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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council was presented with the possibility of a permanent medical helicopter service coming to the area during its first meeting of 2016 on Tuesday at Council chambers at the Sumter County Administration building.

Sumter County Emergency Medical Services Director Bobby Hingst said right now, helicopter services are only provided from 8:30 a.m. to about 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

He said services will be provided 24 hours a day once a hangar at Sumter Airport has been secured.

Tiffany Adams, AirMethods regional business development manager, said the organization is the largest air medical service in the world and is the only company to have achieved the highest safety level set by Federal Aviation Administration.

AirMethods provides services in the county and has

done so for several years, she said.

According to John Wilkinson, regional business director, AirMethods has served Sumter County for 10 years.

Adams said AirMethods has decided to provide permanent services after observing growth in the county’s population during the years.

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She said the helicopter travels about 25 minutes from Camden to serve Sumter County.

Some patients do not have 20 minutes to wait, she said.

Michael Shirey, AirMethods regional business development manager, said county

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Report lists improvements sought at Pinewood Site

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but acknowledged the persistent anxieties of Americans who feel shut out of a changing economy or at risk from an evolving terror threat.

While Obama did not directly call out Republicans, he sharply, and at times sarcastically, struck back at rivals who have challenged his economic and national security stewardship.

In his most pointed swipe at the GOP candidates running to succeed him, Obama warned against “voices urging us to fall back into tribes, to scapegoat fellow citizens who don’t look like us or

Pinewood Interim Administrators Inc. has released a preliminary report that includes a list of possible requests for studies and capital improvement projects for the Pinewood Site toxic waste landfill in southwest Sumter County. The requests in the report total more than $4.7 million.

The report is partly the result of stakeholder hearings held concerning the landfill which included representatives from S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, S.C. Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina’s legislature, Santee Cooper, Santee-Lynches Council of Governments and concerned organizations and individuals.

A copy of the report is available at www.pinewoodstakeholder.com.

Representatives from Pinewood Interim Administration will hold a meeting to get public input on the report at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Oakland Primary school, 5415 Oakland Drive, Sumter.

“We look forward to coming to Sumter and presenting the report to interested parties who might want to hear more and ask questions,” said PIA Vice President Robert Kerr.

“We are interested in letting people have all the information that is available to us.”

At the top of the list are recommended improvements to the oldest section at the landfill, Section I, which was built before double liners were mandated. The report calls for an enhanced cover as well as drainage modification. Estimated costs are $3.4 million.

Section I is the closest section to Lake Marion and, because of its age and the construction standards in use at the time it was built, it is considered the most likely source of potential problems.

The report also asks for an evaluation of a gas collection system for Section I at an estimated cost of $60,000. Studies have indicated volatile compounds are diffusing through the current cover of Section I, which could affect runoff from the section.

The report also proposes that an engineer or consultant be retained to evaluate the construction of a barrier wall around Section I and portions

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks in September at the National Press Club in Washington. Americans should resist “the siren call of the angriest voices” in how it treats immigrants, Haley said Tuesday as the GOP used its formal response to President Obama’s State of the Union address to try softening the tough stance embraced by some of the GOP’s leading presidential candidates. See the full text of both President Obama’s and Gov. Nikki Haley’s remarks at www.theitem.com.

In GOP response to Obama, governor defends immigrants

BY ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans should resist “the siren call of the angriest voices” in how the nation treats immigrants, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said as the GOP used its formal response to President Obama’s State of the Union address to try softening the tough stance embraced by some of its leading presidential candidates.

Haley, herself the U.S.born daughter of Indian immigrants, said Tuesday that

the country is facing its most dangerous security threat since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. That was a reference to the Islamic State group, which has taken credit for attacks in Paris and elsewhere and may have inspired last month’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

“During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices,” she said in her prepared remarks. “We must resist that temptation.”

Haley did not mention the GOP presidential race. But

the front-runner so far, Donald Trump, has called for deporting millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Two other contenders, Sens.

Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have battled about which of them has the tougher record on the issue.

No one who works hard and follows the laws “should ever feel unwelcome in this country,” she said.

Mentioned by some as a potential vice presidential candidate, Haley said the U.S. should continue admitting “properly vetted legal

immigrants, regardless of their race or religion” — an apparent reference to calls

by Trump to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country. She also hewed closely to long-time GOP demands in the immigration debate, saying: “That does not mean we just flat out open our borders.”

The nation’s youngest governor at 43, Haley also seemed to try smoothing some of her party’s more combative edges. She said Republicans “would respect

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Obama warns against election year cynicism

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Straying from detour damages traffic poles A tractor trailer negotiates the corner of Harvin and Liberty streets. Trucks making the turn have broken the base of the pole and knocked off the crosswalk sign.

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Passing through the intersection of Harvin and East Liberty streets, drivers may observe damage to traffic poles, mostly the result of container trucks taking an alternative route around Lafayette bridge.

Jeffrey Wilkes, Sumter’s South Carolina Department of Transportation resident construction engineer, said Harvin Street is not part of the official detour route, which takes traffic around

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the bridge until construction is finished.

He said northbound trucks

heading into downtown Sumter should travel down Fulton Street then Brooklyn Street

to Liberty Street.

Southbound traffic will travel down Harvin Street and turn left onto Divine Street.

The northbound truck drivers choose to take Harvin Street, he said.

Wilkes said DOT carefully considered each roadway to be added to the detour route.

When the truck drivers make the right turn from Harvin onto East Liberty, the vehicles sometimes hit and damage the traffic light poles.

“Drivers just cut the corner short,” he said.

He mentioned the damaged base of one of the traffic poles at the intersection and a crosswalk sign that was taken down.

He said the traffic poles and traffic lights will be examined and repaired once construction of the bridge is finished.

There is no need to replace the equipment while trucks are still taking the ill-advised detour, he said.

Wilkes said the completion date for the bridge, which was pushed back because of rain in December, is anticipated for the end of the month.

R.E. Davis will receive Ben Carson Reading Room

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com R.E. Davis Elementary School will be the first school in the state to be recipient of a Ben Carson Reading Room.

The announcement was made

by Mary Sheridan, spokeswoman for Sumter School District at the school board of trustees meeting Monday night at Alice Drive Elementary School.

Seven elementary schools in the district applied for the room, and R.E. Davis was selected because it has a spare room and other criteria, Sheridan said. The project is being funded through a donation made by Sumter native Greg Thompson, president/CEO of Thompson Construction Group, Inc. More than 130 rooms in 17 states across the nation have been recipients of these rooms since July 2015, she said.

The school had to appoint an employee to be responsible for overseeing the construction of the room, its day-today operation as well as being in weekly contact with the liason with the Carson Scholars Fund, Sheridan said.

Heather Clemmons, reading coach at the school, will be working with the project, she said.

Computers are prohibited in the room, and the room is to be used for independent reading only, she said.

Another requirement is the room must contain at least 500 books and must be furnished with child-friendly art and furniture, such as bean bags.

Each room is also decorated with artwork based on Carson’s “THINK BIG” philosophy.

The Ben Carson Reading Project is an initiative of the Carson Scholars Fund. The purpose of the project is to create a literacy-enriched environment for children to develop their reading skills, according to the fund’s website, carsonscholars.org.

Through partnerships with individuals, corporations and foundations, more than $1.2 million has been invested into creating and maintaining Ben Carson Reading Rooms across the nation, according to carsonscholars.org.

Last year, students across the nation logged more than 15 million minutes of independent reading in the Ben Car-

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Students at Alice Drive Elementary School sing songs to the Sumter School District Board of Trustees, administrators, teachers and parents at the district meeting held Monday night at the school. January is School Board Recognition Month. son Reading Rooms, according to carsonscholars.org.

A theme for the room at R.E. Davis has been created and subcommittees are being formed to work with the different stages of construction, Sheridan said. A local artist will decorate the room, she said.

Dr. Benjamin Carson Sr. is a

retired neurosurgeon who is a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 Presidential race. Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances.

He was the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement

in 2013.

Among his achievements as a surgeon were separating conjoined twins and developing a hemispherectomy technique for controlling brain seizures.

Both achievements were recognized in 2008 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Police department warns about phone scammers

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Line work may cause traffic delays, color water The City of Sumter will be replacing the water lines along Hampton Street from Main to Harvin streets.

This work is scheduled to begin today and to be completed within 30 days.

There will be minor service interruptions to customers as well as short traffic delays during construction.

The downtown area may experience some red water during this period as valves are exercised and lines are worked on.

Direct any questions or concerns to the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Police Department detectives want to alert residents to a recent pattern of telephone scams targeting senior adults, with callers impersonating law enforcement or corrections officers.

These scammers claim to be an officer or jail employee alerting that a relative of the person called has been arrested and a bond amount is required for them to be released from jail, according to a release from the department. Common to calls recently reported to Sumter Police Department and in other jurisdictions, are the following: • The caller may know the name of a family member, such as a grandson or nephew, and may know particular information that may be publicly accessible or obtainable through social media; • The caller may actually identify himself or herself as the family mem-

ber and plead for the person called to send money needed for bail; • The caller will direct the target of the scam to go to an area convenience store or pharmacy that sells reloadable cards, or prepaid debit cards, such as “Green Dot” or “Money Pak.” • The caller may even advise of nearby locations that sell the cards, which can easily be found on Google maps meaning the scammer may or may not be from the area; • After the cards have been purchased, the target is told to provide the scammer with the codes underneath a scratch-off area on the back of the cards. Once the codes are provided, the funds can be accessed without having the actual card in possession; • Once the funds have been received, the scammer may call the target again and say the payment was not sufficient to cover the amount necessary to release their loved one and may tell the

target to obtain additional cards; and • These callers have the ability to “spoof” phone numbers — making the call appear to be from the agency they are claiming to represent on caller ID. Sumter Police Department advises that no one should purchase prepaid debit cards nor provide the codes to persons over the phone or Internet.

No law enforcement or corrections officer will ever call and solicit bond money on anyone’s behalf, states the release.

Residents who think they or someone else might be the victim of a phone scam are asked to contact Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

Tips to protect yourself from scams and other fraudulent activities can be obtained by calling the department’s Community Services Unit at (803) 4362723 or under the Crime Prevention tab on the department’s website at sumterpd.com.

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Nurse Nicole Krahn, left, gets rheumatoid arthritis medication ready for semi-retired nurse Lynn Bartos at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Nurses reunite with their roles reversed MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lynn Bartos always had a good feeling about the soft-spoken nurse who would greet her warmly at the Milwaukee-area infusion clinic where she got treatments for rheumatoid arthritis pain.

“I think somewhere inside of me there was something saying, ‘There’s something familiar about that young woman,’” said Bartos, a semi-retired nurse herself.

That nurse, Nicole Krahn, was assigned to administer the IV this summer as Bartos settled in for one of the three-hour appointments at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin that come every five weeks.

Krahn thought Bartos’ name sounded familiar but couldn’t place it. In conversation, she discovered Bartos was working part-time at the hospital’s neurology clinic.

“I asked, ‘Oh, is that where you spent your career?’ She said, ‘No ... I spent my early career at the GI clinic at Children’s,’” Krahn said.

Krahn, whose small intestines became twisted shortly after birth and were mostly removed, had to be fed intravenously for the first few years of her life. She visited the clinic regularly as a child to be weighed and checked over.

The girl who called herself “NeeNee” liked going to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin four or five times a week because she got to see a nurse she called “Sweet Lynney.” Rose Frye, Krahn’s mother, remembers how her daughter would tell the nurse about her booboos.

“She got attached to certain people,” she said.

The pair was even featured in the hospital’s nursing magazine in a 1988 story about longterm care.

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Lynn Bartos, pediatric nurse for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Gastroenterology Clinic, holds Nicole Frye at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in June 1988.

This summer, Bartos took a second look at Krahn’s name tag — and the realization hit.

“I said, ‘You’re NeeNee!’ And she said, ‘Yes, I am,’ and we suddenly realized we had this connection that went way back to her being a toddler,” said Bartos, now 66. “And I’m like, ‘That toddler is now taking care of me.’ And I think I spent the rest of the day crying during the infusion appointment.”

They hadn’t seen each other in 25 years, since Bartos had changed jobs.

Krahn, now 30, said she remembered Bartos and always wanted to be a nurse. She says Bartos’ kindness influenced how she relates to patients.

“I don’t know if it’s a small world or it was meant for me to take care of her after all these years,” Krahn said.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday’s Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the convenience-store kiosks offering tickets for the record-breaking jackpot.

The inquiries include many myths and misconceptions about the winners, the prize money and the system that decides them.

WHY ARE JACKPOT WINNERS FROM CERTAIN STATES? Officials with the MultiState Lottery Association, a group of state lotteries that oversee Powerball, said this is one of the most frequent complaints.

It’s “human nature to think the other guy is winning,” said Sally Lunsford, public affairs director for the Kansas Lottery.

It’s also wrong, though there are anomalies.

For example, in the past two years, Missouri and Tennessee have each been home to three Powerball jackpot winners, while New York, the nation’s fourth most populous state, has only had one winner during that span.

Lottery officials, backed by mathematicians, said probabilities equal out over time, but in shorter periods, oddities can occur in the same way someone could flip a coin and get heads five times in a row.

THE POWERBALL JACKPOT OVERSTATES THE WINNINGS. There’s more of a rationale behind this claim. The jackpot is the amount paid out over 30 years and not the amount a winner could receive immediately.

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prize, which is the total amount up for grabs, but that is “only” $868 million.

Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, responded that Powerball prominently displays both the annuity and cash prize figures. The bigger number gets more attention, and Grief said lotteries have taken that approach for decades.

“When the prize gets so big, the critics come out as well,” he said.

WINNERS WHO TAKE AN ANNUITY FACE BIG TAX DANGERS. One of the most persistent misconceptions, officials said, is that winners risk tax trouble if they opt for an annuity but die before all 29 payments are made.

