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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS revans@theitem.com The University of South Carolina has named Dr. Michael Sonntag the new dean of USC Sumter.

Naming Sonntag — who will officially take the position Feb. 1 and hit the ground running instead of starting at the beginning of the next school term — ends the school’s search for a permanent dean that has lasted for more than a year.

Sonntag, who was raised in Sheridan, Texas, and previously taught at Lander University in Greenwood, has been the chief academic officer at the University of Maine at Presque Isle since 2007.

Sonntag said he only knows USC Sumter from a distance after visiting the campus briefly during the interviewing process. However, he recognizes he’ll have to get started fairly quickly in the next two weeks. Although he admits to being pretty terrible with names, he said he plans to get to know people on campus and find out how they feel about USC Sumter and its vision.

“I think really what I’ve got to focus on is to get to know people, and not just on campus. But I’ll get on campus and talk to everybody and figure out where their heads are about the institution and whether any of them are in disagreement and why. I want to first talk to them and find out their vision. And I would also like to connect with the community,” Sonntag said. “From what I’ve learned here at UMPI, is that it’s important to reach out to the community. They have an opinion,

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have an investment and have a stake in the university. I want to make sure that I’m out there hearing what their thoughts are.”

Palmetto College Chancellor Susan Elkins said Sonntag’s academic leadership and success with community and campus relations led to his selection.

“Dr. Sonntag has a vision of leading USC Sumter to greater heights, building on past successes while also initiating creative and innovative efforts,” Elkins said in a statement. “His many successes at both UMPI and Lander University in Greenwood emphasize his leadership strengths in faculty and campus relations, accountability, strategic planning, external relationship building and securing

ABOVE: YMCA Membership Associate Moneisha Junioua accepts the award for employee of the year at the YMCA’s annual meeting on Thursday morning.

BELOW: John Jones Jr., left, who was named the Sumter Family YMCA’s 2013 Humanitarian of the Year, speaks with keynote speaker Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst during the meeting.

YMCA members, employees honored Cancer survivor named Y Humanitarian of the Year

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ohn Jones Jr. was named the Sumter Family YMCA’s 2013 Humanitarian of the Year at Thursday’s annual “Mission in Action” meeting.

“Our YMCA has a longstanding history of recognizing outstanding humanitarians within the Sumter community,” said Hugh

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Humphries, last year’s recipient of the award, as he introduced the surprised Jones. “These servantleaders are not only financial supporters, but also lifelong members of the YMCA who dedicate their lives to not only advance the vision and goals of our Y movement, but also strive to make an impact SEE AWARDS, PAGE A8

64-year-old posing as downtown officer charged

BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem.com

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A 64-year-old Sumter man has been arrested for pretending to be a police officer, after Sumter Police say they received calls of a man harassing

people near a downtown neighborhood.

Richard Wayne Hill, of 187 Reames Road, was charged Wednesday afternoon with impersonating a law enforcement officer and possession of a controlled substance

Harvin Street, presented a concealed weapons badge and claimed to be a police officer.

“If anyone is approached by a suspicious individual who claims to be a police officer, they should the call the Sum-

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Law enforcement first received a report around 1 p.m. Wednesday that a man fitting Hill’s description had approached people near the corner of Oakland Avenue and

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SICs encourage parental involvement in local education

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Lee County celebrates MLK legacy Residents of Lee County will observe the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two special events united under this year’s theme, “The Dream Unfulfilled: The Courage to Create A Just World.”

The celebration of King’s life and legacy will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday with a Youth Extravaganza Concert in the Lee Central High School Auditorium.

Performing during the event will be the Lee Central High School Gospel Chorale, Perfection, a monologue titled “Mother Mortuary” performed by Jennifer Johnson, praise dancers and more.

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Monday in the school’s cafeteria.

Featured presenters will be retired educator Patricia Toney, the Rev. Jerome McCray and Vanessa Jackson of CareSouth.

Admission to both events is free to the public.

Students in Sumter School District get extra encouragement to succeed throughout the year with the support of their School Improvement Council, an organization mandated by law to exist in every public school in South Carolina.

SICs are solely dedicated to improvements and sharing information that will help with strong principal leadership and offer training for parents, said Stella Hall with the school district; she works closely with SICs for Sumter schools.

“They provide a lot of different things including information and training on communication skills and bullying,” Hall said. “Their vision is to promote and support public education.”

Hall explained that by law all SICs are required to have two parents and two teachers appointed for the organizations. For high school SICs, two students are required to be included.

Kingsbury Elementary School has an

‘What SIC does is make sure the parents are properly trained and informed in order to know what to look for and become more involved.’

Stella Hall active SIC that helps encourage students in their studies and extracurricular activities. Principal Phillip Jackson said the group does everything it can to support students and move forward with reaching the goals of the school.

“We’ve been blessed to have an active SIC. They support and advance the goals of the school and take part in the process of setting different goals each year,” Jackson explained. “It’s a blend of community members, staff and parents

and supporters who come up with strategies to encourage the kids and getting them excited about succeeding.”

Hall said that every year during General Assembly state lawmakers examine whether they can continue funding SICs, and each year state legislators have found a way to do so. A number of people participate in SICs in more than 1,100 K-12 schools in the state.

According to the state SIC website, more than 16,000 people serve on SICs in South Carolina. Some of an SIC’s key functions include assisting the principal in writing the school’s report card and writing an annual report to parents about the school’s progress in reaching the goals in its renewal plan.

“A child’s chance of improving increases when there’s parental involvement,” Hall said. “What SIC does is make sure the parents are properly trained and informed in order to know what to look for and become more involved.”

Reach Raytevia Evans at (803) 774-1214.

4 found dead in S.C. home identified IRMO — Richland County officials have released the names of two adults and two young children found shot to death in a Columbia-area home.

Coroner Gary Watts said Thursday it appears that 38-year-old Sheddrick Byron Miller killed his wife, 28-year-old Kia Von Miller, and their two children before shooting himself to death.

Watts identified the children as 3-year-old Kyler Devane Miller and 1-year-old Syrai Raquel Miller. Watts said all four people had been shot in the head.

CORRECTION | The public hearing before Sumter County Council on rezoning 1625 U.S. 521 South will take place prior to second reading on Jan. 28, not third reading on Feb. 11.

CLARIFICATION | Because of an outdated listing on its website, two of the SC Works locations identified in a Jan. 5 story were incorrect. The correct locations are provided below: Bishopville Center Lee County Library 200 N. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 Telephone: (803) 4845921 Mondays: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Manning Center F.E. Dubose Career Center 3351 Sumter Hwy. Manning, SC 29102 Telephone: (803) 4732086 Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the-year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington.

Obama’s NSA announcements just the starting point WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama’s blueprint for overhauling the government’s sweeping surveillance program is just the starting point. The reality is few changes could happen quickly without unlikely agreements from a divided Congress and federal judges.

The most contentious debate probably will be over the future of the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records from millions of Americans. In his highly anticipated speech today, Obama is expected to

back the idea of changing the program. But he’ll leave the specifics to Congress, according to U.S. officials briefed on the White House review.

That puts key decisions in the hands of lawmakers who are at odds over everything from whether the collections should continue to who should house the data.

Even a widely supported proposal to put an independent privacy advocate in the secretive court that approves spying on Americans is coming under intense scrutiny.

Obama has indicated he’ll

back the proposal, which was one of 46 recommendations he received from a White House-appointed commission. But a senior U.S. district judge declared this week that the advocate role was unnecessary, and other opponents have constitutional concerns about whether the advocate would have standing to appear in court.

The uncertain road ahead raises questions about the practical impact of the surveillance decisions Obama will announce in his speech at the Justice Department. The

intelligence community is pressing for the core of the spy programs to be left largely intact, while privacy advocates fear the president’s changes may be largely cosmetic.

Stephen Vladeck, a national security law expert at American University, said the key questions will be “how much of this reform conversation is going to be about curtailing the specific surveillance programs and how much of it is going to be instead about improving the checks and balances on the programs that already exist.”

State legislators tentatively agree to restructuring COLUMBIA (AP) — Key South Carolina lawmakers reached a tentative deal Thursday on a government restructuring bill that’s become a signature issue for both Gov. Nikki Haley and her Democratic challenger.

A measure called the largest overhaul of state government in two decades is again approaching passage as a committee of three House and three Senate members unanimously approved a com-

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BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com A failed robbery at a downtown bank Thursday afternoon has one man in custody while police continue to investigate the incident.

Franklin R. Johnson, 24, whose last known address is 1199 N. Lafayette Drive, Apt. 67, is accused of attempting to rob the First Citizens JOHNSON Bank on the corner of North Washington and West Calhoun streets about 3:53 p.m. Thursday. Shortly after the alleged attempted robbery, investigators with Sumter Police Department released a still image captured from a surveillance camera showing a man, who police now think is Johnson, presenting a note to a teller demanding money.

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J.C. Penney to cut 2,000 jobs, close 33 stores nationwide

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J.C. Penney on Wednesday announced it will cut 2,000 jobs and close 33 stores as it tries to get back on the path to profitability.

NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling departmentstore operator J.C. Penney announced it will cut 2,000 jobs and close 33 stores as it tries to get back on the path to profitability.

The news raises concerns that Penney’s holiday season sales were not what the company hoped for and that the chain needs to do even more to recover from a turnaround plan that has had disastrous results.

J.C. Penney Co., based in Plano, Texas, said earlier this month it was pleased with its holiday results but declined to give sales figures, raising worries among Wall Street analysts about how the season actually fared.

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Stores belonging to the retail chain within South Carolina, Sumter included, will not be affected by the downsizing.

The cuts announced Wednesday should save more than $65 million annually. The company will take $26 million in pretax charges in the third quarter and $17 million in future quarters. Penney has 116,000 staffers and operates more than 1,100 stores.

All the job cuts are related to the store closings.

The holiday season is crucial because it can account for anywhere from 20 percent to 40 percent of a retailer’s annual sales.

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cover from massive losses and plummeting sales drops that occurred under former CEO Ron Johnson, who was ousted in April after being on the job for 17 months. The company then brought back former CEO Mike Ullman.

Penney has since reinstated the frequent sales events that Johnson ditched. It’s also restored basic merchandise, particularly store brands such as St. John’s Bay, which were either phased out or eliminated in a bid to attract younger, more affluent shoppers.

Penney had been releasing monthly sales figures over the last few months, which had showed some improvement.

Super Bowl security plan: 4,000 police officers EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The game plan for security at this year’s Super Bowl will include deployment of nearly 4,000 local police and private security officers, airport-style screening for those entering MetLife Stadium and a host of other measures visible and invisible to the average fan, law enforcement officials said at a briefing on Wednesday at the stadium.

The plan has been in the works for more than two years and relies in part on lessons learned at past Super Bowls, including the power outage at the 2013 game in New Orleans.

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SONNTAG from Page A1 planning, external relationship building and securing resources. His inclusive and open leadership style will be a strong asset for the campus and community. We are delighted to have him as a member of the Palmetto College leadership team, providing leadership for USC Sumter.�

Sonntag said he has always been passionate about smaller institutions because they give him the opportunity to reach the community and promote the school’s vision. As a first-generation college student, Sonntag said he understands that people are connected to home, family and jobs, which is why they choose smaller colleges and universities. “My interest really has been in smaller, regional institutions.

That’s where I work now, and that’s why I considered Lander because it was like that as well when I was there,�

Sonntag said. “With smaller, regional institutions, it’s all about

access to folks. Folks are publicly working or have family and can’t just pick up and move to a bigger campus. I like trying to reach folks where they are. I do want to help inform people about how transformational high education can be, and we really need to deliver that message to more folks. It’s exciting for me to be a part of that.�

The 46-year-old Texas native received his bachelor’s degree at Baylor University and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Arkansas.

He started his career teaching and doing research in children’s cognitive development — something he said he thought he would do for the rest of his life because he enjoyed it.

After receiving positive feedback and encouragement from colleagues, Sonntag began to look into other positions in the education field. In 2012, Sonntag was a strong candidate for the president’s position of Lyndon State College in Vermont, a position most people his age might not consider. Despite being only 44 at the time,

Sonntag said he felt he was passionate and capable of taking on the responsibilities. “I really always thought for myself: I enjoy teaching. I like doing research, and that’s what I thought I would do forever.

Lander was my first teaching job. Then eventually people would say things like ‘Oh when you become provost of a school ...’ and I would think that I don’t really know what that means. So I started looking for job listings for those positions and I thought, ‘I could do that now,’� he said.

Then I tried for the job here at UMPI, and I’ve been here almost seven years. And then the former president here started saying things like, ‘When you’re president ...’ So people see these things and they start to encourage you and say positive things about you having the skills to do that. I didn’t get that president’s position, but I was a close finalist. I guess I’ve always been willing to try something new and take a risk.�

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Sonntag said former UMPI President Don Zillman fostered the importance of community connections, recognizing faculty and staff and experiencing the fun of watching students get involved in the institution. Sonntag explained that he will bring those lessons he learned from Zillman with him to USC Sumter.

Sonntag said he has enjoyed his time at UMPI and has very fond memories of the university, his colleagues and students.

Because he starts his new position in a matter of weeks, Sonntag’s wife and two children will stay behind in Maine so his children can finish out the school year and he and his wife can sell their home.

In the meantime, Sonntag is quickly packing away most of his home and heading for a much warmer climate with hopes of making an even bigger impact on the Sumter community.

Reach Raytevia Evans at (803) 7741214.

