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Council also hears update on blighted property demolition

Officials highlight progress

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Sumter Downtown Development department provided a recap of the city’s 2015 accomplishments and an update on upcoming projects for this year during the Downtown Sumter Board of Directors meeting Tuesday at Sumter Opera House.

Leigh Newman, downtown development coordinator, provided a report of past and future projects in downtown Sumter including the Downtown Sumter

Sumter City Council received updates on the city’s efforts to demolish blighted property and the 2015 crime report from Sumter Police Department during its regular meeting Tuesday at the Sumter Opera House.

City Quality Assurance Manager John Macloskie provided council with an update on the demolition of blighted and hazardous residential structures during the last 12 months.

He said 201 demolition orders were filed in 2015.

Sixty-three structures have been demolished — 45 were enforced voluntary or involuntary, 17 structures were demolished through the Sumter Pride program and one house was demolished through the South Carolina State Housing Authority Neighborhood Initiative Program.

Under the NIP program, the city has 40 structures under signed contract ready to purchase, Macloskie said.

He said the focus is on hazardous structures identified in the planning department’s 2014 vacant property report and houses that have been burned since the report was completed.

Macloskie said 385 residential structures have been demolished in the city since 2001.

City Attorney Eric Shytle said the city is also making progress in its quest to track down owners of residential property in the city limits with the help of its online vacant property registry.

He said 40 to 50 property owners have registered their vacant houses since the registry came into effect Jan. 1.

Shytle said property owners who do not live in Sumter are required to list a local contact who may receive notices about the property if the owner cannot be reached.

Local contacts do not have to pay any fees; they will only receive notices that need to be passed on to the actual property owner, he said.

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A bicyclist rides past road work and the Sumter Opera House on Main Street Tuesday afternoon.

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Clarendon sheriff ’s office apprehends D.C. murder suspect

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Clarendon County Sheriff ’s Office deputies apprehended a suspect Monday who was wanted for a Washington, D.C. killing in November..

William Lee Lewis IV, 20, was found hiding in a closet at Forest Villa Apartment Complex, 1100 Fleming Circle, after a tactical team stormed the unit, according to

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Lewis had a warrant for murder stemming to an incident that occurred in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3, 2015, Garrett said.

Deputies were able to LEWIS track down Lewis in less than two hours after receiving information on the suspect by phone, he said.

“The murder in D.C. was caught on videotape and shows the suspect shooting the victim execution style,” Garrett said.

Garrett said Lewis was apprehended without incident and was without a weapon. He said it was unclear how the suspect had ended up in Manning.

According to a Nov. 4, 2015 article that appeared in The Washington Post, the shooting occurred on Nov. 3 in Southeast Washington.

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The article states officers responded to the sound of gunfire and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.

The victim, later identified as Tyree Banks, 19, of Southeast Washington, died at an area hospital.

Lewis is being held at Clarendon County Detention Center. If he waives extradition, he will be transported to Washington, D.C., by the end of the week, Garrett said.

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State of the State Address set for tonight South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will deliver the State of the State Address to a joint session of the General Assembly today at 7 p.m. at the Statehouse in Columbia.

Haley’s Press Secretary Cheney Adams declined to characterize either the content or the tone of the address when contacted Tuesday evening.

State Rep. Mandy Powers, DLancaster, will deliver the Democratic response, according to a news release from House Democratic Leader Todd Rutherford.

Nominate someone for Women of Excellence Walter S. “Chuck” Wilson, chairman of the Social Justice Consortium, has announced that nominations are now be accepted for the 9th Annual Women of Excellence honorees. The event is scheduled for Feb. 27.

Businesses, clubs and organizations, as well as individuals, may nominate a woman for this honor. All nominations should include the full name of honoree, mailing address, email, day and evening contact numbers and the information of the person or group making the nomination.

Nominations should be sent to Women of Excellence, P.O. Box 548, Sumter, SC, 29151 Attn: Chuck Wilson or email to Womenofexcellence2014@yahoo. com. The deadline for entry is Tuesday.

Y will honor community volunteers next week The Sumter Family YMCA will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 28, featuring keynote speaker Mark Champagne, director of United Ministries. The luncheon will feature the Y’s year in review and present a variety of awards and recognitions to community members and volunteers who have helped promote the Y’s mission of building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

The event is open to the public and will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at Sunset Country Club, 1005 Golfcrest Road in Sumter. The cost is $10. Contact Denise Lewis at 773-1404 or dlewis@ymcasumter.org to make reservations. Seating is limited.

Woman’s body found in Lake Marion after crash

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A Florence woman’s body was recovered from Lake Marion on Monday afternoon after a Sunday night wreck on the Interstate 95 bridge that resulted in the woman falling into the water.

Michelle Hickson, 38, was recovered about 50 feet downstream from the Interstate 95 bridge by a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources dive team, according to Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock. Her

cause of death was from multiple trauma, Mock said.

Hickson was a varsity volleyball coach and junior varsity girls’ basketball coach at South Florence High School.

Hickson was traveling northbound about 8:45 p.m. on Sunday when her vehicle crashed into the guardrail of the bridge, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones.

Her vehicle was disabled in the roadway, with lights off, Jones said.

Hickson’s car was hit by another vehicle about a minute after the crash, he said.

“It was at this time that the victim was unaccounted for,” Jones said.

It was unclear how exactly the victim ended up falling from the bridge, he said. Hickson’s vehicle did not fall into the water.

The occupants of the second vehicle were not seriously injured. No charges have been filed.

Highway Patrol continues to investigate the incident.

Comedians to make rare stop in Sumter FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Opera House wants you to laugh off the cold Saturday night with comedians Rocky LaPorte and Karen Mills. Their performance begins at 7:30 p.m.

Of the two, LaPorte might be more familiar, as he has appeared in numerous TV shows and several films, while Mills has worked mainly in clubs and on radio.

LaPorte has appeared on Showtime’s “The Godfathers of Comedy,” season eight of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and in two Tim Allen movies, “Crazy on the Outside” and “The Shaggy Dog.” A former Chicago truck driver and dock worker, LaPorte also traveled with Drew Carey to Iraq to entertain the troops on the Showtime special “Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie.”

Other credits include “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” A&E’s “Evening at the Improv” and VH1’s “Standup Spotlight.”

LaPorte made several appearances on “Cheers” and made a pilot for NBC, “The Rocky LaPorte Show.” On stage, he’s opened for headliners Garry Shandling, Louie Anderson, Drew Carey, Tim Allen, Hootie and the Blowfish, the Righteous Brothers and others.

Comedian Rocky LaPorte, left, will present his stand-up routine at the Sumter Opera House on Saturday night. He’ll be on a double bill with Karen Mills, above, a regular on Sirius/XM Blue Collar Radio.

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LaPorte and Mills have much in common, excluding their accents.

He’s from Brooklyn, while she’s a Tennessean. Both have clean, blue-collar acts that evoke big laughs from their audiences.

“We are fortunate to have someone of Mr. LaPorte’s stature coming to Sumter,” said City Cultural Manager Seth Reimer. “He is in constant demand nationally, and I’m excited that we were able to make it possible for him to come here. I’m sure

we will be trying to get a return show once he performs.”

LaPorte’s popularity is growing, and this could be the only time he will perform locally, Reimer said.

Mills is a regular on Sirius/ XM Blue Collar Radio and Laugh USA; her one-hour Blue Collar Radio special is in rotation on the air.

Known for being clever and relatable, Mills mines the everyday for her humorous stories and jokes.

Her new “Menopause

Rap” song is a top download on iTunes, and the music video “Hot Flash Mob” is a favorite on YouTube.

Mills has toured with the late Joan Rivers, Ron White and Jon Stewart and was a writer on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.” She most recently appeared on “The Henry Cho Show.”

Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., presents comedians Rocky LaPorte and Karen Mills at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets range between $20 and $28.

For more information, call (803) 436-2616 or SumterOperaHouse.com.

Author of historical novel will speak at museum Thursday

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Author Peter Golden will speak and sign copies of his latest novel, “Wherever There Is Light,” at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Sumter County Museum. He is an award-winning journalist, historian and novelist.

Golden’s second novel is set in the years before, during and after World War II and against the background of

a three-decade love affair between two characters from very different backgrounds.

It begins in 1965 with Julian Rose, a real estate developer made rich from bootlegging, then flashes back to 1938 when he meets the woman who is to become the love of his life.

Never mind that he’s a Jew, who left Germany as Hitler was on the ascent, and Kendall Wakefield is the daughter of a black college president in the Jim

Crow South. Their love affair takes them through 30 years and immerses them in the cultures of New York, Miami, Paris and Germany, together and apart. Set in such a significant period of history, the story of Julian and Kendall, besides being intriguing on its own, serves to bring their time to life.

Golden’s historical setting is accurate and fascinating, as well as being a vividly written love story.

Peter Golden’s 6 p.m. Thursday book

signing in Heritage Education Center at the museum is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase, and refreshments will be served.

Read more about Golden and his works at http://petergolden.com.

For more information, contact the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St., email Annie Rivers at arivers@sumtercountymusum.org or call (803) 775-0908.

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••• On Dec. 3, JoAnne Self jerked awake. She had been dreaming about running through a tunnel alone, away from gun blasts and blood. The day before, 2,000 miles away in San Bernardino, California, Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook stormed into an office party, opened fire with assault rifles and killed 14.

“I know it’s been 26 years,” Self said. “But I cry whenever I see one of these on TV.” Self, a payroll administrator at Standard Gravure, was in her office on the third floor on that September morning when she heard what sounded like bulbs popping. She walked into the hallway and saw the gunman firing quickly, deliberately.

Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman with a long history of paranoia and manic depression, had been placed on permanent disability leave. Seething with resentment toward the company, he came to the thirdfloor offices looking for executives but found none. He fired indiscriminately, instead.

He roamed the building’s maze of corridors, tunnels and stairways. He left 20 victims behind before he pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the head.

“I had time to get out of here.

I had time to pray,” says Self, forced to step over her friend’s body to escape the building unharmed. “Some of those people never even had time to pray.”

••• Mike Campbell happily hikes up the sleeves of his shirts and the legs of his pants to show the scars left when six bullets ripped through his flesh. He talked and talked and talked about it: talk shows, reporters, Congress. He thought the world should know what a weapon of war had done to him.

“Why don’t people understand that it’s going to get

worse if we don’t do something about it?” he has said, again and again, for 26 years.

Campbell, then a 51-year-old pressman, had surgeries for weeks, sat in a wheelchair for months and walked with a limp for 15 years.

He thought he could use it all for good. He kept busy advocating for gun control and the nightmares that haunted his friends never came for him.

Still, he watches as the ranks of people gunned down in mass shootings grow larger.

He woke up one night some 20 years after the shooting, and saw a ghost in the corner.

Campbell at first blamed cataracts. But a doctor fixed his eyes and the figure stalked him still. Now 77, he believes the trauma finally caught up to him.

“I know it’s not there, I know it’s not a part of my life.

There’s no boogeyman,” he said. “But I swear I saw it last night.”

••• John Barger carries his gun with him always — at work, at the store, at the movies.

When his children run out for milk, he hugs them and tells them he loves them, just in case. He trained them for the worst-case scenario: Know your exits; if you hear popping, start running and don’t stop until you make it outside. He owns an assault rifle.

“Safety is an illusion,” he said.

He was 18 years old, in his first semester of college, when his father was gunned down.

Barger never blamed the guns. His best memories with his father were of them hunting together. But he never hunted again. He didn’t want to kill anymore. He trapped spiders in jars and dodged frogs on the highway.

“I can remember that ache,” he said. “Then one day the ache is gone. It seems like you remember your whole world came down around you.”

HONOLULU — Teams searching the waters off Hawaii where two Marine helicopters crashed have had no luck so far in their hunt for 12 missing crew members.

Three of the four life rafts aboard the helicopters have been recovered and efforts were being made to retrieve the fourth.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers said Monday that some of the rafts were inflated, but it was unclear how they got that way.

There is no indication that anyone was aboard the rafts based on their condition and the lack of any personal effects, she said.

Monday was the fourth day of searching. Conditions have improved since the start of the search, with much smaller waves.

Various agencies have been searching above water, below water and along the shoreline since the Coast Guard was notified late Thursday by a civilian who saw the aircraft flying and then saw a fireball.

The Marines were alerted when the CH-53E helicopters carrying six crew members each failed to return to their base at Kaneohe Bay after a nighttime training mission.

Hours later, a Coast Guard helicopter and C-130 airplane spotted debris 2 ½ miles off of Oahu.

The crash was near the north shore, but the search area spans from the western coast of Oahu to the northeast corner of the island.

At this point, it’s still a search for survivors, Mooers said.

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“We err on the side of caution because the last thing that anybody wants is to suspend the search when there’s still a possibility of finding somebody,” she said.

Marine Capt. Timothy Irish said Monday that aircrews wear personal flotation devices with their flight suits and get additional training on top of survival swimming training.

There are various ways that life rafts could be inflated, including a cord being pulled by debris, he said.

Mooers said people have been founds days or even weeks after they’ve been at sea.

Survival would entail overcoming many factors, including the crash and then dealing with possible dehydration, exposure and fatigue, said Mario Vittone, a retired Coast Guardsman who is an expert on sea survival.

