Fair. Captain Bill Plumley reports that crappie are being caught at night around bridges 17-25 feet deep in 25-30 feet of water, and some fish are also being caught during the day in the same areas. Fish are also being found in 15-25 feet of water suspended over the tops of brush.

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

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