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Buildings remain vulnerable 20 years after earthquake LOS ANGELES (AP) — The earth lurched without warning before dawn, jolting Los Angeles from its sleep. In a flash, freeway overpasses collapsed. Buildings were leveled or ruined. Fires spread.

Two decades after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake shattered Los Angeles and surrounding communities at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, buildings around the region remain vulnerable.

While there has been progress to rebuild and shore up freeways and hospitals, there has been less attention paid to concrete buildings and housing with ground-floor parking.

Several dozens died, and 9,000 were injured. The quake caused $25 billion in damage — the costliest U.S. natural disaster at the time.

The largest cluster of deaths occurred at the Northridge Meadows complex, where 16 people were killed when their first-floor apartments crashed onto the parking garage below.

The city doesn’t keep count of how many so-called softstory buildings exist and doesn’t require mandatory repairs even after 1994 because many such buildings survived the shaking.

The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety recently proposed surveying 30,000 apartments built before 1978 to determine which might be compromised during violent shaking as a first step toward possible retrofitting. The department has yet to receive funding to start the work.

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By early 2011, Even worse, Obama orwrites former De- dered a major escalation, fense Secretary Robert expending much blood but Gates, he had concluded not an ounce of his own that President Obama political capital. Over the “doesn’t believe in his own next four years, notes Gates strategy, and doesn’t conwith chagrin, Obama igsider the war to be his.” nored the obligation of any Not his? America is at commander to explain, war and he’s America’s support and try to rally the commander in chief. For nation to the cause. the soldier being shot at in And when he finally terthe field, it makes no differ- minated the surge, he did ence under whose adminis- so in the middle of the 2012 tration the fighting began. fighting season. Militarily In fact, three out of four incoherent — but politicalAmericans killed in Afly convenient. It allowed ghanistan have died under Obama to campaign for reBarack Obama’s command. election proclaiming that That’s ownership enough. “the tide of war is receding.”

Moreover, Gates’ One question redoubts about mains, however. If Obama had begun he wasn’t commitlong before. A year ted to the mission, if earlier, trying to unhe didn’t care about derstand how two winning, why did senior officials could Obama throw these be openly working soldiers into battle Charles against expressed in the first place?

KRAUTHAMMER policy, Gates conBecause for years cluded that “the the Democrats had most likely explanaused Afghanistan as tion was that the president a talking point to rail himself did not really beagainst the Iraq War — lieve the strategy he had while avoiding the politiapproved would work.” cally suicidal appearance of This, just four months after McGovernite pacifism. As Obama ordered his 30,000 consultant Bob Shrum later troop “surge” into Afghaniadmitted, “I was part of the stan, warning the nation 2004 Kerry campaign, that “our security is at stake which elevated the idea of ... the security of our allies, Afghanistan as ‘the right and the common security war’ to conventional Demof the world.” ocratic wisdom. This was The odd thing about accurate as criticism of the Gates’ insider revelation of Bush administration, but it Obama’s lack of faith in his was also reflexive and perown policy is that we knew haps by now even misleadit all along. Obama was ing as policy.” emitting discordant notes Translation: They were from the very beginning. In never really serious about the West Point “surge” Afghanistan. (Nor apparspeech itself, the very senently about Iraq either. tence after that announceGates recounts with some ment consisted of the furshock that Hillary Clinton ther announcement that admitted she opposed the the additional troops would Iraq surge for political reabe withdrawn in 18 sons, and Obama conceded months. that much of the opposition How can any command- had indeed been political.) er be so precise so far in ad- The Democratic mantra — vance about an enterprise Iraq War, bad; Afghan War, as inherently contingent good — was simply a partiand unpredictable? It was a san device to ride antisignal to friend and foe that Bush, anti-Iraq War feeling he wasn’t serious. And as if without appearing squishy. to amplify that signal, Look, they could say: Obama added that “the na- We’re just being tough and tion that I’m most interestdiscriminating. ed in building is our own,” Iraq is a dumb war, said thus immediately underObama repeatedly. It’s a mining the very importance war of choice. Afghanistan of the war to which he was is a war of necessity, the committing new troops. central front in the war on Such stunning ambivaterror. Having run on that, lence, I wrote at the time, Obama had a need to at had produced the most un- least make a show of trying certain trumpet ever to win the good war, the sounded by a president. smart war.

One could sense that “If I had ever come to Obama’s heart was never in believe the military part of it. the strategy would not lead And now we know. Into success as I defined it,” deed, this became hauntwrites Gates, “I could not ingly clear to Obama’s own have continued signing the defense secretary within deployment orders.” The just a few months — before commander in chief, Gates’ the majority of the troops book makes clear, had no had arrived in the field, be- such scruples. fore the new strategy had even been tested.

Charles Krauthammer’s How can a commander email address is letters@ in good conscience send charleskrauthammer.com. troops on a mission he doesn’t believe in, a mis© 2014, The Washington sion from which he knows Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Those abstaining from vote shouldn’t serve This is in response to the article about Dr. Baker’s contract on Wednesday, Jan. 15: First, with regard to voting on Dr. Baker’s contract: There is suddenly a desire to exercise caution and not make hasty, irrational decisions? What? If I remember correctly, the board voted to extend Bynum’s contract when it wasn’t even up for renewal in spite of an outcry from the community about his administration. We won’t even talk about his appearance before the State Board of Education. Not going there, it’s too embarrassing.

Second, isn’t it the responsibility of the board, in part, to vote on district issues on behalf of the community?

I can see where there may be extenuating circumstances and an abstained vote is the best course of action. But this appears to be habit forming. If you don’t vote, you are either ill prepared or do not care about the issues at hand. You are a lame duck. You do not deserve the

privilege of serving on the school board or any other board. If you have attended a few board meetings, it is easy to see that there are those that are puppets and those that pull the strings.

Third, I imagine the reason Dr. Baker hasn’t given the board his goals for the school district is because he is too busy fixing the ridiculous mess that the board allowed to take place in our district. I would venture to say that Dr. Baker knows a whole lot more about being a superintendent and running a school district than the board knows about being a trustee. If the board needs a Power Point to show them what needs to be corrected in the district, then the board is less competent than I thought. I digress.

And lastly, you are an elected official and you don’t want to comment on the way you voted/not voted or are completely unavailable to answer questions from the public about your record?

How is that? I believe these are fine examples of being self-serving and an attempt at self-preservation.

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Happy New Year.

BRIAN D. BEAN Sumter

Writer wouldn’t know truth if it slapped him Reply to Eugene R. Baten’s letter of Tuesday, Jan. 14: “Intent is not to offend” That statement is a joke coming from you, Mr. Baten.

As a self-admitted racist, that’s all you do toward white people. Again, your phrase, “Sometimes the truth hurts.”

Just because The Item accepts and prints your letters does not mean they believe you’re telling the truth or the facts.

Most times you wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped you in the face. How do you know other letters are from white people unless you personally know them or I guess their wording could identify them as white.

I’ll end up with this: 25 years ago we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash and Bob Hope. Today we have Obama, no cash and no hope.

GENE BRADLEY Sumter

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Excerpts from recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: Jan. 9 Aiken (S.C.) Standard on increasing teacher pay: Teacher salaries in South Carolina need a boost, but it must be done in a fiscally responsible way. The average South Carolina teacher was paid $48,375 at the end of the 2013 school year, nearly $7,000 less than the national average.

A bill proposed by likely Democratic candidate for governor Vincent Sheheen will raise the salaries of public school teachers to thankfully match that level.

Paying teachers on an appropriate level, of course, doesn’t guarantee improvement in the classroom. ...

Sheheen’s bill still needs to be fleshed out, but he’s proposed stretching the salary increases over a number of years to create less of a financial strain. By spanning the bumps in salary over several years, the state can help ensure it meets the national average responsibly. Teachers last received a statewide raise in 2012 when lawmakers approved a 2 percent increase.

The salary increase will obviously not mean much if it’s not met with other reforms that will help improve our state’s education system.

That’s where reforms introduced by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley come into play. The governor outlined a comprehensive education reform package this week aimed at improving the classrooms across the state, but especially in rural communities.

Combined with Sheheen’s proposal, Haley’s reforms can hopefully move our state out of the education basement when it comes to national rankings.

Online: http://www.aikenstandard.com

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Jan. 13 The Post and Courier, Charleston, on altering state regulations carefully: South Carolina has begun to lower its unemployment rate thanks to new and expanding businesses. But it is doing so with no thanks to excessive, duplicative and confusing regulations.

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, of the 25 most troublesome issues for small businesses, South Carolina ranks in five: It is No. 4 in uncertainty over government actions; No. 5 in unreasonableness of government actions; No. 16 in state and local paperwork; No. 20 in dealing with tax agencies; and No. 25 in understanding regulatory environments.

Indeed, the New York University School of Law Institute for Police Integrity in 2010 gave South Carolina a “D’’ for its regulatory review process.

So Gov. Nikki Haley’s decision in February to establish a task force to review regulations and recommend improvements was right in line with her “jobs, jobs, jobs” mission.

Now it will be up to the governor and her cabinet directors or, in some cases, the Legislature to consider the task force’s suggestions. They should study them carefully and change what ought to be changed.

They should also, however, refrain from being overly hasty in loosening regulations that protect the environment from harmful business practices or protect the public from threats to their health. ...

The task force’s work should encourage fixes that would make South Carolina more efficient and friendly to small businesses, without sacrificing the natural resources that make those businesses want to come and stay.

Online: http://www.postandcourier.com

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“One of my greatest memories was playing volleyball with my father and with his friends when I was in high school. The relationships I built there are still important to me today.”

About seven years ago, the Y helped him recover from cancer treatment.

“When I came back from Johns Hopkins 40 pounds lighter, Mack Kolb and Missy (Corrigan) helped build me back up so I could become active again,” Jones said. “It meant so much to me, and it still does. I enjoy going to the Y many times a week now.”

Kolb is the president and chief volunteer officer for the board, and Missy Corrigan is the associate executive director of the Y. A key theme of the celebration Thursday was lifetime Y relationships.

“It was one of the happiest days of my life,” said keynote speaker Dr. Charles Propst about joining the Y. “All third-grade students had to come to the Y to learn to swim. (But) while showing appreciation for the past, we certainly don’t need to stay there. It behooves us to move forward, to do what we need to do to enhance the com-

munity’s health, happiness and well-being.”

Ken Reese, the retiring board president and chief volunteer officer, talked about having a safe place to “horse around” with friends and learning teamwork playing Y football that his dad coached.

“He’d make us hold hands and run to the fence,” he said. “He’d say, ‘This is your teammate. Why are you fighting him instead of fighting with him?’ ...

We’re here so that the kids of today and tomorrow have the same opportunities we did.”

And Corrigan shared the story of Caleb, a homeschooled student who learned confidence while getting fit.

“We’re so much more than a gym.

We’re a cause,” said John Hoffman, executive director, echoing the motto Ys across the nation recently adopted. “We’re a 100-year cause. We’re here for 6 weeks old to 106 years old.”

Jones agreed.

“The Y’s role in the community is the same as it has always been,” he said. “It’s to challenge and mentor the youth of our society to look after their spirit, mind and body. When you surround yourself with people of character, it helps you focus, prioritize and make wise decisions.”

For more information on the local Y, visit ymcasumter.org, email info@ymcasumter.org or call (803) 773-1404.

Reach Jade Reynolds at (803) 774-1250.

ARRESTED from Page A1 corner. Officers searched Hill and found not only a weapons badge, but also a .22-caliber handgun and four bottles of prescription medication.

Sumter Police have not commented on what they think were Hill’s motives for posing

as a police officer. Hill was sent to the SumterLee Regional Detention Center to await his bond hearing.

McGirt said Thursday the investigation remains open.

Reach Tyler Simpson at (803) 774-1295.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make alterations to your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t question when action is life based on your emotions and your findings. required. Take a leap of faith when dealing with Research will lead you in a direction that encourages people you feel can make a difference to your future. you to explore something you enjoyed doing in the Good fortune will come to you if you take ownership past. An innovative approach will lead to success. of anything attributed to what you do.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day closings schedule

Tyson Hooch, a 4-year-old brindle neutered male Rottweiler/boxer mix, is available for adoption from the Sumter SPCA. He is gentle, affectionate, active, playful and great with other dogs. Tyson adores playing ball and loves to be given lots of attention. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed Monday.

GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; and Lee County offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed Monday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School District 1; Clarendon School District 2; Clarendon School District 3; Lee County Public Schools; Thomas Sumter Academy; St. Anne Catholic School; St. Francis Xavier High School; Laurence Manning Academy; Clarendon

Hall; Sumter Christian School; William Thomas Academy; Morris College; USC Sumter; and Central Carolina Technical College.

Wilson Hall will observe a teacher in-service day Monday and there will be no student attendance.

Robert E. Lee Academy will be closed Monday in observance of Robert E. Lee’s birthday.

OTHER — The following will be closed Monday: Clemson Extension Service; The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; the Harvin Clarendon County Library and the Sumter County Library.

All offices of The Item will be closed Monday.

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USC gives Spurrier extension, raise

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier has received a one-year contract extension and a raise that will pay the coach $4 million annually.

The university board of trustees approved a $700,000 raise and the extension Thursday. The deal ties Spurrier to the school through 2018. If the 68-year-old coach decides to retire, the trustees voted for a contract clause that would make Spurrier a special assistant to university President

Harris Pastides and athletic director Ray Tanner.