Vittone said survival seems unlikely, but he noted that he doesn’t know all the circumstances, and there’s nothing unusual in the length of the search so far.

The transport helicopters were part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Known as Super Stallions, they are the U.S. military’s largest helicopter, capable of carrying a light armored vehicle, 16 tons of cargo or a team of combatequipped Marines, according to a Marine Corps website.

A salvage ship from the Military Sealift Command arrived late Sunday from Pearl Harbor.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tammy Thomson switched off the lights and crowded the children into the corner of the classroom. She tried not to think of her father or that morning 26 years ago, focusing instead on her students and the lock-down drill, this testament to a new American reality.

But the old questions came back: Had her father felt fear like this? She whispered to the kids that everything would be OK. That night she canceled dinner plans, told her children she wasn’t well and shut her bedroom door. She wept and recalled that morning in 1989 when she, her mother, sister and brothers became early members of a grim and growing fraternity: families upended by mass, public, inexplicable murder.

“I feel very exposed, like I want to hide. I withdraw; it’s hard for me to be around people. I can’t laugh,” Thomson said. “It’s been 26 years. When is this going to stop?”

On Sept. 14, 1989, Joseph Wesbecker, a disgruntled worker wracked with rage and mental illness, stormed the Standard-Gravure printing plant with an AK-47 and killed her father, Lloyd White, and seven others before turning his gun on himself.

The TV cameras eventually packed up and the day was filed away to history — for all but the families of the dead, the 12 who were injured but survived, and dozens who hid in closets and cubicles and had to step over their friends, dead and dying, to escape.

Wesbecker robbed them of loved ones. He took the ability to walk, to laugh, to enter crowded rooms, to live without wondering what more they should have done that day.

It seemed unthinkable 26 years ago. They have watched it become almost routine.

“I feel like I’m gonna throw up each time,” said Thomson’s mother, Maryla White. “Because I know what these people are going to go through. And it’s not just that day. It’s not just the wife or the husband or the kids. It’s the whole family, their whole community. And it

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China’s economic growth wanes to 25-year low BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy cooled further in the latest quarter, dragging 2015’s full-year growth to a quartercentury low and deepening a slowdown that has fueled anxiety about its effect on the global economy.

The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015, the government said Tuesday, down from 7.3 percent in the previous year. For the October-December quarter, growth inched down to 6.8 percent, the weakest quarterly expansion in six years.

China’s growth has fallen steadily during the past five years as the ruling Communist Party tries to steer away from a worn-out model based on investment and trade toward self-sustaining growth driven by domestic consumption and services. But the unexpectedly sharp decline during the past two years prompted fears of a politically dangerous spike in job losses. The slowdown has rippled around the world, crimping demand for South Korean electronics and Australian iron ore as well as Middle East oil and Brazilian soy.

The Chinese slowdown and a plunge in Shanghai stock prices have prompted concern about a further loss of support from an economy once seen as an engine of global growth.

That has depressed international financial markets even as the United States and Europe show signs of improvement.

“Official data do not point to a hard landing in the fourth quarter of 2015, but they provide little reason to stop worrying about China’s drag on the global economy, either,” said economist Bill Adams of PNC Financial Services Group in a report.

Growth was in line with private sector forecasts and the ruling Communist Party’s official target of about 7 percent for the year. China’s Shanghai Composite jumped 3.2 percent and other Asian markets also rose.

Investors were relieved that more pessimistic forecasts about fourth quarter growth were wrong and also expect Beijing to continue rolling out stimulus measures to prevent a hard landing.

Beijing responded to ebbing growth by cutting interest rates six times since November, 2014, and launched measures to help exporters and other industries. But economists note China still relies on state-led construction spending and other investment.

Full-year 2015 growth was the lowest since sanctions imposed on Beijing following its crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement caused growth to plummet to 3.8 percent in 1990.

The October-December growth figure was the slowest quarterly expansion since the global financial crisis, when growth slumped to 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009.

Compared with the previous quarter, the measurement other major countries use, China’s growth slowed to 1.6

percent in the October-December period from the previous quarter’s 1.8 percent.

“The international situation remains complex,” said Wang Bao’an, commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics.

“Restructuring and upgrading is in an uphill stage. Comprehensively deepening reform is a daunting task.”

Growth in investment in factories, housing and other fixed assets, a key economic driver, weakened to 12 percent in 2015, down 2.9 percentage points from the previous year.

Retail sales growth cooled to 10.6 percent from 2014’s 12 percent.

December exports shrank 1.4 percent from a year earlier, well below the ruling party’s target of 6 percent trade growth. For the full year, exports were down 7.6 percent, a blow to industries that employ millions of Chinese workers.

Forecasters see indications retail sales and other activity accelerated toward the end of 2015, suggesting Beijing’s efforts to put a floor under the downturn are gaining traction.

“The growth picture remains two-sided. The real estate construction slump and weak exports continued to weigh on activity,” said Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics in a report.

People carry the body of a victim killed in a truck bombing in Jameela market in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq in August 2015.

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U.N. says 19K civilians killed in Iraq in less than 2 years BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded in Iraq between the start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last year as Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.

The report documented a wide range of human rights abuses, including the IS group’s conscription of some 3,500 people into slavery, mainly women and children from the Yazidi religious minority captured in the summer of 2014 and forced into sexual slavery.

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IS swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014 and still controls much of Iraq and neighboring Syria.

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City of Sumter posted “Pardon our Progress� signs along Main Street to advise residents of the work going on downtown.

PROGRESS FROM PAGE A1 Revitalization Project, more businesses moving downtown and the success of events held at the opera house.

During the revitalization project, Main Street will be repaved; improvements will be made to sidewalks, crosswalks and utility lines; and permanent lighting will be added to the trees in the downtown area, she said.

Newman said the repaving of Main Street, a concern for downtown patrons and business owners, was anticipated to be completed by the end of 2015, but the flood in October washed away some of the hard work.

She said the road construction crew began fixing issues that were discovered after removing the asphalt, but the heavy rain ruined that progress.

A new completion date depends on how far the project has been set back because of the weather, she said.

Newman said the city is working with several entities regarding the possible development of five vacant buildings downtown, an approximate $2 million investment.

She said the projects are not finalized, but there is serious interest in the buildings, four of which are proposed to be restaurants. The fifth building is proposed to be an office for an engineering consulting group from Charleston.

A few of 2015’s highlights include C. Anthony’s Menswear moving to a prominent location downtown, the corner of Main and Liberty streets, and the renovation and opening of the Subway building on Liberty Street.

Improving the downtown area will bring more people to the area, which will encourage more businesses to relocate, Newman said.

The department’s presentation also included information regarding the amount of

people who visited the opera house for events and performances.

According to minutes from a previous meeting in October 2015, Downtown Development Manager Howie Owens reported that 30 to 35 percent of audiences for Doc Severinsen and Choo Choo Soul performances were from out-oftown, even from other states.

According to the department’s PowerPoint presentation, tickets for opera house events were purchased by people from more than 20 counties including Clarendon, Lee, Kershaw, Aiken, York, Horry and Charleston counties.

This year’s plan does not stray far from 2015’s plan to continue to grow the downtown area and make it a destination for the community, Newman said.

Overall, the progress already made in the downtown area has Sumter Downtown Development department very optimistic for 2016, she said.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Only a year ago, Rick Snyder began his second term as Michigan governor promoting the same achievements that had propelled him to victory in 2014: The state was at last in the midst of an economic comeback, and Detroit had emerged from bankruptcy.

With the water crisis gripping Flint threatening to overshadow nearly everything else he has accomplished, the Republican governor again pledged a fix Tuesday night during his annual State of the State speech. “We are praying for you, we are working hard for you

and we are absolutely committed to taking the right steps to effectively solve this crisis,� he said. “To you the people of Flint, I say tonight as I have before, ‘I am sorry and I will fix it.’�

Snyder committed $28 million more in the short term, announced the deployment of more National Guard members to the city and promised to quickly release his emails regarding the crisis that has engulfed his administration with criticism from across the country.

He also announced his appeal of President Obama’s denial of a federal disaster declaration for the area and

COUNCIL FROM PAGE A1 The vacant property registry can be found on the planning department’s webpage on City of Sumter’s website, www.sumtersc.gov Before Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark III presented the information of the 2015 crime report, council viewed a short video with pictures of officers out in the community. “This is more than a crime report,� Roark said after the video. “This is an interaction of law enforcement in the communities throughout Sumter.�

Roark reported that there has been a 3.72 percent decrease in crime in 2015 compared to 2014.

He said the decrease can in part be attributed to the department’s efforts to build relationships with community members as well

his aides pledged that, by the end of the week, officials would visit every household in Flint to ensure they have water filters.

Snyder devoted much of his 49-minute evening address to the GOP-led Legislature to the disaster, which has put residents at risk for lead exposure.

Many of his other priorities — except the mounting financial problems in Detroit’s state-overseen school district — were shelved from the speech because of the crisis. Snyder, who is exempt from public-records requests, plans to release his emails on Wednesday.

as use intelligence-led policing.

Although there is a recorded decrease in crime, four homicides were reported in 2015 compared to one reported homicide in 2014.

The four homicides are represented by a 300 percent increase in homicides on the department’s crime report.

Also, Roark mentioned a string of vehicular break-ins, nearly 50, in 2015 committed by several juveniles and one adult.

The key component in those crimes is opportunity, he said before stating that unlocked vehicles are easy targets and account for a high number of break-ins.

While the department cannot police for human factors — desire and ability — it can work to reduce opportunities for crimes to take place, Roark said.

The full 2015 report can be found on Sumter Police Department’s website www.sumterpd.com or the department’s Facebook page.

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COMMENTARY

Republican race heats up T he race for president is accelerating in high gear, or, rather, the races for president — in the Republican and Democratic parties, in the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and primaries and caucuses to come.

How’s it going? Let’s look at these Michael separate Barone races.

The Iowa Republican caucuses: The polls show a two-way race here between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, with little room for an outsider to crash through to victory as Mike Huckabee did in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012.

Each of the poll leaders has recently lobbed a cheapshot attack on the other, and each slapped the other down in last week’s Fox Business debate.

Trump’s coy hints that Cruz may not be a “naturalborn citizen” may have rolled back Cruz’s Iowa surge, but Cruz knocked them down convincingly in the debate.

But then Cruz slyly charged that Trump embodies, without specifying just how, “New York values,” and Trump responded by reminding everyone of how all Americans admired New Yorkers for their response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

It looks like a close contest between Cruz’s base of religious conservatives (57 percent of caucus-goers in 2012), and Trump’s base of non-college-graduates (who could substantially increase Republicans’ previous anemic caucus turnout).

Far behind, running third in polls, is Marco Rubio.

Rubio, perhaps responding to Rich Lowry’s observation in National Review that his sunny temperament is out-ofsync with Republican voters’ anger, angrily attacked Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz and Chris Christie. Which has relevance for: The New Hampshire Republican primary: In 1984, Gary Hart leveraged a 16 percent second place in Iowa to a win in New Hampshire.

Rubio surely hopes a distant third in Iowa, which is likely if Ben Carson continues to sag, will do something like that for him in New Hampshire, where he is competing with three other candidates — Christie, Jeb Bush, John Kasich — for the state’s many moderate and/or secular voters. Christie’s blunt style has been effective in numerous town-hall events there, and in the debate Rubio went after him on Common Core, gun control, the Sotomayor Supreme Court appointment and Planned Parenthood.

Christie concentrated on sharp, even snide attacks on Barack Obama, hoping Republicans would forget his pre-election-week hug of the president in 2012, and came

out strong on foreign policy.

But his ridiculing of squabbling senators looks like a process argument that won’t sway votes.

Jeb Bush and John Kasich largely ignored their New Hampshire competitors.

Bush went after Trump, with solid criticisms of his call for banning Muslims from the country.

But did he show the sense of command voters seek in a president? Kasich was less frenetic than in past debates.

Both candidates have records in office that deserve respect —but haven’t gotten much of that recently.

The national Republican race: Many observers think the race will come down to a choice of Rubio and Cruz, and the two went at it on two major issues.

On immigration Cruz attacked Rubio for supporting the Gang of Eight “comprehensive” legislation, and Rubio attacked Cruz for flipflopping on specifics.

More enlightening was their intellectually serious argument about their significantly different tax plans.

Expect much more of this if they achieve their goals in Iowa and New Hampshire, plus confrontations on their significant differences on foreign policy.

The Democratic race: January Republican polls look a lot like Republican polls in December.

January Democratic polls look a lot different from those taken before the two-week holiday blackout period.

Before the break Hillary Clinton was leading Bernie Sanders by solid margins nationally and in Iowa, and they were tied in New Hampshire.

In January Clinton’s national lead has been cut by two-thirds; she and Sanders are statistically tied in Iowa, and Sanders has a bigger lead in New Hampshire.

Did Clinton fare poorly in extended family holiday dinner table debates?

Clinton has responded with none of the political and policy deftness Bill Clinton showed during most of his political career until he picked up his pardoning pen in the last hours of his presidency.

She continues to hammer Sanders on gun control, the one issue on which he’s to her right, but has done nothing to restore her credibility.

She has run ads suggesting Sanders would cut off all government health care — not an intellectually or politically sustainable argument.

Clinton can still win even if she loses Iowa and New Hampshire. But she doesn’t look like a strong nominee.