Terry Rich, chief executive of the Iowa Lottery, said he’s heard this one frequently and repeatedly explains that if someone dies, that person’s estate will treat the annuity like any other asset. A winner’s heirs may choose to cash in an annuity and then pay taxes on the money, but that’s a choice they must make.

Investment planners note, however, that when winners choose how to receive their money, they should consider their age and whether they mind if some of the cash remains out of their reach and goes to their heirs instead.

ODDS OF WINNING ARE WORSE THAN IN THE PAST. This is true, as the MultiState Lottery Commission last fall added more numbers to choose from. The new system changed the odds from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292.2 million.

But far from hiding the change, the organization trumpeted it as part of an ef-

fort to build larger jackpots while also giving away more prizes of $2 million or less.

Without the change, it’s unlikely a jackpot would ever come close to $1.4 billion or $868 million cash prize.

THE SMALLER THE JACKPOT, THE BETTER THE ODDS. This is false. Your odds for each ticket are 1 in 292.2 million regardless of the jackpot size or how many other people play. If you buy more tickets, your odds increase, but they’re still woefully small.

However, it’s true that as jackpots increase, more people typically play the game.

And the more tickets that are purchased, the greater the chance that there will be multiple winners.

But this all largely misses the more important fact: The chances of winning are incredibly remote, so it makes little difference whether you’d have to share the money.

WHAT ABOUT OTHER USES FOR SUCH A VAST SUM OF MONEY? The Powerball prize has grown so large that Gerald Prante, an economics professor at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia, has determined that a single winner would likely be among the top 100 income earners in the nation for 2016.

That has made some people uneasy about so much money going to one person when it might be better spent on public needs.

But when weighed against typical government spending, the $1.4 billion looks like a more modest amount. By comparison, California Gov. Jerry Brown last week proposed a $122.6 billion general fund budget for the nation’s most populous state.

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Iraqi prime minister Suicide bomber kills 10, vows to rout ISIS wounds 15 in Istanbul BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister vowed Tuesday to keep up the fight against the Islamic State group, a day after an IS suicide attack on a shopping mall in Baghdad killed 18 people and a wave of retaliatory attacks targeted Sunni mosques.

Touring the bombed and destroyed mall in the eastern Shiite-dominated area of New Baghdad, Haider al-Abadi described the attack as a “desperate attempt” by militants after they lost control of the key western city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province.

Iraq’s government will “spare no efforts” to expel IS forces from the country, alAbadi said.

Gunmen stormed the Jawhara Mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance. Iraqi forces later surrounded the building, landing troops on the roof before clashing with attackers inside, killing two gunmen and arresting four. Along with the 18 killed, about 50 people were wounded.

After the attack, IS posted an online statement saying it targeted an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of “worse” to come.

The Associated Press could not immediately verify the authenticity of the statement, but its language and phrasing is consistent with past IS claims of responsibility.

Later Monday, back-to-back suicide attacks in the Shiitedominated town of Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad in Diyala province, killed at least 24 people and wounded 52. And in a crowded area in southeast Baghdad, a car bomb explosion killed at least five people and wounded 12 others.

Angry mobs then attacked several Sunni mosques in apparently retaliatory attacks, prompting security forces to impose a curfew in the area, Sunni lawmaker, Raad alDahlaki, told The Associated Press. Al-Dahlaki, who’s from Diyala, described the mobs as “gangs outside the government control,” calling on the government to chase them down.

The head of the Sunni Endowment, sheik Abdul-Latif alHimaim, said one mosque imam was killed and two mosques were completely de-

stroyed in the attacks. The rest were partially damaged, he added.

“Organized gangs were behind the attack seeking to inflame sectarian tensions,” he said.

Alarmed by Muqdadiyah events, the U.N. Special Representative for Iraq, Jan Kubis, called on “all sides to refrain from being drawn into a cycle of reprisals” and warned in a statement that the perpetrators seek to take “the country back into the dark days of sectarian strife.”

Iraq is going through its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops. In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State group blitzed across large swaths of the country’s north and west, capturing Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul and the majority of the western Anbar province.

Last month, the group suffered a major defeat when Iraqi forces drove the extremists out of the western city of Ramadi, the capital of the sprawling Anbar province.

ISTANBUL (AP) — A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people — nine of them German tourists — and wounding 15 others, Turkish officials said.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the bomber who carried out the attack in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district was a member of IS and pledged to battle the militant group until it no longer “remains a threat” to Turkey or the world.

Davutoglu described the attacker as a “foreign national.”

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus had previously said the perpetrator was born in 1988 and was a Syrian national, but the private Dogan news agency claimed the bomber was Saudi-born.

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agency said Davutoglu held a telephone conversation with German chancellor Angela Merkel to express his condolences.

A senior government official confirmed that most of the victims were German.

Merkel had earlier said they were part of a German travel group.

“I strongly condemn the terror incident that occurred in Istanbul at the Sultanahmet Square and which has been assessed as being an attack by a Syria-rooted suicide bomber,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Davutoglu said the death toll of 10 did not include the suicide bomber.

Merkel, speaking at a news conference in Berlin, decried the attack.

“Today Istanbul was hit; Paris has been hit; Tunisia has been hit; Ankara has been hit before,” she said.

“International terrorism is once again showing its cruel and inhuman face today.”

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Communities anticipating participation in the State of South Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Economic Development Program, and the Federal HUD HOME Program must provide for participation of their citizens in the planning and implementation of CDBG, Economic Development, and HUD HOME-funded projects, in accordance with Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended through 1987. Therefore, a Citizens Participation Plan has been developed for Sumter County for the purpose of providing the citizens of this locality with a written, detailed plan for their participation in the planning and implementation of community and economic development projects which may involve CDBG and HOME funds.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments, on behalf of Sumter County, will hold a Public Hearing in the County Council Chambers of the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, S.C. The Public Hearing will take place in conjunction with the regularly scheduled Sumter County Council meeting.

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to review and solicit public comment on the afore-mentioned Citizens Participation Plan, and to solicit public input on community needs and priorities for housing, public facilities, economic development, water/sewer facilities, public safety components and job creation with a Needs Assessment Survey.

The Citizen Participation Plan is available for review at the Sumter County Administration Building, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, S.C. and the Santee-Lynches RCOG Office, 2525 Corporate Way, Suite 200, Sumter, SC between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Persons with questions or comments concerning the Public Hearing or the Citizens Participation Plan may contact Jenna Brown, Economic and Community Sustainability, Santee-Lynches RCOG, (803) 774-1379.

Sumter County does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability in the admission of, access to, or treatment regarding employment in its federally assisted programs or activities. Lorraine W. Dennis, Sumter County, has been designated to coordinate compliance with the non-discrimination requirements contained in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HUD regulations.

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residents can purchase an indemnity insurance policy with AirMethods’ partner, LifeShield Alliance, for $69 per family for one year in case someone needs air transport services.

Under the policy, families will receive $10,000 to put toward medical bills, regardless of which air support service in any part of the country transports the patient, he said.

A representative from another air medical service provider addressed council about possibly bringing services to the county.

Brian Burrell, strategic operations director with Med-Trans Air Medical Transport, said he and other representatives with the organization have met with Hingst and Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon and also look forward to working with county EMS and Palmetto Health Tuomey.

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Also, county council voted former-Vice Chairwoman Vivian Fleming-McGhaney as chairwoman, to complete former-Chairwoman Naomi Sanders’ 2016 term ending in November, and Councilman James McCain as vice chair, taking over the position left vacant by FlemingMcGhaney.

pray like us or vote like we do or share the same background.�

His words were unexpectedly echoed by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was selected to give the Republican response to Obama’s address. Underscoring how the heated campaign rheto-

PINEWOOD FROM PAGE A1 this a “secondary line of defense� for containing potential sidewall leaks. “The installation of a barrier wall is an expensive option that needs more investigation to determine if it is a feasible option,� the report said.

An estimate of the cost for the barrier wall cited in the reports is $5.8 million.

A longer-term priority is to reduce the amount of leachate from between the double liners of Sections I and II. Leachate is contaminated water extracted from the landfill. Leachate extracted from between the liners of dou-

HALEY FROM PAGE A1 differences in modern families� — perhaps suggesting more tolerance toward same-sex couples — and said it isn’t necessary “to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference.�

Without offering specifics, she said that while Democrats bear much responsibility, Republicans “need to accept that we’ve played a role in how and recognize why our government is broken.�

Haley has gained national prominence for helping to end the

ble lined cells is called “secondary leachate.�

According to the report, 20 percent of the leachate at the landfill has been secondary leachate in recent years.

Particularly of concern is an area of Section III which is producing “excessive amounts of leachate,� which “trends directly with significant rainfall events,� according to the report.

Treating leachate is a major cost at the landfill, and reducing its generation is key to lowering the costs of maintaining the landfill. The report says the landfill generates 1 million gallons of leachate a year and the amount is increasing. “Leachate generation in Section I is approximately 60,000 gallons per month and is trending upward,� the report

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ric about immigrants and minorities from GOP front-runner Donald Trump in particular has unnerved some Republican leaders, Haley called on Americans to resist the temptation “to follow the siren call of the angriest voices.� “No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome,� Haley said in ex-

cerpts released ahead of her remarks.

Focused on his own legacy, Obama ticked off a retrospective of his domestic and foreign policy actions in office, including helping lead the economy back from the brink of depression, taking aggressive action on climate change and ending a Cold War freeze with Cuba.

display of the Confederate battle flag on Statehouse grounds last year after half a century, a move that followed last June’s slaying of nine people at a historically black church in Charleston. She also got attention after catastrophic flooding that battered her state in October.

Polls have shown public concerns about terrorism and national security have become a top issue ever since the November attacks that killed 130 in Paris and the December mass shooting by a radicalized Muslim couple that killed 14 people in San Bernardino. Ever since, Republicans on

the presidential campaign trail and in Congress have been emphasizing those issues.

At the same time, many in the GOP feel the party must do a better job of appealing to Hispanics and other minority voters if they are to compete effectively in national and many statewide elections.

They’re also eager to win more votes from women, who preferred Obama over his Republican opponents by more than 10 percentage points in his 2008 and 2012 elections and have favored the Democratic presidential candidate in each election since 1992.

says. “Section I leachate generation poses a financial risk to the Trust and possibly a future containment risk.�

Among concerns considered in the report is the clogging of leachate collection lines and the potential of a long failure of the collection system. A linecleaning proposal has been submitted to Pinewood Interim Administrators, and the report recommends trying that approach and evaluating the results. Also under consideration is the installation of leachate extraction sumps — low spots where leachate collects and can be pumped out. Such a solution, however, risks punching holes in the liner.

Other requests concern additional monitoring, an update of the site’s Conceptual Site Model and facility and equipment improvements.

While the capital improvement projects addressed in the report may enhance safety and reduce costs, none of the capital improvement projects “provide a permanent solution to the issues that will exist as long as the waste remains in the landfill.�

The Pinewood landfill accepted hazardous wastes from 1978 to 2000, when the landfill was ordered to stop accepting wastes. The owner in 2000, SafetyKleen, declared bankruptcy and negotiated a settlement with DHEC which transferred ownership and responsibility for the toxic waste dump to the state of South Carolina.

PIA will present the report, public comments and the related requests to the House Budget Subcommittee Wednesday, Jan. 17.

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The minimum wage dishonesty

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ichael Hiltzik, a columnist and Los Angeles Times reporter, wrote an article titled “Does a minimum wage raise hurt workers?

Economists say: We don’t know.”

Uncertain was his conclusion from a poll conducted by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business of 42 nationally Walter ranked Williams economists on the question of whether raising the federal minimum wage to $15 during the next five years would reduce employment opportunities for lowwage workers.

The Senate Budget Committee’s blog says, “Top Economists Are Backing Sen. Bernie Sanders on Establishing a $15 an Hour Minimum Wage.”

It lists the names of 210 economists who call for increasing the federal minimum wage.

The petition starts off, “We, the undersigned professional economists, favor an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as of 2020.”

The petition ends with this: “In short, raising the federal minimum to $15 an hour by 2020 will be an effective means of improving living standards for lowwage workers and their families and will help stabilize the economy. The costs to other groups in society will be modest and readily absorbed.”

The people who are harmed by an increase in the minimum wage are lowskilled workers.

Try this question to economists who argue against the unemployment effect of raising the minimum wage: Is it likely that an employer would find it in his interests to pay a worker $15 an hour when that worker has skills that enable him to produce only $5 worth of value an hour to the employer’s output?

Unlike my fellow economists who might argue to the contrary, I would say that most employers would view hiring such a worker as a losing economic proposition, but they might hire him at $5 an hour.

Thus, one effect of the minimum wage law is that of discrimination against the employment of lowskilled workers.

In our society, the least skilled people are youths, who lack the skills, maturity and experience of adults.

Black youths not only share these handicaps but have attended grossly inferior schools and live in unstable household environments.

That means higher minimum wages will have the greatest unemployment effect on youths, particularly black youths.

A minimum wage not only discriminates against lowskilled workers but also is one of the most effective tools in the arsenal of racists.

Our nation’s first minimum wage came in the form of the Davis-Bacon Act of

‘Try this question to economists who argue against the unemployment effect of raising the minimum wage: Is it likely that an employer would find it in his interests to pay a worker $15 an hour when that worker has skills that enable him to produce only $5 worth of value an hour to the employer’s output?’

1931, which sets minimum wages on federally financed or assisted construction projects.

During the legislative debates, racist intents were obvious.

Rep. John Cochran, D-Mo., said he had “received numerous complaints in recent months about Southern contractors employing low-paid colored mechanics getting work and bringing the employees from the South.”

