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Obamacare, Medicaid spark debate

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Almost four years after it was passed and a year after the General Assembly declined to expand the state’s Medicaid program, health care reform still raises

partisan passions at the Statehouse.

“Obviously, it’s going to be SMITH another big issue this year,” said Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter,

Prisons fail mentally ill, judge says

at a legislative panel that met with members of the press Thursday to preview the upcoming session of the Legislature.

While the Affordable Care Act will continue to dominate political discourse in the aftermath of the website rollout

and the individual mandate, Smith predicted last year’s failed push to expand Medicaid to cover an estimated 300,000 uninsured adults would not be repeated this year. Instead, Republicans touted increased enrollment in the pro-

gram under existing rules and a new focus on encouraging preventive care at community clinics through public-private partnerships.

“At the end of fiscal year 2015, we’ll have 160,000 people on Medicaid who are not on it

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com The S.C. Department of Corrections plans to appeal the ruling on a 2005 lawsuit after a judge ruled Wednesday that the state’s prison system is failing to properly care for its mentally ill inmates.

“Our state can no longer tolerate a mental health system at the South Carolina Department of Corrections that has broken down due to lack of finances and focus,” Circuit Judge J. Michael Baxley wrote in his 45-page ruling. “Despite its knowledge of the grave risks these deficiencies pose to mentally ill inmates, SCDC has McELVEEN failed through the years to take reasonable steps to abate those risks.”

Sen. Thomas McElveen, DSumter, said he expects the corrections department to respond with a report as to how it will address the issues regarding the prison system.

“From what I understand, the order is pretty alarming. I totally expect some sort of response from the Department of Corrections based on Judge Baxley’s orders, which tells them they’ve got to figure out recommendations for a report on how they’re going to address the situation,” McElveen said. “I’m sure Judge Baxley’s order is going to call for more funding and more focus

today,” said Sen. Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, which would increase the total enrollment in the state program for the poor to 1.1 million.

Both Republicans and Democrats in the

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Capt. Robby Williams III, who failed to report to work at Shaw Air Force Base on Dec. 23, 2013, and was considered “missing,” is now considered a “deserter.”

The 30-year-old was last seen on base Dec. 18, 2013.

“At this time, being named a ‘deserter’ states he left on his own accord,” said Sgt. Curtis Wilson, public information officer with Richland County Sheriff’s Office. “The evidence we’ve been able to uncover, along with the military, shows he has not met with any foul play. We were assisting the military because of the concern harm may have happened to him, but now the military agency will become the lead on the investigation.”

He declined to give details about the “evidence” procured as the situation remains under investigation.

Williams, who lived in Columbia, managed communications and information technology between Shaw and fighters deployed to the AFCENT command area in the Middle East. He

ABOVE: USC Sumter art professor Cara-lin Getty checks out displays at the Sumter County Gallery of Art on Thursday before the opening of the Sumter Artists Guild Winners Show and the S.C. Watermedia Society Traveling Show.

RIGHT: Attendees walk through the gallery before the opening of the exhibit.

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No one files for Pinewood mayor so far

BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem.com With four days left until filing for the special election ends, nobody has filed for candidacy for Pinewood’s open mayoral seat made vacant after former Mayor Al

Pridgen retired in December.

According to Pinewood Town Clerk Felicia Benbow, a Pinewood resident did stop

by Pinewood Town Hall sometime during the week to pick up a packet for candidacy but has yet to return it for filing. Anyone interested

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in filing for candidacy will have until Monday, when the filing is set to close.

Bill Taylor, field services manager with the Municipal Association of South Carolina, said that if not a single candidate has filed within the specified time frame,

then the special election, which is set for March 11, will feature a write-in vote where voters will write on the ballot the name of the individual they wish to elect.

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Last seen in Waco, Ga., authorities now think Capt. Robby Williams is a deserter from the U.S. Air Force. The 30-year-old was last seen at Shaw Air Force Base on Dec. 18, and officials are still asking for the public’s help in finding him.

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Attorney general could take over third of domestic violence cases

BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem.com If state Attorney General Alan Wilson feels the need to prosecute criminal domestic violence cases, he would take over approximately one third of such cases handled by the Sumter County Solicitor’s Office.

The state’s top prosecutor approached the South Carolina Supreme Court in August to affirm his authority to try criminal domestic violence cases. The issue was brought up when local-level judges in South Carolina gave conflicting decisions while trying

two separate criminal domestic violence cases.

Solicitor Ernest “Chip” Finney III of the Third Judicial Circuit said should he feel the need to, the attorney general would take over the criminal domestic violence cases that go to trial, which is onethird of such FINNEY cases handled by the solicitor’s office. Lawyers with the solicitor’s office would handle the other two-thirds of the cases, which are decided through pleas or through special pro-

grams such as pre-trial intervention.

“The lawyers would be a little less busy because they would not have to prepare the whole basket of cases but only the ones that wouldn’t be going to trial,” Finney said.

Finney said the solicitor’s office has brought on lawyers assigned to the magistrate’s court to handle criminal domestic violence cases within Clarendon, Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg counties, cases that the state takes with the highest of importance.

“South Carolina has gained the status of being one of the most dangerous

places for victims of that kind of abuse,” Finney said.

Finney couldn’t give a personal comment on the issue at the time, but he said the office is more than willing to comply should the attorney general’s office feel the need to step in if it has the resources to manage criminal domestic violence cases.

Richard C. Jones of Jones, Seth, Shuler and Killen in Sumter, however, felt there is no need for the attorney general to involve himself in criminal domestic violence cases.

“Our assistant solicitors are very capable and very

able indeed to handle these kinds of cases,” Jones said. “I know because I have personally defended clients against them.”

Local law firms that deal with criminal defense cases won’t be as affected as the solicitor’s office, according to Young. The only difference is that defense attorneys will be dealing with a different prosecutor.

“Dealing with the top prosecutor in the state is really no different than dealing with a local prosecutor,” Young said.

Reach Tyler Simpson at (803) 774-1295.

USC Sumter now declared tobacco free

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com When University of South Carolina Sumter students arrive back on campus Monday, they’ll be stepping foot on a now tobacco-free campus. According to a recent news release, USC Sumter officially became tobacco-free the first day of the year, prohibiting tobacco use on all university property.

“The university has banned tobacco use within 25 feet of buildings and outdoor seating areas since 2006. But the expansion of the policy prohibits tobacco use even in personal cars parked in university-owned parking lots and garages, including those for sporting events,” according to the news release.

Misty Hatfield, marketing director for USC Sumter, said the tobacco-free campus was initiated by the school’s Student Government and the Healthy Carolinas initiative.

The tobacco ban also prohibits all smoked tobacco products, including cigarettes and cigars, as well as smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers to be tobacco products as well.

Because students haven’t returned to campus from winter break, Hatfield said the university will see how students and faculty will respond to the new changes.

The new policy may encourage those trying to quit to make a bigger effort to drop the habit. If so, the university’s Campus Wellness will provide multiple methods on how to kick the habit or how to manage your cravings while on campus.

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Manning woman arrested in preparing fraudulent tax returns Investigators with the S.C. Department of Revenue arrested Vanessa RaginBoatright, 48, of Manning on Thursday on six charges of assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return.

While employed as a tax preparer and without the consent of her clients, Ragin-Boatright knowingly prepared income tax returns using fraudulent figures and itemized deductions for the 2008 tax year, according to a recent news reRAGINlease from the South Carolina BOATRIGHT Department of Revenue. As a result, Ragin-Boatright’s clients received increased tax refunds to which they were not entitled.

Ragin-Boatright, who was also a college instructor, could face up to 30 years in prison and/or $3,000 in fines. She is being held at the Clarendon County Detention Center in Manning.

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Karen Rhinehart, right, with HYPE and Sandra Barrows, second from right, member of AmeriCorps, get children together to thank the Sumter Community Foundation for donating to the after-school program. HYPE, or Helping Youth Pursue Excellence, which currently provides 344 children in kindergarten through fifth grade with hot meals and academic enrichment.

Foundation awards HYPE $8K grant

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com Partners are important for any nonprofit organization, and a local foundation has recently come through for an after-school program again.

The Sumter Community Foundation, a publicly supported endowment funded by donors that raises money and distributes grants to Sumter-based charities, awarded an $8,000 grant to Helping Youth Pursue Excellence.

“They provide a good service, and we do need it,” said Porter L. Tompkins Jr., chairman of the Sumter Community Foundation Board of Advisers. “I’m glad we were able to do it.”

This is the second time HYPE has received a grant from the foundation. The first was for $8,000 in October 2012.

“I’ve enjoyed getting to know Mr. Gadson,” Tompkins said about Barney Gadson, the executive director of HYPE. “I found it interesting that older kids come back to help, that they volunteer and see the importance of it.”

Staff and volunteers currently provide 344

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children in kindergarten through fifth grade with hot meals and academic enrichment.

“It (this grant) means we can continue to operate and serve the children we have,” Gadson said. “It will tide us over until the end of the school year. Their (the foundation’s) focus on literacy goes hand in hand with our focus.”

The after-school program has been working with children’s author Kobie Wilkerson this year with the aim to get students reading at grade level, he said.

Liz Compton, Willow Drive Elementary School principal and a member of the foundation, is aware of the benefits of the program.

“It means somebody takes an interest in them,” she said. “They feed them and provide them with activities they don’t always get at home. They provide ac-

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Liz Compton, right, principal at Willow Drive Elementary School and member of the Sumter Community Foundation Board of Advisers, moves in to hug Barney Gadson, left, executive director of the HYPE after-school program, on Thursday as the chairman, Porter L. Tompkins Jr., looks on.

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When parents work, they may not have time or resources to help.”

The Rev. M.H. Newton, lead pastor at Jehovah Missionary Baptist and whose namesake life center serves as one of the HYPE sites, agreed.

“First, I’d like to thank Mr. Tompkins and the other board members for helping us in times like these,” he said. “The fact is funds have been cut back and cut off, and you have come to our aid in a good time when

it was very much needed. I’m proud of this program. As you know, with government money you have to track it, and we’ve seen children make higher grades and be more disciplined.

That’s a good thing. It helps build our community.”

This round, the Sumter Community Foundation also awarded a $4,000 grant to Sumter Family YMCA and a $4,000 grant to United Ministries.

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Deep freeze may have cost economy about $5 billion MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hunkering down at home rather than going to work, canceling thousands of flights and repairing burst pipes from the Midwest to the Southeast has its price. By one estimate, about $5 billion.

The country may be warming up from the polar vortex, but the bone-chilling cold, snow and ice that gripped much of the country — affecting about 200 million people — brought about the biggest economic disruption delivered by the weather since Superstorm Sandy in 2012, said Evan Gold, senior vice president at Planalytics, a business weather intelligence company in suburban Philadelphia.

While the impact came nowhere close to Sandy, which caused an estimated $65 billion in property damage alone, the deep freeze’s impact came from its breadth. “There’s a lot of economic activity that didn’t happen,� Gold said. “Some of that will be made up, but some of it just gets lost.�

Still, Gold noted his $5 billion estimate pales in comparison with an annual gross domestic product of about $15 trillion — working out to maybe oneseventh to one-eighth of one day’s production for the entire country. “It’s a small fraction of a percent, but it’s still an impact,� Gold said.

Stunned sea turtle treated at aquarium CHARLESTON (AP) — A young green sea turtle who washed up in the marsh on Hilton Head Island is being treated at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston for problems caused by the cold water.

The turtle was found Wednesday and taken to Charleston for treatment of cold stunning, The Post and Courier of Charleston reported.

Officials said water temperatures were dropping below 50 degrees, and most sea turtles head farther out to sea to the warmer Gulf Stream.

The turtle’s temperature was 45 degrees when it arrived in Charleston. Turtles can suffer once water temperatures drop below 60 degrees.

The turtle is in critical condition. It was breathing only once every 10 or 15 minutes when it arrived at the aquarium. Its heart rate was only three or four beats a minute.

Aquarium staff members are trying to bring up the body temperature, feeding the turtle liquids, vitamins and antibiotics. “For juvenile turtles to be on the coast with these water and air temperatures is not good,� said Kelly Thorvalson, aquarium sea turtle rescue program coordinator.

Thorvalson thinks the turtle strayed from the Gulf Stream, weakened and was pushed ashore by tides, currents and winds.

She thinks the problem is a single occurrence, not a mass event.

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Major U.S. airlines, which canceled about 20,000 flights starting last Thursday, lost anywhere from $50 million to $100 million, said Helane Becker, an analyst with Cowen and Co. in New York.

JetBlue was hit especially hard because 80 percent of its flights go through New York or Boston, where the carrier shut down Monday evening into Tuesday. The airline also was affected by other airport closures and new regulations limiting pilot hours.

School closures took their own toll, keeping home parents who couldn’t find alternatives for their kids. Even if those parents worked from home, they might not have been as productive, said Tony Madden, regional economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. “People in the northern climates are used to dealing with issues of snow and cold,� Madden said. “However, when you get a one-in-20-year event like this, that disrupts activities.�

The insurance industry has yet to estimate costs, but Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute in New York, said insurers plan for about $1.4 billion in winter storm catastrophe losses in any given year. “We certainly know there is an epidemic of frozen and burst pipes this week,� Hartwig said.

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Central and Mirror Lake Middle School cross-country runners climb the final hill of a cross-country race at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska, on Oct. 1. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 1 in 4 U.S. kids aged 12 to 15 meet the recommendations of an hour or more of moderate to vigorous activity every day.

Just 1 in 4 young teens meet fitness guidelines CHICAGO (AP) — Young teens aren’t exactly embracing the government’s Let’s Move mantra, the latest fitness data suggest.

Only 1 in 4 U.S. kids aged 12 to 15 meet the recommendations — an hour or more of moderate to vigorous activity every day.

The results are based on about 800 kids who self-reported their activity levels and had physical exams as part of the 2012 National Youth Fitness Survey.

Government researchers won’t call the results disappointing, but lead author Tala Fakhouri of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “There’s always room for improvement.�

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Fakhouri said the nationally representative results provide useful information for initiatives that aim to increase kids’ fitness, including the Let’s Move anti-obesity campaign launched by first lady Michelle Obama in 2010.