With the raise, Spurrier becomes one of the top 10 highest-paid college football coaches in the country.

Spurrier’s nine assistant coaches also received raises that put their combined compensation at $3.3 million, up from the $2.7 the group earned this past season.

All assistants were given new 2-year contract agreements except for defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward, who received a three-year deal.

Also earning a raise was quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus,

whose salary was frozen for a year after his arrest for urinating in public. Mangus’ salary increased $100,000 to $275,000.

Ward will be the highestpaid assistant at $750,000, a $100,000 raise. The biggest boost came for offensive line coach Shawn Elliott, who saw his compensation rise from $305,000 to $430,000 next fall.

Spurrier thanked Pastides, Tanner and the board for the new contracts and raises.

“We all hope to coach here many more years and we still SEE SPURRIER, PAGE B6

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South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier has received a 1-year contract extension and a raise that will pay the coach $4 million annually. The university board of trustees approved a $700,000 raise and the extension on Thursday.

Tigers not resting on past success

Time to Baron down

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

Young WH squads have progressed, but face tough region road

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com The biggest thing Wilson Hall head boys basketball coach Eddie Talley wanted to see from his team in the early part of the season was progress.

He’s seen it on the court, and now he hopes PREP SCHEDULE it will translate to the TODAY Varsity Basketball win-column Conway at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 as the Barons p.m. get set to host Marlboro County at Manning, 6 p.m.

Orangeburg Lake Marion at Lee Central, Prep in the 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Carvers SCISA Region Bay, 6 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at TimmonsII-3A opener ville, 6:30 p.m. tonight at Governor’s School at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Nash Student Varsity and JV Basketball Center.

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

“We’re a Florence Christian at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. young team; a Thomas Sumter at Holly Hill, lot of youth, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew and someJackson Academy, 5 p.m. times we Sumter Christian at Calvary Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m. make youthful Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Coach Trapp mistakes,” TalDuals (at Battery Creek High ley said. “But in Beaufort), TBA they’ve bought in and they fight and claw the entire game and I’m proud of them for that.

“We’ve actually been in position to win a number of games, and we’ve been in games against some of the best teams in the state, but we have to finish them now and not let them slip away.”

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East Clarendon High School softball standout Leslie Altman signed to play with Spartanburg Methodist College on Thursday in Turbeville.

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Wilson Hall’s Brent Carraway (20) and the rest of the young Barons look to continue their progress this season as they get set to open SCISA Region II-3A play tonight at home against Orangeburg Prep at Nash Student Center.

COLUMBIA — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is already locked into fixing things that went wrong during the Tigers’ 11-2 season.

Swinney doesn’t want returnees satisfied after a third straight season of double-digit victories and the school’s first victory in a BCS bowl with their 40-35 win over Ohio State at the Orange Bowl earlier this month.

The countdown clock on video screens at Clemson’s football complex is winding down to the next season’s opener at Georgia — and Swinney wouldn’t have it any other way. SWINNEY “We had a team meeting this week to get these guys back refocused on the new year,” Swinney said. “It’s what you do.

You start over every year.”

Swinney won’t have as many offensive pieces to start over with as he did a year ago. Record-setting quarterback Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins won’t return — Boyd who exhausted his eligibility and Watkins who chose to give up his final college season for the NFL draft.

The two were critical components why the Tigers averaged over 500 yards and 40 points a game the past two seasons.

Most questions Swinney will face are about who’ll replace Boyd, not just as starting quarterback but as the face of Clemson football.

“Right away,” Swinney said with a grin, “right away you’ve got to go there.”

Cole Stoudt, son of former NFL quarterback Cliff Stoudt, has been Boyd’s backup the past three seasons and done well when pressed into service. Boyd was remarkably durable during his time, so Stoudt’s SEE TIGERS, PAGE B6

EC’s Altman signs with SMC

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com TURBEVILLE — It’s been a while since East Clarendon High School’s Leslie Altman has played a softball game in the outfield.

After this year however, her senior season with the Lady Wolverines, Altman will get the chance to enjoy the challenge of playing outfield at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I level as she signed with Spartanburg Methodist College on Thursday.

“I really wanted to play outfield, but (East Clarendon head) Coach

(Lisa) Ard wouldn’t ever let me,” said Altman, who played first base this past season and has played shortstop. “I played (outfield) my freshman year and all the time in travel ball.”

FlorenceDarlington Technical College, North ALTMAN Greenville and Coker College were also looking at Altman, but she ultimately decided on SMC because of head coach Thad Fox. While at SMC, she hopes to study speech pathology and feels her ability to compete for a starting

spot is good. After two years with the Lady Pioneers, she hopes to transfer to the University of South Carolina.

Altman led EC, which won the 1A state title, as both an all-region and all-state performer last season with a .561 batting average, three home runs, six doubles and two triples.

“Anytime I’m in a slump I just call (USC Sumter head baseball coach Tim Medlin),” said Altman, who has had Medlin help her with her hitting since she was young. “I think last year we were playing Lamar, SEE ALTMAN, PAGE B5

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JC DE Caldwell finally gets offer from USC, commits think both schools are great places. He can perform well at either school. It’s all about how he feels about it and where he fits in well.”

Green has visited both schools and he planned to take an unofficial visit to UGA this past weekend to give his father a chance to see the school with him.

“Once he takes his trips, a lot of things are going to come to fruition,” Allen said. “He’ll have something to compare each school to, just to see how he fits in with the guys and what it’s like to really be on campus, get a feel for the school in general.”

Allen expects Green to make a relatively quick decision after the UGA visit and not drag things out to National Signing Day next month.

“He’s ready for this to be over with. As soon as he can make a clear-cut decision, he’ll probably tweet it out.”

Lammons decommitted from Florida last week and is now considering USC, Wisconsin and Florida State. He has made an official visit to Wisconsin and will visit USC and FSU. Shrine Bowl DL Poona Ford of Hilton Head High School decommitted from Louisville last week and revealed his final three as Texas, Oregon and Missouri. USC had been on his list, and he said after the Shrine Bowl he would visit, but those plans changed last week.

“He and his dad and his grandma sat down and discussed options, and he came up with his list of schools he narrowed it down to and for sure where he was going to take visits and where he was interested in going,” said Hilton Head head coach BJ Payne.

“This is a decision an 18-yearold kid is making and his family is leaving it up to him to make the decision. It’s not grandma making the decision, it’s not dad making the decision and it damn sure isn’t me making the decision.

“I’m sick of hearing that I’m the reason, and I’m pushing this kid out of the state, and I’m doing this and I’m doing that.

That’s been the speculation out there that his coach is pushing him away. I don’t do that. My job is to help our kids and help them get recruited and give them as many options as they can. It’s been extremely frustrating from my point of view that I’m getting blamed for all of this.”

Payne said he took Ford to USC for visits three times, but as it turns out, Ford just doesn’t want to stay in state.

“I can say this; (USC assistant coach) Everette Sands has done an incredible job recruiting the kid,” Payne said. “The kid just doesn’t want to go to South Carolina. There’s nothing that happened. I do know the kid thought certain family members wanted him to stay close, and when he found out that wasn’t the case.....does that make sense? That’s what changed the whole thing.

There was some misunderstanding within the family. It was openly said, ‘We want you to go where you are happy. I don’t care if it’s on the other side of the world. You go where you are happy.’

“If the kid came up to me today and said he wanted to be a Gamecock, I’d be happy as hell for the kid. He just doesn’t feel it’s the right fit for him. It’s nothing against South Carolina or the staff. The kid has just made another decision.”

DL Dexter Wideman of Saluda High remains committed to FSU, but will visit USC this weekend and then it’s anybody’s guess what will happen.

“He’s not told me that anything has changed,” said former Saluda head coach Doug Painter, who is now the athletics director at Strom Thurmond High in Johnston.

There’s strong sentiment in the recruiting world that Wideman eventually will change his pledge to USC, but Painter said while Wideman was at the Under Armour All-American Game, he got an earful from Seminole pledges.

“He got down there and there were other Florida State guys around,” Painter said.

“You know how 17-year-olds are. He talks to two or three other guys and who knows what he might think.”

Wideman is also scheduled to visit FSU on Jan. 31unless Phil he switches to KORNBLUT USC and decides not to visit. And Painter said there are some compelling reasons for Wideman to flip.

“Knowing more of the kids at South Carolina, more instate guys,” Painter said. “He talked to some of those guys at the Shrine Bowl. There’s a little different driving distance for grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins of which he has a number of in Saluda. I think all of that may be a part of his decision making.”

Painter said Wideman will wait until signing day for a ceremony at his school before announcing his decision.

Wide receiver Isaiah Ford of Jacksonville, Fla., now favors Virginia Tech after de-committing from Louisville following the departure of head coach Charlie Strong to Texas. USC is the only other school he’s considering, and he said he won’t make a final decision until he visits the Gamecocks.

Ford is a basketball standout as well who is averaging 31 points per game this season, and he said both schools will allow him to play both sports.

Ford said he and his mother have communicated recently with USC recruiter Steve Spurrier Jr. and the feedback was highly positive.

“He said he was excited about the de-commitment, and they need another super athlete because Bruce Ellington is leaving and the spot is open,” Ford said.

Ford said Virginia Tech leads at this point because “they’ve been the most consistent throughout the whole thing. And the opportunity to come in and play as a true freshman is wide open in both sports.”

Ford added he won’t rush a second decision. “I’m probably going to pray about it and maybe just wait it out.”

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efensive end Darrius Caldwell of Pearl River Junior College in Mississippi had been waiting for weeks on a call from the University of South Carolina with an official offer because he planned to commit if one came. USC had to look over his transcripts first and, finally, Caldwell got that call.

On Jan. 7, Gamecock defensive line coach Deke Adams contacted Caldwell with the news that his transcript was good enough for enrolling at USC, and Caldwell followed through on his pledge.

“I had told Coach Adams if he made me the official offer I would commit on the spot, and when I got back to school he called and asked me if that still stands, and I said, Yes,’ “ Caldwell said. “I was probably more excited than he was.”

USC recruited Caldwell out of high school in Atlanta, but he signed with Illinois. He spent two seasons there, but left after the coaching change and played this season at Pearl River. He will have two years to play two.

“They need a guy that’s ready to play and I would add a little more versatility to their defense in my playing style,” Caldwell said. “I’m excited about the opportunity to attend the university and play SEC (Southeastern Conference) football.”

Caldwell said he’s on track to graduate in May. “I only need a few more credits to get out and I just have to take a few more classes here at the JC.” He has set an official visit to USC for Jan. 24 and won’t take any other visits. Caldwell becomes the 18th commitment for USC’s 2014 class.

On Monday, defensive back DJ Smith of Marietta, Ga., announced a commitment to USC over Tennessee for the ‘14 class. Smith made his announcement on Fox SportSouth.

“I feel like it was just the best fit,” Smith said after making his announcement. “Location-wise, it is very close to home, like two to three hours.

(USC assistant) Coach (Grady) Brown has been like a second daddy. He’s been there for me.

He’s been truthful. I feel like he’s been straightforward with me from the get-go. And I just feel like it’s my best chance for early playing time. So I feel like it’s my best decision.”

Smith is a cornerback, which is the major position of need on the Gamecock defense. Last season, Smith was in on 77 tackles with two interceptions.

“He’s a very good cover corner,” said Smith’s head coach, Rocky Hidalgo. “He’s physical enough to play safety. I think he’s got a chance to be an exceptional player.”

Smith was one of three CBs USC was targeting for the ‘14 class. The two other CBs are Wesley Green of Lithonia, Ga., and Chris Lammons of Plantation, Fla. Green is down to USC and Georgia and will make his official visits the next two weekends with USC up first this weekend.

“If I had to say, it’s 50-50 right now,” Green’s head coach, Cortez Allen, said. “I

ceptionsfor 720 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Offensive lineman Damian Prince of Forestville, Md., remains open about his decision, according to his head coach, and the rest of his official visits will go a long way in determining his final decision. He has visited Maryland and FSU and USC is up this weekend.

“He’s very interested about getting on the campus and seeing what the campus is about,” said Prince’s head coach, Keith Goganious. “Meeting the coaching staff and things of that nature, he’s very excited about taking that trip there and getting a feel for the campus and the campus life.”

Prince is also scheduled to visit Florida on Jan. 24 and Miami on Jan. 31. Prince will announce his decision on signing Day. Running back Derrell Scott of Havelock, N.C., is reported by 247Sports.com to now be favoring Tennessee over USC. Florida is also in the picture after offering him while he has cut North Carolina State. Scott has taken official visits to USC, Tennessee and NCSU and will visit Florida this weekend.

DE Andrew Williams of McDonough, Ga., has set three of his official visits. He goes to Auburn this weekend, Mississippi on Jan. 24 and Clemson on Jan. 31. He also plans to visit USC, but that will have to be a midweek visit.

DL Arthur Williams of Fayetteville, N.C., is set on taking an official visit to USC this month. He just doesn’t have a date yet. Meantime, his commitment to FSU remains in place. “I talk to them all the time,” Williams said of the Seminoles.

Yet, USC is not out of the picture. “They still have a chance,” he said.

Miami was another school Williams had planned to visit, but as of now he’s not sure he’ll make that trip.

USC commitment tight end Kalan Ritchie of Goose Creek High recently picked up an offer from South Carolina State and that led to some speculation that if he didn’t qualify for USC he would go there instead.

But his head coach, Chuck Reedy, said last week Ritchie is firmly committed to the Gamecocks and will stay the course with them.