Michael Barone, senior political analyst at the Washington Examiner, where this article first appeared, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a coauthor of “The Almanac of American Politics.” © 2016, creators.com

HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Send your letter to letters@theitem.com, drop it off at The Sumter Item office, 20 N. Magnolia St., or mail it to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29151, along with the writer’s full name, address and telephone number (for verification purposes only). Letters that exceed 350 words will be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their entirety at www.theitem.com/ opinion/letters_to_editor.

Blacks and the Confederacy

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ast July, Anthony Hervey, an outspoken black advocate for the Confederate flag, was killed in a car crash.

Arlene Barnum, a surviving passenger in the vehicle, told authorities and the media that they had been forced off the road by a carload of “angry young black men” after Walter Hervey, Williams while wearing his Confederate kepi, stopped at a convenience store en route to his home in Oxford, Mississippi.

His death was in no small part caused by the gross level of ignorance, organized deceit and anger about the War of 1861. Much of the ignorance stems from the fact that most Americans believe the war was initiated to free slaves, when in truth, freeing slaves was little more than an afterthought. I want to lay out a few quotations and ask what you make of them.

During the “Civil War,” ex-slave Frederick Douglass observed, “There are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and labor-

COMMENTARY ers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may to destroy the Federal Government and build up that of the traitors and rebels” (Douglass’ Monthly, September 1861).

“For more than two years, negroes had been extensively employed in belligerent operations by the Confederacy. They had been embodied and drilled as Rebel soldiers, and had paraded with White troops at a time when this would not have been tolerated in the armies of the Union.” (Horace Greeley, in his book, “The American Conflict”).

“Over 3,000 negroes must be included in this number (of Confederate troops).

These were clad in all kinds of uniforms, not only in castoff or captured United States uniforms, but in coats with Southern buttons, State buttons, etc. These were shabby, but not shabbier or seedier than those worn by white men in rebel ranks. Most of the negroes had arms, rifles, muskets, sabres, bowieknives, dirks, etc. They were supplied, in many instances, with knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, etc., and were manifestly an integral portion of the Southern Confederacy Army. They were seen

riding on horses and mules, driving wagons, riding on caissons, in ambulances, with the staff of Generals, and promiscuously mixed up with all the rebel horde” (report by Dr. Lewis H. Steiner, chief inspector of the U.S. Sanitary Commission).

In April 1861, a Petersburg, Virginia, newspaper proposed “three cheers for the patriotic free Negroes of Lynchburg” after 70 blacks offered “to act in whatever capacity” had been “assigned to them” in defense of Virginia.

Those are but a few examples of the important role that blacks served as soldiers, freemen and slaves on the side of the Confederacy.

The flap over the Confederate flag is not quite so simple as the nation’s race “experts” make it.

They want us to believe the flag is a symbol of racism.

Yes, racists have used the Confederate flag as their symbol, but racists have also marched behind the U.S. flag and have used the Bible.

Would anyone suggest banning the U.S. flag from state buildings and references to the Bible?

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

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE In Tuesday’s The Sumter Item story titled, “People urged to continue fighting for civil rights,” reporter Jim Hilley quotes Bishop Leroy T. James, pastor of the Kingdom Builders Deliverance Ministries.” Read it online at www.theitem.com: “(Martin Luther King) awakened America and shocked the conscience of the world when he told them racial injustice and bigotry was wrong,” he said.

“We live in a season of challenges,” he said. “We have suffered many bumps and bruises. I see people all around the world are frustrated, finished and confused.”

He cited recent incidents in Ferguson, Missouri; New York, New York; and Charleston.

“That’s where most of us are today,” he said. “Tired, frustrated and finished.”

James said people must get out of their comfort zones and go to work.

“The battle has not been fought; the victory has not been won,” he said. “We still have mountains to climb.”

He said these are difficult times that call for urgent action.

“We have to march out in the deep and throw down

our nets,” he said. “We have to get up and go to work.”

He said there is a lot going on outside the walls of the churches, outside of people’s comfort zones.

“We can’t sit by and let our children go astray,” he said.

“We have to teach our children how to be men and women, to learn how to love each other and have respect.”

“We’re here today because of a man who had a dream,” James said. “We are in relentless pursuit of that dream.

“It’s rough out there, but we have a task to do,” he said.

••• In “Time for a Republican Conspiracy,” David Brooks writes, “Members of the Republican governing class are like cowering freshmen at halftime of a high school football game.” Read it online at www.nytimes.com: Rarely has a party so passively accepted its own selfdestruction. Sure, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are now riding high in some meaningless head-to-head polls against Hillary Clinton, but the odds are the nomination of either would lead to a party-decimating

general election.

Worse is the prospect that one of them might somehow win. Very few presidents are so terrible that they genuinely endanger their own nation, but Trump and Cruz would go there and beyond.

Trump is a solipsistic branding genius whose “policies” have no contact with Planet Earth and who would be incapable of organizing a coalition, domestic or foreign.

So maybe it’s time for governing Republicans to actually do something. Yes, I’m talking to you state legislators, or local committeepersons, or members of Congress and all your networks of donors and supporters.

Governing conservatism has to offer people a secure financial base and a steady hand up so they can welcome global capitalism with hope and a sense of opportunity.

That’s the true American tradition, emphasizing future dynamism, not tribal walls. There’s a silent majority of hopeful, practical, programmatic Republicans. You know who you are.

Please don’t go quietly and pathetically into the night.

Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen.

Contact him at graham@ theitem.com

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sign up for an activity or event that will motivate you to try something new and exciting. A unique change to the way you live will spark an original plan that will be conducive to working from home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t lose sight of your goals. If you need to, pick up additional skills, but GEMINI (May 21-June 20): don’t overload your plate. Take one Emotional issues are best resolved step at a time, and try to do things quickly. If you sit around ignoring what’s going on around you, matters right the first time rather than getting in a hurry to complete your will escalate. Don’t follow what other people do if it isn’t what’s best work.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take care of matters concerning parents LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Initiate or children. Your help will be change instead of waiting to see appreciated and make you feel good what happens. Don’t expect to as well. Romance is on the rise, and please everyone. Your concern a pick-me-up that you can share should be that you are true to yourself and your beliefs. Time spent with someone you love will bring you closer together. with family and friends will be enlightening.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care partnership with someone who shares your beliefs or concerns will of domestic responsibilities before help you reach your objectives. Look moving on to interesting pastimes for donations that will make it easier with people who stimulate you. An to reach your goal. Don’t let an unusual connection will be made if emotional matter stifle your you attend a function that encourages networking. You have a productivity.

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Barons battle Hammond into fourth quarter before falling 73-57

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Panthers’ top-rated offense shining

By STEVE REED The Associated Press

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Wilson Hall’s Drew Talley (10) pulls down a rebound between Hammond’s Banks Brown (22) and Gressette Felder (2) in the Barons’ 73-57 loss on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

By dennis brunson dennis@theitem.com The 34-game winning streak of Hammond’s varsity boys basketball team was definitely in jeopardy against Wilson Hall on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

The Barons led late in the third quarter and trailed just 53-50 entering the final period. However, a slew of turnovers at the beginning of the final eight minutes spelled their doom as the Skyhawks pulled away for a 73-57 victory.

“We just ran out of gas in the fourth quarter,” said WH head coach Eddie

Talley, whose team dropped to 7-7 on the season. “We did a good job through the first three quarters of not having many costly turnovers, but we did in the fourth quarter. They were able to get in the open floor, and they’re very good when they’re in the open floor.”

Hammond, ranked 12th in the country, improved to 18-0 on the season with its 35th straight victory. The Skyhawks were coming off a tough 68-60 victory over Keenan on Monday in Columbia.

“We may have been a little mentally tired tonight,” said Hammond head coach Mark McClam. “That’s not to

take anything away from Wilson Hall though. They played a great game.

“Right now, with our winning streak and the ranking, we’re getting everybody’s best shot,” he said. “We’re so deep we have a tendency to wear teams down, and that’s what we did in the fourth quarter.”

Brent Carraway had a tremendous game for the Barons, canning six 3-point shots on the way to 23 points.

Drew Talley finished with 17 points.

“Our guys played great tonight,” Coach Talley said. “We were trailing

CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers have a reputation of being a defensive team.

Cam Newton is changing that perception in his fifth season.

The Panthers (16-1) finished the regular season as the highest-scoring team in the NFL, and have scored at least 27 points in 14 of their last 15 games behind their All-Pro quarterback. On Sunday, the Panthers bolted to a Newton 31-point halftime lead against the Seattle Seahawks and held on to win 31-24 to reach the NFC championship game for the first time since 2005.

The top-seeded Panthers host the Arizona Cardinals (143) on Sunday.

It’s not exactly what you’d expect from a team whose head coach has a defensive background.

“Not really,” coach Ron Rivera said with a laugh when asked if he ever thought he’d be coaching a team that led the league in scoring.

“To see how explosive we have been and the play of our quarterback has been special.

I didn’t know if we would ever be like.”

The growth of Carolina’s offense has been a slow, steady journey.

Rivera attributes that to maintaining continuity on the coaching staff over Newton’s first five seasons. Although offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski left after two seasons, the Panthers promoted quarterbacks coach Mike Shula to that role and the rest of the staff has pretty much remained intact since 2011.

The Panthers have won three straight NFC South titles and started this season 14-0.

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No. 24 Gamecocks rally past Ole Miss in OT

By DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Michael Carrera is one of South Carolina’s best players, adept at scoring from 3-point range or in the paint.

The senior might make a pretty good coach someday, too.

The 24th-ranked Gamecocks rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half to force overtime and beat Mississippi 77-74 on Tuesday night.

It was the 6-foot-5 Carrera who made several crucial plays down the stretch, including the game-tying layup in regulation and the basket that put the Gamecocks ahead for good in overtime.

Both came after Carrera suggested to South Carolina coach Frank Martin that he move into the post to take advantage of Ole Miss’ undersized frontcourt.

“That’s the great thing of having a senior a guy who’s been through it with you,” Martin said. “When he talks to you on the bench, you listen.

“It was his suggestion. It wasn’t mine.”

And Carrera delivered, scoring 19 points, 17 after halftime.

Laimonas Chatkevicius added 17 and 10 rebounds.

Ole Miss led 64-53 with 5:17 remaining in regulation, but South Carolina slowly fought back, tying the game at 66 with 43 seconds left on a layup by Carrera.

Carrera also made the most important play in overtime, hitting a layup while getting fouled. He converted the free throw to give USC a 75-72 lead with 29.3 seconds left.

“We needed a big win like this one,” Carrera said. “We stayed together. We lose together, we win together and that’s how we’ve been doing it the whole season.”

South Carolina (17-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) had four players score in double figures.

Ole Miss (12-6, 2-4) has lost three straight games. Stefan Moody led the Rebels with 24 points while Anthony Perez added 16.

The 5-11 Moody has scored at least 20 points in 13 straight games. He became the 38th player in Ole Miss history to score 1,000 career points, needThe Associated Press ing just 52 games to accomSouth Carolina’s Michael Carrera scored 19 points as the No. 24 plish the feat.

Gamecocks rallied from 11 points down with minutes left to See GAMECOCKS, Page B3 beat Mississippi 77-74 in overtime on Tuesday in Oxford, Miss.

Houston leaves Citadel to take top job at JMU From staff and wire reports HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mike Houston, who led The Citadel to a share of the Southern Conference football title this past season, was hired as is the new head coach at James Madison University.

“After being approached about the job at James Madison, the more research I did and the more HOUSTON people I met there, it became obvious to me that this was a fantastic opportunity,” said Houston, who will be moving from one Football Championship Subdivision school to another. “The Citadel will always be a special place because of the relationships my family and I developed, and I wish the cadet-athletes, coaches and staff the best moving forward.”

Houston posted a 14-11 record in two seasons as head coach at The Citadel. His 2015 team was 9-4, including a 23-22

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Golden State’s Stephen Curry (30) knocks the ball loose from Cleveland’s LeBron James during Monday’s game in Cleveland. The defending champion Warriors cruised to a 132-98 victory.

Cavs staggered by big loss to Warriors

By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s locker room finally opened nearly 25 minutes after a seismic loss to the NBA champions. David Blatt turned right and headed down the hallway.

“Coach on the move,” a security officer said into his walkie-talkie.

Blatt stopped in a side room to field questions. He didn’t have all the answers.

Following a 34-point “beat down” (Blatt’s term) courtesy of the Golden State Warriors, Blatt, spent his postgame news conference addressing issues surrounding his team — some new, some recurring.

The Cavs were gutted by the Warriors, who put up 70 points in the first half of their first game in Cleveland since winning the title in June and might have dropped 170 had interim coach Luke Walton kept his starters on the floor in the fourth quarter. Cleveland offered zero resistance to the

league’s top team. The Cavs looked unprepared and unmotivated.

“We never gave ourselves a chance to win,” said Blatt, who survived a bumpy first season as Cleveland’s coach.

“We’ve got to face up to that and use that as a new starting point to improve ourselves.”

Yes, this was just one of 82 games. But this was no ordinary loss.

At one point, the Cavs trailed by 43, the biggest deficit star LeBron James has faced in more than 1,100 career games as a pro. James and his teammates were powerless to stop Stephen Curry & Co., who unleashed their entire offensive cache on a stunned Cleveland team and crowd.

Following the game, James didn’t offer excuses.