Kids in the survey reported on which physical activities they did most frequently outside of school gym class — basketball for boys and running for girls.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged to slash by next year.

The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that between 2007 and 2012, the estimated total cut in food product calories from a group of 16 major food companies was in the range of 6.4 trillion.

Seventy-eight calories would be about the same as an average cookie or a medium apple, and the federal government estimates an average daily diet at about 2,000 calories. The study said the calories cut averaged out to 78 calories per day for the entire U.S. population.

The 2010 pledge taken by the companies — including General Mills Inc., Campbell Soup Co., ConAgra Foods Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., Kellogg Co., CocaCola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Hershey Co. — was to cut 1 trillion calories by 2012 and 1.5 trillion calories by 2015.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation signed on to hold the companies accountable, and that group hired researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to painstakingly count the calories in almost every single

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Survey: U.S. companies add 238K jobs, the most in year WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows U.S. businesses added the most jobs in a year in December, powered by a big gain in construction.

The figures are the latest evidence that the economy gained momentum at the end of 2013.

Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 238,000 jobs in December, up slightly from 229,000 in the previous month.

November’s figures were revised higher.

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added 19,000 positions. Companies in retail, transportation and utilities also gained 47,000 jobs.

The ADP numbers cover only private businesses and often diverge from the government’s more comprehensive report. But both reports have shown a solid pickup in hiring since the summer. “The job market has kicked into a higher gear,â€? said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, which helps prepare the report. “We’re now 4½ years into this economic recovery, and there have been a lot of false starts. ... But this time it does feel more fundamental, more real, more broad-based.â€?

Report says ‘culture of disrespect’ fuels academy sex assaults WASHINGTON (AP) — A culture of bad behavior and disrespect among athletes at U.S. military academies is one part of the continuing problem of sexual assaults at the schools, according to a new Defense Department report that comes in the wake of scandals that rocked teams at all three academies last year.

Defense officials say the culture permeates the academies beyond just the locker room, saying that students often feel they need to put up with sexist and offensive behavior as part of their school life, according to the report obtained by The Associated Press.

The annual report on sexual assaults at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New

York, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co., identifies sports and club teams as an area where they need to expand sexual assault prevention training for coaches and faculty. The report is expected to be made public today.

Overall, reported sexual assaults at the academies went down, from 80 to 70, during the

school year that ended last May. Of those, almost two-thirds were at the Air Force Academy.

It also notes that alcohol is often a factor in sexual assaults, and it urges military leaders to do more to restrict and monitor drinking and liquor sales.

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Insurance companies are still trying to sort out cases of socalled health-insurance orphans, customers for whom the government has a record that they enrolled, but the insurer does not. They are worried the process will grow more cumbersome as they deal with the flood of new customers who signed up in December as enrollment deadlines neared.

The government says the problem is real but under control. Officials say the total number of problem cases they are trying to resolve with insurers currently stands at about 13,000. That includes orphan records. More

than 1 million people have signed up through the federal insurance market that serves 36 states. Officials contend the error rate for new signups is close to zero.

Insurers, however, are less enthusiastic about the pace of the fixes. The companies also are seeing cases in which the government has assigned the same identification number to more than one person, as well as socalled “ghost� files in which the insurer has an enrollment record but the government does not.

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Julie Bataille, communications director for the federal health care rollout, disputes the industry’s view. “We have fixed the issues that we knew were a problem, and we are now seeing nearly zero errors in the work moving forward,� she said.

A federal “reconciliation� team, including technicians, deals directly with more than 300 insurers to resolve signup problems, she said, while the government’s call center has caseworkers to help consumers directly.

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WILLIAMS from Page A1 first became stationed at the Sumter base in November 2012.

Air Force Office of Special Investigations officials took control of the investigation from U.S. Air Forces Central Command when Williams’ status officially became “deserter.� Based in Quantico, Va., the AFOSI is the law enforcement agency the Pentagon put in charge of policing the United States Air Force and its members.

AFOSI officials think Williams has actively been eluding authorities involved in his search for unknown reasons, according to Thursday’s news release. They also think he has rented hotel and motel rooms in multiple locations, including South Carolina, North Carolina and Chattanooga, Tenn. “It’s an ongoing investigation, so they’re not going to release too much,� said Maj. David Faggard, Air Force public affairs director at Shaw. “They will not compromise the investigation in any way. We really don’t know why he is out there, and we don’t want to speculate one way or another.�

While Linda Card, chief of public affairs for AFOSI, also would not get into specifics of an ongoing investigation, she did speak with The Item earlier about situations such as Williams’.

Air Force investigators would have conducted on-base interviews with co-workers and fellow

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If the disappearance was part of a criminal action, especially one that involved non-Air Force personnel, her agency would act as part of a task force assigning the civilian agency with jurisdiction in the case. If the vanishing act was not part of a criminal activity, Williams could still face disciplinary action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for being absent without leave.

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He was last seen in Waco, Ga., driving his 2013 black Jeep Wrangler with the S.C. license plate ITC701.

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How to fight academic bigotry W ASHINGTON — For being openly persecuted? Or decades, the AmeriTurkey, Saudi Arabia or, for can Studies Associa- that matter, massively represtion has labored in well-desive China and Russia? served obscurity. No longer.

Which makes it obvious It’s now made a name for itthat the ASA boycott has self by voting to boycott Israe- nothing to do with human li universities, accusing them rights. It’s an exercise in radiof denying academic and cal chic, giving marginalized human rights to Palestinians. academics a frisson of preGiven that Israel has a pro- tend anti-colonialism, seafoundly democratic political soned with a dose of edgy ansystem, the freest ti-Semitism. press in the Middle And don’t tell me East, a fiercely indethis is merely about pendent judiciary and Zionism. The ruse is astonishing religious transparent. Israel is and racial diversity the world’s only Jewwithin its universities, ish state. To apply to including affirmative the state of the Jews a action for Arab studouble standard that dents, the charge is you apply to none Charles rather strange. other, to judge one KRAUTHAMMER people in a way you Made more so when you consider judge no other, to sinthe state of human gle out that one peorights in Israel’s neighborple for condemnation and hood. As we speak, Syria’s isolation — is to engage in a government is dropping “bar- gross act of discrimination. rel bombs” filled with nails, And discrimination against shrapnel and other instruJews has a name. It’s called ments of terror on its own cit- anti-Semitism. ies. Where is the ASA boycott Former Harvard President of Syria?

Larry Summers called the And of Iran, which hangs ASA actions “anti-Semitic in political, religious and even their effect if not necessarily sexual dissidents and has no in their intent.” I choose to be academic freedom at all? Or less polite. The intent is clear: Egypt, where Christians are to incite hatred for the largest

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— and only sovereign — Jewish community on earth.

What to do? Facing a similar (British) academic boycott of Israelis seven years ago, Alan Dershowitz and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg wrote an open letter declaring that, for the purposes of any anti-Israel boycott, they are to be considered Israelis.

Meaning: You discriminate against Israelis? Fine. Include us out. We will have nothing to do with you.

Thousands of other academics added their signatures to the Dershowitz/ Weinberg letter. It was the perfect in-kind response.

Boycott the boycotters, with contempt.

But academia isn’t the only home for such prejudice.

Throughout the cultural world, the Israel boycott movement is growing. It’s become fashionable for musicians, actors, writers and performers of all kinds to ostentatiously cleanse themselves of Israel and Israelis.

The example of the tuxedoed set has spread to the more coarse and unkempt

anti-Semites, such as the thugs who a few years ago disrupted London performances of the Jerusalem Quartet and the Israeli Philharmonic.

In this sea of easy and open bigotry, an unusual man has made an unusual statement. Russian by birth, European by residence, Evgeny Kissin is arguably the world’s greatest piano virtuoso. He is also a Jew of conviction. Deeply distressed by Israel’s treatment in the cultural world around him, Kissin went beyond the Dershowitz/ Weinberg stance of asking to be considered an Israeli. On Dec. 7, he became one, defiantly.

Upon taking the oath of Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem, he declared: “I am a Jew, Israel is a Jewish state. ... Israel’s case is my case, Israel’s enemies are my enemies, and I do not want to be spared the troubles which Israeli musicians encounter when they represent the Jewish state beyond its borders.”

Full disclosure: I have a personal connection with Kissin. For the last two years I’ve worked to bring him to Washington to perform for Pro Musica Hebraica, a non-

profit organization (founded by my wife and me) dedicated to reviving lost and forgotten Jewish classical music.

We succeeded. On Feb. 24, Kissin will be performing at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall masterpieces of Eastern European Jewish music, his first U.S. appearance as an Israeli.

The persistence of antiSemitism, that most ancient of poisons, is one of history’s great mysteries. Even the shame of the Holocaust proved no antidote. It provided but a temporary respite.

Anti-Semitism is back. Alas, a new generation must learn to confront it.

How? How to answer the thugs, physical and intellectual, who single out Jews for attack? The best way, the most dignified way, is to do like Dershowitz, Weinberg or Kissin.

Express your solidarity.

Sign the open letter or write your own. Don the yellow star and wear it proudly.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Team should keep up good work This letter comes to commend Coach Reggie Kennedy, his staff and members of the Sumter High School Gamecocks football team on a job well done. Although they did not win the Class 4A Division I Championship, being the runner-up was just as rewarding, and they had an awesome season. Coach Kennedy and the young men demonstrated true sportsmanship, and they showed the state of

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South Carolina a fine example of a great team.

Their hard work and determination during the year did not go unnoticed, and we were all able to witness the results of perseverance after a slow start.

Coach Kennedy, I am sure that I voice the sentiments of many in our community in saying that you, your staff and players represented us very well. We are very proud of you.

Please keep up the good work!

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The meaning of the words we use in politics

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ASHINGTON — In politics, it’s all in how you say things.

George Orwell knew what he was talking about when he described political language as “designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

Today, we’ve become so accustomed to the distortions of political speak that we hardly notice. But as the midterm elections near, we might benefit from a booster shot of skepticism.

Both parties are guilty of verbal distortion and manipulation, but I dare say the left is more clever. Republicans tend to rely on dog whistles, loaded terms that prompt negative messages in the collective subconscious mind, while Democrats paste smiley faces on unpleasant messages, cloaking meaning in Orwellian frocks of

emotional distraction.

A dog whistle might be the mention of, say, the “food stamp president,” as Newt Gingrich called President Obama during the last presidential election. Protests that this is not racist are noted and dismissed. The term calls up a certain image and everyone gets it.

Sometimes both sides of an issue select language that esKathleen sentially PARKER cancels out the other. This is because both are equally attractive to the ear, even if their meanings are quite different. Exhibit A: Pro-life and prochoice. Who is against life? Why, no one! But, who is against choice?

Again, no one. Of course, one chooses to protect unborn life and the other selects termi-

nation. Enough said.

Moving along to today’s headlines and “income inequality.”

This may be one of the most brilliant turns of phrase yet. Not one single American, gun to head (figuratively speaking), would say, “I’m for inequality” or “inequality is good.” But is inequality what we’re really talking about?

When you step back and examine the concept closely, what becomes clear is that roughly 99.9 percent of Americans — even North Korea’s favorite son Dennis Rodman — actually like income inequality. This is because we value merit, talent and hard work, and all people aspire to be commensurately rewarded. What, after all, is the opposite of income inequality? Income equality.

That said, let us stipulate that we do have a growing poverty problem in this country, the contributing factors of which are many and

complex. But the poor are not poor because Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are rich. No one thinks that Oprah has caused people in Appalachia to be destitute.

But solving our problems is far more difficult than raising public consensus (aka rabblerousing) that the rich should be less rich so that the poor can be less poor, a feat that can only be accomplished through redistribution of wealth.

Some of the factors contributing to the income gap are, indeed, tough to tackle, and Obama is not, in fact, a god, as he now seems comfortable conceding.

These factors include the loss of jobs for lowskilled workers and the apparent inability of this population, for whatever reasons, to become more skilled.

(Perhaps legalizing marijuana will help. If it doesn’t provide enough jobs, at least more people will care less.)

Other factors in-

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ready takes place. How much will be enough to satisfy the inequality camp? When incomes are equal?

In the end, fairness isn’t the issue. The issue is justifying policies — government intervention, higher taxes, spending and redistribution — that can’t otherwise be easily sold. How about this for a midterm catchphrase, reflective of true circumstances — the need for a higherskilled labor force that pits no American against another and qualifies people for jobs that are actually available: “Learning for Earning.”

It’s not as emotionally evocative as inequality, but it just might do some good. Other suggestions welcome.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost. com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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clude: A growing retired population, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population; a dearth of entry-level jobs for college grads saddled with $1 trillion in loan debt (which the government guarantees); the appalling rate of children born out of wedlock, a now-systemic condition that condemns a new generation to another cycle of poverty, as Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan pointed out five decades ago and that Obama has reiterated.

Add to these the grinding down of lowskill wages thanks to a global economy that rewards the professional class — lawyers, doctors, engineers and, yes, television talk-show hosts. And, voila, a growing income gap.

But is it inequality?

What is missing from the trumpeting of income inequality are the hundreds of billions in annual government redistribution that al-

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LAWMAKERS from Page A1 Legislature have the same goal, Alexander said, “healthy outcomes across the state.”

But Democrats at the panel were less willing to concede the issue. Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Columbia, noted 25 other states — including many that also have Republican governors and legislatures — are expanding Medicaid this year, with the federal government covering the full cost for the first three years.

“I was speaking in Sumter, and a lady got up with tears in her eyes and said ‘I’m 51, I make $12,000 a year, and just because I live in South Carolina, I can’t pay for health care’,” Lourie said.

“She has to put food on the table and pay rent.

Does anyone think she has $500 to $600 a month to pay for insurance?”

Rep. Gilda CobbHunter, D-Orangeburg, said Republicans are too focused on resisting a law that’s already been upheld by the Supreme Court.

“The Affordable Care Act is here to stay, so the attorney general should not spend limited resources on a lost cause,” she said, adding “community health care centers can’t meet the needs of 500,000 uninsured people.”