“He’s South Carolina’s,” Reedy said, adding that the plan is to place Ritchie at Georgia Military JC if he does not qualify.

USC and Clemson will have their major recruiting weekend today and Saturday with most, if not all, of their committed players taking official visits.

USC is also scheduled to host a handful of uncommitted targets: Green, Wideman, Prince, Lammons, OL Derrick Kelly Jr. of Havana, Fla., and DE Kevin Bronson of Delray Beach, Fla. The only uncommitted prospect thus far scheduled to visit Clemson this weekend is WR Trevion Thompson of Durham, N.C. Of course, visit plans are fluid and subject to change.

Juniors: Florida offered linebacker LaSamuel Davis (6-foot-4-inches, 220 pounds)

and freshman DB Savalas Cann (6-1, 185) of BambergEhrhardt High last week, according to Red Raiders head coach Butch Crosby.

WR Freddie Phillips of Pelion High has remained in contact with Florida DL coach Brad Lawing and Phillips may visit Gainesville. Phillips has offers from North Carolina and NCSU. Phillips has visited NCSU and the Wolfpack were the first to offer him. He plans to visit other schools this spring but has not finalized a schedule. Phillips wants to wait for more offers to see who is interested in his services before deciding on visits.

He has not heard from Clemson or USC in some time. There are no favorites.

WR Tavin Richardson of Byrnes High in Duncan has seen his offer list expand in recent weeks, though Clemson and USC are not among those interested at this point.

Richardson has offers from Pittsburgh, Arkansas, Boston College, Cincinnati, Illinois, Louisville, Maryland, Ole Miss, Miami, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Kentucky and VT. He’s visited Maryland, VT and GT and plans to take more offers in the spring.

Richardson said he won’t make his decision until around signing day of ‘15 and right now he doesn’t have any favorites. This season, Richardson had 63 catches for 836 yards and eight TDs. OL TJ Haney (6-6, 315) of Gaffney High holds an offer from Marshall and is getting strong interest from Duke and Vanderbilt. Haney is an excellent student, carrying a better than 4.0 grade point average.

Clemson, Tennessee, UNC, UGA and FSU have also expressed interest.

Quarterback Will Brunson of Carolina Forest High in Myrtle Beach is waiting on his first offer and continues to hear from Duke, Tennessee, FSU and East Carolina. Duke and Tennessee, according to Brunson, are showing the most interest. This season, he threw for 2,967 yards, 28 TDs against 12 interceptions.

DL Albert Huggins of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High picked up his 14th offer last week from GT. Huggins also has offers from Clemson, USC, FSU, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisville, UGA, NCSU, UNC, Auburn, Vandy and SCSU. He’s not ready to name any favorites.

RB Rocky Reid of Concord, N.C., has visited Clemson several times and has named Clemson and Tennessee as his early favorites. His early offers are from Charlotte and Ohio with interest from UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, UGA, Arkansas, Ohio State and ECU. Athlete Carl Tucker Jr. of Cornelius, N.C., named his top three as Tennessee, UNC and Clemson. Each school has offered along with ECU. Other schools showing interest include Penn State and Duke.

Tucker visited Clemson for the opening game of the season, and he’s also been to Tennessee.

OL Steven Gonzalez of Union City, N.J., is listing a top five, in order, as Ohio State, Rutgers, USC, BC and Wisconsin.

Sharapova, Wozniacki, Federer, Nadal advance at Aussie Open

BY JOHN PYE The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Soaked with sweat and clinging desperately for survival, Maria Sharapova was only a point from victory when Australian Open organizers finally decided that the searing heat was extreme enough to suspend matches.

The four-time major winner was serving at

5-4 in the third set, 2 hours and 38 minutes into her second-round match against No. 44-ranked Karin Knapp on Thursday. But the reprieve wouldn’t apply to the pair on Rod Laver Arena, because the long-delayed Extreme Heat Policy only kicks in at the end of sets in progress. It took another 50 minutes before Sharapova converted her fourth match point

for a grueling 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 win.

The temperature was 39 C (102 F) when Sharapova’s match started at just after 11 a.m. local time and increased to SHARAPOVA almost 43 C (109 F) by the time she finished during the third straight day of a heat wave in sweltering Mel-

bourne. At 3 hours and 28 minutes, it was the longest women’s match so far in the tournament.

“I wanted this match,’’ Sharapova said.

“I didn’t play my best tennis; I didn’t do many things well ... (but) I got through it, and sometimes that’s what’s important.

“When you win match point you get off the court, no matter how you feel and how

tough it was ... I love these moments.’’

Caroline Wozniacki followed Sharapova on Rod Laver Arena and, with the roof closed, described the conditions as “pleasant’’ in her 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 win over Christina McHale. Roger Federer played on the second show court at Melbourne Park for the first time in a decade, and raced to a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 ( 4) win over Blaz Kavcic under the

roof at Hisense Arena.

He was playing simultaneously with Rafael Nadal for the first time in years at Melbourne Park.

Nadal had no trouble in a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over Australian wild-card entry Thanasi Kokkinakis.

In the biggest upset so far, No. 5-seeded Juan Martin del Potro lost his second-round match 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.

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Alice Drive girls remain unbeaten The Alice Drive Middle School girls basketball team improved their record to 10-0 after defeating Furman 36-35 on Thursday at the Furman gymnasium.

Jah’Che Whitfield had 10 points, 21 rebounds and a block to lead the Lady Hawks.

Latrice Lyons added nine points, four steals and two assists. Malaysic Scales contributed seven points and 11 rebounds.

Alice Drive will travel to Sneed Middle School on Thursday.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL CRESTWOOD LAKEWOOD

20 11

Crestwood’s junior varsity girls improved to 2-1 in Region VI-3A play and 6-3 overall with a 20-11 victory on Thursday at The Swamp.

Felicity Sumpter led the JV Lady Knights with nine points.

Shannon Martin added five and Azariah Dixon had four in the win.

Crestwood’s next game will be Wednesday against Darlington.

BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL LAKEWOOD CRESTWOOD

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Lakewood’s junior varsity boys squad improved to 6-2 on the season with a 33-22 victory over Crestwood on Thursday at The Swamp.

Daquan Tindal led the JV

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MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL BATES MAYEWOOD

51 38

Ahkeem Lawson’s doubledouble led Bates Middle School to a 51-38 victory over Mayewood on Thursday at the Bates gymnasium.

Lawson had 22 points and 13 rebounds to led the Bantams. Dione Coleman contributed 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Zykiem Jackson added five points, 12 assists and eight steals.

Bates will travel to take on Furman on Thursday.

ALICE DRIVE FURMAN

35 26

Alice Drive improved to 8-6 overall and 5-4 in region play with a 35-26 victory over Furman on Thursday at the Indians gymnasium.

Terrell Houston scored 15 points and Grant Singleton added 12 to lead the Hawks.

Deandre Riley had 14 points to lead Furman in the loss. Ric McBride contributed three points and 16 rebounds.

AD will travel to Florence to battle Sneed next Thursday while Furman will host Bates.

VARSITY BASKETBALL HAMMOND WILSON HALL

64 42

COLUMBIA — William Kinney and Blake Bochette each scored in double figures,

but it wasn’t enough as Hammond defeated the Barons 64-42 at the Skyhawks gymnasium on Wednesday.

Seventh Woods led Hammond with 18 points. Kinney led WH with 13 points and Bochette added 10 as the Barons dropped to 7-6 on the year Wilson Hall opens SCISA Region II-3A play today against Orangeburg Prep.

WILSON HALL Kinney 13, Bochette 10, Ballard 6, Carraway 8, Talley 1, Schwartz 3, Croft 1.

HAMMOND Woods 18, McDaniel 16, Turner 11, Littlejohn 3, Smith 2, King 2, Carlton 7, McDaniel 3.

B TEAM BASKETBALL CLARENDON HALL ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

28 14

Clarendon Hall evened its record at 1-1 with a 28-14 victory over St. Francis Xavier High School on Tuesday at Birnie Hope Center.

The Saints were led by Dylan Way with a doubledouble of 12 points and 12 rebounds to go along with six steals. Drew Hill added eight points.

HAMMOND WILSON HALL

39 16

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall fell to 6-3 on the season with a 39-16 loss to Hammond on Wednesday at the Hammond gymnasium.

Noah Harvin led the Barons with nine points.

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Pacers top Knicks 117-89 INDIANAPOLIS — Lance Stephenson scored a career-high 28 points, Paul George added 25, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks 117-89 on Thursday night.

Carmelo STEPHENSON Anthony had 18 of his 28 points in the first quarter to lead New York. J.R. Smith, who was benched in two of the previous four games, played 28 minutes and scored 12 points.

NETS HAWKS

127 110

LONDON — Joe Johnson scored 26 of his 29 points in the first half and Andray Blatche added 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 127-110 win over the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth regular-season NBA game to be played in the British capital.

Johnson had 15 points in the first quarter. Mike Scott and Shelvin Mack led the Hawks with 17 points each.

points and a career-high 11 rebounds, Shabazz Napier added 17 points and Connecticut pulled away from No. 17 Memphis for an 83-73 victory.

(18) LOUISVILLE HOUSTON

91 52

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wayne Blackshear scored 23 points in his first game as a reserve and No. 18 Louisville used a strong offensive start to blow out Houston 91-52.

WOMEN’S TOP 25 (3) DUKE VIRGINIA

90 55

DURHAM, N.C. — Tricia Liston scored 21 points and tied her career high with 12 rebounds, leading No. 3 Duke to a 90-55 victory over Virginia 90-55.

(9) NORTH CAROLINA CLEMSON

78 55

83 73

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Diamond DeShields scored 24 points to help No. 9 North Carolina beat Clemson 78-55.

Nikki Dixon scored 21 points for Clemson (9-9, 1-3), which shot 39 percent from the floor.

Charmaine Tay had 10 points.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — DeAndre Daniels had 23

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MLB approves expanded replay starting this season PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Major League Baseball will greatly expand instant replay to review close calls starting this season.

MLB announced Thursday that owners, players and umpires have approved the new system.

Each manager will be allowed to challenge at least one call per game. If he’s right, he gets another challenge. After the seventh inning, a crew chief can request a review on his own if the manager has used his challenges.

The so-called “neighborhood play’’ at second base on double plays cannot be challenged. Many had safety concerns for middle infielders being wiped out by hard-charging runners if the phantom force was subject to review.

All reviews will be done by current MLB umpires at a replay center in MLB.com’s New York office. To create a large enough staff, MLB agreed to hire six new big league umpires and call up two minor league umps for the entire season. A seventh major league umpire will be added to replace the late Wally Bell.

Joe Torre, MLB’s executive vice president of baseball operations, said work continues on a proposed rule that would ban home-plate collisions between runners and the catcher. The rule has not been written and talks on its content are ongoing between MLB representatives and the players union, he said.

Carolina, averaging 11.2 points and a team best 3.4 assists per game. He tallied 11 double-figure scoring games and 11 games with at least three assists.

Johnson averaged 2.9 rebounds per game and hit 75.3 percent from the foul line this season.

PRICE, RAYS AGREE TO $14M, 1-YEAR CONTRACT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Now that Tampa Bay’s David Price is slated to earn the biggest single-season salary in Rays history, the 3-time All-Star hopes he remains part of the budget-minded franchise’s plans for 2014.

The team announced Thursday that the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner agreed to a $14 million, one-year deal. Price went 10-8 with a 3.33 ERA last year while earning $10,112,500. He is eligible for free agency after the 2015 season.

REED LEADS HUMANA CHALLENGE

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Reed went low in perfect scoring and weather conditions Thursday at the Humana Challenge. He wasn’t alone.

Reed ran off five straight birdies in the middle of his round on PGA West’s Arnold Palmer Private

Course and finished with a bogey-free 9-under 63.

Ryan Palmer, Justin Hicks, Daniel Summerhays and Charley Hoffman shot 64.

Kapalua winner Zach Johnson topped the group at 65. He played at La Quinta.

Bishopville native Tommy Gainey finished the day at 2-over with a 74 on the Private Course.

JETS SIGN RYAN TO CONTRACT EXTENSION

NEW YORK — The New York Jets have signed coach Rex Ryan to a contract extension, removing the lame duck label and keeping him with the franchise for at least the next two years.

Ryan, who had one year remaining on his contract, was retained by owner Woody Johnson for next season after his job appeared in jeopardy. Expectations were extremely low outside the team entering this season, but Ryan led the Jets to a surprising 8-8 finish that had players and fans clamoring for Johnson and general manager John Idzik to keep the coach.

From staff, wire reports

USC’S JOHNSON DIAGNOSED WITH FOOT FRACTURE

COLUMBIA — South Carolina junior guard Tyrone Johnson, who suffered a right foot injury during the first half of Wednesday’s contest at Texas A&M, has been diagnosed with a right foot fracture after further evaluation in Columbia on Thursday, Gamecock head coach Frank Martin announced.

Johnson’s injury will require surgery and he will be out indefinitely.

Johnson played in 16 contests this season for

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TODAY 3 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Australian Open Third-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Humana Challenge Second Round from La Quinta, Calif. (GOLF).

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

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

7 p.m. -- College Hockey: Western Michigan at St. Cloud State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at New York (ESPN).

7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Wisconsin-Green Bay at Wright State (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Championship First Round from Kona, Hawaii (GOLF).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Orlando (SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. -- College Hockey: Lake Superior State at Notre Dame (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- Professional Tennis: Australian Open Third-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).