That’s not his style — never has been, never will be. He talked about “getting back to basics” and then pointed out that the Warriors, who have won five straight over Cleveland and are 38-4 overall, are on a different level.

“Their resume speaks for itself,” James said. “They got experience and they got high basketball IQ and they got guys who are just sharp mentally at all times. We’re not at that point yet.”

With owner Dan Gilbert sitting courtside, there were other troubling aspects to Cleveland’s loss, among them: —Why were the Cavs so flat for perhaps their biggest game to date?

—What’s going on with Kevin Love, again searching to fit in offensively and a defensive liability?

—And what about J.R. Smith? He arrived less than 50 minutes before the opening tip and then got ejected from another important game for bad behavior.

Blatt accepted partial blame for his team’s shockingly lackluster effort, their “lack of mental preparation” and not having “answers at either end.” But Blatt can do only so much, and at least against the Warriors, the Cavs seemed disconnected.

Oklahoma State surprises No. 3 Kansas

(16) Providence 71 (18) Butler 68

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ben Bentil scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half, and 16th-ranked Providence rallied late to outlast No. 18 Butler 71-68 on Tuesday.

Rodney Bullock added 16 points for the Friars (16-3, 4-2 Big East).

Kellan Dunham led Butler (13-5, 2-4) with 21 points.

(25) Indiana 103 Illinois 69

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Troy Williams scored 21 points and Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell added 16 points and nine assists Tuesday, helping No. 25 Indiana rout Illinois 103-69.

Ferrell broke Michael Lewis’ career school record for assists on a night the Hoosiers (16-3, 6-0 Big Ten) extended their winning streak to 11 and set a school record with 19 3-pointers.

Illinois (9-10, 1-5) was led

by Malcolm Hill with 20 points.

Prep Schedule WEDNESDAY

Varsity and JV Basketball

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Basketball

Carolina Forest at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Darlington at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Manning at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

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

B Team Basketball

Wilson Hall at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 4:30 p.m.

Middle School Basketball

Lee Central at Timmonsville, 5:30 p.m.

C.E. Murray at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

Varsity and JV Basketball

Wilson Hall at The King’s Academy (No JV Girls), 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Basketball

Sumter at Socastee, 6 p.m.

Hartsville at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Manning, 6 p.m.

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

B Team Basketball

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Freshman Jawun Evans had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds to help Oklahoma State upset No. 3 Kansas 86-67 on Tuesday night.

Jeff Newberry scored 13 points for the Cowboys (10-8, 2-4 Big 12), who beat Kansas in Stillwater for the third straight time and the fifth in seven years. Oklahoma State had lost four straight games coming in.

Frank Mason III scored 14 points and Perry Ellis 13 for Kansas (15-3, 4-2 Big 12).

TODAY Noon – NFL Football: Championship Wednesday Press Conference (NFL NETWORK).

1 p.m. – College Football: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Practice from Carson, Calfi. (ESPNU).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FA Cup Match – Tottenham vs. Leicestr City (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:50 p.m. – International Soccer: FA Cup Match – Exeter City vs. Liverpool (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Melbourne (ESPN2).

4 p.m. – College Football: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Practice from Carson, Calfi. (ESPNU).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

6:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Central Florida at South Florida (ESPNEWS).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Temple at La Salle (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Wake Forest at North Carolina (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas at West Virginia (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia Tech at Notre Dame (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

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

7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Coras vs. Atlas (UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at Chicago (ESPN).

8 p.m. – College Basktball: DePaul at Marquette (FOX SPORTS 1).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Oklahoma City (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: St. Louis at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:15 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas State at Baylor (ESPNEWS).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Villanova at Seton hall (CBS SPORTS NTEWORK).

9 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Melbourne (ESPN2).

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

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Miami at Boston College (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).

9:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Pachuca vs.

Celaya F.C. (UNIVISION).

10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Atlanta at Portland (ESPN).

10:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship First Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

10:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Minnesota at Anaheim (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

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

3 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Melbourne (ESPN2).

Reds to induct Rose into who didn’t live in their fateam’s Hall of Fame vored teams’ home markets

CINCINNATI — Pete Rose is getting a hall of fame induction — in the Cincinnati Reds’ team hall during a weekend of honors this summer in his hometown — that will include retiring his No. 14.

The Reds’ announcement Tuesday came after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred rejected Rose’s application for reinstatement to baseball last month.

Reds’ chief executive Bob Castellini said Manfred approved the plans to honor the 74-year-old Rose. The June 24-26 events also will feature a 40-year reunion of the 1976 world champion Reds, on-field ceremonies and a team hall of fame banquet in which Rose will be awarded the red sports coat its members wear.

“This is an honor, that you can’t just believe how you feel,” Rose said at a news conference.

Settlement reached in MLB TV dispute NEW YORK — Just as a trial was to begin, Major League Baseball and its fans reached agreement Tuesday to expand the menu of online packages for televised games.

The deal came weeks after baseball’s lawyers told a judge that for the first time the league was going to let fans buy single-team packages for fans who watch games online. In the past, viewers

had to buy access to every single televised MLB game.

According to lawyers for fans who filed the class-action lawsuit in 2012, MLB will offer unbundled Internet packages for the next five years, including singleteam packages for $84.99 next season. They said that’s a 23 percent drop from the cheapest version previously available.

Tennis stars ask why courtside gambling OK MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Murray finds it “hypocritical” that tennis authorities are trying to stamp out match-fixing run by gambling syndicates but have partnered with a major gambling company that is now advertising on the Australian Open’s show courts.

The two issues are separate but have collided at this year’s Australian Open, where tennis was overshadowed for a second day Tuesday by allegations that match-fixing has gone unchecked in tennis.

The controversy ignited Monday when the BBC and Buzzfeed News published reports alleging that the sport’s highest authorities had ignored evidence of match-fixing involving 16 players who had been ranked in the top 50 over the past decade.

From wire reports

Sumter at A.C. Flora (Boys Only), 5 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Heathwood Hall, 5 p.m.

Middle School Basketball

Alice Drive at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Furman at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

Bates at Manning, 5 p.m Mayewood at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m.

Varsity Bowling

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter in SCISA State Championship, TBA FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball

Socastee at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Crestwood at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Manning at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

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

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

Varsity and JV Basketball

East Clarendon at Hannah-Pamplico (No JV Girls), 5 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m.

Marlboro Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Colleton Prep, 4 p.m.

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

B Team Basketball

Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Wrestling

Sumter in Gamecock Duals, 9 a.m.

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Atlanta Miami Orlando Washington Charlotte Central Division

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 26 15 .634 — 22 20 .524 4½ 21 22 .488 6 11 31 .262 15½ 5 38 .116 22 W L Pct GB 25 17 .595 — 23 18 .561 1½ 20 20 .500 4 19 21 .475 5 19 22 .463 5½ W L Pct GB 28 11 .718 — 24 16 .600 4½ 22 19 .537 7 22 19 .537 7 18 25 .419 12

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio Dallas Memphis

W L Pct GB 36 6 .857 — 24 19 .558 12½ 24 19 .558 12½

Houston New Orleans Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Utah Portland Denver Minnesota Pacific Division

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

22 21 .512 14½ 13 27 .325 22 W L Pct GB 30 12 .714 — 18 23 .439 11½ 19 25 .432 12 16 25 .390 13½ 13 29 .310 17 W L Pct GB 38 4 .905 — 27 14 .659 10½ 17 23 .425 20 13 29 .310 25 9 34 .209 29½

Monday’s Games

New York 119, Philadelphia 113,2OT Portland 108, Washington 98 Charlotte 124, Utah 119,2OT Memphis 101, New Orleans 99 Chicago 111, Detroit 101 Atlanta 98, Orlando 81 Toronto 112, Brooklyn 100 Golden State 132, Cleveland 98 Dallas 118, Boston 113, OT L.A. Clippers 140, Houston 132, OT

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

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

Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Houston, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 9 p.m.

Atlanta at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 46 26 15 5 57 121 105 Detroit 45 23 14 8 54 111 116 Tampa Bay 45 24 17 4 52 119 107 Boston 44 23 16 5 51 133 116 Montreal 46 23 19 4 50 128 118 Ottawa 46 22 18 6 50 129 141 Buffalo 46 19 23 4 42 107 123 Toronto 43 16 20 7 39 108 122 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 45 34 8 3 71 149 97 N.Y. Islanders 45 24 15 6 54 123 112 N.Y. Rangers 45 24 16 5 53 129 120 Pittsburgh 45 21 17 7 49 110 113 New Jersey 46 22 19 5 49 101 110 Philadelphia 43 20 15 8 48 98 114 Carolina 47 20 19 8 48 111 129 Columbus 46 17 25 4 38 116 146

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 48 31 13 4 66 140 110 Dallas 46 29 12 5 63 154 124 St. Louis 49 27 15 7 61 126 123 Minnesota 45 22 15 8 52 113 106 Colorado 47 23 21 3 49 131 130 Nashville 45 20 17 8 48 116 123 Winnipeg 46 21 22 3 45 119 131 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 44 28 13 3 59 118 99 San Jose 44 23 18 3 49 127 121 Arizona 45 22 18 5 49 123 135 Vancouver 46 19 17 10 48 111 127 Anaheim 44 19 18 7 45 88 105 Calgary 43 20 20 3 43 116 131 Edmonton 47 19 23 5 43 115 136 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games

Ottawa 4, San Jose 3, SO Edmonton 4, Florida 2 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 2, Winnipeg 1 Buffalo 2, Arizona 1

Tuesday’s Games

Calgary at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

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

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games

St. Louis at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Vancouver at Boston, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

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

Nashville at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

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

College Basketball

By The Associated Press

Monday’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 80, Binghamton 59 Boston U. 87, Loyola (Md.) 84, OT Mass.-Lowell 93, Vermont 82 Monmouth (NJ) 85, Siena 69 New Hampshire 99, Maine 91 Purdue 107, Rutgers 57 Stony Brook 77, Hartford 43 SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 62, Morgan St. 50 Coppin St. 70, Florida A&M 66 Hampton 80, NC Central 79 Jackson St. 60, Prairie View 57 Norfolk St. 75, NC A&T 68 SC State 68, Md.-Eastern Shore 63 SE Louisiana 98, Lamar 70 Savannah St. 64, Delaware St. 47 Southern U. 67, MVSU 54 Stephen F. Austin 82, New Orleans 58 Syracuse 64, Duke 62 Texas Southern 69, Grambling St. 54 MIDWEST Cleveland St. 70, Ill.-Chicago 53 Iowa St. 82, Oklahoma 77 Valparaiso 96, Youngstown St. 65 Wright St. 77, Detroit 76 SOUTHWEST Alcorn St. 73, Ark.-Pine Bluff 65 Arkansas St. 76, UALR 73 Sam Houston St. 87, Nicholls St. 76 Texas Tech 76, TCU 69

Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with SS Didi Gregorius on a one-year contract.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with LHP Wei-Yin Chen on a five-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DE DeAngelo Tyson to a reserve/future contract.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed TE Ross Travis, LB Tyrell Adams, OL Michael Liedtke, RB Darrin Reaves, DT Jimmy Staten, WRs Da’Ron Brown and Fred Williams and OTs Reid Fragel and Laurence Gibson to reserve/ future contracts.

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three going into the fourth quarter, and that’s where you want to be. We were right there, and we’ve been there in most of our games.

We’ve got to find a way to win some of those games.”

Woods, a University of North Carolina signee, only had two points in the first half as Hammond took a 33-32 lead into the break. He scored 11 points in the second half, including eight in the final quarter as the Skyhawks pulled away.

Chavez Goodwin, a 6-foot-9-inch College of Charleston signee, had a double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds.

Lucas Prickett added 18.

In the girls game, Wilson Hall trailed by double digits entering the fourth quarter and

Giles making it 28-16 with 3:48 left in the third quarter.

Hammond led 34-22 entering the fourth quarter.

The Lady Barons got the deficit under 10 less than two minutes into the final stanza and made several mini runs.

A 3-pointer by Betsy Cunningham cut the lead to 42-38 with 4:06 to go. The Lady Skyhawks opened it back to seven, but two free throws from KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM Courtney Clark and two Wilson Hall’s Nicolette Fish- more from Lauren Gooder (13) puts up a shot son made it 45-42 with against Hammond’s Mor1:49 to go. gan Walker in the Lady BarWilson Hall had a couons’ 49-42 loss on Tuesday ple of chances to get at Nash Student Center. closer, but was unable to do so. pulled within three beGoodson led the Lady fore falling to Hammond Barons with 11 points, 49-42. while Cunningham and The Lady Skyhawks, Clark both had seven. who improved to 12-2, led Ahlea Myers topped 19-16 at halftime. They Hammond with 13, while scored the first nine Trinity Johnson and points of the second half Morgan Walker both had with a trey by Chapman 12.

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Lady Knights cruise behind Miller-McCray’s triple-double DARLINGTON — Shaquanda Miller-McCray’s triple-double of 14 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots helped the Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team earn a 61-33 victory over Darlington on Tuesday at the Falcons gymnasium.

Tyana Saunders and Cawasha Ceasar each added 11 points for the Lady Knights with Saunders also coming down with 10 rebounds.

Crestwood improved to 14-3 on the season and 4-0 in the region. It will travel to Hartsville on Friday.