But Smith defended the clinic partnership, which legislators approved last year in place of expansion and was

“the first time we’ve tried to deal seriously with the uninsured.” The state Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce the results of the first year of the program later this year.

Smith also said the federal government’s offer to pay for the initial expansion was fiscally deceptive.

“While the first three years are covered, that’s the initial price tag,” he said. “That would be an $800 million to $1.3 billion cost, and if you see the growth in the budget, it’s just not sustainable.”

Alexander concurred that even a federally subsidized expansion is ultimately too costly for the state to take on.

“At the end of the day, people will say we acted in a very responsible way,” he said.

For her part, CobbHunter seemed reconciled to the fact that encouraging enrollment among those already eligible for Medicaid coverage will at least move the needle in the number of South Carolinians without coverage.

“Whether we call it expansion or not, the reality is we’re adding to the rolls. What’s important is access to coverage,” she said. “We just need to stop fighting everything and work together.”

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day, Baxley mentioned multiple deficiencies in the treatment of mentally ill inmates such as failure to diagnose inmates when they enter the prison system and properly medicate them and the misuse of restraint chairs. Baxley also said prisons don’t have enough mental health professionals and don’t keep records to make sure inmates are properly treated.

Col. Shelton Hughes Jr., director of Clarendon County Detention Center, said Thursday he was made aware of Baxley’s ruling, and the facility has consistently done what’s needed to care for mentally ill inmates.

“Here in Clarendon County, we have a good working relationship with mental health facilities in the area, and we have people on staff treating those inmates,” Hughes said. “We have a good record with local facilities who do a good job diagnosing inmates and making sure they’re on the right medications.”

Hughes said he couldn’t say exactly what the corrections department will do, but he wouldn’t be surprised if it became proactive in putting together a committee of qualified individuals who will evaluate and make recommendations to bring the state’s prison system up to necessary standards.

Closing his ruling Wednesday, Baxley admonished the department for failing to settle the case earlier and for spending so much money in the process.

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from the department.”

McElveen said based on what he has read regarding caring for mentally ill inmates in the state’s prison system, some of the conditions are inhumane, and the focus needs to be on improving the conditions and providing treatment and rehabilitation for these inmates who at some point will be released and cause more problems for society if their illnesses are not properly treated.

About two years ago, Baxley presided over arguments raised by Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, an independent nonprofit group. The group sued the Department of Corrections in 2005 on behalf of a number of mentally ill inmates who claimed they didn’t receive proper care while incarcerated.

The trial lasted for more than a month, and the corrections department disputed the claims.

In his closing argument, the agency’s legal representative, Andrew Lindemann, said the department was doing the best it could for its inmates with the funding and resources it had.

“The South Carolina Department of Corrections has received the decision in this case. The agency intends to appeal the 2005 lawsuit. Mental health is not just a corrections problem; it’s a national problem that all sectors of society are working to address,” the agency said in a statement provided Thursday morning by Communications Director Clark Newsom.

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SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014

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Region VI-3A play opens today Confidence, consistency will lead LHS

MHS squads’ experience to be tested

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

Already having surpassed last year’s 5-15 record, the Lakewood High School varsity boys basketball team is looking for even better things with region play up next.

Currently sitting at 8-7 on the year, Gators head coach Terrence Scriven said a combination of energy and consistency will take his team SCRIVEN to the next step in competing for the Region VI-3A title.

Lakewood, which has three returning starters from last year on its 14man roster, will host Darlington today as both teams open region.

Each player has a different role and style of play.

Scriven feels if each player provides both enthusiasm and energy each time they hit the floor, then consistency will come.

“Whether you’re in the game or you’re playing two or three minutes, bring that energy every time you’re on the floor and that energy transfers,” Scriven said. “If they do, I think we’ll be successful.”

Seniors Mackie Wilson, Montrell Epps and Carlton Johnson return from last year, but Robert Grant (9 points per game), Jarvis Johnson (13 ppg) and Jalen White and Jaylan Wactor both at (7.5 ppg) are the team’s leading scorers.

There is no set starting lineup for the Gators as numerous players rotate

John Thames has experience — lots of it. The 79-year-old Thames has been the girls basketball head coach at Manning High School for 46 years and holds the state record for most wins by a girls basketball head coach.

He wishes he could pass along some of that experience to his THAMES current Lady Monarchs team. Manning has two seniors, no juniors, four sophomores, two freshman and one eighth-grader.

“We look good some times, then we have times where we don’t look so good,” Thames said.

“We’re probably not going to be able to match the experience of the other teams we face.”

The Lady Monarchs are 10-3 so far this season, and they begin play in Region VI-3A today against Crestwood in Sumter. The Lady Knights played for the lower state title last season.

“They look really good,” Thames said of Crestwood.

“They’ve got five girls who can play. We’re going to have to defend all five of them. We can’t take a break with any of them.”

Manning’s leading scorer is a freshman, Mahogany Green. She started the season at point guard, but Thames has Green playing the off guard.

“Her court awareness isn’t what we’d like because she’s so young,”

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Crestwood senior Keanua Williams, considered on of the top five girls players in 3A, and the rest of the Lady Knights will open Region VI-3A play tonight at The Castle against Manning.

CHS teams look to continue recent upswing

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com The biggest question for the Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team entering this season was how it was going to adapt to not having point guard Daniquia Lewis in the fold.

The Crestwood boys’ biggest concern?

Replacing, for the most part, their staring five and a lot of the team from last year.

The Lady Knights found their answer in Keanua Williams who shifted to the point guard position – not an unfamiliar one to her – and has helped guide CHS to an 11-3 overall mark.

The Crestwood boys, meanwhile, have

righted the ship since a 0-5 start and bring a 6-6 record into today’s matchup against Manning as both squads begin Region VI-3A play at The Castle.

“I really have to give the kids and my assistant coach Ronnie Brown a tremendous amount of credit,” Crestwood boys head coach Dwayne Edwards said. “We started off very shaky and had a lot of obstacles to overcome. The kids could have very easily given up when we were 0-5.

“But Coach Brown and the kids put in extra hours, extra work on fundamentals, on really turned things around. They bought in to the system and bought in to

TSA eyes more offensive cohesiveness

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Both the Thomas Sumter Academy girls and boys basketball teams are looking for a little more offensive consistency when SCISA Region II-2A play opens tonight, REED albeit for slightly different reasons.

Both teams are 6-5, but the

Lady Generals are looking for more production from the free throw line and fewer turnovers, while the TSA boys are still trying to round out a starting lineup.

Today’s region opener at Dorchester Academy in St. George will likely provide some answers.

“We’ve got some good things going on right now, and hopefully we can put it all together when region play starts,” TSA girls head coach

B.J. Reed said. “Our big focus right now is on finishing games.”

Prior to Christmas break, the Lady Generals were averaging 33 points a game while their opponents had a 38 points-per-game average.

That number was skewed slightly by a 41-point loss to defending 2A state champion Richard Winn.

Since then, Reed has been

Houston introduced as new Citadel head football coach

BY JEFF HARTSELL Post and Courier As new Citadel football coach Mike Houston was introduced Thursday at Johnson Hagood Stadium, his two young sons clambered over, under and around the rows of chairs set up for spectators.

Owen and Reid ended their morning HOUSTON with a wrestling match in front of the podium.

Houston, 42, promises a similarly aggressive approach as he takes over as the 24th coach in Citadel history

and the successor to coach Kevin Higgins, who resigned Dec. 16 to become an assistant coach at Wake Forest.

A few sound bites from Thursday’s news conference reveal the energetic style Houston brings with him from Division II Lenoir-Rhyne: SEE CITADEL, PAGE B5

SEE MANNING, PAGE B3

SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B3

PREP SCHEDULE Today Varsity Basketball Dutch Fork at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Manning at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Darlington at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 6 p.m.

St. Francis Xavier at Andrew Jackson Academy (Boys), 7 p.m.

Varsity and JV Basketball Wilson Hall at Augusta Christian, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Dorchester, 4 p.m.

Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Conway Christian, 4 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Greenwood Invitational, TBA Saturday Varsity Basketball Lower Richland at Sumter, 6 p.m.

B Team Basketball Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 3 p.m.

Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee (Girls), 11 a.m.

The King’s Academy at Robert E. Lee (Boys), noon Clarendon Hall at St. John’s Christian (Girls), 3 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Greenwood Invitational, TBA

SEE TSA, PAGE B3

Miller, defense lead FSU past Tigers

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Ian Miller scored 15 points and Aaron Thomas and Devin Bookert had 10 apiece as Florida State held Clemson to its fewest points this seaMILLER son in a 56-41 victory Thursday night.

The Tigers (10-4, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) came in as the country’s top defense in points allowed, but it

was the Seminoles (104, 1-1) who turned up the pressure to win their fifth straight game in the series.

Clemson’s in-yourface defense seemed to rattle Florida State early as the Seminoles’ didn’t score the first 4 minutes. Then they went on a 13-2 run to gain a lead that they gradually increased to 16 points in the second half.

The Tigers got within 50-41 in the final 4 minutes, but Baron Bojanovsky broke free for a dunk. Clemson trailed by double digits

the rest of the way.

K.J. McDaniels led Clemson with 14 points.

Florida State limited Clemson to 30 percent shooting and forced 18 turnovers, a season high for the Tigers.

Bookert made five of his six shots in the second half after going scoreless the first 20 minutes.

Florida State came into this one seeking its first win in ACC play this season and looking to lengthen its win streak over the Tigers.

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USC women upset UK 68-59

BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA— Aleighsa Welch had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and freshman Alaina Coates added 10 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 10 South Carolina to a 68-59 win over No. 9 Kentucky on Thursday night.

Tiffany Mitchell scored 17 points and the Gamecocks (15-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) held the SEC’s highestscoring team 33 points below its average.

The WildSTALEY cats shot just 32 percent, and South Carolina set a school record with 14 blocked shots — six by Elem Ibiam.

Kentucky (13-3, 1-2) made five of its first seven shots as South Carolina initially struggled to stop the Wildcats inside. But the Gamecocks quickly figured things out and led by as many as 22 points in the second half.

The Wildcats cut the lead to eight before Coates’ layup with 1:03 left gave her a fifth double-double in 16 games.

Janee Thompson, Samarie Walker and Azia Bishop each scored 12 points for Kentucky.

South Carolina made a statement in its first game between top 10 teams in almost 12 years. For long

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10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN).

12:30 a.m. -- College Basketball: Point Loma Nazarene at Brigham Young Hawaii (BYUTV).

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South Carolina’s Tiffany Mitchell (25) drives to the basket past Kentucky’s Linnae Harper (15) and Azia Bishop (50) during the Lady Gamecocks’ 68-59 victory on Thursday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. The win improved USC’s Southeastern Conference record to 3-0.

stretches of the game the Wildcats looked hesitant, especially inside. When the Gamecocks weren’t blocking shots, Kentucky was tentative and off target. The Wildcats missed 19 shots in the lane.

The Gamecocks trailed 10-4 early, but went on a 50-22 run over the next 27 minutes. They had 10 more rebounds than

Kentucky, which came into the game third in the SEC in rebounding margin, averaging 8.5 more boards than its opponents.

The Wildcats twice went almost 4 minutes in the second half without a point. Kentucky did make a run, cutting South Carolina’s lead to 59-51 with 3:04 to go. But Tiffany Mitchell made two free throws and 40

seconds later stole the ball from Thompson and found Olivia Gaines for a wideopen layup that put the Gamecocks ahead 63-51 with 1:54 left.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley is 3-4 against top 10 teams, with two of those wins coming against Kentucky.

DeNesha Stallworth added 11 points for the Wildcats.

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Memphis tops Louisville 73-67 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Joe Jackson and Shaq Goodwin each scored 15 points and No. 24 Memphis rallied late for a 73-67 upset of No. 12 Louisville on Thursday night.

Geron Johnson added 13 points, Chris Crawford 12 and Austin Nichols 10 as all five starters scored in double figures to help the Tigers end a four-game losing streak to the defending national champions.

Memphis (11-3, 2-1 American Athletic Conference) shot 51 percent and outrebounded the Cardinals 37-35 in a victory that almost slipped away in the second half.

Luke Hancock had a seasonhigh 20 points to lead Louisville (13-3, 2-1).

day night, Michael Strahan also was selected a modern-era finalist along with Charles Haley, Kevin Greene, Andre Reed, Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, John Lynch, Will Shields, Aeneas Williams, Morten Andersen and Edward DeBartolo Jr. Senior nominees Ray Guy and Claude Humphrey were announced in August.

The 46-member selection committee will vote Feb. 1 in New York, with a minimum 80 percent required for induction.

NFL HALL OF FAME FINALISTS REVEALED

JACQUELIN LEADS IN DURBAN

CANTON, Ohio — First-year nominees Derrick Brooks, Tony Dungy, Marvin Harrison and Walter Jones are among the 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In voting announced Thurs-

DURBAN, South Africa — Raphael Jacquelin shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 in extremely windy conditions on South Africa’s east coast to take the first-round lead at the Volvo Golf Champions on

BAE GRABS EARLY LEAD AT SONY OPEN

HONOLULU — Sang-Moon Bae made seven birdies in pristine conditions along the shores of Oahu for a bogey-free 63 and the early lead Thursday in the Sony Open.

CLEMSON from Page B1 The Seminoles’ five straight wins, including all three over Clemson last season, tied the longest mark by either school in the basketball rivalry.

The Seminoles took their time in starting at Littlejohn Colliseum, missing their first five shots and going scoreless for more than 4 minutes.

Clemson, though, couldn’t take advantage with only two points in the stretch, and that proved costly when Florida State finally got going.

Miller’s 3-pointer and two jams by Thomas were part of 13-2 run Florida State used to take control.

Clemson, which entered leading Division I in scoring defense, had its share of stops in the opening half. The Tigers just couldn’t overcome the taller Seminoles and were limited to 6-of-26 shooting the first 20 minutes.

Clemson went more than 6 minutes down the stretch without scoring until Adonis Filer was fouled on a drive to the basket with 2.8 seconds

Thursday.