9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Canisius at Iona (ESPNU).

9:30 p.m. -- High School Basketball: Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions Semifinal Game from Springfield, Mo. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Golden State at Oklahoma City (ESPN).

10 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Ivan Redkach vs. Tony Luis in a Lightweight Bout, Maurice Hooker vs. Abel Ramos in a Junior Welterweight Bout, Antoine Douglas vs. Marquis Davis in a Middleweight Bout and John Thompson vs. Frank Galarza in a Junior Middleweight Bout from Memphis, Tenn. (SHOWTIME).

11 p.m. -- High School Basketball: Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions Semifinal Game from Springfield, Mo. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3 a.m. -- Professional Tennis: Australian Open Third-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).

4 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships Third Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

NFL PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press Conference Championships Sunday New England at Denver, 3 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

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Wilson Hall’s Hannah Jordan (5) and the rest of the 8-7 Lady Barons begin SCISA Region II-3A play tonight when they welcome 11-2 Orangeburg Prep to Nash Student Center.

BARONS from Page B1 Talley’s 7-6 Barons will face a 2-14 Indians squad that is winless on the road this season. WH has only four returnees from last year’s team, and Parker McDuffie is still out at least another three weeks recovering from a broken arm he suffered during football season.

The other three have provided the bulk of the leadership and scoring for the Barons thus far. After playing only sparingly as a freshman, Brent Carraway has come on to lead Wilson Hall in scoring this season. William Kinney, who missed half of last season with an injury, is next along with Blake Bochette.

Kinney leads the team in rebounding along with freshman Drew Talley. The younger Talley is one of 10 players the Barons have had come up and step in to fill roles this season. “It’s really been a fun team to coach this season,� coach Talley said. “They make things fun in practice and they’ve produced some entertaining games, but they’ve worked hard. “We’ve gotten contributions from everybody. It just depends on a given night who’s got the hot hand and that’s the one we try to go with.�

Grier Schwartz, Ken Ballard, Sam Watford, Ivan Rivera, Brandon Spittle and Clayton Lowder help make up an up-and-coming bench along with senior newcomer JD Croft. “They’ve all had their moments,� coach Talley said. “Ken can play just about anywhere on the floor and JD is one of the few players we have that has some good size to him. “We’ve just got to continue to get better. We’ve got to shoot the ball better than we have, but I like our chanc-

es. Our (region) is tough, though. We all know each other very well.�

The 8-7 Lady Barons are young as well, although they have little more experience on their sides. They’ll need that and more in a tough region slate that starts with 11-2 Orangeburg tonight. “We’re young and we have our highs and lows,� WH head girls coach Glen Rector said. “We’ve shot the ball well at times and other times we haven’t. But we’ve probably got one of the most balanced teams I’ve ever had here.�

Wilson Hall returns just one senior in Mary Peyton Zilch along with four juniors who received a good deal of playing time last year after being rotated in as sophomores. Point guard Hannah Jordan leads the team with around nine points per game. Holly Scott and Hayley Smoak follow while Logan Lee Alderman has provided good defense throughout the season, Rector said.

Returning sophomores Katie Scannella and Betsy Cunningham have split time with the Lady Barons four new post players in Lauren Goodson, Mary Paisley Belk, Nicolette Fisher and Haley Hawkins. Newcomer Catherine Kelley also serves as the backup point guard. “We’ve really had a team effort this year and we’ve gotten a lot of different things from a lot of different players,� Rector said. “We rotate a lot, so everyone is gaining a lot of experience.�

The biggest key for his group moving forward will be taking better care of the basketball, Rector said. “We’re probably a little too casual with the ball sometimes and we have to take better care of it,� he said. “We also have to work on finishing our scoring. We’re taking good shots, but we’re not always finishing, so we need to do a better job of that and being more consistent.�

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 19 18 .514 – Brooklyn 15 22 .405 4 New York 15 23 .395 41/2 Boston 14 26 .350 61/2 Philadelphia 13 25 .342 61/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 27 11 .711 – Atlanta 20 18 .526 7 Washington 18 19 .486 81/2 Charlotte 16 24 .400 12 Orlando 10 29 .256 171/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 30 7 .811 – Chicago 18 19 .486 12 Detroit 16 22 .421 141/2 Cleveland 14 25 .359 17 Milwaukee 7 31 .184 231/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 31 8 .795 – Houston 26 14 .650 51/2 Dallas 23 17 .575 81/2 Memphis 19 19 .500 111/2 New Orleans 15 23 .395 151/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 29 9 .763 – Oklahoma City 28 10 .737 1 Denver 20 18 .526 9 Minnesota 18 20 .474 11 Utah 13 27 .325 17 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 27 13 .675 – Golden State 25 15 .625 2 Phoenix 22 16 .579 4 Sacramento 14 23 .378 111/2 L.A. Lakers 14 25 .359 121/2 Wednesday’s Games Chicago 128, Orlando 125,3OT Philadelphia 95, Charlotte 92 Washington 114, Miami 97 Boston 88, Toronto 83 Sacramento 111, Minnesota 108 Memphis 82, Milwaukee 77 Houston 103, New Orleans 100 San Antonio 109, Utah 105 Phoenix 121, L.A. Lakers 114 Portland 108, Cleveland 96 Denver 123, Golden State 116 L.A. Clippers 129, Dallas 127 Thursday’s Games Brooklyn vs. Atlanta at London, England, 3 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New York, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 46 29 15 2 60 132 102 Tampa Bay 47 28 15 4 60 136 113 Montreal 47 26 16 5 57 118 111 Toronto 49 24 20 5 53 136 149 Detroit 46 20 16 10 50 118 127 Ottawa 47 21 18 8 50 134 146 Florida 46 18 21 7 43 109 141 Buffalo 46 13 27 6 32 83 129 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 48 34 12 2 70 156 115 Philadelphia 47 24 19 4 52 125 132 Washington 47 22 17 8 52 140 141 N.Y. Rangers 48 24 21 3 51 119 126 New Jersey 48 20 18 10 50 112 118 Columbus 46 22 20 4 48 129 131 Carolina 46 19 18 9 47 111 130 N.Y. Islanders 48 18 23 7 43 132 156 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 49 30 8 11 71 177 135 St. Louis 45 32 8 5 69 163 100 Colorado 46 29 12 5 63 135 117 Minnesota 49 25 19 5 55 118 122 Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 132 141 Nashville 48 20 21 7 47 113 143 Winnipeg 48 20 23 5 45 133 146 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 49 36 8 5 77 170 120 San Jose 47 29 12 6 64 150 117 Los Angeles 47 28 14 5 61 120 96 Vancouver 48 24 15 9 57 124 124 Phoenix 46 21 16 9 51 135 143 Calgary 47 16 25 6 38 105 148 Edmonton 49 15 29 5 35 128 174 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto 4, Buffalo 3, SO Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3 Anaheim 9, Vancouver 1 Thursday’s Games Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

TENNIS Australian Open Results

By The Associated Press Thursday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10), France, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

Donald Young, United States, def. Andreas Seppi (24), Italy, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2).

Grigor Dimitrov (22), Bulgaria, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (11).

Gael Monfils (25), France, def. Jack Sock, United States, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-2.

Stephane Robert, France, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-1.

Milos Raonic (11), Canada, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 7-6 (9), 6-4, 6-4.

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Fernando Verdasco (31), Spain, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Gilles Simon (18), France, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2.

Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

Feliciano Lopez (26), Spain, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Benoit Paire (27), France, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Vincent Millot, France, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5.

Women Second Round Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-0.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29), Russia, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-2, 6-2.

Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Olivia Rogowska, Australia, 6-4, 7-5.

Simona Halep (11), Romania, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-0, 6-1.

Alize Cornet (25), France, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Carla Suarez Navarro (16), Spain, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 8-6.

Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3.

Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.

Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-0, 1-6, 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-0, 7-5.

Sloane Stephens (13), United States, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4.

Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-2, 6-0.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Magdalena Rybarikova (32), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-3.

Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, def. Bojana Jovanovski (33), Serbia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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49ers WR tandem tough on defenses ALTMAN from Page B1 and I had the worst game I could ever have. I called him and then the next game I hit it out (for a homer). He won’t take credit, but he needs to take credit (for my hitting success).”

As a sophomore, she batted .533 with five homers, 20 runs batted in and a dozen doubles. She also went 3-1 as a pitcher with a 1.48 earned run average in 33 innings of work. She had 37 strikeouts to 14 walks and allowed seven earned runs on 17 hits.

“We’ve got a player that hits close to .500 every year she’s played,” Ard said. “She comes out and gives it everything she’s got, and she can play any position on the field. She started out in the outfield a couple of years ago for us, moved to the infield where she played shortstop, and then was at first base this past year for us.”

Despite signing early for college, Altman will not let up in her senior season because of her competitive nature.

“No I’ll probably still be nervous when game time comes,” she explained. “It’s still not sunk in that we won state. I’m not ready for the season to start because once it starts, it’s over; then I’ll cry.”

When asked what she’s learned from winning a state title, Altman said not to get down and to keep pushing through. That same quality is why Ard believes Altman has been so successful.

“She cheers her team on and doesn’t do a lot of talking, but leads more in the way of going out and doing,” the EC coach explained.

“She encourages everybody and gets them up on the field and then performs.

“I think she’s a leader by performing every game and she always wants to win,” Ard said.

“She’s never comfortable with anything she does because she always wants to do it better.

That’s the way she’s always been in volleyball, basketball and softball.”

BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif.

— Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree waited nearly eight months to finally step on the field together for game day.

At last, in Week 13, everyone got to see the dynamic tandem in San Francisco’s upgraded receiving corps — and it didn’t take them long to discover an impressive rhythm for a passing game in serious need of a jolt.

While the emotional Boldin helped lead the offense alongside Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore and Vernon Davis early on, Crabtree worked through months of rehab after surgery for a torn right Achilles tendon.

“That was the vision going in, him on one side, me on the other, Vernon working the middle of the field,’’ Boldin said. “It’s tough on defenses when you have two guys outside capable of having big games, and then you have Vernon inside matched up with linebackers. So, it gives defenses fits.’’

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San Francisco wide receivers Anquan Boldin (81) and Michael Crabtree (15) have given opposing defenses plenty of headaches this season en route to Sunday’s NFC championship game in Seattle.

Whether the Seahawks’ stellar secondary can be fooled by this talented trio during the NFC championship game Sunday at Seattle will play a key factor in which of the archrivals advances to the Super Bowl.

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh wondered whether Crabtree would be the same dominant player.

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tor Greg Roman had his doubts it would happen this season given the severity of Crabtree’s injury.

“You’ve always got to plan for the worst-case scenario,’’ Roman said Thursday. “Until I saw him pushing a sled about a month and a half ago out here, I realized it was reality.’’

Crabtree quickly returned to form as someone Harbaugh considers

the best pass catcher he has seen. Crabtree might celebrate a clutch catch by pumping his arms, while Boldin tends to do so by barking at an opposing defender.

“That’s just my personality. It’s always been the way that I played the game,’’ Boldin said. “I was always told if you don’t play the game all out, then you’re cheating yourself.’’

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BASEBALL SPRING REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring baseball leagues beginning on Jan. 27.

Registration for children ages 4-12 will run through Feb. 13. The last day to register for the 13-14 year-old league is March 21. A player’s age will be based on the age as of April 30, 2014.

The cost to register will be $35 for 4-6, $40 for 7-8, $45 for 9-10, $45 for 11-12 traditional, $50 for 11-12 O’Zone and $50 for 13-14. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching.

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

SOFTBALL SPRING REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring girls softball leagues beginning on Jan. 27.

Registration for children ages 5-12 will run through Feb. 13. The last day to register for the 13-18 year-olds is March 28. A player’s age will be based on her age as of Dec. 31, 2013.

The cost to register will be $35 for 5-6, $40 for 7-8 and $45 for 9-18. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching.

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

SOCCER YOUTH SPRING SIGNUP

The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its spring youth soccer leagues through Jan. 23.

There will be leagues for children ages 9 and under, 12 and under and 17 and under based on their ages of Sept. 1, 2014.

The registration fee is $40 for the 9 and under league and $45 for the 12 and under and 17 and under leagues. There will be no late registration.

A coaches meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coach.

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

MEN’S OPEN SIGNUP

The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for a men’s open adult soccer league from Jan. 13 through Jan. 24.

The entry fee is $375 per team and space is limited. Games will be played on the weekends.

A team meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

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

The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for a co-ed adult soccer league from Jan. 13 through Jan. 24.

The entry fee is $375 per team and space is limited. Games will be played on the weekends.

A team meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

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

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VIRGINIA LOGAN ALCOLU — Virginia Pillsbury “Jenny” Logan, 37, wife of Andrew Mickey McCall, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital.

Born May 29, 1976, in Manning, LOGAN she was a daughter of Warren H. Pillsbury and the late Frances Diane Mitchum Pillsbury.

She is survived by her husband of Alcolu; her father and stepmother, Debbie Jones of Manning; two sons, Timothy Logan and David Logan; a daughter, Breanna McCall; a stepdaughter, Carli McCall; a granddaughter, Lakyn Baynard; a sister, Tiffany P. Cribb of Manning; and two brothers, Jamie Pillsbury of Sumter and Bobby Pillsbury of Manning.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m.

Saturday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Sammy Thompson officiating.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1644 Hotel St., Alcolu.