Taja Randolph added eight points and grabbed five boards.

Lee Central 52 Timberland 28

CRESTWOOD Miller-McCray 14, Saunders 11, Ceasar 11, Bolden 8, Rogers 6, Murphy 6, Whitfield 4, Jamison 2.

ST. STEPHEN — Alexis McMillan led three LCHS players in double figures with 15 points and eight rebounds as the Lady Stallions earned a 52-28 victory over Timberland on Tuesday at the Wolves gymnasium.

Ayanna Lucas added 14 points and seven rebounds for Lee Central followed by Diamond Fortune with 10 points.

LCHS improved to 2-1 in the region and will host Johnsonville on Friday.

Orangeburg Prep 58

Sumter 65

Laurence Manning 49

Carolina Forest 39 MYRTLE BEACH — Jessica Harris had 21 points and eight rebounds as Sumter cruised to a 65-39 win over Carolina Forest on Tuesday at the CFHS gymnasium.

Cy Cooper added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Lady Gamecocks followed by D’Erika Hamilton with 14 points.

Kyra Wilson had nine points for SHS and Bre Tyler pulled down eight rebounds.

MANNING — Courtney Beatson posted 20 points, but it was not enough as Laurence Manning Academy fell to Orangeburg Prep 58-49 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Taylor Lea had 12 points for the Lady Swampcats followed by Brooke Bennett with eight.

Lakewood 49 Marlboro County 40

BENNETTSVILLE — Ki’Ari Cain, Shanekia Jackson and Tatyana Weldon each had 12 points to help lead Lakewood to a 49-40 victory over Marlboro County on Tuesday at the MCHS gymnasium.

Cain also had five assists while Jackson pulled down 14 rebounds and had 6 assists.

LAURENCE MANNING Beatson 20, Lea 12, Bennette 8, Johnson 6, Cora 3.

Laurence Manning 38 Orangeburg Prep 26 MANNING — Abby Patrick’s double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds helped power Laurence Manning Academy past Orangeburg Prep 38-26 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Sara Knight Nalley added seven points for the Lady Swampcats.

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Hammond 35 Wilson Hall 23 Landon VanPatton scored five points in a losing effort as Hammond earned a 35-23 victory over Wilson Hall on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

The Barons fell to 5-6 overall.

Thomas Sumter 34 Wilson Hall 32

DALZELL – Thomas Sumter Academy defeated Wilson Hall 34-32 on Friday at Edens Gymnasium.

Zach Fugate scored 12 points to lead the Generals. Nick Rabon had eight and Eli Kessinger scored six.

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Wilson Hall 18 Nathan Harris had five points to lead the Barons, but it was not enough as they fell to Hammond 46-18 on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

Emery Moore and Graham VanPatton each added three points for WH, who fell to 5-4 and will travel to Thomas Sumter Academy today for a 6 p.m. game.

Leading scorer Becka Noyes finished with 12 points to help lead the Lady Barons to a 40-16 victory over Hammond on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

DuBose Alderman and Haley Roone McCaffrey each added five points for Wilson Hall, who improved to 8-1 overall.

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But the senior left the game with about 5 minutes remaining in regulation with an apparent left hamstring injury and Ole Miss was never the same. Moody returned, but moved gingerly and didn’t score again, lacking his usual explosiveness.

His injury was too much for an already hobbled Ole Miss team to overcome.

“To beat a ranked team an SEC game somebody has got to make a play,” Kennedy said. “We didn’t do that.”

Ole Miss was playing its first game without forward Sebastian Saiz, who is averaging 12.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. He had surgery to repair a detached retina earlier Tuesday and is out indefinitely.

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The Rebels did fine without him for most of the game. Perez made four 3-pointers in the first half and Ole Miss took a 39-29 lead into halftime when Moody hit a step back, rainbow 3-pointer over two defenders at the buzzer.

But South Carolina stayed into the game thanks to another balanced effort. Carrera was especially impressive, making 6 of 8 shots from the field, 7 of 8 free throws and adding nine rebounds.

South Carolina had a 49-37 rebound advantage.

TIP-INS South Carolina: Gamecocks coach Frank Martin and Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy have been friends for several years. The two were assistants at Cincinnati under coach Bob Huggins.

Mississippi: Ole Miss guard Martavious Newby missed Tuesday’s game with an eye injury. The

Desperate times for No. 20 Duke

By JOEDY McCREARY The Associated Press

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Duke’s Marshall Plumlee (40) is defended by Syracuse’s Tyler Lydon (20) and Malachi Richardson during the Blue Devils’ 64-62 loss on Monday in Durham, N.C.

Syracuse.

“That’s kind of the situation we’re in right now,” guard Matt DURHAM, N.C. — The Atlantic Jones said after the game. “We have Coast Conference’s “Sportsmanship to learn how to push through that, Week” didn’t get off to the best start and we’re getting a heavy dose of with questions about a lack of post- that right now.” game handshakes by Duke coach Against the Orange, the Blue Mike Krzyzewski, which may have Devils trailed by one point in the crystallized the Blue Devils’ mount- final seconds when Jones and Syraing frustrations. cuse’s Malachi Richardson collided After Duke’s third straight loss, a while chasing the tapped-out re64-62 defeat against Syracuse on bound of Grayson Allen’s missed Monday night, Krzyzewski skipped layup. No foul was called on the a few Orange players during the play, nor was one whistled when handshake line — a move that was Jones appeared to be tripped behind caught by television cameras and the midcourt stripe as he hurriedly almost immediately went viral on tried to take a desperation heave at social media. the buzzer.

Duke spokesman Jon Jackson Afterward, Krzyzewski shook said Tuesday that the school had no some Syracuse hands before skipplans to comment on what happing six Orange players, rejoining pened with the handshakes. Krzyze- the handshake line and finally lookwski, who was traveling Tuesday, ing around the court for someone isn’t scheduled to meet with the — possibly one of the game officials media again until after the Blue — before having a conversation Devils’ game Saturday at North with ACC basketball administrator Carolina State.

Paul Brazeau on his way off the Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim floor. didn’t immediately return a phone But Duke’s problems extend becall Tuesday seeking comment. yond a possible postgame slight.

The handshakes — or lack of During Duke’s recent slide, two of them — appeared to be an indicaits biggest issues — a lack of experition of how frustrating it’s been ence, and a lack of healthy bodies lately for the 20th-ranked Blue Dev- — have been obvious. ils (14-5, 3-3 ACC). This is the lowest Duke is pretty much down to a they’ve been ranked in two years, six-man rotation with graduate stuand they are on their longest losing dent Marshall Plumlee as the only streak since 2007 — also the last true post player. time they fell out of the Top 25.

And things could get worse before Duke’s most recent three losses Duke’s efforts are rewarded. were one-possession games in the Duke still has to play No. 2 North final minute — but the game-winCarolina twice. And No. 17 Louisning plays were made by Clemson, ville twice. And No. 13 Virginia. And Notre Dame, and most recently, No. 15 Miami on the road.

senior is one of the team’s best defensive players and is averaging 5.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

UP NEXT No. 24 South Carolina is at Tennessee on Saturday.

Mississippi is at Mississippi State on Saturday.

SOUTH CAROLINA (17-1) Thornwell 1-15 3-8 5, Chatkevicius 5-9 7-7 17, Dozier 2-7 2-6 6, Carrera 6-8 7-8 19, Kacinas 5-6 0-0 10, Stroman 0-1 0-0 0, Gregory 1-1 2-2 4, Notice 5-13 0-0 14, McKie 0-1 0-0 0, Silva 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-62 21-31 77.

MISSISSIPPI (12-6) Hymon 3-9 4-11 10, Gielo 3-12 1-1 9, Perez 5-8 2-2 16, Brooks 0-10 2-4 2, Moody 8-13 4-4 24, Escobar 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 2-5 3-5 7, Fitzpatrick-Dorsey 3-4 0-0 6, Brutus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-61 16-27 74.

Halftime—Mississippi 39-29. End Of Regulation—Tied 66. 3-Point Goals—South Carolina 4-14 (Notice 4-8, Dozier 0-3, Thornwell 0-3), Mississippi 10-33 (Perez 4-5, Moody 4-9, Gielo 2-9, Davis 0-2, Brooks 0-8). Fouled Out—Gielo, Perez. Rebounds—South Carolina 49 (Chatkevicius 10), Mississippi 37 (Hymon 9). Assists—South Carolina 16 (Thornwell 6), Mississippi 16 (Moody 5).

Total Fouls—South Carolina 24, Mississippi 25. A—7,427.

Cavs top Tigers 69-62 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points and Anthony Gill had two big baskets late as No. 13 Virginia squandered most of a 13-point lead and then held on to beat Clemson 69-62 on Tuesday night.

The Cavaliers (14-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 52-39 after a 17-4 run with 9 minutes left, then saw the Tigers close within 55-53 with about 3½ minutes remaining.

The Tigers (12-7, 5-2), seeking their sixth consecutive victory and third straight over a ranked team, went down six, but got back within 62-59 on a 3-pointer by Jordan Roper and three free throws by Jaron Blossomgame with 1:36 to play. But Brogdon made two free throws with 30.7 seconds for the Cavaliers.

Blossomgame scored 23 points for the Tigers, while Landry Nnoko had 15 points.

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Eagles introduce new coach Pederson

By ROB MAADDI The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are sort of going back to their glory days.

Doug Pederson, who helped groom Donovan McNabb for the starting quarterback job and a successful playoff run, was hired Monday to be Philadelphia’s coach.

Pederson was Kansas City’s offensive coordinator under Andy Reid for the past three seasons.

“Doug is a strategic thinker, a compelling leader and communicator, and someone who truly knows how to get the best out of his players,” Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said. “All of these factors were what initially attracted us to Doug and we believe that he is the right man to help us achieve our ultimate goal.”

Pederson accepted the offer to become Philadelphia’s coach last week. The team had to wait for the Chiefs to be eliminated from the playoffs before making it official.

Pederson started nine games at quarterback for the Eagles in 1999 when Reid was a first-year coach and McNabb was a rookie.

He prepared McNabb to take over later in the season and the Eagles started a string of playoff appearances the following year.

Pederson returned to Philly a decade later as an assistant under Reid and helped Michael Vick have his best season in 2010.

Pederson followed Reid to Kansas City in 2013 and was promoted to offensive coordinator.

Pederson replaces Chip Kelly, who was fired one game before completing his third season.

The Eagles interviewed six candidates, including two-time Super Bowl champion Tom Coughlin.

As the Chiefs offensive coordinator from 2013-15, Pederson helped guide Kansas City to a 31-17 regularseason record and playoff appearances in 2013 and 2015.

The Chiefs didn’t rank higher than 21st in total yards in any of his three seasons, but overall were first in the NFL in rushing touchdowns (54), third in yards per carry (4.6) and seventh in total yards rushing (6,018). Pederson is credited with developing quarterback Alex Smith, a former No. 1 overall pick by San Francisco.

Pederson played 10 NFL seasons almost exclusively as a backup quarterback. He was with Miami, Green Bay, Philadelphia and Cleveland.

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Philadelphia owner Jeffrey Lurie, left, listens as new Eagles head coach Doug Pederson answers a question after being introduced on Tuesday.

AFC title may come down to the kickers

By ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press

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Arizona running back David Johnson (31) and the Cardinals’ ground game have sputtered lately, gaining just 40 yards in the playoff victory over Green Bay.

Cardinals’ rushing attack sputtering

By BOB BAUM The Associated Press

ans placed the blame squarely on the offensive line and not on his rookie TEMPE, Ariz. — The Ari- running back. zona Cardinals’ once robust “Getting their (behind) running game has all but kicked up front,” Arians vanished in recent weeks. said. “It’s not anything Now the team has to try to David is doing. There’s just rediscover it while facing not a lot of holes there and the punishing defense of the we have to do a better job.

Carolina Panthers.

It’s a tough challenge this In last Saturday’s 26-20 week.” overtime victory over Green When the Cardinals face Bay, the Cardinals managed Carolina in the NFC chamjust 40 yards rushing in 19 pionship game on Sunday, attempts, an anemic average they will go against a deof 2.1 yards per carry. fense that ranked fourth David Johnson gained 35 against the run in the reguyards in 15 tries, an average lar season, allowing 88.4 of 2.3 per attempt. Arizona’s yards per game. longest running play of the Arians said Star Lotulelei game was eight yards. and Kawann Short are the “I think they had a good best pair of defensive tackles scheme against us from the Arizona has seen all season. two weeks before that when “The linebackers are we played them, they were great,” Arians said, “but ready for us,” Johnson said they (the tackles) help make Tuesday after the Cardinals’ them great.” walk-through practice.

Lotulelei and Short are Arizona coach Bruce Ari- great players, Cardinals left

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“That has a lot to do with” our success, Rivera said.

“These guys have been together a while and it allowed them to have continuity to develop this offense and have it morph into fitting around the quarterback’s skillset as opposed to forcing him into what you want to do.”

Rivera and his staff extensively studied the things Newton did well at Auburn, where he led the Tigers to a national championship in his only season and won the Heisman Trophy. The coaches worked to in-

guard Mike Iupati said.

“They’re big, fast, strong.”

And they help make linebacker Luke Kuechly the great player he is.