Rep. Miles Allgood, D-Ala., complained: “That contractor has cheap colored labor that he transports, and he puts them in cabins, and it is labor of that sort that is in competition with white labor throughout the country.”

Rep. William Upshaw, D-Ga., complained of the “superabundance or large aggregation of Negro labor.”

During South Africa’s apartheid era, the secretary of its avowedly racist Building Workers’ Union, Gert Beetge, said, “There is no job reservation left in the building industry, and in the circumstances, I support the rate for the job (minimum wage) as the second-best way of protecting our white artisans.”

The South African Economic and Wage Commission of 1925 reported that “while definite exclusion of the Natives from the more remunerative fields of employment by law has not been urged upon us, the same result would follow a certain use of the powers of the Wage Board under the Wage Act of 1925 or of other wage-fixing legislation. The method would be to fix a minimum rate for an occupation or craft so high that no Native would be likely to be employed.”

It is incompetence or dishonesty for my fellow economists to deny these two effects of minimum wages: discrimination against employment of low-skilled labor and the lowering of the cost of racial discrimination.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016, creators.com

New S.C.: Who are those guys?

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ne of my favorite movies is the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The ultracool Paul Newman and Robert Redford play smalltime bank robbers in the turn of the century cowboy West who were relentlessly pursued by a posse of lawmen that followed them for months across mountains and deserts, to big cities and ultimately even to South America.

The constant refrain between Butch and the Kid as they struggled to stay one step ahead of the posse was “Who are those guys?”

I thought about the movie this week when I was reading about the massive influx of new South Carolinians to our state.

The rate of our population growth is the fifth highest in the country.

I asked myself, “Who are those guys” and equally important, “why are they coming to South Carolina?”

The more I thought about it, the more I saw parallels with the movie — so stay with me on this one.

The underlying backstory of Butch and the Kid was the relentless change that was coming to the West with new people and new technology that disrupted our boy’s traditional way of life.

In the past, our heroes would ride into some isolated little town, knock off the bank for a few hundred dollars and then ride off in a cloud of dust.

By the time the local sheriff realized what happened, gathered up the locals and rode off in search of the boys, Butch and the Kid were safely in some two bit cow town in the next county over, blended into the local saloon and bordello culture.

But technology changed all that.

With the advent of the telegraph, one lawman could reach another miles

COMMENTARY away in minutes, and the railroad enabled a posse to load up their horses and cover vast distance in a hurry in pursuit of the outlaws.

OK, you say, good story, but how does Phil this relate Noble to South Carolina?

We in the Palmetto State are like the Old West; our way of life is changing (for better and worse) with the relentless influx of new people, largely driven by technological changes.

Consider this: • South Carolina is among the top 10 states in the nation for both the pace of growth and the actual number of additional residents.

• According to United Van Lines, South Carolina is the second most popular destination for state to state moves. We are second only to Oregon. They calculate that for every four people that move out of our state, six more move in.

• The Census Bureau says that between 2010 and 2014, our population grew by 4.5 percent while the national population only grew by 3.3 percent.

• In real numbers, this means that 150,000 people moved to our state from 2012 to 2013. By comparison, Columbia’s population is only 130,000.

• The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metropolitan area, which now includes Brunswick County in North Carolina, is the seventh fastest-growing metropolitan area in the nation.

• Four of the nation’s 100 fastest-growing counties are now in South Carolina, all of them along the coast.

All of this tells us there are a lot of folks coming,

but who are they?

As expected, most come from surrounding states, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. After that, it’s the Northeast and Mid-West states.

Folks moving here are disproportionately old.

Across South Carolina, nearly two-thirds of the population gains from mid2010 to mid-2013 were more than 65.

The technology changes are part of what is driving folks to come to South Carolina.

Now that air conditioning is ubiquitous, our hot summers are now tolerable, and our mild winters have always been attractive.

Today, it’s easy for people to live anywhere they want and stay connected to their family via smartphones and other technology.

You may not have your grandkids on your lap, but you can FaceTime with them on your smartphone as often as you’d like.

And when you do want to have them on your lap, air travel has become so easy and cheap that living 1,000 miles away is no big deal.

Well, we know what happened to Butch and the Kid — ultimately they fled to Bolivia (where the forces of modernization had not arrived), and they ultimately died in a hail of bullets.

It’s like the saying “adapt or die”… and our boys couldn’t adapt.

We in South Carolina need to be thinking a lot about what all this means and how we can adapt.

Because they will keep coming. Count on it.

Phil Noble is a businessman in Charleston and President of the SC New Democrats, an independent reform group founded by former Gov. Richard Riley to bring big change and real reform. phil@scnewdemocrats.org

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SUPPORT GROUPS friends who have lost a loved AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: one to murder in a violent AA — Monday-Friday, noon Support Groups: Jan. 13, 2016 way. and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and Multiple Sclerosis Support 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775- Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas 1852.

Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 AA Women’s Meeting — E. Cedar St., Florence. Call Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren (843) 661-3746.

St. (803) 775-1852.

Amputee Support Group — AA Spanish Speaking — SunFourth Tuesday each month, day, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabili(803) 775-1852. tation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar AA “How it Works” Group — St., Florence. Call (843) 661Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., 3746.

1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494EFMP Parent Exchange Group — 5180.

Last Tuesday each month, 11 441 AA Support Group — Mona.m.-noon, Airman and Famiday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 ly Readiness Center. Support p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. to service members who 441. have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus AA Summerton Group — Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 Wednesday, 8 p.m., town or Sue Zimmerman at (803) hall.

847-2377.

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 4358085.

C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763.

Find us on Facebook at Sumter Vitiligo Support.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First and third Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church.

Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at (803) 469-9426.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to all families or

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha Willis at (803) 774-6181.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane.

Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Contact Kevin Johnson at (803) 778-0303.

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As long as no one knows what you are up to, you will achieve your goals and set the stage for what’s to come. Someone will disappoint you or interfere with your plans if you share too much.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do whatever it takes to resolve a pending problem and get on with your life. You will meet someone while traveling or gathering information who sparks your imagination and gets you thinking about your options and possibilities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t feel obligated to take on someone else’s responsibilities. You need to focus on your own needs before you consider helping others. Don’t let anyone take advantage of your friendliness. You can’t buy respect.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take part in a cultural event. You will be able to improve your lifestyle and ease your stress. Make it a point to spend time with people who motivate you. Emotional matters can be resolved and financial gains made.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A day trip that has to do with family, information or doing something you enjoy should be on your agenda. Don’t let personal responsibilities bog you down. A partnership will offer you greater freedom and a promising future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put more time and effort into your home, family and helping the people you care about the most.

Your unique way of doing things will not go unnoticed. A home improvement project looks promising.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will meet with opposition if you are emotionally evasive or indulgent. Try to do your own thing and let others do as they please.

Personal alterations will bring good results and help ward off interference.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Reconnect with people from your past or resurrect an old plan or idea that suits the current economic trends. Don’t be afraid to show emotions when dealing with matters concerning relatives. Don’t overspend to impress. Be consistent.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid a risky venture. Spend time doing the things that make you happy or that will enable you to be a better person. Anger is a waste of time, but self-improvement will boost your resilience and the desire to be your best.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep busy. Time passes quickly if you do things you enjoy. Family fun or doing something that helps you relax or eases your stress should be scheduled. Don’t let the little things get to you. A surprise is heading your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are running on empty. Make time to enjoy something that you take for granted, and it will give you a new outlook on life. Nurture relationships, and instead of trying to change people, love them for who they are.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotions will spin out of control if you don’t control your reaction to what others do or say. Protect your image as well as your money and possessions. If someone needs help, offer your time, not your cash.

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Clemson Football

Swinney: ‘No doubt that we will be back’ After loss to Alabama, Tigers plan quick return to playoffs

Leggett will return while other Tigers mull futures

By Scott Keepfer Greenville News

PHOENIX — Even in the midst of a subdued Clemson locker room after Monday night’s 45-40 loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, it wasn’t hard to find some positive news.

Foremost in that regard was the declaration by junior tight end Jordan Leggett that he’ll be returning to Clemson for a senior season.

“I’m going to stay – I don’t LEGGETT want to leave the No. 1 quarterback in the nation,” Leggett said, nodding toward Deshaun Watson.

Leggett, who had five receptions for 78 yards with a touchdown Monday night, has other incentives to return as well.

“We’ll have a lot of guys coming back,” said Leggett, who was a Mackey Award finalist. “And I just hate this feeling (losing); it kind of hurts my stomach, so hopefully I’ll have a chance to play for another one.”

How many of his teammates will pursue that chance will become clear over the next several days.

Underclassmen have only until Monday to submit their applications for the NFL draft. The NFL will release the list of players who plan to enter the draft Jan. 22, and the draft is set for April 28-30 in Chicago.

Junior defensive end Shaq Lawson’s decision has been made for quite some time. The 6-foot-3, 270-pounder declared for the draft in early December. Ironically, he plans to train for the NFL Combine in Phoenix.

After his performance Monday night, Kevin Dodd – Lawson’s bookend at defensive end – might mull his future. Dodd

See LEGGETT, Page B3

The Associated Press

Clemson’s B.J. Goodson, left, stops Alabama quarterback Jake Coker, center, on a run during the first half of the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night in Glendale, Ariz. The Crimson Tide won the title 45-40.

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Almost before the gold-tinted confetti stopped falling, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and quarterback Deshaun Watson were prepping for another run at the national title next year.

It’s more than just wishful thinking on their parts.

Led by the transcendent Watson, the Tigers seem like a strong bet to return to the College Football Playoffs.

Clemson came up one game short in its quest to make history and go 15-0 with a national title, cut short

by Alabama’s 45-40 defeat in the title game Monday night.

“There’s no doubt that we will be back,” Swinney said. “It won’t be 34 years before we’re going to be back, I promise you that.”

Of course not all the current Tigers will be back.

All-American defensive end Shaq Lawson, who notched two more sacks against the Crimson Tide to finish the season with 12.5, has de-

clared for the NFL draft. Clemson also loses linebacker B.J. Goodson, the team’s top tackler with 156 stops.

On offense the losses are mostly along the offensive line where left guard Eric Mac Lain and right tackle Joe Gore are graduate students.

Receiver Charone Peake, second on the Tigers with 44 catches this season, is also a fifth-year player.

But with Watson in control, the Tigers will have a chance to be legitimate contenders.

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Prep Basketball

Lady Knights cruise past Marlboro County 64-17

Great game, but a tough ending

By eddie litaker Special To The Sumter Item

“Any time you play a game like this, I tell the girls we still have to play with intensiWith a Region VI-3A show- ty,” said Wilson, whose team down with cross-county rival improved to 11-3 overall and Lakewood looming on Friday, 2-0 in region play. “We still Crestwood High School varsi- have areas that we need to ty girls basketball coach Tony work on, like our zone deWilson couldn’t have asked fense. We tend to stand for a much better result for around and look a lot, not rehis team on Tuesday. acting a lot, so I told them to The Lady Knights jumped be alert. I’m pleased with the out to an early lead against way they came out and Marlboro County, allowing played that at times, but we Wilson to clear his bench and still have a lot of work to do rest the starters as Crestbecause we’ve got our crosswood cruised to a 64-17 victo- town rivals coming in on Friry over the Lady Bulldogs at day and Lakewood’s a pretty The Castle. good team. We’ve just got to Now, the Lady Knights will continue to work hard.” enter a rematch of last year’s Even playing limited min3A lower state championship utes against the overmatched game well rested and looking Lady Bulldogs, Crestwood for revenge against the Lady starters Shaquanda MillerGators, who won that game McCray and Tyanna Saun49-29 before falling to Landers still put up impressive caster 44-42 in the state chamSee KNIGHTS, Page B2 pionship game.

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Mary Cockerill, center, made it on national television during one of ESPN’s crowd shots during Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game between Clemson and Alabama. Mary’s son, William, played for Clemson.

Mary Cockerill’s son, William Cockerill — No. 61 — is a walk-on senior offensive lineman for the Clemson Tigers. Mary and her other son, Max, went to the Orange Bowl last week in Miami to watch Clemson beat Oklahoma 37-17. They will be traveling to Glendale, Ariz., for Monday’s national championship game in which the Tigers will face Alabama. We asked her to chronicle her experience to share with our readers. She’ll provide a daily account of her experiences.

By Mary Cockerill Special to The Sumter Item

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Crestwood’s Shannon Martin (24) shoots as Marlboro County’s Shakeria Bridges defends during the Lady Knights’ 64-17 victory on Tuesday at The Castle.

Thoughts after the game: Glendale, Ariz. — What a great game!

Although we lost, it was a great season. I’m still proud of my Tigers.

I had a great time seeing all of the other Clemson fans. I had such mixed emotions because this was William’s last football game as a Clemson Tiger and I was so hoping that we would win the game.

What a great game they played! We should all be proud of how well they represented the Palmetto State.

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stat lines. Miller-McCray ended with 12 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots while Saunders concluded her night with seven rebounds, six points, five steals and five assists.

“I was pleased with Shaquanda so far (in) the first two games (of region play),” Wilson said. “She’s stepped her game up, and I told her in region play she has to step up and score some points. Everybody knows she’s a good defensive player but she’ll need to start scoring a lot more points for us to be successful. Tyanna has been doing her thing all year. She rebounds, gets all the loose balls and does the dirty work. She was impressive tonight with her assists, rebounds and getting everybody else involved.”

Wilson was also without two other starters, Cawasha Ceasar and Avis Murphy, who were out with ankle and thumb injuries, respectively, but it did not matter on a night when 10 Crestwood players broke into the scoring column.

After hitting three treys for nine points off the bench in Friday’s 56-24 win over Manning, Shannon Martin closed with eight points on Tuesday, including six in the opening quarter that, combined with eight from Miller-McCray, helped to push the Lady Knights to a 24-6

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Crestwood’s Ja Morant (12) goes up for a shot while Marlboro County’s Ty’lik Johnson defends during the Knights’ 70-58 loss on Tuesday at The Castle. lead after one.