Memorials may be made to Lakewood Baptist Church, 3140 Nazarene Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org BOSSIE BROWN Jr. Bossie Brown Jr. was born April 8, 1944, in Mt. Pleasant, N.Y., to the late Bossie Sr. and Helen Dye Brown. He departed this life on Jan. 13, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was a graduate of Sleepy Hollow High BROWN School Class of 1964, after which he enlisted in the United States Air Force.

He was employed many years at Montrose VA Hospital and his last place of employment was Belagio Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. He loved to dance and had a great passion for all types of music, and he never met a child that he didn’t love.

He leaves to cherish precious memories: a son, Craig Wesley (Mar-

cia) Brown; two granddaughters, Tykira Brown and Keondria Brown; four other children he helped to rear, Delina Hart, Frank Simmons Jr., Melissa (John) Stinnett and Bryant Simmons; 13 other grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren; two aunts, Verona Dye Forman and Dorothy Dye Jamison; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Job’s Mortuary Chapel, 312 S. Main St., Sumter, with Pastor Geneva Stafford officiating.

The family is receiving friends at 2900 Lower Lake Drive, Sumter.

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

Online memorials may be sent to jobsmortuary.net.

JOHN H. LOWERY Jr. NEW YORK, N.Y. — John Hazel Lowery Jr., 63, husband of Lorri Kline, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Hospice Care, New York.

He was born Sept. 28, 1950, in New Zion, a son of Pearline Epps Lowery and the late John Hazel Lowery Sr. He received his formal eduLOWERY cation in the public schools of Clarendon County and graduated from Walker Gamble High School in 1968. He was a self-employed contractor. In his youth, he joined Lodabar AME Church, New Zion.

Survivors are his mother of New Zion; two daughters, Debra Lowery-Bradley and Shavon (Anthony) Lazenby; one son, Shakye Miller-Lowery; four sisters, Theola Lowery, Hattie (Raymond) Love, Natasha (Eric) Green and Sandra Lowery; five brothers, Thomas Lowery, Carl Epps, Robert Lowery, Stanley Lowery and Tryrone (Samatha) Lowery.

Celebratory services for Mr. Lowery will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lodabar AME Church, 1065 Black River Road, New Zion, with the Rev. Francis Dennison, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Jerome McCray assisting.

Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

Mr. Lowery will lie in repose one hour before funeral time.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, 1162 Subdivision Road, New Zion.

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

VALERIA JONES FIELDS Valeria Jones Fields, 64, widow of Robert A. Fields, departed this life on Jan. 13, 2014, in Sumter.

She was a daughter of the late George Carter and Bernell M. Singleton.

She is survived by sons, Anthony A. Fields, Kenneth J. Fields, Quincy Fields and Robert Fields; daughters, Jenine K. L. Walker, Michele Fields, Quinette Fields-Quarles and Quetcy Fields-Esposito; two sisters, Dorothy Ann Jones-Gilliard and Pamela Jones Wilder (Fred); five brothers, Roger B. Jones, Gregory (Charlie Mae) Jones, James (Dorothy) Maple, George (Virginia) Maple and Melburn Jones; five grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, Sumter, with the Rev. James Sutton, pastor, and the Rev. Dorothy Maple officiating. Interment will follow in the Allen Chapel Church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the home, 4140 Patriot Parkway, Sumter.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at www.whitesmortuary.net.

Whites Mortuary, 517 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, is serving the Fields family.

BRENDA M. SIMS Brenda McLeod Sims, 61, widow of Louis Sims, departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehab.

She was born Aug. 12, 1952, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Jimmy and Annie Mae McLeod Shaw.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Assonia Yates, 29 Rast St., Sumter Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.

BIRDIE GAYLE RAY Birdie Gayle Ray, 105, widow of Allison Ray, died Jan. 13, 2014,

in New York.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Marion Sr. and Rosa Lee Cockley Gayle. She was a member of Orangehill RUME Church in Wedgefield.

Surviving are a sister, Katie Brown of Sumter; a brother, Wiliam (Anna Lee) Gayle of Sumter; and other relatives.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Orangehill Independent Methodist Church, 3005 Kings Highway, Wedgefield, with the pastor, the Rev. Constance Walker, officiating. Interment will follow in Orangehill Cemetery.

Mrs. Ray will be placed in the church for public viewing from 11 a.m. until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel and other times at 550 Dingle St., Sumter.

The public may also view Mrs. Ray from 3 to 8 p.m. today.

Please visit the Palmer Memorial Chapel website to send tributes at www.palmermemorialchapel.com.

SUSAN B. BENNETT Susan B. Bennett, 67, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at her home, after a brief illness.

She was born Dec. 6, 1946, in Sumter County, to the late George Edward and Maybell Bracey. She attended Savage Glover School and graduated from Lincoln High School.

Throughout the years, she worked as a home health care provider, which brought her joy to be a helping hand to those in need. Susan accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age and enjoyed attending church services along with spending quality time with family and friends. She also had a great love for going out to eat at various local eateries.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Edna Caldwell; and a brother, William Bracey.

Precious and fond memories will be cherished by her devoted and loving sister, Anna L. Dudley of Atlanta; five nephews, Lucious Percell Pounds and Patrick Dudley, both of Atlanta, and Andrew, John and Fredrick Caldwell, all of Sumter; and a niece, Annette Caldwell of Sumter. A

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host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends will greatly miss her glowing smile and infectious laugh.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday in the Chapel of Sumter Funeral Service Inc., 623 Manning Ave., with the Rev. M.G. Walters officiating.

Public viewing will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today.

The family will receive friends at the home, 350 Harmony Court, Apartment No. 3.

Online memorials may be sent via sumterfuneralsvs@sc.rr.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the staff and management of Sumter Funeral Service Inc.

JAMES L. BROOKER SUMMERTON — James Luther Brooker, 56, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

He was born Nov. 13, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pa., a son of Mamie Trawick Brooker and the late Charles T. Brooker.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 1672 Steven Road, Summerton.

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

DIANNE R. FRIES Dianne Ramsey “Diashanna” Fries, 60, departed this earthly life on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Hospice & Community Care, Rock Hill, after an illness.

Born June 16, 1953, in Sumter, she was a daughter of Mary Ellen Ramsey Fries and the late Eddie Fries. “Diashanna,” as she was affectionately called, was reared in the Christian home of her grandparents, the late Rev. David and Elmeta Alston Ramsey. At an early age, she joined Wayman Chapel AME Church. Dianne received her early education in the Sumter County public school system, graduating from Hillcrest High School Class of 1972.

She relocated to the Bronx, N.Y., and attended Lehman College, graduating with a master’s degree in social work. She worked in the Bronx at Rosalie Hall for several years, assisting pregnant teens, mentoring them to create bright futures for themselves and their children. She

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SPURRIER from Page B1 have some goals that have not been accomplished yet,’’ he said.

Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a third-straight 11-2 season. Before he arrived in 2004, South Carolina had only one 10-win season in history.

“It was a fun year. I tell you what, our players found a way to win all these games,’’ Spurrier said. “We didn’t clobber a lot of people. These guys know how to play in the fourth quarter.’’

Tanner said he talked with Spurrier about the new deals shortly after South Carolina’s 31-17 victory over Clemson on Nov. 30 — the Gamecocks’ record-setting fifth straight over their rivals.

Spurrier was most concerned about making sure his assistants were adequately compensated, Tanner said.

served as second mom to many of the neighborhood children growing up in the Bronx.

She even welcomed young teen mothers and their children into her home. After retiring, she relocated to Rock Hill with her companion, Ulysses Davis, where she enjoyed gardening and spending time with their grandchildren.

She leaves behind a host of family members to cherish her beloved memories: her mother, Mary Ellen Ramsey Fries of Bowie, Md.; her companion, Ulysses Davis of Rock Hill; one daughter, Diashanna Shonniece (Kevin) Smith of Rock Hill; two sons, Shannon (Monishia) Davis of Dalzell and Ulysses Davis of Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Tuesday Fries of Bowie; one brother, Timothy (Angel) Fries of Manhattan, N.Y.; eight grandchildren, Imani, Kevin, Khalil, Imari and Imyra Smith, Shania, Micah and Sheldon Davis; three aunts, Maybell Jones of Columbia, and Amelia (Dennis) Nickens and Juanita (Elbert) Deas, both of Sumter; two uncles, Lewis Ramsey and Leroy (Marie) Ramsey, both of Sumter; two nephews; one niece; a host of other relatives and friends.

Her presence will truly be missed.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Roosevelt L. Williams officiating, eulogist, and Minister Patrick Outler presiding.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of her son, Shannon Davis, 4910 Moye St., Dalzell.

The funeral procession will leave at 12:20 p.m. from the home of her son.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be cousins.

Burial will be in Wayman Chapel AME Churchyard cemetery, 160 N. Kings Highway, Sumter.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com.

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

| The coach talked about raises on his call-in show Wednesday night, saying Tanner “has done a super job of (saying), `Hey, what’s right and how can we aligned in the SEC competitive wise with coaches salaries?’

The president and from what I am hearing the Board of Trustees think that keeps us where we should be.’’

It would also mean be the first time in Spurrier’s nine seasons the assistants he finished one season with all returned for the next one.

Tanner, the two-time national championship baseball coach turned head administrator, said it was his thought to add the clause about Spurrier remaining with the school after he leaves as football coach. Spurrier told Tanner he has enjoyed living in Columbia and planned to stay when his time on the field was finished.

The post-football position is based on Spurrier maintaining a residence in town and either Pastides or Tanner remaining in their current positions.

TIGERS from Page B1 role was usually to mop up after games had gotten out of hand.

Still, Stoudt’s completed nearly 80 percent of his throws this season for 415 yards and five touchdowns.

Behind Stoudt is another player with an NFL pedigree in Chad Kelly, the nephew of Buffalo Bills great Jim Kelly. Also in the mix is true freshman DeShaun Watson, one of the country’s top high school prospects who enrolled at Clemson earlier this month.

Swinney has said often that Watson, at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, is the prototype quarterback for Clemson’s high-speed offense.

“At the end of the day, we are going to have a guy ready to go when it comes time to play, but we’ve got a long way to go before

we figure all of that out,” he said.

Swinney would also like to elevate Clemson’s running attack. The Tigers had their third straight season with a 1,000-yard rusher when senior Rod McDowell passed that mark in the Orange Bowl win. But the Tigers lacked the breakaway back they’d had in past years with C.J. Spiller and Andre Ellington.

The Tigers will look for production from Zac Brooks, D.J. Howard, C.J. Davidson, along with freshmen redshirts Wayne Gallman and Tyshon Dye. “We have a chance to be pretty special in our back field,” Swinney said. “It will be a little bit of a shift in that direction, if you will, but we will see.”

They’ll be no shortage of players to take over for Watkins, who set school records with 101 catches and 1,464 yards. Charone Peake was a starter before injuring a knee in September, but is rehabbing well and should be ready for the fall.

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The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. today at South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. All area veterans are invited.

The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association dinner / fundraiser will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today at the Lincoln High School gymnasium, 26 Council St. Cost is $6 per dinner and includes spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and tea. There will also be an indoor yard sale.

Clarendon School District 2 will hold Saturday with the Superintendent from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Superintendent John Tindal will be at 15 Major Drive, Manning, to meet with anyone who would like to speak with him.

Lincoln High School Class of 1963 will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at American Legion Post 202, 310 Palmetto St. Reunion plans will be discussed. Call (803) 9684464.

The Manning Branch NAACP will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Triumph the Church and Kingdom in Christ, 1285 Pearson Road, Davis Station.

The group will pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Col. Alexander Conyers, commander of the 16th Military Police Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., will speak.

The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at 26 Council St. The 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Walk will be held Monday, Jan. 20. This three-mile walk will start and end at USC Sumter Nettles Building, 200 Miller Road. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. with walk beginning at 9:30 a.m. A celebratory program will follow at 11 a.m.

Call (803) 938-3760.

The Sumter Branch NAACP will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 805 S. Harvin St. The Rev. Clifton N. Witherspoon will speak.

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Set in the competitive world of snowboarding, “Cloud 9” (8 p.m., TV-G) stars Dove Cameron (“Liv and Maddie”) as Kayla Morgan, a shallow, perky teenage brat who is deluded about her snowboarding skills and who considers accessorizing an “art form.”

Kayla’s world is turned upside down when she discovers that she’s allowed to compete only because her rich dad runs the ski lodge. Can she learn to be a real

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• Epix presents the standup special “Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time” (10 p.m.). Oswalt has emerged as an interesting character actor who enjoys both mainstream success (“The King of Queens”) and acclaim for his roles in smaller, independent movies. If you haven’t seen him in the dark 2009 character study “Big Fan,” go out and find it or rent it today.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • ABC Family offers back-to-back Molly Ringwald vehicles, “Pretty in Pink” (7 p.m., TV-14) and “Sixteen Candles” (9 p.m., TV-PG).

• A once-promising country star (Charlie Worsham) is the subject of tonight’s “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14), directed by the show’s star, David Boreanaz.

• Mike has strong feelings about Boyd’s prescribed medication on “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Siegler and McClary investigate a 2001 disappearance on the secondseason premiere of “Cold Justice” (8 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• Chin faces interrogation over his father’s murder on “Hawaii Five0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Grisly killings may be linked to a military cover-up on “Grimm” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• “Great Performances” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presents the Tchaikovsky

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• An expert calls on his experience to help reunite distraught people with their long-missing loved ones on the new reality series “APB With Troy Dunn” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14).