UAB COACH MCGEE LEAVES FOR LOUISVILLE

UAB football coach Garrick McGee has stepped down, and a person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that he has agreed to become Bobby Petrino’s offensive coordinator at Louisville.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because Louisville had not announced the hiring.

BUCK REPLACES DARBY AS CUP DIRECTOR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Four years after launching a search for a new Sprint Cup Series director, NASCAR finally found a replacement for garage boss John Darby.

Richard Buck, winner of five Indianapolis 500s as a crew chief and most recently the vice president of racing operations for the International Motor Sports Association, will take over for Darby after the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the end of the month From wire reports

FLORIDA STATE 56, CLEMSON 41 FLORIDA ST. (10-4) White 1-6 0-0 2, Gilchrist 2-5 0-1 4, Bojanovsky 2-3 0-1 4, Bookert 5-7 0-0 10, Brandon 1-6 1-2 3, Smith 4-5 0-0 8, Thomas 5-11 0-0 10, Miller 6-12 2-3 15, Ojo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 3-7 56.

CLEMSON (10-4) McDaniels 5-11 2-2 14, Smith 1-3 0-0 2, Nnoko 3-5 0-0 6, Hall 2-7 0-0 5, Roper 2-7 0-0 5, Ajukwa 0-0 0-0 0, Fields 0-1 0-0 0, Filer 1-9 4-4 6, Blossomgame 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 1-4 0-0 3, Djambo 0-2 0-0 0, Djitte 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-50 6-6 41.

Halftime_Florida St. 21-16. 3-Point Goals_Florida St. 1-11 (Miller 1-4, Bookert 0-1, Smith 0-1, Thomas 0-1, White 0-4), Clemson 5-19 (McDaniels 2-4, Hall 1-2, Harrison 1-2, Roper 1-5, Fields 0-1, Djambo 0-2, Filer 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_ Florida St. 33 (Gilchrist 7), Clemson 34 (McDaniels 7). Assists_Florida St. 9 (Miller 5), Clemson 9 (Filer, Hall 3). Total Fouls_Florida St. 12, Clemson 14. A_8,319.

remaining. Filer made both shots to cut Florida State’s lead to 21-16 at the break.

McDaniels, the Tigers’ top scorer this winter, was just 2 of 6 from the field in the opening half for five points.

Thomas had eight first-half points for the Seminoles while Jarquez Smith had six.

Clemson’s point total matched the secondlowest of Brad Brownell’s four seasons as coach.

The only fewer points came in a 68-40 loss to Duke a year ago. The Tigers take on the Blue Devils here Saturday.

Today EAST Rider at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Fairfield at Iona, 7 p.m.

Monmouth (NJ) at Niagara, 7 p.m.

Marist at Siena, 7 p.m.

SOUTH Radford at High Point, 7 p.m.

Kennesaw St. at Mercer, 7 p.m.

MIDWEST Wright St. at Valparaiso, 9 p.m.

Saturday EAST Indiana at Penn St., Noon Wake Forest at Pittsburgh, Noon North Carolina at Syracuse, Noon St. Bonaventure at UMass, 12:30 p.m.

Daniel Webster at Brown, 1 p.m.

Robert Morris at Bryant, 1 p.m.

St. Francis (Pa.) at CCSU, 1 p.m.

Villanova vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 1 p.m.

Holy Cross at Bucknell, 2 p.m.

E. Michigan at Buffalo, 2 p.m.

American U. at Colgate, 2 p.m.

Oberlin at Cornell, 2 p.m.

Northeastern at Drexel, 2 ap.m.

Dartmouth at Harvard, 2 p.m.

Boston U. at Lafayette, 2 p.m.

St. Francis (NY) at Mount St. Mary’s, 2 p.m.

Fairleigh Dickinson at Sacred Heart, 2 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Towson, 2 p.m.

Baruch at Yale, 2 p.m.

Rhode Island at George Washington, 2:30 p.m.

Memphis at Temple, 3 p.m.

Maine at UMBC, 3:30 p.m.

Cent. Pennsylvania at Columbia, 4 p.m.

Coll. of Charleston at Hofstra, 4 p.m.

Lehigh at Loyola (Md.), 4 p.m.

Army at Navy, 4 p.m.

LIU Brooklyn at Wagner, 4 p.m.

Oklahoma St. at West Virginia, 4 p.m.

Mass.-Lowell at Binghamton, 4:30 p.m.

Princeton at Penn, 6 p.m.

UCF at UConn, 6 p.m.

Richmond at Fordham, 7 p.m.

Albany (NY) at Vermont, 7 p.m.

SOUTH Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, Noon Boston College at Virginia Tech, Noon Liberty at VMI, 1 p.m.

LSU at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Missouri at Auburn, 2 p.m.

Duke at Clemson, 2 p.m.

W. Carolina at Georgia Southern, 2 p.m.

Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, 2 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

Texas-Arlington at Louisiana-Lafayette, 3 p.m.

Florida Gulf Coast at Jacksonville, 3:15 p.m.

Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m.

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

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

Hampton at Delaware St., 4 p.m.

N. Kentucky at ETSU, 4 p.m.

Alabama at Georgia, 4 p.m.

Delaware at James Madison, 4 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Md.-Eastern Shore, 4 p.m.

Mississippi at Mississippi St., 4 p.m.

SC State at Morgan St., 4 p.m.

Lipscomb at SC-Upstate, 4 p.m.

Campbell at Longwood, 5 p.m.

Texas St. at Louisiana-Monroe, 5 p.m.

Virginia at NC State, 5 p.m.

Belmont at UT-Martin, 5 p.m.

E. Illinois at Jacksonville St., 5:30 p.m.

Abilene Christian at SE Louisiana, 5:30 p.m.

MVSU at Alabama St., 6 p.m.

Jackson St. at Alcorn St., 6 p.m.

NC Central at Florida A&M, 6 p.m.

UAB at Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Grambling St. at Southern U., 6 p.m.

Texas A&M at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alabama A&M, 7 p.m.

Wofford at Chattanooga, 7 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Davidson, 7 p.m.

Old Dominion at East Carolina, 7 p.m.

The Citadel at Elon, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.

Incarnate Word at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Stetson at North Florida, 7 p.m.

Furman at Samford, 7 p.m.

E. Kentucky at Morehead St., 7:30 p.m.

Saint Joseph’s at George Mason, 8 p.m.

FIU at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.

Austin Peay at Murray St., 8:30 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Tennessee Tech, 8:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Saint Louis at Dayton, 11 a.m.

Bradley at Indiana St., 1:05 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at IUPUI, 2 p.m.

Kansas St. at Kansas, 2 p.m.

Seton Hall at Marquette, 2 p.m.

Minnesota at Michigan St., 2:15 p.m.

W. Michigan at Miami (Ohio), 3 p.m.

Weber St. at North Dakota, 3 p.m.

Evansville at S. Illinois, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at South Dakota, 5 p.m.

Rutgers at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

Cent. Michigan at Toledo, 6 p.m.

Chicago St. at UMKC, 6:15 p.m.

Tennessee St. at SE Missouri, 6:30 p.m.

Georgetown at Butler, 7 p.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 7 p.m.

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

Ball St. at Kent St., 7 p.m.

Wichita St. at Missouri St., 8 p.m.

Drake at N. Iowa, 8 p.m.

Nebraska-Omaha at W. Illinois, 8 p.m.

Loyola of Chicago at Illinois St., 8:05 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Iowa St. at Oklahoma, Noon Florida at Arkansas, 1 p.m.

TCU at Baylor, 1:30 p.m.

Tulane at North Texas, 2 p.m.

Charlotte at UTSA, 4 p.m.

Nicholls St. at Sam Houston St., 5 p.m.

McNeese St. at Lamar, 7 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas at Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M-CC, 7:30 p.m.

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FAU at Rice, 8 p.m.

Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Texas-Pan American, 8 p.m.

Troy at UALR, 8 p.m.

Northwestern St. at Houston Baptist, 8:30 p.m.

Prairie View at Texas Southern, 8:30 p.m.

Marshall at UTEP, 9:05 p.m.

FAR WEST Santa Clara at Pacific, 4 p.m.

Montana St. at E. Washington, 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Saint Mary’s (Cal), 6 p.m.

UC Davis at Long Beach St., 7 p.m.

Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.

California at Oregon St., 8 p.m.

Utah St. at Nevada, 8:05 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at BYU, 9 p.m.

Wyoming at Boise St., 9 p.m.

Fresno St. at Colorado St., 9 p.m.

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

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

Pepperdine at San Diego, 9 p.m.

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

Grand Canyon at Utah Valley, 9:05 p.m.

Hawaii at CS Northridge, 10 p.m.

UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m.

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

New Mexico at San Jose St., 10:05 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 17 17 .500 – Brooklyn 14 21 .400 31/2 Boston 13 23 .361 5 New York 12 22 .353 5 Philadelphia 12 23 .343 51/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 8 .771 – Atlanta 19 17 .528 81/2 Washington 16 17 .485 10 Charlotte 15 21 .417 121/2 Orlando 10 25 .286 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 28 7 .800 – Chicago 15 18 .455 12 Detroit 14 22 .389 141/2 Cleveland 12 23 .343 16 Milwaukee 7 27 .206 201/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 28 8 .778 – Houston 23 13 .639 5 Dallas 20 16 .556 8 Memphis 15 19 .441 12 New Orleans 15 19 .441 12 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 27 8 .771 – Portland 27 9 .750 1/2 Denver 17 17 .500 91/2 Minnesota 17 18 .486 10 Utah 12 25 .324 16 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 25 13 .658 – Golden State 24 14 .632 1 Phoenix 21 13 .618 2 L.A. Lakers 14 22 .389 10 Sacramento 11 22 .333 111/2 Wednesday’s Games San Antonio 112, Dallas 90 Toronto 112, Detroit 91 Brooklyn 102, Golden State 98 Atlanta 97, Indiana 87 Houston 113, L.A. Lakers 99 Washington 102, New Orleans 96 Phoenix 104, Minnesota 103 Portland 110, Orlando 94 L.A. Clippers 111, Boston 105 Thursday’s Games Miami at New York, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m.

Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Houston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m.

Boston at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 43 28 13 2 58 126 94 Tampa Bay 43 26 13 4 56 123 102 Montreal 45 25 15 5 55 115 106 Detroit 43 19 14 10 48 114 121 Toronto 44 21 18 5 47 122 132 Ottawa 45 19 18 8 46 129 145 Florida 43 16 21 6 38 102 136 Buffalo 42 12 26 4 28 74 118 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 45 32 12 1 65 147 107 Philadelphia 44 23 17 4 50 117 119 N.Y. Rangers 45 22 20 3 47 111 121 Washington 42 20 16 6 46 128 128 Carolina 43 18 16 9 45 105 124 New Jersey 44 17 18 9 43 103 113 Columbus 43 19 20 4 42 117 126 N.Y. Islanders 45 16 22 7 39 124 149 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 46 29 8 9 67 169 127 St. Louis 42 30 7 5 65 155 97 Colorado 43 27 12 4 58 127 111 Minnesota 45 23 17 5 51 108 114 Dallas 42 20 15 7 47 123 131 Nashville 44 19 19 6 44 105 131 Winnipeg 46 19 22 5 43 125 139 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 45 32 8 5 69 151 113 San Jose 44 27 11 6 60 144 114 Los Angeles 44 26 13 5 57 114 91 Vancouver 45 23 13 9 55 121 113 Phoenix 42 21 12 9 51 129 127 Calgary 43 15 22 6 36 100 137 Edmonton 46 14 27 5 33 119 161 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Montreal 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Chicago 2 Colorado 4, Ottawa 3, OT Thursday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Boston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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

Chicago at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Boston at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

PREP SPORTS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014

LAKEWOOD from Page B1 positions according to matchups and their style of play. Scriven believes this gives his team an advantage.

“Like I tell the guys all the time, it doesn’t matter, who starts it matters who finishes,” the Lakewood head coach said.

“A lot of games we’ve had five start and another five finish, and that’s what’s important.”

Grant and Johnson get the bulk of the minutes at guard because they are the primary ball handlers. Wactor, junior Tyshawn Johnson and junior Andre Washington each see action at the post position. White, junior Raymond Davis, junior Brandon Gholson, junior Raekwon Cuspert and junior Trey Bailey all see action at the wing position.

Scriven feels like his team is a couple of plays away from being 11-4.

The Gators lost three games by a combined 11 points in the Northwestern Moody Holiday Tournament in Rock Hill. The Gators fell by five to Charlotte Christian United, five to Oakbrook Prep and lost by a point to Denmark-Olar.

“We’re not going to

blast you with scoring a bunch of points, but we’re not going to give up a bunch of points either,” Scriven said. “I think our style of play, in addition to our defense, is helping with that.”

Confidence is what first-year Lady Gators head coach Frances Fields is preaching to her 7-4 squad heading into today’s game. Much like the boys squad, there is no consistency in the starting five, but the team does return seven players, including four who receive valuable minutes.

Junior all-region guard Sonora Dengkol returns and is averaging 20 points per contest.

Freshman Kamryn Lemon and sophomore Tatyana Weldon also get the bulk of the minutes at guard while juniors Gabrielle Myers and Deja Richardson also see time.

Sophomore Shanekia Jackson, senior Qwintashia Baker, sophomore Taja Randolph, sophomore Asia Ewing and junior Shalexia Pack all see action as post players.

Fields said the message going into today’s

region opener to the squad is believe.

“I always say if you have a strong positive mindset you go far,” she said. “I believe we can actually get a championship banner. I personally tell them, ‘Believe and you can achieve it.’ ” Defense has been a key. Lakewood is holding to teams to 43.5 a game while averaging 46.7.

“I try not to worry about who we’re facing, but worry about what we’re doing,” Fields said.

“I try to teach them to be a complete ball player and when I sub my guards in on offense I call the play and they run it.”

At this point in the season Fields said she is happy with where the team is. While she knows most teams will key on Dengkol, she is happy with the progress other players are making.