Destinee Jamison also ended with impressive numbers that included nine points, six rebounds, two steals and two assists while Jayla Bolden added 10 points and six rebounds. Five of Jamison’s nine points came in the second quarter, helping to propel Crestwood to a 42-9 halftime lead.

The Lady Bulldogs, who fell to 2-10 and 0-2, managed just seven field goals, with three of those coming in the

opening quarter. Marlboro County also struggled from the foul line, connecting on just three of 20 attempts.

Friday’s varsity girls’ game between Lakewood and Crestwood is scheduled to tip at 6 p.m. at The Castle.

On the boys side, Marlboro County earned a 70-58 victory over the Knights. Dakota Jennings and Ja Morant each had 15 points to lead Crestwood, who fell to 8-4 overall and 1-1 in the region.

TODAY 2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Arsenal vs. Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

6:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Southern Methodist at East Carolina (ESPNEWS).

6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgetown at St. John’s (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Duke at Clemson (ESPN2, WWBD-FM 94.7).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Houston at Cincinnati (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Atlanta at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Boston College at Syracuse (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Temple at Memphis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Indiana at Boston (ESPN).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Philadelphia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas Christian at Baylor (ESPNEWS).

8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Marquette at Villanova (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Mississippi at Louisiana State (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: South Carolina at Alabama (SEC NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: San Diego State at Colorado State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Miami at Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: Southern California at UCLA (ESPN2).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: Oregon State at Colorado (ESPNU).

Prep Schedule TODAY

Varsity Basketball

Scott’s Branch at Branchville, 6:30 p.m.

B Team Basketball

Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m.

Middle School Basketball

Kingstree at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Bowling

Boys area roundup

Duo leads JV Generals past Indians ORANGEBURG — Eli Kessinger and Zach Fugate had 11 points each to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a 47-20 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday at the Indians gymnasium.

Tyler Millwood added seven points for the Generals followed by Mason Warren with five.

TSA, now 4-5 overall and 1-0 in the region, hosts Wilson Hall on Friday.

Wilson Hall 43 Calhoun Academy 12

B TEAM BASKETBALL Thomas Sumter 33

Thursday at LMA at 6 p.m.

Clarendon Hall 17

Laurence Manning 29

St. John’s Christian 10

MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy fell to 0-3 with a 33-29 loss to Thomas Sumter Academy on Monday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Austin Deppa led LMA with nine points while Gabe Harris had six.

SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall picked up its first victory of the season on Monday by beating St. John’s Christian 17-10 at the CH gymnasium.

Louie Hendricks led the 1-2 Saints with 13 points.

Orangeburg Prep 45 Wilson Hall 39

ORANGEBURG — Miller ST. MATTHEWS — JackJones and Wise Seagars son Lemay had eight points each scored nine points, but and Grey Holler added seven it was not enough as Wilson to lead Wilson Hall to a 43-12 Hall fell to Orangeburg victory over Calhoun Acade- Prep 45-39 in overtime on my on Tuesday at the CA Monday at the Indians gymgymnasium. nasium.

The JV Barons improved Graham VanPatten had to 5-4 overall and 1-0 in the six points and seven reregion and will travel to bounds for the Barons while Thomas Sumter Academy Jones had three steals. on Friday.

WH returns to action on

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Alice Drive 54 Furman 21

Alice Drive Middle School improved to 9-0 in Sumter Middle School Conference play with a 54-21 victory over Furman on Monday at the Furman gymnasium.

Carldrelle Cooper led the Hawks with 18 points.

O’Donnell Fortune added seven.

Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter, Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall (at Gamecock Lanes), 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Varsity and JV Basketball

Colleton Prep at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Basketball

Sumter at Conway, 6 p.m.

Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Manning at Marlboro County, 6 p.m.

Lake Marion at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

B Team Basketball

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Middle School Basketball

Spaulding at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling

Ridge View, Lake City at Sumter, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball

Conway at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 6 p.m.

Lee Central at Lake City, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Basketball

Scott’s Branch at Hannah-Pamplico (No JV Girls), 5 p.m.

East Clarendon at C.E. Murray (No JV Girls), 5 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at The King’s Academy, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 4 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Calvary Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling

Sumter in Battery Creek Duals (in Beaufort), 6 p.m.

Varsity Basketball B Team Basketball

Fisher, Lady Barons open region play with win ST. MATTHEWS — Nicolette Fisher had 13 points to help lead Wilson Hall’s varsity girls basketball team to a region-opening 44-36 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at the CA gymnasium.

Catherine Kelley and Betsy Cunningham each added nine points for the Lady Barons, who improved to 9-5 overall and will travel to Thomas Sumter Academy on Friday.

Sarah Swatts led Calhoun with 15 points.

WILSON HALL Fisher 13, Cunningham 9, Kelley 9, Goodson 5, Munn 2, Stokes 2, Clark 2, Crawford 2.

Laurence Manning 33

as Lakewood fell to Hartsville 50-43 on Tuesday at The Swamp.

Taja Randolph added 11 points for the Lady Gators followed by Shanekia Jackson with seven. Jackson also had 13 rebounds and three blocked shots while Weldon came away with eight steals.

Randolph had six rebounds and two blocked shots for Lakewood, who fell to 8-4 overall and 1-1 in Region VI-3A.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Wilson Hall 22 Calhoun Academy 13

ST. MATTHEWS — DuBose Alderman had eight COLUMBIA — Brooke points as Wilson Hall imBennett had 11 points to proved to 7-0 with a 22-13 help Laurence Manning victory over Calhoun AcadeAcademy edge Cardinal my on Tuesday at the CA Newman 33-28 on Tuesday at gymnasium. the CN gymnasium. Kaela Haley Roone McCaffrey Johnson added nine points added four points for the for the Lady Swampcats.

Lady Barons, who will travel to Thomas Sumter Academy LAURENCE MANNING Bennett 11, Johnson 9, Wilson 4, on Friday.

Cardinal Newman 28

Downer 3, Beatson 3, Fraser 2, Lea 1.

Laurence Manning 28

Hartsville 50

Cardinal Newman 24

COLUMBIA — Sara Knight Nalley had 12 points Tatyana Weldon had 18 to help lead Laurence Manpoints, but it was not enough ning Academy past Cardinal Lakewood 43

Newman 28-24 on Tuesday at the CN gymnasium.

Abbie Patrick added eight points for the Lady Swampcats.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Laurence Manning 29 Thomas Sumter 21 MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy improved to 3-0 with a 29-21 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Monday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

St. John’s Christian 16 Clarendon Hall 15

Orangeburg Prep at Thomas Sumter, 2 p.m.

Varsity Equestrian

Wilson Hall in IEA Equestrian (at Tally Ho in Timmonsville), TBA

Varsity Wrestling

Sumter in Battery Creek Duals (in Beaufort), TBA

W L Pct GB 26 9 .743 — 22 14 .611 4½ 21 16 .568 6 21 16 .568 6 15 24 .385 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Utah Portland Denver Minnesota Pacific Division

Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

W L Pct GB 33 6 .846 — 22 16 .579 10½ 21 18 .538 12 19 19 .500 13½ 11 25 .306 20½ W L Pct GB 26 12 .684 — 17 20 .459 8½ 16 24 .400 11 14 24 .368 12 12 26 .316 14 W L Pct GB 36 2 .947 — 25 13 .658 11 15 22 .405 20½ 13 26 .333 23½ 8 31 .205 28½

Monday’s Games

San Antonio 106, Brooklyn 79 Washington 114, Chicago 100 Golden State 111, Miami 103

Tuesday’s Games

Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m.

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

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

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Boston, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

Thursday’s Games

Toronto vs. Orlando at London, England, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 43 26 12 5 57 118 92 Detroit 43 22 14 7 51 107 112 Montreal 43 23 17 3 49 122 107 Boston 41 21 15 5 47 124 110 Tampa Bay 42 21 17 4 46 107 102 Ottawa 43 20 17 6 46 119 131 Toronto 40 16 17 7 39 104 112 Buffalo 42 16 22 4 36 97 115 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 42 32 7 3 67 139 90 N.Y. Rangers 42 23 14 5 51 123 110 N.Y. Islanders 42 22 15 5 49 114 107 New Jersey 43 21 17 5 47 97 102 Pittsburgh 41 20 16 5 45 97 100 Philadelphia 40 18 15 7 43 91 108 Carolina 43 18 18 7 43 102 118 Columbus 43 15 24 4 34 109 139

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 44 29 11 4 62 149 116 Chicago 44 27 13 4 58 126 104 St. Louis 45 24 14 7 55 111 112 Minnesota 42 22 12 8 52 111 99 Nashville 42 19 16 7 45 107 115 Colorado 43 21 19 3 45 125 123 Winnipeg 42 19 20 3 41 111 121 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 42 27 12 3 57 112 92 Arizona 41 21 16 4 46 116 125 Vancouver 43 17 16 10 44 105 120 San Jose 40 20 18 2 42 114 112 Anaheim 41 17 17 7 41 78 99 Calgary 41 19 20 2 40 109 129 Edmonton 43 17 23 3 37 105 127 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 2, Boston 1 San Jose 5, Calgary 4 Vancouver 3, Florida 2, OT Los Angeles 4, Detroit 2 Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Columbus at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

Florida at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Saturday, Jan. 9

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

Vancouver at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 9 p.m.

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

Sunday, Jan. 10

By The Associated Press

NFL Playoffs

By The Associated Press

Wild-card Playoffs Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16

Kansas City at New England, 4:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 8:15 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 17

Seattle at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 24

SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall fell to 2-1 with a 16-15 loss to St. John’s Christian Academy on Monday at the CH gymnasium.

Mattie Zeigler led CH with eight points.

AFC, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX)

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL

At Santa Clara, Calif.

TBD, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

Chestnut Oaks 51

17 19 .472 5 17 20 .459 5½

Tuesday’s Games

SATURDAY Sumter at Dreher (Girls Only), 3:30 p.m.

Girls area roundup

Washington Charlotte Central Division

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31

At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

Manning 28

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Carnesie Wells scored 25 points to lift Chestnut Oaks Middle School to a 51-28 victory over Manning Junior High on Monday at the CO gymnasium.

Emari Singleton added 14 points for the Lady Falcons.

Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Atlanta Miami Orlando

W L Pct GB 24 15 .615 — 19 18 .514 4 19 20 .487 5 10 28 .263 13½ 4 36 .100 20½ W L Pct GB 23 15 .605 — 22 16 .579 1 20 18 .526 3

College Basketball

EAST Rhode Island at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m.

Georgetown vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 6:30 p.m.

Hartford at Binghamton, 7 p.m.

Army at Colgate, 7 p.m.

Saint Louis at Duquesne, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Lafayette, 7 p.m.

Loyola (Md.) at Navy, 7 p.m.

UMBC at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

Boston College at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Boston U. at American U., 7:30 p.m.

Marquette at Villanova, 8:30 p.m.

SOUTH SMU at East Carolina, 6:15 p.m.

Duke at Clemson, 7 p.m.

St. Joseph’s at George Mason, 7 p.m.

Tennessee at Georgia, 7 p.m.

La Salle at Richmond, 7 p.m.

Tennessee Tech at UT Martin, 7 p.m.

Fordham at VCU, 7 p.m.

Temple at Memphis, 8 p.m.

South Carolina at Alabama, 9 p.m.

Mississippi at LSU, 9 p.m.

Florida St. at NC State, 9 p.m.

Wake Forest at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m.

MIDWEST Rutgers at Ohio St., 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

N. Iowa at Indiana St., 7 p.m.

Bradley at Loyola of Chicago, 7 p.m.

South Dakota at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.

Penn St. at Purdue, 8:30 p.m.

Wichita St. at Missouri St., 9 p.m.

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, 9 p.m.

SOUTHWEST TCU at Baylor, 8:15 p.m.

Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 9 p.m.

FAR WEST San Diego St. at Colorado St., 10 p.m.

Wyoming at San Jose St., 10 p.m.

Oregon St. at Colorado, 11 p.m.

Boise St. at Nevada, 11 p.m.

Southern Cal at UCLA, 11 p.m.

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Alabama coach Nick Saban, center, and players celebrate after beating Clemson 45-40 in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday in Glendale, Ariz.

’Bama-Clemson joins list of epic title games

By RICHARD ROSENBLATT The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Welcome to the epic national championship club Alabama and Clemson.

Your game is a unanimous choice to join the short list of some of the most dramatic, exciting, fantastic finishes to a college football season.

With one big play after another — by both teams — Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff title game.

An instant classic. And no doubt, this one will last for a long time. The game was a thrill-a-minute. Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry ran for three touchdowns, including a 50-yarder to open the scoring.

A daring onside kick with the score tied 24-all led to an Alabama points explosion, with quarterback Jake Coker throwing for two long touchdowns to tight end O.J Howard. Oh, and Kenyan Drake returned a kickoff 95 yards for another score.

Clemson didn’t flinch. Dual-threat quarterback Deshaun Watson threw four touchdown and had 478 total yards — 403 passing. He was virtually a one-man show in keeping the Tigers ahead for a while.

In the end, it was too much Alabama.