• A troubled veteran goes missing on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• As Mina recovers, Grayson and Harker wage war on “Dracula” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Petition upon the subscriber at his office, 27 West Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to Court for a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

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

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IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Samuel C. Waters (SC Bar #5958) Cheryl H. Fisher (SC Bar #15213) Reginald P. Corley (SC Bar #69453) Jennifer W. Rubin (SC Bar #16727) Ellie C. Floyd (SC Bar #68635) Michael P. Morris (SC Bar #73560) Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) William S. Koehler (SC Bar#74935) Vance L. Brabham, III (SC Bar #71250) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) Andrew A. Powell (SC Bar #100210) J. Pamela Price (SC Bar # 014336) Laura R. Baer (SC Bar # 101076) Mary R. Powers (SC Bar # 16534) 220 Executive Center Drive Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina 015262-01331 December 13, 2013 A-4437148 01/17/2014, 01/24/2014, 01/31/2014

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SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Wilgiens W. Guerrier: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 80 Hidden Bay Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 184-12-01-020, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. Columbia, South Carolina December 17, 2013 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on November 26, 2013.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Samuel C. Waters (SC Bar #5958) Cheryl H. Fisher (SC Bar #15213) Reginald P. Corley (SC Bar #69453) Jennifer W. Rubin (SC Bar #16727) Ellie C. Floyd (SC Bar #68635) Michael P. Morris (SC Bar #73560) Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) William S. Koehler (SC Bar#74935) Vance L. Brabham, III (SC Bar #71250) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) Andrew A. Powell (SC Bar #100210) J. Pamela Price (SC Bar # 014336)

Summons & Notice Laura R. Baer (SC Bar # 101076) Mary R. Powers (SC Bar # 16534) 220 Executive Center Drive Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina 013225-03150 December 17, 2013 A-4437171 01/17/2014, 01/24/2014, 01/31/2014

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2013-CP-43-02071 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

Patricia M. Jones, Defendant(s).

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

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

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

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

J. Martin Page Brian L. Campbell, SC Bar No. 074521 Suzanne E. Brown, SC Bar No. 076440 Jason L. Branham, SC Bar No. 072902 Chad W. Burgess, SC Bar No. 072520 J. Marshall Swails, SC Bar No. 079067 Sarah O. Leonard, SC Bar No. 080165 J. Martin Page, SC Bar No. 100200 Brook D. Dangerfield, SC Bar No. 077912 Travis E. Menk, SC Bar No. 079144 Richard G. Duerinckx, SC Bar No. 070143 Caroline R. Glenn, SC Bar No. 077157 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff Dated: 11/21/2013 Columbia, South Carolina

Public Hearing Island Investments of Sumter, LLC Legal Notice Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on February 3, 2014 personal and/or business property including but not limited furniture, clothing, tools and other household/business items located at the property listed.

The sale will begin at 2:00 PM at 1254 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150.

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant: Building #1, Unit #7 - Richard W. Kirby Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of sale.

All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to adjournment.

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Aubrey W. Dickerson; OneMain Financial, Inc.; Alyce E. Winn; Wayland L. Winn; Elizabeth O. Winn, C/A No. 12-CP-43-1610, The following property will be sold on February 3, 2014 at 12:00Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of

Notice of Sale

Notice of Sale

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Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 49, in the Oakland No. 4, Section 2 Subdivision as shown on that certain plat of H.S. Wilson, RLS dated January 4, 1978 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-40 at Page 324. The said tract/lot(s) has/have such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of SC, 1976. This property is more generally known as 2497 Drexel Drive. Derivation: Deed Book 988 at Page 866 2497 Drexel Dr, Dalzell, SC 29040 093-05-04-010, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.31% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #12-CP-43-1610.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Paul Weissenstein for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-00945 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosures Sales) 1078470 1/17, 1/24, 01/31/2014

State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present.

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2013-CP-43-1840 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee on behalf of Mid-State Trust VI by Green Tree Servicing LLC, as servicer with delegated authority against Eugene Shaw, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 3, 2014, at 12:00 P.M., at the Sumter County Courthouse, 141 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, located, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, the same being shown and delineated as Lot 3, Block D upon that certain Plat of Walnut Hill recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County in Plat Book ZZ-5 at page 20, which Plat is incorporated herein by reference; and having the following boundaries and measurements: North by Lot 4, Block D whereon it measures (159.50') Feet; East by West Park Avenue whereon it measures (60.00') Feet; South by Lot 2, Block D whereon it measures (159.50') Feet; West by property N/F Jenkins, whereon it measures (60.00') Feet; all measurements being a little more or less. Being the same property conveyed to Eugene Shaw by deed from Walter Mortgage Company dated June 4, 2010 and recorded August 30, 2010 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1143 at page 3047.

TMS No. 229-03-01-021 Current address of property is 1024 Porter Street, Sumter, SC 29153.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.) No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.50% per annum.

Richard L. Booth As Master in Equity for Sumter County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong Post Office Box 944 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 803/779-8900

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012-CP-43-01698 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association, successor Trustee to Bank of America N.A. successor Trustee to LaSalle Bank N.A. Trustee for the Holders of the Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FF18 vs.

Christina M. Truett; Terry L. Truett, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 3, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter,

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 8, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF D.D. EDMUNDS, R.L.S., DATED AUGUST 27, 1987 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 87 AT PAGE 1327, AND HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES COURSES AND DISTANCE AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED UNTO CHRISTINA M. TRUETT AND TERRY L. TRUETT BY DEED FROM JAMES E. WILLIAMS DATED OCTOBER 26, 2006 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 2006 IN THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN VOLUME 1051 AT PAGE 24.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1831 Queen Chapel Road, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 231-00-03-002 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.8% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CP-43-1683

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, against Karal F. Wisner, et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his/her agent, will sell on February 3, 2014, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being located in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 100, Section No. 1, on a plat of Meadowcroft Subdivision, by Carl J. Croft, R.L.S., dated June 29, 1994, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 97, at Page 478. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws for South Carolina, 1976.

TMS Number: 181-04-03-007 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2970 Sun Valley Dr., Sumter, SC This being the same property conveyed to Karal F. Wisner and Stephanie M. Wisner by deed of Ernestina E. Van Leer, dated June 10, 2009, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on June 22, 2009, in Deed Book 1125 at Page 263.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 5.0% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney,

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, South Carolina 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs.

Shirley Dukes; Midland Funding, LLC, C/A No. 13-CP-43-0841, The following property will be sold on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 110, containing 0.41 acres, more or less of Morris Way Subdivision, Section No. 2, as shown on that certain plat prepared for Shirley Dukes by James D. Willson, RLS, dated March 21, 1996, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County in Plat Book 96 at Page 316, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina. This is the property known as 1170 Morris Way. Derivation: Book 643 at Page 719 1170 Morris Way, Sumter, SC 29154-7269 2080202019, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0841.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-03675 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1077328 1/17, 1/24, 01/31/2014

MASTER IN EQUITY'S NOTICE OF SALE 2004-CP-43-1196

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for AFC Trust Series 1999-2 vs. James Williams a/k/a James T. Williams, Glenda Williams a/k/a Glinda Williams, et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, February 3, 2014, at 12:00 p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel or LOT of land, together with the mobile or manufactured home situate or to be situate thereon, which is being purchased by the undersigned from CENTRAL CAROLINA HOMES, INC., and to be situate on the land securing this mortgage described as that certain 1999 BELLCREST Mobile Home, 32 x 76, Identification Number 52534BC, Model: 32ZII, and any and all improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in Sumter Township, the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as LOT NO. 1 on that certain plat by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated February 28, 1990 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in PLAT BOOK 90 at PAGE 464. The above described real property, including the above described mobile/manufactured home, will be shown and delineated on a subsequent plat, which plat will be subsequently recorded in said Register's Office and reference thereto is craved for particulars of the metes, bounds, and the mobile/manufactured home situate thereon.

Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). reference to said plats is hereby craved for particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and /or distances of the property delineated thereon.

It is the intention of the undersigned Mortgagor(s) and/or Borrower(s) that the above described mobile/manufactured home, given as security to said Mortgagee along with the above described land (real property), is to be construed as permanent, affixed to the above land, a part of the reality, as appurtenance thereto, and the undersigned affirms the home will not be moved or relocated whatsoever as long as said Mortgagee has a security interest

Notice of Sale therein.

This being the same property conveyed to James T. Williams and Glenda Williams by deed of C.G. Rowland and Sons, a Partnership, recorded October 10, 1991 in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 533 at Page 1540.

TMS No. 269-00-01-039 Property address: 1330 Salterstown Rd, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 20 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.75% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

The sale will not be held unless either the Plaintiff's attorney or the Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either the Plaintiff's attorney or the Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of the Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without the Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of the Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott Law Firm, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Kelli B. Oxendine; Kerry M. Oxendine; Onemain Financial, Inc., C/A No. 13-CP-43-0302, The following property will be sold on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 40, "Bridgepointe" Subdivision, as shown on that certain Plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated August 12, 1991, and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book PB91 at Page 1095. The said lot has such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said Plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This property is more generally known as 45 Bridgepointe Drive. Derivation: Book 834 at Page 641 45 Bridgepointe Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 206-01-04-002, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk.

Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-39-720 (1976). The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a personal or deficiency judgment, at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0302.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should

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satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Paul Weissenstein for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01110 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1078471 1/17, 1/24, 01/31/2014

THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Angela Smith a/k/a Angela L. Smith; Jason Smith, C/A No. 13-CP-43-0266, The following property will be sold on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 59 of Deerfield Subdivision, Indian Hill Addition No. 1, on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated April 9, 1992 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB92 at Page 666. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 91 Powhatan Court, Sumter, SC. Represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel no.

204-09-03-004.

Derivation: Book 1141 at Page 1634 91 Powhatan Ct, Sumter, SC 29150 2040903004, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0266.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01066 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1077331 1/17, 1/24, 01/31/2014 NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-01717 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Beal Bank S.S.B. vs. Celeste Vanetta Manuel; Andrey Wallace; Bombardier Capital, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 3, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE STATEBURG TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS 2760 BEN SANDERS ROAD CONSISTING OF 1.76 ACRES AS SHOWN ON A PLAT PREPARED FOR TRIP DAVIS AND STEVEN DINKINS DATED MARCH 20, 2000 AND RECORDED MARCH 29, 2000 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2000 AT PAGE 205.

THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO ALL VISIBLE AND RECORDED COVENANTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS AFFECTING SAID PROPERTY. ALSO INCLUDED HEREWITH IS THAT CERTAIN 2000 BELLCREST MANUFACTURED HOME BEARING SERIAL NUMBER GBHMN53993AB. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ANDRE WALLACE AND CELESTE MANUEL FROM HARRY W. DAVIS, III AND STEVEN L. DINKINS, JR.

BY DEED DATED MARCH 2, 2001 RECORDED MAY 1, 2001 IN DEED BOOK 802 AT PAGE 557 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, S O U T H C A R O L I N A .

THEREAFTER, ANDRE WALLACE CONVEYED HIS ENTIRE 1/2 INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY TO CELESTE MANUEL BY DEED DATED OCTOBER 1, 2002 RECORDED OCTOBER 1, 2002 IN DEED BOOK 858 AT PAGE 1580 IN

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2760 Ben Sanders Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 0930002043(land) 4000027788(MH) TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 11.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CP-43-1503

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, against Dustin H. Boomer, et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on February 3, 2014, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being and shown and delineated as Lot 627 of Autumn Place Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, RLS, dated June 28, 1993 and recorded July 1, 1993 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 93 at Page 1073. Pursuant to section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976, as amended) reference to said plat is hereby made for the metes, bounds, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is known as 4640 Fountain Court and is shown on the Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel 153-01-01-024.

TMS Number: 153-01-01-024 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4640 Fountain Court, Dalzell, SC This being the same property conveyed to Dustin H. Boomer and Stephanie N. Boomer by deed of Brian A. Mansfield, dated January 4, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on January 11, 2004, in Deed Book 1060 at Page 1813.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at 6.0% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present.

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

Consider donating your unsold yard sale items.

Continuing Jewelry sale. Small vendors call for appointent.

803-469-3480 between the Business hours Mon - Fri 9am 5pm. Low, Low prices to vendors and others. Cash sale.

PalmettoTowers (inside) behind Kmart.

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

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

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Weight bench, weights, hshld items, clothes, books.

4 family: 3100 S Wise Dr. Noon Fri. to Noon Sat. Men/Women clothes, lots of small tools, golf clubs, DR table/chairs, books, Christmas yard deer, hshld goods.

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BOOK 966 AT PAGE 1502).

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.

Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, South Carolina 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank National Association -v- Lillian W. Dwyer, et al., C/A NO. 2011-CP-43-1404, I the undersigned Richard Booth, as Master in Equity will sell on February 3, 2014, at 12 o'clock P.M. at the County Courthouse in Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 416 of Twin Lakes, Section 19, Subdivision, as shown on that certain Plat of Michael C. Turbeville, III, R.L.S., dated November 23, 1992 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 92 at page 2158, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to authority contained in § 30-50-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

This being the same property conveyed to Lillian W. Dwyer and Robert W. Dwyer, Jr. by deed of David Durham and Jason Goodson recorded January 10, 2005 in Deed Book 965 at page 1054.