“Any one of the girls can score on the team, and I have more than one leader, so it’s good to know that any night one of the girls can step up,” Fields said. “I guess when someone’s trying to shut down Sonora, another girl can step up or two or three.”

CRESTWOOD from Page B1 enjoying playing basketball.”

Travis Blakely, who started about 50 percent of Crestwood’s games last year, assumed the leadership role and became the Knights’ go-to defender, Edwards said.

“He’s got more experience than anyone else on the team and I know the kids look to him for a lot of things,” he said. “We put him up against the other team’s top player and he’s been a steady defensive presence for us.”

Joining Blakely as nightly starters for the Knights have been Darnell Robateau, a transfer from Australia, Jaqueil Durant, Devin Nelson and James Brailsford. Tyrell Allen, Kobe Thomas and Dakota Jennings have also been key contributors, as the CHS roster features about 10 players who are all seeing significant minutes, Edwards said.

“There’s been a balance from all the kids about what they contribute each night,” he said. “Our main focus is to work hard and improve every day and try to really come together and play well when region starts.”

Record-wise, the Lady Knights appear poised for another shot at the Region VI crown, but head coach Tony Wilson is still looking for more consistency from his squad.

“Early on, we’d play good one game and then would fall off the next,” he

said. “We were just up and down from one game to the next, but I think the girls have worked hard and gotten closer to where we want to be at.”

Williams has been a steadying force at point guard and leads the team offensively with nearly 14 points a game.

The Lady Knights have been a more balanced scoring team this year, though, with Shaquanda McCray stepping up her game as a post presence and continued improvement from Cawasha Ceasar.

“Shaquanda’s really come into her own and has had a couple games where she’s finished with a triple-double,” Wilson said. “Cawasha’s stepped into that starting role after coming in as a freshman last year and Ladazha Cole has hit some big shots for us this year.”

Zaria Kelly, Tyana Saunders and Briana Pressley are among the list of players Wilson has also relied on this season as Crestwood sports a deep bench that has been coming together as of late, he said.

“The main thing we have to do is stay focused and maintain the direction we’re heading in,” Wilson said.

“We’ve got to be a little more efficient on offense and cut down on turnovers, but I think we’re working hard toward where we want to be at the end of region.”

MANNING from Page B1 Thames said. “She can get to the basket though and we need that from her.”

Senior Lanisha Brown, who has been starting all along, is now running the point.

She is second on the team in scoring.

“Our guards need to do a better job of getting the basketball to our post players,” Thames said. “We’re getting better with it, but we’ve struggled throughout the year.”

The Manning boys team will take a 5-8 record into its game today at The Castle.

Jacob Smith, who is in just his second year at Manning, likes where his team is at in its development.

“We’ve played a pretty tough schedule so far this year,” Smith

said. “There are a couple of games we felt like we should have won, but I feel like we’re at a good spot right now.”

Smith would like to see more consistency from his team, especially when it comes to its offensive possessions.

“I feel like we need to do a better job of taking care of the basketball,” he said.

“We’ve got to cut down on our turnovers.

When we’re not turning the ball over we’re pretty good.”

Smith expects Manning to get better as Rayvon Witherspoon gets back into form after missing several games due to medical issues. He has played the last six games since returning and is lead-

ing the team in scoring with an 11.8 per-game average.

Dwaymon Samuel is averaging 10.2 points.

Darius Sharper is 6-foot-5-inches tall and is averaging 8.1 points and a team high 7.7 rebounds a game.

Smith has a 10-player rotation and he has the depth to match up with different lineups the opposition may put on the floor.

With the toughness of Region VI, Smith is hoping the Monarchs can post a winning record and earn a spot in the state playoffs.

Region foe Hartsville won the 3A state title and played region foe Darlington for the lower state title. Also Crestwood reached the third round of the playoffs.

“You’ve got to be ready to play every night,” Smith said.

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Whitfield’s double-double powers AD past Mayewood Jah’Che Whitfield scored 12 points, had 13 rebounds and three steals in Alice Drive Middle School’s 42-27 victory over Mayewood on Thursday at the AD gymnasium.

Latrice Lyons also put up 12 points and had seven steals for the Lady Hawks while Jada Thompson had seven points, four rebounds and six steals.

Alice Drive, who improved to 8-0 on the year, will travel to Hillcrest on Monday.

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DALZELL — Jayla Bolden scored 15 points and had seven rebounds to help lead Hillcrest Middle School to a 20-13 victory over Bates on

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP Thursday at the Hillcrest gymnasium.

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Liza Segars had 12 points to help lead the Wilson Hall B team to a 49-10 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Thursday at Nash Student Center.

Maddie Carraway, Haley McCaffrey and Waverly McIver added six points each for the Lady Barons followed by Dubose Alderman with five.

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squad to a 26-25 victory over Dutch Fork on Thursday at the DFHS gymnasium.

Erica Hamilton added seven points for the Lady Gamecocks.

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Sarah Hutson scored 10 points in a losing effort on Tuesday as Sumter Christian School fell to Northside Christian 56-26 at the SCS gymnasium.

Susanna Hutson added eight points for the Lady Bears, who fell to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in region play.

SCS will travel to Conway Christian today.

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Jackson’s big night lifts Bates to win DALZELL – Zykiem Jackson recorded a quadruple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds, 11 steals and 12 assists to power Bates Middle School to a 60-40 victory over Hillcrest on Thursday at the Hillcrest gymnasium.

Akeem Lawson also had a doubledouble of 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Bantams, who will travel to Williams Middle School on Monday.

Hillcrest‘s leading scorer was Imari Hurte with 13 points. Khadary Stevens added 12.

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Tavarist Wilson scored 14 points to help lead Mayewood Middle School to a 46-26 victory over Alice Drive on Thursday at the AD gymnasium.

Jerrel Kelly added 11 points for the Vikings while Dajon Howard dished out 11 assists.

Cameron Singleton had 10 points and Terrell Houston had eight points to lead the Hawks, who will travel to Hillcrest on Monday.

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TSA from Page B1 encouraged by what TSA has done. Her squad won the Garden City Classic tournament in Augusta, Ga., over the holidays and in a rematch with Richard Winn, the Lady Generals cut the margin of defeat to 11 points.

“I definitely see a big improvement from the beginning of the year,” Reed said. “We’ve got to continue to improve our free throw shooting. We shot around 80 percent (in the Garden City Classic), but we’ve been poor in games against quality teams.

“We have to be able to take advantage of those opportunities and we have to be able to eliminate turnovers.”

TSA has relied on a balanced attack this season with a number of players winding up as top scorers on a given night. The return of two previously injured players has been the biggest boost this season.

Sydney Long was a starter on the junior varsity squad since eighthgrade season, but a broken leg and a torn anterior cruciate ligament in that same leg have kept her off the court for a full season ever since. She’s

B team earned a 37-5 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Thursday at Nash Student Center to improve to 5-2.

Charlton Commander, Noah Harvin and Franklin McCluster each added five points for the Barons. Harvin also added eight rebounds.

WH will host TSA on Monday.

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COLUMBIA — Sumter High School lost to Spring Valley 72-68 on Wednesday at the Spring Valley gymnasium.

Brandon Parker led SHS with 22 points. Sonny Butler had 18.

John Miller and Chris Adams both scored 17 points to lead the Vikings.

Jordan Bruner added 13.

SUMTER Butler 18, McBride 6, Rembert 5, Ta’Bon 3, White 4, Parker 22, Caldwell 1, Kershaw 9.

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A last-second basket led Northside Christian to a 55-54 victory over Sumter Christian on Tuesday at the SCS gymnasium.

TJ Barron led the Bears with 17 points. Donzell Metz had 14.

SCS, who fell to 8-5 overall and 2-1 in the region, will travel to Conway Christian today.

back healthy along with Hannah Jenkins, who was the Lady Generals’ leading scorer last season before tearing her ACL in the Augusta tournament.

Those two along with Mary Catherine Ross make up a solid trio of newcomers added to a solid corps of returnees.

Taylor Knudson, Julia Law and Kayla Chappell have given the Lady Generals a number of scoring options and provided solid defense and leadership so far this year, Reed said.

The TSA boys weren’t so lucky in terms of returning players with just two on the roster in Jordan Smith and Tanner Brunson, although Michal Hoge will return after missing last season with a football injury.

“A lot of new kids, a lot of inexperience,” Generals head boys coach Morgan Watt said.

“We’re still trying to find the right starting combination that’s going to gel.

We’ve been pretty consistent defensively the whole year, but we’ve been up and down offensively.

“Games we’ve shot well, we’ve won, so that’s what we’re trying to find.

We’ve played 11 games and probably had 11 different lineups. We’ve played everybody because we’re trying to see what works heading into

region.”

Smith returns as the starting point guard and will be helped immensely by newcomer Carlton Washington in the next few weeks. Washington is a 6-foot-7-inch transfer player who just came to TSA in December, giving the Generals a strong rebounder and significant post presence.

“He’s a great athlete, can shoot the ball well and passes the ball really well for someone his size,” Watt said. “He’s going to be a big help for us along with another transfer, William Dukes, who’s more of a slasher and a good defender.”

Those two, the three returnees and newcomer Taylor Ruedl will be joined by a host of junior varsity players from last year. Ron York, Drew Stengel, Chris White, Noah White, Patrick Kuzbary, Austin Hudson and Shakeel Robinson have all gotten in the starting five this season and might see significant time again, he said.

“I’m of the opinion that if something’s working, don’t change it,” Watt said. “If we have a group that’s playing well and consistent, I won’t change things too much. But we’re still trying to find the right combination for what works best for us.”

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Panthers WR Smith: Knee feeling worse

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith said Thursday his injured left knee isn’t coming along quite as well as he’d hoped.

Smith practiced for the second straight day on a limited basis, saying, “It didn’t feel as great as I thought it’d feel.”

He said he “overdid it a little” in practice.

Smith estimates he’s “57 percent” healthy, down from 71 percent he mentioned on Wednesday.

As for whether he’ll play Sunday against the 49ers in the NFC divisional playoffs, Smith said “I’ll have to see” on Friday.

Coach Ron Rivera expressed some concern, saying Smith didn’t look as sharp Thursday in practice as he normally does.

“When you watch Steve and watch the way he does things, there’s a smoothness to his movements and stuff — and it’s not quite there yet,” Rivera said.

Smith said the primary issue is his cutting ability while running routes.

“I’ll be all right,” he said. “I’m going to need some treatment.”

At 34, Smith remains an integral part of Carolina’s offense.

The franchise’s alltime leader in receptions, yards receiving and touchdowns finished the season with 64 catches for 745 yards and four touchdowns.

He’s also valuable in that he often requires double coverage, thus

opening up things for other receivers as well as the team’s running backs.

He’s also the only wide receiver on the Carolina roster with any significant playoff experience.

In eight postseason games, Smith has 47 receptions for 782 yards receiving and seven touchdowns and has played in a Super Bowl.

He’s also run for one score and returned a punt for another touchdown in the postseason.

Smith had six catches for 63 yards in Carolina’s 10-9 win over the 49ers on Nov. 10 in San Francisco.

Smith’s problems began when he sprained his posterior cruciate ligament while running a route in the first quarter of Carolina’s Week 16 game against New Orleans. He returned for one play but then left again and did not return, limping off the field and into the locker room.

He sat out the following game against Atlanta and had hoped that with a first-round bye he would return to form for the playoffs.

Rivera said Thursday “there’s always a chance” that Smith doesn’t play Sunday and the team has contingency plans in case he’s unable to play.

“He’s not his normal self yet, but he was out there,” Rivera said. “He did things he was supposed to do. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow.

He came in and felt a little sore” after practice.

The Panthers are more optimistic about getting running back

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees (9) and the Saints are coming off the franchise’s first road postseason victory. They, along with San Diego and San Francisco, are hoping to get another road victory this weekend when the NFL Divisional playoffs kick off beginning on Saturday.

1 road playoff win down, more ahead?

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press The long and winding road to the Meadowlands already has had some unexpected twists and turns.

The Saints, 49ers and Chargers are grateful for that. They hope to continue on it this weekend.

No one has it tougher than New Orleans. Then again, the Saints had never won a playoff game away from the Big Easy before taking down the Eagles in the wild-card round.

Seattle is a different challenge.

“It is deafening,” coach Sean Payton says of CenturyLink Field, where fans set a noise record earlier this season. “They do a great job. Their fans are educated. They understand when to be real loud and when to quiet down. The way the stadium is structured the noise stays in.

“We’ve experienced it a handful of times now, and you just try to simulate it as best as you can.”

Obviously the Saints didn’t do that particularly well in a 34-7 loss on Dec. 2.

“The last game didn’t matter, and who you played and how they played and all that doesn’t matter,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says. “And this certainly applies to somebody that we’ve played before in the season. It was like the first thing I had addressed in our team meeting when we came back together was: What has happened in the past doesn’t tell the story of what’s going to happen in the future one way or the other.’ “ New Orleans and Seattle kick off the action Saturday, followed

by Indianapolis, the only home winner last weekend, at New England.

On Sunday, it’s San Francisco at Carolina, then San Diego at Denver. The Panthers and Chargers both had road victories in the regular season at their upcoming opponent.

SATURDAY SAINTS (12-5) AT SEAHAWKS (13-3)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Carolina wide receiver Steve Smith (89) and running back Jonathan Stewart are trying to return from injuries as the Panthers prepare to face San Francisco in an NFC Divisional playoff game on Sunday in Charlotte.

The Saints’ improved defense and running game makes them confident they can compete with Seattle, which hadn’t lost a home game with Russell Wilson since he took over at quarterback in

NFL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44 New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35 p.m. (FOX) Indianpolis at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday San Francisco at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) San Diego at Denver, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

2012. That is until Arizona beat the Seahawks in Game 15, raising some vulnerability questions.

“If we want to accomplish what we set out to accomplish, then we better find a way to go there and win,” says Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who will face the league’s stingiest defense (231 points allowed). “I was just hoping we have another opportunity and here we are with that opportunity.”

COLTS (12-5) AT PATRIOTS (12-4)

The Colts needed a stunning comeback from a 28-point deficit in the second half to beat Kansas City, 45-44. They understand how unlikely another big rally would be against the playoff-tested Patriots.