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Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (61) 14-1 1,525 2 2. Clemson 14-1 1,464 1 3. Stanford 12-2 1,360 5 4. Ohio St. 12-1 1,342 7 5. Oklahoma 11-2 1,270 4 6. Michigan St. 12-2 1,227 3 7. TCU 11-2 1,098 11 8. Houston 13-1 1,050 14 9. Iowa 12-2 981 6 10. Mississippi 10-3 975 16 11. Notre Dame 10-3 953 8 12. Michigan 10-3 911 17 13. Baylor 10-3 820 18 14. Florida St. 10-3 630 9 15. North Carolina 11-3 563 10 16. LSU 9-3 546 22 17. Utah 10-3 499 20 18. Navy 11-2 465 21 19. Oregon 9-4 391 15 20. Oklahoma St. 10-3 372 13 21. Wisconsin 10-3 332 23 22. Tennessee 9-4 260 NR 23. Northwestern 10-3 203 12 24. W. Kentucky 12-2 128 25 25. Florida 10-4 126 19

Record Pts 1. Alabama (56) 14-1 1400 2. Clemson 14-1 1344 3. Stanford 12-2 1235 4. Ohio State 12-1 1231 5. Oklahoma 11-2 1172 6. Michigan St. 12-2 1121 7. TCU 11-2 1020 8. Houston 13-1 928 9. Mississippi 10-3 919 10. Iowa 12-2 862 11. Michigan 10-3 812 12. Notre Dame 10-3 781 13. Baylor 10-3 763 14. Florida St. 10-3 645 15. North Carolina 11-3 543 16. Utah 10-3 499 17. LSU 9-3 485 18. Navy 11-2 402 19. Oklahoma St. 10-3 392 20. Oregon 9-4 356 21. Wisconsin 10-3 307 22. Northwestern 10-3 207 23. Tennessee 9-4 190 24. Georgia 10-3 173 25. Florida 10-4 141

Pv 2 1 6 5 3 4 10 16 15 7 17 9 19 8 11 20 21 22 13 14 23 12 — 25 18

Others receiving votes: Georgia 109, Washington State 51, Mississippi State 47, San Diego State 44, Arkansas 28, Toledo 28, Southern California 10, Appalachian State 7, Boise State 4, Duke 3, Temple 2, Brigham Young 1.

Others receiving votes: W. Kent. 73, San Diego St. 55, Toledo 27, Wash.

St. 23, Miss. St. 18, Temple 18, Marshall 15, Arkansas 11, Appalachian St. 9, Boise St. 8, Louisville 7, Duke 2, Memphis 2, Southern Cal 2, Ga. Southern 1, W. Virginia 1.

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win its first national title.

Led by quarterback Bernie Kosar, Miami built an early lead. The Cornhuskers pulled within a point with less than a minute left, but instead of kicking the extra point that would have assured a championship, coach Tom Osborne decided to go for the win. Turner Gill’s pass was swatted away, as Miami held on.

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This game was like Alabama-Clemson for excitement, but had an even wilder finish. It was a No. 1 vs.

No. 2 game. Like Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, Texas QB Vince Young piled up over 400 total yards, but his Longhorns came out a winner when he scored on fourth down in the closing seconds.

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MIAMI 24, 2 OT Miami was poised for another perfect season. They were a unanimous No. 1 choice riding a 34-game winning streak. Ohio State also was unbeaten, ranked No. 2.

Led by Maurice Clarett, Ohio State outplayed Miami for much of the game. But it was a still debated pass interference call in overtime that gave the Buckeyes another chance.

AUBURN 31 The Tigers stormed to a 21-3 lead before Heisman winner Jameis Winston led the Seminoles back. The lead went back and forth with the Tigers going ahead 31-27 with 1:19 left. But Winston led them to victory — and the national title — with a TD pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds to go.

Dabo) Swinney,” Dodd said.

“I’m going to weigh to pros From Page B1 and cons of what’s best for me.” had career highs in both Several other players will tackles for loss (five) and be doing likewise, including sacks (three) against Alarunning back Wayne Gallbama, pushing his season man. Gallman had a breaktotal to 23.5 tackles for loss, out redshirt sophomore seawhich ranks as the ninthson, totaling 1,527 yards and best total in Clemson histo13 touchdowns. ry.

“I plan on discussing it The former Riverside High with my family, but I’m not standout also had at least even thinking about that one sack in each of the Tiright now,” Gallman said gers’ final five games and Monday night. finished with 12, which ties Redshirt sophomore corhim for sixth with Vic Beas- nerback Mackensie Alexanley for most sacks in a seader, who is widely considered son. to be a first-round talent by “I’m going to wait ’til I get NFL scouts and analysts, deback to the house and sit clined to comment after down with my family and Monday night’s game, which then get back with (coach he left in the second quarter

because of a hamstring injury and did not return.

Jayron Kearse, who also has been considered an early-round draft possibility, also declined comment. He has NFL bloodlines; his uncle, Jevon Kearse, was an All-America at Florida and an NFL All-Pro. Kearse, a junior safety, has the stature and demeanor to follow in his footsteps.

At 6-5, 220, Kearse would be highly desirable for his size and ability to deliver big hits in the running game.

Junior safety T.J. Green, who posted 128 tackles in his first year as a starter, and junior cornerback Cordrea Tankersley also declined to comment on what their immediate futures might hold.

MIAMI 31 NEBRASKA 30 Miami, which considered shutting down its program due to lack of interest several years earlier, pulled off one of the greatest upsets to

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sive end Shaq Lawson has already said he is going to turn From Page B1 pro. Cornerback Mackensie Alexander and safety Watson was this season’s Jayron Kearse could go, as ACC player of the year, eclips- could running back Wayne ing the conference mark for Gallman, who set Clemson’s total offense that was held the single season rushing mark past 13 years by San Diego with 1,527 yards. Defensive Chargers quarterback Philip end Kevin Dodd, who had Rivers, who set the record three sacks against Alabama, while at North Carolina State. is also considering a move to Watson turned in another the pros. stellar performance Monday WILLIAMS RETURN: Clemnight on the biggest stage of son’s best receiver, sure-handhis career. He threw for four ed deep threat Mike Williams, touchdowns and 405 yards. He missed all but the first quarter also rushed for 73 and directed of the first game with a neck Clemson to its 11th straight injury. But Williams chose to game with 500 or more total return next season and should yards. quickly become Watson’s faWatson had to go through vorite long-ball target. surgery rehab last offseason.

DEFENSE REBUILDING: ClemHe’s got no such restriction son should be stout again up this year and expects to return front with players like Austin to the practice grind as quick- Bryant, Christian Wilkins and ly as he can. Watson wants to Albert Huggins playing a largget stronger and improve his er role. The Tigers also accuracy, which sometimes brought in five-star defensive led to costly interceptions — lineman Dexter Lawrence like his first-half pick that set from North Carolina as an Alabama up for a tying TD early enrollee. when Clemson had seized moLOOKING FOR LINEBACKERS: mentum.

Clemson relied on B.J. GoodWatson expects things to fall son and Ben Boulware to into place again next season — carry the load at that position, and the Tigers to once again but will have to plug some be playing for the title. holes next season with Good“You’ll see us in Tampa next son’s departure. Backups year,” Watson said.

Dorian O’Daniel and Kendall Things to watch for Clemson Joseph got more playing time in 2016: as the season wore on. ClemNFL DECLARATIONS: Clemson also added highly sought son has several third-year linebackers Rahshaun Smith players considering declaring and Tre Lamar as early enrollfor the NFL draft, and defenees.

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Alabama’s Kenyan Drake, right, breaks away for a touchdown return on a kickoff as Clemson’s Jayron Kearse pursues during the Tide’s 45-40 victory on Monday in the national championship game.

Special teams costly for Tigers in title game

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clemson’s offense matched Alabama’s. Its defense did, too.

Where the Tigers faltered badly was special teams. Alabama’s go-ahead touchdown in the 45-40 victory in Monday night’s national championship game followed a stunning onside kick. The Tide pushed their lead to double digits on Kenyan Drake’s 95-yard kickoff return touchdown.

“We got beat by a few plays, a few big plays,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

The team that made “BYOG” (Bring Your Own Guts) a college football catchphrase got beat by a gutsy call from Alabama. Swinney railed at officials after the perfectly executed kick, mostly because a similar play Clemson executed in 2014 against South Carolina was disallowed.

“I was just arguing because the call went against us,” Swinney said with a laugh.

“That was really it.”

Swinney said the Tigers compounded the mistake with a bust in the secondary that sprung O.J. Howard for a 51yard touchdown.

Clemson was right back in it at 31-27 when Drake broke off his long kickoff return.

“We made mistakes and they capitalized on our mistakes,” Clemson safety Jayron Kearse said. “That was it.”

The Tigers had outgained

Alabama overall, even bettering the powerful Crimson Tide and Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry on the ground 145 to 138. But Clemson could not overcome the breakdowns on special teams so close to the end.

Deshaun Watson threw his fourth and final touchdown to Jordan Leggett with 12 seconds left. By then, it was too late and Clemson will have to wait a bit longer for its first national title since 1981.

“I was expecting to win. I thought we should have won,” said Watson, who passed for 405 yards and rushed for 73.

“But there were a few plays we didn’t capitalize on. I missed some throws. We dropped some balls. Just a lot of little miscues.”

The Clemson defensive line put on a show of its own for most of this one. Injured star Shaq Lawson played despite a sprained MCL and had two of the team’s five sacks.

The Tigers had more trouble in the secondary, particularly after Mackensie Alexander — questionable to start because of hamstring problems — did not play in the second half after having to be supported to get off the field late in the second quarter.

Howard seemed to run free after Alexander’s departure with three catches of at least 51 yards, two of them for scores and the last leading to Henry’s third rushing touchdown.

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Steelers hope Roethlisberger, Brown able to play

By WILL GRAVES The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Maybe Ben Roethlisberger should consider throwing with his left hand.

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said on his radio show Tuesday he’s dealing with torn ligaments and a sprain in his right shoulder, though coach Mike Tomlin stressed the team remains hopeful Roethlisberger will be ready for Sunday’s playoff visit to Denver.

“Ben has a chance,” Tomlin said. “We’ll manage him day to day.”

Roethlisberger’s shoulder was driven into the soggy turf at Paul Brown Stadium by Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict late in the third quarter of last Saturday’s wildcard win over the Bengals.

The two-time Super Bowl

champion described the pain as a “grind or a crunch or something” during his weekly appearance on 93.7 The Fan. There were no plans to send him back in until Cincinnati rallied to take the lead. When Pittsburgh earned one last chance after Ryan Shazier stripped Bengals running back Jeremy Hill, Roethlisberger ambled back onto the field.

“I looked at him, he looked at me and we knew where we were,” Tomlin said. “Nine years together, that’s reasonable.”

His arm throbbing and his ability to get the ball down the field with any sort of velocity nonexistent, Roethlisberger — with more than a little help from the Bengals — managed to lead the Steelers on a drive that set up Chris Boswell’s winning field goal.

It was a memorable perfor-

mance, one that extended Pittsburgh’s season at least another week. It also came at a heavy cost.

Roethlisberger remains in some pretty serious pain while All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol and starting running back DeAngelo Williams remains a longshot to return from a right foot injury.

Tomlin might want to consider replacing his “next man up” mantra with “last man up” considering the circumstances.

Landry Jones will get the majority of snaps in practice early in the week as Pittsburgh prepares for a rematch with the Broncos, whom the Steelers beat 34-27 on Dec. 20 behind the spectacular play of Brown.

Tomlin admitted the idea of

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Pittsburgh hopes that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, bottom, who was injured on a sack by Cincinnati’s Vontaze Burfict during the wild-card game, will be ready to play against Denver despite torn ligaments and a sprain in his right shoulder.

Packers find playoff success in setting tempo

By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press

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The Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis will no longer be host to the Rams, whose move to the Los Angeles area was approved by the NFL in a vote on Tuesday in Houston.

NFL approves Rams to L.A., Chargers get option to join

By SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press HOUSTON — NFL owners voted Tuesday night to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to a new stadium just outside Los Angeles, and the San Diego Chargers will have an option to share the facility.

The Oakland Raiders, who also wanted to move to the area, could move to Los Angeles if San Diego doesn’t, Commissioner Roger Goodell said.

The moves end the NFL’s 21-year absence from the nation’s secondlargest media market.

The compromise— the Chargers and Raiders wanted to share a new stadium in Carson, California, and the Rams wanted to move to nearby Inglewood — was approved 30-2 after the other options did not get the 24 votes needed for approval.

The Chargers can continue to negotiate with San Diego for a new stadium deal, while keeping the option of joining at the Rams and owner Stan Kroenke at the $1.8 billion complex he is building.

“Relocation is a painful

process. It’s painful for the fans, for the communities, for the league in general,” Goodell said. “In some ways a bittersweet moment, because we were unable to get the kind of facilities done we wanted in their markets.”

The Rams —based in the LA area from 1946-94 — will play in a temporary facility — probably the Los Angeles Coliseum — until the new stadium is ready for the 2019 season.

“Today, with the NFL returning home, Los Angeles cements itself as the epicenter of the sports world,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement. “We cannot wait to welcome the Rams, and perhaps others soon, as they join a storied lineup of professional franchises, collegiate powerhouses, and sports media companies.”

The league will give $100 million to the Chargers and the Raiders if either team builds a new stadium in their current markets.

“I will be working over the next several weeks to explore the options that we have now created for

ourselves to determine the best path forward for the Chargers,” chairman Dean Spanos said.

The Chargers play 120 miles south of Inglewood in Qualcomm Stadium.

The Raiders played in Los Angeles from 1982-94 and currently split a facility with baseball’s Athletics, the last remaining NFLMLB stadium.

No NFL franchise has moved since the Houston Oilers went to Tennessee in 1997. The Raiders and Rams both left Los Angeles after the 1994 season.

In a report to all 32 teams days before the meetings, Goodell deemed the venues in all three existing cities inadequate and said the stadium proposals lacked certainty. In the case of San Diego, that includes a public vote required for the financing.

The Chargers and the city have been at odds since 2000, when owner Alex Spanos said his team needed to replace Qualcomm Stadium. That was just three years after the venue was expanded to accommodate the Chargers and Super Bowls.