“He’s really fast,” Arians said. “What he really is, he’s a great pass defender. People see all the tackles, but they do a great job of keeping him clean to make the tackles,” Most of the season, the Cardinals’ ground game has been humming along nicely, with Chris Johnson the featured back until he went down with a season-ending injury in Arizona’s 19-13 win at San Francisco on Nov. 29. David Johnson stepped in and, if anything, the running game got better.

He gained 99 yards in his first start (at St. Louis), 92 in his second (against Minnesota) and a breakout 187 yards in 29 carries at Philadelphia. But he had only 39 yards, 25 yards and 35 yards in the three games since.

corporate philosophies of the read option, which plays to the skills of the 6-foot-5, 250-pound quarterback.

Late last season, Shula went a step further, moving to primarily a no-huddle offense because that is where Newton is most comfortable.

After five years in the system, Newton looks more comfortable and confident in the offense than he ever has before. When the Panthers surrendered a 28-point lead against the New York Giants late in the season, cameras showed Newton calmly shaking his head up and down on the sideline, confident he was going to lead the Panthers to

the winning field goal.

He did just that, and the Panthers escaped with a 38-35 win.

“With those great quarterbacks you always get that sense that they’re in control,” wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery said. “It’s no different with him. We always feel like we’re in control because he is our quarterback.”

Newton said the Panthers don’t get nervous.

“We prepared too much to get nervous,” Newton said. “In some way, shape or form we played this game numerous times in our head, watched countless film, made this adjustment and that adjustment

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Wild-card Playoffs

DENVER — Antonio Smith says nobody can get into Tom Brady’s head. That didn’t stop Denver’s defensive lineman from trying by labelling New England’s quarterback a crybaby.

“I’ve never seen any quarterback look to the referee right after he gets sacked more than Brady,” Smith said with a smile. “Every time he gets sacked he looks at the ref like, ‘You see him sack me? Was that supposed to happen? He did it a little hard. Please throw a 15-yard penalty on him. Get him fined.”’

Both teams know the AFC championship won’t be decided by potshots — and maybe not even by the golden arms of Brady and Peyton Manning when they square off for the 17th — and likely final — time Sunday in Denver.

Maybe it’ll come down to two of the greatest toes on turf instead. Especially with Denver sporting the league’s stingiest defense and Manning reduced to managing the Broncos’ nolonger explosive offense.

New England’s Stephen Gostkowski was the NFL’s top kicker in 2015, winning his second All-Pro honor after leading the league with 151 points.

Denver’s Brandon McManus tied an NFL record by nailing all five of his kicks in tricky crosswinds in Denver’s 23-16 win over Pittsburgh in the divisional round.

Sunday’s forecast in Denver calls for a clouds and temperatures at kickoff in the lower 40s, dipping into the 30s, which is good news for both Manning and Brady.

Yet ...

Last weekend’s game was also supposed to be mild.

“During warmups, we went out there and it was a pretty calm day, a nice, tempered day,” McManus said. “We come out seven minutes before kickoff and I see a 30 mph crosswind come in over the Rockies.”

With the goal posts swaying wildly from the gusts almost the entire game, McManus converted field goals of 28, 41, 51, 41 and 45 yards, joking it was such a tricky task that he just kept aiming “at the guy holding the beer in the top left corner.”

“I think all of them were big,” said Demaryius Thomas, who had one of seven dropped passes thanks to the blustery winds. “He kept us in the game with the field goals. Him being able to kick with this wind helped us.”

Gostkowski is accustomed to kicking in bad conditions, too.

So, if it gets windy Sunday, neither he nor McManus will fret.

“You kind of have to hit a ball to a spot and hopefully the wind takes it,” McManus said.

“I had that 51-yarder right before halftime. I thought it was going to be easy down the middle, and it barely sneaked in.”

Gostkowski’s field goals from 40 and 32 yards in the fourth quarter last weekend helped the Patriots stave off Kanas City 27-20. He also nailed a 47-yarder as time expired to send the game to overtime when New England visited Denver on Nov. 29, a game in which McManus missed from the same distance.

While Gostkowski, a 10-year veteran, breezed to his first All-Pro honor since 2008, McManus started out hot, then slumped down the stretch. He made his first 13 kicks, including 57- and 56-yarders in the opener against Baltimore, and was named the AFC’s special teams player of the month in October.

so when you’re put in the fire you already have what you need to do what you do. Nothing else needs to be done or said. No matter if we’re up or we’re down, just believe in the plan and keep going.”

Newton earned All-Pro this season, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 35 touchdown passes and run for 10 TDs. The Panthers offense appeared to be on the verge of breaking out in 2013 when the team finished 12-4 and won the NFC South championship. But Newton struggled with injuries in 2014, missing most of the offseason after surgery on his foot. He later broke his ribs

in the preseason and then fractured two ribs in a car week late in the year.

This year, Newton is healthy — and producing.

Cotchery said he has no doubt Newton is ready for the pressure that is ahead in the NFC title game —and potentially the Super Bowl.

“Most certainly,” Cotchery said. “A lot of people don’t like to factor into what a person has done in college and all of those things but he led a team to a national championship and he has been in big moments and has the experience of playing in three straight playoffs. He is ready for these moments.”

Saturday, Jan. 9

Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16

Sunday, Jan. 10

Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16

New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20 (OT)

Sunday, Jan. 17

Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24

AFC New England at Denver, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC Arizona at Carolina, 6:40 p.m.

(FOX)

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31

At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 7 p.m.

(ESPN)

Super Bowl 50 Sunday, Feb. 7

At Santa Clara, Calif.

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

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Venus exits early at Aussie Open

By JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — When Johanna Konta found out she was playing Venus Williams in the first round of the Australian Open, she thought to herself, “I just hope I stay out there more than an hour.”

The Sydney- born British player did last more than an hour on Tuesday — one hour, 19 minutes to be exact — to reach the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

For the first time in a long time, the resurgent Williams was on the long list of women’s favorites coming into a Grand Slam tournament.

She had reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open last year and finished a career-reviving year with three titles to break back into the top 10 after a four-year hiatus.

But the 35-year-old American, who was seeded eighth in her 16th appearance at Melbourne Park, fell in her opening match to a player making her tournament debut.

Williams has lost in the first round of a major eight times — in a career that has now spanned a remarkable 69 Grand Slam tournaments.

And counting.

“It’s irrelevant how old (Venus) is because she’s such a champion with so much experience and so much knowledge about the game,” said

The Associated Press

Venus Williams was upset by Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Konta, who was born in Australia to Hungarian parents and moved to Britain a decade ago.

“Even if she’s playing with one leg out there, you’ve got to really take care of things on your own, because she’s an incredible player.”

Williams did have both of her legs against Konta at Rod Laver Arena, but little else in her game was working. She lacked pop on her serve, hitting just one ace to five for

Konta, and couldn’t match the No. 47-ranked player’s power from the baseline.

She fell behind 5-0 in the second set before Konta started to tighten up and Williams found her range to get a break back and hold serve at love for 5-2. But before the seven-time Grand Slam champion could regain any momentum, Konta closed out the match on her next serve.

Williams gave a wave to the crowd and trudged off

OBITUARIES LESLIE HARDY MANNING — Leslie Davis “Rookie” Hardy, 62, died on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born on May 4, 1953, in Kingstree, he was a son of the late Lowell Patrick Hardy and Grace Evelyn McCants HARDY Hardy. He was a retired maintenance electrician for Apex and he was of the Methodist faith.

He is survived by his fiancée, Betty Morlan of Manning; a brother, Rubin Hardy (Jan) of Manning; four sisters, Debra Anne Hardy White (Milton) and Linda Gayle Hardy, both of Manning, Janet Kay Hardy Lee (Terry) of Alcolu and Grace Elizabeth “Libby” Hardy Jennings (Bob) of Hopkins; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Patrick Goodwin officiating. Burial will follow in Brewington Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be his nephews, Stephen Driggers, Andy Driggers, Allen Lee, Patrick Lee, Brian White and Doug White.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Kay and Terry Lee, 2036 Spigner Road, Alcolu.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org.

Point, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; Quantico, Virginia; and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She was a member of the Eastern Star in Ormond Beach, Florida, and served in the DAV Auxiliary in Palm Coast, Florida. She loved bird watching, cooking and bowling. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church.

Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, John Edward Garren and his wife, Shepi, of Arlington, Virginia; one brother, John Thomas Campbell of New Jersey; two sisters, Daphne Charlene Grabowski and her husband, Joe, of New Jersey and Peggy Patrick of Sumter; and two grandchildren, Kimberly Webber and her husband, Nathan, of Clover and Kristina Straple of Georgia.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Edward Garren Jr.; a daughter, Deborah Garren Straple; and a sister, Linda Campbell Harris.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Webb Belangia officiating. A private interment will be held at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Thursday one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

RITA SUE C. JONES Rita Sue Campbell Jones, 82, beloved wife of Dewey “Ted” Jones, died on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at her residence.

Born in Lebanon, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late John Corbett Campbell and Clara Meade JONES Campbell. Rita retired from Chief Naval Operations in the Submarine Division at the Pentagon, after 30 years of service. She served in many different countries such as Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and stateside in Cherry

ESAW THAMES MANNING — Esaw Thames, husband of Queen Robinson Thames, died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Jan. 24, 1949, in Paxville, a son of the late Gennie and Bessie THAMES Pugh Thames.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Community Deliverance Temple, Manning,

the court slowly before walking past a line of banners displaying photos of past Australian Open champions, her sister Serena among them. She declined to talk to the media after the match.

Konta has made a habit of sending top-ranked players off the court in a funk. She beat ninth-seeded Garbine Muguruza on the way to the fourth round of the U.S. Open last year and also has a win over No. 2 Simona Halep.

with Bishop Jeffery Johnson, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 6454 Silver Road, Manning.

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

REV. DIANE HODGSON The Rev. Diane Lee Burnett Hodgson, 67, beloved wife of the late Warren Tracy Hodgson, died on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Virginia, she was a HODGSON daughter of the late Thomas Raymond Burnett and Mildred Zimmerman. She graduated from Sumter Beauty College in 1971 and pursued a career as a hairdresser.

She went on and started her own business, which was located on Alice Drive. Mrs. Hodgson served as a board member of the following ministries: Knitting Hearts Women’s Ministry and The Mayors Prayer Breakfast Committee. She also was an active participant for Awakening America Alliance and First Friday’s Prayer Luncheon. She was president of the Sumter Ministerial Alliance. She received her credentials to become an ordained minister through Anchor Bay International Evangelistic Association.

She helped start Prepare the Way Ministries and Prepare the Way Productions in 2009 while writing a movie script with her late husband Tracy “Unveiling the Apocalypse,” which is still planned to be produced. She lived her life to serve the Lord in any way she could. She wanted everyone to know and hear the word of Christ. She was a loving and faithful member of Bethesda Church of God. Surviving are one son, Anthony “Tony” Joseph Marra; one stepson, Derek Hodgson of Rock Hill; one stepdaughter, Shelly Swann of Fargo, Maryland; two brothers, Peter Burnett and Connie Burnett, both of Waynesboro, Virginia; three sisters, Jean Brannon Olympia Washington of Washington, Patricia Small Nellysford of Virginia and Kitty Travis of Sumter; two grandchildren, Anthony Joseph Marra II and Addison Hodgson; and one great-grandchild, Lillion Caroline Marra.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John

Marra.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Bethesda Church of God. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Bethesda Church of God with the Rev. Al Sims officiating.

A viewing will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Prepare the Way Ministries at www. preparethewayproductions. com or mail to Prepare the Way Ministries c/o Robert Smiley, 517 Bell Road, Sumter, SC 29153.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

DOROTHY M. LIGHTY BISHOPVILLE — Dorothy M. Lighty, 60, passed on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Providence Hospital, Columbia.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of Gertha Scarborough Lighty and the late Chester Lighty Sr. The family will receive relatives and friends at the family home, 29 Lighty Lane, Bishopville.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Square Deal Funeral Home of Bishopville.

CRAIG D. KEELS MANNING — Craig Devin Keels, 33, died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He was born on Jan. 30, 1982, in Sumter, a son of James Frazier and Bennia Keels.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his grandparents, Bennie and Shirley White Keels, 116 Grace St., Manning.

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

WILLIE MAE LAWS BISHOPVILLE — Willie Mae Laws, wife of Robert Laws, entered eternal rest on Jan. 14, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 608

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upset of South Carolina in the season finale. The Bulldogs tied for the Southern Conference championship and advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs.

“This is not the easiest move in the world,” Houston said.

“It has nothing to do with The Citadel or anyone at the institution. I have the greatest respect for everyone there. I can’t thank the people there or the kids in the program enough for the way they bought in and followed us. I’m excited to watch the future of Citadel football. It’s very bright.”

Before joining The Citadel, Houston was 29-8 in three seasons as head coach at NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne.

“I’m happy for Coach Houston and appreciate the contributions he made to our program,” The Citadel athletic director Jim Senter said in a statement. “He has established a foundation which we can build upon for future success.

We wish Mike and his family the best as they start their new endeavors at James Madison. We will move as quickly as possible to find the perfect fit for The Citadel.”

At James Madison, he succeeds Everett Withers, who resigned to accept the head coaching job at Texas State.

Withers went 18-7 in two years at James Madison, including a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title this past season. However, the Dukes lost their first playoff game at home in both seasons.

James St., Bishopville.