Still, they’re game for anything, and with New England’s defense banged-up, the Colts could score a lot of points. Maybe not 45, but they might not need so many.

“We know it’s going to be a dogfight, that’s what the playoffs are about,” says Andrew Luck, whose work against the Chiefs was reminiscent of, well, Tom Brady.

And Luck will try to outscore Brady in this prime-time match.

“He has definitely set the standard for success,” Luck says of the three-time Super Bowl winner. “The way he handles himself, watching from afar, the competitive nature and basically all the right things he does. Yeah, I guess he is a barometer and he is the standard.”

SUNDAY 49ERS (13-4) AT PANTHERS (12-4)

The Panthers went to Candlestick Park in November and won 10-9. Both teams are capable of such defensive exploits again.

At least the 49ers won’t have to risk frostbite to advance, as they did in beating Green Bay last Sunday.

“Whew, I don’t want to go back to that,” Niners tight end Vernon Davis says. “This is going to be great, this is our element.

Just like San Francisco, it’s going to be, what, 50 degrees? Sixty? Ah, that’s even better. We’re ready for any occasion, any environment.

We’re going to step up and play, defensively, offensively, it doesn’t really matter. All the guys know you only get one shot. If you miss on the opportunity, we’re going home.”

Carolina won its final seven home games after an opening loss to Seattle. After seeing how 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick wrecked the Packers with his running and passing, the league’s second-ranked defense know what it must do.

The Panthers limited him to 91 yards passing, 16 yards rushing and no touchdowns in that onepoint road win.

“All you have to do is watch the way he has played down the stretch,” coach Ron Rivera says.

“We caught them at a good time and it turned out in our benefit.”

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The Chargers can say the same thing about their 27-20 victory on a Thursday night in December; San Diego lost by eight points to the Broncos in a home game.

San Diego has won five in a row and six of seven. The latest was a 27-10 decision at Cincinnati, which went 8-0 at home this season. Denver was 7-1, it’s only home loss also to the Chargers.

“It’s tough to say you’re confident knowing what you’re going against. You don’t want to take that the wrong way,” Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle says of the most prolific offense in NFL history, led by Peyton Manning. “Do we believe we can win? Yes. Do we know what a tough challenge it is and how great we have to play? Yeah.

Gruden latest head coach to tackle Redskins’ turmoil

BY JOSEPH WHITE The Associated Press ASHBURN, Va. — The face was different, the words familiar. Like Mike Shanahan and nearly every recent Washington Redskins coach, Jay Gruden is anxious to declare an end to franchise’s days of dysfunction.

“I don’t know what happened last year,” Gruden said. “I know that interviewing with Dan Snyder and Bruce Allen and everybody here that the passion for excellence is there. All they want to do is win, and they’re going to provide me with every avenue to win.”

Gruden was introduced Thursday as the man charged with end-

ing the perpetual state of turmoil the team has endured under owner Snyder and recently under general manager Allen.

Gruden was a given a five-year contact for his first NFL head coaching gig, taking over a 3-13 team that has finished last in the NFC East in five of the last six seasons.

“We HAVE to get it right,” said Allen, who led the search and interviewed six candidates. “We need to get the franchise back on track in a winning direction. ... We were looking for a new leader, somebody who can inspire our football team.

We knew it was more than just X and Os, it was about finding the right person to build a team chem-

istry that we needed.”

Gruden is Snyder’s eighth coach in 16 seasons as an NFL owner. Unlike Shanahan, who was fired last week, Gruden will not have final say over all football matters. He’ll report to Allen, who has taken charge of assembling the roster and other personnel decisions.

The 46-year-old Gruden has spent the last three seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals, where his skill in helping to develop Andy Dalton will no doubt be of use when he takes on the task of grooming another young franchise quarterback, Robert Griffin III.

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New Washington head coach Jay Gruden, left, holds a Redskins helmet alongside Redskins Executive Vice President and General Manager Bruce Allen after being introduced as the new head coach on Thursday at the Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.

OBITUARIES

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014

OPHELIA DuPREE KING MIAMI, Fla. — Carrie Anna Ophelia DuPree King, 87, died Jan. 4, 2014, at Baptist Hospital, Miami.

She was born on July 17, 1926, in Manning, a daughter of KING the late Charlie James and Lurena Bradshaw DuPree.

When she was 2 years old, her mother passed away, leaving a young father with five children.

Her father eventually married the late Carrie King DuPree, and the family grew with four

additional siblings.

Ophelia was preceded in death by two brothers, Henry James DuPree and Moses DuPree; and three sisters, Sarah DuPree Brogdon Samuels, Naomi DuPree Mack and Lee Emily DuPree Hammett.

At an early age, she joined Wilson Grove Freewill Baptist Church.

After marriage, she joined William Chapel Christian Church. She was educated in the Williamsburg County school system. She received her nursing degree from Miami Dade College, Miami. She was

affiliated with St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church Historic Overtown in Miami for many years. In 1986, she moved her membership to Second Baptist Church of Richmond Heights. She was a faithful member, serving in the senior citizen ministry, the mission and nurses guild, where she served as secretary. She was employed with the City of Miami Police Department as a records clerk and retired after 17 years.

Ophelia’s feistiness and energy resulted in her being a member of the Advisory Board of

Contractors Resource Center; a recipient of the 2000 “Pace Setter” for the CRC; an active supporter of Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter School; the 2002 “Trailblazer” for CRMA; and a charter member of the ELKS Lodge, South Date Lodge 2870.

Survivors are her children, Juliet King, Wilbur Earl (Linda) King, Elsie King Hamler and stepson, Paul (Shirley) Serverance; grandchildren, Tangela Gunn, Katrina Davis, Jerome Antoine “Tony” Hamler, Davitka Davenport, Trentin Thames, Chris Thames, Wilbur Earl

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Thames, Edward (Wanda) Dawns, Deborah Andrews, Rodney (Renee) Severance, Mary Severance, Kimberly (Mark) Hughes, Kara Severance and Paul Severance Jr.; sisters, Lou Ann Keels and Clara (James) McCants; brother, Willie (Barbara) Dupree; sister-in-law, Mary Edith Dupree; and brother-in-law, James Hammett.

Celebratory services for Mrs. King will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at William Chapel Christian Church, Greeleyville Highway, Manning, with the Rev. Emmanuel Evans, pastor,

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offficiating, the Rev. David Woods Jr., presiding, and the Rev. Dr. Franklin Colclough Sr. assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

Mrs. King will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

The family is receiving friends beginning today at the home of her nephew and his wife, Darryl and Deloris King, 7980 Greeleyville Highway, Manning.

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

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Louisville rehires Petrino as football coach

BY GARY B. GRAVES The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Looking back, Bobby Petrino said the first of his many mistakes in recent years was leaving Louisville, which provided the first of several head coaching opportunities on the college and professional levels.

Upon returning Thursday to the Cardinals after seven years, Petrino promised his second stint would be permanent because this was always his destination — even with collegiate stops at Arkansas and Western Kentucky and a 13-game foray with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.

Petrino returns to a Louisville program that has changed a lot since he left, one that’s gearing up to join the Atlantic Coast Conference next season with a home game against newlycrowned champion Florida State. The coach insisted that he’s a changed

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New Louisville head football coach Bobby Petrino, right, address reporters alongside Cardinals President James R. Ramsey on Thursday at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky.

person as well as he enters the next — and hopefully final — stop in his career.

“It’s great to be back home,” Petrino said during a sometimes-emotional news conference.

“It’s really unbelievable to get the opportunity to come back here. For (wife) Becky, and (children) Nick and Bobby and Katie, this is our home and we’re excited to be able to come back.”

Petrino coached West-

ern Kentucky to an 8-4 record last season in his only year with the team.

He led the Cardinals to a 41-9 mark from 2003-06 including a BCS Orange Bowl victory his final season.

He succeeds Charlie Strong, who left last weekend after four years to accept the Texas job.

Petrino inherits a team coming off a 12-1 finish and is 23-3 the past two seasons with two bowl wins.

Petrino received a seven-year contract with a base annual salary of $3.5 million. It includes a $10 million buyout for leaving that decreases after four years.

But the well-traveled coach said that will not be necessary because this is his “destination job.”

Petrino is 83-30 as a college coach. His record includes a 34-17 mark at Arkansas that ended amid scandal in April 2012. He came to the Razorbacks after a 3-10 season in 2007 with the Falcons that ended with the coach announcing his departure by letters left at the players’ lockers.

“I made mistakes, both professionally and personally, and that’s something I’m not going to do again,” Petrino said.

“The first mistake was leaving Louisville, and I’m hoping that the fans and everybody will forgive me. I’m more energized, more excited than I’ve ever been.”

AD: Franklin remains Vanderbilt coach

BY TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt athletic director David Williams says James Franklin remains the Commodores’ football coach as of Thursday afternoon and that Franklin has informed him that he has not accepted another job offer.

Several media outlets have reported that Franklin has an offer from Penn State that he is expected to accept it within 48 hours, or as early as Thursday afternoon.

Williams told The Associated Press that he has heard all of the reports and knows that Penn State officials have been talking with Franklin.

“He called to let me know the reports that he had accepted another job were FRANKLIN inaccurate,” the Vanderbilt athletic director said. “And I didn’t ask anything more than that nor did he volunteer anything more than that.”

Williams said he met with Franklin on Tuesday night, spoke with him on Wednesday and again Thursday. As of 2:45 p.m. EST Thursday, Williams said that Franklin “is Vanderbilt’s football coach.”

“If there is something that’s going to happen, I’m

sure he’ll be in touch with us,” Williams said.

Vanderbilt had only one winning season since 1982 before Williams hired Franklin in December 2010.

The Commodores also had only four bowl berths before Franklin arrived, and he now has taken them to three straight bowls.

Franklin is 24-15 in his three seasons as Vanderbilt’s head coach, matching Dan McGugin for the most wins in school history over a coach’s first three seasons. The Commodores are 16-4 over the past 20 games, second in the SEC only to Alabama. Vanderbilt won the final seven games of 2012 and the final five of 2013 in a stretch that also includes back-to-back bowl wins.

Vanderbilt has gone 9-4 each of the past two seasons and finished in the final Associated Press rankings each of these two seasons, including No. 24 in the poll released Tuesday. Vanderbilt hadn’t finished in the final AP poll before Franklin arrived since 1948 under Red Sanders.

Franklin was given a contract extension in December 2012 designed to keep him at Vanderbilt for years to come. Asked if Vanderbilt has worked to restructure Franklin’s deal since the Commodores beat Houston in the BBVA Compass Bowl on Jan. 4, Williams said they have an ongoing process to remain competitive.

CITADEL from Page B1 On his triple-option offense: “We’ll primarily operate from a no-huddle, flexbone attack. We’ll be extremely aggressive.”

On his defensive style: “We’ll move a lot, pressure a lot with a variety of coverages. I promise you one thing, we’ll be chin out over our toes, we’ll play downhill and be very aggressive. If you don’t like to play like that, don’t come to The Citadel.”

On catching up on recruiting, with signing day looming on Feb. 6: “We have six commitments ... we are behind. We weren’t here in November or December, but I can’t control that. I can only control from this day forward, so it’s important to hit the ground running and be as aggressive as we can throughout the Southeast.”

On his style as a coach: “We’re going to have fun. I’m going to be very hands-on. I enjoy what I do for a living. I look forward to being right in the middle of practice; I’m not a stand back and observe kind of guy ... On Saturdays in the fall, I want a lot of excitement from our players. I want them to play with an edge, and I’m excited to try to start instilling that culture here.”

That approach and Houston’s record in three seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne - 29-8 with a 13-2 mark and trip to the D-II national title game last year made him “kind of jump out of the pack,” Citadel athletic director Larry Leckonby said.

“He’s the guy we went after and the guy we wanted to coach at The Citadel,” said Leckonby, who said Houston received a five-year contract, but would not disclose his salary.

Leckonby said The Citadel wanted five things in its new coach: option experience; “CEO experience” as a head coach or coordinator; understanding of the culture of a military school; familiarity with the Southeast; and “passion.”

He said Houston, a 1994 graduate of Mars Hill, can succeed at The Citadel, though he’s never attended or coached at a military school.

“As you talk to players, coaches, folks who know him, everything seemed to say he’s the type of guy that would be a good fit for the culture of discipline and leadership at The Citadel,” Leckonby said.

Houston said it’s his “goal” to have a coach with Citadel experience on his staff. Among the six assistants coming from Lenoir-Rhyne is offensive coordinator Brent Thompson; Houston met Thursday afternoon with current Citadel assistants.

“I’m going to rely on the people here, people who’ve played here and coached here as to exactly what traits we need in the players we recruit,” he said.

Houston said Lenoir-Rhyne and The Citadel often recruited the same type of players in recent years. Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Miller, the likely starter next season, chose The Citadel over L-R. As for the immediate future, Houston will attend the national coaches’ convention this weekend in Indianapolis, where he will interview some prospective assistants.

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Michigan adds former ‘Bama OC

BY LARRY LAGE The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has made a bold move to give its football program a boost.

The Wolverines hired Doug Nussmeier away from Nick Saban and Alabama to be Brady Hoke’s offensive coordinator.

“Doug is a highly respected offensive NUSSMEIER coordinator and has earned a reputation as being a great mentor to quarterbacks, specifically, where he’s coached Pro

Bowlers, top NFL draft choices and Heisman trophy finalists,” Hoke said in a statement Thursday.

“Doug has been successful at every coaching stop with his balanced and explosive offenses, and he brings national championship experience.”

Alabama hired Nussmeier nearly two years ago to be Saban’s offensive coordinator after he directed the Washington Huskies’ offense the previous three seasons.

Nussmeier also spent one season as offensive coordinator at Fresno State and had stints as quarterbacks coach with Michigan State and the St. Louis Rams. He was a

candidate to become Washington’s head coach before the school hired Chris Petersen.