The stadium saga

turned nasty in the past year as Mark Fabiani, an attorney for team Chairman Dean Spanos, criticized Mayor Kevin Faulconer and his proposals.

The city has claimed that the Chargers didn’t negotiate in good faith and had several misrepresentations in their relocation bid.

Spanos has had the right to leave San Diego since 2008, but the team’s efforts became more aggressive after Kroenke announced plans for the Inglewood move. The Chargers have played in San Diego for 55 seasons after one year in Los Angeles when the former AFL franchise was born.

The St. Louis proposal calls for an open-air, $1.1 billion stadium along the Mississippi River north of the Gateway Arch to replace the Edward Jones Dome.

The plan includes $150 million from the city, $250 million from Kroenke, at least $200 million from the league, and $160 million in fan seat licenses. The rest of the money comes from the state, either through tax credits or bonds.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — At their best against Washington, the Green Bay Packers snapped back to the line of scrimmage quickly after a successful play, ready for the next snap.

Up-tempo play confounded the Redskins’ defense in Green Bay’s 35-18 win in the wild-card round, a confidence boost for the Packers ahead of a matchup against Arizona’s tough defense on Saturday night in an NFC divisional playoff game.

“We like to move the ball fast,” receiver James Jones said after the win over Washington. “When we get a good tempo going, we’re hard to stop.”

That has typically been the case with coach Mike McCarthy calling the plays and quarterback Aaron Rodgers taking snaps under center.

But with deep threat Jordy Nelson out all season with a knee injury, and the running game chugging along in fits and starts, the once-potent Packers offense has struggled to produce points.

They’ve had spurts of success playing catch-up, such as rallying for two touchdowns in the final 7:54 of a 37-29 loss to Carolina.

Late rallies at home against Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota fell short of victory. The 27-23 win over the Lions on the road on Dec. 3 ended with perhaps the Packers’ signature play this season — the 61-yard touchdown catch by Richard Rodgers as time expired on a desperation pass from Aaron Rodgers.

Last week against Washington, the Packers were back to scoring points in bunches after a sluggish first quarter.

They moved the ball effectively in nohuddle and shotgun formations. Rodgers caught the Redskins secondary at least a couple of times on free plays, including a 12-yard score to Randall Cobb in the second quarter.

The run game got better as the game progressed. When they’re moving the ball effectively at a quick tempo, it creates energy. More energy, in turn, can sharpen offensive play.

“It’s part of being part of a no-huddle offense, it’s important to us,” McCarthy said on Tuesday. “That’s the way we prefer to play, and we’re all about getting as many attempts at the plate as possible.”

It’s made possible starting with the offensive line, whose top priority is to protect Rodgers. When the offense is in sync, Rodgers doesn’t need much time to find his receivers.

When Rodgers is rolling and feeling good, the Packers are hard to stop.

But the Packers have to figure out how to make the offense work against the Cardinals, three weeks after getting blown out 38-8 by Arizona in the desert in Week 16.

Kansas City, New England remain alive in playoffs thanks to interchangeable parts

By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The offensive line of the Kansas City Chiefs looks a lot like a grade-school game of musical chairs, only with 300-pound behemoths jumping around from spot to spot.

Take second-year pro Zach Fulton. He’s been forced to play three different spots along the line due to a litany

of injuries this season. And he wasn’t even supposed to be a starter.

It’s not just along the offensive line, either. The Chiefs have used fullback Spencer Ware as a change-of-pace running back, and wide receivers have lined up all over the field.

On defense, guys are moving around so much that it seems as if change is the only constant.

All of which underscores

the value of interchangeable parts in the modern NFL. “Having that flexibility is a big thing,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid explained. “It’s that, ‘The more you do, the more that ups your value.”’

The Chiefs aren’t alone.

They head to New England for Saturday’s divisional round against a team in the Patriots that is just as adept at moving around pieces to make everything work.

Lose receiver Julian Edelman to a broken foot for nine weeks? No problem. Stick journeyman Keshawn Martin out there. Dion Lewis and LeGarrette Blount headed to injured reserve? Brandon Bolden, James White and Joey Iosefa can get you by — until you get Steven Jackson off the street.

“You have to have some way to manage those situations,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “So depending on what

the position is, what the situation is, your team — each team is different. I don’t know that there’s one set way to do it.”

Notes: Chiefs LBs Tamba Hali and Justin Houston did not practice Tuesday to rest sore knees. Morse and Duvernay-Tardif have not passed the league’s concussion protocol. ... Chiefs WR Jeremy Maclin (sprained ankle) walked around the locker room with a slight limp Tuesday.

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Hall of Fame baseball player Irvin dies at 96

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Jordan Spieth, who won the Tournament of Champions on Sunday at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii, has seven career victories in his first 77 PGA Tour events.

Spieth uses comparisons to Tiger to stay grounded

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

you are from one of the best players to ever play the game,” Spieth said. “And if HONOLULU — To comyou look at that, it keeps pare Jordan Spieth with your head small.

Tiger Woods is not a mistake “Now hopefully, you have because Spieth does it all the a chance to ask me that time. when there’s a possibility of That’s what keeps him it getting big,” he added. grounded.

“But for now, I think the And don’t be shy about more I look at, ‘What have throwing Phil Mickelson into they done?’ and ‘What are that conversation. Spieth they thinking about how I’m thinks a lot about Lefty, too. talking?’ when they’re sitAs he walked toward a ting there with 45 and 79 Maui sunset with a lei wins and major championaround his neck and the sil- ships ... you look at guys I ver trophy in his hand from come in contact with, my an eight-shot victory in the peers on the golf course who Hyundai Tournament of are just so much more acChampions, Spieth was complished, and it keeps me asked what kept him from a little smaller.” getting a big head.

The comparisons with It would be hard to fault Woods are largely about age. him. In the last 10 months, Since 1970 when the PGA the 22-year-old Texan has Tour began keeping more won the Masters and the U.S. thorough records, Spieth Open, pursued the calendar and Woods are the only playGrand Slam like no one beers with seven victories at fore, crossed $20 million in age 22. Woods was about a career PGA Tour earnings month younger when he and established himself as picked up his seventh tour No. 1 in the world. victory, and he had not quite He has the golf world at completed two full years as a his feet. He keeps Woods and pro. Spieth is in his fourth Mickelson on a pedestal.

PGA Tour season.

“The more you look at Woods won seven of his Tiger, you look at Phil, you first 38 starts. Spieth won start realizing how far away seven of his first 77 starts.

Spieth wasn’t doing the math when he walked off the 18th green at Kapalua and was asked about comparisons with Woods. He heard “Tiger” and thought about a decade of dominance and numbers that will be tough for anyone to match.

“Nowhere near,” he said.

“I don’t think there’s any reason to compare. It’s awfully early. We’re excited about where we’re at to start our career. What Tiger’s done I can’t image ever being done. But it’s nice to be in that company.”

Woods paid Spieth the ultimate compliment in the Bahamas last month when watching from a cart. “This kid is so smart,” Woods said.

Comparing Spieth with Woods is based on projections and predictions while the kid is preaching patience.

“I just think it’s premature, but I’ll say that probably my entire career,” Spieth said. “There’s just such an age gap that I understand the comparisons are going to be there. I hope they continue to be there. That means I’m still being in the same ballpark as he is.”

For now, that’s not a bad place to be.

HOUSTON — Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a power-hitting outfielder who starred for the New York Giants in the 1950s in a career abbreviated by major league baseball’s exclusion of black players, has died. He was 96.

The Hall of Fame said Irvin died Monday IRVIN night of natural causes at his Houston home.

Irvin was 30 when he joined the Giants in 1949, two years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Irvin spent seven of his eight big league seasons with the Giants and one year with the Chicago Cubs in 1956.

Irvin batted .300 or more three times with a high of .329 in 1953. He finished with a career average of .293 with 99 homers and 443 RBIs, numbers that would have surely been far higher if not for the game’s racial segregation.

“Today is a sad, sad day for me,” said Hall of Famer Willie Mays, a teammate of Irvin’s with the Giants. “I lost some-

one I cared about and admired very, very much; someone who was like a second father to me.”

Marlins add pitcher Chen, infielder Johson The Miami Marlins fortified their rotation and bench by adding left-hander Wei-Yin Chen and infielder Chris Johnson. Chen, who accepted a five-year contract, went 46-32 with a 3.72 ERA in four seasons with the Orioles. Johnson is a career .280 hitter in seven seasons.

NCAA convention has big vote upcoming on CFP Two days after Alabama’s latest national championship, a vote at the NCAA’s annual convention could have a huge impact on which teams make the College Football Playoff going forward.

A proposal by the Big 12 set for consideration would deregulate how conferences conduct their championship games. It would let the 10-team Big 12 play a title game without being forced to break into divisions or expand.

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No. 10 SMU seeks ‘crazy special’ year without a return to NCAAs

By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press DALLAS — SMU is halfway to potential perfection in Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown’s fourth season and in the top 10 for the first time in 30 years.

Yet, the No. 10 Mustangs know there will be no return to the NCAA Tournament, even if they keep it up and do something “crazy special” like win all their games.

Because of NCAA penalties handed down last fall, SMU (15-0, 4-0 AAC) is banned from the postseason and will play only its 30 regular-season games a year after its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993. The sanctions

included Brown missing the first nine games.

The Mustangs are also playing with only seven scholarship players with Keith Frazier away from the team for personal reasons.

“They’ve overcome all that and they’re doing what we said the first day. The only way we can turn this negative into a positive is to do something crazy special,” associate head coach Tim Jankovich said. “Obviously, they are really trying to do that.”

Said junior Sterling Brown: “We’ve got one goal, and that’s to finish the season undefeated to prove to ourselves and everyone else in the world that we are one of the best teams.”

OBITUARIES RAYMOND PATE AZLE, Texas — Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Pate, 76, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

Services were held on Saturday at Ash Creek Baptist Church under the direction of White’s PATE Funeral Home in Azle. Interment was in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests you do a random act of kindness for someone.

Raymond Pate was born on Aug. 7, 1939, in Sumter, to Vernon and Antonio Bateman Pate. He served in the United States Army for 24 years, retiring at West Point Military Academy and later working at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. Raymond was dedicated to the service, serving worldwide.

Raymond was a great Christian family man who loved to fish and garden, and he enjoyed sharing his bounty. He was a faithful member of Ash Creek Baptist Church and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Azle.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife, Deloris Pate; son, Danny Pate and wife, Monica; daughter, Janet Buccieri and husband, Michael; grandsons, Michael and Christopher Pate; and brothers, Rayford Pate and Anthony Pate and wife, Betty.

DONALD A. EDWARDS BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Donald Ashford

Edwards, who died on Jan. 10, 2016, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Bethany Baptist Church. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery, directed

by Norton Funeral Home.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

MAZIE BLOCKER Mazie Bell Simmons Blocker, 88, widow of James Blocker, entered into eternal life on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Ambrose and Katherine Pearson Simmons.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 100 Hope Court.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

DARCIA MAE ROBINSON Darcia Mae Williams Robinson, 87, departed this life on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at her residence.

She was born on Dec. 22, 1928, in Littleton, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Herbert and Ella Hicks Williams.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 1584 U.S. 15 South, Sumter.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc.

MERIUM G. LAWSON LITHONIA, Georgia — Merium G. Lawson, 86, entered into eternal rest on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Traditional Health Rehabilitation Center, Lithonia.

Born on May 12, 1925, in

Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Wheeler and Josephine Caldwell Gipson.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. Powell and Juanita Lawson, 4 Mayland Drive, Summerton.

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

HENRY CAIN MANNING — Henry Cain, 77, husband of Ada Gibson Cain, died on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at Palmetto Heath Tuomey.

He was born on Nov. 3, 1938, in New York City, a son of the late Edmond Sr. and Mary Ellison Cain.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Union Cypress AME Church, Manning, with the Rev. Mary Hamilton, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. O’Donald Dingle assisting. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his niece, Willie Mae Blackwell, 15 Callen Drive, Sumter.

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

GENEVIEVE N. BUCZKOWSKI Genevieve Nowak Buczkowski, 88, widow of Richard F. Buczkowski, died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on Dec. 9, 1927, in Buffalo, New York, she was a daughter of the late Theodore and Mary Olewezski Nowak.

She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church and volunteered for Meals on Wheels.

She was a loving mother and a saint.

Survivors include five children, Diane Schultz (Clifford) of Sumter, Dennis Buczkowski (Roberta) of Orchard Park, New York, Jim Buczkowski (Wanda) of West Columbia, Linda Darrah (Tim) of Sumter and Tom Buczkowski of Sumter; 10 grandchildren, Jennifer Canright, Phillip Irick, Melissa Beegle, Brandon Buczkowski, Shauna Buczkowski, Joey Buczkowski, Tracey Buczkowski, Jessica Buczkowski, Jamie Yon and Denise Jones; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Nowak.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church.

Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.

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

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

HARRIL SANDERS Harril Sanders, 78, widower of Hattie McCoy Sanders, died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on Dec. 29, 1937, in Sumter County, he was a son of Marion and Leola Miller Harris Sanders.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his daughter, Kathleen Lancaster, 4250 Furman Field Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral

Home Inc.

DELORIS BRACEY MANNING — Deloris “Loris” Bracey, 51, died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Vibra Hospital, Mt. Pleasant.

She was born on Jan. 15, 1964, in Manning, a daughter of Mary Green Bracey and the late John Bracey.

The family is receiving friends at her home, 924 Berry St. Bellwood, Manning.

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

JANETTE D. ALFORD Janette Doretta Alford departed this life on Jan. 3, 2016, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

She was born on Aug. 12, 1957, in Columbia, the youngest child of the late Jessie Bradley and James Henry Alford Sr. Graveside service will be held at noon on Thursday at Sandy Grove Cemetery in Lamar.