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

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at New Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Wisacky community of Lee County with the pastor, the Rev. Archie S. Temoney Sr., officiating. Interment will follow in New Zion Memorial Garden.

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

PATRICIA C. CONYERS Patricia Clark Conyers of Sumter died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1165 Morris Way Drive, Sumter, and at the residence of her mother, Pearl Clark, 126 Perkins Ave., Sumter.

Funeral services will be announced by Jordan Funeral Home Inc. of Darlington.

ROSA JANE FULLARD Rosa Jane Baxter Fullard, 83, departed this life on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on July 16, 1932, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Nazareth and Luetisher Tyndal Baxter.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 3695 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter, SC 29153.

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

JOHN LEWIS John Lewis, 78, died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Segler and Lucille Bennett Lewis.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, Anna M. Jenkins, 118 Webb Ave. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

WARREN C. WALKER GABLE — Warren C. Walker, 67, departed this life on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Aug. 11, 1948, in Sumter County, a son of the late Silas Jr. and Beatrice Cain Walker.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 4465 E. Daffodil Lane, Gable.

Services are incomplete and will be announced later

by Whites Mortuary LLC.

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Get your Hakuna Matata here Furman Middle School presents ‘The Lion King Jr.’

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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ne thing the cast of Furman Middle School’s “The

Lion King Jr.” agrees on is that the musical will be fun for everyone who sees it — “from age 3 on up.”

The play will be presented Thursday through Saturday at the Lakewood High School Performing Arts Center.

Adapted from the original Broadway musical and set in Africa, “The Lion King Jr.” remains true to the story of Simba, a young lion cub destined to inherit the title of king from his father, Mufasa — unless the evil and jealous Scar, Mufasa’s brother, can manage to intervene.

Linda Beck, who has previously produced such shows as “Peter Pan,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Fame,” is again at the helm, directing, producing and choreographing “The Lion King.” She said the play’s success is assured by its large cast of talented students and the contributions of several community members.

Sylvia Pickell, often costume mistress at the Sumter Little Theatre, made the costumes, animal masks and animals for the play. They evoke the setting in Africa, Beck said, adding “She is fabulous. So very creative. The kids adore her!”

Heidi Adler, head of the fine arts department at Sumter High School, “made a most incredible staff with a lion face on it for Mufasa,” Beck said.

“She is very talented.”

The set design is by David Shoemaker, technical director for Patriot Hall.

“He also will highlight the show with his lighting skills,” Beck said. “It is always a plea-

The cast of “The Lion King Jr.” takes a break from rehearsal to pose for a photo. Presented by Furman Middle School, the musical will be presented Thursday through Saturday at the Lakewood High School Performing Arts Center on Old Manning Road. sure to work with David. He is very creative.”

Danny Silvera-Ruiz plays Simba, aging from a cub to a fully grown lion and rightful heir to Mufasa’s kingdom.

“Simba is very eager to find out what it means to be a king,” he said. To play Simba, Danny said, he had to be “very active and smart and a little sneaky. The hardest things are the facial expressions and the songs. The music is very challenging.

There are a lot of high notes.”

Rafiki, a baboon and trusted friend of the “royal family,” is played by Landon Horton, in a role requiring very different body movements.

“He’s very smart, always looking around,” Landon said.

“I have to move around a lot, more like a monkey.”

“Landon plays a great Rafiki,” Beck said. “He is full of life and energy, and of course, being the son of Deborah Horton, Crestwood choir director,

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From left, Rachel Parker as Banzai, Jehu McCray as the evil Scar, Alyssa Cole as Shenzi and Cody Ardis as Ed rehearse a scene from Furman Middle School’s production of the musical “The Lion King Jr.”

(he) can belt it out!”

Jehu McCray is in the Furman band and won the part of the villain Scar through audition. He said the hardest part for him in developing his character was “learning to move like a cat.”

“He is a good Scar, full of sarcasm and wit,” Beck said.

“He works well with the three hyenas, too.”

“Mufasa is played by Quinnez Allen, another wonderful vocalist,” she said.

Quinnez said, “It’s good to be king. I really like to sing.

The hardest thing for me is to show expressions. Mufasa has a lot of emotions.”

“Young Nala (Simba’s love interest), played by Alaya Chan, gives lots of life and childlike qualities to her character,” Beck said. “Older Nala is played by Kashia Green.”

Gavin Johnson plays the hyperactive Timon, a meerkat and close friend of Simba. A member of the Furman show choir, Gavin said Timon is “like Simba’s brother. He likes to have fun, but he’s more complicated than that.” He can be heard hitting some of the high notes in such songs as “Hakuna Matata,” which translates to “no worries.”

If “Hakuna Matata” is the only song you know from “The Lion King,” you’re in for a treat, Landon said. “There are one or two songs in the play that aren’t in the movie.”

With most of the music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, there will likely be a few earworms resulting from the performance.

Among the better known songs are “Circle of Life,” “He Lives in You” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”

Danny Silvera-Ruiz is Simba, and Landon Horton is the baboon Rafiki in “The Lion King Jr.” Simba is destined to be king, unless his evil uncle Scar gets his way, and Rafiki is a loyal friend of King Mufasa and his family in the musical set in Africa.

Beck said she’s looking forward to “three great performances,” adding, “I am honored to work with such professionals and the children are, also. They learn so much from being in a musical. They have had to learn lines, keep up their school work, develop their characters and make everything come to life. This has been a tough show, due to the children having to learn songs in African languages, but they have mastered it. I am very

proud of this cast and look forward to (the) shows in the jungle, the mighty jungle, and on Priderock.”

Furman Middle School presents Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 21 through 23, at the Lakewood High School Performing Arts Center on Old Manning Road. Tickets are $11 for adults, $7 for students and $3 for children 5 years old and under, at the door. For more information call (803) 481-8519.

This mystery plant’s a sedge that’s ‘as common as dirt’

BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium

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nd now, ladies and gentlemen, for your winter enjoyment, I am proud to present a plant that is common as dirt — and a member of the sedge family!

You may remember from your first botany class that “sedges have edges,” specifically, sedges are grass-like plants that have stems that are generally triangular in cross section, so that when you hold one, you can feel the edges. Grasses, of course, belong to a much different family (the Poaceae), and their stems are usually round (or circular) in cross section, along with the rushes, representing yet a third family (Juncaceae). It turns out that sedges, grasses and rushes can be notoriously confusing in the field, at least before they start blooming. In bloom, however,

the members of these three important plant families are very easily distinguished, as the flowers and fruits are quite different among the three groups.

The sedge family really is a large one, with many thousands of species distributed all over the world, especially in the tropics and warm temperate regions, although there are plenty that prefer to grow in cooler climates. Sedges aren’t nearly as important as the grasses, in terms of human economy, and there aren’t many that are used as food sources, other than “water chestnuts,” which are the crispy corms of a certain sedge (Eleocharis dulcis, from Asia and the western Pacific). Some sedges have been used as a source for paper-making (papyrus) and various fibers and building materials. Others have some value as attractive ornamental plants and are

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This mystery plant is a sedge, one of thousands of species. It’s native from New England to British Columbia and south to Texas and Florida. being used more often in gardens. The sedge family is perhaps best known for a number of weedy species, some of which are quite aggressive —

“nut-sedge” (Cyperus esculentus) would be a good example.

This week’s mystery plant is a sedge, and it is commonly seen in the Southeastern states. It occurs as a native species from New England to British Columbia, and south to Texas and Florida. It is frequently seen in borrow pits and roadside ditches and other disturbed habitats. This plant is a perennial, growing from solidly-rooted, short rhizomes.

The plants sprout elongated, whip-like leaves and form dense clumps. The stems are more or less rounded in cross section, rather than truly triangular, as mentioned above.

The tiny flowers are held in clusters in hundreds of dangling spikelets on top of the stem and each flower is subtended in the spikelet by a tiny brown or reddish bract. If you tear one of these spikelets apart, you will be able to see

the yellowish or whitish ripening ovary, which will eventually develop into a hard, one-seeded fruit (an “achene”). You will probably need a hand lens to see the achenes.

So far, not much truly interesting about this plant. However, every single flower is subtended by a cluster of wildly crinkly, brownish bristles, which together form a cottony brown fuzz amongst the developing flowers. Because of this, some people find this a very beautiful plant, and it has been used with some success (perhaps not enough!) in water gardens.

Answer: “Wool-sedge,” Scirpus cyperinus John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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It’s possible to have a flavorful turkey chili

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press Everyone has a favorite chili recipe, and this is the time of year to break out yours, invite over some friends and yell at football players on TV. Maybe it’s time to try a new, healthier recipe, too? Chili is classic American comfort food, so we automatically assume that it can’t be healthy. But since it is so darned tasty, it’s worth the price of admission to try. And while I’m not against the occasional indulgence, I also love a recipe that manages to be both comforting and healthy.

Enter my game day turkey chili.

Stay with me, here. This will not be your typical turkey chili because I have a few tricks up my sleeve. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good turkey chili. But they do occupy a special place in the stratified chili eco-system.

Put them in a chili competition and you’ll see they land well below the fatty brisket chilies that feature tiny puddles of tasty melted fat that pleas-

antly coat the palate.

Turkey chili, if I’m honest, has been relegated to the “at least it’s hot” status for too long.

Here are my tricks. First, make it a red chili. White chili step aside for a moment. The red part comes from tomato, which is healthy and frankly just feels like comfort food. Second, skip the salt. Instead, use soy sauce directly on the meat after cooking it.

This is perhaps the greatest tip I can give you regarding ground turkey!

White-ish meat in a deep red chili looks a little strange. You are reminded that you are eating The Healthy Turkey Chili.

But deepen that meat color just a little with the soy sauce and you are back in the land of Real Meaty Chili.

The soy sauce also adds tons of rich, savory meaty flavor, a big benefit for a meat that can taste a little flat.

Final tip: Add a bit of unsweetened cocoa powder, which deepens both the color and the flavor. This is turkey chili done right! And so, 2016 is off to a good start.

GAME DAY TURKEY CHILI Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 8 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided 1 pound lean ground turkey 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 1 red bell pepper, cored and finely chopped 12-ounce light beer Two 15-ounce cans low-sodium black beans, drained and rinsed 14-ounce can low-sodium tomato sauce Two 14-ounce cans crushed tomatoes 2 tablespoons chili powder Dash of cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon cocoa powder Hot sauce, to taste Plain low-fat Greek yogurt, to serve Chopped scallions, to serve Shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese, to serve In a Dutch oven or other large, heavy pot over medium-high, heat 1 teaspoon of the oil.

Add the turkey and cook, breaking it up, until cooked through, about 7 minutes. Sprinkle the turkey with the soy sauce and smoked paprika, then mix until well-coated. Continue to cook until any moisture in the pot is gone, about 3 minutes. Spoon the meat out of the pan and set aside.

Return the pot to the heat and add the remaining oil. Add the onion and red pepper, then cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Increase the heat to high, then add the beer to deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom to loosen any stuck bits. Simmer for 2 minutes. Return the meat to the pot, along with the beans, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, cayenne and cocoa powder. Bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, then simmer for 30 minutes.

Serve with hot sauce, yogurt, scallions and cheese on the side.

Nutrition information per serving: 320 calories; 90 calories from fat (28 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 660 mg sodium; 33 g carbohydrate; 11 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 24 g protein.

Bacon-wrapped, cheese stuffed dates? Oh, yeah!

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press It’s hard for me to believe that this year marks the 50th Super Bowl. And food has become such an essential part of this event, I can’t help but wonder what was on the menu back when it all got started!

So as I was thinking about what to serve at this year’s bash, I decided to draw my inspiration from an appetizer that was hot stuff back around the time the Super Bowl got started. Ever hear of rumaki? Back in the day, it was all the rage to serve these bacon-wrapped chicken

livers seasoned with sort of trans-Asian flavors. I wasn’t willing to go quite that far (Liver? For a Super Bowl party? Probably not...), but the rumaki sparked an idea.

I love dates because they are meaty and sweet. I also love how delicious it is to play their flavor off of savory ingredients. And that’s why I decided to remake rumaki as dates stuffed with chunks of Parmesan cheese and wrapped with bacon. And because I’m a total grill girl at heart, I popped them over hot coals to get them warm, crisp and delicious (though I include an oven alternative for those unwilling to brave the

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The toasted cumin seeds are a great contrast to the sweet dates, but if you don’t care for those you can leave them out or substitute a chunk of walnut. Or if you like things on the spicy side, you could substitute a couple red pepper flakes.

Start to finish: 45 minutes (30 minutes active) Makes 24 dates 24 whole, plump dates 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted 1/4 pound Parmesan cheese, cut into 24 chunks (about 1/2 inch each) 12 slices bacon, halved crosswise (to make 24 strips) 24 wooden toothpicks, soaked in warm water for 20 minutes Prepare a grill for medium-low heat, indirect cooking. For a charcoal grill, this means banking the hot coals to one side of the grill and cooking on the other side. For a gas grill, this means turning off one or more burners to create a cooler side,

cold to grill).

The dates are easy to make, and even easier to eat! So be warned that your guests will eat them like candy! I would plan on a minimum of four per person. And if your crowd has a voracious appetite, double or triple this recipe.