“I’m proud of what we accomplished in two seasons at Alabama, and I owe a great deal to Coach Saban for that opportunity,” Nussmeier said in a statement. “Michigan is a program I’ve always had deep respect for, and I’m looking forward to getting started in Ann Arbor and being a part of the great tradition there.”

Michigan fired offensive coordinator Al Borges on Wednesday after the Wolverines ranked 86th in the nation in total offense and flopped to a 7-6 finish.

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OBITUARIES

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MAXIE ROCK Jr. Maxie Rock Jr., 68, husband of Mary Rock, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at his residence in Sumter.

Born March 16, 1945, in Sumter County, he was a son of Louletia Dwyer Rock and the late Maxie Rock Sr. The family will receive friends and relatives at the home of his mother, 956 Oswego Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

KARLA HERNANDEZ-SANCHEZ Karla HernandezSanchez, age 29, died on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel.

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

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

JACQUELINE M. HAWK Jacqueline Patricia McDaniel Hawk was born Sept. 22, 1946, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., a daughter of the late John P. and Juanita Pendleton Ramsey. She departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at her home.

She received her education in the public schools of Bryn Mawr.

She was the widow of Willie Wayette Hawk.

She leaves to cherish her fond memories: two children, Andre M. McDaniel of Chester, Pa., and Nyree McDaniel of Sumter; six sisters, Christine (James) Irving of West Palm Beach, Fla., Evangelist Janice Ruise, Dawn Ramsey, Renee (Joseph) Amoore, Dr. Carolyn McDaniel, Margie Fooks and Valarie Fook, all of Bryn Mawr; five grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Chapel of Community Funeral Home.

Services have been entrusted to Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

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

THELMA BROWN Thelma Brown, 52, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born Feb. 14, 1960, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Ollie and Isabelle Brown. Thelma attended the public schools of

Clarendon County. Her generous and kind nature will be missed by all who knew her.

Those left to mourn her passing are three brothers, William (Mary) Brown and Charlie Brown, both of Thomasville, N.C., and Major Brown of Summerton; two sisters, Margaree Johnson and Loretta (Marcellus) Turner, both of Summerton; four aunts, Minnie Billie, Alice Soloman, Sarah Canty and Idella Billie; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Ms. Brown will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church.

The Rev. Powell Hampton, pastor, will officiate.

Burial will follow in Brown Cemetery.

The remains will be placed in the church at noon until the hour of the service.

Viewing will be held from noon to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to summertonfuneralhome@gmail. com.

The family will receive friends at the home of her sister, Margaree Johnson, 1242 Washington St., Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton. (803) 485-3755.

ELIZABETH JOHNSON BISHOPVILLE — Elizabeth Johnson entered eternal rest on Jan. 3, 2014, at her residence in Lee County.

She is survived by a son, Robert Doster Jr.; a sister, Marva Johnson; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Bishopville, SC 29010, with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jerome Douglas, officiating. Burial will follow in Boone Memorial Gardens in the Browntown community.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at wilsonfuneralhome403@gmail.com.

Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, SC 29010 is in charge of arrangements.

TAMALA Y. TONEY COLUMBIA — Tamala Yvette Toney, 52, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia.

She was born June 14, 1961, in Sumter, a daughter of Dorothy Randolph Toney and the late Luke Toney II.

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The family is receiving friends at the home of her mother, 25 Phillips St., Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, send memorial gifts to Goodwill Presbyterian Church, USA, Building Fund, 295 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville, SC 29104 or Oncology Cares Foundation, 166 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210.

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

KENTRELL V. DANIELS Kentrell Vernard Daniels, 26, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at his home.

Born Aug. 16, 1987, in Sumter County, he was a son of Joyce R. Daniels and Reginald V. Thomas. He joined Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and received his education in the public schools of Sumter County and was a 2006 graduate of Sumter High School. Kentrell was employed by Shoney’s, McDonald’s, IHOP and Sumter County Parks and Recreation.

Survivors are his mother, Joyce Daniel Boykins; sister, Brianna; brother, Malek; and his nephew, Logan, all of the home; his father, Reginald (Brenda) Thomas of Lawton, Okla.; two aunts, Carol York and Noel Daniels; five uncles, Terence (Lemoine) Tomlin, Steven (Gladys) Daniels, Archie (Shantae) Tucker Jr., Jeffrey Thomas (Keisha) and Jason (Debra) Tucker; a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Bernette Daniel Belser; and his parental grandparents, Archie and Laura Tucker.

Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, U.S. 15 S., with the Rev. Willie Wright Jr., pastor, assisted by Pastor Nate Brock and the Rev. Gerald Tomlin.

The family is receiving visitors at the home of Harry and Ada Dukes, 1132 Belmont Drive, Sumter.

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

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

ETHEL PRINCE Ethel Prince, 89, wife of Jasper Prince, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at her residence in Sumter.

Born June 6, 1924, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Willie and Marie Cabbagestalk Montgomery.

The family will receive friends and rela-

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tives at the family home, 22 Oakview Drive, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

ALVA McARTHUR PITTMAN III Alva “Buddy” McArthur Pittman III, 61, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at the Regency Hospital in Florence.

Born in Rock Hill, he was a son of the late Alva McArthur Jr. and Betty Hardin Pittman.

Surviving are a son, Gregory E. Pittman (Christy); a daughter, Ashley Pittman; a stepson, Ryan Seegers; a sister, Sara Carroll; a brother, Eddie Pittman; two half-brothers, Raymond Austin Jr. and William Lewis Pittman; a half-sister, Barbara Pittman; two stepsisters, Vicki Rast and Terry Dean; and six grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends on Saturday at the home, 2648 Hilldale Drive.

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

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

EVELYN C. CHAMPEY Evelyn Cox Champey, 93, widow of Frederick Doyle Champey Sr., died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Franklin Cox and Bessie Whitehead Cox. Mrs. Champey retired from the Sumter Daily Item accounting department and the Children’s Clothing Shop. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Halligan of Spartanburg and Susan Towery of Edisto Beach; two sons, Frederick Doyle Champey Jr. and David Calhoun Champey, both of Sumter; one sister, Bet Lee Funderburke of Summerville; two grandchildren, Evelyn Loraine Champey of Nashville, Tenn., and Joseph Dylan Champey of Baltimore.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Horace LeRoy Cox and George Edward Cox; and two sisters, Ann McAlister and Peggy Davis.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m.

Sunday in the Evergreen

Memorial Park cemetery.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29151.

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

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

SHIRLEY F. GIBSON FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Pastor Shirley Ann Felder Gibson exchanged her rugged cross for her precious crown on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at North Broward Health and Rehab Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Born Nov. 29, 1937, in Summerton, she was a daughter of the late Gip Felder and Essie Dixon.

The service of committal, benediction and internment shall take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gibson family plot located in the Historic Liberty Hill AME Church cemetery, Summteron, where the Rev. Romie Williams will officiate.

Online condolences for the Gibson family may be sent to flemingdelaine@aol.com.

Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home and Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

LEE ERNEST McCRAY Sr. MANNING — Deacon Lee Ernest McCray Sr., 82, husband of Luella Hilton McCray, heard his Master’s call on Jan. 1, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital.

Born in the Paxville section of Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Cubit McCray and Bertha Williams McCray Bethel. He was a member of the Church of God By Faith, Davis Station. He was a selfemployed laborer contractor.

Survivors are his wife, Luella McCray of Manning; one son, Stanley McCray of Manning; four daughters, Lubertha (Mark) Williams and Catherine (Anthony) Blocker, both of Irmo, and Burnette (Johnnie) McFadden and Sharon (Tonie) Mellette, both of Manning; 20 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.

Service of Remem-

brance will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zero Missionary Baptist Church, where Dr. Lucious Dixon serves as pastor. Officiating will be Elder Andre McBride, assisted by Apostle Anthony Blocker, Minister Tonie Mellette and Elder Henry Hilton.

Words of Victory will be given by Elder Thomas Davis, pastor of Church of God By Faith.

Service of committal, benediction and interment will follow in the McCray Burial Plot, Church Of God by Faith, Davis Station.

Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home and Chapel is in charge of services.

Online condolences may be sent to flemingdelaine@aol.com.

NELSON D. FITE Nelson Dudley Fite, 64, husband of Brenda Johnson Fite, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Dearborn, Mich., he was a son of the late Omar and Minnie Frances Larson Fite.

He was the owner of Carolina Broach Co. He was a fan of NASCAR and Sprint Car racing.

He loved music and dancing. His family was his hobby.

Survivors include his wife of Sumter; three daughters, Stephanie Nicole Larson of Kokomo, Ind., Ashley Jean Fite of Irmo and Jillian Breanne Marquez (Jermiah Joseph Marquez) of Dayton, Ohio; two grandchildren, Christian Bennett Marquez and soon-to-arrive, Marlie Jene Harris; two sisters, Vivian Wheeler of Michigan and Judy Herron of Florida; and four brothers, Lewis Fite of Alabama, Kenny Fite of China, Randy Fite of California and Phil Fite of Connecticut.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday in the ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with John Hill officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1080 Morris Way Drive.

Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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Le Batard barred from future Hall of Fame votes NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Le Batard was kicked out of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for one year and barred from future Hall of Fame votes after he turned over his 2014 ballot to a website that allowed readers to choose the selections.

The decision was made Thursday by Le BATARD the BBWAA board of directors, a day after Le Batard said he let Deadspin.com cast his ballot.

“The BBWAA regards Hall of Fame voting as the ultimate privilege, and any abuse of that privilege is unacceptable,” the organization said in a statement.

Le Batard, an ESPN host and Miami Herald columnist, said Wednesday he gave his ballot to the website because he detests the “hypocrisy” in the voting process.

Deadspin had offered to pay a voter for a ballot. Le Batard said he insisted there wouldn’t be compensation.

“I didn’t ‘sell’ anything. Only conditions were that I NOT get anything,” he posted on Twitter.

Le Batard told Deadspin that “our flawed voting process needs remodeling in a new media world. Besides, every year the power is abused the way I’m going to be alleged to abuse it here.”

“And my final reason: I always like a little anarchy inside the cathedral we’ve made of sports.”

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Legal Notice NOTICE OF FILING IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2013-CP-43-119 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Lawrence Bethea, Plaintiff, vs.

Tracy Abrams, Defendant.

TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: PURSUANT TO S.C. Code Ann § 15-35-930, you are hereby notified of the filing of the attached foreign judgment against you on 22nd day of January, 2013, in the office of the Clerk of Court of Sumter County, South Carolina. The name of the judgment creditor is Lawrence Bethea, the name of the attorneys of the judgment creditor are Thomas H. Brush and J. Chris Lanning of Brush & Lanning, P.A., with an address of 12-A Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407.

You are hereby notified that you have thirty (30) days from the receipt of this Notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty (30) days, the judgment will be enforced in Sumter County, South Carolina in the same manner as a judgment entered in Sumter County, South Carolina.

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(S.C. Code Ann § 15-35-920) PERSONALLY APPEARED before me, J. Chris Lanning, who being duly sworn deposes and says that: 1. He is the attorney for the Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor in the above action.

2. That pursuant to an Order dated May 22, 2011 in the State Court of Gwinnett County, State of Georgia, Lawrence Bethea was awarded $49,700.00 principal, $14,205.92, interest through May 4, 2011 and interest continuing at 7% per annum, court costs of $103.00 and attorney's fees of $9,585.89 against Tracy Abrams after the Defendant failed to meet his obligations pursuant to a Consent Agreement and Order signed on February 14, 2011.

3. That the judgment reflected in the Order of the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia by the Honorable Pamela D. South is final.

4. That the judgment reflected in the Order of the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia is not contested as of this date.

5. That the judgment reflected in the Order the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia has not been satisfied in whole or in part.

BRUSH & LANNING, P.A. J. Chris Lanning 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

Petitioner, vs.

Dorothy Jenkins, Isaac Jenkins, Jr., Henry Jenkins, Mattie L. Kirven, Marvin Jenkins, and John Doe and Jane Roe representing unknown heirs of Clifton Jenkins, if any there be, Respondents,

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Petition upon the subscriber at his office, 27 West Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, within thirty (30) days after 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 answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to Court for a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

In Loving Memory of Alexander Lorando Williams "Alex" 10/10/71-01/09/12 I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I will never part.

God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart.

Mom, Margaret W Simon

BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS SERVICES Business Services Electrical work. New & Repair Call 803-499-4127 Words of Thanks & In Loving Memory

CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 10-C-02182-5 IN THE STATE COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

Roofing

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

FINAL JUDGMENT

HON. Pamela D. South Judge, Gwinnett County State Court Submitted By: Holley Bricks State Bar #080465 1360 Center Drive, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30338 770-551-9677

SUMTER EAST SELF STORAGE 800 MYRTLE BEACH HWY. AUCTION LIST JANUARY 25, 2014 10:00 A.M. UNITS FOR AUCTION A-15 - STEVEN B. JACKSON C-23 - MARY BURTON C-28 - GWENDOLYN BENJAMIN D-19 -BERNICE GOODMAN E-9 - TRAVIS MILLER E-15 -ELISHA MCCALL E-19 - THELMA DANIELS F-9 - JANEL NIELSEN F-13 - JANEL NIELSEN F-36 - CHARLEESHIA JACKSON G-12 - DENNIS BARKSDALE

Summons & Notice SUMMONS (Determination of Heirs) (In the Matter of Clifton Jenkins) IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 13-ES-43-447 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband, Sergeant Ernest Vincent King: Feb. 19, 1931 - Jan. 10, 2013.

"Forever In Our Hearts" Myrteen W. King & Family

1 /4 Coard $20 Fill your trunk for $20 Call 666-8078 or 883-1750

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Moving Sale: 4345 Lisa Dr. (Off Nazarene Church Rd)., Fri Jan. 17th, noon-5, Sat. 18th, 7-noon.

Some furn., appliances, tools, storm windows, plants, lots of misc. Rain or Shine!

469-2595

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Driver Trainees Needed Now! Learn to drive for US Xpress! Earn $800+ per week! No experience needed!