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

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

EDITH TINDAL Edith Tindal, 82, entered eternal rest on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Sumter Valley Nursing Home.

Born on May 25, 1933, in New York, she was a daughter of the late James Sr. and Mary Crump Suber.

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

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Gallery showcases local, state artists Sumter Artists’ Guild celebrates 50th anniversary

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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wo of the Sumter County Gallery of Art’s most anticipat-

ed annual exhibitions open Thursday with a 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. reception. Gallery director Karen Watson invites the public to escape the cabin fever of January to view the 38th Annual South Carolina Watermedia Society Traveling Exhibition and the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show.

Both exhibitions will remain at the gallery through Feb. 12.

Watson said the Watermedia Society show “is an especially vibrant one,” juried by Kristin Casaletto, the director of Humanities at Augusta State University and an artist who works in several media “to address human and social concerns, often touching on racism, issues of conscience, or other difficulties encountered in her daily life in the Deep South. She regularly exhibits nationally and internationally. She’s been awarded numerous residencies and grants, and a purchase award selected by David Kiehl of the

Whitney Museum in New York for the Delta National Small Prints show. Her art is in many museum, institutional and private collections.”

This year’s winner of the Rose Metz Best of Show award is “Wash Day” by Becky Hollingsworth. The SC Watermedia Society honored longtime SCWS member and Sumter artist Rose Metz by designating the Best of Show award as the Rose Metz award. “Metz passed away a year ago, and her absence is still felt within the Sumter arts community and beyond,” Watson said. “Her husband Dick will be in attendance and will say a few words.

The Sumter County Gallery of Art, along with several artists around the state who knew Rose, helped make the Rose Metz Best of Show award possible.”

Watson said, “The South Carolina Watermedia Society show is one of the most popular shows the gallery presents each year; it has been presented by the gallery for over 20 years. This show has a wonderful selection of diverse work with a little something for everybody. The variety of imagery and subject matter is stunning; from mixed media abstract works to more traditional representational work including landscapes, figural and still life compositions.

The South Carolina Watermedia Society Show showcases the incredible talent of South Carolina artists.”

She’s equally enthusiastic

“Wash Day” by Becky Hollingsworth took the Rose Metz Best of Show Award in this year’s S.C. Watermedia Society exhibition. It can be seen at the Sumter County Gallery of Art from Thursday through Feb. 12.

about the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners show.

“The show is particularly exciting because the work for the 2015 Sumter Artists’ Guild Show was so strong, and the People’s Choice Winner gave visitors a chance to get involved,” Watson said.

The show “includes such a broad range of styles and media, with an emphasis on abstraction. Connie Brennan’s mysterious abstract painting, ‘Vascular Awakening’ – a rarity for this accomplished Sumter artist, won first place, Michael McGuirt won second place with his bold ‘Wearing Away,’ and Trisha Roman King’s subtle photograph ‘West Liberty,’ won third place.”

Honorable Mentions went to Dave Robbins, Mackenzie Anderson Sholtz and Denise Greer.

The People’s Choice Award went to Michael Broadway, for a work Watson described as a “sharp yet whimsical mixed media piece” titled “Tweedledee.”

Many of the Artists’ Guild’s members are expected to be present during the opening, particularly as 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the guild.

“President Carole Carberry, Vice President Laura Cardello and Treasurer Vicki Hagner worked very hard to compile a history of the guild, including photographs, almost all of the past presidents and the original members, which include Deane Ackerman and Ray Davenport,” Watson said. “The booklet will be distributed at the opening. This undertaking was truly a labor of love. There will also be a large cake commemorating the Sumter Artists’ Guild as they look forward to the next 50 years.”

As with all of the gallery’s exhibitions, Watson said, this show would not be possible without the gallery’s community partners: Stifel Nicolaus; NBSC, a Division of Synovus; and the Sumter Artists’ Guild.

Flowers are courtesy of the Azalea Garden Club and Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter.

The public is invited to attend the 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. opening reception for the S.C. Watermedia Society Traveling Show and the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show. Admission is free for gallery members, $5 for non-members. Admission to the gallery is free to the public during regular hours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, visit the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St., Sumter, SC 29150, adjacent to Patriot Hall at 135 Haynsworth St., or call (803) 775-0543.

Connie Brennan’s abstract painting titled “Vascular Awakening” took first place in the Sumter Artists’ Guild Show. The Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners’ Show opens Thursday with a 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. reception and guild anniversary celebration.

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Michael Broadway took the People’s Choice Award for the Sumter Artists’ Guild Show with “Tweedledee.”

DVD highlights careers of Danny Kaye, legendary friends

BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks

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anny Kaye could do it all. To showcase his talents for new generations, it seemed timely to produce a DVD collection from his top-rated TV series, according to his daughter, Dena.

“The title ‘Danny Kaye: Legends’ will catch the attention of older audiences, but it’s my hope they will share it with their children and grandchildren so they can learn what an amazing talent he was,” said Dena, who calls Aspen, Colorado, home.

The two-disc DVD set comprises a six-episode collection from the Emmy Award-winning “Danny Kaye Show” which ran on CBS from 19631967. The compilation features legendary guests such as George Burns, Lucille Ball, Louis Armstrong, Shirley Jones, and Liberace (see www.dannykaye.com).

“My father always gave his guests the center stage and

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The cover of the 2-DVD set featuring Danny Kaye and several of the legendary show business personalities he worked with during his life is pictured at left. At right is a scene from Paramount Pictures’ classic 1954 film “White Christmas” with Bing Crosby and Kaye. never tried to take over from them,” said Dena. “He appreciated the talent of others and wanted them to shine.”

Beginning on stage in the early 1930s, Kaye (1911-1987) went on to star in films

throughout the ‘40s and ‘50s, including classic musicals and comedies such as “White Christmas,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” and “The Court Jester.”

“He could sing, dance, make

you laugh and make you cry,” noted Dena.

Despite the Hollywood demands facing her parents – her mother, Sylvia Fine (1913-1991), was a lyricist, composer and producer who wrote many of Kaye’s songs – Dena says her parents were determined to raise her in a loving family.

“One of the earliest memories of my father is seeing him in front of the stove making Christmas breakfast,” she recalled. “He used to make scrambled eggs with onions and green peppers.”

But handling eggs wasn’t Kaye’s only off-screen talent.

“He conducted orchestras, was a master of Chinese cooking, owned a baseball team, worked tirelessly as a humanitarian for UNICEF and was a jet pilot,” recalled Dena.

“He was on a flight from London to New York when the plane had to turn back. He was sitting next to the head of UNICEF, and the two had plenty of time to talk.”

The meeting led to a life-

time devotion to UNICEF and the world’s children. Kaye toured southeast Asia to meet and entertain children for the documentary “Assignment Children,” released in 1955.

“He became UNICEF’s first spokesman in 1954,” noted Dena. “He received an Honorary Oscar (1954) and also the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1981) for his humanitarian work.”

Dena, now a journalist and author, heads the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, which funds projects around the world.

“We have started a weaving project for women and schools in India, built a park in Cairo, funded a baroque music festival in France, an opera company in Sydney and a food pantry in Aspen.”

“My father is remembered as an entertainer, with his many talents showcased on the new DVD collection,” she said. “But his life was filled with personal passions and his commitment to give back to the world.”

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Chili Jumbo Shrimp, made with bird’s eye chilies, soy sauce, ginger and garlic, can be cooked in a matter of minutes.

For Chinese New Year, try a taste of India

BY MEERA SODHA The Associated Press

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hen it comes to food, India and China have

more in common than you might think. Both harbor a deep love of ear-tingling chilies, vast quantities of garlic and seafood.

That’s probably why Chinese food has found its way into the hearts of Indians. All across India, from Goa to Pondicherry, you’ll find entire sections of

Indian restaurant menus dedicated to Chinese dishes, many of which have achieved cult status, including “manchow soup,” ‘’hakka noodles” and “Manchurian chicken.”

But these dishes also have been endlessly adapted so they now are distorted versions of the originals and more Indian than Chinese.

Still, they are loved fiercely and cooked regularly in Indian kitchens. Among the most special of dishes and perfect for celebrating the Chinese New Year is this signature Indo-Chinese dish, chili jumbo shrimp, which is made using bird’s eye chilies, soy sauce,

ginger and garlic.

The shrimp are juicy, bright and enlivening, the heat of the chilies working perfectly against the natural sweetness of the seafood. I love to serve these after a soup or dumpling course alongside egg noodles or rice fried quickly in a little sesame oil and a side of salted and steamed greens, such as broccoli or bok choy.

Whatever you choose to serve them with, they will sit harmoniously alongside other Chinese dishes. Best of all, they can be cooked in a matter of minutes, leaving you more time to celebrate with family and friends.

CHILI JUMBO SHRIMP Not a fan of heat? Start with one chili, tasting and adding as you like.

Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 2 teaspoons cumin seeds 2 tablespoons canola oil 5 cloves garlic, crushed 2 to 3 red bird’s eye, serrano or habanero chilies, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon sugar 2/3 teaspoon kosher salt 2 tablespoons tomato puree 2 tablespoons dark or regular soy sauce 1 1/2-inch chunk fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks 8 scallions, white and green parts, finely chopped 1 1/2 pounds raw jumbo shrimp, shells removed In a mortar and pestle or with a spice grinder, roughly grind the cumin seeds to a coarse powder.

In a large skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the cumin, garlic, chilies, pepper, sugar and salt. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, then add the tomato puree, soy sauce and all but a small amount of the ginger and scallions.

Cook for another 2 minutes. Increase the heat to high and add the shrimp.

Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, or until the shrimp turn from grey to pink. Remove from the heat. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with the remaining ginger and scallions.

Nutrition information per serving: 230 calories; 80 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories); 9 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 215 mg cholesterol; 1760 mg sodium; 11 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 26 g protein.

Baijiu takes a shot at the U.S. cocktail scene

BY MICHELLE LOCKE The Associated Press Think bourbon is hot? It’s got nothing on baijiu.

Yet chances are good you haven’t even heard of baijiu, the high proof, pungent, spicy, savory, sweet traditional liquor of China. It packs a fiery punch. It also happens to be the world’s best-selling liquor by volume, a drink with a pedigree stretching back centuries, and was poured to toast the warming of U.S.-Sino relations during Nixon’s historic 1972 visit.

Now, producers are making diplomatic overtures to an entirely new audience — the U.S. craft cocktail scene.

“We feel that it has incredible potential,” says Yuan Liu, senior vice president of business development for Los Angeles-based CNS Imports, the largest importer/distributor of baijiu in United States.

Baijiu is sorghum-based, though it also can contain wheat, rice and corn.

And it’s not a uniform product; it’s a class of spirits with many categories.

Think whiskey with its range from smoky Scotch to mellow bourbon. But unlike whiskey, which is fermented in a liquid state, baijiu is more or less dry fermented inside in-ground pits. It then is steam distilled several times in goose-neck stills, aged in massive terra cotta vessels, then finally blended (itself a complex and labor-intensive process.)

It generally is bottled at around 100 or 120 proof (well above the typical 80 proof for vodka, gin, etc.) and is classed by aroma, such as “light,” “rice,” “strong” and “sauce” — labels which aren’t all that helpful to Westerners. Typical reactions from firsttimers are that it smells and tastes like blue cheese, mushroom or soy sauce — not the most alluring descriptors.

“This is not a spirit you can just pour into a martini glass and enjoy,”

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Baijiu brands Kweichow Moutai, left, Honk Kong Baijiu and an Asian Pear cocktail are served up at Lumos, a Baijiu bar in New York. As the No. 1 liquor in China, the powerful spirit, has always been big. But now it’s also showing up in the United States as bartenders explore its nuances and experiment with it as a cocktail base. says New York bartender Orson Salicetti.

But introduced more gently as part of a cocktail? That can work, says Salicetti, co-founder of the Lumos bar, which focuses on the Chinese spirit and has a menu of more than 60 baijiu cocktails.

Salicetti was introduced to baijiu by his architect partner Qifan Li and realized baijiu would be a great way to stand out in a city awash with specialty bars.

A popular option at Lumos is the

“sesame colada,” which includes caramelized pineapple juice, white sesame paste and agave syrup. There’s also the goji baijiu punch, consisting of goji-infused HKB baijiu, mezcal, pink grapefruit juice, lime juice, agave syrup and orange bitters.

Lumos carries a full range of baijiu, including the No. 1 brand, Kweichow Moutai, recognizable by its distinctive packaging of a white bottle with a red and gold label. Other major players in-

clude Wu Liang Ye and Shui Jing Fang.

A newer brand is HKB, designed with cocktails in mind and bottled at a relatively mild 86 proof. There also is a U.S.-produced baijiu, from Vinn, a distillery just south of Portland, Oregon.

Most of the $23 billion baijiu market stays in China, though there’s been growing interest in exporting. Most of the baijiu imported to the United States goes to Chinese restaurants and shops. But about two years ago, CNS Imports decided to expand their reach.

“We looked at each other and said, ‘Why aren’t we introducing this category of spirits to people outside the Chinese community?’” said Liu. They’ve moved slowly, introducing the spirit to bartenders and learning, from experience, to work with rather than mask the unique flavors. “Instead of trying to mask the spirit and make it into something it isn’t, like vodka, they’re essentially creating and building a cocktail around the spirit,” says Liu. Clearly, there’s a push to raise the profile of baijiu in the West. Whether it will be successful is another story. Baijiu has an exotic appeal which is both a weakness and a strength, says Jim Boyce, who blogs about Beijing nightlife at beijingboyce.com. “Baiju is such a novelty and that’s going to be its challenge, going from ‘Yes, I tried it once and it’s interesting,’ to something people buy regularly or even stock at home.”