If the dates aren’t large enough to sit comfortably on your grill grates without falling through, arrange them on a wire rack and set the entire rack on the grill. Or you can just do them inside in the oven. But whichever way you cook them, let them cool a bit before serving; they get very hot.

then cooking on that side. Alternatively, for indoor cooking heat the oven to 375 F. Cut a slit down the side of each date, slicing up to the pit, but not cutting the date in half. Carefully remove the pit from each date. The tip of a paring knife can be handy for prying out the pit.

Sprinkle a few cumin seeds into the center of each date, then add a chunk of Parmesan. Press the date closed around the cheese (or as much as possible).

Wrap 1 piece of bacon around the center of each date, securing it with a toothpick.

Set the stuffed dates on the cooler side of the grill, directly on the grates. Alternatively, set a wire rack over a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and arrange the dates on the rack for cooking in the oven. Either way, cook for 15 minutes, turning the dates halfway through. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Nutrition information per date: 130 calories; 60 calories from fat (46 percent of total calories); 7 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 180 mg sodium; 16 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 14 g sugar; 4 g protein.

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Congee: A fresh, flavorful way to eat rice any time

BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press Want a delicious new way to eat rice? As in, a way that doesn’t involve eating it from a little white takeout box?

Let’s talk congee. Though known by different names across China, congee generally is understood to be a rice porridge that can be served at almost any meal. The base is a soupy rice, but that’s hardly all there is to it. Often, chicken pieces or even a whole chicken are braised in the liquid along with the rice. The meat then is shredded and returned to the pot, which is delicious.

Some member of the onion family usually is involved, too.

In my recipe, I went with garlic and scallions, which provide nice color as well as flavor. I also wanted to head in a vegetarian direction with this recipe, so it features chewy and meaty shiitake mushrooms, with the classic Chinese seasonings of fresh ginger and a bit of soy sauce.

The porridge itself is mild, with the toppings providing the flavor. Sometimes, congee is topped with the additional ingredients, and sometimes they are stirred right in. Either way works beautifully.

You can pass extra soy sauce at the table, but the real plea-

sure of this porridge is that it is a gentle comfort food, so enjoy the simplicity of the slowly cooked rice. Having said that, a drizzle of sesame oil at the end is lovely.

Just remember: You are not looking for the consistency of regular rice, but rather something similar to a fairly loose oatmeal. The description may not make your mouth water, but you will love it once you try it.

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Congee is known by different names across China, but generally is understood to be a rice porridge that can be served at almost any meal.

CONGEE (CHINESE RICE PORRIDGE) Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 2 2/3 cup short grain white rice 3 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic 7 ounces stemmed and sliced shiitake mushrooms (about 2 cups) 1/4 cup chopped scallions, white and green parts 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar In a large, heavy pot over medium-high, combine the rice, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of the broth and the salt. Bring to a simmer, then lower the heat and cook, covered, for 10 minutes. Add another cup of the broth, then stir, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.

Add the final cup of broth, then stir, cover and cook for another 10 minutes. Check the rice. It should be tender and soupy (but will thicken as it cools).

Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the garlic and mushrooms and saute for 8 minutes, or until the mushrooms are soft and beginning to brown. Add the scallions, ginger, soy sauce and sugar, then saute for another 2 minutes, or until everything is fragrant and tender.

Scoop the rice into bowls and top with the mushroom mixture. Serve hot.

Nutrition information per serving: 370 calories; 130 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 800 mg sodium; 50 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 9 g protein.

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Wife in affair is in turmoil over lover and family DEAR ABBY — I live in Israel, and for the past five years I’ve been having an affair with a great guy I’ll call Yuri. I married very Dear Abby young to a ABIGAIL man who is VAN BUREN kind and very Orthodox. I love my children and grandchildren.

Yuri thinks we should leave our spouses and make a fresh start. (I’m not Orthodox and neither is he.) I am afraid if I do, I may lose my children and grandchildren. On the other hand, I can’t survive without Yuri.

I have always had lovers since I discovered how Orthodox my husband is -- it’s a sur-

vival thing. I am going nuts.

What should I do?

In turmoil in Israel DEAR IN TURMOIL — Consider VERY carefully what a new life with Yuri will cost you, because it’s going to be emotionally expensive. Right now you are part of a community, with standing in that community. If you leave it, all of that will be gone, and you will likely be shunned.

While running away with your lover may seem romantic, I would be very surprised if it didn’t spell the end of your relationship with your children and grandchildren. A decision like this should not be taken lightly; it needs to be made rationally. If you are “going nuts,” you are NOT thinking rationally, so please, discuss this with a counselor more familiar with Orthodox custom

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

than I. DEAR ABBY — I’m 13, and a girl in my grade likes me — REALLY likes me, but I think I’m too young. All my friends say I should go for it and have her as a girlfriend, but I’m not sure I should. I need professional help.

Not quite ready in Georgia DEAR NOT QUITE READY — Determining when a person is “ready” for a romantic relationship isn’t something other people can or should decide. If you’re not sure you want a girlfriend right now, the fact that she likes you — REALLY likes you — isn’t as important as what YOU think and YOU feel. You appear to have a good head on your shoulders. Let it be your guide and don’t allow your well-meaning friends to push you into anything.

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A look at the South African drongo on ‘Nature’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Hustle. The very word oozes desperation, guile and the ability to abandon all scruples to survive, to advance and “get over” on everybody else.

In a human being, hustle brings out the best and the worst, the audacious, the daring and the desperate. In animals, it’s a sign of intelligence at work and abilities that allow creatures to survive in a world of murderous competition.

Now in its 34th season, “Nature” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) continues its three-part miniseries, “Natural Born Hustlers.” Tonight’s chapter, “The Hunger Hustle,” focuses on a particular bird, the devious South African drongo. Its diet consists of bugs and grubs, but neither nature nor evolution has endowed the drongo with the tools to dig very well. Other critters have better means to find a meal. But the drongo can out-hustle the competition. When she sees other birds pursuing their food, the drongo sends out a fake distress call, as if a predator has approached. Once her frightened rivals flee, she pounces on their dinner.

The drongo is hardly the only cheat in the natural world. The orchid mantis has the uncanny ability to make itself look like a flower. Not unlike the wolf pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, the mantis lures its prey with a friendly face.

The rest is pure murder.

The songs that killer whales sing may sound like music to some, but they’re really intended to manipulate herring, their favorite dish. “Hustle” also profiles the gray squirrel, a creature that protects its nut supply with sleight-of-hand tricks more dexterous than the most proficient three-card monte operator. It’s a jungle out there. You’ve got to be slick to survive.

Next week’s installment, “Sex, Lies & Dirty Tricks,” explores the boudoir bamboozlers of the wild, crafty Casanovas who outsmart alpha males. It also highlights nature’s deadbeat parents, the bugs, insects and animals that trick other critters into raising their offspring.

• On a similar theme, “NOVA” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G,

p.m., CW, TV-14) * Peg’s heart falters on “Mike & Molly” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Game show woes on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC) * A public menace on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Dueling accusations on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Alex matriculates on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Lucifer makes an offer on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Tightening the belt on “black-ish” (9:30 p.m., ABC) * Angus’ brother needs a job on “Code Black” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * An unlikely valuable informant on “Chicago P.D.” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

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Jay Baruchel, left, stars as Josh and Eric Andre as Mike on “Man Seeking Woman” airing at 10:30 p.m. today on FXX. check local listings) looks into the mysterious disappearance of krill. Tiny, transparent and shrimplike, krill is a small but vital part of the Antarctic food chain. Its population has plummeted since the 1970s.

Some fear that warming ocean temperatures are to blame and that the disappearance of this little morsel may be signs of the unraveling of the ocean’s ecosystem.

• Tonight marks a second chance to watch “Second Chance” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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book stranger ends badly on “Web of Lies” (9 p.m., ID, TV14).

• Reports link Kevin to the controversy on “American Crime” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Josh gives in to settling down on “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30 p.m., FXX, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE A good-looking coed army battles insects from another

galaxy in director Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 satire “Starship Troopers” (10 p.m., This TV).

SERIES NOTES Professional basketball on “2 Broke Girls” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A case unravels on “The Mysteries of Laura” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Frankie’s 50th looms on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Revenge animates Oliver on “Arrow” (8

Gael Garcia Bernal is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Mike Tyson, Joanne Froggatt and Oh Wonder appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Brandon Marshall, Sarah Koenig and Rev. Run are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Danny DeVito and Whitney Cummings visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * J.K. Simmons, Josh Holloway, Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Auditions continue on “American Idol” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

• Paul Reubens appears on “Face Off” (9 p.m., Syfy, TVPG).

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Tackle your crew’s cravings with crunchy wings

BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press

C

ome Super Bowl Sunday, we all love a heaping platter of wings.

They’ve got to be crunchy. They’ve got to be a little bit greasy.

They’ve got to be so delicious we can’t stop eating even after we

know we’ve eaten too many.

What we don’t love about the day of the big game? The work involved in making those wings a reality. Because perfectly crisped and seasoned wings typically require a fair amount of effort, not to mention vats of hot oil.

And dealing with that is so much less fun than cracking a beer on the couch with your friends.

So we created these hands-off chicken wings that require almost no effort from you. Yet, they are every bit as crispy and addictive as a traditional recipe.

The secret is baking powder. You start the recipe a few hours ahead of when you want to serve the wings.

Just toss the wings in a large bowl with some salt, pepper and baking

powder, then refrigerate them for a while. The baking powder reacts with the skin, helping to draw out moisture. Less moisture equals more crisp.

When it’s time to cook, you just arrange the wings on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet. The rack keeps the air circulating around the wings and keeps them up and out of any liquid that drips onto the pan.

Again, less liquid (and more air) is key to getting the skin perfectly crisp.

When the wings are done, we like to dunk them first in our honey-Sriracha sauce, then in our cilantro-sour cream dip. But if you’d prefer the more traditional Buffalo sauce and blue cheese, go for it.

HANDS-OFF PARTY WINGS

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Hands-off party wings with cilantro sour cream dip and honey Sriracha are seen on Nov. 16 in Concord, New Hampshire. These wings require almost no effort from you. The secret is baking powder.

Start to finish: 3 1/2 hours (15 minutes active) Makes 30 wings For the wings: rack with cooking spray.

2 tablespoons baking powder In a large bowl, stir together the baking 1 teaspoon kosher salt powder, salt and black pepper. Add the 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper wings and toss to coat evenly. Spread the 5 pounds chicken wings, split and wing chicken wings over the rack and refrigerate tips removed for 2 hours, uncovered.

For the honey-Sriracha sauce: When ready to cook, heat the oven to 1/3 cup soy sauce 375 F. 3 tablespoons Sriracha Bake the chicken wings for 60 to 70 min3 tablespoons honey utes, flipping them halfway through, or 1 1/2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic until very crispy and golden brown.

1 1/2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil While the wings bake, prepare the saucFor cilantro-sour cream dip: es. For each sauce, combine all ingredients 3/4 cup sour cream in a small bowl and mix until uniform.

3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro Serve the wings on a platter accompanied 3 tablespoons rice vinegar by the sauces for dunking.

3 scallions, white and green parts, finely Nutrition information per wing: 110 calories; 60 calories from fat (54 percent of total calories); 7 g fat chopped (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; Line 2 baking sheets with foil, then ar400 mg sodium; 3 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 2 g range a wire rack over the foil. Coat the sugar; 8 g protein.

Guacamole and roasted potato skins in one bite

BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press For this easy Super Bowl snack, we combined two of our favorite game day indulgences — guacamole and roasted potato skins.

We start by creating potato boats, which are dusted with a spicy (you control the heat) seasoning mix, then baked until tender inside and lightly browned outside. Meanwhile, we make a delicious batch of guacamole and — as soon as the potato boats have cooled a bit — spoon heaping mounds of it into them.

Then we eat as many as possible.

Want to dress them up some more? Nothing wrong with sprinkling the tops with grated cheese, cooked bacon, cooked and crumbled sausage, jalapeño pepper slices, chopped onion or whatever else strikes you.

GUACAMOLE POTATO BOATS Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 8 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne (depending on desired heat) Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 pounds medium Russet potatoes (about 4) 2 tablespoons butter, melted 3 avocados, pitted and peeled 2 tablespoons chopped pickled jalapeños 3 scallions, chopped 1 tablespoon lime juice 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar Heat the oven to 450 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

In a small bowl, combine the

brown sugar, thyme, garlic powder, smoked paprika, cumin, cayenne, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Set aside.

Slice 1/2-inch-thick slices off both sides of each potato, reserving the middle third of each potato for another use (put them in water and refrigerate to prevent them from darkening).

Using a melon baller, scoop out a bit of the flesh from each potato slice to create shallow bowls.

Arrange the potato slices on the prepared pan. Pat dry with paper towels. Brush all over with the melted butter. Sprinkle with the spice mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the outsides are crisped and browned and the flesh of the potatoes is tender.

While the potatoes bake, pre-

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For this easy Super Bowl snack, we combined two of our favorite game day indulgences, guacamole and roasted potato skins. pare the guacamole. In a medium bowl, combine the avocados, jalapeños, scallions, lime juice and vinegar. Mash with a fork or wooden spoon until the guacamole is as chunky or smooth as you prefer. Season with salt and black pepper.

Allow the potatoes to cool

slightly, then scoop a spoonful of guacamole into the hollow of each potato. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 220 calories; 130 calories from fat (59 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 270 mg sodium; 25 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 3 g protein.