CDL -Trained and Job-Ready in 15 days! 1-888-263-7364

For Sale or Trade Antique Cherry drop leaf table, 4 Cane bottom chairs. Over 150 yrs old Call 481-2894 Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

Softball Equipment- Pitching machine, Backstop, Balls, Bats ETC. Call for details 803-968-2459 Wheelchair for sale. Like new condition. $125.00.

Call 803-481-8227 or 491-5255 Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves. Also new Gas stoves.

Guaranteed. 803-464-5439 Firewood for Sale Will Deliver. Call 803 651-8672

PETS & ANIMALS

HELP SUPPORT United Ministries/Samaritan House of Sumter. Donate used/new items for a yard sale to be held April 2014. To arrange for pick-up, call Ed 803-464-7643.

Consider donating your unsold yard sale items.

#30"% 45 r 46.5&3 4$

Pinestraw Clean loblolly $3 per bale for 30 or more. Customer pickup. Fri & Sat. 803-983-7594.

Split Oak Firewood, $60/dump, $70/stacked. Darrell Newman 803-316-0128. Tree Service also available.

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$5 995

Trucking Opportunities

Vinyl Bay-Window already framed. Ready to install $900. Call 803-469-3925

Firewood

317 Burns Dr. Thurs & Fri daylight til dark. Moving sale.

Furn., house decor, sterling, misc.

Thomas Sumter Academy in Rembert, SC, is seeking an applicant for a part-time General Ledger Bookkeeper.

Lawn / Garden / Nursery

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

MERCHANDISE

Help Wanted Part-Time

EJ's Convenience and Variety Reopens at 522 W Liberty St. (On Corner of purdy and liberty) Mon-Sat 9-5. New clothes & shoes at thrift store prices. New things every week.

Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun.

Steel Building Allocated Bargains. 40x60 on up.

We do deals. www.gosteelbuildin gs.com.

Source #18X 803-335-2030

(4) Chihuahua puppies for sale.

10 wks old. $75 each. Also dog crib. 803-569-9118

Established Heating and Air Conditioning Company looking for an experienced HVAC service technician. Must have experience, a valid driver's license, people skills, good personality. Great benefits offered and top pay!

Send responses to PO Box 2378 Sumter SC 29151

Some of the requirements are: preparing balance sheet and income statements on a monthly basis, reconciling bank accounts, creating and maintaining budget figures, maintaining the financial aid account, and being responsible for all accounts receivable collections and other related duties. Please contact/send resume to Susan Hux, Administrative Assistant, at tsa.generals@thomassumter.org or call 803.499.3378.

Tree Service

Pets

The family of the late Sergeant Ernest Vincent King would like to express our thanks to each of you for your kindness and prayers shown during the passing of our Love one.

Open every weekend.

905-4242

Hickory & Oak firewood. Seasoned/Green $65 Delivered. Notch Above Tree Service. 983-9721

The Tree Doctor Any size tree removal & stump grinding. Trimming & clearing. No job too big or small. Call 775-8560 or 468-1946. We accept credit cards and offer senior discounts

SO ORDERED, this the 22 day of May, 2011.

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Robert's Metal Roofing, 35 Yrs Exp. 18 colors & 45 yr warranty.

Financing avail, 803-837-1549.

A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

IT IS ORDER AND ADJUDGED, that Plaintiff recover to Defendant the sum of $49,700.00 principal, $14,205.92 interest through May 4, 2011 and interest continuing at 7% per annum and previous Court costs of $103.00, attorney's fees of $9,585.89, ad costs of this action.

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $1 & Up

Glass top dining table with 6 iron framed chairs $350 OBO Call 775-0536

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

The parties entered into a Consent Agreement and the Order was signed on February 14, 2011. Defendant provided the first payment to Plaintiff on or about March 31, 2011, however, Defendant has made no further payments. Defendant has failed to meet his obligations. Per the terms of the Consent Agreement and Order Plaintiff may certify, ex parte, to the Court that such failure has occurred and may proceed to request the Court that such failure has occurred and may proceed to request the Court to issue a Final judgment and FiFa issued instanter.

Lease with option to buy. 200 Crestwood: 4 br, 2 ba, LR, DR, kitchen, utility room, & den. $900 mo. Owner financing for qualified renter. h- 775-8840 or c- 491-4026

All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp.

SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.

LAWRENCE BEATHEA, -vsTRACY ABRAMS,

Pilgrims We are currently seeking an experienced 3rd Shift Biological Waste Water Operator. Qualified applicants must have a current Biological Waste Water License Class D or better. Have a valid SC Driver's License. Background and a pre-employment physical/drug screen are required with this position. We have an excellent compensation package which consist of paid holidays, vacation, medical, dental, life insurance, and 401K. If you meet these requirements please mail or fax your resume/qualifications to: Pilgrims Attention: HR Department 2050 Highway 15 South Sumter, SC 29150 Fax: 803-481-8961 EOE-AA-M-F-D-V

Carolina Palms 3101 Daufaskie Rd Sat 8-12 Ent. center, treadmill, baby & mens clothes

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

Card of Thanks

BIG Bizarre Sale, Solomon Upholstery (Lake City Hwy). Thur, Fri, & Sat 8AM Oak table with 12 chairs, Oak mantle, Oak Armoir Call 803-464-7555

Sumter County Civic Center Indoor Garage Sale.

700 W. Liberty St. Saturday, February 1, 2014 8 am - 1 pm.

Free admission.

For booth space call 436-2271 Statrting Jan 6, 2014 @ 9:00am

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within (30) days after service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Petitioner.

Walter G. Newman, Attorney at Law, LLC P.O. Box 549 27 West Calhoun Street (29150) Sumter, SC 29151 Phone: 803-773-1943 Attorney for Petitioner

Unfurnished Homes

Indoor 3 Family Sale: 657 Pittman Dr. (In Shop behind house). 1/2 mi past race track.

Sat. 6AM. Furn., baby/hshld items, clothes.

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) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSON UNDER DISABILITY, INCOMPETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on September 10, 2013, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina.

Help Wanted Full-Time

Purchased from Going out of Bus. Sale Handbags, tons of jewelry, scarves, nice rings & more at low low prices. Small vendors welcome. Cash sale Fri 10-4 PalmettoTowers(inside) behind Kmart.

Deyerl Squires Happy 38th Birthday to our Angel in Heaven. We love and miss you very much. Moma, Julie, Cody

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Sumter County Civic Center Indoor Garage Sale. 700 W. Liberty St. Saturday, February 1, 2014. 8AM - 1PM. Free admission.

TO THE RESPONDENT(S), John Doe and Jane Roe:

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EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time B-N-T is seeking experienced Drivers & EMT's. Please fax resumes to 803-774-4452 or apply in person.

Seeking PT Certified Pool Operator to check pools daily. Apply in person at Candlewood Suites, 2541 Broad St Sumter or call 803-316-4444.

Carolina Healthcare Hospice is seeking Full time & PRN RN's in the Sumter, Clarendon & Florence Counties. Forward resumes to PO Box 464, Sumter SC 29151 or call 803-774-4377.

Porters Fabrication a leading metal Fabrication company seeks an experienced Shipping & Receiving candidate with a CDL Class A license, HS Diploma, 10-yr driving record, basic math skills, and ability to operate hand tools and mechanical equipment.

Applications accepted: Tues-Thurs 8-11am 1485 Diebold Dr Sumter, SC 29153 Fax: 803-469-3927 hr@portersfab.com

MAYO’S SUIT CITY

Work Wanted I will sit with elderly or sick. Will provide ref/exp. Call 803-236-3603 for more info.

RENTALS

Available Feb. 1st. 1001 Arnaud St. 2 br, 2 ba, townhouse. Stove, refrig, $750 mo. + dep. 773-5436 In Town Manning 3BR 2BA Brick house $800 Mo/Dep Call 803-473-7577

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$4 995

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469-2595

Price Good Through 1-11-14

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Sec. dep. req. Good credit a must. 803-968-4630 or 934-1126..

HOUSE FOR RENT Patriot Parkway 2BR/1BA, LR, den, dining room, C/H/A, gas stove.

803-607-9276.

121 Haynesworth St - 2BR/1BA, LR, DR, Utility room, HW floors, fenced in back yard, $595/mo + $1000/dep. Agent Owned Call 803-468-1612.

Mobile Home Rentals

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Convenient to Sumter & Shaw. 2 Bedroom DW, stove, refrigerator, washer & dryer. Lg. sundeck, private lot. No pets. $550 mo. + dep. Call 983-8152

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$14 995

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#30"% 45 r 46.5&3 4$

2BR/2BA very nice large Apt. located in town.

Call 803-236-5953 Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes 2BR 2BA, Stone FP, washer & dryer, All on a stocked pond.

Located off 521 S Call 495-4994 4269 Confederate Rd. 2 br, 1 ba, C/H/A, appliances, $500 mo. + $500 dep. 916 Furman Dr. 3 Br, 2 Ba, C/H/A, appliances, $600 mo. + $600 dep. 983-3337.

GOODWIN EXCLUSIVE 2008 Ford Fusion

$10 995

GOODWIN AUTOMALL #30"% 45 r 46.5&3 4$

469-2595

Price Good Through 1-11-14

469-2595

Price Good Through 1-11-14

Wanted Married Couple who would like living in quiet country setting, 3BR 2BA Nice, Clean DW. Ref. & background check. No Pet or smoking. Conv to Shaw, $550/mo + $550/dep. 905-5608

GOODWIN EXCLUSIVE 2008 Volkswagen Beetle

$9 995

GOODWIN AUTOMALL #30"% 45 r 46.5&3 4$

469-2595

Price Good Through 1-11-14

Scenic Lake 2Br, 2Ba. No pets.

Call between 9am - 5pm ONLY! (803) 499-1500.

4BR/2BA in Paxville, Living Rm, Dinning Rm, Family Rm, eat in kitchen, central A-C, 452-5544 or 704-615-5622 American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

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The Mary McLeod Bethune Branch of the National Council of Negro Women will meet at 5 p.m. today at Morris College, North Main Street.

The Devine Sisters of Pretty Girls Rock will host a scholarship basketball tournament beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Lakewood High School gym.

Contact Cassandra Goodman at (803) 968-2084 or Audrika Gadson at (803) 4065917.

Lincoln High School Class of 1964 will hold a class reunion meeting at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at Lincoln High School, Council Street.

Call (803) 773-3804, (803) 775-9088 or (803) 775-9660.

The Colonel Matthew Singleton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the S.C. National Guard Armory, 395 N. Pike Road West. Visitors welcome.

The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will hold its 2014 membership meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Associate member Judy L. Simon will accept annual membership dues.

Martha Gaither, of Blind Awareness, will speak. Transportation provided within the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or DebraCanC2@frontier. com. Call the 24-hour recorded message line at (206) 376-5992.

The National Association for Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) will meet Thursday, Jan 16, at Sunset Country Club. Continuing Education course will be held 11 a.m.-noon.

Lunch and the quarterly meeting will be held noon-12:45 p.m. followed by Continuing Education course 1-2 p.m. Call Tammy Kelly at (803) 773-8322.

The Pinedale Neighborhood Association will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Call Ferdinand Burns at (803) 968-4464.

The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 17, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive.

All area veterans are invited.

The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association dinner / fundraiser will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at the Lincoln High School gymnasium, 26 Council St. Cost is $6 per dinner and includes spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and tea.

There will also be an indoor yard sale and the 2014 membership drive will begin.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH A deadly firefight in Afghanistan. An angry veteran with a prosthetic leg. Three sons who share a memory of a father’s fatal departure for the first Gulf War. Welcome to “Enlisted” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). A sitcom.

Service comedies and Army-buddy sitcoms are an ancient genre. Baby boomers raised by World War II veterans spent their formative years watching everything from Sgt. Bilko on “The Phil Silvers Show” to “McHale’s Navy” and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” to “Hogan’s Heroes.”

After the Vietnam War heated up, few found much humor in the service. “M.A.S.H.,” the most notable war comedy of the period, was a satire with an antiwar bite. Service comedies (“Private Benjamin” and “Stripes”) returned.

But it’s worth noting that these movies were hits at a time when American soldiers were not engaged in open warfare.

Geoff Stults (“Ben and Kate”) stars as Staff Sgt. Pete Hill, a wounded veteran who’s returned from overseas to lead troops at Fort McGee, a

Florida backwater filled with misfit recruits not quite ready for combat.

Two of them are his little brothers, Corp. Derrick Hill (Chris Lowell) and Pvt. Randy Hill (Parker Young). The barracks are filled out by the overthe-hill, under-motivated and overweight.

Can Staff Sgt. Hill whip this squad into shape and fill them with esprit de corps? Will he bicker or flirt with rival Staff Sgt. Jill Perez (Angelique Cabral)? The answers are clear. But will any of this occur before “Enlisted” gets canceled?

“Enlisted” tries to be wacky, touching, envelope-pushing and safe all at the same time — without ever being remotely funny. This is warmed-over “Stripes” without any of the edge.

The physical gags are belabored and painfully obvious.

• Billy Campbell (“The Killing”) stars in the new thriller “Helix” (10 p.m., Syfy, TV-PG).

He plays Dr. Alan Farragut, a hotshot from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He’s been sent to the outer reaches of Greenland, where a rogue pharmaceutical firm has created a mysteri-

ous lab. People there call for help when faced with an outbreak that turned some of their team to gooey skeletons and endowed others with mysterious powers.

To make matters more dramatic, Farragut’s brother, Peter (Neil Napier), is one of those infected — and missing — in the bowels of the Arctic lab.

“Helix” does a nice job of blending speculative science with soap operatics. It borrows with abandon from “The Andromeda Strain,” “The Thing” and even “2001: A Space Odyssey,” but still manages to be a compelling, somewhat gross, nail-biter.

hits close to home on “Grimm” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Maw Maw shows Solomon-like wisdom on “Raising Hope” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• “Live From Lincoln Center” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) presents “Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration.”

• Danny searches for a deadly drug’s dealer on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• “Banshee” (10 p.m., Cinemax, TV-MA) begins its second season.

• “Treehouse Masters” (10 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG) visits an adventure land in the Poconos.

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• Hodgins discovers he’s not alone on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• A gangland slaying

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