Chinese traditionalists wouldn’t dream of drinking baijiu anything but neat and in very small glasses, which is how Kathy Fang serves it at her family’s FANG restaurant in San Francisco’s bustling SOMA district. Meant to go with food, baijiu pairs well with savory bites, such as Fang’s fried pork confit eggrolls, and it’s been a surprising hit with tech workers who tend to be open to new tastes, says Fang.

“If you tell them it’s really strong like moonshine they’re even more like, ‘Oh, I want to try,’” says Fang.

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BY SARA MOULTON The Associated Press The French love to cook fish by poaching it in a flavored liquid, usually a combination of white wine and water, leeks or onions, and some herbs. It’s a notably lean way to roll because there’s no fat involved.

And the finished product is reliably tender because it has been cooked at a low temperature.

So, it’s lean, tender and... quite boring. I crave more flavor and texture. So here’s a recipe for poached salmon that adds the missing elements.

Typically, poaching calls for a lot of liquid. The fish is supposed to be submerged as it cooks, after which the liquid usually is tossed. I wanted a way to poach the fish in a small amount of liquid, which then could do double duty as a sauce. Given that fish generally requires a spritz of acid to brighten it up, the ideal liquid needed to be acidic and intensely flavored. Green salsa — that is, tomatillo salsa with chilies and lime juice — struck me as a likely candidate.

The salmon wouldn’t have

to swim in a vat of the salsa. I made a modest batch and cooked the salmon in a smallish skillet with the salsa rising halfway up the sides of the fillets. I covered the pan tightly to trap the heat and flipped over the salmon half way through its cooking time to make sure it cooked evenly.

How do you know when the salmon is finished cooking? If you slide a knife into it and the blade sails through the fillet with no resistance, it’s done. And be sure to pull it off the heat when there’s still a tiny bit of resistance left, which will allow for carry-

over cooking time.

For crunch, I sprinkled tortilla chips on top; they are salsa’s classic partner. But these were my own healthy baked tortilla chips, which take only 15 minutes to prepare. On the whole, this recipe is pretty quick and easy to make, but you can streamline it even further by picking up green salsa and baked tortilla chips at the supermarket.

By the way, there were leftovers the second time we tested this winner. When we polished them off the next day, we discovered that this dish is just as delicious cold as hot.

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SALMON POACHED IN GREEN SALSA AND TOPPED WITH BAKED CHIPS Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 4 For the tortilla strips: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin Four 6-inch corn tortillas Kosher salt For the salmon: 8 ounces fresh tomatillos, husked, rinsed and quartered 1/2 cup coarsely chopped scallions (white and light green parts) 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro 1 tablespoon lime juice 1/2 jalapeno or serrano chili, seeds removed if desired 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 1/2 pounds center-cut salmon fillet, cut into 4 equal portions To make the tortilla strips, heat the oven to 400 F. In a small bowl, stir together the oil, chili powder and cumin.

Brush the oil mixture over both sides of each tortilla. Using a knife or pizza wheel, cut the tortillas into thin strips. Arrange the strips in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake the strips on the oven’s middle shelf for 6 to 8 minutes, or until crispy.

Sprinkle with salt, let cool completely, then break them up slightly. Set aside.

To prepare the salsa, in a food processor, combine the tomatillos, scallions, cilantro, lime juice, chili and garlic. Pulse until the ingredients are almost smooth with a few small chunks.

In a medium skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillo mixture and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. If the mixture gets too dry, add 1/2 cup of water. Season with salt and pepper. Add the salmon to the skillet, skin sides down, then cover the skillet tightly and simmer gently for 5 minutes.

Turn the salmon over, cover tightly and simmer gently until the salmon is almost cooked through, about another 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let the salmon stand for 3 minutes, covered, before serving.

To serve, transfer a portion of salmon to each of 4 plates, then top each with sauce and tortilla strips.

Nutrition information per serving: 470 calories; 240 calories from fat (51 percent of total calories); 27 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 110 mg cholesterol; 370 mg sodium; 18 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 40 g protein.

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As you may already know, not all people absorb information the same way. Some of us are visual learners, others are auditory learners, and some may have a learning disability that requires help from a trained professional.

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‘Second Chance’ is so weird it just might work

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The new Fox drama “Second Chance” (9 p.m., TV-14) was originally called “Lookinglass.” Perhaps it should be called “Facebook Frankenstein.”

We first meet FBI agent Duval Pritchard (Tim DeKay, “White Collar”) when he’s called on a noise complaint.

His father, Jimmy Pritchard (Philip Baker Hall), a former sheriff who resigned in disgrace, is bothering his neighbors by drinking too much and playing old Creedence Clearwater Revival LPs at top volume.

Duval resents his dad for tarnishing the badge, cheating on his mother and becoming a troublesome drunk. Jimmy thinks the kid’s gone soft and isn’t working hard enough to close a year-old case.

Their arguments come to an end when Jimmy catches bad guys breaking into his son’s files. The burglars soon throw old Jimmy off a bridge, disguising his murder as suicide.

This is where “Chance” gets truly strange. We meet Mary Goodwin (Dilshad Vadsaria) and her brother, Otto (Adhir Kalyan), the billionaire twins behind a social networking empire, Lookinglass. A shut-in savant, Otto did not speak to anybody but his sister until he turned 9 and only in a language of his own devising. He used this “twin talk” to come up with the algorithm behind Lookinglass. Even as an adult, only Mary can translate his visions to the greater world.

Unfortunately for Otto, Mary is dying of incurable cancer. To save her, he’s invented a technology to reanimate a dead person who is a perfect genetic match for Mary.

Does any of this make sense? No. And we’re just getting started.

That person just happens to be Jimmy. He’s not reincarnated as a grumpy 75-year-old, but a hunky 30-something version of himself (Robert Kazinsky, “True Blood”). In short order, we discover that he’s a sexual superman and just a tad less powerful than the Incredible Hulk. He still likes Creedence, though.

Given its convolutions, “Chance” essentially boils down to a younger version of a dead man helping his es-

(8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Beverly’s gesture is rejected on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC) * Twelve angry creeps on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Vandal rampages on “Arrow” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * Ruby’s new man irks Dre on “blackish” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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Rob Kazinsky, left, and Tim DeKay star in “Second Chance” premiering at 9 p.m. today on FOX. tranged son solve crimes and trying to stay alive so he can serve as a guinea pig savior to a perfect stranger, albeit a fetching, dying billionaire with an antisocial brother.

Got that?

Will Jimmy use his “Second Chance” to frolic with party girls? Or “make things right” with a son who thinks he’s 6 feet under?

Not unlike the recently departed “Minority Report,” this series leans heavily on sleek gadgetry. But for all of her billions and cutting-edge technology, Mary still has a 1960s muscle car in the garage. It’s the perfect vehicle for Jimmy 2.0 to tear around town in pursuit of his son’s enemies. And for blasting “Bad Moon Rising” on the radio.

Speaking of fountains of youth, the cougar fantasy “Younger” (10 p.m., TV Land, TV-14) returns for a second season. It’s about a 40-something suburban mom mistaken for a hot 20-something downtown sophisticate.

Compared to that, “Second Chance” seems only slightly less believable.

tech incentive on “Mike & Molly” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Benson held hostage on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• The hot sauce startup faces deadlines on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• “NOVA” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) explores how seemingly lifeless rocks became the building blocks of our planet’s plant and animal life.

• New artists arrive as “Face Off” (9 p.m., Syfy, TV-PG) enters its 10th season.

• Love and jealousy on “Code Black” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Burglars violate a teenage girl on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Anne struggles to be taken seriously on “American Crime” (10 p.m., ABC).

• Josh’s girlfriend seeks fulfillment on “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30 p.m., FXX, TVMA).

SERIES NOTES Murder in the perfume industry on “The Mysteries of Laura” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * A professor challenges Sue on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC) * Barry relocates on “The Flash”

Tavis Smiley visits “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Zack Snyder appears on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Paul Giamatti, Guerrilla Girls and J.B. Mauney are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon hosts Danny DeVito, Khloe Kardashian and Colin Hay on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Ice Cube, Heather Graham and Kelsea Ballerini visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Tim Robbins, America Ferrera and Adam DeVine appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

CULT CHOICE Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck team up in the 1944 film noir classic “Double Indemnity” (8 p.m., TCM) and reunite for the 1956 love-triangle melodrama “There’s Always Tomorrow” (10 p.m., TCM).

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Baked egg rolls with sesame-soy dipping sauce are seen in Concord, New Hampshire.

With a few tricks, baked egg rolls can be as good as fried

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press Alice was our au pair from China, and when she joined our family she brought with her a slew of tasty dishes.

Our family fell in love with her complex fried rice, dumplings with juicy meat fillings and her crispy egg rolls with garlicky-meatymushroom fillings.

The tricky thing was that Alice was one of those cooks who worked her magic without a recipe. I would watch, taking mental notes of the ingredients and quantities (writing it down felt, well, wrong), but replicating her dishes proved similar to me trying to capture the exact taste of my grandma’s cooking — impossible.

Though we loved all of her cooking (well, except for her take on chocolate muffins, but that’s another story), her egg rolls were the family favorite. And why not? Minced up goodies wrapped in delicate, fried (essentially) pasta?

Yes, please!

So I took the liberty (since I was missing the mark anyway) to create my own version, one that managed to get most of the crispy goodness with far less fat.

After experimenting with a variety of methods — from spraying the eggrolls with an oil mister or cooking spray as well as drybaking — the clear winner was the pastry brush method combined with a hot oven while also using a baking rack to allow for full air circulation during cooking.

So what if these egg rolls are not completely traditional. I did capture the essence of Alice’s cooking, and when the girls are missing her I know fond memories are only an egg roll away.

And by the way, my ex-

BAKED EGG ROLLS Start to finish: 1 hour and 20 minutes (1 hour active) Makes 15 eggrolls 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, plus 1 tablespoon 1 link spicy turkey sausage (about 1/5 pound), casing removed 8 ounces button mushrooms, finely chopped (or pulsed in a food processor) 3/4 cup finely chopped celery (about 2 medium stalks) 3/4 cup shredded carrot (about 1 medium carrot) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger 3 scallions, white and green parts, chopped 1 cup frozen peas, thawed 2 cups finely chopped Napa cabbage (or regular cabbage) 1 teaspoon sesame oil 3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 1 teaspoon cornstarch 15 large (5- or 6-inch) egg roll (wonton) wrappers Heat the oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with foil, then set a wire rack over it. Mist the rack with cooking spray.

In a large saute pan over medium-high, heat 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Once cooked, transfer the sausage to a plate and set aside, leaving the residual oil in the pan.

Return the pan to the heat and add the mushrooms, celery and carrot. Cook until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and scallions, then cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the peas, cabbage and sesame oil, and cook until the cabbage softens, an additional 2 or 3 minutes. perimenting also proved that quickly sauteed bananas sprinkled with a little orange juice and a dark chocolate chip or two also

Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix together the soy sauce and cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water. Pour the mixture into the pan with the vegetables, then add the sausage.

Stir, then cover and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, and allow to cool just until easily handled.

Set a wonton wrapper on the work surface. Spoon a couple tablespoons of the vegetable mixture onto the wrapper.

Start with one side and roll up the wrapper over the filling, folding in the sides as you go.

As you finish rolling, use a finger to spread a little water on the edge to help create a seal.

Repeat with remaining wontons and filling.

Place the egg rolls on the rack on the prepared baking sheet. Use the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to brush the egg rolls. Bake until golden and crispy, about 20 minutes.

If you do not have a baking rack, place the egg rolls directly on the baking sheet and turn the egg rolls over halfway through the cook time.

Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories; 25 calories from fat (18 percent of total calories); 2.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 350 mg sodium; 23 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 6 g protein.

make for a perfect dessert egg roll filling! Brush with coconut oil and dip cooked eggrolls in tangy Greek yogurt. Yum!

Lighten up your cooking with a taste of Thailand

BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press I love every bite of the holidays. I loved the mashed potatoes and the pies and the cornbread stuffing and everything else. And I’m not going to look back with regret.

I am, however, not going to continue eating this way indefinitely. And this salad is why I’m not so sad about that.

Lots of us are crazy about Thai food, what with all those bright, vibrant flavors, exciting textures and the play of sweet and sour and salty happening in so many ways. And classic Thai ingredients such as lemon grass, chilies and coconut milk are now pop-

ping up at grocers across the country. You’ll find it’s fun and easy to work them into your home cooking.

This simple salad features crunchy cucumbers enhanced with just a bit of citrus, soy sauce and a few other Thai ingredients. Cilantro is an herb people usually love or hate; few people feel “meh” about it. So if it’s not your thing, or someone at the table doesn’t like it, serve it on the side, and let people add it to their own salads as they wish. You also could substitute Thai basil.

If you want to bump up the flavor even more, substitute fish sauce for half of the soy sauce. It will add a layer of delicious pungency to the dish.

Thai Cucumber Salad features crunchy cucumbers enhanced with just a bit of citrus, soy sauce and a few other Thai ingredients.

THAI CUCUMBER SALAD Start to finish: 15 minutes Servings: 4 2 large English cucumbers 1 jalapeno pepper 2 teaspoons minced shallots 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons lime juice (freshly squeezed is best in a recipe such as this) 1 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves 1/4 cup salted cocktail peanuts, lightly crushed Peel the cucumbers, then slice them in half lengthwise. Using a teaspoon, scrape down the center of each half to remove any seeds. Slice the cumber halves crosswise into thin slices. A mandoline is best, but a knife is fine. Trim the jalapeno, slice in half lengthwise, then remove the seeds before mincing.

In a large bowl, combine the jalapeno, shallots, soy sauce, lime juice and sugar, then stir to combine. Add the cucumbers and toss to combine. Transfer the mixture to a serving bowl or platter, then top with the cilantro and the peanuts.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 45 calories from fat (56 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 320 mg sodium; 7 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 5 g protein.