TMS #208-01-01-023 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1095 Twin Lakes Drive Sumter, S.C. 29154.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior encumbrances.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: the undersigned will require a deposit of 5% of the amount of the bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, interest on the balance of the bid at four and 23/100 (4.23%) shall be paid to the day of compliance as established in the Master in Equity's Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, but in case of noncompliance within 30 days, same to be forfeited and applied to the costs and Plaintiff's debt and the property readvertised for sale upon the same terms (at the risk of the former highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being granted against the defendant Lillian W. Dwyer, the bidding will remain open for thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser to pay for preparation of deed and deed stamps.

Richard Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Weston Adams Law Firm Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012-CP-43-01488 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. SC Housing Corp.; Charlene Moody, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 3, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN SUMTER TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AS 355 PARALEE COURT, CONTAINING 1.50 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT 2B AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT BY JOSE R. EDWARDS, RLS, DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2003, AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2003, AT PAGE 531, SAID LOTS HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. ALSO INCLUDED HEREWITH IS THAT CERTAIN 2005 FLEETWOOD MANUFACTURED HOME BEARING SERIAL NUMBER GAFL435A/B895235C11 (SEE RETIREMENT AFFIDAVIT IN

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Sumter County Civic Center Indoor Garage Sale.

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

Free admission.

For booth space call 436-2271 Starting Jan 6, 2014 @ 9:00am Sumter County Flea Mkt Hwy 378 E. 803-495-2281 500 tables. Sat. $8 free return Sun. Big Yard Sale, 755 Stratton Ct. Sat 7AM-3PM. Furn., hshld items, clothes, toys, misc items.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO BRUNO G. MOODY BY DEED OF PARALEE G. MOODY DATED NOVEMBER 5, 2003, AND RECORDED IN SAID RMC OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 7, 2003, IN BOOK 915, AT PAGE 1287.

SUBSEQUENTLY, BRUNO GARETT MOODY PASSED AWAY AND HIS INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO CHARLENE MOODY UNDER THE TERMS OF HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (SEE SUMTER COUNTY PROBATE CASE NUMBER 2010-ES-43-235 AND DEED OF DISTRIBUTION DATED AUGUST 1, 2011 AND RECORDED AUGUST 3, 2011 IN BOOK 1158 AT PAGE 381).

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 355 Paralee Circle, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 184-00-01-008 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2013-CP-43-00478

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Caliber Home Loans, Inc. against, Daniel B. Clark, US Bank, National Association, Hudson & Keyse, LLC, South Carolina Lottery Commission, Safe Federal Credit Union, and South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on February 3, 2014, at 12 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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ALL THAT certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as a tract containing 1.00 acres, more or less, as shown on that certain plat of D.D. Edmunds, RLS, dated February 10, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 97 at page 245. For a more complete and accurate description, reference being had to said plat.

ALSO INCLUDING a 1995 Bellcrest Mobile Home, Serial Number GBHMJ18938A/B. THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Daniel B. Clark by deed of Walter J. Bogan and Lillian B. Bogan dated January 29, 1999 and recorded April 8, 1999 in Book 737 at Page 408 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

3020 Byrd Street, Dalzell, S.C.29040 TMS # 189-00-02-042 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Seven And 375/1000 percent (7.375%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. As

a personal or deficiency judgment is demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of Thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. CODE Ann. Section 15-39-720 (1976). If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina KORN LAW FIRM, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff 1300 Pickens Street Columbia, SC 29211

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank National Association -v- Roger A. Weatherly, et al., C/A NO. 2013-CP-43-1389, I the undersigned Richard L. Booth, as Master-in-Equity will sell on February 3, 2014, at 12 o'clock P.M. at the County Courthouse in Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: That parcel of land in Concord Township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina containing .76 acre and shown on a plat by James D. Wilson, RLS, dated November 20, 1998 and recorded on November 23, 1998 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 98 at Page 1292. Said parcel of land is shown on said plat as No. 1170 Craig Road. Said parcel of land has a frontage on Craig Road measuring 22.13 feet and runs back therefrom for a distance of 314.41 feet. The parcel of land is bounded generally on the North by land now or formerly of Michael C. Newman and Peggy M. Newman; on the East by property now or formerly of Bernice Bennett and Belton Bennett and property now or formerly of the Heirs of Ellen Robinson; the measurement on said line is 80.93 feet; on the South by land of Carl Weatherly and Patricia Ann Weatherly and measures thereon 229.43 feet; and on the West by property designated as 1160 Craig Road and measures thereon 94.16 feet, be all of said measurements a little more or less.

This being the same property conveyed to Roger A. Weatherly by deed of Carl Weatherly and Patricia Ann Weatherly recorded December 30, 1998 in Deed Book 727 at page 1696.

TMS # 266-00-03-019 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1170 Craig Road Sumter, South Carolina 29153 This property includes the following mobile home, which is ordered sold with the real property: Bellcrest, 1999, GBHMM52147 The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior encumbrances.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: the undersigned will require a deposit of 5% of the amount of the bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, interest on the balance of the bid at nine and 900/1000 (9.900%) shall be paid to the day of compliance as established in the Master-in-Equity's Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, but in case of noncompliance within 30 days, same to be forfeited and applied to the costs and Plaintiff's debt and the property readvertised for sale upon the same terms (at the risk of the former highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being granted against the defendant Roger A. Weatherly, the bidding will remain open for thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser to pay for preparation of deed and deed stamps.

Richard L. Booth Master-in-Equity for Sumter County Weston Adams Law Firm Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs.

Chanda C. Bradley, C/A No. 10-CP-43-2399, The following property will be sold on February 3, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with any improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in the Providence Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 19, consisting of 2.00 acres, "Dogfennel" Subdivision, Phase 1, on a plat prepared by Walker, Parr, & Associates, Inc., dated January 18, 2001, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2001, Page 225.

Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, reference to said plat is hereby craved for the particulars as to the metes, courses, distances, shapes, measurements and boundaries of said lot. This property is more commonly known as 5260 Cannery Road, Dalzell, SC, and is shown on the Sumter County Assessor's tax maps as parcel number 192-00-01-101. Derivation: Book 1026 at Page 00816 5260 Cannery Rd, Dalzell, SC 29040 1920001101, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful

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bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.25% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #10-CP-43-2399.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011784-17016 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1077329 1/17, 1/24, 01/31/2014

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00964 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. John R. Callery, Jr.; Tori Simone Callery; Hunters Crossing of Sumter Homeowners Association, Inc., et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on February 3, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 46 OF HUNTERS CROSSING SUBDIVISION, PHASE I, SECTION 4 AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON A PLAT THEREOF PREPARED BY LOUIS W. TISDALE, RLS, DATED DECEMBER 4, 2006 RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2006 AT PAGE 00609; WHICH PLAT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE AND HAVING SUCH METES, BOUNDS, COURSES AND DISTANCES, BEING A LITTLE MORE OR LESS, AS BY THIS REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT WILL MORE FULLY APPEAR. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1773 BENELLI STREET, SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND REPRESENTED

BY SUMTER COUNTY PARCEL NO. 187-12-05-004.

THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOHN R. CALLERY, JR. BY DEED OF GREAT SOUTHERN HOMES, INC. DATED FEBRUARY 23, 2010 AND RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2010 IN DEED BOOK 1135 AT PAGE 00162. THEREAFTER, THE SAME PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO JOHN R. CALLERY, JR. AND TORI SIMONE CALLERY BY DEED OF JOHN R. CALLERY, JR., DATED FEBRUARY 26, 2010 AND RECORDED MARCH 9, 2010 IN DEED BOOK 1136 AT PAGE 002340 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1773 Benelli Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 187-12-05-004 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Asking $1,800. Call 803-773-5386 Firewood for Sale Will Deliver. Call 803 651-8672 Vinyl Bay-Window already framed. Ready to install $900. Call 803-469-3925 Premium Firewood (Oak/Hickory) $70/del. Tree Serv. & Lawn Care avail. Chris 803-464-8743

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$4 995

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STC Now Hiring Diesel Mechanic Qualified candidates must have:

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Help Wanted Part-Time $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

Birds White Kenmore electric stove, $75. Large floor model bird cage, $50. Call 481-9911.

Mary E. Hilton 12/27/1960 - 01/17/2013 A year ago seems just like yesterday that you went away. Life without you has become a constant struggle, It's like trying to breathe with no air. If heaven was a mile away, that would be a mile worth traveled every day. Although you have left us physically, you remain here in spirit, memories, and deep in heart.You are truly missed, but well deserved of your wings. Until we meet again, continue to rest beautiful Angel.

Love, Kenny, Chad, & Shae

Steel Building Allocated Bargains. 40x60 on up.

We do deals. www.gosteelbuildin gs.com.

Source #18X 803-335-2030

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

Roofing KATHLEEN CROSKEY, congratulation for maintaining a 4.0 GPA and on being named to the PROVOST'S LIST, at TROY UNIVERSITY. We commend you for your outstanding academic achievements and wish you well in all your future educational and life pursuits. BEST WISHES FROM: SHAKIMA, LAVONTA, ALISHA AND FREDDIE

Dogs AKC or CKC Puppies & Dogs $300 & up. (Cash) Alice 803-428-3803 Reg Boykin Spaniel Pupps 2F 1M $800 Call 460-6947

Pets Free Guinea Pig to a good home. Cage & food included. 803 469-4108 Old English/Blue Pitbull Pups. 8 wks old. 1st shots & de-wormed.

Text/call for pics. $75. 803-847-0138.

Wanted Church Musician pianist or keyboardist. call 843-647-9103 Thomas Sumter Academy in Rembert, SC, is seeking an applicant for a part-time General Ledger Bookkeeper.

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

MERCHANDISE For Sale or Trade Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves.

Guaranteed.

803-464-5439 or 469-7311

In Loving Memory of Edith Banks Adams 01/17/1939 - 04/03/2010 Happy 75th Birthday in Heaven.

We love and miss you Your baby, Mona Lisa, Leroy, The Banks Girls & family Also, Happy 23rd Birthday Darnell "DJ" White In Memory Of Hammie Truesdale who departed this life 35 years ago. On January 17, 1979. Thirty five years have gone by since my father was taken away from us by two assasins. Even though it still hurts today as much as it did back then.

You're in a much better place.

Sleep on and rest until we meet again. Sadly missed by your Widow Frances, Sons David & Allen, Grandson Freddie Jr

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RENTALS Unfurnished Apartments HOLLY COURT APARTMENTS located in Manning, currently have spacious two bedroom apartments for rent. Fully carpeted with central air and heat, water and sewer included. Please call to inquire about our Move in Special.

Ph:( 803) 435-8786 1st Month Special 2BR/2BA Apt. Call 803-236-5953 Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

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

2BR Home on Patricia Dr. Completely remodeled. Den, DR, C/H/A $375/mo. + $375/dep.

3BR/2BA MH with Den, LR, DR, W/D hook up, C/H/A with large fenced backyard. Located in Country Springs on 15S. $550/mo + $550/dep. Call 803-316-7958 or 803-773-1838 Mon-Fri between 9-5pm. Section 8 welcome.

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Rent or buy: 438 E. Charlotte, $600 mo. 913 Holly Dr. $500 mo.

Both homes have 3 br, 2 ba.

803-778-0796.

Lease with option to buy. 200 Crestwood: 4 br, 2 ba, LR, DR, kitchen, utility room, & den. $900 mo. Owner financing for qualified renter. h- 775-8840 or c- 491-4026 19 Baker St. (Sumter), 3BR /1.5BA, W/D hookup, Sec 8 ok.

316-8206, 236-9173 2BR house Carolina Ave. & 2BR Apt Miller Rd. C/H/A. First month rent free! 774-8512 / 983-5691 Large 3BR $400 Dep/Rent Large 4 BR $525 Dep/Rent Large 1 BR Apt $300 Dep/Rent 468-1900 Available Feb. 1st. 1001 Arnaud St. 2 br, 2 ba, townhouse. Stove, refrig, $750 mo. + dep. 773-5436

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STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015 Scenic Lake 2Br, 1Ba. No pets.

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

Clean 1br 1ba pvt lot no pets nonsmoker Hwy15S part furn $400 Mo. $400 Sec. 481-2868

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$9 995

2007 Singlewide. Owner financing with $5,000 down. Call 803-236-5953

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LAND FOR SALE: 3.25 acres (Airport Rd). Asking $8,000. Call 803-406-3596.

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4BR/2BA in Paxville, Living Rm, Dinning Rm, Family Rm, eat in kitchen, central A-C, 452-5544 or 704-615-5622 2, 3 & 4/BR's Trailers for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926 American MHP, 2 & 3/BRs, lot rentals, water/sewer/garbage pkup inc'd. Sec. 8 ok. 803-494-4300.

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5 & 6 Acre Lots available North Santee, Lake Marion SC. Owner fin. available with as little as 10% down. 803-435-8679 or 803 513-4649 5775 Cane Savannah Rd. (Wedgefield). 1+ acre land for sale. Perfect for a new home or future investment. Close to Shaw AFB. 803-983-2261 Multiple lots for sale: 803-236-8495 ask for Bruce.

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Lots for rent: Booker St. & Murphy St. 236-5782 or after 7pm 778-1083 for info.

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Commercial Rentals Guignard Storage: 57 Neal St. Personal storage units.

No deposits. Call 803-491-4914 862 E Liberty St Storage/Retail/ Office 1550 Sq Ft. $250 Mo. Agent Owned Call 803-236-2425

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97' Acura 2 Door all pwr, sunroof, new tires, 4cyl, AT, Excellent Car $3000 OBO Call 972-0771

1994 Grumman 174 Side console alum. boat with trailer. 1994 50HP Johnson $2900 Contact 803 428-7890

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